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Rev. Chester Alexander!
ette Sermon; Prof.!
Dwire To Address the!
Graduation Class; Sen-!
ior Plav and Reextalsi
Are Other Events . I
The finals schedule of the the!
Farmville graded school, which mark J
the close of on^ of the most success
ful years in the school's history, has
been announced by Superintendent J
J. H. Moore, and will begm tonight, j
May 9th, with the presentation of
the primary operetta, "The Moon
Queen," at 8;00 o'clock in Perkins
Hall, under the direction of Miss j
Annie Perkins, Miss Louise Farrior, j
Miss Margaret Heater, Mrs. W. B. j
Carraway, Miss Margaret Lewis, and I
Miss Elizabeth Elliott, with piano I
accompaniment by Mi?s_ Paulyne I
Stroud.
The second event will be a senior!
piano recital on Tuesday evening,!
May 13,'when Mrs. Haywood Smith
will present Miss Lilla Gaynor, Miss
Ruth Parker and Miss Yvonne Smith I
in a program of piano masterpieces,
which is printed in this issue.
The Senior play, "Little Women,"
will be given Thursday evening, May
15, at 8:00 o'clock under the direction
of Miss Ellen Lyles. The cast has
been well chosen and trained in their
roles and a capacity crowd is expect
ed. . -
Mrs. R. LeRoy Rollins, president
of the Parent-Teacher Association,
has announced that the last meeting
of that organization for the year will I
be held at 2:30 in the gymnasium,
in the form of a tea and kitchen
shower. The Home Ec girts, under
the supervision of their teacher, Mrs.
A. P. Burton, will present a Fashion
Show at this time.
Pupils of Mrs. Haywood Smith and
Miss Paulyne Stroud will give re
citals on Tuesday ana rnu*j j
nings, May 22 and 23.
The baccalaurette sermon will be ^
delivered on Sunday evening: al 8:00
o'clock in Perkins Hall by Rev. Ches- ,
ter Alexander, pastor of the Presby- ,
terian church, Tarboro. 'Hie Rev.
Mr. Alerander is recognized as an ,
outstanding minister in the Presby
terian church, and having, a deep in
terest in youth will doubtless bring
a message of great inspiration to
the young graduates.
Prof. Henry R. Dwire, director of
Public Relations of Duke University,
will speak at the dosing event of ,
the finals, the graduation exercises,
which will take place on Tuesday
evening, May 27. Professor Dwire
will be cordially received here as a
man well informed on current issues
of this nation and the world, and will
be heard with great interest
s Dorothy Lewis, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Lewis, and
Boots Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. P. Thomas, will co-valedictorians,
and Ruth Parker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. ? C. Parker, kid Bobby
Rouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Rouse, will be eo-salutatorians.
Marshals have been chosen as fol
lows: Juniors?John Parker, Alice
Harper Parker and Bill Carr; Sopho
mores?Lois Jones, I.atane Gregory
and Edna Ruth Tyson; Freshmen?
Bobby Smith, Bob Pay lor and Eliza
beth May.
I Radio Programs
I .'
? Much commendation and praise
I was heard from this section ia rela
? tion to the series of radio programs,
which were broadcast from station
I W.G.T.O, Greenville, during the past
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? 15th district, of which Mrs. John R
I Joyner is president.
H the State Federation study project
I meaity," and <m the seieeted study!
? hook, "Primer For Americans."
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DR. C. C. JOYNER
The Senior
Class Presents
"UtttB_Women"
Thursday evening, May 15, 1941, at
8:00 o'clock, the Senior Class of the
i Farmville High School will present
Louisa M. Alcott's immortal classic,
| "Little Women," dramatized by John
D. RavokL An admission of fifteen
and twenty-five cents will be charg
ed, and the proceeds are to go for
new stage equipment.
For six generations Louisa M.
Alcott's "Little Women" has remain
ed the most popular juvenile novel
written by an American, and the
characters of Jo, Meg, Amy, Beth,
Marmee, Laurie, Professor Bhaer,
and John Brooke have lived in and
gladdened the hearts all over the
world, for this classic of American
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life has been aisnacraecu,is
life has been translated into every
known tongue.
