Shoten The Time Until Victory
Keep On Buying Bb
New Registration For
War Ration Book No. 4
Kegistration To Be Held At
Each of the 15 White Schools
. Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, October 25, 26
and 27.
you all War Ration
G
27
DELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS
has never met Lieut Gen
George S. Patton, Jr., but she says
K doesn’t ^tter. She has met his
—. UlCl ill
Wife, and in the Army it is a rec
ognized fact that to know one of
the Pattons is to know the other.
wife, having li4ed
with him half a lifetime, gives him
Ml and unqualified respect glinting
truth, it’s a decoration
^yond any even the Commander in
Chirf can bestow,” Miss St Johns
says in the November issue of
Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Pattons have been a part
nership that has become a tradition
of real union. You know that the
American
forces into battle must be a great!
guy. You know it because his wife I
IS a great woman, and she reflects
a two-fisted husband who has
never been away from her except
when he s gone to war.
Typical of the devotion of this
^ • • • illuminat-
Country s _ leaders is the straight-
simple directness of Mrs.
1 to how she felt
^i!’®'^ husband
*’'0 hves of many
thousa^s of American men. She
Hpvpfl'*'®* ®^® f^o'^Kht, what she be-
alwphesitation:
I always think how lucky they are
to be with General Patton.”
Across the miles of sea and sand
da^r and terror, the General’s
wife was sending him supplies
submarine could menace, no torpedo
destroy—-supplies of faith and s^ad°
last courage. »vcau.
CORBETT-HATCHER COMMUNITY
BUILDING DEDICATED TUESDAY
^
Impressive Program Given At
T’nrhpft Hof if At were recognized were Mrs. T J La=j
Cof bett-Itetcher Community siter, Sr., editor of The SmithLid
Building Tuesday Evening As-j Herald; M. L. Stancil, editor of The
Building Is Dedicated In Hon-1Mr.s. Gen^oo n
Bring with
Books No. 3.
A Registration for Wkr Ration
Books No. 4 will be held at each of
the 15 White-High Schools of John
son County Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday,' October 25, 26, and 27
from 2:00 P. M. until 7:00 P. M. each
ay. It has been arranged that
schools will.accept applications Mon
day October 25 from applicants whose
last names begin with letters A
through F. Tuesday, October 26
names of those beginning with
through U. Wednesday, October
names beginning with S through
Wednesday October 27 will be the
last day of registration. Those who
tail to register on the first two days
must do so on the last day.
Any adult member of a family unit
who IS 18 years of age or older, may
Books 4 for the entire family by pre
senting at the school house all War
Ration Books No. 3 for each member
01 the family.
Perin*4'’w’’^ Registration
Period Wednesday, October 27, there
will be a waiting period of thirty
days in which a person cannot regis
ter at the Board for Book No.^ 4.
vaHd^ ^ becomes
valid November 1, 1943 for some
commodities, it is urged that every
femily unit in the County take ad-
antap of the - above mentioned
Registration dates.
accepted
from members of'the aAed forces
persons confined to Jnstitutions or
persons residing less than 60 days in
the United States.
People who are not a part of any
family unit, for example, boarders or
people .separated from their families
must present their War Ration Book
: person or by agent to the Regis- i
tration Site. • °
War Fund Drive Will Be
da^:
Originally
asked for 10 percent
in bonds; now we.
need considerably
Launched Tuesday Night
Service Flag Presented
In Interesting Service
Major \Y. B. Aycock, of Fort
Benning, Ga., Presents Flag,
Donated by Members of Post
master H. E. Earp’s Family
C. E. Kornegay, Chairman of
Hoard of Deacons, Accepts
Flag, Containing 21 Stars. I
Johnston Flier Home
After Pacific Action
Johnson, Jr.,
SSL?.®®
^ Siooshton To Launch
^hnis^n County’s $16,000
With Ad-
dress In Courthouse Tuesday
Night, October 26 — Selma
township Quota Is $1,743.
9.
or of The Late Dr. Atkinson—
Building and Grounds Given
By Mrs. Wade H, Atkinson.
