North Carolina Newspapers

Ml Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Fields spent Tuesday in Ratal*. .. Mr. and Mrs. Vassar Fields spent Wednesday at Riverside Beach. * ? ? Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bpss and sen, Leroy, spent Tuesday in New Bern, a ? ? Dr. T. C. Deal, of Burgaw, visited Dr. and Mrs. G. L. Gilchrist, Sunday. ? ? ? R. D. Rouse returned Monday from a business trip to Bowling Green, Ky. ? ? ? Miss Nancy Gates, of Kinston, spent the week end with Mrs. J. D. Grady. * ? * Mrs. O. G. Spell and Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Sprague were Wilson visitors, Monday. * * * Mrs. J. D. Grady, Jr. and Mrs. Roderick Harris were Raleigh visitors, Tuesday. ? ? ? George Creekmur spent the week end in Arlington, Virgina, with his daughter. * ? * Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bradham spent Sunday with relatives and friends in Rocky Mount. ? ? ? Miss Bettie Joyner will leave today to spend a month with relatives in Morehead City. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. Robert Joyner and family spent Sunday with relatives in Washington. ? ? ? Mrs. George Wilkerson, of Green ville, spent Wednesday with Mrs. Bertha Gardner. , ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Ruffin spent Sunday in Rocky Mount with rela tives and friends. * ? ? C. G. Rollins, of Raleigh, spent Thursday and Friday with his mother, Mrs. W. J. Rollins. ? ? ? Miss Nell Taylor Beaman, a student at Campbell College, spent the week end at her home here. ? ? ? Mrs. Bertha Gardner and Mrs. Richard Welsh spent Thursday with relatives in Greenville. ? ?' * Mrs. J. 0. Robinson, of Oriental, spent the week end with her daught er, Mrs. Grimes "Lewis. * * * Bruce Darden has returned after a week's visit to his aunt, Mrs. J. E. Gilliard, of Wilmington. * ? ? Miss Nancy Lewis is spending some time in Hot Springs, Ark., with Mr. and Mrs. L. 0. Crawford. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Rouse spent Wednesday at Chapel Hill with Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Rouse, Jr. ? * ? Mrs. E. L. Barrett has returned from, a visit to Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Barrett, Jr., in Goldsboro. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Martin and son, Andy, Jr., are spending this week'at Myrtle Beach, S. C. * ? * Mr. and Mrs. Bill Williams, of Greenville, were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Williams. ? ? ? Mrs. C. G. Midyette and daughter, Betty Bonner, of Kinston, are visiting Miss Margaret Smith this week. ? * ? Mrs. S. A. Roebuck pnd sons, Rob ert Everette and Gus Ross, visited j relatives in Roberscmville, Sunday. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sauls, of Chapel _Hill, visited Mrs. Sauls' mother, Mrs. J. R. Lewis, during the week end. . * ? * Miss E. C. Barbee and Miss Huldah Roe, of Wilson, spent the week end with Mr.,and Mrs. Alfred H. Lewis. ? ? ? Mrs. J. S. Welch, of Durham and Charlotte, is visiting her step-daught er, Mrs. A. J. Melton, and Mr. Melton. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Irving Morgan, Jr., are attending the National Fertilizer Convention at Hot Spring, Vat, this week. ? ? ? Mrs. R. E. Duncan returned to Miami, Fla., Wednesday, after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Barrett 1 ? ? * Mrs. R. A. ftuker and children, Martin and Faye, are visiting her mother, Mrs. J. V. Wert, in Benson, this week. ? ? ? Jack Paylor and Capt Elbert Moye returned Wednesday from a trip to Washington, D. C.f Philadelphia and New* York. ? ? ? Mr. and. Mrs. Joe R. Landford, of Clifton Heights, Pfc, are visiting Mrs. LandfonPs sister, Mrs. A. J. Melton, and Mr. Melton. ? ? ? Miss Margaret Williams returned Monday from Camp Millston, where die attended the 4-H Club camp held i for a week. ? ? ? Jr., and ?CALENDAR* 7:00 P. M.?Kiwanis Club. 8:00 P. M. ? Group I, Christian Woman's Council, meets with Mrs. P. A. Darden. 8:00 P. M. ? Group IV, Christian Woman's Council, meets with Mrs. Arch Flanagan. -'.Vv 8:00 P. M.?Y.W.A., Baptist, meets with Xn. J. C. Brock, Jr. Tuesday, 8 10:80 A.X,?Executive committee, of Baptist Woman's Missionary Society, meets in the home ?of Mrs. Henry D. Johnson. 