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Baptist Business
Women Meet Here
For Dinner Session
The Woman’s Missianafy Union
of the Farmville Baptist church was
hostess for the Federation Business
Women’s Circles of the Roanoke As
sociation Thursday evening at 7
o’clock, at which time approximately
two hundred guests attended.
The meeting was held in the Farm
ville high school lunchroom.
Invocation was given by Rev . E.
W. Holmes, pastor of the Farmville
Baptist church. Guests were wel
comed by Mrs. Joseph Batchelor,
presideht of the Farmville BWC.
Special music was then rendered by
Miss Ida Privette of Williamston.
Mrs. Chester Walsh of Greenville,
president of the federation, presided
over the business session at which
time a nominating committee, com
posed of the following, was appoint
* ed: Mrs. W. M. Ezzelle of Rocky
Mount, Mrs. M. T. Spier of Winter
ville, Mrs. W. C. Ranes of Tarboro,
Mrs. G. B. Jones of Greenville and
Mrs. Joseph Batchelor of Farmville.
At the fall meeting, to be held in
Tarboro, the committee will render its
recommendations and the new offi
cers will be installed.
Reports from the various commit
tee chairmen were then given. These
included reports by the Community
Missions chairman, Mrs. C. R. Turn
er of Rocky Mount; Literature chair
man, Mrs. Harry Munford of Ayden;
Mission Study chairman, Miss Annie
Perkins of Farmville; Extension
chairman, Mrs. W. M. Neville of En
field, and Publicity chairman, Miss
Elvira Tyson of Farmville.
The roll was called and minutes
were read by the secretary, Miss
Grace Smith of Greenville. The next
feature on the program was a solo
by Mrs. Bernice B. Tumage of Farm
ville. Mrs. Daisy Pope of Williamaton
introduced the guest speaker, Miss
Alda Grayson, who has been serving
as a missionary to China. Miss Gray
son related personal incidents which
had occurred during her stay in the
Chinese mission fields. She stated
that life in China had been uprooted
by the Communists but added that
Christianity was still strong and had
been planted firmly in the hearts of
many people who were willing to die
for their faith.
Benediction was given by Rev,
Holmes.
The banquet tables carried out the
color scheme of purple and white
which are the colors of the Federa
tion. The flowere were white azaleas.
Mrs. Batchelor gave one in honor of
her mother and Mrs. Fred Moore
gave one as compliments of her flow
er shop. The GAs and YWAs as
sisted in serving a three-course din
ner, consisting of tomato juice, hors
d’oeuvres, baked ham, glazed pine
apple, potato salad, snap beans, hot
rolls, ice cream, cake and coffee.
RESOLUTIONS OP RESPECT
Whereas our Heavenly Father in His
infinite wisdom called from this world
to her eternal reward, on March 7,
1949, our beloved friend and fellow
laborer in the work of His vineyard,
the Women of the Presbyterian
Church of Farmville wish to record
our affection for her and our sym
pathy for her loved ones: -
Therefore be resolved: That in the
passing of Mrs. J. M. Hobgood our
organization feels the loss of a loyal
Christian friend expressed in services
of choir director and organist, Sun
day School teacher, and promoter both
in the local Church and at Carraway’s
Chapel; and who, as President of Al
bemarle Presbyterian brought honor
to us; who, likewise; in unadfishnesB
gladly made available her home for
Church use.
' That we thank God for her life,
cbanpcterized by love and loyalty to
her family and friends, to her Church
and to her God.
That addle we shall miss her fel
lowhip and cherish her memory; we
submit to the will of God and con
tinue in the work in which she was
so interested
that we
our
that God will <
At The Kiwanis Club
The Rev. Earl Holmes spoke to
the Kiwanians Monday night. His
subject was “Time>,, and he stressed
the importance of making every hour
beneficial in some way. Ferd Sat
terthwaite was program chairman
1 and presorted Rev. Holmes. ■_
Fred Moore, a charter member of
the dub who has recently returned
to Farmville to make his home, was
the guest of Frank Allen.
Also guests were Zeb Whitehurst
and Harnr Albritton, junior Kiwani
' ans for lie month. The induction of
Rev. H. L. Davis as a new member
was postponed due to the absence of
Sam Bundy. Earl Holmes was win
ner of the attendance prize.
The club voted to dispense with the
program on the "Sight of April 10, to
avoid a conflict with the series of
pre-Easter services held in churches
of the town during Holy Week. The
dub will disband immediately after
its members have eaten.
