THE ONSLOW COUNTY „ f~i-rr The New. and Tiewi Lcadi la News and Views The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County Paid Circulation, Local Advertising, National Advertising, Classified Advertising, Onslow County News. VOL. VII, NO. 19 JACKSONVILLE, N. C.. Tl'KSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1913 PRICF- $2.00 PER YEAR DOWN EAST WITH BILLY ARTHUR # By.the time this gets in print, I'll be long gone. Nope, I'm not absconding as yet —ain't got enough to go with or for. It's just that the General As sembly has started, and I've got to get on up that way and see what can be done about making life miserable for the people of the State. The boys again have been re calling Ike Lanier's story of late, You remember the one he pulled on me about two years ago when someone pointed me out to him as the Onslow County's next represen tative in the State Legislature. "Well," Ike said, "one thing is certain. When Billy gets up ta Raleigh, the folks'll know Onslow County's done sent all the men to the army." And. then, there's the one about the father who was telling his wife about leaving receiving a letter from their son in some distant state. "Mom." the father said. • Bill's in the legislature, but he don't say what fur." In all seriousness, however, I'll be in Raleigh about five days out of the week for the next two months, and hope that's all. In my absence from the News and Views, the business manage ment as well as the editorial end of the paper and concern will be under the guidance of Mrs. Jean Crankshaw. She will have the able assistance of Mrs. Jane Dean. Both Mrs. Crankshaw and Mrs. Dean are well-known to the tele phoning and visiting patrons of the News and Views, and I beg of you to give them your fullest coopera tion. They'll do a good job. 0 After seeing Newton Cook's notes on how Reese Walter sells insurance. I'm going to change my racket. Newt says that Reese has a sure fire scheme for selling a policy in three minutes, and he operates like this: 1. Gives girl cigarette with com ment "I got them to burn." 2. Lights cigarette for her. 3. Compliments her ring. 4. Gently says he was lucky to day because he's collecting on an insurance policy for a little on dent in a fender. Policy's just like the one he has for her. 5. Says it's therefore not only the best but also the cheapest. 6. Punches the cash register. 01 got all industrious the other night, inspired, too. and decided to make a few New Year's resolu tions; such as, swearing off this and on that. And I got to thinking just how much fragile crockery New Year's esolutions turned out to be. j For instance, at the beginning of 044 I was determined that some gal could come al^ng that leap year and snatch me up. But 1 broke my resolution. Regardless of who did it. it was shattered. And. resolutions make you swear off and swear on. and you break the resolves and swear some more, and about the first of February you swear off swearing. Then, comes March 15 and another income tax payment is due. and you start swearing all over again. I was just about set to make up my mind not to swear to anything at all for the remainder of 1944 and all of 1945 when come this blaring through the radio: \ "Stop where you are, buy a Brock candy bar!" Sung (?) to the tune of goodness knows what. That passed all right, but about 15 minutes later came: "Buy. Buy Luzianne." Another one of those tuneful things. And. of all things, not content with ramming that down my throat the Raleigh sta tion followed it with another com position by a mental two-year-old entitled. "When You're Ready to Chewsome Buy this favorite two somp." Now— I can't understand what makes me so impatient and inconsiderate these days. Surely, it must be the strain of the times, or something. Radio listeners evidently like it; so why should I be different from all the rest? Why shouldn't I ap preciate the drivel? I want to be an average fellow. But is that the price? Must I adjust myself to thinking that great, big he-men. as the voices appear, just can't resist stopping everytime they see a Brock candy bar? Even if I liked candy, pray tell me where in the world can you find a candy bar. more especially a Brock bar. Fact is, I never heard of it until those drivel dispensing death disturbers started cramming it in my ears with a shovel and tamp. As for the chewing gum, that simple melody simply stimulates my appetite for something I can't get and, come to think of it, don't even want. They could tell the truth with a little song, if they must sing, like this: "What we can gat, we can't sell. What we can sell, we can't gei. All we're doing is offering something we don't have to people who don't want it." Now, set that to music! GOES TO GOLDSBORO f T. Fletcher Little, business man ager for the Onslow County Hos pital since its opening, left yester day for Goldsboro where he be ame superintendent of the Citj ospital. Mrs. Little and familj a-ill move to Goldsboro next week destroyed by fire 0The home of Miss Rachel He witt at Nine Mile was destroyed bi fire on