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BOOST FARMVILLE | EVERY DAY! t .. IPVHilPIHIPI ' "tffr ''$$?<?** ItyJk jti&kii1 % *00?^ ta.t,,r*. .. -..t;.4. .v . . ,.Sg -.W X AU. - MBWP^lPlPPWUPIWBWHiPUr^ ?_hs1k .. i1' ;i ' . , 1 ' VOLUME THIBTY-KlOHT FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, NO^MBRB 28, 1147 The united effort, of all groups in the community are Headed to eradi un win" # . t.ot vpat cate tubereuloaia, killed 38 Pitt county J*' killed an n? ? ? s. J. FWMpe, fcB*l2J?5? ?aid Monday night in a tadio .al* ,MO ? - of the Pitt County Tubercul^. A?ocUti^ and urging support of ?ts Christmas Seal Coin * Pointing out that the association derives the entire support for its ex ti?n*ino tuberculosis control progtem J^JT^ihutedhytbepnbUc during the ?^wh|ch ^?ned Nov. U and contimffle mittl Qhnat nu, Dr. Phijlipe said it iai to.the in terest of every member of the com munity that the seal sale be a suc CC^n?e tuberculosis prevention and control projects conducted by the_ as sociation in our community have helped make this a safer, healthier place in which to live," he continued -We afford not to support its york.w ' Because tuberculosis is a com municable 'disease, even one case in the community is a threat to every other resident. Dr. Phillips said, and other resworn, * ,-.?a no effort thauld be spared to find every eaae in the community. / ''Tuberculosis has a long, symp n 1- - fkAlP -Tub?TCUk)B18 "MB m w"6, tomless onset People may, there fore, have the disease?end spread it to others?before they realise they are ill. Early tuberculosis can, how ever, be discovered by means of the chest X-ray. Tba* ? why your tu berculosis association and * health department urge every! aduii to have a chest X-rey at least <?e a year. The case-finding activities of the^^eaodetton, winch *^veb?fj ertremeiy lelpful to the health^de partment, are financed by the sale o Christmas seals. Let's show our ap proval* of the association's wo~k by being generous In buying Christmas Appointment of chairmen who wffl hewd committees to direct the l?' Christmas seal sale in each commun ity of Pitt county was announced Monday by Mre. M. T. Simpson, county seal sale chairman. She explained that the local chair men will work with the county com mittee to offer every Pitt county res ident an opportunity to participate in the seal sale. . Community chairmen are: Mrs. Bill - Shelton, Ayden; Mrs. J. Bel voir; Mrs. Earl Hemby, ^ Ar thur; Mre. Dennis Hardy, Bethel, Miss Annie Carroll, (hieod; Mrs. G. H. Pittman, Falkland; Miss Tabitha M. DeVisconti, Fhrmville; Mre. Ad rian Gardner, Fountain; Miss Bert Johnson, Grifton; Mre. Oreerl dee, Grimesland; Mre. J. P< nort Sr. Pactolus; Mrs. J- B. Cotv gleton. Stokes; and Miss Laura Ellis, WinterviUe. "The .willingness of these women to give their time and energy to the seal sale ia typical of the support given by Pitt county residents teit* campaign against tuberculosis, Mre. Simpson said. This year dtisens of Pitt county will be bderested in backing the seal sale and thus help provide funds needed for the mass X-rey program planned for Pitt county in the early soring. Through a mass X-ray P?> I^am every dtisen will have the op portunity of a free X-rey which will ? paid for by the Pitt County Tn berculoais Association with Christ T?lij?i)e vSwSf urges oontrfbutore to mail donations directly to the chairman, -Mre- Simoson, in Tills. SEVEN PINES CLUB WILL | BUILD IN NEAR FUTURE The Seno Pipes Hoi tion club met Tucefar at the home of the new paestfMit, Ifre. L. E. Gar cia. The meeting opened with the aingin* of "We Believe in Our State," followed hp the collect Then It wee announced by a special fin ance committee that the tfiecnrr the com of $ 1051. The club wiD be J*** in about/ two la the thence of the At The Rotary Club James S. Fkklen of Greenville spoke about the Marshall plan and the tobaoco situation in Europe as he observed it on a trip to that conti nent early this year, at the Rotary