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_' K-r WWm . R. A. Joyner Tenders His Resignation; City Fathers Commend Him For His Sincerity, Hon i ?ii # i CSiy alia ITBXtlli IUilC83 The following letter containing a resolution at eonnnewdation, 'wefi sent by Mayor J. W. Joyner and the Town Board, on September 18, to Town Clerk, R. A. Joyner, in aceept anee of Ms resignation, doe to failing health, and am an expression of ap preciation for hip efficient service lor the past 26 years; "In a special meeting of the Beapd of Commissioners of the Town of Farmville, held on Tuesday evening, September 10, 1M6, at 8:00 o'clock, with the Mayor and full Beard pres ent, the Mayor stated the purpose of said meeting was to review audit of the Town hooks and cash account made by James M. Williams, Auditor of Williams and Wall, C. P. A., of Raleigh, N. C. Mr. Williams ex- ! plained to. the Board that all records were found in perfect condition and submitted a cash audit Up to and in-j eluding September 10, 1M6. On the basis of eaid audit, a motion was ? made by J. M. Stansill and seconded by W. A. Allen, and by roll call was unanimously accepted and you were released from any further reeponsi bilitiea of your duties to the Town of Farmville as Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector and Accountant. In accepting your resignation and relieving you of your obligations the following resolution was idopted: Be it resolved, that the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the Town of Farmville wish to commend you for the efficiency of your twenty-six (26) years of service, for your sin- 1 cerity, honesty and loyalty to your Town, County, State and Nation. We further commend the fine record of your leadership snd untiring ef forts for your Town and Community. Thanking you in behalf of all con cerned for your past services and wishing- for you many years of re stored health." Signed by the'Mayor and commit tee, composed of John B. Lewis and Manly Liles. CHANGE OF PERSONNEL OF THE GREENVILLE "RECRUITING STATION 1st Sgt. Arthur i W. Grant, Sab Station Commander of the Washing ton, N. (X, Recruiting Station ai the first of July, which ia now closed, haa been assigned to the Greenville Recruiting Service as Sob-Station Commander. S/Sgt. Paul G. M ning former Sab-Station Commander, and a local boy of Greenville, will continue with the Recruiting Station I assistant. Other personnel as signed to the Recruiting Station i T/4 Smith wick and Cpl. D'Agiyumo. Cpl. D'Aguanno will be leaving ? for Up new assignment at Pope Field. ? The Greenville Station is pcepai to give advice and assistance to tha many men of Eastern North Caro lina. Be sure to call at the U. S. Army Recruiting Station located in the New City Hall Building, Green ville, N.'C. Final Rites Held M ; For & R. I Final rites for Benjamin R. Col-1 lias, SI, well-known FTsrmviUe citi " ze n, who passed ayay at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Lata Bray, on Belcher street, Thursday, bar 19, following an extended ilintts were conducted from the Farmville Funeral Home, Saturday morning at II ?'dock, by the Rev. E." & pastor of the Presbyta and the Rev. Z. B. T. Cos, minister. Members of lhe terian choir sang favorite s'ii Mja. Lillian Ftynn Parker, 86, wifs of Asa Parker, succumbed to an ifc of severed yepM, eerty Friday lag following an acute heart Oh at her tan on North Fuaeral services were from the Farmville Funeral Saturday afternoon at 3J0 by the Rev. Z. B. T: Cox, the Christian Church, of which had been a faithful and loyal member since early gMfcosd.' A choir, eoat poaed of Mrs. Claranee Moye, of Many, Mrs. C. & Townsend, Mfca Coatee Ruth Moore, the Rev. C. & and Charles F. Paw run sang Nearer My God to That and Rock of Arm at'the indoor service and la the Sweet Bye and Bye at the graveside, In RfBywood cemetery. Mrs. Parker was well known here having been a native of this section and spending her entire life in Fhrtt^ ville and community, and had many friends. She was an excellent nurea prior to her own iltaass efficiently for a time in the high school cafeteria. She was the daugh ter of the late Tr M. and Josephine Moye Flynn. la addi*^" to- her husband, Mrs. Parker is survived by two sisteSs, Mrs. John HiH Paylor, of Itaa*vilje^ and Mrs. Eva F. Darling, of San! Diego, Calif. Active pallbearers wen; Jack PsjH lor, a nephew, Lawrence, Howard, Clarence, Jesse, Milton, and Jdsf Moye, Sr., and George Patterson, cousins. Chemical Centred fti Tobacco Plant Beds More and more, tobacco grower* are turning to permanent plant bad sites in the development at an abuo-J dant supply of ptrintk for setting the crop on time and producing tobacco (of better quality, and at the samel rimes lawrow vialihi tM mth time, larger yields par acta. Chemical control of and diasases can be obtained by use