MONROE MARKET
Cotton, short, lb .. .. .. .. .. 33o
Cotton, long, lb 32o
Cotton Seed, bushel 7040
WEATHER FORECAST
Little change In temperature.
Sunset today, 7:38 p m.; sunrise
Friday, 7:18. a. m.
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Henf?nound 33c to 350
Cori.. i. "l 81.25
PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
11.60
SEVENTIETH YEAR
MONROE, N. C, UNION COUNTY, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1943
SEMI-WEEKLY, $2; 1 YEAR
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24 Magistrates
Are Appointed
General Assembly Reappoints
Eighteen Old And Names
Six New Ones
EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST
In addition to the fifteen or twenty
Justices ot the peace.' In ' Union county
whose times bave not yet expired, the
recent Legislature appointed twenty
lour, those whose time had expired or
are new magistrates
Hie law requiring all Justices of the
peace to De elected oy me peopie ws
repealed by the General Assembly of
1M3, and Justices who try civil and
criminal, cases are no longer required
to give bond.
The recent appointments are for sue
year terms to begin April 1st, 1943,
and those listed below are re-appoint-menta
unless specified as "new."
Buford township A. M. Eubanks,
J. E. Starnes, J. 8. Broom (new).
Goose Creek township I. O. Olonts,
H. O. Simpson, Wade Campbell (new).
Jackson township O. H. Burgess,
F. A. Krauss, W. J. Sims, J. E. Big
ham, J. W. McCall (new).
Lanes Creek township B. A. Rush
ing. Marahvllle township Zeb M. Little,
C. W. Barrtno, W. O. Harrell (new).
Monroe township P. H. Johnson, C.
D. Roberts, W. C. Sanders (new).
New Salem township C. P. Greene,
Fred C. Staton, Z. K. Simpson (new),
Sandy Ridge township K. O. Craig.
Vance township O. L. Hemby, T.
W. Stlnson.
All these are requested to call at
the office of the Clerk of Superior
Court and take the oath of office
between now and April 1. 1943.
RED CROSS WAR FUND
Mrs. J. T. Stewart, 89; Mrs. W. J.
Rudge, 85; Miss Velma Home, 83; L.
M. Presaon, 88; Mr. and Mrs: Law
rence Presson, $5; Dr. J. O. Faulk, 835;
Falrview School. $124.90; J. M. Powell,
818.15 Dixie Home Store, 85; O. G.
Booner4S; Mrs. H. N. Winchester, 85;
D, u Purr, 88; Mrs. Raymond Griffin.
ursralan Bcnooi, sro.uu; mis. . r.
Un.li AT RA CTarH.W11jl. 10' R. R.
Tyler Oo Inc., Employees, 815; Frank
Harris, "85; nam Hroxners a tore, w
Funderburk Furniture So, 810; Lathan.
nn eiK- nr ' TM Williams. 48
Griffin Implement Co, 8100; Mr. Ten
ton,.? E, F. Small, $30 O. V. McGee,
860; J. I. Furdjr, 85; Gordon Insurance
fin t
New Gloucester Hotel, $20; Mrs. Hoyle
Griffin, $5; Anonymous, szd; i. f.
niirhom ton- Mm r Uf. Sanders. $5:
Mrs. S. C. Mclntyre, $10; Mrs. Carrie
Godfrey, $5; Mrs. S. B. Bundy, $5;
Mrs. Jennie Stewart, $5: W. H. Rooker.
$5; Smyrna Church, $15.50; Jackson
School, S31.ZS; Marsnvuie, wmjj,
TfelnHanr Hithnnl 4124 AO- Fated DfieS
86; American Bank, $8.08; Mrs. Hayne
Donmm K- urn TInracn Williams. 85:
Mrs. John Bikes, $5; Osborne Ayscue,
$10; Hoyle orunn, iu; Mrs. w. n
Faulkner, $5; Manetta Mills, $200;
Belk Bros, $200; G. B. McCleUan, $25
Total coUected to date, $12,128.19.
