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THE ONSLOW COUNTY News and Views Paid Circulation Local Advertising £f-£-U National Advertising itiejQ. ClatKified Advertisinf ^ 3,,IS Onslow County New» The Only Newspaper in the World Thai Gives a I? hoop About Onslow County VOL. VII, IVO. 78 JACKSONVILLE, IS. C., FRIDAY, U'Hil 13, 1915 PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR DOWN EAST WITH I BILLY ARTHUR # Here's how to find a lost Read er's Digest: Search the house high and low. Look in all the table and desk drawers and under everything. Look in the book and magazine rack. Next day repeat the search, say ing to yourself that you just know the thing didn't walk out. Look through the old magazines in the trash, this time. On the third day. give up: go down to the drug store and buy another digest. Go home, crawl up on the settee and get prepared ror an evening's reading. Look be tween the arm and the seat of the settee, and you'll find the lost magazine. It's always there! 0 It has been said that tlie reason some old shacks, which have turn ed into fire traps because of age. have not been razed, and that the reason wooden structures are still being erected within the fire /.one is because the town board of com missioners has not backed up Fire Marshal Charles Duffy Koonce. There's an ordinance on he books about the erection of frame structures within the fire zone, and if the town board isn't going to s«e that it's enforced, then it's time the thing was coming off the books. Anytime Charles D. wants to start in. he can have he support of this paper. 01 don't know how much truth there is to this, if any. but I'm in formed that it's always best to buy the left ham of a pig. instead of the right one. My informant says that a pig ein scratch himself only with his left foot, which strengthens the mus cles on the left side and therefore makes for a better ham. The right ham. I'm told, is not so good be cause a pig has to rub up against something to scratch himself on that side, and therefore is not as strong and muscly on that side. 9 Writing in the Kiwanis News this week. Editor Sam Sacknoff had this to say about politics: "During an election you don't have to fool all the people all the time and in mentioning sheep we have come to the conclusion that a man counts sheep at night because he counted calves during the day. Polls are voting places whero ycu stand in line for a chance to decide who will spend your money. Many politicians, like the earth, are flattened at the polls. Poll means hend—thev used to count thorn in ancient times. A politician is one who belongs to the opposite party. One who doesn't stand on his own | ecord but jumps on the other fel ow's. The fellow who's got what it takes to take what you've got. A man who refuses a bribe but sticks out his hand. A person who is so busy, he has no time to be honest. One who shakes your hand before election and your acquaintanceship afterwards. A man who divides his time between running for office and running for cover. A man who talks himself red, white and blue in the face. One who talks about public opinion until he's defeated and then talks about herd ignor ace. One who spends half of his time making laws and the other half helping his friends evade them." 0 Tragedy almost hit Steve Stefa nou's cafe this week: the cash reg ister got broken, and Steve wasn't there to fix it. 0 The boys who have been going over to Burgaw for flying lessons have nicknamed Bob Hartsfield "Tail Wheel Bob." He's taken oft two already. And Bob Craven is known as "Downwind" because everytime he gets up in the air the wind changes. At least, they say that's his alibi. State and Local Beer And Wine Licenses Due During April % State and local licenses for re tail sale of beer and wine are pay able before the start of the 1945-46 license year on May 1. The license fees for retail out lets are: State $5;- county $25 for on-premises and $5 for off-premises and municipal $15 for on-premises and $5 for off-premises. In a special bulletin to retail beer dealer, the North Carolina Com mittee— United States Brewers Foundation called attention to sev eral changes in the beer control acts made by the 1945 General Assembly. One amendment, effective May 1, makes it a misdemeanor for a re tail dealer to operate without re newing his license or procuring a new permit. Another change re quires the retailer to be a citizen of the State and the United States at least one year. Don't Look Now But Today Is Friday, the 13th # Here's a tip for the supe stitious: Today is Fiday, the 13th of April. But if you get by this "jinx" day without bad luck, you're half-past trouble for the year. Only one more Friday, the 13th, comes in 1945, that in July. Willie E. Morton Is Commissioned Second Lieutenant at New Delhi WILLIE E. MORTON 0 New Delhi. India- For his out standing performance of duty in action in North Burma, Willi? E. Morton. 