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WITH
BILLY ARTHUR
0 Luther Eubank of New Eorn,
who hails from the White Oak river
section, once gave me two essays,
which I'm passing on. They are on
"Man" and go like this:
Man is what women marry. Th-sy
have two feet, two hands, and some
times two wives: but never more
than one collar or one idea at a
time. Like Turkish cigarettes, men
are all the same material, the only
difference is that some are better
disguised than others. Generally
speaking they may be divided into
three classes: Husbands, bachelors
and widowers. An eligible bachelor
is a mass of obstinacy entirely sur
rounded by .suspicion.
Husbands are of three varieties:
Prizes, surprises and consolation
prizes. Making a husband of a man
is one of the highest, plastic arts
known to civilization: It requires
sculpture, common sense, faith and
charity—mostly charity. It is a
physiological marvel that a soft,
fluffy, tender, violet-scented thing
like a woman should enjoy kissing
a big awkward and stubby chinned,
tobacco smelling and bay rum
scented thing like a man.
If you flatter a man. it frightens
him to death: if you don't, you bore
him to death. If you permit him to
make love to you. he tires of you in
the end. and if you don't, you soon
cease to interest him. and if you
argue with him in everything, you
scon cease to charm him. If you
believe all he tells you. he thinks
you are a fool and if you don't, he
thinks you are cynic.
If you wear gay colors, rouge and
startling hats, he hestitates to take
you out. If you wear a little brown
toque and a tailor made, he takes
you out and stares all evening at a
woman in gay colors and startling
hat and rouge. It you join him in
his gayeties, and approve of his
smoking, he swears you were driv
ing him to the devil, and if you
don't approve of his smoking and
urge him to give up his gayeties,
he vows you are driving him to the
devil. If you are the clinging vine
type, he doubts if you have any
brains, if you are a modern, broad,
advanced, and independent type, he
doubts if. you have a heart. If you
are silly, he longs for a bright mate,
and if you are brilliant, he longs for
a playmate. If you are popular with
other men. he is jealous; if you are
not. he hestitates to marry a wall
flower.
Most men are like worms in the
grass; they wriggle around awhile
—some chicken grabs them.
# Continuing the disseration. the
chief aim of man is—
At four—to wear pants.
At eight—to miss Sundav School.
At twelve—to be president.
At fourteen—to wear long pants.
(Trousers, my dear.)
At eighteen—to have monogram
med cigarettes. 'Tis a sweet sort of
man!
At twenty—to take a show girl
out to supper.
At twenty-five—to have the price
of supper.
At thirty-five—to eat supper.
At forty-five—to digest supper.
§A man dashed into the police
station at 2:30 o'clock in the morn
ing and looked as if he had been
having a nightmare. "My wife!"
he gasped, "i want you to find my
wife! Been missing since this eve
ning! Oh, find her for me!"
"What's her description?" asked
a sergeant. "Height?"
"I--I don't know!"
'Weight?"
The husband shook his head
vaguely.
"Color of eyes?"
"Er-average, I expect."
'Do you know how she was
dressed?"
"I expect she wore her coat and
hat. She took the dog with her."
"What kind of a dog?"
"Brindle bull-terrier, weight 14JA
pounds, four dark blotches on hk<
body, shading from gray into while
Round, blackish spot over the lef!
eye, white stub of a tail, three white
legs, and right front leg brindled
all but the toes. A small nick in hi)
left ear, a silver link collar with—'
"That'll do!" gasped the sergeant
"We'll find the dog!"
Approximately 200
Officers and Men
Arrive af Davis
#A cadre of approximately 201
officers and men have arrived a
Camp Davis to begin preparation
for the Army Air Corps to tak<
over that huge military establish
ment as a convalescent and redis
tribution center.
With their arrival Holly Ridger
are. again looking-up, so to speak
because it means that the cam]
which has been the entire suppor
of that community since Decern
ber 1940 will not be entirely aban
doned by the War Department.
Until the main body of new oc
cupants arrive, the date not yet de
finitely known. Col. Adam Potts i
remaining in command, it was re
ported.
Pfc. Cyrus Swinson
^ Prisoner of War
' jomewhere in Germany
0 Pfc. Cyrus Swinson of Route
1, Richlands has been reported
a prisoner of war somewhere in
Germany.
The notice from the War De
partment was received by his
father, Montie Q. Swinson, of
Richlands.
