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The Selma Chamber of Commerce
will meet in regular quarterly session
Monday night at the Woman’s Club
building.
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SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY—JANUARY 6,1949.
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New Selma Well Proves to Be a Gusher
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Above is a photo of water* pouring through a four-inch pipe from Selma’s
new well at the rate of 350 gallons a minute. At this rate of pumping the
■well maintained a constant level of 57 feet from the top for 24 hours. The
■well is 300 feet deep and was drilled near the Church of God, on Wendell
Hoad by the Heater Well Co., of Raleigh. R. O. Heater, president of the
company was present when the well came in. and declared it the second best
well in the rock section of North Carolina.
Small World
An Entreaty
By MRS. CARL K. PARRISH
Whate’er of pain
Or grief
Or. disappointment came
In the year that’s past—
T’is gone—forever gone.
Blot—forever gone.
Blijt out all memories;
Start anew.
Chairman
Kiwanis
almage Corbett Clives
Report On Hospital
Kiwanian Talmage Corbett, chair-j
o-aire ■ for the Hospital Per- i “This is the report made by Mr.
man of the Hospital Committee, gave . sonnel and will cooperate in every ! Richard H. Moore the.Engineer em-
the Selma Kiwanis Club a full report .way with the operation and Person- | ployed by the Town of Selma and a
Thursday night, when the organi?;a- ; of the Hospital. i copy sent to the Board of Trustees of
tion met in regular session at the j - . Mayor, Town of Selma
•1.^ “■ *^riffin. President, Selma
. Chamber of Commerce.
Booker, Vice President L O. D^visj President, of
w'as'by'^Howard^Ga^ill.^The attend-. President, Selma Lions j “Selma, North Carolina
ance prize was given by Dr. Will, H. i ‘‘Re: Water and Sewer Facilities
Lassiter and was won by Walter Hood Commander of , Dear Mr. Howell:
Warren. Talmage Corbett introduced ; g Brannan Cnmmnn,io,- i accordance with the request of
Charlie Britton as his guest. Bernarc^NLy p ’ ; the Town Board of Commissioners,
Woman’s Club.
In the absence of President E.
the Hospital.
ENGINEER’S REPORT
December 3, 1948
“Mr. R. A. Howell,
Mayor of the Town of Selma,
English Coffee Pot
DuBose introduced his son-in-law,v “yji-g ^ Norton President f ihave made an inspection of the
Owen W. Regan, Jr. I Selma Woman’s Club ' ' en o | existing water and sewer
Kiwanian DuBose, chairman of the j ..This letter was presented to the' check on their adequacy
Boy Scout committee, reported that j Hospital Board of Trustees on the present needs.'
$190 had been collected during thg | following day: _ ■
Scout drive for funds. He stated that;|
was $200 under the set quota. CHAIRMAN’S LETTER
The menu: Roast pork, potato sal-’!, October 20, 1948
ad, string beans, Harvard beets, corn I ^^oard of Trustees: Johnston
bread, biscuit, coffee, Jell-O, with-;
whipped cream and wafers. Those.,
serving were Mrs. Carl Worley,
“To Board of
Memorial Hospital.
“Gentlemen:
‘‘A grout) of interested Citizens of
and Community believe that
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N. V. Smith and Mrs. Jack Honrine.
There will be an installation of of-:^ site selected by a reoresentative
ficers when the club meets Thursd.ay from Selma, is an ideal
' I location for the erection and the
1 "We find that Selma has a popula- i
tion of approximately 2,500 people, I
of which 1,600 are served with water |
and sewer facilities. These 1,600 peo- I
pie would require approximately 80
gallons per capita per day, which
would- equal a. normal water con-1 Mrs. C. E. Gaddy of Micro i.s
sumption of 128,000 g.p.d. for the ' shown with a silver English coffee
town. i pot and tray her daughter Mrs. L. H.
Mcraw of Daytona Beach gave her
for Christmas. The pot was made in
1843, otherwise very little of its his-
“The water facilities now consist of 1
a supply of two wells, one at 125 |
125 I
Love stronger.
