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0 Never one to let anyone else
get by with anything. Bob Pink
ston checked up on the Kiwanians
spelling out the day September 11
comes on.
He pulled out his calendar and
said it fell on Sunday. They said
Tuesday. Bob almost got indignant,
and showed his calendar to Rev.
F. N. Cox, asking "Isn't this a 1945
calendar? Doesn't that show Sun
day?" The reverend said it did,
but Bob looked closer and then
had to admit. "Beg your pardon.
1 was looking at March and not
September."
01n the Kiwanianis weekly bul
letin. Editor Sam SacknofT wrote:
"Kill her up". A farmer who had
a jallopy of the vintage of 1904
and during the period of gas ra
tioning never bought more than 3
or 5 gallons discovered that his
gas tank could not stand the strain
of "fill her up". So the tank fell
to the pavement. Moral—when you
are starving—don't eat i.oo much—
take it easy.
0 Harvey Boney came up with one
of his terrible puns the other day
and then wanted to know why I
didn't laugh. You be the judge.
He said he knew why the .laps
surrendered: they had atomic ache.
• I don t know where they come
from or where they go. but a
couple truck loads of turkeys ar
rive here weekly, and the truck
paiks for awhile in front of the
News and Views office.
!t reminded me of the story H.
, y Buck) Bryant, a Wash
ington newspaperman used to tell
It went something like this
Representative Barnhardt a
newspaperman, knew many amus
ng stories and liked to tell them
to appreciative audiences
"Out in Indiana." said he in the
House cloakroom, "we have a few
old-time Negroes, ones who knew
the real sweetness of a chicken.
Uncle Tim Balew. an old Negro
who lived in the outskirts of one
of our little towns, sold nun)
towis to housewives of the com
mumty. Nobody seemed to know
where he got his chickens and
turkeys, and ducks, hut thev were
always good and wholesome! Man\
women of the city would not bin
Tim fn>m anyl)0d.v bllt Uncle
"One day. Unclc Tim came ir
with a fine turkey and offered it
I? ?"S„.01 llis customers. :Now
Uncle Tim. I will take that turke\
if you assure me it is not a will:
one. I do not like wild turkeys,
the Negro swore that the turkoi
was not a wild one. But. in cutting
• "le fowl up. the lady noticed ;
imber of shot in tile hodv Th<
•xt day she called Uncle Tim ir
• nd charged him with panning oil
a wild turkey on her. arguing th<
shot was evidence that the birc
was killod by shooting.
D.:l'5 whcrp you is wrong
Miss Mandv, said the Negro den
shots wuz intended fur me, not rt<
turkey ."
• "lied Buck" also told these:
Senator Williams had stories or
people and other creatures. Hi;
story of the Republicans and th<
woodpecker was a favorite.
"The Republicans." said ho. "re
mind me of the woodpecker, no'
the one that pecked on the school
house door, but the one that peck
ed on an old tree.
"President Roosevelt (Theodore
and his party associates claim th<
credit for Rood crops, good times
and the spread of Christian itv
Iney preach about their good worl
up and down the land.
Once there was an old pecker
wood down in my country, and :
fine bird he was. but he suffcret
from an exaggerated ego. One fin<
morning, he lit on the limp of •
dead oak and pecked strenuously
Soon a brisk wind rose, follower
,? ,ilt,° eyclone. The tree fell
Well, gentlemen, from that da'
until the dying hour of that pecker
wood he thought he knocked tin
tree down."
Rep. Fordney, known as th<
highest protectionist in the Unitet
States, did not like insurgent Re
publicans, but respected Democrat
who favored a tariff for revenu*
only; he detested recalcitrants o
his own party. He thought tha
Congressman Albert Bcveridg*
should quit knocking the Republi
can party or quit seeking Repub
lican support for honors.
"You know," he would sa\
Beveridge reminds me of the mat
and his cow.
"A husky Irishman, passing
cow pen, saw a man who milked
while and then beat the cow
while. Tired of that, the Irishmai
pulled off his coat, rolled up hi
sleeves, doubled his fists, and sai
to the milkman. 'You must eithe
quit milking that cow or qui
beating her!"
"Now. that is my attitude tc
ward insurgent Republicans."
