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Housing Groups Support Fire Prevention Week October 6-12 ~ ■ - - ■ . * State Directors Arrange For Celebrations In Various States Washington, D. C. —Combining ef forts to educate the general public in the advantages offered to home owners by the National Housing Act with a general support to the fire prevention program, the nation wide organization of the Federal Housing Administration is engaged in helping to organize celebrations of National Fire Prevention Week, to be held October 6-12. A report from Associate Director Muller of Maryland is typical of ac tivity being generated in every state in the Union. Mr- Muller has ob tained the full cooperation of the Baltimore Fire Department, and the chief of the fire department there has agreed to make radio talks dur ing Fire Prevention Week on the elimination of fire hazards. Fire men in Baltimore will also assist in the distribution of literature per taining to fire hazard reduction. Field representatives throughout the whole state of Maryland have been instructed to obtain similar coopera tion wherever possible. From Kansas City, Mo., comes the report that literature explaining the t relation of the* Federal Housing Ad ministration’s program to fire hazard Jduction will be distributed in pub lic schools, so that pupils may carry the message into their homes. Cooperation has been given the Housing Administration by many industrial agencies, radio stations, chambers of commerce and fire pre vention organizations. The National Fire Waste Council, the National Fire Protection Asso ciation, the International Association of Electrical Inspectors, the National Association of Commercial Organiza tion Secretaries, the Anthracite In stitute, the National Committee on Boys’ and Girls’ Club Work, and t many manufacturers have written to the Housing Administration com mending its activity in the cause of fire hazard reduction, a Personals Mr. ana Mrs. John G. Small mo tored to Williamsburg, Va., Sunday and spent the day with their daugh ter, Miss Eleanor, who is attending William and Mary College. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hollowell and children spent Sunday with Mrs. Fannie Ashley, in Rocky Hock. Miss Emma White, of Elizabeth City, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. White, in North Edenton. s\ Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Dixon and Mrs. Hershey Woodward, of Suffolk, Va-, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Dixon at Beverly Hall Sunday after noon. M. L. Flynn and Erie Haste at tended a meeting of Pender’s sales force in Newport News, Va., Wednes day night. Miss Helen Hollowell has moved from the home of Mrs. H. C- Wozelka to the home of Mrs. Ray Spencer. T. Singleton, of Washington, N. C., visited friends in town over the week-end. Miss Hazel Sawyer is spending two weeks in Norfolk, Va., with her sister. Mrs. Graham Byrum and Mrs. C. E. Byrum spent Tuesday afternoon in Elizabeth City. •> Earl Goodwin is ill at his home on West Queen Street with an attack of malaria. S. Ganderson, of Elizabeth City, was in town -Tuesday on business. #lrs. Roy Powell and son, Dennis, Aulander, visited Mrs. T. J. Hoa ' kins, Jr., at Beech Island Farm, near Edenton, Sunday. L. H. Haskett spent the week-end in Rocky Mount with his family. Mrs. L. S. Byrum and daughter, Ruth, and Miss Inez Felton, visited relatives near Colerain Sunday. Miss Katherine Privott, a member of the Colerain school faculty, spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. W. S. Provott, on Granville Street, k Dewey Thomas, of Sunbury, visited friends in Edenton Sunday after noon. Mrs. Dorsey Sawyer spent Sunday at Belcross as the guest of her brother, Hilton Sawyer. "Miss Ada Cozzens, of the Mars Hill school faculty, visited her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Cozzens, on West Gale Street, over the week end. V Miss Corie Bunch, of Elizabeth City, spent the week-end with hd* mother, Mrs. R. H. W. Bunch. Mrs. CTW. Sawyer and son, Colon, v fjid daughter, Miss Marjorie, went to P trfolk, Va., Monday. Miss Mar ine entered the Kirby Beauty Col ,-fege, and will remain in Norfolk for some time. Miss Helen Goodwin has moved from the home of her brother, Rupert Goodwin, to the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C- Wozelka, on North Broad street. Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Speight, Mr. and Mrs. James Speight spent Sun day at Swan Quarter as the guests of relatives. jjMiss Billy Goodwin, Jimmy Partin IlKl' Gus f Hughes spent Sunday at I ■ml ■ ; Oxford with Miss Helen Goodwin. * Miss Syble Haskett, of Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Haskett, near Edenton. Mrs. Willie White spent several days this week in Norfolk, Va., tak ing treatment. Mr. and Mrs. S- Hobowsky, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hobowcky and little daughter, Freida, spent the week-end in Norfolk, Va. Mr. and Mrs. J. Edwin Bufflap and daughter, Miss Dorothy, spent the i week-end in Rocky Mount. Mr. Buf flap attended the football game in Durham Saturday afternoon. J. H. Haskett, of Portsmouth, Va., visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Haskett, Sr., near Edenton, over the week-end. Milford and Marvin Owens have returned to their home in Michigan, after spending the past three weeks with their sister, Mrs. Claude Jones, on East King Street. Miss Margaret Harrell spent the week-end in Rocky Mount as the guest of friends. Wlalter Bond, who has been ill at his home with an attack of malaria, is able to be out again. Jake Hobowsky spent Monday in Norfolk, Va-, on business. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Habit and chil dren and Sam Habit attended a wed ding in Raleigh Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ashley visited friends in Hertford Sunday. Elton Boswell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Boswell, is out again after an attack of malaria. Mrs. Rupert Goodwin is spending the week in Jarvisburg with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Symons. Maurice Broome, of Durham, visit , ed friends here over the week-end. Rupert Goodwin, of Greensboro, spent the week-end in Edenton. John Richard White has accepted a position with Goodwin’s Quality Store. Leslie Morgan spent Sunday in Jarvisburg with relatives. Marian, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Spruill, was serious ' ly ill over the week-end, but is re ported to be convalescing now. Mrs. Howard C. Jackson and Mrs. J. N. Oglesby spent Monday in Nor folk, Va., where Mrs. Jackson went for treatment. T. A. Smithwick, of Merry Hill, was in town Tuesday on business. ’ Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Curran visited relatives at Colerain Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. White are ill ' at their home in North Edenton with ! an attack of malaria. ' ——■ Attention Mr. Farmer! 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C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1935, f COLERAIN j Misses Dorothy and Ruth Clair Newsome spent the week-end with their mother, Mrs. Minnie Newsome. Miss Edna McMullen was the ' house guest of Mrs. C. W. Beasley for the week-end. ’ Mrs. N. G. Phelps and Miss Helen Phelps spent the week-end with Mrs. Phelps’ sister, Mrs. lola Tankard, in Washington, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Harrell left Sunday for a business trip to Balti more, Md. Mrs. Harrell expects to visit Mrs. Harry Smith, in Washing ton, D. C., before returning home. Miss Bessie Pritchard spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. Shel ton Pierce. Mr. and Mrs. H. 0. White, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Beasley, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Sessoms, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Brit ton attended the Kiwanis meeting in Ahoskie Friday night. Dr. and Mrs. Eros White, of Kan napolis, are spending some time with his mother, Mrs. Estelle White. On Friday Mrs. J. C. Beasley, Mrs. W. D. White, Mrs. C. W. Beasley, Mrs. W. E. White and L. D. Perry motored to Raleigh in the interest of the roads. The report brought back was that soon work would begin on the road leading from Colerain to Ahoskie. E. L. Stokes, L- A. Perry, Lee Miller, L. D. Perry and H. 0. White were shoppers in Norfolk, Va., Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Jacobs, Mrs. Bessie Allen and Ethlyn Allen were shopper in Norfolk, Va-, Friday. Those from Colerain who attendeo the Union Meeting at Connaritsa on Friday included: Rev. L. M. Dixon, E. T. Forehand, Mrs. Lee Brinkley, Miss Eloise Miller, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Harrell, and Mrs. J. A. Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Deans, of Nor folk, Va., visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Perry Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs. A. L. Sumners, of Norfolk, Va., visited Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Brit ton Wednesday and Thursday. Joe Jemigan and Jimmy McCullem attended the fair in Greensboro on Friday and Saturday. Miss Grace Felton and Mr. Win ston Cullipher spent Sunday in Franklin, Va. The following teachers spent the . week-end at their respective homes: ; Miss Katherine Privott, Edenton; Miss Ann Crawley, and Miss Audrey , Parker. Miss Ethel Callis, Miss Ida Town t snig, Miss Louise Jilcott were in Ahoskie Saturday shopping. [ Misses Carolyn Brinkley, Geneva i Harrell, Louise Britt and Blanche White have returned to Greenville to resume their studies at E. C. T. C. Mrs. C. W. Hughes left Thursday for Protestant Hospital, Norfolk, Va. She was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. M. R. Montague, of Windsor. Mr. C. W. Hughes, Mrs. Whittle Hughes and Mrs. Q. G. Beasley visit ed Mrs. C- W. Hughes at the Protes tant Hospital, Norfolk, Va., Sunday. Mrs. Beasley remained with Mrs. Hughes for several days. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Deans visited Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Eley, in Ahoskie, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Curran, of Edenton, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hughes Sunday. Miss Maude Evans Phelps spent ‘ the week-end in Ahoskie with her parents. Miss Verna Morris, Miss Eloise Miller, Miss Janette Miller and Mrs. , G. B. Miller were in Ahoskie one day last week. Mrs. Graham Harrell, Mrs. Shel- > ton Pierce, Mrs. W. E. White, Ruth ; Carolina White and Mrs. Bessie Al- . len were shoppers in Edenton last j Thursday. Mrs. Ernest White spent several j days last week with her sister, Miss , Blanche White, at State Sanatorium, while on her vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Britt saw “The Farmer Takes A Wife” at the Taylor Theatre, in Edenton, one evening last week. , Mrs. H. 0. White, Mrs. C. C. | Hughes, Mrs. L. M. Dixon were in Edenton shopping one day last week- , —=====—, ; ) YEOPIM V —: -—> Mrs. J. W. Brabble, of Williamston, spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brabble- Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jordan, of