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r ■■V, J Miss Violet Torbett, of Roanoke Rapids, spent last week with Mrs H. J. Corbett. Miss Novine Moore, of Lucama, is visiting friends here this week. * Mrs. liet.tie Hamilton, of Rich mond, Va., is spending some, time with her brother, W. R. Daniels, near town. Teachers Announced For Four Oaks School Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Outland, of Kenly, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Epbrahn Rose.' Miss F/i^abeth Batten left Monday for Salemlurg, where she will be a student at Pine'and school this fall. Luther Pearce, of Raleigh, visited relatives here Monday. Peggy Parrow, of Pine Level, is spending this week with Marv Helen Wall. Miss Jessie Sessom, of Raleigh, spent the week end with Miss Estell Batten. Mr. and Mrs. Simon W. Darden, of Richmond Va., visited Mrs. J. W. Fitzgerald ,‘^aturday. Charlie Batten, who teaches at Rose Hill, spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. C. L. Batten. Misses Ma’.i(i and Lola Pate are spending ^-’lic'week with relatives at Blackshear, C:.. Mr. and Mrs. John Odum, of Princeton, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Pate. Mrs. Lucy Ryals spent la.st week with Mrs, Lucy Morgan in Benson. Mrs. George Van Camp and Miss Elizabeth Mooney, of Akron, Ohio, were guests of Mrs. L. L Worthing ton, Sunday. Ray Creech, of Fayetteville, is spending this week with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Douglas Wel- lons, of Raleigh, spent a few days last week with Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Wellons. Miss Derusha Gay spent the week end in Gumberry with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Manning, of Williamston, were guests of Dr. and Mrs. M. Hinnant, Sunday. Rev. George D. Dunbar, of Chucky, Tenn., is assisting Rev. J. W. Alford in a week’s revival at the F.W.B. church. The public is cordially invited to attend these sercdces. Mrs. Nancy Potter and grandson, Lawrence Fleming, entertained joint ly on their birhtday, Sunday, Sept. 1, to their relatives and a few friends. The day was greatly en joyed by all present. Miss Leone Stancil has returned home after spending a few weeks with relatives near Clayton. Alice Potter has returned to her home near Pine Level after spending a week with Mrs. Wilbert Strickland. PROFITABLE From one acre of pole beans, the first he had ever planted, Bill Ken ner of the Walnut Creek section of Macon county made a net profit of $175 this summer, reports Farm Agent S. W. Mendenhall. Friend I met your husband today and he was telling me he is in love with his work. Wife—Is that so? I must drop around to his office and see about it. The teacher list for the Four Oaks school which has been announced, in cludes only three new teachers out of a list of 48. They are James Suber, Selma, who will teach high school English; Woodrow Davis of Landis, who will be instructor in social science and Miss Mary Swain of Henderson, who will be one of the five third grade teachers. Miss Mary Kinsey of Coinjock, teacher of public school music and Mrs. Lucille Cooper of Falcon, teacher of piano will again serve the school. There will be 21 school buses, five of which will make double loads. Other teachers include, first grade: Mrs. Blanche Caudill, Mrs. Margie B. Godwin, Mrs. Ruth Elmore, Miss Lois Strickland, Mrs. Jane Seagroves and Mrs. Esther Fowler; second— Miss Pearl Tilly, Miss Louise Lide, Mrs. Vera Woodall, Mrs. Sara Pat terson Brown and Mrs. Ella Quinn; third grade—Miss Jessie Hines, Miss Mae Ellen Johnson, Miss Lou Eloise Barefoot and Miss Lollie Cobb. Fourth grade—Miss Carrie Myrick, Miss Freda Parkg, Mrs. Alice Pea cock Smith, Mrs. Ila Mae Keene and Miss Mamie Watson; fifth grade— Mrs. Reid Adams, Mrs. Matilda John son Langdon, Mrs. Leta Gold Benton, Miss Lillian Wilkerson and Miss Mayo Lee; sixth grade—Miss Cath erine Noel, Miss Cora Wells, Mrs. Ruth Massey Wood and Mrs. Mil dred Creech Britt; seventh grade— Miss Ava Myatt, Miss Charley King, Miss Glendon Smith and Mrs. Rena Grant Canaday. High school teachers besides those named include Cleotha McLamb, Mrs J. T. Hatcher, Mrs. Emily