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VOL. 27
Ilireo Grica BrotSiers in Sarvica
SELMA, N.
LIBRARY NEWS
The Selma friends of the Librar
Association are moving things along
weeks
member-
Three sons of Mr. and Mrs
Navy and one in the Army.
Wyatt W. Grice of Route 1, Selma, are in the armed forces, two in the
saw Guoner Henry W. Grice, left, has been in the Navy 12 years. He
Fnllnwir,„ ®^'^'®® m the Pacific, including the first landing at Guadalcanal, before being wounded.
Osf-nr- ^ ‘^overy he was sent to Fort Bremerton, Wash., and later assigned to sea duty again,
laiinnhori j aboard the U. S. S. Hornet, the vessel from which the raid on Tokyo was
has hepn'ir, wound in the left hand during an engagement. S/Sgt. William H. Grice, right,
s been in the Ai-my four years. He is now stationed at Camp Mixey, Texas.
Personals
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H. V. Fayne, Chief Specialist in
the Navy, visited Mrs. Payne, during
the week end.
Cpl. and Mrs. J. M. Corstaphney,
, of Camp Van Dom, Miss., have re
turned, following a visit to Dr. and
Mrs. R. D. Oliver and Mrs. J. D.
Ryan.
Mrs. J. T. Hughes, Miss Lenora
Tudor, Mrs. Alice Hood and Captain
Prank Hood spent Sunday in Dunn,
where they attended the “Hood” fam
ily reunion at the home of Mrs. G.
T. Noel.
Mrs. Jimmie Woodard returned
from New Orleans la^ Saturday,
where she spent the past month with
her husband. Pvt.- Jimmie C. Wood
ard.
Miss Leona Farmer Sasser of E. C.
T. C., spent the /week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Sasser.
Mrs. A. L. Blow of Greenville, N.
C., spent Sunday with her father, J.
H. Griffin.
Ernest Herren of Deerfield, Ohio,
spent the week end with his son and
daughter-in-law. Petty Officer and
Mrs. Ronald E. Herren, and Mr. and
Mrs. E. V. Woodard.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Johnson, Jr.
jfehave returned to Baltimore, Md., af-
^ter a visit of several days with rela
tives here and in Pine Level.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Daly spent the
week end in Atlanta, Ga., with their
son. Major Owen Daly, who is sta
tioned for the present at Fort Den
ning, Ga. Major Daly recently re-
, turned from overseas where he spent
thirty-two months, including stays in
the North Pacific and Asiatic region
on duty.
Miss Janie Tuttle of Charlotte, has
been the guest of her brother, 0. A.
Tuttle, for several days.
Petty Offiicer Ronald E. Herren left
Monday for Panama City, Fla., fol
lowing a week’s leave with Mrs. Her
ren.
Mrs. H. A. Brown, of Columbus, O.,
has been spending some time with
relatives in and around Selma.
Mrs. Luther O’Neal and daughter,
Jackie, Mrs. J. H. Scarborough and
daughter, Burma Pal, of I,ouisburg,
were week-end guests of relatives and
friends here. '
Miss Ethel Hall of Goldsboro, was
the guest of Mrs. Alice Hood for sev
eral days last week.
Miss Lanie Gunter spent the week
end at her home in Aberdeen.
Mrs. Joe A. Creech has returned
from Woodard-Herring Hospital' in
Wilson, following a serious operation,
and is improving nicely at her home
here.
Mrs. C. E. Kornegay was called to
Hickory Sunday on account of the
death of her nephew, Lieut. S. R.
Sigmon, who Was killed in a plane
crash near Havana, Cuba, Saturday.
Cpl. Ernest V. Woodard. Jr., of
Fort Bragg, spent the week end -wfith
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Wood
ard.
Mrs. Nettie H. Hogue of Greens
boro, was the week-end guest of her
daughter, Mrs. G. D. Vick.'
