V. E. & P. Company
Doing lis Full Share
In National Defense
Delivered Twice as Much
Current for Defense as to
All Its Customers
Although no curtailment of power
use has been ordered for the north
eastern section of North Carolina,
served by the Virginia Electric and
Power Company. Ray H. Goodmon.
manager of the Williamston district
of the V. E. P.. said this week that
his firm was delivering twice as much
electric energy for national defense
purposes as it was supplying to its
regular customers.?During the four
months of July. August. September
and October, the V. E. & P. Go. rie
livered 80.000.000 kilowatt hours of
electrical energy and power to the
drought-stricken area, while in the
same period the Carolina Division of j
the V. E. & P. Co. delivered to its
customers in the 18 northeastern
counties their normal requirements j
of aproximately 40.000.000 kilowatt j
hours of energy
?Unprecedented drought conditions
have curtailed the production of elec
tricity in other parte Of tins state to
such an extent that a serious shortage
of power is being experienced in na
tional defense industries; and. for this
reason, restrictions have been placed
on use of electricity for many pur
poses considered less essential to the
welfare of the nation. The Virginia
Electricity & Power Company is not
only producing sufficient energy to
take care of the normal requirements
of its patrons, but is also delivering
twice that amount to other concerns
in the state serving defense indus
tries, Much of the strrphts power be
ing delivered by the V. E P. is un
derstood to be gomg to the big alum
inum plants at Badin
Mr Goodmnn said this statement
was being made to patrons of the
V. E. P. Company in this section
In order that they might know that
his company is at all times attempt
ing to meet local power demands, as
well as attempting to do their full
share for national defense
Because of the vast sources of
power available through the V. E &
P Co.. it will not be necessary for
stores and residences in this section
to forego their usual Christmas dec
orative lighting, although it has been
decided that no Christmas street
lighting will be undertaken here
If it becomes necessary to change
or modify the present policy of the
company. Mr. Goodmon said immedi-|
Two Bakeries Make
Bread For Soldiers
Two bakeries, whose combined ca
! pacity could supply bread to a city
the size of Houston, have been built
by the Fourth Corps Area Quarter
master. Brigadier General James L.
Frink, one in Wilmington, N. C., and
the other at Ft. Jackson, S C., to
! supply bread for the maneuvering
troops of Lieutenant General Hugh
Drum's First Army that moved into
jthe area October 1st.
Seven bakery companies, five at
Wilmington, and tW) at Ft. Jackson,
comprising over 1000 meh, are ne
Icessary to man the field ovens. Both
I bakeries' capacity, when working
| "around the clock" is over 250,000
(pounds of bread per day.
To give some idea as to the mag
nitude ot General Flunk's job in
planning these bakeries, six months
ago there were only about 100 skill
ed bakers in the Army in the Fourth
Corps Area. These men were assign
ed to seven baking companies, each
boasting sixteen ovens.
However, to supply the 359.000
men of the First Army, no less than
1000 bakers wen necessary. In or
der that ^ttros^ men could be trained
and given actual experience at the
same time. General Frink directed
the construction of a gigantic bak- '
ery at Jackson Barracks in New Or
leans. Taking the 112 qualified bak
ers and the 112 available ovens. Gen
eral Frink ordered one skilled baker
to be assigned to each oven, with a
crew of recruits to assist him. These
inexperienced men, realizing the job
they were up against, came through
with flying colors and supplied the
whole Third Army with bread dur
ing the recent Louisiana maneuvers
A field bakery is something to be
marveled at. On one side are the"
storage tents. In these, flour and oth
er ingredients are stored. Between
these and the ovens are the mixing
tents. Here the ingredients are plac
ed in giant electric mixers, with ca
pacities ranging from one to three
196 pound barrels of flour. These
mixers whirl the ingredients of the
field bread into a stiff dough weigh
ing approximately one-fifth ton
After the dough is mixed fifteen
minutes it is dumped into large
troughs where it is allowed to rise.
Three and one-half hours later the
dough is "punched" down and then
allowed to rise again.
The dough is then placed on a
ate notice would be given all patrons
Until then, they are advised to con
tinue the normal use of electricity
for all purposes.
large table where it is cut into pieces,
each one weighwg four pounds. Bak
ers roll these pieces into balls about
twelve inches in diameter and three
inches thick. These are placed into
greased pans for baking.
Next to the mixing tents is a long
shed and beneath this shed are the
ovens. Some of these ovens use ker- j
osene for fuel, others wood. Here al
so are the racks where the bread is'
stored and "cured" before shipment
to the troops in the field.
After the dough has been placed
in the greased pans it is placed in
the ovens where it. is cooked from
one and three-quarters to two hours.
This baking produces a crust ap-1
proximately one-quarter inch thick.
This thick crust and the texture of
the bread itself helps to keep the
bread from spoiling.
M.isl, r KHHi,- Ruffian ,qu?it ih..
week visiting his grandparents ii
Edenton.
Interesting Bits Of
Business In the US.
With cooler weather, the nation's
department store sales for the week
ending November 1 bounced up again
hitting 18 per cent above same week
of 1940 . . . An accordion maker got
an allowance of 150 pounds of alum
inum. enough to last him many
months, on the plea that music is
necessary to morale . . . Sewing ma
chine makers may get priority on
the grounds that home-sewn gar
ments for soldiers are morale-build
ers, too ... With the opening of a
new plant at Martinsville.^ Va.. du
Pont hopes to add a million more
miles (yes. mTTesT of nyTon yarn, per
day. by mid-1942. that would bring
a total equal to 40 per cent of all
nylon needed for women's full-fash
mimd Innu1 n.. Competition between"
oleomargarine and butter for low-in
eonv markets is t hiring again.
