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FARMYILLE. PITT <?l*JTY NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1940 NUMBER THIRTY-ONE
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British Fliers Say Ital
ians Now Moving To
ward Derna, 150 Mito
Italian Somaliland
Garrison |
Chirp, Egypt, Dee. 18.?An Ital
ian retreat westward along the Lib
yan coast toward^Derna, 150 miles i
within the colony, was reported tor
day be Royal Air Force observer*
while the British army closed in en
the Mediterranean port of Bardia,
Libya, the easternmost base left to
the Fascists in their disastrous
Egyptian campaign.
Bardia itself appeared surrounded
and doomed to imminent fall to the
British, whose dusty armored cars
were reported to have cut commu
to the west. From the east,
thousands of fresh imperial troops
brought in from Egyptian desert
camps stormed the other end of a
closing pincer which imperiled sev
' eral Fascist divisions.
The British command had but a
single sentence in description:
"Operation in tire Bardia area
continue." ^ .1
The reports of British pilots, how
ever, drew a picture of Fascist flight
over a vast area?from Bardia to
Tobruk, itself more than 70 miles
from the Egyptian frontier and the
strongest Italian base m Libya, and
on to the west from there toward
Derna. v:
The Italian columns were reported
under machine-gun attack by British
planes.
While the offensive of the western
desert thus proceeded, a British
feint into Italian East Africa was
reported by general headquarters.
British forces operating from the
frontier of the Province of Kenya
were declared to have raided the
strongly-defended township of El
Wek in the Kenya-Italian Somali
land border region, killing 50 of'the
Italian garrison and eaptuing 120,
along with war
Among those declared seised was
an Italian lieutenant-colonel. ..
This frontier sortie was supported
by the British South African air
force, which reported it had dropped
too and a half tans of bombs.
It was observed that heavy rains
la northern Kenya had just ceeaed,
enbling the British to resume what
is termed "offensive petrolling" over]
a wide area.
A military informant here asserted
the Italian colonels had fought
better than the Italians themselves
and that the commander of the gar
rison fled in a mule cart.
One of his offhar* was represent
ed as so disgusted at this defection
that when the British entered the
town, he led them to the Italians'
hidden stores, tngfariing Held guns,
marhf'r guns, gasoline stores and
food supplies.
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ber of Commerce and Merchants!
tioTriiSed
?en of Ftraville, a resolution
. adapted (declaring Thursday, Dee. .
26* to be a holiday in Fannrille)
and nqueadof that all store* and
business hem in FsrtotiBe close
through Thursday, Dec. 26th, I
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Bank ofFarmviDe
To Change Banking
Hours 1st of January
According to an advertisement of
The Bank of RsrmviBe appearing in
this week's issue of The Enterpriser
the banking hours of this financial
institution will be changed January
2nd, 1941.
For a number of years the hours of
j the local bank have been from 9.*00
a. m. to 2:00 p. m. However, begin
! ning on January 2nd, the hours will
j be from 9:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m.
j According to officials of the Bank,
this change is made necessary to con
form to the new Wage and Hour Law,
and to cooperate with other banking
institutions in this section of North
Carolina. ' /
When athletics become more im
portant than studies, the tail is lim
ning away with the dog.
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x Onm more the Christ mas carols oat mortal lips float opto Join the angelic chants,
"Glory to CM to the highest..? to ooud the joyous message of G*fe tore tor ha
manity... Wmn come and go bat titit Mf of toe angels la echoed eternally on
Christ Bias mooting and tfiere are some to every oath* who mil hail Him with a
newborn song of faith and adoration in their hearts.
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|4he?e^w?i3d looking^^^and worn
finerideal* Without the glorious
Christmas spirit and the sublime art
of music, millions could not have
hod the courage to survive. The
Christinas of 1940 calls for more and
ipo? music to fortify oar faith in
? tomonevK^^^ r I
. The spirit of giving, which is,bo
emblematical of the life of Christ, has
also beoome a part of the celebration;
and today music and come
nearer to ? the ideals of the- ' Master
than any other symbols of -Christ
mas. If Christmas means to yon
foififriiA* for the blessinjr that
Christ brought to humanity, |tf it
means phristmas giving, if it means
Christmas music, you have not lost
the rear -spiritual -portent of- this
glorious day of days. . I
?The Etude.
.
