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YOUR BUSINESS WANTED! WAKE FARMVTLLE TOUR j SHOPPING HEADQUARTERS I ? ? . "? ?"? ? ? ~ ' ' J, " VOLUME THIRTY-SEVEN FARMVlLLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY M, 1946 ? NUMBER FOl . "*&'?* 1. . - ? ?? iJZ*.. V- ? . ~ ? - ... t_tj J. ll . ' 99S - J ?/ ? ,V Da '" rairomze They Are Constantly Inviting Ton To TBAbis With Them ! 5 ? FARMVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL FINALS NARKED 8Y PAGEANT Parent - Teachers Hold Meeting; Awards Made; Reception Fol lows rtml exercises, marking the close of the 1946-48 term of the public school, were presented Friday evening, * 8:00 o'clock, to an *jjg* that taxed the capacity of P?t?s HTTie program of the everkig called ,J? .ESS* the Association, the ftoml one over which, the Presides* George W. Davis, presided. The R^- J. R rianr pastor of the Methodist Ctarch B. Jones, secretary, gave her report in the routine business The room roll call was won by the 6th grade, Mrs. W. E. Joyner, teach erMiss Annie Perkins, veteran edu cator, who has been a a"*1**" of ^ the graded school here in 19Misndlis retiring after continuous tea*** service In Pitt *LTa 50 years, was presented and given a rising vote of appreciation. Miss Annie responded to the ovation ac corded her With brief but apt remarks An offering, taken for support of the Parent -Teacher Association, amounted to $48.19. , . .. Following adjournment, a P?4? Pageant, a spectacular production and inspiring in its theme, was presented i? a professional-like manner by pupils of the grammar gr^e^under the direction of Mrs. L- P' ' Mrs. J. E. Byraim, Mrs. W.E. Joyner^ Mrs. Leonard Joyner, Miss Edna Robinson, Mrs. John Turner Walston, Miss Hazel Baker and Mrs. Josep Batchelor, with Mrs. M. V. Jones as accompanist. Superintendent J. H. Moore award ed students the following prizes and medals: Kiwanis medals for most improve ment, Bobby Brock, 8th grade; Leh man Tyndall, 9ih grade; Betty R. Wilkerson, 10th grade; Jfarjone Kil librew, 11th grade; ' Farmville Literary Club, $5, for most improvement in high sc oo English, Lehman Tynhsll; - MriTJrr Morgan, "Sr., $6, (ta memory of her husband) for most improvement in Spanish, Bruce Dar den; , J. Y. Monk, Jr., $6, (m memory of his mother) for most improvement in mathematics, Lehman Tyndall; Williams Grocery and Market, *o, best recitation in primary school, Zarelda Walston; Farmville Furniture Company, $?? for best declaration in primary school, George Farr; Duke-Garner Company, $5, best recitation in grammar school, by Joan Atkinson; A friend, $6, best declaration in grammar school, by Aldeen Oakley. Mrs. F. M. Davis, Sr., attendance prize, by 7th grade, Mrs. L. P. Thomas, teacher; ^ Piano awards, given by Mrs. Hay wood Smith, teacher, best public per formance Carolyn Roebuck; most improvement, Anne Bynum; most im provement in sight reading, Cednc Davis. . A reception was held in the new lunch room immediately following the exerises. Punch and cookies were served. . At The Rotary Club Frank Williams, president, presid ed at Tuesday's lwacMng of the Ro tary Oub. and called on Bill Duke, present vice-president add incoming president, to give highlights of the 188th District Convention which both Mr. Williams and Mr. Duke, aeeotn panied by their Rotary Anna, attend ed at Wrightsville Beach last His report waa at both an and instructive nature. . j. ) T. Eli Joyner, Jr., program leader for the evening, prompted as his gwat speaker Cecil Winstead, a local man and a very talented detective story writer. . 1&M:, Mr. Winstead gave a splendid talk m which he told of his varied expen se an early beginner in the writing profession. He reviewed a murder crime which occurred* in our j own county and mentioned several Kr. Winstead commented that his ^ in working up evMmesJ ?for storied*1* not always and Mi of Episcopal Women Here on May 28 Episcopal women of this district met Tuesday in Emmanuel Episcopal Church for the first meeting of this group since the beginning of World War II, doe to the difficulties of travel which prevailed during these yean. Miss Helen Smith, president, pre sided and extended a cordial wel come to the guests. Highlights of the program were; a talk by Mn. Sidney Wand, of Ely mouth, president of the Eden ton. Con vocation; a discussion of the Adult Conference to be held at Camp Leach, by Miss Henaie Long, of Greenville, Educational Secretary of the Diocese, and a solo by Mrs. R. O. Lang, Jr* An open forum was conducted by the president for presentation of re ports