Great Days Are Coming To Onslow October 4-7 The News and Views The Only Newspaper In The World That Gives A Whoop About Onslow County Over 9,000 People Read VOL. XIII, NO. 23 JACKSONVILLE, N. C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1950 member of the associated press PRICE: 5c a copy I ^Oown East with J Billy Arthur Guy Lockamy was reminscing at the Kiwanis club about the Jack sonville high school band of 1920. What got Guy started was a re mark of one person that Jackson ville was too small for a high school band. "Back in 1920 when Jacksonville was much smaller than it is now and even smaller than it was in 1940." Guy disclosed, "we had a high school band, and a good one. too." i It got started when Guy himself asked the school committee for one. The committee was composed of the late John W. Burton. John Petteway, R. P. Hinton, George H. Bender and Principal H. R. Frehn. and they were asked to make room in the school for a music teacher at no cost to the school. They agreed. That year Guy went to Beaufort and hired Eugene Robin son. who had been a teacher of band music at N. C. State College. He had organized two bands at Beaufort, but the climate didn't agree with him. and he was willing to come to Jacksonville. That was in 1920, mind you. And his furni ture was moved from Beaufort to Jacksonville by boat, and the com munity rented a house for him to live in. At the end of the school year, the patrons and public were sur prised when the band played for commencement exercises. The band became more popular every month. | and later made appearances at all | the schools, and county-iwde school I meetings at the oCurthouse. | Every political rally. Guy said. | had the band, which also doubled I at formal and informal dances, I and every church choir in the vil lage was represented in it. "With-1 in three years." Guy said, "our band was the talk of the county ! and adjoining counties, and with in four years it was regarded as one of the leading bands in the state. "We not only had a band but also a wellbalanced orchestra that eould play both classical and pop ular music. We played for all pro grams in our school, and it was even unusual for one of us to be late for school." Interesting, of course, arc the members of the band. I asked Guy to get them up for me. A lot of the folks you readers know real well. Here they are and the instru ments they played: Vons Justice. Stacy Walton. Eldridge Hawkins, bass; F. W. Ma rine. baritone; E. W. Summersill. tenor; R, N. Summersill, Julius Ketchum, lfrerifcn 'horn; Percy •ton. Charlie Petteway. Erne»t ~ox, trombone; R. P. Hinton. ohn Koonce. iMtphone; Guy jmy. solo trumptt; Glenn Rob jn, 1st trumpet; H. R. Frehn. 2nd trumpet; James Koonce. 3rd trumpet; Mrs. E. T. Robinson. Mrs. Guy Lockamy. Frank Thompson. Horace Thompson, George Hurst, clarinet: William Sabiston. John Millis. Annie Thelma Hinton. Kate Bender. George Aman, Annie Lula Marine violin; I. M. Bailey, bass violin, Nell Bishoo. piano: C D. Koonce. Charles Sabiston. drums; and Dorsey Hitch, bass drum. Down at Fiileher's Landing, they're still talking about a party of Wilson fishermen who came down about a month back, went fishing and got seasick as the very dickens. Capt. J. T. Fuleher sug gested the next time they get some seasick pills. /'That sounded good and they scheduled another trip about two weeks ago. all five of them arriving with a box of pills which they started in on in the early evening prior to the fishing trip next day. The next morning they went out with Capt. Glover Fuleher. but they didn't get in much fishing. And they didn't have time to get seasick, because the druggist in Wilson had sold them CC pills instead of seasick pills. And each had taken a box. Steve Stafanou. who joined our fishing party Wednesday afternoon, was telling yesterday that Jim Tan ner "didn't get a thing except a good cup of coffee that I carried along." Sam Sacknoff accused me of taking advantage of the Jewish holidays to discuss Jews Harps. "Don't you know what a Jews Harp is?" he wanted to know. "That's an Irish Jew—like Sam Leder." Tom Gresham's description of a local character wjio's been drunk or drinking for about two weeks tops them all "He looks like he's been em balmed. and it didn't take." I've got to go in training for something or other. I Walked half the distance of the Kenansvllle am phitheatre last Thursday night and was so winded I couldn't get words Into a microphone. ^ e heard folks saying they ^ j do it the next time, but L"1 Bell always does It the first ..M When Gene starts to look for anything on his desk, he starts at the bottom. It's usually the first or second piece he picks up. Because of the landing on Korea I turned on the radio at noon the other day. and Cedric Foster gave me a big laugh when he reported: "The Marines landed first—that's the police force uf tin- navy, you knew . . Tobacco Market Holiday Begins After Wednesday The Board of Governors of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association Sunday declared a selling holiday of indefinite length. Meeting in Raleigh, the board set the holiday to begin right after the close of sales on Wednesday. Next Monday the executive committee of the Board of Governors will meet to set the reopening date and the length of selling time on the markets. I Kids Program Slated Here I On Saturday A program for Onslow County j children in observance of National Kids Day has been planned here : by the Boys and Girls Committee j of the Jacksonville Kiwanis Club, I Jim Tanner, chairman, said yes- 1 terday. The program, which Is held | throughout the country by Ki w being given to plans for extensive drilling for petroleum along East ern North Carolina's shores in Carteret and Onslow Counties. Charlotte area wealthy business , men are being presented an oppor tunity to liberally