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Duplin Fighter In North Mrica Says We Have Gone A Little Too Far Warsaw Boy Writes 5 Page Letter To The Duplin Times I-iint week the Times received a five page,? V-mail -letter, from Woodrow, Blackburn, wno is sta tioned somewhere in Africa. .. Woodrow thinks that if we had keDt our boys home to produce equipment" that-Enghmd and-Rus- sia could have handled me Europ ean conflict satisfactorily. Also, he says, only 4 million Americans would have been necessary to ' knock out the Japs. , The Letter: August 15, 1943. . Staff Sgt. Woodrow Blackburn, H. Q. Co. 131 FA Bn. "A P O 36 co P M New York City Mr. Robert Grady Kenansville, N. C. Dear Bob: Just a few lines to let you know I am receiving your paper. Thanks a lot for it It is really appreciated. The deserts and the mountains of Africa are torturous, unforget table sights, "and uncausable hap penings. We the people of the GREATEST NATION on the face of the good earth, striving to live, just to keep the nations of Europe free. A happy place to Jive, to keep them in the lime-light against dictatorships, and above all,' to preserve our supremacy of world trade. I cannot help but think that we have gone a little too far in this respect America is a powerful un. we ao noi nave so snuwjj,i O"1 know it. Bo now is tne time (rain from European conflicts, is the time : to make Iron ond rules or laws for wars to come. ; Ana now- is uie uiuc w correct errors while the war is on. We must make our policy and tell it to the nations of the world and above all, live .up to our word. Laws are easily made but the greatest of all is to stand behind our laws and obey them. " :r. Thousands upon thousands of Americans are pushing up daisies, lost in a war that we should have avoided, dvine and happy to die. because we are Americans and proud of our name, ; No soldier on earth can equal our fighting lads. . We are just too full of the milk of human kindness to stand fast and gaze upon the misery of the world and not do something about it We must retrain from this attitude. , We must be our selves in time of war ond not let the sadness of the world get the upper hand of us. What are we going to do about it : in such a unique situation T The answer is deadly, and it will take the back bone of the nation , to live it through. ".i I : -' Our policy must be built for the Western Hemisphere. It must re frain from taking a leading part in European wars. We must have our armed forces in our hemis phere, and keep our army power ful enough to defeat any nation or nations who try to dominate the world. If we have such an ar my we will have no fear because we shall become the guiding light. r. Our navy must be a two-ocean affair. It must be the most mod ern and the most powerful of all nations; - ' I recall England's cry: . "We Want equipment and ammunition not men." We must learn the dif ference between equipment - and men. ' It is a true fact that we are the richest nation on earth. We can help win a war and claim the leading, role by furnishing equipment and only keep our flesh and blood behind the engines. . If we had only done this in- the pre sent war the outcome would have been a different story. . We have an intensive ' feeling that we must do things in a big way. All nations have , a tremen dous strength in fighting men, for an example, take Russia. She has withstood the brunt of this Europ ean war, and has proven ' -that equipment was her need, , and not men. If we had only kept our men "-pur factories and awayirom the ) : ppean theater of war, and giv ftussla the equipment she need- 14 Russia could have done a bet ter job in a much quicker time and would have saved thousands of our fighting men. Our army force of 11 million is "oubtedly the greatest! error r nation has ever made. '' Four :ion would have been sufficient r common enemy is Japan, not ! notions of Europe. Our men in European: theater of war 1 have solved the manpower i in the United States. We ' I e turned out the equlp- -vr f Universe, and nn mm , re In 'Africa WOODROW BLACKBURN" could have mopped Japan off the map of the world. This war should be finished. How near are we to the end? No, not even half over. fhink what a horrible error we made. Think of the millions we have wasted, what a shame. Now is the time to come to our senses; now is the time to show our years of progress, and above all now's the time to correct errors of past wars for our own future policy and democracy. Let's get behind the wheel ana steer our prog, ess so effectively that we can be the Book for other nations to study and follow. We have what it takes if only we use what we have. Again, allow me to thank you for your paper. Even in a strange country where there are so many sights, the