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VOL. VII, NO. 55 JACKSONVILLE, N. C.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, l«>!3 PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR
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WITH
BILLY ARTHUR
% Raleigh—It's safer lo leave
Cousin Wayland Spruill alone, par
ticularly when you're hitting at
something dear to him such as
institutions or Walter (Pete)
Murphy.
The gentleman from Gates
County. Mr. Rountree. now knows
better than to take the floor op
posing the appointment of "Uncle"
Walter as parliamentarian, becau.se
he left himself wide open and
Cousin Wayland poured in th? salt.
"Mr. Murphy could." the man
from Gates said, "go home and
come back on the last day of the
session and still collect his money."
To which Cousin Wayland re
plied: "If some members of this
House would go home and not come
back until the last day of the ses
sion. this State would be better
off."
0 Henry Henderson took Wednes
day afternoon off and attended the
session of the finance committee.
§Tom Pearsall is pushing the ap
propriations committee along at a
fast pace.
Tom makes the members get to
work at 9 a.m. for a session, which
is in addition to the customary
afternoon meetings. Some of the
fellows don't like it. because there
are other committee gatherings
during the a.m.. but they make an
effort to catch 'em all. That keeps
them busy.
But what I started out to say was
that the complexion of the chair in
the appropriations room differs
this session from 1943.
Two years ago. Clarence Stone
was House appropriations chairman
and Pat Taylor was the Senate
chief.
x Clarence is a man of action, be
lieves in being brief and to the
point, and tramps on toes. On the
other hand. Pat is a chesterfield
and as polite and unoffending as
anyone you couici imagine.
And they say that when the com
mittee used to get out of order.
Clarence would yell at the mem
ber. "Sit down". And Pat would
chime in "Thank you."
Roy Burgiss of Allegheny
County went home to Sparta for
the week end and came back with
some pipes for his friends. And I
cashed in on one of them. It's a
fine smoking pipe. too.
Inidentally. Roy is a brother of
Jacksonville's new Baptist minister,
L. Grady Burgiss.
0 Libb.v Ward, Tom Pearsall and
John Kerr are being mentioned
prominently as candidate for gov
ernor.
At the present writing. Libby has
the inside track. One reason is he
doesn't have the support of the
Raleigh morning newspaper. Its.
support is regarded among some of
the House members as being the
kiss of death.
§Tom Bost. the dean of capitol
newspapermen, has added another
good job to his long list. He s now
on the radio, broadcasting from
station WRAL nightly.
His wide experience and knowl
edge of North Carolina politics and
history make his coverage of the
capitol and its doings very inter
esting.
Still he's not trying to out-gush
Goerch, who's also doing a swell
job on the air frm WPTF nightly.
But more about Tom—
Gene Bost is a member of the
House from Cabarrus, and he and
Tom are very good friends. When
ever the clerk calls the roll and
reaches the name of Bost. Tom
vasts the vote for Gene. And he
votes right, too.
H Senator George Penny of
Greensboro, one of the celebrated
Penny Brothers whose high top
hats are known throughout the
states as heralding the approach of
a big auction, recalled a good story
the other day. I've possibly used it
once before, but anyway, let's try
it again.
He was telling about the old
maid who went to the priest to
confess having been kissed.
"And when was this?" she was
asked.
"Ten years ago," she replied.
"And you are just now confess
ing?"
'No, I've confessed it a lot of
times. I like to talk about it."
#One can imagine just how em
phatic Rev. A. D. Leon Gray was
when he declared the other morn
ing:
"I'm never leaving town again!"
Out of Jacksonville but one day.
he returned to find Mrs. Gray in
.the hospital, and his house badly
damaged by fire.
£Anent a recent inquiry in this
space on the oyster. Dr. A. M.
Fountain, of State College. Raleigh,
sends this clipping from the alum
ni magazine of Peabody College:
"It Was A Brave Man Who Ate
The First Oyster" was the subject
of an address before the Business
and Professional Women's club of
Nashville on November .^3." The
address was delivered by Dr. H. A.
Webb of that college.
