NEARLY 4.fM>« COPIES OF THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COCNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN THE ENTERPRISE NEARLY 4.0M COPIES OP THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COtTNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN VOLUME XIJX—NUMBER 24 Williamstrm, Martin County. North Carolina, Friday. March 22, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1899 Grand Jury Submits Report In Superior Court Last Tuesday Recommends Immediate Re pairs To School Busses and Few Replacements Passing on all bills of indictment last Monday, the Martin County Grand Jury made its quarterly in spection' Tuesday, submitted its re port tc the court and recessed. The report, signed by Foreman James B Harrington, reads: We have passed on all bills of in dictment presented to us. We visited the Clerk of Court of fice and found it to be in excellent condition with all Guardian accounts filed. We found the Register of Deeds of fice in excellent shape and all bonds in order. The sheriff’s Office and Tax Col lector’s Office w'ere visited and found in good condition with all records up to date. We visited the office of the Super intendent of Schools and found it in excellent condition. We checked all Justices of Peace reports and found them all filed with the Clerk of Court and fines submitted to the Treasurer. We visited the Countv Jail and found it to be clean and wrell kept. We found nine negro male inmates and one white male inmate. We visited the County Home and Prison Farm and found everything in good condition. The County School buses were in spected this month by Patrolmen W. E. Saunders and W. S. Hunt and the following report turned over to the Grand Jury, to-wit: Williamston School: Bus No. 36 should be replaced, No. 18 needs brakes adjusted, No. 16. needs tires, and No. 37 needs one glass and tires. Hamilton School: Bus No. 13 needs tires and windshield. Oak City School' Bus No. 25 needs tires. No 22 has right light out, No. 34 should be replaced, No. 2 needs rear light and left head light. Hassells School: Bus No. 35 should be replaced now. Parmele School: Bus No. 1 needs head light, windshield and steering gear, No. 39 needs tires and steering wheel is broken. Robersonville School Bus No 33 has only fair body with no lights, No. 10 needs steering gear, glass on right side and brakes need adjusting, No. 23 should be replaced now and No. 15 needs steering gear adjusted, brakes adjusted and two tires. Everetts School: Bus No. 25 has loose steering gear, and No. 32 needs two tires and right door glass. Williamston School (Colored): Bus No. 28 needs brakes adjusted, new horn and one tire. Bear Grass School: Bus No. 19 has one slick tire and weak brakes, No, 21 should be replaced now, No. 17 has no horn and No. 6 has loose steering gear, drag link, has no rear light and bad tires. Farm Life School: Bus No. 3, should be replaced now. No. 40 needs brakes and steering gear adjusted, and No. 11, needs steering gear ad justed. Jamesville School: Buses No. 30 needs rear light and steering gear, No. 5 needs rear light, No. 27 should be replaced now, No. 37 should be replaced now, no rear light and brakes, and No. 14 has loose steering gear. The following buses were reported in the shop for repairs at this time: No. 28 from Bear Grass School, No. 8 from Robersonville, No. 7 from Oak City, and Nos. 26, 31, 22, 24 for good. We recommend that the above named repairs and adjustments be taken care of at a very early date. Native Of Oak City Dies In Greenville Mrs. Mutiu Parker t-rrsT*™*" tive of this county, died at her home in Greenville last Tuesday morning at 1:30 o’clock following a stroke of paralysis suffered just a short time ago. She had been in failing health for ihree years. The daughter of the late Joseph and Nancy Sherrod Parker, she was born at the old Bennett place near Oak City on May 4, 1863, and spent her early life there. Following the death of her parents, she moved to Hamilton, married E. L. Perkins on May 21, 1884, and lived there for a number of years before locating on a farm not far from Everetts in Cross Roads Township. Returning to Hamilton some years later, the fam ily, after a short stay there, located in Greenville about 1916 where Mr. Perkins engaged in the mercantile business until his retirement a short time before his death in 1940. Mrs. Perkins, a charter member of Greenville’s Immanuel Baptist Church, is survived by four daugh ters, Misses Eulala and Mattie Perk ins of the home, Mrs. Valera Sterling of Portsmouth, Va., and Mrs. Cather ine Costello of Detroit, Mich.; four sons, Charles D. Perkins of Ports mouth, Va.; Lionel P. Perkins of South Boston, Va., Latham S. Perk ins of Detroit, Mich., and Alton A. Perkins of San