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OVOt THK TOT FOR VICTORY OWTD STATES WM BONDS-STAMPS THE ENTERPRISE fat oat WAM y* UNI BAT -mw mum VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 37 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 9, l(? 11 ESTABLISHED 1899 Increased Bombing In May Will Open Path For Invasion Russians Open Final Drive To TrBc£3ntur .iP*^ Of Sevastopol Apparently the Allied Air Forres will be given another oportunity to knot k out or, at least, soften up the European fortress before an actual invasion is launched, according to observers. A new bombing record was established in April when Allied airmen dropped eighty-one thous and tons of bombs on Hitler’s do main. The plans call for about one hundred and fifty thousand tons to be delivered this month, and it is figured that that much dynamite will soften up Hitler and his fortress During a fifty-hour period recent ly, it is etsimated that nearly 12,000 Allied planes were over the Conti nent, the blows having been direct ed at targets over a wide area, in cluding the invasion coast and ob jectives in France, Belgium and Germany. The oil fields in Rumania have been reduced to a low state of productivity in recent attacks. To day, American bombers arc over France and Belgium in great num bers attacking airdromes and rail yards. Last night the British lost ten bombers, and yesterday Ameri can airmen shot down 119 German planes in one of the most devastating raids yet delivered against Berlin. Ending an eighteen-day lull, the Russians have launched a final and all-out attack to recapture the im portant Crimean port of Sevastopol. Strong defenses have been cracked there and the Red Armies are now holding important heights overlook ing the city. On the Italian land front, two sharp German cracks at the Allied defenses—one on the Anzio beach head, the other on the Carigliano River front about 15 miles south of Cassino—were thrown back over the week-end. On the Adriatic front—where Al lied fliers on Friday burst the Pes cara Dam—German positions were flooded Navy Search Planes operating out of advanced Aleutian bases have blasted Japanese installations on Paramushiro and Shumushu in the Kuriles. Large fires were started by the raiders who encountered no enemy air interception but did fly through heavy flak and heavy cali bered defense guns. From the mid-Pacific comes news of more air attacks on enemy bases in the Carolines and the Marshalls. Ponape was hard hit as were coastal (Continued on page four) Young Soldier Hurt In Fall From Auto —$— Pvt. Joseph F. Doherty, young Brooklyn soldier and a member of Die guard at the local prisoner of war camp, was dangerously but be lieved not critically hurt when he fgl! from the running board of an automobile on East Main Street here while returning to his station at 5:50 o’clock last Saturday morning. Suf fering a fracture of the skull, he was rendered unconscious, but par tially recovered before reaching a Washington hospital, it was said. The local institution was filled to capac ity, it was explained. Removed to the Camp Butner Army Hospital yesterday, the young man was said to be getting along very well this morning, and his recovery is expect ed. He will be a patient in the hos pital for some time, however. Pvt. Doherty was married to Mrs. Lucille Ramey Daii, local young woman ,in Washington last Friday. In an automobile accident late last Friday night near Bear Grass, sev eral colored persons, two men and a woman, were slightly hurt. Their names could not be learned and few details ot the accident were avail able. It was stated that the car, traveling at a rapid speed, was un able to negotiate a curve on the Bear Grass-Greenville Roard, that it ran into a ditch and turned over. The auto belonged to a car dealer in Greenville. ————• “"AlRiOunce Final? In School At Oak City On Tuesday nigl.t at 8:30, May 9th, Mrs. J. B. Bowers will present her music pupils in a recital with the program as follows: Piano and vocal solos, musical recitations, bal let and tap dancing, 2nd grade or chestra with Hazel Etheridge ac companist and dances accompanied by Gladys Mizelle. On Thursday night May 11th the Ruritan Club of Oak City will en tertain the Seniors of Oak City School at a barbecue supper. There will be a guest speaker to be an nounced later. Sunday May 21st at 3:30 o’clock P. M. Rev. Robert W. Bradshaw, pastor of Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church in Greenville will preach the annual sermon in the school au ditorium. Thursday May 25th at 8:30 P. M. the seniors will give their class ex ercises and receive their diplomas. n y tl b fi j< ei v, b tl j< ft n b a: a: ei w, rt n 1e v» w si si E tl 01 IT tl W fl O! P i Few County Farmers Going To South Carolina for Plants ( ilv iai '.hat tobacco plant situation is hopeless fcr them, some few farmers in this ■MW MW