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n Si "TKEYCIYITKEW LIVtS-YCULEKD YOUS COKEY" Buy More WorfoadsTooty "TEEY GIVE TES3 LIVES YOU LEND on JesM ny U AlMfflOMl 1 Bond Mew 7 OP VOL. 26 SELMA, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1943. Single Copy 5c ' NUMBER .21 SENIORS Reading from left to right, front row: Annie Hood Hughes, Lottie Mae McDuffy, Prances Branch, Kathleen Starling, Myrtle .Thompson, Elgie Rose, Florence Underhill; . Second row: Lillian Parrish, Lois Starling, Josephine Strickland, Pauline Avera, Jean Phillips, Walton Coley, Lois Barbour, Marguerite Godwin; ' . Third row : Louise Whitley, Billy Ferrell, He len Barnes, Theodore Arquer, Jr., Louise Brown,' Christine Carter ,Hilliard Jernigan; . Fourth row: Richard Byrd, Elya Fields, Charles Fulghum, Jr., Mabel Broadwell, Hilda Pulley, Bobby Edwards, June Jones, Ruth Lene Batten; ; Fifth row: George Lane, Heywood Younger, Ruby Leah Whitley, Estelle Bailey, Ruff in Wilson, Charles Underhill, Radford Holland; ' Sixth row Alton Woodruff , James Poole, Graham Batten, Hubert Rose. Annie Grey Moore and Betty Jo Knott were absent when, the picture was taken. , Smitlificld Tdks to The Rev. C. L. Gillespie, Pastor or snuiniieia uapiisi cnurcn, r Delievers Baccalaureate , Ad? - dress to Senior Cbs Bonday . Ever.iir J.; Ct ir-M lr ife;.yf-,l-.Vv ; , i . y , .: v;;-y 1 -The ftevl C. L.s Gillespie, pastor of the Smithfield - : Baptist church, de livered the baccalaureate' address to the Selma high school graduates on Monday evening at 8 o'clock, when 41 graduates were awarded diplomas. -' Like' most other : school closings - mm 111 C(U O vvuilUViiVViuvuv excises were streamlined in order that as much as possible could be crowded into one program, thereby saving gas and tires for emergency driving. The speaker was introduced by 0. A. Tattle, principal of the school after which the speaker addressed a capacity audience on "Youth and the World." Mr. Gillespie said he real ized that he had chosen a big subject, but before he had finished speaking his audienced were fully reminded that the' youth ot the world today have a much larger taskthat of whining the war. The speaker said "we older people think the youth are too inexperienced !; and not settle-minded enough to run the business affairs of this world, and youth looks on old age as just a bunch of old fools.", He said he had always admired the youth of the land and pinned his faith in them. While the governing powers are unwilling to entrust the power of control to 11- i.1 . . millim. MM4 jruuui, uiey ore nuw niuuig ready to entrust to them the power to fight and die to save democracy in the world, thereby admitting , that their experience and advanced years would not do the Job. ' - v ' '. Following the address by Mr. Gil . lespie, Miss Anne Hood ' Hughes, i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. : Hughes of Selma, delivered the vale- dictory message. Miss Hughes com ; pleted four years of high school work with the exceptional average of 94.8. Diplomas were presented by. J. C Diehl, member of the Selma school Aboard, to the following members of the senior class: . , i v t Anne Hood 'Hughes, " Lottie Mae - McDuffy, . Frances Branch, Kathleen Starling, . Myrtle Thompson, Elgie , Rose, Florence Underhill, Lillian jPar- rish, Lois Starling, Josephine Strick : land, Pauline Avera, Jean Phillips, ' Walton Coley, Lois Barbour, Mar guerite Godwin, Louise Whitley, Billy Ferrell, Helen Barnes, -Theodore Ar i quer, Jr' Louise Brown, Ellliard Jer- "nigan, - -v '. . Richard Byrd, Elva Helds,' Mabel troadwell, Charles Fulghum, Jr., Hfl . da' Pulley, : Junie'' Jones, Ruth Lene T-'ten, .George Lane, Heywood "V r, Ruby Leath TiiUey, Es . ' T alley, -Ruffln Wilson, Charles ' ::i, Radford IIol!and, Alton Jamei Toole, C Jt. tm' Eat t , i.-I.ert Rose, Ant.ie Gre Iloore, -y Je Knott, and A. V. C"river. SELMA GRADUATING CLASS i r.r-: i - ' -imm-1 ' Minister Graduates Rev. Mr. Hocstcn Is Members of the SeDma Kiwanis club were privileged toUiear a very fine talk on last Thursday evening, delivered by the Rev. B. H. Houston, pastor of the Smithfield Methodist church. He was introduced by Kiwan- ian L. T. Hedgpeth, who had charge of the program. v : ' The speaker devoted most of his address to telling about Unpeople of South America, he haying spent con siderable time among pur neighbors to the south of .us several years ago. Mr. Houston said we need riot get the idea that we are the smartest people in the world, or that we have the finest country in the world, however smart we may be or how fine a coun try we may have and here he em phasized the fact that we do have a fine country, and a smart people but speaking of the people of South America, he said they speak of it as "America" and that they speak of us as those Americans to the north of us, but he said they are correct in stating that they were Americans be fore we were, since that term was first applied