U Memory is a matter of intention.
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Farmville Makes Beady
For "JoyfuB'st Feast"
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? Town In Brilliant Ar
ray; Business Section
I And Hemes Give Sea
? sonal Joy To Passersby
Brilliantly illuminated and Christ-1
I mas-wreathed, Farmville is prepar- J
? in? for the "Joyfull'st Feast" of the
I entire year. Garlands of mountain I
I laurel, inter-twined with red, green, J
? blue and orange lights form a verit-1
I able canopy for the main business j
I section,. and every store window pre-!
I sents a lovely picture. Almost every 1
I home in the residential section is!ai
I glistening testimonial to the joyous!
? spirit and willing hands of the !
I dwellers therein, who have untight
? to make glad with Christmas joy
I the hearts of passereby. J
The oufeof-town judges Jjpd a dif-|B
H ficult task before them -on Wednes- II
? day evening when they started out
? to make their decisions in connec-ll
I! thm with the prizes offered in the I
I decorations contest by the Farmville II
I Chamber of ? Commerce and Mer- fl
I chants Association, but they finally 9
? agreed and turned in the list, of I
I winers as follows:
I Winners Attached. I
B^st store window: Prise, $7.60,
I won by Farmville Furniture Co. I
I Honorable mention, Dr. Charles E. I
I Fitzgerald, J. H. Harris.
? . Best store interior: -Prise $7.50,1
? won by Wfceless Drug Co. Honorable I
I mention, Bouse Printery, Belk-Tyler
Ij Co., -J- --
? Best outdoor lighting display (Ar- I
litistic Arrangement): Prise, $740,
?{won by Mrs. J. W. Parker. Honor
?[?Wo^meentkm, Miss Tsbttha DeVis- H
? 1. outdoor lighting display I
| able mmtk>n^lStChjjstta^B. Fits-1
? Igerald.
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I 1 -ITizq* 5sr.tHJ. Mrs* > Jj&iur Dt&vi&r *&? ,'?:?
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CHRISTMAS MtJSC
The first Christmases were vari
able feasts. Sometimestfceevent was
celebrated in the Spring. Why do
we now celebrate Christinas on De
cember twenty-fifth? Opinions are
markedly different. Many feel that
it is because it was the custom of
the ancient peoples to hold a Festi
val at about the time of the winter
solstice, when the dying year turns
toward new life and the inevitable
Spring. Gradually, what must have
been a purely devotional ritual, be
gan to borrow many ancient festi
val customs, Roman, Norse and Be
gan. Even the brilliant TShrfctinas
tree has nothing to do with Christ
but it ia believed to be a relic of
Saturnalian orgies. What could Ver
gil have meant when he wrote^. ^Os
exalte suspendunt mallia pinu"
than what we now call a Christmas
tree with its gifts and trinkets?
The fathers at the Church were
not ignorant of tide and quite nat
urally feared that the spirit of the
day might be lost in mundane
things. Consequently, they surround
ed the celebration of the Birth of
Christ with liturgical observations
and even dramatised the great event;
by performances a# ^-Spectacular
nature presenting the story of the
S SHS^vior.
No due knows just when or where
these first religious dramatic pies
been performed ss
when they were presented in con
nection with the Corpus Chris*
tivfcl by Dope Urban IV. It is possi
ble th^e?d^
In Ckristaas Suit
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"Use Christmas Seals."
A last appeal for . wide
use of tiie dooUe^amd
cross tuberculosis stamp is
mads this week by tiie lo
cal committee-in e?'?ffttrt
to obtain cooperation to
ward a record for the community.?
The committee suggests the fol
lowing ways ttf usingfh%:Se?la:
. On cards add packages to foreign
countries.
On Christmas packages and cards
mailed to any pla$vip this country.
On correspondence cards to carry
Christmas HHassgini
On bridge tallies and place cards
at parties this month.
On church -calendars.
On bills, business letters, bulletins;
l/*jpo -notices.
T Christmas tree deeoratoins
worked out in special designs.
As part of ?tiTstamp coHectioh.^
On -restaurant menus.
?? Christmas awfc make? a beautiM
decoration; "Tfeantfd With millions of
others, they are making possible *
life-saving campaign that is saving
hundrsds -ef tikoummds of lives.
If you have not purchased Seals or
want extra ones for use, buy. at
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WHAT DOBS
CHRISTMAS
MEAN TO YOU?
