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VOL. VIII, NO. 20 JACKSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER l», 1945 member of the associated press I'RICE; 5r PER COPY $2.00 PER YEAH
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^ Jill Henderson won't talk about
his personality before the News
and Views' Mrs. Marlene Burns
again.
We were discussing stationary
the other afternoon, and I asked
him if he wanted his personal
stationary on pastel blue.
"Well, I was thinking of some
thing that would match my per
sonality," Bill said.
"Make it black, then," Mrs.
Burns spoke up.
OThe war must be over: Two Ma
rine captains and two lieutenants
were holding a heated gin rummy
game in Johnson's Drug store Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock.
% Funny how a little money can
make a man so darned tired. One
of the citizens had a little friendly
(?) poker game the other afternoon
at his place of business, and the
minute he got a few bucks ahead,
he was so fatigued he had to go
home.
0The boys in the sheriff's office
thought they were missing some
thing Friday morning. A fellow
came in and reported a truck load
of bloodhounds was parked in
front of the State Prison camp
and wanted to know how many
prisoners escaped.
Deputy Willis Johnson telephon
ed for the dope.
"They ain't bloodhounds." Brooks
told him. "Just my fox hounds."
0 Meri Ferguson says he's going
to give up the chairmanship of the
Viewing Board, because for three
years he's sat on the Courthouse
lawn benches and when something
finally did happen out there, he
missed it.
He was talking about the brief
boxing match that took place be
tween Too-Many-Words C. V.
Cheney and One Punch Marion
Cowell Thursday afternoon.
It was pretty funny Friday morn
ing to all the bench warmers: that
is, the sidelights were.
It seems that Mr. Ed Provost
knocked over four benches getting
out of the way. and was so scared
that he didn't answer the roll call
again until way up in the morning
of Friday.
Clayton Petteway. they tell me.
moved faster than he ever did in
all his life in search for one big
tree, behind which he secured him
self and called on Galloway Jones
to part them. Anyway, that's what
Dick Murrill says.
But Clayton says that Dick was
standing right behind him. behind
that tree. However, Clayton sud
denly remembered he was going to
♦he movie, and there's some talk
t he had seen the show the day
re
en contends inai ^neney nau
business on the courthouse lawn
in the rtrst place, since he never
has been voted a member of the
Viewing Board.
Doc Smith suggested that the
next time anything like thet is
about to happen, some ad.jnce
notice ought to be given, and tick
ets sold. He predicts we could take
in apretty penny that way.
£You can tell a man who doesn't
get around much anymore.
Started down to Willis Landing
Sunday afternoon and 1 piloted the
fellows down the back road via
Starling's and passed up the new
pavied highway to the 1)iangle
Outpost. Had to inquire my way
from Mrs. Lillian Ray.
^ Newt Sanders and Charile Er
vin say the Marines have literally
played a dirty trick on the Bear
Creekers and residents along White
Oak river.
They declare that it can't be any
thing but that DDT the Marines
have been puttting out that's driv
ing the mosquitoes into Bear Creek
and up White Oak.
Roosevelts Are Due
To Get Litigated
Lands In Carteret
(By Bill Sharpe)
0 Salter Path, N. C.—Bulldozers
are pushing over two miles (if the
Bogue Banks dunes which former
ly were embraced in the maritime
empire of aging Alice Hoffman, of
Paris and the Banks. It appears
that before very long the land
which has been in litisatio i —
lengthily and lethaly—will be oc
cupied by wealthy cottagers who
never heard of Alioe Hoffman,
aunt of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr., nor even of their neighbors,
the so-called squatters of Salter
Path, whom Miss Hoffman tried
in vain to remove from the prop
erty she had bought.
A development company has
bought in 1,000 acres (two miles) of
the property, which faces both
ocean and sound, and is proceed
ing rapidly with a beach project
which is planned as the most pre
tentious along the coast.
When the smoke of court bat
tles had subsided in the twenties,
Alice Hoffman, who formerly div
ided her time between Paris and
the Bogue Banks; was left with on
ly life rights in her sandy estate.
