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The Johnstonian-Sun
VOL. 25
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1942.
Single Copy 5c
NUMBER 27
Three Resistrations To
Be Held Durins July
Passenger Car Owners and Mo
torcyclists To Register July
9-11 — Dealers and Distribu
tors July 13-15 — Owners of
Trucks, Pick-Ups and Trac
tors July 16-18.
There are three distinct registra
tions to be conducted in connection
with the coming registration for gas
oline.
Passenger Cars and Motorcycles.
First, all owners of passenger cars
and motorcycles "will register at one
of the following five places on July
9th, 10th and 11th, from 9:00 a. m.
until 5:00 p. m.. War Time:
Smithfield—Old A.B.C. Store.
Micro—At School.
Four Oaks—At School.
Clayton—At School.
Princeton—At School.
(Pocket registration cards are re
quired of all applicants).
Dealers and Distributors.
The second registration will be that
of dealers and distributors who will
register at the local Rationing Board
in Smithfield , from 9:00 51. b. until
5:00 p. m., on July 13th, 14th and
15th.
Trucks, Pick-Ups, Tractors, Etc.
The third registration is for those
owning trucks, pick-ups, tractors, etc.,
and car owners tha t require more
gasoline than is allotted on the so-
called A cards; these will all register
at the local Rationing Board in Smith-
field, from 9:00 a. m., until 5:00 p. m.,
July 16th, 17th and 18th. (Truck
owners in addition to having pocket
registration cards must be able to
furnish the following information:
Miles driven during May, 1942, mil
eage to be driven July, August, and
September, 1942, and average miles
per gallon.)
These three registrations will en
able every class of motor vehicle own
er and distributor to get registered
before the effective date of the com
ing rationing of gasoline which is at
12:01 a. m., Wednesday, July 22, 1942.
The local Rationing Board is asking
all those who have not registered for
canning sugar to please register be
fore July 9th, or wait until July 25.
1,388 REGISTERED
BY COUNTY DRAFT
BOARDS TUESDAY
Warehouse Association
Elects Bill Blackman
Former Selma Boy Among New
Officers of The Association—
Frank Skinner of Smithfield
Is Made A Director.
There were 1388 young men regis
tered in Johnston County Tuesday
between 18 and 20 years of age.
In the district comprising Draft
Board No. 1, with headquarters in
Smithfield, there was a total regis
tration of 6,88.
In the district . comprising Draft
Board No. 2, with headquarter's in
Selma, there was a total registration
of 700. There were six registration
places in the Selma district as fol
lows:
The Transylvania County salvage
organization promises to reach out to
even the remotest parts in the ga
thering of vital scrap materials, says
Farm Agent J. A. Glazener.
Seen and Heard Along
THE MAINDRAG
=^=By H. H. L. '■
BERNARD W. LEE, son of MR.
and MRS. B. B. LEE, who is stationed
at Keesler Field, Mississippi, writes
the Maindrag scribe that he likes it
fine do-wn in “Ole ‘Mississip’ ”—he is
located near Biloxi, almost right on
the Gulf of Mexico — the weather
has been right warm, he says, —
“there are about thirty boys from
North Carolina, including Fred Wood,
whom almost everybody in Selma
knows, in the barracks with me,” he
writes — before entering the service
BERNARD held a position with DICK
LEWIS — ERNEST WOMACK was
seen Sunday wearing a brand new
Panama hat — not quite so flashy as
the last one ERNEST bought —
“TEX” WILLIAMS, popular clerk at
the News Stand at the Union Station,
is in receipt of a letter from his
father, CAPT. MACON GREY WIL
LIAMS, “somewhere in the far east”
— before entering the service CAPT.
WILLIAMS was connected with the
Social Security Board in Washington,*
D. C. — his family recently moved
to Selma from New Jersey and are
occupying the residence recently .va
cated by MR. R. A .JONES’ family
— “SHORTY” STANCIL, linotyper
for The Johnstonian-Sun, was among
the 18-year-olds to register Tuesday
— “SHORTY” says he’s ready to go
when his Uncle Sam calls — that was
some sermon preached by that inimit
able character, A. K. EASON, at the
Kiwanis meeting on last Thursday
evening —■ and the jokes he pulled on
that popular Baptist Parson, the REV.
