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Elusive Enemy Warships
Take One Look at Mighty]
American Armada and
Scoot Back to Hiding
Places; Disastrous Defeat
Inflicted Upon Japs in
Nine Days of Sea-Air
Fighting; American Loss
es Negligible
United States Pacific Fleet
Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, Oct.
17. ? The Japanese fleet emerged
from Its hiding place, took one
look at Admiral Willifm F. Hal
Bey's Third Fleet and fled back
to its bases without firing a shot,
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz an
nounced today as the greatest ae
rial battle of the Pacific war
swept into its ninth day.
The Japanese have suffered ft
disastrous defeat on the basis of
the damage which has been done
to targets hit over a vast and im
portant area by the Third Fleet ?
the mightiest that ever has sail
ed the oceans.
Not an American ship has beea
sunk In the nine days during
which the Third Fleet has been
under almost Incessant aerial at
tack. Two medium-sized ships
have been damaged by aerial tor
pedoes, but only light casualties
were inflicted.
Three-Way Attack
Halsey's carriers, Superfortres
ses of the 20th Air Force and
China-based 14th Air Force planes
now are engaged in a vast, three
way aerial offensive In the waters
bounded by Formosa, the Philip
pines and Hong Kong, striking
with force and precision at ene
my targets of every description.
In the nine days since Halsey's
carriers under Vice Admiral Marc
A. Mitscher hit the Ryuku Islands
off southwestern Japan, the ene
my has lost 865 to 855 planes ?
160 of them in three days and
nights of Incessant, but unavail
ing attacks on the fleet.
The carrier planes and the Su
perfortresses have wiped off tha
map installations at Okayama and
Heito in Formosa ? the most im
portant aircraft factory, repair
and supply depots in that "beau
tiful island."
< lienna ult Attacks
Maj. Oen. Claire L. Cbennault's
14th Air Force planes, joining in
the fleet-Superfortress action,
have sunk a Japanese cruiser, pro
bably sunk a destroyer, sunk
more than 32,000 additional tons
of enemy ships and probably sunk
16,000 more tons at Hong Kon?.
Radio Tokyo said that carrier
based planes raided Manila agala
tody, but enemy brodcasts made
no further mention of an attempt
ed invasion of the Philippines
which evidently they believed to
be Imminent.
Chungking reported tbat the
Japanese were massing reinforce
ments In Formosa and China's
Chekiang province in an attempt
to gain full control of the China
coast before Nlmitz can carry out
his announced threat of landing
men In China for the final as
sault on the Japanese homeland.
A dispatch from the Superfor
tress base In China, describing
the third Superfortress attack on
Formosa in four days, said:
"Maj. Oen. Curtiss Le May,
chief of the Bomber Command
of the 20th Air Force, reported re
garding the Formosa raids by his
Superfortresses: 'Everything at
Okayama and Heito has been
smashed to the ground. For the
first time we have completely des
troyed a target.' "
Not Told Yet
The full story of the American
offensive on Formosa, its satelite
Pescadores or Fishermen's Is
lands. Luzon and the great Japa
nese naval base at Hong Kong
still is to be told:
? On Pay Day, Buy War Bonds?
PROGRAM AT THJB
LOUISBURO THEATRE
The following Is the program
at tfoe Loulsburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday, Oct. 21:
Saturday ? Wild Bill Elliott
and\ Gabby Hayes In 'Marshal of
Reno' and Richard Arlen, Ellen
Drew and Schnickelfrltiz Band' in
'That's My Baby' also 'Haunted
Harbor' serial.
Owl Show Sat. ? William Ben
dlx and Susan Hayward in "The
Hairy Ape.' ?
Sunday ? Constance Moore,
Brad Taylor, Jerry Colonna iu
'Atlantic City.'
Monday-Tuesday ? Dorothy La
mour, Dick Powell and Victor
Moore in 'Riding High.'
Wednesday ? Ruth Terry and
Mary Lee in 'Three Little Sisters.'
Thursday-Friday ? Kay Kyser
and his Band, Victor Moore and
Ann Miller in 'Carolina Blues.'
COURT CONES
TO END
JUDGE BURGWYN DIS I
POSES OF MANY CASES
Grand Jury Makes Report;
Many Given State Prison
Sentences; Term Came to
Close Friday Afternoon j
The regular term of Franklin
Superior Court, October criminal
term came to a close Friday af
ternoon. During the week a large
number of cases were disposed of.
