Imp the Greatest Benefits T
Varied and Delightful
Program Presented At
Annual Ladles' Night
Affair
A setting af gaily appointed banquet
tables, the pnmmt* of the Rotary
Anna, the graded school faculty,
a number of released and visiting
veterans and other distinguished
. guests, a varied and highly successful
program sod a sumptuous dinner
all conspired m making th* Rotarians'
annual Ladies' Might, on Toesday,
a gala occasion.
The lounge of the Country Club
was a riot of color with bugs baskets
jtnd bowls of while and bronze chrysanthemums,
dahlias and French
marigolds predominating in the floral
- arrangements. Orange snd blade
ntisannn centered the tables, on
which the Hallowe'en motifs, including
Jack o' lanterns, witches, party
hats and black cats were effectively
placed. Covers were laid for a hundred
and ten.
The invocation was ofi'ered by
George w. Davis.
Kotarian Frank A. Williams, president,
acted as toastmaster, while Dr.
John M. Mewborn, on behalf of the
members, welcomed the guests in a
v^itty speech, to which lira. John B.
Joyner responded hi her usual happy
style.
The speaker of the occasion. Major
Edmund 3. Molloy, U. S. M. C., of
Chary Feint, a native Fhilndelphian
and a former professor of EngliA at
the University of Pennsylvania, was
introduced by Irvin Morgan, Jr. The
Major's knowledge of current events
in the conquered countries, his wR
and oratory have won for him the
reputation of a delightful after-dinner
speaker and his address, which
was enlightening and constructive,
wss greatly enjoyed.*
Major Molloy spoke on ~ine i
Fanaticism of the Japanese," a subject
which was both timely and
thought-provoking. He attributed
the Japa' utter disregard for life to
their belief m the divinity of the
Emperor and their obligation to him,
outlining their belief, based on mythology,
and telling of their blind
obedience, to superiors. "The Japanese,"
he declared "never retreat and
when failure Uf carry out an objective
is met they feel they are obliged
to sacrifice their lives to erase
their mistakes. Taught from infancy
that the paramount thing in life is
the supreme sacrifice for the Emperor,
you can understand what the
American soldier encountered in battling
the Jap." The Major pointed
out that Japan was, before the war,
a feudal nation, which, with a complete
unity of economic, religious and
sodal order, presented to the world
a solid front, which they thought impregnable.
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Particularly condemning the Japanese
radio as a source of deadly and
dangerous propaganda, Major Molloy
stated that the Japanese are unable
to Ml the troth and that the tragic
flow of their military success continued
over the air even as they
wsse beaten to their knees.
The Major took the opportunity at
this time to pay high tribute to General
Douglas MacArthur's signal
achievements in war and in peace.
Outlining the schools of thought
in relation to dealing with the Emperor
at Japan at the time of surrender
negotiations, the speaker mentioned
that of retaining* and using
Hirohito as a medium of contact, getting
rid of him as was done in the
case of Hitler, and of banishment.
The Major pointed out that either
the second or third method would
Have made him a martyr in the minds
of his people and that the right
course had been followed in keeping
him a* a figure head thus fecUitating
control of the Japanese peegj^J
MASONS WILL
HONOR BUNDY
Greenville, Oct SO.—Monday night,
November 5, will be "W. J. B\mdy
night" at Greenville Lodge No. 284,
A. FT and A. 1L, honoring the well
known Greenville attorney who is
senior grand warden of the Grand
Lodge of North Carotin*.
On October 19 in Washington, D.
Mr. Bundy alone with President
Truman, General Arnold, General
Jimmie Doolittle, Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson and a number
of other outstanding personages,
was awarded the honorary 85hd degree
of Scottish Rite Masonry. The
degree is bestowed upon Masons tor]
outstanding service.
Bob Pough, superintendent of Craven
County school*, will ' be principal
speaker for the celebration
here- Mr. Pough also received the
33rd degree at the Washington meetfcig.
