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FarmviDe Plays Elm
City Here Saturday
Night And Sunday
Still tied for third place, Farmville
plays.Elm City here this week mid in
two games thatmight find the local
boyg improving their status in the
Bright Leaf league.
The teams play here Saturday
night and Sunday afternoon. Satur
day’s contest was originally scheduled
for Elm City but Manager Bonnie Al
len obtained the transfer because few
people have been turning out for the
contests in Elm City.
Farmville defeated Qrmoadsville
Saturday in a thrilling game, 3-2.
Sunday’s game was called on account
of nun.
Wednesday afternoon Macclesfield
defeated Farmville, 5-4 in 10 innings.
The standings:
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Macclesfield 19 5 .792
Pinetops .... .—.— 15 7 .682
Farmville . 14 10 .683
Walstonburg .—. 14 10 .688
Ormondsville ...-— 13 10 .565
Gardners . 7 17 £92
Elm City---- 5 15 .250
Saratoga -6.18 .260
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CHURCHES COOPERATE FOR
METHODIST YOUTH WEEK
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The Farmville area Religious Youth
week will tspen next Monday night at
8:15, at Monk Memorial Methodist
church, on the Fountain highway, and
will continue through Friday night.
The churches . pt. cieipating are
Farmville Methodist, Monk Memorial,
Bell Arthur Methodist, Wesley Com
munity church and Bell Arthur
Christian church.
The faculty is composed of the fol
lowing: Rev. Langill Watson of Yale
Divinity School; Rev. Daniel Charl
ton and Rev. James Miller, Jr., of
Duke Divinity School; Miss Edna
Boone of Farmville, and Miss Marga
ret Fields and Leonard Mann of Wal
stonburg.
The youth week is for young people
between 12 slid 23 years of age and
will offer instruction on worship and
recreation.
VISIT IN COLUMBIA, S. C.
Mrs. Henry D. Johnson and daugh
ter, Henri-Perle, are visiting Mrs.
Johnson’s mother in Columbia, S. C.
They ’were accompanied to Columbia
last Friday by Miss Mamie Davis,
who continued, on to Palatka, Fla.,
for an extended visit, and by Mrs. R.
L. Cockrell, Mr. Johnson’s sister, who
returned to her home in Columbia
after visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. B. Johnson. r / '
FARMVILLE FURNITURE CO.
REMODELING COMPLETED
Farmville Furniture Company has
completed renovation work which
provided for repainting the interior
of the store, repapering the display
windows and the installation of a
new-type flourescent lighting system
known as “Slim Line.”
The store has received many com
■ pliments on the improvements that
have been made.
OLDEST FATHER AT CHURCH
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Mr. George Creekmur, the genial
proprietor of Farmville Retail Lum
ber Yard, Urns honored Sunday morn
ing at the Methodist church for be
ing the oldest father in the congrega
tion and was presented with a New
Testament.
Rev. H. L. D«vis made the present
tation as a part of the special Fhth
er’s Day service.
SWIMMING POOL WILL HE
OPEN UNTO 10 AT NIGHT
Elbert Moye, director of the tow»*s
summer recreation -program, states
that beginning Jfohday, June 27, the
pool will be open week days until 10
o’clock at
The
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Here are members of the 1949 graduating class of Farmville high school and their mascots. On the front
row are Ben Monk and Millie Fitzgerald, mascots; second row, left to right: Seleta Tucker, Ruth Moore, Ami Baker,
Elsie May, Lehman Tyndall, James Murphy, Sally Tyson, Linwood Owens, Myra Gainey; second row, Robert Rollins,
Ann Horton, Gaye Pippin, Hazel Tyson, Mary Frances Allen, Janet Stansill, Helen Thomas and Carson Wind
ham; third row, Jay Flanagan, Charles Joyner, Donald Baucom, Bob Morgan, Myrtle Stocks, Fannie Quinn, Mayo
Allen and Harold Maenhout
Con Lanier Predicts High
Prices For Good Tobacco
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J. Con Lanier of Greenville, gener
al counsel for Leaf Tobacco Export
ers Association, who recently spent
six weeks in eight European countries
investigating prospects of developing
additional markets for flue-cured to
bacco, reviewed his trip for the Ki
wanis club Monday .night and predict
ed that the 1949 flue-cured crop
would be a profitable venture for all
those engaged in it.
