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' , ' liar, an attorney, was placed ia
' , , Kenatuvllle jail Tuesday night after
s by County Judge Grady Mercer on
a 'contempt of court' charge. . ;
1 - t The contempt charge came after.
p J : Judge Mercer had placed a $20 fine
: ,.: and court cost on Robert Randolph
i ? Myera, a Camp , Lejeune Marine,
; ..for driving an automobile with no
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' ' The charge had been twofold in
', ' that Myers was Originally charged
;. with careless and reckless driving
' t and having no- operator's license.
. ..jVh He pled guilty to no operator's 11
j;? 4 . cense, with the court accepting the
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After the Judgment on Myers was
J passed, Lt Kossar raised and asked
!' Judge Mercer why the .fine was so
t ; high on Myers.
'v i Lt. Kossar then approached the
1 r bench and preceded to have con
- ,',-'versation with Judge Mercer.
, i The next thing which was heard
;;. by the filled court room was for the
: i: 6heriff s Department to take Lt.
j 4 Kossar Into custody and place him
'in jail ior five days for contempt
. ' of court.
, In the Judgment recorded as
ft passed down by Judge Mercer the
charges were that Lt. Kossar 'in
fi" open court, made several remarks
V Questioning the integrity of the
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EDITORIAL
DUPLIN GOING VEGETABLES AGAIN?
'i i BY PAUL BARWICK ' I
. Duplin County farmers have overwhelmingly aq
l cepted ' the possibilityv:that - afdn:itobtrrDtiessug',
. , plant will be established somewhere, within the bounds
I - ; of the County. ? , i
Thk enthusiasm hai been enerted primarily by
4 ... r the knowledge and realisation of farmers ,in "the area
T " that they must begin CTOwme somethine bther than
V , tobacco in order that tijeycan m.lJJ
A.U . aUyiUt seti to the 1
reaiwauun uiaj, uney cannoc live tm ropacco aione. lnas
yjr been pointed out for several years that there is a need
; for diversified farming in order to supplement the farm
f income in Eastern North Carolina. . v v
, ' r A number of factors have been responsible for al
most forcing farmers into
, , to other sources for their mcome
Additional cuts in tobacco acreage, a flooded world
market of tobacco, low supports oh certain types of, to
bacco, and increase in the- cost of housing the tobacco
fttrop each year.
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siDiuiy oi a iwa processing piani oemg locatea
7 area
1 nThis acceptance is shown by the fact that already
around 10,000 acres have been designated by farmers
for the growth of vegetables on a contract basis for such
' a processing plant
Those who are working on the project and su;
ing it with their time and
f .. t i i .
uiiiii icumcia nave &igncu
t i.xo,uyu or more acres oi vegeiaoies. inis ngure wiu pro
, bably be surpassed.
,?V . Duplin's soil is suitable for the growth of truck
crops. For years; vegetables were KING and not to
bacco. But, for some unknown reason other than the gold
of tobacco looked brighter,
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Started, TaiSing tODaCCq. s
V .."Now. it looks like the
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; table growers in Sampson, Pender, New Hanover, Le
. noir and Wayne Counties. All will be effected by a food
; ' processing plant, if one is established in Duplin.
" r . j. To give some idea of what farmers can expect from
, ' the contracting of vegetables for such a. plant, a process-y.-fng
plant in 1955 paid the. following 'prices for these
'crops: ' ,
jyr 'Beets, $23 per ton; brdccpli,'10 cents.per pound;
li--'s bnissell sprouts, 10 cents per pound; carrots, $28 per ton;
tr , sweet corn, $28 petbn ($48 for No. 1 corn and $22 fo?
No. 2 corn); baby lima beans seven and one-half cents
per pound; peppers, three cents per pound; round snap
$, beans, six cents per pound; squash, $12 per ton. f , '
Ki " These are just a few of the prices farmers can expect.'
" These are not the .actual prices Which a farmer can
expect but rather, an example of. prices that one: com-
pany paid in 1955. ; , y ,r . - v Im
, It should be realized that prices are guaranteed for
a specific quality,, all of which ai; named in the con
tractan agreement .between the grower and proces-
sor.
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It is hoped that more and more farmers will see
just what this can mean to this section of North Carolina.
. With tobacco definitely not doing for the farmer what it
"V did 10 years ajo something new ias got to take its
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) In this instance," it's something bid vegetables. All
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:re is a farmer who has
; vegetables under
r:r
1 J contact Vernon H. Reynolds, County Farm Ag-
erica, Kenansville, in the Agriculture Building. :
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B Duplinifes Urged
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To Return March of
Dimes Envelopes
Duplin Citizens are urged to re
turn the envelopes, for The March i
of Dimes back to the County Chair
man, W. E. Craft.
