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Recreation Commission
Plans Drive For Funds
May 15-20 To Be Recreation
Week—All Revenue Raised
Will Slay In Community—
Additional Funds Are Badly
Needed.
The Selma Recreation Commission
now plans to expand it? recreation
services to the community, but must
have additional funds for this work,
and in order to enable it to carry on
the Aouth Club which is sponsorbed
by the Kiwanis Club and the Town of
Selma. This club has brought state
wide recognition to the community
and the community should be more
than willing to give it financial as
well as moral support. Since the
club’s inauguration three other com
munities in the county have set up
similar clubs, ^nd the Smithfield
Manufacturing Company has set up
outdoor playground equipment for its
people.' We do not claim any credit
because these - communities entered
the recreation field, but had rather
think that they, too, recognized the
importance of this work and the ur
gent need for it, and therefore took
action.
We are proud of the fact that our
community was foresighted enough
to see the need and do something
about it first. This leadership which
the community has taken cannot be
treated lightly, and the success fail
ure of the recreation program here
may have some weight on the future
of the programs in other communi
ties.
The citizens of the community are
how being asked to contribute to this
recreation project and will be con
tacted sometime during the coming
week. Please make as generous a
contribution as possible and help to
keep Selma ahead in this worthwhile
work. Every penny contributed will
remain in this Community and do its
work here for the citizens of the
community.
Interdenominational
Prayer Meeting Here
This is to extend to you, the citi
zens of Selma, a most cordial invita
tion to an Interdenominational Prayer
Meeting, to be held at the Selma
Presbyterian church tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock, under the auspices
of the Presbyterian Auxiliary. It is
the hope of the sponsors that this
meeting will prove so successful that
succeeding prayer meetings will be
held at other churches and that they
will prove a spiritual blessing to the
. entire community. The need for such
an organization in our community is
very evident, especially during the
present crisis.
The invitation to all is, “COME”.
McDonald To Speak In
Smithfield On May 17 th
County-wide Rally With Bar
becue Dinner Served On The
Court House Grounds Rain
Or Shine—At 1:30 P. M.
Ralph McDonald, candidate for
Governor, will bring his campaign to
Johnston county with an address to
the voters at the Johnston County
Court House in Smithfield on Wed
nesday afternoon. May 17, at 2:30
o’clock.
A barbecue dinner will be served
on the court house grounds (rain or
shine) at 1:30 p. m. Ladies and gen
tlemen invited. Tickets at 50c each
may be secured at any town in the
county. Make inquiry!
McDonald, who was runner-up to
Clyde Hoey in the 4-man race of
1936 and polled 214,414 votes against
the Shelby man in the final Demo
cratic Primary of that year, will un
doubtedly attract a large gathering
of county people. His supporters are
confidently expecting to put the For-
tyth man in the Governor’s office.
The Primary, which is equivalent to
election in North Carolina, will be
held on May 27.
The meeting in Smithfield will be
presided over by Floyd C. Price and
Joe Mitchener. Mr. Price, a promin
ent business man of Selma, and Mr
Joe Mitchener of Clayton, are co
managers of McDonald’s campaign in
Johnston countj.
WEEKLY RATIONING
GUIDE
FOR WEEK OF MAY 10 - 17
PROCESSED POODS: Blue A-8 thru
Q8 (Book 4) now valid at 10
points each, for use with tokens.
Good indefinitely. '
MEATS AND FATS: Red A8 thru
T8 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points
each, for use with tokens. Good in
definitely.
SUGAR: Sugar stamp 30 and 31
(Book 4) good for five pounds in
definitely.
CANNING SUGAR: Sugar stamp 40
good for' five pounds of canning
sugar until February 28, 1945.
Apply to local boards for supple
mental rations.
SHOES: Airplane Statpp 1 and 2
(Book 3) valid indefinitely.
GASOLINE: A-10 coupons now valid
and will expire August 8.
