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Williamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February 5, 1943.
ESTABLISHED 1899
_ Jurymen WDr^yn
For MonJi TVrm Of
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Called To Serve For
Twelve Months
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Forty-five Marlin County citizens
have been called for jury service
du^Sfc the March term of the Mar
tin County Superior court conven
ing the i6ih of mat rnWT??i. Nine of
the group will be chosen for a year's
duty as grand jurymen, succeeding
nine who are completing the long
term.
Judge R. Hunt Parker, of Roanoke
Rapids, is scheduled to preside over
>iie term scheduled to last for two
•Weeks and handle both criminal and
civil cases. It will be Judge Parker’s
first visit to the county in several
years.
Drawn for service the first week
or for service as grand jurymen are
the following:
Jamesville Township G C X. 11 ley,
and Luther Hardison.
Williams Township: Irving Rober
son.
Township; W. G. Hard;-'
Bear Grass Township: W. O feel.
Russell L. Griffin and Cortez Bowen.
Williamston Township: G. G. Wool
ard, G. H. Harrison, John E. Pope.
Raymond D. Taylor, J. G. Barnhill,
Charlie Edwards. T. A Gray, James
E. Griffin, Roger Critcher, Jr., E. E.
Cox and W H, Dickens.
Cross Roads Township: B. W. Wil
liams and J. B. Barnhlil.
Robersonville Township: Lester C.
Roebuck and J. J. Williams.
Hamilton Township: J. A. Haislip,
D. W. Etheridge and C. L. Nelson,
Jr.
Goose Nest Township: C. H. Leg
gett and J. E. Copeland, Jr.
Second Week
Williams Township: Lillian R.
Long.
Bear Grass Township: Claudius
Rawls.
Williamston Township: H. S Rob
erson, John G. Corey, J. W. Garris,
M. S. Moore, J. A. Roberson, W J.
Woolard and R. D. Elliott.
Cross Roads Township: Willie L.
Ausbon and W. B. Everett.
Robersonville Township: J. H.
Gray. J. P. House and F. F Pollard.
Cherry.
Hamilton Township: Dallas Pur
vis and W. L. Hollis.
Goose Nest Township: L. L. Keel.
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Three Cases Heard
By Judge Smith In
The County Court
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Defendant Is Sentenced to
Hoads for Loup: Term for
Resisting Arrest
With only three cases on the dock
et, Judge J. C. Smith held one of his
shortest sessions of his current term
in the county recorder’s court last
Monday. The court was in session1
less than forty-nve minutes and
there were only eight spectators in
the hall, including big Will Eborn,
the colored character who wanders
up and down the streets of Wiiliam
ston.
Judge Smith, who with the cooper
ation of his prosecuting attorney, is I
running a good court, found it nec
essary to talk to a member of the
bar when the said member advised
the jurist he was wrong.
The judge took a definite stand
against general drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct during the session
♦hen he sentenced Laverne Godard
to the roads for twelve months. The
youthful defendant was also charged
with resisting arrest. The sentence
was suspended if and when the de
fendant is inducted into the Army,
the suspension to remain in effect
for and during staffe time as he re
mains in the armed services.
Outfitting his wife with new
clothes and placing a sparkling red
hat atop of her head, John Sam
Moore won his case in a walk. He
was charged with non-support, but
the maneuvers carefully executed
just a short time before apparently
supported in part or entirely the nol
pros taken by the court.
Charged with trespassing and dis
posing of mortgaged property, Wal
ter Bailey wa*',adjudged not guil
ty.
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Former Local Man
Dies In Richmond
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Mark Dawes, native of Nash Coun
ty and for a number of years a res
ident of Williamston, died at his
home in Richmond last Sunday. Suf
fering a stroke of paralysis he fell
while leaving a lodge hall in the Vir
ginia city a few days before Christ
mas. His condition had been serious
since that time.
Moving to Williamston about 1900,
he married Miss Elizabeth Rogerson
and moved to Richmond about ten
years later. Besides his widow, he is
survived by two sons, Irvin W. and
Raymond L. Dawes. He also leaves
one sister and two brothers.
