THE DANBURY REPORTER
fc/stahli?ne»l 1572
GREAT WAR LOAN
VICTORY IN STOKES
H. G. Johnson, chairman, ad
vises the Reporter the Sixth \\V. i
Loan in Stokes will »>\ i; ir.
top more than 200 percent. T.:.
county's overall .juotn w.".3
000. At last tcj its the "11' quo
ta had passed SSJ,O 0, while
overall quota was stu:idir.g r.t ov
er $140,000. As Chairman John
son expresses his than!:?, he ad
vises that all bonds bought in De
cember will be included in the
drive.
Notice To Public!
The offices m the Court
House will be closed Friday
to Wednesday for Chrfatiuas.
The Board of County Com
missioners will meet on Jan.
2 instead of the Ist, 1945
the First coming on New
Year's Day, whkh is a holi
day.
The Dan bury Postoflk-r will
be ckmed Monday, Dec. 25
Christmas Day. Two mails
will be pot up. bat windows
will not be opened. The pub
lic is asked tc call at 9 a. m.
and 4 p. m. to attend tc post
al matters. ,
LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hall are ex
pecting Capt. and Mrs. W. H.
Hunt, Jr., from Thomasville and
Yeoman Lyman Hall of Washing
ton, D. C., as guests for the holi
days.
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Mr. anil Mrs. E. S. Stokes will
spend a few days during Christ
mas with relatives in Moores
villc.
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Home for the holidays arc An
gela and Deese Taylor, Salem Col
lege; Jean Carol Beck and Jean
Wall from Woman's College.
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A. J. Ellington has returned
from a tusiness trip to Washing
ton, D. C.
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Mrs. J. F. Martin left today for
Baltimore, Md., to spend Christ
mas with Mr. Martin.
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Elmer Campbell and Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Campbell and bahy
of Baltimore are here for a few
days.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wall and
children of Raleigh are expected
to arrive (his week-end for a visit
with Mrs. R. R. King.
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Miss Nell Joyce of Winston-Sa
em arrived today to spend the
Christmas holidays with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Joyce.
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Sheriff John Taylor visited his
sister Mrs. W. E. Wilkinson in
.Winston Sunday.
Volume 72
Death Claims
Z. O. Johnson, King
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Z. O. Johnson, age J of Kirf.:,
Route 1, died suddenly at hit
home Thursday afternoon ct 2:0'!
o'clock.
Mr. Johnson had been a visitor
in Winston-Salem Thursday mcrn-i
in?, and upon returning home, had'
resumed his daily duties. Ho wrr.
a farmer, and had lived at the
present home place practically «»!I
cf his life. He visited the Re
porter a few days ago.
Mr. Johnson was born in
in the son of Tip and Eliza
Johnson.
Survivors include the wido.v,
Mrs. Minnie L. Johnson: five son:',
W. D. Johnson of Winston-Saleiv:
Dowcll J:>hnson cf Ocenn City, N\
J.; C. L. Johnson of King. Rout?
1: Sergeant Moir G. Johnson, sta
tioned witTi the army somewhere
in France; and Pfc. Clyde John
son, stationed with the army in
Texas; two daughters, Mrs. J. H
Ferguso i of Ge-r.iantor:, Route 1,
and Mir.s Cleo Johnson rf the
home; fve brothers, S. L. John
sen of Germanton; J. E. and El
mer Johnson of King; and S. E.
and C. C. Johnson, both of Wins
ton-Salem; two sisters, Mrs. L. P.
Hill of Pilot Mountain; and Mrs.
B. T. Bitting of Enid, Okla.; and
five grandchildren.
Funeral services were at the
home and at Mt. Olive Church
with Rev. E. T. Sims and Rev.
I Ronald Hicks of Winston-Salem,
officiating.
I Pallbearers were J. J. Taylo*.
Paul Taylor. R. S. Redding, A. C.
Cromer, W. A. Palmer, H. G.
Johnson.
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S. H. Marion Passes
Away At Pinnacle
i
Samuel H. Mai ion, aged 92,
well-known resident of Pinnacle
1 Route 2, died Wednesday night oi
last week at his home.
