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Mrs. Atkinson Speaks On Trip to Hawaiian Islands The following interesting account of a trip to the Hawaiian Islands re cently made by Mrs. Wade H. At kinson, was given at a meeting of the Book Club held with Mrs. W. T. Woodard last Friday afternoon.) Leaving Washington on a sleeper we were in Niagara Falls next a. m. tn the 25 years since my last visit the grounds had been more beautifi ed and with the new International bridge and the driver stopping in the center leaving me on the front seat sitting in Canada and Annie Vick on the back seat, sitting the U? S., I had the thrill all over again of visiting the Falls. . -. .t. Crossing Lake Ontaiia by boat to Toronto which was also a larger city than on my previous visit, we had a three day and three night train trip, passing along the northern shore of Lake Superior, then through the wide open plains or cattle ranches to Lake Louise. The Chateau hotel there surrounded with thousands of yellow poppies, V, faces the all year round snow covered Mt. Victoria at the opposite end of the lake. We topk several drives through Bow Valley during our five day stay. Lake Louise is just a beautiful spot, we found Banff is quite a town, with an elegant hotel that is a copy of an old - Scothish castle nestled at the foot of high peaks, many snow covered and reminds one of the magnificence of the Swiss Alps. From there we went to Calgary to attend the Stampede or Rodeo and while the Rodeo itself was not as . exciting as the ones in our Friday and Saturday are formal dress nights. Every one wears flow ers in their hair and no hats even for church. You will find a table in the lobby full of fresh flowers for your hair every morning ind even ing. With two fountains in the, lobby one can. draw a glass of pineapple juice when ever you are thirsty, be- ing the fresh fruit it does quench ones thirst. r The Hawaiian Islands are a chain of mountainous Islands, near the middle of the Pacific. The population is mixed with Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Fili pino, German, Russians and Ameri cans. , . .". - The language is soft, and full of harmony consisting chiefly of vowels, the alphabet having only 12 letters A. E. H. I. K. L. M. N. O. P. U. W. The house of the native is a grass thatched hut now many live in re gular houses The Islands are noted, for their mild and very healthy climate, the temperature ranges from 89 in July to 78 in January, and hurricanes are unknown. The Islands had been ruled by a King, the last ruler a Queen caused a revolution to , brake - out in 1891 when overtures headed by a pro visional government were made for annexation to the U. S. which were not at that time received favorable. Sanford B. Dole then President of Hawaii visited Washington in 1898 and succeeded in getting President! McKinley to sign a joint Irresolution passed by Congress, by which he ap pointed a commission to visit the oWn western states, we had excite- ment enough when we found that the Islands and map out a plan of Goy. A month later the U. S. took for mal possession, and in April 1900 an act of Congress made provision for a was of a race track while the horses were running. We soon saw on our pro gram that a horse in the. first race was named "Miss Annie",, of course we all decided to bet On herihd sure enough: she won and gaveius $21 ;85U ' for our $2.00 m.. Also, In Calgary the Indians put on the best Indian show, I have ever seen, the men with their Vtamitifiil feather head dress, men and women in white doeskin beaded , aquarium, -Aeademy of Arts and territorial government and Dpje i .toadfe Governor.' V(; ' ' When' we visited: the museum saw the only thrones in the U. S., which came into our possession with the Islands. We also visited the jackets and the all white horses they - toHp with breastplates and face covering of this same white doeskin lavishedly beaded, looking as the armored horses did in medieval times. Leaving Calgary we traveled by Castle Mt., now Mt. Eisenhower, named last year in honor of General Eisenhower. It is ' seven miles long and 9030 feet high. We had another wonderful 24 hour train ride through the 'Canadian Rockies that run almost to the Paci fic