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| BUY .... BANK IN PARHVILLE pm ■ V- ,'w • . ' / f .. -■ - .‘V-.. 1 ’ IN FABMYILLE PTA Hallowe’en Frolic Successful; Nets Treasury $650 Marked by the largest attendance since similar', events have been staged for the past eight years> the PTA sponsored Halowe’en frolic, over which Marguerite Thomas,reigned as queen, was a financial success, ac cording to Mrs. Prank Allen, general ' chairman, who reports that more than $650 was cleared, $270 of which was derived from the contest for queen. Many of the booths, manned by members of the Pareht-Teacher asso ciation; were forced to close early be cause their stocks of merchandise and prizes were exhausted. Miss Thomas, tenth grade student, was crowned queen by Robert Pol lard, one of her campaign managers, and chosen by the queen as her es cort. A medley of popular tunes was played by Newton C. Maemhout after which Sam D. Bundy, master of cere monies, introduced all the candidates. Then, the queen stepped forward and the crown and robe were placed upon her by her escort A quartet com posed of Bob Morgan, James Murphy, James Thome and Everette Roebuck, sang one of the queen’s favorite se lections, “It Only Happens When I Dance with You,”1 with Miss Alma Whitley taking the solo part Mr. Bundy presented Miss Thomas a gold wrist watch, donated by Rob ert’s jewelry store. Miss Connie Rol lins, runner-up, a member of the junior class, was given a gold locket, donated by D. R. Morgan’s jewelry store. The PTA awarded jeweled lapel pins to the other candidates/ Miss Ann Horton and Miss Lei a Mae Moseley. All four of the young ladies were attired in evening dresses. In the bingo games, the grand prizes, a tank of bottled gas and an electric heater, were won- by Mac Car raway and Mrs. Graham McAdams. Mrs. Allen and her committees ex press appreciation for the contribu tions and cooperation given them. Railroad Wreck Claims Life Of Negro Woman Lillie Mae Knight, 30-year-old Negro woman, received injuries which resulted in her death en route to the hospital, when the automobile she was driving hit jhe Norfolk Southern mail and express train about 10:15 Wednesday at Tugwell’s crossing be tween Farmville and Walstonburg. Knight, 47, received a fractured left leg, pelvis and other injuries and is given an even chance to recover. The car was demolished. The injured were brought to Farm ville by the railroad motor car where they were given first aid treatment before being taken to the hospital. Knight was later taken to a bone specialist in Raleigh. An inquest will be held in Snow Hill within a few days. BISHOP PEELE AND SENATOR HOEY WILL ADDRESS YOUNG PEOPLE AT ECTC TOMORROW Plans are being made for a large number of young people from the Farmville and Walstonburg Metho dist churches to attend the MYF ses sion of the North Carolina Confer ence Saturday in the East Carolina Teachers college auditorium. United States Senator Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby will be the speaker and his topic will be “The Christian Statesman.’’ There will also be a message from Bishop W. W, Peeele. The meeting begins at 2 o’clock with a songfest and there will be a fellowship supper at 6 o’clock. More than two thousand young Methodists from all parts of Eastern North Carolina are expected to attend this rally. 1 ' ■ H. N. BATTEN Final rites for Henry N. Batten, 68, will be conducted Friday after noon at 2 o’clock at the Farmville Funeral home by Rev. Jade R. Roun tree of Kinston, pastor of Emmanuel Episcopal church of which he was a member, and Rev. E. W. Holmes, Baptist minister. Interment will be in Forest Hills cemetery. Mr. Batton, who had been in the grocery business, was a photographer and artist, specializing t in portrait work. He died in a Wilson hospital Wednesday afternoon, where he was carried after suffering a heart at tack during the week end. He came Annual VFW Buddy Poppy Sale Will Be Held Here Tomorrow PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, The sale of Buddy Poppies by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is au thorised by an act of Congress, and endorsed by the- President; , v AND WHEREAS: the funds col lected are used exclusively to give immediate aid to our deserving war veterans, and to -the orphans and widows of our deceased veterans; AND WHEREAS: I firmly believe that in no more fitting manner could we pay tribute to those valiant men who. died that our nation might live; I, J. W. Joyner, Mayor