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THE JOHNSTONIAN . SUN. SELMA, N. C. THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 1942. County Draft Boards Send 186 to Fort Bragg Smithfield Board Sends 109 and Selma Board Sends 77 Men To Fort Bragg Diminishing Man Power Is Being elt in ' Every Vocation of Life. The fastly diminiahing man power in Johnston county, as weu as euw 5. koinir felt keenly in every vocation of life, as war draft boards continue to lay hold on the youth ol the nation for war duty. Johnston county's two draft boards sent 186 selectees to the Fort Bragg induction station Saturday ior pnysi cal examination. The Smithfield board had, a quota " of '138 and sent 109, while the Selma board, with a quote of 90, sent 77 men. Roth boards had a number of selectees - to volunteer for enlistment in various branches . or the armea forces prior to- Saturday and these .men are pot included in the 186 who went to Fort Bragg Saturlay. The group leaving from Smithfield and Selma Saturday constituted the largest contingent to be sent to the induction station since the selective service act became effective. Selma Group Selectees going , from the Selma area included: John Henry Cook, Selma; James Garland Barbour, Rt 1, Selma; Worth Bagley Crawford, Rt. 1, Kenly; Rudolph Euell Oliver, Pine Level; Joseph Talton Whitley, Selma; - Wilev Randall Dupree, Rt. 2, Clay ton; Willie Ashley Brown, Rt. 1, Fre mont; Jasper Lee Strickland, Rt. 1, Kenly; Clyde Hassell Hamilton, Rt 2, Smithfield; Henry Spencer Matthews, Rt 2, Kenly; ; George Marvin Odom, Rt 1, Prince ton; William Hooks Godwin, Kenly; Ernest Vanderbilt Woodard, Selma; Elijah Creech, Rt. 2, Princeton; Otho William Creech, Rt. 1, Wendell; James Ernest Stallings, Rt 1, Selma; William Claudie Pope, Rt. 1, Kenly; Arthur Wake Brady, Clayton; Luby Ruffin Moore, Rt. 2, Selma; Newton Elwood Holland, Rt. 1, Selma; Gar land Lee Edgerton, Kenly; James Randolph Driver, Selma; Henry Mal colm Wilkins, Pine Level; Jasper Othel Willoughby, Rt. 1, Kenly; Eddie Euria Moore, Rt 2, Selma; Bertie Bernard Stallings, Jr., Rt 2, Raleigh; Benjamin Franklin Tft- 1 Zohiilnn? .Tnrin Frfiflman Canns. Rt. 2. Selma: Clifton Wright Kornegay,. Rt-1, -Pnrjceton . : Donald Captain Flowers, Rt 2, Clayton; James Carl Stallings, fine Level; Emil Stallings, Selma; Albert Paul Jackson. Rt. 1. Kenly. William Proxter Barnes, Rt. 2, Clayton; Stan ford Johnson, Rt. 2, Kenly; Gordon Lee Godwin, Pine Level; Edgar Hart Johnson, Rt 1, Selma; William, Heber Bunn, Rt. 2, Zebulon; William Crawford Sellers, Rt. 2, Sel ma; Robie Elbert Braswell, Rt. 2, Smithfield; Howard Kenneth Lynch, Rt. 1, Zebulon; Clifton O'Neal, Rt. 1, Zebulon; Harry Sasser, Jr., Rt. 1, Princeton; Willard Thurman Strickland, Selma; Braxton Earl Bailey, Rt 1, Selma; Luther Woodrow Price, Clayton; Wil liam Elmer Thompson, Rt. 2, Smith field; John Arthur Braswell, Rt 1, Princeton; Charles Edwin Clark, Jr., Kenly; John' D. Creech, Selma; Sam uel Robert Brown, Selma. Wade McKinley Johns, Selma; Woodrow Wilson Lamm, Rt. 1, Sel ma; Frank Worley, Rt. 1, Princeton; Adron Flowers, Rt. 1, Kenly; James Ruffin Bunn, Rt. 2, Zebulon; Frank Ruffing Bergerson, Rt. 1, Wendell; Ralph Edwin Davis, Rt. 2, Smithfield; Plato Sutton, Rt 2, Selma; George Vause, Jr., Rt. 1, Selma; Andrew Roosevelt Edwards, Rt. 1, Wendell; Chester Arthur Leggett, Rt. 