NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 4.000 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 45
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June .5, 1945,
ESTABLISHED 1899
Pay Tribute To The
Memory of War Dead
At Memorial Service
Warning the Vi ar Is Not Over,
McMillan Favors Strong
Force To Guard Peace
“The war is not over and our re
sponsibilities are many,” R. L. Mc
Millan, Raleigh attorney and past
state commander of the American
Legion, said at a special Memorial
service in the local Baptist church
Sunday evening when several hun
dred people assembled there to pay
tribute to the memory of those
young Martin County men who had
laid down their lives in the service
of their country in World War II.
With the several churches cooperat
ing, the service was attended by
relatives of the young men who had
made the supreme sacrifice.
Participating in his last service
marking the end of his second pas
torate of the Baptist church here,
Dr. W. R. Burrell offered a special
prayer and recited Tennyson's i
“Crossing the Bar.” Names of the
honored dead were read and special
music was rendered by the choir. It
was explained that several names
were unavoidably left from the list
which now stands at 48 for the coun
ty.
Centering his address around the
theme, “My country yesterday, to
day and tomorrow,” Mr. McMillan
pointed out that the iove, laughter
and freedom of yesterday came
about only through sacrifice, blood
and tears. “We follow our fighting
men through the war of Indepen
dence, 1812, Skirmishes with the In
dians, the Mexican, the War Be-!
tween the States, the Spanish, and
World Wars I and II, and today we
pay tribute to those men and to the
Gold Star homes throughout the
land.” I
Continuing, Mr. McMillan pointed
out that we have achieved the right
of assembly, speech, press, opportun
ity, enterprise and religion, that no
one of these was allowed in Germany
or now in Japan. “But,” the speaker
declared, “in enjoying our great her
itage, we must remember that we
have responsibilities at home and in
world affairs. We look forward to
time when peace will prevail, when
the lamb will lie down w'ith the lion,
but what are we doing to prevent a
recurrence of war?”
The speaker offered his own an
swer when he said, “To be effective
in maintaining peace, America must
be strong If the United States had
been strong the laps would not have
marched into Manchuria and Italy
would not have gone into Ethiopia.
The brutality of the Germans and
Japs is a tragedy, but there was al
so a tragedy of democracy’s unpre
paredness for war. Let us make sure
America is strong enough to enforce
the peace. We did not keep peace
with Flanders Field. Let us resolve
to keep the faith with Salerno, Cor
regidor, the Solomons, I wo Jima and
Okinawa.”
Mr. McMillan told those present
that they were molders of opinion
that they can determine if the new
peace is to be made permanent. The
failure of peace last time is trace
able to the American people; failure
to fix and maintain the peace now
(Continued on page six)
Liberated Prisoner
Visiting in County
Liberated last April 29 after a stay
of more than seven months in a Ger
man war prison camp, Pfc. J. Sam
uel Roebuck returned to the States
last week and was here yesterday
visiting his uncle, Mr. Joe H. Roe
buck. The young man did not have
to say that he was happy to be free
again, that he was enjoying his 60
day leave at home.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.
Roebuck, RFD 2, Robersonville,
went overseas eleven months ago.
He went into action in France last
Julv and after some bitter fighting
and close calls he was captured by
the Germans on September 11 and
confined to a prison camp near Mun
ich.
“I guess I was one ot tne lucKy
ones, for I lived through those seven
months fairly well. It was pretty
tough working on the railroad dam
aged by American and British bomb
ers, and I lost weight. We would fix
one place today and the road would
be wrecked at another place the next
day,” he said.
Transferred to the farm, the young
man said he regained most of his
weight. The German farmers fed him
very well and with the meager ra
tions at camp, he got along fairly
well. The German farms were strip
ped of most of the power machinery,
and most of the plowing was done
with oxen, he explained, adding that
he was engaged principally in plant
ing and cultivating irish potatoes.
The farmers fed him eggs and other
nourishing foods, but the camp diet
centered around bread and potatoes
and dehydrated cabbage. When he
was teansferrcd from one camp to
another he was given transportation,
and he added that he was not brutal
ly treated, explaining that some
Germans were meaner than others,
and it depended on the guard as to
how you wc-re treated.
Town Authorities Start New
Term After Routine Fashion
Elected without opposition last
month, WilJiamston’s mayor and five
commissioners started their new
terms last evening, the beginning of
the new two-year tenure of office
being of a routine nature. Mayor J.
