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VOLUME FORTY-THREE
FABMVILLE, PUT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
FRIDAY, JUNK *, IMS
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Here Tomorrow
Pitt and Greene Electric Member
ship Corporation will hold its 14th
annual meeting on Saturday at 2:30
in the Farnrville High. School Gym
- nasium. Manager Gilbert Whitley
said he expects a record turnout
Progress and financial reports, plus
election of seven directors to serve
for the next twelve months will be on
the program in addition to lively en
tertainment, refreshments, and prize
awards.
Fourteen candidates have been
nominated by the nominating com
mittee One director will be elected
to represent each of the seven dis
tricts in the Cooperative’s service
area.
Entertainment will be by a trio
composed of Eddie Murphey, master
of ceremonies, comedian, and singer;
Johnnie Holland, pianist; and Ruby
Earle Riggs, vocalist. Eddie and
Johnnie have performed in clubs
around Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and
Detroit. They promise a program of
popular and hill-billy music.
Arrangements have been made for
a supply of soft drinks as refresh
ments.
Many valuable attendance prizes
have been made available by the Co
operative and firms trading with its
members.
Pitt and Gireene Electric Member
ship Corporation serves 2,663 mem
bers over 442 miles of line. Plans are
now in progress for enlarging the
system’s capacity to care for the in
creasing use ofa-dectricity by its
members and the addition of around
800 consumers in a few weeks, when
it starts operating the C. L. Hardy
lines.
The Cooperative’s facilities were
operated by the Town of Farmville,
under an operating contract until
June, 1950, at which time it assumed
operation of its lines and opened an
office in Farmville.
Gifts and donors are:
26 pounds of flour, Gray Brother's
Store, Rt 2, Snow Hill; Pen and pen
cil set, Carolina Office Equipment
Co., Rocky Mount; 26 pounds of lard,
C. S. Whitley Marked Stantonsburg;
Pair of table laipps, Farmville Furni
ture Co., Farmville; 1 set plastic
shower curtains and window curtains,
Snow Hill Plumbing and Heating Co.;
table lamp, Quinn-Miller, Snow Hill;
Westinghouse Electric Iron, Westing
house Electric Co.; 1 dozen creosoted
pine fence posts, Taylor-Colquitt Co.,
Wilmington; Waffle iron, Line Ma
terial Co., Raleigh; Wash, grease and
oil change, Moore and Speight Service
Station, Farmville; Electric iron,
Batts Furniture Co., Stantonsburg.
1 Sparton Fence Charger, Rex Ac
cessory Shop, Stantonsburg; Carton
of cigarettes, Jim Sill Applewhite,
Stantonsburg; 6 infrared heat lamps,
Eastern Electric Supply; Electric
toaster, General Electric Supply
Corp.; Ball-Point pen Sheaffer),
Tippecanoe Press; Table electric
clock, Centre Hardware, Farmville;
Waffle Iron, Southern Engineering
Co., Atlanta, Ga.; Electric floor fan,
Southern Supply Co., Farmville;
Thermic jug, Western Auto Associate
Store, Farmville.
Electric vacuum cleaner, electric
roaster, electric mix master, electric
deep frier, electric radio (table), elec
tric steam iron, 2 electric kitchen
clocks, electric table dock, 201 100
watt. bulbs, electric fan, Pitt and
Greene E. M. G.; 242 100-watt bulbs,
Baker Engineering Equipment Co.,
Richmond, V*.; 187 100-watt bulbs,
Ernest Hover, Silver Springs, McL; 1
box of groceries, E. E. Nethercutt
Store, Rt 1, Snow Hill; electric clock,
Duncan Fdts, Hickory; 6 pain of
hose, Scott-Pariish Electrical Sup
ply Co, Raleigh.
Nominees for directors are:
District 1—J. C. Parker, C. B.
Phillips, both of Rt 1, Fountain.
.. District 2—0. L. Erwin, Vernon
Mozingo, both at Rt 2, FarmviBe.
District 3—Sam V. Tugwell, Rt 1,
Farmville; Horace T. Herring, Rt 2,
District 4 —Seth Barrow, Rt 1,
Farmville; Roy Graveu^Rt 1, Snow
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Distri t»Ct5—Joe
Snow im, IWphl
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Mbouf FarmviBi People
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll 0. Oglesby
and children, Dean and Sally, Mr.
and Mrs. AUen M. Harris and son, Al,
and Mr. and Mm. J. M. Gibbs spent
Hie week end at the Oglesby’s cottage
on Bogue Sound.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Dixon and. chil
dren, Barbara and Billy, of Wilson
visited Mrs. Dixon's parents, Mr. and
Mn. G. W. Windham, Sunday.
