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
VOLUME ^LVIII—NUMBER 97
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, December 7, 2945
ESTABLISHED 1899
Seven Districts In
County Pass Goals
In War Bond Drive
Eighty Percent of “E‘* Bo>mI
Quota Been Subscribed,
According to the latest available
figures, just about eighty percent of
Martin County’s “E” bond quota has
been subscribed, a late report show
ing that seven districts—Jamesville,
Williams, Griffins, Cross Roads, Rob
ersonville, Hassell and Goose Nest—
had gone over the top. Sales in the
Victory Loan Drive, the eighth and
final campaign of its kind, are lag
ging badly in Williamston, and are
far from the goals in Bear Grass,
Poplar Pomt and Hamilton.
Sales recently skyrocketed in Rob
ersonville, Township Chairman D. R.
Everett stating that they were in
creased by approximately $40,000
since the last report was made. Wil
liamston reported an increase of only
about $4,000 during the same period.
While Robersonville was increasing
its “E” bond purchases by $40,000,
Chairman Everett reported l/iat
been invested in ne
onds by citizens in that dis
trict. The amount is $16,000 greater
than the negotiable bond quota for
the entire county.
The little community of Hassell
still holds the spotlight in the Vic
tory Bond parade, the citizens there
exceeding the quota nearly four
times.
Since the last report Williams and
Goose Nest went over the top and did
so with some to spare.
Bear Grass Chairman A. B. Ayers
called his canvassers into a meeting
earlier this week, and a drive to reach
the goal is now in progress there.
Little has been accomplished in
Williamston, and sales for the most
part, have been without direct solici
tation. A similar situation exists in
some of the other districts, it is un
derstood.
First scheduled to close on Satur
day of this week, the “E” bond drive
has been extended a few days, and
another appeal is being directed to
the people of Martin County, urging
them to buy and give “E” bonds for
Christmas. Reports indicate that the
number of sales has been somewhat
limited, that a comparatively few
persons have boosted the figures with
the purchase of bonds of large de
nomination.
A review of “E” bond sales to date,
by districts, follows:
Quota
7,300
4,700
12,250
8.500
103,000
7,300
73,000
4,850
9,800
5,000
7,300
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Hassell
Goose Nest
Sales
14,175.00
5.362.50
14.306.25
2.062.50
33,658.75
8,531.25
83.435.25
1.950.00
2.587.50
18,862.50
9.300.00
$243,000
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$194,231.50
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Eight Cases Called
In Justice’s Court
Justice J. L. Hassell handled eight
cases in his court during the past
few days.
Charged with being drunk and dis
orderly, J. Leander Hardison was
fined $5 and taxed with $7.50 costs.
General Columbus Freeman, oper
ating a motor vehicle on the wrong
side of the road, was fined $10 and
required to pay $7 costs.
Charlie Hodges was fined $10 and
taxed wtih $6 costs for operating a
motor vehicle with improper brakes.
Ella Ewell was required to pay
$8.50 costs for disorderly conduct.
Dave Melton was fined $3 and tax
ed with $7 costs in the case charging
him with disorderly conduct.
disorderly on
£'l.j.vg-s«r
two counts, Elbert Whitehurst was
sentenced to the roads for thirty days
in each case, the justice suspending
the road terms upon the payment of
$19 costs.
Roosevelt Butler, charged with op
erating a motor vehfcle with improp
er brakes, was fined $10 and taxed
with $6 costs.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, Lillie Wynne was
bound over to the county court under
bond in the sum of $100.
Operating a truck without a clear
ance light, Isaac Johnson Brickhouse
was fined $10 and taxed with $6
costs.
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Young Man Is Hurt I
Painfully In Wreck \
Frank House, 32-year-old Green- 1
ville white man, was painfully but 1
believed not seriously hurt when he t
ran his Plymouth car into a mail 1
truck between Williamston and J
Janies viiie last Tuesday evening 1
about 6:30 o’clock. Suffering head {
injuries and chest bruises, he was
treated in Dr. E. T. Walker’s offices c
here and later removed to his home, i
T. Mack VanLandingham, driving 1
bis truck toward Williamston, was i
not hurt. i
Investigating tlje accident, Patrol
man W. E. Saunders said that ap- 1
proximately $200 damage was done i
to the car, that about $50 would re- ]
pair the truck damage. , i
Limited Decorations For The
Christmas Season In Prospect
For the first time since file 1941
Christmas season, Williamston’s
holiday street lights
again, adding a bit of cheer to a com
I'munity trying to* recover from the
[sorrows of war and to readjust itself.
