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i »»»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦i>♦♦♦♦«»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ BOOST FARMVILLE EVERY DAY! FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY T, IMS di' '-'2}Uy.■■■l gj T (By Thompbon Greenwood) DOUGHTON—Horton Doughton of Statesville, son of Congressman Bob Doughton and part-owner of several Belk stores, wildlifer and cattle man, has been signed up as a rookie in the Sen. William B. Umstead quarters here. - Houghton moved in quietly last week, and as trying out for deep right field. As this is written, nothing has appeared in the press regarding this arrival. HOME TO ROOST—Galiematorial Candidate Kerr Scott let loose a flock of chickens when he appeared at a public hearing against the Fisher Bill aimed at taxing coopera tives during the Legislature last year. These birds are now coming home to roost, hut fast. Scott took bold digs at the merchants, sly shin kicks at civic clubs, ancLdid quite a bit of lambasting, dnd left no doubt about his love for cooperatives, Alas, his words—spoken without notes—were put oh record, and.last week they flooded the State. To such an extent, in fact, that Scott Manager Capus Waynick described them and the feelings they are cre ating among the merchants as ‘pure pyzen.” A. A. Chappell of Wilson, execu tive secretary of the Farm Imple ment Dealers, has worlds of copies of this Scott speech, and he’s seeing that they get full distribution. DIXON—-Richard Dillard Dixon, who carried Northeastern North Car olina for J. M. Broughton in 1940 ' and who later was appointed to the Superior Court bench by Gov. Broughton, is due home from Ger many any day now. After failing to receive reappointment by Gov. R. G. Cherry, the Edenton historian and attorney was sent to Germany by the U. S. Government to try war crimi nals. ■ His return is expected to give Mr. Broughton’s campaign some add ed rip fn the First Congressional District. FORECAST—Political dopesters in Raleigh are now filing away sealed predictions on how the gubernatorial vote will be on May 29. An average of these gives Johnson, 275,000; i Scott, 200,000; Albright, 100,000;; and Oscar Bariter, 100,000. That would be 600,000 votes and a record. SEWED UP — Before Kerr Scott announced.:for Governor, Dr. J. S. Dorton, who managed tie State Fair under Scott for 10 years, told him he was coming out too late, and vir tually got down on his knees in urg ing Scott not to run. He told him that many of the counties .were al ready “sewed up” t°r Charles M. Johnson and had been for several months. Dr. Dorton said that he, himself, whs already pledged to Charlie, lowing that Dorton is from Shelly, Scott should have giv en more thought to his. advice. Now, he probably regrets that he did . not. HAYWOOD — Gapus Waynick, Scott associate manager, is now find ing that Dorton knew whereof he spoke. Haywood county, for in stance, had not been “right” for a Governor in many years, or. it had come in .too late to receive much credit for being in mi the win- Be fore Scott announced, this county had already raised money to help nominate Charles Johnson and most of its leaders were pledged to John son. Scott simply atarted too late, it Mems. Glenn Pklmer, legislator, and D. TL Noland, former member of th<! To Preach Here REV. EUGENE C. FEW, D. D. will conduct series of revival services in the Farmville Methodist church be ginning Monday. Services will be held in the morning at 10 o’clock, be ginning Tuesday, and each evening at 8. Rev1. E. R. Clegg, pastor at the church, will preach Sunday. 'Hie visiting minister, now pastor of the West Market Street Chnrch in Greensboro, is well known through out the South. This community is fortunate in obtaining him. He served the Edenton Street Church in Raleigh, the First Methodist Church in Char lotte, and churches in Atlanta and Jacksonville, Fla., before accepting his present work. The public is cordially invited to attend the services. says, also at home. ■ THE GAMBLE—Now, Harden is gambling with his future. Will he be a newspaper reporter, or an edi tor, or a Senatorial assistant in Washington? Governors’ secretaries do right well aftef-they leave this office, as a general rule. Bob Thompson, who was Governor Clyde R Hoey*s Good Man Friday, is editor of the