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VOLUME L—.NUMBER 86
Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 2ft, 1947
ESTABLISHED 1899
Prominent Native
^Died On Saturday
In Winston - Salem
Funeral Services Conduct*
ed for Ben C. Crawford
Here Last Sunday - —
Benjamin Coffield Crawford,
member of a family for genera
tions prominent in the political
and other affairs of this section
of North Carolina, died in a Win
ston-Salem hospital at 4:30
o’clock last Saturday morning of
^injuries received in a taxicab ac
cident on the street there on the
evening of October 17. Suffering
fractures of the leg and arm and
other injuries, Mr. Crawford par
tially recovered from the shock
and was able to talk with mem
bers of his family the early part
of last week. He suffered a re
lapse a short time later and little
hope was held for his recovery.
^ A son of the late William Thom
as and Martha Cotton Biggs Craw
ford. he was born in the old fam
ily home here on the corner of
Church and Smithwick Streets on
January 9. 1876 He attended the
old Williamston Academy and
when a young man entered the
furniture manufacturing business
with Martin and Biggs here. Fol
lowing the big fire that wrecked
the factory just off South Elm
Street, Mr. Crawford kept books
for Martin and Biggs a short time
and moved to Lexington to re-en
ter the furniture business, con
tributing many modern inovations
to the industry.
Mr. Crawford was married to
»Miss Rosemond Pope here on De
cember 25. 1901. She died several
years later, and about 1917 he was
married to Miss Bessie Sherrill
of Greensboro. For the past ten
or twelve years he had made his
home in Winston-Salem where he
was associated with the Sprague
Furniture Manufacturing Com
par,.
Possessed of noble principles,
i lie adhered to those principles
from a child on down through the
years, commanding the genuine
f respect of all who knew him, irre
I spective of race or creed or sta
tion in ,))fe Despite' difficult in
end other obstacles experienced
by all in the course of time, he
lived a full life, enjoying greatly
his annual pilgrimages back home
at Christmas time to visit mem
bers of his family and renew
friendships. In all his dealings
with his fellowman he asked but
little for himself, but of his means
he shared willingly with others,
cheering them along the way in
times of stress and setting a
worthy example lor othus to fol
low at all times.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. B. Duke Critcher of Burling
ton, by his first marriage, and by
his second marriage, three daugh
ters. Mrs. C. R. Jordan, Mrs. Har
old Hayes and Mrs. C. O. Under
wood, all of Greensboro; two sons,
Ben C. Crawford. Jr., a student in
the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, and William Thomas
Crawford of Winston-Salem; a sis
ti v.. ll'MMnair. ,; :. and a
brother, Kaaer fa. Crawford of
Williamston.
The body was brought here late
Saturday to lie in state at the
home of his brother on North
Smithwick Street until 2:30
o’clock Sunday afternoon when it
was removed to the Church of the
Advent for the last rites. Rev.
John W. Hardy, rector, officiated
and interment was in the family
plot in Woodlawn Cemetery here.
Mr. Crawford had been a member
of the Episcopal church for a
number of years, his humble walk
through life and Ins daily acts ex
emplifying its creed and its teach
ings.
ROUND-UP
Nine persons, eight of them
white, were arrested and de
tained temporarily, at least,
in the Marlin Couritv jail last
week-end. li was one of the
few (inse.s. in the record «hat
the colored violators did nut
outnumber the whites.
Four of the nine persons ar
| ^ rested were charged with be
ing drunk and disorderly,
two with drunken' driving,
one each for larceny, assault
and issuing a worthless check.
Ages of the group ranged
from 25 to 44 years.
1
To Hold County Memorial
Service In Robersonville
A county-wide memorial serv- j
ice. sponsored by the various vet
erans’ posts and organizations, will
I be ..held,_ Wednesday_ mot'n ing^of
j this week at 10:00 o'clock in the
! Robersonville High School audi- i
torium for those Martin County
! young men who made the supreme
sacrifice in World War II. To be
| broadcast over two radio stations,
‘beginning at 10:10 o’clock a. m.,
| the program will last only thirty
‘ minutes with Mr. Sherwood L.
I Roberson as master of ceremonies.
I Business houses in Roberson
j ville and in other centers in the
I county will be closed, and a cor
I dial invitation is being extended
to the public and especially to
relatives of the war heroes. “The
service will not memorialize any
one of the heroes, but all of
them," Mr. Roberson explained,
and it is hoped that all activities
can be suspended during the ser
vice period to pay fitting tribute
to the county’s war heroes.
