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r GATES COUNTY INDEX The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Volume 13, No. 20 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, January 17, 1945 (One Week Nearer Victory A 12 Pages This Week OF FARMS AND FORTITUDE—‘'Between you and me, it was like this” . . . Five-year-old Betty Jean Garland was hap pily playing on her parents’farm in Patton, Missouri, when the Crippler struck her down. Brought to the St. Louis Children’s Hospital with both legs paralyzed, small Betty Jean is now making steady progress on the road to recovery under the expert care and treatment provided by the Bollinger County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. This youngster is just one of hundreds of farm children, victims of last summer’s epidemic, who are being helped back to health by March of Dimes funds. Join the March of Dimes, January 14-31. Send your dimes and dollars to President Roosevelt at the White House. Alton E. Parker, Roduco Boy, Wins Bronze Star; Troop Carrier Job In Europe Needs Multitude Of Talents A U. S. Troop Carrier Base, European Theatre of Operations. —At a recent presentation cere mony, Master Sergeant Alton E. 'arker was awarded the (Bronze tar for meritorious achievement. Maj. Gen. Paul L. Williams, commanding general of the U. S. Troop Carrier Forces, did the honors. Sgt. Parker is the .son of Mrs. India Parkei, ofRoduco, now liv ing in Norfolk, and the late Char lie E. Parker of Roduco. His wife, Mrs. Lois Parker, also lives in Norfolk. Parker won the award through his outstanding success as main tenance chief, an air corps ground duty calling for expert know ledge of airplanes coupled with a way about handling men. Major repairs, regular^ main tenance work and routine inspec tions of all his squadron’s aircraft come within the scope of his res ponsibilities. In Sicily almost a year ago his ground crews esta blished somewhat of a local rec ord in changing an engine on one of his unit’s planes in twelve hours. This is good time consid ering the work was done under strict field conditions where per sonal resourcefulness is taxed to' the maximum. During the early -part of his nineteen months overseas, Park er served as crew chief on a para troop-hauling C47 plane. In that capacity he flew from North Africa on the invasion of Sicily, md after the occupation of Sicily le flew from that point on :a com (Continued on Page 3) Birthday Ball On January 26 The President’s Birthday ball for the benefit of the Infantile Paralysis fund will be held at the courthouse in Gatesville on Fri day, January 26, at 9 o’clock, Mrs. C. C. Parker, chairman for the drive in Gates county, announced today. In Philippines, Pvt. Curl Would Like Some Mail “Will you put my address in the Gates County Index and see if I can get any of my friends to write me so I can write to them?’’ The above is taken from a let ter to the Index written by Pvt, Ralph R. Curl of Gates county who is now in the Philippines. “I would like to write to many of my friends in Gates county,” Pvt. Curl’s letter said, “but I don’t know how to get their ad dresses unless they write to me.” “Mail would mean everything here in the Philippines, his letter said. “So, Friends, if you can drop the kid a line of news from Gates county, it would mean a lot to me. For the convenience of those who would write to Pvt. Ralph R. Curl, here is his address: ANS 34311759, Service Co., 511,th In fantry Regt. APO 468, care Post master, San Francisco, Galif. Sunbury Flyer, Lt. Blanchard On Missing List Second Lieut. Willard J. Blanchard, son of Mrs. Kate Blanchard Savage of Whalley ville, Va., and the late S. J. Blanchard of Sunbury, has been reported missing in action over enemy occupied Europe since November 26. Navigator on an Eighth Air Force B-17 Fyling Fortress, Lieut. Blanchard has been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement while participating in heavy bombard ment missions in the offensive against the enemy. Lieut. Blanchard graduated at Wake Forest College in 1941 and was teaching at Pineland Col lege, Salemburg, when he enter ed the armed forces. He won his wings at Hondo Field, Texas, in July, 1944. He married Cratia B. Warren, secretary-treasurer at Pineland College on July 28, 1944. Lieut. Blanchard v/ent overseas in September. Bonner Will Help Widows of Vets Claim Pensions In December Congress passed an act granting pensions to widows and minor children of deceased World War I veterans. Congressman^ Herbert G=- Bonner has advised this newspaper ihat he will be glad to furnish widows or guardians the proper form on which to make application. “When the application is com peted, if they will return it to me,” Congressman Bonner said, “I shall be glad to file the claim, see that it is properly considered by the Veterans Administration and lend such other aid as I can, if they desire my assistance and will write me.’r As a World War veteran him self, the congressman in the past has given a great deal of attent ion to veterans’ claims. The law provides payment to a widow with no children in the amount of $35 per month; widow and one child, $45 (with $5 for each additional child); no widow but one child, $18; no widow but two children, $27 (equally di vided); no widow but three chil dren, $36 (equally divided) with S4 for each additional child (Ihe total amount to be equally di vided). Congressman Bonner may be leached by addressing a letter to the House of Representatives (J. S., Washington, D. C. OPA To Contact Farmers in Series Of Meetings Slated for R-C Area Warning that many problems will arise in each county involv ing materials necessary for max imum production in 1945, the Raleigh district OPA office has announced that a series of coun ty farm meetings will be held in the Roanoke-Chowan area between January 16 and Janu ary 20. The meetings scheduled are viewed as an opportunity for OPA to contact large groups of farmers and farm leaders with OPA’S program as well as an explanation of OPA’s actions. The meetings are defined as pro duction goal meetings and rep resentatives of each county War Price and Rationing board are asked to be present as well as the chairman and community service member of each board. The meetings are arranged by the AAA and the Extension Service. G. T. Scott, chairman of the State AAA committee, has notified county AAA chairmen and secretaries, with the request that they invite representatives cf the War Price and Rationing boards. Scheduled as follows in this area, the meetings convene at 9:30 a. m.: in Bertie county, Jan uary 16; in Hertford county, Jan uary 17; in Northampton county, January 18; in Gates county, January 20. Ready To’ Polio Dri Funds In ■auncli I For TTounty John M. Glenn Commissioned As Air Force Lieut. Hondo Army Air Field, Hondo, Tex.