North Carolina Newspapers

7T -1- i i r M mm M A. Tin Y?i SELMA, N. C.f THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1945. VOL. 28. me TT K j) J Ml IMIIK'U Alt Belleview inapci Church Wear Old A new church is being built at the entrance to lizzie Mill. For the past year the people in that community Tiave been active in organizing a new Sunday School, the first in that sec tion in the past fifteen years. At present they are building their new church to be called Belleview Chapel. It will have an auditorium with a seating capacity of one hundred and fifty, in addition to seven Sunday School rooms. The church has obtained a spacious lot with three hundred feet of front age and one hundred and fifty feet deep on Lizzie Road at the entrance to the village. The church is to be huilt on one-half the property and the other half is to be used for the recreational park. The organization and promotion of the Chapel have been generously assisted by the community. Rev. Howard F. Newman, pastor of the Selma Presbyterian Church, has been working with the church. In addition many of the Sunday School teachers and public school teachers have help ed to supply the new Sunday School. Many gifts have been received from interested organizations and individ uals in Selma and in surrounding communities. The cost of the total project will be around $10,000.00. Under the supervision of the church, plans are being made to de velop a recreational park on the church property, with slides and swings, and eventually with indoor Tecreation such as bowling and "basketball. The people have felt a great need for more adeouate recrea tional facilities in our community and are endeavoring to sponsor this project as a step in that direction. Mr. Dewey High has been elected as superintendent of Belleview Chapel and Mrs. Inez Hollowell is serving as Secretary. Mr. High estimates the oV,iwVi will ho readv for services shortly after the beginning of the new year. . Great interest has been manifested ti,;. u hnth in Selma and in 'he-niiehboriA?:4lownranaiie9. , Several people' to RaleigVhave heafd of this work and have sent donations to the Chapel. This work promises to be a great addition to our town ana we welcome Belleview into our famfly -T h,.r.hoa onH nledsre to them our interest and support in their addition to our community. Watch For Markers On Nylons, Says 0PA Raleigh, November 26. No one seems to know just when tne mar ki rnAA with a nlentiful sup- W 1 n m - i - ply of nylon hosiery, but when the omvn thev will carry a tag giving all the information the cus tomer needs in maKing ner puroiuurc fn nPA. Shomiers should look for these markers for their own protection. . , , m.. ri3 a ooii these official tags. X 11C V attached to one stocking in each pair of nylons, will give sucn saueni uam i.u. noiiinir nn'cp the cauere as uie icwui i ' w and denier of the hose; the name of the maker; whether or not iney are irremilar. second or third quality; a ..,v.thar thev are out-size or OIIU mrewiv. j OPA also reminded a nylon-hungry public that the hose would return to the market at prices at least one fourth below those charged in 1942, for first Quality. full-fashioned nylons ranging from 95c to $2.05, compared to previous ceilings of $1.6o to Jp.ou. . Tommie H. Rogers Is Discharged At Bragg Pfc. Tommie H. Rogers, son of Mr. i .c T . i?ifpia rf Prineetoiv ana luro. vm "w6o i -V and husband of the former Lida Mae Hales of Kenly, received his honorable discharge from the army on Novem ber 10, from .the separation center at n l T ITa unnul A9. months in service with 26 months of this time in Alaska and montns m uie xiuiu pean are. , He holds the Victory Medal, two Good Conduct Medals, European-Afri-can-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal Service Star, and the Wltll HC . fiV.pififi Theater Medal witn the Bronze Service Star. 50-Gallon Still Captured Near Town A 50-eallon. all-copper, whiskey 4.:i1 roo onnfnrpil in full blast OUt- side the northern city limits of Selma last Tuesday aiternoon aooui p. m. o n,, nf rhiskpv and 24 eallons of high grade molasses were taken and 4 barrels of mash aeswoyea. Mtiion) Allen and his brother, Wll bert E. Allen, white, operators of the nlnrpH under bonds of $200 each pending their appearance in the Mayor's Court. ofifcers H. B. Pearce, C. A. Ryals and Charlie Straughn maae ine raaa. : IT lonsiractin Lizzie Cotton Mill MARCH OF DIMES TO OPEN JAN. 14th flhanpl Hill. November 23. In re sponse to inquiries from the public, Dr. Ralph