Capt. and Mrs. Edwin L. Coble of
Raleigh, spent the week end with
Mrs., Coble’s mother, Mrs. Pearl B.
Richardson.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Brown of Chap
el Hill, were week-end guests of M.
and Mrs. J. F. Brown.
Mrs. J. H. Pridgen has returned
from. Jacksonville, Fla., where she
visited her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Burwell Coley.
F. B. Whitley of Kenly, spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ether
idge.
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Woodard, Pet
ty Officer and Mrs. Ronald E. Her
ren, and son, Ronald, Jr., and their
guest, Ernest Herren of Deerfield,
Ohio, spent Sunday afternoon in
Buie’s Creek, the guests of Mrs.
Woodard’s mother, Mrs. Lillian Hol
land.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Etheridge, Mrs.
■ P. H. Etheridge and son, BilJ.y, of
Kenly, and Mrs. Newton Hall of
Richmond, Va., were recent guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Etheridge.
Cpl. and Mrs. Frank Hood of Nor
folk, Va., were week-end guests of
their mother, Mrs. Alice Hood. Mrs.
Hood and her guests, including Miss
"iEthel Hall of Goldsboro, spent Sun-
day in Dunn where they attended the
Hood Reunion at the home of Mrs
G. T. Noel.
Mrs. Charles C. Morgan, Jr. has
returned to McCormick, .S. C., follow
ing a visit to her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. O’Neal.
Mrs. L. H. Stephenson of Willow
Springs, spent Monday with friends
in Selma.
Miss Edith Henry of Raleigh, spent
the week end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Troy C. Henry.
Mrs. J. T. Hughes spent Thursday
and Friday at Meredith College with
her daughter. Miss Anne Hood
Hughes, and attended the May Day
program and the Glee Club Spring
Concert, in both of which Miss Anne
Hood Hughes took part.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Martin and son,
Billie, of Suffolk, Va., spent Sunday
with Mrs. Martin’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Stancil.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Piland of
Holland, Va., spent Sunday with Mrs.
Piland’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Creech, near Micro.
Capt. James Stancil and mother
Mrs. J. C. Stancil, ofgmithfield,
visited Mr. and Mrs. M. L Stancil
Sunday afternoon. Capt, Stancil is
home- on a furlough from Panama,
where he is a physician in a hospital;
Mrs. N. P. Blanchard of Wallace,
and daughter, Helen, of E. C. T. C
and Mr. and Mrs. Bill O’Neal 'of
Clayton, visited Mr. 'and Mrs. W. H.
Watson during the week end. Mrs."
Watson and Mrs. Blanchard shopped
in Raleigh Saturday.
Miss Dorothy Parker, of Greens
boro, spent the week end here with
her father, Mr. S. M. Parker, at the
Brick Hotel.
Misses Elizabeth. Whitaker and
Eula Mae Massey, of the local school
faculty, spent Saturday in Raleigh
shopping.
0. A. Tuttle Addresses
Smithfield Meeting
very nicely. A committee from the
Selma Kiwanis club has been helping
the members of the libray board with
solicitations. In the past two
the following* hav
ship cards:
^ ?5.00
5.00
Dr. E. N. Booker 5,00
Mrs. Macon Williams 1,00
Mrs. Maggie Chamblee 1.00
R. H. Gregory i'oq
Mrs. Inej! Brietz 5 og
Youns Kenly Man
Killed In Accident
Legian Auxiliary Meets
With Mrs. G. A. Earp
nomin-
the folio-wing
The American Legion Auxiliary
met on Tuesday evening at the home
of Mrs. G. A. Earp, with Mrs. A. G
Thompson and Mrs. H. D. Benson as
joint, hostesses. Mrs. E. G. Hobbs
called tor a report from the
ating committee and
officers were elected:
President—Mrs. E. G. Hobbs.
_ Vice-Pre.sidents—Mrs. W, L. Ether
idge, and Mrs. C. A. Bailey.
