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Down East with Billy Arthur The News and Views VOL. XII, NO. 88 The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County JACKSONVILLE. N. C. FRIDAY. MAY 5. 1950 Over 6,000 People Read Th« MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICK ;5c I'KR COPY The folks down town haven't yet jecome accustomed to the removal of the post office. Bob Kalet took off four times Monday for the old site, and Morris Trachtenberg now has to hunt a new place to step out to whenever he's tired of keeping store. That it is convenient to him as he heads down street from home is no con solation. And Carroll Bryan unconsciously ambled up to the front door Mon day morning, grabbed the handle of the locked portal and almost walked through it b fore he dis covered his mistake. Cephus Foscue and Charles Duf fy Koonce were out getting their mail, and 1 chided Cephus for the Maysville folks not getting the jump on the new location. We might as well run up to Maysville for the mail as to have to go to SwansbOro. Cephus said the fel lows up that way were working on it. Got my refund n income taxes th* other mornir and Art Inncs wanted to know i 10 fill# out my return. "Did you 'o it or .ve your CPA do it?" he f ked. "I filled it ou ' I sai "Then you'd b ter no ash thai check yet," he f ivised. Everett Lumpkin stopped Edith and mc. "I want to find »ut some thing." said he. "Now, you know I've got Jennie pretty well unrler control, and Bob Kalet's got Har riett under his thumb. Bob Harts field never has talked back to his wife, but always managed to get away when he v.'inted to real bad Now, what I Want to know is this: is this marriage gonna break up our fishing foursome?" Edith said that it wasn't. I'll give you a report come Tues day tditn walked into the cafe the other night and her eye caught the latest issue of Vogue, which fea tured in the current issue "How to Marry Well." "Huh," said she, "that book came out a month too late." Hod Jones won't heckle Jim Tan ner any more until he's prepared. The other day at the Kiwanis club, Jim and Rod exchanged re partee until Jim quipped: "You ought to shut your big mouth, so the ladies serving us can get in and out that door." Little Billy Mangum is last get ting onto thfc ways of the world and so. forth. Monday evening he ran up to bis dad, and declared: "Daddy, they've sold the post office and built Another right in frotjt of our ho Use." Ofetfow Ccrtlnty never need worry , out employing * promotion An. man. All it needs is to send Jlyde Sablston out to tell the people about the flsh, game and sq forth of thtt fine county. The other night Clyde went by Mil Capps' house. And Bill show fed him the two bass, one weigh ing a couple of pounds, he caught up New River Tbt next morning, Kat Mattocks stopped Bill. "Boy, that was some catch of fish you made yesterday!" said he. "How many was it seven?" Bill walked a bit farther, ran into James Cowan. "Congratula tion* on that big fish. How much did it weigh? Seven pounds?" And a third asked: "How many did you catch? Ten?" "I knew right off," said Bill, "that Clyde had been down town ahead of me." As Bill headed up the river that afternoon with only a red and plug, he met Otis Cowan with his cane pole. "That all you taking?" asked Otis. "I wouldn't be caught up there with one of those out fits. never caught anything on it. Gimme the old reliable cane pole and worms." That he said when he pulled in a perch slightly larger than a good-sited hand. Bill kept casting and Anally landed a chub, showed it to Otis, who still had his little perch. This time, Otis would have changed imple ments had he had a rod and reel Along. But as otis ninea along, nis son <u playing with the perch in the bottom of the boat, and toon the fl»h passed out. mat's (he matter?", asked his son? "It's dead, said Otis. ."Well, we don't want no dead fiah. -do wif, ttaijdy?" ayked the sr>t, .« he tossed it overboard be fore D:la eiuld reply. Tofimy Gresham was trying to determine the dtstahte between hire and Ricky Mount. "It's closer by Farmvllle," said Jim Tanner. "Naw." said Dr. Kattin, "it's closer by Snow Hill." "It's a hundred milea any way you go," chimed in Wes Conkling. "OK." added Tommy, "If It's a hundred miles anyway I go. I'll go by Warsaw and change my shirt." We were discussing an article in the Saturday Evening Post, and 1 asked If Dr. Mortly Katzln had read the story about the "Fox 'bo Wouldn't Hun." ') "Nope." he replied, "all I read js the story on Alcatrai and jetty Grable." "You had better read them in the other order, Brat Betty arable and then Alcatrai, because Harry James Is a Jealous man." I told the doc. He agreed. It seem* that he would lean toward Betty Orable II he weren't afraid Harry James would shove him away. We're willing to try Anything once and usually do. New Hospital Investigation Approved By Commissioners An investigation into the possibility