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Volume 22. No. 10
One of the Nation*
•'GREATER WEEKLIES’*
Gatesville. N. C.. Thursday. November 10. 1955
10c per copy
Dedicated to Service to
Gates County and Its People
14 Pages—Two Section*
Jerry Ann Peoples Will
Speak in Sunbury Nov. 19
Q lblic Invited
o Hear About UN
Sunbury. — Miss Jerry Ann
Peoples of Elizabeth City will be
the featured speaker for Holly
Grove Odd Fellows on Novem
ber 19 in the Sunbury High
School auditorium.
Miss Peoples, a senior in Eliza
beth City High School, was
sponsored by the First District
Odd Fellows on a tour of the
United Nations last year and is
expected to speak and show films
on her trip to the UN, it was an
nounced.
This year, a student from one
cf the two Gates County high
schools will be selected to visit
the UN, and again will be spon
soied by the First District.
Holly Grove Odd Fellows arc
planning a short program on No
vember 19 and are inviting every
one to attend. Conrad P. Plyler,
music teacher at Sunbury, will be
in charge of the music and will
present some of his students in
song and music. Miss Peoples will
speak and present films of her
tour for about 30 minutes, she
said.
A number of Odd Fellows art
expected to attend from Eliza
beth City and all Odd Fellows
from Gates County are being re
guested to be at the school by
7:30 p. m. and will sit in a group.
The program is expected to get
underway not later than 8 p. m.
with the Rev. Fred T. Wright of
the Damascus Christian Church
of Sunbury, leading the devotion
als. The public and especially
high school students are invited
to attend as one student will be
making the same tour this year
and could get some valuable in
formation form the talk by Miss
Feoples.
Bloodmobile
iobbsville
Nov. 28
Gatesville. — The Red Cross
semiannual call for blood donors
is being issued this week by the
Gates County chapter of that or
ganization. The bloodmobile will
be in Hobbsville on November 28.
it has been announced. The Red
Cross unit will be at the Hobbs
ville school building all day be
ginning at 10 a. m.
Brooks Morgan of Sunburv is
chairman of the current blood
program drive. Directors are
Chester Edwards, W. M. Spivev
P. D. Hobbs. S. P. Cross. E. P
Storey, R. E. Miller and J. M
King.
Carlton Morris and ?<, P. Cross
are the publicity com ee.
Boys and girls over to and men
and women 65 and under art
eligible to donate blood. Th.
quota for this visit of the blood
mobile is 100 pints.
As is the usual procedure, doc
tors and nurses will be on hand
to examine all donors, it was an
nounced.
Chairmen of the drive for Ne
gro donors will be Professors I. R.
Barcliff of Buckland High School
and H. F. Creecy of T. S. Coopet
High School.
E. T. Stallings
Dies Sudden
Last Saturday
Belvidere. — Edwards Thomas
Stallings, 65. died suddenly at his
home at 7 o'clock Saturday night
from a heart attack. He is the son
of the late Reuben and Mary
Stallings and a native of Per
quimans County.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Sallie
"♦allings, he is survived by one
, S. E. Stallings, Belvidere
) daughters, Mrs. Edward Pell.
awboro, and Mrs. Asa Stallings,
^elvidere; four brothers, Alfred
and Charlie Stallings, Hobbsville.
W. D. and Maxie Stallings, Belvi
dere: two sisters, Mrs. Charlie
Riddick, Hobbsville, and Mrs. Os
car Riddick, Belvidere; eight
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday afternoon at 2:30 at
Sandy Cross Baptist Church. The
Jtev. W. V. Brown, pastor, con
ducted the service. Burial was in
the family cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Ernest
Stallings, Elton Meads, Alton
Stallings, Clifton Bunch, Jr., Ellis
Stallings. Elbert Riddick and Mc
Kay Riddick.
Funeral arrangements were
from the Rountree & Hofller Fu
neral Home, Gatesville.
Gatesville to
Take Partin
S-D Day
Gatesville. — The President’s
Committee for Traffic Stafely has
announced S-D Day (Safe Driv
ing Day) will be observed
throughout the nation on Thurs
day, December 1.
Nearly 200 national organiza
tions have pledged their support
in the campaign leadi g up to
he Nation’s second S-D Day.
Every principal Federal agency,
all state governments, and many
municipal governments have
pledged their support. Gatesvilh
also has pledged its support.
