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NtfMBER TWEENTT-FOUR
?tantial Majority la
Proposals to issue 2200,000 in bonds
and levy ad additional tax of If cent*
for ynvkfinf services "above stand
ard* ?w approved by Fanavilic
school district voters Saturday in a
ipecM marked from start to
finish by the lackadaisical attitude
on the part of many ritiima,
28? persons, representing less
than one-fourth of the qualified vot
ers in the school district which em
braces practically all of Farmville
township and has property valued in
excess of six million dollars for taxa
tion, were registered for the election.
Of the M? registered, 46 failed to
vote and automatically were counted
as beihg opposed to the issues in;
voried. T)
198 voted in favor of the bond is
sue; 17 ballots were cast in opposi
tion, three were defaced and thrown
nut; 2 others failed to state whether
they were for or against the propo
sition.
196 of the 229 participating in the
election voted in favor of levying an
additional lb cents for schools; 20
were flatly against it; two ballots
were defaced and two voters failed to
state their views.
The approval of 134, a simple ma
jority of the nufhber registered for
the election, was required for ap
Most of the (200,000 will be used
for a new colored school, say mem
bers of the school board, and the re
mainder will be used for making im
provements st the white school. The
89,000 realized annually from the ad
ditional levy will be used for services
not - supplied by the state. Present
plans include the employment of a
public school music teacher, band di
rector, and a full-time athletic coach.
Approval of voters is a prelimi
nary step in the building program
and several months will elapse be1
fore the new colored school can be
constructed. Next step is to obtain
figwres and estimates of construction
costs from contractors'
State Health Board
New Film
North
Health's
William* Wakes Up,"
leased to state-wide
vember 1.
The picture was Aimed entirely in
North Carolma, with everyday Tar
I playing their parts u farmer*,
mb, doctors, housewiyee,
.. the warm, mowing story of Mr. Wil
aodem Everyman.? who
through p>ar-tragedy in his
family, about the work of the public
health for
-Mr. Williams Walesa Up" will be
available? to interested groups ?y
the film library of the North
line State Board of Health, Raleigh
~ pt for the cost of i
Will be ?o charge for the film's
use. Available ia 36mm fend 1?
;* H Is suitable for
-ivic clubs, ehareh
voluntary health groups, TB x-ray
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At The Ejwanis Club
John Parker, who has served tike
Kiwanis club faithfully and efficient
ly as secretary/ was given another
honor Monday night as members, in
the annnat election of offifegrs, sele
ed him for vice-president; fjjjwn whi
-position he will move into the pw*
dent's chair unless the club changes
Its policy of elevating vice-presi
dents. Lewis Williams, now vice
president, succeeds PreaiddBt A lax
i A! ten.
Be mice Turnage, treasurer, was re
elected. Picked as the four new di
rectors were Seth Barrow, Charles
Edwards, Jake Fields and Earl W.
Holmes. These will serve with foar
members of the present board whoae
terms have another year to ns.
A report on thf district eoRvea
itiou in Charleston was given- by Sam
Bandy and Frsnk Alien, both of
whom reported the convention was
helpful m many ways.
President Allen proudly displayed
two evidences of the, Farmville club's
high standing in Kiwanis circles. The
first was a certificate awarded for
attaining membership goals In 1M6
and the second was an achievement
plaque, presented to the FVumviHe
group for having been selected as
the outstanding club of Its class
(not lese than 30 nor mora than SO
members) in the district. Stantons
burg was awarded the plaque for
clubs having less than 30 members.
Still another evidence of the club's
proficiency was the plaque awarded
Ed Rawls of Greenville as being lieu
tenant-governor of the beat division
in the district.
Baas Needs Help For
*GF Farm Training
E. P. Bass, instructor of vocational
agriculture in Farmville high school,
has applications from 27 veterans who
desire farm training under the" so
called GT "Bill of Rights" but Mr.
Bass states that he might not be able
to take ear* of the entire group with
out the help of a qualified snslstsnt,
or assistants, whose salery will be
paid by the Veterans Administration.
