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Motifs Are Oboerred
la Home Decorations
At Social Affairs.
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TIm favored combinations- rf the
traditional colors of red and green,
aad the modern note of blue and sil
var in Yuletide decorations of Ghrist
maa tree, wreaths, plants aad Hghts,
have bean used effectively in homes
by hostesses here daring the week,
and refreshment plates have - also
been seasonal as to color and content.
The December meeting of thi/fcfter
ary-Art Department of the Woman's
Chab was held at the home of Mrs.
J. Sterling- Gates with Mrs. John D.
Holmes as joint hostess. . x'r;\"
Miss Annie Perkins presided, and
aa her contribution to the program
discussed Madonna paintings aad ar
tists: Madonna of the Harpies?Del
Sarto; Madonna of the Chair?Marfl
lo; Madonna Delia Tends, Virgin and
Child, and the Sistine ?
Raphael; Del Grandnca of Madonna
of the Journey; Holy Night ? Cor
regkc
Mrs. S. V. Lore recounted /03Ien
ry% Christmas story, "The Gift of
the Magi," and a duet, "Shine, Ra
diant Star," rendered by Mrs, Daisy
H. Smith and Mrs. John D. Holmes
with Mrs. Haywood Smith as accom
panist, brought the program to de
lightful close.
A Christmas salad plate with sand
wiches and coffee was served, fol
lowed by a tray of cookies eat in
Christmas motifs and iced in Appro
priate colors. Special guests were
Ma. P. M. Davis, Sr., Mias Eliza
beth Davis, Mrs. R. H. Knott and
Mm. M. V. Jones.
With "Rehabilitation" as the desig
nated subject of study for the month
by the Ameridan Auxiliary, a talk on
"Christmas Cheer For the Disabled"
by Mrs. S. A. Roebuck, was timely
and inspiring. A musical contest,
conducted by Mrs. Haywood Smith,
the theme of which was Christmas,
was "won by a guest, Mrs. H. H. Sim
mons, who sang several carols and led
the group in ensemble singing of
favorite hymns used at th^^Bon.
Mrs. R. LeKoy Koinn* pvn?pju u*ci
the business session, at which plans
were laid far providing' Christmas
cheer for five families sad three
Oteen boys, and the new year book
was presented by Mrs. D. G. Allen.
Sandwiches of dainty design, tea,
salted nuts sad staffed dates were
served during the social hoar by the
hostesses, Mrs. J. 0. Pollard and
Mrs. W. A. Barrett.
The Junior Woman's Club met at
the home of Mrs. Holden with Mrs.
R. S. Johnson and Mrs. Gordon E.
Las as joint hostesses. Mrs. J. M.
Wheless, Jr., priaided sad led the
discussion of plans fop a. Christmas
party for pupils of grade 2-B, and
sppoistad Mv- Cei i saty sad
Ma Motrin Rollins as s consaittee
The piogram was faaturad with a
splendid paper en Charlotte Burkina
Vt? SSS^'wuSd* ??d
Christmas
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Walston were
gracious hosts on Friday at a sap
per with members of the facet of the
Bank of Fsrmvillc, of which Mr.
Walston la caahiar.^atteiidinff with
thsir wires, husbands tr awoathsrta
a#, fpuflit coasts.
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Wffr CTriimM chiflrflrn irafi binicol
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Xn? Arthur P? Joymcr diKjhtfulI)
IiicBQ|B .*!? vfii^ufSClOTl 0X 1|3S PtfVfi'
Mrs. James Smith woo top score
prises, s Mexican candle holder and
hot plate mats ; A delightful salad
j and Christmas sweetmeats were ser
ved.
Of interest to friends is the mar
riage^ of Miss Eileen Ferguson, daugh
ter of the late Mr. ana Met. Robert
Cleveland Ferguson, to Mr. Julius W.
Fargis, foster son of Mrs. Pearl Far
gis, which was solemnised Saturday
evening in tee living room of the
Davis Hotel, of which Mrs. Fhtgis is
manager.
The vows were spoken before the
Rev. B. B. Fordham, pastor of the
Baptist Church, in tee presence of
relatives and a few dose friends.
Following a wedding trip to unan
nounced points, Mr. and Mrs. Fargis
will make their home in Newport
News, Va., where Mr. Fargis holds a
position with tea Nolan Company, a
wholesale heating and plumbing firm.
Using the ring ceremony in a dou
ble wedding on Sunday afternoon,
Rev. C. B. Mashburn, Christian min
ister, united in marriage Miss Hilda
Griffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Griffin, and William Warren,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warren,
Miss Ethel Pilgreen, daughter of
Mrs. Rebecca and the late Edward
Pilgreen, and Julius Warren, brother
of William, in the presence of a few
friends. v" ^
The young couples are from Bober
sonville and will Kve there" following
their wedding trip.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Pollard delight
fully entertained en&piioyeea of the
Pollard Auto Company and their fam
ilies at a sumptuous barbecue sup
per on Tuesday evening. The sup
per was served at six thirty to forty
five guests in the show room of the
Ford sales establishment here.
