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VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER 22
Judge Winston Will Make
Address To Graduates At
Closing Exercises Tonight
Exercises Will Be Held
At City Hall; Eight
Graduates _
Judge Francis D. Winston, of Wind
sor, will nuke the commencement ad
dress to the graduating class of 1926
of the Williams ton High School at the
city hall tonight He will speak in
stead of Hallet S. Ward, who wa»
mentioned in Tuesday's paper.
The judge has been heard on many
an occasion in Williamston, but he has
never made a commencement address
in this city. He comes well known,
however; and, as usual, he will be
heartily welcomed to our town.
One of the best-known after-dinner
speakers of the country, he is equally
well reputed as a speech maker, and
the school officials feel that they are
particularly fortunate in securing such
a gifted speaker so cloße at home.
The graduating class, composed of
Blisses Lucile Hassell, Ruth Manning,
Mary Melissa Andrews, Marguerite
Cooke, Elisabeth Gurganus, and Tru
lah W. Page and Harry Barnhill and
Cecil Taylor, will receive their di
plomas.
The following seventh-grade pupils
will receive certificates of graduation
from the elementary to the high
school: Pauline Ballard, Mary Ahco
Dunning, Josephine Harrison, Gladys
Gurganus, Ruby Gurganus, Norma
Perry, OUie Marie Robertson, Grace
Whitley, Garland Bennett, Charles
Bowen, Herbert Cowing, jr., Hewett
Edwards, J. H. Saunders, jr., Cullen
Stalls, Malcolm Simpson, Johnnie Ed
mondson, Edward Cox, Ralph Taylor,
and Julia Ward.
Honor pupils will receive special
mention and certificates of attendance
and attainment will also be given.
Sunday Program at -
Christian Church
Sunday school, 9.46 a. m.—W. C.
Manning, superintendent.
There will be no church service, as
the pastor will conduct his regular
service at Maple Grove.
Juniors Present School
With Flag and Bible
The Junior Order will present a
Bible and American flag to the Grad
ed school this afternoon. The flag
raising will take place on the school
grounds at 6.30. Hon. Lyn Bond, of
Tarboro, will make a short address.
Correction in Tax
Sale Advertisement
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In the advertisement of land to be
sold for unpaid taxes, which ran in
Friday's and Tuesday's papers, there
were two people advertised through
mistake. The Haasell Gin Co., in Ham.
ilton Township, and E. B. Roebuck, of
Robersonville had paid their taxes
through banks but had not been cred
ited in the collector's office.
H. T. ROBERSON,
Bheriff.
Bom to Mr. ■mmi Mrs. J. D. Wool
ard, a son, yesterday, May 13th, in
Baltimore. Mr. Woolard left last
night for Baltimore, where he will
spend some time with Mrs. Woolard,
who is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. McClosltey.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Godard, Mrs. J.
H. Saunders, Mrs. J. 8. Rhodes, and
Mrs. S. R Biggs motored to Rich
mond today and will return tonight
FOR SALE: NICE TOBACCO
plant*. Enough to set 20 acres by
Monday. J. Prank Weaver. It
STRAND
THEATRE
SATURDAY
Fred Thomson and
Silver King in
"ALL AROUND
FRYING PAN"
Sennett Comedy
"SECRET SERVICE
SANDERS"
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Show Begins 7.30
TWO SHOWS
V
THE ENTERPRISE
Blind Man Does His
Farm Work Well
Mr. E. Hoyt' Manning, of Griffins
Township, who is totally blind, hav
ing lost both eyes at a saw mill,
one about two years ago, the other
three months ago, has not,lost his
grip on life, which many people might
have done under such circumstances.
Instead, he does things well. He sets
tobacco in the field just as we(l as
men who can see. He works on a
transplanting machine, which requires
very careful Handling. The machine
requires two men, and Mr. Manning
is able to select his plant, get it in
place ready to put in the ground while
the other man plants; then when his
turn comes to set his ylant he i«
ready and gets it done as quickly as
he did before losing his eyesight. He
does many other jobs on the fdini
nearly as well as before, but he had
to train himself slowly to get accus
tomed to his lost sense.
