Miss
ing her
in Norfolk.
Miss Jane Greene visited her sistor,
Mrs. Malette G. Dodaon in New
Bern, Thursday.
• • •
Miss Mamie Ruth Smith of Wilmington
is visiting her sister, Mrs.
John Stansill.
• • •
Cpl. Howard Harris left Wednesday
following a visit of several days
at his home here.
• • •
Harold Rouse and Edwnrd Beckman
left this week to spend a month
at Camp Morehead.
• • •
Misses Mary Frances and Patsy
Allen have retained from a visit to
relatives in Elm City.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Sam D. BandyNand
sons of Leggett spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bundy.
• • •
Mrs. Ben Atkinson and daughters,
Janet and Joan of Greenville spent
Thursday with Mrs. D. S. Morrill.
• •
Mrs. Wesley R. Willis left Wednesday
for a visit to relatives in
Eden ton. She will return Sunday.
• • •
Bobby Rouse will ret&rn to Chapel
Hill, Monday. He is a member of
the NROTC Unit at the University.
• • •
Mrs. James Smith and son, Jimmie,
have returned to Morehead after £
visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Smith.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Smith returned
to Columbus, Ohio, last week after a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Taylor.
• • •
Miss Mary Anne Townsend who is
attending a business school in Raleigh
spent the week end at her home
' here.
* • •
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Burke and
son, Billie, Jr., left Friday of last
week to visit relatives near Greensboro.
• • •
Mr. and Mra. W. J. Bundy and
daughter at Greenville spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
T> 1..
Mrs. J. 0. Pollard and Bill Pollard
are vacationing this week at Virginia
Beach. They ase expected home on
Monday. '
,«> . • a* •
Miss Catherine Parker of Enfield
to visiting: Mrs. A. P. Hammond, Jr.
They visited friend* in Grifton on
Wednesday.
* • «
We are glad to report that Mr.
Ed Beaman who ha* been ill at hi*
home here for several week*, is ahle
to be oat again. •
• *
PFC Charles A. Jogj* at Buckley
Field, Denver, Collo., is spending bis
furlough with ids mother, Mrs. Carrie
Belle Joyner.
'• •
Mr. and Mr*. Lyman Joyner and
eon, Bill, of Wil*on were guests of
Mrs. C. E. Moore and Hubert Joyner,
Monday and Tuesday.
• • •
Mia* Cariott* Mewborn sod Ronald
MsOO A. M. - 6:00 P. M.—Red
Cross Room
Thursday, July
10:00 A. M.—Hit and Miss Club,
"M Country <Pub..'.
10300 A. M. — 5.-00 P. M. —Red
Cross Room open.
Friday, > y
10:00 A. M —5:00 P. M, —Red
Croas Room open. <2^
TKK)»P. M.—American Legion.
8:00 P. M. — Woodmen of the
World.
' Saturday, 3
10:00 A. M.—Bird Clu&jii^H
Mrs. Alex Bynum and daughter,
Lenora, of Charlotte, arrived Thuraday
for a visit of several days with
Mr. and Mrs. Garland HoMen.
Mrs. D. R. Morgan, Mrs. Pat Ruffin,
Mm O. 6. Spell, Miss Annie Lee
Jones, Danny Morgan and Edward
Lee Russell are spending this week
at Summer Haver.
I • * •
Mm. C. H. Joyner left Sunday for
a visit of several weeks to the mountains
to recuperate from a recent ill:
ness. She is stopping at Graen Inn,
Blowing Rock.
* * *
Mrs. Jesse Smith returned Tuesday
from a three weeks visit with her
husband, Pvt. Smith who is stationed
with (die Marine Corps at San Diego,
Cattf.
• • •
O. G. Spell, Sr., accompanied his
daughter, Miss Hazel Spell, to
Arlington, Va., Tuesday of last week
where she has accepted a government
position.
• • •
Mrs. Archie McLean and son, Geoffrey,
of Cleveland, Ohio, arrived test
week for a three weeks visit with
Mrs. McLean's parerita, Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Turnage.
• • •
William Smith of Charlotte, who
was inducted into the army at Camp
Croft, S. C., Friday, spent Sunday
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Smith.
• • •
Mrs. Johnnie Meadows and son,
Johnnie Bill, of Jacksonville are visiting
Mrs. W. B. Can-away. They
all spent Thursday of this week in
Greenville.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Joyner, Mrs.
Nonie Barret and Miss Verona Lee
Joyner will spend next week with
Mrs. Robert Monk at the Monk cottage
in Morehead. - \ I
" N • • • .
Mrs. R. E. Belcher was taken ill at.
her home, Wednesday. Mr. Belcher
who has been on the nek list for
several weeks, also continues to be
confined to his bed.
