THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872 /
59 Boys Leave
Tuesday For Camp
Odell Volunteer Officer Can
didate. With Group; Morris
i Yarbrough Deferred Temporari
ly-: Report That 19 Were Be-
Jwtod.
A large crowd of Stokes citizens
was at the cuorthouse Tuesday at
noontime to bid farewell Stokes
county's yet-largest contingent to
go into service. Two buses were
required for transportation.
Odell Neal, principal of the Pin
nacle high school and son of John
H. Neal, was included in the quo
ta as a vofanteer officer candidate.
Morris Yarbrough, whose moth
er died on the eve of their depar
ture, was deferred temporarily on
that account
Late yesterday (Wednesday)
afternoon a bus returned with the
boys, save several who were re
tained for further physical erami
nation. They were granted a 14-
day furlough after their examina
tions, and it was reported, unof
fically, that 19 of the 59 were re
jected due to physical disabilities.
Walnut Cove
F. F. C. Winner Of
Camp Honor
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' Scoring a total of 247 1-2
points, the Future Farmers Club
of Walnut Cove High School, won
the banner presented to members,
of Northwestern Future Farmers
Clubs at White Lake recently.
The banner was given on points
for the following activities while
in camp: basketball, volleyball
Softball, pingpong, sbnlTleboard,
horseshoe pitching, swimming,
clean-up duties, table manners,
conduct, and roll calL
Nine members of the Walnut
Cove Club attended along with
their vocational agriculture teach
er, W. H. Johnson.
Members ho attended were:
Jim Booth, William Lewis, Paul
Smith, Moir Young, Ed Richard
son, Raymond Tedder, Odell Hill,
Castine Brown and H. L. Wilson.
Fifteen other clubs of this sec
tion of the state also attended
the week-long camping period.
Gets Specialist Rating
Charles Christian, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Reid Christian of West
field, has just been given a spe ;
cialist's rating in the United
States Army Medical Corps. He!
was given the higher ratin ater i
completing a six-week course at
Fitz-Simmons Hospital in Denver,
i
Colo. He has been in the Army
since the fall of 1940, going to
Fort JackgSn, S. C., at that time
with the National Guard outfit
from Madison.
BUY DEFENSE BONDS
Volume 71
Red Cross Sewing
Well Underway
(Reported)
Recently" the ladies of Danbury,
in co-operation with a similar
county-wide organization, orga
nized a Red Cross Sewing Pro
ject, their purpose being to make
woolen dresses for use by the Red
Cross in providing clothing for
needy persons in war areas.
The Danbury unit has been or
ganized since July 8, meeting on
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
in the basement of the Danbury
school building. Much interest has
' been shown in the work.
Mrs. R. J. Scott,' who is chair
man of the Danbury project, re- 1
ports that twenty dre"sses have |
been completed since the work'
began little more than two weeks |
ago. However, after the materials
now on hand have been tailored, |
further work will be postponed un- i
j til September 1 due to the ap-!
proach of the busy canning sea
son. After September 1 the or
ganization will resume its work.
The War front
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A Communique from Cairo,
Egypt, reported Maj Gen. Lewis!
i!
jH. Brereton, formerly commander
lof the U. S. Army Air Forces in I
! India is now Commander of U. S.
Air Forces in the Middle East.
Gen. Brereton said American hea
vy bombers carried out 21 tacti
cal missions in 36 days with the
' loss of only three U. S. planes.
' The Navy announced 13 Japanese
' ships have been sunk or damaged
' since June 3 in Aleutian waters,
and at least .seven enemy aircraft
' have been destroyed. The Navy
1 said U, S. casualties in that thea
ter to date are approximately 44
military and naval personnel lull
ed, 49 wounded and one civiliau
1 employee killed.
The Navy reported damage in
flicted on the enemy dicing the
Battle of Midway June 3 to June
6 included: approximately 4,800
Japanese killed or drowned as
compared to U. S. losses of 92 of
ficers and 215 enlisted men: 20
enemy ships of all classifications
sunk or damaged; an estimated 1
275 Japanese aircraft destroyed, j
The U. S. Carrier Yorktown was j
put out of action and the Destroy-1
er Hhmmann was torpedoed and
I sunk. Carribean defense Comman- j
! der Andrews said "Measures for
action against enemy submarines
in this area apparently are prov
ing very effective" and antiair- j
craft warning systems are great
ly improved in' the Panama Canal
Zone. The Navy announced the
sinking of 20 more United Nations
merchant vessels by enemy sub- (
marines.
~ Danbury, N. C., Thursay, July 23, 1942 * * *
STOKES GOES OVER !
USO QUOTA
$722.39 RAISED; ASSESSED
ONLY S7OO.
