< Mrs. Hairy Harper is Uvea in Petersburg, Va. • • • Mias Lottie Kornegay is on a vaca tion trip at Southern Pines. • • • R. A. Fields spent Wednesday and Thursday in Wilson with relative®. • • • Rev. and Mrs. M. Y. Self spent several days of this week in Durham. « • • Mrs. John B. Wright, Jr., left Tues day for a visit to relatives in Ral eigh. • • * Miss Margaret Smith has returned from a buying trip to New York City. • • • Miss Jarre Grantham, of Greenville, spent Wednesday with Miss Elvira Tyson. * • • Miss Athleen Turnage has returnedl to Ayden after a visit to Mrs. R. D.j Rouse. • • * Lonnie Pierce, Jr., and Emerson I Smith left Wedneeday for a visit to! Raleigh. • • • Haywood Smith spent the past J week end with relatives m Washing ton, D. C. • • • Miss Verona Lee Joyner and Mrs. l J. I. Morgan were Richmond visitors,"! Tuesday. • • • i Miss Hattie Carr spent the week I end with friends at Morehead and| Beaufort. • • • Miss Mary • Helen; Gullidge, of I Greenwood, S. C., is th guest of Miss 1 Sula Carr. • • * Mrs. B. C. Allen, of Raleigh, spent! several days of this week with Mrs. | Manly Liles. ■ * « S. A. Roebuck and family have re turned from their sumjner cottage on Bogue Sound. Friends will be glad to learn that Jack Smith is recuperating after a recent illness. • » • Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Moye, of Kins ton, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Joel M«ye. • » • Mrs.' David Erwin Oglesby, of Eliz abeth City, is visiting her mother, Mrs. W. J. Teel. • * • Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bundy spent Sunday in Kinston with Mr. and Mrs. Sam D. Bundy. • • * Mrs. Lelia Sanders, of Columbia, S. C., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. D. Johnson. • • • Sam Smith, of Roanoke Rapids, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Duke. • • • .j Mrs. R. C. Thornton and son, Dickey, are visiting friends and rela tives in Falkland. ' « « * t Mrs. W. E. Joyner and son, Charles, have returned from a .visit to rela tives in Hookerton. • • • Mrs. Ok. C. Stewart and son, of Orlando, Fla., are guests of Mr.' and Mrs. Frank Williams. C • • • Miss Elvira Tyson and Miss Lee Carraway spent the week end in Greenville with friends. • • • ' — Mr. and Mn. 0. G. Spell, Jr., of Charlotte spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Spell. • • Mrs. Paul E. Jones, Mrs. M. V. Jones and daughter, Mias Aatne, were Raleigh visitors, Monday. • • • Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore and daughter, Nancy Lu, are spending several days at Bayview, • • • >. Mrs. Hugh Smith, of Greenville, spent several days of this week with her sister, Mrs. Nonie Barrett. • • • Mrs. J. R. Shearin, Mrs. W. A. Mc Adams and Mrs. Manly Liles were Greenville visitors, Thursday. • • • Miss Mary Louise Howell has re turned to Charleston, S. C» after j visit to Mrs. R. H. Chadwick. • • • Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson and son, Milton, arc spending several days with relatives in liberty. Mir* Mrs. W. T. Overstreet returned to Lakeland, Fla, Monday, after a visit to her sister, ImfF. G. Dupree. r;I * • • Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Snipes, of Cul pepper, ,Vil, will be week end goeets of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Johnson. • • • Mr. and Mr*. John D. Dixon and Mm Louise D. Harris mmw in G) • • • Mrs. Kathleen Moore and daughter, Janet, are visiting relatives and friends in Burlington and Richmond, Va. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Graham McAdams, of Greenville, are spending the week end with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mc Adams. • • • Miss Isola Williams has returned to Ltimberton after a visit to her brother, Dr. T. S. Williams and Mrs. Williams. • • • Friends are glad to see David T. Harris out again after vending sev eral days in bed as the result of a foot injury. • • • Mrs. Denver Shackleford, of At lanta, Ga., arrived Thursday for a week's visit to her mother, Mrs. P. G. Dupree. • • • Miss Rosalie Hassell, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. M Hobgood, will leave during the week end for her home in Hendersonville. • • • Dr. W. M. Willis has returned from the veterans hospital in Fayetteville, where he received treatment for sev eral days. • • • Mrs. G. S. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Williams, of Greenville, left Tuesday for a visit to relatives in Zanesville, Ohio. • • • Mrs. W. Leslie Smith and daughter, Mrs. Lemon, and Mrs. L. T. Pierce returned Monday from a visit to Vir ginia Beach, Va. • * • Friends will be glad,to learn that John T. Bynunt is recuperating after si long illness and is able to be on the aorch at intervals. • • ,• • - Mrs. Dora H. Keel, Miss Dora de 3race Rountree and Mrs. Carroll Dglesby visited relatives in Green rille, Wednesday. • • • Miss Mable Duke, of Richmond, Va-, and Jack Hall, of Scarsdale, N. if., spent Wednesday and Thursday vith Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Duke. "• • • Brigadier General Allen H. Turn ige, of the New River Marine Base, vill spend the week end with his mo ;her, Mrs. W. J. Turnage. Mr. and Mrs. D. R Morgan and ion, Danny, and Harold Rouse have •eturned after spending a week at the Morgan cottage, Da-Nita, at Summer iaven. .. I • • • Mrs. O. E. Hedrick, and grand laughter, Susan Scott Bowles, of iichmond, Va., are guests of Mrs. ledrick's brother, R. S. Scott, and Urs. Scott. » • • Miss Dora de Grace Rountree, of Washington, D. C., who is visiting ler grandmother, Mrs. Dora H. Keel, pent the week end with relatives in ielhaven. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams and ion, and house guests, Mrs. 0. C. Stewart and son, of Orlanda, Fla., n sited relatives in Durham during he week end. • • • A great many of the local tobac onists, who left here around the 1st if July, have returned from the to ecco markets in Georgia, Florida aui South Carolina. Friends will be glad to learn that Stanley Warren, who underwent a itomach operation in Pitt General Hospital, Greenville, several days ago, s reported as improving. Miss Annie Lee Jones, of Raleigh, who was a guest at the Morgan cot »ge at Summer Haven last week ind spent several days of this week tere, has returned to her home. Miss. Janet High, of Bailey, ar rived Wednesday to take a position with Whelesa Drug Co., here. Miss Sigh is living m the home of Mr. ind Mrs. J. M. Whelesa. • • • Mr. and Mrs. W. H. MizeUe and son, Walter Franklin, of New Bern, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. r. R. - Miz4fle. The party attended the Mizelle-Thompeon family reunion in Ahoskie, Sunday. Mayor and Mrs * George W. Davis, Mrs. W. J. Rasbenry, Mrs. J. H. Moore, Mrs. John B. Joyner and Miss Mamie Davis are attending a Con ference at Ridgecrert, the Baptist Assembly in Western Carolina. Horton Cai home m Was visit to her ra H. Keel. I ' ^ \ - e;r ■ ' 11 '■ ,..h 1 *» Vfcy, on Thursday, July 80. '' ... —. shafts Mr. and Mrs. ranee the birth of Horace Lewis, Jr., an August 11. Mis. Lewis was formerly Miss Frances Beaman. / tjg Mr. and Mrs. R A. Fields, Jr., of Wilson, announce the birth at a daughter, at the Woodardt Herring Hospital, on Wednesday, August 12. | Friends here will be interested to lean of the birth of a daughter to Dr. ami Mrs. William Watson Keffer, of Girard, Pa., former residents of Farmville. ' • ■ Birth announcement# received here read: "Twas August 1st it happened, Sevan, ten P. M. you see, Brown hair, blue eye* like brother's, We call her 'Jwwt Lee'." 