g» and border counties in search of plants. The first search was started Sunday when a number of farmers, headed by Tames Russell Cherry, Alton Harris and Bob Bailey, ail of Bear Grass, started for South Caro lina in cars pulling trailers. What success they had, if any, could not be learned here immediately. Troubled over the poor prospects in this county, other farmers are in quiring after plants with the in tention of going to the border or in to South Carolina for plants. It is generally believed, however, that most farmers will wait for then own plants to grow or bargain with — — mm few exceptions tobacco transplant ing will be from ten days twc iSteiiefoWto vptir Mr nsi trie count Heavy and nun. rous rains in April almost drowned the plants and when the blue mold struck them about ten days ago many of them | were silled, but it is understood [that the remaining supply will be sufficient to transplant the crop in its entirety, but that the transplant ing will be later than usual. Apparently the crop in South Carolina has been transplanted, pnc report stating that there were enough plants in one small area to transplant fifty or more acres. The farmers leaving this county last Sunday were to invade that area, it was learned. THE RECORD ; SPEAKS . . . One person was badly hurt and several were slightly bruis ed in auto accidents in this coun ty last week-end. Long about this time last year, highway accidents were taking human life at the rate of one a week. So far this year .only one person has been killed in the countv in motor wrecks. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 18th Week Comparison Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge 1944 2 1 0 $ 100 1943 1 0 1 000 Comparison To Date 1944 19 6 1 3450 1943 16 6 4 2550 Sergeant Roberson Hopes to Get Home Before 'Too Long' — • — Tell* About Marlin County Roy in Recent Leller From Fn^laml — Expressing his appreciation for the papers (The Enterprise and Robersonville Herald) Sgt Oscar E. Roberson, Martin County young man, tells in a recent letter from England about Edgar Taylor, county boy missing over Europe, and points out that they are giving the enefny “double action,” casually expressing the hope that he will be able to re turn home before “too long ” His letter follows: April 25-44. Dear Publishers: First, I want to appologize for not having written before thanking you for the favor of sending me the two local newspapers, I’ve been getting them regularly now for about two years and have en joyed them to the fullest extent— especially the social news, about who’s who, where and when. 1 find that the Martin County boys are really being spread over the world and doing a “bung up” job with all branches of the armed forces. Quite a few are making good names for themselves that will not be forgotten soon by their country and friends. Many of the local boys are over here but I haven’t succeed ed in contacting any of them. My working and free hours are so ir regular that it is difficult to ar range plans and dates, but perhaps later I will have better luck. I’m getting along all right, but working hard and getting a little war weary. Had two furloughs since I've been in the E. T O., one spent in London and the other in Edinburgh, Scotland, both very nice. I’ve noticed several articles in the paper concerning Edgar Taylor, of Williamston, and thought that it might be of interest for you to know that I knew him well. He not only was stationed at my base but was flying in the plane which I crew, or maintain when he was shot down o»tr Germany, lie nad amte/if com 1 pi'eted his tour of missions at the (Continued on page foui) REGISTRATION According to incomplete re ports, comparatively few new names have been added to the election registration books in this county during recent days. The books will remain open un til 6 o\ lock p. m. on Saturday of this week, and those persons who are 21 years or older and who have not registered are in vited to get their names on the books. Registrations are being handl ed at the Roanoke Chevrolet Company by Registrar John Henry Edwards for the No. 1 pre cinct and by O. S. Anderson In the city ball for the No. 2 pre cinct in Williamston. The books are also open in the eleven oth er precincts in the county. Pvt. LeRoy Godard Writes To Friends From England Base i .. —♦— British Really Speak Knglisli, “Bui We Do Not”, Private Godard Declares | Landing not so long ago in Eng I land. Pvt, Leroy Godard addressed the following letter to Friends and I Neighbors in Martin County: "i will drop you a few lines to let you know how I am getting along over here in England, “This leaves me feeling fine and I hope it finds each one that reads The Enterprise the same, if not bet ter. T have been taking The Enter prise ever since I have been in the Army, and I have seen in it a lot of letters from boys overseas and I want to put a few lines in there, too, "Well, I was inducted in the Army I last August the tenth at Fort Bragg and I had my twenty-one days leave and went back on the first of Sep tember. I stayed at the reception center at Fort Bragg sixteen days and then we were sent to Camp Van J Dorn, Mississippi. There I was in the Sixty-third Division. 