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NEARLY 4.000 COPIES OP THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
NEARLY 4.000 COPIES OP THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
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VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 99
Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, December 14, 1945
ESTABLISHED 1899
More County Youths
Discharged By The
Services Recently
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With Draft Board
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One hundred and twe.ity-seven
Mortip. County young men were re
cently discharged from the services,
according to a report just recently re
leased by the county draft board.
During the past several weeks, 81
white and 46 colored men filed their
discharges with the draft board, most
of them making their last trip to the
draft board office during November.
A few were discharged in Septem
ber and October but delayed report
ing to the draft board.
While the services were discharg
ing 127, five county youths entered
the service.
Names of the men discharged in
September along with their address
es and month and year (in numer
als) the men entered the service fol
low: -.
White: Elrre’r Taylor
42, RFD 2, Williamston, and
Earl Cassell, 9-42. RFD 3, Wiliams
ton; colored: William Edgar Rhodes,
8-41, Jamesville.
Discharged in October: White—
Thurman Beach, 1-41, RFD 3, Wil
liamston; James Robert Wynne, 10
40, RFD 1, Robersonville; Albert
Earl Roberson, 7-41, RFD 1, Wil
liamston: Macon Monroe Holliday,
1-43, RFD 1, Jame'ville; Frank Ed
ward Thomas, 6-41, RFD 3, Williams
ton; Dennis Earl Warren, 12-41,
RFD 2. Robersonville; George Nor
man White, 1-40, RFD 1. O^k City;
Dallas Manning Biggs, 3-42, Everetts;
colored—James Henry Chance, 12-41,!
RFD 2, Robersonville: Edward Louis
Hines, 8-43, Williamston; Percv Hor- |
ton, 12-41. RFD 1, Palmyra; George
Ernest Whitehurst, 11-42, RFD 1,
Robersonville; Sterling Williams, Jr., I
4-41, RFD 2. Williamston; Elvernon !
Louis Moore, 6-43, Robersonv;lie.
Discharged in November: White—
William Lawrence Manning, Jr., 11
42, RFD 1, Williamston; James El
mer Stalls, 8-42, RFD 1, Roberson
ville; Cecil McCullen Weeks, 11-43,
Williamston; Ernest Edward Brown,
10-42, RFD 3, Williamston; Dayton
Bryant, 8-42, Parmele; Lester Syl
vester White, 8-42. RFD 3, Williams
ton; Leon Hall Rawls, 11-42, RFD
2, Williamston: John Anderson War
ren, 10-43, Robersonville; John Ed
ward Pope, Jr., 3-43, Williamston;
David S. Page, 6-42, Williamston;
William Waddell Gurganus, 4-44,
Williamston; George Wiley Kee,
10-41, RFD 1, Robersonville; Charlie
Hor.ice Whitaker, 7 II, RFD 2, Wil
liamston; Ben Bevely Daniels, 6-43,
Williamston: Woodrow Wynn, 3-41,
RFD 2. Williamston; Vernon Ward
Bryant, 7-41, Robersonville; John
Robert Coltrain, Jr., 3-42, RFD 1,
Williamston; Carl McLaine Mobley,
10-43. Williamston; Benjamin Frank
lin Moye, 10-42, Oak City; Ruel John
son Turner, 7-41, Oak City; Noah
Henry Gurganus, 7-41, Williamston,
Whit Coffield Purvis, 5-42, Wil
liamston; Seth Augustus Da'’is. 3-42,
RFD 1, Jamesville; Robert Clarence
Sexton, 4-43, Jamesville; Charlie
Gaston Curtis, 7-41, Robersonville;
Lorenzo Leon Jackson, 4-44, Rober
sonville; Thomas Gordon Roberson,
7-41, Robersonville; George Wilson
Moore, 7-41, RFD 1, Jamesville; Her
bert Edward Lee, 4-44, Williamston;
Julius Edward Gurganus, 3-42, RFD
1, Williamston; Ralph Edward Roe
buck, 12-43. Robersonville; Charlie
Gilbert Mobley, 5-44, RFD 1, Wil
