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FA3MVILLE, PITT COUNTY. NOSTfl
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Mrs. W. J. Rolins, who is affec
tionately known as “Mammy” Rol
lins, was honored at a birthday din
ner Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. R. Le-'
Roy Rollins and Mr. and Mrs. M. W.
Rollins at the home of the latter.
Mrs. Rollins was 81 August 4.
A barbecued chicken dinner was
served picnic style on the laws to
25 guests. Attending from out of
town were Mrs. Mattie Swain and
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Swain and son,
Charles, of Plymouth, Wiley Dildy of
Jacksonville and Tommy Rollins of
Wilson.
Five of her six children who are
living were present. They were Mrs.
Mattie Swain, Mrs. Bennett R. Fields,
LeRof, Rufus and M. W. Rollins. The
other son, Clinton of Raleigh, was
on the Georgia tobacco market and
his family was unable to attend on
account of the polio epidemic.
aitill active and,spry, Mrs. Rollins
does her own cooking and housework,
raises 15 to 20 fryers and some lay
ers the year round, works some with
flowers and finds time to piece quilts
and sew. One of her birthday gifts
was a length of dress material, which
the giver told her she would get
someone to make into a dress. Mrs.
Rollins insisted that would not be ne
cessary since die still can make most
of her clothes.
Her sight permits her to go with
out glasses except when she iB work
ing or sewing and she has a good
laugh when people talk about false
teeth, never having worn them her
self.
Baby quilts made from scraps two
to three inches large are a specialty.
Each ngw haby in the (famfly or
neighborhood becomes the proud own
er of one of “Mammy” Rollins’
quilts. Although She has never kept
an account of the number of quilt
covers made, her skillful fingers have
turned out 200 or more. She has
completed 20 for one family here.
Some time ago she stopped crochet
ing and knitting since they require
observation of each stitch. Sewing,
she explains, does not necessitate
looking at it all the time.
Born on a farm near Bethel, the
daughter of George and Addie H.
House, Addie House lived there until
her marriage to W. J. Rollins, a saw
mill operator, on May 30, 1883. A
friend once compared Methodist
preachers to saw mill operators, say
ing that they never' knew one
year where they might be next year.
Until they moved to FaTmville in
January,* 1911, those lines could have
been applied to the Rollinses since
Greenville, Pollocksville, Bethel and
other towns had been their resi
dence.
For a time Mr. Rollins operated a
saw mill here at the intersection of
the Norfolk and Southern and the
East Carolina railroad tracks, and
later he managed a lumber yard un
til poor health forced him to retire.
He died in 1935.
Her memory is very keen and she
vividly recalls the hardships of the
reconstruction period in Which she
was bora. At that time people did.
not realize the hardships which they
were undergoing but looking back in
later years Mrs. Rollins says, they
could see them. Money was pitifully
scarce. Her grandmother kept a
chestful of Confederate money, per
haps thinking, as a number of other
citizens did, that it would eventually
come into use again.
With stores full of ready-made
clothes and piece goods, it is diffi
cult now to understand how dear and
valuable even a calico dress was. In
the "60’s it was customary for several
friends and relatives to each give a
new baby a name and a dress.
Speaking of spinning, the octogen
arian says she was not very Rood in
this work but did learn to make plow
lines and ropes for other farm uses.
The first sewing machine in Hie com
munity was owned by her mothen R
Anita Simonis of New York, member of the U. S. Olympic women’s
gymnastic telm, strikes a graceful pose under the watchful eyes
of Coach Roberta Bonniwell of Philadelphia. Other members of
the team look on during training session at the Southlands College
Women’s Center, London.
At The Kiwanis Club
Judge Walter Sheppard, of Snow
Hill, a former resident of Farmville
and one who is still considered as be
longing to this community, gave an
excellent talk on Communism Mon
day night when he addressed the Ki
wanis club as .the guest of Seth Bar
row, who had charge of the pro
gram. '
Introduced by Sam D. Bundy, Mr.
Sheppard reviewed the history, of
Communism, stating that it was
founded in 1848 by Karl Marx, whose
“Communist Manifesto” was the -text
book of Communism until Lenin and,
Stalin modified the meaning of Com
munism about 30 years ago.
