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Sewer Wilson’s Mi,I Is
Connection LawSchool Faculty
New Manager
Selma’s town board in session
last Friday night ordered the en-
forecement of the heretofore un
enforced ordinance requiring a
dwelling to be connected with
sewer lines when the lines are
within 200 feet of a house.
Water and Light Commissioner
A. L. Langley and department
superintendent W. K. Brown are
to begin a town survey to deter
mine which dwellings within the
city limits are not connected to
available sewer lines.
They will inform owners of the
ordinance and its provisions and
request compliance with it.
Evacuation of the house may be
ordered for non-compliance.
County Sanitation Officer Hat
cher brought before the board the
need of enforcing the ordinance at
a' previous board meeting.
E. C. .Jernigan and H. V. Gaskill
appeared before the board as a
committee from the Kiwanis Club
to request permission to sponsor a
carnival within, the town limits.
The Kiwanis Club, they explained,
would use the proceeds to help
build the proposed Boy Scout hut
a club project. A town ordinance
forbids carnivals in Selma. Board
mfernbers deferred action on this
request, because all members were
not present.
Mayor B. A. Henry presided
over the session. Commissioners
A. L. Langley, E. V. Deans and
Dr. W. H. i,assiter were present.
Mr. S. R. Cotton, principal ol
the Wilson’s Mills School, relea'C'
his faculty list-for the year 191'i
1950:
First grade—Mrs. Luther Caj'i)
Wilson’s Mills.
First grade—>Mrs. Mary , B c
hour, Selma, R.F.D.
Second grade—-Mrs. Atwood
Uzzle, Wilson’s Mills.
Third grade—Mrs. S. R. Cotton
Wilson’s Mills.
Fourth grade—Mrs. Worth
Pounds, Clayton, R.F.D. 2.
Fourth grade—Mrs. Margaret
Greer, Indian Springs, Georgia.
Fifth grade—Miss Meta Barnes
(Jzzle, Wilson’s Miliy^
Sixth grade—Mr^I. T. Mc-
Lamb, Selma.
Seventh grade—Mrs. H. E. Mit-
;hiner, Wilson’s Mills.,
Eighth grade—Mrs. Nelson Wil
son, Wilson’s Mills.
HIGH SCHOOL
French—Mr. S. R. Cotton, Wil
son’s Mills.
E n g 1 i s h—Mrs. James Uzzle,
Wilson’s Mills.
Mathematics—Mr. James Uzzle,
/Vilson’s Mills.
Commercial Department—Mrs.
Z. F. Perkinson, Smithfield.
History and Science—Mrs. Carl
K. Parrish, Wilson’s Mills.
Mrs. Saxe Farmer Beddingfield,
of Clayton will teach piano music
in the school.
Shortage Nurses
at Vet
Selma’s Morning Glory Tree
Above—James A. (Jim) Corbett
was recently made manager of the
Dunn Furniture Co., of Selma,
succeeding W. S. Brannan. Mr
By W. M. GASKIN
Veterans Administtration hospit
als, which aim to give disabled
veterans a medical ^rvice second
to none, are exfiferiencing the
■same shortage of nvrses that is
being felt by he^ institutions
throughout the coi^^ry.
With a few exj^tions, most
Veterans AdminlstrTOon hospitals
could use more nuifes. There are
now .some 12,5.09 n,i»ses on duty
in VA hospitals, buf. there has
been a shortage sinefe the end of
the war. rj,*;;
The need for quaked nurses in , ^
especially sh.arp- in,%eterans Ad- |
ministration tufehisulosis and
neuro-naychiatric ^pspitals, ac
cording to Miss J Dorothy V.
Wheeler, director ofc;VA’s Nursing
Service- ^
Happy Birthday
bUCUtitiUlIlg vv. O. J_>tciunciu. xvai , oci v -
Corbett has had 22 years expert- VA nurses have fitu profession-
ence in the furniture business. al status. Their, pay';'ranges from,
just under 33,000 fol%mior grade,
to more than $7,000:rfor the assis
tant director grad;e. .g^ccording to
Miss Wheeler, pi^otions are
based on merit. VA'^rses earn a
liberal leave allowa^^; of 30 days
each year with P^^ PPd are en
titled to 18 days of Wck leave with
pay, if requested, ^ey are not
required to live at th;fe,hospital, if
they prefer to live eU^where.