liamston; Garland Edward Warren,
6-41, RFD 2, Robersonville; Frank
Edward Stevenson, 8-43, Williams
ton; John Warner Bailey, 4-43, Wil
liamston; Dewev Stalls, 8-44. Hassell;
Ollis Lilley, 3-43, RFD 1, Williams
ton; Charles Gurkin, Jr., 5-43, RFD 1,
Williamston; Ghurman Curtis Ange,
6-43, Jamesville; James Ellis Wynne,
10-43, RFD 2, Williamston, Robert
Theodore MeClaren. 5-43 Roberson
ville; Vernon Lee Hardee, 9-42, Rob
ersonville; Walter Glen Davis, 12-42,
RFD 1, Jamesville; Raleigh Purcell
Williams, 10-42, RFD 1, Jamesville,
Roscoe LeRoy Stallings, Jr., 10-42,
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School Principals
In Dinner Meeting
Holding a dinner meeting in Rob
X ersonville’s Wilson Hotel this week,
members of the Martin County Prin
cipals’ Club named several commit
tees to handle public relations, pro
grams and athletics. Miss Lissie
Pierce heads the public relations
committee. The program commit
tee includes, Jesse R. Rhue, chair
man; Mrs. Thelma P. Taylor and J. C.
Manning. The athletic committee is
headed by Sam D. Bundy, chairman,
4< and nas for its members, V. B. Hairr,
John L. Hassell and Harvey H. Yates.
Eligibility rules for participants in
high school athletic events were l'ix
edj?.s follows: 1 Fibers must r,i.
bona fide students, passing tne ma
jortiy of subjects taken; 2, Graduates
would not be eligible to play; 3.
Pupils having played four years
would not be eligible; and, 4. Play
, ers can not be over 21 years of age.
A schedule for the basketball sea
son is to be fixed and announced
later by the athletic committee.
The club has scheduled meetings
for ea.h second Monday at 6 o’clock,
and will be entertained in James
ville on January 14.
County Tax List Takers Meet
For New Instructions Monday
Recently named by Supervisor M
LfutluM \ 1 ti' c ten Mavvca Couc.ty i
imssioneis’ room in the county- court
house next Monday morning at 10:00
o’clock when instructions will be of
fered for handling the 1946 tax job.
Materials for listing all property
holdings will also be distributed to
the tax men at that time, Supervisor
Peel said.
No revaluation of real estate will
be attempted for 1946 and about the
same schedules will be followed for
Siting personal property, it was ex
plained.
Supervisor Peel this week would
make no prediction as to the trend
of personal property values, but he
i3 of the opinion that gains will fol
.lw4*R*pfs»j {ne.hsnaiLprop-'
w&Jvrtdtegst,, J£w pawmls* %ve uv
bUStagk xn the county this year as
compared with the listings Kir'S 84s,*
but prices for personal property have
increased in value.
The listers are slated to go to work
on or about the first day of next
month.
Names of the list-takers for 1946
follow, by townships:
Jamesville, O. W. Hamilton; Wil
liams, C. L. Daniel; Griffins, W. Tom
Roberson; Bear Grass, Wheeler Rog
erson; Williamston, O. S. Anderson;
Cross Roads, H. M. (Buck) Ayers;,
Robersonville, H. S. Everett; Poplar
Point, L. G. Taylor; Hamilton, L. R.
Everett; Goose Nest, Ruppert Rawls.
MEETING
Members of the county and
community Tripie A committees
in this county will meet in the
agricultural building here next
■ESupguM
vo uiscuss me iswjfarm proi
k
am.
While no major changes are
expected in the general Triple A
program for next year, soil con
servation practices and pay
ments will be altered to meet In
dividual cases. It is possible
that so much will be allotted the
county for soil building prac
tices, that it will be possible for
individuals to participate in the
program to a greater extent than
was the case in past years.
