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SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY-— AUGUST 11, 1949.
Children Enjoy Summer Story Hour
Sponsored By Selma Woman’s Club
A library is always a welcome
retreat and when the sun beats
down on streets and lawns nc
other recreation offers a more
tempting place to relax.
Dozens of children have gather
ed each Tuesday and '! u sdaj
morning in the library at the
Woman’s Club Building The> I
hear stories told and enjoy them.
They check out books and reau
therp. I ,
Realizing that children need a
guiding hand in selecting suitable
reading material this summer I
library work is being sponsorea
by the Selma Woman’s (' ,io. A
special committee directs the
work and through the cooperation |
of local volunteers the Tuesday
morning pro.grams have been very
successtul. On Thursday morn
ings, Miss Edith Stafford, summer
worker for the Johnston County
Library, has been present to en
tertain the children with stories
selected to please their fancies.
Each school age child has been
given a book in which to record
books read. By this record a cer
tificate from the county library
will be given when fifteen books
have been finished.
To encourage and build the
interest of the children attending
the story hour surprises have been
planned along the way. Attractive
bookmarkers were given to each
; child who registered for the pro-
i^am. “Keys to Story Land” have
been given at different stages.
The bright colored keys, cut from
heavy paper, are given for each
three books read. A child with
five keys is entitled to a reading
I certificate.
Plans to have each child who
iisfeads the required number of
/books ride on a float in the John
ston County Farmcapade are also
..included in the program. The
. .children will wear.'the keys -they,
paper hat wjth'S::sta^/fsr eqcli
i'book read.
App-,=;aling to the delight and
Henjoyment of the children, mem-
i;4^pbers of the Woman’s Club have
Sf^enerously donated and served
refreshments at the close of each
morning session. The splendid
cooperation of both club members
and the citizens who have con
tributed their services has" gone
hand in band to make the summer
library program a success. This
success can be measured not only
by the good attendance, but it is
assured that the children of Selma
have been given every opportuni
ty to get acquainted with good
books.
Farmers Warned
Washington. — The Agriculture
Department told American far
mers to expect a cut-back pos
sibly a “painful” one—in: exports
of farm products.
Large Crowd At
of Export Slump Perkins Reunion
The 34th annual Perkins Famil;
reunion met at the home of Mr
and Mrs. Isaac Perkins. Golds
boro, Route 2, in the Stevens Mil
Community with over 150 present
in'to enjoy the
. h-v.
meeting
The warning was voiced
“The Agricultural Situ.ation,” anjshaking hands with relatives anc
official publication which the' de-|friends and looking forward to s
partment mails each month to itspountiful dinner of barbecue,
thousands of “crop reporting” far- fried chicken
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mers scattered
country.
Writing in the
throughout the
Above is a photo of the group of Selma children who have been
attending Story Hour at the Selma Public Library on Tuesday and
Thursday.
Scott to Speak
In Smithfield
More Good Reading
In bounty Library
Governor Kerr Scott is schedul
ed to make the address at the
Farmcapade in Smithfield at It
a. m. Friday morning, August 12
on the stage in front of the court
house.
Dr. R. E. Earp of Route 1, Sel
ma, Fourth Division Highway
Commissioner, will introduce the
Governor. The arrangement for
his appearance in Smithfield were
made through Dr. Earp and State
Senator Adam J. Whitley, Jr., of
Route 1, Smithfield.
The Farmcapade has been
known as Farmers Day in preced-
The -Sraithfield'..Cham-
■ber-of Commerce sponsors-the^liS
day entertaining and Educational
program for Johnston County
farmers.
The various exhibits will be in
Perkins Riverside Warehouse
from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. .A man-
moth parade featuring bands,
floats,, livestock, ponies, clowns
and bicycles, is scheduled for 10
a. m. There will be field events on
Market Street in front of City
Hall and at the Legion Hut in the
afternoon.
The beauy contest will be held
in front of the courthous^f be
tween 6 and 7 and “Miss Johnston
County” will be selected. She will
be crowned at 9 o’clock. Singing
contests are to take place be
tween 7 and 8 o’clock, and a hill
billy show will be presented in
front of the courthouse between
8 and 9 o’clock.
