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THE ONSLOW COUNTY The New» and View* Leads to News and Views Paid Circulation, r. Local Advertising, National Advertising, Classified Advertising* </*, Onslow County Newa. The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County *'» VOL. VII, NO. 51 JACKSONVILLE, N. C.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 19*5 PRICE 82.00 PER YEAR 'DOWN EAST WITH I BILLY ARTHUR # ftalcigh—Thursday was a big day here, my birthday. The House of Representatives and the Senate met in joint session, there was a parade, folks were making pictures, bands played, lots of people were in town, and the streets were bedecked with bunt ing. But. Lester Rose, an enterpris ing chamber of commerce secre tary, decided he'd make some-to-clo of it and tied in some sort of an occasion with my celebration with the result that a man named Cherry stole the show. I didn't even get a look-in, and from now on I'm not going to tell a chamber of com mcrcc secretary anything. ^Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott disclosed the other night that he once had experience with Onslow County's celebrated sulphur water. "Back in 1922," he related. "I sold a carload of cows to Frederick W. Hargett, and went down to Jack sonville to see about it. I got a room at the hotel there, and made out all right with one exception— the water. I just couldn't drink the water that came out of the over flow. and I was there four days. Do you know how I made out? I'll tell you. Watermelons were in sea son about that time, and I ate watermelon everytime I wanted some water." 0Old timers around Raleigh .still inquire about Horace Grant, who was up here in 1923. 0 "Cousin" Wayland Spruill was talking the other day about The State having had a write-up about ♦he late Dr. Cyrus Thompson ol Onslow County, and recalled a story which he said Dr. Hubert Royster of Raleigh once related of a meeting in which Dr. Thompson made an address. According to "Cousin" Wayland, who was repeating the story. Dr. Thompson was assigned some learn ed subject to discuss at a medical meeting, and did a splendid Job of it. But not to the liking of a mem ber who hailed from one of the larger towns and who was jealous of his knowledge of the same sub ject. So. he arose in protest: "Dr. Thompson is a wonderful practioneer." he began. "In his realm, he does marvelous works, but he works among the country people, the people in the sticks, and hasn't had the experience with the subject that he professed to have had. Now, if he had been assigned a subject such as horses and pigs and cattle, he could have poken from first hand experience About that time. Dr. Thompson is said to have asked the speaker to yield, which he did. And, the Onslowan said: "My critic is correct, had I been assigned some topic to do with horses, pigs and cattle, I could have spoken with first hand exper ience. However, in all my life I've never curried a jackass, but I'm going to do it now." With that, according to the story. Dr. Thompson lashed into his critic with his voluminous vocabulary and gave the jackass a currying, so to speak, that made everyone in the audience cringe and the critic wish he had never gotten to his feet in the first place. 0They were telling a story in the lobby of the Sir Walter hotel the other night about how politicians try to get close to the people, par ticularly around campaigning time. They don't want the people to think they are big dogs. This one campaigner, so the story went, was trying to emphasize that he was a man of the soil, a man who had come up the hard way. "I was raised on a farm." he told his listeners. "I even grew up between two rows of corn." "Hugh." interrupted a heckler, "a pumpkin!" 0Lt. Gov. Reg Harris, who re tired from office this week, said a retiring lieutenant governor has a unique feeling — different from anything else. "I feel just as use less as a last year's almanac," he said. 0 Rep. Ed Tonissen watched me fire up my pipe the other night, and blurted out: "You're burning soft coal now, are you?" £As the inaugural parade near the place I was standing the other day, I kept telling the fellows I was to wait for the Women's Re serve band from Camp Lejeune if they wanted to hear something good. But the band never showed up. It seems their bus broke down and they didn't get in until late. However, they took up a place near the entrance to the Raleigh audi torium and practically every per son had to pass right by them to get in. So, when the parade started back. I told the gang again to wait 'til they heard "my band." But when the gals passed the place where I was, they didn't play a single lick. And the fellows ribbed me again. Anyhow, they were snappy in appearance and drew a bigger \ land even silent than did the other >ands when they were playing. 