0 As I was saying, what this sec
tion needs is just a little rain.
RECEIVES COMBAT AWARD
0With the 2nd Infantry Divisio
in Germany — Commanding Ger
eral of the 2nd Infantry Divisior
Major General Walter M. Hoberl
son has awarded the Combat Ir
fantryman's Badge for "superio
performance of duty in combat" o
'he front lines in France and Gei
iny. to Sgt. Forest N. Yopp, c
cads Ferry.
APPLY FOR LIME NOW
#The final date on which Onslo\
County farmers can make applies
tions for lime is August 29, accord
ing to Ivy Collins, chief clerk fo
the Triple A. Deliveries will b
started shortly after that.
\
Jap Surrender Document
To Be Signed August 31
0 Manila—</P)—Conquered Japan
and the conquering Allies will
formally end war on August 31 by
signing a surrender document in
Tokyo Bay aboard the super-battle
ship. Missouri, which only one
month ago was hurling 16-inch
shells into the Jap homeland.
General MacArtthur announced
the final details today, while his
headquarters disclosed that actual
capitulation in the field is proceed
ing in advance of the official ccre
mo ny.
The surrender of several thou
sand Japanese in Northern Luzon
was arranged despite "adamant"
opposition of their commander.
Similar negotitations were moving
ahead on Mindanao and Cebu.
Tokyo messaged MacArthur that
Jap Red Cross workers, aided by
the Swiss and Swedish legations,
are preparing to visit Japan's
seven major prisoner of war camps
to asisst evaluating prisoners and
civil internees to embarkation
points.
Negotiations Continue
# Chunking—(/P) — Lt. Gen. Al
bertWedemeyer declared that Chi
nese and British Governments are
negotiating on the subject of whose
forces shalll occupy Hongkong and
accept surrender of the Jap garri
son there.
To Convene Diet
®San Francisco—f/P)—An extra
ordinary session of the Jan Diet
will be convened Sept. 2-3 to
"drive home to the nation" the
"stark reality" of Japan's defeat
and clarify circumstances leading
to the end of the war, Domei news
agency said today .
10 Million Affected
By Associated Press
0 Nearly 10.000.000 persons, one
sixth of the population of Japan's
home islands, were killed, wound
ed or made homeless as result of
enemy air raids during the course
of the war in greater East Asia.
Tokyo radio said Thursday.
252 War Plants Are
Made Available To
Private Industry
0 Washington— (/I5) —The Army
has offered 252 war plants to in
dustry. Those plants could make
a lot of civilian goods plus plenty
of civilian jobs. By declaring gov
ernment-owned plants surplus—no
longer needed for tanks, radar
and airplane engines—the Army
thus provided a $1,500,000,000 con
tribution toward the government's
goal of full employment.
11 PAIR NYLONS
0 Wilmington. Del.—(TP)—E. I. Du
pont De Nemours, swinging into
large scale peacetime production,
promises nylon-starved women 11
pairs a year. It won't be long. Du
pont said, until we have what
amounts to a nylon world.
Japanese Given
U. S. Timetable
For Great Event
<9 Manila—(/P)—In brief, here is
General MacArthur's timetable for
Japanese compliance with occupa
tion and surrender orders:
Aug. 24. 6 p.m. (5 a.m.. U. S.
Eastern War Time)—All military
and civilian aircraft to be mound
ed: navaJ and merchant shipping in
Japanese home waters to remain at;
anchor: vessels at sea to throw
overboard all explosives, report
positions and head for designated
ports: submarines to remain on
surface, flying black flags, and
proceed to specified ports. saretv
and well being of Allied prisoners
of war and civilian internees .o be
preserved, their camps marked ko
that supplies may.be dropped to
them
Aug. 25. 6 a.m. (5 p.m.. Aug. 24.
U. S. Eastern War Time)—Allied
aircraft will drop supplies io pris
oners of war and internee camps:
Allied planes will start surveillance
flights over Japan and Japanese
controlled areas: Allied naval
forces will occupy Japanese and
Japanese controlled coastal waters.
Aug. 25. fi p.m. (5 a.m.. U. S.