news from back home is the only home run in this game. Convey my very best wishes to everyone In good OLD" DUPLIN, Sincerely. Staff Sgt. Woodrow Blackburn. Andrew J. Fussell Awarded Order Of . The Purple Heart (Special to the Times) Somewhere in the South Pacific (delayed) - - - Private First Class Andrew J. FusseU.UJS.M.C ol Rose Hill, North Carolina, recently was awarded the Order or tne Purole Heart for a shrapnel wound in his shoulder received during an enemy air raid. The award was ; presented' by Lieutenant Colonel George F. Good. Jr.. U.S.M.C., commanding officer here. Fully recovered, Fussell is back on active duty with his artillery unit He joined the Marine Corps in 1939 and served in Iceland be fore -coming here, Fussell, 24, has been in the South Pacific war zone for the past year. ' Son of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Fussell. , he attended Rose Hill High School and played on the basketball team. Fourth Special Service On Life of St. Paul i At Outlaw's Bridge Special evening service in the Outlaw's Bridge Church Sunday will be the fourth service center ins about the life of St. Paul. The sound motion -picture "The Grace of Forgiveness3 will be part of the service. This rum will show v aui in his residence in Rome awaiting trial before Ceasar. It is the most beautifully done film of the series thus far. Rev. Ulrich will carry forward the discussion of the Life of Paul to Paul's experience in Rome. Attendance has been splendid for these meetings. All are most cordially invited. Service begins at 8:15 P.M. : , Deer Hunt To Be Held At Holly lt Shelter, Nov. 2 to 13 It has been announced that the annual deer hunt will be held at the Holly Shelter Wildlife Area from-November 2 to 13th. Any one wishing to participate should send $2.00 for a permit to Hinton James Commissioner, N. C Dept. of Con servation and Development, Ral eigh, N. C. . : .. . N. C. Pubjic Health sVn Meets 25-26 The North Carolina Public He alth Asociation will hold its an nual meeting in Raleigh. , October 25th and 2Gth. Headquarters at the Sir Walter HoteL The registration desk will open at 10 a.m. Monday and the first meeting -'a at 2 p.m.' sharp. Thore wll 1 e a supper meeting at I In Sicily r - ' PRIVATE ED G ARRIS son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garris of Northern- Duplin-4 -now- in-Sicily, He has been in the Army since Feb. 1942, and has been over since last October. Duplin Native Dies In Goldsboro Mr." J. S. Lee died Saturday September 18, at 6:50 A.M. at his home, ouo N. Daisy St., uoidsooro, N. C. Mr. Lee was 88 years or age, and had been ill for several weeks but was confined, to his bed for only one week. Mr. Lee was a native of Duplin County. In 1913 he moved to Golds boro where he made it his home for thirty years. He was a quiet man, a good neighbor and made friends with all who knew him. He is survived by the following chil dren: E. L. Lee of Roxboro, N. C. H. L. Lee of Bluefield, W. Va., P. O. Lee of Los Angles. Calif.. T. E. Lee of Winston-Salem, N. G, Mrs. W. S. Teachey of Newport News, Va., Mrs. L. J. Bradshaw of War sow, Mrs. Arnold Padgette of Goldsboro and Miss Lura Lee of Goldsboro. Also surviving are 22 grand children and 11 great grand children. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 4.00 o'clock from the Stanley mineral Home in Goldsboro with the Rev. Bascom Rollins of the Friends Church and Rev. Jerome Hodges of the Holi ness Church in charge. Interment was in the Willow Dale Cemetery in Goldsboro, Thomas E. Garity Warsaw, Writes He Is Safe In Prison W reported missing In action : twelve months ago Thomas E. Garity, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Garity of Warsaw, reported missing in action in the Pacific war area about 12 rnonths ago, is a prisoner of war of Japan. On may 28th the Red Cross wrote his mother to that effect Last December his mother received a card from him, the first word she had heard in two years. Thomas was in the Phillipines when Pearl Harbor was attacked. . . A few days ago -Mrs. Garity received the following letter from her son. i ;i ' Camp Nov 1 Tokyo Area April, 23, 1943 Dear Folks: - I hope you are not -worrying about me too much. My health since I last wrote you has been good. I have not been sick a day. Hope the same is true of you all. My time here in Japan is well oc cupied. We have books, a phono graph and other things to keep us occupied. You will be permitted to send me a Red Cross package, so please send all the chocolate candy cake, gum and smoking tobacco the Red Cross will permit. Send a picture ol you all and others. Tell Marion Hello; Tell all the boys hello. , Let's hope this is a short, war. - , : . .. T.V"Z?i.'S''''?Yaui loving son Thomas In case his friends want to write him his address is: Prisoner of War Mail 533, Pvt FC Thomas E. Garity, Prison Camp Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, via New York. i All letters must be printed." Private Garity, age 22, enlisted over 4 years ago hi South Carolina in the air corps. Before going over he was an air plane mechanic and was probably a bombadier later. 