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NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING THE EXTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY SERVICE MEN NOW READING THE ENTEPRLSE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK. VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 14 Williamston, Martin County, Norik Carolina, Friday, February 16, 1945. ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge Calvin Smith Calls Seven Cases * ■rJCnhnnaf TWmul J'uy^Ton >1 on day Morning Judge J. Calvin Smith held the county lecordjr's court in session less than two hours last Monday in handling the seven cases on the docv ket. The proceedings attracted a very small crowd and the session was a very uneventful one. However, Judge Smith really bore down on non-supporters when he sentenced one defendant to the county roads for nine months. Solicitor Paul D. Roberson prose cuted the docket. Proceedings: After failing to appear for trial last week, R. R. Hilliker, charged with speeding, answered when he was called Monday. Pleading guilty, he was fined $5 and taxed with the cost. Lollie Williams, charged with dis orderly conduct, pleaded not guilty. The defendant hud been placed un der a 9fJ-day suspended sentence at a previous session and when he was adjudged guilty last Monday, the sentence was invoked. The case charging Berry Wynne with cruelty to animals was con tinued until Monday, February 26. Pleading guilty in the case charg ing him with assaulting Albert Wil son with a deadly weapon, George Purvis was sentenced to the roads for ninety days. The sentence was suspended upon the payment of a $10 fine and costs. He was also di rected to pay the prosecuting witness $23, $8 for doctor’s bill and $15 for damage done to Wilson's overcoat. The court also stipulated in its judg ment that the defendant be regularly employed during one year. Jonah Clemmons, charged with carrying a concealed weapon, was fined $50 and taxed with the co: t. The defendant’s pistol was confis cated. Eva Knight was sentenced to jail for ninety days for alleged violation of the health laws. The sentence was suspended upon the payment of the cost and on condition that the de fendant comply with the health laws. Carried into court for failing to comply with a judgment handed down in the court last April, Wil liam Staton, charged with non-sup port, was sentenced to the roads for a term of nine months. The bond posted last April and guaranteeing the payment of stipulated amounts for the support of his children, was ordered forfeited. -& . More County Boys “Touring” Europe -<s> Quite a number of Martin County boys have recently landed in the European War Theaters during re cent days. A note received this week stated that Pvt. Garland Tice was seeing the sights in France following his safe arrival across the “pond” just a short time ago. Pvt. William E. Davis advised his wife who lives on RFD 3, Williams ton, that he was in Belgium. In his letter he said that the war news sounded all right and that he hoped to start the return trip “soon.” Pvt. Elbert S. Harris recently no tified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed mond Harris, of Bear Grass, of his safe arrival in Northern France. Pvt. Winford Mobley has been traveling quite a bit in the European theater recently. In a letter to his wife he stated that he landed safely and had already “toured” France, Belguim, Holland and Germany and then back to Holland. The young man added, however, that he ex pected to make his headquarters in Germany. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mobley. While Pvt. Garland Tice was land ing in the European area, a broth er, Thomas Tice, was reportedly be ginning a trip across the Pacific. News From The Soil Conservation Front One of the farmers who laid drain age tile on his farm in cooperation with the Coastal Plain Soil Conser vation District in the winter of 1944, and who reports that he is well pleas ed with results, is Clyde Williams of near Williamston on the Washington highway. Mr. Williams removed sev eral open ditches on his farm by lay ing about 1000 feet of four inch drainage tile. Mr. Willaims slates that he is not only getting a better job of drain age, but by eliminating the open ditches he does not shrub and maintain the ditches, and has added land occupied by them to cul tivation, so it has been worth the price of the tile in the added con venience and appearance. Mr. Wil liams plans to lay more tile this sea son. During 4k month of November complete soil conservation plans were made on the farms of Mr. M T. Gardner ot f'airview cnurcn com munity, Russell Turner of near Oak City, and R. H. Peele farm, near Oak City. Pvt. Earley Briley Loses Life By ILnm'mngL'n Pacific Area —-—© Terri" oi y ot Hawaii on las^s^cenw ber 23 The 21-vear-old Marine is believed to have lost