Graduate nurses nfdy apply for
employment with the.WA at the
nearest VA hospital or regional
The Grass Was Never Greener
By A. H. OLDHAM
Akron, Ohio Attorney
Middle age was creeping up on
me, and my bald spot was getting
bigger when I began wondering if
’my dreams of a real vacation
would end up like my father-in-
law’s. He had worked all his life
to retire at 65. Then he -was so
worn out that he sat around in a
rocking chair for a couple of
years, and died without doing any
of things he had dreamed of do
ing.
My wife and I were following
the same dismal pattern. We were
caught up in a social whirl of en
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-Evelyn Thornton.
-Mrs. Herman Pulley.
—T. B. Brown.
-Bennie Creech.
-W. L. Norton.
-Mrs. Wilbert Eason.
-Raleigh Griffin.
the Smoky Mountain National
Park, half way up the mountain
from the tourist center of Gatlin
burg. At night the campers would
gather around fires, exchanging
experiences and getting to know
each other.
Learning to know these new
neighbors was just one way the
sought a magic escape from rou-
Meeting different people intro
duced them to many different
iSwUghts and ideas. My four
youngsters saw a lot of country
during our 7,000-mile journey,
and I’m surprised at how much
they assimilated. Just the dther
Sept. 14—Hubert Watkins
Sept. 15—Miss Evelyn B. Lynch
Sept. 16—Charlie Pearce.
Sept. 16—Edward Lee Driver.
Sent. 16—Mrs. W. T. Woodard.
Sept. 16—John R. Boyd.
Sept. 16—Thamer Batten.
Sept. 16—^Mrs. Joe Alford.
Sept. 16—Mrs. M. E. Draughon.
Sept. 16—Mrs. Earl Bass.
Sept. 16—E. K. Lamm.
Sept. 17—Louise Thornton.-
Sept. 17—Mrs. E. V. Darden.
Sept. 17—C. V. Mitchener.
Sept. 18—Mrs. Oscar D^Johnson
Sept. 18—Mrs. Caroline Everitt.
Sept. 18—^Eddie Brown.
Sept. 18—N. C. Brown.
Sept. 19—J. G. Wiggs.
The above tree stands in front of the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. V.
office, or may write td-dhe Direc-j Smith, on Sumners street in Selma. Over a period of years a morn-
tor of Nursing Serv^e ’bf the VAijng glory vine has made its way up into the tree. Early every morn-
at Washington. ing large numbers of morning glories 'blossom out in the foliage of
Question—My brother does notl^j,gg
want to stay in a "Veterans Ad- j __—__
wiu%ave°VhTieives hos-JiQcky Mount Market\Fumiture Store Men
pital against medical;advice, will RtKP
such actions affect his compen-; onOWS i^teaay tVlSe
sation? ' , j
Answer No. However, the hos- j Rocky Mount.—Steadily since
pital report covering tli^ period he I the opening of the Bright Bel*
did remain there may be reviewed j markets, the Rocky Mount To
by a VA rating board ; to, deter- bacco Market has been selling a
mine whether his disability war
rants continuation of hi.' award or
a change in the award-.,
Question—I* my compensation
IQ—Mrs Albert W Brown, check from VA suJjiegt^P seizure
,sept. 19-^Mrs. ^
record poundage of leaf for top
Belt prices, figures released by
the Rocky Mount Tobacco Board
of Trade indicate.
New Books In
County Library
By MARY BONEY WILSON
The County XJbrary has added
to' its not yet overstocked collec-«
tion 270 new books. Most of thes9
are badly needed children’s books,
which will go, as the expressions
says, “Like hot cakes”, and the
empty shelves in the children’s
room, and on the right hand side
of the Bookmobile will make us
shake our heads in bewildermnet
after all that hard work and say,
“Wha’ hoppen?”
The Library has some very in-,
teresting titles in it addition to
the non-fiction list. The Complete
Book of Interior Decoration by
Deriux is everything its title says.