Francisco, Calif; 16 grandchildren, two great-grandchil dren, two half-sisters, Mrs. William Hodges of Williamston, and Mrs. Stuart Bailey of Everetts. Sixteen Divorces Are Granted In Superior Court Wednesday Cranking up the divorce mill last Wednesday afternoon, the Martin County Superior Court, in regular session, blasted the bonds of matri mony in sixteen cases, continued a few other actions, non-suited a few and handled one or two ejectment cases before recessing for the week. Fifteen of the divorces, based on two years’ separation, were handled is follows: Roosevelt Dockery from Pearl Dockery, Henry Little from Vettie Little, Sophronia Edwards from John Edwards, Mary A. John son from Willis C. Johnson. Narcis sus Williams from W. C. Williams, Mamie Sills from Tommie Sills, Nina Bell Riddick from John Riddick, Tdith Whitey Daniel from John D. Daniel, Frances R. Gray from Wil liam Gray, Joe Price from Gladys Price, Albert Roger Roberts from Irene Vadela Roberts, and Edward Leo Gainor from Jannie Gainor. In the divorce action brought by Simon E. Perry, Jr., the plaintiff proved that the defendant, Nancy Elizabeth Perry, had committed adultery while he was overseas in the armed forces. A divorce was granted. The divorce case, brought by Eld er L. Gardner against Lola Gardner, was non-suited when the plaintiff could not prove residence. In the case of R. S. Critcher against Kader Rogerson.’the plaintiff was given possession of certain property, but execution of ejectment is not to issue until April 15. George Brown was given posses sion of certain property in his case against Joe Spruill, but execution of ejectment is not to issue before April 1. A non-suit was ordered when the plaintiff failed to appear in the di vorce case brought by Albert Dou cette against Ethel Doucette \ HEALTH BOARD i The Martin County Board of Health, holding its first meeting as a reorganized unit, discussed various dei>artment matters in a meeting held in the courthouse last Wednesday evening. Dr. William Richardson, represent ing the State Board, attended the session along with Dr. J. M. Kil patrick of Robersonville, Dr. J. S. Rhodes of Williamston and Messrs I,. R. Everett of Hamilton, R. L. Perry of Bear Crass, J. C. Manning, D. R. DavLs and John 1,. Hassell of Williamston. •-The election of a health of ficer was postponed until the latter part of April when the board plans to hold its second meeting. Financial Condition Of County’s School System Is Reviewed —»— Over Half Million Dollar Debt Rodured To $119,000 In Fifteen Years While holding its expansion pro gram to a bare minimum during the lean financial years and during the war period, the Martin County Board of Education whittled away at its existing debt. And even though there are obstacles to be met now in the form of building costs and ma terial scarcities, the board is in splendid shape to start an extensive postwar expansion program. Reviewing the financial condition of the county school system, educa tion authorities stated this week that the school debt had been reduced from around $404,000 in 1930 to $119,- I 000 at the present time, that while over $400,000 was paid on the debt j near $250,000 was spent in the form of interest. The greatest blow ap plied on the debt was delivered in 1942 43 when $72,422 00 was paid to the bond holders. With the aid of the old Public Works Administration, several build ings were constructed during the de pression years at a cost of $52,000 to the county. The county board owes $33,000 on those buildings and the debt is to be retired in 1955. In ad iition to that program, the county just before the war built a $12,000 teachcrage at Robersonville, a $12, 100 colored high school building in Parmele, a $4,000 three-room addi tion to the Williamston colored school, and $5,000 agricultural build ing at Oak City. It was pointed out that the $4,800 now due on the Par mele project is to be retired in 1950. Only $1,200 is due on the Williams on colored school addition and it is amdrl^u^HMO. The $6,000 due on die teachuage will be leared in 1951, and the $3,000 due on 'he Oak City agricultural building ind the $5,000 due on the Williams ‘on High School will be paid off a year later. Refunding bonds in the imount of $40,000 are payable in 1953, and the $26,000 due on the Rob rsonville High School, payable $2, )00 annually, is to be cleared from 'he books in 1959. The $33,000 ad anced by the U. S. Government to finance the Public Work Program lack in the thirties will be paid off in 1955. Ten Million Men Were In the Army The War department has made public statistics showing that a total of 10,033,640 persons entered the arrny from November 1, 1940, when the draft started, through June 30, 1945, while 2,279,700 were separated in the same period. New