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Ernest Seem an, of Duke Univer
fcy, spoke to the primary and iram
fcu>r grade teachers on, "Child Crea
lv? Interest," and Hiss Madge Cobb,
assistant State Supervisor of Home
Economics, conducted a discussion
for .the high school teachers on
.-JModern Trends In Teaching Home
Economics." Mr. Cooley also spoke
on matters vitally important to the
furtherance of education in this
A musical program by the Glee
Club, with Mrs. John D. Holmes and
Elbert Holmes as soloists, was enjoy
ed as was the Art exhibit, which, be
ing held in the school during that
week, was visited by the teachers.
Inter-City Meet Rotarians
An Inter-City meeting of the Ro
tary Clubs comprising this district;
Ayden, Greenville, Washington and
Farmville, was held here early in
December, with fifty Rotarians pres
. ent. Bill Smith, president of the
Farmville Club, presided with his
usual pep and enthusiasm, and a
turkey supper was served by Farm
ville's most charming young ladies.
The address of welcome was given
by John T. Thome and the response
by Fordie Harding, of Greenville.
Demonstrating the value and place
occupied by the Rotary organization
in any" community, were the short
talks given by the presidents, of the
outstanding accomplishments of each
club during the past year.
A musical program by Mr. and
Mrs. John D. and Elbert Holmes add
ed variety and charm to the even
ing. Following which, John Holmes
introduced the speaker, Ted Johnson,
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and probably establishing a precedent
in these United States of America,
were the Yuletide decorations used
in Farmville during the last Christ
mas holidays, and which fittingly
manifested a spirit of appreciation
and gratitude to those who have made
the advent of better times possible.
For while wreaths were hung in
the windows, festoons "of evergreens
over the doors and the conventional
and accepted colors of red and green
were used in elaborate combinations
in the residential section, as has al
ways been the custom, the. business
district was ablaze with the national
colors, the main thoroughfare being
studded with red, white and blue
lights. Strangers approaching the
town probably thought the town was
celebrating the Fourth of July and
doubtless felt the urge to stand at at
tention and salute the colors as they
passed through.
And this would have been an ap
propriate gesture, for citizens of
Farmville did not merely observe
i Christmas Day in 1933, but kept it
in the Henry Van Dyke manner:
"forgetting' what they have done for <
other people and remembering what t
others have done for them."
To begin with, Christmas is the i
greatest of gil't seasons, and after ?
the recent bitter experience of be- ]
wilderment and despair, it was most j
fitting to recognize the present ud- >
ministration, headed by Franklin D.
ltoosevelt, as the instrument used by t
the Great Giver of Gifts; to fan the t
sparks of hope first of all; to suspend i
gloom and worry; to instill a feeling <
of renewed confidence, love and good 1
will to men on earth; to enliven that *
joy of living here and faith in a life 1
beyond. *
Christmas Observed with Pageantiy j
And Song 1
The Christmas story was depicted
here during Christmas week in vari- (
ous forms; a cantata, special reli- 4
gious services, a pageant, and a dram- 4
atization of the Nativity, the pro
gram on Christmas Eve, when a
group of twenty singers sang carols
on the streets at midnight.
The first event, a cantata, "The
Light of Lights," by Stultz, took
place on Sunday evening preceding
Christmas Eve, in the Baptist church,
with Rev. L. R. Ennis as director and
Mrs. Arthur F. Joyner, pianist.
All of the churches of the town
were beautiful with decorations of
aromatic cedars, pines, garlands of
other evergreens, wreaths of holly
and poinsettas for the great festival,
and regular morning worship hour
on Sunday in each, had as the theme
of its message and song service, the
Nativity.
A pageant, "When The King
Came," was presented by the Epis
copal Sunday School on Christmas
Eve at 7 o'clock, under the direction
of Rev. J. Q. Beckwith, Jr., with Mrs.
?J. W. Joyner as accompanist; and
the dramatization of the Nativity
was given in the Methodist church
the same evening at 8 o'clock, by
the high school Glee Club, made up
of thirty voices, Miss Vivian Case
iirecting, and Mrs. Haywood Smith,
;he organist.
Holy Communion was celebrated at
midnight by Rev. J. Q. Beckwith,
Jr., rector of Emmanuel church,
Episcopal, .in a service marked by
jreat beauty and simplicity, to which
?vas added the grandeur of music.
Immediately following this Bervice,
he Episcopal choir was joined by
>ther voices of the various churches
n the singing of carols, which was
:ontinued throughout the town for an
lour, and ended at the home of Mrs.
J. L. Shackleford, where a perma
lent organization of the Christmus
flarol Singers was perfected.
Celebration of Holy Mass was held
it 9 o'clock Christmas morning at
3t. Elizabeth's Catholic church, the
jermon theme being, "The Nativity
){ The Wonder Child." ChristmaB
:arols and chants were rendered by
;he choir and the children dedicated
;hemselves before the crib to the in
fant Jesus.
Farmville Joined Other Pitt Towns In
Celebrating President's Birthday
Farmville and Pitt County people
joined the rest of the country on
Tuesday evening, January 30, in pay
ing tribute to President Franklin
D. Roosevelt with a birthday ball
given in the Campus Building of East
Carolina Teachers College, at Green
ville, Pitt County seat.
On account of the fact that local
affairs of this nature depend large
ly on patronage from nearby towns,
it was decided as best, by those ap
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