Mr. Bundy is the_first member of
the Greenville lodge to ever receive
this high honorary degree.
A large number of visiting masons
from neighboring towns are expected
to attend the special occasion
which will include a supper
which begins at 6:30-j». m. All master
Masons are cordially invited and
urged to attend. The meeting, following
the supper will get under
way at 7:80 o'clock.
ON FURLOUGH
Cpl. Charles .A. Wilkerson, sen of
Mrs. Mamie Boylrin, enlisted hi the
Army, at Fort Bragg, October 1938,
and spent 18 months overeeas. He
was wounded in France, June 1944,
and hospitalized in England 'four
months. Upon recovery he was assigned
to active duty in Belgium,
where, on November 28, he received
a leg injury caused by shrapnel and
remained in an English hospital six
months. On June 5, this year, h^
landed at Mitchell Field, N. Y., received
treatment at Finney General
Hospital,- Thomasville, Ga., and then
at Moore General Hospital, Swannanoa,
N. C.
Cpl. Wilkerson is spending a sixty
day furlough with his mother and
his wife, the former Miss Thelma
Latta, of Fountain, wh<y» he married
on June 15. He expects to be
discharged in December.
The Young Man's Sunday School
class of the Baptist Church entertained
the Emily B. Holmes class
with a spaghetti supper, Monday evening
in the Assembly room of the
Church.
Tables, set for forty, were decorated
with lovely white chrysanthemums.
Kaymon Shearin, president of the
men's class, presided and welcomed
each one present The Doxology was
sung and the blessing given by Geo.
W. Davis, teacher of the host class.
Mrs. Elbert Holmes responded to the
welcome.
John Turner Walston, Alfred B.
Lewis, Carl Beaman, Chester Outland
and Joe Batchetor, who have recently
received their discharges from the
Service, were recognized and officers
of both classes were, also asked to
stand.
Elbert Holmes led the group in
songB, stunts and games. At the close
"BRssed Be the Tie That kinds" was
•WigArrangement
committee for the enjoyable
affair were Elbert Holmes,
Henry Johnson and Gordon Lee. the
supper was prepared by Arthur P.
Joyner, Sr. " |
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keepers! History must not be allowed
to repeat itself! Will we remember
the holocaust we have lived
through ten years from now? The
Japanese believe we will ferget. Only
time will tell."
Putthig the assemblage "in Stitches"
was a drees fom stent put on
by BUI Duke and Josh Muiyjen with
R N. Freeman and Manly Liles
as contestants. The former won the
jgrize through a superior knowledge
ofJJagarie and^ fmrtbgHows, ^^which
average at two P*»r* yearly. Generally,
this was enough for the men,
but not sufficient to satisfy women,
or children with growing fee*.
OPA chief Cheater Bowleg warned
in issuing the directive that consumers
will not always be a&e to boy
the shoe styles they went in tfie immediate
future. But he said that
22,000,000 pairs were produced this
month and that output is November
and December probably will reach
30,000,000 pairs monthly — a rate
equal to normal pre-war demand.
Essential Types.
He also said that production of the
most essential types, including man's
work shoes and children's shoes, has
increased substantially in the past
few months.
He urged shoe dealers , to follow m
recent government policy declaration
suggesting tiwt retailera give
preferential treatment to returning
servicemen and women needing new
civilian apparel. He said, however,,
that "no general hardships" should
follow the end of rationing; although
stores may have occasional difficulty
in getting orders filled exactly
as desired.
Removal of rfvoe rationing leaves
only a few items on thf ration list
Still rationed are sugar, tiree, butter,
and seme meats.
Boyfes said that shoe rationing
was one of the most successful of
the program because of widespread
cooperation' by both the trade and
consumers.
OPA said that all shoe stamps and
certificates held by consumers or the
shoe industry become valueless and
may be thrown away. Dealers, distributors,
and manufacturers need
retain records unless the same records
are required under some other ration
order. But OPA's price regulations
for shoes, which require the keeping
of invoices and other bookkeeping
records, remain in effect
, Lt. Letha Holloman Bouse received
an honorable discharge from
Deshon General Hospital, Butler, Pa.,
last week after six months in service.