Three Williams Brothers in Service
—. ":
Three sons of Mrs. J. H. Williams of Richlands are in the armed forces. Cpl. Aaron Williams, left,
entered the Army in January, 1941, and has been overseas since 1943, being stationed at present in Italy.
Pfc. Osborne Williams, center, entered service in June, 1943, and is now in England. Cpl. Leslie Williams,
right, has been in service since December, 1942, snd is now in Germany. All three brothers have been
awarded the Good Conduct Medal.
Sgt. Carl Jones Is
Missing In Action
0 Sgt. Carl Jones, son of S. G.
Jones of near Maysville. has
been reported missing in action
since December 22 in Belgium,
according to word received
from the War Department Sat
urday.
Sergeant Jones was 32 years
of age and had been in the
army for the past three years.
He had been overseas since last
March.
Harry S. Guthrie
Of Bogue, Died
January 7th in Florida
0 Harry S. Guthrie, son of Mrs
Ad die Taylor and the late J. W
Guthrie of Bogue. died January 7ti
in Jaksonville, Fla.
Funeral services were held al
the Methodist Church in Swans
boro at three o'clock Wednesday
with the Rev. E. Mercer of Swans
boro. officiating.
Mr. Guthrie is survived by hi:
widow, Mrs. Essie Meadows Guthrh
and one son. Ralph, both of Jack
sonville. Fla.. his mother, threi
sisters. Mildred Guthrie. Mrs. Ca
Weeks of Bogue and Mrs. Sherrot
Smith of Florida and two brothers
Earl of Florida and J. Wesle;
Guthrie who is overseas.
Town Begins Widening
And Opening Court
Sireet to Highway
0Thc Town of Jacksonville Thurs
day began widening and opening
Court street: to the by-pass high
way.
Police Chief W. B. Hurst, who
also has the streets under his su
pervision. said the work would be
accomplished piecemeal so long as
he had available help.
First operation was removing the
pear trees and widening Court
street from Jacksonville bus ter
minal by and in front of the News
and Views building and vacant
proper! v owned by the College
View Cleaners and Laundry io [he
curve.
One job lo be accomplished as
soon as possible is that of providing
some sort of drain for the street,
which is virtually impassable in
bad "weather.
FIRE ALARM
0Fire, did slight, damage to a
residence owned by S. A. Starling
back of the DeLuxc diner Friday
afternoon. Starting in a closet from
an undetermined source, the fire
was out. however, by the time fire
men arrived.
Collapse Of Important
Nazi Center Imminent
0 Paris—AP—First Army tanks
and infantry stormed the ap
proaches of Houffalize yesterday,
and the fall of that German com
munications center and the flatten
ing of the Belgian bulge appeared
imminent.
The Germans, apparently with
drawing all the way to the Sieg
fried Line, attempted to stiffen
their defenses to save both Houf
falize and St. Vith.
North of St. Vith. the *enemy
mounted a series of counter attacks
against the U. S. First Army around
the recently captured town of
Thirimont, touching off a violent
tank and infantry battle.
Russians Storm Westward
0 London—<AP»—• Fierce battles
yesterday were reoorted sweeping
the entire 600 miles of the East
eran Front from Budapest in Hun
gary to Memo on the Baltic, the
Germans reported.
The Russians were reported
launching new offensives in Poland
and East Prussia, and the Russians
were also said to be storming west
ward in seven directions.
8 Nazi Oil Centers Hit
* London—(AP)— United States
Eighth Aii-force superfortresses
and liberators are continuing raid
ing Germany in a mighty new Al
lied aerial offensive.
Eight principal Nazi oil centers
were blasted in a thirty six hour
period which ended Sunday night.
1 Nazis Losses Heavy
| § Rome—(AP)—Repeated efforts
! on the part of the Germans to set
up outposts south of the Reno riv
, er and east of the Senio along the
Adriatic battle line, have been
; frustrated and the enemy has met
with heavy losses.
i Strongly reinforced Germans
have been reported digging in far
! ther along the banks of these riv
. rs and it is apparnt that Field Mar
shall Kesselring intends to try to
. hold the line at that point at all
. costs.
' i
Raid Formosa Again,
Japanese Government
Fall Is Intimated
By Associated Press
0 American carrier planes yester
day raided Formosa again in sup
port of the unchecked Sixth Army
advance in the Philippines, the
Japanese radio reported after inti
mating that Premier Genera! Koso's
government may fall as a result of
continued military reverses.