Bookmobile Making
Schedule Next Week;
With A Few Changes
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Closing Of Schools To Affect
Hours Set For Stops At
Various Centers
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With the exception of a few
changes, the monthly Bookmobile
schedule will be maintained in this
county next week, it was announced
today by District Librarian Eliza
beth House. The schools will be
dropped from the schedule after
Wednesday, and changes in hours
will follow for other stops.
The schedule:
Monday, Dec. 17
Williamston Elementary School,
9; Edward’s Service Station, 10:30; '
Hamilton School, 11; Hamilton in'
front of bank, 11:45; Gold Point,
Johnson’s Service Station, 1:35; Rob
ersonville Public Library, 2:30.
Tuesday, Dec. 18
Hassell Post Office, 9:30; Hassell
School, 10; Edmonson Service Sta
tion, 10:40; Oak City School, 11:15;
Oak City, Barrett’s Drug Store, 1:30;
Smith’s Store on Palmyra Road, 2:15.
Wednesday, Dec. 19
Williamston High School, 9; Ever
etts. School, 10; Everetts, Ayers
Store, 11; Cross Roads Church, 12;
Robersonville Elementary School,
1:30; Robersonville High School, 2:30;
Parmele Post Office, 3:10.
Thursday, Dec. 20
Griffin’s Service Station, 9:30; Cor
ey's Cross Roads, 11:00; Bear Grass,
Terry Bros. Store, 12:30; Wynne’s
Service Station, 2.
Friday, Dec. 21
Jordan’s Store, Dardens, 10;
Browning’s Store, 11; Popular Chap
el Church, 11:45; Jamesville, Brown’s
Store, 1:15.
All requests or other correspond
ence aobut this service may be ad
dressed to B H M Regional Library
Association, Inc., Box 65, Washing
ton, North Carolina.
Recorder’s Court
Has Twenty Cases
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Up until noon yesterday, twenty
cases had been placed on the docket
[for trial in the Martin County Re
corder’s court next Monday. Most
i of the cases were continued from
previous sessions, but several were
placed on the docket this week.
Only two more sessions of the
court will be held this year, Judge
J. C. Smith announcing that the tri
bunal will not meet on Christmas eve
day.
The docket prepared for next Mon
day carried a varied list of alleged
violations, including, one bad check
charge, two drunk and disorderly,
eight assaults, one allowing a non
licensed driver to operate a motor
vehicle, one no driver’s license, one
interfering with an officer, one
speeding, two larceny and receiving,
one affray, one hit-and-run and one
drunken driving charge.
Minor Wreck On Main
Street Here Wednesday
No one was hurt and very little
damage resulted last Wednesday eve
ning when a truck driven by Geo. T.
Purvis and a 1941 Buick driven by
Sherman Woolard Croom of Green
ville figured in a sideswiping acci
dent on Main Street here near the
apartment building. The car was
owned by Rev. J. A. Nimmo.
Damage was estimated at about
$30 by Officer C. R. Moore who in
vestigated the accident.
County Young Man
Tells of Experiences
In Armed Services
Simon A. Perry, Jr., Recent!/1
Wrote To Parents From
Sapporo, Japan
Writing a few weeks ago from Sap
poro, Japan, to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Simon A. Perry, Sr., RFD 2,
Williamston, Pfc. Simon A. Perry,
Jr., reviewed a few of his experiences
in the Army. In Co. L, 307th Infan
try, APO 77, Care Postmaster, San
Francisco, Calif, the youth was
wounded but apparently is recover
ed and hopes to get home soon.
His letter follows:
Thought I’d drop you a few lines
to let you know that I’m well and
doing fine. Hope this finds every
one at home the same. Guess it’s get
ting plenty cold back home now. This
weather reminds me of home very
much, only we have had some snow.
I received the Enterprise yester
day for the first time since I left
Cebu. Boy! I was really glad to get
it. There were three of them, and
one had the piece in it about E. H.
