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THE ONSLOW COUNTY News and Views The Only Newspaper in the World Thai Gives a "'hoop About Onslow County The News and Vlewa Leads la Paid Circulation Local Advertising National Advertising 7 Classified Advertising 3,b>S Onslow County Newa vol.. "> II. NO. Hh JACKSONVILLE, N. C., FHH> «.V M \V I.!. I13 PRICE 82.00 PER YEAR | DOWN EAST ^ WITH k I BILLY ARTHUR 0One place that V-E day was al most in sccond place in the enthu siasm of the townspeople was Holly Ridge. Down there Monday, the fellows were lalking first about the town election that was coming up on Tuesday, and sccond about the Germans giving up. 0 Nathan Katzin is complaining about his trip to New York. When he left here it was rain ing something terrible. and he found it th? same in New York On the way back, his railroad tick ets were made out wrong, there was no heat on the train. Near Rocky Mount, the train was stop ped a long time by a wreck. On the way here, a tire blew out the oth er side of Kinston. and he had to change it. On this side of Kinston. bis spare tire blew out. He locatcd an old discarded tire, and the man charged him $12 for that and $2 to put it on the ear. "1 can't understand it," he de clared. QSarn Munch brought his auto mobile in to have it worked on the other day. and while he was stand ing around the garage, the me chanic inquired if there were any jobs open at the base. "They're always needing good mechanics over in the motor trans port section, so I hear," Sam re plied. "1 don't want no mechanics job," the man said, as he worked on the automobile. I'm a carpenter by trade." 01 went out to Camp Lejeune school to make them a little speil the other morning, Tuesday morn ing, to be exact about it. And. they had the radio turned on to hear the V-E day proclamations by Pres ident Truman and Prime Minister Churchill. It was the first time I ever com peted against a president. 'Twas also the first time he ever appeared on he same bill with me. 0 Not since the First Marine Divi sion left Tent Camp in the summer of 1942 had I attended a flag rais ing ceremony. Tuesday morning it was with a great deal of patriotic enthusiasm that I witnessed the raising of the flag at the Camp school. As the students and teachers stood at attention, (he Flag was raised to the lop of the mast and then lowered to half mast, as the bugle sounded. Then, the group gave the Pledge of Allegiance and sang the Star Spangled Banner. As the Flag waved in the breeze, even as cold-hearted a person as I lust admit something occurred /ithin me. A glorious feeling of pride. 0 Brother J. P. Boyd looked at the red headline atop Wednesday's News and Observer and observed: "Well, the war's now officially over. Josephus has got out his pokeberry juice." 4H A lady called the City Mall the other morning shortly after f) o'clock and inquired why in the world Jacksonville wasn't blowing its siren like they were in Wil mington. ' It's V-E day." she de lared. "Why don't you blow the siren?" A military policeman who had answered the 'phone didn't know the answer himself, and asked others in the City Hall. Some one suggested: "'Tell her the war's only half over, and that's the reason we're not blowing our horn yet." He did. The woman hung up. 0 Jacksonville's always one-up and ahead of the rest. President Truman, in his V-E day proclamation, called for fitting thanksgiving prayers and services on Sunday: Governor Cherry asked that they be held Thursday: there fore. Jacksonville had its services and prayers Wednesday night. #In the cafe the other day. one of the waitresses brought me a cold plate like she was eating. "But you got a hard boiled egg. and I didn't." I told her. noticing the absence of the vitamin pill. "You got sardines." she coun tered. "So did you." I came back. "But you can't have both." she advised. "You're a customer.' 4 0The sign on Ketchum Drug store attracted and amused a lot of passers-by Wednesday after noon. It read: "Closed. Gone Fising." Yep, the "h" was omitted. D. T. Miller, Beulaville, Barber, Passes Away, Funeral Conducted 0 Dunn—D. T. Miller. 55. former Dunn barber, died at his home in Beulaville Monday afternoon after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held from the Hallsville Baptist church Wed nesday afternoon at three o'clock with the Rev. N. E. Gresham and the Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald officiating Burial was in the Bostic-Sandlin cemetery at Maple. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Kate Bostic Miller; four sons, James Miller of Winston-Salem. Harry Miller of the Army in Germany, Charles Miller of the Navy and J. T. Miller of the home; two daugh ters, Mrs. Fannie Mae Miller of Beulaville and Katie Gray Miller of the home; two brothers, Henry Miller and Ethro Miller of Beula ville. Unconcerned Attitude Is Scored Ai 7th War Loan Kick-Off Supper 0 Addressing a kick-off supper at Coleman's Restaurant for the 7th War Loan Drive in Onslow County '•Wednesday ovening, Lt. W. Charles Goe. USN. chaplain at Camp Lejeune. pleaded that we cast aside an attitude of un concern and give all-out support to the men fighting the other half of this terrible war in the Pacif ic. Wounded on Tinian after going through the bloody Saipan cam paign. Lieutenant Goe gave first hand experience with fighting men, natives and .laps, and declared that the 7th War Loan drive was "an opportunity for a determined ef fort to gel this war over." Ho pointed out that the Japa nese is a different enemy, who liv es and dies by what he believes, that with him there is no surren der. To lick him. vast quantities of men and material, more than were even needed at Saipan. will be nec essary. .1. C. Thompson, campaign chair man. explained that Onslow's quo ta of $510,000 with an "E" bond quota of $400,000 was higher this time because there will be two campaigns instead of three this year and the time of the drive has been extended from four to six weeks. If* reported that already $35,000 had been credited to the county quota, and disclosed that civilian payrool deductions during April, May and June would count on the quota. Community directors for the campaign he announced as follows: Mrs. Lillian Ray. Hubert; D. G. Shaw, Richlands area: C. Bruce Hunter. Dixon area: C. Graham Jones. White Oak section: Lions club, town of Richlands: Rotary club, town of Holly Ridge: Alton Capps, Sneads Ferry: K. T. Knight, Jr.. Midway Park: and N. N. Mat tocks, Swansboro. Mrs. Deane C. Taylor, chairman of the county women's division. W. J. Arthur. B. J. Holleman. M. A Cowell, stunts: M. L. Fergu son. Sam Leder. J. C. Petteway, booths and advertising; W. W. Cun ningham. Maurice Margolis. Gau tier Jackson, movies; W. J. Arthur. Mrs. Mary Lily Blake, newspaper publicity. Lieutenant Goe. who is chaplain (Continued on Page Six) REA Will Observe 10th Birthday Today; Accomplished Much 0 The Rural Electrification Au thority. of which the Jones-Ons low Electric Membership coopera tive is a part, today observes its tenth birthday. It was almost on the fifth birth day of the REA that the five-year old Jones-Onslow unit began fur nishing electric power to rural families and business places in this section. The lines of the Jones-Onslow were energized on June 1, 1940, and the cooperative grew until it now has more than 300 miles of lines in Jones. Onslow. Duplin and Lenoir counties carrying electric ity to more than 1.200 customers, according to Fred Harmon, super intendent. Recently the Navy Department purchased the physical properties within the boundaries of Camp Le jeune and the generating plant at Northeast Creek. That, too, had been a part of the co-op's expan sion. Sine 1941, wartime shortages of materials and labors have virtually halted construction of rural power lines. All service connections have been limited to those qualifying under War Production Board Reg ulations. The WPB has required that all such construction must be justified on the basis of the bene fits which could be realized in food production, or the labor saving on the farms to be served. The Jones-Onslow Electric Mem bership Corporation is getting its long range postwar program into shape for quick action when nnv federal loans and necessary mate rials can be obtained. Co-op of ficials estimate that it could build 250 miles of line in Onslow. Jones, Lenior, Duplin and Pender coun ties to serve 800 consumers within three years after full-scale con struction can be resumed. REDOUBLE EFFORTS 0 Washington—(/P)—In a V-E Day statement, acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew called on the nation to redouble its energy "to the unfinished business in the Pacific." M. N. Lisk Elected Swansboro Mayor; Ofhers Are Named 0.M. N. Lisk was re-elected mayor of the Town of Swansboro Tues day when he (k'foaled W. E. Baggs and James Parkins in the biennial primary