Mr. Marion, who was one of th;
' oldest citizens of his community,
was a son of Richard and Mar
gaiette Haur.er Maiion.
Surviving are four eons, Ju
■ lius N. Marion of Brookstown,
■ Ind.; W. H. Marion of Galax, Va.:
E. E. Marion of Pinnacle, and
Sarnie Marion of the home; four
1 daughters, Mrs. M. F. Hnrdee o!
> Greenville; Mrs. Lillian Hawks of
r Tampa, Fla.; Mrs. J. W. Watson
of Pinnacle; and Mrs. Nellie Ma-
I
rion of the home; 32 grandchild
I ren and 20 great-grandchildren.
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,
Blessed He-vent
A telegram to Mrs. Frances H.
■ Marshall from Batesburg, S. C..
!
' announces a 7-lb. boy's arrival a'.
■ the home of Lt. Col. and Mrs
i
Woodrow Taylor Tuesday. Mrs
I Taylor is Mrs. Marshall's sister
i the former Miss Estelle Humph
i reys of Danbury. Col. Taylor has
sailed overseas.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Dec. 21, 1944.
(.'.n Editorial)
Christines Piayer
Tl.e world is depressed with sadness to-
C:dj.
On the western front the greatest bat
lie oi history is raging. Many thousands
of American, British and trench are
dying—dying to save our freedom, dy
ing to save this great and beautiful
country.
On this Christmas night in countless
thousands of homes in America that
glowed with light and laughter in the
Christmases gone by, subdued light
burns in windows. Vacant places are at
the fireside.
Let us not observe this Christmas with
feasting and revelry, but with the spirit
of sacrifice, with that spirit of Christian
fortitude that means in the days yet to
come overwhelming and invincible
strength and victory for the right.
The spirit of America is waking to
night. It has not been fully awake.
Thousands of men and women have not
yet learned that we are in the most deva
stating struggle in the history of the Re
public. Thousands of men and women
have been content to make money, and
with satisfaction to let the war go on.
This indifferent conception of our
grave situation must cease. Our boys
this Christmas night are thinking of us,
and wondering if we realize all that they
know, and the sacrifice they are making
for us.
Let us not falter. Lift our eyes for a
moment from the strife and the heart
breaks of earth to the quiet stars, and
let us not forget the strength that com
forted us in the desolation of other
times —
Shield with Thy protecting wing the
freedom and democracy which our fath
ers died to give us, and which we must
forever defend. Watch over our boy
who keeps his faithful vigil by the fox
hole, who stands unswayed on cold icy
decks, or who watches as the soft south
ern moon shimmers on the barrel of his
rifle—the moon that last night beamed
on the old plantation in the States and
that kissed the face of mother as she
breathed a prayer for the safety of the
absent one.
For the mothers of the boys who have
made the supreme sacrifice, how weak
and fruitless must be any words which
should attempt to beguile them from
the grief of a loss so overwhelming, but
in the words of the great Lincoln: ' May
our Heavenly Father assuage the ang
uish of your bereavement and leave you
only the cherished memory of the loved
and lost, and the solemn pride that must
be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice
on the altar of freedom."
Let not for one moment our hearts be
shaken.
The giant power of America will pre
vail. The stupendous resources of the
Allies are invincible. They will be mar
shalled to the discomfiture of the enemy.
Victory is certainly ours.
PL Till
Cpl. Wm. P. Long
To Graduate Socn
From Electronic i
Corpus Cris'.i, I>c. 1 
Marine Corporal »Vm. Philip L ;.
is .» ctuJcnt in clectronLs
ter.ance r.t the Xr.vd Av'at' .1
Technical Training Center r.ca:
Corp. s Chris.i, and cxpecis t>
graduate soon from the se\ .1
months' course with a non-c0..:-
missioned otf.cei's rating.
The Marine is the s.)n of Mr
and Mis. Edward E. Long ol Gci
mantcn., and has already com
pleted one month of primary
school and three months ol pr-.
radio school training before re
porting here.
Upon successful completion oi
the course here, Corporal Long
will be assigned to combat unit.
He is si graduate of the German
ton high school. His brothers
Seaman First Class J. H. Lon;-,
Navy, and Tech. Sgt. E. S. Lon;;,
Army.
