The Goldsboro Herald
"Wayne County's Leading Weekly Newspaper"
VOLUME XVI—Number 30
Goldsboro. N. C., Thursday, May 11 1939
PRICE: 8 Cmto
* Goldbugs Best Kinston Eagles
12-11 In First Ni^lit Game of
Season On th #_ocal Diamond
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Contest Proves to Be One of
Thrills and Chills as Teams
Swap Leads
LEFTY FLORA GETS
WIN FOR GOLDBUGS
Skipper Shirley Leads Hitting
lor Goldbugs With 4 Hi,tr
1_C -I IU.I
Under bright lights, and in a con
test of thrills and chills by turn, the
Goldbugs broke the hearts of the
Kinston Eagles 12-11, last evening
In the first home night Same of the
season
Goldbug fans were sitting com
placently on their haunches as the
fourth inning found them 5-0 in
the lead. The Joy was short-lived for
Kinston rallied in iha fourth to
•core 0 run*. and thus began the
• peal action. "^he fifth and slxtn
counts went by uneventfully. In the
aeventh Buck Overton took over the
station of Sandford Peele. Bug
catcher, and slapped out the first
homer of the Bugs' this season.
Shirley followed with a hot one that
r hit the initial sack and was not
traced until he was safely on second
and was brought home by Pawluk.
Kinston again made the Bugs un
easy, very uneasy, in the ninth when
» they scored 5 runs to lead 11-10
Kepler was tried on the mound for
Goldsboro, but was replaced by
Flora who stopped further action.
Goldsboro sent Buck Overton uo
first $nd lie hit to place on first
Shirley slapped another down flrst
base line for another double to score
Buck. Pawlak walked and Vaughn
sacrificed to put Shirley in a scoring
position, with one out. Rehkemp was
called to pinch hit for Flora and
«tot a long fly to left field to bring
Shirley home with the winning run.
After Winston weakened in tht
ninth. Shirley called Kepler to
pitch to two hitters, and then Flora
came up to halt the rally and receive
credit for the game
Nowak was marked losing pitcher,
replacing Sirrnek in the fourth for
Kinston.
Skipper Shirley led the Bugs for
came next tor 2 tor 3, Pawlak, 2 for
3, and Overton 2 for 2.
For Kinston, Albritton with 3 for
5, Nowak. 2 for 3. and Striftgfellow,
2 for 3, were the heavy hitters for
the visitors I
Kinston chalked the only miscue
■ of the conte*t.
Watson shone in the outfield for
the Bugs and Kennedy fur the
Eagles
Umpires were Phaup. on bases,
and Ritter calling balls* and strikes.
In all the Goldbugs got 16 hits
and Kinston 11.
All week-day games in Goldsboro ^
are scheduled at 8 00 o'clock P. M-.
with the exception of June 3 and
July 14. which will be afternoon
games. All Sunday games in Golds
boro will be held at 3:00 o’clock P.M.
Charlie Hare, 39,
Takes His Life in
Saulston Township
_
Young Man Drank Ly« On Sat
urday and Di*d in ih*
Hospital On Sunday
Funeral services for Charlie Hare,
29, of Snow HilL who died Sunday
morning in the Goldsboro Hospital,,
were conducted at the home of his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Louis HareJ
in Saulston township, Monday af
ternoon by the Rev. Jimmie Roberts
of Greenville. Primitive Baptist
minister. Interment was in the Rack
ley cemetery near Nohunta church
Mr Hare, who was on a visit in
his native section, drank lye at
Smith’s filling station in Saulston
Saturday He was rushed by ambu
lance to the Goldsboro Hospital, and
| his condition was considered critical
from the first
He is survived by his widow and
one child, Jewell; his parent*; five
sisters. Mesdamea Arthur Pelt of
Albemarle. Howard Anderson cf
Richmond, Va., SeLby Davis of Stau
I tonaburg. James Teauhey and Seth
HollovrcU of Saulston; and three
brothers. Arthur Hare of Saulston,
Russell of Princeton, and Fioyd Hare
of Columbia, S C.
