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The Johnstonian-Sun
VOL. 26
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1943.
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Smithfield Tobacco i WAR RATION GUIDE
Market Has Closed
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 28i
Tobacco sales on the Smithfield
market during the 1943 season, which
closed Tuesday of last week, amount
ed to 16 241,976 pounds, according to
Sales Supervisor G. Willie Lee.
The tobacco brought a gross return
of $6,273,042, making the average
for the season $38.62.
In 1942 Smithfield warehouses sold
16,672,392 pounds for $6,442,810.14,
or an average of $38.04.
While 1943 sales were below tjje
1942 level in both poundage and dol
lars, the season just closed was re
garded by warehousemen and market
oflScials as perhaps the best in the
market’s history. The market almost
equaled last year’s poundage and
dollars in spite of the fact that the
1943 crop, as a result of adverse
weather conditions, was cut one-third
or more below the production of 1942.
The Johnston county crop this year
was not only short in quality but was
short in quantity as well.
To Give Ration Points
For Fats From Kitchen
The Raleigh Office of Price Admin
istration has announced that in or
der to spur the kitchen fats salvage
campaign, it will authorize retail
meat dealers and other salvagers of
fats to give two points a pound for
fats returned by housewives and oth
ers turning them in.
The new plan will be put into ef
fect on December 13.
The brown stamps which the retail
er collects from War Ration Book 3,
will be used for this purpose. Later,
when ration tokens are used in mak
ing point change under rationing,
they will be used instead of paper
stamps. The ration tokens will be
valued at one point each.
The War Production Board launch
ed its fats salvaging campaign before
this country went to war. After the
United States entered the war, the
drive was intensified. Fats salvaging
now amounts to about 10,000,000
pounds a month. It is hoped at least
to double this figure for fgts, the
OPA announces.
MEATS, FATS
Brown Stamps G, H, J, K, expire
December 4. Brown Stamps L and M
expire January 1.
CANNED FOODS
Green A, B, and C (Book 4) expire
December 20.
SUGAR
No. 29 (Book 4) good foF 5 pounds
through January 15, 1944.
SHOES
No. 18 (Book I) valid indefinitely.
Plane stamp No. 1 (Book 3) now
valid.
GASOLINE
A-8 coupons expire February 8
1944.
FUEL OIL
Period 1 coupons good through
January 3, 1944. Period 2 coupons be
come valid November 30 for 10 gal
lons per unit.
VALIDITY DATES FOR BROWN
STAMPS
OPA has announced dates when
more sets of brown stamps in Book
3 will be good for buying rationed
meats and fats. With expiration
dates they are:
N - 16 points valid December 5; ex
pires January 1.
P - 16 points valid December 12;
expires January 1.
MRS. E. M. GORDY
PASSES IN HOSPITAL
Had Been Engaged In Hotel
Business With Her Husband
For More Than Twenty Years
—Funeral Held From Meth
odist Church Here Tuesday.
Selma Gets Its First
Snow Of The Season
Mrs. Lena Tucker Gordy, 70, wife
of Mr. Eugene M. Gordy, died in the
Johnston County Hospital in Smith-
field last Sunday afternoon at two
o’clock, after a lingering illness.
Mrs. Gordy suffered a stroke of
paralysis last July and was removed
to the hospital where she remained
for more than a month. Later she
was brought to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Hunter Price, in Sel
ma. Last Saturday she was stricken
with pneumonia and was rushed to
the hospital where she died Sunday
afternoon.
For the past twenty years she was
associated with her husband in the
management of the Brick Hotel here.
On account of the illness of his wife,
Mr. Gordy sold his interest in the
hotel about a month ago and since
that time has been making his home
with his daughter.
Mrs. Gordy was a daughter of the
late John H. Tucker and Elizabeth
.Johnson Tucker of Williamston where
she spent her girlhood days She was
married to Mr. Gordy 49 years ago.
who survives, together with one
daughteA, Mrs. Hunter Price; one
grandson Walter Eugene Price , of
Camp Rucker, Alabama, who was at
her bedside when the end came; one
great-grandchild Marilyn Price; two
sisters. Mrs. J. A. Turner of Norfolk,
Va., and Mrs. .Mamie Brock of San
atorium: two brothers, J. S. Tucker,
of Washington. D. C.. and John H.