Manning, Jr. I sure did enjoy it a
lots. I’ll have to get down tonight
and write something about the Pa
cific or at least as much as I know.
If you ever write E. H., I want you
to tell him I enjoyed it a lots.
Mom, I think I have time to give
you a brief sketch of where I’ve been
and what I’ve done. Anyway, I’ll
try.
I’m writing this from the island of
Hakkaido in Japan, near the town of
Sapporo. It is one of the largest
cities on this island and it’s popula
tion is about 200,000.
I guess I’ll start about the time
I left home. I left on September 28,
1944, and had a journey to Fort
Bragg. I stayed there fourteen days
and on Friday, the thirteenth, we
were loaded on a train, and didn’t
any of us know where we were go
ing. On the train was Edgar Gur
ganus whom I knew all my school
days. I finally made up my mind
to ask him where we were going, and
he told me, Camp Wheeler, Ga., but
not to mention it to anyone else.
There were quite a few boys that
went with me from Martin County.
We stayed at Camp Wheeler fif
teen weeks after which we had our
furloughs.
While I was at Wheeler out on
bivouac, my sergeant and I pitched
tents together. One morning we
found four puppies close to our feet
in the tent with us. I carried two
of them home with me and I would
like to see them now.
I left Camp Wheeler, February 2
and I was lucky enough to spend my
twenty-first birthday at home. I left
home February 11 for Fort Ord, Cali
fornia, and stayed from eight to ten
days there. Then we were loaded on
a train and we didn’t know where
we were headed. After a day and
I a half on the train we finally stop
ped at Foil Lawton, Washington. ,
We were loaded on trucks and car-'
ried to a place to sleep. We stayed
there for seven days and we were
ready to ship out again.
They took us down to the docks
where the band was playing and the
Red Cross served us coffee and
doughnuts. I finally boarded the
ship, the “U. S. S. General Collins.”
We put out to sea on the morning
of March ’. It was plenty rough for
the first two days. There were quite
a few of the boys that got sea sick.
There were about fifty nurses on
board and they really did get sick.
Fortunately I didn’t get sick at all.
In five and one-half days we land
ed at Honolulu and were loaded on
what the boys called “cattle cars.”
We went about twenty miles to the
13th R. D. and were there four weeks
right to the day, and then were load
ed on another boat. This time we had
a long voyage and was on the “U. S.
S. Braxton” for 16 days. We stopped
at Eniwetok during the time. I got
off the boat again in Saipan where I
stayed eight days. We were loaded
on another boat and this time it was
the “U. S. S. Lanier”, and we knew
where we were going, ft was UKina
wa, where I’ll always remember. We
get there May 6, 1945, and we were
back in the 74th R. D. for a day and
then we were told we were going to
the 77th Division. So we moved up
a little further and stayed another
I day and were assigned to our com
ipany.
j They were calling our names off
and I was hoping that Bruce Peele
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Few Register For
Draft During The
Month Of November
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ansj£**.ports Indicate Few
Have Failed To Register
Twenty-nine Martin County young
men—eighteen white and nine col
ored—registered for possible selec
tive service in this county last month,
it was announced by the draft board
this week.
The list includes several veterans
of bitter battles in World War II.
They entered the service ahead of
] Selective Service, and are now regis
tering as a matter of course with lit
tle or no likelihood that they will be
called again for service.
The registration for the past month
is a bit small, and according to re
ports a few 18-year-old lads failed
to register during or before that
period. It was also learned that the
cases are being investigated and un
less the youths choose to register
their names will be turned over to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
for action.
November registrants in this county
follow, by race:
William McKinley Andrews, col.,
RFD 2, Robersonville.
William Marvin Martin, w, James
ville.
C. B. Ewell, Col., RFD 3, Williams
tcn.
Ben Gray Gilley, w, Williamston
and Chapel Hill.
Roosevelt Keyes, col., RFD 1,
Jamesville.
Forest Sanders, col., RFD 1, Oak
City.
