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Willie Thomas Eason, Jr., 19,
member of a prominent family of
this section, succumbed Thursday
momipg at 2:15 to injuries sustained
Tuesday afternoon when the car he
was driving smashed into a truck be
tween Farmville and lassie.
Eason’s car and another, driven by
Harry Albritton of lassie, were be
ing driven side by side on the high
way, with Eason’s on the left, hand
side, when the vehicles met a truck
driven by David Dixon, Negro. Eas
on’s car crashed into the truck. His
car caught fire but the young man
was pulled from the wreckage be
fore flames reached him. Little hope
was held for him from the time
lie was rushed to Pitt General hospi
tal in Greenville immediately after
the accident. x
Eason’s car was totally demolished
tfand was said by many to be “tom up
worse than any wreck I ever saw.”
Eason, a young man of good habits,
was a graduate of Maury high school
and had attended, the University of
North Carolina. He was living with
liis parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Eason, and was engaged in farming.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home of
his parents near Lizzie. Services
will be conducted by Rev. J. D.
Young, Methodist minister of Snow
Hill, assisted by the Rev. Z. B. T.
Cox, Christian minister of Farmville.
Interment will be made in the
family cemetery near the home.
In addition to his parents, the
young man is survived by one sister,
Lula Lee Eason of Snow Hill and
Greenville; his paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Lula Eason of the home; and
his maternal grandfather, Gardner
Jones of Snow Hill. Several uncles
and aunts also survive.
Farmville Faculty
Now Numbers 30
Sam D. Bundy, superintendent of
the Farmville school, states that sev
eral changes have been made in the
faculty since Christmas.
Mrs. Rose Graham Johnson, com
mercial teacher, and Mrs. Myra Tuck
er, science teacher, resigned effective
at the Christmas holidays. Miss Bea
trice Player of Conway, S. C., and a
graduate of East Carolina Teachers
college, was secured to serve as com
mercial teacher. Miss Player is liv
ing with Mrs. G. M. Holden. Mrs.
Sam Bundy substituted in the science
department for three weeks after the
holidays and then Darwin McCaffity
of Edwards, a graduate of Atlantic
Christian college, assumed the duties
as science teacher. Mr. McCaffity is
residing at the home. of Mrs. C. L.
Beaman.
Mr. Bundy also stated that at the
present time three practice teachers
are in the school. Miss Harriet Hook
er, a student at ECTC, is living with
Mrs. Holden and is doing practice
teaching in home economics under
the supervision of Miss Ruth Park
er. Richard Rieka and C. C. Lee,
who also attend ECTTC, are doing
practice teaching in physical educa
tion and health under the supervision
of Elbert Moye.' They commute from
Greenville each day.
Not including the three practice
teachers, the" staff of the school now
stands at 30.
COMMUNITY CONCERT
TICKETS ON SALE
Plans calling for 16 concerts In
Wilson, Henderson, Kinston ani
Goldsboro next fall and winter were
mapped at a banquet given by the
Wilson Community Concert associa
tion Monday night. Mrs. Charles E.
Fitzgerald attended and was named
Farmville’s representative.
The aim of the national concert as
sociation, of which, the Wilson and
the other groups are members, is to
bring Carnegie Hall artists to the
smaller communities. The Columbus
Boys Choir and the Revelers proved
so popular with members of the Wil
son association during the past two
seasons that a request has been made
that they again appear on the pro
gram. Among other entertains, from
whom the list for the four associa
tions is made up, are Inly Pons and
Nelson Eddy.
Adult season tickets are priced ai
$6 and children’s tickets are $3. Ad
mittance is by membership care
only. The drive for memberships ii
Farmville will 'end at noon Saturday
and Him. Fitzgerald has tha
ail trim' are interested contact her.;
ii Mona Panlee will give f concert a
the Charles L. Coon high school, Wfl
son. March 7. Holders of next sea
admitted free a
NOTICE
TJu* Is to notify tie public in gea
end that I have sold nay interest fi
the Farmville Sen Food Market t
Elmer Hinson and that I am no long
er connected with the operation o
At The Kiwanis Club
Jim Joyner bed charge of the pro
gram at the Kiwanis club Monday
night and presented Howard, the
Magician, who, entertained for half
an hour. Howard, who Ur affiliated
with the Salvation Army in Green
ville, delved into the mysteries of
magic and sleight of hand. Frank
Alien was hia capable assistant.
