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ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER
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oLUME XXXV
RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY,
N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1926
NUMBER 4&
(iEORGE-WOODLAND NEWS I
JACKSDN COMMUNITY CLUB
Group Teachers’ Meetings
SEABOARD NEWS
ROXOBEL NEWS
NEWS FROM KELFORD
storm Does Considerabie Damage-
Reception Given Methodist Min-
tster--Parent-Teacher Work
Mr. W. F. Qutland was in
Roanoke Rapids Monday of this
week on business.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Pond and
children. Suffolk, spent Thanks-
Rivintr with Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Outland.
Senator W. H. S. Burgwyn
was in Raleigh the past week on
business,
Tnose from here who were
home from college for Thanks
giving were: Misses Mayme
Copeland and Mary Liverman,
Key Joyner, Stanley Liverman,
Edward Lee and Glenn Griffin.
Miss Annie Futrell, who is
teaching near Henderson, was
home over the week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Blanchard
visited friends in Richmond last
week.
Mr. and Mrs, L. B. Gunter
and baby, Fuquay Springs, spent
a few days here the past week
with relatives and friends.
Miss Nell Benthall, who is
teaching at Wallace, spent the
Thanksgiving holidays with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R C.
Benthall.
Those from hero to attend the
Friends Quarterly Meeting in
Perquimans County over the
week end were: Mr. and Mrs.
C. T. Outland, Mr. A. E, Cope
land, Mrs. R. W. Blanchard, Mrs
Margaret Parker, Mr. W. M.
Rose and Mrs. M. W. Rose.
The members of the Methodist
Church here gave a delightful
reception at the church last
Thursday in honor of Rev. and
Mrs. Rufus Bradley for their
faithful services during their
stay here. They have made
many friends in this community
since coming here.
Dr. and Mrs. J. H. White,
Halifax, visited in the home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
G. Griffin, Monday afternoon of
this week.
The membership of the Parent
Teacher Association here is divid
ed into four groups, each group
putting on some form of enter
tainment for raising money for
the Association. The November
group with Mr. and Mrs, C. J.
Vaughan had staged a unique
and very delightful program last
Saturday night from which they
realized something over $100,00
which will be applied for im
provement at the school.
The storm here last Friday
night did consideiable damage in
certain localities. The commun
ity which seems to have been
the hardest hit near here, was
over near ‘’Burned Bridges”
where a number of trees were
uprooted and blowed across the
road. The only near fatal acci
dent we have heard of happened
to Mr. Lonnie Liverman, who
was returning home from taking
some cotton hands to their home,
when he was overtaken by the
1^ storm. A tree was blown across
bis automobile which almost com
pletely demolished bis car. It
happened to be a forked tree,
his head going between the limbs
which made the fork, and we
have been informed that he was
so completely wedged in that it
was necessary to saw the tree
apart before he could be extri
cated. He received some minor
bruises and was greatly si’ocked
but nothing serious is excecctd
to result from the accld-;ru.
Mr. Thomas Gr ffin, who wJis
seriously cut in the cotton gm
here about three weeks ago, is
still confined to his room, but is
getting along as well as could be
expected.
The regular meeting of the
Jackson Community Club was
held in the Jackson auditorium,
Monday evening, Nov. 22, The
program was rendered by the
teachers and children of the
school.
As a follow up of Book Week
each room attractively presented
a dramatization of a short story
or book. The First Grade gave
Three Goats in the Rve Field. It
was hard to tell which of the
little folks was most attractive
in his character delineation. The
second and third grades pre
sented Nimmy, Nimmy Not.
Tommy Tit Tot. James Buffaloe
was unusually good in the role
of Tommy Tit Tot. The fourth
and fifth grades represented The
Spider and the Lion. The child
ren presenting this were a credit
to their grade. The upper fifth
and sixth grades gave full credit
to the escapades to Tom Sawyer
while having his fence white
washed, A scene showing the
real character of John Halifax,
Gentleman, was given by the
seventh grade.
The dramatizations given by
the eighth and tenth and eleven
th grades were written and plan
ned by the students themselves.
One of the host features of the
eighth grade work was the im
provised costumes prepared for
representing a scene in Cooper’s
Spy.
The tenth and eleventh grades
who were judged to have the
best of the lot very cleverly
brought out humor and romance
of 0 Henry’s Third Ingredient.
Judges of these features were
Mrs. George Burnette, Miss Lois
Rainwater, and Mr. Ballard Gay.
