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£ Lois of folks have had much lo
say about the OPA. but the best
wish for it came Tuesday when
one local person said her hope for
the OI'A is "unconditional sur
render.''
9 Dr. I. G. Greer, superintendent
of the Baptist orphanage at Timm
asville. complained a hit the other
night because I introduced him as
a Baptist leader in the state.
lie inquired if 1 intended the
introduction to bo like the story
about a follow listening to a
farmer plow a team of bulls one
time.
The farmer yelled. "Gid up. Gid
up. 1 here. Baptist."
The listener inquired why ho
called ope of the bulls "Baptist."
"It's this way." the farmer re
plied. "he can bellow the loudest
and pull the slowest."
9 Carl Venters, who has stepned
lively New York way for a number
of years and who has come home
to practice law. is fast getting back
into tho Onslow Countv way of
life: he was parked on the court
house lawn the other morning
chewing the fat with Harvey Boncy.
• Take it from Bob llartsficld,
he's not wishing anymo-e lint
something big will get hold of his
fishing line. At least, next time he
makes the wish he's going io be
secure in the boat.
Fishing at More-head City Sun
day. Bob said he hoped a big fish
would get on his line. lie had no
sooner said it than a whopper
crawled aboard. Told not to olay
him too fast, the line slipped out
of his hand, and the fish wen' to
sea. almost taking Bob with him.
The rest of the line was on the
deck and Bob was standing on it.
The force of the fish's pull carried
Bob to the rear of the boat, and
he was draped over the side with
his hands almost touching the
water, before he was retrieved.
®When Miss J ante Paschal starts
home, she has a bus ticket that's
almost as 1 onas the trip itself.
So many are the bus changes be
tween here and Gold.ston that she
almost: has to put in her applica
tion a day in advance so the
'ticket agent will have time to
make out the ticket.
^ Sam Munch of the plumbing
I d air department at Camp Le
* ir.e went to the football game
i Raleigh Saturday, but he got
off in such a hurry that he forgot
his tickets.
They had to be sent to him by
bus on Saturday.
Wonder what was up in Raleigh
that Sam had his mind on?
0 Charlie Ervin got a .job on the
Jacksonville police force last week,
but he couldn't take it.
I don't mean that Charlie could
n't take the work. He could do
that. Hut what 1 mean is that the
old White Oak river section was
in his blood so much that he must
have gotten homesick for the sight
of the river bank. Anyway Charlie
resigned to go home and fish and
hunt.
0 Sheriff Frank Morton observed
Saturday that we were a little
premature with the Jacksonville
Lumber company fire, and that it
looked like a site for the port
terminal was being cleared before
the channel deepening project was
approved.
0 How come folks want to know
what you're going to do evenings?
Why don't they tell you what they
have in mind first?
£ And while we're asking ques
tions. there's hardly anything as
peculiar as taste.
Why will one man eat a garlic
flavored something or other that
another would gag at? Why do
some folks prefer their coffee with
cream, but others want theirs
black? And why does one man
thrill over a peroxide blonde with
a loud voice, while another goes
only for jsoft voiced brunettes?
James F. Phillips
Watched Surrender
Of Japanese Forces
% Aboard The USS Knapp. Tokyo
Bay--(Delayed)-—James F Phillips,
Verona, N. C., chief machinist's
mate, a crew member of the Knapp
watched the capitulation of Japan
from the decks of this 3rd Fleet
dest roy or.
The Knapp. one of the first
ships to enter Tokyo Bay. was an
chored nearby the scene of the
ceremonies. As a crew member of
the Knapp. Phillips has partici
pated in seven major campaigns in
the Pacific, the "picket line" at
Okinawa and with the 3rd Fleet
operating ofT Japan.
Before his assignment, to the
Knapp, Phillips saw much convoy
duty in the North Atlantic and
^arribean and also participated in
e invasion of North Africa.
His mother, Mrs. Annie B.
(illips, lives in Verona. His
brother. Kirby D. Phillips, is a
member of the Army Air Corps.
USO COUNCIL MEETS
£ The regular meeting of the USO
Council will be held on Tuesday
evening at 8 p.m. at Tallman St.
USO here.
100 Women Attend Meet
At Midway Park Saturday
0 The 21st .Dinii a I conference of
the Twelfth District of N. C Fed
eration of Women's Club-; was hold
at the Midway ('ark Community
House Saturday, \\ith approximate
ly 100 Hub women and their guests
attending.