December 14. Scrap Paper Campaign Gets Started Today 0 The regular collection of scrap paper is being started once again in the residential districts of Jack sonville. Tried last year, the project had to be abandoned, though with re gret, due to the lack of proper equipment and the necessary stor age space to keep the large quanti ties of paper. The people of Jacksonville have always wanted to do their part in this important salvaging work and will be glad to hear that it is now possible. Through the untiring efforts of L. E. Rudisill. chairman of the retail merchants committee of the Jacksonville Chamber of Com merce, arrangements have been made for regular collections which will begin today. All of this has been made pos sible because of the full coopera tion of Camp Lejeune. Some time ago the Reclamation and Salvage office sent its trucks lo Jackson ville and began the collections in the business district. Tons of paper have been reclaimed and the pro ject has been a big .success with all of the town's merchants pitch ing in to make it so. Now they have offered to have the trucks tour the residential dis tricts once a week and everyone is asked to do his part in seeing to it that not one scrap of paper is wastd and that all papers are bundled and tied, ready for the boys when they come to our homes. It isn't necessary to sort the paper in any way. The boys will do all that, but we have been asked to tie the bundles so that the papers will not blow about and make the streets unsightly. The camp trucks will tour the Onslow Terrace and Ovcrbrook sec tions on Tuesdays and the Piney Green district each Friday. They will continue the daily collections through the business district each day at 1:30 p.m. The spirit in which the Chamber of Commerce and Camp Lejeune have cooperated to makp these nec essary collections possible, is truly a fine thing. Let's each of us do our part in aiding all we can. Pvt. Cecil G. Bryan, Jacksonville, Home On Furlough PVT. CECIL G. BRYAN ^ 0 Pvt. Ceil G. Bryan, son of Mrs. Maggie Bryan of Jacksonville Route 1. is at home on furlough from O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, Mo. Private Bryan was injured last March in Texas and has undergone several operations since. He will be at home until January 6th. when he will return to the hospital for further treatment. Whiskey Ration Book Registration Held Each Tuesday £The Onslow County ABC Board has resumed registration of individ uals for the purpose of obtaining whiskey ration books. Starting today and continuing for each successive Tuesday until further notice, the ABC office in the Agricultural Building will be open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. for reg.is.trat ion. Each person desiring to register must bring his No. 4 food ration book. 3rd Army Shattering Attacks On Bastongne today shattered a strong German counter attack seeking to pinch oft' Bastogne. Other forces of Lt. Gen. Patton were reported striking heavily in the northeast to narrow the 13 mile waist of the Belgian bulge. Supreme headquarters said that the north flank on the Ahdennes salient was quiet. The large battles remained fluid and indecisive. Strike at Hamburg 0 Paris—AP—British based Amer ican bombers today struck Ger many supply lines and industrial targets on the tenth successive day of one of the war's greatest sus tained aerial offensive. The Hamburg radio went off the air this morning, indicating that the big port might be under attack for the second time in 24 hours. Italian Ground Taken 0 Rome—AP—Fifth Army troops pressing forward in the Sechio river area of the Italian front today re captured all ground taken by the Nazis in their recent heavy attack. Allied headquarters announced that on the Po valley front. Eighth Army troops continued to move forward north of Facnza. Red Shock Troops Hurl Germans from Half of Budapest 0 London — AP — Hard-fighting Russian shock troops today hurled the Germans out of two thirds of Buda, the western half of Buda pest, and neared the Danube em bankment in the center of the burning Hungarian capital. Soviet forces were battling amidst sdenes of slaughter un rivaled since Stalingrad. Nazi radio commentators told today of Russian plans for a big winter offensive, and said the Red Army was massing men and mate rials on the way to Krakow. CONGRESS MEETS TOMORROW By Associated Press 0 Signposts, pointing toward trouble have been erected in ad vance as Congress, which assem bles Wednesday, faces one of its most important tasks, the under writing of the world's efforts to ward peace. 