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A Free Press and a Free People —An Unbeatable Team NATIONAL NEWSPAPER WEEK, OCTOBER 1-8 Gates County Index The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County ne 12, No. 4 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, September 29, 1943 (One Week Nearer Victory) :s This Week pieriii rrotman Resigns Position Willie Rountree Sies Following Week of Illness Willie Rountree, 79, died at •10:30 a. m. Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. T. Barnes, ■near Sunbury, after an illness of a week. He was a member of the Oak Grove Christian church. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday at 3 p. m. in Suffolk. Burial was made in Eureka Bap tist church cemetery. Survivors include six daugh ters: Mrs. James Barnes, Mrs. J. C. Brinkley, Portsmouth; Mrs. J. W. Foster and Mrs. O. K. Thomas, Norfolk; Mrs. Mabel Jones, Washington, and Mrs. W. "H. Cartwright, South Mills; two sdns, Lonnie Rountree, Hertford, and Oscar Rountree, Corapeake; 19 grandchildren; five great granchildren and several nieces and nephews. Gates County Red » oss Sends One ~.ot of Clothing Miss Ona Patterson, produc . tion chairman of the Gates county American Red Cross chapter, reported Monday one shipment of garments had been made to the American Red Cross Depot, State Arsenal, Sea Gink, N. J., and that another shipment was being readied. Included in the shipment were the following garments: 79 gowns, 50 boys’ shirts, 13 slips, 3 dresses, 11 diapers, 5 baby gowns, 2 hospital gowns, 1 baby cap. " Ready for shipment are the following knitted articles: 18 pair of army wristlets, 19 army sleeveless sweaters, 8 army mufflers, 7 army helmets. All the garments have been made by women of Gates county who volunteered their time and energy, Miss Patterson said. The articles of clothing were packed by Mrs. L. C. Hand and Mrs. Mildred Cross Woodside of Gatesville and inspected by Mrs. Mrs. C. H. Carter of Hobbsville. Mrs. W. C. Story and Mrs. H. V. Beamon of Gatesville super vised the cutting department. They were assisted by a number * Gatesville ladies. ® jn Spotters Meet Friday Observers of the Zion Obser vation Post will be awarded their gold wings Friday, October 1, at a meeting in the HobbsYille high school auditorium at 7:30 p. m. A movie, “Battle of Britain”, will be shown by the aircraft warning service of the army air corps. All observers of the post are urged to attend. The public is also invited. Resignation of L. R. Trotman as sheriff of Gates county, after serving in the office for two months, becomes effective Mon day, October 4, when Gates county commissioners at their regularly scheduled meeting will appoint Mr. Trotman’s successor. Anyone in Gates county who is interested in securing the ap pointment should make applica tion before October 4 to the Board of Gates County Commis sioners, according to Tazewell Eure, clerk to the board. Commissioners at the same regular meeting will also appoint a successor to A.~C. Matthews, tax collector and constable of Haslett township, whose resig nation also becomes effective Monday. Citizens of Haslett township who are interested in this position should also make application to the board before October 4. Mr. Trotman succeeded Sheriff Langston by appointment two months ago as sheriff of Gates county, but on the advice of his family physician, Dr. Blanchard of Hobbsville, and on the advice of specialists in Norfolk, his resignation was tendered. It will be accepted, according to advices from the courthouse, and a suc cessor to the office of sheriff will definitely be made at that time. Woman is Guilty On Health Charge Icey Marie Eason, Negro of route 1, Hobbsville, was found, guilty in magistrate’s court in' Gatesville* Monday for failure to take treatment for venereal disease. She was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail, sus pended upon payment of $5 and costs, totaling $12.65 and on condition that she continue to take treatments regularly for six months. William H. Powell, venereal disease control officer, stated that he has tried to cooperate and be as lenient as possible with the venereal disease pat ients in Gates county, but that in the future those who have contagious venereal disease and fail to take treatments regularly will be prosecuted. CONDUCT PROGRAM The Young People of Gates ville Baptist church conducted a program for the Mission Study Class at the church Sunday, September 26. A playlet “Rediscovering North Carolina” was given. Spe cial music was rendered by An ri r e w Meeder and Mildred Langston. NOTICE ' The regular monthly prenatal and well baby clinic will be held in the Gatesville health de partment office on Thursday, October 7, at 2 o’clock. Chutes Up SalesT This parachutist appears to have landed right in the midst of hundreds of shoppers on Chi cago’s busy State street. He is Arthur Starnes, a veteran jump er, who is stimulating war bond sales as he demonstrates how a parachute works. Tubes, Fats, Tin Cans Wanted In Victory Drive Discarded toothpaste and shav ing cream tubes, waste fats and grease and tin cans are wanted by the Gates county salvage com mittee during the National Vic tory Scrap Drive which starts in North Carolina on October 1, John Artz