0Col. Adam Potts, who has made a definite contribution to this sec tion of the state in his official duties and extra-curricular activi ties, so to speak, while command ing officer at Camp Davis, fired a parting shot Monday toward a (Continued on Fage Six) Onslowans Serving In Armed Forces LEE THOMAS MOBLBY. 0 Lee Thomas Mobley, seaman first class, of Beulaville, is stationed with the Navy in the South Pacific. Seaman Mobley. son of Mrs. Mary Mobley of Beulaville, has been in service since January 30. at which time he was engaged in farming. Tokyo Insisi Are Headed By Associated Press 0 The Tokyio radio reported yes terday that more than 450 Ameri can transports are "steaming north towards Luzon" island in the Phil ippines where the Japanese broad casts said more than 70 warships and swarms of carrier planes bombarded Lin a yon Gulf. 120 mil es north of Manila continuously for two days. General MacArthur's Headquar ters. Philippines—(AP>—American troops are within 90 miles of Man ila. but the Army and Navy today offered no support to Japanese claims that the Yanks actually are preparing an immediate invasion of Luzon island. American forces were reported to have moved 15 miles up the west coast of Mindoro island to capture a Paluan town. 30 miles from Lu zon. Yanks Cut German Suppiy Road; Bombers Strike Af Munich 0 Paris— (AP) — The Belgian bulge of the German army was not all nipped off today, but American forces cut one of the last two Ger man supply roads in three places and brought Glamierge within ar tillery range. General Von Runstedt's thrust into Alsace was strengthened, how ever. and the Germans continued to cling to the Maas bridge head in Holland. 16th Raid In 17 Days 0 London—(AP) —British based American heavy bombers today struck at Germany after two great fleets of RAF bombers, totaling probably 1.000 planes, bombed Mu nich twice last night. Today's raid was the 16th by superforts and liberators of the Eight Air Force in the past 17 days. Trying To Relieve Budapest London —(AP) —The German drive to relieve Budapest today reached within 20 miles of the cap ital but Moscow claimed the Rus sians threatened to flank the Nazis in a desperate move. Thomas E. Marshburn, Jacksonville, Is Home After Pacific Duty 0 Thomas E. Marshburn, BMlc, USN, of Jacksonville. Rt. 1. has arrived here to spend a short leave after spending eleven months in the Pacific. Prior to his assignment to the Pacific, Marshburn spent eight months in the European theater. He is the son of Leslie Marsh burn of Rt. 1. Jacksonville. Marsh burn will report to Norfolk, Va. next week for reassignment. Men Now Deferred Face Prospect Of Draft Call Under New Orders 0 Washington—AP—National Sel ective Service has ordered the in duction of occupationally-deferred men, including those below general Army physical standards, who quit their essential jobs without draft board approval. The action followed swiftly on President Roosevelt's message to Congress recommending sweeping new jobs controls. He urged Na tional Service legislation, .action to make more effective use of 4-Fs, and a draft of nurses for the armed forces. Designed to halt "job-skipping", once a deferment has been obtain ed, the order makes five million men aged 18 through 37 subject to military duty under whattSelective Service calls "drastically lower" physical standards. The Army will fix special draft quotas for this group, and such in ductees will be assigned to other than regular Army duties. The new tightening of the gov ernment's grip on manpower covers all men deferred for occupational reasons except those in agriculture, whose deferment is protected by the Tydings amendment. Men who left the jobs for which they were deferred and took less essential work were ordered re classified recently, but the new ac tion plugs a loophole by covering those registrants whose physical im pairment gave the government no hold over them. Thus, the new regulation covers men classed as 2-AL and 2-BL, who would be eligible for limited serv ice if not deferred, and 2-AF, 2 BF. who would be classed 4-F if not deferred, in addition to those listed as 2-A and 2-B (engaged in essen tial work or direct war production). JAMES W. JONES. pfc. James W. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jones of Richlands, Route 2. is stationed with the Army in the Hawaiian Islands He was employed by the Carolina Coach Company when he entered service. :ing Yanks For Luzon Onslow Blue Star Brigaders Finish Second in Region 12 £ New Bern—Women in the six counties of Region 12 bought and sold E. F. and G war bonds aggre gating S737.419.15 during the Sixth War Loan campaign, $137,419.15 or 23 per cent above their goal of $000,000 issue value to pay for a B-29 Superfortress, it was announc ed here today by Gertrude Carra way. regional chairman of the wom en's division of the War Finance Committee. Reports by counties follow: Crav en County, Mrs. S. H. Fowler of New Bern, chairman. $304,819.40; Onslow. Mrs. David C. Sabiston and Mrs. Charles Warn of Jacksonville, co-chairmen, $199,425: Lenoir, Mrs. John J. Rowland of Kinston. chair man. $86,382.25 ; Carteret, Cora Joslyn of Morehead City, chair man. $79,992.50; Jones, Mrs Lurley Whitty Hines of Pollocksviile, chairman, $35,000; and Pamlico County. Bethany Campen of Bay boro, chairman, $31,800. A Superfortress will bear the name of the region or its counties thus raising the cost of the airplane in war bond sales. In cooperation with other counties in the State, which also paid for B-29 planes in bond ;ales, the region will be rep resented at a meeting in Raleigh when a model of a B-29 will be presented to the State for display in the Hall of History. Clark Advises Farmers To Take Inventory Before Census £ Charles G. Clark, Onslow Coun ty farm agent, yesterday issued a reminder to Onslow County farm ers advising them to ake an inven ory of their farm operations in order that they may have factual information to give to the farm census-taker when he visits Onslow County farmes. Such preliminary inventories, Clark said, will save time for the farmer, as well as the census-taker. According to Clark, information needed will include: Acreage of the various crops planted in 1944: the yield of these crops: the amount of fertilizer used: the cost of the fer tilizer: the number of livestock and poultry and the purpose for which they are used; the number of work stock: the value of farm buildings: the number of farm buildings and dwellings: the number of people living on the farm and their ages; the number of fruit trees; and the amount of products sold from live stock. crops, and fruit trees. The first agricultural census was taken in 1940. and the 1945 census will be the 14th tak°n. The informa tion is used to keep the nation up to-date on agricultural conditions. 0 Afghanistan has a population of 7,000. 000. Pvt. Linell H. Mallard, Maysville, Awarded Purple Heart 0 Pvt. Linell II. Mallard, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Mallard of Route 1, Maysville, has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Germany, November 21, accord ing to information received by his mother from the War De partment He is now recuper ating in an army hospital in England. Pvt. Mallard entered the army in December, 1943. and received training at Camp Rlanding, Florida, before go ing overseas last June. Pfc. Leslie E. Mallard, brother of the soldier, also sta tioned in England was present to witness the decoration. Thompson Announces Final Figures in 6!h War Loan Drive £ J. C. Thompson, chairman of the Onslow County Sixth War Loan campaign, today announced the ■following figures as the final report of the campaign: Series E bonds. $17:5.946.25; overall sale of bonds. $721,056.25. Thompson pointed out that while Onslow County did not meet the E bond quota of $303,000. the overall county quota of $394,000. was nearly doubled. "That's a mighty fine record," said Thompson, "and each and every person who helped in this campaign did a fine job." Swansboro Will Have Efficient Fire Departmenf 0The citizens of Swansboro held a meeting January 4. and organized a volunteer fire department for the town. Tlie following men will rep resent the fire department: John Bell, chief: H. .J. Webb, assistant chief; Vincent Carney. Harry M. Moore. J. F. Littleton. J. A. Little ton. R. T. Webb, Leon Sewell. Willie Moore. Elmo Moore. Jodie Moore. H. B. Guin, Alton Knight. Everett Canady. Jim Canadv, Jessie