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t I « The Goldsboro Herald "Wayne County's Leading Weekly Newspaper" VOLUME XVI, Number 14. Goldsboro, N. C., Thursday, January 13, 1939. PHICEi 5 County V Department Wages t . ,nt Against Disease ___ i--— First of Series of Articles Tells Something of Nature of So cial Diseases PRECAUTION MEASURES ARE HEREIN SUGGESTED Means of Prevention and Cure Are Available; Fight on to Eradicate Diseases (By ISABEI-I.r. BADPOtBI To uncover diseases that have /or generations been hidden and through their very concealment ftkva been allowed to go on their destructive way undisturbed, Is a task that must be accomplished gradually and with infinite patience Auch a task has m recent years been undertaken by hculth depaitments throughout the country and it is a commendable fact that Wayne County does not lag behind in this state's war against syphillis. tuber culosis and the maternity death rate. The general public, being unwill ing to read statistics, knows too lit tle about the prevalence of the two major diseases and the shockingly unnecessary loss of mothers and infants. The health departments, alone, are helpless to cope with the situation after it reaches a certain point and must enlist the aid of thinking citizens, the newspapers, and often the police force. The Herald, through a'series of ■articles, written Informally and in 'terms that the general reading pub lic will understand, is attempting to assist the Wayne County Health Department in waging its fight. " the disease Possibly the greatest of modern plagues is veneral diseases A dan ger to the public henlth, a destroyer of vitality, health, and physical pro gress of the race, a peril to the fam ily life of the country, and a detri ment to physical and mental pro gress of civilization, the dread dis eases take their terrific toll each year in alarming numbers AU classes of society are marked with it. Because of its susceptibility to contagion, the innocent suffer as well a> the licentious. Rosncau, great authority, says "The history of preventative mediein can present no greater misfortune than a home invaded by syphilis or gonorrhea, z- no greater tragedy than the- birth of jfea syphilitic child, nothing more pa j thetic than the new born baby blinded by gonorrhea. Gonorrhea L has been characterized ms the great I' preventer and syphillis as the great destroyer of life Civilization and syphillization have been close com panions.” ' fBW The direness of the diseases can hardly be exaggerated. Doctors and public health workers over this and other countries are making an earn est-effort to make the public con . scious of the prevalence and conse I tjuencc entailed. It Is no mere scare. To those who have put aside foolish inhibitions it offers an op (Continued on Back Page) Bob Kemp To Get Scout Eagle Rank For His Fine Work Other A,wards Are Made At Court Of Honor Held At Community Builtiiny Monday The Boy Scout Court of Honor wu held Monday evening *1 the "Wayne County Memorial Commun ity Building with Boat P. Johnson m presiding a In the Scout rally held in connec lp tion with the Court of Honor, Troop f ,« placed first gaining 10 points, and troop 13 just behind them with 9 Points. At the Court of Honor tvdo boy* from* Trapp 4. Conway Rose and i Sammy Starling, were promoted to Second Class. Bob Kemp was recommended for Cagle Scout rating and will be awarded the Eagle Badge at the an nual meeting to be held January 28 ' In Goldsboro. f Merit badges wers presented to | Dick Borden, electricity; Bob P°''f ell, electricity and scholarship: »n“ Bob Kemp, bird study* electricity, civics and scholarship. Mr C. H Westin, Scout executive, announced that plana are ! being made for the celebration of the 2Mh anniversary of Scouting to bp held liue wiwa us (iviuou * w * School Teachers In General Meeting Go For Busy Hour Or So Variety of T*p;c* Are rivimpd As Teacher* Hold Meeting Here Monday Night A general meeting of the teach* ers of Wayne County schools was held at the William Street School Monday evening C K I-evvis. prin cipal of the Nahuntii school, pre