THE ONSLOW COUNTY > The News and Viewi Lead* IB News and Views The Only Newspaper in the World That (lives a Whoop About Onslow County "Mid Circulation, ^■f7 ^ Advertising, .N^S-nal Advertising, Classified Advertising, Onslow County News. VOL. Ml, NO. 37 JACKSONVILLE, N. C., TI'KS»\Y. JAM' \RY 30. 1915 PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR DOWN EAST W,TH I BILLY ARTHUR % Raleigh—If over you want to learn about Raleigh, take a trip with Rep. Oscar Barker of Durham. And. if you want to know how to get to Watson's Oyster Bar, just four blocks from the capitol, here are the directions: Follow Hillsboro street six blocks, turn left for four blocks where you end up in the dark. Now, go left until you discover you're on a dead end street, with the Sea board Railroad tracks at your right. Turn right and head for tbe Sea board roundhouse, where there is an engineer. Ask the engineer how to proceed from there. You reverse your field, traveling past the dark spot, and back two blocks from Hillsboro street, then turning right. There's Watson's, within sight of the capitol dome. 0 Paul Cragon. son-in-law of Mrs. Lollie Henderson, was in Raleigh this week, and said he hadn't been down to Jaksonville in more than a year, but that he is coming next summer for a spell. £Rep. Fd Tonisscn is a traffic blocker. He stands himself right in the middle of the main aisle, and folk.s have to walk around him. I'm going to cut a hole in his base, like they do those big redwood trees out in California—as you used to see on the calendars—and go right through him. It's easier that way. and far less walking than trying to circumvent Ed. 0The boys around the hotel say I've literally played something or other. Rep. Clarence Quinn's type writer wouldn't work the other night. He's from Duplin County and an ardent and conscientious dry. So. I went up and fixed his machine. Now. the boys say he's going to type up a referendum bill on it. and that I should have left it locked. 0 Rep. Tom Pearsall, chairman of the appropriations committee, ap proached Rep. John Q. LeGrand of Wilmington in the House Tuesday. "Now, when the committee meets this afternoon to hear the teachers," Tom said, "there's going to be an effort to move the hearing from the revenue building to the capitol. and we don't want to do that." "Why?" asked John. "Because, if we get over here they'll fill up the galleries and there'll be a lot of whooping and handclapping and hollering." "What's wrong with that?" John asked. "Are you scared of them?" 0The House was about to engage in a little fun the other night when Rep. McKinley Edwards of Swain took control, and. although he did 't intend to. got a little too rough ith tlie "tom-cat" bill. Practically every person had an amendment or something to send up and let the clerk read, and Jet it go at that. There were to be no speeches against killing cats. I sent up one that would prevent the killing of torn cats after 10 p. m.. but McKinley proceeded to speak on his similar amendment. He contended that the killing of torn cats would destroy all cats. And went further. Whereupon Rep. Clarence Stone attempted to stop him and the cat bill at the same time. He couldn't do it. but Rep. J. T. Pritchett of Caldwell did. #Bill Sabiston of Carthage was up in Raleigh last week, inquiring about the folks down home. So was inquiry being made by Mrs. Irene Oates Parker, who's cierking in the House, who used to live with the Murrills and who didn't know Jim was a proud pa-pa. #Had breakfast over at the Gov ernor's mansion Thursday morn ing. Gregg is still an early riser, and despite the hour makes one feel right at home. But. as last ses sion. 1 wonder why the governors don't invite the legislators to lunch or something, instead of getting them out of the bed in the midddle of the night for breakfast. 0Maj. Ben I. Rose, chaplain of the U. S. Army, of whose records 011 the fighting fronts the News and Views has frequently had stories, is the son of State Senator C. H. Rose, Sr., prominent Fayetteville attorney. Major Rose, who did mission work for the Presbyterian church in the Kenansville, Beulaville and Chinquapin sections prior to the war. had an outstanding record there, too. In the years that he served that area he received more people on profession of faith than did any other minister in the South, save in the extreme larger towns. 0 Bus drivers in the Raleigh ter minal invaribly have to tell trav elers that the bus with "Jackson ville" on the front does not go to Florida. 