THE ENTERPRISE IS READ Bl
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COCNTt
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEE*
VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 61
Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 3, 1030
ESTABLISHED 1«99
•Fourteen Casys
In County Court
Monday Morning
Several Defendants Given
Road Terms; Fines To
tal $335.00
Fourteen cases were handle^ in ' ®
the Martin County Recorder’s I
Court during a long morning ses
sion last Monday. Several defen
dants were sentenced to the coun- (
ty roads, and fines were imposed j
in the sum of $335. Only a few j
spectators were in court. .
Proceedings:
Pleading not guilty of operat- j
ing a motor vehicle without a
driver’s license, James R. Thomas (
^was found guilty and was fined
$25, plus costs.
Charged with operating a motor
vehicle without a driver's license, j
Walter Lewis pleaded not guilt), j
Adjudged guilty of operating a
motor vehicle while his driver’s ,
license was revoked, he was fin
er! $200, plus costs.
In the cases charging Mrs. J. !
11 Waller and J H. Waller both
of New Bern with drunken driv
ing, a jury found the woman guil
ty and the husband not guilty. ;
Both the defendants pleaded not
guilty. Mrs. Waller, fined $100
and taxed with the costs, was
found guilty by the following
jury: W. Hosea Davis, H. B. Bow
en, Linwood Brown, H H. Wors
ley, Earl M. Coburn, and R. A.
Haislip, Jr Apparently there was
some doubt about the identity of
he driver, and the following jury
found the husband not guilty:
Hardy Parrisher, Zack S. Cowin,
J. A. Ellis, R. A Haislip, Jr., Earl
M Coburn and Linwood Brown.
Pleading not guilty, John L.
Austin and Annie M Williams
were adjudged guilty of fornifi
cation and adultry. Austin was
sentenced to the roads for three
months, and the other defendant
was sentenced to work at the
" county home for three months. In
a second case in which Williams
was charged with assaulting a fe
male, the defendant pleaded guil
ts and was sentenced to the roads
for thirty days, the two sentences |
to run concurrently.
Charged with speeding, Fletch
er Lee Brooks of Haines City,
Fla., J B. Lewis of Greenville,
Emanual Morris Rider of New
•York City, and Chas. Barnum, Jr.,
of Houston, Texas, were each tax
(Continued on page eight)
Open Recruiting
Oiiice August 25
Chief Gunnel's Mate, B. F.
Parrish, U. S. Navy Recruiting
representative, who has been lo
cated here to interview and ac
cept applicants for enlistment in
the Navy, announced yesterday
that the local office in the loby
of the post office will be closed
until August 25.
He stated that until the re
opening of the recruiting office
here applicants yould enlist at
tlu* Rocky Mount office.
-o
In vvaligutv Brnakinfi
And Entering t.hargv
' Delayed a day, Solicitor George
Fountain'of Taiboro is here to
day making a personal investiga
tion of the ease in which Walter
WRkms, 23 years old, is charged
with attempting to break into
the D. M. Roberson home on
West main Street last Saturday
Bight mm I *•
f ABOUT COMPLETE |
v'
The current tobacco har
vest is almost complete, re
ports declaring; that by Satur
day of this week ninety per
cent of the crop will have
been removed from the fields.
Many farmers have complet
ed the task and cut their to
bacco stalks. Several hun
dred will harvest their tips
next week, leaving a few
ti> wind up their Usk Lite fol
lowing week.
Martin farmers are har
vesting a fairly good quality
crop, but poundage is almost
certain to fall below average
on account of excessive rains
in a large part of the county
during July.
'i
Plan To Open New Clinic
Here NextMondayMorning
"If present plans materialize, j I
re will open our new clinic next j <
Monday morning," Dr. Chas. I. ! ]
{arris announced today, adding i
hat a definite date had not been i
letermined for opening the new i
Martin General Hospital. i
The clinic, housed along with an :
•mergency operating room, lab- i
iratory, X-ray room, dental suite '
ind doctors’ library in one wing j
>f the new hospital building on
Liberty Street, is just about ready i
for occupancy. All the new office
Furniture and fixtures have not,
been delivered, but the doctors!
have already set up much of their
equipment and are now making
ready the examining rooms and
other facilities lor carrying on
a general practice. Dr. G. G. Him
melwright, coming here from Tay
oe Hospital, Washington, moved ;
n most of his equipment a few j
lays ago. Dr. Wm, H. Gray, Jr., I
nas moved in most of his dental
equipment and has seen a few
patients in his new location al- ]
ready. Dr. Chas. I. Harris, Jr.
and Jas. S. Rhodes, Jr„ plan to
move the remainder of their
equipment from their Smithwick
Street offices to the new build-!
ing this week-end, and Dr. J. T.