The County Library has added
119 new books to its varied and
well read collection. As usual
this .month’s selection is well
picked and should appeal to many
reading tastes, light fiction, heavy
fiction; new' fiction, or course, and
diverse non-fiction.
Among the new fiction is
James Street’s new saga of the
lusty Dabney’s, “Tomorrow We
Reap,” “Elephant Walk” by Rob
ert Standish, “—a tense story oi
human passions, and of the white
man’s war against the alien
Tropics.” “Buckiin Moon” Geo.’ga
Washington Carver Award novei
of a Negro family in a small
Florida town,, “Without Magno
a ijelighpHi ■ u*#irg
August issue,
Fred J. Rossister, assistant chief
of the department’s foreign-office,
forecast;
1. A “'substantial drop” in farm
exports unless the current “dollar
shortage” abroad improves in the
next few years,
2. “Some decline”;,® farm ex
ports, even if the d|llar shortage
is erased. t
Rossiter noted tha|.She Ameri
can farmer has expanded -produc
tion in recent year^-to the point
where he can feed .^Ttericans far
better than before war, and
still yield big surpluses for export.
“The ‘growing pains,’ he said,
probably were less- gainful than
the ‘reducing pains’ ttet will come
from cutting down qur farm out
put because of smaller takings by
foreign countries
American farm exports have
been kept at prEsen^, high levels
only because foreign^id and re
lief programs have sabsidized ex
ports. The severe pfetwar food
shortage abroad alsd forced for
eign nations to spenff more of
iheir scarce dollars »n American
farm products.
Now, he said, ‘rnany nations
‘are looking to som|,other areas
mr their agricultui'a|'v'ipiports, Gl
are subsidizing their »Wn farmers
in an attempt to, Income self-
sufficient.”
Rossiter said Britaih’s recen'
decision to halt temporarily ah
buying of United States goods, is
-ymptomatic of a .geferal world-
Double Parking Is
Traffic Problem
Chief E. R. Tolley of the Selma
Police Department has a daily
headache that aspirin will not
touch. That is the way citizens of
the town double park their cars
in the business district.
“The law is lenient on double
parking in Selma,” stated the
chief, “but don’t take advantage:
of it or you might get a ticket.’
According to Tolley, the worst
offenders are those who pull up
beside a vacant parking space and
leaving their cars parked in the
middle of the street.
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. H. V. Payne of Selma is a
patient at the Johnston County
Hospital following a major opera
tion Monday. She is responding
to treatment nicely.
First Television Set
In Operation Here
cakes, pies and
all goodies served
lemonade and
at 1 o’clock.
The program began at 11 o’
clock with devotional'period. The
congregation sang “All Hail The
Power of Jesus Name” followed
by the scripture reading by Mrs.
Martha Perkins Brown of Wal
lace, The Rev. J. J. Hollowell of
Mount Olive gave the invocation. I«ummer.
The welcome was .given by
Mrs. Isaac Perkins the hostess and
Jaspfer Perkins of Richmond, Va.,
gave the respon.se.
Special music was rendered by
the Rev.' J. C. Trivett and Miss
Edith -Trivett of Goldsboro. Little
Miss Nancy Rose of Lucama play
ed a piano Solo.
Mr. Hubert Hall of Rosewood
brought the address of the day. He
compared the Christian Life to a
ball game. He brought out how
temptation can strike you out, but
Venereal Disease
Drive In County
how Jesus can bring you Jin home
He ended his remarks ^ith these
Inauguration of venereal dis
ease control program in Johnston
and Harnett Counties by the U. S.
Public Health Service in coopera
tion with the Cqunty Health De
partments in each county is an
nounced here today. Johnston
County has become one of the 35
counties in North Carolina selec
ted to show how venereal disease
can be controlled. The program
aims at finding all the V. D. ,con
tacts, particulaily Syjihillis, and
bringing them to treatment
cure.
Dr. Grady'stated that this pro-'
gram is being carried on wihout
expense to the county.. Salary upd
travel qf the- represgntativ.Sj:’,'; are
paid by -the U. S. Public Health
Service.