club Tuesday night. G H. Flanagan introduced Mr. Ficklen. The program leader was G M, Paylor. Brantley Speight of Ayden was a visitarian and Graham McAdams was the guest of hia father, W. A. Mc Adams. . The attendance prize went to C. L* Langley. Electric System Bonds Sold Tuesday $186,000 Issue Purchased By Twa Corporations At Iaterest Rate Slightly Less Than . iYt Per Cmt v' The Local Government Ommisaion Tuesday morning sold $186,000 of Farmville electric system bonds to the Equitable Security Corporation of Greensboro and Nashville, Teniu, and the First Security Corporation of Charlotte at an interest rate slightly less than 2% per cent. The actual rate is 2.469. ? , $46,000 of the series were bid in at 2% per cent and the remainder at 2*> A bonus of $121.20 was offer ed, bringing the total to slightly less than the 2% per cent level. Although the bonds did not sell as well as a similar issue of a year ago, municipal and state officials express ed themselves as being pleabed with the sale in view of the general condi tion of the bond market Mayor J. W. Joyner and Power Plant Superintendent W. A. Mc Adams were on hand when the bids wpre opened in Raleigh Tuesday. GLENDA ARLENE W1LLOUGHBY Glesada Ariene Willpughby, three year old daughter of T nmi Skinner and Lena Garrgway Wllleoghby, died at her home in Farmville at 7:15 Monday night after being ill for three months. Funeral services were conducted at the home of the grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jade M. Smith, 103 East Pine street, at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon by the Rev. Z. B. T. Cox, pastor of the Christian Church of Farmville, and burial was in Hollywood cemetery. Active pall bearers, uncles of Ariene, were Fred Carraway, Cecil Jones, Larry Wil loughby and Joe Willoughby. Surviving in addition. to the pa rents are the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. Smith and H. L. Carraway, the paternal grand mother, Mrs. W. W. Joyner of Greenville, the maternal great grand mother, Mrs. Lizzie Willoughby, of Rocky Mount, and the paternal great grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Sutton of near Greenville. GIBL SCOUTS Miss M?rtha Holmes planned and gave a musical program Tuesday afternoon at the meeting of Girl Scouts of Troop 4 as a part of the work for her music badgei She play ed several of Chot?in.'B and Stephen Foster's selections on the, piano and phonograph. Lou Taylor Lewis, Faye Mewborn and Jane Russell sang numbers ahfe Sua Flanagan and Theo dora Albritton 'played numbers by there composers. Hostesses for the masting which waa held in the Holmes' home were Ssnda Wainwright and Marie Bal dree who served refreshments. Dur rpg the social hour Christmas records were played. . ROY COLE ROT COLE'S P0RULAP RAND TO PLAT HIRE DECEMBER 9 Rpy Cole and hie University of North Caroline orchestra will jday for e dance next Friday night, De cember 6, in the Farmville school gymnasium and again an Jan. 2. The dances are sponsored by the Bur nette-Rouse post, Veterans of Fo reign Wan. The popplar young director comes from a musical family. His home is in Forest City. He first took musk lessons from his father, who was an accomplished trumpet player. From the age of 12 until graduation from high school he took lessons from his uncle, supervisor of bands in Ruther ford county, and played in bands di rected by his uncle. He entered the music school at the University-of North Carolina and subsequently played in the college orchestras of Jimmy Fuller, Ted Ross, Charlie Wood and Freddy Johnson. In 1941 Roy was one of" the first to be inducted into military service, and during his four years in the Army he was connected with various musical organizations, in this coun try and Germany. In December, 1945, he wan releas ed from the Army and returned to the University, organizing an orches tra of his own. ThO band has been unqeually pop ular and- is in great demand. Some of the band's recent engagements in