OLD MARRIAGE LICENSE
Above is the reproduction of a marriage license Issued in Johnston
county In 1823, 116 years ago If one will look closely he can see a part
of the worn edge of the license at the upper right corner. The paper
was frayed all around but the engraving does not show all this. The con
tracting parties in this marriage were Henry Pope and Polly Lee Tho
license was loaned to the Herald by B F. West of Goldsboro
275 Singers To Give Two
Programs Here on May 19
Combined Choru*»e oi Sqovi
HUl, Ayd»n, Gr*»ovilla and
Goldsboro to Sing
LEWIS S. BULLOCK IS
TO LEAD THE SINGING
Two Performed!c**. On* in Al
tsmoon and O..* at W.ghL
Art To Bo Givan
Singers from Snow Hill, Ayden
Greenville, and Gold-boro, will comi
together in a program of the fourth
annual spring music festival of th:
Eastern Carolina Symphonic Chora
Association to be staged in Golds
boro on Friday. May 19 Presides
Lewis S Bullock will conduct th;
275-voice chorus in the two per
formancea scheduled
The afternoon performance wil.
feature the singing of AO trained high
school students in an operetta, "Ir
An Old Kentucky Garden." Th*
operette combines a group of Ste
phen Foster's best known songs
and is in commemoration of th*
75th anniversary of his death
In the evening performance the
junior chorus, high school chorus
and adult units, representing 27!
vested singers, will render a variec
musical program This will mark th*
third of the association's three an
nual musical performances, th*
other two being Handel's "The Mes
siah" at Christmas and a cantata t>
Easter
The afternoon performance '.s
scheduled to be held at the Golds
boro high school auditorium at 2:00
o'clock in th* afternoon, and the
evening performance at 8 00 o’clock
' Campfire suppers for the 175 sing
ers in the junior and high school
groups are entertainment foautra
' preceding the evening performance
The annual banquet for the adult
chorus will follow the recital.
Committees have been named by
• the groups making up the associa
tion, and these committees are aid
! ing in arrangements. The Goldsboro
' Chamber of Commerce is offering a
number of prizes for achievements1
of the year
The executive comrmtee of the as
: aociation will meet also on that date
James W. Butler, president of the
Goldsboro chorus, has named the
following as committees to represent
the local chorus:
Hospitality Jack Fonvielle, A G.
Elllnwood, Mrs. A. C. Hodges. Mrs
Julian H Burnley, Miss Margaret
Long
Banquet program: Mrs. T. A Early.'
Jr Miss Nellie Mack Herring, Lew\s
S. Bullock |
Campfire suppers for juniors and
hij*h school groups: Mrs. Fred L.
Harrell, Miss Elizabeth Smith, C. H.
■ Westin.
1 Banquet (menu): Mrs. A. J. Smith,
i Chairman
I Staging: Lewie Hallman. Ray Lyles
■ and Roy J. Parker.
Junior-Senior Reception
Is Gala Affair at Hotel
O
The annuel reception ana dance
given by the member* of the Junior
Class of the Goldsboro High School
to the Seniors was held in the ball
room of the Hotel Goldsboro on Tri
day night with an attendance of
more Ilian 330.
Officers of both classes received
the students. Ike Manly presided is
master of ceremonies, and also wel
comed the seniors. The juniors sang
'To the Seniors” with Miss Hazel
Shaver accompanying at the piano.
An interesting program was given
consisting of music and dances.
Block icc cream tn maroon and
white, the Junior class colors, was
served with cup cakes and salted
nuts. Eighteen members of the
Sophomore Class served refresh
ments,
The ballroom was decorated with
balloons and spring flowers. Each
guest was presented with a gaily
colored party cup.
i
Jump* Kantian is president of the
Senior Class; Willie Boykin, vice
president; Marjorie Stenhouse, sec
retory; and Lillie Burns, treasurer.
Junior officers arc; Martha Best,
president; Lnmuel Summerlin. vi<;e.
president; Tony Lupton. secretary;
and Noah Bas.;, treasurer.
, Members of the faculty of the
High School and members of the
, board of directors of the school and
husbands and wives were among the
guests.
Ray S. Smith is
Injured by Auto
Ray S. Smith, twenty months old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray S. Smith of
Plkeville, is in the Goldsboro Hos
pital with cutj and bruise* about lha
face and bead suffered Sunday af
ternoon when he was struck and
knocked down by an automobile
driven by Miss Bessie Claytor on
South Center street in Goldsboro.