_A very impressive program was
given at the old Corbett-Hatcher
school building about 7 miles north of
Selma, Wednesday evening, the oc
casion being the dedication of this
building as a community project.
Following the death of Dr. Wade
H. Atkinson a few months ago, Mrs.
Atkinson, widow of the deceased,
bought the school building and
grounds and deeded it to the Corbett-
Hatcher community as a memorial to
her husband.
About 6 o’clock Tuesday evening a
large crowd of people of the commu
nity and a number of invited guests
assembled at the building, and while
arrangements were being completed
for the supper, the people amused
themselves by viewing the many val
uable and unique exhibits which Dr.
and Mrs. Atkinson had collected on
their various tours of the United
States, Europe, Egypt and other dis
tant places.
In this exhibit hail is also located
the £)r. Atkinson Library where a
large number of books are on dis-1
play and are made available to the
people of the community for choice
reading matter by some of the best
authors in the literary world. This
library was also donated to the com
munity by Dr. -and Mrs. Atkinson.
At about 6:30 supper was served
from a long table in the dining room
of the building, where one of the
most sumptuous meals was enjoyed
that any community ever partook of.
The invocation was given by the
Rev. D. M. Clemmons, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Selma. The
ladies of the Corbett-Hatcher commu
nity are to be highly commended for
this splendid meal. After every one
had eaten to their fill there was still
much choice food left on the table.
Following the supper the people as
sembled in the main auditorium of
the building where the dedication
program was carried out.
The meeting was presided over by
Mrs. A. J. Price, president of the
community club, who made a good
one.
Following the singing of “Ameri
ca” by the congregation,- the invoca
tion was given by the Rev. C. S.
Creech. This was followed by the
singing of *‘Faith of Our Fathers”.
Next on the program was the read
ing of the minutes of the last meet
ing of the Community club. .
The chair then recognized Mrs.
Wade H. Atkinson in the audience
and the congregation paid her honor
by rising to their feet.
Other guests in the audience -who
Johnstonian-Sun; Mrs. George D.
Vick of Selma, widow of the late Dr.
Geo. D. Vick, a cousin of the late Dr.
Atkinson; Mrs. B. M. Robertson of
Clayton; Miss Ruth McLean of Dur
ham; Miss Robena McLean of Ral
eigh; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bailey
of Selma; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Noble
of Smithfield; Mrs. D. M. Clemmons
and daughter, Elaine, of Selma; C. A.
Corbett of Panama City, Fla.; Mrs.
E. W Vick of Goldsboro, and H. H.
Lowry, advertising manager of The
Johnstonian-Sun.
Several of these guests made short
talks, and all were high in their
praise of Dr. and Mrs. Atkinson for
their contribution to the community
and to Johnston county by their ex
emplary lives and other contributions
made by them.
Mrs. Price then introduced the Rev
D. M. Clemmons, who made the prin
cipal address of the evening. The
speaker did a fine job in showing
how by their useful lives Dr. and
Mrs. Atkinson have not only measur
ed up to the average but have far ex
ceeded the average in the contribu
tions they have made to the world,,
and especially to the community of i
Corbett-Hatcher.
Then came the presentation of the
Flag by A. M. Noble of Smithfield,
ex-Judge of Johnston County Record
ers Court, who presented a lovely
U. S. Flag to the Community Build-
mg, which had been donated by Mrs
Edith Haag and Albert Atkinson, Jr.'
both of Washington, D. C.
Judge Noble did a fine joh in mak
ing the presentation address, going
back thousands of years to enumer
ate how and where the incentive to
create emblems of representation of
this type had its beginning. His ad
dress was not only timely but most
instructive as well.
The Flag was accepted on behalf
of the community by A. J. Price, who
placed it on its staff while he explain
ed what its stars and bars typifies,
and which are ever remindful of its
cost. As Mr. Price pulled the folds of
the Flag apart and held it aloft the
congregation stood with bowed heads
in solemn commemoration of its cost.
The program came to a close with
a dedicatory prayer led by the Rev.
D. M. Clemmons.
Boys Given Sentences
For Damaging School
Four boys from Selma who were
charged with breaking and entering
the Selma school building in August
and damaging school property to the
extent of $200 or more, were sen!
tenced by Judge Luther Hamilton in
Superior Court Monday morning.