W. McDonald. North Caro lina State Chairman of the March of Dimes, emphasized today that tho nnfinnwiHo March nf T)imea. tn be conducted January 14-31 as usual, has no connection with any other intantiie paralysis funid appeal: The March of Dimes, he said, has become synonymous with .the or ganized fight against poliomyelitis directed and unified by The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, whose 1946 campaign will be com memorative of the late Franklm U. T?nnopvplt vulnn nrpnteH the National Foundation and symbolized its con tinuing crusade. Reviewing the critical Hickory epi demic of 1944 and the famous "Miracle of Hickory" achieved by those who fought the Great Crippler's invasion of Catawba River valley, Dr. McDonald said: "The National Foundation sent $693004 in emergency aid into this state to fight the Hickory epidemic and to provide continuing care and treatment this year for those who were stricken during that attack. "However, the National Founda tion's 50 ner cent share of this state's March of Dimes contributions from 1939 to 1945, inclusive, was $425,393. In other words, the national organiza tion has sent more funds into this state in a year and a half than it re ceived in seven years." Dr. McDonald said that half of all contributions to the March of Dimes will remain in the local communities to provide hospitalization, profession al care and treatment, special equip ment, supplies, transportation and all other services connected with the costly and often prolonged treatment of poliomyelitis. , With tha rAmninfnor SO ner centJ he said, ..the.' 'atioPwmdatloWiiwQl continue to encourage rana -.xmance wnrthir nrientif ie research, extend fi nancial aid to County Chapters over burdened with costs 1 or polio epi- rlamina in their localities, obtain addi tional PiYipro-pnrv medical assistance, train competent personnel in modern techniques of comoatting poiio ana deliver the facts about polio to tne American people. Tn the eisrht vears since its iorma- tion, .the National Foundation has rfishnrseH more than S2.000.000 in epidemic aid and appropriated more than $8,000,000 for research ana eau T McDonald said. Local Chanters alone exDended close to $5,000,000 this year to cope nnth nririesnrpad emdemics that nave .loimoii nearlv 13.000 victims . this year to date, making 1945 the fourth worst polio period in tne recoraeu historv of the disease, Dr. McDonald c . . . T.i! 1 He stressed that tne jNauonai Foundation has pledged that no vie (; infantile naralvsis need TO Will V I . - - " without care and treatment for lack of funds, reeardless of age, race, creed or color and regardless of when he became a polio patient. , Tn nol o's attacks last summer, TTtoh TennpR!see. Viririnia. Montana, Tii.nnia anH New rorK were UttlLlCU larly hard hit. Backing its local Chap tera in these states, tne national or ganization to date has sent imnois, $238,200; New York, $190,560; Vir ginia, $139,092; Tennessee,. $115,600; Utah, $70,000 and Montana, $33,100. Several other states received similar aid. - Organizing For Clothing Collection More than 2900 men and women thus far, have agreed to serve as local chairmen in their communities for the Vic tory Clothing Collection for overseas relief scheduled for January 7 - 81, Henry J. Kaiser, national chairman for the drive, has announced. Wisconsin leads the states with 237 acceptances, topping New York's 178. Texas is third with 163, Pennsylvania has 132, Illinois, 131, and Nebraska, 127 chairmen. The majority of these men and women organized their communities last spring in the collection of serviceable nsprl p.lothinp- which furnished snrplv needed earments to ok nnn nnn war - victims of Europe, China and the Philip pine Islands. The goal of the January drive is 100,000,000 garments, in addition to shoes and Koillinar fnr the needv and ftUUittgf f destitute in war-devastated lands. The collection is con ducted on behalf of UNRRA. pew Awaiting Discharge 1:4 ., U ;v? 1st Lt. W. Shelburne Bran- nan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brannan, Sr. of Clayton, is home on terminal leave await- ino- his Hisnriaro-e which will be issued about the fourth of February from Camp Breckin ridge, Ky. Lt. Brannan enter ed service in April, 1941, serv ing: four years and eight months, of which 13 months was snent in the European theatre. 