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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. _