Work harder.
Forgive better,
Look higher
Till the blue sky
K^wian Talmage Corbett, the | f abhshment of the Johnston Me- , 1000 g.p.m. The ... , ^
prSr^m ^airman Thursday night 1 Hospital. This site location and , ^ generations. It has a
^poke^ follows’ i I r system consisting of ^ J ^
spoKe as loiiuws. , a whole is submitted to the Roara in four 8-foot diameter filters equipped lu + ■
“A reouest was made by members letw m , ^ tKn_i,naa aenaiien ana nv,en,i_ ! that is partly thermostatic,
of the Kiwanis Club, for ,a report if^eT p r^ v site being known as
from the Hospital Committee , as to, to? t I™’
its efforts tovobtain the hospital for k the interest of the people
of
Johnston County and a desire to see
ithe Hospital located where it may
of .Tohnston
with in-the-head aeration and chemi
cal feeders for adding alkali- to neu
tralize the acidity of the ■y.-ater.
“The water is pumped direct from
the filters into the distribution sys
tem which has a 75,060 gallon e^e-
Several have called at the Gaddy
home to see the antique.
Kisses your cheek.
And God’s angels whisper,
“You’.ve lived nobly.
You’ve overcome,
You’ve won!”
Selma. Being aonointed chairman of,
this committee b^) the Ki-wanis nresi- ,
dent, it falls to my lot to make this the people
report.
“The .Johnstonian-Siin
asked bv a Hospital Trustee ‘not .to ,, do hereby offer to Purchase and is not connected into the filtra-
publish anything about the,- hospital’; system.
County, the Citizens of Selma offer vated tank floating on the line. The
editor , was !, 100 g.p.m. well is used for a stand-by
Conscience Returns $15
above mentioned site, -up to ten aore
_^*?fcd' .give FREE without cost and
convey to the Johnston Memorial
I.ast Friday the editor,: hi.s ('•ife and
son motored to Beaufort. ' At The
Beaufort News office they met a
woman newspaper salesman. She sells
250
surprise came when she stated that
she had relatives in Selma and at one
time lived here. Above, Sallie Stan-
cil of Beaufort.
New Yearns Eve Party
Is Well Attfendled Here'
‘After an inspection by the en-
The New Year’s Eve party plan-
copies of every edition. But the bed for teen-agers and held at the
American Legion building on Webb
street Friday was well attended.
There were 101 teen-agers in at
tendance and 29 parents. The event
started at 8 o’clock and continued un
til mid-night. The guests were regis
and therefore you ha've not been.-in
formed as to lust what our commit
tee-h=)s rlppe in its efforts to the „ _ j ,x. * j., •
ho^ital located on the Blackman sit^. of Trustees this pro-
iRvide^tp, The Smithfield Herald^^ ^
Jnot asked to do the same or *T’ B- Corbett, Chairman,
i' were working for Smithfield to hehil-\
' line ifs offers. Tn almost every
^"s’tapne So'irria'''nad' ah-eadJ ;,i-l -h'•
j nffe’-s that were later made
: Smithfield.
! “About the first of September ,,
committee w-as appointed by the Ki-i .u -d ^ r rr :)er,
■ 0.1 i. i 1 - J- * I To the Board of Trustees
warns Club to make afi effort to get j
the hospital located in Selma. The
first thing done was to recommend a I . o ,
The Town of Selma has
Micro Student Writes
\ On Election Upset
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bv, Selma this let-
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the Hospital Board
. i^eei ;emf^lo'
w*as 'given t.
Trustees:
OWN OF SELMA LETTER
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000 g.p';8
j-ecfimmeiy.!
“The enters as now installed have a'^
combined filter-area of 2000 square ]
feet which should adequately handle j
one gallon per square foot per min- |
ute, or 200 g.p.m., capacity, which
c 1 equals 288,000 g.p.d. The capacity of
Selma Hospital Committee „ ,, lo inn
the well now being filtered is 180,-
and we would, therefore.'
