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Number From Here To Attend Church Meeting :-® Members of the vestry of Grace Episcopal church and representatives of the Woman's Auxiliary of the par ish will attend the regional confer ence of the Episcopal church. Diocese of East Carolina, at St. Peters church in Washington Friday, October 23. The Plymouth delegation will be joined by representatives of St. Lukes Episcopal church, Roper, in making the trip to Washington. The Plymouth group will be head ed by T. W. Earle, senior warden of f» local vestry, and the Rev. Wm. Daniels, jr., minister in charge of the parish. Services Announced for Grace Episcopal Church According to announcement by the Rev. William B. Daniels, jr., services at Grace Episcopal church for the twenty-first Sunday after Trinity, October 25, have been arranged as follows: Church school. 10 a. m.: Morning prayer and sermon, 11 a. m.; junior choir practice, 2 p. m.; Young Peo ple’s Service League, 7 p. m.; Evening prayer and sermon, 8 p. m. Daily services of prayer and spec ial intercessions will be held through out the week at 10 o’clock each morn ing. The senior choir will practice Wed nesday evening at 8 o’clock. Jo Relieve Misery hVps tPJ&M ^ TABLETS.SALVE. NOSt DROPS Flour Triangle Seif Rising 12-lb Bag Peanut Butter Pancake Flour Roll Butter Vi. mid OQa 1-ft Jar 4i9« Nigh Mark "Tp 20-oz Pkg M If 53c Triangle 1-lb Roit BEANS FiM, Dried N«vy 2 ifa» 17c RICE Selected White 3"»25c NEW PACK Tomatoes 2 21c SIOUX BEE Honey 5ponnd ,u 98c JERSEY Corn Flakes 2 s 11c LARGE, SWEET Green Giant 17c NABISCO PREMIUM Crackers 17c LAUNDRY 90AP Octagon 2 5c Duke’s Mayonnaise or Relish Pint Jar 31c YORK IMPERIAL APPLES, 4 lbs.17c FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT, 3 for.20c ' Tokay GRAPES, 3 lbs.29c EXTRA SPECIAL—Long Island CAULIFLOWER, head.19c /While POTATOES, 10 lbs.29c FRESH NECK RONES, lb.10c 1 flnyU.1. and Stamps I H Helps I Home-Club Notes By Mrs. MARY F. DARDEN, Home A rent Monday—Beech Grove club meets with Mrs. Marvin Peele at 3 p. m. Tuesday—Cross Road club meets with Mrs. Jim Chesson at 3 p. m. Wednesday — Cool Spring club meets with Mrs. J. P. Asby at 3 p. m. Thursday—Piney Grove club meets with Mrs. Ethel Tarkenton at 3 p. m. Friday—Office. Cherry Club The members of Cherry Club re ported eggs sold $425.39, chickens $268, butter $6. 810 quarts fruits and vegetables canned, two living room suites, one bed room suit, painted 19 pieces of furniture, made three dish cabinets, brought 5 tables, 3 rugs, 5 pairs curtains and painted kitchen and dining room. Wenona Club The club members are still buying stamps and bonds. They reported $200 worth last month. Mrs. Walter Allen brought in some grease saved. Chickens sold $30.90, eggs $142.65. 464 quarts canned, a studio couch, stove, two rugs, linoleum, two stoves, nine shades and three pairs curtains bought. Fall Gardens Every club member is painting seed and working toward having a year round garden. It is very important to have a variety of vegetables. You are doing a great part for defense by having a good garden. Canning Exhibit Women who want to enter the Kerr jar contest have your exhibits at the club meeting this month. One quart jar of fruit, one of vegetables and one of meats. Mrs. Charlie Bowen, of Alba club was first prize winner last year. She received as a prize a dozen quart jars. Defense Leaders Women in the clubs are being ap pointed as defense leaders, these leaders will work in all types of drives. One definite drive they will par ticipate in is "Women At War Week,” which is to be held Nov. 22-28. Spe cial work is to be done that week to sell more war bonds and stamps. CHERRY -® Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Spruill, of Newport News, Va, were here Satur day night as guests of his mother, Mrs. E. F. Spruill. Mr. and Mrs. Urcil Wynn, of Nor