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VOL. 26 Single Copy 6c ' NUMBER 20 SELMA, N. C; TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1943. STILL TRYI N G Selma Schools Close Monday, May 17th Rev. Charles Lee Gillespie, pastor .the Baptist church in Smithfield, will be the speaker for the senior graduation exercises to be held May seventeenth in the school auditorium. - The Reverend is a native of Cleve land county. Before coming to Smith- field, be was pastor, for several years jKev, uiuespie nits own serving bb pastor in the Smithfield Baptist church for over seven years. He is very outstanding in church work all over the state, being State President of B. T. U. for one year. He is a graduate of Wake Forest College, Wake Forest, N. C. The program for the Commence ment exercise is as follows: Processional ....... . .... Seniors Hymn : . .. . Audience Invocation and Prayer Rev. G. W. Blount "0 God, Our Help in Ages Past" .... ....Crafts Barton Glee Club Introduction of speaker .... .... Rev. D. M. Clemmons Sermon .... .... Rev. Charles Gillespie Song of America Southy Glee ; Club Salutatory ......... Frances Branch Presentation of diplomas Mr. . J. C. Diehl Awards Valedictory .. .. Anne Hood Hughes Recessional ........ . Seniors Benediction MARSHALS Sally Johnson - Chief Stanley Armitage Melvin Barnes Herbert Herring Dorothy Walters Jane Armitage Kenneth Lynch Due to the war and shortage of gas and tires the seniors have had to al ter their graduation exercises which have been a part of Selma High School . for many years. Early in the second semester of school Mr. Marrow, county superin tendent, made a plea to the Johnston County Senior classes to combine their baccalaureate address and com mencement address into one night to save gas, tires, and time which are so greatly needed at this time. When Miss Ward told the Senior Class of this plan and asked for a vote, the Seniors voted almost a hundred per cent to combine .their exercises. So instead of having the baccalaureate address on Sunday night before grad uation, which has been the custom, the commencement address will be delivered by Rev. Gillespie, pastor of the First Baptist church of Smith field on Monday night, May 17. The Seniors will receive their diplomas at that time. : v- . Poppies To Be Worn For Soldiers of 2 Wars Poppies in tribute to America's battle dead of two wars will be ' worn in Selma on Saturday, May 29, said Mrs. W. L. Etheridge, president of the Selma Unit of the American Le gion Auxiliary.. The poppies this year will honor the men who have given their lives in the present conflict, as well as those who fell among the poppies of France and Bolgium, 2& years ago, aha said. - The money contributed for the flow en will be used for the welfare of Lt. Gordon Whitaker Jr. Is Reported As Missing - The' War Denartment informed Mr. and! Mrs. fior ds fVAitaJ'-f cfGWaA. that their only son, Lieuten--ant Gordon Whitaker, Jr., is missing in action in the war zone. No further details were given. Young Whitaker was com missioned last June as a sec ond lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and later was as signed to duty in the Solomon Islands and other Pacific areas. . The announcement by the war department stated . that additional information re garding Lieutenant Whitaker , -would be forwarded to the pa rents as soon as received. The Whitakers moved from Selma to Goldsooro about a year and a half agio. Their many friends here ex tend their sympathy hi these days of grief and anxiety. Navy Recruiting Officer Addresses Kiwanis Club Program Chairman W. T. Woodard Sr., introduced J. W. Stallings, Spec ialist First Class, Navy Recruiting Officer, who addressed the Selma Kiwanis club on last Thursday even ing, and who named some of the op portunities offered young men by the U. S. Navy. He said the training which is given the young men by the Navy qualifies them for most every vocation in life, and enables them to be able to secure good jobs after they return to civic activities. During the business period a repre sentative from one of the nation's leading manufacturers addressed the club on how cigarettes may be sent to service men overseas at the small cost of 5c per package. He exhibited cards and cups which he suggested the club might place at different places in town where those desiring to donate to this fund may place their contribution, which will be sent to the manufacturers who will make shipmen direct to proper Army head quarters overseas and elsewhere who cannot .buy all the cigarettes they want. The manufacturers nav all shipping costs and on each package of cigarettes thus sent will be print ed, "GOOD LUCK" from the Selma Kiwanis club and . the citizens of Selma, N. C. M. L. Standi, Chairman of the Committee on Public Relations, waa j instructed to superintend the placing 01 inese cups in seima, look after any moneys thus donated and report re sults to the club. , . victims of both wars and their fam ilies. The Selma Unit of the' Auxiliary is making extensive preparations for the observance of Poppy Day here, under the .leadership of -Mrs. W. L. Etheridge, President, and Mrs. B. A. Henry, Unit Poppy Chairman. Johnston School Beard , Holds Busy Session 'v,- .;.)