The News and Views -- w Ths News and Views. The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County VOL. XII, NO. 72 JACKSONVILLE, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1950 member of the associated tress PRICE: 5c per copy Down East with ^ Billy Arthur There's been a lot of talk about »ne new inventions in the new cars. They have been talking a lot about putting the engine in the rear of the car. making seats out of soybeans, plastic bodies and steer ing wheels made out of French pastry in case you get hungry on a long trip. WHY DON'T THEY MANUFAC TURE A NEW MAN? If there ever was a contraption that needed im proving, it's the human body! Let'? begin at the bottom: take a look at you feet. Now, there's a thing that's absolutely without beauty. Would any man go out with a girl that looked like his feet? Why don't they make feet in the shape of wheels? Then, you could roll around to see your friends and roll to the office and when you come home at night from work, your wife could tie a suction bag around your neck and use you for a vacuum cleaner. Now let's go up a little higher, to the knee! No one has ever figured out what the knee is for. It's always getting out of joint and it needs more attention than a second-hand lawn-mower. In the old days, the knee played a very important part in love making. But, the automo bile and drive-in theatre changed that and has turned the parlor sofa into a deteriorated useless, moth eaten antique! Now, we come to the stomach! Otherwise known as THE PAUNCH' There's a prominent part of the human body particularly if vou drink a lot of beer. The stomach nerves two purposes. It holds your dinner and what is much more im portant, it's supposed to hold up your pants. Now. the less saic" about THE ARMS, the better! They grow out of nothing, and thev swing back and forth like a big baloon The neck . . . the neck is a shirt drain pipe that rises up out of the shoulders and disappears into the bottom of the head. It's usually de corated with an Adams apple and a collar. The Adams apple is a me dium sized meat ball that keep.' running up and down in front of the neck looking for its mate Many people try to hide it by wrap ping a necktie around it but in most cases, the tie is even uglier than the apple. Many people arc still of the opinion that they got an Adams apple to show where man got it in the neck! me wutuu ue mue use fill if it was ball-bearing, then you could swing the head completclv around without turning. With i revolving head, a man could walk down the street and if he noticed a cute chick strolling past in the opposite direction he could quick ly swing his "head toward her and ask her if she was going his way. Now, wc come to tht TEETH, 'he average Vnan spenda fifty pcr | nt of his salaryon &W ftmily. 25 ™ jrcent on other girls and 25 per* c-ent on his teeth- Let u* look into the mouth of a man who lt«s just cejebrated his 50th birthday and what do we see? Bestdes a small piece of birthday cake you see a collection of inlays, concrete fill ings. porcelain jackets and a ton gue. And. now we come to the man's crowning glory—his HAIR! The top of the head is the only spot where hair can't be grown with much suc cess. Maybe agriculture can solve the problem. Farmers discovered that the soil deteriorates unless they rotate their crops. For ex ample, if one year they raise corn, the next year they raise wheat or cabbage or even eggplant. Maybe we can do the same thing to the scalp. In the winter we could grow hair and in the spring, the scalp can be ploughed up and we can plant some string beans. In Octo ber they could be clipped and made into a nice salad. The next year you could try cabbage ... in other words six months HAIR and six months CABBAGE! Bine Mold Discovered On Tobaeco In Jones i The scourge of the tobacco plant j beds, blue mold, has struck in Jones County, it has been reported by County Agent A. V. Thomas. He said he discovered the blight on the farms of Ernest Eubanks in the Chinquapin Township of the j county. The size of the affected plants j are larger than most in Jones! County, Thomas said. They have reached the size of a Z5-ccnt piece. The burning effect of the blight has been spotty on the 500 yards' of plant bed, and the whole plant b«d area has already been sprayed, he said. The county agent ursed all to bacco farmers in the county and section to begin immediately to spray their plants, particularly' those which have gained a size to! be highly susceptible. The recom mended treatment for the blue mold, best applied in advance, is a spray or dust of fermate or dithane. Barden To Run Again 'or Seat In Congress Representative Graham A. Bar Jen, of the Third Congressional District, formally announced his candidacy this week for