7:00 P. M.?Rotary Club. 8:00 P. M.?Woodmen of World. 8:00 P. M.?Boy Scouts. 8:00 P. M.?Group III, Christian Woman's Council, meets with Mrs. Theodore Moore. Wednesday, 8 8:00 P. M.?Group II, Christian WMilan's Council, meets with Mrs. J. H. Paylor. Thursday, 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY ALL STORES TO CLOSE ! 10:00 A. M.?Bird Club. 7:80 P. M.?Junior Order. 8:00 P. M.?Lang's 4-H Club. " - Mr. and Mrs. Roland Lang, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Holmes attended the Venters-Crump wedding in New Bern last Thursday. Lt. Commander Lucy L. Rumley, [J. S. N. R., of Washington, D. C., spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. Pearl Johnston. * ? ? Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Ragland, of Danville, Ky., who are visiting rela ives here, spent several days of this week at Carolina Beach. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Dixon and children and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Petteway left Wednesday to spend several days at Atlantic Beach. * ? ? Mrs. Richard Welsh, of Baltimore, Md., is spending this week with her nother, Mrs. Bertha Gardner. Mr. iVeish will spend the week end here. ? ? ? Mrs. Giles Korneygay will return hiring the week end from Blaeks ?urg, Va., where she has been visit ng relatives for the past several veeks. ? ? ? Pvt. James I. Bennett, who is study ng radio at Vint Hill Farm School, Varren, Va., spent the week end with lis parents, Rev. and Mrs. Wilbur I. lennett. * ? ? Miss Janie Johnston, cadet nurse at fohn's Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, Md., left Sunday after a two week's itay with her mother, Mrs. Pearl lohnston. ? ? ? Miss Jean Beckman, Miss Margaret PyBon, Miss Jen Easley, Tommie Wil is and Milton Williamson, students it Wake Forest, spent the week end with their families. ? * ? Ted L. Albritton will leave Sunday for Caswell Beach to bring his family, vho has been at the Beach for the last month back hopoe. They are ex pected to return Monday. ? ? ? Friends will be glad to learn that Mrs. Mack A brums, who has been re ceiving treatment at a Wilson hos pital, has returned, is able to be out uid is recuperating rapidly. * * * - Mrs. Bertha Gardner, her daughter, Mrs. Richard Welsh, of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. T. W. Lang and daughter, Miss Bertha, and Miss Bettie Joyner were Raleigh visitors, Tuesday. ? * ? Friends will regret to learn that Henry Bynum, of 2302 Idlewood Ave., Richmond,, Va., suffered a stroke, Sunday at midnight, and has been m an unconscious condition since. ? ? ? Mrs. Annie Rigsby, Mrs. M. V. Jones and Miss Anne Jones visited Mrs. R. V. Horner, in Durham, last week end. Mrs. Horner, who is Mrs. Rigsby's sister, has been quite ill. Miss Lula Forbes spent the week end with relatives in Hampton, Va. Her mother, Mrs. Lula A. Forbes, who has been on an extended visit to relatives there, returned Monday with her. ? ? ? Mrs. S. H. Ragtand, of Danville, Ky., arrived, Wednesday to spend several months with relatives here. Mr. Ragland, who is with the Golds bo ro Tobacco Co., will be on the Goldsboro market this Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Sprague and son, Harold, who have been visiting Mr, and Mrs. O. G. Spell, left Wed nesday for their home in Rochester, N. Y. They were accompanied by Miss Virginia Spell, who will for a visitFl Mm! ? ? ? X ' * * * a A. Watkins, of Atlanta, Gjl, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Helen At kinson Horton. | | Mrs. Mary Jerome Simons, of Ral eigh, spent the week end with Mm| J. M. Wheless, Sr. ? * ? Mr. and Mrs. J. |L M endows, of I Jacksonville^ spent the week end with ] Mrs. W. B. Carraway, Sr. * ? ? Mr. and Mm W. B. Gsrmway, Jr., and children, of Annapolis, Md., are | visiting Mrs. W. B. Carraway, Sr. ? ? ? Late reports from Carl A. Tyson, who has been critically ill at Duke Hospital for several weeks, state that he is showing slight improvement. t ? ? ? Dn and Mm T. W. Weeks and daughter, Marian Anne, of Moore Haven, Fla., arrived Thursday for a visit to Mrs. Weeks' mother, Mrs. Carrie