'He saw action with the 3rd and 7th Armies in France, Luxemburg, Belgium, Germany and Austria. Lt. Brannan returned to the States on Sept. 7th, this year. Ho wpars tliA RTO rihhon with 3 battle stars, the purple neart ana tne Dronze sxar riD- bons. Lt. Brannan is the husband of th,f fnrmer TTnpl Tiflno nf- Selma. Before entering service he was employed . by Dunn Furniture Co. of Selma as bookkeeper and salesman. Final Renort On The United War Func Tn rtctnher the roonle of Selml Township joined with others of ,the county and nation in contributing to the United War Fund. The total con tribution amounted to $1,850.46. The quota given to Selma was not reached but a good spirit of cooperation and o-liirinir was manifested. The amount contributed equaled that of last year. There is no way to estimate me goou that will be done through this contri bution; but the recipients, our service men and Allied friends, will forevar be grateful. This nnnortnnitv is taken to CX- r- press appreciation to those who help ed organize the campaign ano make solicitations in the business district, in the schools, and among the resi dents. You did a good job. J. W. Brown Dies At Home Near Selma .Tnhn William Brown died at his home on Selma, Route 1, on Tuesday morning at two o'clock f ollowng an illness of several years. . . . 1 TIT 1 The funeral was neia weanesuaj afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home and interment followed in the Garner cemetery not far from the Brown home. Rurvivinof are hia wife. Mrs. Maude Brown and ten children as follows: Mrs Florence Johnson and Mrs. May Davis of Goldsboro; Mrs. Minnie Pilkington of Smithfelrt; Mrs. Bessie Eason and (Mrs. Mamie Mitchell of Selma; Mrs. Bettie Calhan of Wil mington; Mrs. Cora Price, Herbert Brown, Larkin Brown ana mrs. Nancy Garner of Selma, Koute x. 1946 License Plates Go On Sale Saturday The new automobile license plates for 1946 will go on sale at the license bureau at Smithfield on Saturday, December 1, states Mrs. C. E. Bingham, who is in charge of the bureau. The new tags are the same size as the 1945 tags, with yellow num bers on a black background. The first number to be sold by the bureau will be 464.001. Town Hall Now Has Fine New Roof We note that work on the Town Hall has been progressing at a steaay clip. The old roof .has been replaced by a bright red tin root wmcn en hances the buildings' appearance. Methodist Pastor IlLWith Flu to report that the Reverend George W. Blount, our Methodist-nnator.- has itneHU. T wish for him an early recovery. ' 350.000 Farmers Are Eligible To Vote Every eligible farmer in North Carolina should attend the AAA elec tion meeting in his community on November 30 and take part in naming the AAA community committeemen for the eominir vear. I. O. Schaub. di rector, State Extension Service, said today. One of the most important jobs fac ing the newly elected committeemen as they take the fcrth of office will be to determine best 'practices to meet the needs of the county and distribute the allocation of funds that has been allotted to the counties and sommunj ties so that individual farms wilj re ceive conservation assistance based on actual needs. Besides helping farmers select practices that will speed recon version of North Carolina's farmland from the strain of wartime produc tion, AAA committeemen will be faced with other postwar problems, such as crop prices, marketing diffi culties, and production adjustment. "Due to the magnitude of these problems," Schaub said, "the men elected at these meetings should have the confidence and support of every eligible farmer in the community." Approximately 350,000 Tar Heel farmers are eligible to cast ballots in the 1,733 AAA community elections. Eligibility to vote is restricted to farmers who participated in the agri cultural conservation and Federal crop insurance programs. Scott Urges Farmers To Vote Nov. 30th Every farmer has a vital interest in future decisions on farm problems, whether local, State, or National, W. Kerr Scott, Commissioner of Agricul ture said today in an effort to en- Tar Heel farmers to go to their rommnnitv center and vote in the annual election of AAA com mitteemen on November 30. Urging a full representative vote in each of the 1,733 AAA communi ties throughout the State, Scott de plored "stay - at - home- tenaencies among some farmers, and appealed for a Jfull turn-out for this : year's Jlbout 350,000 .Sorth . Carolina far- merB are euRiwo w ... . ing elections. A total of 8,965 community com mitteemen and 100 delegates to county conventions are to be elected. Two alternate committeemen will also be chosen for each community. The