Chaplain Mrs. N. A. Branch,
Treasurer—Mrs. B. A. Henry.'
Secretary—Mrs. C. B. Fulghum
Historian—Mrs. J. T. Hughes.
Sergeant-At-Arms—Mrs. R P Ol
iver. '
The Poppy Committee presented
gilts to those winning first and sec
ond place in Poster Contest, Th°se
were Bobby Jean Ray and Ava Davis
3-nd Eason.
Mrs. Willye Wright made a talk on
the library and asked those present
to sign card for a donation for this
year.
Mrs. Hobbs presented Captain Ma
con Williams of the U. S. Army who
made a splendid talk on Women In
War ,n England. He has just return
ed from two years’ service in Eno--
land,_ and his talk was informative
and interesting. Mrs. Williams was
also a guest of the club.
O. A. Tuttle, principal of the Selma
school, was the principal speaker at
a meeting of the Business and Pro
fessional Woman’s Club in Smithfield
Tuesday evening of last week, which
was lield at the Rose-Glenn dining
room at the supper hour.
Mr. Tuttle gave much food for se
rious thought when he said, “The
torch is being passed to America to
day, and the question is will this na
tion be able to lead the way in see
ing to it that the rights of individu
als, the rights of nations, and the
rights of races are mutually respect
ed in the new world of tomorrow.”
The publicity committee, headed
by Mrs. Thornton Patterson, was in
charge of the program. Other mem
bers of the committee assisting were
Miss Elizabeth Young, Mrs. Bill
Creech and Mrs. Douglas Driver.
Mrs. Vara S. Britt, the president,
heard reports from various standing
committees, and there was a discus
sion of girl scout work at the mill,
sponsorship of which the club voted
after hearing Mrs. William Barnes
and others tell about this work. Two
troops. Brownies and Intermediates,
j have been formed at the. mill, and
the B. and P. W. club will assume
the financial obligation to national
headquarters and will have an advis
ory scout committee to assist the
scout leaders.
The club voted to buy .$200 worth
of war bonds with part of the schol
arship fund which is apparently not
needed at the present time, but if an
application should come from sorue
worthy girl for a loan, the bonds
would be sold to take care of it.
In order to complete the report
from this club requested by ' state
headquarters, an anonymous poll of.
club members buying war bonds diu--
ing the past year was taken, and the
report showed that 2'7: members have
purchased bonds in the sum of $12,- |
647.50. I
Prior to Mr. Tuttle’s speech. Miss '
Elizabeth Young passed out tele
gram blanks on which the members
were asked to write Mr. Tuttle a tel
egram suggesting some peace plan,
using the letters in a given phrase
concerning peace following the war.
Mrs. N. L. Perkins received the prize
for the best telegram.
