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SELMA, N. C THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1942.
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NUMBER 48
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THUNDERBIRD TOTEM
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SERGEANT CLIFFORD HICKS, of London, Ont, one of the
R.C.A.F. pilots now standing guard in Alaska, posei for this picture
with the Thunderbird totem which the unit hat selected as its official
good luck piece. U.S. and Canadian airmen work together for the de
fense of the northern outpost
WE PEOPLE WANT A
SQUARE DEAL
By MRS. W. E. MOODY
I am writing this in behalf of a
man who lives on Route 1 from Wen-
; lell. Jack Batten Surges. He has been
examined Jor the Army and will be
He. leaves behind a widowed moth
er, near 80 years of age, (afflicted),
"with no brothers or sisters, no father
no mother or near relatives anywhere
to be found. No home to call her
own and .only a meager living. She
lives in a little house across a field,
and after her only child is sent away
Saturday morning, November 28, she
will have no one to stay with her
night or day, and not one to comfort
her. Her only chance is the County
Home. Her hip has been broken and
she leans on a stick. Her heart is
pierced by a thousand spears.
If God in Heaven ever looked on a
scene, He will look on this one. We
think it is the most heart-rending
scene that was ever witnessed on
earth. Why couldn't this poor boy get
a deferment?
This boy's mother's life is just as
sweet to her as the richest boy's
mother on earth, and needs comfort
just as much. There are wealthy boys
who, get .deferments'. They could hire
cooks, maids, servants; have plenty
of money and property, still they can
be deferred. Why can't we all get
justice, I think the people of North
Carolina should cooperate and appeal
to President Roosevelt to give the
ignorant, poor, and rich people a
square deal. .
"He that is righteous in little is
righteous in much.
He that is unjust in little is unjust
in much."
Dr. Glass To Preach
Here Sunday Morning
Dr. H. I. Glass, the popular and ef
fective District Superintendent of
the Raleigh District of the Method
ist Church, will preach at the Edger
ton Memorial Methodist Church here
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock.
Following the preaching service he
will conduct the First Quarterly Con
ference of the year. At the evening
service at seven-thirty, the pastor will
speak on the subject: "The Light
That Will Not Go Out". j
. Sunday school at nine forty-five.
A Thanksgiving Service' will be
held Thursday morning at eight-thirty.
You are welcome.
Surgical Dressing Room
To Be Reopened Soon
.
The surgical dressing room will be
reopened in the Selma Woman's club
building on Wednesday, December 2.
Mrs. Walter Price, in making
the announcement Wednesday, said
the hours would be as follows:
Wednesday, December 22 to 5 p. rru,
and from 7:80 to 10:00 p. m. .
Thursday 2:00 to 6:00 p. nw and
. after Kiwanis till 10:00 p. m.
All women of the town and com
munity are invited to come out! and
help with the dressings. -
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Women Asked To Give
Old Hose To War Effort
Selma women as well as the wom
en in every other part of the nation,
are asked to collect all the old hose
around their homes and donate to the
war effort :
:, , The class of hose wanted are- silk,
lNylonRayc;:or'iblnjtipM
these, even, if, one-of the parts is edfr
ton. The -old hose are to be deposited
in any store where women hosiery is
sold, or in the box in the lobby of
the postoffice here. The store manage
ment is then directed to ship to a
processing plant where the silk is
made into bags to hold charges of ex
plosives for the large guns used by
the army and navy. ,
Silk is especially needed, since it
burns cleanly so that the guns need
not be cleaned every time they are
fired. Of course, if old silk does not
show up in sufficient quantities, new
silk will presumably be used, and this
will lessen the chances for civilians
to get any more new ladies' hose dur
ing the duration.