The boys had formerly confessed in
^e juvenile court presided over by
mru' of Superior Court.
When brought into court Monday one
of them, Larry Freeman, retracted
the confession in which he admitted
entering the building and said he
confessed because the officer told
him he would carry him to jail unless
he did confess. Marion Gurkin and
Fleetwood Batten were given 18
months suspended sentences. Marshal
Johnson, a nine months suspended
sentence, and Freeman a 12 months
suspended sentence. All were put on
probation. Gurkin and Batten for
five years and the other two for
three years. Terms of the suspension
included the requirements that they
be at home every night by 10 o’clock
unless accompanied by one or both
parents; that they be continually en
gaged in useful occupation or go to
school, not visit places of question
able character, and pay o fourth of
the cost each. A younger boy, Jesse
Vause, who was also one of the gang
doing the damage, was put on proba
tion by Judge Rose. All were around
or under 16 years of age.
In an impressive service at the
Baptist church Supday evening a
Service Flag, in honor of the mem
bers of the church who are in the
armed forces, was presented.
The speaker was Major William B.
Aycock, of Fort Benning, Ga., son of
Judge and Mrs. W. P. Aycock, of
Selma.
The service was presided over by
the pastor, the Rev. D. M. Clemmons,
who read the scripture and offered
prayer. The following hymns and pa
triotic songs were sung, with Mrs. D.
M. Clemmons at the organ, “Faith of
our Fathers”, “Standup for Jesus”
‘America the Beautiful”, and “Ameri
ca” Miss Jean Davis, of Meredith
College, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.
0. Davis, rendered a solo, “I Shall
Not Pass This Way Again^\
family donated
the flag, was recognized, as were the
families of the men in service. At-the
conclusion of the recognitions the
guest speaker was introduced, his
speech centering .around the theme,
^Winning the War ,and Winning the
Peace’. In a splendid manner he em-
pnasized the fad that though our
first great task is to win the War,
that it will mean very little unless we
win the peace to follow.
Following his discourse Major
Aycock presented the-beautiful flag i
With twenty-one stars in the presence !
of the U. S. flag furled near, to C. E. I
Kornegay, Chairman of the Board of !
Deacons, who accepted it in behalf of
the church, with a brief, appropriate
speech.
Members of th'e church in whose
honor the flag was given are as fol
lows: Donald Brown. Clarence Brown,
Willis Dewar, H; C. Denning, Earl
Lane, Jimmie Lane, Donald Lee
Broadwell, Dr. Will H. Lassiter, J. M.
O Neal, Jr., Billy Oliver, Calvert
Ferry, F. B. Parrish, Jr., W. G.
Ricks, Jr., Joe D .Richardson, Jr.,
Charles Richardson, Kirby Rose,
Harold Smith, Henry Underhill, Ghnn
Watson, Ernest V. Woodard, Jr., Cid
Thomas H. Woodard. '
Maj. Paul E. Johnson, Jr., of the
Army Air Forces is back in his na-
I !r® J°hnston County after a year in
I the Southwest Pacific, where he en-
gaged in 37 combat missions and won
the Distinguished Flying Cross for
courage and devotion to dtuy” in
battling enemy planes. |
An attack of appendicitis followed
by an operation took him out of ac- I
Don last month and a week ago he
boarded an Army transport in Au=-
traha and arrived at the Raleigh air
port last Friday. He traveled all the
way to North Carolina by air. After
a 25-day leave he will resume duty
at Salt Lake City, Utah
Flying a B-24 Liberator bomber,
Major Johnson put in over 300 com
bat hours over islands and waters of
the Southwest Pacific and came
through without a scratch although
he experienced a number of close *
calls. His crew was credited with
shoting down seven Japanese Zeros.
The $16,000 War Fund drive for
Johnston county will be launched
Tuesday night, October 26, in the
Johnston cimnty courthouse in Smith-
field with Governor J. M. Broughton
as the principal speaker.
The meeting will be open to the
general public and special invitations
.are being extended to all campaign
Workers in Johnston county.