The lights were installed after the
exact pattern followed in those pre
war years, but quite a few of the
larger bulbs had to be replaced by
smaller ones.
Turned on last evening by Mayor
John L. Hassell, the lights did not at
tract anything like the attention they
commanded when they were install
ed for the first time, but quite a few
voungsters, grown out of their baby
hood and taking cognizance of the
various-colored bulbs for the first
time, were really gleeful last night:
as they looked longingly from their '
nearby windows. Possibly much of
: that which so msny, fought, suffered
Lifeijiied for, is reflected ir, the lit
j tie faces of the tots.
I While the town dwjw from its .old
stock cf...material, individuals will!
find it difficult to resurrect their old
lighting materials and since new sup
plies are limited if not almost non
exstent, it isn't likely that individual
or group decorations will be advanc
ed on any appreciable scale here this
Christmas season. Shop operators
explain that new supplies were not to
be had, and carry-over stocks are
minute, meaning that outside decora
tions this year will be the exception
rather than the rule.
Interior decorations, permitted
during the war, will possibly be
maintained, but there they will be
very modest.
Pfc. Jos. Gurganus
Says Fight For Iwo
jima A Tough One
—$—.
Loral Young Man Says Hr
Had Any Number of Nar
row Battle Escapes
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Writing to The Enterprise under
fate of November 28 from Guam,
Pfc. Joseph S. Gurganus, local young
nan, pointed out that he had many
larrow escapes. His letter follows:
To my friends of Williamston who
nay have wondered whether I was
■aptured by the Japs, this is to let
hem know I am okay and in the best
>f health, even though at times I
vasn’t sure what the outcome would
>e.
In a replacement draft of approxi
nately seventeen hundred Marines,
left San Diego, California, Novem
>er 8, 1944, and arrived at Pearl
larbor five or six days later. Most
if the draft was sent to the 4th Ma
ine Division stationed on the island
if Maui, one of the several Hawaiian
slands. Quite a few of the boys, in
vhich group I was located, joined the
th Pioneer Battalion, whose job in
ombat is to keep a steady flow of
upplies going in to the infantry at
he front.
On a small island like Iwo Jima,
>ur outfit was constantly under ene
ny fire because our supply dumps
Here one of the main targets for Jap
nese mortar and artillerymen, and
nfortunately they destroyed quite a
ew of our supply dumps the first
ew days.
As with all Marines who partici
ated in this battle, I had plenty of
arrow escapes, but luckily and with
lod’s help, I was uninjured through
ut the operation.
Before the 4th division left for Iwo,
/e thought the battle would last
bout ten days, but that “rock” turn
d out to be a veritable fortress,
liter about fifteen days or more
/hen resistance was weakening, it
/as a joke to watch the Japs fire
nti-aircraft fire into the sky when
one of our planes were above. 1
uess they just wanted us to know
hey still had it. But soon after
/ards, an end was put to that! Our
ifantry and planes took care of
hat!
When the f: st news of the Japs’
lirrender was broadcast, you can
nagine the jubilee which burst
arth from our camp! Hardly any
ne had even a« hours sleep that
ight and all the talk was, “when are
re going home?” To the Marines
lat fought all of the division’s bat
les and to men who had fifteen
lonths overseas by September first,
riis was soon to be a reality. The 4th
la l ines division left for the states
jmetime in October, and low-point
len left were put into various drafts
j be sent to the forward areas
I came to Guam in the Marianas
dands. If looks are ever deceiving,
:’i? i* Vr .. tlii> island. An lac
Dwns were destroyed when our
irces returned here last year. At
:ie present. Guam is crowded with
housands fo Marines, sailors and
oldiers.
We have a nice camp, with good
ood and plenty of recreation. My
ab is that of operating a “bull-doz
r,” which is an interesting type of
/ork.
