VOLUME FORTY ******* . Fred C. Moore, supervisor of sales for ti»e Farraville tobacco market, an nounces that farmers, as-a general rule, are well pleased with the prices they have been paid for their tobacco during the first week of sales. On opening day, last Friday, the market sold 880,000 pounds for an official average of $47.61. The aver age was above the average for the belt and pleased local officials, since much of the tobacco ottered was of inferior grades. It was estimated that the Stabili zation Corporation was getting about 16 per cent of the local offerings. PERSONAL ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Mashbum, Jr., attended the golden wedding celebra tion at Dover last week end of Mr. Mashbum’s aunt, Mrs.. H. D. Rich ardson, and Mr. Richardson. Lt. Col. and Mrs. Charles M. Duke and daughter of West Point, N. Y., arrived Wednesday for a visit With her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Paul. E. Jones. Mrs. Corinne Stilley spent last week with her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Hotchkiss, in Elizabeth City. Miss Pennie Norman and Mr. Eller returned to their homes in Baltimore Monday after spending the week end here. They were accompanied by Misses Betty Norman and Helen Flora who will remain for a few days. Mrs. Bob Joyner of Wilson" spent Sunday and Monday here. Mr.- and Mrs. J. M. Ward and son, Jimmie, of Greenville visited Mrs. J. M. Ward, Sr., Sunday. v Mrs. Mark W. Joyner and daugh ter, Pat, spent last week in Cohunbia with Mrs. H. N. McClees. Mrs. J. M. Ward, Mrs. Mark W. Joyner and Misses Carolyn Roebuck and Pat Joyner spent Thursday in Raleigh with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Q. Roebuck. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Moore spent Tuesday in Durham whejjp-Mr. Moore underwent a checkup at Duke-hospi tal. Mrs. Curtis Massey returned Wed nesday from Pitt General hospital where she underwent an operation. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Whittimore and son, Jimmy, of Richmond, Va., spent the week end here with rea tives. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Latta and son, William Evefette, of Durham spent Tuesday with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson and daughter are spending this week with Mrs. Johnson’s mother in Columbia, S. C. Miss Mamie Davis, who has been spending the summer hi Florida, is now in Columbia and will return with the Johnsons. Mrs. Charles Rogers apd daughter, Nancy, of Wendell are spending the week with Mrs. Rogers’ sister, Mrs, James B. Hockaday. Week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Spell were Mr. and Mrs. Louie Lamott and daughter, Barbara of Rochster, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. 0. G. Spell, Jr., and sons of Wendell and Mr. and Mrs. Addison Sprague and sons of Durham. Mr. and Mrs. Jop Terry of Frankfort, Ky., and Mrs. George Leonard of Maury visited the Spells Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Frank Davis, Sr., and Miss Elisabeth Davis returned last Thurs day from an extended vacation at Blowing Rode. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lawson and sons have returned from a visit to relatives in Knoxville, Tgnn. B. T. Heath visited his son, Blaney Heath, Jr., of Bedford, Va., and daughter, Mrs. David Parker, in Suf folk, Va., Sunday. For the past week Mrs. Raymond R. Neurone of Washington, D. C.. has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Pey ton Boyce, and her mother, Mrs. T. J. Davis. Mrs. Sam Wainwrightand children spent last week in Greensboro with her parents, Mr.' and Mrs. J. F. Batts. Mrs. Wainwright’s sister, Mrs. Ruth Pittman, returned with her, remain ing until Tuesday lrigfafc. At The Kiwanis Club Alton Johnson of Greenville ad dressed the -Kiwanis club Monday on behalf of the campaign to umtav write 20 athletic scholarships at East, Carolina Teachers.eollege. He brought out the fact that men were being at tracted to the college more now than ever before but stated that an athle tic program would have to be main tained if this flow of men was to continue. . He said that $25,000 had been raised in Greenville for the start of a star dium and that the rest of the county should show ito appreciation for what the college has done to Pitt and the surrounding section. Several new buildings have bean completed and several others are be ing planned. The college is fortunate in having as ito head a president as capable as Dr. Messick. Mr. Johnson yaa introduced by J. Glasgow Smith. Jack I^wis was in charge of the program. Ben Edwards was the gjuest of his brother, Charles. MRS. SCOTT'S FATHER DIES IN KENTUCKY Dr. 0. M. Crenshaw, well-known physician, died at 8 o'clock Sunday morning, August 14, at his home in Lebanon, Ky., following an illness of several months. He was 78. An eye, ear, nose and -throat spe cialist, Dr. Crenshaw had maintained an active practice there for more than 35 years. He was a pharmacist at Ashland a short time, then attended University of Louisville School of Medicine, from which he was graduated in 1904. He took postgraduate courses at Chicago and New York, then practiced at Tay lorsville seven years before coming to Lebanon. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. R. S. Scott of Farmville. Funeral services were held at 3 p. m., on Tuesday, Aug. 1% at the Bosley Funeral Honje, with the Revr Russell Ireland conducting the ser vices. Burial was in Ryder ceme tery. . . .. Mr. and Mrs. Scott and daughter, Miss Vivian, returned to Farmville during the week end after attending the rites. + BIRTH announcement Mr. and Mrs. Albert Q. Roebuck, Jr., of Raleigh announce the birth of a daughter, Stella Koren, August 20, in Rex hospital, Raleigh. Mrs. Roe buck is the former Miss Clara Lee Crabtree of Hillsboro. Farmville's entry in the Bright Leaf League ends the regular season this week end with a full schedule of four games with teams in the first division. r, Macclesfield, now in first place, plays here Friday and .Saturday nights. Saturday afternoon Farmville plays at Walstonburg and the two teams come back hers Sunday. Manager Bonnie Allen has stressed the importance of the games this week since they will determine how the teams will play in the series. Farmville is already assured of a berth in the play-offs but it is not known yet whether Farmville will meet Pinetops, now in second place, or the league leaders. Walstonburg will be the other team in the series. Hubert Joyner, in response to the plea for support for the ball team, has solicited handsome prises which will be awarded at the games here. These are on display in the window of Dolly's Beauty Stop. •Wednesday night, Farmville jiefeat ; 4 Mm Liia Gamer of Newport was the recent guest of Mm K, C. Mann. i'{ Ilia. H. A. liverman has returned home after spending a week with friends in Plymouth. . ‘ - j flttry Wheeler is spending several weeks in Norfolk with his father. Mm C. T. Hicks and daughter, Netty Sue, and Mrs. B. P. Gay were in Philadelphia last week. Dr. and Mm W. A. Marlowe ware the guests of Mr. and Mm L, Z. Woodard in Kenly Sunday, i v " Sam L. Jenkins and Billy Marlowe .spent the week end In Chapel Hill. Mr. and Mm W. F. Welfare of Snow Hill and Mr. and. Mrs. M. B. Taylor and little daughter of Rocky Mould; were the Sunday guests of Mm Ed S. Taylor. Mm W. E. Lang, Miss Lillian Corbett, Mrs. Frank Holloman and daughter, Ann, were Wilson visitors Monday. Mr. and Mm Clarence Jones - and children and Mrs. Tryphehia Me Keel are spending the week at Blow ing Bock. ir__J T P PaaIap ennnf Friday and Saturday in Manteo. Mrs. Henry Taylor of Kinston was a recent visitor of Mrs. Jim Taylor. Jjmmie Beaman, who is in school in Raleigh, spent the week end here. Mr. and Mrs. C. Hyatt Tucker of Atlanta and Douglas Taylor of Ma con, Ga., visited relatives in and near town during the week. Mr* Lydia Walston was taken to a Wilson hospital Tuesday for exam ination and remained for several days. Tommy Heard of Chdrlotte joined his wife here at her parents’ home. She and little son accompanied him home Sunday. Mrs. Sam Jenkins and Miss Clara Jenkins attended a fashion show in Goldsboro last week. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray, West, Sr., were Mrs. J. H. Grice of Wilson, Mrs. Edna Saunders of Ports mouth, Va., Mrs. Sarah Snugg and daughter, Sarah, Mrs. August Curro of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mr. and Mrs. Cameron West of Chapel Hill. Mrs. E. F. Brooks and Mrs. I. F. Smith were Greenville visitors Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Goin and Mrs. L. H. Goin went to Buckingham, Va., Saturday to spend several days with relatives. Mrs. L. Hi Goin remained with her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Eld ridge. Lenwood Moye of Norfolk spent the week end with his father, Willie Moye. Tommy Smith of Newport is visit ing his daughter, Mrs; Richard Hol loman. — Miss Hazel McKeel is spending the week with friends in Mebane and Nor folk. Mrs. Jarvis Holloman, James and Earl, and Mrs. Richard Hollo man spent Wednesday in Raleigh. Missionary Meeting Mesdames I. P- Smith and B. F. Brooks were hostesses to the month ly meeting of Gircle 1, Missionary Society of the Christian church, Moris, day afternoon. The Lord’s Prayer was used as a call to worship, followed by a hymn. The program, the second in the new series, “The Church Finds ■ Them Here,” was presented by Miss Lillian Corbett Ibis month's study was a bout the work among Mexicans north of the border. Miss Corbett, earn sisted by Mrs. Lang and Mrs. Smith. During the business meeting it was decided to sponsor a drive for getting card tables to be used by various groups and organizations in the com munity. The tables are to be secured by the members selling ads which axe placed on each of the tables, making a very attractive table top. , v A brief discussion of . the'coming Harvest Festival . was held. The hostesses served 'coca colas, sandwiches and nuts. The Watetonburg Home Demonstra tion club held its August meeting in the home of Mesdames Ivey Smith and E. F. Brooks, Tuesday afternoon. The meeting was presided over, bar the president, Mrs. D. D. Fields. Fol lowing a short business session, Mrs. Margie Jones, county agent, toojc charge and gave the monthly demon stration on “Arts and Handicrafts.” Many items ofbandiwoik, suitable for all types of gifts and uses, were dis iv. ■ greatly enlarged and the very best in entertainment and amusement will be expected. ~ Festivities will be opened on FW parade through the city streets led By the Fannville high school band. The 1949 carnival will be held oil the high school grounds with some units of the show in the gymnasium. Some of the features of an exposi tion age planned, with display space to be sold to merchants and clubs who wish to show their products. This is an added attracion and should prove of interest to all. The most popular features of last year’s carnival will be retained with'all the improve ments that can be incorporated. Everyone will look forward to seeing the Kiwarns Special pull into the sta tion with a capacity load of passen gers. A rejuvinated minstrel show in full blackface will meet the ap proval of all comers. Pony rides, bin go and many other attractions are be ing planned also. As usual the proceeds of this car nival will go to help send some wor thy boy or girl from Fannville or vicinity attend coll eg?. At present the Scholarship Kund has two students receiving aid and making an,educa tion possible for them. Mrs. Spell Loses Third 'Nephew In Plane Crash Mr. and Mrs. ©. G. Spell and chil dren, Miss Hazel of Durham, and Homer, and Mr. and Mrs. 9. G. Spell, Jr., and sons of Wendell attended the funeral*of Philiip Harris of Candor | Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Harris,, a nephew of Mrs. Spell, had viBited here. He was killed when the plane he was flying during NavaK Reserve training crashed near Creedmoor., He is the third nephew of Mrs. Spell to die in an airplane crash. About five years ago, Harris’ father lost his life in an airplane crash. SATISFIED CUSTOMER Jack Creech of Farmville, Route 1, was one of the many satisfied tobac co farmers who have sold on the lo cal market this year. Creech, had bills Tuesday showing! sales he had-made of tobacco that was "nothing extra” in quality. 