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Birthday Party
Corapeake.—Linda Leigh and
Brenda Faye Taylor were honor
ed on their second birthday party
on Wednesday afternoon at their
home. At 2:30 to 4:30 Mr. and Mrs.
Leroy Taylor entertained honor
ing their twin daughters Linda
and Brenda.
As each little girl and boy ar
rived, they were given a birth
day hat wear also each child had
a trial in a contest and little Dae
Rountree won the prize. The little
children with their mothers who
enjoyed two hours of fun as well
as the colorful refreshments
served and the display of gifts
Those present included Phyllis
Dae Rountree and mother, Mrs.
L F. Rountree. Carolyn and Mi
chael Taylor and mother, Mrs.
L cslse Taylor, Linda Faye Roun
tree and mother, Mrs. Blanchard
Rountree, Donald Winslow and
mother. Mrs. E. O. Winslow. The
tenoree Linda and Brenda and
■ester Angie Taylor, Mrs. Lloyd
- vans and daughter. Peggy Ann,
V.: - Wilbur Hollowed and Mrs.
R 1 Twine who assisted Mrs. Tay
1, : m. serving.
Personals
s Helen Blanchard of Nor
on: the weekend with her
Mrs M. W. Brown and,Mr.
. arid Mrs. Lonnie Webb and
Lloyd, were the Sunday
is o: Mrs. Webb's brother,
oit Turner and family in
h Mills.
S.dr.cy Vaughan oi the White
Oak section returned to his home
Saturday after being a patient in
lVe;ci Hospital for the past sev
Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Hayes wore
a: Nays Head Sunday, the guests
of Hr.- Hayes’ sister, Mrs. George
Hoskins oi Edenton. at her eot
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lloyd Askew
uni -children. -Susanne. Randall
aid Harry, were in Norfolk Sun
iay and were the guests ol Mr
• no Mrs. Carson Sumner and new
oaIn girl.
Sheriff and Mrs. L.. F. Overman
v i>:ted Mrs. Overman’s mother.
Mrs. J. R. Perry in Franklin. Vat,
The Sunday dinner guests of
Mrs. .1. F. R. Perry and son. Lt.
Fthweil Perry were Mrs. Perry’s
sister and her husband. Mr. and
Mys. J. C. Watkins of Manason.
X. C and Mrs. Sant Moore of
Lift eton, X. C.
Mrs. Haves Carter was in Sut
folk Monday afternoon.
Air and Mrs. R. E. Rawls had as
' n r guests Sunday. Mrs G V.
Lah.iam, Mrs. Rawls sister. Mr. and
Mr.- G. I. Hoggurri ai d son.
R. :iard ot Portsmouth and Sirs
Hugh Horton and sorts. Rawlsie
.n.'.i Robert ot Whaleyvilie.
Vis..: ing Mrs. D. .1. Joyner
W . nesd.i> .vere her mother. Mrs
Mary Keeter of Roanoke Rapids
Mrs. .1. H Tanner of Henderson
and Claude Keeter. MM2 ot the
l'S.S Leiiav Wilson, who was
Mr. and Mis, Carlton Morns
\i ons. Dale and D'ayoy. aeeoin
led Mr. and Mrs. J. J Sexton
n ni.i.. daughter. .Jo-,. - to? Looisburg
Sun. iay afternoon when Jo return
's t.. college there.
Mr.-, W R. C'owper visited her
h: Id run. Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
II .::, r an : Mr. a.r.d Mrs. William
C'ow her. Jr., in Windsor last
its Stic If lit there, amimpan
by Mrs. William Nixon and
Frank Nixon, o! Sunbury, and
.o' to Charleston. S. C. to visit
i r brother: .1 R. Walton, who is
iin;sly ill.* She returned home
>: Monday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs J. S. Hathaway.
