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Q. w, Windham, Mrs. Florence Thorne and Mrs. Hannah Shirley, who, together, have been loyal work ers in the Sunday School for more than a hundred years, were honored by the Farmville Christian Church at the regular services Sunday morning. i Gifts were presented and remarks appropriate for the occasion were made by Rev. Z. B. T. Cox, pastor, and Sam B. Bundy, superintendent of the Sunday School. Mm Thorne was bom Florence Leona Moore on November 15, 1870, in Greene county. Before coming to Farmville she taught school in Foun tain and Pinetops. Mrs. Thome has cheerfully given 40 years of service to tefehing little children in the church. Mrs. Shirley,* who has taught Sun day School here for 26 years, was bora in Greene county in 1879. As a young girl she attended school in Tar boro. Later she taught school. Mrs. Shirley is very dear to the hearts of many people who were her pupils when they first went to Sunday School. Mr. Windham has hem faithful treasurer of the Sunday School for 35 yean. He was bom August 28, 1884, in Wilson county. He has lived in Farmville most of his life. On May 3, 1908, he married Miss Sola Case of Pitt county. Mr. Windham has been a member of the Christian church for 40 years and will be re membered for his untiring service to the church. In honor of these faithful three, the Christians had a special bulletin for their Sunday morning - service, on the front of which appeared pic tures, of Mr. Windham, Mrs. Thome and Mrs. Shirley. V. P. W. AUXILIARY IS FORMED, OFFICERS ELECTED The charter was presented and officers were elected and installed at the first regular meeting of the Bur nette-Rouse Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Friday night at the clubhouse. Mrs. Carrie West of the Greenville auxiliary, who was present with sev eral members from Greenville, pre sented the charter which bears the names of 18 members, and installed the officers. They are: president, Mrg, Mary V. Allen; senior vice pres ident, Mrs. Frances Mashbum; junior vice president, Mrs. Minnie Mae Hinson; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Rosa Humphrey; chaplain, Mrs. Ber tie D. Go wans; conductress, Mrs. Bee die Dolly; guard, Mrs. Ruth Ainsley; first trustee, Miiw Joyce Wood; .sec ond trustee, Mrs. Dolly Ballard; third trustee, Mrs. Ruth Tyson; first color bearer, Mrs. Edith Willoughby; sec ond color bearer, Mrs. Ida Newton; third color Wrer, Mrs. Ethleen Woo ten; fourth color bearer, Mrs. Eliza beth Eason; patriotic instructor, Miss Hazel Barrett; historian, Miss Alice Crawford and musician, Mrs. Ruth Tyson. Refreshments were served by the post to Hie 26 ladies present Meet ings will be held the second Thursday in each month at 8 o'clock. An organizational meeting was held Mrs. Hantaah Shirley Farmville MYF Host To Meeting John Russell Joyner Re-elected Pub licity Chairman; Picnic Supper Served Eighty-two Methodist Youth fel lowship members in the Wilson sub district met in the Farmville church Sunday night at 7 o'clock for their monthly meeting. Bob Morgan, local president, led recreation after which picnic suppers were spread and served. Acting as hostesses for the local church were Mrs. Bennett R. Fields, secretary of youth work in the Woman’s society, and Mrs. Edgar Barrett Bob Morgan presided at the busi ness session, in which the following officers were elected. Audrey White of Elm City charge, president; Jo retta Barnes of Jtenly charge, vice president; Edna Stokes of Pinetops, secretary; John R. Joyner, Farmville, publicity chairman; Miss Edna Boone, Farmville, counsellor. The Farmville group had charge of the worship service with Paschall Barrett John Russell Joyner, Julia Satterthwaite, Donald Baucom, Bob Morgan, Jackie Williford, Willa Rae Harper and Carolyn Roebuck taking part ’ Churches represented were Wilson, Elm City, Buckhorn, Lucama and Pfoetops. -v ___r- .. ■ TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC WILL BE HELD HERE, FRIDAY, MAY 20 Dr. Thomas G. Baaaght, Ml time acting health officer for the county, announces that a free tuberculosis' clinic will be held in Farmville on Friday, May 20, from 2 to 4 o’clock, hi the office of Dr. Charles E. Fits* gerald. The clinic will be conducted by Dr. Fitzgerald. White and colored patients -from all parts of the county are eligi ble to attend. BOB FISER, WITH 74, LEADS ; GOLFERS IN LOSING CA Farmville golfer* pi at Smithfield last W< At The Rotary Club Manly Liles had charge of the pro gram at Tuesday’s meeting of the Rotary club and made a talk on good will. _ George W. Davis drew, the attend ance prize. Harold Thomas of Greenville was a visitation. CARRAWAY’S CIRCLE MEETS WITH MRS. JOHN BUNDY Hie Carraway’s Chapel circle met Saturday afternoon at' the home of Mrs. John Bundy, Jr., with the chair* man, Mrs. Oscar Holloman, presiding. The meeting was opened with sen tence prayers. The Bible study, “The Preparation Days,” was given by Mrs. James Holloman.. Mrs. C. F. Baucom presented the program, “Presbyteri anism—Our Challenge” To increase the treasury funds, the members vot ed to order and sell vanilla and mas ter hangers. Seventeen members were present and were served cookies, salted nuts and coca colas. Mrs. Edward Brock was welcomed into the group. APRIL BUILDING PERMITS PASS THE $25,000-MARK April .was a successful month for Town Clerk Cleveland Paylor’s of fice, insofar as the issuance of build ing permits was concerned. Permits for the month were in excess of $25, 000, and included the following: J. B. Joyner, repairs to residence, $5,500^ H. H. Bradham, Jr., residence with garage, $10,000; C. M. Suggs, residence, $9,000; J. B. Taylor, addi tion to residence, $1,000; R.