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KSNANSVtf L E , NORTH CARrOUNA FRIDAY; DECE: Imt. 1944
"5. V J
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Lee Crown says going
t i but now out of dan
It . ; j; t ft Kma on bis boat
: received ft scratch.
The following is a portion of a
letter from Ensign Lee E. Brown,
UoNR, to his mother, Mrs. C J.
1 l own in Warsaw. Lee was a Btu
- c' nt at State College and the Uni
versity of N. C, where he took his
V12 training before going into ac
tive service. . - i:
tTio atar -roaAa In nnrt: NOV. 3.
im - - . Just before off watch we
rowiwd a message saying we
could disclose in general what we-
'va hoon rininff for BO lonz. WeH,
please don't let it worry you but
we Have Deen laKing pan in me
invasion of the Philippines. (Leyte
Iiihsnd). Tomorrow we should be
back where I can mail this letter.
"Mother, it was quite an exper
ience and certainly one I will nev
er forget, Although things were
pretty well planned it did not
keep the enemy from fighting: Our
stay in Leyte Gulf, (the place of
invasion) lasted for several days
Biil we (this ship) are certain of
knocking down at least two Jap
planes, one a N medium bomber.
1 when going to the beach, we were
under enemy fire and continued
to be for at least half of every day
w remained. However, not one
man aboard this ship even recei
vml an miirh as a scratch. From the
iuwa w r- i tfn nun Liiiiiifa acciii lu
I could tell you more about it but
guess this is about all that is per-
uus&auie at prc&eiii. s
iiow ivioiner, uon t start worry
ing auuui we uecttue nt aimgns,
KINSTON "RED UCHT"
DISTRICT HNALLY, .
, (From Kinston Free Press) '
' . Five . houses in . the segregated
. vica aisincc in iv ins ion were ior
juay ciuir ft uesuay j Ml ween
uiu uie jiey luimu over to tatiei'
u um n. caurcnui unoer ine
it:toner ciosinu oraer signed. by
uuire Clawson i Williams, it wtu
ivpoi ied. i he nouses were those i
irr ' CCO C
FA:LTor.::T
AAA QUOTAS
OVEXS
cits f ;x7.ot;cn
Flue-cured tobacco fers fail-
the AAA, t ranK rama r
C, Dept. of Agriculture finds.
Basing his figures on the number
of acres reported to the triple-A
producers and comparing them
with acreage quotas set up for
flue-cured growers for 1944, Par-
i IA ihn ahnrtapp Was 8 XXV
cvt, the quota being 722.000 acres,
and the piamea acreajse y.vw.
Fieured on the average of 1,000
pounds per acre, failure to meet
SlmtaA wnnnooo million.
n..o tnhaom from -reaching
JJUUilua w -
tha marKei. 11 soiu ai "
of
nroducers more than $22,000,000. "i iha December
The flue-cured allotments ior hi 94V-and i8 th the Infantry
1944. Parker asserted, were nearly t2fLS.5.
25 percent higher tnan in -
i SGT. GEORGE E. M1IXEB
yh of Mr. and Mrs. George W.
so
Miller,
TH5HTY .WHITE MEN
itn f 02 INDUCTION
novwzm 29th .
FAISON MAN GETS
PU-rLE HEART
t ur Tflncr nn erf Mr.
UyJ ir. tiuchnnd of MrS.
:neiuir "jus, ., .
lEvaian M. King, has ey.16"
I awarded the Purple Heart Medal
' ' ...i ii. n.,A wAAivtvi in action
Thft lollowlne group 01 wiuie ior wuuuuo -v c,tQMi
men Tlef t9 KenanfviuTfor Ft. Bragg 'agamst the Japanese on the island
tnr induction into the Armed For-! of "An guar. ,,,..
cv nn WpdnVsdkv- v King was with tne ist wu
As o weanesaay. wtL niv-einn when they inva-
Edmond Gooding Edwards, Roy ded the Jap-held Palau group of
Auont Kpnnpdv Walter Leon idanris sno miles east ol tne rnu
Wade, Ashley Columbus Thompson 'jppines. . t f
Thurman L-ee wnaiey, ivoy )
Houston, John uawara juareaay, .
