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* 4 Make A Liberal Contribution To United War Fund Thanksgiving NEARLY 4 *100 COPIES OF THIS ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN . .NEARLY O COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 92 Williamston, Martin County, ISorth Carolina, Tuesday, November 20, 1945 ESTABLISHED 1899 * 4 4 4 Schedule Meetings - To Nominate A A A Officials In (bounty Nominating Conventions Nex1 Monday and Tuesday Will Be Followed by Election -*— In a series of meetings scheduled for next Monday and Tuesday nights Martin farmers will nominate theii candidates for various positions in the Triple A administration program in this county, it was announced this week by the office of the county agent. The first in the series of nominat ing conventions will be held next Monday night at 7 o’clock, as follows: Bear Grass, school house; Hamilton, Hassell school; Robersonville, high school; Williams, county house; Wil liamston and Poplar Point, court house. On Tuesday night at the same hour, meetings will be held in the Everetts school for Cross Roads, Oak Citv school for Goose Nest. Farm Life school lor Griffins, and in the school house at Jamesville. It is understood that nearly every farmer in the county is eligible to at tend and participate ih the conven tion in his district. Following the nominating conventions next Monday and Tuesday, an election will be held on Friday, November 30. The names of the convention nominees will be announced as soon as possible after the first scheduled meetings. The farmers are slated to nominate men of their choice for posts on the Triple A community committees, in cluding chairman, vice chairman and regular member, and two alternates. They will also nominate men as a delegate and alternate to the county convention which will be held later for the election of the county com mittee. Attention is now centering on the dominating conventions which will be held next Monday and Tuesday nights. *The farmers will be at lib erty to offer as many nominations as they like. No vote will be taken at that time, however. The names of the nominees will be placed on a bal lot and placed before the farmers in their respective districts during an all-day election the following Friday, November 30, it was explained. With many reconversion problems ahead, the AAA committeemen will have heavy responsibilities next year They will be handling details of g ,v ernment programs and also voicing the opinions of local farmers on recommendations for new or improv ed programs. The procedure to be followed in nominating and electing the local community committeemen for the new year has been revamped. In stead of nominating a slate and vot ing for the slate then and there, the conventions next Monday and Tues day nights will merely nominate the number of men to fill or more than fill the positions. The names of the nominees will then be printed on a ballot and placed before the farmers in an election resembling the old political affair. The nominating conventions have been conveniently scheduled and farmers interested in the future of their Tr iple A program are invited to attend and participate in the voting. -» Cross Roads Adds To The War Fund Contributing an additional sum of $?n so. rof Cross Roads boost * ed the total United War Fund in that district to $300.50. the township chair man, Mrs. A. P. Barnhill, announced last week-end. The drive there stands $149.50 short of the district goal. Several others districts are report ing additional contributions, quite a few making second donations in an effort to push the county toward its last and final United War Fund goal. Contributions not previously re ported in Cross Roads follows: * Ernest Beach, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Will Crawford, $5; Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Clark, $5; Mrs. James Stalls, 50c, Mr. and Mrs, Mack James, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Mack James, $1; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bailey, $2; Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Bullock, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Hu bert Jackson, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Reu ben Bailey, $1; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Forbes, $2; and Buck Bailey, $1. * . * Ship Under Attack For Sixteen Days —•— It was a hot time during the last days of the Pacific fight for I.t. (j.g.) Bernard T. Hurley, Jr., local young man, and the other members of the crew of the fleet cargo vessel, “Cassi 4 opeia,” according to information just released by the Navy’s Public Rela tions office. After serving five months on a subchaser based at Fun a Futi, the young man was transferred to the ‘•Cassiopeia” which took part in the consolidation of the North Solo mons and the battle of Deytc Gulf. "During the last engagement his ship y was under constant enemy air