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SELMA, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1943.
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LILY STREPETOW, native of Russia, spent 30 years traveling the
world with her own circus acts dog, horse and wild-animal acts including
lions and tigers. The Russian wolfhounds of her last act are retired now
at her home in Fuquay Springs until Miss Strepetow returns from helping
to lick the Axis.
A recent "graduate" of the aircraft sheetmetal and riveting course at
N. C State College, she is getting a job with a North Carolina aircraft
plant for the duration. Then shell return to show business. A naturalized
citizen, Miss Strepetow Was born into a circus family. She has been in
this country 10 years. She is shown above in the State College shop, work
ing on a fuselage. ,
Johnston County
Schools Open Sept. 9
At a meeting of the" Johnston
County. Board of Education, held on
Thursday, August 5; Mr. L Or Wilk
inson nd Mr. Earli WJnborn of the
Kenly School committee, appeared be
fore the board and requested that
(1500 be allotted to the repair of the
Kenly teacherage. The board order
ed that a roof be put on this teach
erage and other needed repairs be
made, all not to exceed $400 in cost.
With the introductionfor the first
. time of the uniform nine-months
school term, ' and considering : the
many emergencies brought about by
the war, including the request that
schools be opened and closed and
suspended for holidays so that travel
will not be increased on week enda,
and also considering the urgent need
of agricultural labor, the board adopt
ed the following calendar for the op- J
ening, operation and closing of . the
schools of Johnston County:
Section 1. That all holidays,' ex
cept the Christmas holidays as set
out in Section 3 hereof, are abolished
and forbidden.
Section 2. That every school shall
establish a daily opening hour at
least one hour, or more, earlier than
the usual opening time and by slight
ly shortening each period, but omit
ting no period, arrange said schedule
so that pupils may be returned home
not later than 1:30 p. m., to aid in
agricultural work, and that this
schedule shall be maintained by all
schools until further ordered by this
board. -
Section 3. That all schools in
Johnston county shall open on Thurs
day, September 9, 1943, and that each
of the nine school months shall end
as follows:
First month ends October 8, 1943.
Second month ends Nov. 5, 1943.
Third month ends Dec. 8, 1943.
Fourth month ends Jan. 7, 1944.
Fifth month ends Feb. 4, 1944.
Sixth monh ends March 3, 1944.
Seventh month ends March 3 1,1944.
Eighth month ends April 28, 1944.
Ninth month ends May 26, 1944.
Section 4. That the -Christmas
holidays shall begin at the regular
close of school on Friday, December
17, 1943, and end on Tuesday, Decem
ber 28, 1943.
Section 6. That the only option
left the several districts whereby this
program may be varied is as follows:
Provided, that in any school where
there are a number of teachers who
will hav,e to travel a great distance
and indications are that travel on
December 17 will be prohibitive on
that week-end, such schools may be
closed for the Christmas holidays at
the close of school on Thursday, De-
cember 16; and further, that in all j
tmeh schools the rejrular term shall
close on Monday. May 29, 1944, in
stead of Friday, May 26, 1944.
The board approved the annual fi
nancial report to the State Depart
ment -
At Kiwanis Chib Here
Program Chairman Raleigh Griffin
liad a somewhat varied program at
the regular Kiwanis meeting on last
Thursday evening.
In order to better acquaint club
members with the work of the Junior
Woman's club here, Chairman Griffin
introduced Miss Mary Ellen Ellis, of
Clayton, member of the clerical staff
of the local Draft Board, who- gave
some interesting information about
the work of the Junior Woman's club
and its objectives. One of the major
things the club has sponsored this
year is tfie entertainment of Service
men ovev' week ends, she said, and
this work has brought complimentary
remarks from these visitors who
come here from all quarters of the
country.
Charlie C. Clark, Jr., of the County
Agent's office in Smithfield, made a
short talk on the work being done by
the Johnston County 4-H clubs, mak
ing special mention of the fine work
being done by Will Barnes Fowler of
Wendell, Route 1, who has been
awarded a scholarship' to the Ameri
can Youth Foundation Camp at, Shel
by, Michigan, for outstanding
achievements in 4-H Club work.
; A special guest of the club was J.
W. Patten, Masonic Deputy Grand
Lecturer for North Carolina, who
made a forceful talk on "The Brother
hood of Man."
Cadet H.C. Perry
Taking flight Training
Greenwood, Miss. Cadet Herman
C. Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett
C. Perry, of Selma, North Carolina,
recently reported to the Greenwood
Army Air Field as a student in basic
flight training. He attended Selma
High School, Selma, N. C, where he
was a letter man in football, baseball
and basketball. He was graduated
from Win gate Junior College, Win
gate. N. G, where he was a member
of the Band and the "W" Club. He
was accepted as Aviation Cadet on
January 26, 1943 at Camp Gordon,
Georgia.
