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---v-7s » VOEUME FORTY NUMBER TWENTY-TWO J " I JBt’!■!* ■1—1*--— ■■■ ■ ■ 11 i -1. -mm , i i ■ ■ k • BUY ..,«, BANK ■ »»»ritsiJL • • ■ IN; JARMVILLE The school bus dimeter near Mid dleeex Thursday, which took the lives of seven children, has shocked public officials into making a more careful check of roads, Sam D. Bundy, head of Farmville schools, has requested all drivers of Farmville high school buses to turn in written reports on blind spots, narrow roads and other conditions which can be corrected. This infor mation will be Bent to Dennis John son, highway maintenance division, Greenville, with a copy going to the county superintendent cf school The dirt road between Lewis’ store and the Charles Walston farm, travel ed by Bus 46, is very narrow. There are possibly one or two blind spots on the stretch of road between Arch Flanagan's farm and Marlboro. Bos 107 travels east from Joyner’s cross roads. After leaving Kittrell hill, it traverses a narrow carve in the mid dle of which is « small bridge. The following is a list of the buses, their routes mid tile average number of pupils riding in each during the first month of school. Hie elemen tary-pupils are listed first, then the high school pupils.) No. 34—Lang’s Cross roads to Farmville (all paved road) 60, 13; No. 41—Arch Flanagan Farm, Marl boro, Farmville, 34,13; No. 46—Lew is’ store, Wison highway, 40, 9; No. 78—Joyner’s Cress roads and west, 44, 8; No. 107—Joyner’s Cross road and east, 44, 9; No. 83—Bynum’s Cross roads—Jack Lwis’ farm, Lewis’ During1 September, No. 78 made two trips daily. Since then, a new bus, 107, has taken off half the children. Both 34 and 78 are new buses, given as replacements at the beginning of school. Mr. Bundy now considers only one bus, 83, overcrowded. This bus has been carrying a daily load of 64 pup ils. Within the next few weeks, he. at the request of the school board, will personally inspect each route. The superintendent calls attention to the fact that between six and eight drivers passed school buses when the stop signs were out This is a direct violation of the law. The licenes num bers of those cars which passed buses in an illegal manner have been turn ed over to State Highway Ernest Guthrie. During the three years Mr. Bundy has served as principal of the local school, there have been no accidents in which the school bus driver was at fault Mr. Bundy is warning parents to keep their children playing from keep their children from playing in the road while waiting for a bus. There have been several reports this fall that children are engaging in this dangerous practice. ^ The Farmville colored, school has four buses in operation, with a re placement for one to arrive shortly. The bus to be replaced has been con demned as unsafe. Two of these buses are now making double trips. Last year the school operated only, three buses. Another was allotted to the school at the beginning of September and was placed in opera tion in the Wilson highway section. Jaycees Donate $250 To Boy Scout Hut On Columbus day the Fannviile Junior Chamber of Commence held its regular meeting. During the bus iness discussion, the following report was submitted to show a summary of the Jaycees’ work in operating the concession stand at the ball park dur ing the summer: $1842.23, profit from stand. $310.16, school’s part, leqp % cost of football machine. $268.44, Bonnie Allen's part. $678.61—-JayceOs’s part less cost of football machine. '• $200.00, cost of basketball uniforms for school. $378,61, remainer of Jayeees’ part after buying uniforms for school. The Jayeees voted to give $250 to the Boy Scout hut fund. This sum will bs raised by a special pngfeet. SxSsdny Frank Williams, man, brought -i gram to the Rotary night when Band entertained with hip The Rotarians are working toward Ladies Night, scheduled for Not. a, and it was announced that Edmund Harding had been obtained for the oc casion. Plato Bass received the attendance prize and Arch Flanagan the fellow^ ship prize. Rotarian Randoph Eagles of Tai boor was a visitor and Harold Maen hout was guest of the club. Waiter Jones presided in the ab sence of President Charlie Fitzgerald. Large Audience Sees Scout Plays At PTA Meeting .i Around 200 parents and friends at tended the October meeting of the Parent-Teacher association Thursday night. The birthday of Juliette Gor don Low, founder of Girl Scouting, which comes the lest week in the month during Girl Scout Week, was commemorated by a program given by the Girl Scouts. Marcia Forbes was the