bis life while in swimming, unofficial reports in dicating th;U tie was not on active duty at the time. However, details could not be had immediately and just how the young man lost his life could riot be learned other than that he was drowned. The son of Ed Briley, now of Greenvihe, and the late Priscilia Goss Briley of this county, the young man entered the service on May 18, last year. He was stationed at Cher ry Point until November of last year and was reportedly on his u*ay to the far Pacific for combat service. He was born and reared in the Rob ersonville section where he lived until just a short time before he en - jgi father in- is survnrjjiv two broth ~ ~ fte’ mouth and Robert Briley of Rober sonville and Wilson, and a sister, Christine Rrih y Brown of the Spring Green community. Pvt. Briley is the thirty-seventh Martin County man reported to have been killed or died while in the serv ice of their country. He is the fifth county colored youth to lose his life while in the service. Leo Wilson was killed in a bus accident at Fort B( li ning last May. Cluis. Wilson died following an operation in a naval hospital in Virginia. Verna Land wal killed in a ship explosion at For* Chicago, Calif., last July 17. Cpl Arthur Brown, the fourth Martin County colored man in the casualty list, died in the Southwest Pacific, presumably in New Guinea last Oc tober 2nd. [ SLIGHTLY WOUNDED j Sti. Sgt. William 51. Harris was slightly wounded in Belgium on January 6, his mother, Mrs. Nora Harris, RFD 2, Williams ton, was advised a few days ago. The young man is improving in an Army hospital and experts to be able to return to active duty shortly. Entering the service from Pitt County in November, 1941, Sgt. Harris went overseas a year la ter, participating in the North African and Sicilian campaigns. After a short stay in England he participated in the invasion of France, moved into Belgium and Germany and then was push ed back into Belgium where he was wounded. Group I Bankers In Call Meeting Here The Executive Committee, Group I. of the North Carolina Bankers As sociation held a called meeting in the George Reynolds Hotel here Wed nesday night, with A. G. Small of Elizabeth City, presiding. Due to government regulations prohibiting the assembly of more than 50 per sons, the annual meeting of the en tire association, which is always held on George Washington’s birthday, February 22, was definitely called off this year. At the meeting of the executive committee here Wednes day night all business matters of the association were transacted for the year 1945. Speakers were scheduled for the called meeting of the Eastern Caro lina bankers but unforeseen diffi culties and pressing business matters prevented their coming. Short talks by several visitors and members of the association were the outstanding features of the comparatively short meeting. The following officers were elect ed: J. L. Holler, Jr., Windsor, pres ident; J. E. Edwards, Belhaven, vice president; H. A. Bowen, Williams ton, secretary-treasurer. The execu tive committee is composed of A. G. Small, Elizabeth City; W. H. Gard ner, Edenton; G. D. Brickhouse, Eliz abeth City; W. R. Pearse, Manteo, and D. V. Clayton, Williamston. Attending the meeting were: W. H. Woolard, Herbert Waldrop, and Joe Moye, Greenville; Hugh Cope land, Ahoskie;; D. R. Everett and ft L. Stokes, Robersonville; W. E. Grif fin, A. G. Small and C. D. Pappen dick, of Elizabeth City; M. R. Griffin, Woolard; L. E. Walston, Farmville; A. F. Rowe, Ayden;; R. M. Riddick and W. II. Ilardcastle, Hertford; J. L. Hofler, Jr., Windsor; M. A. Mat thews, Columbia; D. V. Clayton, Joe Griffin, Herman Bowen and Clyde Griffin, Williamston. Special guest, J D. Woolard, Williamston. Two Injured In Accident On Highway 11 Wednesday Two persons were injured and a property damage estimated at $400 iesulted when a 1937 model Ford turned over on Highway 11 in this county a few miles north of the Edgecombe line about midnight last Wednesday. The car was registered in the name of Leo Harrell, RFD 1, Bethel, but the names of the driver and the two persons hurt could not be learned immediately. It was reported that the injured were colored persons and that they were removed to a Tar Boro hospital for treatment. POLIO VICTIM Bradley Hoy James, two-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Janies of Stokes, was stricken with infantile paralysis la*t Wednesday and was removed the following day by ambulance to the Polio Hospital in Char lotte. Transportation was furnished by the Pitt Countv Infantile Pa ralysis Chapter. Jhis is the first polio case re | ported in this section in several months. Retires First Land Purchase Loan Made To A County Tenant -$ Willis Williams Retires Debt On His Farm in Poplar Point Short Time Ago -$ By J. C. Eubanks, Supervisor Willis Williams, colored, of Poplar