I Ait est Additions To The
Enterprise Mailing List
Listed among the recent additions
the Enterprise mailing list are tha
following:
A T. Lilley. Williamston; Mrs. Vir
gie Baker. Merry Hill; Mrs. Mittie
Manning. Jamesville; Simon Lilley.
Williamston; Pvt. Daniel Lilley. All
brook Field. C. Z ; Pvt. W. F Hai
slip. New River. N C.; Mrs. H. J.
Haislip. Oak City; Claudia Rawls.
Williamston; Mrs. J. W Peaks. Ev
eretts; R. L Whitehurst, Williams
ton; Milbon Donaldson. Williamston;
E. R Turner. Palmyra; Mack D.
Hardison. Williamston; Mrs. L. J.
Mills. Williamston: J. A. White. Rob
ersonville; Oscar Briley, Roberson
ville; T. C Cooke. Williamston; Viola
Harrison, Baltimore; Rufus Lynch,
Oak City; J C Kirkman. Jamesville.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Corey are visiting
III Raleigh today.
Is Improving in Hospital
Miss Louise Strange is improving
in a Washington hospital.
?
The U. S. Department of Agricsil
| ture has just announced a program
i for diversion of up to 5.000,000 bush
? els of Irish potatoes intr? starch art J
dextrine
In human beings one eye, usually
is the "boss < ye", performing most
of the work of seeing, according to
the Better Vision Institute. Right
handed persons are right-eyed, and
vice versa Experiments indicate
that animals do not possess eye dom
inancy, or handedness
NOTICE QE KE SALE
I NDER EXECUTION
North Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
John Daniel Kiggs vs. Major Latham.
Bv Ml tin' "f rxrfllllnn ihrirt.-ri
j the unde
to ttio nnd ersigned from the Super
ior Court of Martin County in the
above entitled action, and hv virtue
I of an order of the Clerk of Super
ior Court of Martin County of even
date herewith, directing the under
| signed to re-sell the property herein
after described by reason of a raise
in the bid in a former sale, I will
on Monday, the 1st day of Decem
ber. 1941, at twelve o'clock Noon, at
I the Courthouse door of said County,
i sell to the highest bidder for cash to
satisfy said execution, all of the
right, title and interest which the
said Majyr Latham, deceased, had in
the following described real estate,
to-wit:
Eleven (11) -acres of land adjoin
ing the S. R. Mobley Farm on the
old Williamston-Creenville road in
WiUiamston Township, Martin Coun
ty and being the same lands deed
Led tu Major Latham by J. L Bailey
and wife by deed of record in Book
KKK. at page 557 of the Martin
County Public Registry, and being
known a the Major Latham Home
XLil ,
Tins the 13th day of Nov., 1941.
C B ROEBUCK.
irmn sh.-nff
PEflDER
Quality Jooa Stotei _
Make Ready for Thanksgiving
With These Money-Saving Values!
Ocean Spray or Dromedary
CRANBERRY SAUCE
17-oz. cans ^
TRIANGLE BUTTER
rl?bll 40c ?b40c clubbe41i
COLONIAL
PUMPKIN, 3 No. 2i cans 25c
COLONIAL
APPLE SAUCE, 2 No. 2 cans 15c
Southern Manor SLICED or HALVES
PEACHES, No. 21 can 21c
COLONIAL
Pineapple Juice, 46-oz. can . . .. 27c
MOTHER'S RELISH OR
SALAD DRESSING
JAR 10c 'jar" 17c 3jar' 29c
TA
FOR DESSERTS
PAR - T - JEL ...... 3 pkgs.. 10c
TRIANGLE MIXED
Sweet PICKLES, 32-oz. jar .... 19c
DOUBLE FRESH
GOLDEN BLEND
COFFEE
0 1 LB OQr
L PKGS.
TRIPLE FRESH
OUR PRIDE
BREAD
2 loaves. 17c
SMOKEI) SAUSAGE
lb
20c
LEAN STEW BEEF
ll?
. 18c
Smoked Smitlifield Siden . .
lb.
23c
DEVILED CRABS 3
for.
25c
SMITHFIELD SAUSAGE
lb.
31c
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It's dear sailing in the Navy
You're on the road to success the
minute you join the Navy You get reg
ing to live no board bills, no doctor
or dentist bills.. You even get $118 00
worth of uniforms free And you learn
a skilled trade their pays good money
when you return to civilian life
If you are 17 or over, get a free copy
of the illustrated booklet. LIFE IN THE
U S NAVY, from the Navy Editor of
this newspaper.
SERVE SOER COUKlTRV.'
?~BarLri "MOUR "FTTTDKE T ?^
tlET IKI TH- MftVV KlCM/.' *>
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
The Virginia Electric and Power Company, during the months of July,
August, September and October, 1941, has transmitted and delivered into the
South Eastern drought-stricken area approximately
80,000/000
(EIGHTY MILLION)
KILOWATT HOUR
Of Electrical ENERGY and POWER
During ihis same period of time, lhe Carolina Division of the Virginia
Electric and Power Company delivered to its customers located in the 18 coun
ties of Northeastern North Carolina approximately
40,000,000
(FORTY MILLION)
KILOWATT HOURS
The above facts are given lo ihe North Carolina customers of the Virginia Electric
and Power Company, so that they may know that the Virginia Electric and Power Com
pany is at all times attempting to meet all local power demands, as well as attempting
to do its full share for National Defense.
CAROLINA DIVISION
Virginia Electric &
Power Company
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE