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FARMVILLE
EVERY DAY!
X VOLUME THIRTY-EIGHT
FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1948
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LOCAL SCHOOL
HEADS DRIVE IN
MARCH OF DIMES
Ttye March of Dimes of the Na
■ tional Foundation for Infantile Para
lysis is a “living memorial” to Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, Sam D. Bundy, lo
cal campaign director of the 1948
March of Dimes, declares.
Mr. Bundy asserted that the late
Mr. Roosevelt. would have preferred
the American people to commemorate
, him in a living institution like the
March of Dimes, dedicated to the al
leviation of human suffering, rather
than in monuments of stone or
bronze.
The statement by.the campaign di
rector said:
“The March of Dimes is our living
memorial to a great American hu
manitarian, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Stricken by infantile paralysis in
the prime of life ' his indomitable
courage in overcoming his affliction
made him a symbol to thousands
similarly affected.
“Through his own sufferings his
great spirit flamed with a love for air
humanity. His personal fight to
surmount his physical handicap caus
ea Dy tnis cruel aisease encouragea
and gave hope not only to those
stricken like himself but to the
people of the entire nation and world.
“So that his own inspiration could
be kept alive and handed on to polio
sufferers in the nation, Franklin D'.
Roosevelt founded the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to
carry on to victory the fight against
the disease.
“During his life he infused this
crusade with his own unconquerable
resolution- and handed on the torch
of his magnificent faith to the people
of this nation. More than anything
else he wished to see the elimination
of this disease which has left a lega
cy of human wreckage in its trail
down through the ages.
“To Americans who believe in
things of, the spirit more than purely
material things, he bequeathed this
great living memorial to carry on
what was dearest to his own .great
heart It would be his desire that
we commemorate ‘ him not bf'moriu
ments of stone and bron?e but rather
enshrine his memory hf a living in
stitution dedicated to all the allevia
tion of human suffering;
♦ “In giving to the March of Dimes
we are carrying out a duty we owe to
a great man, a great humanitarian
and a great American.”
The March of Dimes in Farmville
will be conducted through and by the
school children. Contribution should
be made to the pupils, who have set
a goal of $1.00 per child. Those whom
the students fail to ask for donations
are requested to mail their contribu
tions directly to Mr. Bundy. .
Jaycees Plan Par
Charter Night
in February, was discussed and it
was decided' to have a banquet and
a dance. The following committees
for Charter night were appointed:
Food—J. T. Windham, chairman,
Ellis Rabil, Joe Joyner, Lonnie
Pierce.
Decorations—Rom Webber, chair
man, Jack Darden, Ralph Bass, Vas
sar Fields, J. &' Brock, Robert Pierce,
Chester Outland, Bob Fields.
Entertainment—Paul Allen, chair
man, Red Newton, Jr., Marvin
Speight.
Clean up—Charlie Rasberry, chair
man.
Reception — Frank Harris, chair
man, Emerson Smith, Jimmy Dard
The banquet and dance will be held
at the Country club.
A Jaycee basketball team is being
formed and a sports and recreation
committee has been appointed. Jim
my Darden is chairman of this com
mittee; other members are Marvin
Speight, J. G Brock, Robert Pierce,
Frank Harris and Jack Darden. The
Jaycees plan to play surrounding
county teams and independents. It
is hoped that a March of Dimes game
cdh bfe arranged.
The club is still adding to its col
lection of scrap paper and is still col
lecting paper at, night behind the
stores. Those who have paper they
would like to contribute are asked to
get. in touch with any of the Jay
Make His Dreams Come True
HEADS KIWANLANS
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Louis Williams, Farmville grocer,
has been installed as president of
thd Kiwanis club for 1948. He suc
ceeds Alex Allen.
At The Kiwanis Club
The importance of (1) using insec
ticides to reduce boll 'Weevil infesta-j
tion and (2) proper grading of cotton
before selling Was emphasized at the
Kiwanis club Monday night by two
cotton experts from the State Exten
sion Service.
Speakers were J. A. Shanklin, who
spoke on insecticides, and W .H. Con
nolly, in Charge of the classification
service at State college.
The speakers were introduced by
Jake Fields* who had charge of the
program.
Dr. Paul E. Jones, Jr., of Charlotte
was the guest of Dr. Frank Harris.
UMSTEAD WANTS TOBACCO CUT .