SELMA THEATRE TO
GIVE FREE TICKETS
Donald Nelson, chairman of the
War Production Board, is calling for
more scrap. "The mills are running
short of material" he wired the edi
tor of this paper yesterday. Rudolph
Howell, manager of the Selma Thea
tre, is also calling for scrap, as he is
not satisfied with the 82,000 pounds
collected in a drive put on some time
ago. He is offering free tickets to the
showing of "Arkansas Judge" at his
theatre on Tuesday, December 1. You
don't have to bring but five pounds
more to get a free ticket. Bring it
any time between now and next Tues
day afternoon. More than
2,000 children and grown-ups saw the
picture . "Grand Ole Opry," a few
weeks ago and another big crowd is
expected on next Tuesday. Let's make
it 100,000 pounds this time,' your Un
cle Sam is badly in need of it.
'Possum Invades
Selma Chicken House .
' Rev. W. G. Best, Selma colored
minister, says he was awakened by
one of his neighbors about 4 o'clock
Tuesday morning who informed him
that something was disturbing his
chickens. The colored parson took a
lighted candle and went to his chick
en house and found one of his fine
hens being gnawed to death by a
large 'possum. The parson took the
thief in charge and confined him in
jail to await final execution.
Cotton Ginned To
Nov. 14, 26,960 Bales
There were 26,960 bales of cotton
ginned in Johnston county from the
crop of 1942, prior to November 14,
as compared with 27,637 bales for the
crop of 1941, according to the report
made by Robert L. Powell,' Census
reporter.
A $ound of scrap might save a boy.
Will Hold Another
Oil Registration Day
Places of Registration Were
Swamped With People Thurs
day and Friday Many Ctfuld
Not Be Registered For Lack
of Blanks Consumers May
Continue to Buy Oil By Using
Credit Slip Plan. , '
On last Thursday and Friday at
the fifteen high schools of the county,
kerosene oil was - rationed by the
Johnston County Rationing Board
with the cooperation of the schools.
At no school were there sufficient ap
plication blanks, stamps, etc., to com
plete the registration. Every attempt
was made, both by the Johnston
Coun Rationing Board and the schools
to get this material before, and dur
ing the registration period, however,
the Raleigh office could not complete
deliveries of this material. Therefore,
there will have to be another day?, of
rationing at each of these schools.
The date of this extra day of ra
tioning at the schools will not be an
nounced until there are sufficient Tap
plication blanka, stamps, etc., to com
plete the registration already in jthe
hands of the schools. In the mean
time those who have not completed
their registration for oil need not ap
ply at the Rationing Board," for. it
does not have the material and can
not do anything about it.
Both the Rationing Board and the
schools wish to apologize to the peo
ple for not being able to give them
better service in this instance. How
ever, this lack of service was brought
about entirely by events beyond Jthe
control of either this Rationing Board
or the schools. "
: This statement is made jointly by
the schools and by the Johnston Coun
ty Rationing Board.
Consumers may buy oil by giving
the Dealer a certificate statement to
return stamps to him, until after the
final registration.
(Signed) AYDEN D. LASSITER,
For Johnston County Rationing
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Gas Coupons 'Most JJear
Car License Number
Filling stations can no longer ac
cept gasoline ; ration coupons from
motorists unless each coupon bears a
notation of the license number and
state of registration of the car for
which the ration was issued. The no
tation must be written in ink on the
reverse side of the coupon. .
This regulation, which became ef
fective November 21, applies to A, B,
C, D, S-l and S-2 coupons. ' a'
Dealers and intermediate distribu
tors must write in ink on the reverse
side of inventory coupons issued to
them the names and addresses of their
establishments as shown on their reg
istration certificates. 4 "
Each distributor and dealer is re
ocired to surrender to his rationing
board all coupons in his possession
which do not bear the required nota
tions. This must be done not later
than November 30. .
Presbyterians To Have
Candle Light Service"
' $ a'-
On Sunday night, December 13th,
there will be a Candle Light Service
held at the Selma Presbyterian church
at 8 o'clock.
A suitable program is being pre
pared, and the occasion should prove
entertaining, inspirational and help
ful to all. It will carry the Spirit of
Christmas to the very birthplace of
the Risen Christ. i
A hearty welcome is extended to all
to attend this service. The Rev. How
ard F. Newman, of Richmond, Va.,
plans to be on hand and take a lead
ing part in this program.
