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VOL. VII, NO. 61 JACKSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY. M.BRl \RY 2 5. 1915 PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR
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WITH
O BILLY ARTHUR
State College. Raleigh. N c
February 14. 1945 ' '
Rear Billy;
•JI ,83Nye?,r""'(i S°Uth Geor^
, native of Ons
anothor r k- Is "'okon <iown "ilh
S I S '.'K letters- "1'ich of
th v devoted to comments on
e News and Views, which I mark
finished !I "im whcn 1 have
finished Here are a few excerpts
given "a* hi□ '""I Bi"v Ar,hur llas
k llinV -g Wrlte-"P Sister for
slick .1 p0fsum with "ie soap
sick. Hcr strength and bravery
no surprising: and 1 can well
remember how hard she could
push in wrestling matches with
exnlJt""nRPr bro,hrr- While her
exploits were going on. we were
eating a fat 'possum given us bv
our friends, the Martins? w are
h« ?»" was finicky and
into th 1 i le V ed possum
intohe garbage, instead of baking
hi!,n h u s"0<'t Potatoes, as
should have been done.
"The News ana Views has a lot
of new names m it. tint if Billv
Knnn ".i'1' vc 01,1 Thompson,
Koonce. Gurganus. Burton, llum
? Henderson. Shepard. Cox.
rayloi Collins. Jarman. Capps,
Petleway Vopp. Venters, and
Am,in, he won't have much to
duild a paper on.
"My memory of the Barbers
and Jarmans is that they were
dyed-in-the-wool Baptists, and I'm
surprised to note that Mrs. Warn
and Henry Jarman arc puttin"
memorial windows into the Metho
dist Church.
"And the deceased Miss Koonce
was one of your teachers? That's
nothing. I was a sturipiU of M
FrLl T?k' <laUgh,er °f 0ld Mr.
Fiank Thompson. 1 went also to
Mr. Sam King. Bet some of his
descendants are living in the
Southwest section. His eldest
daughter was named India as I
remember.
, ' ,,::ec Florence Simpson
** 7,ovcrt b'ick to Jacksonville,
f"d, h!' a,ui '■"»<> Simpson's
grandchildren are getting pictures
. V, p;,',el; f01' "'eir work in the
«ai. Remember how I used to love
Asa and I.iraic. I always thought
1.17.7.1,' Was too retiring to show to
the world what a noble character
sne was.
"And the Millises and Gregories
down the river at Sncad's Ferrv
I remember L'ncle I.ott and Aunt
Mai ha Gregory, Mother's sister,
lived for a time at Gregory's fork
near Richland*. About 1870 four
of us nephews and nieces, walked
the whole distance to spend the
week-end with them, and found
th.it we were very welcome!?) as
they already had a house full of
their codfish friends from down
the river. Have never got it through
mv head why our parents let that
'nch go on that trip.
> J. C. Collins is probablv I.ucv
°rs boy. And R. V. Venters
. ""neeRenters' son. I used lo
lei I that I was just about to N'ew
York when 1 got in sight of the
Venters plantation. Timmons Jones.
I believe he was coroner, and was
one of the first to reach .Tore when
he was fatally bitten by the shark
Reviewing these names and
many more that I have not men
tioned takes me back to good old
Eastern North Carolina. Knjov this
more than any other feature of
the .lax paper. I am told that Camp
,hT\T% ') Y'Wpper- Lal'S«t in
me u. S, I believe.
"Ill wrapping the N'ews and
Views, be sure your wrapper is
long enough lo cover the papers.
e ends arc torn and in bad shape
on arrival."
A. M. Fountain.
Prisoners' Families
Can Send Messages
Via Army Wireless
0 Information has been received
from National Headquarters. Am
erican Red Cross, that families of
newly liberated American prisoners
in the Philippines can send a mes
sage of 25 words to them via Army
Press wireless. Only one message
will be allowed per family and will
be accepted from immediate mem
ber of the family only. Families
should address such messages to
the Adjutant General, attention
Casualty Branch. Room 3050.
Munitions Building. Washington.
D. C. Messages should contain li
berated prisoner's name and serial
number.
