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V I c T yy 1 j 1 l KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MARCH 24th., 1944. .v:-'. I.j C "1 . .1 .jT. j II . ...... i Tl ., I VOl 12 " RoseHill,Teachey,Potters r KenansvilIe,Beulaville Magnolia, Wallace, Chinqua " pin Lagging Most; .- How- . ever, Magnolia Drive Just : Underway; Warsaw, B JV - Grady, Faison, Expected be Over Top by Week end. BY O. H. I7LRICH - The Duplin County American Red Cross War Fund Drive has reached $11,352 as of March 22, leaving $2,948 still o be raised to meet the County quota of $14,300. Six Districts have raised their quota, Rose Hill $1,420. Outlaw's Bridge $268. Teachey $147. Pot- ten Hill $186.82. Beulaville $1,280 is-enansvuie $i433.uu, The B. F. Grady School District , nas raised $597 leaving $167 still to be raised by this District Beulaville has topped its goal of $1280 by $30 making a total of $1310 raised. Calypso has reported $600 rai sed toward its quota of $997 lea ving $397 still to be raised. Chinquapin has reported in $231 toward its quota of $841, leaving $610 still to be raised. Faison has reported $900 raised with a quota of $1075 leaving $175 still to be raised. .; Kenansville has gone over its quota of $1433 by $29 for a total of $1461 with other reports yet to come in. Magnolia has reported raised $230 toward its quota of $1,037 leaving $807 still to be raised. . Wallace has reported as having raised $2,200 towards its quota of $2,800 leaving $600 still to be raised. Warsaw reports $1,800 raised toward its quota of $2,076 leaving $2768011 to be raised. . . . Jlkese reports all" include the ..attributions through the schools V the Districts and are as of J v Arch 22 at noon. ' " The District Committees are asked to complete their Work by the night of March 28 or morning of March 29 phoning to the Red Cross office , Kenansville the amount raised. Faison, Warsaw and B. F. Grady expect to be over the top by the first of the week. Duplin County was given ' a large quota in this years war drive as was true of Lenoir and Wayne and all other counties. The War Drive is for such a large sum because the needs of our boys and girls in the service are so great , and Because tney are growing. Duplin must make its quota and we are confident that with all heroine to tha utmost we will. Every District Committee has been asked to recheck Its area to ." make sure that every single fam ily in the county has been urged to make as large a contribution - as they possibly can. ; . Our contribution to- the Ameri can Red Cross is one of the ways in which each person can measure his or her own patriotism. Local Draft Board Changes Meeting Time Kenansville draft board has changed its regular meeting time from Saturday afternoons to Thursday afternoon of each week at 2'00 P M. ' ' " " '-' I- WARSAW DRAFT BOARD CALLS FOURTEEN FOR NAVAL INDUCTION The Warsaw draft board has re ceived a call for fourteen white men to report for induction Into the Navy April 5th. They are: William rnomas duiuuoi", Chancy Bishop, Melvin Best, Ed - win Jay Merritt, ieonaru dealers and rarm cooperatives ar Barwick, Percy Griggs Torrans, ter a survey of the test In Geor Tiarrv FpoIpb Prideen. Jr., DeWitt Ma and Florida. Mnntt Rnlnmin Franklin Coo- per Forrest Maynard Strickland, estimate their needs exactly in ad Carl. Edward Pate, Henry Edwin vance, many have found themsel- c Morton, Lynwood Perry Pope and James Arthur Parker. ru, Anrll 4 111 NeEToes will go from the board to Bragg for a pre- induction physical examination. 25-POUND BABY -V Wednes4y,s Newt Observer) 1 A A girt weighing 85 pounds 'and three ounces and with Mimnlete set ol teem wa pom - -Vaterday morning at St Agnes Hospital. The Infant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amon Harris, Negro couple of Method, measured 82 inches In length. The 88-year-old mother Is th mother of 11 .other chll den, all of whom averaged-; around nine pounds at birth.'; Dr. Thomas F. Cathcart, attending physician, said last nlRht that Mrs. Harris' con-- on "was not so good." V e t &hy, he said, was "doing Cross Drive INVESTITURE SERVICE AT OUTLAW'S BRIDGE SUNDAY 8 P.M. . The newly formed Troop of Boy Scouts at Outlaw's Bridge will be accepted into the Boy Scouts of America at the Investiture Ser vice at the Outlaw's Bridge Uni versalist Church, Sunday evening at eight o'clock. -The Scout Troop which is open to all boys of the Community 12 years of age and over is sponsored by the Outlaw's Bridge Univer salist Church., The newly organized pack of Cubs open to boys of the Commun ity 9, 10 and 11 years of age will also be received into the National nnrnnization. The Cub Pack is be- ine snonsored by the Outlaw's