It is a story that never has and
never will grow old because it deals
with the greatest human emotion?
a mother's love for her children and
their appreciation of it, and her.
Who can forget wild, romping,
tomboy Jo and her desire 'To be the
man of the family." Of her sacri
ficing her glorious hair -to help fi
nance her mother's trip to Washing
ton, when the telegram arrived say
ing her father was dying. Of her
writing "The Christmas Play," re
hearsing Amy in the fainting scene
and then the playing of the drams
on the fateful night when everything
went dead wrong and they all ended
in a heap on the floor. Her side
splitting pranks with Laurie, hei
quarrel with Amy, who had destroy
ed her first written story. Her beau
tiful scenes with Little Beth whet
they both knew the Angel of Deatt
was hovering near. Of her going tc
New York, meeting Professor Bhaej
in Mrs. Kirk's rooming house, then
comedy courtship and ultimate mar
riage. Then Aunt March and he
icrotchety croaking against the low
affair of Meg and John Brooke, an<
of her weakening when the twin*
Daisy and Demi, arrive. " We haw
not mentioned Laurie's bewildermen
upon discovering that his heart an
hand belonged to Amy and not Jc
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Hour of Funeral
l:; Pinal rites for Dri: Claudius Can*
eron JOynor, 68, prominent and high
ly esteemed Farmville physician, who
succumbed to a heart attack Friday
morning, at seven o'clock, were eon
ducted from the residence, Saturday
afternoon, at three o'clock, by Rev.
H. M. Wilson, pastor of the Presby
terian Church, with throngs of friends,
in attendance. Rev. C. B. Mashburn,
miTiittmr of the Christian rhvyb, as-'
sisted in the service. Interment .was
made in the family burial plot, a
portion of what was formerly his an
ceetrial homestead, adjoining Holly
Wood cemetery, beneath a large and
handsome floral tribute. Business
was suspended here during the hour
of the funeral.
Dr. Joyner was bom July 20,1872,
the son of the late Jacob and Mollie
Sugg Joyner.- He was educated at.
the University of North Carolina, and
received his medical degree from Jef
ferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
in 1899. He had practiced medicine
successfully and rendered a distinc
tive service to this community since
that time. '':V'' ?
He married Miss Luna Newell, ol
Greene county, December 21, 1901,
who with five children survive him.
Dr. Joyner was 8 member of the
Pitt County Medical Society and had
been physician for the Norfolk and
Southern and East Carolina Railways
for .many yean. He was an active
churchman, having joined the Pres
byterian Church in earfy manhood,
and being prominently identified with
the establishment of the Parmville
[ Presbyterian Church.
Typifying the Country .Doctor in
many ways, his practice of 88 years
was wide and varied, and he was one
of the beet known and highly esteem
ed men in this section of the State.
Despite advancing years, Dr. Joyner
retained the dignified bearing, .rapid
stride and keen eye of his youthful
days, and the edge of his wit was
never dolled one whit by the hand
of Time. Amazingly energetic, his
mind was even m^re active, and he
was generally conceded to be one of
the best read men in Eastern North
Carolina.
An individualist, who thought for
* himself and dared to live his con
* victions, the physician exemplified a
rare nobility of mind and soul and
merited the high regard he received
? from this community.
He is survived by his widow, three
daughters, Miss Mae Joyner, of
Farmville; Mrs. N. H. Henry, of
* Chapel EMI; Mrs. H. R. Harper, of
1 Richmond, Va.; two sons, J. A. Joy
' ner, of Norfolk, Va.; F. Carl Joyner,
r of Charlotte; two grandchildren, El
- len Norris and Jesse Spencer; a sis
ter, Mrs. Susie Thigpan, of Dudley;
p a brother, B. C. Joyner of Fuquay
Springs.
