NEARLY 4.000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY i,CO& COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
VOLUME \LVIH—NUMBER 52
William nton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, Juno 29. 1915.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Fiscal Year Budget
Estimate Submitted
For Martin County
Combined County Service?
And Schools Call for Over
$2 75,000 in Period
According to tentative budget fig
ures, a total of $275,159.08 will be
needed to finance all of the county’s
agencies, including pensions and j
schools, for the fiscal year begin- j
ning July 1. The total for the coming |
fiscal year is $26,260.15 larger than j
it was for the period ending on Sat- j
urday of this week, but despite the
increased requirements, the county
wide rate has been reduced fron*
$1.10 to $1.05 per $100 assessed prop
erty valuation.
In addition to the five-cent reduc
tion in the county-wide rate, Cross j
Roads Township property owners ,
will have a reuction of 15 cents in j
their special taxes, the rate for roads
having been reduced in that district
from 65 to 50 cents. No other changes
are anticipated in special tax levies, j
officials stating that poll tax rates |
will lemain the same.
The tentative budget figures are
appearing in print today for inspec- I
tion. At least twenty days must
elapse before the estimate may be
formally adopted. However, it isn’t
likely that a special meeting of the
commissioners will be held, mean
ing that the budget figures and rate
will not be formally adopted before
the first Monday in August when the
f commissioners meet in regular ses- i
sion.
It was unofficially learned that a !
hearing has been scheduled for one j
of the department heads, that he |
will likely appear before the board
next Monday. The health depart
ment proposes slight salary increases,
but the appropriation was actually
reduced by a few hundred dollars
from the 1944-45 fiscal year figures.*
Of the $275,159.08 the budget es- ]
tnnate allows for the operation and j
maintenance of all county agencies, i
including schools and debt services,1
$162,239.08 is to be raised by pub
lic taxation. Last year the county
wide tax levy was $164,537 93, indi
cating that while some departments
actually call for larger appropria
tions. income from other sources will
more than offset the increases.
The general county fund calls for
$84,307.00 for the new fiscal year as
against $76,384.00 for 1944-45. A
gain of $425 is shown in the poor
fund appropriation. The health fund
is being reduced from $10,210 to $9,
850. County debt service drops from
$51,983 25 to $40,597.94. Old age as
sistance jumps from $7,920 to $9,240,
a gam of $1,320, but while aid to the
aged gained some over $1,000 public
welfare administration jumped from
$4,030.00 to $4,770.00, an increase of
$740. An increase of $600 was allow
l ed for aid to dependent children, and
the fund for the blind was increased
from $756 to $934.64.
These funds for the new year call
for a total of $164,284.58 as against
$173,843.93 appropriated a year ago.
It is estimated that $93,908 58 will
have to be raised by general tax
ation to support the above agencies
for the new year as against $98,
811.93 appropriated a year ago.
The schools, it is estimated, will
cost the county $112,874.50 in the
coming year as against $86,055.00 a
year ago However, the increase In
actual income to be raised from pub
lic taxation is only $2,586.50. It is
estimated that public taxation will
raise $68,312.50 as against an esti
mate of $65,726.00 a year ago for the
schools.
The budget estimate offers a brief
review of the county’s bonded in*
debtedness. As of June 30, 1944, the
county owed $585,100. During the
year the figure was reduced to
$542,550, or a decrease in the coun
ty’s public debt of $42,550.
Will Discuss GI’s
Bill of Rights Here
Addressing members of the Mar
tin County Veterans Service Com
mittee, heads of various organiza
tions and other interested citizens in
the courthouse here this evening at
8 o’clock, R. C. Godwin, State vet
erans employment representative,
will explain provisions of the G. I.
Bill of Rights, its organization and
functions.
The representative will also an
swer questions relative to the vet
erans’ rights under the terms of the
bill.