sided over the assembly. II C. Bowers, principal of the Rosewood school, presented a plan by which students might contribute to the “March of Dimes,’1 added fea ture of the annual fight against in fantile paralysis. Leon Couch, principal of the Grantham school, discussed the re port of the Governor’s Commission of Education, with particular em phasis upon certifications, resigna lions, retirement, and restoration of teachers’ salaries to the level prior to 1U20. In an Informal talk. J W. Wilson, county superintendent, urged teach ers to remain after school is dis missed to prepare details of the next day’s lesson Mr Wilson txunted o'ut that much time arid wasted motion could be sn\ td by a careful prepar ation and analysis of the schedule to be followed the next day Miss Dori Goode, o fthe Grant ham faculty, rendered several songs After the general meeting, group meetings of classes and subjects were held, each group having a planned program The theme lor this year’s discussion is “Impiove ment of Oral and Written English Swimmers Do Work In Meet re Last Friday Xltw1, Hawley. Drear A. U. Are Amiinf Star* la A Meet in City Goldsboro* rising aquatic stars had an opportunity ln*t Friday night to show home folk* that what they have been reading about them in the papers is really so. Ed Shumate, with a good steady stroke captured the &80 A A. U championship event tight from un der the noses of the more experien ced Duke and Carolina entrants Prince Nufer. who seems to have gotten into the habit of starring, lowered her 100-meter backstroke time. Elizabeth Hawley crashed an A A U record when she swam by herself in the girls’ 220-yard breast stroke. She crashed the outdoor mark 'and lacked only a few sec onds besting the indoor record, which she holds. Little Miss Marie Crone turned in a remorknble performance with one of the best times of the evening In the 25-yard backstroke she was on ly five seeunds behind what Prince Nufer regularly swims. The meet was sponsored by the Carolines A. A. U. and the Golds boro Swimming Association and was the f.rst district A. A. V. meet j ever to be held. Organization Is Completed for the President’s Birthday Ball I Burt P. Johnson. County Chair man, Has Named Those to Assist With Plans Here MANY EXPECTED TO JOIN IN FIGHTING PARALYSIS --- Bali is to Be Held At the Hotel Goldsboro On the Niqht of January 30th Plans are shaping for the Wayne County celebration of the Presi dent's Birthday Ball and the "March of. Dimes’’ to be held at the Golds boro Hotel the evening of January SO. Every section of Wayne county is enlisted to aid In the local celebra tion of the national fight against in fantile paralysis. Mr. Burt P. John sdh, Ccuhfjr chairman, has announc ed that the additional feature in the campaign this year, the "March of Dimes," will be completed before the ball at the Hotel Goldsboro. Committee for the organization for the President's Ball have been appointed and are as follows: Central Committee Bntt Johnson, chairman; Mary Langston, Goldsboro: M J. Hatcher, Mount Olive; Millsrd Best, Fre mont; J. Wilson. Wayns County Schools. Pitblielty . CiianUUmJ h'iSS Iso bel Baddour. Goldsboro; Mi'S M. J. Hatcher. Mt. Olive; Mr*. Ralph YelverLOii, Fremont, March of Dimes W. It Allen, chairman; Mrs. M. J. Hatcher. Mt, Olive; Miss Ruth Pate. Goldsboro; Herman Wellons, Fre mont. Hall Walter Stansbury, chairman; Frank Rcmsburg, Leslie Farfour. Tickets Mary Langston, chairman; Dr. Corbet Howard, doctors; Hugh Wal drop, insurance; John Peacock, law yers; Sam Hocutt. dry goods; Will Hufer. grocery stores; Mrs. Pearl Brasheri. beauty parlors; Fitzhugh Lee, offices tall others); Arnold Edgerton, filling stations and gar ages; Ray Armstrong. Rotary; R T. Cozart, Kiwanls; Leslie Gardner, Elks; Rob Stevens, American Le gion: Francis Stanley. Pythian Lodge; L. J. Davis, teachers; Addi son Hawley, pupils. School Organisation W. R Allen, chairman; J. W. Wil son, B. K. Miller, J. C. Stabler, Mount Olive.; 3. K. Miller. Pikevillo. R. L. McDonald, Seven Springs; C I M. Billirtfc>. Brogden; Leon Couch I Grantham: H. C