I guess quite a few boys are re
urning home. This is good news to
11 of their people. I hope to return
ome time in February. If this is
rue, I hope to see everyone then.
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'ire Destroys Home And
Contents Here Last Night
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Its origin not definitely known,
ire destroyed the huifible home of
iherman Bonds, aged colored man,
ust off Railroad and Sycamore
itreet here last evening at 7 o’clock.
Tie fire had gained considerable
eadway when the alarm was sound
d, and nothing was saved from the
louse other than a few papers and
rticles inan old trunk. Firemen
hrc'.v water on the fife dai
reater part of an hour.
Bonds, about 75 yearsof age and
[uite feeble, was led from his burn
ng home by firemen. He shared his
iOmc with a soldier’s family, and it
nas reported that the family lost
lost of its personal belongings.
An inventory of the fire could not
ie had immediately, but the loss will
un into several hundred dollars and
ossibly more, depending on the
raiue of theowner’s personal effects.
I PEANUT PRICES
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Peanut prices continued to
climb on the markets in this sec
, Mon during the past few days,
unofficial rejmrts declaring that
sales had been made for as much
as 10 1-2 cents per pound with
the average holding right around
ten cents.
Fairly heavy deliveries were
reported during the early part
of the week, but bad weather has
delayed movements since Tues
day.
It is estimated by some that
from one-half to two-thirds of
the crop in this immediate sec
| tion has already been marketed.
James S. Rhodes, Jr.
| Begins Practice Of
Medicine This Week
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Just Recently Returned Home
Front Campaigns In The
European Theater
Dr. James S. Rhodes, Jr., entered
upon civilian practice here in his
home town last week-end in part
nership with his father who handled
burdensome duties during the war
years when there were few doctors
available.
The junior doctor, just recently
back from the European war theater,
spent several weeks studying at
Duke hospital and in the Medical
Center in Richmond before entering
practice here.
Jim, Jr., was graduated from the
University of North Carolina in 1937
and earned his doctor’s degree at the
Medical College of Virginia in 1941.
After his interneship at Roper Gen
eral Hospital, Charleston, South
Carolina, in 1941-42, he entered the
service on July 1, 1942, marrying
Miss Jean Jackson, of Lexington,
Ky., that year. On June 8, 1942, he
was moved to the African-European
Theater of Operations, participating
just behind the front lines in the
Sicilian, Salerno-Naples, Rome-Arno,
Southern and Northern France and
.Central Germany campaigns.
Returning home less than three
jmonths ago, he is maintaining offices
with his father on Smith wick Street,
and he and Mrs. Rhodes and their
j young son, Jimmie, are at home in
the Tar Heel Apartments.
The young doctor, his hair greyed
a bit by war service, is welcomed
back to his home town where he
will be a great asset to the profes
eion.
J. Herman Reason
Dies In Hospital
J. Herman Reason, well-known!
farmer^jfOjig^j^gns community, ■
died in i^Di^amnospita] Iasi Mon
day noon following an illness of
about one year’s duration. He had
been confined to his bed for five
weeks, death resulting from a cere
bral hemorrhage.
The son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Reason, ha was born in Washing
ton County on November 13, 1879. He
was married to Miss Annie Jones of
Roper and located in this county
eighteen years ago. Mr. Reason was
an able farmer and highly respected
citizen, both in his native and adopt
ed communities.
Surviving are his widow, six sons,
Pete, Bryant, Ben and Carlton, of
Jamesville, Lomas, of near Williams
ton, and Ernest Reason of Norfolk;
two daughters, Mrs. Roy Phelps of
Plymouth, and Mrs. Oscar Jackson of
Jamesville; one brother, Bruce Reas
on, of Norfolk, and three sisters,
Mrs. M. K. Jones of Ahoskie, Mrs.
Letha Jones of Richmond and Mrs.
Bettie Rawls of Norfolk.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. P. B. Nickens,
IBaptist minister of Plymouth, and
(interment was in the Dardens Meth
| odist Church Cemetery.
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| GETS HONORABLE DISCHARGE
; Private John C. Jones, serving in
the European Theater cf Operations
- for 17 months returned home last
I week after receiving his discharge at
Fort Bragg. He wears three battle
stars and is now with Mrs. Jones at
their home in Palmyra. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Jones,
Williamston RFD No. 3.