• • »
Miss Bonnie Jean Bjjie of W»gp»,
Miss Julia. Burton of Edenton and
Miss Rosalind RawlingB of Franklin,
Va., will arrive today fbr a visit to
Miss Alice Harper Parker.
• m m
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bradham returned
last Week from Baltimore,
where they visited Mr. Bradham's
brother, R. W. Bradham; and Annapolis,
where they attended the
graduation exercises of their nephew,
Ensign John E. Perry.
* • *
Mr. and Mrs. Lmwood..Joyne» and
son, Larry, and Thurman Joyner of
Norfolk, Va., and Miss Pearl Edwarda
of Washington visited Mrs.
Carrie Belle Joyner during the week
ena. .... .... . . '■
• • •
Mr. and Mn. Warren Lupton. Mrs.
Eva Blount and Miss EWe Thomas
I of Bel haven were guests of the B. 0.
j Turnage's for the week end. Miss
Thomas remained for an extended
visit to Miss Jane Turnage.
• ••
Mrs. W. L. Smith left
| for a visit of
w, Pit.
Rg&s LIBRARY NEWS
Books tor young- people, recently
placed on the shelves of the F&rravfile
"Library u»:
Golf Coast Treasure, Mariston
Chapman; Peggf Covers Washington,
Emma Bugbee; Building and
Flying Model Airplanes, Air Youth
of America; Flight 7, Robert E. Johnson.
Singing Sister, Laura Long; The
Story of Slying, Archibold Black;
Book of Stass, G. E. Mifcton; The
little Green Orchard Mystery, Mable
Widdemer; Judy of the Islands, Armine
Von Tempski; Joan's Freshman
Year at Stanford, Dorothy Piummer;
Wheels Over the Bridge, Meindert
De Jong. ^
BAPTISMAL SERVICE AT
, BAPTIST CHURCH, SUNDAY
The ordinance of baptism will be
observed on Sunday evening, June
27, at eight o'clock in the F&rmville
Baptist Church. The pastor, Rev.
Edward C. Chainblee, will be in charge
of the service and will bring a brief
message on the theme; "The Meaning
<xf Baptism."
Members of the .Church are asked
by the pastor to be present and the
genenal public is cordially invited to
worship with them'at this and any
other service.
At the morning service, the subject
will be "Good-For-Nothing
Christians."
ALVIN
Alvin Newton, 33, of" Farmville,
died Tuesday morning at the Eastern
North Carolina Sanatorium in Wilson.
Funeral services were held af- his
home at-4i30 Wednesday afternoon.
The Rev. C. B. Mashburn officiated,
interment was in Hollywood cemetery.
!k
Surviving' .are his wife, Maggie
Wakiright Newton, end the following
children; Hazel and Barbara Jean
Newton, Richard, Curtis, and Randolph,'
all of the home; three sisters,
Mrs. Goodman Owens of Tarboro,
.Mrs. Drew Allen of Fountain end
Mrs. Odell Moeley of Burlington; four
brothers, James and Lawrence Nemton
of Ayden, Joseph and William
Newton, USA. v'
McDONALD-GAYNOR
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In a private ceremony on Saturday
afternoon, June fifth, at five o'clock,
m South Mills, Miss Lilla Gayrvor,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gaynor
of Farmville and Paul McDonald
of the U. S. Marina Corps, son of
Mr. and Mrs. P. D. McDonald of Bpston,
Mass., were united in marriage.
The bride ware a dress of yellow
chiffon with brown accessories and
a corsage of talisman roses. aSjS
Mrs. MqDonald attended East
Carolina Teachers College in Greenville
and at the time of her marriage
was working with the tabor Board,
at the Norfolk Navy ttod.
Pet. McDonald has recently been
transferred to Camp LeJeune, Jacksonville,
N. C. Before entering . The
service, he was associated with a
weak, law score for ladies' was made
by Mrs. Marvin Horton and low
score for the men, by W. a Royster.
The MERRY MATRONS were entertained
on Tuesday morning of thi*
week by Mrs. Wesley &. Willis for
a brief social period before adjourning
to the Red Cross Sewing Room
to fold surgical dressings.
The hostess' home was bes-utifiDy
decorated with a profusion of roses
and red and white gladioli.
Refreshments were tasty sandwiches
and cookies, served with iced
coca-colas.
Additional guests were Mre. J. H.
DardjgL Mrs. W. C. Holston and Miss
Tabitha DeViaconti.
The AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
met for its usual monthly
8ei'vice, as a group, in the Red Cross
Sewing Room at three-thirty on
Thursday afternoon of last week.
Later in the afternoon members
enjoyed a cool drink served with salted
nuts by the hostesses, Mre. Louisa
Harris, Mrs. Marvin Horton and Mrs.
Neat Howard.
The NEW DEAL CLUB met for a
delightful morning of bridge on Wednesday
with Mrs. Hewlett* Williamson
as hostess.
