'J4** »vgj
• 'J
11 TP," i ■ ■- i | I ' mi
********* VOLUM* THIBTT-FITB FAKMYILUB, PITT COUNT?. NOBTH CAROLINA,
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AMD MERCHANTS ASSOOATIOH
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
Hal Winders Elected
President; Maynard
Thorne. Vice-Presi
dent; 27 New Members
Recognized; Post War
Projects For Farmville
Community Discussed
The annual meeting of the Fam
ville Chamber of Commerce and Mer
chants Association was held Wednes
day night, April 11, at the Farmville
Country Club, with over a hundred in
attendance. J. W. Munden, President,
presided, and opened the meeting
with the singing of "God Bless Amer
ica." Rev. Edwin Coatee gave the
invocation.
President Munden brought words of
welcome to all present, and introduc
ed special guests. These included'
Mrs. M. E. Pollard, president of the
Parents-Teachers Association; Mrs.
Frank Allen, president of the Junior
Woman's Club; Mtb. J. W. Hobgood,
president of the Senior Woman's
Club; Miss Annie E. Perkins, chair
man of the Community and Library
Building Fund; Leslie Yelverton, rep
resentative of the Farmville Post
American Legion; B. O. Turnage,
Postmaster; L. T. Lucas, Chief of
Police; Rev. M. Y. Self, Mrs. Richard
Harris representing the local press,
and D. B. Malone, new manager of
the Chandler Store, here.
Dr. R. ?. Williams, president of the
Kiwanis Club, Paul Ewell, president
of the Rotary Club, Mm. J. W. Joy
ner, Kiwanis accompanist, and mem
bers oif both clubs, which joined in
the meeting, and members of the
Town Board of Commissioners, includ
ing Jim Joyner, acting mayor, Curtis
Flanagan, John Stansill, Dr. R. T. Wil
liams and R. 0. Lang, were also rec
ognized.
President Munden welcomed the
twenty-seven new members into the
Association recognizing each firm in
dividually. These include Black
wood's Wholesale Co.; Bullock's Shoe
Shoe Shop; Chandler's 6-10-26c Store;
Colonial fee and Coal Co.; E. C. Can
Grocery Co.; Creel's Cash Store; Nas
sif Cannon; K. Cannon; Dupree's De
partment Store; Eason Brothers Ser
vice Center; East Carolina Railroad
Co.; Farmville Trading Co.; Farm
ville Blacksmith and Machine Shop;
Farmville Flower Shop; Farmville
Bonded Warehouse; Home Security
jme insurance L/U.; wiuusr juius, uu
fice Supplies; Kemp's Barber Shop;
Lottie's Beauty Shop; Leona'g Beauty
Shop; Langley's Jewelry Co.; D. R.
Morgan Jewelry Co.; T. T. Moore's
Service Station; Pitt County Insur
ance Co.; Robert's Jewelry Co.; N.
Thomas, and Whelees Drug Co.
L. E. Wateton voiced the opinion
of the Association when he con
gratulated President Munden on his
service as president and for his ef
forts in increasing the membership
over 60 per cent Total membership
is now 68.
Mr. Walaton, treasurer of the Ad
vertising Service, presented each one
present an itemised report of dis
bursements made in boosting Farm
vflle and the Farmville Tobacco mar
ket He reported the following re
ceipts: Balance Cash on hand April
4, 1944, $1,467.45; donations by citi
sens of the Town of Farmville, (986;
Independent Tobacco Bayers and
Drying Plants, $326; Knott's Ware
hose, $600; Montts Warehouse, $600,
totaling $3,928.45. Disbursements to
taled $2021.79, leaving a balance cash
ob hand April 1, 1946 of $1,90646.
Post War Plans T
In response to a request of the
Town Commissioner^ expressed re
sent ly in a letter to Hie Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Associa
tion, for a discussion at Post War
plans for the Farmville community to
be held at some meeting of represent
ative cttisens, the program of the
evening was conducted along this line,
with John B. Lewis presiding. <7
Those taking part in .the discussion
were Leslie Yelverton who recom
mended a joint airport for Farmvflls,
Fountain and Walstonburg; Dr. J.' M.
