1
Saturday Is
bargain day
In Selma
1^’STABLISHED 1916
TODA
Thursday, Sept.’
rise, Si.'iS a. m. Sul
p. m. Length of the’
hours and 26 minute,
SELMA, N. C., THURSDiPTEMBER 15, 1949.
^ I ^ o., inur^,OL»ipi'LMLli;K 15, 1949. T
i>elma Man In Squadron | Mew Modem KindergarOpensln Se
PRICE: 5
Flew Over Saturday
Lieut. J, c.
ficer and
o’clock
5 Attack
the Norfo'-k
and were
o:
Norfolk
earried a
a three
Pf
Mrs. Edgerton
Dies In Raleigh
Raleigh. — Mrs.
Edgerton, for
Riehl, executive of
r n- u, Ml'- and Mrs. J
Sthf "^-fl.-ngone
Sat Selma
Saturday morning at 8:50
The planes were Reserve
■Squadron 62-E of
Naval Air Station
routine flight.
Noel Davis trophy for the second
consecutive year. The
Virgima-Piiot recently
one column story ant
column photo of 12 members ,
^^^"^tenant Diehll^'^'^*®'^ Thursday afternoon
was m the group. day) at 5 o’clock frnrr.
The Norfolk paper’s account
the squadron is as follows:
Alma Wynne)
many years a civicj
and church leader here died at
5:15 p. m, Tuesday at Tattoh Hall,
the home of her son, N. E. Edger
ton Jr., at 1625 Oberlin Road. Shel
had been ill for
sometime,
services will be.
of
The
was ^tr Station
tht ^®®erve station having officiate
smarter* efficirncy" B.
ormer, i„ during tj;
Funeral v,, ... ^
(to-
clock from the Eden-
L",“dra, and
in Oakwood Ceme-
Howard P. Powell
dgenton Street pastor, will
assisted by
burial will be
tery. Dr.
same year.
This
folk’s
R R ■ the Rev. di.
• Baum, pa,stor of the Edgerton
Memorial Methodist Churcli
Mrs. Edgerton
Beer-Wine Vote-Sept.
. 4
In Sunday morning’s News and
Observer, tt was stated that Burke
County had become the 33rd
ounty in a year to discontinue
; legal sale of wine and beer,
^11 Johnston County become the
That answer will be given
Tuesday when the voters of
ton go to the polls to express
pinion.
1.BC system has been tried
I >^ounty and found wanting,
oj^he time to rid the county
,is in danger of becoming
^ (_.ched evil. The balance
IhorY held by church mem-
members want the
,ed, it will be continu-
members do not
1 contini\cued, it will not be
them to\s is a challenge to
evil. » ®cid drive out this
The c _
is laid down tc
church member
t?—Contributed
bers
j sale
led. If
want
you if you
v^ill you
The referendum on the sale
beer and wine in Johnston Coui
ty will be held Tuesday, Septei
ber 20, as scheduled.
Judge Walter J. Bone at a hear
ing in Harnett Superior Court in
Lillington Wednesday afternoon
dissolved a temporary restraining
order obtained on the basis of a
civil suit seeking to block the
election.
T am of the opinion there is no
cause for continuing the restrain
ing order in this case and I SO
hold,” the ,1udge stated simply af
ter hearing arguments by counsel
for more than two hours.
A few moments later Judge
Bone signed an order which threw
the suit out of court.
The civil suit was filed in John
ston Superior Court August 22 by
A. M. Lyon and Heath Johnson of
Smithfield. A temporary restrain
ing order had previously been
signed by Judge W. C. Harris, who
set the date, time and place for
the hearing of the matter.
Fall- f 1,“ born
rails of Reuse in Wake Count-,,'
and^'^Pu Y W. Wynne
announcement of Nor-^ Wynne. In 1896
near-jackpot in Naval Rn ” '
serve Edwm E™
Lucy Elizabeth Culbretl
Conway Trophv
station,
E.
for the entire I home here s
T , . she married N
E.dprton of Selma. They moved tc
Raleigh m 1919, and she had made.
.since. She retained
Bradlev sr’ ? “ right-Linda Woodard ,
Sam ft T Thompson (visitor)
Sammy McMillan, Lanie Price, Terry Norton
RTto -"nt from
light Charlotte Thompson, Mary Lee
Thompson, Carolyn Strickland, Lynn cLady
Boy Y Work Well Underway
Cara Gray, Bobbie Jean Bailey and A1 Lang
ley. rd row, from left to right—Phil Hoffman,,
■Meri Peedin, Kathy Lassiter, Dan Crocker,
NQf;,d Thompson, Billy Norton. Adults—Mrs.
