■r 'S 'If Mrs. Bryan Gaddy end in Wilson. • • V . A. J. Melton paid Raleigh a busi-1 ness visit Tuesday. • • k \ Mrs. Albert Mewborn is visiting | relatives in Goldsboro. • • • Mrs. Mae Gay spent Tuesday in] Raleigh with friends. • • • • Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Braxton visited | friends in Maury, Sunday. • • • Mrs. Ethel Perry, of Wilson, spent | Friday with Mrs. W. G. Gay. • • • Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Duke spent | Wednesday in Roanoke Rapids. • « • Mrs. Ellen Leggett, of Washington, I is visiting her sister, Mrs. Walter G. | Gay. • • • Friends will be glad to learn that ] Mrs. Nonie BarTett continues to improve. • • • Miss Mary Barbee, of Wilson, I spent Sunday with Miss Martha | Lewis. • * • Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Harper and I son, Bob, spent Wednesday in Rocky | Mount. • • • Friends will be glad to learn that John T. Bynum is reported as improving. • • « George Patterson, of Charlotte, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson. * » • Mr. and Mrs. R. A Parker and son, Martin, were Greensboro visitors, Sunday. • * • Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Mash bum, Jr., are spending the week end in Wash-«f ington, D. C. • • • Mrs. Robert T. Monk spent the week and with friends and relatives in Greenville. * « • • Mrs. L. E^ Flowers and Miss Delphia Mae Parker were Kins ton visitors, Thursday. Mrs. Z. M. Whitehurst and Mrs. W. Leslie Smith were Wilson visi- , tors, Wednesday. • • • Mrs. D. jOj Pate, of Goldsboro, spent Monday with her sister, Mrs. Robert D. Rouse. . 1 • • * Mrs. L. E. Flowers and Mrs. j George Windham were Wilson visitors, Wednesday.. '• * • i Mrs. C. R. Dodson, of New Bern, , spent the week end with Mr. and ] Mrs. A. J. Greene. . * * * Mr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor have , returned to Norfolk, Va., after a , visit to relatives here. • • • Miss Hazel Baker, teacher in the local schools, spent the week end. at , her home in Snow Hill. ' • • • Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, of Ral- 1 eigh, spent Monday and Tuesday with Mrs. Coritme Stilley. ( • • • Misses Louise Farrior, Nellie But- 1 ler and Estelle McBride were Golds- ' boro visitors, Saturday. * • • ( Mrs. J. M. Wheless, Mrs. James | Wheless and Mrs. J. W. Bass were ( Raleigh visitors, Tuesday. • • * Mrs. W. C. Holston, Mrs. R. 0. • Lang and Mrs. A. C. Monk, Jr., were ( Wilson visitors, Wednesday. , * • • Miss Alice Taylor, of New Bent, ' spent the week end with her parents, ■ Mr."and Mrs. Tom Taylor. , *-• * 1 Mrs. Harry Cooke and children; of Mt. Olive, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Smith. • * • 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Vainwright and ; son, of Greenville, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Glbbs. • • • Mrs. Charles A. Mozingo has returned from a visit to her husband , at CraigB Field, ■Selma, Ala Miss Yvonne Smith, student at College, Raleigh, spent the iHit her home here. • • • . Mack Pollard has returned to Otecn after a visit to his parents, Mr. md Mrs. W. A. Pollard. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Carl Joyner „ and . small son at Charlotte, an visiting Mrs. C. C. Joyner and family. • • • Miss Emily Gayle, teacher in the Saratoga school, spent the week end with her brother, Charles Gayle. Mias Mary Ann Townsend, of New { Bern, spent the week and with her mother, Mrs. Vanessa Townsend. l * * • Mm. J. T. Windham and sen; of Wilson, are spending the "week end with Mr. aai Mm L. E. Flowers. ▼a SOCIAL CALENDAR Monday, October IS. 3:30 P. M.—Circle No. 4, Methodist Woman's Society meets with Mrs.. Chaa. H. Mozingo. Tutaday, IS 11:00 A. M.—Mrs. J. M. Hobgood will entertain the Merry Matrons at a quilting party and luncheon. Members requested to bring thimbles. 6:30 P. M.—Rotary Club. 8:00 T. M. Junior Order. 3:00 P. M.—Wednesday Afternoon Club meets with Mrs. J. Y. Monk, Jr. 3:00 P. M.—New Deal Club meets with Mrs. D. R. Morgan. Thursday, 15 3:00 P. M. — American Legion Auxiliary meets with Mrs. Alton W. Bobbitt, Mrs7 Jalma Bynum and Mrs. J. C. Brock as hostesses. 3130 P. M.