THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BI
OVER S,Wi> MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
ME ENTERPRISE IS READ .<
OVER 3,000 MARTIN CHUN.'
FAMILIES TWICE EACH Wf'to
VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 98
Williamtton, Martin * Tuesday^evem her 8
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SJABLISllED 1B9»
Three Injured Id
Series Qi Wrecks
On County Roads
Property Damage Reported
In Excess Of Two
Thousand Dollars
Three persons were injured, one ] !
of them critically, in a senes of
four automobile accidents in this
county during the past week-end.
Leon McKinley Biggs, 21-year-old
colored man, suffered a broken
back and James Benjamin Howell '
suffered a broken shoulder when
their car, a 1950 Ford, went out
of control and turned over on U. S. (
Highway 17 about four miles
south of Williamston. The car,
owned by Donald Woolard, went;
into a field and turned over. .
Woolard was said to have been
asleep and was not hurt. The ac
cident was reported about 2:00
o’clock Saturday morning. The
injured were removed to a hos
pital for treatment. Damage to the
car was estimated at $800.
Jim Wynne of RFD 2. Williams- !
ton, suffered a several-stitch cut J
in his head w'hen the 1950 Mei - |
cury he was driving literally went
wild on a rural road out from |
Jamesville about 11:00 o’clock last i
Saturday night. Three passengers
in the car were not injured, ac
cording to Patrolman Carl Gilch
rist who made the investigation.
The car went out of control in a
curve, jumped a ditch, tore
through a fence and turned over
in a pasture, about 68 yards away.
Damage to the car was estimated
at $650.
Sunday morning at 1:00 o’clock]
Zolly Brinkley was turning his'
1947 Chevrolet around and stuck
it in a ditch near the Taylor farm
on Highway 125, leaving the front
md in the highway. Jesus Lawr
ence came along about that time
jnd plowed into the stalled car
with his 1946 Ford, causing about
$200 damage to each machine. No
one was hurt.
Driving cast or. Highway 64 be
tween Robersonville and Eve
retts, William Vines of Tarboro
swerved tin 1942 Chevrolet truck
he w'us driving to miss a loose
mule in the road. He lost control
and the machine turned over, re
sulting in about $200 damage to
the truck. The mule was not hit.
Vines and his two companies were
not hur t.
Vines returned to Tarboro, got
another and was on the return
trip to Edenton when he was
stopped for exceeding the speed
limit by the same patrolman who
investigated the- . ; eident.
Korean Vei Glass
Starts January 1
„ .Korean veterans who wish to
»nter a Veteran Farm Training
Class which begins at Jamesville
in January are being reminded it
will be necessary for them to gel
in touch with Vaiden B. Hairr at
Jamesville High School not later
than Saturday, December 12.
Those in other sections will, of
course, need to contact the in
structor or supervisor in their i
school district or area. Mr. Hairr i
said yesterday that it is important t
for the prospective trainees to get j
their names on the rolls early.
Firemen Called To
North Houghton Street
m Lpcj^J^'emen were^called out
yesterda" morning at 10:35 o'
clock when a grass fire threaten
ed to spread to a tent housing a
revival team on North Haughton
Street. The fire did not reach the
tent and no damage was report
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ROUND-UP
Following a period of little
activity on the crime front in
this area, officers worked over
time last week-end rounding
up alleged law violators.
By late Sunday thirteen
persons had been arrested and
jailed, six for public drunken
ness, two for drunken driving
and one each for forgery, non
support, assault on a female,
assault with deadly weapon
and operating a motor vehicle
without a driver’s license.
The list included five white
persons and two colored wo
men, and the ages of the
group ranged from IS to S3
years.
Gmp-'Diive k About Hat?
The annual chive to raise v'T
300 or its equivalent in farm com
modities for the suffering in war
torn iitnd- overseas was reported
half complete ir. this county late
last night by Chairman Mayo
Hardison. It was explained that
the reports weie complete for
only two townships—Roberson
ville, with a quota of $450, had
raised and reported $486.70, and
littfe Poplar Point accounted for
its full quota of $150, Mr. Hardi
son said.
Incomplete reports showed
Williamston had raised $303.00.
Goose Nest with $235.50 in hand
was pushing on toward its $300
goal, and Hamilton had raised
$221.17 of its ?.?(?<? (5:^1 the
chairman announced.