TtviArra SlinrfnV SfhOOl. Scout Executive Kooen ouu r 14 of the Tuscarora Council wui have charge . of the Investiture Sorviv Dr. D. J. ROSft Of GoldS- hnrfi President of the Council will sneak as Will Mr. J. E. Jer- ritt of Kenansville. A technicolor enund -nicture "Rural Scouting will be shown --as wui a nun me r ... - n itrm Road to Citizenship." Mr Lerov Simmons IB bCOUt- mnstor. Mr. William button ana Mr. Alton Outlaw Assistant Scout masters. Norma Pope Is Magnolia Pin-up Girl v Magnolia. School decidedfto raise money for the Red Cross during the present drive. Each room from the third grade up se lected a pin up girl from their room to run as pin up girl for the school. Each penny contributed, to the Red dross counted as a vote for the candidate in the room. The one in school receiving the greatest number of votes was to be pin up girl for the school. The prize dffered for the winner, was that her picture would be pub lished in the school paper. , The contest got away to a good start and lasted two weeks, it ended last Friday,, March 17 at 1:30 P. M. During the last day, excitement brewed in every cor ner. At 1:30 the winner was .an nounced. Norma Pope, sixth grade with 3U04 votes was announced winner as pin up girl for Magnol ia bcnooi and her picture will be published in the April issue of the Magnolia Blossom. The total amount collected for the Red Cross was $143.88, which was considerably above the quota anoteo to the school. ' CHANGE IN FARM GAS RATIONS . Based on a test which was suc cessful in Georgia and Florida In February, "R" gasoline coupons issued to farmers and other off- highway users over the nation will not be valid at anv retail fil vg station to purchase gasoline after Aptn 1, the Raleigh district Jt-A announced wis ween. This means that after April 1, "J 'gTS fiSS'J&'S who have it delivered into stor age tanks on their own premises will use the "R" coupons', while those who get their gasoline at filling stations will use the one- eallon 'E" coupon The plan, which is designed to seal off one largo source of black market gasoline, has been appro ved by OPA s advisory committee , fj the oil industry, gasoline Because farmers cannot always ves with more coupons than they can use and ft coupons nave been showing up even at city sta- U. Thla fOK nnn. ftaa ; lln. Questionably contributed to ille gal drains on the limited supply of civilian easoline. . There will be no change In the buying habits of non-highway us ers, OPA explained. Those accus tomed to buying their gas at fil' ling stations will continue to do so, and will simply use "E" cou pons instead of "R". Holders of "R" coupons can exchange these for equivalent value of their local War price and rationing boards after' demonstrating their need for "E" coupons. To facilitate endorsement of coupons, fanners are now permit ted to make single endorsement on the face of any unit or block of R or E coupons turned over to the dealer for a single purchase. Endorsement, in pencil or pen, consits merely of writing the pur chaser's name and address just once, .-' . - Hill, Over Top T by 'j -I ! SELLO BROS CIRCUS comes to Kenansville for two pertorm onsvoo nn wxt Wednesday Mar. 29, The show is a very interesting program consisting of Horses, Dogs, Ponies, Monkeys, Perform ers, Clowns and an especially hicrhiv trained Eleohant ( shown hnvv. Wednesday will be a Red Letter Day for the children of the Community. SHAD AND HERRING FISHING ALLOWED IN N. E. CAPE FEAR TO HOLLAND'S SEINE HOLE c,a thm leaders of the Sa- recta community of Duplm Coun ty circulated a petition , last Wed nesday and .Thuday addressed tO the Division VI uaiuc Fisheries at Raleigh asking that a Ruling be granted Irnmediately allowing the taking of shad and herring In the Northeast Cape . nivr im aa far as Hollands Seine Hole in Duplin County, the same as allowed to Hallsville and below. The petition was uuc the Department last Thursday by Representative C E. Qutan. The same nigm ui sent in, Representative Quinn conversed by telephone with Mr. E. L.. Nicholson, of Burgaw, who is District Game & Fish Protector and Informed him that the petition had been sent in and Nicholson called the Department in Raleigh and discussed the matter with them direct, ine uvyai uuci.. promptly notified Mr. Nicholson that the request was being gran ted and instructed him to contact Mr. Quinn and other interested ..iD. aHvininsr that necessary steps had been taken to comply with their request. Representative wuinn receiveu th following letter on ounuoy morning from the Department; Raleigh, N. C, 'Mar. 18, 1944. Mr. C. E. Quinn, Kenansville, N. C. Dear Mr. Quinn: . This will acitnowieage recei pt of your letter of March 16th. relative to the shad and herring ( tha Nnrtheast CaDe Fear River above Hallsville. We have already instructed our District Game Fish Protector to contact you and the other interested uupun -oun- tv nwiitenta In connection wltn - . - .. . . . thin matter, ana we are ocituiiut him a copy of this letter so that he will be sure to ao so. inece- ary steps have been taicen to com- nlv with vnur reauest. Yours very truly, John D. Findlay, Assistant to Commissioner Beulaville Man Taking training At Great Lakes, III. A new recruit athe U ?. Na val Training Station, Great Lakes. 