The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County
Volume 12, No
Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday,
December 1
(One Week Nearer Victory)
This Week.
12
Public Educational
#rogram is Voted
% Peanut Industry
Meeting in Washington, D. C.;
last Morctey and Tuesday, De
cember 6 and 7, the peanut in
dustry, represented by its na
tional organization, the National
I*eanut Council, Inc., initiated a
program of public education in
the goodness and greatness of
the peanut as a basic human
food which, it is believed by
leaders in all segments of the
industry, will do much to hold a
permanent and stable market
for peanuts after the war-creat
ed demand for peanuts for oil
has subsided.
With funds subscribed
through the National Peanut
Council by''its membership,
which is composed of shellers,
crashers, salters, peanut butter
m a n u facturers, confectioners,
brokers, farmers marketing or
ganizations, and others associ
ated with the peanut industry in
service capacities, the J. Wal.er
Thompson Co., nationally
known advertising agency, was
engaged to conduct a campaign
of public education through,
press, radio, and other media of
information to bring forcefully'
to the attention of the housewife
and others the outstanding food
values ot the peanut. At. the
same time, a 'program of re
search to explore further and
perfect new methods for better
utilization, processing, and
packaging peanuts and peanut
hicts was authorized by the
W ,cil:
icision to enter on a national
-^ucational campaign under the
direction of one of the outstand
ing public relations organiza
tions in the country, was made
by the industry at this time,
when there is a greater demand
for peanuts than either farmers
or processors can fill, from real
ization that after the war-time
stimulus of peanuts-for-oil has
passed there must be a perman
ent market for peanuts on the
tables of American homes, if the
greatly expanded production of
peanuts is to be absorbed and
present processing capacities
ke^t active. -The decision to un
derwrite this national educa
tional campaign is as a part of
the peanut industry’s planning
to meet one of the post-war pro
blems that face both farmers
and processors of peanuts.
The meetings of the Council
at which the program was stu
died and approved were well at
tended by members of the or
ganization and leaders in the
peanut industry throughout the
nation. J. B. Hutson, president
of the Commodity Credit Cor
poration, was the guest speaker
at the closing luncheon session
at the Hotel Statler, and com
mended the industry for the
step it had taken toward plan
ing to meet the problems that
Id be foreseen in the coming
rn to peace-time commerce,
vfayon Parker, of Ahoskie, a
piember ,of the board of ♦direc
tors of the National Peanut
Council, attended the meetings
and took part in the formulation
of the plans for the national
promo tional and educational
campaign. “It gives me a great
deal of satisfaction to Isee this
project become reality because
I sincerely believe it is one that
has long been needed. This pro
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Gates Public
Offices Close
December 23
All Gates county offices will
be closed for the Christmas holi
days from Thursday night until
Monday morning, a survey of
the offices showed this week.
State employees in Gates
county will start their Christ
mas holidays at noon Thursday
and return to work on Monday
morning, according to instruc
tions released from Raleigh this
week, it was said.
The offices of the sheriff,
school superintendent, register
of deeds and clerk of court will
close Thursday night. The ACA
office, and the home and farm
agents Christmas holidays are
to be decided this week.
FORMER PASTOR
MADE CHAPLAIN
The Rev. Paul Forsythe of
Boonville, former pastor of the
Gatesville Baptist church, has
been commissioned a chaplain in
the United States Naval Re
serve. He is now stationed at
Williamsburg, Va.
Christmas Holidays
December 21-29
Through an error the date
of the start of Christmas holi
days in Gates county schools
was stated as December 22 in
the Index last week.
The correct date is December
21. Schools will close at the
end of classes on December 21
and students will return on
the morning of December 29.
• A
Episcopal Ministe
Gates Counties to
The Rev. John H. Bonner,
Jr., of Ahoskie, deacon - in
charge of the Episcopal church
es at Ahoskie, Winton, Mur
freesboro, Sunbury and Gates
ville, will be ordained to the
Priesthood in the St. Thomas’
Episcopal Church ip Ahoskie on
December 21 in services begin
ning at 11:30 a. m.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst,
of Wilmington, D. D., Bishop of
East Carolina, will ordain Bon
ner. This will be Bishop Darst’s
annual visitation to this field,
for at the service a confirmation
class will be presented, Bon
ner said.
Bonner first came to this field
in June 1941 while he was still
a student at the Seminary. He
continued to be in charge of the
Episcopal churches in Ahoskie,
Winton and Murfreesboro until
his ordination to tlje Diaconate
in November 1942.
Upon completion of his course
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Status Of Gates Fat IA-s
Affected Little By New Law
t
It’s on the Japs
A Japanese motorcycle loaded
with beer was one of the prizes
captured by American soldiers
during .their assault on Makin
Island. A group is shown drink
ing a toast to continued Allied
victories.
50 Participate
In Reynoldson
Church Pasreant
iJ
The Pageant of the Nativity,
depicting the Birth of Christ and
its celebration as given in the
New Testament will be pro
tray ed in words, music and
scenes by 50 characters at Rey
noldson Baptist Church at 8 o’
clock on Sunday night, Decem
ber 19.