Five townships — James ville,
Williams, Bear Grass, Griffins and
Cross Hoads—had submitted no
reports when the chairman and a
few canvassers met last night.
Mr. Hardison said that the $1,
396.37 now in hand would be
greatly boosted by late reports,
but that liberal giving will be
needed if the $3,000 county goal
is reached.
Those persons who have not
been contacted and who would
have a part in the humane effort
are asked to send their contri
butions either to Chairman Hardi
son or the Rev. Thomas Hastings
I in Williamston.
Bus Station Question
Discussed By Board
I
Coast Line And
Board Two Feet
Apart On Street
Refuse To Accept Harrison
Street llmler Present
Conditions
The Carolina Coach Company ■
through its attorneys appealed to j
the town commissioners in regu- i
lai session last night to explore
the possibility of locating a bus!
station on Smithwick Street just j
to the rear of the Hotel George j
Reynolds. The company expressed
the opinion that possibly some of
the objections to the site could be
ironed out, and proposed a meet
ing of its representatives with the
town officials. The board express
ed a willingness to meet with the
| representatives, but pointed out
' that there had been no change in
'the physical factors surrounding
1 the site, that studies had been
'made of the location and that lit
;tle or nothing could be accomp
lished at a conference.
! No date for a meeting was men
tioned, but the officials pointed
j out that something should be done
; to improve bus terminal facilities.
Town Attorney Chas. H. Mann
! ing reported to the meeting that
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
j Company had agreed to permit
, rh,-> tnwn tu nave within ten feet
of the center of its track on Kail
road Street between Washington
and Smithwick Streets. Recog
nizing the need for paving within
at least eight feet of the center
of the track, the officials instruct
ed the attorney to continue nego
tiations with the company officials
with the possibility that if the
negations fail the owner will car
ry is case to the courts.
It is agreed that the railroad
company is to share no part of the
paving costs. The cumpany also
requests the town to recognize a
lease on the property as a deed
and accept all responsibility for
any and all accidents that might
happen on the street. The terms
were not acceptable. During the
meantime, the street continues to I
wash and traffic bounces along
from one end to the other.
Harrison Street, running from
Mam between Darden’s and Rose’s
: stores to the railroad, was con
i sidered unacceptable under the
terms set out by-sume of the pro-;
pel ty owners. 4
Taxi franchises were transferr
ed from Simon Gurganus to Wil
| liam Brown and from W. G. Bly
the to John Gurganus An appli
c.,1i.>n for a second Blythe fiaii
; i-hiae was h'ritHnr&beyarnce, pend-’
I ing further investigation,
j One of the town's deep wells
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Minor Accident
On Street Here
No one was injured and proper
! ty damage was limited in a minor
! automobile accident on the main
'street near the old bus station here
ls(st Friday about 4:30 o’clock
j p. m.
Two cars, one driven by Billy
Sharber of Elizabeth City and the
other driven by Lawrence Col
train of Everetts, were in collision.
Local officers investigated and
estimated the combined damage at
less than $100.
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.IllST HALF J
chairman of the Red Cross
Blood Bank program for the
Martin County chapter, said
late yesterday that just half
enough pledges had been re
ceived for the bloodnpobile
next Tuesday. An urgent plea
is being issued in all direc
tions, urging at least ninety
others to sign up for the
bloodmobile.
An appeal was made to the
National Guard unit last
night, but the results of the
appeal |here could not be
learned immediately. Other
canvassers and donors are
earnestly sought. Volunteers
are asked to contact the chair
man or the Red Cross office
in the town hall any morning
or call Mrs. Lucillie Cowen,
phone 2241, after office hours.
Holding Funeral
In Church Today
For Mrs. Edwards
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Well-Known Loral K^iilcnl
Died Karly Monday At
Home Of Daughter
Mrs. Annie Florence Edwards
died at the home of her daugh
Mrs. Melvin Wynne, here on j
Pine Street yesterday morning at j
1:10 oc’lock. The victim of a(
stroke, she had" been quite ill for
several weeks, receiving hospital
treatment during part of that
time.
