THE ONSLOW COUNTY
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VOL. VII, NO. 54 JACKSONVILLE, IV. C.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1915 ~ PRICE S2.00 PER YEAR
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Onslow County News.
I DOWN EAST
WITH
| BILLY ARTHUR
0 One of the State officials con
tends that if you let a letter lay
around about ten days it will
usually answer itself.
£The fellows were telling on the
corner here during the week end
about some school folks down in
Carteret County getting up a
bazaar, one of the features of which
was to be a kissing booth. They
wanted an attractive young girl
who could wheedle plenty of coins
out of the men folks, make them
like her kisses and come back for
more.
"Have you any qualifications?"
the committee asked one girl.
"I went to college," she replied.
"You're hired!"
0Once upon a time—it's not
proper to start a story in that man
ner. but this is a different story—
1 was assigned an interview with a
very attractive young lady. We got
along splendidly, because she had
something to talk about and was
willing to speak for publication.
When completed, she leaned over
and kissed me on one cheek. "That's
for the first paper you represent."
she explained and then touched her
lips to the other cheek. "That's for
the second, and here's one for your
self." She out and out kissed me.
"Lady," I said, "I also represent
the Associated Press which serves
thousands of papers in the United
States."
0 Which is not quite as bad as the
young girl who didn't know how
often she had been kissed, even
with things going on light under
her nose.
0On June 31, 1935 at a charity
bazaar kisses were being sold by
the charming ladies of the com
munity. Young girls' kisses sold for
25 cents each, married women's for
15 cents each, and old maids' came
in bunhes of three for a nickel. In
a special booth was an attractive
young lady about the age of 28.
unmarried, who offered kisses for
50 cents higher than any of the
other ones.
"Why," I asked, "do you charge
more than the others?"
'Well, it's worth 50 cents more
to kiss me!"
It was.
But. she paid me. and then I
opened up a booth. But I soon lost
my health attending to business.
You know the old adage about "All
work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy."
01 remember reading some place
long ago that kissing a young lady
is hope, a married woman is faith,
nnd an old maid is charity. But the
?cture today will be on the type
practiced by those who know from
experience the best. That type is a
kiss of long duration.
What few kisses I've had (I have
also written another confession
that will appear in unexpurgated
editions next month) I didn't bother
to time.
The only art—and I refuse tc
reveal that—I ever used was to get
the first kiss. After that I just
held on.
Here's what three prominent
Chicago judges think of kisses oi
Ions* duration:
Judge Joseph Sabath: "If kisses
were longer divorces would be
fewer."
.»unge .losepn ». uavia: A four
minute kiss? O.K. If you're in a
hurry."
Judge Rudolph Dosort: "Harm
less, charming and pleasant."
An Atlanta jurist ruled that four
minute kisses are too long and
breed discontent in the home, hut
I don't imagine they would breed
so much discontent unless the kiss
ing is done in your neighbors
home. In fact. I must be very dif
ferent from all the other people
kisses of four-minute variety have
often left me very contented.
0 Now comes a frank admission oi
my loss of pride or power, or what
ever you call it. I've lost my "it"
that's it.
The other day I was graciouslj
kissing a very attractive younf
lady, and she broke away suddenly
and started laughing. "I was jus
thinking about deviled crabs," sh<
said.
Thus, my record of no complaint:
has been broken.
Richlands and Dixon
Split Honors in
Double Header Games
£The Dixon girls won a thrillei
last Friday night from Richland:
grls with a score of 32-24. McCrei
of Dixon was high scorer for thi
game with 16 points while Hooc
followed with a close 13 points f)
Richlands.
The half time score was 17-7 ii
favor of Dixon.
The Richlands boys came fron
behind to beat the Dixon boy
30-17. Dixon got away to a lead o
9-1 in the first five minutes bu
were unable to keep the pace. Thi
Richlanders took over in the sec
ond quarter and from then on the;
had the game under hand.
The girls starting line up:
Dixon: Dickens, McCree, Hine?
Padgett, Denitson, Thompson an<
King.
^ Richlands: Hood, Newbolc
j [arshburn. Tarrlor, Frazelle, Mills
V /enters, Huffman, Gurganus, Hud
son, Rochelle, Frazelle and Farrioi
Boys' line ups:
Dixon: Darrah, Faw, Kirkmai
Caldwell, Lewis and Sewell.
