The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County
Volume 14, No. 31
Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, April 10, 1946
12 Pages This Week
Sanitary Ordinances
Adopted By District
R. C. MONTAGUE
R. C. Montague
Is News Editor
For Parker Bros.
Ahoskie. — Richard Currie
Montague of Littleton joined
the staff of Parker Brothers,
Inc., on April 8, to take over his
duties as managing news editor
for the organization’s four-coun
ty chain of weeklies, v
Montague, a native of Nor
folk, has had seven years of
newspaper experience, ami- re^
cently was discharged from the
Army, where he held the rank
of Major. His first newspaper
ob was with the Concord Daily
3^ .’ribune. Later, he become city
editor of the Salisbury Morning
Herald, and, when that paper
was discontinued the following
3rear, joined the staff of the Salis
bury Post, where he worked un
der John Harden, the Post’s man
aging editor, for four years.
Harden nows holds a position as
private secretary to Governor
Cherry.
Entering the Army in 1942 as
a second lieutenant, Montague
was promoted to Major and ap
pointed Chief of Staff of his base
section. Later he served as liai
son officer between the Petro
leum Section, Allied Force Head
quarters, and . the Fifteen Army
Group. He holds the Bronze Star
See MONTAGUE, Page 12
Fall Is Fatal To
Mrs. Emma Jones
I
m
Suffolk.—Mrs. Emma Sue Car
ter Jones, 73, widow of L. W.
Jones, died Sunday morning,
April 6 from injuries sustained
in a fall at her home several days
ago.
She was the daughter of the
late William and Emiline Carter
of Gatesville and had lived the
past 45 years in Suffolk. She was
a member of Oxford Methodist
Church and of its women’s or
ganizations.
Surviving her are two daugh
ters, Mrs. Walter Hundley and
Mrs. Irvy Burchett, and a son,
Reginald Jones, of Suffolk; eight
grandchildren and one great
grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. J.
R. Brown, of Hampton, and Mrs.
J. R. Eure, of Gatesville, two
half-sisters, Mrs. Sallie Langston
of Gatesville and Mrs. Addie Pi
land of Tarboro.
' Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday at 4 p. m. at the Hill
Funeral Home, with the Rev..F.
L. Baker, pastor of Oxford
Methodist Church, officiating.
Burial was in Cedar Hill Ceme
tery. . v
Windsor.—Ordinances regulat
ing the installation of sewage
disposal- facilities and the trans
portation of meats to markets
were adopts d by the district
board of health for Gates, Bertie
and Chowan counties at a special
meeting last Thursday at Wind
sor.
The (sewage disposal ordin
ance was plac-sd in effect im
mediately and the meat ordin
ance will become effective on
May 4, 1946.
Walter C. Lackey of Murfrees
boro, district sanitarian, said the
sewage disposal ordinance was
enacted to protect property own
ers from installation of unsatis
factory facilities by so - called
“jackkg” plumbers. Require
ments of the ordinance are:
(1) A permit for installation
of residential sewage facilities
must be secured from the health
officer or his duly authorized re
presentative.
(2) All septic tanks installed
shall have a minimum working
capacity of 500 gallons.
(3) All disposal plants must
be inspected before being cover
ed and completed.
The megt ordinance requires
that all meats being transported
to markets must be wrapped in
clean cloths or unused paper and
that a clean vehicle must be used.
The special meeting was call
ed to discuss plans for operation
of the health department in the
three counties following the re
'slgriation of Dr. W. P. Jordan,
which was effective April 6. Dr.
W. P. Richardson of Raleigh was
present to assist the board in
making plans for the health de
partment work to be handled
temporarily by local physicians
in the three counties.
W. B. Gurley of Windsor was
named temporary secretary of
the district board of health and
probably will serve until a new
district health officer is secured.
Services of local physicians will
be sscured in the three counties
and the board authorized sal
aries of $50 per month in Chow
an and Gates counties and $75
per month in Bertie county for
these part time positions. Sal
aries will be paid out of the dis
trict budget.