1668 pounds sold for 81087.96 and 1684 pounds sold for $976.06. Mrs. M, D. Brinson Dies Suddenly Here Mrs. Doris Talton Brinson, 26, wife of M. D. Brinson, manager of the lo cal Colonial Store, died at Williams Winstead clinic Saturday morning a few hours following the birth of a Bon. Mrs. Brinson’s condition was good until a few minutes prior to her death, at which time she was strick en with a pulmonary embolism and. died immediately thereafter. The in fant son was cared for by Mrs. R. T. Williams until after the mother’s fun eral when he was taken to the home of < Mrs. Brinson’s sister. Mrs. Brinson was bom in Wayne county and graduated from Kkeville high school. Later, she completed a beauticians’ course in Raleigh. She had made her home here since 1941, except while her husband was in ser vice during the war. Funeral t'srvices were held from the Fannville Pentecost *1 Holiness church, of which she was a member, on Sunday afternoon at 2:30, con ducted by the Rev. D. J. Little, pas tor. Interment followed at 4:30 in Wayne Memorial Park, Goldsboro. Surviving, in addition to her hus band, she is survived by three sons, M. D-, Jr., Jerry and the infant son; her mother, Mrs. D. A. Wilkins of Brogden township, Wayne county; a sia.ter, Mrs. W. V. Denning, of La Grange; and three brothers, Gordon and Willard of Goldsboro and Ray mond of Brogden. Active pall bearers were Tucker Braxton, J. A. Blalock, Jim Craft, Linwood Wood, Kenneth Alphin and A. S. Hardison, all of FarmviUe. Mr. and Mw. Roland B. Modlin and children, Willie Blount and Horace, of Washington will spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Modin. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Nolen and chil Sunday from a week's in Roanoke, Lynch , Va. L. Farmville pule on last Thursday foi the annual picnic of the Baliandi Home demonstration dub. The tabic was filled with good thing* to eai such as delicious fried chicken, salads, a variety of sandwiches, pickles, and about a dozen luge delicious home made cakes. After eating all the supper the* wanted, everybody Joined Jn the sing : ing of some familiar songs led by Jack Tyson and Mrs. L. B. Jones. The closing song was "Good Night, Ladies,” after which dub members and guests departed for thfeir homes, looking forward to this pleasant oc casion a year from now. Edwin Tyson is a student at Wash ington State College where he is studying for a master's degree. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Grayson, Jr., and Mrs. Bill Grayson, Sr., of Sa vannah, Ga., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Bateman. Mrs. G. S. Nichols and Ann Craw ford are spending several days In Charlotte with relatives. Mr. a^d Mrs. W. G. Dunn and fam ily were Belvoir visitors Sunday. XU1. «IN Milo* V. V* MUBB Lillian Harris and Mr. and Mr*. Nor man Wooten attended a family re union mi Mrs. Harris’ old home hi Orange county Sunday. G. T. Tyson, Durward Tyson, Rob ert Joyner, Ernest Whitley of Wil son and Misses Edith, Jo Ann and Carol Ann Tyson went on a fishing trip to Aurora last Saturday. Friends of J. S. Elks will be glad to know that he is able to be out again after an illness of several days. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Jones spent several days in' Plymouth last week with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bowen. Mrs, Tom Harris and daughter, Ja net, of Farmville were guests of Mrs. I. A. Joyner Sunday. Mrs. Myrtle Roebuck and daughter, Mrs. Jerome Perkins, and childi^n of Stokes are spending the week in the mountains of North Carolina, Vir ginia and Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Nichols and children will spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Ati£tbs in Norfolk, Va. Miss Jane Boatwright of Tennille, Pa., is the guest of her aunt, JSf™- K B. Moore. .... . Walstonburg Will Open New School TerarThursda; Faculty Of 17 Is Complete; TtaBh Are larked To Attend AaMmMy On turning Day J. R. Peeler, principal of Walston burg high school, has announced that the schiR will open Thursday, Sept 1, at 8 o’clock and will run on short schedule for the first month, open ing at 8 in the morning ai»d continu ing in session until 2 o’clock in the afternoon. ■ Patrons of the school are cordiallj invited to attend k short program to be held on the opening dayat 8:30 The faculty is complete, being composed of the following: Miss Paige Davis, Milwaukee, first grade; Mrs. Annie Sue Gay, Walstonburg, first and second combination; Miss Ruth Hanhon, Moncure, second; Mm Lucille Craft, Walstonburg, third; Mrs. Barbara Rabhan, Walstonburg fourth; Miss Sudie May Kirkman Vanceboro, fourth; Miss Elma Cham bliss, Triplett, Va., fifth; Mrs. A. J Craft, Walstonburg, six®; Mrs. Hen rietta M. Williamson, Farmville, sev enth; Marshal S. Stephens, Powdei Springs, Tenn., eighth. High school teachers are David G Starling, Parmville, Route 2, agricul ture; Robert Baxter, mathematics an< physical education; Mrs, t MiMrw Peeler, Walstonburg, commerce; Misi Virginia Wright, Ruffin, English Miss Ruby Aiken* Coimeily Springs home economies; Mss Mar/ Eller Jones, Hookerton, Spanish and pubtt school music; Mm. CSsrios Walston Walstonburg, piano. Mr. Peeler bm a class in math and one in demo cracy. For the first time in the histor of the home econonmics department a vocational teacher, paid joint!; from county, state and federal funds will have.charge of it. Miss hasgteeady asmmmd ** th« the elementary r• er ■ .■■S11' My, Tinder the direction m H The Farmville public school will open on Tuesday, Aug. 80, at 0:30 and will remain in session until noon. Wednesday’s session will last from 8:30 until 12:30; Ml schedules will be placed in effect on Thursday, the third day of school. Since the auditorium will not hold the entire student body, there will be no formal opening exercises. The half-day session will be devoted to enrolling, registering, classifying and grouping students. Elementary pup ils wiU report to their rooms as desig nated* and will be advised relative to the section to which they have been assigned. High school pupils wiU re port to the auditorium and there will receive instructions relative to home rooms, fees and schedules. They will report to the rooms assigned. The grouping of elementary pupils will continue on the basis of ability grouping. There will be no fast or slow sections, but pupils will be grouped in sections of relatively the same ability. This is done by taking the list of pupils fit a grade, who have been listed in the order of the teachers’ judgment, and then alter nate pupils are placed in one section and alternate pupils in the other section. While no system of group ing is perfect, this or similar systems are being used in the majority of schools. First grads pupils may re port to either of the first grade rooms, but this does not mean that they will remain in that'room. At the end of the day the pupils will be list ed alphabetically and alternate pupils will be placed in the two sections. In about 90 per cent of the schools in North Carolina this is the system used in grouping first grade pupils and has been found to be about the most satisfactory. \ High school pupils will be grouped according to schedule and subjects as near on the ability grouping basis as possible. * The state and county furnish the major equipment and certain supplies but the amount provided is not suf ficient for a well-rounded program; therefore, it is necessary for schools to adopt certain fees. In Farmville the fee for grades one through eight is 13.00, of which $1.00 is the sup ply fee, $1.00 ip the visual aid fee, 60 cents is the entertainment fee and 60c cents Is the. supplementary fee. The supply fee is used to purchase such supplies as drawing paper, con struction paper, modeling clay, cray ons and the > like; the visual aid fee is used to purchase and ©nt mov ing picture films and strip-films of pn educational nature in order to supplement instruction from the text book, and to purchase new visual e quipment and maintain that now on hand. The entertainment fee is used to contract for five or six education al programs by the Southeast School Assemblies which include programs of marionettes, puppets, ventrilo quisms, music and educational demon strations; and