28. son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Morton. Jacksonville. N. C.. has been awarded a direct com mission according to a recent an nouncement from the headquarters of Lt. Gen. Dan I. Sultan, com manding general of U. S. Forces in the India-Burma theater. Fresh frum action with the Mars Task Force, Morton and nine fel low enlisted men received their second lieutenant bars at a cere mony in Theater Headquarters. A former member of Merrill's Marau ders. he was assigned to the Mars Task Force after the fall of Myitky ina and participated in their recent 300 mile trek through rugged Burma jungles and high mountain terrain which culminated in suc cessful attacks against Loi Kang and Kawnsong, Jap strong points on the Burma Road. These strong points were cap tured in a lightning swift pincer attack after foot-slogging over four mountain ranges including the 7.800-foot Loi Lun range. "Japs are smart and good jungle fighters." said Morton who really ought to know after having hiked and fought over more than a thousand miles of territory since his arrival in the IBT 18 months ago. "I've lost friend and neigh bors who fought right alongside of me and I don't like to talk about it," he added. Two neighbors who Morton met in Burma and whom he saw re cently are Billie Fou'n^i'i and Harvey Kellum. Chamber Petitions Board to Provide FSA Office Space £ The Onslow County Board of Commissioners, after conferring with Farm Security Administra tion and farm agent officials Mon day. voted to permit the FSA to retain offices in the Agricultural building. By agreement, the FSA and farm agent exchanged offices, the farm agent moving to the larger space formerly occupied by the FSA on the left side of the building. The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce this week formally pe titioned the Onslow Coonty Board of Commissioners to provide ade quate office space for the Farm Security Administration in order that every possible assistance can be rendered returning service men. The county commissioners rec ently voted to ask the FSA to sur render the office it has had for five years in the Agricultural building so that the space may be utilized by the farm and home agent. Hubert M. Jernigan. Beaufort, who is in charge of the FSA office, said that his agency does not have an appropriation with which to pay rent, and that if the county docs not provide space, the office will have to be moved to Beaufort. John H. Aman, chairman of the board of directors of the chamber. L. E. Rudisill, secretary, and G. E. Maultsby appeared before the board at a special meeting Mon day and presented a formal peti tion. The request pointed out that the FSA will lAdminlster the Ci. I. Bill of Rights for returning ser vicemen in addition to its present farm program, and that loss of the office here would "severely handi cap" veterans by their having to travel to places where the services can be obtained. The county was called on to "recognize the debt we owe to those of our boys who come back home, and that it is the duty and responsibility of the county to render every assistance in the r? n the n.cii who ha\e fought our battles." Collins Wins 0J. C. Collins, local fertilizer leaier. defeated G. E. Maultsby, )il distributor, by a vote of 76 to 58 'or nomination as member of the Town Board of Commissioners :rom Ward 2 in a run-off Tuesday. Collins, a member of the pre sen: town board, extended the lead iie had at the close of balloting in the first primary on April 3, while Maultsby lost one vrte. In the first primary Collins polled 60. Maultsby 59 and J. C. Thompson 13, a total of i 32 voles being cast. As much and more interest was evidenced in the run-off, because a , total of 134 votes were cast. : With the renomination of Collins, j the town hoard-—assuming there will be no opposition in the May election, will be composed of H. ' L. Cowell from Ward 1. Collins