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NEARLY 4.9*0 COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN NEARLY 4.0M COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN •VOLUME \LIX~NUMBER 15 Williamston. Martin County. North Carolina, Tucmlay. l ohruarv 19, 1946 ESTABLISHED i 899 Colored Citizens To Raise $675 For Red Cross In New Drive Willinji Workers Hold Meet ** iriilav Kv. aing j _s- ] Meeting in the county courthouse here last Friday evening, a goodly number of colored citizens agreed to carry the annual Red Cross appeal to their fellowmen in six of the ten county townships. The representa tives, coming from nearly every dis trict and school area in the town ships, willingly accepted the $675 quota, and expressed the belief that it could be raised without any diffi culty. The records show that the colored citizens of the county have accepted every challenge and met every goal fixed in the name of needy humanity. Community quotas were announc ed. as follows: Dardens, $70; James ville, $50; Williams. $40: Biggs, $40; Woolard's, $50; Burroughs-Spring Hill, $40; Corey’s, $20; Poplar Point, $20; Bear Grass, $15; Smithwick’s, $30; Williamston, $300. Briefly addressing the group, County Chapter Chairman J. C. Man ning declared that the colored citi zens of this county had a record to be proud of, and he expressed the belief that the quota assigned for the drive beginning in March would be over subscribed. “The Martin Coun ty Chapter last year raised $8,300 for the Red Cross and is being asked to raise $3,600 this year,” he said. “We have raised and met quotas in war of destruction; now let us meet our quota for peace and permanent con struction," he added. Discussing the plans for the drive, the group related the methods em ployed in raising past quotas. John James, representing Dardens, ex plained that there were 100 families in his school district, that each was assessed $1 and every one met the challenge. Collections were made along with direct solicitations in Jamesville, the representative there explained. Corey’s assesses each family so much, and in past drives the respons es have been 100 percent. In the Smithwick’s district each of the 51 farm lies are solicited and church collections are called for. Captains are named in Woolard’s. ■ Notices are sent the parents and the ! response doesn't measure up to the need, the captains go to work, and then the drive is carried into the churches and finally into the school. The representatives of the Biggs district mimeograph an appeal and the response has been gratifying in the past. The drive is concluded in the school, “and we aske each child to save on candy purchases or in ' some other way save a donation,” Principal Ormond said. Poplar Point has been raising its funds through two of the three dis tricts and from parents’ meetings. In Williamston the territory is broken down into sections and lead ers are named for each district and given an assigned quota. The church es and schools cooperate. Home Agent Cleo Tyner stated that every home club member sup ported the Red Cross. John Slade, just recently back from the Philippines, told of the work the Red Cross was doing. “They gave us cigarettes and soft drinks, but in the Philippines I saw the Red Cross doing a good job in helping relieve the destitute. The task was too great, but the organiza tion was doing all it possibly could,” he said. The following will head up the drive among the colored citizens and they are anxious to handle and com plete the task quickly: John James, Dardens; Mary S. Gray. E. J. Hayes, Nora Slade. John M. Slade and Joe Spruill, Williams ton; Esther Cherry Council, Willis Williams, Robert Andrews and Ed Laughinghouse, Poplar Point; Essie Riddick and Perlie Mason, Bear Grass; Emma 14. G; vgo; y Car; ie M< - Fadden, Virginia Hopkins, Claud’ Winstead, Jamesville: Ruth Anthony. Burroughs-Spring Hill; Eva Land. J. W. Rogers, A. R. Jones, James Brown and Alexander Rogers, Woolard’s; Annie Hassell, Smithwick’s; E. V. McNeil, Corey’s; W. V. Ormond, and Ciavon Brown, Bigg.1*; and Cleo Ty ner, county. -« Building Material Priority For Vets The Veterans Service Office of Martin County has been advised of the method to be followed bv veter ans who wish j§.»btain priorities on building materials. If a veteran is seeking material to build new build ings he should contact Mr. Jack H Brown, State Director of Federal Housing Administration, Greensboro N. C. If the veteran is interested in material for repairing and reno vating he should contact Civilian Production Administration. Wash ington D. C. In both cases it will be necessary to send a certified cony i/'.ea Wiii ixi i triui u, a«mu blanks to be filled out by the ve*er an and then certificate will be issu ed. These certificates may be taken to the local building supply dealer and priority wlil be given the veter an. Quadruplets Born l o Young Colored Girl Here Last Week Quadruplets—one daughter and three sons—were born to