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Gates County fade Volume 12, No. n The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Gatesville, nTc., Wednesday, November 17, 1943 "(One Week Nearer Victory) 12 is Weel United War a and Quota Is Reached Wie following report on the f United War Fund was written by r Hood, chairman of the fund drive in Gates county. I The final report for the United [. ‘ War Fund Drive in Gates county Shows that the quota of $2,821 | has been reached. t The chock for the quota was jj sent ftito the North Carolina headquarters Saturday in the ^ amount of $2,796. On Friday, November 12, a letter was received from the l| North Carolina headquarters *1 stating that the Virginia Electric & Power Company had given a |f- donation and had given Gates county $25 on its quota. This was a big help in the final wind-up since two of the townships did not reach their quota. All town ships except Haslett and Rey noldson reached their quotas. The (best showing in the county was obtained by Hunters Mill, Min tons ville, and Holly Grove in their speed in raising their quota and also in exceeding their quota. A table of the final results is as followings: Quota and Amount Raised jt, -Hasiett, $250.00, $10h48; Rey noldson $300.00, $262.73; Hall, $300.00, $300.00; Hunters Mill, $450.00, $502.75; Mintonsville, $450.00, $508.45; Holly Grove, 50.00, $550.70; Gatesville, " j TOO, $569.97; credit Virginia ctric & Power Company, $25; Men Stationed New recruits at the U. S. Naval Training Station, Great Lak^s, Illinois, are five Gates county men. Upon completing their re cruit training, these men will be home on a nine-day leave. They are: Thomas Warren Mathias, 20, Corapeake; Thomas Altan Umphlett, 19, Eure; Roland Cal houn Greene, 20, Eure; Shirley Clinton Baines, Jr., 20, Gates ville; Quinton Felton Eure, 27, Roduco. -/tal, $2,821.00, $2,821.00. (Continued on page 6/ 5 Gates Coiinty At Great Lakes ’Germany’s Latest *Secret Weapon’ Winston Churchill was the first Allied leader to reveal news of German rocket gliders which are pictured in a pfibtograph smuggled from that country. The gliders are launched from an airplane and are said to be controlled by radio. There have been rumors of long range rocket gliders that could be used to bombard London from France. Audit Reveals Large Surplus for County Audit of Gates county receiv ed this week by the county ac countant, Tazewell Eure, re veals the county to have a sur plus of $13,563.04. Total assets of the county are listed as $154,995.83 and total 1 [bill ties as $98,953.99. The "fi gures do not include the board of education or the clerk of superior court books. The audit was made by A. T. Allen and Company of Raleigh. Concerning the audit of the county books, the following was said in the general comments section: “Our ' examination did not disclose ahy evidence of irregu larities in the cash and we beli eve the funds have been careful ly and honestly handled and fully accounted for.” As to the audit made of the clerk of court’s books, the fol lowing was said: “We made a careful examina tion of the funds for which the clerk was accountable for the 12 months and it is our opinion that a full accounting has been made for all funds for which the clerk was responsible.” Following is the comment made on the school board books: “We made a careful analysis of the cash transactions and, where practicable, traced the (Continued on page 6) 4Jimmie’ Hobbs Dies In Automobile Wreck Funeral services for Thomas Everett Hobbs, 27, (“Jimmie” ‘ 'bbs) son of Rufus L. Hobbs of jv-v isville, were held Tuesday m noon at 2 p. m. from the rick Swamp Baptist church with the Rev. J. M. Jdliff, pas tor of the Gatesville Methodist church, officiating. Burial was made in the church cemetery. Mr. Hobbs was killed instantly Saturday night about 11 p. m. when his car overturned on the Suffolk - Sunbury highway. He was returning to his home in Suffolk after spending some time ^t the home of his father jn Hobbsville. He resided at 809 West Wash ington street, Suffolk, Va., with his wife and two young children, Thomas Everett, Jr., and Donald Stephen Hobbs. Survivors are his widow and two sons; his father, three brothers, Preson, Lonnie Lee and Jesse Hobbs, all of the Uni ted States army; a half brother, Philip Hobbs of Hobbsville; one sister, Mrs. Earl Harrell of Suf folk; and a half sister, Mrs. Reba Hobbs of Hobbsville. The accident occured three miles from Sunbury on the Sun bury-Suffolk highway. Reports said that Hobbs’ car failed to make a sharp curve at that point. Services Held Tuesday P. M. 'For Mrs. Pierce Corapeake.