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♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ -r#-' 1 -- «TT COUNIT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST *8, IMS i=s===^===s==:.. ^*rkwg«$ii..xixsrii'-*'..>■' iPpi ■)<!; . 'in? —■jinli ■ NUMBER FIFTEEN County Welfare Department to the Board of County Commissioners and Wdfcre Board at the end of the fis cal year on June 30 reflects consider able changes. Significant was the to tal number of persons given servlet ' Since Pitt county does not have a 'sanatorium, all tubercular patients’go outside fire county for treatment Service was rendered 60 different tuberculosis patients during the year, and in no month were there less than , 30 patients under treatment. Persons on parole note' the eyes of the department numbered 48 and in no given month were more than 32 parolees repotting to the depart ment. They report path'-month to give an account of their'conduct and work record. Ninety-three budgets were prepar ed for the Vocational Rehabilitation Department on persons determined eligible for the assistance. Considerable service in connection with the blind and persons with de fective vision was rendered. 102 pairs of glasses were provided, 40 for adults and 62 lor cnuarem. ine riu Comity. Association for the Wind has been very active and cooperative in all matters related to the work with and for the blind and those with de fective vision. The department has a large service case load with individual children. Adoptions, cases of juvenilis delin quency, neglect ami dependency. Most of this work is done in coopera tion with the lodge of the Juvenile Court, D. T. House. A total of 125 children were serviced during the year. 198 state labor certificates were issued to minors under 18 en tering public employment. Arrange ments were made for 216 persons to receive hospital treatment. In this, work the cost of, medical care in hos pitals has doubled during the past three yearn. The work with mentally Sick for state hospitals numbered 99. Pitt county home continues to’be yw^ififatined with a small number of inmates, the average for the year be ing 20 per month. In the realm of the pnhpft, assist ance program, financed mainly by the Federal .government with State and county units Staring in the the expense of administering and super vising, the social changes are remark able. 225 new applications for Old Age AssistMmce-were received, .with 94 cases closed, 66 of whom died. On Jjjly l, 1948, there were 150 more re cipients of Old-Age Assistance than than there were on'July 1,1947. The average number of recipients for the year is 25 with an average grant cf $16.25. 128 applications for Aid to uepen dent Children were recommended and 55' eases were cancelled. The num ber receiving . assistance here in creased about one-third above the previous four-yes* average. An average monthly check of $31 was sent to an average of 120 families. The Aid to the Blind program dMtas 28 applicants with 21 eases cancelled, an average grant of $24 a month going to an, average off H pertains. ' There has, been a considerable in -crease in the number , of applications made to the Welfare Department hi the year for various types of ser vice. Service -to the courts indicates that more than 50 open aceounts |n money exchange, stowing receipts and disbursements, running above $1,000 a month. ■ The Superintendent of Public Wel fare, TL T. Futreil,, who is completing his ,28th year, states tfaathisdepart ment has enjoyed splendid coopera tion from the general ,pnJ>Uc, ciaas, hospitals and pofcllc officials. Civic clubs in the cOunty hsve con tributed both services and finances to many cases referred to therm. . . During the pgst tw, ■ btahy staff dicap. It is toped that tite depart ment may within the near futare get additional office space, whi& will Blake it possible for the department to reader the public a" more efficient Two-year-old Larry CabreUI. dada a i ball jerseys and helmets of fhe at Saranac Lake, N. Y. The No__ gridiron by his pop, anex-Eagleplayer, now ■ ■ Interesting News Items From Ballard^s T. , On last. Friday evening Mrs.'Henry G. Duhn entertained at a miscellan eous shower honoring Mrs. Bill Cay ton, a bride of recent months. Around 30 guests were present for the occasion and Mrs. Cayton re ceived many lovely and useful gifts, After the gifts were opened," tSe hostess served delicious refreshments. Mrs; H. L. Gibson of Omiondsville was a guest of her-sister, Mrs, j. F. Moye, Sunday. Edwin Tyson of Beaufort spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Tyson. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Flanagan of Farmville visited in the home of Mrs. Annie Flanagan Sunday, Misses Marianna and Corinne Hol loway and their brother, Louis, were guests of Miss ‘’Doris WOolard in Washington Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Worthington, of Stokes visited their father, Mr. 'Tob Worthington, last wdtek. \ ‘ Friends of Mr. J.'SfEiks will he glr.d to know that he is improving from a recant.illness. | James Futfor of AsheviHe was * v eek end guest in the home °f Mr. a id Mrs. Elbert M. Tyson. • Mr. and Mrs. Ray Crawford, Mrs. Josie Mc\r hur and Mrs. Gilmer, Nichols visited Ctn les McArthur in a Raleigi lmapiui! Tuesday. Mr. aqd Mrs. J. 0. Pollard and son, Bill, were Sunday guests of Mr$. Mamie R. Holloway. Mr. and Mrs- G. T. Tyson, Misis Edith Tyson ami. Durward , Tyson were guests of relatives in Gates county Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leyi Bfcaxton we* Tarboro mid Rocky Mount visitors sunaay. Hiss Doris Woolaid of Washington and Willis Vandiford were guests of Miss Corinne Holloway Friday, Mr. and Mrs. It T, Norvffle of Rarmville visited Mri Tob Worthing ton last week. .. Mr*. 'Ray Hart and daughters, Ha gar and Mrs. j. S’. Moye, wCre Or mondsville visitors la^t Sunday, - Miss Letha Tyson spent last Fri day night with relatives in Farntville. Mr. and Mrs. Bill CSyton of Ay den were guests of Mrs. Caytori’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dunn, Sunday. „ \ Miss Mary Elizabeth Nichols has accepted a secretarial position, with the Wade$bor« Motor Lines, Die., in Charlotte. /. , . ’ Rob Anderson of Nashville visited his sister, Mrs. Verna Joyner, Sun day.' ■ • ' " •' ' ' '/ Mr. and Mrs. Leon Flanagan.' of e Ruth Heltowoy, . ac Mrs- L. E. Tumage and Carroll of' Hollywood Mass Annie Community, visited Mrs. W. A. Pol Warehousemen Pledge | Selves To Protect - Farmers^ Interests Representatives of 72 of the 77 warehouse fij^ps in the Eastern Ca rolina Warehouse Association, whose markets opened yesterday, attended the g!*(dp> yeaife; pre-season meet ing August 18 in Srisenville. lire group accepted the current Stabilization Corporation contract, covering the government's guarantee of at least 90 pet cent -of parity for flue-cured tobaccopn the market. P. S. Royster, HendeWoh, president of the Bright Belt Warehouse Associa tion, and h. T. Weeks, Raleigh, man ager, Flue-Cured Tobacco Coopera tive Stabilisation Corporation, ex plained the contract in fulL Royster also outlined as adopted' by ' Cured Marketing > J. Con lanier, the Leaf Export and the Tdbaeee United States, ‘ regulations eottnsel for Association of the that the warehousemen supply buyers With, in formation on'the^Stabilization or gup port price whenever it final bid on a pile of tobacco is one bid less thati the. advance (Support} ratp. -The As sbciation agreed, in accordance with the contract, which guarantees the buyer such information. Lanier also'suggested that when a buyer’s final bid is the same as the support price, the tobacco should gov to the buyer rather than to Stabiliza tion. However, the contract calls for buyers to bid at least one bid above the support price in order to obtain a pRe_ of tobacco, and the Associa tion, voted unanimously to abide by. tcrms of the contract, * “We feei sure'that this, great to bacco program,'” tataier said, “will have a better chance of continuing if we can go before the next Congress with a small amount of tobacco in Stabilization stocks, rather than a lot, which ties up large gums of gov **&£&£*; —^ ■wan* replied that: ' “It would be suicidal to us as a gents of the farmers to agree with tiie proposed change. By telling the buyers the support price, we will be proving more money for thefarm er. But, as representatives or the farmer, if we agreed to sell his to bacco at, say, 60 cents, when he coiild get 61 cents, it would be disastrous.” v Fbrmdr Governor J. M. Broughton, general counsel, for the Bright Belt Warehuse Association, said: “The established balance between supply and demand has resulted in a satisfactory price to the farmer. The farmer will likely receive