Rufus Mayo Bullock, w., RFD 1,
Robersonville.
Robert Clifton Rogerson, w. RFD
1, Oak City.
Herman Nathaniel Lilley, w, RFD
1, Jamesville.
Owen McNeil, col., Rl, Oak City. I
James Lester Spruill, col., Par
mele.
Tom Washington Skinner, w, Wil
liamston.
Richard Frank Everett, w, Hamil
ton.
Clyde Tilmon Modlin, w, James
ville.
John Haywood Bland, w, RFD 3,
Williamston.
Paul Daniel Davis, w, RFD 1,
Jamesville. i
Mack Gilbert Peel, col., RFD 2,
Williamston.
Hubert Elton Bland, w, RFD 1,
Hamilton. i
Leighton Ray Stallings, w, RFD lj
Jamesville.
Cyril Harvey Gardner, w, Rober
sonville.
James Robert 5'Janagan, w, RFD 1,
Hobgood.
Halsey Rudolph Hardison, w, New
port News.
Julius Lee Eason, col., Roberson
ville.
Albert Lloyd Williams, col., RFD
1, Palmyra. I
M. P. Bennett, w, RFD 1, Palmyra. I
Albert Powell, col., RFD 1, Oak
City.
James Tilmon Latham, Jr,, w,
RFD 2, Robersonville.
James Ernest Slade, col., RFD 2,
Robersonville.
Thomas Horton Chesson, w, RFD 3,
Williamston.
Aged Man Is Burned
Out of Second Home
For the second time in less than a
week, Sherman Bonds, aged colored
man, was burned out of a home
here, the first fire on Thursday eve
ning of last week burning up ap
proximately $750 of his hard-earned
cash in addition to most of his other
earthly belongings
Following the first fire, Bonds
moved into a home with Willie
Faulk, a tenant hardly half a block
away on Sycamore Street near the
water plant. Both of them were at
home last Wednesday morning when
fire, apparently starting from a de
fective flue, burned through the roof
of the kitchen before either of them
knew it. Workmen at a nearby saw
mill saw the fire and turned in an
alarm. The old man was led from
the house for the second time ahead
of a fire within a week.
Some of the furnishings were sav
ed, but most of the contents and the
house were wrecked. Firemen bat
tled the small three-room house fire
for almost an hour in the freezing
weather.
Announce Change In Dale
For Orthopedic Clinic
The date for holding the next or
thopedic clinic in Tarboro has been
changed to Monday, December 17, it
was announced by the welfare de
partment this week.
HOLIDAY
The local production unit of
the AuiW an fttd Cross has
closed for the Christinas holidays
and will not reopen until Tues
day, January 8, it was announced
this week by Mrs. N. C. Green,
chairman.
Very few volunteers have vis
ited the sewing room in the Wo
man’s Club building in recent
months, and the chairman ap
peals to others to help handle the
larger work quota beginning the
eighth of next month.
Grant Eight Divorces
In the Superior Court
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Williamston's water supply
from deep wells is still uncertain,
according to preliminary tests
made by drillers during the past
few days. A supply that meets
quality tests has been found, hut
quantity is the factor receiving
consideration just now.
After abandoning two test
wells, the town ordered a third
test on a site at Skewarkey. The
drillers went down 501 feet,
found an ample supply, but the
salt content, while about half the
volume in the present supply,
was considered too high. Before
tests could be complete for that
well something happened to the
machinery, and the drillers had
to start a new well, a few feet
away. Going down 340 feet,
a supply of quality water was
found, hut there is some doubt if
the quantity will meet contract
demands. Company engineers
are expected here shortly to
study the tests before further
action is taken.
Road Terms Drawn
In Number Of Cases
Late Last Tuesday
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Judge J. J. Burney Adjourns
Court And Goes Hunting
Wednesday Afternoon
Completing the trial of the crim
inal docket late last Tuesday after
noon, the Martin County Superior
Court, in a one-week term for the
trial of criminal and civil cases,
cranked up its divorce mill Wednes
day morning and completed its work
before noon. Adjourning the term a
few minutes later after hearing a
motion or two, Judge John J. Burney
with Jailer Roy Peel went to the
swamps squirrel hunting.