to that continent to the south of us. v Speaking of the people of South America, Mr. Houston said they are the most kind and hopitable people he has ever seen; and that they are never too busy to stop you on the street and ask about your family and your- business and wish you welL They will lay their arm about your neck and shoulder and ask you many questions about your personal wel fare before going on their way," saw the speaker. uAnd : they are smart, too,'? he declared; and as for the country," it .is one of the beauty spots of the world, and has some ol the finest harbors and cities I have ever seen anywhere." s. ? ?..' Gjanssity EIMs School a Is Ffchncd For Kcnly i i r 4,1. y ? - - nr. "t ' Plans have been completed for a Community Bible School to begin" at the Kenly '.Presbyterian ' Church on Monday,' May 24, and continue until Friday, June 4, with the Rev. Howard F. Newman as director. - All churches in Kenly are cooperat ing in this school, which promises to be one of the largest and best ever undertaken there. -; School will start at 9.-00 and end at 11:80' each morning, Monday through Friday of each week. - Mr. Newman is an enthusiastic worker among young - people, and with the cooperation of the other re ligious groups in Kenly, there should be no doubt as -to -ttv success of this seaeeL .4 J 2rJ ' ' Roy Lee Ingram Gets Science Degree Roy Lee Ingram, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Ingram of Mamere, N". (X, arrived horn' TuesdafTof "IiSt" week from the University of Oklahoma. ' At , this . institution, Mr. Ingram, who is a graduate ef Selma High School and the University . Nerth anUnfewar recHntly ."awaWed his Master W -Science degree in .Geology as the culmination of two- years of study during which time he establish ed for himself the enviable record of having made all "A's". During the past year Ingram was president ; of the Graduate Men's Club arid vice president of the Okla homa chapter of Sigme Gamma Ep silon, national geological fraternity. His geologist thesis "An Experi mental Study of the Influence of Grain-size on the Size of Oscillation Repple-Marks," is soon to be publish ed in the Journal of Sedimentary Petrology. Mr.-Ingram , will remain home with his parents until June 21, at which time he is to report as an aviation cadet in Aerial Photography at Den ver, Colorado, where after three months of training he will be com missioned a second Lieutenant in the army air corps. : : ; v Mr. Ingram , arrived . in Selma Wednesday afternoon to spend the week end here with his brother, Mr. Ross Ingram. Former Selma Boy Now 2nd Electrician's Mate W. E. Branch, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs W. ' E. Branch of Goldsboro, former residents of Selma, has re cently been promoted to the rank of Second Electrician's Mate in the U. S. Coast Guard. He is stationed at Georgetown, S. C. The young man is a Goldsboro high school graduate in the class of 39. He enlisted April 22, 1942, and completed his basic training at Curtis Bay, ML, in six weeks, shortening the usual three months of basic training because of the experience he had received when he had been employed with the South ern Bell Telephone ' company before entering the service. First Lt Conn Grier, Jr. Promoted To Captain " First Lieut. Glenn Grier, Jrn son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Grier of Smith field, has been promoted from the rank of First Lieutenant to that of Captain. Young Grier entered the Army as a draftee on September 15, 1941.' His many friends consider his advancement to captain in less than 20 months ' an evidence that he is working hard and enjoying it George Cappa, who has been in the Navy for the past four and a half years,' is visiting "his mother, Mrs. Sidney Easen. This ia. George's first visit home since Joining the Navy. am ! - $ - i ftt ' o , - sf A ' Jobs Now limited To Distance From Work Employers Forbidden to Hire Workers Outside Commuting Areas Without Obtaining A Permit To Do So. Washington, May 1&. Employers in three Eastern states and the Dis trict of Columbia today were forbid den to hire persons living beyond "normal commuting distance" of their establishments without approval of the United States Employment Ser vice. War Manpower officials indicat ed that the restriction eventually will become nation-wide. I An order from Leo R. Werts, act ing regional director 1 of the War Manpower Commission's ; Region Not 4,' also forbade shifts from employ ment in one essential industry to an other without a "statement of avail ability" from the employer or from the USES. Workers, however, may shift from, a non-essential to an es sential industry in the same commu- ,nity without a release. Included in Region No, 4 are the District of Columbia, Virginia. Mary land, West Virginia, and North Car oline. Is However, : Maryland and the Hampton Roads-Norfolk section of Virginia were, exempted from the general order. : Werts explained that local job-control programs already are in effect in those areas. A sepa rate program for Washington, D. C, also is being worked out, but, mean time the general order applies there. - v Those Exempted. Exempted from the order are state and local governments, domestic ser vants, employers of fewer than eight employes, and casual employment which is denned as work lasting-15 days or less. . ,...;';.,:', Availability. Statement. Under the regulation, a worker is entitled to a statement of availability when: -i , :. ,;; ""-,':; 1. Discharged by his last employer. 