1 took my basic training there and then 1 went home in January on furlough, but on December the 16th I got. a tele gram from home stating that my father had died, so then I went home and it was a very unhappy furlough for me. "After I got back off my furlough in January I had made up my mind to volunteer for overseas my first chance. About the middle of Janu ary one day we were out in the woods on a problem and the com pany commander came out in the woods where we were and said that he wanted thirty volunteers for overseas replacements, so 1 was the first man to give him my name. "After a stay of a few more days there we packed up and were ready to go. We took off one morning bright and early not knowing where we were going. In about two days we reached Fort Dix, N. J , and there we were all split up and sent to dif ferent companies. It was at night when we got there and I didn’t know anyone, but in a few minutes I went over to the mess hall and met the mess sergeant, and he was then I my best friend in sight. "I had to get up early the morn ing after getting to Fort Dix and go over and get an exam, and a shot or two. This was a new outfit and I didn’t think that I was going to like it much, but after 1 got used to 1 it, I like it fine. ' “We have now landed safely in ' England and I like it fine over here. ' I have been on a few passes and ' have met a few of the British girls 1 and they are pretty fine girls, but 1 not as good as the girls back there in 1 good old Martin County, and they 1 never will be. ‘ "The British were hard to under stand when we first got here, but , I am about used to them now, and their talk isn’t as bad as I once ‘ thought it to be. The British really speak the English language, but we don’t. "Well, this is about all I have to say to all you folks, so stick to gether and maybe most of us hoys ’VM L'i <i'u<il7^fcrt.whe sowi. I I often road other papers rrom other parts of the world, and fiom , over here too, but The Enterprise is j (Continued on page four) 1 J. N. Robbins New • Revenue Collector; J. N Robbins, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for Martin, Bertie I and Chowan Counties, is replacing Mr. Phillip Woodley, who has re signed from the bureau to go into business. Mr. Robbins is living in ] Windsor, and will be in the Bertie ( County Court House every Satur- ] day from 8 30 to 5:15. He will be in 1 the Williamston post office everv < Friday from 8:30 to 2 o'clock and in , the Edenton post office building, i basement floor, in Edenton, each , Monday from 8:30 to 2 p. m., to as- < sist taxpayers with Federal returns, t Deputy Robbins’ mailing address is Box 112, Windsor, N. C. 5 TOWN - FARM IN WARTIME r » 1 ♦ (A weekly we*s digest from the ra .M ’****? MU UJffCT11 *1 the OW1 news bureau) Meals-Fats Requiring Red Points The only items for ” nich rea ra n n d e n h e e o e t t ticn points will be needed are beef steaks (exeept flank steaks), roasts, butter, margarine, cheese, cheese products and evaporated milk, the Office cf Price Administration an nounces, Three red stamps (30 points) will become valid every four weeks instead of every two weeks because of the wide selection of meats available without points. At present, red stamps A8 through T8 are good, but no more stamps will become valid until June 3. Facial Tissues Go To War Use of facial tissues by war plants for cleaning precision metal parts and polishing lenses and increased use in hospitals are cubing into ci vilian supplies to some extent, the War Production Board says, but, with roasonabl" conservation, sup plies in general should meet all es sentia! demands. Production of fac ial tissues has been maintained at the 1942 rate for the last, two years. Men Overseas May Order Gifts American service men overseas may again order Christmas gifts this year for their friends and relatives in the United States, the Office of War Information reports. The men I make their selections from cata logues at Army exchanges or Navy ship services and list them on order blanks. The orders are then sent to the United States to be filled and mailed for Christmas. WPB recent ly announced that it will approve manufacturers’ requests that are cer tified by the Army Exchange Serv ice or Navy Ship Service Stores for additional allocations of material or containers necessary for these or ders. Hospitals Distribute Penicillin More than 1,000 hospitals in the United States have been selected to serve as depot hospitals for the lim ited civilian distribution of penicil lin. the WPB announced. The