announcer. “Don’t pass—push” was the theme of the devotional led by Sue Flana gan, using Isaiah 41:1-9 as her scripture passage. Kay Guthrie recited a poem about the little housewife who joined PTA. The Brownie songs were sung and talks on their organization were giv en by two Brownies. Tbe: pledge and Scout song were given by Troop 5, led by Jane Joyner. Two nlavs. coached hv Mrs. Walter B. Jones, were presented. The play by Troop 4 was entitled'“Where Is Julie?” Composing the cast were Lou Taylor Lewis, Faye Mewborn, Theodora Albritton, Jane Russell, Anne Morgan, Martha Holmes. “The Persecuted Maiden,” • mys tery in rhyme, was acted by several member^ of Troop 2. Videau Joyner was the mother; Pat Allen, her daughter, Isabelle; Dotdee Jones, the villian; Jess Carraway, the detective; Jean Moore, the hero and Isabelle’s lover; Carolyn Roebuck, woman of mystery. Shirley Newton was an nouncer for the play. The entire program was well re ceived and showed excellent training, of the girls on the part of their lead ers. Presiding was the president, Mrs. J. W. Miller, who called for commitee reports and announcements. Mrs. R. T. Williams stated that the member ship drive woud begin Monday, Octo ber 10, and Mrs. Miller asked that a goal of 100 peg, cent of the parents be set. . Hazel Garris announced that the Home Economics department was sponsoring a brunswick stew supper Friday night; Principal S. D. Bundy called attention to the sale of season tickets, the Tarboro-Farmville game and the band concert scheduled for October 18. Conducted by Mrs. John Dunn and Miss Mildred Maddox, the room roll call was won by Mrs. Joseph Batch elor’s fourth grade. rin uuuim DUio *v>9o*a.io SERIES E AND G BONDS IN SEPT. J. H. Waldrop, chairman of ^the Pitt county U. S. Savings Bond Com mittee, announces that $45,848.75 in Series E and G bonds were sold in Pitt county last month. . Of the total, $29,343.75 was in Se ries E Bonds and $16,600.00 in Series G Bonds. Sales of the three series—E, P, and G—for the state of North Carolina were: Series E, $2,974,972.26; Series F, $289,673.00; Series G, $691,500.00; total for state, $3,966,145.25. Ur. Waldrop further stated that according to the report Series E Bond sales in'North Carolina for September exceeded August E .sales by $486,307.00, due to increased sea sonal purchases in farm areas. “A farm Savings Bond drive is now in progress,” the county chair man said, “and an effort is being made in every county to urge farm ers to build financial reserves in U. S. Savings Bonds, the crop that never fails.” In conclusion, he pointed out that there is no safer investment an earth than wMdhjta The local high, school football team was defeated by Tuhoro, 7-0, in a defensive battle played before ap proximately 1,000 fans last Friday night in the first of six games the team will play here this season. The contest with Tarboro was rug ged and aggressive, with the de fense having the edge over the of fense. The somewhat unorthodox de fense used by Tarboro hampered the Farmville offensive ^threats consider^ ably. Twice in the first quarter, Farmville recovered fumbles in Tar boro territory, but the Tarboro de fense held on both occasions. The Bed Devils also repulsed two Tarbpro scoring threats ih the initial stanza. The visitors broke the scoring ice in the second period. They drove to the Farmville 15-yaard line, aided by a 16-yard roughing penalty, but on the next play the Fannville line broke through to nail Sasser, who had faded back to throw a pass, for 10-yard loss. On the next play, how ever, Sasser tossed a 15-yard aerial to Bryant, an end, who ran the ball over the final stripe. Bullock hit the line for the extra point. There was, no further scoring threat ih the first! half. In the second half, Tarboro worked the ball to the 16-yard line but that was as close as any team came to the goal line. Toward the end of the game Farmville missed a brilliant scoring opportunity when Carl King wiisba/] a 1/inm neoa tViVAWn Ktf Joe Smith. The game was marred by the nu merous penalties inflicted by the offi cials and the ejection of three play ers from each team from the game. The local team played well with their hustle and emsit being particu larly outstanding. The lack of weight in the backfield hurt considerably. The down-field blocking was not yery well executed, and quite a few key blocks in the line were missed* The linemen, Roy Flora, James Foun tain, Carl King, Ernest Morgan, Johnny Barrett, Albert Cannon, Geo. Wooten, Henry Tyson, Wilbert Mor riss charged hard, especially in the l$st three