Tucker, of Moyock, N. C.
Funeral services were held from
Fdgerton Memorial Methodist church
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, con
ducted Ijy the pastor, the Rev. George
W. Blount. Burial was in the city
cemetery.
If Selma ever had a “Good Samari
tan” living within its borders, Mrs.
Gordy might rightly have been term
ed one. When sickness or distress
came to the home of anyone, Mrs.
Gordy was among the first to offer
whatever help or comfort that she
was able to render. She had a very
sympathetic heart and nothing she
could do was left undone when need
came to a home. Her consoling words
of comfort have lifted many a cloud
of dis^uragement and brightened
the hopes of those whom she visited
in sickness or reverses in life.
The stores closed during the fu
neral hour out of respect for this
highly respected citizen of our town.
Pallbearers were Raleigh Griffin,
Robert L. Ray, Ed Creech. David S.
Ball, Alvin Brown and B. A. Henry.
Those who stayed up rather late
on Monday night of this week -wit* j
nessed the first snowfall of the sea
son for this section. Snow began fall
ing here around 11:00 p. m., and con
tinued for an hour or more. The
flakes showered down rather thickly
for a while, but due to the fact that
the temperature was in the high 30’s,
the snow melted as fast as it fell.
Many trains from the north pass
ing through Selma Tuesday were
covered with snow, evidencing a much
heavier fall and colder weather to
the north of us.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. White, Jr.,
announce the birth of a daughter, in
a Phoenix, Ariz., hospital on Novem
ber 24. Mrs. White before her mar
riage was Miss Olivia Ann Jones, of
Smithfield. Mr. White is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert L. White of Selma.
Blackman - Moore
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Moore of
Battleboro, North Carolina, announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Rachel, to Dr. R. M. Blackman of
Selma, North Carolina on Saturday,
November 27, 1943. At home, Selma.
Help Needed To Fold
Red Cross Bandages
Due to the shortage in Selma’s
quota of Red Cross -bandages, the
Red Cross room at the Woman’s Club
Building will be open on Tuesday
through Thursday of next week from
2 till 5 in the afternoon, and from 7
till 10 at night. Help is badly needed
for this work and it is hoped that
the women of the town will turn out
in large numbers during the above
hours and lend their support to this
most worthy and patriotic cause.
All that is necessary to get grade
A price for one’s eggs is to clean
any dirty or stained ones and do some
easy candling to remove the eggs
with blood spots, says T. T. Brown,
poultry specialist.
Putting farm machinery in a tool
shed when it is not in use is the best
and easiest way to protect it, accord
ing to Agricultural Engineer J. D.
Blickle of State College.
Draft In January To
Be Twice As Large
Washington, Nov. 28.—'The Army’s
draft call for January is to be twice
the figure the War Manpower Com
mission has been expecting, it was
learned today, and as a result the
combined Army-Navy call will ap
proximate 300,000 men.
This is about the present monthly
figure, as contrasted with previous in
dications that calls would begin drop
ping after the first of the year.
The expanding Navy never expecte-
ed to reach top strength until well
along in 1944 and the Army, it was
reported authoritatively, won’t he at
its expected peak strength of 1,700,-
00 men by January 1 for two main
reasons:
1. The Wac enlistment drive has
been disappointing. (The Army is
pleased with the performance of its
women soldiers and is willing to take
hundreds of thoAsands, but only about
60 000 have enlisted to date.) l
2. Draft boards are lagging so far
behind their quotas that they may be
unable to catch up even by the end of
January.
Uncertainty over what Congress
would do about the drafting of pre
war fathers caused many boards to
delay calling them.