Mr. Roberson will handle the
introductions, and Rev, Sidney
Boone will read a Scripture selec
tion. foRowrd bj—tvrr hrvocatiovt
by Rev. John W Hardy, World
War II veteran and past com
mander of the Martin County
American region Post. George
McRorie. also a veteran and com
mander of the Robersonville Le
gion Post, will make a few timely
remarks, and the Robersonville
Glee Club will render a special
selection.
Rev. J. R. Everett, Roberson
ville minister and chaplain of the
Robersonville Post, will make a
few remarks and lead the roll of
the county’s Word War II dead.
The memorial address will be by
Rev. James M. Perry. Following
the hymn, “Rock of Ages” by a
ladies' quartet. Alvin Wise, a vet
eran, will sound taps and Rev. Mr.
Hardy will pronounce the bene
diction.
I
j STILL MISSING |
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Disappearing from his home
in Cross Roads Township on
October 14, presumably to go
squirrel hunting, Andrew Ro
berson, 40-year-old farmer, is
still missing, the sheriff's of
fice reported this week.
Even though extended
searches have been made over
a wide area, no trace of the
man has been found, leading
some to believe that he is
| either dead or he has gone to
| unannounced points. Search
ers continue to look for the
man, the sheriff said.
Miss Celia Slokes
| Wins Scholarship
Award In Contest
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To CompHi* For Stair Prizt*
In 4-H (Holt Flectric
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Winning first place for girls in
! this county. Miss Celia Stokes of
; Hamilton forged ahead to take one
I
, of the first Virginia Electric and
1 Power Company territorial
! awards in the 1947 4-H Club Bet
| ter Methods Electric Contest held
1 in Raleigh yesterday and this
morning. The award is valued at
$100 and Miss Stokes's success
t fill bid for a first place in the ter
ritorial contest make her eligible j
i to participate in the state-wide
contest, the winners of which will
| be announced at an early dale,
i Howard Bennett of Bear Grass
I won first place for boys in this
J county and he made the trip to
j Raleigh where lie was reported
j to have made a creditable show
; ing in the territorial contest.
! Miss Stokes, daughter of Mr.
I and Mrs. Frank Stokes of Harr.il
| ton, is a senior Jn the Oak ri.iv
| High Schott and a member of the
j 4-H club there.
j Albert Ellen of Halifax County
i won the first prize for boys in the
j territorial contest and he is to re
I ceive a $100 scholarship award.
I Second prizes, gold watches, were
awarded to Robert Dennis Ricks.
,Jr . of Conway, and Hazel Garris
of Pitt County.
I The territorial awards were j
1 presented to the winners by W. I
j E. Wiod, executive vice president
of the VEP Company at a barbe-1
! cue supper and harvest friendship j
j party held in the Tar Heel Club
| at Raleigh last evening.
i
(Continued on page eight)
Aged Man Faces
| C
Charge In Court
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Julius Ebcrn. about 70 years
1 old. was returned from Princess
Ann County, Virginia yesterday j
■ tn face ft • %.in j
I the courts of this county. Hardly |
I able to support himself, the aged j
man i~ charged with deserting
this 70-year-o!d wife here. He is
the third man to have been called
j or brought back to this county for
alleged non-support.
Deputy Sheriff Buck Holloman i
and Officer W. E. Early returned j
the man here.
Young County Man
Dies In Hospital
Of Bullet Wound
' a
Funeral Wednesday At
Home In Bear Grass for
W. A. Bailey
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W. A. Bailey, young county far
mer, died in the hospital here last
night at 11:00 o’clock of a bullet
wound inflicted at his home in
Bear Grass late yesterday after
noon. He died without regaining
consciousness.
The bullet, a rather long one
fired from a rifle, entered the
forehead and came out the top of
his head, tearing through the
brain structure and possibly frac
turing the skull for several
inches.
Few details of the shooting
could be learned immediately,
and no theory has been offered.
The young man returned to his
home near Bear Grass lale Mon
da> alterr.ooiiTmS^TmVto tiu *lfv
ing room with his rifle. Whether
the shot was fired accidentally or
intentionally could not be deter
mined. First reports reaching
here stated that friends had no
ticed he had been moody, that
possibly he was brooding over
automobile accidents in which he
figured and in which two or three
persons lost their lives. He was
driving the car in which Garland
Bailey, a relative, lost is life some
months ago ..t the intersection of
Highway 17 and the Bear Grass
highway.
