' , ? H&eirk'. ?'!? ,?. ?? - ?'?- la'VvyEH
Wl toSDffiss tintrol"!
-1
APRIL 1* lMt
?
ville's Pressing Needs;
Postwar Board Offers
Real Challenge In Us
rroposais
. __ ,otvic|
thui for on intelligent ?f(
to these tasks and immediate and
honstructira action, the Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Asaocia
?tion'e aama^MIUni' V . *onday
Wrening may Ha
% real forwsdl ???,? __
kneed of the future! citizenship of
bfarmville ia reckoned.
Tim ammal amnion, held at the
?Country Club, and prefaced by a bar
attended by 125
neaa and *p??fte
awoar-??3of Ibewvato, iBetadteg
an embers of the hoot organisation,
Ahe Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs and a
thumber from the Postwar Planning
-Board, which mclndad several wom
an.
Hal Winders, president, presided I
tffld called on the Rev. E. W. Holmes I
"to lead the singing of America prior
'to die invocation, offered by the Rev.
*E. S.Coates.
^President Winders extended a cor
dial Wdfeclhe add introduced special
!gd?ts,Tl?d?ig Whom Was Mto Anrtie
Perkins, veteran educator of 60 years
' tiartiillfc Service "in 'tMs community.
"Kiss AMMe",*W*a hdAdfod by a rie
' injr vote of Spproelktfen for a big
job -so ivell done Mad was the "re
cipient df tributes paid by various
i speakers throughout the evening.
iErferricemen were recognized also
?at this time.
PBttl f&wei! presented the nomidat
'iag report, which resulted bi the
eleMsn of "Betted of
I Directors fee thotoot organization;
' Bed WMeBs, fsewfs "W. Altai, W. H.
iDnke, Joe Wttsi, W. A. BtNfetd,
Jr., George 8. Thenus, Eli -Joyner,
R. O. "
Jr., C. L. Bason, R. D. Rouse, L. R.
HMO tod J. N. Fountain.
In a meeting; bald later by the
feoatd, Lewis W. Allen waa WleCtcd
Cm president, end W. "H. Ddb, Pa
?rice president, for the t ' '
4and Mrs. Jtachel Moore
%A as acting secretary and
L. E. Walstam, treasurer'of UBin
Wills advertising committee, pwt *|
Splendid report and ttflind -stteom
Dr. Jolm M. Mewtom,
by the president ea psogr
<bf the evening, stated that the gar
tgram would take the fdm of ib
{port of activities of ti*e Postwar
'Planning Board, -which was ocpaais
bd In accordance With a recOiflmen
Idetiee auuptai at the pravtom ^aa
Waal meeting of this group. R. A.
tfeytttr is president of* the "Boaid.
ut. MfWDWii wihi immctiea mco
Mta Which he dieg-t
i civic malady
a prescription of
effort aa a
the ?renrmt rntrVn-!fltir
?mU pat ?txtrfriUe it ttt top in
recreation*! advantage* in the State.
Aa a picdace Ao fear talk, Mr*,
i Moye brought an apt witticism, the
only note of humor sounded on the
satin* program, which provtabd a
welcome relief, it only momentarily,
from -the weighty problems uadsr;
Dm.
gas* rattm) yM that
with m investmehtt of |7B,000 in
facilitiai, was going
J law If business and
eommonsense in not having a foil
for Ifcia fena?ch of
ce, me Mayor stat
ed that the town had atonady JApSe-.
printed a certain sum for this pur
pose, but that it will-have to he
John H. Moori Joined JM Mhwborn
in an eloquent plea for the Tooth of
grstkn of home and family life <
at the majority of cities and towns In
[Bn^^dren.'Br.^W: M. Willis
and R. LeRoy Rollins Joined in the
and Mrs. W. Jesse Moye brought the
program to a close with personal sug
gestions and a plea for arousing public
interest and for constructive action.
If was 'the concensus of opinion,
? i.?*> n i i l-i il?* * ? ?|r at'
expressed sx tros meeting, tn&x Touui
is thei product of hdriMRy And ?
tttnmmeSll, xocU)T8 OTcT WJuol, 11) IOT
the most part, has no "eoittroir sad j
Wut fathers ad mothers and com
munity leaders Must accept the ulti
tte responsibility mid Ae rial chal
f lhage contained in tha fact As* since
khe world is of adult making, the
ssasopte set by adults is the -only
tight by which youth may 4*6 guided.