State Clears Docks
To Pay DeCI Service
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Bond and Interest Pay*
ments of $6,680,731.25
To Be Made January 1.
Raleigh, Dec. 22.?One man signed
a check bearing the figures $4,901,
853.75 yesterday and completed the
last bit of bookkeeping work neces
sary for North Carolina to pay $6,
6,80,731.25 hi debt service charges
January 1 in New York. '
The signer wae Frank Dmdap,
chairman of the State Highway and
Public Works Commission, and the
check was for bond retirements and
interest charges doe January 1. The
remainder of the ffc68Q,7&lT25 is for
payments on general fund bunds.
Daring the current calendar year,
the State has paid interest ami bead
retirement charges of $6?24000.0Q.
North Carolina's total State debt now
is $157,033,500, Of which $81,718,
111.51 is in highway obligations.
That whole State debt wig be re
duced by $3^25^)00 >thnsagn^aaanry
The public school bonds were is
sued some years sgo by the State
1 ' *- -S- - S > -t- ??? ? ., . UftMAil
rue rani wnicfc were loaned to
counties foe school construction.
Counties now are repaying the State.
I f Bki rrira jrtm si
^m$ wkii3rnis?0R
Greenville, Dec, 21.?J, Frank Hw>
rrogton, veteran dark of court la
ot ebony
head waa presented to the oteric of
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Ijiethel - Farmville^Ro
I- Glass CHnic.
? Tin Bethel Rotary Club recently
decided to sponsor an eye glass clinic
?for poor children of Pitt County and
upon invitation of the Bethel civic
orgaefaatfon, the Farmville Botary
Club joined them in the sponsorship
Hif-the eye glass fund, Dr. N. Thomas
Fnnett, county health officer, an
nounced today.
In order to be eligible for the
clinic, the child must be cerjttfie^by
K. T. FutreB, welfare officer. All
children have their eyes tested by the
health officer in the school before
being sent to the specialist The ser
vice will be available to both white
'*a& Negro children.
Dr. Ennett today declared, "I know.j
of no more important school *?lth
work inaugurated in the Pitt county
schools since I became health offi-,
cer. Certainly the Rotary dubs of
$tthel and Farmville drove the
gratitude of not only the school <$?
facials, but the Pitt county citizens
dn general."
pHe explained that # "all poor chil
dren of Nor^i Carolina who suffer
Mkf?,inc 8p6cutufivy ^ vjr66nvui0 reaaenv
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Mayfair Club To
Held Firstfennel
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Dance Wed. 28th
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Members of the Hayfair Club are
looking forward with great anticipa
tion to the first formal dance to be
given by this organisation on Wed
nesday evening, December 28, in the
Major May Chapter Home, from tea
to two o'clock.
Eli Joyner, Jr., the club president,
and his committee are busy with
preparations which promise to make
this the outstanding social event of
the Christmas season here.
Paul Jones and his popular group
of musicians will furnish the music
for the gala affair.
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INFORMAL DANCING FRIDAY
MAJOR MAY CHAPTER .HOUSE
The Major May Chapter House will
he open for informal dancing Friday
evening from- 8:80 to 12 o'clock. Cols
lege students, home for the holidays,
are especially invited to attend mid
enjoy the festivities, the beautiful
dance-; floor jutt the general atmos
phere of old fashioned Southern hos
pitality which has marked; all of the
previous sotiai affairs held in the
handsome new building. An admis
25c will be charged each
HUSom Grw?K?lW<ip?fc!ta^
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Uncle Sam Aids
Br*"
War Sufferers
"SWSttMS
I For Relief in Spain;
11: Washington, Dec. 21. ? The United
States government offered 3,000,000
bushels of surplus wheat to the Sad
Cross today for distribution in Spain,
or money to check starvation among
ciriBM. to the war-torn cmfay. |
?The announcement was
Sumner Welles. Acting Secretary of
State, who' said the government had
for some time "been gravely disturb
ed by reports of widespread suffer
ing and human misery in Spain.*;. B*
said the wheat would provide 100,000
barrels ?f flour ., monthly for six
months ted! that tills would be dis
tributed among civilians according to
need. He added that investigation
showed far greater suffering ifr Loy
alist Spain than in Nationalist tertf
torv
No political significance in the ac
tion was admitted hare. W?.matic
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closely followed extension of a $25,
000,000 credit to China. They linked
it with reports of a steady stiffening
^American attitude, toward ^tee totali
tarian pounds. The government ^hes
victory in?Spate^would facilitate a
German trade and political drive in
C?..
