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Eyes which have seen the opening
and organisation of a good many ses
sions of the General Assembly saw
nothing very u&tiBual about the open
ing of the 1949 session. Typical is
the sessions which holds its caucuses
on Tuesday after the first Monday in
January, convenes on Wednesday and
elects its officers, meets in joint ses
sion on Thursday to receive the in
augural address of the Governor in
inaugural years, adopts its rules be
fore the week is out, receives its
committee appointments early in the
next week-and sees the introduction
of the appropriation bills before the
week is out — typical because those
are the things that have to be done
before a legislature can begin to con
duct its regular business. The 1949
legislature' has done just that. Anti
cipated contests for some of the of
fices in both developed in only one
instance in which J. C. Pittman won
out in the race for President pro tern ,
at the Senate’s Democratic caucus. ,
Kerr Craig Ramsay of Rowan was ,
nominated for Speaker of the House 1
without opposition at the caucus of j
House Democrats, and both caucuses j
named the same people who served in ]
1947 to their other elective offices. ,
There being only_two Republicans in ;
the Senate and 11 in the House, the s
Democrats were naturally elected. In ,
his inaugural on Thursday, Governor •
Kerr Scott revealed a multi-point ,
program of action. Most of the points j
were generally received as forward- <
looking, most of . them eall for the «
spending of more money than has
ever been spent before, and many of i
them are, from the standpoint of j
many legislators, controversial. The i
rules adopted by the Senate repre- s
sent no major changes from the 1947 i
rules. Since 1941 the House has had \
the so-called “gag rule” governing i
the removal of a bill from a commit- 1
tee and the aloption of a minority re- <
port , of a committee. Whether the i
House rules adopted this year mak- (
ing changes in this respect represent j
significant changes is a matter on i
which reasonable men have already ]
differed. Monday’s committee ap- 1
pointments placed experienced men
in the' chairmanship of the commit
tees for this session. These commit
tees, with their chairmen, are as fol
lows: Appropriations—Pate, Senate, ,
Taylor of Wayne, House; Finance— ,
Rankin, Senate, Moore, House; Edu- .
cation — Pittman, Senate, Edwards j
of Greene, House; Roads — Ward, ]
Senate, Hatch, House; Propositions ]
and Grievances — Vann, Senate, Ga- t
veness, House. Hie appropriation ]
bills were introduced January 13.
Governor Scott delivered his inau
gural address on January 6, giving
precedence in his program to round
ing- out the all-weather road system.
$2400 minimum salaries for teachers,
state aid for school building construc
tion, and general implementation of
the Medical Care Program.
A week later the money bills em
bodying the recommendations of the
Advisory Budget Commission were
introduced. The Supplemental Appro
priations Bill sets up $13,560,000 with
which to pay teachers and state em
ployees a salary raise of about 20%
retroactive to November 1, 1948. The
Appropriations Bill for the next bi
ennium provides for salary increases
at the same rate.
On the same day the money bills
were introduced Governor Scott sent
a special budget message to the Leg
islature carrying his comments on
their provisions. He pointed out that
the road appropriation for the next
biennium falls far short of the a
. mount needed for his program, and
stated that he will prepare a special
message on that subject. He also
pointed out that the Appropriations
Bill fails to provide the teacher sala
ries and school building aid advoca
ted by the State Education Commis
sion and endorsed in his inaugural
address.
Discussing the Revenue Bill in his;
budget message, the Governor noted!
provision was made for reducing the |
sales tax on farm machinery to the
rate on industrial machinery, but
that no provision was made for re
moving the sales tax on meals or for
adjusting license tax revenue between
the state and local governments as
he had advocated. He also drew at
tention to the bill's proposal to low
er corporate franchise taxes, thus
cutting receipts $800,000 in the Com
ing bienniunm. -
With these major differences ap
parent at the outset, it is reasonable
to expect that considerable debate
and amendment will be heard before
the money Mils are enacted. Open
salvos have been fired by the intro
i _ 4» , oAvjftwftte hilTg designed to
PS _ _ ,
Inaugural Photo
This' photo j___
made by the U. S. Army Signal
Corps, was the one selected by
members ol the 1949 Inaugural
Committee for use on the official
Inaugural program.
