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I foetal anii personals t?m 111 "f i i??! ?>>++?ti Miss Natalie Johnson, of Weldon, is visiting her parents here. * ? * Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gresham spent Sunday in Beulahville. ? ? ? Mrs. Jack Lewis is visiting rela tives in Greenville. * ? ? Frances Newton, of Charlotte, was at home for the holiday. ? ? ? Jim Satterfield of Durham, is visit ing Mrs. J. M. Wheless, -v Marvin Horton has returned from a visit to relatives in Edenton. ? ? ? Miss Sue Perkins spent a portion of the holidays in Nashville. ? 9 ? Miss Margaret Smith is visiting friends in Kelford this week. * ? * Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Godwin spent Christmas Day in Norfolk, Va. ? * * George Allen has returned from a visit to Dixon Springs, Tenn. ? ? ? Miss Daro Curtis, of Wilson, spent Thursday with Miss Martha Cobb. ? * * Frank Davis, Jr., spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Richmond, Va. ? ? ? L Mrs. Claude Barrett and son spent [ ' several days of this week in Kinston. ... e g Mrs. A. A. Stewart, of Wilmington, spent the week-end with Miss Lizzie Gay. ? ? ? [ 3 Mi?a Martha Cobb is spending to- 3 day, Friday, with friends in Green ville. ? ? ? a Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Joyner and v son, Charles, spent Tuesday in Dur ham. ? ? ? ^ Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gresham spent * Christmas Day with relatives in Tar boro. , ? ? ? ^ Mrs. D. C. Averett, of Oxford, ^ is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. K. Long. ? ? ? Dr. and Mrs. P. E. Jones are ^ spending Sunday with relatives in Bethel. ... ^ Miss Bettie Griffin of Rocky Mount, e is spending the week-end with Miss Joyner. * ? ? ? Mrs. J. M. Christman left Wednes- s day for a visit to relatives in Hen derson. ? ? ? s Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Norris of New I Brunswick, N. J., are visiting rela tives here. ? ? ? a Miss Frances Joyner, teacher in the t Raleigh Schools, is at borne for the holidays. ? ? ? C Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bynum were d guests of relatives in Eureka Christ mas Day. ? ? . I Miss Homozelle Twyman is spend- v ing the week at her home in Lynch burg, Va. ? ? ? I Friends will regret to learn that v Abe Joyner is critically ill at his home here. ? * * r Miss Verona Lee Joyner and Miss 2 Margaret Lewis were Raleigh visitors Thursday. 9 9 9 C Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bundy spent \ Christinas Day with relatives in Greenville. ? ? ? 2 Miss Mary Lewis, student at W. C. n U. N. C., Greensboro, is at home for the holidays. ? ? ? Mrs. J. LL Schmus, of Norfolk, Va., \ is visiting; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. i L. W.Godwin. ? a ? Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Blackwell mov- ? ed tikis week into their new home on j Waverly street. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. W. Alexander Allen are visiting relatives in Dixon i Springs, Tenn. ^ ? * ? 1 Mrs. T. B. Rouse, and daughters, Doris and Helen, were Greenville visitors Thursday. ??? % ? Mrs. Ethel Perry, of Wilson, spent i Christmas Day with her mother, Mrs. EDen Leggett. ? v. ? A. IX Gardner and son, J. D. and Beoiudn, spent Christmas Day with retstiveai in Macon. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Lee, of Co lumbia, S. C,. are visiting Mr. and I Mrs. Abe Joyner. ^ hert *nr" Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Vause, of Hook rton, spent Christmas Day with Mr. nd Mrs. W. E. Joyner. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Craft, of Kin ton, spent Christmas Day with Mr. nd Mrs. L. E. Flowers. ? * ? Mr. and Mrs. R. LeRoy Rollins nd son are spending the week-end rith relatives in Sunbury. * * * Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Blalock, of Washington, D. C., spent Christmas )ay with S. M. Pollardd. ? * ? Misses Edna Earle and Betsy Out and, of Goldsboro, are visiting Misses anie and Lola Gray Kemp. ? * ? Mr. and Mrs. Lamm Mewborn, of Irifton, spent the week-end with Ir. and Mrs. Abe Joyner. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy, of Washington, D. C., spent the week nd with Mrs, Ellen Leggett. ? * ? Friends will be glad to learn that filly McCullum, who has been ill for everal days is recuperating. * ? ? Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Garris and on, "Little Stan", spent Christmas Jay with relatives in Conway. ? ? s Miss Easter Mae Gay, student at business school in Charlotte, spent he holiday at her home here. ? ? ? Miss Mary Elizabeth Humphrey, of kddsboro, spent Monday and Tues ay with Mrs. Ted L. Albritton. * ? ? Mrs. Clyde Finch and children, of lenderson, spent several days of this reek with Mrs. J. M. Christman. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Malouin, of Portsmouth, Va., spent the week-end rith Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Garris. ? * ? Mrs. E. C. Holmes and children eturned Wednesday from a visit to frs. Holmes' family in WendelL M M M Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sugg Askew, ?f Wilson, spent Christmas Day nth Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Askew: ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hardy, Mrs. Ubert Bell and Jack Briley left on Fhursday for a motor trip to Florida. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Griffin, of Wilson, spent Sunday and Monday vith Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Davis, Sr. * * * Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cayton and ton, T. C., of Greenville, were the quests of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Cayton Sunday. ? . ?? Ashby Winstead, student at the nedical school of Duke. University, is risiting his mother, Mrs. John W. dohnes. ? ? ? Mrs. W. B. Carraway and Mr. and Sirs. Johnnie Meadows and son visit ed friends and relatives in Green rille Monday. ? e ? Mrs. C. B. Owens and daughter, Lorene, and Miss Doris Bridges, of Stantonsburg, are guests of Mrs. L. F. Williford. * * ? Mrs. C. L. Beaman, Misspell Tay lor and Miss Frances Beaman, and Miss Martha Basberry ware Kinstor visitors Tuesday. ? ? Jack Darden, Douglas sad Jamef fflsmding the holidays at their re ? ? ? jar. ano ssrs. xa*Ki wise, or iQcn' of Kinston, spent the week-ejrappj Madelir Mrs. Lindsay Savage and Mrs. I Arthur Corey, of Greenville, were I guests of Mrs. J. K. Cobb on Thun I day. Mrs. M. W. Lincke and Miss Mary I Harrison Benson, of Nashville, visit led relatives and friends, here Thurs jday. ? ? ? J Harvey W. Turn age left Thursday {for his home in Silver Springs, McL, | after spending the holidays with his I mother, Mrs. W. J. Joyner. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Joyner and family, of Morehead City, spent Christmas Day with Mrs. Bertha Joy ner and Mrs. Bertha Gardner. * * * ?Miss Martha Rasberry, Miss Hazel Bass, Miss Frances Beaman, Miss Martha Cobb and Miss Frances Joy ner were Wilson visitors, Wednesday. ? ? ? Miss Jacqueline Denson, of Rocky Mount, and C. W. Rogers, of Louis ville, Ky., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Holmes. '? .*? Mrs. Albert Horton, who under went an operation in a Richmond Hospital recently, has returned and is reported as recuperating rapidly. ? * * Mr. and Mrs. Jim Joyner, of Nor folk, Va., and Carl Joyner, of Char lotte, spent the week-end with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Joyner. ? * * Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Johnson and son, L. B. Jr., and Miss Marguerite Johnson, of Columbia, S. C., visited Mrs. George Davis, Sr., during the holidays. ? * V Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Sheppard of Snow Hill, and Mr. and Mr& T. A. Bryaon, of Greenville, spent Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore, Jr. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Talton and daughters, Lady and Lillian, of A&he ville, and Mrs. J. W. Sanders, of Four Oaks, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sterling Gates. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lilley were called to the bedside of Mrs. Lilley's father, W. J. Askew, in Eure, Wed nesday. Friends will regret to learn that Mrs. Lilley's father passed away on Thursday and The Enterprise joins them in extending sympathy. * * ? Mr. and Mrs. Eli Garner, Mr. and Mrs. Needham Gamer, of Elm City, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fitzgerald and daughter, Miss Mary, of Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Garner, of Rocky Mount, were guests of Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Fitzgerald. * ? ? Charles J. B. Gayle returned Wed nesday after spending the holidays with his sister, Miss Emily Gayle, in Whiteville. Miss Gayle accom panied her brother back to Farmville for a visit during the remainder of this week. ? ? ? G. S. Vought left this week to ac cept a position with the Farmville Woodard Lumber Co., in Gatesville. Mrs. Vought and son, Grandin, will leave during the next few days to join Mr. Vought and take up their residence in Greenville. Their many friends here regret their change of residence. ? ? ? Mrs. J. M. Wheless, Jr., leaves on Sunday to join her husband in York, Pa., where j they will make their home. Mr. Wheless left several days ago to accept a traveling position with a New York drug firm, and to have his headquarters in York. Their many friends here regret their change of residence. ' I WATCH NIGHT SERVICE A Watch-Night Service will be observed in the Methodist chirch on December 31st beginning at 11:15 P. M. The Pastor will be in charge of this service with the young people participating. GARDEN CLUB MEETING POSTPONED INDEFINITELY The Garden Club meeting, which was scheduled to be held on Satur day, has been postponed. SHRINERS OF COUNTY TO MEET HERE THURSDAY The Pitt County Shrine Club will hold its annual meeting in Faxmville on Thursday night, January 4, in the Rotary Club dining room at seven o'clock. A turkey dinner will be served. All shriners welcome. SCHOOL TO REOPEN JANUARY 2nd. ;'V', ' . ? ? :r. Closing for the holidays on Wed nesday before Christmas the Farm ville graded school children and facul ty have enjoyed a holiday season of some ten or twelve days. second semester on Tuesday has been very successful and with tttttTttt HI !??????> I I Hit SOCIAL CALENDAR Monday, January 1, New Year's 3:00 P. M.?Episcopal Auxiliary meets with Mrs. J. L. Shackle ford. 7:00 P. M.?Red Men. Tuesday, 2 3:00 P. M.?Contract Club meets with Mrs. Lath Morriss. 6:00 P. M.?Rotary Club. * 8:00 P. M.?Junior Order. Wednesday, 3 2:30 P. M.?Wednesday Afternoon Club meets with Miss Elizabeth Davis. 3:30 P. M.?Literary Club meets with Mrs. J. W. Joyner. Thursday, 4 3:00 P. M.?Junior Woman's Club meets at the home of Mrs. W. H. Moore, Jr., with Mrs. Howard Moye as joint hostess. 3:00 P. M.?Septuagenarian So ciety. 8:00 P. M.?Modern Woodmen. Friday, 5 3:30 P. M.?U. D. C. 7:00 P. M.?American Legion. 