American Red Cross Represen
tative at Luzon has advised that
mail for released American and
Allied civilians should be ad
dressed by writers as follows:
Name of individual, American Red
Cross, Civilian War Relief Section,
APO 442, Care Postmaster, San
Francisco, California.
Maj. Gen. Turnage
Awarded Distinguished
Service Medal
% Washington —AP— The Marine
Corps announced last week its
Major General Allen II. Turnage
had been awarded the Distinguish
ed Service Medal.
The medal, presented last week
by Lieutenant General A. A.
Vandegrift, was given for General
Turnage's skilled execution of a
Perilous landing by the Third Ma
^ m» Division against Japanese
^ ces on Guam and other expert
.ineuvering.
Turnage. of Farmville, N. C.,
also holds the Navy Cross for
heroism during the Bougainville
campaign. He and his wife live now
in nearby Alexandria, Va.
Pvt. Julian R. Hargett, Richlands,
Reported Killed in European Action
0 Pvt. Julian Rhon llargeit
of Richlands was killed in ac
tion, February 4th in the Euro
pean theater of war, according
to word received from the War
Department by his mother,
Mrs. Nellie Rhen Haruett.
Pvt. Ilargett was listed
as missing in action in October.
Later he wrote his mother that
he had been a German prison
er of war and that he and two
companions had escaped and
rejoined their old outfit.
Pvt. llargett is survived by
his mother and one sister. Mrs.
W. L. Sanders of Riclilands.
Commercial Fishermen
Get Extended Grounds
At Camp Lejeune
#Civilian commercial fishermei
now are allowed to fish Wallac
Creek above llolcomb Boulevan
Bridge, where the original order
read Wallace Creek above Paradisi
Point Road Bridge.
The modification appeared in ,
Camp Special Order dated Feb
ruary 16. Civilian fishermen nee<
an identifiation pass or temporal*;
permit from the Camp Provos
Marshal's office.
Zeb Vance Harrell
Of Near Jacksonville
Succumbs at Home
0 Zeb Vance Harrell of near Jack
sonville, died at his home last
Sunday following a stroke and ill
ness of a few hours.
The funeral was held from the
home on Monday afternoon at three
p. m. with the Rev. Ransome Gur
ganus officiating. Interment was in
the .Jacksonville cemetery.
A well known farmer in this sec
tion. Mr. Harrell is survived by his
wife and one son, Vance Harrell,
three step children: Samuel Lee
Morton with the army overseas,
Adrian F. Morton of Wilmington
and Mrs. Sadie Mae Shepard of
Jacksonville. One brother, John
Harrell of Jacksonville, also sur
| vives.
[ ARRIVES OVERSEAS
0Richlands—Private Alton Earl
1 Wiggins, son of Mr. and Mrs. El
aster Wiggins of Richlands. lias
i notified his parents of his safe
• arrival in France. Private Wiggins
I has been in the Army for the past
' five months and is now stationed
with the Seventh Army in the
European theater.
Marines On Iwo Island
Gets Reinforcements
0 U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquar
ters, Guam—Several heavy Jap
anese counterattacks during the
night were driven back by Marine-;
on slopes of central low Island.
Admiral Chester Nimitz announced
yesterday.
American offensives were re
sumed toward the central fighter
field and toward Suribachi Volcano
fortress on the southern tip of the
island. Renewed attacks were
launched with the support of the
Third Marine Division, which
poured into the island yesterday to
reinforce the Fourth and Fifth
Divisions which had been tempor
arily halted by bitter Japanese
resistance.
Foes Turn Hotel into Flaming Fort
0 Manila—Only scattered enemy
remants were left on Corregidor
yesterday, but fanatically resisting
Japanese troops still held out on
second floor of a famed Manila
hotel, turning the hostelry into the
hottest battlespot in the capital
city at dawn yesterday.
Historic Bataan was cleared of
the Japanese troops. General Mac
Arthur reported. Intramuros. how
ever. remains in the enemy hands.
OPA Director Stales
America's Supply of
New Cars Very Low
0 Raleigh—America's stockpile of
new cars is dangerously low. OPA
District Director Theodore S. John
son said today, adding that quotas
for March are now being worked
out.