Mr and Mrs. Joseph Hathaway
and son, Tommie, Mr. arid Mrs
H P. Mu: den of Portsmouth and
Mr md Mrs. Marvis Jones and
,-niidren of Gates were Sunday
visitors of Mr. and Mrs J. C
Prospect for more pork and at
least as much beef in 1955 as last
vear are indicated bv the report
uf the inventory of livestock on
farms. January 1.
Leqal Advertisements
NOTICE OF SIXTH RESALE
OR REALTY
NORTH CAROLINA.
OATES COUNTY
Under .md by virtue of an order of
thy Superior Court of Gates County.
V C . mode by the Clerk in a Special
Proceeding entitled ‘•Essie Baker, et al
vs. Austin Wolfrey. et als.’’ and pur
suant to an order of resale as made b\
the Clerk up6n an advance bid. the
undersigned Commissioner vvill on Mon
day the 9th day of May. 1955. at twelve
o’clock Noon, at the Courthouse Doof
in Gatesville. North Carolina, offer foi
resale at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash the following described
real property:
Situated and being in Hasletts Town
ship. Gates County. North Carolina, and
known as the Jordan Wolfrey Place,
being off from the western side ot
the public road leading from Eason’s
Cross Roads to Wiggins’ Cross Roads,
and is bounded on the North by lands
of Willie M. Wolfrey; on the East by
Mills Benton lands; on the South by
lands of N. C. Pulp Company; and on
the West by lands of Sonic Smith, con
taining 48 acres, more or less.
A deposit of 10G of the first $1,000.00
plus 5G of the excess of $1,000.00 will
be required of the highest bidder. The
bid will remain open for ten days for
a raised bid and for confirmation by
the court. The bid will open at $2,045.00.
This 21st day of April, 1955.
HUBERT EASON, Comm.
5-5-2t.
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SOCIETY
i Couple Has
Prenuptial
Supper.
Gates. — Mr. Earl Parker and
Miss Jean Raines of Winston
Salem. whose wedding will take
| place in June were delightfully
entertained Saturday night with
a barbeque supper at the Com
munity building at Gates.
Others enjoying the evening
were: T. W. Parker, Mrs. Mur
ray Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Eure and children, Allan and
Mildred of Roduco, Mrs. A. M.
Eure, Mrs. H. V. Beaman, Jr..
Mrs. L. G. Parker, and sons
George and Jack, Mr. and Mrs
A. E. Parker and children, Emily
and Ronnie. Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Turner. Mrs. Harry P. Eure. Mr
and Mrs. R. P. Rich and daughter.
Elizabeth, of Burgaw. Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Parker and children.
Sandra and Connie. Mr. and Mrs.
H. N. Stephenson and daughter.
Marilyn, of Portsmouth. Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Parker. Vernon and
Marion Parker.
Senior Class
Honored With
Steak Dinner
Gates- Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Boone. Jr:, were host at a "Steak
Dinner." in their home Tuesday
night, honoring members of the
senior class of the Sunbury High
School, of which their son. Wil
liam Jordan is a member .
Covers were laid for 20 guests
Those who attended were, Ruby
Joyce Benton. Doris Perkins,
Reyeridale Harrell. Shirley Rid
dick. Delores Jackson, Ruby Dow
dy. Mary Ann Cross, J S, Pierce.
Jr.. Miriam Hdfler, F-aye Umph
lette. Anne Benton, William J
Boone Faculty members who at
tended were. Miss Ethel Britt. |
Miss Bessie Williams, R L. Shit- !
It n and Mrs. Shirlen.
Assisting Mr. and Mrs. Boone,
in serving were. Mrs. C. V Cross,!
Sr.. Mrs. Grady Brown. Misses (
Jill Brown and Edita Boone.
Hospital Patient
Eure.—J. R. Taylor is a patient
m Roanoke-Chowan Hospital j
NANCY ROUNTREE, daugh
ter of Mrs. Ned Rountree of
Hobbsville is eligible for mem
bership in Alpha Pi Epsilon,
national honorary society in
secretarial subjects. She is at
tending Peace Junior College.
