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K? 3£vis-S »*”' '$m : § < ====S=S5i=S= FAEMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1949 ^ ^Tgt=^^-.-szsaNt.^'^a>^^^■^^^»:;.*,!■:i,j.^.^■i.,.■■.■;-,r■ ^".'' r-'Vi- '-'. y ": ; number nine ; ... ; -i Christians Take Lead In Sunday School Ball League *»*f W L Christians -..--——— 6 3 Presbyterians ...—... 5 4 MEC’s ..— 5 4 Baptists -----— 2 7 ---- Christians climbed into first place in the city’s Sunday School softliall league Tuesday night by trimming the Baptists, 18-7, while the Presby terians were talcing a 17-9 drubbing at the bands of the 2090 (Methodist, Episcopal and Catholics). In games last Thursday night, the Christians defeated the Presbyterians, 6-3 and the MEC defeated the Bap tists, 14-10. No box scores are available for last Thursday’s games, since Statistician W. A. Pollard, Jr., was on vacation, but the summaries for Tuesday’s con test follow: Christians ' Ab B H Ansley, 3b .---4 2 1 Moye, 2b ... 4 % 3 Quineriy, cf .. 4 3 1 Monk, lb . 4 3 1 Lilley, If . 4 2 8 Hilliard, ss. 4 0 -0 Hinson, c . 4 0 1 Corbett, sf ...4 0 0 Davis, rf _ 8 0 2 Fiser, p _ 4 10 Bob Darden, rf.T— 1 0 1 Bruce Darden, cf ... 0 0 0 Totals _—_40 13 18 Baptists .Ab R H Liles, lb --- 3.1 0 Wooten, If. 4 1 3 Moore, 3b .... 10 0 Joyner, ss —- 2 11 Harris, rf ......— 3 0 1 Hathaway, Sf. — 8 0 1 Lee, c .....-- 3 0 0 Jones, 2b _:- 3 10 Morris, cf ....—. 3 0 0 Outland, p .... —3 2 1 Smith, 3b . 3 11 Totals 31 7 S Score by innings— Christians Baptists 403 114 0—13 004 010 2— 7 Two base hits: Quinerly, Lilley, Wooten. Three base hits: Monk, Woo ten. Home runs: Lilley, Smith. Darden, 3b ..—-— 5 4 4 1 Gibbs, c ......*4 1 3 Speight, lb -i.— — 4 2 1 Eason, 2b-sf .-.— 3 1 0 Fuquay, cf !-.2 10 O’Leary, p ...—- 4 11 ' Warren, sf-2b ..-.4 0 1 Nickola rf .... 10 1 Modlin, c .._.. 10 0 Totals -— 42 17 17 Presbyterians Ab E H Tumage, 3b-p .4 0 0 Bundy, 11 —............—2 0 0 Reree, s4. 4 1 2 Bailey, lb-3b ...................... .. 4 12 Gitehrist, 2b ............... 3 0 0 Butts, ss . 4 1 *1 Smith, cf-lf .3 2 1 Beckman, c . .. 4 2 1 Dupree, rf-cf .........—. 3 1 1 Cannon, p-lb-- 3 11 Yelverton, rf.—. 2 0 1 Totals _36 9 16 Score by innings— Presbyterians 010 800 5—# MEC ft .< 784 180 <1-48 Two base hits: Butts, Smith, Beck man. Three base hit: Darden . Home runs: Ted, Darden 2, Reree. Next week’s schedule follows: Tuesday Night Baptists vs MEC—8 p. m. Presbyterians v» Christians. MEC Teel, If . Wood, sf . Candler, ss Ab R H _ 5 2 3 5 2 0 4 3 8 Presbyterians vs ItEC Christians vs Baptists. p. m. (By Jamee B. Hockaday) la one of his poems about children, the English poet, A, C. Swinburne, seys in effect that children’s ways end wiles are the sweetest things that gladden our eyes and ear& Ernest Belk-Tyler store, had an experience the other day that hears out the poet’s contention. No different from other parents, Erhest enjoys playing with his young son, Ernie, and questions him, just, to see what answer will be forthcom ing. A few days agp, he asked Young Ernie to tall him what persons he loved. The instantaneous re ply was: “Daddy, .mama, Ladybug (his dog), Jesus Christ and Sam Bundy.” Z. B. T. Cox, the Christian parson, brought his attractive, little daughter with him when he came into The En terprise office Wednesday. When asked by him to tell who was the ob ject of her affection, Little Miss Cox emitted e puppy-like growl to show she loves her dog. If such admiration for canines were widespread in Parmville, there would be fewer dogs roaming the street*. This .situation, especially at tibia sea son, causes Chief of Police Lucas ne end of worry. The chief is afraid of an outbreak of rabies. Eli Joyner, Jr., went North and ( West last week, into a heat wave more severe and intense than the one he left at home. July S, the day be fore his arrival in Chicago for the annual furniture show,' was the hottest July 8 in the history of the Wihdy City. Officially, the mercury climb ed to a point higher than 102 and Eli says it hovered near that point the whole time he was there. Inci lentally, he brought back good news for prospective buyers of furniture and appliances. Purchasers are get ting more for their money. In some lines, prices are leveling off. In others, manufacturers