A large group of Selma people
witnessed their first television
show Tuesday night in front of
the Selma Radio and Music Co
store on Raeford street. Norman
Creech and Clem Gray proprietors
of the music store, tried to give
Selma’s its first television Satur
day night but lacked suf'icient
equipment to give a clear image
on the screen.
Saturday morning a television
antenna was installed atop the
music store. The television broad
cast Tuesday night came from the
Charlotte station. There was some
reception from Richmond also.
Tedted toward her own peopie
“Toasted English” by Marghani: .
Laski.
A wot-d about “Without Magno
lias” from one of the most criti
cal of magazines, who, I have dis
covered, much to my surprise,
-does like something once in
awhile, the New Yorker, and they
say; “One of the most reasoned
and, polished’ works that have so
far appeared in the increasing
pile of novels about Negro life in
America. Mr." ?«tt}on, unlike most
other recent writers, has managed
to avoid the invective and exacer
bation that this topic so often calls
forth.”
Our new non-fiction v/ill inter
est many of you. For devotees of
Miss Alcott and her “Little Wo
men” we have the new biography
of “Marmee, the mother of Little
Women” by Sandford Salyer. I
have not read Lincoln Barnett’s
“The Universe and Dr. Einstein”,
but I have been led to understand
from the allmighty critics, and a
very knowing friend, that when I
do, I shall be able to understand
heretofore perplexing ideas on our
universe, the nature of man and
God. I am offering this handed on
information for all it is worth to
the person who is looking for this
kind of good reading. If the title
frightens you, and the subject,
don’t let it. This is a rather thin
hook of only 127 pages.
“Seeper in the Sky” by Helen
’Wright is a book on the life 'of
Maria Mitchell, America’s first
woman astronomer, and the first
Director of the 'V'assar
wide doil^.-a^rt
not'a ne^^DJfoblej ,
ing arisen first afjjlr'World War
I when this counfry tirst began
exporting more goods than it im
ported.
“It is one of our toughest
economic problems right now,” he
said, adding that it is “likely to
trouble us for some time to come.”
words “I live in a little house, but
the door is opened wide, I live in
a little house, but the wide world
is outside.”
B. H. Hinnant of Kenly presen
ted a recitation, “ Just Me!” The
Rev. Ben Brown of Wallace made
few remarks. Jasper-Perkins ot
Richmond, Va., and Dr. P. K
Perkins of Annapolis, Md., made
short talks.
The memorial -ser-vice was con
ducted by Mrs, Ffank Andrews of
Goldsboro. A quarette compsoed
of Miss Edith Trivett and the Rev.
J. C. Trivett ot Golds^boro. Mrs.
Ben-Brown of Wallace and Km-
ney Perkins of Blatten rendered
biJ^'''as’->o€rtsf00Wf'- ■wetiL
Mrs. Sarah Parker Pate
boro. Mrs. Minnie Sasser Bartlett
and W; H. Bartlett of Belfast,
Curtis Howell of Wilson, Leroy
Wells, Jr., of Adamsville and our
own dear president and founder =u -Hunt attended public
Lhools in E. Syracuse and was
Mrs. Mollie P. Perkins. .'graduated with an A.B. degree in
The reunion program closed economics
A new telephone directory,
which contains for the first time
a semi-classilied section, many
new changed listings, and other
helpful telephone information ha.?
just been distributed in Selma.
The semi-classified section lists,
alphabetically under appropriate
headings, the names, addresses
and telephone numbers of busU
ness and professional telephone
subscribers in the city.
Approximately 740 new direc
tories have been- delivered to
homes and offices, apoc.r^ing to J.
W.- Campbell, Mana'ger.r' f(^ thift
Southern; Bell -Telephone liom-
New Power Line
Erected Soon
, nolitical science and ©conomics
with ,h. Syracuse fleers.,y. H. ser-
Selma’s town board has approv
ed a Water and Light Department
project, submitted by Superinten
dent W. K. Brown, to build a new
transmission, or feeder, line across
town at an estimated cost of
$2,800. The action was taken
when the board met in monthly
session in the city clerk’s office
Friday night.