Mr. Craft states that 7,000 enve-,
lopes were mailed out and as of this
date approximately 200 have been
returned. In the approximate 200
envelopes were collections of $222..
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During tiie telethon over W.I.T.N.
the following "amounts were pledg
ed by telephone: KenanSville. $27.00;
Warsaw, $28.00 and Wallace $7.00. A
total of $212 has been turned In
from the Kenansville -white school.
The March of Dimes drive is over
but that doesn't mean that we are
through with . our contributions.
Neither does It mean that polio is
slackening Its grip. It we are to
lick polio w6- must continue our
fight and that is by our donations.
If you have not contributed, do so,
Any one of us may be the victim of
the cripplpg disease.
a position of having to look
aha. At.
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money say they will not stop
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up w laise, uii a cnuaci uasis,
farmers left vegetables and
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raisine of vegetables will
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o lauuaj, aa ivcu aa vcgc
not been contacted and wishes
this proposed program, lie
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FRED BAAKd,
Boy Scouts TtfTi Wajwn .Troop W
who recalved tbejr Zagre Scout Ai
wards during the month of Jnur
ary are: Fred Basra, Jr; son of Mr.
an Mrs. Fred Baars and Bill Strati
(han, Jr., ton of Dr. and Mrs. J. W.
Straughaa. '. its'. '";-,-. -' '
Ball
Standings of Duplin County Bas
ketball Teams are ss follows:
CURLS Wan Lost
Pet
.WW
.888
.887
.555
.555
.333
.112
.000
Pet.
.875
.778
.667
.625
.445
.222
.222
Wallace Rose Hill ft
1
1
3
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4
6
8
0
Lost
1
2
3
3
5
7
7
8
chinquapin
iBeuiaviiie
NtrSTSupUn
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5
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0
Won
7
7
6
5
4
2
2
Warsaw
B. F. Grady
boys
Beulaville
Wallace Rose Hill
Kenansville
North Duplin
Warsaw
B. F. Grady
Chinquapin
Magnolia
2
7
.222
I The above standings include all
ounty saf played through the
January 1957 except the disputed
Kame between North Duplin and
Beuiavuie boys. The result of this
...ill ha Vnmirn nftor am nil frnm
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' HAPPY .POLIO SMILE A this child smiles and enjoys Ufa'
; at the North Carolina. Convalescent Hospital, Greensboro, he repre
sent thousands ef other children throoghont the United State,
who also have smites for parental, ' However,, this) child has polio
and1 "win liare so nderro several more months of treatment, It b
yonr'doUara and dlaaea which make this treatment posstblo said
reeorery f or maor aneh ehUdrea for whom the Salk Taeotne eaase
too
Briefs
, FARMER OF WEEl
Adrien Jones, Duplin farmer of
Mt. Olive, Rt. 1, has been desig
nated the r armer of the Week' by
TV Station WNCT at Greenville.
They have contacted a number of
farmers in Duplin and other coun
ties to see what they were doing
towards replacing their-tobacco ac
reage. Jones has gone into milk pro-
auction .
" TO NEW YORK
Morman uir ui. uiuua btore in
Waisaw is in New York this week
buying new spring merchandise
Watch the Times for announcement
ot new merchandise.
' ' HOSPITALIZED
. Winfred Howard, make up man
for the Duplin Times is a patient
in the: local Hospital. He hopes to
be back on the job next week.
' Editor J. R. Grady is back on the
job after undergoing surgery and 20
days in the local hospital.
NOT WITH TIMES NOW
Mrs. (Belton .(Mattie Lee) Min
shew, former bookkeeper, is no
longer with the Duplin Times. She
resigned her position as of Friday of
this week. AH Warsaw readers are
asked to contact rs. Glenn Brown
ana give her their news and con
tact Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Alien
Draughan for advertising and busi-
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p NEW AIR MAIL SERVICES
" Air mail letters going out from
Kenansville now will reach their
destination much quicker than in
the past if posted before 12 noon
each day. A mail truck leaves here
at 12:30 for New Bern. Air mail will
be placed on the plane at New Bern
on arrival. Letters mailed here be
fore 12 noon today, for Instance,
will arrive in Richmond at 8:14,
pjaL; Washington City 8:49; New
ark, N, J. at 10:10 u.m.; Chicago
. I2J0 tonight and Jacksonville-,, Fl
o:o a-m, . tomorrow xnonunf.
r ATTENTION AUTO OWNERS
.' According to local patrolmen, au-
toists have until February 15th to
display their 1K7 auto license tags.
