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GATES COUNTY INDEX The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Volume 13, No. 29 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, March 21, 1945 (One Week Nearer Victor ft 12 Pages This Week Power Firm Plans Expansion Program > For Rural Service REA Membership Increased to 123 In Gates County Last week’s Index stated that seven neighborhood leaders had turned in 45 R.E.A. memberships. The list of memberships has now increased to a total of 123. Mrs. J. W. Blades was credited with five memberships last week. She Has turned in eight since, which gives her 13. Other leaders submitting re ports on this R.E.A. project la-re: Mrs. Judson Ellenor, Reynoldson, ‘5; Mrs. J. H. Bunch, Hobbsville, 11; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stallings, Sandy Cross, 16; Mrs. T. E. Jack son, Drum Hill, 18. Mrs. J. B. Whitehurst, Drum Hill, leads all others with twenty member ships, followed closely by Mrs. T. E. Jackson. Several leaders stated they ex pected to turn in one or two more memberships and a few leaders have not reported at all. With three signed up at the county agent’s office there are now ex actly 126 new applications for REA current. Perhaps by next week the-hnal figures may be available. The Virginia Electric and Pow er Company has developed and filed with the Commissions of Virginia and North Carolina a new liberalized plan for the electrification of rural areas. This plan is designed to cause a widespread extension of elec tric service throughout the areas served by the Company just as soon as labor and material be come available for making these extensions. The new plan proposes that, under the conditions stated be low, the Company will extend its lines for rural and farm ser vice to the customer’s building or to some other delivery point on his premises, relieving the customer of the necessity of hav ing to build any private line, as was so frequently necessary in the past. This new plan should reduce to a minimum delays in getting service, and also should result in a material saving to the farm and rural customer. The Company will, according to the filing with the Commis sions, construct at its own cost rural extensions when, in the Company’s opinion, the assured monthly revenue from such ex tensions will average not less than $6.00 per mile. The monthly minimum shall be not less than See POWER, Page 10 Lieut. Frederick Rountree, Sunbury, Warded DistinguishedFlyingCross; Flight Leader of Carrier Aircraft THE DISTINGUISHED Fly ing Cross has been awarded to Lieut. Frederick M. (Rountree, above, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rountree of Sunbury. JuniorR.A,s,G.A,s To Collect Paper The Junior R.A.’s and G.A.’s of the Gatesville .Baptist Church under the leadership of Mrs. J. W. Parker are planning to col lect waste paper from all the homes in Gatesville. “This is a worthwhile project and the youngsters are to be commended for undertaking the collection of such important and badly needed salvage material. May every home in the village cooperate with Mrs. Parker and her fine group of girls and boys in their patriotic project,” said John Artz, county agent. Lieut. Frederick M. Rountree, of Sunbury, a Naval Reserve aviator who exploded six am munition carriers, left 50 vehicles in flames and damaged 25 oth ers during the Allied invasion of Southern France last summer, has been presented the Dis tinguished Flying Cross at the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, D. C. Captain S. B. Dunlap, U. S. Navy, Commanding Officer at Anacostia, where the flyer is now based, presented the award on behalf of Vice Admiral H. K. Hewitt, U. S. Navy, Commander Eighth Fleet. Lieutenant Rountree was flight leader of carrier-based aircraft during the invasion. Accompany ing his medal is a citation which says: “With complete dis-regard of his own safety, made a solo low-level flight the length of the concentration in order to ac curately record and report the damage suffered by the enemy columns and the further strength and disposition of his forces.” Lieutenant Rountree also holds the Silver Star Medal and a Presidential Unit Citation. He is 24 years old, a native of Sunbury, where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rountree are now liv ing. His wife is living in Wash ington, D. C. He attended the University of North Carolina, class of 1942, and entered the Navy in January 1941. HOME ON FURLOUGH Gates.—Pfc. Hildra T. Eason, who has served 30 months over seas, in England, France and Germany, spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Eason. Pfc. Eason served with the 29th Division with both the third and ninth armies. He is spending a 30-day furlough with his moth er, Mrs. P. M. Eason of Norfolk. See CURFEW, Page 8 Ready to Award 2nd Quarter Gas Second quarter gasoline is now being issued for trucks on ODT certificates, W. Norfleet Hofler, chief of the Gates County War Price and Rationing Board said today. He said that the board would like for truck operators with valid ODT certificates to come in now and make applications for their second quarter supplies without waiting for the last minute rush. Mr. Hofler said that any day except Thursdays would be best. They should also bring their 1945 registration cards, he said. Methodist ■Churches Plan Spe<£l Easter Season Activities ine taster season will be ob served by special services in Methodist churches in Sunbury and Gatesville, according to an announcement from the Rev. Thomas A. Collins. The Sunbury Church will of fer special services at the regular Sunday morning church service, Palm Sunday. Special music has been planned and arranged by Mrs. Mills Riddick in coopera tion with