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Wiiliumtton, Mauin County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 7, 1951
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OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
ESTABLISHED 1891
U. S. Air Force
Lagging; Russia |
Has Superiority
Inflationary Peak Thought
I o Have Been Passed
In This Country
Washington, D. C.—June 4._
(Special).—The most disturbing
development in Europe in recent
months has been the Soviet Un
ion's air power build up in east
ern Germany and European Rus
sia. Air force experts and other
government officials, in touch
with intelligence sources, are now
sadly convinced that it will take
the United States years, rather
than months to match the Soviet's
air strength in Europe.
Latest move by the Russians
was to begin replacement of light
bombers of the old type with
new twin-jet models, better than
anything the United States has in
operation. The Reds already hacf
replaced old-type fighters with
new MIG-15s, the same model
in use over Manchuria. About the
MIG-15, Chief of Staff of the Air
Force Hoyt Vandenberg recently
told the Senate committee, look
ing into MacArthur’s ouster, that
they were powered by an engine
superior to anything used by the
U. S. Air Force in its fighters.
The most disturbing thing about
the quality and quantity of Rus
sia's expanding Air Force is that
our atomic bomb advantage, back
ed by the world’s best long-range
heavy bomber, is declining as the
Red advantage in the air increas
es. In other words, while the U.
S. stockpile of atom bombs, and
the heavy bombers to deliver
them has been the one factor
which kept the peace, Russia now
has the bomb, and is cutting down
our ratio of superiority, making
that factor less decisive.
In the meantime, Russia has
ouilt faster and perhaps better,
fighters and light bombers — and
built many more of them. Thus,
while many people have assumed
that our air advantage will pre
vent Russia from using her tre- j
mendous ground advantage in |
Europe, they have been uninform- i
ed as to the truth of the air situa- ]
tion. The U. S. is far behind Rus
sia in the air, except in the heavy
bomber class.
While Russia has an estimated
six or eight fighter groups in east
ern Germany, all equipped with
MlG-i5s, the U. S. has two fighter
groups in western Germany,
equipped with slower F-84s,
which are actually fighter-bomb
ers. The Reds have additional air
forces in nearby stooge countries,
and in western Russia. The U S.
has little, if anything, behind Ger
many, in France. So the situatiorj
in Europe is bordering on the im
possible, in the event of sudden
war.
That situation naturally wor
ries those who know the facts, and
who are kept informed of the in
creasing Russian build-up in Ger
many. But, since training pilots
and building planes is a slow pro
cess, our position can’t be revers
ed overnight even though strenu
ous efforts are now underway to
correct the situation.
The meeting of the Democratic
National Committee in Denver re
cently clearly demonstrated that
if President Truman wants the
party nomination in 1952, he ear, ,
get it. Sentiment for the Presi
dent was espet ially strong, mostly
bc-eouse of the abuse heaped of,
him by "MacArthur partisans.
And, as the parade of top military
planners before the Seriate com
mittee investigating MacArthur’s
ouster continues, the stronger the
Continued on Page Five)
Minor Wreck On
East Main Street
No one was hurt and very little
damage resulted when a Dodge
pick-up truck and an automobile
crashed at *he intersection of
Highway 17 and the Marvil Pack
age Company’s drive here yester
day about noon, according to i
Chief John Roebuck who made
th<' investigation.
Henderson Jones was driving
the truck out of the drive and
crashed into the car B B. Speller
was driving toward the river.
Jones said that his brakes laded
tj hold.
Farmers Resetting Tobacco
In The County This Week
Even with an abundance of
plants, tobacco farmers in this
section have experienced
much difficulty in getting;
good stands this season. The
early transplantings got off to
a fairly good start and sur
prisingly enough, the early
crop has done well consider
ing the dry weather.
Those transplantings made
later and just about the time
the dry season got under way
have suffered and the stands
are poor. Following scattered
rains in the area during the
THE RECORD
SPEAKS ... |
There were only two motor
vehicle accidents reported on
.the . highways and streets in
this county during the 22nd
week.but the number of
maimed in one of the two ac
cidents was of shocking size.
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.