The total number of new 1942
cars on hand is but 10.000. John
son said, compared with the 67.000
new cars authorized for consumer
delivery in 1944, and 209.000 de
livered in 1943.
This 10.000-car reserve, Johnson
pointed out, must be allotted with
extreme care, for they must be
made to last until production is
resumed.
Camp Lejeune Globe,
Largest Marine Paper,
Reaches First Anniversary
0Camp Lejeune—The Camp Le
jeune Globe, largest newspaper in
the Marine Corps, celebrated its
first birthday last week with a rec
ord of having sent out 12 oversea:;
reporters in a year.
The Globe is a 16-page weekly
tabloid published in the interests
of Marine and Naval personnel and
civilian employees here.
Present members of the staff are
Corporal W. Frank Barfield of
Kinston. managing editor; Cor
poral Joe Hardy VVhritenour of
Largo, Fla., sports editor, and
Private Ralph C. Barron of Green
ville. S. C., cartoonist.
Barfield, secrctary-on-leave of
the Kinston Chamber of Commerce
and native of Banks County, Ala.,
attended The Citadel and formerly
was with the Greenville (S. C>
News, Columbia Record. High
Point Enterprise, Burlington Times
News, and Kinston Free-Press.
Barron, who also attended The
Citadel, worked with the Columbia
Record and Greenville News and
was a commercial artist. Whriten
our was a sports writer for the
Paterson (N. J.) Evening News.
0 Public school children are now
required to read about 15 times
as much material as children a
generation ago.
Patlon's Troops Register
Gains in Battle for a
Crossing of Saar River
0 Paris- American Third Army
captured L'4 more towns in Moselle
Valley, thereby forced the crossing
of Saar River south of invested
Saarburg yesterday and cleaned
the main part of that fortified road
center.
Patton's tanks and infantry drove
to within five and one half miles of
Trier which i.s the keystone of the
entire German defense system be
fore the middle Rhine river.
The British and Canadian troops
are still charging in the direction
of Calcar.
Soviets Fight to Spring A Trap
0 London— Russian First Ukraine
Army, having by-passed German
strong point of Guben. 51 miles
southeast of Greater Berlin, fought
yesterday for a solid link with
First White Russian Army at the
confluence of Oder and Neisse
rivers.
Whi'e Russians scored new gains
southeast of German capital while
other Soviet troops were forced to
give some ground in East Prussia
in the face of heavy German
counterblows west of Konigsberg.
Additional Plans Scheduled
For North Carolina
Cotton Growers Contest
0 Growers planning to take part
in the first North Carolina Five
Acre Cotton Contest, for which
awards of $3,000 are being offered,
should take steps immediately to
obtain the best possible planting
seed, recommends J. A. Shanklin
of State College, cotton specialist
in charge of the contest.
County agents are pooling seed
orders in some counties and plans
for an exceptionally large enroll
ment in the contest are already
under way. Reports from several
counties indicate that more than
one hundred leading farmers in
each county plan to enter the con
test with the idea of producing
from 10 to 15 bales of cotton on
five acres.
North Carolina is divided into
three districts and four awards,
totaling $750, will be offered in
each district in addition to the
State prize of $750 to that grower
who leads all contestants.
As a means of stimulating local
interest, some counties are also
putting on local contests on the
same basis as the State contest. The
counties are also being divided into
districts so that all growers may
have a fair chance of competing for
the awards.
In previous contests winning
growers have taken full advantage
of well-drained land of high moist
ure holding capacity, have ferti
lized generously in keeping with
the ability of their land to utilize
large amounts of fertilizer; and,
have had a relatively large num
ber of plants per acre, about
30,000 or more.
. Some growers have used three
foot rows with two to four plants
in hills about eight to 12 inches
apart. *
KEEP ON
• WITH WAR BONDS
Forest Products Committee
Plans Pulpwood Drive
To Aid War Effort
0 Governor 11. Gregg Cherry,
recognizing the urgent need of
forest products to meet the war
demands, and at the request of the
War Production Board and indus
try representatives, held a confer
ence of lumbermen, pulp and
paper manufacturers, and repre
sentatives of agricultural and
forestry agenies and iho various
war activities groups. This confer
ence. held recently, checked Hie
record of progress in North Caro
lina and found that we have done
remarkably well in supplying lum
ber and plupvvood, but at the same
time believes that we can do more
in helping to meet this urgent
need.