To Speak At Siler Church
REV. DUMONT CLARKE '
Rev. Dumont Clarke, of Ashevllle,
will speak in the Slier .Presbyterian
Church on Monday night, March 39th,
according to an announcement made
by the pastor. Rev. W, R. Buhler. The
congregation will be happy to have
the surrounding communities to at
tend this unusual service.
The subject of Mr. Clarke's address
will be the Lord's Acre Plan. His ad
dress will be accompanied by a stere
nrtfam lecture shawms rural scenes
in -the Carollnas of people and
churches who have - made great
achievement with this Scriptural
- method of financing the local church
' and Its benevolent enterprises. Mr.
. Clarke is devoting an of his tuns to
! this work and is the outstanding au
r thority In the nation on the plan and
i metbod. He is a member of the staff
of the Fanners Federation witn neaa
ouarters In Ashevllle and is the direc
tor of the Lord's Acre plan. In a
treat many churches he has promoted
i Oils work., i. 'iv :
The outstanding result in this
, Hon has been obtained by the Beth
; iehem Presbyterian church in Union
county. At a meeting held In the
.' church when they had been opera t
! ins on the plan about ten months I. D.
' Crowell, treasure declared that "We
have received through the Lord's Acre
-, projects 8S22JS and the regular giving
through the church is ahead ot last
years gifts."
Mecklenburg Presbytery is coopers
Ing jrrith the local church in bringing
; this national authority to this section.
, The host pastor and the Presbytery's
Home Mission Committee unites In In
viting the general - public to attend
this stimulating and challenging ser
vice.
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Shirley Vanderwalker of Homewoda, HI., Is shown holding a 1943 Victory
Garden Poster, which, is being distributed by Victory Garden Committees
throughout the country. This picture was taken in a model Victory Garden
which she tended near her home last year. She is a student at the University
of Chicago.
Betty arid Benny
Dance On Pole
Civilians Seem To Enjoy The
Performance, Bat Too
Tame For Soldiers
FEW SEE IT AT CAMP
Betty and Benny Fox attracted big
crowds yesterday and last night as
they performed almost unbelievable
stunts on top a 135-foot pole on the
court lawn. They danced and did a
lot of other stunts for the amusement
of great throtags that "gathered to wit
ness mis rare performance.
And the two hardiest people in
Camp Sutton, full of Uncle Sam's
fighting men Monday night were un
doubtedly Betty and Benny Fox, a
diminutive brother and sister dance
team, who climbed 125 feet into a
freezing, gusty , sky, garbed only in
tights and spangles, and gyrated on a
tiny platrorm Tor twenty minutes
simply to entertain a handful of ser
vice men.
Cold-shouldered by cold soldiers on
their two scheduled Sunday appear
ancesthey showed up, but the audi
ence didn't the two tiny aertallsts,
who have played 30 Army camps and
sold $21,000,000 worth of War Bonds
in an eight-month volunteer tour, re
appeared Monday night undiscouraged
by either the wintry weather or the
sissy Sutton spectators.
Numb out nimoie, tney swarmea
up their mast, erected on a camp
parade ground, and teetered through
their dizzy routine. Illuminated for
the handful of soldiers watching by
floodlights and by the flashing bulbs
of shivering Signal Corps photogra
phers. The subsequent applause was
warm, which certainly set it apart
from anything else about the evening.
Benny, the senior member or tne
dance-team, who has been at his sui
cidal occupation for Upwards of nine
years, denied that this particular per
formance was especially tough. They
have danced in ratal, snow and wind,
he pointed -out, and once had a per
formance, interrupted by an earth
quake, which shook the facade off the
building across the street from the
hotel atop whose roof their pole was
set up.
EXAMINATIONS TO BE
HELD FOR STUDENTS
Army And Navy To Pay Expenses Of
CeUege Boys.
Oscar W. Broome, principal and
Miss Annie Mae Flowe, instructor in
English at Indian Trail will serve
as supervisors for the qualifying ex
aminations to be given on Friday,
April 2, for the- Army . specialized
Training Program and the Navy Col
lege Training Program .
- Students desiring to take these tests
leading to college work at Institutions
under contract to the Army and the
Navy may mac application for them
through Oscar W. Broome, principal.