The speaker analyzed the meaning ,
of Communism and, without any high
pressure talk or propaganda, outlm- J
ed the threat to- this countary of the
Soviet-inspired doctrine.
Dr. D. L. Moore of Greenville was,
a visiting Kiwanian. Tommy Lang I
was the guest of Etemice Turpage. j
John Parker, vice president, gave
an account of the divisonai meeting
at Wrightsviile Beach last Friday.!
Farmville was represented by 13
members and had the largest num
ber of any club in the division with.1
the exception of Wilmington. Those
in attendance were: Louis Williams,
John Parker, Hubert Joyner, - Edgar
Barrett, Dr. Frank Harris, Pratt Gas
kins, George Allen, Lewis Allen, Ted
Albritton, Seth Barrow, Ernest Pet
teway, Sam Bundy and Jim Hoeka
day.
MISS RUTH PARKER ATTENDS
CONFERENCE OF TEACHERS
Miss Ruth Parker, a member of the
Farmville high school faculty, was
among the more than 100 vocational
home economics teachers from the
eastern part of the state who met in,
Greenville last week for their annual
conference. '
An outstanding personality of the
meeting was the guest speaker, Dr.
Edgar Fmck, superintendent, of
Tom’s River Sjchool in Now Jersey,
school in family life edncation,for
which Tom’s River has received much
recognition. ^ : - i ''
Many phases of the home econo
mics program \
much valuable information was
tained hy all who attended
polka and waltz were popular and a
long with the others of that time
Mrs. Rollins became fend of the pol
ka. If her muscles would allow, she
would still dance today.
Pour gates which open from neigh
bors’ yards into here attest "some
thing of Mrs. Rollins' neighborliness.
Her neighbors drop in at any time
and always find her with a .minute to
Band Committee Is
Seeking Instruments
The committee in charge of mak
ing plana for the establishment of a
band in the Farmville school met in
the municipal building Monday night,
( appointed a committee to make a
survey of -what instruments will be
made available by local citizens, and
decided to ask each of the 17 orga
nizations participating in the move
ment how much they can contribute.
After this has been done, private
solicitation will be made to raise the
remainder of the funds required for
the band. '
| $5,<M>0 has been set as the mini
mum non needed.
Bill Gamer was named chairman of
the committee which will obtain the
instruments, Sam Bundy and - Curds
| Flanagan are serving with him on
' the committee.
FIVE PERMITS ISSUED IN
1 JULY FOR BUILDING HOMES
Permits for the construction of
five new residences were issued last
month her the town clerk’s office.
Permits a«_ follows were issued:
Herbert M. Moore, residence, $3,000;
Willie Gray , Allen, Jr., residence,
$3,500; Mrs, Albert Lewis, beauty
parlor and storage room, $2,000; Car
roll HD. Oglesby, residence, $2,000;
Johnnie Blalock, residence, $2,000;
Joe F. Gregory, residence, $4^000.- :
June permits were as follows:
Edison Moore, residence, $10,000;
R. B. Fields, private garage and store
I room', $400; Mrs. Ruth K. Johnson,
rebuilding shop, $2,000; Bennett Gor
ham, residence, $300; Chandler's,
Inc., remodeling store, $805.60; W. T.
Hobgood, residence, $5,000.
m*a, Gal!
Mm. R. L. Price of Rocky Mount,
and Mrs. J. L. Peele, Miss Emms
Dozier and Miss Nannie Pat Dozier
of Fountain.
Farmville, In Fourth
Place, Plays League
Leaders, this Week
'Frank Pearce’s single in the top
half of the ninth inning drove in two
runs and gave Farmville a 6-4 victory
over Pinetops, in a Bright Belt league
game played Saturday 'afternoon in
Pinetops.
Sunday’s game between the same
two teams was called in the "fourth
inning on account of rain. Farmville,
at that time, was leading 2-0.
. Farmville, now in fourth place,
will have a chance this week end to
close the gap between fourth and top
places. The locals play Macclesfield,
league leader, hue Saturday and at
Macclesfield Sunday;
League standings mtt
Team W L Pet.
