North Carolina Newspapers

f ESTABLISHED 1916 Daughter of Former Selma Couple Wins Poetry Contest Little Miss Ann Parker, 10- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. B. Parker of Brooks- ville, Fla., recently won first place in a ooetry contest cond.ucted in hen school. ' The Parker family lived in Selma frorn 1902 to 192.5. Mrs.j Parker was a brother of the la+e E. L. Womack of Selma. The Brooksviile Journal carried the following account of the contest: - B r o o k s V i 1 l,e and Hernando county citir.ens are proud of their school system and more so today than ,ever before because of rc-. cent contests in which-'ocal pupilsl Landscape Plans anTComings Local Man to Been Approved Miami Bank have taken part and won honors in competition with much larger institutions of the state. Onlv a short time ago, the Her-1 nando High School band was sig nally recognized at Tampa and St. Petersburg for its out.standin,? renditions in Oasparilla parade and the Festival of States pro grams. , And today, the schools have again won high honors by com peting in the Florida Poetry Day contest whereby one of its fifth grade pupils carried off the first prize for the best poem written petition. The contest came to a close only recently and entrants ’ were from such larger schools as Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, Miami and other cities. The an nouncement of the winners was made at Miami Saturday- when the peom of little Miss Artn Par ker, lO-year-old blonde hairedi beauty of tto-BrOoksville Gram mar, school, Vdn-first prige against all competition. The contest,.•was ■’for pti^ls in the, first through>]^h eighth gradgs., ■ V ' " The poem’ spbmitted by litOft Miss Parker and read over Statlbn : JiVIOD at Miami .Saturday ..was entitled “Mermaids,”; and the' an- pouncerheht of her b.^g,th.e .WifX.* IVlISS ANN PARKER there, And see the Mermaids glist- ning hair. What I would really like to do, Is to be a Mermaid too. I could sleep so well on a 'sea weed bed. With a . polished ..pearl pillow fpr .my. head; , ■ Silver Doll drs Start ^ Unique Pund P.lun In the event you did not read it in The Journal of the last issue, we submit it here again for your pleasure: MERMAIDS I would like to go where the Mer maid .sings. At the beautiful Weekiwachee Springs. On coral rocks I would like to be, And listen to the murmering sea. I would like to see where the Mermaid plays. As she dives off the rocks into the waves. The landscape plans submitted by Charles F. Gillette, landscape architect of Richmond, Va., have been approved by the Board of Trustees of the Johnston Memorial Hospital. The drawings show the general arrangement of the grounds, planting, drives, walk ways and parking areas. The town of Smitbfield will pave ap- oroximately 10 city blocks to connect v/ith the hospital paving. Smitbfield streets running into the hospital grounds are North, Wilkins and Lassiter streets. The plans show ten homes in the area to the rear of the hos- nital. One home will be for the hospital superintendent while the^ other nine will be occupied b-/ members of the hospital staff. In this area will be a soft ball diam ond and tennis courts as v.'ell as ■oacc for additional homes should they be necessary. There will be parking space to the right and left of the hospital lufficiently large to accommodate 200' automobiles. , George Watts Carr delivered to the board of trustees Tuesday, the building plans. It is expected that these will soon be approved and accepted by the board. As 5oon as' they are approved, the board will advertise, for construc tion bids. Joe A. Creech, '.£• C. Jernigan, and Virgil Paynd'i'lspen.t several days recently in VS^hington, D. C. whece they, atteir^ some of the Major League baS^all games. Ronald Herren,;^?,^., has return- .’attsville, Md., fcnth with his " ind Mrs. E. V. ed to his home in after spending' grandparents, M^.i Woodard Mrs. H. B. Lan ren have return^ viile, Va., and where they visited relativesi;^' about two weeks. and child from Martins- ,Raleigh.—George D. Vick, Jr., hafe resigned his position as trust officer of the First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company, it was an nounced by Thomas C. Chapman, vice president in charge of the trust department of the bankin? institution, at a lunciieon given at the Sir Walter Hotel in Vick’s honor. Vick has accepted an executive Mr. and Mrs.'Oliver and Mr. and Mr?. El-m^t'V. Woodard’, Jr., spent the Fo'^i.of July holi- jyjie guests of ?