The daughter of the late James
T. and Mary Ann Askew Bennett,
she was born in this county 75
years ago on July 31, 1H78, and
spent much of her life in the
Spring Green Community. She
had made her home here with hei
daughter for some time. She was
married to Robert Lee Edwards
who died in 1030
A faithful member of the Spring
Green Primitive Baptist Church
for many years, she was held in
high esteem by all who knew her
Surviving besides the daughter
with whom she made her h(/;rT
are three sons, Asa Tom Edwards
of Aiken, South Carolina, Joseph
Edwards of Spencer arid Billy Ed
ward of the U. S. Army; two
step-daughters, Mrs. Myrtle White
aou Mrs. Bessie’ Nicholson, both
of Williamston; five step-sons,
Frank, Leon, Lester and Oscar
Edwards, all of this county and
James Edwards of West Virginia;
a brothei, Joe Bennett of Wil
harriston; a sister, Mrs. Lydia
Fierce oi Hopewell, Va., and eight
grandchildren.
The funeral service is being con
ducted in the Spring Green Pri
mitive Baptist Church this after
noon at 3:00 o’clock by Elder Wm.
E. Grimes, assisted by Elder A. B.
Ayeis. Interment will be in the
church cemetery. The body is be
ing moved to the church one hour
before the service.
Suffer* Broken Leg
In Fall From Fence
While walking a picket fence
at his home in Everetts last Satur
day morning Wayne Clark, son of
Mr. and Mis. Hubert Clark, fell
and broke his right leg.
Only four years old, Wayne is
now being treated in Brown Com
munity hospital where his condi
| tion is said to be very favorable
Ask-Sapped or
Reierendvms On
C o iTo n-Pfeanufs
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December 15 Vote Rated
The Most Important
In A Long Time
Meeting with newsmen in Ra
leigh last week, (arm ieaderS dis
cussed the December 15 referen
dums on peanut and cotton quot
as, and, pleading for a large and
favorable vote, declared tuat he
referendums were the most im
portant things scheduled in this
State in a long time.
Results of the voting not only
will affect cotton and peanut
prices in 1954 but also will have
a far-reaching influence on the
entire national farm program, it
was said.
M. G. Mann, general manager
of the cotton association, declared
that developments in Washington
are "tending to practiually de
stroy the whole soil conservation
program" and pose a real threat
to all commodity and price sup-,
port programs.
"A traster to the states of all
conservation activities," he assert
ed in a written statement, "would
eliminate the now existing frame
work for administering our com
modity and price support pro
grams.”
Mann said that of all the Now
Deal ideas to help agriculture,
“I think the soil conservation pro
gram started by Roosevelt was
the greatest forward step ever
taken. But now it is being threat
, ened by developments in Wash
ington. I'm afraid it s about to be
down and possibly eventually de
stroyed.”
"All gains have come under the
Democrats. Now a new group is
in charge, and there’s a tendency
in Washington to say that every
thing developed in the last lC
years is wrong and has got to bt
changed.
"A tremendous vote for con
. truls ott-Decwbcr 15 would say
to Secretary Benson and his as
sociates: ‘By golly, the farmers
' want this.’ And they would not
p have; the nerve to continue trying
to wipe out our gains."
“We have the opportunity or
| December 15 to back all the De
mocrats have done to help agii
culture. Unless we do it in a big
t way, we’ll be saying to Benson
'Well, we’re not sure about out
programs. Go ahead and changi
them’.”
i Mann asserted that the entire
country has enjoyed great pros
perity during the past severa
j. j years, ana this was made possiblt
t I largely by a strong agriculture
Yet the entire farm program since
I 1954, he added, has cost Americar
t taxpayers only slightly more thar
one billion dollars.
If cotton quotas are approved
Mann explained, the level of price
^ support for 1954 will be- about 3'
^ cents a pound. If they are dis
e approved, he added, supports wil
e drop to around 17 cents a pounr
, and prices on the open marke
s will fall to about Ihe same level
s H. D. Godfrey, State administra
live officer for Agricultural Stabi
g lization and Conservation (form
t erly PMA), also emphasized tin
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Two Stranded On
River For Hours
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Perry Odorri and, fred Sum
me/ lin, young local men, spent
most of Sunday night floating
down Roanoke River in a gas
boat with a dry gas tank. Odom
had been working on the uoat
' that afternoon a.?d was testing it
! out when the gas supply became
evhausted. After drifting to a
point within about two miles of
Jamesville they tied the boat up
some time after midnight and
settled down for the remainder
of the night.