Local Glee Club
Wins High Honor
The Farmville high school glee
club received .an excellent rating, a
2, in the district music festival for
the northeastern counties held in
Greenville Friday. Miss Alma Whit
ley of- Enfield, who is doing her
first year’s teaching here, is director
of the club of about 60 voices.
One of the judges gave the local
group a superior rating and another
commented that the club had made a
good beginning.
Nine members of the club we
planning - to attend the state music
festival in Greensboro April 19-21.
They will rehearse with about '600
other singers under Dr. Harry Wil
son and will sing as a chorus on the
closing day of the festival. Only in
dividuals and groups receiving supe
rior ratings will compete with other
district wnners. Singers who will go
to Greensboro are Seleta Tucker and
Ruth Moore, sopranos; Myrtle Stocks,
second soprano; Pat Corbett and Gaye(
Pippin, altos; Everette Roebuck and
James Murphy, tenors; Charles Joy
ner and Jay Flanagan, basses.
The last time a Farmville glee club
competed in the di^rict contest was
in 1942, when under the direction of
Lewis S. Bullock, the club received an
excellent rating.
The" singing convention was pro
moted by the King’s Cross Beads
choir. Groups from counties other
than Pitt are invited and encouraged
to participate in the conventions.
The next convention will be held in
September at Blade Jack church. The
date will be announced later.
The convention Sunday afternoon
was a pronounced success and the
auditorium was packed for the occa
sion.
Since one of the purposes of the
convention is to furnish musical en
joyment for many who do not get to
church, one hour of the program
Sunday afternoon was broadcast over
Greenville’s radio station WGTC.
The affair is not competitive;
hence, there are no winners. |
Pitt County Singing
Convention Organized,
Gives Program Here
The Pitt County Singing Conven
tion met Sunday, March 20, in the
Farmville high school.
The following counties and choirs
participated in the singing:
Pitt county—King’s Cross Roads,
Finey Grove and Black Jack.
Edgecombe—Oakdale Baptist and
the Pentecostal Holiness of Rocky
Mount. -
Nash, Wilson, Greene and Beaufort
counties were also represented. The
Paragon Male Quartet and the Scran
ton Male Quartet were also there.
The convention was organized ,^t
the beginning of the meeting and
officers were elected as follows: Rev.
D. A. Windham, president; Junior Lee
Dail, vice president; Miss Rachel
Wooten, secretary, Rev. L. B. Man
ning and Rev. J. A. Davidson, mem
bers of the executive committee. -
Winners of the Greene county basketball tournament for four consecutive years, the Walstonburg
high school girls have formed the pleasant habit of bringing home the titfe. The 1949 champions are:
(left to right): Miss Catherine Campbell, ecash; Myrtle Griffin, Dean Tugweil, Ann Holloman, Janie
Dildy, Betty Gay, Evelyn Fields, Eveyn Ruth Mann, Betty Hobbs, Jane Fields, Get&ldine Moore. In
front are the co-captains, Jeanne Rediek and Ruths Gay, Kioto'courtesy Pack-O-Nem
Activities of
Ten and a half weeks in Raleigh
has been enough to make legislators
think seriously of winding up the
session. Ratification of the Revenue
Bill on Friday must have given them
encouragement. The wave of local
bills introduced last week probably
means the members want to be sure
their local projects are not lost in
the last-minute scramble. Despite
these signs the presiding officers
have not appointed calendar commit
tees, the usual sign of anticipated ad
journment.
Appropriations
Public school finances continued to
consume the time of the Joint Ap
propriations '.Committee this week.
When-the Senate defeated its “Foun
dation Han” ’hill the Committees
seemed to assume that the general
operating expenses of the public
schools would remain a State respon
sibility and promptly voted to in
crease the original school recommen
dations by $26 million to insure that
the teachers would receive the sala
ry scale Governor Scott had recom
mended for the next biennium. The
Kext day the members voted to raise
the salaries of other State employees
17% above the originally recommend
ed figures. This brought approved
appropriations to $42 million in ex
cess of the original recommendations
of the Advisory Budget Commission.
Even assuming the Committee would
be willing to spend them, the Post
War Reserve Fund and the General
Fund surplus would contain only $34
million together, and *thie members
would still have to find the missing
$8 million or cut their approved proj
ects by the same sum There are,
of course, a number of members
strongly opposed to -spending the
Post War Reserve at all and who
would prefer cutting into the $72 mil
lion recommended for permanent im
provements at the State institutions.