When she dies it will revert to
Theodore Roosevelt 3rd, Camelia
Van Schack Roosevelt, Quentin
Roosevelt, and Grace Roosevelt
iMillan, or their heirs. Quentin
idfe levelt was killed in World War
^7 fiss Hoffman is now in her
,iities.
The two miles now under devel
opment were lopped off by court
order and sold to pay taxes on the
remainder of the estate last fall.
(Continued on page six)
Cut U.S. Forces In Japan;
27 War Criminals Held
£ Tokyo—(JP)—U. S. Eighth Army
headquarters today reported 27 of
>6 war-crimes suspects wanted by
Gen. MacArthur were in custody.
Seventeen remained at libcrly:
two were dead by their own hands.
MacArthur announced that the
31st. 37th, 38th American divisions
would go home soon from Manila.
The supreme commander dis
closed he had protested strongly
over Russia's mistaken destruction
of a B-29 over Korea. Gen. Mac
Arthur instituted a thorough Am
erican information program, utiliz
ing the Jap press, radio and
schools.
Meantime. Admiral Hasley's na
val forces speeded Tap l'-sarament
by smashing 25 big coastal de
fense guns and scuttling 51 midget
submarines. 103 suicide boats, and
103 man-guided torpedoes.
Reduce Garrisons
% Tokyo—(/I5)—The Allied garri
son force in Japan probably will
number not n<ore 'than 200.000
within six months. Gen. Mac
Arthur said in a statement disclos
ing that smooth progress of oc
cupation has enabled a drastic cut
in the number of troops scheduled
to remain in Japan.
Resignation Reported
0Tokyo—I/?5)—Well informed Jap
sources said Monday that Shige
mitsu had resigned as Japanese
foreign minister.
Leaf Volume Heavy
And Average Drops
On Eastern Markets
»».» ■ in. nmin iaii u ■ ican
# Eastern Belt Tobacco markets
completed their fourth week of
sales, with all markets still block
ed and with continued heavy deliv
eries.
Several markets reported that
the glutted conditions were caus
ing the blocking of vehicle traf
fic on some streets. The volume for
the four sales day totalled 39.055.
924 pounds at an average of $43.06
a hundred—a decrease of 19 cents
a hundred from the average of the
previous week. Gross sales for the
season were brought to 147.394.979
pounds at an average of $43.38.
Averages prices for most grades
were the same as for the previous
week. A few losses were observed
by these amounted to only $1 a
hundred. Primings, which have
been marketed in very limited
quantity, showed more decline
than any other group.
Red Cross Disaster
Chairman Appoints
Committee in County
# As the tropical storm approach
ed the Carolina coast Monday. B.
B. C. Kesler. chapter vice-chair
man and chairman of the disaster
committee of the Onslow County
Chapter. American Red Cross an
nounced the personnel of the coun
ty-wide disaster group.
It is composed of local chair
men Cy Rawls. Jacksonville; Gra
ham Shaw, Richlands: A. T. Redd.
Jr.. White Oak; Wyatt Morton,
Swansboro; Hayward Campbell.
Holly Ridge: and Hobert Justice.
Sneads Ferry. Kesler instructed
the local chairmen to name their
assistants and be prepared to at
tend a county-wide disaster con
ference here October 1.
% Gold was discovered near Los
Angeles in 1842 by a sheep herder
who was trying to dig up a few
wild onions for his lunch.
Rain, Rain-Go Away
0 Wonder how much it's rain
ed in these parts lately?
Here's the dope, as reported
by the weather observing sta
tion of Ilofmann Forest, 84,000
acre N. C. State College tract:
From January 1 through
noon of September 12, a total
of 47.95 inches of rain had
fallen against an Eastern
North Carolina average of ap
proximately 45 inches for a
full 12 month period.
But, since June 18 a total
of 35.59 inches of rainfall were
recorded; so now you know
why it has been so wet around
here recently.
