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BUT.... BANK • ••SELL••• IN FARMVIULE ® 1 I M 1 ^■V’b ‘ BMP ■ v ; ^■!.s?S :. Hi Miss Mamie Davis Wins Many Hearts By Cnlinary Art Did you ever have a teacher that let you eat at Christmastime all the candy you could find room for T Probably not, but a number of boys and girls who attended the junior high school, in Pal&tka, Fla., durjpg the time Miss Mamie E. Davis was math teacher did. That day when at least 76 or 80 pounds of home* made candy were consumed by the 100 to 150 students in the department and the «™'«l picnic at the end of school were looked forward to by the students. “Miss Mamie” always whipped up enough chocolate cake for each child in school to have a slice at the picnic. Her Farmville neighbors and cloae friends are the recipients each Christ mas of a plate heaped with divinity and chocolate fudge, peanut brittle, fondant and crystallized fruits such as only “Miss Mamie” cas make. Although she never put a label on her products, her cakes and candy both became so well-known that they sold on sight. While teaching in Pa latka, her Sunday School class had to raise its share of money for a new church. The teacher, Miss Davis, made candy and the pupils had no trouble in disposing of it. To make ends meet during the depression, when sometimes her salary as a teacher amounted to only $20 a month, ^he made candy and sold it in the Pennsylvania mountains where she worked m the summer. How long has she been cooking? “When I was four years old, I would take the stool to get to the pots and pans on the stove.” Whenever her mother was away from home, she would make cakes, sometimes forget ting the baking powder which result ed in a tough product. Being the oldest child;' it befell her lot to do the cooking when her mother was sick. As she continued cooking cakes, she found, that to be success ful, she must have good ingredients and a good oven. After she began her teaching c&r reer, she would see new dishes and, when she went home, would fix them as she thought they were made. Cooking to this talented woman is not much effort because she does it in a systematic way, assembling the ingredient and utensils before she starts the mixing. If it wasn’t for washing dishes, “I could cook for Pharoah’g army," she explains with a laugh. - Having charge of a cold pantry (the ice cream, fruit juice, cakes, pies, milk , and fruit) at the Haw thorne hotel and cottages in the Po cono mountains during vacations, she learned to recognize good food, how to properly care for and how to make numerus dishes. At the time she left the job, she had been promoted to food buyer. > One of her colored mends says she is “what I call a good cook because she does not use a cook book but has the recipes in her brain.*’ Cooking is only one of her talents. •Her crocheting has yielded six table cloths and innumerable chair, vanity and dresser sets as well as odd pieces. Friends and neighbors along with relatives have been fortunate. She has never sold a piece. Her first bedspread is still unfinished, but she plans to complete if some day. She chose one of the most difficult stitch es, popcorn, to make the bedspread. Starting back when crocheted bands were fashionable on sailor hats and jabots were all the rage, she picked up crocheting and sooh began to copy patterns. To her, it is recre tion and used to provide diversion from the schoolroom. Learning to knit was more difficult than acquiring the knack of crochet ing. Dmriqg the last World War, the Bed Cross appealed for volunteers to make sweaters. After sitting up sev eral nights very late and having such a struggle with the needles and thread, she took them back to the Bed Cross room. The appeal for knitted apparel was so great that she determined to try once more. Finally, she reached her goal and turned out 16 sweaters, two of which were of the turtle neck style. Another hobby, which she no At The Rotary Club . Harold Allrod, monger of Uio Paramount theater, entertained the Rotary club Tuesday evening by hn moroua free hand drawings of eever al