Moore. Sr.. Thomas Parkins. Thomas Bar field. Hub Ward, Kenneth Twy man, B. P. Davis, Joe Kirkman, Jessie Moore. Jr.. Jack Bell. Rob Carney. Sam Alliegood and Simmie Phillips. The fireman ask the cooperation from all the citizens of the town so that they may have a diligent fire department. A siren is located on top of Davis' store. They ask that all citizens respect the signal of the fire which shall be the blowing of the siren—one long and two short blows. The fireman will practice next week and the citizens may expect the siren at any time. The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Swansboro passed a city ordinance to the effect that blowing the siren at any time ex cept for fire signal <?r blackout is unlawful. Any person or persons violating this ordinance will be fined not less than twenty five dollars and cost or thirty days on the streets. Farm and Home Agents Will Hold Joint Meetings in January 0Miss Laura Beatty. home agent, and Charles G. Clark, farm agent for Onslow County, have announc ed that all meetings hold by the agents in the month of January are joint meetings and everyone i> invi cd to attend. This is being done to prepare schedules and discuss the outlook of the farm and the home for 1945, the agents said. Junius L. Wiggins, Richlands, With Naval Air Force in Pacific 0 Chief Petty Officer Junius Leon ard Wiggins. 25, of Richlands, ].•> serving with the Naval Air Forces in the South Pacific. He has been in service for five years. A brother Pvt. Alton Earl Wiggins. 18, is in training at Camp Blanding, Fla. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Elaster Wiggins of Richlands. STILL IS DESTROYED 0 Deputies Sheriff James Likens and Willis Johnson destroyed a 100-gallon still in the Harris Creek section Friday night. The still was in operation but the operators were not present. Seven barrels of mash and eight gallons of whiskey were destroyed and confiscated. Pvt. Ned B. Taylor, Richlands, Wounded In European Theater 0Pvt. Ned B. Taylor, son of Mrs. Lucy B. Taylor of Rich lands. route two. has been wounded in action in the Euro pean theater of operations. Killed I T. (iff) EAR!. F. IIORNE 01.1. (jgi Earl V. Home. 22. of Richlands. was .killed in the crash of a Navy PBY patrol plane in the Mediterranean theater on October 15th. Onslow Over the Top in Christmas Seal Drive # K. T. Knight. Jr.. chairman of the Onslow County Tuberculosis Christmas Seal drive, today an nounced that Onslow County is over the top again. The quota this year was set at $2,000 and the total returns as of thus morning was $2,016.11. Knight said that this was very gratifying and that the Onslow County people had done a wonder ful job in this drive. He pointed out that 75 per cent of this amount will be used locally, in carrying on this very important work. The drive will continue until the first of March and Knight said that he hoped that everyone who has not made his return as yet would find an opportunity to do so in the near future. SSgt. L. D. Wilkins, Dixon, Wins Third Oak Leaf Cluster #At 12th AAF Fighter-Bomber Base in Italy—SSgt. I.. D. Wilkins. son of Mrs. J. D. Wilkins. Dixon, N. C\. radar man. can now wear the third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Dis tinguished UriitBadge, now that his unit, the 27th Fighter Group, a veteran P-40 Thunderbolt air sup port outfit, has become the first AAF Unit in the Mediterranean Theater to be cited four times in War Department General Orders. In a "grueling, day-long assault." the General Orders read, "the 27th Fighter Group, coordinated with at tacks of other units of the Allied Air Forces, prevented the transfer of overwhelmingly powerful rein forcements and contributed in great measure to the successful establishment of the Salerno beach head." The 27th Fighter Group has previously been cited for its gal lantry in action on Bataan and .Java and in the skies over Austra lia in the early days of the war with Japan. Sgt. Wilkins graduated from Dixon High School. He was em ployed as a timekeeper with the Marine Barracks. New River, V C. He attended both the Scott Field Radio school and the Boca Raton Radar school upon his entry into the service. <)NT ASSEMBLY' SCHEDULE 0Raleigh—iAP>- Introduction of the North Carolina finanace and ap propriations bills and reading of Governor Cherry's message are on schedule for the General Assem bly Wednesday. TO HOLD DINNER 0The annual supper meeting of the Jacksonville fire department will be held at Coleman's Restau rant tomorrow night. HUNTING EST GOVERNOR § New Holland. V C.