of the City of Farmville, do hereby authorise .the Bumette-Rouse Post No. 9081 Of the Veterans oif Foreign Wars of. the United States, aided by Girl Scouts, to offer for a patriotic contribution on Saturday, November 6, the Buddy Poppies made by out disabled vet erans. I earnestly Urge that each and every one of. our citizens take ad vantage of the opportunity to con tribute'generously to the V. F. W. Buddy Poppy Sale, and by so doing, "to honor the dead by helping the living.” Signed: J. W. Joyner, Mayor of Farmville. Attest: C. M. Paylor, Clerk. JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB Girl Scouting, which the Junior Woman’s club began and has -sup ported in Farmville, was the theme of Tuesday’s meeting of the Junior Woman’s club. Mrs. R. T. Williams was introduced by Mrs. Allen Drake, program chairman, and told the ori gin of the work and the divisions girls 7-18 are placed in. She intro duced-Ann Pollard, who spoke of the founder, Juliette Low, and Jane Joy ner, Clarabelle Flanagan, Shiyley Newton and Dotdee Jones, each of whom described requirements for one of the four classes. A $10-check was presented by the Scouts to the Junior Woman’s club to apply on the hut. That amount was raised from a rummage sale. Mrs. Bill Candler distributed year books. Three towels for overseas teen-agers were packed by the mem bers after adjournment by the col collect. Hostesses were Mrs. Drake and Mrs. J. R. Harris, who entertained in the home of Mrs. G. M. Hol^en-sPe can tarts and coffee were served. Guests, other than Mrs. Williams and the Scouts, were Miss Margaret Lewis and Mrs. Will Jones, Jr., Scpul leaders. COLERAIN SNAPS FARMVILLE FOUR-GAME WINNING STREAK In the second meeting of the two teams this season, Colerain defeated Farmville, 14-6, last‘Friday night at Colerain. The victory avenged a 38-6 loss which Colerain sustained earlier in the season here and snapped the Farmville Winning streak which had been extended to four games. Don Belch passed to Sam Fearless for the first Colerain touchdown in the second period, the play covering 40 yards. Tailback Cedric Pierce reeled off two brilliant runs in the third quarter for the second Colerain score. He dashed 65 yards to the Farmville 25 and then raced into the end zone on the next play. Frank Djipree raced 65 yards in the third quarter for Farmville’s lone touchdown. ^ ■ -L BOY SCOUT BOARD OF REVIEW Scouts Jesse Spencer and Charles Greene appeared before a Boy Scout Board of Review Monday night and satisfactorily met the requirements for promotion. Jesse passed the first class requirements and the work for the first aid merit badge. Charles was advanced to second class. v w P. K. Ewell was chairman of the board . C. H. Flanagan and W- C. Wooten served with him. __, ,,, , ,. .— ■■ The familiar phrase “to honor the dead” by helping the living" reflects the principal objective of the annual V. F. W. Buddy Poppy Sale, George Allen, Commander of Farmvlle’s Bur nette-Rouse Post No. 9081, explains. ' The sale will be conducted tomor row (Saturday) under the direction of the y.- F. W. and assisted hy the Girl Scout troop of which Mrs. R. T. Williams is leader. Archie Cayton is chairman of. the V. F. W. committee making arrange ments for the sale. “The maimer in which Buddy Poppy funds may be spent,” continued Com mander Alien, “is regulated by the V, F: W- National By-Laws, and a ■set of rules adopted by the National Buddy Poppy Committee and approv ed by each succeeding National En campment. Disbursements are strict ly confined to the following pur poses: “For the aid, relief and comfort of disabled and needy veterans, their dependent, or their widows and or phans. - . ' “For maintenance or expansion . of the V. F. W. National Home for widows and orphans of veterans at Eaton Rapids, Michigan. “For hospital or individual assist ance and entertainment for needy veterans and service patients, and their dependents. • “For rehabilitation, welfare and service work, including liaison service with the Veterans Administration. “For necessary expenses for mili tary funerals of deceased veterans. “For acquisition, improvement and maintenance of burial plots, and dec oration of graves of veterans and service men. ’ ■ ■ “In each V. F. W. community, nearly 70 per oent-of the total Buddy Poppy receipts are used - for local veteran welfare work. , We are pri* marily an organization dedicated to serve our disabled and- needy com rades no matter in what war they may have fought or whether or not they be V. F. W. members. The only requisites needed to obtain V. F. W. assistance are that they must have served our country honorably, and that their claims for aid must be worthy. “Jt is exected that all patriotic citizens of Farmville will buy and wear a Buddy Poppy tomorrow.’’ PERMIT FOR ONE NEW RESIDENCE ISSUED IN OCT. A permit for the construction of one new residence, a duplex, was the only residential building permit is sued by the town in October, ac cording to a report by Clerk Cleve land M. Paylor. / ' R. E. Mayo was granted permit to erect a $7,600-duplex. The home is being constructed on the eastern end of Grimmersburg street. The only other two permits issued last month were to F. S. Styres, for the construction of a garage, and to Bennett Gorham, for repairs to his home. September permits' totaled $43,525 and called for the eonstduetion of six new homes, one store and repairs to one store aid one residence. They were: Robert E. Fields, residence, $6,500; T. L. Albritton, residence. $10,000; Mack Abrams, store, $8,000; R. O. Lang, Jr., residence, $12,625; Eva Mae Barnes, residence, $4,500; J. Glasgow Smith, repairs to resi dence, $1,000; Mrs. Alice M. Free man, residence, $2,500; J. Monk, agent, repair store, $500; L, S. Wil loughby, residence, $3,000. FARMYILLE PLAYS SOUTH EDGECOMBE HERE TODAY Currently boasting a record of four wins and two defeats, the Farmville high school football team will play South Edgecombe this afternoon at 3:15 in the local athletic park. Today’s encounter marks the second time the two teams have met this season, Farmville winning the first by a comfortable margin. The team should be at top strength for today’s game, with thfe exception of Claude Tyson, out for the season. '-—:-i-:-—6 * c li“ called the «» the place of the anfai All members are urged to attend and make the meeting a great one. Rev. Cox Re-elected t As President Of Hookerton Union Rev. Z. B. T. Cox of Farmville was re-elected president of Hookerton union at the reguJat quarterly meet ing at Timothy Christian church near Wjnterviller Saturday. Other officers elected were Lee Moore of Greenville, vice president, ami Miss Margaret Silverthome of Kinston, secretary. The meeting opened at 10:30 with a devotional1. A. J. Craft of Wal stonburg talked on “State Missions in the Local Church.” Special music was rendered by Miss Mary Ellen Jones of Watetonburg high school faculty. Preceding the roll call of churches was a ta,lk by Mayor Guy Elliott of Kinston on "The State: A Field for the Crusade.” y V , The union voted to have its meet ings changed to Wednesday before each fifth Sunday. Lunch was served at 12:30. During the afternoon session Mrs. Lloyd Smith made a talk on “The Women of Ntfrtli Carolina.” Rev. W. H. Brunson of Ayden concluded the program with, an address “On to Vifc tory.” FARMVILLE, ARTHUR AMD FOUNTAIN STUDENTS WIN AWARDS AT GREENVILLE vrreenville’s Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night of last week honor ed the Pi{t County 4-H and FFA Pig club members and their fathers at a banquet in celebration of the first Junior Purebred swine show Aeld at the Pitt County fair. F. F. Hendrix, former county, a gent, was master of ceremonies and E. I* Norton, district agent of the N. C. extension service, wds the prin cipal speaker. The welcome was ex tended by Charles B. Bissette, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce. Each blue ribbon winner in the show, held the day before at the fair, was awarded $10, red ribbon winners received $6.67 and white rib bon winners were given $3.33. First place showmanship carried a prize of $7.50, second place, $5, and third place, $2.50, in addition to the spe cial premiums awarded the grand and reserve champions of the show. Farmville, Arthur and Fountain students winning awards follow: Blue ribbons — Cliff Williams, Farmville Junior 4-H; Bobby Perry, Arthur Junior 4-H; Hubert. Garris, Farmville Senior 4-H; red ribbons— Charles Joyner, Farmville Senior 4-H; Johnny Perry, Bell Arthur Junior 4-H; Whiha^ribbons—Billy Baker, Foun tain Junio? 