Mr. Bailey's mother was in an
other part of the house and his
wife was feeding the chickens
when they heard the rifle fire.
Going to the living room they
found him lying on the floor with
the rifle across his chest. One re
port said that one shoe had been
removed Horn his feet, giving rise
to the possibility that he ahd fired
the rifle with his toe.
Investigating the death, the
county coroner had not filed his
report early today.
The deceased was a son of Mis.
Allie Peele Bailey and the
late Warner A. Bailey of Bear
Grass. He was born in Beai Grass
Township twenty-three years ago,
and lived there all his life, work
ing in garages and farming. He
was married to Miss Velma Bailey
and she surives with a small son,
Phillip Ray Bailey; four brothers,
S. Clayton Bailey, William Clar
ence Baiey, Robeit A. Bailey and
(Continued on page eight)
REOPENING
While no definite date has
been determined, it is believ
ed the tobacco markets will
reopen next week, possibly
on alonday. A holiday, going
into efteet today, was ordered
when the expert companies
went off the market as a re
sult of a ban placed on addi
tional leaf purchases by Great
Britain. '
Agriculture officials yester
day approved a plan whereby
the Commodity Credit Cor
poration may finance Great
Britain’s tobacco purchases
and relieve the market slump.
Elder E. G. Stone
Died At His Home
Saturday Mornin
Funeral Sunday Afternoon
F'or Projiiineul Primitive
naptisit Munster
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Elder Edward C. Stone, promi
nent Primitive Baptist minister
and well-known eitizen of Grif
fins Township, died at his home
there at 3:15 o'clock last Saturday
morning, the victim of a heart at
tack and complications. He suf
fered a heart attack three weeks
ago and his condition had been
| critical since that time. However,
i he w as unusually bright and talk
led with relatives and friends dur
ing the early part of last week.
Devoted to his religious work
and ready to answer a service
call, Elder Stone faltered slightly
while conducting a funeral service
the sixth of this month, the min
ister placing the call of duty
ahead of his own physical well
being.
Born in Coventry, England. 71
years ago on October 21. 1876, he
spent his early life on the farm
in his native land. About fifty
years ago he migrated with two
brothers to this country, locating
first in Florida where he operat
ed orange groves. After a few
years in Florida, he settled in
Edgecombe County where he
farmed and operated a cotton gin.
He was married to Miss Annie
Elizabeth Redmond of Tarboro
and a few years after her death
he was married to Mrs. Sallie
Corey Griffin of this county in
1921, making his home near here
since that time.
Elder Stone was active in the
Primitive Baptist Church for
nearly forty years, holding sever
al pastoitites and occupying pul
pits in churches throughout east
ern North Carolina and in Vir
ginia in addition to special mis
sions to churches in other states.
While he missed his relatives
and boyhood friends back in his
I native land, he found happiness
in his adopted land and seemed to
get a great deal out of life, walk
ing humbly before his fellowman
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Surviving are Mrs. Stone; two
children by his first marriage, a
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Lott of Ra
ileigh, and a son, Philip Stone of
Alabama; four step-children, Mrs.
Johnnie Gurkin, Miss Effie Grif
fin and John A. Griffin, all of Wil
liamston, and Mis. Hugh B. Ward
of Beaufort County; two brothers,
Waller Stone who made his home
in this country for several years,
and Fred Stone, both of Coventry;
and two sisters, Misses Amy and
(Continued on page eight)
Throngs Attend
Church Meeting
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The Primitive Baptist Associa
tion, setting a new precedent, at
tracted visiting ministers from
five stales and an estimated 1,500
friends n a
wide territory at Smithwicks
Creek last week-end. Playing the
part of gracious hosts, members of
the church and friends and mem
bers of other congregations par
ticipated in the two-fellowship
which was climaxed by a picnic
dinner so willingly shared, so de
liciously and abundantly prepar
ed. It was indeed a happy occas
ion in the religious life of the com
munity, the friendship and good
fellowship extending to all irre
spective of belief or denomina
tion.
Established in 1803, the church
held what is believed to be its
first program at night last Satur
day, the service attracting a com
fortably filled house. There were
visitors from many sections of the
country, including eight visiting
eldsr, representing seven associa
tions. Among the visiting minis
ters from outside the local organi
zation, were Elders T. R. Craw
ford of Cairo, Cm., J. Harvey Dail
ey of Sperryvillc, Va , C E Ben
son of Clark's Summm, Pa., fa. L.