Funeral services were conducted
a,, j interment was in
Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond.
IBig.Rahu&on Injure Quota
\ForCurrent-Month In County
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quota* >.it tobruary have bet .: i-.a
terially decreased in this county. Un
less the allowance is altered, vehicle
operators will have to depend on
fifteen new automobile tires, 26
grade II. 75 grade III, 95 recaps and,
8-1 tubes. Truckers will be allotted
56 ncvjtffcires, 56 recaps and 41 tubes.
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ing allowed four new tires during
the current month
For some the tire shortage is of
fering a serious situation, but in
some cases the applicants for tire
rations are still riding high, wide
and handsome. Once they have been
armed with rations from the liberal
allotments advanced last month,
quite a few vehicle owners are ex
plaining that they can operate fori
another six, ten or even twelve1
The wholesale tire rationing bus
iness last month has not solved the
problem by any means. It is now ap
parent that the supply has been ex
hausted and that even with a certifi
cate of purchase many vehicle oper
“torsainl! not be able to find the
tires. Apparently realizing that the
. .cl the
mands. authorities have ruled that
the life of the certificates will be ex
tended if and when they are placed
in the hands of tire dealers. If the
certificate is held by the applicant,
it will become void within at) days,
it was officially announced. It is pos
sible that the demand for grade III
tires will be met by the introduction
of "idle" tires taken from owners
throughout the nation several months
ago.
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According to vfflriti informa
•••wr owing from the county ra
tioning board, the following of
fers at a glance a picture of ra
tioning coupon values and dates:
No. 11 stamp is good for three
pounds of sugar until March 16.
No. 28 coupon is good for one
pound of coffee until midnight,
February 7th. No. 25 stamp in
War Ration Book One will be
valid on February 8th, but the
one pound of coffee received in
exchange for No. 25 stamp is to
last for six weeks instead of five
or until March 21st.
No. 3 fuel oil coupons are good
for nine gallons until February
19th, and the No. 4 fuel oil cou
pons in effect this week are good
for the same amount until March
20 th.
More Thousands Of
Germans Trapped In
The West Caucasus
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marine IVIenare
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Wtule mystery continues to sur
round activities flffjio Southwest Pa
cific and lines are being drawn more
tightly in the Tunisian struggle, the
Russians continue to offer the big
war news of the day with smashing
attack still advancing at strate
gic points along the 1,800 mile east
ern front The major development of
the past few days took plate with the
capture of Kushehevka and another
railroad junction at Staro-Mmskaya,
catling ut'i the last hope of escape
and trapping an estimated 100,000
Germans in the West Caucasus. The
Red Army is now within 30 miles of
Rostov and if it continues moving
northwest along the Salsk railroad
and occupies Butaisk, last stop on Ihe
railroad into Rostov, the Russians
will have the city within range for a
deadly bombardment. It has been
estimated that the Germans have
250,000 men in and about Rostov. It is
too soon to know whether they will
at tempt to hold the Don River port,
oi whether they will attempt to with
draw to prevent another Stalingrad
there.
The Red armies are advancing
powerful drives all along the front.
One is driving not far from Novor
ossisk apparently in an effort to cut
off the enemy at Krasnodar while an
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Grady Davenport
Gets Navy Rating
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Lawrence, Kas. — Grady Hoyle
Davenport, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Hoyle Davenport, of James
ville, was graduated from toe U. S.
Naval Training School for machin
ists on the campus of the University
of Kansas here today with the rat
ing of fireman, third class. He now
awaits assignment to active duty
with the fleet or at a Naval shore
station where he will serve as an as
sistant to a machinist’s mate.
A class of 199 men were graduat
ed today, after completing a 16
weeks course which included train
ing in the operation and repair of
main and auxiliary engines, drain
age and distilling plants, evaporators,
pumps, and other mechanical equip
ment carried aboard a modern war
ship.
The Bluejacket is eligible for pro
motion to a petty officer rating of
machinist’s mate, third class, upon
passing a qualifying examination.