Mew bom, who admonished property
owners to aril their desirable proper
ty So that citizens wishing to build
may do so, expressed the dire
at public toilets and adsqoat
spies for ontof town shoppers, and in
connection with a community build
ing spoke of the need for game rooms
and other recreational facilities for
>ner, who asked that Farmville may
I have a well-equipped bus station; Mr.
; Lewis who mentioned more paving
1 and the possibility of extending water
lines at the Golf coarse to maintain
grass greens and for the gene*a£
be&utification of the course; Rev. E.
C. Chambiee, who -frighted the need
for organised recreation for all ages,
with a paid director daring the sum
mer months.
It was announced that a Post War
Planning Council will be organized;
to be made up of representatives
from all civic organizations, which
are requested to select the name of
their representatives immediately and
report to R. A. Joyner, not later than
May 1.
Charles S. Hotchkias, branch mana
ger of Smith-Douglass Co., has of
fered a prise of $26.00 to the person
presenting the best Post War plan
for Farmville and how each project
may be accomplished.
Seventh War Loan plans were pre
sented by George W. Davis, chair
man for Farmville Township, who
complimented J. W. Munden, the Mer
chants Association and Employees
for the success of previous War Loan
Drives, and expressed confidence that
the citizens of the town will again go
"Over the Top," in the Seventh, which
will be conducted May 14-June 30.
Election of Board and Officers
The report of the nominating com
mittee, composed of T. E. Joyner,
chairman, R. O. Lang and L. E. Wals
ton, was unanimously accepted and
the following Board of Directors
elated:
J. B. Lewis, Maynard Thome, Joe
Melton, J. B. Briley, J. Y. Monk, C.
S. Hotchkiss, Waiter B. Jones, R. U.
Knott, Frank Williams, Hal Winders,
Dr. R. T. Williams, Lewis Allen, A.
C. Monk, Jr., Naasif Cannon.
Officers elected by the neW board
are Hal Winders, president; Maynard
Thome, vice-president; John B. Lewis,
sec^tary-treasurer.
Entertainment of the evening in
cluded humorous remarks by ChArlie
Hotchkiss, who also conducted a
money bag contest, and by Bill Duke
who presented 11 prizes, donated by
the Merchants Association, to the
holders of lucky numbers. Prizes in
cluded cigarettes, candy and 51 guage
hose. A barbecue supper was enjoy
ed at seven o'clock.
W. L. Dowell, Secretary of the N.
C. Merchant's Association, sent re
grets that he could not attend the
meeting, but expressed his congratu
lations of the achievement of the
Farmville Association in securing 27
new members and also in the many
other' accomplishments of the year.
Retiring president, Munden, who is!
also a member of the Board of Di
rectors of the N. C. State Merchants
Association, in a few closing remarks
expressed appreciation for the privi
lege of serving as president of the
Farmville Association and pledged
his assistance to all new officers.
The meeting adjourned with the
singing of "America."
NEWS OP OUR
BOYS IN SERVICE
Bronze Star
The posthumous award of the
Bronze Star Medal to John R. Bald
ree, Tech. 4/c, for participation in
the campaign of Normandy, Northern
France and Germany, "has been an
nounced by the War Department.
Teds.- Baldree, a Medical Aid Man,
was the son of Mrs. Katie M. Baldree,
of Farmville, N. C. ' • Z
Promoted
Bill Hardy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Hardy, has been promoted to Sar
geant at Pratt Army Air Field, Pratt,
Cpl. Yeiverton In Tunis
ATC Air Base, El Aouina, Tunis,
Tunisia, March 22.—Cpl. Jack Yel
verton, 26, nephew of Mrs. Nannie Y.
Lewis, of Farmville, N. C., is assign'
ed to duty with the Aircraft Engi
neering Department at El 'Aouina Air
Base, Tunis, Tunisia; where stands
the newest terminal of the Air Trans
port Command's North African Di
vision.
As an airplane mechanic Corporal
Yeiverton assists in keeping North
African Division transport aircraft
aloft as much as 41,000 flying hours
monthly, the equivalent of five years
in the air.