Successful candidates will be enlisted
or Inducted - Into the Army or the
Navy and sent to college at the ex
pense of the respective service. Stu
dents selected for the Army Program
must undergo further screening during
thirteen weeks of basic military train
Ing before they are finally qualified tor
college attendance. Students chosen
for the Navy Program, after selection
by the Office of Naval Officer Procure
ment, will be detailed directly to col
lege, while in college tney wui oe in
uniform with pay on active duty under
military discipline.
The students selected for training
by the Army and the Navy following
the tests on April 3 will enter college
some time in 1941. Bine no otner
qualifying tests will be given for many
months, students desiring to enter col
lege under either the Army or Navy
programs art ugred to apply for the
April S examinations.'
The need for iur-ln'sofl has been
emphasised by experiment with so
called nutrient, solutions, in which
plants are grown without soil. Except
in California, vsome aevwa oy wwo
air can be supplied to the roots has
been ' found necessary', for healthy
growth, A ,4oose sou, eomposea oi
pertyilee, ' a
auows air w pene
trate.
' WAVES.' and SPARS ashors mean
more bullets for Benito, Hlrohlto and
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Eleven Candidates File
For Monroe Aldermen
Last Tuesday at sundown was the
deadline for filing applications as
candidates in the city primary to
be held on Saturday, April 3rd.
Only one man, V. D. Sikes, the
present encumbent, filed for mayor
and of coarse be Is automatically
declared' the nominee and will not
be on the ticket to be voted April
third.
Eleven candidates have filed for
aldermen, three of whom are to
be elected. They are: Moke W.
Williams, J. Wiek Fairley, J. Allen
Lee, all of whom are present alder
men, and the following new eomers:
C. C. Jones, H. Hayne Banoom, W.
Basil McManna, Hommer Joe Con
nell, Irwin Price, J. Sikes Sanders,
Horace L Fuller and Allen A.
Heath. Mr. Heath served a term
a few years ago.
The registration books closed last
Saturday and next Saturday is
ehaOenge day.
In ease s second primary is nec
essary, it will be held on Saturday,
April 10th.
MILLER AND GILLESPIE
WILL BE SUPERVISORS
Waxhaw Principal And Teacher To
Supervise Examinations.
Miss Frances Gillespie, commercial
instructor and Kenneth T. Miller,
school principal at Waxhaw high
school will serve as supervisors for
the qualifying examinations to be
given on Friday, April 2, for the Army
Specialized Training Program and the
Navy College Training Program.
Students desiring to take these tests
leading to college work at institutions
under contract to the Army and the
Navy may make application for them
through the principal. Successful can
didates will be enlisted or Inducted
into the Army or the Navy and sent
to college at the expense of the re
spective service. Students selected for
the Army Program must undergo fur
ther screening during thirteen weeks
of basic military training before they
are finally qualified for college attend
ance. Students chosen for the Navy
Program, after selection by the Office
of Naval Officer Procurement, will be
detailed directly to college. While in
college they will be In uniform with
pay on active duty under military dis
cipline. The students selected tor training
by the Army and the Navy following
the tests on April 2 will enter college
some time in 1943. Since no other
qualifying tests will .be given for many
months, students desiring to enter col
lege under either the Army or Navy
programs are urged to apply for the
April 3 examinations.
ASSOCIATIONS S. S.
CONFERENCES HERE
To be held with the First Baptist
church of Monroe, March 31st, at 7:30
P. m.
Song, Scripture, Prayer (10 minutes).
Review of Attainments in 1942 and
Reports from Assoclatianal Officers,
Pastors, and Superintendents (15 min
utes) Team Leader, . Mrs. John B.
Lane.
Conference on Associattonal Goals
and SPl&ns for 1943 - (30 minutes)
Team Leader and Associations Su
pertntendent Mrs. John B. Lane, H.
B. waiden. -
Conference on the Sunday- School
Work in the Churches, with Efforts to
Help . Pastors, Superintendents, . and
Others Make Plans for 1943 (30) rain
utes) Team Leader, Mrs. John B.
Lane.