' Superior Court Will
Open Mixed Term In
f County On Monday
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■ Twenty Cases On The Crimin'
s al Docket; Few Placet? On
I Civil Calendar •
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With Judge J jhn J. Burney of Wil
- mington presiding, the Martin Coun
1 ty Superior Court will open a one
. week term next Monday for the trial
s of criminal and civil cases. The
5 docket carries no criminal cases of a
, sensational nature, but one-fourth of
s them involve hit-and-run driving or
. manslaughter. Several of them were
i continued at the September term
after true bills bad been returned by
I the grand jury.
> A few divorce cases are to be
; scheduled for trial, but the civil cal
endar isn’t likely to list many cases.
• The damage suit brought by Holli
. day against Kader Brown and Wil
■iamston Lumber Company has been
! set for trial during the week, and it
is likely that the tribunal will be
in session possibly through next
Thursday, if not longer.
Tile twenty cases listed on the
criminal docket:
N. S. Godard, assault and battery,
had his case continued several times.
Henry Paul is charged with man
slaughter as a result of a truck
wreck near Everetts on last March
14, costing Jeremiah Brown his life.
A true bill was returned by the
grand jury last June and the case
was continued.
William E. James, charged with
hit-and-run driving and manslaugh
ter, struck and fatally injured Jeff
T. Matthews at Oak City last Sep
tember 2. The administrator was re
cently awarded a judgment for $5,000
in a civil action brought against
James.
Kader Brown is charged with reck
less driving resulting in serious body
injury to Miss Elizabeth Holliday
near Dardens last May 31.
Robert Bunn stands charged with
hit-and-run driving resulting in seri
ous bodily injury to Jesse Bullock
near Robersonville last August 25.
The case charging Jesse Ben Rob
erson with shooting Hugh M. Gray
was continued under prayer for judg
ment last September and comes up
for final disposition.
Tobey Barber is charged with the
robbery of $1 from the person of W.
M. Cherry last July 21.
Alleged to have given a mortgage
on property he did not possess, John
E. Williams is charged with false pre
tense.
Josh Rascoe appealed from a coun
ty court judgment in the case charg
ing him with the possession of illicit
liquor for the purpose of sale.
Charged with speeding, Ralph Eu
geni' Andrews appealed from a lower
court judgment.
Nettie Parker is charged with as
saulting Will Biggs with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill him on
October 6.
Auston Everett is charged with an
assault on a female.
Charged with being drunk and
disorderly and resisting arrest and
an assault with a deadly weapon,
Ben Long Stevenson appealed from
lower court judgments in both cases.
Harry Lee Spruill is charged with
stealing a car from Charlie Forbes '
last April 1.
The old pocketbook flim-flam
game is slated to be aired again
when Roger Howard faces trial for '
allegedly obtaining $229 from Luke
Biggs last September 21.
Howard “Ted” Scott is charged '
with disorderly conduct and resist-1 (
ing arrest.
Charles Fuller faces two breaking
and entering and larceny and receiv
ing counts. He is alleged to have ;
stolen $35 worth of clothes from the I,
laundry last July 1, and in a second ,
alleged trip he stands accused of ■
stealing $50 worth of clothes on Sep- (
tember 23.
Lester Gray Ward is charged with ,
operating a Jrurl^^i^^^oroner
brakes"and manslaughter^! he vie- ,
tim of the accident, Bonnie K. Tay
lor, Jr., was fatally injured last Sep- ,
tember 24. I
Baby Ray Hill, Billie White, Rus- (
sell Sherrod and Wheeler Jones are
charged with attempted rape. ,
In the courts for more than a year, i
the case charging Herman Manning ,
and Joe Martin with aiding and abet- j
ting in an illegal operation, is up for
final entry on the judgment docket, ,
the courts having held that the two j
are to start serving two-year road |
terms next week.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
The accident season reached a
climax in the county last week
end when six wrecks were re
ported. One person almost lost
his life and a property damage
estimated at $1,500 was report
ed. It is about time to start slow
ing down and chiving with
greater care
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
Forty-Eighth Week
Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge
1945 6 3 0 $ 1,500
1944 110 237
Comparisons To Date
1945 78 43 6 15,695
1944 66 41 6 12,237
Fifty-five Cases Called
fn The County's Court
F ines Amounting To
$870. Collected To
Establish A Record
Large Croud Hears Proceed
ings; INo Session County
Court Next Week
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All previous records are believed
,to have toppled last Monday when
Judge J. C. Smith called fifty-live
cases and imposed fines amounting to
$870 in a regular session of the Mar
tin County Recorder’s Court. In ad
dition to the fine collection, several
road and jail terms were meted out
to make it a hectic day for alleged
violators of the law. The county
court had been idle while the super
ior tribunal was scheduled to handle
the trial of civil cases.