2. Laid off for an indefinite period or for a period of seven days or more. 8.He Cn establish that .his nresent employment does not ' utilize . him, , at his highest skill or that he is not be ing employed full time. T ' 4. He has"cojrf,liP3fT; wvaorial fasoftstfo aJihaftfilTn ini A'statement also; iay be issued it ia establislied that .the change v of employment - will 'aid in prosecution of the war.-.;';:;5V; :'J- i.':: ': If denied a statement of availabil ity," the worker may appeal to the area-manpower director of . the re gional director. Employers also may appeal the granting of a statement by the USES, The new stabilization plan .became effective in North Carolina at 12:01 o'clock Saturday, May 15. Two Soldiers Taken On Desertion Charge Pvt. James M. Smith, 22. was ar rested Monday night by Policemen Bradley Pearce and Red Jones at his home six miles north of Selma on a charge of desertion. Smith, since enlisting in the Ar my two years ago, has been arrested several times for desertion, and once for breaking and entering Green's store, seven miles north of Selma. He was placed in the city jail until Tuesday when officers from Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, came for him. Officers Pearce and Jones on Sun day evening nabbed Pvt. William J. Sullivan, 17, in Selma, who was also charged with desertion. He has been AWOL from a camp in Arkansas since April 25. He was sent to Sey mour Johnson Field also. Selma Ycsth Injured In North Africa Area The following message was receiv ed by-Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilkins of Selma at noon Thursday from ; the War Department: K i "Deeply regret to inform you that your son. Pvt. Charlie V. Wilkins, was wounded seriously in action on April 23rd in the North African area. Reports of condition expected every 15 days. Tou will be advised as re ports are received." Wilkins, who is 23 years of age, Joined the Army at the age of 16. He spent one year at Fort Bragg before being transferred to Fort Knox, Ky. He was with a tank division in North Africa. ....-' Reported r,I:::bg r--t"V - Mrs. W. M. FurgesonAdaughter of Mr. and Mrs.. Clarence Woodall of Benson, received word from the War Department last. Friday that her hus band was reported .missing about twenty, days-agOo-N further detail were-civem, .. .. , , Grey Staples Found Drowned In Holt Lake MAY QUEEN GERTRUDE HUDSON It has long been a custom in many lands to celebrate the in-coming of May by a festival with dancing on the green. Wednesday, May fifth, such a festival was held on the Selma school campus under the direction of Miss Helena Blue. The queen, Ger trude Hudson, and her court were elected by the student body of the high school to reign over the festivi ties. The maid-of -honor was Elva Louise Fields and the attendants were Hilda Pulley, fclgie Hose, Frances Branch and Iris Worley. Little Patricia Lewis was the crown bearer. ' Children of lands across the sea dressed in bright and colorful cos tumes came to pay homage and dance in honor of the queen. The .various i4aaeejiiw& Chinese Children Fourth, grade1 i . The;- Chamarrita (South America) Seventh grad ft ;":tBu3 ixfcrarLi The ,: Peddler's r iPack. (Ria) Fifth, grade'.-'.'.'' - . ,"' ',,(' ''.; The Highland Fling -- (Scotland) Jane Armitage, Ava Davis, Anne Hood Hughes,: Mary Louise Jeffreys, Bety Jo McMillan, Ruby Williams. , - Miss Naomi Wood was pianist. Richard B. Harrison , . Principal Resigns W. J. McLean, After Sixteen Years Principal of the selma Negro School, Resigns He Witt Be Succeeded By E L, Wilson, of Four Oaks. W. J. McLean, principal of the Richard B. Harrison High School for Negroes in Selma for the past 16 years, has resigned that position ef fective at the end of the current .school year. M. L. Wilson, principal of the rour Oaks Negro elementary school, has been appointed as his successor. H. B. Marrow, superintendent of county schools, said McLean became principal of the Selma school when it had .only seven or eight teachers and had guided its growth to a w-teacner school. The newly appointed Selma princi pal has been hs the county school system for 14 years. . Most of that time has t,en spent at Four Oaks, but he served several years as head of the Kenly Negro school. Navy Recruiting OScer Ccndng To Johnston J. W. Stallings, Jr., Navy Recruit ing Officer, will be in Johnston coun ty on the following dates and at the places named below: Smithfield May 20, 21 and 22. Selma May 24, 25 and 26. ; Kenly May 27. ' He will be at the postoffice in each of the towns named above. Navy Trade Schools are now open to 17 year olds. The need is urgent, and at this time there is unlimited quotas on the 17 year olds; also men 88 to 60 are needed. 