Point, is the first Martin County man to pay off the Farm Security Ad ministration in full for one of the F’SA Tenant Purchase Loans, as an nounced by James C. Eubanks, Coun ty F’SA Supervisor, here today. Fi nal payment was made on January 4, 1945, and the F’SA’s deed of trust was cancelled on January 27, 1945. The loan was made in the amount of $7150. On February 3, 1940, the deed was given to Williams, and he set out to pay off the indebtedness. This he accomplished in a little less than five years, with a savings on interest of $4,181.93. If no more than a regular payment had been made in any one year, over a period of 40 years the interest would have been $4,913.09, but as the payments were made, total interest charges were only $731.16. During this five-year period Wil lis gained in net worth $8,413 or an average gain of $1,682.60 per year. When he made application to the Farm Sacurity Administration he had one sow and 12 pigs, and about 25 chickens, no mules, no cow, no farm equipment. All the things he owned, including household belong ings, were valued at $637. On Decem ber 31, 1944, the net worth was fig ure dat $9050 which includes three mules, 2 cows, 2 sows and 21 shoats, 125 chickens, household goods, and farm equipment which includes a tractor, peanut picker and hay bail er. The farm is actually a better farm now than it was when Willis took it over. Many improvements have been made. The soil is richer, and has more organic matter in it as a result of growing and turning under winter crops such as rye, oats and vetch and Austrian winter peas. A pasture has been fenced which gives a better chance at livestock raising. A poultry yard is fenced with graz ing lots for the poultry to run on. Some fruit trees have been set for a home orchard, and the ditches are well kept for good farm drainage. Farms and farmers of this size and type are the ones that the Farm Security Administration are set up to help, and even though the farm is a sub-marginal one at first, with good care, and much hard work, it can soon be made a marginal or bet ter than marginal farm Such farms are the backbone of a nation. Five Brothers Are In Nation’s Service With five sons and a son-in-law in the service, Mr. Sid A Mobiey of Williamston is well represented in various corners of the world. Two of the brothers and their fam ilies, Lt. and Mrs. Jas. L. Mobley and twin daughters, Gale and Dale, of Hondo, Texas, and Storekeeper and Mrs. Sam Mobley and daughter, Lin dy Sue, of Norfolk, visited Mr. Mob ley here a few days ago. Lt. Mobley just recently received his wings at Hondo. Pfc. Sidney Mobley is sol diering in France. Maynard and War ren Mobley are in the Merchant Ma rine, Warren having been in that branch of the service since 1925. M. K. Harrington, a son-in-law, is in the U. S. Navy. A son, Jack Mobley, is attending Wake Forest College. -i, I*lan Lunch Room Project For Bear Grass School -4 Meeting in the school auditorium there next Monday night at 8 o’clock members of the Parent-Teacher As sociation and other interested citi zens will discuss plans for opening s lunch room ir» the Rcnr Grar^ ! School. The president, Mrs. Pete ! Mendenhall, asks all parents and oth |er patrons to be present and take part in the discussion. Hold Funeral Today In Hamilton Chureli U vf(-fv ^ uinan l)ie<t in Local Hoitpitat Last Tuesday Evening Funeral services are being con ducted in the Hamilton Methodist Church this afternoon at 3 o’clock for Miss Georgia Pritchard, well known Hamilton citizen, who died in the local hospital last Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock. Rev. T. H. House, her pastor, will conduct the last rites, and interment will fol low in the Hamilton Cemetery. Suffering with heart trouble. Miss Pritchard had been in declining health for nearly ten years. She was fairly active, however, up until about three weeks ago when her condition became worse and she was removed to the local hospital the early part of last week. She was al most 87 years of age. The daughter of the late G. !.. and Catherine Congleton Pritchard, she was born in Pitt County on .Tune 17, 1888. When quite young -ho moved with her family to this county, lo cating m Hamilton where she had since made her home She was the oldest member of the Methodist Church in Hamilton, hav ing joined there more than sixty years ago. She was faithful in her attendance upon its services as long as she was able to be out, and was a teacher in the Sunday school for a number of years. Miss Pritchard never married but she maintained a home and was a mother to her nephew, J. L. Pritch ard, whose parents died when he was quite young. She was the last member of her immediate family, a brother, T. H. Pritchard, dying in Swansboro many years ago, and a sister, Miss Mary Pritchard, dying about 50 years ago. Her brother, S. L. Pritchard, died in Hamilton