Fire Does Considerable
Damage at the Home
Of Rev. A. D. Leon Gray
0Fire of an undetermined origin
broke out in the home of the Rev.
A. D. Leon Gray at 302 Stratford
Road late Thursday afternoon while
no one was at home.
An investigation is underway to
determine the cause and also the
extent of the damage.
Cousins Home On Furlough
0 James Gurganus, loft, .son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Gurganus of
near Jacksonville, and Adrian Gur
ganus, right, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Gurganus. also of near Jack
sonville. arrived Friday to spend
an extended furlough at home after
having been in the Pacific war
theater for the past three years.
First cousins, the Gurganus boys
entered the navy in 1940 and have
been together since—a unique sit
uation. Both wear Pacific thcaier
ribbons and combat stars.
They were aboard the destroyer.
Rcid. when it was lost in action in
the Philippines campaign.
Adrian suffered a sprained
ankle and James slight burns when
the Re id was lost.
Latest official reports of the
Reid's loss showed how fortunate
the Gurganus cousins were. In the
first place, the Onslowans were
two of the 150 survivors of the Jap
plane attack on the destroyer.
"She took three direct hits in
succession, then blew up and sank
in two minutes," Commander
Samuel MeCornock related in de
scribing the Reid's encounter with
•Japanese planes.
The .■ ocond battle of the Phil
ippines Sea was over, but the Jap
anese still were hitting hard with
their planes when the Rcid went
into hrr final action while escort
ing landing boats to Leyte.
Red Army Reported Inside
Germany On Wide Front
0 Moscow—lAP)—The Red Army,
driving swiftly through heavily for
tified areas in Germany have brok
en through the enemy defense lines
east of the Oder river in Silesia
while in East Prussia, troops have
reached positions whithin fity two
miles of Baltic and threaten to cut
off that province.
Pushing northward from Tanne
burg, Marshall Rokossovsky's tanks
have approached to within ten mil
es of the main trunk railway con
necting East Prussia with Berlin.
In the center of the great Soviet
winter front in Poland Marshall
Zhukova is first White Russian Ar
my is reported getting the upper
hand in a big tank battle between
the Wartha and Prosna rivers, and
have pushed to within two hunderd
miles of Berlin.
Marshall Konev nas achieved
great strategic success in breaking
through the first line thrown up
by the Germans east of the Oder
river and is now within fourteen
miles of the main railway connec
ting Silesia with Berlin.
LUXEMBOURG OVERRUN
0 Paris—(AP)—The United States
Third Army has crumpled the once
powerful southern flank of the
Nazi Belgian bulge and has gain
ed over five miles since overrun
ning northern Luxembourg. The
enemy is reported retreating rap
idly toward the Siegfried Line.
General Patton's forces struck
from the west and south and have
driven nearly up to one of the
main escape roads of the Germans.
First Near St. Vith
0 General Iloge's First Army arc
within two and one half miles of
St. Vith, one of the German's most
important railway centers, the loss
of which will greatly impair their
chances of getting out of the 1,000
mile square Salient.
Hampering Snows
Heavy snows throughout the Wes
tern Front have hampered the op
erations of the French and British
Armies. The British however, have
moved to within five miles of the
Roer basin in a two mile advance,
slowed by weather.
TODAY'S A RARE DAY!
1-23-45
^Only twice in a century can to
day's date be written by means of
the above consecutive sequence of
numbers—1. 2. 3, 4. 5—today and
again next Dec. 3 (12-3-45.)
Next January 23, 2045, we'll run
this story again!
Americans Half Way
To Manila,- Seize
Main Ciiy of Tarlac
0 MacArthur's Headquarters. Lu
zon—fAP)—Talae. with two impor
tant airfields and located only six
ty five miles from Manilla has fall
en to the swiftly advancing Ameri
cans of General Krueger's Sixth
Army.
Talac, once the most prosperous
City on Luzon was reduced large
ly to smoking ruins by the fleeing
Japanese just a few hours before
the arrival of the Americans.