Broken down, the precipi
tation by months during the
considered rainy season fol
lows: June, 8.97 inches: July,
9.61 inches; August, 13.36 in
ches; and through September
12, 5.28 inches.
Onslow Servicemen
Arriving Home From
European Theatre
0 New York.— Onsltfw County
servicemen listed below were
booked as arriving on vessels ar
riving here September 12. The list
was compiled by The Associated
Press from advance convoy passen
ger lists and is not a corrected list
as to date of sailing or date of ar
rival.
Port authorities ask that rela
tives and friends of the men not
contact th? port for additional in
formation. as that is not available.
The Associated Press does not have
additional information, not- does
The News and Views. The lists
follow:
Capt. .Daniel Bright. Jackson
ville.
Pfc. Carrol A. Dawson, Jackson
ville.
Scheduled to arrive aboard the
SS Pike at New York September
15 were:
T5 Robert L. Simmons of Jack
sonville.
Cpl. John N. Shepard of Jack
sonville.
Scheduled to arrive in New York
September !6 aboard the SS E. ti.
Alexander was:
Pfc. Horace G. Thomas of Jack
sonville.
Scheduled to arrive in New York
September 16 aboard the SS Gen
eral Stuart was:
T-5 Aeic Pickett of Chinquapin.
Basil Mercer, Sr.,
Father Of Onslow
Woman, Succumbs
# Kinston—Funeral services for
Basil Mercer. Sr., 73, who died
Friday morning at the home of a
son, Richard Mercer, in Jones
County, were held Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock from the home
of a son. Clyde Mercer, near
Friendship Church.
Surviving are seven sons, Take
Mercer of Norfolk, Va.. Jim Mer
cer of Kinston and Richard.
Clyde, Chris. Basil, Jr.. and
Tommy Mercer, all of Jones Coun
ty; three daughters, Mrs. Rom
Cox of Craven County, Mrs. Fred
erick Heath of Onslow County and
Mrs. Herbert Hill of Jones Coun
ty; three brothers, Jim. Lee, and
Ben Mercer, and a sister. Mrs.
Sarah Casper, all of Jones County,
and 35 grandchildren.
Unusual High Winds, Off-Shoofs
Of Tropical Hurricane, Felt Here
#The tropical hurricane that was
threatening the Carolinas' coast
line yesterday was playing a crazy
game by taking a zig-zag course
that kept weather forecasters
guessing.
At 2 p.m. yesterday the center
of the storm was between Charles
ton and Parris Island, S. C.. east
of the South Carolina coast and
moving northwestwardly at ap
preximately 14 miles per hour
with winds up to 60 miles per hour
velocity and gaining in intensity.
If it held its present course, the
storm was to hate passed inland
of Jacksonville between 11 p.m.
and midnight last night. But from
the zig-zag course it had been
taking since sweeping across Flor
ida during the week end, observers
couldn't tell for certain exactly
where it would move next.
Unusual high winds, off-shoots
of the tropical hurricane that did
$50,000,000 damage in Florida and
subsequently moved inland over
the North and South Carolina bor
ders, were felt here Monday as
precautions were taken for any
sudden shift in the course of the
storm.
The barometer at Peterfield
Point registered a decline all of
Monday morning, but until mid
afternoon only sharp gusts of wind
were felt here. They did no dam
age, however.
If necessary, Camp Lejeune au
thorities were prepared to put in
to effect their evacuation plan,
which called for removal of oc
cupants of Onslow Beach and Trail
er Park to brick barracks.
0 Miami, Fla. —(£*)—The tropical
hurricane that walloped South Flo
rida with winds up to 143 miles per
hour, and cost $50,000,000 in prop
erty dafnage and left three dead
was moving up the Atlantic sea
board today, racing toward the
Carolina coastlines.
Residents as far nrth as Cape
Hatteras battened down or prep
ared to evacuate low-lying coastal
areas.
The storm passed over Charles
ton during the morning and was
following a northwest course.