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I\eiv Bicycles Are Allotted
By County Rationing Board
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Five new bicycles were allotted by
the Martin County Rationing Board
this week to the following:
Willie Howard Daniels, of Rober
sonville; David Stalls, of RFD 1, Rob
ersonville; Bernice L. Rogerson, of
;RFD 2, Williamston; Shelton Eli
Bailey , of
IL. Gardner, of RFD l, Williamston.
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GamU Griffin Is
Fatally Injured in
Accident Tuesday
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Another Person Hurl When
iVain Crashes into
Farm 'I'rarlor
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Carroll Griffin, young Martin
County farmer, was fatally injur
ed and William Manning, young
colored t>oy, was painfully hurt when
a pair of horses ran away and crash
ed into the tractor on which the two
men were riding on a farm in the
Smithwicks Creek community of
Griffins Township last Tuesday just
before sunset. Griffin, 28 years old,
had his left leg broken at the ankle
and the right was broken near the
hip.
Miraculously escaping from the
path of the tractor, the 19-year-old
colored boy was not hurt seriously
when one of the Horses stepped on
his leg. He is getting along very
well.
The accident, one of the most un
usual ever reported in the county,
took place in an open field. Mr Grif
fin with his brother .1 T Griffin
u, dim ,TIT manning hoy, nan men
preparing a tobacco bed and the
there were on their way to the house,
the Manning boy driving and Mr,
Griffin riding on the tractor. The
young-hoy was dnving the
team of horses hitched to a farm wa
gon. The tractor was about. 178 yards
ahead of the horses when the wa
gon, running across a shallow ditch,
struck the horses’ legs and caused
the animals to jump and run. The
driver, standing to the back of the
wagon, was thrown out. The horses
dashed ahead in a direct line toward
the tractor Looking straight ahead
and unable to hear the approaching
team on account of the noise of the
tractor, neither Griffin nor Manning
■sensed any danger until the horses
were upon them. When the animals
reached the tractor, one pulled to the
right and the other to the left and
each one tore into a wheel on the
machine. Two spurs were driven in
to one of the horses and he died with
in a short lime, the other one was
badly hurt but he is expected to re
cover.
The tongue of the wagon barely
missed Griffin. He was thrown to the
ground and the wagon passed
without running over him. Manning
was thrown into the path of the trac
tor wheel but he rolled and scrambl
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Making Seed-Feed
Loans In County
Applications for emergency crop
loans (seed-feed loans) are now be
ing received in this county by C. D.
Carstarphen in the sheriff’s office,
Williamston.
Farmers who are in need of funds
for crop production purposes, or for
the purchase or poduction of feed
for livestock, and who have been Un
able to obtain adequate financing
from other sources, including a pro
duction credit association, should see
Mr, Carstarphen.
Loans approved now may include
funds for immediate disbursal to
meet early spring needs, such as, the
preparation of land, the purchase of
fertilizer, or the planting of the early
food or feed crops advocated by the
Extension Service and the local
County War Boards of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Funds to meet
later crop production expenses may
be disbursed as needed.
Emergency crop loans are made
to farmers, either owners or tenants,
who own or can make arrangements
to obtain land to fam, who own or
have the use of woikstock and equip
ment with w'hich to farm, and who
can give a first lien on the crops to
be financed as security. Loans to fi
nance the purchase or production of
feed for livestock are also available
under the same general terms and
conditions, except a first mortgage
on the stock to be fed is required as
security. The interest rate on both
crop and feed loans is 4 per cent par
annum and interest is charged only
the actual tiro* \Yjt uied \
by the borrower.
Nearly Sixjluiuirfcl
Tires Are Allotted
fiv nation my rnwaf
^ JwtTT'V if?
Be Experienced in Large
Number of Cases
Nearly six hundred automobile
and truck tires wt»|§ allotted in this
county during the past few days, but
the tire situations not as bright as
’*’•<’ . e would “fSPR1
it appear. Ther% is an admitted pos
sibility that tl*e orders cannot be
filled immediately with the added
possibility that some of them will
never be filled. The life of the cer
tificates’is ^pfy thirty days, Put their
value may \c maintained if placed
in the hands of the dealers along
with bona fide orders for tires.
