THE ONSLOW COUNTY .... The New. and Tltwi Leads la T n T ® Paletter turn back then, because once , inside that inner room there was no turning around. And little did ] the attractive women know that : their immaculate dresses, hair and corsages would have to be fixed again after going up those steps ' and standing, some more. But the strains of music coming from another room caught my ears. Caught. I said. The strains really took hold. Is that, I wondered, what we appropriated $3,000 for? Fid dlers? But there was Gregg. He really looked good. However you could tell he didn't like that stiff collar, and that he had probably practiced for the occasion by wearing a horse collar for two weeks. Boy, what he would have given for a chew of tobacco! You could see it written all over his face. But Mrs. Cherry was her usual lovely, beautiful self. From there on out it was some thing! You were jerked from one person to another, speedily, as if the full dress suits the men were wearing had to be back at the ren tal agency by 10 p.m., or there would be an extra charge. Only three people, Lynn Nesbit observed, didn't mind the hand shaking—Lt. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Mrs. Kerr Scott—"because you folks are old milk hands, and ac customed to this hand squeezing business." "What do you mean?" Mrs. Scott demanded. "Kerr doesn't do any milking now. I do it all." And Sen. Joe Blythe wanted to know if my mother was going to stay with me and keep me on good behavior. "I'm always on my good behav ior," I told him. "Turned over a new leaf." "What's on the other side?" Joe asked. And, moving on down the line, I discovered what that $3,000 went for—weak punch. And just one cup. After that, the visitors were on their own. And being on mine, the exit was inviting. Isn't fresh air wonderful. Pvt. Eddie Lovitt Awarded Combat Infantryman Badge % With the Fifth Army. Italy Private First Class Eddie B. Lovitt, son of Mr. William J. Lovitt, whose home is on Route 2. Jacksonville, N. C.. has been cited by the 338th Infantry Regiment of the 85th "Custer" Division and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for ac tual participation in combat against the enemy with Lieutenant Gen eral Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.'s. Fifth Army in Italy. Standards for the badge are high. The decoration is awarded to the infantry soldier who has proved his fighting ability in com bat. Three Murphy Brothers in Service Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Murphy of Swansboro are serving in the armed forces. Gar land Murphy, left, entered the Navy last July and is stationed at Camp Peary, Va. Pfc. Paul A. Murphy, center, entered the Army last June and is now in^England. Pvt. Vance P. Murphy, right centered the Army in November, 1943, and is in Germany. _ 1945 March of Dimes Will Get Underway in Onslow County Sunday #The 1945 fund-raising appeal of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis in celebration of the President's Birthday will be opened officially throughout the nation Sunday night by Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation, in a coast-to-coast broadcast over a national network. The appeal will continue through January 31 and is the twelfth an nual campaign in the war against infantile paralysis, Onslow County campaign director A. D. Leon Gray said in announcing county plans for participation. "Last year", Mr. Gray said. "America sustained the second worst epidemic of infantile para lysis ever to hit the nation in the history of the disease. More than 18,000 people were stricken and many of 1944's victims will re quire medical care and treatment for a long period of time. Many of these victims were in the state oi North Carolina. "We do not know what is in store for the county or any other county of the nation in 1945. But it is up to us. all of us. to value the life, health and welfare of our children by preparing now for any eventuality." "Onslow County was most for tunate last year, because there were only five of our children stricken with the disease, and only two of those have required con tinued hospitalization." Mr. Gray pointed out that were it not for the dimes and dollars contributed by the people to previ ous anneals of the National Founda tion thousands of children who are now recovered from infantile para lysis might still be disabled. "Treat ment of the disease is expensive, costing