fcHonw Sphere
Edited by
•ilS.S FLORENCE COX
Home Demonstration Agent
Mto Estelle M. Edwards
Assistant Home Dem. Agent
'TTZk l-H Club Sunday
The^'H Club girls of Scotland
eck win hold their annual 4-H
ub Sunday Services with the
lrtor and congregation of the
otland Neck Baptist Chuijh on
„ 25th at 11:00 A. M. All 4-H
: girls Will sit in a body and
e following girl® 'vlU take an
tiVe part in the service: Ann
inslow, Fuzanne Rodgers, .Jerry
a,on Mary Alice Johnson, Mary
lin Dunn, and Barbara McCurry
iith Bradley, Eloise Hancock
„,,, Patterson. Bertha Coleman
Jith Jenkins and Johanna S
ill act :
C invite all parents and
nd3 to be present and worship
, the 4-11 Club girls on Ssun
, June 26th.
eld Sunday Services Held
ie 4-11 ( lub girls of Enfield
their Church Sunday services
he regular ■ hour for worship
he Enfield Baptist Church on
lay June 18th. The girls were
pleased that so many of the
nts and friends joined with
, in then worship services
the church was tilled to ca
•v and some people even re
led with only standing space
leration of this type is most
uraging to young people and
ake this opportunity of thank
the pastor, congregation and
,ds for their interest in this
n.
girls taking an active part
Church services were Mary
»th Wynne, Mary Louise
Rose Mae Hearne, Alma
hitlev. Ann Cousins and
Billups. Ushers for the ser
ere: Lynette Rives, La Rue
y. Mary Wpooner Harrison
«nette Sykes.
Jo News Column Next Week—
4-H Club girls and their leaders
re getting off to a camp nexi
reek, June 25 to July 1st. Since
re are both nccompaning them
,’e shall not be able to get out the
egular “The Home Sphere” col
min. We hope to tie back with
rith you again tor the iirst week
r. July.
iitchen Cabinets Built —
Mr. and Mr.- W. C. Best of llal
fax have jut completed “h > e
Juipment of tiu-ir kitchen with
juilt in Kilchen cabinets. Kitchen
labinets built to fit the family
needs is such a vonvience that we
hope others will make plans foi
wilding some this year.
More Storage Space Needed—
In thinking of home improve
neats li he made this year do not
forget closets for all bed rooms
itorage for home grown and cann
!d foils Good Image space often
Ganges a house into a home.
Local Boy Injured
Tin1 billowing message was re
vived by Mi. and Mrs. C. P<
Thomas this week: “The Navy De
latment deeply regrets to inform
iou that your son, John P. Thom
lS, Signalman Second Class, USN
1, has been wounded in action in
he performance of his duty and
n the service of his country. The
department appreciates the great
nxiety, but the extent of wounds
ire not now available. Delay in
he receipt of details must neces
arily be expected, but will be
■urnishcd you promptly if receiv
Signed:
Dee. Adm. Randall Jacobs,
Lhief ol Naval Operations.
Halifax boy scouts
nvites public to movies
The Boy Scouts of Halifax are
viting the public to an evening
movies Friday, June 23 at 8:15
II uri^0Ult House, according tc
,_r' ''Ilium Johnson, Scout Mast
These
r,. iHms shown by Mis?
Foster, Health Educatoi
-ji,1. health department
imi '!!.c U(k Hie following comedies
films pertaining to health:
«re Idth1* Aea‘ns t0 Fly >” a pic‘
Hie Army Air Corps.
Keep 'em Out” and “How tc
ent pictures on rod
mi control.
)n lit ‘"y FeoPle Live”, a picture
tuberculosis.
^ • laddin s Lamp,” comedy,
eanro °°Se to Live”. a film on
rancer control.
Jack Frost”, comedy,
confrol ofSyPhilis’" a iilm 0,1 the
01 of vmereal disease.
P|°£iam on informal comma
nitv c- . ““ormai c
Mrs ri!f"?K is l)einK planned by
harles Boykins.
Tk t noysins.
