. THE DANBURY REPORTER
u -1 H I 111S11 •"*» I 1S i '■?
DEATH OF
DR. JOHN VV. NEAL
FORMER CITIZEN OF STOKES
LATE OF MONROE, PASSES
IN CHARLOTTE 7TGSPITAL
Dr. John W. Ncal, aged S3,
prominent physician at Monroe,
Union county, for more than -10 1
years, died In a Charlotte hospital
Friday afternoon, Nov. lrt.
He had been in declining health 1
for several years. The immediate
cause of his death was pneumonh
Dr. Neal was barn and rearc.
at Meadows, Stokes county, a so:
of the late J. William and Mi *. '
Neal. He was a brother of th.
late Dr. J. Walter Neal of Walnu l
Cove. 1
In 1886 he married Miss Cljat- '
tie Pi pper of Danbury, mho wa' '
a daughter of N. M. and Mrs Fi- 1
len A. Pepper, and a sister o r Mrs.;
S. P. Christian, Mrs. J. W. Hall '
and N. E. Pepper of Danbury. She
died in 1902. Dr. Neal married
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Miss Ida Gribble of Monroe in
1904. She survives him. Six
children were born of the first
union, three of whom survive.
They are Horace M. Neal of Rai
eigh, Mrs. Walter Sanders of Mon
roe and Dr. Kemp P. Neal of Ral-;
'gh. Another son. Dr. Paul M.l
0 al of Raleigh died in 1943. Mis?
.elen Josephine Neal of Monroe'
died at 24, and John William Neal J
also of Monroe, died at 19 years '
of age. 
Dr. Neal was one of the oldes: '
graduates of the university an I
an ardent alumnus. He was a
member of the Union County Med-i
ical society, the North Carolina;
State Medical society and the
American Medical Association; J
was always very active in practice 1
of medicine and in religious anJ
civic activities.
During his residence in Stokf ;
county Dr. Neal was active in the
political, civil and religious
life of this county. For a number
of years he was chairman of the
Stokes county hoard of commi.- - .
Bioner?. He practiced medicine in
Monroe for 43 years and was ac-'
tive ir. the work of the First Bap
tist church, being a deacon and
havini served as chairman of th
board of deacons.
Funeral services were held n
First Baptist church at Monroe n>
2 O'CIOCK Sunday afternoon. Bur
ial was made in the Monro-? com
et "ry.
Dr. X" i I \v"s burn on June 25
IS."' l ' i Sto':*." •>> "ity. He :'vi '•
unt ! rt the University of Nor!!:
Carolina, with A.B. degree, 1i
1881. and received his M.D. depr •
at the University of New York i:i
1884. He practiced medicine foi
years in Stokes county or.d
int to Monroe in 1901.
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Hassell Tilley of Lawsonville
carried 900 lbs. off, said it was
sorry bud leaves, sorry as he ever i
raised. It brought Hassed i
$429.50. Was Hassel happy? Ask 1
him! \
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Volume 72
GOOD EATS CHEAP J
EOK THE STUDENTS
STOKES CONSOLIDATED
SCHOOLS SERVED 219.'
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LUNCHES IN OCTOBER Ail
COST OF TEN CENTS EACH j
During October the consolidated:
ed schools of Stokes county ser» - -j
ed 2190 lunches to the pupils at
a cost to the children of only 1"
cents per lunch.
Each lunch was wholesome an.'
plentiful, consisting of sever. ;1
kinds of vegetables, bread, some- 1
times beef or beef stew, a jJass
of milk :nd dessert. The cost o.'
the lunch to each ehil 1 was on!;.
10 cents, the Federal governm :r.
paying !» cents. Thus a 19-cent
lunch was made available to one: '
child at the cost of only 10 cent.*!
per child.
Lnches were served as fellow*
during October:
Walnut Cove 412,
King 394 i
Pine Hall 21i|
Lawsonville IT;
Sandy Ridge 315'
Francisco 197!
Danbury 681
German ton ?0]
i
Meadows 70
Reynolds 153
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Total 2,196
Pinnacle operates lunch room'
but does not participate in Fed
eral aid.
Good Wishes
For The Reporter
Camp Blanding, Fla.
November 1, 1944. J
Dear Mr. Pepper:
I have decided to have the Don-'
bury Reporter stoped if you can't
have any thing prented but about
the election.
