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Kt- \ The Johnstonian-Sun Eagle’s Nest Afloat Again DR. ATKINSON TELLS OF TRIP OUT WEST Corbett - Hatcher Community Club Hears Interesting Talk By Dr. Wade H. Atkinson, A Charter Member of The Club, Who Tells of Trip to Arizona And Other Western States. WithRCAF The British aircraft carrier Illustrious, which was damaged in a sea battle, is now in service again, after having been repaired and refitted at an Amer ican shipyard. Photo at top shows the ship as she rides at anchor at a British port. Botton photo shows crew members of he Illustrious running to their stations as an alert is sounded. Bentonville Man Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver J. M. Thornton, 37-year-old farmer of Bentonville township, whose mang led body was found near the John H. Langston place about 10 o’clock Sun day night, was believed to have been kUled,Jby_a,hit-and-run motorist while riding a bicycle, parts of which were found near where the dead body lay. Thornton, a widower and the father of four children, had been working on the farm of Norman Westbrook. He was reported to have left .home late Sunday afternoon on his bicycle. Coroner E. N. Booker of Selma was called to the scene, and after an in vestigation, expressed the belief that the farmer had been struck down by a hit-and-run driver about half an hour before his body was discovered. The victim was a son of Lon Thorn ton. The body was first found by a passing motorist who telephoned Sheriff Rose, who, with Coroner E. N. Booker, hurried to the scene. A highway patrolman was also notified, and a search began in an effort to run down some clue as to the guilty party. Pou-Parrish Post Sells $50 Wxirth Poppies Mrs. T. K. Cobb, chairman of the Poppy drive conducted in Smithfield Saturday under the auspices of the Pou-Parrish American Legion Auxil iary, reports that about $50 was con tributed in Smithfield. She has not heard at this time from the other towns where the poppy sale was con ducted. The girls of the Junior Auxiliary assisted with the sale here and they exhausted their supply of poppies by noon. Mrs. Cobb, on behalf of the aux iliary, wishes to express publicly her appreciation of the splendid response ■ which made the Poppy Day sale so successful. She wishes- to thank per sonally the leaders and girls who helped in such an efficient manner. Vacation Bible School To Begin Monday The annual Vacation Bible School at the Selma Baptist Church will be gin Monday, June 1st, at 9 o’clock m. All boys and girls who live in and around Selma and are between the ages of four and sixteen years, are asked to come to the Vacation Bible School next Monday morning at .9 o’clock. Regardless of the church to which . you go, you are invited to come to this Bible School. ^ ^ , Mrs. Paul Howard will be Principal again this year. There will be four departments. The names of the teach- ;ers will be published next week. # There will be no charges to the boys and girls for supplies; our Sun day School is paying all expenses of the Bible School. D. M. CLEMMONS, Pastor. POPPY SALES HERE GO OVER IN BIG WAY The Annual Poppy Day sales con ducted here Saturday, went over in a big way. The sales were under the auspices of the Selma Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, assisted by the girls of the Junior Auxiliary. Proceeds from these sales amount ed to $80.00. Mrs. W. L. Etheridge, President of the Unit, on behalf of the Auxiliary, wishes to express ap preciation for the splendid response which made the Poppy Day sales so successful. She wishes to thank all who helped in the sale, especially the ladies who helped so willingly _ in Kenly. Micro, Princeton and Pine Level. The ladies are also very thankful to Mr. Louis Abdalla for the use of window space ' at his store in which to make their Poppy display and help to advertise Poppy Day. BAPTIST REVIVAL COMES TO CLOSE (By MAMIE BAILEY) Last Tuesday was a busy day for farmers and club folk for Corbett- Hatcher, but “Mrs. Green” was left at home by interested club members and friends to enjoy a picnic supper. Following the supper another in teresting feature drew more of the patrons out, that of hearing one of the club’s charter members. Dr. Wade