Mrs. Lloyd Smith returned to her
home this week after a two weeks
visit with her brother, R. E. Clements
add family in Hendetson.
Mr. mid Mrs. Harry Finch of Wil
son visited Mrs. Finch’s'parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Harris, Sunday.
Miss Louise Harris, of Washing
ton, D. C., spent the-week end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. H.
Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooke and
family of Mt. Olive spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Herring of Wil
son spent Sunday with Mrs. Fred
Smith. \:ky ’lit'/
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Smith and
son, Richard, arrived Wednesday
from Greensboro, for a visit with
Mr. Smith’s parents, Mr. and Mn.
Lloyd Smith Julian Smith la coach
and Physical Education Instructor at
the Greensboro Schools. They will
spend part of the summer vacation
in FaraviUe.
Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Aycock, Jr.,
spent the week end with Mrs. Ay
cock’s brother, Dan Player and fam
ily in Baltimore, Md.
Miss Bessye Harrell of Ahosltie,
will spend the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Carr.
E. C^Carr, Jr., arrived Tuesday
from State College, Raleigh. He will
leave Sunday for Orangeburg, S. C.,
-where he has accepted a position, for
the summer months.
Mrs. M. V. Horton returned Thurs
day of last week from a trip to points
of interest in Louisiana, Texas and
New Mexico.
Mr, and Mrs. David Parker and
children of Suffolk, Va., spent the
-week end with relatives here.
Mrs. Mollie Murphrey, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Carraway and Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Murphrey spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Fits McKeel and family
in Walstonburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferry Bundy visited
Mrs. Bundy’s sister, Mrs. Lee Will
iams, in Pactolus, Sunday. —
Mr. and Mrs. O. 6. Spell had as
guests last week end,, Mr. and Mrs.
Addison M. Sprague and sons, James
and David, and Mrs. W, D. Copeland
of Durham, and Mr. and Mrs. 0. G.
Spell, Jr., and sons, Glenn and John
of Wendell.
Mrs. Joseph Batchelor returned
last week from a visit with relatives
Mrs. Batchelor attended
in Shelby,
the reunion of her college graduating
class at Mars Hill last week end.
Mrs. Wyatt Tucker, Jr., and son,
Tommy, returned last week from a
visit with relatives in Charlotte. T
Lt. and Mrs. Joseph C. Bridges and
sons, Joey and Busty, enroute from
San Diego, Calif., to Camp Lejeune,
visited with his uncle, J, E. Russell,
and family and his aunt, Mrs. I*. J,
Williford, and family Sunday.
Mr ^ and Mrs. Neal Owens of Nor
folk, Va., visited with relatives here
and in Fountain, the past week end.
Mrs. L. W. Batchelor of Rocky
Mount returned to her home last week
after a visit with her son, Joseph
Batchelor, while Mrs. Batchelor was
visiting with relatives in Shelby.
Mrs. Joney Taylor and son, Mike,
Mm i. B. Joyner am} daughter, Jane,
were Rocky Mount visitors, Monday.
Mrs. J. L. Ammons and daughters,
Martha and Linda, of Rowland, spent
last week with Mrs. Ammons mother,
Mrs. JJR. Lewis.
John R. Joyner arrived Tuesday
from State College, Raleigh, for a
weeks visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs.' R. A. Joyner, Sr., before en
rolling for the summer semester at
the college neat week.
Mr. and Mjs. A. J. Greene were
visited this week by their son, Carl
GTeene. Mrs. Greene and children,
Jackie and Judy, of Gainesville,
Texas; their daughter, Mr*. James
Yates of Dunn aa|\dfcn*hter, Mrs.
Robert Dodson, and children, Susie
and Martha, of Lumberton. Mrs.
YateB mid Mr*. Dodson and family
and Nancv. are virituur Mrs. *
parent*, Hr. and lira. C. E. |
ney in Dublin, Ga.
__ %Barta -to
Dublin after a '
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Joyner, Mr. add
■Mr*. Howard Hat rife and sen, Jimmy,
were Atlantic Beaqfc visitors, Sunday.
Mr*. J. P. Hart of Emporia, Va, is
visiting her son, H. E. Hart.