7i& Amy In tx i i t Pfc. Joseph W. Lynch,- 27, tori of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lynch of Selma, is with the Army in India. He was inducted into the. Army on April 2, 1942, and received training at Camp Claiborne, Le: Ee.v;i esrloyed ,ty 5 wiTt aa4 omnany in Raleigh prior to entering the service. : . i ,S . ' s ' t iesMSw4gea$xt Former Smithfield Tobacconist Uelieved To Have Committed Suicide By Drowning Himself In Lake Funeral Held Near Clarksville, Va. The badly decomposed body of Grey Skipwith Staples, widely known . to bacconist and former resident of Smithfield, was found floating in Holt Lake Saturday morning about one mile" from the highway bridge that spans the lake just above the dam. The body was first discovered by J, M. Jennette, Raleigh insurance man, who had gone to the lake preparato ry to doing some fishing. Near the cottage of the Occidental Life Insur ance Company of which Mr. Jennette is a member, was found parked - a Cadillac automobile which showed ev idences that it had been there daring heavy rains a few days before, sine sand had washed against the wheels of the car. This caused Mr. Jennette to become suspicious and he went to a fanner plowing in a nearby field and asked him to go with him to in- . vestigate. Soon after reaching , the edge-of the lake they saw the body floating in the water not' far front the edge of the lake. - A telephone call to Ihe sheriff's office soon brought Deputy Sheriffs' Merton Whitley, G. C. Uzzle and Lester Hales, who were accompanied by Game Warden Bill Norton. Coun ty Coroner E. N Booker was also no tified, and also Durwood Creech, a Smithfield undertaker, who went to the scene. ' " When the body was recovered " it was found that it was in a badly de composed condition, especially' one, side of the face,. A large hemp rope ' was tied about the neck, to which was attached an automobile jack.' At, 'first there Were suspicions of foul plav. but Coroner E. N.. Booker and other case of suicide and.thdt a juTor's in iMiXlff bJrMr. ''Stapiea C a Mr. '! Staples had - been ; ' missing: , l. since May : 10 when he attended a bankruptcy hearing in Raleigh v ret- abve to the u. S. r; staples, lobaceo company in Fuquay Springs which, had failed and which Mr. Staples had organized after disassociating him- . self with the Cunningham-Staples Tobacco company in Smithfield where he had formerly made his home for several years, and - where he was known by a large part of the citizen-. ry of Johnston county. ' ' , i Following Mr. Staples disappear a nee from his home in Raleigh, there ' was a wide-unread search made to locate him by radio and other means. Staples ' married in 1940 to the former Christine Bromley, a feature New York dancer. To this union was born one son, Grey Skipwith Staples, Jr., in 1941. Funeral services were held at Pres- would, Va., near Clarksville, Sunday afternoon at 4:30, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Allen, Presbyterian minis ter of Clarksville, and interment fol lowed in the Preswould Cemetery. Surviving, besides his wife and son, are his mother and a brother, Led- yard Staples, who lives in Winston- ' Salem, N. C. Preparing Poppies To Go On Sale Here Soon "The poppies have arrived!" . This was the word that flashed to ! members of the American " Legiorn Auxiliary here today - and ' : brought , many of them to the Legion Home to -begin the work of arranging the lit tie red flowers for foppy vay, May 29th. Shaped patiently by the hands of disabled veterans, each little flower r . is a replica in crepe paper of the flowers that bloomed on ' the battle ; fields of the first World War. Each is slightly different, but as Mrs. B. A. Henry, Auxiliary Poppy Chairman , explained, all have . the same deep , meaning. .' ":? . to" "Flanders Fields are on the other ' side of the world from Guadalcanal and a quarter of a century distant in time hut the little . wild poppy of Flanders speaks for the dead of both battles," said Mrs. Henry. "' "The poppy is the memorial flow- er for all who have died in America's J struggle against world slavery, wher- ' ever -or whenever they felL We wear ' it to vshow that we remember them, honor them and are continuing to fight in the cause for which they , died." ' ,, : .. . . " -The poppies are being sorted and , counted ready to go into the baskets ' of, the Auxiliary volunteers who will -distribute them throughout tve city : on Saturday, lly 1. O'-" " t for t! cm aI4 Cj L, . . . Auxiliary's work far dl-sl. 1 t...r ana and families of ssrrice t .a. mj
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