•hitu ,oy Soucts invite
white a„T‘v , ooucts invite both
|oy tL. ( CO ored to come and en
movies anc
Seventy-Eighth Year
F ublisiied Every Thursday — Weldoit, North Carolina
THURSDAY, JUNK 22nd., 1944
Soldier In China Finds i
Container Made In Emnnria
i
lhilr way around the world an
American Infantry soldier, win
while unpacking field rations, no
ticed that the container w w made
of a Greensville County foiest pro
duct and was manufactured in
Emporia.
The story was written to \Y. It
Squire. > ’ 1 of the Citizens Na
I.ieutenant
■ i.. ol Roanoke
Rapids who is stationed m i luna
somewhere in the hurma section
Lt. Crew said that he and othei
members of his infantry unit were
unpacking a wooden box of field
rations when he noticed the mark-1
ing on the inside of the box car 1
ried the name of an Emporia boitj
manufacturer. Upon close inspect
ion he found the following mark
ings: “This Box Complies with
Specifications OQMG 12-A. Date ,
April 27, 11142. Emporia Mann
facturing Company, Emporia, Vir
ginia.”
Approximately 24 inches in
length and 12 inches in width, one
side of the box was mailed from
China to Mr. Squire, which was
received here on May 28lh.
Wood box manufacture’s in
Emporia have been working at
full speed during this war furn
ishing the government with all
kinds of wood containers for every
branch of the service. These boxes
carry important supplies to the
lighting men in every part of the
world. |Strange to say that the n >x
a product of the Emporia Manu
| facturing Company, should fall m
| to the hands of a soldier who is a
i native of an adjoining county.
Miss Annie Gary
Miss Annie Mariah Gary died at
her home here Friday night aft-, '
a long illness. Funeral services
were conducted from the residence
Sunday afternoon at :i:30 by the
Rev. D. E. Fouls assisted by the
Rev. \Y. W. Finlator. Burial look
place in Cedarwood cemetery
Pallbearers were Robert Campbell
and Gary Campbell of Plymouth.
Jack Campbell of Wilmington !
Ward Campbell of Rocky Mount. ;
M. R. Mcl.aw horn of Wilson, nep
hews of the deceased, John Sheai
in, John Carter, l)r. . <1. Suiter
[ and James Mountcastle.
Miss Cary was born in Uali a.x
I County near Halifax and was the
daughter of the late Bonjami ,
an Mariah Smith Gary. She had
been a resident of \\ eldon sine,
she was a young woman.
Surviving are five sisters, Mrs
J. [;. Greigg of Richmond, Va.
Mrs. J. K. Campbell and Mrs
Kate Miller of Rocky Mount
Misses Bertha and Sue Gary ol
Weldon. _
Terry and the Pirates
liv
Milton CunifT
YOU WRITE THE ANSWERS
on a FIFTH WAR LOAN
BOND APPLICATION!
lt'4i t>> Sv»» l'o lor.
---—
BUY MORE
FIRST COTTON ij
BLOOM
•John Purnell, tenant .»»•
(* rant Prick Works i i
brought in the first cothe
bloom to the Roanoke >.ew n,
lice Wednesday. June 'Tit. !. i
ter in the day ( latino \\ t
of (iarysbur^ brouuh in 11 4
K croud bloom and Petn.a* ... ,
>* ho lives on the .1 i;M > ■ ■ >1! j
tarm brought in two mh-n |
blooms.
Recital By PupJb
Of Mrs. Wiley Eli is
Mrs. Wiley Ellis pr
piano pupils in a i.-c-il:.! at h r
home in Uaryslmrg on Mmi I.. .
ening.
The following ping, n,
rendered:
Lazy Mary. V\ ishinr . ;
Bonnie, From A Wlgv-am
Haydn, Fairy Court, Ti. B .
fly. arranged by Thump \i. ,
Brown.
The Knight and the 1 .ad y. !>..:•
lin Town, The Fox Hunt, a. u ■ ■
ed by Thompson—Peggy I;. idle.
Cumin's Round the Mourn .
Folk Song, Anne Brown and F ...
Pierce.