attack for sixteen days and shot down seven Jap planes,” the report said. Hurley served as gunnery officer, communications officer, navigation and executive officer on the ship. I I i ' ThantsgWmg^PfM'amatioh -$_ _ Thp Presirfp-it of the United States ard the Governor of North Carouna have issued their proclamations designating Thursday No vember 22nd, 1945, as Thanksgiving Day. We should approach this day with more than usual gratitude. This is the first Thanksgiving we will observe in 4 years when grim visaged war has smoothed his wrinkled front and the Nations of the earth are once again walking in the paths of peace, and let us hope and pray that we are approaching that day which philoso phers had hoped for, poets have seen in their bright dreams of fancy and the prophets of old saw' in Holy Vision, “when men know war no more.” We should be thankful that the great principles upon which our government was founded still endure while dictators and tyrants who would rule the world with a despotic hand have been swept from the face of the earth We are blessed w-ith a good harvest and our land has been free from storm and pestilence and w'e live in the most favored land in the world. Now, therefore, I, J. L. Hassell, Mayor of Williamston, do hereby designate Thursday, November 22nd, 1945, as Thanksgiving Day and call upon the citizens of Williamston to observe it in keeping with occasion by ceasing all business activities and repair to their various places of worship and give thanks to the Creator for the wonderful blessings which we have received. J. L. HASSELL, Mayor. I THANKSGIVING __' With the possible exception of some heavy industry and a few individual businesses, Thanks giving will be generally observ ed as a holiday in this county on Thursday of this week. No mail deliveries will be made and stores, banks and offices will be closed. Mayor John L. Hassell has is sued a proclamation for the day and the public is invited to at tend a special Thanksgiving ser vice in the Christian Church at 10 o’clock that morning when Rev. B. T. Hurley, Methodist minister, will preach. Other de nominations are participating in the union Thanksgiving service. The schools will not observe the day as a holiday, but they will close in time for the noon day meal. Top-Heavy Army Is Causing Department Considerable Worry —«— Trend Will Give The Regular i Army Ahout One Private . For Every Sergeant -1 ■ Washington.—A few weeks ago the War Department, full of vim and j vinegar, set out to collect a fine lit tle group of soldiery, say about 1, 600,000 men, as a peacetime army, i Everything was breezing along in fine style until the boys in the back room of the Pentagon Building de cided to take inventory of the enlist ments. Yipe! If it goes along as it is now, the U. S. Army will have more commis sioned and non-commissioned offic ers than it has privates—you know, just as we used to say there was a Mexican general for every private. On the basis of present figures, there will be about one and l/50th privates for every non-com in the Regular Army. Heaven only knows how many second lieutenants there will be. As of Oct. 31 the Army has enlist ed 55,122 men into the Regular Army. Of these, 49 percent are privates and privates first class; 8 percent are corporals and the rest are sergeants of various stripe. In addition, 36 percent of the men who have enlist ed are men who were in the Regular Army before we got into the recent mess. The rest, as you can surmise, are men who have been serving un der Selective Service and “a com paratively few” who have had no previous military experience. As Robert P. Patterson, Secretary of War, told the House Military Af fairs Committee: “We are, of course, glad to have the men who attained top enlisted grades (non-coms) stay on, but it is hard to build an army in which there are more men in the higher ratings than there are privates and privates first class. Take the case of master ser geants. They constitute 20 percent of the men who have enlisted to date, (Continued on page six) UNDECIDED ---/ ! If this nation is to have a siz able armed force, it is likely that military conscription will have to do the trick. Of the several hun dred Martin County young men receiving their discharges, not the first one has offered to re enlist, according to information gained this week. One lone youngster when presented with a questionnaire relative to re-en listment pondered the questions and said that he was undecided. All the others threw up their hands and emphatically declared they had had enough of the busi ness. Two or three Martin County boys have volunteered or re-en listed without first getting their discharges. Hassell Goes Over The Top In United War Fund Campaign —«— Little Community Raises To tal of $175.08, John Eu banks Reports Monday -<*> With possibly one of the largest comparative quotas assigned to any district in the county, the little com munity of