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PARWJLIjK, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1947
NUMBER THIRTY
TYSON-MAY DESCENDANTS
GATHERED HERE FRIDAY
(By Eva Horton Boom)
The holiday spirit and ultimate
purpose of Thanksgiving Day, the
reunion of families for Thanksgiving
to God, was extended in Farmville as
usual this year, and Friday, Novem
ber 28, was included in its obser
vance by scores of descend ants of the
pioneer families of the Tysons and
Mays, Who came here from all over
North Carolina and from other states
to join kindred here for their annual
meetihg, held in the D. A. R. chapter
house, which featured the younger
generation in the keynote speech of
the occasion delivered in an impres
sive manner by Dr. Harold J.-Dud
ley, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Wilson, end s youth lender,
subject was "Our Descend
Dr. Dudley stated that he had giv
en a great deal of .time and thought
to' the subject assigned him, due to
the fact that he wanted to be able to
advise, the parents in his audience of
the most important thing, "the best
thing," as he said, "in the whole
universe that you can give to your
children."
Taking the oft quoted expression
of parents, "I do not want my chil
dren to have to work as hard as I
have," the speaker warned that
"leisure time is fraught with the
gravest of dangers," and pleaded for
the provision of proper occupation
and recreation for the physical arid
mental development of youth.
With the quotation, "The love of
money is the root of evil," the speak
er proved that while financial inde
pendence may be desired by parents
for their children, it does not bring
happiness in its wake. '
Searching diligently in his quest
for something of real value for par
ents to bequeath to their descend
ants, Dr. Dudley discovered it in a
story, "The Tenth Generation" by a
Southern writer, Harry Stillwell Ed
wards, which is ah account of an in
terview between an elderly lawyer
and a multi-millionaire, sought by
the latter, who wished to be advised
as to what he could do to protect his
heirs coming ten years hence from
the viaaaitudee of life and to spare
them the hardships he had under
gone. A sketch of his life -revealed
he was himself the product of
for 250 years or ten
had 1024 ancestors.
In calling attention to this feet, the
lawyer pointed out to the multimil
lionaire that his unborn heir of .2127
A. D. would have the blood of the
of ancestors flowing in
Telling his inquirer the
story of a young man on death row,
Billy, the Rat. who was descended
from several generations of degea
rates, the barrister declared that
Christian Education, which elevates
each generation' as it rises, would be
the one chance he would have to en
dow his heir with happiness, elimi
nate the possibility of reproducing a!
Billy the Rat, sad as s means of
liilnilac J?>us back to earth.
Comparing Christian Education
with Education in a general sense,
the speaker pointed out that the lat
ter east be had in a heathen country
be used to train up clever
as exemplified by the Nazis
ader Hitler's regime.
He dosed with en appeal for the
twee of Christian Education aa the
best investment, s de
pagan philosophy and
of democracy. "As an in
," Dr. Dudley declared, "it
tsthod of produe
and the only solu
of the world to
. This atom will
AhH
kindle our friendship, tov
tor the gsnerosity __j Mrs I
ily in this eansetwn. Mr.?d Mrs
A. G Monk, Ss, were presented at |
this time by the reunion Pr*^*lt"
The Alabama U&awotnen, together
with a companion, Mi* Bell, were
warmly received?Mrs. Harris, aa the
speaker who narrated the story of
her grandfather's change ofreai
dence from Pitt county ^ Alabama
after the War between the States,
and Mrs. Martin, as the historian of
the Tyson family. The reunion
pledged ita cooperation m this con
nection. Mrs. Martin, who had
traveled from Birmingham to New
York, to Williamsburg, Va., to Ra
leigh and on to Farmville to attend
the reunion, was recipient ofthe cor
sage offered by the FWrmrille
Flower Shop in a distance contest
Mrs. G. Ale* Rouse introduce*! toe
Alabama guests. ^
Adding a delightful variety tcNhe
program were original poems read
by Mrs. Jsnie Tyson Hall, of Green
ville, and musical selections by
Rosemary Holmes, soloist, ^Donald
Bauctmi, pianist Mrs. E. W. Hefass
was accompanist for her daughter
and for the songs sung by the as
*Tte1tov. B. W. Holnys conducted |
the impressive memorial service.