- LeRoy Rollins, alteration of kitchen, $760; Ed McGee, addition to residence, $200; and Joseph Batchelor, addition of porch roof, $200. BELL ARTHUR W. S. C. S. ELECTS NEW OFFICERS In an .election of officers for the Bethlehem Woman’s Society of Chris tum service of the Methodist church at Bell Arthur, Mrs. Charles F. Sut ton was named president. The meet ing was held April 29 -in the church. Other officers are Mrs. O. L. Er win, vice president; Mrs. Lawrence White, recording secretary; Mbs. Mack Erwin, treasurer; Mrs. W A. White, promotion secretary. The Vacation Bible school and re vival which will be held the second Week in June were discussed. „ J After adjournment, Mrs. Sutton, hostess, served coca Colas, salted nuts and crackers. GREENE COUNTY FARM NEWS E. E. Batts of Hookerton is build ing two poultry mage -shelters tc house young pullets out ion clover and grass grazing. This houses are built in two sections and can be mov&L eas ily. He plans to change the location of the range shelters several times during the summer to keep down parasite infection. Tobacco varieties resistant to, root knot have been planted on, the farm <xf D. B. Murpkrey and Clarence Harr dy. These' varieties will be observed during the1 season for quality and re operating in Farmville. With the installation of stemming machines, it will be the only stemming plant here. Heretofore, tobacco purchased on the local ^arket by the company for stemming had to be shipped to other points because no facilities for the work were available here. The A. C. Monk and company has a big stemming plant in New Bern, to which it sends its purchases of tobacco. Mr. Howard says that the installa tion of the stemming machines will require approximately fifty ex tra laborers, and that the plant should be in operation somewhat longer than in the past The company is a subsidiary of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company which has plants in practically all the large and important tobacco mar kets in the East as well as in the hurley district; The Farmville plant will now be as well equipped as any, and will be able to handle and redry tobacco in any form, which is a decid ed asset to the Farmville tobacco mar ket. Walston burg * mats Will Begin May 20 Principal J. R Peeler announces that commencement exercises will get underway at Wastouburg school next Friday night with a senior recital. Rev. Robert Bradshaw of the Wil son First Methodist church will de liver the graduation address on Mon day nigh£ May 30, at 8:15. The fol lowing morning ’the school will re ceive report cards and assemble in chapel for a brief program before being dismissed for vacation. * j. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached Sunday evening, May 29, by Rev. Z. B. T. Cox, pastor of Farm ville Christian church, at 8 o’clock. Class night ceremonies will be held Friday evening, May 27, at 8:16. The theme is “The Fairy Tale" Cinderella.” tinder the direction of Mrs. Carlos Walston, six seniors will be present ed in a recital May 20 at 8 o’clock. They are Jeanne Redick, Evelyn Fields, Zelda Wainwright and Ann Hicks, pianists, and Jane Kittrell and Joyce Rouse, Soloists. The grammar grade music recital has been set foi May 23 at 8 o’clock' and the high school recital will be held,May 26. The annual declamation and reci tation contest, sponsored by the Woman’s club, will be held tonight at 8 o’clock with Arlene and Betty Hobbs, Lois Wooten, Jane Fields, Zelda Wainwright, Josephine Craft, Ray Hardison, Cekeda Craft and Dar eri Dale taking part. Gold medals will be awarded to the boy and the girl who are winners. GREENE COUNTY FARMERS STUDY NEW TYPES TOBACCO A number of demonstrations will be held in Greene county to show farmers varieties of tobacco that have resistance to black shank and grenville wilt. Some of these demon strations will include varieties not yet released by the Experiment Station and will be used in these tests for observation. Sgf 1 Cooperating with the Extension Service in planting these variety tests are Guy May and Raymond Murphrey in the Ormondsville section; H. B. Hill and P, A. Hardy in the Aria sec tion and Sam Chandler of Walston burg. BERT WARREN GIVES Bert Warren, grammar school stu snt, gave a sketch of Stonewall tckson's life, at the Rebecca Wln »rne chapter, United Daughters of te Confederacy, Friday afternoon, rs. R. D. Rouse