The greatest loss was at the Na
vy's Richmond blimp base where
three great hangars collapsed,
burned and destroyed 366 airplan
es and 25 patrol blimps.
The loss at the blimp base alone
was between $30,000,000 and $40,
000,000, a Navy spokesman said.
An exact figure will be determined
by a board of inquiry now investi
gating the accident in which or.e
man died.
Jenkins And Ellis
Are 2 Onslowans
In Marine Corps
0 Two Onslowans serving in the
armed forces of the country
ric, wt'.sify
|W. Jenkins, US
|MC. is home on
I furlough after
having been ov
erseas since Dee
ember of 1942.
He is the son of
. Mr. arid Mrs. 1).
W. Jenkins of
J a c' k so nville.
route three, and
/has been in the
JENKINS since September
Rot I.pclio Ar.of 1942.
den Ellis, son of
Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Ellis of
Jacksonville is
with the Marines
in the Pacific.
He has been in
the corps since
June 2. 1940, and ^
has been over-#
seas for the past
nien months. He
•is in headquar
ters company of
division. ELLIS
Holly Ridge Rotary
Club Invites Marines
To Weekly Sessions
01n order to bring better cooper
ation between the Marine Corps
and the Town of Holly Ridge, the
Molly Ridge Rotary club has
started a program of inviting two
Marine personnel, one Netherland
and one American, to its weekly
meetings.
Last week the club had Lt. II. E.
Haught. Company Executive offic
er and billeting officer, and asso
ciate recreation officer of Camp
Davis and Lt. A. N. Wolf of the
Netherlands Marines as guests.
Lt. Haught gave a very fine
speech on his experiences on
Tarawa and Iwo Jima. It was at
Iwo Jima where he was wounded.
Lt. Wolf also gave a fine talk on
the good cooperation between the
Netherlands Marines and the citi
zens of Holly Riddge.
Dr. H. W. Stevens, county health
officer, gave a good speech on his
work in Onslow County and the
results in the last few years in
public health in this county.
Guest of Jay Liudiburg was Mor
timer S. Ncblett. member of the
Wilmington Junior Chamber of
Commerce, who said a few words
on the veterans' business educa
tional program the Javcees are
sponsoring throughout the United
States.
Mrs. Delia Trachtenberg,
Local Man's Mother,
Dies In Massachusetts
0Mrs. Delia Trachtenberg, moth
er of Morris Trachtenberg of Jack
sonville, died at her home at Dor
chester. Mass., Wednesday, ac
cording to word received here.
She was 80 years old.
News of her passing was re
ceived here too late for the son
to attend the funeral.
CONFERENCE RESUMED
0 London—{&)—Future of Trieste
and thcItalian-Yugoslav boundary,
international sore spots since
World War I. took the spotlight at
the Big Five foreign ministers'
meeting. Representatives of Italy
nad Yugoslavia as well as five Bri
tish dominions, were ready to
argue their cases.
JOHN M'CORMACK DIES
0 Dublin—(yT*)—John McCormack,
world famous tenor, died at his
home in County Dublin Sunday
after a brief illness, lie was 61.
The great Irish singer had been
living quietly in Bootertown, just
outside Dublin, under a doctor's
orders to give up singing.
"Great" Guy
£The red headed infant son of
Pvt. and Mrs. A. D. Hatsell is
a "great" little guy.
Sunday at the Onslow Coun
ty Hospital, where he was born
Thursday night, he was visited
by his great grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. I). P. YYhitford of
New Bern, maternal grandpar
ents of Mrs. Hatsell. who is the
former Miss Leslie Earle Ilar
gett of Silverdale.
On Saturday he was visited
by his great grandmother, Mrs.
Hargett. Another "great" who
has visited him is Mrs. L. M.
Seott of Washington, N. C„ his
great-great aunt.
In addition, the infant has
six other great-great aunts,
five great-great uncles; 12
great aunts, and 11 great
uncles.
Pvt. lfatsell, whose home is
at Hubert, is now stationed at
Camp Croft, S. C.