ocean. neacmng Vancouver we iuun. an all day steamer trip through Puget Sound passing many small islands (like our 1000 Islands), stopping over . at Victoria, the Garden City of Can ada which is indeed a very beautiful and unusual city. We landed back in the U. S. at Seattle, from where we drove to and up Mt. Rainier, to me the loveliest peak in all north America. Then we had a delightful stay in San Francisco before . taking the "Daylight" train for Los Angeles. This train, I believe is supposed to b the last word in complete comfort and conveniences. ( We spent a. week in Los Angeles, toured Hollywood, visiting Art Link-, letter's broadcast, the House Party", attending a concert in the Hollywood bowl, eating at famous places to say nothing of shopping. We sailed from there for Honolulu a place so heauti ful it is indeed Fairyland. As we ap proached the Island, launches came out to meet us and you neara me throbbing voices of native boys sing ing to the plaintive, never to be for gotten accompaniment of steel guit an and girls dancing in the grass skirts the hula-hula, with other boys diving for the pennies you throw over board for them, coming up at last with their cheeks pouched. out like a squirrel's when full of nuts. These follow you in from where a long .two story pier is crowded with people holding garlands of flowers called ' Leis, the symbol of their greeting and farewell a ceremony of friendship which is peculiar to no other spot on earth. Bands . were playing and rolls of colored paper thrown back and forth until the ship seemed to be caught in a veritable spider-web of varied colors. When we arrived at the hotel there was more music and flowers! a hostess and manager to greet you as if you had come for a personal visit The Royal Hawaiian is just a magnifi cent hotel, giving each guest every attention. When we were shown to out room the bell hop said, "be sure and eat your pineapple, and coffee is being served in the Cocoanut Grove". There on the table was a large pine apple all prepared for us. The hotel is on Waikiki beach, the dining room of which two sides are of glass looks out on Diamond Head the Gibralter of the . Pacific and a lew of the surf board riders, A took an all day comprehensive tour around the Island, passing the Poll Hickman Field the worlds largest Airport having 25 miles of run ways Barracks and Pearl Harbor. Our greatest thrill came when we were invited to a private Luau, 'which is a native barbeque. The ladies wore native Polynesian dress which is like a long mother hubbard with a train, having a loop so that they can carry it on their wrist, their husbands shirts, worn native, with. tail out matched the dresses. There were 60 guests, and two tables had been arranged, with Ti leaves cross ed and down the centre decorated with pineapples, bananas and hibis cus. The tables are low about 10 or 12 inches off ground and you remove your shoes and sit tailor fashion around the table. But first we were taken out to see the re-moval of the pig from the pit, the ceremonial of serving with a native chanting the blessing and music accompaning the food it is born to the serving places. (Give description of Pig) Then, we went to the table where cut up fruit was served from a long wooden bowl, then the Poi was brought around. Poi is a substitute for bread and is eaten with the two front fingers as there is no silver used at any time. A sweet was then passed made of cocoanut milk and corn starch poured into paper cups, then came the piece de resistance, in dividual plates were served with the roast pig, baked sweet potatoes ana salad made of raw salmon, tomatoes and sea weed mixed with water which of course I did not eat; then the fruit from the centre of table and lovely large layer cakes, com' nleted the dinner. While we were eating we heard the soft strains 61 four Hawaiian musicians and when we finished were entertained by a native dancer. On our drive we never saw a truck garden, the land being cultivated en tirely in sugar cane in all stages of growth as they have an all year round season producing the greater yeild per acre than any where else in the .world.