Lt. Gov. Ralph Tapp of Stantons
burg gave a brief talk and presented
Louis Williams with a certificate
honoring him for his work as past
president of the club.
John Arthur Collins of Greenville
Vas the guest.of Hubert Joyner. W.
C. Murray of Washington, Df C., was
the guest of Jim Joyner. Newton C.
Maenhout and his son, Harold, were,
guests of Louis Williams.
Bobby Brock and Jack Turaage,
junior Kiwanians'for the month, were
also guests of the club.
School Band Develops
Rapidly: To Appear
In Raleigh Parade
Organized in September, the Farm
ville high school band is rapidly de
veloping into a polished outfit. The
band gave a concert 7 weeks after
practices were started and just be
fore Christmas the band paraded
through the business section of town,
“drumming up” support for the drive
to purchase uniforms.
The uniforms arrived a few days
ago and the band made its first full
dress appearance Wednesday night
at the gymnasium in a program
which featured basketball games be
tween the Kiwanians and Rotarians,
and another game between the Jay
cees and the GI’s. The band will play
Friday and Saturday night of next
week at the Pitt county basketball
tournament in Greenville.
On Friday, March 11, the band will
give a full length concert in the high
school auditorium. * *
About two weeks ago 20 members
of the band participated in a band
clinic at East Carolina Teachers col
lege, Greenville, and several of the
local bandsmen playeg jn a concert
presented by band members from all
over eastern North Carolina.
The band has accepted an invita
tion, presented by Frank L Watson,
potentate of the Sudan Temple of the
Shrine, to participate in the Shrine
parade to be held in Raleigh on
Thursday, May 19.
Principal Sam D. Bundy states the
school is grateful for the coopera
tion of the individuals, clubB and all
who have generously supported the
band.
The 60 boys and girls in the band
have worked hard and have shown
an unusual amount of interest. N. C.
Maenhout, the band director, has
been diligent in his efforts to pro
duce a band here. Much of the suc
cess Of the band can be attributed to
the time, talent and efforts he has
expended.
All in all, the organization and de
velopment-of the 'band have been a
splendid example of cooperation on
the part of the townspeople, the
pupils and the faculty.
734 KILLED ON N. C. HIGHWAYS
Daring 1948, 734 persons lost their
lives and 3,490 otTiers were injured in
162,18 traffic accidents on North Ca
rolina streets and highways, the
I Motor Vehicle Department reports.
■ This was a decrease of 12 per cent
in fatalities over the 836 persons kill
ed and 6,524 injured in 12,611 traffic
accidents in the State in 1947.
The report showed that Saturday
was the most dangerous day of the
week for travel. A total of 3,382 ac
cidents, with 153 of them fatal, oc
curred on Saturday. Sunday was the
second most dangerous day, with 124
' fatal accidents being reported as
happening on the Sabbath. >
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1949 CARPET OPENING
TO-BE NATION-WIDB
s As daring as Bamum was in show
' business, even the master of the
i razzle-dazzle never dreamed at see
- ing Ms show presented all across the
1 country at one and the same time.
That’s what’s going to happes
t March 1-10, when the carpet Indus
■ try, through their retailers, raises til*
I curtain on the first annual consume]
i Carpet Fashion Opening. The new
r 1949 “models” in wool'carpets ant
t rugs will be shown to the public foi
the first time in stores across tlx
t country exactly as they were show*
to buyers at the winter market pre
• views held for the trade ossty.
I Every year carpet manufacturer
introduce exeiting, dramatic nei
textures, weaves, designs, patten*
Sitfcei
the Grange in the \
ty building.