Bowers. Rosewood;) C. R. Lewis. Nahunta; M L. Row- | land. Eureka; T Threatt. Belfast j y perr". Smith’s Chapul; W. L. i Creel, Indian Springs. j Mrs. Charles Stroud Is Instantly Killed In Accident Friday - i Sfne W»» On Way to Norfolk To Visit Mirk SoninLaw When Accident Occurred Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Stroud 60 who was instantly killed in an automobile accident near Rich I Square Iasi Friday evenin', were; concluded at Elm Street Methodist i Church in Goldsboro Sunday after noon by the parlor, the Rev. J Rooks. The Rev. Leon Ruy ell of Raleigh. former pastor, assisted. In Lermeril was in the family plo. in Willow Drle cemetery Goldsboio. Mrs Stroud was thrown out of l the automobile m which «be v,»»i riding with her son, Herman Stroud.! aid her daughter, Mrs. H K Ward ! noth of Goldsboro, when the cm I was in collision with an automobile driven by McKay Woodard Mrs Stroud fell, striking her head on ‘he pavement. Her skull was frac tured Herman Stroud was badly bruised about the body and on Saturday in GulcLbnro X-ray pictures were made to determine the extent of his injury Mrs. Ward suffered bruises believed not serious She was token to Rocky Mount by her daughter, Mrs. Louise Staton. Mr and Mrs Woodard, occupants of the other car, were taken to fi Wilson hospital, and were reported not soiioudv injured. The Goldsboro people were err-1 route to Norfolk to be with Mrs. Stroud s daughter's husband. Gro ver Midgett, who is seriously ill Mrs. Stroud was before her mar riage Miss Vanuie Jones. Slw was a member of F.lrn Street Methodist Church. She is survived by three sons. A V C. A and H e r in a n Stroud, of Goldsboro; four daugh ters, Mrs Ralph Burgess and Mrs B. K Ward of Goldfbnro. Mrs. Midgett of Norfolk, and Mrs. John Hinton of,Raleigh, and one brother.) VT a Junes of Koriolk. She wvs | a .-.sUf of the laic Marcus I, Jones of Gulfirjv: 0 Tbe body was brought to Golds boro Saturday morning Thieves Enter Penney's Store A thief of thieves broke into the J. C Penney Co. store in Golds boro Monday night or early Tues day morning, and took around $450 worth of merchandise police re ported Tuesday night They entered lire store through a rear window, it ] was discovered when the store'v. as! opened Tuesday morning. Police! are working or. the case, but no ar rests have been made. Among articles taken were iron's .suits, men's boy’r. and ladies’ coats, ten piairs of pants, wool jackets, hats, ties, shirts, sweaters, overalls, pajamas, underwear, socks, silk hose, shoes, suitcases, and razor blades TAMS Sweet potato production in 193d was slightly larger than in 1937, al though there was a sharp decrease in the Central Atlantir Coast state* Prices advanced seasonally in re cent weeks. R. P. Jcnnson Dies Wednesday; Funeral Is This Afternoon HljMv Itesprtted F'oik Tim nship I'wmfv Had Rrtn STrk lor Frw Uiya Prior to Uoalh Funeral services for R P John son. highly respected farmer of Fork township, who died at Whis pering Cedars Hospital in Golds boro Wednesday afternoon at 12:30 will he held from the home this af ternoon at 3 o'clock, and burial will follow m Willow Dale cemetery in Goldsboro Rev. Clarence Bo-.ven will be in charge of the services, Assisted by Kev S. H. Styron of Pine Level and Rev Olio Fox of Goldsboro. Pallbearers will be Llnvd and David Collier, of P>kevi!le. Kmmet •Tohi'son Cyrus Johnson, Jr, Lin woi d Johnson and Gtylur Ilooks He had been suiferiRK trom an »tLack of tnfldenrs for several do'"* nod was taker to she r.'