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t NEARLY 4.000 COPIES OP THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY 4.000 COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN A VOLUME XLVIII-—NUMBER 96 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 4, 1945 ESTABLISHED 1899 Six Auto Accidents Reported In County During Weekend R hstt* Youth Reported ill Sere Condition Following Wreck Last Friday -- Several persons were injured, one seriously, and property damage ap proximated $1,500 in a series of auto mobile accidents on Martin County highways last week-end. Four of the six wrecks reported during the per ido took place Friday, and Patrol men Saunders and Hunt and Sheriff C. B. Roebuck were scooting here and there trying to clear the roads. Several of the victims were charged with drunken driving and were car ried into the county court Monday. Billy Gene Tetterton, 17-year-old white byo, suffered a skull fracture and was badly bruised about the body when his 1940 Ford coupe went out of control and trned over two or three times near Holly Springs on U. S. Highway No. 64. Mayo Wynne, riding with Tetterton, was slightly hurt. Tetterton was removed to a Washington hospital, and according lo last reports reaching here he had not regained consciousness. However, his condition was reported slightly improved. The car apparently was traveling at a high speed. Patrol man W. E. Saunders estimated the damage to the car at $500. Early Friday night, Mr. H. O. Peel, driving on the same highway near the S. J. Tetterton home, struck and killed a loose mule belonging to Farmer Lee Hardison. No one was hurt and Patrolman Saunders esti mated the damage to the car at $150. Firty-five minutes later, General Columbus Freeman, driving a 1938 Model Ford, struck and slightly dam aged Harvey Warren’s car on dirt road between Gold Point and Has sell. Warren, observing that Free man was driving on the wrong side of the road, stopped his car. Damage to the Warren machine was estimat ed at $25 and Freeman agreed to pay the damage. A few minutes later, Robert Theo dore McClaren, just three days out of the Navy, lost control of his 1939 Buick sedan and turned it over on Highway No. 903 near Spring Green. The car came to a stop on its wheels after making a complete turn. Mc Claren, explaining that he was work ing on the car radio at the time, was slightly cut on his finger. Miss Ellis teen Scott, riding with McClaren, was not hurt. Patrolman Saunders esti mated the damage to the car at $500. Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock, Willie Razor ran his 1938 Buick coupe into the rear of Robert Edward Whit ley’s 1938 Ford near the Edgewood dairy on U. S. 64. Patrloman Saund ers said that the damage to the car would run about $50. No one was hurt. Saturday night at 7:45 o’clock, Kelly Warren was driving on the Gold Point-Robersonville Highway toward Robersonville and crashed in to a car driven by Jim Haislip. No one was hurt and Corporal Bill Hunt seated that the damage to both cars would approximate $150. Warren was convicted of drunken driving in the county court Monday, and his companion, Major Bryant, was tried and convicted of public drunkenness. Find One Chiseler In Veterans’ Group Every program designed to meet public needs will find some chiselers, but Chairman A. L. Fletcher and other members of the Unemployment Compensation Commission which is • handling Readjustment allowances for veterans in North Carolina re joice in the fact that since the be ginning of these allowances under the G. I Bill'more than a year ago, while " getner ovR million doinSJ^ffy one ex-soldier was apparently tempt ed to take an illegal advantage. This is the case of a veteran who started claiming readjustment al lowances of $20 a week to which he ’ was entitled while he was looking for a job. However, after he found a job and began working for the City of Asheville, he continued to file claims for the allowances, reporting his earnings as being only $19 over a period of weeks when in fact he had earned $508.00. -<f, * Replenishing of Fish Stocks Is Projected Restocking of Martin County streams and lakes will result in the forest fire prevention and “timber thinning” campaign of education thru the schools here, it is stated in a bulletin from the Southern Forest 4 fire Commission, Birmingham 5, Ala bama, who are offering free forest posters, films, booklets to farmers and teacher of the County who re quest them. "Fully tiiree-fuUi'tlio or Use ir-li ii' southern brooks and creeks, anc rakes have been killed or run out bj lye poison after rains flood the wat ersheds that have been burnt over— too often the lye-potash poisor swooping in during spawning seas on,” the statement avers. Over The Top Williams Township went over th< top in the bond drive yesterday. | Total Of $8,355.99Raised For ! United War Fund In County | A total of $8,355 99 was raised in I Martin County foi the 1945 llniteo Wff* iM/fuf? CotJfiW Chairman Ci«r* i ,ence W. Griffin announced yesterday, j I Tiie toiai conti ibuUaas, representing (just about 68 percent of "the quota i (assigned the county, fell $4,876.97 i short of the goal. As a whole, the leaders of the I drive and various canvassers worked harder in support of the 1945 fund 'drive than any others during previ ous campaigns. But so many people deserted the cause that the showing makes miserable reading. In the special Thanksgiving appeal, not a single response was received from one entire community, and the re sponse was described as bitterly dis ! appointing in others. The little community of Hassell was one of the two district groups to reach and pass the goal. Given a quota of $1,000 the colored citizens as a group reached and passed the | mark with nearly $23 to spare. Al though promising to meet the chal lenge, Griffins fell short, not to men tion the miserable record in Wil jliainston and in most of the other (districts. The colored citizens, donating $1, 022.97. made their contributions tfcx foil-schools for the most part: Biggs, $86.85; Wil liams. V'oolard. S80U7; Corey's. $80; Poplar Point, $30; Smithwicks, $50; Jamesviile, $78.97; Burroughs-Spring Hill, $70.08; Wil liamston. $420.23; Dardens, $120.00. The job was well done, and the can vessers and contributors are to be commended, along with those in the Hassell Community. The following figures show the as signed quotas and amounts raised in the various districts: Jamesviile Williams Criffins Bear Grass Williamston Cross Roads Robersonville Poplar Point Hamilton Hassell Coose Nest Colored Citizens Quota Amount 800 150 550 550 6,283 450 2,250 175 375 175 475 1,000 644.00 91.37 449.40 309.30 3,644.29 308.25 1,162.25 107.05 239.76 175.08 202.27 1,022.97 >,225 $ 8,355.99 Few Changes Made In Triple A Committees -V- < J. F. Crisp Again Heads Committee j For Martin County Nearly Seven Hundred Voles Are CasJ In Flection Held Last Friday Martin County farmers last Friday elected their Triple A community committeemen for the coming year and named delegates to the county convention which was held Saturday for the election of a county commit tee. Very few changes were made in the community committee person nel, and Mr. J. F. Crisp was elected Saturday to again head the county committee. While there was little interest shown in the election in most of the districts, the vote was comparatively heavy and spirited in Bear Grass Township where 225 farmers visited the polling place Hamilton and Griffins also reported a fairly large vote, hut in other districts the vote coupt was as low as 18. According to a report coming from the office of the farm agent, 683 farmers in the county participated in the election. As a result of the balloting last Friday, the following men are serv ing as community committeemen, the first named being the chairman, next, vice chairman, regular member, first alternate and finally second al ternate: Jamesville No. 1: Herbert Sexton, David Holliday, Carl Griffin, Ho ward Hardison, and Arthur Modlin. Jamesville No. 2: Leo Gardner, El mer Modlin, Dan Fagan, David Ange, and D. D. Cobum. Robersonville No. 1: J. R. Daniels, R. S. Everett, S. T. Everett, Lester House, and J. J. Williams. Robersonville No. 2: H. H. Rober son, Cecil Powell, Charlie G. Forbes, J. A. Powell and Johnnie Andrews. Williams: C. L. Daniel, O. S. Green, R. J. Hardison, Walter Gardner, and Marvin Hardison. Williamston: W. Mayo Hardison, John W. Gurkin, R. T. Griffin, Ed ward Corey, and J A. White Bear Grass: H. G. Harrison, T. L. Roberson, E. C Harrison, Ralph Mob ,ir,Y and,M,.