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 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.