Eastern War Time)—All land, sea
and air obstacles in Tokyo Bay
area to be removed: bay pilots
ready with charts: all vessels in
Tokyo Bay immobilized and dis
armed: all coast defense and anti
aircraft guns in Tokyo Bay area
rendered i n o pe r a t i v e.
Aug. 28. 8 a.m. (T p.m.. Aug. 25.
U. S. Eastern War Time)—Japanese
ship will meet United States naval
forces at sea and supnlv pilots to
guide vessels into Sagami and
Tokyo Bays.
Aug. 27. G p.m. (5- a.m.. U. S.
Eastern War Time)—Prepare Yoko
suka naval base on Tokyo Bay for
U. S. occupation and possible op
eration; evacuate all Japanese
combat units from occupation area,
leaving civil police and gendar
merie to prevent outbreaks.
Aug. 28—Weather permitting,
General MacArthur and airborne
force will land at Atsugi Airdrome,
near Tokyo, and Naval and Ma
rines forces will land in vicinity of
Yokosuka naval base.
Aug. 28. (j a.m. (5 p.m.. Aug. 27.
U. S. Eastern War Time)—Mem
bers of Japanese imperial general
staff must be available for confer
ence with MacArthur's represen
tatives at Atsugi Airdrome: 125
local guides and interpreters must
be at hand.
Aug. 31—Formal signing of the
surrender pact, in Tokyo area.
GRANT S CREEK SERVICE
0 There will be services at Grant's
Creek Baptist Church Sunday.
August 26, at 11:00 a.m. and 8:30
p.m.. the evening service being
devoted to a thanksgiving prayer
of peace. Rev. H. B. Napier is
pastor.
Tobacco Prices Continue
Steady On Eastern Belt
By The Associated Press
# Steady to slightly higher prices
prevailed on the 15 markets in
Eastern North Carolina's flue
cured tobacco belt yesterday, the
cooperating marketing divisions of
• the State and U. S. Departments
of Agriculture reported. The vol
ume of sales continued extremely
heavy and all markets were
. blocked.
Most of the increases occurred
, in medium and lower quality lugs
and leaf grades. Compared with
opening day prices, the upward
, trend amounted to about $1 per
. hundred.
Market officials reported con
siderable damaged leaf resulting
from heavy rains in many tobacco
' counties during the past few days.
1 They cautioned growers to handle
their offerings with care to pre
vent further spoilage.
Opening Day Figures
Tuesday's opening day sales to
talled 8,989.885 pounds, compared
j with 3,207,802 pounds auctioned in
the belt—the flue-cured area's
l largest—on opening day last year.
The 1945 opening average was
$43.72, compared with the 1944
opening average of $42.52 per hun
dred, or an increase of $1.19 per
hundred pounds.
Average prices per hundred
pounds on a limited number of
representative U. S. grades sold
yesterday, with changes from
opening day, are as follows:
Leaf—Good lemon $46. unchang
ed: fair lemon $45. unchanged:
low lemon $45, unchanged: fair
orange $45, up one: low orange
$45, up one: common orange $44,
up one.
Cutters—Fair lemon $46. and
low lemon $45. both unchanged.
F Lugs—Choice lemon $46, un
changed: fine lemon $45. unchang
ed: good lemon $45. unchanged;
fair lemon $44, unchanged, low le
mon $43, up one: good orange $45,
up one: fair orange $44, up one.
Primings—Fair lemon $43, un
changed: low lemon $41, unchang
ed: low orange $40, unchanged.
Nondescript —r Best thin $38,
down one dollar per hundred.
Southeastern Home
Demonstration Clubs
May Assemble Soon
0 Possibility of a district moot ing
of Home Demonstration clubs in
southeastern North Carolina this
year has caused a probable change
in plans for the Achievement Day
program of the Onslow County
federation. Miss Laura Beatty
home agent, disclosed yesterday.
Miss Beatty said that with gas
oline rationing off and with the
ban on conventions and large
gatherings lifted, it is altogethei
likely that the Southeastern dis
trict meeting will be held late ii
October.
For that, reason the Onslow
County Council meeting, to b(
held next Thursday afternoon a
3 o'clock at Tallman Street USC
will have before it consideratior
of a change in the date and plan;
for the Onslow Achievement Dai
program, which has been tenta
tively set for the last Thursday ii
October.