;haf (he tpwi^ driU-
a new weii to bl-ing- tl)£ yfeter sup.|,
ply up to the 288,000 galTon capacity ;
or connect the stemd-by well into this ,
system. Of these two alternatives, we j
would recommend that a new weh be
drilled within the area of the filter
plant and connected therein. This
secured
1941
Johnston Memorial Hospital
I “Gentlemen:
man to serve as a member of the Hos- i ,, i./wn ucinia naa acLuic.i -vvould give the town a filtered watei
pital Trustees It was learned that the services of an Engineer to advise ^ore than ctoiible the pre-
tered at the entr_ance by Mrs, Efbel Carl WoHey had^been asked to™ rne^^o^L^t;^^
ye
The following article appeared in
a recent edition of “Microscope,” a i top tennis,
miniature newspaper published at the j —
Micro High School. The author is
Miss Frances Jean Davis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Davis of Micro.
B. Scarborough. Refreshments con
sisted of fruit punch and cookies.
The young folk danced and enjoy
ed the following games: Monopoly,
dart throwing, bingo, carom and table
the N. G. Blackman farm.
“This is to advise that the Town of
POLITICAL UPSET IN
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Traditionally Democratic North
Caroliha remained in . the fold on
election day, beating down decisively
the vote efforts of Dixiecrat bolters to
split the party. However, at 10:30 p.
m., Tuesday, Turman was leading in
23 states with 294 electoral voter:
Dewey in 20 states with 191. Needed
to win 266 electoral votes.
Optimism and enthusiasm were ex
tremely high at Democratic head
quarters in the Hotel Biltmore and at
Republican headquarters in the Hotel
Roosevelt, while the sleepy eyed re
porters counted and revealed the
popular and electoral votes.
President Truman, in an astoundin.g
upset of preballoting predictions,
■Wednesday won the Presidency. He
acknowledged Dewey’s congratula
tions by wiring him. “I thank you
sincerely for your congratulations
and good wishes, your fine sports- ,
manship is deeply aopreciated. We
jointly owe congratulations to the
American people who have once again
shown the world the vitality of bur
free institution”. President Truman
•will have a Democratic Senate and
House to work with Jiim. He promised
to dedicate himself “to the cause of
the world”; “prosperity and happiness
at home and to serve the American
People to the best of his ability.’’
Pfc. Charles McVickers
With Air Force—Japan
as Chairman of the Hospital
of Trustees.
“At a meetin,s I was told tha. ^ . . j 4. v. • i. •
c, 1 . 4. /i. XT •4.«i ; Selma is prepared to begin extension
Selma could get the Hosnital located' . ,
, , ,. _ ■ 4. of the reauired water and sewer lines
here by meeting reauirements. , ,, . .
“First Offer the Blackman site. !Kackman property at once.
“2nd Furnish 6 inch water mains ! cost of extension from city lim-
1 and 8 inch sewer lines to the site.
think would be a safe margin. |
“Should the demand on the town |
On Friday, November 13, 1940,
reach the noint that the 288,000 gal- i ^hile .shopping in a ten-cent store in
ions would not be sufficient capacity, j G o 1 d s b o r o, Mrs. Martha Jones
Pfc. Charles T. Mc'V'ickers of Selma,
serving with the Fifth Air Force in
Japan has been assigned to the 610th
Aircraft Control and Warning Squad
ron, 527th Aircraft Control and Warn
ing group, located on the Island of
Kyushu. Previously assigned to the
post exchanged at Itazuke Air Force
Base. He is now with the Intelligence
Department.
• Pfc. Mc'Vickers arrived in Japan
December 1, 1947 and returns to the
Zone of Interior sometime in April,
1950 to complete a successful tour in
the United States Air Force.
Senior Club to Meet
1948 Tags Good for 
the Month of January
Drivers with 1948 license plates
have until January 31 to get in line
with the times.
Action of the last legislature gives
motorists through the first month of
the year to obtain new plates, the
State Highway Patrol pointed out this
week. Many motorists have been un
der the impression that the 1948 auto
licenses expired with the last day of
December, the Patrol said.