Evangelism la Unreached Commu
nities (10 minutes) Associate Super
intendent of Evangelism, Rev. C, O.
Burria ;
From the Meeting to the Task' (15
minutes) Open . conference for pas
tors, , superintendents, n Associattonal
officers, and : others to ,- say publicly
wnat tney propose to do in IMS.
Victolry in a -Day of Confusion (10
minutes) Team Leader, Mrs. John B.
Lane, ; v-..---...
All pastors, superintendents, officers
and teachers are urged to attend. The
public is oorrllalTy Invited. -H.
E. WALDEN,
... .' Ass's) Superintendent.
All legumes, including hipins and
sweet peas as well as garden peas, do
better when inoculated -with one of
the preparations which help them se
cret nitrogen from too sou. .
THE LATE WAR NEWS
IN BRIEF
Strong Axis counterattacks blunt
British frontal assaults on Mareth
line but Rommel remains in peril.
U. 8. troops advance from Mak
nassy, threw off Nazi assault at
Goetarla pass, while British stub
bornly hold Mareth salient.
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Battle lit Russia apparently is
drifting Into deadlock. Rods re
capture villages in Dukhavshino
region, 33 ; miles from Smolensk,
keep hold 1 m Donets basin, and
continue advance south of Rostov.
Nazi bombers strike in southwest
England, doing; considerable dam
age, as R. A. F. crosses channel
again for Boulogne area.
V. S. bombers claim 80 Axis
planes destroyed, 32 damaged in
week-end raid on Vegesack and
WUhelmsbaven.
Japanese planes damage Guadal
canal position. U. S. strike Japs
at Rekata bay and rail points in
Burma.
Union County's
Men In Service
SON IN SERVICE TO
WIFE AND FAMILY
While my wife and family are far away
I am thinking of you all every day.
So please remember, don't forget,
That God and son love you all yet.
Oh, yes, 1 am proud of you all
And of my sweet home so true;
On families like you we must depend;
My home and country I must defend.
Now darling, throw your worries away
For back of you are friends who pray;
And back of friends, a God so true";
Who, dont you doubt, will see you
through.
For you each morning, noon and night,
At sunrise and by candle light;
From my loving heart there goes a
prayer,
To him who keeps you all in his cart;.
So, do your best, darling, while we do
ours,
To overcome these evil powers;
And let us trust in Him alone.
Whose strength is greater than our
own.
And when my task in this war is done
To you and sweet home through God
I will come;
To be with yofe and family till my life
is done,
And, darling wife, the victory will be
won.
Composed by Pfc. Drew G. Middle-
ton.
Lt. James C. Plyler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Plyler, has been transferred
from Camp Hood, Texas to Camp
Bowie, Texas. His address is Lt.
James C. Plyler, 650 T. D. Bn., Camp
Bowie, Texas.
Pfc. Ernest Helms, Jr., of Camp
Blandlng, Fla., Is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Helms. Before
Induction into the army Pfc. Helms
was the popular butcher at Plyler's
Food Store.
Pvt. Calice E. Rape, who for the past
five months, was stationed at Port Mc
CleUan, Ala., has been transferred to
Camp Shelby, Miss., with the quarter
master regiment. Pvt. Rape is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rape of
R4, Monroe. His new address is, Pvt.
Colice E. Rape, Co. A 474th Q M. Rgt.
Camp Shelby, Miss. He would like to
hear from all of his friends.
Pvt. Wm. E. Huey a student in
Keesler Field's B-24 (Liberator Bomb
er) mechanics school, was promoted
this week to the grade of private first
class. He is the son. of Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Huey, R2, Waxhaw, N. C.
Pvt. Dewey L. Belk, a student in
Keesler Field's B-24 (Liberator Bomb
er) mechanics school, was promoted
this week to the grade of private first
class. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George L. Belk, Washington street,
Monroe, N. C. .