NUMBER 49
"a
Thirty-two Men Accepted for
Service From Contingent Sent
to Fort Bragg Tuesday, Nov. 23
Give Watches For
The Russian Army
Langley’s Jewelers, of Selma, are
cocFperating with the American Jew
eler’s Committee to collect watches
for the Russian Army. Every watch
given is a time bomb for Hitler. If
you have a watch of any kind that
you are not using, bring it to Mr.
Langley. The watches will be put in
first-class condition before sending
to the Russian Army. The Red Army
is doing a great job and let’s send
1 the boys a watch.
BIG DRIVE NOW ON
FOR OLD CLOTHES
Clean-M-Right Cleaners in Selma
has offered to take clothes for the
suffering and needy peoples of Eu
rope. Please get up all CLEAN, dis
carded WARM clothing that you have
and take them to Mr. Ed Creech THIS
WEEK. The drive closes Saturday,
December 4th. Mr. Creech will pack
and ship them to the proper place. A
very worthy cause, so let Selma do
its part in this matter.
The local committee is composed
of Mrs. W. T. Woodard, Mrs. Zeb
[ Thompson and Mrs. John Jeffreys.
Smithfield Concern Is
Buying Waste Paper
C. E. Bingham, chairman of the
Johnston County' Salvage Committee,
announces that he has made arrange
ments with Charlie Beasley in Smith-
field to buy all waste paper collected.
Chairman Bingham says the paper
shortage has become so acute that no
paper should be wasted, and that
everyone who has any waste paper
should collect it and get in touch with
Mr. Beasley as soon as possible.
Waste paper is an essential ingre
dient in the manufacture of new pa
per. Today, America’s paper mills,
producing for war, are facing shut
downs because of a shortage of waste
paper. During September and the
first part of October many mills were
shut down one or more days a week
for this reason. The industry as a
whole is operating with a dangerous
ly low inventory. Receipts of waste
paper at consuming mills have been
erratic while consumption has sky
rocketed. There is immediate need to
increase shipments of waste paper by
at least 100,000 tons per month.
Conditions that existed during the
last national wastepaper drive ( Feb-
ruary-March 1942) do not exist to
day. At that time an impending waste
paper shortage was “nipped in the
bud” by the public with post-Pearl
Harbor determination. Unfortunately
however, paper mills were forced to
curtail operations owing to contract
cancelations and manufacturing reg
ulations; so the demand for waste
paper suddenly dropped just at the
period when the supply became plen
tiful. The ceiling price on waste pa
per broke—there was simply too
much.
Since then the mills have came back
to full production with a constantly
increasing demand for waste paper,
which they have been buying at ceil
ing prices for some time. Meanwhile
the potential supply of waste paper
is diminishing. The amount of paper
being produced for civilian use is
smaller; newspapers and magazines
have been cut; and the huge quanti
ties of paperboard and paper going
overseas to our armed forces and
Allies do not come back.
Late in May 1943 a campaign was
started to collect used brown paper,
brown paper bags, corrugated paper
and cardboard and paperboard con
tainers. Shortages of these types of
paper and the increasing need for
them in the manufacture of shell con
tainers, protectors, medical kits
food containers, and other military
items made this campaign necessary
although it was limited to 20 states,
all east of the Mississippi, where a'
large portion of the consuming mills
are located. Later, nine southern
states were added as collection areas j
bringing the total to 29 states. How
ever, th'' campaign in these states
had h-ird'v gotten underway when it
became apparent that for several j
months waste-paper receipts had ■
been facing behind the rate of con
sumption and that the inventory of,
certain grades, such as Number One I
mixed panev. heavy books, newsprint |
and maga'ines. had been reduced to
a critical level. Accordingly, the cam
paign was altered to cover the collec
tion of all tynes of waste paper.
The program now has been extend
ed to cover the entire United States.
Eastern and western members of the
waste paper consuming industries
have made agreements Jto purchase
at ceding price all properly process
ed (sorted, graded and baled) waste
paper that is generated through Feb
ruary 15. This agreement precludes a
break in the ceiling price, at least
until that time. The situation will be
closely observed so that the informa
tion program may be made more or
less intense as conditions warrant.