.irsn g home Tuesday right __ iir Jot rifoa was a rr.ecr.bfc. ol the Springhill Baptist church and had long b«en prominent in .ifiairs of his community His wife, *he form er Miss Betti* Gay lor. died three years ago He it survived by three sons R R. Johnson and D A. Johnson of Rosev/t>od and L. P Johnson of Goldsboro; i _>ur daughters. Mrs. Jefferson Riiey of Durham. Mrs H C Ranks of Laurel Maryland. Mrs. M J. Herrins of Burlington. and -Mre. Robert Williams ol Mt. Olive: two brothers. G K Johnson of Ha Inm, Georgia, and .1 H Johnson of Black Mountain; and one sister, Mrs. J S. Collier of Piktvill# Fifteen grandchildren also survive The President's Ball (By ISABELLE BAl>DOUR) Pleas often cume from charity and practically always there is a worthy cause Now comes the pleas ant combination of dancing gaily and the thought that you arc a me dium o' assistance in the campaign to fight infantile paralysis. Such a thought should make your heart lighter and your feet more nimble. Sympathy is not to be dismissed as a minor virtue, but when the vir tue is backed by good, sound mater ialistic aid, it is much more effec tive. To those of us who stride through life, unhindered by drawn limbs, sympathy for those much less fortunate who make thgir way more laboriously is none the less sincere but is strangely detached. To really feel the pangs the lesson must he brought home to us. And who knows at what time the Great Teacher will bring It? Even those who criticize our Pres ident must bow before the fact that for a man so handicapped, he has risen to great heights. A battle scarred veteran in the cause, he has made possible a means of aiding those afflicted who are unable to aid themselves, and invites us all to dance in celebration of the event. Come to the President's BaH and express your sympathy In a delight ful way, or, if your dancing days ar# over, there is still the March of Dimes. Barney Pearson Dies Wednesday Barney Pearson, 85. prominent fanner of Bailey, father fo Mra. Frank Jones of Goldsboro, died at home at 8:30 Wednesday morn in:? from a «lroke of paralysis suf fered early Tuesday morning. Mr. Pearson was believed to be the oldest Mason in North Carolina in point of service. He Joined the old Hatcher Lod^e of Wilsoa coun ty now closed, in 1878. UetviiUy Mr. Pearson and his .• r the honored euests at n -union ho1'1 *>* *’-i her • “ wia cues in G olcisOv- J Mr. ana Brogden School Is Over-Crowded; In Need of Additional School Rooms) Brogden Principal Has Wide Experience In School Work Born In South Carolina. Train ed in Virginia and North Carolina, Teaches Here GRADUATED AFTER THE WAR INTERRUPTED WORK Has Been Teacher at Brogden for Two Years; Taught 15 Years Altogether Hearting on* of the county'* larg est schools, Charles Moore Bolings, principal of the Brogden school, holds to the theory that "readinh wntin', and ’rtthmetlc" should l>e the foundation of education and that progressiveness should be built up on that foundation Though he was born in South Carolina, he later resided in Vir ginia, near Fredericksburg From the high school at Farnham, Vir ginia he went to Bluckstone Aca demy and Richmond College. After a year ai Richmond College he en tered Wake Forest College His studies were interrupted by the outbreak of the war and he served in the shipyards at Newport News for seven years. With the money he saved from his work at the yards, he re-entered Wake Forest and was graduated from ttiere in 1923 with an A B • degree Since that time he has held prin- j cipalships in the following schools: ' Wake County Millbrook School, eight years; Vance County, three | ••ears: Bel haven, two jears; and Wayne County, two yeprs. He married Miss Fannie Ander- \ m, of Rich Square in 1929 Their Lao :otis. Charles. 11 and Frank. 8 are students at the Brogden school. While at Belhaven Mr. and Mis. Billings purchased u home, where they reside outside of the school term Mr. Billings' experience as a ".choiii man" has qualified him to vender valuable service to any com munity as a leader of young people. His pleasant personality, fairness and executive ability places him high in the rank of county princi- j pals. Edith Lou Futrell Dies Last Monday Edith Lou Futrell. two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs J P. Fut re’l of Houle 1 Pikevllle. dted ot her home Monday morning. having been ill for • week with pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted I at ?rw> Chapel Free WiU Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in the family plot in the Combs cemetery near Patetown. The child is survived by her pa rents: one brother, Jimmie; her grandmother, Mrs. H C. Futrell; and a grandfather, G. W. Killctte of Warsaw. Annual