0 At home, things haven't changed a bit. The barber shop still doesn't have its full complement of bar bers even at 9:30 a.m. 0 Ashley Seawell, who is a son of Supreme Court Justice A. A. F. Seawell and who did quite a bit of abstracting here when the Navy Department was acquiring property for Camp Lejeune, was in Raleigh the other day and inquiring about lie folks in Onslow. Ashley now is captain in the Army. INDUCTED IN ARMY 0 Former State Senator John D. Larkins, Jr., of Trenton passed his pre-induction examinations at Fort Bragg last week. Hospilal Granted Part of New ABC Profits by Assembly 0 The General Assembly Friday completed action on a bill author izing the Onslow County Board of Commissioners to appropriate up to 10 per cent of the net profits of the ARC store for use by the Onslow County Hospital. The bill had been passed by the Hou?e before going to the Senate where it was adopted as law on second and third meeting. Under the measure, the hospital may use up to ten per cent of the net profits of the ABC store per month for operations and mainte nance expenses if they are needed. The Federal Works Agency, which erected and equipped the modern institution here, has been supplying maintenance and oper ating funds since the opening and while the hospital was trying to get on its feet. An operating fi nancial loss has been shown every month so far. but the institution is said to be rapidly acquiring confidence. The bill, it is estimated, would allow the hospital use of approxi mately $800 per month, on an average, if the funds are needed. Secure Permits To Burn Property After February 1 0 Beginning February 1. all per sons burning off any property must secure permits from the districts forest wardens, it was announced yesterday by G. R. Melville, coun ty forest protector. Melville said the law governing securing of permits to burn would have to be enforced this year, par ticularly in view of the fact that seven forest fires had to be ex tinguished last week. There were others, smaller however, but the seven required considerable work to prevent spread of the blazes. Signs denote the residences of district wardens who are located in every community. Cpl. Albert L. Henderson Of Jacksonville Is Honorably Discharged 0 Miami Beach. Fla.—Cp!. Albert L. Henderson. 26. son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Henderson and hus band of Lora Agnes Henderson of Jacksonville. N. C.. has been hon orably discharged for reasons of physical disability from the U. S. Army at the A A! Regional and Convalescent Hospital, Miami Dis trict. Miami Beach, Fla. Corporal Henderson was last stationed with the Field Artillery at Camp Pickett, Va. Sgt. Boyd C. Setzer, Jacksonville, Awarded Good Conduct Medal #Sgt. Boycl C. Setzer of Jackson ville was awarded the Good Con duct medal in a recent ceremony somewhere in the European Theatre of action in which his en tire regiment participated. Sgt. Setzer is a member o£ the 39Hth General Service Engineers who recently reconstructed a large French port and lias helped in the erection of several hospitals throughout the European area. George G. Barbee of Maysville, Used Dog Sleds On Trip from Alaska 0 George G. Barbee. son of Mrs. J. C. Barbee of Maysville returned to his home this week after serving more than three years as construc tion foreman with the U. S. Govern ment Engineers in various points in Alaska. Barbee Said he found many changes in Onslow County after his long absence but he did appre ciate the weather after having had the temperature reach 62 degrees below zero where he had been liv ing near Nome. Called back here to report for reclassification by his local draft board, he left Nome. Alaska on December 27th and reached Mays ville on January 24th. Leaving Nome, he made the first fifteen miles of the long journey by dog sled, the next 1700 miles by plane and the remainder by boat and finally train in order to reach here^ If lie finds the Army doesn't ac cept him, Barbee declared he was going back to Nome to finish the job he was doing there. Mrs. Sallie T. Boyd Former Onslow Woman Dies in Warsaw # WarsawMrs. Sallie Thigpen Byrd. 74. wife of the late Robert Byrd. died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Luther Kennedy. Funeral services were held from the honfe Saturday at S p.m. by her pastor, the Rev. II. J. Whalcy of the Beulaville Free Will Holiness Church. Burial was in the family cemetery. Surviving are seven children. Mrs. Omah Davis. Mrs. Luther Ken nedy. and Net Acey. Frank and Henry Byrd of Beulaville. and Mrs. Willie Byrd of Chinquapin: 57 grandchildren, and 14 great-grand children. CHAMBER TO MEET 0 There will be an important meeting of the Jacksonville Cham