Fristus and Katie Howell Part 4, 1940-1949

• 1940, death of sisters Appie Howell Worley, and Tilithia Howell Lane.
• 1940 Census Goldsboro, Wayne, NC
• 1941, Death of siblings London King Howell, and Genetta Howell Hinnant
• 1941, US enters World War II
• 1942, Fristus joins the Army
• 1945, V-J Day

1940, age 67

Death of sister Appie Howell Worley, 27 March 1940, Pine Level, Johnston NC
Death of sister Tilithia Howell Lane, 24 December 1940, Howell Plantation, Johnston NC

1940 Census

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Line 14, 733 North Herman Street, Goldsboro Twp, Wayne County NC.  Frist Howell is renting the place for 12$ per month.  

• Frist Howell, Head, white male age 65.  Did not attend school, completed 1st grade, lived in same place in 1935.  It seems Fristus is unable to work.  His parents were born in NC, he spoke English, Veteran Father is not dead, he has a Social Security number, his usual occupation is Labourer at the County Laundry
• Katie, wife, white female age 44.  did not attend school, completed 4th grade, was born in Sounth Carolina, lived in same place in 1935, as did everyone else in the family.  Works as home housekeeper.  
• Lois, daughter, age 20.  did not attend school, completed 5th grade, born NC.  Worked for private for pay, worked 48 hours during week of March 24-30 1940, as  a labourer for the City Laundry.  
• Thadus, son, age 17,  did not attend school, completed 6th grade, born NC.  Thatus was also not employed during that week in March for some reason.  
• Roland, son, age 14,  did attend school, completed 6th grade so far, born NC.
• Heywood, son, age 11,  did attend school, completed 4th grade so far, born NC.  
• Aline, daughter, age 9.  did attend school, completed 1st grade so far, born NC.  
• Eula, daughter, age 7, did attend school, has not completed any grade so far, born NC.  
• Alford, son, age 2, no school.  born NC.  

about 1940
Bobbsey Twins at Spruce Lake book

1941, age 69

Death of sister Genetta Howell Hinnant, 5 June 1941, Goldsboro, Wayne NC
Death of brother London King Howell, 9 November 1941, Springhill, Wilson NC
US enters World War II

1942, age 70

Residence Goldsboro NC
Fristus Haywood Howell registered for the US military draft in 1942 during WWII

1944, age 72

Fristus Howell with Melvin Howell
Brunswick Georgia
photo courtesy of Bill Vidunas

Back of photo written by Bill Vidunas

Fristus Haywood Howell
William Roland Howell

1944 Fristus Howell age 72
Brunswick Georgia

Back of photo written by Bill Vidunas

Fristus Howell 1944, Georgia

Back of photo written by Bill Vidunas

1945, age 73

V-J Day

1948

Wayne County Courthouse, Goldsboro, NC, 23 July 1948, by Clarence Griffin.
From General Negative Collection, State Archives of North Carolina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wayne_County_Courthouse_1948.jpg

Fristus Howell 3 gen pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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Historical Insight -- Registering for Draft in World War II, from Ancestry.com

Even before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States established its first peacetime draft in 1940.

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from Ancestry. com

Though the United States wouldn’t enter World War II until December of 1941, it issued its first peacetime draft in 1940, which required all men between 21 and 45 to register for military service. From farmlands, cities, and small towns alike, millions headed to basic training to become soldiers, sailors, and pilots. More than 70 percent of Americans supported the draft, believing the country would soon join Britain’s fight against Germany. And the United States did declare war on December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. While the majority of American men were proud to do battle against the Axis Powers, some protested on religious grounds—72,000 registered as conscientious objectors. Others emphasized the hypocrisy of fighting for democracy abroad, when the military remained racially segregated. Despite protests, by the war’s end, 16 million Americans, including 1.2 million African Americans, had served their country.

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Before they were shipped off to the front, all new soldiers went through eight weeks of basic training. About 1941, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Credit: FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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In 1940, about fifty percent of draftees were rejected because of health issues and illiteracy. September 18, 1941, New York City. Credit: Lawrence Thornton/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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Despite religious protests by Jehovah’s Witnesses and Quakers, many still served in the military to avoid jail time. About 16,000 conscientious objectors were jailed for draft evasion and 6,000 served time in prison. September 1941, New York City. Credit: Hulton Archive/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

 

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Until nearly the war’s end drafted African Americans were kept out of combat and relegated to positions of labor. The U.S. military wasn’t racially integrated until 1945 after the peace treaty was signed. 1940, Tuskegee, Alabama. Credit: Afro Newspaper/Gado/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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Fristus and Katie Howell Part 3, 1930-1939