The following cases were dispos
ed of since our report last week:
State vs Jack Patton, man
slaughter, found not guilty.
State vs Edward Bobbitt, man
slaughter, found guilty, given not
less than five years nor more than
ten years. Notice of appeal.
State vs Randell Perry, secret
assault with deadly weapon with
intent to kill, resulting in serious
injury but not in death, found
guilty, given not less than Ave nor
more than ten years in State pris
on. Notice of appeal.
State vs John Wesley Hawkins,
house breaking and larceny,
pleads guilty, given three month?
on roads.
State vs James Green, house
breaking and larceny, pleads
guilty, given three months on
roads.
State vb David Jenkins, Jr., as
sault With deadly weapon with in
tent to kill, judgment changed to
not less than 6 years, nor more'
than 20 years.
State vs James Hayes, assault
with deadly weapon with intent!
to kill, entered plea of nolo con-|
tendere, and was given not less
than two nor more than five years
in State prison.
State vs Matthew Crandell, as
sault with intent to maim and
disfigure, was found not guilty.
State vs Connie Long, unlaw
ful possession of whiskey for salo,
found not guilty.
The Grand Jury completed its
work on Thursday afternoon of
last week and filed the following,
report:
Report of Grand Jury
To Hon W. H. S. Burgwyn, Judge
Presiding at the October 1944
Term of Franklin County Su
perior Court:
The Grand Jury for the Octo
ber 1944 term of Franklin County
Superior Court respectfully re
turns and reports the following
as a true and accurate report of
the acts, activities and transac
tions of the Grand Jury for this
term:
1. The Grand Jury has giveii
careful and true consideration to
all bills of indictment, and have
passed upon such bills to the best
of their judgment and ability and
with diligent effort.
2. The Grand Jury visited the
common jail of Franklin County
and found the same to be in good
condition, orderly and clean.
3. Tire Grand Jury visited the
County Home and found the samo
clean and well managed. There
are now threee cows at the Coun
ty Home, and plenty of milk for
the inmates is available. The
roof needs minor repairs about
the gutters. There are eight
nice hogs and several shoats, and
plenty of canned goods for the
winter.
4. The Grand Jury visited all
the public offices of the county
and so far as the Grand Jury whs
able to ascertain, the same are in
good condition.
5. The flanaclal condition of
the county was inquired into, and
It was reported that the financial
matters of the county are being
properly and efficiently handled.
6. We investigated the condi
tion of the Town jail and found
it considerably' Improved since
our last Inspection.
7. We Investigated the guard
ian's bonds in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court and
were informed' by the Clerk that
all accounts of fiduciaries are be
ing filed properly and promptly.
8. W? visited the schools of ,
the county and found the same ,
in good orderly condition. The
Mills High School is in need of
new window glasses. All school
buses were inspected with the aid
of State Highway Patrolman M.
H. Bynum and were found to be
In good condition.
9. The steps and concrete walk
to the Court House are in bad
condition and need repairs, but
we were informed that the Coun
ty Commissioners are at this time
making arrangements to have
them repaired.
10. We vlaited the prison camp
and found the same In good con
( Continued on Page Eight)
STRIKING FOR
PHILIPPINES
Planes of Halscy's Fleet Strike
Northern Luzon; Jap I<os?es In
creased.
U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquar
ters Pearl Harbor, Oct. 18. ? A
new raid In the smashing series
of American carrier aircraft
strikes at The Philippines occupa
tion of another atoll flanking tho
important Japanese base of Yap
and additional destruction to en
emy shipping at Formosa were
reported today by Adm. Chester
W. Nimitz.
Planes of Adm. William F. Hal
sey's mighty Third Fleet hit the
northern Luzon area Tuesday (U.
S. time). They destroyed 18 Jap
anese planes on the ground,
knocked another from the skies
and sank or fired seven enemy
ships. .
Tokyo Still Fishing
This latest of the series of aeri-1
al invasion strikes at the archipe
lago, now In the second week,
smacked the enemy as the Tokyo
radio clung to its unconfirmed
propaganda line of a great victory
in the Western Pacific, and of a
withdrawing United States fleet.
All such claims have been deni
ed by Nimitz.
Ngulu atoll in the western Car
olines, only 80 miles south of Yap
and 210 miles east of Palau, was
occupied by American ground
Forces last Sunday. There was only
slight resistance, Nimitz reported.