Other Club Sessions
Home demonstration club meet
ings next week will be held a
Nine Mile Monday at 3 p.m. witl
Mrs. George Pierce, and at Cath
erine Lake Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock when the Sandhill club ha
its recreational program.
Miss Beatty will visit 4-H club
on Tuesday. Wednesday and Fri
day of next week.
MRS. CRANKSHAW RESIGNS
% Mrs. Jean Crankshaw, who ha
been business manager of th<
News and Views since last Decern
ber, has resigned and returned thi
week to her home at Lyndhurst
N. J. Her husband. Lieut. Allai
Crankshaw, who has been in charg<
of the War Dog platoon of the Firs
Marine Division is expected bom
shortly after having served over
seas for the past 18 months.
Miss Henrietta Riggs
Badly Injured In
Automobile Wreck
t^Miss Henrietta Riggs of Bear
Creek was badly injured August 6
in an automobile accident about 1
six miles west of Winston-Salem, c
The wreck was caused by an ice 5
and coal truck belonging to the
Crystal Ice and Coal company of i
Winston-Salem when the driver 1
of the truck attempted to pass a s
car coming over a hill, thus niak- j
ing a head-on collision with the (
car of the Rev. .1. G. Phillips, ox- 1
ecutive secretary-director of Youth j
Work of the Methodist Board of 1
Education. Others in t'.ie car were
Mrs. Phillips and baby, both re- J
ceiving cuts in the face and head, s
and Dr. Ray Petry. professor of !
Church History of Duke Univer7'l
sity. Dr. Petry and Mr. Phillips 1
received no injuries. <
Miss RiggS received a cut to the
bone of her right arm. The cut
severed the nerve controlling the
fourth and fifth fingers of the
right hand, thus deadening this
side of the hand.
An ambulance carried those in
jured from the Baptist Memorial
Hospital in Winston-Salem to
Duke Hospital where they received
further treatment. Miss Riggs re
turned to her home in Bear Creek |
August 10. where she will remain 1
until her arm has healed. She will ;
return to Duke Hospital August <
27 and an operation on the nerve 1
will be performed in an attempt
to regain the use of her hand.
Kiwanis International
Adopts Nine-Point
Peacetime Program
0 Seeking to speed reconversion
and aid returning veterans, Ki
wanis International announced nine
far-reaching postwar objectives as
the Kiwanis Club of Jacksonville
considered ways and means of
rendering greater community serv
ice in peacetime.
In a special message to 2.300
clubs throughout the United States
and Canada. Hamilton Holt of
Macon. Ga.. president of Kiwanis
International, declared that 149.
000 Kiwanians "will not shrink
from the problems of reconversion
that lie ahead."
Holt told President Truman and
Prime Minister King of Canada in
telegrams read to the local clubs
that Kiwanis International would
lend its wholehearted cooperation
in meeting and solving the prob
lems of postwar reconstruction.
"Since Dunkirk and Pearl Har
bor." ire said. "Kiwanis manpower
has been marshalled behind the
Allied war effort. These resources
now will be directed toward the
building of peace, unity and op
portunity."
Ramon Askew, president of the
Jacksonville Kiwanis Club, said
that Kiwanis International's post
war objectives had the unanimous
endorsement of Kiwanians here.
He revealed that the service organ
ization's theme would be "Build
for Peace—Unit—Opportunity."
The nir.e objectives are:
1. Develop an understanding of
the United Nations Charter in sup
port of world peace.
2. Aid returning veterans.
3. Encourage sound programs
of reconversion.
4. Strengthen democracy by
personal acceptance of citizenship
responsibilities.
5. Expand youth services to
build character and citizenship.
6. Mobilize public opinion in
support of individual enterprise
and opportunity.
7. Conserve natural resources,
8. Further good will between
Canada and the United States as
an outstanding example of inter
national cooperation.
9. Develop national unity
through increased emphasis on
human and spiritual values.
Capps Settles Claim
With Government For
Overceiling Charges
OThe Raleigh district OPA an
nounced yesterday thai T. J. Capps
and Son, wholesale grocers of
Jacksonville, had settled a govern
ment claim for treble damages, re
sulting from overceiling charges 10
retailers, by paying $1,248 to the
Treasurer of the United States.