22nd Week
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ga
1951 2 6 0 $ 175
1950 5.10 870
Comparison* To Date
1951 109 47 1 $24,870
1950 66 34 0 15,515
Firm Here Gels
Safety Citation
Marvil Package Company has
been awarded a Certificate of
Safety Achievement signed by
State Labor Commissioner For
rest H Shuford for having done
an outstanding job of accident
prevention during 1950.
The certificate cites Marvil
Package Company for having
made an outstanding record in
the field of accident prevention
last year and for preventing the
human suffering and economic
loss which are caused by indus
trial accidents.
The award is presented to es
tablishments which qualify by
having perfect safety records,
having accident rates at least 75
per cent below the State average,
or by reducing then accident
rates 40 per cent or more during
any calendar year Qualification
of industrial plants foi the Certif
cate of Safety Achievement is one
phase of the Labor Department's
Manpower Conservation Program,
which alsd includes safety educa
lion work and periodic inspection
drives.
Painfully Injured
In Accident Here
Master Jos. Chorley, 4-year-old
am of Mrs. Laura Lilley Chorley
jf Griffins Township and the late
fos. Chorley, was painfully hurt
n an accident on Marshall Avo- i
■sue here late Tuesday afternoon, j
Die full extent of his .njuries j
■ould not be determined mime- j
iiately, hut it was said that he
suffered a head injury, bruises j
mci shock.
Mrs Chas. Edwards was driv
pg down the avenue when the
ittle fellow reportedly ran from
aehind another car into the side
jf her own He was picked up
ind removed to a local hospital,
ate reports stating that he was
mproving.
Hake Plans For
Bridge Repairs
Highway commission forces are
making preparations for repairing
he Roanoke River bridge here
lext week. The bridge will be clos
'd three days to river traffic but
lighway travel will be maintain
ed with some interruption, it was
innounced. One-way traffic is to
at* maintained over the bridge.
Sagging at the ends, the half
million pound structure will be
jacked up about one inch.
past days, larmfrs hav*
been resetting- their crops on
an extensive scale.
After waiting day after day
for rain, several farmers in
this county Installed sprink
ler systems for their tobacco,
and the results have been fav
orable.
Althougn most crops have
been holding up well where
there has been no rain in
weeks, they are beginning to
fail. Corn is drying out and
just now prospects for sweet
potatoes are discouraging.
Beauty Pageant
Here June 20th
Beauty of the very highest
quality that Williarnston and
Martin County can ojfcr will be
on display - Wedne -sday evening,
June 20, in the ..Williarnston High
School auditorium when the Wil
liamston Junior Chamber of
Commerce holds its annual beauty
pageant. Many girls have enter
ed the pageant and many more
are expected to enter before final
entry date of Friday, June 15.
As announced previously, the
Pageant will be climaxed by a
dance to be held in the high school
gym from 10:00 p. m. to 2:00 a. m.
About 25 girls have stated they
will be in the pageant and their
names and their sponsors v.dll be
announced the first of next week.
The co-chairmen of the beauty pa
geant, Ernest Mears and Exunt
Ward, have emphasized the fact
that il any gill who has not been
been contacted and would like to
be in the pageant, and anybody
who knows someone who should
be in the pageant and have not
been contacted, they should get in
touch with the chairmen at either
Bclk-Tyler’s or Williarnston Hard
ware Company.
In addition to the pageant, it
self, a variety show will he pre
sented on the high school stage
between the presentation of the
girls for judging. The pageant is
shaping up nicely and according
to all the Williarnston Jaycces, it
will top anything offered before
of a similar nature in Williams
ton.
Minor Accident
In Poplar Point
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Losing control of his 1941 Ply
mouth on a curve iri the Popular
Point-Williamston load not far
from Whitley's bridge at 11:45
o'clock last Monday night, Sam
Manning ditched the machine and
tried to climb an embankment,
Patrolman M F. Powers said fol
lowing an investigation.
No one was hurt and damage
was slight, the officer stating that
the damage would hardly exceed
$20
Republican Parly
Leaders Divided
On Defeusr Plans
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Taft Says Fight China Ami
(ait Si/r of Army ami
Reduce Expenses
By Stanley James
Washington, D. C. — Perhaps
the most controversial speech
made in Washington, and the most
significant, recently, was that bv
Senator Robert Taft of Ohio. The
Republican leader told a Cham
ber of Commerce group that the
size of the Army should be re
duced and defense expenditures
curtailed in several fields.