China-based superfortesses rang
ed over Nagoya and Formosa with
out loss.
Certificates ot war
Necessity on Motor
Vehicles Good Indefinitely
D Certificates of War Necessity
issued to commercial motor vehicle
operators arc good indefinitely
until cancelled and need not be
renewed on an annual basis, the
District Office of Defense Trans
portation at Raleigh declared this
week.
Under ODT regulations, opera
tors do not have to have their certi
ficates reissued unless they propose
to change the character of their
services or the territories for which
the present certificates were issued.
SSgt. Lois Hill,
Richlands, Is Home
After Overseas Duty
£ Staff Sgt. Lois Hill, son of Mr
and Mrs. Clarence Hill of Rich
lands is home on leave after twenty'
seven months overseas.
Sgt. Hill saw duty in England
Scotland and North Africa. He en
tered the Army in March 1942 anc
received his training at Camj
Grant. 111., and Baston, Mass.
BRONZE STAR AWARD
#Sgt. Albert E. McCabe of Jack
sonville has been awarded thi
Bronze Star Award, according to ;
War Department announcemcn
received here recently.
CHANGED
0.1. B. Pollard, list taker for
Jacksonville township, yester
day announced a change in
date on which personal prop
erty can be listed for taxes.
The date has been set at
February 23. It previously was
March 1.
Dixon Elementary School
Honor Roll Announced
For Third Month
0 Following is the honor roll for
the third month of the school year
as announced by the Dixon school:
First Grade: Mrs. Smith—Betty
Byers. Jonnie Gurganus, Ethel
Padgett. Pal Lanier. Frances Hen
derson and Joan Fisher.
Second Grade: Mrs. MeCree—
Greta Hill, Lucy Lavon Morris.
Ester Fay Shepard. John Fay.
James Campbell. Willie Justice,
and Jimmv Sanders.
Third Grade: Mrs. Johnson—
Jane O. Kennedy. Patricia Morris.
Reggie Sue Whitaker and Zane
Gray Leak.
Third Grade: Mrs. Fulcher—
Shelbie J. Hill and Lena Sanders.
Fourth Grade: Mrs. Lahy—Nancy
J. Thursdale. J'immie McCree.
Nancy Darrah. Clara Campbell,
Lula Hobbs. and Nina Nelson.
Fifth Grade: Mrs. Lanier—Joan
Knoke. Estellc Gurganus, and Mel
vin Shepard.
Sixth Grade: Mrs. Everett—
Betty C. Grant. Patsy Nelson, Ted
ford Coston.
Eighth Grade: Mr. Fulcher—Lu
cille Leary. Millie Davis and Bar
bara Jenkins.
Ninth Grade: Miss Parsal!—Len
wood Padgett. Sadie James, and
Don Fink.
Tenth Grade: Mr. Stafford
Joseph Summer.
Twelfth Grade: Mr. Robinson—
Allen Davis. Kathleen Mines. Bobby
Caldwell, and Lorene I-Iines.
Pvt. W. B. Petteway,
Jacksonville, Granted
Honorable Discharge
QKcnansvill?—Pvt. VV. B. Pette
way. Jr.. recently returned to hi?
home near Jacksonville, after hav
ing been granted a discharge from
the United States Army Air Corps
for physical disability, it was re
ported here. Prior to receiving hi>
discharge. Pvt. Petteway \va?
awarded the Presidential Unit Cita
tion badge for outstanding serv
ice on the Italian front. His wife
and parents reside near Jackson
ville.
Sgt. Carl Rochelle,
Jacksonville, Home on
Leave after Pacific Duty
©Sat. Carl Rochelle. son of Mr
and Mrs. Council Rochelle of Route
3. Jacksonville, is at home on hi?
first leave in over thirty-foui
months.
He enlisted in the Army ir
March of 1941 and has been sta
tinned in the Dutch Netherlanc
East Indies for the past thirty-fou
months.
Before enlisting, he attended tin
Jacksonville High School. He wil
report to the coast for reassign
ment in thirty days.
Three Persons Held on Charges
Of Possessing Contraband Sugar
£ Onslow County authorities and
Camp Lejeune military police ar
rested Herman Lawson and Coy
Daw, and Daw's young son, William,
last Friday night on a charge of
possessing for the purpose of sale
2,100 pounds of contraband sugar,
which had belonged to the U. S.
