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GATES COUNTY INDEX __ The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Volume 13, No. 7 Gatesvffle, N. C., Wednesday, October 18, 1944 '(One Week Nearer VietoiM 12 Pagg7^~^ . Subscriptions Of Several Overseas About to Expire The Index hesitates to discon le the subscriptions of men in SpP armed forces when they ex •4‘e, but postal regulations re quire it. The subscriptions of the men listed below are about to ex pire or hav^e expired but are still receiving the paper for two or three weeks. Customary notices of expira tion are not sent to men in serv ice because the Index is usually sent to them by relatives or friends. Consequently, the Index does not know who to notify in the case of the following sub scriptions. Those who have been sending the Jndex to these men stre asked to advise the Index whether or not they want it re newed. Otherwise, they must be discontinued. 1 Sgt. Marvin P. White, Pfc. Willie E. Umphlett, Pvt. Willie P. Hill, Pvt. William J. Askew, S 1/c Charlie O. Corbitt, Sgt. T. R. Corbitt, Cpl. Z. Dalton Eure, Cpl. Cooper Hofler, Pvt. M. S. Rountree, Noah E. Felton, Pfc. C. G. Eure, T/5 Way more Las siter, Pvt. Harry Willey, S 2/c Quinton Felton Eure, S 1/c Ro land Green, S 2/c Charles W. Howell. Dorothy J. Hand ’ 4-H President Dorothy Jean Hand, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hand, was elected president of the Gates '*e 4-H Club at the first meet 0of the club held last Thurs morning in the school audi riujn. Mary Ann Beamon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Beamon, was elected vice president; Doro thy Langston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Langston, secre tary; and Dorothy Blanchard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Blanchard, reporter. The meeting was taken up with election of new officers and with discussion of projects for the coming year. Winners in the recent canning contest were announced as fol lows: Dorothy Lawrence, first; Helen Rountree, second; and Rita Webb, third. WINTON CLINICS Dr. J. M. Jackson, district health officer, will not hold flu oroscopic clinics in Winton on October 25 and November 1. A maximum number of appoint ments have been assigned for the clinic to be held on Novem ber 8. New A-Card Gas Books Are issued New gas ration books will be "ssued to A-Card holders be D een now and November 1, it s announced this week at „e Ration Board office. Ap plications for the new books may be made to the office any time during the month of Octo ber, and application blanks can be secured at nearly all filling stations in the county. Appli cants are warned that covers of the old A-books and the old tire inspection record should accompany each application for the new book. Cure’s School — October 24 from 8:30 until two o’clock. . More dates and places will be carried in the Index as they are obtained. CARRYING RATIONS.—Pfc. James F. Lancaster, 365th In fantry Regiment, 91st Division, rests while onr a ration-carry ing detail noijth of Futa Pass in the Gothic line, in the Ap pennine mountains, Italy. The rations for his buddies are strapped to hi§, back. Liniger Missing; Turret Gunner On Liberator Bomber Mr. and Mrs. Paul Liniger of Gatesville have been advised by the War Department that their son, Sgt. Harry Liniger, turret gunner on a Liberator bomber, is missing following a flight over Germany on September 28. The message said a letter would fol low. Mrs. Liniger, his mother, and Mrs.- -Wesley-^Parker-,-’ -his—sister, were in Stubbinville, Ohio, at the bedside of Mrs. Liniger’s brother, who is ill, when the message came. Sgt. Liniger, 20, attended Gatesville school as well as other schools in the State, and finished at Edwards Military Institute at Salemburg. He re ceived his training at Hollinger Field, Texas, and at Scott Field, 111. He entered service about a year ago and had been over seas a month. 4P' _ Cotton Ginnings Off One-Third Gates. — According to A. C. Matthews of Gates, special agent for the Department of Commerce 1 Bureau of the Census, 763 bales of cotton were ginned in Gates county from the crop of 1944 prior to October 1, as compared with- 1106 bales for the crop of 1941. • The report indicates that ap proximately only two-thirds as much cotton has been ginned in the county this year as was gin ned on the same date a year ago. Mrs. M. Edwards Succumbs After Serious Illness Funeral services for Mrs. Mat tie Hinton Edwards, who died Monday at her home in Gates ville, after a serious illness of four days, will_ be conducted Wednesday aft&noon (todi3y) at 3 o’clock in the Gatesville Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Gatesville cemetery. ADULT EYE CLINIC The adult eye clinic will be held in the welfare department office at Gatesville, October 25, with Dr. Matthew S. Broun of Roanoke Rapids- conducting the clinic. Three Townships Reach Quotas In War Fund Drive Three townships—Hunter’s Mill, Mintonsville and Holly Grove—have reached their quo tas in the United War Fund drive, according to reports filed with the Rev. J. M. Jolliff. He also had in hand Monday a partial report from Reynoldson Township, which, he said, was a favorable one indicating that the Reynoldson quota would be reached. Gates county’s original War Fund quota was $3,260, but the chapter was asked to add an additional $150 for the State Children’s home and the town ship quotas were based on the revised figure, Mr. Jolliff said. Quota of $500 on the total amount was assigned to and ac cepted by the colored population of the county and Mr. Jolliff is confident that the county’s over all quota will be reached. The drive, beginning last week, was to be^completed within the week, but it may be necessary to ex tend the closing date. : ■ . . .