L. Hassell, ending twelve years in
that position without missing a meet
ing .accepted the oath of office at
the hands of Court Clerk L. B.
Wynne who also administered the
oath io Commissioners G. H. Harri
son and I.. P. Lindsley who arc- be- !
ginning their 14th and 11th terms,
respectively. Mayor Hassell admin
istered the oath to the other three
commissioners, N. C. Green who is
starting his tenth term, V. D. God
win, his seventh term, and R. T. Grif
fin, the youngster in the group who
is now working on his third term.
No changes were made in the of
ficial organization, L. P. Lindsley
continuing as mayor pro-tern, G. H.
Harrison as clerk and N. C. Green
as treasurer. R. L. Coburn was re
WOUNDED
Pvt. Kenneth H. Roberson,
promising and hard-working
young Martin County farmer
before he entered the service last
September 28, was recently
wounded in action on Okinawa,
his mothei, Mrs. Callie Rober
son, of Robersonville, was ad
vised by the War Department
last week. The seriousness of his
wound was not disclosed, but it
was learned that he was wound
ed in the jaw while serving with
an infantry regiment.
Commissioners In
Uneventful Meet
Monday Morning
V. J. Spivey Appointed To
Head ABC Board For
Next Three Years
Martin County’s commissioners
Held an uneventful meeting here yes
terday when they limited their ac
tivities to matters of a more or less
routine nature. All members were
present, and the meeting lasted only
a short time.
V. J. Spivey was reappointed chair
man of the Martin County Alcoholic
Beverages Control Board for a
three-year term beginning the first
:>f next month. The appointment was
made by the combined boards of ed
ucation and commissioners. Only one
ither application was before the
board and that one was submitted
by Luther Hardison.
Reporting on collections, County
Tax Cullectui M. L. Peel slated that
all but $6,486 86 of the 1644 levy had
been collected. Only $1,779.90 is un
collected on the $201,029.76 levy for
1943, and there is an unpaid balance
of $1,511.35 on the 1942 levy.
The following 1944 tax relief or
ders were issued: Elmer Bell, Wil
liams Township, $2 double listed;
Hosea James, Jarnesville Township,
$1.82, in army; J. W. Harrelson, Wil
liamston, $9.92, in the armed forces;
Isolene Meeks, Williamston, $1.10,
double listed; Leonard Williams,
Williamston, $4.26, in navy; Charlie
Carraway, Cross Roads. $1 20 dou
ble listed, and Pennie Nelson, Rob
ersonville, $2.48 double listed.
The Beaufort-Hyde-Martin Re
(Continued on page six)
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WORKERS
I
"\
Henry Griffin, local timber
man and manufacturer, troubl
ed greatly by labor shortages,
moved yesterday to relieve the
trouble when he imported a
dozen men from the Barbados
Islands, down in the West In
dies area.
Employed under a normal and
free labor contract, the workers
are being housed temporarily in
a tenant house out in the coun
try. Mr. Griffin plans to erect
barracks for the men and will
work them in the log woods and
at his mill. -
The workers speak English,
and are said to be good work
ers.
Quite a few of them are being
employed in this country, one
report stating that possibly one
hundred or more will be assign
ed to industry in Washington
County.
tained as town attorney at a $100
annual retainer’s fee. AH other of
fice holders are expected to con
tinue. No change in salaries or fees
was proposed.
Very little business was before the
board and the meeting lasted only
a short time. License to sell wine
was denied Dr. Edward EarW, but
the applicant was granted a license
to sell beer, provided he has the
owner to move the building former
ly known as Buck's place back from
the street. It was pointed out that
the building in its present location
presents a safety hazard. A license
was also granted E. Watts Brown to
sell beer in his Little Savoy cafe on
Washington Street.
Animals kept by Bennie Rives on
Railroad Street constitute a nuisance,
the board rules and he will be asked
to move them.
The town agreed to put in about
100 feet of 15-inch tile in a ditch
leading off South Watts Street be
tween Hatton and Williams Streets.
Mrs. Geo. Gardner
Dies in Hospital
Sunday Afternoon
Funeral Services Were Held
At the Home Near Here
Yesterday Afternoon
Mrs. Bessie* Bennett Gardner died
in the local hospital Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock following a long
illness. She had been in declining
health for two years or more and
her condition had been serious for
some time. However, she was getting
along as well as could be expected
up until last week when her condi
tion became worse and she was re
moved to the hospital. She suffered
patiently during her long illness.