§,CoaSi^Bfc Cross RoadsnrT^toebuck, G. H. Forbes, W. L. Ausborn, J. F. Bailey, and J. M. Griffin. Goose Nest No. 1: J. T Moore, H. H. Worsley, H. A. Early, J. L. Mizell, and R. N. Turner. Goose Nest No. 2: Jack Smith, N. L. Hymna, Joe Bunting, Jasper Whit field, and W. B. Cannon. Griffins: Asa J. Hardison, Clarence Gurkin, Oscar B. Roberson, Howard Coltrain, and J. R. P. Griffin. Hamilton: D. R. Edmondson, J. H. Lillard, Woodrow E. Purvis, Jesse B. Everett, and George W. Ayers. The county committee includes, J. F. Crisp, chairman; Geo. C. Griffin, vice chairman; Elmer N. Modlin, reg ular member; D. R. Edmondson, first alternate, and Harry H. Roberson, second alternate. ROUND-UP \ Local and county officers rounded up ten alleged law vio | lators last week-end, including four drunks. Four others were charged with drunken driving. One was hooked for disorderly conduct and another was charged with an assault. Five of those arrested were white, the ages of the group ranging from eighteen to forty eight years. In addition to making the ten arrests, officers had a busy time handling motor vehicle accidents on Martin County highways dur ing the period. | TRANSPORTATION v-/ Going before the regular meet ing of the Martin County Board of Education here yesterday, a delegation of colored citizens ap pealed for transportation for col ored school children. Headed by Willis Williams of Poplar Point, the delegation, representing nearly every colored school com munity in the county, talked about the problem at length. The plea was well received by the board members, but it was ex plained that little could be done this term to relieve the problem. Transportation is now being of fered several hundred colored high school pupils, but the sys tem is not inclusive. Chairman J. D. Woolard and Supt. J. C. Maning were instruct ed to inspect possible sites for a new school building for white children and also one for colored children. Mrs. Thomas Peed Died At Her Home Friday Afternoon —®— Funeral Services Were Held By Rev. Harrington Sunday Afternoon -<$, Mrs. Mabel Thomas Peed died at her home on North Haughton Street here last Friday afternoon at 1:50 o’clock following an illness of only a few days. Suffering a light stroke of paralysis last April, she had al most fully recovered and was getting along very well until last Tuesday when she was taken ill with influen za. Her condition soon became criti cal. The daughter of the late Captain T. W. and Susan Petway Thomas, she wa- barn in Edgecombe County on M„y 17, 1882. '-’hen she was quite small the family moved to South Carolina, locating in Williamston a few years later. She had since made her home in Williamston and com munity. married U^Thomas Allen Peedoniuecember ZJand following his death on June 24, 1925, she moved to Williamston from Wil liams Township. A member of the Riddick’s Grove Baptist church for a long number of years, she was one of its most devoted and loyal members. Her pastor, Rev. W. B. Harrington, and Dr. Ira T. Knight, conducted the last rites at the Biggs’ Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock and interment was in the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery here. Surviving are two sons, Allen Peed of Plymouth, and Burke Felix Peed who was just recently honorably dis charged from the armed forces and who is now making his home in New London, Connecticut; two daughters, Mrs. A. C. Sparrow of Kinston, and Mrs. L. H. Hamm of Williamston; two sisters, Mrs. E. P. Whitley of Wil liamston, and Mrs. J. T. Thompson ol Roanoke Rapids, and a brother, W Harold Thomas of Plymouth. -- Firemen