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* GATES ume Pages This Week The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Gatfsville, N. C, Wednesday, May ,9|1 (One Week Nearer Victory) Democratic Candidates for Governor ____ . . R. Gregg Cherry Ralph McDonald Cherry and McDonald Supporters Mass Forces for Final Drive Supporters of Gregg Cherry and Ralph W. McDonald, Demo cratic candidates for Governor of North Carolina, are marshal ling their forces for the last minute drive for votes as Pri mary day looms Saturday. Leaders in the Roanoke Chowan counties this week were predicting victory for both sides, but the Cherry supporters were more prone to talk of vic tory Saturday than the McDon ald men. McDonald supporters contented themselves with such remarks as, “People are going id be surprised when the votes are counted.” Large Vote Seen However, in spite of the war d imminence of invasion in k ope, the primary has attract * the attention of many voters a large vote is being pre dicted in all counties.. Sentiment in Gates county, according to a survey made by the Index, apparently is running towards Cherry, but a large number of merchants in the county are known to be McDon ald supporters. With the county, district and the Gubernatorial races claim ing the attention of most of the voters, little publicity has been given the other officials to be selected this year. Nevertheless, there is a United States Senator to be nominated in this primary, and five candi dates are in the field for the position. Leading contenders are two former governors, Cameron Morrison and Clyde R. Hoey. Other names on the ticket are (Continued on page 14) w. Dare Boone To Address Joint Legion Gathering W. Dare Boone, of Winton, ■iudge of Hertford county re ader’s court, will deliver the flh -norial day address at a joint i$r iting of the Gate^ county post ^ the American Legion Thurs day night at 8:30 in the Legion Hut in Gatesville. Report of the nominating committee, selection of delegates for the State Convention, dis cussion of the membership drive and completion- of plans for dec orating the graves on Sunday, May 28, will be made in a short business session. All members of the Legion and the Auxiliary are urged to attend. Leslie Taylor, Pacific Veteran, Now On Furlough Pfc. Leslie Taylor, veteran of the Pacific war theater, has ar rived at his home near Gates to spend a furlough with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lin wood Taylor. Pfc. Taylor has spent 27 months in the Pacific theater and has been away from home for the past three years. SPlaces where he has served include Australia, New Caledonia, and Guadalcanal. He participated in much action in the vicinity of Guadalcanal. CCC Designated To Purchase 1944 Crop of Peanuts The Commodity Credit Cor poration, or its designated agen cies, will be the sole purchaser of farmers’ stock peanuts from the 1944. crop, it was announced this week by the War Food Ad ministration. The order, issued on May 9, took effect .at 12:01 a. m. May 10. The COC will also provide authorization for the use of pea nuts for crushing, cleaning, shelling or otherwise changing farmers’ stock peanuts from their natural state in order to assure a proper distribution and use of peanuts for defense, for private account, and for export, the order said. Although the order does not carry any reference to prices to be paid for farmers’ stock pea nuts, nor to prices which will be received by the Commodity Credit Corporation for resale to cleaners, shellers or crushers, the following concerning sup port prices for peanuts was an nounced May 4 by the War Food Administration: The 1944 crop of peanuts for oil: 90 percent of the compara ble price calculated as of the (Continued on Page 14) GEORgTb. MORGAN IS MADE CORPORAL George B. Morgan, formerly of Sunbury, has been promoted to the rank of corporal techni cian at the Infantry Replace ment Training Center at Camp 1 Wheeler, Ga. 1600 Expected tBV ole; Election Interesfeises HDC Federation Meets In Gatesville on Friday Annual Gates county Spring Federation meeting of the Home Demonstration Clubs will be held in the Gatesville school auditorium Friday, May 26, starting at 3 p. m., Miss Ona Patterson, home agent, announc ed this week. Principal speaker will be E. L. Norton, of Jackson, county agent of Northampton county. The Rev. T. Sloane Guy, of- G^tes ville, will be in charge of the music for the convention. Miss Patterson said that she was expecting an attendance of approximately 150 from the 14 home demonstration clubs in Gates county. Mrs. C. H. Carter of the Car ter’s club will have charge of the installation and recognition ser vices. New officers to be install ed are Mrs. G. C. Worrell, of Middle Swamp, president; Mrs. L. C. Powell of Ariel, vice pres ident; Mrs. H. A. Eure of Cora peake, secretary and Mrs. Glenn Lilley of Gatesville, treasurer. Retiring officers are Mrs. T. C. Lawrence of Eure, president; Mrs. W. L. Riddick of Hobbs ville, vice president; Mrs. B. L. White of Sunbury, secretary; and Mrs. B. M. Eure of Drum Hill, treasurer. Miss Patterson said that