Among other things he will dis
cuss are provisions for financing the
veteran’s expense in college, for plac
ing veterans in employment either
at new jobs or in their old positions.
The public is invited to attend and
veterans are asked to be present.
Local Man Critically III
In a Raleigh Hospital
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Mr. John R. Peel, well known
local man and a prominent county j
citizen-farmer w'as early today!
reported critically ill in a Raleigh
hospital where he was carried sev
eral weeks ago for treatment. He
developed pneumonia earlier in the
week, and was placed in an oxygen
tent yesterday, later reports stating
he was too weak to remain under it.
All members of the immediate
family were called to Raleigh yes
terday afternoon.
County Youth Fatally
Wounded on Okinawa
j BAPTIST PASTOR
Dr. Ira D. S. Knight enters
upon his duties as pastor of the
Williamston Memorial Baptist
Church Sunday morning. A na
tive of Virginia, the minister
comes here from West Palm
Beach, Florida.
Judge Calvin Smith
Calls Five Cases In
The County’s Court
Small Crowd Attends Session
Lasting Hardly More
Than One Hour
Judge J. Calvin Smith called five
cases in the Martin County Record
er’s Court last Monday, the docket
being an unusually small one con
sidering the fact that the court had
been idle since June 11 or while the
superior tribunal was holding forth.
While there was a slump on the
crime front during the two weeks
ending last Saturday, five cases have
already been placed on the docket
for trial next Monday, Clerk L. B.
Wynne pointed out.
Solicitor Paul D. Roberson had an
easy day last Monday, comparative- I
ly speaking. One defendant failed
to answer when called, one case was
continued for a defendant and three
other defendants pleaded guilty,
making prosecution unnecessary.
A very small crowd was present
for the session which lasted hardly
more than one hour, and very little
interest was shown in the proceed
ings which follow:
The case charging Johnnie Latham
with an assault on a female was nol
prossed with leave. Latham had
been called previously and officers
have not been able to find him.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with operating a motor ve
hicle without a driver’s license, Ern
est Rogers was fined $15 and taxed
with the cost. The court recom
mended that no license be issued the
defendant for the next six months.
The case in which Ed Rawls
stands charged with violating the
liquor laws was continued until the
first Monday in next September for
the defendant.
John Wesley Brannon, charged
with speeding on the highways,
pleaded guilty, and he was fined $15
and taxed with the cost.
Pleading guilty in the case in
which he was charged with speed
ing on the highways, Dewey Hale
VanLandingham was fined $15 and
taxed with the cost.
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Paul Simpson Promoted To
Hank Of Staff Sergeant
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Fifth Air Force, Philippines —
Joseph P. Simpson, 33, whose wife,
Ethelyn, lives on Church street, has
been promoted to technical sergeant
with the 43rd Bombardment Group
of the Fifth Air Force. Sgt. Simp
son is an aerial gunner on one of the
Ken’s Men Liberator bombers in
the Philippines.
Simpson graduated from William
ston High School. He was a general
agent for the Security Life and Trust
Company prior to entering the Army.
He received his gunner’s wings at the
Harlingen, Texas, gunnery school.
Sgt. Simpson was awarded the Air
Medal on January 15, 1945, for mer
itorious service while participating
in aerial flight against the enemy.
GENERAL HOLIDAY
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Next Wednesday, July 4, will
be observed as a general holi
day with the exception of a few
federal offices. No mail deliver
ies will be made in either the
town or rural areas.
While the Fourth does not fall |
on publication day, The Enter
prise will not print a pa/>?r on
Tuesday because of delayed dis
tribution in the rural areas. Re
cent postal regulations call for
a complete change in the paper’s
matting list, and the boys will
be in the shop making those
changes.
Pic. David Hardison
Dies On The Pacific
Island 26th Of May
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Was Fiftieth Martin County
Man To Make Supreme
Saerifiee in W ar to Date
Pfc. David Wilson Hardison, prom
ising youth and one who was held in
high esteem by all who knew him,
died of wounds on Okinawa May
26, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee D.