purposes under resolutions to be
worked out later this session. This
week three identical bills were in
troduced undertaking to fix teacher,
principal and superintendent salaries
for 1948-49 at the minimUms recom
mended b/ the State Education Com
mission and endorsed by Governor
Scott. Sales tax exemptions were
asked for restaurant meals in line
with the Governor’s program, as well
as for fuel sold to fanners for agri
cultural purposes. House Bill 7 pro
posed a raise in the income tax ex
empton for dependents from $200 to
$600.
A drastic form of the much-dis
cussed statewide liquor referendum
is proposed in Senate Bill 38, under
which the voter would express him
self on whether beer, wine and liquor
would be banned in every county or
whether itsA sale and manufacture j
should be introduced into every coun
ty, ending local option in any event, j
Other bills would repeal the motor
vehicle inspection law, launch the
state on a program of general assist-1
ance to the needy, and require ad
ministrative boards to file certain
regulations with the General Assem
bly.
SAILS FOR ENGLAND
J. T. Windham, who is connected
with the Imperial Tobacco company,
will sail for England today (Friday)^
where he will spend 6 months visit
ing the company’s factories. He and
Mrs. Windham left Tuesday for Rich
mond, Va., where Mrs. Windham will
spend a few days before returning
home.
Homeless b
At The Rotary Club -1
t The program Tuesday night was in
charge of Plato Baas, who presented
Newton Maenhout, hand instructor of
the Farmville school, who spoke
briefly on the subject of organizing
a band and the progress of the local
school band.
In order to find out Just how much
the dub members knew about band
music, he passed out written musical
test papers to be filled out-^the re
sults to be announced later.
The attendance prize was won by
Jimmy Darden.
WESLEY NEWS
Wesley Community welcomes each
newcomer into its neighborhood. We
hope that you will feci at home here
and we invite you to our church. Sun
day School begins each Sunday at
9:46 a. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Nutt and: son,
Jimmy, and Mr. and Mrs. Brewer and
son, Amos, of Henderson ' were visi
tors of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Fulford
Sunday. Mr. Nutt is a brother of
Mrs. Fulford, *
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Fulford and
con, Robert Nelson, of Greenville
spent the week end with their pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Fulford.
We are glad to report that Mrs.
Robert Fulford is improving after a
recent illness.
David Fulford and R. T. Norville
were Goldsboro visitors Tuesday.
R. K. Madd rey of Raleigh was a
guest of Mrs. R. L. Fulford Friday
afternoon. Mr. Maddrey* is a brother
in-law of Mrs. FuMord.
Miss Mattie Dail spent the week
end with Miss Mary Tyson. ,
Those attending the Greenville
sub-district meeting of the M. T. F.
in Simpson Monday night were:
Misses Mary, Sally and Addie Tyson,
Frances and Doris Oakley, Elizabeth
Naaney and Ora and Emily Mat
thews and Amos Tyson, Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Tyson and Miss Edna Boone.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick May and Mrs.
David Fulofrd motored to Hollyf
Ridge Friday of last week to see
Mrs. Walter Turner. Mm Turner is
a sister of Mr. May and Mrs. Ful
ford.
WALSTONBURG CLUB
CHOOSES PROJECT LEADERS
Meeting with Mias Daisy Fields
Tuesday afternoon, the Walstonburg
Home Demonstration club filled out
the year books and selected project
leader^. ~
After the talk on the national and
state organization of the homemak
ing clubs by Miss Margaret McGow
an, Greene county home agent, a
salad course was served.
ut Loaded
Homeless but loaded with dough, a Uttle brown and white puppy
of undetermined breed waitg patieftly for his master to _ reclaim
him after being abandoned in a Chicago depot. Apparently con
• • •• — - left nine dollar bills tied around
science-stricken, the owner
the pupfs neck.