Bluff Point, spent Sunday with Mr. Jordan’s mother, Mrs. Annie Jordan. Mr. and Mrs. M- T. Barrington vis ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Barrington Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Overton visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Sam Baker Sunday afternoon- Mrs. J. S. Jackson is spending several days with her son, Mr. M. W. Jackson, and Mrs. Jackson, near Edenton. Doc Davenport spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. J. E. Brabble- Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harris anc, , children, of Edenton, were visitors in : this community Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Colon Jackson and ■ son visited friends in Hertford Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. M. Jethro and daugh ; ter, Miss Elizabeth, and Mr. Earl Outlaw visited Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Oliver Sunday evening. | Mrs. Cottie Lassiter, Mrs. Bell. , Mrs. H. J. Boyce and Mrs. H. R- -^1 Spruill, of Edenton, visited Mrs. J. E. Brabble Tuesday afternoon. Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brabble Sunday were: Carey, Henry, Rayford and John Brabble, and Leroy Knox, of Wil liamston; Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Kirby and children from Bonner’s Fork; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Davenport and baby, Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Barrington. James Davenport visited J. A. Webb Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jake White and Mrs. J. O- White, Sr., from near Hertford, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Harrell Sunday afternoon. 1 CENTER HILL | ! V J ! P. L. Baumgardner has purchased ' a new Chevrolet. Mrs. Wayland Jordan, Cameron 1 and Ernest Boyce, Jesse Bunch and ' Titus Chappell spent Sunday at ; Duke Hospital, Durham, with Mr. ; Wayland Jordan. Friends regret re ports of his unsatisfactory condition. Mrs. Cameron Boyce spent Sunday in Rocky Hock with her parents, Mr. ' and Mrs. R. W. Leary, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Boyce, Mrs- J. N. Boyce, Mrs. E. E. Boyce and : son went to Suffolk, Va., Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Boyce went to Norfolk, Va., and Knott’s Island Fri day. They were accompanied home by Miss Hilda Boyce, who spent the week-end. Mrs. J. G. White has returned from a visit with her niece, Mrs. Os wald Wiseman, of Fayetteville, West Virginia. M. T. Yates is at home from Co lumbia. Mrs. Trim Aydlett and Mrs. Jack Jeannette, of Elizabeth City, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Perry, Monday afternoon. Mr. Elisha Forehand and family, of Corapeake; Mr. and Mrs. Mark ham, of Elizabeth City, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Forehand Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Boyce visited Mrs. J. R. IJrinkley, j n Ahoskie, on Wednesday afternoon. TRY A HERALD WANT AD! Presenting Some Outstanding QUALITY FOOD VALUES ... for those thrifty.minded housewives who like to save, yet demand the best. H Anglo Cooked j * CORNED BEEF I cans | Hillsdale Broken Sliced I | pineapple I larse *&QC 1 II cans 1 WHOLE GRAIN RICE Per lb. 5® PHILLIP’S CRUSHED CORN __ 3 No. 2 cans Z$C PHILLIP’S BLACKEYE PEAS _ Can 5® PHILLIP’S MIXED W— ] w VEGETABLES M ° th ':‘ s T * s,y Salad 2 ISC Dressing honey nut or Relish Spread MARGARINE Pint Quart 14c * 25c j MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE __ Lb 27c FEANUT SQUARES __ 2 ibs. 25c HERSHEY’S COCOA _ _ 3 cans ZSC COLONIAL CATSUP Bottle IOC D. P. BLEND COFFEE Lb. 21c SWANSDOWN CAKE FLOUR 29C Its I. Lee Parker Attends International Meeting I. Lee Parker, district manager of the North Carolina Employment Ser vice, with headquarters in Edenton, left Thursday for Raleigh prepara tory to attending the International Association of Public Employment Service of the United States and Canada, to be held in Asheville. He was accompanied by Mrs. Parker and will remain away from the local of fice about a week. Officials of the Employment Ser vices of the United States and Cana da will gather in Asheville to discuss the problems of unemployment, other related problems and unemployment compensation as they affect the Em ployment Services. Over two hundred and fifty Employment Service offi cials from Washington, each of the forty-eight States and Canada, will register at the convention headquar ters Thursday and Friday. This con vention will be followed by the Na tional Conference of Directors of State Employment Services on Octo ber through the 9th. The combination of these two meetings is the first complete assem bly of the Employment Services of the United States and Canada that has been held. The first two days will be devoted to discussions covering Social Secur ity and the Wagner Social Security Act. On the following two days, discussions will center around the progress and plans of the Employ ment Service as a permanent insti tution in an industrial society. The remaining discussions will be con cerned with the Employment Service as the placement agency in the new Works Program. During Mr. Parlcer’s absence the local office will be in charge of F. I. White. Mrs. H. C. Wozelka will also be on her vacation during the week, and Mrs. Randolph Holloman of the Murfreesboro office will take over Mrs. Wozelka’s duties. Miss Lillie Wood spent Sunday with her parents, Mr- and Mrs. Wal lace Wood, near Woodville. • • ===== LUX FLAKES 2 19C Large Size 23c LUX I TOILET SOAP 3 t°r 19C RUMFORD’S BAKING POWDER 21c Can I v . “ PAGE THREE