Mr. Tuttle in his address empha
sized factors that will enter into any
permanent peace and para mounted
the race, or color, problem.-
Miss Cassie Abdalla
Mrs. I. A. McDuffie
Tom Abdalla
Miss Cora Edwards
Rev. D. M. Clemmons
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Everitt
W. E. Wiggs
Mrs. G. T. Brown
Dunn Furniture Co
H. H. Lowry
Miss Irene Batten 3.00
S- R. Lee 1.00
W. I. Godwin —r. 5 OO
1.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
5.00
3.00
1.00
5.00
5.00
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2.00
5.00
2.00
5.00
1.00
5.00
H. E. Earp and family....
B. A. Henry
T. C. Henry
Mr. and Mrs. John Jeffreys
M. R. Wall
Dr. R. D. Oliver
Mrs. Hunter Price 6.00
B. P. Proctor 1.00
M. L. Stancil 4.00
Mrs. Willye C. Wright 6.00
Mr. & Mrs. W. C. Sasster sioo
J. M. O’Neal ,25
Mrs. Proffit .25
L. 0. Davis 2.50
Raleigh Griffin 1.00
A. L. Langley 50
C. E. Kornegay 75
Carl Worley 5.00
S. W. Armitage 4.00
Raymond Woodall 2.0tl
Miss Alethia Fant 2.00
Miss Nora Blackmere 2,00
Roy Smith 1.00
A. R. Driver 1.00
Jesse W. Sullivan
In Preflight Class
Selma Kiwanians Given
Quiz On Our Presidents
San Antonio Aviation Cadet Cen-
ter,_ Texas, May 15.—At the San An
tonio Aviation Cadet Center, future
pilots, bombardiers and na-vigators
are receiving preflight courses to
prepare them for aerial instruction.
The cadets begin preflight training
as a single group. They are separat
ed for specialized training as bom
bardiers, navigators and pilots mid
way through the ten-week course.
The present preflight class includes
65 from North Carolina, one of whom
is Jesse W. Sullivan of Selma.
Mr. John Jeffreys has given the
1944 Webster’s Reference Dictionary
to be added to our reference shelf.
Are you helping to make your li
brary one of the best in the county
by joining the friends of the Library
Association? This world of ours has
become very dear, for our American
boys are to be found in every corner
of it, doing their bit for the cause
of freedom. Ldt’s learn more about
these far off places, the people who
live there, their customs and way of
living. Do, we want to read about
some of the experiences of our hoys,
I or biographies of our great leadens?
They are all to be found ,at the li
brary. “Into the Valley,” “Gaudai-
Canal Diary”, “I Saw the Fall of the
Philippines”, “Queen of the Flattops”,
“Life of Cordell Hull”, Winston
Churchill’s “Blood, Sweat and Tears”
and many others. Go in brouse around
and see for yourself.
There are many ways you can help
to make your library better. An easy
chair and floor or table lamp is need
ed. Maybe you have one not in use.
Would you lend or give it?
Instead of giving flowers when a
friend dies give a book to your li
brary in memory of the departed; or
maybe you would like to give some
amount of money to buy books in
memory of some loved one long since
departed. A permanent record will
be kept in the library of all such
gifte, also a small plate will be past
ed in each book giving the name of
the person whom we wish to mepiorr
alize also the name of the giver.
This is a very beautiful custom us
ed- in other places and it is to be
hoped that our Selma people will see
fit to do likewise. Some' gifts have
already been received to be used in
this manner.
There is a greater demand for
books, new books, than ever before.
It takes money and work to keep a
library up with the pace of the hap
penings to-day. Let’s all pitch in and
help. Don’t wait for someone to see
you—go in and sign a membership
card to-day.
PVT. FREEM.A.N B. P.ARRISH,
JR. writes his mother, Mrs. Freeman
B. Parrish, Sr., of his arrival in Eng
land safely, from the Onzio Beacli-
head. F. B. served in North Africa
and also-on the Anzio Beachhead. He
was in a major battle on the Beach
head and had some quite exciting
experiences. He also "received a Star,
■and good conduct medal. He says it
is- very homey and a very beautiful
country in England. He says the
people .there are very friendly.
F. B., Jr., went overseas last Sep
tember, and since then he has visited
many parts of the world. He married
the-former Miss Jeannell Spencer of
Smithfield, August 29, 1943.
Poppy Day This Year
To Be Biggest Ever
The biggest poppy sale in the his
tory of the American Legion Auxil
iary is predicted this,year by Mrs.
E. G. Hobbs, president of the local
Unit., who said yesterday she would
not be surprised if more’than double
the usual number were sold.
As few people know what the ar
rangements are for making the.se
Memorial Day flowers, Mrs. Hobbs
explained that- the materials are fur
nished free to the veterans by the
American Legion Auxiliary. Volun
teer workers teach the disabled men
to make the poppies. 'Fhe entire pop
py program, from the supplying of
the poppy materials, to the distribu
tion of the finished flowers to the
American public, is under the man
agement of the Auxiliary.