All plans for S-D Day are based
upon recognition of the fact that
the place to fight accidents is in
the community and that the re
sponsibility rests upon each indi
vidual. The purpose of S-D Day
is: "To demonstrate, again, the
need for every individual to recog
nize his personal responsibility for
tafe driving and safe walking.”
In 1954, there were 36,000
deaths and 1,250,000 injuries from
automobile accidents. Twenty-'
seven thousand of these fatal ac
cidents occurred in rural areas
and 9,000 in urban centers; there
fore, the problem is more acute in
such a common ty as ours.
Nat a single traffic accident
during the 24-hour period- in
daylight or darkness, is the goal.
Sunbury Class
Will Present
3-Act Comedy
By MARY ELLA BASS
Sunbury.—The Junio" clas« of
Sunbury High School will present
Betty’s Millionaire” a three act
comedy, on Friday night. No
vember 11, at 8 p. in. in the
school auditorium.
The characters are . as follows:
Betty Brown. Jymme Parker:
Peter Adams, Burton Barnes:
Sam Palmer. Eugene Gray: Sue
Weatherbec, Betty R. Riddick:
Nt ncv Fletcher. Novella Rout -
tice: Mis. Evangeline Brendlinger.
Piggy Brown; Augustus Winslow.
Prank White: Thaddeus After
bury, Wallace Riddick: Nora,
Loretta Benton and Lillie Daniels.
Anita Goodwin.
The play is under the direction
of A. J. Fine. Jr.
There will be ati admission
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Programs -best \v<m . .okI fast* >pry»rt
when you li t the i >ik> wno p 4>i h this.
< ■ d«- your piRiitiig Give us your
FREE FISH FRY—It was free fish for everyone at the Morgan
Chevrolet, Inc., last Friday when the new cars were introduced.
Biooks Morgan said a constant flow of visitors were present
throughout the day.. - L. Q. Pierce was in charge of the fish fry
which was hold in the garage adjoining the show room and he
was serving roch fish and that Gates County delicacy, eat fish.
Mrs. Spivey
Dies at 79
Hobbsville.— Mrs. Sallie White
Spivey. 79. died at her home
Thursday morning after a linger
ing illness. She was a native of
Chowan County; the wile of the
late Trot man Spivey and the
daughter of the late William and
Lucrity White.
She is survived by three sons.
Irvin D. McCoy and Jacob S.
Spivey, all of Hobbsville; one
daughter. Mis. 1., C. Briggs, ol
Hobbsville;' two brothers. L. D.
and S. W. White of Hobbsville;
one sister. Mrs. John White, of
Gates; eight grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at War
wn k Swamp Baptist Church by
the pastor, the Rev. Lee A. Phil
lips Burial was in the church
Active ppllbearers were Floyd
White, Lycurgus White. Wince
White. Raleigh White. Carlton
White and Rudy Parks.
Funeral anangements were
from the Rountree & Hofler Fu
neral Home, Gatesville.
Peace Study
Zion Tin' Woman's Socities of
Cln istinn S< i vice of Zion and
rniladcin'ma Methodist Churches
w ill have t!te study, "Efforts for
I/nting Perce." at Zion Church
on November 15. Mrs. J, Earl
Richardson of Edenton will pre
•ant tii” study which begins at
■t p. m. All those interested in
‘ins Study, are cordially invited to
attend.
CHURCH SUPPER
Eure There will be a barbecue
and ui k< supper at the Eure
school build.nit Saturday night,
November Li. at 5 o’clock, spon
sored 1 y'the Woman's Missionary
Society of Eure Baptist' Church.
Mine will be rendered by the
Lassiter boys throughout the eve
ning. Everybody is invited.
VACATION WITH PAY—Burton Barnes and Betty Rae Rid
dick, two Gates County 4-H youngsters, enjoy mountain scenery
at Asheville as guests of the power companies when they at
tended the electrical congress in that city recently. (Photo by
John Artz.)
Phelps Ordered to Serve
Manslaughter Sentence
Gates vilie.—Wil lie Phelps, Cora
I peake Negro, who was found
i guilty of manslaughter at the
March term of Superior Court in
Gates County, in the death of
young Jimmy Monds. lost an ap
peal to the Supreme Court and
was ordered to start serving his
Phelps appeared briefly before
Judge Chester Morris at the No
vember term of Superior Court
last week and was told he would
have to begin serving the sentence
it once. Young Monds, who at
tended Sunbury school was struck
by Phelps' car near his home at
Cora peake as he walked aior.g
the highway last fail.