I am very sorry to hear that
Roosevelt was elected. I was
thanking if Dewey got electee;
that the war would be right ovei
but now I don't have any idea
when it ever will be over.
You said thnt Roo*:-velt had
done more for the farmer than
i
any president sience George Wash
ington but if he has ever done any
thing for the farn ?r I have nevei
knew nny~fTiTrig about it and I
have been a farmer all of my lif-.\
Well I could wright ail nigh l
about the thin * that, the Demo
crats hps done ivng >t iwr
body don't see i lick :h> I hoc •
you get along fine • i n l Roos"..
gives you hell f> r the n-wt foui
year. I would lack f»r* yuu t- ,
prent this in your paper and sen
me one more copy of the Reporter.
PVT. SAMUEL E. MHONE.
41016197 Co. C. 215 Bn. |
Camp Blanding, Fla.
Answer soon.
Register of Deeds Robah L
Smith attended a Tax Supervisors'
meeting at Chapel Hill Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday of thi'
week.
Danbury, N. C, Thursday, Nov. 16, 1944 *
(An Editorial)
Infoi ination, Please
Prominent Republican D. E. Scarbor
ough of Kernersville, who is President
of the "Non-Partisan Fair Elections As
sociation," says fradulent ballots were
cast in the late election in Davidson
county and has had indictments made
against certain election officials of Dav
idson county.
President Scarborough says hi- associ
ation stands ready "to pay the offered
reward of S2OO to persons furnishing ev
idence leading to the trial and convVcicn
of these racketeers."
The people of North Carolina, regard
less of party, are no doubt glad to note
the efforts of Mr. Scarborough and his
"S2OO reward" committee to clean up un
fair election practices in the State, but
the Democrats of Stokes county are won
dering if his tempting prize of S2OO may
be extended to find political blackmail
ers and thugs who secretly threaten to
blow up court houses and assassinate
election officials who fail to turn in ma
jorities pleasing to their "desires and ex
pectations."
The State Bureau of Investigation as
well as the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion, who are now working on the late
Stokes incident which occurred two days
before the election, will probably be glad
to have the cooperation of President
Scarborough and his Non-Partisan Com
mittee.
If the Fair Elections committee needs
moral support in its search for the guilty
parties in the Stokes affair, which was so
serious as to command the attention and
the investigations of the nation's lead
ing anti-crime agencies, possibly the
usually well informed Union Republican
of Forsyth county, or Mr. Hall, the chair
man of the Stokes county Republican
executive committee, may give it some
enlightenment on one of the most dis
graceful incidents in State politics in re
cent years.
The Union Republican, which exer
cises a suzerainty over Stokes county
Republican politics and which makes
more racket than a jackass in a tin barn
every time the wind turns up a leaf, has
been silent in seven languages over the
Stokes blow-up-assassination incident.
Indeed this militant orgin has not been
hea;'d from since the Ferree-Ingle wi:
to the capital of Stokes.
While Mr. Choerman ruiU, who is
leged to ha\e visited the olliee of the
Board of Elections here several time
before the election, spitting out veiled
threats, has lately been as extinct in
these parts as the fabled Dodo bird.
The people of the State will no doubt
await the reaction of Mr. Scarborough
and his association with impatience,
wondering meanwhile whether his 200-
buck reward will come within the mean
ing of bombardment and murder or just
be confined to plain vote stealing.
PUBLISHED TIILKSI»A\S
SSGT. O. P. GREEN
IS AWARDED AIR
MEDAL OVERSEAS
(Special to The Reporter)
An Eighth Air Force Bomber
Station, England.—Staff Sergeant
Oscar P. Greene, Jr., 21, of Kivs
photographer and gunner on a V
17 Flying Fortress, has been dec
orated with the Air Medal, at thir
Eighth Air Force base.
The award was for ''meritorious
achievement" during bombing r
tacks on Nazi war industries a:>
military targets in support of Al
lied ground forces.
He is (lie son of Mr. and Mrs
O. P. Greene of King, and w:\-
recently promoted to ?T!s rating o
staff sergeant. Before entering
the AAF in October, 1942, he war
an electrician,
WOUNDED
Pfc. James Walter Brown, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brown o'
.