Hassell last week-end went over the top in the United War Fund Drive, Drive Chairman John W. Eu banks reported Monday. With both the white and colored citizens coop erating, the community raised $175.08, an amount eight cents in ex cess of the quota. Aside from the Dardens community colored citizens, Hassel is the first of the eleven regu lar districts in the county to exceed its quota. Griffins Township citizens, recog nizing the solemn and pressing obli gation, stated at a Victory Bond rally at Farm Life last Friday night that they would push on toward their $550 goal, and that they hoped to exceed the quota by Thanksgiving day. Dur ing the meantime, hats off to Chair man John W. Eubanks and everyone of the contributors who helped meet I the challenge in their district. | A list of the contributors in the Hassell community follows: John W. Eubanks, $25; Mrs. Mar guerite Alexander, $2; J. A. Haislip, $1; W. D. Bell, $1; T. E. Goodrich, $1; N.^J. Bland, $1; A. E. Purvis, $1; M. H. Ayers, $1; C. B. Burroughs, $1; Robert Haislip, $1; Ellenor Eubanks, $1; Hassell Graded School, $9.20; C. C. Rawls, $2; G. W. Ayers, $5; A. F. ! Weaver, $1; Clinton Etheridge, $1; Ernest L. Bradley, $5; Mrs. Faye E. Purvis, $1; Elmer Edmondson, $3; |H. L. Purvis, $5; W. r,. Purvis, $5; j Hassell Christian Church, $28.58; Hassell Christian Sunday School, $5; William Bland, $1; E. K. Edmondson, $1; E. R. Edmondson, $1; Ezell Briley, $5; Paul C. Edmondson, $5; P. C. Ed mondson, Jr., $5; E. C. Edmondson, $5; A. S. Leggett, $5; Grover Knox, $1; W. W. Hinson, $1; John Stalls, 25c; G. B. Whitfield, $1; Herman Flem ing, $5; Thurman Williams, $1; C. S. Johnson, $2. Colored contributors were: Ken neth Purvis, $1; John W. Cherry, $1; Lula Cherry, $1; Paul Cherry, $2; Lizzie Taylor, $1; Susanna Andrews, $1; Florence Purvis, $1; Jessie B. Baker, $1; First grade, 55c; J. M. Dowdy, $1; J. N. Chance, $1; F. D. Williams, $1; Mack Cherry, $1; Pe colla Pitt, $!; Rufus Chance, $2; King B. Chance, $1; George T. Hyman, $1; Priscilla Williams, $1; Claude Free man $1; Charlie Little, $1; Cora Brown, $1; Rosa L. Randolph, $1; Annie Ward, $1; Oclavia Council, 50c; C. V. Jones, $1; Joe Ward, $1; Juno Wynne, $1; and Jonah Council, $1. Peanut Expansion Program Stressed by National Council -* Pointing out that the best solution for handling increased peanut pro duction is an expansion of markets, the National Peanut Council through its director, M. L. Peel, in this coun ty, is addressing a special appeal to Martin farmers asking them to con tribute at the rate of 25 cents a ton for the support of the program. Much progress has been made already by the Council, and farmers, as a result of published advertisements by the Farm Bureau and the Williamston P anut Company, are already pledg ing the program their support. More than 1,500 letters are being mailed direct to farmers in this county ask ing their support. Special Services Scheduled In Riddick's Grove Church ——« A series of special services will be conducted in the Riddick’s Grove Baptist Church, beginning Wednes day night of this week and continu ing through Friday, the pastor, Rev. W. B. Harrington, announced today. Services will be held each night at 7 o’clock, including a special program for Thanksgiving. i [Historical Review i! Of the Old Hickory Division In Europe —»■ -- Several Martin County Young Men Served In Battles With The Thirtieth -« (Continued from last issue) (The story below reviews the glorious part the Thirtieth (Old Hickory) Division had in winning World War II. Since several Martin County boys were in the Division, the record most certainly will be read with interest in this county.) The third of the installments fol lows: Commenting on the action imme diately afterward. General Hobbs eulogized his men with the words: "We won’t ever be in a tighter spot and survive as a division." This ac tion, the Germans later admitted, was their main effort to seize the road networks in the vicinity of Mor tain-St. Barfhelmv and thereby cut the communications between the U. S. First Army and the newly com mitted U. S. Third Army commanded by Lt. Gen George S. Patton, Jr. The failure of their attack, the Germans said, marked the turning point in the western war. It was during this struggle that a reinforced battalion was isolated on a rugged hilltop, meagerly supplied with food dropped by airplane and medicine fired long-range over the heads of the enemy in hollow artil lery projectiles. They refused re peated demands to surrender. Spon taneously, yet immortally was the classic answer given by Capt. R. A. Kerley of Houston, Texas, to the Ger man officer who came forward under a white flag to persuade capitula tion. Said the captain or his men: “Go to hell. We wouldn't surrend er not even if the last round of am munition were fired and our last bayonet were broken off in a Boche belly.” The battalion was rescued six days later. Compared with tne exhaustive fighting