Lafollette Quinn, Adell Qumton
Henderson, Elmer Ode 11 .Harper,
Edwin Miton Sloan, Hallie Lee
Mobley, William Morris Sloan,
Roe James, and Buren Urah Brin-
kiey.- V ,;,: . -: - -C'
K RC
Slockholdei-s
Will Meet
here Dec.Pth
X ilt? lCHOIIBTiV ' "
dit Association, which makes agn-;
cultural loans to tarmers in Dup
lin County, will hold its; eleventh
annual meeting in thP Kenansville
High School Auditorium Saturday,
December 9, 1944. at 10:30 A- M
Garland P. KiitR, Secretary, an
nounced this week.
, "At this meetjng," Mr. King
' coid "turn dimeters will bo elected
by the stockholders."
t "We are expecting a large- at
tendance," Mr. L. P. Wells, presi
dent of the association, stated.
"There is always a great deal of
iA.Aof ' In rum . nnniml mpetinfzs.
Ill n 1 1. V ww " i. -
navtimiliirlv In th rpnort on the
111 iivuiui.; - - I
operations and accomplishments or
our association aunng me prece
ding year," '-rs
Mr. Wells also pointed out that
the Kenansville Production Credit
luliitinn la a cnnrvpm tivp credit
organization which makes short-
tArm McrnciiiTiirni nnns on an
types of farming and is owned and
controlled by the farmer-members
of the association.
WARSAW BOYS
IN SERVICE , ,
niann Rmam snn of Mrs. C J.
Brown, has been with the Navy in
the South Pacific for 30 months,
was recently promoted to Motor
Machinist Mate lt
H. G. Best, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Best, of Rt. 1, Warsaw, was
promoted to SISgt. recently. He
has been with the Army in Aus
tralia for 18 months.
WINS FRAISE
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Bert ' Batchelor, known by
thousands, and sympathized
with and loved by aU who
knew him, lr bnrted i
Muddy Creek.
BY . B. GKADY - S
Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. in
a Kinston Hospital the grim reapet
removed from this earth a crea
ture who was probably one of we
most individual and unique chai
acters ever to live in Duplm Coun
ty. He waff 46 year old Bert
Batchelor of Beulaville. ' . . ;
: n t." mnro. nr IpSS. the
town pet He was known probably
-faid'Dr'. Norris be pallbearers. j
Monday, aiiernoon
Presbyterian Chapel at r.u 3J
Creek, Bert's remains were carried .
by Dr. Norris, Ransom Mercer an
Iu Da., fitAnhnn Smith Dreach-
"ed his, funeral and: he was laid
away to rest in the church ceme
tery nearby; Thus nds the career
of the "most missed"' man In Beu
laville. . i . - ' 1 ' 1 " ,V
PROMOTED IN jTALY
IIOIOUII " i
r-..lh..nllA trvf manv vparfl DaSt
WINFRED GARLAND BAYNOR N() matter where you stopped in
naiiinviiip. nctore you bh w"
Bert would be seen approaching
Pfc. William H. Southetland, son
of Mr. Alex H. Southerland. of RL
a m-wr 11 1.- Imam PlMMnttM A '
town pet He was Known proimui j, vvaiiace, im kcu
by moTe People ot? . thr rank. of, S L?Z I'i
person in Limestone lownsiut,., a squaa icauei -"r
He was known, not only by the , Bull" Division of Lt. Gen Mark
folkT to Limestone but by every W. Park's Fifth, Army in Italy. .
norsnn who ftad occasion W
nicontlv Mrs. Lillian Kaynor,
D,,ta Rpiiiaville. receivea a
UKES OURPAPEMI
Nov. 18th 1944
oi twuue a, v-" i He in his innocent and pumDie , ne iiu -i,-,.
letter from her son, Sllc w't nwnnerwould put his arm around , Kenansville, North Carolina.