Americans on Luzon are report
ed to be half way to Manilla from
the Lingayen beacn head and were
last reported to be within twen
ty two miles of Clark airfield, the
largest in the Phillipmes
Schooling Compulsory
Until Fourteenth
Birthday Is Reached
0 A. R. Johnson, principal of the
Jacksonville schools has reported
several cases recently where par
ents are allowing children who
have not yet reached their four
teenth birthday to remain away
from school.
Last week one case came up be
fore Justice of the Peace. Tim
mons Jones, where since it was a
second offense, a warrant was
issued and the parents of the child
had to appear and were charged
with being guilty of a misdemeanor
and were fined five dollars and
cost
A drive to end these cases has
brought out the following facts:
The teacher will report any un
explained absence to the princi
pal. who. should the absence con
tinue notifies the Welfare Depart
ment who will investigate the case.
If no improvement i> noted in the
attendance, a warran is issued by
the sheriff against the parents who
are called to appear before the
Justice of the Peace.
The parents, who are solely re
sponsible for the delinquency can
be fined up to $25.00 and upon
failure to comply with the State
law can be imprisoned for a term
not to exceed thirty days.
COUNCIL TO MEET
0The USO Council will meet to
night at 8:00 p.m. at the Federal
Building USO. Plans for the fourth
anniversary of USO, including a
dinner, will be discussed.
Red Cross War Fund Quota Hiked
To Meet Increased Demands Abroad
# Father William S. O'Byrne,
chairman of the Onslow County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, stated yesterday that the
minimum War Fund quota for the
chapter had been increased from
$23,200 to $24,000. This increase
was made to help meet the increase
in the national quota, which was
recently raised from $180,000,000
to $200,000,000.
This increase was necessitated
because of the critical military
situation in the European and
Pacific theatres of war and the
resulting increased demands for
Red Cross services and facilities.
From the quota assigned to the
local chapter, 24.2 per cent is to
be remitted to National Head
quarters and 75.8 per cent retained
by the local chapter to meet the
needs for the coming year.
Miss Ava Dawson
Missing; Possibly
Vic4im of Amnesia
©Miss Ava Dawson, employee of
the Jones-Onslow Electric Mem
bership cooperative here for the
past three years, was reported by
officers yesterday as missing for
more than a week. They thought
her to be possibly a victim of
amnesia.
Miss Dawson, it was .-aid. had
been complaining lately of sinus
trouble and had planned to leave
her work several days for treat
ment.
However, she worked last week
end on the REA accounts and sent
the books back to the office Mon
day morning. She did not advise
her employer of her plans, it was
said.
A bookkeeper. Miss Dawson was
considered very efficient. The
REA was said to have checked her
cash book accounts and found
them in order.
Scrap Paper Drive
Nets Approximately
One Ton Per Week
©The regular collection of scrap
paper which was started in the
residential sections of Jacksonville
on January 2nd has so far proven
a fair success according to Major
Hugh Matthews of the Reclama
tion and Salvage Department at
Camp Lejeune. and once the
townspeople realize that it is going
to be a Permanent thing, no doubt
there will be even greater coopera
tion.
Major Matthews estimated that
a ton of paper each week was re
laimed from the business district
alone in the month of December
and that the merchants are really
doing a good job in seeing that the
paper is ready and waiting when
the Marine Corps salvage trucks
come around.
Sgt. John Silvi. who is in charge
of the paper collection in Jackson
ville said that ho found many
people very cooperative and sug
gested that others would be also
if they knew just when the trucks
would make their pick ups. It is
impossible for the boys to stop and
knock at each door in town so it
is urgently requested that every
one have the paper ready and tied
in bundles if possible.
l lie Marines pick up tiie paper
each day throughout the business
section at one thirty and will tour
Onslow Terrace and Ove.Vbrook
sections each Tuesday afternoon
and the Bavshore Estates each Fri
day afternoon. They begin these
tours at approximately one thirty
in the afternoon.
It. has taken a good deal of time
and effort on the part of the Cham
ber of Commerce of Jacksonville
and the Reclamation and Salvage
office at Camp Lejeune to make
these collections possible and to
enable the people of Jacksonville
to help in this very worthy drive.
Let's all of us get in the swing of
this drive and help all we can to
give back for re-use every scrap
of paper.