Theodore S. Johnson, OPA dis
trict director, said a permanent in
junction was also secured against
the concern restraining it from
further price violations and di
recting it to keep complete and
accurate records of all transac
tions. OPA charged the concern
with selling certain brands of
pickles, peanut butter and soup at
prices above the ceiling.
Johnson said the injunction was
signed by Federal Judge Don Gil
lian at Tarboro on August 18 and
was issued against P. V. Capps,
doing business as T. J. Capps and
Son.
JULY WHISKEY SALES
0 Sales at the ABC store in Ons
low County amounted to $61,982.60
during the month of July.
LEND LEASE OUT
£ Washington— (/P)—Lend lease
was declared at an end by the
White House today, just a week
after achievement of its purpose—
the downfall of the last Axis ag
gressor.
Fast Seaboard
Gas, Fuel Oil
Price To Drop
0 Washington.—t/P»—Retail gaso
line and fuel oil prices will go
down along the Eastern Seaboard 1
sometime next month.
Price ceiling reductions, an
nounced today by the Office of
Price Administration, range from
six-tenths of a cent to 1.2 cents a
gallon on gasoline: 1 cent to 1 1-2
cents a gallon on kerosene, distil
late heating oils and diesel fuel,
and 15 to 30 cents a barrel on
heavy industrial fuel oils.
The reductions will become ef
fective- at tho refinery and whole
sale. including tank wagon levels. ,
September 1. They will become ef
fective at retail later ;n the month,
but the exact date has n t been
determined.
Capps Heads Group
To Present Data On
New River Channel
% 1'. V. Capps. Jacksonville busi
nessman who long has been an ex
ponnent of water freight for this
community, yesterday was ap
pointed chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce special committee to
present data supporting a deeper
New River channel at a forthcom
ing hearing by the U. S. Army
Engineers.
Named by chamber president
Deane C. Taylor. Capps heads a
committee composed of John H.
Aman, Billy Arthur. Gautier Jack
son. Dr. 11. W. Stevens. James A.
Odom of Jacksonville and Capt. H.
G. Bozarth of Camp Lejcune.
The group now is preparing a
file of facts to support the pro
posal to deepen New River channel
from 10 to 12 feet from here to
the Inland Waterway. At 12 feet
the channel could accommodate
Inland Waterway freighters, and
offer water freight competition to
rail and truck. It would, it is con
tended. automatically give lower
freight rates to this section.
The hearing will be held within
the next 60 days, although the
date has not yet been definitely
fixed by the Army engineers.
Cader Rhodes, Raleigh
Druggist And Native
Onslowan, Is Buried
0 Funeral services for Carter
Rhodes, Raleigh pharmacist who
or many years was the operator
)f the College Court Pharmacy,
vere held Tuesday morning at 11
j'clock from the home. 203 Grove
and Avenue. Dr. A. .J. Hobbs. pas
or of the Eden ton Street Metho
list Church, and the Rev. Howard
VI. McLamb. pastor of Fairmont
Methodist C h u r c h . officiated.
3'urial was in Montlawn.
Mr. Rhodes died Sunday night
it Rex Hospital after a brief ill
aess.
He was a native of Jacksonville
n Onslow County, the son of Eliza
ind Hester Wells Rhodes. He was
aorn on February 12, 1886. He was
graduated in 191.1 in pharmacy
from the University of North
Carolina and began his career in
Raleigh, with the former Hicks
Crabtree drug store organization.
Mr. Rhodes served with the old
Tucker Building Pharmacy and
with the College Court Pharmacy,
which at that time was a part of
the Hicks-Crabtree system. He
bought the College Court business
abo-ut 20 years ago. He was af
filiated with the Masonic order.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Virginia Garland Thomp
son of Onslow County; a son,
James Kent Rhodes. Navy medical
student at Winston-Salem: a foster
son. Charles E. Rrinson of Raleigh:
two brothers, E. H. Rhodes of
Richmond, Va., and G. W. Rhodes
of Jacksonville; three sisters. Miss
Esther Rhodes of Raleigh, Mrs. C.
T. Russell of Goldsboro and Miss
Dunnie Rhodes of Jacksonville.