Llewellyn, a fourth member of '
the medical staff, will follow i
shortly. ;
It was explained that a solid ■
carload of equipment had been
shipped the early part of last '
week from a point in New York
State, and that just as soon as
the shipment reaches here, plans
will be completed for opening the
new hospital, possibly on or about
the 15th.
No formal opening of the clinic
is planned. Dr. Harris explain
ing that the opening date is not
definite.
COUNTY BOARD
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Very little business is on
the calendar for discussion by
the county commissioners at
their regular meeting here
next Monday, Clerk J. Sam
Gelsinger said this morning.
Other than routine duties
and the drawing of juries for
the September term of the
superior court, the clerk said
he knew nothing special on
the agenda for the day.
Williamston's town com
missioners will not meet next
Monday night, but will hold
their session Tuesday evening
8:00 o'clock, it was announc
ed.
Cites Record Of
Achievements By
Democratic Party
Figure* Offered An Proof
Of Great Advaueement
In Seventeen Years
In a story recently released,
William M. Boyle, Jr., chairman of
the National Democratic Commit
tee, reviewed the record of the
achievements under the Demo
cratic Party during the past sev
enteen years.
How the partnership of all
classes and sections, thriving un
der a progressive national gov
ernment has brought about great
gams m our free enterprise econ
omy is shown dramatically in the
fact that personal income in the
United States has increased from
only $46,273,000,000 in 1933 to
$206,011,000,000 in 1948—an in
crease of 345 percent. Total na
tional income has risen from $46
billion to $210 billion in the same
period. Other key figures:
In 1947 wages paid to persons in
manufacturing plants in the Unit
ed States totaled $30,242,343,000.
The 1933 figure was only $5,261,
577.000.
From a low of $1.8 billion in
1932 the United States cash farm
income climbed to $30,801,999,000
in 1948 .
Between June 20, 1932 and June
30, 1949 the United Stares bank
deposits increased 288 percent—
from $35,484,000,000 to $137,520,
000,000. Other highlights of the
comprehensive economic survey:
There were 240,881 manufactur
ing establishments in the country
in 1947. The average number of
production workers employed in
these industries during the year
was 11,916,188. Total wages paid
to production workers in 1947
amounted to $30,242,343,000. The
value added to commodities and
goods as a result of manufacturing
processes totaled $74,425,82(000.
By contrast, in 1933, there were
only 141,769 manufacturing plants
in the nation. The average num
ber of production workers during
the year stood at only 6,055,737.
The total payroll for production
employees in 1933 was only $5,
261.377.000. And the value aiiucu
by manufacturing amounted to
only $14,548,018,000.
Despite the recent downward
trend which has brought about
Democratic proposals for an im
proved farm price support pro
i
(Continued on Page Eight)
Issue Seventeen
Licenses To Wed
In This County
IrtMiiaucc About Normul Af
ter Untiling RibincHN In
Month of June
licenses
Seventeen marriage
were issued in this county last
month by the office of the register
of deeds. The issuance, holding to
about a normal figure for the
month of July, followed a fairly J
rushing business during the month !
of June. For the third time this
year, the number of licenses issu- j
vd to white exceeded the number
going to colored couples. The July
issuance was the third largest re
corded so far this year.
Licenses were issued, eleven to
[ white and six to colored couples,
last month, as follows:
White I
Archie A. Phelps and Rachel
Leah Craddock, both of Creswell.!
William Walter Corbett of RFD
1, Elizabeth City, and Annie E. |
Luton Hudson of RFD 4, Elizabeth
City.
Anphus Llewellyn Knox and
Bessie Odell Leggett, both of Wil
liamston.
Walter Browm Harrington and
Susan Isabelle Anderson, both of
Williamston.