it had engaged in to that date, the 30th'j pursuit of the Ger mans eastward and northward through northern France into Bel gium and Holland was something of a “breather”. Fighting against skill fully executed delaying actions, Old Hickory pushed the Germans out of the French towns of Evreux, Lou viers, Pontoise, Peronne and Cam brai where the appreciative liberated people greeted the doughboys with joyful dmonstrations. At the end of a precedent-breaking motor march, the 30th—the first Al lied infantry unit to enter Belgium —continued into Holland after wrest ing control of the Nazi-captured Bel gian fortress of Eben Emael. Fort jEben Emael, whose walls rose I straight up 120 feet, lay alongside the Albert Canal. Informed by some Belgians, who for three years had worked on this ultimate in modern fortifications, of a secret tunnel which led to a key position, a small group of men volunteered to work their way in and capture the guards. Quickly more Old Hickorymen fol lowed this initial sortie and more German sentinels were taken. With such cunning skill did the men execute their dangerous mission that before the Nazis realized what was going on in their unholy sanc tum, enough doughboys were now within the fortress walls to outnum ber the panicky garrison. The Ger man guns were fixed to fire “out" of the walls of Eben Emael, for never was an enemy expected to be found (Continued on page six) -* More County Youths Answer Service Call —«— Six Martin County white men were called today into the nation’s armed forces. The call was for ten, but sev eral were granted deferments and there wasn’t time to fill their places. All of the young men are single and five of the six come from the farm. The ages of the group range from eighteen to twenty-four years Names and addresses of those call ed: _ James Devenwood Knox, Jr., RVD 2, Robersonville. Clyde Delmus Holliday, RFD 3, Williamston. Alton Ray Bullock, RFD 1, Rober sonville. Joseph Harold Harrison, RFD 3, Williamston. Manuel Edward Harris, RFD 2, Williamston. Julius Thomas Price, Hamilton. Special Ca»e Worker For Blind Assigned To County Miss Jill Peden, special case work er for the blind, has been assigned to this county and will he'd » general program sponsored by the Wiiliama ton Lions Club in behalf of the blind. She will have her office in the Coun ty Welfare Department at the court house. Miss Peden is a graduate of the University of California and received special training there for the work she is to handle in this county. Late yesterday, the young lady had been unable to locate an apartment or room. Ailtfitivnal band In Comity Leased To Big Oil Compaify -*--— Additional lands in this section were recently leased to one of the big oil companies now prospecting for new sources of supply in eastern North Carolina. Very little of the land going under lease recently is lo cated in this county, but thousands of acres were included in Beaufort, Pitt and Pamlico Counties. Approximately 200 acres of land in the Dymond City area of Griffins Township were leased to the Shell Oil Company by E. H. Cohn, presi dent, and C. W. Scarborough, secre tary and treasurer of the Roanoke Railroad and Lumber Company. No fee was mentioned for the lease in this county, but rights were granted for $750 in the several counties com bined, it was unofficially learned. Several oil companies have taken leases on hundreds of acres in this county within the past twelve months, but sc far no test wells have been sunk in this immediate terri tory. Most of the land placed under lease by the Shall Company is locat ed in the Chocowinity area of Beau fort County, it was learned. A test well was dug in Carteret County some months ago. No official report on the test has been received here, but it is understood that no oil was found. The standard Company is making plans to sink a test well along the banks of Dare County, one report stating that digging operations are scheduled to get under way tomor row or the latter part of this week. Just what leads the oil people to prospect for oil in this section of the country cannot be learned, but most local people doubt the presence of oil and are showing very little interest in the venture. More“Than $7,000 Is Raised for War Fund Schools To Solicit In Final Drive For Fund On Thursday —®— Hassell Goiiimiiiiity Raises $175 To Exceed Its Goal, Griffins Promises Quota -» After dragging along for several days, the last annual drive for the United War Fund started gaining ground rapidly in this county over the week-end when nearly $500 was added to boost the total to date to right at $7,300. A few canvassers are yet to report and no answer has been received from the North Carolina Pulp Company, a fairly liberal con tributor to the fund in years past. The county chairman is anxious to have all reports in by the latter part of this week, when the funds will be transferred to the national treasurer for immediate use in poverty