7:00 P. M.?I. O. O. F. 7:30 P. M.?Boy Scouts. Mrs. Morgan Has In formal Tea, Junior Woman's Club and Le gion Auxiliary Meet During Holidays The'outstanding social event of the Christmas season was the formal holiday dance, held by the Mayfair Club in the school gymnasium on Tuesday evening with around two hundred members and guests from nearby towns in attendance. This affair was reported as one of the most enjoyable of any social func tion held by the organization. Lath Morriss, vice president of the club and R. 0. Lang, Jr., secretary and treasurer were in charge of ar rangements. The gym decorations of pine, wreaths, holly and lights wtere artis tic and lent an atmosphere of good cheer and merriment to the occasion. Music was furnished by Ted Ross and his group of University of North Carolina musicians. Mrs. D. R. Morgan was at home to several friends on Wednesday after noon, entertaining at a lovtely in formal tea from three to four o'clock. Wreaths, holly and tapers were in attractive arrangements throughout the home. The hostess served Russian tea from a beautifully appointed tea wagon and a variety of dainty san'd-| wiches and cinnamon rings were mmihuu] kt? Um r>o.n'.l T TTarrifl I pOOOGU UJ AT* 4 O* 4/?l?U *t ? ..>? The guests were later invited into the dining room where a large Christ mas tree and buffet decorations pro-j vided a lovely setting for the table, | which was spread with a lace doth, arranged with a centerpiece in the ! Christmas colors and illumined with' red candles in graduated effect Egg, nog, date bread and salted nuts' were1 served. Upon leaving, the guests; were presented with a boutonniere of, pink roses and fern. Mrs. R. LeRoy Parker and Miss Dorothy Fargis were gracious hos-! teases this week to the Junior Worn-! an's Club at a meeting held in the home of Mrs. Charles H. Mozingo. i Seasonal decorations and candle light provided the home with an at mosphere of good cheer. Mrs. Parker presided and present-, ed the speaker, Mrs. Cherry Easley, I who discussed "Christmas, Its Tradi-I tions and Customs." Mrs, Howard Moye reported activities of Junior club women at this season as gleaned from the "Club Womar," and Mrs. Jack Lewis, chairman of the ways and means committee reported plans of her committee. Henvenly hash, coffee and nuts were served during a pleasant social ,hour. Mrs. W. E. Joyner presided at the | December meeting of the American. I Legion Auxiliary, held in the Legion Home, with Mrs. Louise D. Harris and Mrs. H. Neal Howard as joint ihastesses. Featuring the program was a talk j relating to the celebration of Christ mas in America and in other lands by Rev. D. A. Clarke, and bringing it to a delightful conclusion was the vocal rendition of "Jesu Bambino," by Mrs. J. W. Joyner. During a business session the Auxi liary laid plans for giving Christmas cheer to three families of the com munity, with Mrs. J. H. Bynum, Mrs. B. F. Weaver and Mrs. B. R. Fields appointed as a committee to serve in this connection. Delicious refreshments were served, the plates bearing appropriate favors. FARMVTLLLE FURNITURE CO. GIVES PRIZES AT SALE The following customers of the Farmville Furniture Company were winners of prizes given Saturday be fore Christmas by~this firm as the closing event in a sale conducted dur ing the past several weeks: Grand Prize, of |200, went to Joe A. Forbes, Jr., of Kings Cross Roads. Bed room suite, by L. E. Hobgood, Rt. 2. Oil or wood range, by L. H. Moor ing, Snow Hill. Philco radio, Mrs. Lyman Carra way, Hookerton. Kings dewn mattress, Bill Lovic, of Farmville. Lane Cedar Chest, Mrs. Henrietta M. Wil]iamson(/ city. Kitchen Cabinet, Mrs. Leonard Joyner, city. Two end tables, W. D. fields, city. Rocker, Mrs. Henry Johnson, city. Floor lamp, Wilbur Wilson, Maury. Esmond Blanket, D. C. Joyner, Wal stonburg, Rt. 2? : ?/. ! Gold Seal rug, David Fulford, Rt. ; ,! 'i?U. %*:???