York gave more personnel than any other state, 1,087,700 men and 25,237 women. Pennsylvania ran second with 808, 000 men and 12,274 women. Illinois contributed 603,000 men and 13,462 women; California 541,000 men and 13,842 women, and Texas 492,000 men and 9,840 women. Nevada fur | nished the fewest of any state, 11,000 men and 305 women. Offers Suggestions For Using Fermate To Check Blue Mold -—. Fairly lairge Plants Reported In County; Mold Present Farther South -& With tobacco plants growing fair ly rapidly in this county, and with blue mold present in plant beds in the more southern regions, Assistant County Agent C. J. Goodman this week offered some suggestions for using fermate to control tobacco blue mold. He said: It will control blue mold when properly used; it will insure a sun ply of healthy plants for transplant ing at the propert time. The treat ment is relatively inexpensive and simple to use. It will insure enough plants for setting the grower’s acre age in much less plant bed space than that ordinarily planted at a sub stantial saving to the grower; it should generally insure more thrifty plants than those from unspraygd beds, even if no blue mold is present in either. It will help eliminate the necessity of transporting plants from other farms, thus reducing the chance of introducing new diseases on the farm. In preparing the spray the propor tions to use are 12 ounces Fermate to 25 gallons of water (4 level table spoonfuls per gallon of water). The quantities of the spray that should be applied per 100 square yards of bed are: 3 to 3 1-2 gallons for the first to the fourth applications, 4 gal lons fbr the 5th and 6th applications, and 5 to 6 gallons for all applications after the sixth. In mixing the spray, place the re quired amount of Fermate in a fruit jar or other tight container, add a little water and shake vigorously until the powder is thoroughly wet. Stir this into the full amount of wat er and the spray is ready for use. Keep the spray mixture well stirred while spraying. Make up a fresh mixture for each application. For spraying the mixture, use a barrel bucket or wheelbarrow type sprayer developing 200 lbs pressure. If not more than 100 square yards are to be sprayed the smaller knap sack or pressure types may be used but be sure a thorough job is done. To insure the best job without trampling plants it is advisable to have a sprayer equipped with about 25 ft. of hose and a spray rod about 6 to 8 feet long. Put on the first application when the plants are about the size of a dime or just as soon as blue mold has been reported somewhere in the area, regardless of the size of the plants; spray regularly twice a week until plants are transplanted. (If an application is washed off by a heavy rain, repeat the treatment as soon as ^jy^^prayer develop mgzuiMbsor more pressure is used the first 2 or 3 applications may be sprayed through the cover if it is stretched at least 8 inches above the plants. The cover should be remov ed for all later applications. When spraying keep the spray nozzle 1 to 2 feet above the plants and move it back and forth until black spray droplets appear on all leaves. For further information see your county agents. Country’s Overseas War Installations —$— The Commerce department has an nounced that the United States still owned or controlled by last Septem ber 30 some 1,935 overseas installa tions which cost it more than $3,000, 000,000. They included airports, hospitals, living quarters, storage, 'ransportation and harbor facilities, the department said. Before Sep tember 30, it added the army and navy had disposed of about 1,000 other installations abroad that cost this government $456,000,000. Since then the War department has added an estimated 1,000 additional facili ties in Japan, Korea and other areas of the Pacific. The $3,000,000,000 figure represents only actual invest ment by the United States in the 1,965 installations. Local Police Carry Alleged Coal Theft Ring In The Courts —®— Several Other Cases Handled By Justice Hassell In His Court Recently An alleged Coal theft ring was re ported to have been broken up here a few days ago when four defendants charged with stealing, receiving or aiding and abetting in stealing coal from the Dixie Peanut Company, were carried before Justice John L. Hassell. Frank Hardison, charged with larceny of coal, was bound over to the county court under bond in the sum of $50. Clara Bullock, charged with receiving stolen prop erty, was bound over to the county court in the same amount of bond. Ben Ward was charged with aiding and abetting larceny and was requir ed to furnish bond in the sum of $50. Hezekiah Bell, charged with larceny of coal, was also placed under $50 bond. Other cases handled by Justice