Seizure of Ngulu, a tiny group
of atolls, completes the outflank
ing of Yap. Nimitz announced
only last night that six islands iu
the Ulithi atoll had been occupi
ed, also without opposition. Sept.
20 and 21. Ulithi is about lO'Jj
miles east of Yap.
American forces now hold
springboards for the invasion of
The Philippines, or for an assault
on Yap, in the Palau. Ulithi and
Ngulu atolls of the western Carj
lines.
Important Lions
Meeting
4
Ernest B. Page of Veterans
Division Will Speak To
Lions Clubs
Mr. Ernest B. Page, Chief Per-|
sonnel Veterans Division. State
Selective Service, Raleigh, N. C.,
will speak to a joint meeting of
the Louisburg, Frarklinton, and
Youngsviile Lions Clubs Tuesday
night, October 24, 1944 at the
County Agricultural Building.
Mr. Page has already met wltij
representatives of the three clubs
and the Franklin County Local
Draft Board to discuss the mat
ter of employment for the return
ing war veterans. This is a very
important matter at this time and
it was felt that the Lions of the
County could be of valuable as
sistance to the returning veter
ans. So this joint meeting ot all
the Clubs has been called to bet
ter acquaint them with some of
the problems Involved in getting
the boys back Into civilian life.
Killed In Action
The many friends of the fam
ily will regret to learn that W. A.
(Bill) Banks was killed in action
in the European war area on Sept.
3, according to information re
ceived by his parents, Dr. and,
Mrs. C. H. Banks, Saturday, frora|
the War Department.
CLOTHES FOR EUROPEAN
REFUGEES
The FRANKLIN TIMES is re
quested to state that any person
who has articles of clothing which
they wish to hare sent to refu
gees in Europe will please get
them to the Methodist Parsonago
by noon on next Tuesday, Octo
ber 24th. Oood, usable clothes
of any kind are requested. No
shoes.
COTTON GINNING
REPORT
The Census report shows that
1,338 bales of cotton were ginned
In Franklin County from the crop
of 1944 prior to Oct. 1st, 1944,
as compared with 4,509 bales for
the crop of 1943.
NOTICE TO ALIi 'A* BOOK
APPliICASTS
Applicant* tor renewal of
ba*ic 'A' rations are requested
to be careful in Ailing out appli
cation. In the space for the
vehicle license number be sure
to put your 1944 number.
Some applicants have copied
the numbers from the old 'A*
book which In many cases had
the 1048 license number. Th
should also see that the old 'A'
book cover iuu< been signed by
then*.
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PRICES BEiTER
ON MOST ALL GRADES
TOBACCO
Not So Badly Crowded Giv
ing Buyers Better Time
To Consider Quality and
Handled After Sales
The Louisburg Tobacco Market
reopened after the Tuesday holi
day with much better prices than
last week, according to James
Speed, Sales Supervisor, who ex
plained that tips and uon descript
grades showing much gain.
The prices on all grades show
ed more life and an upward ten
dency. Some advancing fully $2
a hundred m<>re than formerly.
The sales have all been good,
with plenty tobacco, but not a
run-over, and general satisfaction
prevailed.
j The problem of handling tbo
Tobacco has apparently been got
ten under control and It i^ not
contemplated to bother any more
this season.
You are invited to bring your
tobacco on to Louisburg where
you can get the -top; prices and
greatest personal consideration.
Louisburg, the Friendly Mar
ket. is waiting to Welcome you.
Spring Hope Man
Given ^8 Months
Postmaster Pleads Nolo Con- 1
tendere To Taking $7,344
From Post Office
Wilson. Oct. 17. ? Lewis T.l
Bartholomew, postmaster a t
Spring Hope, was sentenced to 18
months iu Federal Prison here
today after pleading, nolo con
tendere before Judge I. M. Meek
ins to charges of embezzling
$7,344.40 of post office funds
over a period of eight years.
Evidence indicated most of the
money came from postal savings
funds handled by Bartholomew as
postmaster. Some was from the
war bond savings account.
1ft ' pleading for leniency for
their client. Bartholomew's law
yers pictured him to Judge
Meekins as a leader in civic af
fairs. He formerly was command
er of the American Legion post
in Spring Hope, they said.
The jurist remarked: "As fa;
as I am personally concerned. I
feel he is a fit subject for proba
tion, but the amount was large,
and it was over a period of years.
