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\OLUME XLY.II—NUMBER 46 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 9, 19 Ft. ESTABLISHED 1899
Battle far France In Its
■ HSrrwid*€fiicial 'INiaar
Both Sides Bringing!
Up ReMotmimifr
^ For Major Fighting
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Germans Admit Allies Cannot
Be Dislodged from Their
Coastal Positions
Scoring a victory — the cost of
which has not yet been fully deter
mined—in the first phase of the in
vasion of Hitler’s European Fortress,
the Allies are now working at a fev
erish pitch to turn the tide in the
second phase in the battle for France.
Fierce fighting has ^een reported at
„ various points along the beach, and
I it is possible that the invasion is well
in its second phase around Caen and
Bayeux today, unofficial reports stat
ing that a bloody scrap is in progress
there and that tanks and all weapons
of modern warfare are in use.
That the first phase of the inva
sion was successful is evidenced in
the admission by the Germans that
the Allies rould not be dislodged
from their coastal positions. Claims
and counter-claims are now being
heard and the fighting is spotted.
While a clear picture of the develop
ments is not to be had just now, it
is certain that the Allies are pushing
farther inland, that they are out
fighting the Germans. Late reports
state that Caen, important traffic
center, has been taken. The most in
» tense fighting seems to be underway
in the Cherbourg area. Widely-scat
tered battles have been reported, but
their outcome is not yet known.
The Germans are said to be mov
ing in about sixteen or seventeen di
visions—an estimated quarter mil
lion men — in an effort to stem the
rush. At the same time, despite bad
weather, the Allies are bringing up
reinforcements in a never-ending
stream. Airborne deliveries were
halted by weather conditions, but
they have been resumed, and the
Battle for France continues unabat
ed over a front ranging up to a re
ported 140 miles. During the mean
time, there is some talk about pos
sible new landings. The Germans
say seacraft are being massed in vast
numbers off the Irish coast. Yester
day, the Allied Supreme Command
• warned fishermen in Norway, Hol
land, Belgium, Denmark and France
to clear the waters for their own
safety and not to return before 9 p.
(Continued on page four)
Tire Allotment For
The Month of June
Greatly Increased
— —
Sixty-seven Tires Rationed
By County Board Last
F iday Evening
Possibly one of the largest tire
quotas since rationing back in 1942
was assigned this county for the
month of June, the liberal allotment
apparently meaning that the tire
situation has been relieved to some
extent. However, there is no reason
to blieve that rationing will be aban
doned now or at any time in the near
future. The Grade 1 tire allotment for
June was increased from 115 in May
to 295. Fifty-six small truck tires
will be available this month as com
pared with 38 in May. There’ll be two
tractor tires available, but the 11
unit allotment of large truck tires
remains the same.
Grade I tires were issued to the
following
H. A. Sexton, Jamesville, one.
Mrs. J. A. Everett, Palmyra, one.
Hubert C. Smith, Williamston, two.
W. H. Adkins, Robersonville, two.
Harry Jones, Williamston, two.
Kelly Rawls, Robersonville, one.
Reuben A. Edmondson, Hamilton,
two.
William Fleming, Robersonville,
two.
James H. Gray, Jr.. Robersonville,
T. Jntnight, Oak City, one.
R. V. Bunting, Williamston, one,
J. E. Davenport, Robersonville,
two.
A. L. Williams, Robersonville, one.
P. T. Norwood, RFD 2, Roberson
ville, one.
Nep Lee, RFD 1, Robersonville,
two.
J. D. Britton, Robersonville, one.
B. A. Critcher, Williamston, one.
Herbert O. Peele, Williamston, two.
Jesse M. Matthews, Williamston,
one. z
W. F. Thomas, Hamilton, one.
H. J. Hardison, Williamston, one.
S. H. Grimes, Williamston, one.
S. D. Perry, RFD 3, Williamston,
one.
J. F. Martin, Jamesville, two.
Robert Mobley, Jamesville, two.
C. G. Guikin, Jamesville, one.
J. F. Weaver, Williamston, one.
W G. Peel, Williamston, one.
W. A. Manning, Jr., RFD 1, Wil
liamston, one.
Standard Fertilizer Co., Williams
(Continued on page four)
Shot through the leg while
fighting in Italy, Wm. Hare uni
Capps is rapidly improving, he
notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Capps, here last week-end.