Gath'tie Barbee,(left) assistant and Mrs. Lolly
W. 'Vfiams (right) school director.
I
i
Dav,-c t sod three out of five Noell^^r membership in
Navis trophies for the squadronsl^emorial Me^st ChSch ini
(congratulates Kindergarten Hel
-was made yesterday by the De
Partment of Defense
ton.
in Washing-
It was the
Nr.c.7 ■ second consecutive
Y A here. The other Norfolk re-
thTLZll in
o no m p e t i t i o n were
■Fighter Squadron 62-E
Selma, where sh
e for years taught'
class named
the men’s Bible
her honor.
Mrs. Edgerton was
^ i=ter.o„7i;
in
with
a co-founder
100
Aircraft —-E and Fleet
Y5 ®nnvice Reserve Squad
ron 65.
winner
Patrol
Camp Edgerton. ShT'^gav^the
acres of land for
which is located
Neuse.
the camp sita
near Falls of the
Squadron 62, a 'Surviving are her son- her brn-
Lme by^:?;orfqu"arn°,1 this|Lth;T'"!^^nne, both of Ra-l
Jacksonville, Fla. Norfolk had
.
H
transport
(hr —
■*taken by-Transport Squadron 73,
'bf Columbus, Ohio.
Since last Monday the winning
- ^™"dd.aughter and several!
the
no
Podrida Book Club.
units h.ave been at sea engaged in
an operation the Navy considers
as interesting as prize-winning:
carrier-landings. For all pilots the, Bible Class
deck of the carrier Saipan was the
first they had hit ^ince the .war;
for one, Lt. (jg) R. Hunt, USNR,
of Hampton, it was the first ever.
Coming to roost on a flattop is
an accomplishment lor anybody
and especial feat for “week-end
warriors” who practice with an
imaginary carrier at a land field
(a “field carrier”) one week-end
per month, according to an Air
Reserve spokesman here.
To land at sea, a pilot must ap
proach with his tail hook lower
than his undercarriage. The hook
engages an arresting -cable and
the wheels bump down with a
bang. Shoulder straps hold the
pilot back and saves him from a
bloody nose against the instru
ment panel as his plane reduces,
speed from 60 to zero miles per
hour in seconds.
of her Sunday School class of
Selma church will be pallbearers'
at the Thursday services. Trustees
of the Methodist Orphanage here
will be among the honorary pall
bearers.
Members of the Alma Edgerton
of Eden ton Street'
A dream cherished and hops ■
■|or during her long teaching
.areei-', and which was shared i
ler late husband, has become
reality for Mrs. Lolly W. Wi 1
I'iams, who opened a kindergarten
I Mondav in her new home on i
jWest Waddell street in Selma.
Plans were made, and bl>
prints drawn several years ag >
.or a home that would include
kindergarten, and these plans
took shape and form this past
Spring, in Selma, when Mrs. Wil-
jliams was persuaded, by several
i ■'l■-»thG^.s of small children, that ^
Ihgf hv hpi
the-'entire i%,t Siae-devotes^'
the development and enjoyr.'ient
\
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E- C. Jernigan, principal of the Selma High School is shown con-
Church will attend the rites in a gratulating Mrs. Lolly W. Williams upon opening a much needed
body, as will members of the Olla kindergarten in Selma. The photo was made at the entrance of the
men
if the children. The large, cheer-^rnan of construction several months ago. fHe-cai-p-Milt.o'C _
"ul room is wail paoered with;der the supervision of Emmit .Price. ,Si*
figures of boys and girls marching—-
to the accompaniment of drums.—,, f • ri 1 J
horns and other musical insiTU-\t^ Unerai ixtteS rlelu
ments. !
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Yew Manager Takes
Over Selma Theatre
Scout Quarterly Meet
Be Held in Smithfield
(See B Page Four)
Johnston Girl
Guest Mt. Airy
Aubrey Winston was recently
made manager of the Selma Thea
tre. He is the first manager lor
:he local theatre since C. A.
Creech served in this capacity in
1946.
Mr. Winston has been in the
motion picture business for the
oast 10 years. He has held respon
sible positions with the Ambassa
dor theatre in Raleigh and the
motion picture house in Wake
Forest.
For two years he received
special training in threatre mana
gement through a specialized
course of study. Rudolph Howell,
of the Howell theatres feels for
tunate in getting a man of Mr.
Winston’s qualifications.
new school for little folk on west Waddell street.