Hornsby of Tallahassee, Ala., J. A.
Fagg of Winston-Salem, C W.
Miller of Arlington, Va., C. J.
Huffman of Asheville, J. M.
Young of Fender, Ga., M. M. Den
ning of Cary, N. C.
‘ Elder P. E. Oetsinger arid Asa J.
Hardison, both of the host church,
are serving the association as
moderator and eleik, respectively.
Funeral At Home
Herr Monday For
Nicholas Griffin
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Retired Farmer Had Been
An Invalid For About
Niwelcfijj. Years
Nicholas Roberson Griffin died
at his home here on South Biggs
Street last Saturday afternoon at
1:00 o'clock following years of
feeble health. A victim of arth
ritis. he had been an invalid for
nineteen years, spending much
time in bed at intervals during
that time. He had been confined
to his bed for more than three
months during his last illness, and
his condition had been critical for
I a week before the end.
A son of the late John Bryant
and Annie Elizabeth Roberson
Griffin, he was born in' Griffins
Township 58 years ago on March
9. 1889. and spent his early life on
the farm there. When a young
man he was married to Miss Ber
tie Idell Manning and located in
Williams Township some time
later. In 1935 he moved to Wash
ington where he lived until he lo
cated in Williamston in 1944.
Surviving are his widow, five
daughters, Mrs. Idell Riddick and
Mrs. Jimmy Jones of Williamston,
Mrs. Paul Ange and Mrs. W. H.
i Marshall of Norfolk and Mrs. Paul
|L Baker of Washington; a son,
■ Henry Griffin of Washington; one
| brother, H. Dennis Griffin of Wil
jliamston; and five sisters, Mrs.
I Ben Bateman of Goldsboro, Miss
1 Mary E. Griffin and Mrs. Emmett
Hines of Williamston, Mrs. Levin
Ange of Jamesville, and Mrs.
Wheeler Ange of Plymouth.
During his long years of intense
suffering Mr. Griffin never com
plained. but bore his affliction
with great patience, remaining
thoughtful of others and cheerful
until he lapsed into unconscious
ness just a few days before the
end.
(Continued on page eight)
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Negro Painfully
Hoyt Smith, young colored man,
was painfully but not seriously
hurt when Joe Hoover, also color
ed, fired a load of small gun shot
into his face and neck iate last
Sunday night in the Dardens sec
tion of Jamesville Township. Sev
eral shot pierced the skin fftid one
or two struck near the man’s left
eye, but the man's vision was not
1 impaired
"My head feels mighty tight,"
Smith said when lie reported to a
local doctor’s office yesterday
morning for treatment. While the
man did not say definitely what
caused the "tight” feeling, it is
possible that he was laboring un
der a “hangover.”
Smith, swearing out a warrant
for Hoover, said that the shooting
climaxed a fight the two had at
Peter Rogers’s store earlier that
levelling.
Following the fight which
Smith claims he w’on, Smith went
home ^nd was walking by Hoov
er’s home when Hoover allegedly
fired upon him from a distance of
about fifty yards.
“They have got it in for me,”
Smith said as he told an inco
herent story of the attack to
Sheriff C. B. Roebuck yesterday
morning.
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Seeking A Parole
For Milton James
Milton James, colored man who
was sentenced to the loads for
violating the liquor laws, is in line
for parole, unofficial reports say
ing that the parole movement is
being sanctioned by prison offic
ials and friends as well as by
James himself.
A helpiess invalid, Janies has
proved a problem to the authori
ties since he was sentenced to the
roads last June. He was passed
like a hot potato from one camp
to another until he landed in the
prison hospital at Raleigh where
it seems the best of medical care
and good treatment just did not
agree with him. If there are no
objections, it is quitely likely that
James will be back in bis home
in the Free Union section of
J Jamesville Township shortly.
Little Activity Reported
On Peanut Market Locally
Although a few farmers started
threshing the current peanut crop
in this county last week, there has
been little or no activity reported
.on the.roa.vkcts. A' Mr as it could
be learned late Monday only one
I market transaction has been
: handled in * Iris county. Thow
j port stated that an independent
I buyer in the Hamilton section had
purchased 108 bags for $10.65 per
hundred pounds, that the peanuts
| were moved by truck early Mon
day morning to a Plymouth plant.