MR. CLEMMONS, wouldn’t do to
repeat — the REV. has already said
he would sue us if we dared put them
in print —■ (but if you look carefully
on another page you might find some
of them) — our good friend, BILL
GODWIN, who is training boys how*
to fly at Bennettsville, S. C., spent
the week end at home — he is missed
on the Maindrag these days.
Princeton
61
Selma
261
Micro
Kenly
99
Corinth-Holder
83
Clayton
166
Draftees Are Allowed
Fourteen-Day Furlough
From now on drafted men sent to
the amy from Johnston county and
accepted will automatically get the
privilege of a 14-day furlough before
they begin actual training.
The idea is to give the accepted
selectees a chance to go back home
and straighten out business and per
sonal affairs.
Heretofore, men have been called to
report for examination and induction
and have made all arangements to
leave their jobs and homes without
knowing for sure whether they would
be accepted at the military point.
Some have resigned jobs, disposed of
automobiles and other property, only
to find themselves rejected after a
physical examination at the army
camp.
The new plan will eliminate any
such embarrassments and inconven
iences. As soon as a drafted man is
accepted at Fort Bragg or wherever
he is sent, he will be transferred to
what is known as the enlisted reserve
corps and granted a 14-day leave.
The furlough, however is not com
pulsory and a selectee may begin his
training immediately if he wishes.
The new plan of induction will be
come effective with the July calls.
Colored Men Leave
Today For Ft. Bragg
At a meeting of the Eastern Caro
lina Warehouse Association, held in
Kinston last week, N. G. Blackman,
•Jr., of Wilson, a former Selma boy,
was elected secretary-treasurer of the
association.
Frank L. Skinner of the Gold Leaf
Warehouse in Smithfield, was elected
one of the new directors of the as
sociation.
The session was highlighted by
adoption of a resolution recommend
ing to the sales committee of the
United States Tobacco Association
that the daily sales period be cut-
from six to five hours, that each
hour’s sales be limited to 360 baskets
and that all piles be held to 400
pounds. The action was taken in an
effort to alleviate conditions growing
out of the labor shortage.
A committee was authorized to
work for an opening date for the
Bright Belt not later than two weeks
after the Border Belt opening.
The association voted to allow each
market to retain its current number
of buyers.
New Officers
New officers chosen at the meeting
included: Allie W. Fleming of Wilson,
president; H .A. Easley of Rocky
Mount, vice president; N. G. (Bill)
Blackman, Jr., of Wilson, secretary
and treasurer.
Elected to the new board of direc
tors were: B. B. Suggs of Greenville;
Herman Laws, Kinston; W. E. Cobb,
Rocky Mount; J. C. Eagles, Jr., Wil
son; F. L. Skinner, Smithfield; L. R.
Bell, Goldsboro; Garland Hodges,
Washington, N. C.; J. C. Carlton,
Farmville; H. I. Johnson, Tarboro,
and W. H. Atkins, Robersonville. R.
S. Witherington, Kinston, was retir
ing .secretary-treasurer. .. '
The association retained the retir
ing president, J. Roger Brooks of
Kinston, as its member on the board
of governors of the United States
Tobacco Association, of which he is
also president.
Petition to Kill Home Agents^
Office Before Commissioners;
Woodard Issues Statement
Petiticoi Presented At Special
Meeting Which Calls For The
Elimination of Home Agent—
Also Wants More Economy In
Public Welfare Office.
Ministerial Association
To Meet July 6th
The following colored men left to
day (Thursday) at 2:30 for Fort
Bragg, where they will be inducted in
the army:,
Willard Jones, Clayton, Rt. 2, John
Ashley Hinnant, Selma, Rt. 1, Oliver
White, Selma, Paul Edward Watson,
Kenly, James Baker Wooten, Selma,
Levi Goodson, Clayton, Rt. 2, Hughie
Augusta Ford, Selma, Haywood Wild
er, Clayton, Rt. 2, Thomas Godwin,
Princeton, Wilbert Sanders, Clayton
Rt. 1, Spence Jeffreys, Zebulon Rt. 2,
Thomas Durham Jr. Selma.
Willie Linwood Wilson, Clayton, Rt.
2, Ruvick Tomlinson, Clayton, Rt. 1,
Wade Watson, Clayton, Oscar Junior
O’Neal, Selma, Charles Rawlings,
Princeton, Samuel McCallater, Selma
Rt. 1, German Godwin, Middlesex, Rt.