this year for his reduced Acreage substan tially as much, in the aggregate, as crAs entitled to a fair price for his BoySter aad ^amee T. Keel, Oreen along. Colors law, Mrs. Lawrence Write, after she had finished all the work on head. This hobby, which .she now callt her work since she hs^jftired from active honMhiri^Mi^jMan&d about 10 pears ago. Visiting in the western part of the state, she noticed a rug in' two or three solid colors on the floor of her hostess’ home'but thought it was purchased at a store. me Hostess cartes Her attention to the rug and turned it .over to "show Mrs. White it was hand-made. 1 After returning home Bra. White began thinking about the rug and decided to try mating one, although she had *> directions nor had she seen anyone making % rug.. The first one did nbtg|urh out too weU, but she continued working on them until her rugs became more professional look ink* . , Either new or used materials, cut into strips about three-fourths of. an inch wide so that they are still join ed together, are used. The Strips are wound into balls. A crochet hook is used to push the material through the bag. Loops stand .up about one half inch on top. Instead of knotting or sewing -one color to the neat when it gives out, she pulls the end through to the top and begins tiie next one in the same hole. Other favorite pastimes for the ryfint fi*rr xmiy nfr leadimtind listen* ing to tiie radioj, Glasses as her children laughingly toll on .her, are worn when she has eompanydr dress es up. After an illness two yean ago, she was unable to secure hew glasses for clone work that would aid her* pyes. She goes without them most .of the time. Mrs. White cannot recall doing so, but 'afcya her mother told her she made a quilt when she was five years old. Quite likely she thinks she' must have had plenty of help. M addi tion to having made a number of quilts, $he has crocheted several bed spreads and smaller pieces. At the age of nine months the hooked rug enthusiast,, who wdq, then Ida Erwin, came in a covered wagon to fttt county. She was born in Concord, hut her grandparents’ farm was not large enough for all the children to comfortably make a liv • . w.i At- _ J t. ^_£ •_ that Pitt county had fine harming tend. After Waking a trip on horse back to see for himself, he darned the goddnerws that the rumors were true. Along with her family came her grandmother and ah aunt and unde on her mother’s side and an aunt and uncle on her father's side to settle ia thp'East. Ida’s . father bought a, farm which' was across the road from the former Harvey’s dairy on the GreenvQle-Winterville high way, about two miles from the coun ty seat The first school she attend ed was in a one-room building'near by. It was a free school, probably supported, by taxes. When she whs 18 or 14, she went to high school at _— —»*« - V wisti - private schools in Greenville. J first , year die was a boarding i dept, attending every day. Later lived at home and walked eaeh alone, missing sessions- when weather was bad. The’ last yeah le institute the Dickinson av&rae where the-A. C. depot stands. . 11111 . 1 mirmp—*—i Midshipmen on a practice cruise aboard the battleship Missouri take time out from holystoning the deck to engage in a little naval horseplay. .Having scratched “Navy”lnthe sand and soap solution on the deck, they were enjoying an old sailor chanty until a bosun appeared, shortly after this picture was.taken, and ?et them : ;; to scrubbing again. (U. S. Navy photo from Acme.) ^-_----—;-^^_L. :__ two large rooms, which are put to gether with pegs and were built more than a century ago, were divided and partitioned, with, two additional rooms being added to the front after the house Was moved nearer the road, Mr. "White died some years ago. There are foto1 sons in the White family, M. E. and Oscar of Green ville, E.:M. of Mass., and Lawrence, who lives with his mother.' For-the past .35 years (records have been destroyed so Mrs. White does not know the date she took charge) she has been Sunday School superintendent at the Bell Arthur Mefhodirt church. This church, whose real name, Bethlehem, was forgotten when it was moved to Arthur, stood diagonally across the road from Ty son's Primitive Baptist church until about 30 years ago. The routine duties of this position are- now cared for by her daughter in-law, Mr*. Lawrence