Garland, Raynor. and init was r, would pu out-DearSir,' . Tnun1
alftr. a letter of praise to young
Raynor from his Commanaing
Officer. . ... .s
The letter Irom tne
as follows: . . ,
it R S 1 .RT 738
CIO Fleet Post Office
' San Francisco, Calif.
27 October 1944
From: The Commanding unicer
tTo: RAYNOR, Winfrea uariana,
"t ., SIC. K34 If U, uan.
Subjects-LEYTE INVASION, "
PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS
John Abner Smith, Jr., Joseph
Hivonhnrlt. Ralnh Kennedy. James
William Bonham, James Daniel
,T',tt. . Alvin Swinson, Leamon
is . - " " . . ...rlie' WatUS
operatea by Matue tsuuer, Annit -mmmmmnrxxy Brown, Lee Troy
ceiie uiartc, jane Parker, Pad w atson, Raph bumner, ana jo-
ianusion ana neDecoa irice. xnot.pn iamer
wui remain closed until .Nov. Jtx,
unoer tne consent judgment
wnicn was signed in superior
court In October. . -
1 ne order also provides for sale
of tne property under approval oi
tne court no prospective buyers
nave Deen submitted to the court,
however, despite rumors to the ef
fect they were to be sold when
Vie judgment was entered.' Some
ouservei s believe the nouses will
not be sold until the city condemns
ine property and converts it to
outer Ufess. . :..
No action has ' been taken
against alleged operators of two
onipr hmisna .in that district-
Grace Coleman and J&ry Gibson
wno are in ouier siai.es. , iney
have never been located for ser
vice of civil restraining order,the
bncriif said. . .
nrtn AtMIC CrVi!ft3 t il 1 Mrl Fred fiavlnr received )et-
',ters from her son, Bobby Gaylor,
PRESENT "LENA RIVERS'-; S lie, staUng that he was back in
. , , ' - oft. nnrticinatimr in the in-
. ' w 1QAd t ' vasion of -the Philippines. Also she
On December the 8tn,tlsWJ heard from her son,, Fred Jr., US-
X i . : t - ' i8 00 o ciock p. in. uus " ivwj, ana was iniormea uii s
' " " V V ... Ftuiavllle HiEh School will pre-, in -.. eamn 't -
BSbCTvm"i ils annual play, r.r .,115
Brock, ecu lavern aneppara,t . , to th stage this year c . MrBnrt Mrs R pj.
yuui oiiuiuuc : . .
-m,nh tnr vmi in unnprstana uiat
he wanted a "nickel." No, he
wasn't a beggar. He was a poor,
weak-minded . person who never
knew what envy, malice or hard
fpeliner was. He never thought an
t tkn .. Hnm 1 own anu
X HUM, W. 1 " .
County news so very much, the
reason I haven't been receiving
my paper for some time is because
it was not Air Mail. Will you send
it Air MailT Check and how
much it will cost, unuil A nave iu
evil thought. He loved everyone, 'lttr know
as he knew how to love, and every, renew the Pf P"5 u
LIST MCnSMAMES AND
ADP."ISSS OF DUPLIN
LOYS IN SL1VICE
hrinpff to the Stage this year ,nn-nf Mr and Mrs. R. D
' Lena Rivers". Ned Alberts moo- jJohnson( Sr-.- of Warsaw, who has
ern dramatization oi y - been at Camp Lejeune was recen-
nuiiiicra . i"1"' r . .. . i v iransierreu ill wunnui.ii. ,
i
t
hi.
L IIOSPITAU
.) -- Hit in his rirM
I h bv machiiie run bul
. , e rar.j;ing his rllle
s on anuUier Nazi inachine
t wxr i:nst, 5 '. David
. "ttc, 21, of ' w, is
i "Win" j at this U. S. Ar-y
' ' 1 in England.
i t , Purple Heart and
. C- , . at Infantry I.Ici-
broken all records throughout the
years, first as ;a novel then an
play, ana iaier o
Sntil it finally made new records
as a talking picture. . ,
i.J YnaA tR- noveL you
will remember curling up in your
where he will take his officer's
training. .::: ; 1
Sgt. Bill Taylor, Jr.,' son" of Mr.
and Mrs. W4 E. Taylor, of War
saw, has returned to Tyndall
Field, Panama City, Fla after a
10 days furlough with his parents.