in 1908. Besides her neph ew with whom she made her home, she is survived by a niece, Miss Lu la Pritchard of Greensboro, and three nephews, Dr. G. L. Pritchard, of LaGrange, Frank 11. Pritchard, U. S. Army, and Tljomas H. Pritchard of Swansboro. Assaults Man On Main Street Here -« Charged with assaulting and caus ing serious bodily harm to Manuel M. Schwartz on I he main street here early Wednesday evening, N. S. Godard, local cafe operator, waived rights to a preliminary hearing last night and was bound over to the county court for trial next Monday. The* prosecuting witness, it. was re ported to Justice Hassell's court last evening, war not physically able to appear for the hearing at that time. No official version of the attack could be had immediately, hut it was declared that the defendant was angered because the victim had al legedly charged him with exceeding price ceilings in serving meals at his (the defendant’s) cafe. One report stated that the defendant knocked Schwartz, a sweet potato buyer, down and kicked him, that he broke the man’s fahe teeth and glasses, causing a gash in his jaw. The vic tim, treated in the local hospital, was able to return to his hotel room a short time later. The OPA sent a representative to the cafe, but developments relative to excessive prices have not been re ported. During the meantime, Schwartz has had several flat tires on his truck, two of them reportedly resulting from a carelessly handled ice pick. -- On Way llonn> After Lon ft Stay In The Pacific Area After a stay of three and one-half years in the Pacific area, Cpl. At wood Uurganus arrived in San Fran cisco this week. In a message to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Gurgan us, yesterday, the young man stated he hoped to reach home about next Wednesday for a 30-day leave. TOP PRICK Averaging right around nine cents a pound for the crop as a whole, peanut prices reached the maximum figure of 9875 cents here this week. Approxi mately 1,000 bags were handled by the local market at that price, it was learned. Approximately 500 additional bags were sold for a price slightly above 9 cents. The top price was paid for peanuts of about 75 per cent meat content and running about 55 per cent extra large. Old-timers in the peanut busi ness declare that the 1944 crop was the best they had ever seen, that the peanut content averaged right around 70 per cent. In World War I, prices got up to 10 cents a nound, but did not remain at that fgiie very Ions. The current demand is unusual ly strong, but the crop has just about moved out of the farmers’ hands, and it is predicted that few peanuts will be in the hands of the cleaners by June 1. Lose Claims To Game Jur^triwes \ c?v&rt To J. G. Staton in Unusual Law Suit -j Derision Leaves Sportsmen With a Boat ami No Place To Laml ami limit Several local sportsmen, including J. H. Edwards, T. B. Brandon, N. C. Green, Dr. ,J. S. Rhodes, “Ace-in-the Hole” Titus Critcher, Charlie Roe buck, Kader Crawford, Rossel Rog ers and others, were left high and dry with a house boat and no good place to land and hunt when in the Bertie County Superior Court yes terday a jury found that Jim Staton and Staton alone was the Broad Creek Hunting Club. After debat ing the issues for more than two hours, the jurymen diet favoring Mr. Staton shortly a~f ter fl o’clock last evening, marking the close of a “friendly” but dogged ly-fought civil action that had been aired in the neighboring county court during the greater part of two days. Cutting through strong friendships that, had lasted down through the years, the unusual law action had its origin some time back but simmer ed until a year or two ago when the plaintiff, J. G. Staton, withdrew from the hunters’ houseboat and walked off with the hunting privi leges to the lower reaches of the Roanoke River, the jury upholding him in the action. The plaintiff called Clayton Moore of Winston-Salem as an expert wit ness, and he reviewed the ease in detail. He told who built the house boat and declared that he approach ed the plaintiff and made arrange ments for the owners to share the hunting rights with Mr. Staton who held the lease to quite a few acres along the lower reaches of the Roan oke River and along Broad Creek. II is evidence tended to show that the defendants had never leased the land, that they were hunting there at the good grace of the plaintiff all the time. Some cash remuneration, naturally, was extended. The plaintiff maintained that there was only one member of the Broad Creek Hunting Club, that he tired of all the crowds (estimated as high as 300 at times) that were invited by others from ns far away as Richmond and Lexington, that he could not sleep with all the boats coming and going, and that he want ed it quiet and peaceful so he could take his canoe, place his old blan ket in the bottom, lay his head