SWEET POTATO
TWO FEET LONG
Mr. H. A. Herring, Selma, Route
1, brought a sweet potato to the of
fice of The Johnstonian-Sun Wednes
day morning , which measures two
feet in length. It measures 8 inches
in circumference at the center.
We told Mr. Herring that one of
these days we expect to hear that he
has quit growing potatoes by the
bushel, and in the future will grow
and sell them by the yard.
filiss DuBose Chosen
Y.W.CJV Representative
Miss Alice DuBose, who was re
cently elected secretary of the Y. W.
a A. at Pfeiffer Junior College; was
chosen to represent that group at a
T.W.CA. Conference in Durham on
Friday and Saturday of last week. .
DONALD M. NELSON
WIRES SELMA EDITOR
Chairman of War Production
Board Wires M. L. Standi
That Steel Mills Need More
Heavy Scrap.
The following telegram was receiv
ed by Editor M. L. Stancil Wednes
day morning from Donald M. Nelson,
Chairman of the War Production
Board:.
"The Government is asking the
American farmer to dedicate the re
maining weeks of 1942 to an intensi
fied scrap hunt. Steel mills need more
heavy scrap and the farms are one
of the best sources of this type of
metal. We need your further help in
this farm drive and in aiding your
salvage committees to continue this
effort throughout the next few weeks.
"Mats and other material to help
you are being prepared and will be
mailed soon. All salvage committees
are being instructed to continue to
make available to the farmer all their
transportation facilities and man
power, and to cooperate with you in
every possible way. The nation is
looking to the American farmer. I
am sure, with your help, he will come
through." ..
"DONALD M. NELSON, Chairman."
Civil Action Ended
Over Johnston Land
Mrs. Zilph'la Creech, divorced wife
of the late Rev. J. M. Creech of Sel
ma, and later of Bridgeton, won a
suit in Superior Court this week in
which she was attempting to get into
possession of a 57-acre tract of land
in Pine Level township, which her
husband had willed to Mrs. Beulah
Creech, a later wife.
While in Florida, the Rev. Mr.
Creech had secured a divorce from
his former wife without her knowl
edge and later had married again
without her knowledge, the legality
of which transaction she denied.
The first wife had furnished the
4umey,iflKh
tract, a part of that knows i
Jin.trusv tor her by -ner : son.
R!re;h'and his wife. Several years
alter uie purchase, tne Kev. j. jh.
Creech requested his son to make him
a deed to it. This was done with the
understanding that it would .Btill be
held , in trust for his mother, Mrs.
Zilphia Creech, but the minister willed
it to ' his last wife, Mrs, Beulah
Creech.
Smithfield To Appeal
Damage Case Judgment
' Smithfield, through its commission
ers called in special meeting by May
or Huntley, instructed counsel to
take steps to carry an appeal against
the decision in the Dupree case to
the State Supreme Court.
In Superior Court last week Dewey
B. Dupree, mail carier, was awarded
$10,000 damages from the town, for
the alleged wrongful death of his son,
D. B. Jr., who was killed in 1939 by
electrocution when his body came in
contact with a charged cable under
neath the Dupree residence where the
youth was cleaning out trash. Dupree
charged in his' complaint that his
son's death resulted from defective
wiring maintained by the town, which
retails electric power to local users.
Selma To Have A
Local Talent Minstrel
On Thursday night, December 10,
there will be home-talent Minstrel
performance given at the Selma
school auditorium, beginning at eight
o'clock. This minstrel is being spon
sored by the Selma Kiwanis club and
several members of the club will help
make up the cast. Other members of
the .cast will be local people. It will
help anyone to attend this minstrel
and see how our local people can per
form on the stage.
In these hectic days of war we all
need to let our minds detour a bit in
order to keep fit for the gigantic tasks
that lie ahead, and an hour or two of
good wholesome entertainment will
do much to rest our minds from the
every day grind of war responsibili
ty as well as the usual business grind.
Don t forget the day and date,
Thursday, December 10th, 1942, at
8 o'clock, in the Selma high school au
ditorium. Begin to make your plans
NOW to attend this home-talent play.
