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GATES COUNTY INDEX The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Volume 12, No. 32 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, April 12. ippj (One Week Nearer Victory 12 Pages This Week Felton Landing and Clayton Horton Meet On Street of English Town Felton Landing, left, and Clayton Horton, right. To meet someone you know away from home always brings a touch of happiness to any oc casion, but to meet your first cousin on the streets of a large city in England is a joy few of us ever have. But that is what happened to Felton Landing and Clayton Horton recently in England, ac cording to a letter from Landing who wrote the Woman’s Mis sionary Society of the Cool Springs Baptist Church to thank them for a Christmas present sent to him. Landing’s letter said: “One day I was walking the street. I met someone—Clayton Horton, my first cousin. I almost faint ed. So did he. He was so glad see me. He asked how every - thing was around Scratch Hall (Eure). I was with him two days and one night. I wish you could have heard our conversa tion. He has been away from the states nineteen months. He said that he received his Christ mas package from you. Other parts of Landing's letter are: “I wish to thank you for the Xmas present you sent me. I cannot express in words the ap preciation for it. “As most of you know, I’m in England, well and in the best of health. “There <are lots of things I would like to say, but I guess you understand.” Landing is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Landing of Eure. slain less W eatlier Brings Increase In Farming Work Roanoke-Chowan farmers,] hampered in their spring plant ing progress for the month of March, turned out in large num bers Easter Monday—a day of inactivity for many people—and plowed more land in one day than was plowed during March, a survey revealed. With excessive rains during March preventing most all farm work in the fields, the farmers of the section took advantage of the change in the weather over the Easter weekend and turned out in large number Monday. The activity was still continuing in all sections of the Roanoke Chowan Tuesday and Wednes day as the farmers worked over time in an attempt to catch up on their farm chores and get a crop planted. Schools in Gates county Mon day started dismissing at 2:30 m. in order to give the stu j| ts time to do their farm ■ res after school hours. W. nry Overman, school superin tendent, said that most students would have four hours in which to work after getting home. One of the first crops farmers in the section will plant is corn whicl,i is to be followed with cot ton and peanuts. John Artz, Gates farm agent, also said that people were behind schedule in the planting of their gardens. Getting the garden planted and at the same time planting the (Continued on page 4) Closing Dates For Schools White schools in Gates coun ty will close Thursday, May 11, and Negro schools Friday, May 12, Superintendent of Schools W. Henry Overman announced this week. Trustees Named for Hospital To Serve Roanoke-Chowan Board of trustees for the Roa noke-Chowan Hospital, Inc.— name given to the hospital to be constructed in Ahoskie — was named and other business mat ters handled Friday afternoon at a meeting in Ahoskie of the dona tors of money for the construc tion of the building. Friday was Good Friday and it was certainly a “good” Friday for the people of Ahoskie and the Roanoke-Chowan section when the citizens of the area who have pledged $100,400 to a fund for the construction of a hospital to serve Gates, Hertford, Northamp ton and Bertie counties met in a general session and named the trustees, selected a name for the hospital, approved a charter and heard reports from the commit tee which had handled the so licitation for funds. W. H. Basnight, chairman of the committee named from an Ahoskie post-war planning com mittee which had handled the plans for the hospital, presided over the meeting attended by nearly 200 people from Hertford and adjoining counties. Opened With Prayer Calling attention to the fact that six weeks earlier on Feb ruary 18 when the committee met for the first time and initiat ed the plans for the hospital the meeting was opened with a pray er, Basnight asked C. S. Godwin to offer a prayer. Following the opening prayer, the group in rapid succession se leeted Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Inc., as the - name for the cor poration; adopted a proposed charter; accepted tracts of land offered by Dr. George Mitchell of Wilson and J. B. Early of Ahoskie for the location of the hospital; and heard numerous speeches from citizens of differ ent communities on the value of the hospital for the section. Trustees named were: W. R. Lawrence of Colerain, C. B. Grif lin. of Lewiston, Edwin P. Brown of Murfreesboro, W. A. Taylor of Aulander, T. D. Northcott of Winton, H. H. Taylor of Har rellsville, J. B. Early of Earlys, H. O. Raynor of