Viola Rog ers. 16-year-old colored girl, at her sure*, ho-a. last Saturday evening. Born prema ktr-ftbr the babies averaged hardly one and one-half pounds each in weight and lived only a few minutes. Tire mother sought medical atten tion just a short time ago and she was attended at birth by Drs. J. T. Llewellyn and E. T. Walker. Last reports stated she was getting along very well. One report indicated that the babies weer born about four and one-half months prematurely, that delivery was effected in less than ninety minutes. Quadruplet births are recorded in about one out of every 512.000 cases, and as far as it can be learned from available records, the case here is the fiist ever reported in this county. There are quite a few sets of twins J/uAk&diyBy - Vrf Utglictty. of numbers over and above duoli CBtes ahj'quite litinibd accord;.’,, available records. Triplicate births were reported in this county quite some years ago, and two of the trip lets lived to be old persons, the other dying young. When Dr. Llewellyn, just recently returned from the services to resume the practice of medicine here, was called to preside at the special and unusual event last Saturday evening he immediately anticipated the size of the order and Dr. Walker was Summoned to assist. The births were quite normal other than that they were premature. Commissioners Travel Several County Roads ROUND-UP v__/ Seven persons were rounded up and jailed here last week end, the number of arrests equalling the round-up report ed a week previously. Included in the list was a drunken driv er who cost a man his life in an accident near here Sunday aft ernoon. Reports declare that the man was trailed the far east ern end of Main Street which is alleged to be saturated with li quor dealers. Three of the seven arrested were charged with public drunk enness, and one each with an as sault with a deadly weapon* non-support, drunken driving and disorderly conduct The ages of the group ranged from 26 to 56 years, and five of the seven were colored. Ten County White Men ("ailed Monday For Pre-Induction One Already In Merchant Ma rine anil Two Dill Not Re port For the Trip Ten Martin County young white mm were called this week to report to Fort Bragg for pre-induction ex aminations. One of the group had al ready entered the Merchant Marine and two others did not report. A fourth young man, Andrew Edward Long, was transferred to the draft board in Norfolk. Names of the men answering the call and their addresses follow: Earl Miller Harrell, Oak City. William Taylor Everett, Roberson ville. William Samuel Taylor, Williams ton. Ben Gray Lilley. RFD 1, James ville and Chape] Hill. Rufus Mayo Bullock, RFD 1, Rob ersonville. Herman Nathaniel Lilley, RFD 1, Jamesville. William Marvin Martin, of James ville, is serving in the Merchant Ma rine. James D. Williams, RKJJ 2. Rober sonville and Hampton, Virginia, and Sylvester Leggett, RFD 1, Roberson ville and RFD 2, Williamston did not report. It is possible that these two young men are asking to be trans ferred, that their papers were late in reaching the county draft board of fice. Six of the ten men called are just ■ ighteen years old, tne ages oi tne otlu is» langing .up to years. Seven of the ten men were engaged in oc cupations or activities other than farming, one of the group belonging to a class in the University of North Carolina. Sammy Taylor, young son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Taylor of Williamston, said he was not so anxious to enter the service. The young man served a long time in the Merchant Marine where he had a number of close calls. ‘But what can a guy do about it?” he asked, adding that the less one tries to do or say about it the better off he’ll be. A call has been issued to five •ounty white men to report Wed nesday for final induction. Officers Take Large Still In Robersonville District A rare gem in the illicit liquor manufacturing business—a 100-gal 'on capacity cooper still—was cap tured in the Great Swamp section of Robersonville j|||t across the Cross Roads boundary last Friday by ABC Officer J. H. Roebuck and De R°y i ■ it iti<~ i ig M ai touTidi except the cap. j The officers poured out about 300 gallons of beer. The capture climaxes a cencerted ! drive against the illicit liquor busi ness in the county in the past sev eral weeks. Road Commissioner Admits Very Little Progress Expected Main Highway Program Will Have to Wait Until Equip ment Can Be PnrehaBcd -* Following an inspection of second ary roads in several of the county townships Monday, District Highway Commissioner Merrill Evans admit ted to the Martin County Commis sioners that little progress can be expected on tire proposed highway expansion program in the county this year. Mr. Evans, coming here with the district engineer, T. J. McKim, of Ahoskie, explained that it is very doubtful if new equipmnet can be made available in time this year to launch the work on any appreciable scale before early spring, 