Hardison, were advised in a special
message from the War Department
last Tuesday. No particulars were
offered, but a letter of confirmation
and other facts are expected short
ly
The young man, just 20 years old
last February, was the fiftieth Mar
lin County man to make the supreme
sacrifice in the war to date. Sgt.
Samuel Leo Andrews, the 49th coun
ty youth to lay down his life for his
country, lives almost in sight of
young Hardison’s home.
The son of Lee D. and Fannie Har
dison, he was born in Williams
Township at the old Sheriff Hardi
son home place on February 25,
1925. He attended the Williamston
schools and was graduated in 1941
at the age of sixteen. Following his
graduation here he went to Norfolk
and attended a business school,
working in a store during odd hours
to help finance his education. Later
the lad worked in the Navy Yard,
returning home in 1943 to help re
lieve the labor shortage on the farm.
Entering the service on Septem
ber 28 of last year, he spent a short
time at Fort Bragg and then train
ed at Camp Wheeler a few months
and after a short furlough home he
went to Fort Ord, California. Leav-;
ing the States the latter part of Feb
ruary, the young man made a short
stop at Hawaii and wrote from the
Marianas on April 26, moving on to
Okinawa a few days later.
In one of his last letters written
on the bloody island for which a
great price was paid, the young sol
dier slated he was in the thick of
the fight, that since he was in it he
was not as nervous as he was while
moving into the war zone. He assur- 1
ed his parents that he would be all
right and asked that they pray for
him, and that he would pray for
them.
David joined the Methodist
Church at Holly Springs when he
was quite young, and was regular
in attendance upon its services,
teaching a class in Sunday School
for a few years. He was well spoken
of wherever he went, and it was
indeed evident that he placed a real
value on the finer and nobler things
in life.
Besides his parents, hp is survived
by two brothers. Henry Lee Hardi
son of South Norfolk, Sgt. John Ben
Hardison who is now stationed at
Presque Island, Maine, and three sis
ters, Mrs. J. n. Whitehurst of Ports
mouth, Mrs. Harry Edgar Mobley,
RFD 1, Robersonville, and Miss Sal- I
iie Martin Hardison, of the home.
Extent of Storm
Varies by Sections
Damage caused by the storm last
Monday night and early Tuesday
morning was more severe in some
parts of the county than others, ac
cording to reports trickling in dur
ing the past few days. Apparently
Jamesville and Griffins had more
rain and stronger winds than most
-ither townships in the county. It
was still too wet to plow in those
iistricts yesterday, and tobacco in
a goodly number of fields was said
to have flopped. Some farmers in
the county declare that as many as
five leaves, on an average, were
cither blown from the tobacco stalk
ar broken.
Tobacco in some areas scalded
in the hot sun following the more
than three and one-half inches of
rain, and most farmers are now
rushing to harvest the crop.
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Bible School Closes Very
Successful Term Friday
Exercises, marking the close of a
two weeks daily vacation Bible
school term here, were held in the
Baptist Church last Friday evening
before a large audience. The pro
gram was unusually good and re
flected much work on the part of the
25 teachers and more than 200 pu
pils.
Enrollment by churches was re
ported as follows: Baptist, 65; Christ
ian, 60; Methodist, 21; Holiness, 14;
Episcopalian, 12; Presbyterian, 8;
West End Sunday SchJol, 6, and Jew
ish, 1.
A free-will offering taken that
evening amounted to $85, and goes
for world relief.
In bringing the school to a close,
Miss Ethel Guest, principal, ex
pressed her appreciation for the co
operation advanced by teachers, pu
pils and patrons.
