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?SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
Farmville school district voters
are being urged by member* of the
school beard and others interested hi
the commuunityV welfare to regtoa*
now for the special election oil Satur
day, October 18, which will dwjtfc)
the fate of proposals to issue $200,
000 in district bonds for improve
ments and to supplement the present
tax levy for improvements not pos
sible with the b6nd issue.
Registration books are open daily,
except Sunday, at the Town HalL C.
M. Paylor is registrar.
Saturday, October 4, is the final
day voters will be registered. Atten
tion is called to the fact that voters
must register in order to participate
in the election. Furthermore, those
who register but fail to vote will be
recorded as having opposed the elec
tion. A majority of those who regis
ter must be obtained before the pro
posals will be carried out
Chief among the items for which
the $200,000 will be expended is a
new colored school. The present
has outlived its usefulness and the
situation has reached the point that
something must be done. A 16-room
'building has been planned, which will
require between $100,000 and $150,
m 000. Improvements badly needed at
the white school include lighting
equipment for the school and sur
rounding grounds; repairs and im
provements to the plumbing system;
floor coverings of rubber tracking or
asphalt tile; concrete or asphalt drive
with parking facilities for school
buses; acquisition of playgrounds and
athletic field nearer the school and a
teacherage.
It is generally agreed that mem
bers of the school board will have^to
"perform feats of legerdemain if they
are to accomplish all of these pro
jects with $200,000.
Second proposal is to supplement
the 35-cent levy now in effect with
an additional 15 cents for services
which will generally raise the stand
ard of the school. The 15-cent levy
may be used to secure the services
of a commercial teacher, a public
school music teacher, a band leader,
a full time coach and athletic direc
tor, adavarie janitor service and for
any activity not already included in
the state school program.
Based am a district variation of
$6,000,*00, trie proposed levy will
provide $6,000 annually 'for educa
tional purposes.
Members of the school board have
planned a financing program by
which they can retire the proposed
$200,000 band issue on the .35-cent
rate now in effect This plan is bes
ed on the fact that tha district is
now paying en bonds which will be
retired in a eastpri of year*. The new
bonds wfll be dated to begin mater
ing w^sn trie old ansa are retired, j
How trie money will be spent and
how the bonds will be issued an
questions for the fntare. Trie im
port&nt thing now is to
then to vete.
PiPy^'i
The saeend birthday of Troop 2
Girl limds. vu observed with <
. partyjjiT?sisjr afternoon si tin
; home of the leader, Mrs. R. T. WH
I liams. The eaks, decorated in th<
Scout colors of crest sad white an
served
Shiatej' Nawtma was named head a
the QfrMhal ' petrol and^ Barhari
Greene was chosen petrol leader fo
the ItodBoro petroL Jean Moor
was named scribe and Carolyn Roe
buck, tronaurer.
Plana for the coming year wer
discussed with the i
duied being the mother and <
sapper.
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The golden rod was
troop crest by members
May
SSfi-t#
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At The Rotary Club
Paul Swell ni la charge of the
regnua at the regular Salary meet
ing Tuesday sight aad turned the
program oyer to John B. Lewie, who
?poke on the needs of, and how to
cope with, or take care of I3w -local
colored school building to meet pros
it-day requirements. The sanita
tion facilities are inadequate. The
fire hazard is very serious, because
of improper facilities to fight fire in
the present locality at the school,
Irvin Morgan also spoke of the
dilapidated condition of the colored
school building. He pointed out that
the rotem af ^armville would hare
the opportunity to vote for th?
1150,000 hand issue en October 18, to
be used for the construction, of a new,
colored school building and $50,000
for improvements on the local high
school building for white children.
More details regarding the bond is
sue will be found elsewhere in the
Farmville Enterprise.
Arch Flanagan also made some
timely remarks kt regards to the con
ditions that exist in the colored
school.
| Dr. J. M. Mewborn spoke of the
lack of opportunity in the school be
cause ef Inadequate space and
grounds to provide the jlored chil
dren with proper school activities.
The present site is too remote and
Manly Liles drew the attendance!
prize.
Visitors were Joe Terry, Franklin,
Ky., and 0. C. Stewart, Orlando, Fla.