1947. The highway commissioner was quoted as saying that it is possible that the commission, using its pres ent badly worn equipment, will sur face a few miles of road here and there in the county. While the “spot” program was not definitely outlined, it is likely that about a mile or so of the Jamesville-Washington rosd' will be surfaced on the Jamesville end, and about a mile or two on the Hamilton-Palmvra Road f’r>m H■«•»' ilton will get attention. Other short stretches of road will be surfaced where it is convenient for the com mission to operate its limited equip ment and where the condition of the roads is such that very little grading or widening will be necessary. Pos sibly eight or ten miles of road will be surfaced in various parts of the county this year, one of the highway authorities was quoted as saying. It had been pointed out that equipment and material shortages were delaying the program, but it is now’ fairly certain that very little of the proposed highway building pro gram will be handled in the county this year. Both Commissioner Evans and En gineer McKim showed much inter est in doing all possible to improve roads in this county, but they ex plained that more time than was an ticipated will be needed before any great relief is to be expected. Leaving Williamston early Mon day morning, the commissioners, in cluding Messrs. C. Abram Roberson, Joshua L. Coltrain, R. L. Perry, J. H. Edwards and R A. Haislip, and the highway commission representa tives traveled the Butler’s Bridge Hassell Road on to the Edgecombe line. Turning around there, they (Continued on page six) Three Hart In Two County Car Wrecks —«— Three persons were hurt, none badly, in two automobile accidents in this county last Friday evening and early Sunday morning. Some property damage resulted. Driving Rufus Lynch’s Chevrolet and accompanied by Alphonza Lynch, Thelma Louise Brown, 17 years old, failed to negotiate the main corner on Highway 125 in Hamilton at 8 o’clock last Sunday morning and crashed into the Guaranty Bank building. Sljp was hurt on the knees and her boy friend’s legs were bruis ed. They were treated in Brown’s Community hospital and released a short time later. Patrolman W. E. Saunders, inves tigating the accident, estimated that about $350 damage was done to the car and about $50 damage to the building Early last Friday evening a taxi driven by Ed Latham and a car driv en by a Marine from Cherry Point action ofM^oix j and here / knee was hurt hut not badly, the I Marine escaping without injury. Da j mage to both cars was estimated at j $150 by Officer Chas. R. Moore. La tham was driving down the main | street and the Marine was going ! north on Haughton. Superintendent Of Orphanage Praises Scouts In Address Speaks To Lion Club Mem - -hwriir Lim, Hail flei e Lasl Thursday Evening Paying tribute to Scouting, Mr. I. G. Grier, general superintendent of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomas ville, made a stirring appeal in be half of all boys and the Scout or ganization when he spoke to the Lions Club and their guests, mem bers of Troop 29, here last Thursday night. "There is a spark in every boy, that, if kindled and properly devel oped, will be the means of a normal, natural growth both physically and spiritually,” the speaker said. Mr. Grier pionted out that he did not drive 208 miles just for the trip and for a ride but to pay tribute to Boy Scouts and the men of tomorrow. The orphanage superintendent made special reference to the securi ty of youth and the security essential and necessary for a group of boys. "They know about our inconsist encies," he said. “They know we teach one thing and do another. We should be a good example to the boys and girls of our nation and make them secure from their birth. There is a spark within every child which can be developed into individ uality. With the proper direction and teaching that individuality will grow into good citizenship.” Although the speaker was handi capped because of limited time he made an excellent talk. He stated that all parents should and must re dedicate themselves to be better men and women if our nation is to sur vive. “There isn’t much difference in the desires of people. The difference is the way we secure them and in realizing them we should make an effort to help others rather than en joy them." Bob Tarkenton, chairman of the Victory Clothing Drive in Williams ton, made a report on the success of the campaign sponsored bv the Lions club. Tarkenton stated that a total of 112 packages of old clothing was collected and shipped to Norfolk. The over-all weight of all the pack ages amounted to 3910 pounds and in the shipment were approximately 100 pairs of shoes. President John Henry Edwards turned the meeting into a Boy Scout Court of Honor with H. B. Mayo, Scout Executive of Greenville, pre siding. Merit badges were present ed to John Watts, Julian Mason, Bil ly Edwards and Paul Peel. Peel was advanced to the rank of a first