renomlna tlon in the Democratic primary to be held in May Barden made his announcement In a letter to R. C. Maxwell, execu tive secretary of the State Board of Elections in which he submitted a check for )125 In payment ot his filing fee. So far, the representative, who Is from New Bern, 1* unopposed. Sir Only Applies For ComRats "Sir Dusty of Dreadnought," right, the Camp Lejeune mascot, looks over a batch of 11-week-old recruits sired by him from Dories Butterfly. Butterfly and the six pups are owned by Commissioned Warrant Officer Jack Nelson. (Photo by Cpl. L. B. Snyder.) Official Marine Corps Photograph GrahamEubanksNamed Onslow County Auditor County Commissioners To Close County Home Effective April 1 Graham K. Eubanks. of Maysyillc, was appointed Onslow County Auditor by Ihe County Commissioners in their regular monthly meeting Monday t > succeed J. J. Cole. Eubanks' appointment is effective April 1 for a 12 months term. unairman h. M. tnnett stated that Cole did not file an application for reappointment although he—■ or anyone else—could be appointed to the post without an application. Wednesday morning. Cole told the News and Views that he prepared in application for renomination to he post and presented it to the board before the meeting. His ap plication, he said, was returned to lim by Ennott after the meeting The commissioners also voted to formally close the Onslow County lome effective April 1. A petition, bearing 307 names from the five •ounty townships, requesting the board to reconsider their action, was presented to the commission ers. The board, however, voted to uphold their previous action and ordered funds for the maintenance ->f the home to be frozen effective che first of next month. They also: 1. Formally refused permission to Jack Turney, director of the Youth For Christ movement, to use the courthouse for the Sat urday night meetings of the group. 2. Scheduled a special meeting for Monday. March 20, for a hear ing on a petition of Willis Landing residents for a public landing to be designated there. 3. Postponed until the March 20.h meeting the appointment of a mem ber of the Welfare Board to replace W. C. Capps whose term has ex pired. 4. Slated a join: meeting of the County Commissioners and the Welfare Board. Commissioner M. M. Gray pre sented Eubanks' application for the county auditor's post, to the board and moved that he be appointed. His motion was seconded by Com missioner Jim Sabiston. Eubanks was unanimously elect ed but only after Commissioner Gordon Provost, attending ins first meeting since his appointment last, month to succeed Commissioner Harry B. Moore of Swansboro. nominated Cole for reelection. His motion died for lack of a second and Provost then voted for Eu banks. Last month, Turney apppeared before the commissioners and re quested permission to use the courthouse for the Youth For Christ meetings. The commissioners voted against ihe move. Monday, Turney presented his request again, but was refused once more. Com missioner Provost, however, voted to allow the group to use the build inp. The hearing on the Willis Land ing was postponed for the second time. Last month. County Attorney John Warlick pointed out that a (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2f) Red Cross Booth Set Up This Week In Courthouse A booth for the convenience "f any resident who wished to make a contribution to the 1950 Red Cross Fund Campaign has been maintained by volunteers in the lobby of the Court House during the days Superior Court was in ses sion this week. Chairman Carl Venters stated that it was the first time Ine idea had been tried in this county but that il was done to mirs no opportunity to reach every citizen and to give each an opporlunity to join the Red Cross. Announcement of a dinner meet ing for the workers of the Swans bnro area for Saturday night of this week was made yesterday by Mrs. !ngest-on. I feel that all cases should be tried as soon as possible, so as to accommodate the witnesses an4 the litigants, having in mind at ill times the fair and impartial administration of justice." He pro mised to follow the same practices WALTER T. BRITT he is now pursuing in the event he is nominated and elected. His only opponent to announce so far is H. Frank Owens, young Kinston attorney, who paid his filing fees several days ago. Board Opposes Rate Increases For Tide Water Town, Chamber Send Protests To Commission The Jacksonville Town Council : voted unanimously against the pro posed increase in rates requested by the Tide Wate Power company nnd prepared a resolution which . will be sent to State Utilities Chair man Stanley Winborne in protest I against the action at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday night. The town protested the