Tlie daughter of the late Joel and
Dora Burroughs Bennett she was
born near Williamston on February
11, 1892, and lived in this county all
her life. She was married to George
Gardner twenty-seven years ago.
Following the death of her mother
about twenty-two years ago, she
helped rear her young brothers and
sisters and two of her husband’s chil
dren by a former marriage in addi
tion to two of her own. Loving care
was extended to all, and she was a
good neighbor and beloved by all
who knew her. Mrs. Gardner join
ed the Baptist Church at Riddick’s
Grove almost twenty-five years ago.
She was faithful in its service down
through the years, attending services
regularly as long as her health would
permit. Mrs. Gardner was devoted to
her home. A thoughtful wife and
mother, she was a good woman and
was held in high esteem.
Besides her husband she leaves
two children, Edward and Litha
Gardner; two step-children, Perlie
and Haywood Gardner; four sisters,
Mrs. Nora Hopkins of Spring Green,
Mrs. Jesse Rogers of Bear Grass,
Mrs. Mayo Hardison of Poplar Point,
and Mrs. Johnnie Savage of near
Williamston, and four brothers,
Messrs. Frank Bennett of Murfrees
boro, Leonard Bennett of near Wil
liamston, Hugh B. Bennett of RFD
1, Palmyra, and Vance Bennett, U.
(Continued on page six)
Nearly 300 Tires
Allotted For June
Nearly thrpo hundred auto tires
and more than fifty truck tires have
been allotted this county for ration
ing in June, it was announced this
week by the War Price and Ration
ing Board. Last month 178 car tires
were allotted, but the number was
increased by 100. This month, 270
car tires and 51 truck tires were al
lotted.
Meeting last week, the county
board rationed 32 passenger car
tires.
Grade I tires were issued to the
following :
Stanley E. Whitman, John F. Wal
ters, W. C. Wallace, Mildred Everett,
J. R. Winslow, A. J. Holliday, Jr.,
P. E. Getsinger, C. B. Roebuck, Dai
sy Marie Manning, W. C. Hale, Mrs.
Louise Barber, R. H. Weaver, J. L.
Whitfield, W. M. Cross, Edgar D.
Brown, Louis Barber, Peter Bell
flower, Mrs. Lillie Wynn, J. Elliott
Barnhill, I. B. Roebuck, Charlie G.
Forbes, Dr. E. L. Early, Pleny Peel,
D. C. Peel, Edward James Estate,
Taylor Mill and Gin Co., James R.
Wynne.
New Sanitarian Enters
Upon New Duties in County
* Andrew Holliday, Jr., Jamesville
| young man, entered upon his new
; duties as county sanitarian last week
, after receiving special training ir.
| other counties arid in Raleigh,
j In trying to, improve health con
| ditions for the good of the general
public, the young man asks the co
operation of the people. A statement
from the health office warns willful
violators of the public health laws
that health measures will be enforc
ed.
HAS TOUGH TIME j
l ___ J
In a recent letter, Pvt. John Bill
Leggett, son of Mrs. Minnie Leggett,
RFD 2, Williamston, and the late H.
W. Leggett, declared it was a hot
time over in Germany for him the
latter part of last February.
Wounded in the right hand by a
mortar shell on the night of Febru
ary 22, 1945, the young man said it
v. as an exciting and dangerous time.
Pvt. Leggett and his half-track ve
hicle driver, a sergeant by the
name of Hooper, were traveling
along a road when enemy fire got so
hot they deserted the machine for a
ditch. “When the fire slackened, the
sergeant went back for the truck,
and just as he left a shell struck
the spot where he had been seconds
before. I was wounded, and was
picket! up a short time later.”
His wife, formerly of Florida, and
their two children, Sheron and John
nie, are making their home with his
mother in this county.
In his letter Pvt. Leggett stated
that he hoped to be home some time
within the next three or four months,
that he had sent souvenirs, including
several watches and the wheels off
one of the two German planes he had
shot down. He wears the Purple
Heart and is credited with capturing
more than five Germans.