of securing a brand new. fire proof. efficiently constructed hospital with the aid of Federal and State funds was given tacit approval by the Board of County Commissioners Monday. me commissioners named Al ton Capps and Hammond Koonce to the hospital trustees as re placements for llobert U. Jus tice and Mrs. C. W. Sutton, of Sneads Ferry and Hichlands re spectively. The latter two per sons. named by the commission ers without first having been consulted, declined the appoint ments. The investigation was author ized after Albert J. Ellis, chair man of the ho-vpital trustees, said the board was "alarmed at the physical condition of the building." badly in need of ter mite treatment, repaired ceiling and floors. "The cost of total re pairs to the present structure." said Ellis, "I believe would far exceed the cost to the county of a brand new structure." Ellis said he had discussed the matter of replacins the buildine with Federal officials, and under stood that funds micht he avail able from Federal coffers as well as from the North Carolina Medi cal Care Commission, provided the county put up a portion. He said past allotments for other counties had apparently been on a six-to one basis, and with the land and equipment already in possession of the county. Ellis figured tenta tively that the actual cash outlay on the part of the county would be very li:tie. The commissioners joined him in his opinion that an investiga tion would be worthwhile, since the present structure was erect ed during World War II when not the best of building mater ials were available. Meanwhile. Tuesday Administra tor E. L. McLaughlin was advised that two members of the Medical Care commission would be here on a casual inspection tour, and ii is likely that the trustees will meet with them briefly. Town Board Will Hold 1960-51 Badgat Moat Or Taaaday, Maf 16 A meeting for conatdering the 050-51 budget f<»* tfte Town of , aeksnnville was art f«w Tuesday night, Mfty 16, bytefcTown 3o&rd at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night. Town Clerk Bill Starling said the meeting would he closed to the public. A delegation from Bayshore Boulevard West, headed by A. j Joyner Lewis, appeared before the I board and requested relief from an excess drainage of water which .they said was washing away the I property at 103. 104. 105 and 106 Bayshore. Piping under the street I there, they said, was stopped up. 'forcing an onslaught of water onto the property. The board voted to take the request under considera tion and investigation A representative of the State Capitol Life Insurance Company appeared before the board and pre sented the benefits of a group in surance plan for municipalities. He left pamphlets and other informa tion on the plan which the board decided to study before taking any action. Mayor H. M. Eastwood told the group that an investigation by Tide Water Power Company had found the improved lighting on the town 1 streets, especially Court Street and I the approaches to the town could be accomplished at an increased 1 rate of 561 per month or $741 a i year The improvements will be | discussed at the budget session. A request that an additional stop light be installed at the in I tersection of Bayshore Boulevard and New Bridge street was also presented by the Mayor. Eastwood said that he had received several requests for the light, especially since the post office moved there. It was pointed out that there is a caution light at the Elementary School and speed limit signs along New Bridge street which should slow the cars down. No action on the proposed light was taken. Summer uniforms for the police officers was also postponed for further consideration at the budget session. New Parly Chairman To Be Named Saturday Election of a chairman of the Democratic party for Onslow Coun ty will be held Saturday morning when the County Democratic .Con vention is held in the courthouse here at 11 o'clock. Thomas J. Mar shall is the present chairman. This year for the first time, two vice chairmen—both women—will be elected. Mrs. W. Victor Venters is the current vice-chairman and Bill Arthur of Jacksonville is sec retary. Delegates to the State Democra tic Convention, which will be held in Raleigh next week end. will also be elected at the meeting. WILL PRESENT RECITAL Mrs. E. S. Bush will present her piano students in a recital tonight at 8 o'clock in the Jacksonville High School Auditorium. Referendum For YFC Courthouse Use Set By Board A voluntary referendum to de termine whether or not the Onslow County Commissioners should per mit regular use of the cour:housc for Youth for Christ rallies will be held in conjunction with the May 27 Democratic primary. Decision to seek a mandate from the voters came a; the May session this week of the Board of County Commissioners who heard a renew ed plea from Jacksonville minis ters and Camp Lejeune chaplains to permit use of the courthouse and