It is now quite evident that the
"idle" tires taken off of cars some
months ago will be placed in use and
in filling the demand created by the
wholesale rationing of a few days
ago
The rationing board in this cou^
ty almost caught up with the de-1
tnand for tires this week, but new j
ii is now estimated that 15 requests j
foi about 150 tires are now pending,
including quite a few filed bv “A”
gas rationing tire holders. The re
quests filed by “A" card holders were
not recognized, but yet they were not
officially rejected, meaning they may
or may not be granted.
Recently the board rationed 500
grade III tires, 75 recaps, eight new
car tires and about fourteen tubes.
New automobile tires and tubes
were allotted to the following: Kelly
L Rawls, Robersonville mail car
rier, two tires; W. S. Hunt, State
Highway Patrol, two tires and two
tubes; Dr. E. E. Pittman, Oak City,
three new tires, two tubes and two
recapped tires; Rev. Dennis Warren
Davis, one new tire, one recapped tire
and one tube; Dr. Jesse E. Ward,
Robersonville, two new lubes.
Certificates for recapping truck
tires were issued to the following:
Highway Commission, !) tires and
one tube.
One new tire and tube were allot
ted to W. S. Revels for farm mach
inery.
Certificates for recapping auto
tires were issued to the following in
mission, 2: Frank Weathersbee, 3:
J. T. Barnhill, Jr., I; J. E. Boykin,
1; Alpha Cleaners, 2; R. H. Taylor,
1; J. D. Etheridge, 2; F. T. Waters,
4: Rev John W. Hardy, 2; Glenn Da
vis, 4; Mary W Taylor, 3; P. C. Ed
mondson, 2; W. D. Jones, 2; Herbert
Lillie, 2, Wheeler Staton, 1; J E
Johnson, 2; James Herbert Brown,
Jr., 4; Javin Leggett, 2; Paul Brown,
1; Charlie Clinton Bailey, 1.
Recaps and grade III tires were
allotted as follows: C. M. Edmond
son, 4, Noah Boston, 2; Nora R. Ches
ry, 3, Elwood Ayers, 2; Ira Jones, 2;
Mrs. Fred Chosson, 3; Walter Spel
ler, 4, Theodore Warren, 4: R. E
Taylor, 5; Mrs. John Edmonds, 3;
Adrow Smith, 3; J. E. Copeland, Jr.,
3; Norman Bowen, 3; Hyman Wool
ard, 2; George F. Lee, 3: M. G. Wa
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Propose Increase
In Pay For Jurors
Convinced Ihut $2 a day is mighty
little pay for good citizens who quit
their work to serve as jurymen in
the Martin County courts, Represen
tative Clarence W. Griffin proposes
in a bill he is introducing in the
House this week to increase the rate
of pay to $3 a day plus the usual fee
of live cents a mile for travel. The
proposal has the support of not only
those who are called for service but
it also has the support of others who
recognize the rate of pay as being
absurdly low.
The bill provides no mileage for
tales jurymen, or those citizens who
are more or less forced into service
on the spot. It is generally agreed
that even with the increase, the rate
of pay is too small for the man who
stops his work to help administei
law and order.
[ JOINT SESSIONS 1
Beginning next Monda>, the
fuel oil rationing board will
meet at the same time the tire
and gas rationing board is in
session. By meeting on the same
day, the boards will make it
possible for those persons hav
ing business with both to han
dle it in one trip.
It is fairly apparent that many
persons are making numerous
trips to the board and actually
wasting gasoline. Possibly in
some cases trips are made in er
ror, but in other instances trips
are made to beg for something
the beggars are not really entitl
ed to or because some do not
think about cooperating and fail
to observe the office hours.
Then there are those who over
look the main purpose of the ra
tioning system and think they
should have every request grant
ed when they could make their
rations last by saving a Little [
limit and
ous trips to the rationing board.
