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THE ONSLOW COUNTY News and Views The News and View* Leads I* Paid Circulation Local Advertising *>v National Advertising Classified Advertising Onslow County News The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County ' %. VOL. VIII, NO. 19 JACKSONVILLE, N. C„ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1945 member of the associated muss PRICE $2.00 PER YEAH DOWN EAST WITH SILLY ARTHUR .eve Stcfanou doesn't like to near or talk about his giving one of the girls clown the country for punching $5.00 instead «<f 50c on the cash register, and then a short time later Steve himself punched $1 .00 instead of a dime. 0Jack Thompson remembered me when he was down in Florida and copied these bits of philo sophy: There was an old owl who sat in an oak. The more he saw the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we all be like this wise old bird. Let every man be a self starter and the boss won't have to be a crank. Let's do it right the first time so nobody will get cussed. £ Someone asked Mrs. Allan Gawthrop the other day if her husband was still in the army, and she replied that he recently re ceived an honorable discharge. "I was just wondering." the questioner stated, "because I saw you with a civilian the other day." £ A friend's automobile got stuck during the week end. and the conversation got around to mud. This black and white sand mush we have down here is nice stuff compared with real mud I used to get in when a kid. I mean old red mud like they have up in Cabarrus County. You can only call soggy dirt mud when you get out in it bare footed. and the red clay oozes up between your toes, turns over, breaks ofT and rolls over the front of your foot about the time some more starts up between your toes. Now, that's real mud. 0 Former Sheriff Dan Russell was telling this week about Carl Ven ters' first law case after he was sworn into practice here—he won it,"but he didn't get paid for it. Some of the other lawyers around here say that's still going on. £ State Patrolman Ike Johnson wants to know what he can do to counteract the impression that his garden is %he only one in his neck of Onslow Terrace that needs cleaning up. "The very idea of Newt Cook talking about my garden." Ike de clared. "That's a case of the pot calling the kettle black." 0 I can't blame a person for being vou.s alxmt weddings. They're ^ about the same. I imagine, as Wt ; before a firing squad. ^ id parents always take the .idfold olT before the firing be gins. They say, "Now if you're willing to give up going to shows, parties and dances; and if you're willing to do with one new dress or suit or hat a year; and if you're willing to stay tied to one man; go ahead." And the lunkheads usually go ahead. And what happens? Pretty soon, they're going home to mama. Or worse: Mama's come to them. Then, they get behind in the rent, the groceries, the clothes. The wife gets behind the eight ball; and the husband, if he fails to make good their debts—why, he gets behind the bars. Folks who marry for better or worse just don't know the differ ence. (Author's Note: The views ex pressed herein are those of the newspaper and do not necessarily represent those of the editor.) Let's get this straight. I'm not against marriage, because if a woman wants to get married that's her privilege. And I'm for the women. I'm with the women— Every chance I get. % Wonder what the folks arc do ing with all that space under the counters now that cigarettes are plentiful again? One of the fellows says he has to exercise now that he doesn't have to bend over to get the to , baccos from way down under. % A reader sends this in: "Kay Kyser about to retire to Rocky Mount to whittle and spit—he can't do that; there's no courthouse square in Rocky Mount." Okay, then, what's wrong with ours? CONVENTIONS RELEASED 0 Washington —(/P)— All restric tions upon conventions, group meetings and trade shows will end October 1. CHEESE POINT FREE 0 Washington—(/P)—The govern ment has made all cheese point free as top-flight food officials conferred on the possibility of an early termination of meat ration ing. SGT. A. J. HURST HOMF #Sgt. A. J. Hurst, son of Mrs. Minnie Hurst of Jacksonville, is home on 30-day furlough after his return from the European theatre of war. He was in France and •rmany about a year. " FICE CLOSED SATURDAY 4 The Onslow County Selective Service Board No. 1 will be closed