Thumb-Nail Sketches
Of Farmville Folks
MRS. CHARLES & EDWARDS
(By Elisabeth May)
Two years ago she was serving
Uncle Sam in the Army Nurses
corps. Today Mrs. Charles S. Ed
wards has more than a year's experi
ence in housekeeping.
Her service in the nursing corps
began in April, 1944, after gradua
tion from the Carolina General Hos
pital School of Nursing. In Septem
ber of that year she was sent to the
European theater whore ske worked
for a year in France.
?Among her impressions of the
French were that they have few
morals, caused to a great extent by
the dire need for food and clothing.
any of the people wore garments
that most Americans would not con
sider usable for everyday wear. The
-French women, she asserts, wore en
jticely tee much make-up and had a
! I On. of her favorite pastimes*
playing bridge when she was off
'{dst* Net only did it keep the nurses
occupied but it helped them keep
their minis off net receiving mail
regularly. After returning to the
States ght was stationed at Fort
until her discharge in
fSPISp 1
Smithfield where shs
most of her life, Mrs. Ed
former Eula Maye Saw
part time nursing at the
County hospital until her
to Charles Edwards August
194& Since that time she hat
her home in Farmville when
she takes part in the Junior Woman'?
dvte clubs than doer
attending nursing
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- a student for two yean
fcristian college In
in the
.A. Wilson is her :
lrmftl
AH
y Realizing that the backing of local
folks was entirely responsible for t*e
success of hia dub's aneual scholar
ship carnival, President Alex Allen
of the
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firms end imhviduals in
way yen can" for their loyalty
Mm
?,, "~T|H H i. Hi
fog in the'carnival just because tt|
eras for "a good caasa." |j|v
Proceeds go into the scholarship
fund from which loans are mads to
worthy high school graduates desir
ing financial aid in order that
pan eoathme their education.
The carnival, although it
a lot of work and plaenfa
thoroughly enjoyed by those who put
it oak At least that was the impres
sion gained by spotUtWe as they
Watched Postmaster Henry Johnson
?hp a hot dog in a toll and then
collect 16 cents for it; or watthed
Rev. E. W. Holmes and Mayor Jim
Jeyner selling baUsons and novel
ties; Hubert Joyner and Charles
Quinerly smiled every time "Bingo"
was called and they had the pleasure
of handing cut another prise.
Yes, the carnival was successful.
FARMVTLLE HIGH SCHOOL
ELECTS CLASS OFFICERS I
Classes of the FVrmville high |
school have eleeted the following of
ficers for the 1 >47-48 school year:
Senior class?Aaron Tyson, presi
dent; Alan Parker, vice-president;!
Lola Gray Kemp, secretary; Betty |
Boss Wilkeieon, treasurer.
Junior class?Robert Rollins, pres
ident; Elsie May, vice-president; Ha
ael Tyson, recording secretary; Ruth
Moore, corresponding secretary; Hel
en Thomas, treasurer.
Sophomore class ? BJllie Russell,
president; Den Satterthwaite, vice
president; Jean Ems, esthete ry; Pa
tricia Corbett, treasurer.
Freshman class ? James Thome,
president; Gayle Flanagan, secre
tary; Charlotte. Mosley, treasurer;
Bohert Pollard, reporter; Ruth Ty
A WARDED VICTORY MEDAL
ABOARD Has PRINCETON I
|& W. Parks, cook, first class,
USN, husband of Vanderioano Parks
of Farm vide, has been: awarded the
World War U Victory Medal in cere
hdd aboend the aircraft. car
rier USS
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT -
Mr..and Mm C. J. Howell of Frost
reef, Fla., announce 4he Rrth of a
on, Charles Lee, Sunday?- Sept. 7,
a a Lake Wales hospital. Mm
is well is the former Miss Mary
idee Harris of Ftamrville.
TO
Mrs. J. M. Hobgood will be on*
?f <he speakers at the gramp con
fsrcncc of district two Woms&'s sux
^ wi^lL 52SSZ; SS
jbyterian ckurek, Thursday, bet. 2L
"One World, One Lord" is the theme
lof Registration' begins
?t Mill in the morning.