class Scout. -* County Negro Dies In Electric Chair —^— Ernest Fagan, Martin County col ored man, was electrocuted at Rich ginia’s state penitentiary at Rich mond last Friday for the murder of a used car dealer in Norfolk last September. Fagan, a native of Williams Town ship, had been working in Norfolk for a few years. He was charged with and found guilty of robbing and murdering Horace Hough Cox, 42, on a Norfolk street on the evening of September 4. He was scheduled to have been electrocuted the 18th of last month, but a stay of execution was ordered by the Virginia State Board of Pardons and Reprieves that Fagan might have "an opportunity to exhaust all legal claims for leni ency.” He was pronounced dead within five minutes after the current was turned into his body. Reports reaching here stated that as the first charge of electricity entered his body, Fagan worked his trigger fing er rapidly, that the movement only weakened as death overtook him. The body was brought here Sat urday and buried in Poplar Point Township Sunday afternoon. Another colored man, Frank Pet erson, was implicated in iiit minder, and he was sentenced to orison for ninety-nine years and a day. Critical Shortage Rooms And Houses The housing and rooming shortage continues critical, and young men, just back from the services, are be ing forced to give up their jobs be cause when assigned to work here they are unable to find living quar ters and when they find them the rents are prohibitive. Room rents are said to have gone up to $10 and $11 per week for single rooms with only limited conveniences offered. Several engineers for the highway department just back from overseas have been assigned to this territory and they are walking the town over in search of rooms. A special call is being issued to all home owners who have an extra room to open it to these young men. Receiving on an average about $115 a month, they aien’t able to pay such prices for imras as som<^ire"rha«dng, but they tiling i meager earnings lor a place to lay their' heads. The housing ^hoHage^ is really dis turbing. A veteran just back home is rushing the construction of a gar age which he plans to occupy with i his family until he can build a home. One Killed, Two Hurt In Accident Near Here 5 Lloyd Cowen Fatally (Hurt In AiiTomobile Accident Near Here — <»— Mnroclltis Newsom of Hert ford County Railly Injur-* ed; Driver Held Lloyd Cowon, Hertford County white man, was fatally injured and Marcellus Newsome, also of Hertford County, and Willis Williams, young Martin County colored man, were badly but not critically hurt in an automobile accident at Sweet Water Creek near here on Highway No, 64 last Sunday afternoon at 5:00 o’clock. Cowen, 47 years old and an employe of the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission, died upon his arrival at the local hospital. Prank Belcher, 30-year-old local colored man and driver of one of the cars figuring in the wreck, was not injured. Mr. Cowen, riding with Mr. New some, suffered a broken neck and a skull fracture. Mr. Newsome's hip was dislocated and the bone shiver ed. After receiving treatment in the local hospital, Mr. Newsome, 65 years old, was removed to a special ist in Durham yesterday morning. His chin and throat severely cut ; when he was thrown through the windshield of the Belcher car, Wil liams was treated in a local doctor's office and removed a short time lat er to his home near the Garrett farm not far from Williamston. Eighteen sitches were necessary to close his wounds. Belcher, charged with drunken and reckless driving and manslaugh ter, was arrested and jailed by Pa trolman W. E. Saunders. Bond for Belcher has been tenta tively fixed at $5,000, but no one has offered to raise it. Investigating the accident. Patrol man Saunders stated that Belcher, driving a 1034 model car in the di rection of Jamesville, apparently was driving at a fast rate of speed, that he crossed the bridge and drove to the shoulder on his left side of the road and pulled back to his right just in time to crash into the left front of the approaching car driven by Newsome. The Newsome car, a 1039 Chevrolet coupe, was almost turned around in the crash and left standing with its front in the direc tion of Jamesville. The Belcher car, wrecked beyond repair, was stop ped almost in its tracks after the crash. Damage to the Newsome car was estimated at $400 and that to the Belcher machine at $300 by Patrol man Saunders. Advised of the accident, Mrs. Cow en, tlie former Miss Emma Newsome, came here with relatives to learn aft er her arrival that her husband had been killed. The body of the accident victim was removed to the Biggs Funeral Home here and later carried to Ahos kie where funeral services were ar ranged. Funeral services are being con ducted in the Harrellsville Baptist Church this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by his pastor. The son of Joseph and Eva Chitty Cowen, of Hertford County, Mr. Cowen was born and reared in the Harrellsville communitv where he was employed by the highway com mission and where he served as de puty sheriff of Hertford County. Surviving are his widow, parents, two sisters, Retha and Elsie Cowen, and a brother, Edgar Cowen, of Rocky Mount. The two Harrellsville men were in this county visiting friends and look ing for building material., for a home for Mr. and Mrs. Cowen. County Young Man Vacations In Nice Nice, France.