election. Elected to the Town Board of Commissioners were C. D. Tolson. H. .J. Webb, Henry A. Tolson and P. S. White from a field of ten candidates. The incumbents re-elected were C. D. Tolson and Webb. Of the two other incumbents J. C. Casper was defeated and Kenneth Mea dows did not seek re-election. John Bell defeated Grant Pri vettc for town constable. Others in the race for the town board were N. N. Mattox. C. C. Dennis, C. E. Weeks, J. F. Foster and Kenneth Twiman. Yearling Deer Are Plentiful In Forest, Stingley Reports e Yearling deer are plentiful in Hofmann Forest, according to Su pervisor James M. Stingley. Stingley reported that he him self saw eisht deer at one time or another one day last week, and that seldom a day passes that he does not sischt one or two in his travels about the 84.000-acre N. C. Sta(i> College experimental for estry tract. The large number of yearling deer is attribr' d to the absence of fires in the forest in the early part of last year. "Not one acre of land was burned over at that time," Stingley said, "and that gave us a good crop of fawns." Pfc. Howard Home, Richlands, Reported Missing In Action 0 Pfc. Howard Home, son of Mrs. Susan Home of Rich lands. route one. has been re ported missing; in action in European regions. Hospital Auxiliary To Hoid Tag Day !n Counly Salurday £ The first contribution t*> the Onslow County Hospital Tag I)ay fund came from the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Anna's Episcopal church, it was announced yesterday by .Mrs. !VI. A. Cowell. chairman. The con'., .bution amounted to $10.00. Tag Day throughout the county tomorrow, sponsored by the Onsfow County Hospi tal Auxiliary, will raise funds with which to carry on much needed services and work at the institution. In the past year, the Auxi liary has spent approximately SI.000 on improving the ap pearance. comfort and service of the hospital and Nurses Home. Among the many items pur hascd for the hospital in clude: (.lass tops for dressers in tlie hospital and nurses quar ters: two baby eribs for nur sery: glasses and eleetric hot plate for hospital and nurses home; If) baby shirts: table linen for dining room: large mirror for nurses home man tle: deck ehairs for nurses quar ters: shrubbery around both buildings: piano tuned: Christ mas decorations in patients' ro>ms: refrigeration unit for keeping frozen items: and bed trays. Directing the Tag Day in communities other than Jack sonville are Mrs. Julius Seg german in Holly Ridge: Mrs. James Odom, Midway Park; Mrs. Nellie Smith. Sneads Ferry; Mrs. O. E. Bell, Rich lands: Mrs. Edward Hurst, Swansboro: and Mrs. W. L. Humphrey, Verona. NO CHANGE IN JAPS 0 San Francisco—(/Pi—Surrender of Nazi Germany, the Japanese cabinet announced, will not make the "slightest change" in Nippon's war objective, which "lies in the interest of her (Japan's) self-exist ence and self-defense." SUGGEST HARSH PEACE ® Washington—i7P)A harsh per.ee for Germany and death to Gestapo agents and storm troopers are re ei mmendations of congressmen iust returned from viewing German concentration camps and devastated battle areas. 63 Receive Red Cross Volunteer Corps Certificates Of Graduation ©Sixty-three new members of the Hospital and Recreation Corps, the Motor Corps, and the Staff Assist ance Corps of the Camp I.ejeune Auxiliary, Onslow County Chapter. American Red Cross, received their certificates Monday in the Area 1 Theater. Maj. C.en. John Marston, com manding general of the camp, gave the graduation address, telling the volunteer workers that they were doing "splendid work" and that the jo!) of the Red Cross here at home would become increasingly import ant as the war in the Pacific gained tempo, now that full fury was turn ed against the Japs. "The work of the Red Cross on this post is most encouraging," said General Marston. "I congratulate you all from the bottom of my heart." Marking the end of a busy year as chairman of the Camp Lejeune Auxiliary, Mrs. John Marston, wife of the General, presented the cer tificates to the 37 Grey Ladies who had completed the Hospital and Recreation Corps training. After twenty hours of lectures and 24 hours of probationary work in the Naval Hospital and the dispen saries. the graduates are now qua lified to work in any military or naval hospital. Mrs. Albert H. Noble, whose hus band, Brigadier General Alfred H. Noble heads the training command here, was chairman of the Hospital and Recreation