—One of the la-t things Governor .1. M. Brough ton of North Carolina did before retiring from office was to take Governor Colgate L. Darden. Jr., o!" Virginia on a gooseluint at Lake Mattamuskeet. Both hunters got their limit of two on the first day. It was Dar ilen's first try at waterfowl shoot ing. The second day they killed one goose, but quit the hunt early to return to Raleigh. Governor Broughton was con sidered the hunt ingest and fish ingest governor this state ever had. Postal Receipts Show Increase But Carloadings Decline in 1944 ^Postal receipts for 1944 in Ja'ck sonville amounted to $59,930.20. a gain of more than $(>.000 over the previous year, but arrivals and de partures of carloads of freight showed a decrease, a survey dis closed yesterday. Assistant Postmaster F r a n k Smith reported that postal receipts for the year ending December 31 were $6,087.51 above the $53,842.69 for 1943. A gain was shown in every quarter during the year, the peak business being recorded during the December quarter when receipts amounted to $18,356.39. Business for the other three quarters was $13,604.66 for the March period, $14,634.77 for the June quarter and $13,344.38 for the September period. A total of 10.626 carloads of freight was handled through Jack sonville by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad during the year, according to L. A. Pitt-man. local agent. While that figure is under the 1943 peak of 15,113 carloads, it must be remembered that construction of Camp Lejeune was still underway at thai time. However, the figure is significant in view of the fact that in 1940 before the Army and Navy settled in Onslow County only 837 carloads of freight were handled. Post Office Here Is Seeking New Quarters 1945 Crop of Babies Off fo Start With Birth of Two Girls Q Martha Lucille Cole, daughter nf Sgt. and Mrs. Morris Colo of Jacksonville was the first baby born in the New Year at the-Ons low County Hospital. Martha was born on January 2nd. Sgt. Cole is with tile Seventh Army overseas. The first baby born at the Family Hospital section of the U. S. Naval Hospital at Camp Lejeunc, was al>o a girl. Jeanne Lois Nickerson was born to Major and Mrs. Norman K. Nickerson whose home is in Niagara Falls. N. V. Jeanne was also born on January 2nd. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Will Meef Tonight #The Board of Directors ol tiic Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight at the Elm Street USO at a p. m. All members of the board are re quested to make every effort to be present as this is an important meeting and plans are to be made for the coming fiscal year. EPISCOPAL SCHEDULE £ Services at St. Anne's Episco pal Church next Sunday. .January 14, being the second Sunday after Epiphany, are church school at 9:45 a.m.. and morning prayer and sermon at 11 o'clock. Sermon sub ject: "Making Christ Known Through the Church." Choir prac tice. Thursday evening at 7:30. The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, Bishop of the Diocese of East Caro lina. will visit St. Anne's Sunday morning. January 21st. at 11 o'clock, for the administration of the Apostolic Rite of the Laying on of Hands." or Confirmation. The assistant minister in charge will be at the Church each Thursday eve ning at 7 o'clock for any special preparation by those desiring to be confirmed. The assistant- minister in charge now has a telephone in his resi dence. The number is 921-8. SHOE RATIONING 0 Washington—AP—Price Admin istrator Chester Bowles has assured the nation that there is "not a chance in a million" that any out standing shoe ration stamps will be cancelled. In a succinct statement prompted by "panic-buying" of shoes through out the country, he said: "Not a chance in a million. We are not going to cancel any out standing shoe stamps." Ration stamps now valid for shoe purchases arc Airplane Stamps One. Two and Three. February 1st Is Final Date to Apply for 1945 Grower Tobacco 0 All eligible producers who are interested in applying for a new grower flue-cured or hurley tobac co allotment for 15)45 should file their request at the Onslow County AAA Office prior to February 1. 