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Volume 13, No. 28 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, March 14, 1945 (One Week Nearer Victory) 12 Pages This Week COUNTY INDEX The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Hilaries 1* L»mey, World War I Vet, Buried Monday Funeral services for Charles L. Lilley, 48, who died in a ve terans’ hospital Saturday after noon after an illness of seven 'weeks, were held Monday after noon at Eure Christian Church, the Rev. J. M. Roberts officiat ing. Burial was in the church cemetery. An infantry veteran of World War One, Sergeant, Company D, 51st Infantry, he was a member of Gates County Post No. 136 of the American Legion, and other members of the post serv ed as active pallbearers. The casket was draped with the American Flag. Music was by the Gatesville high school choir. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fannie Eure Lill'ey; five daugh ters, Mrs. F. T. Perkins, Mrs. Marshal Latham, Mrs. Edward Sholewinski, Mary and Mar garet Lilley, all of Roduco; one son, Charles, Jr., and his foster mother, Mrs. Harriett Lilley of Gatesville. The body was removed to Rountree and Hofler Funeral Home from Veterans’ Facility Hospital” at Kecoughtan, Va., where he died. Hundred Families Want Electricity After War Ends All neighborhood leaders help ing the REA post war expansion program are requested to inter view the remaining prospective i) customers ip their respective ” neighborhoods during this week if possible and send, bring or mail the papers to either the home or farm agent. When con venient the papers and member ship fees may be given to the home agent at <a home demon stration club meeting. To date seven leaders have turned in 45 memberships and have a few more prospects to be interviewed before completing their surveys. Those reporting are M. C. Tinkham, Tinkham neighborhood, 5; Mrs. J. W. Blades, Little Island, 5; J. W. Spivey, Water Swamp, 9; P. F. Owens, Ariel, 4; Mrs. A. E. Park er, Roduco, 5; Mrs. R. A. Brown, Flat Branch, 9; Mrs. W. O. Spiv ey, Mintonsville, 7. There are eight or ten other leaders yet to report whom it is thought will run .the total new membership list to perhaps a hundred. “The leaders working on this program have done so whole heartedly even though some have been unable to sign up but a few new members. The efforts of See FAMILIES, Page 4 89 Entered In I Garden Contest The time for entering the vic tory garden contest has passed. There are now 89 contestants from the following townships: Gatesville, 12; Hall, 20; Reynold - son, 10; Hasletts, 5; Holly Grove, 13; Hunters Mill, 6; Mintonsvile, 23. Cash or - merchandise prizes ■will be awarded in November to the owner of the best garden in each township based largely on the score sheet on which each contestant keeps his ovtai score. An extra 5 points is given for keeping a simple expense and receipt account. MEET in LUXEMBOURG. Pfc. B. G. Cowper, left, and his brother, Cpl. Lyman Cowper, met recently in Luxembourg, ac cording to a letter received by Pvt. Cowper’s wife, the former Miss Mary Woodcox, daughter of O. L. Woodcox of Ahoskie. * B. G. is in a combat engineer battalion while Lyman is in a headquarters battery. It was the first time they had seen each other since last August at home here in Gates county. They had been writing each other, how ever; finally they were both in Luxembourg (adjoining France and Germany) and the meeting was arranged. Pvt. Cowper wrote his wife that both he and his brother are in good health and have gained weight in the service. Mrs. Cow per and their two daughters, Mary Gray and Nancy, live in Roduco. The Cowper brothers are sons of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Cow per of Gates. B. G. trained at Camp Swift, Texas, and went overseas in September or October. He was one of the Gates county boys who went to Fort Bragg for pre induction physical examination last February in the same con tingent with H. B. Lilley of Gatesville, Lucius Blanchard, manager of The Index, and sev eral other Gates and Hertford county men. Gatesville Man In Veteran Unit At Po Defenses With the Fifth Army, Italy.— Pvt. Thomas W. Mise of Gates ville, jeep driver, is a member of the 81st Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, prob ing German defenses before Italy’s Po Valley as it nears the end of its third year overseas. The 81st entered the Italian campaign on the Cassina sector, where an officer and three men tested German defenses along the Rapido River and on Mt. Trocchio and Mt. Porohia. The squadron sailed overseas in May, 1942, and served in Northern Ireland, Scotland and England before landing at Oran, Northern Algeria, to participate in the campaign there. Without losing a man, the 81st’s Troop C took 85 prisoners and killed many Germans in one en gagement in southern Tunisia. The squadron participated at Sened, Maknassi, El Guettar, Kairouan, 'Kasserine Pass and M'ateur. Jordan to Conduct Services; Sunbury Rev. Alphonso Jordan of Ra leigh will conduct services at Beulah Baptist Church, Sun bury, Sunday morning at 11 o’ clock. He will be assisted in the song service by his wife. The public is invited. Jap Locomotive Is Latest “Kill” By Maj. W. R. Cowper Advance 13 th AAF Fighter Base, The Philippines. — Major William R. Cowper, Junior, of Gatesville, P-38 Lightning pilot with the 13th AAF Fighter Com mand’s White Knights unit, ex ploded a Japanese locomotive in a recent fighter sweep of For mosa. White Knights mates on the same strike blew up two additional locomotives, destroy ed two trucks, and damaged a bus and two trucks. The locomotive exploded by Major Cowper was parked on 'a railroad siding. The Gatesville fighter destroyed