Dr. Ira D. S. Knight
Beginning Pastorate
For Baptists Sunday
| Comes Here From West Palm
Beach Where He Handled
A!'. Effective Work
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Recently accepting a call, Dr. Ira
D. S Knight, for the past six years
pastor of the large West Palm Beach
Florida Baptist Church, will enter
upon his new duties as pastor of the
Williamston Memorial Baptist
Church Sunday, preaching his first
regular sermon that morning and
to a union congregation that evening.
He is succeeding Dr. W. R. Burrell
who resigned a few weeks ago fol
lowing two faithful and devoted
pastorates here.
Dr. Knight comes to this commun
ity with full appreciation of this
section of North Carolina. Although
he has lived in West Palm Beach
for the past five years and nine
months where he served the First
Baptist Church, he is a native of
Virginia. A graduate of Richmond
Uni^g^jjt^^j-'ras ordained in Lees
burgrv^anci later received his
honorary doctor's degree from that ,
institution. For nearly nine years
he was pastor in Norfolk, moving
to Durham where he served as pas
tor for ten years before going to
Florida. He is now being welcomed
to the center of the circle of old pas-;
torates.
After he was graduated from the
Southern Baptist Theological Semi-!
nary, Louisville, Ky., Dr. Knight was j
called to Glasgow, Ky., where he
and Mrs. Knight were married.
Commenting on the minister’s able
work in Florida, the Palm Beach
Post, in a recent edition, said:
“Dr. Knight, during his six years
here, has increased the church mem
bership from 1464 to 1744, with to
tal addition of 697. According to
church records, there was a small
debt on the parsonage and a few
outstanding bills, totaling $3,475. To
day, total funds available are ap
proximately $28,000.A parking lot
was purchased recently for $3,000.
Gifts reported to missions the year
before he accepted the pastorate here
amounted to $5,220, in comparison
with $10,875 for the past year.
"Dr. Knight has been outstanding
in the civic and cultural life of the
community. He is past president of
the Ministerial Association, and for
three years he was a member of the
executive committee of the Florida
Baptist Convention.
"Equally prominent in the life of
the community has been Mrs. Knight
who is serving her second year as
president of the Women's Mission
ary Society of the First Baptist
Church, is teacher of the Ann Jud
Son Bible Class, sponsor of the j
Friendship Training Union of the
church, and is a member of the Music
Study Club, and the Woman’s Club.
She also is a member of the State
executive board of the Baptist Wo
men’s Missionary Union as chairman
of the Florida Children’s Home at j
Arcadia."
The minister well be welcomed to
Williamston Sunday evening at a
union service in his church.
Dr. and Mrs. Knight are expected
to arrive here tomorrow and will
be at home in the parsonage on
Church Street.
Carnival Ends A Week'*
Stud Hera Saturday Niffht
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The firemen’s fun festival now be
ing held on the West Church Street
show grounds in Williarnston is at-1
tracting iarge and well satisfied
crowds every night this week and
will come to a highly successful
close Saturday at midnight.
Saturday will be the last day and ,
the event will open at 1 P. M. and
continue until midnight. A Chil
dren’s Party will be staged for chil- !
dren tomorrow afternoon from 1 to j
6 p. m. with free main gate admis
sion and a special reduced admis-'
sion price of 12 cents, tax included '
for any of the many big thrill rides, j
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Little Business Scheduled j
For Local Town Authorities
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Meeting next Monday night, the
local town commissioners will have
very little and possibly no new busi
ness before them for consideration.
Budget estimates are being prepared
but they will not be ready in time
for study at the meeting, it was
learned.
WOUNDED
--
Pfc. William Vernon Roe
buck, Martin County youth, was
wounded in the leg on Okinawa
early in June, according to a
message received this week oy
his father, Mr. W. R. Roebuck,
RFD 2, Williarnston. Writing on
June 12, the nineteen-year-old
soldier said he was in a hospi
tal, that he was getting along
very well. Relatives have not
been officially notified by the
government.