Happy Birthday
The third quarterly meeting ot
the Tuscarora Council Executive
Board will be held at the Woman s
Club in SmPhfield, on September
21, at 7 p. m. The following men
from Johnston County are mem
bers of this Board and will par
ticipate in 1he meeting: Zeb H 11,
Sam Stallings, J. Hayden Wiggs,
G. W. Grier, Sr., N. P. Williams,
W. A. Davis, E. L. Woodall, Frci
Hoyt, B. G. Mattox. Some very
important business items pertain
’ng to Council operation will be
decided at this meeting.
The hardest ,iob for a youngste.
is to learn good manners withoar
seeing any.
Sept. 20-
Sept. 21-
Sept.'21-
Sept. 22-
Sept, 22-
Sepf. 22-
■Mrs. Mary Lee Eason.
-Mrs. B. W. Spencer,
-Mrs. Frank Thornton.
-Curtis Batten.
-G. W. Peedin.
-Dolphis Brown.
Sept. 22—Earl Bass.
Sert. 23—Norman Creech.
Se?t. 23—Mrs. Wilbur Wiggs.
Seit. 23—Wilton Pace.
Sfpt. 23—Helen Williams.
S;pt. 21—J. F. Smith.
S3pt. 24—Sherwood Brown.
Sept. 2 !—Mrs. J. D. Creech.
Sept, 25—D. B. Oliver.
Sept. 25—Mrs. Daisy Jones.
Sept. 25—Mrs. J. O. Creech.
The modern equipment includes
five especially built tab'es. to
gether with 30 matching chairs, a
blackboard, record player, a smaP
oortable organ, an upright raci-
holding red colored snools. a de
vice which will help the childrer
to learn to count quickly. A larer
framed board containing circle-
which they wi!! learn to identif-
by color, and numerous books de-
I signed particularly to attract the
[attention of the pre-school age
child.
The appreciation of Nature
will be fostered through a large
aquarium, which houses several
goldfish, and an equally large tar-
arium, containing plants of differ
ent kinds. These, together with a
brightly painted flower box, com
plete with a trellis for growing
vines, combine to create an effect
of Children’s Fairyland.
Everything has been designed
for efficient operation, and for
the convenience of the children,
(See A Page Four)
for E. J. Sasser
E. J. Sasser, 58, died
home here Thursday at
after a lingering illness,
services were held from
his
at
4 a. m
Fu.nera!
Selma
Selma Bargain
Day--Saturday
Missionary Baplist Church Friday
at 3:30 p. m„ conducted by the
lastor, the Rev. H. B. Land, Jr.
Burial was in Sunset Memorial
Park, Smithfield.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Leona Farmer; one son E. J.
Sasser, Jr., Selma; two daughters
Leona Sasser, member of high
school faculty, Sanford, Janice
Sasser, student at ECTC; four sis
ters, Mrs. J. M. Byrd and Mrs. Ira
Jernigan of Goldsboro, Mrs. M. I.
Swinson, Mount Olive, Mrs
Mamie Singleton of Richmond
Va.; one brother, G. H. Sasser
Mount Olive.
Mr. Sasser was a member of th-:
Junior order and had served as
town ofticial for 15 years.
Selma merchants will hold their
first Bargain Day of the year on
Saturday of this week. Thirty-
business houses have as many
special values listed in a page ad
vertisement appearing on page
three of this edition.
The retail trade committee of
the Selma Chamber of Commerce
plans one Bargain Day event eaph
month for the next several
months. Last year similar events
were held and local merchants
reported unusual results.
ELECTED OFFICERS
Large Crowd Attends Homecoming at St. Mary’s
Miss Betty Gwyn
St. Mary’s Free Will Baptist
queen of the Farmcapade^Day Church, Route 3, Kenly, was filled
Johnson,
of
Johnston County, was a guest at -.ox, ■ i,
the Farmer’s Day Jubilee atlto capacity Sunday morning at 11
Mount Airy last Thursday. j o’clock, when Rev. Herman Woot-
Miss Johnson’s parents, Mr. andjen, a former pastor brought the'
Mrs. Leslie Johnson, of Smith-1 main address and spoke on “The
St. Mary s Hoimcoming Principals
HOMECOMING
by
own
Kerr
field, Route 3, accompanied their
daughter and shared with her the
hospitality accorded them at the
Blue Ridge Hotel, and the festival
events of the day.
Miss Johnson rode in the par-
.ade, was among the guests at the
luncheon attended by the Honor
able Clyde Hoey, of Washington,
City, and North Carolina’s
governor, the Honorable
?cott.
lOn Thursday evening she at-
: mded the Rotary Club dance.
