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Scuppernong Farms Leon Clifton, who is in the CCC camp near Nashville, spent a few days here with his parents recently. Elliott Davenport, of near Creswell, had his birthday dinner with Carlyle L Cooper last Saturday. Mr. Dav enport was 85 years old the Saturday before and Cooper was 37. Reubin Hassell has been sick for a few days with appendicitis. Mrs. Roy Spruill and children spent Monday with Mrs. Carson Spruill near Creswell. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brickhouse. Joe. Helen, and Doris Brickhouse were in Columbia Saturday evening. Lundy Bowen and Reuben Hassell were visitors in Columbia Saturday. A meeting of the homsteaders was held Monday afternoon. FOR T.W. Wood & Son SEEDS in BULK Come To Blount's Hardware Store AI.SO CABBAGE PLANTS AND ONION SETS Planting Time Will Soon Be Here. Buy A COLE COMBI NATION PLANTER WE HAVE THEM IN STOCK BLOUNTS HARDWARE AND SEED STORE NEXT TO BANK SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK By R-J. SCOTT t4iir^y i um ■' \.i —— A&0«.l<lNES oF AftMrtEM EAND, IN KOftfltERN Ml’i'I'ftAi.lA, V PLlM-f -fKEIft. iANOES ACROSS < £,«_AS.S-COVERED SWAMPS I IK SE-AB.cN OF WIVD ^EESE I AND EA4* ^ Newly HAfCHtD 8 A BY QUAIL ARE 50 SMALL -HUT ON of -fHtM CAM LIE. AW A oiiabYE R -'ra“***c • ‘ 0OR.MoU$£ h£<-5 rf> NAME. FROM IlS drowsiness* FOR. y( LIES DoR.MLN'f (KU&) ALL Y/IlKER. Home-Club Notes By Mrs. MART F. DARDEN, Home Affent Schedule for Next Week Monday. County Bridge. Tuesday. Pleasant Grove. Wednesday. Swain. Thursday, Creswell. Friday. Alba. Saturday, curb market. Visit the market for young chickens, fresh veg etables, and other farm products. Eat-More-Eggs Campaign March 14th begins the first cam paign to encourage the consumption of eggs. Everyone is urged to use more eggs during the week to help the farmers and poultrvmen. The National Association of Pood Chains, the Southeastern Chain Store Council, merchants, marketing men. and distributors are all cooperating in this campaign, so let's do our part by eating more eggs. Cross Roads Club Mrs. H. J. Chesson reported having hauled two loads of dirt in the yard. “I Eat BAMBY , BREA D... .. . because my 'work calls for a lot of pep. Now, isn’t that reason enough to eat BAMBY BREAD!” • Yes, indeed, it is. That is why peo. pie in all walks of life—in shops and factories and offices—prefer BAMBY PULLMAN BREAD. They know this loaf is skillfully baked of the finest in gredients. And that means the right kind of nourishment. Insist, then, on BAMBY BREAD the next time you’re at your grocer’s. B A M B Y /f'ulLman BREAD ROYAL BAKING CO., BAMBY BAKERS, RALEIGH N. C. YOUR CANCELLED CHECK IS YOUR Safest Receipt If you want to simplify your personal bookkeeping and insure safe handling of your money—open a checking account and your own receipts. Cancelled checks are legal receipts, as well as the simplest and most efficient rec ords of your personal transactions. Open a checking account today. The shortest and safest distance between a bill and a receipt—is check! Branch Banking & Trust Company “THE SAFE EXECUTOR” Plymouth, N. C. SOUND BANKING AND TRUST SERVICE FOR EASTERN CAROLINA set out 52 pieces of shrubbery. 7 rose bushes and one tree. Mrs. F. C. Tar ken ton. yard leader, reported 55 pieces of shrubbery. 7 rose bushes and rearranging her yard. Mrs. Marr p.woutlarynodehmarf.i Mrs. Marrow, poultry leader, re poted the members' work for the month: Sold $31.78 worth of chick ens: eggs. $108.78. Hoke Club Mrs. Oscar Mizelle has been im proving her yard. Old shrubbery was moved, 30 new pieces set out. 200 bulbs set out,, and a large flower gar den started. Mrs. Porter, the yard leader, has improved her yard by setting out shrubbery. Miss Lula Watson has 600 chicks four weeks old. Chickens sold total ed $27: eggs. $38.88. A total of 67 garments were made during the past month. Roper Club Several new members were enrolled in the Roper Club Friday. Mrs. Jim Gaylord. jr„ reported hav ing a bathroom completed with new equipment and hot