Mr. Crockett made an interesting
and informative talk on irrigation by
the sprinkler system. He said there
were two of these irrigation systems
in Pitt county, one on the Speight
Seed Farm near WlnterviUe and the
other on Arch Flanagan's farm near
Farmville. . ' ^ ». v
Mr. Eagles made a talk an how
each farm could have an individual
fish pond that would furnish 000
pounds of fish a year' if carried out
by government directions. He also
stated that any fanner who made a
pond could get the young fish from
the government. There was'a large
attendance at the meeting and much
interest was shown to the projects.
Mark Smith, master of the Grange,
presided. Plans have been made for
the annual Grange supper which wifi
be held as soon as Mr. Ferguson, one
of the state organizers for tho
Grange, can be present
Mrs. G. T. Tyson was hostess on
Saturday afternoon to the Women’s
Missionary society of the Bell Ar
thur Christian church.
The home was beautifully decorated
with jonquils, potted plants and hya
cinths.
The devotional, taken from the
“World Call,” was given by Mrs.
Bruce Strickland. Mrs. Herschel Ty
son was program leader and. as this
is foreign mission month in the
church, she gave a review on the
study book, “Twilight or Dawn,”
which deals with conditions in China
today.
Mrs. Bruce Strickland, president,
presided over the business session at
which time it was decided that the
World Day of Prayer would be ob
served on March 4 at 4 o’clock at a
service in Mrs. Strickland’s home.
During the social hour, the hostess,
assisted by Mrs. G. S. Nichols,
served sandwiches, iced cakes and
lemonade.
* The regular meeting of the Bal
lards Home Demonstration club will
be held in the E. A. Moye Community
building at Langs Crossroad at 2:90
next Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. P.
J. Elks will be hostess.
Mrs. Lloyd Allen, clothing leader,
has a special program in clothing
fashions for the meeting and all
members are asked to be present and
take part in the program.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Moore, Misses
Jo Ann Tyson and Peggy Lee, Geo.
Hines and Dean Stocks were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Albion Moore in
Hopewell, Va., Sunday.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Worthington
was a week end guest of. Miss Paul
ine Whitley in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Tyson, Bur
wand Tjraon and M*. and Mrs. Forbes
Allot visited relatives in Gates coun
ty Sunday.
Larry Worthington, J. T. O’Neal,
Mrs. Noah Barber, Mrs. Viola Bo#$
and Mrs. Nettie Nichols visited
Fountain O’Neal, a patient in a Ra
leigh hospital, last week. ■
J. C. Hall of Hillsboro was a recent
guest of his aunt, Mrs. C. C. Harris .
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Bateman and
family visited friends near Snow Hill
recently.
' Mrs. J. D. Jones, Mrs!*Annie Flan
agan and Mrs. C. C. Harris from the
Ballards Presbyterian church attend
ed a foreign mission study class in
the Methodist chureh ih Farmville on
Monday evening.
Mrs. Clara Crawford of Greenville
was a recent week end guest of Mrs.
Cora Crawford.
Misses Ann and Jean Crawford,
students at Louisburg college, will
spend the week end at home and have
as their guest Miss Daisy Byrd - of
Clinton.
Miss Carolyn Mozingo was a re
cent week end guest of Mh» Carol
Ann Tyson.
Mesdames Wiley Crawford, J. D.
Jones, L. E. Tumage, Jr., P. J. Elks
and Q. C. Harris were Wilson visi
tors Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Cora Crawford, Mrs. Clarence
Little, Mrs. Lester Worthington and
Mrs. Chester Worthington attended
the F. W. B. Women’s auxiliary
meeting at the home of Mrs. R. R,
Tyson of the Piney Grove communi
ty on last Friday afternoon.
PLAYMATES CELEBRATE
BIRTHDAYS AT PARTS
£ 111 v
‘Chip" Fields, iiHf, and If™
Robert Fields, and Billy Kirklin, sot
0 Kt
Iwl: *
With the various churches pf the
county acting as collecting agencies,
Greene county donated one carload of
com to the State Friendship Train,
western counties and rolled eastward
across the state, gathering up food
and grain contributed by persons ip
rural sections. The cars yttsn taken
to Norfolk, Va, and then transport
ed at government expense to war
tom countries abroad. The overall
program was under the direction of
the North Carolina. Council of
Churches and was known as the
Christian Rural Overseas Program,
or .CROP.