LESS DRASTIC THAN 28 PER CENT i
■Senator William a. Umsteaa, m
urging that the 28 per cent cut in.
tobacco acreage for 1®48 be recon
sidered and a leas drastic cat be im
posed by the Department of Agri
culture, issued the following state
ment:
“On November IT, 1947, the De
partment of Agriculture annoemced a
28 per cent cut in allotments, of flue
cured tobacco acreage for 1448. ftor
some time I have given considerable
thought and study to tbiff’natter and
have discussed it with a- nur|ber of
people in North Carolina and in the
Department in Washington.
“I realize that the Tobaoso Control
Program is baaed upon the principle
of maintaining a reasonable balance
between production and consumption.
If this principle is destroyed, the
Program will be seriously impaired
and prices adversely affected. It iB
clear that a substantial cut must be
made. However, it should be no more
than appears to be absolutely neces
sary. . x *
“Under the law, as pointed out by
the Secretary of Agriculture in his
announcement, the proposed cot can
be reduced if warranted by develop
ments subsequent to his order. Since
the 17th of last November, it ,ap
pears— ' ;■ \
“(1) That the 1947 crop was over
estimated by 15 fo 25 million pounds,
“12) In its report on the JriU malp
ing appropriations for the Occupied
Countries, tbc Senate Appropriations
Committee indicated, a favorable at-.
ATOB W. B. UM!
“(6) The upward trend in the use
of'tobacco products bp the British ia
spite of the increased Cost, as com
pared with the decreased use immedi
ately following the imposition of ad
ditional tax. •
. “<«) The continued upwind trend
in consumption.
“All of these factors are' Important
in considering the trend in the use of
sufficiently since November 17 to
Justify a reopening and a reconsider
ation hj^the Department of the en
tire flue-cured situation with .|f
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Retiring Master Of
Masons Installs New
Officers For 1948
Luther Thomas, past master of the
Farmville Masonic Lodge, installed
new officers last Thursday night,
with the exception of Master John
.King, who was at the bedside of* his
sick son. ,
Other officers are: Herman Baker,
senior warden; Sam D, Bundy,
junior warden; Ed Nash Warren,
treasurer; Claude Joyner, secretary;
Joe D. Joyner, senior deacon; CL L.
Ivey, junior deacon; Joe Willoughby,
first steward; Joe Flake, second stew
ard; Grover Lee Bailey, tyler!
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED "
BY FARMVILLE LIBRARY
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Some of the recent additions to the '
Farmville Public library, open, from
2:30 to 5 o’clock on Tuesday, Thuis- '
day and Saturday afternoons, rollow:
“Steeple Chase,” Margaret; and
Helen Johnson; “Rebel Halfback,”
Joe Archibald; “Curious George
I’akes a Job;” H. A. Rey; “Rainbow’s '
End,” Berta and Elmer Hader; “The ;
Skittle-Skattle Monkey,” ' Dorothy
Lathrop; “Mrs. Piggle Wiggle,” Bet
ty MacDonald; “The Sleuth Patrol,”
Manly Wade - Willman; “Jemina, 5
Daughter of Daniel Boone," Sutton; 1
“Pogo’s Fishing Trip,” Ernest Nori- J
ing; “The Little Rad lighthouse” 1
and “The Great Grey Bridge," Ward 1
& Swift; “Misty of Chincoteague,” ‘
Margaret Henry; “Old Days in *
Chapel Hill,” Hope Chamberlain. '
“The Birds of America,” by John *
James Audutagb has been given in
memory-of Edwin S. (Bubba) Coates, <
III, by Mr. and Mis. W. Jesse Moye. '
Miss. Elizabeth Davis donated 1
“Spring Symphony” by Eleanor 1
Painter.
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Daughters Learn
Of Schools Here
Sum D. Bundy, Superintendent of
Farmville schools, which he attended
as a youth, onto presented by lira.
Jack Lewis as the featured weaker
at the January meeting of the Major
Benjamin May Chapter, Di A. B.,,
Saturday afternoon.
Supt. Bundy’s talk, interspersed
with humorous accounts of happen
ings in the school while he was a
student, was interesting and enlight
ening. He traced the history of the
school during the forty some years it
has been in existence and presented
facts and figures which gave hie list
eners an insight into the system of
operations, its achievements and ob
jectives. , j.
The transportation system was ex
plained in detail as an important fac
tor since around 46 per cent of the
pupiB of the Farmville schools come
from the surrounding area. Items re
garding the library of volumes, on
which the sum of $600 is expended
yearly, the function of the Home Ec
and the Agricultural branches, and
the lunch room, which has an average
of 360 patrons •daily, were given by
the speaker, who placed the value of
Bchool property and plant at $279,
000, and gave the yearly expenditure
of around $60;000 in presenting the
school as a business ^institution. The
salaries and operation expenses of
around $60,000 are met by the State;
the repairs and maintenance are paid
on a district basis and new buildings
are erected by the county.