111., is Clifton Robert Autry, 24, husband of Mrs. Myrtle Autry, of Beulaville, N. C . - Now undergoing "boot" train ing, he Is being indoctrinated into Navy Life, and Is being instructed in Seamanship, military drill, and given a series of aptitude tests to determine whether he will be se lected to attend one of the Navy's service schools, or will be assign ed to active duty at r Upon completion of his recruit training, he will be granted a nine-day leave. ess i ll MM Wounded Soldier Receives Purple Heart; Getting On Fine at Hosp. Cpl. Roger Hill was wounded In action on Feb. 4th, somewhere in ttoiw Hp has been moved from the Field Hospital to a General Hospital and is getting along fine. He was visited by the movie star, Louise Rainer the .last of Febru ary, and she wrote a note to htt wife that he was looking fine and she should be proud of him Roger Hill is the son of Mr. Coy Hill and the late Adeline Blizzard Hill of Glisson township. His wife, the former Mildred Jones lives with her parents at ceuia ville. He has seen continued ac tion with the Fifth Army in ltaiy from October until he was woun ded. The Purple Heart has been mailed to his wife. RED CROSS WONDERFUL He says the Red Cross has been wonderful to them. A lady from the . Red Cross comes around every day to do little things for the boys. His birthday was tea 13th and they gave him a pack age with candy, cigarettes, gum and a bag for his personal be longings. MAGNOLIA BOY IS REPORTED MISSING SOUTHWEST PACIFIC Mother Receives Telegram; Tech Sergeant Ned Potter Missing Since Feb. 29. Mrs. Mattie X! Potter of Mag nolia has received a telegram that her son, Ned Potter, has been missing In action in the South west Pacific area-kice February 29. Ned entered service in Decem ber 1941 in the Army Air Corps. He is 24 years old and held the rank of Technical Sergeant at the time he was reported missing. The following telegram was re ceived: Mrs. Mattie C. Potter , Magnolia, N. C The Secretary of War desires me to express his deepest regrets that your son, i ecn. sergeant Ned Potter has been reported missing in action since February twentv ninth near New Guinea. If further details or other infor mation are received you win De promptly notified. ULC The Adjt. Gen'l. DUPLIN WOMAN VISITS KINSTON FOR 1st TIME Lisa Mlller,60 year old wife Of Clayburn Miller, Negro fanner near Kenansville, visl tedf Klnston recently for the first time In her life. Her husband gave her the trip for a birthday present Liza says she has been to Wilmington and Goldsboro and "Wilmington looks heaps better than Klnston bat Goldsboro looks about the same". Liza says she has spent all her life around Ke nansville and Warsaw and most of her golns to town Is to Warsaw. She has 8 children; one son Is In the Navy somewhere. , 'i i White Man Held In Jail Pending Outcome Injuries Man He Cut Wilbert O'Qulnn, young white man of Wallace is being held in Jail here without privilege of bond pending outcome of injuries of Charles Williams whom he cut and stabbed in a brawl one night this week It took 9 stitches to sew up gashes in William's neck and on his abdomen. His condition Is thought not critical. It was reported that O'Quinn was drink ing. He Is said to have never been in trouble before. , Postage Rates Increase Mar 26th All first class mail will be ef fected by, a, postage Increase as follows: All first class letters going for 3c will not be changed. Drop local letter In Post Offices having no city delivery will continue at lc. Letters going through local post offices to routes emanating from that post office will be increased from 2 to 3 cents. - All air mall letters will be in creased from 6 to 8 cents except letters to personnel overseas will continue to be e cents per nan ounce, -.v.;' .