Marine corps, it was announced
yesterday.
• The men were taken into custody
after officers had lain in wait for
them several hours in the woods
about one-half mile back of Law
son's Place, between Jacksonville
and Verona.
According to sheriff's officers,
Lawson said he was only trying to
help a Marine sell the sugar, and
Daw said he was helping Lawson.
They were, the offices quoted
them as saying, to deliver the sugar
to the Sandy Run section of th
county where it was to be turne
over to bootleggers to be used i
the manufacture of non-tax pai
whiskey.
According to officers, the suga
was taken to the spot in a gov
eminent vehicle and unloadcc
When the officers received the til
they went lo the site and hid. Abon
10 p.m. Friday a car carrying th
three persons under arrest drov
up and began loading.
They were then placed unde
arrest, and brought to the Onslow
County jail here to be turned ove
to Federal authorities.
Military police, it was stated, ar
making a search for the Marin
who is said to have supplied th
sugar, contained in bags with go\
ernment numbers.
Schools io Teach
Alternate Saturdays
Starling January 20
©K. •ginning" Saturday, Janu
ary 20. Onslow County schools
will hold classes every other
Saturday until the end of
school, it was announced yes
terday.
!)ec:siou to hold classes on
alternate Saturdays was reach
ed at a meeting of the Onslow
County Schoolmasters club at
Dewey Justice's place at Tar
Landing last week. Twelve
members- of the club were pre
sent.
The new schedule will make
possible for school to turn out
;.iiout the planned date of May
12. it v.as said, by making up
time lost by the extended
Christmas holiday period, not
included in the original school
<alendar.
Conference of Red
Cross Workers At
Kinston Hotel Today
® Representatives of If) Eastern
Carolina chapters of the American
Rod Cross will assemble at Jlotel
Kinston in Kinston today. January
16 for a one-dav disaster confer
ence and will devote a second day
to plans for the national American
Red Cross War Fund, which is
slated in March.
Stone J. Crane, assistant direc
tor of the Disaster Service and one
of the Red Cross veterans in handl
ing disaster preparedness and re
lief. will speak briefly, and Col. J.
J. Stale.v. general field representa
tive, will preside. Regional Direc
tor Francis P. 'Simcrviltc of Atlan
ta will lead the War Fund discus
sion.-. with assistance from A. B.
Murphy, assistant manager of the
Southeastern Area, a veteran of 10
years with the Red Cross, and
Colonel Staley.
American Red Cross Field Direc
tor Charles J. Skarren. Jr.. who
went into France on D-plus-six day
and served with an infantry unit in
France and Belgium, will tell of his
Red Cross war experiences during
the War Fund sessions.
l nnpiers expeci.ea to sena rep
resentatives are tho.se in Beaufort.
Clayton. Morehead City and Wil
mington and these county chap
ters: Beaufort. Brunswick. Craven.
Greene, Johnston. Jones. Lenoir,
Onslow, Pamlico Pender, Pitt.
Sampson, and Wayne.
.Stanley Draws Small
Fine for Illegal
Whiskey Possession
0 Kinston — AP — Former Mayor
William F. Stanley and Bill Jones,
proprietor of a resort near here,
were convicted in Recorders Court
Saturday of illegal handling of 282
eases of Federal taxpaid liquor
seized by ABC officers at the re
sort last Dee. 7. They were assessed
fines of So and (he court costs.
The liquor was ordered turned
over to the Lenoir County Board
of Commissiners for disposition.
Lt. Mary McDonald of the Ma
rine Corps Women's Reserves, trea
surer of the Paradise Point officers
mess, testified payment for the
whiskey, valued at more thai
$!.".000. was refused because it was
offered at a price exceeding whole
sale quotations.
Stanley, formerly an officer sta
tioned at Camp Lejeune. testifies
yesterday he was attempting to re
turn the shipment to a friend ir
New York after it was refused b:
the Paradise Point installation. H<
resigned his commission last Nov
ember 1.
Red Cross Moves
Offices to News
And Views Building
The Onslow County Chapter o
tne American Red Cross has move
its offices from the Jacksonvill
City Hall to the News and View
building, seeond floor, where it no\
has four offices.