Darrell Williams of Roberson
ville and Ruby Whitaker of Wil
; liamston,
Gene Henry Peyton and Bar
j bara Ann Matheny, both of PJym
| outh.
I George William Sho of Green
ville and Dorothy Britton Man
| ning of Williamston.
Thomas Harden and Mary Ellen ^
Ward, both of Williamston.
I Robert Brown and Louise
I Grammar, both of Oak City.
Walter Clayton Purvis and Mar
jorie James, both of Bethel.
Henry Wilson Corey and Leona
, Brown Hardison, both of Jamcs
ville.
I Colored
Chester Saunders and Ernestine
I Wright, both of Robersonville.
Willie Ray Davis ana Hilda Mae
I Little, both of RFD 2, Roberson
ville.
Henry Johnson and Senora Ben
nett, both of Williamston.
Joe Henry Lawrence of Wil
liamston and Mattie Gardner of
Robersonville.
Wesley Ormond and Carolyn
i Clark, both of Williamston.
Leo Carr of Oak City and Mary
j Lucille Junes of Robersonville.
Board Accepts Bids
For Two Motor Trucks
Williamston’s town commission
ers, in special session Tuesday, ac
cepted bids for the delivery ol a
pick-up truck and a one and one
half ton truck.
Williamston .Motor Company
submitted the low bid on the pick
up, and the Roanoke Chevrolet
Company Was low bidder on the
larger vehicle.
The board also called for bids on
a passenger car for the police de
partment. Bids will be opened at
the next regular meeting on Tues
day, August 8.
No other business was handled
at the meeting last Tuesday aft
ernoon.
Robbers Entered
Store At Parmele
Early Yesterday
Iron Safe Found Hursted
Open In Woods About
Three Miles Away
Breaking into the J. H. Roe
buck stort in Parmele early yes
terday morning, robbers hauled
sway an 800-pound safe and stole
a small quantity of merchandise.
The owner was said to have miss
ed only a carton of Camel ciga
rettes from his shelves.
At least two men loaded the1
iron safe on either a car or pick- ■
up truck and hauled it about two
and one-half miles down the dirt
road leading toward Hassell. They
turned in a logging road and
went 200 > cards before dumping
the safe out. Using a large sledge
hammer they wrecked the iron
box, tearing off the door and bat
tering the sides and top. It could
not be learned how much money
was in the safe at the time, but
.unofficial reports indicate that I
there was no sizable amount in |
it. However, Mr. Roebuck had
some valuable papers and many
of them were said to have been
lost.
The robbers, working in the
dark, apparently built a fire for
light and when it came time to
divide the money they are be
lieved to have used some of the
valuable papers to rekindle the
fire and provide a better light.
The robbery was discovered
fairly early yesterday morning
and the vehicle used to haul the
safe away was tracked to the
woods.
The sheriff's department plac
ed several officers on the case and
called in finger print experts,
but no developments had been re
ported early today.
The robbery was the first re
ported in this county in recent
months.
Tobacco Prices
At 1919 Levels
Commenting an opening-day
prices on the border markets
Tuesday, Mr. Lee D. Hardison,
Martin County farmer, said upon
his return that tobaeeo prices
were right at the 101!) levels.
He estimated the average at
$50 per hundred pounds, and ex
plained that some of the inferior
quality types were selling for
double the government support
price.
Mr. Hardison said the outlook
was encouraging for farmers in
this section.
FKKAK
A freakish tomato, closely
resembling a sitting hen, was
picked by Mr. F. A. Barnhill
in his garden at Everetts yes
terday morning.
One of a good crop, the to
mato had a head shaped al
most exactly like that of a
chicken and was firmly at
tached to the main body.
Farmers Home Agency Now.
Receiving Loan Requests
Thu Farmers Home Administra
tion is now accepting applications
for assistance to farmers for the
year 1951. These applicants may
be land owners, tenants, share
croppers, or farm laborers whc
wish to improve their farming
operations in order to do "better
farming for better living.”
% Included in the loans may be
such items as seed, fertilizer, hir
ed labor for peak seasons, fencing,
pasture development, foundation
livestock, workstock and farm
equipment, necessary medical at
tention, home living, canning
equipment, etc.
