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Gatesville* N. C., Wednesday, May 30, 1945 COUNTY INDEX The Oirfy Newspaper Published in and for Gates County 12 Pages This Week WHERE PACIFIC BATTLE RAGES—With street fighting marking the last stages of the Chinese campaign to retake Foochow, key China coast city, Jap troops were reported mov* ing northward to points closer to their homeland. Foochow lies just 525 miles from Okinawa (1), where U. S. troops fought hard tor victory, and 750 airmiles from Manila (2), in the event that FOochow' (3) should become a possible China coast land ing point in the future, Okinawa would be expected to provide air protection while troops moved from Manila. In the Hunan province, Chinese troops were rolling the Japs back near ' former American airbases (4) at Paoching. Meanwhile carrier planes continue their terrific blasting df Kyushu (5) and other Jap centers. Returned Missionary To Speak Before County WMU Women At Eure JMire. — me uates County Woman’s Missionary Union- will meet at Eure Baptist Church on June 7 at 10:30 a. m. The theme is “Hitherto, Hense ’orth,” land Dr. Charles W. Mc Daniels of Richmond, Va., re turned missionary from Soochow, China, will bring the missionary message of the day. Others appearing on program will be Mrs. Ralph Fergerson, Mrs. Linwood Askew, Mrs. F. H. Rountree, Mrs. Eldon Eure, Mrs. Walter Ward, Mrs. T. C. Law rence, Mrs. T. Sloane Guy, Mrs. Otha Riddick, Mrs. Hurley As well, Mrs. James Wright, Mrs. E. A. Kelly, Rev. Ralph Ferger son and a pageant directed by Mrs. W. Henry Overman. Homecoming And Memorial Day At Cool Springs Cool Springs.—Sunday, June 3, has. been designated as Home coming and Memorial Day at Cool Springs Baptist Church, ac cording to an announcement by the Rev. John E. Lanier, pastor. There will be a morning and an afternoon service with a picnic lunch between services. The public is invited and every one is asked to bring a lunch. The morning service will be gin at 11:30. The Rev. B. A. Mitchell, will deliver the morn ing address with Charles B. Blair rendering a solo for the service. At the afternoon session, which will begin at 2:15, the Rev. Bennie Crawford will give the devotional and Dr. A. T. Rus sell is to give the memorial ad dress. AT HOME AFTER 16 MONTHS OVERSEAS Hobbsville.—Pfc. Murray Spi vey is spending a 30-day furlough at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Spivey, after serv ing Id months overseas. He serv ed. 11 months with the 4th Arm ored Division of the 3rd U. S. Army. Last Year’s Leaf Crop Had Value' Of $113,090.00 Gatesville.—The total county tobacco allotment for 1944, on the 100 tobacco farms, was 354.5 acres. However only 66 farmers grew tobacco last year, harvest ing 263.6 acres. The two main reasons why no tobacco was grown on 44 remaining farms according to John Artz, were, first, allotment was too small and curing facilities inconveni ent; second, lack of labor. “It is expected that more farms will grow tobacco this year as a few new allotments were given out,” he said. It may be of general interest to know that the value of last year’s "harvested acreage (363.9 X had a value of approximately $113,090,.00 based on an average yield of 1,000 pounds per acre and the season’s average price of 43 cents per pound. Liberations, Decoratmns A nd Discharges Head )Er News L. C. Hand New Gates County Post Commander Gatesvjlle. — New officers of the Gates county post of the Arnsrican Legion were named Saturday night by the nominat ing committee, and the report was accepted as given. L. C. Hand is the new post comman der succeeding Paul Hofler. John Artz is the new adjutant, D. E. Barnes, sergeant at arms, W. C. Story, chaplain, F. L. Nixon, first vice commander, and J. W. Spivey, second Vice commander. The Rev. Thomas A. Collins was guest speaker at the Memor ial Day meeting. Sixteen Legion naires and six members of the Legion Auxiliary were present. Flags were given to a number of the • members to decorate the graves of veterans in the coun ty. The membership committee to get, renewals of members before June 15 is Hubert Eason, L. C. Hand, Earl Barnes, W, O. Spivey, M. B. Hobbs, F. L. Nixon and Irving Felton. Nearly all members present at the meet ing Saturday paid their renewals. Irving Felton and Thomas Lilley of Gates, first two men of World War Two who have joined the post, were present Saturday night. The post took notice that W. G. Britt of Hobbsville, World War One veteran, is seriously ill in the veteran’s hospital at Ke coughtan. It was decided that beginning with the fourth Thursday in June, meetings of the post will See L. C. HAND, Page 6 DedicationService Slated for Sunday Gatesville. — The Gatesville Methodist Church will have a service of dedication at the re gular church hour Sunday. At this time an honor roll, giv en by the Gatesville W. S. C. S., and a service flag, given as a memorial by Mrs. H. B. Rhodes, will be dedicated. Parents and relatives of those in service from the church are especially invited to attend. Spe cial music is being planned for this service. OKINAWA’S V-E DAY— This Marine observed V-E Day on Okinawa by having his clothing blown from his back by a Jap mortar shell. Shocked and hurt, but still on his feet, he is helped toward the rear by a companion on the