Young People Plan
Dance On Saturday
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The young people of the town
and surrounding territory are go
ing to stage an Easter Dance at
the Youth Center (Legion Hut)
on Watts Street here Saturday
night from 8:30 until (?), it was
announced early this week. The'
dance is stage*! by the youngsters
but they are inviting young and
old. There will be no charge and I
the Williamston High School
Dance Band will furnish the
music.
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THE RECORD
SPEAKS...
Martin County motorists,
under the watchful eyes of j
highway patrol members,
have been doing mighty well !
hi holding down traffic acci- I
dents. While the property (
loss is steadily climbing, the I
other columns of the accident
record are showing up pretty
good. The Easter week-end
holiday is upon us. Drive
'xhe^Toifowing tabulations
offer a comparison of the ac
cident trend: first, by corres- '
ponding weeks in this year I
and last and for each year to
the present time
12th Week
Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam'ge
1953 3 0 0 $ 900
1952 5 4 0 1,675
Comparisons To Date
1953 58 14 0 $16,615
1952 71 27 0 21,505
Manning - Ooiray
Invitations Issued
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Mr. and Mrs. Eli Hoyt Manning1
request the honour of your pres
ence at the marriage of their
daughter, Susie, to Mr. Rankin D.
Dowdy, son of Mr and Mrs. Chas
H. Dowdy of Farmville, Virginia,
on Saturday afternoon, April 11,
ut 4:00 o'clock in the Piney
Grove Baptist Church. No invi
tations will be mailed in the
county.
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Allen S. I fad field Neu
I EVC.O Superintendent
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He married the former Caroline
Forbes of Alexandria. Virginia,
and has two children. He is a
member of the Kiwanis Club of
Roanoke Rapids, the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers,
and is a registered Electrical En
gineer in the State of Virginia, i
Mr. Hadfield will bring his family
to Willjamston as soon as housing
can be found.
Farms with 500 or more acres'
haw increased 40 per cent in the
past 30 years. U. S farms with
1,000 or more acres have nearly f
doubled in that time. I
BRITONS PAY LAST TRIBUTE TO DOWAGER QUEEN MARY
LONG UNES Of MOURNING British subjects file past the catafalque holding the collln of Dowager Queen
Mary in Westminster Hall, London. Thousands of others lined up outside the great hall awaiting their turn
to attend the queen's "last court" before she was laid to rest at Windsor Castle. (International Radiophoto)
Hamilton Easter
Sunrise Services
Plans have been completed for
in Easter sunrise service in the
Hamilton Cemetery, it was an
nounced today by the Rev. C. L.
Gatling, pastor of the Baptist
•hutch there.
The service is being sponsored
by the Hamilton Baptist Church,
but members and friends of all
denominations are invited and
dan to attend, it was explained.
It is one of several sunrise ser
vices planned in the county for
Easter Sunday Others are sched
ifed in cemeteries in' Roberson
ville. Williamston and Griffins
IYiwnship:
f '.op Hit Whiim Writing
Ticket for Man in M reck
Fort Worth, Tex.—While Po
liceman C. K. Hawley was sitting
n his patrol car, writing out a
iieket for a driver who had been
m a 9-car smash-up, another car
piled into his vehicle. Patrolman
Hawley was the only one hurt in
the 111-car smash-up.
Accuses McCarthy
HAROLD STASSIN, Mutual Secu
rity Director, testifies before Sea,
Joseph McCarthy’s Investigations
subcommittee In Washington on
the use of American-financed ves
sels to haul cargoes to Iron Cur
tain ports. The MSA chief ac
cused Sen. McCarthy to his face
of "undermining" Administration
efforts to cut otf western trade
with the Communist countries.
Sgt. Ralph O. Mendenhall,
son ol' S. L. Mendenhall of
Williumstun, recently return
ed home after serving nine
months in Korea. A recon
naisance officer, he saw much
front line duty during his
stay over there. The young
man entered the service at
the call of the Martin County
Draft Board October 9, 1951.
Liquidating Husinesx Hero,
Speights Note In lireenville
Residents of Williumr.ton for
several years, Mr. and Mis. Dean
Speight left yesterday morning
for their new home in Greenville.
Charles Finch, who has been at
home with the Speights, accom
panied them.
In partnership with Harold
Quayle in the lumber business,
operating as the Williamston
Lumbei Company, Mr. Speight
and Mr. Quayle liquidated their
holdings here last December.
Although they will live in
Greenville, Mr. Speight is now'
manager of a lumber company in
Winterville.
The Speight home here was
purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Hu
bert Biggs. They are moving to
their new home today.
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(liild Horn On
Friday, The Thirteenth
Puebla, Col., The thirteenth
child of Mr. and Mrs. Felix De
herrera, of Avondale, was born on
Friday, March 13th. The new
daughter has nine living brothers
andHiisters between 2 and 22,
Bear Grass Club
Regular Meeting
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The Bear Grass Hume Demon
stration Club held its regular
monthly meeting in the home of
Mrs. Ralph Mobley, March 20.