Miss Sally Riddick
Succeeds Miss Buell
At New Bridge St. USO
41 Miss Sally Riddick. native of
Hobbsville. N. C.. has been ap
pointed director tfhe New
Bridge Street USO-YWCA here,
succeeding Miss Lois Busll, who
has been director for the past 16
months
Miss Riddick comes to Jackson
ville from Portsmouth. Ya . where
she was associated with the USO
YWCA club as program and re
creational director. She will have
full charge of the local club. Miss
Buell has gone to her home in
Boston to await assignment to an
other club.
Miss Riddick attended Chowan
College al Murfreesboro, where
she received an AB degree, and
later taught in the North Carolina
schools. She joined the YWCA
USO last August.
First PTA Meeting
Of Scholastic Year
Will Be Thursday
Q Tho Parent-Teacher Association
Meeting will be held Thursday aft
ernoon. at 2:30 p. m. in the high
school auditorium.
The subject is to be "Parents
and Teachers as Partners". There
will be a round table discussion.
All parents are urged to attend.
Mrs. Lillie E. Thomas
Of Maysville Passes;
Funeral To Be Today
£ Mrs. Lillie E. Thomas, widow
of the late Ernest L. Thomas of
Maysville died Monday morning at
9:20 o'clock after having been ser
iously ill for some time.
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday afternoon at. 3 o'clock by
Rev M. Lowder, pastor of Mays
ville Baptist church of which Mrs
Thomas was probably the oldest
member. Burial will be in the Mays
ville cemetery.
She is survived by five sons. Ter
ry M., and Phil Thomas of Mays
vilie, T. J. Thomas of Morehead
Cit. E. Leon Thomas of Pllcks
villf and Charles R. Thomas of the
U. s. Army, now in China: a half
sister. Mrs. A. J. Ervin of Mays
ville: and two half-brothers. George
T. Taylor and Albert Taylor ot
Maysville: and 13 grandchildren.
STATIONED ON OKINAWA
0 Stephen Everette, Jr.. son ot
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Everette of
Jacksonville is now stationed with
the Army on Okinawa. Everette
entered the Army in October, 1944
and went overseas last July. He re
ceived his training at Camp Gor
don Johnson, Fla.. Fort Lewis
Wash., and at Fort Belvoir, V.i
He is attached to an engineer con
struction unit. His wife, the form
er Ruby Webb resides with hei
parents at Macclesfield.
Devereux, Hero Of Wake Island,
Says Casualties Were Not Great
% Tokyo,—(/P)—Lt. Col. James P.
Devereux, commander of the hero
ic defense of Wake island before it
fell to an overwhelming force of
Japanese, reported that American
casualties in the fight were not
great.
Members of an air evacuation
group who visited him in a prison
camp on Hokkaido island said De
vereux told them:
"Of several groups of Marines,
we lost Yive officers and 41 men.
Of five Navy officers and 58 men,
we lost three men, and as well as
I recall, of approximately 1.200
civilian workers, we lost about 37."
Denies Message
The rescue party said Devereux
denied that a radio message—
"Send Us More Japs"— was sent
from the island before it was over
run by the enemy. There were re
ports at the time that such a mes
sage had been received at Pearl
Harbor from the Wake garrison.
"We did not send out such a
message," he was quoted. "We had
all and more Japs than we could
handle right then. There were jusl
too many of them for us to hold
off any longer."
One of the rescue party, Sgt. A1
Martin of Roanoke, Va., and To
peka, Kans., said Devereux told
them, however, that he had to give
the "cease fire" order three times
before his men would quit.
With the surrender of Japan
Devereux took charge of the camp
on the northernmost Japanese
home island in which he had been
a prisoner with several of his men
He insisted on staying in the
camp until all the prisoners could
be removed. In turn, some of his
fellow officers who had been tak
en out of the enclosure refused tc
start for home until Devereux
joins them.