Learning late that evening that
the two men .were missing, friends
started a search. After making
a trip up the river, the search
ing party, including Tiimon Col
train and Junie Peel, went down
the river. When the stranded pair
heard the motor of the rescue
boat they lost no time in giving
a signal, it was said. The stranded
couple and the search party con
tinued to Jamesville where they
called for transportation overland
back hump.
Odom says he plans to make
just one more trip on the ole
, Roanoke; he has agreed to run
the boat back to its dock.
Propose^Million DoHflT School
feptmsioH-PFOgram In County'
Plans Submitted
To Commissioners
Of County Monday
Plans Approved For A New
Negro Seliool to Replace
Parmele Building
A million dollar expansion pro j
gram is being considered for the f
Martin County schools, it was ex- a
plained to the board of county
commissioners m regular session
Monday morning. ^
Although based on months bf (
study and planning, the proposed
program is just now entering the
discussion stage. However, one
part of the proposed program, |
calling for a new Negro high
school in Robersonville, has been '
j approved, the education board
i spokesman explaining that plans
are well advanced for handling
! that project with State funds.
I The building, estimated to cost
$172,000, will replace the plant
destroped by fire at Parmele ear
ly in the fall.
The proposed program, subject
to review by the local commit-!
tees, includes sweeping consolida- :
tion plans for the Negro schools I
and either new units or addition !
and improvements to all present!
schools in the county.
Considerable study has been
given school planning in this
county since the State bond issue
was passed and following the do
struction of the Parmele school
by fire. It is estimated that the
county will receive half million
dollars from State funds, and j
that w'ith approximately another
half million, the school plants
can be modernized and expanded
to meet all minimum require
ments. Going before the board of
commissioners Monday, the edu
cation board members explained
they were seeking advice, and
| asked the commis boners to study
I the problem and make suggest- i
! tions No official action was taken 1
The education board pointed
: out that the county could float a
half-million dollar bond issue
without raising the tax rate, ex
plaining that the 31.6 cents now
being levied for piece-meal cap
ital investment would be released
to care for the increase in bonded
debt. Under that plan the half
million dollar bond issue could be
retired in about twelve or thir .
teen years. It was also explained
that the expansion program could
: be handled almost immediately
under the bond plan.
A second plan was suggested |
and gained favorable comment i
from the county officials. Recog
nized as a long-range of five-year
plan, it would raise approximate
ly $125,000 by direct taxation each
year during the five-year pro
gram. Under this plan, approxi
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Father 01 Local
Resident Passes
Thomas D. Snead, rather of J
• W; Snead who manages the FCX
stores in Williamston, died at his
home near Edwin yesterday morn
ing at 8:15 o’clock. He was 86
years old.
Funeral services are being con
ducted this afternoon at A-..t!i ih
Methodist Church near Benton
ville where he was an active mem
ber for many years Interment will
| be in the church cemetery.
Surviving besides his son in
I tVilliamslon arc ro's'widow, Mis.
| i^ethn* • l*.dig oJicau, arx sons un-h
four daughters.
A prominent farmer, Mr. Snead
was born in Johnston County but
had made his home in Harnett
during the past thirty years.
Enlrr* A u ruin ft limin’
At Mori,h nil I e Friday
A victim of a stroke suffered
i more than a year ago, Mr. Jesse
j T. Price, former local postmaster,
was moved by ambulance from
a local hospital to the Lynhaven
Nursing Home at Mocksville lust
Saturday. He stood the long trip
well, and last reports indicated h<
was getting along all right
Mrs. Price is now making her
home with her daughter, Mrs.
Elbert Lee Sherman, and Mr
Sherman, in Salisbury, just a
lew miles from Motksvillc.
Santa Greeted By A Large
Crowd Here Last Friday
Making his first appearance of
the season, Mr. Santa Claus found
the going a bit rough here last
Friday afternoon. Running into a
traffic jam, he was fifteen minutes
late despite the fact that a big
fire truck and a National Guard
jeep were running interference
for him. The streets were just
about blocked by a couple of thou
sand little folks and adults, too.