Still others feel that both the Post
War Reserve and Permanent Im
provement: Funds should be retained
and that the Biennial Appropriations
Bill must be cut accordingly.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Miss Janet Stansill, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stansill, under
went a major brain operation Tues
day morning at Duke hospital. Her
condition is satisfactory.
conference leader r
Mrs. E: W. Holmes is in Charles
ton, 4 C., this week in a Sunday
School Training Course, in the Char
leston Heights Baptist Church. She
will direct the conferences on the
METHODISTS CONDUCT . .
VISITATION CAMPAIGN
The Farmville Methodist church
opened its visitation evangelism Cam- !
■ Legislature
EASTER CANTATA
Choirs from the Baptist, Christian,
Episcopal, Methodist and Presbyter
ian churches began practicing last
Wednesday night for a concert which
will be presented Easter Sunday even
ing. Under the direction of Miss Al
ma Whitley, the group is learning a
cantata, "Eastertide/’ by Daniel
Prothroe.
Practices are being held Monday
evenings at the Baptist church. Each
choir works on the music at its reg
ular choir practice.
An Easter sunrise service will be
held at the Christian church with Rev.
E. S. ,Coates in charge. *
NEW DEAL CLUB*
Two tables of the New Deal club
were entertained Wednesday after
noon by Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt, in,her
home in which pink azaleas and cow
slips were decorations.
High and low Bcore prizes were a
warded to Mrs. Frank Davis, Jr., and
Mrs. W. Leslie Smith. Mrs. W. C.
Holston, a guest, was remembered
with hi-jacs.
After cards were laid aside, con
gealed salad in grapefruit shells,
ham biscuits, date nut'"bread sand
wiches, potato chips, saltines and
Easter eggs in baskets were served.
The pink and yellow color scheme
was emphasized in tallies, flowers
and refreshments. . -
WALSTONBURG W. S. C. S.
Mrs. Melvin Gay was hostess to the
Woman's Sotjjety of Christian service
of the Walstomburg Methodist church
last Wednesday afternoon. She led
the devotional and assisted Mrs. W.
V. Redick in presenting the program
on “Human Values
in the Labor
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mr. and Mrs. John J.- McDavid, Jr.
announce the birth
of a daughter,
Martha Parker, March 1$, Memorial
General hospital, Kinston. Mrs. Mc
David hi Hie former Mips Alice Harp
er Parker. ’ 1 ■ -
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Owens an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Pam
ela Joyce, March 21, Park View hos
pital, Rocky Mount. Mrs. Owens te
the former Miss Glady Norville of
Fountain,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Silas Ed
wards announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Mary Ellen, March 22, Carolina
General hospital, Wilson. Mrs. Ed
wards' is the former Miss Eula Maye
SUPPER
A spaghetti supper, sponsored by
the Farm villa high school senior class,
will be held in the school lunch room
tonight (Friday). Hates will be «L
Children under taaiwill be charged 60
Jaycees Putting Up
- Fence at Ball Park
The Farmville Junior Chamber of
Commerce ' held a special meeting
Thursday night of last week in the
Town Hall and discussed plans for
fencing in the ball park. Advertise
ments, to be painted on the fence, are
being sold and those interested are
requested to contact members of the
club about the ads.
At the regular meeting on Wednes
day night of this week, the Jaycees
approved for membership the follow
ing: A. E. Allen, Jr., Carl L. Bea
man, Jr., M. L. Eason, Jr., Jennis P.
Harper, Frank G. Harris, Sam Hob
good, Jr., B. E. Sledd, Jasper Tyson,
and Hallette W. Willoughby.
MERRY MATRONS
Reviewing “Shake Well Before Us
ing,” by Bennett Cerf, Miss Annie
Perkins told the Merry Matrons Tues
day afternoon* that Mr. Cerf was able
to ‘see humor everywhere. On opti
mist, he is a native New Yorker,
president or a pbblishing house and a
columnist
Mrs. J. O. Pollard was hostess for
the meeting and had three special
guests, Mrs. W. C. Murray, Mrs. John
H. Paylor and Mrs. Z. ,M. White
hurst.
Appointed to the resolutions com
mittee were Mrs. B. O. Tumage and
Mrs. R. LeRoy Rollins.