Mrs. Metta tsonev ureene nau a
arm. chair ana aiternaieiy , - -- ---- h"han qj A!
inlaanf S Rivers W 'QFtUv, OiiBrt
enSlS In1.f Beulaville are In 5 months. He write that he is
briTngingStorstoy to yoTagain. ; in Burma and Is 0. K. but work-
sure to sea th"production of a Mng hard.
story you can never forget. . .
The admission is muy , ,i r T I unie. Jane Dyr
ErSe-dTOSaeniol Little Mary Jane Byrd, ' Infant
ted to atte"d"i?evf toTnt daughter ofMc and Mrs. James E,
promise it will be time well speni. s Warsaw died Wed-
PlL, nof andWrthe word ne'sday" Fnneral s7rvices were held
one who does not . admit tne woru ' . h . , m p.ne.
2S!S: iSSS y' in Warsaw,
District Sanitary Inspector
Closes Number Of Cafes
. t. 1 ..
very tat; . ict
now i'7 and 1
thn dj. .i s i.i 1
;-(! 1 lea ' 'i
Oi a, I.l-t r .
t:!i.atic r'". s
(' ( i
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I, i )
r is ' i
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ette Is makir"i a
ry recovery, lie is
.' ;ppf wHh ninny of
, i ward.
r of a 12-man baz
, and Trown au-
i, I t. 1 .i.tt'e
1 v in t e I 1
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of- lin B ' Ouinn 346638900
Sec Co. 3a0th Inf. APO 35 QO PM
isew .York, N. X. ' f
c tlnn W tjinmtan 14012658
100U1 Q. M. CO. APO 447 CIO PM
wew York, . x. ,
Pvt Harry J. Williams 346638-
9 Btry C. o4Yth A. A. A. Bn ,
APO boi C0 P. M. "
New York. NY.
Pvt. Thurman A. Jernigan ;
34964C84 Co. A. 119th Int.
APO 30 QO P. M.. New York.
FISct. C. B. Jernfgan 63801108
3407 Ord Co. tMM) IQ) APO 578
CIO P. M. New York, N. Y. -
Sgt. S. II. Jernigan 6972076 .
APO 15107 CIO P, M.
New York, N. Y. , .
Pvt. Goo W. Sullivan 34203751
M. D. 167th Gen. Hosp. Com. 2
E. T. O. APO 562 C0 P. M,
New York, N. Y. , - ,
Hedrn Fair, Win, Two CIO FPOcare
San f rancisco, CuiJ.' , ,
Kir uiViniohnnrtpn" coneratU'
lations-are extended to you for the
-lrlM manner In which VOU ful-
BU1C1IU1U - . " .
f;ii niiT- Hiitia dnrine the SUD-
1111CI, J w... w
ject mentioned invasion. You truly
lived up to the American Spirit
in coming "Back With Mac."
2. You, as an Individual mem-
K f fa nw nf thp LST 738.
vrcj. - wt -, .
deserve all the praise that goea in
to the" Navy's phrase, "WellTtone
-. . . .Tnhn T. Rarnett
' s Commanding Officer
Young Raynor is but 19 years
old. His picture appears above.
In Memory
Ot r.ly Son
' First Lieutenant i. D. Blmmons
who lost Us life In the fighting In
Italy on the 16th day of February
1944. - '
If I could have my dearest wish
fulfilled, u..-l
I Take my choice of earth treas-
ures too, ' n
Or choose from Heaven whatso
: ever I would,
Dear son, I'd ask for you.