Lt Bouse recajytd her nurse's
training' at Grace Hospital, fiichmond,
Va., and was commissioned at
Camp Lee, Va. She ' arrived here
Sunday and is spending: some time
with her husband's parents, Mr* and
Mrs. Robert D~. Bouse.
George Parr, EM 2/c, received an
honorable discharge from the Seabees
last weak, at Norfolk, Va., and arrived
here Monday. Mr. Farr has
been in service since July 1943 and
has been stationed in the Pacific
Theater for the past two yean. He
plans to move his family to AsheviHe
within a few week*.
Joseph Batchelor, .MM 1/c received
a discharge, October XX, at Camp
Shelton, Va., after three years in
the U. S. N. ft., 28 months of which
he was on dnfcr in the Aleutian Islands,
where be helped bvild an
emergency air base in the Bai_IsUMl
group, on the tip end of {he chain,
and at Kodiak, Alaska, where he was
Sgt John T. Walston is at home
with a discharge which he received
Oct. 25, at Port Bnygg, following 34
months in service, 23 of which he was
on duly overseas with the Combat
engineers in the European Theater.
Sgt.' Wajston holds the Presidential
unit citation badge and S battle stars.
S.S.M.B. X/e Chester HL Outbid,
U.S.N.B., who for the past 38 months
haa beta on duty at Little Creak,
Va., received a discharge Oct. 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Outland and their
young son returned to their home
[here, Saturday. Mr. Outland has re
C, The Hallowe'en
by the
an* held Friday evening M
"-I
financial receipts. Hon ttian |500
the committee la
charge, Mr*. Irvin Morgan, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Monk, Jr., Mrs. R E.
Pickett and Mrs. M V. Jones,
pressed themselves as highly pleased
and gragfied by the cooperation ayd
interest manifested by the entire
community.
The gym was elaborately decorated
in the Hallowe'en colors of black and
orange with the seasonal motifs of
black eats, pumpkins, witches and
Jack o' lanterns being in evidence
throughout the spacious building.
George W. Davis, president of the
local P. T. A, toned an apron for
the occasion with the wording,
"Mother's Little Helper," and assisted
his wife, Supt and Mrs. J. H.
Moore and Mr. and Mrs. John B.
I Lewis behind the refreshment
Mayor James W. Joyner drew the
numbers for the featured contest
prizes, which went to the following:
Miss Mae Knott, nylon hose; Mae
Turnage Eason, turkey; Mrs. Ed.
Waters,- of Goldsboro, Jess Spencer
and Sal lie Tyson, cakes.
• There were fishing poqda, -grab
bags, calr rides for the tiny tote, a
wheel of fortupe' to say nothing of
the bingo games, whi^h attracted
young and old alike. Another feature
of the evening "was- fortune-telling
by Mrs. W. R. Burke and Mrs. |
Cherry Easley.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
AT FAMILY RE-UNION!
The family of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Richard L. Joyner held a reunion,
Sunday, at the home of Xn.
S. G. Gardner, at which time also,
Mrs. Gardner announced the engagement
of her daughter, Miss Lillian
White Gardner, of Baltimore, Mdu, to
Richard La Clair Welsh, of Cbnnellsville,
Penn.
Fifty-six members of the family I
were present including children, the |
grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Lovely roses and ehrfwbthadbms |
decorated the home throughout.
A barbecue and fried chicken dinner
was served buffet from the dining
room table. The dessert county ice
cream, decorated cakes and salted
nuts carried a green and white1 color
note. On each plate was found a
miniature wedding bell with the handprinted
Inscription, "Lillian White
and Dick Welsh, November 24."
In addition to IAsb Gardner, out
of town members of the family present
were: Mr. and Mrs. Roderick S.