members. After drawing a picture of Paul Ewdl as a baby, be commented to the club that something was wrong and then added the cigar. For the thin and fat man, he made a sketch of Manl^ Idles and tamed the card board over to Amah the picture. A back view of James Monk completed that part of the program. Frank Williams was shown with, Ash and Joe Rasberry was pictured with jus fist tightly dosed around money. Others whose sketches were made were Dr. J. M. Mewbora, Dr. Charles Fitzgerald, George Davis and* Elbert Moye. J. D. Joyner won the attendance prize. orders, it was often necessary for her to sit up until past midnight. Dressing dolls was. a favorite' pas time before the war, which cut off the supply of the ten-cent variety of dolls which were made in Japan. Using crepe paper, she turned them into brides and other types, which were sent all over the United States to adorn ladies' dressing tables or make their, appearance as center pieces. After completing three years at the Woman’s college (which was lat er changed to the Woman's univer sity, a division of the University of Florida), she started her teaching ca reer, spending all except two years of her quarter century of teaching in or near Palatka. One of those two years she was fifth grade teacher in Farmville during the early twen ties. The other was spent at Cortez, Fla., on the gulf. She liked being neor the water, but did not sleep well because of the roaring of the waves. Palatka is a river city of about 15,000 which, before the southern parts of the state were opened, was a great tourist center. One of its main attractions, built to interest tourists by the P. W. A., is a ravine garden containing every known out door azalea. A season ticket en titles the owner to take as many friends as he wishes and visit it whenever he wishes. Nearby the ra vine garden is the Azalea bowl, re sembling a sunken garden, where big league baseball teams train in winter. Some of the other interesting points that Miss Davis described were the furniture factory, which started out making only garden fur niture and later built all kinds to sell to large northern stores; the largest cypress mill in the world, dismantled after the war since it had used most all the trees in the State; the kaolin works; the raising of asparagus fern for northern florists and growing narcissus and jonquil bulbs for foreign sale. Kaolin is a white chalky substance found in only one other place in Florida. Pottery and dishes, especially the heavy ones found in hotels and restaurants, are made from it. The holes left after the kaolin is dug soon Become full of water as bluish-green as that; in the ocean, although in one direction the ocean is 60 miles away and in the other, it is 30. Situated in the orange and truck garden section, Palatka is becoming known for amaryallis bulbs, grown in part of a former orange grove. First called Piccolata, meaning sow'ford, the name of the city was later changed to Palatka.—Once that sity boasted of the largest hotel in the state. One year, while a Ten* lessee academy that had burned was being rebuilt, the hotel housed the , cadets, along with the regular-guests. After the building was condemned, strings of thd wooden structure were used in constructing new hotels' in other sections. FarnivUle’s weather pleases the former school teacher, a native of Melrose, Fla. Here she is able to feel and see the change of seasons. Although she does not teach a class in Sunday School or sera as young people's adviser, as she did in Flori da, she is active in Baptist church work and can always be counted on to help out with such activities as plays and suppers. In -September she assumed the presidency of tee lite rary club. For several year* she served the American Legion auxiliary in that capacity and is now its treasurer. WheSn the membership drive for tee P. T. A. is on, neigh borhood children make sure that “Miss Mamie” is not missed; conse quently, she holds two or three mem- - berships each year in the organisa tion. 1 JUNIORS ON C* Dedication Ap; A.R. Local Chapter Contribution la Greenville; Project Mm Trams E. Hooker, Miss Snake McGee and Mm Vance Perirfne were hostesses to the members ef the Benjamin May chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Saturday afternoon at the Jpoofcer home in Greenville. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson, who expressed her pleasure that Mm T. C. Tumage, regents, was present after a Ions absence. In the absence of Mrs. E. >,B. Beasley, Fountain, chaplain, Mm Tumage conducted the devotional and- presided oyer the meeting. " Mrs. Ellen Lewis Carroll read a prayer given by chief of chaplains, Rear Admiral Thomas, of the U. S. Navy. ' . j Leading the nag salute was miss McGee. A rising vote of apprecia tion was given to Mias Tabitha M. DeVisconti for a dentation to the chapter and the group voted to make a contribution in her honor to the National Grove committee for the presentation of California redwood trees, a national D. A. R. objective. In her report, Miss DeVisconti, registrar, stated that papers for Mrs. T. E. Joyner had been completed, that Mrs. Eric Copeland of Fountain had transferred to the General Davie chapter, Durham, and Mrs. Earl E. Forbes had . come into the chapter from the Sbmuel Davies chapter of Bowling Green, Ky. Appointed to the committee to se cure a piano adeqt&te for concert use were: Mrs. Haywood Smith, lbs. M. V. Jones and Mrs. J. B. James. Mrs. Carroll reported the donation of box bushes by Mrs. K. R» Wooten of Falkland and Mrs. Turaage stated that Kenneth Sprunt of Orton plan tation, Wilmington, had donated ca mellias in memory of Capt Samuel Nash. Mrs. T. E. Hooker, Mrs. E. B. Beas ley, Mrs. P. M. Murphrey, ^frs. SL T. White, Mrs. D. S. Morrill and Miss Huldah Smith were selected as the furnishings committee for«the chap ter house. April was designated as’ the month -ot dedication. Relative to the dedication, the re gent named Mrs. C. R. Townsend, Mrs. U. H. Cozart ofLWilson and Mrs. D. H. Mozingo to the grounds com mittee. Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. W. C. Holston ind Mrs. Jack Lewis were named a :ommittee to Secure members for the Children of the American Revolution. Delegates to the state conference in Asheville were chosen. They are: Mrs. J. O. Pollard, Mrs. Hooker, Mrs. Sam T. White of Greenville, Mrs. rones, Mrs. Forbes and Mrs. G. A. Rouse, Miss Christine Smith presented a :omprehensive survey of approved schools sponsored and supported by ;he national society. Members and guests were invited » the dining room where the table was spread with a lace cloth and cen tered with a bowl cf pink snapdrag ms flanked by pink tapers andjpotf srs in harmonizing colors in an spergne. Mrs. White served a beautifully nolded salad from one end of the able and Mm James presided over ;he silver coffee service. Guests help sd themselves to minced ham sand wiches, potato chips, orange cake, iheese wafers and cookies placed on he buffet. ___ Ban Von Holt, accompanied by Mrs. Karl V. Gilbert, both of the E. 3. T. C. music department, sang two folk songs by John Jacob Niles, "I bonder as I Wander," and "Hills of Some." Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Von Holt, Miss Janie Leyerly, Mrs. A. M. Moseley, Mrs. Owen M. Marshbum, Mrs. J. D. Messick, Mrs. W. W. Ho well, Mrs, Hurlbert, Mrs. W. Smiley, Mrs.* I. Willman, Mrs. Gilbert ami Mrs. Leo Jenkins, all of Greenville, »nd Mrs* 'Frank Davis, Jr* CHURCH WOMEN PLAN FOR OAT OF PRAYER The Farmville Council of Church Women met at the . home of Mrs. R. V. Fleer with Mrs. Howard Hope as :o-hostess Monday afternoon. The meeting: opened with prayer by he 'chairman, lbs. H. D. Johnson, it was announced that the World Day if Prayer would be held at the Pres byterian church on March 4. Members of the Christian church will direct liana for the program. The following officer? are to hold jffice for the coming year beginning in April: Mra. Howard M«ye, chair man; Mrs. R. C. Copenhaver, vice hairman; Mrs. R. D. Harris, seen tary; Mra. M. R. Pollard, treasurer; Plans to promate attendance at the Salisbury to attend a meeting of a five-man executive committee which is