7% lbs. Jean and Bill Keffer. LEAVE FOB FORT BRAGG Bruce Lewis, 0. G. Spell, Jr., Earl Quinn, Joe Moye and James Moore left Wednesday to be inducted in the U. S. Army at Fort Bragg. ATTENDING LEAGUE MEETING Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lewis are attending the 66th annual convention of the North Carolina League of Municipalities held in Greensboro this week. RESIDING HERE Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bullock and family moved their residence /*om Tarboro to Farmville this week, the family is living at 106 Barrett street. RED CROSS SEWING ROOM TO OPEN AGAIN MONDAY Mrs. W. M. Willis, Production Chairman of the local Red Cross, re quests a large attendance at the open ing of the Red Cross sewing room Tuesday morning at 9:00- o'clock. The allotment will be quit^ heavy and workers are badly needed at this time. The Center will be open each week after Tuesday, from Monday through Friday. GARDEN CLUB DATE CHANGED The August meeting of the Garden Club will be held on Friday, August 21, instead of the regular day, ac cording to the president, Mrs. E. F. Gaymor, the change being made to conform with the program arrange ments. MRS. BURKE COMPLIMENTS MISS IDA DOUVROS Mrs. Billy Burke delightfully en tertained friends at a snack and drink party honoring Miss Ida Douvros, of Nashville, Tenn., house guest of Mrs. R T. Williams. Mrs. G. E. Moore, Jr., won the prize for the best performance in an amateur floor show. The hanotee received shee» htmSkerchiefs from the hos tess. Refreshments were served cabaret style on red checked table covers and the patriotic colors were carried in detail in floral and plate decorations. David Ervrin Oglesby, Jr., of Eliza beth City, a former resident of Farm ville, has been commissioned as En sign In the Naval Reserves and is ex pecting to report soon for officii re training at Harvard University, Cam bridge, Mass. AT SKYLAND ATTENTION Since there are two vacancies in the ranks of our ministerial group, we wish to offer our services to the entire community, i Many hearts are anxious and burdened, and there will be sickness and sorrow. We desire to give sympathy, comfort and en couragement We trust you will feel free to call us. Sincerely, C. B. Mash burn, M. Y. Self, Ministerial Association. SACRIFICE MATS IN RUBBER SALVAGE HERE Setting a splendid example of pa triotism and sacrifice for citizens in this commuity and the nation, Mrs. W. A. Barrett, of North Main street, donated the rubber mats from the front and back of her car in the re cent Salvage campaign/ which swelled the town's contribution by 25 pounds. Mn. Barrett found a bright piece of carpet that looks well and serves every purpose. Friends are con gratulating her for her patriotic spirit. FARMVILLE LIBRARY" HAS DEFENSE INFORMATION The Farmville Public Library an nounces the receipt of the following literature regarding defense infor mation; Pamphlets— Protection Against Gas; Our Glag; Workers and Nation al Defense; Auxiliary firemen; Res cue Squards; Youth Jobs and De fense; Hie Battle of Production; Dol lars for Democracy; Messengers; Fire Watchers; War Atlas; Produc tive Concealment; Blackouts;. Fire men; Forestry ; Report of Bomb Teats or Materials and Structures. Books — Feeding the Family; Everyday Nursing; America's Nutri tion Primer; Russians Dont Surren der; Toughen up, America! by Heiser; Living Under Tension, by Fosdick; London Pride, by Bottome; One More Storm, Hicks; The Edge of Darkness, Woods; I Wanted Wings, Lay; Can non Brett, Wilson; And Now Tomor row, Field; Watch on the Rhine, Hell man; New Adventures in Democracy, Tead. If t^e dog is fat hey very likely wears a collar. teas. An Iced drink and wafan — ; Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson en tertained at bridge In compliment to Miss Turn age, when Mrs. J. L. Shackleford received guest soap as high score award. The lienor guest received dainty handkerchiefs. Iced coca-colas and a variety of cookies ! and crackers were served. *—— -iilill Mrs. W. C. Holston was hostess at bridge complimentary to Miss Turn age. Bowls of flowers, in harmonis ing shades, graced matels and end tables. Mrs. Henrietta M. William son received a moval beauty package as winner of high score. The honoree received a lovely gift from the hos tess. Delicious refreshments were served after play. ,V -t ' !>f N * " if WOMEN OBSERVERS FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 17TH —'— Monday, Aug. 17—9 A. M. to 12 Noon, MfVi> George Moiore, Jr. 12 Noon to 3 P. M.j Rachel Barrett. 