The War Production Hoard shows
the critical need for forest prod
ucts in this statement on lumber
and pulpwood:
Lumber: "Lumber 's novv
such short supply that a number
of important military programs are
affected. Unless action is taken im
mediately to relieve the manpower
and equipment situation, it will be
necessary #or the military to re
schedule some of their essential
programs to allow tne use of sub
stitute materials.
"Overall lumber production has
decreased steadily. month by
month, since August. The total
•estimated lumber requirements for
the first quarter of 194.1 are 9.167,
000.000 board feet, as against an
anticipated supply (based upon
fourth quarter 1944 production) of
7.490.000.000 board feet. This rep
resents a deficit of 18. At a
meeting of the Lumber Industry
Advisory Committee on December
15. a pool of the committee mem
bers on their estimates of produc
tion in the first quarter of 1945
disclosed a joint opinion that first
quarter production may be reduced
an additional 25'": below the anti
cipated production indicated above.
Under such conditions, the gap be
tvteen supply iand requirements
would be so great that drastic
further restrictions would have to
be applied to various essential
programs."
Pulpwood: "Overall inventories
of pulpwood in the United States
have dropped 12r; during the pe
riod September through' Novem
ber. 1944. In 1943. the inventory
drain for the identical period was
only 2%.
"Consumption f r o m August
through November has exceeded
consumption during the same pe
riod in 1943 by 10r; . while do
mestic production during this pe
riod has increased by only 3r'.
"Approximately 10';' of the av
ailable wood pulp supply i ; now
going for non-paper uses, such as
explosives, rayon, cellophane, and
export. The requirements of wood
pulp for ordnance purposes, for
example, which were negligible at
the beginning of the war have now
increased to 20.000 tons per month,
and are expected to increase to
nearly 36.000 tons per month he
fore the end of 1945
"The established minimum re
quirements for paper and paper
bo. i-d for the first quarter of 1945
are 4.400.000 tons It is obvious
that increased production in lum
ber and pulpwood h essential to
the war effort. The only possible
way to get this increase is not only
to maintain the present labor sup
ply, but to use every available
means of increasing it."
The conference chairman. Dr. 1.
O. Schaub. Director of Extension
at State College, appointed a com
mittee of industry representatives
and representatives of the public
agencies to plan and promote a
campaign among farmers, timber
owners, and timber operators to
increase the output of forest prod
ucts. especially lumber and pulp
wood.
The demand is urgent. Some one
sadi. "Don't let our boys overseas
down." Vet numerous eases were
reported showing the shortage of
shells and supplies reaching the
front due to a shortage of lumber
and pulp for making packaging
material. It's the patriotic duty of
every farmer, timber operators,
woods laborer, and others to give
every day possible to aid in meet
ing these timber needs. The boys
at the fighting front have no waste
or idle time -let's have no absen
teeism in the woods.
Goals for the first six months of
1945 call for North Carolina to
produce 450.000 cords of pulpwood
and 850.000.000 board feet of lum
ber by July 1. We can do it if
everybody helps.
This call for help and coopera
tion is going all tt|t way down to
the man in the field and the forest.
The county agricultural agent will
call a county conference of the
vocational teachers, farm forester,
TPWP forester, chairman of the
county war board. Soil Conserva
tion and Farm Security represen
tatives, county forest warden, lo
cal pulpwood contractors or buyers,
lumbermen, farmers and timber
owners, the local editors and other
key people, and organize a County
Forest Products Committee to
carry on the campaign for "more
wood products for our fighting
men now."
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
$Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Raynor
of Beulaville have announced the
marriage of their daughter. Paul
ine, to Jack Lanier, S2c, USN, on
January 20.
Mr. Lanier is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Lanier of Beulaville and
is stationed at Shoemaker, Cal.
Relief Promised This
Area As Lccsi Oil
Men Hold Mealing
0 Ni .s Bi i'ii Plans for obt lin
ine; additional supplies ui' izahc> 1 int•
for tiiis area ware worked out hero
Satu. ! ■> .,i a meeting af local oil
men, Cherry Point representative-,
dealt from surrounding territor
ies and John W. Dozier. of Char
lotte. administrator of peiroiouni
products for war.