Army Will Coniinue
To Recruit for Women's
Army Corp in 1945
0 Atlanta, Ga.—The Army wii
coniinue to recruit for the Won
en's Army Corps in 1.945, the W;i
Department announced today. Th
WAC recruiting program will err
phasize the enlistment of qualifie
women urgently needed for duty i
* Army hospitals and of those po;
1 scssing specialized skills in seven
i vital categories necessary to mail
1 tain the WAC at the level require
for over-all Army efficiency.
•' Because of inert usingly hig
- casualty lists and the return <
. thousands of sick and wounded so
. diers to the United States ever
t month, together with a critic.
i shortage of Army nurses, there i
J an urgent continuing need for se>
eral thousand medical and surgic;
r technicians in Army hospitals. Th
n?ed is acute and must be fillet
r Women enlisted in the WAC fc
this duty will receive specialize
i training designed to fit them £
? enlisted technicians and are assure
J duty in Army hospital wards aidin
- in the care of sick, injured, an
wounded soldiers.
Comprehensive Program
Adopted For Town
Charlie E. Gould,
Killed Accidently
!n Fredericksburg, Va.
£ Charlie F.. Gould. 33. of Freder
icksburg, Va. was killed accidently
last Saturday night in Fredericks
burg.
A lifelong resident of Jackson
ville. he and his family moved there
a month ago.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Annie Shepard Gould, his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Gould of
Newport, four sisters: Mrs. Leon
Shepard, Mrs. Marian Lanier. Mrs.
Clifton Justice and Mr. Frank Wil
liams. all of Jacksonville.
Three brothers, Leroy. J. B. and
James Gould are serving in the
armed services.
He had three children. Glen,
Mary and Lily.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced when completed. Burial
will be in the Southwest cemetery.
News and Views Is
Vo'ed Member of
Associated Press
#The Onslow County News and
Views has been elected to member
ship in the Associated Press,
world's largest news gathering
agency, as a scmi-weeklv news
paper.
The election was made by the
Board of Directors of the AP in a
recent meeting, and the member
ship certificate soon will hang in
the News and Views office.
Camp Lejeune Wins
Over Cherry Point
In History Making Game
dCamp Lejeune—Camp Lejeune
Marines upset Cherry Point's Fly
ing Leathernecks. 40-37. Saturday
night in a same that made local
basketball history.
The teams, playing for the first
time, put on the most thrilling
fourt exhibition ever seen here.
It was witnessed by the largest
crowd ever to assemble for an in
door sporting event at Camp Le
jeune.
With two diminutive guards, Joe
S.vlvestri and John Thompson,
leading the way. Lejeune forged
ahead for good early in the fourth
quarter. The score had been see
sawing back and forth as the visi
tors capitalized on the terrific
backboard hawking of Oran Mc
Kinney.
Bill Van Breda Kolff of Cherry
Point got .15 points.
Line-ups:
Cherry Point: forwards—Van
Breda Kolff 15: Allen 2: center —
McKinney (5: guarfls—Che ma. Min
gle 6: House (r. llillmcyer 2.
Camp Lejeune: forwards—Port 2:
Maddox 9: Munson: centers—Donat
4: Bennett 2: guards—Mulvihill 8:
Brehmer 2: Thompson 10: Sylves
tri 3.
Sgt. Walter R. Batts,
Verona, Home After
31 Months Overseas
0San Diego, Calif —Marine Ser
geant Walter Ray Batts. son of Wil
liam B. Batts of Verona. N. ('.. is
spending a thirty day furlough at
his home following long overseas
service.
Sergeant Batts is a member of
the First Marine Division and took
part in the Peleliu invasion. He
served 31 months in the South
Pacific.
Prior to enlisting in the Corps
' he was engaged in farming in
? Verona.
> SCHOOL AWARDS
#The Clarence Meadows Post No.
73 of the American Legion has an
nounced that they will again award
medals to the most outstanding
pupil, boy and girl, in each school
in Onslow County for the 1945
school year.
Pfc. Eugene E. Pittman,
Jacksonville, Is
Wounded in Action
® I'fc. Kuffene E. Pittman of
Jacksonville has been wounded
in action while serving in the
European theatre of action, ac
cording fo word received here
by his mother. Mrs. Mozelle
B. Pittman.
403 Deer Slain
!n Hofmann Forest,
Stingley Reports
0.\ total of 403 deer were slain
i!i Hofmann Forest by Supervisor J.
M. Stingley. One bear also was kill
ed.