Mrs. James A. Odom. Midway
Park, district president and pres
ident of I he Midway Park Hub.
host for the occasion, presided.
A short cunn-i't b. (he Women's
He-serve iJaud >f Camp L-ejeune,
directed by MTS..',i. Charlotte Plum
m{.•;•. opened in program. Chap
lain Lawrence i.. I'ermeit. -chap
lain at Midway Park. gave the
invocation. C.r s:.- .cere welcomed
by Mrs. C !'. Mesr vie ■ ,5 cedent
of tile host (■.••). • i 11: i\ i rs. i i. M.
K!!'■«>. M ,1-ehe:; . Cit;.. tespo/.d d.
Mrs. < i a ;i St'ike;-. rict i>i />.
dent uf Home !';e;nonstr::tn>,i Clubs,
brought grtet;::^s fr.im Hubs of
he/ district and from the s;ale.
MRS. KARI/ rismophic
Spray, C.
President N. C. Federation
of Women's Clubs
Mrs. Karl Bishopric. state presi
dent of N. C. Federation of Wom
en's Clubs, was the principal speak
er of the morn ins session. Airs.
Bishopric's message was inspiring
and challenging and set forth ilie
aims of clubs anil indiv idual club
women in carrying out the state
Federation's theme: ' Beginning at
home, build a better world."
MKS. JOHN M. COI XC IL
2nd Vice President
X. ('. Federation of Women's
Clubs
Proceeding Airs. Bishopric. Mrs.
John M. Council. Second Vice
President in charge of districts of
the N. C. Federation of Women's
Clubs, made a short address. She
stressed filing of reports on time
and gave information concerning
plans for increasing the state fed
eration's endowment fund.
Miss Gertrude Carraway. region
al chairman of the War Finance
Committee for the state, was
speaker at the luncheon, at the
Officers Club at Camp Lcjeune.
She was introduced by Mrs. David
Sabiston. Jacksonville, blue star
general in the last bond drive.
The assembly endorsed resolu
tions as adopted b\ the Slate Fed
eration Council at its fall meeting
to be presented to the various dis
tricts throughout the state.
These concerned roadside beau
tification in a joint effort with the
N. C. Garden Clubs: appointment
of a state secretary for foreign
and territorial clubs to foster a
better understanding of the mutual
problems of the foreign women at
our doorstep: a program of sharing
our food packed in tin with women
and children of war ravaged na
tions; going on record as protesting
the use of sugar and grain in the
manufacture of beverage alcohol
and sending a message to Secretary
of Agriculture Clinton W. Ander
son commending his stand on this
question: support of the Youth
Conservation program of the State
Federation: and a birthday remem
brance for all children of correc
tional institutions in the state. The
resolutions were presented by Mrs.
Maude B. Foy, Kinston, chairman
of resolutions committee.
Kinston's invitation to hold the
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Nation's Strike Total
Cut Almost In Half;
Miners Back At Work
By ASSOCIATED Pit ESS
0 Die nations's strike total
was cut almost in hall' Monday
despite a looming walkout of
of class workers, as some 220,
000 coal miners streamed back
to the pits on orders of union
chief, John I.. Lev/is of the
Cnited Mine Workers.
That left the total idle at
217.400, and barring any fresh
walkouts, that figure was slat
ed to drop another 10,700 dur
ing the week with the return
of steel workers to jobs.
Stronger Parliament
Envisioned In New
Jap Constitution
By The Associated Press
<} Prince Konoye, working on
a draft of the new Jap Con
stitution at the suggestion of
Genera! MaeArthur, said Em
peror llirohito was anxious
of a stronger parliament cap
able of guiding and influenc
ing the nation's political af
fairs.
Konoye, who said MaeAr
thur had suggested he lead a
liberal political movement,
stated in an interview that the
necessity nf senior statesmen
around the throne gradually
would disappear under the con
templated constitutional revis
ions.
Democratic Cabinet
Takes Over Venezuela;
Resistance Collapses
% Caracas--i/Pi- -A cabinet pledg
ed to Democratic ideals took over
the reins in oiHrich Venezuela
Monday under the sponsorship of
a Revolutionary Junta which:
stamped out all important resist
ance to its coup d'etat in a tumul
tous week-end ol' armed conflict.