Richlands: Allen, Hill. R. Sane
crs, P. Sanders, Frazelle, Browi
and Bell.
Pfc. Marion Morton, Maysville,
Announced Killed In Action
§Pfc. Marion M. Morton of
Maysville was killed in action
in the European Area, accord
ins to a message from the War
Department received recently
by his mother, Mrs. Lillie H.
Morton of Route 1, Maysville.
H. C. Riggs, Chairman
Onslow County AAA,
Announces Meeting Plans
0 Immediately following the goals
and production meeting on January
25, 1945 of the County and Com
munity Committeemen, County
Agent, and other agricultural rep
resentatives, the community com
mitteemen will hold meetings with
farm operators for the purpose of
advising, informing, and guiding
them in preparing their individual
1945 farm plans which will contri
bute to the all-important crop,
livestock and poultry goals that
have been assigned to this State,
Herbert C. Riggs. chairman. Ons
low County AAA Committee an
nounced here today.
"Community Committeemen will
also assist farm operators in plan
ning to build and conserve" the
fertility of their soil by advising
them of the approved conservation
practices that they may carry out
and receive payments for during
the 1945 program year," Mr. Riggs
declared.
Mr. Riggs pointed out that the
intended production figures are of
vital importance at this time as
changing conditions in the war and
domestic pictures might make it
necessary to adjust production
goals before planting time, and the
figures furnished at these meetings
will present a true picture of just
how we stand in comparison with
the goals that have been set.
Mr. Riggs further pointed out
that each farm operator will be
notified of the exact time and place
of the meeting in his community,
and it is sincerely hoped that every
effort will be made to attend on
the date set.
Ralph Culbreth of
Jacksonville Wins
Naval Athletic Award
£ Ralph Culbreth, AS, of Jackson
ville has been presented an athletic
award by the Navy for his out
standing record as a boxer at the
Naval Training Station at Bain
bridge. Md.
Young Culbreth fights in the
welterweight class and recently
defeated Pete Lucia, a Hibbing,
Minnesota recruit.
Last year he represented the
Edward's Military Academy in the
Golden Glove tournament in
Greensboro.
The son of R. B. Culbreth, wno
now lives in Sneads Ferry, he has
been in the Navy since November.
Tobacco Distributors
Plan for Voluntary
Rationing of Cigarettes
0 Chicago,— (AP) —The National
Association of Tobacco distributors
has announced that it would make
cigarette ration cards available to
more than 1,000.000 tobacco outlets
within two weeks for dealers 1o
distribute to their regular custo
mers.
The rationing plan, the associa
tion said, will be voluntary on the
part of the dealers. The numbered
cards will be punched for each
pack purchased by a customer, and
consumers will be required to sign
a declaration that they hold only
one card.
Joseph Kolodny. executive sec
retary of the association, told a
press conferencc that his organiza
tion, told a press conference that
his organization believes the plan
will prevent "raids" on dealers'
stocks "by hoarders who shop ev
ery outlet," and will have the ulti
mate effect of restricting cigarette
smokers to a single source of sup
ply.
Strong Russian Armies
Smashing Way To Berlin
% London—AP—A Moscow dis
patch said today that Marshall Ivan
Konev's troops are officially re
ported advancing along the S?iesian
border and thrusting into Germany.
Three Russian armies estimated
at 2,000,000 strong are smashing
forward along main roads leading
to Berlin while Moscow wildly cele
brates the capture of Warsaw in the
recent winter offensive which Ger
man radios now declare a "down
right decisive" phase of the war in
Europe.
Led by powerful Stalin super
tanks. the Soviet spearhead has
already reached the immediate
vicinity of the border and are
sending the Nazis sprawling back
wards on a 250 mile front. The
Russian drive has also overrun Po
land's .second largest city of Kra
kow.
Britains In Germany
0 Paris—AP—British troops have
invaded Germany at a new point
and have advanced two and one
half miles in the direction of the
Roer river. The enemy is reported
reeling back under heavy shellfire
and hand to hand fighting.
Bomb Kaiserlue
# London—AP—A small force of
flying fortresses bombed Kaiserlue.
an important German railroad yard
behind the Saar front while RAF
bombers again returned to the big
industrial center of Magdenburg in
a pre-dawn attack.