Former Selma Boy
Writes From Texas
The Johnstonian-Sun is in receipt
of a letter from John Page, a former
resident of Selma, now stationed at
Camp Barkeley, Texas, in which he
states that he is getting along fine
and wants to be remembered to his
friends in Selma. Jphn enlisted in the
Medical Department Company C, 69th
Medical Tng, Bnj Srd Platoon.
Johnston County Farmer
Found Drowned In River
Baptist Training Union
Meets Here Tuesday
A meeting of the Baptist Training
Union of the Johnston Association
was held in the local Baptist church
Tuesday evening, with representatives
from the various churches of the As
sociation attending.
The meeting was presided over by
A. J. Whitley, Jr., of Smithfield, mod
erator of the Association. During the
business session officers for the ensu
ing year were elected as follows:
Director, Mrs. Tom Freeman, of
Kenly; associate director, Rev. Tom
Freeman, of Kenly; secretary-treasurer,
Bolton Jones, Pisgah church; adult
leader, Howard Mitchiner, Wilson's
Mills; young people's leader, Mrs. J.
G. Lane, Mt. Moriah church; interme
diate leader, Mra. Mamie Yelverton,
Smithfield; junior leader, Mrs. J. E.
Wilder, Mt. Moriah church; story
hour leader, Mrs. D. M. Clemmons,
of Selma; pastor-advisor, Rev. W. S.
Caudle, Mt. Moriah church.
At the close of the business session
an inspirational talk was given by the
Rev. G. A. Hendricks, of Knightdale,
regional B. T. U. Director.
Johnston Women Urged
To Buy Victory Bonds
Mrs. Hugh A. Page of Clayton has
been named as chairman in Johnston
county for "Women at War Week"
which is celebrated this week, Novem
ber 22, to November 28.
During this' week the women of the
county are being urged to buy all the
war bonds and stamps possible.
Mrs. Page has sent literature deal
ing with the importance of buying
bonds and stamps to, the presidents
of various women's organizatiens in
bopth be open ft each bank in V the
presiifcits of women's; clubs havf been
asked to arrange' campaigns in their
communities whereby as many women
as possible, particularly .. wage earn
ers, may be contacted. : ' 7
At the close of the week, Mrs. Page
wishes to have a report of sales sent
to her by every civic and church or
ganization that participates.
Mrs. Karl Bishopric of Spray, is
the state chairman of the Woman's
Division War Savings staff, and Mrs.
Page's report for Johnston county
will be made to her.
The immediate job, says Mrs. Bish
opric, is to sell and buy more bonds
during Women's Bond Week than
have been sold in any week sice Pearl
Harbor.
Kenly Woman Dies
While Visiting Her Son
News reached here this morning of
the sudden death of.Mrs. Emma Bal
lance, 52, of Kenly, Route 2, which
occurred at the home of her son, Ray
mond Ballance, Wednesday morning
at 8:30 o'clock while paying the fam
ily a visit.
Funeral services will be conducted
today (Thursday) at 8:00 p. m., at
the Kenly Free Will Baptist Church,
of which she had been a member for
around 40 years. The pastor, the Rev.
Clarence Bowen of Durham, will offi
ciate. Burial will be in the Boyette
family cemetery near Kenly.
Mrs. Ballance was the widow of
Lafayette Ballance, who died two
years ago, and daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Starling of
Kenly, Route 2.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs.
Z. V. Cuddington, Kenly, Route 2,
Mrs. Hubert Holland, Raleigh, and
Mrs. Roland Watson, of Kenly; four
sons, Raymond and Burlie Ballance
of Kenly; Herman Ballance, Kenly,
Route 1, and Clifton Ballance, with
the U. S. Navy in the Pacific; and one
half-brother, Wade Starling of near
Princeton.
Candle light Service
At White Oak Church
TkiM will hit & Candle Lisrht ser
vice at White Oak Presbyterian
church, a few miles east of Kenly, on
tho .ft.mnnn nt December the 6th. A
fine program is being arranged, and
everyone in that community snoum
avail themselves of the opportunity
f afonH thia service. The Rev. How
ard F. Newman, of Richmond, Va, is
expected to take part in this program.