strick en areas in foreign lands. A climax for the drive is expected on Thursday of this week when ap proximately 3,500 white school chil ! dren are to report the results of their solicitations. Letters, prepared by the county chairman, ore to be distribut ed to the school principals this after noon and the school men will place them in the hands of the children on Wednesday. The children will carry the plea home to their parents, and a last and absolutely final plea will be made to parents and patrons in sup port of the fund. Those who have read and studied the reports of the starving in foreign lands are hopeful the Thanksgiving Day response will measure up to the record maintained by Martin County citizens in the past, and that suffering humanity will not be forgotten at this season of the year. Two bright spots appeared in the fund drive reports soming in over the past week-end. The Hassell Com munity raised $175.08 to exceed its quota by eight cents. “We had to make a second canvass, but our peo ple met the challenge,” Chairman John W. Eubanks said. Holding a successful bond rally last Friday night, a small group of Grif fins Township citizens then and there contributed about $30 to the fund, and promised to help put their dis trict over the top this week. Colored citizens in Jamesville sent in $74.37, and about $26.05 was add ed to the fund by colored citizens re this section. Local white citizens re ported an additional sum of about $135. Cross Roads added $20 50 to its total, adn Burroughs Spring-Hill (Continued on page nix) Closing German Prisoner Camps —♦— Thirty prisoner of war branch camps in the seven southeastern states have been closed and 12 more are scheduled for closing in the next two or three weeks, reducing the PW population by some 21,000 from the peak figure of last June, according to Major General Edward H. Brooks, Commanding General, Fourth Ser vice Command. In the past 45 days, some 8,000 have been shipped out of the Service Com mand as requirements for their labor harvesting crops have been reduced. The sick and wounded prisoners are being repatriated and, upon arrival in Germany, will be sent directly to their homes. Per the able-bodied prisoners it is simply a change from a prison camp in the United States to a prison camp overseas. Their work is not finished. With some 69,000 PWs remaining in the southeast, there is sufficient prisoner labor to handle the remain ing harvests. It could not be learned when the camp here would be closed. SAME SCHEDULE ] -J Ellis S. White and Lester Syl vester White, brothers and the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Eli White, were both inducted into the Arm ed Forces of their country more than three years ago. They were both inducted into the Army the same day and although one serv ed in the Pacific Theater of Op erations and the other in the European Theater of Operations, they were discharged and return ed home the same day. Ellis ar rived home at 3:30 o'clock last Sunday morning and Lester knocked on the door of his par ents late Sunday night. Seventy-Five Tires Allotted By Board Seventy-five tires—65 for cars and 10 for trucks—were released by the Martin Couniy War Price and Ra tioning Board last Friday evening. The number war, a duplicate of the issuance the week before and slightly below the average. Car tires were issued to the follow ing: Ernest L. Owens, Chas. II. God win, Jr., Dillon S. Cobb, M. L. Peel, J. C. Rawls, Chester Taylor, H. II. Williams, Leggett Roebuck, Wendell Griffin, Leslie G. Lambert, R. E. Tay lor, D. C. McLawhorn, R. L White burst, W. Earl Mobley, John W. Eu banks, W. C. Staton, W. A. Manning, P. E. Manning, W. C. Ange, R. G. Hicks, J. C. Taylor, Chester Nichol son, William W. Davis, Sr., Noah E. Hardison, Dillon Leggett, II. A. Jenk ins, F. W. Holliday, II. L. Woodcock, H. L. Davis, Williard Coltrain, Hy man Clerk, D. R. Sullivan, L. Bruce Wynne, Jim C. Gurkin, N. R. Daniel, Frank Hopkins, Kader Lilley, E. C. Andrews, L. W. Wynne, D. A. James, Vernon Powell, S. A. Roberson, Ace Tom Edwards, Marcella Coltrain Hadley, Nathaniel Coltrain, Leamon Beach, John Beach, Julian Fagan, Macon D. Barber, Geo. L. Roberson, W. S. Hunt, L. C. Brown, J. D. Riggs, A. L. Hardy, Walter Mizelle, Wm. H. Taylor, Jr. Truck tires were Issued to the fol lowing: K. C. Norris, Williamston Lumber Co., Williamston Package Manufacturing Co., N. C. State Forest Service, Williamston Supply Co., J S. Ayers, Will Roberson and Tilmon Coltrain. -<*, Community Thunl(sgiving Service In lleinft Wanned --s. A Community Thanksgiving ser vice will be held in the Smithwick’s Creek church Thursday morning at 11 o’clock, it was announced today. The service is an annual event of long standing in the community with members of all denominations par ticipating in the program. The pub lic is welcomed, and it has been pointed out that the people of this nation have much to be thankful for, that the service is