Hassell recently: Henry Rogers, charged with being drunk and down, was sentenced to the roads for thirty days, the court suspending the term upon promised good behavior for twelve months and the payment of $9.50 costs. John Henry White, facing a similar charge, received the same sentence. Probable cause of guilt was not found in the case charging James Taylor, Jr., with reckless driving or operating a motor vehicle on the left side of the road. Charged with hit-and-run driving resulting in personal injury and pro perty damage, John Wesley Whit field was bound over to the county court under bond in the sum of $100. Simon Howard was taxed with $7 costs in the case charging him with being drunk on the highways. Navin Howard, also charged with being drunk on the highways, was requir ed to pay $7 costs Operating a motor vehicle with improper lights, Lester Joseph Mi zelle was fined $10 and taxed with! $8 costs. Lazarus Williams was bound over to the county court for an assault with a deadly weapon Bon Evans was fined $10 and tax ed with $8.50 costs in the case charg ing him with disorderly conduct. Charged with disorderly conduct, Sylvester Ross was fined $10 and re quimi to pay $9.50 costs. Charged with operating a motor vehicle at night with a learner's per mit, William Preston Lanier was bound over to the county court un der bond in the sum of $50. D. D. Hill, assaulting a female again, was placed under bond in the sum of $100 for his appearance in the county court for trial next month. The activities in Justice Hassell’s court rounded out a prety good week on the law enforcement front in this county, the superior court having handled a large number of criminal cases during the first few days of the period. Gigantic Hospital Program For Vets The Veterans’ Administration has announced the starting of “the most gigantic hospital building program in the history of the world’1 to pro vide war veterans with 183 new and permanent hospitals, equipped with 151,500 beds, in thirty-nine states. To the corps of engineers of the army has been assigned a largo part of the program for which completion is set in eighteen months or two years. Leading hospital architects are ex pected to provide designs embodying the most modern facilities. The cost of the program is put approximately at $-148,000,000. Three of the new hospitals are under construction and funds are available for forty-seven others Completion of a^wi^give the Veterans Administrtfffoxv'xtM permanent type hospitals with a ca pacity of 151,500 beds. By 1975 it is estimated 300,000 beds will bo re quired. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Imbibing quite freely of strong spirits, a number of motorists drove into the highways of this county last week-end and wreck ed ’em up, an official report placing the number of wrecks at five. Several persons were hurt and the property damage soartid. As usual with the drunks, none of them was criti cally hurt. Although the motor ists went on a wild escapade last week, the record was not much worse than the one for the cor responding period in 1945. 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. Eleventh Week Accidents Inj’d Killed Datn’ge 1946 5 4 0 $ 1,400 1945 4 1 0 $ 2,350 Comparisons To Date 1946 36 24 2 9,620 1945 16 6 0 4,900 Gets Seven Years In Secret Assault Case Complete Trial Of Criminal Docket At Noon Wednesday John L. Daniel Sentenced To Roads For 18 Months For Aiding In An Assault Working with two juries and con tinuing several cases, the Martin CounfV Superior Court completed the trial of the criminal docket early last Wednesday afternoon and crank ed up the divorce mill following the noon recess. The court recessed at 5:00 o’clock that afternoon until next Monday when the trial of civil cases will be resumed. Pleading guilty in the case charg ing him with secret assault, John Sam Moore, Everetts colored man, was sentenced to the roads for not less than seven and not more than ten years. According to evidence of fered in open court, the trouble start ed when Clarence Williams was re fused a bottle of beer, the operator of Bullock’s service station pointing out to Williams that he (Williams) : was too drunk. James Williams, the ! boy s father, was said to have resent ed the refusal of sale, and the station operator advised the two to get out.1 Leaving the station, the two men met several others and John Sam started cursing. Buck Ayers, who had start-! ed home from his store, suggested to Moore that he get off the streets and go to the woods to do his cursing. Moore later drew his knife from his pocket and as he turned toward Ay ers, Horace Johnson planted a blow with his fist on Moore’s head. Moore told the court that it made him mad, that he went home, got his gun and was on his