hospi tals should received their first ship ment on May 10. More Irons To Be Produced Authorizations to produce a total of 193,625 electric flat irons in 1944 have been granted two manufactur ers in Mansfield, Ohio, and one man ufacturer in New York City, WPB said. The total authorized production is now about 395,000 irons. Transport Lines Must Be Clear "This is invasion year,” the di rector of ODT said, and the trans portation system must be free to respond to any demands that the occasion may make upon it. The un essential traveler will have only him self to blame if lie is indefinitely stranded, or finds his Pullman reser vations summarily canceled, or finds passenger schedules temporarily dis rupted and intercity buses complete ly swamped, the director said. Round-up War Food Administration says: Manufacturers of ice cream are per mitted to make more and richer ice cream during May and June in an ticipation of a heavier-than-usual production of milk during this per iod . . . For our armed forces, 2a to 1 1 f 3 c i c t r o 0 y d t d v t: p t a a tl d e a 1 1A o ti p e, tl v ri a a i n (Continued on page four) Colored Man Shot Late Last Saturday —<#,— James Willis Lloyd, young colored man, was painfully but not. seriously shot following a disturbance at Brown’s cafe on Washington Street last Saturday night about 11 o’clock. Entering the hip from the back, the bullet, fired from a small calibre pistol, ranged downward and almost penetrated the thigh. The bullet was removed later that night, and Lloyd after walking around a bit Sunday was working yesterday. Several persons, in ludmg Frank Williams, Willie Biggs, James Purvis and Willie James Rogers, were questioned, but no formal charge has been brought against anyone by local police. Suspicion centers on P.ogers, but he did not report in time for a preliminary hearing in the case last night, and the shooting will be nirert. v.t h "■‘■‘•ting scheduled for According to unconfirmed reports, Rogers was seated with his girl in Brown’s cafe when Lloyd, said to have been drinking, came in fussing and “cussin’ ”. The proprietor or dered them out, and about five minutes later Lloyd was shot. The victim claims he doesn’t know who shot him, and witnesses won’t talk, the obstinate acting blocking police in their efforts to solve the attack. /’/r. Cecil II. Honda Invade a Knujulein A loll An Advanced Pacific Base, (De layed), Marine- Private First Class Cecil B. Bonds, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bonds of R.F.D. 2, Box 22, Williamston, N. C., has been promot ed from private to his present rank. A member of the Fourth Marine Di vision which invaded Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, he was employed on a farm before joining the service September 21, 1943. His wife, Mildred, lives at R.F.D. 2. Box 4?A, Wil.iamston, N C, Hundreds Of Boy Scouts Will Hold Camporee Next Week ! —-- I to wW ?\ five-county j ho high school grounds | !*'■■■.. j .■ j ■ ii.i.m .'i ^ . i announced today by Council Scout officials. The youths will gather here from five counties, including those from Beaufort. Washington, Pitt. Bertie and Martin. In addi tion to the youths, the cam puree i.' exPcct°d to attract prominent Scout officials, including members of the district committee, executive board of directors and other leaders in terestt'd in Boy feout activities Assistant Scout Executive Norman Scrivener of Greenville stated in a letter to Mr. Wheeler Martin here this week, that many of the troops in the other counties had already started making preparation to at arc scheduled i ramporee on t pond (he camporee, that they were keenly anticipating the event. iTheyoungsters^ivenloskig^ ^o*^oTTflT“ejrnpr‘^frP™\vooa,nnla£i few .•••her incidentals will be furn ished locally. According to the tentative pro gran'. the main event will be the Big Mass Campfire Friday evening, May 19, but the entire camping period will be marked by activities of some kind. A final and detailed program will be announced the early part of next week. Local scouts, numbering about fifty, are making ready to entertain the visitors, and they are eagerly looking forward to the three-day camporee. Visitors will be warmly received during the camporee, it was announced. ■ Farm Deferments Are Ruled Out At Meeting , County Board Will ; Review Deferments Previously Granted —*— Definite Instructions Issued At District Meeting In Greenville —— <*> Deferments for farm registrants 18 to 25 years of age, inclusive, have just about been ruled out lock, stock and barrel, according to unofficial but reliable reports received here following a district meeting of draft and war board officials in Greenville yesterday. Briefly stated, any registrant not engaged in a critical occupation, and it bus been ruled that there are few or none in this area, is in line for the draft according to his order number if lie