Reynoldson Has
Susy Week Ahead
Gates.—Meetings to be held al
ihe Reynoldson Baptist Church
among its organizations this week
are as follows:
Monday night. Gates Circle of
WMS meets with Mrs. Dick Ty
ler at 7:30. Monday night Rey
nold- Circle of WMS meets with
Mrs. Henry Harrell. Tuesday
night Somerton Circle of WMS
meets with Mrs. George Nixon at
8. Thursday night, Sarem Circle of
WMS meets with Mrs. W. J. Sav
age al >8. Thursday night. Execu
tive committee of WMS Brother
Hood and of the church, at the
church at 8. Friday night. Deacons
meeting at the church at 8.
Youth week was also an
nounced to begin May 15 through
May 22. Memorial services were
also announced for the 5th Sun
day afternoon. May 29. at 2:30
o'clock, with Rev. R. E. Brittle,
pastor of Bethlehem Christian
Church as guest speaker.
Ai Conference
Gatesville,—Mrs. Clarine Car
ter and Mrs. Frances N. Godwin
attended the North Carolina Con
ference for Social Service at Win
ston-Salem on April 24-26.
READ THE Ci.ASSIFIEDS
Mother Is Quite a Gal
By ANNE SEXTON
Sunday, May 8. is a day that
has been mad*' a national holiday
in this great country of ours. It
is the day that everyone, young
or old. rich or poor, white and
colored will pay tribute to a.very
important person . . . MOTHER
Yes. Sunday is MOTHER’S DAY
Many of us will travel far and
near to be with her that day.
We want her to know that SHE
is the honored person, that >we
love her. respect her and want
to be near her; that we place hei ,
first on this. HER DAY. and we
will do anything we can to please
her . to make her happy. Yes.
we want her to be Ql’EEN for a
day !
Now that many of us are grown
and have left home, we nal’/i
just how important Mother is.
When we were growing up little
did we think that we would al
ways look to Mother when the
going got tough Little did wt
think that one of our greatest
joys would be to return and have
her greet us; listen to our prob
lems. small or great, help us to
iron out the rough spots as only
she ear. Rei aidless what the
trouble might be. f we can just
tell Mother it cloe n't seem halt
so had. There is a quality about
her that no other person has; a
certain soothing note to her voice
that no other has ever achieved.
Above all. her understanding
heart and mind will be with us
as long as we need it . . . and
even longer. She w 11 not let us
down. She is our MOTHER!
When we were small and sit
ting around her knee, we knew
nothing about worry and want.
SHE was the one who would
bear all bur hardships for us. W<
always came first in everything.
If there was an arguemerit or
i fight and we came home with
a bloody nose or a black eye.
there was always someone who
would comfort and help us . . .
MOTHER. If food was scarce we
had nothing to worry about. SHE
would see that we got the best
of what there might be. We were
her children and we came first!
If we needed a new dress, shoes,
or perhaps a costume for a school
play. Mother was the one we
would go to. One way or another
we knew she would get it for us.
Little did we know then what
she might be enduring for us;
the long hours of thinking and
planning she had to do.
Now that we are grown, mar
ried, and have children of our
own, we can visualize, just a
little, just how very much she
has done for us. We don’t have
to cook on a wood stove nor do
we have to heat flat irons on a
hot stove or open fire. We don’t
have to scrub our clothes on a
wash board nor do wo have to
clean lamp globes or trim the
wicks. We don't have to carry
our water to the house from a
well or pump and we don't have
to walk miles for the food we
buy. Those are just a few of the
things she did for us.
When we were dating and out
haying fun we didn't slop to
think she might be awake worry
ing about us apd waiting to see
that we arrived safely. When we
told her we were going 10 be
married we couldn't understand
why she should cry. We couldn't
understand that to- her we were
-till her children and she loved
u- dearly. It wasn’t because she
didn't want us to marry; she just
hati'd for us to leave her. But
we married anyway and now she
loves Bill and Sue almost as much
as she does ps. When we are
happy she is happy. That seems
to be all she wants out of life
. . . happiness and contentment
for us. her children.