drafting legislation for presenta tion to the 1949 General Assembly. Other members of tits committee are Chief Burkett of Salisbury, chair Captain Gibson of Charlotte, Captain CxiDson ox vnanon», Chief Brinkley of Fayetteville, and Chief Cox of Durham. Farmville has another distinguish ed citizen whose ability has bean recognised by the state firemen. He is Richard A. Joyner, a former pres ident of the association and at pres ent a member of the executive board. Farm Bureau Asks County To Buy Fire Fighting Equipment w. Alex Allen, president of the Pitt county Farm Bureau and a member of the Farmville Board of Commissioners, appeared before the Pitt county Board of Commissioners Monday morning and requested that fire fighting equipment be placed in the different towns in the county to be used in fighting rural fires, the suggested plan would be to provide trucks with larger tanks and lte^p them with town equipment until a call comes. Fixe Chief George Gardner of Greenville, at Mr. Allen’s invitation, accompanied him to answer questions of the commissioners and furnish ad ditional information. The board, of which Brown Hodges of Grifton is chairman, appointed a committee to Further investigate the proposal. Both the Ffermville and Greenville ] town boards last week asked that the county purchase fire equipment For rural use. HIGHWAY BEING WIDENED, ' HOUSES ARE MOVED The widening of U. S. Highway 264 between Wilson and Farmville is progressing due to favorable weather conditions. This week the construc tion force is building a section near ; roisnot swamp to do away with a , curve and working on the road in 1 that section of Wilson county. i A number of barns and several : louses have been moved back from : the highway recently in Pitt county in preparation for the widening. ‘ -- ■ ' I I -~*v CHRISTIAN LAYMEN MEET IN KINSTON Laymen of the Christian church jt'11 meet in Gordon Street Christian . church, Kinston, Sunday at 8 o’clock. . Ml men of the Hookerton district are j urged to be present. Dr. McKinney, ‘ national secretary of mm’s work, , will speak. He is a speaker of force . rad will bring a worthwhile message. PRESBYTERIAN- JUNIORS The Juniors met with their leader, Mrs. J. M. Stansill, Wednesday after won with six members, present. The Lord’s prayer was repeated and Cla rence Bundy read I Samuel 18:14 and tats 13:22. Aqh Pollard told two stories. ' ( After Clarence Bundy dosed the program with prayer, pepsi colas, ritz, pickles, marshmallows and gta Monday evening at the Baptist ;hureh, the outgoing Young Woman’s auxiliary members entertained at a supper honoring the girls who promoted from the Intermedia^ auxiliary to the Y, W. A. The menu was composed of ism, string beans, salad, j jread, drinks and pecan pies. Myrtle Nichols, retiring prerid Chester Oo^snd, yooitg people rector, nve the invooKtion wm «ev Mario Gortner, aft 4, performed a regular marriage ceremony at Long Beach, Calif, and touched off a flurry of spec ulatlon aa Co the ethic* of i mar riage performed by a minor. The curly-haired, freckled youngster, pictured above 1a the pulpit, ia an ordained evi ngellst In the Old Time Faith, Ir e, Loa - Angeles, and Out son of i min ister. He has preached since he was 3. ' PITT LEGISLATORS DRAW S3 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS Pitt county’s delegates in the 1949 General Assembly drew a total of 83, Bommittee posts when committee as signments were announced by the speaker of the house and the preei-l lent of the Senate. In the Senate, Or. Paul E. Jones of' Parmville was named chairman of the sommittee on State Commission fori the Blind and a member of the fol lowing committees: Appropriations, Commercial Fisheries, Claims, Coun ties, Cities, qnd Towns, - Institution for the Blind, Mental Institutions, Penal Institutions, Public Health, and Public' Welfare. In the House pf Representatives, Prank M. Kilpatrick of Ayden was lamed chairman of the committee on. Drainage, vice chairman of the com-’ nlttee on Mental Institutions and membership on the’ following: Agri mlture; Appropriations; Conserva tion