1, Kenly; Oscar Ralph Davis, Rt. 2, Selma; Osburn Turner, Rt. 2, Prince ton; Joe LoomuB Medlin, Rt. 2, Clay ton; William Henry Williams, Selma; , Warren Earl Peele, Rt 2, Kenly; Thelbert Odell Pittman, Rt 2, Selma; Elmer Hayden Jackson, Rt 2, Kenly; Horace Barbour, Rt 2, Clayton; Otis Lee Parrish, Selma; Joseph Willard Johnson, Rt 1,. Selma; JameS Calhoun Grady, Kenly; Eph rian Earlie Thorne. Rt 1, Selma; Raymond Watkins, Rt 1, Selma. James Louis M-iddleton, Kenly, Rt 2, was transferred to Alexandria, Va., for delievery. Smithfield Group. David Hunter Alford. Jr., Rt 1, Smithfield; Woodrow Grice, Rt 2, Four Oaks; Floyd Haywood Parrish, Smithfield; Lawrence Mayland Bar bour, Rt 1, Smithfield; Jasper Talmare Adams, Rt 8,' Four Oaks: Riley Earl Norris. Rt 1, Ben son; Walter Eldridge Johnson. Rt. 1, Benson; Willie Young, Rt 2, Benson; Willis Lester Stanley, Rt 1, Angier; Walter Ralph Creech, Rt 2, Smith field; John Thomas Allen, Rt 3, Four Oaks, Edmund Sater Wellons. Four Oaks; Hubert Lee Capps, Rt 2, Smithfield; James Leon Allen. Rt 3, Four Oaks; Thurman D. Barefoot, Rt 2, Dunn; Jessie Garence Overby, Rt 1, Benson: Daniel Woodrow Holland, Rt 1, Angier: William Talf Stephenson, Rt i; Willow Springs; William Edgar ImfoH Rritt. Rt 1 Fnnr Oaltn: Hun ter Harding Parker, Four Oaks; Luther Thaddeus Johnson, Rt 2, Ben son; Carson McLamb, Rt 2, Benson; Otis Robert Barbour, Rt 1, Smith- field; Warren Franklin Stephenson, Rt 2, Smithfield; Oscar Hampton Martin, Rt 1, Four Oaks; Roy Adams Rt 2, Four Oaks; Lonnie Edward Johnson, Rt 2, Smithfield; Roy Sanford Ennis, Rt 1, Benson: James R. Sellers, Smithfield; Freddie Royals, Rt 8, Four Oaks; Homer Wiser Worlsc, Rt 2, Smithfield: James Britain Barbour, Rt 3, Four Oaks; Robert Rollin McLamb, Rt. 3, Four Oaks; Albert Thompson, Rt 2, Benson; Shelton Britt Moore, Rt 2, Benson; James Ray Parrish. Rt 1, Benson; Shellie Johnson, Rt 2, Four Oaks; William Fred Barbour, Benson; Wiley Daniel Page, Rt 2, Smithfield; James Milton Coats, Rt 8, Dunn; James Horace Massengill, Rt 1, Smithfield; Millard Wayne Strickland Benson; Thel Will Byrd, Rt 1, Smith- field; William Lastes Tart, Rt. 2, Dunn; Robert Lee Bailey, Rt 1, Smithfield; Victor Frank -Hall, Rt. 2, Benson; Paul Suggs, Rt 1, Benson; Clarence Sidney Holder, Rt. 1, Garner; Joe Strickland, Rt. 8, Clinton; Elton B. McLamb, Rt. 2, Four Oaks; James Louis Talton, Smithfield; Reuben Beasley, Rt. 8, Four Oaks; George Washington Godwin, Jr., Rt 2, Ben son; ..-.-. William Golden Royal. Rt. 8. Four Oaks; Hoyett Lee, Rt. 1, Smithfield; Everett Surcey, Rt. 2, Benson; Ulas Gallione, Benson; Jesse F. Hawley, Rt. 2, Four Oaks; David Hugh Wilson, Rt. 1, Garner; Raymond Hughes Temple, Rt. 3, Four Oaks; Rainey Norton, Smithfield; J. Gold Kinsey, Rt. 2, Benson; Thurman Ellis, Selma; Gasfield Dunn, Rt. 2, Benson; Pescy L. Tucker, Rt. 2, Ben son; Vertie Wells Dunn, Four Oaks; James Albert Moss, Rt 1, Willow Springs; Wade Hughes Barefoot, Rt. 2, Four Oaks; Henry Norris, Rt 1, Benson; Charlie Herman Marvin Dudley. Rt. 2. Benson; Henry Percy Barnes, Rt 1, Benson; William Jacob Beasley, Rt. 1, Benson; John Morrison Johnson, Rt, 2, Benson; Grant Yates Johnson, Rt. 2. Ben son; Clyde Young Dupree, Rt. 1, Willow Springs; Roy Lee Puckett, Rt, 1, Smithfield; David Daniel Stanley, Rt 3, Four Oaks; Wilton McKerizie, Rt. 1. Smithfield: James Adderson Eason, 'Princeton, RFD; Walter