About one hundred and fifty
parents and members of the
community were present to en
joy this program. Through their
Master, the Boy Scouts have
asked to be given the privilege
of presenting a play at the regu
lar December meeting.
Through its Community Club,
now three months old, it is hoped
and believed that the town of
Jackson and surrounding terri
tory will more and more weld its
interests and unite in the better
ment of all its enterprises.
POTECASI LDCALS
Mrs. W. C. Lassiter and little
daughter returned Sunday after
visiting her parents in Ridgeway
for a week.
The teachers returned Sunday
to resume their work in the
school after spending the Thanks
giving holidays in their respec
tive homes.
Miss Jessie Marie Parker came
home Wednesday for Thanks
giving.
Miss Lyndall Denny, of Chow
an College, spent the week-end
with Miss Jessie Marie Parker
Mr. Edward Parker, of Nor
folk, spent Thanksgiving with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E W.
Parker.
Don’t forget the supper on
Friday evening before the second
Sunday in Dec. at the school
building. Come and help us out
The proceeds will go to help
build the new church.
Mr.s Edgar Britt, of Maplelon,
soent, Satu'"dav with Mrs. Euzslia
! D ffermyre.
Misses Nellie Cape! and Gene-
veve Smith, of Seaboard, spent
i!;p week-end vvith Mrs. W. H.
Beale.
j Mrs. John Boone spent Thanks-
j giving with her mother, Mrs.
Maggie Beale.
The schools of the county have
completed their fall series of
Group Meetings. These were
held at Conway, Nov. 2; Jackson,
Nov. 3; Garysburg, Nov. 9; Rich
Square, Nov. 19.
At Conway the county was es
pecially fortunate in having the
assistance of Miss Lucy Gage
from Peabody College, Nashville,
Tenn. Miss Gage has spent six
weeks visiting schools, lecturing
to teachers and addressing the
six District Meetings held at va
rious points in the state. At
this Conway mjeting, in addi
tion to the regular teachers of
the Group,rthe Primary teachers
from other Group center schools
wete present and especial em
phasis was placed upon Primary
work. Miss Gage helped us very
much by showing us how we can
develop children’s creative abili
ty by allowing them to initiate
and lead in many of their school
enterprises through which they
uncor sciously learn the funda
mentals we try so hard to teach
formally.
At Jackson the special features
were language reports on a Red
Cross first aid project by the
seventh grade, an Eskimo pro
ject by the fourth grade and pre
parations for a Thanksgiving
party by the first grade.
At Garysburg, the third,fourth
and fifth grades really gave a
Book Party to their mothers. At
this party they displayed several
attractive book exhibits, asked
their own book conundrums, ask
ed questions from books, gave
book dramatizations and served
candy of their own make. No
need to say that these children
and the ones who attended their
party did not have their interest
aroused in books and did not
learn reading, language, arith
metic and social activity in so
doing.
At Rich Square the principals
of the Group Center Schools and
the Grammar Grade teachers
from Woodland, Seaboard, and
Rich Square made a special study
of class room instruction in the
Grammar Grades, With the ex
ception of a second grade Pil
grim project.the grammar grades
gave the demonstrations. The
principals are fast becoming fa
miliar with practical teaching in
the elementary school. Mr.
Oakes, Supt. of Rich Square
School, conducted part of the
discussion of the work at this
meeting.
An interesting fact of nearly
all arithmetic teaching in our
schools now is the use of practi
cal life problems and those that
deal with the activities in the
several rooms.
The schools holding the Group
Meetings and the Parent-Teacher
Associations working with them
are to be congratulated on the
hospitable, appetizing lunches
served the visiting teachers, su
pervisor and superintendent. We
greatly appreciate this coopera
tion.
Blanche Penny,
Supervisor,
Entertains Dridge Club
Mrs. W. E. Jenkins, Roxobel,
N. C., entertained her Bridge
Club last Tuesday afternoon
from three to six o’clock.
Covers were laid for twelve.
A yellow color scheme was car
ried out Mrs. H. R. Paschal
received a beautiful linen towel
for making highest score.
A turkey dinner was served,
followed by a salad course. Tur
key baskets filled with mints
were given as favors.