on his sweuter and take a nap. Other witnesses stated that they had signed leases with the plaintiff as agent for or trading as the Broad Creek Hunting Club, but had never signed one with any of the defen dants. In their defense, members of the other side maintained that they joined the house boat club with the understanding that hunting rights along the lower Roanoke would be made available to them, that the group had paid the rental fee every year until it was refused by the plaintiff. Other witnesses testified that they had leased land to the plaintiff as agent of the Broad Creek Hunting Club with the understand ing that the defendants were mem bers of the club. As far as it could be learned this morning, the case will not be ap pealed to the higher courts. Officers Tear Up Two Liquor Stills In recent raids to hold in check the manufacture of illicit liquor, Of ficer J. II. Roebuck and Deputy Roy Peel wrecked several stills and con fiscated a quantity of white liquor. Going into the Gold Point area, the officers found a partial plant and wrecked it, and picked up a lead to another plant where they found two fifty-gallon capacity oil drums link ed togothei and red hot. The opera tors, apparently hearing the officers blowing up the first partial plant, took the output and some equipment and escaped ahead of the raiders. Day before yesterday the officers went into the lower end of Bear Grass and found ten gallons of li quor, and back-tracked it several miles into Cross Roads where they found a 50-gallon wood still and two barrels of beer. -,a , — Leaders To Visit Churches hi This County On Sunday -<-*. Harry Poll and Miss Mildred Welshirner, of Cincinnati, will be at the Maple Grove and Macedonia Churches Sunday. In their talks they j will bring facts, information and in spirational messages concerning work ! and responsibility in the Bible -''heel and with the youth They will be at the Maple Grove I Church Sunday morning at 11:30, at Macedonia Sunday night at 7:30. v\oi mh:h j Pvt. Melville Wynne, local young man, was slightly wound ed in Germany on January 24, his wife, the former Miss Ar manda Edwards, was advised a short time ago. lie is a son of Mr. Dan Wynne and one of three brothers in the service. Writing with his left hand, the young man said in a letter re ceived this week that he was wounded in the right hand and had lost his middle finger, hut was getting along very well. Nine Cases Heard In Mayor’s Court Following weeks of normal activ ity, business picked up in Justice J. L. Hassell's court here during the past few days. Some of it was so tough the tried justice referred sev eral cases to the higher courts. Edward Davenport, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was re quired to pay $8.50 costs. James Bud Reeves was fined $1.50 and taxed with $9.50 costs in the case charging him with being drunk and disorderly. Facing similar charges, Waller An drews and Milton Harrison were fin ed $1.50 and required to pay $8.50 costs each. Probably cause of guilt appearing, the case charging Walter Freeman with breaking and entering Buck’s Place was sent to the superior court with the defendant under bond in the sum of $500. The amount had not been supplied and Freeman con tinues in jail. Charged with forcible trespass, Linwood Speight, deaf mute, was bound over to the county court for trial in $200 bond, lie too, continues in jail in default of bond. Johnnie "Dump” Latham, charged with assaulting a female, was sent to the higher court for trial, and he was released in $100 bond. J. D. Wiggins, charged with as saulting a female with a deadly wea pon, was bound over to the county court under bond in the sum of $200. At the preliminary bearing before Justice Hassell last evening, the pros ecuting witness said that the trouble started over a remark the defendant made about her clothes at the Cot ton Club Sunday night. Pardons were asked, and all went well, ac cording to tire prosecuting witness, until she reached her home and Wig gins ran up on the porch and stab bed her in the back. Wiggins was quoted as saying at the close of the hearing that he would appeal from the judgment not yet rendered in the county court. ' —————4, /feeover Sizable Amount Money lleported Stolen Approximately $450, alleged to have been stolen from Lizzie Evans last week, was recovered yesterday. According to reports reaching here Will Evans and his wife went to a hog killing at Ben Mason’s home in Bear Grass. The wife had the money and did not want to leave it at home. She turned the money over to Ma son’s wife for safekeeping m a lock ed wardrobe. The money disappear ed during the day and just before officers started to get the finger prints off the pocketbook, the mon ey showed up in Mason’s mail box and he returned it to the owner. EARLY CLOSING v_ In accordance with an an nouncement released this week, most Williamston stores and bus iness houses will close their doors at 7 o’clock p. m. each Saturday, beginning tomorrow. The action is being taken as a conservation measure, the merchants explain ing that their fuel supplies are running low and that SDWWi rnent authorities had asked a curtailment in lighting. Patrons are earnestly asked to cooperate with the merchants by doing their shopping early or before going to the shows. Bombers And Shins Closing In On Tl.