I BUY....BANK ..SELL... IN FAKMVILLE m VOLUME FORTY FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CASOLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1950 NUMER THIRTY-SEVEN ] BUT....BANK IN FAR3VJYILLE Finals In Jaycees Second Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament Will Be Flayed Saturday Night; Local Teams Safely Through First Round Finals in the second annual Gold Medal Basketball tournament, spon sored by the Farmville Junior Cham ber of Commerce, will be played to morrow (Saturday) night in the local gymnasium. The girls’ title contest starts at 7:30, with the boys’ game getting underway soon after the end of the girls’ game. The elimination process started Wednesday night and ^emi-finals were played last night, too lata for inclusion in this week’s paper. The tournament is suspending play to night (Friday) so the participating teams can carry out their regular schedules. Six ..high schools are represented in the tournament by both boys’ and girls’ teams. The Jaycees had an un usually successful tournament last year, thgir first, and indications are that this year’s meet will be a repeti tion of the first. The gymnasium was filled Wednes day night for the opening round of four games. Farmville girls defeat ed Maury, 39-19; Snow Hill girls de feated Stantonsburg 37-33 in a thrill er; Bethel boys defeated Maury 52-21 and Farmville won easily from Stan tonsburg, 69-21. ' In the semi-finals last night, Snow Hill and Farmville boys played for a berth in the finals, while Bethel and Vanceboro were fighting it,out for the other spot in the finals. Farmville girls played Vanceboro and Bethel played Snow Hill. BOYS’ LOSE THIRD ONE-POINT GAME BUT GIRLS WIN AGAIN Vanceboro defeated Farmville boys last Friday night, 44-43, in an over time game that marked the third de feat of the season for the Red Dev ils, all of them by one-point margins. Vanceboro had previously defeated Farmville, 21-20. A contested foul shot, which would have made the score 22-20, was rejected by the referee on grounds that the game was ended be fore th« foul was committed. The third loss was at the hands of Ay den. High scorer for Farmville was Carl King, with 14 paints. Vanceboro had an 18-12 lead at half-time. Farmville girls won their game, 46-23 and stretched their record for the season to 10 victories without a defeat. The girls have been tied once, by Ayden. Vonceil Mozingo was high scorer for Farmville with 16 points. Raye and Dot Hathaway had 14 and 13 points, respectively. Mittie Rouse was outstanding on defense. The local teams easily defeated Belvoir Tuesday night, the boys win ning 56 to 24 ancj the girls, 21 to 16. Farmville boys had a 30-14 lead at the half and Coach Elbert Moye play ed his second team in the second half. These boys, Joe Smith and Wilbert Morris at forward, Marvin Tugwell at. center, and Randolph Allen and Charlie Fitzgerald, guards, played well and scored 25 points while hold ing Belvoir to 10. High scorers for Farmville were Carl King with 16 points and ^Ubert Cannon witlf 14. Best defensive play ers for Farmville were Harry Albrit lAJii aim iwuiuvtpu xuicut Vonceil Mozingo led the girls,, scor ing 10 points. Jennie Murphy was the outstanding defensive player for the Farmville girls. Cub Scouts Will Meet Tuesday Night There will be a Pack meeting Tues day night at 7:30 in the Christian church for all members of the Cut Scouts and for other boys between the ages of 8 and 10 years old. Den chiefs and den mothers oi Dens 1 and 2 are urged to attend qnc help resume activities of the Pack. Jake Joyner is master of the Cubs LEGION AUXILIARY DONATES TO DRIVE FOB POLIO FUNDS Thoughts on “Time,” a New Year’s sermon written by Dr.'J. W. Holland were discussed ' at the Americai Legion auxiliary meeting Thursda; afternoon by Mrs. 3. Frank Harpe who also read from Matthews 22 am Hebrews 3 as a part of the’devotion ^ — < • Thurs. tiETHEL Saturday V 6:30 VANCEBORO SNOW HILL 8:30 9:30 FARMVILLE GIRLS’ SCHEDULE Thurs. FARMVILLE Saturday 7:30 VANCEBORO BETHEL 7:30 8:30 SNOW HILL BOYS’ SCHEDULE