increase i last May. Mayor Herbert Eastwood said, and wrote Winborne request ing that the increase not be ap i proved. Winborne replied. E.ist ! wood said, stating that the Utilities Commission did not consider the Tide Water request as an actual increase in rates. M. A. Cowell. council member, made the motion calling for the resolution and requested that oth er interested organizations here write in protest against the move. A meeting to discuss the increase has been scheduled by the com mission for March 16 in Raleigh. Cowell and the council members urged that as many representatives from Jacksonville as possible | should attend the meeting. The Jacksonville Chamber of i Commerce passed a similar /esolu tion in protest to the move in its regular monthly meeting last i veek. A discussion of protests from i Jacksonville citizens on uncovered I garbage cans and stray dogs turn ! ing the cans over and scattering the contents, was held by the coun ! cil. The cans, the commissioners | urged, should be covered at all 'times with covers to prevent the \ attraction of flies and dogs. | The council approved the ap ■ pointment of Rev. Robert Kirch | ercssner and Miss Helen Bryan to fhe town recreation commission. | Miss Bryan replaces Mrs. Laura j Starling and Kirchgessner was j named as the Tunior Chamber of I Commerce representative. I An excessive use of water by the Onslow County Hospital was noted i by the council. The hospital, Mayor ; Eastwood reported, used 900,000 i gallons last month. This, he said, was more than either of the hospi Itals in Kinston and New Bern used j and over twice as much as the | Southern;Xaurtdjry and Dry Clean ! ers used during the month, i "We are glad to give the water to the hospital." a councilman said, 'but there is a very definite waste somewhere. Some correction should be made immediately." Mayor Eastwood said the Town of Jacksonville was opposed to pro oosed Tide Water rate increases because principally, they affect the small consumer, raising his rates about $6 a year. The southeastern power com pany, it was stated, already has higher rates than either the Duke or Carolina Power companies. Jacksonville Jaycees Will Participate In Annual Soap Box Derby The Jacksonville Junior Cham | ber of Commerce voted Wednesday | night to participate in the annua! ! Kinston Soap Box Derby by enter ing as many Jacksonville boys in the event as possible. ! F. M. Pi'tman, of Harvey's Chev j rolet Company in Kinston, showed | the Jaycees a film of the soap box | activities from the local derbies. I sponsored in towns all over the country to the final races which are I held each year in Akron. Ohio. Ralph Caldwell and Ray Howard, wo Jacksonville youths who com peted in the Kinston race last year, also attended the meeting which was held at Jim Tanner's restaur ant. The chamber also heard a report from the board of directors and the nominating committee. The new Jaycee president will be elected next week. Guests at the session included CWO George Young of Camp Lejeune and John Godwin of Jacksonville. House Of David Team To Play Here Sunday A basketball game between the Jacksonville Rockets and the House | of David team, famous clowning, fancy ball handling team, has been scheduled for the Jacksonville gymnasium Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The House of David team, who all wear genuine beards, has played over 2,000 games throughout the country and have been billed in other places as "a three ring cir cus." Admission to the game will be $1 and 50 cents. LOCAL BOY GRADUATES FORT BENNING. Ga —Pfc. Mar vin L. Kellum of Jacksonvilie, war graduated from the heavy weapons course of the Infantry School, ac cording to an announcement by Major General Withers A. Rurres*. commandant. Grand Jury Asks For Busses, Schools, Hospital Repairs Kick-Off Dinner On Friday evening, February 27, the Onslo v County Chapter of the Red Cross sponsored a "Kick-Off Dinner" a* Pine Lodge Community Cen er in Jacksonville. The dinner was Riven for all workers of the 195,') Red Cross Drive. Anion,? tho « present at the dinner were, (left to riirht). Colonel W. W. Davidson. Chairman of the Camp Lej?une It>d Cross Drive. A. Turner Shaw, Chapter Chairman, Onslow County, Carl Venters, lP.'O Pund Campaig 1 Chairman of Onsinw Coun'v. and Major H. O. Buz hardt, Co-C'hairman of the Camp Lcjzune Red Cro « Drive. (Photo by' Cpl. A. B. Snvlh.) Official Marino Corps Photograph Decrease Noted In Town Arrests During February A decrease in arrests, iiidictmenls and convictions in the Town of Jacksonville in February as com pared to those made in January was noted in the Chief of Ponce Clyde Cook's monthly report to the ci:y council. Loal policemen made 87 arrests during February as copmpar ed to 103 in January, and 