The first relief was promised
t-hrou :h the release of some pipe
line "eu.shion stock", reported to
have accumulated in Greensboro.
Be-inniMi: March 1. i! was arrang
ed. the area northward from Wash
ington. X. C'.. to the Virginia bor
der a ill be -erved out of Norfolk,
instead of by barge from Wilming
ton ;i- at present. The Jacksonville
region, also now being served by
bar ;i• s out of Wilmington, will be
taken care of by transport trucks
from pipe line terminals at Macon.
Ga. The Wilmington barges will
then be able to get more gasoline
to this section.
County Agent Clark
Lists Suggestions to
Increase Production
£ T:)r corn yields in Onslow
County as well as other eastern
Carolina Counties are extremeiy
low. It has been proven by the Fx
periment Station by having a suf
ficient number of plants per acre
and a sufficient amount of fertil
izer that our corn yields can be
greath increased - instead of hav
ing 20 bushels of earn to the acre is
should be 40. 50 or more.
Following are recommended sug
gestions for farmers in this county
in effort to increase the yield of
cor'.i thereby reducing the cost of
producing a bushel of corn.
1st. Use a proven variety or an
adapted hybrid corn.
2nd. Select fertilizer to fit the
soil conditions and past cropping
history:
U In rotation with heavily r
tili/ed crops 200-300 lbs. 6-8-U or
suc-i as tobacco and cotton 5-7-5.
12^ !n rotation with small grains
and legumes 300-500 lbs 6-8-6 or
for seed or where legumes arc
turned under 5-7-5.
In rotation with peanuts or
legumes for hay 300-500 lbs. 4-8-8.
3rd. Provide enough plants to
produce desired yields.
Hconinirnded Spacing For Final
Stands
Yields below 50 bus. space 24
inches in 3.5 fool row; 22 in. in 4
ft. row 50-75 bus. per acre space
2! inches'in 3.3 row : 18 in. m 4 ft.
row 75-100 bus. per acre space 16
inches in 3.5 foot row: 14 in. in 4
!' row. This is 6000 plant* per acre
below 50 bushels: 7200 for 50-75
bush-els: and 9350 for 75-100 bush
4th. Avon! late deep cultivation
but control wied- early. Use a
•acoder, where available, or section
narrow until tile corn is from 4 to
i". inches high. ClulivaU shallow it
.! times until t.i • v >ru i . 2* fee;
ii »h and then stop cultivation. Do
•!"t use a turni i : plow or pull
tongue. Before each cultivation d» •
down and detorm.no tiu- location
oi the corn roet.s. Do not at any
time cultivate close enough to
p! iiits or deep enough to injure
any roots.
5th. Vary side dressing with soil
fertility and expected yield in
crease. Land which usually pro
duces 1 to 35 bushel yields with
i tie or no nitrogen sidedressing
will require from 375 to 500 lbs.
o: nitrate of soda or its equivalent
in ammonium nitrate. Cal-Ntlro.
ANl or sulphate of ammonia per
a/re for yield increases of 25 to
45 bushels per acre.
On potash deficient soils or on
s ils where peanuts, hay or 1c
L'umes have been removed mix 75
t" 100 lbs. of muriate of potash
with the top dressing per acre
Sidedressing appl.icatiion< should
he made when corn is t! to 8 weeks
oid or by the time it is 21 - feet
high.
6th. The fodder should never be
pulled or the tops cut to receive
larger yields of corn.
It is hoped that with the short
ages of labor that most farmers
will try to have more corn plants
per acre and use more fertilizer
in an effort to increase their yields
'his year. Farmers wishing to on
f.in more information can do so
!'; >m the County Agent's office.
Col. Potts lakes Over
New Command at
Camp Pickett, Va.
# Xcw Bern—Effective yesterday.
Col. Adam E. Pott>. commanding
o! ficer of Camp Davis from De
cember, 1942. until early this
month, became commanding officer
at Camp Pickett, Va.. center of the
\ :rginia maneuver area for ground
troops.