ber of Commerce at the Federal b'SO at 8 p.m. Thursday night. Plans for the first annual meeting of the chamber will be discussed. Russians Inside German Border; German Officials Quit Berlin 0 London — AP — Russian armies arc reported to have surrounded the Prussian rail center of Sehnei demuhl and have forced their way four miles within the German border, a German spokesman *ias admitted today. Swedish newspapers have an nounced that flashes from Marshall Stalin's guns already could be seen in night skies from Berlin over the eastern battlefront. German officials are said to be quickly evacuating their offices in the threatened capital and more than twenty trains are attempting to evacuate part of the populace. Foreign diplomats are rushing plans through to leave the capital and all foreign correspondents have been ordered to leave immed iately. Roads and railways, vital to the transport of war material for the Germans are reported to be jammed with refugees moving from the east and Berlin has ordered all refugees to move on after a three day stay Several large theatres in the capital have been converted to housing places but are insufficient to care for the estimated two million home less people. First Army Nears Germany 0 Paris—(AP)—Veteran divisions of the United States First Army have pushed their snowplow at tack northeast of St. Vith to with in one mile of Germany and to the beginning of the formidable Sieg fried line defenses. North of the First Army, the U. S. Ninth and the British Second Armies were closing in through the Roer valley and are reported through the Siegfried line in many places, potentially threatening the entire Ruhr and Rhineland and many of their great cities. To the south of the Ninth Army, the Third Army is reported cross ing the German border and are well on their way to Saarbrucken. Hopkins In Paris 0 London—(AP)—It was announ ced here today that Harry Hopkins is in Paris making further prepar ations for the next conference of the "Big Three." The week-long series of conferences were previ ously cloaked by censorship. Sixth Army Reported Within Thirty three Miles of Manila £ MacArthur's Headquarters, Lu zon—AP—United States Sixth Army spearheads are reported on the approaches to San Fernando only thirty three air miles from Manila today. Simultaneously with the Amer ican capture of Rosario following a break through on the bitterly de fended left flank. Angeles, five miles to the southeast of the newly captured Clark Field was taken by the American 37th Division which by-passed stubborn enemy opposi tion in the hills and sent patrols down the highways toward San Fernando. Four airfields were also taken at Angeles as the Americans con tinued the advance to Manila in the now three week old drive on Luzon. Some fifteen miles behind the advance columns other troops are mopping up the Japanese pinned in the hills around Clark airfield aftfrr their failure in an attempt to halt the Americans in their march to Manila. Bomb Iwo Jima 0 Washington — AP — Superfort resses again have attacked enemy installations in a daylight raid on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. The new raid was carried out by the 21st Bomber Command based on Saipan under Major General Curtis LeMay. DESTROY TWO STILLS 0 Sheriff's Deputies James Likens and Willis Johnson destroyed two stills of approximately 100 gallons capacity each in the Sandy Run section last week. Five barrels of beer also were destroyed. DEPOT QUARTERMASTER §Camp Lcjeunc—Lt. Col. Walter Thomas Short has been assigned to duty as the new depot quarter master, succeeding Lt. Col. A. W. Paul. Elm Street Changed To Tailman Street; Everything's 0. K. 0 It's 110 longer Elin strict, but Tailman street. And Ran dall Tailman says all injustices have been rectified. The Town of Jacksonville has taken down Hie Elm street sign post and put in its place a handsome affair reading "Tailman Street". That's the way the town maps designate the street, and , have named it for some time. But where in the world, says Tailman himself, someone got the idea it was Elm street he doesn't know. There isn't an Elm tree in the neighborhood in the first place. And, besides, he used to own almost all of the property on that thorough fare. and even donated some to Onslow County so that the the Community House, now the USO Pine Lodge, could be erected by the WPA. But everything's O. K. now. $200,000 Is Estimated Cost to State for 1945 General Assembly 41 Raleigh —AP— North Carolina's General Assembly is expected to cost the state $200,000 for the cur rent biennium. and the legislators say they're