and cold running water. A total of 876 baby chicks were re ported. and $82.50 worth of eggs sold. Mrs. Wilson reported a barrel chair completed. Chapel Ilill Mrs. W. Swain and J. Wliitchet were enrolled in the Chapel Hill Club as new members. Reports were giv en as follows: Mrs. A1 Latham, a new sink in the kitchen. Garments made. 35: chickens sold, $12.05: milk sold. $12; and eggs. $59.80. Mrs. P. D. Allen and Mrs. Bob Bateman were hostesses. <RESWELL Mrs. W. H. Creech, of Princeton, N. C.. spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. G. P. Woodley. Miss Elizabeth Peal, student at St. Mary's, arrived Saturday to spend the spring holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Peal. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Litchfield, of Emporia, Va., were dinner guests of Mrs. da Swain Friday evening. Josh Woodley, of Newport News, Va., spent the week-end here. T. W. Tarkenton is able to be out again after a week's illness. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reynolds spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hatfield. The Rev. and Mrs. Sulon G. Ferree, Mesdames C. N. Davenport, sr., J. B. Davenport and Sidney Smithson at tended the meeting of the Women’s Field Army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer, held in Williamston last Friday. Miss Viva Mae Williams is ill with mumps at her home here. Mrs. A. C. Harris is ill at. her home here. C. L. Barnes is confined to his home with mumps. Misses Isabel Davenport and Julia VanLandingham attended the home coming at East Carolina Teachers' College in Greenville Saturday. Miss Mildred White left Saturday for Norfolk, where she will take a course in beauty culture. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Peal. Miss Eliz abeth Peal and Mrs. A. C. Swain were in Norfolk Tuesday. The Rev. C. E. Williams, of New Bern, visited friends here Monday. I Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Perry and lit tle daughter, Marietta, of Edenton, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith Friday. Mrs. Clyde Mason and son. Joe Van. of Atlantic City, were guests of Mrs. J. F. Snell for the week-end. Birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Phelps an nounce the birth of a daughter Sun day, March 10. MACKEYS Mr. Herbert Cheson made a busi ness trip to Marsden Thursday. Mrs. Reynold Davenport and Mrs. William Davenport were luncheon euests of Mrs. R. I. Collins Wednes day. Miss Elizabeth Chesson and Mr. Herbert Chesson drove to Hertford Friday to see Dr. C. A. Davenport. Mrs. Edison Davenport left Wed nesday for Raeligh to attend a meet ing of the state board of Home Dem onstration Clubs. Miss Mary Davenport was the din ner geusts of Miss Elizabeth Chesson Sunday. ROPER L B. Windley. of Franklin Va spent the week-end here with his family. Mrs. J. W. Chesson is receiving medical treatment at a Norfolk hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. Leon McAllister and1 son. James Leon, and Mrs. Bill Mar row spent a few days in Norfolk last Leroy Sitterson spent the week-end week. in Raleigh. Mrs. H. L. Freeman, of Westover. spent the week-end with her daugh ter. Mrs. L. N. Sitterson. Mrs. M. R. Gardner spent the week end in Goldsboro with relatives. Mrs. Betty Spruill, of Mackeys, vis ited Mrs. Jim Leary for a few days j last week. David Harris, ot Roanoke Rapids, spent the week-end here with his sister. N. W. Blount, of Norfolk. Va spent Sunday with Mrs. Wendell Spruill and Mrs. Mattie White. He also visited his sister. Mrs. C. J. Ainsley. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Westray and son. Edward, spent the week in La Grange and Goldsboro with relatives. R N. Bateman, of Pinetown. was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Sit terson Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Durward Lambert and children. Patty Ruth and Charles of Elizabeth City, were guests of Mrs. Luther Allen Sunday. Mrs. C. L. Weeks returned home Friday after spending last week in Norfolk, where she received treatment for a throat ailment. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Williams, jr., of Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Maul din and children, of Portsmouth, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Williams, sr. PLEASANT GROVE Mrs. J. C. Tarkenton accompanied Miss Erma Walker, Miss Eloise Gibbs and Miss Sue, Brickhouse of Colum bia to Greensboro for the week-end, where Mrs. Tareknton was guest of her daughter. Miss Virginia Tarken ton at Greensboro College, while there Mrs. Tarkenton attended the "Founders Benefactors Day" program, which was also Home Coming for the Alumnae. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Peacock. Mr. James Peacock and Miss Mary Ellen Peacock of Portsmouth were the re cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Swain. Mrs. Mary Alexander and son Edi son Alexander spent last Sunday with Mrs. John Swain. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Barnes and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Collins of Mac keys, were the guests of Mrs. Will Swain Sunday. Mrs. J. C. Swain of Plymouth with Mrs. Effie W. Gurkin. Mrs. J. C. Tar Stranded in Finland These Ameriean-bom youngster-. Paith Elizabeth Niemela (left) 11 and her brother, Paul (right), 8. former Herb.-ter. VV. , grade school pupils, were trapped in northern Finland at outbreak of Soviet invasion. Fears for thei: safety were quieted when the American legation found them in the old Niemela homestead near bombed Kuu-umo. They will be repatriated. Their father was forced to leave Finland without them because of insufficient funds. SKINNEUSVIIJ.E Mrs. M. J. Elliott returned home Sunday after a two-week visit with Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Elliott, of Suf folk. Services were held at Rehoboth church Sunday morning by the pas tor, Rev. M. R. Gardner, of Roper. Mr. and Mrs. John McAllister, of Roper, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. White Sunday afternoon. Rev. M. R. Gardner, of Roper, was the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Tom White Sunday. Miss Margie White, of E. C. T. C. Greenville, will arrive home Thurs day to spend several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter White. Mrs. S. A Holton, Mrs. Tom White and Mrs. Walter White visited Mrs. Vernon Everett Tuesday afternoon. Thomas and Billie White were vis itors in Roper Sunday afternoon. C. V. White and J. B. White were visitors in Plymouth Tuesday. Aumack Everett, of Harrellsville. was a visitor here last week. Mrs. Sallie Davenport is expected kenton and Mrs. L. D. Collins spent Tuesday in Norfolk shopping. Mrs. N. T. Everett spent Sunday night with Mrs. S. Z. Waters. Miss Myrtle Tarkenton of Colum bia was a visitor, in the community here Sunday. Mrs. A. J Barnes, Mrs. Joe White and son. Joe Jesse, were tre guests of Mrs. Bernice Roberson at Roper Saturday. Home From Raleigh Jack Getsinger. senior at State Col lege. Raleigh is at home for a fpw days. In Rocky Mount Monday Mrs. M W. Spruill was a visitor in Rocky Mount Monday. Visitor in Norfolk Mrs. Corbett Swain .spent Tuesday m Norfolk. to return home sometime this week' after a two-week visit with Mrs. Su die Coffield in Norfolk. LIVESTOCK Large supplies of feed and favor ibie feeding ratios resulted in a 7.4 per rent increase in the number of i grain-consuming animal units on American farms during 1939. This whisky is 3 YEARS OLD 90 PROOF QUARTS 80< PINTS Distilled and Bottled by THE K. TAYLOR DISTILLING CO. ASBESTOS SHINGLES No Finer Roof Has Been Made For A Dwelling Delivery Anywhere Prompt Attention To All Orders Moss Planing Mill Co. WASHINGTON. N. C. Esso Oil Bumtr ANNOUNCING our appointment ; . I as Local Dealer j for the I WE arc now ready to install and service a complete line of Esso Boiler-Burner units for hot water, steam and vapor heating and Esso Warm Air Conditioning units. Also Esso Oil Burners for installa tion in your present heating plant. Try our quick, courteous service. 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