' I'm going back to Virginia, but
I'm taking very fond recollections
of North Carolina with me." he
declared upon leaving this section
during the past woek end.
While in this region, he made
many friends throughout the State
and was highly regarded as an
Army officer and citizen, lie pa;
ticularly stress-scl North Carolina
history during his time in the area.
Local Concerns List
New Business Hours
Additional Volunteers
Needed for Onslow Red
Cross Motor Corps
0The Onslow County Chapter of
Ihe American Rod Cross has issupfl
a call for at least ten additional
volunteers to sign Up for a Motor
Corps course to be held in the
near future.
The course is open to wives of
civilians and commissioned and
en'isted personnel. Volunteers must
be between the ages of 20 and 50
and agree to give the required
number of hours a year after com
pleting the course.
Tire course will consist of Stand
ard First Aid '20 hours). Advanced
First Aid (ten hours) and Motor
Mechanics course <20 hours'.
There is also a need for certified
First Aid Instructors for the Camp
Lejeune Auxiliary.
Persons interested either in sign
ing up for the Motor Corps course
or a> First Aid Instructors may
call Mrs. P. Rudie at 5630. Mrs. .1.
Marston at (5561. Red Cross Work
room at 5428. or Red Cross Mead
quarters in Jacksonville 380 for in
formation,
Lejeune Marines Among
Eleven Persons Injured
In Wilson Collision
© Wilson—Eleven person?., most of
them personnel of the Marine base
at Camp Lejeunc. were injured
when a Carolina Trail ways bus and
an automobile collided at Vance
and Pine Streets here at 3:20 Wed
nesday morning.
Three of the persons were in
jured seriously and were in a lo
cal hospital today, while the other
eight, all members of the Marines
from Lejeune. were sent back to
their base after first aid treatment.
The car was driven by Pfc. Vic
tor Felton. stationed at For; Jack
son. S. ('.. while the bus was
driven by Kormit Joyner of Wilson.
Felton was in a local hospital
today with a brain concussion,
while Susan Pridgen of Wilson,
who was with Felton. was in a
hospital also with several broken
ribs and a badly torn fool. Pfc.
Madclein Haley of Camp Lejeune.
who was on I he bus. was also in a
hospital with severe cuts and
bruises.
.Ml others suffered only minor
cuts and bruises.
Kl'ISl OP VI, CIU'KCII
©Special Lenten services at St.
Anne's Episcopal Church tonight
at 7:'.if). Immediately alter the ser
vices there will be an important
busines meeting of the congrega
tion at which the minister in
charge, the Rev. Waller R. Noe. is
expected to be present. Every mem
ber of the Church is urged to be
present for this meeting. There
will also be a choir rehearsal after
the service, and all members of the
choir are requested to be on hand.
Services next Sunday. February
25th. are Church School at 9:45 A.
M.. and Morning Prayer and ser
mon at 11 o'clock. Public interest is
increasing in the forthcoming
"Three Hour" service on Good Fri
day. March 30th. commencing at
12 o'clock, noon, in commemoration
of oiii- Lord's Cross and Passion.
Several of the minis) ; i r of other
churches who have been 'ted to
have a part in this serv:. have
accepted, and it is hoped that the
others will forward their accept
ances at an early date, so that the
complete program of the service
may be published as soon as pos
sible.
(M il l dealers mi.i t
©County Agent C. C. Clark has
announced a meeting of all cattle
dealers in this county in New
Bern on Tuesday. February 27. at
7:30 p.m The purpose of the meet
ing is to explain to all dealers the
new maximum price regulation
574 which controls the prices of
live cattle and calves.
CHAMBER MEETING
©The-.-r '.ill be a regular meeting
of the Jacksonville Chamber of
Commerce at the Federal Building
USO on Thursday evening. March
1. beginning at 8:30 p.m. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
Twenly Onslowans Will
Report to Fort Bragg
For Induction
^Following is a list of white reg
istrants who will leave for pre
induetion physical examinations at
Fori Bragg on February 27. 1945.
Jessie Fitzhugh Littleton. Swans
boro: Marvin Jackson King. Sneads
Ferry: John Percy Brown. Rich
lands: James Lofton Foy. RiCh
lands: Dixon Bryan Hood. Jr..