was hostess. Bert so read a poem, “Stonewall Jack The decorating of graves on Con •denste Memorial day was discussed. Ice cream and orange chiffon cake ere served during the social hour. ;•* -■ . -C THANK TOUJ manner. There was quality of bearfnc in the toil aa well as the intermingling of friend* with friends and aa among kinsmen. j, Jie harder the W* this dedicated edifice used properly, of course, at any time. Haring as'yet no maintenance fund beyond the task and the toil, it will, of coarse, require much thoughtfulness as to how to make it available with ae small expenditure as current expenses demand. But ertheless, it is yours. Thank for making, with ns, something so utterly transcendent in beauty. Ben Dixon MacNeill, one of oar greater journalists who was here 23 years ago, wrote "this splendid place (ildn to the spires of Ox ford in its influence) should be to other chapters and other communi ties, an inspiration and example.” Major Benjamin May Chapter, Daughters of American Kerolution. Miss Helen Smith, corr. secretary. Mrs. T. C. Turnsge, regent. Impovements At Pecan Grove Dairy Manager J. W. Wilkerson of the Pecan Grove Dairy, owned by the John T. Thome Estate, tells The En terprise that several modem improve ments have been made at the dairy within the .past few weeks and cor dially invites the public to .visit the improved plant A complete new refrigeration sys tem has been installed, including a walk-in cooler that keeps milk at a temperature below 40 degrees P. A new milk truck, vfcth insulated body, has been purchased and is how in use on the delivery routes. The milking bam and milk house have been painted on the inside The herd has)been tested and found to be free of bangs disease and tuber culosis. Kleen seal bottle caps have been ordered and will be used, as soon as they are available. ' Since March 1, the price of milk has been reduced from 25 ceiits to 22 cents per quart The dairy is now milling 44 cows. UNC PLANETARIUM OPENING AN AWE-INSPIRING EVENT (By Eva Hqrton Rouse) If you have never been held spell bound by the glory and wonder of a planetarium, or if you have been a spectator already at a demonstration or this instrument, plan your future so that it will at some time include a visit to the Morehead Building and Planetarium at the University of North Carolina. You have an experi ence in store that will leave its im print for years to come. On.Tuesday of this week,* the Uni versity accepted a $3,000,000' “star studded gift” from the hands of a distinguished son, John Motley'More head, III, chemist, industrialist and diplomat from Rj», N. Y. The plane tarium is the only one in the South and the sixth in the United States. Dedication ceremonies, in which the donor, Governor Scott, U. S. Senator Prank P. Graham,president of the University for 19 years,; Gunnar Dryselius, head of the. Swedish Con sulate in New York, and University officials took part, followed a lunch eon with 400 persons, including State officials arid legislators, trustees of the University, and friends of More head and of the University in at tendance. On Sunday, preceding the formal opening of the Morehead Building and Planetarium, representatives of the press and radio in North Carolina were guests of the University at a luncheon in Lenoir Hall at 1 p. m. and at a preview show in the Plane tarium at 3 o’clock. The writer and husband, G. A. Rouse, were "among those present by invitation.” Following the luncheon, the news paper and radio folks had the pleasure of going through" the Morehead building in which is housed also the art gallery, established as a memo rial to Genevieve B. Morehead, late wife of the donor, whieh includes a collection of famous paint ings;-scientific exhibition halls; a Rev. James Lowry Rev Lowry, pastor of the Williams ton Presbyterian church, will conduct a series of services in the Fountain Church, beginning Sunday night and continuing through Friday, May 20. Services will be held each evening at 7:80. Charles 'F. Baucom of Farmville will be song director. Rev. Phillip M. Cory is pastor of the Fountain church. ment purchased in Sweden for 175,000. As Director Marshall started oper ation of the console, the light of day flooded the auditorium and the sun set effect was used again, with the diminishing light being followed by complete darkness. Then, while the spectators waited in a breathless si lence, the Planetarium instrument threw on the stainless steel vault overhead a replica of the sky over Chapel Hill on a cloudless night: the moon; the stars, “forgetmenots of the angels,” and constellations in their proper place. One is at a loss to find words of his own ' to describe the sublime beauty and magnificence of this scene, but instinctively recalls such utterance as that , of Dr. Bab cock: ‘This is my Father’s world; and to my listening ears, all Nature sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres,” or the words of Charles Hanson Towne: “1 heed not shout my faith. Thrice eloquent axe quiet trees and the green listening sod. Hushed are the stars whose power is never spent. The- hills are mute, yet how they speak of. God/’ Following- the demonstration, Dr. House presented Jdhn Motley More head, III, a native of Spray and mem ber of the University class of . 