However, the Corporal does manage
in spite of arduous duties to visit oc
casionally the city of Tunis, one at
German's last escape ports from
Afriea.
Corporal Yeiverton is no new com
er overseas. He will shortly sew a
fourth gold stripe to his left sleese,
having already spent 23H months
Farmville High
Yehrer
fa* the war
le has been in uniform since My
■
SffiMi
—
Jt ■ ■ . .
HIM
I I i_i~__i. ■ _i„«_ ■ - ■
Special Services
Methodist Church
Begin Sunday 151
Revival services at the Farmville
Methodist Church will be held April
15-22 inclusive, with services at 10:00
o'clock in the Burning and 8 o'clock
in the evening.
Dr, John C. Glenn, pastor of Duke
Memorial Methodist Church, Durham,
will preach at both the morning and
evening services. Dr. Glenn was pas;
tor of Eden ton Street Church, Raleigh,
before going to the Durham church.
He has served as pastor of some of
the largest Methodist churches in the
Southeastern area. At the session of
the North Carolina Conference which
was held in November, 1944, Dr.
Glenn was appointed Conference Di
rector of Evangelism.
June H. Rose, Superintendent at
the Greenville City Schools, will di
rect the music. There will be special
Music at the evening services.
At the service on next Sunday
evening, the first in this series, Mrs.
Carlo* Walston, with members of her
Walstonburg Musk Club, will render |
a special number. Dr. Glenn and Prof.
Rose will also be present for this first
service.
The Farmville community is offer
ed the privilege of attending a series
of helpful services. A cordial invita
tion is extended to every one to take
advantage of this opportunity.
__ _ Subjects
On Sunday evening, Dr. Gleiui will
^ik on "My Church" and on Mon
evening, "My Christ"
For the morning hours, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, he has chos
en for his subject, "God's Answer to
Human Suffering." On Thursday
and Friday morning, he will discuss
"The Hereafter Life."
Farmville Reports
Easter Seal Sale]
I J. E Moore, chairman of the local
I Easter Seal Sale gives the following
report from the Farmville High school
collected from each home room:
Miss Perkins' grade, $8.40; Miss Far
rior, |2.00; Miss Stroud, *20.63; Mrs.
Caraway, $8.18; Miss Lewis, $19.10;
Mrs. Moore, $13.16; Miss Baker, $5.41;
Mrs. Batchelor, $2.00; Mrs. Pollard,
$4.00; Mi*. Shearin, $4.00; Mrs. W. E.
Joyner, $6.80; Mrs. Roebuck, $4.26;
Mrs. Thomas, $6.50; Mrs. Bynum, $6;
Mrs. Whriess, $2.60; Mis. Davis, $4;
Mrs. Hart, $3:30: Miss Lang, $4.60;
Mrs. Rollins, $8.50; Mrs. J. B. Joyner,
$4.00, a total of $120.82.
Prof. H. B. Sugg reports that the!
colored school sold its quote of Seals, |
resizing $18.00.
'. CLOTHING COLLECTION
R WE OFF TO GOOD 8TAJBT
The United Clothing Collection
drive is in full swing here. Com
mittees in charge that the
drive is going well in all sections of
the-town,, and that a useful lot of
clothing of alf kinds is being f —
ed- Solicitors in Wednesday's
report that many handles wen
to* their pick-up and all "
whose bundles were net
either promised to place sias^the
Highest in Rank
Is Major General
Allen H Turnage
Ten Generals and One
Admiral Among 8,800
UNO Alumni in Armed
ijcmwB
Chapel Hill, April 6.—Ten generals
and an admiral are among the more
than tight thousand University of
North Carolina alumni now serving
with the aimed forces.
"Highest in rank of the alumni now
on active duty is Major General Allen
H. Turnage, formerly commanding
officer ttf the Third Marine Division,
who is at present chief of personnel
of the Marine Corps and is stationed
in Washington.
A native of, Farmville, General
Turnage went into the Marines soon
after leaving Chapel Hill in 1911. His
class was '12.