quarters. Claude Tyson kicked. Well and Joe Smith continued to show improvement at quarterback. The driving of Har ry Albritton and Ernest Morgan on offense was a feature of the game. Charlie Fitzgerald, Roy Vick and Bruce Tugwell performed well while in the game as substitutes. Clarence Joyner and Claude Tyson played the defensive backfield positions creditor My. Robersonville Invades Red Devils* Den For Conference Contest The Farmville Red Deyils will try for their second conference victory on Friday'night of this week when Farmville and RobersonviUe football teams meet under the lights in the Farmville park at 8 o’clock. ■ Farmville has won one conference game, having defeated Yanceboro. Robersotfville has defeated South Edgecombe and lost a close one to Vanceboro, 7-6. On the basis of these games, Farmville enters- the game tonight a slight favorite, but comparative scares mean little in football. j,i The game will mark the first time that Farmville and Robersonville have met on the gridiron and it should de velop into an interesting affair. The Farmville high school bond will enliven half-time program with maneuvers and music. / One Injured In Wreck Here Monday Night Miss Louise Salsbury of Tarboro and Greenville, houseguest of Mrs. Virginia Howerton, received a painful fractured shoulder in an automobile wreck near the intersection of Main street and Home avenue earlyMon dayevening. She was preparing to paik heitsar in front of the Howerton residence when she Was struck from the rear by a car driven by a colored man, who received minor injuries. Miss Salsbury is a patient at the Woodard-Hemng hospital, Wilson. able drum major last year. Everette Roebuck is drum major this year and is proving hia, worth in a most satis factory manner. There are 54 playing members of ! the band,. eight majorettes 'and a co | lor guard of four. From time to time hew members will be added to the band. A general .admission fee of 25 cents per persoh will be charged for tks concert. ' -fount. Miss. Cobby Via., spent the parents, Mr. and Mre. Jimmie button. Homecoming services were held at the Fountain Presbyterian church on Sunday, October 9. Rev. Philip M. Cory, pastor, conducted the morning service. A picnic lunch followed the service. - __ Miss Daphne Yelverton of Mere dith college spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Yelver ton. ■ ^ V;. -h j Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Carson, El mer Parker of Stokes were Sunday afternoon guests of-Mr. and Mrs. W. of Danville, id with her is. .Newton. i : J: J Hankins of Winston-Salem was the week raid guest of Mr. and*. Mrs. W. R Harris. . J i Joe Tugw'ell of Rocky Mount and 1 Mrs. L. C. Woodall and son, Lee, of ] Wilson attended Homecoming Sunday < at the Presbyterian church. i Mrs. Katie Owens of Raleigh, Mr* ' and Mrs. W. B Owens and son and • Horace Owens of Cherry Point were - week end guests of Mr. and .Mrs. 1 Luther Owens. Sgt. William Bryant Owens, who 1 has been stationed for some time in Germany, has returned to the United 1 States. * - 1 Mr. and Mrs. Wren Abrams and 1 children were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lura Jefferson. i Rev. Russell Carraway of Birming- 1 ham, Ala., was the guest Monday of ' his aunt, Mrs. Anna . Taylor. * Mr. and Mrs, Jack Joyner spent 1 Sunday in Washington, with Mr. and Mrs. Jtuck Baker and son, Biy, who ' is suffering from a broken back. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jones and 1 family attended the Jones-McKeel re- 1 union at Walstonburg Sunday. A Miss Ann Horton of Meredith col- 1 lege spent Sunday with her parents, • Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Horton. 1 Mrs. Octavius Gay is seriously ill in Woodard-Herring hospital, Wilson. ] She underwent a major operation on Monday of, last week. Hie Woman’s Missionary Society of Fountain Baptist church met Monday at the home of Mrs. Jade Speight. 