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GATES COUNTY INDEX The Only Newspaper Published in and folates County Volume 13, No. 26 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, February 28, 1945 m Week Nearer Victory) 12 Pages This Week cr^a^h:<~ //\ :'<r / - - -.'/C i7J; Z: r^°*NOKE-CHowAN HOSPITAL. Ground has been broken on the Ahoskie-Aulander Highway for the proiected Roanoke abovTwm g'SmrteKn^bom'^year" * Sh°'""' ^ Barring Un'0reseen developments, the building as it appears IN FRANCE.—Second Lieut. John R. Leary, AUS, 21, son of Mrs. John R. Leary of Nor folk, and the late Mr. Leary, is serving with the 360th Har bor Craft Company of the Army Transport Service in France. Leary, formerly of Hobbsville and Corapeake, was graduated from Hobbsville high school in 1940. A former employee of the Norfolk Ship building and Drydock Corp., he entered the Maritime Service as an apprentice seaman in Au gust, 1943. He was graduated from Officers Cadet School, St. Petersburg, Florida, in March, 1944, as a junior Marine offi cer, but accepted a commis sion in the army the follow ing May while stationed at New Orleans, La. Final Rites For Arthur Parker, 55, Held Friday Funeral services for Arthur Parker, 55, who died Wednesday morning at his home near Gates, were held Friday afternoon at Reynoldson Baptist Church, the Rev. J. S. Cobb officiating. Mr. Parker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols Parker; a daughter, Mrs. Edward Rountree of Suffolk; a brother, H. D. Parker of Portsmouth; four t sisters, Mrs. C. W. Smith of w Portsmouth, Mrs. R. C. Cowper and Mrs. Frank Eure of Gates, and Mrs. W. H. Horton of Whalleyville, Va. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. T. L. Carter, Mrs. Gattis Gatling, Mrs. C. B. Blair and W. M. Spivey, accompanied by Mrs. T. E. Pitt-, man. Pallbearers were R. L. Savage, W. J. Savage, R. G. Cowper, G. P. Cowper, C. J. Savage and Harrya Eure. Two More Men Added to List Of War Dead; Now Totals 15 Capt. Brown Sends Home German War Trophies; Married Alabama Girl, Army Nurse. In French Capital Captain J. W. Brown, Jr., who landed with the Americans in the first invasion of Normandy and was married in Paris early in January of this year, recently sent home some war trophies to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brown of Gatesville. Now on display in the Index office, the trophies include a camaflouged German helmet, a very heavy German service belt, and a 75 mm shell casing. The collection has attracted con siderable attention in the Index office. Cards affixed to each of See BROWN, Page 12 Edward Savage Back; Won Three Awards Overseas Atlantic City, N. J., T/5 Edward Savage, age 32, of Gates ville, has recently returned from service outside the continental limits of the United States and is now temporarily stationed at the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station here. While at this installation he will be given a series of tests to determine his fitness for future assignments. T/5 Savage served 34 months as greaseman in the Atlantic Pacific theatre of operations. Re has the following decorations: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Rib bon, Presidential Cit a t i o n, American Defense Medal. A variety of entertainment and recreational activities has been arranged to entertain the re turnee in his leisure hours. This will include dances, stage and radio shows, sightseeing tours, horseback riding, ice skating, table tennis, golf, basketball and bathing, fishing and sailing in season. Before entering the service Savage was employed by E. T. Pilaftd, as a timber cutter at Gatesville. JUNIOR CLASS TO PRESENT PLAY The Junior Class of Hobbsville high school will present “Here Comes Patricia” in the school auditorium on March 2, at 8:15 o’clock. Cates County I ROLL of HONOR - --' - - te KILLED Ensign O. C. Turner of Gatesville. Lt. Harry Matthews of Drum Hill. Carlyle Spivey of Hobbs ville. Cpl. Fred D. Matthews, native of Drum Hill. Cpl. Shirley R. Bunch of Sunbury. Lieut. Julian K. Jollif of Gatesville. T/5 Luther A. Eure of Eure. Pfc. Daniel C. Jones of Gates. CPvt. William E. Everette of Gates. Pvt. W. H. Wilkins of Sunbury. Sgt. Thomas II. Langston of Gates. George D. Sparkman, Ne gro, of Gates. William Powell, Jr., Negro, killed at Pearl Harbor. S/Sgt. Hilton Harrell of Eure, Negro. T/5 Jesse J. Bond of Gates, Negro. The names of two more Gates county men are added this week to the list of those killed in action since the war began, bringing the total number of casualties to fif teen. With