are improving quality or adding more gadget* with- , out increasing the cost. * * * Two of Farmville’s busineeses have ' added to their equipment rolling stock colorful enough to match some of the fancy ties and shirts so popular now. Eason Motors—the short name for Milton and Lynn—have a spanking brand new Dodge wrecker. It is pre- ' dominantly white and blue, trimmed 1 in red. Bill Garner has added a bright red 1 Studebaker truck to the fleet of the Garner Gas and Equipment Com pany. The red, no doubt, signifies the beat generated by the liquid -petro leum which Gamer distributes in this 1 section of the state. : 1 Colored Prowler Is ! Shot In Leg With 22,; Policeman Eber Gardner said he turned over to Wilson county autho rities Tuesday night a Negro who had been shot about three miles from Fountain while he was prowling a bout the home of, Lyman Dunn. Gardner said the colored man gave two op three different names and he could identify him only as "Moses.” The man was carried to the Foun tain police station by Lyman Dunn and his brother, Wilbur. Gardner quoted Lyman Dunn as saying the colored man was prowling around hi! home and that he had been forced to run Urn away earlier in the evening. Dunn said he shot him in the leg with a .22 rifle when he returned. Policeman Gardner is a member of the Fountain force. | ■■ f Hi .. Bill Creekmur New 'Hie Famville Junior Clumber ot Commerce arid a regular supper Belting Wednesday night wife Pre* lent Bill Creekmur presiding. Guests President Creekmur presented the past president's lapel pin to Joe Joy ner, and commented briefly upon the work accomplished during the past If sH the miles Joe Henry Bynum had traveled while delivering the mail on what it now Farmville’s rural mail route two were placed end to end, the total distance would be equal to more than six times around the earth at the equator. - Mr. Bynum, who retired cm July 1st after more than 30 years of govern ment service (Including two and a half years in the Marine Corps in World War I), estimates that he has driven 170,000 miles on the route which, when he started as a carrier on Nov. 16, 1920, was 23.19 miles in length and served 86 bdxes. At the time of Ids retirement, the route had grown to 49.12 miles and the number of boxto had been increased to 361. Mr. Bynum recalls that there were i6 daily papers on the route when he started. Now, there are 361. The FarmviUe man stepped « into the role of a rural carrier by succeed ing G. T. Norville, who was largely responsible for having the route transferred from Fountain to Farm ville. Bynum served as temporary carrier for about six months, his per manent appointment being dated April 1, 1921. Two miles were added to the route in 1928 when Tom Hin son, carrier for what was then route Wo, died, but most of the route Was placed under the Greenville post of-, fiee. In 1936, toe Bynum route was extended to approximately its present length when J. N. Woolard was trans ferred to Greenville. None of the route was paved, back in the early years of Mr. Bynums’ tenure of office, and the Marine turned-mailman says the roads on the route were among the “worst in the county.” In some of his territory, tire roads had not, even been laid out and were nothing more than Baths across fields. Getting stuck while carrying out his daily chores became normal routine and on some days he had to ; call for help on at least six different j occasions.'- One patron on the route had a yoke of steer which wer$ call ed oh often for “wrecker” service. j The winter of 1985-86 was th& ; most severe he experienced in his ( nearly 29 years of service. He says f the roads on many occasions were impassable, insofar as automobiles ' were conoSmed. On those days, he ^ Carried the mail on a mule and wag- j on, with a colored boy acting as driv- , er. Although carriers as a general rule make their daily rounds in time to get home for a late dinner, such ' was. not the case in 1985-86. That winter, carrying! the mail was an all day job. The roads are in good con dition, now, but only about one-third . of the route is paved. ' In ti»e Marine Corps, Mr. Bynum *i advanced from private to sergeant ■ rad served about two years, with the army of occupation in France and i Germany, Since he went directly to and from France, he missed getting : to England, a country he says he > would have enjoyed’visiting. He had : been out of the Marine CorpB a little more than a year when he went back . on Unde Sam’s payroll, this time as ( a £j\rilianTmployee, and for life. Mr. . Bynum and the carrier ott route 1, Henry Tyson, both ^started as car- ' riers an a permanent basis on the same date, April 1, 1921. •The retired carrier, who does not expect to be idle but anticipates spending more' time on his farm, will be 60 years old on Nov. 26. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign War. the American Legion and til* Junior Order. He is a Methodist and since 1987 has been singing a healthy in the church choir. Mrs. By num is the former Miss Helen Bar rett. They .have two children, Mar garet^and Joe Henry, Jr., who has started to work in the post office. Bynum’sretinhent caused a gener al turn-over in the post office. Ar chie Cayton, a dty carrier, moves up to ratal carrier. Jennis Harper has taken over the dty route and Joe Henry, Jr., moves into the post of fice as a new employee add to keep up the. Bynum tradition. ■ ,----->• ' gUlfl One Rotary presideiiJ to Another ■ ■ ■ • - ■- ' ~ ..: -.---.-. igppPJ , . . .^ In the picture above, Dr. Charles E. Fitzgerald (right) is ac cepting the Rotary gavel from Curtis Flanagan, the outgoing president. Dr. Fitzgerald’s term of office expires June SO, 1950 At The Rotary Club The 12 Rotrians who were absent Tuesday night missed a real treat in hot hearing Elmer Browning, pro gram chairman of the Greenville Ro tary club and head of the Department of Business Education at East Caro lina Teachers college. Frank Dupree introduced the speak er,who figuratively took the entire group to a classroom visit in the Business Department at the college in Greenville. Browning sthted that dur ing his 13 years at ECT&, he had wit nessed a great change in the educa tional program of North Carolina, and that the state program was “up and coming” and was setting a pat tern which many other states were trying to duplicate. Although academic education vs. practical education ^ias always been a debatable issue, in reality there has been no competition between the two, both having an important role to play, and he suggested that in order to find put what a student wants and needs, that he try a subject and then decide. Thirteen years ago ECTC started jn the field of Business Edu cation with two teachers,' and al though the-primary and first pur pose of ECTC is teacher training, business education or secretarial science follows closely in second place and there is now a four year program with seven teachers and a plant equipped to turn out first-class officers who can do the job. Preceding Browning’s remarks, Arch Flanagan called attention to the tobacco referendum scheduled for Saturday, July 23, and; acpd that each Rotarian acquaint himself with the “eligibility list" and personally see to it that there if a large vote, for quotas wil not ’be in effect for 1960 unless approved by afleast two thirds of the growers voting in the referendum. New bill fold directories of the Ro tary clubs were distributed and most of file members were surprised to find that Farmville is now in the 279 District. It was generally known that! sometime a go Farmville moved from the 189th District to the 188th Dis trict, but the assignment of a new number came as quite a surprise. Affable John Lewis was awarded file “Handshaking Prize” at file di rection of the “whispering man” and the attendance prize went to Edwin Coates. 4 The secretary, Edwin Coates, tpld the club that he has a few extra Yearly Directories that may be had for 85 cents each. ’ -1 HOMES SOUGHT IN THIS AREA FOR DISPLACED PERSONS Tuesday evening the WalBtonburg Men's club heard Father Loyola O'* Catholic Leary of St. Elizabeth’s church, •Farmville, apeak on the dis placed persons program. He told how 8,000,000 people from Eastern European countries had been, torn from their homes by the Nazi war machine and brought into Ger many as slave labor. Many did not survive the /#ar and some returned to their homes. However, there are 2,000,00©- still in camps in Western Germany. The United States today Farmville $ay$ Three