GATES COUNTY,INDEX
The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates^ht
Volume 14, No. 50
Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, August 21, 1946
12 Pages This Week
FAMILY MAKES HOME IN JAIL . . . When Sheriff Lyman
D. Clark, Appleton, Wise., had to evict Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Brunette and their nine children, he invited them to stay in
the Outagamie county jail until they could find another place
to five. They are shown in their new “apartment.’
FM Broadcasting
Station Approved
For Ahoskie
* Ahoskie.—An FM radio broad
casting ..station has been as
sured for fAhoskie by the ac
tion of The Federal Communi
cations Commission in granting
Parker Brothers, Inc., local
publishers of the Hertford Coun
ty Herald, a conditional permit
to construct and operate an FM
broadcasting station to serve this
v. " and the surrounding* area with
this new type of broadcasting
which eliminates static and in
terference of all kinds.
“The effect of these condi
Jnal grants is to announce the
fact that the Commission has
examined the qualifications of
the respective applicants, has
been satisfied with respect there
to, and has made available a
channel to the grantee,” the
Commission states along the an
nouncement of its action in
granting the conditional permit.
The new station will be con
structed and put into operation
as soon as equipment can be ob
tained and construction complet
ed, according to the plans of the
company. Broadcasting studio
and broadcast antenna will be
erected on thq property on which
the publishing company print
ing and newspaper plant in
Ahoskie is located at the corner
of North and McGlohon streets.
How soon the new station can
be completed and put into opera
tion is problematical, and de
pendent entirely upon the avail
ability of broadcast equipment
and building materials, accord
ing to Mayon Parker, manager
of the publishing company.
At the present time both FM
receiving sets and broadcast
equipment are scarce and the
deinand will continue to be
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heavy, since both purchasers of
receiving sets and broadcasters
rre seeking equipment through
hich this new type of radio
roadcasting can be made avail
able to the public. However, it
is expected that production, both
of receiving sets and broadcast
ing equipment, will be stepped
up to meet the demand of the
public for sets equipped for FM
receiving, since more and more
permits for construction of FM
stations are being granted and
many of the larger standard AM
stations are preparing to enter
the field.
The permit granted to Ahos
kie is for a Class A or communi
ty station.
Eure Takes Boys
On Sunday Outing
Gatesville.—A trip to Ocean
View last Sunday was made pos
sible for 14 boys by Tazewell
Eure, register of deeds for Gates
county.
Eure took the Jboys to fhe re
sort in his automobile with a
trailer attached. Leaving early
Sunday morning, the boys had
the whole day to enjoy the
swimming, amusements and
other forms of recreation offered
at the beach.
Those making the trip were R.
A. Brown, Jr., Carl Webb, Ray
Lassiter, Aaron Lilley, Jr., Eth
weli.Berry, JBill Jones, Ray Gor
don Beaman, Fred Baines, Glenn
Webb, Gaston Eason, Perry Har
rell, Bill Eure, Alvin Eure, An
drew Meeder and Tazewell Eure:
Eure said that, as a boy, he
looked forward eagerly to his
family’s annual trip to Ocean
View and he knows that these
boys enjoy it now as much as he
did.
About two or three times each
summer, Eure takes the boys on
some sort of hike or camping
trip.
Harrell Methodist
Revival Changed
The revival for Harrell Meth
odist church has been changed
from the announced dates of Au
gust 26, through September 1,
because of conflicts in the sched
uled revivals of Eure Christian
church and Cool Springs Baptist
church for the same week. The
revival will now be held begin
ning Sunday, September 15, and
continuing through Friday night
with services in the afternoon at
4:00 p. m. and the evening serv
ices at 8 p. m. Rev. C. W. Guth
rie will conduct the revival
services as he was able to re
schedule the meeting dates.
LEGION MEETING
The Gates County Post 136 of
the American Legion will meet,
Thursday, August 22, at 8 p. m.
Competition Hot
In Melon Contest
G&tesvillet—Tjie watermelon
contest promises to have some
heavy competition between
melon growers as the season
draws to a close.
Robert Nixon of Gatesville
holds the lead at present with
his entry of 51 pounds. L C.
Harrell is runner-up with a
melon of 46 and 3/4' pounds.