Frank Hitch Died
In Hospital Late
Last Sunday Night
Funeral for Well-known Lo
cal Citizen in Church of
Advent Today
Frank Smith Hitch, retired high
way engineer and well-known local
citizen, died last Sunday night at
10 o’clock in a Washington hospital
where he had been a patient for
about ten days. He had been in de
clining health for some time, but his
condition was not considered serious
until about a month ago when he
suffered a heart attack. He showed
much improvement until about two
weeks ago and he was removed to
the hospital for treatment.
The son of the late Frank and
Mary Sue Wells Hitch, he was born
in Bertie County on December 17,
1884, and moved to this county about
a year later, locating in Hamilton
where his father engaged extensive
ly in the lumber and manufacturing
business. About 1895 the family lo
cated in Norfolk where he attended
the Norfolk Academy and Gatewood
Schools .later engaging in the lum
ber business with his father for a
number of years. Mr. Hitch was mar
ried to Miss Mary Loser of Smith
field, Va., in 1909 and moved to
North Carolina three years later, lo
cating in Williamston in the late
teens, and making his home here
since that time.
He went with the North Carolina
State Highway and Public Works
Commission about 1920 and special
ized in road and bridge engineering,
giving many of the best years of his
life to his state’s march of progress
in highway construction. After a
quarter century of able and faithful
service with the commission, he re
tired on his sixtieth birthday. Rec
ognizing the need for men, he an
swered a call to service by the Bur
eau of the Census and was engaged
in making a farm survey in this
county when he was taken critically
ill.
Mr. Hitch was a member of the
Episcopal church during a greater
part of his life, and he was deeply
devoted to the finer ideals in life
and to his work. He made and cher
ished many lasting friendships dur
ing his residence here, and was held
in high esteem.
Besides his wife, he leaves two
(Continued on page six)
QUIET
AJJ was very quiet on the
crime front here and in most
parts of the county last week
end. Only one person was ar
rested and jailed, and he was la
ter released after sobering up a
bit.
Two persons, Joe Burt Purvis
and Arthur N. Brown, Jr., were
cited to court for allegedly op
erating motor vehicles with im
proper brakes.
Japanese Expecting^
Invasion 01 .Their
Main Islands 'Soon*
Kobe Struck by Five Hundred
B-29's; Okinawa Battle
Nearing End
Admitting that tho battle for Oki
nawa is nearing a close, the Japanese
today were quoted as saying that
they expected an invasion of their
main islands “soon". “All indica
tions point to an invasion of the
homeland,” the Jap radio warned.
Action by the Sixth Marine Di
vision apparently disturbed the Japs,
reports stating that the American
fighters stormed ashore on Oruku
peninsula on Okinawa yesterday in
a surprise attack and swept up half
the stubbornly defended airfield at
Naha, the island’s capital. At the
same time other American forces
advancing from the northeast drove
forward to leave the enemy a con
necting strip only three miles wide.
Breaking through crumbling en
emy lines in some of the most sen
sational advances of the bloody 65
day campaign, American soldiers in
the central part of the island broke
into Iwa village, only three miles
from the southern beaches
On the eastern coast, other in
fantrymen driving westward after
mopping up scattered enemy resist
ance on Chinen peninsula captured
Gushican village on the southeastern
coast and only frve miles from the
southern tip of the island.
As front dispatches reported that
Japanese troops had been inter
cepted attempting to flee the island
by sea, enemy suicide planes again
broke through to attack the Ameri
can fleet off Okinawa. Forty-five
enemy planes were shot down but
one light American naval unit was
damaged, Admiral Chester Nimitz
announced. The loss of the destroy
ers, Morrison and Luce, was announ
ed yesterday.
Nearly 500 American Superfort
resses today poured 3,300 tons of
firebombs into Kobe, Japan’s sixth
largest city and principal port, in a
heavy assault against a 10-mile long
industrial area stretching from one
end of the city to the other.
The big armada of Marianas-based
bombers roared in over the Japanese
homeland at 7:14 a. m. Tokyo time
and spread their devastating loads
of incendiaries through the heart of
the war industry center on Osaka
Bay.
fighting still goes on in the Philip
pines, and in China the Chinese are
making gains, reports stating that
the Japs are withdrawing from the
corridor leading to Indo-China.
During the meantime, the Allies
are said to have launched another
invasion to take Borneo.
In a speech yesterday, Prime Min
ister Churchill, bidding for re-elec
tion, precdicted an end of the Jap
war within a year, and the boys over
there are saying, “out of the sticks
in’ 46’’.