The public is cordially invited.
Serretarv of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., announced Wednes
day that more tnan sou daily ana
weekly .newspapers have agreed to
become official Treasury "Department
issuing outlets for war bonds.
Body of Levi D. Hogg Found In
Neuse River Monday, After
Being Missing Several Days
Believed To Have Suffered a
Stroke. ,
Levi D. Hogg, 62, prominent farm
er of Clayton, Route 2, was found
drowned Monday afternoon in Neuse
River back of Powhatan Church, near
his home. .
He had been missing since Wed
nesday before, when he left his home
to go hunting. When he failed to re-..
turn home Wednesday night mem
bers of his family started a search
for him. '
Hogg's clothes were found on the
bank of the river about three miles
from his home. It was believed that
he had shot a duck and had undress
ed to go into the river for the duck.
A dead duck was found near the site.
where the body was located.
Officers said that apparently the
man had suffered either a heart at
tack or paralysis when he went into
the water. He had suffered an attack
of paralysis some months ago.
He was the son of the late Mr. ana
Mrs. John Hogg of Wendell. He was
a member of the Powhatan Church.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Miss Catherine Ellis Hogg, whom he
married in 1897; four sons, Zeb, Roy
and Edward Hogg, all of Clayton, Rt,
2, and Atlas Hogg, with the Army in
California; two daughters, Mrs. How
ard Dean of Clayton, Route 1, and
Mrs. Ben Hill of Raleigh; one broth
er, Ruffin Hogg of Clayton, Route 2;
one sister, Mrs. Nathan Stephenson
of Clayton, Route 2. -v. : ;
- Funeral services were held from
the Powhatan Church Tuesday , at 4
p. m., with the Rev. W. H. Langston
of Smithfield,- pastor of the church
officiating. Burial was in the church -
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v Pursuant' to an invitation from the
Smithfield Kiwanis club; the SeImaVr -Kiwanis
club has accepted an invita
tion to meet with the Smithfield club
on Thursday night, December 10. The
program for the occasion will be in
charge of H. H. Lowry of the Selma
club. A full attendance of the Selma
club is desired for the occasion. : It
has been the custom of the two clubs
to hold an inter-club meeting at least
once each year and for the guest club
to furnish the program.
Secretary M. R. Wall had charge
of the program at the meeting of the
Selma club on last Thursday evening,
and speakers for the occasion were
H. V. Gaskill and Dr. E. N. Booker,
both of whom made interesting talks.
Dr. Booker confined his remarks
mainly to the building of the new
American Legion Hut and community
building which, he said, was accom
plished in a most miraculous way un
der the supervision of the NYA which
furnished the labor on the job as a
means of training the youth of the
county a trade, which has already
resulted in good paying jobs for many
Johnston County boys who had a part
in erecting the building. Dr. Booker
said the building is something which
the people of Selma and Johnston
county have reason to be proud.
Mr. Gaskill talked on Civilian De
fense, and reminded his listeners that
one day not far distant Selma will ex
perience a surprise blackout, and that
the people of the town should keep
themselves in readiness at all hours
for such an event He spoke of many
ways in which they can cooperate
with air raid wardens and others in
carrying out the Civil Defense pro
gram.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN
AT fiUZPAH CHURCH
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A series of revival meetings will ,
begin at Mizpah Presbyterian church
at Moore's School House, Thursday,
November 2th, and continue through
Friday, December 4th.
Services will be held each evening
at 8 o'clock. . s
The Rev. W. E. Hill of HopeweV '
Va, will be in charge of the services. .
He will be assisted by the Rev. J. D.
Withrow, the pastor.
The public is very cordially invited -to
attend each of these services. -'
CHILD FATALLY BURNED
James Earl Watson, 2-year-oM son
of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Watson, of
Dunn, Route 8, died Sunday of burns
suffered when he overturned a kettle
of boiling water at the home of his
parents.
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