The contest is still open so
If your melon can top the mark
set by these contestants, bring:
it in.
Bus Drivers
Selected For
County Schools
Gatesville. — Drivers for the
Gates county School buses have
been selected and approved, it
has been announced by W. Henry
Overman, superintendent of
schools.
All of the operators are fully
qualified to operate the buses
with the exception of a few that
have not reached the minimum
age requirements and who will
have substitute drivers until
they have reached the proper
age.
The drivers are all students
which is permitted, when deem
ed advisable, under the school
laws governing the selection of
! operators. The drivers must
qualify by completing a course
, of instruction for school bus
driving and by passing a rigid
road test.
Bus routes will be as near the
same this year as they were last
year as it is possible to do so
with the change of drivers.
Under the law* it is not per
missable for any person other
than students and teachers to
ride on the buses, nor is it per
missable for buses to be used
for purposes other than they
'Conveyance of school children.
Permission for teachers to ride
on the bus may toe granted pro
vided that there is sufficient
room on the bus and provided
the teachers sign a statement re
lieving the county and state
boards of education of all li
ability in the event of injury
substained while riding the bus.
The drivers for the 1946-47
period will be as follows: Thur
man Askew, Cecil Smith, Alton
Eure, Forest Carter, W. Brown
Hofler, Gerald Brown, Melvin
Whitehurst, Mac Jackson, Mary
Langston, Dick Eure, Tobe Dan
iels, Lloyd Pierce, Jerome Hill,
Walter Harrell, Jimmie Barnes,
! Samuel L. Morgan, Francis Mar
vin Hudgins, Roger Bunch, How
ard Riddick, Rountree Stallings,
Fred Ballard, Alvin Ballard and
Ulysses Eure. ,
Wherever possible, buses
are routed within one mile of the
home of every student living
more than one and a half miles
of the school.
Funeral Held
For Mrs. Felton
Eure. — Mrs. Annie Louvenia
Felton, 70, died at her home here
Saturday night at 11:20 o’clock
following eight months of ill
ness.
Funeral services were held
from Eure Baptist church Mon
day afternoon at 3 o’clock con
ducted by the Rev. J. E. Lanier
of Winton and the Rev. T. Sloane
Guy of Gatesville. Burial was in
the Eure cemetery.
Surviving are her husband.
Rufus C. Felton; one son, Pow
ell Felton of Charleston, S. C.;
six daughters, Maggie and Inez
Felton, Mrs. J. O. Greene, Mrs.
Virginia Landing and Mrs. A.
W. Overton of Eure, and Mrs.
Lewis Felton of Roduco; three
brothers, T. E. Felton and J. R.
Felton of Charleston, S. C., and
J. B. Felton of Eure; three sis
ters, Mrs. J. R. Taylor of Eure,
Mrs. D. E. Williams of Rocky
Mount and Mrs. J. L. Williams
of Suffolk, Va., and four grand
children.
Pallbearers were Shirley Tay
lor, James E. Taylor, Talmadge
Vaughan,, Richard Williams,
Troy Greene and Cam Stallings.
Canning
Hurts Mrs. J
Eason’s Cross Roat iffrs.
. Wallace Jordan was painfully
cut and burned last Wednes
day when the jars of soup
mixture she was canning ex
ploded.
Seeing that the water in the
canner she was using had boil
ed down, Mrs. Jordan was at
tempting to add water to it
while the canner was still in
her electric oven. The differ
ence in temperatures in the
water caused the jar's to hurst
and scattered glass and boil
ing liquid over Mrs. Jordan
and the kitchen.
Dr. F. L. Norris of Gates
ville treated her and then had
Mrs. Jordan taken to Lake
view hospital in Suffolk.
Chowan College
Aid Pledged By
State Baptists
'Murfreesboro.—Leaders of the
Baptist Education Commission
of North Carolina last week as
sured trustees of Chowan College
of their wholehearted .support, in
plans for the reopening and ex
pansion of the college.
The college is scheduled to re
open in the fall of 1947. Dr. C. S.
Green of Durham, chairman-of
the Baptist - Education Commis
sion for* North Carolina, and
Claude F. Gaddy of Raleigh, ex
ecutive secretary of the commis
sion, met with trustees of the
college at Murfreesboro last
Thursday.
Trustees present for the meet
ing were the Rev. Lonnie Sas
ser, director of the campaign for
reopening of the college; Merrill
Evans, L. K. Powell and- the Rev.
Oscar Creech of Ahoskie,' the
Rev. J. U. Teague of Powells
ville, and the Rev. W. H. Hollo
well of Windsor.
Jr’nor to tne meeting the mem
bers of the commission toured
the college with the Rev. Mr,
Sasser and took inventory of its
needs. Plans for renovating the
present buildings, construction of
a new boys dormitory and |
science building and the fund
campaign were discussed at the
meeting.
The commission members
pledged the‘support of the com
mission in the operation of the
college.
It was decided that the current
goal of $150,000, which had been
set as necessary for the expan-,
sion, would not be sufficient due,
to the recent trend in all build
ing costs. It was decided to in
crease the goal and a special
committee will be appointed to
determine the new goal.
The Rev. Mr. Sasser said the
fund campaign would get under
way in October and -continue
through the fall and winter. -He;
said churches of the Ghewah and
West Chowan associations, num-^
being approximately 120, would ■.
be called on for eontributions in
October.
Spainhour Named
Gates Principal
Gatesville.—Ralph A. Spain
hour was elected principal of
the Gates high school, last
week.
Spainhour has attended the
Appalachian State Teachers
College, was graduated from
the Carson-Newman College
in Tennessee and has done
graduate wor* at the Univer
sity of North Carolina. He is
attending the latter and will
report for duty on August 26.
School Entrance
Rules Explained
By Overman
Gatesville. — Gates county
schools for white children will
open on September 2, and the
Negro _ schools will begin on Au
gust 28, it was announced by W.
Henry Overman, superintendent
of schools in this county.
With the opening date drawing
near, parents should make sure
that their children will be ready
to enroll on the first day 6f the
new term.
Each year, Overman said,
many parents ask to send their
children to school before they
become of school age. The mini
mum age is six years, be added,
and Hie child must reach the age
of six on or before October 1 of
the year he is to be enrolled.
Some have understood that the
age limit was changed by the
last General Assembly but the
bill introduced to this effect was
net passed. Principals and"teach
ers have been, instructed'not to
enroll children that>do not reach
this age requirement.
Overman also stated that chil
dren wishing to enroll this year
must be vaccinated against
smallpox, diphtheria and whoop
ing -cough' and must bave certi
ficates to this effect
According to the state law, all
children in North Carolina must
he immunized against these dis
eases before being admitted td
any public* private or parochial
school. Children that'have not
yet been vaccinated should be
taken to a physician to have the
vaccine administered. If the per
son is unable to pay for the serv
ices of a private physician, the
child may be taken to the county
health officer or the county phy
sician where such service shall
be provided free.
| There has been no change in
the plan of furnishing textbooks
this year and the rental fee has
not been changed, Overman
said.
While the minimum age limit
for students remains the same,
the upper limits of the compul
sory attendance law have been
raised to 16 years. The law does
provide that students over 14
years of age may be excused by
the principal of the school at
tended for the purpose of engag
ing in a gainful occupation but
this provision will expire six
month after the duration of the
war.
Overman urged that., parents
make it-possible for their chil
dren to attend school regularly.
It is of the utmost importance,
he said, for all children to enroll
on the first day ami attend regu
larly throughout the term. Nor
mal progress is directly depen
dent on regular attendance, the
superintendent concluded.
Mrs. Burnette
Buried Friday
Eure.—Mrs. Rosa 1* Burnette,
71, died suddenly from a heart
attack. Wednesday afternoon
while attending a picnic on the
[grounds of Eure Christian
church. Funeral services were
conducted at the Eure Christian
church, of which she was a
member. Friday at 3 p. m. by
the Rev. J. M: Roberts, ..pastor.
Burial was in the church cemet
ery.
Surviving are four brothers,
Walter and Paul Eure Of Ports
mouth; Bruce Eure of Eure and
Sol Eure of Tunis; and one sis
ter, Mrs. Novella -Creene of
Eure, with whom she lived.