Warning Causes Mam
I ersons n orkm«
u
s
^on - Essential jobs
Are Subject Tri Call
' Gt‘( Wfrr jol.s of
e»t Killing Issued !if \|;m
power (ioinmis^loii
The latest ruling issped by the
Manpower Commission, warning all
persons working in non-essential in
dustry to get war jobs or tight, is
apparently getting results. The first
day after the ruling was announced
fifteen young men reported to the
Williamston employment office and
made bids for war defense jobs, and
others were giving the order serious
consideration, it was learned.
In most cases, the motive to escape
the draft is fairly apparent, the ap
plicants for essential jobs seriously
would exempt them from the draft.
Most of them were not very particu
lar about the type of job just so long
as it had deferment value.
While most of the applicants ex
pressed interest in the new bargo
project now getting underway in
Washington, several expressed in
terest in farm jobs. It is possible that
a few will go to the farms, but the
ruling is a natural one for defense
industry.
The Manpower commission in its
latest ostler lists t>5 non-essential
occupations. If the order relieves
the manpower shortage, no other
changes are to be expected. If the
order does not relieve the situation
to any great extent it is considered
quite likely that the list will be
expanded to include many other
jobs.
It was clearly explained in the or
der that those persons in non-essen
tial industry cannot hide behind
their dependents, meaning that a
married bartender with children is
in line for the draft if he does not
change his job and enter some war
defense job.
The list at non-essenUtdjobs is ap
to this SiAiioo oiiTy in a
small number of cases, hut the jobs
are grouped for one to determine his
position, as follows:
Manufacturing -Curtains, draper
ies bedspreads, pleating, stitching,
tucking, embroidering, trimmings,
stamped art goods, art needlework,
cut glass, beveled glass, etched glass,
cutware, glass novelties, Mosaic
glass, stained glass, leaded glass, or
namented glass, decorated glass, jew
elers’ fixings and materials, jewel
ry, lapidary work, ornamental gold,
silver leaf and foil (non-indus*: !a 1),
silverware, plated ware (non-indus
trial), costume jewelry and novelties,
decorative feathers and plumes, ar
tificial flowers, frames, mirror and
picture, greeting cards, picture post
cards, jewelry eases, signs and ad
vertising plays.
Wholesale and retail trade-— An
tique.-., beer, wines and liquors, cus
tom tailors and turners, candy, con
fectionery and nuts, florists, jewelry,
novelties, tobacco.
Service—Automobile rental serv
ice, dance schools, music schools,
theatrical schools, art studios and
schools, gambling, interior decorat
ing, night clubs, parking lots, pho
tographic studios, Turkish baths,
massage parlors, clothing rental,
porter service, social escort services.
All the following occupations are
non-deferable, regardless of the ac
tivity in which they may be found—
Bar cashier, bar boy, bartenders, hath
house attendants, beauty operators,
bellboys, bootblacks, bus boys, but
lers, charmen and cleaners, cosme
ticians, custom tailors, custom fur
riers, dancing teachers, dishwashers,
doormen and starters, elevator oper
ators (passenger and freight, exclud
ing industrial freight elevators re
lated to production), elevator start
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Insistent Violator
Problem for Officer
Milton James, aged colored man
fit tin Free Union section of James
ville Township, is offering ABC Of
ficer J H. Roebuck one big problem
to solve.
James, owner of about a three
horse farm, is an invalid and he in
sists on selling liquor. Hiding behind
his infirmities, the alleged violator
has openly defied the law. Catching
him with a quantity of illegal liquor,
Officer Roebuck some time ago warn
ed th< old codger against the prac
tice. This week the officer raided
the old man’s home again and found
about one-half gallon of illegal li
quor there along with six empty gal
lon jugs, eight one-half gallon jars,
and a five-gallon demijohn, all fresh
ly emptied.
Yesterday, the officer swore out
a warrant for the man, and the
problem was created. It is fairly ap
parent that James will have to be
moved on a stretcher. Before furth
ei action is taken, the law will await
rwmierfro m the courts direr
removal from
to the court on a stretcher.
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IMPORT VINT
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Vehitf^ owners-operators go
| -Jbr befqpe the rationing hoard in
the interest of gas or tire rations
are ui Red to carry their tire in -
section sheets with the tire ser
ial numbers on them. Quite it tew'*
persons have appeared before the
board without the inspection
records and found it necessary
to make a second trip.