Talk Of Oil Source
In Eastern Part of
State Heard Again
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Area for Possible Drilling* I
llomuled by Williumston
On The North
Reduced to a whisper since the old
Havelock oil venture petered out
down in Craven County, talk about
a possible source of oil being buried
under Eastern North Carolina is re
vived this week in a story appear
ing in the News and Observer. The
story follows:
Although there has been no of
ficial announcement yet concerning
the identity of the “party” desiring
to lease land in eastern North Caro
lina for oil drillings, the contract for
the lease now is in its final stages
and the signing will take place soon.
It is understood that the “party”
is the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, and the land under
consideration is a huge area of the
coastline bounded north and south
by the 77th meridian, which runs
through Williamston, and east and
west by a line from Washington to
Cape Hatteras.
The Standard Oil Company, under
provisions of the lease, would have
access to the sound and river bot
toms of the northern third of North
Carolina’s coast.
Now that the State is doing a rush
ing business in leasing lands for oil
drillings, the Coastal Plains Com
pany of Kinston, firs* organization
to lease State-owned land for an oil
search, is expected to apply for ad
ditional river-bottom land. The
company probably will ask for a
lease on the Neuse River bottom
near New Bern.
The Coastal Plains Company now
has a lease on an area in Pender
County and o nthe bottoms of White
Oak Creek, Calico Creek, and New
port River.
At a meeting this week of a joint
committee from the State Board of
Education and the Board of Con
servation and Development, repre
sentatives of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey were told the
terms on which the State would
lease the land. It was pointed out
that the company must drill an oil
well within 18 months after sign
(Continued on page four)
Justice Hassell Hears
Three Cases This W eek
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Three cases were handled by Jus
tice J. L. Hassell in his court during
the past few days.
John Henry White, charged with
disorderly conduct, was fined $2.t>0
and taxed with $8.50 costs.
Drunk and down, Ernest Lawrence
was fax 1 with $8-5*1 cost-.
•Cvitii^iOiwiUi leekless and hit-and
run driving and being drunk, luhn
Bryant was bound over to the coun
ty court under bond in the sum of
$200.
AGE jftULUNG
I
Those registrants reaching
their 26th birthday on or before
scheduled induction dates are
not now subject to draft calls,
according to a change in the rul
ings covering age groups. Up un
til this week a 26-year-old regis
trant was not exempt from the
draft unless he had reached that
mile post on or before last March
24 th.
Had the ruling been in effect
a few weeks ago, several men in
this county would not have been
inducted. The new ruling will
eliminate two from the contin
gent scheduled to leave the coun
ty on June 16th for final induc
tion.
Manpower Priority
To Be Inaugurated
jTuTTuateTJn JutvYsF
Plan Is Ex,»eclr To .Stabilize
Labor Situation To
Manpower Priorities, Employment
Ceilings, and Controlled Referrals
will be inaugurated in North Caro
lina on July 1, according to an an
nouncement made by P. B. Pollock,
Area Manpower director of the War
Manpower Commission, and released
by Mrs. Alvis Jordan, director of the
Williamston office.
All essential and- “other than es
sential" establishments in the area
will be assigned Emplojment Ceil
ings by a Manpower Priorities Com
mittee. This committee will also set
requirements for replacement sched
ules, and will recommend referral
of all male workers to establishments
in the area on the basis of the urgen
cy of the production.
Establishments will bo classified
according to the following, stated the
area director: (1) those engaged in
essential production or services of
highest urgency in which lack of
manpower is impeding production
or causing lags, or those needing j
workc-s for new or stepped up con
tracts; (21 those producing essential
products or services included in the
War Manpower Commission list of
essential activities, or which have
been designated as “locally needed”;
(3) those not otherwise classified.
The new order issued by Paul V.
McNutt, chairman of the War Man
power Commission, allows the re
ferral of male workers to establish
ments on tin' basis of relative urgen
cy in the war effort, Mr. Pollock
pointed out. These employers will be
required to employ all male work
ers through the United State's Em
ployment Service office, and at
tempts will be made to keep essen
tial and "locally needed” industries
at the highest point of production.