Komulo Betancourt. 'M. former
newspaper columnist, assumed the
dual role of President and .Minis
ter of Interior with a pledge that
the government had asumed power
only to provide Venezuella with
a "free, direct universal suffrage
by secret ballot."
De Gaulle's Broad Plans
To Rebuild France Win
Approval At Polls
Q Paris- i/Pi- -France's first gen
eral election in nine years placed
an almost unqualified stamp of
approval on Gen. De Gaulle's plans
to found a fourth republic on a
new constitution, drafted by the
people's chosen representatives.
Figures announced by the min
istry of interior showed De Gaulle
won an overwhelming victory in a
two-pronged election which decided
that the constituent, assembly will
draft a new constitution rather
than attempt to rebuild the gov
ernment: that the executive power
will be vested in a provisional
government during the seven
months the assembly sits rather
than in the assembly .itself.
Dr. James S. McKimmon
To Speak Thursday
At Achievement Day
0 Dr. Jane S. McKimmon. retired,
founder of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Home Demonstration
clubs, will speak at the Fall
Achievement Day program at Tall
man Street I'SO Thursday. The
Achievement Day program will
begin at 11 a.m.
Miss Laura Realty, home agent,
also announced that Miss Verna
Stanton. Southeastern District
Home Agent, also will be present
for the meeting, which is expected
to attract approximately 200 wom
en from throughout the county.
L. B. and E. N. Farnell
Receive Discharges
From Armed Forces
0Capt. Leland B. Farnell and
S«t. Edward N. Farnell. sons of
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Farnell of near
Jacksonville, have received their
honorable discharges from the arm
ed forces.
Captain Farnell was a bomber
pilot of the Army Air Corps, lie
was in the service five years. Sgt.
Farnell was in almost three years.
6 Onslowans Receive
Honorable Discharges
From Armed Forces
#Six Onslo\Mans have recent l)*'
XT-ri granted honorable discharges
rom 1 he armed forces.
Thev include:
I I Ralph II. Dudley of .laokson
illc. who entered the Army Fcb
•uar.y 28, 1941. and was a winch
moralur with a port command in
he Southern Philippines. who
vears the American Defense, the
\siatic-Pacif ic wilh one Bronze
StarBand t!ie Philippines Libera
ions medals, and vvho was dis
charged October 4.
T5 Clayton F. Dawson of Jack
sonville, wlio entered the army
VIarch 31. 1!)42. was an automo
ive mechanic serving in the
Vorthern Solomons and Southern
Philippines, who wears the Asiatic
Pacific with two Bronze Stars and
.he Philippines Liberation with
5'ne Bronze Star medal, and who
vvas discharged October t.
Pfc. David A. MeCausIcy of Hu
bert, who entered the army Octo
ber 28. 1042. and was a general
carpenter until his discharge Oc
' oIht I
P1V. I.utlier I]. Hams who en
ercd the service March l2ti. lf)41.
ind was a cannoneer at Vaplcs
Foggia. Home-Amo. i:s the North
Til Appenines, the Rhineland and
Central Europe, who wears the
•AMKT w ith fi\";• Bronze stars and
hi1 American Defense medals and
vho was discharged September '.11.
Chief liadionian Albert I.awton
k'eonians Jr., who was discharged
October 10.
S.Sfjt. Ilyden !». Humphrey of
Haysville. route one, who enlered
ervice June G. 1!>42. who ought
n Normandy. Northern France,
he Rhineland. Ardi-enne^. and
,'entral Europe, who wears, the
CAMET with five Bronze Stars. ih.>
!Iood Conduct, ihe Bronze Star
ind the Purple Hear! initials, who
i\'as Wounded in the European
heatrc on August 12. 11)44, and
vho was discharged October 10.
Progress Reported
In Soil Conservation
In Lower Netise Area
£ Definite prom-ess is being made
n the work of the T.ower Neuse
»oj| Conservation District, reports
rV*. (). Lambeth, district •onse.va
ionist. Sixteen complete farm
)lans comprising some 2.174 acres
v-ere made on farms in Craven,
'ones, and Onslow Counties .111
ng the month of Seplember by
echnicians of the Soil Consrrva
ion Service. The total acreage
)lanned to dat-e is 3,699 on some
[0 farms.
"Soil Conservationists have now
)cen placed in i-aeh of the five
■ounties in the District." says Mr.