To a Skyscraper. Fail, t
Good-night Little Girl- IF l.m
Cromm and Joan Blot.
Intermezzo, Handle; B\
ei'ii Moonlight, Eva U. Johns.
Lucy Gay.
Hungarian Melody. lb . m
Rosalie (’unwell and Jean t
well.
I -'ong of the Birds. Thump-, •
Country Gardens, Folk
Licbestvaum, Liszt - Thonip 1
Mary Dell Johnson.
Flying Doves, Carl lien -P
gy Riddle and Jane Las.s.i:-:*.
iCetissaise, Beethoven, TI,.' 1 r.a.
Flight, Thompson—Foj Id
Good-night Ladies, Marine
Hymn—Rosalie (dm well.
Moon Maths, Albert Ki ' -
Elizabeth Suiter.
Ballade, Burgmuller - l’..o'
Stephenson.
Minuet, Boeehcrini -- Jean ( un
well.
Knight Rupert, Schumann- Id.
sy Stephenson and Elizubeth .''-id
er.
Over Hill and Hale, Engelmanu
—Jean Conwell and Pah y Step
hcnson.
Lost Chord, Pullivan, Sonatina
(Allegro) Op. 20, No. 1. Kuklan
Kash Davis.
Minuet in (i. Beethoven - Rutn
y.
t’s March, Mendelss bn --
.assiter.
V Wild Rose, MacDoweii
Jregory.
Jean Tilghman <>L Lireer.
allege, a former pupil o
llis concluded the pro.uram
k*o voice selections. kna'clt
Valverde and l’ass»*pied l»>
Ellis served punch and
to seventy five guest.'
Range Shelters
Help Save Feed
l'ut t.lie pullets in a summer j
range shelter out in the grain
field where there is n good grontl.
of h spedeza, is a suggestion Iron.
Clifton Parrish, m charge ol in
tension poultry work at Slate Col
kKlVe points out that the smni.v'r
range shelter is a practical piece
of poultry equipment thai '..ill 11
turn many times its cost. It can
be built of salvage materials 01.
the farm, saw mill stnp--, 01
framing anil wire.
Some farmers use metal roots
on the portable shelters, w » 1
others use plank rods, 'orn.e > *
stances have- been reported whole
growers treated sacks with ga,
tar and used these as a root ..or
the range shelter. Genera l
shelter is built to house 100 bud-.
The pullets should bo kept on
range until they are ready to in
ter the laying house, being --an t
to supply the additional le d and
fresh water needed to insure vig
orous growth. "If ™ch a plan is
followed, better results can t
expected from the pullets Uu
coming year than if they wo.
kept in semi confinement or on
a small, bare lot, says 1 •
He suggests that the s it
be moved front time to time so a.
to keep the pullets on mean ian
ee. This will greatly aid in the
prevention of disease outbreaks.
Save Money—Yel Dress Smartly
and Pal Profits Into War Bonds
•a
.• age-old ' of needlework gains now significance as an aid td
i, in f!;e war. ' i wilding your own accessories, you can add new
'■dor le i I costume, and put the money thus saved into
War !• "ds. t t .<• season's smartest sets is this crocheted whito
itt a hat t jt a red feather, and scalloped pouch bag with U
*.!totii-.f -r h a >. ions for crocheting this or a similar hat and bag
set m.t. he n ;1 at your local store. Back the Attack—Buy
pforc Ilian .L - C'. S. Treasury Depart/neiil
r *
r The
Health
BY
!>i:. W. K. McDOWHi.l., I!i-.Al.TIl
orricmt
V VI A) I<1\ \N 11 !iil \ ■ : ! i
This i:: \ i -lion tim ■. I: s
wan mo. 1 ! . two are i>\ no pi an
ineonsista it antugonis Sottn
spoke 111"-: .11 lie'll place - \\ 11 : ay
(lint a v, la.k- ale giving up of v:i
eati 11 plan v, oiilil ser'ou-Is i n
pair the war ; fi'ort. Tins '„„■■■■ i . !
mean, of eo1 :ie. 'that a eaea <u
liect -airily . o-iti ilii:lo the win
effort or i!-. : eertain type of va
cation l . { n i even prove il
mental to i a- effort. It is tin
part of . -ml • i i '.enship. I here ore
to choose a si of Vacation tha'
is likely to in. - i one to one’s jo!
in physical . isl mental romli an
to i!• i ui' i> anil betti r vvi i . t uu
hefore ami - lo lie as caretol
as pos f.-ie in prevent anything
from happen a,- while one is on
vacation tins .il impair working
efficien . <■ sing' ph.ssieal n
ability.
