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THE ONSLOW COUNTY News and Views The News and Views Leads I* Paid Circulation Local Advertising ^ National Advertising _ Classified Advertising Onslow County News The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County VOL. VIII, NO. 22 JACKSONVILLE, N. C„ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 19*1-5 member of the associated i-ki ss |.|{|<;i:: 5.- PER COPY $2.00 PER YEAH 'down east WiTH I BILLY ARTHUR #A handsome autographed pic ture of Governor Greg* Cherry lay on mv desk all day Thursday. Frank Smith saw it about. 3:30 o'clock and remarked, "You know, he and Congressman Barden look a lot alike in their pictures." About 4:30 o'clock. Jay Hudi burg of Holly Ridge took a look at it and commented, "If you didn't see Cherry's signature there, you'd think that was Hap Barden's picture." About 5 o'clock W. E. Powell, principal of Camp Lejeune school, came in and started telling about both Cherry and he being alumni of Duke University. Then, he said, "he looks like somebody else. Who can it be?" "Barden?" I suggested. "That's the fellow." So now it's up to Gregg and Hap to fight it out and decide who looks like who or whom. 0Over in France, a war-time tax on shaving is still imposed al though the tax on permanent waves was removed. The experts said that permanent waves were not a luxury for the women. Do they mean that shaving is a luxury? With a dull razor? Early in the morning? When you 6ut yourself? When you're called to the tele phone and the lather dries on your face? When you miss a spot at the corner of your mouth and wear you tongue sore feeling it all day? O.K., then, shaving is a luxury. §A circus really does things to you. It even had Graham Johnson down street at 9 a.m. the other morning, showing the elephants to his daughter. Rudy Rudisill and Sam Leder were hanging around the tracks as if they wanted to carry water for free tickets. And there were a lot of folks who hardly moved off the street for fear that they'd miss seeing that old chain-driven 1916 model Mack truck fall apart. They get more fun out of that than they did the elephants. 0The boys say that up in Rich lands they have a dog that ain't worth a darn for deer, squirrel or rabbit hunting, but they keep him on the bank corner because he can point that red truck coming to Jacksonville and alarm the whole community as if he were a coon dog and had just treed one. 9 Talk about the speed of Jack .onvillc or something: Yesterday I received a letter mailed in Jack sonville with an airmail stamp. #I'd heard of folks who had lost their shirts, but when three sober newspapermen said they lost their hats at the North Carolina Press Association meeting in Raleigh last Friday I thought I had heard everything. But, I hadn't. What happened to the hats of Harry Oswald of the Wallace En terprise, or Victor Meekins of the Dar County Times or Hoy Parker of the University of North Caro lina school of journalism—no one seems to know. They were just lost, strayed or stolen. Anyway, the three fellows went home hat less. And I came home without my underwear—the extra pair. I had sent out some laundry early Saturday morning at thte hotel and thought no more about it About 9:30 oV:lock Saturday night, Maj. Johnny Greer, who's the very pleasant Marine recruit ing officer for North Carolina now, walked into the lobby of the hotel carrying a couple of shirts that looked strangely familiar from a distance. When he saw me, he wanted to know if I had lost any thing. I told him not to my knowl edge but let's take a look at 'em And sure enough they had my laundry mark in them; they were definitely mine. He had found them on the street outside the hotel. But he hadn't found every thing. I was still a shirt and twe underwear missing. Another shirt was found across the street, but I'm still without my shorts. 