In a business session, held priorto
adjournment, Miss Mary Thome Ty
son was reelected secretary tfeor
surer. The 1st vice president, C. v.
Cannon, of Ayden, who will preside
next year, and Mrp. C. H. Mozingo,
who succeeds him, were presented
and spoke briefly
A' large number of teen-agers ac
cepted the invitation to attend this
meeting and were honored as
guests. Misses EJsie May and Sally
Tyson, Jack Tnraage and Preston
Murphrey, Jr., served as pages.
In the heirloom exhibit, of which
Miss Elisabeth May was in charge,
the bar pin, of antique design, offer
ed as a prise by Robert's Jewelry for
the most unusual piece of jewelry* (
was "won by Mrs. Preston Murphrjl
who had on display a hair Watch
chain made for her gmnd^nother,
Mrs. Sarah Hoor Carr, prior to 186",
by a German jeweler in Baltimore,
Md. The silver bod vase, offered by
I). R. Morgan's Jewelry Store for the
most unusual piece of china or glass,
was awarded Donald Baucom by the
judges for his amber thousand eye
hobnail glass water set, a wedding
gift of his grandmother, Mrs. W. A.
Pollard, Sr. . t . .
A basket dinner was enjoyed at
in the banquet room of the
chapter house of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, which
hears the name of an ilhjstrioua an
cestor, Major Benjamin May. Deco
rations for this occasion were pyra
canthia berries, forest greens, ? chry
santhemums and scarlet sage. The
building, "of a chaste beauty, as
aptly described by a gnspt, is situ
ated on lands originally held by the
Major and given for this purpose by
his descendants. The sits proper sad
the building fund, to
gether with the recently erected
wrought iron fence and the gateway
marker was s gift of Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Monk, Sr. Mrs. Monk, the former
Miss Lady Tornage, ber
ant, as are other donors of
grounds, Mrs, Travis Hooter, of |
Greenville, formerly Miss lean. May,
and Miss Tsbitha M.
groat great granddaughters of Major |
Major May married _Mary Tyson,
daughter of Cornelius Tyson, and it
was on the occasion of the celebrs^
lion of the l?7th anniversary of toe
union of these two pkmeeT
that the descendants ^Jogethw
"?
Junior Chamber Of
.Commerce Here
day Night of This Wo* with
Election of Directors and
Vfco President
Started several weeks ago when 'a
group from Wilson met with several
Farmville young
J. T. Windham, the. i
ganide a Junior
where the
ing growing pair
sponsor projects
the community.
Meeting last Tuesday night in the
town hall, approximately 15
men, who formed the nucelous of the
unit, elected temporary officers sad
made plans to complete the roster at
a; meeting held Thursday night ef this
week at the same place. All of the
officers elected so fa?-are temporary..
They are: pieeldent, W. T. (Bill)
Gaudier; secretary and treasurer, D.
Emerson Smith. A temporary vice
president and four members of the
board of directors are dated for elec
tion this week.
^ Attending the organisational matt
ing from Wilson were Leslie Futreil,
president of the Wilson club, and
Bill Redding, executive vice president
of the Eastern North Carolina Jun
ior Chamber.
Activities Of Local
Church Organisations
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Catholic
Sunday at St Elizabeth's Church
the mass of the-first Sunday of Ad
vent was celebrated. It was the be
ginning of a new church year. Father
Loyola CLeery spoke on the histori
cal background of these four weeks.
Last Wednesday evening the
monthly meeting of St Elizabeth's
Altar Guild was held In the rectory
with Miss Aim Nichola, hostess. The
preparing of the altar for Christmas
was discussfd. This year the mid
night mass "cum Jubilo" will be sung
by the young'ladies of the parish un
der the direction of Miss Helen
Rouse. Mza. J. W. Hardy has pre
sented to the church s beautifully
woven altar cloth, which will be used
for the first time on Christmas.
Thursday evening the monthly
Novena in honor of the 3acrad Heart
aas held.
The weekly instructions for the
young people of the parish were re
sumed this week following Thanks
giving holiday.
Mrs. L. P. Thomas and lbs. Sam
Lewis were hostesses to the Work
er's Council of the Sunday School at
the home of lbs. Lewis Monday
R. A. Joyner was in charge of the
devotional.
