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EIGHT THE JOHNSTONIAN - SUN, SELMA, N. C. — THURSDAY AUGUST 7, 1941 Kenly Now Leadins In Eastern Carolina League Mrs. Albert Pounds Died Suddenly Friday STANDING EASTERN CAROLINA LEAGUE Kenly Goldsboro Princeton Pinkney Spring Hill 4 12 w. L. Pet. 12 5 .700 10 6 .625 8 7 .633 8 7 .533 . 4 9 .300 . 4 12 .250 Eastern League Mgrs. Hold Meeting In Kenly KENLY WINS A COUPLE OVER GOLDSBORO CLUB Kenly, Aug. 3.—Kenly defeated Goldsboro, 8-2 and 11-5, here Sunday afternoon in an Eastern Carolina League double-header. Both were sev en-inning games. Grizzard, three for four, led Kenly at the plate in the first game, and Lee Moore, three for four, led in the nightcap. Jones hit two singles for Goldsboro in the opener, and Souther land and Jones hit three single apiece in the second game. First game: R- H. E. Goldsboro 002 000 0 2 5 3 Kenly 002 222 x—8 12 1 King and M. Jones j Askew and Evans. Second game; R' H- R- Goldsboro Ill HO 0— 5 12 1 Kenly 003 521 x—11 13 2 Thompson, King and Lancaster; Campbell and Jackson. A meeting of the managers of all clubs in the Eastern Carolina Base ball League met at Kenly Friday ev ening. President J. Oscar Creech, who called the meeting, reports a very en joyable and enthusiastic meeting.'It was decided to give Spring Hill -^our new players to replace those who have been called to the army , and those who have accepted jobs else where. Selma, Goldsboro, Princeton, Pinkney and Kenly were allowed three new players each. Many new faces will be seen on the mound and in the field during the remainder of the season. All managers were requested by President Creech to send the secre tary of the League, Mr. McRacken, of Kenly, the names of the new play ers added to the various clubs. Herbert Grizzard, Jr., of Kenly, was named publicity manager of the league. Attend the next home game and see the new ph'yers in action. Clayton. — Mrs. Albert Pounds, 52, of Clayton, Route 1, died suddenly at her home Friday morning. Funeral services were held at Beth- esda Baptist church Saturday after noon at 4 o’clock, daylight savings time, where she had been a member for 26 years. Burial was in the old Clayton cemetery, with Dr. Roy H. McCulloch, Clayton Baptist pastor, in charge, assisted by the Rev. L. E. Godwin of Selma. Music was by the Junior quartet of the Clayton Metho dist church. Surviving are here husband; three sons, Leamon of Richmond, Va.; Lu- mus and Albert, Jr., both of Clayton, Route 1; three daughters, Mrs. Allen Johnson, Raleigh, Route 3; Mrs. Wil lie Jones, Richmond, Va.; and Miss Louise Pounds, Clayton, Route 1; her father, Sam Parrish of Clayton; two brothers. Will Parrish, of near Clay ton, and Henry Parrish, of Richmond, Va., and 10 grandchildren. ON THE SCREEN • SELMA THEATRE SUNDAY, AUGUST 10th “Farmer s Day^^ Draws- (Continued from page one) PRINCETON WINS TWO Princeton, Aug. 3. —Princeton de feated Spring Hill, 9-6, in a seven inning first game here Sunday and took a 6-1 victory in a five-inning nightcap. Princeton’s batting leaders in the first game, with three for four apiece, were C.. Wooten, J. B. Wooten and Gurley. Barnes and Hawley, two for four apiece, led Spring Hill. Smith of Princeton hit a double and single in the finale and was the only player to hit safely more than once. First game: R- H. E. Spring Hill 000 110 3—5 7 3 Princeton HI 222 x—9 13 2 Hawley and Renfrew; Ingram and J. Wooten. Second game: R. H. E. Spring Hill 000 01—1 4 2 Princeton 120 3x—6 7 1 Barnes, Godwin and Renfrew; Can- aday and J. Wooten. AN APPEAL Underground (Warner)—One of the best of the pictures daramatizing the fight within Germany against Naziism. The theme concerns the illegal radio broadcasts attacking the Neza regime and calling on the German people to rid themselves of their present Yulers. The activities of the Gestapo in running down the broadcasts and its brutality in deal ing with the promoters of the free dom stations are graphically shown. Phillip Dorn, Jeffrey Lynn, Kaaren Verne, Martin Kosleck. — A picture for adults and young people. Five-Day School For Training School Bus Drivers Begins Aug. 11 Peck—Did Freddie catch anything when he went fishing . Bill I understand he caught his when he got home with no fish. Wanted Immediately FINCH PITCHES Spring Hill, Aug. 3. — Nat Finch pitched three-hit ball as Kenly de feated Spring Hill, 1-0 here Saturday in an Eastern Carolina League con test. Herbert Askew hit a homer in the seventh inning for the only run. Score: R. I^ E. Kenly 000 000 100—1 7 0 Spring Hill .... 