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The Selma Kiwanis club went to
Smithfield Thursday night to join
the Smithfield club in an inter-club
meeting at the Gabriel Johnston Ho-!
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school in Four Oaks Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Stancil of the’
Glendale section and Miss Alice
Stancil of Wilson spent Sunday with ’
their mother in the home of Millard
Stancil.
Mrs. James Stevens of Lancaster,
S. C. visited Mrs. C. W. Pearce Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Collier and
bv Rptirino- T.f "r'" Curtis spent the week end in
by Retiring Lieutenant Governor Burlington with Mr. and
Collier.
Selma and North Carolina lies un
der the first blanket of snow that has
fallen in any considerable amounts
this season.
A cold wave swept down from the
Rockies early this week, bringing
with it heavy snows apd bitter cold
to many sections of the country.
Parts of New York State report the
heaviest snowfall in 30 years, while
many other localities were hit equal
ly as hard. Teihperatures have regis
tered from 20 below zero in the
northwest to near the zero level in
many northern and northeastern
states.
Sunday was a fine day in Selma,
with clear skies and mild tempera
ture, but Monday brought lower
temperatures and increasing cloudi
ness. Tuesday shortly after noon Sel
ma had a light snow fall, which sub
sided until around midnight, then
business began to pick up again, and
by dawn Wednesday mother earth
lay under a blanket of white to a'
depth of from two to three inches
_ _ in the
middle to upper 20’s. The Weather
Bureau predicted Wednesday that
by Thursday morning central North
Carolina would have temperatures
ranging around 12 to 15 degrees, with
clearing skies.
All day Wednesday there was more
or less snow in the air. but at no time
did it reach the proportions of a real
blizzard. Roads and streets were
j slippery ^ and cars and trucks were
Pvt. Walter Burns returned to' under control; and
Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday after’ P®'l®®trians had to watch their step
spending a 30-day furlough with his! would glide from un
wife. Mrs. Burns returned to her' instantaneously.
Selma Merehants Are
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Pictured here are eight leading students at State College, Raleigh, who
have recently been initiated into Theta Tau, .a national professional engineer
ing fraternity. Purposes of the fraternity are to aid students profession
ally and to stimulate worthy engineering projects. Newly initiated members temperatures ranging
are; James S. Hepler, Greensboro; J. Herman Berrier, Lexington; C. A. ‘’o’- 'v'--
Dillon, Jr., Raleigh; Robert N. M. Crash, Woodside, N. Y.; Richard K. Ken-
nison, Jr., Raleigh; Donald B. Weaver, Raleigh; Chester A. Fisher, Ivanhoe;
and Marion C. Sasser, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sasser of Selma.
Selma Kiwanians Meet ! Interesting News
With Smithfield Club; From Micro Section
The meeting was presided over by’
President Bill Joe Austin of the
Smithfield club. j
One of the outstanding features of
the evening was the installation of
Durwood Creech of the Smithfield
club as Lieutenant Governor of the
fourth division of the Carolinas Dis-^
trict. The ceremony was performed
Mrs. Mayo
Henry A. McKinnon of Lumberton.
Lieutenant Governor Creech made
the main address of the evening, in
which he outlined some of the Ki
wanis objectives for the coming year.
His address was well delivered and
contained a broad and constructive! Long.
program for 1944. | Mrs. Bettie Strickland and daugh-
Although it may have been a little* Hilda of Princeton visited Mr.
Sgt. Marvin T. Long of Camp
Mackall, Mrs. Hattie Bailey, Mr. and
Mrs. George Garner of near Selma
and Miss Estell Stancil of Warsaw
were recent guests of Mrs. B. T.
Selma Grocery Stores
Are Warned By OP A
untimely, R. P. Holding, president of
the First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co.,
offered a motion that the meeting go
on record as endorsing Lieut. Gover
nor Creech for Governor of the C'ar-
olinas District in 1945. There were
those who felt that to endorse a man
for governor of the Carolinas district
before he had been given an opportu
nity to demonstrate his leadership
as lieutenant governor was rushing
the thing most too fast. However
there developed no open opposition to
the proposal and the two clubs, along
with visiting representatives from
other clubs in the Fourth Division,
voted unanimously for the proposal.!