way back when Henry Lawrence advised him to withdraw. It was declared that Moore started back home when John L. Daniel, a party to the earlier dis turbance, was said to have encourag ed Moore in the act that peppered Johnson and eleven other white men with an almost unbelievably large number of small shot. John L. Daniel, charged with aid ing and abetting in the secret assault, pleaded not guilty, and offered a good defense when lie declared that he tried to persuade Moore to turn hack and not shoot. Moore, testify ing for the state in the case against Daniel, quoted Daniel as saying, “If it wasn’t so far to my home I’d get my own gun.” Daniel was also quot ed as saying to Moore, “When you shoot, you’d better run like hell." Daniel was heard cursing to himself just before the attack, and it was fairly evident that he was mad with one or more of those attacked. He was sentenced to the roads for eigh-1 teen months. Moore was arrested shortly after the attack on last January 12 and has been m jail since that time. Dan iel was released under bond. In the case charging Melvin Whit field and Dallas Whitley with forg ery, both defendants pleaded not guilty. The case was nol prossed as to Whitley, and Whitfield changed his plea and pleaded nolo contendre. He was sentenced to the roads for eighteen month, the court placing him on probation for three years. Whitfield is to avoid injurious or vi cious habits, avoid persons or places of disreputable or harmful character, be gainfully employed and refrain from use of any and all intoxicating beverages during the three-year sus pension period. The case in which Kader Brown is charged with reckless driving was continued pending the trial of a $10, 000 damage suit in the court next week. Ben Nichols, charged with break ing and entering and larceny and receiving, failed to answer and pap er' '.ere issued for his an -d The case charging Thurman Beach with breaking and enter ing was con tinued until the June term. In the case charging Thurman and Curtis Beach with larceny and re ceiving, the defendant pleaded not guilty and were found not guilty aft (Continued from page one) County Teams Win Basketball Tourney —*— Martin County basketball teams— Bear Grass Kiris and Robersonville boys—walked away with top honors in the invitational basketball tourna ment held at Scotland Neck. The Bear Grass girls, led by Miss Rawls, turned back the Aurelian Springs sextet by the decisive score of 23-14. Miss Rawls was also chos en the best all-round player in the tournament. Encountering strong opposition, with few exceptions, the Bear Grass girls lost only one game all season. Meeting Scotland Neck in the fin als, the Robersonville lads took the top honors 32 to 16, Batts piling up 23 of the winners’ points. Attention of county school youths is now turning from basketball to baseball, but there isn’t sufficient material to turn out strong teams, reports indicate. | ELECTIONS BOARD Scheduled to meet here tomor row mon. 'ng, the recently ap pointed members of the Martin County Board of Elections will perfect their organization and make ready for holding the pri mary election of May 25. It is possible that the board will name the registrars and judges of election for the thir teen voting precincts at their meeting which will be held In the office of the clerk of court at 11 o’clock. Mr. Sylvester Peel has served the board as chairman for the past eighteen years, and he was reappointed by the State Board last Saturday along with Messrs. Alvin Hasty and Wade Vick, both of Robersonville. Local Lodge Masons And Special Guests Hear S. Wade Marr -— Banquet In High School Gym Given By In At tendance Content "II is a gathering like this that gives you and me a new lease on life. To rub elbows with our friends and potential friends renews our faith and courage in the destiny of man kind," Wade Marr, of Elizabeth City, said Tuesday night when he made an address in the local high school gymnasium before approximately one hundred master masons and their guests. l'he speaker was introduced by Hugh Horton, local attorney. The gymnasium was cold and practically every one was shivering before the meeting got underway. When Mr. Marr arose to address the gathering of approximately 250 people he pre faced his talk by saying that he had been around quite a bit and had vis ited many places but this was the first time in his life that he had ever attended an Eskimo convention. “It leaves me cold to begin with," he stated. Hen Courtney, master of Skewar kee Lodge, presided and called on Kev. B. T. Hurley of the Methodist Church to say the invocation. Mr. Hurley was also called upon to pre sent Bibles to the following men who were made Master Masons since the last annual banquet: A. J. Man ning, J. C. Cooke, Marvin