1, Willie Cockley, Selma, Joseph Clin
ton Barnes, Kenly, Rt. 2, Lonnie High,
Kenly, Rt.. 2, Charlie Jackson Ed
wards, Selmm Rt. 2, Chester Ray
Spell, Princeton, Rt. 1, James Able
Patrick, Micro, Levi Exum, Kenly Rt.
1, Rodney Whitley, Middlesex, Rt. 1.
Harden Sanders, Clayton, Rt. 2,
Levi Smith, Clayton, Ernest Pinch,
Zebulon, Rt. 2, Charles PeiTy, Selma,
and Hardy Lee Bass, Clayton, Rt. 1.
Twins Are Born On
Separate Days
Twin girls were born on
separate days to the wife of
Charlie Hall, colored, who lives
in the Grahamtown section of
Johnston county, on last Wed
nesday and Thursday. Bernice
Hall was born Wednesday at
high'noon and her twin-sister
Vernice, was born at 9 o’clock
Thursday morning.
The monthly meeting of the John
ston County Ministerial Association
will meet with the Benson Grove Bap
tist Church, Rev. H. M. Hall, Pastor,
Monday morning, 10:00 o’clock, July
6, 1942.
Benson Grove Baptist Church is
located on Highway 50, about ten
miles from. Benson, North Carolina,
leading toward Garner.
Our organization from its begin
ning, we feel, has made worthy con
tributions to help make cooperative
the endeavors of the Christian Lea
dership of the county. It merits, as
we see it, a permanent place in our
constructive efforts. Your presence
and active support are needed by it.
Therefore, you are cordially invited
to be with us at the forthcoming as
above indicated.
PROGRAM
10:00 a. m. —■ Devotions, Rev. C. L.
Gillespie, Smithfield, North Carolina.
10:20 a. m. — Business.
10:35 a. m. — Song Selections,
Ministers
10:45 a. m. •— Message, “SIN”, Rev.
W. H. Pair, Rt. 1, Clayton, North
Carolina.
11:15 a. m. — Benediction.
The North Carolina Highway Com
mission maintains a total of 60,100
miles of state and county roads and
18,000 bridges.
At a special session of the county
board of commissioners, held last
Monday, to study the new county
budget, they had laid before them a
petition, which had been signed by
several hundred Johnston county tax
payers. . The petition was presented
by a delegation of citizens headed by
James A. Wellons, Smitlifield lawyer.
In brief, the petition provided for:
1. A substantial reduction in the
appropriation for the county 'welfare
department.
2. The elimination of all appropria
tions for the office of home demon
stration agent.
3. A careful scrutinization of re
quests of the county health depart
ment and other departments.
The Petition
“1. We are not unmindful of the
fact that a few years ago we had a
great depression. However, those dark
days have passed and the conditions
prevailing in this county today are
such that almost any person worth
his salt can secure a job paying suf
ficient wages to amply provide for
his and his family’s needs.
“2. In our opinion, thegenerosity of
the welfare department has been
abused in too many cases by lazy and
unworthy people, both white and
colored, who have sought public re
lief when in truth and in fact they
could have provided for their own
support. We have observed specific
cases where those on relief have re
fused employment and given as their
reason that it was not ncessary for
them to work because the government
was feeding them.
“3. We recognize the difficulties
which face your Honorable Board be
cause we know that you are called
on each year to increase your appro
priations, and of course, money must
be provided to meet these requests.
However, it appears to us that it is
a dangerous thing for our county
government to undertake to match
appropriations by the state and feder
al governments as we understand is
the practice in practically all the
counties now. If we follow this course,
the time will soon come when the
overburdened taxpayers will no long
er be able to carry the load. If the
money is not really needed, why make
appropriations just because some
other governmental agency does?
The commissioners Monday took no
final action on the petition, but did
pass an order requesting Welfare
Superintendent W. T. Woodard, Jr.,
to submit a list of persons receiving
surplus commodities to the board
for close study by the commissioners.
AYDEN LASSITER
NAMED RATIONING
OFFICE MANAGER
The county rationing board has ap
pointed Ayden Lassiter of Wilson’s
Mills as full-time manager of the ra
tioning office. His salary, paid by the
Federal government, will be $1,800 a
year.