Powellsville, and W. H. Basnight, J. N. Vann, (Continued on Page 9) Five File for May 2'MPrimaryi Registrars and Judges Named Democrats Name Ellenor Chairman Of Organization O Gates county Democratic or ganization has been perfected with E. S. A. Ellenor of Gates named chairman and Miss Ethel Parker of Gatesville vice chair man, according to a report from S. P. Cross, secretary-treasurer. Executive committee is com-1 posed of C. C. Savage of Cora peake; George B. Morgan of Sunbury: S. C. Baines of Gates ville: W. J. Rountree of Hobbs ville; W. L. Askew of Eure and S. P. Cross of Gatesville. Township organizations are: (First name is chairman, sec ond name is vice chairman): Holly Grove—George B. Mor gan and Mrs. Walter Ward; Hunters Mill—S. C. Baines and Mrs. William John Hayes; Mintonsville—W. J. Rountree and Mrs. W. L. Riddick; Hall—W. L. Askew and Mrs. T. C. Lawrence; Reynoldson—E. S. A. Ellenor and Mrs. Edward Miller; Hasletts — C. C. Savage and Mrs. Blackwell Eure. Township meetings ' will be held Saturday, April' 22, at which the organizations will be perfected and delegates appoint ed the county meeting on Satur day, April 29. The county or ganization will be perfected at the April 29 meeting and dele gates appointed for the State Convention in Raleigh May 4. Harry Liniger Aerial Gunner Harlingen Army Air Field, Texas.—Pfc. Harry A. Liniger, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Lini °er of Gatesville, was graduated this week at this field as an aerial gunner and was awarded his silver wings. After a delay enroute to visit his relatives, he will join an •aerial combat team, unless re tained'at Harlingen to serve as a gunnery instructor. Icy Touch Raymond Dandrea, RCNVR, walks through ice covered Royal Canadian Navy corvette. His ship battled heavy seas in sub-zero weather while on North Atlantic convoy escort run. i Gatesville Boy Ends Training Great Lakes, 111.—Among those graduating from an intensive course of Gunner's Mate train ing at recent Service School ex ercises here was Shirley Clinton Baines, Jr., 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Baines, Sr., R.F.D.. Gatesville, N. C. This Bluejacket was selected for his specialized training on the basis of his recruit training aptitude test scores. Graduates from the 20 specialized courses taught here at the Service School are sent to sea, to shore stations, or to advanced schools, for active duty or further train ing. THURSTON J0LL1FF SAFE IN ENGLAND The Rev. and Mrs. J. M. JollifY of Gatesville received a message Monday from their son, Pvt. Thurston Jolliff, that he had ar rived safely in England. Five men through Monday afternoon had paid their filing lee with J. A. Eason, chairman, ol the Gates; county board of elections, lor nomination to of lices in the May 27 Democratic primary. They were: X. J. White, con stable for Holly Grove town shiptship; J. E. Gregory, county commissioner from the Sun bury ccnool district; W. J. Rountree, representative in the General Assembly; Hubert Eason, county solicitor; and Tazewell Eure, register of deeds. Between Tuesday morning and Saturday it was expected that candidates would have filed lor all the oitiees in the county which are to be filled this year. Under a new Law adopted at the Last session ol the General Assembly Gates county will have a five-man board of com missioners instead of the pre sent three-man board. The men will be elected from each school district. The present board is elected at large. Although they had not filed late Monday afternoon, present members of the board — all whom are in different school districts— were expected to file for re-election. They are W. L. Askew, Eure; A. H. ;RusseMw Gates: C. H. Carter, Gatesvillc. Willie Spivey and Tom Stal lings, both of the Hobbsville district, were being mentioned as possible candidates from that: district. Registrars and judges named by the board of election for the townships are: (First name given is the registrar, the other two names judges.): Gatesville—Edgar Cross, W. H. Lawrence and D. F. Roun tree; Hall—D. C. Eure. Q. R. Eure and K. R. Harrell; Holly Grove — Mrs. Louise Kitrell, W. A- Ward and C. F. Copeland; Reynoldson — M. P. Gatling: and Gattis Gatling, second judge not named; Hasletts—J. M. King. T. C. Ward and E. B. Speight; Hunter’s Mill — B. H Ward, Willie M. Spivey and Maywood Spivey; Mintonsville— Ned' Rountree, J. H. Bunch and J. N. Carter. Gregg Cherry Visits County Gregg Cherry, candidate lor the Democratic nomination for governor of Morth Carolina in the May 27 ^primary, was a visitor ih Gates county last Sat urday. / Accompanied by his district campaign manager, Merrill J. Evans of Ahoskie, Major Cherry visited Gatesville, Hobbsville, and Sunbury, in a swift tour through the county. The Democratic candidate saw many friends in the sec tions, shook hands with many other people in the county. His visit was the first of a guber natorial candidate in this pri mary.
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