Britton, Mayo Grimes, Rupert Cowen, D. R. Sullivan and Mack Leggett. Mr. Marr referred to the awful and tragic period through which the world just recently passed. He was not skeptical of the future but stated that the “hope of the world rests in groups like this Without that loy alty and fidelity which is so aptly expressed here tonight we could not be a free and enterprising people. It is a high purpose in life that brings this gathering together. We are in i period of bewilderment and con fusion but we pass through it in peace and prosperity if we attain and develop the right kind of morality and loyalty." The speaker said loyalty was the hope of the woi Id but asked the question, "Is the world ready for peace.” “Not so long,” he said, "as the world is filled with misunderstand ing and distrust. We must have the manhood and courage to curry on and create friendships that are gen uine and true.” It was generally agreed by both masons and visitors that Mr. Marr made one of the best and most in spiring talks ever made before this hf>dy tempting iiiu deliciouf^u^royclinner served by George Sfetsos. The turkey, dressing and accessories were piping hot. Mr. Sfetsos was assisted in serving the large crowd by Mrs Wheeler Manning, Mrs. W. O. Grif fin, the Beta Club and W. B. Watts. Charley Gray, master of the Rob ersonville lodge, and Mrs. Gray, and Rev. Dick Lucas of Plymouth were among those from out of town to at tend the annual banquet. -sy--- - Mai thru* Sella Cafe To W nailing ton Man Thia Week The Matthews Cafe, located in the Godard building next to Warren Biggs’ drug store, was sold this week to a Washington man whose name could not be learned immediately. The new owner plans to locate here early in April, it was learned. According to one report, the pur chaser isn’t planning to operate a cafe, but will open a shoe shop-store. Mr. Matthews announced yester day that he planned to build and operate a road house between Rob ersonville and Parmele. The cafe sale was the second re ported here in recent days. George Sfetsos having sold the Central Cafe a few duys previously to Phillip Tonis. Mr. Tonis •'ame here Wed nesday from Rockingham and plans to take over the management about the first of next month. County White Men Report This Week To Service Center Fifteen Called For Pre-Induc tion Exams; Two Report For Indnetion Fifteen Martin County white men were called last Monday to report to Fort Bragg for pre-induction ex aminations and four others were •ailed Wednesday to report there for final induction. The pre-induc tion call was the largest received in this county in several weeks. No final induction call is being answered this month by colored reg istrants, it was learned. Of the fifteen white men called for ore-induction, one was transferred to another board, another was trans ferred to the board of this county, two had enlisted in the Navy and one in the Army, and still another was unable to report on account of ill ness. James D. Williams, RFD 2, Rober sonville, and Newport News, was transferred to the Hilton Village, Va., board. Hubert Vergil Lilley, of Norfolk and Williamston, was trans ferred to this county. Eli David Harrison, RFD 2, Williamston, and Robert Clifton Rogerson, RFD 1, Oak City, enlisted in the Navy last Jan uary 3. David Alford Bland, of Hassell, entered the Army last Feb ruary 23 Noah Saunders Roberson, RFD 1, Williamston, was sick and could not make the trip. Tlie names and addresses of the young men answering the pre-induc tion call follow: Walter Clayton Purvis, RFD 1, Bethel, and S. S. Santa Rita, San Francisco. Sylvester Iieggett, RFD 1, Rober sonville and RFD 2, Williamston. James Robert Flanagan, RFD 1, Hobgood. Halsey Rudolph Hardison, New port News. M. P. Bennett, RFD 1, Palmyra James Tilmon Latham, Jr., RFD 2, Robersonville. Thomas Horton Chesson, RFD 3. Williamston. Wilmer Gray Modlin, RFD 1, Wil liamston. Charles Ernest Jones, RFD 3, Wil liamston. Twelve of the fifteen called are eighteen years old, the ages of the others ranging up to 20 years. Ten of the fifteen come from the farm. Of the four white men called to answer the final induction call Wed nesday, two had entered the services already. Joseph Eugene Wynne, Williamston boy, enlisted in the Navy the 7th of this month in Rich mond, and William Samuel Taylor, also of Williamston, returned for an other stretch in the Merchant Ma rine. The names of the two young men answering the final induction call are, Walter Raynor Keel, of Roberson ville and Sheepshead Bay, N. Y. Earl Miller Harrell, of Oak City. Harrell has traveled quite a bit since 1943, working as a civilian employe in defense centers at Minneapolis, Minn., Rock Island, Illinois, Camp Davis and Fort Bragg. -- To Resume Fishing Operations Monday -