Devereux was reported thin and
gra> but lotherwise apparently
healthy. He told the evacuation
party that he had been treated
well i.i comparison with treatment
reported given prisoners in othei
camps.
More Building Planned;
Mangum Buys Price Lot
176 Onslowans Received Discharges
From U. S. Armed Services Recently
# One hundred and seventy-six
Onslowans have been discharged
from the nation's armed forces in
recent months.
In the past I wo \\ eeks. in ;.ddi
tion 1o those already reporl'-d in
tile News and Views columns, i he
following veterans have been
awarded honorable discharge
Pfc. Deames B. Sandlin of Rich
lands. route one. who had been in
the Arrm since November 5. 194!,
and Overseas from Februcrv 11.
1®. lo July *M. 104.",; vcte'-an of
campaigns in Normandy. Norlhern
France. Rhineland. \ndrennes and
Central Europe; wears European
Campaign with ;'ive Bronze
American Defense and Good Con
duct medals.
Sgt. Roland Marsh burn.. Rich
lands, route one. who had been in
the Army since November 27.
1940. and fought in Tunisia. Sicily,
Napies, Foggia, Rome. Southern
France and the Rhineland while
overseas from August 17. 1942. to
August 3. 1945: wears American
Defense, European, African. Med
cterranean Theatre (EAMETt with
seven Bronze stars and Good Con
duct medals.
EARL MORTON
Pvt. Earl W. Morton. Jackson
ville. route one, who had been in
the Army since August. 14. I'M'),
and who wears the Asiatic Pacific
Theatre with three Bronze stars.
Good Conduct. American Defense
and Phillippines Liberation med
als and w ho was overseas from Oc
tober 17. 1,940. to Aimust 16'. 1945.
Seaman Fi/st Class .Marvin Glenn
Hatsell, United Stales Coast Gaui"!
Swansboro, who served at Bogue
Inlet from December of 1042
through August 28. 1945.
Pic. John L. Davis, Maysville,
route one. who had been in service
since November. 1943. who was
wounded in Germany November
21. 1944. and who wears the Good
Conduct, ft A MET with two Bronze
Stars and Purple Heart medals.
He was abroad from July 1, 1944.
until May 5, 1945.
T-Sgt. Thomas C. Bur bee, Rich
lands. route two. who was overseas
from January 9. 1944. through Oc
tober 26. 1944. with the Army Air
Corps, who wears EAMET .vith
five Bronze Stars, the Distinguish
ed Flying Cross with three Oak
Leaf Clusters, the American De
fense and Good Conduct medals
for participating in the air offen
sive over Europe. Rome, Anno.
Normandy. Northern France and
the Rhineland.
LF.ROY MATTHEWS
M-Sgt. Leroy Matthews of llu
bert, member of an Army Air
Forces Base Unit who entered ser
vice September 12. 1940. and who
wears tlie American Theatre of Op
erations. American Defense with
one Bronze Star and Good Conduct
medals, and who was twice over
seas. the' first time from October
10. 1940. to June 19. 1942 an i the
second time from Angus: 31, 1942,
to Deember 20, 1943.
Torpedoman's Mate fhi.\t Class
George Anthony Rhodes. Coast
Guard, who was in service from
October 2. 1943, through A "gust
27. 194<r>.
T-Sgt. George W. Hancock. Pol
locksville, route one, who had been
in service since April !7. 1941 and
overseas from June 16. 1942. un
til April 23. 194.^, and who wears
the American Defense, Good Con
duct, and Asiatic Pacific wth one
Bronze Star medals.
Pvt. Eltheridge Barnes, Molly
Ridge, who entered the Army
June 14, 1940, and who wears the
(Continued on page live)
3,304 High School
Students Enrolled
In Onslow County
0 A total of 3.304 white students
are enrolled in Onslow County
high schools, according to records
in the office of Supt. A. II. Ilatsell.
Although reports have not come
in from the outlying white ele
mentary schools and colored
schools, one of the latter. George
town. reports enrollment of 438
pupils: and it was estimated that
mrc than 5.000. white and colored
students are enrolled for the
] 945-46 term. The more represen
tative reports will be turned in at
the close of the first school month.