The program calls for 200 hours of
class-room instructions per year and
an additional six hours per week of
training for each veteran who, in
turn, receives monthly payments from
the Government for this schoolingj.;,
"V Mr. Bass, vdto plans to institute the
training program January 1, says
that he can instruct as tnany as fpur
veteraffs in addition to his regular
work but doubts that the VA will
allow him to ge much over this
figure. An instructor is needed for
each 18 trail, jea. He believes that -by
the first qt the yea* a sufficient num
ber of veterans for two instructors
win want to take the course. . v
Persons with farm training*- back
ground who think they might * be
qualified for one of the instructor's
positions are asked to get In touch
with Mr. Bass for first-hand infor
mation on qualifications.
BROWNIES
After practicing a stunt to be giv
en on Rally day and holding a short
business session, the Brownies play
busuiess sea
?d games at their meeting Wm
I Barbara Paramore and Ann Mel
Miss Beal SB??
Library S? ^ "
=- Women's1
Mia. Marjorie Beal, of the North
Carolina Library commftMon hi Bt?
leiffhT pointed oat that the people in.
JWmville borrowed only one or two
boots per capita from the local li
brary last year and' that only a very
im^l number of dtlsena use the li
brary in her talk at* a Joint mooting
of eivic clubs, October 10. More in
terest most be taken in the library
if the memorial liprory, which it to
be'lnrilt here in the- future, is to be
successful. * . i~ .**'*?*'"" ? * v ? "*
Russians, she said, know ao much
more about American cities and'
states than Americans? know about
theirs. In urging her listeners in
read ancMeam more about that coun
try she related that while she was
in Washington, D. C., attending-a
conference the Russian present could
states. Library workers from the
United States could not ask many in
telligent questions about
At the luhuest of
present, Miss Beal touched briefly ort
children's boob and distributed lists
of books approved for children of
various ages.
Members-of the Merry Matrons*
Junior Woman's, Literary and Gar
den clubs attended the meeting at
the invitation of the Woman's club.
A covered dish supper was served
from the (Suing room of Mrs. J. M.
Hobgood's home prior to the talk by
Misa Beal. Miss Annie Perkins was
co-hostess. , ?
Throughout the house, autumn
flowers were used.
Mrs. Robert Lee Humber, presi
dent of the Greesville Woman's club,
headed a group of representatives
from her club and invited the Farm
ville clubs to hear Mrs. J. Blair
Buck, general federation president,
of Richmond, Va, when she speaks
in Greenville October 31.
Rally Day Program
Planned By Scouts
Climaxing Girl Scout week in
Farmville will be the Rally day pro
gram scheduled for 3:80 o'clock-on
the school grounds Wednesday after
noon. The 21 members of Troop 4
will receive tenderfoot pins and nine
new Brownies will be given Brownie
pins at the investiture ceremony.
Several badges will be awarded at
this time. ? ,
Marking the thirtieth anniversary
of Scouting, Girl Scout week is held
annually, honoring the founder of
Scooting, Juliette Low, whose birth
day falls co October 31.
Stunts will be given by each troop
after the girls leave their places in
the horseshoe formation. Parents and
friend* are incited to Witness the
ceremony/- *. ' ~'f &~\:
Sunday morning the Scouts will
attend,the Christian.church in uni
form. Sp >. "r 52-' t- "\7' i," I - X ' :i
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY MAIMS
BY WALSTONBURG CHURCH
Walstonburg Community Metho
dist crurch has recently published -a
photographic survey of the chtjrch
and community, entitled, "The Church
at the CroMroodp."
The book includes pictures of the
church itself;* the various church or
ganizations, the Community "Vacation
Bible School, the Community Youth
Week, the public school, an airplane
view of the community, and various
scenes in the. community. Also in
cluded are pictures of the Bell Aft
thur Methodist church and 4m new
Wesley Community church near
Farmviller
Thfe survey has been-termed unP>
que to type and in ite circulation is
giving splendid advertisement to the
Walstonburg community.
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. to the celebration of the
Holy Communion at_JO o'clock, and
presided over the session of
clergy and laymen held in the
odiSt Church. NfcS'ti
Mrs. Sidney Wan), of Plymouth,
cotrvor sUjtQfrwnhlhrit- of Woman's
Auxiliary, presided over the meeting
of that group, A cordial welconie
was extended by Miss Helen Smith,
president of the Farmville Auxiliary,
to which Mrs. Norman Wtoslow, of
Developing the theme of the meet
ing, "Ye Shall Be Witnesses Unto
Me," Mrs. W. 0. Sutherland, of
Wilmington, diocesan president of
the Woman's Auxiliary, spoke on the)
Christian
subject "Building Christian Homes,"
and Miss Roberta Aidrich, director-of
Christian Education, Trinity Church,
Columbia, & At, apokp on the topic,
"Religious Education in the Home."