Intensive , solicitations of business
tirms and individuals will take place
during the remainder of the week'
following the Governor’s address.
***® "mammoth job
ahead for the people of the county
can be obtained from a study of the
breakdown of the $16,000 county
quota into ' township quotas. The
township quotas are listed below:
A
^ oapaiiese z-eros.
During his year in the war zone, his
crew suffered only four casualties,
one killed and three wounded
During much of the time Major
Johnson was based in New Guinea
and bombing, patrol and reconnais
sance missions carried him over New
Guinea, the Dutch East Indies, and
the Coral, Bismarck and Solomon |
.ar_e^_s. ,
While 90 per cent of his flying was I
over water, the Johnston officer was
in the midst of some of the land
ighting, his Liberator giving Ameri-
can ground forces bombing support
in the battle of Salamaua.
Major Johnson, who becam.e a
squadron commander a few weeks be-
T !• •••
Township
Banner
Bentonville
Beulah
Boon Hill
Clayton
Cleveland
Elevation
Meadow
Micro
O’Neals
Pine Level
Pleasant
Selma
Smithfield
Wilders
W. Millsr’
G.
Totals
/I-
100.00
» Cl J.CW VVeCK
lore his appendicitis operation,
assigned to fly with the “Jolly Roger i
group commanded by Col, Arthur
Ai. Rogers of Raleigh.
The ofificer. a son of Mr. and Mrs.
V^ul E. Johnson of Elevation Town-
^ip, IS a graduate of Four Oaks
High School and got his start in
aviation while he was a student at
Mate College six or seven years ago.
He attended a flying school in
Raleigh and earned a civilian pilot’s
license.
16,000
The money raised in the approach-
ing drive will be distributed among
relief and recreational agenda's
engaged in war work. These agencies
are pooling their efforts in a single
nation-wide drive in response to a re-
waa I , y, -'V- J.H LO a
39-er i R®®®ident Roosevelt.
Old Selma Landmark
Is Now Being Razed
The old “Rough and Ready” build
ing, located at the rear of Army
Mitchiner’s store, has been sold to
Walter Godwin, who is having it torn
away.
The building was erected by the
late John A. Mitchiner around 1900'
Md was first used as a garage by
H. B. Pearce. Later it was moved to
its present site and operated by Mr.
Mitchiner as a moving picture
theatre. For the past years it was
used as a warehouse.
Mr. Godwin, we understand, plans
to use the lumber for the erection of
one or more tenant houses.
Mrs. D. M. Clemmons
Is Champion Speller
The uniting agencies are: USO,
United Seaman’s Service. War Prison
er’s Aid, Belgian War Relief Society,
French Relief Fund, Friends of
Luzembourg, Greek War Relief As
sociation, Norwegian Relief, Polish
ar Relief, Queen Wilhelmina Fund
Russian War Relief, United China
Relief, United Yugoslav Relief Fund,
(Continued On Page Eight)
Report
f
Third War Loan Drive In Johnston County
September 9—October 2, 1943
The Johnston Baptist
Association To Meet
The Johnston Baptist Association
will meet on Wednesday and Thurs
day, . November 3-4, at Sardis
Baptist church, .which is located in
the Brogden section. This will be the
annual session of the association, and
all churches are urged to send dele
gates.
Banne?'^ War Bond g44i
|“|fV,v- wImo
' 58,464.00
«eveia"nd---::::zzrz:::
38,304.00
n-M 25,536.00
0 Neals .. 60,288.00
Level 30,144.00
Pleasant Grove 34,368.00
®™]Lfield 170,112;00
w 1^''? -jG-.-,- 46,848.00
Wilson s Mills 19,008.00
Cash Sales
$ 95,611.67
20,357.24
45,303.17
The members of the Selma Kiwanis
Club on last Thursday evening en
joyed an old fashion “Spelling Bee”
put on by Program Chairman H
Bradley Pearce. The program chair
man appointed H. H. Lowry “school
teacher,” who named David S Ball
and Bill Thad Woodard, Jr., as cap-
tains and asked them to choose sides.
