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(The Farmville Schools I Prepare For A Record Opening, On Tuesday, September 1st I I 'For young America thus far the I roads are clear, the skies hold no ft menace, and there is total security in ft school, at home, at play. School days ft are days of freedom for America's ft children and it is adult America's ■ duty to keep that tradition for all I generations of young Americans to I come. 4 I Coming from almost every home I in the community, approximately 400 I of these - young Americans will be I marching back to school in FarmI ville on openirig day, which has been I announced as Tuesday, September 1, I by Superintendent J. H. Moore, who I has set Monday, August 31, aside for I faculty and organisation meetings. The 1941-42 term, reported as one I of the most successful in the hisI tory of the school, viewed from both I angles of attendance and' accomplisbI merits, closed cat May 29, with a I graduating class composed of thirty I boys and girls. '■ —j I The enrotljaent^firgures of last year I revealed that around 676 white stuI dents and 739 Negro students were I in attendance here, and the school I authorities are anticipating an even I larger attendance for the 1942-1943 I session. I The Farmville Public School is I one of the largest consolidated I schools in Pitt county, and has the I distinctive hgraor of being listed I among the 57 public high achoc's in I the State that holds membership in I the Southern Association of ColI leges and Secondary Schools. The I elementary and high schools are both ft accredited with the State Departrment of Education, and grouped in I 1-A. It is a 12-grade school with a I nine-months' term. I The excellent high school faculty I headed by Superintendent John H. I Moore is composed of nine teachers I who represent eight colleges and uniI versities, namely: University of I North Carolina, Wake Forest ColI lege, Chowan College, Colombia I College, S. C.; Martha Washington I College, Fredericksburg, Va.; OgleI thorpe University, Atlanta, Ga.; ft Iowa University, Ames, la.,'and the I University of Tennessee, Kivqxville, I Tenn. Four members of the high I school faculty hold master degrees, I and all of the high school teachers I have Class A high school certifiI cates. lour curtains by the Fkrmvflle Parent-Teacher Association. A splendid building for the study of vocational agriculture was also erected in 1939. Rooms in thin building an equipped for class rooms, a woodwork and a blacksmith shop. During the summer of 1940 an athletic field waa completed, which embraces eight and one-half acres and consists of a football field, baseball diamond, track and a comfortable grandstand with a seating capacity of 400. "■ ■ f ::m The Farmville Public School hw the interest and wholehearted support of the town and the entire community. Standing behind the school and its educational program is the active and wide awake Parent-' Teacher Association, of which Mrs. J. M. Carraway is president. She is ably assisted by her executive board and various committees in sponsoring and carrying forward various projects designed to raise funds to be used for outstanding needs of the school and welfare of the children. Another function of this organisation is its fine promotion of loyalty j. a moore Superintendent Farmville Graded and High Schools. among the parents, teachers and pnP»l«. The need of a school lunch room was acutely felt until the WPA joined with the Parent-Teacher Association hem three years ago and vancement of the school is its effi- ; cient Board of Trustees, comprising, as ft does, three men, who give much of their time and thought to the welfare and education of the boys and giris -of this great' agricultural section of Eastern North Carolina. Dr. Paul E. Jones is chairman of the board, and J. I. Morgan and ; John B. Lewis the other members. John T. Thome, a member of the Pitt County Board of Education, has also played an important part in the development of the 'Parmville Public School A complete list of teachers and the hours for registration of students will be announced in next week's is- J sue »f this paper. The colored school, under the lead- < ership of H. B. Sugg, principal, has < experienced a period of steady J growth. A majority of the staff of < 17 teachers in the elementary and , high schools hold A grade certifi- « catea, and the school has a rating of ! A-ii. .Oty .;fr < ■ —■—; — • ONE OP FARMVILLE'S HANDSOME SCHOOL BUILDINGS THE GYM BUIUHUti WITH CLASS ROOMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL • NEW GOODS ROLLING IN! • Pall Clothes In Newest Styles For The Whole Family... Tobacco Situation Shows Improvement ^ J; With tobacco markets open and prices substantially hitter than last year, the tobacco outlook is relative- , ly bright, reports J. E. Mann, Extension economist of N. C. State College. A continued flow of lend-lease shipments and prospects for an increase in domestic consumption, mainly in the form of cigarettes, are responsible for the improvement in the tobacco situation. Quoting the latest tobacco report of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Mann said: "The 1942 flue-cured tobacco crop is estimated to total about 740 million pounds. This is 90 million pounds larger than the 1941 crop, but the gain is offset by an expected decrease in carryover of approximately 90 million
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