more than $500,000 in North Carolina alone last year, but it is the duty and privilege of all of us to join in insuring every aid for our afflicted children. While our men and women are engaged in winning the war abroad it is up to'us at home to win the homo-front fight against infantile paralysis. Every participant in the March of Dimes will help today's children to go forward in strength and health to fulfill their destiny in tomorrow's America. Mr. Gray is fast getting the cam paign in full swing and definite plans together with the list of Ons low County chairmen will be an nounced next week. Americans On Luzon Stretch Beachead 22 Miles;Drive Inland 9 General McArthur's Headquar ers, Philippines — AP — Manila >ound American infantrymen have tretched their beachhead on Luzon o cover 22 miles of the Lingayen 5ulf and have driven inland and •aptured four of the island's key owns. Lingayen City. Dagupan, Malgdan, and San Fabian are al ready in the hands of the Ameri cans as well as one airfield on he island. Japanese reinforcements are re sorted to be pouring up from the south and struggling over bomb cut roads toward the Agno river line where the first major battle of the campaign is expected to take place. So far the most damaging op position has come from the sea where Japanese planes and torpedo boats hit several American ships in a convoy which were bringing up additional 14th Corps reinforce ments. British And ELAS Leaders Are Reported To Reach Agreement 0 Athens—AP — General Scobie las announced that after a nine rour discussion. British authorities ind left-wing leaders have arrived at a large measure agreement for the term of the "cease fire order" there. Belgian Bulge Collapsing % Paris—AP—American and Bri ish troops have now advanced more :han three miles into the fast col apsing western side of the Belgian julge from which Von Rudstedt is staging a disorderly withdrawal. Signs today were that the Nazi commander is hoping to establish i new line of defense west of the German border extending fifteen nils to Vielsalm. Battle for Hungary Seen £ Moscow—AP—The final battle "or Hungary seemed strongly indi cated to be in the immediate offing oday as German troops staged an all-out effort to reach the Nazi gar rison in Budapest. Germans are facing threats of aeing outflanked by Russian troops advancing strongly north of the Danube. Allies In Upper Burma 0 Southeast Asia Command Hdq. —(AP)—British troops have seiz ed the Shwebo airport, while Alli ed troops are reported to be occu pying completely the last large Japanese Bastion in Upper Burmo, north of Mandalay. IAPS IN U. S. CLOTHES 0 Somewhere in the Pacific—(De layed)—Two or three Japanese killed on Guam by a Marine patrol xerc wearing the summer uni ■orms of the Marine Corps —khaki garrison cap. shirt and trousers, and field shoe, according :o Sgt. Harold A. Breard, Marine ^orps combat correspondent. Kiwanis Committees For 1945 Are Announced At Recent Meeting 0The Jacksonville Kiwanis Club announced the 1945 committees and chairmen at their regular meet ing at the Pine Lodge USO last Tuesday They are as follows: House Committee: Deane Taylor, chairman; Steve Stefanou. C. W. Conkling, Jack Koonce and C. V. Cheney. Program Committee: Z. E. Mur rell, chairman; Father W. S. O'Byrne and Gautier Jackson. Business Standards: Sam Lcder. chairman; W. H. Bodenhamer, and G. E. Maultsby. Public Affairs and Relationships: Maurice Margolis, chairman; E. T. Meeks. Jr., James Murrill and Roy McFatter. Agriculture: J. H. Aman, chair man; and J. M. Stingley. Boys and Girls and Underprivi leged Children: F. N. Cox. chair man; Dr. J. P. Henderson and Dean Sullivan. Attendance: Rev. A. D. Leon Gray, chairman; Jack Peck, L. E. Rudisill and L. A. Pittman. Finance: W. L. Ketchum, chair man: P. V. Capps, J. C. Collins, and J. C. Petteway. Music: J. C. Thompson, chair man: C. B. Craig, Reese B. Walter and G. E. Maultsby. Inter-club relations: Reese B. Walter, chairman; J. it. Carroll, Tom Shugart. Raymn\d Hartsfield, and Herman Faibaum. Citizenship and Vocational Gui dance: Judge Harvey Boney, chair man, and James Kalanzis. Publicity: Sam SacknofT. chair man: Billy Arthur, and Gautier Jackson. Education: A. B. Johnson, chair man; and C. B. Craig. Support of Churches: Dr. L. R. Turner, chairman; and Carl W. Hales. Classification and Membership: B. J. Holleman. chairman; Dr. H. W. Stevens and John D. Warlick. Good Cheer: E. D. Knauff, chair man; James Lynch. Morris Trach tenburg and Bob Hartsfield. Post War Planning: T. Newton Cook, chairman: A. T. Griffin, E. J. Petteway, George Buchanan and Lou Katzin. An interesting program was pre sented by Z. E. Murrell who held a question and answer quiz pro gram on the subject of "Know Your Town." J. C. Thompson, accompanied by Mrs. Ramon Askew led in the group singing. Guests present at the meeting were: Rev. L. Grady Burgiss, R. S Pinkston, Mrs. Ramon Askew and J. H. Havens of Tarboro. MAKES HONOR ROLL 0Miss Marie Coston. freshman of Maysville. was one of seventy eight students to make the honor roll at Elon College, according to announcements made recently by the registrar's office. Adrian Smith, Formerly Of Hubert, Reported Seriously Wounded # Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Smith of Delco, formerly of Hubert in Onslow County, have been notified by the War Depart ment that their son, Corporal Adrian Smith, was seriously wounded in Germany on Dec. 18. Corporal Smith has been in the army for 17 years, has seen duty in all parts of the world and has been in combat for ZVi years in North Africa, England, Germany, Holland and Bel gium. A brother, C.G.M. L. G. Smith, USX, is on a destroyer overseas. A sister, Lt. Ruth Smith. A.N.C. is on Saipan and another brother. Pfc. Jul ian Smith is in the army at Camp Gruber, Okla. Corporal Smith is the broth er of Mrs. Rob Hartsfield of Jacksonville. Supertorts Attack Enemy Installations On Malay Peninsula 0 Washington — AP — Superfort resses yesterday started thunder ing across the Bay of Bengal to hammer at Japanese military in stallations on the Malay Peninsula. The size of the attacking force and the specific targets were undis closed in the communique. Camp Davis to Re-Open Immediately as Air ForGe Convalescent Center #Camp Davis, which was recently closed after being used for more than three years as an anti-aircraft training center, will be reopened immediately under the jurisdiction of the Army Air Forces for con valescent Army Air Forces person nel and in connection with the dis tribution center program. Announcement to this effect was made tonight by Rep. Graham A. Barden, who stated that the War Department general staff had offi cially authorized him to make pub lic its decision regarding these new uses for the $40,000,000 camp site in Onslow and Pender counties. It was Congressman Barden who four years ago announced the Army plans to build an anti-aircraft fir ing center near Holly Ridge. Con struction work was rushed there by as many as 24,000 employees to make the camp ready for the arrival of the first soldiers during early April of 1941. The first important military in stallation to be started along the Carolina coast during the current World War period. Camp Davis brought the first war boom to this State. Holly Ridge grew from 28 residents to a thriving incorporated town of several thousand citizens. Planned originally as a training camp for anti-aircraft regiments, the military post expanded far be yond its original specifications and became the most complete anti aircraft center anywhere in the United States. Last summer, how ever, the War Department an nounced its decision to close the camp gradually, and since that time other government agencies have in speced it with a view to determin ing its suitability for their varied purposes. PROMOTED £ Darry H. Leaven. 21. of Jack sonville has been recently promoted to the rank of sergeant in the South Pacific. Leaven has been overseas with an all-Negro Army company for more than a year and is now sta tioned in New Guinea. Adrian Earl Gurganus, Jacksonville, Reported Wounded in Philippines 0 Adrian Karl Gurganus, 21, of Jacksonville has been wounded in action according to information received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Gurganus of Koute 1, Jacksonville, from the chief of Naval personnel. Gurganus, a Gunners Mate third class, served aboard the destroyer Reid which has since been reported lost in the Phil ippine campaign. He is a graduate of Jackson ville High school and has serv ed four years in the Navy. Chamber of Commerce Board Meets at Elm Street USO 0 A special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday night at the Elm St. USO building at 8 p.m. E. J. Petteway, new president, called the meeting to order and turned it over to John Arnan, who was unanimously re-elected