It is thick and loaded with illus
trations, some just to drool over,
but many to give you ideas. For
the amateur artist, or the eager
craftsman, there is Cartooning For
Fun and Profit by Fisher, and
Leathercraft by Johnson. We’ve
got two more books on Russia,
John Gunther’s Behind The Cur
tain, and Handbook For Spies by
Alexander Foote, a sort of “con
fessions” of an ex-communist spy.
The Show of Violence by Frederi?
Wertham should interest mystery
lovers as well as those interested
in psychology and legal problems.
If you want to, and don’t know
and think you need instruction,
we have a book on How To Build
A Record Library by Paul Affeld-
er. The Question Girls Ask by
Helen Welshimer is good refer
ence material for the teen-ager
who would like to know how to
act on her first date, how to be q
good hostess, how to act around
boys, oh, everything. Headaches
by Fabricant is all about what
causes that malady and what to
do about it. Curtain Going Up! by
Glayds. Malvern is a biography of
The sales force from B. &. G.lKatharine Cornell which should
Furniture Co., in Smithfield, pinetupL-L
Level Hardware Co., in Pine who are interested m the stage^
Level and Economy Furniture Co., We have t e new e
of Selma, all met in the latter! Story of Life by Ellis Whiting
Hold Meeting Here
delightfu.
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gay
-Mrs.
--Mrs. C. L. Brown.
-Mrs. G. R. Pope.
-Mrs. Graham Korne-
r“ciSc"|i^^^^^^^ Held for
where we were always tired. And
when I got around to taking in
ventory ol my little kingdom of
home and office, I wondered if I
had achieved everything that life
could bring.
Around me I saw men working
so hard to give their families
every material thing that they had
no time to give themselves to their
families. I saw my neighbors’
children growing up fast, getting
married, moving away, and being
killed in the war.
So I wanted to hoard my chil
dren to my wife and self before
we lost them. But there was no
time for real companionship in
our busy lives.
This, I realized, was all wrong.
Family companionship is the
greatest thing in life, and we were
missing out on it. So I decided to
take three months off and have a
real vacation. We found many
reasons why we shouldn t go
away, but we soon made up our
minds to ignore them, and go any
way. To keep my business from
blowing up, I got my brother to
spend three days a week at the
office.
“Aha!” you say, “An attorney
can do that, but I can’t.”
I’m not going to argue your re
tort. I’ll merely say you could
take three months off if you had
a heart attack.
It was the oerfect time, and my
wife and I knew it would
come again. Before long, our
youngsters would be old enough
to find our vacation just another
opportunity to escape from the
family circle. Both my wife and I
were strong enough to enjoy the
trip, which we probably
not be able to do when we reached
retirement age.
So we left home, one fine sun
ny morning in June—not to see
our fortune but to enjoy the
bounty we had never had the time
to -P-TiLl": '^sed whh
famiir association increased with
each curve in the road and each
hill we passed. We visited state
and national parks from Nova
Scotia to North Carolina, living
in our trailer beside lakes, streams
Sirin the midst of majestic
mountains. And every place we
dia National Park,, which we had
visited. Travel brought the family
a wealth of other experiences. The
kids caught crabs with a fish head
and a landing net. They saw the
tide surging into the Bay of Fun-
dy, and listened to the never-end
ing sawmill roar of the locust at
Zaleski Forest.
In a bad trailer camp near New
York City, our children saw a fat,
red-headed fish wife slap and
curse at her dirty brood. After
this, our youngsters had good rea
son to know that their life was
better than that of many. So dur
ing our three month trip, the chil
dren saw far more of fhe unusual
md the educational—both good
and bad—than they would have in
a much longer time at home.
My wife and I wanted the trip
to slow down the passage of time.
I remember when I was a boy
that a lazy summer afternoon
seemed longer than a month does
now, but our trip didn’t slow
down time that much. In the lan
guage of our six-year-old Bill, the
trip went “Zip!” I never did find
time to join little Nancy in paint
ing the beauty we enjoyed. Nor
did I learn to play the Hawaiian
guitar.