-...v- Q7 NEGROES TO BE CALLED The , Kenansville draft board will send out a call for 32 Negroes to report to Ft. Bragg on April 4th and 15 for Marcn aatn tor pre - 'induction pnysic&t extunuimiuu $ MISSIONARY Miss Mary Herring, Mis sionary from China, will hold series of sendees at the Kenansville Baptist Church, beginning next Mon day evening, March 27, and continuing through Wednes day evening, April S. The services WUI begin at 8:00 o'clock, each evening. The public Is cordially Invited, Middle Aged Man Arrested for Stealing Boys Bicycle In Warsaw A middle aged man by the name of Radcliff has been arrested in Clinton for selling a stolen bicy cle, according to reports. Last week Jackie Sutton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Q. J. Sutton rode his bicydeJto school. Later in the day he discovered It was goner - Mrs. Ormond Gnce ot Baltic reported she saw a man riding a bicycle by her house In the direc tlonof Clinton and it appeared to meet the description of Jackie s. Some time later in the week Joe Reynolds of Clinton called Mr. and M. Sutton and they went there t. o hirvcU he had just rm Radcliff. gave him E Tt ursa Jackie's bicycle and Mr. Reynolds immediately had the man arrested. It was said this was the thira oicyoe ne stolen from boys. LEARNS TO FLY IN SPARE TIME Being in the ground division of tnrArmy Air Forces usually to enough flying for a soldier, but not Pvt. George W. Middleton of the 471st Bomb Squadron, who in his snare moments is learning to fly at Greenville. S C, Municipal Airport and attending his own 'ground scnooi u uw. j MiMiPton. 22-year-old former student of general engineering at N C. State College, Raleigh, N. C, and native of Warsaw, -., started his flying training Janu ary 17 at the Greenville airport He was issued a CAA student certificate and from then on you could find George getting "stick time" on his days otf. At this writing he nas eigm hnura and soon will be able to tnkA one of the small J-3 Cubs, 65-horsepower planes, into the alr by himself. He hopes to continue his flying and gain enough time for a private pilot s license. His "ground school" consists of attending classes two nights each week, three hours per night to get all of thes paper worn connecvea with good flying. In all, the ground school has 72 hours of in struction and George hopes to com plete this, too. He has already finished one-third of the course. Middleton was inducted into the Army April 21, 1943. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mid dleton of Lanef ield Community. Open Dates Warm Water Fishing Changed McCoy Kennedy, county game and fish warden has received a communication from the state commissioner announcing changes in open dates of warm water fish ing. The communication is as fol lows: v. According to . the calendar, Easter Sunday comes on April 9. Our closed season for warm wat er fishing as set forth in our reg ulations Drovides that the season shall close April 6th and open Mav 20. . It has been ordered by the Board that the season shall be closed through May 19 in all coun ties east of Alleghany, w likes and.fluence of alcohol. They had on . Rutherford and east of highway 1 no. to tn xurae ana uuaweui wuiua Sampson County Schools Win agnolia Daskctball Tourney Absentee Forsns For Service Men To Vote Are Now Ready The State Board of Elections today issued instructions on absen tee registration and voting by North Carolina men and women in the armed services. "It is the desire of everyone kot th nrivilpcre of voting be ex ercised to the fullest extent by nnd women in service' said Chairman William T. JoynoriRose jy defeated Taylors Bridge of Raleigh. "The proceeoure s,2l-6, Richlands walloped -aiypso simple. Any member of a soldier's family can fill out the application form and deliver it or mail it to the Chairman of his County Board of Elections. The Chair man will do the rest "An application by the soldier on 'a card furnished by the U S. Government, addressed to the Sec retary of State (who will forward it to the chairman of the proper county board), is sufficient appli cation for registration and gene- ral election ballots, and is just as J good as one made to the Chair- man of the county uoara oi sec tions. "One application is all that is necessary. It will secure for the applicant all the registration or voting privileges to which he is entitled in both the primary and in the general election. For example: if an applicant makes application prior to the primary and ,1s found to be entitled to be registered, he will be registered for the primary and general election. "After a proper application ha been filed giving the neeesary in formation, there is nothing fur ther for the applicant or his fam ily to do either for the primary or the general election. The Chair man of the County Board of Elec tions will do the rest" An application form, which can be used by the service man or woman, or by any member of his or her family, is published be low. It can be used, or a printed form can be obtained from the Chairman of the local County Board