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GATES COUNTY INDEX > i The Only Newspaper Published in and for Oates County Volume 14, No. 1 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, September 5, 1945 o 12 Pages This Week ASSISTANT STATE AID.— Spruille Braden, former U. S. ambassador to Argentina, who has been appointed to the post of assistant secretary of state, replacing Nelson A. Rockefell er. Bnaden has been strong in his opposition to the present Argentina government. John T. Barnes, 88, Died Tuesday At His Home Corapeake. — Funeral services for John Thomas Barnes, 88, who died Tuesday morning at hi^ home near Corapeake after a long illness, were conducted Wednesday at 3:30 p. m., at Parkers Methodist Church, with the pastor, the Rev. C. W. Guthrie, officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Barnes is survived by four sons, H. L„ D. E., and E. B. BarneS, of Corapeake, and A. L. Barnes of Suffolk, Va., three daughters, Mrs. J. C. Hobbs, of Corapeake; Mrs. J. H. Parker, of Suffolk, Va., and Mrs. C. W. Beamon, of Norfolk, Va., 18 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The body was taken to the Fu neral Home of Rountree & Hof ler. Bahamians to Aid In Peanut Harvest The State College Extension Service has said that 300 Baham ian workers would be sent into the northeastern peanut area of the State as soon as possible to relieve an acute labor shortage expected during the forthcoming peanut harvest. Approximately 150 Bahamian workers already have been moved from Eastern North Carolina tobacco counties to help with the apple harvest in and around Mt. Airy. The peanut workers also will be shifted from the eastern tobacco area. Fred Sloan, director of the col lege’s farm labor program, said as many workers as could be re cruited would be needed in the peanut harvest because of in creased acreage. He said the large acreage developed when some farmers failed to get a stand of cotton and planted pea-1 nuts instead. Office Cuts Hours Gatesville.—The Gates Coun ty Selective Service Board of fice from now on will be closed each Saturday. The office' will be open Mondays through Fri days from 8:30 pntil 12 noon and from 1 p. m. until 5:30 p. m., ac cording to an -announcement from Mrs. Lillie B. Over man, clerk to the hoard. Key Men Named For Farm Bureau Member Drive Gatesville. — A list of “key men” was appointed at a special meeting of officers and directors of the Gates County Farm Bu reau Wednesday night. The key men will serve in the Farm Bu reau membership drive to be held before the next quarterly 'meet ing. They will meet Monday night for the purpose of organiz ing and planning an intensive membership campaign. The following were named to serve on the membership com mittee: J. C. Vann, Walter Ward, Frank Rountree, J. P. Johnson and R. H. Eason, Holly Grove Township; R. L. Brown, B. H. Ward, Marshall Hobbs and J. W. Spivey, Hunters Mill township; J. A. Hobbs, R. O. Hobbs, C. H. Carter and Leslie Rountree, Min tonsvile Township. Also L. T. Lilley, F. E. Smith, E. E. Ward and G. W. Jones, Gatesville Township;' Lycurgus Howell, Edward Story, J. B. Perry and Linwood Askew, Hall Township; Thomas B. Parker, Edward Mills, Cleamon Eure and G. D. Gatling, Reynoldson Town ship; J. M. King, B. F. Savage, J. B. Whitehurst, Mrs. W. F. Mor ris and T. E. Jackson, Hasletts Township. The following were named to serve as the committee-at-large: W. O. Crump of Sunbury, W. M. Hollowell of Hobbsville, Robin I Hood of Gatesville, George Kitt rell of Corapeake, Ona Patter son of Gatesville, Ethel Parker of Gatesville, and John Artz of Gatesville. MarvisJonesHome Gatesville.—Marvis Jones ar rived in Gatesville Tuesday night after 20 months overseas to spend a 30-day furlough with his moth er, Mrs. Amanda Jones of Drum Hill. Jones is the husband of the former Miss Louise Blanchard of Gatesville. Revival at Eure Eure. — Revival services will begin at Eure Christian Church Monday night, September 10, at 8:30 p. m. Preaching will be done by the Rev. Mr. Wright of Wind sor, Va., according to the an nouncement. BREAKS RIBS Zion. — A. E. Blanchard had the misfortune of being thrown from a load of timber Friday af ternoon 'and breaking several ribs. WAR CASUALTY. — His mother was advised last week that Sgt. Herbert Gatling', above, of Gates, was killed over Germany on February 16. An aerial gunner, he had been re ported missing since last. March. Herman T. Spivey Ends Four Years Service in Army Hobbsville.—Herman T. Spi vey, 27, arrived back home Thursday with his honorable dis charge after four years in the Army and three years in the Pacific theatre of operations. T-4 in a special engineer detachment, Spivey was separated from the Army at Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Spivey of Hobbsville, and nephew of Mrs. J. M. Rea of Trotville, and Charlie Spivey and Lonnie Spivey of Hobbsville and Ernest Spivey of Wilming ton, Delaware. Spivey was home last in Janu ary when he returned from over (Continued on Page 3) Did You Know? Gatesville. — Gates county has 10 combines for harvesting grain and seed crops and 160 peanut pickers according to the best information available. The distribution of combines by townships is: Gatesville, 4; Hall, 3; Holly Grove, 2; Rey noldson, 1. The pickers will handle the peanut crop on an estimated 12,000 planted acres, or an average of 75 acres per picker. It is probable that a good many acres will not be dug this year due to grassy condition, according to Coun ty Agent John Artz. George Hobbs Wins Bronze Star For Removal of Mines at Manila With the 594th Amphibian En gineers in Manila. — S/Sgt. George W. Hobbs, of Corapeake, N. C., has beer) awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement in Manila last Feb ruary. Sgt. Hobbs was