Establishments wall be classified
and employment ceilings will be es
tablished to the extent to which the
employer has complied with the fol
lowing: (1) adherence to require
ments and policies of the Stabiliza
tion program of the War Manpower
Commission; (2) proper utilization
of skills through job analysis; (3)
transfer, up-grading, and effective
methods; (4) utilization of women
on all possible jobs; (5) elimination
of in-plant causes of turnover and
absenteeism and labor hoarding; (6)
maintenance of an adequate training
program; (7) submission of accepta
ble replacement schedules as re
quested by Selective Service; (8)
maintenance of the minimum war
work week of the War Manpower
Commission.
The purpose of this order is to en
able local offices of the United States
Employment Service to refer work
ers where they are most urgently
needed in the war effort, explained
Area Director Pollock. There is ev
ery assurance that North Carolina
industries will make every effort
t. follow the provisions of the new
order, and that it will not be neces
sary for sanctions lo be enforced as
a result of violations. Additional in
formation concerning the Controlled
Referral plan and the ceilings to be
placed on employment can be secur
ed by writing P. B. Pollock, Area
Manpower Director, P. O. Box 657,
Washington, N. C., or getting in
touch with the manager of the "Unit
ed States Employment Service of
fice in the area in which the employ
er is operating.
Seeking Substitute
Clerk-Carrier Here
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open com
petitive examination for the posi
tion of Substitute Clerk-Carrier for
filling vacancies in tin Post OJfice
at Williamston. N. C.
Applications for this position will
be accepted by the Director, Fourth
U. S. Civil Service Region, Nissen
Building, Winston-Salem 3, North
Carolina, until the needs of the ser
vice have been met.
Competitors will be required to
n port for written examination,
which will be held periodically as
the needs of the service require Full'
information arm application blanks i
rruty be obtained from the Secretary,
Board of U. S. Civil Service Ex
aminers, Post Office, Williamston,
N. C. Henry O. Handy, Local Sec
retary.
Assumes Duties As
Pastor’s Assistant
Miss Ethel Guest, recently appoint
ed educational director and pastor’s
assistant of the Memorial Baptist
Church, assumed her duties this
week. Miss Guest enters upon her
new duties here highly recommend
ed by the leaders of the denomina
tion She is a B A. graduate of Berea
College of Kentucky, and holds the
degree of master of religious educa
tion from the Southern Raptist Train
ing School, Louisville, Ky. She is a
native of Greer, S. C , the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Guest of that
city Prior to her going to the train
ing school she taught in the public
schools of South Carolina.
TOWN - FARM
IN WARTIME
(A weekly news digest from
the rural press section of
the OW1 news bureau)
Demand deposits in country banks
(consisting largely of ordinary check
ing accounts) increased 137 per cent
from 1940 to April, 1944, according ;o
the Bureau of Agricultural Econom
ics. Such an increasing body of idle
funds, more than twice that of four
years ago, could cause inflationary
trouble if country depositors began
using their funds to bid against each
other for the purchase of land at in
crcwng price-, the BAE advises. Al
ready land values have risen almost
two-fifths above their pre-war aver
age—an increase that is inflationary
in many areas. Furthermore, in some
of the principal farming areas the
volume of land sales in 1943 surpass
ed previous high levels reached in
1919 and the number of farms re
sold after only a short period of own
ership increased. Following the in
flation t,! land values during the last
war, land prices broke sharply in
1920.
Identify Veterans Fully
To facilitate prompt reply and to
simplify identification, all mai* ad
dressed to th<> Veterans Administra
tion on matters concerning veterans
should give the full name of the vet
eran, the date of his birth, his ser
ial number, rank and organization
and the “C” and "N" numbers on
any checks or letters received from
the Veterans Administration. The
master index of this agency con
tains more than 19 million names.
Among these are over 200,000 Smiths,
of which at least 12,000 have the
given name of John.
Civilian (ias 43 I*er Cent of 1941
Passenger cur drivers now receive
only 43 per cent as much gasoline
as they used in 1941, the Petroleum
Administration for War says. While
Americans have reduced passenger
ear mileage from the peacetime lev
el by about 57 per cent, the English
I have reduced theirs by 08 per cent.
