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Be Informed ... About county affairs. Tho Index tells the full story every week and is only $2.50 for 12 fuH: months. It is the only paper in Gates County. GATES COUNTY INDEX The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County The Weather Outside..; -Stf . . . , is mighly cold or r ft* long winter so why not sta; iiCsid* and r**d ih» iiany heartwarming series carried ***»T y"r*W *** Volume 22. No. 24 One of the Nation’s "GREATER WEEKLIES" Gaiesville. N. C., Thursday. February 16. 1956 Ifl- ... Dedicated to Service to IUC per COpy Gates County ami Its People 12 Ptgw—Two Sections Red Cross Drive March /; 3 Days Gatesville.—The Gates County chapter of the Red Cross is plan ning a short campaign for 1956 memberships, according to the directors, who met last Friday. Three days, beginning March 1, is all that will be needed, accord ing to the directors. It has been suggested that all directory call meetings in their homes of their workers and map a concerted plan of action so that everyone will be ready to start the campaign on March 1. The whole drive should be ended by the following Saturday night, which is three days later. Then all directors will meet the following Monday, March 5, j in Gatesville, it was announced. j The quota is $1,850 for the county. | Directors of the campaign by ! townships are: Holly Grove, C. C. Edwards; Hunters Mill, W. M. Spivey; Mintonsville, P. D. Hobbs; Gatesville, S. P. Cross; Hall, E. P. Storey; Reynoldson, R. E. Miller; Haslett, J. M. King; Buckland.! I. R. Barcliff; T. S. Cooper, H. F. j Creecy. These directors are expecting ■ to call in their workers and ap-! point a chairman well in advance i of the March 1 deadline and map out each section of road to bt worked with each worker assign ed to a certain road, it was an- j nounced. All Farmers Eligible for ACP Practices Gatesville.—All Gates County farmers are eligible to participate in .he 1956 Agricultural Conser ve.ion Program, and farmers may sign up now to cooperate in this Natio jl Program of Soil and Water Conservation, J. A. Hobbs, Cnairman of the Gates County ASC Committee, said today. To sign-up, a farmer should contact his local ASC office. I : signing-up under the 1956 ASC Program to carry (Ait approved soil and water conservation prac tices, the farmer docs not obli gate himself in any way, but he does make himself eligible for program assistance in carrying out needed conservation practices. Under the 1955 Agricultural Conservation Program farmers used the program to strengthen their soil and water resources. Hobbs pointed out the fact that there are : ow ample supplies ot ail major l'uods to meet our do mestic and export needs is an indication of the effectiveness ol the program in which the farmers and the nation share the cost ol practices which protect the na io.'s food and fiber producing Farmers who cooperate in this program must put up their share of the out-of-pockot cost of the approved conservation practice, cs well as perform all labor involved. In turn, the farmer, and the nation enter in:o a con tract which work to the benefit of both parties. Judy Bunch Chosen Queen Of Hearts Sunbury.—On February 11, the Sunburv Beta Club sponsored a special Valentine program at the school. The proceeds will b.' used to help finance a trip to the Beta Club convention in Asheville and will also help make small im provements around the school. Peggy Brown, who was the queen last year, acted as mistress tf ceremonies and Loretta Ben ton gave her famous imitation of ‘‘Minnie Pearl" to start me pro gram off. Pete Hathaway did an imitation of Frank Sinatra and Sandra Spivey and Patricia Hor ton of Suffolk highlighted the entertainment with dances. Gatesville was represented by Anne Marie Liles, who is a noted singer and dances, and song by Clarine Pollock. Alta Umphlette, Diane Hurdle, Rita Baker, Kaye Armstrong and Wayne and Payne Smith all took part in the pro gram. To Climax the event, the new queen, Judy Bunch, was crowned in a setting of roses and Valen tines by the mistress of cere monies. REPUBLICANS MEET Corapeake.