The appointment was confirmed
Monday by J. Robert Barbour, local
secretary of the Civil Service Com
mission. Lassiter started work Mon
day morning.
While Lassiter will be in charge of
the rationing office from now on, Mrs.
Roy Johnson, who has been serving
as executive secretary of the ration
ing board, will continue on the staff
as first assistant office manager.
Others on the office staff include
Miss Vivian Hooks, Mrs. Walter G.
Lassiter and Mrs. Geneva Graves.
All these workers are paid by the
federal government.
Besides the regular staff, WPA
workers will continue to assist with
the rationing work.
Welfare Superiintendent W. T.
Woodard, Jr., Gives Summary
of Welfare Activities In John
ston County — Enumerates
Many Duties Involved In Wel>
fare Work.
45 Paratroopers Will
Thrill Large Crowd At
Dunn “V” Celebration
Spotted Fever
Frances Brannan, four-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Brannan, Jr., who live on
the James Earp farm, near
Thanksgiving- church, is con
valescing from Rocky Moun
tain spotted fever. This is a
rare condition and somewhat
of a medical curiosity. Only
five cases have been reported
in this county during the past
several years, all occuring be
tween the ages of four and
seventeen years. All recover
ed.
Doctors of This County
Joining Armed Forces
War Bond sales must be doubled.
Are you budgeting your household
money to buy War Stamps every
week?
Dr. W. H. Lassiter, of Selma, has
been commissioned as first lieuten
ant in the army and directed to re
port for duty at Camp Davis on July
10. Dr. Lassiter volunteered his serv
ices to his country, after relinquish
ing a good practice as a medical doc
tor in Selma and community. Shortly
after setting up an office for the
practice of medicine in Selma, fol
lowing the death of Dr. G. D. Vick,
Dr. Lassiter was appointed County
Health doctor, which position he gave
up some time ago in order to resume
private practice here.
Dr. T. G. Upchurch, Dr. Watson
Wharton, Dr. Bunn, and Dr. J. C.
Stancil, of Smithfield; Dr. C. C. Sox,
of Kenly, and Dr. Donnie H. Jones,
Jr., of Micro, and Dr. Landis Bro-wn,
formerly of Selma, have been in the
service for some time.
Dr. Jones was commissioned as a
first lieutenant in the medical corps
reserve of the United States army
following graduation from the Uni
versity of Virginia School of Medi
cine on June 15. Dr. Jones will serve
his interneship at the University of
Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, un
til called to active duty with the army.
Dr. V. A. Davidian, of Smithfield,
was host to the doctors of Johnston
county Wednesday night at his home
at Holt Lake in honor of the doctors
who have been called into the service.
Dr. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Brown, formerly of Selma, now
of Smithfield, holds a commission
with the U. S. Navy and is stationed
at South^|“vt, where he is in charge
of a Navy hospital.
Dr. Stancil, son
Dunn, July 1.—The biggest para
chute demonstration ever staged off
a military reservation will take place
here on Friday afternoon, July 3 as
a feature of Dunn’s Victory Celebra
tion.
45 dare-devils of the sky will bail
out of four-huge bombers in a beauti
ful and colorful spectacle never before
witnessed in public.
A half dozen parachutes carrying
guns and equipment will also be
thrown from the bombers and the
minute the paratroopers hit the
ground a mock battle with blank am
munition will get underway.
The paratroopers will 'work out a
technical military problem and will
take the guns thrown from the
planes and start firing at an imagin
ary enemy.
This demonstration wilt take place
at 6 p. m. two miles east of Dunn on
the Jonesboro road on the farm own
ed by Walter Adams, just beyond the
Harnett County Training School.
This event will be the most spec
tacular of the many events to be
staged in honor of General William
C. Lee, Dunn native who is chief of
Airborne Command.
The parachute jump alone is ex
pected to draw a crowd of 15,000
people to Dunn.
More than a dozen highway patrol
men, local and county officers, sol
diers and members of Dunn’s State
Guard unit will be on guard to handle
traffic and keep the jumping field
clear during the demonstration.
Spectators will witness the demon
stration from the highway. The view
is clear for miles and the spectacle
can be seen from a long distance.
A group of Ft. Bragg officers and
members of Gen. Lee’s Staff have
been in Dunn making plans and map
ping out details for the jump.
Officers here were: Major H. P.