Mr. and Mr*, a F. Baucom, Sr,
visited relatives at Davidson College
and EUerbe last week.
Mrs. Jamea E. Holloman of the
Carmway Church community la a
patient at Woodard-Herring Hospital
where she underwent an operation
Monday a week ago. Mrs. Holloman
i* recuperating satisfactorily.
Mrs. Alan Gawthrop and daughter,
Grace, of Jacksonville, spent the week
end with Mrs. Gawthrop’s brother,
Hid Winders, and aunt, Miss Rosa
Williams.
Mrs. David Harris add children,
David, Jr, Betty Log and Lyman of
Wilson, were the guests of Mrs. T. S.
Ryon and sons, Shipley and David, at
their Cool Point cottage near Wash
ington, Tuesday.
Min Janet StansiU and Robert
Rollins w.ere guests at a house party
ait Myrtle Beach this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Burke and sod,
Billy, spent the week end with Mrs.
Burke's parents, Mr. and Mr*. W. W.
Brady at Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Burke accom
panied their son, Billy, to - Camp
Morebead yesterday. fd>
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Harris and
daughter, Elizabeth, of Louisville,
Ky, were the recent visitors of Rev.
and Mrs. E. W. Holmes. Mr. Harris
is the brother of Mr&i Holmes.
Mrs. Frank Crews, Jr, and chil
dren, Betsy Harris and small son,
Frank Wayqp, of South Boston, Va,
are visiting Rev. and Mrs. E. W.
Holmes, parents oit Mrs. Crews.
Mrs. Lizzie Bundy and grandson,
Charles Bundy, are visiting relatives
in Charleston, &. C.
Mrs. Paul W. Matheson of Winter
Garden, Fla., arrived Saturday
to
spend several weeks with her, daugh
ter, Mrs. T. Eli Joyner, Jr, and
family.
Mrs. R. F. Watson of Tuskegee,
Ala., arrived last week for a visit with
her sister, Mrs. J. B. Joyner arid
family.
Mrs. F. M. Davis, Jr., and Mrs.
Henrietta Williamson were Green
ville visitors, Tuesday.
Miss Mary Thorpe Tyson of Rich
mond, Va., visited Wednesday through
Sunday with her mother, Mrs. C. A.
Tyson.
Will Jones, III, attended a dance at
the Wilson Country Club, Friday
night, Rebecca Webb was the hos
Mr. and Mrs. H. W- Kemp and Mrs.
Frank Williams attended the com
mencement finals at Wake Forest
College, Monday. Miss Lola Grey
Kemp wap among the graduates.
Lt. Chester Langley of Aberdeen
Proving Grounds, Md., spent the week
end at his home here. fk |
Dan Morgan at Philadelphia, Pa^
spent the week end with bis mother,
Mrs, D. R. Morgan.
i&r. and Mrs. Edward Brock spent
the week end with Mrs. Brock’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fomes, near
Greenville. Carolyn Jean Stokes,
niece of Ifra. Brock, returned with
them for a visit.
Mrs. Edward May and Sons, Alfred
and Robert; attended the graduation
exercises at Flora Macdonald College
in Red Springs, Monday. Miss Elsie
May, who was;.§ student at thq col
lege, returned with them to spend the
summer vacation at her home,
f Miss Rachel Barrett of Boston,
Mass., arrived Friday for a visit of
several weeks with her parents, Hr.
Memorial Hospital, Sunday afternoon.
She is receiving treatment and is im
proving slowly. ‘ :•*'4 1
BLAIR COX WHELESS
Sunday Will Be
Homecoming Day
At Maury Church
Homecoming will be celebrated Sun
day at the Brooks Frizzelle Memorial
Methodist Church ja Maury.
Dedicated two yearn ago, the
Maury church is a handsome struc
ture of which the community is justly
proud. ^
Rev. J. H. .Miller of Laurenburg, a
former pastor, will be among, those
returning for Homecoming and will
deliver the sermon at 11 o’clock. Rev.
C. T. Rogers is currently serving as
pastor of the church. j ,
Friends and former members./'of
the Maury church are cordially in
vited to attend the special service
and to enjoy the special occasion
with those who worship there
regularly.
Claude Joyner Heads
State Red Men
Claude Joyner’s 22-year service
record to the Red Men of North
Carolina was rewarded' two weeks
ago when the State Convention at
Durham elected him Great Sachem of
the Great Council of North Carolina.
