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* T * 1^1 nil ??WW ? ? ? - ' - Mm H. L. Watson spent Wednea day in WHson. ? , " ? ? ? J. Y. Monk was a Durham visitor Wednesday. ? ? ? Mrs. J. M. Hobgood was a WDsoe visitor Wednesday. : ? * ? Rev. J. R. Routree, of Kington, was a Farmville visitors, Monday. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Norville spent Sunday with friends in Wilson. ? ? ? ? Mrs. Elbert a Holmes spent Thurs day with relatives in Wendell. Mrs. S. A. Garris left Thursday for a visit to relatives in Duim. ? * ? Mrs. H. M. Stilley has returned after a visit to relatives in Washing ton. ? a a Mrs. Martin Swartz, of Greenville, spent Monday with Mrs. W. A. Mc Adams. ? ? ? Mrs. John W. Holmes spent sev eral days of this week in Washing ton, D. C. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Harper spent Wednesday with friends at Northside. Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Pollard return ed Tuesday from a visit to Woodbury Forest, Va. ? ? ? Migs Margaret Walter, teacher in the Washington school, was at home for the week end. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ryan have moved into their new home near the Country Club. iii Friends will regret to learn that Mrs. W. Leslie Smith is ill at her home on Church street. * * * Lowell Liles, of Washington, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Manly Liles. ? ? ? Mrs. J. Y. Monk, Mrs. Paul E. Jones and Mrs. H. L. Watson visited relatives in Kmston, Sunday. ? ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. John D. Holmes and Mr. and Mrs. Elbert C. Holmes visited relatives in Hertford, Sunday. * ? * Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hotchkiss and small son spent Sunday in Washing ton with relatives and friends. m 9 m Mrs. W. Leslie Smith, Mrs. James Smith Mr. and Mrs. Z. M. White hurst were Wilson visitors Monday. ? * ? Dr. A. J. Schoenhen, of Newport, Ky., spent several days of this week with Dr. and Mrs. W. Watson'Keffer. ? * * Mrs. Harry R. Harper has returned to Petersburg, Va., after a visit to her parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Joy ner. ? * ? Friends will be glad to learn that Mrs. T. C. Turnage is able to be out agai-n after an illness of several weeks. ? a a Dr. and Mrs. William Keffer and daughters, of Kinston, were guests of Dr. and Mrs. W. Watson Keffer, Sunday. ? a a Friends of Pete Shirley, ill at San atorium, will be glad to learn that be is reported as improved, though slightly. m m m Mrs. C. M. Paylor, Sr., of Peters burg, Va., spent the week end with her son, Cleveland M. Paylor, Jr., and Mrs. Paylor. ? a a A number of student of East Carolina Teachers College are here this week engaged in practice teach ing in the local school. i iii, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Batchelor moved this week into the home re cently vacated by the Skinner family .. on Conteirtnea street. ? ? ? Carey Harrell, of the Farmville school faculty returned Tuesday from Eure, where he attended the funeral of his grandmother. . v ? ? ? Friends will regret to learn that Rev. J. B. Roberts, pastor of the Primitive Baptist church, is ill at the Carolina General hospital in Wilson, a a a. Friends will be glad to learn thai Mm Robert D. Rouse is reported af ?lightly improved. Mm Rouse if receiving treatment at Duke Hospi tal. ? ? ? Friends here will be interested U learn that Miss Mary Shirley, whc rapidly. / George E. Beckman, Jr., who has been associated with A. C. Monk & Co., here for the past several years, left this week for Fort Bragg, where he has accepted a position. ? ?' * Bill Pollard returned Monday to re sume his studies at Woodbury Forest, Va., alter a visit to his home here. While on holiday leave Bill visited friends'in Wilkes Barrie, Pa., also. ? * * Friends will .be glad to learn that Corporal Herbert C. Holland, of Camp Jackson, who has been ill with pneu monia at the home of his sister, Mrs. S. A. Garris, is able to be out again. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Foster, of Nor folk, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hammond and Miss Ellen and Albert McAdams, of Rocky Mount, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McAdams during the week end. * * * | Friends will be glad to learn that [ Mrs. Nannie Moye Humphrey, who was injured recently in an automo bile accident and is receiving treat ment in a Greenville hospital, contin ues to improve, thought slowly. ? ? ? < Miss Elvira Tyson, who was for merly connected with the county agri cultural depArtmerrt in Greenville, has accepted a position with the Farm ville Furniture Co., and assumed her duties here this week. ? * ? Friends will be glad to learn that James Wilson, son of Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Wilson, who underwent an ap pendicitis operation at Woodard-Her ring hospital, Wilson, Wednesday, is reported as recovering rapidly. ? ? ? Dr. Paul E. Jones, Pitt county chairman of the Democratic Execu tive committee, and Mrs. Jones, and a number of ohter Farmville friends attended the inaugural ceremonies of North Carolina's new governor, J. M. I Broughton, on Wednesday and Thurs- J day. * LEFT TUESDAY FOR CAMP I Charles Rountree, Jr., Lonme Mat thews, Paul Allen, Jr., and Clay Bur nette, volunteers in the U. S. Army, left Tuesday for Fort Bragg. TEXACO OIL STATION CHANGES HANDS Among the few changes made in the business district here since the year is the purchase by W. D. Morton of the Texaco Service Station located , on Main street, opposite the Bank of Farmville? Mr. Morton will have as sociated with him as assistant mana ger, Britfc HowelL This station, will operate on week days only. Will not ? be open on Sundays. , : MISS HELEN WILLIS SPONSORS BALL Miss Helen Willis, daughter of Mr. i and Mies. Wesley R. Willis, a&4 a ( senior at Duke University, was one - of the sponsors for the inaugural ball, honoring Governor and Mrs. J. M. Broughton in Raleigh* Thursday > night. Miss Willis made her debut > at the 1940 Debutante BalL f ASSISTANT STATE FORESTER TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS ? t The Conservation Department ai i the Garden Club will sponsor a pro* x gram on Conservation in Perkins hah I ^ ^wtog^W^ J. B^,juristanl | SOCIALCALENDARJ Monday, January IS || I 3:30 P. M.?Circle No. 4, Metho- I I dist Woman'* Sidety, meets with | Mis. E. L. RusaeU. I 7 <50 P. M.?Bed Man. I I 8:00 P. M.?Couple Club meets I with. Dr. and Mrs. Chas. ? E. I I Fitzgerald. I J Tuesday, 14 | I 3:80 P. M.?Merry Matrons meet [1 I with Mrs. ft. M. Willis. I j 6:80 P. M. ?Rotary Club. I (8:00 P. M.?Junior Order. Wetkiesday, 15 I I 3:39 P. M.?Literary Club meets II I with Mrs. J. W. Joyner. I I 3:30 P. M.?Tea, honoring Mrs. B. I L. Lang:, to be given in the D. JJ A. R. Chapter House by Mrs. || I Mary Lewis Lang, lbs. J. H. I Harrell, Mrs. B. M. Lewis, Mrs. II I John B. and Mrs. Jack Lewis, r 11 Thursday, 16 jI 3:00 P.,M.?American Legion Aux- II I iliary meets in the Legion hall I with Mrs. J. B. Taylor, Mrs. C. I, A. Tyson and Mrs. A. Q. Roe- 11 buck as joint hostesses. 3:00 P. M.?Junior Woman's Club || meets with Miss Mary Friar 11 Rouse and Mrs. James Smith as I joint hostesses. 7:30 P. M.?Parent-Teacher Asso- I1 ciation. Friday, 17 3:00 P. M.?Lamrad Club meets j with Miss Mary Friar Rouse. | 7:30 P. M.?Boy Scouts. I 8:00 P. M. ? Woodmen of the I World. J I . ? M ^ V' r ? \-"y^V- v- $51 1 unit Pupf) ntWlTlfl H ;/?' fHIML ^vyTft'ir^l vil vU|/9 Woman's Club in the New Year^waa held in the home of Mrs. Mabrey E. Pollard with Mrs. R. T. Williams as joint hostess. Forsythia and first breath erf Spring brought a spring-1 like atmosphere into the home. Mrs. J. L. Parker presided. Mrs. C. S. | Hotchldss read current events re I garding activities of the Junior Worn-1 en from "The Club Woman," and thai program was featured with her diiM cusaion of the opera, "Carmen," by George Bizet Mrs. Charlea Meyer I pb^ed records of arias tram the opera. During a delightful social hour the hostesses served cake, coffee and salted nuts. - I I Mrs. S. A. Roebuck was gracious hostess at a bridge luncheon on Wed nesday, ait -touch members of the I New Deal Club and additional friends, Mrs. R. 0. Lang, Mrs. J. Y. Monk, lbs. L. T. Pierce and Mrs. Fat Ruf ? fin were guests. Mrs, John B. Joy ? nsr was a luncheon guest I A delicious three oourse luncheon was served at twelve o'clock. I lh the games, which followed, I Mrs. H. M. Williamson and Mrs. J. IY. Monk won the club and guest prizes, nut bowl sets, and Mrs. R. 0. Lang received as a consolation for low score, novel coasters. The January meeting of the Re becca Wkxbourne Chapter, U. D. C., was held at the home of Mrs. A. C. Monk with Mrs. G. M. Holden pre siding and Miss Annie Perkins in I I charge of the program. Miss Perkins gave an interesting review of the book, "Enueasafricanus." A delicious salad course was followed by fruit cake, coffee and nuts. Mis. Wesley R. Willis delightfully entertained the Contract Club this week. Potted plants and arrange ments of white foliage were used with artistic effect. Mrs. M. V. Hor ton was winner of the high score prize, a bowl of blooming narcissus. A delicious fruit gelatine with cream