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GATES COUNTY INDEX
The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County
Volume 14, No. 42
Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, June 26, 1946
8 Pages This Week
Tobacco Farmers
To Vote July 12
On Quota System
Mf) ;esville.—Gates county to
ll* > growers will participate
referendum on Friday, July
12, to determine whether the
government’s tobacco quoa sys
tem will be continued.
Mrs. Mildred Hill, secretary of
the Gates county AAA commit
tee, said a meeting of the coun
ty committeemen had been call
ed for Wednesday, June 26, for
the purpose of making plans for
the referendum. The meeting
will be held at the agriculture
building at 9:30 o’clock.
There are approximately 100
tobacco growers in Gates coun
ty. At the last referendum in
1943, when it was voted to con
tinue the quota system for three
years, 49 farmers voted in the
referendum and all 49 were in
favor of the quota system.
The voters will be asked to
vote on whether they favor the
quotas for one year or three
year period or whether they are
opposed to continuation of the
quota system.
The national marketing quota
system for 1947 is. due to be an
nounced by the department of
agriculture on July 1 in order
that the farmers will be fami
liar with it prior to the refer
endum.
Eight Register
For Home Week
Gatesville.—Miss Ona Patter
=onf Gates county home demon
Mon agent, has announced re
■) of registrations from eight
.itional home demonstration
club members for the Farm and
Home Week program at Raleigh,
August 19-25.
Those to register during the
past week were Mrs. C. H. Carter
of Hobbsville, Mrs. W. T. Coun
cil of Ariel, Mrs. A. F. McCotter
of Portsmouth, Va., Mrs. G. C.
Worrell of Middle Swamp, Mrs.
Otha Riddick of Hobbsville, Mrs.
J. H. Bunch of Hobbsville, and
Mrs. T. C. Lawrence of Eure.
Miss Patterson said the new
registrations brought the total to
10.
Trotville Club
With Mrs. Riddick
Trotville.—The Trotville home
demonstration cluib met with
Mrs. G. T. Riddick on Thurs
day, June 20, with Mrs. E. A.
Benton presiding.
A report on the pickling dem
onstration recently held in
Gatesville was given by Miss
Patterson.
The club donated 40 cans of
food and $1.50 to the famine re
lief drive.
There were two visitors pre
sent, Mrs. Sidney Hofler and
J. L. Hofler.
m: e subject for discussion was
^ .at To Eat and How to Serve
..' This was demonstrated by
Miss Ona Patterson.
Refreshments consisting of
iced drinks and cookies were
served to the following: Mrs: H.
H, Harrell, Mrs. E. A. Benton,
Mrs. A. A. Hurdle, Mrs. Her
bert Riddick, Mrs. Hance Hof
ler, Mrs. Woodrow Hofler, Mrs.
Otha Riddick, Mrs. Fletcher
Riddick, Miss Eleanor Overman,
Mrs. Thomas Riddick, Mrs. A. E.
Moore, Mrs. G. T. Riddick, Mrs.
Sidney Hofler and Mrs. J. L.
Hofler.
Dorothy Wiggins
Trains Pilots
Trotville.—Miss Dorothy Wig
gins, daughter of J. S. Wiggins
and the late Mrs. Wiggins of this
community, has been making a
name for herself in commercial'
aviation as a civilian flight in
structor.
For the past year Miss Wiggins
has been teaching discharged U.
S. Army bomber pilots to fly
smaller craft. She has received a
new assignment in Maine and
visitecl her home here recently.
Miss Wiggins received civilian
flight instruction at Langley
Field Va., in 1945 and received
a commercial pilot license and
a license as a commercial flight
instructor. She' was graduated
from East Carolina Teachers col
lege in 1942.
Eure Ladies' Aid
SQciety Meets
iRoduco.—The .Ladies Aid So
ciety of Eure’s Christian church
held its monthly meeting in the
home of Mrs. Bill Horton on Sat
urday, June 22.
Mrs. G. M. Brown conducted
the devotionals. Selections per
taining to Father’s Day were
read by Josephine Horton and
Ruth Felton.
Those appointed to pack cloth
es for overseas were Mesdames
Bill Horton, Bill Johnson, Ha
good Umphlett and Lugene Fel
ton.
In order to raise money for
the society each member was
measured and assessed one cent
for each inch in highth. A sum of
$ 11.64 was collected.
The club picnic, an annual af
fair; was planned for July 13 at
Colerain beach.
Two visitors, Mrs. Helen Eure
and Malene Umphlett, attended
the meeting.