Local School Children Solicit
Funds For March Of Dimes
The 1949 March of Dimes cam-,
paign for funds is now on and wilt
continue until January 31. Aa has
been the custom in the past the)
Farmville school will conduct the |
campaign in this community. Each
grade has been assigned a quota and
the children will act as collection a
gents. „
East summer polio struck heavily
in North Carolina and counted vic-j
tims 4)y the hundreds. Convalescent'
centers .were established and polio]
victims were sent to these centers
and received the best treatment a
vailable. Thousands of dollars were
sent to this state from the National]
I Headquarters to be used here ih the
i state in combatting this disease, and
polioSjfecialists rushed to North Ow
rolina from *11 over the United
nations and it is an appeal that tugs
at the very heart of every person.
Pitt countians are naked to make
their contribution as liberal as possi
ble .so the National Foundation will
Be prepared to take whatever action
is necessary in the event another
siege strikes. '
Principal Sam Bundy says, “Send
your contribution to the Farmville
school by your child. If you do not
have children in school, give it to
some child or mail it to me, and
eredit will be given. The goal is
for everybody to give something and
| for each person to give as much as
possible. This is * call from the
children of this community and state,
and half of all funds raised remain
in Pitt county. Give now!”
Organizations, as well as mtiiywlu
als, axe urged to make a contaibu
tton. This is a program in which
everybody has a stake. Fsrtnville
and Pitt county were fortunate last
year, in that only a small number of
cases were reported. But this sec
ner. A rising vote of thanks was
given to these two Masbns for their
untiring efforts during the year 1948.
District Deputy Grand Master
Charles Gray of Robersonville then
installed the officers for the 1949
year as follows? Worshipful Master,
Herman Baker; Senior Warden, Sam
D. Bundy; Junior Warden, joe P.
Joyner; Senior Deacon, C. L. Iveyi
Junior Deacon, Claude Joyteer; Stew
ard, Joe Flake; Tiler, Gordon Lee;
Secretary, Ronald Nichols; Treasur
er, Fri Nash Warren. Past Master J.
T. Bundy acted as marshall. Visiting
Masons attended from, Greenville and
Stantonsburg.
Mrs. J. W. Parker
Dies Sudden!)7
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice
Harper Parker, whose work in pa
triotic, fraternal and religious circles
during the last 26 years brought her
state-wide recognition, were held
Monday morning at 11 o’clock in the
Farmville Methodist church, conduct
ed by the pastor, Rev. H. L. Davis,
and two former pastors of the
church, Rev. M. Y. Self of Littleton
and Rev. E. R. Clegg of Siler City.
Interment was in the family plot in
Forest Hils Cemetery here.
A widow of the late J. W. Parker,
Mrs. Parker died suddenly about 5:30
Saturday afternoon wham she was
reading and resting in her home. She
had been in apparent good health arid
her death was a shock to the com
munity .
A daughter of the late Jessie F.
Harper and Nancy Jo Suggs, Mrs.
Parker was a native <jf Greene county
and a member of its prominent fami
lies. Bom Nov. 11, 1884, she attend
ed St. Mary’s gthool in Raleigh and
had been living in Farmville since
shortly after her manage in 1993.
Mrs. Parker joined the Snow Hill
Methodist Church, in 1899, later
transferring her membership to the
Farmville church.
She served as superintendent of
the Sunday School, was a member of
the Board of Stewards for seven
years, served as president of the
missionary society for four years and
also served for several years as sec
retary of the district. “ :
„ In 1926, Mrs. Parker joined the Col.
Alexander McAllister Chapter of
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, and was regent, of the chapter
at the time of her death.
In 1935-37, she was state historian
of the U. D. C . She became affilia
ted with Daughters of American Col
onists in 1932, and. joined the Colonial
Dames of the 17th Century. She was
State Regent of the Daughters of
American Colonists in 1937-39, was a
member of Daughters of 1812 _of Co
lonial Wars and White Shrine.
It was in the Eastern Star, how
ever, that Mrs. Parker gained great
est recognition. AP the time of her
death she was a member of the
board of trustees of the Eastern
Star Home in Greensboro.
Ah extensive property owner, Mrs.