Ve shall . -i'll lie telebrat -o'; nil',
inuie-nal ana; .'et sary as a X.n i.ei
TP,, tele! > a!; 1 Inis actually to • '
this nation m re than it cos', om
forefathoi I ' earn the imlepen
(1cnee, :ii-s i 1 a stat mnent by
the Xa tie us! Safety Council
which preilii' - that between 1 ui
atnl five hundred persons will lose
their live- a more or less dire. I
result of no called c 1 bration of
of our net mail birthday this
year.
Next wed-. Mr. Sherwood
I'i'iinipler e ll-:inoke liapais v. el
speak on “M Cm' Safety'’ oil tin
regular K f. . oimhe-llalifax Dis
trict Health Department radio
program v. •• the ltoanoke U.ip
ids station at 10:45 A. M.. Wed
nesday. June 'JS. Mr. Crumple!
will warn agauist the hazards ol
.swimming aiui diving, considered
not Horn the v. cationist's point o!
view tint mainly from that of tin
men, women and children enjoying
this fine sport in their own com
munities. However, its warning a
gainst drowning, over straining ol
impaired heart , injuries to the
neck and spine from shallow div
es, and damage to the ear and nose
from water applies equally tc
those who include swimming and
diving in the11 vacation pleas
ures. . .
We are warning against, divin;;
into shallow water or striking
submerged ohj-ets. Vacationists
.ue less likely than persons living
in the neighborhood to know tin
depths of streams and whethei
there are tree stumps or other ob
structions just under the surface
Before diving into an unfamilnn
Mn am, it is well to explore it
i-'.ivfullj tor hidden rocks, abrup'
changes in depth, glass, etc. It is
m good rule never to go swimming
.don., and to lie certain that till
water is at least six feet deep be
fore diving.
Typhoid fever might well b(
called a vacation disease. For
while it by no means disappear:
in cold weather, its greatest pre
valence occurs in the summer
and there is no doubt that case:
•nntiacted on vacation trips ude
measurably to the total. This yeai
uncounted thousands of city
dwellers who have been accustom
cd to the protection of carefulh
supervised municipal water sup
plies, so accustomed, indeed, tha
they never give a thought to tin
possibility of becoming ill thru
drinking impure water, will spent
vacations in rural sections wher:
the water they drink does no
come from carefully supervisee
municipal water systems ant
may be heavily infected with di
sense germs. Even cool, innocent
pearing springs that ei-npt tin
tired, thirsty vacationist to quenci
his thrist from their mirror - lik<
surface may be virtual death po
tions. When the thirsty vacation
, ist should pass it by. When notu
other is available, as on camping
trips, all drinking watci in dt
he boiled. Fortunately, mcib. u
science has provided virtually com
plcte protection against typhoh
fever by means of typhoid vac
cine. This form of protection i:
available without cost from you.
county health departments and a
only sligdit cost, since the vaccim
itself is furnished free by th<
State Health Department, fron
your family physician. The use o:
this power! ul protective agent i:
largely responsible for the grati
lying decline in the prevalence o
typhoid fever, not only in thi
Edgecombe-Halifax Health Dis
trist, but throughout the civilizei
world.
Another form of illness that in
creases in danger in warm weath
er and should receive the atten
tion of vacationists is food poison
ing. A number of .foods may pro
duce food poisoning, but particu
lar care should be taken with po
tato salad, chicken, fish, sandwicl
spread, etc. They should be pre
pared in small quantities and eitli
er eaten immediately or kept tin
der refrigeration.