- When it wasnt cane growing then one saw acres and acres of pineapple fields. Naturally the trip would not have been com plete without a visit to the Dole factory, whereJulce is on table for all visitors, the cafeteria in that fac tory can' feed 1800 people at one meal and 10,000 are served daily meals costing .45. . - With the same excitement of leav ing as we received -upon arrival, we reluctantly sailed for' San Francisco and home. '. : ': , : n Chamber of Commerce Has Supper Banquet; ' Secretary to Resign Twenty members ; ot the Selma Chamber of Commerce attended a regular quarterly supper meeting pi the organization held in the .Woman's Club building Monday' Might of this week. Secretary L. O- Davis " an nounced that he would not be avail able for another year as an officer of the organization. The next ban quet meeting of the chamber is sche duled for the first week in January at which time hew officers; w;ll be elected. The meeting was presided over by President Vernon Wiggs. , The' exer- cises were opened with the , singing of "America." In the absence-of a pianoist, John"" Jeffreys pitcJJar the tune. , Invocation was by Raleigh Griffin. 1 ' f-R A delicious supper was served by the Junior Woman's Club. TJjej -appetizing menu consisted of i baked chicken with dressing, snap beans, candied yams, pickle, biscuit,,' coffee and apple pie. Those serving were Guy Mullins, chairman; Miss .Mary Emma Perry, Miss Ruth Ellis: and Mrs. Ed Perry. Mary Smith waschitst rook an ri a vprv 0wt inu : ''V'?WV.; : President Wiggs .. . thanked j he members who had a part in making Selma Harvest Day a success. He gave special praise to O B. Fulgbum, who was master of ceremonies for the big celebration. M j ';. : "My days as a useful citiaenyave passed," stated Secretary Davir-? In announcing his intentions to r "I cannot go on for another year at the - rate of speed I have been going Someone else must take the secre-. Farmers Urged to Turn to Cotton to Make Up Tobacco Crop Loss Red Springs, Oct. 16 Johnston County farmers were urged recently by George T. Ashford, Red Springs, president of the Carolina Ginners As sociation, to plan now to plant to cot ton some of the 7,903 acres that will be idle next year in Johnston County py reduced flue-cured tobacco allot ments. v . ......- .. witn an expected 20 per cent blanket reduction in" flue-cured al lotments in 1948, Johnston's tobacco allotment will be reduced from 39, 518 acres to approximately 31,614 acres, Ashford said. Tobacco farm ers, he added, would be wise to in vestigate the possibility of taking up a good portion of the reduced acre age with cotton.- ..Cotton is second only to tobacco as a cash crop in North Carolina, Ash ford pointed out. , "Inventories of cotton manufactur ers are more depleted than in many years," he said, "and cotton can be planted without a complete change in farming operations. We are proud of the Improved living standard of our farm people, and we cannot afford to stand by and face a 20 per cent re duction in cash income, which will amount to approximately $3872,470 for Johnston County at present to' bacco prices, without making some effort to supplement this, income with some other, cash crop." ; Great efforts are now being exert ed by the National Cotton Council to increase research arid consumption of American produced- cotton, Ashford said. Favorable also to cotton produc tion next year, he added, are the successful experiments wjth insecti cides this past year in controlling the boll weevil and other- pests. ' ' '.'The Carolines Ginners , Associa tion, the National Cotton Council and Selma School to Begin Full Schedule Monday By E. C. JERNJGAN The Selma School will return to its regular schedule on Monday, October 20. Teachers will be in their rooms for the reception of pupils at 8:25. The Tardy Bell will ring at 8:35 and those who are not present at roll call will be marked tardy. Any unexcused tardies will cause the pupil to be subjected to the neces sary punishment to cause the pupil to be at school on time. I Wound Like To i- " m.. ij . oiner suiumi sivuus . ore uuuij 5VVU1 IfUUMI-MlIU RVUUVW, shford id:?WmwJitimr.oV ton leaders recttetihg higher 'prices for thW commodity, no farmer should cooperation , for the . new .secretary, who. will oe elected the first oi i; ' There was no new business othei