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GATES COUNTY INDEX The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County •Volume 14,.No. 46 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, July 24, 1946 1 8 Pages This Week VICTOR WINS AWARD . . . Little Hiland Moore, Jr., 18 months, left, collecting a fciss from a losing competitor, Don aileen Winter, 17 months, after winning' first prize in a Brent wood community, Pittsburgh, baby parade, held as part of the borough’s celebration. Service Flag Can Soon Come Down Corapeake. — A service flaf containing three blue stars-soor will be taken from the window of the home of Mr. and Mrs. R a White when their family is *)fi united after a separation oJ iore than four years. Marvin P. White has arrived at the home of his parents bring ing with him from Lake Wales Fla., his wife and little son,' Pey ton, Jr. Marvin was formerly a sergeant with the Army Air Forces and served in various theaters of war. Another son, Gerald Franklin, recently discharged from the Navy at Camp Shelton, Va., had served in the hospital corps for two years. The third son, Forest David, is enroute home from the Phil ippine Islands for discharge. He has served with an Army Har bor Craft unit for the last 18 months. To make the family reunion complete, a daughter, Mrs. E. R . Stuber and her son, Larry, have arrived at the White home from Norfolk, Va. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED TWO COUPLES 5 Gatesville. — The following couples were issued marriage li censes in Gatesville during the past week: Mary Elizabeth Boone of Gates end William Richardson of Five Creek Mills, Va. Husie S. Cross of Washington, D. C., and Hetta D. Griffin of orjypeake, Negroes. did You Miss Him Last Week? Gatesville. — Did you miss something in your copy of the Gates County Index last week? Due to the newsprint short age it was necessary to omit the Lone Ranger in order to 1 print all of the news. The In dex plans to resume the Lone Ranger as soon as space per mits. Let us hear from you, if you miss his weekly adven tures. Parker Selected To Attend Camp Gates.—Responding to a call put out last week by ohn W. Artz, Gates County farm agent, Murray Parker, 16, was selected as the boy to attend the forestry camp at Lake Singletary. Murray, the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Parker, has been a 4-H club member for the past five years and is now the presi dent of the Gates branch of this club. At camp recently in James town, Parker was chosen as the “best-all-around camper” from 40 boys representing three coun ties. During his stay at the forestry camp, which will be held in the last week of August, Par ker will receive training in the latest forestry methods and re lated subjects. The forestry camp is being sponsored by the Southern Pulp wood Conservation association, the Champion Paper and Fibre company and the North Carolina Pulp company. School Libraries Above Average Raleigh.—A state-wide survey of school libraries revealed that Gates county is well above aver age on a volumes-per-pupil basis. With high and elementary schools combined, Gates county school libraries have eight vol umes per student to place it third among the 100 counties listed in the survey. This compares favor ably with the 4.7 average for the state. Elementary schools in the county have 5.3 volumes per pu pil in their libraries against the state’s 3.2 average'while the high schools in Gates county have 17.9 volumes to the states average 12.4. While the Negro schools in Gates"County did not show such a spectacular rise above the state’s on the volumes-per-pu pil basis, figures revealed that the number of volumes in Negro school libraries throughout the state have increased from 104, 830 in 1930 to 507,867 in 1945 or nearly a 500 per cent gain. Army Lists 12 War Dead From Gates County Washington. — In a booklet prepared toy the War Department to honor the Army’s World War II dead, the names of 12 men from Gates county are listed. The list did not include casualties sustained by other branches of the service. The War Department release pointed out that this listing was a preliminary one and, because of its scope, might contain er rors which would toe rectified when determined. The report lists 9 Gates coun ty men as having been killed in action and 3 as non-battle deaths. The listing was as fol lows: Killed in action—T/5 Jesse J. Bond, T/5 Norman E. Buck, T/5 Luther A. Eure, PFC. Sawney C. Eure, Pvt. William E. Everett, PFC. Daniel C. Jones, S/Sgt. Thomas H. Langston, Pvt. George D. Sparkman, 1st Lt. Guy W. Wilkes, Jr. Non-battle deaths—Cpl. Shir ley R. Bunch, Cpl. Lloyd Eure and 2nd Lt. Harry L. Mathews. Land Transfers Recorded Gatesville. — The following deeds have been registered in Gatesville during the earlier part of jury: C. H. Riddick to Bertha Emily Riddick, et al, tract of land in Huntersmill township. Ethel P. Morgan to E. L. Boyce, five acres tract of land in Holly Grove township. Claudia P. Lee, et al, to Paul Rice, tract of land in Holly Grove township. The town of Winton to W. D. Armstrong and Mae Armstrong for $6,700, two tracts totalling 218 acres on Bennett’s Creek. Jack Stallings and wife to Cunice Riddick, 93 acre tract in Huntersmill township. R. J. Hendricks and wife to Robert Hendricks, tract in Min tonsville township. Sallie M. Jenkins to Walter C. Rawls, tract of 400 and 169 acres in Gatesville township. « Junie P. -Briggs and wife to Walter H. Briggs, property in Huntersmill township. J. H. King and wife to Purnell Whitney, 1/8 acre tract in Drum Hill. Sam King Home From Overseas DrumHill.