Introduced by Seth Barrow, pro
gram chairman for the evening, Mr.
Lanier stated-that he left for_ Europe
on March 22 in company with J. B.
Hutson, president of Tobacco Asso
ciates. who was on a mission similar
to that of the Greenville man. They
visited England, France, Belgium,
Holland, Sweden, Luxemburg, Ger
many and Switzerland, and talked
with practically all tobacco dealers in
thoBe countries.
Before discussing the outlook for
additional outlets for tobacco in the
countries visited, the speaker gave his
impression of the social and political
conditions existing in the different
nations. He said that England is
handicapped by a socialistic govern
ment, explaining that the people are
not working as they should be doing,
they are taking long week ends, and
he added that the thinking classes in
England tqld him their country would
be better off if assistance from the
United States under the Marshall
Plan were completely withdrawn and
the English forced to start from
scratch. — .'
In Prance, he found the real prob
lem political rather than economic. He
said he was impressed with the in
dustrio'usness of the French and add
ed a belief that Prance would respond
quickly and, rebound rapidly under the
leadership of a strong, central gov
ernment. He cited the fact that there
are 200 political parties in Prance
and that the coalition government ex-!
plodes whenever mention is made of
levying taxes to balance the budget.
In Belgium he found the people
seemingly prosperous. The country,
he said, suffered little from the war.
The Belgians capitulated to the Ger
mans, without struggle, and traded
with the Nazis. He could have add
ed that the Belgians depended up
on the other countries to subdue the
Nazis and at the same time save the
Belgians from becoming a subjugated
people. Mr. Lanier stated that 4n
Belgium he saw as many new cars,
Cadillacs and Buicks, as he saw in
this country.
lands that were flooded when dikes
were destroyed and an well on the
way to becoming self supporting.
Mr. Lanier said that when he went
to Switzerland he felt as if he were
in a part of the United States. It
was the only country which had a
sotmd cuwensy system and the only
one in which its money was worth as
'much, if not more, than American
Swiss banks. Once a week customers
or non-customers are allowed to
change W<H> in American money; for
Swiss francs, then turn right around
and at another counter in the same
time status. •
Mr. Lanier expressed the belief
that Germany was the key to the in
dustrial recovery of the whole Euro
pean continent. And he added that
the Germans were staging a come
back. The people are cultivating their
land anf^ue trying to become self
supporting. But much of the country
fc in ruins. He described huge sec
tions of the city of Bremen in which
not a wall had been left standing by
Allied bombers. And he said there
was not a house of anykind standing
near the railroad ’’which the Allied
bombers used as a land mark in get
ting back to England from bombing
missions.
Mr. Lanier found that Europeans
are demanding American type ciga
rettes in preference to the Turkish
cigarettes formerly so popular in the
European nations. Furthermore, he
predicted that exports from the 1949
crop would exceed foreign sales of
recent years. He said that under the
Marshall Plan at least $136,00,000
worth of flue-cured tobacco would be
purchased for shipment to foreign
countries. He said that English buy
ers will take at least 160,000,000
pounds on the auction floors as com
pared with 40,000,000 pounds last
year.
Germany otters the largest poten
tial market for the 'type of tobacco
grown in this section of the world.
Mr. Lanier explained that Germans
turning away from Turkish ciga
rettes and were seeking American
types. He cited the growth of this
market, stating that the first ship
ment to Germany under the Marshall
Plan was 40,000,000 pounds, and later
an additional shipment of 16,000,000
was sent. The British-American sec
tor of Germany offers a prospective
market at least equal to .that of Eng
land. The two have virtually the
same populating, about 46 or 50 mil
lion people.