Games Here This Week-End : Farmville will mak* an effort to snap Macclesfield's, 17-game winning streak tonight (Friday) as the locals begin a three-game series in the base ball park. Tomorrow night and Sunday after noon Gardners will play here. Manager Bonnie Allen is offering a $10-gate prize again tomorrow night and several other prises will be a warded. Among these is a cot don ated, by the Army and Navy Surplus Store. World .War II Hero , Laid To Rest Here Funeral services for the late Sgt. John Rollins Baldree, 32, who was killed in , France on Dec. 10, 1944, while on duty with the Infantry Medical Detachment, were held from the home of his parent^, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Baldree, who live between FarmviUe and Ballafds, on Sunday afternoon a* 4 o’clock. The services were conducted by the Rev. Z. B. T. Cox, pastor of the Farmville Chris tian church, and former Army chap lain. Full military honors were ac corded by the FarmviUe Honor Guard. Interment was in the Winterville cemetery* Sgt. Baldree was awarded a Purple Heart and one duster. He received the Bronze Star for heroic work while under heavy enemy fire' on Nov. 28, 1944, in France, two weeks be fore his death. As , head of the Med ical Aid Men of his company, he an swered three calls for assistance in an area exposed to the view of the -enemy. He was fataUy wounded while giving first aid to the third man. Sgt. Baldree was bom in Pitt county and attended Pitt county schools. Prior to his enlistment in 1942, he; was a tobacco buyer for a; | Greenville firm., : In addition to Ms parents, he is survived by his wife, the former Betty Warren of Miami, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. Sam Braxton and Mrs. Bruce PMlard of Farmvffle and Mrs* Edward Letchworth of Walstonburg; and three brothers, Thurman, Ottis and Bert, all at Farmville. ident Names Rotary Comr er jokes and a parody on “Sadie J. W. Wilkerson, manager o£ the Pecan Grove Dairy ami Farm, was inducted as. a new member by Louis Williams, immediate pest president. Postpones Election Of New Officers Both the Walstpnburg American Legi<B' and Legion Auxiliary met Friday at Walstonburg cafe. After a barbecue supper, the Auxiliary re* tired to their meeting. Harold Bailey, commander of the legion, talked about the completion of the hut. All members were urged to meet at the building Wednesday to work on the project but due to bad weather the work was postponed. Due to the large number of mem bers absent, the election of new .of ficers was postponed until the August meeting and they will take office then. Local Schools Will . Open On August 30 : Sam D. Bundy, principal of Farm ville school, announces that the Pitt county Board of Education has set Tuesday, August 30, as the date for Farmville and other schools in the county to begin a new term. Unless epidemics or bad mclem«at cause schools to lose time during the year, the term will close about May 20, 1^50. In giving the list of teachers to the public a few days ago, the name of Mrs. John Dunn was inadvertently omjtted. Mrs. Dunn will be back in her position as Spanish and English teacher. Mrs. W- E. Joyner has been secured to take the place of Mrs. McDonald Rouse, who resigned. Mrs. Joyrier has taught in the Hookerton, Walston burg and Farmville schools. During the past year she taught in the Bell Arthur school and is returning) to the Farmville staff for this year. Health Officer Thanks & Public For Assistance I and the Staff of the Pitt County Health Department wish to express our appreciation for all assistance, whatsoever, outside this office during the recent Mass Chest X-ray which was concluded on July 7. There are so many who did assist us in this*lime of need that their names are too numerous to men tion, but please understand that we do appreciate the excellent services which were rendered so graciously. Were we to undertake to mention each individual, theye might be some one accidentally left out, and for this reason ige are leaving off names. If you participated, you may know that you are included in our thanks. Wp, therefore ^mention only the press, radio, theatres, churches, utili ties, schools, civic and other organi zations of every description, white and colored in