—Junior Woman's Club meets at the home of 'Mrs. W. H. Duke with Mrs. Bryan Gaddy as joint hostess. Friday, 16 r • ■ * i 3:00 P. M.—Lamrad Club meets with Mrs. R. V. Fiser. 7:30 P. M.—.Boy Scouts. 8:00 P. M. — Woodmen of the World. Saturday, 17 10:00 A. M—Bird Club. Miss Hazel Spell, student at Pence College, spent the week end at her tome here. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Jim Joyner, of Nor'olk, Va., spent Sunday with Mrs. 3. C. Joyner and family. • • • Mrs. James Smith and-son, Jimmy, if itforehead City, are spending the ceek end jwith Mrs. W. Leslie Smith. • * • Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Fields, Jr. and imall daughter, Jenny Perry, of Wilton, spent Sunday witfi^Mr. and Mrs. i A. Fields. Mrs. Clarence Edwards and chiltrem: have returned to Jacksonville, •'la., after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. M. Wheless. • • • Mrs. H. H. Brad ham amd Mrs. John 5. Wright, Jr., spent Monday and Tuesday with friends and relatives n Rocky Mount. • • • Sam Smith, of Roanoke Rapids md%Mis8 Nancy Sperling, of Shelby, pent the week end with Mr. and Irs. W. H. Duke. • • • Miss Grace Creech, of Snow Hill! md Cameron West, of Waistonburg, | rere dinner guests of Mrs. Pearl ohnston, Tuesday. • * • Dr. and Mrs. Augustus Rogers, rho have been visiting relatives here, ■eturned Wednesday to their hdme it Lake Alfred, Fla. e * • • Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Johnson and laughter, Jeanne, of New Bern, were rueats of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Surrett luring the week end. • • • I Mm. F. L. Oates and small daugher, off Hartsville, S. C., are spending everal days with Mr. Oates, who is m the tobacco market here. • • • Mrs. Melton Allen, Mrs. Charles I. Mozingo, Miss Dorothy Mozingo Bid Jfiss Iris Dupree were Grtenillie visitors, Wednesday. • • • Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Munden moved his week into the home formerly iccupied by Dr. and Mrs." R. T. Wiliams on Contentnea street. • • • Mrs. J. W. Kuhlman, who has been ri siting her hushaand who is on the obacco market here, has returned to ler home at Paint Lick, Ky. • • • Mis. F. M. Smith, of Bell Arthur, und Jfr. and Mrs. Guy Smith and ion, of Macclesfield, spent Sunday rith Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Gay. Mrs. Emerson Worthington, Miss Jla Hemby, of Ayden, and W. Lathim, of Winstoin-Salem, were guests >f Mr. and Mrs. W. Leslie Smith, Wednesday. , • Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Rollins and icn, Robert, Miss Russell Ward, Robert Pollard and Mrs. Robert D. Souse were Rocky Mount visitors, Wednesday. *'. ■ fPR; *»• Mrs. & G. Gardner, Miss Lillian White Gardner, Mrs, George Wilkerv lon, of Greenville, Mm. John B. Joyler and.Mrs. T. W. Lang were Golds* x>ro visitors, Tuesday. * * m Miss Elizabeth Davis delightfully entertained the Literary Club on Wednesday' at her home in which arrangements of roses in shades of pink amd Picardy gladioli were used with pleasing effect. Mrs. H. Neal Howard, the newly . elected president, presided and extended a cordial welcome to Mrs. C. E. Moore, Miss Edna Robinaon and Mrs. Eva H. Shackleford, who attended as guests of the hostess. The program was developed .>y Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, who ably discussed Andre Cheradame's book, "The Defense of the Americas," under the subject, "The American Answer to the Nasi Conquest." Continuing the Stwly of Notable Women by this group, the hostess conducted a contest, in which Miss Robinson won the award, War Stamps. The program was conducted with a group of delightful piano numbers by Mrs. J. W. Joyner. Mrs. W. Alex Allen and Mrs. Richard D. Harris assisted in serving ices molded in chrysanthemum, design, angel cake, mbits, salted nuts, pinwheels and coffee. Mrs. Frank M. Davis, mother of the hostess, assisted her in receiving. Junior Woman's Club. The Junior Woman's- Qlab met at] the home of Miss Fnances "Winstead, Thursday, with Mrs. Elbert C. Holmes .and Mrs. Jack Williford as joint hostesses. Quantities of fall flowers were used in artistic arrangements in the home. Mrs. Mabrey E. Pollard presided and led a round table discussion of the