—(Special to The En terprist Delayed)—Private Carroll W. Mobley, Williamslon, North Car ilina, with Battery ‘B’ 927th Field Artillery Battalion, while on recent furlough in this exclusive resort, took advantage of a scenic tour via motorcoach along the Mediterran ean coast to the playground city of Monte Carlo. Entrance into the principality of Monaco and the famous gambling ca ino is denied to uniformed troops, but USRRA motorcoaches take the soldier-tourists over historic roads ‘o a cliffside above the little coun try. There they can look down on the almost legendary town and the nale green roof of the forbidden ca sino, where millions have been won and lost. Restees’ commentary is that the bus ride, over roads that Roman sol diers once marched and through me dieval villages perched on hilltops like eagles’ nests, would make an ideal Sundav drive at home. —r. tmsswfnm m. .. i < ighi months, two nt which he spent I overseas. He is now stationed in I Bayreuth, Germany. '"A stTnient at Atlantic Christian College beforg his induction, he liv ed with his parents at Willismston, jN. C. •Hr.fjTIlfMv Approximately 4,<>00 pounds— 3.910, to be exact—of used clothing were collected in this and several other townshins dur ing the recent Victory Clothing drive for the destitute across the Handled by the Lions Club, Bob Tarkenton, chairman, the drive netted right at 5,000 gar ments, 500 nairs of shoes and about 200 pieces of headgear. While the poundage fell be low that collected a year ago, the quality was far superior, it was pointed out. The collection has been boxed and shipped to Ral eigh where it will be forwarded to ports of embarkation. A preliminary report from the other collection center stated that the Robersonville area, Marvin Everett, chairman, gath ered in about 2,000 pounds of us ed clothing. State Represented By Large Number of Ships In Last War At Least Twenty-Four Were Named After Counties in North Carolina Led by a hard-hitting, modern battleship, 41 naval vessels repre sented the state of North Carolina with honor in World War II. Tin' group of ships—all named for North Carolina landmarks — was composed of a battleship, three es cort carriers, and 37 transports, gun boats, tankers, and miscellaneous I vessels. I Most famous of the lot was the powerful battleship North Carolina, of the state, served long and anony mously. They hauled troops, muni tions, food, and supplies all over the vast Pacific as American troops leap frogged from island to island, fin ally overhauling the Japanese em pire itself. In this transport group were the Chatham, Stokes, Caswell, New Han over, Lenoir, Alamance, TyrroJI, Du plin, Yancey Union Clay Warren, Wayne, Bladen, Carteret Guilford, Edgecombe, Granville, Hyde, Pitt, Rockingham, Mecklenburg, Harnett, and Iredell. Three seaplane tenders took their names from North Carolina sounds and bays: the Albemarle, Currituck, and Onslow. Another aviation sup ply ship, the veteran Kitty Hawk, was christened for the site of the Wright Brothers successful flight in 1903. Four other ships were in the tank er fleet, members of Service Squad ron 10, the so-called “secret" weap on which fueled and replenished the fleet at sea, permitting it to remain in battle for protracted periods of lime. Named for North Carolina rivers, the tanker group was compos ed of the Nantahala, Pasquotank Wautauga, and Uiwassee. The Colington, a Navy harboi launched in 1041 before the war be gan. The aircraft carriers were the liogue, Core and Crouton, named for sounds which finger into the Atlan tic from North Carolina's shores. All of these vessels have long and illus trious war careers. They were among the first of the "escort" car riers, and as such were instrumental in succumbing the menace of Nazi submarines in the Atlantic, at a time when the U-boats were sinking a tremendous shipping tonnage and causing grave concern to the Navy. Later they lought in the racine. The transports, named for counties '•raft, was named for an island in A1 bemarle Sound. But the ship best known is the big North Carolina, sometimes dubbed the “Showboat” of the fieet. She participated in almost 50 naval en gagements, from the beginning of the war until the end. The North Carolina was commis sioned in April 1941 She received her baptism of fire in support of American landings at Guadalcanal and Tulagi. During that operation the Japs countered with a large air attack. The "Showboat” opened up with all her anti-aircraft batteries, (Continued on page six) -* Local Man Able To Be Out