GATES COUNTY
The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County
Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, August 8, 1945
12 Pages This Week
County Schools To Open Wednesday
I July Goes Down As
Wettest Month In
Rain Gauge History
Gatesville. — With an official
record of 9.35 inches of rain, July
'Will go down in weather history
as the wettest month ever rec
orded in Gates county. '“It is cer
tainly the most rain for any
month since January, 1941, when
the U. S. installed a rain gauge
in Gatesville,” John Artz said.
There was no standard of mea
suring the rain fall prior to that
date.
Some crops have been serious
ly damaged, such as peanuts,
late corn and cotton. Two farm
ers, one from Hazelton neighbor
hood, the other from Tinkham’s,
said their crops of peanuts was
damaged at least 50 percent re
sulting from the prolonged July
rains. It has been too wet, they
said, most of the time to use
either plow or hoe, thus the grass
was getting a strong hold on the
vines and nothing could be done
about it. Then the vines in spots
in their fields were wilting due
to root rqttening caused by ex
cess water.
It has not been determined
just how badly the cash crop
(peanuts) is damaging in the
county but it is thought the loss
will be considerable. Prospects
for a bumper crop were predicted.
before the heavy rain set in as
here was almost perfect stand
id the fields were clean. It had
een a good growing season too.
It Could Be Worse
When the two farmers lament
ed the heavy loss in their pea
nut crops estimated by each at
about 50 percent, the more opto
mistic of the two said: “Well it
could have been worse. I might
have lost it all or I might have
lost my crop, my house, and by
barn in a tornado. And what’s
worse I could have lost a mem
ber of my family.”
Mother of Mrs.
Nixon Dead at 90
Norfolk, Va. — Mrs. Marianne
Louise Ribet Richard, wife of
Philip Richard, Sr., died at the
residence in Norfolk, on Wed
nesday, August 1. Funeral serv
ices were conducted from the
residence Friday, August 3.
Mrs. Riehard was a member of
Armstrong Memorial Presbyter
ian Church and the pastor, Dr.
McNair, assisted by Dr. Wesley,
retired, conducted the services.
Mrs. Richard was 90 years and
10 months old at the time of her
death, and had been a resident of
Norfolk for 25 years.
She is survived by her hus
and, Philip Richard, Sr.; two
daughters, Mrs. S. Edwin Nixon
of Sunbury, N. C.; and Mrs. W.
E. Fluker of Norfolk; three sons,
Philip E. Richard, Stephen Rich
ard and Frank W. Richard. Inter
ment was in Riverside Memorial
Park Cemetery, Norfolk.
AT GATES VILLE SUNDAY
Gates ville. — The Rev. T.
Sloane Guy, Jr., will be guest
minister at Gatesville Baptist
church Sunday morning at 11 o’
clock. Son of the pastor, Mr. Guy
will deliver the morning ad
dress.
Did You Know?
Gates county had 3,240
breeding sows and gilts as of
January 1, 1944. Only 22 coun
ties outranked Gates in this
respect.
Agent Visits And
Inspects Garden
Projects Here
Gatesville.—A total of 49 gar
dens *was visited by the home
agent during July. This total in
cluded victory garden contest
ants in Hall, Hasletts, Holly
Grove and half of Mintonsville
townships, Miss Ona Patterson
of Gatesville said. She added:
“It was gratifying to see that
many gardeners had carrots for
the first time, onions grown from
the seed rather than the set,
which keep better, salsify, celery,
egg plant, Swiss. chard, Chinese
cabbage, new varieties of butter
beans and tomatoes.”
■Listed as outstanding among
the gardens visited by the home
agent were those of Mr. and Mrs.
C. T. White, Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
Parker, Mr and Mrs. Claude Fel
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Greene,
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Copeland,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Vann, Mr.
and Mrs. R. J. Hendrix and Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Riddick.
William E. Byrum
Trains at Norfolk
Chicago. — William Earl By
rum, 30, ship’s cook, second class,
USNR, of Suffolk, Va., is at the
Naval Training Station, Norfolk,
Va., training for duties aboard a
new destroyer of the Atlantic
Fleet.
Byrum is a veteran of 18
months’ duty at an advanced
base in the Pacific.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Byrum, Route 2, Suf
folk, and is married to the form
er Alma Perry of Gatesville, N.
C. They have a 17-month-old
son, William Earl, Jr. Byrum has
two brothers in the Navy,
George W., 28, an electrician’s
mate, second class, and Joseph
E., 18, seaman, second class. Be
fore enlisting, he was' employed
by the Norman Packing Corpora
tion.
Revival Services
Sandy Cross; — Revival serv
ices will begin at Sandy Cross
Baptist C-hurch on August 26,
continuing through the follow
ing week, according to the Rev..
T. Sloane Guy, Sr.
The Rev. Frank Morris of
Richmond, Va., son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Morris of Gates, will
be the guest preacher.
WORLD’S TALLEST HIT.—
A view of the Empire State
building, New York City, look
ing approximately northeast,
with an arrow pointing to
where it was rammed by an
army B-25 bombing plane. The
plane exploded on impact,
starting fires resulting' in heavy
casualties and property loss,
Necessary for Red
Cross Production
To Continue Here
Gatesville.—A total of 21 knit
ted garments have been turned
in to the production Chairman,
Ona Pattei'son, during the month
of July. Of this total Sunbury
knitters were responsible for 12
mufflers and four sleeveless
sweaters. Gatesville knitters
turned in five mufflers. This is
a good record for a summer
month but the Gates chapter has
on hand about 50 pounds of
good wool which should be made
into garments as soon as possi
ble.