MRS. CLBGG ENTERTAINS
GUILD AT DINNER MEET
Tie April imwliiift sf the Methodist
Wegleytm Guild wee told in the home
of Mrs. E. R. Clegg, who entertained
Guild member* and' special guests to
Roses, weigeiia and iris were in
lovely arrangement throughout the
ghfan As Atoms. The menu, consist
ingr'df hatod torn, potato salad, pi
miento toesee sandwiches, apple
since, 'ssfPiti, halted nuts and stuffed;
angel food cuke, was served on!?r
dfHflnal Nntys.
lbs. B. J. Bullock, of Pinetops,
district Secretary of the Weeleyan.
'Guild, Ifiss "Edwards, member of the
?Pifltospe Guild, and Mrs. A. W. Bob
4Rtt were -special guests.
Mrs. Clegg introduced Mrs. Bul
lock, -speaker for the evening, who
?Bams a very inttoesting talk on Guild
work and the duties of it's membere
to the society. She touched briefly
to' the fact that the Guild is still
young, but tofifty g*>wli*g,organi
sation having only been active in the
South for six years.
Mis. Bullock stressed that those
working hi the Guild have found Ufa
opportunities for fellowship, brother^
in conchiaion she held en open forum,
explaineig to the officers of the
Farmville Guild how various reports
should be ?h* out.
After the meeting, Miss Adelaide
Dail, bride elect,, was presented an
attractively decorated basket Tilled
? ??.* ? i. -? . _a . ? . .? a ?mi , a |H I
with a Timty -or Wfmf3 gxrw mm
On Monday evening, Mrs. Join
to the Baptist
SY.WJL, vftrfcfc MloMar the
ing attended the pre-Baeter service at
the church in a body.
Mra. Henry Johnaon fed ? dev .
and Peace."
U. N.d
10
titegreupt
State James F ..... .
?toted the UmveHMb^WNjlst single
egstidn -# i3a53K? vM
Honor?#" **h Wfm? Awn tile
fields of national polities eras Comp
troller General Lindsay Carter War
ren, twiee speaker pro ?epn of, A
U. S. Hoaae of Repreeentativee
farmer ftta)JHty leader, who wd??<
Spues raatived the purple, white
?tod -Mack hood of'a' doctor of laws.
Tar Heels Hensend
Ike 10 WoMh Carolinians honored
by -the Unteertlty faculty included:
Got. R Gregg Cherry, Justtte
John Wallace Whtbeeae, Maerice V.
Barnhill and Emery B. Denny of the
North Carolina Supreme Court;
William D. Carmichaei of Chapel
Hill, retired vice president of the
Liggett end- Myers Tobacco Con|
peny; Attorney General Harry
Mullen; Julian Price of Greensboro,
pest president end chairmen of tite
board of directors at Huh Jefferson
lesvaewe -Cos
D. Hiden Ramsey, general
of the Ajfcerille Citisen Times; Maj
Gen. Allen Hal Turnage of Fara
ville, assistant commandant of the
U. S. Marine Corps end
of the Third Marine Division ja din.
Campaigns for Guam and Bougain
ville, and Luther HatiwdP Hedgto,
LeaksviUe, vice president of
shall Field and Company.
Note: Maj. General Tornage'spent
the week and mn with Ms motttar,
Mrs. W. J.
PAN-AMERICAN PROGRAM
"Hie following: program
sen ted by
ville High School to observe April
14?Pan-American. Day.
Our Pan-American policy a* ex
pressed by Elihu Root was given by
?Braee Darden MxytuLrd Thome in
troduced the theme of the program
which centered erad claesr eeegjf
at ion of all Anarieas.
Daphne Ydverton, mistress of
ceremonies, expressed the need of
friendship and solidarity between the
hemispheres. The representatives
from each country summed up -the
outstanding points of Ma """ '
was further developed by
in Spanish and a Spanish Danes by ,
Vivian Scott. This
idea (bat
tag, and study we may learn iMM,
about each other.
The address of welcome was. given
by Marjorie Killebrew and the 1&
sponse for the Latin-American coon
tries wo given -by Tommy Ranwy.
A abort Ait in Spanish was given ,
showing the difficulty, which ? may.
arise over the purchase of a hat.