Receive Two Calls During Past Few Days Here -<*> Local firemen received two calls during the past few days. They I handled a stubborn grass fire lust ofl Church Street last Saturday after noon. Several hundred feet of host were laid before the fire which threatened several buildings, was brought under control. Yesterday morning at 11:20 the firemen wer« called to the Raymond Heath hom< in West End. The fire was brough' under control by Mr. Heath anc neighbors, and only slight damage re suited. County Authorities Hold An Uneventful Meet Here Monday Perfect Reorganization of Oh! B«ar<} Aiu\ OnJer Roa<i Bomh Rofnmlnl The Martin Countv Commissioners held an uneventful meeting here yes terday when the old board was re organized and routine matters were handled. Mr. Robt. L. Perry was re elected chairman and E. S. Peel was reappointed county attorney. M. Luther Peel was appointed tax sup ervisor and he was instructed to make plans for listing property for 1946 taxation Several tax relief orders were issued, and the board recommended that the road in Grif fins Township running via the farms of Sam J. Lilley, Romulus Revels, Mrs. Jennie Roberson, R. E. Lilley and Mrs. Louis Peel back to the high way at John A. Griffin's store be widened. The road is about 1.8 miles. Mrs. Wheeler Martin, Jr., was em ployed as Veterans’ Information and Service Center officer, tin1 salary to be determined later. The $20,099 (femsbcn Township road bonds wereordered refunded, the county agreeing to buy them if favroable bids are not submitted. Tax relief orders for 1945, 1944, 1943 were issued as follows: M. F. VanNortwick, $2 listed in error in Robersonville for 1945. James Hones, $2, Williamston Township, deceased; Lindsley White, $4, Williamston Township, deceased; Jesse Everett, $2, Cross Roads Town ship, deceased. For 1944: Vernon LeRoy Gurganus, $2.93, Bear Grass Township, army; Winford Mobley, $2, Bear Grass Township, army; Frank Brock, $2, Williamston Township, army; James Jones, $2, Williamston Township, de ceased; William T. Williams, $2, Wil liamston Township, army; Albert Williams, $2, Cross Roads Township, army; James H Williams, $2, Cross Roads Township, army; Lemon Lan ier, $2.82, Goose Nest Township, army; Dr. F. Harrell, $3.38, listed in error in Goose Nest Township. Fifteen Marriages Reported In County During Past Month iHKiianre Is Somewhat Smaller Than The Average For the Past Several Years Fifteen marriage licenses were is sued in this county last month, the is suance running slightly below the average for the particular month over a period of several years. For the first time in many months the number of licenses issued to white couples were more than double the number issued to colored parties. The licenses were issued, eleven to white and four to colored couples, as follows: White King E. Cratt and Annie L. Harri son, both of Williamston. Lt. (jg) William Fowden Clark, USNR, Williamston, and Elizabeth L. Carson, U. S. Naval Hospital, Nor folk, and Mandeville, La. George Allen Brown and Maggie Louise Williams, both of Hobgood. Lewis B. Morris, of Kelford, and Ruby Bazemore, of Lewiston. Oscar LeRoy Hignutt, USN, Green wood, Delaware, and Betty Wynne, of Jamesville. i Gaston Lee Savage, Jr., and Bes Isie Irene Harrison, both of Williams ton. Cluadius Elmo Lang, Jr., of Gates ville, and Dorothy Estell Simpson, of Plymouth. I James IL Crabtree, of New Hoi i lnda, Ohio, and Williamston, and Mrs. I Minnie L. Bullock, of Williamston. I John iviw/Titv, at i ton, and Muriel James, of Stokes. ] Arland Raymond Mann, Jr., and Inettye W. Blowc, both of Murfrees boro, N. C. I Linwood Cowen, RFD 2, Rober sonville, and Effie Mae Jones, of Pitt County. Colored Mose Lee Williams and Ethel Shep pard, both of Williamston. Roosevelt Mooring and Cleo Sharp, both of Robersonville. William Henry Black and Essie Roberson, of Robersonville. Isaiah Perkins and Gladys Blount, both of Williamston. -6. District Meeting Of Future Home-Makers Clut Addressing a district meeting ol Future Home-Makers Clubs in Wind sor a short time ago, Miss