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GATES COUNTY The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Volume 13, No. 22 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, January 31, 1945 (One Week inqex Nearer Victor^ 12 Page Pages This Week ALL-SPORTS WAR-WORKING GIRLS.—These workers at an Inglewood, California, aviation plant, believe that sports during off-duty hours make for better efficiency on the produc tion line. Dorothy Poynton Teuber, famed athlete of Olympic games aquatic renown, supervises the sporting activities. OPA Needs Help; Distributed More Than 33,000 Books in Three Years; Over 31,000 Gas Rations Issued We are here to serve, not to exercise power, and the longer we serve the greater the respect we have for the people we serve*,” F. H. Rountree, chairman of the Gates County War Price and-Ra tioning Board, said today. / Commenting on the fact that this month marks the third an niversary of the establishment of the national OP A War Price and Rationing program, Mr. Rountree said that “local boards have two purposes: to help hold the price line and to help distri bute the available supply of war "arce goods fairly among all h, 'zens.” , V Locally, our board has main med a tremendous volume of activity in both the price and rationing fields,” he said. Mr. Rountree pointed to the follow ing accomplishments during the past three years. 1. Over 33,000 ration books distributed. ¥ See NEEDS HELP, Page 3 Pfc. Josh Eure Is Honored Twenty-Ninth Infantry Divi sion.—Pfc. Josh L. Eure, brother of Thurman Eure and Miss Julia Eure, both of Eure, and son of late Mr. and Mrs. Riddick Eure, has received a certificate per sonally signed by his command ing general honoring him for fighting with the Twenty-Ninth Infantry Division from D-Day to St. Lo. The honor is a personal salute from Maj. Gen. Charles H. Ger hardt to the officers and men who battered their way through flooded areas and the Normandy ^ Igerows and stormed the key P' of St. Lo in a campaign where .e taking of every 500 yards was a major battle. Pre-natalClinicTo Be Thursday at 2 The regular monthly pre-natal and well baby clinic will be held in Gatesville, at the Gatesville Health Department on Thursday, February 1, at 2 p. m. WAR PRISONER. Mrs. Kate Blanchard Savage of Whaley ville, Va., was advised by the War Department Monday that her son, Lieut. Willard J. Blanchard of Sunbury, report ed missing in action over Europe since December 26, is a prisoner of wgr of the Ger man government. Lieut. Blan chard is 25, is married, and Mrs. Blanchard lives in Salem burg. The message, lifting the “missing” status, came through the International Red Cross. Lieut. Blanchard was naviga tor on an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress and had been awarded the Air Medal. Services Held For Davenport Infant Funeral services for James Robert Davenport, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Davenport of Elizabeth City, were held in the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. White, of Sun bury, on Sunday afternoon, January 21. The funeral services ^were conducted by the Rev. T. Sloan Guy. Hymns sung were “Safe In The Arms of Jesus” and “My Faith Looks Up To Thee.” Besides his parents, the infant is survived by one sister, Carolyn Faye Davenport, his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. White of Sunbury; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Davenport of Edenton. ForActionAgainst Sub, Rountree Wins Star Medal Lieut. Frederick Manning Rountree of Sunbury, USNR, has been awarded the Silver Star Medal “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as pilot of a fight er plane during action against an enemy submarine in the Atlantic,” Fifth Naval District headquarters in Norfolk was advised today. His wife, Mrs. Frances Roun tree, lives in Norfolk. He was a lieutenant (junior grade) when he distinguished himself. Accompanying his medal is a citation which says: “Proceeding with another fight er and a bombing plane to the scene of a previous attack when the surfaced vessel was sighted, he skilfully coordinated action to deliver a bold strafing attack on the underseas craft in the face of heavy anti-aircraft fire. “Continuing his attack with devasting force, he effectively raked the conning tower and gun positions, silencing enemy fire and enabling the bomber to de liver an accurate and timely strike on the rapidly submerging hostile vessel which resulted in her probable destruction. “His splendid airmanship, courageous determination and gallant devotion to duty in the face of grave perils were in keep ing with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Serv ice.” Former Resident Of Corapeake Buried Friday Suffolk, Jan. 24.