The Belgians and Dutch prefer the
type of cigarette known in this coun
try as the Virginia type, made en
tirely of flue-cured tobacco, while the
Germans prefer a blend.
In summing up prospects lor this
pear’s crop of flue-cured tobacco, Mr.
Lanier was very optimistic. He stat
ed that in his opinion the higher
quality and better grades would sell
as well as they did last year but the
cheaper grades would be off as much
as five cents a pound. He predicts
the crop will average 47 or 48 cents
a pound. Since prospects in fids sec
tion are favorable 'for a good crop,
fetich an average would bring a neat
financial return for the belt.
Mr. Lanier explained his views on
the cheaper grades being in less de
mand by stating that the foreign
countries can substitute Java, Brazil
ian and Rhodesian tobacco for the in
ferior tobacco required for blended
cigarettes but that they can not find
suitable substitutes for the good qual
ity, highly aromatic grades produced
in America.
Mr. Lanier’s talk was thoroughly
enjoyed by the cfab and he waa ex
tended a cordial invitation to meet a
Harvesting Crop
Reports here been received that
a few tobacco farmers bare start
ed “potting” in tobacco and the
harresting season sets underway at
full speed the tatter part of next
week.
This section has the finest crop
in many seasons.
Christians Take
Lead In Sunday
School League
Teadi ' W! L Pet
Christians ..._ 8 1 .760
Presbyterians... 2 2 .600
M-E-C _ 2 2 .600
Baptists ..—-„- 1 8 .260
Two one-sided games featured play
Tuesday night in the Sunday'School
softball league, the Christians defeat
ing the MEC (Methodists, Episcopal
ians and Catholics- by the score of
20 to 7 and the Presbyterians taking
the measure of the Baptists, 22-6.
The victory gave the Christians an
undisputed hold on first place as the
MEC lost their second straight game.
Line-ups follow:
Christians — Lilley, cf; Moye, 2b;
Quineriy, sf; Monk, lb; Hilliard, as;
Hinson, c; Davis, If; Ansley, 3b; Dar
den, rf; Fiser, p.
'MEC—Teel; If; Wood, sf; Candler,
ss; Joyner, cf; Speight, lh; Eason,
2b; Brock, 3b; Nickola, rf; Gibbs, c;
Rabil, p. < I
The summary:
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Christians , 20 20 6
MEC 7 12 6
. The line-ups for the Presbyterian
Baptist game follow:
Presbyterian—Turnage, 3b; Bundy,
Pierce, sf; Beckman, c; Butts, ss;
Dupree, lb; Smith, cf; Cannon, p;
Drake, 2b; Burgess, if.
Baptist—W. Wooten, If; Liles, 8b;
B. Smith, ss; J. Wooten, lb* Jones,
2b; Langley, sf;-Moore, cf; Harris,
rf; Lee, c; Willoughby, p.
The summary:
H RE
Presbyterians 22 26 6
Baptists 6 4 7
Schedule for next week follows:
Tuesday
Presbyterians vs MEC (7:46).
Christians vs Baptists.
Thursday
Christians vs MEC (7.46).
Baptists vs 'Presbyterians. j
At The Rotary Club
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Jack Darden gave 9 motion picture
entitled, "Meet North Carolina,”
which showed the most interesting
things and scenes from the coast to
the mountains of this state. The pic
ture was enjoyed by afi.
The attendance prize was won by
Joe Joyner. '
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VISIT IN ELIIAJSETH CITY
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Mrs. P. M. Murphy and son, Rres
ton, and Mr. and Mrs.'a A. Gtux
spent Sunday in Elizabeth City with
Elder J. B. Roberta, pastor of the
t% -» ii» ■: ua.. a • i j - a. a * « i
rnmitlve xsaptlst cmtNli, Mfisiea by
Rev. E. S. Coates of the Presbyterian
church. Favorite hymns wer* sung,
including: "Abide with Me"” and
“Sometime Well Understand.”