Taft had seemingly been go
ing along with General Mac
Arthur’s ideas on Far East mili
tary policy prior to the speech,
and this pronouncement was too
j much for Oregon's Wayne Morse
i to take lying down. The young
I Republican Senator took the
I Senate floor to attack the Taft
| viewpoint. Thereupon the Sen
i ate Republican strength split on
foreign policy once again.
Morse couldn't see how some
Republicans could go along with
General MacArthur, in advocat
ing bombing of China, and sup
port of an invasion on the main
land, by Nationlist troops, and
also favor a smaller Army and
lower defense expenditures. He
is of that school which believes
larger, not smaller, defense forces
and expenditures are needed in
almost every field.
With Senator Vandcnburg gone,
and his place not filled, although
occupied by an able replacement,
the Morse attack on Taft's foreign
policy is important. It is more
in line with the Dewey line of
thinking on foreign policy, and
may he a preview of the fight be
tween the younger, aggressive
branch of the Republican party
and the Taft-Martin group.
At least one Democratic Sen
ator rose on the floor last week
to praise Morse’s utterances.
Meanwhile the second-gucsscrs
wondered what Taft had in the
back of his mind recommending
(Continued on Page Eight)
County Citizens
Attending Clinic
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Among the thirty-two persons
attending the regular Wednesday
Cancer Detection Diagnostic Cli
nic in Rocky Mount were several
from Williamston and Everetts,
according to a report released by
the clinic chairman, Dr. C. W
Bailey
The clinics are operated by the
Edgecombe-Nash Medical Society
I in cooperation with the State
j Board of Health and the local
I American Cancer Society. Ap
pointments may be had by Mar
tin County people by writing to
the Cancer Control Center, Mu
nicipal Building, Rocky Mount.
Highest On Record In County
Fifteen Marriage
Licenses issued In
County In May
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Number Moves Up From
Low In Mnreli Hut Still
Below Norm:*I
Fifteen marriage licenses were
issued by the office of Register
of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger in this
county last month, the number
moving up from a low of six in
March but still holding to a point
below a 20-year average for the
month of May.
So far this year the number of
licenses going to white couples
j has been greater than the number
| isued to colored couples. The is
suance to the white was greater
in three months and equaled
those of the colored in the other
two.
Licenses were issued last
month, nine to white and six to
colored couples, as follows:
White
William Bobby Land of Wen
dell and Mary Ann Perry of Rob
! ersonville.
Cecil IV Savage and Rachel
Agnes Simpson, both of Williams
ton
Joseph Lee Cherry of RFD 1,
| Williamston, and Doris Stalls of
Everetts.
Hobcr F. Latham and Vivian
Louise Latham, both of Kinston.
Carlton Aubrey Phelps of Rop
er and Lcyta Fa.ve Gardner of
Williamston.
Van Ralph Taylor and Mildred
Louise Thomas, both of Williams
ton.
James E. Jenkins of Roberson
ville and Kathleen Gurganus of
Williamston.
Gentry Vauce MeLawhorn of
Bethel and Nellie Faye Holliday
of Williamston.
Perlie Bennett Lillcv, Jr., and
Miriam lloggard, both of Wil
liamston.
Colored
Joseph Williams and Geneva
Jones, boih of Williamston.
William Henry Higgs and Dor
othy Gray Andrews, both of RFD
1, Oak City.
(Continued on page eight)
Firemen Called
To Grass Fire
Local firemen were called out
at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon
to a mass fire on East Church
Street.
The firemen put out the trash
fire in the ravine hack of the Har
ry A. Biggs home with a small
hose line from the truck.
Assessed Valuations In Martin
County Compared For 1950-51
Listed below are the assessed property valuations exc lusive of corporation listings for
1950 and 1951 in Martin County, showing gains and losses, by townships, for white and
colored owners. The listings are compared for the two years hv both real and personal
properties with the gain or loss for each type and the total gain in the last.column.