H. Atkinson narrate on the recent trip that he and Mrs. Atkinson took out West. Dr. Atkinson not only tells of no.ted places visited but always brings back very unique specimens of interest to all. They spent a month in Tucson, Arizona, one of the great est states of the plateau section, a desert surrounded by sandy bare mountains. Cactus growth of 200 dif ferent varieties or more, growing from 40 to 50 feet in height. These species vary greatly in form and size. They brought back two specimens, a small “Giant Cactus” and the “Barrel or Fish-hook Cactus”, which they have planted at their cottage. On their way back from Tucson, they drove through New Mexico. Mountains of white sands, 7 miles deep and 30 to 50 miles long. They also visited Carlsbad Cavern, a sub terranean wonder of marvelous beau ty, with rooms as large as as our to bacco warehouses, with a lunch room that would serve 500 people. Caverns electrically installed, with lights and water. One very unique formation of rock, called the “Rock of Ages”, with a space large enough to seat its see- ers, while the hymn, “Rock of Ages”, is played. This, Dr. Atkinson said, was very impressive , as the lights gradually became brighter during the last s.tanza, until the full lights were on the formation. They entered ^tke cavern at 10;30 a. m., had luncfi were out at 3 o’clock. They walked in and climbed out. This being the two ways of entrance and exit. Among the interesting sights in Ar kansas was Hot Springs, where they spent a few days. There they saw a succession of springs half a mile long and the brought back species of transparent crystals, obtained near these springs. Quartz, which are also unique. As Dr. Atkinson could only narrate the most interesting places visited, giving a very brief description of Tucson, and, how he and Mrs. Atkin son protected themselves upon their arrival, by donning “gon-western” clothers, he gave motion pictures. To make the crowd feel at home, he first gave scenes of the “Atkinson Farm”, then came the “Rodeo Festival”, which they attended while in Tucson. Florida scenes were also shown, along with scenes from the World’s Fair and our Nation’s Capital. Voting Hours Saturday 6:30 A.M.to 6:30P.M. -* JOE GODWIN, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence I. Godwin, of Raleigh, and nephew of Walter Godwin and Leon Brow'n of Sel ma, is a cadet with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Joe was a guard on Raleigh’s high school state championship football team of 193-5. He attended Mars Hill Junior College before join ing the Canadian forces last Oc tober. CHAIRMAN BINGHAM PROMISED WPA HELP WILLIAM LASSITER IN NAVAL RESERVE William C. Lassiter, of Raleigh, who has been NCPA legal advisor for the past five years, entered mili tary service last month as a Lieuten ant in the U .S. Naval Reserve. In response to a request for a “photo in uniform,” Bill wrote a few days ago: “It seems that publicity is frowned upon and I guess, in my case, I will not be able to furnish you with a photo. Any mention which you might make in the Press should be limited to stating that I am a Lieut., U. S. Naval Reserve, on active duty somewhere. “I’m liking everything fine, but I do not care how soon we lick hell out of the Japs and Germans, et als. “Thanks a lot for all your courtes ies. I appreciate very much the action taken by the Press Association grant ing me the leave of absence. “If anything comes up in which you think my advice or information would be of assistance, write me care of my office in Raleigh and the letter will be forwarded to me.” Bill’s last job for the NCPA was the preparation of the 22-page bulle tin on Federal Wage and Hour law which was mailed the first of this month to all members newspapers. The Announcement Was Made Tuesday by Both the State Board of Elections And Thd Attorney Geneml’s Office. The voting hours for the Saturday primary extend from 6:30 a. m., to 6:30 p. m.. Eastern War Time. The announcement was made Tues day by both the State Board of Elec tions and the Attorney General’s of fice in an effort to .clear up all mis understanding and doubt about the hours for voting. Many persons are confused about the 1941 law on the subject and also from the fact that the time