For his leadership of the Marines
in the successful assault on Guam,
he has been awarded the Distinguish
ed Service Medal. _ Previously he had
been awarded the Navy Cross as bead
of the Third Marines in the Bougain
ville campaign.
Prior to the outbreak of the war in
the Pacific, General Turnage com
manded Marine garrison Unite in
China
Fanttville Legionalres
Hear Rev. E. S. Coates
Parmville Poet American Legion
held its regular meeting in the Legion
Hall Friday night, April 9, with a
very good Attendance.
"Oie post was honored by the pres
ence of twtr service men, oar own
Captain Bob Baker and Ensign Biggs
Johnson. Captain Baker, who has
been flying a heavy bomber in
Italian theatre of war for many
months, spoke briefly on the joy it
brings a returned service man to re
ceive a hearty welcome home such as
he is receiving in his own community.
Ensign Johnson, who is the son of
Comrade Hardy Johnson, of Fountain,
has just recently received his wings
as a navy flier.and is expected to
get into the thick of the battle at an
early date.
Comrade L. T. Lucas brought to
the attention of the post the nation
wide brake-checking campaign now
on asking- the member* of the post to
assist in any way possible to protaote
this very worthwhile enterprise which
is being Sponsored by the Chiefs of
Policemen all over'the nation.
The principal speaker of the even
ing was Rev. Edwin S. Coatee, pest*
of thfc FarmviHe Presbyterian Church,
who brought a very timely talk ou Sis
subjafct, "The World Needs Ken Who
Live Like Men," admonishing all of
us not to sanction things in our cortr
mttnity which wiH not go toward mak
ing it an improved community. He
said, "We need to be honest in ottr
cokvietions and stand up for same."
He cautioned all legionairea as lead
er! of oar respective commanitwi,
that we be a moral influence for good
with all wfem we eome in contact,
especially our young men and wocmfe.
Prior to the program, the Legitti
Auxiliary served"* delicioos shad sup
per with aH the trimmings which was
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Passed Away Thursday
Afternoon At Warm
Ga.; Funeral
Saturday from
The White House; In
terment Sunday At
ttyde Park, N. Y.
The President at the United States,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 68, died
very suddenly Thursday afternoon at
his little White Howe, summer cot
tage, at Warm Springs, Ga., from a
m—hni cerebral hemorrhage. At
1:16, the President complained of a
severe pain in the hack of his head,
and collapsed a few minutes later.
He died without pain, at 4:36 P. M.,
Eastern War Tims.
Ilie President's death has plunged
the nation into deepest gloom and
his passing will be mourned by all
freedom-lovinjr peoples of the entire
world. He had been President of the
United States for twelve yean, one
month and nine days.
Funeral services will be held from
the East Boom of the Whit* House,
Saturday afternoon. Interment will
bis Sunday, near his ancestral home
at Hyde Park, N. Y.
The President had been in declin
ing health since his return from the
conference at Yalta, but is was not
realised that the end would come so
soon. He went to Warm Springs
March 29th, for a three weeks net
before proceeding to the San Fran
cit. o Conference, which opens, April
26th, as scheduled.
Mrs. Roosevelt said, "I am more
sorry for the people of the country
and the world than I am' for us."
News of the President's death was
announced in England at midnight
Sh&cked britons said, "it is the heavi
est blow the Allied cause has yet suf
fered.
President Roosevelt, who brought
the nation through one of its greatest
crisis, and who has guided it through
<nr 3 years of war, will go down in
History as one of the greatest men
the world -has ever known.
God gran^tat we, the American peo
ple, may see to it that the ambitions
at this great leader, who was taken
at a fateful moment invour history,
are fulfilled. Let us take courage
and remember the word* of our Presi
dent, "The only thing wp have to
fear, is fear itself."
Tnraun Sworn In.
Hairy S. Truman, of Missouri,
vice-president, was sworn in as the
thirty-second president of the United
States at 7:08 P. M, by Chief Justice
Harlan Stone, in a quiet ceremony at
the White House, in the presence of
Cabinet members and other high rank
ing officials. Truman pledged him
self to continue to support the policies
of President Roosevelt.
