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Dr. John M. Mofffeorn
Principal Speaker; At
tendance Best In Years
The er?meeting ot the Pitt and
Greene Electric Membership Com
I Inn tohl to the (Sty Hell here
Saturday afternoon and waa presided
over by the president, J. LeeTtsgrril.
?inging of one verse of "America"
and with prayer offered by Rev. E. It
Clegg at the Methodist Church.
J. W. Joynar, Mayor, extended a
most eardial welcome, stating "we,
the citizens of Farmrille, an proud
to weleema yen new and at all tunes."
He concluded his remarks by saying
"back night or ton yean ago whan
the project to energise the rural dis
trict and nearby territory got ?n
way, we feit that we wen doing some
thing that would render a great ser
vice to all people. Since "that time
approximately 1,600 families have
been serviced with electricity by your
organisation, permitting users of this
service to enjoy many time and labor
saving devices.
Frank L, Walston responded to
the address of welcome, expressing,
m behalf of .the members, apprecia
tion of Mayor Joyneris welcome. He
reminded those pceamt that back in
depression days it was hard to get
anyone to understand the fanner,
stating that it Was through our late
President, Franklin D. Rooeeveit,
that the 1936 R. E. A. Emergency Re
lief Act was passed. All farm homes,
he said, had not bean served directly
through R. E. A., yet it had given
them an incentive to expand their
program. Mr. Walsthon concluded
his timely remarks by saying "let us
hold fast to that which we have and
watch its growth, for there are yet a
great* many things to be done."
The principal address of the day
made by Dr. John M. Mewborn who
spoke on man's struggle in his for
ward progress. He stated that co
operation was evident in earlier days
when man was trying to find some
way of lightening his burdens. His
first step was to domesticate animals.
Next he harnessed air power through
use of the windmill and sails for
boats. Water power was then dis
covered and put to work grinding
corn for meal, etc. The next dis
covery in the line of progress was
the uaas fire could be put to. First
steam, and from steam the internal
combustion engine was invented. In
1746 Benjamin Franklin first dis
covered electricity. Dr. Mewborn
stated that this year marks the 100th
anniversary of two of our great
Pioneers in the electric field, George
Westinghouae and Thomas A. Edison.
He further arid that all power has
its source, either directly or indirect
ly, from the sun.
Dr. newborn discussed briefly
t'a most recent luupeased power?
atomic energy. He Mid emphatically
that atomic energy in itself is not
mora dceUuBtiie than oil, coal or
electricity, and can be at gnat bene
fit to masiktnd if diraeted into prop
We should not look qp
this new power with horror and try
to keep it secret, he said, but look
upon it in the light at potential cm
gy ao we do"electricity.
Touching briefly on rural phone'
installation hi connection with R. E.
A., Br.-Mewtaom stated this system is.
in the process of being developed and
is one of the things we can look for
ward to hi lug In the future.
David T. Jtesria, superintendent, in
maeettaa with his annual report,
thanked the members for "their co
He stated that 496 ser
vice calls ha* been made during the
116 meters tented and M at
sions made. He asked paren
to caatics! children about shooting in
fer thn has been one ma
year.
John B. Lewis, Project Attorney,
nd Sem D. Bandy, secretary of the
of Commsres sad Sales
of the Fsrmville Tobacco
Mr. Lewis
white Mr. Bundir ddded his
? Mdrth Carolina R. E.
Barrow and j. E.
elected as members at the Board of
Director* for a two year
R. A. Joyner aahniRtod his report
in writiag sad cslied attention to the
growth of lines and nnmber of j
ben sinee the project was energ
The tmrnuhn u prisees offered
were wosind presented m IoIIowb:
1st prise?Automatic Gladirow?
Meggie Eastwood, Rt No. 1 Green
ville.
2nd prise?Hot Plate?A. Q. Suggs,
Rt. No. 8, Snow HilL
3rd prise?Electric Heater?J. A.
