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Increase County's Quota To $.00 In National Program (Continued from page one) ISO. Griffins P E Getsinger. quota. $40. Williamstnn Civic organization heads, quota. $300. Cross Roads Mrs. V G Taylor, Mrs J B Barnhill and Paul Bailey. $40. Robersonville Paul Roberson and W H. Gray, quota. $120 Poplar Point: L H. Taylor, quota. $20 Hamilton: Don G. Matthews. L R Everett and Asa Johnson, quota. $40 Goose Nest II M Amsley and Joe Avers, quota. $50 The names of those attending the meeting: Fred Wise, Samuel Zemon, Mrs Wheeler Martin. Mrs. P B Cone. Dr. John W. Williams. M. R Evans. H L Swain, George Sfetsos. I) V. Clay ton. Henry Griffin, Irving M Mar golis. Harry A Biggs K P Linds ley, David N. Hix. J. E Boy kin, C D. Carstarphen. J H. Smith, Robert A Taylor. Sam Woolford. Paul Simpson, B S. Courtney. R L Smith. Mrs Kenneth P. Lindsley, Mrs. R. J Peel. Eva Irene Peel. J M Saunders, Frank J Margolis, Mrs J A Eason. Mary W. Taylor arid John A Ward, of WiBiamston. Joseph S. Griffin, H U. Peele and R T. Perry, of Bear Grass W M Wynne. Paul D Roberson. Vance Roberson. W H Gray. J C Smith. J R Winslow and H S Ev erett. of Robersonville C C. Fleming and E H Ange, of JamesviUc. Mrs. J. B Barnhill, Mrs. V G Taylor, of Everetts. Mrs. H. M. Ainsley, N. W. Wdrs ley. H M Ainsley, of Oak City. J A Gardner, of Williams Town ship Starting Campaign To Eliminate Bang* Disease In Comity (Continued from page one) county about three months handling the work Dr. Heflin, while fairly certain that the disease is present, would offer no guess as to the number of cases he would find The disease is j fairly prevalent in some counties | and in others very few cases are found Now that the campaign has been 1 started, all cows and beef cattle must be tested. The work would not prove of full value unless the campaign were made complete, it was explain ed. The Philathea Class of the Baptist Church will meet Friday night ,at 7 30 o'clock with Mrs. Frank Weav er. Members arc urged to note the change in the hour of thy meeting Departments Submit Budgets To County Authorities Monday i ?<&? v. (Continued from page oiu ! be Health Service, the remainder, or I ^Budgets will h. considered jj? ' .ect to final adoption at tlu meeting of the commtss.onerv ^ The assessed valuation of ..red from $3,000 to $2.50" in n. ersonville h> the "?'''lifted Greathous. and Butltr. en ^ public accountants^ weri 8 for'the' fiaca^yeur ending L 30th ?f ti?s month, the contract carrying ^^rrol^m^r Joshua U Coltruin and u ss'Sars. appointed ? r.,r|,rate bangs ./(b,'"campaign to eradicate bangs disease an cattle in the <county. The hoard approved the sate ,t, M,'e.le house on West Mam si,eel to Jamfc- Ward tor $1,30" No Change Is Made In Organization Of Board for New Term (Continued from page one) u, u? , .peralion of their cars in the o wn The town attorney was out spoken in his news on theRation Of filling stations in the heart of a towns business d,strict or m c residential sections. No action was taken on the proposals, the board agreeing to wait until later to dis ouss /lining and other proposed steps in ? general modernization pro K,An ordinance was Ka^^Uing for the les-ymS '"?* eolteeHofe J'th.""board will *<.'ld " iimvor's or treasurers offiet. a i port on the remodeling program s a me that the new quarters would b. 11'iidv lor us. within a few da>s ?$ Store Personnel Changes Effected Changes were effected '? tlu' Pfr" wrss? Store, aece|?it-u ? k? p Martin Supply Company M j ker. for several years was employ Brothers and Com pany where he was m charge of * <hc?' deuartmeivt. Mr 11 K (Ibck) Williams, for ~"lv "...?lect.-d.wdh the. Bilkjy 1.,"r~Companv. has accepted a post with Garden's Department Sinn- Mr Williams will feature men's wealing apparel Mar got is Brothers Suits By Jantzen GET IN THE SWIM WITH JANTZEN Dozens of Suits and Bathing Trunks to select from. All ages atul sizes. WILUAMSTON, N. C. (7.5.5. Washington Commissioned 17 Months Early The new 35.000-ton, $70,000,000 battleship U.S.S. Washington is commissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Completed 17 months ahead ef achedule, the new vessel brings Uncle Sam's capital ship list up to 17. Secretary of the Navy Knox, officiating, declare^ the U. S. is building the greatest navy ever conceived. Young England Does His Bit An important problem arising out of the necessity for British women engaging in the various services is being solved through use of creches Hnd day nurseries. Children_are given scientific care at 25 cents a day, of which the state pays one quarter. Here, a child, hardly more than an infant, makes his own bed. This Week In Defense Navy asked Congress to grant naval commanders authority to "take what ever steps they deem necessary for proper protection of the naval forces" in the U S territorial wa ters. Navy Secretary Knox announced the Navy will open 23 schools for training regular and reserve enlist ed men as petty officers. Mr Knox estimated 114,500 of the Navy's 256. 