THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872 Volume 71
CH. WAR SAVINGS COMMITTEE
CONGRATULATES STOKES COUNTY
FOO BONO, STAMP PORCHASES
INCOMPLETE REPORT FOR
MAY INDICATES $9,762.50
SOLD IN WAR BONDS.
(Reported)
Congratulations to the people
of Stokes county for the way they
are backing up our lighting forcej
with investments in war bonds
and stamps! To date, with an in
complete record for May, we have
put $0,762.50 in bonds and stamps.
This record covers only reports
from the bank and three poet of- 1
fices in the county.
The above amount does not in
clude the pledges. We shall an
nounce at a later date the amount
of pledges signed in Stokes for
the month of May.
Let's buy bonds and stamps to
the limit of our ability. We not
only have a quota in Money, we
also have a quota in tanks and
guns, planes and ships, torpedoes
and bombs. our government
sets our quota each month, we
are told in effect "* that we must
buy so many planes, so many
tanks, perhaps a battleship, etc.
Let's buy more tanks, more
planes, more guns.
Let's all pledge to buy as many
War Savings Bonds and Stamps
as we can afford—ten, fifteen or
twenty percent, of our salaries
or wages set aside each pay day
to invest in bonds and stamps.
Robert H. Todd,
J. C. Carson, Jr.,
A Officer Candidates
The State Driector of Selective
Service has notified the Local
Draft Board here that Robert H.
.Todd, Danbury, and J. C. Carson,
Jr., Gemanton, have been qualifi
ed through the commanding offi
cer in Atlanta, Ga., as candidates
for officer training.
The two men will be subject to
induction in the near future.
Messrs. Todd and Carson took
their examinations at Fort Bragg
several weeks ago and both made
high averages.
Ist, 2nd Registration
Men Will Receive
Questionnaires Ist
According to the Local Draft
Board, men who registered in the
first and second registrations will
receive occupational question
naires about June Ist. The Board
urges all recipients of these ques
tionnaires to fill them out acur
ately and fully and to return
them to the Board within ten
days after receipt.
Draft board officials warn all
men who are registered to notify
them of any change in address.
You are saving your money for
future needs, at the same time
you are giving our fighting forces
the support they need and de
serve.
Sign your pledges today. Sign
in Stokes county. See a member
of the Stokes County War Sav
ings Bond Committee:
T. J. Byrely, Ralph Beck, R. H.
Gentry, C. E. Davis, I. G. Ross,
Prof. R. M. Green, Miss Mary
Neal, T M. Smith, Moir Hawkins,
Mrs. Jacob Fulton, William Mar
shall, R. J. Scott, Paul Fulton,
Mrs. Tom Preston, Harry Martin,
L. F. Brumfleld, Miss Laura El
lington, Harvey Johnson, K. C.
Slate, O. P. Green.
The following business places
have signed 100 per cent, to buy
bonds and stamps through the
Regular Purchase Plan:
Cash Wholesale Grocery Co.,
H. L. Martin & Co., Davis-Fulton
Grocery Co., C. A. Priddy & Co.,
Pine Hall Brick Co., Stokes Lum
ber Co., Walnut Cove Veneer Co.,
State Planters Bank.
All pledge books close May 30.
The books are due in headquar
ters ot later than June 1.
Please send your books to ths
undersigned not later than Sat
urday morning.
MISS GRACE TAYLOR, Chm„
War Savings Committee.
Bound To Court;
Now In Jail
The following prisoners are in
jail here after their arrests dur
ing the past month and are await
ing trial at the next term of
Stokes Superior Court. All have
had hearings and were unable to
give bond:
Sam Withers, Sandy Ridge, as
sault with deadly weapon.
Frank Butcher, Winston-Salem,
non-support.
Jack Gunte~larceny of auto
mobile tires.
Commissioners Meet
With Health Officials
County Commissioners Howard
Gibson, J. A. Joyce and Harvey
Johnson met Monday with Dr.
Hege and other health officials at
the courthouse. The Commission
ers approved the health budget
for next year.
SERVICES STH SUNDAY
AT M. E. CHURCH
There will be servires at the
Danbury Methodist Church the
fifth Sunday morning at 11 o'-
clock. The public is invited to at
tend.
Danbnry, N. C., Thursday, May 28 ,y942 ** * * Published Thursdays ** *
18 TO 20-YEAR MEN
MUST REGISTER I
JUNE 30THj
President Roosevelt has set j
.