Toltoiving Long Illness Confined to hospitals and to his home on Halifax Street here for sev eral months following a heart attack, Mr. Walter Martin, local business man, was able to be on the streets here last week for the first time since he was taken ill. I -® Woman's Club Meettftg | -* ! Mrs,Knight will address the regular meeting of the local Woman’s Club this evening at 8:00 o’clock in the club room The American Home group is sponsoring the program. Jas. S. Whitehurst Reviews Record Of Carrier Shangri-La -<$ Martin County Younp Man Was On FamousShrp~B■s**r-r — in" Pacific Go. *«**ig5i (This installment, marks the end of the story of the Shangri-La submit ted by Seaman James S. Whitehurst. Appearing from time to time during the course of the past several weeks, the storv has been read with inter est. While this installment marks the end of the main story, Seaman Whitehurst is submitting a post script which is to appear later.—ed.) Suddenly the air cracked with an order over the inter-ship radio chan nel: “Cancel all remaining strikes for the day.” A few minutes later: “Recall all planes from the present strike." This was it. The war was over. It hadn’t come any too soon, either, because one of our pilot, Lt. (j.g.) Jack Dunn failed to come back. How ever, he was seen alive and in good condition in one of Japan’s inland lakes. The Japs got him, however, before we could, and he didn’t re turn for several weeks. Surprisingly there was little cele bration on board. While the peonle in the states went wild, we smiled and laughed, but in the main we were so tired, strained, fatigued and relieved all at once that there was little energy left with which to cele brate. We wore thankful more than any thing. Thankful that the end had come without the ship being hit . . that with the exception of the air group, there had been no casualties from enemy action since we had en tered the war zone . . . that all were alive, safe and that someday we would head back to the United States. We had been at sea for 4fi consecu live days and had struck Japan on 22 of them. We had lost much sleep and we were worn out by the con stant air operations. But nearly as great was the strain of the last five clays of waiting nad hoping for peace. With the war ending on the 11th month anniversary of the Shangri La it was almost as good as a birth day present. However, there still was a job left to do before our first year could draw to a close. We flew regular patrols in assign ed sectors of Japan to make sure the Japs would carry out their part of the peace agreement. Our Marines helped take over the Yokosuka naval base. All planes were used for what the pilots called their happiest job of the war. Seabags full of food, can ty, tolet articles and medical sup plies were dropped on prisoner of war camps throughout Japan and airmen returned with tales of how the prisoners had laughed, waved and pointed to "thank you” and “home!” signs they had painted on rooftops. On August 28 a plane from the Shangri La was the first Navy air craft to land peacefully on Japan since the war started. Several com munications specialists and public relations officials were sent ashore to work with the Army in the first phases of the occupation. But all this was leading up to the big event Finally on September 2 came the day for which the world was waiting. The formal signing of the peace treaty took place aboard the battleship Missouri, anchored in Tokyo bay. Planes from the Shangri La rendezvoused with those from all Task Force 28, flew in mass forma tion over the Emperor’s palace and out past the Missouri during the ac tual signing. It also was a special day for the Shangri-La, because five who we thought were lost came back. With the bund playing “Happy Days are here again” on the flight deck, a rescue plane taxied to a halt bearing Lts. (j.g.) E. Dixon, J. H. Chapman and J. C. Dunn; Ens. It. W Mann and rear seat gunner R. F. Hanna. Ml bad been just released from Jap pi inO/i vamps and except for Chapman and Dunn, they had de finitely been given up for lost. Though many units of the Third Fleet sailed into Sagami Wan and To kyo bay shortly after the surrender it was not yet time for the Shangri La to enter. She still had those pa (Continued on page six) ■ ..w Former Local Man Dies In California .<f> Funeral services were conducted at the home of a sister in Columbia, South Carolina, last Sunday for Joseph Robert Griffin, former local man who died at Long Beach, Cali fornia, on Friday, February 8. Burial was in Columbia. He was 50 years old. A native of South Carolina, he came to Williamston following his discharge from the Army near the close of World War I and was em ployed in construction work for sev eral years before returning to South ! Mi,, Wi'dv- i'■ be va,. Miss Lilia Belle Baker. are his former wife and two children, Bill Griffin of Williamston and Mis. Robert Herring of Norfolk; two sis ters, Mrs Lucy Sharpe and Mrs. iBesse SUaiton, both of Columbia.