..- - ".' :t4M Repairs On School Buildings To Be Curtailed During War.- Sale of Corbett - Hatcher School Site Approved School Teachers To Get New Con tracts. - " '. i , ft The Johnston County Board of Ed ucation, in session on May 10, 1943 received the report of the" meeting-of, the committeemen of the CounW rec ommending that this Board request a nine-months school term for each. school within the Countv . f ortto within the County . for school year 1943-'44, and further "in structed the Superintendent i to" re quest the same of the State Board of Education at the appropriate time. Expression of Appreciation For Nine-Months Term , kl WHEREAS, the wisdom and Ana. tice of the recent General Assembly of North Carolina in Drovidinar Ta nine-monthg school, term - for all of the children of the State each day be comes more and more apparent;' and WHEREAS, this statesmanshiplikft achievement did not come about yntiX out the efforts and leadership of the friends of the cause of public educa tion throughout the entire State) nj n nlinllAiii Hon. J. MelvlM Broughton, Governor of North Caro' o , u. wivh VMV-if ,f. JJOllCJi Ilia I. nut Una; Hon. Josephus Daniels, :NortiY;phad purchased the building Carolina's most distinguished private and was crivinor it to the corn- citizen and Ambassador at Larcrai Hon. J. B. Benton, Senator from thsT Eighth District; Representatives R. T. Fulghum and Lawrence H. Wallace of Johnston County; and Mrs." T. ' Lassiter, of the SMITHFIELD HER ALD, have each esoeciallv and in thtt face of strong and determined opp-' sition exhibited an unselfish courage!1 a rare intelligence in all of their Ef forts in behalf of the cause of public education during the campaign for the adoption of the nine-mnnthia NOW. THEREFORE. h it rto. ed by the Board of Eduction Af Johnston County that the , apprecl " v ." w peopie or the Cor y i K expressid ta Mr BrAurbon uaweis,-! T Cv;.ton. MrJ Mikl-.- Mr. Wallartt onJ nr T m their superb leadership and coura geous statesmanship in so ably ad vocating and achieving a nine-months school term for all the children of North Carolina. . ; Approves Sale of Corbett- . Hatcher Site It was ordered that the Superin tendent on behalf of this Bnarri iw. quest the Clerk of the Superior Court to confirm the public sale of the Cor-bett-Hatcher School site according to me oia1 or w received at the re sale of said property on April 28. A delegation from the Corbett Hatcher District, , with Mr. A. M. Noble as spokesman, ramiaafjui i,i Board to allow certain school proper-, ty exempted from the sale to remahj with the building in as much as it was planned to make a 'community center out of the same. , i The Board indicated that it be glad to further consider this mat- ter when it is evident that such prop erty will remain the property of the community and not of any private in dividual and suggested that the dele gation appear , before this Board again when these , matters can be cleared up. ; $ Stop All Except Essential Repairs It was ordered by the Board that on account of the high cost of labor and the scarcity of materials and in order that this Board may further co operate with the war effort that no repairs be made to any school build ing, or school plants, except where such repairs are absolutely necessary to the continued operation of the plant or to protect buildines and plants from deterioration by weather. Emergency Teachers For The School Year 1943 - '44 It was ordered by the Board that for the school year 1943-M4 the same concessions made by this Board at a meeting held on October 19, 1942. be made for the coming school year; and further that said order of this Board appearing at the bottom of page 73 and being the last sentence in Sec tion 1 be amended by striking from said order the following "Approved by the Board of Education of John-' ton County only until May 17, 1948, see minutes of Board of Education of October 19, 1942", and substituting therefor the following "Approved by the. Board of Education of Johnston County only for the school year 1943 '44,' see minutes of Board of Educa tion of May 10, 1943." ! It was further ordered by the Board that all teachers employed un der the order of October 19', 194 J, be notified by the Superintendent tf the termination of their contract, and further that all of those recommend ed by. their principals as teachers for the year 1943-'44 be sent new con tracts for the coming year in Uch the above provisions are carried out. Motion to adjourn was adopted. - Mrs." Clyde Spencer spent the week ad with relatives in Goldaboro. SELMA GUN AMD Corhett-Hatcher School ' . '. ' ; - Deeded To Community The people of the Corbett Hatcher section were given a l. ! nr.!.. l "."Tr ""i"- nigni wnen news leaKeq out 'that Mrs. Wade H. Atkinson had purchased the Corbett- ., Hatcher school building f nom the County Board of Educa tion, and that it will be used as a community building as a memorial to the late Dr. At kinson, who was one of the ; community's greatest friends. It was known that the jbuildiner had been sold but no one had been able to find out who the buyer was; not even Superintendent H. B. Marrow. The secret did not get out un til Wednesday night when Mrs. Atkinson, who was visit- ' ine in the home of Mr. Jesse i W. Bailey, revealed that she miinitv in fiminr of her late husband. When she told her ' '-storv in the Bailey home it is needless to say that joy reign ed supreme in that . home when Mrs. Atkinson displayed the deed to the property. 