But I did learn one significant
lesson, of importance to everyone
who has ever thought that some-
where the grass was greener. Even
not]though I enjoyed every minute of
our trip, the vacation was too
long—I -was ready to go back to
work sooner than I had thought.
I had taken the time to see th»
grass on the other side of the
fence, and I had found that it was
not greener than the variety
which grows in my own front
yard, and the yards of my neigh-
bors.
I learned that it is a mistake to
live in the future and long for re
tirement; that the greatest plea
sures in life are the things which
we enjoy every day. My wife and
I have abandbned our old idea of
looking ahead to the age of 65. "We
want to keep on working, and
take more frequent vacations.
We aren’t going to wait for retire
ment so that we can enjoy life!
We have learned that the mild un-
for $1,000.
Answer—No. Compensation due
you is exempt from claims of your
creditors and is not liable to at
tachments, levy or seizure by or
under any legal or equitable pro
cess whatever.
Question—I am getting a pen-,
sion lor a non-service connected!
disability. If I get a Civil Service
.Mrs. Rose Coats, 23, wife of position, will my pension be taken
Golden Coats, Four Oaks, Routejgway. .
3 died in Duke Hospital Monday Answer—Your paymenLs wiu
at l a m, from injuries received stop if you receive an annual m-
in an auto accident Sunday at 4Uome of $1,000 or more if you are
m.
store and enjoyed a
iunper Tuesday night.
The menu consisted of fried
J chicken, may peas, lettuce and
markei' ^veraged $45” per tomato, ham: sandwiches.- -olives
rolls, tea, ice cream and wafers
The meal was prepared in th
Last week prices^on the Rocky
maVlrp.'i''ofcrl S45 '-net
hundred pounds as a.gainst tbe
.Belt average of $44.28 for the
season. The market, operating this
season with a fifth set of buyers,
is attracting an appreciable share
of the total poundage offered for
.sale on the Belt. Warehousemen
and farmers alike have shown
‘'satisfaction with the trend ol the
at Hardy Cross Roads in unmarried or $2,500 or more, it
have minor
The Veterans Service Office
will be glad to assist in the above.
Club Supper
Was a Sell Out
in
store on a Hotpoint electric range.
After the supper the salesmen
heard talks by Johnny Waker,
Hotpoint representative from Ral
eigh and Hub Brown, manager of
Economy Furniture Co. In his
talk Mr. Walker brought out that
electric ranges and electric re
frigerators are lower in price now
than they were before the war.
Stork Club
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Harnett County. Mrs. Coats wasjyou are married or
the daughter of Willie O. and children.
Fannie Hobbs Barber of Clayton,
Route 1. Funeral services were
held Tuesday at 4 p. m. frorn
Berea Presbyterian Church, of
which she was a member, by the
Rev. W. H. Lancaster, pastor of
Smithfield Free Will Baptist
Church. Burial was in the church
cemetery. Surviving are her
husband, her parents; three sisters,
Mrs. Glenn Barbour, Clayton,
Route 1, Mrs. Kenneth Wilson, barbecue supper sponsored
Wendell, Melba Barbour, Balti- ^jub and held in
more, Md.; five brothers, E. B., Community building in Pine
Four Oaks, Route 2, Thurman “ Pridav night, was a com-
Benson, Route 1, Joseph of Four
sales.
Poundage of leaf offered for
sale in Rocky Mount last week
reached a high of 1,778,432 on
Friday. The quality of the leaf
was a little off, however, and the
sales paid out $763,272.73 for a
$42.92 average. Only small
amounts of tobacco remained on
the warehouse floors over the
week end and holiday.
Best money day of the week
was Thursday, when 1,673,798
pounds were sold for $767,593.91
averaging $45.86.
On Wednesday the Rocky
7 848^76 ' pounfsi Mr. and Mrs. Calvin C. Hallock
pounds of . , topped of Lyndonville, Vermont, announ-
the^Belt aver^gfby $2 0L ^he|ce the birth of a daughter, Caro-
Belt average that day was $43.32;-lyn Mane, on Wednesday, August
fhe Rocky Mount average, $45.86. 124. Mrs. Hallock is the former
which should be a good prompter
for mother when her offspring
comes up with the first questions.