To my Mother to your mother,
to mothers everywhere, I would
like to take this opportunity to
tell you that if we can't be with
you we will be thinking about
you and wishing for you the hap
piest Mother's Day ever. Alwav.
remember that YOU are our
MOTHER and we love you dear
ly!
Religion
for
Living
By J. L. WALTER MOOSE
“Arise, and go into the street
which is called Straight, and en
quire in the house of Judas for
one called Saul, of Tarsus: for,
behold he prayeth.” Acts 9:11.
The street called “Straight" ran
through the very center of old Da
mascus. It was what the name im
plied—broad and direct, straight
as an arrow, neither swerving to
the right not to the left. It was an
absolute contrast to the narrow,
twisting s'reets that made up the j
maze of blind alleys and lanes on j
either side of this thoroughfare. |
It was to a house on Straight
Street that Paul of Tarsus was
taken after his soul-shaking ex
perience on the way from Jeru
salem. This street became a sym
bol of the Apostle's life. Hence
forth, he walked a spiritual
straight street. Power came into
his life, his thinking because I
straight, and he no longer^hatte t ]
in his decisions. Christ became a •
challenge to the straightness of his j
Dear Lord, forgive our stubborn j
pride and our holding b;v k; help t
us to yield ourselves to thee com- •
pletely, tlfat we may find the
street called 'Straight" upon
which we can set our feet: through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Norfolk Azalea Garden
Eure. — Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Jenkins and daughter, Sallie :
Ann of Gatesville, Mrs. Ruth
Umphlelt. Mrs. Minnie Jenkins ;
of Eure. Mr. and Mrs. Truxton 1
Crawford and children, Bobby, |
Betty Jean and Ann of Ahoskie.
Mrs. W. L. Umphiett, Miss Larita
Umphlett, Mrs. Bob Hale and
children, Barbara Ann and Shel
ton of Portsmouth spent Sunday
at the Azaleas Garden and had a
picnic dinner.
Corapeake I
Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Perry
and-children, Brenda. Leigh, and
Billie Perry of Edenton were
weekend visitors here, guests of
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Perry and also
visited Parrish Brinkley and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest
White and little dauphter, Mahle
Woodard White.
Mrs. Frank Barnes attended the
marriage of Mr. Derwood Cobb
and Peggy Parks on Saturday
p. m. at the Court Street Baptist
Church in Portsmouth. Mrs.
Barnes also attended the recep
tion in the Fellowship Hall of the
church after the wedding.
Justin Vann spent Saturday
evening and night in Norfolk and
visited at the bedside of his wife,
who is a pat let at Norfolk Gen
eral Hospital, Norfolk.
Mrs. Walter Ward, WMU Sup- '
erintendent of the Chowan Baptist
Association and Mrs. F. S. Barnes.
GA Director of the Association ]
attended the annual WMU Pas
quotank County meeting m Eliza
beth City last Thursday and in- ]
stalled the incoming officers at 1
the close of the meeting.
Mrs. Elton Morris and little 1
daughter, Wanda of Hobpsville !
were Wednesday visitors here |
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hallet ;
Rountree and children, Treena j
and Ronnie Rountree.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. White and '
Mr. and Mrs. R G. Rountree were i
visitors in Hertford Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Oris Rountree.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Mac Doughtie
and children. Carolyn and Jonnie
Doughtie of Suffolk were dinner
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. j
John Lee Lassiter and daughter, ;
Mary Lee Lassiter.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Blanchard ’
THE GATES COUNTY INDEX
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March ? 1878
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ind daughter, Carolyn and Mrs.
J. N. Copeland were Sunday
visitors here guests of Mr. and
ilrs. Oeil Winslow and sons, Ed
iie Bruce, Vernon and Donald
Vinslow. *
Mrs. Joe Hollowell and guests
Mrs. Herbert Gay Taylor and little
daughter, Mary Gay of Drum Hill
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