pour surplus: money into this project, which is i being promoted by Norlina Oil De- j velopment Co., a Delaware cor-1 poration with headquarters in Washington. Details of this plan were given ' in Charlotte Friday by Joseph Da- ; vidson of Washington, for many j years a public relations director, in the petroleum products indus-! try. He is talking quietly with 25 or more wealthy men of this area preliminary to calling an informal conference on financing. He said he already has been assured strong support in this state. Particularly Mr. Davidson wants North Carolina men of large wealth to co-operate in this enterprise, which admittedly is following fail ures by several other expensive ef forts in that area to find oil. Mr. Davidson's maximum objective is to raise $1,000,000, but operations j probably will be started when ; $300,000 to $400,000 is made avail I able. The North Carolina Department | of Conservation and Development and other North Carolina Govern (Editors Note: In Observance of Constitution Day, which was Sun day, the Joseph Montfort Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution requested that the Pre amble to the Constitution and the pledge of Allegiance to the flag be printed to remind Americans of the basic foundations of our Ameri canism as we lcnow it today. The preamble and the pledge follow with an introduction prepared by the DARa.) On Feb. 21, 1787, Congress ad vised the states to send delegates to a National Convention in Phila delphia and May 14th. was named as the date of meeting. The number of delegates chosen to this con vention was sixty-five; ten did not attend. The convention remained in session until Sept. 17th, when its work was completed. Sixteen members refused to sign the completed constitution or left the convention before it was ready to be signed. The signatures of only thirty-nine members were appended to it. It was said by Gladstone that no other body of men in all the history of the world, regardless of the time employed, ever devised as system of govern ment so admirable in its ptan and so perfect in its operation as came from the hands of these fifty-five American patriots. THE PREAMBLE We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and sccure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One Nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for al). mental agencies have co-operated with Mr. Davidson to the extent of granting leases on possible oil bearing areas. These leases cover sections of Pender. Jones, Onslow, Craven and Carteret Counties. Financing plans, as evolved by Mr. Davidson, provide that busi ness men may furnish money to assist the enterprise. If oil should be found, these men will be win ners. If the drilling brings in only dry wells, these business men. al ready paying high' percentage in come taxes, will be permitted un der the laws to charge off these losses against current income, Mr. Davidson explained. The prospectus prepared for Norlina Oil Development pointed out that already thirteen wells have been drilled by other interests in Eastern North Carolina. All of these wells proved "dry holes with no evidences of either oil or gas in sufficient quantities to make further operations profitable." Nevertheless, Mr. Davidson in sists that geologists have convinc ed him that Eastern North Caro lina formations compare closely with those of some of the richest producing areas in the Southwest. Therefore, Mr. Davidson is going ahead with his promotion, as he explained it. "in the interest of developing North Carolina's eco nomy plus the hope of profit." Drilling so far done in that area "has been inadequate", he de clared. "We expect to determine actually whether or not oil is there. We plan to drill a minimum of ten wells." He said that "any reputable geo logist will tell you that all the ele ments exist in that area for oil. but it can't be said whether oil i.s there in commercial quantities." He added that "only by extensive drilling can anybody get the an swer." Mr. Davidson explained that he told the North Carolina State offi cials that he would defer starting any drilling activity "until we have sufficient money. We realize that, with proper handling of the situa tion. while we are drilling ten wells at least, enough interest can be created among the major oil companies to provide financing for drilling 50 to 100 other wells in that area within a year." Leases obtained by Mr. Davidson are mostly state owned lands, sound areas and lake and river bottoms, plus a few supplementary leases from individuals. Mr. Dav idson and State officials alike ex plained that the State Treasury will share liberally in sales of any (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) Entrance May Be Possible In Next Few Months, Official Says The plight of 20-year-old Leon Pike of Onslow County, mentally retarded youth who is eligible for Caswell Training School but who is among a waiting list of 380 patients who cannot be accommodated until two new dormitories are completed in January of 1951, is not an isolated case, although 11 months' imprisonment here focuses public attention on him. Dr. William Byrd, superintendent of the State institu tion at Kinston said yesterday. Discussion Set At Pine Lodge On VFW Project Representatives of Jacksonville civic organizations and other in terested persons will attend a meet ing tonight at Pine Lodge at 8 o'clock for further discussion on the proposed athletic-recreation park on land adjacent to the VFW home. At tne suggestions of leaders who attended a meeting last Mon day night, attorneys for both the VFW and Jacksonville will be ask ed to be present at the meeting tonight to explain any legal ques tions which may arise. In answer to questions at the previous meeting. Commander Hi ram Rasnick told the group that the VFW would lease the land to the