Entering the service last Sep
tember 28, he is the fifth Mar
tin County young man known
to have been wounded on Oki
nawa. He entered the service
with Pfc. David Hardison who
died of wounds on the Pacific
island the 26th of May.
E Bond Sales Are Just bounty Boy Submits
a \ qoC Cl 4 f V'i I Account ot tlieSJrd"
niiori OI 1*0111 Infantry Engineers
Campaign Extended
To the Latter Part
Of the Coining Week
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Seven of Eleven Districts Go
Over Top; Ask County To
Help.State Reach Goal
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Purchasing at least $17,318.75
worth since the last report was pre
pared, Martin citizens have pushed
the county to within $39,843.75 of
the "E” bond quota. Seven town
ships, according to an incomplete re
port filed yesterday by Chairman
D. V. Clayton, are now over the top.
They are Jamesville, Bear Grass,
Cross Roads, Robersonville, Poplar
Point, Goose Nest and Hamilton, the
latter squeezing by with a few' hun
dred to spare a few days ago.
With one possible exception, the
lagging districts have made much
progress since the last report was
submitted. Williams is just a little
over $1,000 short of its goal. Wil
liamston added $12,950.00 up until
yesterday noon to boost its total to
$116,918.75, but it is some over $40,
000 from its goal. Chairman Clayton
believes the township will make the
grade now that the campaign has
been extended into next week. Grif
fins added more than $2,000 to its
total this week, and it is still believ
ed that the people there will measure
up just as they have measured up in
the past with the leaders. Purchasing
a $1,000 bond for $750, Hamilton
went over the top this week, leaving
Williams, Griffins, Williamston and
Hassell districts to show their colors,
or, to speak more frankly, to put up
or shut up.
North Carolina is lagging by about
ten million in its “E" bond purchases
and the State chairman wired Coun
ty Chairman Clayton yesterday to
push his soles to the quota and add,
if possible, another $60,000 to help
care for the deficiency in other coun
ties. If the lagging townships in
this county come across, there will
be about $14,000 Chairman Clayton
can "lend” to the State chairman.
So far only there counties in the
State have officially exceeded their
quotas.
Martin County is just about $40,
000 short. This is the last report
showing the strong and weak spots
before the drive extension ap
proaches its close Study the facts
and don’t delay in supporting the
final push.
The county treasurer tliis week
invested $19,980 in “F" series bonds,
but the county had already exceed
ed its negotiable bond quota. So it’s
still the “E” bond goal the people are
asked to reach without further de
lay.
According to a fairly complete re
port released by Chairman Clayton,
the “E" bond sales up until noon
yesterday stood, as follows:
Sales
$ 16,200.00
6,093.75
10.912.50
13,725.01/ |
116,918.75 i
12.337.50
116,118 75
8.212.50 !
15,056.25 |
2.362.50
13,218.75 ^
$331,156.25 j
Jamesville
Williams
3riffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
~ross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Hassell
joose Nest
Quota
$ 11,250
7,300
18.500
13,000
157,500
11,300
111,300
7,300
14,750
7.500
11,300
$371,000
fiver Ten Million
Messages Handled I
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Over 10,500,000 Expeditionary
Force Messages have been handled
ay Western Union since June, 1942,
aetween servicemen overseas and
heir friends and relatives at home,
t was announced last night by Pau
ine Buckner, local telegraph mana
ger. Of these only 2,900,000 EFM’s
were from the folks at home. Serv
ce people sent 2,6 to each one they
•eceived.
More than 400,000 EFM’s were sent
o members of the armed forces ov
erseas in the first seven months the
iervice was in effect in 1942. nearly
100,000 in 1943, and over a million;
n 1944. Around 100,000 a month are
;ent now. Messages from the serv
icemen to home jumped from 600.
100 in 1942, to 3,200,000 in 1944, and
ire running about 300,000 a month
low.
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fust ice IIaunt'll llcarn Four
Cases In Court Recently
Justice J. L. Hassell heard four
:a3es in his court here during the
last few days.