and auxiliary problems. Mrs. Will Jones, Jr., of the nomi nating committee, presented the re port, recommending Mrs. Elinor Gower, of Grifton, as president, and Mrs. Troy Rouse, of Greenville, as secretary. The report was accepted. Mrs. Troy Rouse read the report of the courthsy committee. The next meeting of this group will be held in Grifton. Following the session, lunch was served in the D. A. R. Chapter House by the Woman's Auxiliary, of Em manuel Church, of which Mrs. James R. Lang is the president. Working With the president in this connection were Mrs. R. S. Scott, Mrs. John D. Dixon and Mrs. W. R. Burnette, mem bers at the decoration committee, and Mrs. Tommy S. Ryon, Mn. R. C. Copenhaver and Mrs. C. S. Hotch kiss of the food committee. Incumbents Favored In District Veftfc Voters of Pitt county, in Saturday's Democratic Primary, favored Con gressman Herbert C. Bonner, who was winner in the Congressional Dis trict No. 1, over his opponent, Robert Lee Humber, and continued other in cumbents in office with but few ex ceptions. ? In the county races, Sheriff Ruel W. Tyson defeated his two oppon ent, R. W. King: /md S. T. Porter. Sam 0. Worthington and Frank 1L Kilpatrick won over George W. Davis in a three way race for the House of Representatives. For the State Senate, Arthur B. Corey led his opponents J, F. Arthur and Frank M. Wooten, Jr. In the race for County Commis sioner for the Greenville District, J. Vance Perkins defeated the incum bent, J. Noah Williams. In a three way race for the Fourth District Commissioner, Marvin W. Smith topped G. S. Porter, incumbent, and Blount J. Edwards. In the five way race for four posts on the County Board of Education, Dr. Paul E. Janes, Alton Gardner, R. H. McLawhom and W. F. Stokes, in cumbents. were returned to office with A. D. Wall falling: behind in the race. ATTEND CONVENTION The following left early Wednesday to attend the annual convention of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs which is being held May 29-31, at W. C. V. N. C., in Greensboro: Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, chairman of the SalHe Southall Cotten Loan Fund, Miss Amiie Perkins, member of the Loan Fund Committee, Mrs. Jesse Moye, incoming president of the 16th district, Miss Tabitha M. DeVisconti, new president of the local Woman's Club, Mrs. ft T. Williams, president of the local Judior Woman's' Club, and Mrs. M. E. Pollard, member and past president of the Junior Club. Mrs. Hobgood will take port in Memorial Exercises honoring Mrs. T. ; *? I (2SdStS,?*?l S to win 01 Here In an e?Ort to rt*k* FT^9J mo^WHkry. healthful ted beauti ful town. tojST^edji* rertlt of a retont peBttonlng **""? Civic authority ha-to atmtouncedthe holding Of a Bperfal e'trt^nonTW SSL. w-ta. BW?*.!it Wf^^SS^ bonds authorised by the The prtla wai Open a* 6:80 o clock A. M., Tdestory, June 4. sSr A. Fields, jidgto, 1)6 held in the municipal building. The Registrar kept the registrs tion books open for _-w ^lectors at 121 N. Main street* on Saturday, May 18, ?d Sator^, May 26, and they will be open again on Saturday, June 1. The first ordinance, authorizing is suance of $42,000J)0 in bonds, is to be used to finance the enlargement and extension of the town's water supply "'The* second ordinance, for issuance of $18,000.00 in bonds, is for the en largement and extension of the sani tary sewer system. The third, relating to the issuanc of $230,000.00, has to do with financ ing ' the improvement of public streets by grading, constructing^ reconstructing the surface where necessary, sidewalks, curbs gutters or drains. , O-dmance four provides for a bond issuance of $186,000.00 for the en largement and improvement of the municipal electric light system. Each authorizes the levy and col lection of aanofel tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds authorised. Mayor J. W. Joyner stated today that he and the Town Fathers desire to carry out the mandate** the peo ple they serve to the beet of thei The improvements contemplated are very important to the present- and future of Farmville, and represent great forward strides in the P1?*?*? and development of this municipality. * ? NEW PARAMOUNT MANAGER ASSUMES DUTIES fHlS WEEK Clifton Walton (Walt) Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hamfltofc of Beaufort, arrived Sunday to as sume the duties of manager of the Paramount Theatre, succeeding James Yates, who has accepted the mana gership of the Whiteville Theatre. Mr. Hamilton, who held the rank of Corporal in the United States I Army, was released m from Fort Bragg, having served torn years, with 18 months spent in the Pacific Theatre?Palau group, Leyte and Okinawn, taking pert in three ^^Tjanuary, Mr. Hamilton has been manager of the Colonial Theatre in New Bern. He is residing in the home jjf Mr. and Mrs. C. Hubert Jojcne*. p-ARMvaaggEwul.