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VOLUME FORTY C., vi* the Sky tine Drive and the Luray Caverns.' They left Farmville on Sunday, May 29, at 6 a. m., and made the first stop ip Richmond when several members of the group attended Sunday School in order to maintain a continuous record of at tendance. From there the group went to the Sky Line Drive and at 1 o’clock enjoyed a picnic lunch on top of the drive. About 40 miles of the drive were driven over and then the group turned off to Luray and went through the baautif^l Luray Caverns,, thence up the Shenandoah Valley to to Fort Royall and on to Washington. On Monday the group visited the SmithBnnian Institution, the Natural Museum 'of History, the National Art Gallery, Washington Monument, Lin coln Memorial, Lee Mansion, Arling ton Cemetery, the Amphitheatre, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Fransiscan Monastery. That night the group attended a picture and stage show at Loew’s Theatre. On Tuesday visits were made to the Shakesperian Library, the Con gressional Library, the Supreme Court Building. After these visits the group spent 80 or 40 minutes with Congressman Herbert Bonner and his secretary, Henry Oglesby, by whom they were cordially received. The group visited the Capitol and attended sessions of the House and Senate. After lunch they were taken on a special tour of the F. B. I., a tour that was arranged by Congress man ‘Bonner. After spending the afternoon according to individual de sires, 0»e group Tuesday night went to Glen Echo, a famous amusement center in Maryland. Wednesday morning tne group went to the Zoo, and then to Jeffer son Memorial. After that came a directed tour through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. A stop was made at the National Airport and the final stop at Mount Vernon. The class left Mount Vernon at 4:30 and arrived in Farmville at 11 p. m. Seniors making the trip were Mayo Allen, Donald Baucom, Jay Flanagan, Charles Jojner, Bob Morgan, James Murphy, Lenwood Owens, Robfert Rollins, Lehman Tyndall, Carson Windham, Myra Gainey, Ann Horton, Elsie May, Gaye Pippin, Fannie Quinn, Helen Thomas, Seleta Tucker and Sally Tyson. Those driving oars were Sam D. Bundy, J. W. Dunn, Ag nes Dunn and Fred C- Moore. Mrs. John Duihi and Miss Annie L. Jones were chaperones. It was the 20th trip to Washington that Mr. Buridy made as director and guide. While in Washington the group stayed with Mrs. Nannie Harper Da vis at 416’ 2nd street,- N. E. Mr. Bundy stated that the weather wss perfect, there was no car trouble and that the group was one of the best that had directed since he VIDEAU JOYNER CROWNED * IN CORONATION CEREMONY people, crowning as queen Videau Joyner, who had done outstanding work in climbing the Forward Steps. Others taking part were the Sun beams, who gave their watchword and sang their Sunbeam Song. Be ginners in the G- A. work were Anne Brjtt, Ann Melton and JeanyDail. Maidens Barbara Paramore, Blanche Satterthwaite, Louise Tyson, Nidi Willoughby, Mary Ellen Dail aad Doris Wilkerson. Ladies-in waiting were Frances Jones, Jane Joyner, Janet Harris, Shirley Newton and Nancy J. Carroll. Princess was Grace' Miller. Crown bearer was Henri Perle Johnson. Flower girls were Harriett Baylor and Elaine Walr ston. J. P. Jones and James Thorne, R. A. leaders, and Carroll Wooten, Bad Wooten, R. A* members, served as Mrs. Chester Outland, young peoples l “dsir“ Farmville and this section of Pitt county were well represented on the jury which returned a first degree v*$s diet against Bennie Daniels and Lloyd Ray Daniels, negroes, charges with the murder of William Bjenjamin O’Neal. Members of the jury (left to right) are: Jack McLawhom of Ayden, alternate who was excused when tie jury began its deliberations, W. J. Harris cl Greenrillej Mrs. Willie Dunning of Bethel, Travis M. Allen of Greenville, Mrs. C. L. Davenpoj^ of Winterville, W. T. Hobgood of Farmville, Joe Melton, Jr., of Farmville, Carlyle Oakley of Farmville, j7 H. Rasberry of Beaver Dam township, F. A. Taylor of Fountain, A. P. Baker of Greenville, W. E. Yelverton of Fountain and Fred J. Broadwell of Greenville. Photo courtesy Daily Reflector Large Number Pitt-Greene REA Members Attend Annual Meeting So many persons attended the an nual meeting of the Pitt-Greene REA on June 4 that Manager Cleveland M. Paylor moved the meeting from the town hall to the high school audito rium. , 4' After Rev. E. S. Coates offered the invocation, R. A, Joyner, a former manager of the REA who nursed its through the infancy period, extended the welcome. John B. Lewis, attorney for the electric membership corporation,' in troduced the principal speaker, B. L. Davis, superintendent of Greene coun ty schools, who talked on the transi tion