Pitt county failed to perfect its or
ganization in time to participate in
this particular project, although the
county has given generously to other
relief campaigns.
CROP headquarters in Durham re
ports that 1,440,90? pounds were col
lected and 47 carloads have been
shipped. At least five more carloads
will, be shipped, making a total of 52
carload? of food sent from North
Carolina farmfolks in this one drive
alone.
During the Christmas season 1500
carloads went out from 24 states. At
least 500 more will be sent.
In terms of cold figures this is
what North Carolina and the nation
have accomplished through CROP.
The meaning, however, of this nation
al gift to our neighbors overseas is
inestimable. It will mean health a
gain to children dying of tubercu
losis.. To displaced persons, wander
ing across Europe? homeless,' without
food, and without hope, it will mean
a warm bowl of-soap, a nourishing
■bunr-and cheer in a cheerless world.
To thousands dragging themselves
from task to task by sheer effort of
will, it will mean the restoration of
life’s energies. In millions who par
ticipate in the giving and in the re
ceiving across the world, the spirit
of brotherhood will be qpfeickened a
new. Thrugh ‘the love and the hu
manitarian concern expressed in this
gift many will be brought to exclaim,
"God has not forsaken us!"
D. A. R CHAPTER HOUSE
HAS MORE MEMORIAL GIFTS
Augmenting the memorial portions
of the structure and furnishings for
the D. A. R chapter house are the
two handsome gifts received by the
Major Benjamin May chapter during
February. ,~
-Mrs. John Oliver Pollard presented
an imported chandelier, prismatic in
its exquisite rainbow hues, to be
commemorative of the pioneer
mothers whose spiritual light gave
integrity and beauty to their charac
ters; who made homes in the wilder
ness and produced leaders guided by
that "kindly light” that leads to eter
nity. This chandelier has been placed
In the center of the spacious drawing
room.
. Mrs. Marry Keel of Winston-Salem
contributed a beautifully designed
antique comer cupboard enhanced in
its beauty by the satiny patina . ige
and fitting perfectly in the banquet
room, the walls of which are paneled
with North Carolina knotty pine,
which, during the years, has taken on
an exquisite honey- color. This gift
will memorialize Mrs. Keel's father,
the late Frank Griswold Hall of New
York City.
GREENE COUNTY FARM NEWS
Joe Arthur of R-3, Snow Hill, is
putting’ in 1400 feet of six inch tile
in a tobacco field. Mr. Arthur says
this is some of the best land he has
for tobacco* but in wet years it will
flop fromtoo much water. By using
the tile, he hopes to drain ths land so
It will he good for tobacco.
Thirty tons of A. N. L. nitrogen
topdressing have been available to
Greene county farmers to demon
strate the value of using ample top
dressing with other good com pro
duction practice*. This material will
be handled through a county mer
chant and Will be distributed through
the County Asr«“*’s office on a one
acre baais to farmers who will coope
rate.1' "■ • : -rf", i
A Soil Conserration Speaking Con
test will be sponsored by the North
Carolina Bankers Association. High
school students between the 9th and
12th grades rosy enter. Each con
testant most write a speech on the
subject “Proper Land Use end Treat
was high for the lows with ft. The
Farmville girls have Won 21 games
tills season, tied two sad lost two.
They wind up their regular season's
play Friday night.
: Farmville boys* third in the con
ference standings, easily disposed of
Grifton in the night cap. Carl King,
who has averaged 17 points a game,
led the winners with 14 points. Mum
ford was high for Grifton with 15.
The losing five matched baskets with
the Red Devils during the list half,
but could not overcome the 20-7 half
time advantage held by Faraiville.