000 000 000—0 3 2 Finch and Jackson; Godwin and Renfrew. ANOTHER SHUTOUT Goldsboro, Aug. 2. — Goldsboro scored in the fourth inning for a 1-0 victory over Pinkney here Saturday in an eight-inning game. A doubleheader w'as planned and ihe second game got as far as the fourth inning before rain forced a halt in play. Neither team had scored. Cox pitched three-hit ball for the winners, and Whaley pitched four-hit hall for the losers. Score! R. H. E. Pinkney 000 000 00—0 3 1 Goldsboro 000 100 Ox—1 4 2 Whaley and Brown; Cox and Jones. from State College, was present and made a short talk. Dr. N. Y. Gulley, for a long time dean of the Wake Forest Law School, and A. J. Ellis, only surviving Confederate veteran in Johnston county, were recognized. The livestock show resulted in prizes being won as follows: For the best pair of mules, Zeb Hill of near Smithfield, first; and Dr. Battle Ho- cutt, Clayton, second; for best pair of horses, Harold Peedin, Selma, R2, first, and Dr. Hocutt, second; beef cattle, bulls, Brookhill Farms, Selma, Route 1, first; and Frank Kirby, Sel ma, Route 1, second; beef heifer, Brookhill Farm; ponies, first prize, Martha Davis, near Clayton; second, Gordon Peedin, Selma, Route 2; third, Benton Lassiter, Jr., Smithfield, Rl. Singing Contest The Tees Chapel Free Will Bap tist Church choir, led by Johnnie Woodall, won first prize in the sing ing contest and the Woodall quartet, part of the same choir, won second. In the hog calling contest, Mrs. John K. Sanders w^on first place for women and A. R. Weaver, Smithfield, Route 2, first among men. Mrs. Jas per Beasley of Wilson Mills won the prize in the husband calling contest; and Mrs. Clara Massey of Wilson Mills won the ladies’ prize in the chicken calling contest, and Henry T. Flowers the man’s prize in this con test. Other prizes awarded included best Hertford heifers, to Mrs. W. A. Wil liams of near Smithfield; Luther Starling, Smithfield, Route 2; Brax ton Barber, Smithfield, Route 1; and A. G. Powell, Smithfield, Route 2; a living room set to Rommie Sanders, Negro, Smithfield, Route 1; a bed room suit to A. G. Powell; and mat tress to Thurman Barbour, Smithfield, Route 1; and a rocking chair to Wa- verly Edwards, Jr., Princeton. The day’s program closed with a street dance at night. Selma Cards to Play Two Games This Week The Selma Cards will play Pinkney F'riday, and Kenly Sunday. Both of these games will be ^played on the Cards’ diamond at 3:30 o’clock (EST). Several new faces w’ill be seen in the line-up of each club and good games are expected. Don’t forget the dates. Friday (tomorrow) and Sunday. Both games will be called promptly at 3:30 (4:30 Daylight Saving Time). MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT "^Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Wilson of Sel ma, announce the marriage of their daughter, Effie Catherine, to Tommie P. Pearsall, on July 26th, in Bennetts* ville, S. C. After spending some time at Myrtle Beach, Mr. and Mrs. Pear sall will be at home, Greensboro, N. C. The Selma Woman’s Club has re ceived the followisg appeal from Lon don, England: “I am appealing to your Club after months of air-raids that have left us the only large maternity hospital in London, because your Members might generously wish to aid us. “One of our Nurses’ Homes was ‘hit’ and it has rained ‘incendiaries.’ Here, in England’s largest maternity and infant hospital, ‘Queen Charlott’s of London,’ we know the courage of our mothers-to-be, their husbands absent, fighting for E^reedom’s cause. Very poor, they can only contribute Life For Life must go on. A child is born “We give each mother free care, the finest dietary, anaesthesia and nursing, and our steel-helmetted nurses often reach them under gun fire, driving cars wdth antl-shrapnel mattresses on the roofs. “Our Patron, Queen Elizabeth, has congratulated us on the wonderful re sponse to our American appeal, while Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill at tended our dinner. “Bringing the new Life into the world and aiding it until 5 years old, costs this unendowed hospital about $80.00. “Would your Members answer the cry of these little beings in dan ger now by collectively sending us a check (by air-mail) with the en closed Form. “Yours very gratefully, “SEYMOUR LESLIE, “Secretary-Superintendent.” Timothy—How is your garden do ing this year? Haye—My cutworms and beetles were never better, but my potato bugs look undernourished for some reason. ^Unloaded’ Fayetteville, Aug. 6.—He didn’t know it was loaded. So Clyde Stell, 17-year-old Negro boy, leveled the .22-caliber rifle at his 12-year-old brother, Johnnie, and commanded “stick ’em up.” Johnnie reached for his toy pistol instead, and Clyde pulled the trigger. Johnnie fell, shot through the neck, and died immediately. The lads w'ere playing cowboy with a neighbor boy in the backyard of the Stells’ home on the Lumberton Road. WILL BUY YOUR SECOND-HAND furniture for cash. Write P. 0. Box 173, Smithfield, N. C., and repre sentative will call. 7-31-tn. The Raleigh Local Office of the North Carolina State Employment Service has several openings for trainees in welding classes which are starting at North Carolina Stalte Col lege next Monday, August 11, 1941. Interested persons are NOT to con tact the College, but are requested to immediately contact the Raleigh Lo cal Office at 118 West Martin Street in person or by telephone regarding these classes. The duration of the classes will be nine weeks, consisting of forty hours per week training which will be free. The classes are held the first five days of the week from 7:00 a. m. to 3:00 p. m. All ma terials are furnished by the Vocation al Educational Department of the College, under the direction of Pro fessor E. W. Ruggles. The only ex pense involved will be board and room which can be obtained near the Col lege at a rate of approximately $1.00 per day while completing these class es. There are educational minimum 10th grade requirements; age range is from 18 years upward. There are certain physical requirements which have to be made, such as good eye sight, a steady hand and a good gen eral physical condition. Persons with handicaps which will not affect their work in welding when they become journeyman w^elders will be consider ed. No wages will be paid the stu dents while taking this training with the exception of those trainees who are now on WPA certified payrolls. They will continue to receive their regular WPA earnings while receiv ing the training. In order to g'ain admission to the classes it is necessary for applicants to take certain aptitude tests which will to a certain degree determine their suitability for the particular type of training given, and this makes it mandatory that they contact the local office immediately as sug gested above, in order that arrange ments may be made for the adminis tration of these tests this week so that they can enter the classes at the beginning next Monday morning. L. J. CRAVEN, Manager Raleigh Office. While Johnston County has a good safety record in the transportation of school pupils, the Board, of Education of Johnston County with the assis tance of the Safety Department under the direction of Ronald Hocutt^ will conduct a five-day school for rtaining school bus drivers for the coming year beginning on August 11 and go ing through August 15. All bus drivers, substitute drivers, and those that expect to become of age and drive during the year must attend the drivers’ schools on the dates indicated below. The school will be conducted at the Smithfield school. On August 11 all drivers, substitute drivers