If it wap the only case. I would
put him on probation, but when
others come up here for a lik<.>
offense, the first thing they would
say would be to point to this case.
And if I treat one man this way.
I should be asked to treat all the
same way.".
Bartholomew had served as
postmaster for eight years.
Navy Recruits
A United States Navy recruiter
will be stationed at the Post Of
fice in Louisburg from 2 p. m. to
5 p. m. on Tuesdays to accept ap
plications from young men, ag3
17, desiring to be enlisted in the
Navy or Naval Reserve.
Petty Officer Louis H. Wilson,
recruiter, said today that "special
educational opportunities in the
fields of Naval aviation, radio and
In the hospital corps are now
available to qualified 17-year
olds." He invited parents of
prospective applicants to accom
pany their sons to the Post Offfce
to discuss, with him, educational
opportunities available to their
sons in the Navy's V-6 program.
"Regardless of educational at
tainments, all recruits are now
being given aptitude and general
classification tests to determine
their qualifications," the recruiter
said.
"The need for young men in
the hospital corps of the Navy is
particularly great at this time and
qualified recruits are being en
listed with the rating of hospital
apprentices, second class."
The recruiters schedule fol
lows: Mondays, all day, at the
Post Office in Henderson; Tues
days, 9 a. m. to noon, Post Office
in Warrenton; Tuesday after
noons, Post Office in Louisburg;
Wednesday mornings, Post Office
in Franklinton; Wednesday after
noons, Post Office in Oxford;
Thursdays through Saturdays,
Post OfTice (room 202) in Dur
ham.
CONSTRUCTION OF ICE
PLANT TO BEGIN
The FRANKLIN TIMES is in
formed that material id being
placed on the lot (or the Little
River Ice Plant, and that con
struction will begin the coining
week. This plant will be located
on the old1 Standard Oil lot near
the railroad crossing on Main
Street. <?*
DRIVE FOR GER
MAN BORDER
London, Oct. 18. ? British for
ces with American armor on the
right flank and rocket-firing Ty
phoons overhead pushed through
the Dutcb^^ra^-and road Junction
of Venray today and captured two
more towns beyond, cutting deep
into the enemy's Maas River sal
ient with a steady advance toward
the German border and the Ruhr
Valley.
The Americap First Army beat
off a small German counterattack
at Aachen to the south and
strengthened its encirclement of
the great Gerqian border city,
which Berlin commentators for
the first time publicly wrote oft
as lost. ***
Heavy I tains
A great rain fell all along the
Western Front from Holland to
the Swiss border, turning the
ground Into mud and making Al
lied advances difficult, but every
where there was evidence of a
build-up for a vast Allied offen
sive which a British Second Army
spokesman said today may lead
to one of the war's greatest de
cisive battles within the next 10
weeks. The Germans were said
to have no strategic reserves l?ft.
For the seventh consecutive day
American heavy bombers attack
ed the great German city of Co
logne, a Rhine Industrial center
the size of St. Louis, punishing it
with another 1,000 tons of bombd,
and the Germans, whatever their
purpose, began preparing their
public for a great American land
assault on this strategic city 40
miles beyond Aachen.
First Month At
Louisburg College
Eventful
After several days of orienta
tion and gettlng-acquainted. on
September 20. the I.ouisburg Col
lege community settled down to
regular routine of college activl
ties.
Directed by the Central Relig
ious Committee the chapel pro
grams have been Inspiring. Speak
ers have been the Reverend Har
ry S. Cobey of St. Paul Episcopal
Church, Dr. A. Paul Baghy of the
local Baptist Church, the Rever
end Forrest Hedden, pastor of the
Louisburg Methodist Church and
the Reverend E. B. Fif'ier of the
I.umberton Methodist Ciu'.r<)i.
Under the leadership of Miss
Marjorie Crisp, director of physi
cal education, an effective intra
mural program is already under
way. Tournaments in soft ball
are being played. Team captains
are Dorothy Casey. Dudley; Mary
Goodwin, Edenton; Mary Lee
Hodges. Belhaven; Pattle Perry,
Goldsboro.
The organizations of the staff of
the college annual. The Oak, is
progressing nicely. Dorothy Ken
nedy, Louisburg, was elected ed
itor-in-chief; Barbara Thorgon,
Elizabeth City, business manager;
and Mary Strowd Warl. Pittsboro,
literary editor. The faculty ad
visor Is Mr. J. W. Carmichael. as
slstant In the English Department.