Here is a young man who was sore
at heart over his misfortune, yet he
did not nurse his troubles but went
to work and is making the best of
things. Life is n a great measure
what you make it, and such example
as this young man is setting should
help us to make it something worfh
while.
MAKES REPLY TO
LOST WILL CLAIM
Widow of Judge George Brown, of
Washington, Answers Claims
Of His Relatives
Washington, May 13. —Mrs. George
H. Brown, widow of Judge Brown, to
day filed in the office of the clerk ot
superior court her answer, through
her attorneys, Judges James S. Man
ning, of Raleigh, and Harry McMul
lan, of thiß city, emphatically deny
ing the allegations in the petiton filed
by A. D. Mac Lean and others, collat
eral relatives of Judge Brown, in
which these collateral relatives seek
to set up an alleged lost will of Judge
Brown.
The answ£» is quite a length legal
document and indicates that the wid
ow of Judge Brown will contest to the
fullest extent the efforts of the peti
tioners in that proceeding to set up
what they claim was another will of
Judge Bro\n, as well as the caveat
proceedings in which these parties
seek to set aside the will of Judge
Brown which has been offered for pro
bate by his widow.
No Copy of Alleged Will
Mrs. Brown in her answer to the pe
tition to set up an alleged lost will
says 'that there is not set forth in the
petiion any copy of the alleged win
which is claimed to have been lost,
that no such paper was in existence
at the time of the death of her haii
band, Judge Brown, that she had never
seen such a paper and had never heard
that any such paper had ever exist
ed until she was so advised by A. D.
Mac Lean shortly after the funeral of
her deceased husband, that at this
time Judge Brown's kinsman present
ed to her what he claimed was a let
ter from Judge Brown, written from
Asheville, N. C., in August, 14/514,
which stated "of course you will re
gard this letter as strictly confidential
and destroy it Do not file it"
Mrs. Brown further answers that if
Judge Brown had ever written such a
will as claimed he had revoked it by
destroying it, or in some other man
ner, as he had a perfect right to do.
Baaed on Confidential Letter
She further alleges that the attempt
to aet op such alleged lost will is
based upon the confidential letter of
Judge Brown to his nephew, which
contained a request for its immediate
destruction^ and that such letter con-'
tained no mention whatever of any
devise to her old family servant, all
of which, she says, was alleged to
have been in the supposed lost will,
for purposes of assisting such collat
eral relatives in their efforts to de
stroy and set aside the will of Judge
Brown which was filed for probate,
and for their own enrichment and fi
nancial advantage.
She further alleges that her de
ceased husband was willing and con
tent that such benefactions as should
he bestowed upon their faithful fam
ily servant should be at the hands of
herself and not his collatetral rela
tives.
Turkey Dinner At
Old Mill Inn Sunday
A turkey dinner with all the acces
sories will be served at the Old Mill
Inn Sunday. These dinners are be
coming famous over this section* and
Mr. Lilley is jaceirag patronage Yrom
visitors from other towns as well as
from Williams ton.
Williarnston, Martin County, North daroiina, Friday, May"14,1926
WEEKLY SUNDAY
SCHOOL LESSON
May 16.—"Abraham and the
Strangers."—Gen. 18:1-8, 16-19.
By C. H. DICKEY
"Be not unmindful to entertain
strangers, for thereby some have en
tertained angels unawares." This
Scripture from the New Testament
harks back to this passage in Genesis.
It has reference to the heavenly vis
itors found in this lesson.
The same visitors, from the same
source, can come with such varying
message to different people. To Abra
ham they brought the good news that
he and Sara were to have a child in
their old age; but to the people of
wicked Sodom the news that their city
was to be destroyed.
And so it is, the Scriptures are a
stumbling block to some; to others
they point the way to eternal life. To
some Christ means complete deliver
ance; to others only condemnation. The
same strangers went to Sodom who
had been with Abraham, but what a
difference in the message which they
delivered.
It is noteworthy here that Abraham
was in such close contact with the
Lord that he was informed as to His
purposes. Abraham had a vital inter
est in Sodom now; Lot and his family
dwelt there; also he had once brought
back the captives who had been taken
from Sodom.
The purposes of God are not always
hid from His friends. Friends tell each
other things. And God tells Abra
ham His purposes here.