!
R. Riser, King, Now
Eligible For Rating
Of Petty Officer
1
Great Lakes, 111, R. Kiser of
King was graduated recently
from the Naval Training School
(Electric) on the Purdue Univci
I
sity campus, Lafayette, Ind.
j After assignment to sea duty
or to a shore station, he will
I eligible to earn the petty officer
I t *r of electrician's mate third
jcto. ]
! The newly graduated man was
selected for this special school on
the basis of his recruit aptitude
test scores. The completed course
of study included the use,
function and maintenance of all
electric tools used by the Navy.
Electricity and the radio element!;
of electricity were also included in
the course.
Will Stewart Dies
At Home Near Kin;j
I
Funeral services for William P
•Stewart, aged 73, who died at the
home of his son, Joseph Stewart,
near King, Friday, were held at
1:30 Sunday afternoon in the
Snow Creek Primitive Baptisl
Church, Luvsonville.
Elder W. J. Brown and Elder
•L W. Tuttle en ducted the serv
ices. Burial followed in the fam
ily cemetery near the chrrch.
Mr. Stewart is survived by one
I daughter, Mrs. Dennis Bennett
1 King. Porte 1; four sons, Joseph
jand Charlie Stewart, Rural Hall
Route 1, Walter Stewart of Pilot
Mountain; Corporal Carl Stewar!
lof the U. S. Army overseas, an-'
j Private Cyril C. Stewart, Fort'
J Bragg; one brother, Sam Stew
jart. Baltimore, Md.; two sisters,
I Mrs. Mary Ellen Martin and Mrs.
I Laura Southern, both of Walnut
'Gove, and five gmfWlV-n
o u
iber 3,7h'J
INDL'f iS REPORT
TO J I* C ROFT
* iVEDNESDAY
Tli" !o!!o\vi.r_ r.;.nn.' rtr n lct't
\\\ ir.os.'ny fur induction
into the service.'?:
}' ward Li Westmoreland
!„b(n Clarendon Al'.bolt
J Loyd George
Wm. Cht't'r Montgomery
Rayford Cardwe'.l
Sjv.ncer Burrow
V, ::«y Kay McKnight
Robert Lee Montgomery
Robert "Vm. Mabe
By n urn Rcn'.ie Tattle
Lawren:-e Ode'.l Make
George Otis Yates
Wil'ard Valentine Knight
P.;!ph Juni r Harger
Kr Elmer Bullins
Rob: i t Clevo Hunter
Ted Warren Tilley
Cecil Bryan Gann
Wm. Robert Moser
Dempsey Fountain Smith
Foy Elbert Gordon
James Franklin Moore
Garlie Browder
Arthur Patron Gordon
Carlos Lee Hundley
Samuel Owen Smith
Jesse Wm. Inman
Roy Junior Rachel
Frank Moore Tilley
Grady Derwood Duggins
Claude Swanson Mabe
Oteen Wall Snyder
James Monroe Martin
Billie Oscar Steele
Ulice Mathew East
Robert Lee Vernon.
Local Doughboy's Rgt.
In Italy Marks 338 th
Day In Combat
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY,
ITALY.—Pfc. Jamrs R. Mabe, of
Route 1, cook's helper, is a mem
ber of the 135 th Infantry Regi
ment, which recently marked it*
338 th day in combat. The regi
ment. a unit of tbe 34th "Red
Bull" Div. with Lieutenant Gen
eral Maik W. Claik's Fifth Army
in Italy, h.'s been in foreign serv
ice continuously lor more than
two and a hall years. t
Algiers, Hill >oo, the Volturno
and Rapido Rivers, Cassino, the
Anzii beachhead, Rome, Pisa and
t
the Gothic L'no have been fought
for s.nd won by the men of tho
I
3-lth in their nearly 1009 days
overseas. _ "
Death Of * '
Oliver A. Spainhour
Funeral services for Oliver
Alexander Spainhour, aged 80,
who died at the home of a daugh
ter, Mrs. R. R. Fulk, at Pinnacl-;,
where he had made his home for
the past five years, were conduct
ed at Mount Pleasant Methodist
Church at 2 o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon, Dec. 12.
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