Benny Mewborn Dies Suddenly In Goldsboro Store Funeral services for Albert Ben nett Mewborn, whose sudden death in Goldsboro Friday about noon shock ed this whole community, where he was born and raised, were conducted Saturday afternoon at the home of l)is mother, Mrs. J. A. Mewborn, on West Wilson street. Mr. Mewborn, who at 38 was in the prime of‘young manhood, succumbed to a heart attack at his office in the Weil's store in Goldsboro, only a few minutes after he had been to see his doctor. Up until that time, he ap parently had been in good health. Rev. H. L. Davis, pastor of the Farmville Methodist church, was in charge of the service. Interment was in Forest Hills cemetery. Music was furnished by a choir composed of El bert Holmes, Charles Baucom, 3. R, Shearin, Mrs .Bernice Tumage and Mrs. Alton Bobbitt Active pallbearers were L. E. War rick, J. Y. Lassiter, W. D. Stevens, R. R. Anderson, W. P. Neel and Fred Cox, 411 of Goldsboro. Mr. Mewborn had* lived in Golds boro for the past 13 years and foi the past 10 years he had been mana ger of the farm supply department at Weil’s. He married the former Edit! Teel of FarmviUe in June, israo. fu was a member of the Wayne Maaoid< Lodge ip Goldsboro, and a membei of the American Legion. He servec in the Army for more than a year. Survivors in addition to his wifi are three children, Peggy, Albert, Jr. and Sarah; his mother; and one sis ter, Mrs. George Edwards of Snov Hill. Founders’ Pageant At PTA Thursday Nighi Commemorating the fifty-thin year of the National Congress o Parents and Teachers, '“Our Goldei Tribute,” a Founders’ day pagean with music, will be presented Thun day evening; at the. Parent-Teache association. Mrs. Jbhn B. Joyner will be one o the two narrators. Pupils from Mn L P. Thomas’ and Mn. J. E. Bynum’ seventh grades, Mies Margaret Lewi; first, Mn. W.0. Joyner’s sixth an Mrs. Myrtle Wooten’s and Mies Li] ban Herring’s second grades will prc sent the pantomine.’ Part of the Girl Glee club win Sing. Parents and friends of the scho< are invited to attend the meetin which starts at 7:80. j After adjoun DirectsStudy MRS. JOHN WACASTER _ BAPTISTS TO STUDY MANUAL NEXT WEEK Ladies of the Baptist church will study the manual of the Woman’s Missionary union Monday and Tues day evenings at 7:30 under the direc tion of Mrs. John Wacaster of Chprryville. Mrs. Wacaster, who for the past five yeartrtka been a field represen tative of the state Woman’s Mission ary union, is a native of ^Cleveland county. She has taught school, was superintendent of WMU in the King’s Mountain association for 20 years and served as superintendent of the Hic • kory division of WMU for two years. Her present work takes her from Murphy to Manteo, teaching classes, > holding conferencesi working in schools of missions, organising mis ' sionary societies, attending associa . tional meetings and delivering lec tures. Mrs. Wacaster will be the guest of Mrs. Henry Johnson, president of the Farmville Woman’s missionary socie _ ty. 7 / FarmviHe Masons Install Nefw Officers The elective and appointive offi cers of the FarmviUe Masonic Lodge were installed recently by Past Grand Master W. J. Bandy of Greenville, Charlie Gray of Robersoi as marshall. New elect are: Sam Bundy, master; senior Warden; C. L. Ivey, den; O. G. Spell, secrets cere are: Claude Quota Ot $578 In Drive For Polio Fund Walstonburg; has exceeded its goal of $578' for the March ot Dimes bj approximately $15 and contribution! continue to be made. ' Solicitors and amounts collected are: Mrs. Lucille Craft, $85.50; Mrs A. J. Craft, $57.30; Mrs. Ben G^y $117; Mrs. W. A. Marlowe and Mrs C T.. Hicks; $200; David Starling $38; Mrs. Wooten Hobbs, $57.50; school students, $37.55. - Town and Country j (By James B. Hockaday) Elbert Moye, who directs the phy sical education program in the Farm ville high school nine months of the year and serves as recreation direc tor for the town the jest of the time, is quite enthused over the recently organized midget basketball team, composed of boys too. small for the varsity, that has played two