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SCHOOL PATRONS INVITED TO
ATTEND THE OPENING AUG. 27
The Farmville School will open for
the 1947-48 session on Wednesday,
August 27ttt, at 9:00 a. m. and will
remain in session until poan, and it is
possible a shortened session will be
maintained for the first few days,
but announcement will be made on
the opening day. Chapel exercises will
be held at 9:16 a. m. on the opening
day and parents and the general pub
lic are cordially invited. ^
Yhe building and grounds.are being
placed in order for upe and it is
sxpected that everything will be in
eadiness by the opening date. .New
lackboaids have been installed in all
oonis of the main building, the en
rauces hav< been painted, the lunch
?oom floor has been painted and
>ther minor repairs have been made,
imong them being the screening of
he Home Economics cottage and the
irincipal's office.
The agriculture department has
^en re-opened and E. P. Bass, the
instructor, has been busy getting
gs in readiness for this depart
it. New equipment has been add
to the science ^-department, and
some new equipment has been re
vived for the lunchroom. Sam D.
indy, the new superintendent, states
At a new 16mm. sound projector
?ill be purchased soon after the open
ng of school for the purpose of
ig educational films in all
of the school. A library of
is being purchased for t^je
and all schools- will have ae
;ess to these films in addition to
ithers that may 'be secured from
sources. Mr. Bundy states that
. of new equipment
being contemplated and will be
lunced at the proper time. *
Vasal texts for the elementary
chool will again be fuxxiished free
rf the state and high school teats
workbooks will be sold as here
rQ by Dupree's department stole.
Announcement of the charges on
upfUes ftes, commercial fees," and
ithers will be made on the first
* school.
Supt Bundy states that Farmville
s very fortunate in securbig the
alibre of teachers that will cdmprise
lie teaching personnel here this
rear. There has been a 60 per cent
sun-over in the "teaching personnel
md of the 12 new teachers only ttfo
lave had tvo previous teaching ex
perience. The main difficulty here
been to secure living accommo
for teachers after they have
_an employed.
-complete roster of teachers is
D. Bundy, superintendent, I
I Farmville; Mis. Evelyn Joyner, Eng
Farmville; Mis# Margaret LceJ
-English, Greenville;
Hooms Needed
Several more rooms are needed for
Mchers and tobaecon&ts who have
ot yet been able to find satisfactory
ring quarters. Farmville home
wners with rooms to rent are re
uested to call the chamber of eom
lerce office, number 4900, and list
ie ropms they have.
Committees Named
For Annual Kiwanis
Carnival, Sept 10-20'
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Bernice Turnage, general chair
lan of the Kiwanis Carnival sche
uled for Sept, 19-20, has announced
ie appointment of the following
immittees:
Square dance:' Charles Edwards,
odericK Harris, Howard Moye.
Publicity: ? Jim Hockaday, Louis
Williams.
Solicitation: Alex Allen, Jack
ewis, John Parker, Bill Garner. ?
Lights and power: Dave Harris,
harles Quinerly.
Erection of booths: Grady Gil
irist, Emerson Smith, Billy Smith,
any .Taylor.
Booth assignments . ? minstrel:
am Bundy, Frank Allen, Jake
ields, Seth Barrow, Frank Harris;
ovelty stand: Earie Holmes, Jim
oyner;. hot-dog stand: Zeb White
urst, Henry Johnson; pony ride:
??l Lewis, Charles Quineriy; arch
ly: Z. Cox, Bob Wireless; drink
band: John D. Dixon, Carol -Modlitt;
ing-a-prize. . Ted Albritton, Alton
tobbitt; darts: Jack Lewis, R. C.
openhaver; weight guessing: Bob
iser; ice cream, candy, etc.: Ernest
legg,' Carl HfckS; bingo: Hubert
oyner, Doc Gregg, Ferd
raite, Jim Hockaday; auction;:
ar "Barrett, Louis Williams; grab
ag: Emerson Smith, John Parker;
all pitch: Sam Lewis, Algx Allen;
enny pitch Louis Allen; bowling:
Irnest Petteway,. George Allen;
rain ride: Bernice Turnage, Doe
niliaips, Bill Gamer, Grady Gil
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Dwo From Farmville
Get Master's Degrees
AmOr.j the 53 students scheduled
r> be graduated at East Carolina
'eachers college today are two from
"armville: Ellen: L$wis Carroll and
lorothy Hope
All but 'two of this summer grada
tes are North Carolinians. Twelve
re candidates for the masters de
roe; 10 for the B: S. degree; and 8l
or the A. B. degree, which" is can
erred upon tyose taking part - in
eacher-training. ' Of the total seven
re men, and the other! are women.
Principal speaker of the exercises
rill be Dr. J. D. Messick, president
ilect of East CaroHna college, wto
rill apeak on the topic, "Our Part In
i.
Policeman Hurt,
Negro^ Killed In
Affray Saturday
Web Vine*, Jr., 4ot By Officers
GregeryAnd Fields After They
were Attached; Owueel Jury
Te Bald Investigation
Policeman J. ? A. Gregory, veteran
of several years' sendee with Farm
ville's police department, may lose
the sight of one eye as the result of
an affray Saturday night, in the
southern section ef town, fit which
Web Vines, Jr., Negro was shot and
killed when he launched an attack
on Officers Gregory and R. B.