Lieut. Governor Creech is one of
Smithfield’ most outstanding young
business men, and it is confidently ex
pected that he will make a record as
lieutenant governor unexcelled by his
predecessors in that office.
A special feature of the evening’s
program was a son, “Builders We ’’
by the Selma club, led by H. H.
Lowry.
Prior to the inter-club meeting on
Thursday night, there was a school
held in the Gabriel Johnston Hotel
during the afternoon, which was pre
sided over by Lieutenant Governor
Durwood Creech. The school was
held for the benefit of newly elected
officers from the various clubs in the
Fourth Division of the Carolinas Dis
trict, most of which were represent
ed at this meeting.
Many phases of the work to be un
dertaken during the coming year
were discussed, and information giv
en as to the duties involved upon the
various club officials. Among those
who gave helpful suggestions were
O. A. Tuttle of Selma, and G. W.
Grier of Smithfield.
and Mrs. Hilbert Strickland Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Hinton and son
visited friends in Kenly Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Batten of
Smithfield spent Sunday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Batten.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Boyette had as
their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. N.
C. Holt of Princeton; Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Boyette of Rock Ridge and Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Godwin of Kenly.
Miss Verlia Grey Stephenson of
near Princeton was the week end
guest of Miss Geraldine Pearce.
Sgt. Oliver Ausley, who has been
in active service overseas, arrived in
town Saturday where he will spend
a 30 day furlough with his mother
Mrs. L. M. Ausley.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gaddy, Jr., of
Raleigh and Mrs, Leon McGraw and
baby of Norfolk, Va., spent the week
end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Gaddy.
Miss Nolia Jones of Princeton
spent a few days last week with her
sister, Mrs. Jesse Robins.
Rudolph Langston is taking a spec
ial course at Middletown, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Childers of Wil
son’s Mills visited Mr. and Mrs. Bun-
yan Creech Sunday.
Mrs. Ethel Crocker of Smithfield
was the guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Boykin, during the
week end.
Mrs. R. N. Hinnant left Friday
night for Lewistown, Pa., to spend
some time with her mother, Mrs.
Ray, who is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Pittman^visited
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Capps in Golds
boro Sunday.
Mrs. Etta Daniels visited her
daughter. Mrs. Joe Stephenson
Smithfield Sunday.
Selma grocerymen are not immune
from the hazards and hardships be
ing imposed on various types of
business by the OP A.
Only recently two of our grocery-
men have been ordered to stop the
sale of rationed meats, fats, oils and
canned goods for violation of the
commodity ceiling price regulations,
Theodore S. Johnson, Raleigh district
OPA director, said.
The two Selma stores listed were
John V. George, doing business as
L. George Grocery, which has been
issued a suspension order on rationed
meats, fats, oils and canned goods
for a period of 30 days with three
days active beginning December 27.
During the first three days of the
suspension period George cannot buy,
sell, accept or exchange rationed
meats and canned goods.
The other Selma store against
which a suspension order has been
issued is W. E. Jones, doing business
as Jones & Deans grocery. The sus
pension order is for 30 days with
three days active beginning January
3 on all rationed meats and process
ed foods. During the first three days
of the order he cannot buy, sell, ex
change, or accept rationed meats and
processed foods.
The orders were issued bv Chief
Hearing Commissioner Daniel L.
Bell of Atlanta, Ga., on charges that
the two Selma stores sold tomato!
juice, ham, pork liver, canned toma
toes, and canned milk over the com
munity ceiling prices.
WEEK OF DECEMBER 13;th
CANNED FOODS
Green A, B and C (Book 4) expire
December 20.
FUEL OIL
Period 1 coupons good through
January 3, 1944. Period 2 coupons
now valid for 10 gallons per unit.
GASOLINE
A-8 coupons expire February 8
1944.