1944 Presidential
Electors Present
New Flag to FDR
0Washington.—(AP)—A new flag
cvmbolic of his office was presen
ted to President Roosevelt during
a post-inauguration reception in
the White House.
The flag, a field of blue with
four stars surrounding the Presi
dential seal, was handed Mr. Roose
velt by Michael Francis Doyle of
Philadelphia, president of the elec
toral college, on behalf of the 1944
Presidential electors.
Dealers Can Not
Accept Loose Ration
Point Coupons
,0 Raleigh—Sugar retailers were
cautioned that acceptance of coun
terfeit or expired ration coupon.
may result in their inability to sell
sugar for the duration.
Theodore S. Johnson, OPA dis
trict director, pointed out that un
der the agency's new charge-back
program, sugar dealers' inventories
will be reduced in the amount of
the number of invalid coupons they
accept. "Dealers who continue to
accept illegal coupons will force
themselves out of business," he
said.
It is not necessary for a mer
chant to be expert in detecting
counterfeit coupons. "All the store
keeper has to do is to refuse to ac
cept loose coupons." Johnson de
clared. "Coupons properly at
tached in ration books issued by
local boards are genuine."
NAME PLATE?
0 Chicago—AP—John Lillis got
the 1945 Illinois automobile li
cense he wanted. He always applies
for, and receives, a plate bearing
the number 5 17 7 17. When held
upside down, according to the way
he sees it, it spells out his family
name.
FWA Will Discontinue
Financial Aid to
Hospital on Feb. 28
G) m. A. Co we'll, president of the
Onslow County Hospital Board of
Trustees. J. C. Peltevvay. County
Commissioner and Rev. A. I). Leon
Cray, secretary and treasurer of
the Onslow County Hospital spent
several days in Richmond last week
conferring with Federal Works
Agency authorities relative to the
local maintenance of 1 ho impor
tant new Onslow County hospital.
The conference was precipitated
by FWA decision to surrender all
responsibility for maintenance of
the hospital after February 28. It is
in line with the government"
agency's cutting-loose all federally
erected projects as soon as possible,
and also in line with its trimming
both construction and maintenance
costs.
Built by the FWA and opened
last spring, the Onslow County
Hospital has been subsidized by
Federal funds since that time to
give it a start.
Because of high operating costs
and a comparatively low hospital
population in getting established,
the institution has been operating
in the "red", and having to call
upon the FWA for further funds.
It had been anticipated that the
Federal agency would continue fi
nancial support to the institution
at least until .June 30. but the no
tice received by M. A. Cowell. hos
pital board chairman, said the ex
piration date would be February
28th.
Since the hospital is considered
of vital importance to the com
munity, directors voted at a special
board meeting last Saturday after
noon to :-r>e if some plan for pur
chase of the institution at a nomi
nal sum could be devised.
Three Marines Are
Awarded Purple Hearts
A' Camp Lejeune
<9 (.'amp Lejeune—Three Marines,
now attached to the Camp Guard
Battalion, received Purple Heart
medals at a recent ceremony here.
The Marines receiving the awards
were: Sergeant Bernard M. Somers,
son of Andrew Somers of Water
ford. Conn., and Corporal Melvin
B. Pederson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. Pederson of Winner. South
Dakota, for wounds suffered while
participating in the Guam cam
paign: Private First Class Marvin
D. Ferguson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer A. Ferguson of Rl. 2. Mar
tinsville, Indiana, wounded on
Saipan.
District Governor Visits
Holly Ridge Rotary
Club; Praises Program
Hon. John A. Holmes, of Eden
ton. District Governor of Rotary
International reviewed the Holly
Ridge Club's activities, and out
lined !.'ne aims and objects of Ro
tary with the Holly Ridge Rotary
Club at the Tuesday meeting.
His talk covered the program of
Rotary activity and the four aims
of Rotary International as follows:
1. The development of acquain
tance as an opportunity of service.
2. High ethical standards in busi
ness and professions; the recogni
tion of the worthiness of all u.-ffu!
occupations: and the dignifying by
each Rotarian of his occupation as
an opportunity to serve society.