henceforth on Saturdays, it was announced yesterday by Miss India Gurganus, secretary. Tojo Said Recovering From Suicide Attempt 4) Yokohama—(/P)—Gen. Tojo. in his first interview since he shot himseif two days ago. said he had planned to kill himself for a long time, but when he saw Amer ican officers standing outside his house he "knew the time had come". Hopes For Recovery 0 Tokyo—(/P)—Gen. Tojo, like the Japan he embarked upon a disas trous war. looked hopefully Thurs day from a grievous wound. The former Premier, who spill ed his own blood with an Ameri can pistol to avoid arrest as a sus pected war criminal, shook off his earlier professed desire to die as transfused blood improved his con dition at an evacuation hospital in Yokohama. Japan, steadily occupied by Am erican forces, was pictured by some of her topmost business lead ers as being in need of an economic tarnsfusion. They said business was at a standstill and that the food plight was such that, had the war continued another year. 7.000. 000 Japanese would have died of starvation. They thought he "failed to ful fill his obligations, honor and res ponsibility." Anyway, they said, he ought to have killed himself with the fall of Saipan. That was when the Americans won a base close enough to bomb Japan and bring To.io's war home to roost. Some Japanese . sources scorned Tojo because he shot himself in stead of disemboweling himself in the prescribed hara kiri fashion. Tried To Meet F. D. R. 0 Tokyo.—(/Pi— Prince Konoyfc. Jap Vice Premier, declared Thurs day that he tried in the summer of 1941 to meet President Roose velt and avert war, but his propos al failed partly through militarist opposition and partly because the Japanese government was regard ed internationally as a liar. Byrnes Talks Peace With Greek Regent As Parley Recesses # London— f/P) — Secretary of State James F. Byrnes Thursday talked with the Greek Regent. Archbishop Damaskinos. perhaps about a peace treaty with Italy and of Balkan policies. Byrnes took advantage of a day recess in the Conference of five leading Allied Foreign Ministers as staff representatives of U. S.. and Great Britain. Russia. France. China held se cret confidences and studied docu ments which were so comnlicated as to postpone the Third Plenary Session until Friday. Diplomats say the Greeks are willing to join the U. S. and Great Britain in a lenient attitude to ward Italy, though Mussolini at tacked the Little Kingdom. Pfc. Murray J. Brown Granted Discharge, Served 41 Months # Pfc. Murray J. Brown, son of Mrs. Mary Brown of Verona, has been granted an honorable dis charge from the U. S. Army after having served in it 41 months, al most all of which was overseas. He was in the New Guinea and subsequent campaigns of the Army, including the Philippines, and five other major combats. TO EXPIDITE DISCHARGES 0 Washington— f/P)—The Army Thursday told Senators it expects to be discharging 800,000 men a month by December 1. and the Navy asked Congress not reveal a part of the Pearl Harbor story, that part about the Japanese code. Congress listened with mixed feel ings. WITH REI) CROSS 0 Mrs. G. E. Gardner has been employed as stenographer and of fice assistant of the Onslow Coun ty chapter, American Red Cross. One Case Of Polio In Onslow Reported; No Cause For Alarm # Dr. H. W. Stevens, health of ficer of Onslow and Pender coun ties, announced yesterday that one case of infantile paralysis has been reported to his office "rom Onslow County. He said that one or two cases are reported every year as thai is the normal rate in this district, and that no cause for alarm should arise from just one case. All contacts of the sick patient, a 11-year-old boy. has been quar antined at home and excluded from school. If any permanent disability oc curs in the patient, he will be of fered excellent convalescent me dical care at the Polio Hospital in Charlotte through the Onslow County Infantile Paralysis Com mittee. chairmaned by Rev. Leon Gray of Jacksonville. Mrs. W. E. Baggs Dies At Swansboro Tuesday, Funeral In Georgia 0 Mrs. W. E. Baggs, prominent Swansboro woman, diecl at her home Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness. The body was taken to her home near Valdosta, Ga., for interment Friday. Mrs. Baggs is survived by her husband, ex-mayor and command er of Clarence Meadows Post No. 78 of the American Legion: two sons, James and Elmo Baggs. and a daughter. Mrs. William Chaffin. Mrs. Baggs was vice-chairman of the American Legion Auxiliary and an active member of \he Swansboro Methodist church. The Baggs family has been residing in Swansboro for the past 10 years. 