Harris of the Airborne Command,
Lt. H. T. Mitchell of the 503rd para
chute infantry. Major R. H. Betts of
the public relations office, Capt. Ed
ward G. Krause of the 503rd para
chute infantry, and Capt. A. J. Martin
of post headquarters at Ft. Bragg.
In addition to the paratroopers who
jump, a crew will be on. the ground
when they land.
Among the boys who will jump is
a Dunn man, L. C. Blackburn, Jr.,
who has been in the parachute divi
sion for several months. He was re
cently transferred from Ft. Benning
to Ft. Bragg.
Gen. Lee himself will witness the
jump of his men. A large number of
officers 'will be among those jumping.
In the morning at 10:30 o’clock, the
famous paratroop division will be on
parade for the third time in America.
The paratroopers have pareded only
twice before, in Washington and New
York. Dunn will be the third city to
witness them on parade.
The parachute demonstration here
is not only receiving State publicity
but nation-wide publicity and will be
the most sensational thing of its type
ever presented in this section of the
State.
In reply to the petition presented
to the County Commissioners on Mon
day, June 29th, it seems that in all
fairness to the departments and
agencies involved that some facts
should be made public which were not
mentioned in the petition and which
might help clarify some misconcep
tions which may have been had by
the petitioners, or which the petition
may have created. The Welfare De
partment welcomes this opportunity
to present some pertinent facts about
itself in hopes that they may enable
the general public to better under
stand its many activities and its ef
forts to handle the relief problems
fairly and impartially.
At the present time approximately
650 needy Johnston county citizens 65
years of age or older are receiving
Old Age Assistance grants. Each per
son receives an average grant of
about $8.50. The annual appropriation
for the needy aged in this county is
$68,250.00. Johnston County puts up
one-fourth of this amount, the State
Government one-fourth, and the Fed
eral Government one-half.
In the Aid to Dependent Children
program the county has approximate
ly 190 families with about 425 chil
dren receiving grants. The grants are
made to mothers who have dependent
children under the age of 16, or 18 if
they are in school, whose fathers are
dead or separated from the mother,
or physically or mentally incapacitat
ed. In a few instances the grants have
been made to the father if he were
physically incapacitated and could
provide no means of support for his
children. The county now has an ap
propriation of $31,920 a year for
those dependent children and this ap
propriation is shared in like the Old
Age Assistance appropriation. The
average grant for each family is $14,
but the size of the grant for each
family is determined by the number
of children in the home, and by the
particular needs of the family.
The county has 33 blind or near-
blind citizens who receive Aid to the
Blind grants. The annual appropria
tion provisions are made for the ser
vices of a blind case worker whq
works with the Aid to the Blind cases
four days out of each month, and
whenever feasible, she teaches them
Brain, jobs which they can learn to
do without the use of their eyes, and
renders any other services which she
can to these handicapped people.
The Welfare Department supervis
es about 35 parolees from the state
prison and prison camps. These pa
rolees are required to make monthly
reports to their case workers. Crip
pled children from all parts of the
county are taken to the crippled clin
ic in Goldsboro once a month by work
ers in the Welfare and Health De
partments. Those crippled children
who are admitted to the Orthopedic
Hospital in Gastonia are first approv
ed as needy cases by the Welfare De
partment before they are admitted,
and quite frequently this department
must make some arrangements for
their transportation to and from the
hospital. Every child under 18 years
of age who secures employment at
any type of work other than that to
which the Labor Department makes
exceptions, must apply for a work
permit at the Welfare Office. The ap-
(Continued on page four)
Court House To
Be Closed Monday
The County court house will be
closed on Monday, July 6th, in ob
servance of the Fourth of July, and
the County Commissioners will hold
their regular meeting on Tuesday,
July 7th, instead of Monday.
A Large Egg
Mr. H. D. Benson, who works for
Local Plumber
Catches Large Chub
Glenn Vause, local plumber, caught
of Mrs J C 1 Town of Selma, presented The 1 a chub in the old Atkinson Mill pond
f ij J 1. ' 1 Johnstonian-Sun management with a 1 last Saturday which weighed five and
Stancil of Smithfield and nephew of Monday that measures six one-quarter pounds. Vause is not only
Editor M. L. Stancil, of Selma, is inches around and is almost three 1 a good plumber, hut seems to he
with a hospital in the Canal Zone. rinci.l^s long. ^ . Iplumh good fisherman as well.
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