His condition is not considered ser
ious.
The little boy stepped trom be
tween two parked automobiles into
the path of Miss Claytor's ear. Offi
cer H. C. Welgand, who investigated
the accident, reported The car stop
ped within a few feet, the officer
' said.
Scientists say 87 per cent of all
Impressions are made by seeing
I ONLY HEARD!
B? ISABFIIE BADDOl'B
Boy I wouldn't miss that Donkey
ball game What with all the pay
ers and all it will be the bigger
show of donkeys ever to hit thi
town. They tell mo r.isns arc bein t
made to enable the fans to designate
which are the donkeys.
An acquaintance remarked re
cently: “A Virginia mail has suc
ceeded iii crossing a cabbage with
ail onion, arid I am smoking it right
now.1'
A young lady, finding herself
attended in a small town a.kid an
old man at the station where she
might sr>erid the night.
"There ain't no hotel here," he said
"’but you can sleep with the station
agent"
"Sir!" she exclaimed. ' I'll have you
know I'm a lady "
"That's all right." drawled the oli
men “so is the station agent."
The Injuns are coming! The Cow
boys are already here. Everything
is getting in swing for the big rodeo
the end of this month. I reckon af
ter the donkey game, they’ll try to
sign up some of our citizena.
Asked John F. Hobbs, who Is quite ,
a cowboy himself, where the boys
were stopping He looked at me as
tho' I were a bit wacky and politely I
informed me that they were “stop
ping'' in hay lofts I think he is
trying to hand me something, be
cause he insisted that if they took
a bath and slept on a bed they
would get pneumonia. They don't
look nearly a? wild and woolly bs
some of the town boy* that have
turned jitterbug
What married woman in town
caused a young fellow to lose his
iob by calling him over the phone
and intrud.nfi upon his business
hours — who were the two women
who got in such a fight that the
man mixed up in it had to pull thy'
big one of! the little one — and
v. ho took the knife away from them
- why did it never reach the courts
— who was seen staging a love scene
at the softball g*me — thst was put
in at the request of l>e firemen —
who asked bis mother if (be thought
hi* daddy was going to marry h‘s
stenographer — who was the young
man who had lipstick on his hoapi
tal shirt -- what former well-known
wuman was taken from a dive by
ex-Sunday school companions —
wno went out oi iown 10 cncck up
on her husband's maneuvers — who
was seen with her head on a shoul
der that didn’t belong to her hus-1
band — who had rather work eve
ning* than listen to his jealous wife
all evening — who bops his wife
when she gets oti a nagging spree —
who went on a binge and ran off
with his boss's hat and coat and 16
coca colas — who unwittingly had a
l.ttle party in the Tavern with his
boss out front — who reputedly
brags about how she throws coffee
pots, etc , at her husband — who is
the girl at the Hotel Beauty Salon
who hates to see school come to a
close and the Yankees leave — and
who is it that had better watch out
for the meanest looking man in this
town.
Dopey: I was tughtfully embar
rassed when x dropped my fork at
the banquet.
Mb: Why everybody drops a fork
now and then.
Dopey: Yes, but everybody doesn't
drop one out of his coat sleeve.
Dean D. B. Bryan
Speaks to Class
at Pikeville High
Wake Forest Professor Uses
"Youth and Democracy'*
As His Subject
“Youth and Democracy’ was the
subject of the address by Dean D.
B. Bryan of Wake Forest College at
the graduating exercises of the Pike
ville High School on Tuesday night.
He urged the members of the dare
not to forget that their high school
education has been directed towards
making them better citizens In a
Democracy. In his address he made
several striking references to inter
national affairs.
Principal B. K. Miller introduced
the speaker and presented diplomas
to the eighteen graduates. Uah
Fleming, valedictorian was present
ed with the Nathan b Burger
Memorial Cup for one year. Mar
garet Vail was salutatorinn.
The seniors attended a meeting of
the Pikeville High School Alumni
Assoc.ation Wednesday night.
Big Rodeo to Show in<
May 24-28/ Promises
Spills; Sponsored by
TO BE SEEN AT RODEO
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Above are views of one of the country's best trained mules. Thi* mule!
and the owner, Tom Hunt, will be seen In the Rodeo to be given in ^
Goldsboro from May 24 to 28. The Rodeo is being sponsored by the
Goldsboro Lions Club for the benefit of Its blind fund.