4-H Club Plans
To Give Flagpole
Gatesville.—The Gatesville 4
H club met Tuesday and the boys
made plans to erect a flagpole
at the school.
The boys plan to cut a flag
pole, paint it and then buy a
flag, prior to erection of the flag
pole at the school.
Other 4-H club meetings
scheduled this week in the coun
ty are: Sunbury club, today; Eure
club, Thursday; and Gates club,
'Friday. ^
J. P. Humphrey
Named To Office
Plymouth. —- Jack P. Hum
phrey, principal of Gatesville
school, was elected vice-presi
dent of the Albemarle School
masters’ Club at a meeting of
that 10-county organization
here Monday night.
J. G. McCracken, superin
tendent of Elizabeth City
schools, was named president,
and Mrs. F. R. Burgess of
South Mills school, secretary
treasurer.
Attending the meeting from
Gates county were Superin
tendent W. Henry Overman of
Gatesville, J. Warren George
of Sunbury school, W. W.
Clarke of Hobbuville school,
and H. E. Hose of Gates school.
Ten counties and two cities are
included in the Albemarle
Club group. They are Eden
ton and Elizabeth City, and
Gates, Chowan, Pasquotank,
Perquimans, Camden, Dare,
Currituck, Tyrrell, Washing
ton and Hyde counties.
A discussion of high school
credits for veterans high
lighted the meeting.
District H-D Meet
Set For Hertford
Hertford.—The Sixteenth Dis
trict Federation of Home Dem
onstration clubs ivill be held in
the auditorium of the Hertford
high school, Hertford, on Thurs
day, April U.
The school building is located
on the Eden ton road just outside
the city limits. The program will
start at 10:30. All club members
are urged to be present by ten
o’clock in order that the registra
tion may be completed iby 10:30.
County reports will be given
during the morning program with
the special speaker coming in
the afternoon. The county hav
ing the largest attendance with
club members coming the great
est distance will receive the
g'avel.
Included in the Sixteenth Dis
trict are the following counties:
Perquimans, Chowan, Hertford,
Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck,
Dare and Gates. Mrs. C- H. Car
ter, Hobbsville, is president of
the District and Mrs. Mack Flet
cher, of Elizabeth City, is sec
retary. Lunch will be served by
the Perquimans county club
women.
The honorable Thomas T.
Pearsall, Nash county, House of
Representatives, will % guest
speaker. Miss Pauline Smith,
Northeastern District Agent,
will introduce Rep. Pearsall.
Cluib members’ husbands and
friends are invited to a ftend this
meeting.
Machine Age Proves
Too Much For Bruin
By Luc his Blanchard,
Staff Writer
Winton. — “Quick! Have you
got a gun??”
W. L. Umphlett stopped cut
ting a customer’s hair and stared
at the wild-eyed stranger who
had rushed out of the night into
his little barber shop with this
startling question.
“Well, yes, I have,” he an
swered cautiously, after due
meditation. “What do you wtint
with it?”
“A fellow's holding a bear
on the other side of the bridge,”
the stranger explained excited
ly. “I want a gun to kill it with!”
The explanation told nothing
to Umphlett, who wondered
what manner of man was so rug
ged as to hold one of Gates
county’s swamp bears while
somebody goes a mile after a
gun. “If he’s man enough to hold
him, he’s man enough to kill
him,” Umphlett muttered.,
v Nevertheless, he laid his hair
clippers aside, took his gun, join
8ee BRUIN, Page 4
Quiet Democratic
Primary Forecast
For Gat^ County
Gatesville. — With only
days remaining before the i
deadline for the Democratic t?
mary, there is every indici £
that Gates county political ^
cles will not offer any hotly i ^
tested races. %
Incumbent county offici ®
\*hose terms expire, are exp^uw—
ed to offer for renomination, and
there has been nothing to indi
cate that they will be opposed.
There have been no official an
nouncements of candidacy, but
a well-informed -political source
said all of the present county of
ficers could be expected to file
before the 6 p. m. deadline Sat
urday.