Joyner, Chicago, IU,; Mrs. Aquilla
joyner, Miss Settle Woo ten Joyner,
Morehead City; Lt and Mrs. A. H.
Joyner, Norfolk, Va.; Mr. and Mrs.
Karl Modlin and daughter, Barbara
jEari. Portsmouth, V*.; Mr. and^Mrs.
George Wilkerson, Miss Verona Lee
Joyner, Miss Dorothy* Lewis, Greenville;
Miss Effie Lewis, Jackson; Miss
Elisabeth Lang, Roanoke Rapids.
■ Special gtiests were the Rev. T. M.
Grant, Superintendent of the Rocky I
Mocmt District, and the Rev. Marvin]
Y. Self.
Air Dusting Talked
In Tobacco Regions
Wilson, Oct. 30. — Eastern North
Carolina's great tobacco belt ia becoming1
more and more air nftnfad,
and ft -predicted today by agriculturist
Ifcrt 1M6 nay see a large
increase $1 the ducting of the State's
tobacco and cotton crops by airplane.
b During the current season several
eastern counties including Nash,
Wilson, Kidgasotnbe and Pitt, four of
the largest weed growing counties
in the nation, took advantage, to a
1 limited extent, of the airplane dusting
service, and indications were
that this dusting of weed crops to
poison insects and worms was successful.
Howard Watson, AAA chairman
here, said this week that Wilton
County may go in for this sort of
air dusting in a bigger way in its
weed crop insect control program in
the next year or so.
C. W. Phillips of Sauth Carolina
has recently indicated that be
"wishes to establish a small airstrip
in this vicinity to operate Piper
Cabs, the field would not serve only
as a training field for amateur pilot*
but would also act a* a base for
dusting operations in this area.
Watson also flinrln^rf wiritfitlr that
Washington, Nov. 1.—According to
report#, GenaraliMimo Joeef Stalin
has sent 4 friendly and satisfactory
reply to President Truman's recent
letter which may stop tike downward
trend at Russo - American relations
and bring the Soviet Union into the
Far Eastern Advisory Commission.
But then an nopigns yet that the
Stalin - Truman exchange will revive
the abortive attempt of' the "Big
Five" Council of Foreign Ministers
to draft peace treaties. In fact, there
wen increasing signs that this experiment
may be junked for.* new
medium of peace treaty drafting.
The Truman letter to Stalin dealt
with all the majoj^outstanding issues
between the United States *«d Russia
and thus was net confined exclusively
to the Russo-Amarican dispute over
control machinery for Japan.
But Ur. Truman told his news conference
yesterday morning that, although
details had not been worked
out, he was certain as a result of
9talin's reply that the Russians would
join the Far Eastern Advisory Commission—and
soon. - "
Net So Certain
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes
eras not so certain. At his news
conference, he <hppribqd Stalin's reply
as encouraging ht the broad field
of relations witli Russia. Ab to the
advisory commission, controversy, he
louldn't lay that it was certain
Russia would come in, but- that it
■rats imperative that she does,
Byrnes stock to his earlier thesis
that the commission of Pacific powers
should proceed without Russia if the
latter stays out. But sources close
to the commission are convinced that
the group would be hamstrung, if
lot doomed to complete failure, without
Russia's participation.
All of Problems.
outlined in his latter all of the problems
that have arisen between the
two great nations since the Foreign
Ministers' meeting failed in London.
This is not the first time that the
President has gone directly to Stalin
when relations bogged dawn. It has
become the usual practice whan the
iiplomatic going gets tough and solutions
with Soviet Foreign Commissar
V. M. Molotov appear imj sssible.
The last special mission to Stalin
was during the United Nations conference
in Saa Francisco when the
late •President Roosevelt's special
smmiesary, Harry L. Hopkins, was
iispatched to Moscow by Mr. Truman
to get Stalin to yield on a phase of
the veto issue. Hopkins got results.