Chamber Commerce Dinner Meeting Is Jan. 25th The annual dinner meeting of the Goldsboro Chamber ot Commerce a:id Merchants Association will be held at the Hotel Goldsboro on next Wednesday evening January 25th, at 6:45, according to announcement by O. L. Wilson, secretary. This meeting is for the entire membership of the organization to gether with their ladies. Malcolm Ainsworth, manager of the Southeastern division of the Chamber of Commerce of the U. S. will bo the speaker, and outside this address and the introductory speech there will be no speaking, Mr. Wil son said. Mr. Ainsworth will speak for about 30 minutes, only. He has been engaged in commer cial organization work for fifteen years, with a background of news paper and public rotations exper ience before entering the Chamber of Commerce field. Before Joining the staff of the National Chamber he served as manager of two local Chambers of Commerce and as Director of Pub licity for a state association in the southeast, gaining additional exper ience th'/igh the direction of a large number Of financial and mem bership campaigns for Chambers of Commerce, community chests and college*. Mr. Ainsworth is a native Geor W..s educated nt Mercer Uni v'.sity. m Macon, Geoigsa. bur two1 pud a half year* he was located in New York City a* Public Relations Counsellor for several of the larger national concerns. Mrs. Dunk Howell. Of Pikeville. Dies Three Week Illness She Ia SarririJ By Her And Seven Children; Funeml Wan Wednesday Mrs. Duck Howell, 40, died at her home on Route 2 Pikeville Tuesday afternoon following an lllnen of three weak*. Funeral aervtees were conducted at the home Wednesday afternoon by the Rev. S. H Styron of Pine Level, assisted by the Rev. E A. KiUette of Pikeville, rreo Will Baptist ministers. Burial was in the family cemetery near the home. She Is survived by her husband and seven children, George, Eu gene, Rufus Edward, Martha Maria. Lottice, Myrtle, and Moyodesea; her father, G. W. Hare of Route 4 Goldsboro; three brothers, K C. Hare, Pikeville, Simon Hare, Eure ka. and G. W. Hare, Jr., Lucama; five half brothers, Jasper Hare, Pikeville, Chester, Respus, Freddie, and Quentin, all of Goldsboro Route 4' »nd two half sisters, Mrs Ther mae Lewis of Fremont, and Mrs. Albert Pike ui Pikeville. I I ONLY HEARD! By ISABEL!,E BAPPOf-'B Here I sit and fret and stew Just to get a laugh from you. If I could see your face so dry, I don't think I d even try. On my cheeks youth's sweet bloom Has given place to deep, dark gloom. All these things I go through Just to get a laugh from you. Did you read in the paper the other day about the lady who went to the theater on cash night’ Well, that’s nothing unusual. But, listen. She was called as winner of $180 She declined the pr.ze saying that -•he came to the show to see the pic ture, not to win a prize. I reckon the bug houses a rent the only ones that should be equipped with padded cell* I know a man who nearly paased from this world of ours because he drank half a pint of kerosene, think ing it was corn. I felt sorry for his evident agony, but he didnt get much sympathy from hi* wife. She says if he didn't drink auch rotten stuff, he would have known it be fore he finished the bottle. A lady divorced her husband re cently for putting ttching powder in her girdle. She should have stayed with him long enough to sew up all his button holes. Tills is going to be short, and therefore sweet Why' Because they are ieaay to go to press. I should have had it in yesterday, tha lino type man is likely to commit may hem. I’ve got some more stories tc write, and incidentally, that’s all 1 can think of to tell you E. A. "Bert" Griffin Heads Social Agency Officer* for the Wayne Council of Social Agencies were elected at a meeting in the Wayne Memorial Community Building last Thursday night. F. A. (Bert) Griffin w»s elected president to succeed Dr. Licgh R Scott. G. C Garris of Pikeville was re elected first vice president; Mat thew Hatcher of Mt. Olive, second vice-president; and Mrs. L. D. G»d dens of Goldsboro, secretary and treasurer. Dr. C F. Strosnider