The-terms of L. C. Hand, clerk
of superior court, and Sheriff
“Turk” Overman expire as do
the terms of three county com
missioners, C. H. Carter of
Hobbsville, W. L. Askew of Eure
and A. H. Russell of Drum Hill.
Other members of the county
board of commissioners, whose
terms do not expire, are J. E.
Gregory of Sunbury and R. L.
Brown of Hobbsville.
Indications were that the in
cumbents would file and would
be unopposed.
C. P. Hathaway of Holly
Grove, young navy veteran, has
announced his candidacy for the
democratic nomination for- the
State House of Representatives.
W. J. Rountree of Hobbsville, in
cumbent, is not expected to seek
return to the General Assembly
for the forthcoming term.
A three-cornered race is under
way for the two State Senate
seats from the first district.
Charles H. Jenkins of Aulander
will seek renomination and
Lorimer W. Midgett and Phil
Sawyer, both of Elizabeth City,
have tossed their hats into the
campaign.
Some degree of political inter
est has been generated by the
contest between Herbert C. Bon
ner of Washington, incumbent,
and Dr. Robert L. Humber of
Greenville, for the nomination
for United States representative.
Politics bdng what, they are
there still is the chance of a last
minute flurry of filing in addi
tion to that by the expected can
didates, but at the moment politi
cal sounding boards forecast a
very quiet Democratic primary.
Mrs. Susan Bell
Dies At Richmond
Richmond. — Mrs. Susan Eure
Bell, aged 75, widow of the late
Charles D. Bell and daughter of
the late Mills L. and Mrs. Susan
Roberts Eure, died at the resi
dence of her daughter, Mrs.
Stewart Glenn, in Richmond,
Saturday night.
Mrs. Bell was a native of Gates
county, formerly residing in Nor
folk and recently a resident of
Washington.
Besides her daughter, she is
survived by one son, Mills E.
Bell, of Norfolk, and five sis
ters, Mrs. James F. Moore, of
Norfolk; Mrs. Alfred H. Smith,
of Kalamazoo, Mich.; Mrs. George
E. Berry, of New York City, and
Misses Lee and Olia Eure* looth
of Norfolk.
Funeral services were con
ducted in the chapel of the H.
D. Oliver Funeral Apartments
Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock
by the Rev. Moultrie Guerry,
rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Churdh. Burial was in Elmwood
cemetery.
WOMAN VET TO RUN . . .
Janet Jordan, 28, Santa Mon
ica, Calif., formerly of marine
corps women’s reserve, has
filed for congfess.
Vets Farming
On Their Own
May Get Aid
Gatesville.—Gates county Vet
erans returning to the farm with
a desire to do their farming for
themselvss will find that the re
adjustment allowance program
under the G. I. bill has a special
feature designed to help them
get started on their own, Jesse
Liles, Gates county U. S. D. A.
council chairman, said today.
Liles, explained that the bill
See FARMING, Page 12
Support Urged
For Emergency
Food Program
Gatesville.—Children of the
Gatesville school were urged this
week to lend their full support
to the Emergency Food program,
success of which was of the ut
most importance in the winning
of the peace, Jesse Liles, U.S.
D.A. Council chairman, said in a
talk at the school chapel pro
gram.
Liles, who saw service in the
southwest Pacific, spoke briefly
Qn his experiences in that thea
tre, and described conditions
which gave a clearcut picture of
the urgent necessity of the Emer
gency Food program.
Conservation of wheat and
wheat products and edible fats
and oils was urged by Liles. He
said current national goals called
for a 40 per cent reduction in
the consumption of edible fats
and oils in this country.
He suggested the substitution
of oat and corn cereals for wheat
cereals and the use of less fried
foods. Liles urged the saving of
left over bread for use at the
next meal.
The U.S.D.A. Council is spon
soring the Emergency Food pro
gram in Gates county and Liles
said that a list of methods to be
adopted to accomplish the goals
would be mailed to the home
demonstration clubs, churches
and Ruritan club for distribution
and that copies also would be
sent to members of the county
AAA program and the Farm
Bureau.