>ker and Mr. Commerce Banquet Last of Thi^ Month Tiid^oard ot, directors of the 4elma-Camber Commerce met The first Sundgy in October, merribers of thn ^ristian Discipe 'Church of Wilsbn^s Mills are to Ive an account of. one silver Eoriar’n.thgy. accepted ' from their, '^Ijui;:^?!; ■ invested. The silver p'olfns weiie ^sSed out by the pas tor, Dr.. H. S. Hviley, last first Sunday -gl . regular ..church ser vices, , ■54■jmonthly session Monday night. 5ric«Brosident I Ji C. Woodard tfie"V^or?s 'Milis'church fusni^- ed 100 silver dollars for the plan to raise church funds. Through Wednesday of this week 48 mem bers had taken one silver dollar each to invest. Dr. Hilley thought this an excellent example of in creasing talents. The first Sunday in October will be observed as annual Home Coming Day at the Christian Dis cipe Church in Wilson’s Mills. Special exercises will be held during the day, with a picnic lunch on the church grounds at high noon. During the day those who invested silver dollars will 'irfeded ^iij ,the absence of Presi lent Jde .Creech. . A due&-collec;j:ing drive was. an -noU'hced fpr thie,:'next .two weeks vith Talmag'e • CnVfcett as chair man of the committee. He. asked W'. L. Norton,. John Jeffreys . and L C. tyo^ard to " serve the omrnlttee with.'him.' , . ,, Ahbvit 50' oer cent f^f, the .(nemi- iert Mve days gt Carolina Mrs- G. W. P.ili5|sJ .-.of was the Week enj^iest of her sister, Mrs. J. Nf^^Iggs The Rev. and H. B. Baum and daughters..'^■Sdifriends in Burgaw and. so^^'Spme tune at Wrightsville Be^«, last week Mr. and Mrs.._^ies A. Hodge and sons are spe^ng -their vaca tion with relativ^in Maxton. Mr. and Mrs. A^hie McNeill, of Conway, S. C., Dr. and Mrs. E. and Mrs, .Roy ! ^ Mr. and Mrs. Ir., and children, of CharS#fe. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Pigott, |>.f Gloucester, and Mr. and .M'rSj M. E. Creech and children, ot "’Itinston, visited Mr. and Mrs. S. R^l^ee during the holiday v.'cek end^' .for. .and Mrs. R-:^, Blackma-- and children, Dr. Mrs. W. H. Lassiter and childt^„gBd Mr. and Mrs'. ;Talinage Cort^f and child-' ren are sp(?ndin^.j^gf^ ^*me, at Carolia , Mr., and' ■■ Woodard? ■Tt. 'and sons ar0''H%herry Grove Beach, 'S. C., for days this week'.',' ’ ' . '•^Mr^-' and MrS..-.Raiefeh rriffin ami their house guest,^'ss Eliza beth SOrf ell, of'j8^^8|^;.spent the week end at T-roniE^3WwJ^* ■Mr. and Mrs. J)a4^ulbreth were week end guesfsillf relatives in Raetord. . Mr, and Mrs L O^viS, Mis FrancesT)avis. .Mr, anfelrS.-B- O. position with the First Nat'onal Bank of Miami, Fla., and reported for duty in Miami on July 11. Vick has been in the trust de partment of the First-Ci.izens Raleigh, Bank and Trust Company for 12 years and has -resided in Raleigh since October j, 19^1. His re sidence; is 1011 Harvev Street. He married the former Eloise Ga'lu of Fayetteville and they have three sons. Vick Is the son of the late Dr. Vick and Mrs. George D. Vick, Sr., of Sehma. Vick attended the University of North Carolina and received his degree in law in June, 1935. After his graduation and upon becom ing a practicing attorney he was associated for a short time with the late United States Senator J. Melville Broughton. Later he was connected with the United States Government as attorney in East ern North Carolina. On July 1, 1937, Vick went with the trust de partment of the First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co., and was elected a trust officer a few years ago. Vick is a membei of Hstyes Barton Baptist Church, a Mason, MISS BRENDA CORBETT Little Selma Girl Furnishes Words and Tune for a So|| By MRS. CARL K. PARRISH past exalted ruler of the Ral eigh Elks Lodge, immediate past president' of the Co-Operative Club of Baleigh and. ha.s been active in the movement of the World Federalists Organization, having served as secretary-trea surer of the State group. For the association, year end'ing in May. 1949, Vick, \ya,s -chairman of ^lie trust section of the; North Caror Una Bankers Associhtio" ■i asked if she intended writing anj^: Gliainber ,, m sponsored Bargain Days which were inaugurated last fall, it was announced. These days, on which merchants offer special items for sale at special low prices, will be expanded and developed even more during the‘fall season. I would like to see the sunset 'ive an account of their pro.iects J. Hugh Jackson Is New Head Kiwanis International J. Hugh Jackson, dean of the graduate school of business at Stanford University and newly elected president of Kiwanis In ternational, today informed ot- Body of Service Man to Arrive Saturdays th©-'' A rainy afternoon at Carolina Beach is responsible