^f, to ^ .gBfri|>| rJfPfWBBWl ?2 b^'Ch!^ Jev* p^rAi?rt?rjo^ia^fee' D"1- Erwin waic.iic , i-<fctt JoyMr' **- *?* aurley 5S5 W. ?? ?.: Owl*, Rotnct, Do? I The Rev, Zeeely B. T. (Thad) Cox arrived here lqst week, following ex piration of his Chaplaincy and separa tion from the United States Amy, in nt^i of the Parmville Christian Church. The minister, who was called to this pastorate last month, to succeed the rRev. C. B. Mashburn, retired, preach ed his first sermon, Sunday morning, to a large congregation^ who accord ed him a warm welcome. The new pastor, who is 44 yean of age, was born in |(artin county, neSr Hassail. He is a Mason and Kiwaa ian. A sketch of his'life and comments in regard to coming to Farmville, taken from the "North Carolina Christian," are as follows: "In 19271 completed my high school work at Johnson Bible College; In 1930 and 1931 my work at Phillips University for B.A. and M.A. degrees, and in 1984 received the B.D. from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. From my senior year in high school until I completed my education, I held student pastorates in the vicinity where I was attending school. I mov ed to West Point, Vs., in 1936, where my family now lives. During my stay there the church apd parsonage were completely redecorated and five new class rooms built with a modern heat ing system. I waa there about four and one-half yean. Then I moved to South Salem, Via. During my two yean there the parsonage and church were repaired and redecorated. The church budget was doubled. There were sixty additions. "In March, 1941, I was called to active duty and reported'to Camp Croft, S. C. After 21 months there, I was ordered overseas to Europe arid remained until September, 1945. In November, 1946, I reported to Walter Reed General Hospital for duty. "Mrs. Cox is a' graduate of West Hampton College. Before we were married she taught English and coached dramatics m West Point, Va., High School. We have two boys, Paul and Thad, five and eight years of age. The older boy is in his sec ond year of school. "I deem it a great honor to accept the pastorate of the Farmville Church. Brother C. B.,9taa|fcarn has served long and exceedingly well, The church speaks of his unselfish Christian character. I believe the church has the finest fellowrtiip of any church in the State. I realise it is a big job to* follow a man like Brother Mash burn. I hope that our ministary there will be a fruitful one. As far as the future is concerned I will do all I can to advancp the kingdom of God on the remarkable foundation al ready laid there. "Mrs. Cox joins me m expressing our gratitude for this great oppor tunity vf Christian service in North Carolina." N.C.C. Editor's Note: "We heartily welcome Captain Gox and his good family back to his native heath. It always seems good for a "Tar Heel" to come home. Their livee Will be filled with a great, good work At Farmville. This resourceful old chunfch lb indeed fortunate with this fine new leadership, following the long and fruitful ministry of Bro. Mashburn who happily gave twenty I of his best years in this historic com- J m unity. "Greetings to Farmville's new pas-1 t at," The family .of Mr. Cox is expected | to arrive today. r -T_ Dt & CpL John Law*, State Patrolman, Tor Assist Local Police and Civic Groups In Steps To Safeguard Children All white children of the town, be the ages of 6 lend 16 yean, and their parentf ' have been requested to meet in the Town Hall tonight, May 81, at 7:30 o'clock, to receive in structions from Cpl. John Laws, State highway patrolman, on the eafe opera tion of bicycles, in an intensive cam paign to safeguard the young people here from potential accidents that ofrer more than a mere threat in the faat growing hazards due to the in creasing delapidation of automobiles now in use. The Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association, Rotary sod Kiwanis Clubs sue acting with Chief L. T. Lucas and the police depart ment in a concerted movement to in struct bicycle riders in safety rules for operating their vehicles, and to impress upon parents the grave dan gers Lnvolyed in the careless use of this favorite mode of transportation by young people of the town. State and municipal laws regarding bicycle