Those taking parts will be
costumed in the oriental garb of
the time of Christ. The Prophet,
represented by Dr. J. L. Carrick,
the Pastor, will give the prophe
cies concerning the coming of
the dhrist child.
The Angel will b? portrayed
by Miss Lillian Riddick Parker.
364 in Farm Bureau;
Total Can Reach 600
ANNUAL XMAS
PARTY IS HELD .
Eure.— The Eure home de
monstration club held its an
! nual Christmas party at the
■ school building on Thursday
night, December 9 with 35 pre
sent.
I_
COTTON GINNING
REPORT
Census report shows that 3,
160 bales of cotton were ginned
in Gates county from the crop
of 1943 prior to December 1 as
compared with 3*995 bales for
the crop of 1942.
r of Hertford,
Be Priested
Bishop Darst
The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst
of Wilmington who will ordain
the Rev. John H. Bonner, Jr., of
Ahoskie, to the priesthood in
services at Ahoskie Tuesday.
| Belief was expressed in Gates
i county. Monday that member -
j ship in the Gates county Farm
j Bureau would reach nearly 600
| by the time complete returns
J from all workers are filed and
by the time all sections of the
county are worked for Farm
Bureau members.
Organization among the Ne
gro farmers in Gates county is
yet to be completed and the
Sunbury community has not yet
j been worked.
j Report by townships so far
j in the drive for 300 members in
| the Farm Bureau reveals that
| a total of 364 members have
been secured—64 over the goal
established for the county sev
eral weeks ago when the con
test was started.
Township totals so far as
released by S. P. Cross, secre
tary of the organization, are:
Mintonsville 108; Hunters Mill
67; Hall 53; Gatesville 54; Holly
Grove 40; Hasletts 26; Revnold
son 16.
Three As sociate Members
have been secured. They are
Bank of Hobbsville, L. W. Hath
away of Hobbsville and W. L.
White of Gatesville.
Meeting Tuesday
A meeting of all members of
the Farm Bureau, their families,
friends and neighbors will, be
held Tuesday night, December
21, in the Gatesvi.lle school au
ditorium. A speaker will be se
cured for the occasion and an
other report on the progress of
the membership drive will be
given.
All members of. the Farm
Bureau are urged to plan on at
tending the function and to
bring their families and friends.
Christmas Program
At Baptist Church
A cantata, “Chimes of the
Holy Night,” will be presented
at the Gatesville Baptist church
December 19.
The choir will be composed of
members of the Baptist and
.Methodist churches.
Selective Service regulation
passed by Congress last week
delaying the induction of pre
Pearl Harbor fathers until all
single men are taken apparently
will not have much effect on
the fathers in Gates county, ac
cording to information revealed.
At present the Gates county
draft board does not have any
white men in 1A from which to
draw its January and February
allottments. The last batch of
1A Negro men are being sent
to induction centers this month.
A few 18-year-olds—who are
snatched up by the draft board
almost as soon as they become
of age—and a few men whose
deferentent expires in the next
fewr months, are the only reg
istrants in the county from
which the draft board is able
to draw its quotas.
At the most, according to es
timates, Gates county pre-Pearl
Harbor fathers who welcomed
the legislation delaying their in
duction can hope for only three
or four months respite. On a
nationwide scale, the law is ex
pected to delay the drafting of
lathers not later than six
months.
Junior Class
Presents Comedy
Here Friday
j
The Junior class of Gatesvilie
high school will present a three
act comedy, “Sis Perkins,” Fri
day night December 17 at 8:30
p. m. in the high school audi
torium.
The play is set in the home of
i the artistocratic chandlers of
New York, and involves the in
vasion of this home by the coun
try cousin from Missouri. The
.cast is:
“Sis” Perkins, Jessie Ree
Doughtie; Mrs. Elizabeth Chand
ler, Nell Rose Ellis; Marcia
Chandler, Gloria Eason; Bald
win Chandler, Bill Frank Deans;
Lydia la Salle, Dorothy Jean
Hand; Violet Astor, Etheleen
Brown; Count Gaston de Long,
Claude Willey Hinton; Elviry
Sniffkins, Margaret Jolliff; Jay
Schuyler, Kermit Jordan; Car
ter, Robert Lee Rountree.
War Veteran
Is Promoted
John Stewart Rawls, son of
j Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Rawls of
| Gatesville, was promoted to
chief pharmicist mate November
1. He is now on shore duty at
San Francisco, Calif.
He saw action at Pearl Har
bor, Gilbert Islands, Kiska and
Guadalcanal. He was , awarded
the good conduct medal in Feb
ruary after four years of serv
ice.
BASKETBALL TWIN
BILL FRIDAY
Gates high school will play
Sunbury high in the Gatesville
gymnasium Friday at 8 p. m.
in a doubleheader basketball
feature.