LOUISBURG baptist
. CHURCH
The pastor will preach Sunday
morning on "Two Notes of Dis
couragement,"' and will follow
this up in the evening by preach
ing on "Christian Confidence."
Can we these days keep from be
coming discouraged? Is there
such a thing as confidence? Is
discouragement, ever worthy?
Let tus face such questions to
gether Sunday. Everyone is in
vited.
9:45 a. m. ? Bibl% School.
11:00 a. m. ? Morning Worship.
7:30 p. m. ? Evening Worship.
The Young People of the church
are asked to come together Sun
day evening at 6:45 in the Young
People's Department to organize
a B. T. D.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Services on the 20th Sunday
after Trinity in St. Paul's Episco
pal Church will be at the usual
hours, as follows: 8:00, 9:46
and 11:00. Subect of sermon,
by Rev. Harry S. Cobey, "What
is Good News?"
Young People's meeting at 7:00
p. m.
The annual District Meeting of
the Woman's Auxiliary Is to beld
in Holy Innocents Church, Hen
derson on Monday. Oct. 23rd,
and the women ,*of St. Paul's
Church are invited to attend.
LOUISBURG METHODIST
CHURCH
The pastor will preach at th?
11:00 and 7:30 services Sunday.
Church' 8chool meets at 1:45,
led by Prot. I. D. Moon.
. The Intermediate " Methodist
Youth Fellowship meets; at 7:10.
Yon are welcomed to UMH ser
vices.
_ 9 .
GREGG CHERRY TO SPEAK
HOX. K. GREGG CHERRY
STORM HEADS
FOR FLORIDA
Miami, Fla., Oct. 18. ? A tropi
cal hurricane dealt Cuba a lethal
blow today, sldeswiped Key West
and moved on to offer a danger
ous threat to the southwest Flor
ida coast.
Six deaths and 100 injuries in
Havana alone were reported in
the wake of the storm's passage
over Cuba during the early morn
ing, and a heavier toll was ex
pected once communications could
be established into outlying areas
which were swept by 110-mils
winds.
The hurricane whipped out of]
Cuba into the Gulf of Mexico, still
pursuing a northward course, and
tonight was reported by the wea
ther bureau to be centered about ,
60 miles northwest of Key West.
Key West was on the outer j
fringe of the storm circulation,!
and had 100-mile winds only in
gusts. Steady winds did not ex
ceed 80 miles an hour and the is
land city apparently came through1
in good shape.
An 8 pi m. weather bureau bul
lettin, which kept south Georgia1
on an alert, said the storm cen
ter will pass over the Florida1
mainland tomorrow on the west
coast between Fort Myers and Tar
pon Springs.
Miami and the east coast of
Florida, buffeted all afternoon by,
fierce 50 to 60 mile an hour winds
boiled up in the hurricane's 300- !
mile diameter, had apparently es
caped the worst of the storm. The
8 p. m. advisory said the blow;
would continue all night in this:
area but would likely diminish '
sometime Thursday.
All of the Florida peninsula j
was warned to prepare for strong!
gales, and possibly stronger winds!
and the bureau extended a hur-j
rlcane alert into South Georgia.
Kushner Draws
Term In Prison
Wilson, Oct. 17. ? Sam Kush
ner, native of Russia and a resi
tent of Washington, D. C., was
sentenced to eighteen months in
Federal Prison and fined $1,000
by Judge I. M. Meeklns In Federal
Court here today after a jury had
found him guilty of conspiring
with Mrs. Viola SandTos, alias
Peggy O'Nlel, also of Washington,
and Roscoe Grice of Fayetteville,
to evade the rationing regulations
by dealipg In counterfeit and stol
en gas, fuel oil, and sugar coup
ons.
Earlier today In the same court
a Jury found Mrs. Sandros, 22
year-old show girl, guilty of pos
session of 36,800 stolen fuel oil
coupons and 2,968 counterfeit
gasoline ioupons. Judge Meeklns
placed the blondheaded woman
on a year's probation.
Sentencing of Kushner brought
to an end a series of trials of a
trio arrested here last August
with thousands of sugar, fuel oil
and gas coupons in their posses
sion. Roscoe Qrice the third mem
ber of the trio, was sentenced to <
three years in prison yesterday
afternoon. Juries found all three
guilty.
LEGAL.