Refreshments of ice cream,
cake and nuts was served to the
following:1 Mesdames Joseph
Eure, Johnnie Askew, Bill Hor
ton, Gordon Eure, Caroline Eure,
Garland Felton, Norfleet Felton,
Ida Williams, Bill Johnson, Ruf
us Howell, Richard Eure, G. M.
Brown, Els worth Winslow, Ha-:
good Umphlett, Nettie Eure,
Katie Greene, Fleetwood Smith,
Lugene Felton, Timothy Eure,;
and Malene Umphlett.
The July meeting' will be held
with Mrs. Caroline Eure.
Robin Hood Family
Moves to Hickory
Gatesville.—Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bin Hood and son, John, have
moved to Hickory, where they
will make their home.
Hood has accepted a position
there- with the Northwestern
Bank. He has been succeeded at
the Bank of Gates by Paul F.
Edmond, who, with his wife, will
occupy the apartment at the
home of Mrs. O. C. Turner.
famine Relief
Workers View
Home Food Week
Gatesville.—The Gates county
famine relief organization will
participate actively in National
Home Food Preservation Week,
'July 15-22, Miss Ona Patterson,
chairman of the group, has an
nounced.
The week has been designated
by the U. S. department of agri
culture, which desires to have
emphasized such matters as the
.necessity for home canning and
preservation of food supplies for
the winter months.
Miss Patterson said that home
food preservation not only would
increase supplies for American
families but would help release
foods for shipment to the fam
ine areas abroad.
Miss Patterson said that recent
famine relief activities in Gates
county had brought contributions
of 220 cans of foodstuff and
$24.05 in cash. She urged the
citizens of the county to get in
their contributions by June 30.
Included in the cash receipts,
Miss Patterson said was a dona
tion of five dollar s from the
Philadelphia Methodist church
at Sunbury.
Hearings to Be Held
On Hunting Rules
Raleigh.—Hunting regulations
for the coming fall will he the
subject of a public conference in
the courthouse at Williamston
Monday afternoon, July 1. The
meeting will convene at 2 o’
clock with' Game Committeemen
J. Wilbur Bunn of Raleigh and
J. R. Wollett of Littleton in
charge.
Game Commissioner John D.
Findlay of Raleigh said the pub
lic is invited to attend and dis
cuss the regulations for next fall.
The proposed reduction in deer
season from 90 to 45 days is ex
pected to be the major topic.
On Wednesday, July 3, a simi
lar meeting will be held in the
courthouse at Elizabethtown.
This meeting convenes at 2 o’
clock with K. Clyde Council of
Wananish presiding. Council is
also a member of the Game and
Fisheries Committee of the
Board of Conservation and
Development.
Red Cross Ships
Many Garments
Gatesville.—A number of gar
ments were shipped last, week
by the Gates county chapter of
the American Red Cross to the
Southeastern area warehouse at
Atlanta, Ga., for further distri
bution to the needy.
The garments were inspected
by Mrs. C. H. Carter of Hobbs
ville prior to shipment. Miss Ona
Patterson, production chairman,
said the shipment consisted of
53 army “aprons,” 3 mufflers,
one sleeveless sweater and 392
diapers.
New Sugar Stamp
Good After July 1
Raleigh. — Housewives will
get more canning sugar July 1
when spare stamp 10 becomes
valid for five pounds, Theo
dore S. Johnson, State OPA
Director, said today.
Johnson explained that this
is the final stamp of the year
for canning sugar, as no eas
ing of the sugary situation is
expected before 1947. John
son urged housewives not to
use spare stamp 10 unless the
sugar is actually needed for
home canning.
Nell Ellis Heads
Immanuel Class \
Greenville.—Miss Nell Rost \
Ellis, daughter of Mrs. Nellie
Ellis of Gatesville, has been
elected president of the Col
lege class at the Immanuel
church.
By virtue of her office, she
will be a member of the exe
cutive council, which directs
the Baptist campus program.
The Student Union, composed
of Baptist students, serves as
a connecting link between the
college students and the Bap
tist churches of the commun
ity.
Foster Boarding
Home Needed
Gatesville.—Efforts are being
made by the Gates county pub
lic welfare department to estab
lish a foster boarding home in
the county, Miss Clarine Gatling
public welfare officer, has an
nounced.
She said that establishment^of
the foster boarding home was
the only goal for this year that
had not as yet been achieved by
the Gates county public welfare
department. Miss * Gatling said
she would like for anyone inter
ested in aiding in the establish
ment of the home.
