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Gatesville, N. C., Thursday. November 17, 1955
10c per copy
Dedicated to Service to
Gates County and Its People
10 Pages—Two Sections
60 Attend
Vet Dinner
mX Sunbury
Sunbury. — Forest Dunstan,
Elizabeth City attorney and Post
Department Commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, was
the guest speaker at the Veteran’s
Day dinner in Sunbury last
Thursday night.
Dunstan spoke on the hopes
and aims of the VFW and re
minded his listeners that all
veterans of all wars should be
remembered.
The dinner was sponsored by
the Gatos County Memorial Post
7312 VFW and the Ladies’ Aux
iliary of the same Post and about
6G members and guests of the two
organizations attended. R. G. Mor
ris is Commander of the Post.
Hunter Morgan Past Command
cr of the Post wel omed the ladies
present and his wife, Mrs. Hun
ter Morgan, who is president oi
the Ladies Auxiliary weicomeii
the men and their guests.
R. L. Shirlen, principal of Sun
bury High School gave the invo
cation.
Hunter Morgan introduced the
speaker. A turkey dinner was
served by the home economics
class of Sunbury High School.
The Gates County Post is spon
soring a membeiship drive and
all veterans with overseas service
a-e eligible to join whether they
have been contacted or not, ac
cording to Commander Morris.
Regular meetings are now be
ing held in the new hut about two
miles- west of Sunbury on high
way 158 on the second and fourth
Thursday of each month.
Members say they expect to
have the r.ew hut completed
W.B. Raby Dies
Last T uesday;
$ Rites Thursday
Gatesville.—William B. Raby,
o7. died at his home here Tues
day morning after a lingering ill
ness. He was a native of Gates
County and the son of the late
Richard and May Etta Raby.
He is survived by two sons,
Darrell A. and W. Albert Raby.
both of Gatesville; two daugh
ters, Mrs. J. I. Ferguson, Ports
mouth. and Mrs. E. E. Wert, Ahos
k:e; one sister. Mrs. Martha E.
Adkins; three grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Gatesville Methodist
Church Thursday afternoon at
3 30. The Rev. H. A. Bizzell, pas
tor, conducted the service, assist
ed by the Rev. J. L. Walter Moose
of the Gatesville Baptist Church
Burial was in the Gatesville Cem
Active pallbearers were L. T
Li.ll.ey, Jr.. Thomas Mise. C. W
Rountree, L. G. Webb, McCov
Langston, Robert Nixon, R. A
Brown and Elev Jordan.
The body was removed from
the Rountree and Hofler Funeral
Home to the church one hour be
fore the service.
WOMAN'S AUXILIARY OFFICIALS—These ladles are me ot
ficers of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Gates County Memorial
Post, VFW, and they were present at the Veteran’s Day dinner
held in the Sunbury school caleteria last Thursday night. Left
to right, they are: Mrs. R. G. Morris, Mrs. Brooks Morgan, Mrs.
Hardy Gieene, Mrs: G. B. Morgan. Sr., Mrs. D. W. Williams, Mrs.
R. E. Bagiev. Mrs. Hunter Morgan, president, Mrs. C. P. Hath
away and Mrs. Sam Pierce.
G. C. Darden
Dies Sudden
! Last Monday
Gates.—Garland C. Darden. 77.
! died suddenly at his home Mon
j day night. He was horn in Hert
' ford County, and the son of the
late Campbell and Betty Darden.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Margaret W. Darden: one fostei
son, W. J. Darden. Portsmouth
two daughters, Mrs. John Let
Felton, Portsmouth, and Mrs
Martin Tinkham, Suffolk; one
step-daughter, Mrs. Melba Strait
' Denver, Colorado; five grahdchil
dren; five brothers. Forest Darden
and T. W. Darden of Norfolk, C
P. Darden, J. W. Darden and P. C.
Darden of Norfolk: two sisters.
Mrs. D. W. Morris of Portsmouth
and Mrs. Roy Hanson, Mesa, Ari
zona; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday afternoon at f
o'clock at the home. The Rev. B
A. Mitchell and the Rev. R. E
Brittle conducted the services
Burial was in the family ceme
tery at the home.
Active pallbearers were J. M.
Darden, R. W. Darden. Garland
Darden, T. W. Darden, Jr.. R. D.
Hare and T. A. Pierce.
Funeral arrangements were from
the Rountree and Hotter Funeral
Home, Gatesville.