and Development; Counties, Cit- j ies and Towns; Education; Health; insurance; Public Utilities; Wildlife Resources, ' Representative Sam O. Worthing on of Greenville was named chair nan of the committee on Courts and ludicial Districts and a member of he following: Banka and Banking; j Constitutional Amendments; Elections', ind Election Laws; Finance; 'Judici ary No. 1; Manufacturers and Labor; Propositions and Grievances; Beads; j frustees of the University. SPECIALISTS WILL TALK IN FARMVILLE Henry M. Covington, extension di vision horticulturist from North Caro ina State College^ and Joe Gourlay, narketing specialist with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, viD be the principal speakers at a nee ting of Pitt county sweet potato powers in Farmville Friday night 1 Sam Winchester, county agent ! mid the meeting will be held at the , ligh school auditorium at 7:30. Main , opics to be discussed, Winchester • ^ aid, are production and marketing of. ipreet potatoes. I' PERSONAL ITEMS Rev. and Mis. W. I. Bennett and 'amity moved last week to Washing* Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Sutton sprat he week end in Conetoe with rela ivee. - „ ; Maynard Thorne, student at State :ollege, sprat the week and at his iome. - Mbs Fannie Murphrey of Greene aunty visited Mrs. W. B. Carraway ftweday. sW..;:/ Mr. and .Mrs. Fat Ruffin spent he week end' is Durham with Mr. taffin’s sister, Mrs. Anderson. Billy Gregdry left last week to re ;um to his job on the Madison,, I»(L, obaoco market after spending the Christmas holidays with his parents, dr. and Mrs.?. A. Gregory. Among those who attracted the funeral of W. R. Dixon, Sr„ in Wil lon Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. G. bert Mom. ' Manager Wilkerson of the Pecan Grove Dairy waa the guect of Jhhn Turner Walst^i. , i At The Kiwanis Chib New officers were installed .Mon day nght. R. B. Tapp of Stantonburg, lieutenant-governor at the Seventh Division, was scheduled to have the honor of installing the new officers, hut illness prevented him from being present and'Sam Bundy, who as a former district governor has had the privilege of presiding over many such occasions, did the honors. New officers are John Parker, president; Hubert Joyner, vice presi^ dent; Carol llodlin, secretary, and George Allen, treasurer. Outgoing officers are Louis Williams, presi dent; John ■ Parker, vice president; Jim Hockaday, secretary, and Ber nice Turnage, treasurer. New members of the board of di rectors taking office for two years are1 Louis Allen, Carl Hicks, Jfenry Johnson and Billy Sknith. Other di rectors are Charles Edwards, Earl Holmes, Jake Fields and Beth Bar row. The following committee appoint ments were announced by President Parker: Boys and girls work—Sam Lewis, Bill Creekmur, Lane Roberts. Key clubs—Louis Williams, Ted Attrition, John Jones. Underprivileged children — Chas. EJuinerly, Frank Harris, Henry John son. *" Agriculture and conservation — Jack Lewis, Ben Lewis, Jake Fields. Public and business affairs—Ernest Petteway, Rod Harris, Billy Smith. Support of churches—Thad Cox, Alton Bobbitt. Achievement reports—Carol Mod tin, John Parker. ' Attendance and membership—Ber nice Turnage, Jim Joyner, Lewis Al ien. Finance, laws and regulations—| George Allen, Ferd Satterthwaite, Grady Gilchrist. / ! House and reception—Alex Allen, I Howard Moye, Charlie Edward* | Inter-cinb relations—Frank Allen; Rod Williams, Seth Bartow. I Kiwanis education and fellowship— 3am Bundy, Jim Hockaday and Carl Hicks. | Program and music—Hubert Joy ler, Edgar Barrett, Glasgow Smith. Public relations — Pratt Gaskins, Rill Garner, Joe Gregory. Chad Hicks, recently appointed as duurman of the Greene county Board >f Education, and Jake Fields, who akes Mr. Hicks' place on the Wal itonburg school board, were duly re-, sognized for the new tumors. UR. HENDERSON IRWIN ADDRESSES WAESTONBURG PARENT-TEACHER GROUP The regular monthly meeting of lie Walstonburg Parent-Teacher as lociation was held in the achoolaudi orium on Thursday, January 6, at r:30 p. m. An •tffpgyg devotion on "The