In spite of the fact that major
military operations are now in
the Pacific theatre, many service
men and women will be stationed
during the coming winter in
Europe and outlying posts in the
North Atlantic. For this reason
it is necessary for the chapter
to continue the production of
warm knitted garments, Miss
Patterson said. In adition to the
able bodied, an increasing num
ber of hospital patients must be
provided with sweaters, socks,
stump socks and the like.
Wiggins Promoted
In Pacific Theatre
With the 81st Infantry Divi
sion somewhere in the Pacific.—
Lloyd M. Wiggins, son of John
S. Wiggins of Trotville, N. C.,
has been promoted from private
first class to technician 5th grade
in recognition of proven ability
with an artillery battalion.
Corporal Wiggins is a member
t of Maj. Gen. Paul J. Mueller’s
81st Infantry “Wildcat” Divi
sion, which last fall wrested the
Palau and other Western Caro
line Islands from the Japs.
His wife is the former Doris
Ann Blanchard of Sunbury, N.
|c. .
Overman Previews
Requirements And
Other Particulars
Born October 2?
You Can Enter
School This Year
Gatesville. — “Each year
many parents ask to send their
children to school before they
become of legal age,” Superin
tendent W. Henry Overman
said today. “Some have un
derstood that the age for school
entrants was changed during
the last General Assembly. A
bill was introduced to this ef
fect, but it was not passed; the
entrance age remains the
same,” he declared.
In order that each parent
may know whether his or her
child should enter school next
week, he quoted the section of
the school laws relating to the
entrance age;
“Children to be entitled to
enrollment in the public schools
for the year 1939-40 and each
year thereafter, must be six
years erf age on or (before Octo
ber 1 of the year in which they
enroll, and must enroll during
the first month of the school
year.”
The attorney general has
ruled that children who are
born on the second day of Octo
ber become six years of age on
the first day of October and
are, therefore, entitled to en
ter school this year under the
above section of the school
law.
Sunbury School
Set for Opening
Sunbury.—Sunbury school wifi
open its 1945 and 1946 session
August 15 at 9:30 o’clock.
After opening- day school will
open at 8:30 and .will close ap
proximately at 3 o’clock. There
will be no formal opening, but
any parents or friends wishing
to come will be welcomed.
There will be an important
OPTA meeting in the library Mon- J
day evening at 8:30. There will'
be some questions of importance
discussed at this meeting. All
parents, both fathers and moth
ers, are asked to be present.
RevivalScheduled
At Harrell Church
Gatesville. — The revival for
Harrell Methodist Church will be
held -this year during the last
week in August. It will begin
with the evening service on
Monday; August. 27, and con
tinue through Sunday morning,
September 2.
The evening services will be
held at 8:30 and. the afternoon
services as now planned will be
held at 3:30. Mr. Collins, the
pastor, will conduct the revival
services. Guests are invited to
attend.
AH white schools in Gates
county will open at 9:30 Wed
nesday morning, August 15.
Gatesville.—With the excep
tion of four vacancies which are
expected to be filled either per
manently or temporarily before
Gates county schools open next
Wednesday, August 15, here is
the completed list of faculty
members as released today by
Supt. W. Henry Overman:
Gatesville: Charles B. Blair,
Jr., principal; Mrs. Carolyn B.
Eure, Mrs. Della L. Ausbon, Mrs.
Helen King Blair, Frances New
. some, Mrs. Margaret F. Roun
tree, Mrs. Harry L. Ward, Mrs.
Lucy G. Pollock and Sarah E.
Hardington. **
Eure: principalship and sev
enth and eighth grades, vacant;
fifth and sixth grades, vacant;
See SCHOOLS, Page 5
Gatesville School
Opens August 15;
(Full Day’s Work
Gatesville. — The Gatesville
school will open its 1945-46 term
Wednesday, August 15, at 9:30
a. m.; however, according to
Principal Charles B. Blair on
Thursday morning and all others
the opening hour will be 8:30 a.
m. and closing hour 3:00 p .rn.
This schedule will be followed
until further announcement is
made, he said.
Only one change in the Gates
ville faculty has been made
Mrs. Best Ausbon of Hobgoou.
will replace Mrs. Roy Parker at:
French and English instructor.
There will be a meeting of the
Gatesville teachers in the princi
pal’s office on Tuesday at 3:00
p. m.
* All students who are to enroll
are urged and expected to be
present on the first day of school,
and are asked to bring sufficient
money on that day to take care
See DAY’S WORK, Page 4
Regular School
Attendance Urged
By W. Henry Overman,
School Superintendent.
ii is oi utmost importance tmu
all children enroll in school on
the first day and attend regular
ly throughout the term. Parents
are urged to cooperate by mak
ing it possible for their children
to attend regularly. Normal pro
gress in school is directly depen
dent upon regular attendance.
Children who habitually sta>
away, from school fall b«lund im
their classes. The reports show
that -a large majority of children
who fail their grades are those
who attend irregularly.
It is realized that due to the
emergency and a shortage oi
farm labor as a result, many par
ents will feel that they must keep
their children home to help with
harvesting crops. We are making
an effort to meet this demand
and at the same time keep child
ren in school during the entire
See ATTENDANCE, Page 7