Belle Joyner. CLUB PARTY One of the loveliest socials of the I midsummer calendar was the dub party, of Wednesday, when Mrs. W. Alex Allen charmingly entertained members of her bridge club and addi tional friends, Mrs. T. Eli Joyner, Jr. Mm Richard D. Harris, Misses Elisa beth and Bertha Lang, Mm Frank K. Allen and Mrs. James Wheless, Jr., at her home on West Church street. A profusion of pink carnations, j gladioli, snapdragons, zinnias, blue | hydrangeas and feverfew were used in effective decoration to% carry a | color note of pink, blue and White. Refreshments, consisting of devil's I food cake, molded ices, salted nuts and fruit punch were served prior to the games, the tables being spread I with snowy cloths and centered with | pink roses in silver vases. Mrs A. C. Monk, Jr., and Mm. T. Eli Joyner, Jr., compiled high scores for club members and guests and re ceived blue goblets in antique glass pattern. Mm Joyner, a recent bride, was presented also with an individual china cream and sugar by the hostess. & And B. CLUB Mrs Lewis Allen graciously enter tained the Book and Bridge Club, and additional guests, Friday afternoon at her home. Lovely arrangements of hydrangea | and verbena were used in decoration. During the games coca colas and salted nuts were enjoyed and after play the hostess served London mist and Wngel food cake. Additional guests included Mm W. Alex AJlen, Mm Ernest Petteway, Mm George Moore, Jr., Mm R. E. Pickett, who played, and Mrs. Richard D. Harris and Mrs. George Allen, who were present for the refreshment period. Mrs. W. Alex Allen compiled high I score for the afternoon. FAMILY DINNER Members of the Clayton and Gay families, of Greenville and Rarmville, numbering twenty-five, assembled at the home of Mr. and Mm Archie G. Cayton, Thursday, upon the invita tion of Mm Gayton, who entertained at a family dinner in honor of the birthday anniversaries of her husband and sister, Mm Mack Abrams. T. G. Cayton, a brother-in-law, and his fiancee, Miss Doriess Monies, of Apex, an E. C T. C. student, shared honors with the honor guests. A. sumptuous dinner was served outdoors and in picnic style. Featur ing the table appointments were two huge birthday cakes glowing with appropriate candles for each o#*the honorees. - " VISITS PARENTS HERE |G, L. Ivey, Jr., of the United States Merchant Marine, .arrived Wednesday for a ikonth's visit to his parents, Mr. and Mm C? L. Ivey. Ivey hi*', within the past eleven months, visited the Admiralty Islands, the Marianss, Pearl P'^rbor, Okinawa, the Philippine* New' Guinea, Aus tralia, Singapore, Colombo, Bahrein | Island, Arabia, Japan and Panama. FOR SALE ? 5-Burner OIL COOK STOVE, Cheap. ? 109 N. Greene Street. Dial 417-1, Fartnville, N. C. Bay "Savings Bonds" Have! Hold!! Farmville Baseball Club Announces Games ? 3:00 P. M. ? Saturday, June 29 FARMVILLE ?*?* ? diM PINETOPS Sunday, June 30 p PINETOPS. FARMVILLE , Lewis, | him and have' been _ Hot Springs, will return also. ( &. LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS j The American Legion Auxiliary met in the Legion Hall, Thursday after noon, at 3:90 o'clock, with Mies Mamie Davis, the president, presiding. In the absence of the Miss Davis conducted the devotional. Which was followed by the -pledge of alleg iance and the singing of the national anthem. During a brief business session, reports from ths standing and special committees were heard. ... The highlight of the meeting was the talk, given by Miss Sybil Barrett, the Auxiliary's representative to Girls State, held in Greensboro, last week. Miss Barrett gave an interesting and informative account of her experience there, revealing that she had gained much valuable knowledge of the prin ciples of government She told also of attending a tea at the Governor's mansion, in Raleigh, and a luncheon at State College. Miss Davis expressed the Auxil iary's pride and gratification in hav ing such a splendid representative at the Girls State's session. The hostesses of the afternoon, Mrs. Joe H. Moore, Mrs. E. L. May and Mrs. Haywood Smith, served chicken salad ^sandwiches and frosted glasses of iced tea, garnished with