—H. A. Eure, chair man of the Republican Party of Gates County, announced Monday afternoon that a meeting of the Republican P^rty will be held at the courthouse in Gatesville on Saturday afternoon, March 3, at 3 o’clock. ' "1 ... 1 Gates County BRIEFS Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly, and said, I cried by reason of mine affliction un.o the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. Jonah 2:1-2. Up until now we have forgot ten to mention two very nice cards received by the editor from a couple of eighih graders at Gib sob. Seems as if the eighth grade of that school was studying news papers and wrote the old editor asking for a copy of the Index. We sent the paper and was de lighted to get a card from Maxice Mitchum saying she enjoyed our story about the Susan Constant and another from Arnette Dunn, praising our license li.-.e-up. Might add that those kids can always get as many copies of the Index as they want. Young men entering the service are in the same old situation. They cair.H get a job if they are expecting to go into the service at any time in the future. Young fellows coming out of the service are in about the same boat if they expect to attend college in the future. Employers hate to spend .ime and money trailing an em ployee, only to have him up and leave. Try to save money if you can because some day it may be valuable again. Mother Nature has a >vay of sending along some days like we had last week to let us know hat spring will really come again ■oraeday. No Takers for Weekfy Prize Sunbury.—In addition to a big ‘giveaway” next June, Rouritree and Riddick of Sunbury will give away weekly prizes to a lucky ;icket holder. This was first in stituted by the Sunbury firm last Thursday, but up to the present, no one has claimed the prize which was a set of four Hallite pots. The ticket number was 008565 and has been posted in the win dows of Rountree and Riddick. The person holding this lucky ticket can claim the prize. Next week they will give away a percolator. DAY OF PRAYER Sunbury.—The Woman's So ciety of Christian Service of the Philadelphia Methodist Church will observe World D^v of Prayer on Friday, February 17, at 3:30 p. m. All churches in the com munity are participating in this service. The public is cordially invited to attend. AWARD WINNING DISPLAY — Sunbury Boy Scout Troop 158 took the first place award in the Albemarle District for this] display beside Highway 32 in Sunbury last week. One other tent; didn't get into the picture. Scouts are, left to right. Tommy Ed Muncy in uniform, Robert Earl Taylor and Sammy Riddck. Beta Club to Sponsor Queen Of Hearts Fri. Gatesville.—The Beta Club oi Gatesville High School is spon soring the annual “Queen o1 Hearts" contest Friday night February 17. Each grade in schoo will sponsor a queen. A winnei from the primary, elementary anc high school will be crowned Fri day night in the Gatesville High School gym during the intermis sion between the girls’ and boys basketball games. High school contestants for queen are: Edna Wilson. 12th grade; Florence Eure. 11th grade Peggy Lane, 10th grade; and Alice Faye Moore, 9th grade. Elemenjary contestants are Shirley Eure, 8th grade; EtL. Green, 7th grade; Dianne Howell. 6th grade; Jacquelyn Eure, 5tl grade; Faye Lane, 4th grade Lucy Carter. 3rd grade; Beth Baines, 2nd grade; ancj Elizabeth Askew. 1st grade. This is the Beta Clunb’s main project for raising money during the year. Your support is urgently requested. Homemakers Hold Third Meeting Gatesville.—The third in a series of_ Homemakers meetings planned by the vocational home economics teachers will be held Monday, February 20 in the Gatesville school home ec. depart The General Electric home eco nomist. Miss Mary Boan of Rich mond will demonstrate the- prep aration of quick meals. The meeting will begin at 3 p. m. with both Gatesville and Sunbury groups meeting at the Gatesville school. Gates County Has Good School Athletic Program Gatesville, — From the Gat County superintendent of schools' office this week, it was pointed out that the basketball season in he county is in full swing. A”, four of the cou'ty high schools play two games each week which o'!tracts a large number of spied.i ors. At one game recently, as many as (idO people were in at tendance. It was pointed out by the super intendent that this ml points to the fact that high school athletics have a prolou ri ofledt on the county schools and, community, lor good or bad.,Generally speaking, athletics in county schools'‘have been handled very well, but in some parts of the state this was . ot true and athletics of ail sorts were once on a very low level, School superintendents, princi pals and coaches throughout the state knew of this situation and they have drawn up a sc.