Jos. J. Boyle and John E. Haislip,
aere from the base in Edenton, were
required to pay $7 costs each ip the
•ase charging them with beirp;!
Irunk and disorderly.
Moses C. Taylor, drunk and down,
was taxed with $7.50 costs.
Charged with disorderly conduct,
Lougene Bell was required to pay
[18.50 costs.
Operating a motor vehicle with
mproper brakes, Lawrence Wiggins
was fined $10 and taxed with $6
:osts.
SUBMITS STORY 1
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Sgt. Ernie I,cc Modlin, young
Jamesvillc man who captured a
German general and who was
given the officer’s personal ef
fects, is submitting a story of
the Eighty-Third Infantry Divi
sion. He is the son of Mr. Joe
Gray IWodiin, RED I, Jamesville.
Eleven White Men
From County Are
Called for Service
Nearly All llir Imlm-lre* Are
Young anil Majority Of
tl'liem OIT I lie Farm
Eleven Martin County white men,
all in their teens except two, left
last Tuesday for final induction into
the armed forces. Only one in the
group was married, and according
to draft board records no children
were left behind.
Seven of the eleven worked on the
farm, but several of that number at
tended high school and were not
classified as farmers. Five were
eighteen years old not so long ago,
four are nineteen, one is twenty and
the eleventh one is 2!) years of age.
The contingent was scheduled to
leave the county at 8:10 o’clock that,
morning on a regular Inis schedule,
but there was some misunderstand
ing and the entire group left be
tween 11 and 12 o’clock noon the
same day.
Names and addresses of the young
men leaving are as follows:
Marion Clyde Ward, RED 2, Wil
liamston.
Dallas Cortez Ayers, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
John David Lilley, Jr., RFD 2,
Williamslon.
Cecil Benjamin Whitehurst, RFD
2, Williamston.
Wilbur Eugene Cannon, RFD 1,
Hobgood.
Jesse Gray Lilley, RFD 1, William
ston.
Jesse Herbert Rogers, RFD 3,
Williamston.
Evan Beacham, RFD 1, James
ville.
Thomas Earl Roberson, RFD 1,
Williamston.
James Russell Lee, RFD 2, Wil
liamston.
Dennis Warren, Robersonville.
Final ) oath Dist hurtled
From Tlic Army Tliia Week
After serving a year, ten months
and fourteen days in service, about
10 months of the time spent over
seas, Jimmy C. Manning, Jr., was
honorably discharged by the Army
last Tuesday, The young man, suf
fering trench foot and a knee wound,
returned home and will paint this
summer. He plans to enter college
next fall.
He wears three bronze battle stars
and the European African Middle
Eastern ribbons.
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Used Car Dealers Must
Have Authorization TSnmher |
Dealers in used cars ,ti ucks and
motorcycles must have authoriza
tion numbers by August 1, the Of
fice of War Price and Rationing an
nounces. Proper forms may be had
ai the office in this county in the
agricultural building.
//V HOSPITAL ]
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Suffering a heart attack dur
ing the battle for Okinawa, Sec
ond Lieutenant Frank Everett
returned to the States last Mon
day and is now undergoing
treatment in a California hos
pital, his father, Mi LcRoy Ev
erett of Hamilton, ;;as been ad
vised. The young Marine has
been overseas about two years,
and was returned to this coun
try in a hospital plane.
The message intimated that if
his condition continued to im
prove he should be able to re
turn home in about three weeks.
Highlights of Long Trip from
Indiana to Junction with
Russians on the Elbe
A member of Co. B, 308th Engin
eers, 83rd Division, Sgt. Ernie Lee
Modlin, son of Mr. Joe Gray Modlin,
RFD 1, Jamosville, submits an in
teresting story of his outfit from the
time it was reactivated at Camp
Atterbury, Indiana, until it met the
Russians across the Elbe in Ger
many. While tiie young man had lit
tle to say about his individual ex
ploits, it is known that he personal
ly capturi d a German general, that
he was given the enemy officer’s per
sonal effects which he sent home.