—The first class of 1945, one of the largest ever to be gradu ated from this huge AAF Train ing Command airbase, won silver navigator’s wings and AAF com missions this week during im pressive wing - awarding cere monies at the Hondo Army Air Field post theater. The graduates, representing al most every state in the Union, have just completed 16 weeks of strenuous air and ground train ing at Hondo Field, firsts United States airbase built exclusively tor training navigators. Among them were Second Lieut. John M. Glenn, son of Mrs. John M. Glenn of Gatesville. The curriculum at Hondo Field embraces many aspects of combat flying learned earlier in the War by American airmen and their Allies in various theaters of com bat. A newly-commissioned offi cer at the big training installa tion is thoroughly skilled in guid ing a bombers’ crew to enemy targets by day or by night, in fair or inclement weather. He has flown more than 15,000 prac tice miles in twin-engined train ing ships. CountyBoyAmong Engineers Often In Line Fighting Sixth Army Group; France—A battling group of engineers, in cluding S. Sgt. Rufus T. Eason of Sunbury and Pfc. Rudolph White of Aulander, who would rather trade shots with the Ger mans from slit trenches on the battle line than build bridges in the rear areas, has built up a reputation for itself as a “bunch of daredevils who can really fight”. These soldiers, veterans of North Africa and Italy before they came to France, got their first taste of infantry fighting at Salerno when they spent 12 days in the line. Then they returned to engineer work. But when the Fifth Army hit Anzio, the engi neers went back to the front lines. They hit Anzio on D-day and stayed in the line for 45 days with the British divisions on the left flank of the beachhead. They were given a short rest, but were back in the lines when the all out push to break out of the beachhead started. Men of this group were, among the first to establish contact with the fifth Army fighting its way northward to end the fierce battles of Anzio. Eure Accidentally Killed, Hopewell Worth Eure of Hopewell, Va., formerly of Gates, was accident ally killed in Hopewell Sunday. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Eure of Gates. Details of the accident were not avail able when the Index went to press. Miss Ethel Parker of Gates ville, chairman of the Gat*.?; county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis, has suggested the following appointments in connection with the drive in Gates county, and they have been approved by the proper authorities: Mrs. C. C. Parker, campaign chairman for the President’s Birthday celebration for 1945; Miss Ona Patterson, chairman oI the home demonstration clubs of Gates county in the fight against Infantile Paralysis; and Mrs. Elizaibeth H. Crouse, chairman cf the Women’s Division ©f Gates county. As chairman of -the Birthday celebration, Mrs. Parker has on her committee: Blackwell PoweJff Woodrow White, Miss Clarinc Gatling and Mrs. Mildred Wood side. The President’s Ball will bb held at the courthouse in Gates ville on Friday night, January 26. Community Chairmen Mrs. Crouse has called upon ■the following to act as commun/ty chairmen: Mrs. J. Walton Nixon, Sunbury; Mrs. Theron Lawrence, Eure; Mrs. Mildred Woodside, Gatesville; Mrs. Everett Pittman, Gates; Mrs. Charles Eure, Roduco; Mrs. Carrie Collins, Hobbsville; Mrs. Homer Eure, Corapeake; Mrs. J. B. Whitehurst, Drum HilV and Hazelton; Mrs. Darlie Bunch, Zion; Mrs. Otha Riddick, Trct ville; Mrs. T. J. Stallings, Sandy Cross; Mrs. Herbert A. Brown, Middle Swamp; Mrs. Charles Herman ^Carter and Mrs. Felt Hinton, -Carter’s. Howard Mitchell is serving as chairman for the colored people of this county and will appoint his assistants. ine quota for Gates county for the year is $800.00 and it is sin cerely hoped that all people of the copnty will contribute liber ally, Mrs. Crouse said. Any of the above named will be glad to re ceive contributions. “Look for the ‘March of Dimes’ deposit banks in public places throughout the county; your dimes and doJlatjs. supporting the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis, made it possible to render expert cruc and treatment to all polio vic tims, regardless of age, race, creed or color,” she said. “Many of these thousands of new victims will need care-fee months, years, some perhaps fer a lifetime. Next summer America must be prepared to meet what ever epidemic emergencies may arise. Support the fund-raising appeal in your locality and send your dimes and dollars to Presi dent Roosevelt iat the White House”, she added. Kelleys Assigned To Overseas Duty Merrill S. Kelley, seaman 1/c, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Kelley of Hobbsville, is now somewhere in Italy. A recent letter to bis parents also reveals that he is getting along fine. Kelley was inducted by the Navy on June 19, 1944, and had his basic training at Camp Peary, Va. A brother, Addis Melford Kelley, seaman 1/c, is somewhere in the South Pacific.
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