divorce the rally from the sep ara c churches. Chaplains E. R. Barnes, R. A. Berry and William Hearn of Camp Lejeune appeared with Rev. Carl B. Craig and Rev. Lee Whaley. the latter Jacksonville ministers; and they were supported, they said, by the Jacksonville Ministerial Alli ance. Provided the commissioners would rescind their aclion in dis allowing use of the courthouse for the regular Saturday night Youth for Christ Rallies, the spokesmen said they would be responsible for janitorial and other expenses of holding the rallies in the court room The public building, they pointed out. would emphasize the fact that the movement is inter denominational. That and the cen tral location, they said, would at tract more youths and remove the possibility of their encountering less w;holesome and spiritual in fluences. It was pointed out fur ther that the decision of the com missioners would in no way hin der the movement, because the separate churches now are willing for the rallies to be held in them. For the past several months they have been at Jacksonville Presby terian church and this month move to Trinity Methodist. The spokes men felt certain that a regular and central meeting place for the scheduled rallies would attract more participants. The commissioners. however, re mained of the opinion that the courthouse was not the .place for regularly scheduled meetings of religious character. Besides, decis ion to cause surrender of the court room for the rallies was prompted by janatorial and power costs and the desire of a denomination to use the courtrooom for its reeular Sun day worship services. The latter was disallowed. Neither of the commissioners was inclined to reopen the matter by mo!ion. Finally Commissioner M. M Gray offered his willingness to submit the matter to the volers so that the commissioners might better know what the people would desire in that connection. His motion was seconded by Com missioner W. Victor Venters and carried unanimously after County Attorney John D. Warlick advised such a voluntary referendum in connection wi!h the primary would cost only the expense of printing the ballots. Kenansvilte-Jarman Road May Ba Improvad Naxl In Highway Plan Highway Commissioner W. Guy Hargett told the News and Views this week that he "hoped" the next highway letting would contain a project for Improvement of the Jarman Fork-Kenansville road. Hargett said that the road im provement project involved both the second district and the third district, and that he Was working with the commissioner of the third in an effort to secure the better road. Hargett added that he thought everything now was in readiness for the work- in both districts and hoped it would be in the next let* ling. As far as Onslow County is con cerned, the stretch from Jarman Fork to the Onslow-Duplin county lines is one of the roughest in this section, and should be improved. Hargett said he had long realized the need for the project, but that since it had involved two highway districts certain matters had to be worked out before it would be in cluded in a letting. Erection of an aaphalt plant on the old Hargett farm preparatory to hardsurfacing of the Rich lands- Jacksonville road via Half Mocn has been started, he added. Thief In Church Thieves are iavadlng churches these days. Mrs. Ramon Askew, Sr.. reported the lost of her pocketbook while attesting serv ices at the Trinity Methodist Church on Sunday. The missing purse, Mrs. Askew said, contained her driver's li cense, valuable . papers and me dicine which ahe would like to have returned. Audience Criticizes Lingle; Praises Lindsay At Public School Hearing Trail Of Million Dollar Fire In North Carolina This scene of ruins marks 'he path of a million dollar fire through an industrial ?er*ion "f North Wilkehboro, N. C. The flames broke ou* in a lumber plant, one of *he biggest in the state, and spread rapidly wit high wind. Four million feet of lumber was destroyed, along with a lumber mill, an ice and fuel plant, a flour and feed mill and a trucking terminal. (AP Photo). Battle Weary 2nd Division Troops Return From Operation Crossover Six thousand battle-weary and tactics-wise Marines of the Second Marine Division returned to camp on Monday with Operation Cross over completed: Major General Franklin A. Hart. Commanding General, com manding the troops in more than a week of warlike life, said that the Marines of the Second Marine Division have "felt the brunt of battle, and are better prepared to meet aggressors." vision nave ieit tne Drum or oai tle, and are better prepared to meet aggressors." General Hart referred to the coaching given to the Marines in avoiding atomic war casualties and the refresher course to the battle toughened veterans leading them Aggressor troops, many of whom hiked the 15 miles back to Hadnot Point for the San Lejeunc Island wore four-day beards, hut there was a decided lift to their shoul ders as they