168 PERSONS KILLED By Associated Press £ Swelled by a train wreck in Utah which took about 50 lives, the New Year's death toll stood yesterday at at least 168 dead for the t.tree day week end. ) American i-orces Mopping Up Leyefe, Nip Bombers Attack 0 Mac Arthur's Headquarters, Phil ippines — AP — American dough boys, mopping up Leyete, today resorted to warfare of American Indian style, moving rapidly by night and striking1 isolated Jap resistance pockets at dawn. The total of Japanese dead on the bloody island has been brought to 117.997. it was announced. Meanwhile, the Japanese hurled new air assaults at American ship ping and installations on Mindoro Saturday, but 14 of the 32 attack ing pianos were reported to have been shot down. No mention was made of Amer ica damage or casualties by the announcement. American Margin Increases 0 Aboard Halsey's Flagship—AP —Close coordination between Bri tish and American fleets will draw the noose around the neck of Japan, is the hope of Admiral Nimitz. He stated today that "The British fleet is not coming over here for any Pacific purpose. They will carry their share of the load and they will be plenty aggressive." Nimitz also declared that he ex pected the American margin over the Japanese fleet^to increase with every engagement. KiwanisClub to Install New Officers At Meeting Today % The Jacksonville Kiwanis club wijl resume its regular meetings today with a luncheon at the USO Pine Lodge at 1 p.m. At this meeting the installation of officers will take place. Ramon Askew will be installed as President, succeeding Billy Arthur, Horace Cotton as Vice President. K. T. Knight, Jr., as Secretary, Harvey Boney as Trea surer and the following to the Board of Directors: J. H. Aman, B. J. Holleman, K. T. Knight, G. E. Maultsby, L. E. Rudisill, Steve Stefanou and Gautier Jackson FRIDAYS FIRE 0The fire last Friday morning was reported to be on Durwood Aman's boat. It is said thai the fire started in the cabin and burned one of the mattresses. Little dam age was done. LI. (jg) Earl F. Home, Richlands, Killed in Action #Lt. (Jg) Earl F. Home. 22. was killed in the crash of a Navy PBY partol plane in the Mediterranean theater on Oct. 15, his relatives have been not ified. Previously, he had been reported as missing on that date. He was co-pilot of the plane. Lt. Home was a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. florae of Richlands and the husband of the former Betty Brown, who now makes her home with her parents at Portsmouth, Va. Surviving also are a younger brother, Charles, of the home, and a sister, Mrs. II. It. Yan cey of Norfolk. Va. lie enter ed the Navy in 1942 and was married Oct. 12, 1943, going overseas the next month. In August of this year he spent 30 days at home after being injured slightly in a crash landing. He returned to duty last September 26. Mrs. E. W. Clement Made Onslow "General" In Blue Slar Brigade # Mrs. E. VV. Clement has been named the Onslow Coun ty General as a result of hav ing sold 205 bonds having a maturity value of $54,150.00 in the Blue Star Brigade which ended on December 30th, it was announced by Mrs. C. E. Warn and Mrs. David Sabiston, co-chairman, yesterday. A com plete !i:-.t of the final results will be given Friday. ABC Whiskey Coupon Value for January Announced # Effective January 1, ABC ration coupons will revert to their original value of one pint per coupon. Dur ing the latter half of December (the holiday season) each valid coupons was worth two pints. " Coupons No. 5 and 0 will be valid during the period January 1-15 for one quart or two pints, or one fifth, or two tenths of all whis key or Scotch. "Coupons No. 7 and 3 will be valid during the period January 16-31 for one quart or two pints, or one fifth, or two tenths of all whiskey or Scotch." "Homeward Bound" Messages Offered By Wesfern Union 0The Federal Communications Commission has approved a "Homeward Bound" telegraph ser vice which will be offered by Wes tern Union to military personnel returning from overseas, it was an nounced today by R. C. Patterson local manager of the telegraph company. The new service, providing fif teen fixed-text messages, will be available at certain debarkation hospitals, reception centers through which men returning from over seas will pass, and separation cen ters from which they will receive their final military discharges. The "Homeward Bound" messages may be sent at a special 25c rate from these debarkation points to any Western Union destination in he United States. 5 Negroes Leave Today for Induction At For Bragg 0 Five colored registrants will leave today for induction at Fort Bragg. They are: Ernest Bathea, Robert Wilson Waters. Clyde Ven ters, all of Jacksonville: Doctor Love Simmons. Hubert; and Rich ard Saunders, Richlands. EPISCOPAL SERVICE. 0 Services at St. Anne's Episcopal Church next Sunday. January 7. being the first Sunday after the Epiplany, are: church school 9:45 A. M., and celebration of the Holy Communion and sermon at 11 o' clock. Choir practice Thursday ev ening at 7:30. RECEIVES DISCHARGE. 0G. L. Mattocks, who has been in the army and stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss., has been gran ted an honorable discharge. He ar rived home Wednesday. Pfc. Osborne G. Blizzard, Of Beulaville, Wounded In Mediterranean 0 Pfc. Osborne G. Blizzard of Route 1, Beulaville. has been wounded in action in the Med iterranean area according to word received from the War Department by his mother, Mrs. Addie D. Blizzard, of the same address. 