LOCAL BOY SCOUT
TROOP ACTIVITIES
""" ^ |
Rotary Troop Is Assigned New
Number; Parents' Night
Planned
Rotary Boy Scout troop No. 88 has
been changed by the Scout headquar
ters of the East Carolina Council to1
number St.
Recent plans of this troop include
a Board of Review, scheduled for
April 16, at the High School Gym
nasium, which is to be conducted un
der the supervision of Dr. W. M.
Willis, Advancement Chairman for
the Farmville District, and his com
mittee, and a Boy Scoot parent night,
scheduled just before Mothers' Day;
on May 18, at which time a Scout
Court of Honor will be conducted With
the President of the Troop's sponsors
presiding.
The Troop's meeting was devoted
to a close order drill conducted by
Senior Patrol Leader, Marvin Horton,
preeMttit of the Rotary
ember of the Board of
. _ r * short, inttrfeattag talk
Scouts a*Mt the workings of j
I of Review, urging, all
;to*efrigfcto«*>dwl»n*ey
before the Board for advance
He assured them that ft Was
the wishes of the Board that sJl Scouts
might pass, but accosting to regula
tions m the handbook, it was their
duty to "aorta" go over each particu
lar advancement laktsg sure Scouts,
in the opinion of the Board of Review, j
should be illa*red to advance to the
rank and wear the new badge or1
award.
In conclusion, he assured the boys
that he wanted a warm and friendly
feeling to exist between the two sep
the hope that all ScoutB would ad
The Senior Leaders were excused
as is cwstnftuory j|t 8:15, sSW- which
a teat pawing period
Unk-up^Wit
Waw Days
Ninth Amy
To EHm Hirer At
In SMHte B^
$2fc 1 At
'iBraufcrtck; TWril My Mm
Fight Into ^ Erf art; Em.
Paris, April 12.—Armored col MM*
of the U. S. Ninth Army myC with
in ST miles of Berlin wtttla lit
miles erf the Rwntan front
in a startling ndiann at
60 mfiee that canted to
River at Madrrtmrg. A
this teat e
German capital was believed immi
nent
The senMttenal ewtarai* drive,
on German soil, waa
by the Second (HeU en Wheeh)
Armored Division, which by-passed
the maaufiKtorfor city of
of the Beach against practically bob*
existing opposition,
Janctnre Expected SMB.
A late front dispatch said the river
.could be bridged within a few home
unless unexpected reeisUmoe dsr*lip
ed. This would set the stage £or an
early Junction with .the Bed Amy.
Correspondents said the link-up might
be made within a few days.
> Lt Gen. William H. Sim peon's
Ninth Army troops wen 67 miles
away from the southwestern limits
at greater Berlin, which Intlmim
Pots ham, and .the Russians were <2
miles from the capital on ths east
with the dty itself stretchfcg some
26 miles between theee two points.
Captured.
cities in the Bahr trap, feU to
Ninth Army troop*, sad to
night the Paris radio Skid Dort
mund also had bete cleared in the
First Army /orcee to th
sped within 120 mttea of a
with Knasian troops while the
Army, spring to the dttfceh again
after five days of comparative in
activity, biased abend along a 60
mile front, eatflMing Cobuff >and
mrirdng Erfurt.
On the southern end of the front
the U. S. Seventh Amy lest some
ground bat at ths same time storm
ed to a point taily 29 miles northwest
of the big Nasi convention dty of
British troops in the
•8 fO
but were still held
the port at
the Canadians
deep* into Holland, where
thousand* of
In making its spectacular dash to
iwaagreDurg, me oecorva AirnorBo 1/1
Vision by-pa*ed on the south the
t_ i — - - — •* ■- ■ - - -* - - • * n.L
tnjj aircrazt center or Druniwici
and plttgtd MUtwaid on It solid
10-mile front, meeting only scat
tered opposition throughout the re
mwkr.Me day. Hi* Nad Brunswick
■ ..At : | . mi ... - on » ■- ■ 11a.
gttmioti sail whi fignuBg Dittany
through (lie Stmts against Docgh
bojm of th* 30th Division.