of Elections. APPLICATION Fife ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND REGISTRATION FOR 1044 PRIMARY AND GEN ERAL ELECTIONS BY SERVICE MEN. To The Chairman Of The County Board Of Elections: I hereby certify that I am 21 years of age, (or will be by Nov ember 7, 1944) : tnat i was ream ing at the time of entering ser vice at (Street Adjress) (County and State) (Voting Precinct) and have been a resident of the State for one year and precinct four months, (or will have been by November 7, 1944); that I can read and write any section of the State Constitution in the English Language; tnat i am registered (or qualified to register in the Chairman's Absentee Register Book for the 1944 Primary and General General Election); that I am now a member of the mili tary or other armed or auxiliary forces of the United States or the Merchant Marine; that I am affi liated with the political party, and I hereby make application for ' absentee ballots for the 1944 Primary and or Gen eral Election. Ballots to be mailed to me, . . . (Print or type name, of voter) at (Print or type address here) (Signed) (Name of voter or member of voter's family) (Relationship) NOTE: Application can be made by the wife, husband, , brother, sister, parent or child Of voter by Indicating relationship, but only the voter himself can declare bis party affllatlon for registration. Teachey Men Jailed For Traffic Violation James B. Bradshaw and Harry M. Teachey of near Teachey were lodged in jail here Wednesday af ternoon following an arrest by Patrolman Provo on charge of - 1 speeding and driving under the in- the car about a quart of bootleg corn wnisKey. tney soon gave nona iu were aeu. v No. 12 T ! t Goal1' 1 CLEMONT BOYS, ROSE BOKO GIRLS, SAMPSON COUNTY, WINNERS IN MAGNOLIA TOURNAMENT Clemont boys and Roseboro girls from Sampson County were the winners in the Magnolia High School Invitational basketball tournament. In the first round, in the girls division, Rose Hill defeated Tay lors Bridge 29-16. Chinquapin took o 9.19 riorislnn over Magnolia, Pink Hill won over Faison 9-3 and Moss Hill defeated the Calypso sextet 32-11 In the boys division, 67-15, Roseboro took a 40-7 decis ion over Jacksonville, Fasion won a close contest over i-ninqua-pin 12-9. Clinton, winners of the Sampson County tourney, won over Magnolia 29-7. Clemont boys and girls drew byes in the first round. In the second round, in the giris set-up, Roseboro took a 22-8 de cision over Rose Hill, Clement de feated Moss Hill U-M m one w tho most exciting games of the tourney. Roseboro, winners in the Sampson uounty iomnaiiic, won over Chinquapin 23-14. In the boys division. Clement defeated Rose- Hill 21-7, Roseboro took a 40-8 victory over Faison. In the semi-finals, Richlands and Clement boys fought a hard con test with Ciemeni nemg ious by a score of 21-20, the win ning score being made about three seconds before the final whistle. Score at half-time was 1W0 in favor of Clement Barefoot with 8 points led the auac tor ent while Trout with 10 led the losers. Clinton and Roseboro boys. rivals to9 several years, playea one of the outstanding game ot the tournament. Score at half was 11-9 in favor of Clinton. Fair cloth, with 10 points led the attack for Roseboro. Holland, with 7 was high for the losers. Roseboro girls defeated Chinquapin girls by a score of 23-14. Pink Hill girls upset the winning streak of Cle ment and came out with a 24-20 victory. , . In the final games, Roseboro girls continued their winning streak, not a game lost this sea son, and defeated Pink Hill girls 27-7.Butler with 15 points led the attack for Roseboro and Howard with 4 was high scorer for Pink Hill Roseboro and Clement boys played a closely contested game for the title. Clement took the lead in the first quarter and kept a small margin throughout the game. The score at half was 8-4 in favor of Clement Scoring hon ors for Clement went to Barefoot with 18 points and to Roseboro's outstanding forward, West with 8 points. In a consolation game, Rich lands boys came from behind in the first half and won a 20-18 vic tory over the Clinton Dark Horses Trophies were awarded to win ners, runners' up, and to the win ner of the consolation game. HE WANTED TO GIVE One day this week Stephen Smith who heads the Beulaville Red Cross drive was in James Miller's Store. Presently an old darkey walked in and told Mr Mil ler he would like to make a dona tion to the Red Cross. Mr. Miller told him to give it to Mr. Smith, that he was the man taking up uie money. The old darkey re plied, "give him $2.00 for me Mr. Miller and charge it to my ac count." Mr Miller handed over the $2.00. 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