Roses and gladioli were used in
lovely decoratfoh throughout the
home. v < ;
War Savings Stamps, guest price,
was won by Mrs. Herman Baker and!
ash trays, for club high, by Mrs. S. I
A. Roebuck.
Party sandwiches, ham biscuits
and cheese cookies were served with'
coca-colas.
Additional playing guests included
Mrs. L. T. Pierce, Mrs. J. H. Moore,'
Mrs. C. S. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Wesley R.
Willis, Mrs. M. V. Horton, Mrs. Zeb
Whitehurst, Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrs.
G. M Holden, Mrs. W. C. Holston,
Mrs. E. C. Beam an, Mrs. Herman
Baker, Mrs. Sam Lewie, Jr., Miss
Margaret Lewis and Mrs. R. D.
Rouse. Mrs. E. C. Carr assisted the)
hostess in serving. . -
Four interesting prc^.T—jfaltt -.*0,
bridge were played by the WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON CLUB at a lovely
meeting this week when Mrs.
James Y. Monk was hostess.
Bouquets of summer garden flowers
were used in decorating and arrangements
of shasta daisies centered
the hostess'{dates. A refreshing
fruit punch was served yith dainty
sandwiches, sand tarts and either
cookies. .
Other guests included Mrs. Walter
Jones, Mrs. C. S. Hotchkias and Miss
Mnryan. Greene. Prises at War Savings
Stamps, were won by Miss
Greene and Mrs. Robert Lee Smith.
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The PROGRESSIVE BRIDGE
CLUB met on Thursday afternoon
of this week when Mrs. G. M. Holden
entertained at a delightful party at
her home, in which decorations were
of-pink roses, blue hygrangeas and
white altW
War Savings Stamp* were won by
Mrs. Jack Smith who compiled the
high score for the fou r progressions.'
Mrs. Alex Bynum, house
the hostess, was ronemb d with a!
gift of
,1b* W./Hj
WHlk *4 SrnHJb. |
$18.76 richer
) ago. BIb
The first Gotten blossom of (fee
1948 season was reported to this office
Wedneaday,<opm *
fice Tuesday, Jane 22, by Jeese Moye
of near Fannville. IS, *
Second Cotton Blossom.
Robert Belcher, (colored), on W.
C. Holston's Croes Road farm turned
in the second cotton bloason m* the
season on Wednesday.
Cpl. Willis E. Hardy, 23rd Airdrome
Squadron, Army Airport Base,
Topeka, Kansas.
Betty Johnson read an article at
the Bird Club meeting on Saturday
on "How Pigeons Help Win the
War." In bombing tripe over Germany
and Italy they have dodged i
anti-aircraft Are over Berlin, Ham*'
burg, Cologne and Turin and have
been in battles with night fighter*
over the Ruhr. Resting quietly and
patiently in a yellow container, they
are ready at a moments notice to
make a hazardous flight of several
hundred miles to brigg rescue to a
trew in difficulties. You can imagine
the feeling of a bomber craw who
were rescued from the sea after their
pigeon had flown 116 miles with an
"S. O. S." All the crew bare vowed
rough justice will be doled out '-he
next time they see anyone molesting
a pigeon, even if it is not a homing
pigeon. Steps have been taken to
tighten the defense regulations to
deal with people who shoot homing
pigeons engaged in essential war
work. For what would have happened
to a Wing Commander and the
members of his craw if Winkle, their
pigeon, had fallen to a "pot shot"
while.flying to its base in the British
Isles. The planifp^ofNd
gine trouble and was forced to alight
on the sea. JTuat before the aircraft
sank, Winkie was released. In twenty
minutes after she returned to her
home base the lost crew were located.
Although there are no medals for
war pigeons, they do receive certificates
for meritorius service.
In the last war Sill of them were
decorated and Winkle has been pre
TO CONDUCT CLASSES
Joe Gregory and Bobby Darden returned
Saturday from the Bad Cross
Aquatic School at Camp Carolina,
B reward, where they received certificates
for their training courses' in
Standard First Aid, Basic Boating
and Canoeing, Senior Life Saving
and Intermediate Swimming. One
hunduMi and fifty boys from Wee*
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Alabaaa, Louisiana, Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina, and North
Carolina attended, with the largest
group from North Carolina and the
second largest from Georgia.
On Monday, June 28, they will begin
a seventeen hour course, in Beginner's
Swimming to be taught by
Darden and Life-Saving and Water
Safety to be taught by Gregory.
Classes will be from 9:00 to 10:00
a. m., earh week day and all young
people between the ages of 9 and 16
are invited to take advantage of this
instruction, which will be given free,
sponsored by the FVrmville Branch,
Red Cross. The regular admission
to the pool will be the stadentfe only