of rural North Carolina and set forth the achievements already made and listed the goals that have yet to be reached. Manager Paylor presented a re sume of the detailed report , that he had mailed to members and > stated CBtdelecorporOarsidte that the cooperative is now having to pay more for electric power; however, due to sound business principles it has not become necessary to pass any of this increase on to the members, and added that so long as the Pitt and Greene membership can operate on a reasonably sound basis, this would not be done. 698 new members are now receiv ing electricity from# the REA, mak ing a total membership of 2,289. A. C. Oakes, chairman of^a nomi nating committee composed of Alton Mewbom, W, C. Hinson, K. C. Cobb and W. L. White, reported that the group had recommended the election of E. E. Nethercutt, O. L. Erwin and Sam V. Tugwell as directors. The re port was accepted. Mary Elizabeth Fulford, a little girl in th^ audience, drew the names from the boxes and prizes were a warded as followe: Electric fan, C. L. Speight, Route 1, Stantonsburg; presto cooker, Fred Ginn, Rt 3, Snow Hill; percolator, Frank Beamon, Rt. 2, Walstonburg; electric' iron, Mpye’s Chapel, *Rt. 1, Farmville; presto cookers, Ben Wal ston, Rt. 1, Farmville, and Alton Cox, Rt. 1. Walstonburg; electric clock, Carl A. Speight, Rt. 1, Walstonburg; 2-gallon water jug, Walter Carraway, Rt. 1, Snow Hill; Box of cigars, Harry Hill, Rt. 3, Snow Hill; elec, clock, W. E. Moore, Rt. 1, Stantonsburg; baby bottle wanner, Gid Fulfond, Rt. 1, Fountain; flashlight, Heber Haddock, Rt; 1, Farmville; electric iron, Harry Lee Barrett, Rt. 2, Farmville; table lamp, Earl Reeves, Rt. 3, Snow Hill; elec tric roasterette, C. H. Albritton, Rt 1, Hookerton; can of radiator clean er and oil,, Alfred Barrett, Rt. 2, Farmville; electric,.toaster, John Gor ham, iRt 2, Farmville; electric- mix er, C. S. Dixon, Rt. 2, Walstonburg; electric clock, William B. Albrittop, Rt. 1, Hookerton; toaster, A. C. Oakes, Rt 1, Hookerton; 30-hour alarm clock, George Bake*, Rt 1, Farmville; 100 pounds nitrate of !aoda, Sam Albritton, Rt. 1, Snow; Hill; two cartons of light bulbs, Luth er Moore, Rt. 1, Snow Hill; ice trays, W. L. White, Rt. 2, Farmville; elec tric toaster, J. C. Hill, Rt. 2, Snow Hill; 25 lbs. flour, Clarence Speight Rt. 1, Snow Hill; tea kettle, Kings Cross Roads Church, Rt 1, Green ville; clothes hamper, W. C. Hinson, Rt. 2, Walstonburg; sifter and tea glasses, S. M.jGray, Rt. 2, Snow Hill; electric iron, tfavid Edwards, R* 2. Farmville; electric Gray, Rt.'2, Snow W. R .Beamoi m , Farmville Plays Two Important Games With Grmandsville BRIGHT LEAF LEAGUE Team W/ L Pet. Macclesfield __ 14 6 .737 Pinetops .... 13 6 .684 Ormandsville —.. 14 * 8 .636 Farmville _ 12 8 .6&0 Walstonburg .....——;. fl 9 .660 Gardner _... . 6 14 . .800 Elm City.....6 12 .294 Saratoga -............. 4 17 .190 Farmville, now in fourth place in league standings bnt boasting a team that gives every indication of being as good as the best in the league, plays Ormandsville this week end in a brace of important games. The two teams play here Saturday afternoon and at Ormandsville on Sunday. Next Wednesday Farmville plays Maccles field, now in fiast place, in-another game that gives Farmville an oppor tunity to improve its standing, or vice versa. Pinetops defeated Farmville Mon day night, 3-2, in a thrilling game. Farmville defeated Elm City on Wednesday afternoon, 6-2. * Jtoye was the winning hurler. ----T-ST* Agnes Carraway Joins Staff Of .Enterprise Miss Agnes Carraway, who gradu ated from Snow Hill high school this year, has joined the Enterprise and will succeed Miss Elizabeth May, who. has served the paper and community faithfully for three years in the role of society editor and nqws gatherer. Miss Carraway is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raeford Carraway of near Snow Hill. Mr, Carraway is carrier on Snow Hill Route 3. Those who have news items of in terest to the community are request ed to call the Enterprise, phone num ber 2931, during office hours, 9 to 6 daily except Saturday. Items re ceived After 10 o’clock on Thursday mornings will appear in the paper for the following week. A similar service was held on Mother’s Day. Mrs. Lula Forbes re ceived a testament for being the old est mother present. v W* i'* .cj.' a • SENIOR STUDENTS TO ‘ GIVE RECITAL THURSDAY At The Rotary Club Y Jimmy Darden had charge of the program Tuesday night at the Rotary chib. Don Mowers of Kinstgn de livered a message on “How Long Are You Going to Hat,” putting special emphasis on the conservation and saving of soil to he necessary to pro duce enough food to take care of the world. “There are millions of people who do not know what it is to have enough to eat,” he