clude the following apearances: Gal lopade Festival, Rocky Blount; New Year's Party, Asheville; Azalea Fes tival, Charleston; Freshman Dance, E. C. T. C.; Lamina, WrightsviUe; Strawberry Festival, Wallace; Isle of Palms, Charleston; and at most of J the colleges in North Carolina. BOOK WEEK A SUCCESS Window displays, ? parade and the showing of movies dealing with large public library helped to the Book Week celebration, Novem* ber 16-22, one of the best ever held here. Carrying out the theme pf one worW and united nations, one of the windows contained flags of the unit ed nations, a map of Panama, globe and a number of geography and othet books dealing with foreign countries. The display in the other window centered around picture books and fairy tales with a castle being used for the background. 'Dolls represent ing characters in children's hooks and a poster prepared by the Farmville public library to show the time the library is open completed the din play. - ? t Vn. George Farr and Mrs. Nathan Bullock, librarian, aaalsted by Girl Scouts, had charge of the Book Week celebration. BASKETBALL SEASON WILL OPEN TUESDAY NIGHT Basketball season opens Tuesday, December 2, at 7:30 in the Farmville gymnasium. Bell Arthur teams, boys and girls, will play Farmville in the first games of the county series. Greene Coonty Earners F Discuss Tobacco Problems - ? Two hundred farmers attended a meeting in the courthouse at Snow Hill on Tuesday night, Nov. IS, to discuss their tobacco diaeaae prob lems. Mr. Howaadf Carrie, extension plant pathologist of the N. (X Exten sion Service, led the discussion, giv ing a description of the different diseases ef tobacco and making re commendations for the control or prevention of these diseases. He used colored slides in hte'diecassion. These in shoKfif the dif pwtt: that could be grown and benefits to be gained from crop ht the courthouse on Friday fmmmm and livestock It.was noted that in Greene county there wis a lot of spare time with the type of farming now being done. Mr. Jack Keiley, extension cwine special let, suggested increasing oar hogs for home use and sale along with' growing out food and pasture eropa. Mr. Cotton, who ropceeented the Depart ment of Conaemtien an% Develop ment, stated that rural industries are Eastern North Carolina to help build up income and for labor to work on.a year-round basis. The meeting wee opened for dis union ?4 a number of farmers ere heerd. The gmeal feeling was that the following points should be h ?1 w Brings VFW ?100 Even thought bad weather had forced postponement of the Burnette Rouse post, Veteran* of Foreign Ware, "Buddy Poppy" sale two Sa turdays in a row, the sale was held last Saturday in a successful man The post grossed (100 from the Girl Scouts of Tfcrops 2 and 4 wen responsible for the success of the sale. Marie Baldree of Troop 4 was the Girl Scout winning first prize for the most poppies sold by pny one girl and fer the ope girl turning in the moat money. She sold 260 poppie* for a total of |27.46. Other runners up were Louise Lovte, selling 149 poppies for 916.08, Shirley Newton selling 126 poppies for 916.92, Grace MMer setting IV poppies for 918.00. Ail girls'were awarded prises for their work in the sale with Marie Baldree walking away with the grand prise of six show tickets and a cash prise. ' Otjjer girip participating in the sale were Sybil Crumpler, Clan Belle Elanagan? Anne Morgan, Ellen Norris Spencer arid pillian Little. JOE JOYNER TO COLLECT TAXES HERE SATURDAY . Tax Collector Joe D. Joyner, who several weeks ago inaugurated the policy of setting up headquarters in Fkrmville town hall on Saturdays so persons in this section could 'pay their taxes without making a special trip to Greenville, announces that he will be in the town . hall Saturday, from 9 to 5 o'clock, and will be glad to receive any money due the county. Taxes are now payable at "par. TYSON-MAY REUNION Descendants of Cornelius Tyson and Major Benjamin May will