80 in dictments and convictions as com pared to 90 indictments and 83 convictions last month. Drunkenness and crunk and dis orderly cases again topped the list as the most frequent cause for ar rest. A total of 42 persons were arrested on the two charges with 40 being freed af-er payment of fines and costs and two going to the roads. Sixty three white men, one white woman, 15 Negro men and one Ne gro woman were among those against whom indictments were brought. Seven automobile accidents were reported, six of them involving cars and one involving an automobile and a bicycle. Seventeen arrests were made for violation of motor vehicle laws with five arrests for driving while drunk and five for traffic violations heading the list. Other violations included two ar rests for speeding and reckless driving, two for nonobservance of lights or signs and one each for reckless driving, no auto license, improper brakes and no operators license. Tiie local police recovered stol en jewelry, cash and checks totaling S2.484.35 and stolen auiomobiles valued at $3,500. The police, Cook repor.ed. found 'wo out of throe persons reported missing, discovered two doors <.f businesses unlocked, investigated 162 non-criminal complaints and handled a total number of 243 calls and complaints during February. Special Services Held At Methodist Church Special dedicatory services in observance of Methodism's Week of Dedication have been held ..his week at Trinity Methodist '"hurrh with meetings beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Stewards of .he church lathered Monday evening, members of the Woman's Society of Christian Serv ice met on Tuesday evening and the Youth Groups with .heir ">un selors held services Wednesday night The officers and teachcrs of the church school met with adults oi the church last night. The services all ended with the groups around the altar in personal dedication. The series oi meetings will be i concluded with the Sunday morn ing service when Holy Cimmunion will be administered and the church will enter jointly with all protestantism in one great hour of j sharing. Mrs. Simpson Appointed Jacksonville City Librarian Mrs. L. O Simpson was e'ected librarian for flic local library at a meeting of the Onslow County Library Board, which was heicl Tuesday afternoon with Chairman VV. R. Lingle, presidin i. Mrs. Simpson will fill the place iei't vacant by the resignation of Mrs. Phillip Eisenman who has served as librarian for the past 18 months. » Mrs. Simpson assumed her duties * on wcunesaay aucrnoon anu nasi announced that the hours will be Irani 1 to 5 o'clock on Monda>. Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Members of the Board attend ing the meeting included Mis." j Dorothy Wightman, county librar ian. Mrs. Irene Brown and Mrs I Victor Venters of Richlands. and ! Mrs. Harold Koonce and Mrs. W. T. Turlington cf Jacksonville. Mrs. Louis Sylvester, another member was unable to attend becausc of Hlness. Report from Mrs. ISisenman, the retiring librarian, showed a decid ed increase in circulation during: the past months, which she attri buted to the unusuaiiy large num ber of new books .received. She stated that the latest fiction anc1 non-fiction have been added to the library and interest has increased as a result. The Board reviewed a list of delinquent books and arc making an appeal to the parents of ill reboot children of the Jacksonville schools to look over their book shelves in an effort to find books which have been taken out by students and not returned. No fines will be imposed on these delinquent books during the next mrnth and Mr. Lingle will appoint a teacher in each building to assist with this search and receive books brought to the schools. A list of missing books has been prepared and put into the hands of the principals. /\ ueposit mi puis ins wiiii luivi. not lived in the county as long as six months will be required in the future, the Board decided. Such deposits will be returned to the borrower upon return of the books. The need for the library t*> be open more than three afternoons each week was discussed and the Board plans to investigate plans for opening it each afternoon. Appreciation was expressed for the quarters now housing the lib rary. which were provided through the generosity of Mr. Carroll Bryan and the heating system which was installed by the Cham ber oi Commerce. Indication was that possibly the number of books now delinquent was brought about by the fact thai it was necessary to move the lib rary twice last year before the present quarters were availab'e. Miss Wight man gave a report on the Bookmobile which indicated an increased circulation in this de partment also. The schedule for the Bookmobile is: White Oak. first Tuesday of the