The cast included; customers, Betsy
Morriss, Babe Wffliford; onlookers,
Tommy Ramey, Jackie Willis; sales
girl, On Lee Flanagan; naiMitri)
Cheater Langley.
r: Benefits To'
The board of directors of tfce'fettte
B^piteT association, lae., of Tsr
boro, Has just authorised its 4gen|*
in the 100 counties of North Carolina
to enroikmemfcew in the Am
based on 00 days of hospital
instead of the 80 days that til
ip force, Mrs. C. B.
agent for Pitt
MT ,
the family, insured under the Asso
ciation's certified, i* ui
Kays a ymr. *?.%?*
on .^ha 'type ef
aanhptttnte, or'
tf4,<tf*rt?J$ar4My.
till present certificate holders^ t|
the directors also deddef, to in
the surgical benefits frtto *100
$%?>
' :<>m& v
' - ?*' '? " - 2* i:"
--'m ^.- rm ?? ? <?
">'. V<^ r'. > ^ .
. V, ,?i* ? '
_ "Christianity began With aSOtig.Tlie
e itwy W ablreaktng laughter aewWl
two Disciples hu.__ Nil
stroapwf "friends in the upper room, breath
iVhaTe-seen the LOW, and hearing in reply
^hw*W'J... our most certain faith in the destiny of
the soul rests at the open tomb in the garden near the cross
" - ' we have climbed that hill and
- -As
Ixosts at the open torab
hm of dhrigutlm. Until1
' that- croea^and gone *
, the power of the
? in afp outer darkness
and gnashing of teeth."
It is a day for rejoicing
?ting the resurrection of 1
the hearts of many will be'i
ik ie ls ufeason, too, fdr'
' thah Peace, which as He puftHuil out cornea
and brotherhood, and for a reeoISteTstriv
and full beauty of -this f loribus Iday
" TheTtov. E. W. Holm*
ftkdtHitfiiMNect for Kuttr Sunday
service, eleven o'clock, w*I
be '3&u> Reeuroetkm. Hie
EU?. C. B.
e Oualee Service Will He
held at 6.-00 o'clock, Easter Morning,
"0 Grave, Where Is
Thy Victory?" written by Mm,
be patented by the yeung people
With lbs. X T. Windham end Mr*.
Wed U Atbritton, directing. Mr*.
Medhbum will be in charge of the
Aouv witfcfc will'he made op of i
hen hom the various March choirs..
quartet, 'composed of Mr. and
ChdHee'P. Bau'com, Mrs. A. W.
?tt and iff*. -SBnarin will
MWtte 'You TteWe, "Whan
Oradfied -Mf 4MT" '
Tire eeratoq, at-ribs 11:00 o'c
boor, will have as its topic,
Trinaph," and Mate willbte
music by 'the choir. "Mrs. G.
Bostic, of Benson, will
Holy
fel pastorale-bte? aod lds r
from the ministry, by the Rev. Mr.
Mashbum, who, with Mrs. Mashhura,
laaresrpB Monday to take up ml*
in Black " '" *
At SS00 in t*eArttting a Union
thepasto*
variodd
IS M
- " p
"The Strife b O'er, Alleluia,"
WHati
. - - .... t ?; J, ?.
?Will be -told m the
to honor the iwtir
V C. B. MHktttrn.
?PI . i. i .-?-?
. ?WBfa?iCLUB "I
frrsgfe* -A.iiip'V)i . I
flowers -gmeed the speclons Bring
"jjgljl
s. W. M. maiu. President, pre
sided and'after a Short "
period turned the meeting fear to
for the afternoon.
on Youth
MB*m&
???HI dh- ttsa
was the first state m neted of s fet
youth ptIMj,
would aid youth to
derStop osier its
fii vocational
hi connection with the program,
Mrs. 'Souse rend an article from the
April Botarian by Fattier Flanagan
which Streaoud -both home and socie
ty were respontible for the material
and tttotioNJ insecurity of youth to
dayj and that youth needs to bs want
ed, to sooeeed, to be reepeeted m
to feel they belong ... if they ai
apiritually sick then the corrective
diet should be administered in atti
tudes ?f home-and noesety. *
the social hour Mrs. Hob
goad nwisted by Mrs. B. L. Lac
and Mm William Eaeley, served re
ireanmenrs, eontscmg or &\iwwwflj
shortcake fttidfed ly coffee and '
tm
Lewis Lang,
Mrs. E. W. Holmes.
w. w. w
? Farmville,
i mt 3:80 o'clock,
oflttT -m #Aer then jtt featftto pre
vented
Mr. Smith
??HP toith we?:
of the WtattWU*
tfe*yV?l*4*1fc4-fe*lce**?fe46r
to Ha ntimmmt aome yean ago,
Tlt?ffaSiM^:'? ?> ail.-) . .. . .a tlu||
wama liumstrfotB iMre m W
ful fingers, even aftar he ted ?rf
fetfe ihflmrtiee, fotmd entfet m 4
woodcraft stoop, tn ^ch he still
rendered a useful ferric* to the com
Of venial dispoeHtw, dry
ii.t. ?<? ? -a* a > I a- 1,. ... ? O. a *
xro ?nd Cnmtlaii tiuuiwer, Jtrw
a litet of frterida laid -#ill~fejfjwitly
mifcaed here. ^: ;
Surviving an his widow,,Mn.-fe6ft
Ttoact'Sttlth;
*T. 3. .xerrtttg, ofiUfetm; two aia
fen, Mrs. S.' I.