1945. according to Herbert C. Riggs, chairman, Onslow County AAA Committee. Riggs pointed out that the an nouncement by the War Food Ad ministration that marketing quotas will apply on these two types of tobacco for the markr'lng year 1945-46 specified that five per cent of the national marketing quota would be made available for estab lishing new allotments. 'To be eligible for such an allot ment either the farm operator or the person growing the tobaco, shall be living on the farm and largely dependent on the farm for his livelihood," Riggs stated. TOWN BOARD MEETS 0'1'he Jacksonville Town Board of Commissioners will meet at the City Hall tonight at 8 o'clock. E. J. Petteway Elected President of Chamber Of Commerce © K .J. Petteway was elected presi dent of the .facksonvill- Chamber of Commerce at their meeting on las; Thursday night at the Elm Street ISO. He succeeds J. C. Thompson who served in this capacity in 1944. Other officers elected were: Deane C. Taylor, vice-president: I.. K. Rudi.sill. secretary and Harvey Boney. treasurer. To the Board of Directors: John H. Aman. Father W. S. O'Byrne, Wesley Conkling. Raymond Harts field. G. !•:. Maultsby. Car! Hales, James KalanzLs and Ramon Askew, who will serve on the board auto ma ti calls- as president of the Jack sonville Kiwanis club. This was the first meeting of the Chamber in the Elm Street USO and the members gave Mr. George See, cSirector, a rising \flote of thanks a.s a symbol of their ap preciation at having the lounge made available for their meetings. 4 More Men From Onslow County Enlist in Navy 0 Several young men from this area have recently volunteered for service in the U. S. Navy, accord ing to Navy Recruiter Harry Gat ton who visits the Jacksonville Post Office each Friday morning. They are: M ait land H. Marsh burn and Jack R. Newbold of Route I. Jacksonville: Matthew H. Mon ette. Mavsville and Clarence L. Melton, Hubert. Netherland Marine Formerly Stationed Here Wriles of Holland 0Editor's Note: The following is a letter received by I. G. Simpson of 305 Marine Blvd.. Jacksonville, recently from Cpl. Theodore van Asten. a native of Holland and a member of the Hoval Netherlands Marines who was stationed here at Camp Leieune for some time last fall. During the time he was here, Cpl. van Asten and several of his buddies, whom he refers to in his letter, spent considerable time in the Simpson home and in many others in town. When stationed here, van Asten said that he had not seen his par ents for several years and was anxious to find them again. His wife is now living in a neutral country and he has never seen the son he speaks of. Knowing that many of the Jack sonville people entertained these boys last fall and even helped teach them the English language, we pass his letter along to you. P.S.: The "sigars" are already on their way. Nov. 21. 1944 Dear Family Simpson: The first I want to do. to send you the best wishes for the Christ mas and a happy New Year. 1 hope you all will be all right. I'm still all right and 1 hope to see my par ents soon. I'm still in my country but 1 haven't seen my parents yet. We have been in battle several times but we are on a quiet place now. It is very cold here and wet. I never expected a wet autumn ljue it is now. We better can use -ats instead of trucks. We're still going on forward. It is very bad in Holland now. I never thought i; should be so bad. 1 expected to fight against men. soldiers but we are fighting against animals. It happened in a village in Holland that the Germans blew up a church with 200 civilians in it. 135 were killed, the rest of them were in jured. Flying bombs and rockets are falling everywhere. I never thought a war could be so bloody, but I hope the war will soon ends. The Germans have stolen every thing out of Holland. We can't get food. beer, sigars or siga?rettes. Nothing at all. 1 want to give my father when I see him. some sigars. Would you be so kind to send some to me. When you send them, call the price and I'll send you the money right away. I hope you will do it for me. 1 wanted to send you a Christmas card but can't find them. Everything is gone down here. stolen by Germans. Martin. Franken. van de Beek and my person are still well. May waard is death. Killed in action about 5 weeks ago. I should send you the message sooner but I couldn't. Aly wife and baby boy are all right and I hope to see them as soon as possible. Does my wife still write to you? 1 hope she does. 1 finish my letter now and \ hope to get an answer soon. Many regards from the boys you know, and many wishes for the Christ mas days. 1 hope to see you people soon again. Cpl. Theodore van Asten. Cpl. Theodore van Asten, Royal Netherlands Brig. "Princess Irene" 2nd Unit B.L.A. Holland £ . 