Families Want to Ituild Homes
In a recent nationwide survey of
consumei requirements, a large num
ber of the families interviewed said
they intend to use their savings for
buying or building a house before
buying durable goods, the War Pro
duction Board announces. Among
durable goods covered in the sur
vey, washing machines are now in
greatest demand, with electric irons
and mechanical refrigerators next
| in order.
Refunds to Income Tax Payers *
While one million 1943 income
tax refunds have been made by the
Treasury Department, it will be sev
eral months before all of approxi
mately 18 million taxpayers will get
refunds to which they are entitled,
according to the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue. Each refund, how
ever, will include interest at the rate
(Continued on page four)
Navy Calling For
More Volunteers
Here’s news for all women be
tween the ages of 20 and 26. Of
course, you’ve been thinking about
joining the WAVES, and now is the
time to turn your thoughts into ac
tion. Recruiter H. S. Lee will be in
Williamston at the post office each
Thursday, so drop by and get your
copy of “The Story of You in Navy
Blue," and ask any questions you'd
like about joining the popular
WAVES, sisters to Uncle Sam’s Blue
Jackets. You will make more mon
ey In the WAVES, and learn and
earn at the same time and bring a
quicker victory for America and her
Allies. Talk it over with your par
ent and friends, and they will be
sure to agree that there’sjto finer
place for a real American than in
the Navy’s WAVES. Contribute to
your country’s w'nning this war by
enlisting in the WAVES. Don’t, hesi
tate, see Recruiter Lee at the Rost
Office next week.
I
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Motorists on Martin County
highways are still wrecking their
motor vehicles, but the accident
wreck-ord shows they are more
considerate of human life this
year than la-1 despite a slight
increase in the number of
wrecks.
Five persons lost their lives
in highway accidents in this
county during the first 22 weeks
of 1943 as compared with only
one so far this year. That’s a real
accomplishment, but the wreck
ord figures in other columns are
hardly being held to a minimum.
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.
22nd Week Comparison
Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge
1944 2 0 0 $ 175
1913 2 1 1 60
Comparison To Date
1944 22 7 1
1943 20 9 5
3625
2800
Plans Are Made Here Last Night
Pm—Advanriiig 1 iltii 'Yrar-Bond*"’"'
Drive Beninn mu Moadasu June 1.2-—
Farmers Stop Their j
Plows To Join Bear
Hunt In Bear Grass
Skeptieism Liii^eriiif; After
Oil! Joke Gives Way Be
fore Kxeitiii" Story
A fairly large hog boar created a
great deal of excitement last week
when he, for no good reason at all.
struck out possibly from Tranters
Creek over In Beaufort County to
visit the district of Ins namesake.
Farmers stopped their plows, threw
down their hoes and grabbed their
guns to join the hunt. Another one,
hearing the shots and knowing the
Cratt boys were in the hunt, hitch
ed his mule to a cart and went for
the bear's carcass.
Farmer Tommie Lawrence Rober
son was hoeing in the back of his j
field when he saw a black animal |
lazily galloping down one of the i
rows. Tin'll wasn’t any doubt in his I
mind as to what he saw, but he re
called a two-year old deal some
youngsters “pulled” on him, and he
hesitated about sounding an alarm
for a bear hunt.
Very few bears have ever ventur
ed into Bear Grass Township, and
even the older residents declare they
have never seen one. About two
yars ago while Mr. Roberson was cur
ing tobacco late at night, a couple
of pranksters rigged up a snuff box
with a string and the noise effect
convinced him and others, too, that
a bear was lurking in the woods not
far away. A hunt was hurried plan
nod, and the two pranksters can
tiously moved ahead of the hunters,
the dogs being enable to pick up
even a smell. The joke finally devel
oped and all had a good laugh.
And while Mr. Roberson was fool
ed by his hearings, he felt fairly cer
tain of his eyes. But, to make cer
tain, he went by a neighbor’s house
and inquired if there was a black
calf m that part of the county. As
sured there was no such animal, lie
then gave the alarm, and the hunt
was on.
Charlie Harris and Paul Revels,
youths .just home from school, took
their guns and went down to the
swamp where they established them
selves on a small bridge. It wasn’t
long before they heard the bear tear
ing through the bushes. Just before
reaching them, the animal veered to
the left and came up behind them,
stopping to rest in a crouching posi
tion hardly more than three or four
steps away. One of the boy was so
close to the bear he could not raise
his gun, and while he backed off,
the other forgot his gun. The bear,
during the meantime, was so badly
frightened by the boys’ fright that he
tore off again down the swamp.