“The veterans and ' their depend
ents are the ones who benefit from
our poppy sale,” she said, “not only
from monetary results from selling
poppies, but also from having some
thing tangible to do instead of hav
ing to rest, read or talk. These men
in the government hospitals are de
lighted to -keep their fingers busy
and their minds occupied with the in
tricacies of .fashioning the poppies.
“We have .been selling these Mem
orial Day flowers for twenty-four
years and each year the poppy be
comes more closely identified with
the American Legion .Auxiliary and
with our disabled men. We hope the
service will continue indefinitely.”
Mrs. B. A. Henry is*Poppy Chair
man of Post, 141 of the Selma Unit,
and Mrs. E. G. Hobbs is president of
the Auxiliary.
Poppy Day this-year comes on Sat
urday, May 27,' Primary Election day
in North Carolina.
Pfc. Otha M. Hod^e Dies In
Haspitai Following Automo
bile Wreck—Funeral Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie M. Hodge of
Kenly, Route 2, were notified Wed
nesday afternoon by telegram that
their son, Pfc. Otha M. Hodge, had
died in a government hospital at
Camp Lee, Va.
Young Hodge was injured in an
automobile accident early Tuesday
morning, resulting in his death Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
The accident occurred near Camp
Lee, where Pfc. Hodge was stationed.
He had been in the service more than
four years, two and a half of which
had been spent in the Pacific theatre.
He spent last week with his pa
rents and liad just returned to camp.
Funeral services will be held from
Creech’s church Friday afternoon at
4 o’clock. Burial will take place in
the church cemetery.
Surviving are his parents; two sis
ters, Mrs. 'Preston Hawley of Wil
mington, and Miss Jessie Jane Hodge
of Kenly, Route 2.
Recreation Drive Is
Now Going Full Blast
The Selma Recreation Commis
sion, aided by the Kiwanis Club and
Youth Council, have been waging a
drive for funds during the week. At
the present time no figures are avail
able on the progress of the drive, but
it is hoped that the citizens of the
community will give a ready response
to this needed and worth-while un
dertaking. Tlie canipaign will continue
during the remainder of the week,
-and if you have not had an opportu
nity to make a donation and wish to
do so, please see Mr. John Jeffreys,
Mr. .Joe Creech. Mr. -Ernest Wom
ack, Mr. Norvelle Smith, or Stanley
Armitage, Jr., before Saturday night.
The Youth Club has nov/ gotten a
new piccolo and two new ping pong
tables, and last Friday night between
fifty and sixty boys and girls enj'oyed
a well planned program. Mrs. Mabel
Nordan Payne, able supervisor,
planned the program and the boys
and girls now look forward to the
weekly programs which are planned
by Mrs. Payne, - The public is invited
to attend the Club as spectators at
any time they may care to do so. The
young people in the community seem
to appreciate the opportunity for
recreation which has been afforded
them by the citizens of the commu
nity, and your donation to the Rec»"e-
ation Comrnission will help carry on
this program. It is also hoped that
the response to this drive will be so
generous that other recreational fa
cilities may be made available for
"the community, and that other age
groups, including the adults, may
have an opportunity to share in bet
ter community recreational facili
ties.
Farm Bureau Organized
In Beulah Township
Funeral Held For
Mrs. Sadie A. Radford
At the conclusion of the business
session of the Selma Kiwanis club
on last Thursday evening, the meet-
ing was turned over to Program
Chaiirman Bradley Pearce, who an
nounced that H. H. Lowry would put
on his program. Mr. Lowry proceed
ed to conduct a quiz on the life and
habits of the Presidents of the Unit
ed States. While it would seem that
e-veryorie should be rather familiar
with the background of our presi
dents, it was amazing to see what a
small percent of the questions met
with correct answers. While all of
the questions were important for ev
eryone to know, only a few answered
as many as half of them. Bill Thad
Woodard was awarded the prize for
giving the greatest number of cor
rect answers.