—After two years of foreign service. Seaman first class Samuel King, of the U. S. Coast Guard, is visiting with his mother. This is King’s first visit home since he enlisted more than two years ago. The son of Mrs. Eva King, Samuel ,has three brothers that have seen active service during the war. Two brothers, Chief Petty Officer B. H. King, station ed in Philadelphia and Sergeant J. J. King, now In Hawaii, are still in service. Samuel will be at home until August 3, at which time he will return tq his ship in San Fran cisco. BABY CLINIC Gatesville.—The prenatal and well-ibaby clinid will be held in Gatesville at the 'Health Depart ment on August 1 at 2 o’clock. PAL SAVED FROM POUND . . . Donald Hinton, 12, ibound - for -South Dakota from -Los Angeles, didn’t have enough money to pay for shipping' his dog, King. Los Angeles paper, hearing that he must -be part ed from dog he raised from a puppy, came forward with the money for King’s transporta tiqn, after Donald was unable to earn enough money to take his pet to South Dakota. Leland Riddick Dies In Hospital Sunbury.—Leland S. Riddick 49, of Sunbury, died at 12:3< a. m. Tuesday in Norfolk Gen eral hospital after a brief illness Mr. Riddick was a member o: the Roundtree and Riddick firir of Sunbury. He is survived by his father George Riddick; two brothers Fletcher Riddick of Trotville anc Howard Riddick of Richmond and two sisters, Mrs. Marie Han na of Suffolk and Mrs. Nat Per kins of Norfolk. Burial will be in the Sunburj cemetery. Other funeral ar rangements have jiot been com pleted: Forest Fire Record Good Plymouth.—So far this year no fires have burned forest land owned by the North Carolina Fulp Company in Gates county, George Curry, head of the com pany’s wood and land depart ment, announced this week. “During this time,’- he continu ed, “29 fires heve burned 1,612 acres of our holdings in 20 north eastern North Carolina counties. These ranged in area from one half acre to two hundred acres. The 200-acre tract was in an isolated section and the fire was not discovered until it was wide spread. “With holdings such as ours, we must depend upon public co operation to keep the number of fires and the acreage burned down to a minimum .We believe we will get the cooperation we need when the public realized the loss the community suffers when fire destroys future em ployment and payrolls fofr its people. The acres of burned for est represents a considerable loss. Much of it could have been prevented by more prompt ac tion. Such fires are more easily put out if caught when they first start. After they have spread over a considerable area, they are apt to get beyond control and cause wide-spread damage All fires should be reported as soon as discovered to the coun ty fire warden, the district fire warden, or our company wil gladly pay collect charges or phene calls reporting fire on oui lands or on lands near our hold ings.” School District To Again Present Request To State Gatesville. — Patrons of the Gates school district plan to again present to the State board of education at its meeting on July 25 their reqtfest for an addition al teacher for the high school there. Following a request presented at the state board of education’s meeting last month, it was thought that all matters per taining to operation of the high school at Gates for the 1946-47 term had been settled. A dele gation from Gates appeared at the meeting and returned to Gates county with the report that the state board had author ized continuance of the high school. An official allocation of teaeh ers was received later, however, which still listed only one high school teacher for Gates county. The patrons of the Gates school district have been seeking allo cation of two teachers. The original allotment, of teachers provided only one for Gates high school and consolida tion of the high school with one of the other high -schools in the county had been recommended. The county board of education and the school district have no.t been able to secure any inform ation as to the status of the teacher situation since the meet ing of the state board last month and the subsequent allocation. Ernest R. Eure Commits Suicide Gates. — Ernest Riddick Eure was found dead at his home about 9:30 on the morning of July 19. Acting coroner S. P. Cross described the wound as self-inflicted and rendered a verdict of suicide at an inquest. Mr. Riddick is survived by five brothers, Howard R. and. B. M. Eure of Gates; E. L. Eure of Hobbsville; H. C. Eure of Suffolk and Milton C. Eure, U. S. Merchant Marine; four sis ters, Miss Hazel Eure of Gates; Mrs. C. C. Jones of Apex; Mrs. Harry Parker of Eure and Mrs. C. G. Cotton of West Collings wood, New Jersey. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. at the residence. Services were conducted by the Reverend J. M. Roberts and the 'burial was in the family cemetery. Active pallbearers were J. H. Wiggins, ,J. E. Lilley, E. Lloyd Freeman, Clifton Holland, C. V. Cross, G. L. Gatling, H. C. Eason and R. E. Miller. REVIVAL SERVICES Gatesville. —Revival services will begin at Eure’s Christian church on Monday, August 26. One Watermelon Already Weighed Gatesville. — The water melon contest sponsored ly the Gates County index al ready has one entry. I* C. Harrell of Eure is the owner ©f the 31-pound melon now on display in the window of the Index office. The winner will receive a two-year subscrip tion to the Index. The runner i up will receive a one-year sub scription so come on you mel on growers and let us see your champ!
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