The scoring:
Fararille
King
Russell
Morrlss
Cannon
Dupree
Morgan
Windham
Boyce
Allen
Total
Grifton
Mumford
W. Jackson
Phillips
Barfield
Wade
Ewell
Rogers
R. Jackson
Lewis
J. Lewis
Total
FT PF TP
2 2 14
0 8 0
1 0 9
116
2 8 10
0 0 0
0 0 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
89 40
FT PF TP
8 8 15
1 2 8
0 0 0
0 1 4
0 0 0
0 8 4
0 0 0
0 0 " 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
4 9 28
FG
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4
2
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0
17
FG
6
1
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2
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2
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BERNICE TURNAGE ATTENDS
DEALER TRAINING SCHOOL
Bernice B. Tumage of the Tumage
company leaves tomorrow fox Chica
go to attended a two-weeks sales and
management course conducted, by the
International Harvester company for
its .dealer organisation. Mrs Tumage
is accompanying her husband. They
will travel by car and will be away
two weeks.
As s member et a class of 60 Har
vester dealers from all sections of
the United. States, Mr. Tcmage will
have many opportunities during the
two weeks for open forum discussion*
and an exchange of views on prob
lems pertinent to dealership opera;
tions.
The course at the training school is
designed to give the dealer a broad
er understanding of the changes tak
ing place today in the farm equip
ment, motor truck and refrigeration
fields and thus enable him to better
serfe the needs of his customers and
community.
The two-weeks school is classified,
into four areas of instruction—orien
tation, personal development, human
relations, and sales and management.
The orientation urea gives him a
brief historic review of the Hamster
company, its organisation, its poli
cies, and plans forth* future. In the
personal development area, subjects
are pointed toward self-improvement
and development.
If In the sales and management
areas, detailed work la dime in all
the various phases of sales and man
agement. In lectures, classroom
Work, open discussions, problems per
taining to all aspect* of dealership
operation are gene kitb thoroughly.
havior—how men act and why. It
gives a thorough understanding of
human nature, and a common sense
approach to man-to-man relations.
The school is staffed entirely by
the guidance of adult education and
industrial training authorities from
Enterprise inadrertcotljr govo the
impresaion, fat a story sheet the
new Methodist cfcarek a* ■ ,• Msary,
that the bniMIng had keen donated
fay Mr. sad Mia J R FrissoBe.
The stotoweat wss net fefar to
the atony ntkcr good people who
worked to mako the ihwoI
Me sad fall cre£t shoe)* fas glfea
to all aiembera of the chan*.
Eastern Basketball *
Semi-Finals Wfll Be
Run-off In Local Gym
Pour of the beet Claes B high
school basketball teams in the north
eastern section of North Carolina will
compete tonight and tomorrow night
in a tournament, to be held in the
Farmville gymnasium, that will de
termine which team shall represent
the district in the eastern Carolina
flials.
At 7:80 tonight, Bethel, defending
champions, will meet Colerain in the
first game of a double-header. At 9
o’clock, Jameeville plays Vanceboro.
Tomorrow night at 8 o’clock, the win
ners will meet far the title game.
.While previous performances mean
little or nothing when evenly-match
ed teams meet, Jameeville and Bethel
are given the edge over their respec
tive opponents.
A titular battle between Bethel end
Jameeville would be a thriller. The
teams met four, times far 1948 and
1949. Bethel won all the games. Two
of them were one-point victories. The
third was won by two points. The
fourth was an over-time contest and
finally ended with two point victory
for Bethel
Earmville was selected as the site
of the play-offs because of the aise
of the gymnasium and the faculties
offered l^r the school Selection of
Farmville was made by L. J. Ferry of
the North Carolina High School
Athletic Association.
If the tournament is well attended
and proven te be a financial success,
other tournaments may he brought to
Farmville. ,
These state play-offs are the last
games to he played in the Farmville
gymnasium this year.
Except for * small rental fee the
school will receive for use of the
gymnasium, all proceeds will go to
the NCHSAA, with Mr. Ferry in
charge. The Farmville Junior Cham
ber of Commerce will have charge of
the concessions.