Fields. ' y ?
Reports from the Wilson hospital
to which Gregory was taken state
that another week or 10 days will be
required before it can be determined
whether he will loaa the eye, into
which was embedded shattered bits
of glass from his spectacles when he
was strode and knocked down by the
Negro. Gregory expects to return
from the hospital tomorrow.
According to reports, the two offi
cers were riding through the colored
section of town shortly after mid
night, in the patrol car. As they
halted in front of a group milling
around and making mors noise than
was necessary in the middle of the
night; one of the crowd warned that
"the law is here." Vfiiee is report
ed to have expressed, his contempt
for ttie officers in profane terms,
smashed Gregory in the eye when he
stepped from the car, knocked him
down, and was over him, evidently
trying to get the pistol. Fields then
joined Gregory and the shooting oc
curred when Vines rushed toward
Fields. Both officers fired several
times, five of the slugs finding their
mark in the body of VbM who took
several stepa before keeling over. .%
An inquest will be held aa soon as
Gregory's -condition permits. Empan
eled for duty on the coroner's Joky
Ed
die Caraway, R. D. Rouse, R. b. ivy
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Vacation Days Over
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ry Mr?. Hasnan Dakar,, rrtncipai,.
Fountain School) :
Vacation days are over tor tl
juntain boys and girls. On Wed
saday, 'Aug. 27, the children and
achers resume their work. - .,i j
During the summer the agricui
fre building has l>eeuwe?uvsted,
ids assuring tos'Bi&dren s modern
nch room. Mrs. Martha Bundy and
rs. Mildred Norville will again pre
ire and serve the meals. , . '
The faculty for 1M7-48 is oompos
I of Mrs. Koma Lee WaBcer, Foun
ds, first glade; Miss Muriel 6ay,
riert*!, second grade; Mrs. Emily
eroer, Fountain, third grade; Mrs.
ary D. Horton, Fountain, fourth
Mrs. Geneva Phillips, Mac
grade; Mrs. Glendon
At The Rotary Club
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner,
who for the put four years has been
a member of the Un-American Acti
vities Committee of the House of
Representatives, spoke an Commu
nism Tuesday night at the weekly
meeting of the Botary Club. After
citing the otBs of Communism and
its development In 1*r Mr. Boa- I
ner said, "I do not fear Communism
at home. Wo have too much to of
fer, once the two systems are placed J
side by side.* Congressman Bonner
was the guest of Joe Basberry, by
whom he was introduced. -
Congressman Bonner drew the at
tendance prise. Guests end visitors
werej Henry Johnson,. Alex Allen.
Dr. Edwin Basberry, Bill Kasbeny, |
Marvin Swartz.
D. A. R. Dedication
Of Chapter House
Set For Early Fall|
With additional gifts and substan-.
tial donations . repotted by committees
of the Major Benjamin May Chapter,
D. A. R., aa an immediate remit of
their work during the summer months
for completion of the memorial plaque
and dedication of the magnificent
chapter house, comes assurance of the
event being held in the fid, at which
; time descendants of pioneer
will meet here to celebrate the per
petuation of the memory of the dis
tinguished men and women, who laid |
an enduring foundation for noble citi
senship in Eastern North'Carolina.
Announcement of the date and pro
gram for the dedicatory eefimoniee,
which will mark this as s day long
i of FWrmville, will be made soon.
' The branke memorial plaque which
is to be gastasxt mmfefc, and the his- J
torical volume, to be compiled, which
will contain sketches of all the fami
lies memorialized to the buildfog, will
be given a significant plan to toe
dedication program not only as a
means ?f perpetuatinar their serraeea
to the State but as an incentive for
future generations; 4t
Since 1M?, when the id^al of a
cultural and social center-of discrim
inating taste ahd grace had, its in
ception in the minds of the regent end
members of the chapter, it has been
their earnest desire to make the
chapter houae a shrine and sanctuary
and to have It stand out to Eastern
North Carolina as a beautiful end
living memorial to its progressive
dtisenship.
It has been gratifying indeed to
tb? local Daughters to find a ready
^^^t^^tomicjitisena before
worthy of emulation and te^estab-l
li?h in tola section a center of sym
bolic beauty and historical value.
In thia connection .the words of
Winston ChurchUl, wh^ gave ^6 tost
insure for posterity the ideals of.
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North Carolina's flue-cured tobacco
I estimated at 881,095,000 pounds
August 1> an increase of atxteen
over July 1
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Set To Capture First Place
Former Army Pilot
Succeeds Bundy As
v Sales Supervisor!
Oscar P. Ho(hua Takes Over Work|
As Executive Secretary Of CSuua>
ber Of Crauneree And Super
visor Of Tobacco Market
Oscar P. Hoffman, former Army
Air Force pilot who has been making
his home in Sehna, has been ap
1 pointed executive secretary- of the
Chamber of Commerce and sales su
pervisor of the Tobacco Board of
Trade, succeeding Sam D. Bundy,
who is roundinig out 15 months of
efficient service with the organiza
tion and is tafchg over as superin
tendent of Farmville schools, >
Mr. Hoffman comes to Farmville
with excellent recommendaticmsr He
is living at, Hotel Davis Until suitable
quarters are obtained for his wife
and their two children.