* ..., , I Jf*,' ? ? "f 'flu ... .1 BRIEFS; VERY BRIEF v -yZJ, v - Mussolini increases Italy's army by 28,000; specialists enrolled. wa^"" jr. , , ' "j i \ A* *? "f Soviet envoy encounters coolness on his return from Moscow. ^ ; Economy League holds war might cost ?80,000,000,000 a year. ;?; Uruguay to control, broadcasting sod news |^ DETECTOR ______ ;v A device for detecting spikes end other metal objects buried in logs, frequent cause of serious sawmill ac cidents, has been developed by the U. S. Forest Service. csMSMMsNMMeeMseneseajpitiiMSimsBM PURCHASE ~ v ' V. ?; " i . t.., ? II I > ? ? . The National Forest Reservation Commission in its final 1989 meet ing authorized the purchase of a par: cJ of land in the Uwharie section, North Carolina's oldest mountain range. BUSY Four-H Gob member} in Caldwell County are electing their 1940 offi cers, planning future club programs, and starting project activities for the new year. SUBSCRIBE to THE ENTERPRISE ? PARAMOUNT 1 THEATRE 1 FARMYILLE, N. C WEEK OF DECEMBER 31 SUNDAY Midnight Show Stuart Erwin and Marjorie Weaver ? in ? THE HONEYMOON'S OVER SUNDAY & MONDAY The Lane Sisters John Garfield - Gale Page ? in ? "FOUR WIVES" TUESDAY Adolphe. Men Jon and Joan Bennett ? in ? "THE HOUSEKEEPER'S DAUGHTER" $150.00 JACKPOT $150.00 WEDNESDAY Doable Feature Jean Cagney - J. Allen Virginia Dale ? in ? "ALL WOMEN , HAVE SECRETS ? and ? Cesar. Romero and Virginia Fields "CISCO KH) AND THE LADY" "THURSDAY & FRIDAY Sonja Heme - Ray MiHand Robert Cummings ? in ? "EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT" SATURDAY Double Feature Tim McCoy "TEXAS WILDCAT" ?. and ? Edith Fellows and James McCalHon "PRIDE OF THE BLUE GRASS" | RESOLVE TO { ~Have~Mo,iey RESOLVE to labor for your loved ?nes . . . resolve! to spend less than you earn ... resolve to BANK | end SAVE your money. Then use your WILL POWER to make your good J; resolutions a real FACT. - J! START SAVING REGULARLY NOW I! We Welcome Your Banking Business SAFETY of our Deposits Is INSURED j| I: o <. by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to |5,000 ;; . for Each Depositor. < | X THINK! ; ; HAVE MONEY! kit * The Bank of Farmville Farmville, N. C. THINK! X HAVE HONEY! ? * < * < ; ^Member Federal^Deposit^foauranee Corporation.^ THE ANSWERS 1. None whatever until recognized by other nations. 2. In 1935 for the invasion of , Ethiopia. 3. Alice Marble. 4. About 206,000. ' 6. 2,150,000. *. 6. Yes: $234,693.00 from Finland, and a token payment of $9,828 from Hungary. ' 7. $10,479,000 in 1929. 8. Suomi. 9. Admiral Count Von Spee, who lost his life in the Battle of the Falklands on Dec. 8, 1914. 10. About 50 miles at its narrowest. Subscribe To THE ENTERPRISE. Education is good when it takes. A very little authority sometimes ruins an excellent individual. "WANTED" ALL TOBACCO FARMERS In Eastern Carolina to be re lieved of Tobacco Caring wor ries in 1940 and in the years to follow with oar 1940 MASTER AIR-CONDITION ED TOBACCO CURER. Florence-Mayo NuWay Co. Maury, North Carolina Relieve COUGHS ?ML, gji ^SfFIRST DOS|, Mrrtho-Mnhion starts relist el But cough from colds the first doso, or jour druggist *? .wtuxn tout money. Menlho-Mulsian contains NOtB wiantifirally compounded ingredients to hafek Mag fou fast, soothing relist Try it. See the difiscenoe. reel its penetrating, soothing vepom In the bronchial passages. Mo narcotics or opiates. Children Bee It, Iboasando are finding relist?with MenthoMulafan. ! WHELESS DRUG CO. I PARMYILLE, N. C. ? '????*? > * AAA J. J. ?. t. t .? -t. ||| ,1, | | ? > A | J A J J, J f- ^ J J | A J A J A jjOPE**** ? -??? 1 9 c Our wish for you in the year 1940 is that every cloud will have a silver lining, that in the beauty of the rainbow you will forget the storm, that Faith, Hope and Confidence will march with you through the twelve months of THE NEW YEAR ' ' - . ? fc ' V "V ' ' ' ' ' ' X f ' . ?: . ' - W ?\ ? J.; : M* I V;; ??:' ? ? ?? -j- -:r* '?? Vv-rVv:.^^\ .. - Farmville Furniture Co. '
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