Judge Smith and Solicitor Paul
Roberson were shucking out the
cases so rapidly that Clerk L. B.
Wynne had to line the defendants up
to accept their fines and costs. The
costs were not added immediately,
but with the fines they will go well
over $1,000 for the day.
Proceedings:
_ Called for further judgment, Jas.
Iv Strawbridge, defendant in a non
support case, was directed to con
tinue the payment of $25 every two
weeks for the support of his wife and
child, and reappear for further judg
ment on the first Monday in June,
1946.
Booker T. Mizelle, charged with
reckless driving, failed to answer
when called and papers were issued
for his arrest.
The case charging Lester Morgan
with an assault with a deadly weapon
was continued until December 17.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with drunken driving, Jack
A. Farmer was sentenced to the roads
for six months. The sentence was
suspended the following day upon
the payment of a $50 fine and costs.
His license to operate a motor ve
hicle was revoked for one year.
Charged with disorderly conduct
and drunken driving, James Everett
was adjudged guilty of the first count
and drew a $25 fine plus the costs.
Kenneth Harrell, called for further
judgment in the case charging him
with bastardy, was ordered to con
tinue the payment of $10 a month for
the support of his illegitimate child '
and reappear on the first Monday in '
June for further judgment.
Charged with operating motor ve
hicles with improper lights, the fol- '
lowing defendants were each fined ’
$10 and taxed with the costs: Lee !
Edward Best, William Jake Moore,
William Burton Bell, Jesse W. Wil- *
liams, Hill Webb.
Robert Lee Williams, charged with 1
operating a motor vehicle with im- ,
proper lights, and Jesse Roberson,
charged with operating a motor ve- 1
hide with improper brakes, failed to !
answer when called and papers were 1
issued for their arrests.
Clarence Rudolph Coffield, charg- f
ed with operating a motor vehicle
without a driver's license, Curtis f
Smith was sentenced to jail for seven 1
rlays, fined $25 and taxed with the (
cost. The court recommended that 1
no operator’s license be issued the de- J
fendant for six months.
Archie Mizelle was fined $10 and 1
required to pay the cost in the case f
charging him with operating a motor
vehicle with bad brakes. (
Judgment was suspended upon the 1
payment of the costs in the case I
charging Kenneth Ervin Semmons 1
with operating a motor vehicle with
out a driver’s license. The court rec- |
ammended that no license be issued "
the defendant for one year.
Charlie Andrews, charged with
reckless driving, was fined $30 and
taxed HwMogfeMttMaw*- «v was
revoked for 90 days.
William Perkins, operating a motor I
vehicle with improper brakes, was i
fined $10 and required to pay the ‘
costs. 1
Charged with operating a motor r
venicle without a driver's license, 1
Willie Edward Burns, Jr., failed to s
answer when called. Papers were
issued for his arrest. J
Sam Latham was fined $20 and t
taxed with the cost in the case charg- t
ing him with operating a motor ve- i
hide without a driver’s license. The i
court recommended that no license \
be issued the defendant for six i
months. s
A continuance until December 31 i
was allowed in the case charging i
Lonnie B. Griffin with reckless driv- f
ing. t
Charged with speeding, Francis P.
Gavingan was fined $10 and required 1
to pay the costs. r
The case charging Henry L. Har
vey with drunken driving was con- j
tinued until December 17.