According to the superintend
ent's records, the enrollment at
the five white high schools fol
lows: Jacksonville. 999: Richlands.
984: Dixon. 530: White Oak, 344:
and Swansboro, 447.
Thomas H. Pritchard,
Swansboro, Passes,
Funeral Held Friday
6 Funeral services for Thomas H.
Pritchard. 64. well-known Swans
boro business man who succumbed
to an extended illness Wednesday,
were held from Swansboro Meth
odist church Friday afternoon at
4 o'clock. Rev. Charles E. Mercer,
pastor, assisted by Rev. A. L. Ben
ton. pastor of Swansboro Baptht
church officiated, and burial with
Masonic rites was in Swansboro
cemetery.
Mr. Pritchard had been living
at Swansboro since 1905 when he
went there to become associated
with the Swansboro Land and
Lumber company. He was a native
nf I Iamill nn X C
In recent years following the
dissolution of the lumber company,
he had been managing the affairs
of the family estate. Mr. Pritchard
had been in ill health for the past
three years, and confined for the
past five weeks.
During his residence at Swans
boro. he took an active part in
Seaside Lodge A. F. & A. M.. and
was its secretary for a number of
years. He also was a life-long
member of the Methodist church.
Mr. Pritchard is sur\ ived by his
widow. Mrs. Mary Ward Moore
Pritchard of Swansboro; two
daughters. Mrs. H. A. Jarman of
Jacksonville and Mrs. A. E. Smith
of Swansboro; three sons. D. F.
Ward of Swansboro. George W.
Ward of Boston and C. W. Ward
of Lake Charles. La.; one sisters.
Miss Lalla Pritchard of Greens
boro: and two brothers. Dr. George
Pritchard of Black Mountain and
Lt. Col. Frank Pritchard of St.
Petersburg. Fla.: and one grand
daughter. Miss Geneva Ward.
SC2CW. A. Marshburn,
Richlands, Route 1,
Was In Tokyo Bay
0 Aboard The Transport Grimes
in Tokyo Bay—< Delayed)—W. A.
Marshburn. ship's cook, second
class. t'SNR. Route 1. Richlands,
N C.. sailed into Tokyo Bay aboard
this ship and landed the first oc
cupation forces on the conquered
soil o'' Japan.
A few hours before General of
the Army Douglas Mac Arthur's
triumphant arrival at Atsugi. the
Grimes landed a contingent of Ma
rines on the beach at Futtsu Saki.
on the eastern shore of Tokyo
Bay, after moving past the silenced
Jap batteries of 16-inch guns.
The Grimes, flagship for Trans
port Division 60. previously had
participated in some of the major
Pacific operations, including lc
Shima and Okinawa. On her first
important mission, she braved
shore gunfire to evacuate troops
from I wo Jima.
Adrian Smith, 20,
Dies At Hospital Of
Wound In Abdomen
0 Adrian Smith, about 20. son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Smith of North
east. died at the Onslow Countv
Hospital Friday of what Coroner
G. W. Jones said was a self-in
flicted bullet wound.
Young Smith was admitted to
the hospital Thursday with a .22
calibre bullet wound in his abdo
men. which he told parents was
accidental.
Funeral services were held from
the home Saturday.
Young Smith is survived by his
parents, one brother, Thurman
Smith, of the Army, and a sister,
who lives at home.
% Real estate and building appar
ently are on the boom in Jackson
ville.
The largest transaction here in
quite some time took place when
Mrs. Anne M. Price sold approxi
mately 9.000 square feet fronting
on Cour4 street, opposite the bus
station, to W. M. Mangum and wife
with L. P. Matthews acting as
agent. Revenue stamps indicated
the purchase price to have been
approximately $11.000.
At the same time, Raymond and
C. W. Hartsfield, owners of Harts
field Jewelry company, announc
ed that they had purchased a lot
14G x 200 on New Bridge street,
across from Paul Swinson Grocery,
for the purpose of erectting a mod
ern jewelry and department store.