Dawson, of New Bam; two.
>
r?;i
a
B| B, .
dWtt? Barrett, 41,
who'(Bed Friday, April 12, m a veter
ans hospital hi Alfaaguorque, N. M?
filter an illness of several yean da
Mr. Barrett, eon of the
H. aad Mrs. Mamie Hants Barrett,
waa bornand reared in FunvBle aad
Maided here prior to becoming * dti
een of Wilson. ."5;%. >
He enlisted in the United States
Army at the age It If jean arid
eirfed Mreeaatoy in World-War I da
a ntember of Co. G, 118th Infwitry,
MnM the
Tfclt ijii
Msmber of the Veterans
Survtoterawrhis widow, Mrs. Mar
garet Ktmmjoaw'Blrrrett. of.
qae, >f. M.; thtoe dtstets, Xti|
Oarr and Miss Elizabeth 1
?? _ Barrett,
Greenville, and Mi*. J. 0
of Farmville; two brothers, H. L.
Mm R. Barrett, of Farmville.
His niaay hen will regret
to learn of his peering and the Ea
Mrs. fclteri WiHson
Passes In Leroy, N. Y.
i*
that Mrs.
Ellen Willeon, 71, aoedbmhed, Tues
day evening, at the flarteense
rial Hospital, Leroy, ~N. Y.,
complications, llnees
a period of
ment will be made in Leroy. today,
Friday. , f.
Mrs. Willson was > jn at
son Station, Ga., on 1
plantation, the grant
made the family in 1680.
She ia survived by a daughter, Mrs.,
J.^SpeMtrOur, of^Leroy, Y^tlte
1;
gjgjgj
S?
IJm
El
m
County
Afrrll *0, -for
? "iU-mrr~
and delegates to the County
Convention tobehmO at the County
courthouse at noon on the following
John G. Clark,
Committee, haa notified all product
chairmen to-caU.tfae meeting* Satur
day fiad ha* given them information
as to procedure. Under the plan of
Democratic organisation in this state
eacn precinct must elect a cnairman
and a vice-chairman. One or the
| other of .the electees mast he a wom
an. ,'Chairman Clark also.advised the
chairmen of tho fminhsf of ilsjiisates
thiIt respective peedhcis , should
name to the County Convention. The
<5onnty Convention, In torn, wfll napte
*? delegates to the state convention
to he hOU in Raleigh.
Bath precinct Vhatrma* is a msm
Nber of the County Executive Commit
tee and following the County Con
vention Saturday, April 27, the Exe
cutive Committee will aame a county
dkftmau and vice-chairman. At
fhtmmt too potts are held by John
G. ton and *ra B. L. Tyson, re
_ "W.* Bavis, Fhrmville pre
Sirict chairman, has that
-toatooti meeting will he held at 11:00
A. If., at the City Ball, tomoirow.
J. H. Eastwood
vi
V
John Henry
Eastwood, well bm Pitt citiswi,
^rho died at the home Ufa son, Magie
la??. a. i . .*? n.? .flan, *
Hastwood, flMrTiMfuM, Thursday,
after sn fflneaS of aetertl weeks, wfll
iB uouuuewl rnwn am jK>me, this
afternoon, Friday, at 2.-00 dUodr.,by
-Rev. L. B. Manning', *ree Will Bap
tiat minister, of Foontain. to**
ment #01 be made in Foreet Kill
cemetery.
man, Of Virginia; a sister, Mrs.
Emma -Jadcaon, of Heariemaii; a
brother, Willie Eastwood, of Fte?
Tibs Tbrmtflle-Wilson
week due to fain, WW* played Sunday
^ajtefa 'tfSlBay, James Monk,
reports thai araeng the thirty local
asm ffeqrtag, -potato were wan by
Liles, & V. filer, Robert
sm&MMe:
golfers defeeS6d oar Bid 67 to 18.
TV match between Wilaon and
FamviUe, scheduled to be played on
the local cojne^Wedneadirrf **
to Rocky Mount At this
will be- in charge of
~r