4-H. Cliff Williams exhibited the Duroc champion. LIGHTS GOING UP The work of installing' lights'at the Farmville high school athletic field was started Monday of this week and will be completed, barring mishap, in time for a game with Faison on Fri day night of next week. - The Board of Commissioners met in special Session Friday morning and awarded J. D. Cos ton of Hooker ton the contract for installing the lights. The first of the eight 80-foot, 3500 pound poles was erected Wednesday, add the others should follow in quick sudcesssion. The school board has placed an or der for 600 bleacher seats which are expected to arrive early next week. Principal Sam D. Bundy and- Coach Elbert Moye will try to arrange a game for Friday, November 19, now an open date on the schedule, if the installation of the lights is not com pleted in time for the Faison game. t I At The Rotary Club Maynard Fletcher of'Washington, ist district governor, was gnest leaker at the Rotary club {Tuesday ght. LeRoy Rollins, who had charge 1 the program, called on Irvin Mor in to introduce Mr. Fletcher. Fellow Rotarians, who visited the 11b, from Washington, werefCollier image, Norman Winslow, Sam Pe •am and Rev. Stephen Gardner. J. . Paylor of Farmville and Raleigh, as the guest of John 6. Lewis. Es P. Bass won the attendance •ize. November 9 has been set as Ladies’ ght. Rotarians and their guests ill assemble at 7 o’clock for the roquet and address by Dr. Robert S. inkin, professor of political sfcence, Duke university. RTHUR JONES MAT LOSE LEG AS RESULT OF WRECK Sunday night while returning home om visiting his sister, Mrs. Gra im Smith, in a Wilson hospital, rthur Jones suffered a badly broken g in an automobile accident. Just out of Walstonburg, his car allied and as he stood at the back liting for. a passing motorist to get position to push hs car to start it, lother automobile driven by Douglas, oye crashed into the back of the ailed ear, pinning Jones between e two cars. At the time of this writing Jones j doing as well as could be expected, though it is feared that it might i necessary to amputate the injured g OBBY SMITH ELECTED TO SCHOLASTIC FRATERNITY Bobby Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. . R. Smith, has been elected to the rta Kappa chapter of Pi Omega Pi, itional honorary business education atemity at East Carolina Teachers liege, Greenville. Four other students, all juniors ith outstanding scholastic records in isiness education, were invited to in. Selection,is made solely on the tsis of scholarship. There are 64 chapters of Pi Omega i in oustanding colleges and univer ses which t&in teachers. The purpose of the fraternity is un-fold: To encourage superior holarship, to inspire loyalty to the ufession, to contribute to the pro am of education through the de slppment of outstanding leadership business, and to foster friendship nong those associated in the field ! business education. . . ;1 , Platform for President-Elect At The Kiwanis Club This week seems to be election time till around.. The Kiwanis club Monday night at tempted to select its officers for 1940 but had so much trouble trying to decide between two good men, Er nest Petteway and Hubert Joyner, for' vice president that a run-off is ne cessary. George Allen was elected treasurer, succeeding Bernice Tumage, who had served faithfully for two years and asked that- he-be relieved of the duties. ' Billy Smith, Henry Johnson, Lewis Allen and Carl Hicks were elected directors and will serve on the board with four carry-over directors: Chas. Edwards, Jake Fields, Earl Holmes and Seth Barrdw. ' „ John Council Parker, currently serving as vice president, will succeed President Louis Williams on January 1, 1949. MISS EDNA ROBINSON’S ROOM WINS PTA MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Mrs. L.' P. Thomas, treasurer of the Farmville Parent-Teacher asso ciation, reported at last Thursday’s meeting that 680 members were se cured in the recent membership cam paign. Miss Edna Robinson’s fifth grade was awarded one dollar for having enrolled more members than any of the other classes. Mrs. Joseph Batchelor’s fourth grade was runner up*. * Under the direction of Miss Alma Whitley, the Junior Glee club sang three numbers, "God of Our Fath ers,” "To a Robin” and "Evening Prayer.” Accompanist was Miss Ruth Moore. Dr. J. W. Stark, Presbyterian min ister of Mt. Gilead, substituted for' Rev. E. 