Thompson Glass, Miss Edna Mae Cameron, Mrs. Clarence Hollowell, Mrs. Cora Creech Brown, Miss Annie Boyd Bullock, Miss Madge Cobb, Miss Juanita Sorrell and J. T. Hatcher, principal of the school. LIVE OAK NEWS BENSON NEWS COTTON Good seed, proper cultivation, good weather, and boll weevil control measures have been responsible for Pitt county’s finest cotton crop in years, says C. D. Griggs, assistant farm agent. Pictures that Satisfy or a New Roll FREE CHANGE Mr. Ed Carter and son, Bobby, of Thomasville, visited his brother, J. W. Carter, Saturday. Mrs. J. T. Batten and son, J. Z., spent last Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carter. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Corbett, of near Corinth-Holder, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hinton. Russell Murphy, of Fort Bragg, is spending this week at home with Mr. and Mrs. €'. I. Murphy. Bill Martin spent last week end with Mr. and Mr^. Wesley Green. Mrs. Percy Lamm and little daugh ter, Delores, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Argo Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Lessie Sullivan and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Avery spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Avery. W. H. Eason spent Sunday with Lelon Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Eason visited near Wilson’s Mills, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sullivan and family visited relatives in Raleigh, Sunday. Misses Ruby and Jessie Ruth Jones visited Mr .and Mrs. J. W. Carter, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Henry, of Selma, visited in this community Sunday afternoon. Miss Doris Mitchell spent a while Sunday afternoon with Miss Nellie Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brown, of near Pleasant Plain, spent a while Mon day afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. J6e Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Argo Mitchell and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lamm, of Glendale, Tuesday after noon. The W. M. S. and Brotherhood of Live Oak church will meet at the home of Mrs. Argo Mitchell, Satur day night at 8 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Smith, of Washington, D. C., spent the week end here with relatives. Mrs. Claudia Wood King, of Ber muda, left Monday for New York to sail for home after a visit here with Judge and Mrs. Larry F. Wood. B Associate Hostesses At Post-Nuptial Tea Entertaining at one of the most brilliant events of the season Mrs. J. F. Woodall, Mrs. DeWitt Woodall, and Miss Stella Creech were as sociate hostesses at a post-nuptial tea at the Macon Tuesday afternoon from 4:00 to 6:00 o’clock honoring Mrs. Will Woodall, the former Miss Louise McLamb, whose marriage occurred in late August. Decorations in the spacious first floor of the Macon, thrown ensuite, consisted of althea and lace fern in pedestal baskets, table baskets, and urns filled with asters, roses, and greenery, and a massive floor vase of soldier blue containing watermelon pink crepe myrtle among which was interspersed white edged foliage, and numerous vases of low bowls of mixed garden flowers arranged with fern and candles. The stair newels in the reception hall were entwined with clematis atop of which rested an arrangement of clematis over which reflected a soft light from white tapers nestled within. In the dining room the refresh ment table with its Spanish lace cover and three-branched crystal candelabra was centered with the crystal punch bowl about which graceful sprays and garlands of clematis were placed and festoons of which were draped from the midline of the table casdaing over bt eedge of the table cascading over the edge. A crystal basket of heliotrope asters graced the buffet and other floral decorations consisted of baskets of dahlias, and white and violet peri winkle flanked by candles. Greeting guests and presenting to the receiving line which was formed in the - drawing room were Mrs. Parlia Hudson and Miss Annie Lee Denning. Composing the receiving line were the hostesses and honoree, Mrs. Will Woodall, and Mrs. Jesse McLamb, rs. Faison