Fire Breaks Out In
Mrs. Vickis Home
About 2 o’clock Wednesday after
noon the Selma Fire Department was
called to the home of Mrs. Geo. D.
Vick where fire had broken out in the
living room. The fire originated from
the oil pan under the oil heater which
in some way caught fire. Mrs. Vick
attempted to extinguish the flames
and received some painful burns on
the wrist and arm when she carried
some burning paper from the room
to prevent the flames from spreading.
She was given first aid at the John
ston County Hospital where her
bums were dressed.
When the fire department arrived
the living room was completely filled
with smoke, as Mrs. Vick had left the
room and closed the doors before they
arrived. A hose was extended through
a broken window pane and the flames
were soon extinguished, but not until
the entire room had been blackened
with smoke and soot. The window
curtains were burned, the rug and
some chairs badly burned and dis
figured by the fire and smoke.
Benson Man Is
Reported Missing
Benson. — The Navy department
through Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs,
chief of naval personnel, has notified
J. Calvin Holmes of near Benson that
his son, William Howell Holmes, 25,
electrician’s mate first class, ‘ is
missing following action in the per
formance of his duty and in the serv
ice of his country.”
Electrician’s mate Holmes, who
volunteered for naval service in 1938,
had seen duty in many parts of the
world'and during the past summer
was in the midst of war activities in
the southwest Pacific. His last visit
home was in June 1943 when he was
recalled to his station before his
leave was completed.
Oliver W. Holmes, 23, another son
of J. Calvin Holmes, enlisted in the
army air forces four years ago and
is now in the European War Area.
Meadow Township Man
Killed In Auto Crash
List Of Those Accepted For
Service Out of Contingent
From Local Draft Board On
November 23 — Another Con
tingent Left Early Today For
Fort Bragg.
The following white selectees were
accepted when sent to Fort Bragg on
November 23, 1943:
Robert Durwood Woodard, Prince
ton, Rt. 1; Arthur Clarence West,
Smithfield, Rt. 1; Dillon Vroman Holt
(Transferred from Pampa, Texas, for
Del). Princeton; George Beverly
Strickland, Pine Level; James Clifton
Davis, Selma; Bradley Howell, Kenly,
Rt. 1; Stephen Harold Alford, Jr..
Kenly;
James Charles Woodard, Selma;
Leland Eugene Batten, Smithfield;
Milton Elcoye Pleasant, Clayton;
Thomas Cortex Hargrove, Selma;
Herbert Harold Hales, Pine Level;
Noel Carley Fowler, Zebulon, Rt. 1;
Henry Hill Bunch, Wendell, Rt. 1;
Marvin London Salmon, Clayton;
James Boykin, Kenly, Rt. 2; William
Donald Mason, Princeton; Charles
Stephen Reeves, Selma; L. D. Lois
Futch, Selma;' Chester House, Kenly,
Rt. 1; William Arthur Stancil, Jr.,
Kenly; Jessie Massey Thompson,
Princeton, Rt. 2;
Alton Pollard, Clayton; Wilbert
Thurman Snipes, Princeton, Rt. 2;
Melvin Rudolph Creech, Selma, Rt. 1;
Anga Lee Blinson, Clayton; Roy
Woodrow Parrish, Selma; Elmo Stall
ings, Selma; Linwood Cadwell Wil
kinson, Jr., Kenly; Willie Clarence
Raynor, Pine Level; Paul Harold
Starling, Jr., Selma.
Funeral services were held Friday'
afternoon at Banner’s Chapel church
near Benson for Dalton C'apelle Tur- I
nage, 19-year-old Dunn resident, who
was killed in an automobile accident
Wednesday about 7:30 p. m.
Turnage met death when his car
struck a sandbed and crashed into a
tree in the yard of his father’s home
in Meadow township.
The Rev. N. W. Harrison of Four
Oaks, was in charge of the funeral
rites. Burial took place in the Ban
ner Chapel cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Aline
Moore Turnage of Dunn; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James Turnage of Four
Oaks, Route 2; four brothers, the Rev.