The attention of the public is
aRain called to the hours observ
ed by the rationiiiR board office.
OpenittR each morninR at 8
o'clock, the office closes each
afternoon at 5 with an hour off
at lunch. ICaeh Tuesday, Friday
and Saturday afternoon, the of
fice is closed to the public while
the employees handle reports.
Extra trips wilt be made unnec
essary if these hours arc noted
by the general public.
Raymond I). Taylor
Passes Suddenly In
Hospital Yesterday
Tiutri'iil Services Are Being
Coutliicleil for laical Man
This Afternoon
Raymond D. Taylor, well-known
and popular local young man, died
in the local hospital yesterday morn
ing at 5:45 o’clock following a brief
illness. A victim of asthma and com
plications, he had been in declining
health Mr some time. His Condition I
became worse last Tuesday and he
entered the hospital the following
morning. He got up and walked
around in his room for a few min
utes late Wednesday afternoon to
relieve his asthma. Returning to his
bed a short time later he became un
conscious and death came gradual
ly as a result of pneumonia.
The J11 ,, JP< TVi V J
lor an^UicTi^flenry It Taylor, he |
was born near Williamston 44 years
ago the tenth of next month. After
finishing the community school, he
attended school here, and later com
jplelcd business courses in a Raleigh
College. Returning to Williamston In
worked in the Crawford insurance
office for several years before go
ing to Miami where lie was employ
cd in a bank for nearly four years.
Returning home, he entered the em
ploy of the Harrison Wholesale Com
pany and was, associated with that
firm for nearly fifteen years. He
later opened and ope rated a pool
room on Washington Street He
never married, but maintained a
home here for his aged mother
Mr. Taylor was a member of the
Memorial Baptist Church here for
a number of years and bis pastor,
Hr. W. R Burrell, will conduct the
last rites this afternoon at S 301
o'clock from the home. Interment
will follow' in the family cemetery
on the old home farm, near here.
Besides his mother, he is survived
by three brothers, Herman Taylor,
of Williamston, Dr. Cecil Taylor, of
Baton Rouge, La., and Harry Taylor,
of Norfolk, and four sisters, Mrs. A
R. Smith, of Atlanta; Mrs. W O Mc
Cluskey and Misses Virginia and
Vivian Taylor, all of Greensboro.
Finishes Training
At Primary School
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Goodfellow Field, Texas.— Avia
tion Cadet Marvin W. Corey, 26, of
Jamesville, recently graduated from
primary school at Ballinger, Texas,
has begun the third, and hext-to-last
stage of his flight training.
At Goodfellow Field, Army Air
Forces Basic Flying School, San An
gelo, Texas, Aviation Cadet Corey
has stepped up to a fast, 450 horse
power, stream-lined, iow-wing
BT13A in which he is learning pre
cision flying hv instrument, forma
tion, acrobatics and tactics to be
used in combat against the Axis.
After nine weeks at Goodfellow
Field, which has produced many of
the A.A.F.’s combat heroes, Aviation
Cadet Corey and his classmates of
43E will be ready for the finishing
touches of advanced school. Then
they’ll be flying officers eligible for
action in the war zones.
Aviation Cadet Corey is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Corey, James
ville. He graduated from Jamesville
High school in 1934 and later at
tended Campbell College.
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M’ew Auto Ih Allotted To
Alleged Speed Violator
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A new automobile was allotted to
C. S. Vanlandingham, star route mail
carrier, by the Martin County Ra
tioning Board this week. Vanland
ingham was called before the board
just recently for allegedly violating
the war speed regulation. At that
time he was warned that his rations
|Weve suhject to he reduced Howev
he came back strong and clainl i
ed and got a new car.
fttnera 5 TifesmSTTor
CajUaiuDon (>odw in
In \ ir^inin \ hiqn4
ton lleiiiott’ry for High
Hanking Naval Officer
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Funeral services for rapfgftn Iff#"
C Godwin, native of Williamston
who los1 his life along with other
high ranking naval officers in a
"*■* ci abocd* : milo3 north • • •• —
of San Francisco on the morning of
January 21, will be held ift Fort
Meyers Chapel next Tuesday after
noon at 3 o’clock, relatives and
friends were notified h<4£ late yes
terday. Mrs. Godwin and other
members of the funeral party are ex
pected to reach Washington from the
West Coast next Monday The serv
ice will be held in the Virginia cha
pel with full military honors and in
terment will follow in Arlington
Cerntery.