Mount Airy Visitors
Sunbury.—Mrs. L. A. Rountree
and Miss Eunice Rountree spent
last weekend at Mount Airy vis
' iting Mr. and Mrs. Hertel Roun
County Agent's Report
On Wheat Oats In County
By JOHN ARTZ
Gatesville.—Sometime in Au
gust I sent out a card question
naire to all farmers whom I
tnought had grown either oats or
wheat this year. I am pleased to
state that almost everyone mailed
his card back. It concerned his
yield, fertilization, variety, etc.
Here are the answers from the
twelve who replied and I’ll take
them in no certain order::
R. G. Morris, Sunbury,, Oats
(Arlington, 10 acres, 500 bushels
50 bu. per acre top dressed with
25C pounds ANL per acre, planted
October 15. Wheat (Atlas 66) 5
-res, 150 bu., 30 bus. per acre,
»-> dressed with 300 pounds ANL
r acre, planted Nov. 15.
R. A. Howell, Gates, Oats, 7
r.cres, yield, 250 bus., 35.7 bu. per
acre top dressed with 350 pounds
!•» 0-14 per acre. Wheat, 11 acres,
yield 275 bus.. 25 bu. per acre,
top dressed with 350 pounds 14
0-14 per acre, variety planted
Redhart, planted November 20.
Cleamon Eure, Eure, Wheat
(Atlas 66), 8.7 acres, yield 260 bu.,
3( bus. per acre, top dressed with
700 lbs. 14-0-14 per acre, planted
r-ecembcr.
L. E. Smith, Eure, Wheat, 13
acres, yield 325 bus., 25 bus. per
acre, planted in October.
Miss Essie Whedbee, Gates,
Wheat, 13 acres yield 400 bus.,
30.7 bus. per acre, top dressed
with ANL, Atlas, planted No
vember 5.
M. E. Umphlett, Gates, Wheat
| (Atlas 66). 12 acres, yield pci acre
; 30 bus., total yield 360 bus.
! Planted, November 1.
R. H. Eason, Sunbury, Wheat,
! 11 acres, 225 bus., 20.4 bn. per
acre, top dressed with 300 Nitrate
! of Soda per acre, planted No
! veniber.
E. P. Storey, Eure, Wheat
(Atlas), 10 acres, 200 bus., yield
ped acre, 20 bus. Top dressed with
400 pounds 20.5 per cent N. per
rore, planted December.
O. N. Powell, Sifnbury, Wheat.
5 acres, yield 125 bus., 25 bus., per
acre, top dressed with ANL 225
pounds per acre, planted Octo
ber 20.
R. S. Jones, Corapeake, Oats.
(Arlington) 20 acres, yield 900
bus. 45 bus. per acre, planted
October 20. Wheat (Atlas 66), 23
acres, 585 bus. 25 bus. per acre.
Top dressed with 250 pounds
ANL per acre, planted November
15.
J. G. Pollock, Gatesville, Wheat.
(Atlas) 14.5 acres, yield 52a bus
36.2 bu. per acre, fertilized with
400 lbs. 5-10-10, top dressed with
200 pounds Amm. Nitrate, plant
ed December 28.
J. W. Hill, Sunbury, Wheat, 18
acres, yield 400 bus., 22.2 bus. per
acre, top dressed with 200 pounds
ANL, planted, November 4,
Atlas 66.
J. D. Hill, Sunbury, Wheat, 10
acres, yield 220 bus. 22 bus. per
acre, top dressed 200 pounds ANL
per acre. Atlas 66, planted No
vember 15.
Many Liquor Cases Faced
Court Last Tuesday
Gatesville. — Claude Patterson
went before the judge of Record
er's Court in Gatesville Tuesday.
November 8, with four charges of
possession of illegal liquor for sale
and the sale of illegal liquor
against him.
i
He was found guilty of each of
the four charges and Judge H. V.
Beamon sentenced him to serve
18 months in the common jail of
Gates County to work the roads
under the supervision of the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission for each of the charges,
the sentences to run consecutive
ly. Six months of each sentence
was suspended upon the payment
of $200 fine and costs. Appeal was
noted in each case in open court
and his appearance bond was set
at $300 for each of the charges.
Charged with the possession of
illegal liquor for sale, Claude Pat
terson again went before the
judge. Vernice Patterson, also
charged with the same offense,
appeared before the judge. Motion
to dismiss was allowed in the
case of Vernice, but Claude Pat
terson received the same sentence
as he did in the above cases.
Again he noted an appeal in open
court to Superior Court and again
his appearance bond was set at
$300. Six months of this sentence
was also suspended upon payment
of $200 fine and costs.