0 Sir Walter Notes: Lt. Gov. L. Y. Bailentine and Jack Scarborough, the new cdi tor of the State Legion News tak lng "off-the-record" politics, anc the lieutenant-governor paraplra,; ing one of Will Rogers' saying! by commenting that "Governoi Cherry still was in good health I'm sorry to report." Vic Aldridge, the former State Highway Patrolman who drove Governor Broughton, looking spit and span in an army uniform anc cheerful because he's getting oui soon. Lee Parker and Major Johr Greer telling why they didn'i drink water or eat vegetables it China, and talking about "hone) barges." A. J. Fox, projcct manager at Camp Davis long ago. telling Car Gocrch, publisher of The State about the strike at Camp Davi! and how the highway patrol ant the Atlantic Coast Lin* railroac broke it up. 9 One of the most enjoyabli rips from Raleigh came Sunday afternoon when I had the oppor tunlty to fly over Eastern Nortl Carolina. Ellis Cates sent his plane up tc Raleigh from Burgaw to carrj Senator Roy Rowe, who is chair man of the North Carolina Aero nautical Commission, and I rodi back. (Co»tiaue4 0* p*a* two) Hirohito May Confer With Gen. MacArthur 0 Tokyo—f/P)—Well-informed Ja panese sources said Monday that Emperor Hirohito has arranged to pay a precedent-shattering call on Gen. MacArthur at the latter's res idence in the American Embassy building. No date was specified . The decision on the meeting place of the conqueror and con uqered was reachedat a confer ence between MacArthur and Ad miral Fujita, Grand Chamberlin. This will be the first time in moderen history that any Jap Em peror has gone to another ruler for an audience. The Allied High Command has blocked any atomic bomb research in Japan, and di rected rigid control of Jap econom ic life including wages. Prices and all trade in currencies and negoti able assets. Rigid Control of Japan 0 Washington — (/P) — American policy for controling Japan has made it certain that American troops will be stationed there for a good many years to come. Am erican policy is to be supreme in control of Japan. However, when possible, agree ment of the other big powers— Russia, Britain, China—is to be obtained. Big-Five Conference May Be Dissolved; Can't Reach Accord # London — (/P) —The Big-Five Council of Foreign Ministers Mon day turned to a discussion of Eu rope's Inland Waterways and the immediate future of Austria amid increasing indications that the group was meeting a serious diffi culty reaching agreements undei the present procedure. Observer} predict the Council may be dis solved and other means found tc write Europe's peace. Miss Lois Wile Is Staff Assistant At New Bridge Street Qi Miss Lois Wile of Elmwood Wis., has arrived here to becom< staff assistant at New Bridge St USO, it was announced yesterdaj by Miss Sally Riddick, director. Miss Wile, a graduate of Stou Institute at Menomonie. Wis. comes here from New York when she attended a USO orientatior course after doing volunteer USC work at Tacoma, Wash. She was accompanied here bj Miss Jean Reynolds of New York regional supervisor for USO YWCA. who is on an official visi to. New Bridge Street and Pin< Lodge. At the same time, it was an nounced that Miss Betty Bolton who has been assisting at botl New Bridge Street and Pine Lodg< this summer, has gone to Chape Hill on a visit to await reassign ment to a new post. SUFFERS SLIGHT STROKE #J. Carson Heath, member of th< Kinston police force and father o Mrs. Ramon Askew of Jackson ville, suffered a slight stroke a his home Thursday night. Mr. an< Mrs. Askew spent Friday wiU him. He was reported yesterda: as getting along satisfactorily. TO DEATH NAKED # Luenberg GctrmartV—■(&)—Pol ish Jewess, testifying at the tria of 45 Nazis charged with prisoi camp atrocities, told how 3,00' women at Oswiegim concentratioi camp were lined up naked by th< camp commandant and selected fo a Christmas Day parade to the ga chamber. INGENIOUS ENTERTAINMENT #Hoolywood—(/P)—New ideas fo the entertainment of returning sevicemen are becoming a habi with the fairer sex. The latest in genious bit has been added to th< list by Dinah Shore. Dinah an nounces that when the next ship load of veterans arrives from over seas, she and a guitar playe aboard a blimp will hover jus Ibove deck and welcdme ther home with song and music. Funeral Services For Mrs. Ada Mitchell Conducted Thursday 0 Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Mitchell, 69. who died Wednes day after a week's illness at her home near here, were held from the residence Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. L. Grady Burgiss, pastor of First Baptist church here, officiated, and burial was in the family plot in Jacksonville ceme tery. Mrs. Mitchell is survived by three sons. Randolph. Charles and Leslie Mitchell of Jacksonville; two daughters, Mrs. R. L. Howard of near Jacksonville and Mrs. Etta Ellis of Charlotte; and one sister, Mrs. Mary Rowe of Croatan. Pallbearers were A. W. Wi«gins, W. C. Hill. John Thomas. Martin Littleton, George Willis and R. E. Hall. Gold Star Mothers Will Be Honored By Legion Sunday 0 The Clarence Meadows Post 78. of the American Legion, and The