Alive and well, full of ambition
one who ever came in contact with
him felt a warm heart Deal on we
inside. . - - ' s '
rto.r't mili)n't make a livinB , He
V - -
was not a derelict, he was not ev
en a burden on his community, ne
always wore a srmie ana iur
reason sent a warm feeling Into
the heart of everyone who came
in contact with him Yes, Bert did
his best in life, he probably taught
many, a person the qualities of
humbleness. -'
trio JostK iwsnltMl from an OD-
eration in a Kinston hospital-the
cost of which ran pretty high. The
nannio nt Rpulftvilla knew Bert had
nothing so they made up a purse
and paia an oi nis nospiuu uui .--m
iM Thpv'nnid some -over a
i hundred dollars and no doubt they
will pay tne Daiance.
rnree years Deiore e uu uc
l cm. " f t ' J . i a
will thank you and and send thai
sum. -w 1 : . - " '
Everything is u. k- oown u
way, and I wish au ine iouui -
there, A Merry Amas ana
py New Year. - i
Cpl. S. E. Parker 34307176
Btry C. 316 F. A. Bn.
APO 81 CIO P. M. .
San Francisco, Calif. ' 1 4
new h:::des
Mr. and "Mrs. Willis WUson recently-
received a letter from fc. ..t
son, Pvt Bill Steele Wilson, saying
that he was in tl. New IlebridVs.
and had recently m up wiu. v.
Gib" Buck, also -of Warsaw," I
the two had dinner together. W
has been across about 3 years,
one of the , ""t lu "T"
closed; One Cafe reopened;
Three towns Inspected;,.
Others being Inspected to
. day." .;-;' v
District Sanitary Inspector, Jes
ie Canady of Fayettevllle,. accom-
!j k,. .nnntv annitarv lnSDeC-
HUllll'U uy w.i. .j v .-
i Waters this week have
inspected a number of cafes ana
kntnt,
iiinw voars neiore ne iuu ucic,
quested that Rev. Stephen Smith, Warsaw " .
Frp'e Will Baptist Minister of Beu- , . - ' . ;
UleV-preacri his funeral. Bert When" n go-getter gets going,
didn't even know what lt was to thegoing is believe
be a member of the church. Also v There are ft?" ""f"
he requested that Ransom Mercer that a schi l m factory.
New-Board County
Commissioners Will Take
Oath Of Office Monday
t?v offiMrs wUl be sworn intov.Gowen. a foregone inclusion.
office on MonX. December 4 Other of ficers tobe sworn U
After hPinir sworn in. the board; are: Register of Deeds, Albert 1.
witnW JZt
andppCssa ' Vou We that' g ff5SSfSS3i tinier Sf. aSr' of Wu
inn now hnnrrt Will De IO ntuuc
saw t "--
SUPERIOR COURT
rrtMvrNES DEC. 11th
COUNTY COURT DEC. I8:gtfifgn W
ved your B. S. degree
diploma in my hands and threw
your arms around me and salV
" -Well Mom,' ' after four years of
hard work and many happy hours,
heltis,andamIhappy.Nowif
I just could go on and live the
normal life that you and I . honest
lv believe I am entitled to
Sould be glad and happytoo. But
another voice nas caneu,
But some uay "" v..
be over, then I hope to tore that
life now tnai can jici .
M Mr Dear . Son t you have,' lost
vour life, given your all in this
I Warsaw re- cornmenCe Monday, Dec. ' awful that
X.? .iTjUth has been cancelled: The second, vjou ha "WJ1 dear
01 nf frrairt R. V. Wells sta
ted this week-that the first term
of a two-week term of Superior
Court for trial of civil cases, sche-,
' markets in Faison and Warsaw re
sulting in lour cares mung "r4lh naa been canceiiea. ine secunu, - -and
one - market. They .-visited : "k. term wiu begin December great "Ji10 Sr.
o"frt ht found no market or- JK"! riawson L. Wll-I boy and' I know you ha
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Pvt Forrest h. I T rtin, USMCR,
U. S. N. Hi , 1, Ward No. 10,
New lUver, N. C,
W. S. Martin S 21c Box (1)
IT. S. S. fc-t.iifard D. K. 411 C0
E TO V n Francisco, Calif. .
Cpl. J'Ph T. Grady S1l73.r.67
Co. I). 12lst. M-d. i;n. Al'O 716
C.O P. M. i'an l runci:co, Calif.