Applicants will be denied assist
ance who wish only “cheap ered
it”. But assistance will be grant
ed to those who wish to improve
i their conditions by carrying out a
better rounded farm program in
cluding land development, seeding
permanent pasture, getting more
and better livestock, improving
living conditions, and doing those
things (■(•commanded hv the Ex
tension Service and other Agrii o'
tural Agencies as better fannitu
methods.
Veterans will receive preference
on all loans, and to those \vh<
need this type of assistance it i
requested that applications b<
placed as early as possible. Tc
non-owners who do not have ren
tal arrangements complete bul
who do need this type of assist
anee, it will be to their advantage
to call at the Farmers Home Ad
ministration Office and discuss the
i matter with the supervisor.
The Martin County office is lo
i cated on the second floor of tin
I Martin County Courthouse, Wil
liainston, N. C\, with Mr. James C
: Eubanks, County Supervisor, anc
Miss Mary E. Rodgerson, County
Office Clerk. The office hours art
' from 8:00 a m., to 5:00 p. in., Mon
[day through Friday.
To Hold Special $200,000Bond
Election Here September 20th
Project To Make
Sewer Connection
Available To All
Krpstrulion Hooks \Y ill ll«*
Opciiod for I' ijjlil Days,
Rr^iniiin^ I
A $200,000 bond issue to insure (
an ample water storage and make
sewer connections possible on
every street within the town lim
its will be voted on in a speeial
eleetion to be held here on Wed
nesday, September 20. Plans for
submitting the proposal to the
voters were eompleted at a speeial
meeting of the town board of com
missioners held Tuesday.
John E. Pope was named regis
trar and Chas. R. Mobley and
Jesse T. Price were named judges
of election. Only one voting place
will be maintained and that is to
be located at the town hall.
The registration book will be
opened on Friday, September 1,
and remain open through Friday,
September 8. Everyone wishing
to participate in the bond election
will find it necessary to register
during the registration period. No
other registrations count.
A survey has been eompleted
and it is estimated that $!)0,00t> of
thi‘ $200,000 is needed to assure
the town an adequate water stor
age, including the erection of a
300,000-gallon capacity tower re
servoir. Water lines are to be ex
tended to every street within the
town, making water service avail
able to all and providing fire pro
lection as prescribed by the tin
underwaters.
The $110,000 issue will make it
possible to extend the sewer lines
to every street in town, and make
possible between f>00 and 800 con
( ncctions.
While the water system is being
maintained on a shoe string basis,
literally speaking, the sewer sys
tem is almost a quarter century
behind the needs. It has been
pointed out that there are more
| homes and business houses with
j out town sewer facilities than
. there were at the time the first
] system was installed about thirty
, years ago.
State health authorities have
classed the need for an expanded
j sewer system as acute here, and
j problems are being confronted
j every day. Private institutions
and individuals have advanced
money to help meet some ol the
problems but the solution is only
temporary.
Engineers Henry and Tom Riv
ers estimate that the $110,000 will
finance sewer line construction on
every street*in town now without
the service, including those outly
ing areas near Sunny Side Inn,
West Warren Street, Griffin
Street, Washington Street, includ
ing the colored high school sec
tion, West Main Street, including
the hospital area, and the proper
(Continued on page eight)
No Pre-Induction Call Has
Been Received In County
As far as it could be learned
here this morning no pre-indue- !
tion draft call has been received j
in this county. The transfer of J
records back to the county from
district office in Elizabeth City <
was made last ninlit. but it could
not be learned immediately if
the district headquarters had re
ceived a call for men in this coun
ty. No direct call has been re
ceived here, Chairman Rice of
the draft board said.
One report stated that no calls
had been received in those coun
ties where the draft boards had
not been fully reactivated, but
that sizable calls could be ex
pected later Some counties in the
State have already received as
many as two calls for men, and
one.
The local National Guard Unit
is leaving Saturday for regularly
scheduled maneuvers in Georgia,
but no instructions have been re
ceived, directing the men to re
port for active duty.
Reopening the draft board here
this week, Mrs. Henry Handy,
clerk, said that quite a few men
were registering, that several had
asked for duplicate registration
cards.