3. The application of the ideal of
service by every Rotarian to his
personal, business and community
life.
4. The advancement of Interna
tional understanding, good will,
and peace through a world fellow
ship of business and professional
men united in the ideal of service.
He expressed an appreciation for
the Rotary sponsored programs in
Onslow County by the Holly Ridge
Club, and with a continued rounded
program for the year, thought that
Rotary of Holly Ridge would be in
the running for "The President's
Award" or a Governor's Citation.
Col. Adam E. Potts had as his
guest 2 member of the Overseas
Air Forces, and I. C. Hines brought
as his guest, Chief of Police P.
Ward.
ii was orougnt out mat the Holly
Ridge Rotary Club has already ac
complished or sponsored during the
past six month? a program embrac
ing a joint meeting of civic clubs
(originally started by the Kiwanis
Club of Jacksonville), contributed
to the Tubercular Fund. Red Cross
Drive, War Loan Drive, and War
Loan Rally. Backed the furtherance
of Camp Davis: had ministers of
religious sects from most faiths
represented within the U. S. ex
plain their interpretations of their
religion for all concerned: fulUilled
ail extended program in child wel
fare work; furthered the comple
tion of the grounds of the Holly
Ridge Grade School; and donated
books, cots and janitor service;
equipped the Boy Seoul Hut. and
the basketball team of Dixon High
School; also added athletic equip
ment; donated or given time to the
improvement, of the Baptist Church
and donated money to the Greek
Orthordox Church of Wilmington:
donated clothes to the British War
Relief Society, the Spanish Maga
zine of Rotary, "Revista Rotary"
and other things too numerous to
mention.
Local Women To Attend
Presentation Of B-29
Pvt. Alvin Sandlin,
Richlands, Is Reported
Wounded in Belgium
Pvt. Alvin Sandlin
Pvt. Alvin Sandlin. son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Sandlin of
Richlands, Route 1. has boon
reported seriously wounded in
action in Belgium on Decem
ber 24th according to word
received from the War Depart
ment by his mother.
Pvt. Sandlin entered the
Army in 1942 and saw action
in England, France and Ger
many before being wounded in
Belgium.
lie has been overseas four
teen months.
J. G. (Slim) Wallace,
Popular Jacksonville Man
Died Yesterday
#Mr. J. G. (Slim) Wallace. 45.
died ;it his home here yesterday at
1:30 p.m. after an illness of six
months.
Originally from Florida, he came
to Jacksonville three years ago.
lie is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Noirfi Mach Wallace, one daughter.
Sue. and two sons. James and
David.
lie i.s also survived by two sis
ters. Mrs .Jeanne Summerville of
Auburn. N. Y. and Mrs. Violet Mac
Donald of Macon. Ga. and one
brother. Richard of Williston. Fla.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
North Carolina
Fishing Season
To Be Extended
©Raleigh, N. C. As the result or
investigations of fishing conditions
in TYA's Norris Lake, the North
Carolina Department of Conserva
tion and Development will open
Hiwassee and Chatuge Lakes in
western North Carolina and East
and South Lakes in Eastern North
Carolina to year-round fishing. The
only lake so open now i? Mattamu
skcet, and this is closed during
waterfowl season to protect fisher
men from gunfire.
Studies indicate that the abun
dance of fish in these lakes actually
makes for poorer fishing for the
sportsman, and that no harm will
be done by fishing in the spawning
season. Hiwassee and Chatuge both
are links in the TYA reservoir
system.
The board also approved leng
thening of the season in Santectlah
and Nantahala lakes as follows:
No fishing will be permitted
from December 1 through April 14.
The trout season in these lakes
will follow the regular open trout
season. April 15 through August 31
Warm water fishing in these
lakes will extend from April 15
through November 30
At the same time, the board set
aside Lake Tillery in Montgomery
and Anson Counties as a refuge
primarily for migratory waterfowl
It also recommended to the game
commissioner that children undci
12 not be required to have a fish
ing license when an adult member
of the family has such a license
Establishment of a bass hatchery
in western North Carolina also was
approved, subject to state appro
priation.