White, acting superintendent Although part three score years, she rarely ever misses Sunday School or church and still is A charter member of the reor ganised Bell Arthur Home Oenum corresponding secretary of the Wo man’s Society of Christian service, stration club, she read 33 books from the branch library one sum mer a. few years ago. Marvin Jones On ' New Draft .Board The drift board which will admin ister Uncle. Sam’s first peace-time conscription bill is composed of 0. C. Stroud of Ayden, Rev. H. G. fia fcey of Greenville, Marvin V." Jones of FarfnvOle, J. W. Book of Bethel and Vernon E. White of WintervUle. = - The board has'had one meeting and is preparing to set tjP offices in Greenville. One -clerk will be em ployed hi the beginning and it may be ne&osary to hire another after the program is latched. The registsation will begin Augui| 30 and members of the hoard have a* .serve without com PARENTS Farmville Wins Two From Saratoga Farmville won * doable header From Saratoga last week end, there by tighteniftgita hold on third place in the Bright Belt baseball league. On Saturday afternoon Elbert Moye pitched four-hit ball and his Farmville team-mates hammered out L1 Mbs in rolling up a 9-2 victory. Reagan had three hits and Hayes and Beaman each garnered a pair. On Sunday afternoon Carl Shirley ntched a steady game, allowing five bits, and the Farmville batters se cured 15 hits in winning 10-1 to make, a dean sweep of the serial. Wheeler and Ham. led* the “hit pa rade," each getting three hits. - Frank Pearce, Fannville’s scrappy atcher, was downhearted in the ninth inning when a well hit ball off his >y a narrow margin, but the catcher Sot a two-base hit for his wallop. Farmville and Elm City play this week end. ' Club standings, not imluding past veek end games; x vxrviSf-'- ■ W ^ Put* Macclesfield 2d 10 .706 P&etops 22 11 .667 Farmville 18 15 .545 Saratoga \ 17 16 .515 Walstonburg 11 24 .314 EHm (Sty 9 26 .285 Batting averages: ■ ■ in n m.. Ricks • 16 6 .875 Shm 98 33 .387 Shirley 82 26 .817 Reagans 80 24 .300 Dorbitt 10 3 B00 Wheeler 50 19 .880 Sten thrift Mewbom Beamon . 57 4 .070 The merry chant of the tobacco auctioneer 'was reflected in the smiles that wreathed faces of farm ers who flocked to Farmville yester day to see for themselves what they could expect for thjeir 1948 crop of the Golden Weed. ‘ ^ Since most of the growers in this section have not finished with their crop, sales were not heavy hut Joe Gregory, Jr., sales supervisor,, anti cipates that full sales will be held in all houses within the next lOdays. Official averages were not avail able but the ' Supervisor estimated that, sales would average $65. Some of the piles brought as. high as $71. Medium to fair grades dominated the sales. That was also expected* and observers expressed the opinion that the quality was just about what it was a year ago. : ?. ; ' Some of the piles were being pur chased by the Stabilization corpora tion, hut most of the prices offered for the baskets were well in excess of the support price. One grower, who appeared especi ally pleased, as he had right to be, averaged $66 on his initial sales and stated that the same quality tobacco a year ago would have avenged lit tle better than $36. Carl Hicks Re-named -.Director Of Cotton Ginners Association Northeastern Carolina and Virginia ginners will hate to pay “roomily 35 per dent more this season Just to wrap the farmers’ cotton," current quotations from one of the largest bagging companies indicate, says W. T. Melvin, Rocky Mount pany official, spoke at ihe annual meeting of the Carolines Ginners As sociation’s eastern distfltf, which covers 29 Carolina counties and Vir ginia, in FamviUe, on Thursday of last week. Some 60 members and guests attended the meetmg, held at theCountryclnb, and Carl T. Hicks' of Walstonburg, a director, presided. Bagging cost estimate, Melvin said, was based on the use of second words, the responsibility for grade and quality has .tended to shift .from the grower to the ginner, mid with the advent of the mechanical picker, the grower is almost entirely depen dent on ginning and in turn on ex pensive and complicated gin plants.” Slides, who also serves as president of the Pine-Gored Tobacco Stabiliza tion Corporation, was renominated a director from the district Jack Sob
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