Badly Injured When
Run Down by Truck
—«.—
Miss Elizabeth Holliday, 14-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wins
ton Holliday of near Dardens, was
gravely injured last Thursday after
noon at 4:30 o’clock when she was
run down in the yard of her home
by an empty log truck operated by
Kader Brown, colored employee of
the Williamston Lunibct Company.
Suffering a skull fracture, a brok
en collar bone and bad bruises on
one side, the young victim had not
regained consciousnes searly today.
However, her condition was believed
to be showing some improvement,
late reports from the hospital in
Washington where she was admit
ted for treatment stated.
Young Miss Holliday got off a
passenger bus traveling toward
Jamesville and was crossing the
highway to her home. Brown, trav
eling in the direction of Plymouth,
drove off the highway about 112
feet from the point where the bus
stopped, and bore to his right, strik
ing the. gil l in the yard about 29 feet
from the edge of the hard surface.
The truck continued about 78 feet
after striking the girl.
Given first aid treatment in Plym
outh she was removed in a Horner
ambulance to the hospital.
Brown is charged with reckless
driving and with failing to report
the accident. No hearing date had
been fixed.
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Wounded Boy Hopes
To Get Home Soon
Seriously wounded by a bursting
shell in Germany last February, Pfe.
Ernest C. Hollis returned to the
States a short time ago and is now
a patient in Finney General Hospi
tal, Thomasville, Ga.
In a recent letter to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dock Hollis, the young
man said he hoped to be home in
about a month. During the mean
time, mail from friends will reach
him at Finney Hospital, Det. of Pa
tients, Ward B-7, Thomasville, Ga.
The shell fragments injured him
in the back, shoulders ar.d neck.
|‘E* Bond Sales Exceed
Half oFCounlv's Quota
! DIES IN HOSPITAL
Contracting a fatal disease
while serving in the Pacific
Theater of War, Seaman Hubert
Davis Brown, son of Guilford
Brown, died in a Columbia, S.
C„ hospital on May 27. Me was
buried near here last Tuesday.
Local Schools End
Term at Exercises
Last Friday Nijrht
Small Crowd Present for Lit
erary Address and Cradn
ation of 27 Seniors
“You are hopelessly in debt, but
shamelessly thankful for it." Rev.
W. M. Maness, Tarboro minister,
said in his address marking the elose
of the local schools and the gradua
tion of twenty seven young men and
young women last Friday night. His
talk, sounding a serious warning,
was heard by one of the smallest
groups to attend a school commence
ment program here in several years.
The minister did not paint a bright
picture for the youthful graduates
when he pointed out that the four
horsemen—fear, pestilence, famine
and death are riding furiously over
the world today, but he spoke in be
half of youth when he said, “The
custom is to direct criticism against
youth, when it is not as much a youth
problem as il is an adult problem.
If you have failed to measure up to
expectations, the older ones are re
sponsible.
"But you have a cause worth liv
ing for, a cause that can improve
your mind and spirit,” he said, de
claring that we should live for a
cause worth dying for, and the chal
lenge to you is to go forth and give
light, order and peace to the world.
You are a determining factor in a
new day about to be born. We be
lieve in you We are confident that
you will make a definite contribu
tion to the world,” he said, adding
that today is a day of beginning, a
creative period, a period of vision.
“Youth must be won and trained Re
building a peaceful world. One of the
programs in the postwar world is to
direct the thinking of youth toward
an order of peace and love.” lie add
ed
The speaker said, “We are proud
of America, a land of freedom and
democracy. We are proud of democ
racy and the traditions of our na
tion. We are proud of the heroic ef
forts of our grandfathers. As you
look forward to life achievement you
can be inspired by the mighty con
tributions and the flow of culture
handed down to you.”
Rev. Maness then cited our obli
gations and told the graduates that
they were indebted to Moses Isaiah,
David and Jesus and others who gave
to the w'orld new ideals. You are
indebted to the Greeks for the philo
sophical mind, to Italy for art, to
England for representative govern
(Continued on page six)
MIDGET
v
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The 1945-46 school budget was
tentatively fixed by members
of tlie board of education for the
county yesterday. Approximate
ly $96,925 are called for this
year as compared with about
$86,000 for the term just end
ed, the board chairman explain
ing that debt service was up
about $1,000, capital outlay
about $2,000 and current ex
penses about $7,000. Ifebt serv
ice was estimated at $23,682,
capital outlay at $16,550, and
current expenses at $56,692. The
State accepts about $17,000 as
its share of the current expense
item which includes insurance,
vocational teacher salaries, re
pairs, fuel, janitors’ services.
