IN FAKMVILLE
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Bringing to a climax plans for dedi
cation of tie Major Benjamin May
Chapter House and Home Coining
' event on Friday, April 29, was tie
announcement today by the Regent,
lbs. T. C. Tumage, that John E.
Pudefay, of Washington, D. C., As
sistant Secretary of State and. Dr.
Robert H. House, Chancellor of the
University of North XJarolina, have
. accepted the invitation of the pro
gram committee to he the featured
speakers; that Mrs, Boscoe O’Byime,
President General of the National So
v ciety Daughters of the American Re
volution will be present and dedicate
the building; that Norman Cordon,
Metropolitan singer and his accom
panist, Robert Reuter, Dean of music
of Flora Macdonald College, will thrill
the assemblage with their glorious
music and that the United States Ma
rine Band from Lejeune will be on
hand to stir their pulses with mar
tial airs.
Other notable figures in the D. A.
R. Society who will be present, are:
Mrs. Julius Young TWmadge, of
Athens, Ga., the Immediate Past
President General; Miss Virginia
Horne, State Regent; Miss Gertrude
Carraway, Past State Regent and
Mrs, Edwin C. Gregory, Past Vice
President General. Other national
figures to attend as special guests
and bring greetings will be Jonathan
Daniels, Adviser to President Tru
man; Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner, General Franklin Hart, Com
^ uniting Officer of Camp Lejeune,
General Allen H, Tumage, a native
son, and Dr. J. D. Messick, President
of E. C. T. C., Greenville.
All of these distinguished guests
will join in the dedicatory tribute to
the citizenship of Eastern North Ca
rolina, which will have a living mem
orial in the form of a magnificent
Chapter House of the Major May
Chapter. And the Farmville com
munity, filled with the holiday spirit
of excitement, expectancy and hospi
tality awaits the dawning of April
29, prepared to usher in another day
that will mark one of the momentous
occasions of its history.
The home coming day celebration
with its theme—“This Land of Ours,
Its Soil, Its Homes, Its Churches, Its
Schools, and Its People”—will take
place in the Farmville gymnasium be
ginning at 10:30 in the morning, with
an address of wetepme by Mayor J.
W. Joyner. Devotional exercises at
all events will be conducted by local
ministers. Participating in the mus
ical program will be. Dr. George
Perry, Dean of Music at E. C. T. C.,
GreAnville, and Mis? Drake in a piano
ensemble number; Mrs. Bernice B.
Tumage, soToist, with Mrs. Archie
W. McT of Charlotte, as accom
panist; the Farmville school band,
of which Newton & Maenhout is di
rector, and tiie Glee Club under the
direction of Miss Alma Whitley with
— Mrs. Haywood Smith as accompanist.
The Scottish Dance of Victory will be
danced by students of Flora Macdon
ald College, directed by Mise Bate
man.
At noon, a basket lunch will be
served in one of the warehouses.
In the afternoon, the unveiling ex
ercises will take place at the Chapter
House with Mrs. O’Byrne delivering
the dedication addjnse.
In the evening from 8 until 1 o’
clock, a Dedication Ball will be bald
in the school gymnasium with music
furnished for the occasion by Kerb
Guptorfs orchestra from Raleigh.
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Raymond R. Simmons, 59, an em
ployee of the Brawley Construction
company, died in Ptak View hospital,
Rocky Mount, of meningitis Tuesday
- night He was working in Warren
ton and previously had worked in
-FfcnnviUe. He was a native of Texas
and is survived by two sisters the®?,
and one brother in the Navy.
Funeral services were held from
the FarmviBe Funeral Home yeater
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Activities Of Local <
Church Organizations
The Women of the Church met
Monday night in the home of Mis.
C. P. Baucom, who, as program lead
er, was assisted in giving the pro
gram on am ancient sanctuary in
Nieuwekerk Holland, by Mrs. Gary
Bergeron, Mrs. Rusbell Carraway,
Mrs. W. H. Moore, Jr., and Mrs. Joe
Flake. •
The devotional was devoleped by
Mrs. Bruce Cobb.