Onslow Tuberculosis
Association To Meet
Monday At 8:30 P. M.
0The Onslow County Tuberculo
sis Association will moot in the of
fice of the Onslow-Pender District
Health Department Monday night
at 8:30 o'clock, it was announced
yesterday by Miss India Gurganus,
association secretary-treasurer.
The purpose of the meeting is to
make plans for the year's work.
Miss Gurganus said that every per
son interested in the control of
tuberculosis is cordially invited to
attend the meeting.
TO REPRESENT CLUB
#(<. E. Maultsbv, B. J. Holleman
and Rev. L. Grady Burgiss will rep
resent the Jacksonville Kiwanis
,club at the district meeting in Kins
ton Monday, it was decided at Tues
day's meeting at the USO Pine
Lodge. Guests at the meeting were
J. N. Davis of Winston-Salem and
Dr. Fred Smyth of Baltimore, who
again performed at the piano for
some group singing.
VISIT IX JACKSONVILLE
0 Mr. and Mrs. W. Parkerson of
Richmond, Va. and Mrs. J. K. Mur
rell of Rocky Mount spent several
days with their sister, Mrs. Blanche
Simmons of Jacksonville,
One Killed, 12 Injured
In Three Auto Wrecks
Town-Midway Park Bus^
Schedule Is Announced '
s
9The schedule of Seashore Trans
location company service within
he town of Jacksonville and to
did way Park was announced yes
crday by Nat Dixon, local man
iger.
Subject to change to meet pub
ic demand and efficient operation,
he schedule provides for hourly
service, from 6:30 a.m. to 10:50
).m.
The busses will leave Jackson
ville bus station on the half hour
starting at 6:30 a.m. and ending at
10:30 p.m. They will move down
Jourt street to College and out
College to Bayshore Estates, then
hrough Bayshore Estates on Bay
shore Boulevard and out Stratford
i-oad to N. C. Highway 24. and
hence to Midway Park and return
jy the same route.
The busses will leave Midway
3ark at 10 minutes before the
lour, starting at 6:50 a.m. and
?nding at 10:50 p.m.
Pick-ups and let-offs will be pro
vided anywhere along the route.
?xeept the downtown area where
dops will be at the bus station and
it the post office, according to the
entat ive a rra n ge me nt.
Pfc. Paul King, Jones
County Soldier, Is
Awarded Bronze Star
# Pfc. Paul Eugene King, corps of
Engineers, 44th Engineer Combat
Battalion, U. S. Army, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul King of the Hargett
Store section in Jones County has
received the Bronze Star Medal
:• itation "for meritorious achieve
ment in connection with military
operation against the enemy from
December 18 to December 19. 1944,
in Luxembourg. Pfc. King played
an important role in the defense
af the town of Wiltz. according to
his citation. He volunteered for all
patrols and demolition missions
assigned his squad, taking part in
many. As a machine gunner he dis
played high courage and unusual
skill in manning his weapon under
heavy enemy mortar fire. He fired
lis gun until two barrels had be
come unserviceable from over
heating. King's example of cour
age and devotion to duty provided
encouragement for other members
Df his squad and the skillful man
ner in which he performed his
duties as machine gunner was of
considerable importance to his
unit in its defensive mission. He
has been overseas about two years.
He has a brother Pfc. Milton King,
who was taken prisoner by the
Germans in August. He was libera
ted in April and recently spent a
60-day furlough at his home in
Jones County.
OCCUPY HONG KONG
# Chungking —— Gen. Chiang
Kai-shek's troops will occupy the
former British crown colony of
Hong Kong, the enemy's island
fortress of Formosa, northern Indo
china. and a small part of Thai
land. Chinese surrender terms to
the Japanese disclosed.
SOVIETS REGAIN PORTS
0 London—(TP)—Russian airborne
troops landed in the American
bombed Kurile Islands west of the
Aleutians in an unexpected sky
jump while other parachutists re
occupied the historic Pacific ports
of Dairen and Port Arthur—4(
years after Russia lost them U
Japan.