— Funeral services for Mrs. L. M. Pierce, 83, who died at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. L. M. Rountree, Cora p£ake, Sunday afternoon, Nov ember 14, at one o’clock, were conducted Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock from the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. M. Roun tree, by the Rev. J. M. Roberts and Rev. R. E. Miller. Burial was made in the family cemetery. Mrs. Pierce is survived by her husband, L. M. Pierce, of Sun bury; one daughter, Mrs. L. M. Rountree, of Corapeake; one adopted son, L. Q. Pierce, of Sunbury; one brother, R. L. Speight, of Suffolk, Va.; two | sisters, Mrs. Robert Brinkley, of : Port Norfolk, Va.; and Mrs. Sam Liles of -Sunbury. She is also survived by three grandchildren. Commissioned Nick Long, Jr., of Roduco, who has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States army air forces, is pic tured above. He was commis sioned at Altus Field, Altus, Oklahoma, on November 3. Farm Bureau Membership D Plans Here Friday Tubercular Xmas Seal Sale Starts On November 22 Mrs. J. L. Sawyer, chairman of the Christmas seals sales committee for Gates county, is sued the following announce ment this week concerning the sale of seals: Gates county joins the North Carolina Tuberculosis association in the nation-wide annual sale of Christmas seals again this year, the campaign dates cover ing the period between Novem ber 22 and Christmas Day. The quota for Gates county is $200—much larger than in any previous year. Let us approach our personal responsibility in this matter objectively. Essentially, it is an issue of self-interest. What we do through this or ganized agency, we do for our personal destinies. Seventy-five percent of all funds contributed for tubercu lar purposes remains in the coun ty, twenty-five percent goes to the support of the state and na tional work. Accomplishments for 1943 in clude one dozen sputum cups purchased to be loaned to tuber (Continued on page tj) Program Given On Scrap Metal The Sunbury 4-H club held its regular meeting on November 10, with the vice president, Blanche Brinkley, presiding. ■Marjorie Brinkley led the de votional. A very interesting pro gram was then enjoyed with the subject being, “Get in the Scrap.’’ The following members took part in a program on scrap metal: Jesse Jones, Ellen Spivey, Marion Eason, Blanche Brinkley. BASKETBALL GAME THURSDAY Gatesville boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will play South Mills, N. C., boys’ teams there Thursday night, November 18, at 8 p. m. . A meeting to plan for a mem bership drive for the North Car olina Farm Bui'eau in Gates county will be held here Friday night at 7:30 in the Legion Hut. A group of representative farmers from all townships who are members of the Fa^m Bureau have been invited to attend the meeting and bring a giiest who is not a member but who is a good prospect. » R. Flake Shaw, executive sec retary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, of Greensboro, and Joe Williams, Shaw’s assis tant, also of Greensboro will be present to discuss the Farm Bu reau and what it means to the farmer. Membership in the Farm Bu reau in Gates county has dropped considerably and bureau leaders are anxious to build the mem bership back to the point where it was during the peak years of 1938-40 when 400 Gates county farmers enlisted. Only 82 fann ers were members of the bureau in 1943. A goal of 300 has been set for I 1944 and leaders hope that this meeting Friday night will pro vide the stimulus to bring in the 300 members. Men who have been asked to attend and bring a friend are: Mintonsville: Ike Riddick, Cur tis Hollowell, W. M. Hollowell, Lester Rountree. Hunters Mill: Marshall Hobbs, B. H. Ward, Miss Ethel Parker. Gatesville: Linwood Piland, C. E. Lang, L. T. Lilley. Hall: E. P. Story, M. C. Lilley, W. L. Askew. Holly Grove: Walter Ward, George Kittrell, Lee Riddick. Reynoldson: E. D. 'Miller, H. P. King, Jr., W. L. Lawrence. Hasletts: Linwood Taylor, I. G. Riddick, J. M. King. Members of the Carter’s Home Demonstration club will serve supper. COTTON GINNINGS SHOWS DECREASE Census report shows that 2,735 bales of cotton were ginned in Gates county from the crop of 1943 prior to November 1 as compared with 2,791 bales for the crop of 1942, A. C. Mat thews, special agent, announced. Superior Court Convenes Monday Judge C. E. Thompson will open a one-week team of Gates county superior court in the court house in Gatesville on November 22 with a docket of seven criminal cases and six civil actions. Criminal cases on the docket are: Johnnie Trotman, man slaughter; L. E. Francis, reck less driving; Lonnie (Buck)’ Johnson, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill; James Walton, assault on fe male; E. F. Turner, cruelty to dumb animals; James A. Parker, larceny and assault with a dead ly weapon with intent to kill. Civil docket includes the fol lowing divorce cases: Dorothy Mae Hall vs. John Manly Hall; Olia Pruden vs. Arthur Pruden; James Vann vs. Carrie Vann; George Smith vs. Mate Smith; and Arthur Lee Boone vs. Ber tha Olivia Boone. The M. G. Brown and Co., \ Inc., has entered suit against the Atlantic Coast Railroad Com pany for damages. The case has been docketed for trial.
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