every locality, which did such a wonderful work. ; Aghin with sincere gratitude. - ’A T. G. BASNIGHT and STAFF, Pitt County Health Department. l"*.v A. - m r«t«. Postal Employees Honor Retiring: Rural , \ ■ Carrier With Gift On Saturday nght, July 2, members of the Farmville post office staff, along with their wives and children, with the exception of Jennis Harper, gave a dinner at the home demonstra te® dub house near Monk’s Chapel honoring Joseph Henry Bynum, Sr., who: retired from service on route 2, which he had served diligently and efficiently for more than 28 years. Postmaster Henry Johnson acted as More than 100 persona—mostly to bacco growers with a few business and professional men—met Monday - night in the ^qourt house in Green ville and discussed plans for stimulat ing interest in a special referendum on'Saturday, July 23, which will de termine whether fanners want to continue,the present control program and-its government-supported prices. * * At the same time, growers will de cide whether they are willing to continue the meagre assessment, 10 cents an acre, to support Tobacco Associates in its drive to find new markets for American-grown tobacco. " The meeting was directed by the county conservation committee of which James Wilson is chairman and Ben Lewis of Farmville is a member. John Bryan, district representative of the PMA in 10 counties, explained the objectives of the referendum and - reviewed prices that have been paid for tobacco since the'control program became effective. Alex Allen of Farmville, president of the Pitt Farm Bureau, emphasized the importance of carrying both is sues and put in' a word for the Farm Bureau’s membership drive a few months in the offing. Mark Smith of Bell Arthur, repre senting the Grange, asked that the group formulate some plans for ad vertising the referendum and arous- , ing the people so they will really understand its importance. . Haywood Dail of Greenville re marked on the absence of business men and civic dub leaders and stated that m^be Governor Scott knew what he was talking about when he made a “crack” several weeks ago about civic clubs. Bruce Sugg of Greenville spoke on • behalf of the assessment for Tobacco Associates. ' , JU is. Walston . oi tne cans oi Farmville reminded the' crowd of what would happen if government support were withdrawn. Mr. Wals ;on stated the issues to be voted on weire more important than a political election or a special election such as the one held several weeks ago, and he urged those present to use their influence toward making it, a 100 per cent vote for control rather than the 96 per cent polled up two years ago. Other speakers were Banker Rowe of Ayden and Dr. J. B. -Frizielle of Ayden. Elsewhere in this issue of -The En terprise appear questions and an swers explaining the program. Voting places and those in charge of the voting will be published next week. __ DAN JONES IS SPEAKER AT KIWANIS MEETING Rev. Earl Holmes, program chair man for Monday night’s meeting of the. Kiwanis club, presented his daughter, Mrs. Bernice Turnage, who sang several lovely songs including, Sylvia, Song of Songs, Trees,,. and others, which were graciously receiv ed by the club with hearty round* of applause. - Mrs. Haywood Smith was the accompanist. Sam Bundy had as his guests, Sam, Jtr., and James Henry, who celebrated their 11th and 9th birthdays, respec tively, in June. It was reported by President John Parker that the attendance for the first six months was 93% and he asked every one to keep up the good work that enables the club to main tain the 90% required for honor roll. Howard Moye passed around cig ars in honor of the Moya’s fourth son, born Saturday. MRS. EASLEY TEACHES PRESBYTERIAN BIBLE CLASS ' Presbyterian Circle 1 met Monday afternoon at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. W. H. Moore, Jr. The meeting was opened with a prayer by Mrs. E. S. Coates. In the absence of the'regular Bible study teacher, Mrs. G. R^Smith, the Bible study was given by Mrs. W. P. Eas ley, b^sed on the fifth and sixth chapters of St. John, using the topitf, “Pharisaic Opposition and Popular Acclaim.” Mrs. B. F. Weaver gave an interesting program on “Christian
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