Pvt. Ray M. Gordon, a student in
Keesler Field's B-24 (Liberator Bomb
er) mechanics school, was promoted
this week to the grade of private first
class. He is the husband of Mrs. Ray
M. Gordon, R5, Monroe.
Pvt. Lee Starnes, stationed at Camp
Shelby, Miss., has been released from
the U. S. Army, being over the age
limit. He has returned to the home
of his father, Ed Starnes, at Rough
edge. Pvt. David Wilson Cadleu, son of
Mr, and Mrs. O. F. Cadleu, of Monroe,
in foreign service in Australia for a
little over a year. Is in Letterman
general hospital, San Francisco, Calif.,
for nerve treatment. According to a
message received here Saturday from
S. H. Green, Captain, M. 0., of the
hospital, he arrived there March 13th.
Pvt. Edwin M. Helms, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Walter Helms of Benton
Heights, has been in service one
month. His address IS! Pvt. Edwin
M. Helms. 34666918, Co. A 68th Arm'd
Regt., APO 258, Camp Cooke, Calif. He
married Miss Virginia Man ess, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyte Man ess, of
Monroe. r-.
' Cadet Robert E. Helms, . Jr, has
the following address: 117 Everett Hall,
Btry. . IB. Pre-Flight School, Chapel
H1IL N. C. He is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Helms. . ; . --M':-
Sergeant Major Geo. O. Stovall, son
ot Mrs. M. L Stovall of West Wind
sor street, Monroe, Is in North Africa.
He writes that the country is beauti
ful, that the soldiers are well-fed in
fact, much better fed than when in
the States and ho has gained 8 or 10
pounds. He likes lt fine, but is ready
to corns horn as soon as the Job is
finished. He says he goes to sleep
every night by tho roar ot the ocean.
Biggers Says
Get A Permit
Slaughtering Permits Must
Be Obtained From The
County .War Board
effectiveon"april 1ST
According to J. Hoyle Biggers, chair
man U. S. D. A. War Board, effective
April 1, 1943, all sales of dressed hogs,
cattle, calves, sheep, and lambs must
be Identified by a slaughterers permit.
These permits may be obtained by
slaughterers, from the County War
Board, at the Agricultural Building in
Monroe. Farmers are not required to
have permits to butcher for their own
use, but are required to have permits
to sell any of the above meats.
Four types of permits are now being
Issued by the Union County USDA
War Board. These permits are as fol
lows: 1. "Local Slaughterers" Includes
all persons who in 1941 slaughtered
livtstock with a total live weight in
excess of 300,000 pounds, and who are
not registered as "quota slaughterers"
under Meat Restriction Order No. 1.
2. "Butchers" includes all persons oth
er thaan farm slaughterers who In
1941 slaughtered livestock with a total
live weight of not more than 300,000
pounds. 3. "Farm slaughterers" In
cludes all resident farm operators who
In 1941 delivered meat from the
slaughter of livestock having a total
live weight of not more than 10,000
pounds.
4. "Livestock dealer or agent" in
cludes any person engaged in the
handling of livestock as a dealer or
as an agent. Dealers and agents are
required to establish inventories as of
the effective date of Food Distribu
tion Order 26 and keep complete rec
ords covering all purchases and sales of
livestock. These records should Include
the date of the transaction, the num
ber of head and kind of livestock sold,
the name of the seller and buyer, the
weight if the animals are sold by
weight, the price per hundredweight,
or if the animals are sold on a headage
basis, the price per head, and the
total amount received for each lot.
Farmers are not required to obtain a
permit to buy and sell livestock, but
are expected to keep records covering
purchases and sales of livestock.
Dealers and agents are advised that
they must not buy or sell livestock
after April 1, 1943, without first se
curing a permit from the County War
Board. "Local slaughterers," "Butch
ers," and "Farm slaughterers" must
have permits to continue such opera
tion after April 1, 1943 and ecah
wholesale cut of meat must carry the
permit number, which can be stamped
on the carcass or on a tag attached
there to. Each local slaughterer, butch
er, or farm slaughterer shall collect
ration points and make required re
ports for all meat sold or transferred
by him after meat rationing goes
into effect. All persons affected by
these orders are requested to file ap
plication at the county office, immedi
ately, so that permits may be issued
in time to avoid disruption of the,
present marketing system. Persons ap
plying for permit other than dealers
permits, are requested to bring with
tnem, records of the slaughters
which were made in 1941.
and he is sure the heavens over there
have many more stars than here. He
was in Cassablanca when President
Roosevelt was, but did not see him.