Company buyers, representing
plants in this state and Virginia,
reported no activities on the mar
ket here other than crop inspec
tions. "We are finding in those
cases where we have examined*1
the crop that the peanuts are too
‘heavy’." a representative of one
company said, explaining that the
peanuts were just too wet for safe
handling. "Our instructions are
to hold off the market until pea
nuts are in a marketable condi
tion," the local representative
sa.id
.While . .that
crops are dry and ready for
threshing, inspections have prov
ed that the peanuts were picked
while in a wet or, at least, damp
condition. It has been pointed out
that while favorable weather will
clear up the condition and the
peanuts will be all right, it has
also been pointed out that unfav
orable weather will cause the
peanuts to spoil, and spoiled pea
nuts will affect the market.
Quite a few pickers were plac
ed in operation this week but sev
eral operators withdrew, declar
ing that the peanuts were not in
! proper condition for threshing.
! “It’ll take a cool, piercing w ind to
[condition the crop for threshing,”
a buyer said.
Tobacco Sales Pass
Eleven Million Mark
Sales Suspended
Pending Outcome
I Of Export Plans
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| Most Farmers Soil (muled
Tulmn'o Before Holiday
Wont lulo Fffeel
Despite the order suspending
sales for an indefinite period on
account of the foreign market sit
uation. sales continued unusually
heavy right on up until the last
d*y before the holiday went into
effect today. And before the close
order went into effect the market
here had passed the eleven mil
lion-pound mark with the possi
bility that another million would
be sold lure after the’ holiday is
I ended.
Even Ihougit the Imperial and
Export Companies went off the
market, prices continued to hold
up fairly well last Thursday and
Friday, reports on the marketing
activities yesterday stating that
prices were possibly stronger than
they were the latter part of last
week. However, price averages
tumbled from around $47 per hun
dred to the low forties with only
the Stabilization Corporation pre
venting a price collapse.
At the close of sales yesterday,
the market had sold 10,963,622
pounds for an average right at $42
per hundred.
A general report for the eastern
belt follows:
Prices by grades during the
ninth week of sales on the Eastern
North Carolina flue-cured tobacco
markets were steady to lower
than the previous week in the rna
J. 'jt, ot .instances. The-.Unit**
States and North Carolina Depart
ments of Agriculture report that
the losses were not as severe nor
as numerous as in the previous
week. The declines ranged from
50c to $3.00 per hundred with
most between $1.00 and $2.00. The
first of the week there was a gen
e al strengthening of pi ices but
with the announcement Thursday
of the withdrawal of all export
purchasers, prices tumbled. All
export grades fell $3.00 to $8.001
with this decline continuing
through Friday. Domestic grades
also plunged and as a result, by
the end of the week prices for in
dividual grades neared season
lows. Despite this a few grades
showed a higher trend.
Action taken by the Flue-cured
(Continued on page eight)
SUPPORTER |
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Convinced of Us value and
appreciative of the work it
lias done for agriculture,
Farmer Billy Cratt a few days
ago put five members of his
family in the Martin County
Farm Bureau.
A few more supporters like
Mr. Cratt would easily carry
the county over the top in its
current drive for approxi
mately 2,300 members.
| ABOUT COMPLETE
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Wiltiamston's street im
provement program, launch
ed last Friday, is nearing com
pletion today. Parts of
School Drive, Halifax and
Park Streets were surfaced
with two inches of sand-as
phalt, and resurfacing was
done on Hassell, Grace, Elm,
Kay, Warren and Washington
Streets and Marshall Avenue.
The drive to the grammar
school is also being surfaced.
In addition to the public
project, the contractor plans
to handle one or two private
jobs if the supply of asphalt
is sufficient.
Bodies Of World
War II Dead Are
Expected Shortly
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Body of Lloyd M. Hassell
Reached New York
l.asl Sunday
-...<m.
The boefy of Lloyd M. Hassell,
U S Army private first el;es who
lost his life in the Hattie of the
Bulge, Belgium, arrived in New
York last Sunday Carrying the
bodies of 6.200 young Americans
who made the supreme sacrifice
in World War II during the Bulge
Battle or other encounters in the
Western European Theater, the
United States Army Transport
docked at New York where it
paused overnight while a special
memorial service was held in the
city's Central YPark. The ship,
W5» paiir c'ovWetr'tf’TiiY' rrifwWViW
ten miles at sea, moved Monday
to a Brooklyn pier where the
bodies will be removed for ship
ment to the distribution centers,
213 of them to come to Charlotte
for final distribution in this State.