If you have not gotten yours yet;
bettor get busy.
' HEADS CHURCH MEN
Paul Stevens of Kenansville was
named president of the Men of the
Church Club of Grove Presbyterian
Church. Harry Wells Murphy was
named chairman and William Craft
secretary. ;
HUNTING. SEASON OVER
Open season for hunters for rab-
bitt and quail closed today. The
whole of the hunting season is clos
ed now on all except unprotected
birds.
IMPROVING
iDt. John Parrott reported to
be recuperating at his home here
after a sieee of illness since Christ
mas. Dr. Russell Harriss, the new
surgeon at the Duplin General Hos
pital is carrying on in that capa
city. Reports from the hospital in
dicate there is an upward trend
in patients coming to the hospital.
It takes time for a new institution
to get oh its feet but people gen
erally over the county, are coming
o realize that Duplin has one of
the best hospital and medical and
nursing staffs to be found in this
ection of the state.
HOSPITALIZED
Mrs. Rovena Miller of Beulaville
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m rarmers siga up lu.uuu Acres
Pledged To
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VEGETABLE SIGN-UP B. C. Albriton signs a pledge to grow
vegetables should a frozen food processing plant locate In Duplin
County, E. C. Thompson, chairman of the Warsaw Industrial Com
mittee, looks on. Already more than 6,500 acres of vegetables have
been pledged. (News-Argus photo)
Farmers Begin Signing Their 1957 Soil
Bank Agreement; Sign Up At ASC Office
The following appeared in this bseco. Payment rates on tobacco
aornlmft Kew and Observes, We -land cite! ia-th':bank' vy -frcro
friends, for Immediate Information:
By- BILL Humphries
Tar Heel cotton, corn, and to-
bacco growers will begin signing
their 187 Soil Bank agreements
Friday of this week.
The signup begins at ASC offices 605,100; corn, S3,B8,000: wheat, 1,
in all eounties at S a.m. Since ap- 727.000: rice, $200. However, agree-
plications will be handled on a first
come, first served basis. Ions wait-
ing lines are expected early tomor-
mw it iffliM in flAm PMintlH
row at offices in some counties.
A total ot $25,471,600 has been
allocated to North Carolina for the
1957 'acreage reserve' phase of the
Soil Bank. The program is designed
to encourage farmers not to plant
their full allotments of the so call
ed basic crops which are in sur
plus supply.
About one-half the funoB for the
Tar Heel State have been earmark-
ed for growers of flue-cured to -
Duplin FCX Pig Chain Show And Tour
Was Saturday; Ribbons Are Awarded
Duplin County's FCX sponsor
ed Pig Chain held its annual Show
and Tour Saturday.
Ed Simpson, Assistant County
Agent, said that under rules and
regulations governing the Pig Chain
a boy who is given a pig must raise
at least one litter of purebred, reg
istered stock.
Ribbons awarded Saturday were:
Kenneth Brock, Kenansville, red;
Donald Pate, Mount Olive, red; Ro
bert Ray Thomas, Pink Hill, blue;
Jerry Sandlin, Beulaville, Blue;
William Pickett, Beulaville, blue;
Stabilization Tobacco Meeting Scheduled
Court House In Clinton February 5th
A series of area Stabilization to
acco meetings have been slated
3r the North Carolina flue-cured
jelt, according to L. T. Weeks, Gen
,ral Manager of Stabilization Cor
poration. The meetings which have been
ermed vitally important are being
ield for the purpose of discussing
he problems now confronting
very grower of ' flue-cured tobac
co. Full discussion will be given by
officials of Stabilization Corpora
tion and other agricultural leaders
Rose Hill Man Is
V, P. Poultry Group
. Paul G. Thomas of Sumter, S. C.
was elected first vice president of
the Southeastern Poultry and Egg
Assn. at the group's 10th annual
convention here yesterday.'
Leland Bagwell of Canton, Ga
was named president. i
Norman Sanders, Columbia, 6. C
wit elected treasurer. Director
named for three year Included T.
P. Greene Of Asheville, N. O, Paul
Morgan; Guilford College, N. C,
and v:a. Ldnasey, Jr., oanoe, va.
Stat vice president included
Dennis Ramsey, - Rose Hill, If iC
andU H. Hick, York, S. C".
Vegetable
yields, but the general average is
1255.43 an acre. The maximum rate 1
'is $283 an acre.