No allied losses have been re
ported from either attack.
Lingayen Gulf Beachheac
Extended As Sixth Army
Strikes Toward Bataan
0 McArthur's Headsuarters. Lu/
on—AP—The Lingayen Gulf beach
head has been widened and ex
tended to sixty-two miles according
to a dispatch received from Mac
Arthur today.
The Sixth Army has advanced
seventeen miles to the northwest
ern tip of the gulf and are reported
driving down the west coast of Luz
, on toward historic Bataan.
No progress has been reportec
; in the drive across the centra
[ plains to Manila but opposition
! reported to be fairly light,
r Army and Navy planes whicl
are supporting the ground force:
are continuing to take a heavy tol
in enemy planes and ships.
i
CUSTOMER GETS BILLS
, #Harrisburg, Pa.—AP—Consum
- ers of the Harrisburg Gas Co. an
. reading their own meters because
01 the manpower shortage.
Customers mark printed cards oi
which are dials similar to thos
- found on meters. The cards ar
i, mailed to the gas company whic!
then sends out the bills.
Pfc. Edward M. Carter
Of Beulaville Is
Wounded in Action
0 Beulaville — Pfc. Edward Mike
Carter, son of J. B. Carter of Beula
ville, was slightly wounded Decem
ber 16 in Germany and is now re
ceiving treatment in a hospital in
France, according to a message re
ceived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle S.
Carter of Beulaville. Private Carter
entered the Army in January 1944
and has been overseas for six
months. He has a brother, Pfc,
Willis II. Carter, serving with ihc
Army on Saipan.
Urgent ODT Policy
Says War Freight
Must Move First
# Washington — AP — A policy oi
discontinuing railroad passengei
service wherever necessary to keef
war freight rolling was laid dowr
by the Office of Defense Trans
portation.
Director J. Monroe Johnson saic
railroads suffering from seven
weather conditions should discon
tinue passenger service and use
their "full energies and equipment'
to haul desperately-needed freight
The action particularly affect;
railroads traversing New Yorl
State. Ohio, upper Pennsylvania
and Indiana, but an ODT spokes
man said it could be regarded as i
"practical policy" of giving wai
freight precedence over passengers
Johnson's action was not an ol
der to the railroads. Each carriei
will act within its own discretion
There was not immediate indica
tion here how many passenge
schedules, if any. would be discon
tinued temporarily.
Johnson wrote J. J. Pelley, presi
dent of the Association of Ameri
can Railroads, that critical con
gestion has resulted from some o
the worst weather in years, am
said it might affect railroads for ,
considerable distance from thi
storm are through the backing ui
of freight.
"There now are thousands o
freight cars of all kinds that can
not be moved," Johnson said.
SEAGOING DOG
£ New York—AP—Blondie. canin
mascot of Ambrose lightship—th
vessel that keeps station outside o
. New York harbor, touched land fo
i the first time in her life when th
t lightship put into port for overhau
and repainting. She was born at se
i a year ago and as far as her shir
> mates know she had no conceptio
! of land or things that man eor
i struct on land until the ship cam
into port.
Promoted
Edward G. Riggs, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. I. Riggs of the Bear
Creek community in Onslow
County, has been promoted from
the rate of chief machinist mate
in the Coast Guard to the war
rant rank of machinist.
$3,000 in Prizes Will
Be Awarded In
State Cotton Contest
#To assist North Carolina grow
ers in working out new methods of
increasing cotton yields and lower
ing the cost of production per unit,
the most comprehensive five-acre
cotton contest ever held in a South
ern State will be inaugurated in
North Carolina this year. Quality
cotton production will be one of the
chief points emphasized in the
contest.
Three thousand dollars in prizes
will be awarded. $750 for the top
state prize and $750 for each of
three districts, with first, second,
third, and fourth place winners in
each district. The contest will be
sponsored by the State College
Extension Service and the N. C.
Cottonseed Crushers Association in
cooperation with other agencies.
In addition to the State cotton
contest, there will be county-wide
contests in some counties, with ad
ditional prize money being offered
on a local basis in these areas.
Both landlords and tenants will
be encouraged to enter the State
contest. Prize money will be divided
between the landlord and the ten
ant on the same basis that the crop
itself is divided.