A problem was raised here in Abra
ham's mind. A problem that has wor
ried many others since that day. It
was this, "Why do the righteous have
to sufTer with the wicked?" Abraham
could understand why Sodom should be
destroyed, because of its wickedness;
but he could not understand why all
the people in it should have to• pay
the penalty of the wicked. Surely, if
a few righteous people Could be found,
God would not destroy the city for
their sakes. So, starting with 6()
righteous men, and coming on down
to 10, God promises that if that many
are found He will not destroy the
city. They were not found.
When this question rose in Abra
ham's mind, he fell back upon his
confidence in God. He saidi "Shall not
the judge of all the earth do right?"
This is a wonderful thought-provok
ing question. It carries with it a
mighty anchor for the troubled soul.
There are problems, perplexities,
difficulties over and again in which we
can not understand. But we must not
always assume that we can under
stand. Neither must we assume that
man always sees as God sees. In the
hour of perplexity, we can believe,
with Abraham of old, that the Judge
of all the earth is going to do right.
This belief arises from our confi
dence in Him. From what we know
of God, both historically and experi
mentally, we must believe that He will
always do right; do right in His deal
ings with us, both iy>w and in the
great hereafter.
This question of Abraham's, rightly
comprehended, in worth much to any
honest person who haß his difficulties.
We do not know why God has done
this or why He has failed to do that;
but we can believe that He will do
right
This confidence in Him, this out
growing belief in His Tightness is
j worth its weight in gold when the mo-
I ment comes that we can riot under
stand.
Federation Meeting
Tonight Postponed
On account of the Williamston High
School closing exercises to be held at
the city hall Friday night, the regu
lar weekly meeting of the Laymen's
Christian Federation will be called off.
This organization will meet at the
Methodist Church Sunday afternoon,
May 16, at 2 o'clock. From there they
will go in a body to the home of Mr.
Henry Rawls, where they have accept
ed an invitaton to hold a service. It
is earnestly requested that every
member of this organization be pres
ent and on time. Every auto owner
please bring your car to the church.
Everybody invited. Come.
H. B. HOLLOMAN,
President.
P. B.—lf you are a Christian, you
are a member.
Mesdames J. G. Harrison, Henry
Harrison, Mary Manning, and Will
Wynne and Ira Harrison motored to
Henderson yesterday to visit Mr. Jim
Nicholson, who is very ill at his home
there.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Purvis
a son, J. H. Purvis, Jn. Sunday, May
9th, 1926.
Mr. W. C. Manning spent yesterday
in Norfolk.
Mr. Calloway, general manager of
the Phillips Fertilizer Co., wa| a busi
ness visitor in town yesterday.
FIREMENS MEETING
AT ROBERSONVILLE
Eastern Carolina Firemen's Attsocia
tion Had Enjoyable Meeting
Tuesday Night '
Tuesday night was the regular time
lor the meeting of the Eastern Caro
lina Firemen's Association, and 'accord
ing to appointment the firemen from
the dozen towns represented in the
association met at the Robersonvillc
Graded school building, where they
found a brass band to greet them and
a large number of the leading citi
zens of the town.
In fact, the citizens of Robersonville
responded more heartily to the visit
ing firemen thin has been done in any
other town in which the meeting has
been held.
President Brown being absent. W.
C. Manning, of Williamston, vie* pres
ident, presided over the meeting-.
Mayor Cox, of Robersonvill#, wel
comed the visitors, and P. S. B. Har
per, of Kinston, responded on behalf
of the visitors. -
Several matters of importance were
taken up; among them the firemen's
compensation in case of personal in
jury. Also the firemen's benefit in
surance.
Ayden and Belhavenboth asked for
the next meeting. The invitation of
Ayden having been standing for some
time, it was decided to accept that
invitation, the meeting to be held in
July.
Advises Farmers to (iel
Hail Insurance Now
Mr. Fowden,*of the Security
Life Insurance Co., is carrying an ad
vertisement in this issue reminding
the farmers of the county of th>' dan
ger of hail storms at this period. In
jury to tobacco from hail was nunc
prevalent in June than in any other
month last year, but May hail't-tonn.
often destroy entire crops, and, a*
Mr. Fowden points out, it is us , In ap
tot insure your tobacco the da\ it is
planted as it is a month later.