The new heavier line will pro
ceed on a more direct course
across town from the Ligh Plant
to the Pump House, this insuring
current for the pumps, picking up
low voltage now evident at home
overloaded points and permitting
repairs at smaller stations with
out cutting off all he current.
by the Rev.
The following officers were
elected during the business ses
sion, Albert Perkins, Goldsboro,
president; Mrs. Lee Perkins, Gold
sboro, Route 2, vice president;
Mrs. M. E. Draughon, Kenly, sec
retary; and K. D. Perkins, Pike-
ville, master of ceremonies and
Walter Perkins, Goldsboro, Route
2, Treasurer.
pany. - ' ^ ,
The new directory has a grprav-i:
It will be administered in thi^'egyer, -wh^h Hifilces eBsity -dds-'^
apea by Gerald F-!^upt of Syta-|tmgui^bie froid old grey-covear-
qu-se New ’ York as a special-venei .3a telephone book,
real' disease investigator. Trained] Mr. Campbell alks that t^eu
to the nesn:;
Human Male ’'’ Mr. Hunt arrii'edfavoid the possibility of gctTftiS^?7
in North Carolina only recently wrong number, and ' 'frequently
from V/ashington, D. C. where he saves time for the calling party
completed his training at Gallan-|as well as the party who might be
gher Hospital. A native of Syra- called in error. Consulting the
- ’ ’ ’ directory also helps make the best
use of already crowded central
office equipment. “Information”
should be called only when the
desired number is not listed in the
directory.
The new semi-classified section
is a convenient source ot useful
"Story Hour"
Closes In Kenly
The Story Hour and Reading
Club held at the Kenly Library
each Thursday afternoon from
June 23rd to August 4th, came to
a close last Thursday. Miss Edith
Stafford, summer Librarian
Superintendent Brown said the!worker and story teller told
which he hopes will be stories each Thursday from 3 to 4
Observatory founded in 1865. To
all of those who enjoyed Harold
Russell’s performance in “The
,, f Cl ] Years of Our Lives” and who
Riding On the Sidewalks of !Selma IVlUSt jwish to know more about his ad
justment to life after loosing his
hands in the war, we have his
biography, “Victory in my hands”.
We also have several new “how
:o” books, “How to Keep House”
by Gillies. “How to Reti>-e—and
.-Bnjoy it” by Giles, “The Book of
Camping” by Rubin, “Uoholster-
hig Home Furniture” by Pope,
md “The Card Wizard”, and easy
course of tricks by Turner. “Azal
new line
completed in October, will have
only one turn, proceeding from
the plant one block before turn
ing into Waddell Street which
will then be followed to the Pump
College House. The present single line
zigzags across town. The most im
portant function of the heavier
line, said Brown, will be to guar
antee continuous current- to
water pumps.
Chief E R Tolley announced this week that the town ordinance
which prohibits the riding of bicycles on the sidewalks of Selma
would L rigidly enforced in the main business section, which con
sists of four blocks. He stated that the worst offenders were girls
. and boys. The fine for riding on the sidewalks ranges from $1 to $25
for each offense.
ved in the Coast Guard during
World IVar II. Prior to employ
ment with the U. S. Public Health
Service, Mr. Hunt was employed business information. It will pro
to a group of children ranging in
from 14 to 21 in attendance.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Julius Corbett, Mrs. H. M.
Grizzard, Sr., Mrs. M. E. Draugh
on and Mrs. Bernard Ferrell.
Several children joined the]county is fortunat
Storyland Castle” and read the [
required number of books and are
Library
parade
by the Post Office Department
and the Army Engineers,
Donald Lederman of the Vene
real Disease Control Division, a
representative of the State Board
■)f Health, brought Mr. Hunt to
Smithfield to meet Dr. E. S.
Grady, Johnston County Health
Officer. Mr. Lederman is State
?ield Consultant.