- of sug gested rules and regukitio s which they presented to the State Hoard of Education with the roque- t that they be adopted stale-wide This was done by tlu* State Board and is a result, althU tics have greatly improved rercniH . It is the bclicl of Superinten dent W. C. Harrell, that athletics, correctly handled, can add to, and improve the i structional program of any school, while the reverse effect will be achieved whet! thee are not treated correctly. He pointed out that .-ci, . -is art operated for the single purpose of training children tore-; m in struction. thus i! is o.-.-. i'v a 1 'o have the type ot athletics 'h : will improve the instructic a! pro 11, rrell says Gates C unity is extremely 11 ruinate to m as- the pre.-ent capable people in 'charge of the basketball teams. Specta tor.' can see that the players are not only trained in the finer points of the game, but are well trailed in sportsmanship its well. He feels that everyone owes these coaches a debt of gratitude because they donate their services * free ol charge, while in most schools, the coaches receive supplement pay. Sandy Cross Has Busy Time Ahead Sandy Cross. — The regular meeting of the Woman's Mission ary Society of Sandy Cross Bap tist'- Church will be held Saturday at 2:150' P. m. at the church. Mrs. Nina Stallings will be in charge of the program. The Home Circle of Sandy Cross Baptist Church will meet at .he home ol Mrs. Nina MeCottct T iur.-day. Fi bruury Hi. at 7:151'. The Willing Worker's Circle ol Sandy Cross Baptist Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Carrie Riddick. Thursday, February 16 The M. J. Circle of Sandy Cross Baptist Church wilt meet at the tome of Mrs. Rb.-a L.ee Riddick Thursday. l-\ bruary Hi. at 7:11(1 The S. A. Circle of Sanch Cfo s R.mtist Church .will meet , :ie home ol Mrs. Magenta Round et Thursday. February Hi at 7:;i0 p. m. ! FIVE LOVELY LADIES^-Judy Bunch was selected as Queen of I Hearts at a program sponsored by the Sunbury Beta Club held I in the school auditorium. Left to right, they, are: Maiy Ellen Hoi lowell; Peggy Brown, mistress of ceremonies: Judy Bunc h, queen Loretta Benton and Sara Bvrum. Town Council To Install Blinker Lights Gatesville.—For some time the Gatesville Town Council has planned to get some traffic sig nals of the blinker type installed at each entrance to town, but ran into a snag when they requested aid from the highway depart ment. Present signs are entirely ade quate. they said, and failed to see any need for more. Mayor Paul Edmond cited them to an acci dent that occurred a few days ago when a Virginia motorist said he failed to see warning signs and was at the intersection of Highways 37 and 158-A at Claude Bundy’s service station before he realized he was in town. His car overturned with nine people in it and the car was al most a total loss. The Gatesville Woman's Club has long advocated the blinker -igns which would be mounted on posts beside the highway at eve level and Edmond said that if no help was forthcoming from the highway department, the town would probably go ahead and install them anyway, as he thought there was a very definite need for such signals. Baptists to Try To Reach Men With School The Southern Baptist Conven tion and the Sunday Schoo' Board of the convention are mak ing special effort to bring more men into church activity. Mans' men in the Chowan Bap tist Association are becoming alarmed over the fact that 50 pet cent of its men are taking lie art: m church life. February 01 to 23 all men in the