is eighteen years or older and was not 26 years old on or before last March 24. The five youthful farmers who were recently deferred in this county will have their cases reviewed, and it is in deed likely that their classifications wll be changed back to l-A and that they will be made subject to call possibly in June. It isn’t likely that they can be made ready in time to answer the Navy’s May call on or about the 25th of this month. Under the new interpretation of llu' recent rulings covering the in duction of men 18 to 2(1 years of age, every man on the farm who is in that age group can expect to be called. The board in this county in keeping with a similar policy followed in other counties had decided not to take the last man from a farm. This policy was rejected, and only physi cal hardships will be recognized in the future; that is, if there is an in valid and the registrant is the only one at home, then the case might be recognized as a hardship. But if the calling or (i is gisti ant closes tin- farm and leaves the family alone, it will not be recognized as a hardship, ac cording to definite instructions is sued to the draft board members ' from twenty counties in Greenville 1 this week. The Selective Service spokesman • said agriculture, as a whole, is es- ; sential, but he declared, and scored 1 his words with emphasis, that the in- | dividual farm is secondary to the need for men. Some will possibly 1 lose their feitilizer and experience a 1 financial loss, but millions of men I now in the armed services have al- 1 i^ady had their financial reverses, < but the loss is small compared with < what it will be if this war is not won, ’ the spokesman was quoted as say- • ing. ’ The most important thing today is •’ furnishing men for the armed forces, • and the time has come when agri- .. ; tuie snould and must furnish its pio- • rata part, the spokesman was further ’ quoted. I The county draft board members - were warned to get the men, meet the quotas or else resign. It was also I understood that if the draft officials d"1 not meet their assigned quotas, 1 tin i, , (would be demm b .1 ed. It is fairly certain now that any i (Continued on page four) Plans Are Complete For Demonstration —♦ — Plans were announced complete today for holding a special cooking school and food conservation demon stration program in the Legion Hut on Watts Street here tomorrow af ternoon at 2 o’clock. Preparations have been made to accommodate 300 or more visitors, many of whom are expected here from surrounding counties. The general public is invit ed, and valuable prizes, including two $25 war bonds are being offered. The program, one of the most time ly and complete ever planned in this part of the State by Miss Virginia Blount, V. E. and P. Company home economist, is attracting nationally known figures. r ROUND-UP v. J Although pugnacity was in the atmosphere over this community in recent days, only three per sons were arrested and jailed during the week-end, accord ing to a review of the hoosegow jail record. One man, a colored fellow, was jailed for an alleged assault with a deadly weapon and two white men were detained for being publicly drunk. It was about the third visit in three weeks for Clyde Silverthornc who was booked for public drunkenness. Toughness Tested In Friendly Fight Early Last Sunday —•— Navy \\ ins l»y Decisive Score Hnl Seaman Lands in County Jail -vV Holding forth at Mickey’s Inn in the wee hours of lust Sunday morning, a small crowd discussed • he toughness of merchant seamen and sailors. It was just a friendly discussion, the several beers adding harmony and making the group a bit talkative. A test was arranged and Latham James of the Merchant Marine and Ervin Faircloth, 22, of the Navy were to prove or disprove any and all claims. According to the rules, James was to “shoot” a blow at Faircloth’s jaw, and then Faircloth was to “shoot” one at James’ jaw. The test was to be conducted on fan cloth first, and lie cooperated by holding his chin up and head out in a lair position. James planted the blow Faircloth shook his head, ran his tongue around his mouth and expectorated two or three times, and said, "Now, it's my time.” In strict accordance with the agreement, James turned his jaw up, and Faircloth delivered a blow. One report stated that it lifted the victim clear of the floor by at least a foot. The sailor was declared the winner, hut the friendliness under which the test was advanced faded, and a fight started. Andy Kirby pitched in with his black jack, delivering a blow on the sailor’s head that re quired three stitches to close. Kirby withdrew and sold out across the highway in the direction of the high way radio station. Friends of the sailoi gave chase and ran him down in Corporal Hill Hunt’s vegetable garden Faircloth was said to have taken over and administered a severe drubbing, the garden