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7 ? 11 '".;S ?
? "What does Christmas mean to
you?"
< Ask tills question of one hundred
diff.mtt Tte'CbttK. of
snow-drifts, ftine femes, reindeer,
Santa Claus, holly ai^^mi^etoe, fat
the peopib who live south of the
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tropics of t^mcom^MvearoiKep^
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To Be
UeslW&t Loans
AlTl!?*I^| jiin ?rr
will- be made available to the air
and naval forces of all 21 American
repubice?were described as outposts
in the establishment of ah impreg
nable defense syrfemto insure the
Western hemisphere against agfcree
ska from either Europe or Asia.
Ihe defense hites wffl.be-.wtf^
Ujras^l, by ^So^an^^en
_iij_ruiaf?*n-^ ifwiTful
xor 8wvicmy *"** ^ ^ ?!? I
hftfleflo these sourcea reported. " -1
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While most of the oases an?. siw*i
% ' ?n nfftrl fVnfil W I
woven into the sermons of the nun
MBjjftlsaftSil
from the angels to.tim^eyherd^to
^rs^o^of "Peaceuh Earth?Good
Will To^Wi
the angelic choirs.will be hea
the
putorf Km B B. Ferdhem, vriU
??.? ?sra-.ss .3
mm by the choir, *M?b will ??>-.
der TweW Boly Tomjhr by
Wilson; "Jesa Bambino" by Pietro
A. Yon; ? and' "Christinas Bells," by
BogeM,^aft(*afnda}. numbers. Ja the
eye^g^AJ
PREnSII
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ing aThis thine, Othtos^Tse
will be rendered wito Mr*. C. N.
Bostic as soloist. Attfe regular eve
ning worship hpurT the primary de
partment, under the leadership of
HW. T/ B. Misefle, will present a
program and bring their mite boxee
' * fee
w ??-^r. ?. hoLhrbuflht
Church ^by thf rector^ Sftv* J. xw
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Washington, Dec. lS.-Aa unpre
Icedented plan for backing Britain to .
I the H"?te without the
I dollar signs on the >01 went to the
nation today with. President Roose
velt's pronouncement that the best
I immediate defense of the United
States was the success ot Great I
Britain in defending herself.
I Should a "short-of-war"; program
of this broad character be adopted, I
an authoritative source predicted, the I
United States would buy and send '
to England at least $2,500,0(10,000
? worth of tanks, .airplanes and ether I
munitions before the end o2 the
[war.
Ip After the "war, arrangements
would be made for repayment of this
help "in kind* under a gentleman's I
? agreement between the two coun
tries. ? '
I President Roosevelt devoted most
] of a 60-minute press conference yes
terday to describing the plan?a
brand new idea, he termed it?and
made it clear that it was one of
I several now being explored. ?
? * The chief executive, in response * |
j to questions, said the plan would |
not carry the country closer to war
from a lej^listic viewpoint. He
pointed out that the United States
was doing all it oould at present I
and asserted that the new method ?
j merely would facilitate making aid
? available.
| In brief, the idea calls for losing
l or lending-. Britain all the material
and supplies she would need hi the I
I j future and-postponing the^aoounts'
| settlement'until peace came.' I
I Mr; Roosevelt said he intended to
ask the new Congress for legislation
and appropriations to put this ten- I
? tative program or a similar' one into
H tfwcu I
I Details would have be worked
lout with fcondbn, he said. The un- |
derstanding was that any such plan
Iprobafty would apply only to audi
equipment' and munitions as the I
? British might , need over and above
? the $2,000,000,000 iwofth of "cash
; and carry". orders that have placed
? here. I
? Congressional comment on the rev
I olutaonary proposal was slow apd . ?
? for the^neet part, guarded. Some
ardent aid-to-Britain advocates On- ?
? dorsed it at once, but many lega
tors preferred to - withhold opinions ?
I until they had atwfied the idea.
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From a summary of 42 4-H Club
projects in. Greene County, the aver
age club member made 52.6 bushels
of com to the acre, reports J. W.
Grant, assistant farm agent oi the ?
State College Extension Service. I
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friends are looking forward with ?
great pleasure to the formal Christ
cember 26, to be jjwn by this^or- I
occAskn, Slid thiV a 1sx?b ' J
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