from Ward 2. B. J. Holleman from Ward 3 and Hedrick Aman from Ward 4. Mrs. R. L. Balls Dies Af Rocky Point; Funeral Conducted 0Mrs. R. L. Batts, mother of Mrs. Arthur Guy Walton. Jr., of Jacksonville, passed away at her home at Rocky Point Sunday night after a two-year illness. She was 81 years old. Mrs. Batts is also survived by one other daughter, Mrs. Allie Bowden of Rocky Point: a sister, Mrs. Nan Batts of Rocky Point; and a brother, Hill Bishop of Jacksonville. Superforts Deal Jap Plane Industry Another Deadly Blow 0 Guam—(AP)—American Super fortresses dealt another punishing blow to Japan's aircraft produc tion at 11 A. M. Thursday (Tokyo Time), as 150 or more Superforts escorted by Mustang Fighter plan es, dropped explosives on the two ..dustrial carriers. B-29's roarer over the big Na kajima Musashino Aircraft Engine Yanks Make Big Gains In Push Toward Berlin 0 Paris—(AP)— American Third \rmy tanks broke loose in gains up to 46 miles in the past 24 hours on apporaches to Leipzig, Czecho slovakia and toward advancing Russian lines while the Ninth Ar my massed Thursday on Elbe in the Magdeburg area less than 57 miles from Berlin. The First Army and at least parts of the Third were driving hard from Leipzig and a juncture with Russians which would sever Germany. One unconfirmed re port placed American tanks in the Ilalle area. 15 miles from Leipzig. Essen Captured Essen and Bocum, great arma ment cities in the Ruhr trap, fell to other Ninth Army troops, and the Paris radio said Dort mund also had been cleared in the crumbling pocket. On the southern end c£ the front the U. S. Seventh Army lost some ground but at the same time stormed to a point only 29 miles northwest of the big Nazi conven tion city of Nuernberg. British troops in the north punched to within 45 miles of Ham burg. but were still held four mil es outside the port of Bremen: to their west the Canadians crossed the Issel River deeper into Hol land. where scores of thousands of Germans were trapped. In making its spectacular dash to Magdeburg, the Second Armor ed Division by-passed on the south the big aircraft center of Bruns wick and plunged eastward on a solid 10-mile front, meeting only scattered opposition throughout Pfc. Herman Rochelle, Home on Furlough, Badly Hurt in Wreck 0 Pfc. Herman James Rochelle, home on furlough after more than three years overseas, is in the Na val Hospital at Camp Lejeune suf fering serious injuries sustained in an automobile accident near his Harris Creek home Friday night. He suffered a broken left arm, head injuries and lacerations in the aciclent, details of which could not be learned by the News and Views yesterday. Pfc. Rochelle, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert T. Rochelle, arrived in the United States Easter Sunday from overseas, and got home Wed nesday a week ago. He was sta tioned in England two and a half years and had been in France for the past seven months. He had been wounded in the knee. The soldier has a brother, Char les Rochelle, who is in the Navy in the South Pacific, and a half brother, Pfc. H. C. Gurganus who is now with the army in Europe. FIRE IN TRAILER 0 Firemen extinguished a blaze in a trailer back of the Hinton resi dence on College street Tuesday afternoon. The fire was said to have been causd by defective wir ing. Little damage resulted. plant in Tokyo's outsikirts, while another force poured bombs on industrial Koriyama, 110 miles north of the capital city. Artillery Battle Rages 0 Guam—(AP)—Southern Okina wa's grim, no-quarter artillery battle went into its eighth day Thursday as the Navy announced American casualties of 2,695 for the first nine days of the campaign. The Yanks were killing 11 Jap anese for every American. The Japanese in the bitterly contested southern sector hurled four determined and well-pre pared counterattacks against Maj. Gen. John Ft. Hodge's 24th Corps Doughboys Wednesday after firing 4,000 rounds of mortar and artil lery fire. Scure Luzon Highways 0 Manila—(AP)-U. S. 15th Corps troops in South Luzon, where Gen. MacArthur announced organized Japanese resistance had been broken, secured road nets south of Tayabas Thursday. The First Calvary Division ad vanced 14 miles from Lucban to occupy Sampaloe and sent advance elements to Mauban on the east coast. Eleventh Air-Borne Division elements occupied the east coast Atiomnan areas in force, while on the Bicol peninsula