Sherman Massengill, Rt 2, Four Oaks; Oris Leon Johnson, Rt, 1, Willow Springs; J. A. Barbour, Rt, V Benson;. Clayborne C. Spencer, Smithfield; William Newit Morgan Rt. 2, Benson; James Millard Ogburn, Rt 1, Willow Springs; Jasper Calvin Jernigan, Rt. 1, Ben son; Lee Thomas Byrd. Rt 1, Benson; James Raynor, Jr., Benson; William D. Massengill, Rt 2, Four Oaks; Luby Edward Starling. Rt 2, Smithfield; Morris Hardinerton Sawyer, Smith field; Gerald Calvin Benson. Rt. 1, An gier; James Ray Beasley, Rt. 2, Four Oaks; James Benjamin Whitley, Kt, 1, Smithfield; Willie B. Adams, Rt. 2. Four Oaks; Ranhael Flowers. Rt, 2. Benson; Leon Edgar Peedin, Rt 2, Princeton; Charlie Curnn Watson, Kt, 1, Willow Springs; Doutrlas Talton Johnson, Four Oaks: Woodrow Jenkins Hall, Rt. 3, Four Oaks; Lloyd B. Lee, Rt. 2, Four Oaks; Seba Talmage Blackman Kt. 2, Benson; James D. Woodall, Rt. 3, Four Oaks; Donzia Young Bailey, Rt. 1, Four Oaks; George Hildred Carroll, Rt 1, Wil low Springs; James Lloyd Allen, Sel ma; Voyed Thornton, Rt 2, Benson; Hubert Graham Holmes, Wilson's Mills, (transfer from Warsaw); Lor enzo Paul Ballance, Smithfield (trans fer from Clinton); John Calvin Sor rell, Rt. 1, Benson (transfer; from Florida). FOUR OAKS SOCIETY CLUB MEETINGS PERSONALS ENTERTAINMENTS ElOND BUYING SONG By WILLIAM ROSE BENET ;, Factory, camp, and farm Arming the land; All together toiling, Head, heart, and hand -Tank, destroyer, and plane, By land and sea Millions surging forward For the land of the free! For this day, for all days, For your country, ,for your own Not slaves, but a people free from fear For the God of your open choice, For the might of the people's voice Lifted in the forum loud and clear, For life in the light of the sun, For the stars and the eagle's way Buy Bonds against Boidage Buy Tomorrow with Today! Our nation now like one Heaving against the load, Shouldering rolling wheels Up the victory road! Strong, determined, grim, , Till the task be done Tread of thunderous millions Marching as one! For this day, for all days, For your country, for your own For your children in the great days to be For truth of our honest word ' Tried in fire, battle-stirred, Like a light on the-land of the free, Doom to the pit of darkness The liar and tyrant's way! Buy Bonds- against Bondage ! Buy Tomorrow with Today! Mr. and Mrs. Valton Barbour and daughter, Linda, of Rocky Mount visited relatives here last week. Mrs. Florence Stanley, of Wilson, spent a few days last, week with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Octavio Recio of Durham spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Allen. Louis Raynor of Wake Forest Col lege spent last week end at home. Miss Myrtle Honeycutt of Fayette- ville spent a few days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Honeycutt, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Creech and baby, of Rocky Mount, spent last, week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Doggett ; Mrs. C. G. Grady and children spent the week end in Hillsboro. . Mrs. Wade Stanley, Mrs. A. W. Parks, and Mrs. C. H. Wellons visit ed in La Grange Thursday. D. H. Sanders, Jr., Wade Stanley; and J. H. Strickland spent a few days last -week in- Richmond,- Va. J. Q. Baker and H. P. Honeycutt spent a few days last week in Wil mington. ' Miss Litha Allen, who Is attending Smith-Deal Massey College in Rich