Parker presented chimes to the Farra
ville Methdist Church and establish
ed an endowment to provide for the
maintenance.
Mrs. Parker is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. John J. McDavid, Jr.,
of Farmville; and three brothers: J.
F. Harper, C. H. Harper and E. J.
Harpdr, all of Snow Hill.
Active pallbearers at the rites
were John D. Dixon, J. H. Darden, J.
C. Darden, B. F. Lewis, all of Farm
ville; M. H. Potter,'Jr., James Pot
ter, Charles Harper and. Emmitt
jiuggs, all of Snow Hill.
TQBACCO MEETING AT ?
HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY
Farmers in the community have
been invited by the county agent’s of
fice to attend a meeting Tuesday at
2 o’clock in Farmville high school au
ditorium tor the purpose of studying
better production methods, causes
and control of diseases and other
factors regarding tobacco.
gl Assistant County Agent Sam
Weeks is in charge of the meetings
being held throughout the county.
Falkland will hold its meeting at the
school January 28 at 2 O’clock. Farm
ers who are unable to attend the
meeting in their community may at
tend the last in the series, which will
be held at the Greenville city hall,
January 28, at T;30.
FARMVILLE NEWS ON RADIO ]
“On the Sidelines,” presented over
Station WCPS, Tarboro, every day
at 5 o'clock except Sunday, withBob
Weirck of the' Tarboro “Daily South
erner” as commentator, will use
news from the Enterprise in future
broadcasts. Interesting news briefs
from daily and weekly papers in
Nash, Wilson, Edgecombe and Pitt
counties are part of the program,
John also stressed the importance
of’committee work as being the bul
wark of any organisation. -
Jimmie Lewis of Washington, D.
C., was the guest of his brother, Jack
Lewis. 1 H i
Activities Of Local
Church Organizations
Baptist
-JTisa Mamie. Davis was hostess to
the Mary Lee Ernest circle of which
she 'is chairman Monday afternoon.
After reading scriptural references
in connection with her devotional,
“Before the Sunrise,” she said words
about the new year’s work and point
ed out needs of day and the faith
that the members should have in
good and in themselves. A brief re
port from the leadership conference
January 12 was made.
Suggestions to make programs
more interesting were offered by
Mrs. H. D. Johnson.
Emphasizing the untouched -areas,
Mrs. George W. Davis in her talk on
“The Reid Is the World,” also
brought out the brighter side of the
picture, the founding of a new semi
nary in Zurich, Switzerland.
During the social hour ham bis
cuits, pickles, sandwiches, coconut
cake and coffee were served.
The George Truett circle met with
Mrs. J. W. Miller Monday afternoon.
An article, “The Multitudes Wait,”
was read by Mrs. C. H. Outland,
chairman, after she presented the
devoitonal. By comparing the ad
vantages of people in America and
the needs of other sections, she show
ed opportunities for service. Mrs. A.
B. Moore led in prayer.
Mrs. Outland presented a sketch of
the late Dr. George Truett, for whom
the circle was named. After prayer,
refreshments were served to the 17
members present. Mrs, J. W. Batch
elor, night circle chairman, was a
visitor. - s
Presbyterian
“Bringing the World into Our
Home” was the topic developed for
devotional and program at the
Women of the Church meeting Mon
day night in the home of Mrs. F. G.
Dupree, Jr. Mrs. J.. 0. Corbett had
charge of the devotional and Mrfe. C.
F. Baucom, the program.
World Day of Prayer was an
nounced for Marph 14. The women
voted to purchase -a leather ' bound
memorial book in which the names of
deceased persons, whose friends.send
contributions to the church in lieu of
flowers, would be placed.
D. D. FIELDS
The Greene county Board of Edu
cation has appointed D. D. (Jake)
Fields aa a member of the Walston
burg school committee. He replaces
Garl T. Hicks, who resigned in order
to accept the chairmanship of the
county Board of Education.
Mr. Fields is a leader in school and
civic activities. A charter member of
the Farmville Kiwanis club, he is
the retiring president of the Walston
fourg Community Men’s dub, and is
now serving as president of the, Pa
rent-Teacher Association.