Phelps drew a 5-7 year sen
tence, but appealed to the Su
preme ’Court.
Other Cases
Arthur Hall pleaded guilty to
. the charges of possession of illegal
iiuor and possessing illegal liquor
lor sale. He was given a 12
months road sentence that was
suspended ard was placed on pro
bation for a term of four years
to violate no law, that he must
not posses, transport, sell, offer
for sale or drink any intoxicating
beverages of any kind, nature or
discriptio:-.. He was fined $300 and
cost of court.
Willie Phelps and Claude Pat
terson were charged with manu
facturing and possessing -illegal
liquor for sale. After hearing the
•a'se the jury returned a verdict
f not guiltv.
Charged with larceny. Herman
Best pleaded guilty a d Judge
Chester Morris sentenced him to
six months on the roads.
William Blair Had two charges
of forgery against him when he
appeared before the Superior
Court. The charges were consoli
dated for trial and judgment. He
was found guilty and Judge
Morris sente rd him to not kss
than 12 nor more than Id months
on the road’s on the forgery
charges and 12 months for utter
ing. These sentences to run con
currently.
4-H'ers Go to
Asheville for
Electric Meet
By BETTY REA RIDDICK and
BURTON BARNES
Sunbury.—We were very proud
to have the honor of attending the
State 4-H Farm a cl Home Elec
tric Congress held in the George
Vanderbilt Hotel in A.-he\ ille.
By winning out in the county,
we were entitled to attend the
Congress. All expenses were paid
by four power companies. They
were: Carolina Power and Light
Company. Duke Power Company, i
Nantahala Power and Light Com
pany, Virginia Electric and Power
Company. It was estimated that
the .trip cost around $"5.00 per
person to attend.
The power companies chartered
Trailway buses to take us. Along
with Mr. Artz and club members
and Agents from surrounding j
counties we were ready to bigin
our trip. We boarded the bus at j
different stops along the way. The
bus started at Elizabeth City, from
there to Edenton where we got on
about 7:00 a. m. Then on to Wil
liamston, fiethel and Wilson, j
where other club members got !
on our bus. By this time we were
heading for Asheville. We had
rest stops along the way and a
delicious box dinner near Aber
deen. We went by Fayetteville,
Charlotte and Shelby and at^8:00
See MEETING! Page 5
George Norman and Pauline
Norman went before the court
charged with possession of illegal
liquor and possession of illegal
liquor for sale. The jury found
George Norman guilty and he was
sentenced to six months on the
roads. Pauline Norman was found
not guilty.
In the case of Janus Edward
Stallings virsus Washington Lum
ber Company and Oliver Lee Rid
dick. the jury ruled in favor of
the plaint;!!' and he recovered
$1,000 of the defendant.
Divorces were granted to Julius
B. Eoxx. Jr., virsus Betty Jean
Foxx; Cherry Ruth L'mphlett
Twine virsus Robert Lee Twine
and Amos L. Greene virsus Eu
nice V. Greene.
Leonard Lilley
In Germany
Mainz. Germany:—Pvt. Marion
L. Lilley, 19. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Lilley, Gates, recently
participated in Exercise Cordon
Bleu, a NATO maneuver using
U. S., French and British troops,
in West Germany.
The exercise was a joint train
ing operation staged to teach the
three-power forces to work to
gether under simulated battle
conditions. Il was a counter-of
fensive action against an ‘'ag
gressor" force.
Private Lilley, an assistant ma
chine gunner with the 370th
Armored Infantry Battalion's
Company B, entered the Army in
October 1954 and arrived overseas
last March. He attended Gates
ville High School, where he was
a star basketball and baseball
Juniors to Present Play at
Gatesville On November 11
LARRY JORDAN
HANNAH RIDDICK
BEASLEY EASON
Gatesviile.—"The Antics of An
drew." a th.ee act comedy, will
be presented Friday. Novembei
11. in the Getesville High School
A uditonum.
The play is about a kiddy col
lege youth Andrew Browne, play
ed by J. B. Freeman. Jr. Who
pe'su'ades his trusting millionare
uncle in New Zealand to give
him an allowance for the support
of a purely imaginary wife and
a fictitpiis mother-in-law.