According to the preliminary
budget figures and operating
costs last term, the schools in
this county will cost right at
$339,924 next term.
Sale Of Negotiable
Bonds Over the Top
In Very Short Time
“Little” Buyers Are Earnestly
I ryed To Support the
Pnrehase of ‘E’ Bonds
The Seventh War Loan Drive in
this county made considerable
progress last week when citizens in
vested an additional $60,845.75 in
"E" bonds and went to oversubscribe
the quota of negotiable securities by
more than $282,000.
While the bond picture has been
materially brightened. County Drive
Chairman D V. Clayton points out
that the “E" bond quota is hardly
more than half subscribed, that the
no'vqle of this county cannot con
scientiously look the fighting men
in the face when they return unless
the challenge is met to the last pen
ny. Through last Saturday, $208,
252.00 had been invested in “E”
bonds by Martin County people,
leaving the drive $162,748,000 short
of its goal. Just a little over three
weeks is left to meet the challenge.
Reports state that a comparatively
few investors have been responsible
for the bulk of the progress made in
the drive to date, that the “little"
fellows are not measuring up to ex
pectations. Leaders of the drive are
again appealing to the “little” in
vestors to get busy and carry the
"E” bond drive over the top.
A holder of the Congressional
Medal of Honor who distinguished
himself on the field of battle and
who came back home just long ch
ough during the Sixth War Loan
Drive to ask the “little" folks to
buy bonds will not be asking them
to buy bonds in the current drive.
He returned to action and since laid
down his life. It is a great tragedy
wln'ti we at home can't save enough
back from a pleasure-driving, enter
tainment-going, liquor-drinking, and
a general good-time program to in
vest a few filthy dollars in bonds
which are needed to support the boys
carrying the fight to the enemy. If
you have bought just enough bonds
to ease your conscience and can flim
flam the ration regulations, then go
ahead and have your brl time. But,
remember, a day of reckoning is to
be expected. It is time to get down
to business and say we are going to
curtail our foolishness and meet the
challenge, or we are going to con
tinue on our merry way, leaving the
boys in the lurch and the devil to
take the hindmost.
Martin County’s negotiable bond
quota has been met and more, Chair
man Clayton announcing that $656,
421 had been invested in that type
of security during the first two days
(Continued on page six)
I)r. Wm. I\. Burrell
In Farewell Sermon
After faithfully serving nearly ten
years, Dr. W. R Burrell ended his
second pastorate with the Williams
ton Memorial Baptist Church last
Sunday.
One of Ins last official acts as
pastor was to name a committee to
have prepared a memorial to the
memory of Mis. Fannie S. Biggs who
gave the church plant to the owner
ship about thirty years ago.
For his farewell sermon, Dr. Bur
rell, who labored so unselfishlessly
for the religious betterment of the
entire community, chose the first
15 verses of the second chapter of
Raul's letter to the Philippians. “Paul
called the pastors together to give
them final instructions. He said, ‘I
commend you to God, and be worthy
of ll's grace that is able to build
you up’.”
The retiring minister, inwardly
touched as he preached to those
whom lie loved and with whom he
had worked, said, "There are greater
issues than me. We are living a
great age when to live is sublime, an
age that can give dimensions and
directions for years to come. Move
on to that divine goal that your life
might be sublime, for bonds based
on God’s word are lasting. Broken
homes and churches might not have
been had we taken God into ac
count,’’ he declared, adding “In com
ing days whether they be few or
many, I commend you to God.’’
Dr. Burrell announced the accept
ance of the church’s call by Dr. Ira
Knight, of West Palm Beach. “I hope
he'll be God’s man to lead the church
into great things. I go with great
appreciation and deepest humility,
and throw the torch to Brother
Knight for him to carry on.”
Dr. Burrell, boarding a moving
van carrying his furniture left yes
terday morning: lor Wegverviiie
where he will spend the summer and
continue to Florida next fall to make
his home with his daughter, Mrs. J.
D. Workman. “But I’ll be coming
back for a visit before then,” he said
as he took leave of the church he
loved and the people of the town.