The number of deer slain is Iow
rr than the 4(59 killed during the
1943 season, but that was attribut
ed to inclement weather which gen
erally prevailed on the week ends
that hunting was permitted in the
B4.000 acre N. C. State College ex- 1
peri mental forest tract.
Stingley said the season's bag, 1
however, apparently had not af
fected the deer population in the 1
forest.
In alt. a total of 2.133 hunting ;
days were recorded for the sea- ,
son. That is in addition to the 65
hunters' work permits, and it was
estimated that they hunted a total
of 400 hunting days. Those permits .
are issued to residents nearby who, .
prior to the 1944 season, worked in
the forest to improve roads and cut
fire lanes in exchange for permis
sion to hunt in the forest.
Samuel V. Petteway,
Jacksonville, Returns
From Pacific Duty
0 Samuel V. Pettewav. Aviation
Machinist's Mate First Class,
USXR. of Jacksonville. X. (\. has
returned from a tour of duty in
the Pacific, where he served as a
plane captain and gunner in the
Xavy's "Bulldog Squadron", a Li
berator .search-plane unit.
His plane made many success
ful sweeps as it carried out its long
patrols. In a low-level bombing and
strafing attack at Puluwat Island
in the Carolines, it flew through
inten.se flak to score a direct hit
on a medium freighter, and dam
age airfield installations.
Petteway. who was wounded
when his plane was battered by
anti-aircraft fire on the Puluwat
strike, subsequently received the
Purple Heart.
On a mission over Satawan Island
his plane went in to bomb three
.ships, and despite a vicious attack
by three enemy fighters, damaged
one ship and probably one fighter.
Tt also damaged a freighter off
Hal ma her a Island, a tanker off
Borneo, and another freighter near
Xegro.s Island in the Philippines.
Petteway. who is 24 years old. is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. B.
Petteway of Jacksonville.
EPISCOPAL CIU HCl!
# Services at St. Anne's Episcopal
Church next Sunday. January 21,
being the third Sunday after Epi
phany. are church school at 9:45
a.m.: morning prayer: confirma
tion and sermon at 11 o'clock.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst,
Bishop of the Diocese of East Caro
lina. will preach the sermon and
administer the Apostolic Rite of the
Laying on of Hands to a number of
candidates who will be presented
by the Rev. Walter R. Noe, minister
in charge.
Choir practice in preparation for
the services will be held Thursday
evening at 7:30.
GRANITE GRATITUDE
0 Plymouth. Eng.—AP —The Uni
ted States Army is to present a
memorial of Devon or Cornwall
granite for erection in the South
Hams area of Devon where Amer
ican troops took battle training.
I 1945 March of Dimes in Full Swing;
Quota of $3,596 Must Be Met
1
- 0 The 1945 March of Dimes got
1 off to a real start in Onslow Coun
- ty yesterday. Rev. A. D. Leon Gray,
:l county chairman, announced.
Onslow County has a much larg
i or quota to meet this year than last
f but inasmuch as il is impossible at
- this time to anticipate what is in
v store for Onslow County in the
1 coming year, it must be met.
s The infantile paralysis epidemic
- of 1944. with nearly 19.000 cases
1 reported was the second largest
s recorded in the history of the Uni
. ted States. The nation was bettei
r prepared than ever before how ev
il er, through the generosity of the
s American people whose dimes and
i dollars helped to stem the tide of
g the crippling disease for whicl
i there is no known preventitive
Mr. Gray pointed out.
"Treatment of the disease is ex
pensive." Mr. Gray said and last
year cost more than $500,000 in
North Carolina alone, but it is the
duty and privilege of all of us to
aid in insuring good care for our
afflicted children."
Following is a partial list of
Chairmen who are working with
Mr. Gray: Jacksonville. Mr. Gray,
Holly Ridge, Julius Seigelman
Sneads Ferry, Alton Capps. Rich
lands. Miss Ikey Brock, and Swans
boro. Rev. C. H. Mercer.
Several officers at Camp Leje
une are cooperating with Mr. Gra>
in the drive and will be announced
individually at a later date.
At Midway Park the Board o!
Governors and the\ Woman's Clul
are in joint charge "of the drive.
) Designed to develop and im
rove Jacksonville, a comprelien
ive 11-objective program has been
dopted by the Chamber of Com
nercc.