Corps graduates. New Grey Ladies are: Martha Brown. Mildred Cobb. Mildred Crouch, Katherine DeVries, Ra chael Dillard, Ageta D. O'vley, Mil dred Elliott, Elizabeth Flett, Mary Glendennin, Ruth Guyanus. Mar garet Hall. Margaret Hansen, Grace Henning, Helen Holly. Ida Howard. Jean Hutton, Rosemary Juan, and Elizabeth Landauer. Also: Betty McAulifTe. Ethel Mc Henry, Etta Moore. Gladys Munsel, Addie Noble, Elizabeth O'Cain, (Continued on page six) Utilities Commission To Conduct 'Phone Rate Hike Hearing May 18 0The State Utilities Commission will conduct a hearing on Friday, May 18, on proposed increases in telephone rates by the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph company in -Jacksonville. Notice of the hearing, to be held in the commission offices, was given thiis week in letters ad dressed to all subscribers in Jack sonville. The CT&T sets forth in the no tice that the rates it proposes have boon approved by the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Aldermen of the town. The proposed monthly rates fol low: Business individual line. $4 00; Business two-party line. $3.50; Re sidence individual line. $2.35; Re sidence two-party line. $1.75; Re sidence four-party line. $1.50; Busi ness multi-party (10> line. $2.50; Residence multi-party (10) line, $2.00. Onslow Red Cross Chapter Voles Funds To Davis Day Rooms ® The board -if directors of Ih«.• Ops low Qounly chapter of I tie American Red Cross Tuesday vot ed to appropriate $1,635 to equip two day rooms and lounges at re activated Camp Davis. At the same time the resigna tions of Mrs. Anne Gilfoil as home service worker and Mrs. Alice Vanderbuilt as office secretary were announced by Mrs. A. W. Gawthrop. chapter executive sec retary. The Camp Davis rooms, to be us ed by convalescing members of the Army Air Corps which has re activated the former army train ing camp, will be equipped with living room suites, desks, tables, chairs, rugs, radio, phonograph and other incidentals with the local ap propriation. In all 3.1 day rooms. 08 lounges and numerous service clubs must be outfitted by Red Cross funds or contribution of usable second-hand furniture. Kinsey Padrick, 42, Of Near Richlands, Dies,- Funeral Held 0 Kinsey Padrick. well-known farmer of near Richlands, died at his homo Tuesday night after a lon^ illness. lie was 42 years old. Funeral services were held yes terday afternoon from the homo by Rev. Reuben Jones, Holiness min ister of Kinston, and burial was in the family cemetery. Mr. Padrick is survived by his widow. Mrs. Sybil Padrick, and eight children. C. K. Stacy, Pearly, Theresa. Graham, Gray. Leslie and Linnie Padrick. all of the home: three sisters. Mrs. J. P. Coston of Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. R. L. Lewis of Goldsboro: and two brothers, Fondos Padrick of Portsmouth, Va., and C. M. Padrick of Rich lands. , Next £Gu;im —<7P)— Hinting of power blows to come, the largest superfortress fleet ever to attack Japin bombed vital targets Thursday on the main land of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. These islands are southernmost of the home chain. Now Overseas 0k I'I'c. Robert F. Petteway of Richlands has notified his family of his arrival with the Army in Frarce. Private J'ettewav has been in service since August of 1942. His wife, the former Lucille Mum if'crd. live with her parents on Vanceboro, Route 1. Private Pette way has thrc-s? brothers in service — St;i Marvin Pctleway. who is with the Army in Germany: Ray ford Pctlevvay, seaman first class, who is on a submarine; and Wil liam Petteway. seaman first class, who recently returned from France and i.s in Norfolk. Va. Mrs. Deane C. Taylor Lists Committees for 7th War Loan Drive 0Mrs. Dcanc C. Taylor, chairman of the Women's division of the seventh war loan drive in Ons low County, which opens Monday, has announced the following com mittees who will assist in the drive throughout the county: Mrs. Wes ley Conkling. assistant chairman, and in Jacksonville. Mrs. ,T. C. Thompson. Mrs. L. P. Matthews, Mrs. Meri Ferguson. Mrs. Carl Hales. Mrs. T. Newton Cook. Mrs W. E. Sabiston. Mrs. John Warlick and Mrs. J. C. Petteway. In Richlands. Mrs. Victor Ven ters and Mrs. Nathaniel Sylvester: Swansboro. Mrs. Vernon Alligood; IIollv Ridge. Mrs. Heywood Camp be!!: Sneads Ferry, Mrs. Nettie Millis: Dixon. Mrs. L. F. Dixon; Foikstone. Mrs. Nora Everett; Gum •Branch, Mrs. Albert Venters; Hu bert. Mrs. S. S. Starling; Verona, Mrs. W. L. Humphrey; and in Mid way Park, Mrs. James A. Odom. Mrs. Taylor has called the first meeting of the.