indeed timely LONE ARREST '| >. .. __> Crime apparently took a holi day in this section last week-end, the jail records here showing only one arrest during the period. It was the first time in many months that the number of ar rests had dropped to such a low figure. Just shout the time the officers were thinking thev could i get hy with a clean slate, Clyde Silverthorne, absent from the \ jail and courts for some time, staggered in. Local officers were called to chase a “peeping Tom” and one or two minor disturbances were reported along with an increase in pop-crackers, but for the most part it was a quiet time in the old town during the week-end. Three Districts lit— ffountv Exceed For Victory Bonds Not Quito Half Of Quota B<n n Raised In The County, Chairman Explains -»>- — With throe districts exceeding their quotas, the sale of Victory Loan Bonds gained considerable ground in the county during the past few days, but Drive Chairman D. V. Clayton yesterday was quick to remind those who would save for a rainy day and at the same time help get the boys hack home, that $139,293.75 was still to he raised if the challenge is to be met. “The drive has l>een going on since the 29th of last month, and it is scheduled to end week after next,” Mr. Clayton added. No additional sales were recently reported in several districts. In others comparatively small sales .'<1. hot in three districts with . Griffins and Hassell— the qutoas were exceeded since the last report was prepared by the chairman. Chairman Charlie Davenport rounded up investors in Jamesville Township during the past few days and bond sales there jumped from $3,656.26 last Friday to $11,175.00, an amount $3,875.00 in excess of the dis tiiet’s assigned quota. Chairman George Griffin held a rally out in Griffins last Friday night, and though there was no record-size crowd present, the challenge was met »nd more. Thirty-four individual sales were recorded during an auc tion sale that featured good-looking cakes and prepared baskets. When the supply of prizes was exhausted, Farmer Lewis Roberson threw in a dollar bill and it was sold and resold three or four times for $300. Others made cash contributions to keep the sale running, and approximately $20,000 worth of bonds were sold. Several thousands of dollars were in vested in negotiable bonds and do not appear in the sale review today. It was a good rally, and climaxed a splendid record of support given the government and those who carried arms in battle during World War II. Assisting the chairman, Ernest Ed mondson in Hassell, Mr. John W. Eu banks reported sales of $7,950.00 for that district Monday, the figure ex ceeding the goal by nearly $3,000. "And the drive is not yet complete,” Mr. Eubanks explained when he re ported sales to date. No official reports are to be had, but it is believed that a large pel rentage of Martin County people are holding on to their bonds. It is true that quite a few who were able and who should have made plans for the proverbial rainy day did not partici pate in bond buying at any time, but fairly large groups are pretty well prepared to battle a stubborn de pression. A report on the “E” bond sales to date follows, by districts: ((uota Sales $ 7,300 $ 11,175.00 4,700 843.75 12,250 14,306.25 8,500 2,062.50 103,000 23,437.50 7,300 881.25 73,000 39,525.00 4,850 750.00 9,800 2,550.00 5,000 7,950.00 7,300 225.00 Jamesville Williams Griffins Bear Grass Williamston Cross Reads Robersonvillc Poplar Point Hamilton Hassell Goose Nest $243,000 $103,706.25 Some of the districts, it is indeed apparent, are lagging. Williamston is one of the dark spots in the drive, but with three or four exceptions there i;, much room for much 5m provement in the drive, as a whole. Asking Gifts For Yanks Who Cave Cooperating with other units, the local Auxiliary of the John Walton Hassell Post of the American Legion is launching a drive for gifts for the 'Yanks Who Gave.” Approximately 20,000 war veterans will spend Christmas in hospitals in North Caro lina, and the legion auxiliaries are starting a state-wide drive to collect gfds for them. Among the things the auxiliary asks for are, cigarettes, books of stamps, postal cards, cash, toilet ar ticles, snapshot albums, address books, small mirrors, wallets, playing card sets, military brush sets, white handkerchiefs and scarfs, tobacco pouches, pipes and pipe tobacco, me chanical pencils, shoe polishing sets, small dictionaries, shaving cream, tooth paste, white socks, small maga zines and puzzles. Those who would remember a "Yank Who Gave” are asked to for ward their gifts to Mrs. John A. Ward, chairman, Williamston, or any member of the county auxiliary County Young Man Home From European Theater Overseas thirteen and one-half months. Jay Coltrain, son of Mr. and Mrs, John Coltrain returned home last week. lay was in the European Theater of Operations snd spent sev eral months in Germany before he returned home.