For the first time since the Foreign
Ministers' Council ended in a stalemate
early last month, Byrnes was
pessimistic about that organisation's
future. Heretofore, he has contended
that the disputes of the five Foreign
Ministers were making progress. He
idmita now, however, that they hive
not been able to nuke much progrei ;s
at all on the questions awrignad to
them—the Trieste boundary and plans
for the Hhur valleyHe
has recalled his deputy, Assistant
Secretary of State James C.
Dunn, without official explanation.
But reports from London reveal that
the deputies have not met since the
council ended its first session and
that all tiie other nations have left
the deputy job to their ambassadors.
•" : ON INACTIVE STATUS |;|
Lt. Alton W. Thomas was placed,
on inactive status at Seymour Johnson
Field, Goldsboro, Get ». He'
entered serviee April 14, 1M8, and
was commissioned December 2. 1944,
at Midland, Texas, as a NavigatorBombardier
ill the Training Command.
Lt. Thomas plana to enter Stabs
College after Christmas.
Visiting Service Men at tha Center
the past week #ere: Fannville,
Sgt. Paul J. Allen, Jr1, returned from
the European Theater where he serv^
ed many months, and is new discharged;
CpL Charles A. WilWon, son
of Mrs. Mamie Boykin, patient at
Moore General Hospital, Swannanoa,
N. C. Hk saw service jn England,
HSiavtrta an/I ., '4
r ranee aimi wipuin.
Cherry Point, Cpl. Bernard &.
Some United State troops already
have bean attacked by youths and
returned German soldiers, ha said.
. He also reported that . "no real
p*ogrees"'had been made toward aetting
up central administrative machinery
for Germany and that a "disappointingly"
small number of problems
had been settled by the Allied
Control Council becanae of failure to
obtain unanimous agreement.
I Other High SM>.
Other (level optnena mentioned in
his third monthly report:
The problem of handling thowaaads
of displaced persona continues
afcrioos. "Cases of -aurdar and organised
looting occurred at mm. unpleaaant
rate," and the German populace
haa become inaeaainily bitter
aa a result of the inereaaad lawless
The food and fuel situation was
growing worse aa winter approached.
"There will be practically no eoal
for German civilians," and extensive
plana now age being made for
maaa feeding of Germans in the
American tone.
i%e failure of the German maun
to respond to free political movements
was retarding any program to
restore self - government. Political
movements, he said, have been limited
to a few leaders rather than
the maaaee, and only the Communists
and Social Democrats have
shown much life in the American
Will Take Time.
"It is apparent that a long period
of political organization and political
education will be necessary before
the German people can safely
be entrusted with complain control
of thwr government"
• - Priiidfnt Truman annenneed in
Washi.igrton today that he had set
next June 1 a* a goal for transferring
the German government from
military to civilian hands.
The move was recommended by
Eisenhower in agreement with the
throe other occupyfctg powers. Military
occupation, aa distinguished
from military government, will, continue
as long as nt icaaiT. it- was
Eisenhower said groups at MM
German youth and whtnfan- Oarman
soldiers were becoming incleasingiy
and dangeroaslr wtoi
and were being watched closely for
say sign of organised resistance.
He reported that while mm attacks
had been made on individual
American soldiers, the activity at
the German youths consisted Mainly
of distributing handbills and posters
warning "faithless" German
girls who were fraternizing with
Americans and displaced persons.
Eisenhower referred to ths previously-disclosed
arrest of 20 German
youths in Bremen who planned
to attack displaced persons in Hannover
and then march into Upper
Bavaria and continue their activi
"Tilers ia a potential danger that
this jealous resentment Against and
hatred of displaced persona ... will
serve as a popular sallying point
for idle youth and young discharged
German soldiers," the report said.