After the meeting, the members
and guests were invited to the din
ing room where French pastries,
pumpkin seeds, stuffed pickles, chic
ken salad sandwiches and Russian tea
were served. Gladioli - and azaleas
predominated hi floral arrangements.
BIRD CLUE MEMBERS VISIT
PECAN GROVE DAIRY
Bird club members had ah enjoy
able outing Saturday when they
visited the Pecan Grove Dairy. Wil
ton Wilkerson,’ the
ton Wilkerson,' the new manager,
showed them the milking bam, how
the bottles are washed and sterilized,
and gave each boy a bottle of milk,
which was a pleasant surprise. They
saw the cows, calves and pigs. Mr.
Wilkerson took them to ride on the
tractor trailer and then they ate
lunch on the^bank of the canal. John
Worthington was a guest. It was a
happy time for the members and
they are deeply grateful to Mr. Wil
kerson. >
Jesse Bjadley read an article on
the white-crowned pigeon.
At The Rotary Club
Technicolor pictures of the high
school hand and school were shown
to the Rotary dub Tuesday night by
Ed Nash Warm, who also talked on
chib service to the community.
Some of the accomplishments of the
club which he recalled were support
of the band, selling of more than 40
tickets for the E. C. T. C. entertain
ment .series last fall, donation made
to Boy Shout Camp Charles, partid
pating in basketball game for bene
fit of band, loan fund, award each
yew to mot* outstanding high school
senior, having a number of farmers
in the community as guests at meet
ings, meetings at Gamp Charles and
at Bell Arthur, and supporting' the
the various drives such as March of
Dimes and Tubereulw Seal Sale. The
highlight rA the yaw was entertain
ing Coach Case’s State college bas
ketball team in the fall.
Robert- Rollins was the guest
of his father, LeKoy Rollins, and
Lowell Liles of State college was 'the
guest of his father, Manly Liles. Paul
Ehyell had N. C. Maenhout and his
son, Harold, as guest*
John Lewis, chairman of the spe
cial gifts division of the Red-Cross
drive, called attention to the cam
paign and asked that each member
make his contribution as soon as
passible.
Activities Of Local
Church Organizations
Baptist
Miss Mamie Davis presided at the
Ernest circle, whose March meeting
was held with Mrs. 3. M. Wheless,
Sr., Monday afternoon. “O Worship
the King” was song and Mm George
Davis led fat repeating Psalm 28 and
offered a prayer. A card of thanks
from the Annie Perkins circle was
read. April 27 was designated as the
date for the spring cleaning of the
church to begin and the Roanoke as
sociation al meeting was announced
for March 81 in Wilson,
Seven chapters of the book, “To
Whom Mach Is Given,” mission study
book, were used by Miss Davis and
Mrs. Davis as a basis for their ques
tion and answer period. -All mem
bers joined in the discussion.
Mrs. J. W.. Boykin was welcomed
as a new member.
Stuffed, angel food cake and cof
fee were served by the hostess.
Episcopal
Uses to which United Thank of
fering money, is pot were read by
different members of the Episcopal
auxiliary at Monday afternoon’s
meeting in the home of Mrs. F. A.
Williams. Jbs. J.'H. Darden, U. T.
(X custodian, was in charge of the
program. The offering supports
China’s Independent Christian College
for Women and an ambulance unit in
India, helps to raise the standard of
livingrin Liberia, assists with church
work in China and is put to work in
other ways.
“Christ for the Worid We Sing”
and “From Greenland’s Icy Moun
tains” were sung. The group dis
cussed moving shrubbery so that new
Sunday School rooms may be added
to the church and wrote a note to
Mrs. J. W. Joyner, who is ill. Mrs.
R. S. Scott appealed, to the members
to help the Altar guild with the bar
becue supper and bazaar. .
Prayer closed the meeting.
PERSONAL ITEMS
Mrs. George W. Davis spent sever
al days last week in Richmond Va.,
attending the State of Virginias-Mis
sionary union meeting as the guest of
Mm McConnell of Newport News,
formally of Farm villa.
Misses Mary Frances Craig mid
Janet Ryan of Raleigh spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. George W. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. George W .Davis and
family will attend the show, “Okla
homa,” in Raleigh Saturday night.
Mrs. John King will spend the
week end in Raleigh with Mends And
attend the show, “Oklahoma.”