The teachers and department
heads decided to have the annual
Christmas party December 22 from
7 to 8 o'clock in the basement of
the church. Plans wen made to
bold a whits' Christmas service to
which the community is invited Dec.
21 at 5 o'clock in the church. A spe
cial program is planned for theum- '
Strawberry short cake, cheese
straws and coffee wen served by
the hostesses.
GIRL SCOUTS
Jane Joyner opened the Brownies'
meeting with the ceremony after
which Mrs. H. D. Johnson, leader,
asked each member to bring cloth
ing to the- next meeting for a friend
ship kit which will be assembled at
that time. ^
Names were drawn and plans were
made for a Christmas party which
will be held December 17.
At the Close of the meeting the
hostesses, Brenda Barrett, Betsy Ana
King and Marion Pickett, serred pep
si colas and
RamAV*
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(Frou Norfolk Virginian-Pilot)
The Norfolk Southern Railway
comP*n5r *? preparing aa application
to- the North Carolina Utilities Com
mission tor authority to
PMaangar eerrice on its Norfolk
? 'HZ.0** 1 ?ad *>' wWA? I
mntod, will remove the road's last
??stigs of personal travel accommo
dations for the public.
Tfcs announcement, which came
from the company's executive de
partment here, emphasised that tire
application is - m?d? w.?.. ??
the tremendous jk^aea being incurred
in providing paremgi i service, but
pointed out that the regular sche
dules of the two train* would not be
iMfdy disturbed, so far as the hand
Hug of mail and express is concern
ed.
A movement looking toward aban
donment of the two train*?includ
ing not only passssger, but mail and
express service?was initiated last
spring, but waa abandoned when the
new management took over and an
nounced that the projects would be
considered further. The posting of
notices of the road's proposal
brought forth protests from the com
munities and railway unions in
volved.
A spokesman for the road said the
application also seaka authority to
discontinue the operation of the two
train* on Sunday, and pointed out
thiifc it his not "been customary to
handle express on that day . As for
the movement of mall on Sunday, he
added, adequate arrangements wiQ be
made by the Post Office Depart
ment
It was also aanouneed that the nec
essary procedure through the Vir
ginia Stats Corporation Commission
for discontinuing passenger " service
to Virginia oommunities on the Nor
folk-Southern run wiH be undertaken
shortly.
I Company officials have posted no
tices in the North Cksolina communi
ties affected as to the road's appli
eatioh to the ntilitiee commission.
Under North Carolina statutes, audi
notices must bepreSe^lO dayg^ before
called if snjr concerted protest is
made to the commission.
"Our final derision," a road com
pany spokesman said, "was that it
would be economically ' impractical
to continue this last passenger ser
vice considering that such trevel has
declined almost to the vanishing
point and is continuing to fall off.
Local passenger trains, so far as our
road is concerned, have served their
day. Buses, private automobiles and
airplanes have put them out of buSi
?s."
rhe two schedules Slow include 24
pilar and IS "flag" stops in each
notion. Their abandonment, se
tting to the company spokesman,
111 not only result in a consider
le saving but will make available
r the commercial- market quite a
mber of properties used exchnvely
r passenger stations." The dis
tet between the two terminals is
) miles, and the run, in each direc
n, is made in approximately eight
ore.
it was pointed out that all the
nniTmltias served have auxiliary
? or other passenger facilities, and
few are touched by commercial air
(Editor's note: It is not expected
st the application will be protested
' local interests, since the proposal
ill in so way affect the handling
t sprees or mail, except on 8un
y. Farmville citizens last spring
otested the original application for
itbority to remove the trains alto
ither.)
Meet In Ayden Next
FinviDe Men Choeen As Pres
ident and Vice President for
Another Year; Mrs. Craft
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Approximately ' 160
represented SO of the 26 churches la
Hookerton Union met in the Farm
vffle Christian Church last Saturday
for their regular'quarterly session.
Rev. Z. B. T. Cox, pastor of the fo
cal church, was re-elected as presi
of the union and Sam D. Bundy,
it of Urn local Sunday
School, was picked to
term as vice president.
Mrs. A. J. Craft of WalstonburK
was elected secretary.