Legion Auxiliary, will sponsor a program in the USO Building in Swansboro, on Sunday, Sept. 30th, at which there will be presented to about thirty Gold Star mothers beautiful certificates for framing, recognizing and honoring them for their great sacrifice during the greatest of all wars. The program will begin at 12 noon, and at 1:00 p.m. a picnic luncheon will be spread. All Leg ionaires and the public are in vited to attend, and to bring full baskets to help make the occasion enjoyable, although it will be, in many respects, quite solemn. The presentation of these cer tificates will be impressive, and the Gold Star mothers should bo honored by a large attendance, ac cording to W. E. Baggs, com mander of the post. Move Over, Penicillin, Another New Drug, Streptomycin Coming 0 Washington—(VP)—Streptomycin —new rival to penicillin in the "wonder drug" class—is being studied by the Army Medical De partment as a possible aid to sick and wounded war veterans. "The new drug shows possibili ties which may prove as import ant to the medical profession as was the discovery of penicillin," says an Army statement. "Streptomycin is a killer of 'gram-negative' bacteria, such as tuberculosis, cholera, dysentery, typhoid. Penicillin is a killer of 'gram-positive' bactleria, such as pneumococcus, streptococcus, sta phylococcus (pus-formers), gono coccus and syphilis." Brigadier General Hugh J. Mor gan of the Surgeon General's Of fice says that while the new drug is still in the laboratory stage, some is being produced and small quantities are being made avail able to the medical department for experimental purposes. As was the case with penicillin, production of the drug is slow and tedious, and it will be some time before it is available in any quan tity. ; EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICES 6 Saturday, Sept. 29th, 10 o'clock , a.m., instruction will be given in the Parish House for those desir J ing to receive the Apostolic Rite | of Confirmation. At 12 o'clock, . there will be noon-day prayers in ' observance of St. Michael and All Angels Day. Sunday, Sept. 30th. being the 18th Sunday after Trinity, Church • School at 9:45 a.m., choir rehear ; sal at 10:30. morning prayer and sermon at 11 o'clock. At 7:30 p.m., we will welcome our friends 'from : the other Jacksonville churches at ■ our service of evening prayer and ■ sermon. For the benefit of those ■ who may not be advised, all wo ■ men attending Episcopal church : services are requested to wear i their hats, or some form of head covering. Hugh Ragsdale To Build Garage In Jacksonville 0 The Richlands Motor Sales company will soon erect a hand some garage in Jacksonville to handle Chevrolet and General Motors products, it was announc ed yesterday by Hugh Ragsdale, head of the firm. The auto company will build on a lot on Marine Boulevard near the Carolina Trailways garage. When construction will start Ragsdale did not know yesterday. The plans are being prepared by General Motors and the contract for the building will be let after they arrive back here. The Richlandi Motor Sales is an established Chevrolet firm in Onslow County, having been In business at Richlands for a num ber of years. Beacham Builds Garage At the same time yesterday Carl Beacham, owner and operator of Beacham's Service Station just across New River bridge, announc ed the construction of a combina tion garage, motor parts supply and filling station in the triangle at the intersection of the by-pass and through-town highways. The building will be 50 x 96 feet and is being erected by D. L. Phillips. Beacham, who last year bought out the Farnell and Russell station, said he hoped the new building would be completed with in 00 days. 4 Onslow Veterans Arrive Home From European Theatre ®Ncw York—Onslow County ser vicemen listed below were pas sengers on the liner Queen Eliza beth, which was scheduled to dock at New York September 19. The list was compiled by the Asso ciated Press from advance pas senger convoy lists and it is not a corrected list as to date of sail ing or date of arrival. Port Authorities ask that rela tives and friends of the men not try to contact them for further information, as that is not avail able. The Associated. Press does not have additional information, nor does The News and Views. The lists follow: Sgt. Floyd W. Eamon of Rich lands. Lt. Donald R. Queen of Jack sonville. The SS Samuel Adams, which docked at Boston September 20, was to bring home Pfc. Jesse Jones of Richlands. route two. TThe SS General Anderson, which docked at New York Sep tember 21, was to bring home Pfc. Arthur Koonce of Richlands. Halt Ot Richlands Class Of'45 Is Now Attending Colleges 0Of the 36 graduates from Rich lands High School in 1945. 