the ^supplementary reader fee is used to purchase read ers to give the pupils a varied pro gram of good reading material. The high school fees are $2.00 and are similar to the above with the ex ception or the supply iee wmcn m not required in the high' school. Also, in the high school there is a $3.00 rental fee for basal books on the state program which giveeeaeh stu dent the basal books for all high school subjects. It might be men tioned that if books were purchased, the total cost would amount to ten or twelve dollars a year. Those pup ils taking science courses pay a $1.00 science fee; those pupils taking vo cational-home economics and agricul ture pay a $2.60 fee and the- com mercial students pay a fee ef-$6.60 per term or $13.00 tor the year. The science and vocational fees are used, to purchase consumable materials At The Rotary Chib To bring about an effective safety program will be one of tbe foremost goals to be attained by tbe local high school, Principal Sam IX Bandy said at the Rotary dub Tuesday night as he outlined the course of driver edu^ cation to be introduced into the Farm ville school this year. Although a student has excelled in his knowledge of general subjects, one accident can-destroy all.' Mr, Bundy, one of the 26 delegates from Eastern North Carolina to at tend the school for instructors at ECTC, spoke enthusiastically in that he believed the new cburse would do much toward curbing the ever in creasing accident rate. Statistics show that 20 per cent, of all accidents happen within the age range of 19 yean old or under, and 60 per emit involve' drivers un der 34. Experience has no bearing on the percentage of accidents, as 60 per cent of all accidents happen to those with 11 dr more years’ driving experience. 96 per cent of accidents happen to people apparently normal; 80 per cent occur on straight roads, and 76per cent on dry roads. 2 out of three .accidents are a result of traf fic violations. 76 per cent occur with in 25 miles of the driver’s home; 40 per cent in urban areas and 60 per cent in rural districts. Where the safety program such as the F&mmlle senooi win nave nas been adopted and tried, the ratio of accidents has decreased 60 per cent, and the new jsourse should not be looked upon as-somethirig trivial, but as a most important activity of IS and 16 year-old boys and girls in their training. • ^ It has been proven that: (1) The automobile is the heart killer; (2) One out of seven occupations depend Upon the use of the automobile; (8) Safety education * has reduced acci dents 50 $er cent. When the new car with dual driv ing control appears on the streets , of Farmville, we should look upon it with pride and feel that something worthwhile and-constructive has been added to make the way a little safer, not only for our children but in a universal sort of way. Richard Joyner introduced the speaker .in the absence of the. pro gram director, Joe Joyner. Hap Perry, secretary of the North Carolina High School Athletic Asso ciation at Chapel Hill, was the guest of Walter Jones; and Rotarian Her bert Acton of Danville, Ky.. was in troduced by Joe Rasberry. Cleveland Paylor was awarded the attendance. prise and the fellowship, prize went to Paul Ewell. President Charlie Fitzgerald pre sided. / Mrs. ,J. B. Joyner,and daughter, Videau, Mfs. A. B. Moore and house guest, Miss Jane Boatwright of Ten nille, Ga., and Miss Seleta Tucker spent Wednesday in Durham. ^ Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Modlin ami grandson, C. E. Modlin, in, spent last week in Petersburg, Va., with C. B. Modlin, Jr., and in Portsmouth, Va., with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Modlin. Johnnie King, who broke his leg re- ' eently when he fell from the second floor of his parents’ home, returned this week from a Wilson hospital and is recuperating nicely. personnel will be the largest in the history of the school. There will be 31 teachers, six bps drivers, two jan itors and one maid, six in the lunch room and three connected with the veterans’ training program, thus mak ing a total of 49. for the complete personnel. 'pm»m