Corporation listings have not yet been certified by the State commission, but if they
remain at the 1950 figure—$2.157.416—the county will have an assessed property valua
tion of $23,417,283.00, a figure said to he the largest on record.
White
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Goose Nest
l!)51 Kcal list.
$ 1
28,127
383,608
572,215
578,801
3,154,809
557,981
1.877,887
316,055
843,693
1,000,241
TOTAL White
Colored
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Goose Nest
143,157
42,886
14,871
27,928
327,915
39,160
218,575
6,237
110,930
201,472
TOTAL Col’i'd $ 1,133,131
Combin’d Tot’l $11,496,548
I960 Kca! list,
$ 1,110.055
328,863
556.015
573,082
2,930,080
550,378
1,847,266
311,985
824,267
984,216
Gain
$ 12 072
4,745
16,200
5,719
224,729
7,603
30,621
4,070
19,426
10,025
1951 Pers’n'l 1950 Pers’n’l
$2,291,955
161,796
432.381
405,765
2,580,610
293,967
1,587,673
203.686
461,435
535,171
$2,289,684
139,950
385,249
341,857
2,134,152
254,587
1,292,086
163,871
390,248
464,097
$10,363,417 $10,022,207 $341,210 $8,954,439 $7,856,381
137,862
42,840
14,926
26,608
311,652
37,729
220,965
6,237
107,798
200,686
5,295
46
*55
1,320
16,263
1.431
*2,390
0
3,132
786
81,245
20,003
20.525
39,052
178,536
22.526
184,715
16.315
122,982
122,981
69,025
14,909
23,116
27,587
142,846
19,950
148,951
11,632
97,369
106,447
$ 1,107,303
$11,129,510
$ 25,828
$367,038
808.880
$9,763,319
661,632
1,518,013
$
Gain
2,271
21,846
47,132
63,908
446,458
39,380
294,987
89,815
71,187
71,074
Tot. Gain
$ 14,343
26.591 1
03,332
69,627!
671,187 j
46,983 |
325,608 j
43,885
90,613
87,099
$ 1,098,058 $1,439,268
12,220
5,094
*2,591
11,465
35,890
2,576
35,764
4,683
25,613
16,534
17,515
5,140
*2,046
12,785
52,153
4,007
33,374
4,683
28,745
17,320
147,248
$1,245,306
173,0761
$1,612,344 i
| DRY WEATHER |
S—- -- >
While some sections leave
had a fair weather season,
spotted with hail, this area,
as a whole, is experiencing
it driest spring in years.
Rainfall last month was the
least reported for any May in
ten years, fn May, 1941, less
than an inch of rain fell here
and in the same month of
1936 only 1.09 inches were re
corded, comparing with the
1.34 inches reported last
month.
lip until today the rainfall
for 1931 totals 9:85 inches as
compared with 14.55 inches
during the same period last j
year and 16.99 inches report
ed during the first five !
months of 1919. ‘"*19
4-H Club County
Council Meeting
By S. A. Tuten, Jr.,
Assistant County Agent
The Martin County 4-11 Club
County Council held a regular
meeting Monday night in the Ag
ricultural Building with Jimmy
Knowles presiding. The meeting
commenced with several songs
led by Joan Carol Coltrain. Plans
were discussed for sending dele
gates to the Annual 4-II Club
Week meeting in Raleigh July 23
2IJ Miss Ruby Lee Spencer, as
sistant home agi lit, announced the
results of elections which were
held by each Club during the last
regular meetings in May. The del
egates and alternates are as fol
lows:
Farm Life Club: John Lillcy,
Nancy Gurkin, Dai! Lillcy and
Joan Carol Coltrain; Bear Grass
Club: Jimmy Beaks, Janie Rogei
son and Grace Rogerson; Wil
liamston Intermediate Club: Mar
garet Andrews and Billy Alls
brook; Robersonvilie Club: Jim
my Highsmith, Peggy Bailey,
Joan Manning and Jimmy Taylor
Jamosville Club: Caroline Wa!
lace, Jimmy Knowles, C. A. Mar
tin and Joyce Mizelle; Oak City
Club Lynctte Ilaislip, Buzzie
Worsley, Amy Jean Harrell and
Wallace Smith.