Mr. Hill Yarborough announ
ces a legal associateship between
he and Mr. Grant Bo'mer. They
will occupy the present offices of I
Mr. Yarborough over Tonkel'i<
Store. ' ! i
Round pot holders can be cut !
by using a saucer for a pattern. I
They are especially handy when'
taking food from the oven, as
there mre no corners to drop into j i
the food and get sticky. |
Will Address
Franklin County
Farm Bureau
Barbecue Dinner; Climax
ing Membership Drive
Mr. R. Gregg Cherry, Demo
cratic Nominee for Governor of
North Carolina, has accepted an
Invitation of the executive Com
mittee to address the general
membership of the Franklin
County Farm Bureau In Loula
burg at 12:00 Noon on Thursday,
Oct. 26, 1944, announces J. O.
Wilson, President..
Mr. Blair Tucker, Chairman of
the Program Committee advises
[hat the program will get under
way at 12:00 Noon- at the Arm
ory. Following the address by
Mr. Cherry a barbecue dinner will
be served. This the quarterly
meeting of the general member
ship will be the climax of the an
nual membership drive.
The State office has assigned
Franklin County a quota of 400
members for the coming yea-.
Leaders are confident that this
quota will be reached, the 1944
membership totals 282. At a
meeting of the Executive Com
mittee on October 4, the respon
sibility for the membership drive
was assigned to the two members
of the Executive Committee from
each township and each township
was given a quota towards which
to work.
MILLS HOME EC.
Monday night, October 6, the
Home Economics Club of Mills
School met to Install the new of
ficers and Initiate the new mem
bers. The officers are as follows:
President, Caroline Cobey, Vice
President, Peggy Jernigau, Secre
tary, Louise Webb, Treasurer,
Nell Rose Lancaster, Song leader,
Helen Hall, Historian. Shirley
Puller, Pianist, Jackie O'Neal,
Reporter, Bettie Marie Hardwlck,
Spirit of Home Economics, Betty
Grainger, and Club advisor, Miss
Marjorie Gardner.
The State Home Ec. Club pro
ject for the year is sewing for the
Russians. Our club hopes to
make 20 garments by working a'
night and asking any other per
son who is interested to help.
Also the Home Ec. Club la
sponsoring a drive to collect
ivaste fat. Every Wednesday we
will collect this fat and the pro
ceeds will be used for our Club.
We are very proud to say that
ive are the Recreation and Social
Standing Committee for the State
Home Economics Club. This
speaks well for our club and wj
hope we can serve on this com
mittee successfully. Our club is
i State and National affiliated
;lub and1 we believe a very 'worth
while organization for our girls.
? Contributed'.
A. K. STRICKLAND
Spring Hope.? A. R. Strickland
lied Monday at bis home near
here after a lingering illness. Ha
was 88 years of age.
Surviving are two sons. A. U.
Strickland of Louisburg, Route 4,
ind H. A. Strickland of Louisburg
Route 1; five daughters. Mrs.
Wattle Smith, of Woodleaf; Mrs.
0. M. Jeffers of Louisburg, R 1;
MrSi. Joeeph Denton, Louisburg,
R 1, and Mrs. W. M. Timberlake
af Youngsville. Funeral services
were held in Rock Springs Bap
tist Church at 3:30 o'clock Tues
day afternoon.
NEW OFFICERS
The P. T. A. held Its opening
meeting Monday night, Oct. 16th
at Gold Sand' High School, wltd
the following new officers for the
year 1944-45 presiding:
President, Mrs. C. E. Edens.
Vice-Pres., Mrs. R. D. Grifiin.
Secretary, Mrs. R. G. Stephens.
Asst. Sec., Mrs. P. G. Murphy.
Treasurer, Mrs. R. W. Guptou.
Delegates were appointed to
attend the District meeting in
Sarner, N. C.
The P. T. A. voted to sponsor
\ Hallowe'en Party to" be given
ruesday night, Oct. 31st.
For the program Mr. Stephens
llscussed proposed' school legisla
tion.
IMPROVING
T|Sgt. Willie Perry has notified
lis, sister, Mrs. Otis Vaughan, that
ie Is improving nicely after ba
ng wounded In France. Say* ha
s teellng fine, hoping to b? out
if the hospital soon and back
with his company. Sgt. Parry
lays Army life is nothing new, as
Je has been in aerrtoe It years.
Table-top Protectors: Pieces of
felt cut from old hats and glued
o the bottoms of ??
ind ash-trays tarm splendid t
:op protectors.
i giuea
lamps.