the ones who lose on the deal. Highest paid of the 357 Tar ITeels on the Assembly payroll are the 50 Senators and 120 Representa tives, who .say they "frequently luse money," by leaving their business back home to come to Raleigh for a legislative session which pays them $600. A proposal, favored by the State Federation of Labor, is now being widely discussed which would pay the lawmakers $25 a day for every day of the session. This year, for the first time in history, the Legislature dug deep into its weekly paychecks for the pay-as-you-go income taxes for the Federal Government. Gone is the 1943 session's "Victory tax"; this year the word is "withholding," on everyone, from the oldest Negro la borer in his spotless white co;it to the youngest page, has filed an ex emption certificate. A bill, introduced early in the session by Senator Archie Gay of Northampton, and passed by both Houses, increased the pay of cer tain legislative clerks, stenograph ers and typists. Stenographers now are paid $6 a day. and typists, So. There are 27 such clerks in the Senate and 3(> in the House. All Assembly employes who come from towns outside of Raleigh are paid five cents a mile for traveling. This session. 33 employes are on the Senate payroll, and 74 are listed in the House. A warrant officer and a liaison officer are paid jointly by the two legislative branches, and each House has a chaplain who re ceives $4.50 a day. Fourteen young pages, including a chief page for each House, serve the legislators, chief pages received $28 a week and the others $21. Reading clerks for the Senate and House receive $8 a day. Aside from salaries and wage?, the legislature's budget includes such items as supplies and mate rials. postage, telegrams, telephone, rent of equipment. Costs of index ing legislative .journals, printing, binding, printing journals, session laws, legislative manuals and bul letins. run high. Then there are mileage payments and committee travel expenses. Total expenses in the Senate for the bicnnium 1945 47 are expected to reach $64,207, and in the House $110,792. The Houses will share a $24,911 expense in common. Senators' salaries will total $30,700, and those of the rep resen t a I i ves, $72,100. During the fiscal year, 1943-44. when the Assembly was not in ses sion, expenses totaled $9,701. Further Reconversion To Burning Fuel Oil Halted by OPA 0 Raleigh — S u p p 1 y conditions make it necessary to cut ofT fur ther applications for fuel oil ra tions for use in heating equipment reconverted to burn oil. Theodore S. Johnson. OPA district director has announced. The move was made at the re quest of the Petroleum Administra tion for War, he said. The action does not affect those who have received an advance ra tion for equipment now being re installed. It will, however, stop any further reconversion except for hardship cases, the director point ed out. He added that although rations so far granted for reconverted faci lities have not drawn materially on supplies, they are being ruled out in the effort to use every pos sible method of holding civilian consumption to the absolute mini mum. MANAGING PROJECT ^ Russell A. Phillips, brother of D. L. Phillips, has arrived from Charlotte to take over the man agement of Overbrook and Phil lips' apartments here. Missing in Action •Lloyd toy, son of Mrs. Lucy F y >f Richlands, Route 1, has been missing in action in France since Sept. 10, his mother has been informed. Remaining Officials Of Holly Ridge May Name Officers 0-b \iIorne.v General Harry \lc\lul l;sn has advised citizens of the Town of Holly Ridge that the re maining town officials may pro cee 1 to complete the board of al dermen. The ruling came on request aft er one member had moved away, another resigned, and another planning to leave. The attorney general wr&te that the .statutes provide "that in case of a vacancy after election in the office of commissioner, the others may fill it until the next election. Under this provision the remaining members of the Board could appoint the successors to those who have become ineligible or who have resigned and in this way complete the membership of the Board, the ones so appointed to hold office for the unexpired terms." Gov. R. Gregg Cherry Accepts Superfortress; Praises Work Done She also .serves who sells war bonis." Gov. R. Gregg Cherry told workers of the Women's Division of the War Finance Committee last Thursday night when he accepted a B-29 Superfortress model to be permanently displayed in the State Museum in commemoration of the bonds by the Women's Division for 1 lie purchase of Superfortresses in