'We are sure that this act on the part of Mrs. Atkinson would meet the approval of 'Her late husband if he were living today. 1 " ' own Officials Are , zcted Into Office ft. Mimmissiorfers of the Town of Selma took the oath of office on Friday night of last week, which was administered by W. L. Ether edge, local Justice of the Peace. On Monday night of this week the Town Fathers held an organization meeting by electing supervisors for the several departments as follows: H. B. Pearce Chief of Police f Charlie Straughn Assistant Chief of Police D. J. Jones Policeman M. R. Wall Town Clerk Mm. Aaron Lassiter Tax Collec tor, J. V. Chamblee Superintendent of Water and Lights E. V. Deans Street Commission er K. B. Jones Street Superinten dent V R. E. Suber Water and Light Commissioner R. H. Griffin Commissioner of Buildings and Grounds J. C. Avery Finance Commis sioner, and Mayor Pro tern. The only new face seen in the membership of the new board is that of E. V. Deans, who defeated fc. J. Sasser for re-election on May 4th. Free Cigarettes To Uncle Sam's Soldiers The Selma Kiwanis club is sponsor ing a campaign to give our boys in the armed forces overseas some free cigarettes. The manufacturer has agreed to furnish the cigarettes at 5c per package and pay all shipping costs direct to the boys overseas. We are advised that many of our boys overseas who are in hospitals are unable to buy cigarettes because they do not draw their pay until they are released from the hospital, which causes many of them to have to go without cigarettes while thus con fined. You can help furnish these boys with cigarettes for only 6c per pack age by dropping your donation in one of the cups which the Kiwanis club has placed in several places of busi ness in Selma, namely: Hunter Price's Pool Room, Town clerk's office, Charlie Hopkins Cafe, Floyd C Price it Sons store, Selma Clothing ft Shoe Company, Henry A Nordan's store, White House Cafe, Selma Barber Shop, Raines' Cafe, Selma Drug Company, Woodard A Creech Drug" Company, and Mac's Filling Station. On each package of cigarettes sent overseas that is purchased by these funds will be printed: "Good Luck from the Selma Kiwanis Club and the citizens of Selma, North Carolina." Just imagine, if you can, how glad one of our own Johnston county boys would be to receive a package of thet -cigarettes' thousands of miles from v 1 1 MERCHANT HELD UP AT ROBBED OF MORE TI1AM $201 HONORED MRS. I. W. MASSEY Selma Woman Given. Surprise Birthday Party One of the loveliest parties of the season was that given by Mrs. Troy C. Henry in honor of her mother, Mrs. I. W. Massey, on her seventy- sixth birthday anniversary, The rooms were decorated through out with fresh spring flowers. The guests assembled in the living room, while Mrs. Massey was being engag ed in conversation 'in' her room ' with two neighbors, Mrs. J. D. Massey and Mrs; Norman Screws; and was much surprised HWhjeja 'she , heard singing outside, her oor as the guests enter-r ed sinking. f Happy Birthdaiv Mrs. MaSsef" -and guests then wfents back Massey iei tfn a "Stunf ' gagie "the winners being Mrs. J. C. Diehl and a ''ShmP trnJnik., tha Mrs. Anna Burke. 1 v Two granddaughters, Misses Joan and Sue Massey, then entered bear ing a large tray of gifts for the hon oree, who took great pleasure in opening and displaying them. Refreshments, consisting of an iced fruit drink and cookies, were then enjoyed by Mesdames W. B. Johnson, H. E. Earp, W. L. Norton, J. D. Jeffreys, Norman Screws, C. P. Worley, G. A. Earp, Anna Burke, M. R. Wall, J. C. Diehl, B. A. Henry, Hattie McMillan, S. R. Lee, S. P. Wood, J. D. Massey, Leon Brown and Misses Anna Belle Jones, Roberta Spiers, Edith Pride Harris, v Dora O'Neal, Joan and Sue Massey, Em ma Jean Henry, and Mrs. E. E. Mad dray of Portsmouth, Va. Vacation Church School ' "m Af MtliAflict riiiirrri'car The Annual Daily Vacation Church School of the Edgerton Memorial Methodist Church will begin Monday, May 17, and will continue for two weeks. The departments and teachers are as follows: Beginners Ages 4-5. Text used, "Our Happy Homes." Teachers, Mrs. W. L. Norton, Mrs. E. L. Green, Mrs. Raymond Peedin. Primaries Ages 6-7-8. Text used, "Bible Homes and Homes Today." Teachers, Mrs. Wilbur Perkins, Mrsi W. T. Woodard, Jr., Mrs. Ben Brant ley. Juniors