High Point Enterprise. Santford Martin, private secretary to Governor . Bic kett, is editor of the Winston-Salem Journal. Willie Richardson, who worked with Governor Cameron Mor rison, is public relations man' for the State Health Department. Ed win Gill, assistant to Governor Gard ner, is head of the Revenue Depart ment. All the ex-secretaries have good jobs. ALBRIGHT ALL RIGHT—Mayne Albright, who is coming up fast in the race for Governor, is BF an en viable position. He can say any thing he likes, make any claims he wishes, do anything he wants to do, without fear of getting a verbal slap from lie other gubernatorial candidates. Have you heard Charles Johnson take a/dig at Mayne? Have you known of Kerr Scott’s pointing an accusing ringer at Mayne? No! Why? Because both of them think they will need Albright’s help in the runoff. So, Albright is all right with Scott and Johnson. They love that boy. OUT OP IT—Most Governors of North Carolina have left their terms of office dead broke, but their earn ing capacities have been greatly en hanced by the prestige which serving as the State’s head man gave them. A lawyer who becomes Governor can command much larger fees after to retires from office, as, for example, the late A W. McLean and O. Max Gardner, and J. M. Broughton and J. C. B. Ehringhaus. However, since neither Johnson nor Scott Is aa at torney, the job of being Governor 1 will ipean very little to them in a legal pecuinary way. Scott’s Jersej and Holstein nows will give no bet ' ter milk, and Johnson could be nc ! better financier than he has showr ■ himself to be in pulling North Caro . lina out of the financial quagmin ip which it was buried when he tool . office. Scott could well become 2 1 front man for the dairy industry r however, and Johnson might becohu , one of the outstanding investment i bankers in the South. . ’ __ material sometimes goes astray. Charlie Parker had already sent to his stenographer material for Kerr Scott's “Confidential Bulletin No. 4.” last week when Charles Johnson said—and gave plenty of dope to prove it—that Scott had broken (tit _—_.1— j__ta. iT.vtv Babson Park, Maas., May fr-I have today returned from a trip through out the great Central Wesb-the "Magic Circle” of America. During the winter in Florida, 1 was rather blue due to the waste and indiffer ence that I saw them On 3Mnt Patrick's Day, however, I heard a message of courage and decision broadcast to the world by our Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces. Tf this has a roused the U. S. A. to new purpose and productivity as it aroused me, good times for the next few years are “possible”. Provided: We can match our newfound faith with a proportionate output of goodwill— and godds! I have repeatedly stressed that if production fails to keep pace with demand, all at us could be caught up in a tornado of inflation—the vicious "boom and bust” spiral* Furthermore, the threat at com munism and other storm-clouds had also darkened our outlook for the nearby nineteen-fifties. Therefore, I had been distressed for sometime by the "take it easy” attitude at our people. My trip of the past few weeto has changed my attitude and strengthen ed my faith. I found that President Truman—with that speech—pepped up the natiMfc I found farmers, ranchers, merchants, manufacturers, and even hard-boiled bankers in a new and better mpod. They, like myself, are mre hopeful than for two years. Need of More Capital I am. heartily in accord with the growing conviction that a great de mand of the period next ahead win be a universal desire and need for more capital. Not even the impene trable Iron. Curtain can conceal the fact that Russians, Americana and all other divisions of the globe are subject .to the same Iron Law! Namely: Peqple cannot keep‘on. for ever consuming and/or exporting more than they produce. It is the old axiom of “Root, hog, or die.” It matters little in what part of the world you set the pig trough. Yet capital cannot be manufactured by your^ocal banker. It must be sav ed by you and me. Hence, in this old-new world of ours today, we have the ironic sit uation that the UNWED States, the UNITED Kingdom and the U. S. S. R., tomorrow will be united in their common need for capital. How on earth is humanity—whether East or West—to get this capital, this life blood of the