MEATS, FATS
Brown Stamps L, M, N, and P ex
pire January 1.
SHOES
No. 18 (Book I) valid indefinitely.
Plane stamp No. 1 (Book 3) now
valid.
SUGAR
No. 29 (Book 4) good for five
pounds through January 15, 1944.
Deep-Sea Diving Fatal
To Lieut. W. C. Bowen
Selma Township Remits
$1,724.60 To War Fund
Raleigh H. Griffin, treasurer of the
United War Fund for Selma town
ship, is' in receipt of a card from Sam
T. Anderson of Clayton, acknowledg
ing receipt of $1,724.60 which has
been credited to Selma’s allotment of
$1,743.60. The card, dated 12-9-43,
reads as follows:
“Your check for $1,724.50 has been
credited with other funds for the
United War Fund. Our chairman, Mr.
Page, expects to send this on to
State or National Headquarters be
fore the 15th. I know of no plan to
return a part of this to each com
munity. You are the only one who has
raised the question with me.”
Mr. Griffin says Selma township
raised a total of $2,023.44 during the
drive, and that the amount retained
for local purposes was $298.84. He
said the goal which the local com
mittee set out to raise was $300
above the National quota for Selma
township, but that since we lacked
$19.00 of raising that amount, there
fore Mr. Griffin said he let the local
committee lose their prorata amount
of the $19.00 necessary to meet the
full quota.
Christmas Program
At Kiwanis Meet
Mrs. J. W. Smith spent a few days
Talks were made by Glenn Grier of i last week in Fayetteville with her
Smithfield, on the work of the board! daughter, Mrs. Arthur Pittman,
of directors; Dr. J. W. Whitehead of Miss Eva Mills of Wilkes Barre,
Smithfield, on programs and objec
tives; O. A. Tuttle of Selma, on the
duties of the club president and other
officers; Bill .Joe Austin of Smithfield.
on membership; Henry McKinnon of
Lumberton, on the work of the lieu
tenant governor; H. C. McLaughlin of
Raeford, and others.
Other members present from visit
ing clubs to attend the school were
Emmanuel Sugar and J. P. Starling,
from the Lumberton club; M-. L. Stan
cil and Rudolph Howell, from the Sel
ma club. Sanford and Fayetteville
clubs were not represented.
Pa., returned to her home Monday
after spending a few days with Mrs.
Pete Mills and Mrs. J. E. Corbett.
Misses Gladys Richardson, Alma
Ruffin. Elizabeth Crozier and John
Howard Wellons were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hinshaw in
Chapel Hill Sunday.
Mrs. Wheeler Manning of William-
ston spent Sunday with her parents
Dr. and Mrs. M. Hinnant.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Crabtree of
Archer Lodge section. Mr. and Mrs.
Noble Crumpler and sons, and Mr.
and Mrs. Winston Crumpler and son
Navy Recruiter Makes
Announcement of Dates
Navy Recruiter John Stallings an
nounces that the Recruiter will be at
the Clayton post office on Monday,
December 20; at the Selma post of
fice on Tuesday, December 21, and at
the Smithfield post office on Wed
nesday, December 22.
He says a group of Johnston coun
ty boys are going in the Navy on
Monday, December 27, and young
men, age 17. are urged to see the
Recruiter on this trip and make plans
to leave with this group on December
1 27.
Kiwanian Vernon Wiggs, who will^ oo'T women,
have charge of the program tonight f
(Thursday), has arranged a special firid
n>vriafYr»oo w. All _• iinu out about the WAVE Colleg^e
training.
Candlelight Service At
Presbyterian Church
The Selma Presbyterian church was
the scene of a very impressive can
dlelight service Sunday evening, un
der the supervision of Mrs. Raleigh
Griffin and the Rev. Howard P. New
man. The service was one of the most
impressive ever held at this church,
and was largely attended. Everyone
went away with hig}/ praise of the
occasion.