the lSHth regi ment combat team continued to advance southwest of Duraga against light opposition. SCHEFR SUNK 0 London—(AP)—The Germ a n 10.000-ton pocket battleship Ad miral Scheer—one of the two most formidable war ships left in the German navy—has been bombed and sunk at the Kiel naval base, the British Air Ministry announced tonight. me remaricaDie a ay. inc ivazi Brunswick garrison still was fight ing bitterly through the streets against Doughboys of the 30th Div ision. Farther south the 83rd Divsion stormed ahead 20 miles and reach ed Halberstadt, 24 miles south 300 Casualties from IwoJima Arrive at Camp Lejeune Hospital west 01 :viagaeDurg. a nuge air plane factory at Halberstadt was overrun, The Germans lacked the man power even to slow Gen. Simpson's wave of men and armor. As occa sional pockets of resistance were encountered the American aval anche simply bulit up before them and burst around both sides, leav ing the Nazi garrisons to be clean ed out at leisure. Russians Reach Danube 0 London —(AP>— Russian tanks, driving swiftly for the Bavarian frontier, were reported to have reached the Danube Bend 42 mil es west of Vienna Thursday as oth er Soviet troops virtually comple ted occupation of the historic Aus rian capital. The Berlin radio said Soviet armor reached a point between Krems and Melk, 50 miles from Linz, 75 miles from Bavaria and a little more than 115 miles from Berchtesgen, mountaintop retreat of Adolf Hitler. 0 Three hundred of the first casu alties from I wo Jirna to reach the United States have arrived at Camp Lejeune where they have been admitted to the Naval Hos pital on the Marine Corps reserva tion. "Fully ninety per cent of thes Marines and Naval hospital corps men", according to Captain Alva A. Shadday, (MC) USN, Executive Officer of the hospital, "will re cover completely and will be re stored to duty". The casualties, saved through on the-spot treatments by the Navy Medical Corps, traveled by special train directly from their hospital ship that landed at a California port. Within thirty minutes of their arrival here they had been bedded within fifteen of the specialized wards of the vast Naval Hospital. During their journey overland they were, attended by a special staff of medical officers and hos pital corpsrr.cn from a west coast Naval hospital. The wounded Marines were quick to voice their praise of the heroic work of the medical officers and Navy hospital corpsmen that accompanied them throughout the battle of lwo Jima. "If they had not stuck with us we would never have been able to leave the rock", remarked a Marine from New Jersey. "Not only did they go from outfit to outfit to be of assistance as soon as a fellow was hurt", con tinued the Marine, "but the doctors and corpsmen aboard the hospital ships worked for three days and nights at a time without stopping to rest". The casualties to arrive here were from eastern and southern states. Captain J. R. White. (MC> USN, Medical Officer in charge of the Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital, stated that as soon as the men were able to travel that they would be given a period of convalescent leave with their families. Now Overseas *PETE THOMAS. JR. # Pfc. Pete Thomas, Jr.. son of Mrs. Sophia Thomas of Ri-chlands, is with the Army in the South Paci fic. lie has been in service since October ol' 18-13 and went overseas alst November. William J. Lovett Passes Suddenly, Funeral Conducted 0William James Lovett of near Jacksonville died suddenly at 8 o'clock Monday night of a heart attack. Funeral services were 'onducted by the Jacksonville Methi dist min ister. Rev. A. D. Leon Gray, at the home Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The deceased is survived by eight children. David Lovett. Al bert Lovett. Mrs. Bertie Smith and Mrs. Sally Wiggins, all of Jackson ville: Mrs. Carrie Erxon of Dur ham. Alex and Jesse Lovett of Portsmouth. Va.. and Eddie Lovett of the armed forces. One sister. Mrs. Ida Rhodes, of Mullins, S. C., also survives. Norlh Carolina Talk And Book Review Is Given at Luncheon 0 Billy Arthur, editor and pub lisher of the News and Views, gave a tglk on North Carolina and re viewed the book "Carolina Chats" by Carol Georch. at the weekly Military Wives luncheon at the USO Pine Lodge Wednesday after noon. Miss Edna Newby, director, pre sented an award—a long distance telephone call home—to Mrs. Kay Boles in recognition of