The old gentleman, traveling on
a special trailer float, finally made
his way to the radio station where
he w'as briefly interviewed along
with a large number of youngs
! ters. He then retraced Ins route
to the Vicear Theater where he
received letters until the rain
started falling.
His first visit was planned for
the receipt of lette'rs from the lit
tle folks, and he received hund
reds. On Friday, December 18,
Santa Claus is to return and main
tain a daily schedule until Christ
mas. He will maintain headquart
ers right next to the Vicear the
ater where he'll receive more let
ters and hand out little favors to
the little folks. During the mean
time, Old Santa will be doing a
lot of shopping in Williamston
stores, filling the orders listed in
the hundreds of letters received on
his first visit here last Friday.
The Christmas lights, turned on
at 5:00 o’clock that evening, are
burning nightly, adding to the
spirit of the season.
Asking Addition To
Agriculture Building
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INTERVIEW
The Martin County Board
; of Health last Thursday
pleaded with a potential can
didate to accept the position
ol' health officer in this coun
ty. The position has been vac
cant following the death of
l)r. John W. Williams, but lo
cal doctors have been giving
the department part-time ser
vice.
The candidate interviewed
has not announced his de
cision, according to unofficial
information received here to
day. Accompanied by Dr. Ap
plewhite of the State Board of
Health, the candidate is re
tiring from the Navy follow
ing 23 years of active service.
Christmas Seal
Sale Progressing
Returns from the tuberculosis
Christmas Seal letters which were
mailed to the residents of Martin
County on November ^/Hh now
totals $ 1,270,75. 'i’tu^Ts slightly
above the amo.yrfr raised at this
perioj*,j^»!"i.'“Yne sale last year. AI
though early returns are light,
Mr. Simpson said that he is con
fident that the public response
to the seal and bond sale this
year will be as generous as in the
past He pointed out that 80 per
cent of the funds raised remain in
the county to buy special services
for the health of our whole com
munity. One of which is case
finding This is a most important
function for if we are unable to
locate “unknown cases of tuber
culosis”, we are powerless to con
trol the spread of the disease. Mr.
Simpson further stated that there
are, at this time, twenty two pi r
soils from martin county receiv
ing treatment in tuberculosis sau
atoriums. X-ray film furnished by
you greatly aided in finding these
cases. The Martin County Tuber
culosis Committee, because of
sour dollars, is able to_ finance
I the mass chest X ray surveys and
! to furnish much needed film to
the local Health Department -so
| you can understand why we need
to purchase more bonds and seals
leach holiday season to rebuild a
1 fund which is gradually depict
j ed by a mass ease-finding pro
gram.
Tenant House In
Griliins Burned
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Its origin unknown, fire de
stroyed a 5-room tenant house on
the Howard Coltruin farm in Grif
fins Township early last Wednes
day afternoon. The tenant Orange
Peele and his family, left home
that morning and no one was
there when the first started.
Nothing was saved except a
wash pan which was snatched
from the porch. The Peeles, in ad
dition to losing all their furniture
and all their clothing except what
they had on then backs, had $450
in c'utoh burned.
County Board In
A Short Meetiiig
Monday Morning
IVrfeet Organization For
Another Year At Itefsn
lar Ylonthly Meeting
Holding their last regular meet
ing ol' the current calendar year,
the Martin County Commissioners
perfected their working organiza
tion with only minor changes,
heard delegations and brought
then work up to date, adjourning'
shortly after 12:00 o'clock.
Chairman John Henry Edwards1
was n t looted to head ’he board .
Charles 11 Manning, attorney, was I
appointed vice record! r for the
county court to meet an emerg- |
ency caused by the sudden illness
of Judge 11 O Peel. Elbert S.
Peel, Jr., was appointed county
attorney to fill the position made
vacant when his father resigned
to accept tlie second district so
licitorship. John Bland was re
appointed superintendent of the
county home.
M L, Peel will proceed immedi
ately to perfect an organization
for listing property for 1034 tax
ation. He plans to hold a meeting
with the ten list-takers later tins
month, and make ready foi busi
ness January 1
Headed by Chas. H. Daniel, pre
sident of the Martin County Farm
Bureau, and Mrs. Walter Wynne,
of the Martin County Home De
monstration Council, a delegation
advanced an urgent plea for an
addition to the county agriculture
building. The speakers outlined
the need foi the project, and ex
plained that the project would
cost approximately $30,000 No at
tion was taken, but the commis
sioners said the project would be
nut: t.i/i i .ode i at ion when the
budget for the new fiscal year is
prepared
The board recommended that a
road running by the home of Mrs
Emma Corey in Griffins Township
be wmked as a community road.