1(1 ' members were present. CHURCH GROUPS Mrs. C. H. Mozingo was hostess to Circle 4 of Hie Methodist dutch Monday afternoon. Presenting the devotional, Mrs. J. Frank Harper used an article, “Influ ence of Little Deeds,”'prepared by Dr. J. W. Holland. Each member carried material for the “Pieces for Peace” bundle Hie circle will pack. Attending the zone meeting in Rim City Wednesday was discussed. ■ ~’.v * REV. HOLMES ADDRESSES FOUNTAIN RURITAN CLUB - The Ruritaa dub of Fountain held Its regular meeting Thursday night In the lunch room at the school. Rev. E. W. Holmes, • pastor of the Farmville Baptist church, Spoke on the importance of living and working in one’s home community. Seventeen members were present. - BUILDING PERMITS IN S SEPTEMBER TOTAL $13,650 1 -. Building permits issued last month i by the office of Town Clerir Cleveland i M. Paylor totaled $13,650.00 .and in- i eluded the following buildings and ad- « ditions:. ■ Jfchgenan Lumber Co., alterations } and repairs .to building, Carroll Oglesby, addition t $350.00; F. A. Darden, $6,500.00; T. M. Hodges, W0.00. n tiie lunchroom from 6 to-8 o’clock. Mrs. Mary M Horton’s fourth rrade won the zoom attendance prize. Mrs: Carlos Walston, with the help >f the student#, gave the very en dyable program depicting the work hat has been accomplished thus far n the public school music classes. Spirit and enthusiasm runs high as he following beauty queens display heir charms and winniag ways try ng to secure the largest number of rotes, thus entitling them toyeign as Jueen of the Harvest Festival. The lueens selected their own kings, who ire supposed to obtain votes for her md manage the campaign. Tve tings and queens are .-'First grade— Sara Smith and Edward B. Beasley, tnn Handy and Billy Walker; second M .NA: L ai rraae—uuaa ana Bobby Corbett, ’armie Moore and Robert B. Jones; , hird grade—Joad~ Hathaway and , 3lyde Killibrew, Barbara Bose and \ 'eff Jefferson; fourth, Glennie Mat- , hows and Larry Dilda, Sue Dilda and , lorace Glenn; fifth grade—Carolyn , larris and Carlton Vaudiford, Jewel landner end Robert Killibrew; sixth ; n»de-i-Nonna Carraway and Bill Iwens, Margaret OWenis and Bill ibnams; seventh grade;—Ernestine dosley and Billy Baker, Edna Dunn : ind Phillip Carraway; eighth grade— 'fell Gray and Lawrence Boseman, Catherine Baker and Sigbee Dilda, From this group one queen will be elected fron> .each .grade and the harvest queen will be selected from his group on October 21 at 9 o'clock. : The Fountain-Keyboard club held ts first meeting of the year in the chool library and the following offi ers were elected: * Martha Hardy i ohnson, president; Sylvia Gardner, eeretory. Plans and objectives for the year vere outlined and hints for the gen iral improvement of pupil perform ®ce were noted by Mrs. Carlos Wal ton, sponsor. After a very enjoyable musical irogram, Mrs. Alton Moore and faye served delicious cookies . and banks. ke Pollard Wins Radio World Series Contest 264 was the’ lucky number in a ^ the Hartol Petroleum Corporation »f New York, and this number was ent in by two contestants, one of rhom was W. A. Pollard, Jr., of the i’armville Oil and Fertilizer Co., of i’armville, . | .The contest, to guess the combined lumber of runs, hits, bases on ballB tnd strikeouts in the 1949 World leries, Was given for the company’s tealers on the East Cost. Each deal er was allowed one guess, and the •rise was a 1350 radio-phonograph. Mr. Pollard received the. following elegram on Monday: “Congratula ions on winding up in a tie in our votid series contest. Charles Dickin on will be in touch with you. (sign id) K. H. Durbar—Hartol Petroleum Corporation.” Rather than have a drawing to de ermine the winder of the grand prize, he two winners decided o«r each re viving a radio costing half the a nount of the original prize, that is' me costing $175.00. The totals for the series worked out « follows: Runs, 35; hits, 71; bases in balls, 33; strike-outs, 65; total, !04 (the number guessed by the local asn). fhe winning number in this contest President Council Speaks To Walstonburg PTA . The Walstonburg Parent-Teacher association held its regular monthly neeting on Thursday, Oct 6, at 7:30 >. m. in the school auditorium. J. R. >eler presided in the absence of he president, D. D. Fields. Mrs. dorton Rabhan of the faculty con tacted the devotion, using as a heme, “the importance of know The minutes of the last meeting rare read by the secretary Mies Elma Chambliss and they were approved by he association. Mrs. Ben Gay's first tnd second grades won the attend ance prize for leaving the largest lumber of parents present. i Patrons were urged to iota the *TA immediately. Those wishing to bin may contact Mrs. Jack Parker. The meeting was then turned over o Miss Mary Ellen Jones, program hainuan, who presented the presi ient of the Student Council, Cekada Draft of the Senior Class. Cekada poke on “The Purpose of Student lovernment and Its Activities.” ' Afterwards be introduced various members of the Student Council who aplained the duties of various com mittees. Alyce Hardison spoke for he Luhchroom Committee; Betty lobbs for Assembly ProgflHh and tacreafiun; Dean Togwell for ath etcs; an<| Dick Tugwell for the School Bua Committee. Cekada