While in training at the Greenwood
Army Air Field, the Aviation Cadet
will go through the transition stage
from student flyer to combat pilot
and will be initiated into the mys
teries of night flying in addition to
learning to overcome the problems
encountered in handling the faster
basic training planes. Upon gradua-
tion he will proceed to an advanced
training school, which will, be the fi
nal step preliminary to being award
ed the coveted "silver wings" and
membership in the ranks of the
world'! finest pilots.
Barbecue At Country
Club For War Veterans
Meeting if 56th Pioneer Infan
try of World War Climaxed by
Dinner At Holt Lake Sunday
And Hear An Address' by
Albert Coates of Chapel Hill.
(Smithfield Herald)
The 66th Pioneer Infantry of- the
First World War closed a two-day
reunion Sunday with a barbecue lun
cheon at the Johnston County Coun
try Club attended by 200 person hv
eluding members of the ex-soldiers'
families and other sruesta.
Albert Coates, native of Smithfield
and professor of law at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, was the lunch
eon speaker, delivering a scholarly
I patriotic address in which he defined
the present world struggle as a clash
between "the traditions of freedom
and facism" and asserted that free-,
dom-loving men and women of today
are called upon to carry liberty's
torch to succeeding generations
Coates was introduced by Attorney
James A. Wellons, Sr., of Smithfield,
Presiding over the luncheon was Wil
liam H. Wilson of Sanford, Maine,
president of the Pioneers.
12th Reunion
The reunion of the regiment its
12th since the veterans came home'
from Europe in 1919 and the third
held in Smithfield opened Saturday
and the first day was devoted prin
cipally to informal "get-togethers"
and a general renewal of friendship.
At a business session held Satur
day night at the Gabriel Johnston Ho-,
tel, reunion headquarters, Jonas R.
Smith of Philadelphia, Pa., was elect,
ed as the new president and Willie
M. Gaskin of Smithfield was named
secretary.
Attendance at the reunion was the
smallest in years. Despite travel re
strictions. however, 37 members of
the, regiment from five states regis
tered and many of them brought
along members of their families and.
tnenas. states represenieu were
Pennsylvania, Maine, Iowa, North .&fld
Smith f;FnHA' i"VJjli.tS;:fe'-; --!
iSMembers of Johnston county's two
American Legion posts - and other
residents of the county were special
guests at Sunday's luncheon. '
Allied Bombers
Raid 4 Jap Bases
Allied Headquarters in the South
west Pacific, Aug. 10. Allied bomb
ers ranged the whole length of the
Southwest Pacific battle area yester
day, dropping 224 tons of bombs on
four Japanese strongholds Vila,
Salamaua, Bairoko and Amboina.
There was no attempt at intercep
tion by enemy planes.
The heaviest bomb loads were re
leased on Salamaua and Vila, presum
ably the next major objectives of a
two-pronged thrust directed at the
great enemy base of Rabaul, New
Britain.
Successive flights of Liberators
roared over Salamaua, dropping 103
tons of bombs in 40 minutes. Heavy
anti-aircraft fire met the first waves,
but when the last left the target area
the airdrome, the town and harbor of
this Northwestern New Guinea base
were obscured by clouds of smoke
from fires and explosions. Damage
was heavy, a headquarters com
munique said. -
Liberators teamed with medium
bombers, under a fighter cover of
Wildcats, in two attacks on Vila air
drome, dropping 63 tons of bombs
and setting large fires. It was the
heaviest bombing attack yet made on
the Kolombangara Island . airfield,
one of the enemy's few remaining
strong points in the Central Solo
mons. Across Kula Gulf torpedo and dive
bombers smashed 22 tons of bombs
upon much-battered Bariroko harbor,
10 miles north of Munda. Results
were not reported.
Barefoot Reunion Is
Set For August 15th
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On Sunday, August 15, the annual
Barefoot reunion will be held at
Barefoot's Memorial church near
Blackmon's Cross Roads, it is an
nounced by Homer Lee.
"AH descendants and friends of
the late Miles, John and Noah Bare
foot are invited to come and bring a
basket of lunch as dinner will be serv
ed on the church ground," Lee stated.
"We hope to have some good singing
in the afternoon. Come and let's en
joy the day together."
Betty Lee and Hilda Starling from
Clinton are spending the week here
with Vara Jones.
BUY WAR BONDS STAMPS.
BOLT KILLS FOUR
AT WAYNE FIELD
Four Soldiers Killed, 23 Injured
by Lightning at Seymour
f Johnson Field
Goldsboro, Aug. 11. Four soldiers
were killed instantly and 23 others
were injured by a bolt of lightning at
Seymour Johnson Field here about
mid-afternoon today. :
Capt. Bryden, public relations offi
cer at the field, said those killed by
the bolt were: - .,
Sgt. Gordon L. Hanson, son of Mrs.