1891, grandson of John Motley Morehead, twice Governor of North Carolina and pioneer of railroad building in the state. In-a resume of achievements of his own, Dy. House mentioned Mr. Morehead’s work in chemistry, his leading part in the development of Union Carbide and Carbon Corpora tion, aid in,the development of radar and atomic energy, and his ministry to Sweden under President Hoover. In paying tribute to Mr. Morehead, Senator Gnaham said in part in dedi cation ceremonies broadcast Tuesday evening, ”As engineer, industrial statesman and interpreter of the OM World to the New, he has widely served his country and his generation. As philanthropist, his vision and benefactions will enrich his Alma Mater and, through a richer Alma Mater, will Serve the world through the generations of worthy youth whom bis endowment will bring for training in this place for the service of mankind.” Governor Scott accepted the gift and expressed gratitude for Mr. Morehead’s wisdom and pride in his state as evidenced by this addition to the University. Wednesday and Friday, faculty members of the University were given special shows and ministers of the state were invited to witness a demonstration on Thursday. 18. Pro PRIMARY AND 3L PROGRAM and grammar grades will „ UK manship of ! for Better School* and Roads, it announced in Baleigh by John Marshall, executive secretary of Bet ter Schools Roads, Inc. Window and Tripp will spearhead a county drive W voters' support of the Better Schools and Boa# pro gram, which faces its biggest test on Saturday, June 4, when the people of North Carolina will vote on the is suance of bonds for school- and road building. The appointment of the two Pitt • county men and their acceptance as leaders of the local effort marks the beginning of a statewide program to inform all Tar Heels of the need for better schools and roads and to im press upon all voters the significance of the June 4 bond election for the economic and social life of North Carolina. The co-chairmen said their first job would be to encourage registra tion of voters for the election. In this connection, however, they pointed out that no special registration is re quired. Any citizen now on the regis tration books of his or her precinct can vote, and citizens who are not al ready registered may do so on May 14 and May 21 at their polling places, they .said. a;: : The people of North Carolina are going to vote in a special election on Saturday, June 4, to determine whether the state will float a $200, 000,000 bond issue for improved roads. This will be the biggest bond issue in the history of the state. North Carolina was a pioneer “good roads” state but has lagged behind in more recent years. Good roads for the rural population of the state was the heart of the campaign of the state’s new Governor, Kerr Scott, former agriculture commissioner. It was the heart, too, of the legisla tive progrstni he laid before the re cent Legislature.. In this matter the Legislature gave the new governor broadly what he asked for, but with some strings attached. The governor’s program is aimed at an all-weather road for every school bus route in the state. He asked for the $200,000,000 bond is sue, and also $7,000,000 a year add ed to the highway fund by increasing the gasoline tax one cent. The governor wanted these two measures considered separately. He asked the Legislature to increase the gasoline tax, and submit the $200, 000,000 bond issue, to the people. The Legislature, however, tied the two measures together. So the people in the election, will decide whether they also want an extra cent added to the gasoline tax. The House, following the Governor’s program to the letter, defeated an attack to tack the tax issue onto tin bond ballot. The anti-Scott Senate cut the bond figure to $100,000,000, tied in tite gas tax, and set the elec tion for late June. * The issue went to a conference committee and the final result was ' a $200,000,000 bond election with a gas tax increase contingent on the bond vote. Governor Scott was given the privilege of setting the election date. While roads will provide by far the biggest bond issue vote, the people will also vote on a school bond The ' Legislature appropriated $26, 000,000 for constructing new school ' fcMf buildings, and also tion on issuance of which would also be used for school building purposes if the people ap prove. MR. PjSisLjsR RE-ELECTED '1 -i . . Principal J. R. Peeelr has been Re elected as head of the Walstonburg high school for the fifth year. Be fore coming to Walstonburg he served as principal at the Sadler elemen tary school in Rockingham county for six years. Prior to holding the prto* cipalship, he taught to the schools for five years. A of High Point college, he is for his n versity oi vacation