mond, Va., spent Thanksgiving week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ches ter Allen. Mrs. J. B. Creech visited Mrs. C. H. Gibson in Rocky Mount last week, ." Rev. C. H. Hewitt of Aurora, 111., visited Rev. N. W. Harrison last week. D. B. Moore, Jr., of Fort McHenry, Md., spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Moore, Sr. Mrs. D. G. Banks of Patterson, N. J., visited Mrs. C. G. Grady last week. Mrs. Wiley Boswell of Black Creek, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.' E. Pierce last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hodge and daughter, Susan, of Jlocky Mount visited relatives here last week. Mrs. George Weitlauf of Point of Pines, Mass., is spending some time with her mother, Mrs. L. J. Cobb. Ed Upchurch and David Lee of Baltimore, Md., spent last week end at home. Eugene Parker of Norfolk, Va., spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. Stella Cole Parker. Bill Cannady of Chapel Hill visited his parents during the week end. H. E. Upchurch and daughters had as their dinner quests Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Upchurch and daughter caroara of t ort Bragg, Nathan Up church, Wilmington, Ed Upchurch, of Baltimore Md.fc,Herbert Hill of Smith iieia, and Pvt. Rudolph Watson of ort Bragg. , FO Birthday Party For Geraldine Coats Mrs. Fred Coats entertained at party Friday evening honoring her aaugnter, Ueraldine. on her 13th birthday. The living room and dining room were thrown en suite. White chry santhemunur were used profusely throughout the home. Miss Mary Jean Barbour directed the games, after which Mrs. Coats in vited the guests into the dining room where the honoree opened and admir ed her gifts. The centerpiece for the table was a beautiful white cake with pink and blue candles. The hostess - served ice .cream with the birthday cake. J Those present were: Misses Marv Jean Barbour, Mary Ann Strickland, Le upchurch, Jean Johnson, Ernes tine Hockady, Ellen Rose Hayes, Bar bara Harrill, Ann Creech, Peggy Mas sengill. FO Mrs. Stanley Hostess To Missionary Society The Woman's Missionary Society of the Four Oaks Baptist Church met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Wade Stanley. Mrs. J. R. Jones gave the devotion al. Mrs. Lewis Keene was the pro gram leader and was assisted by Mrs. J. W. Sanders, Mrs. H. F. Harrill, Mrs. R. C. Cannady, and Mrs. Fred Coats. The president appointed Mrs. C. G. Grady, Mrs. R. C. Cannady, and Mrs. D. H. Sanders as the nominating committee. Mrs. H. F. Harrill dis missed with prayer. During the social hour the hostess served a salad with Russian tea. Officials of the Commodity Credit Corporation hope to import at least 4,500,000 pounds of rotenone during the next 12 months, this material be ing one of the most valuable for con trolling garden pests. North Carolina Has Increase In Births Raleigh The 8,937 babies born in north Carolina in October comprised the largest number ever reported in this State during a single month, it was announced by the Vital Statistics division of the Board of Health. Thin figure was 1,906 in excess of the number of births reported in October, ana z,ie higher than the aver age number of monthlv births the past five-year period. In spite of the greatly increased number of births reported last month. an all-time low marked the death rate among babies under