delegates will elect three member county committeemen to administer AAA activities in each county. "Many grave problems lie ahead for agriculture," Scott asserted, "and it is most important that these men have the support of every eligible farmer in their community." Community Elections For Committeemen By W. F. SNIPES, Secretary John ston County A. C. A. . Election meetings will be held in each community in the county on xt.. snth for the nuroose of ilUVCIUUCl I - electing community committeemen for the coming year, .every eugiDie " er should attend these meetings and the nerson he thinks best qualified to serve as community AAA committeeman. Before the election meeting to be held on November 30th, a nominating meeting will be held in each commun ity in the county for the purpose of selecting panels of nominees for the delegates and alternate aeiegaies for community committeemen mm Al ternate community committeemen. The nominees selected will De voieu on and elected on November 30th. The polls will be open from 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. and eligible farmers may go by the polls and vote any time j.;n tho time mentioned above. UU&&le v. , The dates and places of the nominat ing meeting will be announced within the next two or tnree aays as wen the places of voting in each communi ty. Each farm operator win receive a letter informing him of time, aai mm place of the nominating meeting and the time and place of the election in his community. . . Every eligible farmer is urgea w -n- i tVio nnminatincr meeting in aivciiu " c - each community and also go the polls Friday, November 3Utn ana c8i ballot for the persons he thinks best qualified to- hold office of community AAA committeemen. Robert Edwards Is Injured In Explosion Mr. Robert Edwards, of Selma, Rt. 1, was driving a tractor along the Vmuliv afternoon when it Sud- Henlv exploded. He was burned severelv about his face, ears, toes, anA hio tne nulla Were Dulled off in his shoes. Arthur Owens, who went tn KHwnrda rescue, received painful hnma on hi arms and hands that sent him to Rex Hospital at Raleigh SUGAR: Suear Stamp 38 now valid . . . expires December 31. - COUNTY LAGS IN SALE "E" VICTORY BONDS Receives Discharge From Coast Guard Charles B. Richardson, son of Mrs. Pearl B. Richardson, of Selma, received his dis charge from the U. S. Coast Guard at Portsmouth, Va., on Saturday, Nov. 24th. Charles entered the Coast Guard in October 1942. He has just returned from Green land where he spent twelve months at the Coast Guard Radio Station. Seymour Johnson Will Hold Open House Next Sunday Seymour Johnson Field, November 27. An open house, with Hying Hemnnstrations and eround exhibits will be held here Sunday, DecjBjnber tion of the army air fortes pigram past, present and future.' , ' ' In extending a cordial invitation to the public to see what its Air Force is doing, it was announced that com bat motion pctures, previously re stricted to the military, would be shown. Part of a nationwide AAF demon stration, the open house will com mence at 2:00 p. m. and last until 4:00 p. m. with the gates to the field opening at 1:00 p. m. Flying demonstrations will include combat formations and performances by individual P-47 Thunderbolt air planes, the type used as escort to bomber strikes over Berlin and Tokyo. A spectacular feature of the pro gram will be a firefighting demon stration at which a blazing condemn ed arcraft will be extinguished chemically by the latest firefighting enuinment in 60 seconds. On the ground will be an exhibit of different types of airplanes, army vohioiee weanons and weather ob- ond fnrecastinir eauipment DCl.auvii Mi.u ' ' . - nnen tn the nublic for the ti. will he this First Air Force iUOV CllilV . . , Base's engineering school, utner ground demonstrations and exhibits ...111 Via tmnVlHoH hv the Guarter- master, Engineer, Ordnance, and Chemical Warfare bections oi ii field. The public will also have an oppor tunity to hear over a loud speaker system conversations carried on between the field's control tower and pilots in the air. Oliver's Market To Change Location Here The store building: on Raeford street, formerly occupied Dy tne . George Grocery is receiving a new si J nHll he ocrunied in the near future by Oliver's Grocery and meat market 1.000 PEOPLE TO ATTEND -The-COTTON PICKERS MINSTREL FRIDAY NIGHT, Dec. 7, 1945 at 8:00 p. m. SELMA SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Sponsored by Local Chapter of the Order of The Eastern