Mrs. I. D. Kirklin presided in the
president's absence. Seventeen mem
bers were present
Baptist -
Mrs. W. A. McAdams was hostess
to the Ernest circle Monday after
noon. The program and devotional
were given by Mrs. George Davis and
Mrs! Lang''Davis.
Marshmallow salad, cheese straws,
nuts and blade coffee were served.
At The Rotary Club
Charlie Rasberry, who was in
rcharge of the program, Tuesday night
presented some pictures on ameer
and its treatments.
The announcement concerning the
Cancer Drive was made and the pres
ident appointed Hie following to help
in the drive: J. Y. Monk, R. D. Rouse,
George W. Davis and Manly idles.
The attendance prize was won by
LeRoy Rollins. , >• - vV i
Guests were Rev. E. W. Holmes
and Rev. Glyde E. Baucom of Wilson.
forty Niner
Annual Meeting Held Tuesday Ew
ing; Entire Beard Rejected;
k-V Offieera Retain
.. Shareholders of fee Farmville
Building and Loan Association, meet
ing Tuesday evening in the City hall,
heard reports of a successful' year
mid .concluded by re-electing the
entire board for continued service:
namely, J. O. Pollard, W. A, Me
Adams, Manly Liles, A. W. Bobbitt,
Ed Nash Warren, John B. Lewis and
G. A. Rouse.
Following the shareholders’ meet
ing, the Board of Directors met and
re-elected J. O. Pollard, president,
and W. A. McAdams, vice president
G. A. Rouse, who has served 26 yean
as secretary-treasurer, will continue
to serve in this capacity.
The Appraisal Committee is com
posed of Manly Liles, chairman, W.
A. McAdams, A. W. Bobbitt sod Ed
Nash Warren. John B. Lewis waa re
appointed attorney, with Dim Jones
as alternate.
Mrs. J. M. “Ruth” Gibhs, a recent
addition to the offiee force, who holds j
the position of assistant secretary j
and bookkeeper, will take pleasure in!
serving members of the association
at all times.
Secretary Rouse in his annual re
port stated that the 33-year history
of the association had always been
sound, though somewhat slow in
growth up until the last three years,
with assets jumping from $178,021.16,
March 81> 1946, to over |400,000.00 as
of March 31, 1949.
Daring the past two years the as
sociation has made a.total of 87 loans
In an amount of over f233,000.
r AKMVILLE DEFEATS B^LTOIR,
LOSES TO SNOW HILL
(By Charles W. Joyner)
TV Bed Devils of Farmville high
school woft their first victory of the
current young baseball season by de
feating Belvoir, 10-7. William Wal
ston limited the losers to five scat
tered singles.
farmville teed off in the top of the
first inning and scored three runs
off Garris, the starting pitcher for
Belvoir. Bobby Brock’s double to
centerfield scored Windham, and
Morgan drove in Mayo Allen and
Brock. Belvoir one run in the first
inning on a series of Farmville er
rors.
Farmville tallied once in the sec
ond, twice in. the third and put the
game on ice ir^ the eighth inning by
scoring four times. Garland, Wind
ham’s single to left field drove Wal
ston home. Carson Windham scored
G. Windham and Oakley's single
drove the fihal run across the plate.
Assisted by Farmville errors, Bel
voir scored three runs in the eighth.
Batteries: Walston and Brock; Gar
ris, Leggett (4) and Manning.
In the second game of the season,
Snow Hill defeated Farmville, 13-6.
Snow Hfll garnered a total of 12
hits off Welsjfm sad Wall, Furm
ville’s two huriets.
Farmville’s big splurge came In
the., fonrth inning when the locals
rapped Snow Hill’s Moye for font
runo. AJlen’s one base hit whs good
enough to score Brock and Oakley,
and Allen scored on Morgan’s ainc’e.
Harvey Webb, who relieved Walston
on the mound for Farmville in the
third, connected for a single to drive
i their half of the fourth, Snow
roared back and, capitalizing on
mil Farmville errors, scored six
«- In the seventh, Snow Hill
yed A five-rim rally.