her service to the club during the past week. Mrs. Boles and Mrs. Betty Robin son were presented USO pins for having put in 50 hours of volun teer work at the USO Pine Lodge. NEW COMMANDER #Lt. Col. L. C. Reinberg. USMC. of Baton Rouge. La., last week took over duties as Commanding Officer of the Service Battalion. Col. Rein berg relieves Lt. Col. Howard W. Houck. battalion commander since the early part of July of last year, War In Brief 0 Soviets reported ready to race for Berlin from Odor bridgeheads: other Russian armies begin mop ping up lust Germans in Vienna. Allies crack German lines along Italy's coast: reach Sanerno river line at many points; gains of more th-in five miles f-.ored. Great air flee": drop curtain of bombs between retreating Ger man.-, and Killer's redoubt; Nazi arsenals, Berlin bombed. U. S. troops on Luzon gain up (o 14 miles; occupy Sampaloc; Jap grip on Romeo and Netherlands East Indies weakened by Suiu landings. U. S. Marines and infantrymen fight bitterly on rain-swept. Okina wa island; Doughboys practically free Negros Island from Japanese control. Spain severs diplomatic relations with jap.in. Nazis advancing Himmler over Hitler, British official headquar ters hear; front dispatches report 102 German air force officers ex ecuted as suspected rebels. Americans get detailed report on Nazi "Murder Factory" unearthed in Limburg area in which thou sands were killed. Fifteen hundred Americans who escaped starvation in German prisoner of war camps because of Red Cross packages return to United States. Most of them were freed by Russians. Soviet commission reveals ghastly report, on extermination of more than a half million persons in Nazi murder camps in Latvia. Terrific gun battle rages in Southern Okinawa as Army men advance slowly against fierce Jap anese resistance. More Jap ships sunk or damaged off China coast. Anti-Americans, including Shig enori Togo, dominate new Jap cabinet. German air force suffers its worst beating of the war at hands of Americans and British, losing almost 400 planes. British Eighth Army launches offensive on Italian front. Favorable war progress brings cutback in artillery ammunition schedule and decision not to com plete 12 new tank plants. Mrs. Merrell Named President Of Auxiliary John H. Aman Elected to Board Of Trustees of Onslow Hospital 0 Trustees of the Onslow County hospital Wednesday elected John H. Ainan. prominent Jacksonville businessman, to membership on the board to fill out the unexpired term of M. A. Cowcll, resigned. The lesignation of Cowell. presi dent of the board, was accepted witii regret, and the members were in agreement that Cowell had been a very valuable asset to the institu tion. His term of office expires in 1951. Election of a president was de ferred until a later meeting, but the board authorized Vice-Presi dent John D. Warlick to act as president temporarily. Cowell resigned from the board on the advice of physicians, it was said. The board also voted to author ize A. D. Leon Gray, acting busi ness manager to employ Mrs. Kathryn Marshall, registered nurse, as superintendent of nurses, to succeed Miss Eugenia Wise, who will leave in July. Mrs. Marshall, a South Carolinian with much nursing experience, is now super visor of first aid nurses at the Lau rinburg-Maxton army air base. Ministers Request School Authorities To Retain Johnson 0The Jacksonville Ministerial as sociation Monday adopted a formal resolution urging school authori ties to "exert every effort" to re tain the services of A. B. Johnson, resigned after two terms as princi pal of Jacksonville high school. The resolution, signed by Revs. Carl B. Craig, president of the as sociation. A. D. Leon Gray. F. N. Cor and L. Grady Burgiss, follows: "We. the undersigned members of the Jacksonville Ministers As sociation recognizing the unusual executive ability, superlative char acter, and inestimable value of Principal A. B. Johnson to the Jacksonville schools, and to the whole community, do express our sincere regret to learn of his re cent resignation as principal of the Jacksonville schools. "We sincerely believe that very few school executives of the state could equal Principal Johnson's able administration of the schools under the local difficult conditions, which include rapidly fluctuating population, scarcity of teachers, and scarcity of other school per sonnel and materials. "Therefore we urge the School