Episcopal Church
Services Sunday
Kev. C.'O. I'ardo,'Hector
Sunday after Ascension Day*» I
9.46 a. m.—Church school.—Mr. N.
Cortez Green, superintendent.
11 a. m.—Morning prayer and ser
mon.
3 p. m.—Holy Trinity Mission,.
8.00 p. in.—Evening prayer and Ser
mon.
There will be an important meeting
of the Y. P. S. L. Sunday night ut
7.80 in the Church. All the youivg peo
ple Of the parish between the agex of
12 and 21 years of age are urgod to
be present.
Few Cases Tried in
Recorder's Court
The recorder's court Tuesday "had
few cases on docket and none of any
importance.
The cases against Nathan Staton
anw Ruder Brown, being of minor im
portance, .were nol pressed.
In the cases against Solomon
ley and Roy Leggett, for disturbing
religous worship, sentence was BUM
pended upon payment of the costs.
Tiity plwid guilty to 4i*U»r4iing lb*
Holiness congregation Sunday night I
while they were in service. Hoth de-'
fendants were intoxicated.
Dick Stephenson and Willoughby
Andrews were charged with larceny
and receiving. Stephenson was ad
judged guilty, but Andrews was ac
quitted. Stephenson was fined SSO and
costs, but when he appealed was
placed under SIOO bond.
A case of seduction filed against
Living Good Modico was continued un
til June. ' .
Methodist Program
For the Next Week
Sunday school, 9.45 a. m.—E. I'.
Cunningham, superintendent.
Preaching services, 11 a. m. and 8
p. m.
Junior Epworth League, 2.30 p. m.—
Miss Emma Robertson, superintendent.
Preaching services at Holly Springs
at 3.30 p. m., after which the Lord's
Supper will be celebrated.
Woman's Missionary Society, Mon
day afternoon, 4 o'clock.—Mrs. W. C.
Liverman, president.
Senior Eyworth League, 8 p. in. Mon
day, Mrs. J. W. Watts, jr., superin
tendent.
We are glad to be able to report
that Mrs. C. H. Dickey, who under
went an operation for appendicitis yes
terday at the Washington Hospital
stood the operation well and is get
ting along very nieely.
Mrs. S. S. Lawrence and little daugh
ter, Daisy, will eave Sunday for their
home at Richmond after spending sev
eral weeks with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Manning.
HERBERT HOOVER TURNS SPADEMAN
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The 'Secivtu! y >f Commerce turns up tirst spadeful of dirt at grouud
breaking •I't'iciiiiiiii 's I' u' emergency hospital on the grounds of tho tießijut-
Centennial Iniem..t'oi; il Kxpoxltlon in Philadelphia. The expositlou wtll
commemorate the l.'oth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of
it
trom the I'iiiladt'r la (leneriil Hospital. *
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
FOR BIBLE SCHOOL
Isuulty Heady for Work; Children
Enthusiastic; Will Start
Monday Morning
With the facul'y ail ready for work,
•and the children on rolled for »he
iour.se, Williamston's community 'aily
Vacation llible School will holt'.. its
opening session at the public school
buildiiiu Monday morning.
Tin, i hildren are enthusistic about
it. Oiv little„'tl told this wri'.i r that
she hii>! .J vaca* inn planned HI aucthei
State; *JU» that when she founn out
there was to 1 a llible Selliol, decut
ed. tha' alii Vd rather stay hriv • arid
attend it
It is veil for the people of Williuni
ston to remer.il.er that the faC'i ty is
serving without compensation -that
They are doing this work for William
ston's children v, itnout moi.«y unci
without ui.e.
This being itue, everybody ihould
support '.he s"h (.1 to the utmost.. The
schopl authorities have been very gra
cious in lending us the school building
with its equipment. The children »re
anxious to get started. It looks l.ke
a big success.
It is thought that this is the first
school of its kind to open in North Car
olina this year.
A few. things to remember; It costs
nothing to enroll in the school; the age
limit is five to thirteen; there will be
only morning sessions. The school
will only run two weeks this year.
Any child not yet having enrolled
will please see Miss Emma Robertson.
