THE ONSLOW and VOL. VIII, NO. 36 The Only Newspaper in the World That . ir JACKSONVILLE, N. C., TUESD Y, COUNTY % & ® n 1 f.\ ^ The News and Views Leads la Paid Circulation Local Advertising: ¥\ " " 'r"; Clarified Advert5 •nt VS..) iv& V-'"' • * *&» / J "■'i'■" "' , Onslow Count;. News !'S5!< PER COPY S2.(«) I'! Si Yi «1 A f DOWN EAST WITH BILLY ARTHUR alph Culbreth wanted a radio ..d some screen wire for his Sneads Ferry abode, and sat down and or dered it from Sears and Roebuck, sending them the prices quoted in the latest catalog. He got a letter back from Sears saying they didn't have it. and Sam got all hot and bothered and bun dled up the catalog and sent it to Chicago with a note advising them if they didn't have what they ad vertised. then to use the catalog for its popular rural purpose. Whereupon, he received from Sears the screen wire, 'he radio and his check back. Didn't cost him anything. 0Stove Stefanou started limping the first of last week, and the "oiks wanted to know why. He explained that son Georgie had lefl some thing in the walk and he fell over it. We didn't know until the last of the week that Steve was to take the Shrine at Wilmington. When we confronted him with the accusation, little Georgia was present, and son George is an hon est fellow. He denied having left anything out of place for dad fly to fall over. That is, he denied it un til Steve whispered in his ear, and then Georgie said it was so. We suspect that Steve threatened to cut off his allowance. Wonder if he's got nerve enough to do it now? £Bill Brendle and Billy Durk Aman have been frequent squirrel hunters in Blue Creek section lately, so I've been told, and they haven't brought home much. In fact, they haven't been able to find much to shoot at. so little ihat they've been looking for a new spot to hunt in. Now. they've found it: right in front of their house on Mill Ave nue. A squirrel has been making his residence in a tree there, and one day last week Billy Durk got so close to him he could swing at him with a curtain rod. 01f you want to see someone hopelessly involved in something, you ought to catch me trying to run a month-end balance on my books. In the first place—I don't know whether I've told about this ac tual happening before or not—my college mathematics grades were only fair. In fact. I almost didn't get through that last required course to get out of the freshman class. The professor was a reaiisuc sort of a chap, (hough, thank good ness. and about the middle of the term he called several of the boys up and told us we'd have to ^nukle down if we expected to s the course. Then, he added , k he'd give us the benefit of ■ " doubt if we showed him we .e working and really trying. »• rankly, I did try. but parabollas and parellelograms didn't make sense to me. and when the time for the final exam came. I had a grade of about 50. way below pas sing. However. 1 had nerve enough to go in for the final exam: and when he finished putting it on the board, he called out several names, mine included, and invited us into his office. First, he addressed the other fellows, all Phi Beta Kapoa men. an told them thev were wast ing their time, that their grades had been so good no mark they'd make on their final would affect it. Then, he addressed me: "Mr. Arthur.' he said, "neither will any grade you make on the exam affect your final mark El even closely bring it to passing. You've showed me you tried, so I'll make you a proposition: Since you're taking math only because it's required for an AB degree, I'll pass you on this course on one condition." "What's that?" 1 asked. "On condition that you give me your solemn promise never to take another course of math while you 're a student in the University of North Carolina, and so disgrace my teaching ability." "I promise." I replied. And. brother. 1 never darkened the doors of that math building from then until graduation. In fact. I don't even like ihe looks of the building even now. But it was with that background that I went into the books last u/»»plc I found that figures don't lie — and that quite often when I handle them, they don't even stand up. If that ledger had the power of thinking, it probably had a reac tion had a mathamagician had hold of it. But laboriously we got through with them, although it required a little maneuvering like the story about the fellow who was appoint ed executor of a friend's will and drove his horse and buggy out to the farm to read it. The story goes that the deceised person had 17 mules and wanted to divide them between his three son s. The will said that one half of them was to go to the oldest son, one-third to the next, and one ninth to the youngest. The executor couldn't figure out how he was going to make such a division with 17 mules. Finally, he hit upon a solution. He took the boys out in the yard, unhitched his own horse, and put it in the lot with the mules, making 18 animals. Then, he gave nine of them, which was half, to the oldest son; six of them, which was one third, to the next; and two, which was one-ninth, to