When- we visitecf the museum ;weHha.a; request from Dr. Will Lassiter that the chamber membei-s UttljH the Selma High School Foot ball; team better. "We have a yefy tijWteam this year," the doctor de- Under the heading or old pusmess the railroad crossing on East An derson street received much discus sion. Secretary Davis suggested that the speed of trains at this crossing be reduced until safety devices can allow land to stand idle but should take advantage of the opportunity to supplement his income with addi tional cotton acreage." ...... .. .. ... ' Rev. Tom Freeman to Speak Harvest Day Rev. Tom Freeman will deliver the Request Parents To Get Pupils Off To School On Time And Not Be The Cause Of Your Child Being Punished. The School Lunch Room will be open Monday for the pupils. SORRY. we can not serve people who are not enrolled In school because we are on Federal Feeding Program. It is against the law. Surplus commodities and Federal money is provided only ror school children. The only excep tion is made for the teachers since they have to supervise the children at lunch time. Due to the large number to be ser ved, it will be necessary to begin serving the First grade at 11:20 and continue through high school uatil about 1:15. If any one has to get lunch too early or too late, we are sorry.. It is the best we can do. Due to the fact that we are getting only about one third of the financial assistance from the Federal Govern ment that we have been getting and also the increased cost of necessary commodities, it is necessary that we charge twenty cents per student lunch. We hope that we are going to be able to pay expenses at this price and not have to raise it during the school. year. Twenty cents is the set price at all schools in Johnston County operating lunch rooms. Johnson Gives Facts and Figures On Selma 30c Vocational Levy era ting' lunch rooms... " . r "J ; - Fair;rs'Hc!ir, be installed. At the last meeting of main address at Bethesda Church 100 DELEGATES EXPECTESD Greensboro, Oct. 11 With their efforts aimed at outlawing war and establishment of permanent peace through a world government, up wards of 100 delegates from all sec tions, of the state will meet here on October 17 and 13 for the first con vention of the United World Federal- notice u your .room informs you that lsts of North Carolina. r the board of directors it was decided that a prize of $5 be given to the school child who sends in . the , Pest solgan for Selma. i ' Mrs. Ed Perry, stenographer for the Selma Chamber of Commerce gave a brief report on her activities before and after Harvest Day, which entailed the writing of several hun dred letters. She read a letter of ap preciation from Hon. R. L. McMillan, stating his delight at being present for at being present for the big cele bration. Mr. McMillan was the mam speaker for the event which was held here September 3. . ( tresiaeni " iss ou"u"" : r the board of directors had voted to mn tn the veteran training om nnw in nroeress in Selma. r t tiArinn is' chairman of the ' ! i c-hnni hnildinc committee Mr. Norton thanked the Chamber of Commerce for the. donation ana -j oitinnnl funds were StlU CVl IHUfc - r,aA tn rarrv out the program. T.ocn.r nr. R. M. Blackman was not present for his report, rreai dent Wiggs stated that the organiza v,oi nhnnt $250 cash on hand. The m-esident stated the chamber was making plans for Santa Claus to come to Selma direct from the North Pole a few days before Christmas. Attended Wake and Johnston Contest v Bv FRANKLIN ANDERSON Th fnllowine Officers from Selma Future Farmer of America Chapter attended the Wake and jonnston rvnntv Federation contest: Kenneth Brown, Vernon Stallings, Wilton Phillips, Oscar Hinton, ner. Ksrf Tnnrntnn Franklin Anderson. The meeting was held at Rolesville Hi ah School. The winners are as follows: First Fuaquay Spring, sec ond v place Rolesville, and third place Wake Forest The next contest will be held at Wake Forest the second Monday In November. The contest will be a lec ture and demonstration put on by each 11 high schools in the Federa tion. -. .'' . Thursday, October 23 at Home Com ing and Harvest Day. s: An interesting program is being planned for the day. The program will begin at 