James Edward Eason was found
guilty of drunken driving and
Judge Beamon sentenced him to
six months in jail. His sentence
was suspended, however, upon
payment of $150 fine and costs
and he was placed on probation
for a term of two years. He noted
an appeal in open court to Supe
rior Court and his appearance
bond was set at $300.
William LeRov Smith and
Frances R. Smith went before the
court charged with possession of
illegal liquor and possession of
illegal liquor for sale. William
Smith received a nine months’
jail sentence that was suspended
upon payment of $100 fine and
one-half the costs. Frances Smith
was sentenced to be confined to
Woman's Prison for a term of
nine months. Her sentence was
also suspended upon payment of
$100 fine and one-half the costs.
Each defendant was placed or
probation for a term of two years
and not to violate any law.
Charged with drunken driving
reckless driving, speeding anr
transporting illegal liquor Charles
R. Nichols was found guilty anc
Goose Hunting
In Full Swing
Gatesville. — “Goose Hunting”
is a mighty popular sport among
the people of Gatesville.
Taking time off to do a little
; shooting at Lake Mattamuskeet
last week were: Ernest Askew,
’ Ha.ves Carter, Claude Bundy, Dr.
i Lc-Roy Hand, Jr., Jimmie Wagon
er, Aaron Lilley, Bill Baines, H.
V'. Beamon, Ashton Lewis, Bill
Eure, Stephen Eure, Horace Car
ter, Gordan Beamon, Mrs. Sallie
Mae White, Miss Lavelle Ward
and her friend from Newport
News, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ed
monds and children and Mr. and
Mrs. A. P. Godwin and children.
was sentenced to '>0 days in jail
His sentence was suspended upon
payment of SI 10 fine and costs.
Herbert Boothe paid S15 fini
and costs for operating without a
i horn or brakes.
Warren Hardy Holloman paic
| costs for improper parking.
Improper lights caused Wilht
Ward Johnson and Colin B. Dunr
! each to pay S10 fine and costs.
Arlington Eason had to pa.\
i costs for following loo closely,
while Thomas Calvin Smith arid
Merle Dewitt Jordan paid cost
for speeding.
| Charged with operatin': w thoul
i a license and failure to dim lights
James Dal he Askew had to pay a
: fine of $25 and costs.
[ Thurman Lee Riddick had te
pay costs for failing to stop at ;
See COURT, Page S
Don't Borrow the
Neighbor's Paper
Man, too stingy to subscribe
to his hometown paper, sent his
little boy to borrow a copy from
his neighbor. In haste, the boy
ran over a stand of bees, and, in
10 minutes, he looked Lke a
wart summer squash.
His father ran to h's assist
ance and failing to r.oiice the
barbed wire fence, lore and
ruined his $3 pair of pants.
The old cow took advantage
of the gap in the fence, got into
the field and killed herself eat
ing green corn.
Hearing the commotion, his
wife ran out, upset a four-gal
lon churn of cream into a bas
ket of little chickens, drowning
the entire batch.
The baby, being left alcr.e,
crawled through the cream into
the parlor, ruining a brand new
$50 carpet.
During the excitement the
eldest daughter eloped with the
hired man, the dog broke up 11
setting hens and the calves got
out and chewed the tails off
four shirts on tho clothes line.
Moral: Don't borrow your
neighbor's paper; it's too risky.
Sunbury PTA
To Repair
Books
Sunbury.—The Sunbury audi
torium was tastefully decorated
with evergreens and red berries
for the PTA meeting Wednesday
night. The Rev. H. Bizzell gave
' the devotional after the audience
! sang “Come. Ye Thankful People.
A film, “What Greater Gift,"
1 was shown in observance of
I American ^Education Week.
A business session followed
: with the first grade winning the
| grade count. Fred Parker, Boy
Scout leader, reported the boys
j cleared $41.20 on the hot dog
: stand at the Halloween Carnival.
' He thanked the PTA on behalf of
the Scouts for being allowed to
have the stand. November 14 the
Scouts ; re planning a supper with
mothers as guests. Any boy 11
years old who would like to be
i come a Scout is invited to come
to this supper.
Mrs. Horace Overman accepted
the chairmanship for the Ruritan
supper in December. Six others
were named on the committee.
R. L. Shirlen reported that play
ground equipment has been or
dered and is on the‘way.
The condition of books in the
grammar grades was called to the
attention of the PTA. High school
books also need repairs. Someone
to repair books is to be looked
into; with an estimated price for
high school and grammar books.