The V. D. files of the Health
Department will be turned over
to Mr. Hunt whose duty it will be
:o follow up on each of those
treated. 'Whenever a person is
found with V. D. in the clinics or
elsewhere, fhe person will be in
terviewed for information leading
to the origin of the case. The
other persons will be called on
and requested to take treatment
and will be subject to criminal
indiement and prosecution for
failure to do so. It should be
pointed out, though, that most
diseased persons cooperate very
well and that it has been neces
sary to bring indictment in onlv
!a few cases in .Johnston Gouty.
Dr. Grsdy stated that Johnston
vide telephone users with a com
prehensive and convenient guide
grranged to render a “W’here to
But It” reference for the public.
Safety First
Several days ago a truck
smashed into the rear of Leon
Brown’s Ford car, which he uses
to dViver mail on Route 1, Selma,
While getting the car repaired ha
had a red stop light mounted m
the rear. The new light is almost
as large as a dinner plate.
ARRIVE IN S. A.
Mrs. J. T. Hughes has received
a cable announcing the safe
arrival of her daughter and son-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James C.
French in Maracibo, Venezulea,
South America. They expect to
reside there one and one-half
years and return to the states.
special V. D. program, since it
should help greatly in the control
having this of Veneral Disease in this county.
Other action taken by the board
was to direct City Clerk M. R.
Wall to write a letter to the State
Utilities Commission, expressing
the Selma board’s protest against
the pending petition of the South
ern Railway to discontinue Trains
13 and 14 between Goldsboro and
Raleigh.
Wall showed a letter from
Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce
with numerous illustrations! Secretary James Butler, inviting
illegible to ride on the
float in the Farmcapade
Aged Negro Takes First Airplane Ride
on August 12. Among these are
Nancy Rose, Joyce Fields, Charles
Little, Landis Ferrell and Julius
David Corbett, Jr..
is a very inclusive book about one
of our favorite flowers by Hume.
For the bleary-eyed dreamers
of “Far away places with strange
sounding names, we have, “The
Sugar Islands by Alec Waugh
which is all about the (sigh) West
Indies, “Italy and Italians” by
Count Sforza, and two beautifully
illustrated books on two of our
favorite places edited by D. Ogri-
zek, “Switzerland” and “France,
Paris and the Provinces”.
I have not mentioned the new
children’s books because W8 do
'ot have to sell them. The Library
has a very, hard time keeping our
budding yOur supplied with thnr
increasing demands for new
bookg, old books, and ail kinds of
'nooks.
concerted action by town boards
civic clubs, farm groups and all
other affected organizations in
presenting the Utilities Commis
sion valid reasons—such as delay
in mail, freight and passenger
service—why the trains should
not be discontinued.
The resignation of C. W.
Straughan, effective July 18, as
city tax collector and meter read
er was accepted by the board
members. No action was taken on
employing a successor to Straugh-
an. His duties as meter reader
will be performed for the present
by other members of the water
and light department.
Wall gave a financial report
stating that tax collections have
been good to date, and that collec
To Remain Open
Beginning Wednesday of next
week all of Selma’s business
houses will remain open until
5;30 p. m. Beginning in the early
summer the local stores closing
at 12;30 o’clock on Wednesdays
to give their employees the afte> -
hoon off. It is the usual custom
the half holidays term.inate just
before the tobacco market opens.
iions and expenditures are normal
and according to the budget.
The clerk was further directed
to adverti.se unpaid 1948 taxes on
August 25, 1949.
Mayor B. A. Henry presided
over the board session which saw
every member present. Other than
Henry they were Finance Com
missioner Joe A. Creech, Building
When Percy Flowers, Jr., (left) of Route 2, Clayton, recently re
ceived his flying license, his first good turn was to take Bynum
Watson (right) age 75 of Route 2, Clayton up for an airplane ride.
Pilot Flowers put the plane through one loop and two spins, without
Watson showing the least sign of nervousness. This was Watson’s
Commissioner Dr. W. H. Lassiter, experience and he likes it. Flowers was taught to fly by
Water and Light Comrnis^onei Bradley Sasser, manager of the Johnston County Flying Service at
L. Langley and Street Commis-'
sioner E^ V. Deans.
the Selma airport.