not only club members were invited, but that also friends of club members were urged to attend the meeting. Light refreshments will be served. To Make Plans For Bond Drive Plans for Gates county’^ part in the Fifth War Loan drive which starts June 12' and con tinues through July 15 will be made Sunday at a conference of war bond county chairman in fhe hotel at Willi,amston. Robin Hood, Gates county bond sales chairman, will represent the county at the meeting. The conference is being called by W. H. Wooland of Greenville, chairman of sales in District No. 1 which comprises a number of counties in this area. Measured for Beauty Here Norma Brandt is being measured for the Helldorado beauty contest held in Las Vegas, Nev. Maxwell Kelch, president of the Las Vegas chamber of commerce, is doing the honors. Three Principals, Five Teachers Are Needed in Schools Location of three principals and five teachers is a problem now facing Superintendent of Schools W. Henry Overman as i he starts plans for the opening of Gates county schools this fall. Principals and teachers are needed at Eure, Sunbury and Hobbsville schools. Unless res ignations are received during the summer prior to the opening of school this fall from either Gates or Gatesville schools, the same teaching staffs will return, Overman, pointed out. However, during the summer several resignations are received from the teachers and it’s very seldom that the identical school teachers return, it was said. BURNED IN FIRE Trotville. —- Clarine Stallings whq was painfully burned about the face, hands and feet, while trying to lead his horses from a burning building, is improving. 155 Want Grade 1 Tires; Gates Board Has Only 93 Eligibility for Grade I tires is not a guarantee that such tires are available, since a re cent flood of applications by newly-eligible drivers far ex ceeds the Gates county ration board’s quota of Grade I tires, F. H. Rountree, chairman of the Gates county war price and ra tion board, said Monday. “Although the tire situation has improved considerably,” Mr. Rountree said “there are still only enough for the most es sential use. “While applications for new tires has exceeded 155, the lo cal board’s quota for this month is only 93,” he added. Rountree also reminded car owners to retain their tire inspection records, which will have to be presented in order to purchase new tires. Some motor ists, he said, had misinterpreted the recent OPA order suspend ing compulsory tire inspections and had lost or discarded their inspection records. With interest mounting in the race for Gates county's seat in the State House of Representa tives, a larger that average vote is being predicted for the county Saturday in the 1944 Democratic primary. r-umicai ODservers tnis week, pointing to the interest created by the withdrawal of W. O. Crump of Sunbury from the race for the seat in the State lower house and then his subsequent re-entry in the race, were pre dicting that the voting would be close in the 'battle to cause a sec ond primary. W. J. Rountree of Hobbsville, incumbent, and Q. R. Eure of Eure are other men in the race. In announcing that he had de cided to stay in the race, Crump said: “At the request and solici tation of many voters of Gates county, I have decided to stay in the race for the legislature. 1 would simply like to serve all the people to the best of my abil ity/’ With four county races, the four-way state senate battle and the Gubernatorial election at tracting the voters, Gates county citizens are expected to troop to the polls approximately 1,600 strong. County races are: (1) R. H. Eason and Norfleet White for constable in Holly Grove township; (2) J. E. Gregory and George P. Kitrell for county commis sioner from Sunbury school dis trict; (3) Crump, Eure and Roun tree for county representative; (4) A. H. Russell and Willis L. Lawrence for commissioner from Reynoldson school district. No Opposition Four township constables, three members of the county board of commissioners and the register of deeds face no opposi tion. They are: constables—'Hall Township, Lycurgus Tinkham, (Continued on Page 14) Captain Cowper Awarded 2 Oak Leaf Clusters Headquarters, 15th A A F , South Pacific.—Captain William R. Cowper, Jr., P - 38 ' Lightning fighter pilot with the “Dirty Dozen”, fighter squadron of the 13th AAF in the South Pacific, has been presented with two' Oak Leaf Clusters to the Aid Medal “for meritorious achieve ment while participating in sus tained combat operational mis sions.” Captain Cowper is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cowper of Gatesville. The citation said: “Flights were of a hazardous nature during which there was traversed an area where enemy aircraft fire was habitually ex pected and in numerous in stances encountered. He exhib ited great courage and untiring energy, his services reflecting highest credit on the military forces of the United States.” Captain Cowper was graduat ed from the University of North Carolina in 1941 with a degree in commerce and was a letter man in swimming.
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