for a young song writer and tune rniaker o> Selma, North Carolina. It was while on a house-party with her mother and, friends this aiummer that seven year Old, Brenda Corbett, 4g,iigh^ef of Mr. and Mf5- Talmag&^QSiepett, com posed ‘her own words and tune t.c “Candy Town.i’f more songs her reply was, J think I’ll make up two or three more, I guess. H they comei out all right, I guess I’ll make up ,more and more.” Brenda’s favorite singer is Kathryn Grayson whom she im^ personates in “I Love You for Sentimental Reasons. When Brenda's parents Uve(i, .m they ^epositSd ^ several Ohio .. lnicl^ls*"iti piccolo just for therr The nine children lU the j^art^uff£,girHeid0am"IJont Fence “ ficers of the Kiwanis Club of Selma that his administration during the next several months 1 would continue to emphasize the theme, “Aggressive Citizenship— Our Individual Responsibility.” Installed .as president of the community service organization at the closing session of its 34th an nual convention a few days ago at Atlantic City, N- J-. the prominent California educator said that he would urge Kiwanis clubs to work for world peace and gua/d against subversive activities. At the spokesman for 3,000 Kiwanis clubs, embracing 200,000 business and professional leaders. Dean Jackson succeeds J. Belmont Mosser, widely known St. Marys. Pa., industrialist. He will begin a speaking tour shortly that will carrv him into practically every state of the United States and province of Canada. The new chief executive of Kiwanis International has held a number of important positions during the past several years, in cluding the presidency of the American Accounting Association, the National Association of Cost Accountants, and the American Association ol Collegiate Schoo-s of Business. A ,graduato of Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa. Jackson received his M.B.A. degree from Harvard University and an LL.D. de^ee from Simpson College. He is a contributor to business and pro fessional publications and is the author of four well-known yolU" mes on accounting. Awarded the “Diamond Key for 1945” by toe National Association of Teaching Certified Public Accountants “for distinguished contribution to the literature of accounting,” Jackson The remains of Staff Sgt, Jas ->er E. Starling who was killed in Germany April 17, 1945 while serving with Rainbow Divisipn U. S. Army will arrive here Satur day morning. Funeral services will be held from Branch Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, Sunday at 3 p. m. by Rev. Wiley Ferrell pastor, burial will be in the Church Cemetery. Full military honors will be furnished by Selma Amer ican Legion and V. F. W. Post. S Sgt. Starling was the son of |Mr. and Mrs. Jasper J. Starling, of Selma, Route 1. Surviving are his parents, four brothers, Tburmon Starling, Clay ton, Route 2: Keith, Kenneth and ■ Eugene of the home; three sisters, Mrs. L. J. Johnson, Clayton; Ruth and Marie of the home; one niece land two nephews. Selma Soft Ball Schedule for July J- HUGH JACKSON also was Dickinson Lecturer at Harvard University for the acad emic year 1946-1947. He joined the Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto, Calif., in 1927 and has served as club president, governor of the California-Nevada Kiwanis District, member of the Inter national Treasurer last year. Other officers elected at At lantic City included Don H. Mur doch, Winnipeg, Man., and Theo dore H. Fenske, St. Paul, Minn., vice-presidents, respectively, from Canada and the United States and Lee F. Campbell, Middlesboro, Ky., treasurer. Elected to the board of trustees for two years were Al. R. Cox, Canton, O., Don E. Engdahl, Spokane, Wash., Don ald T. Forsythe, Carthage, 111.. Edd L. Hisel, Oklahoma City., Okla., Walter J. L. Ray, Detroit, Mich., and Larue F. Smith, Niag ara Falls, N. Y. Kiwanis International will hold next year’s convention May 7 to 11 at Miami, Florida. I July 15 —'7:30 VFW '’s Kiwanis 8:30 Lions vs Indeoendance. July 19—7:30 VFW vs Lions 8:30 Kiwanis vs. Independance. July 22—7:30 Ind. vs VFW 8:30 Lions vs Kiwanis. July 26—7:30 Kiwanis vs VFW 8:30 Ind. vs Lions. Jul.y 29—7:30 Lions vs VFW 8:30 Ind. vs Kiwanis. On Tuesday night, July 12th the Lions defeated the Kiwanians and the Independance defeated the VFW. A fair crowd of fans are attending these games and are having a lot of fun. You are in vited to see these games played by local men, under the lights at the Selma School grounds. Selma Lions Club Installs New Officers New officers ot Selma’s Lions Club have assumed offi'ce. They are Joe Creech, president: Joe Matthews, first vice-president: J. B. Langley, second vice-presi dent; W. S. Brannan, third vice- oresident: Carl Worley, Jr., secre tary; J. C. Morgan and C. W. Britton, directors; L. G.. Barden, treasurer; Wilbert Eason, tail- twister; and Elmer Brown, lion tamer. Outgoing secretary W. S. Bran- nan was presented his 100 per cent secretary plaque for having sent all his reports in on time and complete. spent the Tourtn ot July holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rogers, .Tr, and children, of Johnstown, Pa. were week end guests pf Mr. and Mrs.'