All contestants must register with
the county agent before June 1.
Enthusiasm iri the contest is al
ready running high. Even before
the final details were worked out,
some counties signified their inten
tion of having more than one hun
dred growers each in the contest.
Dean I. O. Schaub of State College
says that full and accurate records
of all practices will be kept. Fiber
tests and the spinning of some of
the cotton into yarn is planned.
Cpl. Roger Hill
Of Beulaville Is
Awarded Bronze Star
#Cpl. Roger Hill of Beulaville
has received the Bronze Star Medal
for heroism in extinguishing a
blaze started by enemy shells in an
Army powder dump in Italy. After
extinguishing the blaze he ran 40
yards under fire to bring assistance
to two wounded comrades. He re
turned to the States in June. 1944.
for treatment of a paralyzed foot
and left leg. His wife is the former
Mildred Jones of Beulaville.
American Prisoners
Shot bv Germans,
Claim Food Shortages
By IIAL BOYLE.
®With the United States First
Army in Belgium,—-(AP)—Nazi of
ficers in several instances recently
have ordered American prisoners
shot because of food shortages,
German captives reported today,
One captured German said his
lieutenant told his company:
"The food situation in Germany
is bad. We don't have enough to
feed any more prisoners. I hope
you understand me."
Other prisoners from the same
volks grenadier infantry division
confirmed this and said they had
been given permission to remove
shoes and clothing from American
dead or prisoners.
Harsh treatment of prisoners wa*
advocated by almost every German
officer, they asserted. One Gern^an
lieutenant-colonel commanding b
regiment ordered 'his battalior
■ commanders to "take as few pris
. oners as possible." and later wa>
reported to have committed suicidc
. when threatened with capture him
. self.
Several German prisoners gave
• statements that one of their com
I pany commanders ordered 40 Am
! erican soldiers shot when they sur
, rendered after stubbornly defend
J ing the village of Habscheid.
The prisoners said the 40 Amer
• leans were shot either Decembei
; 19th or 20th.
COSTLY STUMBLE
0 Somewhere in the Pacific—A1
—Marine Pfc. Howard E. Norton o
« Kansas City tells the story of a wil<
> night on Guam when a Japanese
' soldier stumbled through the rail
• into a foxhole on top of Norton an<
» his buddy. In the scramble whicl
I followed Norton found himsel
» fighting his buddy while the enem;
- soldier jumped out of the hole
i After Norton deflected his buddy'
- knife from his own throat, the;
Bjturned and brought down the Jap
'anese with rifle fire.
Pvt. John T. Whaley,
Richlands, Wounded
In Mediterranean Area
0 Pvt. John T. Whaley has
been wounded in action in the
Mediterranean theater accord
ing to word received recently
by his mother. Mrs. Annie Kin
non Whaley of Route 2, Rich
lands.
Emergency Loans Made
Available To Onslow
Farmers; Start Monday
0 Emergency Feed And Crop
Loans are now available to the
farmers of Onslow County.
Applications will be received be
ginning January 22. by Mrs. Mary
Brown in the office of Marion A.
Cowell. located in the Marshall
Sanders Building.
Farmers who wish to avail them
selves of these loans are urged to
make their applications as early
as possible between the hours of
9:00 A. M. and 1:00 P. M. each
day in the week execpt Saturdays.
No applications will be available
on Saturdays.
Farmers are asked to cooperate
and an endeavor will be made to
give the best service possible. It is
suggested that you make your ap
plications early so that you will be
in a position to get your fertilizers
and supplies in due time for your
crops.
If for any reason there is any
other information desired write W.
F. King P. O. Box 428. Wilmington,
N. C.. or see Mrs. Mary Brown, or
your County Agent.Mr. Charles C.
Clark. .Jr., in Jacksonville.
Colonel Ruth Streeter,
Of Women's Reserve,
Visits Camp Lejeune
0Colonel Ruth Cheney Strecter,
director of the Marine Corps Wom
en's Reserve, visited Camp Lejeune
last week end.
Col. Streeter presented certifi
ates of graduation to the members
of the 19th Reserve Officers' Class
Saturday morning. Jan. 13. and
spoke to the recruits of the 42nd
and 43rd Training Battalions in the
Area 1 theater Saturday afternoon.