A delegation from Goose Nest
Township petitioned for the black
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More Christmas
Toys Are Heeded
While they have a fair collec
; lion already on hand, Williamston
’ Jaycees pointed out yesterday
I that more toys are needed to in
sure a successful Christinas party
lor the needy tots in this com
munity.
The last general canvass was
made Sunday, but toyf, will be
readily accepted at the Williams
ton Hardware Company on Wash
ington Street or Bullock's on Main
I Street. Anyone w ith an old but
serviceable toy to spare will call
273f> and a messenger will be sent
to pick them up. Time is getting
short, and those who can and will
spare serviceable toys or other
usable items are asked to act
without delaj.
LHjtefapry " -
Ring Broken Up _
~K£tfe feasrWgfejT
Zelln iVlelntyre Held In The
County jail For Trial
In .Superior Court
A little forgery ring, after
scattering quite a few checks in
this area during November, was
believed to have been broken up
last week-end when Zella McIn
tyre. 18-year-old local colored
girl, was arrested and jailed and
Maxine Knight, 13, was turned
over to Juvenile authorities.
Unable to arrange $1,500 bond
$500 m each of three alleged
forgery cases—the McIntyre gir1
was ordered confined to jail by
Justice W M. Tetterton following
a preliminary hearing last Friday
night. She is to go on trial in the
superior court next week when
Judge Walter J. Bone comes here
from Nashville to preside over the
one-week term.
The forgery deals were traced
back to November 0 when a check,
payable to Barbara Brown, was
drawn on the Weaver account in
the amount of $18 50. About ten
days later the forgers came back
strong, making two checks, one
against Dennis Barber in the sum
of $10, and a second against Weav
er's account m the amount of $10.
Still another crack was taken at
the Weaver account on the 23rd
when a check was written in the
amount of $8 50
Before the month was spent,
checks, made payable to Maxine
Knight, were written against the
accounts of Herman Bowen and
Grady Godard in the amounts of
$12 and $8
The forged checks were expert
ly done, and most of them were
cashed by local grocery stores.
Officers are of the opinion that
other checks forged by the little
ring, are still out, and that pos
sibly others are involved, either
directly or indirectly.
Security Group
In Meeting Here
The International Association of
Personnel in Employment Securi
ty held its district meeting in the
local Employment Service office
m Williamston Thursday, Decem
ber 3rd, at 7:30 p. M. There were
approximately 45 members of the
association present to hear an
address by Ernest C. McCracken,
State Director ot the Employment
Jjj|erv»ee Division ■ '' . f.hv.,^ pin ■
in nt Security Commission of
North Carolina. The title of his
address was Can We Afford to
Maintain a Balanced Employment
Security Within The Present Bud
get?" Mi McCracken's talk was
very well received and a number
of questions were presented for
discussion.
There was considerable inter
est shown also m a discussion of
the State Retirement System led
by N. H. Cox, Chief Auditor of
the State Retirment System.
.1 Kelly Gay, manager of the
local office, welcomed the asso
ciation members and turned the
meeting over to Ralph E. Miller,
President of the North Carolina
Chaptei of the (APES who gave
snipe idea of the program for the
i State Convention in Raieigh dur
ing April of 11154. and the Inter
national Convention to be held
in Asheville, North Carolina, dur
ing June of next year.
P B. Pollock, Area supervisor
ot the Employment Security Com
mission, introduced the speakers
of the evening.
f
uoinm lights
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Despite a limited budget,
the Williainston Boosters this
year have provided the town
with the best holidays light
ing system ever seen here.
While the scheme does not
approach perfection, it has
been widely proclaimed.
Using tens of hundreds of
vari-colored bulbs, several
hundred yards of tinsel and
fourteen special stars, the de
corators have the lights
swinging across the town’s
main streets in the business
sections and the stars located
in arches.
Special prizes are being of
fered for individual and pub
lic decorations, and the town
is expected to take on a gay
appearance this Christmas
season.