respect to its total population, it is noted that Gates county has suffered heavily in loss through battle. The two latest names added to the growing list carried week ly in the Index as “Gates Coun ty Roll of Honor,” are Staff Ser geant Hilton Harrell of Eure, and Technician 5th grade Jesse J. Bond of Gates, both Negroes. Harrell, according to informa tion received by his father, R. A. See WAR DEAD, Page 12 Sam Hobbs, 69, Died Saturday In Barber Shop Funeral services were held at Hobbsville Baptist Church Sun day afternoon for Joseph W. (Sam) Hobbs, 69, who died un expectedly Saturday morning in the barbershop at Hobbsville. The Rev. T. A. Collins, pastor of the Gatesville Methodist Church, officiated. Burial was in the family cemetery at Hobbsville. Survivors include a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Hilliary, L. R. Trotman, A. A. Hurdle, P. D. Hoobs, G. E. Stallings and Clarence Wiggins. Red Cross Township Quotas A re A ssigned Awarded Combat Infantry Badge The combat infantrym an’s badge has been awarded to Pfc. Willie N. Jones for “exemplary conduct in action against the enemy” in the European Theatre of Operations .according to ad vice headquarters of the Seventh Armored Division’s public rela tions office. Pfc. Jones is the son of Mrs. Mary O. Jones, of Corapeake and has been in service for almost three years. The Rev. T. Sloane Guy, Sr., chairman of the Gates County Chapter of the American Red Cross, has 'assigned the follow ing quotas to township chair men whose organizations are complete. Holly Grove Township, $725; Gatesville Township. $725; Min tonsville Township, $575; Hunt ers Mill Township, $575; Roy noldson Township, $325; Halls Township, $325; Hasletts Town ship, $250; Negro county quota, $500. A thorough canvass of the en tire county is expected to be un dertaken according to the cam paign plans, Mr. Guy said. Farmers Signify Wish For Electric Power Service Twenty neignborhood leaders throughout the county have been iWorking during February con tacting prospective users of electric current in the vicinity of R. E. A. lines which is anticipat ing an extension post war expan sion. The drive for memberships will continue through Saturday, March 10, after which the leaders will be asked to make a final re port. * Four leaders out of the twenty have made a partial report on the new members interviewed in their communities. M. C. Tink ham and Mrs. J. W. Blades, Eure, report five each; Mrs. T. E. Jack son, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. White hurst, Gates, report ten each, making a total of 20 prospective customers and each leader gave assurance of securing additional sign ups. Mrs. A. E. Parker, Gates, and T. J. Stallings, Hobbsville, have erquested more applicati o n s signifying they have used up their original forms. The two representatives from Gates County on the R. E. A. board of directors at Rich See FARMERS, Page 8 Changes In Plan Of Work Hours At Ration Office A number of changes in hours and procedures of work at the Gates County office of War Price and Rationing has been an nounced by Norfleet Hofler, chief clerk. Beginning Monday, the doors will be open from 9 a. m. until 2 p. m., he said. No rationing certificates will be issued on Thursdays and no assistance will be given in filling out applica tions on that day. Thursday is the day follow ing the regular weekly meeting of the Rationing board and the time is needed to prepare for distribution certificates and ra See HOURS, Page 12 Cpl. Edison Hobbs With Engineers In Difficult Sector Sixth Army Group, France.— Playing a leading role in the organization of a vast network of defenses in the French Alps along the France-Italian front ier, an Engineer Combat Battal ion of the 44th Anti-aircraft Artillery Brigade—part of Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers’ 6th Army Group—is gaining a reputation as “the doughboys’ right hand.” Members of the Engineer Combat Battalion include Cpl. Edison Hobbs of Hobbsville. Through some of the most dif ficult fighting terrain in the world-twisting mountain trails, snow-covered ridges, and in numerable points that are “na turals” for enemy ambushes— these Combat Engineers have cleared minefields, constructed by-passes, Repaired roads and constructed bridges to facilitate troop movements. At the same time, guarding against any pos sible German, counter-attacks, mines are laid, barbed-wire en tanglements are stretched along strategic places, and bridges and See CPL. HOBBS, Page 5
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