Shore Accepts Police ,
Chief Job; R.E.Holt j
Is Named Assistant J
I
0 Paul M. Shore, formerly as- s
sociated with the Charlotte and
Thomasville departments, has ac- s
cepted the job as chief of police r
of the .Jacksonville department af- 1
ter having come here this week to f
give his decision in person to May
or Ramon Askew. He will take over ^
the department about September z
1. ?
He will succeed W. B. Hurst, who f
has been chief of pi Ice along with 1
conducting multiple other duties (
for the past five years and who re
quested that he be relieved of the l
police job to devote his entire time t
to the water and street depart- r
merits of which he is superinten- <
dent. (
With appointment of Shore as c
chief, Askew announced that R. E. t
Holt, who with the exception of 1
Hurst is the oldest member of the i
force in point of service, has been s
appointed assistant chief of the 1
department. I
Shore's salary will be S3.000 per 1
year. Hurst's and Holt's remain the 1
same. All three were provided in
the 1945-46 budget. j
1
Rev. F .N. Cox Has
Completed Canonical j
Requisites Of Church ;
^ The Rev. Foster Nugent Cox,
now serving as minister-in-charge
of St. Anne's Episcopal Church, in ■
the sacred Order of the Diaconate, i
has completed all canonical re- :
quirements for advancement to the 1
Order of Priesthood, and expects
to be ordained to that function in <
St. John's Church. Wilmington. :
during the month of October, the
date to be fixed by the Bishop of 1
the Diocese of East Carolina.
Cravens Proposes
To Build Swimming
Pool In Jacksonville
0 R. E. Cravens this week dis
closed plans to erect a swimming
pool on N. C. Highway No. 24 near
the town limits.
Cravens said the pool will be
approximately 50 by 140 feet and
will be outdoors. City water will
be used.
It will be the first swimming
pool to be built here, although
iseveral have been proposed in
recent years.
CHANGE MEETING PLACE
0The Jacksonville Kiwanis club
will meet at the Club Roanoke Is
land during the month of Septem
ber only, it was announced yester
day by House Committee Chair
man Deane Taylor. The club will
meet at the Pine Lodge Tuesday,
August 28. however. No change in
the time has been made.
TEACHERS MEETING
0The county-wide teachers meet
ing preparatory to opening of
schools August 30 will be held at
Jacksonville high school Wednes
day, August 29. at 2 p. m.
Possibility Of Freezer Locker And
Slaughter Facilities Here Develops
% Possibility that a freezer locker
plant may be erected in Jackson
ville developed this week as both
Chamber of Commerce and De
partment of Agriculture officials
conferred with individuals inter
ested in such a business here.
Erection of the building and in
stallation of the lockers along with
a slaughter and processing plant
is contingent upon the interest
that farmers will show in the next
few weeks.
According to Charles C. Clark.
Jr.. Onslow farm agent, and James
A. Odom. Chamber of Commerce
secretary, it will be necessary to
rent approximately 200 lockers for
a year before erection of the plant
will start. The rentals will be from
$15 to SIR per year, according to
tentative figures, and the funds
will be held by the First-Citizens
Bank and Trust company for turn
ing over to the locker operators
when the building is erected and
operations begin. If an insufficient
number of lockers are not rented,
the funds will be returned to the
farmer-renters.
According to tentative plans, the
building would be erected to ac
commodate from 200 to 250 lockers
immediately and would be so con
structed that as many more could
be added at a later date.
In addition to the lockers, which
would be approximately six cubic
feet and capable of holding some
300 pounds of meat, quick freezing
of vegetables and fruits and slaugh
tering services would also be of
fered at minimum rates.
Average prices throughout North
Carolina, according to a report of
the State Department of Agricul
ture, for slaughtering hogs at such
lockers are $1.50, for veal $1.00,
for beef $2. and for sheep $1.
Other average prices for services
that would be rendered are: for
chilling, cutting, wrapping and
freezing meats. 2 to 21/2 cents per
pound: grinding, 1J4 to V-> cents
per pound; curing. 2t/j to 3VC> cents
per pound; rendering lard. 3 to 3
cents per pound: freezing fruits
and vegetables, 1 cent per pint.
Clark said that he would be glad
to discuss the proposal with farm
ers and even with urban residents.