Mrs. Marie B. Crump. Opening the service, Mrs. Mar garet C. Riddick will render Chopin’s Prelude in C Minor. Mills Riddick will sing “Why Should He Love Me So;” Miss Dorothy Lassiter will sing “Ave Maria.” Among those who will form the choir for the special service, according to Mr. Collins, are Blanche Brinkley, Patricia Ca hoon, Beth Allen Edwards, Peg gie Johnson, Margaret Jordan, Dorothy Lassiter, Jean Parker, Jacquelin Pierce,. Sarah Lee Pierce, Betsy Riddick, Helen Spivey, Ellen Spivey, and John Hudgins, Hunter Morgan, Fred Parker, Mills Riddick and Cow les Spivey. The choir will be See CHURCHES, Page 8 Herbert R. Byrum In Gen. Devers’ Sixth Army Group Pvt. Herbert R. Byrum of Corapeake is among those living up to the reputation of being the oldest organization of its type in the European Theater. The 14 th Ordnance Company has combined skill and experience to set a record pace among medium maintenance units supporting the U. S. Seventh Army in Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers’ 6th Army Group. “The men have to be good, and they know it,” said the com manding officer. “Throughout 36 months of continuous combat service they have worked hard to achieve continuously new highs in production.” The company handles its own battlefield recovery of vehicles and weapons. Contact crews visit front line positions daily, making minor repairs on the spot. Heav ily damaged guns and vehicles are brought back to their shops, or evacuated to other ordnance units in the rear. Farm Bureau Votes To Forego Meeting; Purpose Patriotism At a special meeting of the Gates County Farm Bureau held Friday night in the office of John Artz at Gatesville, it was un animously decided that the first quarterly meeting would be suspended in full cooperation with recent Federal regulations governing conventions and pu blic meetings. “This action was taken in order to avoid even the appearance of being unpatriotic in connection with the convention ban,” it was said. On tentative date “somewhere around the middle of May ... if conditions and regulations have eased,” a Farm Bureau meeting of a county-wide nature is plan ned. Due notice will be given each Farm Bureau member. George Kitrell, presi dent, Tommie Stallings, vice president, S. P. Cross, secretary and trea surer, and the following direc tors attended the meeting at which this action was taken: J. C. Vann, B. H. Hobbs, L. T. Lilly, Edward Story, Thomas B. Parker and Horace King. Buck is Reported Killed in Action Full particulars are not yet available,' but reports from Drum Hill and Gates state that Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Buck have been advised by the War De partment that their son, Tech nician 5th grade Norman Buck, was killed in action in Ger many on February 22. Cpl. Smith Wins Combat Ribbons, And Bronze Star Cpl. W. Morris Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Smith of Gatesville, radio operator and mechanic now stationed in the Hawaiian Islands with the Army Air Corps, has been awarded the Bronze Star medal, good con duct medal and his Asiatic Pacific combat ribbons, it was learned recently in Gatesville. Entering the service in July 1942, Cpl. Smith has been over seas in the Pacific for 22 months. He participated in the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, but has* not been wounded, he writes his parents. Assistant manager of Russell’s Drug Store in Suffolk before entering the armed forces, Cpl. Smith is the husband of the former Edith Mitchell of Au lander, who at present lives there with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Mitchell. He is 26 years old and graduated from Gatesville high school. ounbury Leads In Gates Methodist CrusadeForChrist On a quota of $259 for the “Crusade for Christ”, the Metho dists of Sunbury have subscribed and paid more than $400, or an amount equal to 155 percent of their quota established by the Methodist Church, according to the Rev. T. A. Collins. Thus they lead the seven Methodist churches of Gates county in Methodism’s Crusade for Christ. Next in line of achievement from Gates county is the Harrell Methodist Church for with a quota of $125. They have paid $165, or 132 percent of their quota. Following the. two leaders, come Parker’s Metho dist Church and Gatesville Methodist Church. Parker’s had the biggest quota of any church in the county, $777, and has reached it. Gates ville Methodist Church had a quota of $200, and has just reach ed that amount. The remaining churches of the county have not yet reached their quotas but sub scriptions are continuing. “The work of the Crusade for Christ is the most vitally im portant of the Methodist people for the present as it seeks to re create ia world for Christ after this chaos, seeks to rehabilitate the needy of the world, to evangelize those who know not Christ in America, and seeks to work among the church schools of Methodism, Mr. Collins said. MEMBER OF STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.— J. A. Pritchett, Windsor at torney, was appointed last week by Governor R. Gregg Cherry as a meiruber of the new State Board of Educa tion. He will serve for two years. Law Officers To Report Violations Midnight Curfew P. B. Pollock, area manpower director of the Elizabeth City— New Bern area, embracing 21 counties in northeastern North Carolina, calls attention to the necessity for complying with the Byrnes Directive dealing with the midnight curfew which be came~effective Monday, Febru ary 26. The Directive is designed to al leviate the manpower shortage, and conserve coal, electricity and transportation. The mayor and chief of police of each muni cipality ’and the sheriff of each
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