By commodities, the North Caro-
ilina funds are divided as follows:
I hurley tobacco, (385,500; cotton, ,-
nents on wheat were signed at
nlantin time last fall.
I The Ainds hsve been apportioned
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among the various counties on a annual meeting on January 23rd.
Ait that no funds may be trans- 2,500 shares of stock will be offer
commodity basis. Regulations pro- ,d to present stockholders and the
ferred from one commodity to an-
ether within the county.
There are no minimum limitat
ions on the acreage that a farm
er may place in the Soil Bank but
there are maximums.
For flue-cured tobacco, the max-
imum limits for any one farm are
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James Mukey, Wallace, red; James
Savage, Rose Hill, red; and Gerald
Rouse, Magnolia, blue.
The judging was by J. K. Butler,
State College Extension Specialist
assisted by Fez Mintcher, FCX rep
resentative, living in Warsaw.
After the tour was completed, the
group gathered at David Rouse's,
near Magnolia for a barbecue din
ner. After dinner a demonstration was
given on 'How to Register York
shire Pige.' The tour and show was
considered a 'big success.'
on the following points: The over
all tobacco situation from a supply
standpoint; the increased growth of
Stabilization's stocks and the cur
rent financial condition of Stabili
zation Corporation; the announced
reduction of 50 per cent in price
support on certain varieties of to
bacco; the adjustment in price sup
port rates for individual grades of
all flue cured varieties which do nol
reflect current demand patterns',
and look at the export situation and
many other points which directly
affect tobacco producers.
Included on the agenda at each
meeting will be the election of Sta
bilization's county Advisory Com
mittee and the selection of delegat
es to attend Stabilization's Annual
Stockholders Meeting to be held in
Raleigh on June 28th.
Mr. Weeks further stated that
the overall flue-cured tobacco sit
uation presents a greater problem to
the tobacco (rowers and business
dependent upon the tobacco grow
er' Income than lt has at any time
since 1939 and I urge as many grow
ers as possible to attend the meet
ing most convenient to them.' i
'-The meeting which i scheduled
tn this are will b held at Clinton
February 8th at 1M p.m. In the
Court House. , , '" ,. . i
Growing; 15,000
Outlook For Processing Plant For County
Good; Warsaw Industrial Committee Is
Spearheading Drive; Response Good
Farmers FrOlfl Adjoining
Counties Attend
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ings niiu oigncu up; UU-
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Brought In Many.
BY GENE ROBERTS, JR.
Duplin County farmers have flood
ed the farm office in Kenansville
with agreements to plant 1,500 more
acres than needed to attract a froz
en fooil processing plant.
In a meeting in Kenansville Mon
day, leaders in the move said they
would not stop in their drive to
gain acreage for the plant until 15,
000 had been promised.
Only 5,000 acres is required as
a minimum acceptable to a frozen
food company.
E. C. Thompson of the Warsaw
Industrial Committee, termed the
response 'overwhelming.'
He said the goal was passed after
contacting less than 400 of the 5,
600 Duplin County farmers.
'It is rare that we have met with
a refusal from a farmer,' said
Thompson, 'everyone is looking for
a chance to diversify their tobacco
income.'
'At the present rate of sign-ups
we expect to reach 15,000 by Feb
ruary 1,' he said.
Thompson pointed out that it is
definitely known that a food proc
essing plant is Interested in com
ing to North Carolina.
At present more than 20,000
acres of vegetables are being rais
ed in Duplin . County and Indus-
ue
5,000 Shares Of
New Stpck
Plans were completed this week
for issuing 1,000 shares of stock of
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Com
pany, which was authorized by the
stockholders of the bank in their
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remaining 2,500 shares will be avail
able to non-stockholdets.
Rep. Hugh Johnson
Major Interest In
Stream Clearance
HUGH S. JOHNSON JR.
By TROY WILLIAMS
(SENCIand Reporter)
In The Wilmington Star
Duplin County's representative to
the General Assembly will go to the
1957 Session with his primary in-
erest centered around stream
clearance for the area. Hugh S.
ohnson, Jr., asserts that he wants
o make sure that federal money
is made available to keep D-.ip'in
County's streams cleared. 'This
will be one of my main goals dur-
ng the forthcoming session,' ho
adds.
Johnson will be serving his first
ull term at the General Assem
bly. He represented Duplin Cjuv.
ty during the special session held
in July, 1956 after ho was appoint
ed to fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of Robert M. Carr.
The Duplin representative stales
7or the most part I am in favor
of the Governor's tax revision pro
pram and other recommendations
out I want to make sure that there
will not be an increase in county
axes because of the transfer of
state items of expense to the coun
ty.' He adds that he still is study
ing the governor recommendation
that the number of highway com
missioners be reduced from the
present total of 14 and wants to
hear further discussion before mak
ing up his mind.