4-H Club Youths Purchase Steers From B. A. Morris 0 Baby beef steers were pur chased this week for the follow ing boys: Allen Home and Hay Home. Rt. 2. Beulaville, two steers each: Don Home and J. M. Home. Rt. 2. Beulaville, one steer each: and Harold Parker, Silverdale. one steer. These steers were bought from B. A. Morris, farmer in Ons low County. There has been outbreaks of sleeping sickness in workstock in this county during the past few weeks and clinics were held on Friday at Haws Run, I) R. Evans' farm and Verona with 43 head of workstock being vaccinated for this disease. This disease is caused by mosquitoes and there is no cure once an animals has it. NaceS. Jarman, 53, Dies At Southwest; Funeral Conducted 0 Funeral services for Nace S. Jarman. 53. who died at his home at Southwest Sunday, were held from the residence Tuesday after noon. Burial followed in the fam ily cemeterv. Mi*. Jarman. who had been ill several months, is survived by his widow, the former Miss Lula Marshburn: four sons, Edward. Samuel. Bolton and Char les: two daughters. Lucy and Addie: and two sisters. Mrs. Mary Jarman and Mrs. Crilla Could, all of Southwest. MAY RELEASE SHOES 0 Washington—(/P)—Shoe ration ing may end by October 1. It will if top officials of the War Produc tion Board follow the recommen dations of that agency's letter bu reau. It's the job of that bureali to know the shoe situation thorough ly. Rev. 0. L. Hathaway Will Conduct Revival At Methodist Church Here £ Rev. O. L. Hathaway, pastor of the St. Paul's charge of the Wil mington district, will conduct a week's revival at Trinity Metho dist church here, beginning Sep tember 26. it was announced yes terday by Rev. A. D. Leon Gray, pastor. The week's revival is a part of the Methodist Church Loyalty Crusade, which begins September 23 and ends with the annual North Carolina Conference in Goldsboro, starting November 7. The Church Loyalty Crusade will include World Wide Com munion Sunday on October 7. Fel lowship Sunday on October 14. Fourth Quarterly Conference on October 21. Church Membership Sunday on October 28 and Family Communion Sunday on Novem ber 4. Prior to the crusade each mem ber of the church will be invited to sign a pledge to attend at least one service every Sunday during the crusade. Rev. O. L. Hathaway, who will conduct the revival, is said to be a forceful and inspiring speaker. He is a native North Carolinian, a graduate of Trinity, now Duke. University, chairman of the Cru sade for Christ in the Wilming ton district and director of the adult department of the Board of Education of the North Carolina Conference Sunday School divi sion. He will preach nightly at 8 o'clock September 26-October 5. inclusive. For the quarterly conference. Rev. A. S. Parker, superintendent of the Wilmington district, will preach at the service at 8 p.m. on October 21. and on October 28 a class of new members will be taken into the church. D. E. (Zeke) Henderson Formally Nominated U. S. District Attorney 0 Washington —(/P) — David E. Henderson of Charlotte, native of Onslow County, was formally mo- > minated by President Truman «his week lo be United States Attor ney for the Western District of North Carolina, succeeding T. Lamar Caudle, Jr.. of Wadesboro and Washington who resigned last July to become an assistant at torney general. Mr. Henderson has been acting district attorney for the past two months through an interim ap pointment by U. S. District Judge E. Yates Webb of Shelby. Mr. Truman previously had approved the selection of Mr. Henderson, who was recommended by Sena tors Clyde R. Hoey and Josiah W. Bailey of North Carolina. Confirmation of the Charlottean was expected soon after the cus tomary consideration by the .judi ciary committee. Richlands Prisoner Concealed Wedding Ring In His Mouth § Mr. and Mrs. Carl Huffman of Richlands have received their first letter from their son. Pfc. 1. Kemp ster Huffman, since his liberation from the Hotenmukden camp in Manchuria, it was reported yester day. He 'advised them that he was safe and well, enjoying his new freedom and a package and some personal mail. He did not write about any mis treatment. but stated his only possession retained throughout his three and one-half years of con finement was his wedding