world’s economic fu ture? Only by all of us producing more than w^, consume, and allow ing the surplus to accomMate. Eve ryone in business these dayB 4s in the same boat, eager to get more capital, in one form or another. It is the common story, from whole saler to retailer, from Maine to Cal ifornia; from Moscow, U. S. S. R., to Washington, D. C. Who Among Us Are Producers? Another thing: We must not ac cept the economic truth that in a period of prosperity people will not be content with a mere “something to eat” Alert and informed fami lies will ask more about the nut -ional values of the soils where their goods are grown. Hence, i edict that housewives of the “fif ,„is? will become students of the principle that good foods originate in good soils. The agriculture of the “fifties” will tend toward a combine important new inventions ready to C°The°ndaT binning when *■ shall classify as “producers” not and ability to the other good things, they are to be had only if we are willing to pay the price. Looking forward to the potential prosperity of the nineteen fifties, tiie price-tag is marked in bold letters for aQ to read. It says: We all must produce more and save more. Here, then is the neighborly advice which I am giving—-and try ing to take myself. Do not. look backward upon things-as-they-were, however preci ous the memories, nor struggle to keep things-as-they-are. Rather, let’s all unite to create new highs in living standards, including stand ards both material and spiritual. .Work and faith are the first and final securities. If we put those first things first, the nineteen-fifties can be good to us all and we can forget “boom and bust” for awhile at least. ELECTION OF OFFICERS, STYLE SHOW FEATURE P. T. A. MEETING A report from the nominating committee and a fashion show giv en by Miss Roth Ruber’s home eco nomics classes were features of the April Parent-Teacher Association meeting Thursday afternoon in Per kins' hall. The new officers follow: Mrs. J. W. Miller, president; Mrs.' H. D. Johnson, vice president; Miss Anne L. Jones, secretary; Mrs. I* P. Thomas, treasurer. Mrs. Johnson read revised by-laws of the organization,' which were .adopted. An invitation from the Girl Scoots to attend the May day fete on the school campus Wednes day afternoon was extended by Mrs. George Farr. -Announcements regarding com mencement were, made by Principal Sam D. Bundy. Mm. Marjorie Gas kin’s fourth grade was winner of the room roll call for the third time this year. ♦People get out of life what they put into it or they reap in propor tion to what they sow, reminded Rev. E, W. Holmes, who based the devotional on Galatians 6 and Corin thians 2. - Sixty girls, students, of Miss Bar ker, modeled beqchwear, school dress es, “date dresses and suits. Hazel Garris portrayed the old woman who lived in a shoe and Marie Gannon, as narrator, gave a parody hosed on this nursery rhyme. Pianists were Pat Corbett and Ann Bynum. Mrs. Moye Heads Christian Council Mrs. Howard Moye was chosen to serve as president of the Woman’s council for the cojnin? year, which begins in June, at the Monday after noon meeeting of this organization. Other officers, nominated by a com mittee and accepted by the Council, are: Mrs. Clarence Moye of Maury, vice president; Mm J. O. Pollard, treasurer; Mrs. T. R. Mizelle, world call secretary; Mrs. Cox, librarian; Mrs. Archie Cayton, chairman of Group 4. The president, Mrs. Ted Albritton, thanked the members for their co operation during the'past two years in a brief talk prior to_the program, which was in charge of Mrs. Arch Flanagan. Misses Gayle Flanagan and Ann Bynum conducted the devo tional, the theme of which was co a talk. “Open My Eyes” was the opening hymn and adjournment was by the CITIZENS OP TOMORROW J. M. Broughton, former governor of North Carolina, will address the Farmviile Rotary and Kiwanis chibs Monday evening at 6:30. The time of the meeting has been advanced one-half hoar to avoid p conflict with the revival services at the Methodist church. Members of the clubs have invited mamr outsiders to come in at 7 o’ clock to hear Mr. Broughton. 