chair man of the board. Plans were discussed for the first six months of the coming year but the meeting had to be adjourned before plans were completed, to re-convene at an early date. Members present were: John Aman, Ramon Askew, Harvey Boney. Carl Hales. L E. Rudisili, W. Conkling. Deane Taylor. E. J. Petteway and James Kalanzis. Jacksonville Boys And Girls Teams Lose to Swansboro #Im a fast and spirited double header played at Swansboro last week, the Swansboro boys and girls basketball teams defeated Jacksonville boys and girls. The Swansboro girls won 20 to 12, while the boys won 21 to 8. The Jacksonville teams were un able to get through the air tight defenses thrown up by the Swans boro boys and girls. Frances Odum led the offensive for Swansboro girls with 11 points with Virginia Parkin a close sec ond with 7 points. Capt. Fournier led the offensive for the Swansboro boys scoring 10 points with Charles Odum, a close second with 6 points. Aman for the Jacksonville girls with 8 points and Hitch for the boys with 6 points held the honors for the losers. Following are the line ups: Swansboro boys: Fournier. Se well. Parkin. Tolson, Odum. Smith. Hill and Benton. Jacksonville boys: Koonce. T Tok ens, Sabiston. Beasley, Hitch, zan ders, and Waters. Officials: Privitte and Yopp. Swansboro girls: F. Odum. Mid get, Stewart, Stanley, Parkin. Wig gins, Smith. Young, V. Odum, Avery Brown, and Corbett. Jacksonville girls: Aman, Pette way. Yopp. Batson, Chadwick, Gur ganus, Barber. Kele.hum, Hender son, Losta, Morton and Reavis. Robert Hollingsworth Of Beulaville Wiih Army in Holland #Cpl. Robert A. Hollingsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hollings worth of Beulaville. is serving with the Army in Holland. Cpl. Hollingsworth entered serv ice in November of 1.943 and has been overseas since last August Richlands Boys, Beulaville Girls, Split Double Header 0 Richlands, Jan. 9.—Beulaville and Richlands high schools match ed victories in a basketball twin bill here this afternoon. Pansy Shepard led Coach Ann Marby's Beulaville sextet to a 27-13 decision in the opening game. Mar garet Marshburn was high scorer for Coach A. I,. Parker's Richlands team. In the other contest, Coach B. J. Johnson's fast-stepping local quint chalked up a 25-10 verdict over the Richlands boys. Nethercutt led Beulaville's scoring. AfTlNFANTILE PARALYSIS I vrrn 1945 JANUARY 1945| SIJN MOM Tort VVIP IMUBS »0t TO KEEP AMERICA STRONG JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES Gold Star Certificates To Be Issued By Legion Mrs. L. K. Smith Tells Red Cross Of Overseas Experiences 0 Mm Littleton K. Smith of Rochester. N. Y.. veteran of seven teen months overseas service with the American Red Cross, spoke be fore the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross at their meet ing on Tuesday afternoon and out lined the work being done in the Pacific to provide "in camp" ac tivities for service men overseas. An excellent speaker, Mrs. Smith told of her travels and experiences to an appreciative audience, many of whom plied her with questions at the close of her talk. Enlisting as an able-bodied re creational worker. Mrs. Smith was one of the first two women Red Cross workers to be assigned to a Marine base in the Pacific. She and her companion worker arrived at their base with no supplies ex cept a piano and two ping pong tables to set up recreational facili ties for the battle weary men who came. saw. and stayed to help build a place to house them. "It was months before all of our supplies arrived," said Mrs. Smith, "and during that time we practically became beachcombers trying to get things together to give the boys the things they needed most." In the seventeen months, they were there five Red Cross clubs were established and are today being used to full advantage by service men who Mrs. Smith des cribes as being mighty apprecia tive. Mrs. Smith is the wife of Ma rine Captain Littleton K. Smith who has just returned himself from overseas. She is making tentative plans for a return to the South Pacific to carry on the work being done there. Dixon High School Loses Double Header To Camp Lejeune # Camp Lejeune—Camp Lejeune High School again notched up an other victory by beating Dixon High School last Friday at Area 2 Gym in a doubleheader. The girls took the first game by g}n 18 to 15 score. Franck. of Lejeune. took honors with a total of 10 