He saw Martha Ray, the movie ac
tress, while she was on a USO tour of
North Africa.
Pvt. James Hoyle Bass, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ellis Bass of Johnston street,
Monroe, is now stationed at Camp
Crowder, Missouri. He would like for
his friends to write to him. His ad
dress is: Co. D. 29th Sig. Tng. Bn.,
Bks. 72, C8CRTC, Camp Crowder, Mo.
James R. Stames, in service at Camn
Croft, spent the week-end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Starnes. He
was accompanied by two of his "Yan
kee' buddies.
Pfc. Emmett N. Helms, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Archie Helms, has been
transferred from Lansing, Mich, to
the following address: 34436971, 391st
Bomber Sq., U. S. Army Air Base,
Blythe, Calif.
Pfc. Brooks Griffin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joel W. Griffin, has been pro
moted to corporal, and transferred
from Tampa, Fla., to Lake Charles,
La., 10th Airdrome, Sq. AAB.
Staff Set. Robert C. Ritch of Camp
Polk, La., who recently finished first
sergeant's school at Camp Polk, La.,
arrived home last Monday to spend a
14-day furlough with his wife. Mrs.
Mildred Watkins Ritch, of Monroe
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Ritch of Rl, Indian Trail. Seaman
2nd Class Carl L. Ritch of the Navy
arrived Tuesday for a short visit
with his brother. Sgt Ritch will re
turn to his new duties with the quar
termaster detachment, Camp Polk, La.,
April 1st.
Pvt. Earl J. King is spending a
fifteen-day furlough with his father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Henry King
ot North Monroe and with his wife.
He is stationed at Luke Field, Phoenix,
Arizona.
Pvt. Harold D. Staton has been
transferred from Camp Bowie to Camp
Hood, Texas. His address: Co. C,
808 T. D. Bn, Camp Hood, Texas.
: Neil G. Huggms, who has been with
the army air forces, stationed at
Miami Beach. Fla returned to his
home here last night, having been
discharged. - He and Mrs. Huggms win
continue to make their boms in Mon
roe. J, :;-;;, . ,i 1-U
Cadet Culpepper Heath Raucom. son
of Mr, and Mrs. A. Lee Baucom of
R3, Marahvllle, and Cadet Martin
Craft McOUvary. son ot Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. McOUvary of MarshvUle, have
reported .to the Armv Air Forces Pro-
Plight School tor Pilots at Maxwell
Will Preach Here Sunday
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DR. RAYMOND SMITH
A girl's sextet from Greensboro Col
lege will present several special musical
selections at the eleven o'clock hour
of worship Sunday morning at Central
Methodist church. Dr. Raymond
Smith, Professor of Religious Educa
tion at Greensboro College, will be
the guest preacher for the service. Dr.
Smith will speak on the very timely
subject "Religion In Education."
The program to be sung by the
sextet will Include the following num
bers: "Jesus Walked This Lonesome
Valley," by Dawson; "Panls Angelicus,"
by Vasclollni; and "Come To Me," by
Beethoven.
The members of the sextet are: Miss
Mary Lillian Jonas, of Lincolnton and
Miss Helen Own bey, of Greensboro,
first sopranos; Miss Margaret Ross, of
Burlington and Miss Inez Pleasants,
of Greensboro, second sopranos; Miss
Louise Taylor, of Oxford and Miss
Margaret Weldon of Stovall, altos. Miss
Ella Troy Woodson of Salisbury, is
piano accompanist for the group. The
director of the sextet is Dr. Walter
Vassar, head of the music department
at Greensboro College.
After file service Sunday the sextet
and Dr. Smith will be entertained for
dinner In the homes" of several church
members. Miss Jonas and Miss Own
bey will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Hamp Price; Miss' Ross and Miss
Pleasants will be entertained by Mrs.