-ambelh. "and are ready i<» assist
he Farmers in such recommended
; o i I improving practices as the
danting of kudzu and sericea les
jedeza. cover crops, new pastures,
ild pasture improvement, crop
•otations. wildlife areas. farm
Irainage. tree planting, woodland
management. and lire lanes." The
'onserviti'.'iusts and their offices
ire as follows: George F. Moore,
loom Dunn Buildinu. New
iern: O. P. Southerland. tempor
irily in the County Aeriiultural
Hiiidind. Trenton: .lake T. Harper,
emporarily in the Onslow County
!Tourt House. -Jacksonville: Edison
1'. Bass, in the Post Office Build
nu. Beaufort: and .Joseph A
larris County \gricultural Build
ng. Bayboro.
rict is Ihe Board of Supervisors
•omposed of: A. Hugh Harris,
chairman. Oriental: .1. E. Kiu'-'s.
rove C'ilv: J. Raymond Bail Now
Dort: N A. Burton. Jacksonville:
md V. L. Pollock. Trenton.
The Soil Conservation Service
)f the U. S. Department of \gri
I'ulture is constantly trying' to
•ender increased services through
lrese District Supervisors and the
District program to the farmers of
he five countio-. As a part of i'ik
)lan the Service is training per
sonnel to cope with problems in
he locality in which they are sta
ioned. Recently a drainage school
vas held on the Hugh (I. Swan
arm in Pamlico County ,-or the
M)il Conservationists in the Dis
rict. Particular emphasis was
)laeed on the preparation of a
opographical map to show the
sroper location of tile lines or
>pen ditches, and the design of a
tile drainage system. Plans are
tow underway for a farm wood
and management school to be
:onducted in the near future.
"Any farmer desiring assistance
n any of the phases of the Dis
riet work is invited to contact the
.'ountv Agent, the District Super
visor or the Soil Conservationist
n his county," says Lambeth.
DONATIONS FOR MEDAL
0 Amsterdam —l/P) -- When Gen
eral Eisenhower was received at
he city hall 10 days ago, the
jurgomaster explained the inten
ion had been to present him a
;old medal, but that no gold was
ivailable. This remark, the news
>aper Algemeen Handelbald said,
•ailed forth a number of letters
rom its readers offering gold
Vatehes and wedding rings, to be
melted down. City officials 're
vived similar offers.
Maple Hill Soldiers
Arriving Home From
European Theatre
§Ni".' York Servicemen from
I he (!u\> County area listed be
low lislod as passengers on
the ss Marine Wolf, returning
from Kurope The lis: was com
pile'! i• \ ihc Associated Press "rom
advance convoy passenger lists,
and i' not a corrected list as ; i
date ul' sailing or date of arrival.
Poi authorities ask dial rela
tives .;•](! friends of the men not
contact the port for further in
form1' '.mi, as that is not avail
able I'iir Associated Press doe>
not have further information, noi
does riic News and Views. The
ows:
Wilbur M. Jone.s of Maple
Samuel Askew of Mays
list f.
Pfc
TS
ville.
Sc •"1:11«•(I to arrive i'; New York
Octo! • r 21 aboard the SS Bran
don \ ictory was:
Pit Charles T. Marshburn of
Rich' ,:x!s.
Scheduled to arrive in Boston
Octo ■ -r 21 aboard the SS Sea
Snipe was:
Pfc Jesse Marshall of .Jackson
ville.
Se.'irfiuled to arrive at Newport
News aboard the SS F. ,J. Lucen
bach was:
Pvt. .Tames II. Pickett of Maple
Hill.
Scheduled in arrive if! New York
aboard the SS Stevens Victory
was:
Pfc. James II. Pierce of Maple
Hill.
1945 Christmas Seals
To Fight Tuberculosis
Are Now Being Mailed
0.fohn il A man. chairman of the
Onslow County Tuberculosis Asso
ciation. announced yesterday that
the 1945 Chrislnias Scats, design
ed by Park Phips of the Chicago
Institute of An. are now being
mailed out.
Traditional Christmas colors of
red and green add a festive theme
to the 1945 seal which features a
healthy young boy. symbol of
American youth, carry in 12 a holiday
wreath toward a white house with
a picket fence in th-o background.
A red double-barred cross, emblem
of the crusade for health, com
pletes the design chosen for this
year's traditional tuberculosis
Christmas seal.
The new seals should reach all
loeal people by November 1. as
part of the nation-wide campaign
to be Conducted between Novem
ber 19 and December 25. to raise
funds for the control of tuber
culosis. Am an said.