Lieut. W. C. (Pete) Bowen of the
U. S. Naval Reserve died late Wed
nesday of last week in an accident
while on a training assignment in the
Potomac River near Washington. D.
C. The accident occured about 4:00
p. m. while the naval officer was on
a deep sea diving assignment. The
body was raised to the surface and
he was pronounced dead at 6:00 p. m.
Funeral rites were held in Smith-
field Saturday morning at 11 o’clock
at the home of Lt. Bowen's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Bowen, conducted
by the Rev. B. H. Houston, pastor of
Centenary Methodist church of which
the deceased was a member. The Rev.
J. J. Boone of Graham, a former pas
tor, assisted in the services.
Interment took place in Sunset
Memorial Park near Smithfield,
where the final rites were conducted -
by Chaplain Groveneau, Lutheran
minister from Ohio, of the Naval Pre-
Flight School at the University of
North Carolina. Nine members of the
pre-flight school, including a firing
squad and a buglar, participated in
the service.
The flag-draped casket was borne
to the grave through an aisle formed
by the firing squad and the boy scout
troop of which Lt. Bowen was the
scoutmaster before entering the ser
vice. Following the commitment ser
vice and prayer, the firing squad
fired a salute to the dead, and then
the buglar sounded taps.
Active pallbearers were members
of the Pou-Parrish post of the Amer
ican Legion, as follows: G. A. Allen,
Dr. J. W. Whitehead, H. M. Austin,
Ira'C. Whitley, B. G. Mattox, E. L.
Woodall and C. P. Day.
Surviving are Lt. Bowen’s wife,
the former Miss Emily Lou Wellons;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Bow
en; and one sister. Mrs. Walter Par
ker; and maternal grandmother, Mrs.
P. H. Holland.
Christmas program. All Kiwanians
are urged to be present.
of Kenly were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
L, W. Crumpler Sunday.
Truett Jones of Portsmouth, Va.,
is spending this week with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jones, near
town.
Pvt. Vaden Aycock of Camp Brec-
kenridge. Mass;, is spending two
weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Aycock near town.
Mr. and Mrs. Worley Wall spent
Sunday in the Glendale section guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Boyette.
Friends are glad to know Miss
Edith Grey Wall is steadily improv
ing from an appendicitis operation
Saturday in the Goldsboro Hospital.
Friday evening Miss Derucha Gay
entertained the Intermediate League
class of the F. W. B. Church at a
Christmas party in the music room
of the Micro school. Christmas dec
orations were used effectively. Games
and contests were enjoyed by the
young folks. Fruits were served later.
Services at the Methodist church
Sunday morning at eleven o’clock.
The public is cordially invited.
(By H. H. LOWRY)
Old Santa Claus made an advance trip through Selma early this
month and left hundreds of articles that will be used as Christmas
gitts this year. Quietly and without fanfare he left the Yule
articles at Selma stores and a close observance of the advertise
ments in this issue of The Johnstonian-Sun will disclose their
source.
The war will have some effect on the gifts this year. For one
thing, the trend will be toward the more serious things in gifts
for adults, but as ever there will be toys for the kiddies.
Authorities agree that morale can be bolstered by u-iving the
youngsters something that will make them happy, and Selma
merchants are going to do their part in strengthening morale,
both in kiddies and adults.
War-time shortage still exists
in some lines to be sure, but
many articles have not been af
fected and are on shop and store
shelves waiting for the shopper
to come and get their choice.
Merchants through their ad
vertisements are listing many
items as suggested gifts, both
for families and friends outside
the family. Toys, clothing
jewelry and gifts along the
toilet line promise to be popular
this year.
Changing styles in clothing offers
various opportunities for the shopper
to get gifts for all members of a
family.
A visit to stores selling men’s and
ladies’ wear will solve many a prob
lem, while wants of the youngsters
can pretty well be taken care of at
the dime stores, hardware stores, or
the department stores. Drug stores
will help many shoppers with prob
lems on their hands.
Practical minded people will con
tinue to shop wisely this Christmas
and in that event the household fur
nishings will be prominent on their
lists when the furniture stores are
visited.