8 p.m. and the guest speaker will be Dr. James K. Hall, psychiatrist Director of the Westbrook Sana torium, Richmond, Va. The public health meeting will adjourn 1 p.m. Tuesday October 26th. Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Pitt Co unty Health Officer, is president of the Association, Dr. W. P. Ri chardson of Chapel Hill is Presi dent Elect and Dr. Clem Ham of Monroe is Sec.-Treas. A good newspaper Is one that gives you publicity. How are we doingt Dr. Sutton Dies At7 Springs Home ' Dr. William Gorgon Sutton, 82 veteran Seven Springs physician, died at 9:30 Friday night at his home in Seven Springs alter an illness of three years. - He had practiced medicine more than 55 years, more than 40 in Seven Springs. Funeral services were conducted at the home Saturday afternoon by the Rev. Mr: Phifer, pastor of the Seven Springs Methodist Church. Interment was in the fam ily plot in Piney Grove Cemetery. Dr. Sutton was a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Phila delphia. .For a time he was resi dent physician and Instructor at the old Davis Military Academy in Winston-Salem, and later practi ced in Statonsburg before moving to the Seven Springs section. He was a member of the Wayne Med ical Society and had served as pre sident. He was honored by the so ciety at a testimonial dinner with Dr. W. H. Cobb of Goldsboro on one of the anniversaries of . their work as physicians. The two were classmates at Jefferson College. . Dr. Sutton was a member of the Seven Springs Methodist Church and had served as a steward. He was a member of the school com mittee and was a Mason. Surviving are his wife: six sons. J. G., T. D. and Kenneth Sutton of Seven Springs. P. M. Sutton of Fort Bragg, W. W. Sutton of At lanta, and G. H. Sutton, U.S. Army in North Africa: and two brothers. T. H. Sutton of New Bern, and Oscar Sutton of Baldwin, L. I. With his passing goes another one of the old school of doctors. Dr. Sutton has ministered to thou sanas or persons in wavne and failed a few years aeo. he enloved one of the widest practices in this section. - When he first beean Dracticlne he rode horseback and buggy. He purchased the first automobile ever. to be sold in Seven Springs. ie not oruy-was. .uie section doc tor but also was his own d . uccist. He visited the sick, prescribed the meaicme ana mixed the drugs. ne was a most highly respected man and will be missed by a host of friends. The Duplin' County 4-H . . .Club Dress Revue To Be Held Oct.' 1st. The county 4-H Club Dress Re vue will be held at the County Home Demonstration Club Coun cil Meeting, October 1st, at 2:00 o'clock in Kenansville. r - The following are participating: Josephine Gresham, Lois Grady, and Grace Baker from the Kenans ville School. Margaret Rogers, Almond Phillips and Ella Mae Pipkin from Calypso school. Martha Southerland, Marlene Pow ell, Wilma Gray Smith, Estelle Waller, and Edith Sue Smith from the B. F. Grady School. Jane Bostic, Mary Frances Ken nedy, Ada Pearl Mercer, Betris Brinson, Edna Earl Bostic Rebec ca Thomas, Nina Joyce Jackson, Ora Belle Sprouse, Geneva Autry, Wilma Brinson and Betty Joan Bratcher from the Beulaville School. Lethis Wells. DeAlphla Brown, and Mary Lily Rivenbark from the Wallace School. Neji Sullivan from the Faison School. Laura Brock from the Chinquapin School. The County Winner will enter the District Revue to be held in Elizabethtown, October 15. M. F. Allen, Jr., cashier of the local Waccamaw Bank . and chair man for Kenansville of the 3rd War Loan Drive, announces that the local rally and drawings will be held at the school Saturday- afternoon- at 5 o'clock; Instead of at the couVt house as originally plan ned Mr.. Allen says that he has suc ceeded in getting' three Marines and three Marinettes, including a tap dancer; piano soloist.' nlneer. harmonica player ' and iprobably an acordian player; A very interes ting and entertaining program is planned by these folks from Camp Lejeune. ,: "Come on out 'folks; "and" lets give them a big" turhKutA, Mr. Allen said. They are kind enough . .... .;-, i r iGriarisuilleUar Rally To SgIiooI to come up and entertain for us'gree m wildlife conservation' and free of charge. Not only the people management ' , " in Kenansville but the whole co-1 Henry F. Gradv. Seven Snrinmf lunty is invited to attend. There . Duplin Still $60,000 In Souh Pacific I" 1 1 life" PFO. IVEY H. MARTIN son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Mar