The union embraces all Christian
in Pitt Greene and Lenoir
It will hold its next meet
ing, Feb. 29, in Ayden.
At The Rotary Qnb
The Rotary Club was fortunate to
have Lieut-Gov. "Stag" Rallentine
of Raleigh aa guest speaker. He was
presented by Robert Rcmse, who was
In charge of the program. ,
Lt-Gov.' Ballentine spoke on load,
state, national and international af
fairs and the part all civic _
Lions play in national affairs.
He pointed out we are now in a
period of time when boys and girls
have to specialize in a chosen pro
He also stated that the fisnnen of
Easternffoith Carolina, by diversi
fying their crops and raising more
pain, cattle-end hogs for sale, would
not have to depend so much on to
bacco end cotton as money crops.
? J. T. Monk drew the attendance
irish. H
Visitors besides Lt-Gov, Ballentine
vera Eddie Bess, Alonso Edwards,
Rookertod, Harry Montgomery, Ra
leigh, Sheriff Ruel Tyson and Doc
Borne, Greenville.
FUTURE HOMEMAKBRS ?
Hie first meeting of the -Future
Romemakers of America was called
to order by the local chairman, Miss
Ruth Parker, who is teacher in the
home economics department She
presided over the meetinr until the
election of the president -
Officers elected were as follows:
president, Susie Moseley; vice preai
ient, Grace Brock; secretary, Jean
Flora; reporter, Jennie Murphy; and
long leader, Sally Tyson.
A committee to draw up . a consti
tution for the club was appointed by
die president. It is composed of
Marie Tyndall, Elisabeth Nanney and
Basel Pierce, the latter being chair
nan.
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4-H CORN CHAMPION
Carson Harrison, a member of the
Snow Hill 4-H Club in Creese co-rn
ty, has produced 181 burfheb of corn
an acre to become the 4-H corn
champion for North Carolina.
For his outstanding work, Carson
has received a trip to the National
4-H dub Congress in Chicago. "He is
attending the congress this week a
long with 25 other 4-H winners from
North Carolina.
His expense free trip is sponsored
by the Plant Food Institute of North
Carolina. " '
PITT FARMERS ELECT
SOIL CONSERVATION I
SUPERVISORS Tins WEEK
,
Supervisors of the Coastal Plains
Soil Conservation district, of which
Pitt county is s part, are being elect
ed this week by fanners voting by
secret ballots at pwiling pieces in all
sections of the county- Tomorrow is
the final day farmers will be allow
ed to vote.
County Agent S. C. Winchester
explains that in ^years past each
county in the soil conservation dis
trict has had one supervisor but the
1947 General Assembly increased the
number to three
county.. The chairman of 1
supervisors will serve on the District
Soil Conservation Supervisors Com
mittee.
Pulling places have been designat
ed as follows:
The Ttfrnage Company?Farmville.
K. R. Woo ten's store?Falkland.
J-B Electric company, Fountain.
FAMILY DINNER
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Price, Jr.,
entertained at a four course turkey
dinner at their home in Jackson
Thanksgiving day honoring Mrs.
Price's family. Mrs. Price is the
former Miss Effie Lewis of ftpn
ville. . .'%M %, >
Quests present were Mr. and Mrs.
ikpbie Speight and daugther, Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Gay and family,
Mr. and lbs. Earl Bagtey and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lewis and
daughter, Lou Taylor, Mrs. Bay
Smith and Mrs. Etta Mewborn, all
of Farmville; Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Modlin and family of Portsmouth,
Va., and Miss Dorothy Lewis of
Wilmington.
Parade at 5 O'clock in Afternoon
Wffl Feature Op ?dag;
Stores Stocked With
Santa Clsus, the jolly old l'ellow
toward whom most of the world to
now turning its attention, will vtoit
Farmville next Wednesday afternoon
and will be the moot important per
sonage in the parade which will for
mally usher in the 1947 Christmas
season. *
jc Plans for the event were discussed
Tuesday afternoon at a meeting of
the Board of Directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce. Enough laurel to
decorate Main and Wilson streets has
been ordered and should be ready for
the .occasion. Most of the merchants
have dressed their storm and win
dows in anticipation of the vtoit.