The report on the activities of the
Farmville auxiliary will be bv
the president, Mrs. J. It Mewbom. '
Rev. Sam a Zealy of Washington
will bring the inspirational message
"World Evangelism." Other speak
ers include: Mrs. Sam "Tqler, Jr.,
Rocky Mount; Mrs. L. W. Kessler,
Leggett; Mrs. R. L. Brmkley, Wil
son; Mol J. W. Hsssell, Greenville;
J. K. Harper, Pinetops; Mrs. J,
H. Brown, Tarbrro.
. R* Habgood, prosbyterial presi
**R- Mis. C. P. Baucom, sec re
secre
tary a# synod's educational institu
tions, attended the meeting of dis
trict three in Goldeboro last Thurs
day. Yesterday they wwe in Elisa-I
beth Cttv to mOmnA tk.
both CHy to attend the meetk g of
<fl"trict one and they will be gueste
at the busineas women's group?
four?in Rocky Mount Sunday after
noon.
EASTERN STAR
Mt*. Herman Baker, worthy ma
tron. presided . at the Eastern , Star
Thwtiojr evening when the order re
avned meetings after the- hummer
adjournment. Mrs. Florence Lewis
of Greenville and Dr. Frank Duke of
Washington, installed several offi
c?rB *ho were not present at the reg
ular installation. Instructions to the
chapter from the grand officers
were given by Mrs. Lewis addle "The
Symbolism of the Order of the East
ern Star" was ths topic presented by
Dr. Duke.
Reports from the sick and cheer
committee revealed the work it had
done during the summer several
acknowledgment cards wen' read
from the sick and bereaved. Com
munications from the worthy gnnl
matron, worthy grand patron: and the
hirstary were read
Mrs. R. LeRoy Rollins, Mrs. C. H
Flanagan and Miss Mamie Davis
were named a committee to exempli
fy some of the work of the order' at
the next meeting.
After the meeting Mrs. Baker and
Mrs. O. G. Spell served refreshments.
Mrs. iKjiaas Moye
of the
Women's dobs which swwmi in. the
Methodist church at Williamston
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock,
Mrs. Frank K. Allen is secretary of
the fifteenth district which is com
posed of the counties of Bertie, Beau
fort, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Tyrell and
Washington. ?-' " '.J
win be made by Mrs.
P. Brown of Murfreeabtfro,
vice-president of the federa
tion, and by Mrs. J. A. Gupton of
Charlotte, peat director of the fed
Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, president
of the Woman'a dob, Mrs. W. C.
{fagMr* president of the Junior
Woman'a club, and Miss Annie
Perkins of the Literary club will
make reports concerning activities of
their dubs during the past year.
Another feature of the session will
be die election of afficem Mrs. Moye
and Mia. Allen are serving the
second year of their terms, which
will expire in the spring of 1948.,
Attending from the Woman's dub
vtiQ be Miss DeVisconti, Mrs. J. M.
Hobgood, Miss Mamie Davis and her
houseguest, Mrs. Charles E. Rowton,
add *?? Perkins.
Mm. Garner, Mrs. J. T. Nolan, Mm
James H. Dardem, Jr., Mis. J. R.
Harris, Mrs. J. M. Gibbs, Mm Sam
Lewis and Mm. Allen Drake wiU
represent the Junior club.
Representatives of the literary
club will be Miss Perkins, Miss De
Visconti and Mis* Davis.
WALSTONURG FARMER GETS
$185 FOR TWO BRED G1LT8
H. T. Herring of Walstonburg,
Route 1, registered Spotted Poland
China hog breeder, soM two bred
gilts at the sals in Rocfcg Mount on
September 4. Caledonia Farm, Hall
fax, was the buyer; paying $100 and
$85 for the gilt*.
James Rawer Hookertoti, former
4-H dub boy and now farming in
Olds township, is supplementing bis
tobacco income by raising broilers
Mr. Rouse has a battery brooder ant
purchases 80 baby chicks each wed;
He has 80 fryers for market each
week, which gives him a cadi income
on the farm each week.
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY
Luther P. Thomas, bookkeeper at
Honk's warehouses, was surprised by
'eilow members of the office staff
villi a birthday cake on bis birthday
i-hich occurred Monday., After sbig
ng "Happy Birthday," the group ex
ended felicitations. ,
Friends will regret to learn thai
J. C. Gibbs suffered a light stroke at
his home Sunday evening about 10
o'clock. He is reported as improving.