in command of a mine removal squad charged .with clearing enemy mines, boo by traps and under-water ob stacles from an a*ea near Mani la’s Polo Club. Despite enemy fire and with out the assistance of trained bomb-disposal technicians. Hobbs and his squad removed 750 live mines without injury or loss of life. The action contribut ed materially to the early open ing of the Port of Manila. ' Sgt. Hobbs, a .member of the 594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, has been in the Army three years and. has served over seas fifteen months. In addition to his new award, he is author ized to wear the Philippines Li beration ribbon, Asiatic Pacific Theatre ribbon and three combat stars. He landed with the initial assault waves at Lingayen Gulf last January and was promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant in June. A former student at Cypress Chapel High School, Hobbs worked as a farmer and carpen ter before the war. He is the son of Mrs. Grover Brinkley, RFD No. 1, Corapeake. His brother, Sgt. Curtis L. Hobbs, is with the 252 Combat Engineers in Ger many., 22nd W & r Casualty Is Herbt 11 Gatling; Killed In February Trusty Escapes; Was Serving Term For Manslaughter Gatesville.—Frank Waters, 35, honor grade prisoner at the Gates County Camp, walked out during the dinner hour Monday and at last reports had reached Suffolk, Va., according to Super intendent E. B. Dickens. Waters was serving 15 to 20 years for manslaughter from New Hanover county and had been at this camp about 18 months, Mr. Dickens said, though he had served time at another camp before coming, here since being sentenced. The superintendent said he had learned that Waters hired a Sunbury man to drive him to Suffolk, but that the driver did not know he was an escapee, re porting the incident to Mr. Dick ens when he learned that a pri soner had escaped. Waters is described as being 5 feet 11 inches tall and weigh ing about 160 pounds. He is ginger colored and wore a small mustache. He wore blue over alls and a grey polo shirt when he left the camp. POW Labor Again For Farm Work This Autumn Gatesville.—German prisoners from the Ahoskie P. W. Camp will again be available this fail for stacking peanuts. The Ahos kie camp is one of the 12 being maintained in the State. The pri soners should be applied for two or three weeks in advance of the date needed and a cash deposit left with Gates county farm agent, John Artz at time of ap plication. The workers will have to be transported both ways by the farmers, and each prisoner, according to the contract, must put up 25 stacks a day and will receive 12 cents per stack or $3. 00 for the day’s work, Mr. Artz said. Last year seven Gates county farmers used prisoner of war labor, who had to put up only 18 stacks for which they receiv ed $2.10 or 11% 'cents a stack. Most of those using the labor last fall were not so well pleased with the work done, the agent said. “It is thought that prisoner la bor this fall will prove., more satisfactory,” he added. Should any producer be interested in us ing this type of labor for stack ing peanuts he is advised to con tact the Gates county agent by j mail or visit at an early date. Eure Memorial Service Sunday Gates.—Memorial services for Pffc. Sawney Cecil Eure, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Eure, Gates, who was killed in action in Ger many on February 24, will be held Sunday at 3:30 p. m. at Gates Methodist Church. Friends and relatives are invit ed to attend, . . Gates.—The name of another Gates county boy was added to the list of casualties of World War Two this week, bringing the total of the county’s war dead to 22. The Index reported Sgt. Her bert Gatling missing in March. His mother has now been ad vised that he was killed Febru ary 16 over Regensburg', Ger many. Sgt. Gatling’s name is add ed this week to the Index’s Roll of Honor. me sergeant, zs, was a B-24 aerial gunner with the Fifteenth Air Force. A native of Gates, he had lived in Portsmouth, Va., for four years where he was employ ed at the Naval Air Station be fore his induction into the Army in September, 1943. He went overseas in July, 1944. His mother, Mrs. Nellie M. Gatling, who received the War Department message last week, lives at 733 Lanier Crescent, River Park, Portsmouth. Sgt. Gatling was a graduate of Gates high school and attend ed Norfolk Division, College of William and Mary. Besides his mother, he is sur vived by a brother, Jack W. Gat ling, U. S. Army. He was a son of the late G. C. Gatling of Gates. To Enter Animals In Stock Show Stockmen Gatesville. — “It wouldn’t do for Gates county not to be re presented in the ‘Fat Stock’ show being planned for Elizabeth City during the last of March or firs I. of April next year,” County Agent John Artz said today. This is an early date to be an nouncing such a show, Mr. Art/, said, but added that it takes several months for a farmer to prepare for or grow out an ani mal suitable for exhibition. The show, and probable sale of fat hogs and steers, commonly called a “Fat Stock Show,” is be ing planned and will be conducted by the vocational teachers and county agents in the Albemarle area. Kinston,, Rocky Mount and a few other cities have been hold ing the shows for two or more years and have found them popu lar and profitable. Mr. Artz ad vises that anyone interested in entering an animal in the Eliza beth City show should see the county agent or a vocational agriculture teacher. Meet on Okinawa Trotville. — Old school pals, Pvt. Clyde B. Blanchard and Pvt. Billy Mitchell, chanced to run together recently on Okinawa. Private iBlanchard is the son of A. P. Blanchard of Hobbsville, and Private Mitchell is the son of J, W. P. Mitchell of Trotville. \
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