1 lie book used was an old Blue
Back Speller once owned by the late
Mr. John A. Mitchiner, father of
Miss Blanche Mitchiner and A. W.
Mitchiner, of Selma. The book is
more than 80 years old.
*Soon after the spelling got under
way the members of the club began
taking their seats until Vice-Presi
dent of the club, M. L. Stancil
Raleigh Griffin, Matt Wall, Bill Thad
Woodard, David S. Ball and Mrs. D.
M. Clemmons remained standing But
'"®^®®® *^®®® dropped
a ^^® ®^®eption of David Ball
and Mrs. aemmons. Then the “teach
er gave Mr. Ball the word “daguer
reotype and he missed, Mrs. Clem
mons spelling the word correctly. She
was then declared the champion spell-
Seen and Heard
Along
THE MAINDRAG
^— "By H. H. L. =S=:
47,955.81
99,010.54
12,561.75
27,532.61
62,772.85
27,735.49
35,521.57
49,567.62
53,820.68
25,040.60
136.300.09
431.023.09
% of Goal
124.2 - -.-v-.o-icu uie cnampior
82.6 ' ®"' ®nd was awarded the prize
79.8' ^^® ™atch a re-
port of the District Convention held
Thursday was given by
“® *°’d the club
tnat the convention was largely at-
ended and that the discussions were
streamlined with matters pertaining
to the war and how Kiwanis can best
elp in promoting those things that
have to do with the home front.
I he attendance prize, donated by |
iwanian H. B. Pearce, was won -by I
Kiwanian John N. Wiggs.
TOTALS $960,000.00
State funds 91,000.00
County funds 50,000.00
27,320.74
12,553.98
82.0
.104.7
55.9
62.3
106.3
72.4
139.1
82.2
178.5
72.9
136.9
251.8!
58.31
66.0
$1,209,989.50
91.000. 00
50.000. 00
Grand Total $1,101,000.00
T i, ' N $1,350,989.50
Johnsto^ County percentage of totaP goal 122.7%,
Smithfield Woman
Is Hurt In Fall
Mrs. J. J. Batten, of Smithfield, has
been confined to her home for about
two weeks as the result of a fall in
her bedroom. She Is suffering from
a sprain^ back amd hips as well as
painful bruises.
The talk PARSON CLEMMONS
mad^e at the dedicatory services at
Corbett-Hatcher last Tuesday night
was the best we’ve ever heard that
popular parson make—which reminds
us of the old fellow who remarked to
a friend, “this is the prettiest Christ
mas I ever saw, and I’ve seen thou
sands of ’em”—yes, we’ve heard the
parson on numerous occasions—and
talking about that dinner ! ! oh
boy, country ham, fried chicken steak’
sausage, weiners, and every kind of
cake and pie you ever heard of—MISS
MAMIE 'bailey certainly knows
how to put things across—soon after
arnving on the scene we informed
this popular young lady that her
name was called at the Selma Thea
tre Monday night (Bank Night)—the
jack pot being $335.00—and she was
not there to get it—but MISS MA-,
MIE seemed to enjoy the evening as
much, or more, than anybody there,
if she did miss the jack pot—MRS*
D. M. (ILEMMONS is the champion
speller in these parts—she spelled
down the entire Kiwanis club on last
Thursday night and went away with
the prize—DAVID BALL and MRS.
CLEMMONS were the last left stand
ing—the latter spelling the former
I down on the word “daguerreotype”
[ PROF. TUTTLE went down on the
^ first word given him — MISS
: BLANCHE MITCHINER’S old blue-
back speller was used—this book is
j 83 years old—the home of SELMA
DRU(J COMPANY ig getting a coat
I of paint this week—it is so whitgT’V
when the sun shines on it, it realljfcpl
hurts your eyes—ERNEST DEANS^^
is haying the old “Rough and Ready”
down-congratulations,
BKJNESl, it has been an eye-sore for
a long time—and there are others in
the town that should meet the samq
ate—this scribe was presented some
English walnuts Wednesday that ^
were grown at jfche home of Mrs.' W ^
T. KIRBY right here in Selma-^wlui
wou d have thought English vMouta'
would grow in this clime. -J
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