150 Former Pikeville Folks
Attend School Alumni Meet
Thorn® Who Hot® Graduated
from the School Sloe® 1910
Gath«r for Meeting
OLD STUDENTS AND
STUDENTS HONORED
Father A. Rain® Fr®®man Telle
of the Early Day® of School
When He Taught
Around 150 former students of the
Pikeville High School attended »r
alumni banquet held at the school
Wednesday night
Former students of the school —
men and women, boys and girls ■—
came to the school for the first gen
eral meeting of the alumni group.
Besides a sumptuous dinner, a
program, both informal and varied
was enjoyed
Mrs. Lizzie Bullock, the first per
son tn graduate from the school, was
nreeer-.t as were manv others who
were among the earliest to graduate
after the first class, that of 1810.
Father A. Raine Freeman of Kins
ton led the invocation and later made
remarks on his experience as teach
er m the school during its early
years as a high school.
Done Hales, of the class of 1830.
made the address of welcome and
the response to this was given by
Clenon Dees of Goldsboro
Mrs J W Rose had charge o! the
music for the evening; Lois Pike
gave a dance; and 'Miss Pruitt of
the school faculty sang a solo.
Courtesies were extended to men
who had formerly served on tba
school board and to “lOit wtnr n*»
compose the board to the old faculty
members present and to those of
the present faculty.
Old teachers who received recog-'
nition were Mrs. John Hosea, Mr*.
A. Hosea and Mrs. Rufus Hoses.
Gray Garris served as the toast
master fur the evening
Ace Flyer Is Injured In
Plane Crack-Up on Sunday
Johnnie Crowell of Charlotte,!
noted stunt flyer, was painfully in- J
jured when his plane cracked up at
the Goldsburo airport Sunday, while
performing for a crowd estimated nt
around 20,000 people, who were at
tending the air show of the Caro
linas' Aero Club.
The crash occurred when Crowell
failed to gain altitude enough to
right the plane which he was flying
upside down. The left wing of the
plane struck the ground and
crumpled, throwing the motor a dis
tance of about 50 feet Crowell su
stained a severe gash on the fore
head and chin and multiple bruise*.
The ambulance had some difficulty
reaching the pilot when the crowd
surged around the plane and found
Crowell conscious and clutching a
Are extinguisher.
When visited by the Herald re
porter Tuesday. Crowell made light
of his injuries and displayed the in
domitable will of stunt flyers when:
he told the reporter "Of course. l‘
will continue to stunt. This' is the
first incident of its kind 1 have had
in my 18 y«®r* of flying over the
country. When no one was around
1 got out of bed and walked around,
just to assure myself that I am all
right. I am O K. and will soon be
up flying again "
Crowell was asked if he carried a
good luck token of any kind and he
answered that his wife, who is with
him. was his only good luck token,
and that he was not superstitious in
the least.
Forty-five planes and 67 pilots
were in Goldsboro for the occasion.
Five stunt pilots competed in the
contest Crowell won first prize, *50,
for stunting, and Beverly Howard,
of Charleston, S. C.. won second
prize, $23. which he presented to
Crowell Crowell also won the prize
for bomb dropping, and Walter j
Tharrington of Rocky Mount for j
best ribbon cutting.
Fremont Finals
Open On Friday
Night of Week
Rov. Norfleet Gardner Will Dfr
llv«r th* Sermon On Next
Sunday Night
The Fremont High School com
mencement exercises will open oa
Friday night, May 12, when Miss
Ivor Aycocfc, bead of the music de
partment presents her piano stu
dents in a music recital. i
Tthe Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner,
pastor of the First Baptist church
of Henderson, will deliver the bac
calaureate sermon on Sunday even
ing. May 14, at 8:15 o’clock. The
Seventh Grade exercises, followed
immediately by the Home Econom
ics Review, will take place Thurs
day afternoon. May 18 Class Day
exercises conducted by the seniors
will be held on Thursday nigh!.
May 18.
The final event in the commence
ment program is that of graduation
exercises which will be held on Fri
day evening. May 18. The feature
of this program will be an address
to the seniors by Dr. Clyde A. Er
win. State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction. Immediately follow
ing the address, diplomas will he
presented to the graduates by Sup
erintendent H. Wellons.