• 1930 Census, New Hope, Wayne County NC
• 1930s Fristus Howell Shotgun
• 1931, birth of daughter Ida Aline Howell
• 1933, birth of daugher Eula Evelyn Howell
• 1933, End of Prohibition
• 1934, birth and death of daughter Julia Howell
• 1934, death of daughter Arlie Virginia Howell
• 1936, death of sister Nellie G. Howell

1930 Census

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Bissell Mills Road, New Hope, Wayne North Carolina.  Starting at line 42, his name looks like Forst or First H. Howell

• Forst H. Howell, Head, Renting, living on a farm, as did most everybody around them.  white male age 57, married, first married at age 30.  Unable to read and write, he and parents all born in NC.  
• Katie E. Howell, Wife, Homemaker.  white female age 33, married first at age 17.  did not attend school, is able to read and write.  She and parents all born in NC.  
• Arlie V. Howell, daughter;  age 16, single female, did not attend school, can read and write, born NC.  
• Garland A. Howell, son;  age 15, single, attended school, is able to read and write, born NC.  
• Pauline M. Howell, daughter;  age 13, single, attended school, is able to read and write, born NC.
• Letha B. Howell, daughter;  age 11, attended school, is able to read and write.  born NC.
• Annie L. Howell, daughter;  age 10, attended school, is able to read and write, born NC.  
• Melvin T. Howell, son;  age 8, attends school, born NC.  
• William R. Howell, son;  age 4 1/12, did not attend school, born NC.  

I found something weird when I used Google Maps to search for this place.  This screenshot is of New Hope NC.  It is in the upper left corner of this view where the location marker is.  Goldsboro is in the lower right portion of this view.  This is quite a ways away from what I thought was his normal stomping grounds.

New Hope NC
from Google Maps 2017

and yet, when we look closer, there is no Bissel Road, it just doesn't look right.  Let's try something else.

New Hope NC closer view
from Google Maps 2017

Well, I searched for "Bissell Road" in NC and got no results.  I'm lost.  Did they actually live that far from Goldsboro?

Prior to 1730, Native Americans were the only known occupants of the territory now known as Wayne county. Settlers trickled into the territory, but there was no general movement of immigration until after 1750. Wayne County was established on November 2, 1779 from the western part of Dobbs County. It was named for "Mad Anthony" Wayne, a general in the American Revolutionary War. The act, establishing the County, provided the first court should be held at the home of Josiah Sasser at which time the justices were to decide on a place for all subsequent courts until a courthouse could be erected. By 1782 the commissioners were named. In 1787 an act was passed establishing Waynesborough on the west side of the Neuse River on the land of Doctor Andrew Bass where the courthouse now stands.^[3] -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_County,_North_Carolina 

I may have found what I need!

Map of Wayne County, North Carolina, United States with township and municipal boundaries

July 2007

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Wayne_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG

Take a look at the right side, two-thirds down.  The area is marked as "New Hope" and it is pretty close to Goldsboro.  This is also within Wayne County, and fits the parameters.  Now, I will search this area on Google Maps.

This is a locator map showing Wayne County in North Carolina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Wayne_County.svg

This is a locator map showing Johnston County in North Carolina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Johnston_County.svg

YEP!  I do believe I found what I was looking for.

New Hope NC Map View
from Google Maps 2017

See where Goldsboro is in the upper left.  Walnut Creek is in the lower right.  Above that is the area listed as New Hope.  In Walnut Creek, I found a road marked as "Mills Road," but no Bissell Mills Road.  Let's explore further.

I looked closer on the map, found a Mills pond, and New Hope road, but nothing I was searching for.  Of course, things change, but shouldn't be too much, right?  We are looking for farming land.  I'll try the property search next, perhaps.

Fristus Haywood Howell's Shotgun
used in the 1930s
owned by grandson William Vidunas

1931, age 58

clip art baby-green AntiqueClipArt

Birth of daughter Ida Alline Howell, 3 February 1931, Wayne County NC

1933, age 60

Birth of daughter Eula Evelyn Howell, 2 May 1933, Wayne County NC

End of Prohibition

1934, age 61

death of daughter Arlie Virginia Howell, 1 February 1934, Goldsboro, Wayne NC

Birth of daughter Julia Elizabeth Howell, 13 July 1934, Goldsboro, Wayne NC

Death of daughter Julia Elizabeth Howell, 31 August 1934, Goldsboro, Wayne County NC
Lived in Goldsboro NC

1935, age 63

lived in Goldsboro NC

1936, age 64

Death of sister Nellie G. Howell, 6 December 1936, Goldsboro, Wayne NC

Fristus Howell 3 gen pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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Federal alcohol prohibition was repealed in December 1933, but many Americans had been ignoring the law for years.