11 o'clock. All mem bers, former members, former pas tors, and friends are most cordially invited and urged to be present. The local people are asked to bring contributions of products for the Harvest Sale. All proceeds from the sale and donations will go for pur chasing a parsonage unless designat ed to go for some other object. We trust you shall not miss this opportunity to participate in public worship and fellowship of. friends during the dinner hour and through the remainder of the program. Re member the date Thursday, Octob er 23. STORK CLUB " Dr. and Mrs.' E. H. Vick, of Nar berth, Penn., announce the birth of a daughter, Kathleen Ann, on Octo ber 5. Mrs. Vick is the former Miss Margaret, Sprankle, of Ardmore, Penn. Mr. and Mrs. W. Robert Burgess of East Fayetteville announce the birth of a son, Robert Gregory. September 27, in Pittman's Hospital. Mrs. Burgess is the former Miss Retha Bass of Selma, Route 1. 1947 OCTOBER 1947 ,S M T 1 W T PS 1 J 8 4 a ? ' a io 11 IS IS 14 IS 18 17 IS 19 20 SI 23 23 24 25 21 27 28 29 30 31 ' Mr. and Mrs. James Whitley of Smithf ield announce the birth of a son, James Milton, on Friday, Oc tober 5, at the Johnston County Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Byrd of Smith field, Route 1, announce the birth of a daughter, Brenda Gayle, at Mary Elizabeth Hospital in Raleigh Sep tember 20. Mrs. Byrd is the former Miss Beulah Whitley of Smithfield. Mr. and Mrs.' Macon Harris of Clayton announce the birth . of a daughter, Deborah Madora, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Mrs. Harris is the former Miss Madora . Breen of Raleigh. .. 1 Mr. and ' Mrs. David Peedin of Selma announce the birth of a daughter, Davie Jean, at the John ston County Hospital October 8. Mrs. Peedin is the former Miss Doris Thompson of Smithfield, Route 2. TODAY Thursday, Oct. 18 Sunrise 6:21 a. m. Sunset 5:38 p. m. Length of the day, 11 hours and 15 miautes. ; Future " Jrirst ftfeeiiajg in Selma The Selma Chanter of the Future Farmer of America, held their firs regular meeting October 8, 1947. The meeting was held at the new Agricul tural -Building. All members were present.., . , ' They had the regular Opening Ceremonies in the Chapter Room. The purpose of the meeting was to elect officers for the school term. The of ficers and committees that they elect ed are as follows: President Ke.nneth Brown. Vice President Vernon Stallings. Secretary Wilton Phillips. Treasurer Oscar Hinton. Sentinel Herbert Thornton. Reporter Franklin Anderson. Program of work committee Franklin Creech, Oscar Hinton, R. L. Creech. ' Parliamentary Edwards, Phillips. Finance Committee Murry Par- rish, R. A. Avery, Leland Batten. Recreation Committee Leonwood Ham, Avis Stallings, Vernon Stal lings. Camp Committee Franklin Creech, Avis Stallings, David Byrd. Supervised Farming Johnie Brown, Turner Williams, Bobby Oliver. . Cooperative Committee H. Thor- By J. MARVIN JOHN80N . I will attempt to answer your in quiry in part and hope such informa tion as I give you will throw some light on the Selma School Financial condition. Generally the . figures art V pretty accurate but thereis always such things as outstanding checks ' etc., to account for. ? . The Selma 1946 special $.30 levy amount to $12,277.45. As of today; $11,301.00 is accounted for by col lections which would leave ; uncoU- lected $976.45. Of the collections you had a bank balance 6-30-47 , the sum of $7,999.91 which was unexpended. There was paid out in cash during the year $2,767.64 which was as I can ascertain salaries which went to Ada Core $127.73, Mary Vinson 80.83 per month. From the balance in the, bank:' you can easily see that the most ot the levy was never spent last school year. ' The 1947 Special School Levy of , $.10 for Selma Township amounts to $4,542.32. Of this levy there has been placed to the credit of the Selm School the amount of $662.66 to date. The 1947 Vocational lew nn 9ft ' for the county amounts to a total of ; $81,958.63 and the Selma School nor. ' tion of this prorated according to last years' average school at tendance amounts to $10,087.43 which is 12.33 ' percent of the total levy. According , to Mr. Clyde Erwin's office there was t -' an average attendance in the Selma, ; scnuoi