Athletic and class activities were
recounted and the Superintendent an
nounced with pride plans connected
with the two school publications to
be attempted this year, the monthly
paper, News 'N Views, and the senior
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ly broadcast over the Greenville “air
ivays" on Wednesday mornings from
19:30 and 10:45, and a regulartsched
lle of educational pictures were some
>f the up-to-date improvements noted.
The board of trustees and the Par
mt-Teacher Association of 682 mem
bers and its officers were paid a
:ribute by the Superintendent for the
valuable part they play in the de
velopment of the school.
fa closing, Mr. Bundy listed as
future recommendations: replacement
>f buses; the employment of a fall
;ime or part tiirie librarian; a physical
iducation instructor; a public school
nusic teacher; a band instructor and
he providing of . a housing unit for
eachers. v * •
Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson, 1st
rice regent, presided, and Mrs. C. 3.
Sagles, chaplain, presented the de
rotional based on Jesus’ Way of
-dfe. 1
Mrs. M. V. Jones, treasurer, in her !
eport, announced needed repairs <
nade to chapter house roof and the '
ecent gift of $500 by A. C. Monk, Sr.,
or the purchase of bronze eagles for 1
he pillars of the gateways. The '
hapter members gave a rising vote i
f appreciation to its highly esteemed
lenefactor for his generosity in this i
onnection. - i
Mrs. J. O. Pollard exhibited two
>f the several bronze plaques ordered 1
n,, recent months, for marking the .
mildiag, and gave a “report of the «
jumual Christmas dance, sponsored <
y ^he chapter, and- other holiday (
estivities held in the chapter hoiise. i
Following adjournment, the hos
esses, Mxa H. V. Jones,' Mrs. R. G. ’
,ang aid! Mrs. Mark E. Dixon served
am Miscuit, sandwiches, dates bars,
variety of party dainties and salted
uts from a beautifully appointed
able, spread with ah imported cloth £
f cut work and embroidery and i
laced wear one of the fireplaces.
Mrs, F, M. Davis and Miss Eliea- (
eiA Davis were special guests at this
leettag. ,j
Potted plant were used as a deco
ative note in the assembly room, and “
reenery, white candles and silver, .
ells, suggestive of the New Year, j
vere used with artistic effect on the t
olonlal mantels. , ,
?armville Implement
Co; Gets New Home
Work Is , proceeding on the. cinder
leek and'brick building: which Alex
ilen is t constructing on Belcher
treat, adjacent to the Farmvilic
'reeeer Lockers. The building will
erve as the new home of the Farm
iHe Implement Company.
iREENE COUNTY 4-H CLUB!
START. POULTRY PR0J1
Billy McCoy, Carson Harrison/
ohnny Parker Mid Robert Parker,
Jreene county 4-H dub leaders, at
ended the meeting of the North
lanolins Crop Improvement Associa
ion in Rocky Mount. They attend?
d the banquet given tor “100 Bushel
lorn dub" ihembers. ' >
Billy, Carson and Robert entered
he speaking contest on the subject,
Hew I Produced 100 Bushels of
lorn.” Carson Harrison won a prize
Paylor Has Perfect
Sunday School Record
For PUst 39 Years
Anyone looking Air John Hill Pay
lor, Farmville attorney now serving
as general counsel for the State Util
ities Commission, on Sunday morning
between-10 and 11 o’clock need look
no . further than the nearest Presby
terian Sunday school.
For 89 years, Mr. Paylor hasn’t
missed attending Sunday school, and
last Sunday morning the Farmville
Sunday school gave him another bar
to add to his ever-lengthening col
lection. ’
Mr. Paylor compiled his amazing
record by attending ^chqpl sin 16 or
20 states and includes a service in
a foreign mission in Mexico.
Several other members of the Sun
day school have records of which they
should be proud. J. C. Corbett has
an unbroken record extending over
13 years tyid is more remarkable in
view of the fact that on most of those
Sundays Mr. Corbett has attended
Sunday school twice each Sabbath
day. He attends Ballard's Sunday
school* in the afternoon.
Mrs. J. M. Hobgoed and Mr. Robert
Smith each have 11 years of continu
ous attendance.
Veterans* Agriculture
Class Started With
36 Men Registered
An agriculture training class for
veterans has been established, in this
community under the supervision of
E. P. Bass, director of the local
awuvsui a ucp»tuixcnV| WIVfl
36 members enrolled and twp Instruc
tors, R. B. Bland of the Seven Pines
section and Bryan Parker, a son of
Mr. Cleveland Parker.
