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& Suffolk Dollar Days . . . are here again and you can reap a harvest of values by checking $he ads in this issue of the Index. Don't miss opt on this annual event. GATES COUNTY INDEX The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County We Proudly Present..: the news and editorials each week in the Index, exactly as we see it without being influenced by any one or any group. Be sure to renew your subscription. It's only $2.50. 14 Pages—Two Section! Volume 21. No. 26 One of the Nation s “GHEATER WEEK1<1HJS" Gatesville, N. C., Thursday, February 24, 1955 10c per copy 1 Jodi edited to Service to G:»N s .’minty jirnl Its t'Vople Scholarship Committees t0 Be Formed This Week atesville. — Walter tC. Rawls _.id his wife of St. Louis, Mo., are again offering a cash award of $100 each to the (jutstanding white nd Negro high school sen ior to graduate from the public schools of Gates County this spring. The awards are being made in memory of- Mrs. Rawls' late mother, Mrs.. Henrietta Jenkins Freeman who was a life resident of the county. During this week the Gates ville, Sunbury and Hobbsville Ruritan Clubs are benig contacted in an effort to form a committee to handle tine aw&rds. The presi dents of these three clubs have been asked to either serve or se lect a club member to serve on a committee to handle the nomina tions. The awards wall be made during spring graduation exer cises. In the white schools, principals, R. L. Shirlen, T. J. Jessup and Ernest Askew have been contact ed and requested to nominate an outstanding senior to compete for the awards. In the Negrc schools principals, I. H. Barclif; and H. F. Creecv will be con tacted to send in their nomina tions for the Negro aw’ard. The three Ruritan clubs have been asked to form the scholar ship committees as they are rep resentative of their resepctative school districts and the leading civic organizations in the county. The Negro PTA presidents are being asked do form a committee to handle the Negro awards. The committee last year drew up five rules to govern the selec tion by the school principals. It is believed that the same rules will be used this vear. They are as follows; 1. Scholl aship—An abstract of the high school scholastic record of the nominee. 2. Personal Appearance—In flation relating to the personal jK'i irance of the nomyyie at and ™ from school. » An abstact of the v.xtr£>/^: ncular school activities and' ac complishments of the nominee. 4. Evidences of the quality of the nominee’s leadership in the school and it’s activities. 5. Evidences of the quality of the nominee's leadership in the community and its activities. All school principals are being requested to send in only type written nominations and they should be in the offices of the Gates Countv Index, not latter than midhight April 15 this year. Smith, Chappell At Ft. Jackson Fort Jackson, S. C.—Private Luther L. Smith son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther L. Smith of Gates ville and private Cleve H. Chap pell son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve H. Chappell, Sr., of Gatesville, has been assigned to B Battery, 516th Airborne Field Artillery Battal ion for basic training. They will spend the next eight weeks here learning the funda mentals of being a soldier. This includes classroom lectures in such subjects as Military Courtesy and First Aid, and Combat field problems involving the use of the M-l rifle, which he will learn to fire on various ranges. After eight weeks of training with the 101st Airborne Division, the trainee is given about 14 days leave. He may return here for eight more weeks of infantry training, or he may be assigned to one of the many Army schoolg. Gates County BRIEFS Then Peter said unto them, Re 1 pent and be baptized everyone of | you in the name of Jesus Christ I for the remission of sins, and ye ! shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38. 1 Just this week we published a J column about how the ladies were i our only readers. Now comes word that a man in or near Ahos : kie read one of our columns a ; number of times before going to j bed. Then he arose early the j next morning and clipped the 1 piece to file away for future ref j erence. Maybe we do have some I men readers too. We hope. “You’re not driving your car after you pass sixty-five miles an hour. You’re aiming it.” Husband (calling to wife, sick | in bed): “I can’t find the tea, ! dear.” Wife: “I don't .know why not. It’s right in front, on the cup board shelf, in a cocoa tin marked ‘matches’.” i Left our ^nnual w'inter cold ! down in Florid^ ’ ut the blamed thing must ha litch-hiked a ' ride