ring. Hf? concealed it numerous times in his mouth to prevent it from being seized, he wrote. He hopes to arrive in the United States soon, he said. Naval Hospital Adds Two New Wings To Serve 2,400 Persons #The U. S. Naval Hospital, lo cated at Camp Lejeune. has re cently added two new ward sec tions which bring the normal bed capacity to over 2.000. In an emer gency the hospital can accommo date approximately 2,400 bed pat ients. One of the new ward sections, which will accommodate 160 pat ients, was opened on September 1, The other, complete except for a few last minute details, will be put into service by the end of this month. The hospital was a 600 bed in stitution when it was opened in the Spring of 1942 but the heavy flow of Marine and Navy casualties to this station necessitated the in crease in the number of beds to 1.400 within a year. At the begin ning of 1945 there were close to 2,000 beds and with the two new wings the number has been boost ed to over 2,000. The Naval Hospital also has re ceived another high honor, hav ing been approved by the Amer ican Medical Association for resi dency training in the medical and surgical specialties, leading up to the certification for fellowship in the American College of Surgeons or the American College of Physi cians. In order to receive this designa tion the hospital laboratory, tech nical and teaching staff had to pass certain high standards and specifications of the American Me dical Association. Trailer Park Nursery Extends lis Service Beyond Camp Limits ^Children of military or civilian personnel who are attached or work at Camp Lejeune but who do not live within the camp are eligible to use the Pine Grove Trailer Park Nursery, parents were reminded this week as it was reported that the attendance at that nursery project is on the climb. Lt. Col A. J. Beall, assistant chief of staff at Camp Lejeune. disclosed at the September meeting of the Onslow County chapter. American Red Cross, board of directors, that a survey was being made to de termine the number of persons living outside the boundaries of the camp who may have children eligible for the nursery. The nursery at Pine Grove Trailer Park is well-equipped and staffed and is available to those parents who wish to leave 'their children there while they shop or work. In recent months it lias been used exclusively by Trailer Park children, but its services have been extended outside the camp. A similar nursery is available at Midway Park for residents of that community. It is operated by the Midway Park Community As sociation. while that at Trailer Park is operated by a committee of the Camp Lejeune Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Rev. A. D. Leon Gray Resigns Post As Hospital Trustee 0Rev. A. I). Leon Gray, who has served as .secretary-treasurer to 1he Board of Trustees of the Onslow County Hospital, Inc., since its incorporation, resigned Wednesday, effective November 15. Rev. Mr. Gray, whose resigna tion was accepted by the board "reluctantly", expects that he will be moved to a new charge when the North Carolina Methodist conference convenes in Goldsboro in November. A successor was not elected at the September meeting of the board, held at the hospital Wed nesday morning. The board went on record as acknowledging and recognizing the splendid cooperation and many contributions to the institution by the Onslow County Hospital Auxi liary. The Auxiliary has been active in purchasing needed supplies, tables, equipment for the nurses' quarters and operating room, con veniences and comforts for pat ients and keeping the grounds clean. Judge Guy Elliott Talks To Kiwanians; Hamby New Member # Judge Guy Elliott, mayor of the City of Kinston and a Kiwanian. told the .Jacksonville Kivvanis club at its weekly meeting Tuesday that victorious nations should "ap preciate the other fellow's atti tude" should they desire the world to remain at peace. Speaking at the Club Roanoke Island. Judge Elliott, who was a member of the Kinston group of men who organized the Jackson ville club 11 years ago, said that "selfishness and stubborness" were blocks on the road to world peace. President Ramon Askew an nounnced that Rhodney Hamby of Midway Park had been taken into tiie club as a new member, and that the club would attend serv ices at the Infant of Prague Cath olic chapel in a group Sunday morning as a part of the club's program of supporting the churches in their spiritual