Board, the P.T.A. and other civic bodies, as well as all patrons of the school, to exert every effort to retain the excellent services of Mr. Johnson as principal of our schools, and to assure and lend him unanimous support " Mrs. William Riggs Dies in Swansboro; Funeral Conducted O Funeral services were held Sun day for Mrs. William Riggs, who died Saturday at her home in Swansboro after an extended ill ness. She is survived by her husband, one son, William Paul Riggs. one daughter, Ruby Mae Riggs, all of Swansboro. The services were conducted by Revs. C. 11. Mercer and A. L. Ben ton. pastors of the Methodist and Baptist churches respectively in Swansboro. IS FIRST LIEUTENANT £ Miss Helena Willis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Willis of near Jacksonville, was recently promo ted to first lieutenant in the Navy Nurses corps, instead of second lieutenant, as reported in Tues day's edition. Casualties 0 Four Onslow County young men were reported wounded in aetion against the enemy this week. They were: Pfc. Norwood Lanier, son of Beulaville. wounded while fighting with the army in Europe. Sgt. William L. Crews, son of George W. Crews of Rich lands. route one. wounded in army fighting in the Pacific. Sgt. Cyrus H. Morton, son of M. H. Morton of Jacksonville, route two. wounded while fighting with the army in the Pacific. Pvt. Stephen W. Kellum, husband of Mrs. Wanda L. Kellum of Jacksonville, route two. wounded in European fighting. Junior Red Cross Field Representative To Visit in Onslow 0 Miss Antoinette Beasley, field representative for American Jun ior Red Gross, will spend Sautr day. April 14th and Monday. April 16th with local Red Cross officials, and will appear before school groups at Jacksonville high school. Newberry Street USO and Camp schools in informal meetings ar ranged by Mrs. lames A. Odom. chairman of Junior Red Cross in cooperation with Mr. A. B. John son. of Jacksonville high school. Mr. Newton Kerstetter, Camp school, and Mrs. John W. Broad hurst, Georgetown high school. The first meeting will be held on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at Newberry Street USO. The meeting at Jacksonville high school will begin at 3:30 o'clock on Monday afternoon, April 16th. Miss Beasley. a former staff member of the Education Depart ment of the University of North Carolina is well informed and ex perienced in all phases of Junior Red Cross service and it is ex pected that she will give valuable information regarding the work of school girls and boys in the work of Junior Red Cross. F. N. Cox Ordained Episcopal Minister In Impressive Service 0 Foster Nugent Cox. assistant to the minister-in-charge of St. An ne's Episcopal church here for the past two years. Wednesday was ordained to the Diaconate by the Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, bis hop of the Diocese of East Caro lina. in an impressive service. A number of visiting clergy were present for the occasion, includ ing Revs. W. B. Daniels. Jr., of Plymouth, Sidney E. Matthews of Washington, J. R. JRountree of Kinston, E. F. Moseley of Kinston and Mortimer Glover of Wilming ton. The ordination sermon was de livered by Rev. Charles E. Wil liams of New Bern, president of the standing committee of the di ocese. Others taking part in the ser vice were Rev. Alexander Miller of Wilmington, Rev. Thomas P. Noe of Wilmington, Rev. W. J. Gordon of Spray. Rev. E. W. Hal leck of Wilmington. The bishop and visiting clergy and other out of town persons were entertained at lunch, follow ing the service in the Parish House • by the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Anne's church. House-to-House Canvass Scheduled lo Get Clothing for War Victims 0 House-to-house canvasses t o gather clothing for residents of war devastated areas of the world will be conducted in Jacksonville on Wednesday, April 18. and Wed nesday April 25. it was announced yesterday by Steve Stefanou, local chairman. Meantime, contributions will be received at the Jacksonville fire department and at the Onslow County hospital. Stefanou is handling the cam paign here for the Kiwanis club, local sponsor. The Holly Ridge Ro tary club and the Richlands Lions club are sponsoring the collection in their respective communities. "Packed away in your closet or attic are used dresses, suits, swea ters, coat, shoes, underwear—gar ments which may save the lives of some of the people in bombed-out areas of the world." Stefanou said yesterday in appealing for contri butions. "We are advising ahead of time when the collections will be made so the people can get to gether the stuff they are willing to give." Miss Laura Beatty. home agent, will direct the campaign among home demonstration clubs of the county. Stefanou will be assisted in Jacksonville by L. E. Rudisill, Jack Peck. Jack Koonce, Gautier Jack son. Dean Sullivan. Tom Shugart, G. E. Maultsby and E. J. Petteway. At Trailer Park, Camp Lejeune, the campaign will be under the su pervision of T. Newton Cook and C. W. Conkling. 