At the regular meeting of the
PTA in December there will be a
program of music by the Glee
Club
Safe Driving Day
Raleigh. — For the second
straight year the Nat on's drivers
will attempt to complete one full
day unmaned by a single traffic
accident. December 1 will be
S-D Day. or Safe Dm ing Day,
throughout the la:.d. The 48 states
and the District of Columbia will
'participate in the big deimmslra
Printing ord*r it from “Yuiir
\ ~»c/V Seeking Federal
v \ Improve Drainage
\j> N>\ 1
Gates Cv V
BRIEFS I
This is the stone which was set
at nought by you builders, which
is become the head of the corner.
Neither is there salvation in any
other; for there is cone other name
under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved. Acts
4:11-12.
Only the fact that we have writ
ten so much about the falling of
the year prevents us from break
ing out into rhapsodies about the
beauty of the countryside at the
present time. But ain't the autumn
| leaves pretty?
Gates Ruritans are still harping
on that turkey shoot next Satur
day, November 19. They're giv
ing away free coffee too. If our
office girl Anne could shoot tur
keys, Gates Ruritans would run
into the red for that gal loves her
We Odd Fellows would be real
proud to have a lot of our friends
and neighbors come over to Sun
bury -.ext Saturday night for a
short visit with us to hear Miss
Jerry Ann Peoples tell about her
trip to the UN. This year we’re
sending a Gates County boy or
girl on the trip, all expenses paid
which is a right nice and educa
tional tour for anyone. I believe
that seniors are excluded from
making the trip because they will
likely go to college next year, and
we want the student making the
[ trip to be around for one season
to tell us about it.
The Gatesville town council re
minds everyone that December
1 has been designated as S-D day.
and brother that means SAFE
DRIVING DAY.
"Yes, I believe in prayer." said
'ad old sailor, "but my mothci
| heard me praying once and told
me; 'Son, don't bother to give God
instructions, just report for
duty.’ ”
Tile trouble with a one-horse
newspaper-,is that when the horse
is sick, there ain't much dose.
And this old boss has been under
the weather for the last few days
as the annual cold goes from bad
to Worse. So please take all mis
takes for love and we promise to
do better next summer-. The Edi
tor.
Mary Lewis With
College Glee Club
Fredericksburg, Va.—The Glee
Club at Mary Washington College
of the University of Virginia, di
rected by Miss Marion K. Chauii
eey. associate professor of music, i
has 49 new members this year,
3(1 of whom are freshmen. Miss
Margot Guest of Winsted, Conn.,
is the accompanist. Amo g those
recently chosen for this choral or
ganization is Miss Mary Lewis
Rountree, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. H. Rountree of Sunbury.
a sophomore.
ATTEND ICE SHOW
Eure—Those who attended the
ice show in Norfolk Sunday after
noon were Mr. and Mrs. A. W
Overton, Wayne Overton, Miss
Carolyn Carter, J. C. Felton, Paul
Taylor. Mrs. P. P Landing. Mrs
Carson Revelle and son. Dillard,
Mrs. Mortis Medlin a d boys
Tommy and Teddy and Mrs. Ike
Story.
JERRY ANN PEOPLES will be
the featured speaker for Gates
County Oild Fellows next
Saturday night at 8 o’clock in
the Sunbury school auditorium.
She will speak and show films
on her trip last year to the
United Nations which was
sponsored by the First District
Odd Fellows. Conrad Plyler
will furnish music and pre
sent some of his music pupils
Roads Lead to
Hobbsville,
Bloodmobile
Hobbsville.—According to S. P.
Cross, publicity chairman for the
forthcoming bloodmobile. all roads
lead to Hobbsville 0:1 Monday, No
vember 28. for the Red Cross will
set up in Hobbsville school on that
date.
A meeting of chairmen and di
rectors of the bloodmobile pro
gram will be held in Gatesville
next Monday night and they are
requested' to have their reports
ready at that time. The meeting
will begin at 7:30 p. m. in the of
fice of Horace Carter, county
chairman. Brooks Morgan of Sun
bury is chairman of the current
blood program.
T.te county has a quota of 100
pints of blood for this visit of the
bloodmobile and every effort is
being made, to meet it.
Former County
Native Dies
In Virginia
__ uatesviiic.—w. Mills Kidd-ick.
75. a former native of Gates Coun
ty. died in the Patrick Henry
Hospital, Denby. Va.. Thursday
night at 10:30 front a heart attac k.
He was the son of the late Rich
ard and Claudia Brady Riddick.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Annie W. Riddick. Gates; three
daughters, Mrs. C. P. Duxbury,
Newport News. Mrs. C. R. Rid
dick. Newfoundland, and Mrs, S.