The Johnston County queen to-
■ther with a representative
■ -eon from South Carolina was
- long the judges to select the
ien of the Farmer’s Day
alee. Miss Habel Mosley, Route
' Mount Airy, received this
ity Gwvn is a member of the
i grade'of the Wilson’s Mills
I warded Range
-’me Level ’Woman’s Club
!-ded an electric range
afternoon. See story and,
the back page.
Assurance of Salvation.” The oc-]
casion was Homecoming Day, an,
annual event. ;
Rev. G. C. Joyner, church pastor
directed the large congregation in
singing the opening rtumber,
“Standing On The Promises.” The
opening prayer was offered by
Jake Williamson a member of the
church.
Prior to the sermon Rev. Mr.
Joyner awarded 14 gold pins to
members of the Sunday School
who had earned attendance re-!
cords lor from one to five years.
In the first year group were
Emma Lou and Katherina Over
man.
Those receiving pins in the four
year group were: Annie Mae Pitt
man,’ Thelma Jean Pittman, Jc
Ann Pittman, Helda Mae Pittman,
lo.yce Ann Boswell, Virgil
well. Jack Pittman, Nita Pittmai-
and Bobby Pittman.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Narror
and their daughter, Frances were
each given five year pins. Follow
ing the presentation the group
were applauded by the congrega
tion.
At the close of the 11 o’clocl
ig I
. ' 'yr. '^4 , &
Left to right; Rev. Jrman Wooten of Raleigh, who brought the
Bos- main address; Odell Jwell, superintendent of St. Mary’s F. W. B.
Sunday School and F- G. C. Joyner, of Smithfield, church pastor.
/—
service
, the large crowd were ser-'Odell Howell
ved dinner on a lorftable'in the
ihurch yard. Threqfc were bar
becued late Saturd/evening for
the big Sunday d#er. In charge
of this phase of J^aiion were:
Tillman PittmanJSck
ivri -\T
Hi
Pittma-i
I'rt Narron and
Elmer Cooper.
Pastor Joyner announced that
the regular church revival sche
duled to begin the second Sunday
m October ivou.Id be delayed a
week or two. _He urged the mem
bers of his church to attend the
tent meeting being conducted
Rev. Oliver Green.
“.Maybe, alter you hear him you
will appreciate me more,” he
commented.
“The Bible is God’s testimony to
lyou and to me of our assurance of
I eternal life,” v/as Rev. Wooten’s
[opening statement in beginninc
lis sermon on “The Assurance of
, Salvation.”
“In this day, when so many of
us are getting killed on the' high
ways and through heart attacks,
many of us fear sudden death. If
j we Christians are assured of eter-
I nal life, and we are, why do we
Ifear sudden death?
I “Jesus Christ tells us that if we
believe in him we have eternal
life,” the minister continued.
“There isn't a rhan, woman oi
child here this morning whose
.uns were not paid for on Calvar3’.
Salvation is at your finger tips
Ve may know that we have eter
nal life by vzhat is written ii
God’s word—the Bible.
“My treasures are-on the other
side of the river. I am lookinj
forward to crossing the river and
living there in my new home. I
Riverside Free Will Baptist
Church located on Route 2 Prince
ton will hold its annual home
coming Sunday. September 18.
Rev. W. H. J. Tyey of Selma is
church pastor. Inmmediateiy fol
lowing the 11 o’clock service din
ner will be served on the church
grounds.
The Methodist Youth Fellow-
shin met Sunday night to elect
officers. The officers elected for
thf‘ -oming year are as follows:
President—Alice Brantley, Vice
president, A1 Rowe Gaskill, Secre-
ary—Dianne Britton, Treasurer-
Jack Temple, Pianist —■ Shirley
Crabtree.
IN WILSON HOSPITAL
Joe A. Creech, who has been a
patient at Wooriard-Herring Hos
pital, Wilson, since becoming sud
denly ill las*- week, is much im
proved his many friends will
ad to know.
Four Sisters At St. Mary’s Homecoming
'
will live there with Him who gave
me eternal hfe.’"
An afternoon program consist
ing of special vocal music
quartets and congregational sing
ing brought the homecoming
exercises to a close.
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While the members of St. Mary’s F. W. B. Church, Route
were enjoying homecoming, four sisters from widely scatte* j_
tions of the state were also enjoying the occasion. ' They a ;eel^
left to right: Mrs. Natoan Raper of Powell’s Point (near 05 p!
Mrs. L. M. Adams of Route 3, Kenly, Mrs. J. A. Jackson will
Clayton and Mrs. N. B. Murray of Route 1, Princeton. Pse of
earth
■ I and
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