Jones, Rt No. 1, Fountain.
4th prize?Electric Iron?Matthew
Dail, Rt No. 1, Show Hill.
5th prise?Electric Inn ? Ralph
Gorham, Rt No. 1, Farmville: .
6th prise?Electric Fan ? B. A.
Thomas, Rt No. 2, Snow HilL
7th prise?Table Lamp ? Ichabod
Allen, RL-No. 2, Farmville
8th prize?Hieetric Toaster?Blaaey
Speight, Rt. No. 1, Stantonsburg.
Pleasant-Jones
Vows Are Spoken
Black Mountain, June 2.?In
informal ceremony, beautiful m its
simplicity, Miss Hasat Dell Jones,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
Loys Jones, of Farmville, became the
bride of Willerd Corbett Pleasant,
son of Mr.~ and Mrs. Marian Benton
Pleasant, of Angicr, on Saturday
morning, June the first, at ten o'clock.
The Rev. C. B. Mashbuxn officiated
in the ring ceremony.
The wedding was solemnized at
Black Mountain in the home of Rev.
and Mrs. Maahburn which una at
tractively decorated for the occasion
with mountain laurel, ferns and r*r>lf
rosea, which with lighted tapers were
also used to form an* improvised
altar. The couple entered together.
The bride was attired in a salt of
pastel, green with accessories to
match and a shoulder corsage of j
orchids.
Immediately after the oeromony I
the couple left for a wedding trip
after which they will be at home in
Smithfleld.
Heartfelt Thanks
Reaches America!
Washington, May 22. ? Nicholas
Cotroff and his family wanted to let
the American people know hew wel
come a gift of clothing can be to the
destitute of KavaKa, Greece.
So Cotroff addressed his letter of
thanks simply: "U.S.A. Washington.
Demand to Mr. Postman to deliver
this message to th* first meeting
citizen Washington's town."
The mail carrier who handled the
letter followed instructions.
That's hew Ralph H. Barrett, Cap
ital clerk, happened to read the fol
lowing:
"Some days ago to me and my I
ftmlly it was done essential help
byraimert
"This help came in the time?be-1
cause we have been in very critical
position.
" We are notable to
deep gratitude to the same person? j
which dothes we wear now?so 1
please, sir, in your face, let us thank 1
all dtisens of great Aaur
brip to the poor Greek
exceedingly suffered for about
years with Germans, Ittlhmi
TJ M,,M 1 4 1
oarrett, wao Ah a
children of his own, said he
and aU.
Mobile Recruiting Unit
To Tour Southern States
unmmm ?ppvn
J. Abbate, 1st U. Cm p. of tho Army
Recruiting Sob-Station, Now City
Hall, Greenville, N. C., thnt a mobile
at to be usedjn^e
to acquaint the citisens with the work
ings of air-borne units oi the army.
zsz of Treep Car-j
riar unit ?m
it possible for a team of train
rsonnel to cany to surrounding
> a grsphk picture of I*at the
Air Corps offers to young man
way of education ?*! learning a
? : .; .&? . SHU
and fusetage of a CG-1
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AtGoMsboro
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Coastal Plain Asaocia
twn Porroed; Local
[Representatives At
Greenville, Jane 5.?About sixty
five farmers, representing the eight
soil conservation districts covering
usatmu North Carolina, sad others
interssted in the soil conservation
movement, met in GoUsboro on Tues
day of last week. There, seconding
to A. CI Edwards of Hookerton, who
acted as chairman, a forward step
was taken to assure better land yse
for this entire section.
J. W. Butner, representing' the city
of Goldsboro, made an address of wel
come, to which response was made
by W. W. Eagles of Edgecombe Coun
ty- ' ?
The chairman explained the need
for an organisation of supervisors in
eastern- North Garottes. "We should
get together occasionally," stated Mr.