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Miss Grace Taylor, chairman 1
of the USO for Stokes county, an- j 1
nounced this week that Stokes '•
county exceeded its quota. Total
donations amount to $722.39.
The following is a report from
Dillard:
Mrs. Juanita Wool C.hm.
Bethesda Epsworth League
I Hassell Wood 1.18
Joe Stultz 50
Mrs. Juanita Wood 1.00
Total $8.50
Death Claims
Mrs. Yarbrough
Mrs. Wilmoth Yarbrough, aged
j 75, widow of Elisha Yarbrough,
I died Monday at her home nea>
l
j here after a brief illness.
I Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Sarah Joyce of Walnut Cove
; and Miss Willie Elizabeth Yar
ibrough of the home; and three
| sons, Bob Yarbrough of Danbury,
Route 1; Morris nad Noble Yar
brough of the home.
The funeral was held Tußesdav,
afternoon at 3'oclock at Clear.
Springs Baptist Church. Eldere W. |
J. Brown and J. W. Tuttle con
ducted the services. Burial was in
the church graveyard,
jßill Extends Low
I Interest Rates On
Land Rank Loans
President Roosevelt has signed
a bill extending for two years the
reduced interest rates on Federal
Land Bank and Land Bank Com
missioner loans, Mr. J. R. Forrest,
President of the Stokes County
National Farm Loan Association,
announced this week. Mr. Forrest
stated that this would mean a con
siderable saving in interest
charges to borrowers in Stokes
county.
The Stokes County Association
is a member of a group of seven
associations maintaining a joint
office at Winston-Salem, serving
Stokes, Forsyth, Davidson, Davie
Yadkin, and Surry counties. Mr.
Geo. L. Crater, Secretary-Treasu
rer, is in charge of the office which
is located in the Trade Street Wa
chovia Bank Building.
Stokes People
In Hospital
The following people of Stokes
county are in hospitals: I,
| Elwood Flinchum, of Danbury, .
lis in the Baptist Hospital, Win
ston-Salem, recovering from an ,
appendectomy.
N. E. Pepper, Rex Hospital. ]
Raleigh, recovering from an op
eration.
Richard Payne, P'.n-Hcle, pat- ]
jient at Martin JJ?'lorsiil H-ispitul, ;
( Mt. Airy, is recovering from a re
cent operation.
STATE HAS OVER
MILLION MEN
IN DRAFT AGE
Not th Carolina's 155 draft
boards new have the names of
more than a million men on their
r0115—1,033,298 to be exact, it is
announced in Raleigh,
A total of 458,654 registered in
the first registration late in 1940
which was for men from 21 to 3d
years of age, 23,821 registered in
the second about seven months
later which was for those who
had icached the age of 21 in the
period, 203,1g4 registered in the
i third which was for those from
36 to 45, and 260,997 registered in
the fourth which was for those
from 4C to 65.
FLUE CURED CROP
LARGER THIS YEAR
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The North Carolina flue-cured'
tobacco crop will be approxiamte- j
ly 500,430,000 pounds, or 12 per
cent, larger than the 1941 crop of
452,825.000 pounds, the state de
partment of agriculture has re
ported, i
The increase was attributed byj
the department to tobacco acreage
allotment increases granted by
the U. S. Department of agricul
!
ture.
| J. J. Morgan, department statis
tician, who prepared the figures,
said that 540,00 acres are being
devoted to leaf this sensor., or 11
; per cent, moro tha'i the -1 SS.OOO.
last year.
The indicated yield per acre 1
will be 938 pounds, 10 pounds
above last year.
Asst. County Agt.
E. S. Stokes Is
Going Into Army
Assistant County Agent Eston
Stokes will leave Lexington,
where he is registered, Friday
morning at 7:30 o'clock for Fort
Bragg where he will be inducted
into the Army. He will return
here or a 14-day furlough which ]
is granted all draftees after phy
sical examination.
Mt Olive S. S.
Ist Attendance Award
By J. W. MOSER
The Bethel Sunday School en
tertained in a delightful manner
the delegates from the different;
Sunday schools in East Yadkin I
Township. |
Eight of the nine Sunday |
schools in the district were rep-1
resented in the convention, seven i
'of which had prepared programs |
(for the occasion.
I The programs were entertaining j
and encouraging. Helpful talks |
were made by the pastors from |
King Baptist, Rev. Blackmore and i
Rev. Sliarpe of Bethel. The con I
vention was one of the best ever
held in district which made us
all proud of our S'.'.nday schools.
Our secretary, Edwin Kiser, re
(Continued .» local pugc)
Published Thursdays
Leaf Market Opening
Set at Sept. 28
I
BIRTHS, MARRIAGE ,
AT KING
I
j Several Citizens Of King Improv
inf After Oprations.
'1
Come reside in King. It will
put a smile 011 your face that can-'
not be wiped off.