association will have an opportunity to at tend a layman's school at tin following places: Eden ton. Dr Earle Bradley, seen tary of pro motion of the North Carolina State Convention, teacher: Eliza beth City, the Rev. Fred Lough ton. pastor of the First Baptist Church, Orangeburg. S. C.. teach er; Gatesville. the Rev. C W Bazomore. With the Biblical Re corder. teacher. Tlic brotherhoods of the First I’dptist Church. Corinth, and the Blackwell Memorial of Elizabeth City are planning an. extensive campaign to reach their men. Thr other 1! churches of the Eliza beth City groups are also making such plans. With ail Baptist churches mak ing special efforts to reach their men, tlv cxe< utive committee of the Baptist Brotherhood of the Chowan Association feel sure 500 men will be reached during the Layman's School. Girls' Auxiliary Helps Dimes Drive Hobbsville. The Gills Aux iliary uf Holibsvil'.e Baptis1 Church staged a drive lor tlu March of Dunes among them selves reel tly. They canvassed the neighborhood and brought ir a nice contribution. Genevivt Chapel brought in the larges; amount. The organization is made up of i a group of youngsters ol Hobbs villc Church. Their leader is Mrs. Dtirwood Eva. s. Troop 158 Wins 1st for Display % > "e UnaS. set up cal from High a block fron ■ >, V >ry Boy Scout Troop 158 has only nine mem *o take first place award in the Albemarle mg display at Sunbury last week, n of their Scoutmaster, Fred Parker, the boys Highway 32, though they got their troop number .08 that also bisects Sunbury. A little better than the intersection of the two highways, they formed a camping ground complete with outdoor cooking facilities, three :ents and a roped-in enclosure. They painted sighs telling why they A-ere there and several of the members spent the entire week there, rhey cooked their own meals and did all their own work. There are 29 Boy Scout troops m the Albemarle District and as a grand finale to Boy Scout Week, most of them went to Elizabeth City last Saturday night to a banquet and to receive awards for their various displays during Scout Week. The Sunbury troop j took first place in the entire dis trict. They will receive a bronze plaque, which was not engraved in time for the meeting last Sat urday. Austin Hurlbert, execu tive vice president of the Farmers Bank of Sunbury, who is their Institutional Leader, will accept the award at a later district meet ing. it was announced. Scoutmas ter Parker attended the meeting in Elizabeth City along with eight of nine of his Scouts. Approxi mately 350 Scouts attended. All nine of the Sunbury Scouts attended Damascus Congregation al Christian Church last Sunday along with Parker. The Rev. Stanley S. Snead, minister of the church, based his sermon and the entire church program asound the Scouts. All the Sunbury Scouts5 said they had the time of their liver during their week of outdooi camping, and the only unpleas antness occurred when a group of local boys who didn’t belong to the troop attempted to chase | them from their camping ground. ; The Scouts sent out a hurried telephone call to Scoutmaster Parker. The sheriff and a patrol man were called to the camp site, but the would-be bullies lied at the approach of the officers and didn't bother them again the rest of the week. » Members of the troop are Rob ert Earl Taylor. Jackson Greene, Grandv Earl Rountree. Tommy Ed Muncy. James C. HofTler. Sammy Riddick, Jimmy Busby. ! John Carroll Brinkley, and Lloyd K. Taylor. The Sunbury troop won fourth place award for a window dis play last year. Seoul Plans For the Future In March, a Scoutleaders train- j mg camp will be held the 10th and 11th at Camp Perry. The! annual Scoutleaders fishing trip to Cape Hatteras for all leaders j and their families will be March I 17-13. Explorer Scouts will mak< a trip to Williamsburg and the Mariners Museum March 24-25. j Explorer Scouts will clean up Camp Perry April 7 and have a box picnic, hay ride and dance I at Camp Perry April 14, The Ex j plorer rendezvous will be April j 21-22. A training institute for all] district personnel will be at For Lee. Ya., April 23. The annual district camporei will be at Camp Perry May 4. and (i. An educational trip to Washington. D. C.. for all Scout who advance one rank during tin year will be made May 13. 