folk, Va., spent Saturday night with Mrs. Wynn's mother, Mrs. Julia Am brose. Mrs. A. W. Davenport is in Wash ington, D. C„ visiting her children there, she will return next week. She was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Smithson, of Creswell, who are visiting their son, Mr. Ammon Smithson. Mrs. Jane White continues very sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Martha Phelps. W. A. Gibbs, of a lighthouse near) Norfolk, is at home this week with his wife and children. Earl Davenport is substitute mail carrier this week for Mr. Sidney Smithson. Junior Spruill Dennis Phelps and H. A. Davenport were in Norfolk last Thursday. Cherry Home Saved From Fire by 5-Year-Old Boy -9 Cherry—The home owned by Ben Adams, of Baltimore, and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Barnes here, was saved from destruction by fire Wednesday afternoon of last week by prompt sounding of the alarm by a 5-year-old boy, Crosby Lane Spruill, son of Mrs. Dora Spruill. Crosby was playing across the street from the Barnes’ home when he saw smoke from shingles around the flue. He told a colored boy work ing in the yard of Mr. Barnes and with the help of neighbors, the Are was soon extinguished. Only slight damage was done to the house. It is thought that sparks from the chim ney set the shingles afire. -® Creswell Farmer Is Drainage Exponent j D. M. Phelps, of Creswell, a veteran of the first World War with nearly a year’s overseas service, has eight daughters and no sons. He regrets, he said, having no son to join the armed forces of the United States at this time, but would not exchange any of his daughters for a son. Three of the girls are engaged in war work activities at Baltimore and five re main at home. He says that any of them can do a man’s work in the field and do not hesitate to take hold when necessary; that they are capa ble housekeepers and all contribute to giving him a happy home. Mr. Jrneips IS » ltuiuci cuiu oarya that nowhere in the country can better farm land and farming con ditions be found than in Washington and adjoining counties. "But the most valuable farming land, because the most fertile is lying waste for lack of proper drainage,” he said. “With suitable drainage, which could be had at moderate expense and which we were once on the verge of obtaining, many acres of new un productive land in Washington coun ty could be made the most produc tive in eastern North Carolina, and that means the most productive in this country,” he declared. --® SINGULAR T. B. Weldon of the Wise commun ity in Warren County has the only field of Nancy Hall sweet potatoes passing certification requirements of the N. C. Crop Improvement Asso ciation this year. --- If the U. S. cut its use of fuel oil to 10 per cent below 1941 consump tion, the saving would fill 566 sea going tankers. Automobiles For Sale! We have a 1940 Master Deluxe Chevrolet Two-Door Sedan and a 1937 Deluxe Two-Door Ford Sedan. Both of these cars have good tires, motors have been reconditioned, and they may be bught very reasonably. MANNING MOTOR CO. PLYMOUTH, N. C. "Mrs. Miniver" Ai Local Theatre For Run 'of Four Days -9 Has All Star Cast And Is Voted Greatest Film Drama Ever -$ Voted the greatest drama ever made, “Mrs. Miniver,’’ starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon and Teresa Wright, with Dame May Whitty and Reginald Owen, comes to Plymouth Theatre for a four-day run, next Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, at regular prices. It is a picture with many fascinating epi sodes, of unexpected angles, of in tense interest and entertainment from start to finish. Mrs. Miniver (Greer Garson >. with a guilty feeling, buys a foolish hat while shopping in London. While hurrying to her home in the country, she is stopped at the railroad sta tion by Mr. Ballard, the station mas ter (Henry Travers), a lover of flow