Blair Bivens; Miss Taylor and Miss
Weldon will be in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. F. Taylor; and Miss
Weldon and Dr. Smith will be the
guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Ana
brust. HOSPITAL NEWS
Admissions: Mrs. Ray McAteer and
baby girl, R4, Monroe; Mrs. Ritch
Helms, R5, Monroe; Mrs. Edgar Lee
Murphy and baby boy, Monroe; Leon
ard S. Starnes, Monroe; Mrs. George
F. Boone, Monroe; Mrs. William C.
Holmes and baby boy, Monroe; Willie
Fay Yandle, R5, Monroe; Mrs. Ruby
Starnes, R5, Monroe; Columbus F.
Yandle, Rl, Indian Trail; Mrs. Paul
West and baby boy, Pageland; Mrs.
Freeda Simpson (Olin) R3, Monroe;
Mrs. Jake McCray, Polkton.
For treatment: Jesse Montgomery,
R5 Monroe; Walter Gordon, Rl, Wax
haw; Mrs. C. J. Haigler, Waxhaw; Mrs.
W. V. Hursey, Pageland; R. L. Gordon,
R5, Monroe; Mrs. Bert Crowell, Mon
roe; Mrs. J. T. Love and baby boy,
R2, Monroe; Mrs. Robert Quick, R5,
Monroe, G. C. Medlin, Rl, Monroe;
Mrs. Brooks Aldridge and baby boy,
R3, Monroe; Charlie M. Williams,
Monroe.
Field, Alabama, from the Nashville
Army Air Center, Nashville, Tennes
see, to begin the second phase of their
training as pilots In the TJ. S. Army
Air Forces' expanding program.
Miss Hattie Benton and her sister,
Mrs. Lydia Griffin, received word last
night that their nephew, Lieut. John
Lewis Benton, had been reported miss
ing in the Pacific by the Navy depart
ment. Lieut. Benton, who was a
graduate of the Naval Academy at An
napolis, was In service on a submarine.
He was a son of the late Carl Benton,
Monroe native, who lived in Hamlet.
Lieut. Benton was reared In Hamlet.
but of course was well known In Mon
roe. Pvt. Melvin K. Brooks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Brooks of R2 Marsh
vUle, has graduated from an Intensive
course in aviation mechanics at Shep
herd Field, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Pvt. Julian H. Brooks, son of G.
C. Brooks of Rl, Wlngate, has gradu
ated from an intensive course in avia
tion mechaanlcs at Wichita Falls,
Texas.
Lieut, and Mrs. James West left
Thursday for their home in Sherman,
Texas, after spending a few days with
Mrs. West's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bennie C. Griffin.
Staff Sergeant 8. D. Griffin, Jr., of
Camp Patrick Henry, Va., came Thurs
day on a 10-day furlough to be with
his father, 8. D. Griffin, Sr.. who is
ill at his home near Marahvllle.
Ralph Griffin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Hurley Griffin has been given a
medical discharge from the army and
nas returned to his home in Concord
Ralph and his wife spent tho week
end here with his parents. .
Cpl. Heath James, who Is stationed
at British Colombia, Canada, will leave
Saturday after spending a 26-day fur
lough hers with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Fulton James. CpL James has
been in Alaska until recently.
Pfc. Wmiam T. Oriffln of Marshvnie
who is now stationed with the 242nd
Coast Guard Artillery at Fort Temr.
N. Y, has been promoted to the rank
of Technician 5th grade, , Corporal
Griffin attended local schools, and was
employed by Cannon Mills of Kanna'
polls before entering tho service.
Two Pounds Of
Meat Allowance
Beginning Monday Americans
Must Govern The Amount
Of Meat Consumed
16 POINTS FOR ALL
Disclosure today of coupon values
of meat showed that Americans will be
allowed, starting Monday, to buy a
maximum of two pounds of steak or
three and one-fifth pounds of ham
burger per person per week under ra
tioning. Actually, most people will buy less
because they will want to use some of
the same coupons for butter, lard.
cheese or canned fish. They will have
16 points to spend per week at an
average coupon cost of 8 points per
pound for the whole group of foods.
A typical budget probably will be,
per person, two pounds of meat plus
perhaps a quarter-pound of butter
and a quarter-pound of cheese. A
whole pound of butter calls for eight
points.