In February, 1947, member’ of the
Seven Pines Home Demonstration
club derated that a primary need of
their community was a dub building.
The meetings were so well attended
that most of the homes in the com
munity were too small to comforta
bly accommodate the meetings.
Mrs- Ferrell Morgan, a club mem
ber, gave the club a deed for a plot
of land on highway 121, three mites
north of Flannville, as the site for the
borne the dub wanted to build. _
Landowners, merchants and dtisens
of the community contributed $1,03$
in the few months following the gift
of the property. - Since building ma
terials were so high in price, the
club purchased in February, 1948, a
surplus army building nt Camp Buh
ner. Husbands of club members and
interested neighbors want to Botnar,
dismantled and rebuilt the buQding,
a structure which measured 76 feet
by 26 feet Even though the interior
was aw renovated it wa» used xei
club meetings during the gumnuei
and fall. It has a large fuwemblj
room, 59 feet by 25 feet, a 16x16 kit
chen, a storage room and a chat
room. The Animal Family
Party last December was the find
community meeting held in the build
ing. A second one was a citizenship
meeting in February at which time
approximately 100 men and women
came together to study -“County Gev>
•ament.” -T*V
The hadding id the pride of tiu
community. Fifty ' metal folding
chairs have been purchased: Future
plant include ; painting the interior
and exterior of the building, land
scaping the yard, and equipping the
kitchen.
It has already afforded the com
munity many happy hours of fellow
ship. All Home Demonstration dub
meetings-and community soditls am
held here.
. i^ocaiea on uie sooiaww corner «*
Lang’s Crossroads, abodt five miles
;ast of Farmville on highway 264, is
she new E. A. Moye Community
building. This building was a pro
ject of the Ballards Home Demon
stration club.
The members bod for gome time
felt that a community building was
seeded here. Hr. and Mm. Robert S,
Moye of Greenville gave an acre of
land to be used as a building site. It
ivaa in grateful appreciation of their
dft flwt the dub erected the build
ing and named it The E. Av,Moye
Community Building as a memorial
so Mr. Moye’s parents.
The clpb started in ^47 to raise
nonejr for the project The land?
>wners and other interested people in
lie community were solicited for
funds. The initial deposit of $25.16
vas njpney realized from a oake mf
fle. Another gum, $76.00, was prise
noney won by the Ballards dub for
ts booth at tee Pitt county teir to
1947. A total of $1808.60 was raised.
About 3000 feet of lumber, a keg
>r so of nails. 1600 brick, and the
isbestos siding shingle were donated,
ro date there hag been a total of
12368.34 spent for materials, equip
nent and labor. This includes the
?alue of tee "donated materials. The
labor bill, for the entire building,
would be quite an item but for tee
continued efforts of the men of the
Community. However, the only labor
bills to be paid were $72.00 for tin
ning the roof and $86.60 for wiring
she building. ^
Included to the entire cost of ex
penditures was $202.98 for 51 folding
chairs and $39.82 paid for silver
ware. The club has sufficient di
rer to serve 100 people. A kitchen
shower -wag held and enough dishes
oi uiese js a ancnen. me oiner is
for dm as s smaller meeting room
and at present a coat room. The fu
ture plana are to have a library sta
tion here with tills room to be used
as a library.
Other plans call for the installa
tion of water, ^ ceiling the building
and landscaping the s grounds; also
any necessary improvements that
might arise.: /,
The club and community have every
reason to be proud of their building.
It Is now used for all Home Demon
stration chib meetings and is avail
able for other community meetings.
METHODISTS ACCEPT HID
TO MEET HERE NEXT YEAR
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At the annual meeting in Bethel
on Tuesday, the Rocky Mount district
of the Methodist conferehcer accept
ed an.invitation to hold their meet
ing next spring in the FanBvilJe
Methodist ,,ri
Rev, H. L. Davis, Miss Edna Boone,
R..A. Joyner, R. 0. Lang, Jr.,' Mrs.