of mrsmon and cyanamld, i about 90 days before the bad is i ed. The mixta i* is 1 pound at am-> non and 1/2 pound of cyanamtd pari 100 square yards Of plant bad spacer j Since results have varied oa the; stiff clay soils of the Piedmont and the dark, organic soils at Eastern CaroHna, it will be best for the grow ers in these sections to carefully test the treatment before applying it on a wide aaafcH0HHiMHttB| Hie plant bed must be thoroughly disced and pulverized so as to -dgd-free surface, if the cbmnlrals are to'do a good Job of weed i control. Plant pathologists and tobacco specialists at State Cottage recom mend .that two-thirds of the urmnon cyanamld mixtnre.be worked into the tipper 4 inches of the topsail, but no deep sr. The i?bring one-third of the mixture is lightly raked, into the If the^Kril is dry, when the chemi cals are applied, the plant bed should be well watered. The chemicals net moisture to become active.' One of the moat important points in the control plan comes when the bed ia-fertilized and seeded in Jaa The fertiliser is carefully wori into the upper l\ Inches of the no deeper. The seed.are tan tamped in the usual manner. Deeper working than this that have not been killed by the chemicals. If the grower it not car fel in doing thi* job, the win* ptos is disrupted. i -?*. L'>*, ?' t"' to the When the by the to plant lesa than 1? of the totol corn itriHl in the elate available. In all. aaya Dr. Paul State College, it wovMot ^Tl?? crop, however, enough seed waa available to one o?t of every mmm In a more dwigwcd to Immm to ^ to the FtnnviQe CountrgCluh, a -called -mMnSS^wltesday night ds cktod to employ a full time Golf Ftto After considering many applica tions the place was offered to KeBy Km, a native ?f Gestosis. Mr. Kae was Immediately contacted aad ac cepted ?a of October first. *An directors feel this aetion will stimulate interest in Golf to Mir heights, aad that many new players wffi utilise the Course now that com petent Instructions may he had at a nominal fee. It has long been a source of pride to the people of FarmviBe aad the nnouadiag towns, that the looal Country Oak existed. Hie Club House aad Golf Coarse surpass many of those located to larger cities. With the addition of a fulltime man to direct Hie activities, the Chd> should be. an even greater source of entertainment and recrea tion to the citterns of Fartnvilte, Snow fflll, Fountain aad other near by towns. The new Fhrmvllle Professional comes highly recommended, having served in similar positions hi Gas toida aad Morgaaton. For the past four yean Km has been serving in the U. S. Marine Corps and during this time he designed the famous Na val Golf Course at Williamsburg, Vs. He is familiar to many sports faas of this sectioB, having pitched hase batt for the Greenville Club of the Coastal Plain League in 1M1 and performing 4a a like manner for tie Wilson Tobacconist of the same Lea gue during the eeaaon Just closed. Kee, who is SO yean oM, was murried in 1946 to the farmer Jewell Cooke of Wilson. until Tuesday, October 1, Km stated that he .would be fa FarmviHe* Sat urday and Sunday of this week to mm*' as nnay people as possible. The direeton urge that all members and prospective members visit the Club over the week end to extend a cordial wuledme to the. new Pre. New Five Cent Postage Stamps To Go On Sale Today In Farmvflle TV new five-cant air mail postage stamp, which wiH go into use October 1, will be placed sin sale here today H. D. it was announced by Postmaster H.; Rated as postage on domestic air mail, tV tans "domestic air all mailable matter trans ported as mail by air within the con United States, with any ter or possession of the United within any geographical area which is a protectorate of the United any of the afore TV five-cent rate also will apply to air mail sent to or by memUrs ef stationed the armed forces stationed outside continental United States whose includes an Army postoffiee sr a Fleet posteffioe designation. This rate also will apply to air mall to sr by civilian mail through audi air mail postags of a special delivery horisontally, print in red, and if i of 60. The central? "air IS At in a - .... ? SdvHAbnpSBMMfAgaSSIr L Davis, M, one of th? I of uJSS6 ^ * ** to i critical , fol Final rites were conducted from the hone on West Church street, Tuesday afternod, at 8 o'clock, by the Rev. E. W. Holmes, pastor of the Baptist Church, and the Rev. Z. B. T. Cox, Christian minister. A mixed quartet, composed of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert 6. Holmes, Mis. E. W. Holmes end J. R. Shearin sang Abide WRh Me, Swart Hoar of Pray er, Near TV Cross and Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour. Interment was made in Hollywood cemetery beneath a large and hand some floral tribute. . Mrs. Davis was born in I860, the { daughter of the late Preston I. and Mary I. Weathers bee, of Melrose, Fla., who were among thp early pioneers moving from South Carotins to Florida. She was the oldes-yaf six children born ok that union. Her husband, the late George W. Davis, Sr., a native of the Farmville community, peased away in 19S2 at Hawthorne, Fla., where the family had rasidsd for many yearn. Follow ing his 'death, Mrs. Davis came to make her home hare with her daugh ter, Mtaa Mamie E. Davis. Mrs. Davie sustained a hip injury tn a fall six yean ago and had been in a wheel chair since, being attended almost throughout this entire period by ber#faithful colored nurses, Hsttie and Mandy. During daily outings, she kept up her interest in friends and community activities and made many new acquaintances who were attract ed by her keen mind, gredous man ner and dauntless spirit. She had long been a loyal member of Hie Baptist Church and was a con stant attendant until her health fail ed. Her Christian fortitude was a constant source of inspiration to fam ily and friends. \ . . I [^Surviving are two-daughters, Mrs. L. B. Johnson and *feaa Mamie E.J Davis, of Farmville; three sons, Rob ert Lang Davis, of Orlando, Fla., Frank M. Davis, Jr., and George W. Davis, of Farmville; a sister, Mas. H. L. Roberta, of Cocoa, Fla.; eleven 'grandchildren, five great grandchil dren and several nieces and J Community Planning , Board Met Tuesday! The Community Planning Board held its first meeting of the fall, on Tuesday evening, at 8:00 o'clock, with the aewly elected presid-nt, Dr. X M. Mew born presiding. The presi dent, in his introductory remarks, stressed the fact this this group would hold open meetings and would welcome at any time any citisen of the community interested in civie de Various members spoke on the main objective ef the Board?making Farmville a battel- place in which to Uve, and expressed a desire that citi support and assist in carrying | out plans formulated for this pur mmm Pressing needs were Hated as hous r, both private and public; a resi st contractor,, a saw mill and eon-! rte block plant. Thb need of buUd jings, which wouW sttroct new to the community was {brought to the attention of the Board I also . In the matter of recreation, the ait of a community center waa laced foremoet; a full time recrea onal director; improvement of ten I nis courts, and softball field, includ m~. ____B1-- HO MR ; the previ mm tobacco of the Farm have displayed an upward trend during the first three daps of this week, and' the daily averages have come close to the averages for the opening sales in August . y On Monfesy, the local market sold 4*7,814 pounds for *264,698.85, for an average of 184.26 per hundred; on Tuesdgy 487,608 pounds were sold for 1264,910.62, for an seepage of *64AS in Wednesday a and on Wednesday total of 476,624 pounds for *265,78244 for an averasrl of *6849 per hundred. The. ti^al sales for the Monday, .Tues day and Wednesday's salsa this weak totalled 1,461446 pounds for *785, S91.4i, for an .average of *64.16 per hundred.- U, ... fbe total poundage for 'the season through Wednesday, was 14428492, and it is estimated that by the close of the week the poundage will go well over 16,000,000, or 50 per cent of the market goal. W. T. Has sell Passes At Staunton, Virginia As we go to press, we learn of the death of William Taylor Hassell, 55, a brother of Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, of ParmylUe, which occurred, Tneaday, at his home in Staunton, Va., following an illness of about a year. Mrs. Hob good had been at his bedside for the past several weeks. Final rites were conducted from the Staunton Presby terian Church, Wednesday. Details are lacking at this time. Mr. Hassell, a native 6f Cross Hill, S. C., was the son of the late Rev. Andrew M. Hassell, a widely-known and prominent minister of the Presby .terian church, and his wife, Mrs. Sarah j R. Hassell, who resided here for sev eral years before he> passing. He | had rendered a signal service as a layman in the Presbyterian church prior to his illness. 'He was a mem ber of the Masonic Order. Surviving are hid wife, Mrs. Mary Fulton Hasaell, two sisters, Mrs. j. M. Hobgood, gf Farmville; Mrs. Rate H. Reynolds, of Greenville; three broth -. era, Lt. Colonel John F. Hasaell, of , Richmond, Va.; Dr. J. W. Hassell, of Goldsboro; Chas. M. Hassell, of Char lotte, and a number of nieces and nephews. 1 A proclamation of October 1* as Week in North Caroffina Cherry "In the hope will revive the thinV lie concerning this ? ? free press of our State and Nation? which ? is fee product of the Consti ' servapt H hew , "October 1 to i designated as National Newspaper Week in the United States. "Now, thereto ' claim Carolina f?r>those "hope that such ? ' ^ ?*><* ELjTCii ?- 'gtywhiit w v -' * w* ' .* ? *?