Postal Employees to 7
Have Picnic May 31
All posta employees of Martin,
Pitt, and lieaufort Counties will liuve
a basket picnic at Riverside I'aik on
May the 31, which wih be a legal holi
day this year, since Dot oration Day,
May 30, comes on Sunday. Monday
will be celebrated instead.
The Fourth Assistant I'oi.luiUKtef
General or some representative from
his office wil be present.
The Post Office Department finds
these meetings very helpful they'
serve as good training to the postal
employees who have not had the best
opportunities for training, as well as
building up u stronger service organi-
I zution, which is doubtless the most
complete human machine in the world.
To make it do its best, every man in
' the Washington district, postmasters,
railway mail clerks, post-office clerks,
rural carriers, city carriers, and tho
man who takes the little cart'from the
post office to the train and back every
day, rain or shine, must work together.
These regional picnics are for thi
purpose of bringing all the post-offt e
forces together on one common plan ',
that they may* know each other
ter.
Many Planning to Hear
Bob Reynolds Saturday
A large number of_ people from all
sections of the county expect to hear
"Bob" Reynolds speak at the. Hamil
ton school closing Saturday night. Mr.
Reynolds is a candidate for United
States Senate and is opposed by the
present Senator, S. Overman.
Borri fo Mr. ami Mrs. Clayton
Moore, a daughter, Susan Elizabeth,
last Friday, May 7th.
TOBACCO FARMERS
DEMAND SI(iN UP
Old Melt Tobacco Growers Decide to
Put on CampaiKn For Fifty
Per Cent of Average
Tobacco farmers from 40 counties of
the old bright tobacco belt unanimous
ly decided to continue the protection
of cooperative marketing and deter
mined to watte a campaign for a .">0
per cent sign up of all the bright to
bacco "in Virginia and Western North
Carolina at a meeting last Monday in
Danville. Which filled the Masonic Hall
to overflowing.
A 50 per cent sign up of old belt
tobacco will (five the new association
approximately 100,000,000 pounds of
the weed, more tobacco than was de
livered during the past season to the
Tri-State Association in its entire
area, ami farm leaders at this week's
meeting, including John R. Hutcheson,
director of the Virginia extension di .
vision, Curl Taylor, of North Car
olna State College, and Clarence I'oe,
of the Progressive Farmer, urged tin
Hrowers to get a safe and sure goal,
declaring that they would benefit by
well run and efficient cooperative as
sociation under the new contract,
whether they obtained 4(1 or 50 per
cent of the acreage.
In the face of the announcement by
the organization committee that no as
sistance would be given by the pres
ent association in the campaign for a
new association, the old belt growers
appeared more than ever determined
to press forward with their drive lor
future marketing organization.
The seriousness of the present sit
uation was stressed by the orguniuu
tion committee in their report to the
farmers by whom they were elected to
conduct a sign-up campaign. The com
iriittee warned the meeting of the .ef
fect of the complete abandonment of
cooperative marketing by tobacco
growers in the report and recommen
dations which they submitted to the
meeting, stating that it would "mean
a return to the sale of tobacco only
over the auction floors, which judging
from 50 years of experience, can only
mean .disastrous prices for tobacco,
arid with these prices must necessitruj
follow lower land values, decreased
business activity in all lines of busi
ness, and poorer living conditions on
the farms of the tobacco belt ot V"'
ginia and North Carolina.
The greatest loss of all is the load
of experience which has been gained
in the pusj, four years ot operation of
a tobacco association."
The new contract which the organi
zation, committee will present to the
farmers for signature will have vari-J
oUs improvements and safeguards, a--
mong which are the clauses forbidding
any official to deal with himself or any
director except' the president to hold
any business position with the new ap«>
sociation. The length of the campaign
and all other details of the drive were
left to the decision of the organiza
tion committee who will meet in the
near future to complete the- new con
tract and'formulate final plans for the
sign up campaign.
The extension directors of North
Carolina and Virginia, the chiefs of
the bureaus of markets and the heads
of vocational training in agriculture
from those two States, together with
Dr. Carl Taylor, of North Carolina
State College, and Dr. Carence Poe,
of the Progressive Farmer, were nam
ed by the growers in this week's meet
ing to act as an advisory committee
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CAR OVERTURNED
BY TRANSPLANTER
Son of Parmele Man Slight Injured
Last Night In Collision Between
Ford anif Transplanter
I>ast nijfht about 8 o'clock, Mr.