Other business concerned the
Annual County 4-11 Club En
campment which will be held at
the Jamcston 4-11 Club Camp,
Williamsburg. Virginia, August ti
II The Camp will be held joint
ly with Beaufort and Bertie court
ties The program will include a
performance of THE COMMON
GLORY, an outdoor pageant be
ing staged at Williamsburg.
Refreshments were served by
Caroline Wallace, Chairman of
Refreshment Committee. Others
attending the Council were: Sylvia
Griffin, Darrell Manning, Frank
lin Hardison, John W. Lilley,
Shirla Griffin and C. A. Martin.
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Attending Field
Tests In the State
North Ca-oiina agricultural
loaders and official:', today arc •
witnessing field tests and demon*
strations oi new agricultural
chemicals on actual “test plots’’ j
at Fountain
The ag-officials are viewing 1
field results of new weed control, j
seed protectant and soil fumigant. I
chemicals and fertilizers on soy
bean, cotton, tobacco, peanuts, to- j
malocs, watermelons, corn and I
other crops. Plots using existing j
chemicals are being compared to 1
plots using the new developments.
Attending the demonstration,
being conducted by Mathieson
Chemical Corporation, Baltimore,
Maryland parent company of the
Standard Fertilizer Company
here, are representatives from
North Carolina State College, the
Soil Conservation Service, Voca
tional Agricultural Teachers,
County Agents and Extension
Service representatives.
In addition to the professors and
ig-officials, many Mathieson
scientists and officials also are at
lending along with representa
tives of the local plant.
Valuation For Tax
Purposes Is Placed
At $23,417,283.00
Increase* t his Year Million
And Half Gmiln' Than
Total For I *)."»<)
Martin County assessor) tax
values, while still miserably out
of proportion to true worth,1
reached their highest point on re
cord this year, according to pre
liminary estimates released by
Tax Supervisor M. L. Peel a few
days ago.
Placed at $2:1.417.28:1.00. the 1951
assessed property valuation, both
real and personal and including
estimated corporation listings, is
$1,612,344.00 greater than the $21,
804,938.00 listings for 1950, Mr.
Peel said
While the gain itself established
no new record for any one year, it
was $1,342,033 larger than the
$270,311 increase reported in 1950
over the 1949 listings. The larg
est increase for any one year was
reported in 1949 when a ten per
cent jump across the board was
ordered in real values. The gain!
that year was $1,945,024. and sent
the total valuation over the $20.
000,000 for thi- first time since
1920. Based on actual trends
without arbitrary action to influ
ence it, the total increase this year
is possibly the most favorable one
on record.
Tax valuations as imposed for
revenue raising purposes have
followed a hectic course in this
county. In 1920. following the
50-cent tobacco in the fall of 1919,
a revaluation of real properties
was ordered and the total listings
went light on beyond the twenty
million mark. There was a sad
story in 1921 at tax listing time,
and in quick order a one-third re
duction in the values was order
ed across the board. Values grad- 1
uallv recovered the setback, and
then in the- early thirties when j
times were “tight", another hori
zontal reduction was ordered at
the insistence of some kind of tax
association within the county.
Since that time, the property
values increased gradually each
year, but the increase did not keep
pace with rising costs during
World War II and the period fol
lowing the wai Although there
was a revaluation during the
meantime, the tax valui s held to a
low figure compare.! t; the actual
worth. In 1949, to help relieve
the situation, a ten percent hori
zontal increase was ordered.
A study of the 1951 listings
shows gains in every township.