entered the home stretch. Final objective for the Second Marine Division was reached late Monday, and General Hart term ed the overall operation a suc cess. The objective was an airstrip, located 4n the heart of "enemy" territory, across the Intercoastal Waterway on San Lejeune Is land. Operation Cronsover was a triphibious operation by the Second Division and Navy in which the Marines sought to dis embark dryshod. cross the in land waterway, seise and hold five objectives. Planes from Cherry Point Marine Air wins participated. On Tuesday mornlntj at 0900. General Hart called together all Umpires, and unit commander.s. who got together to determine what should have been done, or what should not have been done, and what was done as it should have been. The Umpire staff made its re port as to who lost what, and what was won. Jaycees Will Conduct Clothing Bundle Day Hero, Park On Sunday Members of the Jacksonville Junior Chamber of Cpmmerce will conduct a collection drive through out Jacksonville and Midway Park Sunday afternoon to collect cloth ing for underprivileged children in Onslow County schools. Called "Jaycee Bundle Day." the Jaycees will collect the bundles of clothes from the front steps and porches of home in h'^th communi ties beginning at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Dr. Mordy Katzin and Herb Leary, co-directors of the drive, have urged a full participation on the part of the townspeople. 'We especially need." they said "shoes for children in the grammar grades and any other type of clothing which is in a good or fair condi tion." At a reeenl Jaycec meeting. Earl Hinson, principal of the Elementary School here, told the group that there is a critical need for the clothes. A number of children, he said, have been forced to stay away from school because of a lack of adequate clothing. After the clothes are collected, they will be taken to the local high school where the Parent-Teacher Association will sort and distri bute them. Police Double Drunk Arrests During April Jacksonville police arrested fifty five persons in the town on drunk and drunk and disorderly conduct charges during the month of April.1 Chief of Police Clyde Cook report ed this week. The number was, more than double the number of arrests made on similar charges during March. The local police made a total of 134 indictments during the month compared to 102 indict ments in March. They obtained 121 convictions against 79 last month. In the drunk cases. 40 white men and two white women, sev en colored men and one colored woman were arrested on drunk enness charges and five white men were picked up on drunk and disorderly charges. Ten persons were arrested for disorderly conduct, six on simple assault and two on charges of as sault on a female. Two persons were picked up on breaking in charges, one for arson, and one for peeping torn. The police actually made 147 arrests during the month, turn ing 13 persons over to other jur isdictions for trial. The depart ment Investigated 204 noncrim nal complaints and handled a total of 351 calls and complaints during April. Stolen property, valued at 5225. was recovered by the local police men. The articles included two pistols, a suit, watch, chain, cross and a knife. One 1949 automobile, valued at $1,500 was also recov ered. Onslow School Children Fill 150 Gift Boxes One hundred and fifty Rift box es have been filled by Onslow County Junior Rod Cross members during the past few weeks for school children in foreign coun tries. The boxes, containing school supplies, toys and health articles, were shipped this week. Miss Muriel Ketchum. Junior Red Cross chairman, stated that the Gift Box program is one of the most popular international projects carried out by school children. Since January 1945. through June 30. 1949 2.137.342 gift boxes have been shipped to 32 countries. These boxes, conservatively valued at $2.00 each, represent a shinment of $4,274,684 worth of valuable edu cational and health materials. The good will and morale value cannot be estimated. Schools in Onslow County tak ing part in the program this year were: Jacksonville, Richlands. White Oak, Dixon, Camp Lejeune. Georgetown, SUverdale, Richlands colored and Hawkside Commissioners Request Federal Building In Town The Onslow County Board of Commissioners Monday adopted a resolution calling on the Congress to provide funds for a Federal building in Jacksonville, At llie same time, the hoard went another step to aid the development of the county scat of Jacksonville by dedicating a por tion of the property adjacent to the Agriculture building as a street—extension of Mill avenue. The resolution for a Federal building was requested by Com missioner Jim K. Sabiston and adopted unanimously by the board. The resolution of dedication was requested by the lown so that J. E. Johnson, one of the property own ers on Tall ma n street, would deed a certain amount of his property for the proposed Mill avenue ex .ension. The resolution for the post office follows: "Be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners in regular session on May 1. 