On the first day of Febru.ary, how
ever, all cars on the road must have
1949’ licenses, as there will be no ex
tension granted, the Patrol added:
The Senior Woman’s Club will hold
its regular meeting on Wednesday,
January 12, at 3 o’clock in the Wom
an’s Club building.
Mrs. Bernadette W. Hoyle of
Smithfield will be the guest speaker.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Tobacro Allotment
Any producer wishing to apply for
a new grower’s tobacco allotment
must do so prior to February 1, 1949.
The producer must come into the
county office and fill out the pre
scribed form, and sign it prior to
February 1, 1949.
I would rather be right than be
president.—Henry Clay.
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3rd Ten acres of land was needed.
“4th Be sure land is available.
“5th Get an easement to cross land
between citv limits and Bla^-kman
site with a street and water and sew
er lines.
“6th Start work at once on sewage
disnosal nlartt.
“7th Emnloy an engineer to advise
on extension of water and sewer
lines.
“8th Make plans to pay for Black
man site. ,
“A number of meetings were called
with Town Board and the various
hosnital committees to discuss and
meet the nroblems arising from de
mands made.
“An engineer emoinved bv Selma
recommended the rilling of a new
well and the use of booster pumps to
suoolv the required nressure to the
Hosnital. This well has now been
drilled and can furnish 350 gallons
per minute.
“At a meeting of the Hosoifal
Board of Trustees soon after their
annoinfment, various sites were of
fered bv Smithfield and Selma.
Smithfield offered sites south ' and
west of Smithfield
its to the Blackman nropertv is guar
anteed by pubUc Subscription.
Mayor
Commissioners
then the filter plant could be modi
fied by adding an outside aerator,
pre-clorination and a settling basin,
with double pum.ping; which addition
would be reasonable in cost, and in
connection with the existing filters,
the capacity of the plant could be
built up to 600,000 g.p.d. This caoacity
would serve the town, in our opinion,
for a period of at least twenty years.
fered at a price to the county of $20,-
000 and another by Smithfield at
$750,00 .an acre. The Blackman site
was Offered to the county without any
strings attached. This is the offer
made by Selma:
SELMA’S OFFER
October 19th. 1948.
“To Johnston Memorial Hospital
Board of Trustees:
“A group of interested citizens of
Chairman Hosnital
Committee of Selma
“Letters from Mrs. N. G. Blackman
and Mrs. Effie Brown were mailed to
the Hospital Trustees and were as
follows:
MRS. BLACKMAN’S LETTER
Selma, N. C.
October 18, 1948
“To: Board of Trustees,
Johnston Memorial Hospital
“The undersigned agrees to sell and
convey the property listed below to
the Johnston Memorial Hospital
Board of Trustees. Said property to
be used for the establishment of
Johnston Memorial Hospital.
“Land ,is located two tenths of a
mile south of Selma, N. C., City lim
its on the west side of U. S. Highway
301, beginning at the property of
Charlie Britton and ejetending south
along 301 Highway for about 650 feet
One site was of- and to a depth west of approximately
1,000 feet. It is further agreed that
the Johnston Memorial Hospital
Trustees will buy at least 10 acres
beginning at the Britton line or may
buy the entire tract described above.
“Signed Mrs. N. G. Blackman.
MRS. BROWN’S LETTER
“To •Whom It May Concern:
“I the undersigned Mrs. Effie
Brown does hereby grant the Town
of Selma the following privilege:
“To extend Sumner street south
(above) of Route 2, Selma lost her
change purse containing $15. That
was more than eight years ago. This
week she received a letter with no
name iBigned to it containing $15. The
letter which was postmarked Micro,
N. C., read as follows:
“I found a purse a few years ago.
I heard you lost yours. This is not
mine, although I am not sure it’s
Selma and Johnston County is here
by submitting a site that is available ' and to cross my land with the street
for the location of the Johnston Me- I and with a water main, and sewer
morial Hosnital. The tract of land | lines. Said land owned by me legated
contains annroximately 14 acres and just-south of Selma City limits on
is located just south of Selma Citv the west side of Highway Ml
limit.s on the west side of Highway
Signed Mrs. J. F. Brown.