Only three areas reported losses
Griffins had a $55 loss in its real
property values as listed by color
ed owners, and Robersonville had
a $2,390 decrease in its real piop
ert.v values listed by colored citi-'i
zens. The value of personal pro
perty listed by colored citizens m
Griffins dropped $2,591, but de
spite decreases, the total values I
for each township in the county ■
showed substantial gains. The
smallest increase was reported in
Jamesville where individuals list -
(Continued on page eight)
Bible School To I1
Open On Monday
A union vacation Bible school |'
for colored children in this corn- I
munity will net under way next j c
Monday morning. The children!
and faculty members will assem
ble at the Mt Shiloh Baptist U
Church that morning at 9:30 it
o'clock, and go from there to the t
several churches where classes!
will he held. The program in- £
dudes music and recreation, and I
i large number of children are i
xpected to attend, according to
he director, the Rev. George (
Brown. Assistant directors are G. \
T. Hyman and W. D. Speller. I
The directors are calling for t
volunteer faculty workers, and an- t
nounced that the school will be (
held for children between the ages 1
d 4 and Hi. in the River Hill, Cor- i
lerstonv, Shiloh and Williams t
Chapel Churches. . i
Called Nineteen
Cases fa County
Court on Monday
A^eitl Says He's
Carrying His SprtMling
Case To Raleigh
Nineteen eases were handled by
Judge R. T Johnson and Solici
tor Clarence Griffin in the Martin
County Recorder's Court last
Monday, the action holding the
court in session until late after
noon.
The trials of two cases were
dragged out, sending the court in
to an afternoon session.
Several road sentences were
imp< sed and fines meted out dur
ing the day amounted to $1515.
Admitting he was exceeding the
55-mile per hour speed law, Rob
ert Jackson Andrews, of the U. S.
Treasury Department, Bureau of
Internal Revenue, Rocky Mount,
explained he was paying the fine
($22.05 cost) m protest and ad
vised court officials that he was
referring the matter to Commis
sioner Rosser and Col. James
Smith of the N. C. Highway Pa
trol for further action and dispo
sition. Andrews was cited to the
courts by Patrolman B. W. Park
er for allegedly speeding 65 miles
an hour on the highways in this
county.
Fate Gurganus was found not
guilty of an assault with a deadly
weapon.
Pleading guilty of allowing an
an licensed operator to drive a mo
tor vehicle, Leo VV. Cobb was fin
al $25 and taxed with the cost.
Effie E. Cobb, pleading guilty
if operating a motor vehicle with
lut a driver's license, was fined
$25, plus costs
Charged with an assault, G.
Whitley pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to the roads for six
month* The road term was sus
pended upon the payment of $75
fine and costs. The defendant is
to remain of good behavior for
two years or serve the six-month
lerm.
Adjudged guilty of drunken
hiving, li. T. Baker was fined
$100, taxed with the cost and lost
ms driver’s license for twelve
months.
Facing a drunken driving
■barge, Bovd R. Messer of Nor
Jk failed to answer when called
uul papers were issued, calling
"or Ins arrest. Thelma Hales of
rarboro charged with public
Irunkenness, also failed to report
or trial, and papers were issued
for her arrest.
Charged with non-support, Lee
Ward pleaded not guilty. Adjudg
'd guilty he was taxed with the
■ourt costs and directed to pay $6
i week foi the support of his
•hildrcii. He appealed and bond
.vas required in the sum of $200.
Charged with driving 40 miles
md hour in a 20 mile speed zone,
Julian C Lindsey pleaded not
guilty He was adjudged guilty
md was taxed with the costs.
Minni ■ Eubanks and Annie Mae
ilubanks Mobley were charged
w ith violating the liquor laws. The
•ase against Minnie Eubanks was
ml pressed, and the other defen
lant, pleading guilty, was sen
enced to woman’s prison, Raleigh,
or six months. The prison term
vas suspended upon the pay
nent of a $50 fine and costs. The
Icfcndant is to violate no liquor
(Continued on page eight)
Rotarians Hear
M. 0. Fletcher
—$—
Local Kotarians and several
pedal guests heard Dr. M. O.
'leteher of Washington stress
(immunity service at the regular
meting of the organization last
ruesday noon The visiting speak
r urged support for trie church,
lie school, the home, the aged and
lie youth of our community.
Special guests included Messrs,
i L .Roberson and Mayo Little of
tobersonviile and H. II Spruill,
istnet governor of Windsor.
Next Tuesday Dr. Sylvester
• reen, former editor and now
i ith the North Carolina State
ledical Care Commission, will
ddress the regular meeting of
he club, it was announced by
'lub President Chas I Harris.
The club, just recently organiz
ri, is making plans to hold char
cr night the latter part of this
rionth.