aims. On,, motion of Rev. Leon Gray, the club voted to send Rev. W. S. O'Byrne, now a patient in St. Luke's hospital. New Bern, flowers on his birthday. September 13. Rev. L. Grady Burgiss reported on the recent district meeting at Kinston. Guests at the meeting were Lt. B. J. Holleman. Mrs. Ruth Jele nek. John L. Sullivan, all of Jack sonville} and Paul DeRagon of Midway Park. John G. Cox, Belgrade, Dies At Cherry Point After Brief Illness £John G. Cox, 65-year-old well known Belgrade resident, died at Cherry Point where he was work ing on Wednesday after a brief illness. Funeral services were held from the home Thursday afternoon by Rev. N. P. Edens, Methodist min ister of Maysville. with burial fol lowing in the family cemetery near the home. Mr. Cox is survived by his widow, the former Miss Josie Mills: one son. .John G. Cox. Jr.: seven daugh ters. Mrs. Walter Alexander. Mrs. Melvin Best. Mrs. Bill Collins. Mrs. Ray Howell, Mrs. B. W. Collins. Miss Rosie Cox and Miss Lucille Cox. all of the home: two sisters. Mrs. Jim Pollard and Mrs. Joe Jarnian of Kinston; and two broth ers. .Joe and Claude Cox of Kinston. 3 Onslowans Back In America From European Theatre 0 Boston—Servicemen from Ons low County, listed below, were scheduled to have reached Boston on the SS Marine Robin, due to dock there September 9. This list, and others given herewith were compiled by the Associated Press from advance convoy passenger lists, and is not corrected as to exact date of sailing or arrival. Port authorities ask that friends and relatives of the men do not contact the ports for further in formation. as that is not available. The Associated Press does not have additional information, nor does The News and Views. The list included: Pvt. Clyde Moore. Richlands. route one. Scheduled to'arrive September 10 aboard the S.S. Marine Devil at Boston was Pvt. Lloyd M. Whaley of Beulaville. Scheduled to arrive September 11 at Boston aboard the SS Mada waska Victory was Sgt. Cecil A. Miller of Beaulaville. SON IN JAPAN 0QM2c Ramon Askew. Jr., son of Mayor and Mrs. Askew, has written that he is in Tokyo Bay with U. S. occupational forces. He has been in the Navy since De cember of 1943 and overseas since last December. Carl Venters To Open Law Office Here Soon Midway Park Woman Heads Junior Red Cross Group In Onslow County • -Mrs. Alack Carraxvay of Midway lark has accepted the chairman ship of the Junior Red Cross in Onslow County, it was announced at the September meeting of the chapter board of directors at Tall man Street USO Tuesday after noon. Mrs. Can-away, who will succeed d i •'amos A. Odom as Junior Keel Cross chairman, will attend a one-day conference of countv directors in Kinston September 27. after which she will organize the county for the annual enrollment Mrs. Odom resigned the chair manship upon becoming home service worker of the ' Onslow County chapter. The board voted to change the time of its monthly meetings from the first to I he second Tuesday and from 3 to 2:15 p.m. Mrs. A. B. Gawthrop. chapter executive secretary, announced that Cross nurses would be retained at both Midway Park and Camp Davis, and that Mrs. J. W. Bur ton. home nursing chairman of the chapter, was planning a homo nursing course here in the near J uture. Another scheduled meeting in the future is a county-wide meet ing of the disaster committee here October 1. Disaster Chairman B. B. C. Rosier is rounding out his committee now. I he need for continued volun teer services was stressed by Mrs. VY. V Richardson, committee chair man. in her report. Mrs. Richard son said that surgical dressings, kit bags, and knitted garments were still needed because many of the men in service are stationed in cold climates. She also reported 265 hours served by volunteers in hospitals. 275 hours and 3,635 miles driven by the motor corps. 