said.. ^ The attendance prize was won by Levi Walston. Paul Ewell introduced his nephew, Jack Bowdoiii of Elkhart, Ind. National Issues ire Explained At Chamber Meeting Businessmen representing1 eight Chambers of Commerce met Tues day night in Greenville to hear noted speakers conduct a national affairs conference. Five* from Farmville attended the meeting. They were President E. N. Petteway of the Chamber of Com merce; Fred C. Moore, secretary, Sam D. Bundy, principal of the school, and Lewis Allen and J. B. Hockaday, di rectors of the chamber. The business meeting was opened after the dinned by Edgar H. Cherry of Atlanta, Ga-, assistant manager of the southeastern division of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. He explained that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss “the things to be done in the fight to keep opr country free.” The next speaker was John Whit-, tlesey of Washington, D. C., labor relations expert who discussed cur rent efforts of the administration to enact improved t labor legislation. “The initial reason for the 81st Congress going to pot,” Whittlesey said, "is that it has not been accus tomed to working together The Con gress shonld have undertaken non controversial matters at the outset in order to allow the congressmen time to work together. This was not done. The labor expert asserted that^he personally believes that the 81st Con gress will retain the major features of the Taft-Hartley bill and, possibly, the bill will be intact at the’ close of the current session. He said, also, that he does riot believe an increased minimum wage law will be establish ed- ... ‘ cannot The second and. nnai leaiurea speaker was William J. Bird of Wash ington, D. C., national affairs advisor of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Bird- condemned busi nessmen for their lack of action in national affairs. Bird, an able speaker with an in timate knowledge of current legisla tion, vigorously denounced the. move ment for socialized medicine and re ferred to it as the "strongest and mbst subtle ever carried on.” He said the issues are "deceptively simple. The socialized. medicine bill, if passed, wil bring, gross injustice.” “The battle in Washington be fought occupartionally,” the year-old University of Nebraska, graduate said .as he criticized busi ness and professional men for divid ing themselves into occupational groups to fight for a better country. A two-point progTh** 4r*» ~ improvement was cit BWfl xnat iirst 1 and fixed J a meeting' in dates. Previously opening dates had been set bjf a 16-member marketing committee comprised of five ware housemen, five growers and five representatives of buying companies. Admission of the new South Caro lina group includes full ‘representa tion of four representatives on the Bright Belt Board. Markets making up the group are: Kingstree, take ion, Conway, Pamlico and Loris. The only South Carolina market remain ing in the Border Belt Association is Mullins. ' ^ The resolution authorizing the Bright Belt Board to set opening dates also gave it jurisdiction over marketing rules and regulations. Board consideration of opehing dates is to include investigation of the availability of graders, the capacity of redrying plants, seasonal and crop conditions, aitd consultation, with farmers and representatives of farm organizations. { President Royster, Vice President W. W. Singletary of Lake City, S. C., and Secretary-Treasurer Guy Barnes of Rocky Mount were re-elect ed unanimously for another year. Other resolutions the members a* dopted, all of them unanimously, jh cluded: -f A respectful request mat au ouy ers of flue^cured tobacco for 1949 and subsequent seasons make every effort to so estimate their requirement* for the season1 As to insure their partici pation in the market on a regular, stable, and constant basis throughout the entire marketing season in all belts; also,*that all buying companies maintain, adequate trained personnel ion all markets until the dose of such markets. Appeals for continuance Of tobacco acreage control and the Tobacco As sociates’ export promotion and ware house support of referendums to be held on both programs My 23.. A request for continuance of the ifnited States Department of Agri culture’s grading service and assist ance in the carrying out of such mar keting regulations as may be adopt ed for the handling of the 1949 crop. A plea to the Secretary of Agri culture to prescribe rules and regu lations requiring that the existence, of any crop liens held by the IT. S. Government or any agency thereof be indicated on the sale or allotment card'issued to growers by'the Pro-, duction and Marketing Administra tion. The members also adopted adopted a resolution in memory of United