50 per cent of them are off to college or just before leaving. East Carolina Teachers College has the largest number of prospective students from here. Six are going there. Second is N. C. State College with five. Atlantic Christian College has three. Louisburg College one, Oak Ridge one. High Point College one. and Greensboro College one. It's interesting to note that there are 10 boys and only eight girls leaving out of last year's graduating class. Very seldom do half of the students leave from any one class. Pfc. Edward Freeman Spends Rest Period On French Riviera £With The United States Forces on the Riviera, Nice, France— Private First Class Edward B. Freeman, son of Mr. J. E. Free man, Route 1. Maysville, North Carolina, a cook with Company D, 335th Engineer Regiment, recently spent a seven day rest furlough in the U. S. Riviera Recreational Area at Nice. During his stay on the famous Blue Coast, the "Cote d'Azur", frequented by millionaire cosmo polites before the war, Pfc. Free man enjoyed the many vacation pleasures organized by the U. S. Army to give its soldiers a chance to rest, and relax. Swimming, cruising, bicycling, and sight-see ing are favorite GI activities on the Riviera. Motor coaches take U. S. soldiers to Grasse, perfume center of the world, to Vallauris where artisans make earthenware vases and utensils, and to Monte Carlo famous for its Casino. Private First Class Freeman has been overseas for seven months. He wears the European Theater Ribbon for his services. Before the war he was a farmer for his father, at Maysville, N. C. Army Lowers Points For Discharge To 70; May Cut Further # Washington,—(/P)—By Octobdr 1. seventy points will get a soldier out of the Army. By Nov. 1. sixty points will do it. Late in the winter, the point discharge system will be dropped entirely and two years' service is all GI Joe will need to be eligible for civilian clothes. General of the Army George C. Marshall, chief of staff, presented that speed-up demobilization pro gram to Congress, restive under insistent prodding from constitu ents who want their man back. To Siudy Hybrid Corn Demonstration Results Thursday At 10 A. M. study of the results of an official variety hybrid corn de monstration will be held Thurs day morning at A. N. Venters farm at Gum Branch on the Rich lands-Jacksonville dirt road when housing of the varieties will start. Farm Agent Charles C. Clark, Jr.. said yesterday. R. P. Moore, assistant agrono mist of the State College Exten sion Service, will be present for the housing and studies. Clark said that any farmers in terested in the results of the tests should meet him there about 10 o'clock. Venters had 16 white and 20 yellow varieties this year, and the best of them will be the basis for hybrid corn in this county, Clark said. Strike 0 New York —(/P) —Eleven thousand elevator operators , and other maintenance work ers in 975 Mid-Manhattan of fice buildings went on strike at the start of the Monday morning "rush hour". Lieut. Albert Ellis To Get Discharge From The U. S. Army 0Lieut. Albert Ellis of Jackson- < villo will receive an honorable j discharge from the Army during < the first part of October, accord ing to word received from him by ; Mrs. Ellis. He was en route overseas as a part of the judge advocate gen eral department when the ship ; carrying them to Honolulu devel oped engine trouble and turned back to California. Twelve Registrants Leave For Induction At Fort Bragg Today 0 Twelve white registrants will ; leave for induction at Fort Bragg 1 today. ' They are: Earl .1. Yopp. Jacksonville: Dal- [ ton Parker Morton. Jacksonville: j Emery Hill Ramsey. .Jacksonville: Lloyd Martianers Leary, Dixon: Woodrow William Parker. Mays ville; Mack Clinton Carney. Swans- ' boro: Gordon Wesley Bynum, ' Jacksonville: .lames Leland Wood, Richlands; Kirb.v William Gur- 1 ganus, Maple Hill: Wilile Floyd ' Marshall. Jacksonville; Carence Ray Humphrey. Richands: and [ George Robert Jones, Richlands. Fishermen Making Year's Income Now In One Day's Work #Manteo, N. C.