King, July 23. —Mrs. Paul Mea
dows who underwent a major op
eration in the Baptist Hospital,
Winston-Salem last week, is re- j
1 1
ported to be getting along as well
'as could be expected.
Announcement is made of the 1
marriage of Reynard Griffin of
'
King and Miss Annie Sue Hend-•
'drix of Tobaccoville on Sunday I
July 12th, at York, S. C. They
'will reside in King,
j Jack Kiser who has been under- 1
going treatment in a Winston- I
Salem hospital is sufficiently im
l
proved to be removed to his home
or. east Main street.
| C. D. Slate has returned to his
home in Roanoke, Va. after visit- j
j ing his mother, Mrs. Adolphus
Slate, in Pilot View.
| Rev. Robert Helsabeck under
went an operation in the City.
1
Hospital, Winston-Salem last
, week and his condition is satis
factory.
I John Aslen of Winston-Salem
underwent a tonsil removal op
eration here Friday,
j Rev. Jasper N, Newsum of Roa
noke, Va. is spending a few days
with relatives here. Newsum, who
is a retired railroad conductor,
was reared here.
Hardy Carroll, former princi
pal of the King High School, was 1
here from Durham Saturday shak-1
ing hands with old friends.
Atty. Dallas C. Kirby of Dan-I
bury wag bere Saturday looking'
after aome legal matters.
Dr. and Mrs, Grady E. Stone j
'and son, Richnrd, are visiting
Grady E., Jr., who is stationed at 1
Beloxie, Miss,
Miss Nan Spainhower who un-'
derwent a major operation in a'
Winston-Salem hospital recently j
is convalescing.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Love who
reside on Pulliam street gave
their daughter, Julia Jane, a'
| birthday party Thursday this be-1
incr her sixth birthday, A number
I 0
of youngsters were present to,
help enjoy the occasion.
Came near forgetting th
-1
stork's report. Here it is: Mr. and
Mrs, Bill Wilkins, a son; Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbuwi Kiger, a son; Mr. I
and Mrs. Holton Gentry, a son; j
Mr, and Mrs. Grady Bennett, a
daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Warner, a son; and Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Reed, a son.
And that's the news from here.
Adnlph, Benito and Hirnhlto
—the'three blind mice. Make '
them run with ten percent of
Jfyour income in War Bonds
-T every pay dny. \
* * * "Number 3,661
DELEGATION FKOM STOKES
GOES TO RICHMOND MON
DAY.
The sales committee of the To
bacco Association of the United
States meeting in a special session
at Richmond, Va., Monday set
Monday, September 2k, as open
ing date for Old Belt tobacco mar
kets. '
Old Belt growers, warehouse
men, and other tobacconists had
asked for September 22 as open
ing date instead of the October 1
opening set at the general meet
ing of the committee sevfcral
I weeks ago, but the committee af
ter an executive session lasting
j iittle over a half-hour set Septem
ber 28 as the substitute date.
| Immediately after disclosure of
the October 1 opening date seve
ral weeks ago, the Old Belt set to
work to have the date moved up,
principally because the crop is
two weeks earlier this year and
the date is two weeks later than
last year's. ''
The cox 4 ii 4 iit.Ut co.«v«ned at It
o'clock Monday morning and
heard speeches favoring the earl
i
ier date by Charles M. Norfleet,
president of the Winston-Salem
First National Bank; R. Flak;
i
Shaw, of Guilford county, execu
i
jtive secretary of the North Caro
lina Farm Bureau; Walter Harri
son, Danville businessman; state
Senator William Marshall, o£
Stokes county; Claude Whitehead,
| of Chatham, Va.; Benton Stacy,
of Rufßn; and D. E. Pureed, o2
Rockingham county. i
J Everett Matthews, of Winston*
Salem, member of the committea
| and president of the Virginia*
Carolina Old Belt Warehouse Ad
| sociation, was present for the
| meeting. Others from Winston-
Salem were C. M, Norfleet; J. T.
.Booth, sales supervisor of the
j Winston Tobacco Board of Trade;
I Claude T. Glenn, R. W. Ncwsom,
|T, O. Pepper, W. G. Sheets, ani
; Charles H. Dalton. >
Sheriff John Taylor, County
Agent L. F. Brumfield, Solicitor
J. Scott, Burke Smith and Wil
liam Marshall of Stokes county;
J. Clay Idol, of Davie County;
Ernest Purcell, of Rockingham
county; and M. F. Shore, of Yad-
I
kin county, were also anion *
those from the area present foi'
the meeting.
H. R, Pettus, of Richmond,
| chairman of the sales commit tee,
' presided.
Casualties 14,143
The office of war information 'it:
j Washington has announced that
United States armed forces hav«
suffered 44,1-13 casualties in thin
war, wounded and missing.