home for it overtook us last Saturday. Haven't been able to draw an easy breath since. — “To me,” said one, “he’s a pain i in the neck.” “Funny,” said the other, “I had ! a much lower opinion of him.” This week we are featuring a number of “dollar days” .’ads from 1 our friends in Suffolk. We will appreciate everyone looking them 1 over and paying our advertisers a i visit. They are offering us some | big bargains and this is the time to stock up while we can save. ! Day of Prayer At [ ^re Church Eure—Eure’s Christian Church ; members will observe the World i Day of Prayer Service on Friday | night, February 25 in the home i of Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Eure be ; ginning at 7:30. The entire service in booklet | form will be used that was se | cured f.om the General Depart j ment of United Church Women (The National Council of the j ChuFches of Christ in the U. S. A.) ! Fiom the above booklet,, there I will be 125 countries to observe j this World Day of Prayer this i year. You are invited to attend Three Clubs Hold Joint Meeting Hobbsville.—All husbands were invited to the Trotville, Hobbs ville and Sandy Cross joint Home Demonstration meeting Wednes day night, February 17, at the Hobbsville School building. Fred Hawkins from the De partment of U. S. Savings Bonds. Greensboro, spoke on the import ance of buying bonds. Charles Williams, farm man ager specialist from Raleigh, made a speech explaining the facts about Social Security and J Income Tax for the farmers. | At the close of the meeting re I freshments were served. Health Department Give Review Of Year s Work By MRS. E. H. HAYES. PHN Staff Education Dr. James A. Fields, Health Of ficer, and W. S. Grimes, San., at tended the N. C, Public Health Asociation meeting held in Ral eigh September, 1954. Dr. Fields attended the State Medical As sociation meeting. May, 1954; and the March of Dimes meeting in Elizabeth City in December. Mrs. R. E. Rawls and Mrs. E. H. Hayes ‘ended a meeting on Health ^ islation in Elizabeth City, ch 18, 1954; Mrs. Hayes at <ded a School Health Meeting in Edenton March 25, 1954. Mr. Grimes attended a two-day course at N. C. State College in Raleigh on the subject of Dairymen and Santation; and a four-day course at Chapel Hill on' Sanitation. Mrs. Hayes atended a two-day Prema ture Institute at Williamston, N. C., in May and a three-day work shop on Midwives in July, at Colerain, N. C. The leading major health prob lems are dental defects, of all j groups; with dentist in the ' county; tuberculosis, with no x-ray j facilities in the Health Depart I ment office; however, we do have I x-ray facilities in the district of 1 t'ice in Winton, N. C. We also have | hopes o^^trchasing an x-ray ma i chine the people buy enough T. B. Seals to pay for one. Pre maturity is ahother problem we feel can be overcome when ex pectant mothers seek medical • care early in pregnancy. Mrs. : Hayes made 12 talks with an at j tendance of 443, and led one group discussion with an atten dance of 15. Communicable Diaease Control Diphtheria—no cases, no deaths. Typhoid Fever—no cases, no deaths. Measles—23 cases, no deaths. Polio—no cases, no deaths. Smallpox—no cases, no deaths. Cancer—six cases, six deaths. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever —one case, no deaths, i See HEALTH. Page 8 L 41 ! MATERNITY WARD—The accompanying picture shows one of six large* gilts and par on the Marvin Wiggins farm near Trotville. This happy family is lving in a 0 by 10 fop i a laying house to a farrowing house. Please note the board panel across the left corne | infrared lamp hanging over it. Also notice the space between the panel and the straw j in and out from under the heating unit. Shown in the background is the owner. Wig I (Photo by Morris.) t of her 10-pig litter enjoying family life t apartment which has been converted from ■r ot the temporary pen and ^ie 250 watt covered floor to allow the new-born to run gins, left, and County Agent Art/, right. Marvin Wiggins Invents Maternity Pen For Pigs By JOHN ARTZ Trotvillc.—Marvin Wiggins had four gilts to farrow during Jan : uary, the coldest, snowiest month ! in many years, without the loss of j even one pig from being chilled | or frozen. "In cold weather dur ing past years when pigs were I born I always lost several," said : Wiggins, "but that was due to poor management on my part and not the sows. I failed to provide heat and protection from cold or rainy weather at farrowing time.’ The owner has six temporary pens equipped like the one shown here and with a gilt and pigs in each. A feed and water trough is in one end but not shown. Wig gins states the lumber, wire and infrared bulbs, ill of which can be used over and over again, cost approximately $50, labor not in cluded. Carlton Morris, widely read editor of The Gates County In dex. was on the spot to take these pictures and to add his words of good will in a tape-recording <>t the project. Maxine, Wiggins's farm-mined wife, stood near-by during the proeedings but We couldn’t get her to say “nary" a Ineidently, the recording came out on WGAI last Friday and will he heard over WRCS, Ahoskie, Monday February 28, 12:15-12:30. Wiggins is enthusiastic about this method of saving new-born pigs when farrowed in cold, rainy or otherwise bad weather and he hopes to make it a regular practice WSCS Meeting l ast Wednesday ^^ates.—The regular monthlv meeting of the Womans Society of Christian Service of Kittrells Methodist Church was held in the home of Mrs. R. Cl. Owens Wednesday night, February 16. The meeting was called to order by the President, Mrs. R. E. Mil ler. The Theme of the program was -«Ehe Divine Power,” which was by Mrs. C. V. Cross Sr.. Scriputre reading was given by Mrs. C. V. Cross, Jr., Others tak ing part on the program were Mesdames M. L. Greene and T. W. Parker. Mrs. D. A. Willey closed the program with prayer. Mrs. T. W. Parker secretary of the society read the miniutes of the January meeting which were, approved and roll was called. Treasurers report was given by Mrs. C. V. Cross, Sr. Announcement was made for the next prayer meeting to be held in the home of Mrs. R. E. Miller Monday night February 28 World Day of Prayer will also be obeserved at this time. The meeting was closed with prayer by Mrs. C. T. Derby. Those present were, Mesdames T. W. Parker, A. E. Miller, L. D. Glisson, D. A. Willey, E. O. Parker, R. G. Owens, C. T. Derby, M. L. Greene, W. P. Mathias, C. V. Cross Sr. and one visitor Mrs. i B. M. Eure. in the future. Knowing the ap proximate time the gilts were supposed to farrow, Wiggins placed his six gilts in six well bedded pens and hung the iftlra ' 'red' lights several days ahea of the expecte time. Then when the blessed event took place'and after the off-spring had their first self-se'rviee meal, they soon 1 scampered to the warm spot in the corner. They tell us that a healthy pig, seeing light for the first time is valued,at three to five dollars Tills owner is trying to cut down this inexcusable loss, which he admits is due to carelessness and poor management. Another mighty good practice to follow in raising pigs says Wiggins, is to cut the eight teeth out with a pair of side-cutting plyers just as soon as they are born and even be fore they nurse. These teeth, four upper and four lower, are sharper than tacks and a menace to the mother. * (Wiggins desires to give .lames F. Wei ions, field representative of the VEPCo, Elizabeth City, much credit for helping install the first lights and advising in the pro ject.) Red Cross to Start Drive Next Tuesday Gutesville.—The Gates County Red Cross campaign is due to get under way on March 1. it was an nounced by Mrs. Juanita Carter, campaign chairman. Townsmp chairmen ;jnd their helpers will be announced by next week, she said. In the meantime. Principal I. If. Barcliff has been named to head the Negro drive in the Gatesville, Hall. Reynold son and Hasiett townships and principal H. F. Creecy has been named as head of the drive for Holly Grove, Hunters Mill and Mintonsville townships. Carlton Morris and S. P. Cross have been named publicity chair The national quota has been set at 85 million and Gates County has a quota ol' $1,800. Quotas for each township will be released next week, it was an nounced. Grady Williford Serving in Navy Long Beach, Calif. (FHTNC).— Grady C. Williford, torpedoman's mate seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Williford of Gatesville is serving aboard the destroyer USS Trathen, a newly assigned unit of the U. S. Pacific Fleet here In company with seven othci destroyers and a cruiser, the Tra then cruised from Norfolk to Long Beach, Calif., via the Panama Canal to complete the transfei from the Atlantic to the Pacific Fleet. YOUNG GATES COUNTY FARMER—Jesse Benton Riddick of Wiggins Cross Reads neighborhood, near Corapeake. 20-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Riddick. Jesse Benton just finished a two-week's short course at N. C. State College. Raleigh, for outstanding young farmers who are high school graduates and plan to farm in the county following graduation. Under the able leadership and training of his vocational agricultural teacher. J. P. Johnson. SUnbury, Jesse! Benton won a free trip and other awards to Kansas City last summer for having the best, live stock improvement record among FFA in this district. Johnson was also given the trip. The short course at the college was sponsored by the N. C. Bankers Association. The following bankers and banks in the 'county, as members of the association, provided the necessary funds to defray tuition, board and inci dental expenses: W. C). Crump, Farmer Bank of Sunbury; W. M. Hollowed, Bank of llobbsville; and Paul F. Edmond, Tnrhec. Bank & Trust Co.. Gatesville. (Photo by Artz.) Lt. Aaron Lilley Gets His Wings Gatesvillc.