413 hours given by 43 volunteers in production, and 51 hours by staff assistants. A total of 20 knit led garments and 1.430 surgical dressings were reported made. 1 he board instructed Chairman Billy Arthur to write a letter to Rev. W. S. O'Byrne, chairman last year, congratulating him upon his birthday yesterday and wishing him a speedy recovery from his present illness. Members present were Mrs John Marston. Mrs. Alfred Noble, Mrs. Richardson. Lt. Helen Mc Graw. Mrs. Gawthrop, Brig. Gen Alfred Noble. Lt. Col. A. J. Beall, C. W. Conkling. llarvey Boney. Rev. Carl Craig, Rev. L. Grady Burgiss, J. C. Thompson. Havward Campbell. Dcane Taylor. Leslie Kelcluim. J. C. Pettewav and Arthur. Four Onslow Girls At Woman's College As 1st Year Students # Greensboro — Enrolled at The Woman's College for the 1945-46 session are four new students from Onslow County. A number of others will return as former stud ents. Opening date for the 54th ses sion of the college is September 17. when freshmen and transfer students will arrive for an orienta tion program that begins the fol lowing morning. One-year com mercial students will arrive on the 19lh with registration for them and freshmen set for September 20. Juniors and seniors will have consultations with their advisers on September 20. and sophmores. on the 21st. Both groups will com plete registration September 21. Regular college work begins Sep tember 22. Admitted as new students from Onslow County arc three fresh men. Mary K. Godwin. Swansboro and Candace Uatsell and Barbara SacknofT. both of Jacksonville; and one transfer student, Thelma Marie Coston, of Mavsville. Onslow OPA Will Stay Separate Unit; Handled Big Volume % Despite consolidation of local Office of Price Administration units in other sections, the Onslow OPA will remain a separate unit. Mrs. Ivy O'Quinn, chief clerk, said yesterday. Eastern District OPA officials have advised the Onslow office that, due to the vast amount of work it handles, no other nearby OPA offices will be consolidated with it. State officials have said that the local office work was even in greater volume than that for the county of Wake, that being because of military installations in Onslow. Although the Onslow office will not be consolidated with other county units, outlying branches of the local OPA at Riehlands and Swansboro have been closed be cause of the shrinking rationing program. All ration work is no-,? done here in Jacksonville. One Atom Smasher, Robert L. Brock. Came From Onslow ROBERT LESLIE BROCK 0 Robert Leslie Brock. Rich kinds high school graduate. was one who look an active part smashing atoms in helping to develop the greatest achievement of the time, the atomic bomb. He was an honorary member of the Richland-: Beta club and grad uated as valedictorian of the class of '37. He was also an active 4-11 club worker here. In 1939 he entered Fullerton Junior College in California, was president of the honorary Alpha Gamma Sigma, and graduated with honors. He entered the University of California at Berkeley in 1941, majoring in physics In 1943 he joined the Navy and was offered a commission. However, the Ra diation Laboratory where he was employed would not release him as it was starting the development of the atomic bomb. He. being familiar with the world's largest cyclotron and also with radiation activity was assign ed to the scientific secret command and went to work for the U. S. Government as a consulting scien tist for the Army Corps of Engi neers. He was then sent to the "secret city" of Oak Ridge, Tenn.. to help develop the atomic bomb, and was one of the few who knew it was in progress. His parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Rhodes Brock, knew he Mas on a secret mission, but did not know his whereabouts, or activities until recently, his mailing address be ing Donnor Laboratory. Berkeley. Calif. Amusingly enough the boys called their secret habitat "Dog Path". Mr. Brock is a member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, and also an honorary member of the Society of Sigma Xi. lie is 23 years old. and unmarried. John L Sullivan Now Partner In Local lire Concern 0 1 )hn L SliI!ivan of Raleigh has become a partner in the firm of the Doan Sullivan Tire company here. it was announced yesterday, ed'ective September 1. lie will manage the local store while his brother. Dean Sullivan who founded the business here, div ides his time between the busi ness here and a new one of the same name in Wilson. The new partner has been hous ing supervisor in Raleigh for Blylhc Brothers, Charlotte con tracting firm. He and Mrs. Sullivan and family will move here as soon as a home becomes available. For the present he is residing with Mr. and Mrs. Dean Sullivan in Bavshore Kstates. Robert P. Morton Is Serving Aboard The USS Pasadena 0k F2c Robert P. Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Morton of Swansboro. is now serving aboard the USS Pasadena in the Pacific, according to word received b\ his parents. He participated in the Luzon campaign and was aboard one of the ships of Admiral William llalsey's third fleet that shelled both Tokyo and Kure. In the Okinawa campaign, the Pasadena was at sea for 80 days and nights at one time. The letter his parents received last Friday was the first word from young Morton since early July. He has been in the Navy sincc last November. £ Carl V. Venters, a member of the prominent loyal firm of Oliver and Donnally. New York City, will return (o his nati.ve county of Ons low and open a law office here shortly after October 1. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Venters is tho son o! Mr and Mrs. W. B. Venters of Hichlands. Ho is married to the former Miss Margaret Burnette of Hockv Mount, and they have three children. Carl, Jr., Wayne and Cj-ivle. Upon his1 return here. Venters will engage in general law prac tice. di-awing upon his vast ex perience as a member of the edi torial staff of law book publishers and a partner in the firms of Mil bank. Tweed, Hope and Webb and Oliver and Donnally. The attorney is a brother of County Commissioner W. Victor Venters of Rich lands. He attend ed Richlands school and entered the University of North Carolina in 1922. receiving his AB and LLB druroe ; in 1926 and 1929. Jn 1930 he joined the staff of Edward Thompson Company of Northport, Long Island, N. Y.. law book pub lishers. and wrote legal articles and annotations for such publica tions as American Law Reports, Ruling Case Law and McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York. Venters went with the firm that is now Mi lb a nk. Tweed and Hope in 1935. which was and still is New York's largest law firm. There he specialized in corporate law, par ticularly corporate financing and reorganization until he became as sociated with Oliver and Donnally in 194:i With the latter firm he has continued the practice of cor porate law and has gained exper ience in other fields, such as estates, adoptions, real estate, and savings bank work. Venters was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1929 and is also eligible to practice before the New York State courts and the Federal District court for the southern district of New York. Rilsy Jones, 75, Dies A! Onslow Hospital; Funeral Is Conducted 0Rilcv Jones, prominent fanner of the Maple Hill section of Ons low County, died at the Onslow Count% hospital Tuesday after a long illness. He was 75 years of age. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon from the Maple Hill Primitive Baptist church by Rev. W. A. Walton, pastor, assisted by Rev. Ransom Gurganus and Rev. E. F. Pollard, Primitive Baptist ministers. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Mr. Jones is survived by hi3 widow, the former Miss Annie James of Onslow County; one son, William Jones of Burlington; three daughters. Mrs. Ben Ford ham of Kinston. Mrs. Fred Harrell of the home and Mrs. Dulan Jackson of Norfolk: two brothers, I'. D. Jones and Ilasscll Jones, and a sister. Miss Pancll'a Jones, all of the home. Local FSA Office, On 40-Hour Week, To Close Saturday # Beginning Saturday, September 1:1. the Onslow County Farm Se curity Administration office at Jacksonville will be closed all day on each Saturday, Hubert Jernigan county supervisor announced yes terday. The new schedule is in compli ance with an administrative order which specifies that effective Sep tember 9 the work week for all FSA employees will be five days of eight hours each, from Monday through Friday. Any change in the regular administrative work week must have the prior approval of the Administrator. The office hours Monday through Friday are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.. Jernigan said. Arnold V. Jenkins Serving Aboard The USS Intrepid 0 Somewhere In The Pacific—Ar nold V. Jenkins, seaman, first class, I'SNR. son of Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Jenkins. Route Jackson ville. N. C., took part in a dual cel ebration aboard his Pacific aircraft carrier, the I'SS INTREPID, on August 16. The officers and men of tliis famed warship celebrated the victory in the Pacific and the observance of the ship's second year in service. The day of celebration began with thanksgiving services and clos ed with a spectacular fun show. The noon meal was turkey with all of the trimmings. The INTREPID has a proud rec ord as a fighting ship. Four times she suffered battle damage. Her history records 80 enemy ships sunk and firiO enemy aircraft de stoyed by the carrier's planes and guns. _