Crisp, of Parmele, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Carson and their two
sons, also of Parmele, was driving his
Ford touring car on the .Washington
road, coming -toward Williamstori
when he ran nto a transplanter and
the car was overturned. The trans
planter Was' being drawn by a mule
and eart, driven by Jeff Aushon and
belonging to J. (I. Staton. The acci
dent occurred in front of Kelvi«_
Grove.
*
Wone of the occupants of the car
were hurt except little W. H. Carson,
Jr., who was hurt on the head and hip,
but it is thought the injuries are not
of a serious nature. The little fellow,
was also covered with cylinder oil
which .ran out of the overturned car.
The party was returning from be
low Washington, whore they had been
uu a fishing trip. It was raining, and"
Mrs. Crisp did not see the transplant
er. His car and the machine were so
entangled that they were not extri
cated for about three hours.
Mr. li. 11. Harrison carried Mr. and
Mrs. Carson and children to Parmele
immediately after the accident.
More About Crippled
Children's Clinic
The clinic for crippled children,
which will be sponsored by the Green
ville Kiwaiiis 'Club, under the direction
of the State ..Hoard of Charites and
Public V\ el fa re and the State Ortho
pedic Hospital, will be held in the
basement of the Methodist Church in
Greenville on May the 20th. I>r. O. 1..
Miller, surgeon of the State Ortho
pedic Hospital,'will be there to exam
ine the'children. - I loctors from the
seven adjoining counties have l>e«n in
vited to attend the clinic, and a num
ber have signified their intention, of
beng present. Reports front the doc
tors and welfare workers in the ad
joining counties indicate that a num
ber of children from other counties,
will be taken there on that occasion.
As stated yi a previous announce
ment, this is to be a diagnostic clinic
to examine children and file their pa
pers for admittance to the Statce-Or
thopedic Hospital, if fc'iey are found in
need of treatment and are not feeble
minded. lioth white and color sj chil
dren wilf be examined at the clinic.
The first announcement was- in er
ror afiout the date. This clinic will
be held on Thursday, May the 20th.
It is hoped that every person inte.-vn
ed"ili crippled children tinifer Iti year*
of age, either white or colored, pvill
put them in touch with the tinnv and
place and use their influence uijget
ling them there at that time. ,'
Bridge on Norfolk
Route Is Opened
In the presence of thousands of-Vir
ginians and North Carolinians, the nv'W
concrete bridge over Nottoway River,
between Franklin and Murfreesboro,
replacing Smith's Ferry, was formal
ly opened to traffic at 11 o'clock yes
terday morning.
The bridge links the concrete higli
' ways of' Tidewater and S'outhside Vir
ginia with North Carolina. The lat
ter State has not yet provided a hard
surfaced road on its side of the line a
„short distance south of the structure,
but assurances are given that the work
on the Murfreesboro road north to the
boundary will lie speeded#up.
Governor Hyrd and an official
including 11. (J. Shirley, chairman of
the State Highway Commission of Vir
ginia were in attendance. Governor
McLean could not bH present, but lie
was represented by Lieut, (governor
Long and highway officials of North
Carolina. There were probably 7,000
Visitors in Franklin,
cises were held in the school building.
' Messrs. Clayton Moore and W. A.
Cherry attended from this city.
Mr. Ntoure says it was about the
finest celebration of its kind he had
ever attended. The arrangements for
entertaining such a large crowd were
complete in every detail and the Frank
lin people were the souls of hospi
tality. ' • • ' •
Home Demonstration
Agent to Arrive Soon
The County Home Demonstration a
gent is expected to arrive the last of
this month or the first "of June, so
Mrs. Jane McKimmon anil Miss Paul
ine- Smith informed the president of
the Woman's Club of this city when
she saw in Asheville at the re
-1 cent eofivention.
Mjjs. McKimmon says she is a won
derful woman, one of experience and
personality. She will graduate from
Peabody this month and will come here
soon after her graduation.
to assist and w»*k_with the organiza
tion committee throughout the sign
up campaign.