The play has a cast of fourteen
They are as follows: Petunia, An
drew's darky cook-Hannah Rid
dick. Andrew Browne, a Seniot
in Cam, ron College. J. B. Free
man. Jr., Jacques, Andrew's
French butler and valet, Carl
Chappell, W liie Waldo, Andy's
pal, Larry Jordan. Harold Had
ley, Andy's other pal, Beasley
Fcson, Althea Thorne. Andy's
sweetheart, Anita Paige Eure.
Julie Ba.vnt.on-, Harold's sweet
heart. Anne Brown, Betty Boyn
ton, Willie's sweetheart-, Nance
Brown. Dean Sacrates Boynton
Dean of Cameron College, Rich
ard Jernigam Issaac Zimmerman
(Uncle Isaac), Andy's milliunart
uncle from New Zealand. George
Pa.-: ker, Miss Prunella Thorne, ;■
maiden lady in love with the
dean, Mary Gray Cowper
G'Flarity, a detective from head
quarters, Carlton Johnson. Royle.
C’Flarily's shadow,, Billy Howell.
Rev. Doolittle, a man of mystery,
Me’-I Join's.
The production staff consists of
Billy Howe 11 and Carlton John
son, chairman for stage building
committee; Betty Jo Savage and
Florence Eure, properties and
sound effects. Gwendolyn Eure,
prompter, Shelby Speight, pub
licity, with Mrs. P. F. Owens
coach.
Gatesville PTA
To Meet Thursday
Gntesvilie, — T h e Gatesville
Parerit-Teachers' Association will
pbserve National Education Week
Thursday night of this week (No
vember 10) at the association’s
regular meeting. The time is 8
o’clock.
Mrs. J. K. Wyatt, who has
charge of the program, announces
that after the devotional by the
Rev. Henry Bizzell and the usual
business session, the parents and
visitors will be invited to visit
the various rooms. In other words
the “open houe" idea will be
carried out and a large attendance
is anticipated. Mrs. Mildred God
win, Miss Doris Mitchell and
others on the hospitality com
mittee are inviting the patrons of
the school to a social hour in
the lunch room.
County to Try For
4 ,> 4er Relief
How great are His signs! and
how mighty are His wonders; His
kingdom is an everlasting king
dom and His dominion is from
generation to generation. Daniel
4-3.
A few years ago 1 joined the
State Literary and Historical So
ciety and it is constant source of
surprise to me, that this organiza
tion is able to send so much to
members in the way of excellent
reading material. Just don't know
how they do it with only $3 per
year membership dues.
J. R. Freeman of Gates called
j in last Monday and asked us to
remind everyone that the Gates
Ruritan Club is sponsoring a tur
key shoot on November 19 and
they are still planing to furnish
free coffee. But you’ll have to buy
your lunch if you get any.
One lady called and said she
I wanted to announce her daugh
i ter’s coming wedding, but said
I she was so nervous she couldn’t
I talk and so would bring it in
; next week. I always thought it
: was the bridegroom that was
| nervous in cases like this. Mine
was a long, long time ago. but
’he best I can remember, I was
•cared to death and as a matter
of fact I’m still nervous 20 years
later.
j A woman is the only trap that
l uses herself as bait.
| Sometimes the “Long way
| iround is the shortest way home."
■ That- proved to be the case of the
| Vlorris family last Sunday morn
; ng when they all went home to
j church. Trying to make it in
ime for Sunday School, took a
; -nort cut through a private road
j which would save 18 miles. Got
I within five or six miles of home
and found the private road cut in
j twain with no detour. Had to re
1 ’race our way and drive the extra
niieage anyway. Late for Sun
! day School. The moral to this
| -tory. if there is any, is “look
I before you leap," or "be sure
| your gas tank is full when you
; travel unknown road."
Peanut farmers in the Brantky
Grove section of Hertford County
ire not in complete accord with
m announcement made by then
•bunty agent that peanuts are
good this year. They were ha: -
vesting seven to 10 bags per acie
hey said, and that ain’t good
peanuts.
Goose hunters should find good
•hooting at Lake Mattamuskeet
•his year according to our infor
mation. Farmers didn't bother to
narvest their crops as they were
damaged severely by the hurri
canes and thus there will be plenty,
if feed.
Tried to break the game law
ast we*, k. but had r.u success
Driving along with the oldest son
<nd a whole road full ol' wild
ttnkeys dashed out ahead of us.