Cnntract Let for High School Build
ing-Married at Emporia—
Baptismal Service
On Nov. 19[;h the Board of
Trustees of Seaboard High School
let the contract for the modern
and up-to-date school building to
be erected on the old school site
at Seaboard. The general con
tract was let to Mr, J. W Hud
son, Jr., Tarboro, N. C., at
$57,452 00; the heating to Wei
don Sheet and Metal Works,
Weldon, N. C., at $5,376.53; the
plumbing to Mr. R. W. Dixon,
Wilmington, N. C.; and the elec
trie wiring to Kinston Electric
Co., Kinston, N.C..total amounts
to date $65,675 53. The plans
and specifications call for a brick
building two stories high with
twenty five class rooms and an
auditorium with seating capacity
of 949. The building is designed
to meet the needs of all depart
mants of teaching. It will be
steam heated, equipped with
shower baths for both boys and
girls. Rooms for Home Econom
ics and Agriculture are being
provided for. Actual operation
on building is to begin about
Dec. Ist and is to be completed
by Aug, 15, 1927.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Morgan
and son, Victor, and daughter,
Mrs, P. D. Ives. Elizabeth City,
were Sunday night guests of
Rey. and Mrs, U, P. Harris.
Mr. Jim Wheeler, who has
been critically ill at Roanoke
Rapids Hospital for the past two
weeks, is reported as holding his
own, with possibly a slight im
provement.
Miss Fannie Belle Long, only
daughter of Mr, W. M, Long,
and Mr. Clifton Ferguson, of
Emporia, were quietly married
at Emporia Saturday afternoon.
After their honeymoon they will
make their home in Emporia.
A combined baptismal service
was held in Seaboard Baptist
church last Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock. Seaboard, Elam, Beth
el and Jackson Baptist churches
furnished the eight candidates.
The ordinance of baptism was ad
ministered by Rev. J. P. Essex,
Jackson, while the devotional ex
ercises were m charge of Rev.
D, P. Harris. A large crowd
witnessed the service.
The Week of Prayer for For
eign Missions is being observed
daily this week by the women of
Seaboard Baptist Missionary So
ciety, A Mission study book,
‘‘Glimpses of Missionary Life,”
is being studied in connection
with other exercises on the pro
gram.
Mrs. J, R. Bradley and daugh
ters, Selma and Edythe, Mrs. F.
G. Weaver and daughter. Mar
garet, spent Friday in Norfolk
shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Crocker
spent the week end at Ports
mouth, guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Plummer.
Mr. Luther Bass spent the
week end at Durham and Chapel
Hill visiting relatives.
Mr, and Mrs. Roy Edwards, of
Branchville, were the week end
guests of Mr.' and Mrs. R. R
Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith and
children. Portsmouth, were the
week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Kee. They were accom
panied home Sunday by Mrs.
Kee.
Dr. and Mrs. Carl P. Parker
and children spent Sunday at
Henderson, guests of Mrs. Par
ker’s uncle, Mr. Harvey Brid-
gers.
Miss Edith Bradley, of Louis-
(Continued on page eight).
Mrs, Laura Mosley Foster, of
New York City, and Miss Louise
Norfleet, of Norfolk, spent a
part of last week with relatives
here.
Misses Lois and LeClaire Jac
ohs, Meredith College, spent
Thanksgiving holidays with their
parents. Dr. and Mrs. J, M.
Jacobs.
Miss Agnes Peele, of Wilson,
spent the week-end with Miss
Doris Harrell.
Miss Mary Lee Capehart left
Sunday to visit relatives in Nor
folk
Mrs. Mamie Powell, Misses
Eula and Annie Kate Powell,
Mr. and Mrs. Halsted Powell, of
Rock Hill, S. C., spent Thanks
giving with Mrs. J. E Peele, Sr.
Miss Minnie Hart and Mr. Geo.
Hart, of North Wilksboro, spent
Saturday with their sister, Mrs.
C. M. Tyler.
Miss Olive Allen spent the
week-end with Dr. and Mrs.
Jones Smith, Black Creek, N. C.
Mrs. Godwin Bryan Spivey,
Mrs. Thomas Figures Norfleet,
Mrs. William Smith Norfleet and
Miss Annie J. Norfleet attended
a card party in the home of
Mrs. Billie Butterworth, Scotland
Neck, last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Peele spent
Sunday with their daughter, Mrs.
W. T. Acree, Bethel. N. C.
Miss Lillian Shinn spent Satur
day and Sunday with her people
in Rocky Mount.