Journey Into Spring is a new
novel by. a .fellqw Yorkshirenvan
of Miss Scoffield’s, Winston Clew-^
es about one Godfrey Fletton’s
return from the war, full of un-»
happiness, wanting to be alone,
but finally, after many frustra
tions, realising that it is impos
sible for him to live apart from
the world, creating his own, and
being the only person in that
world. One Clear Call Upton Sin
clair is supposed to be the next to
the last of the Lanny Budd novels,
but, shoot, history isn’t going to
stop for Lanny Budd, and he has
to be around ,it seems, to be in on
the happenings as usual. Hunter s
Horn by Harriette Arnow is an
other story set in the hills of old
Maureen Daly has
Oaks, Route 3, Alger ol Sanford
Melvin of Benson; her maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Ella Hobbs,
Lexington; several uncles and
aunts.
Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Hughes of
Pittsboro, announce the birth of Kentucky,
a son, John Thomas Hughes III,'selected her Favorite Stories and
August 12th. Mrs. Hughes the for-lppt them in a book for you. I en-
mer Miss Elizabeth Disney ofljpyed the one I read very much
Baltimore, Md., and Dr. Hughes is j galled The Boy Who Loved Berg-
the son of Mrs. J. T. Hughes of pigp by Virginia Oakey which i$
Selma. supposed to be true.
I Miss Marie Darden of Kenly.
IS UP AND OUT
plete sell out.
More than 187 plates were ser
ved at 75c and $1 each. The total
receipts from the supper amount
ed to $189. The net profit was
estimated at $116. The supper
was given for the benefit of the
Pine Level Woman’s Club build
ing.
, Guests at the supper were given
Dr. Allen J-.ee recently moved] ^ ghoice of boiled ham or barbe
In New Office
Roy A. Jones of Norfolk, Va., a
former resident and Selma town
official, is now able to be up and
around after suffering a severe
heart attack about year ago, his
many friends are glad to learn.
SERIOUSLY ILL
into his new office next to Wood
ard and Creech Drug Co., on Rae-
ford street. New equipment has
been installed and the office
modernized in every way. Two
telephone numbers are given lor
those desiring to contact Dr. Allen.
They are 108 and 175-J.
Reservist to Meet
All Johnston County Reservest
are encouraged to attend the re
gular meeting Wednesday, Sep
tember 7, at 8 p. m. at the Armory
in Smithfield.
Pay vouchers and reenlistments
are to be taken care of at this
time.
cue with slaw, pickles, corn bread,
loaf bread, tea and several kinds
of pie. Serving started at 6:30 p
m. and continued until- 8:30 p. m.
At 7:30 o’clock the club members
saw that there would not be
enough lor the large crowd, so
they began to prepare additional
food.
Sayed^\he four children got realjrest and dissatisfaction we have
p\eLure out of helping with the experienced often leads toward
"^wf weren’t the only ones who
trip broadened our
tine through inexpensive trav^
We saw thousands of
voung and old—tenting by lakes
in the Adirondacks and hiking th
those will-o’-the-wisps which
men have been seeking for thou
sands of years and never foimd.
One of the main purposes of our
trip was to fan or smother this
faint inner question mark. The
trip ended forever our dissatis
and Mrs. Silas Junius
of Wilson, announce
Funeral Services for
Paul E. Whitley
Mr.
Hooks
birth of a son on
August 31st at the Carolina Gen
eral Hospital, Wilson. Mr. Hooks
is a native of Kenly.
Paul fJdwin Whitley, 61, farmer
of Smithfield, Route 1, died ih
Rex Hospital Tuesday morning at
uua XVCA. _ -
luuiiLc the 8:30 o’clock following a brief ilU
Wednesday,'ness. He was the son of Adam J
E. J. Sasser is seriously ill at his
home on Pollock Street.
3TRAIGHTENER-UPPER
HAMILTON REUNION
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ill
M/Sgt. and Mrs. James W.