'St Coates, and conducted the devotional. The room roll call was won by Miss Margaret Lewis’ first grade. Members were invited by the president, Mrs. J. W. Miller, to the projection room where two films, “Common Animals of the Woods,” and “Children of Switzerland,” were shown. DIETETIC INTERN Mary Ellen Kittrell of Farmville has been admitted to the 1948-49 class of dietetic interns by the Duke University School of Dietetics. This year’s class of nine women will work for 12 months studying and applying hospital and institutional dietetics in the Duke Hospital, and, upon graduation next August, will receive certificates. In Tuesday’s election, Fajmville followed the county, state and na tion in selecting Democrats to guide their public affairs for the next four years. . ' • . : Off to a slow start? voting here gained momentum throughout the day and when” the polls closed at 6:80, 960 ballots had been cast, roll ing up what is probably the second heaviest vote in Farmvi lie’s history. While endorsing President Truman and his national administraton, one, significant feature of the local re sult is" that President Truman’s vote was less than the lowest number re ceived by any of the winning Demo cratic candidates on either the state- - or county. He and Alben Barkley, • running mate for the vice presidency, polled 862 votes, as against 89? for the lowest winning candidate on the state and county ticket. Governor Dewey and Gov. War-’ ren, the Republican candidates who were rated by Wall Street as 20-1 shots, received 46 votes in FsrmviUe. Governor Strom Thurmond and his Dixiecrat running, mate, Governor Wright, receiyed 24 votes. Henry Wallace and Senator Taylor, candi dates on the Progressive ticket, re ceived two votes. „ v~ Kerr Scott, gubernatorial candi date led the state ticket, polling 929 votes. Other state candidates, the office they sought, and the number of votes cast for each, follow: J .M. Broughton, U. S .Senate, regular term, 908; short term, 897. H. P. Taylor, lieutenant governor, 903; Thad Eure, secretary of state, 909; Henry L. Bridges, auditor, 900; Brandon P. Hodges) treasurer, 897; Harry. McMuRan, attorney general, * 902; Clyde A. Erwin, superintendent . of public instruction, 910; D. S. Col tranet' commissioner of agriculture, short term, 896; L. Y. BaHeatine, commissioner of agriculture, long term, 897; Wm. P. Hodges, commis sioner of insurance, 896; Forrest H. Shuford, commissioner of labor, -901; Sam J. Erwin, Jr., associate justice of supreme, court, 895; Chester R. Mor ris, judge superior court, 1st district, 897; F. Donald Phillips, judge super ior court, 13th district, 896; Dan K. Moore, judge superior court 20th dis trict, 896; Herbert C. Bonner, Cong ress, 912. John A. Wilkinson, Republican can didate for U. S. Senate, reecived 19 votes and ran next to Dewey on the GOP ticket. Other Republican^ on the state ticket, the office they were seeking and their vote here, follow: George M. Pritchard, governor, 14; Kyle Hayes, lieutenant governor, 14; James S. Dockery, secretary of state, 14; M. V. Hickman, auditor, 14; Ben L, Spence, treasurer, 16; Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., attorney general, 14; Buford T. Henderson, superintendent of public instruction, 14; Walt H. Gragg, commissioner ct agriculture, 16; t)ee*i.s n. Clifton, commissioner of insurance, 15; M. K. Harrill, com missioner of labor, it’ Robert H. McNeill, associate tes*jfe supreme court, 16; Zeno Ratcliff, Congress, 16. Each of the Progressive candi dates received two votes, except C. O. Pearson, candidate for attorney gen eral, who polled three. William T. Brown was the candidate for senator, " Mary Price ran for governor, IGmneth Harris for lieutenant governor, and John W.-Stubbs for commissioner of agriculture. Democrats on the county fared well. Dr. Paul E. Jones, candidate for State Senate, led the ticket with 937 votes. Incidentally, his vote was the largest accorded any of the candi UaU v ' - . / ■ Votes cast 'for f.he other candidates are: W. J. Bundy, district solicitor, 928; Frank Kilpatrick and Sam 0. Worthington, house of representa tives, 895 and 914, respectively ;*C. P. Gaskins, register of deeds, 914; Dink James, judge of county court, 920; C. H. Whedbee, solicitor of county court, 907; J. Vance Perkins, 900, J. T. Dupree, 908, G. H. Pittman, 908, Marvin W. Smith, 900. and M. Brown Hodges, 698, all candidates for the county Board of Commissioners. Farmville voters were for two of the proposed amendments and against two of them. They voted 868 to 316 in favor of granting members of the General Assembly an increase in salary; voted 872 to; 227 against the amendment to remove debt limita tion upon state, counties'and munici palities; voted 529 to y.3 against the proposal to increase the total state and county tax from 15 to 25 cents; and voted 428 to 127 in favor of the proposal to determine result cial elections by popular vote
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