• ,, " ' Fentress Horner Back from Duty In South Pacific . Bronzed by the suns-and winds of the South Pacific, Lieut. Fent ress Horner, with Mrs. Horner, and Miss Eugenia Williams, of Rocky Mount, spent the weekend with Lieut. Horner’s mother, Mrs. K. C. Horner, and tvith his sister, Mrs. R. E. Williams of Gatesville. Lieut. Horner, who was Judge Horner of Pasquotank County Recorder’s Court before entering the Navy, is just back from 18 months service in the Pacific as executive officer in a Naval Air Unit. That’s about all he is permitted to say, except that he is glad to be back and that the war in the Pacific will not last forever. Lieut, and Mrs. Horner live in Elizabeth City. He will go to the Navy’s Transport Command based in New York after a month’s leave with his family. He looked to be in splendid phy sical conditon, but, his friends thought a little war-weary. RELEASE LAST SON.— With four sons already lost in the present conflict, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Borgstrom, Tre monton, Utah, appealed to Lieut. Gen. A. A. Vandegrift, Marine corps commandant, for the release of their fifth son, Pfc. Boyd Borgstrom (shown above). An honorable dis charge was granted. , HEADS POLIO FIGHT.— Mrs. Elizabeth H. Crouse, above, has accepted chairman ship of the women’s division of the Gates county chapter of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis. Elizabeth Crouse Head of Women’s Polio Campaign The Gates county chapter of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis announces that Mrs. Elizabeth H. Crouse, Gates County public health nurse, has been appointed chairman of the woman’s division ol fh~e"county chapter. Mrs. R. L. McMillan Is State chairman of the women’s division and Miss Mary Pick ford is chairman of the women’s division of the National Founda tion. “Every citizen looks with re newed interest at the accom plishments of the National Foundation for Infantile Para lysis, Mrs. Crouse said, “for we are at last emerging from the worst epidemic of Infantile Paralysis in the history of North Carolina. Over 700 of our people have been stricken down with 'this sad affliction, most of them children.” “Because of the fine spirit shown by most of our citizens and the various chapters of the Foundation in the counties of the state, “the State in some mea sure was financially prepared to cope with the epidemic in the early weeks. The National Foun dation came to the aid of the state sending $229,474.17 which is more money than North Caro lina has sent to the Foundation from proceeds of all previous campaigns. Every victim of polio in North Carolina, regardless of his economical circumstances, has received promptly and complete ly, the best medical and nursing care science could give. Venereal Disease Case Fined Here Junius Arline, Nergo, 26, of Hobbsville, was convicted in Magistrate J. A. Eason’s court on October 14 on a charge of failing to take venereal disease treatments as required by law. - He was fined $5 and sentenced to serve thirty days in jail, sus pended upon payment of the fine 'and costs and upon condi tion that he take treatment each week. Total fine and costs amounted to $12.75. Ites Democrats lly at District et in Plymouth rtin Kellogg, chairman of Gates ciounlty Democratic Executive Committee, J. W. Rouintrei?, representative-elect, Miss Ethel Parker and Tom Hiayes were among an unan nounced number of Gates coun ty Democrats who attended the First Congressional District rally in Plymouth Monday afternoon. The Washington High -School band of 35 pieces furnished the muisic and the .program was broadcast over station WRRF of Washington in order-that people who could not attend the meet ing might listen to-part of the speaking. Distinguished - guests-, schedul ed to appear on the program for short talks were' Governor J. M. Broughton, Gregg: Cherry, Congressman Herbert. Honner, Clyde R. Hoejr, W. P. Horton, William B. Umstead,- State chair man, and other State and Wash ton county officials, A barbecue dinner followed the speaking program. Carter Buys Old Riddick Building Horace Carter, Gatesvi 1 ] e lumberman, has bought- the old R. M. Riddick .-store building in Gatesville from Miss Addie Mae Cooke, former editor of the Gates County Index who adquired the property shortly before she moved to Murphey,-. Cherokee county, where slje published two county weekly- papers. Housed in the Riddick build- ■ ing at present are E. E. Ward’s establishment, the Gates Coun ty Health Department, the law offices of Hubert Eason and the Gates County Index? Mr. Carter has not publicly announced bis plans for the building, but his purchase in cluded a warehouse .or storage house behind the Riddick build ing as well as the property on - which both buildings are situat ed. First Frost Made Visit Monday Early risers reported- a gener ous coasting of frost on roof tops >and shrubbery Monday morn ing, the first of the season. Late Sunday gave - indication that frost was in the air and due to settle on the Roanoke Chowan without much more de lay. Some homes built fires in stoves and furnaces Sunday morning for the first time this fall, and extra blankets were distinctly in order Sunday night. “Ice cream” suits and straw hats made their last appearance before Sunday. Frost was all that was needed to make it of ficially “Autumn.” j Purple Heart Mrs. S. R. Rountree of near Gatesville has received the Pur ple Heart award from her son, S. R. Rountree, Jr., who was ^ given the medal for injuries suf fered overseas early in August. Rountree was wounded by shrap nel but is improving rapidly. The Purple Heart was sent home for safekeeping.
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