Ages 9-10-11. Text used, "The Land Where Jesus Lived." Teachers, Mrs. John Jeffreys, Mrs. H. V. Payne, Mrs. Harry Everitt Intermediates Ages 12 and above. Text used, "Boys and Girls Learning About Alcohol." Teachers, G. W. Blount, C. W. Judy. Mr. Judy, a Duke Student, will assist, beginning the second week. Registration will be held Monday morning. May 17, at 10:30 o'clock, Just after dismissal from the public schools. Children and parents will please take note of this, and come promptly for registration. Certifi cates will be awarded for fulf at tendance. Hours of the school each day will be 9:00-11 KM) A. M. Middlesex Negro Has Four Sons hi Service Everett Scarborough, Negro farm er of Middlesex, Route 1, was in the office of The Johns tonian-Sun a few days ago, and told us that he had four sons in the armed services of Uncle Sam, and that the fifth one left last Thursday for Fort Bragg to take a physical examination. Ev erett said he had Seven children, all boysw. s- ' POCJT OF Patrolman Bobbitt Gives Hair raising Account of Race With Bandit Car Through Benson ' Captured Near Linden In Harnett County $240 Re covered. Two white men, apparently 25 to 30 years of age entered the grocery store of Mrs. C. L. Raines here on Highway 301 about 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and at the point of a gun held up L. G. Dickerson, who was clerking in the store alone at the time, robbing him of his pocketbook containing about $200 and emptying; the cash drawer. ; 1 4 The robbers escaped in a green . Desoto car bearing North Carolina.' license plate 659-301.. ;, Upon entering the store they called for Soft drinks. .After getting the drinks and turning around to deliver them. to the two men, Dickerson said he found a gun drawn on him, with the demand that he "poke 'em up". While one of the men held a gun on Dickerson the other searched him, ' taking his pocketbook . and then emptying the cash drawer.;- , V Chief Bradley Pearce who was im- ' mediately notified of., the robbery called the office of Highway Patrol in Raleigh, giving them the number of the license plate on the car the robbers were driving. This put things to moving in earnest and Highway Patrolman -H. C. Bobbitt of Smith-' field got busy. , . 1 The patrol radio station in Raleigh began broadcasting the robbery and this put other highway patrolmen on guard , throughout 'eastern North Carolina, as well as police officers in various towns, throughout the area. Highway-; Patrolman .Bobbitt '.told. Mayor'B.1 A. Henry that fee first 'got... on ( the .traUM ' ihe. robber; .in tha T . ; T- rwas in not , ,.v pursuit, 'with "both"4! ears'.sqiag-. t,"7 streets of Benson, literally tearing up the town. After chasing them nearly all over , Benson, the . robbers . took a dirt . road out of Benson toward Coats. ' Patrolman Bobbitt said his car was equipped with a sending and receiv- - ing set, and after leaving Benson he gave his car all it would do at around 70 miles an hour and that the ban- -dits kept just a few hundred yards ahead of him, making so much dust ' that he could not see their car more than half the time. AH the time he was driving he was broadcasting his activities, giving; the vicinity in which he was operat ing and direction they were going. This race kept up until they were past the town of Erwin, several miles west of Benson, but it was hard , to gain much ground- on the bandits ouu uiey went, crossing uie vape ... Fear River and on to near Linden, Harnett county, where he was met by other highway patrolmen, who helped surround the robbers and taking them into custody. The robbers were driving a car that had already been reported stolen in Raleigh earlier in the day Tuesday. The owner of the stolen car was W. A. Badie of Youngsville. In the car with the robbers was found a pistol and a sawed-off shot gun. They carried several shotgun shells but no cartridges for their pistol. A search revealed that they had in their possession about '$240 when captured. A telephone call to the Johnston county sheriffs office Wednesday night revealed that the names of the robbers are James McLamb, origin ally from the vicinity of Benson, and David Stevens, whose home had not been ascertained. The Highway Patrol Department in Raleigh commended the quick ac tion on the part of Chief Bradley Pearce of Selma in getting the news to them in such short order, and said this played an important part in ap prehending the robbers so quickly. New Meat Prices" Effective May 17th Specific dollars and cents prices for retail cuts of beef, veal, lamb and mutton, postponed for further review last month, will become effective on Monday, May 17. Originally scheduled 4o go into ef fect on April 15, the prices establish ed at that time were withheld for further consideration in the light of the president's "hold the line" order. The revised schedule is expected to show prices lower by from one to three cents than those set-via tb original pricing order.
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