Shirley, who pitched Saturday’s
victory, leads the huriers with eigflit
victories against two defeats. Stell
has one victory to his credit; Mew
bom, four victories and three losses;
Bouse, one and one; and Fulp, ho
wins against three defeats..
Ham, who had four hits in the
Saturday game, led the betters with
an average of .848. Other batting
averages are: Wheeler, .804; Corbitt,
.800; SteH, .296; Shirley, .294; Reg
ans, .278; Beamon, .264; Pearce,
.248; Wood, 239; Fulp, .281; Mew
bora, 214; Morgan, .090.
Farmville
Walstonburg
Elm City
Macclesfield
Pinetops
Saratoga
28 9 .742
19 11 .633
17 IS .587
17 14 .848
10 23 .803
8 24 380
Tobacco bam fires in North Caro
lina last year destroyed 688 barns
containing 636,827 sticks of tobacco
at a loss to grower of more than one
million dollars, according to tt R.
Bennett, tobacco specialist for the
State College Extension Service.
The figures were taken from the
Tobacco Barn Fire Loss Summary,"
which was recently completed gnd
printed by the Extension Service. -In
bams were burned at a cost to tbs
growers of slightly more than two
million dollam. ' f V |
The summary, now available to the
public in printed fonh, is a result’of
reports obtained directly from county
agents in the counties where bams
were butted. Visits to individual
farms provided information as to the
16 years old.
The swimming pool and play
ground in Fartnville were dosed last
week. The reereation center at the
playground, operated by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, has also been
dosed. |
The theater has not dosed its doors
to those under 16. The Ministerial
association has taken no action on re
stricting attendance at Sunday School
since three members of the associa
tion are out of town.
Host parents, however, are keeping
their children confined to their home
neighborhood or are preventing them
from making any new contacts.
PRODUCTION OF HOGS
OFFERS GOOD PROFITS
At The Rotary Chib
Manly Lilas had charge, of the
program at the Rotary dub Tuesday
night and made a talk on the income
tax law, explaining benefits individu
als would receive under the 1948
law.
It was decided to hold the next
meeting at Camp Charles near Bailey
and to invite the Rotary Anns. Ro
tarians and their wives are request
ed to assemble at the school build
ing August 18 at 6 o'clock.
The attendance prixe, given by 0.
G. Spell, was won by C. L. Langley.
North Carolina farmers seeking
an additional Source of income'might
well consider heg production, believes
Moyle S. Williams, farm manage
ment specialist at State College, who
say* the price outlook is very favor
able and the prospect fbr Increased
feed supplies axe very strong.
Mr. Williams said that according to
the Bureau of Agricultural Econo
mics, the 1948 spring pig crop total
ed about 61 million head, 3 per cent
Mbs than in 1947 and rim smallest
since 1941. Prospects indicate small
er 1948 fall pig crop.
The form management specialist
said hog prices have been low as com
pared with cattle prices: But it ap
pears likely, he continue^ that hog
prieec will advance relative to cattle
in the next few months, as cattfa
slaughter iniaeases and liog slaugh
ter declines seasonally. 1
Pointing out that com yields in,
North Carolina have jumped consid
ersMy in the pact five years, Mr.
v*ys to market
rh hogs, provided the
. ‘SveT£led to
thfey should be
of the small number of ‘
an average of at least eight pigs say
slid -this
" the toe
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A confessed partner in the kill
ing of six persons during a two
weeks’ crime orgy in Ohio and
Michigan, Robert M. Daniels
smirks in his Celina, Ohio, jail
cell, and boasts, "X got my share
(of the victims),” “Gee, I’m fa- :
mous,” and “Come to my last
supper, fellas; 111 show you how
to eat" Daniels’ partner in the
brutal mChders, John C. West, %
22, was shot to death at a road
block near Van Wert, Ohio,
when police intercepted an
auto-carrier truck the pair had
stolen after shooting the driver
in cold blood. Crudest act of
the “mad-dog” pair was the
grudge-killing of Ohio prison
farm superintendent John Nie
bd, his wife and daughter at
Mansfield, Ohio. Both criminals
were parolees of the Mansfield
reformatory. “Give me credit
for the Niebels,” Daniels boasted
, - to newsmen.