Disaster Committee
Will Prepare For
Any Eventuality
$ Roy McFatter, disaster service
chairman, of the Onslow County
Chapter of the American Red Cross,
said yesterday that approximately
a thousand North Carolinians in
nine counties were left in need by
the four disasters that struck dur
ing the year just ended and an
nounced that immediate steps are
being taken to prepare Onslow
County for any eventuality through
an American Red Cross disaster
preparedness and relief program.
North Carolina's four major dis
asters in 1914 were caused by two
hurricanes, one tornado, and one
flood.
Mrs. Grace W. Gawthrop. ex
ecutive secretary of the chapter,
who attended a two-day conference
of Red Cross War Fund and Disas
ter last week in Kinston. said there
is an urgent need for an organized
local group that can administer re
lief during the emergency period
of any disaster that occurs—and.
more important, one which will be
readv to help rehabilitate stricken
families.
Further evidence of the need for
such a move was offered in Red
Cross statistics that showed 29.414
persons in 51 North Carolina
counties required relief as a result
of the 31 tornadoes. 5 floods, and
3 hurricanes that struck the state
in the 21-year period. 1923 through
1944.
As chairman of the local Red
Cross chapter's disaster committee.
MtFatter said he would complete
the organization of 10 subcommit
tees to effect the preparedness pro
gram. The subcommittees are sur
vey. medical and nursing aid,
shelter, food, clothing, transporta
tion and communication, registra
tion and information, fund raising
and public information, and pur
chase and supply.
lie stressed the fact that the
h'ghlv publicized emergencv pe
riod of an average disaster should
not overshadow the importance of
the rehabilitation period when sud
denly impoverished families must
be helped in various ways to re
establish their normal standards of
living.
In the latter phase, McFatter ex
plained. Red Cross relief includes
maintenane of families, building
and repairing homes, supplying
household furnishings, hospitaliza
tion. nursing, livestock, occupa
tional training, farm equipment,
and othor needs of those families
whose own resources are insuffi
cient to meet their disaster losses.
Fuel Oil Held
At Ten Gallons A
Unit for This Period
# Raleigh—Rations of fuel oil in
the east coast area will be held at
ten gallons per unit for Period
three, beginning January 15, Theo
dore S. Johnson, OPA district di
rector said.
The ten-gallon unit is being
maintained on the recommenda
tion of the Petroleum Administra
tion for War. Although 1ho unit
value will continue to be the same
ps it was for the two proceeding
periods, PAW and OPA emphasized
that users must ration their own
daily use of oil very closely, since
supplies at this period of the heat
ing season are at the lowest point
since rationing began.
Johnson pointed out that in view
of the cold weather of the past
weeks, maintenance of the 10 gal
lon value actually represents a cut
to ration holders in relation to
their increased requirements.
DESTROY THESE STAMPS.
01n order to avoid confusion it is
urgently requested that the follow
ing ration stamps in book four be
destroyed as they are no longer
valid.
Blue stamps: A8 through Z8 and
A5 through W5.
Red Stamps: A8 through Z8 and
A5 through P5.
Sugar Stamps: 23, 30, 31, 32, 33
and 40.
All canning sugar coupons.
Sapre Stamps: Nos. 1-2-3-4.
Marine Corps Designates Creeks
For Commercial Fishing in County
0 Commercial fishermen operat
ing in New River and creeks which
are bounded by Camp Lcjeune
property must be fingerprinted and
obtain passes to the Marine Corps
property.
The passes are the same as those
issued to military and civilian per
sonnel and others who have busi
ness on the base, and are issued by
the Camp Provost Marshal's office.
At the same time. Camp Le
jcune authorities invoked a ban on
fishing in Southwest creek and
Stone creek, because of security
reasons, il was said. However, fish
ing will be permitted in North
East. French's, Duck and Wallace
creeks.
The designation of creeks in
which fishing will be permitted
and the decision that fishermen
must obtain passes came as result
of a meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce liaison committee with
Marines corps officials week end
beofre last. That meeting was
prompted by the provost marshal
causing fishermen to evacuate
the creeks.