1 At The Kiwanis Club “Champions night" was observed at the Stantonsburg school lunchroom Tuesday night when the Kiwanis clubs of Farmviile and Stantonsburg, winners last year in their respective classes, held a joint meeting. Jade LeGrande of Wilmington, lieutenant-governor of the Seventh Division, talked on* the work of the division and lauded the two dubs for their excellent records in 1947. ■ Farmville led the division for clubs in the 25-50 member class and Stan tonburg walked away with honors in the group of clubs having less than 25' members. These honors covered the entire district which embraces North and South Carolina. Alex Allen, Famville’s president in 1947, was awarded a certificate and the former president of the host dub received a certificate likewise. Twenty-seven members of the lo cal club attended. COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL SCHOOL FIXED Rev. W. W. Hamilton, paste* of the Washington Baptist church, will preach the baccalaureate sermon in Farmville high school on Sunday night, May 16, at 8 o’clock. The remainder of the commence ment schedule follows: Monday, May 17—Piano recital by elementary school pupils. Thursday, May 20—Piano recital by high school. Friday, May 21—Graduating exer cises and commencement address by Dr. J. X. Long, registrar, East Car olina Teachers College, Greenville. All of these exercises will begin at 8 o’clock. School will officially close' Satur day, May 22, GIRL SCOUTS HOLD MAT DAT FETE Impressive May day exercises at which Miss Connie Rollins, member of Girl Scout Troop 1, was crowned queen were held on the front campus of the school building Wednesday afternoon at 3:30. Miss Peggy Bur gess was maid of honor. The qu'mn, and her attendants carried bouquets of mixed flowers. Red roses formed a background for the throne which was placed at the top of the front steps. Ladies of the court, who were at tired in pastel evening dresses and who are. members of the queen’s troop, were Misses Ann and Jean By num, Dot and Rae Hathaway, Carol and Gaye Pfppin, Dora Mae Barrett, Nancy I<u Moore, Gayle Flanagan, Ruthe Tyson, Dot Lucas, Margaret Andrews, Miriam Sutton, Julia Sat terthwaite, Margie Lilly and Nancy Kittrell. | The flower gins were Henri rerle Johnson and Kay Guthrie. Linda Corbett and Eleanor Glynn Newton were pages. . -s. J Furnishing entertainment for the court were the spirit of spring, Dot dee Jones, who crowned the queen; heralds of spring, Betsy Ann King and Ann Melton; spring fairy, Jeanie Farr; and the court jester, Nan wil liams. A Hansel and Gretal panto mine was given with Faye Mewbom as Hansel. Lou Taylor Lewis as Gre tal, Mary Frances Joyner as the sand man and Carolyn Roebuck as the witch. , Gingerbread children were Mary Ellen Dali, Ann Morgan, Sue Flana gan, Ann Pollard, Clara Belle Flana gan, Theodora Albritton, Norris Spen ce, Lillie Little, Sandra Wainwright, Janet Harris, Sybil Crumpler and Ann Murphy. Marcia Forbes, Martha Holmes, Jane Russell, Doris Wilkerson, Jean Cayton, Jessie Mac Carraway, Jean Moore, Shirley Newton, Grace Miller, tterthwiiite. « Mb.* itt, Marion PI .'itt Su At The Rotary Club Bill Rogers, of Raleigh, who is connected with the State Highway Engineering Department, gave a sta tistical report, on maintenance of roads in North Carolina since the Highway Commission was organized in 1921 at the Rotary Club Tuesday evening. Dr. Paul E. Jones intro duced the guest speaker. Frank Williams drew the attend ance prize. Visitors were Rotarian Randolph Eagles, of Crisp, and J. P. Jones, new manager of Rose’s. Pitt Clubs Observe Husbands’ Night Sam D. Bundy, principal of Farm ville high school addressed the Pitt County Federation of Home Demon stration clubs at the annual husbands’ night held in Greenville Woman’s club Tuesday evening. Members hnd their .husbands from the 21 clubs attended as a part of the celebration of National Home De monstration chib week. Mrs. Jasper-Morgan of the Seven Pines club is secretary for the coun ty council. An exhibit in the Farmville Furni ture company window, prepared by the Farmville club, shows homemade slipcovers and refinished book cases and table. ' LOCALS DEFEAT SARATOGA 8-3; PLAY ELM CITY SATURDAY Arthur Wood pitched Farmville to an 8-3 victory over Saratoga in the Farmville stadium Sunday afternoon. Shirley relieved Wood in the seventh inning with the bases loaded and staved off a Saratoga rally by fan ning three men in succession. Pierce caught for Farmville.^ Ham, Stell and Carraway played in the outfield for Farmville and also had a good day at the plate. The locals play Elm City Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock here and the same two teams play Sunday at Ehn City. In other Bright Leaf League tilts, Macclesfield plays South Edgecombe gt South Edgecombe Saturday and at Macclesfield Sunday. Walston butg plays at Saratoga Saturday and at Walstonburg Sunday. '■.*->■» INDY RE-ELECTED HEAD OP FARMVILLE SCHOOLS At a meeting .of ,the Farmville school board last week, Sara D.“Bun dy was re-elicted as principal of 1he school for the second yean. ; i Members of the faculty re-elected Hardy and Mariah grades; Mrs. Marjorie Gaskins and Mrs. Joe Batchelor, fourth grades; Thomas Herman Rouse, Jr, of the Marine Corps, the last man from the FarmviHe community who gave his life'in World War II, will be the first to coifte bade. ; t Funeral services for the 21-year old serviceman, who was killed on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1946, the first day of the brutal, driving offen sive that broke the back of the Ja panese Empire and hastened tl*e close of the conflict, will be held this after noon (Friday) at 3:80 in the Farm ville Funeral Home. Rev. Edwin Coates, Jr, pastor of the Farmville Presbyterian church, will have charge of the service- Assisting »will be Rev. Z. B. T. Cox, Christian pastor and a former chaplain. Interment will be in Hollywood cemetery. Military rites wil be observed at the grave, with members of the two veterans’ organi sations—the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars—officiat ing. x §|. Rouse, fatally wounded exactly one year and three months from the day he volunteered on November 19, 1948, was the son of T. H. and Blanche Lewis Rouse of Farmville. Surviving are two brothers, Ben L, an honor student at the University of North Carolina, and Robert L, of Norfolk; and five sisters, Mrs. Wiliam Hen derson and Mrs. E. L. Jones of Nor folk, Mary Ann, MitHe Baker and Eva Boston Rouse, ail of the home. The serviceman’s body arrived in Wilson Wednesday afternoon and was met at the train by a long motorcade of Farmville citizens who were anx ious to pay their respects te a man who, in one sense of the word, repre sents all the gallant men whose blood was spilled on foreign soil in defense of their homefolks. Mayor J. W- Joy ner has asked all Farmvila business houses to remain closed during the rites this afternoon. Decision of the parents to request that the young man be returned to his native community for its final resting place was influenced by tee fact that the body was being moved from the original cemetery on Iwo Jima and would have been re-interred , in a military reservation on another Pacific island had it not been return ed to the United States. The remains of the young Marine arrived in San Francisco on March 20, aboard the ship, the Walter S. Schwenk. He was a member of tee 26th battalion, Fifth Marine Division, and was in the third assault wave that landed on Iwo Jima. His memory has been, honored by members of the VFW, who named (heir post the Bumette-Roase, in hon or of the first and last serviceman from this community killed in the war. He trained at Paris Island, Soujh Carolina, Camp* LeJeune, Gamp Pen dleton, Calif, and was in Hawaii be before the final invasion. Active pallbearers will be Wallace Barrett of Farmville, Earl Reddick of Kinston, Ralph Brake, Jr., of Battle boro, Robert D. Rouse, Jr., and Har old F. Route of Farmville, Robert Nethercutt and Laurence Nethereutt of Hookerton and R. R. Newton, Jr., of Farmville. Honorary pallbearers will be mem bers of the two service organizations. The firing squad will be composed of Harry D. May, leader, Robert N. Darden, Clarence Davis, Herbert P. Norman, Herbert Moore, J. E. For rest, Henry Owens, Warren Gurganus and Joe H. Bynum, Jr. A. F. Joyner, Jr., will be the bug ler. Chamber The following new directors for, the serve for the 1948-49 term: Hal Win ders, P. K. Ewell, John B. Lewis, Ir vin Morgan, Jr., Roland Lang, Jr., W. T .Smith, James B. Hockaday, C. Hu bert Joyner and W. C. Garner. . At the directors’ meeting Tuesday fir. Gamer was chosen president and Mr. Hockaday, vice president will remain on the board as an Secretary Joe F. Gregory. Jr., and John Council Parked a director of the State Merchants Association, aw.
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