The meeting was railed to order
by the president, Mrs. Chesley
Jones. The club sang together
"America The Beautiful" and “It’s
a Good Time to Get Together.
The Lord’s prayer was repeated
at this time. The devotional was
given by Mrs. Noah Rogetson, the
vice president
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved. As each
member 'answered the roll call
she gave a garden report. There
were eleven members present.
Mrs. Harrison gave a demon
stration on storage space in the
home, using .slides to illustrate.
Business was the final planning
for the district meeting which
will be held in Williamston on
April fi in the Baplist Church
Our club is to furnish chicken
salad, cup cakes and five pounds
of sugar Mrs. Johnnie Robersor
is to help in the kitchen.
The treasury gave a report or
the hake sale whch netted $112,112
making a total of $67110 in tlx
treasury.
Four project reports were giv
on. Mrs. Noah Rogerson repwrtec
on poultry, Mis. Gilbert Rogersor
on gardening, Mrs. Mobley ano
Mrs Terry on home beautifica
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Marlin Farmer To
Gel Free Training
Two Martin County farmers
will be eligible to receive schol
arships to a short course in mod
ern farming to be conducted at N. |
C Stale College June 15-28, it
was announced this week by T. j
R Brandon, farm agent.
The short-course is to be spon
sored by the North Carolina
Bankers' Association and will be
offered this year in place of the j
association's annual speaking con
g^^^^julucleii f i ,j wbj-le
bool students m past y*
association viM ;ot.Ivkuv
snr the speaking contest for Negro !
high whom students, Brandon
said.
The modern short course in
farming has been designed for
young farmers between the ages
of 18 and 28 years and will pre
sent the latest developments in
the field of agriculture,
A local committee made up of
the county agent, vocational agri
culture teachers and others will
select the men to attend the
course, l.ocal banks will pay the
farmers' expenses and N C. State
College will conduct the course.
Brandon said tht- short course
offered will be extremely valu
able to the two farmers designat
ed winners. They will be brought
up to date in modern methods of
farming, including conservation,
management of crops, pastures,
livestock, poultry, construction
of farm buildings and many other
important functions of operating
a successful farm.
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U. S. medical forces have made
record in Korea.
tion and Mrs. Jackson on clothing.
The club collect was repeated,
I followed by a short prayer. The
] next meeting will be held with
i Mrs. Lester Bryant.
Hamilton Church
Special Services
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Setting aside the period begin
ning, April 5 as Youth Week, the
Hamilton Baptist Church is turn
ing over its Sunday evening wor
ship hou: to the youths, the Rev
C. L. Gatling, pastor, announced.
The special youth week schedule
will be followed by a youth re
vival beginning April 12. The
Rev. E. Gordon Conklin, pastor of
the WiUmms'on Memorial ! >
mmi Vi'-Huiiimipwnwwiiiu,:£**i*lW+
the week beginning April 12
Youth week officers include,
Billy Edmonds, pastor: Eddie Bor
Everett, clerk, Wade Everett, Ji ,
treasurer: and Mable Dene Knox,
pianist and choir director. Other
youths taking part in the special
programs during the period art-:
Smitty Huislip, Mary Alice Bak
er, Janie Edmonds, Janet Ayers,
Shirley Taylor, Herman Ether
idge, training union officers.
Patricia Bullock Becky Ilaislip
and Myrna Adams, circle leaders
Mikev Johnson, Danny Gatling
and Spencer Ayers, ushers.
Fred Holliday, John Beach,
Earl Ayers, Earl Price and Ray
mond Baker, deacons.
Shirley Leggett, Ruth Ann
Whitfield, Theresa Hutchinson
and Bobby Leggett, publicity com
mittee members.
Norman Everett and Jeanett
Edwards, Sunday school officers
Lela Hollis and Velma Silver
thorne, extension department su
perintendent and assistant.
Betty Haislip, Janice Scott,
Sydney Purvis, Syble Cowan,
jCorrine Hutchinson, Ann Ed
monds, Vernon Suits, teachers
Agricultural products repre
sented. 42 per cent of all U. S. im
ports lust year, compared with 48
per cent in 1951
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ELAINE’S
Beauty Salon
Sp»‘»:iul on IVrmunciit Waves
for Month
Of April
Creme Oil Cold Wave
$12.50 Value $5.95
DeLux Creme Cold Wave
$15.00 Value $6.95
Super DeLuxe Creme
Cold Wave
$20.00 Value $9.95
Free Gifts
All Patrons who patronize this shop will
he given a tieket ami persons holding
Ineky iiunihers will get Free the follow
ing at the drawing
Friday, May 1, 1953
I Creme Cold Wave,_Value $20.00
I (Weenie Cold Wave,_Value 15.00
I Creme Cold Wave, 1_Value 10.00
I Creme Cold Wave,_Value 7.50
One Shampoo and Set
One Complete Mauieure
One Cash and Brow Tint
One Tube Ke\lon Lipstiek
One Complete Fueinl
One Hair Cut
One Shampoo Tint
One Set Costume Jewelry
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Salon
Williamston, N. C.
Dial 2475
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