Credit: American Stock Archive/Archive Photos/Getty Images
from Ancestry.com

In a 1939 news column, Eleanor Roosevelt looked back at the prohibition era and concluded that “a moral change still depends on the individual and not on the passage of any law.” The idea that the state cannot legislate morality was a clear lesson from the federal government’s nearly 14-year attempt to prohibit the production and sale of alcohol. Ratification of the 18th Amendment in 1919 led to a lucrative black market for organized crime, corruption within police departments, and a general lack of respect for the law by a broad cross section of the American public. Many people celebrated on December 5, 1933, when ratification of the 21st Amendment repealed prohibition. The editors of the Milwaukee Journal wrote: “Prohibition is gone. Few will mourn its passing. It never was a real success, for it never really shut off the supply of alcoholic beverages to those who sought them.”

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The 21st Amendment left alcohol prohibition for the states to decide, and Mississippi remained a “dry” state until 1966. December 5, 1933, New York, New York. Credit: Imagno/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

 

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For many Californians, the end of federal alcohol prohibition meant the return of the traditional wine festival. 1934, California. Credit: Underwood Archives/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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In the post-prohibition era, taverns were promoted as places for families and mixed crowds of men and women. September 1938, Raceland, Louisiana. Credit: Russell Lee/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

 

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With breweries and distilleries back in business, the government regained a source of tax revenue during the Great Depression. 1934, New York, New York. Credit: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

 

Fristus and Katie Howell part 2, 1920-1929

• 1920, Lower Boon Hill Census
• 1920, birth of daughter Annie Lois Howell
• 1921, birth of son Melvin Thadius Howell
• 1924, birth and death of son Paul Coolidge Howell
• 1924, death of sister Mary Catherine Howell
• 1926, birth of son William Roland Howell
• 1928, birth of son Henry Haywood Jethro Howell
• 1929 Historical Insight -- The Great Depression

1920 Census

Fristus and Katie Elizabeth Watkins Howell
1920 NC Census

1920 Census, Boon Hill, Lower Precinct, Johnston County North Carolina.  Dated 21 January 1920

• Start at Line 70.  Farm, owned free and clear.  
• Frrist (sic) Howell, Head, white male, age 46, married.  Unable to read nor write.  He was born in North Carolina as were both his parents.  Speaks English, is a Farmer on his own General Farm.
• Kattie Howell, wife, white female, age 24, married.  able to read and write, born in NC, both parents born NC.  Able to speak English, not employed.
• Artie Howell, daughter, white female age 6, single.  born NC.    Able to speak English, not employed.
• Garland Howell, son, white male age 4.    born NC.  
• Pauline Howell, daughter, age 3.    born NC.  
• Letha Howell, daughter, age 1.    born NC.  

Screenshot of Boon Hill NC.  The lower precinct would be south of the highway, borders the Neuse River.

Boon Hill NC
from google Maps 2017

This is an 1896 newspaper article describing how the township was divided for voting purposes.

Upper_and_Lower_Boon_Hill_precincts_1896 (1)
from Newspapers.com

1920, age 47

Birth of daughter Annie Lois Howell, 26 February 1920, Princeton RFD, Micro Twp, Johnston County NC


This is a photo of Fristus and Katie Howell, with their son and granddaughter Henry Howell and Wilma Gray Howell in Gastonia NC.  Wilma was in hospital for a long time, I think with an injured leg.

Update -- My dad tells me Wilma Gray had one leg longer than the other, and the surgery was to "balance things out."  Her brother Joe had the same condition.  Sounds like it is genetic?

Fristus and Katie Howell with
Henry Howell and Wilma Gray Howell
Gastonia NC, photo from Amanda Price

1921, age 49

Birth of son Melvin Thadius Howell, 27 October 1921, Johnston NC

1924, age 51

Birth of son Paul Coolidge Howell, 7 January 1924, Boon Hill, Johnston, NC

Death of sister Mary Catherine Howell, 28 April 1924, Johnston County NC

Death of son Paul Coolidge Howell, 27 May 1924, Boon Hill, Johnston NC

1926, age 53

Birth of son William Roland Howell, 13 March 1926, Wayne County NC

1928, age 58

Birth of son Henry Haywood Jethro Howell, 18 May 1928, Wayne NC

Fristus Howell 3 gen pedigree
from Ancestry.com

1929 Historical Insight -- The Great Depression

The Stock Market Crash of 1929 propelled the United States into the worst hard times: the Great Depression

Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images
from Ancestry.com

October 24, 1929, was one of the darkest days in American history. On Black Tuesday, the hopeful, prosperity of the Roaring Twenties came to an abrupt end when the stock market crashed. Suddenly, the United States, and the world with it, was propelled into the Great Depression. Americans began withdrawing their money from banks, causing them to fail. Industrial production came to a standstill and unemployment skyrocketed. Unable to pay their bills, hundreds of thousands of Americans became homeless. By 1933, 15 million were without work and almost half of all U.S. banks had shuttered. To make matters worse, a historic drought caused widespread farmland erosion across the Prairie, precipitating the Dust Bowl. The “only thing we have to fear is fear itself” declared incoming President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his 1933 inauguration. Immediately he set to work rebuilding the country. Through a series of federal programs, he launched the New Deal, which revived banks, created millions of jobs, and helped Americans from going hungry. Slowly, the economy picked up, and with the outbreak of World War II in 1939, factories across the United States kicked into high gear, propelling the country out of the worst economic depression in its history.