and Dr. Legh R Scott were elected as new members to the board of direc tors of the council. The board is composed of six members and two ex-officio members. The council was organized last year in order to coordinate social work in the county so that the work might be done for the beti interest of all without overlapping. School Operates Six and 97 percent, of Body Hide* Them ENROLLMENT OL 593; ATTENDANCE 18 4MI C. M. Billing* and Hi* Cape of Worker* Hare Well in Hand iBy ISABELLE HADDOCK) Ram mud. sluiih but schools reporting goes on—didn't have tar t® go, though—Brogden ts my desti nation—had an appointment time so explanation were easier_ host this week Mr Billings—quite, businesslike and all earmarks at good school man—after finding oat about the head of the school begin, to inquire about school itself—«<v other man who had rather talk about school than himself—mote problem confronting school is lads of room—community making earn est effort to receive governmental aid—school crowded—seven roeaea not standard size—home ec de department in damp basement— grounds around building attractive and with more rooms would ha quite a showpiece—unless tane> thing is done, there will not tov roems enough next year to accoaa modate student body—rapid growth —16 teachers, including principal— does own office work now but tnha ing students on typewriters in of fice—fee, 50 cents per month—Stt enrollment — average attendant* last month 489- six nice buwui, me with trailer*—busses also crowded 1—67% oi students come on busses— since organization of P T A. pso ple in community have shown re markable cooperation and internet clubs arc Bela, home econorjiic* • boasting several departments), and Glee Club—sports offered aiw basketball, volleyball, baseball, tag football, and softball—now to state tour of rooms—little first graders have sewing machine—made cur tains and chair backs—today ie washday for them—chair backs dry ing on radiator—net at all bashful —each ore wants to tell me some thing—go to another room—inqute— itive about bottles hanging from rack—making tonal scale—whiskey I bottles make best tones—shouldn’t ! be hard to obtain—practically every I room has expanse of bulletin board* I —samples of student art upon tb* boards—artist’s easel — attractlw curtains and aquariums in many rooms—but see drastic need tat j space—most rooms small and over t crowded—third ar.d fourth grad* | combination, studying travel—for ! eign scenes depicted by student#— . students have small stove—children* ; bring milk, soup and various foods* j which are shared—delight in tta* i lunches they make themselves—r j second gra.’.e students writing new# for school publication—neat piseat of journalism is the "Sand Spur”— each grade n-.ake.s eontubutions to 1 news—little second graders anxious to show me what they have written , for the school paper—poems about '• airplanes, pets. etc.—return to aud itorium to hear children's ryUua band- -surprisingly good rythm comes from their cymbals, tam bourines. bells and wooden instm—• (Continued on back page) ; i i \ •4 4 i Two Southern Bell ; Employees Honored At Meeting Hens 1 John Roberts and Min Minnie t-!t Get Service Awards > NMttW Miss Minnie Powell, cashier fine the Goldsboro office of the era Bell Telephone Company the past thirty-five years, and M. Roberta, office manager, Mrs. Nellie Jones of the traffic de partment were presented with pta» by S. H. Youngsblood of RaMtfh district manager, at a dinner gSm*. in their honor this week. Mr. Mta erts has been with the company tar twenty-five years, and Mrs. Jtasv fifteen years. Mr. Youngsblood commented mm the unusual circumstance of haviojg two employees in one office wheoet aarrlce record totaled sixty yaaoh Miss Powell was presented wills » corsage, and Mr. Roberta with m bouttonniere by the members of Vam local telephone office. MB^mnAnoN > The Farm Security Administra tion hat announced that durinf tha^ last ftacai year it made rchaMtfSf. tion loans to nearly 200,000 tjeadx farm families*—many of Vbem a» relief mile—fr» eruhli them ff, 1)^. come seli-suppvruog tanners.