—Wallace B. Benton, 69, formerly of Cora peake, died Wednesday at 12:30 p. m. at his home on Morgan street after a long illness. Surviving him are his wile, Mrs. Mamie B. Benton: four dau ghters, Mrs. Shirley Daughtrcy, Mrs. Jesse Byrd, Mrs. Tom Daughtrey, of Suffolk, and Mrs. Lee Riddick, of Corapeake; a son, A1 Lee Benton, U. S. Navy, now stationed at San Diego, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; three great-grand children; two sisters, Mrs. H. E. Kemp, of Beverly, Calif., and Mrs. H. A. Folker, of Mustang, Mich. Mr. Benton was for a quarter of <a century superintendent of the Coca-Cola Bottling Works. The body was taken to the fu neral home of I. O. Hill and Com pany, where services were con ducted Friday at 2:30 p. m., with Dr. A. L. Franklin, of Main Street Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in the family ceme tery, near Corapeake. Cotton Ginning In County Still Short Gates county cotton ginning compared with 1943 is still more than 700 bales short, according to the report of A. C. Matthews, special agent for the Bureau of the Census. His report indicates that 2,493 bales were ginned from the crop of 1944 prior to January 16, as compared with 3,236 bales for the crop of 1943. POLIO CHAIRMAN. Mrs. C. C. Parker is Gates County chair man for the 1945 fund-raising campaign in the fight against Infantile Paralysis. She said: “we do not know what is in store for this county nor any other county of the Nation in 1945, but it is up to all of us who value the health and wel fare of America’s children to prepare now for any eventu ality.” Mrs. Parker added that in connection with other activi ties during the campaign, two large dances will be staged in Gates county. Grandson Drum Hill Woman Is Missing in Action Lieut, (jg) David Harrison Collins, USN, grandson of Mrs. Etta Collins and nephew of Mrs. B. M. Eure of Drum Hill, has been reported missing in action in the Pacific area. Son of Mr. and Mi’s. B. L. Collins, now of Norfolk, the lieutenant was gun nery officer assigned to one of the three destroyers recently lost in a Pacific tyhpoon. “As you undoubtedly know," the Navy Department’s telegram said, “the ship to which he was attached was lost in the recent typhoon, bufthe list has just been received.” Lieut. Collins graduated from officers’ gunnery and torpedo school in Honolulu. He was at tached to the USS Spencer dur ing the entire period of his serv ice. IN PACIFIC. Aubrey E. Har rell, above, seaman 1/e, U. S. Coast Guard, of Gates, has re cently left the States for Paci fic duty aboai'd an L.S.T. after completing amphibious train-, ing at Camp Bradford, Va. He is the son of Mrs. M. H. Harrell of Gates, and the husband of Frances B. Harrell. Ktree Home i; Patient In 10 Hospitals After having been in ten dif ferent hospitals in France, Eng land and the United States, Pfc. S. R. Rountree, Jr., is spending a short furlough in Gatesville with his parents before returning Thursday to Borden General Hospital at Chickasha, Okla. Wounded near St. Lo, France, on July 20, Rountree stood a fifty-fifty chance of losing his right arm, shattered and torn at the wrist by the explosion of a German artillery shell. On a visit to the Index office Monday, Rountree said the blast wound ed 23 and killed three other men of his armored infantry platoon. Skilful skingrafting however, has restored partial use of his arm and he appears to be well on the road to recovery. He suf fered lesser shrapnel wounds in the legs and heels. Rountree said his assault platoon was taking the village of Pierre after artillery had shelled it on July 20 when the Germans opened up with 88 mm ! cannon. The shell that disabled Rountree, killed three of his bud dies and wounded 23 others, landed and exploded in a nearby tree, Rountree said. He came home last Wednesday, traveling by bus from Chickasha to Charlottesville, by train from Charlottesville to Suffolk and by auto from Suffolk to Gatesville. His address is Ward D3. Borden General Hospital, Chickasha, Okla. A brother, Pfc. J. M. Rountree, at present in the Philippines, recently wrote his parents that, he is out of the hospital and has rejoined his outfit. The letter also expressed thanks to friends for their Christmas cards and to the Baptist Church for cards and a gift. “I had turkey for Christmas and on New Year’s Day, but the Japs also gave us a bang on New Year’s Eve,” he wrote. Dildy In 24th Month Overseas With the Army. Air Force Engineer Command in Italy— Saint Clair Dildy, negro of Gatesville, North Carolina, a technician 4th grade in an avia tion engineer unit building bases for Allied air power in the Mediterranean theater of opera tions, was recently awarded the Good Conduct Medal for ex emplary behavior and superior performance of duty. Technician 4th Grade Dildy, the son of Dan Dildy of Route 1, Gatesville left his position with E. T. Pilan, Gatesville to join the service in June 1942. Sent overseas, he has seen 23 months of active duty in North Africa and Italy as chauffeur with the aviation engineers. Dilday’s wife, Ruth, lives at Route 2, Gates. They have no children. Home of Former Resident Burned The home of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Spruill of Creswell was destroyed by fire last week, \yhich consumed all their furni ture and clothing. The fife was caused by a defective flue in the front of the house. Mrs. Spruill is the former Miss Olia Turner, daughter of E. F. Furner of Gatesville.
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