traffic will be read and ex plained, and their strict observance by riders will date from the close of the hieetiag, as the police department has had orders to enforce these rules, which have been passed as ^ much needed safety measure. Valuable articles; including a bicy cle basket, horn, Hmp, wheel guard, scooter, bill fold, candy, sweaters, overall pants, sport shirt, books, cash, pencil and an electric reading lamp, have been donated by local merch ants as prizes for a quia program, which will follow the short training course and furnish additional interest and fun. These are now on display In the show windows of The Rouse Printery. A similar program will* be conduct ed Wednesday night, June 5, in the col ored school at 7:36 o'clock for the colored bicylists and their parents, with prizes- offered attendants- who win in competitive contests. GIRL SCOUT NEWS Troop I of the local Girl Scouts recently completed the required ac tivities necessary to receive their Second Class Rank. Their final , as signment was in the field of Litera ture and Dramatics, and they pre sented, at their last regular meeting, a play compiled by Elsie May from a story published in the Official Girl Scout Magazine, The American Girl. Scouts in the cast were Jean By nupi, Betty Johnson, Dorothy Hath away, Dorothy Lucas, -Gay Pippin, Connie Rollins, Dora Mae Barrett and Carol Pippin. The play was staged and coached by the girts with out adult supervision. The study of dramatics will be con-1 tinued in the Fall. During the sum mer vacation period the girls will spend the week of June 16-23 at Carolina Beach, will have picnic meetings and go an hikes, hut will hot have any required study. It's surprising what punishment some skinny and undernourished | women can take. TO MEET HERE i" M Dace Recital ToBeGiienToitbt Troops I and II of Farm-villa Giri Scouts will promt an. interesting program tonight in this High School Auditorium beginning at 8 o'clock. An impressive Investiture" Cere mony for those who Joined the group in the spring will be held and the following Pins and Badges present ed: International Friendship, Dancing, Home Nursing and 2nd. Class badges, to Carolyn Roebuck, Videan Joyner, Dotdee Jones, Patsy Allen, Barbara Greene, Shirley Newton, Jean Cay ton. Tenderfoot pins and- International Friendship Badges, to Jean Joyner, Joan . Atkinson, Vivian Morgan, Jessie Mac Carraway, Doris Wilkereon, Grace Miller, Mania Fori-as, Janet Harris. International Friendship, Dancing and 2nd. Class Badges, to Gay Pippin, Jean Byiram, Dora fcnrrett, Elsie May, Connie Rollins, Darothy Lucas, Dorothy Hathawdy, Bettj^ Johnson, Carol Pippin, Julia Sfctter thwaite, Gayle Flanagan; Nancy Lu Moore, Ann Bjamm, Alice Ray Hath away, Ruth Tyson. The Scouts will promt two plays, Buzzie's Babies to be given by Troop II, and The Fatal Quest, by Troop I. Dance Recital As s third feature of the evening Mrs. Belle Hinnant, of Wilson, will present her Farmville Dancing Class in a recital. Taking part will be Nan Williams, Brands Barrett, Johnny Jane Joyner, Vena Cannon, Ann Mar tin, Helen Corbett, Noel Lang, Jackie Nolan, Gerald Davis, Dotdee Jones. Numbers will include Ballet, In dian Dance, Fuzzy-Wuzsy, Sue City Sue, a tap, East Side-West Side, Doll Dance, Song and Dance, Soft Shoe and Acrobatics. ' Everyone Invited The public is cordially invited to attend. For benefit of the Girl Scoot Organization and Athletic Associa tion, a small admission fee will be charged. At The Kiwanis Club i w ?v . .' Lieut. Governor Harvey Guriey paid the club a visit this week and went over with the members accom plishments for the first quarter of the year. He was high in his praise of efforts put forth, and said he feels confident the club will continue to help BUILD, which is the MOTTO of Kiwanis. A resolution was passed unani mously by the members to pay tribute to Miss Annie Perkins for her 50 years of service and loyalty to the Farmville community. The four students,'awarded medals RivCP by the Farmville Kiwanis Club for showing: the most improvement tbe past school year 'were Bobby Brock, Lehman Tyndall, Betty Rose Wilkerson and Marjorie Killibrew, who represented the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th grades respectively. They will be invited to be guests of the club at an early date. Charles Edwards will be in charge of the program next week. "MY DAY" I hope Mrs. Roosevelt will pardon the above infringement but last Wed nesday, May 22nd, was truly "My Day" and I wish to thank every man, woman and child, who, in any way, participated