Miss Gatling said the purpose
of a foster boarding home would
be to provide good care
for homeless children until
arrangements could be made for
their permanent care. She ex
plained that standards for the
foster boarding homes were set
up by the state board of welfare
and had to be met.
She said that each member
of the family of a foster boarding
home had to be in good mental
and physical health and that the
total number of children, in
cluding those in the family, could
not exceed six. She also explain
ed that it had to conform to
county sanitation laws, provide
adequate sleeping quarters, pro
per diet, a yard in which the
children could play and be ac
cessible to church and school.
Gates Farm Bureau
To Meet June 27
Gatesville. — Members of the
Gates county Farm Bureau will
meet for their regular quarterly
session at the Gatesville high
school on Thursday, June 27, at
6 o’clock.
It has been announced that
two door prizes will be given
one for the men and one for the
women. Members, their wives
and prospective members have
been urged to attend. The meet
ing will get under way with a
fish fry, following which there
will be a business session.
RUSSIAN GENERAL
VISITS AT SUNBURY *
Sunbury.—Mr. and Mrs. C. It.
Gunter, Mrs. Mattie Howell of
Newport News and General
George D. Kalands and Mrs. Ka
lands of Miami, Fla., were re
cent guests of Mrs. Almira Hin
ton.
General Kalands is retired
from the Russian army. At pre
sent he and his wife are tour
ing the U. S.
CLINIC POSTPONED
TO JULY 11
Gatesville.—The prenatal and
well-baby clinic which is always
held on the first Thursday of
each month will be postponed
until Thursday, July 11, as .the
first Thursday falls on the Fourth
of July, a national holiday.
Hinton Named
; merican Legion :
istrict Officer
>» tesville.—Willis Hinton, vet*
\ » of World War II, was elect
« Sk e commander of the fourth
o ** t of the North Carolina de
p\ Q nt of the American Legion
at ^ organization’s state con
Hinton is the son of Mrs. Alice
Hinton of Hobbsville. He served
in Italy and received wounds
that resulted in the loss of a foot.
Hinton was one of a group of
five members of the Gates coun
ty post to attend the state con
vention. The others were Eugene
Spivey, C. E. Lang, Spurgeon
Hollowell and E. R. Morris.
The Gates county post will
hold a regular meeting Thursday
night, June 27, at 8 o’clock at the
Legion hut. Stephen Alford of
Elizabeth City, district service
offices for Veterans Administra
tion, will be the principal speak
er.
The Gates county post, which
for the past several years has
been the first post in the state
to report complete renewal of
membership( submitted a roster
of 101 members at the state con
vention. The report said that all
old members had renewed their
memberships.
ve.
last week.
Books Given
To Gates Library
Gatesville.—Mrs. Bill Ward of
Sunbury, contributed 10 books to
the Gates county public library
last week. The books were:
The Ballard and the Source,
Lehman; The World, the Flesh
and Father Smith, Marshall; The
House in Parisi Bowen; The
Blind Man’s House, Walpole;
Pendulum, Kenyon; Men and
Brethern, Cozzens; Caravan,
Smith; Deep Dark River, Robert
Aylee; Seven Pillars of Wisdom,
Lawrence; The Damned Don’t
Cry, Hervey.
Other persons contributing
books prior to these were—Mrs.
C. W. Guthrie: Boy Allies Under
Two Flags, Drake; Boy Allies At
Jutland, Drake;Mrs. H. G.
Brown: The Guarded Halo, Led
ler; Miss Margaret Browh: Farm
er in the Dell, Stong; Miss Ethel
Parker (in memory of Julian
Joliff): Birds of North Carolinai
Pearson; and Mrs. William Nix
on: Thirteen at Dinner, Christie.
William Winslow
Hurt in Fall
Hobbsville. — Word has been
received here that Sgt. William'
E. (Broncho) Winslow, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Winslow, fell
from a housetop during one of
the recent riots in Italy and sus
tained a broken leg and broken
arm.
He is now a patient in the
391st Station hospital. His wife,
who lives at Ocean View, is now
visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wins
low at Hobbsville and will be
with them for about two weeks.
4-H Club Council
To Meet June 26
Gatesville. — The 4-H club
county council will meet at the
Gatesville agriculture building
on Wednesday, June 26, at 8:30
o’clock.
The council is composed or the
five 4-H clubs in the county.
They will discuss plans to send
delegates to the annual 4-H club
short course at Raleigh.