and Miss Ona Pat terson, members of the Gates county salvage committee, an nounced Monday. So far the Gates county com mittee had turned in 400,000 pounds of scrap metal, 800 pounds of fats, and 80 pounds of tubes. Collection of tin cans has just started and about 75 pounds are on -hand now. FILLS PULPIT A Mr. Powell (no one in Gatesville Monday seemed to know his first name filled the pulpit of the Gatesville Baptist church Sunday in the absence of the Rev. T. Sloane Guy. War Bond Now Total Gates county’s War Bond total jumped to $80,000 Mon day with the announcement that the Chesapeake-Camp Corpora tion of Franklin, Va., large land owners in Gates county, had purchased $10,000- worth of tax saving notes series C and had directed that the amount be counted on the Gates county total. Pointing out that the Chesa peake-Camp corporation had done much for Gates county, Robin Hiod, war bond chairman, stated that .this action further typifies the spirit of the cor poration. The check for the pur chase of the bonds came from Hugh D.- Camp, president of the corporation. Among the many firsts for the corporation in Gates county is the reforestation program which has been started and the fire warden’s tower located between Sunbury and Gatesville, a gift of the corporation to the county. Although the sales had jumped to $80,000, Gates county Monday was still behind the quota as signed the county for the third loan drive. A quota of $140,000 had been assigned. Negro Sales Up Sales of war bonds to Negroes in Gates county has shown a remarkable advance in recent days, Mr. Hood reported. He at tributed the increased sales to a series of meetings which are being held in Gates county with the Negro citizens. A total of 350 Negroes attend ed a meeting at Stoney Branch iiehurch recently, 33 at Buckland and 16 at Blanchard’s Grove church. Typical of the spirit in which many of the Gates county Negro citizens are purchasing bonds, Mr. Hood pointed to two in stances which occured at the Blanchard’s Grove church meet ing. A teen-age boy, not more than 10 years old, he said, ap proached with a paper sack of pennies which he had been saving. He had $7.14 in pennies and wanted to purchase a bond. The boy’s mother contributed (Continued on Page 14) By Mrs. Elizabeth H. Crouse Public Health Nurse The third case of diphtheria was reported September 24, making a total of three cases re ported in Gates county since Au gust 11. This new case is Odell Wiggins, 17, of Gates. If all the mothers and fathers of unvaccinated babies in Gates county could have visited this patient with me last week to see the look of anguish on her face, they would all rush to have their babies vaccinated. We beg you again to take your babies to your doctor when they reach 6 months of age and have them vaccinated. For those who desire it, we give it free of charge at the Gatesville health department of fice every Wednesday and Sat urday from 9 to 12 or at the Sunbury clinic every Friday afternoon from 2 to 3 and 4 to 5 throughout the year. The three cases of diphtheria reported so far were due to failure of the patient receiving sufficient protection through vac cination. Two immunizations are necessary and should be given a month apart followed in six months by a Schick test to see if immunity has been established or if another dose is necessary for protection. The State Law demands that every child 6 months to ten years of age be vaccinated (Continued on Page 14) Three Cases of Diphtheria Threaten Epidemic in Gates Checker Finds Few Auto Tags In Gatesville A wave of uneasiness floated through G a tesville Monday afternoon when . it was dis covered that a district collector of internal revenue was in town checking Federal Used Stamps on automobiles. The inspector was George D. Gravely of Elizabeth City who said he found few cars in Gatesville with stamps placed properly on the windshields. He said he would check auto mobiles in Gates, Roduco and other sections of the county in the next few days. Kittrell Young People Elect New Officers The young people of Kittrell’s Church held their regular monthly meeting in the home of Mrs. D. A. Willey. The president, Roma Lee Cross, presided at the meeting and lead the worship with Miss Mildred Umphlette taking a part. The worship theme was, “I Bind My Heart to the Galilean’s Side.” Officers for the coming year have been elected. They are: president, Lloyd Bray; vice president, Tom Willey; secret ary, Billie Greene; reporter, Roma Lee Cross; and treasurer, Edward Willey. The hostess served refresh ments to Mildred Umphlett, Roma Lee Cross, Pfc. Robert Carroll, Ada, Tom, and Edward Willey. Negro Charged With Assault Tom Powell, Negro, was ar rested Monday by Gates county officers on a charge of stealing chickens and assaulting the wife of Tom Cooper, Negro of near Gatesville. The alleged assault occured Saturday midnight after the Negro woman had found Powell and another Negro, Walter Peoples, in her chicken yard. Officers Monday were still seeking Peoples. Four Negroes Are Inducted Four Negroes from Gates county have recently been in ducted into the United States army. They are Winfred D. Stal lings, Milton C. Gatling, James E. Arline, and Mackell Mullen,
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