fn celebrating the day and in irtaldrtg It one of the happiest occasions of my life. Especially do I wish to thank the Staff of The En terprise and other friends who bore the responsibility of making and as sisting in the execution of plans for the day. Annie Perkins. ON GUAM Robert Daidsn, eon of Mr. and Mi*. P. A. Harden, of Farmville, is now stationed with the Army Air Forces en Guam. He entered service in August, 1944, in March, 1945. to the rank of JanuaryJ pg RECEIVES DISCHARGE The annual meeting of the Pitt and Greene Electric Membership Corpor ation will be held tea* tafternoon, at 8:00 o'clock. in Ilia hall of the municipal building' with a good of the 1418 members owners of the properties of the to -**?rl The meubars will, at this time, the facta concerning the opera tion at their lines from the Board of Directors, and of hnsinaas affairs of the cooperative. In addition, the organisation will hold its awmal elec tion of members to the Board at Di rectors. Composing the present Board of Directors are: J. Lee Tugweil, presi dent; J. C. "huker,?vice president; Seth Barrow, sec.-treas.; R. A. Joy | David T. Harris, super W. C. Hinacn, O. L. Erwin, E. E. Nethercutt and J. E. Mewborn. The following prises will be given at this meeting: 1st? Automatic Gladiron, valued at 846.50; 2nd?Hot Hate, $15.95; 8rd?Electric Heater, $9.95; 4th A 5th?Electric Irons, $6.95 each; 6th?Electric Fan, $6.95; 7th?Table Lamp, $636; 8th? Electric toaster, $535. These rules will be obeerved in awarding prises: ' 1?To be eligible to participate in the drawing of prizes, you must be a number of the Cooperative and a consumer of electric current , 2?Only one person from each membership is eiifiUe to participate, and must be in the name of tlu mem ber, his wife, or legally appointed representative of his immediate fam ily. ? 8?If the member cannot be pres ent himself, he may designate another in his household by the proxy and officially this person his representative, - 4?To participate you must give your name and address at the en trance, which will be written on a slip of paper and dropped ia a box. 5?YOtT MUST BE PRESENT AT THE DRAWING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PRIZES. _ A recent report by the local man ager, R. A. Joyner, revealed the fact that despite the scarcity of materials the lines in operation were increased by 26 miles in 1945, with a total of 2gl beto? Ai use now, with liw month ly revenue of $13.27 per mile, an in crease of 48c. During the pest year the Corpora tion has invested from the surplus $2,000.00 in Government Bonds and nude an advance payment to the Government on its loan in the amount of $6,345.38, and since tee beginning of operations, has accumulated a cash surplus of $52388.77, after meeting all obligations as due; $24, 913.00 of this amount ia invested -in U. S. Government Bonds, or what was generally known as War Bonds. The other $27(356.77 has been paid to the Government as advance pay ments op money borrowed. This ad vance payment naturally stops the interest on that money and should present status continue, the Corpora tion will be able to own its thus in its entirety approximately five years earlier than anticipated. The total revenue in 1944 was $39,408.52, for 1945 it was $46,089.55. The expense also jumped, however, from $19,167.76 to $24,656.50. The gross income for 1945 was $20,434. 13; net income (surplus) was $9,367. 67. ' The Cooperative now has available 1300,000.00, which is sufficient to furnish electric current to every un electrifled home in this territory as soon as materials can be second. Mr. Jojmer stated today that "speaking' of nor construction plans will say that we are making some progress, but dpe to labor conditions, extreme shortage of the necessary materials With which to build lines, specifically pedes, wire, transformers and meters, we are yet unable to make any definite statement as to when we will be able to furnish ser vice, to those not already receiving it. "We do wish to assure all of kjutse who an now waiting for electricity that we shall continue to uae every possible means to give them electric service at the very earliest possible moment. We do hopo that these prospective users will be as patient as possfble until we an able to get the materia) and labor to serve their we cam" ~ rr ON TERMINAL LEAVE B. a Smith, Jr., Lt (jg) United States Coast Guard, arrived day, <m terminal leave. I* Smith pent four yeersj |A has spent four in military service with one yew overseas in the Mediterranean Thea tre. Be with a :