Butler of Rose- boro, Mrs. Roy Kennemur, Mrs. Wil liam Weigman of Dunn, Mrs. Owen F. Smith, Mrs. Andrew Deane of Dunn, Mrs. W. W. Stanfield of Dunn, Mrs. W. T. Martin of Raleigh, and Miss Eunice Martin,of Raleigh. Mrs. Norman L. Duncan directed gniests from the receiving line to the bride’s book which was presided over by Misses Ernestine Johnson and Annie Ruth Boyette. Directing guests to the diningroom were Mrs. Hiram Rose and Miss Lina Pearle Johnson. Mrs. J. H. Rose, Mrs. Louis L. Levinson, and Miss Mae Ellen John son were assisted in serving line sherbet-punch, angel food cake, and nuts by Misses Mildred Benton, Mary Smith, Blanche Farmer, Doris Mor gan, Louise Johnson, Lena Gray Boyette, and Miss Luray Caison of Roseboro. Music was furnished throughout the calling hours by Mrs. Jarvis Bryant and Miss Wilhelmina Utley, pianists and violinist. Miss Naomi Smith, soloist of Benson, and Mrs. Faison Butler, soloist of Roseboro. Good-byes were said from the portico by Mrs. Booker Lawhon. About 150 guests called during the afternoon. 50 million bushels of wheat end up in the form of bread each year in toasters, and 950 million pounds of butter are spread on the toast thus made. Speed was a major factor in 93 fatal accidents on North Carolina highways during January to July, 1940. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS The United State Civil Service Commission has announced open com petitive examinations for the posi tions listed below. Applications must be on file with the Commission’s Washington office not. later than, October 1 if received from states east of Colorado, and not later than October 4, 1940, if received from Colorado and states westward. The salaries given are subject to a re tirement deduction of 3 1-2 percent. Regional agent, trade and indus trial education, $4,600 a year; special agent, trade and industrial education, $3,800 a year; Office of Education, Federal Security Agency. Applicants must have had college education which included professional • courses in the field of trade and industrial education. They must also have had experience in connection with a pro.* gram of trade and industrial educa tion and in teaching shop or related subjects. They must not have passed their 53rd birthday. Special agent, research in com mercial education, $4,600 a year. Office of Education, Federal Security Agency. Applicants must have had college education which included courses in commercial subjects, and experience in commercial education in schools of secondary grade or higher. Certain experience in an in dustrial establishment as consultant, administrator, or responsible super visor is also necessary. They must not have passed their 53rd birthday. Full information as to the require ments for the examinations, and ap plication forms, may be obtained from the Secretary of the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners at the post office or customhouse in any city which has a post office of the first or second class, or from the United States Civil Sendee Commis sion, Washington, D. C. POPULAR Instead of selling only cream, Bladen county dairymen are being- encouraged *to market whole milk to Cumberland dairies, says R. M. Wil liams, assistant farm agent of the State College Extension Service. High quality laying hens rapidly are becoming more popular with farm families of Durham county, accord ing to J. A. Sutton, assistant farm agent of the State College Exten sion Service. North Carolina had 37 pedestrians under 15 years of age killed the first six months of this year. Read About This ‘IMPROVED” FEMININE HYGIENE “Cleanliness” sliould be tbe -watch-word of every girl and woman afflicted by discharge. And thousands have discov ered daily douching with Lydia E. Plnkham’s SANATIVE -WASH most EFPECTTVE. Unlike many products, Pinkham’s Sanative -Wash Is NOT a harmful, burning germicide. Instead It’s an excellent BACTERIOSTATIC (the modern trend) which delightfully cleanses, deodorizes. Inhibits bacterial growth and discourages Infection. Very soothing to delicate membranes. Espe- sSslly pleasing lor marriage hygiene. 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