the youngest. Nine, six and two make 17. he reasoned then took back his own horse and drove on me, his duty performed. \S OPPOSE CONSCRIPTION Tokyo—(/P)—United States sol ders attending a veteran's com mittee debate on universal peace time conscription voted 177 to 84 against it. Radio Controlled Plane Here his Week 300 Filled Stockings Will Be Furnished Hospital At Christmas 0The camp and hospital commit tee of the Onslow County chapter of the American Red Cross has volunteered to furnish 300 filled Christmas stockings for the pat ients at the Naval Hospital at Camp Lejoune at Christmas time, it was announced yesterday by Mrs. Mary Lily Blake, committee chairman. Fourteen chapters of the coun cil. which met at Camp Lejeune last week, have a quota of 2.900 stockings to supply for hospital's patients. To assist in financing the pro ject. the Jacksonville Woman's club Thursday afternoon voted a $10 appropriation. This year socks will be used in stead of stockings, and a pair of socks, the other being stuffed in the toe of the filled one, will go to each patient. Another project to provide the Christmas spirit has been under taken by the Junior Red Cross, which will furnish 500 napkins to the hospital. Christmas packages also wilt be wrapped for patients who wish to send gifts home. Those who attended the council meeting at the camp included: Mrs. A. W. Gawthrop. Mrs. lames A. Odom. Mrs. Mack Carraway. Mrs. J. V Starling. Mrs. Blake of Jacksonville; Mrs. Philin Eisiyman of Midway Park: Mrs. \ If red Noble and Mrs. G. W. Me Henry of Camp Lejeune. Mrs J. T. Utile of Greenville, Council president, oresided. Cant. .J. R. White. CSX. com manding officer of the hospital, and Lt. Ci I I. C. Carter. USMC. of Cherry Point, were luncheon speakers. The former was in!>'o duced by Miss Daisy Marshall. Red Cross field director for the naval hospital: and the latter was pre sented by J. W. Phillips. Red Cross field director at the Marine Air Station at Cherry Point. Also in troduced were Mrs. Albert Noble, wife of General Noble and chair man of the Gray Lady Corps at Camp Lejeune: Mrs. John D. Ro binson of Wallace, special advisor for the council work, and other Red Cross representatives. GOES TO SMITH! IF.IJ) # Minnie Esther Thome of Elm City, recently working in North hampton Couniy and formerly an employee of the Onslow-Penier District Health department, has taken a job at public health nurse with the Johnson County Health Department at Smithfield. Ee rie Public Exhibition At Peter?-' :id Wednesday Q A i.... . than 100 mile per hour. - >i > .liv es, and loop-- •. .1 nout >■:1 •>' lot or siri: 1:.and one >1 the Ar my's closest guarded see ets dur ing the war will be demons! ra'.e'd to tile pnM:■; if:!' • : i We..:n - 'I i\ ;:,-ie:'Mn«)i! i 4 o'e! ck. The plane is : s>P< :«>• : • in Ons low I 'uuni\ i" ' pine: m: vil :> •. be Victorv I nan drive, a id Ch irman J. C. Thompson ves , ha six.'d that the publ: and thai in cludes anyone ir- i :ie : •• • ; invited to \vitnc: ,bo d< nvj ra tion. Canip f iir'e"^ri'i^T''rTt are cooperating- in the exhibi tion, and entrance in li e ba-.e and directions t:> Pe'errbdd Point will be riven ..t Tent Camp gate. and has a \\ in* -p < ad of twelve feel. There are no stiings or invis ible wires attached to it: ii is strict ly radio contni'o.l 11 .ci :b-. -ap proximate ly 111 >' pew (1- mii driven by a:i e r N-. -e .. ' er 1 vo cycle. const ant-speed g. - • i: i:«• en gine. Mow 1'Ianc Works The team which operates the model plane from the urennd is led by 1st. ! I"?r r 1 • .amniil The team roils on: a t'iP'• 'not launching ra up e; : o a la rue -bold and calanulis il e n ■ ■'! tar e! plane into the air a: -1 p:< coeds •, > put on an F.i rie an I --p e uvular performance. Thomnson repo>-- i v^vev.'av that a total of >:< n bo; - bad been purchase 1 .in. in , ie irsi week of the d'bvc. Horace Brc^n Qrsns Richlands Business; To Handle Fnq:ri,V p. # Horace S. H- ,• \ r b - one- ed a new btisim - - 1 II: -h! .-i m as the Brov. •> Snpo'v (b.nr.vi \\ which will i'« . •:< e1 • ■ t"i 1 >,,od ucts and appPaneis ->s we!! as other general more n Brown, v bo re<,.,>d from ! lie Smi;b i1 ei1 e \ ■ bo was statlored . ':b .. ,-u tion outfit dur oj !'- e i in m.' ly was associ ited ■•>:': 1. Ii IP-own, Jr.. Store in Hieiu ::: Among ihe 1-eadi lg eiet t • ieal products be w :1! be is Fr gi daire i^frigerators ami other ap pliances. Servicemen Returning Home From Overseas Landing Ai Bosion i-3> Boston - Servicemen arc listed <•'' a as passengers, on vet '.lining -'lips from Europe. fi. cki'g al i?"Sto?i. The list was compiled by Press f11>ni advance -••emji';- «•' nvoy lists and it is not . c.'i rec'• d list 'as to date of or dMe of 'irrival. U.ri'l.. -ii.UvAlwiJwU.u.s thai i'ela iws ..ml !. i■ • • uis -f ihe ar-'vals i'. ■ { conl.icl the pc-t for ■ < t ? cl i t ional infonr.a'ion. as that is. not avail able The Associated Vn** does i.)! have acldMinnal information, i • d< •<•>, Tiie .News and Yica «. The Ii^* follows: Scheduled to ard 'he SS Vie. Felix II i !"c ('•!I ; S. H,, SSgt. John W. r. hedui