ESSrHHS
l Tobacco growwnj, prospective to
l niodern methods oJ
I Paul director of ^ricul
I turif ?hort courses at State Collem.
uutftd I ^ wl^
/ _J Iff V,, .n Q? hljiii ftn TO - ft 4?
ner, professor of farm crops At State
/wnftprvationist* Dr 3 ? S1 Tot* AJU
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Swiftly, we travel by auto, train, boat and 'plane .... Eagerly, we anticipate Jhe get
tbig together of all the dear ones wo see too seldom . . . . Tenderly, we . exchange pres
ents, news and views .... Today?in the present?that is Christmas: but its spirit is cen
turies old though ever new; Peace on Earth?Good Will to Man!.
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appeal for wide use of the double*
barred cross tuberculosis stamp is
madethis week by th local committee
in an effort to obtain cooperation to
ward a record for the community, - *sy \
mailed to any place in this country.
?On coppspondenij|&eenjyto.**** .
Christmas massages. ?
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SlOn church calendars.
m fOn bills, business letters, bulletins,
lodxe notices.
M Chirs^as tree decorations
worked out in special designs.
As part of a stamp collection.
On restaurant menus.
Christmas Seals rn**rn a beautiful
decorations^' Teamed with millions of
others they tie making possible a
life-saving campaign that is saving
hundreds of thousands of 'lives.
$jr you have not purdSrtd Seals or
want extra ones for Use, buy at once.
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Nazis Pace Serious ' tI
Exchange^ Situation
Berlin, Dec. 21. ? Confronted by
a serious foreign exchange situation,
th^Naxi regime has effected further
concentration of economic power by
appointing, as director of the newly i
created "Tentral office for increasing
production." ' ' ^ ?
During the first eleven months of
198ft Germany had an import excess
of 205,506,000 marks (*82,200,OOOfr
Halting of this drain on foreign ex
change reserves is expected to be
Funk's main task.;
?^Announcement m the. alignment
seemed to indicate it was merely a
matter of departmental coordination,
nssir-?***'""
They asserted that Germany's for
eign exchange fund now^ro jow
a German to make a last visit.
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Beef Cattle
a ration of home-grdwn feeds are
gaining at the rate of one pound per
Sal each day. James Bryan, alsd
of Goldsboro, has purchased 38 pure
bred Herefort heifers and two hulls
ttehenl ohhta Tarm!^ * ^ ^
successfully kept his fields ^reeof
ctowb by catching one ahve and^in
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One" of the oldest Residents of the
j?i61 the past few weeks* Her death I
Tytd Mm,"
Pis* * ?**"* li i5e,m^t ? > 1
into their 8ennorti.un Sunday, and an -v
hf?rdfc the cho^JkuL^ the
bra ted here. y "*]
^TtTLrntog worship hour,at :
the Baptist Church, the pastor,' tier.
music. A program of music will fea
ture thfelpecial vesper service to be
hcM a. fly, o'dock. %
Jp-^^^S-SSR ?;9f"34H
S&'SSlvSi MSSd
service announces the pastor, Rev. C.
B. Mashburn.
A timely message will be brought
to the congregation at the Episcopal
Church by the rector, Rev. J. R.
Rountree, and a celebration ofv the ;.j J
Holy Communion will be held at
midnight Christmas Eve, the service
beginning at eleven o'clock.
Ob^^foasy^oc- V
casion of gladness at the Methodist t
Church, the pastor, Rev. A. D. Clarke
plus to. deliver a, iwiratjonal m?
mon and the song seryicewill include .
Yuletide hymns. Thme will be no
evening sei?e.
rpLTITi, ?i?
gift to mankind, a Saviour, and there
will be special music.
The Catholic congregation wffl
gather St, EltoabethVfor mass at
eight-thirty-o'clock in the' ?
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Pttblic^As^nce^Be
f Than In -Dec* ii?7. >& ? -?'
?; ?&?? 1,11, ykt A' V
'ifRaleigh, Dec. 22. ? Approximate
ly 12,000 more needy aged North
Carolinians are on public assistance
Decemlto^* I
1987, Nathan* H. Yelverton, director
of Public Assistance, said jmlnillij '1
griOld age assistan^evpaynienla
the last half of this year tappedv - ?
those of the corresponding period in
1987 by niore than *1,000,000, he ad
ded.
An increase of about 9,000 depen
dent children on th*-assistance
caused a iJteqr<rf?more tha*$?W?^*:>
in payments during the last half of
Aidaveraged *9.36 each to 3&H4 M
needy aged peeple tt# month, a?^|
- grafted ;gta** ?i#*Wafta&
85.64. ? During"' the zgjgg
payments have totaled fl,720,986.70
SihmdlaH
469.25 the last six months of 1987.
2^- Police^i^y
M. Grain jrer, head of the Wilson h^I
f$xe association, U4JL--Q. Fiflghifti :
I '1110 vuum h6&ds r88id th^y had
w. yrc >rfiL?r.?y?*? _ _?
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