Funds raised throughout the
country, he continued, will be
used principally to support local
health programs, with all but five
percent of the 1945 North Caro
lina quota of $285,000 to be spent
wrhin the state. This five per cent
will be forwarded to ihe National
Tuberculosis Association, ihe par
ent body of the nation's 2.500
vilimitary tuberculosis associations.
Mrs. John Wilson will assist in
revising the 1945 mailing list for
the association.
R. C. Smith, Duplin
Native, Deceased;
Rites At Beulaville
H Greenville- R. G Smith. 25
died of ;i heart attack at his
huino. 600 Dickinson Avenue
about 12:30 Fricbv night. Funeral
services were held at the home o(
ins mother. Mrs. Nora Smith. in
Beulaville Sunday afternoon at
oVloc'k. the Rev. Ernest Gresham
Baptist minister of Jacksonville,
officiated. Burial was in the
Thomas family cemetery.
Mr. Smith, a native if Duplin
(' iiinty. was born in Chinquapin
a d reared in Beaulavillc. He had
been living in Greenville the past
! tree years, and had been working
in the printing department of the
Daily Reflector the past several
months. Me was married March 10
1!>42. to Kathleen Creech of Green
ville. He was a member of the
Beaulavillc Baptist church.
Surviving are his wife: a son
Bobbie Glenn Smith: his mother:
two brothers. Troy T. Smith of the
Army in Germany, and Ransom
Smith of Beaulavillc: and two
sisters. Mrs. Arnold Thomas and
Mrs. Paul Southerland of Beau
lavillc.
Pfc. Eugene Smith
Receives Discharge
After Thirty Months
0 Kearns. Utah — Pfc. Eugene
Smith, 310 Ann St.. has been hon
orably discharged from the serv
ice at this A A F Overseas Replace
ment Depot after more than three
years with the Army Air Forces
He served 30 months in the China
Burma-India theater.
Future Of Tent City
Hanging In The Balance
S400 Raised So Far
In Campaign To Build
Memorial Gymnasium
# The finance committee for the
Dixon Memorial gymnasium met
Monday ni'iht in lhe Dixon library.
Malcolm Dull, treasurer, presided.
The initial report on collections
was gratifying, approximately $400
b#ng report , d. Plans were made
for a continuation of the drive
and each district chairman was
positive his quota would bo raised.
The Holly Ridge committee,
headed by Julius Segerman. Mr.
and Mrs. Ueyward Campbell and
('. ('. Mines, is planning a benefit
dance and box supper and cake
walk at the community build
ing Tuesday night. Get. 23.
The building committee decided
to construct the building of con
crete blocks with a brick veneer.
Victory Loan Drive
Leaders Attend A
New Bern Meeting
^Onslow Counlv lenders for the
V iclory Loan drive, which begins
October 29 and continue*; through
November, attended a district din
ner meeting at the Shrine Home in
New Hern Friday night.
Ateonding were Chairman .T. C.
Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. T. New
Ion Cook. Mr and Mrs. C. \V. Conk
ling. Mr. and .Mrs. .lames V Odom,
Jr.. and Mrs. David Sabiston.
The Victory Loan drive will be
the last nation-wide bond sale, the
group was told by C. T. Loinbach,
state chairman, and Allison James,
exeeulive director.
Present were Ilarvev Hines of
Kinston. area chairman, and Mrs.
Karl Bishopric of Spray, state chair,
man of the women's division.
It was disclosed during the week
end thai Mrs. Deane Taylor, who
was women's division chairman in
the county duriim the last war loan
drive, has resigned. Her successor
has not yet been named.
Tyree Moore Directed
Reconversion Of Yacht
Mayflower For War
ft \n Associated Pros story in the
News and Views recently, concern
ing the conversion of the former
preridential yacht M a v f 1 o w e r,
created some personal interest in
Onslow County.
Because, it was Lieut. Comdr.
Tyree Moore of Charleston, origi
nally from Swansboro. who was as
signed the task of reconverting the
yacht at Norfolk before ii entered
the service of the Coast Gaurd in
World War II.
Lieut, Comdr. Moore, who has
long been in the Coast Gaurd.
turned the boat ever to Lieut.
Comdr. Fred K. Morton. I'SCG, af
ter the former Onslowan had tak
en it on a shakedown cruise.