Hichlands: Alton Earl Warren.
Hichlands: Marvin A. Futrell.
Richlantls: Robert Nelson Jarman.
Haveloek; Alton Kermit Hunter.
Beulaville: Lamm Williams. Jack
sonville. William Jackson Nelson.
Midway Park: Seldon Southey
Waters. Jacksonville; Linster
Heath. Jr.. Jacksonville: Eugene
Felix Mcintosh. Jacksonville: Neely
Hill, Jacksonville: Douglas Brown
ing Allen. Hichlands: Stacy Swin
son. Jacksonville: Earl Swinson,
Hichlands: William H. Branch.
Jacksonville: Vernon Jasper Cran
dall. Jacksonville.
Contestants in Kiwanis
Sponsored Project Are
Asked to Register Early
£ The Kiwanis Club is sponsoring
a Garden Contest in the town of
Jaksonvillo. Watch for the rules
and regulations to appear in this
paper.
Those planning to enter this
contest, please *end in a written
statement or call the office of the
Home Agent itelephone 411) by
April !>;.
The following vegetables can be
planted now:
Rape 'variety dwarf Essex): Sal
sify (variety mommoth Sandwich
Island": Lettuce Head plants (Ice
burg v Cabbage plants 'Wakefield1:
Leaf Lettuce 'Grand Rapids': Car
rots 'Oxhearn: Beets iDetroit deep
red': Radish (scarlet "lobe': Mus
tard Southern Curl1: Onions.
Location for Huge
Veterans Hospital Is
Still Undetermined
£ Washington- AP Th-;« Veterans
Administration said loday that it
will probably bo a month or six
weeks before a site is ehosen for a
SI.500.000 veterans hospital in
North Carolina.
Major W. 11. Metz has submitted
a survey of several sites in the
Slate and his report is now being
studied, the administration spokes
man said.
Among sites being considered
are two in Charlotte, the location
of which have not been made pub
lic: one m Salisbury near the
American Lesion golf course: one
in Monroe adjacent to the military
post, one at Hickory which has not
been made public and a 500-acre
site about two miles north of the
Starmounl Country Club develop
ment in Greensboro.
The Greensboro spot is favored,
it was learned f: m a Congressional
source.
Three Week Ration
Holiday Declared On
Many Types of Shoes
0 Raleigh Sni.e dealers, Monday,
began a three-week clearance of
men's and women's shoes in odd
lots and broken sizes, under a
three-week ration holiday declared
by OPA. The sale period will end
March 10.
All shoes were not included, it
was announced by Theodore S
•Johnson. Raleigh district OPA di
rector. but only hard-to-sell items
which had accumulated on t he
dealers' .shelves during the past
several months. Children's shoe*
are not included in the OPA Odd
Lot Release. Johnson added, since
they sell so rapidly there is no
need for a ration-free period to
move them.
Pvt. C. L Henderson, Jacksonville,
Returned to U.S. Via Gripsholm
0 Jersey City. N. J.—AP—
Pvt. Clayton 1.. Henderson of
Jacksonville. Route 2, was
among the group of repatriated
soldiers aboard the exchange
ship. C.ripsholni, which arrived
in New Jersey earlier this
week.
The American soldiers were
taken to the llalloran General
Hospital on Staten Island for
physical examinations.
Pvt. Henderson is the son
of >lrs. Minnie Henderson of
Jacksonville.
PREACHES IX NEW BERN.
§K. N. C'ov assistant minister in
charge of St. Anne's Episcopal
Church, assisted in the conduct of
Evening Prayer, and preached the
sermon at the special Lenten ser
vice in Christ Church, New Bern,
last Thursday evening. The Rev.
Charles E. Williams, President o!
the Standing Committee of the
Diocese of East Carolina, is the
retcor of Christ Church.
% Before 1001, Swedish rulers
were known as Kings of Upsala.
0 Local business men together
with the Jacksonville Chamber of
Commerce have worked out a pro
pram of office and store opening
and closing hours which they feel
will best serve the community.
Legal holidays are also listed
and according to the present pro
gram. there will be no Wednesday
afternoon closing during the week
in which an all day holiday falls.