Johnson was born and reared in
Duplin County and graduated from
Rose Hill High School in 1937. Af
ter attending Oak Ridge Military
Institute and Motte's Business Col
lage in Wilmington went into the
retail hardware merchants and at
the present time is still engaged
in this business.
During World War II Johnson
served as a naval aviator and was
a flight Instructor at Corpus Chris
ti Air . Base. At the present time
he is a Scottish Bite Mason and past
master of Rehoboth Lodge. He is a
member of Mt Zion Presbyterian
Church and ha served as a dea
con sine 1940. 1 e
The English Brown Post of the
Veteran ot Foreign War named
Johnson Man of the year in 1956.
Mrs. Johnson r the former Eve
lyn Furr of Stanley County. The
couple and then- five children make
their horn la Eos U ' , "
itrial Committee leaders feel that
Meet-'Sj growin
i vegotdbles strengthen chances to ob-
lain me plant.
ate Conservation
and Develnn-
.iieui oniciais nave indicated that
if the plant were to come, it would
open during 1958.
Vernon Reynolds, county farm a
gent, produced reports which show
ed that average income from vege
tables in Maryland is $800 per year.
Farmers I have contacted would
be pleased if we only did half that
well,' said Reynolds.
Under an agreement proposed by
the prospective food plant a farm
er would contract a certain num
ber of vegetable acres at the be
ginning of each year.
The food company would then
buy at a fixed price ;i!l vegetables
meeting grade requirements.
The drive to secure the plant is
being spearheaded by the Warsaw
Industrial Committee, the County
Farm Office, the County Home De
monstration Office, ana interested
civic clubs.
Warsaw Jaycees have led in sign
ing up farmers with agreements to
taling more than 2,500 acres.
(From the Goldsboro News-Argus)
(Ed. Note): The Duplin Times has
been cooperating in the move and
many farmers have signed and
turned in the form appearing on
the front page of the Times a few
weeks ago. Please read editorial on
this page by Paul Barwick, Presi
dent of the North Carolina Farm
Editors.
C. L. Tate, President of the Wac
camaw Baak and Trust Company,
stated today that present stockhold
ers would be entitled to purchase
one share of new stock for each tt
shares that he now owns. They will
have 30 days in which to exercise
their right of purchase,' Tate said.
In announcing plans for sale of
2,500 shares to non-stockholders, it
marked the frst tmep-j,m ...i
marked the first time since 1946
that such a move has been made.
'The apparent demand for stock
from people who do not now own
stock in the Waccamaw Bank and
our desire to have our customers
share in the bank's earnings, promp
ted the action to offer 2,500 shar
es to non-stockholders', said Tate.
I The Waccamaw Bank operates in
10 communities in five counties and
is in every sense a hometown bank.
We feel that more of our customers
in these various communities should
be entitled to own stock in the
,bank with which they do business.'
The price of the stock to non
stockholders will be $68.50 per
share.
Present stockholders will be no
tified by mail as to the number
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Law Enforcement
Association Meets;
Elects Officers
The Duplin County Law Enforce
ment Officers' Association, reorg
anized not too long ago, met here
on January 17th. They enjoyed a
chicken and pastry supper at the
jail and thi n repaired to the court
house for the regular meeting and
election of officers.
The following officers were elect
ee:: President. Patrolman E. C.
Wray of Warsaw, succeeding Sher
iff Ralph Miller; vice president. T.
E. Revell of Warsaw, succeeding
Norwood Boone of Wallace; Secre
tary, C. C. Hester of Kenansville
succeeding Earl Whitakcr of Wal
lace. Doug Shivar of Kenansville
was reelected treasurer.
A committee composed of T. E.
Revelle, C. C. Hester and Norwood
Boone was appointed to draft laws
for the organization and report at
the next meeting.
Feb. 2, 1848 Treaty of Guada
lupe Hidalgo signed, ending war
with Mexico, giving U. S. New Mex
ico and California upon payment of
$15 million.
Feb. 8, 1910 Boy Scouts of Am
erica incorporated, for boys 9 years
upward; motto, 'Be Prepared.',
Feb. 7, 1936 Executive Order es
tablished official flag for Vice Pres
ident' of U.S. consisting of Great
Seal, blue star in each corner on
white field. -
Feb. 19 1945 Island of I wo Jima
Invaded by U. & Joint action Ma
rines. Navy, Army. Finally conquer
ed on March 1. '