has been changed from East ern Standard, which the election law mentions. The last few legislatures have giv en the voter ample reason for being confused. Until 1937, primary voting was conducted just as is the voting in general elections now—from sun rise to sunset. The 1937 General As sembly, which reluctantly improved the election laws, changed the prima ry voting hours to extend from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. Before everyone had become accustomed to these hours, the 1941 legislature decided to shift it to 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Since the hour applies now to war time, the polls will close in Eastern North Caroiina fully two hours be fore sunset. The series of evangelistic services at the Selma Baptist church came to a close Wednesday night. The Rev. Robert H. Satterfield of Raleigh, preached twice each day and his able messages were filled with meat for the hungry Christians and convincing arguments why all should become Christians. He used the Scriptures to prove his way through service. Interest in fhe meeting was kept at a high pitch all the way through, and the ,pttendance at both the morn ing and evening services was ample evidence of this. The music was a special feature of these services, under the direction of Miss Naomi Smith, member of the local school faculty during the term just closed. There were ten additions to the church as a result of the meeting. Helen Renfrew Wins Scholarship Cup Johnston Farmer Dies Near Kenly James Allison Lee, 72 - year - old Johnston County farmer, died at his home near Kenly Tuesday night. Funeral services were held Wednes day afternoon from Stancil’s Chapel by Rev. Debro Stancil. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are his wife; one son, L. M. Lee; three half-brothers, Everett, Doc and Croc kett Narron; three half-sisters,^ Mrs. D. E. Narron, Mrs. Gilmer Stancil and Mrs. Herbert Bailey, of Kenly RFD. At the graduation exercises of At lantic Christian College, Wilson, Miss Helen Renfrew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Renfrew, and freshman at the college, was awarded the Scholar ship CrS which is presented each year to that student, regardless of class, having the highest average of the entire student body. She was also elected marshal of the rising sophomore class, to serve in that capacity for the graduation exercises and for all college functions of the following year. Recently Miss Ren frew was also honored by the social organizations of the campus by being presented bids to Delta Sigma Soror ity and Phi Sigma Tau Sorority, the latter being the one she accepted. Miss Renfrew, an honor s.tudent_at A. C. C., graduated from Selma High School last spring as valedictorian, of her class. A letter received this week from C. E. Bingham, Chairman of the John ston County Salvage Committee, in forms us that he had made applica tion to WPA for the use of a truck and driver to pick up scrap metals and rubber in Johnston county to be used in the War Program, and that the State Supervisor had been to see him and told him that they would be ready to s.tart just as soon as the nec essary forms for use in paying off the sellers pf materials coidd ^be pririted. Chairman Bingham is asking that anyone having any salvage metals or rubber they can dispose of to let him know at once. He suggested that there may be a number of old saw mill boilers, discarded farm machin ery and other heavy items in the county that are of no use to the own er, and'if you know of such materials, whether they belong to you or some one else, to please let him know so he can get ii\ touch with the owner. This kind of material is growing more scarce each day and the govern ment is calling for it, in small or large amounts, and by cooperatin,g in any way that will enable the gov ernment to get' more of these mate rials you will be doing a patriotic service which may play an important part in helping to win the war against the Axis powers. A pen has been erected on the va cant lot near the Branch Banking & Trust Company in Selma where scrap metal and rubber may be placed and it is hoped that every one having any such materials will place them in this pen so the truck may collect them when it comes around; You may only have a pound or two, but when a thousand people bring a pound each there will be a thousand pounds of scrap war material added to ^ Uncle Sam’s supply-to be hurled against the powerful enemy. NOTE: Lieut. Lassiter is a son of Mrs. T. J. Lassiter and the late Mr. Lassiter, of The Smithfield Herald, and a brother of Thomas J. Lassiter, Jr., managing editor of The Herald. Wilbur S. Brannan To Go To Oklahoma Soon Port Bragg, May 27.