the Sixth War Loan Drive. Tiie public exercises wc re held in the hall of the House of Represoii talives at the Capitol. Mrs. Karl Bishopric of Spray, State women's chairman, presided, and the address of welcome was delivered by Mrs .1. S. Mitchiner of Raleigh. State vice chairman. Mrs. J. K. Goldstien of Char lotte was com missioned as the S: ate Five-Sta»* General in 1 he Biue Brigade and received a pi'; with five blue stcr-s for having ,-o'd "tiio greatest number of bonds to (i.fferent persons" ithe drive. Mrs. E. W. CL-ment of .lacksonville va- named S'.aio Lieutenant-Gen eral. Mrs. Goldstion's ,>core was and Mrs. Clement made 2U5 individual sales. The commissions were made by Miss Gertrude Can-away of New Bern. State vice chairman, eastern division. ■'The North Carolina counties that bought the original, grown-up. deadly real editions of this new implement of war played a vital and important part in the Sixth War Loan." Governor Cherry said. "The $(500,000 War Bond sales necessary to sponsor one of these giant for tresses of the air was no easy task. Your task is one of the three para mount functions of waging a suc cessful war." Cherry declared and named these functions as fighting, supplying the materials for fight i .and supplying "the money to pay for the goods of war," and added, "Yours is the last of these three tasks. . . . You have carried out a big job with colors flying. You have been doing the real thing." PM 1c P. W. Jones of Maple Hill Reports to California after Leave $!'. W. Jones. PPM 1c. son of Mr and Mrs. C. C. Jones of Maple 11:11 reported to his base in Califor nia last week after spending a fur lough at the home of his parents in Maple Hill. A graduate of Jacksonville High School, Jones entered the Navy four years ago and has, served overseas for eighteen months. Six Colored Registrants lo Report to Bragg On February 2nd 0Following is a list of six colored registrants who will report to Fort Bragg for induction into the armed forces on February 2nd. Wade Edison Green. Beulaville: Allen P. Pollock. Jacksonville: P" cy Lee Payne. Jacksonville: David M. James. Jacksonville: Wal ter Wigfall. Jacksonville and Jame* Simmons, Richlands. News & Views Honored By Press Association George Kanaris Is Burned by Ignited Gas at Local Cafe ft George Kanaris of the Crystal Cafe was badly burned about the hands while trying to extinguish a lire in rear of the cafe Friday night. Tiie fire, which did slight damage to the rear of the building, was eaused by escaping gas becoming ignited either by someone striking a match or from sparks from a nearby furnace, it was said. At the time, a gas truck was filling a tank in a close and dark spot in rear of the cafe. K.ma: •• was i;.ken to the Onslow County Hospital for treatment. Expiration Dates Are Again Placed on Food Ration Stamps 9 Washington—AP—Acting to al lay fear of another sudden invalida tion, the OP A has set forth for housewives a definite policy on cancellation of food ration stamps. Hereafter, the agency announced. Red Stamps for meats and fats and Blue for processed foods will ex pire four monthj from the date of issuance. This replaces the program of indefinlie validity for these cou pons which had been in effect since last spring. Sugar stamps also were given fixed expiration dates again. Num ber 34, now in use. will be invalid after February 28. The next sugar stamp. Number 35. will be valid February 1 for five pounds and re main through June 2. Sugar Stamp Number 36 is scheduled for valida tion May i. OPA will continue to validate a new series of Red and Blue stamps at the start of each month, usually five of each color at a time. Since they will be good for four months, this means that four blocks of each kind always will be in use. expir ing on a staggered basis. The first Red and Blue stamps to expire under the new system will be those which came into use De cember 1 and 3. respectively. They will not be valid after March 31. i I!(• v mciucie: Rod- Q5. 