Lightning Burns House
NearlSei
mson
Sunday
During a thurder storm in the
Benson .section Sunday afternoon,
lightning struck the home of Hilbei-t
Thornton, five miles south of Benson,
setting it on fire and completely de
stroying the house and all of its con
tents. Only one chair was saved from
the burning building, and no insur
ance war carried by its owner.
Mr. and Mrs. Thornton were re
turning from a neighbor’s home and
saw the lightning strike their home,
stating that the lightning seemed to
have three prongs to it, setting the
house on fire in three different places.
Mrs. T. M. Benoy Taken
To Hospital Monday
. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson F. Blackman
of Raleigh and Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Blackman, Jr., and children of Green
ville spent the week end with their
father, John, W. Blackman.
Mrs. T. M. Benoy, who fell from the
door-steps of her home here several
days ago, was taken to the Johnsto'n
County Hospital Monday morning,
where it was found that she had a
misplaced hip and a crushed knee.
At first it was thought that she had
only suffered slight bruises and would
recover within a short time, but when
her condition failed to improve it was
decided to take her to the hospital for
a more thorough examination. News
from the hospital Wednesday indicat
ed that she was doing very nicely.
Notified of Son’s Safe
Arrival In England
and Mrs. Ivey
Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Harris have
been notified of the safe arrival in
England of their son, Cpl. George I.
Harris.
Mrs. Sadie Agnes Radford, 48, of
Selma Route 2, died at 12:30 Wednes
day afternoon at Duke Hospital, after
a lingering illn,ess.
Funeral services were held from
Holly Springs Free Will Baptist
church Thursday afternoon at 4
o’clock. Burial took place in the
Smith cemetery, near the home. Sur
viving are the husband, two sons, C.
C. Radford, of Cherry Point, and
Alonzo Oliver Radford, of Selma, Rt.
2, four daughters, Mrs. Mildred De-
Loch, of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Carl
Daughtry, of Wilmington, Del., Mrs.
Clifford Potts, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
Mrs. Allison Lamm, of Kenly Route
2; one sister, Mrs. Oscar Davis, of
Selma Route 2; five brothers, Lester
and Harvey Smith of Selma Route 2;
Hubert Smith, of Micro Luby Smith,
of Raleigh, and Coy Smith, of Wilson.
A group of about 550. farmers at
tended a barbecue supper at the
Kenly school a few days ago.
Poliowing, an address by R. Flake
Shaw, secretary of the North Caro-,
lina .Farm Bureau, a Johnston Coun
ty unit of the Farm Bureau was or
ganized, with .1. E. Rogerson of Ken
ly, Route 1, as president; A. G. Glenn
of Kenly, Route 2, vice president, and
W. Luther Kirby of Keniy, Route
2 as secretary-treasurer.
The meeting was presided over by
P. A. Boyette of Kenly, Route 2.
Another meeting is planned for the
first Friday night in June.
APOLOGY
Due to a rush of advertisins:
at the last minute, we were
forced to omit a number of in
teresting- articles from this
issue of The Johnstonian-Sun.
These will appear next week.
Mrs. Fannie Bail
Given Birthday Dinner
Mrs. Fannie Dail was given a birth
day dinner at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Vause on Railroad
Street, Wednesday, May 17th, in cel
ebration of her 71st birthday. Mrs.
Dail is an aunt of Mr. 'Vause. Only
relatives and close friends were in
vited.
G. H. Eason, Jr., S 1-C, arrived
Sunday from California to spend this
week with his mother, Mrs. G. H.
Eason.
Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Blackman spent
the week end with Mrs. Blackman’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Moore
of near Rocky Mount.
Birth Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Woodard an
nounce the birth of a daughter. This
makes Mr. and Mrs. Woodard seven
daughters and one son.
Mrs. Annie Barham was a guest of
her sister, Mrs. Ellis, of Clayton, Fri
day night.
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