R. D. Harris, Mrs. A. C. Monk, Sr.,
and Mrs. John T. Thome represented
the Earmville church at the Bethel
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U..7D0BIS A
fUUPC'WORK;
OOPWVV^l
of time between tbit date and April
20 was required to prepare forms and
set up plans for inspection by the p*r
troL Prom now on branch managers
and auto Inspectors will refer all
applicants on ont-of-state motor
vehicles to the patrol for ^inspection
certificates. Patrolmen will attach
inspection certificates to applications
accepted by them on out-of-state
vehicles.„ Persons wishing to have
such vehicles licensed will be required
to take them to patrolmen. No in
spection stations will be maintained.
Patrolmen, however, may set up spe
cial offices or patrol quarters if they
desire. ' j
The same inspection checks will be
followed in checks by the highway
patrol as that followed at the recent
ly shut-down inspection lanes. Tires,!
lights brakes, mirrors, horns, Wind
shields and mufflers will be tested.
When a vehicle is found to be de
fective, the department is suggesting'
that patrolmen notify the owner by
postal card of such defects. The ap
plicant will return the card to thej
patroman in person and show that the
fault has been corrected before the
inspection certificate caiv be issued.
A total of 117,000 out-of-state cars
and other vehicles were licensed in
the State last year.
PERSONAL ITEMS
Mist Polly E. Bandy of Wilson
spent the Easter holidays with her
mother, Mrs. S. H. Bundy.
Mrs. Gordon Lee and her daughter
were Raleigh visitors'Tuesday.
Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt, Mrs. R» G.
Ruffin, Mrs. B. 0, Taylor and MisB
Carol Ann Pitt were Raleigh visitors
Friday.
Clinton Rollins of Raleigh spent
Monday and Tuesday nights with his
mother, Mrs. W. J. Rollins. .
Mr. and Mrs. Willie O’Quinn spent
Easter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mathis, in Clinton.
Dan Morgan) Bobby Russell and
Neal Howard, students at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, spent the
week end at their homes. 4 f Ti
Kay Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ronnie Allen, is recovering Worn
tonsilitis. His twin Fsjr, is ill with
measles.
Mrs. Mary C. Meadows of Jackson
vile ’Spent the week end with her
mother, Mrs. W. B. Carraway.
Mrs. James Leals and Mrs. Mar
vin Speight were Raleigh visitors
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P. T. A. * ^ HI
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The nominating committee at the
Parent-Teacher association will malm
its report at the meeting Thursday
afternoon at 3 o’clock?! in Perkins
haB,
Parents and friends of the school
are invited to attend..
On Sunday evening at 8 o'clock in
the Methodist church, the combined
choira of Farmville , climaxed the
Easter observance with the presen
tation of the sacred cantata, "Easter
tide,” by Protheroe. Conducted by
Miss Alma Whitley of the high
school music faculty and accompanied
by Mrs. gaywood Smith, onanist of
the Methodist church, the choir of
approximately 35 voices sang with
reverent restraint and feeling the
story of the Passion and Reenrrec
tion of the Lord. Solo parts were
sung by Mrs. Roland Lang, Jr., Bob
Morgan, Bob Darden, John R. Joyner,
Pot Corbett, Ruth Moore, James Mor
phy and Willa Rae Harper. These
soloists interpreted foe the listeners
in a uniformly sympathetic manner
the solemnity and beauty of the
events on Calvary and lh Joseph’s
garden. "The March to Calvary,* an
organ interpolation, was rendered by
Mrs. Smith and the cantata reached
its climax in the paean of praise and
victory sung by Mrs. Bernice Thin
age.
Miss Whitley and Mrs. Smith, as
well as the individual singers, at*
to be' commended for their unselfish
efforts in providing for the worship
pers this lovely closing service of
the Easter; season.
The Methodist church was a beau
tiful Betting for the service; the chan
cel was decorated with Easter lilies,
palms and white flowers, and a light
ed cross shown over the choir loft.
Rev. H. L. Davis, pastor, presided
and Rev. E. W. Holmes, president of
the ministerial association, pronoun
ced the benediction.
the to