was served, together with fruit cake and cookies. Mrs. Walter Jones and Mrs. R. E. Pickett were special guests at this meeting. Members of the Wednesday After noon Club and additional friends of the hostess were guests at a club party given by Mrs. Robert Lee Smith this week, at her home in I which potted plants and bowls of nar cissus were used as a setting. Mi?s Elizabeth Davis scored high for members and received dusting powder, and Mrs. W. E. Joyner won the guest prize of embroidered towels. Mrs. Theodore T. Moore and Mrs. B. L. Lang, recent brides, were presented With lovely gifts, and the hostess also remembered. Mrs. M. V. Norton, whose birthday fell on that date. - . y A congealed salad course with oof-II fee was served. Special guests of I the hostess were; Mis. B. L. Lang, I Mrs. T. T. Moore, Mrs. M. V. Hor ton, Mrs. Rex Hodges, Mrs. Z. M. Whitehurst, Mrs. H. Neal Howard, Mrs. Arthur F. Joyner, Mrs. W. E. Joyner, Mrs. M. Y. Jones, Miss Vir ginia Harris, Mrs. Jalma Bynum, Mrs. Irvin Morgan, Jr., and Mrs. R. E. Pickett. Miss Lula Forbes delightfully en tertained a number of friends at bridge on Monday evening. Forest greens and potted plants were en hanced, by soft lights in the setting for the tables arranged in the living room. . 1 Mrs. Marie Benson won the high score award for ladies, a bon bonl dish, and Charles Rountree, Jr., re ceived the men's prize. The floating prize was retained by Lath Morrisa, I and Mrs. Curtis Flanagan was given a box of candy as consolation for low score of the evening. I _ A delicious fruit salad course was served, followed by Japanese fruit cake and coffee. MILK GIVEN CREDIT Dr. E. T. McCollum, famous nutri tion expert of John Hopkins Uni versity, says: "The people who have achieved, who have beoome large, strong vigor ous people, who have reduced their infant mortality, who have the beet trades in the world, who have an ap preciation for art, literature and music, who are progressive in science and.in every activity of the human intellect, are the people who have used liberal amounts of milk and itsl products.?Hoards Dairyman. BIRD CLUB NOTES I > i ?????? During the Christmas holidays the meetings of the Bird*Guh were not reported but regular meetings were held. Neal Howard and Danny Mor gan were visitors at one meeting, at which Noal t**d a poem, "Our Neigh bors?the Birds." At the meeting on Saturday May narrf Thorns read a poem, and an \ article, relating to birds, written by Charlotte Hilton Greene in her "Out ' doors in North Carolina" column1 in ? die News and Observer, was dieeuss i ^ ^ ., * , . J. "o WUU0 Ceaw T6COUDtGu Dy THWyMla ^4W3I Ill00vr lflty. ? ypATy. ftlwttjg tUC nCQVlvj . ' ijj Jar ? Qnipinizpf] Iii Ply* zOhurd*' Miss Elizabeth Norman and Ben jamin Lewis Lug were united in marriage in an impressive ceremony Saturday afternoon; December Bttt at 4:80 o'clock in 0m Plymouth Meth odist Church, the Rev. 0. L. Hard wick officiated. Prior to the peremony Shep Brink ley, organist, resented a program of nuptial music. C. J. Norman, uncle ctf the bride, was soloist, and a vested choir sang the benediction. ^Thc trar ditkmal wedding marches were used. Against a background of pines, fern and palms, baskets of white fhryMintliflmniiiii ' wtTt flanked by burning cathedral tapers in graduat ed standards. White satin ribbons marked the pews reserved for the families and ,out-of-town guests. John Lewis of Farmville, attended his cousin as best man. Ushers were George Allen and Edison Moorp of Farmville, Alton Barrett of Green ville and James Wood Norman, Jr., of Richmond, brother of the bride. Camilla Staton of Bethel was maid of honor. Mrs. J. H. Harrell of Greenville, sister of the bridegroom, as matron of honor. They were gowned alike in skyblue dresses of faille taffeta and wore Juilctte caps with veils matching their gowns in color. They carried arm bouquets of pink roses. Little Louise Pettitt Norman of Richmond, niece of the bride, was flower girl. She wore a white net dress over taffeta, with a small off the face hat. She carried a colonial nosegay of white and blue flowers. Macon Gordan Norman, Jr., of Rich mond, cousin of the bride, dressed in a bfack velvet bolero suit, was ring bearer. -. The bride entered the church with her father, J. W. Norman, Sr., by whom she was given in marriage. She wore a floor length colonial costume of white net and chantilly lace with a gwrftH halo hat, over which a match ing net finger tip veil was draped. Her flowers were brides roses and lilies of the valley showered with satin ribbon. Her ? only ornament was a strand of pearls. .1 Following the ceremony, the pa rents of the bride, entertained at an informal reception at their home on M.in street, for the bridal party, th? family and out-of-town guests. The lower floor was en suite. Car thedral candles, Christmas greenery, white and silvered bells, white carna tions, chrysanthemums and snap dragons were used as decorations. Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Norman of Richmond greeted guests in the hall and directed them to the living room where they were received by Mrs. Norman, mother of the bride, Mrs. Lang, mother of the bridegroom, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lewis Lang, Miss Camille Staton and Mrs. J. H. Hallell. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Norman of Raleigh, directed guests to the dining room where a salad course with bridal cakes, mints, salted nuts mid coffee were served by Misses Virginia Nor man, Barbara Norman, Sarah Mc Lean and Meredith Johnston. The rfinrng table was covered with a ban quet cloth of, Venetian cut work and filet lace and was centered with an arrangement of white roses, 'carna tions and snapdragons in a crystal bowl, fianked by burning white tapers in three branched silver candelabra. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Norman, Jr., of Richmond received in the" gift room. Immediately after the reception the bride and bridegroom left for a wed ding trip to Florida. For traveling the bride changed to a mist blue dress suit with matching hat and a black fur jacket, usihg black accessories. She wore a shoulder corsage of orch ids. After January 1 Mr. and Mrs. Lang will be at home in Farmville. Mrs. Lang is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Norman of Ply mouth. She received her education at the Woman's College in Greens boro from which she was graduated She also holds a degree in Library Science from Emory University, At lanta, Ga. Mr. Lang is the son of Mrs. Mary Lewis Lang tnd the late A. V. Imng of Farmville. He is a graduate of State College in Raleigh. He is a to bacconist, holding a position with the A. C. Mcnk Tobacco Company of Farmville. ? -/> ? "? " ? - ;'' ,y J ; - ? . .;: ;ip NEW 'PHONE DIRECTORY ~ LISTS STREET NUMBERS _ : R. L. spivey, local manager of the CkroliaavTelephone Ga, and City Clerk R^A- ^ywm^due cocgreto I crs in our .who wish, to Miss Helen Wilds of Farmvffl* daughter of Mr. an4 Mn. W. R. * WjUiis, who was one of the spoil* son for the taauguhri ball Thurs day night in Raleigh. Tobacco Short Course^ J to Start January 14th State College's fifth annual, Short Course for North Carolina tobacco growers will open January 14 and continue through the noon hour on January 17. Dan Iff. Paul, director of agricultural short courses at the college, announces a heavy advance registration for the school. All morning programs will be held in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium on the State College campus. On the opening day, Tuesday, an afternoon session will be held in the Y. If. C. A., but on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons grading practice will be held in Withers Hall on the dollege campus. - ' - Among the outstanding leaders who will lead discussions and present lec tures, most of them illustrated lec tures, are: W. G. Finn, East Central director of the Agricultural Adjust ment Administration; Dr. E. G. Moss and Dr. T. E. Smith of the Oxford Tobacco Experiment Station; H. W. Taylor, tobacco marketing specialist of the Bureau of Agricultural Econ omics; and E. Y. Floyd, L. T. Weeks, Dr. L. D. Baver, E. C. Blair, R. W. Graeber, W. D. Lee, J. P. Luts, Dr. G. K. Middleton, J. 0. Bowell, K- J. Shaw, and Dr. Luther Shaw, all of State College. Tuition is free, but a charge of $1 will be made for registration and a certificate of attendance: Lodging and meals will .be available on the college campus at nominal cost. Reg istration is open to white men and women over 16 years of age. Director Paul reported that the four previous tobacco short cources at the college have attracted approxi mately 660 North Carolina growers. About 250 of these growers have re ceived certificates for attending all sessions of a course. \ PARAMOUNT I 1 THEATRE 1 FARMYILLEL N. C. WEEK OP JANUARY 11 SATURDAY BIG TRIPLE PROGRAM . I Gene Autry?hi *-| "MELODY RA^CH" I - Guy Kibbee?in "STREET OF MEMORIES" Abo Chapter No. 6 of "KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED" SUNDAY-MONDAY J || Errol Flyzm & Olivia de Havilland I "SANTE FE TRAIL" I " TUESDAY I I Ann Rutherterdton and John flhclton in I "KEEPING COMPANY" WEDNESDAY . 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