1 Pallbearers:
?* Active pallbearers-were; R. A
B Fields, L. T. Pierce. Jesse Carraway
f B. O. Turniage, J. H. Harris, E.' 0
Holmes, John King, and Ed Nasi
w Warren. _
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Hon. C. R. Wickard, U.l
& Secretary of Agri
culture, To Be Princi
I; pal Speaker
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At least 260 Pitt County farmers
and farm women will be on hand to
hear Secretary of Agriculture Claude
R. Wickard when he makes the prin
cipal address at the combined annual
meeting of members of the North
Carolina Cotton Growers Coopera
tive Association -and the Farmers
Cooperative Exchange in Raleigh on
Tnaaday, May 13, according to word
received here from M. G. Mann, gpn
eral manager of the two organiza
tions. M
Th^ meeting, which is held annual
ly, will fetart in the Raleigh Memorial T
Auditorium promptly at 10 o'clock (
and arrangements have been made }
to take care of an expected crowd *
of 6,000 farmers and farm women j
representing every section of the ^
Carolinas. Following the meeting, a .
barbecue dinner will be served to ,
those in attendance. .
"This will be the first time that ,
Secretary Wickard has made a pub
lic appearance in North Carolina,
since .he became a cabinet member/*'
Mr. Mtum said, "and we are looking
Congressman fi&roia U wutc; I
will accompany the Secretary to '
Raleigh and will introduce him to
the expected crowd of 6,000. Gover
nor J. Melville Broughton will de
liver the address of welcome. Others
to appear on the program include
Dr. Clarence Foe, Editor of the Pro
gressive Farmer, Dean I. 0. Schaub,
director of extension work, T. E.
Browne, director of Vocational Edu
cation, W. Kerr Scott, state com
missioner of agriculture, W. W.
Eagles, of Macclesfield, president of
the Farmers Cooperative Exchange
and John T. Thome, of Fannville,
president of the Cotton Association.
"A toll and detailed report on ifee
last year's operations of both the
Cotton Association and the FCX will
be presented to the assembled mem
: hers iQr and the;tneeting
will thai be thrown open for a gen
eral discussion from the floor.
One of the highlights Of the day
will be the induction into office of
j directors of the two cooperatives for
the coming year. ;
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By HUGO S. SMS
(Washington Correspondent)
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Elu. S. TO ASSERT RIGB1&
KlTAVrS FAR-FLUNG PATROL.
DELIVERING WAR SUPPLIES. I
STARK TELLS OP NAVY'S JOR
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| A 90-BILLION DEBT.
(Rattle looms over axis.
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" Tlie .time is approaching, if it is
iot already at hand, when the Unitr
A States will assert its rights on the
ugh seas more vigorously. The
vithdrawal of oar commerce from
lelligeraat areas, undertaken when
die war began, in an effort to escape
nvolvement in the conflict, has failed
to prevent hostilities from approach
ing closer and closer to the United
States.
Bpihe policy of the United States,
before the European War began,
was to do everything to avoid inci
dents which might provoke armed
clashes. Consequently, we abandon
ed certain very definite rights under
International law. Now, since the
national policy, under .the Lease
Lend Act, is to extend unlimited aid
to Great Britain and other countries
fighting aggressors, it may become
advisable for thip country to reassert
its trading rights'under accepted in
ternational law.
Ipf
||!&lready the American neutrality
patrol, which was set up at the be
ginning of hostilities, has been mov
ed substantially eastward and Ad
xniral Harold R. Stark admits that it
is operating as far as two thousand
miles off-shore. President Roose
velt carefully distinguishes this pa
trol from oonvoy service. Evidently,
it is designed to locate warships
the Western Hmisphffre and the pro*
gumption is that the^hips'of friend
ly nations will be advised of .. the
presence of their foes. . - v
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^ the United Std.t6s to tfiko wh&tovor I
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be postikmea Th?r?eliei exists that?
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I day, May IS. will be an unlucky
*y
I Ooeof the features of the An
I nuan Meeting of the North Garo
I Association and the Farmers- Co
K3? JSt-Ji. t
leach of tfce i?r? than 5,000 ex- ;
I pecbed to ; attend arrangements
b;s srrw.tr
leery pai^-of uay.he&bccue .dtaMr,. I
I would cover any city block if the
I piece were fMtad>gettier aide' ]fl
"M? in
JImiuI Convention
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Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, Past Presi
dent, Mrs. J. a Joyner, Dis
trict President, Mrs. A. Q.