line. Mrs. J. A. Liles, Age 70, Died Sunday Morning Sunbury. — Funeral services for Mrs. J. A. Liles, age 70, who died at her home near here early Sunday morning, were conduct ed Monday afternoon at Dam ascus Christian Church. The Rev. J. M. Roberts officiated at the service. Burial was in the family cemetery. She is survived by her hus band; one son, Cpl. J. S. Liles, with the U. S. Army, in Ger many; one daughter, Miss Mar garet Liles, Sunbury; one broth er, R. L. Speight, Suffolk, Va.; and one sister, Mrs. J. R. Brink ley, Portsmouth, Va. Active pall bearers were Joshua Perry, Ralph McDaniel, Garland McDaniel, Glover Hol lowell, Johnny Foster, and Willie Kite. Honorary pallbearers were friends' of the family. The body was removed to the Rountree and Hofler Funeral Home, Gatesville, when it - re mained until Monday afternoon when the cortege left for the church. ATTENDS ZONE MEETING Gates.—Mrs. C. V. Cross at tended the WSCS zone meeting of Beaufort and Hyde counties held in Washington, and the Ply mouth zone, meeting held in Roper last week. Captain Brown Gives Eye - Witness Report on Nazi Death Camp at Gardelegen After Mass Executions Gatesville.—The following was written by Captain J. W. Brown, Jr., United States* Army Medical Corps, now" in Germany. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brown of Gatesville, and in the letter below lie gives an eye witness account of the Nazi hor ror camp at Gardelegen, Ger many. “Until today I took all the death camp stories with a serv ing of salt, but my own eyes could hardly deceive me.’! 9th Army Germany April 20, 1945 By the time this reaches you, you will no doubt have heard mpch about a German town named Gardelegen. I’m sure there will be no punches pulled in the news reports emanating from there, a for General Simp son has expressed the wish that all his men see the results of an atrocity committed there. The colonel and'! made the pilgrim age today one week after the last and probably the most vi cious of a series of crimes was completed. The fires still smold ered. One passes just beyond the town onto a dirt road down two rows of young cherry trees now in full and gorgeous bloom. Beautiful German farmland dot ted with woods stretches as far as the eye can see and one ’ ' " ' \ could not imagine a more 'tran- I quil scene. But knowing in ad vance what I was to see created an atmosphere of beauty spiced with death. I cannot accurately describe what I felt as I rode out that road. And then there it w®is smack in the middle of all that expanse even then being prepared for planting. It centered around and in a large German barn about 80 feet by 40 feet. It was built of brick with earth and cement floor at ground level. In each side were two large double doors capable of admitting a large wagon—the entire thing more on See CAPT. BROWN, Page 3 ■Reports of Gates coun i the armed .services of ed States took varied ing the week just pas ► have been liberated; re been decorated; two i discharged, and one is back home on furlough after nearly three years on the Europ ean continent. Sgt. Harry Liniger, waist gun nef on a Flying Fortress shoi; down over enemy occupied Europe many months ago, hao been liberated from a German prison camp, according to in formation reaching his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Liniger, through the Red Cross. Pvt. Elbert Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Williams of near Tyner, is also back under military control after four months in prisoner of war camps following his capture in Luxem bourg. He was first listed as mis sing and then as prisoner. Hr is being returned to the United States and should reach home in the near future. Decorations Among those decorated are Pfc. Amos J. Felton of Roduco, Sgt. Wendell Loftin Stallings of Hobbsville, and Cpl. John E. Eure of Roduco. Felton and Stal lings have been awarded th* • Bronze Star in Germany, and Eure the Certificate of Merit, also in Germany. Private Felton is with the 30th See LIBERATIONS, Page 3 Gilmer Delivers Address to Grads At Hobbsville Hobbsville.—Graduation exer cises will be held at Hobbsville high school tonight (Wednesday! at 8:30 when the Rev. Harold W. Gilmer, rector of St. Paul’s Epis copal Church, Edenton, will de liver the commencement ad dress. The Rev. J. S. Taylor, pastor of Deep Creek Baptist Church, preached the baccalaureate ser mon Sunday night. The gradua - tion exercises began Friday night with a music recital under the direction of Mrs. Walter Hollo well. Senior class day exercise:; were also held Friday night. Shaw and Welfare Head Speakers At FarmBureauMeet Gatesville.—R. Flake Shaw of. Greensboro, executive secretary of the North Carolina Farm Bu reau, and Dr. Ellen Black Wins ton, State commissioner of pu blic welfare, will be the speakers when a county-wide meeting of the Gates County Farm Bureau convenes at the Gatesville school Friday night, June 8, at 7 o’ clock. John Artz and Miss Ethel Par ker are in charge of the program. Miss Ona Patterson is in charge of the entertainment and dinner. A fish fry will be served. George Kittrell of Corapeake, is president of the county bureau; Tom J. Stallings of Hobbsvillc, is vice president, and S. P. Cross of Gatesville, is secretary and treasurer.
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