6th War Loan Campaign Closes, E Quota Not Met QJ. (\ Thompson, chairman of the Onslow County Sixth War Loan Campaign, yesterday an nounced that the sale of Series E bonds now stands at $122,096.25, again-I the quota of E bonds of $303,000. As of yesterday, the overall pur chase of bonds had gone to $669, 206.25. which is far in excess of the county quota of $384,000. Thompson stated tih;l a complete and final report will be forthcom inin a few days. Jacksonville School Paper Makes First Appearance Here #T'u> first issue of the .Jackson ville high school paper is off the pre- - under the editorship of Ro bin Ann Kellum. An attractive and well-gotten-up school paper, it carries news of the classes, advertisements and chatter that interests the reader. The staff of the paper is as fol lows: Editor-in-chief Robin Ann Kel lum: assistant editor. Walter Sabis ton: business manager. Everett Walos>: advertising staff. Catherine Hem erson: Robert Sanders: Gene Kotv.ce: art editors. Max Hyder and Betty Potteway: humor editor. Leonard Hitch: goofy gossip editor, Juanita Ketchum: boys sport editor, Hcatinck Phillips: girls sport edi tor. Mona Chadv. ick: news reporter for 12th grade. Dorothy Miller; news reporter for 11th grade, Eleanor Aman: news reporter 1' weile tried by Magistrate Tim mons Jones. Camp Davis Turned Over To Air Forces Dr. Mike J. Palmer, Optometrist, Will Open Office Here 0 Dr. Mike J. Palmer announces the opening of offices in Jackson ville Saturday of each week begin ning January f>. for the practice of optometry. Dr. Palmer's services will include the examining of the eyes, prescribing of glasses and nther optometric procedures essen tial to the correction of visual defi ciencies. He will be located up stairs over the ISO and The Onslow News and Views, next to the bus station. Dr. Palmer graduated from the Northern Illinois College of Opto metry Dec. 1.5 1939. passed the State Hoard of Examiners July 1940. Since that time he has prac ticed in Charlotte for four and one half years, being associated with Palmers' Optometrists. On Septem ber 18. 1944 he opened offices in the Willetts Building, 120 Princess St.. Wilmington. Since there is an acute shortage of visual refractionist, and all pro fessional offices close in Wilming ton noon of each Saturday, Dr. Palmer is sacrificing his Saturday morning practice in order to give a full day in Jacksonville. His Jacksonville office will be equip ped with the latest and most ac curate diagnostic instruments and equipment. Dr. Palmer is secretary and trea surer of the Southeastern Alumni Association of the Northern Illi nois College of Optometry, member of the Wilmington Lions Club. Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Methodist Church. Miss Laura Beatty Announces Schedule For This Week # Following is the Home Demon stration Club schedule for this week a.s announced by Miss Laura Beatty. agent. Monday, office all day. Tuesday. 10:30 a.m.. Dixon Boys and Girls club: afternoon, office. Wednesday. 10:30 a.m.. Jackson ville Boys and Girls club: afternoon at 2 p.m.. llaws Run club with Mrs. Trixie Leary, hostess. '1 hursday. office all day. Friday. 10:00 a.m.. Kinston Agents Training school. Saturday, Office and market. Onslow Distributors' Tobacco Appreciated By Maj. Gen. Smith £ A shipment of Prince Albert smoking tobacco donated to Ma rines in tiie South Pacific by Ons low Distributors of Jacksonville brought a letter of appreciation from Maj. Gen. Julian C. Smith, former commanding officer of Camp Lejeune. The general who led the Ma rine division which received the gift, has written a personal letter to M. A. Cowell of the Onslow Distributors, thanking him for the donation. General Smith is now on duty at Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington. Listing of Property for Taxes Will Get Underway Immediately 0 Listing of property for taxes will get underway in Onslow Coun t\ immediately, according to the list of time and places the list takers will sit, Which was an nounced yesterday by L. I). Sewell, tax supervisor. The lisi takers already have been schooled and are ready to go to work listing property for taxation and persons for polls. In addition, an important farm census will be taken. Places where the list takers will bo ind the hours are as follows: Swansboro Township — Hubert, January 8-9-10-11-12-15. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Bear Creek. January 16-17 10-19-22-23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Morris Store, January 24-25-26-29-30. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Swansboro, January 1-2-5-6-7-8-9-12-13-14. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jacksonville Township — John Swinson, January 8. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Dixon Store. January 12. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Cross Roads, Janu ary 22. 9:30 to 4 p.m.: Tar Landing, January'30, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Hen Leo Parker. February (>. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Half Moon February 14. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Jacksonville, March 1, 9:30 a.m to 4 p.m. White Oak Township—J. C. Bar bee. January 8-10-11-12. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Belgrade, January 16 17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Strands Store. January 6th through February 2. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: E. B. Marshalls. Feb ruary 6th through February 13th 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Silverdale February 14th through February 23, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Jacob Mortons. February 26th through February 28th. 9:30 a.m. lo 4:30 p.m.: Ree.ses Store. March 2 through March 7th. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Piiiey Green. March 8th through .16th, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Stump Sound Township—H. M. Ennett Store, January 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: .). II. Justice Store. Janu ary 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: A. C. Canacly. January 11. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: A. A. Everett, January 18, 10 a.m. to 12 noon; L. F. Dixon. Janu ary 18, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.: A. G. Scwell, January 24-25. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: A. Z. Thompson. January 30-31, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Nora Ever ett, February 14-15, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: M. I). Davis, February 20. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Fred Sanders Store, Feb. 21. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Holly Ridge Home Store. February 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m Richlands Township — Batchelor Store, January 8, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: J. N. Craff. January 9, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; C. Lake. January 10, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: C. E. Fountain, January 11. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Langley Store. January 15. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: A. T. Taylor, Janu ary 16. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Jarman Fork, January 17, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Pittman's Store, January 18, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Heath Store, January 22. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Rhodes Station. January 23, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Gum Branch, Janu ary 24. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Adam School, January 25, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Christmas Seal Drive Reaches 90 Per Cent of Onslow County Quota §K. T. Knight, chairman of the Onslow C ount y Tuberculosis Christmas seal drive, yesterday re ported that the total returns to that date has reached $1,800.28, or 90'; of the quota of S2.000.00 Knight stated that the returns had begun to come in a little bet tor now that Christmas is past, and expressed the hope that all those who had not already made their returns, will do so as soon as pos sible. Returns from sale of the seals, now stand as follows: Midway Park. $336.00; Richlands. $117.00: Holly Ridge. $71.20: Camp Lejeune, $179.17. Jacksonville. $312.29; Maysville. $27.50: Verona. $6.00; Sneads Ferry. $1.00: Silverdale, $3.00; and Beulaville. $1.50. The school children of Jackson ville have turned in $44.62 from their sale and Reese Walter of Jacksonville reports the sale of Health Bonds as follows: Jackson ville. $626 00: Holly Ridge. $25.00 and Richland.-.. $50.00. Superlatives Chosen By Senior Class of Jacksonville School 0Thc Senior Class of Jackson ville high school has chosen its superlatives as follows: Prettiest girl. Eleanor Lockamv: most handsome boy. Gene Koonce; most studious girl. Edith West; most studious boy. Stratton Mur rell: most popular girl. Mona Chadwick; most popular boy. John ny Peacock: best all around girl. Mona Chadwick: best all around boy, Newton Hardin; most likely to succeed girl. Candace Hatsell: most liloely to succeed |boy, Stratton Murrell; cutest girl. Margaret Mock; cutest boy.' Headrick Phil lips: best: dressed g'Lrl, Carolyn Fields: best dressed boy. Johnny Peacock: biggest girl flirt. Carole Morton: biggest boy flirt. Gene Koonce: class baby. Grace Justice: and class baby, Ray Daugherty. N. C. Ranks Second In United States In Peanut Growing 0Nor1h Carolina ranked second in the production of peanuts in 1944. harvesting 360.825.000 pounds to Georgia's 693.900.000 pounds, it was announced recently by the sta tistics division of the State Depart ment of Agriculture. The North Carolina crop this year was 20 per cent larger than last season's 301.920.000 pounds and 31 per cent above the 10-year average of 275.038.000 pounds. Total acreage devoted 10 pea nuts. which are produced commer cially in this State in only the East ern counties, was estimated at 283. 