Felton Turnage of Rockingham, Cur
ley, Kermon and Clarence Turnage,
all of Four Oaks, Route 2; eight sis
ters, Mrs. Hobart Adams of Wash
ington, D. C., Mrs. M. D. Hudson of
Dunn, Route 2, Mrs. Herbert McLamb
of Benson, Route 2, Mrs. J. A. Parker
of Benson, Route 2, Mrs. Carlie B.
Barefoot of Benson, Route 2.
Those!' selectees leaving today for
Port Bragg to take the examination
were:
Joseph Potter, Selma, Rt. 2; Arthur
Braswell, Micro; Realus Jones, Selma;
David Roscoe Parrish, Selma; John
D. Lawhon, Smithfield, Rt. 2; Ollie
Elmer Creech, (Transferred to Board
1, Alexandria, Va., for delivery),
Pine Level; Earl Carl Reaves, Selma;
James Haywood Edwards, Selma;
James Anderson Ray, Clayton, Rt,
2; Marvin Wilbur Crabtree, Clayton,
Rt. 2; Merlin Monroe Holt, Smith-
field; Jimmie Sylvanus Strickland,
Princeton; Percy Merritt Strickland;
Selma; Herbert Glen Pearce, Selma;
Melvin Boykin, Kenly. Rt. 2; Wilson
Broadwell, Selma; Harold Wheeler,
Clayton, Rt. 2; Luther Junior Brown,
Selma, Rt. 1; Ralph Arnold Owens,
Selma, Rt. 1; Brandel Narron, Middle
sex, Rt. 1; William Braxton Carroll,
Wendell, Rt. 1.
They DonT Wait Until
Last Minute In Catawba
Selma Firm Will Buy
All Your Surplus Fats
Etheredge and O’Neal are collect
ing waste fats and will pay house
wives three (3) cents per pound for
them. Take your waste greases in tin
containers and help a vital cause.
This firm also has agreed to take
tin cans for the War effort. Cut the
top and bottom out of the cans, re-i
move labels, clean them thoroughly,!
dry them, then mash them flat and)
We like the way they do things up
in Catawba County. Instead of wait
ing until the last minute, they believe
in doing things far in advance. For
instance; here’s an item that appear
ed in the November 11 issue of the
Newton Observer:
TAX LISTING TO
BEGIN JANUARY 3
C. E. Gwyn, Catawba County tax
supervisor is making plans for list
ing taxes for 1994. Listing will begin
in the county on Monday, January 3.
List takers for the various townships
will be appointed the first Monday
in December.
That’s what you can really call
getting things done well ahead of
time.—The State.
Prominent Selma
People On Sick List
Friends of Postmaster H. E. Earp
will be sorry to learn that he suffer
ed a heart atack on Monday of this
week, and has been confined to his
bed ever since. It is hoped that he
will soon be able to resume his duties
at the postoffice again.
Another of our prominent citizens
who has been on the sick list for,the
past few days is Dr. E. N. Booker,
who has been unable to carry on his
regular duties as a practicing phy
sician. However, he did go to his of
fice for a short while today to
examine a few patients His many
frieqds hope that he will soon be
fully restored to health.
Mr. John W. Blackman, who has
been confined to his home with illness
for several days, is able to be out
again, his many friends will be glad
to know. During his illness he was
visited by all of his children.
His many friends will be glad to
know that Mr. E. V. Deans is on the
way to recovery, after having under
gone an operation at the Johnston
County Hospital a few days ago
where he had a large carbuncle re
moved from his back. Prior to the
operation Mr. Deans endured pain
with this carbuncle that seemed al
most unbearable, Mrs. Deans said, in
speaking of her husband’s illness.
f? WEEKS
^ UNTIL
CHHISTMAS
■Wrap the trunks of newly planted
turn them in as fast as you can—^they | shade trees loosely with burlap to
are needed to supply our boys with prevent sun scald, says Glenn O.
war weapons during the present I Randall, horticulturist with the State
world crisis. i'
, College Experiment Station.