^J. C. Diehl. They were en route home; from St. Simon’s Is land Ga., where they visited other relatives. 1 Misses Ruby and Mabel Abbott of Darlington, S. C., have return ed to their homo following a visit to Mrs. James McMillan. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. E,enfrow had as their week end guests Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Lassiter and son. Ronnie, of Raleigh, and Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Younger, of Wil- min.gton.- Mrs. E. N. Booker and children and Mrs. James McMillan and children are spending this week at the Booker cottage, Carolina Beach. Mrs. Roger Strickland was call ed to Port.smouth, Va., Monday on account of the death of her father R. A. Ashworth, formerly o* Selma. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Davis and Mrs. C. B. Fulghum went to Greenville Sunday afternoon and were accompanied home by Miss Frances Davis and Miss Annette Womack who had spent the week end at E. C. T. C., the guests of Aliss Nell Fulghum and Miss Janice Sasser. Mr. .and Mrs. E. V. Woodard and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest V Woodard, Jr., visited the Planetar ium at Chapel Hill Sunday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Lane, Miss Marjorie Lane, Mr. and Mrs. W S. Brannan spent the fourth of July holidays at Nag’s Head and Manteo, and saw “The Lost Colony.” Mr. and Mrs. Jack Diehl, who have been visiting relatives here, have moved to Charlotte, where Mr. Diehl, who graduated from State College in June, holds position. Mrs. Paul Henderson and son, Tommie,-of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Mavori Dean and children of Salisbury, are the guests of Mr. and,Mrs. G. A. Earp this week. Miss Stella Etheredge, of Ral eigh, visited friends here last week and attended the wedding of Miss Mary Lou Abdalla. Mrs. W. S. Brannan spent several days last week with her mother-in-law, Mrs. J. L. Bran nan, of Clayton. Mrs. H. B. Land, of Martins ville, Va., Mrs. Emory Land and Miss Jobyna Land, of St. Peters burg, Fla., were guests of the Rev and Mrs. H. B. Land, Jr., for several days last week. ■Mr. and Mrs. Jack Honrine have returned from New Berc and other places in Eastern Nortl Carolina where they spent theii vacation. Dr. Charles C. Massey of Char lotte spent last Wednesday her« with his sister, Mrs. Jesse Stall ings. ^ - • ^ , snow, qn Cddrest Mrs. Faye Wilson of Selma, woi first prize in a guessing" conte,= recently conducted by AssqciaTe- Food Stores. Inc., of Clayton anr Selma. She was awarded a $1.5 prize when the contest closer' Saturday night, July 2. Patrons of the popular food store fo' the past four weeks have beer guessing how many cans of Pe" milk in a large basket near the store’s entrance. Mrs.^ Wilso' guessed 606, wliich was the exaci number. L. G. Godwin, owner of the store stated that 7,000 guesse' were made during the contest Other winners were: Second—L. E. Little of Pine Level, $12.50. Third—Artis Prince. Route Selma, $10. ■ Fourth—.Toe Eason, Route Selma, $7.50. Fifth—Miss Brenda Barbee o^ Selma, $5.00. Sixth—Ottis Montgomery o^ Selma, $2.50. Seventh—Miss Thelma Vause of Route 2, Selma, $2.50. Miss Vau.se and Montgomer'- tied for sixth place and duplicate orizes were awarded. IN NEW YORK Mrs. Roger A. Smith and laughter, Pat McGougan, of imith field are spending this week ,n New York, While there Mrs. Smith will buy Fall merchandise - The Ladies Shop. rertdeT Gavle Price and Johnnie Wiggs, of Selma, were each rendenn;. their distinct parts, Brenda began wondering what she could do t amuse her audience. She was thinking of the words to her song, the chorus of which she originated first. Then she got a little tune that would fit. She declares this song is the only one she has ever finished, and in he' own words she emphasizes, “It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.” In the interview she volunteer ed to say, 'I’ve tried to forget it, but I can’t because I