-e lly kou<‘\ * \rmy in Its March to the North Believed to be the forerunner of a new offensive, American warships penetrated to within an estimated 300 miles of the Jap home islands early this morning and released hun dreds of their carrier-based bomb ers for attacks on the main Japanese islands, telling blows having been di rected at Tokyo and other strategic targets in the enemy's front yard. At about the same time, American warships were firing salvos into Iwo Jima, possibly the most bombed spot in the Pacific to date. The recent ac tion is a direct challenge to the Jap fleet, and marks an important turn in the Pacific war. The superforts, based in the Mari anas, yesterday were over Nagoya, raining destruction down on Japa nese aircraft manufacturing and the port. Tokyo was off the air for over half an hour this morning, and ob servin':; an of the opinion that the eity's electric system had been part ly wrecked. In the Philippines, MacArthur’s men are nearing final victory in the tight for Manila, while the Ameri cans have severed enemy defense lines on Bataan. It lias been officially announced that 1,800 Allied prisoners lost their lives when a Jap ship was torpedoed and the Japs trapped the victims in the ship without a chance of escape. Only five of the prisoners were sav ed, tlie report said. Over on tlie Europen fronts, Berlin is facing a new threat. Konev’s Army has sent a force to the north to flank the enemy while the march toward Dresden has been advanced to within 42 miles of the Saxony capital. The Red Army has toppled the German defenses along a 30-mile sector of the Oder and captured three of the enemy's largest strong holds southeast of Berlin. The Rus sians are bring up more reserves on the central sector, and Allied air might is moving in to cooperate closely with the advancing Soviet armies. Targets, less than ten miles from the Russian columns, have been blasted and troop concentrations feeding to tlie front in an effort to check the Red Army have been dis integrated. During the meantime, Allied air power lias sent 12,000 planes over Germany in the lust 72 hours, laying waste to important targets all over the place. On tlie Western Front, the Ca nadians are holding a two-mile stretch along the Rhine, hut the Germans were said to he rushing in reserves and no great advances have bieii reported by any of tho Allied forces. In other sectors along the front, bad weather has all hut halt ed the drive. Coes To Maxton For Advanced Training Flight Officer F. C. Stallings, Jr., son of Mi. and Mrs. F. C. Stallings, of Janru ville, lias returned to Max ton. N. C., for advanced training in airborne tac tics after spending a 15 day furlough with his family in Jamesville. He enlisted in the Army Air Force on July 25, 1042, and trained to be flight instructor in the C'. A. A. pro gram. He completed primary flying in Kale igh, secondary flying in Char lotte, cross country flying in Wins ton-Salem, and link instrument course in Greenville, S. C. He was approved as an Army pri mary flight instructor in 1943, and instructed some over six months at Bennetl.sville, S. C. In March, 1944, Im was sent to Sheppard Field, Tex as, and then to Denver, Colo., for M 29 instrument training. He was re ( ailed to Sheppard Field, Texas for glider training. After completion of basic glider training and flying he was transferred to Lubbock, Texas, where he was trained in combat type gliders, both night and day problems. He graduated, received his wings and was appointed flight officer at Lubbock, Texas on January 15, 1945. He was selected by his superior officer and fellow classmates as a class leader. I’irt■ And Smoke Damage Sewing Hoorn Yesterday Considerable damage was done to the sewing room of Mrs. Mary Col train in the old Dr. J. B. H. Knight office on Main Street here yesterday morning shortly after 9 o’clock when an oil stove went out of control and smoked the room. There was very little oil in the heater and the actual fire damage was not extensive. No estimate on the Joss couicf be had immediately. The heat was so great that several glass panes were broken. Firemen soon had the fire under control. -- Mrs. Moliio Modlin of Jamesville was recently notified that her son, i k V i til -ik-i .Ail tj France Pvt. Modlin’s wife and small son are making their home in Plymouth with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Alexander.