Edwards, "in order that we may ex
change views on ways and means to
solve our common problems. . The
job of soil conservation here, as any
where dec," be coattened, fis too big
for any one of us to attempt alone.
We should and must week together
for the benefit of all. We have prob
lems such as drainage which are not
important in the middle and western
parts of the state; and we can work
them out best in meeting with those
who rnpiwsnit sections confronted
with similar problems. This is not,"
emphasised Mr. Edwards, "to be con
strued as taking a lesser interest in
soil conservation in the entire state,
but rather an effort to work mere
closely cm our local problems without
taking up extra time at the annual
state meeting."
Work by Committeas
At a preliminary meeting held In
Greenville on April 16, committees
were formed to work on the major
problems confronting the soil con
servation districts in eastern North
Carolina. These committees were to
deal with the following subjects: 1.
Drairiage. 2. Pastures, field crops I
and erosion. 3. Education and Pub
lic Relations. 4. Forestry and Wild
life. 6. Coordination Between
Agencies.
Reports indicating careful and busi
ness-like thought were made immedi
ately following noon recess. These
reports included definite recommen
dations and comments were made
upon them by various farmer super
visors present
Representatives Attending
la addition to farmers represent
ing the eight soil conservation dis
tricts, invited guests present includ
ed representatives from the Soil Con
servation Service, Extension Service,
AAA, Deportment of Vocational Edu
cation, State Forest Service, Farm
Security Administration and State
Experiment Station. W. W. Eagles,
chairman of the coastal Plain District
board of supervisors, Macclesfield;
M. 0. Speight, secretary of the Coast
al Plain District board of supervisots,
Winterville; G. E. Goff, R. F. D. No.
2, Rocky Moute; A. C. Edwards,
Hookerfbn, and C. U. Rogers, W11
Kamston, attended from this section
and were helpful in contributing to
of the meeting.
of Seil
Conservation District Supervisor)
Chief among those active in
ranging the meeting wen A. C.
wards of Hookerton and W. W.
Eagles of
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WwsmswI;' -
I Christian Democrats
L e ad By Bi? Vote;
King Preparing- To
Leave ' I
Rome.?A government source said
Wednesday "there is no longer any
doubt" that Italy's voters rejected
the monarchy in the week-end ple
biscite. ?
Several newspapers said the royal
family of King Umberto IJ was pre
paring to leave Italy from Naples or
G*?pe, but the report lacked eonflr
The government source said that
even if all the votes remaining to
he counted are for the monarchy, it
would not change the outcome" in
favor of ? republic.
The official interior ministry an
nouncement was still awaited.
The afternoon newspaper L'Inde
pendents said the republic thus tar
had a lead of 2,000,000 votes over
the monarchy.
The government source said only |
small towns in southern
mained to be heard from.
Christian Democrats Lead
Nearly complete returns in the
concurrent constituent assembly elec
tion meanwhile gave Premier Aldde
De Gasperi's Christian Democrats an
imposing victory. The Socialists ran
second to this mJddl e-of-the-road
party and the Communists a dose
third.
De Gasperi called on Kteg Umberto
at the Royal Palace shortly More
noon and immediately afterward met
with leadens of the coalition govern
ment parties at the Foreign Ministry.
Umberto had bean king for leasj
than a month, although he has ex
ercised the royal prerogatives for
two yean. His father, Vittorio
Emanuele III, abdicated May 9 after
a reign of 46 yean and sailed with
Queen Elena aboard an Italian crui*
to exile hi Alexandria, Egypt
When American troops captured
Rome, Vittorio Emanuele designated
Umberto "lieutenant general of the
realm" and wont into virtual retire
ment at a borrowed villa near Na
During" the war Umberto
mended one of * Mussolini's armies
against the Addas. His father was
?bald responsible for showing Musso
lini and his Fascist regime to gain
power, entrench tiiomaulwoa said then
embark (m such adventures as the
invasion of Ethiopia and Albania and
the fateful alliance with Gar
Vittorio. : EAauoele'i abdication
last month was a last, desperate
gamble to save the crown for his
son- and- grandson, the Prince of Na
ples, a nephew of another exiled
monarch, Leopold of Belgium. Urn
becto's gueen Marie Jose, is a sister I
of Leopold.