lor lasi year ox niz students. of which 901 were whites and 811' colored. The total for the county was 13,827 and dividing. Selrna's average , '. into this county totaj, gives the Selma 12.38 p" cent ot the total, r? ' to date $1,35139,. , mmit hat thajTHArt mtv a' A II, ,: si 'if j .ww : whiles of fajswtownslup 4ut- pear In mind that , the 811 t , colored students do .not even About . Selma Special Schqol pistrict now " . has m round figures about $10,500 In the bank to their credit. This balance is all muddled up in three levies and I seriously doubt if there is any per son who can untangle it. To me-, it ' seems that the only thing that the people of Selma School District can' do is to see that the money is spent in a method that is fair and equitable to the people of Selma School dis trict. . : " School I .Collected 1- H 1 K ' & was, tel you can Baptist Meeting Be Held in Pine Level Woman's Missionary Union of Johnston Baptist Association again calls attention to a meeting of great p r o c e dure Hal importance. Community Missions Billy Strickland, . Harpld Institute to be held in Pine Level Baptist Church, Monday October 20, 1947 at 10:30 a. m. All churches in Association are urged to send a good representatiin, surely every church with a W. M. U. organization will put forth every effort possible to send a full delega tion. Those attending are asked to bring light lunch. Hostess church will fur nish drinks. It is requseted that all who have the book "Community Mission Guide" bring and if. possible read before coming. Miss Ruth Provence Executive secretary North Carolina W. M. U. will give opening devotional. Mrs. George Davis of S. C. South ern Baptist W. M. U. worker who revised the Community Mission Guide will be present to lead tho Institute and lead great information and lasting inspiration. Mrs. D. H. Crover from Boonville Community Mission chairman for North Carolina W. M. U. also Raleigh Divisional chairman. Mrs. Gardner from Henderson, N. C, will add greatly to the days program by their presence and helpful discussions. This meeting is something new in . Johnston Association. A golden op-( portunity that is ours Let all who can take advantage. nton, L. Ham, M. Parrish. Community Committee William Newsome, Franklin Creech, Bobby Oliver. Scholarship Committee Frankl in Creech, R. L. Creech, H. Thornton. After election of officers and com mitteemen, they all stood and faced the flag and closed 'the first F. F. A. meeting ever held in Johnston Coun ty for at twenty or more years. This report is turned in by Selma F. F. A.. Reporter, Franklin Ander son. The adviser is Mr. Worth E. Vassey, Agriculture Teacher. Credit Controls to ' End November 1st The expiration of Regulation W on November 1 will mark, the end of controls which require: a down pay ment of at least one-third, with the balance to be paid off in 15 months or less ... on washing machines, radios, ironers, refrigerators, mech anical dish washers, stoves, automo biles and other items: a down pay ment of at least one-fifth, with the balance to be paid within 15 months on - furniture and rugs. Furniture sales, inparticular, are expected to increase as retailers, everywhere, ease their credit terms. The big mail order houses are halving down-payments and extending payment times from 15 to 18 months. Retailers are expected to meet or better these terms, in . many instances. Many; banks and other loaning agencies will also relax their credit require ments. ' i Italian eye grass may be grown successfully in nearly every county in the state and it remains green and continues to grow throughout the winter. -v- -' -- '. Vets Kiwanian Guestsr ;: The Kiwanis Club of Selma enter tained the Veterans of the Selma.' Veterans Training School at their regular meeting last Thursday night A chicken barbecue plate was serv ed. W. E. Vassey presented the vet erans. Willard Johnson, program chairman; introduced the " speaker. Rev. James Cammack of Smithfield who spoke on Democracy. A prize was given to the veterans by -President R. M. Blackman. Matt Wall won the attendance prize. ' - : ItrpyElliiy Oct 24 Mrs. J. A. Smith. . Oct 20 Mrs. C, M. Ray. :.v s Oct 21 Mrs. Addie Cappa 5 . Oct 21 J. H, Eafnea. Oct 24 Jack VaUoa. mfZSJ-