Following the opening prelimin
voice mill ground out eight absolute
separations at the rate of twenty per
hour. The jury and clerk were busy
coming and going, and if there was
any opposition to the divorce plead
ings it w'as not voiced that morning.
All of the divorce actions except
one were based on grounds of two
years’ separation. In one case, the
litigants had been separated for al
most fifteen years. A court official
pointed out that in many cases these
days, separation is not the sole aim,
that the complainants so often want
to marry again, and that divorce is a
prerequisite.
A minor, Ruth May Nichols, by her I
next friend, Annie Eliza May, was
granted a divorce from Ben Octavi
ous Nichols, the case having been
based on adultery.
The following divorces were grant
ed on two years' separation: Ethel
Woolard from Julius Woolard, Cora
Roberson Barnes from Ernest Barnes,
Marshall Gray Moore from Wannie
Mae Moore, Adell James from David
L. James, Hubert Roberson from
Mary Elizabeth Roberson, Clifton C.
Andrews from Lorraine Andrews, J.
Elsworth Mizell from Dorothy Mary
Mizell.
Before adjourning court, Judge
Burney, “slept" over the 12-months
road term given Nettie Parker, and
reduced it to six months.
Proceedings not previously report
ed:
His case having been continued
from the September term for final
judgment, Jesse Ben Roberson^
charged with an assault with a dead
ly weapon, was sentenced to the
roads for eighteen months by Judge
Burney Tuesday. The road term was
suspended and the defendant placed
on probation for five years on condi
tion that he pay Hugh Morgan Gray,
the prosecuting witness, $400 and an
additional $100 for doctor’s bill and
satisfy the court costs.
Charged with violating the liquor ,
laws, Josh Rascoe was one of the two
defendants whose cases reached the
jury to be declared not guilty.
Harry Lee Spruill, charged with 1
the larceny of an automobile, was
sentenced to prison for twelve
months.
Nettie Parker, charged with an as
sault with a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill, was sentenced to the
county jail for twelve months. She
is to be transferred to Camp 404,
Raleigh. In pronouncing sentence
upon the defendant, Judge Burney
said that he would have listened to
mercy pleas if she had took the stand
and told the truth. Leaving two
small children alone, the defendant
according to Judge Burney, wanted
to challenge the law. “She lost, and
she must pay the penalty,” he said in
open court, adding that there was
too much fighting and scratching go
ing on.
The case charging Henry Paul with
manslaughter was again continued.
A continuance was also allowed in
the ease charging William E. James
with manslaughter.
Alleged to have violated certain
conditions imposed when he was
placed on probation in March of last
year for allegedly damaging person
al property, Herbert Bunting was
ordered committed to the county jail
to start serving a 12-months road
sentence. It was alleged that Bunt
ing had not reported to the proba
tion officer as he was directed to do
and he had been using intoxicating
liquors since he was placed on proba
tion.
Billie White, Jr., and Russell Sher
rod, two of four defendants in the
case charging them with rape, were
adjudged guilty of assaulting a fe
male and were sentenced to the roads
for two years, Sherrod’s term to be
gin at the expiration of one he is
now serving for alleged larceny and
receiving. The two other defendants
i in the case, Baby Ray Hill and
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Tuu Defendants Bound Over
By Justice J. L. Hassell
Two defendants, Andrew Stilley,
charged with assaulting a female,
and hazel Knight, charged with an
assault with a deadly weapon, were
bound over by Justice J. L. Hassell
this week for trial in the county re
corder’s court next Monday.
They were the only two cases call
ed by the trail justice this week.