Local stores are making a
bid this year for trade wlBch,
tofore, for no reason at all,
going to other towns. The
report that'they have good stocks of
new merchandise ready for the
thrifty Christmas shopper. Many
items are on display for the first
time since before the war. v
Santa is scheduled to make his ap
pearance- on Farmville streets at 5
o'clock in the afternoon. He probably
will be ushered into town on the fire
truck or some other Suitable convey
anice for a man of hie importance.
Merchants are azudous to have as
many people as possible, old as well
as young, view* the parade and help
give the good fellow the kind of
welcome he deservm. -
Unices plans are changed, atone
will continue to operate on their reg
ular schedules' until Saturday, Dee.
20, at which time they will go on a
schedule keeping them open even
ings during the remaining shopping
days. They will be open evenings on
Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday before Christmas.
Storm will observe two days for
Christmas holidays?Dec. 25 and 96.
Holidays are set forth in by-laWe
of the merchants association.
FARMVILLE TEAMS WIN
TWICE FROM BELL ARTHUR
The FarnrviUe girts played their
first game of the season here Teas
day night, defeating the Arthur
girls by the narrow margin of 20 to
18, with Arthur trailing all the way.
High scorers were Faye Corbett and
Jean Baker, with seven points each.
Jean Bynum with four points and
Joyce Corbett with two trailed them.
Outstanding for Farmvilie guards
were Grace Brock, Jennie. Murphy
and Gaye Pippin. Hie girts are
fielding an entirely new team with
the exception of Faye Corbett Coach
of the team is John Dunn.
High scorers for Arthur were Ann
Crawford with 10 points and Jean
Crawford with six points. The re
mainder of the line-up is Bills
Johnson, Lola Grey Keshp, Dot Hath
away, Pat Corbett and Connie Rol
lins.
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The Farmville boys defeated Ar
thur boys Tuesday night in their
first game of the season. Hie Arth
ur team lead with a score of 11 to *
at the half. Although the scores
were close, Farmville made great
progress to defeat the opposing team
in the last quarter and won with a
final score of 81 to 22. High scorers
were Sidney Germway with 12, Ed
ward Allen with 10, Johnnie Barrett
with seven and Dewey Hathaway,
two. The remainder of the Farmville
line up was: Dan Satterthwaite, Wil
bur Bewsstt, Alan Parker, George
Stroud, Ernest Ifqejon, Frank Du
pree, Carson Wipdlnm and Pari and
Windham. Coach of the boys' team
is John L. Johnson. On the Arthur
Karl Sutton with
W. M. Stocks with five were the high
MBS. NANCY A. EVANS
Mrm. Nancy Aim Evana, M, vidow
of John Ever# Evana; diod at tha
home of ? granddaughter In Wilaon
itiXHSKD THE SCENES with Howard Lindsay
V HOLD THESE TRUTHS
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Delightful Christmas Dinner
Edmund Harding of Washington,
H become almost as permau
it part of Fannvilla civic clubs'
Nights as Mm. Flowers' e
dinners, delighted Kiwaniaas
tad their ladies Wednesday night at
the dub's annual celebration.
Mr. Harding, one of North Caro
ina's better known humorists,
3nought ware after wave of laugh
ter from bis listeners as he used
wmerourf Jokes inni Anecdotes to un*
phssise the important things to gain
from Christmas.
The gayness of the occasion wm
marred somewhat by the feet that
Preeident Alex Allen had been call
ed away on account of the sesious
IHtiess of a relative and that Mrs. J.
W. Joyiur, the club's "sweetheart"
" " " ni at
Duke hospital. From President Alas,
randum pad, all with the Kiwaois
emblem, to the ladles.
Group singing was led by Bar.
Holmes. Miss Selita Tucker sang
three solos as she aided the Kiwaais
in making the evening a successful
one.
GIRL SCOUTS
Ann Morgan was chosen troop
leader in the quarterly election held
by Tnxjp 4 Tuesday afternoon. Other
new officers include Sybil Grumpier,
Secretary; fint? Flanapm treasurer;
Jane Russell, deer patrol leader;
Ana Murphy, dogwood patrol leader,
and Mary Ellen Dsdl, clover
leader.