FRED BEAMAN
Fred Beaman, ST, of Walstonburg
died in a Wilson hospital .Wednesday
afternoon at 1:15. Surviving are his
wife, Mrs. Ethel Ussell Beaman; one
son, Onex D. Beaman of Memphis,
lean.; throe daughters, Mia. James
Shackleford of Walstonburg, Katie H.
Beaman of Washington, D. C., acid
Alma Gray Beaman of Walstonburg,
five brothers and one sister.
The body wHl He in state at the
Walstonburg Methodist church from
2 until 3 o'clock this afternoon at
which time funeral services will be
conducted by Rev. Key Taylor, assist
ed by the Rev, I. T. Poole of Bailey.
Burial wiH be in the Stantonsburg
cemetery.
LETTER OF TRANKS
Thank you* Citizen* of Parmvile,
for your helper. making the Benja
it* impossible for the Girl Scouts to
see everyone. Those who wish to
isnl in donations may do so by mail
in* them to Mr. Moye, c/oGuaranty
Bank A Trust Company, Greenville.
Make all Checks or money orders
c
March of Dimes Totals
Farmville contributed $1,870.20 to
the Kerch of Dimes, more than
doubling its donations of $681.66 In
1948.
Sam D. Bundy, who again served
as local chairman announces that the
following amounts were raised by
the various classes in the school: Mbs
Darden, first grade, $86.48; Miss
Lewis, first grade, $41.18; Miss Her
ring, second grade, $38.37; Mrs. Woo
ten, second, $37.06; Miss Hardy, third
grade, $72.10; Miss Goff, third,
$46.96; Mrs. Rouse, fourth $26.50;
Mrs. Batchelor, fourth, $81.00; Miss
Robinson, fifth, $60.00; Miss Baker,
fifth, $49.63; Miss Jones, sixth,
$78.01; Miss Johnson, sixth, $46.50;
Mrs. Thomas seventh, $105.00; Mrs.
Bynum, seventh, $60.27; Miss White
hurst, eighth, $66.00; ' Mrs. Rollins,
eighth, $60.60; Mr. McCaffity, ninth,
$69.78; Mr. Johnson, ninth, $56.06;
Miss Flayer, tenth, $32.00; Mr. Dunn,
tenth, $70.00; Mr. Moye, eleventh-,
lfeO.76; Mrs. Joyner, eleventh, $41.66;
Mrs. Dunn, twelfth, $27.75.
Receipts from .the sale of ice cream
and lunch netted $81.00. $47.76 was
raised at a- basketball game.
MONK’S MEMORIAL CHURCH
TO BE ORGANIZED SUNDAY
Dr. A. J. Hobbs, superintendent of
the Rocky Mount district^ has called
a special conference of the Farmville
charge to be held Sunday night, Feb.
27, at 7:80 for the purpose of orga
nizing tile new Langs church, which
will be renamed Monk’s Manorial
Church.
The meeting will be held at the ,
new church.
At Sunday night’s meeting, mem
bers having steady united with the
church will be recognized and an in
vitation will be given for those wish
ing to be come members, and these
will be the charter members of the
church. -
The churchy is an outgrowth of the
Sunday School which began meeting
in tiie Home Demonstration building
in the fall of 1944. It is largely due
to the contributions of the late A. fc.
Monk thatJhe building'of the church
has been made possib le.
Located 2% miles from Farmville
on the Fountain highway, the church
should prove beneficial to the people
in that section, for there is no other .
church in the immediate community.
Rev. H. I* Davis, local Methodist
minister, is pastor.
BAPTISTS WILL HOLD
FOUR SPECIAL SERVICES
f6b week of prayer
Mrs. Elbert Holmes, program
chairman for the Woman’s Mission
ary society of the Baptist church, has
arranged the following schedule for
the Week of Prayer, which begins
Monday. Members of the W. M. S.
will have charge of the meetfags on
Monday and Tuesday at 8:80. Themes
for these days are “That We Might
*■' !"■> Winn..'ii»e|i<
[YF, and recreation was led by
Fields iNWBfj
by ti*e KYF counselors. The
p BCrviCv Woe given oy uw