Joy of Weak” was conducted Mrs. James Shackelford. A very mjoyable musical selection, "Fairest Lord Jeans,” was- rendered by Miss ICary Ellen Jones, Mrs. Carlos Wats on and Miss Page Davis, nccom >anied by Jeanne Redick. Dr. Henderson Erwin of Eureka vas introduced to the audience as the ipeaker of the evening by Mrs. D. D. Reids. Dr. Erwin, who has a strong nterest iueduoation, gave an im iressive talk on the Training of Our ifouth.He pointed out that the pa ramount issue of parents’ lives ihould be the responsibility of pro riding physical, intellectual and spiritual training for their children, tt the conclusion of Dr. Erwin’s salk, D, D. Fields, president of the imely advice given to the audience. Mrs. Lucille Craft's third grade sea the attendance prise of |L00 for taring the most parents present. The ninutes wen read by Miss Elms Chambliss, and approved by the asao datton. ]h,' Principal Peeler announced that he new basketball uniforms, pur* ihased for the school’s teams by the PTA, been received;' I The next meeting will be b«i#^H From Belvoir (By Charles W. Joyner) The Red Devils of Ftanvffle high school continued their winning ways here Tuesday night by trouncing Bel voir, 56-17. Carl King led the locals in their eighth victory of the season against one defeat Carl scored IS points. Legget with six was high for the losers. The game was never close after Legget connected on a one-hander for Belvoir. Farmville led at half-time, 28-11. The locals hackle down to more serious conference play on Tuesday night of next week when they meet the Ayden cagers. On Friday night of next week Farmville will be host to the strong Bethel five, who hold the state class B championship. Scoring: Farmville—King, 9} Russell, 4; Dupree, 4; Albritton, 3; Barrett, 4; Morriss, 10; Windham, -8; Cannon, 8; Allen, 5; Tyson, Smith. Belvoir—Forest, 4; Barhill, 6; Leg get, 0; Morriss, 2. The Farmville high school girls bounced back into the win column by defeating Belvoir, 28-9. The visiting sextet never headed the locals in a contest quite liberal with free throws. Minutes after the game had got ten underway, Bae Hathaway drop ped in field goal. Seconds later the fast center added a free throw. Then the Farmville forwarda began to con nect add by half-time had built up an advantage of 16-4. The second half progressed with the same regularity as the first and Farmville won easily. Scoring: Farmville—R. Hathaway; 10, D. Hathaway, 10, J. Morgan, 6; J. Sattetrhwaite, 2.—Total 28. Belvoir—Brown, 6; Dupree, 2; M. Pollard, 1; Pollard,.8.—Total, 11. WALSTONBURG MEN’S CLUB HAS REGULAR MEETING The regular monthly meeting of the Walstonburg Community Men’s Club was held Tuesday night in the Walstonburg cafe. Harold Bailey, presiding as newly elected president, disclosed the mem bers who are to serve on the various committees during the year. Sam Chandler, Earl Lang, Henry Burch end D. D. Fields were appointed as directors. A lengthy discussion was held in v regard to awarding prizes to the best students in the home economics »nd. Future Farmer of America classes who have the most outstand ing record of accomplishment in the Walstonburg high school during the 1948-49 school year. JOINT MEETING The Literary clnb, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed until January 25 when its members and those of the Merry Matrons will meet tt the home of Mrs. J. W. Parker to hear a musical program given by Mrs. B. B. Turnage and Mrs. J. W. Joyner. Activities Of Lora) Church Organizations IMkaAM .; Circle 4 of the Methodist church tad its first meeting of the new pear with Mrs. Nome Barrett as hos tess Monday afternoon. Mrs. E. C. 3arr, presiding at her first , meeting, ipoke briefly on unityand coopers den, Mrs. J« Frank Harper took her de ^otioi^al from "The Upper Boom,” soncluding with prayer. “Everyday Living” was the subject >f Mrs. Priori Johnston’s talk. The ebele welcomed as a new meat ier, Mrs. Fred Thomas. > « Assisted by her daughter, Mrs. T. 5. Joyner,, the hostess served refresh ments. Gladioli and carnations were h arrangements in the Joyner home. Hi