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(By Wteabeth May) ~ -
A dmni^t tod tahsoted
mroed '"MBgemMaa" end * whose
sjfn'A^s ~o5
John Barveti, at their home ?&
North Main afreet Mrs. Carrie
Denny who saw "The loet Coteny"
production at ?*nteo ^
the time ia as esrtenaiestic
about the historical drama as she is
?boat "America's Town Meeting h*
the Air" which her son, George Ver
M Denny, Jr., engineers. 1
The idea for each a program came
to George, she relates, after he had
frym to see two frie. da, one a Re
publican and the other a' Democrat.
Neither would listen to the other's
views. Why not get people of dif
fer"** vkwa togefcyr and
air th?i* ideas before im ^ ****?*>}
thought yoong Denny. This dream
tumqd into reality in the form of a
broadcast one May evening twelve
years* ago. The -first participants in I
this forum ware a Republican^, a De
mocrat, a Fascial and a Soctehat,
1.^ being Norman Thomas, ?too isi
a director of Town Hall snd whoee
has appeared on several tickets |
as Socialist candidate for president i
of tin United States. ]
Raffing that she waa playing thel
leading role in a play given by. thel
Delnhiane, a -cultural group, that
evening, Mrs. Denny states that she!
was very excited and portrayed the
rote better than ever before. Both
she aad her son George knew that
the pregiam had been well received I
when scores of letters beganppuring
in. Because the Town Meeting'neyer
grttt? a question, it makes the lis>|
tenets **?inh - Two outstanding fea
tures about this broadoaet are that it
presents bpth sidse^od the topic se-l
lected for discussion and prises are
awanted * different foundation.
aad group# to the persons whtfl
write &e best essays on a topic an
nounced by the moderator. N
Born in Washington, M. .C,^U
gust W, IBM, George mowed to Sa
vannah, Ga. vtfh H
Denny and her son mowed to Ashe
ville hi 1914 so that he might at* I
tend Bingham Military School. After
finishing high school -at Bingham he
stared the University ef North Ca
rolina whew he took an active part
in the Carolina Playmakers, serving
- - far a time. Be I
a B. 8. degree in commerce
- ' to reside in
Cternal Hill working with the Play*
makers part of the time until 1M?
when he went to New York City to
be on the stage. ? .
rresn 1WT-1W9 he gave If
/?t Columbia University every
One day an offer earner from
HaB.lL. to be its vice pre. _
' 1 Fetter <*
to take over his work at
4 ? the
by Town HalL When
"America's Town
Air"' Uw young North
beard lord Lyttaa of
a talk whisk further
' mot
'Mm
Geor*e Domy, who writ* arligfes
a member of
recipient
jlRS. J. BROOKS TUCKRR
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Pitt Woman Elected
Delegate -To World '
Conclave In Holland
i Mrs. J. Brooks Tucker'of Grrmes
land, Pitt comity, one of North Ca
rolins's outstanding rural hdmemak
ers, faai been chosen afong with four
other Tar Heel women to represent
the North Carolina Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs at the
meeting of the Associated Country
Women ejf the World in Amsterdam,
Holland, Sept. 8-18. This organisa
tion is Qjjmposed of 70 women orga
nizations in 17 countries.
Mrs. Tucker has been a member
of a Home Demonstration Ch>b in
Pitt county for 19 years. During that
period, she has been a strong pro
moter of the program in the county
and state. She is now a member at
the Red Banks Home Demonstration
Club. Sha-has served as an officer
of her local club many times, presi
dent of Pitt County Federation of
Hmne Demonstration Clubs and
president of North Carolina Federa
tion ' of Home Demonstration Clubs
for tWo years. She has"served as In-^
ternational Treasurer of the Asso
ciated Country Women of the Worid
for three years and has served on
the United States Liaison Committee
of the Associated Country Women of
the World for eight years; at the
hMMlHitttfl 'mm.
present time shfe Jgfffcatrman
Study Folder Group for the above
named committee. Mrs. Tucker wflr
sail from New Yoric on Aug. 27.
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Greene Farmers Slew
To Finish Curing.