Picnickers, woods lovers, bicyc
lists, and many others on brie
releases from their jobs shoul
keep on the lookout for poison ivj
I It is not difficult to distinguish i
| from other forms of plant lif<
I Poison ivy contains three leavei
W. W. F. Of N. C.
Appoints Chairman
Mr. C. Carlyle Ward of Rocky
Mount lias been appointed Chaii
inan for District 9 of the United
War Fund of North Carolina, and
Mr. Millard F. Jones, Quota Com
mittee Member, Major L. P. Mc
Lendon o f Greensboro, State
Chairman announced today.
District Nine is composed ol
Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston
Nash, Northampton, Warren and
Wilson counties. Mr. Ward is now
working with the chairmen ol Wat
Fund organizations in these coun
ties, in preparation for the Dis
irict Meeting which will be held
on July Oth.
United WJU Fund officials an
nounced yesterday that Mrs. Mark
W. Clark, wife of the Commanding
General of the Fifth Army in It
aly will formally open the Wat
Fund drive in North Carolina^
Mrs, Clark will speak at a pre
campaign rally in Raleigh on
September 2pth.
The State drive is scheduled
to get under way around Octobei
it with a goal of approximately
$3,250,000. Of this amount about
SI,325,Oft) will be used to carry
on the work of the many differ
ent social agencies within the
state. More than $900,000 will go
to aid men in the fighting forces
through the USO, War Prisoners
Aid and United Seamen's Ser
vice. The remainder of the sum is
used for relief for peoples of war
stricken countries fighting side
by side with the United States.
Governor J. Melville Broughton
is honorary chairman of the state
fund, and Chester A. Kerr oi
Winston-Salem is the Executive
Director.
What Price Control
Means To You
All of us at home wore asked
to make a pledge. This pledge was
to help keep our home front safe
from runaway prices, inflation.
This pledge.
I will pay no more than top le
gal prices.
I will accept no rationed goods
without giving up ration stamps.
Has helped to “hold the line” in
cost of living. In April, after 50
months of war, 29 months of U.
|9. participation, we find that
cost of living has increased only
26 per cent in contrast to the
rise of 03 per cent during the 50
months following the outbreak of
World War 1. This record was
made possible by you and by me
because wo as civilian fighters do
our share to combat the euemy
facing us, Inflation. We must not
be tuo optimistic. While these fig
ures show the results and benefits
derived from the war price con
trol program, we must renew and
! strengthen our efforts for the
1 month of April 1944 shows a 0-10
per cent rise in the cost of living
over March . 1044.
\ Food, rent and clothing make up
three quarters of the average fam
ily budget. Food shows a rise of
26.3 per cent during present wai
in contrast to 62.9 per cent dur
ing the last war. The decline of
food prices during the past year
stands in marked contrast to the
sharp upward movement that took
place during the corresponding
period of the last war. Rent shows
during the present war a rise o'.
44.0 per cent as in comparison to
72.0 per cent during the last war
because rents have been effect
ively stablized since mid-1942. In
the total rise, clothing prices fal’
between food and rent. It is in
clothing that the problem of the
duality deterioration is most ser
ious. This problem of quality de
terioration was equally signi irrn'
in the last war.
; Great waip always cause in
creases in prices, especially pric
es paid by the consumers. It is the
duty of all of us on the homefront
t,o do our part to keep the rise in
1 living cost not only below the 'ev
el of the 1st war, but to keep it
from rising over the preceeding
period. As the invasion continues
our duties on the homefront in
' crease. This war is our responsi
bility as well as that of the hoys
I and anything that we can do tc
control inflation is part of out
job here at home. Let us all renew
our pledge and maintain this rec
ord in price control.
A record shipment of 792 Iambi
was made from Plymouth recent];
tind another shipment will bi
made in early July, says Lelanc
Case, Extension animal husband
man at State College.
two of them on short stems ani
the other, the center one, on :
f longer stem. The poison come
i from the juice which exudes fron
the plant when it is broken o
t crushed. Straight gasoline is on
of the best of all solvents fo
i that juice.