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RITES TOR J. F. YOUNG
TO BE HELD TODAY
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Final rites for Mm Franklin
Young, 88, a highly esteemed retired
farmer ot this commMdtT, who passed
away aariy Thursday morning ait
the hone of Ms tern. W. W. Young,
near FWrnvQle, will be >M at the
home today, Friday, at 8:00 o'clock,
with the Rev. J. C. Moye, of the
Snow Bill Freewill Baptist Cfcerch.
la charge lb-. Young had been a
member V the Freewill Kapt.st
Church for mora than fifty years.
Interment will be nuafe % the Strideland
cemetery, B*D Arthur ...
Mrs. P.
i» A sssutr.
W. W.B»dC.a Young, sad a Sister.
Mr* Minnie Dicfeeraoa, all of
the FarmvOle community.
NEW RED CROSS CHAIRMAN
■i wni
At • meeting in
IDEBNAM SPEAKS
HEBE TONlGHir
*T«might the Kiwanis Club «pll
| celebrate its sen
Night, with W. E.
respondent and
as speaker of the evening.
will give a word ^(icture at some pt
the hottest action taking, place In the
Pacific Theater of War, aa witnessed
by him daring the final days of the1
conflict.
A thirty minute intermission will
follow the dinner program which iis
scheduled to close at 8:86.
TrueMood's seven piece orchestra
will play for the dance from 9 until dL
Each Club member will be privileged
[to invite a guest couple for the dan :e.
Bishop Wright To Visit
Local Episcopal Church
The local Episcopal congregation
is awaiting with keen interest the
first visit of East Carolina's newly j
consecrated Bishop, the Rt R*v.
Thomas Henry Wright, D. D., on
Sunday, November 4, at the eleven
o'clock worship hour, at which
time the Bishop will preach and administer
the Apostolic Rite of Confirmation
to a class; wh£fch will pe
presented by the rector, Ot jr Rev. Jafk
R. Rountree. The community is cor
dlally invited to attend this service.
The consecration df Bishop Wright
as Bishop of the Diocese of E^st
Carolina, to succeed the Rt. Rev.,
Thomas C. Darot, D. D., retired,
took place in historic St lames'
Church, Wilmington, on October 5.
Bishop Wright was born October
16, 1904, in Wilmington, the son of
the late John M. and Josie Whit&k.-r
Wright He was graduated from the
University of the South, Swannee,
Tenn., and from Virginia Theological
Seminary. The Doctor of Divinity
degree was conferred upon him by
Washington and Lee University.
Ordained to the Diaconate m 1929,
and. to the Priesthood in 1930, he
served as Priest—In charge of Trinity,
Lamberton, and St Stephen's,
Red Springs, Chaplain at the University
of North Carolina and Associate
Secretary for College work for the
National Council.
After a seven-year rectorship at
the Robert E. Lee Memorial Church,
Lexington, Va., he served as Dean
of Grace" Cathedral, San Francisco,
and for almost two years at St
Marie's, San Antonio, Texas.
Among other offices he has held
are: Representative to the World
Christian Student Federation, meeting
la Holland; Regional Director of
the Church Society for College Work;
associate member of the Forward
Movement Commission; member of
the Executive Board and Examining
Chaplain in the Diocese of Southwestern
Virginia, and Trustee of the
University of the South.
His wife was the former Hannah
^nowiton, of Charlotte. They have
two sons and * daughter.
While In Farmville, the Bishop
will be the guest of C. Hubert Joyner.
Junior Warden of the Vestry of
Emmanuel Church, and Mrs. Joyner.
Farmers Building
3-Story Com Crops
■
The farmer in North Carolina, who
grows a crop of corn with his regular
variety a&d a small amount of fertiliser,
is building only a one-story
house, where be can build a threestory
house vrith improved practices,
says Dr. Emerson Collins, in charge
of Extension agronomy at State
^g^ogwm^agrea that thisjia.
the good seasons have shown us just
how far we can |pln producing com
and what the expeue wiH be under
the best of conditions. We cant expert
gains.likj this every year but
just the same we AM. convinced we
can't afford to produce an average
<*$> to .2* to-hals of com jmr Me**"