1950. that the Congress of United States and par ticularly the Congressman from the Third District, the Honorable Gra ham A. Barden. be requested to secure if possible an appropriation for a Federal owned building in the town of Jacksonville. North Carolina, including the Post Office and such other appropriate offices as the Federal Government may have need for in the carrying on its expanding business in the said County of Onslow." The Street Resolution follows: "Be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Onslow County in regular session on the first Mondav in May, 1950, that the County of Onslow in order to faci litate the better movement of trat fit- and to make travel conditions safely does hereby dedicate to the Town of Jacksonville a street from New Bridge street to the J. E Johnson property upon the condi tion that the said .T. E. Johnson convey or dedicate to the town of Jacksonville the street through his property connecting with Tall man Street. Said street to be used ex clusively as part of the street sys tem of the Town of Jacksonville and to he permanently open and kept in good repairs by the Town :>f Jacksonville so that it shall be at all times 'except in extreme emergencies) be open to the public For travel." The board was advised by the State Highway and Public Works Commission that three roads had seen placed on the county map: 1 That beginning .8 (if a mile west >f the Tar Landing road and going 4 of a mile in a mirth westerly di rection to a dead end: 2. that be ginning two miles southeast of Holly Ridge and going southeast erly to the Morris Landing road: 3 that beginning in Richlands at the intersection of old V C. 258 and Gum Branch road and running northwesterly 4 of a mile to the new location of N. C. 258 at a point 15 miles southwest of the north western town limits. The board also asked the com mission to improve the loop road from the Holly Shelter road a dis tance of one mile back to the same road in Jacksonville township School Board Meeting Tuesday At High School By Bil l B1CI1AN An audience of approximately 150 parenIs and patrons of Hip .Jacksonville Mich School burst into applause V'ednesday night when Jack Turncy. husband of the- present home economics teacher. declare I that Principal W. R Lingle was not "the man you want a> the principal of your high school." Tunicy's statement came between numerous speeches and com ments by various parents and representatives praising Athletic Coach Tex Lindsay, who was not rehired by the Jacksonville School Board. Thirty Prizes Will Be Given Winning Mother Of 1950 Some thirty Jacksonville mer chants have volunteered to donate prizes t.o the "Outstanding Mother it 1950" who will be selected next week in a contest sponsored by the local Teen-Agers. The nrizes will include gifts from local furniture, department, hard ware and drug stores. They will be given to the mother selected from nominations made by any one re siding in the town. According to the rules drawn up by the teen agers. five mothers will be selected from the nominations for final judging by ;»n impartial group of judges Deadline for no minations of the others has been extended until next week. After the five finalists are select ed. balloting on the group will be gin at the Klite Shop. The mother receiving the most votes will be declared the "Outstanding Mother of 1950." i She will be honored on the Tecn ' Age Radio Show over W.INC on Friday night. May 12. and will be presented the various donated , prizes. ' Nominations for the mother • must he made on a penny post ! card, with the nominee's name at | the top and the list of reasons for the nomination following. The ] cards should be mailed to WJNC i or to the News and Views. Voters Urged To Make Certain Names Are On Registration Books ' Elections officials .vest c r d a y urged voters of nil precincts, particularly those of .Jacksonville township, to make certain their names appear on the registration hooks. Under regulations ot the State Board of Elections, the names of. all registered voters are being transferred to a new set of hooks; and it is possible that one might be omitted by inadvertent error As pertains to Jacksonville pre cinct. however, it has been divided into two voting districts. East and West, and it is possible that some of the names might not have been properly transferred to the right voting place. Too. a complete new registra tion has been called for Tar Land ing precinct because the old books have been lost. So. elections officials yesterday urged voters to make certain their names are on the registration books at the proper voting places, or they might not be permitted to vote in the Democratic prima rv come May 27 At the same time, it was em phasized that only registered De mocrats will be permitted to vote in the primary this year. Heretofore, this provision of the election law has not been strict ly enforced in the various coun ties of the State, but new instruc tions from the State Board of Elec tions are quite emphatic on this point. Three points should be made clear: 1. No voter who is not regis tered as a Democrat may vole in the primary 2. Republicans and Indepen dents. if anv» may ask precinct registrars to change their affilia tion between now and the closing of the registration books on Sat urday. May 13. 