Grover Knox was fined $50, taxed
with the cost and had his operator's
.revoked for r-!-~ v.-. *v,.
ase charging him with drunken dnv- 1
ing. ‘
Charged with drunkenness and dis- ;
orderly conduct, Andrew Hardison
was fined $20 and taxed with the {
costs.
Charged with being drunk and dis- £
orderly and damaging property in '
Wiliiamston’s Cotton Club, Marshall ‘
Scott was sentenced to the road for
six months. In a second case, Scott '
(Continued on page six)
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Li
SICKNESS
Colds, aggravated in quite a
few cases by infections, have
materially affected attendance
records in several of the county
schools, reports from the office
of the superintendent stating
that 35 percent of the pupils in
the YVilliamston Elementary
School were absent several days
this week. While the condition
apparently is becoming no worse,
it certainly hasn't shown much
improvement during the past
few days, it was explained.
Most of the absences were re
ported in the schools here and at
Farm Life.
While there are many cases of
sickness, there is no real epi
demic and in most cases the vic
tims are ill only for a few days.
Sickness has been widespread in
parts of this State, and one or
I"' MWMMBIMtaiat iVriv stales
have reported numerous cases of
influenza.
|River Project Is
Favored By Group
In Recent Meeting
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| Further Action Is Now Pcml
iiitf In Upper House Of
The National CongresM
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While there was some vigorous op
position expressed, the program of
flood control and power development
for the Roanoke River Valley was
favored by a group of about five
hundred delegates at a public hear
ing held in South Hill, Virginia, on
Wednesday of this week.
The meeting, despite the opposi
tion, went on record as favoring
the expenditure of approximately 31
million dollars for controlling flood
waters and developing new power
souices. As far as it could be learn
ed, this immediate section was not
represented at the hearing.
The opposition, led by delegates
from Vance County, declared that
the proposed dam at Buggs Island,
Virginia, would cause the dam wat
ers to cover approximately 11),()()()
acres of land, including several
thousand acres of fine farming conn
try. Railroad companies also oppos
ed the proposed project, but power
companies voiced no opposition, ac
cording to reports reaching here. Led
by the Carolina Power and Light
Company, the opposition is expected
to submit written briefs against the
program.
The little community of Soudan,
Virginia, a section which will be
completely covered by water if the
power dam is thrown across the river
in Virginia, is said to have gone on
record as favoring the program as
originally proposed.
A million-dollar appropriation for
starting work on the project was de
nied by the House Appropriations
Committee a few days ago, but the
item was included in a deficiency
measure and passed. The United
States Senate is now to consider the
item, and the project is likely to en
counter some stiff opposition there.
In their regular meeting last Mon
day evening, Williamston’s town
commissioners appropriated $100 and
passed a resolution endorsing the
program.
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County Young Man
Writes From Japan
Stationed in Japan, Clarence Pate,
Martin County young man, said in a
recent letter that he was seeing
“some really beautiful country. The
landscape is wonderful, mostly
mountainous. I have done quite a
bit of traveling and am now in Hon
shu.
“My brother, Maurice, is here in
Japan, also. He came to the Pacific
theater two years ago, but I beat him
to Japan even though I did not leave
until last August. We haven’t seen
each other, but we hope to meet. I
was at Tokyo for the international
rodeo on Labor Day, and hoped to
see my brother there but did not.
Anyway, I'm not really worrying be
cause I’ll see him at home in the near
future—if a couple of years can be
thought of as the near future.”
In closing, Pfc. Pate stated he was
hoping to get The Enterprise in the
next mail.
llnilertfoes Operation For
Removal Of Safely Fin
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Catherine, two-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mis. Claude Baxter Clark,
Jr., successfully underwent an opera
tion in a Richmond hospital last
Tuesday for the removal of a safety
pin from her stomach. Swallowing
the open pin in a flash, the little girl
apparently felt no ill effect and she
was reported today to be getting
along very well. She is expected to
be able to return home Sunday or
Monday.
Mr. Clark returned home Wednes
day evening.
| Brothers From This
County Met A Short
Time Ago fn Europe
J
M«‘i l iH'xpertedly For Long
(’hat In Regensburg,
(iermanv
Two Martin County brothers, Pfc.
Louis Wynn and Pfc. George W.