—Wilbur S. Brannan, son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Brannan, of Clayton, Route 1, has been acceded' for trairilvig Tfl Officers Candidates School at Fort Sill, Ok lahoma, and has been ordered to re port there to commence a three months course on June 2nd, it was announced today by his Commanding Officer, Colonel John E. Robohm, Jr., of the 79th Field Artillery, a Unit of the Provisional Field Artillery Brig ade. The successful completion of the course will entitle Corporal Brannan to receive a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery. Corporal Brannan was inducted in to the Army a.t Fort Bragg, N. C., in April, 1941, and assigned to the Field Artillery Replacement Center for Basie training. He was transferred to the 79th Field Artillery, Battery B, in July, 1941, and was later trans ferred to Battery F, 79th Field Ar tillery', in December, 1941, where he was employed as personal clerk. A graduate of Selma High School, Selma, N. C'., prior to induction, he was employed with the Dunn Furni ture Company of Selma, N. C. He was interested in flying aeroplanes as a hobby, and held a Student Pilot li cense for the purpose of solo flying. Mrs. Geo. Adams Dies At Home Near Benson VISITING MINISTER IS KIWANIS SPEAKER The Rev. Robt. H. Satterfield, who was conducting a series of revival meetings at the Selma Baptist church, was the principal speaker at the Selma Kiwanis club on last Thurs day evening. Kiwanian Ernest Womadf was in charge of the program and introduced the" guesr*speaker, who brotfght a very timely message. Mr. Satterfield said that he had observed the work of Kiwanis in his travels throughouit the state, and that he had found that Kiwanis clubs and mos.t all other civic clubs are doing a fine work in the communities which they serve. During the course of his remarks he touched on world conditions^ as a result of the war now raging in al most .the entire world. Farm families and other who want to obtain allotments of sugar for home canning should see their local rationing board and fill out applica tion form. Selma Hailrdressers Attend Demonstration Mrs. F. L. Pittman Dies At Home Near Selma The Office of Price Administration and the U. S. Department of Agricul ture have jointly announced a plan for price-regulation and price-support program for canned vegetables of the 1942 pack. Mesdames N. V. Smith and A. B. Brannan, of the Vanity Fair Beauty Shop, and Miss Lilyan Corbett, of .the Carolina Beauty Nook, attended the demonstration in hair dressing in the Manteo Room of the Sir Walter Ho tel in Raleigh Wednesday afternoon, from 1 to 4 o’clock. John Zerbo, one of the country s outstanding hair stylists, was in charge of the demonstration. He featured his new hair style, “Cut Militaire,” a style that is sweeping the country by storm, and a s.tyle that everyone is raving about. Zerbo is a hair stylist that really knows his business. AUXILIARY FIREMEN WANTED FOR SELMA Mayor B. A. Henry announces that the Town of Selma is in need of about 15 boys between the ages of 16 and 18 years as auxiliary fire men for the Town of Selma. All ap plicants will please register with the town clerk. All those who are chosen will be promptly notified of their ac ceptance. Mrs. F. L. Pittman, 67, died at her home on Selhia, Route 1 Monday at 10:30 a. m. Funeral services were held from the Micro Free Will Baptis.t Church Tues day at 3:30 p. m. Interment took place in the family cemetery near Micro. Mrs. Pittman is survived by her husband; four sons, Charlie Pittman of Buckroe Beach, Va., Herbert Pitt man of Wilmington, Murray Pittrnan of the U. S. Navy, stationed at PhUfe delphia, and Rudolph Pittman of th^ U. S. Navy; two daughters, Mrs. L. i H. Holt of Buckroe Beach, and Mrs. H. R. Parker of Phoebus, Va.; three sisters. Misses Cora and Ida Edger- ton of Selma, Route 2, and Mrs. Robert Hollaiwi of Selnis., Route 1, two brothers, Ivey Edgerton of Kenly. Route 1, and Andrew Edgerton of Clayton, Route 1. ^ Prominent Farmer Dies Near Pine Level Seen and Heard Along THE MAINDRAG H. L. —— :By H. Benson. — Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock for Mrs. George P. Adams, 60, who died Saturday afternoon at the home of her son Tommy Adams, in Ban ner township near Benson. Elder Junius D. Lee of Benson con ducted the services. Burial took place in the Adam’s family cemetery at Allen’s Crossroads. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Louis A. Allen; one son, Tommy; one daughter, Mrs. Annie Lee, and one sister, Mrs. Daniel Johnson, all of near Benson. B. Carson Evans, 61, died at his home near Pine , Level Wednesday morning at 3:30 o’clock of an unex pected heart attack. Funeral services will be held Thurs day afternoon at 4 o’clock from the Pine Level Free Will Holiness church. The Rev. Austin Wheeler of Clinton, pastor of the church, will officiate and burial will be in the family cemetery at Pine Level. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lil lian Phillips Evans; three sons, Ver non Evans of Smithfield, Route 2; Local Girl Chosen As Most Beautiful Gainesville, Ga. — Miss Dorothy O’Neal, a sophomore at Brenau Col lege, and the daughter of Mrs. J. M. O’Neal of Selma, N. C., had a portrait submitted to an outstanding artist, Melvin Douglas, who chose her pic ture in a group of six as the most beautiful from portraits of twenty girls chosen by popular vote as the most beautiful on Brenau campus. Miss O’Neal is an active and popu- Mr. Daniels Observes His 80th Birthday MAINDRAG— Selma maindrag has another beau tiful store front—LEWIS ABDALLA has just put in a new front to his store and it’s one of the most attrac tive in the town — w,e know MISS CASSIE is glad the job is finished- said she had a time trying to keep •the dust out of the store while work men were doing the job—-they’re tell ing a good joke on MAX CREECH, popular clerk at BILL CREECH S DRUG STORE—but we are not go ing to expose M.AX, will let him tell you about it—while in Kenly a few days ago we dropped around to JU LIUS CORBETT’S home to see his flower garden—and it is a beauty said he was the landscape-gardener, but we have our doubts about it, we 11 give him credit for the fine garden he has, but MRS. CORBET’T, we believe, had more to do with that flower gar den than JULIUS—wonder why E. V. WOODARD, JR., keeps hanging around Kenly—saw him with a very attractive young Kenlyite Saturday Afternoon-no town in Johnston coun ty has more honest-to-goodness good- looking girls than Kenly, no wonder he likes it up that way—glad to grt a letter a few days ago from JAY batten, former linotype operator on this paper—JAY couldn’t tell us where he was now located, but ju^dg- ing from an item in his missive which reads as follows: “would give any thing to see some real spring weath er”—must be in a cold country for the past year JAY has been way down in British Guiana, South Amer ica—JOHNNIE EVANS arrived in Tuesday from the Canal Zone, lar student on Brenau campus. town -- where he spent the past two years this is his first visit home since join ing Uncle Sam’s Army 24 months ago—“there are lots of things Id like to tell you,” he said, ‘ but regu- Josephus Daniels, dean of North lations forbid it”—anyway, he says Carolina newspaper publishers, was he is glad to get back home again 80 years old on May 18th. He passed HUNTER PRICE and his boss non Evans of Smithfield, Koure z., the day hard at work on his Raleigh went down to their cottage lie Woodrow Evans of Beaufort; Carson News & Observer, the editorsh^ of Lid Atlantic last Sund^ V ^ Evans Jr of Selma, Route 2; two which he resumed recently. Many 1 a lovely cottage, located just daughters, Mrs. Odell Pittman of i congratulatory messages were ’^®;\distance fr^ the oM r^ y^p Route 1 Miss Jean Evans ofLeived, from President Roosevelt 1 chased by DR. BOOKE Itlma Route 2; and four grandchi}-\ down the line of hundreds of fnendsUeady accepted an invitation to visW Sn. ' J ^throughout the nafion. \hoth places.
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