-.e ladies for this afternoon at three o'clock at the I SO Pine Lodge. CpS. Earnest Jusiice And Unii Are Hai'ed For Technical Skiil ©.Air Service Command Depot, England— Hailed by leading civ ilinn aircraft; authorities for scor ing one of the outstanding pro duction triumphs of the war Cpl. Earnest A. Justice, of Jackson ville, N. C . and his fellow tech nicians at an Air Service Com mand depot in England, recently overhauled their engine after one year of operation. Cpl. Justice, Sneads Ferry, N. C. was a farmer before joining the armed forces in February 1943. Tide Water Power Will Open Offices Here On Monday #The Tide Wat or Power company will open an office here Monday to give better service to patrons nf this section, it is announced to day. The office will he located in the Capps building, diagonally across from the Atlantic Coast Line rail road station, and there applica tions for service will be made and, of course, bills paid. With the opening of the office, the accounting work for -Jackson ville. Swansboro, Maysville and Belgrade will be moved here, and service will be rendered from the local office, according to Hoy Mc Fatter, local manager. Additional employees will be sent here to supplement the six already in the TVV'P employment in .Jacksonville now. Miss Betty Johnson, who has been associated with the Onslow County Hospital since it was opened will be office secretary. Carl W. Hales and Mrs. G. P. Johnson to Head Druggists' Drive 9 Carl W Hales and Mrs. G. P. Johnson have been appointed hairmen of the men and women's divisions to direct in Onslow Coun ty the support of pharmacists and drug stores in the 7th War Loan drive. They were appointed this week by W. A Gilliam. Winston-Salem, president of the N. C. Pharmaceu tical Association, which is hoping tc sell at least $1,000,000 in "E" bw'.ds throughout the state. The quota for Onslow County has been set at $5,000 in "E" bonds. School Board Rejects Bids For Improvements If The Dead Could Speak By EI) CREAGH, Of The Associated Press I wish I could join you in this celebration. 1 wish I could fall down en my knees, as many of you are doing, and thank God that it's over in Germany at least the worst ol' it. Yes. I'd like to throw my hat in the air. like the rest of you, and drink a victory toast, and sing in the streets that this is V-E Day. But I can't because I'm not there with you. Oh, don't stop what you're doing. I never was a killjoy, and believe me, I'd join you if I could. You're entitled to a little lime out after the first half—or the first quarter, if ii turns out to be that. But don't let it last too long, will you? The other side—the other enemy, you know—isn't taking time out. The Japs have nothing to celebrate . . . unless you give t-hem something. I'm afraid 1 won't be around for the rest of this war. You'll have to win it without me . . . without quite a few thousand of us. We didn't mean to let you down, dying the way we did. We sort of hoped to be in on the finish—to laugh and Ipray and maybe cry a little on the big V-Da.v, the real one. Well, you'll have to take our places, you the living. The guys in uniform are on the job already. Some of them will be joining us before this V-E Day is over. You'll be back on your job tomorrow, won't you. bright and early? I thought so, pal. We'll be looking for you. V-E Day Brings Little Change; Marston Speaks For Pacific War £ Except for a merchants' half holiday. Y-E day brought compara tively little change in the pace of Onslow County, residents of which sanely, felt that the war was but half over. At Camp Lejeune. the rigid training schedule of the Marines whose force has been devoted to the battle with the Japanese, Maj. Gen. John Marston said "any thought of a victory celebration must be set aside if we are to keep faith with our comrades . . . in the Paific area." No sirens were blown here, and celebrations, if any. were confined to living rooms and kitchens, be cause the gradual disintegration of the European front did not come So spectacularly as to provoke spontaneous reactions. Of course, there was rejoicing on the streets, in the stores and in the homes by everyone, but it was a reserved joy. Even many whose sons and husbands still were in Europe suddenly realized the job of securing peace but half finished. For completing the