News of the hunt developments
began to fly throughout the terri
tory. Farmers were so busy getting
their own guns, they did not take
time to tell a neighbor.
Dogs chased the animal down the
swamp and across a road. Haywood
Rogers shot the bear once and slight
ly crippled him, and after a chase
(Continued on page four)
Funeral Today For
Mrs. Nancy Sparrow
——
Mis. Nancy Ross Sparrow died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.
H. Whitehurst, on the Biggs farm
near here at 10:30 o’clock Wednes
day night following several months
of declining health. She suffered a
stroke of paralysis while visiting her
daughter in Durham last December,
her condition gradually growing
worse.
The daughter of the late Riley and
Fannie Galloway Ross, she was born
in Beaufort County on April 29. 1861,
and spent nearly ail her hh Ur
SI.. married to R. D. Sparrow
who died in 1009. Since about 1918
she had lived with her children. Mrs.
Sparrow was a devoted member of
the Methodist Church at Aurora for
about 45 years.
Besides her daughter here, she is
survived by a daughter, Mis. W. M.
Ives, of Durham; three sons, Don
Sparrow of New Bern, Thomas Spar
row of Elkins, West Virginia, and
Robert Sparrow of Williamston, and
a sister, Mrs. Laura Bowen of Ed
wards, N. C.
Funeral services are being held at
2:30 o’clock this afternoon from her
late home by Rev. R. T Hurley, local
Methodist ministei. Interment will
follow at Coiu i’oint in Beaufort
County.
Special Religiona Service
To Be Held Here June 18
Kev. R. I. Johnson of St. Cyprian’s
Church, New Bern, will conduct
services at 2U4 South Smithwick
Street, on Sunday, June 18. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
COINFIKMKD
'l'he appointment of Mr. W. K.
Ifunn as Williamston postmaster
was just recently confirmed by
the I'nitcd States Senate. It
could not be learned when he
will enter upon his new duties.
Jiidp' Smith Calls
Fourteen Cases In
The County Court
DcIVmhmt Sriitrnrrd To The
KimuIs for Driving (!ar
Vi illioul l.icrnsc
Judge J. Calvin Smith held the
Martin County Recorder's Court m
session until 12:15 Inst Monday be
fore clearing the fourteen eases
from the docket. A large crowd was
present, including both white and
colored spectators.
Proceedings:
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with operating a motor ve
hicle without a driver's license, A1
bert Askew was sentenced to jail
for five days and was fined $20. The
costs were added to the fine.
Charged with speeding and reck
less driving, Eddie Carr was fined
$20 and taxed with the costs. The
court recommended that his driver's
license be revoked for sixty days.
Dave Midton, charged with gambl
ing, was sentenced to the roads for
sixty days, the court suspending the
road term upon the payment of the
court costs and on the further con
dition that he lie regularly em
ployed during the period of the sus
pension.
Judgment was suspended upon the
payment of the costs in the case
charging Fred Smith with gambling
Adjudged guilty over his own
plea of innocence, Johnnie Williams
was sentenced to the roads for ninety
days, the court suspending the road
term upon the payment of a $10 fine
and the case costs. It was further
stipulated in the judgment that the
defendant shall not interfere with
Mittie Dowden or violate any law
for one year. Notice of appeal was
given and bond in the sum of $100
was required.
Charged with assaulting another,
Raymond Stalls pleaded guilty of
simple assault and was fined $10.
The costs were added and the de
fendant was directed to pay $30 to
Latham James, the prosecuting wit
ness.
David Leonard James was fined
$5 and taxed with the cost in the
(Continued on page four)
Ihfinly (.olli‘i,lor iunounns
I\nr Hours lor Of Jin- llvrv
J. N. Robbins, deputy collector of
Internal Revenue foi Martin, Ber
tie and Chowan Counties, announces
new of fin hours for
immm* R.-bbin- in tbTj&Ry
nl tie port office building on Friday,
June Oth, and every other Friday
morning from 9:30 to 12 noon, to as
sist taxpayers, rather than each Fri
day as previously. Deputy Robbins
can be reached by mail at Windsor,
N C. Box 112.