Walnut Cove, Route 2, has noti
fied RTs parents that he was
wounded in action in the Pacific
theater on Oct. 22. He went ov
j
erseas last July.
Buck Horton Killed
In Action—Add To
Casualty List
Since writing the report of the
war casualty list—published or:
another page—the Reporter has
learned of the death of Buck Hor
ton of King, which increases the
list of Stokes boys who have met
their death in action to IS.
Young Horton, who was a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Horton, was
killed in action in Belgium.
Missing In Action
Whitt MeCollum, here today
from Madison, told the Reporter
that young Malcolmn Wall ha.l
been reported missing in action ia
the Mediterranean theater. H
is a nephew of Mack Wall of Pine
Hall.
LOCALS
Mrs. J. W. Hall. Mis. S. P
Christian, Mr*. N. K. Pcppet, Mir
joiie an.l Ellen IV; ,ei attended
the rites >( Dr. J. W. N I
Mon. : UM.i i -.
.Vi i. R. 1!. T • •! is
v.vl il with 'a i : '
neapolls, Minn. C-.pt. Todd, \vu
is stationed somewhere in Ala kn
v.'.s sir.t t i .Minneapolis fur
short wiulo on a special assign
ment.
Pvtree arrived here to
day from Washington for a vis:'
Mrs. R. R. King is visiting hei
husband at Point Harbor, N. C.
Katherine Sisk returned to
i Washington, D. C. last week to re
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jsume her duties with the Signal
I Corps.
j Mrs. N. Earl Wall is visiting in
Morehead City this week.
Number 14,777.
LAW SJ.>' v 1 Llih
NEWS
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Lawsonvillc.— Paul liny, son ol
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Ray, is homo
on a furlough from his-- base in Al
abama.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Doss and
son, Curtis, plans to visit their
son, Akers, who is stationed with
the army at Camp WhecKi, Ga.,
this week-er.d.
Clarence Lawson, son ol Mr.
and Mrs. Cleve Laws--.. is in an
army hospital in Cali l
Claud Smith, son ol Mi. and
Mrs. Whc. lvi Smith, is : t horn;
on furlough from the navy. He
stationed at Bainbridge, Md.
Misses Anna Stevens, Ethel Ow
ens and Clarence Owens and Hcn
ry George picnicked at New River
Sunday.
i Seaman 2 C Delbert Simmons ia
r.ow somewhere in the South Pa
cific. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. N. Simmons.
Pvt, Sam A. Robertson, son of
Mr. and MrsT W. W. Robertson,
: has arrived in France. He enter
' ed the army Feb. 5, 1942.
Nathan Simmons visited Miss
Billie Tucker Saturday evening.
S. 2C Kenneth Sheppard, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sheppard,
stationed at Camp Peary, Va.,
spent the week-end at his home
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Oakley
recently visited Mr. and Mrs. P.
: H. Robertson at Jacksonville.
Mrs. E. G. Lawson spent last
week in Charlotte visiting her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hampton
Lawson. She returned home Mon
day. Cpl. Lawson is in France.
Mr. and Mrs Lemily Lawson
and daughter, Thelma, and Mr 3
Bethel Corns spent Friday in Win
ston-Salem.
VADE MECUM NEWS
1 Vade Mecum. Private Carlos
: Brown of the U. S. Army recently
spent a few days here.
Misses Ruth. Ada, Murphy and
Edith Vr.den spent part of last
week in Greensboro visiting M.'.
and Mrs. Frank Bondurant.
Geo Hall spent last Wednesday
ni.aht v.ith Mr. and Mrs. Jones
■ Hall at Winston-Salem.
! Miss Monica and Val White an 1
' Kent u*. v St KU'ville visited
J : i le ar.d Evelyn Vndcn Sunday.
Mr ar-T *.?; - Beiraid rv-n:i.>t ;
and , 11. -t. s *> o „., c . |
: t v.- .islf" S • 11 Th'jrs 'ay.
Mr. an ! Mis. Joe Whi an 1
Mi;:. Walter H,!l of
visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Murphy
Simmons.
Miss Drusciila Boyles of Kinrx
is spending some time with her
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Georjp
Simmnos.
Mrs. Cora Brown is seriously
ill at the home of her son.
A large crowd attended the fun
eral of Annie Bell Pyrtle, small
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Pyrtle, held Sunday.
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