11th with Judge Clawson L.
liams of saniora presituuK-
County Court will convene Mon
day December 18th.-
TO NEW'.YO&: ;
Mrs. A. Brooks of Brook s uepi.
t l?nlnn tha nnlv two CBieS
were inspected and found to be be
low the lowest graae anu i u.
One is reported already completely
n-modcling and preparing to meet
nil Knnirnrv renuireniems.
In Warsaw the E & W Cafe and' 'Warsaw left last Friday
the LPKion Cafe were closed. E & . , e. N Y k City Where
V HM.Hrtril-W iwuaj v - r -
afttr mPilnff certain reauiremetits
- a " . llll'f I1C W UClVlinv"i'v. w
and making arrangements to bring, , . t ahmtmas Merchandise
thP raf( to a too rating. Also in ... . t,!,. .tut. that the new
. . . . at:.. . t .. i . , . tuoo .-
vnriw
boy and I knowyou w
where ail gooa ooys ru.
more and more as time goes on,
and in, Oh so many way.
It is so hard for me to carry on
without you dear, so hard, so very
hard. No one living knows how
its been, none but God and me.
untk ,. holn nf C.nA I believe
TV Jill WM5 t
I shall be brave and strong enough
eotlng certain requirements new Shandise, including; ,,Aht g5, TM?r? so
kinglrrangements to bring, gr g ggg", Merchandise, wou f want me to do , To. .were so
c:
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ro. i;
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Pvt
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1 l-,f. Al'O PI CIO
I ( . : i i , n, Culif.
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wnrsnw me v-njr (merchandise is aireauy ucguinun
clo- 1. . to arrive. She will return Dec. 8th.
'1 1 is afternoon Mr. Canady went 10 r "ve' ,
t-vrnllnn. nnrl DQ WO P( tO WPSS I .
VV. J. .."ODLLION, Jib,
tZCOVES AWARDS
A no.4- ol VPfl this week from
Ivtrs. W. J. Middleton, Sr., of Wil
mington reads as follows:
.., -.. . V17 .T Mirtdlfiton. Jr..
on this trip to com-: has recently received frorn wasn
to Wallace and as we go to press
hive heard no reports rram urae.
r:r. Can;idy made special compli
r nt.nry remarks on the cafe in
i. .lansviiie which has developed a
v , Ir. reputation as being one of
t ; 1 1 m and most sanitary in this
gri't inn.
ilv stated that he did
nr,( l..ivp time
t a f
5 t.'t i
nr !
( te-l n f.
, t 1 t c
f ' V (
1 , : t c
ri-irtv anl
!e riil. ire 1
.-ft. 1 to 1 e
; ',(1 c"i til-1
ite a
ton,
r!.i"T
1 .
War S. A
t' "A
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11
" a 1 c c
siTvh:o Vi" 1
t Ilarin . ) t
1 1( r t!.i v
f..e.i;trir.'i'
nr., certineates
!c War .ov.e
i . 11- service m
I ;,) 1' t V;t
Cf.i n f ! O-
.'ie U. 3. i.ior
f.t war area in
. lie is still in
1
overyeno of us
if. It rf-
I , ,) t ) H ) ill-
brave and courageous, My, Dar-
MOT.
ulllnrf nntn! The above Was
nrlfan hir MM. Minlll KIlTIIIlOIlS
of the Outlaw's linage jommun-;
SHC? NOW!, MAIL ICOVI
"We urge everyone to buy now,
mail in November and mark gifts
'Do not open until Christmas'."
such is tne urgent request 01 me
Postal Service. And if the request
ii f .Suwed it n- ns that the
acl "c you F-re 1 rioting will
raeh ye-'i in t i cf lime for a
- y l ' - 1, . and ine snme
ai ti tin. expecting that
lovii.,; remornbiance from you.
.. ..f.;,. . ;
LOCALS
Mit! Adell Brown has returned
to f-,."'k, Va. after .vWt'mg her
fam 7 1 " in I --"-svi'ila.
T. i i T ,i. J. I.. Tltclier ef
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