The service carried the theme of
victorious living: despite the handicap
of Ql health and the confident as
surance that the virtues of gehtki’
ness, patience and kindness, exempli
fied during: the years whim f&iKng
health kept him from the varied acti
vities in.which he had formerly en
gaged, W&l continue to faifraenek
those who knew him.
The Biblical descriptive referene s
thought most applicable to his lif »
by those in daily contact with Hi.
Gayiior was expressed by a friend ad,
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for.
they-shall see God.”
Interment was made in Forest
Hill cemetery beneath a lovely fiord
tribute. i
Active pallbearers were nephews,
Cary, Louis and! Julian Gaynor of
Fountain, Durward Murphrey and
Ernest Lee Jones of Farmville and
Bruce Tucker of Norfolk, Va.
Mr. Gaynor was the son of the late
JMcie Turn-age and W. G. Gaynor, and
a native of Pitt county, having spent
his entire Ufe-ln the Bethel and Farm'
ville communities. Hia chief interest
in life lay in his home and family and
he was a devoted husband and father.
His employment by J. H. Harris,
General Merchant, for a period of 27
years brought him in contact with,
hundreds of people .in this community
who learned of his enforced .retire
ment five years -ago due to failing
health with real regret. He was a
man of integrity, quiet and unassum
ing in manner, a loyal employee to
his firm and s faithful friend to’ its
fellowman. He was a member of the
Farmville Council of the Junior Or
der, members of which acted as hon
orary pallbearers. ■
Surviving are his widow, thefojrm
er Miss Eya Smith; a daughter, Mrs.
W. H. Whitehead of Washington, D.
C.; a sister, Mrs D. E Gttrganus of
Norfolk, Va.; a brother, M. Gaynor
of Richmond, Va., a grandson and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Mobile ‘X-Ra^ Unit In
Eamyilfe P^£Weeks
Beginning: This A. M.
Beginning this morning (Friday)
and continuing through July 7, one
of the five mobile x-ray units* now
assigned to Pitt county will be sta
tioned in Farmville, on Main street
adjacent to the Town Hall, to Brake
free* chest x-rays of persons in this;
section. ’ f : s
X-rays will be made daily, except
Sunday and Monday, - between the
hours of 11 a. tn. and 5 p. m.
Purpose of the project, which to
date has x-rayed nearly 16,000 per
sons in this county, is to detect the
presence of tuberculosis in its early
The x-ray requires only a minute or
two; there is no undressing; .there
are no charges whatsoever; every
person who is x-rayed receives a con
fidential report by mafl. r-*l he* L
to atop.
After Guthrie made the -arnest,
toteanMdtoet Newell was a wa
tho escapadeT* M"®5r preceding
Newell, whose home la in Golds
boro waa serving a term for lar
ceny of an automobile. He to 25.
^ Guthrie stated that he would be
tried for stealing an auto, hit-run
driving, driving while drunk, mil
driving without an operator's li
cense. Nothing left, to there?.
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NEWS
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the American Legion
Kev. and Mrs. Bennett and son,.
Bbbby, were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Jones Sunday.
A. J. Croft is rapidly improving
following an operation in the Wood
ard-Herring hospital, Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs! Earl West, Mrs. Earl
West, Sr., of Tarboro and Mrs. L. B.
Ford of Wait Park, N. Y., were re
cent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
West | ' r-* .
^re urged t<
aye America’!
Prayer Minute *
; A harvest festival wmw wm. w
held in the fill if plans materialize,
After decking the society’s requir
ed goals for the year, it was believed
the circle would make the honor
roll, w3tieh isn’t an honor within it
self but because of the work and ser
vice that hoc been accomplished.