Pierce of 704 N. Lucille Street
Harrison, Ark., announce the
birth of a daughter, Marica
Dianne, on Thursday, August 25,
in a , Harrison Hospital. Mrs.
Pierce is the former Miss Lanie
Watson of Kenly. Mr. Pierce is
also a native of Kenly.
'1
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Narron
Kenly announce the birth of
J daughter on September 1st
Worfdard-Herring Hospital.
The annual reunion of the late
John Branton and AquiUa Hamil
ton will meet the third Sunday in
September, at the home of Almon
G. Hamilton. Located about . one
mile out of Smithfield on the
Smithfield-Wilson’s' Mills high
way. All relatives and friends are
urged to attend bringing well
filled baskets.
T "'I ' trail They w e r e'faction. We found through travel
helnfu^ frienW folks that all of that our little kingdom, small and
helptu , meeting I esoecially insignificant as it is, is superior to
oaT Smp-ground la iS.e B Pag. Flv.)
HARVEST SALE
The Pine Level Community
Harvest Sale will be held Oct. 7th.
Local Club to Honor
Selma School Faculty
The Selma Kiwanis Club in
weekly sunper;.session Thursday
night set their annual entertain
ment of the school faculty for
Thursday night. Seotember 15.
On this occasion each year, the I
wives of Kiwanians are guests
also.
W. W. Meece. chairman of the
Boy Scout building committee,
announced plans for beginning
erection of the hut this week.
Earlier nlans to begin the hut had
been delayed because of Meece’s
illness.
J .Hayden Wiggs presided over
the meeting., Floyd C. Price, Sr.,
was announced as program chair
man for the next meeting.
The Philathea Class of the Bap
tist Sunday School served the en
joyable meal in the "Woman’s Club
building.
Mr. and Mrs. Otho Batten, Ken
ly, Route 2, announce the birth of
a daughter, in Woodard-Herring
Hospital, Wilson.
Whitley and the late
Casey Whitley of Srn.ith.field»
Route 1. He had been a member
of Pisgaji Baptist Church for more
than 30 years and was a member
of the board of deacons.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the church Wednesday
at 3 p. m. by the Rev. C. W. Tea
gue, pastor of Thanksgiving Bap
tist Church, assisted by the Rev.
William Poole, pastor of Pisgah
Baptist Church. Internaent was in,
the church cemetery.
Surviving in addition to hi$
father are his wife, the former
Mattie Smith, four daughters, Mrs.
Jim Murray of California, Mrs.
Hobson Cooper of Sanford, Mrs.
W. B. Harris of Chapel Hill, Mrs,
Albert Williams of Smithfield,
Route 1; four brothers, George T.
Whitley of Rutherford College and
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Fulghum of
Kenly, announce the birth of a
son, on Tuesday, August 30th in
Woodard-Herring Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Batten an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Brenda Carol, August 22.
state Senator Adam J. Whitley,
Jr., Ira C. Whitley, and Jesse H.
Whitley of Smithfield, Route 1,
two sisters, Mrs. E. B. Hales of
Warsaw and Pearl Whitley
Clinton; two grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.
It’s all in a day’s work for a Navy
Bluejacket. A crew member from
one of the units of the Sixth Task
Fleet lends a little support to the
Leaning Tower of Pisa In the
course of the Fleet’s visit to the
ports of northern Italy. Florence,
Pisa and other Italian cities were
on the sightseeing agenda as the
Task Force brought the Naval ver
sion of America to Mediterranean
slljjjtes. (Official U.Sl Navy Photograph)
New Location for
Western Union Here
The Western Union Office is
now located at Selma Furniture
Company. Money orders and Mes
sages may be received and sent
between the hours of 8;00 a. m.
and 5:30 p. m. on week days and
10:45 to 11:00 a. m. .and 1:30 to
2:30
homecoming
Homecoming' will be observed
at St. Mary’s Free Will Baptist
Church Sunday. Dinner will be
served on the grounds following
the morning service. The church
is located north of Kenly in Wil
son County.
days
The increasingly rapid gain in
.vu ». .11. -.11111 i n- i-,the number of starlings is the
p. m. on Sundays and holi- most serious threat to bird life in
North America.