He is recognized as one of the most
progressive farmers in the Walston
burg community. His farms have
been used extensively ip recent yean
for agricultural experiments.
Janes Introduces
School Vale Bill
Dr. Paul Jones, member of the
North Carolina Senate, introduced a
bill hist Friday as follows:
"To provide for a special election
for each Bchool district with a school
population of less than 1,000 for the
purpose of levying a tax to operate
schools in said districts of a higher
standard than that provided by state
support or to employ additional
teachers.”
(Upon petition of school district
committee approved by county board
of education and county commission
ers, county commissioners are au
thorised by the,bill to call an elec
tion in any school district with a
population of less than 1,000 on ques
tion of whether tax supplement shall
be levied in the district to operate
schools of higher standard than that
provided by state support or to em
ploy additional teachers, or both, hut
not for purpose of lengthening 9
months term.)
The proposed law would not be ap
plicable to Farmville,
ADMITS ROBBERIES
James Williams, Kinston Negro,
has confessed to breaking into S &
H Cleaners, Robertson Grocery in
Farmville on December 20.
Peggy Jones, Nurse At Polio
Hospital, Describes Work
Among the convalescent hospitals
in use for polio patients is Camp
Sutton, near ' Monroe, where Miss
Peggy Jones of Farmville has. been
nursing for the past two months. --
Something of the hospital and the
work being dtoe there are explained
in a letter written by Peggy who
graduated last year from- Woodard*
Herring hospital, Wilson.
“I didn’t have any special Gaining
but they teach you here. The reason
I came was because of the great need
for nurses and I wanted to do my
part to help out in this great emer
gency. I just finished my training
in August and nurses are needed in
every field of nursing, but 1 thought
I was needed worse right now in
polio nursing. „ I was recruited by the
Bed .Cross chapter in Wilson. Polio
emergency volunteers are recruited
throughout the country by the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile Para
lysis and so we have recruits from
all states but very few from North
Carolina. "" ’ - ’
"This hospital is constructed very
differently from other hospitals be
cause it was an army camp made
into an emergency convalescent hos
pital. We don't have any acute cases.
They are all convalescent, that is, out
of the contagious stage. After polio
patients are out of the contagious
stage they are pemiitted to return
home if conditions permit, or trans
fer to a convalescent hospital for
further treatment Whan I first mane
here we had 300 patients, but they
are gradually sending them home.
Very* few of the patients here could
afford file proper medical attention
needed to recover from the disease
ahd so the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis WB thelr^ e*
Sareh of Dimes.
very pitiful case is a man 23 years
old, with a wife and two children,
who is paralyzed over his entire,
body. Someone has to feed him,
move him, etc. It takes an awful lot
of encouragement for him because
he gets mighty depressed at times.
Of course, we have a lot more chil
dren than adults.
“Polio affects different parts .of
the body. Some of them are para
lyzed, over the entire body) while
others are affected in their back,
legs, shoulders, etc. They wear
braces, splints, corsets and slings for
support and most of them wear spe
cially-made shoes. It is very im
portont to keep them in "position to
prevent deformities. This is done by
using sand hags, footboards and re
straints. They are given hot baths
and tubs by special trained physical
therapists. -t'» if
"An important part of the conva
lescent care of patients with polio
is teaching functional activities such
as standing, walking, going up and
down -steps, sitting and getting up
and down stairs. Methods of teach
ing these activities vary according to
the muscular involvment, the weight
and age of the patient and mental
activity. Polio patients need a lot of
encouragement They should have a
daily schedule so .that they may have
the essential physical care and yet
develop other interests which will en
rich their lives and assist them in
talcing a positive atttude toward the
treatment s
“There are so many things to be
taught in order that these polio pa
tients may recover. Of course, many
Sunday with relatives in Norlina.
Miss Elma Chambliss, Hr. and
Mrs. Harold Bailey and Mr. David
Letchworth were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Goin Saturday
night. •'
After visiting with friends in Ra
leigh last Saturday, MiBs Evelyn
Fields and Miss Catherine Oampbell
were overnight guests of the lat
ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Campbell, in Buie’s Creek.