000 enlisted men will be petty of ficers by July 1. The Navy also an nounced a three-months course at Harvard to train 400 college grad uates as supply officers. Air The President asked Congress for an additional $2,790,000,000 for planes for the Army and $529,000,000 for planes for the Navy. The War De partment announced that construc tion of new Air Corps schools is "proceeding much faster than ex pected." with eight of 100 stations already completed and 50 partially occupied. Some of the fields, the de partment said, were completed in three months. The Air Corps announced that ex aminations of applicants for flying cadet appointments who have not had two years of college have been changed to include seven instead of nine subjects, with two of the sub jects elective. Pilots for Britain War Secretary Stimson announced arrangement to train 8,000 RAF pi lots. bombardiers and navigators in U. S. civilian and Army schools. The U. S. will defray some of the cost from lease-lend funds. Mr Stimson said the program would not inter fere with U S. pilot training. Ships The Maritime Commission award ed contracts for 123 additional mer chant vessels. To date, the commis sion said, 850 ships have been or dered?312 emergency vessels, 85 cargo ships for private concerns, 72 tankers and 60 ships on British contracts. The commission said the first of the emergency ships will be completed by November, a month ahead of schedule. Congress voted the President au thority to requisition foreign ships in U. S. ports. Materials A sample campaign to test effect iveness of scrap material collection by the public is being conducted in Richmond. Va., and Madison, Wis., under the direction of local defense councils If the campaign is success ful, the OPM said, it may be made nation-wide. In the meantime, citi zens in other areas were asked to re frain from similar campaigns. Nutrition Agriculture Secretary Wickard told the National Nutrition Confer ence for Defense "at least three fourths of us" do not have satisfac tory diets He said "we need to con sume twice as much green vegetables and fruit, 70 per cent more toma toes and citrus fruits, 35 per cent Chief of Infantry Brig. Gen. C. H. Hodges In the realignment of the mmy high command, President Roosevelt de signated Brig. Gen. Courtney Ilicks Hodges to be chief of infantry. He succeeds Maj. Gen George A. Lynch, retired. Man Slightly Injured In Anlotnobila W rack Sunday Bert Gilmore. Durham man, was slightly bruised last Sunday morn ing when his old model car went out of control and plunged into Collie Swamp between Robersonville and Everetts on Highway No. 64. A tire blew out, causing the driver to lose control. Operator of a carnival concession, Gilmore was on his way to Edenton when the car plunged into the swamp carrying a trailer load of ten poles and show equipment with it. Dam age was estimated at $30 by patrol men. more eggs. 15 per cent more butter, 20 per cent more milk." Surgeon General Parran of the Public Health Service recommend ed the following minimum daily diet, one pint of milk for an adult and more for a child, at least one serving of meat, one egg or substitute, two green vegetables, two fruits rich in vitamin C. bread and cereal, butter or oleomargerine, and "other foods to satisfy the appetite." Prices Leon Henderson, Price Control Administrator, reported that al though industrial production is now almo&t 35 per cent higher than in 1929. the cost of living has risen only about three per cent and wholesale prices only about seven per cent in the past year, considerably less than during the comparable period of the World War He said leading oil companies in New England and middle-Atlantic areas have agreed not to increase gasoline prices "substantially" unless basic cost conditions change. He an nounced a ceiling will soon be placed on cowAhide prices. He requested pro ducers of ammonium sulfate used as fertilizer to continue prices at the present level because there is no jus tification for an increase. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Motorists traveled through an other week in this county with out the loss of human life or in jury to limb. The property dam age reported in one accident was minor. Three of the four columns in the accident record hold a slight advantage over the fig ures for a corresponding period in 1940 Possibly the gain call ed for a little extra effort on the part of the motorists, but the gain is worth all that effort and more. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 22nd Week Comparison Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge 1941 1 0 0 $ 30 1940 2 1 0 300 Comparison To Data 1941 40 28 2 $4860 1940 41 29 1 $5130 kiwanis Festival In Ahoskie June 9-10-11 Ahoskie, N. C.?The local Kiwanis Club announced today, the complet ed plans for their seventh annual festival Sponsored for the benefit of underprivileged children the K.i wanis Festival has become an insti tution in Northeastern Carolina The program for this year, includes a floor show and free dance on open ing night. June 9th. June 10th will see a comhina.tion show for the old and young, with free dancing until the wee hours of the morning. On Wednesday. June 11th, the first per sonal appearance of Guy Lombardo and his Hoyal Canadians will take place in Ahoskie. Proceeds from past festivals have been used to construct a camp on the banks of the Chowan River, for the underprivileged children of the Roanoke-Chowan section of North Carolina To be completed this sum mer. the camp will be the largest on the river and will accommodate ov er 50 children. The festival committee this year has spared no expense and left nc stone unturned to insure the finest in entertainment and educational exhibits for the hundreds of visi tors expected. Opening night, June 9th. will see the professional floor show. "The Hollywood Scandals" as the feature attraction. After the floor show, free dancing will take place in the mammoth warehouse dance floor. Decorations for the festival will literally convert the bleak to bacco warehouse into a beautiful floral garden. Thousands of yards ol multi-colored garlands will make the overhead a velvet carpet of color. Small Hamilton Child Diet Enroute To Hospital Franklin David, three-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Elmer C. Stev enson. of Hamilton, died while be ing carried to a Rocky Mount hospi tal for treatment last Friday. Death, coming while he was being rushed through Tarboro, was attributed tc a cerebral hemorrhage or a blood clot. Funeral services were conducted Saturday in the Robcrsonvillc Prim itive Baptist Church by Elders B. S. Cowin and W. E. Grimes. Rand Concert Heard By A lAirge Croup Sun/lay The Williamston High School band members were well received in a concert on the Church of the Advent lawn here Sunday afternoon. Direct ed by Professor Jack Butler, the young musicians were heard by a large group. The event marked the close of an unusually successful training period for the first-year band members. f-H Club Members Seeking To Start Dairy Calf Club ? Four-H club members of Greene County are interested in starting a dairy calf club, according to J. W. Grant, asaiatant farm agent of the N. C State College Extension Serv ice \e?xo Road Show ' Here This Evening ? (how. will make a one night stand _ here this evening at 7:30 o'clock on ! the vacant lot just off West Main Street and across the railroad from the municipal water plant property i Making its 53rd annual tour, the show will very likely play to a ca pacity audience. Wants STRAYED AND NOW IN MY FOS session: One black and white spot ted sow. Has found pigs since in my possession Owner may secure same by paying for this ad and cost of keeping sow and pigs G. C. Lilley. Dardens. LOST ? KAPPA EPSILON PIN ? Please return to Ernestine Barber and receive reward. STENCIL SHEETS FOR SALE. EN terprise Pub. Co. a25-tf CLARK'S MALARI AL TONIC For Chills and Fever. Guaranteed, or money refunded. Clark's Phar macy. m23-tf "OC RENT: APARTMENTS. ALL modern conveniences. Crow ven llation with cooling fans. Elevator ervice. Mail delivered to door. Ap ily Mrs. Jim Staton mXT-St ORTO RICO POTATO SPROUTS -41.00 per 1000 Mrs John Gurkin. m27-4t TWO-WAY SERVICE STATION I'nder new management. Formerly operated by C rover Lilley An invitation is extended to the public to vigil this station, where you'll re ceive the best of service and courteous treatment. ARTHUR OURGANUS Swim Suits ^ At Belk - Tyler's *%? Children's Swim Suits llrlp tin- l>oy or girl he a regular fellow in one of our swimming suit*. See our large stork of size* ami color* toilay. 48c to $1.98 Boy's Bathing Suits Trunk* or two-piece suit* in the style* ami color* your hoy will appreciate. Made from very he?t material*. See them today. Mmiieipal pool open* tomorrow. 98c to $1.48 Men's Swim Suits Many pattern* to *eleet from. Any *ize or *hade you could * i*h for. In fact, we liuve one to *uit every man. Don't huy your *nit until you have seen our elahorate di*play of the fine*! in *wim *uit*. 98c to $2.98 Suits for the Ladies All the latent *tyle* in wool, la*tex, jer sey* and in a variety of pattern*, solid* and print*. Make your selection while *tock i* complete. 98c to $5.95 Play Suits for All Ideal for the hearh or sport wear. Love ly color* in all the combination*. As sortment of style*. 98c to $3.98 Slacks and Shorts Suitable for fishing or boating, a beach trip or to wear in the home. All site*. Priced within reach of everyone. Selling for only ... ? ? 48c to 98c Belk - Tyler Co.
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