NOTE: -Rationing rules now re
quire that every car owner write his
license number and state in advance
on all gasoline coupons in his posses
sion.
Will Collect Clothing
For Russian Relief
Prof. 0. A. Tuttle sajfs arrange
ments have been made to collect
clothing for Russian Relief at the
Selma school next Tuesday, May 16.
Anyone who can donate clothing to
this worthy cause will please bring
or send it-to the school house Tues
day, May 16,
Arthur Jordan Makes
Safe Arrival Overseas
Mrs. Arthur Jordan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. David Crocker of Sel
ma, has received word that her hus
band has made a safe arrival in
England. He took training at Fort
Belvoir, Va., Camp Atterbury, Ind.,
Camp Breckinridge, Ky., and at Camp
Lee, Va.
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1944.
Buy War Bonds T^ay!
Johnston County Red Air Medal No. 2 For
Cross Quota Reached Gordon Whitaker, Jr.
County Chairman Howard \.
Gaskill Is Highly Groatful To
the People of Jiohnston Coun
ty For Their Hearty Support
In Helping Make the Drive s
Complete Success,
County Chairman Howard V. Ga.?-
kill of the American Red Cross Drive
announces that Johnston county's
quota of $19,500 has been reached
and paid in full, the final settlement
having been made Monday.
The quota assigned to Johnston
county this year was the largest in
history, but with an organized group
of workers in practically every nook
and corner of the county, Mr. Gaskill
says the job was done in a big way
despite the fact that the drive came
upon the heels of a huge War Bond
Drive which ended in February, and
right in the midst of annual Income
Tax payment on March 16th. He
said that when entering upon the
task of raising such a large quota
for the Red Cross under such dis
couraging conditions he almost de
spaired of the idea. But in most cases,
said Mr, Gaskill. he found the peopie
in a responsive mood and ready and
willing to do their part in making
the campaign a success.
Mr. Gaskill says he wants the peo
ple of Johnston county to know now
greatly he appreciates their eiforts
and splendid cooperation throughout
the entire campaign.
One very nice feature of the drive
is that 41 per cent of the amount
raised, $7,995, will remain in Johnston
county to help carry on the work of
Red Cross relief work in the county.
The balance, $11,605 will go into the
national treasury to be used where, ’t
seems most needed to further the
Red Cross services at home and over-
With 13th AAF In The South Pa
cific By direction of the President
the Air Medal was awarded on April
15, 1944, by Lt. General Millard F.
Harmon, Commanding United States
Army Forces in the South Pacific
area, to the following member of the
13th AAF, who^ is missing in action:
Gordon Whitaker, Jr., (0-276 866),
Second Lieutenant, Air Corps, United
States Army, for meritorious achieve
ment wiiiie participating as fighter
pilot in sustained operational air
flights in the South Pacific .^rea from
28th of March to 29th of April, 1943.
These flights were of a hazardous
nature during which enemy opposi
tion was met, or during which an
area was traversed where enemy air
craft fire was effective or where en
emy fighter airplanes were habitual
ly encountered. Lieutenant Whitaker
exhibited great courage and untiring
energy; his services reflecting the
highest credit on the Army Air For
ces of the United States. Next of kin:
Mr. Gordon Whitaker, father, 1006
.East Mulberry street, Goldsboro,
North Carolina.
NOTE: Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Whitaker, parents of Lieutenant
Gordon Whitaker, Jr., who is missing
in action, formerly lived in Selma,
where Lieutenant Whitaker spent his
boyhood days prior to entering the
Armed Forces. Lieutant Whitaker’s
father says that Medal No. 2 has no
connection with the first medal which
was awarded for his mission of April
18, 1943.
Kiwanians Had Busy
Session Last Week
Program For Hog
Prices Is Amended
There were so many things coming
up for consideration of the Selma
Kiwanis club last Thursday evening
that Program Chairman Paul McMil
lan was unable to put on his full pro
gram.