Emma Hanson of Harvey, N. D.
Sgt. Alvin Yager, son of Mrs.
Katherine Yager of Elmsfield, N. Y.
" Sgt. Joseph E. Driver, Jr., son of
Mrs. Ann E. Driver of Tampa, Fla.
- Pfc. Ange E. Campbell, son of
Oeila Campbell of Newport, Vt.
The men were killed while carrying
out their regular field training pro
gram, Capt. Bryden said. The nearest
of kin of each has been notified of
the deaths.
The 23 soldiers who were injured
were carried to the post hospital for
treatment of burns and shock. The
condition of each was reported as sa
tisfactory tonight.
. There was some thunder and light
ning, accompanied by a small amount
of rain here this afternoon, but there
was nothing approximating a storm
in the disturbance .
The public relations officer did not
give out any details concerning the
deaths.
Meadow Girl Killed
In Road Accident
Benson Christine Barefoot, 19,
of Benson, Route 2 was killed acci
dentally in a wagon-automobile acci
dent about 11:30 p. m. Saturday night
on a road in Meadow township, near
McLamb's Cross Roads. ; . '
The eirl was riding in the automo
bile, which was . occupied , by two
rapuths,, named - -Tanner . and . Norris,
hml ,ee girT. All "three were injur-
;tPccup&
Surviving are her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Handy D. Barefoot of Benson,
Route 2; one sister, Mrs. Virgil Par
ker of Benson, Route 2; and the fol
lowing brothers, James E. Barefoot
of the Army at Fort Dix. N. J.. H.
A., Hobart, Sherrill, Abalee Barefoot,
all of Benson, Route 2; one foster
sister, Shirley Mae Barefoot of Ben
son. Koute z; ner grandparents, wr.
and Mrs. Johnnie A. Barefoot of
Benson, Route 2. and Lester Beasley
of Dunn, Route 2.
Funeral services were held by the
Rev. B. H. Ingles of Raleigh at the
Holly Grove Advent church, with the
burial taking place in the church
cemetery. :
Pfc. Kenneth Smith
Now In Mississippi
Gulfport Field, Miss. Pfc. Ken
neth W. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. J. Smith of Selma, North Carolina,
has reported for training as an air
plane mechanic at this large Army
Air Forces Technical Training Com
mand school for airplane mechanics
specializing in cargo and transport
type airplanes.
Before entering military service,
Pfc. Smith was employed by the
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph
Company as frameman.
Rainstorm Breaks
Dry Spell In Selma
Relief from dry weather and torrid
heat came to Selma shortly after
i noon wednesaay as an eiectncai
rainstorm formed over the central
and eastern half of Johnston county.
Wiltering crops and gardens were
showing signs of dire need of rain as
a sweltering sun beamed down for
the past several days,' and with the
increasing humidity on Wednesday
prior to the downpour the heat be
came very oppressive. But the rain
brought cooling breezes that gave
great relief from the heat
Reports from the northern and
western part of the county reveal
that the rain, which seemed quite
general over the central, southern
and eastern part of the county, fail
ed to extend over that section to any
appreciable extent, many places es
caping any rain at all.
Revival To Begin At
F.W.B. Church Here
. A Revival Meeting will begin, at
the First Free Will Baptist Church
in Selma, near the city cemetery, on
the Third Sunday in August at 11
o'clock.' Miss Delia Grace Wilson- of
Thousands Attend
Farmers Day Rally
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W. H. ANDREWS, JR., Greens
boro, has been named Executive Vice
Chairman of the War Finance Com
mittee for North Carolina under the
new organizational set-up, it has been
announced by Clarence T. Leinbach,
Winston-Salem, now State Chairman
of the War Finance Committee.
ill
CHAS. T. LEINBACH, who suc
ceeds Charles H. Robertson, Collector
of Internal Revenue for the State of
North Carolina, as War Finance
Chairman, was chairman of the For
syth County Second War Loan Drive
in April when that county exceeded
its quota two and one-half times. He
is a native of Winston-Salem.
To Ordain Minister
Of Selma Church
The following news item has been
received by The Johnstonian-Sun:
"The Rev. Carl F. Herman, who
for the past six months has been min
ister in charge of St. Stephen's Epis
copal Church, Erwin; St. Gabriel's
Church, Selma, and St Paul's Church,
Smithfield, will receive Episcopal Or
dination at a special service in St
Stephen's Church, Erwin, on Sunday
morning, October 15th, beginning at
11:00 o'clock. The service will be in
charge of the Rt Rev. Edwin A.
Penick, D. D., Raleigh, Bishop of the
Diocese of North Carolina. The Rev.