Mrs. H. D. Johnson, Mrs. Howard
Moye, president of the Farmville
Council of Church Women, Mrs. M. E..
Pollard and Mrs. B. D. Harris attend;1
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Mrs. T. Eli Joyner, Jr., chairman
of the Red Cross drive in the'Farro
ville community, report that work
ers have solicited- -approximately
11,100 in the first three days of the
drive which opened Monday. It is ex
pected that the goal of $1,600 will he
reached when all workers finish their
solicitations. The driver closes Satur
day.
Workers for four of the teams are
listed. Team 1, Mrs. Frank K. Allen,
co-captain, Mrs. John M. Mewbom,
Miss Agnes Quinerly, Mrs. J. B.
Hockaday, Mm. G. I* Gilchrist, Mrs.
Harry Harper; Ed Hash Warren, co
captain, S. D. Bundy, John C. Park
er, C. H. Joyner, Bernice Turnage;
Team 2, Mrs. Alien Darden, co-cap
tain, Mrs. R. G. Copenhaver, Mrs. E. -
rN. Petteway, Mrs. J. T. Windham,
Mrs. Louise Harris;'Arch Flanagan,
co-captain, E. C. Holmes, Billy Smith,
George Allen, 0. M. Paylor; Team 3,
Mrs. Walter B, Jones, co-captain,
Mrs. J. Y. Monk, Mrs. Bernice Turn
age, Mrs. Tommy Ling, Mrs. H. N.
Howard, Mm. R. V Flser; Hal Wind
ers, co-captain, R.*£. Lang, Jr., E. N.
Petteway, Dr. Frank Harris, C. H.
Flanagan; Team 4, Mrs. Z. M. White
burst, co-captain, Mrs. George Moore, -
Jr., Mrs. R. E. Pickett, Mrs. Alex
Allen, Mrs. J. H. Darden, Jr, Mrs.
Roland Sauls; Fred Moore, co-captain,
Charles Quinerly, Charles Rasberry,
Dan H. Jones, LeRoy Rollins.
MILLEDGET1LLE CHOIR
APPEARS HERE TONIGHT
Ministers, leaders, and newspapers
alike throughout the many states
where the Milledgeville (Ga.) College
Choir has appeared have expressed
praise for this unique group that will
appear in a concert of the world’s
greatest music on Friday night .at 8
o’clock in the Farmville Methodist
church. All music lovers are invited
to attend.
A few of the many comments made
about the choir follow:
From the Savannah paper: “Sing
ing in a church where good music has
been heard for many years the Mil
ledgeville College A. Capella Choir, in
a' concert last night, gripped the at
tention of an audience which over
flowed the nave of St John’s Epis
copal Church and jammed the bal
cony. Singing unaccompanied, the
choir was propelled as if by a mag
net by the robuBt and dynamic figure
of Max Noah who stood before them
and directed in an effective hot un
ostentatious manner."
From a Miami, Fla., paper comes:
“There was a coordination of_the va
rious choral parts in the choir which
was admirable at all times, and flaw
less for the most part There was
an individual assurance on the part
of virtually , every singer which gave
vibrant realness to the unity of the
singing.’’ - 7
A Columbus, Ga., paper says: “The
singing was marked by a beautiful
tone quality and absolutely fidelity
to pitch, by a wide range of dyna-'
mica and splendidly proportioned
shading and nuance and by clarity ctf
diction. The smooth vocal line idr
minded one of the great St Olaf
choir; the animation and sparkling
brilliance of the Westminster choir.”
From Edmund H. Worthy of Wash
ington, D. C.: “Just a note to tell
you how much we Georgians In Wash
ington enjoyed the marvelous choir
you entertained us with last Satur
day evening. Such a talented well
trained organization goes far in giv
ing Georgia Stats College for Women
a well deserved national reputation
for refinement and cultural train
ing." 7,7 ' ‘' Vf"' J ! ' ' '
RECEIVES WD
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Miss Daphne Yelvertan of Foun
tain was among the 26 Meredith col
lege students who received wis for
membership in Sigma Pi Alpha, na
tional honorary modem language
fraternity, Wednesday night Names
of those eligible to become members
were announced by Miss Anne Boy
kin, president of the Phi Kappa
chapter at Meredith. Miss Boykin’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boykin,
recently moved to FSrmville.
Students are chosen for the frater
nity on basis of their scholastic
achievements and interest in Spanish, i
French and German. . ‘ :
Neighbors*