During the social hour, the hostess
served an ice course.
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and Mrs. E. F Brook*.
Sue an# Ann Marshy of Stantons
burg returned home Tuesday after
visitisfg their grandmothers lb* I- F
Smith, yr^'ptai i&M f J
Mn. B. F. Gay, Mrs. E. L. Jones,
Mrs. Hftto and Mrs. A. R. Gay
were Goldsboro visitors Tuesday.
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Principal Sam D. Bundy announces
that Fannville school has gained taro
teachers—one in the high school and
one in the elementary school—on the
basis of 1948-49 average daily atten
dance and the reduced teacher load
as adopted by the 1949 General As
sembly. ’v^'v
Miss Mildred Maddox has been se
cured for the high school position and
will teach Engish and related sub
jects. Miss Maddox, whose home is
in Snow Hill, is a graduate of Duke
university and has had four yean’
teaching experiences She is working
on her master’s degree this summer
at Duke.
Miss Betty Maud Smith of Bethel,
also a . graduate of Duke, is the new
eighth grade teacher. .;
Several of the teachers have re
signed but Mr. Bundy announced that
the vacancies had been filled with the
exception of a librarian, which the
school must have if it is to remain on
the accredited list of the Southern
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After a year’s absence, Mis. J. M.
Wheless, Jr., returns as teacher of
science in the high school* replacing
Darwin McCaffity. Miss Wilma. Stan
sill, a local, young lady who has
taught in Kannapolis and Kinston
since her graduation two years ago .
from Woman’s college, will replace
Miss Jane Goff as third grade teach
er. Mrs. An.na Lewis Bouse has re
signed to teach in her home town, "
Rose Hill, and the local board is now
waiting on an acceptance for this po
sition. The librarian last year was
Mrs. Irma Reeves Moore.
Teachers whd have accepted ap
pointment for another year’s work in
Farmville and the grades or sub
jects they will teach are: Misses An
toinette Darden and Margaret Lewis,
first; Miss Lillian Herring and Mrs.
Myrtle Harris Wooten, second; Miss
LHla Handy, third;,1' Mrs. Joseph
Batchelor, fourth; Misses Edna Rob
inson and Hazel Baker, fifth; Misses
Miriam Johnson and Annie Lee Jones,
sixth; Mrs. L. P. Thomas and Mrs.
J. E. Bynum, seventh: J. L. Johnson,
history; John Du™* math; Miss Bea
trice Player, commerce; Mrs. J. B.
Joyner, English; Elbert Moye, physi
cal education; E. P. Bass, agricul
ture; Miss Ruth Parker, home econo-,
mics; N. C. Maenhout, band direc
tor; Miss Alma Mfaitley, public school
music; Mrs. Haywood Smith, music.
> Principal Bundy stated to the local
board on Tuesday of last week that
plans must be made for additions to
the school as present facilities are
now crowded and indications are that
the enrollment will continue to in
crease. > *
GRANDSON OR FARMVILLE
COUPLE IS HONOR STUDENT
AT NORFOLK HIGH SCHOOL
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Tugwell have
returned from a visit to their son,
Wilson Tugwell, and his wife in New
port; News, Va. Their grandson,
“Tuggle," returned with them for an
extended visit. Mr. and Mrs, Tugwell
also visited another son, J, A. Tug
well, and his wife in Norfolk and
attended the graduation exercises of
their grandson, Howard Stanley Tug
well, who graduated from Maury
high school in Norfolk and plana to
attend the College of William and
Mary this fall to study dentistry.
During his entire high school ca
reer, Stanley has proven himself a
very worthy student and an enthus
iastic participant in numerous activi
ties. He was an excellent president
of the Visual Education dub. His
favorite activity Ms freshman year
was the swimming dub but he also
'found time to attend meetings of
the'Air Scouts who were taught how
airplanes are operated and became the
first official member. He made the