—Lt. Aaron Lilley, Jr,, received his wings on Jan uary 29 making him an Army a\ i ator. He is now stationed at Fort Winfield Scott. San Francisco, Calif., with the 30th Topographical Engineer Group. Lt. Lilley will go to Alaska for the summer on a moping opera tion north of the artie circle. Day of Pray^ At Sunburv Chur\ Sunburv.—Tht orld Day of Prayer will be observed at Phila delphia Methodist Church \ next Friday, February 25, it was an nounced this week. Services will begi*5 t 3:30 p. m. with all churches' the com munity participating. Everyone is invited to attend. The Ann Collins Circle of WSCS of Philadelphia Methodist Church met last Tuesday night with Mrs. W. D. Armstrong, Jr. Navy Doctor On Destroyer Fall River, Mass, (FHTNC) Navy Doctor Lt. (jg) Graham V Byrum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Graham W. Byrum of Sunbuiv. and husband of Mrs. Betty J By rum of Jacksonville, Fla,, is serving aboard the destroyer USS Hickox which returned here Feb ruary 7, following completion of a five month tour of duty with the U. S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediter While in the Mediterranean, the Hickox visited some 15 ports in 10 different countries, includ ing Istanbul, Turkey, and Sal* onika and Athens, Greece. A number of the crew were granted leave to sjee relatives in Europe, while other took advan tage of organized sight-seeing tours to London, Paris and Rome Printing aider it from "Your Home Newspaper.” *a Douglas Starr Believed To Be Suicide Victim Paul Edmond . Speaker to a large number of women from the Carter. Zion, Middle Swamp an,d Gatesville Home Demonstra tion clubs and a few husbands Tuesday night, February 15. at the Agricultural Building. Gates ville. on “Savings and Invest ments.” You must save first in order to have money to invest, he said. Then set aside some money for family use or emergencies, etc. He pointed out that money lying idle isn't really doing you any good. Edmond said put your money to work and let it make money for you. or borrow money and put that to work. One invest ment. he pointed out, in Gates County is buying cut-over wood land—but he said this must be a 30-year investment, not a short term one. Edmond said he will be glad to be of help any time and will answer questions about investing money. Mrs. Mary Cowper presided at the meeting. She gave a summary on previous discussions along this line, ‘‘What every woman should know about her husband’s busi ness.” touching on legal papers— wills, insurance, stocks, bonds, etc. She touched briefly on "The Making of Wills.” John Artz said start your child off right by teaching him to save nickels and dimes. By the time he is grown he will have the habit and will save systematically. Mrs. C. II. Carter, Jr., of the Carter Club sang “Love's Old Sweet Song.” Mrs. L. J. Wiley of the Gatesville Club accompanied her on the piano. Mrs. G. C. Wor rell of the Middle Swamp Club gave a humorous reading. “A Poor Reader on the Railroad Track.” Mrs. T. B. Rountree. Mid dle Swamp Club, conducted a word contest, the answer spelling out “Valentine.” Cold drinks and cookies were enjoved by all. %**■'*, Meet ’ ...... fON JAMES amp Club Gatesvi. aul Edmond spoke By J. GASKILL McDANIEL Havelock.—Carven authorities ire probing lor possible signs of foul play in the rifle death of a Creswell native whose decompos ing body was found in a parked automobile near his Minosa Drive dome here today. It was obvious that Walter Douglas Starr. 43, had ben dead several days when his wile dis covered the body, slumped in the back seat of a car owned by his Cr.eswell employer, the Godwin Motor Company. A .22 caliber automatic rifle was in the front seat. Coroner R. Clyde Smith, who was called to the scene immedi ately, along with Sheriff Charlie Berry, said that the dead man’s widow said he left home Wednes ay night with the announce in tention of returning to his job in C res well. Yesterday she revived a tele phoe cull from the motor com pany, asking why he had not re ported for work, and today neigh bors told her of a car that had been parked a block away for some time. It proved to be the death ear. Starr had been shot in the right temple, and apparently died in stantly