task, there are equally as many families rep resented in the Pacific. For them. General Marston spoke: •'Germany's surrender is grati fying news. • "Hut though it is the news of a war won. our sobering thoughts still must be on the other war yet to be fought to a victorious conclu sion. "The great majority of Marines and Naval personnel at this camp already have taken an active part in the conflict with our Japanese enemy. A great many Marines who have trained here in the past, are at present engaged at close quar ters with that enemy. "Any thought of a victory cele bration at this time, or any slack ening of work or of training, must be set aside if we are to keep faith with our comrades who are fight Campbell Is Elected Holly Ridge Mayor; Others Are Named 0 Haywood Campbell, barber, was elected mayor of Holly Ridge, in the town's third municipal elec tion. with 92 votes. He defeated incumbent L. E. Coleburn, real es tate dealer and farmer, who poll ed <58 votes was reported. Leon Sessoms. American Express Co. employe at Camp Davis, drew the highest number of votes among the 10 candidates seeking election to the town board, with a total of 110. .!, D. Jenkins, cafe operator, polled the second highest amount of votes with 96. The other three elected were all incumbents. They were E. F. San ders. grocery store operator, 66 vot es; John Simthson, grocery store operator, 73 votes; and C. Bruce Hunter, high school principal, 92 votes. Those defeated were Allen Staf ford. high school teacher and in cumbent. 45 votes; N. H. Modinos, real estate dealer, justice of peace and incumbent, 57 votes; J. J. Hud iberg, hotel operator. 62 votes; D. D. Dan-ah, Camp Davis employe, 62 votes; and Dave Cohen, restaur ant operator, 44 votes. Results of the election were hail ed as a victory for what was known as the People's Ticket. On it, Campbell, Hudiburg, Hunter, Jen kins, Darrah and Sessoms were running as a group. Of them, Campbell and a majority of the board were elected. ing—and those who have died—in the Pacific area. "We will keep that faith." In a V-E Day proclamation, President Truman said "Our blows will continue until the Japanese also lay down their arms in un conditional surrender." The president told the nation that he had set aside next Sunday— Mother's Day—as a day of prayer, in which he wanted everyone to go to his church and pray for con tinued guidance and a speedy ccsa tion of hostilities in the Pacific. In rejoicing over the victory in Europe, he asked the nation not to forget that, "sorrow and heart ache abide in thousands of homes throughout America." "This is a solemn but glorious hour. General Eisenhower has in formed me that the entire forces of Germany have surrendered to the United Nations. The flag of freedom flies over all of Germany. For this victory, the United Na tions join in offering thanks to Providence." Thus was brought to a close the titanic struggle in Europe which ci.sl 132,000 lives and more than 550.000 more casualties in thre^ years, four months and seven days of fighting the Axis in Europe and the Mediterranean theater. In Jacksonville and throughout the county churches were opened on Tuesday and on Wednesday eve ning special services were held. Radios were turned on in school auditoriums and rooms Tuesday morning to hear the proclamations, and a special service was held at Camp Lejeune Tuesday noon. Loal merchants observed a half holiday Tuesday afternoon, begin ning at 1 o'clock, and the Jackson ville Kiwanis club heard a special prayer for continued peace by Rev. A. D. Leon Gray after having stood a moment in silent prayer of thanksgiving. George G. Jenkins, USNR, Jacksonville, Transferred To Virginia from Pacific 0 George Graham Jenkins, elec trician's mate, second class, USNR, 23, of Jacksonville, has been trans ferred to the Atlantic Fleet's Mine craft Training Center. Little Creek, Virginia. Jenkins reported after two years' duty in the Pacific area, where he participated in the invasion of Bougainville. He entered the Navy in May, 1942. and before going overseas attended the naval mine warfare school at Yorktown. Va. His mother is Mrs. Bessie Metts Jenkins of Route one. Jacksonville. Jenkins graduated in 1938 from Richlands high school. Telegraph Restriction Lifted In Part For Service Personnel 0 Ray Patterson, manager of the Jacksonville Western Un ion, announced yesterday that he had been officially notified that the restriction banning: the