month; Swansboro. second Tuesday; and Sncads Ferry. Lhird Tuesday. ATTENDING RALEIGH MEET G. E. Maulisby is in Raleigh to day attending a meeting of the: Board of Directors of the North! Carolina Oil Jobbers Association! of which he is a member. I Contest Finals Slated Monday h Soil Talks 3y County Students Elimination finals for Onslow County in the soil conservation speaking con! est will bo hold Mon day morning at 10 o'clock in the Agriculture Building in. Jackson ville. J. T. Harper, of the Soil Con servation Service, announced this week. Subject for the contest is 'Tho Social Aspects of Soil Was - age." Elimination contests in the five county schools arc being held this week, Harper said, in preparation for the county finals Monday. The winner in the coun.'y contest will £0 to Trenton on next Friday to i-ompete in a group contest.. The winner of the group contcst, he -aid. will compe e in the state-wide finals in Raleigh on March 24. Prizes for tlie school and county winners are being donated by the First Citizens Banic and Trust Com pany of Jacksonville and Rich lands, Harper said. The public. Harper said, is cor dially invited to attend I he county finals Monday morning. Jones-Lenoir X-Ray Program Begins, Will Operate Until April 8 A mass chest x-ray survey open rcl in Jones and Onslow Counties this week. Dr. R. .1. J .ones, heal h Dfficcr, announced yesterday. The ■;uivtv win continue throusjn April J. Five mobile x-ray units of the Nor;h Carolina State Board of lie Lath will operate in the two Lountirs, offering free x-rays to all persor.s, white and colored, who 3re 15 years or older. The mass x-ray will be conducted in Onslow and Pender counties hex! mcnth, beginning April 18. The schedule for the .Jones x-rays are as follows: Dsugherty's Store, March 7, R. inci 9; Oakey drove Church, March 19, 11, ;-nd 14; Wise Fork. March 11 and 14; Maysville—T. C. Fos Lue's Store. March 15, 16. 17. 18, and 21; Hargett's Cross Roads, March 17 and 18; Comfort School (for School and Public, March 21, 22. and 23. Oliver's Cross Roads, March 22 and 23; Pollocksville— Cox's Tea Room. March 24, 25, 28, 29. and 30; Phillips' Cross Roads, March 31 and April 1; Trenton— Court House, April 4, 5, 6, 7, and Judge Sentences KornegayTo Life Imprisonment Recommendations for additional school buses for Jacksonville high school, repairs for rooms and toi lets in nearly all counly schools, a new plumbing system for Onslow County Hospital, in addition to a re quest for decontrolling the build ing against termites were included in the report of the Grand Jury to Judge John J. Burnev. who pre sided over the March term of On .low Superior Court this week. The jury also found a need for electricity and water facilities at the colored school be.ween Jack sonville and Richlands. The March term of criminal court, which began Monday with a heavy docket, concluded its work Wednesday afternoon and was ad journed. Solicitor Walter T. Britt, appointed recen Jly jby Governor Kerr Scott to succeed the late J. Abner Barker, made his debut here at the court session. During the session. Gaston Kor negay, Jacksonville Negro, was sentenced to life imprisonment upon pleading guilty to accessory before the fact in the first degree murder of his wife last October. Seven divorces were granted by the court and one woman, Ann Cowan, was sentenced to the State prison for two years upon convic tions on two charges of forgery. Two men. Clyde B. Jones and Au drev Hill Pigford, tried on charges (if driving an automobile while drunk, were acquitted by the jury. .John A. Wethington, of Swans boro, was found gui'ty on a man j slaughter charge in the hit-and-run death of Carl Bari'ield. Jr., also of Swansboro. and was given a sus pended sentence by Judge Burney. In addition to a reed for four addlt'onal school buses to trans port Jacksonville High School stu dents, the G^j\d Jury also cited it he need fo ~T^>p light on a bus la* the colc .^Thool and the re pair of gla I: buses numbered l 20. 27, breaking and entering, and lar ceny. Prayer for judgment for two i years upon good behavior and | costs of court and $56.40 to prose cuting witness. The full report by the Grand I Jury was as follows: We, your Grand Jurors, beg leave to make the followinu report: We considered 17 bills of ndict ment and found 16 true bills and one not a true bill We inspected the County Jail and found conditions to be very (.satisfactory, except for a serious defect in the plumbing. When the water is cut off a hammering noise sounds throughout the pipe, which is very disturbing and we recom mend that it be repaired immedi ately. We examined the records of Hie Clerk of Superior Court and found that all mayors and justices of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6> EDO! i 1 i