115 and So; Blue—X5. Y5, Zo, A2 and 132. The now policy dears up uncer tainly which has prevailed since lale last month when OPA invali dated without warning all food stamps put in use prior to the start of December. Housewives had been promsied advance warning of any cancella tion. but the agency said the omer «.!oncy measure was warranted be cause food supplies were at a dan gerously low level. The new program. OPA said, was designed to prevent accumulation of large backlogs of unused stamps as well as avert last-minute buying rushes. With four monthes to spend each series of stamps, housewives will be able to space expenditures evenly over the period, OPA said. While definite expiration dates were in effect prior to last March, each series of stamps was good for only seven weeks. This led to buy ing rushes, the agency said when the program was abandoned. This is the schedule of expira tion dates for other lied and Blue stamps: Red—T5, 15, V5, W5. and X5, valid December 31, good through April 28: Y5, Z5, A2. B2, C2. and D2, valid January 28. good through June 2. Blue C2. D2. E2. F2. and C.2 valid January 1, good through April 28: 112 J2, K2. L2 and M2 valid February 1, good through June 2. Project Approved To Enlarge Water Reservoir at Camp #The Navy Department has ap proved a project to extend the water treatment plant at Camp Le jeune at a cost of $260,000. Rep Graham A. Harden advised the News and Views yesterday. The project calls for enlarge ment of the water storage reservoir to a capacity of 560,000 gallons. Pfc. Cecil L. Taylor Of Richlands Wounded In European Theatre Pfr. Cecil L. Taylor of Rich lands has been wounded in ac tion in the* European theatre according to word received re cently from the War Depart ment by his mother, >lrs. Dolly Taylor of Richlands. Hosea Swinson Is Held on Whiskey Charge; Stills Cut 0 Hosea Swinson of the Five Mile section is under bond ponding trial in Recorder's Court on charges of manufacturing and possessing non tax paid whiskey for the purpose of sale. Swinson was taken into custody Saturday afternoon by Sheriff B. F. Morton and Deputies James Likens and Willis Johnson when they found 6'2 gallons of illegal whiskey cached in a tobacco barn on Swinson's place. The officers had gone to the barn after following a path from a still which was in operation. They destroy"! it. Also S H iirday afternoon and in the sanii ret ion. officers destroy ed ano: ;• still and three barrels of mash. OPA-WPB Program Will Make Low-Cost Clothing Available • R alei g h — \ .joint OP A - W P B clothing program proposed to ihe trade in Washington last week is designed to reduce the average family's clothing bill by (! or 7 per cent and to make more of the essen tial low and medium-cost clothing available in more stores, Theodore S. .Johnson. OPA district director said. Under the plan, a high propor tion of civilian fabric production will be reserved for manufacturers of essential low and medium-priced garments who will be given priority ratings for fabrics based on their garment output in the first half of 1943. This will prevent diversion of textiles into less essential and higher priced products. A new maximum average price regulation will return the average price of such category of civilian garments during the first half of 1945 to the average price levels of the first half of 1943. Under the plan, many of the low and medium-priced cotton gar ments will bo preticketted by the manufacturer with the retail ceil ing pi-ice expressed in specific dol lars and cents. Scholarship Award Is Offered 4-H Youths In State-Wide Contest 0 A one-year scholarship in dairy ing or animal husbandry at V C. Slate College has been offered by the N. C. Cottonseed Crushers As sociation to the 4-11 club members making the best record in dairy calf club work in 1945. I.. R. Har rill. 4-H club leader of the Exten sion Service, has announced. The scholarship is valued at S80. Selection of the winner and award ing of the scholarship will be made under the supervision of the Col lege 4-11 Club Department. Club members must submit evi dence as to ownership of animals and must keep accurate records showing the kind and amount of feed, cost and value of feed, cost and value of calf or calves, weight and sale price or value of the ani mal at the conclusion of the con test. Full information as to all the rules and requirements in the con test may be obtained from the county agent's office in each coun ty. Any duly enrolled 4-11 club member in North Carolina is eli gible to compete for the award. Rotarians Plan Party Tomorrow lo Honor Saviours of Holly Ridge 0 Camp Davis will be officially turned over to the Army Air Forces for a convalescent and redistribu tion center Thursday. February 1, it was reported yesterday. To celebrate the occasion and to express gratiude to the personnel who have manned the base and their commanding officer. Col. Adam A. Potts, the itolly Ridge Ro tary club will stage a party at the Community Hous^ there tomrrow night. January 31. at 7:30 o'clock. The party will also be in honor of the group of men from Onslow. Pender and New Hanover counties who worked as a committee to have (ho camp continued by some branch of the government and not abandoned as contemplated by the War Department last fall. To the party, the Rotary club has extended invitations to a num ber of persons including Governor R. Gregg Cherry, Rep. Graham A. Barden. and Jacksonvillians Pen der V. Capps, John D. Warlick, Billy Arthur and others. While the entire Rotary club is at work to make the celebration a success, the committee directly re sponsible is composed of C. C. Hines. Leon Sessoms and Joe Tucker. 