Wynne, met a short time ago in Reg
ensburg, Germany. They had not
seen each other in sixteen months.
Stationed ’n Klatovy, Czechoslo
vakia, Louis, in a letter to his par
enis, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wynne, said
under date of November 14:
1 bet you will be surprised when
you read this letter. Here 1 am in
Regensburg, Germany, with “Bud.”
1 got here about 2 o'clock yesterday.
1 asked a M. P. could he tell me
where F. Co. of the 25th Cav. was.
He stopped a jeep with two M. P.’s in
it and they said they knew where it
was and would take me there. “Gee”
was "Bud'’ surprised to see me. He’s
the same old "Bud" only so much
larger than lie was the last time I
saw him. There is an extra bed in
fiis Un i at iv so 1 sleep m the same
room with him.
All we have been doing is sit
aiound and talk about what we have
seen and done since we last saw each
other.
“Bud is in a good outfit now. He
doesn't do any training and they
have P. W s to do all their work for
them, shine their shoes, clean the
, barracks, and make their beds. “Gee”
if we don't hurry and get out of this
Army we will be so lazy we won’t
be able to do any work.
“I think we will go to the show
tonight. "Bud" said “A Thousand
and One Nights” was on, and was a
good show.
"1 certainly hope my outfit doesn’t
move before 1 get back. We are sup
posed to move by the first of De
cember. As soon as I move I’m
going to send "Bud” word where I
am and 1 want him to try to get a
pass and spend Christmas with me,
that wouldn’t make Christmas so
bad.
“I bet it is getting cold back home
now. We have had lots of snow in
Czechoslovakia but there hasn’t been
very much here in Germany.
“Mama I hope each and every one
has a very nice Thanksgiving. Tell
everyone hello. Bud and I are get
ting along fine.”
Geo. W., writing at the same time,
said:
"1 feel the best today I have felt in
many days. Just think when I ate
supper last night Louis ate with me
and we slept in the same room. Yes
terday I received 10 letters, 1 hadn’t
received any in 7 days 1 was lean
ing back in a chair with my feet on
a table reading one letter saying
that Louis’ company had moved and
that he hoped he could come and
i see me, when the door opened and he
walked in. Mama, I couldn’t move,
I lie was coming toward me and I
thought I never would get up. I was
so glad to see him. lie’s the same
old Louis, talk, he can still do that, I
fi ll like I was home for a few min
utes.
“We went over to the P. X a while
last night and drank coca-colas and
talked.
“He’ll be with me for about 7 days.
Don’t worry about us. I am taking
care of Louis and he is taking care
of me.”
Call Thirteen Tor
Pre-Induction Test
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Thirteen Martin County colored
men were called this week by the
armed forces for pn induction ex
aminations. The group left one day
after several colored youths report
ed for final induction on Monday,
December 3.
Ten of the thirteen were called
(ions, an'uTTTi *f tflffiTt'
were listed as being single. All are
eighteen years of age except three
whose ages range from 21 to 24 years.
The names and addresses of those
culled for the preinduction tests last
Tuesday follow:
Milton Theodore Outterbridge,
RFD 3, Williamston and Norfolk.
John Henry Wynne, Jamesville.
Henry Clayton Bullock, RFD 3,
Williamston.
Ernest Charles Mooring, Jr., RFD
2, Robersonville.
Willie Edward Burns, RFD 2, Rob
ersonville.
Elijah Williams, RFD 1, Oak City.
Vanderbilt Meeks, RFD 2, Rober
eonville.
Ernest Daniel, Jr., RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Joseph L. Noah Godard, RFD 1,
Williamston.
John Wesley James, RFD 1, James
ville.
Curtis Lawrence Turner, RFD 1,
Robersonville.
Theado Staton, RFD 1, Oak City.
\early Four Hundred Tires
/lr«* Allotted t tos County
-*
Nearly four hundred tires—347 for
passenger cars and 44 for trucks—
have been allotted this county for ra
tioning during the current month, it
was announced by Mrs. Gladys Brew
er at the Martin County War Price
and Rationing Board this week.
The car tire allotment is slightly
larger than the one for November,
but the truck tire quota is a bit
smaller.