gath er at the D. A. R. chapter houseeto day for the annual reunion of these two families. .. * v Dr. Harold J. Dudley of Wilson will give the main address on "Our A basket lunch will be served at BIRTHDAY ' PARTY Jimmy Lee Nichols, eon of Mr. and Mis. Deward Nichols, celebrated his eighth birthday Monday afternoon. Games were played and then the young host opened his gifts, after which cookies, ice cream and suckers were served. Each guest received a small gift as a favor. r 'Mrs- William Bruce Gardner and Mis. Nichols served refreshments and directed the games. turnm FABMV1LLE SCHOOL PRESENTS WEEKLY RADIO PROGRAM Farm villa public school weflt op the air Wednesday of this week . at 10:80 over station WQTC, Greenville. The program was under the direc tion of Miss Annie I?e'Jones and Mrs. W. E. Joyher 'of the sixth grades and Ted Alien was the nar rator. The Farmville school will present a 15-minute program over the same station, WGTC, each Wed nesday morning beginning ?- 10:80 frpm the stage in the school audito rium. . ,27?l Awf o SCHOOL HOLIDAYS The Farmville school enjoyed a holiday On Friday, while the teachers attended the meeting of the North aastern District Ht the NGEA. Thanksgiving holidays began at noon on Wednesday, November 86, and classes will be resumed Monday, December 1, The Christmas holidays will begin at noon on Friday, Decem ber 19, and continue through Sun day, December 29. 97 STORE CONTEST ENDS DEOIO The contest which the 97 Store is sponsoring in scouring a name for the character appearing tn its series of advertisement* will end Saturday, Dec, 20, and results will be announoed In the Christmas issue of The Enter prise. Prizes of HO, fS and I2.?0 are of fered for the most suitable name, BfifiHPlSHaH SCHOOLPAPER The Ju school has monthly : RMS ? ^ .J J ?!?#* ta Hi td the .I.' :i"i>mi*ui "T 7 Lewis, tu? SpsrtfTMp TV Attempt To ' Of CMMttwetiMi Contract ' Three officials of the Pitt-Greene Electric Membership Corporation ?p in Washington this week trying to persuade government officials to ap prove the contract for more than 120 miles of lines which will extend power facilities into areas adjacent to those now served by the cooperative. The contract in question was the lowest submitted several days ago for the construction of Unas in Pitt. Greene, Lenoir. Wayne and Wilson counties. The bid was offered by the McKinney Construction company of Arlington, Vs., and called tor an oat lay of about |64JM}0. It was anticipated that work Would be undertaken immediately but plans were held up when the agency In Washington exprusaad belief the were too high and showed a hesi tancy to approve the bid. Off to Washington went Seth Barrow, secre tary of the BE A, John B. Lewis, at torney, and Cleveland M. Paylor, of fice manager, who hope to have the contract approved. FarmviUe's new power plant will be in operation early in the year and customers, who have been wait ing tor many months, can be added to the list of those receiving electric ity from the plant Activities Of Local . | Church Organizations Baptist * ?. Miss Klvira Tyson, president, was hostess to the Y., W. A. Monday evening when plans were made to give the program December 1 at the Week of Prayer observance, Gifts were brought to put in the Sunshine basket. The theme hymn, "0, Zion Haste," and the watchword were used as a part of the opening exercises. Mrs. Marvin Speight* took hex devotional from Psalm 100 Refreshments consisted Of pecan pies, cheese straws and coffee. Mrs. Will Jones, Jr. was hostess to the AUar Guild Tuesday evening. Notes from people who received flowers from the Guild were read, a report on the sale of Stanley pro ducts and the group voted to meet only once in December. Presbyterian A description of the'recent- ii provements made at'the Presbyterian Qrphan's home at Barium Springs was given by Mrs. J, M. Hobgood, who is on the board of regents of this institution, at the Presbyterian auxiliary Monday afternoon, Mrs, C. F . \Mram