it on a strafing pass from the side when his bul lets hit the engine’s boiler. Major Cowper is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Cowper of Gatesville. He has graduated from Gatesville High School in 193Q. and from the University of North Carolina in 1941. Since moving to the Pacific theater in late 1943, Major Cow per has flown combat missions against the Japanese in the Solo mons, New Britain, New Guinea, the East Indies, the Philippines and Formosa. Major Cowper’s name has ap peared at frequent intervals in See LOCOMOTIVE, Page 7 Eure and Askew Best All-’Round At Gatesville Hi Gatesville high school senior class this week selected and re leased the following list of super latives for the year 1944-45. In each instance, the name of the girl is given first; the boy sec ond: Most studious, Ethleen Brown, Claude W. Hinton; biggest flirts, Gloria Eason, Claude W. Hinton; most bashfull, Bertha Howell, H. J. Perry; quietest, Bertha Howell, H. J. Perry. Loudest, Dorothy Jean Hand, Claude W. Hinton; tallest, Doro thy Jean Hand, Robert Lee Rountree; shortest, Bertha See EURE-ASKEW, Page 12 JOINS WACS Mrs. Lula G. Goswick, tele phone operator of Rich Square, formerly of Ahoskie, left last week for Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where she will begin her train ing as a private in the WACs. She will be trained to do work in an Army general hospital. Big Liquor Still And Two MeHfTaken Near CorapeMe; 2 Escape One of the biggest b< quor factories found i in Gates county in man; was destroyed within hs of Corapeake Friday i when sheriff L. F. Over Alcohol Tax Unit officers from Elizabeth City arrested Elton Morgan, 35, of Portsmouth, and [Jesse Trotman, 26, of South Mills. Two other men at the scene of operations made their escape across the mill pond. The officers confiscated 800 pounds of sugar, poured out about 300 gallons of mash and 75 gallons of whiskey run that day, and dynamited the rest of the outfit including the big up right steam boiler. A quantity of coal was also confiscated, the sheriff said. Morgan and Trotman, chased down by the officers, were ar raigned for hearing before a Federal commissioner in Ply mouth Saturday. Sheriff Overman said the two men who fled made good their escape as the officers closed in. The outfit, of approximately 100-gallons-a-day capacity, Sheriff Overman estimated, was located in a thickly wooded area between the highway and the Lower Road. It was moved into North Carolina from across the state line in Virginia about a week ago where it had been under official watch, he said. In Gates county, too, he added, the illicit still had been under observation until it was put in operation and the operators could be apprehended. It was rumored in Gates coun See BIG STILL, Page 12 Former Gates Boy Missing in Action OverGermanArea Sgt. Herbert M. Gatling, 23, has been reported missing in ac tion over Germany since Fe bruary 16, according to a mes sage received by his mother, Mrs. Nell M. Gatling, of Portsmouth.” He was serving in the Army Air Force as an aerial gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber. He has been in service since September, 1943, and left for overseas in July of last year. Before entering the army, Sgt. Gatling was employed at the Naval Air Station. He was a graduate of Gates high school and attended William and Mary College, Norfolk Extension. Mrs. Kate D..Etire Buried on Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Dudley Eure, who died Tuesday night, were conducted Friday afternoon at Eure Christian Church by the Rev. J. S. Cobb. Pallbearers were Garris D. Parker, Timothy J. Parker, Charles A. Eure, Cecil C. Parker, and Leska G. Parker. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Eure is survived by one son, Lieut. C. W. Dudley ol Savannah, Ga., and one sister Mrs. T. B. Parker of Gates. HENRY WALLACE IN— Photo shows Henry A. Wal lace, right, with Justice Hugo Black, as they signed the com mission making the former vice president, the secretary of of commerce. "You’re in,” said Justice Black. Three Townships Reach Goals In Red Cross Drive The Red Cross War Fund drive is progressing satisfactorily in Gates County, according to the Rev. T. Sloane Guy, Jr., chair man of the campaign. He re ports that the following town ships are over the top with con tributions collected as follows: Holly Grove, $779.01; Hunters Mill, $588.53; Mintonville, $575. 00; Holly Grove was first to reach its quota. Mr. Guy said that other town ships have not reported in full, but are well on the way to reaching their quotas. “This v> also true of our Negro friends,’’ he added, and said that full re ports from all workers are ex pected this week and success in meeting the chapter quota is as sured. Alfred Hobbs, 52, Died Sunday Alfred Hobbs, 52, died unex pectedly at his home in Hobbs ville about 9 o’clock Sunday night. Arrangements for the funeral services were incomplete late Monday night pending the ar rival of a son who serves in the United States Army. The body was removed to Rountree Hol ler Funeral Home in Gatesville to await completion of the ar rangements. He is survived (by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Hobbs; five sons, Lewis Hobbs, Wallace Hobbs, and Cliff Hobbs of Hobbsville, and Quen ton and LeRoy Hobbs of the Army of the United States; one brother, Alex Hobbs of Hobbs ville; and three sisters, Mrs. Wil liam Stallings of Trotville, and Fannie and Hattie Hobbs oi Hobbsville. DANCE AT GATES There will be a dance at Gates in Douglas Freeman’s new ware house Friday night, March 16. The dance will be sponsored by the Junior class of Gates high school. The public is invited.
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