“This letter dated November 15th,
was also mailed to the Trustees:
“Johnston Memorial Hospital
Board of Trustees
“Gentlemen:
We are happy to advise that the
301. This site is an ideal location; for
its centrally located position in
Johnston County; for its easy and
convenient accessibility to all towns
and communities in the County; for
its nearness to the junction of the
A. C. L. Railroad and the Southern' Committee proposing the N. G
Railway; for its nearness to the 1 Blackman property for the Hospital
Johnston County Airport: for the site, is prepared to deliver a deed to
excellent bus- service on Highway ] the County immediately upon a no-
301 to aU ’towns in the County and to ' tice that this site has been selected,
all parts of the State. The Citizens of “Selma Hosnital Committee
Selma will provide adequate living “Talmage Corbett, Chairman.
, yours. Just the same keep it. If I did
‘In connection with ^he ^sewerage , for keeping it ‘till now, forgive
me. God has.”
Mrs, Jones says she has forgiven
the person, and would like very much
for them to know it.
disposal system, we find that you
have a contact or disinfection cham
ber through which the sewage flows
and in which you may apply chlo
rine as a disinfecting agent. We note
that the plant has been out of opera
tion for some time with the sewage
flowing direct to the effluent without uj CJ*
any treatment whatsoever, the chlori- ; lv6(lUC6S dCCUlIlff UlltDllt
nator has disintegrated. We have dis-
White Grub Damage
cussed this situation with Mr. Karl
Hubbard of the North Carolina State
Board of Health on several occasions
and it is our opinion, in which he
concurs, that the town could rehabili
tate this disinfection chamber and
install a new chlorinator which would
give the town sewage treatment
which would be satisfactory. We
could not recommend this as giving
you modern sewage disposal. How
ever, it would be far above what yop
now have and would serve you satis
factorily until such time as the load
became heavy enough to cause putre
faction in the stream below your ef
fluent.
“In connection with water and
sewer service to the site that you are
proposing for the Johnston Memorial
Hospital, this site may . be serviced
with water and sewer in accordance
with a previous report. In this report
we pointed out that the sewer service
could be supplied for a ground floor
or any floors above. This service is to
run into your exisiting sewerage col
lection system on Highway No. 301
near the city limits. The water serv
ice could be furnished with a six-inch
main to the hospital site, and if a
higher pressure is required than the
approximately 40 lbs. that you now
have at your city limits, a booster
pumping station with duplicate
pumps could be installed to service
the area beyond the city limits with
any required pressure up to 100 lbs.
per square inch.
“We trust that this will give you
the desired information. If we may be
of further service in securing addi-
White grub damage in the N, C.
Forest Service’s tree nursery at
Clayton has reduced the seedling out
put this year by 30 per cent, accord
ing to Assist. State Forester Fred
Claridge. Damage was heavy because
of the exceptionally dry growing
season, Claridge said. ’The Division
expected to lift 9 million trees this
winter, but recent inventory figures
indicate there will be only about 6
million at this nursery.
Claridge states that orders have
been h"eavy and that the demand will
probably exceed the supply. However,
there is a limited amount of loblolly
and shortleaf pine, and red cedar left
at the Clayton Nursery, and some
white pine left at the Hendersonville
Nursery in the western part of the
State. Landowners still wishing to
order seedlings may do so by writing
to District Forester L. E. Hicks, P. O.
Box 1046, Fayetteville, N. C., or to
the State Forester’s Office, Raleigh,
N. C.
Chief Urges
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Motorists Be Careful
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For the past several weeks, Sum
ners street, between Waddell and
Anderson streets has been blocked off
for the benefit of youngesters w’no
received skates at Christmas.
Several motorists have run through
the barricade and broke the rope
setting off the block. Chief E. R.
Tolley urges motorists to b‘e more
considerate.
“The child that you run over may
be your child,” the chief commented.
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