19 and 20. Camp Darden, the annual sqm mcr camp for all Scouts and Ex plorers. will be open from Juni 17 through August 12. A moun tain camp for Explorers will bi See SCOUTS, Page 3 3 Chosen by Democratic Committee Gatesville.—Willis P. Taylor af Gatesville, F. H. Rountree of Sunbury and Gattis L. Gatling of Gates were selected by the Gates County Democratic Com mittee to be appointed to the Board qf Election. They were selected at a meet ing February 8 during a meeting of the Democratic Committee. The meeting was held in the clerk's office in Gatesville. Only two members are subject to be appointed by the state chairman. The Democratic Committee also extended an invitation^to George P. Kittrell, member of the State Board of Agriculure and Senator A. P. Godwin, Jr., to represent Gates County at the Jeffersor. Jackson Day dinner which will be held February 25 in Raleigh. U. S. Senator Stuart Smyington of Montana will be speaker for the occasion. Martin Kellog is chairman of the Gates County Democratic Executive Committee. Members by townships are Holly Grove, George P. Kittrell; Hunters Mill, vacant due to the death of B. H. Ward; Mintonsville, P. D. Hobbs; Gatesville, L., C. Hand; Hall, Henry D. Euro? Re^noldson, R. E. Miller: Has'lett. J. Whodbee . Willey. S. P Cross is the secretary treasurer. Basketball to Be Played for Easter Seals Gatesville. — Benefit basketball games for the Gates County Eas ter Seal Society will be played Saturday, February 18. at eight o'clock in the Gatesville High School gymnasium. Door prizes will also be awarded. Two midget games will start the ball rolling. The. fifth grade will play the sixth and the eighth grade will play the ninth. Then the Greenville Scouts, Eastern Carolina College intramural team, will play the Gates County Fleetwood Lillcy and Paul Powell are two of the Greenville Scouts. The Gates County team is com pand of Ecisel Eure. Roduco; Ed 1 illev and Randolph Lowe, Gatesville; A drew Eure and Ro und Tinkham. Eure; and Frank Russell'. Walter Ed Hobbs. David Holler. .). S. Pc rco and Brown See SEALS, Page 4 Bad Crop Year But Dimes Drive Nets $1685 Gatesvi 111■. — The 19515 Gates County March of Dimes cam paign. which was conducted in every community of the county, raised a total of $1.(585.87. the Rev. J L. Walter Moose, county campaign director, reported this week. After the expenses of the campaign are deducted, in the amount of $415.5(1. to cover com collectors, posters, telephone calls, etc., the remaining funds will be divided and half of the amount will be deposited in the county treasury and half mailed to the National Foundation to be used in the tight against polio. The funds were turned in as Gatesyillc township. Mrs. Helen Carter, chairman, $290.41 Holly Grove township. Mrs. F. H. Rountree, chairman, $336.16. Mintonsvtlle township, the Rev. W. V. Brown, chairman, $122,11. Hazlett township. Mrs, Wallace Mathias, chairman, $76.64. Hunter’s Mill township, Mrs. Horace Overman, chairman, $149.30. Reynoldson township, Mrs. T j W. Parker, chairman, $103.81. Hall township. Mrs. R. W. Hum phries. chairman. $45.67. Collections marie through the schools were as follow, Gates villc. $106.94: Sunburv, $112.53; and Hdbbsville, $33.95. The Gatesvilie Theatre raised $56 05 by sponsoring a Cartoon Carnival and by passing a coin collector through the audience at each showing during the month of January. The Camp Manufacturing Com pany donated $25. and $3 was received from the 1956 United Campaign, conducted at the Naval Base in Norfolk. 1. R Barcliffe. assisted by H. F Creeey. conducted the campaign among the Negro people of the county. The sum of $115.30 was turned in through the Buckland I school, and $109 through Coopei i school. The campaign director wishes < i to thank all campaign workers i and the people of the county who donated the funds in making pos | sible the collection of this money for use in the fight against the . 1 crippling effects of polio.
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