The merchants and business men
of Jacksonville will serve an ad
vance notice through this paper of
any additional holiday closing,
should they occur.
Following is the list, with ex
planatory details:
Department Stores: Open 9:00,
close 7:00: Saturday. 9:00 to 9:00;
closed Wednesday at 1:00.
Grocery Stores: Open 8:00, close
7:00; Saturday, 8:00 to 9:00; closed
Wednesday at 1:00.
Cafes: Service outlets—open and
close with service in mind. Each
cafe closing all day one day in the
week with not more than two cafes
closed on any one day.
Jewelery Stores: 9:00 to 7:30 on
week days: closed all day on Wed
nesdays: 9:00 to 9:00 on Saturdays.
Wholesale Grocery House: Open
8:00. close 5:00: closed 1:00 to 1:30
for lunch: open Wednesday until
5:00; close on Saturday at i:00.
Shoe Shop: Open 9:00. close 7:00;
open Wednesday until 7:00; close
on Saturday at 8:00.
Furniture Stores: Open 8:00,
close 7:00: Wednesday at 1:00;
Saturday at 9:00.
Service Stations: Open 7:00 to
7:00: Wednesday at 1:00; close on
Sundays.
Bus Station Open 24 hours a day,
seven days to a week.
Barber Shops: Open at 9:00. close
at 7:00 Saturday included. Close
Wednesday at 12:00.
Post Office: Windows open at
8:00, close at 6:00; close on Wed
nesday at 2:00; boxes serviced by
11:00 Sunday, but windows not
open.
Rationing Board: Open 8:00 till
12:00-12:45 till 3:00; located in
agricultural building, next to ABC
Store.
Agricultural Offices: 9:00 till
5:30; 1:00-2:00 for lunch; close
1:00 Saturday; open Wednesday.
ABC Store Open 10:0(> close
0:00: close Wednesday at 1:00.
Coal and Ice Dealers: 8:00 a.m.
to 8:00 p.m.
Express Office: Open 9:00, close
5:30.
Freight Office: Open 8:30, close
5:30.
Drug Stores: Open at 8:30, close
at' 10:00 p.m.; one store open until
10:00 on Wednesday. Not open on
Sunday until further notice.
All holidays will be observed.
Holidays observed (all day closing)
are as follows: January 1st. New
Year's Day: July 4th. Independ
ence Day: September 3rd, Labor
Day: 'always 1st Monday in Sep
tember': November 22nd. Thanks
giving Day and December 25th,
Christmas,
International Brotherhood
Week Closes Sunday
With Inter-Faith Forum
0 National Brotherhood Week,
opening February 17 and continu
ing until February 25 is being
observed in Jacksonville it was an
nounced today by Mr. B. J. Holle
man.
The occasion will be marked by
an Inter-Faith Forum Sunday, Feb
ruary 25 at the Pine Lodge USO
at 3:00 p.m. Chaplain Markle will
be the chairman of this program.
Chaplains B. T. Rubenstein. Don
ald Kelly, and Edgar Pennington
will present the Jewish. Catholic
and Protestant faiths respectively.
All Jacksonville residents and all
military personnel who are inter
ested are cordially invited to at
tend.
Many USO councils throughout
the country have planned to par
ticipate in Brotherhood Week with
ministerial associations, church
councils, chambers of commerce,
luncheon clubs, schools, colleges
and libraries, reported Mr. Holle
man.
•"National Brotherhood Week was
conceived by the National Con
ference of Christians and Jews as
a means of reaffirming the broth
erhood of men and of fostering its
practice through inter-racial arid
inter-faith observances. Because
of the inter-faith nature of USO
it is fitting that we .join (for the
second year) in observing this im
portant event," that Mr. Holleman.
Victory Garden Chairman
Stresses Importance of
War Time Gardening
0 History shows that nation's with
ample food supplies are the ones
that win victories. We cannot af
ford to gamble. We must do every
thing we can to make certain that
every one of our fighting men has
all the food he needs. Food is just
as necessary as guns, tanks and
planes. Home Gardens produced
over 40 percent of the fresh vege
table supply in 1944. We are asking
them to equal that record in 1945,