- Following noon day prayers by
Bishop Thomas H. Wright, Mrs. M.
D. Whisnant, of the Thompson Or
phanage, Charlotte, spoke on "A
Church Home," and Mrs. M. H. S.
Shaw^ representing the American
Missions To* Lepers, * addressed the
group.
During the afternoon session, Mrs.
S. H. Grimes, diocesan chairman of
Christian Social Relations; Mrs. W.
T. Cross, chairman of the Supply De
partment; Mrs. E. F. Moseley, of the'
Church Periodical Chto; Mrs. Jjco
nard Trueblood, of Promotion; Miss
Mary Lucan Cantwett, of the United
?. Offering,' an! Miss Hramie
Thank Offering,
Long, of the Christian, Education De
partment, reviewed, Ways and means
by which' witnessing could be achiev
ed by work in their respective fields.
The meeting was brought to a close
in a joint session featured by an in
spiring naedltatieuby "Bishop Wright,
based on > Christ's command to His
disciples to bear witness "unto the
uttermost part of the . earth," just
prior to His ascension.
The Bishop reviewed world condi-1
tions and the misery left in the <
of the last World War, saying that
"we Uve,bt a world that has suffer
ed mud) from a wound that refused
to be healed." He struck a note of
optimism, however, by enumerating
the encouraging signs of, many
turning to Christ, giving examples of
the eooBecratkR'aad work of many
devoted souls in various countries.
Pointing out the difference in a
witness and a mere spectator, Bishop
Wright charged his hearers with their
individual responsibility in carrying
out ti>e command "Ye Shall Be Wit
nesses Unto Me." . -:
el A luncheon was served at the noon
hour in toe St A. R. chapter housaby
girls of the Home Ec department of
the Farmville high school, of which
Miss Ruth. Parker in toe instructor.
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Semi-pro Basketball
Planned P%r Town
MiNK-a
Larry Taylor, who earned a letter
in basketball at Duke, has started a
movement to organize -a semi-pro
basketball team iii Farmville and asks
that pMgoni interested in the team
get in touch with him at thfe Farm
ville Motor Company.
L Lang, John C.
p?e, It.,'W. A. Allan,
Davis, J. R. Hart* E.
C. H. Flanagan; Dr. Paul
J. Y.- Monk, S. A. Roebuck and
In commending the committee
?w#-kew, Mr. Walston stated that he
thought the drive was off to a fire
start since Wednesday was the first
day canvassing Had been done and
that he hoped to Ptoser* the dMve
by the end <4 the week. "Everybody
in town should be behind the drive,
-eince it is very important at thifc
time to save the farm program," he
aaaertoi'. -
Associate memberships aire taken
out by firms and individuals interest
ed in supporting, the Farm Bureau
and its program. V
Gets Testimony Carl
Hieks And Edwards
A. C. Edwapto of H^kerton. Cartj
Hicks of Walatoiteprg H. B. Hill, H.
L WfJeton and A. J. Kartell of
Snow Hill, and F. C. Darden of R-l,
Ayden, attended the h^ng of the
Committee on Agriculture of tee
House of Representatives of the U.;
S. Congress In ****"?
day, Oct. 17. Mr. Edwwda and ?U
_Hicks testified at the hearing and
hfrfej that the tobaeeo programs fel
continued. Mr. Edwards is.chair
man of tire membership committee of
the North Carolina Farm, Bureau and
Mr. Hicks is president of the Ftae-j
Cawd Tobaeeo Stabilization Corpora
tion.
Several farmers in Greene count y B
are having serious trouble in their to
lUcco ^ackbouses with the tobacco
moth. This smaU grayish-brownmoth
is the parent of the worms or larvae
which feed on
? maect can P?P~
fumigation or Bimiymg^teoom ,
meroial fly ???*? or ***?
pytefhrum. The
clean the packhouse thorou^dy
spray or dust prior to storing tobac
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Bible Display
An attractive display of Bibto. and
related books has been arranged by
Troop 4 of the Girts Scwte fa
i^2U in the display s*! Hebrew
tag Greek Bibles, a copy of a page
from Gutenburg's original P"?ng
of the Bible, the Goodspeed King
James translations, jNavy^
Bible and '
cal and Hwaa as
John Bunyan'a "Pilgrune P***?88'
"Christ of the American Rofcd y
Dr. Stanley Jones,
Fine Arts," Maus, a 1
a number of
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HOMECOMING at WHXB TmnAY
TtyraiTR CHURCH SUNDAY
Homecoming Day- will be heM at
the Belle Arthur Christian church on
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Sunday, Oct. 26. ?