< k:-; "Happy" Morgan, their, president, to take over. Kiwanian Morgan intro duced each of Ms fellow members, numbering fifteen, and afterwards presented Mioa Nancy .Ogburn, who rendered two lovely vocal eelections with piano nceompaajbaent by her sister, Miaa t ? Lang Ogburn. "Hap py" then called on a vapal trio, com posed of Solon Cotton, E. L. Woodall and Tom Lassiter to entertain with two eelections. The final, but not the least enjoy able part of the program waa music famished by two visiting Ki wardens and guests, namely?L. Royall (sax ophone), Arthur Gardner (trombone), Haden Ivey (electric steel guitar), and I. G. Jackson (bull fiddle). -The Club was delighted with their music and it waa suggested (hat this group be called "Best Little Band in North Carolina." The entire program waa one of the best the local chib has had presented, and it was evident that the interclub exchange of programs created a lot of enthusiasm and will tend towards better fellowship. V - Sterling Owens and Mack Smith, Jr? were gueste a* this time. The minstrel show, which was a hit entertainment at the recent Scholar ship Chmival, will be repeated at the meeting next Monday as a feature of the program. At The Rotary Club - " ' PE? . Manly Li lee, m program leader, Tuesday evening, at the Rotary Club, made an hnpreesive talk on "Life the Ideals of Service." B^tarian read Longfellow's poem, "The Psalm of Life" and compared the with the ideal of RotaryhTthe pres ent day?that ef living a Ufe of Ser vice for one's fellowman, and "to leave footprints in the sands of time" worthy j>f following by future gen erations. Mr. Idles concluded by pointing out the four objectives pf- Rotary, ex plaining each and applying it to the individual Rotarian. Visitors were Jtotaf%pp Herbert Acton and Joe Jordan. Dr. Paul Jones bad as his guest, Df- F. C, Harris, a new comer to Farmvilie, amf Russell Missile introduced W. L. Gemiailo, of Richmond, Va. Lum Woo tan received the attend* a nee prise. The meeting adjourned with a 80 silent prayer. tion timely electricity already of the the voltage the mi ?WartrTw^ S?>t. Germany ?cinina Wednesday to poee tfe aeM 5^*'Stalin's pre co^dstioii the WptonTtic TatkiiSriy that in Stalin's latest stalsiiuinl pf? 3?ttZ'Z? I ponrers, the key iggue this fall is certain to be the future of the Ger |?nan nation. Pew Power Meet Hinted 11T1 i? ? /_ . ' '? With many other problems now *-? ZSLS^l .T the rnn -! *xpeet to get to tte Germai, issue in a new four power meeting soon after the Paris sessions wind np. Even before that there are at least two ways, according to American an I aorfa., te ?SSa? nnd *n opportunity to go .long to iSSiSirSfwhit ?taHn ??* K5SJ?* One of these is the American plan ?was rar accepted only by the Brit ish .for handling Germany sa an economic unit. The othlr bean directly on the de , ""'tarnation question and arises from the fact that American officials nave numerous reports that the Rus sians are operating a variety of arm factories in their tone of Germany, Some officials suggested that if the ""?dans really want an early solu tion of the German problem they could begin at once by joining in the Anglo-American economic agreement Mw also start eliminating war indus tries in eastern Germany. _ Critical Problem The critical nature of the problem aheady has been dramatised taspewAw by Russia's foreign min ister Molotov, America's Secretary of State Byrnes, and Winston Church - hi", former British prime minister to each instance, the interpretation both here and abroad was tw the men were seeking German support of their varying ideas for dealing with* the future of that nation. Generally Stalin's response to ^submitted by ?JBggah rep?, ovidenqlng ?n earnest derfre^IT the [part of the Soviet leader to minimise major conflicts > with the powers and to try for harmony in | future relations. ' Lest Sympathy i Pffktofc suggapt there T *e two principal reasons for this. They say first that the Kremlin undoufatly has J recognised in recent weeks that Bus eMteni ***** the Middle Siot have cost Russia much of the sympathetic understand ing Jtonce had in the United States and elsewhere. to the eecond place there is consid erable speculation here that internal "tons In Russia are far frem Stalin might desire. Hence leaders may feel they have overplayed their hand in drumming {into their own people the Men **-rrt they live in a world beset by capita* istk antagonists. In this respect, Stalin's comments that Communism and capitalism can Mve together may have been designed to ease internal tensions and bold out to the Russian people a greater pies peet of long-term peace. I There is virtually no support hue Ifor a British view that the Stalin ttatowwnt might indicate prepare tions for some sort of new get to policy toward the United States. Bibte I"
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