# Raleigh—Gov. R. Gregg Cherry
will be the principal speaker here
Thursday night. January 25, at the
state c-apitol when the women's
division of the war finance com
mittee of North Carolina will pre
sent. a Boeing B-29 superfortress
model to the state for permanent
display in the Hall of History.
This model is representative of
more than 12 large superfortresses,
osting $600,000 cash, which were
bought with E. F and G war bonds
bought or sold by women victory
volunteer salesmen in 23 different
counties of North Carolina as their
bond sale goals during the Sixth
War Loan Drive.
The presentation will be by the
county or group women's chairmen
who had charge of the bond cam
paigns for these goals, led by Mrs.
Dnald Shoemaker, of Asheville,
state vice chairman of the woman's
division. Certificates of award to
the B-29 groups will be by Clarence
T. Leinbach, of Winston Salem,
state chairman of the war finance
committee.
Mrs. Karl Bishopric, of Spray,
state chairman of the women's di
vision. will introduce the regional
women's chairmen, who will then
present their county chairmen.
Each county chairman in turn will
present her Blue Star Brigade Gen
eral. who sold bonds to the most
people in her respective county.
Mrs. David Sabiston and Mrs.
C. E. Warn, co-chairmen of Onslow
County, will present Mrs. E. W.
Clement as the Onslow County
Blue Star Brigade General.
The State General of the Blue
Star Brigade 'sponsored by the
women's division will be commis
sioned by Miss Gertrude Carraway,
of New Bern, a regional chairman.
She will be decorated with a five
star service ribbon for selling bonds
to more people than any other
women in the state. Her staff, also
to be commissioned, will be selected
from the ranking county generals.
Miss Mabelle B. Blake, of Wash
ington. director of the women's
section of the war finance division
of the treasury department, will be
the closing speaker. She will be
introduced by Miss Harriet Elliott,
of Greensboro, former director of
the section. Mrs. Bishopric will
preside over the hour program,
which will be open to the general
public.
John F. Pittman
Of Near Richlands
Died Friday
0John F. Pittman. 69. died at his
home in the Gregory Fork section
near Richlands early Friday. He
was a retired farmer. Funeral serv
ices were held at 2 p.m. Saturday
from the home, conducted by the
Rev. W. A. Crow. Richlands Meth
odist minister. Burial was in the
Jarmon Cemetery. Mr. Pittman is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice
Pittman; three daughters, Mrs. P.
L. Pittman. Mrs. Melvin Brown and
Mrs. Billy Wiggs: two sons, Troy E.
Pittman and Fred Pittman, all of
Richlands vicinity.
Cherry Calls On
Slate to Support
Polio Campaign
O North Carolinians, having only
recently seen the effects of the
dread disease at first hand, do not
have to be told the reason for the
1945 March of Dimes polio cam
paign. Governor Cherry said re
cently in a radio talk formally
opening the drive.
"North Carolina parents put a
total of 860 cases of infantile para
lysis to bed in 1944." said the Gov
ernor. "The mysterious and terrify
ing disease had never stalked the
State to such an extent before.
"To meet the monster, five mil
lion dimes that had been given
against this or some similar emer
gency. were brought to North
Carolina to be thrown into the
battle. These five million dimes
served to provide treatment for a
large number of the 860 cases, a
majority of them assembled in the
emergency hospital at Hickory, or
in similar places at Gastonia and
Charlotte.
"We have seen and felt and ex
perienced the need for this great
program of the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis. We
know that it is our foundation and
that, it is dedicated to one purpose
and one purpose alone—final and
complete conquest of infantile pa
ralysis. Until that conquest is made,
the March of Dimes financed na
tional foundation will carry on the
most ambitious research program
ever—that no victim of infantile
paralysis, regardless of age, race,
marshalled against any disease.
The National Foundation's
pledge creed, or color shall go with
out care for lack of money—must
be maintained.
• As Governor of North Carolina,
I call on the citizens of North
Carolina, still with fresh memories
of the terror of the monster disease
we fight, to participate unanimous
ly and liberally in the 1945 March
of Dimes that is now in progress." 1