Red Cross Needs Large
Number of Men and
Women Immediately
0 A large number of men and wo
men are needed immediately for
Red Cross service in this country
and overseas, it was announced yes
terday by J. K. McCallum of At
lanta. Southeastern Area Red Cross
Headquarters personnel .service re
presentative from Atlanta.
Applicants, must be citizens of
the United States, must have good
educational background, training
and experience in social work or
recreation executive or administra
tive cxpereience. or leadership in
community activities of a social
welfare nature. Age limits, varying
with the type of position, are 25 to
50 years, and all persons accepted
must pass physical examinations.
Men must obtain Selective Service
permits to leave the United States.
Because of recent Selective Ser
vice developments, the Red Cross
is accepting only men of 31 years
of age or over, and those not sub
ject to military draft who are be
tween the ages of 38 and 50.
Trailer Truck Units
For Fire Fighting
Purchased by State
0 Three trailer-truck transport
units' costing about $4,000 each
were purchased recently by th<
Forest Fire Control unit of the
Forestry Division of the State Do
partment of Conservation and De
velopment. it was announced bj
Chief W. K. Beichler.
The units will be used for th<
transportation of heavy fire-fight
ing equipment to fires in the for
ests and swamps of Eastern Nortl'
Carolina.
'The purchase of these trailer
truck transport units really repre
sents the initial step in acquiring
needed mechanized fire-fightinj
equipment," Beichler said. "WitI
the units we will be able to tak<
our tractors and fire-line plow,
swiftly and directly to the scene o
a forest fire. And since time is tin
chief element in fighting fire tin
use of these units will mean bette
protection for our forests."
According to Beichler. the de
partment now has eight crawle
» tractors, 12 fire-line plows, and tin
three new trailer-truck transports
I This equipment is housed at Eliza
, beth City, New Bern, and Lak
Waccamaw.
| Eventually. Beichler said, the de
i partment hopes to acquire a com
• plctc mechanized outfit for ever;
- two or three counties in Fasten
North Carolina.
; He said that there is no mechan
r ized fire-fighting equipment suit
. able for use in fighting fires i
mountain forests.
Arthur Presents Onslow
Hospital Bill To House
March of Dimes
Collection Containers
Placed Throughout County
• The containers for the collection
funds in the current
Dimes campaign have now bee
placed in prominent P0*!1'"'.
throughout Onslow County. Ch>
man A. D. Leon Gray has an
""t"" drive sot ofT to a good start
in the past week hut "J ™1"™'
have been announced at this eany
daThe infantile paralysis epidemic
of 1944. the second largest on lec
ord in the United States, has made
everyone conscious of the giave
need for the dimes and dollars that
are needed to carry on the impor
an
^ou^'in'orde.5 tT'co^the
dread disease should another epi
demic strike and also to carry on
the vital work being done for the
victims Of the 1944 epidemic
Inasmuch as it is impossible at
this time to anticipate what is in
store for Onslow County in the
coming vear. it is hoped that the
quota named will be met and even
greatly surpassed so that should
the county be as hard hit again,
every facility can be made avail
able to protect the victims, usually
helpless children.
Alternate Saturday Classes
Will Start Tomorrow
In Onslow Schools
A Onslow County Schools will hold
their First Saturday cllass tf>mor
1-OW. These classes will be held al
ternate Saturdays until the end ol
the school year in ordei that the
schools may close on the schedulc-d
time May 12th.
By holding classes on alternate
Saturdays, the time lost in tak nr.
a week's vacation at Chnstm. •> time
will be made up.
Washington Reports
Nurses Respond to Appeal
For Military Services
• Washington —AP- Applications
" nurses for military duty shot up
to 4 000 last week—more than tw in
the figure for the entire last two
months of 1944.
The rush to enlist in the
and Navy nurses corps came on the
heels of President Roosevelt s mes
sage to Congress January (! Propos
ing compulsory draft of nurses to
meet a need of 20.000 for the armed
°The Red Cross, recruiting agency
for the nurse corps, reported die
results as representing enlistment
committee activities in .io majoi
C' "Such a response indicates that
the public has been aroused to the
critical needs of the wounded on
the battlcfronts." said Red Cioss
Chairman Basil O'Connor.