' Prior to his entry into the service,
he waT employed by Sehenley Distill
ers Corporation, in New Orleans. He
first served as private secretary for
the southern regional director, later
being promoted to the salea depart
ment and traveled the entire state of
Louisiana. During this period, he
was active with the Junior Chamber
of Commerce wot* in New Orleans,'
an Pilot Trainhig Program.
He also worker with the .Ford Mot-,
or Company, lie terminated this em
ployment ia order- to go Jtan Civilian
Submarine Patrol on tile Louisiana
Coast with the Ciril Air Petrel and
later entered the Army as pilot
Local VFW Sponsors ,
|p Caktival Next Week
Ta.its efforts to raise funds for a
hut it plans to construct in the near
future, the Bumette- Rouse post, -Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, is sponsorii^r
a carnival Here all next week, featur
ing W. C. Kaus
s*. The way to the exposition grounds
will be lighted by a powerful search
light. '
-The sponsoring organization calls
attention to its notice, elsewhere in
this issue of /The Enterprise, apd
places special emphasM on the cou-l
one ride oft the merry-go-round.
At The Kiwania Club
Fkrovilto JUwanians reached ?w
into Hie ranks of the $otariane Mon
day night and drafted an Able ?*?*"
er in the pengm of Irvin Morgan, Jr
who rolled three speeches into ?" ,
and rave hie listeners interesting
lessons In h?mor, agriculture
geirrte>reibd several jokes from cor
county on which the owners hoped to
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y on wniw ?
200 bushels od a measured acre,
IST-ES . ? ?j
gave an account of ? trip he took
several years ago into countries
teverai y?u? ?bv
?'south of the border." Ha appeared
on the program at the invitation
Altotv BobbittT who was inaWe tobe
present and for whom Louis Allen
substituted in . introducing the
^President Alex Allen, Vice presi
dent -Louis Williams and Secretary
Jota SfSLS. M
gates to the district eonvwinan i
Columbia, S. C? in CMober. Alter
nates elected were ^ Allen,
Henry Johnson and Jim Hockaday.
Policemen Prepare For
Congested Traffic
I Speed LtaitirVw. BUefa Of
Avenae By Monk's Factory
cut To m mm An Hoar
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, In anticipation of Hie t?mendo?s
increase in the nanmber of automo
biles and trucks which will he using
Farmville's ^
keting season, Chief of Mice Uoya
?2s* and memh^s of his ^rt
I went have laid-off parking lanea &
I thA warehouse area and designate*
driveways'vrith^low;p?nt. A ?
ZTttat the taws of aafrty be sd
Led to i. made by Chief Lncaa, who
, hered to is maoe oy ,
offers the wholehearted coope^tiyn
of his department to insure ?
[smooth, orderly flaw of traffic on
! l0<The two blocks on Wert Hotae
avenue by A. C. MpA's fpctoryhave
been designated as business ?*???*'
move which automatically cuts tije
speed in that area to 2? mil f?
to The speed law. wUl be en
forced.
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Mr. Gayle
Royal Welcome Awaits
Visitors On Opening:;
Offering's In First Few
Days Expected To Be
Light; 5 Warehouses
Bid For Leaf
? Feverish activity of the past few
weeks, unmistakable harbingers wt .
another tobacco marketing season, -
wiH reach a climax .Monday mow
ing when sales axe started on Fkm
ville's five warehouse floors. ^
As has been the custom la the j ,
past, the selling time on opening day -
will be divided between the operating
(firms. " ?'
"i Due to the lateness of the crop sad
the slowness in getting the leaf in
order, offerings during opening
week are expected to be light.
The current trend, established on
Border markets, of averages in the
mid-forties, is expected to be cAp
tinned here. Farmvjlle hopes to bet
ter its records of moid than 31 mil
lion pohnds sold in 1946^ but, has no;
idea of reaching the .average, about
353.06, maintained last year.
Farmville's 1943 record, the secmwf^ ?
beet Jn the belt, lent good enough v
for the town's warehousemen and
business'people, who dont relish the , . -J
Auctioneering ef tobacco moves " ,
into Che third flue uaed type this
the 15 markets in the -j
Eastern North Carolina flue-cured
belt begin' sales Monday, August 25.
According to thp U. 8. Crop Report
ing Board,' indications as of August .
1 pointed to the second largest crop
dn reeopd in the area, with prodnc- ,;-v
tion expected to fall slightly under
last year's all time high. The board
forecast an output of 450370,000
pounds, or only around S 1/3 millionv
pounds leas than the 1945 crop. Total
flue-cured production was placed
which woe
1396,865,000 pounds,
be approximately <% below
year's harvest The United SI
and North Carolina Department!
Agriculture report that rendu
in the.Eastern North On
belt toe prior year totaled 438,'
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