tin of Northern Duplin is with the Army somewhere in the South Pa cific. He entered the Army in Au gust, 1941. Calypso 4 H Club Elects Officers The senior 4-H Cub of Calypso high school held its first meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at which s u. I' r Lambert; vice president, Keith Sloans Jr.; secretary, J. R. Ken nedy; reporter, Edna Davis. Scouts collecting Scrap Grease ; " The Boy Scouts -of Warsaw are collecting scrap grease, fats and tin cans from the homes in War saw. Every housewife is urged to save all she can and have it pre pared when the Scouts call All grease must be strained. Tin cans must have the ends cut out and then flattened. Fall Officially Makes its Debut Wednesday Sept. 23 at 6:12 p.m. FalL 1943, officially made its de but and summer passed away. The following story was issued from Washington City on Tuesday Sep tember, 22. If, tomorrow, you begin to sni- ffile and the fireplace becomes en trancing; if pumpkin pie sudden ly becomes appetizing and your old felt hat feels good; if you put away the lawn mower and won der which neighbor has your rake, you're on schedule. At 6:12 p.m., EWT, autumn ar rives. No Hats In Hat Box Kansas City Mo. In the "hat box" which Mrs. Bruce Forrester lost at the Union Station were: Eight dresses, five pair shoes, a black coat, a black handbag, the mamily's ration books but no hats. Wise Doctor What you need is an electric bath. . Gob Nothing doing. I had an uncle drown that way, up in Sing Sing. Oond Be Held At taseSat. will be no charge. During the program names will be drawn and the first drawing will award the winner a $100 war bond, the second a $25 war bond the third a $25 war bond and the fourth $10 in war stamps. The show is free and you may win either of the above named prizes. Two From Section . Graduate From State Two boys from this section com pleted their work for their bach elor's degree at State College dur ing the summer session. They are: Vflllnm "Kf T oi.'ic Cnt.nn Ho. Agricultural chemistry. : Short of Bond Quota Must be Raised py PINKNEY GRADY COMMITS SUICIDE A report coming to Kenansville today naid that Pinkney Grady,84 year resident of Albertson town ship, killed himself instantly yester day afte.noon about dark, when he shot himself with a shot gun Maxwell's Mill. The report said while standing by the steps leading Into, the mill house. and store ot a Neero across the road, the only as s witr ess took ) Hie air when he heard the shot. Pinkney, who lived more o - less theJife,.of a recluse, for the past several years" has lived wlttV TJur wood Maxwell. Funeral arrangements were not teamed. Wallace Man Jailed On Entering Charge Archie Johnson, young white man of Wallace, is being held in jail here In default of a $2,000 bond on charges of breaking and entering the home of Mr. and Mrs Sam Bloom in Wallace on the night of Sept 16th. It is said that Mr. Bloom was not at home and as Mrs. Bloom was working in the kitchen John son, who already has a court re cord, came to the back door and finding the dor fastened called to Mrs. Bloom to turn him in. When she failed to do so he forced the door open. She ran for help and shortly neighbors came in found Johnson in the house. He said he '.was an Air Raid Warden and that he came in the house to put out the lights. COUNTY BRIEFS TRANSFERRED Lt. McGilvery Buck, of Warsaw has been ordered to report to Camp Davis for ten days special work. Lt. Buck is now stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. VISITS FAMILY Lt Litch Huie of Warsaw has returned to his post in inuunopo- lis after a brief visit with his fa mily. Lt. Huie expects to be sent over in the near future. CUTS OFF FINGER Marshall Brock, county mec ha nic, has decided he is a better me chanic than farmer. This year Mr. Brock and O. P. Johnson went in for farming in a pretty big way, especially growing corn and bor rowed sheriff Williamson's corn sheller. Being a mechanic and gen eral jack of all trades tsrocK de cided he would attach a motor to the sheller and save time and el bow rease. He rigged it up very nicely and the shelling began. As the sheller was turning he noticed a piece of shuck through a small hole, and reached the middle fin ger of the right hand through the hole to pull it out. The spines ol the sheller saught the finger and cut it off, breaking off the bone just above the first joint. A mas ter mechanic all his life and had to lose a finger in a corn sheller. That's bad Marshall. But, he says, he isn't through farming. TRAILER STOLEN Recently Bill Pickett bought an old trailer and gave it a good re modeling. He repaired everything that was needed, bought two new 6 ply tires and put on the wheels. He really did a good job with it. One morning this week Bill arose bright