a year old just 37.4 per 1,000 live births, as com pared with a rate of 57.1 for the cor responding month last year, accord. mg to Dr. G. M. Cnnwr - X , s uuuxe OI Uie State Board nf Health'. maternal and child health services and who supervises the State's clinics for mothers and babies. There was also a decline in the total number of deaths from all causes during the month, which was 2,368, against 2,490 in October, 1941, the monthly rate having dropped from 8.3 to 7.8. The number of deaths from pre- ventable accidents was 107 last month. compared with 199 the corresponding month last year. Tuberculosis deaths fnr tha- mnnt.h rlrnnnawl fmm 1x9 a 116, while deaths from diarrhea and enteritis among children - under 2 years of age totaled 43 last month. against 75 in October, 1941. There were no deaths reported from un dulant fever, smallpox, measles, scar let fever, infantile paralysis, epidemic cerebrospinal neningitis, .rabies or tetanus. Only. 2 deaths were caused by pellagra, against 8 in . October, 1941, and homicides dropped from 89 to 23. KEEP EM' FLYING Announcement ! dD We Have Been Designated by the Govern, ment to Receive Soy Beans Take Your Beans To the Oil Mill At Selma Or Cotton Growers Cooperative Warehouse, We Solicit Your Beans THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO. Selma, North Carolina a3 api? m l ?, I II ( AfMf ) y" I FOB EXAMPLE: I Look at the stockholder list at right. It's a cross-section of America. - The Carolina Power & Light Company could how a similar list with some of your neighbors on it because over three-fourths, of our more than 8.000 preferred stock holders, live in the Carolinas. . . Besides these , thousands of direct investors, there are millions more whose interest is indirect but no less real. In the case of our company eleven life insurance companies own all of our bonds. Ten of them are' mutual companies and all of them do business in the territory we serve. Carolina Power That means that most of you, through your life insurance premiums, hare a direct stake in our business. In a Tery real sense, the electric companies represent the savings of the same people they serve. These people have entrusted their savings to busi ness management under public regu lation practical business manage ment that has given the average American home twice as much elec tricity for its money in the last 15 years and is producing seven eighths of the nation's-vast supply of power. & ILight Company Bey War These are the occupation! re- . Kited by (.159 of approximately 00 preferred itockholden of a typ:eal power company. (Wis consin Power LUht Company). It (track as as feeing aa inter esting report. HOUSEWIVES 1.R3 BBTTRED PERSONS Vtt SKILLED LABOR 114 Carpenters Electricians Mechanics, eta. FARMERS ., OSS PROFESSIONAL S3 Architects Physicians traraes, etc CLERICAL 33S . Boo keepers Librarians Stenographers, etc PROPRIETORS OF SMALL BusTNKSAra so Contractors Merchants atestanraat Owners, etc TEACHERS IS SALESMEN 1M Retail Clerks Imniranee Milbnaea. etc. t! GOVERNMENT ' EMPLOYEES IN Mailmen . Plreaaen Polleeaaea, ate. JUNIOR BTTECOTiVEB .... 91 SENIOR EXECUTIVES .... M STUDENTS M TRANSPORTATION 41 Coadnetara PnftBoers Ticact Asaata, . SERVICE htN . .......... S (Aramy, Nary) rOWF! anb cmv CLajaAS MO CCfmPAnOM SPRCWaaJ) Btl TOTAL
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