town of Jacksonville or to an organization representing the town with an option for renewing the lease continuously. "Both the VFW and the other civic organizations have to protect themselves in this plan." Rasnick said. "We can't afford to give the land away and then have it aban doned and never used for this pro ject. Neither can the other group afford to spend money on the pro ject if there is a possibility that an attempt might be made in the future to have it turned over to the VFW entirely." Kirby Thompson, who represent ed the Lions Club, suggested that the next meeting be held in Pine Lodge in order that the meeting place would be more accessible to persons in town. Thompson also suggested inviting the lawyers to attend the meeting. Leaders of eleven civic organi zations in town have been notified of the meeting and most have ap pointed representatives to be pres ent tonight. Rasnick yesterday urged that all interested persons attend the meet ing. "The only way we can under stand each other thoroughly on this project is to get together and an swer questions," he pointed out. 4-H Clubs Plan School Meetings Throughout Week The first 4-H club meetings of j the new school year are being held this week, County \gent Charlie i C. Clark said yesterday. The first meeting was held yesterday at Jacksonville and meetings for the remainder of the week are as fol lows: Tuesday. White Oak; Wed nesday. Swansboro: Thursday, Dix-; on and Friday. Richlands. All meetings will be held during the second period in the morning. Plans are being made. Clark said. ; to form junior and senior clubs in ' all the schools. Students in the 5th. 6th and 7th grades would be in the junior clubs and those from the 8th through the 12th would be senior members. The meetings this ( week will be organizational meet ings together with discussion of i entries in the Onslow County fair | next month and perhaps election of officers, Clark said. Shelton Leaves For Marine Duty Ollie T Shelton, partners with ! R. W. McCaskill in the S. & M. ! Auto and Home Supply Company, ; left Friday for Washington to re , port for duty with the U. S. Ma rine Corps. He retained his former rank of first lieutenant and will be back in his former quartermaster post at Headquarters, Marine Corps. Mrs. Shelton accompanied him, and they will make their home in Washington. Lieutenant Shelton had been in the Marine Reserves. R. W. McCaskill will be sole manager of the firm in Shelton's absence. ur uyra said riKe ranns De hind 14 other youths who are in similar status and who badly need admission to the institution. Classification of the patients into older and younger groups is nec essary because some of the older ones actually abuse the smaller ones if they are kept together, he explained. The youth is in the type which has longevity greater than many other groups and replacements bp cause of death in the institution are rare, although they do owv at intervals. Dr. Byrd said the staff at Cas well Training School had been concerned about Pike as well as the many others on the waiting list, since they were first placed on the list. His application came up in 1946. and the urgency of his case made it necessary to attempt to place him in the State Hospital but after a stay there it was found to be inadvisable to retain him there. Although the new construction now underway at the school may be held up by the Korean war or other delays, there is every hope now that it will be made available early next year, Dr. Byrd stated. He also observed that in Pike's case, while he is kept in a jail and a jail is no place for a youth in his condition, there are other cases where, patients are kept in homes with other children and the condi tions are equally pathetic. Dr. Byrd declared that the Pike youth and others in similar status will continue to get "the fullest and most sympathetic considera tion possible under the circum stances." He declared all would re joice when the construction pro gram is finished and all who need this care can be provided for at Caswell or other State institutions. Holly Ridge Soldier Dies In Auto Wreck ROANOKE RAPIDS—A 20-year old Fort Belvoir. Va., soldier from Holly Ridge, Ernest M. Parker, was killed and two of his companions were injured in an automobile col lision on the Roanoke River bridge at Weldon Saturday night that tied up traffic for several miles on U.S. 301. State Highway Patrolman J D Gay. who investigated, said the 1950 Ford in which Parker along with Cpl. James L. McFoldyen. 22, of Sanford was a passenger and which was driven by Cpl. Bryson Brown. 25. of Cullowhee struck a 1937 Plymouth coupe driven by Wilbur Dickens. 19. of Weldon about 11 o'clock Saturday night. The impact threw both vehicles into the side of the bridge. He said the two cars, both south bound at the time, were a total loss. The Ford was "torn all to pieces.'' Pinned in the wreckage were the three soldiers, Dickens, and Lois Coats. 16. of Weldon. who was a passenger in Dickens' automobile. Gay said it took 15 minutes to free the soldiers find a half hour to get Miss Coats and Dickens out of their car. Parker was pronounced dead on arrival at Roanoke Rapids Hospi tal. Funeral services for Parker will be held at the graveside this after noon at 3 o'clock in the Parker Cemetery at Haws Run conducted by Rev. Lynwood Parker of Folk ! stone. He is survived by his parents, i Mr. and Mrs. Vance Parker of Holly Ridge; six brothers. John, Luther, J. P.. Adrian. Cecil and j Vance; and five sisters, Mrs. Paul i ine Padgett. Mrs. Hazel Bush, Ger j aid, Marie and Judy Parker. Injured A mother and son were Injured and taken to Family Hospital, I Camp Le.jeune, about 11 a.m. in front of Hill's Garage on Highway 24 yesterday. The names and ex tent of injuries were not known by investigating officers when the News and Viewi went to press.