Those young men, It) to 25, in
clusive, who have already reg
istered do not have to register
again, but all youths upon reach
ing their eighteen birthday arc
required to register The draft
board office in this county is In
cated on the second floor of Will
liamston's town hall.
Funeral Held For
Native 01 County
In Arlington, Va.
(irovcr K. (loltruin DkmI In
WiiMliiiifiloii, I). Afl
rr Short Illness
Funeral service's were conduct- ,
id in n Washington, I) chapel
yesterday afternoon at 1.20
o'clock for Grover K Coltrain,
iiiativc of this county. Burial was
i rn the National Memorial Ccinc
| tery at Arlington, Va
Suffering with a stomach ail
Iment he underwent an operation
m a Washington, l). C., hospital
and died there early last Satur- i
day afternoon. While he was not1
enjoying the best of health. Mr.
Coltrain was thought to be get
ting along very well when he
■ visited his mother, other relatives i
and friends here a few weeks
ago.
The son of Mrs Myrtle Grif
fin Coltrain and the late John
Dawson Coltrain, he was born in
Jamcsville 47 years ago on March
21, 11)03. When quite young he
moved with his family to William
ston, and in early manhood joined
the U. S. Marines, serving in
World War II Following the war
he located m Washington and
I was engaged in information and
guide service there for a number
of years. He was a member of the
Baptist church.
In early manhood he was mar
i ried to Miss Pauline Graham of
Philadelphia, and she survives
with two sons, James Grover and
Jack Coltrain, both of Washing
ton, I). C. Also surviving are his
mother, Mrs. J Dawson Coltrain,
of Williamston; two brothers,
Moses and Johnnie Coltrain, both
of the U. S. Maritime Service; and
three sisters, Mrs. Woolard Har
rison and Mrs Thurman O Nich
olson, both of Williamston, and
Mrs. Mary L. Anderson of Chica
go
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
‘ Compared with Hit' 1919
figures, motorists on Martin
County highways are far
more considerate of human
life this year than they were
last During the first thirty
weeks of 1949, three persons
had been killed in motor ve
hicle accidents. None has been
killed so far this year in the
' county. It is quite a record to
have tlO wrecks and all the
victims come through with
their lives.
The following tabulations
offer a comparison of the ac
cident trend: first, by corres
ponding weeks in this year
and last and for each year to
the present time,
30th Week
Accidents Inj’d Killed Uaju’ge
I 1950 2 0 0 $ 250
1949 5 0 1 460
■ * Comparisons To Dale
1950 HO 39 (I $18,775
1949 OH 27 3 14,540
| SERVICE
v'
The North Carolina State
employment office here has
cooperated splendidly with ,
farmers during the current
tobacco harvest, farmers de
claring that the service prov
ed most valuable.
More than 1,000 workers
were placed for farmers from i
all over the county and a few '
from the Bethel and Washing
ton areas.
Office managers were up
each morning at 5:30 to assist
in making assignments.
Biblical Hebrew
Official Speech in
The Holy Land
Polyglot Tongues KiiIimI
Out III Tliul I’orlioii Of
Holy I .ami I'.allril Israrl
Boston. In that portion of the
Holy Land which today is calk'd
Israel an old, old language is now
heard on the streets. Men and
woman from the far corners of the
earth exhange greetings, buy gro
ceries, and converse with the taxi
driver in Biblical Hebrew At one
legal stroke Hebrew has become
the official language ol the young
country. The polyglot tongues
brought here by Jews from
throughout the world have been
ruled out. Today all must learn
Hebrew.
By tens of thousands they are
studying this ancient language of
their forefathers. Modern Israel
is a land of language learning. In
the r ities, in the towns, in clubs,
private homes, and transit camps,
old and young arc attending class
es, seeking proficiency in the new
old speech. Nor is this crusade
limited to the Jews. Arabs and
Christians who would hold jobs
j and do business in the young
1 country are studying Hebrew also.
So it is that the Bible comes
into the news again. The language
of the Old Testament has become
the language of the Israeli Gov
eminent, of its Parliament, of its
courts, ds press, radio, shops, and
schools.
Small boys and girls learn by
heart the alphabet of Moses, chat
ter Biblical Hebrew in their
games, .crawl school compositions
that echo the inscriptions deciph
ered on discovered potsherds.