Important Issuespefore UN
:
of the United
Nations General Assembly, bow held
in the Assembly's temporary bine
and cold chamber on the dte of the
ohl New York World's Mr at
tag Meadow Park; should go a long
way toward determining whether the
world organisation will succeed or
y t it.-, I
Ua nlju.L.'/lmi #n.v ilta fk.l .1
in its signiiionci tor tne rataw ox
mankind the Assembly
few if any parallel* ta Watery. Al
most every political, ideological, so
ciological, md economic issue of
Jor importance ta the world today
will be debated sml analyzed. ,;
Comtag at a time when interna
tinmd ilwbliai jr
the Security Council is
don la
answer to e question that is ta
thoughts of miHions of men i
"Can the UN be
A, i ?a te
uutiuirani MMRf
w*H bo
5$
i
that moras*?the abase of the Secu
rity Council veto. , *_
* Aftor having found itself thwart
by the repeated exerciae of the
veto in its efforts to have
scurity Council take effective
to remedy the explosive situa
tion an the Greek frontiers, the Unit
ed States has entered the Baikal
question-on the Assembly's provision
al agenda under the hnadbur
"Threats to political independence
and territorial integrity of Greece."
The United States position, witfcl
is concurred in by an overwheimihi
majority of .the Security Council, if
that a threat to peace exists in th?
Balkans and that Greece's morthen
neighbors must , be prevented fron
giving farther aid to Greek leftisi
If tha veto protests the necessary
action from being taken by the Secu
rity Council, the United States main
tains, the Assembly has the right un
tacit approval to. uai
or seilKtive steps by U>
to comet the aitua
t. i o ni,: with or without Security Coun
it did l**t year?*
more judicious tie* of the Big- Ftre
unanimity provision. v"7. Y
But no one with any knowledge of
the backfound of the situation .ex
pects that the .veto will be eliminated
or revised. Simple troth is that Rua
eia is not the only member si the
Big Five that wants the veto retain
ed.
The Palestine situation offers an
>port unity for the General Aasem
bly. * It has been recommended by a
special commission that the Holy
land be partitioned into separate
Jewish and Arab states. The prob
lem that will confront the Assembly
is to accept or reject the report. If
it deddro on the former, it will face
the onerous task of compelling the
Arab and Jewish .disputants to bow
to its authority.
The Zionists have indicated their
willingness to accept the major pro
visions of the partition reommendaJ
tions while the Arab states have r*
iterated their opposition to any plan
which envisages a separate Jewish
state in the Holy Land. On the other
hand, there are many UN observers
who feel that the Arab# might be
to take |jfP
?i# they could I
res and guarantees from
powers,
The important subject of
back "to the
i little
1 lock
tS
of State Department of
MPfriculture activities, with emphasis
an the State Credit Union, was given
Monday night at the Kiwenia club by
Kobert Graham of Raleigh, who
directs work of the union wider the
supervWsa ef Commissioner of Ag
riculture y-irr Scott.
on the program as the
of John Council Parker, Mr.
cited way* in which the de
; protects citisens of North
Carolina from manufacturers and
packer* who would not (top at put
ting'inferior goods on the market.
The elgfc waa pleased to have aa its
honor guoato three high school stu
dents?Jay Flanagan, BOle John
son and Ann Vandiford, to whhm
Frank Allen presented medals donat
ed by the club to pupils showing
most improvement during the last
school year. The medals were to
have been presented at commence
ment but the club was unable, to get
them at that time.
The importance of the forthcoming
school bond election was discussed
briefly by Supt Sam D. Bundy and
will be considered in detail Monday
light, when Be mice Turnage will
have charge of the program.
Alao briefly mentioned was the
carnival, bald Sept. 19-20. Berniee
Tmmage, who heeded tike steering
committee and served as general
chairman, reported that the club
netted almort $1,000. President Alex
AHen'enpieesnd hie appreciation for
Bernice's excellent leadership and the
work of the steering committee, as
well as the cooperation of the indi
vidual members.
O. C. Stewart of Orlando, Fla,
was the guoCVef Lonis Williams.
Welfare Department
Makes Annual Report]
Some significant social changes
em contained to toe 'annual report
K. T. Futtrell, Pitt csOnty's superin
tendent of puMic welfire, made to
tbe County. Commissioners and Board
of Public Welfare on September 1.