Quartermaster Corps
The following1 information on the
aartermaater Corps has just been
released by S/Sgt Paul Manning of
the Greenville, N. C., Recruiting
Station.
The life line of an Amy is its
supply Unas and in every battle that
lirt aii nnldlrrn have ever wojl,
from Valley Forge to Tekyo, the Quar
ranastar Corps have accompHdwd
the superhuman task of supplying
the needs of the Army.
The traditions of the Corps an old
and proud ones; its history is tilled
with deeds of courage said action.
The men of the Quartermaster Corps
do not know the meaning of the "im
I feeding, equipping
and -"ueltng of the new Regular /
will call for a supply oighnis
that will be the largest and most
efficient of its kind in the world.
Many and varied will be
they must issue. Ski clothes for the
i, mi,At n mj-tmmlti-L tia^e //.? I ? LiJjiti
wcnc, njosquiw) nets ior me utojhcs,
1^. hiMini
fuel for "Jeeps" and fuel for Jet
palled ?
palled planes. These are a few oC
the required articles and there era
Men who enlist to the
tor Corps of the Regular Amy have
>*wMvnoif0<
to enter. They may learn
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W* 8. ?. & Hostesses To
Town & Gtatttry Com
mission, N. C. Confer
ence.
The public is cordially invited to
attend, old-fashioned revival services
| at the Bell Arthur Methodist Church,
Sunday, June 9*16.
There will be services morning and'
orating on both Sundays and at 8:16
P. M. each week day, except Safcur
cfey. Hie Rev. J. E. Williams, of
Fremont, will preach.
Gospel music will be a special f?
tureof each service, with the Bar. M.
M. Meredith as soloist and bob
leader, Mrs. A. Q. Roebuck, pianist,
and Mrs. Oscar Las Erwin, director.
Children sstd young people, as well
as adults, are especially invited to
attend each service. There will be
special music and messages for the
children.
- Conference Group
The Woman's'Society of Christian
Service of the Ball Arthur Methodist
Church recently gave a dinner for
members of the Town and Country
Commission of the North Carolina
Methodist Conference, and other
guests. The dinner, given in the Bell
Arthur Home Demonstration cot
tage, was on the occasion of the
Commission's semi-annual meeting,
held in the Fasmville Methodist
Church.
Those present from out of town
were Professor sad Mrs. J. M. Or
mond of Durham, Mrs. Gurney P.
Hood of Raleigh. Rev. J. T. Poole of
Bailey, Rev. Wade Goldstan of Evsns
dale, Rev. T. M. Ghent of Rocky
Meant, Rev. W. L. CI egg of Euyette
ville, Rev. Robert Brsdehew of
Greenville, Rev. King Scoggins of
Durham, C. T. Hicks, Isaac J. Roase
and Rev. K. W. Taylor of Walston
bw*.
Those present from Farmville and
vicinity were Mm. W. A. White, Mrs.
A. W. Bobbitt, Mr. and Mrs. John T.
Thome, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Joynar,
Mm. A. Q. Roebuck, Rev. fed Mm.
E. R. CI egg, Oscar Lee Erwin, R L.
Fftlford, Daniel Fulford, W. L. White,
J. E. Wllkersoji and Mack Erwin.
Serving as hostesses were Mrs. W.
L. White, Mrs, Oscar Lee Erwin, lbs.
J. E. Wilkerson and Miss Betty Roee
Wilkerson.
At The Kiwanig Club
At the Kiwnis meeting this week
Charles Edwards preeented as his
guest epesker J. H. Moore, Superin
tendent of the Farmville Schools, who
introduced Betty Boss
Bobby Brock, who were recently
awarded medals by the Farmville
Kiwanis Club for showing most im
provement the pest year in school.
