Out Of The Past-1943
Kerby Knob
38 babies born last month of 1942
Mrs. H. F. Minter, registrar for Jackson County reported 38 birth registered in the
county during the month of December. The included 22 boys and 16 girls.BR> Boys were
born to Mr. and Mrs. Hesmer Rose, Foxtown; Mr. and Mrs. George Hisel,McKee; Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Sparks, Gray Hawk; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Roberts, McKee; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Day, Sand
Gap; Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Jones; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stewart, McKee.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Isaacs, Foxtown; Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bales Jr., Tyner; Mr. and Mrs.
Price Venable, New Zion; Mr. Mrs. Warren Hughes, Moores Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Caleb
Stapleton, Mummie; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lainhart, Foxtown.
Mr. and Mrs. Jakes WIles, McKee; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Brockman, Sand Gap; Mr. and Mrs.
Caleb Cope, Annville; Mr. and Mrs. Seaf Malicote, Clover Bottom; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
St.John, McKee; Mr. and Mrs. Burt Isaacs, Sand Gap; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rose, Jep Hill;
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Judd, Gray Hawk; Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Rader, Welchburg.
Girls were born to : Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ward, Mummie; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Isaacs,Sand
Gap; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith, Daybolt; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sparks, Foxtown; Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Johnson, Waneta; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Powell, Kerby Knob.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Welch, Sand Gap; Mr. and Mrs. Walker Mays, McKee; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Tincher, Tyner; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hurley; Mr. and Mrs. Druie Cox, McKee; Mr. and Mrs.
Grover Isaacs; and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Taylor, McKee.
Rationing Board regulations
O.P.A. regulations require that all registrants who have been inducted into military
service or have volunteered for military service must turn in their Ration Book No.1
(Sugar stamp book.)
All people who had deaths in their families are required to turn in the books within 10
days to the local ration board. The Local Ration Board office had been moved from the
Langdon Building to the Farris Morris building over Pennington's store.
Clover Bottom
Christmas passed quietly with one wedding. Junior Brumegan and Dortha Callahan were
married. Edison Witt and Arkie Abrams are home on furlough to visit the father and
grandfather, G.V. Abrams, who is very sick at this time.
School is doing fine at this place with Ethel Brumback and Ida Abner as teachers.
Indian Creel Lodge No. 614 elected officers on the 28th, choosing H.N. Dean, Master;
Luther Little, Treasurer; Otis Lane, Secretary and Marcus Isaacs, Marshall.
Gentry Powell and his wife are the proud parents of a new baby girl. It being their 14th
child.
Lillie Powell paid her father and mother, Gent and Katie Powell a visit, coming from
Oregonie, Ohio where she has been working for some time.
Mrs. Annie McKinney has gone to Dayton, Ohio to work this winter.
Sarah Liz Rogers has gone to Hamilton Ohio where she expects to work this winter.
Buy Bonds and save metal
Jackson County housewives could save enough steel for 1,389 machine guns by simply
replacing on can of fruit or vegetables per week with fresh or canned produce for the
coming year, according to the war board.
A number two "tin" can can average .235 ponds of steel plus a small amount of
tin, so a single family could save 12.2 pounds of steel in a year by the can-a-week
reduction. If the can-a-week plan were followed nationally it would save enough steel to
build 5,000 medium sized tanks and enough tin to make 360,000 75 mm howitzers.
Buying U.S. War bonds was also heavily stressed in the WWII Sun. "Stop spending and
save for the future, has been good advice since Biblical days," the article began.
"You can't buy tires today, but you can start saving to buy the new set when they go
on the market again," it continued.
It finished by suggesting rather strongly that everyone should invest 10 percent of their
earnings in war bonds, saying that the savings could buy those new tires in the future and
help win the war.
Army restricts mailing free subscriptions to soldiers.
All post master were directed to stop mailing copies of newspapers to members of the armed forces at foreign posts unless they are identified by a special postal permit. The post masters orders said, "Individual copies of newspapers or magazines shall be accepted for dispatch to APOs outside the continental U.S. only where subscriptions are specifically requested in writing by the addressee, or for subscriptions now in effect."
The effect of the order was to prohibit free or complimentary distribution of local newspapers to men in the armed forces overseas. Newspapers could only be mailed by the publisher and only if the soldier was the subscriber. The paper had to be marked "Mailed in conformity with P.O.D. Order Number 10687."
So in order for the Sun to comply with the regulation, families were requested to bring in a written statement from their relatives who were in service, show that they still wanted to receive the Sun.
Sheriff finds still
Last Friday Sheriff Charlie Smith and deputies Dewey Smith, Pres. Shepherd, and Jim Hellard and Magistrate Hubert Gabbard raided near Gray Hawk and found a complete moonshining outfit, with 80 gallons of beer. No arrests have as yet been made. The Sheriff reported there were a large number of "Fox Hunters" in that section that night.
Last issue for some
In compliance with a government request to save newsprint paper, it is suggested that publishers cut down on exchanges, use of circulars, and stop subscriptions at expiration. Therefore if a subscriber is in arrears, cut him off. This is what we will do by next week if subscriptions are not renewed. Look at the label on your newspaper now, and send in that renewal.
Help keep up the McKee Gym
By William L. Huntsman
Aided by voluntary contributions from the citizens of McKee, the fund donated by a real friend in the North enabled our city to have a fine gymnasium. It was built for all, regardless of church affiliation. It is used regularly by our school basketball team, and by informal groups almost everyday.
But certain thoughtless children have forgotten that all are partners in its care. Damage done by one careless user may deprive all of its use. Just a little cigarette butt may burn it down. Hobnailed shoes may splinter the floor. Carelessly thrown balls may break lights, clocks, and windows.
Experimenting with fire extinguishers may keep them from being available when they are needed. Locked doors picked with jack knives, mean insulting bad locks to innocent users. Torn and bent stage scenary and curtains spoil amateur stage productions.
Parents ! talk to your children about this matter and enlist them in the partnership of caring for their gym, which we have the good fortune to have in our community.
Submitted by Sarah Thompson - Granted permission by Tammy Spurlock, General Manager to re-post "Out Of The Past" as reprinted in The Jackson County Sun ( Formerly The Laurel County Sun )