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Third Annual Goober Belt Crown Is Won By Jamesville Defeats Conway In Finals On Saturday E. L. Martin Gets 62 Points To Take Top Scoring Title Ruck Bishop and Zero Hoi lidav Chosen As Out standing Players / For tho second time in three 1 * years, the Jafnesville All-Star; won the championship trophy ol the Goober Kelt Tournament-here | MEET WEDNESDAY A meeting of the baseball fans and players of Bear Grass lias been railed for the high school building Wednes day night at 8:00 o'clock. Any person interested in baseball is invited to attend the meeting. Saturday night when they' defea ed Conway 51 to 41 in the finals. In moving to the finals me wi; net's defeated Williarnston in the] opening round and edged Wood-; land in the semi-finals Friday! night while the losers in the fin als, Conway, moved up with vic tories over Murfreesboro and Colerain, the victory over Cole rain being by a mere 5 points. In the consolation game Satur day night, Woodland defeated Colerain 62 to 45 after being be hind 17 to 10 at the first quarter and holding only a two-point lead at the three-quarter mark, James villo led Conway all the way al though the three-quarter margin was onlv 5 points. ,_4. t Conway, of course, and. the con solation awaixbto Woodland. The Drewryville, Va., team won the sportsmanship award. Top scoring honors during the tournament went to E. L. Martin of Jamesville with 62 points while Paul Sharp bagged 59 to take run ner-up honors. Paul plays with Colerain. Outstanding players in the tournament as picked by a ; committee were Zero Holliday of Jamesville and Buck Bishop of | Woodland. Picked as the ten men most val uable to their teams during the tournament were Morton of Wil 1 liamston, Ward of Harrellsville, Bishop and Jesse Parker of Wood land, Vaughn and Sharpe of Cole rain, Lassiter of Conway, Holli day and T. E. Martin of Jamesville and Whitley of Drewryville. In the final game for the cham pionship Saturday night, James ville held a 21-10 lead at the end of the first quarter, were ahead 30 to 19 at the half, 40 to 35 at the three-quarter mark and won | 51 to 41. E. L. Mai tin gut 21 in the final game, T. E Martin 19 and Holliday 11. Lassiter was high man for Conway with 17, eight of these tallies being in the third period. Flythe added 12 for Con way, the other points being split among three other players. Beginning the second round on | Thursday night, Conway defeated 'Murfreesboro 66 to 46, leading at the end of periods 21-11, 33-21 and 50-27. Colerain took the second game Thursday night, winning by 58-36 over Harrellsville. Period scores v.ere 6-9, 24-20, 45-24. Friday night Jamesville and Woodland fought right down to the wire with the Martin County boys coming out ahead 58 to 56. In the first period the teams were battling on ever terms and ended the first ten minutes of play, 13 all. Woodland moved ahead in the second quarter to hold a 36-27 margin at the half. Woodland was still ahead after three-quar ters of play, 50-45. Jesse Parker, Bishop and Jenkins fouled out for Woodland and T. E. Martin and H. Mizzelle were forced out by fouls for Jamesville. Four foul shots v/ithout a miss and two field goals, plunked in by Zero Holliday gave Jamesville the decision in the fin al quarter. In the second game Friday night Conway defeated Colerain 50 to 45 after getting a scare in the last quarter when Colerain appeared to be on the verge of taking the lead. Quarter scores in this test were all in Conway's favor, 12-9, 24-17, 38-27. Vaughn of Colerain made the highest number of points in a single game when he scored 27 against Harrellsville on 12 field goals and three foul shots. en miles from WiUiamston in the ’■BnnvTSce3onia niT.Y open for business in its new loca Wnytag Appliance Co. Ha* Moved to \eic Home The Maytag Appliance Com tion on Highway 17 beside fiun i Inn, j The new two story frame biuld ! ing includes a large modern show room, paneled in knotty pine, across the front and a large ser vice shop and store room in the back. Mr. and Mis. H. R. Hunt, owners, are residing on the upper floor of the building. The showroom now features on display a full line of Maytag Ap i pliances including washing ma i chines, home freezers and gas ranges and G. E. and other lines of j small appliances. Mi-, and Mrs. Hunt will also operate a complete / THEY BOTH A G B E E . . . and you'll ajrree. too. that this is tin* place lo !