Joyner wasjelected for a one-year
term. The next state meeting will be
held in May in Greensboro.
Joyner, who is also active in the
Masonic Lodge and serves as a mem
ber of the Board of Stewards of Wes
ley Methodist Church, is a member of
Farmville’s Board of Commissioners.
During his years as a member of
the Red Men Lodge; he has filled
every office in the local lodge and
has filled every office in the district.
Orphanage Head To /
Preach Here Sunday
Rev. L. C. Larkin, superintendent of
the Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh,
will preach Sunday morning at II
o’clock in the Farmville Methodist
Church. Rev. Larkin will substitute
for Rev. H. L, Davis, local pastor,
who is holding’ a series of services this
week on. the Hudson charge.
REV. TOMMY TYSON TO %
CONDUCT REVIVAL SERVICES
AT BETHLEHEM CHURCH
Rev. Tommy Tyson will he the re
vivalist at special services at the
Bethlehem -Church in Bell Arthur,
beginning Sunday and continuing
throngh the week. Vernon Tyson of
the home community and Albert (Ap)
Tyson of Chicago, Hi, will be singing
directors. Mrs. Tommy Tyson will hie
the pianist Mr. Albert Tyson is a
religious education and music direc
tor in a Chicago church. The revival
begins at 11 o’eloek Sunday morning
and services will be held on Sunday
night at 8 o’clock and on every night
DONALD
Umrteid defeated Hilbert Olive, 3960
to 8386.
In the second county race-^tbere
w;ere only two Pitt offices at stake-in
the primary—Brown Hodges of Oif
ton emerged with a 600-majority over
R. Guy Jackson of Ayden for county
commissioner. Stodges has been
serving on the board for 10 years.
' Following are the returns for
HarmvUle and Fountain townships,
and the totals tor the county:
FARMVILLE
Governor: Umstoad 456, Olive 856,
Dunaway 1. ...
Lieutenant Governor: Rowe 816,
Hodges 810, McDonald 51, Kurfees 86.
Insurance Commissioner: Cheek
564, Frederick 145.
Supreme Court (short tern): Eflxd
21; Parker 872, Bobbitt 76, Valentine
Supreme Court (long term): Efird
232, Gwynn 122, Phillipe 12, Parker
277, Bobbit 82, Valentine 204.
Register of Deeds: Averette 86,
Whelees 749, Jones 26, Little 3.
County Commissioner (district 6):
Hedges 488, Jackson 828.' ii ; ,'f
FOUNTAIN
. Governor: Umstoad 90, Olive 78,
Dunaway 0.
Lieutenant Gbveraor: Rowe 69,
Hodges 89, McDonald 15, Kurfees IS.
Insurance Commissioner: Cheek 84;
Frederick "'85. -. - . ■ ■ ~ *
Supreme Court (abort term): Efird
5, Parker 82, Bobbitt 9, Valentine SQL
Supreme Court (long term): Efird
4, Gwynn 6, Phillips 8, Parker 89,
Bobbitt 7, Valentine S5.
Register of Deeds: Averette 14,
Wheless 185, Jnes 10, Little 6. .
County Commissioner (district 5):
Hodges 92, Jackson 68. - " ‘
COUNTY TOTALS
Governor: Umstead 8960, Olive
3386, Dunaway 42.
Lieutenant Governor: Rowe 2428,
Hodges 2893, McDonald 520, Kurfees
331.
Insurance Commissioner: Cheek
4304, Frederick 1692. ~
Supreme Court (short teran): Efird
658, Parker 2911, Bobbitt 498, Valen
tine 2076.
Supreme Court (long term): Efird
486, Gwynn 598, Phillips 192, Parker
2564, Bobbitt 485, Valentine 1860.
Register of Deeds: Averette 1984
Wheletis 4752, Jones 481, Little 199.
County Commissioner (district 6):
Hodges 3722, Jackson 8098.
Pfc Ca«
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await farther
AT STATE COLLEGE, SUNDAY
&SM3M5;
Acting M spokesman for a group
of representative citizens interested
in obtaining permanent improve
ments for Faanvjlle's cemeteries, J*
W. Joyner Tuesday night asked the
Board Of Commissioners to budget
|3,000 for the project and requested
that *•» committee, appointed by
Mayor Walter Jones, be vested with
authority to spend the money, subject
to the approval ef the town board.