Young Brother of
Local Woman Is
Missing in Action
Q SSgt. Paisley, younp brother
of Mrs. Roy MeFatter of Jack
sonville. has been listed as
missing in action in the Euro
pean theatre.
Mrs. MeFatter left Jackson
ville last Tuesday to spend
some time with her parents in
Bolton.
Musical Program Is
Presented at Kiwanis
Club Meeting
0 M'Sgt. and Mrs. K. Wilson of
Midway Park delightfully enter
tained the Kiwanis Club of Jack
sonville Tuesday at their regular
meeting at the USO Pine Lodge.
Mrs. Wilson, accompanied by
Sgt. Wilson, sang three Irish bal
lads and three Negro spirituals,
for an appreciative audience.
Sgt. Wilson was formerly in
charge of musical programs in the
Boston. Mass. radio station. WNAC,
and is well known as the composer
of the "New River Suite".
The delicious luncheon was pre
pared and served by the ladies of
the Methodist Church.
Forty-one members and six
guests were present, including H.
H. Taylor of Kinston. who is one
of the original founders of the
Kinston Kiwanis club and who was
instrumental in the founding of the
Jacksonville organization.
Ramon Askew, president, an
nounced the Carolinas Kiwanis dis
trict meeting to be held in Tarboro
on January 30 th. The National
President of Kiwanis will preside
at this meeting and all members
arc •,rsed to try and attend.
530 German Prisoners Are
Doing Essential Work
In North Carolina
0 Wilmington- A P Approximate
ly 45 additional German prisoners
of war are expected to arrive hero
to help relieve labor shortages in
local pulpwood and fertilizer in
dustries. Lt. R. If. Hazel, officer in
charge of the prisoners of war
camp at the old Marine hospital,
said recently.
"We now have 530 prisoners
working on farms, sawmills, pulp
wood and fertilizer plants, and
dairy farms." Lieutenant Hazel said.
"We have demands f-or at least
300 more prisoners than we are
able to obtain because of inade
quate housing facilities." he added.
To help relieve this condition, two
new barracks are expected to be
moved from Camp Davis to the
prisoner camp within the next few
days.
Rumors that four prisoners of
war escaped from the camp last
Friday are absolutely unfounded,
he reported.
Results Of County-wide Tuberculosis
Test Announced By Dr. H. W. Stevens
#Skin testing among school chil
dren in Onslow County for diag
nosis of those who have been ex
posed to tuberculosis i.s near a
finish. Dr. H. W. Stevens. County
Health Officer, has announced.
Over twelve hundred children
have been tested and one hundred
and thirty have been found posi
tive. Several hundred chest exam
inations have been made on the
hildren found with positive tests
indicating a past exposure to a case
of tuberculosis. Many examinations
have been made on their parents
who were asked to have this im
portant service to insure them
selves of being a healthy person.
The school, county-wide tuber
culosis program consists of skin
testing all first and second grade
children in grammar schools and
all junior and senior grade chil
dren in high schools. This group
among children are the most impor
tant in relation to tuberculosis.
Junior and senior high school chil
dren will soon be working for a
living or raising a family of their
own. therefore, it is important to
' notify those children if they have
a positive skin test and have their
• chest examined to insure a perfect
• bill of health. First and second
1 grade children having a positive
. reaction indicates they have breath
• ed in the tuberculosis germ in the
• past few years. Since this age group
rarely are away from their families
there is a chance that some relative
or - member of the family group
may have a case of unsuspected
tuberculosis, therefore, all families
of young children with positive re
actions to the skin test are asked
to come in and have chest exam
inations.
The Onslow County Chapter of
the Christmas Seal Sale Fund for
Tuberculosis arranged with Dr.
Stevens, health officer, to have all
chest examinations made on school
children and families every Tues
day and Saturday mornings at nine
t'clock in the Onslow County
Health Center. Jacksonville, N. C.
The county-wide tuberculosis
control and new case program was
started November 1. 1944 with the
services of Mrs. Rita Byrne, exper
ienced tuberculosis field nurse.
Mrs. Byrne has completed over 7f!
per cent of the schools in the
county. Among the reactors fluoro
scoped only one child was found
that needed any type of care. Over
three hundred chest examinations
made on family groups of positive
reactors have resulted in one sus
pected case which is .still under
medical care. Mrs. Byrne has made
over one hundred twenty-five visits
to different families encouraging
chest examinations for everyone.