Pfc. Hassell was the son of
Charles A. Hassell of Jamesvillc
and the late Mrs. Maude Dillon
Hassell. He was born in Creswell
on September 31), 1918, but moved
(Continued on page eight)
Runs Buick Auto
Off River Bridge
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Driving west on the Roanoke
River detour bridge here about
2:3(J o’clock, Dr. Edward L. Early
lost control of his Buick sedan on
the first curve and drove the ma
chine off the structure. The car
did a half somersault, landing
with all four whack-in the.
The driver end his pasxenget wen
hurt, but believed not seriously
A truck transport came along
shortly after the accident and he
dropped a rope down to the car
owner-driver and his passenger
and they pulled themselves out of
the swamp.
Special wrecking equipment
was called this morning by pa
trolmen to get the car out of the
swamp.
Educator Speaks
To P.-T. A. Group
Here Last Night
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Organization Driving To
Boost Mcmbmliip Fnun
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Speaking on the subject,
"Teaching Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow,” Dr. J. L. Oppelt, di
rector of Student Teachers and
Field Extension at E. C. T. C., ad
dressed tire members of the local
PT-A at their monthly meeting
held last night at 8 o’clock in the
grammar school auditorium.
In his address Dr. Oppelt first
reviewed the teaching profession
in colonial days stating that the
physically handicapped men were
preferred as teachers and that
women were only temporary "fill
ins” for the youngest children. Dr.
Oppelt cited that the social life of
early teachers was quite restrict
ed and that there was no typical
pattern for a teacher.
In introducing the second phase
of his talk, Dr. Oppelt pointed out
that there is still not a clearly
defined pattern for a teacher. As
a contrast from early days there
are few men teachers and the re
quirements for teachers are much
higher than formerly. The speak
er mentioned that the teacher’s
social life today is not as restrict
ed today but he continued by say
ing that “teachers are expected to
lead exemplary lives." Dr. Op
pelt continued by pointing out
that the present day curriculum is
detached from life in general. He
also mentioned that North Caro
lina ranks 39th on the list in the
matter of salaries.
As for the teacher of tomorrow,
• Dr. Oppelt presented the view
that future instructors will be
those who arc above the average
in scholarship; also, that the
teacher will pledge himself to
serve tor several yeais. The teach
er of tomorrow will serve an ap
prenticeship period and will work
with children outside the school.
“He who would be a successful
teacher of tomorrow, must be a
man of many parts,” the speaker
said He must possess a wealth of
•iafvsrmation and uicm,y pv*- ***
sonulity traits. He must under
stand and love children.
“Knowledge alone will not in
sure a successful teacher.” To
morrow's teacher will stimulate
creative work and independent
thinking. He will be an expert in
evaluating his own teaching dally
and will encourage pupils to be
critical of their work. Future
teachers will develop attitudes
and lay stress on cultural refine
ment.
In conclusion l)r. Oppelt point
ed out that North Carolina rank
ed 48th as to size of class enroll
ment and that less than 2 1-2 per
cent of the state income is spent
on public education.
Mrs. Irving Margolis reporting
for the membership committee
announced the following awards
for the most memberships: Gram
mar School, Mis.-, Baker, first prize
of $2.00; Miss Jenkins second
TJnwwiTSKr*ii:ir,r*3trnooi "
Mrs. Gorham’s 11th grade won the
| first prize and Mrs. Manning’s
10th grade took second place. The
committee chairman pointed out
that thus far only 228 had joined
the PTA. President Mobley chal
lenged the adults to do their part
in helping to reach the goal of 500
members.
Chairman Hack Gaylord of the
lunchroom committee reported
on the operation and efficiency
of the grammar school lunchroom.
Mr. Gaylord stated that tin.- lunch
room was now operating at a
deficit and as a result of this milk
was no longer served in the
lunchroom. A committee eompos
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CALL MEETING
Important and urgent busi
ness is sel.eduied foe consul
mUiaa at a call meeting of
the local li ujuiiu » t.ijiu to oc
held in the tlub room Wed
nesday evening of this week
at 8:15 o’clock, it was an
nounced yesterday by the
dub president.
Tbe meeting was ealled by
tbc president following a
meeting of the executive com
mittee held in the home of
Mrs. llenry Griffin on Grace
Street last Friday evening.