dub's welfare project. Highlights of the Junior Day program of the Institute Council of' the State Federation, held in Raleigh recently, Bras given by Mrs. Jesse Moye. Misses Louise Farrior and Nellie Butler conducted the hour of entertainment, which was featured by games and a musiaal contest, in which Miss Margaret Smith and Mrs. Tom- 1 ny S. Ryon won prizes of War Stamps. Homemade fudge cake was served rith coffee at the close of the meetng. Miss Alice Sykes was a special ruest. - v» v» _ "v | i The October meeting1 of the Re-! ^ >ecca Winbourne chapter, U. D. C.,1 ( rras held at the home of Mrs. G. M. iolden with Mr*. W. M. Willie preliding. Fall, flowers were used as a , letting for the meeting, which was , 'eatured by enthusiasm and a good tttendance. j Mrs. Ernest L. Barrett was pr$- 3 jram leader of the afternoon and £ ) resented Mrs. C. L. Beam an and y tf rs. T. W. Lang, who discussed the It Jniversities of North Carolina and i Hissouri. A delicious congealed aalad and ea were served by the hostess. Contract Clflb. Members of the Contract Club and £ idditional friends, Mrs. George Monk,' 1 firs. Frank Davis, Jr., and M*s. Eva' ! 1. Shackleford enjoyed an afternoon (i >t bridge i Delicious miscemeat pie, topped pith cream, salted ants and coffee j rere served after the games. Lam rad Club. I Mrs. Richard D. Harris was graei-l >os hostess to the Lamrad Club this I reek, entertaining at her home, in! rhich roses were used with artistic ffect. The high score award was von by Mrs. Irvin Morgan, Jr. A variety of sandwiches and cocaolas were served- after play. Mra. Pommy S. Ryon, Mrs. Walter Jones ind Mrs. Frank Allen were special! quests. _ . j E visits aunt *5 Pvt. Claude M. Bnucton, of Sort Bragg, spent the week end with his, aunt, Mrs. Ray E. Braxton. HOME FOR THE WEEK END Pvt. Bill Hardy and Pvt. C. A. Joyner, of Fort Bragg, spent the week end at their respective homes here. 1 CONTENTNEA ASSOCIATION • - r ■ The Cententnea Association of the Primitive Baptist Church will be held at the Meadow Church, an Sunday, October 11th. «, \ NOTE OF APPRECIATION We wish to express our sincere appreciation to friends here who have shown us many acts of kindness since Mr. Warren has beep ill. / Mr. and Mm. Stanley Warren. ATTEND GROUP MEETING Mrs. J. M. Stamsill, Mrs. Chas. F. Baucom, Mrs. J. C. Corbett, Mrs. W. H. Moore, Jr. and Mrs. J. M. JEobgood attended the Group Meeting of the Presbyterian Auxiliary, held in Fountain, Thursday. ATTEND PRESBYTERY C. F. Baucom and Rev. Woodrow Hassail, of Spindale. who is visiting his sister, Mrs. J..M. Hobgood, attended the annual meeting of the Albemarle Presbytery held in Wilson this week. IS MADE CORPORAL Communications received by relatives here state that Pfc. J. Matthew Gibbs has been made a Corporal. Corp. Gibbs is stationed at Fort Ord, Calif. His address is Service Battery No. 2, Bn., 195 Field. Artillery, Fort Ord, Calif. MADE A MAJOR A recent communication from Mrs. Charles Maraden Duke, formerly Miss Venice Lang Jones of this city, states that her husband has been made a Major. Ffiends here will rejoice with the Jones family at this good mews. Major and Mrs. Duke are stationed at Camp Hood, Temple, Texaa. . 1 blRTHDAY DINNER [l Mrs. C. H. Rasberry entertained at a birthday dinner Thursday evening in celebration of the birthday of her sister; Mrs. Wyatt Tucker. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker and daughter, Seleta, 1 and Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Moore were guests of Mrs. Rasberry. Neighbors called during the evening to extend , felicitations. PURCHASES FRESH STOCK \ OF HORSES AND MULES j Robert Lee Smiti brtTjust return- j ed from Atlanta and Memphis where he purchased a nice lot of mules and , horses for the stables of B. S.AR.L | Smith of this city. See their adver- • tisement elsewhere in this paper and ] call at the stables if interested in , buying new fresh stock. LEAVE FOR FORT BRAGG The following young men from Farmville and vicinity left Thursday morning to be inducted in servicfe at Fort Bram: Richard D. Harris, Willie J. Turnage, Jtimes Wesley Joyner, Robert Ted, Francis Joyner and Leslie Hinson. Graham McAdams, a former resident of Rumvflle, was also in the Pitt County group. ATTENDING FAIRFAX HALL 1 1 Friends here win be interested to learn that Miss Novella Horton Capps, of Washington. D. C., is attending school at Fairfax Hall, Waynesboro, Va. Miss Capps who has been a schalorship student at Gunstan Hall in Washington for several years, had planned to attend there as a boarding student this year but due to the government's taking over the building for military purpose the school was unable to open again this fall. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS :Km B. Mewborc, of birth of son, pital. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Easor Jr., of Newport News, Va., announce the birth of a son, on Saturday, October}] 8, in Newport News, Va. WICKHAM-REYNOL&S At the close of the regular Sunday ivening services on October 4 at the Christian; Church, Miss Edna Erie Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Reynolds, of Smithfield, forneriy of Parmville, and Sergeant Valter G. Wickham, son of Mr. nad W, J. Wickham, of Tarboro, W united in holy wedlock by Rev. J. B. Mashburn. They were uiratended. Mrs. Wickham was educated at the ?amville and Wilson High Schools VOMEN RESPONDING IN SOME MEASURE • TO RED CROSS NEED Work room chMrmen of the local ted Cross report that a number of romen have responded to the call 38ued in these' columns last week or workers to carry on at the Red Jross center, but that many more re needed. Please arrange to give a certain lumber of hours each week to help egulariy with this vital work. The work room is open every day rom, Monday through Friday from 0 a. m. to 6 p. m. If unable to work t thf center, please call Mia. W. M. Villis, or Mrs. W. C. Holston and laterials wilt be delivered at your ome. ♦ NOTICE D. A. R. J . Misses Helen. Hulda angi Christine mith will be hostesses at the first nil meeting of .the Major Benjamin [ay Chapter, D. A. R, to be held Saturday, October 10, at 3;00 o'clock 1 the Chapter House. 1 ' Dr. R. H. Crossfield, pastor c£ the hristi«n Church in Greenville, will e guest speaker and address the hapter on the subject, "Why'Japan ' '■ FUTURE FARMERS ELECT OFFICERS Featuring die business session of tile Future'Farmers organization of the Vocational Agricultural Department of the Farmville high school, was an election of officers, which respited as follows: EdsU Mills, president; Leland Flanagan, vice president; Arthur Cates, reporter; David Jones, secretary; Edward Evans, treasurer; George Massey, watch dog. The November meeting will be devoted to the initiation *4f new members. The Fanners are piwaning to erect a booth at the Pitt County Fair, which will emphasize the Food for Victory program. In 1917, 1918 and 1919 the United States built a total of 1,299 ships of all categories. By December 81, 1943, we expect to complete 2,300merchant vessels and 700 smaller craft, altogether, more than IVx times —within a two-year period—the ton-' nage of ships built during the threeyear period of World War I and after. ' i Simple Susie says she doesn't believe in' polygamy but when it was practiced there were no old maids. BIRO NOTES j. # Guests in the garden at "Wingrefit," home of Mrs. Z. C. Layton, of Maysville, Ky„ the National Bird Chairman, were introduced to memben of the Bind Clhb at the meeting Saturday, by Paschal! Barrett Pwchall told of the neat of the rubythroated humming bird then, which had raised two families dnring the season . . . they built • fetted nest covering the outer side with small lichens from the bark of a tree this tjason, but they will use any material that is rwsdily available for nesting purposes. B A crow had also nested at "Wingrest" for the. second time and Paschal 1 told of how the mother Bowfhwing Swallow poshes her bajiss oat of the nest into the outside world when they it large enough to fly and must learn to can for than* selves. Mrs. Layson itresssd in her selection, read by Paschall, that protection from enemies and predatories is the surest way to stfaft birds to one's garden. After adjournment apples wen served. Rifling jl gun barrel, a delicate machining job, is being done 80 times faster than a few months ago.