ap pearing next morning to have been struck by a tornado. Faircloth was detained temporari ly for public drunkenness. The affair was one of several re ported in the community ovei the LONG TRIP Granted his first leave in some time, Seaman Jesse James Bow en traveled thousands of miles, spent sleepless nights and com peted with civilian traffic on crowded trains and busses to spend a few hours with rela tices near Jamesv'lle. Arriving in the county from Bremerton, Washington, last Friday night, the young man started the return trip the fol lowing night. The seaman knew he would have only a few hours at home, but he hardly realized that he would find competition so great on the commo ncarriers. He did not eomplain, but he was so sleepy and tired when he reached the county that he al most walked around in his sleep. He spent all but about one day of his fifteen-day leave traveling. / Fifty-one Tires Are l Allotted In County By R ntio;} £ a v* ie S. g kS d e it n y y y s I ) I iVnUHiMHhi Jirwri.nu"i iiu.M !11■ pi<!r«<I Tires \r*> .'oh Pending Fifty-three tires, thirty-two for passenger cars and pick-up trucks and twenty-one for trucks, were is sued by the Martin County War Price and Rationing Board last Fri day evening. No certificates for Grade III tires were issued. That the tire shortage has not yet been relieved is evidenced in the large number of applications now pending before the board panels. Since it was announced a short time ago that holders of "B” gas rations were eligible for Grade I tires, the applications have poured into the board office in large numbers, and today it would require 233 Grade I tires to meet the demand. The shortage may be relieved in due time, but just now the situation is not very encouraging, especially for those who need tires and need them now. Grade I tires and tubes for cars and pick-up trucks wire issued to the following: I)r. E. E. Pittman, Oak City, one tire. H. L Davis, Jamesville, one tire. C U Rogers, Williamston, one tire. A. L. Oakley, Robersonville, one tire. Heber Peel, RED 1, Williamston, one tire and one tube. Mary W Taylor, Williamston, one tire. Eli Rodgers, Robersonville, one tire and one tube. I C Roebuck, RED 1. Roberson ville .two tires and two tubes. Mack D. Coltrain, RED 1, William ston, one tire and one tube. I M. Little, Robersonville, three tires and one tube. Mrs. Edmond Harris, Williamston, two tires and two tubes. E R. Johnson, Robersonville, one tire and one tube. Williamston Package Co., one tire and one tube. N R Daniel, RED 1, Jamesville, two tires and two tubes. W 1. 1 homas, Hamilton, one tire and one tube. 1 L. Haislip, Hamilton, one tire and one tub". R. L. Whitehurst, RED 3, William ston, one tire and one tube. II. P. Mobley, Williamston, one tire and one tube. Thermon Griffin, RFD 1, William ston, one tire. J. C. Mobley, Jamesville, one tire (Continued on page four) -$ Cast lor Operetta In Seliool Thursday Patience or Bunthorne’s Bride” will be presented by students of the Williamston High School Thursday, May 1! at 8:30 p. m. in the high school auditorium. The cast of the famous operetta includes a chorus of sixteen girls us Raptuous Maidens, a chorus of sixteen boys as Dragoon Guards, and eleven principals as fol lows. Reginald Bunthorue, Joe Wynne; Archilbald Grosvenor, Hal Dickens; Colonel Calverly, Billy Myers; Major Murgatroyd, J. D. Lilley; Lieutenant the Duke Dunstable, A1 Ward; Mr Hunthorne's Solicitor, Fred Wheeler; Patience, a dairymaid, Alberts Swam; The Lady Anglea, Frances Jarman; The Lady Saphir, Angela McLawhorn; The Lady Ella, Louise Griffin; The Lady June, Eliza Dani els. Costumes for the presentation of the famous operetta were received yesterday morning from a Boston costumer and rehearsals are now in progress. “Patience” is one of the better known Gilbert and Sullivan oper ettas, and Thursday night’s produc tion promises to exceed last year’s presentation of H M. S. Pinafore in music appeal and interest. The story is that of the rivalry of two poetic fanatics and their antics are calculated to provoke much laugh ter . The students and directors have to preparations for ttu^iresemtation, and it is expected that a large crowd will he present. Big Crowd Attends Jamesville Picture —•— A large crowd gathered in the Jamesville auditorium Friday night to see “The Battle of Russia," in a movie. The picture was interesting and well received by the commun ity Before the picture was shown, Mr. David Hardison opened the meeting with prayer. Mr. Charles Davenport then intro duced S. Sgt. C. G. Lehner, of the Norfolk Fighter Wing, who talked about the importance of maintain ing the Wednesday afternoon watches from 1 to 5 p. m. His remarks in re gard to the Jamesville post and its observers were very complimentary. After making a few remarks in regard to Russia and its people. He was assisted by Pvt. Buck in show ' ing the picture.