-Only a few farmers fax the county
will finish harvesting tobacco the
week ending Aug. 1$. ] A good num
ber should .finish fay the first of the
last "week in August. Some of the
late tobacco looks now as if it will be
fat September before harvesting is
completed. :.i -
comity farmpkea - and
urged to attend Farm *
?, *> fee held at State Col
leg*, Aug. 26-29. The program for
the week has been plarmed to fee of
interest te both men and women. Fee
for registration and room rent for
the entire period is >2.00 per person.
Farm families interested are
to contact the county agetnt or
i office for further inforraa
nMtl P If
ft . % - fr-. ,
*'-T- 7. r.'~..
lib**,
la Un*
fcofa, Nek.,
unM
Jo? of WW
rafwi the level of rural Ufe
\y as watt u spiritually. v !%%
L There waaevjdence that the "
odist Chupd?>4Wlr tacpgnfee*
t . - fa t S, r - -
life of
more democracy in Church
administration, securing more parti
dpation on the part of tin' laymen |
!n policy making and program te
rn ulatiahs," a Findings COmmJ '
reported at the ccnefaete of
three day meeting at the University
of Nebraska. s ? |i
The Committee also noted that the '1
church "should- acknowledge the val
ue of the work of other
tions in the community: promote fel
lowship among them,' and develop a
of relationship to God in all
jphaeee of community Me."
the blistering Nebraska *jn com
bined with soil experts, including I''
Dr. Hugh H. BeiAett, chief of thep
U. a soil conservation service, point
up the absolute necessity of under
standing the relationship. between a
productive land policy and a stable, _
rural life. Rural laymen. moat allp
farmers, likewise stressed the. need]
for soil conservation as well aa soul
Of their concern for the welfaj^ of
the land, the men and women dele
gates who name from every annual
cnnftorenee in Methodism and itary
|faate In the country, stated that "the
welfare of the church is dependent
upon a sound lend policy that guar
antees proper stewardship of the
land and provides an adequate living
end way of life for farm labor."
They-tallsd for promotion of fam
ily-type farms pa basic to the stabil
ity of the nation and reeehdngjoans
to help young people got into the
land and better rural V
Recognising that Urn-''existence Of :
every individual aspfell as every in
stitution incuding the chureh, detfves
from the land," the CoSfrreube call
ed colleges to include courses oh ru
ral life, seminaries to provide chairs
[for the study Shd promotion of ?r?|
ral rebuilding, sad the training ;<
ministers for permanent rural jworkJ
The omfeieuee, far a Findings
Committee report, also npfad^at
the church has a "peculiar
Ihllity to consider the areas of mu
hwi, concern of the city and the
fathis field, the report stated that
the church should "serve as an apt',
ive >gency for reconciliation: between
industry And l^<ff
? The conference decried
to bqild a Methodist
The major objective, It jtaid, was to
"build co-operatively a Christian ru-'
ral America," . ^
To carry out-its suggestions" the
Conference petitioned the Council of
. in " "? " W -J.??- " - , " . ? "J IS". ??
wfakh called the matting in
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state of rural Hfe |'
the general * ?
"gfas major
of
d
ik M
a unique and humorous I
mmi
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wm
not;:
fevioWKl
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jr^Bglus wire-with
WP ptoAUntell a drive, of 200
? mi lee or wore for the nwnd trip.
You've already guese-tg what
?9*
make the trip. Hadto) done eo, he
prohaWy hew. hnd to tafc
the man to lunch. ?
PVT. . safe J
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After J hearing tfie forthcoming
loepital construction program ex
ilained in detail, fcamviHs Kiwrnf
ans Monday night agreed, that the
ountjf could not afford to low an
opportunity of getting a ?900,000
loepital at a cost to Pitt citizen* JdM
362,00ft hut were practically of one
?ord in their expressions 0f regret
bat it would be impossible to locate
he institution in or adjacent to
cotethictibm, program, which
aUa for an outlay of county funds
? supplement State and federal ap
ropriations if the,bend issue is ap
roved in ? special election schedul
d for Tuesday, Sept. 16, was ex
latoed by Stuart Garr and State
[ighway Commissioner John G.J
Hade, both of Greenville."