OPA said the "rations are relatively
more liberal than the rations for pro
cessed foods," but the Impact will vary
sharply in each family. Families that
have liked and been able to afford to
eat a lot of 'meat may find their ra
tions only a fraction of their custo
mary purchases, but in some of the
poorer classes, the ration may exceed
what families may be able to afford.
Compared with such things as gas
oline and shoe rationing, the new
program will affect the lives of Ameri
cans more than any other type of ra
tioning undertaken so far. By Mon
day about the only important unra
tioned foods in grocery stores will be
milk, bread, cereals, preserves and
fresh fruits and vegetables.
On the bright side the plan is de
signed to even up meat supplies at
least after it has been in operation
a couple of weeks end will help those
localities which have had the most
acute meat shortages.
The Government said the new ra
tioning is necessary to divide up a
curtailed civilian supply because of
heavy diversion of these foods to the
armed services and lend-lease. Some
packers and stock men have blamed
the shortage on Government Interfer
ence with normal producing and mar
keting procedures.
Restaurants and other public eating
places continue without customer cou
pons, but their over-all food supplies
are rationed and officials are consider
ing' legal limitations on portions. OPA
officials hinted that people could not
expect to supplement their home, meat
rations very much by lining out.
Only farmers are exempt, being au
thorized to eat as much as they de
sire of their own produce, although
they must collect coupons If they sell
any of it to. outside consumers. Farm
ers also hope that rationing will re
strain wholesale and retail meat prices
sufficiently to obviate an OPA pro
posal for restricting the prices of live
meat animals.
The new point values were un
veiled to the press by OPA with
charts, tables, volumes, of explanatory
matter and quiz questions.
The new plan goes into effect at
12:01 A. M. Monday.
During the first week, oach person
must use the red A stamps in his No.
2 ration book (the one in which blue
stamps are used for canned goods) to
buy meat except poultry and game,
edible fats and oils except olive oil and
salad dressings, cheese except soft and
perishable cheeses, such as cottage
cheese, and canned fish or shell fisn.
Meats are rationed whether fresh,
frozen, cooked or cured.
The following week, any left over
A's plus the red B stamps may be
used, and in the third week the left
over As and Bs plus the red O
stamps. The same carryover is pro
vided in the fourth week, but all four
week's stamps expire together on
April 30. Procedure after that remains
to be determined.
At least during April, this W)) cause
great variance in weekly purchases,
since some people may want to save
some of their early month coupons for
a splurge in the final week of April.
However, the real purpose of this
system of accumulating coupons for
the first month is to give a fair break
to people In some communities where
meat or butter may be especially
scarce in the early part of the month.
The red A coupons will give each
person even babies 16 points, which
is the total of the 8, 5, 2 and 1 point
stamps printed in red and marked A.
One may then buy meat or butter
or cheese or anything else on tho
list according to its point value as ha
desires. For Instance, vegetarians may
spend all their points op butter and
cneese wnue some people mav buv
practically nothing but meat. ' Tho'
system is virtually the same as tho
point values for canned goods.
USO NATION- 'i
WIDE OPEN HOUSE
than twelve hundred USO Clubs and
Centers in forty-seven states and off
shore bases will bs hosts to the gen-
era puduc on tne occasion of USO s
annual open house day. Tho purpose
of tha TTRrt mvm hraiH Am 1. ....
able the American people at first-hand
w uuBcrv s ubu uiud ana to oecomo .:
iTuuvini
and accomplishments of the USO
wiuuu uw past year.- m eacn commu
nity wehre tho USO operates tho slo-"
gan for the day will bo "This Is your ,
USO. Come to see hv
Here in . Mrmm tVia tts l-
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located at 111 Rant VrrVlln t
offers varied facilities and entertain
men i or we men of Camp Sutton,
pis Club Joins with tho other twelve
hundred tn extending a cordial invita
tion to the public to visit it next
ounuoy.. me nours are irntn three
P. M. to six P. M. There will be muslo
cntertalrunt i.t and ir-'reshments.
'WAVE3 and .II win tho
war because they enable men to fight!
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