June 3Cth as the registration date
for young men between the ages
of 18 to 19 and for those who i
reached their 20th birthday be
tween December 31, 1941, and
June 30, 1942.
Only men 20 years old or older
are subject to military service un
der the Selective Service System.
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The War Front j
The President said the U. S.
still faces the prospect of a long
war, and overly enthusiastic op
timism about its progress is not
justified. The President presented j
the Congressional Medal of Honor |
to Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle
|
who led the party of 80 men who !
bombed the Japanese mainland in j
Army B-25 bombers April 18. No j
I
U. S. planes were shot down in
the raids. Gen. Mac Arthur's head
quarters in Australia reported the ;
sinking of another Japanese i
cruiser, two cargo ships and two I
enemy transports. United Nations j
planes in Australia destroyed 17j
enemy aircraft and damaged nine j
others. Twelve more United Na- j
tions vessels were sunk by enemy !
submarines in the Atlantic and
Gulf of Mexcio.
The Danbury-Winston i
Bus May Start
Last Of Week |
From several reports, the bus
loading here and going to Win- j
ston-Salem via Germanton, will
begin its runs Friday or Satur
day. The bus is scheduled to make
two trips daily to Winston-Salem.
It has not yet been learned what
hour it will leave Danbury, prob
ably around 8 o'clock for the first
run.
WPA Fund Slashed;
May Be Eliminated
President Roosevelt, in a spec
ial message to Congress, reduced
his WPA request for fiscal 1943
from 5465 million to $283 million.
He said the war effort is drawing
workers from every available
source, thereby reducing the need
for a work relief program. To
meet labor shortages, he said,
even organized migration of work
ers may be necessary. The revis
ed WPA program would provide
for an average monthly employ
ment of about 400,000 persons j
"who will not be hired by private
i
employers because of age, lack of
skills, or other handicaps."
Chairman McNutt of the War
Manpower Commission directed
the U. S. Employment Service to
maintain lists of skilled occupa
tions essential to war production
in which a national shortage ex
ists, and to make preferential
S. S. BOLES, 63,
DIES SUDDENLY
PIEKSOX RISER HOME DAM
AGED BY LIGHTNING—
OTHER KING NEWS ITEMS.
i The little town with a big fu
ture.
King, May 28.—Seth Sylvester
Boles, aged 63, died almost sud
denly at his home r.ear here Wed
nesday night from a heart attack.
He had been in failing health for
two or three years. The deceased
!
spent the most of his life in rail
road work. Having gone on the
road as a water boy when he was
about seventeen years old he held
a number of responsible positions
during his many years spent in
the maintainance department.
■When his health failed he return
ed to his old home here. "Dock,"
»s he was familiarly known, al
j ways had a pleasant word for
' everyone he met and was liked
Jby all who knew him. Surviving
! are the widow, Mrs. Mazie Boles,
'one son, Ervin Boles of Charlotte;
j four brothers, A. S. Boles of
| Washington; D. C., J. M. Boles
I of Strasburg, Va.; C. N. Boles of
I Monroe, Va.; and W. T. Boles of
{the home. Two sisters also sur-
I vive, they are Mrs. P. J. Caudle,
] Winston-Salem; and Miss Cora
I Boles of the home. A number of
nephews and nieces also survive
| and a great host of friends are
I left to mourn their loss. The fui:-
leral service, which was in charge
jof Rev. Robert Helsabeck, Rev. J.
j W. Lollis and Rev. J. K. Black
| more, was conducted at the King
Christian Church of which he was
a member, Saturday morning at
eleven and interment was in the
Baptist Cemetery. Pall bearers in
cluded: Cladie Newsum, Grover
Stone, Barum Newsum, Ray Ing
ram, Reid Morefield and George
Stanley.
Mrs. George Lankford of Hat
(Continued on local page)
referrals of workers to employers
in war industries. He directed the
WPB to classify war plants and
war products in the order of their
urgency to the war program. He
also instructed Selective Service
local boards to confer with local
U. S. Employment Service offices
before reclassifying any men
skilled in war occupations.
Mr. McNutt said if it is possible
to insure full utilization of man
power through voluntary means,
| "it will be unnecessary to put in
to effect legal controls" to limit
i
freedom of action of workers and
employers
He said compulsion "may from
time to time be necessary," how
ever- in the administration of the
manpower program. He stated
four-fifths of all jobs in vital war
industries can be handled by wo
men.
Stokes Has Half
Of Its USO Quota
Pvt. Ralph Thomas
Now Stationed At
Keesler Field, Miss.