?ed. A oaww-v -
on the -?-la
Lfliee, chairmen of
Service committee, was
the program.
Bev. Hehnes emphasised
portanee, especially, at this time
when the world is struggling to 9ud
the path to peace, of the
ment of international ?tuk
and good will. He defined good will
as the overflow of understanding add
stated that peaee is certain to. exist
wherever and whenever understand
ing and good will abound.
Levi Walston emphasized the Im
portance of associate memberships in
Bureau and explained that
I quota had been set at
41,000 for the second consecutive
year. The amount was oversubscrib
ed last yearty $3. '{ - |
Attendance prize WdT' won b|
? Visitors included George Moye of
Phrest Hills, L. I., New Yorltr and
JiphUfpHockaday.
The attention of the club was call
ed to Ladies'- Night which will be
held Wednesday evening at "7 o'clock.
TEACHERS HAVE COUNTY
, T MEETING HERE
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"Developing: Ourselves Profession
ally" was the thepie of the Pitt coun
ty unit, North Carolina Education
Association, ; meeting: < . Wednesday
night in the Parmville high school.
Mrs. Herman Baker, principal of
the Fountain school and president of
the organization, presided and Mrs.
J. B. Joyuer of Farmville conducted
as. , -CSt" Ifl
en? aevouonai. --y. ... m^ |
Greetings wens extended by IX H.
Copley of Greenville, superintendent
of Pitt county schools, and the wel
come was given %y Fodie Hodges.
After guests had been recognised,
special music was rendered by Dave
E. VornboH of E. C. T. C, Green
ville. Group gingiitg was; led bjr
Mrs. Katherine Foreman of Bethel
Sam D. Bundy, principal of Farm
ville school/ discussed reasons foR^
strong national organization to be'ui
line with other professions.
Chief address of the evening en
by, Dr. Amos Ahff""A associate edi
tor of the fy C. E. A. Journal, -who
sprite on puhlicathms and organisa
tion of the N: C. E. A. He was in
troduced by Miss Re bo Proctor, su
After the- meeting, a
was; enjoyed in Which punch/ nuts,
cakes wad mints were served,
REGULATIONS FOR MAILING f.
OVERSEAS PACKAGES GIVEN
Those planning to
and other gift packages abroad
should get in touch with the District
of tlie U. S. Department of
at 112% East Fourth
the
Charlotte
supplied
GIRD SCOUTS
Ell
will be Weld
<10:00 a. m.
there will bean
At 8:00 J).
? wiU be
AuditurivS'
of the children
to Me the show
ie 60c for
26e?er chihbm :i V ^y
fe Mr. John G. * Frailer, Jr., PnM
dent of the N. C
Association, states '
-traffic safety show, is
tivii safety education ere. hem evfr
seen. That is why we lucre under
taken the sponsorship of this-eWow hi
North CMoliah."
; Tn connection with the Safety Show
Officer PreSsley also operates, the
"Officer Pressley's Junior Traffic
Club," witJ free membership
to all <ildren- who pass the
safety test as given by Officer Press
ley. This will be explained to the
children at the shows on Monday.
Traffic accidents have become
America's Public Enemy Number
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Aetivjtieg Of Local
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lira. Jimmy Mead of Hew <~ "
La^jlho la visiting here, i
ssion study class Monday evening
At the Y. W. A., using the hook, uMy
World Too." Miss Elvira Tyaon
,?*.**?* member,
During the business session plana
were made fox- the group to naaem
ber some one at Thanksgiving.
The adviser,- Mrs. ft -IX Johnson,
: who was hostess, served cake, ice
cream and' nuts. ?
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TlH program and devotional at
Circle ? Monday afternoon centered
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noTnin*ting
pointed to compose the
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f Herbert
K. Har^hriteas, asrvg crim and ke
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and glsdSp were used in
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presented Sunday evening at
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of Week of
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this year, "The Training of Or
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