Deed of the property from G. P.
Johnson to the Hartsfield brothers
had not been filed Friday.
Excavations were started last
week for two more buildings on
New Bridge street, and an an
nouncement by the Jacksonville
Record of purchase of property op
posite Swinson store was reported
impending.
Excavations started on the 50
x 135 foot lot adjacent to Sanders
Sales and Service company are
being done by J. L. Goodman,
contractor, preparatory to erecting
two buildings for Ellis Gates, own
er of the property.
Gates said yesterday he would
erect one building 25x85 feet for
a sporting goods shop he proposes
to put in, and another structure
25x70 for rent. Architects' draw
ings of the buildings, to be two
stories, were expected to be re
ceived yesterday.
Meantime, building permits were
issued by Inspector Herbert East
wood for a residence being erected
by Eddie Humphrey on South
Court street and an addition to
Paul Swinson's grocery store on
New Bridge street.
Jury List Drawn
For October Term
Of Superior Court
®The jury list for the October
term of Superior Court which be
gins October 8 is as follows:
W. L. Lockamy. W. H. Ennett,
J. D. Kellum. J. C. Brown, James
W. Luncy, A. S. Ervin, John W.
Mills, Lindsey H. Humphrey, R. S.
Pinkston, II. H. Wiliams, Fred J.
Parker. A. B. Lanier, M. F. Bar
ber. J. V. Gurganus. J. D. Baggett,
L. A. Riggs. L. W. Pierce, C. W.
Hartsfield, W. C. Baysden.
W. L. Gould. P. J. Parker, C. A.
Jones. John W. Barnhill, B. F.
Robinson. W. J. Bryan, George W.
Lewis, .lr., A. F. Ketchum, Wilbur
Justice, Hatch Bryan. R. E. Mer
cer, E. L. Henderson, P. M. Mat
tocks, Marvin Brown. Clarence
Jones, T. N. Cook, M. F. Duff,
George L. Sandlin. U. W. Greer,
A. D. Ennett and G. K. Eubanks.
White Registrants
Go To Fort Bragg For
Pre-lnduction Exams
6 Seventeen white registrants will
leave for preinduetion physical ex
amination at Fort Bragg, Septem
ber 20.
They are:
James Alfred Wetherington, Jr.,
Swansboro: George Dewey Mead
ows, Jr., Maysvilie: Herbert Ivon
Foy, Richlands: Virgil Houston
Thompson. Richlands; .John Guil
ford Walton. Jacksonville; Andrew
Duvon Ennett. Jr.. Holly Ridge;
James Franklin Sanders, Folks
lone: Earl Lewis Wetherington,
Silverdale: William Jasper Powell,
Jr., Richlands: Cecil Victor Davis,
Holly Ridge: Leo McClellan Wes
ton. Richlands; Morris Jasper Da
vis. Richlands; Percy Edward Gib
ble, Jacksonville; Harold Wesley
Llovd, Jacksonville: Melvin McCoy
Taylor. Richlands; Edward M. Par
ker. Jr.. Jacksonville: and Kirby
Lee Walton, Richlands.
Schoolmasters Club
Votes To Affiliate
With State Association
#The Onslow County Schoolmas
ters club Friday night voted to af
filiate with the North Carolina Ed
ucation association.
In its first meeting of the year
at Richlands, the Schoolmasters
club discussed county-wide teach
ers meetings with respect to in
structional service, and general
school administration problems
Officers of the club are C. Bruce
Hunter, Dixon, president; D. W.
Maddox. Swansboro, vice-presi
dent; and A. G. Patrick, White Oak,
secretary-treasurer.
16.000 WAR AMPUTEES
# Washington,—(#*)—'The war left
approximately 16,000 amputees in
the armed forces, Army and Navy
officials said today Of the men los
ing an arm or leg. 14,000 were in
the Army and 2,000 in the Navy.