cbstfs of 1 the program and the devotional pe riod was conducted by Mrs, Glenn Newtoit The meeting, attended by 10 mem bers, was held'Jn the- home of Mrs. J. M. Mewborn, president. Father Michael Giblin of Wlnaten Saleni said mass Sunday and deliver ed the sermon at St,' Elisabeth's. Father Loyola O'Leary presided at services ip Grifton; Solemn high, mass was observed Thanksgiving day. Assisting the priest wore Father Giblin gad Father Albert of Maysville. Appreciation is extended to those who' donated food for shipment to less fortunate abroad,, Mr. and Mm, ,J|uneS T. Lewis and Son, James, Jr., of Washington, D. C., Miss Mary Ellen Yelverton of Norfolk, Va., and. Miss Jessie Roee Yelverton of Gokkboro are spendii the holidays witit the Jack Lewis family, ' WVfHp: vwvnvw . .. ^ fl 1'.-' ;? *%? &m - At The Ktvranis Club Postmaster Ormoad of Ayden pre sented a versatile program Monday night, at the Kiwanis club, as he told jokes, played on his accordion and spoke seriously on the part civic clubs can, and should, play in mak ing the wofld a better place in which to live. Mr. Ormand was the guest of Pratt (Luskin The club forgoes its meeting Mon day night in favor at Ladies Night, which will be held Wednesday, De cember 3. Edmund Handing of Washington will be principal speak - V/ W. Drive For Boy Scout Funds In Progress; Town Quota Is 1500 f ??- ^ * v. Arch Flanagan Picked A* Chairman Of Farm-Greene District; Local Quota la $500 Under the sponsorship of the Ro tary club, a campaign is now under way in FVrmville for $600 which will be used to finance Boy Scout activi ties in the Farm-Greene district A district council meeting was held here on Monday night of last' week and plana were made for the annual drive. Arch Flanagan of Farmville was selected as chairman of the dis trict A. J. Harrell of Snow Hill is vice chairman, D$ W. M. Willis of Farmville is finance chairman, and Ed Vauae of Hookerton, commission fr. Conducting the drive for funds are LeRoy Rollins, Paul Ewell, George Davis, Dr. Willis, Eli Joyner, Jr., and John B. Lewis. Troops in the Farm-Greene dis trict have been formed in Show Hill, Hookerton, Walstonburg and rhnn viUe. SENIOR CLASS TO PRESENT PLAT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5 "For rate's Sake." a three act comedy, will be presented by the senior class of Farmville high school December 5 at 8 o'clock la the high school auditorium. Lying as a One art certainly calls for a strong head, a stout heart and s good, memory, and Peter Pepper dins (Sidney Carraway) has all these qualifications. When his exasperated Aunt Sarah (Fhye Corbett) in an ef fort to discipline him, starts on a summer tour of Palestine without Un, he rente her mansion, against her expressed desire, to her dearest enemy, Mrs. Clarkston (Lola Grey Kemp). Then he disguises himself as a butler to earn seme ready cash. L The remainder of the cast are: Nadine Clarkston (Jean"Baker), Feg ?y* Clarkston (Bille Johnson). Mal yjja Potts (Dora Mae Barrett), Jas mine Jackson (Margaret Wpfc wright), Thomdyke ? Murglethorp, (Aaron Tyson), Dean Murglethrop (Bruce Tugwell), Bill Bmdshaw (Alan Parker), John Boliver (Man ley Woeten) and Dupont Darby (Raymond Caiman). Mrs. J. M. Wheless, Jr? is direct ing vthe play. Admissions are SO and 80 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Billie Oglesby have returned % their home in Auburn, Ala., after spending last Week end with their parents,' Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Jones, and Mr. and Mm. D. E. Oglesby in Kinstcn. They attend-, ed the Oglesby-Staalay wedding in Kinaton November 16. Mr. Ogieeby's mother and sister, Mrs. TX E. Ogles by aad Mrs. William Harvey and eon, Billie, returned with them for a week's visit. Delegates from 26 churches in this area will gather at the Christian church Saturday morning at 10:30 for the quarterly meeting of the Hoohertcm union of which Rev. Z. B, T. Cox is president and Sam D. Bun dy ia vice president General theme is "North. Carolina Sees the Crusade'for Christ," and the theme of this quarterly's meeting ia "Evangelism and Stewardship." The program follows? s 10:80?