The latter class, too. could pur
chase meat on foot and make full
use of the slaughter and locker
facilities, or could use the lockers
for storing of purchased cured
meat and vegetables.
)Onc person was killed and 12
ljured in three automobile acci
ents near here Tuesday evening,
tate Highway Patrolman H. C.
ohnson reported yesterday while
rging motorists for their own
ifety to continue the cautions
icy employed during wartime.
John G. Moody, Charlotte Ne
ro. was killed in a hit and run
ccident, and the car, owned by
gt. Clyde Plymel of the 1st Train
lg Battalion of Camp Lejeune,
truck another vehicle and injured
?ven persons while he was re
ortedly trying to flee from the
;ene of the first accident.
Corp. Johnson, who heads the
'ate patrol in this area, said Ply
lei who is now in the Field Hos
ital at Tent Camp would be held
)r a coroner's investigation.
Occuring near the blinker at the
lidway Park entrance, the third
ccident involving cars driven by
Sgt. Walter R. Batts and an un
lentified person put five persons
i the hospital or under medical
are after a head-on collision.
Within an hour, the car owned
y Plymel was involved in two ac
idents. the one fatal, Johnson
eported. Moody was struck down
t the intersection of U. S. 17 and
.'haney avenue about 10:30 o'clock,
ust before 11:30 o'clock, it struck
ie automobile driven by TSgt.
lorris Consigli, Co. C., QM. Bn.,
nd injured him and six other per
ons. They were: Pvt. Margaret
>'Aloisio, Pvt. Majorie Louise
[arris, Pfc. Helen Shalovick, 1st.
iieut. Willard R. Barton, and Pfc.
Eichard Rozek.
Names of the five persons in
ured in the accident in front of
lidway Park were not available.
Although Corp. Johnson did not
tate definitely the causes of the
ccidents. pending further investi
ation by both civilian and mili
ary authorities, he did point out
hat there have been more auto
nobile accidents in the ten days
ince peace came than in any three
I'eeks prior.
With gasoline rationing off, he
aid. there is more traffic on the
lighways and, therefore, more rea
on for motorists to be extra cau
ious. Tires and equipment that
lave been standing up for the
luration are not safe enough for
peedy travel.
Johnson also pointed out that
he speed law of 35 miles per
lour in North Carolina, proclaim
ed for the war. has not yet been
emoved and that persons exceed
ng that limit are subject to arrest
ind prosecution.
9 White Onslowans
Leave For Induction
In Army August 30
#Thc list of nine white regis
irants leaving for induction into
:he armed forces at Fort Bragg,
August 30, follows:
Silas Jarman, Jr.. Ri jhlands;
John McCoy Carter, Hubert; Ver
non Dalhart Lloyd, Jacksonville;
Starkey Stokes Shaw, Richlands;
Wesley C. Padgett, Maple Hill;
William Noble Capps. Sneads
Ferry; Metts Hobbs, Richlands;
Lloyd Edsel Roberson, Jackson
ville: and James Howard Faircloth,
Richlands.
To Ope.. Red Cross
Work Rooms Sept. 4
At Camp Lejeune
0 Mrs. John Marston, chairman of
the Camp Lejeune Auxiliary of
the American Red Cross, yester
day announced the re-opening of
the work rooms on Tuesday. Sept.
4th, in Building 132, for sewing,
knitting and surgical dressings.
Every woman on the Post is ex
pected to take some part in this
Red Cross work, she said. These
rooms will be open for work every
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Red Cross work room at
Midway will also re-open on Tues
day, Sept. 4th, and will l»e open
for work every Tuesday from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
T-Sgt. Wilson Eubanks
Subject Of Article
In Liberty Magazine
0 Last week's issue of Liberty
magazine featured a story about
TSgt. Wilson Werner Eubanks of
near Jacksonville and his being
one of 17 survivors of 200 Ma
rines who frustrated a Japanese
effort to push them out of position
while battling for Guam.
The story, related in these
columns once before, is graphically
done. For their heroic stand. Eu
banks and his men were awarded
the Silver Star.
AIDE TO GEN. NOBLE
0Lt. C. Carey Matthews has been
named as aide to Brig. Gen. Alfred
H. Noble, Commanding General of
Marine Training Command at
Camp Lejeune, _ „ _
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