—The good times which have come to fishermen of the North Carolina coast was epito mized last week when one fisher man was able to present a neigh bor with a cool $1,300. Ernest Etheridge and his crew loaded their net with croakers off Wanchese and filled the boat to the danger point. Hatton H. Mid get came along and Etheridge told Midget to go ahead and clean out his net. Midget took the rest of the fish to Manteo where he sold them for $1,300. The SI.000 days for fishermen who a few years back never made that much money in a year of hard work are not uncommon for com mercial fishermen this year. Some shrimpers along the coasl have made as much as $2,000 and more in a day. One Dare County fisher man mortgaged his home to buy a rig, and on his first trip out made more than enough to life the mort gage. C. B. Daniels of Wanchese had a $5,000 catch of croakers in one day recently. A number of fishermen have grossed up to S30.000 this season—more money than they ev er made all the rest of tlieir days. Gene Neilson. 14. of Sea level made $300 fishing after school last week. Reason is high prices of fish, shrimp, crabs and other seafoods. Croakers which once brought half a cent a pound have been selling for from 8 to 15 cents. Fishermen know the situation cannot last, but for .once in their lives they have had that rare coincidence— lots of fishing luck and high prices— and that spells prosperity in this coun try. 'Radio Fuse' Credited As One Reason For Japanese Defeat # Washington — f/P) — II. Struve llensel. assistant Secretary of the Navy, ranked the "radio proxim ity fuse" as second only to the atomic bomb among the greatest scientific developments of the war. The fuse, which explodes a pro jectile as soon as it comes close enough to a target to inflict dam age, is an extremely rugged five tube radio sending and receiving station which fits into the nose of a projectile. A vacuum tube sends out electronic waves at the speed of light. These are reflected by any target which gives a radio reflection, such as metal objects water or earth. PETITION STRIKE VOTE # Washington—(TP)—Repeal of the Smith-Connally War Labor Dis putes Act Monday loomed as a pos sible aftermath of the CLO-Auto Workers' plans for strike votes by more than half a million members. The union already has petition ed the National Labor Relations Board for a vote among 325.000 workers at 96 General Motors plants. COTTAGE PRAYER MEETING £The First Baptist church Cot tage Prayer meeting will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Carl Phillips, 400 John son Boulevard. Town Can't Turn Off Water, McMullan Says Post Office Pairons Are Advised Of Incoming, Outgoing Mail Schedules ^Patron: of Jacksonville post ifficc yesterday were' treated to a evised schedule of incoming and u (going mails. Acting Postmaster Frank \ i'mith. in posting the schedule, aid ii was merely for the c:?n 'enience of patrons who may have orgolten what hours the mails rrive and depart. The "big" mail—that's the one hat bring1; almost all of the c iving good news from home, and lilts- comes in from Warsaw at 1:30 a.m. and is up and in the loxes at 9:30 a.m. It's second sec ion. which concerns itself with larcel post and classes of mail nder first, arrives at 9 a.m.. and on can depend on it being lip at 0:30 o'clock The mail from New Bern and Jaysvilie comes in at 11:30 a.m.. nd takes about a half hour to be >ut :in boxes. Mail from Camp Le.jeune arrives tore at 2:30 p.m.. and another ection of that mail comes in at i':30 o'clock and is up by 7 p.m. Mail from Wilmington, Holly lidge. Dixon. Verona and points n the coast arrives at 3:30 p.m.. nd it's boxed by 4 o'clock. Now that • you know the hours if arrivals. here're the times of leparting mails: North and south bound mails :lbse at 2 p.m.. 4 p.m.. and. 0 p.m., 0 take your pick, depending upon, low fast you want the letter to jet out of town. If you have mail for rural routes ml of Jacksonville, you got to get t in the post office by 9:30 a.m.: f for Verona. Dixon. Sneads Ferry, ^ilkstone and Holly Ridge, that's lot to be posted by 1 1 a.m. The mail for Maysville. Pollocks ril'e. New Bern. K'mston. More >had City and Beaufort eloses a'i. 5 p.m.. while thai for Richtands, Jeulaville, Eenansville and War ?aw must be in the post office by 1 p.m. So. in conclusion, if you've been nterested in the mail you have he dope here in a nutshell. Clip vntl paste it in your hat. if you lave a hat. Or. be as we are: 1:0n't answer letters and you won't lave to worry about posting them. Neither will you have to worry ibout incoming answers. T. B. Padgett. 60, Passes At Wallace; Funeral Conducted # Wallace—T. B. Padgett. (50, rli'ed Friday morning at his home in Willard following a heart -it tack. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 3:30 from the graveside in the Lanier Ceme tery at Lyman. Mr. Padgett was a farmer, and had lived all his life in Pender County. Surviving are his wife; three sons. Eugene. Earl, and James Padgett, all of Pender County; and five daughters. Mrs. E. 13. Gurganus, Mrs. S. W. Creech, and Mrs. D. L. Creech, all of "Wallace. Mrs. James Whaley of Beulaville. and Nola Padgett of the home. Pfc. Louis W. Cowan Is Decorated With Purple Heart Medal 0 Augusta, Georgia—Pfc. Loui.< W. Cowan of Jacksonville. C. has been decorated with the Purple Heart at the Oliver Genera Hospital here, where he is i patient. The presentation was made b.s Colonel Hew B. M'cMurdo. Com manding Officer of the installa tion. The Oliver General Hospital has just gone through a peak period when more than 3.800 patient? were cared for at one time. There has been no relaxation of care for the patients despite the war's end. The duty personnel of the big Army hospital realize what a tremendous job is ahead to pro vide the finest medical care pos sible for Uncle Sam's soldiers. Private Cowan. 19. is the son of Louis Cowan. He has been in the service a year and served over seas with the infantry. SENATOR IIOEY HERE #1. S. Senator Clyde R. Hocy former governor of North Caro lina and wearing his celebrated ham-slapping coat and high collar, here Saturday en route to Wil mington for a speaking engage ment. NAMED TEAM MANAGER 0 Gene Koonce. freshman at lh< University of North Carolina, ha; been named one of the manager; of the UNC varsity basketbal team. At Jacksonville high schoo he captained the cage team anc was co-captain of the football team Memorial Gymnasium To World War Vets Planned At Dixon V !>"tI iij of the Dixon faculty I; ,i Monday afternoon. it was <1 v■:• ■:!tmi 1 i start preliminary u'ans for a gymnasium at the 13ixiiii school a-. a memorial to the Dixon boys who have served in the armed force:- in World War II nami;-.'.' i| the "Dixon Memorial Gymnasium". Allen 11 Stafford was named chairman (if a committer1 com posed ol' Mrs. Lila Mae McCree. Mrs. Mar-a;vl Dixon, Paul Mer ritt and Manly Fuleher. to present plans tsj the next meeting of die P.T.A. for the financing and type of building desired. A substantial beginning has been made for the financing by the sale of the Verona and the Sneads Ferrv School buildings. The proceeds from these sales are to be used toward the defray ing of the expenses. The next regular mooting of the P.T A. will be the second Monday in October. Mrs. E. J. Rhodes, 50, Sneads Ferry, Dies After Long Illness # Mrs. F. J. Rhodes died at her home at Sneads Ferry Sunday night at ID o'clock after a long illness. She was 50 years old. ir"nr-fvl Mr1--" held from the home at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Rev. L. J. Potter. Free Will Baptist minister, and burial was in the family burial plot. Mrs Rhodes is survived by her husband and two children. Mrs. Kies.il Lewis of Sneads Ferry, and Robert Cavenaugh of Detroit. Mich.: three brothers. James Cooper of Warsaw. Lee Cooper of Fort Myers. Ya.: and If. C. Cooper of Raleigh: and two sisters. Mrs. Ralph Jones and Mrs. Hiram Phillips of Warsaw. Pallbearers were Daney Jen kins. Randolph Rouse, Horton Justice, Grayden Lanier, Clifton Parker and Kirby Midgette. Rev. and Mrs. Pinnix Severely Injured In Automobile Accident 0 Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Pinnix of Kings Mountain, formerly of Jack sonville. suffered painful and severe injuries in an automobile accident recently near Winston Salem. according to word received here. Although dale of the accident was not given on a card, dated Wednesday, received by Mrs. Guy Lockamy from Mrs. Pinnix. the former resident said she suffered a gash on the forehead and a crushed vertabra. and Reverend Mr Pinnix a broken back. Mrs. Pinnix is at Kings Mountain, but the minister is still in ttie Baptist Hospital at Winston-Salem. The couple had gone to Winston Salem for their customary check up and the accident occurred when their car skidded on wet pave ment as the> were returning home They were taken back to the hos pital. Emeryson M.Hayes, Sneads Ferry, Aboard USS Chicago Off Japan #On The USS Chi a go in Sagami Wan. Japan- Emeryson M. Hayes, steward's mate, first class. USNR son of Mr and Mrs. -fames Q. Hayes. Sneads Ferry. N. C.. is serving on this heavv cruiser, which is part of the fleet helping occupy Japan. Culminating 60 days of opera tions in Japanese waters, the Chicago dropped