Farther south the 83rd Division
l - ■* at B ■ I Aft -»1 — - - - -* - — *- - -*
stormed uiiifl TV nniCM Ana reacnen
Halberstndt, 24 miles auuthw^t of
Madgeburg. A hog* airplane factory
at Halberstndt was overrun.
Hie Germans indeed the man
power even to slow Gen.
wave ft men and armor.
atonal pockets of resistance
countered the Anuria*
simply built op before them
around both sides, leaving the Nasi
garrisons to be cleaned out at leisure.
"South of Brunswick then were
not even any pocketa, and eld "Hell
on Wheels" was moving like it did
through Sicily," said Asm!
Front Correspondent Wes
I Another front diapateh ■
the Elbe could be bodged within a
few hours "unless the Germans de
cide to fight, something they hadnt
ready done for two weeks."
The Ninth Army troops apparently
reached the Elbe on both sides of
Madgeburg, and jast to ths north
of that big city is a wide
or super military highway,
to Berlin.
, The swift i _ _
m
H«rs
opposition in
its
■ Already the bendlong ndvanoe of
armies thrfntmyi to hir GmiM
» wu^i^^s w am*
fores* in the north fcwn 1
rnur. jvaw n
Superintendent at the Greenville
City School*, who will direct the
marie during Revival Services at the
Farmville Methodist Church, April
16-28. Prof. Roee is active in reun
ion sad civic life and {tromote*. char
acter building education. He is the
son of a minister.
New Stories
Of Nazi Atroc
ities Revealed
Prisoners Who Could
Not Be Evacuated As
Americans Approach
ed Were Murdered By
Elite Guards
Ohrdruf, Germany, April 1L—Cot.
Hayden A. Searl, . whose armored
forces discovered seenes at horror at
the Ohrdruf concentration camp,
thought it would be a good idea for
the Gentian citizens of this town to
see what SS (Elite Guard) brutality
had done in their midst.
The Cheetnut Hill Mass., officer
rounded up 40 leading citizen* for a
tour of the camp, where several hun
dred bodies of slain foreign workers
are still in widcnce.
They saw. todies sprawling in the
open space between the barracks,
piled like timber in one building,
and heaped in a tangled maw in a
wide pit in still another place where
apparently some effort had been
made to burn them.
At first the Germans expressed
disbelief, insisting "The SS isnt
like that." Later they voiced dis
gust, with one doctor saying "It's
the work of beasts."
The next morning the Nazi mayor
of Ohrdruf and his wife wen found
hanged. The Amy said it was
suicide.
Ohrdruf, said by foreign workers
to have the reputation of being a
different slant on their former
rulers. Allied military government
officials who found it difficult to
get Ohrdruf citizens to oooperate
said that now there are plenty of
volunteers.
News of the camp's discovery has
sprma up «na uvwii um iimuv, wo
many hundreds of American «ol
<fim who can get away from their
war chores are visiting it Tfcey
leave in a grim mood. ^ -
Col. Seaii says the Army is too
busy to dean up the meas and that
it may serve a good purpose if as
many American soldiers as possible
see the unmistakable evidence of
Nasi concentration camp manage
ment
A body of. one slain worker, al
most like a highway sign, point* the
way to the main itvanre of the
camp, which liea at the edge of this
pleasant town. The niwwiinptiim
was he attempted to flee and didn't
make it"
Moat of the bodies lying scattered
in Um open have bullet holes in;
the back of the head In one spot
the victims were apparently made to
kneel in a 40-foot circle, and were
kitted by an executioner who walked
behind them.
One survivor said the
was an 88 mfclteal major.
One Russian author asserted that
4,700 internees were killed or died of
maltreatment, in the camp;. moat *f
them in recent weeks. American of
ficers regarded that fttfure as high,
but estimated that MR to 1,700 was
conservative. s •'?■*»
the SS tried to evacuate as many
internees tut possible when American
armored columns made their swift
approach, Vat there was Jittle
port aHi great confusion, sur
to b?5t of