sending: of congratulatory, an niversary and greeting: mes sages, within the United States has been lifted. Patterson pointed out how ever, that this only applies to members of the armed forces, so far. 0The Onslow County Board of Education Monday unanimously re jected all bids for proposed school improvements at Dixon, Sawsboro and White Oak on the grounds that the construction costs wer« too high and in excess of an ap propriation voted by the Board of Commissioners in February. Fast as a result thereon, the Dixon school faculty, headed by Principal C. Bruce Hunter, ten dered its resignation as a group, declaring that the facilities at Dix on were unfit for' instructional purposes and detrimental to the health of students and teachers. The long fight for school improve ments in the county, particularly Stump Sound township, has been led by Dixon school patrons. The resignations would be re considered. it was said, on im mediate letting of the contract for improvements, and a statement in writing from the board of educa tion as to an approximate date for completion of the work. Bids for improvements at the three county schools totaled $252, 251 when thev were opened and canvassed by the Board of Educa tion Monday. That was some $60, 000 in excess of the $190,000 ap priation voted by the commission ers, and Education Board Mem ber Hugh Ragsdale of Richlands moved they be rejected. The vote was unanimous after the motion was seconded by R. L. Williams, Sr.. of Swansboro. Supt. of Schools A. H. Hatsell said that even after the specifica tions were modified to eliminate drains and change plumbing the total figure approximated $239,000. He said that the board could, however, go through with the work at either one or two of the schools and be within the budgeted amount fixed by the county, if it desired. But. he added, some members of the board felt that the commis sioners should express themselves since they set aside the money for improvements at all three insti tutions. The funds appropriated for the improvements came from a sinking fund which was established by Jhe board of commissioners which re tired in December to pay off the bonded indebtedness of the county. For the improvements at the separate schools, a bid of $33,519 was tendered for six aditional classrooms and cafeteria for Swansboro. S83.027 for six class rooms and cafeteria ard repairs at White Oak. and $135,705 for 13 additional classrooms, cafeteria, sewer sy/f;em and repairs at Dixon. Ilatseb said Dixon school was in a bad state of repair, that com fort factlities were on the outside necessitating travel from one building to another in all types of weather, and was poorly heated. In the 1945-46 budget, an appro priation of $10,000 to make re pairs and needed improvements was approved. The Dixon faculty resigned for: "The reasons being: that we cannot continue to teach under the present handicaps of inadequate building equipment, poor seating equipment, and all lack of those accomdations that are necessary for the efficient operation of a modern school. The statement was signed by Principal Hunter. Allen H. Staff ord, Manly Fulcher. Mrs. ' Guy Smith, Edith La Kay, Kathleen Ilansley, Mrs. Lydia Jackson, Mrs. Theodore Ottaway, Matalie Kellum Wilson, Lola P. Lanier, Cresie Millis. Margaret Pearsall Dixon, Mrs. Lola McCree, Mrs. Allen H. Stafford, Margaret McNeill. Mel vin Robinson, Paul S. Merritt. Goering, Quisling Taken Info Custody By Allied Forces Kutzbuehel, Austria —(£>)— Re ichsmarshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, whose Nazi air force once frightened the world, and Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, German commander-in-chief on the Western Front, have surrendered to Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's American Seventli Army. # Olso, Norway—(JP)—Nazi Pup pot Premier Vidkun Quisling of Norway, the man whose name has become a synonym for traitor, was locked in the Olso jail today and two high German officers were reported to have taken their own lives as a result of Norway's lib eration. Douglas Earl Hills Of Richlands Stationed Af Camp Peary Now 0 Seaman Seond Class Douglas ^ Earl Mills, son of F ,Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Mills of ^ Richlands, Route |:|2, took his basic Iptraining at Baln bridge, Maryland, ' ' and is now sta - ; tioned at Camp * Peary, Virginia. v ., He is the bro Vther of Mrs. B. IgF. H u 11 s o n of ' Richland*.