One of the main features of the
evening was a report on Boy Scout
activities which was made by David
Ball.
The program, as outlined by Paul
McMillan, was to call on a few Ki
wanians to aid in the program by
telling some kind of a story. David
Ball was asked to give a short report
on whether he would make any
change in his life’s program or not
if he had his life’s choice to make
ag-ain. Mr. Ball’s only reply was that
he didn’t know of any material
change he would make unless it would
be to do something besides cotton
milling. C. E. Kornegay was asked to
talk about fishing. Mr. Kornegay re
plied that the club seemed to have too
much business to transact to talk
about fishing, so by this time it was
time to adjourn.
Pfc. Edward Gurkin
Honored With Badge
With the 37th Division on Bou
gainville — For exemplary conduct
in combat, Pfc. Edward Gurkin of
Selma, N. C. has been presented with
the Army’s newest award for infan
trymen, the Combat Infantryman
Badge.
Awarded for exemplary conduA in
combat or for combat action in a ma
jor operation, the new medal is a sil
ver rifle on a blue field with a silver
border, imposed on an eliptical silver
wreath.
Private Gurkin is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Major Gurkin of Selma.
Since starting his tour of overseas
service on May 26, 1942, he has been
stationed on the Fiji Islands, Guadal
canal and the Russell Islands, and is
a veteran of the New Georgia cam
paign.
Home On Furlough
After 5-Year Absence
T-Sgt. Robert Cecil Batten is home
here spending his furlough, after be
ing gone from home five years. He
entered the U. S. Army in November
1939, and has been stationed in Hono
lulu, Hawaii, ever since. He arrived
here May 3, and after spending bis
24 days furlough, he will return to
his camp in Honolulu. It was a sur
prise to all his folks when he arrived.
He says he likes the army fine. He is
the son of Mr. Larkin Batten of
Selma. He has one brother in the
Navy, Thamer Batten, who joined the
Navy April 6, 1944. He is stationed
at Camp Peary, Virginia.
British Draft Age Now
Limited To 18 1-2 Years
'The British Government this week
reduced the draft age limit from 19
years to 18 and a half years, it was
announced from London.
Washington.-—The War Pood Ad
ministration moved Monday to help
relieve the glut of hogs on principal
markets by announcing a temporary
extension of the price support pro
gram to include good to choice butch
er hogs weighing from 180 to 200
pounds, effective . May 15.
The present support price on hogs
weighing from 200 to 270 pounds is
$13.75 a hundred pounds at Chicago.
Extension of the price support to
fighter weight hogs is intended to
encourage farmers to hold their
lighter weight hogs, the WFA said.
WFA officials emphasized that the
price support applies only to good to
choice hogs and not to lower grades
and said that many hogs now coming
to market in the 180 to 200-pound
weight bracket are unfinished and
not of good to choice quality.
Many Johnston Men
Apply For Ballots
Clayt
:on Girl Is Winner
In Pulpwood Contest
Wins $25 War Bond For Best
Essay Submitted From John
ston County—Prize Winning
Essay Will Be Published In
Johnstonian-Sun Later.
Editor M. L. Stancil of The John
stonian-Sun has just received the fol
lowing letter from the North Caro
lina Pulp Company, Plymouth, N. C.:
“Dear Editor:
“We have just completed the final
judging of all Pulpwood Essays.
Please find attached the complete
list- of winners, both white and col
ored. This list represents all winners
from the thirty selected counties in
the Pulpwood Essay Contest which
was sponsored by the Wood and Land
Department of the North Carolina
Pulp Company at Plymouth, North
Carolina and by you and your news
paper. The list is for your use for
publication, and within the next few
days we will mail you a copy of each
of the prize-winning essays from all
four groups of counties.
“We wish again to express our
appreciation for the loyal support
and publicity you have given to the
Pulpwood Essay Contest. All entries
in the pulpwood essay contest were
most commendable and we are pleas
ed with the campaign. It’s success
was brought about largely by your
splendid efforts.”