0 Larger quarters for a Jackson ville post ofl'ioe is in the offing, ac cording to a formal call for bids to Furnish suitable space, posted in the lobby last week. Some 4.000 square feet of floor space would be provided by the successful bidder on a five to ten /ear lease, the bids point out. They a ill be received through February 1th. In explaining the call for bids, Postmaster R. C. Warlick said that jids could be entered for a new )r an old building—in any event, me that would meet the specifica Lions which are on file in his office. He will also supply information •elativc to the manner of bidding. The need for larger quarters for lie post office, which is rated first •lass, has been acute for some ime. Not even the decrease in gen eral delivery mail has had any ?ffect upon the need. Much larger space than the office low has also is one of the requi sites the post office must meet be ore city delivery of mail can be started. While that would sharply curtail the heavy traffic before the general delivery window, space -till would be needed for city car riers* racks. D. L. Phillips, local real estate leveloper. is almost certain to be >ne of the bidders, because he has ilready offered to erect a building >n property he owns lying between L'ourt street: extension and the by pass highway. While that is not iow in the center of the business listrict. postal inspectors have de cided it was the geographical cen er of the town. The notice which has been posted •eads as follows: In compliance with instructions rom the post office department, Postmaster R. C. Warlick is invit ng bids on proposals to lease post jffiee quarters. 1. Floor .space required will be iround 4.000 square feet. 2. The period of the lease will be or 5 or 10 years. 3. Bidders are required to state )rice per year. 4. If interested, sec local post naster for details. 5. No bids will be accepted after reb. 4, 1945 at 6:00 p.m. Rsv. A. D. Leon Gray Will Head Polio Drive in Onslow 0 Pointing out that the 1944 epi lemic of infantile paralysis was ho second worst outbreak of the lisease in its history in the United states. Rev. A. D. Leon Gray, chair nan of the 1945 polio campaign in his county, issued a statement to :lay in which he emphasized the 'need to reinforce our lines of de fense against this insidious enemy )f childhood." The annual fund appeal is being conducted this year from January 14-31 in celebration of the Presi dent's Birthday, and. as in the past, most of the funds will be to com bat polio in this State. Although North Carolina had one 3f its worse epidemics of infantile paralysis during the past year, the death rate from the dread disease was the lowest ever recorded, solely because the funds to provide the best possible medical aid and equip ment were immediately available. Chairman Gray pointed out. This record proves again that quick hospitalization of victims is imperative and the campaign this year will be pointed towards funds to support adequate hospital facili ties to serve the growing number of persons stricken each year, the Chairman said. "8inee no one knows where, or how hard, polio may strike in 1945. we must again be ready to meet the attack wherever it may come," Chairman Gray said. Through November 21 of this past year, 848 cases of infantile paralysis had been reported to the State Board of Health since before the epidemic last summer: Of this number 18 patients have received treatment at the Hickory Polio Emergency Hospital, the Gastonia Orthopaedic Hospital and the Char lotte Memorial Hospital. Four hun dred and thirty-five were treated at Hickory. Only 13 deaths were reported at these three hospitals, making the lowest death rate ever recorded for an infantile paralysis epidemic. Eighty-three per cent of the hos pitalized cases reported will re turn to normal or near-normal health, as a result of early and modern treatment, while only 17 per cent will retain some paralysis. Jacksonville Stores Will Close Wednesday P. M.s Starting Tomorrow QI.. E. Rudiselll. chairman of the Jacksonville Business Men's Associ ation. lias announced that stores in Jacksonville will close every after noon at one p. m. starting tomor row. until the first Wednesday in December. Holiday closings will be announ ced in the near future.