0Thc Onslow County News and views of Jacksonville was awarded ;eeond place among semi-weekly lews-papers for "excellence in news Dresentalion" by the North Caro ina Press Association a' its mid winter institute at Duke Univer sity. Durham. Friday night. The award, read at the institute )>• Governor R. Gregg Cherry, will )c presented to Editor and Pub lisher Billy Arthur by the governor n Raleigh this week. First place went to the Lexington Dispatch, edited by David Sink, and lined place to the Stanly News and Press of Albemarle, edited by John B. Harris. "We on the News and Views are liappy, and grateful, too. for the honor bestowed upon us," the edi Ior and publisher said when ad vised of the award during the week ?nd. "It will serve only as an in spiration for us to give the best of Dur abilities in presenting the news Df Onslow County to its citizens. "Credit for the achievement must !o to our friends, who have made possible this award by keeping us informed, and to the staff, editorial and mechanical, who produce the News and Views, namely. Mrs. Jean Cranks-haw, Mrs. Jane Dean. W. L. Higgins, J. P. Boyd, Edward W. Farnell and Elridge Hawk.ns. To those the recognition of merit goes," Arthur said. It was the first time in history the county that one of its news papers has been signally honored. Proposed Hospital Sought by Swansboro Would Be Big Affair % The proposed Veterans Adminis tration hospital which interested persons have been seeking for Swansboro vicinity would cost approximately S4.500.000, it was disclosed last week in dispatches from Washington. Several other towns in Eastern North Carolina are hard after the neuorpsychiatric hospital, also. The recently announced plans of the Veterans Administration are for a hospital with approximately 800 beds, with seven major build ings. and other smaller buildings which will house all the facilities and supplies to make the hospital a self-sufficient unit. The hospital, which will be built to care for the mentally ill veter ans. will have a complete medical and surgical center for the care of liio.se neuro-psychiatric patients who contact illnesses other than mental. For the mental patients, 1 here will be two separate disvis io'is. The acute patients will be di vided from the less acute. Jacksonville High Comes from Behind To Beat Dixon, 35-27 0 Staging a fast and furious finish, Jacksonville high school came from behind to score eight, points in (he last two minutes and defeat Dixon highs. 35 to 27. at Farnsworth Hall gym Friday night. The victorious team trailed throughout almost all of the con test, and Dixon led at the end of three quarters. In the final period, the lead see-sawed back and forth until there was a 27-all count with two minutes remaining. Then, the Cardinals got their eyes on the basket. Walter Sabiston, Jr., with 20 points, was high scorer, and Cald well of Dixon was runner up. The line-up: Jacksonville—Sabi ston. 20: Sanders. 2: Beasley, 6; Koonce. 6: and Russ 1: Dixon— Caldwell, 1G: Faw, 4: Lewis, 2; Kirkman, 1; and Drash, 4. American Ingenuity And Salvaged Material Help Move Food Crops 0 Dos Moines. Iowa—Salvaged material about the farm and Amer ican ingenuity are helping move food crops to market in spite of manpower shortages, a survey of homemade gadgets used by Iowa farmers indicates. A few pieces of lumber and some old machines parts made a bale loader for hay. The bales are moved up a ramp to a platform from which they can be loaded easily on a truck which furnishes power. Field chopped silage is pushed off a rack into a power blower conveyor at just the right speed by a chain windlass attached to a false front end-gate. When one manure spreader's wheels wore out, its owner welded auto axles and hubs into place and the spreader now runs on ball bearings and truck tires. A discarded boxcar became a cow cafeteria when bins were installed inside feeding troughs at the nnd and an automatic watering system provided. An old buggy became a substitute for a jeep when an old gasoline engine was properly attached. Steered by the driver's feet on the front axle, it can do 20 miles an hour going after the cows or doing other errands around the farm.