and early all set for a deer hunt. Going out to get the trailer he discovered there was no trailer. The next day he found it a few miles East of Kenansville, every thing intact except the two wheels and new tires. STEALS CYLINDER OIL Part of a conversation was ov erheard the other day when John Ivey Smith was telling one of his tales. The writer doesn't know if it happened to John Ivey's car or someone else's. Any way here goes the story as we heard it. Driving along the road one day recently he noticed that his oil guage stopped registering all of a sudden. Being near a rilling station he drove on to the station and began investigating. Sure enough the register showed no oil whatso ever. Further investigating reveal ed that someone had taken a pipe- wrencn mat was m the car. un screwed the plug in the bottom of the motor and drained out all the oil, taking with them the oil and wrench. , We knew gas was hard to eit. but didn't know that oil was so scarce. , DISCHARGED Pvt Roy Sitterson who has been stationed at Fort Bragg for the past several years was given an honorable discharge a few days ago. noy nas returned home and opened the Standard Service Sta tion in town. , . Sati Toughest Job Yet To Be Done; Everyone Must Get Behind It GOAL $524,000 Is Duplin Going To Fail Down NowT We Haven't Failed Before J. C. Thompsin, head of the 3rd War Loan Drive in Duplin County says that we are still far from our goal.$60,00O has got to be sold be-tvwA-wA-a.KA-.aupE- thp ton. S60.000 seems small compared to the $450, 000 already sold, but it must be kpnt in mind that the large pur chasers have bought their bonds and the remaining $60,000 must come from the small purchasers This means a double effort must be put forth to put Duplin over the top. If this extra effort had ben put forth earlier in the week Duplin would name been the first county in North Carolina to go over the top.As it is Pamlico, down on the Neuse, took that honor. We still have a chance to De among tne top if the $60,000 can be sold by tomor row night. The actual campaign ends tomorrow but we have until the 30th to pick up the loose ends. ACL Says Cannot Put On New Train The Atlantic Coast Line, recen tly ordered by the Utilities Com mission to put on another train between Wilmington and Rocky Mount, says it is a physical im possibility because of a shortage of equipment and the present un usal demands made on" the road! Recently ACL officials asked permission to transfer their train i.om the Wilmington to Fayette ville run to the Wilmington to Rocky Mount run but the Utilities Commission refused permission. Nellie Faye Ezzell Dies At Duke Funeral services for Nellie Faye Ezzell, 21, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Register of Warsaw, were held Sunday afternoon and interment was in the Murray Cem etery 2 miles west of Magnolia She died in Duke hospital Satur day folowing a prolonged illness. Her parents are both dead. A number of brothers and sisters survive. War Labor Board Says Na Time For Loafers The County Labor Moblization Board met Wednesday night. A general discussion of labor prob lems was had It was reported that Civilian Defense, with its faith ful, steadfast and patriotic volun teers, has been urged to render promptly every service and assis tance possible in this highly im portant and pressing undertaking. Governor Broughton, our Commander-in-chief in North Carolina, looks with confidence to Civilian Defense Volunteers for their as sistance in Labor Moblization. The Eoine was hard for our fl- ghting men on Attu. in New Geo rgia, in Sicily and elsewhere and it is hard now in New Guinea and at Salerno; and it will continue to be hard. With Mothers' sons being blown to pieces on the fighting fronts, this is no time for loafers on the home front, and if there are any loafers in a community who are able to work they should be rounded up without delay. , Every citizen should report the name of any loafer he knows to a member of the County Labor Moblization Board or to some officer. r The next meeting of the Board wil be held on Wednesday evening Oct. 6 at three o'clock, in the Courthouse. J : 1 Local Girl Celebrates 13th Birthday Monday night of this week at 8 o'clock, Jean Tyndall celebrated her 13th birthday. About 25 guests. were present. Misses Edna Earle Edgerton. Martha Fisher and Mar tha Jane Goodman had charge of the games. Mrs. Tyndall, mother"1, of the guest of honor, served ice'; creuiu sunuwicnes ioiiowed Dyi punch and cake. , . J LOST ' .'I A Black Pocket Rnnlr mnta!n.4 fng round trip ticket to and froml Washington, D. C, also $2.30 In, money. , H Please bring to Warsaw Post-1 Office if found and receive reward. , Sarah E. Best -- . i : Warsaw, N.' C. -
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