The report showed it different
persons during the year were given
supervision on' phrole from prison
with a monthly average of 48. Three
persona were revoked for falling to
have good conduct and work records
j and were returned to prison. J
County financial participation on
patients to the State Sanatorium
numbered 47 with a monthly average
of 28. It was significant to note of
the 47 patienta, only eight of this
ruber were to the Sanatorium ail
12 months. ^ "
Labor certificates issued for min
ors under 18 yean entering public
iployment numbered 194 during the
year.
Investigation and reports oa men
tal patients either entering to or out
oh probation from the State Hospital
numbered 88 for tto 'year. ^ ^ ^
_inaal "report dealt with service to
'224 individual, children. Many of
theae were sards of the Juvenile
[CM* and eadrr order of D. T.
House, Jr., judge. Of the total
dure. A goodly number were
the corrective health program for
correction of phys^ha^eaps.^^
programs shewed
Old Age Assist
288 with
lie Kmlvrev awk?mn?l Qfi *aaee VeM
cancelled, 61 of who* died during
the year. An average grant of * '4.tt
paid to iU people. Eighty seven
" made for Aid to
MPP* 61 bp
proved and 84 cases closed, with
average of 90 tor the rear. The
l^ftoiiyttaa 1
to the blind was tor to
are
W. W. Eagles of MaochofteM.
president of th? North CMka
Farm Banco, says that domrfte oil
the clamor about Ugh prices for
farm pndaeta, "the farmers' Jfe*
in the total United States income in
lfttt mas less than 10" per cent." 1 "
Annpplinv oll^\nf snnnert al
Appcail UJ5 TOT nH'Oul support OI ,
the current Farm Bureau campaign
tor 100,090 members in the State to.
"insure a sound agricultural program
for the future," Eagles said:
"the tif. S. Department of Com
merce's 'Survey of Currant Business,'
s study of major sources of income,
shows agricultural income for the na
tion last year at 9.6 per cent, com
pared with 21.3 per cent for masui- '*
facturtog payrolls, 26.8.per cent for
trades and services, and 17 per cent
for those receiving income from Fed
eral, State and local governments."
Eagles said the roast ahead for ag- _
riculture, one of the nation's chief
industries, employing nearly 10 per
cent of the total population, is going
to be difficult, especially for south
em agriculture. Farmers of the ?
South, he added, face an uphill battle ,
to keep price support and acreage al
lotments, for many agricultural
people in other parts of the nation
have no immediate need for such
"income safeguards," and therefore
are not inclined to fight for them.
F'; "While agricultural income was
the smaHsst piece in the country's in- -
come pie," he said, "farming scored a
gain as a source of income from
1940 to 1946. The share that agri- ;
cultural income ..gepresents in the
United States' total income increased
2.6 per cent from 1946 to 1946, while
gates for other major
Manufacturing pay
rolls, one par cent; trade and service
1.4 per cent, and Govern- .
meat payrolls, 4:6 per cant."
North Carolina farmers cannot af
ford to wait to show their determina
tion to aseors their tremendous in
of time, labor .and money
declared. They must organ
to their fullest strength right
now, he continued, if they hope to
1948, when the diraet
fits of the Steagall amendment and
the current Commodity C^wfit Cor
poration appropriation for support of v
tobacco prises will sad.
Eagles urged every farmer to the
State to jein the.fhrm Bureau, the
largest farm organization in the
nation, during the present drive. He
added that without organization
farmers are alike SwSP jftsita in a
hard-headed, economic world that
wHl not wait tor any group to pro
sent its claim tor recognition.
Peanut
Be Set Before
Referendum Is Held
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B?fo
item
keting quotes sad acreage allotments
Before Pitt county peanut
vote on -whether there Will be mar
for the next three yean, they will be
notified what their 1948 allotments
will be.
This assurance was given by J. V.
Taylor, chairman of the County Ag
ricultural Conservation Committee.
"This will give each producer a
chance to decide whether he has re
ceived his fair share of the county
allotment before the referendum is
? wL:r?
should have received i
which they are asked to ghre their
past acreages and other necessary
information. "It is very important,"
?the chairman said, "that each pro
ducer return his questionnaire by
-Oct 1, so the county committee caa
inform him of his allotment and put
his name on the list of eligible voters
before &?
nay be
is not on the
one Who has not
of
acreage
be in
1960