11{ VVKLER
Spending a few days of a short
furlough here with friends, Pfc.
lain Hassell explained that he
had done quite a bit of traveling
during recent months. While he
hasn’t yet been all over the
globe, he has been just about
from one side to the other. “I
iiave really seen plenty and done
things,” the former local boy
said.
A inembci of an Army medi
cal detachment, the young man
has been through the Suez Canal
and visited ports in several dis
tant parts of the world. He was
nearly four months reaching one
destination, it was said.
| I his County Asked
To Raise $816,000,
In About A Month
ni'tricl Quota* \re Assigned;
' I/' Bond Quota This
Time Is $281,000
— m
Meeting in the Branch Bank and
Trust Company building here last
night, Herman A. Bowen, chairman,
■ and district leaders mapped plans
lor launching the Fifth War Bond
drive in Martin County, beginning
next Monday, June 12, Quotas were
assigned the ten districts and an
earnest appeal was directed to the
several leaders, urging them to
make certain that this county does
not falter or fail in handling such
an important job in such a critical
| period.
The people of this county are be
ing asked to invest $856,000, an
amount slightly larger than the
quota assigned in the fourth bond
drive some months ago. Of the
amount, Martin County individuals
are asked to invest $281,000 in “E”
bonds.
It was pointed out that the county
will be credited with purchases
made by servicemen and the State
treasurer. It is possible that the
county itself will invest a few thous
and that firms and corporations do
ing business in Martin County will
give the county credit for their pur
chases. Even then the task is a
formidable one, but it has been sug
gested that if the people of this coun
ty make a mere fraction of the ef
fort being made by the men on the
coast of France and sacrifice just a
little that the quota will be raised
with some to spare.
Most of the townships were repre
sented at the meeting, and while the
chairmen and their assistants recog
luted the bigness of the assignment,
they virtually agreed that the job
must be done, that no lighting man
will be deserted on the coast of
France or in the lulls of Italy or in
the Pacific or India-Burma jungles.
The various townships ire being
asked to raise the following desig
nated amounts: Jamesville, $25,000;
Williams, $11,700; Griffins, $46,800;
Bear Grass, $30,000; Williamston,
tContinued on page four)
Young Woman Takes
Her Life on Tuesday
Evening In County
-$
I'nneral Kor Mary I*. Ward
Is Briny Held Hero
lliis Afternoon
Despondent over her poor health,
Miss Mary Penina Ward, 24 years
old, ended her life early last Tues
day night al the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jasper Harrell, near Palmyra,
by firing a bullet from a .38 calibre
pistol into her head. No note was
left, but Coroner S K. Biggs inves
tigated and said it was suicide. The
young woman, a victim of several
opei ations, had declared on previous
occasions that she was going to end
her life, but members of the family
where she made her home did not
consider the threats serious. Mem
bers of the family were out in the
yard handling the late evening chores
I on their farm when the young wo
man went to her room and fired the
bullet through her head, the ball en
itTing tin- body just back 01 the right
I car and causing instant death.
The daughter of the late John D
I and Sabrina Gurganus Ward, she was
I horn in Williumston on June 28, 1920.
i When jusl an infant she was orphan
led and entered the Methodist Or
^^'unge Raleigh, where she spent
] >>,e grtatei pa of hi r life. Since
! leaving the • efirisited
members of her family, but had made
her home most of the t me with the
Harrells. On August 9 of last year,
she enlisted as an apprentice seaman
in the U. S. Naval Reserve, Balti
! more, but was given an honorable
1 discharge on account of bad health
on December 23, 1943. She trained
at the U. S. Naval Training School,
the Bronx, New York.
She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Sol
Bergman, Mrs. Ruby Heilman and
Miss Lucille Ward, all of New York;
four brothers, J. D. Ward of William
ston and Norfolk, Norman Ward of
Kinston, Sgl Wheeler Martin (Duke)
Ward, who is with the Army either
in the invasion or in Italy, and Tech.
Sgt. Evan Ward, U. S. Air Corps, now
stationed in Richmond after several
| years in foreign service.
She was a member of the Metho
dist Church and Rev. B. T. Hurley,
] local Methodist minister, is conduct
ing the last rites at the Biggs Fun
eral Home this afternoon at 3:30
o’clock. Interment will follow in the
family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery
here.