ex ilaihed the -duties'of the Library, ievances and Beautification Com i David Starling reported that obacco brought by students in kmtest recently held by the school old for |51$.54. Mtae Jones’ 11th trade and Mrs. Gay's first and sec ond grades were winners in the con. est. '''' J ■ ' The next meeting of the WalSton iurg PTA will be held Thursday tav. 3 at 7:80. Community White Christmas Service At Monday’* meeting the Farmville Council of Church Women decided to ponsor a community White Christ mas service on December 11* prefer bly outdoors around a lighted tree, the presentation of gifts and sing og of carols will compose the •pro Tam. All fraternal, civic,'patriotic ind social organisations will be in ited to participate, the county wel are department will furnish a list f opportunities to which the gifts Each member was assigned duties Inristian church, the iethodists will pack and ship Die undies and the hostess church, the Jhristians, are in charge of airrange day with the Major Benjamin May chapter as hostess, and with 17 na tional and state officers attending as special guests. - . The meeting was held in the chap ter house* dedicated in Apr$ of this year as the only one in North Caro lina and tile second in the South. Pymoantha berries, lupin, asters and dahlias were used in decoration. Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson, 1st vice regent, presided ever the open ing session, during which Mrs. Joel G. Layton of Lillington, state chap lain, save the invocation: Mrs. Susan D. Williams, regent of the Rocjty Mount chapter, led the pledge ofai legiance to the American flag, and Mrs. John Meredith Jones, regent of the Edenton Tea Party chapter, led the American's creed. Mrs. M. V. Jones played the processional and ac companiment for the national an them. ' | Mrs. T. C. Tumage, the Major May chapter regent, welcomed the as semblage; saying in part, “As you came through the gateways to this memorial building you received a welcome from the veterans of all Wars; as you approacbedthe doorway the gracious greeting of our lota benefactor and a late beloved mem ber awaited you; inside, you are en compassed about by a great invisible t company of witnesses to a gladsome greeting, and the scintillating beauty and incandescent glow of the chan delier overhead, a memorial to pio neer mothers, reflect the cordiality and warm fellowship in our hearts. As you ascend to the banquet room, passing on the. stair the grandfath er's clock, which ticked out Hie time daring George Washington’s day, you will note also the memorial furnish ings there and find that they too ex tend their welcome. “The spirit of these foredears live on is Hus group of women, members of Hie Major May chapter. I pay tribute to their campaigning spirit and high poised purpose. Wa greet you, wa ere glad you came and hope that you will have an insatiable yearning to return. May we work to gether for the good of all mankind, and when we leave this meeting may we resolve to help teach the nations the song of peace in substitution of their war cries.” Mrs. C. B. Emry, regent of the ihnSfr chapter, raqpoodad to the wsleome of the hostess regent. Mrs.. Ellen Lewis Carroll, of the Major May chapter, critic teacher of East Carolina Teachers College and director of the district, presided over the business session. She added words of welcome and appointed committees. Miss Tabithh DeVisconti, serving as secretary-treasurer, spoke district briefly. State regent, Miss Virginia Horne of Wadeeboro, in her address, stated that she would leave general objec tives and plans for the new society year to national and state chairmen attending: for that purpose and would on Hid subject, “The Turning She pointed and «f the v Demg waged HE members -of subversive croups in this country, sucr&estinir ways in winch Daughters of the American Revolu tion may meet the onslaught of these enemies and help-defeat their regent traced the growth of the so* ciety organized in 1890 with 18 mem ber* to the present time with a mem bsnhip of -164,000 and outlined the thine objectives handed down as a heritage to Daughters of today: Per petuating the memory and spirit of the founders and defenders of this country; supporting lithe institutions of knowledge and fostering true pa triotism' and love of country. Press ing the point of the threat of na tional suicide, she spoke of the great democracies that have hotvbaam kill ed outright but died by their mm hands. C Miss Home said in doting,. “We must demand authentic teaching of
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