9 Mrs. R. H. Merrell of Jackson ville was elected president of the new American Legion Auxiliary of the Clarence Meadows Post No. 78 here Wednesday night. Other officers elected were: Mrs. W. E. Baggs, Swansboro. first vice-president; Mrs. Louise Mason, Swansboro, second vice-president; Mrs. Lucy Warn of Jacksonville, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. N. E. Day. Jacksonville, historian; Mrs. Julia Mae Odum. Swansboro, chap lain; and Mrs. Z. E. Murrell, Jr., Jacksonville, sergeant-at-arms. The officers were installed by Mrs. J. W. Hendricks of Raleigh, auxiliary department president, who gave an inspiring talk on the work of the Legion and Auxiliary. Miss Arelia Adams, Raleigh, de partment secretary, also spoke. Twenty-one members were ad mitted at the installation meeting, but the charter will be held open for 30 days. The group voted the honor to W. E. Mattocks, Swans boro, 86-year-old father of the president, of inscribing names of the charter memtbers upon the charter. Immediately the new organiza tion began work by naming Mrs. Mason and Mrs. Frank Ward on a committee to gather clothing to be sent to war devastated areas of the world, and getting ready for Poppy Day on May 27 and Mem orial Day exercises on May 27. The group voted to send two girls of Onslow County to Girls State this year. Two New Members Are Welcomed to Kiwanis Organization 0 Two new members were official ly welcomed into the Jacksonville Kiwanis club at its weekly meeting Tuesday at the USO Pine Lodge. There were George See, of Jack sonville and James A. Odum of Midway Park. President Ramon Askew named H. P. Cotton, Dr. J. P. Henderson, and Harvey J. Boney on a com mittee of the Kiwanis club to work with M. A. Cowell, who is chair man of the re-employment com mittee for Onslow County to place returned veterans of World Wax II in gainful employment. The resignation of A. B. Johnson as chairman of the Kiwanis educa tion committee was read, and Pro gram Chairman Z. E. Murrell, Jr., and Mrs. Askew gave a musical quiz as the program for the meet ing. Two guests. Dan James of Wil mington and Dr. W. P. Richardson, Chapel Hill Kiwanian, were pre sent. C. B. Hunter, II, Wins PTA Baby Contest At Dixon School ^Calvin Bruce Hunter, II, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hunter of Dixon, walked away with the Dixon School Parent-Teacher asso ciation baby contest at the firials Monday night. Proclaimed the winner, he was awarded a 6ilver loving cup. Young Hunter polled 14,680 votes at one cent per vote against 11,655 lor Susan Seggerman of Holly Ridge, who was in second place. In th'rd place was Franklin Hollis viih 5,963 votes. The contest netted the Dixon PTA a total of $526 which will be used by the school for various needed improvements. Following the contest, all the entrants paraded across the stage to musical accompaniment. Recent Statement of Bank Contains Names Of New Officials 0The recent statement of condi tion of the First-Citizens Bank and Trust company contained the names of the new officers of the institu tion in Onslow County. For Jacksonville, R. L. Williams, Jr., and E. M. Canaday, were set forth as assistant vice-presidents of the company, and Miss Kate Ben der. assistant cashier. Warren Taylor was listed as assistant cashier of the unit at Richlands, and J. R. Carroll as cashier of the Camp Lejeune branch. Jacksonville PIA To Sponsor Dance At Gym Tonight 0 The Jacksonville Parent-Teacher association will sponsor a gala dance at the school gymnasium tonight from 8 o'clock to 12 mid night. Sgt. Eddie Goulden and his orchestra will furnish the music. Proceeds of the dance will be used to pay for the electric refri gerator now in use in the school lunchroom. Tickets will be on sale at the door.
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