States Senat&r J. Melville Broughton, who had been general counsel for the association until his election to the Senate last year. The group stood for a moment in silence out of rer spect for the late Senator. Conventioh speakers included J. B. Hutson of Washington, D. C., presi dent of Tobacco Associates; L. T, Weeks of Raleigh, manager of the Stabilization Corporation; J. E. Tliigpen of Washington, USDA To bacco Branch Director; J. Con Lanier of Greenville, executive secretary of the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Assoda ssT-vr saras: Warehouse Association; C9I. W. T. Joyner of Raleigh, genjral counsel *6r the Bright Belt Association; B. “ «•*. i jj. Holding its final meeting until September, Circle 4 of the Methodist church heard something about conditions in China, as described in a letter to Mrs. J. B. Harris by a friend. Mrs. Frank Harper gave the devotional taken from the book, “Walking with God.-”.' - i,, A cordial welcome was extended to a visitor, Mrs. Bob Joyner of Wil son, a former member. Ice mam, cookies and nuts were served by the hostess, Mrs. Lgyne Dail. whose home was decorated with Christians and MEC Tied For Lead In City fljggg The Christiana and the MEC (Methodists, Episcopalians and Cath olieb) are tied for the lead In the Sunday- School softball league, each with two victories against one de feat. Baptists and Presbyterians are tied for third and fourth, each with one victory and two defeats, v Tuesday night- the Christians de feated the Baptists, 11*8, and the Presbyterians defeated the MEC en try* 7-4. . . . Next week’s schedule: Tuesday Night Baptists vs MEC (at 7:46). Christians vs. Presbyterians. • Thursday -’■f ;; MEC vs. Presbyterians. Christians vs. Baptists. Elbert Moya, director of the Farm yille recreation program, .announces that the complete schedule will appear in the paper next week. BILLY OGLESBY RECEIVES ■ VETERINARY DEGREE William Cooper (Billy) Oglesby, was one of the 65 students to receive a degree of veterinary medicine at the June graduation of Alabama Poly technic institute, Auburn, Ala. Dr. Oglesby was a member of Omega Thu Sigma fraternity and the Junior American Veterinary Medical associa tion* He w^fi presented a being one of the best students Large and Small Animal clinic. After July 1 he will he located in Dr. and Mrs. Oglesby and their in fant son, Cooper, have been visiting Mn. Oglesby’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper R. tones. Relatives who attended the gradu ation were Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Ogles by and Mrs. William Harvey Of Kinston. - Butterfly,” La vale*; Rath Moots who sang "Come unto These Yellow Sands,” La Forge, and James Thorne who played "Maleguena,” Lecntona. Mrs. Carroll paid special tribute to Mrs: Haywood Smith, accompanist, saying she has been a symbol of ser vice in encouraging musical talent in Farmville and has given herself free ly in developing this art. She added that she is proud that Mrs. Smith lives in. Farmville and has given of her talents and time to others. The program leader also expressed appre ciation to Mrs. Bert ice Turnage for her part in giving of her musical tal ent in promoting ihusic here. , In absence of the chaplain, Mrs. T. G. Turnage, regent, used for the devotional the story of Saul and the influence of music on hte life. Mm. Preston M. Murphrey, historian, read several letters. A note from Nancy Jane Carroll giving names of young girls who will join the Children of the Revolution was read. Mm C. B. Townsend reported that clothes had been sent to Crossnom Miss Tabitha DeVisconti announced that free, chest x-rays wottkt be given and requested Volunteer hostesses for the mobile unit which will be station ed in Farmville, June 24-July 2. After adjournment the hostesses, Mrs. U. H. Corart of Wilson, Mrs. J. O. Pollard and Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson, invited visitors and mem bers to the refreshment table which was covered with a lace cloth. The centerpiece of roses was flanked by candelabra holding lighted tapers. Miss Mary Ann -Townsend, bride elect, who was presented ice tea glasses in her pattern, was assisted by Miss Agnes Quinerly in serving liihe punch. Guests helped themselves ham biscuits, cheese straws, nuts. The Kiwtfnis club at their regular meeting Monday night welcomed a new member, J. R* Peeler, a native of Shelby and for the past four years principal of the Wtlstonburg high school. ( Julian Smith of Greensboro, form erly wf Parmviile, was the guest of Charles Quinerly. Program chairman for the evening was George Allen, -who bad as Ma guests Capt JPerreee and Sgt Bryant who are in charge of the Greenville Army and Air Force Recruiting Sta
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