Lehman Tyndall and Marjorie Kjjle
brew, winners of the other two
medals awarded for most improve
ment In their iihpatli u classes, were
unable to be present
Mr. Moore ?v*e a short resume of
the efforts put forth by these stu
dents which resulted in their being
chosen by the faculty ss outstanding
and paid theriub a fine tribute for
medals yearly, stat
presenting these medals yearly, stat
ing that it is certainly h worth while
project. He also gave facts and* fig
ures on ifhtodeliag of the school
basement Into the present Hmeh room
which is one to be proud of and . is a
great asset to the school and farm
ville community.
Other guests for the evening were
Rev. Z. B. T. Cox, new minister of
the Farmville Christian Church, and
George Franklin, of Raleigh, who is
connected with the Zoning Board id
that city.
The following new
welcdmed into the Club, Carl
ofwBalstonburg, Bob
ville, and Sam Bundy, who reeently
returned to Farmville. Mr. Bundy
was formerly affiliated with the Tar
boro Kiwanis Club.
Bob Fleer will be program leader
next
flfrrn Sgt
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gregory^
? '.i-.a-'^ ,, ran a?:? .. ..
nved homejweeday, after
2> a,
>,3otoi,
FOR PAVING, EtC.
Red Utter Dty hi the
?f Fanarille
Tuesday, When a,
in the aoai of
$474,000.00, trite carried by about
t wMny to we majority tot locoi
| The tnjKti eaU for the en
largement mi eat entail of the
water supply
tary acwer
of public streets by
? I, ^f,| | aaJ]^, V
sunire, mi in, fuuri n,
and the enlargement of the nnai
eipal electric system.
Although the rote waa small
compared to a political contest,
It was about as anticipated. Only
seven votes were cast against
the
Fountain, June L?The marriage
of Miss Ruth Emily Franks, daugh
ter of Mr. mi Mrs. Paul R. Franks,
of Chicago, Illinois, to Gordon Earl
Trevsthaa, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. E. Trovathaji. of Fountain,- waa
solemnised on Wednesday morning,
May twenty-ninth, at ten-thirty
o'clock, in the Second Presbyterian
Church, Evanston, 111.
The single ring ceremony was read
by Rev. A. 0. H jerpe. The altar was
beautifully decorated with bridal
flowers and lighted tapers.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, chose for her wedding
costume an aqua crop? drees with
Mack and . white accessories. Her
corsage wrs a purple throated or
chid. G. is. Trevathan, Sr., attended
his son as bast man.
The bride's mother wore a navy
dsaae with white accessories. The
bridegroom's mother was attired la
a suit of tomato rod. Both wore gar
denia coraagea. - '
After the ceremony the bride and
gasom, together with members of
their families, attended a wedding
breakfast at the" North Shore Hotel
in Evanston. following which the
couple left for a wedding trip in the
mountains of Virginia.
Mrs. Trevsthan, a former studm
of the University of Colorado, was
recently discharged from the U. S.
Navy. Mr. Trevathan-attended the
University of North Carolina until
his enlistment in the Navy in 1943.
He received a discharge last month.
The couple will make their home
in Fountain, and in the fall will re
sume their University work at Chapel
West Meets East In
Cotton Supply Plan
Cotton Marketing Expert Dan F.