In the schools she gave short lec
tures of the spread and control of
tuberculosis.
Dr. H. W. Stevens stated that
only five or six families in tlu
tuberculosis survey work have fail
ed to come in for chest examina
tions. This causes added effort ant:
extra home visiting on the part ol
our nurse. In some cases the fam
ilies failed to come in for exam
ination due entirely to ignorancc
and their failure to grasp that the
examination is an added health in
surance measure designed to pro
tect their health and their family
Cost and financial support of the
county-wide school tuberculosis
program is borne by the Onslow
County Tuberculosis Christmas
Seal Sale Fund Association.
0A bill authorizing Ihc Onslow
County Hospital. Inc., to use up to
ton per cent of the new profits of
the Onslow County ABC store, if
needed, for maintenance of the in
stitution was introduced in the
General Assembly of North Caro
lina on Wednesday by Rep. Billy
Arthur.
Arthur was authorized to intro
duce the bill by resolution of the
Board of Commissioners, passed at
the January meeting, which said
that they did not object to such
legislation. Every member of the
board with the exception of Com
missioner H. B. Moore of Swans
boro township signed the resolu
tion.
It was emphasized that the legis
lation would authorize the use of
the funds only if needed and then
only up to. ten per cent of the net
profits. It has been unofficially
estimated that the amount could
hardly be more than $300 per
month during the present calendar
year.
The approval of the Board of
Commissioners was sought by the
hospital trustees even before they
were advised that the Federal
Works Agency, which built the
hospital and which has been sup
plying maintenance funds while it
was getting on its feet, would not
approve any more monies for it
after February 22.
5 More Onslowans
Report to Fort Bragg
On January 23rcK
^Following is a list of five white
registrants who will report to Ft it
Bragg next Tuesday for pre-induc
tion examinations.
Willis Lee Parker, Jacksonville; #
Sam Henry Jenkins, Holly Ridge;
Glenn Dale Gould, Jacksonville;
Leslie Wells, Maysville and Harry
Lee Foy, Verona.
Camp Lejeune Marine
Loses His Foot In
Kinston Accident
0 Kinston—Authorities at Camp
Lejeune withheld the name of the
victim, pending completion of an
investigation, in an accident in
which a young Marine lost his left
foot at the Caswell Street crossing
of the Atlantic and East Carolina
Railway here last Friday night,
when a train ran over him, severing
the foot from the leg.
W. J. Hardison, a local resident,
found the Marine, who was help
less and yelling at the crossing. He
said the Marine told him before he
lapsed into unconsciousness that he
slipped and fell into the path of the
train. An ambulance conveyed the
Marine to the Kinston Airport dis
pensary for first aid and he was
later removed to the Naval Hos
pital at Camp Lejeune, where his
condition late Monday was des
ribed as good.
"Over-Riding" Ceiling
Prices on Cattle
Effective January 29th
0 Effective January 29. 1945. the
OPA and the War Food Adminis
tration have been directed to estab
lish an "over-riding" ceiling price
on cattle and calves of $18.00 per
hundred weight, Chicago basis, ac
cording to information received by
Herbert C. Riggs, chairman, Ons
low County AAA committee.
"This ceiling price will remain
in effect until July 2, 1945 at which
time the ceiling price becomes
SI7.50 per hundred weight, Chica
go basis," Mr. Riggs stated.
CHRISTMAS SFA\ TOTAL
#K. T. Knight, chairman of the
Onslow County Tuberculosis Christ
mas Seal Drive, announced today
that returns are still slowly coming
in to headquarters and the total
returns of the drive are now
$2,083.40.
Those who still have to make re
turns are urged to do so at the
earliest possible moment.
Major George E. Preddy,
North Carolina Ace,
Killed Over Belgium
0 London—AP—Maj. George
E. Preddy, the only American
pilot in the European Theater
to shoot down six German
fighters in one day, crashed to
his death Christmas Day when
American gunfire struck his
piane during a spectacular dog
fight over Belgium in which he
had bagged two Messerchmitts.
The 25-year-old Mustang
fighter ace from Greensboro,
N. C„ had 32Vi enemy planes
to his credit. V. S. Eighth Air
Force headquarters said the
stocky, 5-foot-9-inch flier was
killed instantly