Local School Honor
Pupils lasted For
The Second Period
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Names Of 120 Pupils On List,
Principal Sam Ilumly
Announces
Tin- names of 120 pupils appear on
the honor list for the second scholas
tic period in the local schools, Prin
cipal Sam Bundy announced this
week. Miss Estelle Crawford, teach
er in the schools, was absent and the
names of honor pupils in her room
are unavoidably left out. Of the 120
pupils meeting the scholastic require
ments to have their names included
in the list, only a round dozen are in
the high school.
The list follows, by grades:
First Grade: Billie Thornton, Nan
cy Britton, Jane Peele, Henry Handy,
Joe Murphy, Floyd Thomas, Clay
ton Weston, Emma Godard, Peggy
Godard, Ann Harrison, Mary Jean
Hunt, Blanche Manning, Eugene
Davenport, Milton Goff, Jimmy
Hardison, Robert Williams, Mary Lou
Cox, Ann Darden, Priscilla Gurgan
us, Mageline Boggard, Betty Taylor.
Second Grade: Betty Carstarphen,
Sandra Gardner, Sandra Margolis,
Bobby Parham, Elton Rawls, Iverson
Skinner, Rudy Ward, Gerald White.
Third Grade: Patricia Harrison,
Mary Britton, John Dunn, William
Moore, Melva Wynne, Barbara
Cherry, Mary Goff, Mary Hopkins,
Doris Rogers, Roderick Roebuck, Ja
nice Rogers, Janice Holliday, Joyce
Manning, Minnie Coltrain, Bobby
Manning, Frankie Everett, Robert
Weston, Samuel Holliday, Edward
Rogerson, James Pittman, David
Jones, Bennie Harrison, Dorothy
Biggs, Sondra Bufflap, Jean Col
train.
Fourth Grade: Gen I Ann Lamm,
William Roberson, Judith Ayers,
Betty Sue Clark, David Davis, Tom
my Hardison, Martha Kimball, Betty j
Mizzell, Janet Ross, Anne Gresham,
Lee Handy, Carolene Williams, Betty
Mobley, Janice Manning, Virginia
Price, Ralph Parker, Turner Man
ning, Bobby Coburn
Fifth Grade- Carolyn Bullock, Jean
Mobley, Joyce Ward, Harrell Ever
ett, Mary Manning, Sailie Roberson,
and Gloria Taylor.
Sixth Grade: Bill Hunt, Ernest
Taylor, Jackie Harris.
Seventh Grade: Bobbie Clayton,
Jack Edwards, Bet barn .l-ukvie i me
King, Sarah Manning, Jean McLaw
horn, Bettie Wobbleton, Elizabeth
Griffin, Betsy Horton, Mai y Carolyn
Leggett, Ruby Savage, Betty Taylor,
and Harriet Ward.
Eight Grade: Elizabeth Muse,
Elizabeth Whitley, June Bowen, Jes
sie Mae Melson, Frank Wynne, Nan
cy Robertson, Rachael Chesson, Ron
ald Levin, Alice Williams.
High School: John Gurkin, Mary
Lou Coltrain, Edna Hadley, Marce
< line Johnson, Barbara Margolis,
I Laura Peele, Guy Carrow, Landy
Griffin, Julian Mason, Louise- Grif
! fin, Louise Hines, and Elizabeth
Manning
Achievement Day
For Club Members
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The Martin County 4-H and home
demonstration club members will ob
serve Achievement Day in the county
courthouse tomorrow. All club mem
bers have been invited and any other
intex vied persons have a cordial in
vitation to be present. The meeting
will begin at 10:30 a. m. Members
will bring a picnic lunch.
Medals will be given to the best
aii-around i ii club boy and girl.
Cash awards will be given to project
winners.
Summary ot all club activities will
be made at this meeting. A full pro
gram has been planned by the club
leaders, C. J. Goodman and Mrs.