from a single slug that re mained in his skull. Coroner Smith and the under taker who later prepared the body for burial said it was impossible to detect powder burns, although it was quite possible that the con dition of the wound when the corpse was found eliminated the possibility of seeing such burns. Apparently, the victim of the shooting died by his own hand. It appeared that he sat on the edge of the back seat, leaned over into the front seat with the rifle, and placed it against his temple. Seated in such a position a per son would be inclined to slump be low the view of persons passing by if he fell backward. Starr’s body was slumped in such a man There was no money in his wal let, found on the floor of the car, but the shooting victim had $1.30 in change in his left pants pocket. Fingerprints of the corpse were taken, and an effort was made to find fingerprints other than his on the steerig wheel or clse See STARR. Paoe 3 A Pig And I Broadcast First Time On Radio By CARLTON MORRIS Trottville.—A pig that suddenly acquired the name of "Radio" and a maternity ward for a bunch of sows a long with a tape recorder all contributed to one of my first radio broadcasts last Wednesday. The pig made his first and last ! broadcast. So did I. The whole thing started when ' county agent. John ArtZ, who is unofficial publicity man for Gates County, came around urging me .to go to Trotville to make a pic j ture. We ended up at the home . of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Wiggins where they took us to the afore mentioned maternirry ward t'oi , the sows, six of them. . 1 The unusual thing about the idea was the infra-red,lights Wig . gins had installed in the corner ; of each pen to keep the newborn | pigs warm during the cold weath j er, 1 made some pictures and 1 listened at Wiggins and Artz dis cuss pigs and breeding pigs from A to izzard and thought I was | really on the way to becoming a I well informed stock breeder ; Then John anounced that he had ■ brought along a tape recorder and was planning on originating his j next radio broadcast right there i in the pig pens. Mrs. Wiggins and I moved in closer to watch proceedings. John got things setup with Wiggins, who had turned white as a sheet, clutching a microphone and John holding the other. John tested his recorder by calling 1-2. 1-2, a number of times, then he stated that everything was ready. He went into his pitch about being in Trotville on the farm of Mr. Marvin Wiggins and his wife Maxine. Then before I could catch my breath, he had intro duced me and I was on my way to becoming a news commentator. Caught flatfooted, I couldn't think of my own name and so I mumbled something I am not sure just what and announced that I thought as a farmer I would make a good dish washer. With a feeling of vast relief, I turned the program over to John and Wiggins. who looked as though ho might faint at any time. Artz asked Wiggins a number of questions which he had some difficulty in answering and he finally grabbed a pig by the tail and held him,up to the micophone where he (the pig) let go with a lusty squeal. John said he was sure that was the first and last broadcast for that pig and said pig would be on his way to mar ket in six months. Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins promply named the pig. •Radio.” Lust Friday, I blushed in shame as I listende to myself stammer ing and pausing over the Eliza beth City radio and will have to go through the same thing again as the "down on the farm” pro gram will be broadcast over the Ahoskie radio next Monday. Like Wiggins. I feel like some of those long pauses could be edited out of the tape. Anyone listening will know instantly that the whole thing was absolutely unrehearsed. My only other broadcast ex perience occured last year, when I got caught on one of these "man on the street” programs in Suffolk. The annoncer, who hap pens to be a friend of mine, had his assistant head me off as I i came out of a store and they I dragged me up to the microphone, , and asked my name. I got in a plug for the Index and then he asked me to name the world’s largest peanut market and he would give me a gift package of Planter’s products. I told him I thought that would be Suffolk. He declared I was absolutely right, l?ut when he attempted to give me my gift from Planters he found that he had only a single little can of peanuts left; That is the most I ever receved ! for a broadcast and everyone knows a man can”t work for peanuts. Printers who print "Your Home News paper” are best equipped to fill all your printing requirements—they wtU appre ciate your orders.
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