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Hundreds of thousands of Americans relied on soup kitchens and charity for meals during the Great Depression. February 1931, Chicago, Illinois. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

 

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Dust storms wreaked havoc on farms across the American heartland, caused the closure of entire towns, and prompted hundreds of thousands to flee their homes for greener pastures along the West Coast. Many became migrant farmers in California. April 1936, Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Credit: Arthur Rothstein/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

 

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Because so many Americans were unable to pay their bills, evictions became widespread. Many built makeshift homes, dubbed “Hoovervilles” because of the outgoing president’s inability to combat the growing poverty. Condemned as unsightly, some like this shantytown in the nation’s capital, were burned to the ground. 1932, Washington, D.C.. Credit: Signal Corps photographer/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

 

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Though the vast majority of the jobs created by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression were for unskilled laborers, he also employed artists to document life across the country. This photograph of a migrant family escaping the Dust Bowl was shot by Dorothea Lange and has become an iconic work from the era. 1936, Nipomo, California. Credit: Dorothea Lange/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

 

Fristus and Katie Howell Part 1 1910-1919

• 1912, Fristus and Katie get married
• 1913, birth of Arlie Virginia Howell
• 1914, birth of Garland Arthur Howell
• 1916, birth of Pauline Melissa Howell
• 1917, America enters World War I
• 1918, birth of Letha Blanch Howell
• Historical Insight, America enters World War I

Fristus Howell 3 gen pedigree
from Ancestry.com

1912 -- age 40

22 December 1912, Beulah, Johnston, North Carolina, to Katie Elizabeth Watkins age 18.

I didn't know there was such an age difference, at first.  How did they meet?

Beulah Twp from Mapclick Johnston CO NC

1913 -- age 41

Birth of daughter Arlie Virginia Howell, 2 October 1913, Johnston, North Carolina

1914 -- age 42

Birth of son Garland Arthur Howell, 22 December 1914, Johnston, North Carolina

1916 -- age 44

Birth of daughter Pauline Melissa Howell, 4 October 1916, Johnston County NC

1917 -- age 44

America Enters World War I

1918 -- age 48

Birth of daughter Letha Blanch Howell, 23 May 1918, Princeton, Johnston County, North Carolina

Historical Insights -- America Enters World War I, from Ancestry.com

In the wake of the deadly surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States entered World War II on December 8, 1941.

Credit: Archive Photos/Archive Photos/Getty Images
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“Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy,” declared President Franklin D. Roosevelt before Congress, “the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” The surprise assault on Pearl Harbor, which killed 2,400 American servicemen and civilians, made Americans and their political leaders resolute. After two years of isolationism, the United States declared war on Japan and entered World War II. Fearing that the country’s entry into the global conflict was inevitable, Roosevelt had launched the first peacetime military draft in U.S. history starting in September of 1940. By the following December, the military had grown to 2.2-million servicemen. Over the next four years, the U.S. military trained 10 million additional draftees and volunteers for two distant wars against two distinct enemies: Germany and Japan. When soldiers shipped off, women were left to manage the home front with men who weren’t eligible to serve in the military. Daily life was challenging as families prepared for attacks on American soil and rationed food and common supplies to support the war effort. As factories pushed to keep up with skyrocketing demand and with male bodies in short supply, women entered the workforce in record numbers. Before the Allied victory was celebrated in 1945, nearly 420,000 Americans gave their lives.

 

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor shook the nation. Today it remains the second worst attack on U.S. soil—second only to September 11, 2001. December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Credit: Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

 

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To encourage men and women to volunteer for the U.S. military, the government launched a widespread propaganda campaign; posters were plastered across American cities and towns. 1942, USA. Credit: PhotoQuest/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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From coffee to panty hose to chicken wire fencing, most common foods and supplies were rationed during World War II. Each American family was issued a ration book that contained an allotted number of coupons to purchase staples at stores. About 1942, USA. Credit: Anthony Potter Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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By the war’s end in 1945, women made up nearly 40 percent of the workforce, while 150,000 more served in the military. After the peace, they were systematically cast out of factories to make way for returning soldiers. 1942, USA. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/UIG via Getty Images