Mabel Lacy, supervisor of Home Economics East Carolina Teachers’ College, out lined plans for organizing and con ducting successful home economics clubs in high schools. Miss Cath erine Dennis, State Supervisor ol Home Economics Education, Raleigh abo had a part or the program Miss Charlotte Elliott, practict teacher, and Elizabeth Manning Dorothy Leggett, Mary Lou Coltrain Edna Hadley and F-leunor Banks re presented the local home economics club at the meeting. loins B. & W. Tire Rebuilders Paul Tragerser, of Durham, is nov associated with the B. & W. Tire Re builders here. Col. Wheeler Martin Is Killed In Tokyo Raid K1LLEI> JN AITTSOiN Missing in a raid over Tohyo since last March 9, Lt. Colonel Wheeler Martin, Jr., was report ed killed in action by the War Department last Saturday. Officials Establish Zone For Shooting Fireworks In Town —$— Kill** Against Ki^lil-llour Shift For Members Of The Police Department -<$ , Meeting in regular session last evening, the local town commission ,ers established zones for shooting fireworks, and went on to handle I routine matters. No fireworks will | be tolerated in the business districts and the board warned against the promiscuous firing of fireworks any place in town. Fireworks are being banned in the area between Witts Street and Elm Street, the board rul ed. A proposed plan to establish eight hour shifts for the police department was tabled, but the board suggested .that additional policemen be employ led during the holiday season. At the present time, members of the local department are on duty 87 hours each week. The board passed a resolution en dorsing tlie proposed flood control program for Roanoke River and ap propriated $100 to help meet the ex penses. After the Appropriations Committee of the National House of Representatives had denied the re quest for several million dollars the measure was included in the de ficiency appropriations and the pro posal now goes to the U. S. Senate for action. Going before the meeting, Post master W. E. Dunn explained that village delivery service could be ex tended if the town would murk the streets and number the houses. The authorities called for a study of the streets and it is likely that some de finite action will be taken at the next j meeting. The purchase of a street sweeper .costing approximately $3,(100 was dis cussed, but no action was taken at the meeting. | -♦ Former Local Man ! Dies In Windsor -9.. 1 j bct - ■ 11 ..a*aaaiw ero Carolina attorney and a former resident of Williamston, died sudden ly at his home in Windsor early yes Iterday morning of a heart attack. When he made his home here he was employed by the Atlantic Coast Line. He was 49 years old and had made his home in Windsor for a number of years. Funeral services are being conduct ed in the Windsor Methodist Church this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and in terment will follow in Edgewood Cemetery there. Surviving are his wife, Eugenia Sessoms Spruill; two children, Gene and Jimmie Spruill; his mother, Mrs. A. G. Spruill of Plymouth; four sis ters, Mis. M. B. Gilliam of Windsor, Mrs. J. A. Griffin of Norfolk, Mrs. C. M. Hill of Newport and Mrs. C. W. Dirikens of Plymouth; three brothers, Earl D. Spruill of Plymouth, Frank C. Spruill of Wilson and M. Arnold Spruill of Gainesville, Fla.; and two half-brothers, Clarence of Plymouth and Raymond of Norfolk, Va. -$ llarn And Contents Arc Destroyed fly Fire Sunday ’-* Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed a barn and 142 bags of pea nuts, eighteen or twenty barrels ol corn and 259 bales of hay on King David Smithwick’s farm in Williams Township about daybreak Sunday Twenty-seven bags of peanuts weri ■ saved. No insurance was carried on the property, _ _i Had Bren Missing In Raid Over Tokyo Since Last March -s Family Received Message P rom War Department Saturday. Evening Lieutenant Colonel Wheeler Mar tin, Jr., missing in a bomber raid over Tokyo since last March 9, was offic ially reported killed as of that date by the War Department in a message to the young’s man family here last Saturday evening. His plane was one of seven reported lost in the 300 bomber raid. The message offered very few details, but it stated that a letter would follow. The son of Mr. and Mrs Wheeler Martin, he was born on April 5, 1917. Ins graduation from the !