Fust wild turkeys either of us
See BRIEFS, Page 5
Board Accepts
Resignation of
Two Teachers
GuK'syiile.—The Gates County
Board ot Education accepted the
resignation of Mrs. Ge. evieve
Smith who was 6th grade teacher
at Gatcsvilie school. Mrs. Helen
Willey was appointed to take her
place on the Gatesville school fac
ulty, it was announced Monday,
Negro school teacher, Mrs. Fan
nie R. Sawyer, resigned as fourth
grade teacher at Bucklar.d follow
ing a heart attack. Annie Jones
Burke was named to that position.
November 11 will be a holiday
in both Negro schools as teachers
will attend a teacher’s meeting in
Elizabeth City.
The Board of Education moved
to accept the anrual Rawls
scholarship of $100 to the out
standing white and Negro senior
in the county.
Sunbury school has purchased
an activity bus, it was announced.
PTA MEETING
Sunbury.—The Sunbury PTA
will meet in the school audito
rium on Wednesday night, No
vember 9, at 7 o’clock.
Mrs. Clinton James, publicity
chairman, urges all members to
attend.
Go Ahead Signal
On New Building
Gatesville.—N. B. Baker, Gates
County soil conservationist, was
appointed representative to look
into the possibility of securing dis
aster funds for a drainage program
needed since the recent hurri
canes.
Baker's appointment was made
by the Board of Commissioners at
their regular meeting last Monday.
The county should be eligible for
federal funds according to Baker
and he made a trip to neighboring
Chowan County to study the
methods used there to secure the
needed assistance.
There are a number of sections
in Gates County badly in need of
drainage during wet weather such
as occured during the recent hur
ricane period Baker - said, and a
group of Middle Swamp farmers
appeared before the Board of
Commissioners last Monday ask
ing for some relief in their sec
tion of the county. Baker said he
would make a survey of the
county to determine the most seri
ous drainage problems.
In another action, the Board of
Commissioners ar.d Board of Edu
cation smoothed Out their differ
ences over the proposed new of
fice building and architect Owen
Smith got the green light to go
ahead ,with plans for its construc
tion as early as posible, though
he said last Monday that it was
doubtful if work could be started
on it before sometime next year.
There seemed to be no compli
cations about space as needed by
the Board of Education, but Smith
-aid the new building would have
4.600 feet uf space not including
the boiler room. This is an in
crease of 600 feet above the floor
See RELIEF, Page 5
150 Join
Farm Bureau
First Week
By JOHN ARTZ
Gatvsville.*—The at.uual drive
tor members in the Gates County
Farm Bureau is under way toward
a goal of 600 members so says
Bradford Jones, President. At a
meeting of township directors and
community .leaders last Friday
night the 150 mark had been
reached with two communities
ot reported—-Hall and Holly
» Jones i.- .urging each one of the
men he has contacted by either
card, telephone or personal visit,
to get busy and contact as many
farmers in his neighborhood as
possible before November 18 at
which tune a other meeting of
leaders will be held to determine
progro.-s made . At the beginning
of the drive. October 26 at the
kick-off supper. Jones had asked
60 farmers to contact ten men
each, either old. members or
prospective member-. By so doing,
Jones figured that the county
quota could be obtained most
'asi!> a d quick y. Hut unfor
'unatiT tli - .idea, a very good
' e. is n t working, consequently
a few Fat in Bureau named men
in < ach townsiiip tire having to
try to do t.ie job.
Tin o a:,!!./ .’mi e.n toe state
level has Indeed peanut growers
tri lour ways that we know about
and .can see lor ('urrelv.es right
here in-‘he countv. (1) '1 he Farm
Bureau has been instrumental
within the past four years in or
ganizing the N. C. Peanut Grow
ers Association which, promotes
the use ml peanuts and more re
search in the production of the
crop as well as in the control of
inserts aid diseases. (2) The or
ganization led in the establishment
of the Peanut Growers Coopera
tive Marketing Association which
guarantees every farmer the sup-'
port price on his crop, according
to the grade. (3) The 3 per cent
tax o i farm machinery lias been
taken off due to the F.B. interest
in the farmers. (4) The importation
of peanuts in 1955, originally set
lor 200,000,000 pounds was cut
to 50,000,000 pounds through the
efforts or the Farm Bureau. These
are o ly four ways in which
Gates County and all other North
Carolina peanut growers have been
benefited by this national farm
ers organization.
The fee for joining this year is
$5, of which $1.50 stays in the
j local treasury. If the farmer does
i not join to help his own interests,
j how can he expect any other or
i ganization to help him.