The program, prepared for the
ublic after two nights of thorough
iscussibn by members of the civic
rganization who are interested in
he growth of the community,
overs post-war planning, adver
ting, lower power rates, beauti
ication of the town, a government
wned post office building, and an
irport.
Explaining that the altitude of
he chamber membership is one of
tlidy and that it will follow up the
ritical survey with some positive
ction. the prepared statement for
i-ublication said:
"We are out to study the thing."?
hat will be of interest to the gen
ral public also the things we have
o offer to any new interest such
s municipal service, streets, high
ways, water and protection of life
nd property, sewage facilities,
estriclive legislation and taxes,
ransportation facilities, local util
ty service, and labor market."
The objectives are as follows:
1. By establishing an office and
►aid secretary; the AAA agency
nd the License and Title Bureau
or Onslow County.
2. Community set-up for post
war planning for Onslow County.
3. Chamber of Commerce book
ets for Onslow County and Jack
onville. N. C.
4. The establishment of an office
n Jacksonville by the Tide Water
5ower Company to serve the pa
rous in this immediate area and
o look into reducing all their rates
ind try to secure a cheaper rate.
5. To have the city officials en
orce the existing ordnance govern
ng the inspection and condemna
ion of buildings: if there is no
irdanance covering the present
•ondition ana lor an adequate zon
ng ordananee.
6. To secure streets, side-walks,
ighting, and safety measures that
ire urgently needed.
7. To get the Town Hoard to
ippropriate money sufficient to
;quip and mandate adequate fire
'ighting facilities in Jacksonville.
8. That our representative from
his district be instructed to secure
egislation at this term to give the
rown of Jacksonville election laws
o permit us to have an election
aw for the purpose of electing a
Mayor and Alderman by popular
pole rather than the now existing
obsolete appointive procedure.
9. Securing of a centrally located
Federal owned po.st office in the
Town of Jacksonville and mail de
livery in the Town of Jacksonville
as there is a movement on foot to
move the Post Office to the out
skirts of town.
10. For making a survey of Ons
low County for the purpose of lo
cating new industries in the County.
11. The securing of an airport
and facilities adequate 1o take care
of the proposed South East Air
lines. Incorporated: proposed route
through Jacksonville.
i Plans are still in a formative
state, it was emphasized, but "the
chamber has no intention of duck
ing unpleasant facts: nor, by the
same token, will it belittle the
town's assets. Its purpose is to sell
Jacksonville to industries and
tourists."
Because of Camp Lejeune. the
statement said, "we have a better
chance than any other town in
North Carolina for post-war pros
perity. Our unpaved streets are
appalling . . . The permanent dim
out in our out-lying residential
districts, without adequate police
protection, makes night wandering
fearsome . . . Absence of an air
perl in an air-minded age is a
wry joke."
Bookmobile Schedule
Is Announced As
Routes Are Resumed
0Thr Onslow County Library
Board has announced that, the Ons
low County Bookmobile resumed
its routes throughout the county
yesterday and will continue each
Monday and Tuesday and Thursday.
It is hoped that all interested per
sons will note the changes in
schedule as follows:
Monday: Verona school. 9:45 to
10:00: Verona Sewell's Texaco Sta
tion. 10:05 to 10:30: Haws Run
School, 11:00 to 11:15; Dixon
School. 11:45 to 12:45; Sneads Ferry
Post Office, 1:00 to 1:20; H. M.
Ennett's Store. 1:25 to 1:45: Folk
stone Post Office. 2:10 to 2:40 and
Holly Ridge School, 2:45.
Tuesday: Hubert Post Office,
10:10 to 10:20; Silverdale (Mrs.
Charlie Brown Home), 11:00 to
11:30; Mrs. Stubbs' home. 11:40 to
12:00; Swansboro (Davis Store),
12:30 to 1:00; Swansboro School,
1:00 to 2:30; and Midway Park,
3:00 to 4:15.
Thursday Gum Branch (Mrs.
Dollie Brooks Home), 9:30 to 9:50;
Half Moon (Geo. Cavanaugh store),
10:10 to 10:25; Kellum (Parkers
Store). 11:35 to 11:50; Deppe, 12:05
to 12:35; Belgrade, 1:00 to 1:40;
White Oak School, 2:00 to 3:00;
Grants Creek (Mrs. Graham Jones
home), 3:20 to 3:35 and Mrs. E. M.
Morton's Home, 4;00 to 4:10,
te