The following awards will be
made: To the high school student
who has made the highest scholastic
average for the year will be award
ed the scholarship medal To the
best citizen in high school will 50
the citizenship medal. To the stud
ent in the elementary school who
has made the most improvement in
Public School Music will go the
music medal, and to the best all
round athlete will go the athletic
medal.
Goldsboro
Thrills and
Lions Club
Variety Program To Be Shown
When Cowboys and Cowgirls
Gather For This Big Event
SHOWS TO BE HELD AT
HOBBS' STOCKYARDS
Rodeo Is Widely Known. Haw*
lug Shown in Several State*
During Past Summon.
A Rodeo, featuring Western cow
boys ar.d cowgirls in a varied pro
gram, w ill be staged ir. Goidsborca
May 24 to 28 inclusive.
This rodeo is being sponsored by
the Goldsboro Lion3 Club, the pro
ceeds to be used in the club's w-ortc
with the blind
The shows will be held on tbe big
lot adjoining J. F Hobbs' stockyard*
on the Wilson highway.
From all parts of ttie west, com
boys and cowgirls are coming tr*
take part in this Rodeo.
Harry Huff, of Ptaillippi, West
Virginia, who is associated with Hr.
Hobbs in the stock business Is own
er and manager of the Rodeo, tsifl
has for the past five years showed
many towns through Virginia. Wwt
Virginia. Maryland. Pennsylvania
and Tennessee. He is busy scouring
tbe country for the beet of buduag
horses to use in this show. A ship
ment of wild Brahma steers are io
tbe way and will arrive in time for
the show
Many of the beautiful, well-train
ed horses used in the various Rodeo
events are now at tbe stockyard*
and are being put into shape by thy
boys now In quarters.
Rodeos have grown in popularity
so fa*t the last few years, they now
rank second in sports in this coun
try The word "Rodeo" or “Rodayo"
means "roundup", but today it ha*
come to mean a gathering together
of cowboys and cowgirls who com
pete against each other in various
cowboy sports such as saddle brad*
riding, bareback bronc riding,
riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, <
and steer roping All of this milt be
demonstrated at the Loons Club
Show, in addition to many feature
events, such as trick and fancy horse
roping, bow and arrow shootiaa
educated horses, funny clown mules,
high jumping horses, and an old—
fashioned square dance on horse
back. known as the Quadrille Otx
Horseback, or Dance of the Range—
land ar.d a thrilling exhibition of
trick riding.
The show will last two hours and
is full of excitement, fun. and thrills.
All lovers of horses will enjoy see
ing the well trained cow ponies
work in the steer wrestling and call
roping events. You will marvel at
the numerous tricks, poses, and
dances that the horses perform it* *
the beautiful high school horsa
number. The children will enjoy j
the antics of the Hodeo clown and
his funny little mule, and you will
be thrilled to see those squealing,
pitching, bucking, horses from the
ranges of Montana come out of tb«
chutes with a cowboy trying to stay
aboard. Then watch the contest of.
mastei^ between man and besst.
A bigger thrill is in store for you
when the wild Brahma cattle com*
bawling, kicking and twisting down
the arena, vainly trying to throw
their rider.
Then there is steer wrestling, or
(Continued on Back Page)
Prof. Jasper L. Memory
Addresses Rosewood
Senior Class Tuesday
WaV* Forest College Proieeeoe
Admonishes Seniors to Be
Loyal to Ideals
Prof. Jasper L. Memory, Jr., of
Wake Forest College, delivered the
commencement address to the 23
graduates of the Rosewood High
School on Tuesday evening, using 1*
his subject "Loyalty to Ideals of
Service and Worthy Living."
Ralph Whaley was the Senior
speaker; Charles Penuel, valedic
torian; and Doris Smith, aalutator
ian. Principal H. C. Bowers pre
sented awards as follows:
Scholarship: Senior, Charles Pen
uel; Junior. Louise Braswell: Sopho
more, Mary I^e Burns; Freshman,
Walton Smith, best all-around girl
student. Myrtle Phillips; and best all
round boy student. George Gray.
Attend Goldsboro’s Free Auction Sale Friday, May 19th