County Chairman Levinson Re
ports Approximately That
Many Service Men Have Al
ready Requested Ballots For
Primarv Election.
County Chairman L. L. Levinson
reports that approximately 150 ser
vice men from Johnston county have
made application for absentee ballots
for the May 27th primary election,
Some of these men are now serving
overseas, states Mr. Levinson.
“Marked ballots are being returned
steadily,” said Mr. Levinson, “some
being received in every mail.”
As to the registration, Mr. Levin
son said it was proceeding slov/ly,
with little interest being shown. The
registration books in the county’s
28 precincts will remain open until
sunset Saturday, May 13. All eligi
ble voters who are not already on
the registration book in the precinct
where they intend to vote should ap
pear before their precinct registrar
betwesn now and sunset Saturday,
The registrars will be at the polling
places all day Saturday; on other
days they may be reached at their
homes or places of business.
Development Of South
Foreseen At Conference
Miss
High
WIIITF WINNERS
Group 1—Hertford County: Miss
Ozelle Pipkin, Murfreesboro, N. C.
Group 2—Johnston County: Miss
Jacqueline Knott, Clayton High
School, Clayton, N. C.
Group 3—Lee County: Miss Mildred
Grifflin, Broadway, N. C.
Group 4—Rockingham County:
Gladys New, Leaksville
School, Leaksville, N. C.
COLGRED WINNERS
Group 1—Nash County: Clara E.
Thompson, Nash Training School,
Nashville, N. C.
Group 2—Columbus County: Paul
Faulk, 8th Grade Tabor City Col
ored School, Tabor City, N. C.
Group 3—No entries.
Group 4—Granville County: Amos
Norwood, Mary Potter School, Ox
ford, N. C.
Each of the above winners
receive a .$25 U. S. War Bond.
will
Much Scrap Paper
Salvaged In County
C. E. Bingham, chairman of the
Johnston County Salvage committee,
announces that since the drive for
waste paper was renewed a few
weeks ago 15,000 pounds of scrap
paper has found its way to the mills
from Johnston county.
Persons living in Johnston county
desiring to dispose of their waste pa
per are asked to carry it to Mr.
Bingham’s office on Johnston Str-eeC
in Smithfield a short distance west
of the Howell Theatre.
Grain Crop To
Govern OPA Program
New Business Firm
Opens In Smithfield
A new business firm, to be known
as the Home Furniture and Appli
ance Company, and owned by T. W.
Simmons, opened its doors for busi
ness today (Thursday, May 10.)
Mr. Simmons comes to Smithfield
from Warsaw where he operated the
Warsaw Appliance Company for the
past seven years. The new busine,‘?s
is located next door to W. M. San
ders and Son.
Smithfield Does Good
Job For Red Cross
The Red Cross quota assigned to
Smithfield Township was $6,148, but
final figures released by Sam Stal
lings, chairman of the drive in that
township, show that a total of $6,-
800 was raised.
Mr. Stallings is very happy over
the result and feels very greatful to
his crew of woikers, as well as to
all the people of the community for
the splendid cooperation they gave.
Beulah Township Has
Beat Red Cross Quota
Beulah township’s Red Cross quo
ta in the recent drive was $857.00,
but final figures from that township
show they raised a total of $1 473.04,
thereby exceeding their quota by
more than $600.00. Of this amount,
Kenly alone raised $913.88, and
Glendale community $569.16.
Raleigh, May 10. — Whether all
meats, except beef steaks and beef
roasts, remain point-free depends
largely on the feed grain crop, Theo
dore S. Johnson, district director of
the Raleigh Office of Price Adminis
tration announced.