ARMY SHOW HERE
AT SCHOOL GYM
FRIDAY NIGHT
UNIT FROM CAMP BUTNER TO
ENTERTAIN LOCAL BOND
BUYERS.
An entertainment unit from
Camp Butner will be in Weldon
on Friday night to help in the
selling of War Bonds according
to an announcement today by D.
W . Seifert, Chairman of the Wel
don Fifth War Loan Drive Com
mittee.
This Army Unit ot 4,'i people
will be presented on the stage of
the Weldon High School Gymna
sium to entertain local buyers of
War Bonds and Stamps. Admission
will be for adults; One War Bond
of any denomination; for children,
the purchase of $1.00 worth of War
Stamps.
At a meeting held at the High
School Monday night it was decid
ed to stage a contest among the
various organizations of the
Town. '£he organization selling
the most War Bonds will be given
a prize of a War Bond; the
one selling the most number of
Bonds will be given a $25 War
Bond; and a “Booby” prize of a
$25 War Bond will be given the
organization selling the least
number of Bonds. A minimum
number will be set, however, be
fore any organization can qualify
for the “Bobby” prize.
Rev. Robt. Cox
Orjdained Tuesday
On Tuesday, June 20th at eleven
o’clock The Reverend Robert Eu
gene Cox, who has been Deacon
in-charge of Grace Church, Wel
don, |S'a. Mark’s Church, Halifax,
and the Church of the Saviour
Jackson, was advanced to the
Priesthood at a service of ordina
tion held at Qfrace Churcli here.
The service was one of unusual
interest, in that it was she second
ordination ever held in Grace
Church, and the first in the mem
ory of many of the parishioners.
The Right Reverend Edwin An
derson Penick, I). L>., Bishop of
the Diocese of North Carolina of
ficiated at the ordination. Mr. Cox
was presented to the Bishop by his
brother, tjie Reverend James
Stanley Cox, Rector of St. Paul’s
Church, Winston-Salem. The ordi
nation sermon was preached by
the Reverend David Watt Yates
Rector of St. Philips Church, Dur
ham. The Litany was read by the
Reverend John Quintus Beckwith
Jr., Rector of St. Timothy’s Chur
ch, Wilson. The Reverend Benja
min Thorp Brodie, Rector of Trin
ity Church, Scotland Neck was the
Gospeler, and the epistle was read
by the Reverend Robert Malcolm
McNair, Rector of Calvary Chur
ch, Tarboro.
Other Clergy present in the ser
vice were the Reverend Ray Hold
er, Rector of Calvary Church
Wadesboro; the Reverend Victoi
Bland JStanley of Charleston
South Carolina, and Tutor in Hist
ory at the Virginia Theological
Seminary, Alexandria, Va.; and
the Reverend Boston McGee Lack
ey, Jr., of Lenoir, N. C. and Curate
of Trinity Church, Waterbury
Conn.
The music for the occasion was
in charge of Mrs. Marshall Rich
ardson, and at the offeratory, the
aria and duet, “He Shall Lead His
Flock," whom the orators “The
Messiah" by Handel, was sung by
Mrs. Charles R. Daniel and Mrs.
Raleigh T. Daniel.
Mr. Cox, who has been in res
idence in Weldon since last Oct
ober, is a native of Georgia, but
before coming here, had for some
time made his home in Washing
ton, D. C., where he worked as a
research assistant at the Library
of Congress. He is a graduate cum
lauda of the Virginia Theological
Seminary. The new Rector will re
main in residence at Weldon, serv
ing the three churches of Weldon
Halifax and Jackson.
Immediately after the service
the congregation and the partici
pants in the service attended a
luncheon at the Community Club,
■ given by Woman’s Auxiliaries of
I the churches of which Mr. Cox is
in charge, afforded an extuemely
| enjoyable occasion of bringing to
j gether the members of the three
II congregations, and other friends
, of the rectors, among whom were
; several ministers of other congre
i gations; the Reverend and Mrs.
: | W. W. Finlator, the Reverend and
: Mrs. D. L. Fouts of Weldon and
: the Reverend Richard Lloyd, of
i Jackson.