3 P. M. to 6 P. M., Mrs. M. V. Jones. Tuesday, Aug. 18—8 A. M. to 12 Noon, Mrs. Lath Morriss. 12 Noon to 3 P. M., Agnes Virginia Quinerly. 3 P. M. to 6 P. M., Mrs. Eddie Cart way. Wednesday, Aug. 19—9 A. M. to 12 Noon, Mrs. George Monk. 12 Noon to 3 P. M., Anne Jones. 3 P. M. to 6 P. M., Mrs. Lang Davis. Thursday, Aug. 20-—9 A. M. to 12 Noon, Mrs. W- S. Royster. 12 Noon to 3 P. M., Lucille Davis. 3 P. M. to. 6 P. M., Mrs. R. E. Pickett Friday, Aug. 21—9 A. M. to 12 Noon,. Elizabeth Lang. 12 Noon to 8 P. M., Frances Dupree. 3 P. M. to 6 P. M, Miss Mamie Davis. Saturday, Aug. 22—9 A. M. to 12 Noon, Mrs. James Wheless. 12 Noon to 3 P. M, Mrs. Bertha Potter. 3 P. M. to 6 P. M., Mrs. Henrietta Wil liamson. - Sunday, Aug. 28—9 A. M to 12 Noon, Jane Green. 12 Noon to 8 P. M., Mable Barrett. 3 P. M. to 6 P. M., Elvira Tyson. FIREMEN RETURN FROM % 55TH STATE MEETING R. A. Joyner, retiring president of the North Carolina State Firemen's Association, and Mrs. Joyner and sort, Russell, Chief Haywood Smith and Edgar Barrett returned Wednes day night from Greensboro, where they attended the 66th annual con vention of that organization. Preci*. dent Joyner presided over all the sessions of the three day meeting, and reports a splendid convention, featured by enuthusiasm and the realization of, the great responsibility being borne by the firemen in Itotne defense activities. RUBBER To conserve more rubber the WPB has provided-taore stringent specifica tions which will limit the amount of rubber available, for a long list of civilian product* Eastern North Carolina engaged tall the tobacco business. At the time of his death he was connected with the Dixie Leaf Tohecco Company at. Kins ton. Previously he was on the Ffermville tobacco market and for a time was connected with the Green ville Tobacco Company in Greenville. He is survived by W parents, who live in Roxboro, his wife, Bin. May Hardee Jones, a daughter, Frances, and a son, Walter C., Jr. Other sur vivors include a brother and two sister* ' N. A- SMITH OF FOUNTAIN ARRIVES SAFELY ON NEW CALEDONIA ISLAND Pvt. Needham A Smith, Jr., 22 son of Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Smith of Fountain, has notified his parents of bis safe arrival on New Caledonia Island. He enlisted in the Army in No vember, 1940, and was stationed at Fort Bragg until his transfer to for eign service. STORES TO CLOSE NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR LAST TIME Next Wednesday, Aug. 1Mb, will be the last day at the afternoon closing for the summer, according to t majority of business boosts report lag through the Chamber of Con MHt, RISE Domestic consumer i>mand for farm products will continue to rise luring the next few months, predict economists of the U. S. Department at Agriculture. WHEAT The domestic wheat supply for 1942-48 marketing year is indicated it 1,524,000,000 bushels, or around 190,000,000 bushels above the record 1.331,000,000 buphels in 1941-42. £* , There's no substitute for brains, jut silence almost is. WEDNESDAY —DOUBLE FEATURE DAY—. - Tim McCoy—In "TEXAS RENEGADE" Marsha Hmt and Richard "THE AFFAIRS W MARTHA" andChapter No. 13 of •THE SPIDER RETURNS" THUKSDAY-FIUDAY Rudyard Kipling's Immortal Story . . . In Technicolor "Jungle Book" with Saba rod R. DeCamp. $2,000,000 to Film! 2 yean to Produce! 2 hours of Romantic Thrills! WATCH FOR — 10-Star Maafcal Parade — featuring — 10-Latest SongB played by Charlie Barnett and Orchestra—Wingy Manoae ft Orchestra—Milt Herb Trio * The Kings Men—in "JUKE BOX JENNIE" with Harriett® Hillary and Km Murray. "Late Shew" Monday Night, Aug. - 24th—11 -MS P. M. Its Big —Its In The Glore — Its The Musiciest Musical In Tears! SAVE YOUR MONEY, and YOUR IOUNTRY — BUY DEFENSE IONDS Now ! ■ " • Save With SING'S HI-TEST GAS Regular First Grade Oqly 201 Per Gallon BTHEL GAS 22c GaL Motor Oil 2 quarts for 25c 1st Grade Kerosene 11c GaL Quaker State and MoMloil We do Washing and Greasing 300 Sooth Main Street