Quoting Chester Bowle.s, national
administrator of OPA, Mr. Johnson
said: “The animal population now is
of record proportions,” Mr. Bowles
declared. “Whether it can be main
tained depends upon the amount of
feed, and feed grains must be shared
by meat animal herb, with dairy cows
and poultry. Part of our feed grain
must be set aside for the making of
industrail alcohol, and of course grain
goes into many foods that round out
our daily diets.”
Point values for beef steaks and
roasts, except flank steaks, will re
main at from seven to thirteen points
per pound.
Paul Byrd To Give
At Micro
Prog
ram
Paul Byrd and his radio artists
will present a “Mother’s Day” pro
gram at the Free Will Baptist church
in Micro Sunday morning. May 14,
according to H. J. Corbett, superin
tendent.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend.
Selma Cards Defeat
Princeton Here Sunday
Selma Cards defeated Princeton
here Sunday 6-1. Isaac Bass, who had
not been out of a hospital but a few
days, pitched for the Cards, allowing
but three hits. He and Red Parrish
led the Cards in batting; each getting
2 for 3. Price was on the mound for
the visitors. Micro will play here,
next Sunday.
Jackson, Miss., May 5. — Industrial
development of the South, to more
effectively utilize its vast' storehou.se
of natural resources, and ways and
means of raising living standards of
its people, are two of Dixie’s major
problems interesting both its farmers
and businessmen.
Complete agreement on the necessi
ty for solving these and other related
problems grew out of the recent
Farm & Industry Conference at Jack-
son. Miss., to which farmers and busi
nessmen came from all over the state
^ and from adjoining Louisiana, Ala
bama, Georgia, Tennessee and Mis
souri.
Progress toward regional financial
independence, the lessening or elim
ination of national and regional trade
barrier, and more equitable distribu
tion of Federal tax funds for educa
tional and institutional services, were
also agreed upon as basic common
problems for agriculture and indus
try to solve.
Their discussions key-noted by O.s-
car Johnston, Mississippi planter and
president of the National Cotton
Council; R. K. Longino, New Orleans
businessman and president of the
Louisiana Manufacturers’ Association
as well as director and vice chairman
of the National Association of Manu
facturers’ Committee on Cooperation
With Agriculture, and Gov. Thomas
L. Bailey, the conferees returned to
their more than 100 communities to
put into effect the lessons learned at
the conference.
The interdependence of agriculture
and industry and the necessity for
solving their common basic problems
for their future development and suc
cess—and for the creation of a better
America in postwar—formed the
background of the conference discus-
Johnston Boys Are
Reported Wounded
The War Department made public
Wednesday the names of the follow
ing Johnston County boys wounded in
action:
Cpl. Edward Johnson. Mrs. Mar
garet Johnson, wife Box 471, Selma.
Sgt. James W. Blackmon, Mrs. Ida
C. Reardon, mother. Route 1, Smith-
field.
Pfc. Edwin B. Vaughn. E. L.
Vaughn, father. Route 2, Princeton.
Holt To Remain
Democratic Chairman
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee met in Smithfield Monday and
re-elected A. F. Holt, Jr., of Prince
ton, as county chairman for the next
two years.
Mrs. Hugh A. Page of Clayton was
also re-elected as Vice Chairman, and,
James R. Pool as secretary.
Preservation of our democratic in
stitutions depends in large measure
upon our ability to maintain and
strengthen the foundations of small
and medium-sized independent enter
prise, Ganson Purcell, chairman of
the Securities and Exchange Commis
sion, ascently told a group of Texas
bankers..
PRETTY GOOD NAME
The familiar initials, FDR, which
appear frequently in newspaper head
lines have a new connotation. Accord-
iftf^to the dean of Democratic Sena
tors,- Ellison D. (Cotton Ed) Smith of
'' 'uth Carolina, those Initials stand
for “Federal Debt Raiser”!
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our many
thanks and greatful appreciation to
each and everyone who contributed
to our comfort in any way during the
recent illness and death of our hus
band and father,
MRS. S. J. SHULER
AND CHILDREN.
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