Besides his w.fe, the former Miss-**®*
ilase. Mae Kenney, of Washington
and Connecticut, he leaves a daugh
ter, Mrs. Donnie Bingle, of Wash
ington City, and four brothers.
"" 1 has H., and Vi rnei U-Gou-*-""****
u in, oi Williamston; Lewis Godwin,
of Farniville, and Dr. Grover c!
Godwin, of Roanoke, Va.
Captain Godwin entered the Na
vy as an ensign out of Annapolis in
Hill and returned to the Academy
as a professor about 11)37 for several
terms. He also taught in the Univer
sity of Southern California and was
promoted to the captaincy in 1939. He
was a lieutenant commander in the
the submarine service during .World
Wai 1 Mr Godwin lived through
the Pearl Harbor attack and-after
seeing mucn action in the South Pa
cific was on his way to the States
for shore duty and another promo
tion.
His brothers, Messrs. Chas. H.
Godwin and Verner L). Godwin, and
nephew, Chas. H Godwin, Jr., and
Julius S. Peel will go from here for
the service. They wilt be joined by
two other brothers, Messrs. Lewis
Godwin, of Farmville, and Dr. G. C.
Godwin, of Roanoke, Va
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Carroll Lee Griffin
twLs^es Hospital
Early This Morning
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!■ tiiKiii! ! o r W <■ 11 - Known
Young Farmer Will Be
Held Saturday at 2:30
Funeral services will be held at
the home of Ins parents in Griffins
Township Saturday afternoon at 2:30
o clock for Carroll Lee Griffin, well
known young county farmer who
died in a Washington hospital at 3:15
o-clock this morning of injuries re
\"<vcd in a tractor-team accident on
ins farm near Smithwicks Creek late
last Tuesday afternoon. The young
man’s left leg was broken near the
ankle, and he suffered a crushed hip
and other injuries when a pair of
run a way horses crashed into a
trader on which he was riding across
a field. Removed immediately to the
hospital he was thought to be getting
along as well as could be expected
until early last night when he suf
fered a relapse Reviving for a short
lime about 11 o’clock he recognized
and spoke to his small son, his con -
dition growing rapidly worse from
that time.
The son of A Dawson Griffin, Jr,
and wife, Mis. Matilda Roberson
Griffin, he was born in the Smith
wicks Creek community of Griffins
Township on September 9, 1914, and
lived and farmed on the farm of his
lurth all his life. A real friend to
a is fellowman, he was held in high
esteem by all who knew him. He was
a willing and hard worker and was
regarded as a promising young lead
r in his community. He was a good
young man, one who made his wants
and desires second to those of oth
■rs. in liis patient and humble walk
through life he set an example
(Continued on page four)
Whit C. Purvis Is
Now Naval Cadet
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Whit C. Purvis, 22, son of Mrs.
Daisy T. Purvis, of 312 Main Street,
iViiliamston, was recently appointed
* Naval Aviation Cadet and was
transferred to the U. S. Naval Air
rraining Center, Pensacola, Fla , for
ntermediate flight training, accord
ng to an announcement from the
oublic relations office of that sta
tion.
Prior to entering the Naval serv
ice, Cadet Purvis received his B.S.
tiegree from the University of North
Carolina.
The last of September, he was sent
to the U. S. Naval Reserve Aviation
Base in Anacostia, D. C., where he
successfully completed the elirmna
tion training course the middle oi
last month.
Upon completion of the intensive
course at the “Annapolis of the Air,”
Purvis will receive his Navy “Wings
of Gold,” with the designation of .
Naval Aviator, and will be eommis
sio^^ymEnsign in the Naval
Lieutenant in
Marine Corps Reserve.