>rin<r your oar for re- " pair w ork. VI e lake on fi\-it jobs from huinper to bumper. Have your car hack on the road in re cord lime. “ft'eep Your Car Moving!" WHliumston Motor Co. FORD Sales & Service Wiiiiumslon, N. C. VWWWMMVWVWVWVAVtMAMMWIMWMIl Announcing Our OPENING In Our New LOCATION On Highway No. 17 in the New Building Beside Simnysiile Inn. THE MAYTAG CHIEFTAIN, America’s finest low-priced washer ... a genu ine Maytag in every respect. Come in and see the Maytag demonstrated. You’ll understand why it is the world's favorite washer. Easy monthly terms— W liberal trade in. Cull 2100 For FRKK Demonstration WE CARRY A Complete Line of Maytag Appliances J (Complete Service Department Wo extend a cordial invitation to the people of Williumston and surrounding communities to vi-it in- at our non location. Inspect our com pile lino of Maytag Appliances now on dis plav in our now and modern showroom'. Maytag Appliance Co. Dial 2100 W illiamston, N. C. Plans Go Forward For Softball Play Meeting in the home of Rev. Jim Lowry, last evening a group of in terested church members and their ministers made plans to have a softball league with the various churches as the sponsors. It was agreed that the Episcopal and Presbyterian churches would com bine and have one team. The main topic of the evening was the appointment of a board of directors to govern the league. This board of directors is only temporary and will be confirmed at a later date. Members of the temporary board ai? as follows: Homer Barnhill, Baptist; Reg Simpson, Episcopal; William Ev erett, Presbyterian; Bill Thrower, Methodist; and Vernoi\ Bunting. Christian. ' Plans were discussed abe,_it playing all games at night ;/nd Homer Barnhill was appointed to contact LeRoy Everett, president of the Martin County Athletic Association, about the possibility of this. There will be another meeting next Monday night and if things go as planned Williamston should have one of the best and most suc | eessful softball leagues k has had in many years providing each church member with excellent re creation during the spring and summer months. It is hoped thal this recreation program will have the wholehearted support of the general public. Chinese Students In United States Trustees of the China Institute of America report that it will re quire about $2,500,000 to care for the financial needs of the 3,610 Chinese students now in the Unit ed States, Studying in 454 colleges and universities throughout the country, many are without funds due to the situation in their home land. The trustees hope money can be obtained from the United States and Chinese governments. service department for repairir and replacing parts on ail mak< of washers. Austin^Nichols GREAT OAK BtENDFD WHISKEY III# Straight Whisktyt in this prod act aro 2 yiart or mart old; 30 % Straight Whiskiy, 70 % Grain Noatral Spirits; 20% Straight Whit koy 2 yaan old, S % Straight Whiikay 4 yiart aid, i% Straight Whitkoy 4 yaan oM. M proof. ! j Au6tii>j)Nichols | 5 ecoWm inc. i | Hlni-ni tm ■ l Mr. Farmer .I Will Buy POULTRY —and— EGGS At Bear Grass Kuril Thursday 10 to 12 Noon Juuiesville Friday 10:30 to 12 Noon Winiuniston Friday, 1 to 2 P. M. Phone 5811 Will Call at Your Home for Large Flocks Rober&onvillv Poultry Go. MMMMtMMMMMIMMIMW Jamesville Girls Win At Plymouth Tljo girls' basketball team of Jamesville High School woo the annua/ Dions' Club Invitational tournament championship at Ply mouth last night by defeating a strong Bear Glass sextet in the final game. The exact final score was not available at press time but the margin was reported to have been about five points. Paced b> Bar bara Coltrain who made her first six tries good in the first quar ter the Jamesville girls were lead ing 18 to C when the first period closed and Bear Grass could not /close the gap although they got to ! within a point or so of the leaders i later in the game. Cures Itself Brown—“Do you know, I'm los I ing my memory. It's worrying me I to death." | Jones (sympathetically) — Nev j er mind, old man. Forget all about it.” I = pMtWWMWMWMWWWWMW Take Post Office Out Of Politics The twelve man commissi nr headed hy forme! President Hoov or, appointed last year to repor on the organization of the exeru tive branch of the government said on February 17 that the Pos I office department should be takei out of politics, that the adminis trative structure is obsolete am j over centralized, lacks frcedon and flexibility essential to gooi business operation, and that politi j eal appointment of postmaster jand certain other officials "pro i duces inefficiency and militate against the incentives ,of promo tion " Naming a number of othe | faults in the present' set-up, 1h co;nnviss;on offered as remedies t j some of the faults: That the Post | master General should not be a official of a political party; an ex ; perieneed executive should be ap j pointed by the President as ‘duet ; tor of posts” and should he opera! ing head of the post-office; tli postal service should be decen <wwmAAa«uuuuuuutiuuuuuiii I ; tralizcd into fifteen regions under! many other suggestions concern I regional directors and district sup-! ing details of operation, rates, etc. ! erintendents confirmation of post j Du, infrth~ p^,~rj^ne. 1944, masters by the Senate should he I to May, 1945. 30 million pounds of | abolished and the postoffiee taken i ice cream mix were used by the out of politics. 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