Holler of the State College Extension
Service today announced completion
of plane whereby Piedmont cotton
gbmen will supply eastern growers
with one-vanety
weather blacks out-the eastern aeed
crop?Just aa it <ttd lest fail, crip
pling th? year's crap and
replanting* virtually im
"About three years out of
five, Eastern Carolina cotton produc
ers suffer from severe rains in the
fall which cause seed from the crop
to be unsuitable for planting," Holler
declared. 'These conditions do not
normally prevail In the Piedmont,"
he added, "and for this reason a spe
cial effort baa ham made to furnish
& consistent supply of Adequate seed
to tha i
Many mid-state ginoers, including
eorge Bhutto* of Rutherford Coun
ty, IMS
win
at gins in cooperation
plan to maintain at
cotton aeed supply,
en asked to
seed for sale to i
year at "normal" prices. The
than would agree to buy hack
the grewer all aeed produced from
the broader supply and pay a *16
Shortages Not Expect
ed To Be Relieved Un
I [v- til Mid-July
4.Sc2!r3PMd'*?" V* *?
M? m mat of the Nation's stores and
b*?ries ae the country expmieneod
wont wheat shortage, bat Mil
fere N?0?m1 Federation predicted re
??* m two or throe
However, Herman Steca, executive
?ecretary of the federation, aeid "this
? the wont week the Millere will
added that from 80 to 90
Per cent of the Nation's flour mill,.
will shut down for lock of wheat to
OTind into flour.
Scarcely any city escaped the
pinch.
3 Relief In sigM.
However, two factore pointed to
en upturn. They were the new win
ter wheat crop, running 26 per cent
ebove expectations, coming in Ttaas
?end Oklahoma; and a plan by the De
partment of Agriculture to divert
?ome foreign relief wheat stocks to
the meet acute domestic bread stort
ege areas.
Steen predicted the shortage would I
be considerably relieved by mid-to
lete July as more at the new winter
crop reaches the mills. He said,
however, "Government red tape,"
?Wpping the grain from elevators to
mills, getting the right "Wend" for
bread flour, and delivering the flour
to bakers, all would require a time
lag of two or more weeks.
The picture by states:
N?w York: A spokesman for a I
I?8? grocery chain in New York
City said he feared some bakeries
would have to stop producing bread
for a short time. Early morning pur
ch*fles by housewives depleted sup
plies.
Illinois. The Food Distributors
Association for Illinois said bread
w?s "disappearing by noon" in
bakeries and stores throughout the I
state.
Minnesota: Large wholesale bak
eries In Minneapolis-St Maul re
ported only a two weeks' reserve of
flour stocks, and smaller retail
bakeries skid they had a one week
supply.
Kansas: Jess B. Smith manager
the Associated Millers af Kan
sas wheat said la Kansaw City a
Very critical" situation would result
in bread flour from June n.tii
new wheat crap is available about
July l.
California: The br*d supply fa
northern California groceries has
been depleted by about noon. Flour
mills in the area have been operating
three day, weekly. Souttmra CaM
fornia bakeries will exhaust their
ST"? JZ? rB*erree t"*?" J?e
20 and July 10. ?
Detroit bakeries re.
ported they wore operating at "leas
70 percent of normal," with only
? two week supply of flour on hand.
Pitt County Farm
Plans For 1946
A recent summary made of 1946
Farm Plane filed with the Pitt Coun
ty AAA Committee, aa request for
assistance through the IMC Agricul
tural Conservation Program, reveals
that 97 per cent of the county's 2,800
farm operators have mapped out
their plans for the currant year.
According to J. V. Taylor chairman
Pitt County AAA Committee, approxi
mately 10,000 tons of limestone are
expectedr to be used to improve the
quality of cropa and to promote the
growth of cover crops that will aid in
retarding erosion. Mr. Taylor said
that the amount of limestone now be
ing used on Pitt County farms is C
times greater than eras Used in 1936.
"Despite this fact," Mr. Taylor added,
"it is only a small part of the amount
which Should he used each year on
our farmland."
A large amount of winter cover,
crop seeds, are expected to be used in
the county this fail to renew the sail
and protect it during the winter
months. Approximately 2,500 acres
are expected to be planted in Aus
trian winter peas; M0 acres in crim
son clever; 200 acres to vetch; sad
*,000 scree m ryegrass.
Sixty percent of the county's alloca
tion of funds were used last year bat
this year, under the mflxe fieri We