Under -terms of legislation passed
I y recent sessions .of Cangress^pB
fre General Assembly, funds have'
een made available for a hospital,
foflded the county supplements the
pprepriations. Of the $900,000 re
tired for the construction of a hoe
Ital, 1300,000 will-be furnished by
m Federal government, $248,000 by4
lie Statp, and the remainder by Pitt
ounty. Regulations require that ft
e constructed on a 15-acre plot,
ear thd center of the nopuiation It
i to serve. The regulation as to lo
stion automatically "removes Farm
ille from the picture, insofar as ob
slnmg the hospital is concerned, ab
liough leaders . in the community
ad expressed a willingness to offer
100,000 toward toe construction'
tots if it were located to? or near
Sfoiiwi:": i -7EM
The P% Generei hospitoi is to be
old,Proceeds of toe sale, lew an
idebtedneea of fl2Jg?, will be turn
i over to trustees of toe new hoa
ital, who will number between 15
nd -20 and will be apolnted by the
towd . County Commissiotiere.
Serr Staffed Monday nirfht that the
W.Geoeral hospM* w 52-bed to,
tilutton, will bring anpnxximatelv
66JOOO. " ^
tote for ttre hospital will be atiect
d by a committee of seven, ? "
p pointed by the .GdbjmL.
larr stated that ha dfd not
'here the cotter of population 4s
at J?. expressed ? hope that the hos
ital will be located between Farm -
ille and Gmeacrilfe --/'i? WM
tor the alee
wiM be open tomorrow (Satur
and for aaoh of the three suc
? After thd fourth
fefcltbday
IHMO^^^Bsit'''? weans-; Jw^Lntei i
iiiiHm DM8 Deen
thMt lb* election
tte registration."
?- - Majority of those
Hp-tapster Tor the special election
oust vote for the bond issue if the
IB
odfl
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' ' p ?! w ?'11 'p r 'ft*!--,
<Bt |gM||g||S -' ? -msm
sr.SJ"i?t -.
the privi
IjC ?I'll II iMiJl
the first for the group since the tetter
pert of Jtenhir
committee. With Edwards <m thisj
committee ere Leslie Yelvarton.-Cnri
Seaman, Roland Lang, Jr., Dr. W.-lt,
Willi*,. Dr. Paul ? /ones and Chat.
RvHem^w. Tl?a - ? ? -- - - ea^ -
Daaconu iuc program coiuiiiImM
^composed of Rev.?.,? T.^kK. Eli
Joyner, Jr., and Lloyd Lucas. On
the food committee are Arthur ? Joy
MOT, Billy Smith and Jalmer Bynom.
Initial plana for the supper called
for extending ah invitation to
prominent official.wbo would be asked
to deliver a formal address. The vet
erans decided, however, that the
event would be a more enjoyable one
if the speech-making was kept at a
l^pMtnr '&nd emphasis , placed on
Vood food and friendship. l . T rfi
The Parmviille post baa approxi
mately 369 members on rolls. Goal
of the veterana is to build a legion
hut, or suitable chib house. The treas
ury already hat several thousand dol
lars, accumulated over a period of
years by .the foresight and initiative
of older veterans whose aim was to
"a home for the unit as soon w
Alex Allen Is On;
Committee To Pick
Site For Hospit&l
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. Alex Allen, member of ^udk
's Board of Commissioner*^***
| j appointed -by the Board of
County Commissioners as n member
of the seven-member Committee Which
will select the "site for the hospital
wltfeh, if the 3pptl? election is
approved, Will be c^fetmted with
aid county funds.
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-Hie Farmville public schools will
open for *s.lMMt session on. Wed
nesday, August" 27th. Bupt,, Sam D.
Bandy states that a compete Upt of
facpHj? members will be-publiifced
All twelfth grade pupils are re
quested to register on iWday, Aug.
22, from 9 to 10:30; eleventh gisis,
from 10:80 to 12:00 o'clock; tenth
grade from 1:30 to f^'doekt ninth,
grade front 8:00 t<r 5 o'clock. |p^
kin tii'ik*1' 'ilijQj^ -1
FARMVIfcLB .^TUIMENTS.
GRA nu Am kj^CAMPBBLLr
-COLLEGE. SUMMER 1
. . "? ir- ^,.S. ..