TSgt. Elmore Coleman
Receives Discharge
From Armed Forces
0TSgt. Elmore Coleman .Jr.. has
recenth received a honorable dis
charge from the United States
army after forty-six months in
service, twenty-two of which he
served overseas.
Sgt. Coleman fought with the
28th Infantry Division throughout
the campaign in Europe.
Me is the son of Mr and Mrs.
E. C. Coleman of Jacksonville.
Chamber Of Commerce
Offering Employmenf
Service In Jacksonville
#T' ■ Jacksonville Chamber of
Commerce yesterday volunteered
to become a gratis employment
service for benefit of returning
war veterans, wives of service per
sonnel and local business estab
lish m ents.
James A. Odom, executive sec
retary, said so many had been the
requests of his office for help late
ly with almost an equal number of
persons seeking employment that
he believed a valuable service could
be performed by the chamber. At
least. he is willing to give it a
trial.
Therefore, persons needing cler
ical assistance, or any kind of la
bor or help may register their
needs with the Chamber of Com
merce. And. people wanting work
can do the same thing. The cham
ber will make an effort to find both
employees and places of employ
ment.
6 Onslowans Leave
For Army Induction,
10 To Be Examined
# The list of six while registrants
leaving for induction at Fort
Bragg. October 31. follows:
Elmer Ray Marshall. Jackson
ville: Daniel Edward Bell. Hubert:
Ceci Victor Davis, Holly Ridge;
Earl Lewis Wetherington. Silver
dale: James Milton Uzzell. Jr..
Maysville: and John Guilford
Walton. Jacksonville.
The list of ten white registrants
leaving for pre-induct ion physical
examination al Fort Bragg, Octo
ber 31. follows:
George Wilbert Gray. Richlands;
William Avery Humphrey. Jack
sonville: William Earl Midgett.
Hubert: Rashie James Taylor,
Sneads Ferry: Lin wood Bryant
Hanslev. Folkstone: Robert Wallace
Perry. Midway Park: John Home
Davenport. Hubert: Calvin Arestis
Coston, Jr.. Sneads Ferry: Kenith
Clayborn Turner. Richlands: and
William Cornelius Yopp. Sneads
Ferry.
James H. Mercer, 89,
Father Of Maysville
Woman, Dies In Kinston
% Kinston — Funeral services for
.lames Henry Mercer. 89. lifelong
resident of Lenoir County, who
died in a Kinston hospital Friday
morning following a brief illness,
were conducted Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock from the home
of his daughter. Mrs. Eunice
Langslon of 204 East Peyton
Avenue. Kinston. Dr. H. I. Glass,
pastor of the Queen Street Meth
odist church, officiated and inter
ment was in West view cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Fannie Ann Mercer: six daughters,
Mrs. Bessie Jones of Maysville.
Mrs. Rachel Davis of Kinston.
RFD, Mrs Jimmie Chadwick of
Trenton. Mrs. Florence Dail of
Washington. D. C.. and Mrs.
Estellc Eubanks and Mrs. Eunice
Langslon. both of Kinston: three
sons. Clem. George, and Charlie
Mercer, all of Lenoir County; two
brothers. Lee and Ben Mercer,
both of Jones County; a number
of grandchildren and several great
grandchildren.
RAISE SPEED LIMIT
# Raleigh • V The Council of
State has authorized Governor
Cherry to issue an emergency pro
clamation setting North Carolina's
speed limit at 50 miles an hour,
effective November 1.
Fire Destroys Saw Mill, Damages
Boiler Room At Lumber Co.
0 Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed the saw mill and dam
aged the boiler room of the old
•Jacksonville Lumber in a specta
cular blaze here late Friday. The
fire broke out anew Saturday
morning, but was quickly extin
guished.
The planing mill and office were
undamaged by the blaze, which
started about 5 p.m. Friday in the
saw mill. The blaze, fanned by a
breeze coming from off New River
and burning fast along the fat
Hghtwood timbers, quickly spread
to the entire structure and set
afire the adjoining boiler room.
The saw mill was completely
destroyed Friday afternoon, and
part of the boiler room was dam
aged. Saturday morning's blaze
was in the latter structure, but
was extinguished.
Dense black smoke rose skyward
from the fast burning structure,
which was built back in 1919 after
a New Year's Day fire. Sparks and
debris from the burning structure
fell more than a half mile away,
and the heat of the burning struc
ture could be felt at least 100
yards off shore.