ers who has grown a beautiful rose and named it “Mrs. Miniver." At home, Mrs. Miniver and her husband, Clem, (Walter Pidgeon i who has just bought a new car, feint about before revealing their two extrava gancies. Meanwhile Ballard enters the “Mrs. Miniver” rose in the annual flower show, causing much commo tion, for no one has ever won the prize for the best rose but Lady Bel don (Dame May Whitty), aristocratic ruler of the village. Carol Beldon (Teresa Wright) comes to the Min iver home to make a plea and is berated by Mrs. Miniver’s son, Vin, (Richard Ney). The meeting leads to a romance. Was is declared and Vin joins the R. A. F. Carol and Vin become engaged, later marry. Lady Beldon wins the award but astonishes everyone by giving it to Ballard for the “Mrs. Miniver” rose. Mrs. Miniver and Carol are caught in an air raid alarm. Carol is wound ed and dies as the villagers carry on. PLEASANT GROVE -® Miss Stather Spruill left Sunday for Wilson, to spend some time. Capt. and Mrs. U. M. Spruill, of Elizabeth City were here Sunday, visiting Miss Nellie Tarkenton and Miss Myrtle Tarkenton. Mrs. J. D. Monroe left Friday for Nashville, Tenn., after visiting her parents here last week, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tarkenton. Mrs. J. C. Tarkenton, Mrs. J. D. Monroe, Mrs. Effie W. Gurkin and Mrs. L. D. Collins were in Williams ton Thursday shopping. Cloyd McConnell left Saturday for Richmond, to report for service with the Naval Reserve. Mr. and Mrs. Glenwood Spruill spent the week-end at Bath with Mrs. Spruill's parents. Mrs. Evelyn Lamb is reported to be getting along nicely in a Washington hospital with a baby girl, Dolpheus Dianne, born Friday, October 16. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hathaway and daughter, of Creswell, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Barnes Sun day. MACKEYS Miss Fannie Chesson. of Raleigh, employee of the state revenue de partment. spent several days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harris Chesson. Miss Mary Davenport, of Rich mond, Va., spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edison Davenport. The Rev. G. C. Woods and his daughters, Misses Katie and Evelyn Wood, of Roper, and Miss Elizabeth Chesson were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Davenport Sunday. Mr .and Mrs. Robert Ketchem, of Richmond ,are guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Collins. Mrs. Reynold Davenport and little Reynold Slade Davenport spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Daven port. Mr. Elmer Davenport, employee of the Newport News ship yard, spent last Thursday with his family in Mackeys. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Sessoms, of Windsor, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Edison Davenport. Miss Mittie Hassell spent Monday night in Plymouth. /-s Those Who Demand the Best Know That Here’s a Product Which Can’t Be Beat LIGHT WHITE FLOUR H. E. Harrison Wholesale Ce. PLYMOUTH ROPER Miss Mae Jo Walker, of Louisburg College, spent the week-end at home Miss Betty Nowarah, of E. C. T. C., Greenville, spent the week-end at home. Mr. and Mrs. Potter Dixon, of Elizabeth City, spent the week-end with Mrs. George Dixon, Mrs. Pearl Windley, of Portsmouth, is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Roger Chesson. Mrs. Jim Leary returned home last week after spending some time in Wilmington, Del. Leroy Sitterson, of Norfolk, spent the week-end at home. Charles Williams, of Wilmington, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs .H. M. Williams. Mrs. Irvin Hassell and son. Jimmy, and Mrs. Lester Hassell and daugh ter, of Norfolk, spent Sunday in town. Mrs. J. E. Sexton and Owen Alien spent Sunday afternoon in Edenton. Misses Ruth Nowarah and Eliza beth Blount spent Monday in Eden ton shopping. -$ American Legion Auxiliary Met Here Monday Evening The American Legion Auxiliary met with Mrs. John Carlisle and Mrs. E. F. Thomas at the home of the former Monday evening, with 13 members present. Mrs. Lee Landing presided. Fol lowing the regular opening program, it was decided to set aside a fund to be used to buy gifts for sick mem bers. Mrs. H. A. Williford and Mrs. J. F. Jordan won prizes offered in contests. A salad course with coffee was served. Creswell Woman’s Club In Meeting Last Week Creswell.