^Wffn?gn school, he attended the Stanton Preparatory School in New York and was graduated from Wake Forest College in 1938. Before vol unteering his services in the U. S. Army Air Corps on March 1, 1939, he was associated with Cunningham and Staples, a tobacco firm in Smithfield. Completing his training in Texas, he was transferred to the Panama Canal Zone in November, 1939, and remain ed there until July, 19-43, meeting and marrying Miss Joanna Corey, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Corey of Indiana. Returning to the States, he trained in Kansas for the air at I tack against Japan. Col. Martin was greatly interested in his work, and he was held in high esteem by Army officials and enlist ed men. As a youth he took great in terest in scout activities and was among the first Martin County boys to become an Eagle Scout. Possess ing the highest ideals, he was a prom ising young man and the future seem ed to hold so much for him The young man never hesitated when duty called, and no one could have made the supreme sacrifice more willingly for our country. During his few years in the service he had made a name for himself, at taining one of the highest ranks ever I held by a Martin County man in Un armed services. Despite his rapid rise in the service, he eagerly antici pated the war’s end and a return to his native home and friends. ! Surviving are his parents and his wife who was engaged in personnel work for the government at Panama prior tc her marriage, also two daughters, Little Misses Caroline and Victoria Martin. He was a grandson of the late Dr. and Mrs. W. L Poteat, prominent leaders in the South's odu cational movement for a number of years. Colonel Martin is the 55th Martin County young man reported to have made the supreme sacrifice in World War II. Of the 23 Martin County men reported missing in the war, fourteen were later announced as dead. Two other Martin County men, as far as it can be learned, are still listed as missing, including S/£gt. William James Burnette, Jamesville young man who was last heard from on a raid over Italy last February 28. -«> More County Youths Enter The Service Twelve Martin County colored youths were called for final indue tion by the armed services this week Ten fo them come from the farm, and all are in the teen age group. None of them is listed as being married. Marshall Augusta Scott, of Wil . The names of the others included in tlie call and their addresses follow: Ernest Jenkins, RFD 2, Roberson ville. Morris Brown, RED 2, Williamston. Walter Wilkins, RFD 3, Williams ton. Willie Davis Hassell, RFD , Wil liamston. Cortez Hassell, RFD 2, Wiliams ton. Raymond Moore, RFD 1, Williams ton. Ingran (Jack) Tillery, Star Route, Hamilton. James Harrison Ghee, RFD 1, Jamesville. Robert Andrew Williams, RFD 1, Oak City. Clarence Edward Hooper, RFD 1, Jamesville. Langston Smith, Jamesville. BOM) AUCTION VJ Local school children will boost the sale of Victory Bonds at two rallies to be held on Fri day of this week, Principal Sam Hundv announces. The first auction will be held In grammar school at 10 o’clock that morning, and in the high school that afternoon at 1:45 o’clock. Quite a few of the little folks are planning to carry prizes,, and some keen bidding is anticipated. The auctions will be opeu to anyone, It was reported. Large Number Tires Allotted By Ration Board Last Friday Tire toto i ieciare One hundred and thirty-tour tires —119 for cars and 15 for trucks— were released by the Martin County War Price and Rationing Board last Friday. The November quota was increased at the last minute and the rations were increased tor consum ers, but even with the increase, sev eral hundred applications were left pending. There have been rumors that tire rationing was near