Already the Christmas spirit is be
ginning to creep through the air,
especially when decorated windows
are passed, and it’s certainly not too
late to pay a visit to the store or
stores of your choice and make
Christmas selections.
For those who have to travel by
automobile to do their buying Selma
offers a central location for the en
tire county and shortages of gasoline
and tires will bring a large number
of shoppers to Selma this year. This
is predicted because many people who
in former years traveled to other
towns, will not do so this year.
There’ll always be a Christmas,
and this year though many homes
are broken up and scattered because
of the war, it will be a holiday sea
son for young and old alike, and we
are thankful that it can be so.
One of the effects of the war at
this season is that the shopping sea
son has been pushed forward, per
haps, partly due to the necessity for
mailing packages in advance.
In The Johnstonian-Sun today mer
chants are listing the holiday values
they are offering people in this trad
ing area, and undoubtedly many will
take advantage of the opportunity to
do their Christmas shopping at home,
thereby saving gasoline and tires and
giving one hundred per cent coopera
tion to the local merchants who are
doing their best to serve their pa
trons.
We call the attention of our read
ers to the advertising columns, and
suggest that a study of the values
will save time and money in holiday
shopping.
W^ar Bonds should be on every
one’s shopping list this Christmas.
Plenty of Bonds under plenty of
Christmas trees this year are the
best insurance there is to guarantee
that we will have Christmas trees
and Christmas celebrations in the
years to come. The Christmas spirit
which makes the Christmas season
so joyous in this country would quick
ly die if we lost the things we are
fighting to preserve in this war.
Only so long as we can live as free
men and women, can we celebrate
the “peace on earth, good will to
men” theme which pervades our na
tion at Christmas time.
Two Weeks Term Of
Superior Court Begins
A two weeks term of Johnston
County superior court for the trial of
criminal cases, including several di
vorce cases, convened in Smithfield
Monday of this week.
Judge Clawson L. Williams is pre
siding over the term. 
Several manslaughter cases are
scheduled for trial and calendered
also is the case against William
Davis Hamm, Thurman Hardy, Ray
mond Hardy and Ernest Evans, who
are charged with robbing Ardella
Evans, 77-year-old woman of near
Selma, of around $5,000 in cash.
Cpl. Elton Pridgen
Visits His Mother Here
Cpl. Elton Pridgen, who is station-,
ed near Jackson, Mississippi, left for
his army base Monday afternoon af
ter spending a few days here with
his mother, Mrs. J. H. Pridgen. Cor
poral Pridgen spent a few months
near Los Angeles, California prior to
being transferred to Mississippi a
few weeks ago. He said he liked
California the best of any state he
had been in except North Carolina.
While stationed in California he
visited Los Angeles, Hollywood and
many other places of interest.
Christmas Program
At Church of God
The public is cordially invited to
atend a Christmas program on Wed
nesday, Dec. 22nd at the Church of
God, located next to Good Will club.
Come and enjoy the blessings of God.
Service will begin at 7:30.
REV. E. H. BABB, Pastor
Miss Jean Davis
On College Program
Miss Jean Davis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. O. Davis of Selma, ap
peared as one of the two soloists on
the Meredith Coliege Candlelight
Carol Service in the college audi
torium at 4:30 Sunday afternoon. The
program was broadcast over Station
WPTF Saturday evening at 7 o’clock.
Jean also holds the position of choir
librarian.
Notice Of Death Is
Received By Wire
A telegram received this (Thurs
day) morning by Editor M. L. Stan
cil of The Johnstonian-Sun reads:
“Newport News, Va., Dec. 15
Mrs. J. Stancil passed away 10:30
P. M. Wednesday. Funeral from Lat
ter Day Saints Chapel, Nahunta, 1:00
p. m. Friday. Interment family cem
etery.”
(Signed) HERBERT A. STANCIL
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Make it a thrifty CHRIST
MAS — give WAR BONDS.
Keep on BACKING THE
ATTACK.