3. That any election official who allows anyone except a register ed Democrat to cast a ballot in the primary is guilty of a misdemea nor and may be punished as pre scribed by law. TO MAKE TRIP VV. E Baggs. Onslow County Veterans Service Officer, will leave Sunday for a ten day visit to the home of his mother in Camila. Georgia. The Veterans office, Baggs said, will remain open in his ab sence. iwo iTiemnrrs m me ooarci at tended the meeting in an un official capacity. !»«th of them. Timmons Jones and Lou Katzin. stated that the appointments and failure to reappointment teachers in the high school was on the recommendation of Lingle. Their statements were in contradiction to O. E. Maultsby, Sr.. w ho stated that Lingle had told him that he had nothing ♦<> do with the failure to rehire Lindsay. The meeting adjourned alter a motion asking the board lo reap point Lindsay and Mrs. Turney was passed without any opposition by the audience. Katzin told the croup that the school board would hold its: regular meeting on Tuesday night in Lingle's office at R o'cloc k and that the public was invited to attend Jones; told the group that Lingle had informed the board that he did not recommend Lindsay for re appointment because he had not done his school work properly. "I am ready and willing to rhange my opinion if I am shown [hat I am wrong," Katzin said. The vote oi the 150 people in the audience, coupled with a resolution passed by the Burton-Oowell Post of the American Legion and a petition requestin.fi Lindsay's re appoint men I piaeed approximately 1.000 people on record as favoring the move. Alvin Morton, who represented the Lesion at the mcetinc, said that his resolution represented 400 members and that he could secure their signatures if neces sary to a petition. Cola I'lilp, who presided at the meeting, es timated that there were some 500 names on a petition which has been circulating in town for the past ten days. Lingle was criticized by many speakers because of his absence I'lom the meeting Turney stated that talking lo Lingle was "like hunting rabbits because he always talks in circles." Lingle. he went an. "is the main trouble. He knows it himself and that is why he is not here tonight " Lndsay told the group that he bad made mistakes and that he was 'ready to stand up and be counted. 1 was told when I came here." he said, "that I would have three classes and all the coaching respon sibilities. Instead. I have had five cias.sc-', a study ha 11 and a home room." vy r nave nao kids out for football and basketball, I have to talk to sports salesmen, am called to the telephone often, have to take our uniforms to the cleaners to have them cleaned, perform first aid and other du ties and there were times when I could not he in class hut the classes were never neglected." he continued. I have done as much work here as could be done." he said, "and if I had left .Jacksonville without some response 1 would have felt I hat it would have been in vain to try to u,o anywhere else." Fulp told the group that he felt that if a teacher had done a good job. and had done all that was expected of him. that he saw no reason why the teacher shouldn't be rehired. "1 like all the teachers so well that I'd like to see them all stay here." he said. "I have a full view of the athletic fields and grounds of the high school from my place of business," he continued, "and I think that a man who had done the job that Lindsay has done certainly deserves to be rehired. He deserves the thanks of the town for the work he has accom plished. Tommy Hewitt, star Jacksonville athlete, told the group that Lind say "has helped the school more than anyone I know of." Hilly Shu tart. another student, said that Lindsay was out on the athletic fields on Saturday to help the younger children in their games. Annie Favc Morton, a home econo mics student, praised Mrs. Turne.v and told the croup that she fell Mrs. Turne.v was "a fine teacher." Mrs. Turney renewed her at tack on Lingle which she began at the first meeting held on April 2!>. She said thai Linglc gave her the final cheek for the month of May last year and told her "You don't deserve it. we don't want your services next year." She said that Lingle told her last year that she couldn't go to sum mer school and that when she returned from the school on (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5*