an end, but no date for declaring tires on the open list has been announced, an official was quoted as saying last week-end. Car tires wore issued to the fol lowing F. S. Scott, J. C. Gurganus, Martha M. Rawls, L. E. Nelson, Dr. •J. T Llewellyn, E. H. Gaylord, K. B. Etheridge. J F. Martin, A. R. Jones, J Sam Getsinger, II. L. Barnhill, Jack Roberson. J. I. Knowles, Wil liam W Tavlor, Jr.. Sallie A. Stone, Andrew Hollkkn., Jr., J. L. Whitfield, H. D. Nelson, J. C. Johnson, Thomas Van! andingham, Ira E. Griffin. Ben ny Grimes, Joseph A. Hoover, Floyd Ward, J. W Holiowell, Henrv Hollis, J D. Bowen, C W. Slade, l . C. Gard ner, H. P Fleming, Ida Privette, G. B. Whitfield, Charlie Rogers, J. C. Taylor, Jay Coltrain, Floyd Moore, W J. Gardner, Mrs. Lillie Wynne, Ollis Lilley, J S. Beach, John Leg gett. Arthur B Slade, Samuel A. Clark, Robert Mobley, Mrs. Alton Grimes, Mattie and Da 11a/ Sterling, Haywood Moore, Julian Fagan, Mil dred Coltrain, Charles L. Speller, J. B. Barnhill, Jr , J. C. Keel, Leon L. Davenport, T. O. Nicholson, Clyde Knight, Sam Short, C. P. Roberson, James A. Bowen, Narlen Yarrell King Riddick, J. Eason Lilley, W, W. Hinson, Edward L. Earley, Jr., Henry My rick, Eli Bell, Albert T. Perry, 11. B. Allen, Ethel M. Rogerson, Claude Winstead, M. E Roberson, Jimmie B. Bullock, J. C Merritt, Ernest Mears, Eugene Roberson, Mack D. Mobley, Penrose Perkins, Alex Rawls, Andy Leggett, I). A Knox, David Moore, Johnny W. Rogerson, John Howell, Betty Williams, Johnny W. Hollis, Sam Hopkins, C. C. Whitaker, J. S. Holliday, II E. Anderson, P. E. Nelson, S. D. Perry, J. 11. Lilley, Eus tice Jones, J. A. Haggard. Truck tires were issued to the fol lowing: J, C. Norris, J. S. Ayers, Jr., J. L. Whitfield, V. G. Taylor, Will Roberson, G 1). Grimes, Jr., G. W. Hodges and Leslie W. Hardison. Bird Last Sunday Di. ViI'M11 Hyman Mewborn, retir ed optometrist who practiced in Wil liarnston for a number of years, died at his home in Kinston Sunday morn ing following a long illness. Funeral services were conducted at the home yesterday morning and interment was in Westview Cemetery. I)i Mewborn, lather of Miss Kath ryn Mewborn who taught in the local sc hools for several years, had many friends here. Sni ve ling are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Glancy Mewborn; three sons, T/5 V. II Mewborn, Jr., with the oc cupation forces in Japan, William (1 Mewborn of Tarboro, and Pvt. Harvey Mewborn of Fort Mon Mouth, N. J , two daughters, Kath ryn, serving with the American Red Cross at Fort Bragg, and Betty Mew born of the home; his parents, Dr. and Mrs J II Mewborn of Kinston; a brother, Courtney Mewborn of Sav annah, Ga , and five sister: . Mrs. L. G, Ballard of Wilson, and Mrs. W. A. Faulkner, Mis. Noel Hobbs, Mrs. Charles Turner, and Mrs. Hardy Mine all ol Kinston; aniL-iflLLL gram.. hilTti ****^^^ Dr. Mewborn, a former resident of Tarboro, was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Loral Lions Ihdd Family /Vig/if I* r ox ram Thursday The local Lions Club held its third annual and most enjoyable Family night program at the school gym last Thursday evening. Approximately 140 people attended, including club members, their wives and children and guests. Following a delicious and bountiful meal, I.ion A. J. Manning lead the group in singing several songs. Lion ess K. P. I.indsley accompanied at the piano. Miss Jil Peden, new case worker for the blind, was introduced bv President Edwards and Miss Ped en made a lew well chosen remarks concerning her new work here. A drawing of lucky numbers was then held for the children, and ten lucky ones each received a crisp one dollar bill. Lions W. M. Baker, H. P. Mobley, D. C. McLawhorn, W. Clyde Manning and their wives, l.along with r few as H committee for the evening and did a very good job. -$> BOND SAI FS Complete figures could not be had, but Drive Chairman D. V. C'avton siad this morning that the Victory 11 ’ond sales were increasing, nad that he was still confident the goal would be reached. A review of the sales will be made later this week.