The veterans meet Tuesday Sight
for class work. livin' Morgan, man
ager of the Farmvllle Oil and Fertili
zer Company, spoke at a recent class
an fertilizer problems. Two movies
ivere also shown the men,
1 The class will be divided Into three
sections for shop work, with one
croup to meet on Wednesday after
noon, another on Thursday and the
hug on Friday. Hours for the prac
tical work will be from 2 to. 5 o’clock.
Flanagan Heads
Firemen’s Group
Curtis H. Flanagan, Farmville’s
assistant fire chief and a member of
;he Board of Commissioners, was
sleeted president of the Eastern Cant
ina "Firemen.’s association at the
luartsrly meeting in Wiiliamston
fuesday night. Other officers chosen i
vere: Chief G. P. Hall of Williams- j
on, vice president, and Chief Miller j
iVarren of Clinton, secretary-trea-'
urer. v j
The brunswick stew and barbecue
upper was followed by a business
neeting.
Attending i from Farmville were
dr. Flanagan, Chief Haywood Smith,
foe Spivey, W. C. Wooten, Abe Woot
n, Bob Fields, Edgar Barrett, Will
;on#s and Bill Rollins.
Windsor will be host to the next
neeting, April 13.
EASTERN CAROLINA DELEGATION
ASKS FOR VETERANS HOSPITAL
A delegation which contained!
pokesmen or telegrams from 24
owns in Eastern North Carolina and
ras accompanied by North, Carolina
longressmen Herbert C. Bonner, Har
ld D. Cooley, Carl Durham and Gra
km Barden, plus Marion Shuffler,
ecretary to Representative J. Bay
rd Clark, who was ill, called on offic
es of the Veterans Administration
i Washington Wednesday and re
heated that fche 1,000-bed neuro
isychiatric veterans hospital be ta
sted somewhere in this part .of the
tote.* \
Rep. Bonner, in speaking forv the
lastem Carolina delegation, said:
This plan originated in a Goldsboro
ceeting to present a joint frpat from
he Eastern section which wants the
roposed hospital east of Fayetteville
nd Raleigh.” , . '•
Administration has
for a new 1,000-bed
state, and another is
located at Salisbury.'
Rep. Banden said “there is not on
Article of veterans, JbciHtfes there.’
Hugh Marr of Bb'ae
rahs of Foreign W
eed is so great we 1
ether in Eastern No
•oint out ^he needs of
rill serve the 1W,
epresent”
John H. Farrell,
Chamber of Commerce secretary,
aid: *‘The long haul for mothers and
rives who want to fottaw the men
o hospitals to visit theUft"
onsidered in placing hospital famil
ies ctaser tb themen of this section
they can get now*at Roanoke,
... R. R. NEWTON, Jr.
Cdmmander of the Burnette
Rouse Poet, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, was a. member of the dele
gation which went to Washington
this week and asked the Veteran*
Administration to locate its new
,000-bed hospital in East Carolina. £
Two other delegations called «n the
/A headquarters seeking the hospi
»1 for their communities.
Veterans Administrator <3arl Gray,
lr.,-told all three groups that no de
rision had been made as to the loca
tion of ihe proposed hospital And
je added that the VJi recommenda
tion and the subsequent final deter
ninatioa by
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ARTICLES FOR SHIPMENT
OVERSEAS WILL BE COLLECTED
HERE MONBAY-WEDNESDAY: GIVE
A REAL DOLL FOR FRIEDA
and the first one she' ever had.
Children overseas receive play
things for the first time in their
lives through the gifts of American
people. The drive in Farmville, part
of the “Fill a Ship with Friendship”
drive being held throughout the
state, is asking for children’s toys
as well as clothing, shoes, and bed
ding.
At The Rotary Club
The program at the Rotarjr club
ruesday was in charge*bf Leon Eas
W, who called on Ed Nash Warren
to present the Speaker of the even
ng, John D. Hackney, Boy Scout
ixecutive, who spoke oil Scouting and
»w the organization is handled from
he standpoint .of the executives.
Visiting Rotarians; were Jimmie
Puller, of Kinston, and Wiley Brown,
»f Greenville.
Other guests were Dr. P. E. Jones,
rr., of Charlotte, and John B. Wright,
fr., of Wilson.
Irvin Morgan won the attendance
•rise.