like it so good”. Brenda’s personality makes the song. The attractive little blonde uses much bodily motion to ex press the idea and feeling of he artistic product. Her grayish blue eyes are particularly expressive as she sings her number. This wide-awake .young lad likes to sing anyhow. Any song she sings, it is fun. The real fun comes in singing it. Mrs. Loon Woodruff, a talented musician, of Brenda’s home town, has caught a conception of the artistic work as revealed by Brenda’s singing and acting, and has written the accompaniment to ‘Candy Town” which she will play for Brenda when she sings her composition before the Kiw anis Club on Thursday evening of this week. When little Miss Corbett was Bdw.s '. Two weeks ago piano lessons. This fall enter third grade. County Tax Rate to Remain Same Selma Minister Pulls Nine to Safety Following Wreck Rev. I-. R. Revels, Negro, pastor of churches in Clinton, Mount Olive and Wilmington, and who makes his home in Selma, did some heroic rescue work immedi ately following the truck and bus wreck south of Smitbfield on July 4th Rev. Revels was the first person to get out of the bus fol lowing the collision. He opened a window and went out of the bus head first. Then he proceeded to help two white men, and six Ne groes through the same window. Ten persons went through the window which Rev. Revels had opened before farmers on the outside began to break windows to free other passengers. Rev. Revels was en route from Clinton to Selma and states that the collision occurred about 9 a. m. He lost one suit, pocketbook, fountain pen, eye glasses, Scofield Bible, sermon outlines, brief case HlDle, Sct/iiun and three shirts in the fire that\way of escape. broke out in the Greyhound bus 10 minutes after the collision. The minister reports that pas sengers seated near the front of the bus were injured more seri ously than those in the back. He !*eceived several cuts and bruises. His age was reported in the papers as being 48. He stated that it is 44. In 25 minutes after the wreck all of the injured were en route to hospitals in cars. The white patients were treated at Johnston County Hospital, while the Negro es were taken to Furlonge Hospit al in Smitbfield. Rev. Revels stated that the sud den impact apparently dazed every passenger on the bus. He experienced difficulty in getting the attention of other passengers to the window through which he made his escape. The bus was equipped with an emergency door, but no one seem to think of that The county commissioners have adopted a budget for the new fiscal year which calls for no change in the $1.62 tax levy effec tive for the year just closed. That figure, 94 cents of which covers educational purposes, is being retained for the county as S whole. School supplements of 10 cents are to be continued in the Selma and Clayton districts, while a 25-cent supplement is being levied again against property Ih the Smithfield district. Appropriations for schools, oth er public services and debt retire ment amount to more than one million dollars. Last year’s gross budget totaled $971,000. Only about 65 per cent of the total budget ha.'- to be raised by a tax on property. Revenue items such as cash balances, reserve funds, delinquent tax collections, fines and forfeitures, and license fees make up the balance. The new budget, which was ap proved .July 5, must lie on the table 20 days before it can become effective. No appropriations v/ere made for sc’nool “extras” requested by local district committees. These requests alone would have requir ed a $1.29 increase in the tax rate.' Granting them would have em barked the county on a radically new pplicy of school spending. The district.', had a.sked that county funds be made available for such projects as vocational agriculture buildings, lunchroom* and gymnasiums. Under the pol icies of the County Board of Edu cation, the financing of those ad ditions have been left to the districts. The commissioners, while re fraining from making a change in the education board’s financial policies, continued a 20-cent couii.- ty-wide levy for vocational edu cation and lunchrooms. The pro ceeds from this tax are distribut ed among the schools on a pro portionate basis determined by enrollment. Register of Deeds 'W. G. Massey, who is clerk to the board of com missioners said that a statement was being prepared by the com missioners relating to the requests made ’oy the districts for “extras.” The statement will be included in the minutes of the board and will be made available for publication in the press.