F. Edson. Hampton; three grand
children and tuLir great-grand
children.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Gatesville Methodist
Church. The Rev. II. A. Bizzell.
pastor, conducted the service.
Burial was in the Gatesville Cem
etery.
Active pallbearers were William
Alto. C. P. Duxburv. H. B. Baines,
S. F Edson, H. N. Wtllev and
J W Willey.
Funeral arrangements were
from the Rountree and Hotter
Funeral Home.
THESE ARE PEANUTS—Approximately 2,000 bags of peanuts
werp loaded on these trucks and on the ground at Knights hog
buying station last Wednesday morning. Knight said he had
5.000 bags in his warehouses at the time and was buying about
2.000 bags per day. Prices ranged from 1,0c to 14c per pound.
Gatesville—The Town of Gates
ville plans to make application
for federal funds to eliminate
pesky mosquitoes, it was decided
by the town council at their reg
ular meeting last Monday night.
Federal funds, if they are secured,
said Mayor Paul Edmond, will be
used to improve drainage and buy
additional materials for fighting
mosquitoes. The drainage and
mosquito condition was consider
ably aggravated by the hurricanes
last fall.
Only one complaint was pre
sented to the council at the meet
ing Monday. Chester Jenkins ap
peared before the group and stat
ed that he had suffered bodily
injury and damage to his car on
the road leading to Bennetts
Creek. The road is known locally
as the New Road.
He was told by the council that
this road is not part of the town
street system and advised to take
the matter up with other author
ities.
The council announced that
they will surface Wesley Avenue,
but do not have funds available
at the present time to surface
Academy Street. They will also
place steps to the sidewalk by
the Gatesville Sandwich Shop
and between the post office and
Blanchard’s Store, it was an
nounced.
Gatesville merchants were ask
ed to appear before the council
! last Monday to discuss the prob
lem of grocery and produce trucks
! which park in a manner to block
| traffic on highway 37. No merch
: ants appeared before the council,
however, and so they are being
asked to request truckers to park
parallel with the curbing to leave
the street open for two-way traf
: fic. This section of the town is on
a main highway which is being
designated as a Federal highway
i and is more dangerous than a
| regular street, says the council,
i One other item drew the atten
tion of the council, and it was
pointed out by the Gatesville
j Woman’s Club. The Woman’s
! Club suggested that the town
place a blinker light on the rise
of the hill on the Sunbury high
1 way just inside the town limits.
They suggested that the light be
placed on a post at eye-level so it
would attract more attention. As
was pointed out. many motorists
approached this section of the
town at a rapid pace before they
notice it and it is believed that
the light would help call atten
tion to the congested area. The
council looked on the idea favor
ably and are investigating the
cost of the proposed blinker light.
The council is also investigat
ing various plans for a water sys
tem for the town. Among the
plans suggested have been a bond
issue to raise the necessary capi
tal, or having the system install
ed by private interests, or by out
right subscription by residents.
The council has a number of plans
under study, they said.
4-H Achievement
Program Nov. 17
Meeting Called to Order—Ann
Overman, president, 4-H Council.
Pledge of Alley inace to the
American Flag—William Lee
Liiley. Gatesvillo Junior.
Club Pledge and Motto—Rita
Dawn Howell, Sunbury Junior.
Song—America The Beautiful,
Annie Marie Ridd.ck, Hobbsville
Scripture — Cutely Overman,
Hobbsville Junior.
Prayer—Welsford Artz, Gates
villo Junior.
Welcome—Fiank Harrell, Gates
v.ille Senior.
Response—Ernestine Stallings,
Hobbsville Senior.
Roll Call by Clubs and Minutes
of Last Achievement Day—Allan
Eire, Secretary County Council.
Report of Year's Accomplish
Ifrank White, Sunbury Senior
Club Reporter.
Gloria Hoflor, Hobbsville Sen
ior Repot ter.
Vernon Parker, Gatesvillo Sen
iot Reporter.
4-H Speakers:
Albert Vann, Gatesville Sen
iM.
Gloria Holler, Hobbsville Sen
ior.
Talent Numbers:
Special Plan Music — Karen
Brown
Duet—Ann Overman, Loretta
Benton.
Solo—Myrtle Lou Campbell.
Instrumental Number—Allan
Eure (Trombone)
Solo—Diane Hurdle.
Presentation of Awards and
Certificates—Extension Agents.
Group Singing—Led by Annie
Marie Riddick; Pianist, Betty Rea
Riddick.
Refreshments were- served.