Roebuck, Secretary, and Otber
Farmville Women Attend;
Mre. Moye Made Club Editor
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Winston-Salem, May 7.?National
defense was stressed here tonight
at the opening session of the 89th
annual convention of the North
Carolina Federation of Women's
Clubs. ;
Mrs. Harold V. Milligan, general
federation radio chairman, spoke
on' women in ;mtfo<nal defense; and
Major Frank fi.* Mason of New
York, vice-president of the Na
tional Broadcasting Company, now
acting as special assistant to the
Secretary of ti e Navy, discussed
radio' in national defense.
Greetings were extended .tonight!
by Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, organiz
ing president; Mayor James R. Fain
and Mrs. Mfltaway. The response
Was by Mrs. J. M. Hobgood,. Farm
ville, past president.
Mrs. Milligan was presented by
Mrs. J. B. Hunter, State Federation
radio chairman. Major Mason was
introduced by State Senator Gordon
Gray. Mra Robinson presided. A
reception followed the program.
At a junior luncheon today,-Dr. W.
C. Jackson, Woman's College admin
istration dean, Greensboro, as chief
speaker, stressed the importance of
keeping the faith of fathers in na
tional defense. Mrs. Karl Bishipric,
Sprny, spoke on parliamentary law.
.Ate. we. given at the Women's
Club. - ???&
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May 7. - British
troops and the K. A. F^yere declaim I
ed officially to have dealt crashing
blows to the Iraq forces of Premier
Rashid Ali A1 Gailani, and military
quarter? expressed belief that the
conflict was near an end because
Germany sent him no aid;"; > >%
British airmen systematically de
stroyed most of the Iraq air force,
ground troops regained control of a
pumping station near Rutba on the
vital Mosul-Haifa oil pipeline, and
the Iraq siege of the R. A. P. base at
Lake Habb&niyah was broken.
Howitzers and cannoneers flown by
plane from Basra, near the Persian
Gulf, helped the Habbaniyah garri
son and Iraq levies fighting with the
British to rout the Iraqis holding
dominating plateau positions around
the airdrome yesterday.
Heavy losses were, inflicted, oy a
closely coordinated British ground
and air attack, the British said, and
more than 300 Iraqis rtere captured.
/ Iraquis Retreat.
The shattered forces retreated
eastward toward A1 Falluja, across
the Euphrates River in the derection
of Baghdad, the capital.
Prime Minister Churchill told the
House of Commons in London that
approximately 1,000 Iraquis had been
killed or wounded, and that 434, In
cluding 26 officers, were captured.
British losses were officially de
scribed as negligible.
Hispatches from Beirut, Lebanon,
sand that Iraq war fervor apparently
was subsiding and that Baghdad
circles were . seeking to lay the
blame for the struggle on a "mis
! understanding" over treaty rights of
the BH&ah and Iraqis.
Premier Rashid Ali A1 Gailani was
reported to have ordered his small.
amiy to shell the R. A. F. base at
Habbaniyah last Friday when Brit
ain overrode his . protests about land
ing a second body of British troops
inlraq. ? ,
The premier then was said to have
asked Adolf Hitler to intervene.
German radio stations were heard
broadcasting the Raschid's supposed
appeals for a ^Moslem holy war
against the British.
Military quarters here said, no
German planes or troops had ? yet
appeared in Iraq, -and they said it
was difficult to see how the-Nazis
could get there in time to render
effective assistance.
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The North Carolina Symphonic
Choir, composed of forty selected
singers from the choirs in the high
schools, of Ayden, Winterville, Snow
Hill and Hookerfcm, will present a
concert of sacred music at the Metho
dist tefuirch here Sunday afternoon, -
May 11th, 0 i;SO o'clock. Thenj^|:
be no admission charge. ? The pwic
is Cordially invited to attend. "? 'V
Few choral organizations have been I
able to achieve, in so short a time,
the1 acclaim from critic <fid public
that has been<i{ accorded the i-North?
Carolina Symphonic- Choir.., In' 'tone, I
the Choir will begin *trons-conti- I
oSpric^ndGo^d^l frof^SS: .1
of $Tdfth Carolina, having been thus
commissioned by both Governor Hoey
and Governor Broughton. ~R it the ? '-f I
only-musical organization; of ite km% I
-fe-^merica^fJSie founder 4W?ou*&1
doctor is Lewis Sidney Bullodfe ;* -,m
-DP? program to be presented nere, 1