The first installment of the story
follows:
USA-BRITAIN
The 83rd Division was reactivat
ed August 15, 1942 at Camp Atter
bury, Indiana under command of
Major General (then Brigadier Gen
et,di Eiank W. fuiibuiYi, who yiovv
commands the XXI U. S. Corps.
Training began in November, and
progress was so rapid that the 83rd
was ordered to Second Army ma
neuvers in Tennessee in July and
August of 1943. Despite the fact it
was the youngest division partici
pating, the 83rd received prominent
recognition from higher headquar
ters. After maneuvers, the Division
went to Camp Breckinridge, Ken
tucky, where the men wrere given
advanced training and primed for
overseas duty. On April 6th, the 83rd
embarked from New' York for Eng
land under the command of Major
General (then Brigadier General)
Robert C. Mason. For two months
the Division conducted intensive
training in the Midlands and North
ern Wales. Shortly after D-Day, the
83rd was transferred from the Third
to the First Army and left South
ampton for the Continent and com
bat.
NORMANDY
Leading elements of the Division
landed at Omaha .Beach on June 19th
after lying offshore in rough chan
nel weather for almost a week. The
Division assembled in the vicinity
of Bricqueville, Normandy and then
moved west to Carentan, where ele
ments of the 101st Airborne were re
lieved on Juno 26th. The Carentan
sector was heavily defended by
crack Nazi SS, Panzer and para
troops. The initial offensive of the
83rd was launched July 4th and the
final objective, the high ground in
the vicinity of Periers, was reached
a few weeks later. Hedgerow fight
ing has probably been the most dif
ficult of the war. The Germans had
four years to prepare defenses
against a possible invasion and em
ployed every known defense to stop
the American advance Hedgerows
were zeroed in by enemy artillery,
paths of machine gun cross-fire were
set up and entrenchments were con
structed not only behind but also
under the hedgerows. Connecting
trenches gave the enemy escape
mutes wdieri their positions w’ere ov
ei run by the doughboys. During this
campaign the 17th SS Panzer Gren
adier Division was given a decisive
beating by the 83rd. When the Nor
mandy breakthrough came on July
25th, the 83rd smashed remnants of
enemy resistance to cut the St. Lo
Feriers Highway and come to rest
astride the St. Lo-Coutances High
way.
BRITTANY
On August 2nd, the Division en
trucked foi Brittany and launch
ed a two-week campaign aimed at
the capture of the garrisons of Si.
Main and Dinard. From the so-call
ed impregnable Citadel of St. Malo,
Colonel von Aulock declared, "I am
a German soldier, and German sol
diers do not surrender!” But on Au
gust 17th he surrendered himself
and his entire garrison after a heavy
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Start Damage Suit
As Result of Wreck
The Williumston Lumber Company
this week started a suit in the super
ior court of this county against Vun
Dyke Furniture Company, Henry
Paul and Douglas O'Mary to recov
er $2,600 damages alleged to have
resulted in a truck wreck near Ev
rretts on last March 14.
The complaint alleges that the de
fendant, Paul, driving in a reckless
and careless manner attempted to
pass a truck driven by O’Mary and
rrashed into the plaintiff’s log truck
ioing $1,600 damages to the truck
and causing damage of $1,000 as a
result of loss of truck use.
Jeremiah Brown, colored driver
pf the log truck, was fatally injur
ed. No suit has been brought by his
administrator.
British Consul Inspects
Subjects’ Camps in County
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'Tyler Smith, British consul sta
tioned in Florida, was in the county
a few days ago inspecting camps
where Barbadians are stationed and
employed under contract with the
British government. Quite a few
men from the Barbados Islands are
now employed in the county and sec
tion.