Hebrew as a spoken language
| ceased long before the time of
I Christ Jesus. Only the learned
(Continued on page eight)
l*ricea lliiflwr On Tlic
Murkeit Down in (ieorgiu
I Writing from Valdosta tins
| week, Tom Skinner said tobacco
j prices were climbing, that a re
1 cent sale on the market aver
aged Saif.70. Prices are somewhat
higher in Florida and South
Georgia than in the northern
part of Georgia where the quali
ty is not quite so good, it was ex
plained.
Main Body Guard
Unit Will Leave
Saturday Morning
\<lvuiu*‘ l wil> \ir< ;niy
\lo\iiifj; Ti» l or
Tuo-VV rrk-' Training
The main body of Battery C,
150th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Bat
talion of the North Carolina Na
tional Guard will leave here Sat
urday morning at 11:00 o'clock,
for a regular two-week encamp
ment at Camp Stewart, Georgia,
near Hinesville and about thirty
miles from Savannah, The group,
consisting of about forty men,
will travel by Norfolk Southern
bus to Rocky Mount where the
guardsmen will board a special
pullman at 12:55 o'clock that af
ternoon for the trip to the camp,
arriving there early Sunday
morning.
A motor convoy, consisting of
two trucks and a jeep and com
manded by lsl Lieut. Lawrence G.
Lindsley, is to leave Saturday
morning at 5:30 o'clock. This
group will bivouac along the
route at a designated center with
other guard units and reach camp
Sunday.
Two cooks, Sgt. Albert L Smith
and Pvt Edward E Smith left
yesterday morning by regular bus
for the camp to attend a pre
camp mess school.
This morning at 5:30 o'clock an
advance party, consisting of Sgt.
W B. Gaylord, Jr., and Pvts Wal
lace Warren and Cecil D. Col
train left by army truck for the
camp to handle equipment and
draw supplies
Heavy equipment and matenuH
were shipped by rail some Unit
ago to the camp in Georgia.
The roster includes
Captain K. S Peel, Ji . 1st Li
Lawrence G Lindsley, M/Sgi
1 Leslie T. Fowden, Sgt 1/e Ray
| moiul S. Cherry, Sgts George K
I Hunch, William N Cherry, Wm
I! Gaylord, Jr , Jesse I). Gurgan
Ins, LeRoy Moore, Jr, Alton B
; Pleasants, James I) Rogerson and
Albert L Smith; Corporals Rob
ert II Heaeham, Robert K Gur
ganus, Thad Harrison, Needham
I Hyman, Frank S Weaver and
Garland B Wynne; Pvt$ 1/c,
James II. Bunch, Joseph K Daven
j port, Melville V Wynne and Pal
jmer White, Ji Pvts Henry Bell
flower, Rush W Bnndurunt, Jr,
Robert E. Carter, Charles R Car
ver, Reginald W Colfram, Will
iani J, Council, Clayton 11 Keel,
Norwood S. Keel, Dell P. lands
ley, Joseph D Lillc.y, Ji . Alon/o
F. Manning. John D Mobley,
(David C McLawhnrn. Ji . Will
I lain R Peel, Edward F Smith,
i Marion 11, Smith, Wallace It Wai
(Continued on Page Seven)
To Build Large
Warehouse Here
The Chas II Jenkins Company',
muehmerv division plans to .stall
eonstmetion work mi a large
warehouse on Klin Street here
next Monday morning Carlyle
Manning will Inuld the xtiueture,
it was learned
Of eement bloek and bnek eon
struetion, the building will be
sixty by one hundred and fitly
feet.
S/H'ctul I ruin Mnveil
Through lit re Tuesday
A special passenger train, pull
ml by a large diesel engine and
reportedly carrying high-ranking
I railroad officials, passed through
! here twice last Tuesday afternoon,
I There were seven or eight cars
in the train
Martin County is well rep
resented at farm and home
week at State College, Ral
eigh, this week, but it was
left to the women to do the
representing,
Nine members of home
demonstration elubs. Mes
liantes Hugh Bennett, iuex
Jackson, Helen C Andrews,
i J. A. Powell, Gilbert Roger
son, Jay Lilley and Misses
Jeanette and Grace Rngerson,
| along with the home agent,
| Kliaabeth Parker, will return
| home Friday.