Miss Sadie Mae Kirkman spent
Saturday and Sunday in her home to
Vanceboro.
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Redick spent
the week end with relatives In Hope
well, Va.
Dr. W. A. Marlowe is spending a
few days at Bark View hospital in
Rocky Mount for examination and
treatment. ^ _
Miss Flora Gamer of the school
faculty is ill in a Goldsboro hospital
MRS. BEN GAY AND MRS. STAN-.
, LEY YELVERTON HONORED
Mrs. Carl Hicks entertained at her
home in Waletonburg Saturday
afternoon from three to five o’clock,
honoring her nephew’s bride, Mrs.
Stanley Yelverton, the former Miss
Mary Jack Eason of Stantonshurg,
and Mrs. Ben Gay, tike former' Miss
Sue Hunsucker of Winterville.
Mrs. William Marlowe greeted the
guests at the door. . Mrs. Boland.
Fields introduced the hostess, Mrs.
Gay, Mrs. Yelverton, Mrs. Roy Hun
sucker of Greenville, and Mrs. * Lee
Jones.
Mrs. Harper Lee Shackelford di
rected the guests to the register,
over which Mrs. Nathan Minshew
presided.
Inviting the guests into the dining
room was Mrs., Harold Bailey. Mrs.
A. J. Craft poured Russian tea from
a silver service.
The tea table, covered with a hand
made imported cloth, was centered
with a bridal arrangement of white
carnations and snapdragons. Chased
silver candelabra holding burning ta
pers flanked the table center piece.
Serving party sandwiches, birdnest
cookies, decorated bridal cakes, mints '
and salted pecans from a silver troy
were Misses Joyce Rouse, Ann Hicks,
Maribhure Shirley, Jane Fields and
Mrs. John Craft, Jr.
Mrs. Carlos Walston, Miss Page
Davis and Miss Mary ]£llen Jones
rendered music during the receiving
hours. ' j
Goodbyes vere said to Miss Lillian
Corbett.
One hundred guests called during
the afternoon.
Mrs. E. L. Jones entertained at a
floating miscellaneous shower Friday
evening, complimentary to Mrs. Ben
Gay, recent bride.
Mixed flowers, greenery, and white
tapers decorated the reception room.
The table was covered with $ lace
cloth, and centered with an arrange
ment of white flowers and fern.
Mrs. Arthur Gay greeted Qie
guests at the door. Receiving with
the hostess and honoree were Miss
Page Davis and Miss Geraldine Dil
dy, bride elect.
Guests were directed to the dining
room by Mrs. H. L. Shackelford. Mrs.
C. T. Hicks served punch, assisted by
Mrs. Richard Holloman and Mrs. El
mer Hinson, who served fancy sand
wiches, bird nest cookies, salted
pecans and mints.,
Mrs. Marvin Moore presided at
the register. Guests were then invit
ed into the gift room by Mrs. R. G.
Fields, where Mrs. Katie Shackelford
and Mrs. Henry Gay presided.
Goodbyes were said to Mrs. W. A.
Marlowe.
Mrs. Gay and Miss Dildy were pre
sented corsages by the hostess.
Approximately 65 guests called
during the afternoon.
The Methodist' Society of Christian
Service met at the home of Mrs.
Dobbs Dixon on January 12. The
meeting was opened by lbs. Phillip
Dixon, spiritual life leader. Then the
program was conducted by various
members of the society.
After the business session, the hos
tess served a salad course.
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. Fred Beamon on February 16.
350 ATTEND PROGRAM '
SPONSORED BY LOCAL FIRM
Three hundred and .fifty persons
attended a special farm program on
Wednesday of last week. It was
sponsored by Farmville Implement
company, dealers for the John Deere
machinery.
The. free entertainment began at
the Paramount theatre, with several
short pictures on farm machinery
and valuable farm practices, also. a
feature amusement film.
The crowd then gathered at the
new home of the Farmville Imple
ment company on Belcher street.