anchor Aug. 2E at this key base of Japanese nava" strength in the shadows oJ Fujiyama. The crew was at battle stations as the ship passed heavy gun em placements a few thousand yards away on the island of O Shima guarding the approach to Yoka suka, Jap naval l3ase. CUPID GETS LIGHT 0 Berlin —f/Pi— Members of the Allied occupation forces in Ger many may marry provided t hi respective commanders in chie give specific permission. Tin Allied Control Council announcec this relaxation of the non-frater nization rules, effective Oct. 1, 0 A special meeting of the Town Board of Commissioners will probably be held tonight to hear a report on a conference with Lo cal Government officials in Ral eigh last week relative to financ ing water and sewer line exten sions to two new residential build ing projects now underway here, Mayor Ramon Askew said yester day. iHe mayor was not at all enthu siastic about the report he will present to the board, which is, in effect, that the towy can do nothing about extending the lines without a vole of the people on a bond issue. At the same time, he will tell the board that Attorney General Harry McMullan has decided that the town cannot legally shut off water in Bayshore Estates until the water connections to some 187 houses are paid by either the property owners or contractors who erected them. Apparently the only means of collecting the approximately $7,000 due the town because of an "over sight" is by suit, and Town Attor ney John D. Warlick is said to be looking into the contracts with the builders and property owners to determine the parties who can be sued for the amount of the connections. Askew said he was considering seriously making a recommenda tion to the board that it propose a bond issue covering water and sewer extensions, curbs and gut ters, sidewalks and street paving on a town-wide basis. Thai would eliminate two bond rei'erendums, if the board so chooses, one for the water and sewer line exten sions which are needed now and one latter for the other town wi d e i m prove menls. The conference in Raleigh with the Local Government Commis sion was to determine what the town can do since it does not have Lanham act funds with which to make the water extensions. With the end of the war with Japan, the Lanham act expired, and the town did not have its project in and funds allotted before the ex piration. 3 Onslowans Get Honorable Discharges ' From The U. S. Army £ Three Onslowans have received their honorable discharges from the Army in recent weeks. They are: Pic. Michael Burke Koonce of near Richlands. who was dis charged September 13 after hav ing been in service since February 19. 1941, and serving in Normandy, France, the Rhine land and Cen tral Europe: who wears the EAMET medal with four Bronze, the Good Conduct, American Theatre and American Defense medals. He was overseas from December 5, 1943 until July 11 of this year. TS Hugo Tellini, who was born in Palermo, Italy, but who has listed Holly Ridge as his perma nent residence, who entered serv ice October 4. 1940, and served in action in Sicily, Rome, Flrench Morocco. Tunisia. Naples, China and India: who wears the EAMET with five Bronze Stars, Asiatic Pacific, American Defense and Good Conduct medals. Pfc. James B. Whaley, originally from Onslow County but now a resident of Pink Hill, route two, who entered the Army March 17, 1941 and served in Normandy, the Rhineland, and Northern France; and who wears the Good Conduct, American Defense and EAMET with three Bronze Stars medals. Commissioners Delay October Meeting To The Second Monday % Scheduled to meet on the First Monday, tin- Onslow County Board of Commissioners will postpone its October meeting until the second Monday, which will be October 8. it was announced yesterday by J. R. MurrilK clerk to the board. The reason for postponing the meeting one week, Murrill said, was to give Auditor .J. J. Cole time in which to close out te 1944 tax books and make settlement, with Tax Collector Dan Sanders so that the 1945 books can be turned over to him by the Board of Commis sioners. Robert Lesile Brock Speaks On Atomic Power At Richlands # Robert Leslie Brock of Fuller ton, California and Oak Kidge, Tenn., was the guest speaker at the Zone meeting of Lions Inter national at Richlands last Tues day night. Mr. Brock did a lot of research work in connection with the atomic bomb and spoke of and about some of his work with it. Tie also men tioned the potentialities of atomic power and energy in the future.