James M. Dick, rector of the Church
of the Good Shepherd, Raleigh, will
preach the sermon and also present
Mr. Herman for ordination. Bishop
Penick will then examine and ordain
the Candidate, after which the service
will be concluded with a celebration
of the Holy Communion.
"It is expected that a number of the
members of St Gabriel's Church here
will go to Erwin on Sunday morning
to see their minister ordained to the
Office of Deacon, the first of the three
orders of ministers in the Episcopal
Church."
Knox Criticizes
War Optimists
Portland, Maine, Aug. 10. People
who believe the war will end this year
were termed "foolish optimists" by
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox last
night Knox said in an interview
while inspecting the Navy's training
base here that Sicily is an "outpost"
and that the United Nations have had
only "minor successes" so far there-
Benson will do the preaching. The
public is invited to attend all these
service each night at o'clock.
Smithfield, Aug. 11 R. Gregg
Cherry of Gastonia and Dr. Ralph.
McDonald of Winston-Salem, dwelt,
upon the importance of the farmers
in the war effort as they spoke from
the same platform today at the big;
annual Farmers' Day rally.
"As food is an essential of war, it .
will equally be an essential of a
lasting peace after the war since, aa
many of our leaders and thinkers al-
ready have told us, America may '
have to feed a large part of the World
in the post-war period for an in
definite length of time," Cherry said.
Asserting that fair prices for farm
products are essential to the welfare -of
the State, McDonald said that,
"Right now it is imperative that the
ceiling price on North Carolina to
bacco be raised to at least 48 cents.' '
The weighted average ceiling now is i
41 cents. -'.'
"When the farmer has a good in- 1
come," said McDonald, "all of our
business is good. The merchant, the t .
banker, the lawyer, the doctor, the
State employe, all are prosperous
when the farmer prospers. Likewise, -all
suffer when the farmers' income
is low.
Both speakers commended farmers
for their patriotism and contributions
in both manpower and food to the
war effort ..
Said Cherry:
"The farmers 1 of North Carolina, ,
like those of the rest of the nation,
will be essentially involved in the
wining of the war.
"The feeding of the starving and
destitute peoples of the world will be
one of the many important post-war :
problems.' '. i-.,:-'v '-''j ." "
Chief among these problems wilt
be the necessity of standing on guard
against . a revival of, that wave of . -
isolationism which swept this country ..- ,
after the first 'Wprld wat'and restate '
in our tossing upon the acrapheap the
l cnance we paa uien w iouow mrmiga. . -
f our. raw? XX lV!M4eripjiz
basis for a permanent peace. rt v
Said McDonald: . . : A 'V.
"The farmers of North Carolina,
have stood patriotically behind the
nation at war. They will" continue
loyally and devotedly to save the
country until the last gun is fired and
victory is ours. . .
Seen and Heard Aloof
THE MAINDRAG
By H. H. L. SSSSSSS
Heard a good one on JUDGE W.
P. AYCOCK this morning the
Judge dropped in at MATT WALL'S
office to pay his light bill and when,
reaching in his pocket found that his
money was gone the Judge happen
ed to think that he changed pants
when he dressed this morning he
didn't blame it on the madame at a
bowling party at Holt Lake Tuesday
night MRS. ANNIE BARHAM car
ried off first honors for the ladies,
winning every game played, with
MISS RENA KING a close second-
for the men CAPT. S. M. PARKER
was the winner HERBERT WARD
still holds the record for high score
HERBERT made 226 one night re
cently GERTRUDE STRAUGHAN
up to that time was Selma's cham
pion bowler that was a fine speech
the writer heard last Sunday after
noon at the Country Club when DR.
ALBERT COATES spoke to the
members of the 56th Pioneer Infan-.
try of the First World War and a
number of invited guests he spoke
for about an hour and nobody was
heard to complain for having to wait
that long for dinner and talking:
about that feed, WILLIE GASKIN
did himself proud each guest had
about a half pound of barbecue (and
j barbecue, you know, is hard to get)
and pickles, slaw, ice cream and cake,
iced tea, and Johnston County corn
bread somebody said TOM LASSI
TER, of The Herald, had two help
ings LAWYER HOBBS spoke for (
the Selma group, making some time
ly remarks when LAWYER HOBBS
gets "warmed up" look out Selma's
weather prophet, EDITOR STANCIL,
has missed it all around lately, one
day he says it's going to rain and it
doesnt but he usually hits it we. .
went over to the Farmers' Day cele
bration with our good friend, GLENN
GRIER, yesterday and saw an im
mense crowd everything went on ac
cording to Hoyle both candidates for
Governor of this state, were on hand
and shook hands with everybody
there RALEIGH GRIFFIN is all
smiles this week his wife has re
turned from s two-weeks' vacation '
RALEIGH says there must be some
thing to the saying that "absence,
makes the heart grew fonder." uj