Margarette Pearce
Historical Review
Of the Old Hickory
Division In Europe
SeyenH TljirTnTT!otI?1 (y V«»ung
Men Served In [t:i|l!r$
^ ith Tlii' 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 fifth and final installment in
the series follows:
The Germans counter-offensive in
to Belgium on December 16th altered
those clans. Nazi General Von Rund
stedt had to be quickly stopped in his
advance to split the entire Allied
northern front. Within a few hours
'he Division was on the move. After
a 48-hour march, the advance ele
ments were thrown in to reduce the
German spearhead at Stavelot, Bel
eiuro. When the mate, body of the
gained control of their wide “
sector of the Bulge with sensational
speed and halted the northern expan
sion of the Belgian salient. This
thwarted the plan for storming Liege
and doomed the ambitious scheme of
the Nazis. The Division slaughtered
thousands of Hitlee's soldiers and
knocked out scores of tanks. The
morale and fighting ability of the
Nazi Panzer units were utterly
crushed when the 30th Division tore
to flimsv shreds Hitler’s favorite and
highly touted 1st SS Panzer Division,
that same unit which shot in cold
blood American prisoners at Mal
medy. So decisively did the Division
whip all opposition, that captured
German prisoners nicknamed the
30th “Roosevelt's SS troops,” ex
plaining “The 30th is always thrown
in where the going is the roughtest.”
With its job in the Bulge complet
ed, the 30th secretly prepared for the
job that had been interrupted a
month and a half earlier. In what
loomed as its most difficult river
crossing operation, the 30th stormed
over the flooded Roer River south of
Julieh early in the morning of Feb
ruary 23. Using more than 11,000
gallons of “oil" and nearly 2,000
smoke pots, the Division capitalized
upon the complete surprise it. had ef
fected through the use of this "manu
factured fog,” and crossed the river
with few casualties, quickly carrying
the fight northeastward almost to
Dusseldorf on the Rhine.
During this drive to the Rhine Ger
man resistance varied with the spirit
of the individual commanders. Some
garrisons fought fanatically until
they wen1 killed. Others yielded,
showed little will to fight. The vet
t ran 30th, as always, took advantage
of the breaks where thev occurred.
The Division was once again se
cretly pulled out of the vicinity of
the front lines and moved back to
F.cht, Holland, where the troops
started practicing on the Maas River.
Training with the Navy and combat
engineers, the doughboys confidently
contemplated their next job.
The 30th Infantry Division, aptly
described as the “work horse” of the
Allied Armies in the west, had many
“firsts” but was now confronted with
its "greatest” assignment when its
battle veterans stormed the imnres
sive Rhine River barrier on March
24. Smashing across in assault boats,
again under billowing clouds of
manufactured fog, the Old Hickory
men participated in the largest co
ordinated amphibious operation since
the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
They broke through the mightiest
defense Germany could prepare and
opi ned the way foi the speedy ad
vance to the Elbe River en route to
Berlin.
For five days after crossing the
Rhine, the 30th fought against organ
ized defenses. Its old enemy, the
116th Panzer Division, was rushed
lrom Holland, aeioss fiie'lidi'it of tne
British Se< ond Army, and committed
on a narrow sector before the Old
Hickorymen. The 30th met varying
degrees of resistance, ranging from
occasional sniper fire to stubborn
"till death” fighting, and the prepar
ed defenses crumbled before the ex
porienced conquerors. Racing past
thousands of flying white flags, the
(Continued on page six)
Illness Closes The
Bear Grass Schools
Striking u bit suddenly and shead
ing rapidly, influenza or colds and
infections forced a closing of the
schools at Bear Grass last Wednes
day, a full week ahead of the sched
ule fixed for the Christinas holidays.
Classes there will not be lesumed
until after the holidays, it was an
nounced.
With an average daily attendance
of 288. the school there reported 109
abzpnrf:’ Tuesday. Several of the
teachers were sick miu ■ suspen
sion of activliies was almost impera
tive.
Complete reports from all the
schools in the county could not be
had, but apparently there is no large
number of influenza cases in most of
the districts. Farm Life and Wil
liamston first reported numerous
cases and many absences, but condi
tions in both communities are be
lieved to be improving.