Kisses Betsy Jones,- Ann 1
and Joyce Tyson and Cedrie Davis]
were among graduates receiving f
high school diplomas Thursdayr at
Campbell college. Buie's CreslL 4l < '
- - w - - - * O" |
gMpA A
to enter cdlegeSUsfalL .i > J
? relatives ant friends at
_??, the exercises were Jfr.
Km M, V. Junes, Miss Amn Jones.l
*s.C. A. Ty-1
_ J HRftrr^loddsM.
Mich., Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mooter,:
Miss Johnsie Moore and
PI I
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gijp?
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bade the church bought some gov
in, the name ot the
Qrawh. Pvt
the bonds waa on easy
at tshan started to I
of them, to hafejpeet the
the building, tW^found it was
easier said than done, -Uncle Sam
a copy of the constitution
'-laws, particularty the
. says the ofiBcera are
to complete the trsca
aetton in the name of the church.
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V. ->j' r,n.; ,? fBSmSftiS
(By Nell BoltoJv Agrieultursi Agont,
V Tide Water F*wor Go.) ?
*?* fi.," A ? z yfe j 'IgB&ofe'' :>
Although Greene county has only
eight families enrolled in Better
Farming t& Better Living, there is
are more interested hi making im
provements With ' genial County
Agept Jack Herreil, aH eight fami
lies were visited recently. Mrs. Nell
Butter, home agent, went along in
the afternoon. V? ">?
Robert Heaths have a lot to
shop; for their effortef-wwater sys
tem, a new wash hope, gear wash
ing machine, remodeled IdtJfehen with
' asti * mt
a new sink and cabinets built by
Mr. Heath. Their daughter had jusi
returned from 4-H camp. "Mr. Heath
1* an. ?. ? tr
was cupping era pasture, *Ss ??
The Archie C&ggins were busy in
tobacco. Mr. Coggins said, when ask
ed if be had'ever heard ot Better
years." He pians to improve
pedhue ?a> pot in seme ditefce
'owtaar ? ?
Jack Parker doesn't put all his
eggs in one basket He has sold,
(1,000 worth of hogs. The fine hy
brid corn should *"??"? lots moie hog
feed. A bathroom is planned. CM1*
dren have been active in 4-H work.
mLhus m m m ml? 4 ?>,, n n ??a?a ??*"*A {n af
young1 peacn ivmi were mt in s
re
markable growtk, according to ' Mr.
Eterrell. Mr. Murphy also has some
good eon.
Mr. Walter Murray is another hog
rateer with |90? income from Jtogt
tens far. Dm ""
midst of home
tion of -ft'Mgr
teg Of <
is bteng group on this farm, -ir ^
-??-I'tiif ^?a-' UaBUwimdf la . avttl v an
'^vPw4S ";^vhnCxvUvs *w ^a^^m ? sAilsy m
farmer as^well. Ho admits that his
with Con
Engfneer WHHam C. Olaao i
of Raleigh wh?- opened bide from
four contractors seeking the contract
for the ctostftietion work at the
town's power jjlant. The A. H. Guion
Company of Charlotte was suoeeee- V_
ful bidder, offering to do the Job for
I88J545. , ?
three Aether bids, and the
ampunte submitted, ifers: B.y*.
Brothers and Ctompeny of Ohartotts,
W2M) V. B. Higgins and. Company 4
of Greensboro,-$37,800; C. If. Hefel- ?,j
finger of Charlotte, J38^00. Mr.
Guion has told loeal officials that h?y \
expects to begin work right sway.
The contract provides for complhgta
within 200 daya?v - -If .'V
, Supt W. A. Mr. A dams of the pow
er-plant has mettad word from
manufacturers of the new Agfa* ? ; I
that shipment wffl he wad* the hfc %
tor part of October. Ssij
y .Wm?.ftgjiC , iy
^Hee Provided, EacMre ef The
Electrical Wert -
Ah' idea of what the
plant will
a letter m Jk MeAAm,
?t,?he
???? ? the town
thie wo* awwm* -
mately *26,000,'.without any provision
for cable, conteE^ ete. I thought you \
might be