lemon. PLANNING BOARD MEETS The Community Planning Board met in regular session, Tueeday eve ning. Subjects' under discussion included the need for adequate bus station and hotel dining -room facilities, and the lining of reel estate for sale. R. A. Joyner, city clerk, announced that the zoning ordinance had been completed and would be submitted to citizens at a mass meeting to be called soon and upon favorable' action would be turned over to the Town Aldermen. It was noted that Farmville is listed to benefit from 'Federal funds in the matter of establishment of an airport here, if desired. This involves an ex penditure of $80,000 by local author ities to match a similar Federal ex penditure. 1 The July meeting of this group, the last of the fiscal year, will be one of reorganization. ' ? MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED Ayden, June 26.?Mrs. R. C. Cow ard announces the marriage of -her daughter, Elizabeth, to Mr. W. J. Langley, Jr., of Farmville and Foun tain, in March, at Dillon. S. C. CHURCH PICNIC SUPPER/ Members of the Methodist -Church enjoyed a barbecue and picnic basket supper at the swimming pool, Wed nesday evening. There were around 200 in attendance. .4! ATTEND CONFERENCE' Rev. E. S. Coates and several young people from the Farmville and Bal lard churches are attending the Pres byterian Young Peoples' conference being conducted at Peace College, Raleigh, this week. The following young people are attending from the local church: Donald Bauoom and Elsie May; Mavis itelloman and Sid ney Carraway, from Cairaway's Chapel; Mary Elizabeth Nichols, Gladys and Jean Crawford and Alice j Gray Elks from the Ballard's church. Rev. Mr. Coates ?$ business mana ger of the conference. MiseBetteJoyner, spoke on flower arrangements, say ing, "Beauty is everywhere, it is the way things are assembled, as* what is used. Flower arrangement ? either bein the house or in the yard. Today-we are discussing those in the house. Arranging flowers is a fasci nating hobby. It is a form of self expression. The container is equally important aa the arrangement" Mi Joyner discussed the correct method to use in cutting flowers and caring for them afterwards. She cautioned against overcrowding the vases ag sandwiching them, and advised work ing for color balance. Each brought a vase of flowers to the meeting, which was judged according to the flower rales set forth by Miss Joyner. It was a small scale flower pfcow, with gladioli, dahlias, petunias, cape jasmine, deedemonia, nasturtiums, sweetpeas, two vases of mixed flow en and a corsage, which was pre sented to Miss Joyner at the conclu sion Of the program. The meeting closed with an oral flower contest Refreshments were served from the dining room table, which was center ed with a lovely bowl of pink sWeet peas. Sandwiches, deviled eggs, po tato chips, cheese straws, pickles, olivee and coca-colas' were enjoyed by tjie members who took their plates and found seats on the pun porch. Mrs. Sam D. Bundy was an invited guest IN MEMORIAM A tribute of love and devotion to the memory of our dear brother-in law, Jim W. Wainright, who departed this life one year ago today, July 27, 1946. Let us think of him, today, Sleeping, restirig, just awmy; In perfect pence be awaits us all, Resting where ho shadows fell. ?Bertha and Sim Weisner. PARAMOUNT I THEATRE 1 FARMVILLE, N. C. THE HOME OF BETTER ENTERTAINMENT WEEK OF JUNE 29th SATURDAY Buster Crabbe-Al "Fuzzy" St. John?ki 'GENTLEMEN WITH GUNS' SUNDAY ? MONDAY The PARAMOUNT proudly an nounces* the engagement of . ? "THE BELLS OF ST. MARVS" ? Starring ? Bing Crosby .and Ingrid Bergman. Bin??at his beet . . . Bergman? a you desire her . . . The Happi est; Heartiest Hit of all the years. (Important?See it from the be ginning.) TUESDAY ONLY Extra! ? Extra! LOUIS-CONN Fight Pictures ? and ? Preston Foster-Ann Rutherford, in "INSIDE JOB" WEDNESDAY DOUBLE FEATURE THURSDAY ? FRIDAY 4th of July Treat . . . "BREAKFAST IN HOLLYWOOD" ? * ? J G the piano, these day*, b fun tram the very fint bason. You learn to play, by playing. and ?very day bringi iti own new reward of achieve ment. 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