Kiwards Club Names
Carnival Committee
John CounciT Barker has been ap
pointed to head the steering commit
tee which will have charge of the
Kiwanis Carnival, the fun-frolic the
< local clubs sponsors each fall to add
to its scholarship fond. 1
From this fund, loans are made to
worthy students who desire a college
education but who1 are unable to ob
tain one without outside financial as
sistance.
Others appointed to serve on the
committee with Chairman Parker are
Pratt Gaskins, Frank Allen, George
Allen and Hubert Joyner.
ANNOUNCEMENTS ISSUED
The following announcements have
been received here: .
"Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reid White
announce the marriage of th&r
daughter, Jessie Reid, to Mr. Milton
Lyman Eason, junior, Wednesday, Hie
fourth of August, nineteen hundred
and forty-eight, ? Christian Church,
Williamston, North Carolina;' tj
The newly-weds will reside in
FarmvillA '“V
Let Us Spray
Dhiyw J. W. Joyner sayn he be- ;
Hevai that meet of the ! places in
and around town which make good
breeding places for flies and other
hweets have hem sprayed with
DDT bUt he asks thatcttfaans re
port to hist Hie leeatton of any bad
spots that might need the sprpy.
The town |s4^e$ryfctoi*>
its powerj(» ftwatf anmrtbreak
of poUo, «nd#ayor Joyner says
spray campaign was planned long
before the epidemic. ;
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Coming events oast their shadows
before.... This is the sincere hope of ,
those in the community who
welcomed the news that border mar
kets opened with record
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prices being paid for -
same people remember that the -
ing date in the Eastern North Caro
lina belt is less than, two weeks a
are
working fever
ishly jo get their houses in tiptop
dope for the opening auction on
Thursday, August 10, and growers
are striving anxiously to have a part
of their coop .eady for the “great
day.” Sales, however; will be light
for at least, two weeks after the local
market opens.
JThe trend toward record breaking
prices begin two weeks ago when
sales were started on the Georgia pod
Florida markets. It continued north
ward, and those who know something
of tobacco marketing problems see
nothing within the immediate future
to stem the high price tide.
Between four and five million
pounds were sold on border markets
Tuesday, with the bulk of the offer
ings ranging in price from $55 to $65
per hundred pounds.
On opening day last year the same
markets sold four million pounds fox
an average of $48.88 per hundred.
The season’s average, however, nose
dived to $42.47.
Inferior and medium grades pre
dominated on all warehouse floors
and prices on these grades topped afi
marks in many years.
Another encouraging feature of the
opening was the presence of export
buyers, whose withdrawal last year
was partly responsible for the mid
season slump in averages. Bulk of
the purchases were the result Of brisk
bidding throughout the 'day by do
mestic buyers.
Costs of producing the crop hit an
all-time high this season, but most
farmers believe the total income this
year will approach last year's, despite
the acreage cut of 28 per cent and
dry weather in May a$d June that
prevented the golden weed from
growing as it should.
Few piles were bought by the Siue
jCured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilisa
tion Corporation and farmers gen
erally appeared satisfied with prices
the money crop was bringing. ■ -' ,
W. P. Hedrick, tobacco marketing
specialist of the State Department of
Agriculture, said he was surprised at
the heavy offering of poor quality
tobacco. >'
* Growers ip Hus section can profit
byanother of the observations by Mr
Hedrick, who state
duced their income by not
green tobacco from being mixed with
the better grades. 4
The United States and North Cm
plina Departments of Agriculture re
port most gains were $4.00 and $8.00
I on the various grades. The
[increases were for greenish
up $10.00, fair green lugs, up to
$10.50, and low lemon and. orange
lugs, up $11.00 and $15.00. The small
est advance was, foripoorest thin non
which increased only $U»0.
prices rang^framl&OO a
hundred pounds for poorest thin non
descript, which carries no support
price, to $70.00 a hundred pounds for
fine lepion cutters.
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MEETING
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The Farmville , | x
church, of which jt. j JHH
ec, will hold its . August , quarterly
. meeting Saturday and Sunday. Ser
[wees begin at 11 ,o'cleck. v,:;a
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