-—Members of the Cresweb Woman’s Club met Thursday evening at the home of Mrs E. S. Woodley for their monthly meeting. Mrs. W. B. Gaither, the president, presided. During the business ses sion the club voted to appeal to the proper authorities for telegraph serv ice here. The year books are to be made in South Carolina and pur chsed by individual members of the club. Mrs. A. S. Holmes, program chair man, presented a program with a pa triotic theme, with the following tak ing part: T. J. Collier, Mrs. B W. Brook. Miss Ada Virginia Hopkins, Miss Evelyn Furlough, W. C. Led ford. and Billy Bennett. The hostesses, Miss Christine Law rence. Mesdames E. S. Woodley. J. A. Crawford and J B Davenport, served ice cream, cakes and salted nuts. worryTworry,WORRY y/U/HEADACHE ! it',- bad enough to worry, without suffering from head ache, too. Take Capudine to relieve the pain and soothe nerves upset by the pain. Cap udine is liquid —■ no waiting for it to dissolve, before or after taking. Use only as di rected. 10c. 30c, 60c. i | CAPUPINE NORTH CAROLINA FACTS ! 1 ST FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY- BATH.N-C AS EARLY AS 1705 I di5T SIM NE' ■am 3T , NEWSPAPER CAMLUHGtWTE NEW BERN.N.C. US! I K ST COLLEGE - QUEENS COLLEGE CHARLOTTE.N.C. /77/ THE MIMSHAHES POST OFFICE. IN UACHSOH COUNTY, IS CALLED THE ‘ SMALLEST IN THE (JUTTED STATES. IT IS ONLY S FEET WIDE BY 6 FEET \LONS / * • . ^ CLEAN UP OR CL05E UP" /5 THE POLICY OF THE BEER INDUSTRY IN DEALING WTW THE FEW IROESPONSIBLES WHO (AST DISCREDIT ON THE MANY DECENT AND LAW-ABIDING MEN IN BEER RETAILING. V r n FOR 50 WEARS ^ IN ITS EARLY '^■HISTORY (AROUND 1700),NORTH CAROLINA'5 COAST WAS RAIDED BY PIRATES, INCLUD ING BLACKBEARD AND STEDE BONNETT Your cooperation is important in maintaining whole* some conditions where beer is served. Do not patron* ize places that violate the law. Report them, instead, to me proper officials. They will be made to “clean up or close up.” Thus can we maintain a wholesome and important industry in this state. An industry employing 13,000 people, with a million dollar monthly payroll — one that pays $5,600,000 a year in taxes into the public coffers. For Victory — Buy War Bonds and Stamps VmBSBtBSKF* EDGAR H. BAIN. State Director 613'817 Commercial Bldg. Rafc(gh,l-(* SPECIAL PABCO RUG SALE! 9 x 12 PABCO RUG.$ 7.95 $ 9.95 9 x 12 CHALLENGE RUG _5i5 7.95 SPECIAL FOR 2 RUGS $12.90 $17.90 A Saving of $5 This startling value . . • two beautiful PABCO RUGS .. . with the exclusive “Stainless Sheen” sur face for this astoundingly low price. You get beau tiful true colors in the latest patterns. The double thick enamel surface will give you years of “care free” wear. Easy to clean, too. Merely wipe with damp cloth. Buy this big value today! Come in and see the many new items we are adding to our line. • Use Our Lay-Away Plan for Your Xmas Shopping PABCO RUGS ARE GUARANTEED for 5 YEARS! Buy Your Winter Battery NOW! ■A ' ' - V New Tires On Obsolete List The OPA has recently put the following size tires on the obsolete list: 525 x 18; 4.75 x 19; 4.50 x 21. This means no priority rating is nec essary for them. If you can use one of these sizes on your car, come to Kelly’s Economy Auto Store and fill out your application. We will be glad to help you. Your Credit is Good Here-Use It Kelly's Economy AUTO *r SUPPLY W. C. HALL, Manager WATER ST., Plymouth
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