-Devotions, Farmville Chris tian Church. ' j 10:40?New . Testament Evange lism, W. C. Vaster. 11:10?The How of Evangelism, R. B. Hart of Kington. 11*0?Special Music, Farmville Christian Church. . * 11:50?-Evangelism through Our Sunday Schools and Student Work, Miss Evelyn Lyon of Greenville, new director of Christian education at the Eighth Street Christian Church, Greenville. 12:10?Roll Oall of churches, of fering and presentation at new min isters and workers. 12:80?Lunch, with ladies of the hgst church in charge. Highlights of the afternoon ses sion include an address *b> Mrs. H- H Settle of Greenville on "North Caro lina Goals for Women," and an ad dress on "Stewardship" by Dr. H. Glenn Haney, also of Greenville. TOLLING OF CHURCH BELLS TO BE FEATURED ON RADIO SHOW This nation's religious heritage as heralded by the tolling of the church beUn of America is to become a unique feature of a national radio program. Beginning November 28, the Western Auto Circle Arrow Show, heard over 66 NBC stations, for the first time' provided listeners the intensely human story of Ameri ca's religious freedom through the melodic pealing of the nation's church bells. Hie Circle Arrow Show is heard each Sunday morning at 9:30 over WFTF. With the cooperation of various churches and their radio stations, actual transcriptions of church belle have been obtained and will be com bined with historical. sidelights on the church and its bells to provide a weekly series termed "Church Bells of America." This colorful new fea ture will also serve aa an introduc tion to the singing of the most ?pop ular hymns of the church to be hon ored. The opening broadcast appropri ately presented the belK of the Gal vary Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh. It was_ from this church that the first regularly scheduled radio church service was introduced on January 2, 1921, just two months after radio broadcasting began. Jimmie Leonard, the Circle Arrow master of ceremonies, described the history-making event. Hie December 7 program will pause in observance of the beginning of World War II with the ringing of the famous St. John's Church'Bells in Richmond, Va. It was in this church that in 1776 Patrick Hairy gave his historic cry, "Gtvfc me Lib erty or give me death!" r In other broadcasts the dramatic history of Texas will he syftboliaed by the historic bells of the San Fer nando Cathedral in San Antonio; the story of'the flrat Sunday School in America will infold as- the Christ Church of Savannah, Ga., are tolled; and the bells of the First Presbyteri smi Church of Charlotte will retell the epic events of the War the States. Other church bells already ed for presentation are those of St Paul's Protestant Church, Cleveland; Tulip Street . 'Methodist Church, Nashville; Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem; Christ Episcopal Church, Raleigh; First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Texas; First Pres byterian Church, Columbia, S. C.; St Paul's Episcopal Church of Moines, Iowa; and Chinch of Immaculate Conception, les, La. The church bells are selee* J partially as to race or creed program will from many other churches in Arrow ' Rev. Cox Speaks At Union U! ? ? '? V '" ^ ^? AUXILIARY SENDS 3? GIFTS TO VETERANS' HOSPITALS ... ? More than 30 Christmia gifts were Bent by the America^ L*fk>n awdli nry for the gift shops Rt the Oteen and Swannhnoah hospitals, Mrs. R LeRoy Rollins, president, reported at the meetihsr of afternoon, that the held in Goi 30, '? . A. Frank Mrs. Louise A community lliankegiving service was held, in the Methodic church Thursday morning .with Rev. Z. B. T. Cox, pastor ef thy Christian church, speaking on the subject, "Why Be nmatful." He said: "Gratitude is one of the Christian graces. It "can It manifests itself in pi aiming, word and we should