points. Howell. Godwin, and Macon shared honors also. Dickens, of Dixon, was best for the losers with 12 points. The Camp Lejeune boys paced the Dixon boys to a 40 to 24 score. Hardisty. Anderson, and Robinson of Lejeune held the honors with Hardisty making 12 points while Caldwell of Dixon was high with 10. Dixon was leading in the 1st quarter 10 to 9 but the Lejeune boys rallied in the next three quar ters. The line up: Dixon: Darrow. Faw, Kirkman. Lewis, Caldwell and Camp Lejeune: Anderson, Wilburn, Robinson. Bove. Hardisty, FLctt, Roach. Hwffine. Nelson, Bowcrsock and Webster. Red Cross Will Move to New Quarters On January 15th £ The Onslow County Chapter of the American Red Cross will move their offices to their new quarters located on the second floor of the News and Views building on Jan uary 15th. Mr#. Grace Gawthrop, executive secretary of the chapter, made this announcement today. Their offices were formerly lo cated in the Jacksonville fire de partment building. Clarence Williams Of Richlands Arrives Safely in England 0Pvt. Clarence R. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lam Williams of Richlands. Route 1. has notified his parents that he has arrived safely in England. Pvt. Williams entered service in the Army in December of H)42. He went overseas in October. Louis H. Marshburn, Home After More Than Two Years Overseas LOMS II. MARSHBURN 0 Louis Haywood Marshburn. Sic, of Jacksonville, Route 1. is at home on leave after more than two years spent overseas and has seen action in the Atlantic. Mediterranean and Pacific areas. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Marshburn and was graduated lrom the Rich lands High School in 1942. The Marsh-burns have two other sons in the Navy Vernon, serving overseas and James W., at Bain bridge. Md. Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation To Erect Sub-Station 0 Erection of a huge sub-station for the Jones-Onslow Electric Mem bership Cooperation is expected to be started in the near future, ac cording to L. E. Wooten, head of the firm which has the contract for the job. The sub-station will be erected on a site about 100 yards from the present Tide Water Power Com pany sub-station on Cheney Creek. Shecluled to start January 1. con struction is being held up pending the arrival of transformers, which are now expected almost any day, it was said. Only several weeks will be required to complete the job. It will be the REA's first sub station under the new set-up. Be fore erecting its own generating plant on North East Creek, the REA purchased its power from Tide Water. Then, when the Navy De partment purchased the REA hold ings. the co-op reverted to its ori ginal source of power supply. Kirby D. Phillips, Verona, With 8th Air Force Command ^ An VIII Air Force Service Com mand Station. England—Recently promoted from Corporal to the grade of Sergeant, Kirby D Phillips of Verona is serving as an aircraft welder at this strategic air depot where battle damaged fighter planes of the Eighth Air Force are repaired and reconditioned. Thru his daily work in repairing flak riddled planes. Sergeant Phillips is participating in the uninterrupted aerial offensive against the enemy. The .son of Mrs. Annie Phillips. Verona, he entered the service in July. 1942 and received his basic training at Clearwater. Florida. Later stationed at Key Field. Miss issippi. and Drew Field, Florida, he was assigned overseas duty with the VIII Air Force Service Com mand in November. 1943. Corporal Phillips is married to the former Miss C.craldinc Pate of Pollocksville. REVENUE CLIMBING £ North Carolina's revenue collec tions from all sources totaled 855.677.88 last month, compared with $9.172.050.71 for the same month a year ago—an increase of 7.45 per cent. Total collections for the first six months of the current fiscal year were S42.101.250.80. an increase of $1,149,383.05 over collections for the same period a year ago. Rep. Billy Arthur Named on Thirteen Committees in House £Rep. Billy Arthur of Onslow County this week was named on 13 committees of the North Carolina House of Representatives. House Speaker Oscar L. Richard son named the Onslowan to the important finance, conservation and development, commercial fisheries, and oyster industry committees. Others on which he was named are: corporations, counties, cities and towns, drainage, expenditures of the House, institutions for the blind, insurance, manufacture