and prospective drivers dur ing the coming year from the Four Oaks and Glendale Schools will be taught. On August 12 drivers from the Meadow, Benson and Princeton School will be taught. On August 13 the drivers from the Micro, Kenly, Selma and Cleveland Schools will be taught. On August 14 the drivers from the Pine Level, Corinth - Holders, Archer Lodge, Clayton, Wilson’s Mills and Smithfield will be taught. And on August 16 all Negro drivers from the County will be taught. All classes will begin each day at 7:30 A. M., and last all day, dinner being provided for the students. All drivers, substitute drivers and prospective drivers, that is those who will become of age during the year and expect to drive during the coming school term, should apply at the Sup erintendent’s Office in the courthouse in Smithfield any day on or after Brunettes Have Their Own Troub les Dr. Donald A. Laird, famous psy chologist, says they are much more likely to have high blood pressure, to go bald sooner, have mustaches and sick headaches and must use stronger soap. Read his informative comments in The American Weekly with next Sunday’s Washington Times-Herald, now on sale. WILL BUY YOUR SECOND-HAND furniture for cash. Write P. 0. Box 173, Smithfield, N. C., and repre sentative will call. 7-31-tn. SELMA THEATRE • SELMA, N. C. • THURS.,-FRL, August 7-8— Clark Gable Rosalind Russell THEY MET IN BOMBAY Mat. 3:15; Night 7:15; & 9 (Daylight Saving Time) ISELMA THEATRE ] Monday, August 4, and get an appli cation blank for registration in this school along with literature which will be necessary for the drivers to study before they can pass the exam ination. Alton Stancil of The Johnstonian- Sun spent the week end in the moun tains of Western North Carolina. Thousands take PRUNOL Prune Juice Laxative For CONSTIPATION Prunol is a fruit juice laxative which tastes good and acts quickly and easily. Prunol softens waste matter, stimulates intestinal mus cles, helps bring eliminations back to normal—no griping or irritation. Guaranteed to satisfy. 60c or $1.00 sizes. Sold and guaranteed by SELMA DRUG CO., Selma, N. C. SATURDAY, August 9— The Three Mesquiteers GANGS OF SONORA Chapt. 9, “THE SPIDER RETURNS” SHOWS: 1:00 TILL 11:00 (Daylight Saving Time) ISELMA THEATRE I SUNDAY, August 10— Jeffrey Lynn Karen Verne UNDERGROUND Shows: 2:00, 3:45, 9:00 (Daylight Saving Time) ISKL.MA THEATRE | MON.,-TUES., August 11-12— Judy Canova Francis Lederer PUDDIN’ HEAD JACK POT MONDAY, $135.00 Mat. 3:15; Night 7:15; & 9 (Daylight Saving Time) |,SELMA THEATRE | SPECIAL SUNDAY ! 35c CHICKEN GRAB WALTZ COURT Highway 301 Selma, N. C. FOR SALE ! Good Work and Riding HORSE EIGHT YEARS OLD Mrs. G. L. Eason 1-2 Mile West of Selma ALL Smokers: See iDur line of PIPES! Anything from Corncobs to Kaywoodies TERMINAL NEWSSTAND (At the Selma Depot) WEDNESDAY, August 13— Dian Ameche Betty Grahle DOWN ARGENTINE WAY Chapt. 4, “JUNGLE GIRL” Matinee 3:15 Night: 6:30, 8:30 9:00 (Daylight Saving Time) ISELMA THEATRE I THURS.,-FRL, August 14-15— G. Fitzgerald J. Stephenson SHINING VICTORY Mat. 3:15; Night 7:15; & 9 (Daylight Saving Time) SUNHER Selma Lodge No. 320, A. F. & A. M. Meets Every First and Third Tuesday at 7:30 P. M. Visiting Brethren Invited R. H. GRIFFIN, Master W. T. WOODARD, Secretary IN A CLASS BY ITSEtF U BAKING POWPER II ' try it today IT SETS THE pace IN TH E QUALITY RACE MERCHANDISE Going At and Below Cost! 1 lot LADIES $3 HATS —- 50c 1 lot LADIES’ $1 to $1.50 HATS 25c SUMMER DRESSES, only $1.00 WHITE SHOES.... Any Price WALT GODWIN Selma, North Carolina • opnd for NEW booklet, containing dozens of bright C O Weas to ifnprove your baking... AddrMs: Rumford sltong Powder. Box W. Rumford, Rhode Island. PAINT THE PERFECT WAY With A'R‘N ALL'S " " ■ \P£RFECrfONJ' STANDARD SINCE 1885 Superior Finishes for INTERIOR and EXTERIOR USE We can save you money on HARDWARE and Best Quality PAINT FOR A FIRST GLASS PAINTER We Recommend WILL THOMPSON Dunn Furniture Co. of Selma, Inc. TALMAGE CORBETT, Mgr. SELMA, N. C. 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