ITOUTH CENTER WILL BE
OPENED SATURDAY NIGHT
The Community Youth center
ponsored by the Farmville Metho- :
list Youth fellowship will formally |
pen Saturday night at 7 o’clock. All :
een agers are invited. Ping pong, i
heckers, books, magazines and rec- •
rds can be enjoyed. ]
The center will be open each Wed- 1
esday night from 7 to 9 o’clock and i
ach Saturday night from 7 until 10
'clock- j
Miss Edna Boone, who is working i
nth rural churches and with young j
eople in this^ section, is primarily ]
esponsible for the establishment of 1
ie center and she is entitled to much
redit. It was she. who.- secured per
lission from the church governing
oard to convert rooms in the church
asement into a recreation center and
athering place for young people in
le community. 1 s
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•uy "Savings Bends” Havel Held! 1
Cooperating in North Carolina's
drive to “Pill a Ship with Friend
ship,” Farmvi lie will begin its ap
peal for overseas relief, materials on
January 19, Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, ""
local chairman, announces.
The drive continues through Wed
nesday, Janaary 21, with Boy Scouts
collecting the articles Tuesday and
Wednesday afternoons. Those who
have gifts for the ship are asked to
leave them on their porclies or to
take them to the Methodist church
basement, where the packing will be
done.
Suggested items for giving; are:
New or used clothing ,of all Irfruia and
sizes—both outer garments and un
der clothing — sweaters, jackets,
coats, shoes and overshoes^ sewing
materials, including cloth, remnants, /
scissors, needles, thread, thimbles and
elastic; needles, wool and cotton for
knitting and crocheting; games and
toys for children whp have nothing
to play with; recent books that are
of good content and in good condi
tion; kitchen and tableware; tools of
all descriptions; soap, candles, first .
aid supplies, vitamin tablets, Bibles
and testaments. ■ “*
It is asked particularly that every
thing be clean. Items should have at
least six months of use left in them.
Donors may include notes with the
articles they give, since these will
help strengthen the bonds of friend
All gifts should be packed in card
board boxes, if possible, or securely
wrapped in heavy paper so that they
may come safely through their trip
with thousands of pounds of other
materials to the Church World Ser
vice Center at New Windsor, Mary
land, where they will be sorted and
re-packed for shipment abroad.
The New Windsor Center is one of
line throughout the United States
iperated by Church World Service,
he agency through which 21 of the
eading Protestant and Orthodox
hurches of this country are uniting
heir overseas relief efforts. During
L947 Church World Service sent aid
o the needy in 42 countries around
he globe. All goods are distributed
h rough church channels, without re
gard, to race, creed, or political affi
iation. Need is the basic require
nent. However, Church World Ser
vice will not enter any couptry'un
ess it is guaranteed that there will
>e ho interference from the govem
nent.
North Carolina was a leader in the
:ield of overseas giving during 1946
ind 1947, and the state-wide cam
■aign scheduled this month will be its
irimary effort toward maintaining
hat reputation in 1948.
12 Cage Games Are
Scheduled By Locals
, Twelve basketball games have been
scheduled for the Parmville high
school teams between now and the
latter part of February.
Cut-out and save the schedule:
Friday, Jan. 16 — South Edge
combe, here:
Monday, Jan. 19 — Robersonville,
here. ' , /
Tuesday, Jan. 20—Ayden, there.
Friday, Jan. 23 — Walstonburg,
there.
Tuesday, Jan. 27—Grifton, here.
Friday, Jan. 30—Bethel, here.
Tuesday, Feb. 3—Winterville, here.
Friday, Feb. 6—La Grange, here.
Tuesday, • Feb. 10 — Grimesland,
there.
Friday, Feb. 13 — Walstonburg,
here. > ; r'
Tuesday, Feb. 17—Stokes, here.
Friday, Feb. 20—Ayden, here.
All games are scheduled to begin
»t 7:30.
GREENE FARMERS WILL HAVE
TOBACO MEETING IN SNOW
HILL MONDAY NIGHT
All farn\ers are invited to attend
i tobacco meeting in the court house
in Snow Hill on Monday night at 7
j’clock. Roy R. Bennett, extension
tobacco specialist, will be at the
meeting to discuss varieties, plant
beds, fertilization, spraying, topping,
sujd other tobacco problems.
E. E. Butts and A. G. Edwards of
Bookerton attended a banquet arid
topper in Rocky Mount on January
3 at which time the 100 Bushel Corn
Glub of North Carolina was formed.
Ihese men produced over 100 bushels
of com per acre in 1947 on certain
lands on their respective farms. To
be eligible for membership in this
arganizaticm, a farmer must produce
100 bushels of cbm per acre or more.
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