and labor, library and printing. The House got down to work Wednesday after marking time the first two days of the week, await ing committee appointments, the Governor's message and introduc tion of local and public bills which committees can begin considering. Both houses have already passed the war bonus bill extending the bonus to state employees, and the emergency war powers bill. 0 Commander Z. E. Murrill and Adjutant W. E. Baggs of the Clar ence Meadows Post No. 78, Amer ican Legion, announced today that the Clarence Meadows Post will issue a Gold Star certificate in the name of the American Legion for every Onslowan who has made the supreme sacrifice for his fellow men and country. These certificates, which will be presented to the next of kin or emergency addressee will serve as a fitting and permanent tribute to the memory of the service person who has lost his life in action. The certificates, which were viewed in this office, are beauti fully designed and suitable for framing and will be engraved with the name. rank, date and place of death and the name of the person to whom it is being issued. All of the necessary data and information about the deceased will be gathered here in Onslow County by the Clarence Meadows Post and forwarded to national headquarters for certification and engraving. Members of the post are co operating in a sincere effort to compile the histories of Onslow service people so that a permanent record can be compiled and kept for future use in the history of 3nslow County and solicite the help of all Onslowans who can fur nish any of the information needed. This newspaper will be glad to aid in gathering the records and will cooperate with the Clarence Meadows Post to see that all rec ords are turned over to headquart ers and that each service person eceives the recognition due him for his service. Members of families of service 3eoplc are requested to furnish he following information: full name, rank, age, place and date of death, branch of service, date of ?nlistment, name of parents, and ho full name, address and relation ship if any of the emergency ad dressee to whom the certificate is :o be issued. All information will be filed with headquarters and will become an important page in the history of Dnslow County. Persons who can furnish the nec essary information are urged to *end it either to W. E. Baggs at Box No. 73. Swansboro. or to the office of the News and Views in Jacksonville who will in turn, see hat it reaches the proper persona n charge of this project. Plans are underway for the pre sentation ceremonies and will be announced at an early date. Jacksonville Elementary School Broken Into; Robbed of Money 0 A. B. Johnson, principal of the Jacksonville schools has announced .hat the elementary school was Droken into and robbed last Tues day night. The money, amounting to $84.50 was all in coin and had been wrap ped for banking. It was taken from a locked drawer which had been rudely forced open. The police department is making a complete investigation. Red Cross Board Of Directors Holds Monthly Meeting #The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Am erican Red Cross. Onslow County chapter, was held in the Elm Street I1 SO building on Tuesday after noon at three o'clock. The business meeting was presi ded over by vice-chairman, E. J. Petteway and Mrs. Grace Gaw throp. executive secretary of the chapter. Mrs. L. K. Smith, guest speaker, gave an interesting talk on the work being done by the women re creational workers, overseas. Board members present were: Mrs. Gawthrop. E. J. Petteway, J. C. Petteway. J. C. Thompson, Mrs. Annie Gilfoil, Mrs. W. Y. Richard son. Mrs. P. S. Rudie. Mrs. James Odum. Mrs. G. W. McHenry, Brig. Gen. A. H. Noble of Camp Le jeune. Mrs. Kirk Holland of Silver dale and Judge Harvev Boney. Duane and Reginald Poole of Jacksonville Are Serving Overseas 0 Duane Poole. S2c. USN, has no tified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Duke Poole, of Jacksonville of his safe arrival in Hawaii. Poole is con nected with Ships Service and ex pects to be stationed in Hawaii for some time. Another son of Mr. and Mrs. Duke Poole. SSgt. Reginald Poole, is serving with the Third Army under General Patton. COMMUNION SERVICE £ A communion service will be held at the Antioch Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. Rev. Carl B. Craig will conduct the service, .