Joyner, a former mayor and an ex
member of the hoard, ceiled the Com
missioners’ attention to the need for
inch improvements as a gateway and
the . completion of the circle in the
new cemetery. Specifications for a
fountain in the circle and a gate were
left withthe board which, at a former
meeting, had discussed the project
jhA then tabled it because funds for
the work were hot available. - '
Joyner said that the cemeteries are.
now kept in better condition than
ever and praised J. B. Taylor, super
intendent of streets, for the main
tenance and work carried on. He
added, however, that additional im
provements were badly needed.
Mrs. Ted Albritton, one of tlm
members in the delegation, asked the
mayor and board how funds received
from tiie sale of lots are expended.
Using tiie monthly budget sheet com
piled by Treasurer Cleveland Paylor
as the source of his information,
Jones stated that the town has re
ceived J2,300 in revenue from the
cemetery in the first 11 months of
the fiscal year and ; had expended
$1,750, with bills for May and June
still to he paid. The board had bud
geted |2,000 for the cemetery and
anticipated a revenue of $1,000, Pay
lor, who keeps a breakdown of all
money expended by the town, stated
that most of the $f^50was for labor.
Curtis Flanagan, also an ex-mem
ber of the board, stressed the necess
ity of the improvements and express
ed a belief that they should be dons
ip the near future. Lack uf-fSnds
was given as the reason for the work
having been delayed thus far. Others
* $8,000 for tiie im
be amount could be
budget without in
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call Mrs. Lyman
Outland or Mrs.
Greenville
approving or taking under considera
tion projects involving sizeable suns
and expenditures that might throw
the bodget out of kilter. £§
The mayor's comments were touch
ed off when some mention was made
on extending the city limits to in
clude new developments. Jones said
he was in somewhat of an embarrass
ing position, since his home was taken
into town limits only 18 months ago,
but he felt impelled to ask* the board
to consider all angles to extension
before definite action was taken.
He told the commissioners of a
meeting attended recently with Clerk
Cleveland Payior at which Leigh
Wilson, an official of the State Lea
gue of Municipalities, explained
what various towns in the state were
doing about extending their corporate
limits. Wilson explained that towns
were not taking in new developments
until water lines and streets had been
laid and improved. The degree of
improvements required before admis
sion varied in the towns involved*
Reason for the caution exercised in
expanding was attributed to huge
sun* the town must spend on streets
and water systems in outlying de
velopments. Jones stated that pro
perty valuations were so low that the
income received in tares was far too
low to warrant such expenditures for
improving undeveloped property.
Mention had been made at a pre
vious meeting of the board that own
ers of the Langdale and Davis de
velopments would petition the town
for annexation.
The town’s fiscal year ends June 30.
SAM D. BUNDY ATTENDS
CLASS . REUNION AT DUSE
Sam D. Bundy was among the
members of the class of *27 who met
at Duke University, Saturday, for the
26th reunion. Mr. Bundy was ac
companied to Durham by Mrs. Bundy
and suns, S. D., Jr., and James Henry.
They remained over the week end for
the graduatioft^ceremony, Monday.
Mr. Bundy‘ was elected permanent
treasurer of the class.
FIVE GOLFERS DEFEAT
BEN HOfiAN, THE CHAMP
Graydan Liles, with a sizzling 66,
only one stroke above Die coarse
record held by him, led. five Fara
ville golfers who defeated Ben Hogan
Iasi Saturday in & nation-wide con
test. The others* all of whom played
with handicaps, were R. F. Fayiior,
67; Neal Owens and Joe Maples,. 69;
Bob Fiser, 70. Liles got off to a-ffist
start, with an eagle on the-first hole,
a par 4. ^ v"' A. -
Others participating were Howard
Harris, A. R. Drake, Jim Darden, A.
C. Gay, Ellis Rahil, Neal Howard,
Arthur Joyner, Jr., Ike Pollarl and
H._ H> Bradham. rV'Sy-t,. V
LEGlbN TO INSTALL I . A*
new officers tonight
New officers -of the Farmville
American Legion Post will be in
stalled tonight at the regular month
ly meeting in the Post’s home on
West Church street. Horton Roun
tree succeeds Bobby Rouse as com
mander. A. W. Bobbitt is the first
vice-commander and J. C. Brock, Jr.,
second- vice-commander, > A|;-. ;
Another feature of tonight’s meet
ing will be the presentation of a
film, “Dare—The Birthplace of
Paving Contracts |
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