The blaze was spectacular in that
high shooting flames licked and
danced in the sky and illuminating
the center of the curling black
smoke for brief intervals.
The mill had not been in opera
tion almost a year. It was last
owned by the Hedgecock Lumber
company of High Point.
Damage in dollars and cents
could not be estimated yesterday.
The boilers and saws were said to
be in good condition before the
fue despite the fact that the build
ing itself was some 26 years old.
#The future of Tent City hangs
in the balance, so to speak, and
a decision on what to do with it
probably will be reached some
time this week when Marine Corps
Headquarters officials are expect
ed here to make a study of it..
A vast construction program was
envisioned for Tent City before
the end of the war, but when bids
were taken on the work they were
far in cxcess of the appropriation.
Both new plans and new bids
were ordered, and then the war
ended.
At present, Camp Lejeune of
ficials said yesterday, no one here
knows the status, but they do ex
pect headquarters representatives
this week to inspect and deter
mine the future of that training
center.
Jacksonville business people are
particularly interested in Tent
City, because practically all the
Marines stationed there frequent
the city and do a large volume of
business here.
Betty Bell, writing in the News
and Observer of Raleigh Sunday,
said that "according to the Ma
rine Corps Commandant. Gen. A.
A. Vandegrift, plans are to take
down the so-called 'Tent City',
built prior to and during the be
ginning of the war. out of pre
fabricated material. The tile build
ings put up during the war will
be used to train reserves when
they come in for summer train
ing.''
To those here on the ground,
that could mean almost anything.
As a matter of fact., the tents have
been moved out of the area in
which the new construction was
to have taken place, and the pre
fabricated homosote huts that
have not fallen down have deter
iorated to the extent that they
are almost useless.
As for tile buildings, most of
them are warehouses.
So. the Washington report could
mean also that additional tile
buildings will be erected.
Definitely planned, however, for
the main base is a new recreation
building, to cost SI84.000. to serve
hospital patients. The plan will
provide a combination auditorium
and gymnasium, with necessary
office space for athletic officer,
welfare officer, chaplain, and Red
Cross. The Marine Corps figures
that, since the isolation of the
hospital keeps patients from en
joying the usual recreational faci
lities in cities of any size, the
patients are entitled to their own
recreational facilities.
Washington—Marine Corps plan
to make North Carolina a major
Marine base in peacetime definite
ly became public today with the
release of hearings before the
House Appropriations Committee
on the first supplemental appro
priation reduction bill of 1946.
Aside from the Marine Corps
base at Camp Lejeune, the Ma
rine Corps Air Station at Cherry
Point and four auxiliary air sta
tions iri North Carolina will be
retained as permanent installations
under Marine Corps plans as an
nounced today.
The four auxiliary air stations
arc located at Kinston. Rogue
Field. Cak Grove and Atlantic.
mrs. nerman mciver,
Mother Of Midway
Resident, Succumbs
0 Chapel Hill —Mrs. Herman Mc
lver. 75. died Thursday morning
at her home at Oaks. Orange
County, following an illness of
.several months.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock
from the Bethlehem Presbyterian
Church by the Rev N. N. Fleming,
a former pastor, assisted by the
Rev. 1- T Edgerton, pastor. In
terment was in the church ceme
tery
Mrs. Mclver was a daughter of
the late Sidney S. and Ellen Mor
row Webb. She was a member of
the Bethlehem Presbyterian
church.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs Charles W. Stanford of Chap
el Hill. Route 1. Mrs. Taylor Green
of Havelock. formerly of Jackson
ville. Mrs. C. D. Brownscombe of
Midway Park, and Mrs. Jimmy
Fuller of Durham: five sons, Alex
ander and Jim Mclver, both of
Mebane, Route 4. Bob Mclver of
Washington, D. C.. Sidney Mclver
of Miami, Fla.. and Herman Mc
lver of Hollywood. Calif.; two
sisters, Mrs. E. C. Keels of Mc
Coll. S, C., and Mrs. Sam Newlin
of Graham. Route 2; 14 grandchil
dren and one great-grandchild.
TESTED DEPTH CHARGES
0 Charleston — (/P) — Every type
depth charge developed by the
Navy for use against Nazi and Jap
U-boats was tested at Hiwassee
dam, N. C, the Sixth Naval dis
trict said. This highly important
anti-submarine project was con
ducted with utmost secrecy at
TVA base, Hiwassee dam.