Ralph P. Thomas enlisted in
the U. s. Army three weeks ago
and after staying at Fort Jack
son, S. C. several days has been i
sent to Keesler Field He said in j
a letter this week that he didn't
know where he would be sent for (
a permanent station.
Pvt. Thomas formerly held a!
position with the Park Service i
I
here and later worked at Hign j
Point. He has a brother, Max, j
who is also in the air corps, sta- 1
tioned at Mitchell Field, N. Y.
Funeral Wednesday
For Grover C. Yates
Madison.—Grover Cecil Yates,'
aged 34, well-known service sta-,
tion operator of Mayodan, died '
suddenly at the Leaksville Hospi
tal at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon
following one day's illness.
Mr. Yatefc was a native c.
Stokes county, but moved to May
odan when still a youth.
Survivors include the widow.
Mrs. Louise Truitt Yates; two
sons, Charles and Leon Yates;
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the father, Walter Yates; two sis
ters, Miss Minnie Lee Yates and ,
Miss Hallie Yates; and two brot'.i-!
j ers, William Henry and Loftor.
Yates. All immediate survivors
are residents of Mayodan.
The funeral was held at 4:30
i o'clock Wednesday afternoon z'.
Mayodan Baptist Church, of
which Mr. Yates was a member.
The pastor, the Rev. R. E. Ad
ams, was in charge. Burial was in
Glenn's Chapel Cemetery, w;,r
Mayodan.
Mrs. W. E. Wilkinson
Receives Cablegram
Mrs. W. E. Wilkinson (former
ly Miss M attie Sue Taylor) has
received a cablegram from her
I
| husband, Lt. Col. W E. Wilkinson
! from "Somewhere in Ireland"
' stating that he was well and com
fortable.
Folger Speaks
At Fish Fry
Congressman John H. Folger
delivered the principal address at
the fish fry given Saturday after
noon by the Democrats of Stokes
county at the Stokes County Con
vict Camp near Meadows.
Leading Democrats represent
ed every section of the county in
,
spite of the shower of ram which
I necessitated the removal of the
picnic from the original grounds
at the county home to shelter at
the Convict camp.
Mr. Folger was assured the
support of Stokes Democrats.
* Number 3,655
$492.50 RAISED ON GOAL OK
$700: DAXBIRV WIVES
$128.40.
(Written for the Reporter)
Our fighting nr.? i»ri meeting
their quota in the front lines—
Let's put our contrifcu'.' nt; on
the fighting line, along side our
fighting men.
Stokes county's quota for U. S.
O. is $700.00. So far we have rais
ed $492.50. This is not enough.
Our boys are fighting at the
front. Are we doing our part in
the rear lines? The boys are pay
ing with their lives. Can't we pay
with our funds for their recrea
tion?
All quotas raised in the various
sections of the county will be
published on completion of the
canvass.
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NEW APPOINTMENTS—
Mrs. Cordels Boles will act as
Chairman for Pinnacle. Mrs. Sam
! Covington will act R= Vice-Chair -
1 man. •••»■» ««*;# »>>
Mrs. Ralph Eeck is acting as
: Chair:v.r. lor n. Miss
Nina Baker ' s rr in..; a* Chair
man for Mizpah. Mrs. N. D. Prid
| dv will act as Chairman lor Ilart
| man.
I
| Will all Chairmen please re
port on their progress, sc that
Jwe may know just where we
stand?
Following is a report of several
I townships of the county:
WALNUT COVE
Mrs. Jacob Fulton, Chm. E.
Walnut Cove.
Mr, Marshall Johnson, Chm. W«
Walnut Cove.
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$50.00 donation from Paul Ful
ton and fellow workers listed a3
follows: >\
Cash Wholesale Grocery Co.,
Walnut Cove $18.50
Paul Fulton 5.00
Davis-Fulton Grocery Co., Wal
nut Cove 5.00
H. L. Martin & Co., Lawson
ville 5.00
C. A. Priddy £ Co. 5.00
M. O. Jones 1.00
Marvin Brown 1.00
S. W. Merritt I.QO
Grady Whiteheart 1.00
H. H. Davis 1.00
Arba Tuttle 1.00
H. L. Martin 1.0')
Charlie Martin 1.0')
C. A. Priddy 1.0'.)
Julius George 1.00
Banner Joyce 1.00
Otis Hughes .50
Total $50.00
J. V. Lewellyn 2.50
Mrs. R. A. Hedgecock 1.00
Dr. C. J. Helsabeck 5.00
Bill Fulton 1,00
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