000—13.000 acres less than the 296.000 picked and threshed in 1943. but 46.000 more than the average harvested in the years from 1933 through 1942. The yield per acre for the 1944 crop was estimated at 1,275, pounds as compared with 75 pounds in Georgia. In 1943. North Carolina placod third in peanut production in the nation, being surpassed only by Georgia and Alabama. Total production of peanuts in the United States in 1944 was 2.177.670.000 pounds; in 1943, 2, 184.760.000 pounds. Red Cross Strives To Raise War Fund 180 Million Dollars 0 American Red Cross operations at homo and abroad will roach their wartime peak in 1945, Mrs. Grace Gawthrop. executive secre tary of the Onslow County Chapter of the Red Cross, said yesterday in announcing that the minimum goal for the Rod Cross War Fund to be raised in March, 1945, had boon fixed at $180,000,000 for the nation. E. .1. Petteway is chairman of the Onslow County campaign this year. "Our new budgets." Mrs. Gaw throp said, "represent an appre ciable increase in the services wo will render in Europe in the Pacific and at homo, but we have been able to keep the total 1945 goal slightly under the one for 1944 because of oversubscription of our earlier cam paigns and certain economics in this year's operations. "It is our intention that Red Cross stay with our troops until all of them are returned home and continue to serve them through their adjustment back to civilian life. For this reason we must ask the American public to consider our goal of $180,000,000 as an absolute minimum," she said. 9The United State?? Army Air "orec will take over Camp Davis, luge military installation in Ons ow County, and make of it a re lisposition and convalescent com mand. it was announced yesterday jy Col. Adam A. Potts, command ng officer. Official notice of the new oc cupant of Camp Davis came late Saturday as the Army prepared to Iraw the curtain as of December 51 on the post; that converted the ower end of Onslow County into i very prosperous section since De cember 1940. Redisposition and convalesent command concerns it-self with re urned wounded fliers. While giv ng them medical care and treat nent, the command also instructs hem in schools of various types, naking them better equipped to rain men. to return to combat, or o enter civilian life again. At what strength the camp will je maintained could not be stated ■ esterday. but it was believed here md at Holly Ridge that the 2.000 )ed hospital at Camp Davis in lucnced the Army Air Force's de cision. When the Air Forces will of icially take over by sending in its )crsonnel was not known definite y yesterday, Colonel Potts was "holding on" as commanding of icer until relieved. It is unlikely hat he. a popular commander who H'omoted the interests of this sec ion of the state along with carry ng out his official duties, will be •etained at Camp Davis. "I want to take this opportunity o express my deep appreciation or the splendid cooperation the 3Wade J.,Everett, 45. -of Sunset ^ark. Wilmington, died at the James Walker Hospital in Wilming on on Thursday, December 28, after a short illness. Well known in Onslow County, VIr. Everett was the county com missioner of Stump Sound Town ship from 1939 to 1940 and served as Onslow County Tax Collector n 1941. For almost three years, worked at Camp Davis. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Wade J. Everett: two brothers, Rodolph D. Everett of Holly Ridge and Don W. Everett of Wilming ;on: and three sisters. Mrs. Evelyn Yopp of Sneads Ferry. Mrs. Millie Smith of Sneads Ferry and Mrs. Ora King of Hampstead. The funeral was conducted by Ihc Rev. C. E. Baker. Baptist min ister of Wilmington, from the home on Saturday. December 30th at 3 p.m. Burial was in the Stump Sound cemetery. Navy's Seabees Third Birthday Is Celebrated % Norfolk, Va.—The Navy's Sea bees—the world's fastest and most skillful construction men. who'll drop hammer and saw to pick up a gun in the twinkling of an eye— have just celebrated their birth day. Some of the first Seabees were trained near here at Camp Allen and Camp Bradford. Later, an even larger training unit was established at Camp Peary, to which men from the original camps were transfer red. An organization that has been matured by it? participation in every major amphibious invasion from Guadalcanal through the cur rent Philippine campaign, the Sea bees have grown from an original force of only 3.300 men to one of more than 234,000. Today, more than three-fourths of them (75.2 per cent1 are overseas, fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Army and the Marines. Woody Simpson Now Second Lieutenant In Marine Corps ©Quantico, Va., Dec. 21.—Marine Second Lieutenant Woodrow Hans Simpson, son of toria Hurd of 319 Bordeaux street, Jacksonville, N. C., has been gra duated from the Fifty Sixth Of ficer Candidate's Class, Marine Corps Schools here. Lt. Simpson at it e n d e d Wake est, N. C. where he majored in law. He enlisted in the Corps Jan uary 29, 1941 and joined the Of ficer Candidate's Class August 30, 1944 from Camp Lejeune, N. C. His wife, the former Dorothy Drew Warlick, resides in Jackson