Mr. Henry Jenkins of Ahoskie,
spent Thursday with his sister,
Mrs. Chas. T. Peele.
Mrs. E. R. Tyler was in Wind
sor with her parents Thanks
giving.
Mr. Will Ainsley had Thanks
giving dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
James Chaplin, Rocky Mount.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Parker
and daughter. Miss Ella Mae of
Mapleton, dined with Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Tyler Thanksgiving
day.
Mrs. P. B. Gale, of Suffolk, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Mattie
Jilcott.
Miss Louise Capehart, of Ral
eigh, spent the week-end with
her mother, Mrs. M. J. Cape-
hart.
Miss Lillian Hedsperh, Raleigh,
spent the week-end with friends
and relatives here.
Lonway High School Presents Play
‘‘Come Out of the Kitchen”
will be presented by the High
School Dramatic Club Thursday
evening, December 9. in the
high school auditorium. This
play is a delightful comedy and
is also very popular, having
played in the New York theatres
for several months. This play
has Its plot, the cunning way in
which the Dangerfield family
manage to keep their old home,
which is heavily burdened with
debts. The proceeds will go for
two purposes: equipping the
library with new books and
magazines, and the auditurium
seat fund. The public is invited
to attend this play, and it will
be amply repaid as the play is
full of fun and wit.
Will Conduct Services at State FaroK
-The Peanut Crop -Ftnisblngi
County Road
A splendid service was con
ducted at Kelford Baptist churefi
Sunday morning by Mr. C. L. L.
Cobb and a delightful sermon by
Rev. C. E, Parker, of Mars Hill
College, was preached at the
evening service.
The Roxobel Kelford commun
ity has been invited to conduct
religious services at the Caledonia
State Farm next Sunday. A large
crowd from this side of the river
will attend and take part in the
services.
Judge J. H. Matthews, of
Windsor, was in town Sunday
shaking hands with friends. Mr.
Matthews was recently appointed
emergency Judge by the Gover
nor.
The peanut C’-op around Kel
ford, while not as large as was
expected a week or so ago. is of
a very fine quality and is fast
moving to market. A few more
weeks the 1926 crop will pass
into history.
Contractor Nello Teer wilt
commence the graveling process
on the new highway from Lew
iston to the Northampton County
line this week.
The basket ball tealns from
Mars HjJl School came over to
Roxobel Kelford School Tuesday
of last week and met the Kelford
teams in a splendid game. The
Kelford girls were too much for
the Mars Hill girls and Mars Hill
went down in defeat 22 to 5.
However, the Mars Hill boys in a
beautiful and swift game got the
better of the Roxobel-Kelford
boys. Referees, Prof. D. P.
McCain for the boys and Miss
Aline Langley for the girls.
Messrs Troy Jernigan, J, W.
Parker and William Stephenson
attended the Wake Forest-State
Football game at State College,.
Raleigh, on Thanksgiving day.
Hr. Taylor Improving
The many friends of Mr.
Dempsey T. Taylor, Garysburg,
will be glad to learn that he is
slowly improving after a very
serious operation at Jefferson
Hospital, Philadelphia. If he
continues to improve he will be
able to come home in about ten
more days.
Woodland Afternoon Club
Mesdames E. G. Griffin and J.
G. Peezor were hostesses Friday
evening, November 19, at 7:39
o’clock to the Woodland After
noon Club at the home of Mrs. E.
G. Griffin,
Baskets of chrysanthemums
and ferns decorated the house.
The subject for the evening was
‘•The Home.”
Mrs. C. W. Parker presided
and roll call was answered with
favorite quotations of home. ‘‘It
Takes a Heap of Living in a
House to Make a Home” was
read by Miss Bryte Daniel.
Progressive Turkey was played
and the prize for top score was
won by Miss Cox. At the con
clusion of the games a luncheon
was served at small tables. The
hostesses were assisted in serv
ing by Misses Margaret Griffin
and Bessie Draper.
Those present in addition to
the members were Miss Anna
Brown, Mrs. Jessie Murrell and
Mrs, High.
Fanuy Work Sale and Conundrum
Supper
There will be a Fancy Work
Sale and Conundrum Supper at
the Masonic Hall, Roxobel, N. C.
on Friday evening, Dec. 3. The
proceeds will go to benefit the
Methodist Church.
The very gift you want for
that mother, father, sister or
friend will be found at the bazaar
given by the women of the M»
E. Church on Thursday, Dec. 9.