Star One hour and a half of fun and good entertainment 11 i ' I WANTED! With E-bond sales in Johnston county lagging, Chairman R. P. Hold inr nf the eniintv war finance mm. mittee Tuesday appealed for a larger support of the Victory Loan drivt now in progress throughout the ns. won. Chairman Holding said E-bond sales to date, credited to Johnston county, amount to $122,493.75 or 41 per cent of the $300,000 quota. The drive enrla Tlepemher ft. hut mirrhAMU through the month of December will De counted toward tne quota. "This is a srreat oonortunity for Johnstonians to invest their surplus funds which have been created by bountiful crop years," said Chairman HnlHine'. "Heavv Ravinra now throutrh E-bond purchases will mean much to the economic well-being of individual! and the county as a whole in the. years to come." In answer to the question, "Why do we need a victory loan?", the war finfln.-o division department has released the following statement: Althniiffh Treasurv Denartment estimates indicate a rapidly declining rate ot expenditures ior war ana its related activities, the outlay for the balance of the 1945-46 fiscal year will still be far in excess of normal peace time government costs and far beyond tax income. The flow of war expenditures can not be turned off like a spigot with the arrival of victory. Millions of men cannot be stranded overseas. Hnndredft of thousands must be re. stored to health and returned to their peacetime place in society. Mustering- out nay and veterans' benefits will provide their ante to get back into the game of life. A grateful nation will foster educa tional opportunities . for those GI' who desire it. Pensions must care for th ose widowed and ornhaned bv war. The government must settle war con tracts, help industry return to a peacetime economy. , .( - These are the bills of victory. They . The first third of the governments fiscal year ended as the Victory Loan beean. For the eight 'months from November through June, 1946, total government expenditures, the great hulk of them for war related obliga tions, are estimated at $38 billion. In this eight-months penoa taxes totaling $22 1-2 billion are anticipat ed. This leaves a $15 1-2 billion deficit which has to be financed during the eight months. The Treasury hopes to raise at least $11 billion in the Victory Loan to help meet this deficit, with $4 billion to come from individuals. The Treasury strongly urges individual bond pur chases as a means of withdrawing ex tra dollars that could compete in an economy of scarce consumer goods and spiral prices to inflationary levels that would erase tho value of money assets. A breakdown of the ?38 billion an ticipated Federal expenditures for the November-June period shows: That $26 billion will go for war ex penditures. . That $8 billion will go for indirect war costs, including veterans' bene fits, interest and tax refunds. That all other government expendi tures will total $4 billion, including non-rjcurrine investments in the Bretton Woods Agreements. The estimated $26 billion expendi tures for war for the eight months is but slightly more than the $24 1-2 bil lion that went for war costs in the first four months of the fiscal year. Among these direct war costs, ex penditures for munitions, including equipment and military operations, are declinging at the fastest rate. These items are estimated at about 57 1-2 billion from NovemDer tnrougu t.. mo.d with 13 1-2 billion iiune s cuiuiuuvu ...... - spent from July Through October of this year. Pay and subsistence of the armea Jo ovnoctwl to COSt about $11 billion in the next eight months. The cost for the first four months of the fiscal year was about $8 DUiion. Miscellaneous war expenunureo i: 4.j ot ohniit. $7 1-2 billion for the November-June period as against o v.:n;. fn the frst four months, an increase primarily caused by contract cancellation costs. Discharged from Service To moo M Easom. on of J. P. Easom of Selma, route 1, was given his discharge at Fort Bragg separa tion Center, on October oist. ne re turned to the States on Oct. 26th from Naples. Italy. James was with the 941st Engineer Topographic battalion which made target charts for the 12th and 15th Air Forces. He was overseas 34 months which was spent in nortn Africa and Italy. He wears tne fc.i.u. ribbon with three campaign stars, Unit Citation, Good Conduct ribbon and meritorious service plaque. Before entering service in April, 1942, he was employed by the Stat Highway Commission. tf"? . )