games with Ayden, 'winning here by two points and losing in AydeiT by one point. Moye, who has done an excell ent job with both the school and town athletic1 programs, says his youngsters play hard, clean 'basket ball and enjoy playing more than they do eating. Two local organizations that have been trying for months to build club houses may get together on a plan by which they can pool their re sources and erect a handsome build ing that-can be used by both. Com mittees from the American Legion and the Masonic lodge have been dis cussing the matter and are to make their reports and recommendations at an early date. The Masons own the lot on Grimmersburg street next to Dr. Rod Williams’ clinic and have been planning) for many months to build a Masonic Temple. The Legion has been saving its money for a per iod of years with home-ownership in mind. r • * • • • Directors of the Pitt-Greene Elec tric Membership corporation, the REA which now has more than $500 mem bers and purchases Jts power from die Farmville plant, are having an important meeting on Thursday night of this week with officials fro* Washington. Some important deci sions will be reached, or discussed. All of the' administrative and book keeping work of the REA has been combined with the city .clerk’s office in Farmville but the membership has grown so large that separate quart ers are needed. Accordingly, the town has been notified that the REA will set up its office as soon after May 1 as possible. Unless present plans are changed, the office will be located here in the best quarters available. Ultimate aim of the RE^t office building of its own. P^t-Greene has flourished since its establishment a little more than a dpzen years ago and, in conjunction with the town of Farmville, has furnished electrical energy for many families who other wise would not now have the modern conveniences which in yester year were luxuries but have come to be ne cessities. * * * • Tentative plans for the new church the Presbyterians hope to in the near future on Grimmersburg street were received this week from the church consultant who met several weeks ago with the building commit tee and heard wishes as to the kind and type of edifice the congregation wants. Proposed plans, which^vill be accepted, rejected or altered by the congregation, call for the construc tion of an English Mission type dtraicb. K® At The Rotary Club ' -.. £.. , Major W. H. Stanley, commanding officer of the Greenville uuij. of the Salvation Army, entertained the Ro tarians Tuesday night in'an amusing and confusing maimer. Stanley, who doubles as Billy Howard the magi cian, presented his repertoire of ma gi The need is greater than ever before due to epidemics of the past two yean and the mounting cost of treat ments required. It is up to the people of thiB community and others to meet the challenge. If an epidemic were, to strike in this section, then the re sources of the local, state and na tional chapters would be placed at our command. There is nothing more Christian or American than giving to help those who cannot help themsel ves. It is hoped that the people of Farmville will rally behind the March of Dimes as heretofore and produce not less than $1,000 of the county’s quota of $1,200. The philosophy of the following poem should govern the attitude of the community toward the plea: / I’ve taken my fun where I’ve found 1V> I’ve laughed — I’ve chuckled — I’ve smiled. I’m happy to say I’ve been able to play, And I’ve helped mend a crippled child. I’ve been blue, Pve been worried, I’ve tasted some pain, My plasures sometimes have been ,p»ild; But my troubles were small for I knew after all I’ve been helping sbme crippled child. I've played like a^boy—yes, unwisely, perhaps ' There were orgies I fear a bit wild. If such things were a sin—I can still lift toy chin, For I!ve guided some crippled child. If I’ve strayed from the narrow and wandered a bit, It’s myself, and just me, I’ve defiled. Maybe He wiill overlook as He finds in the Book That Fve helped to straighten a crip* pled child. Walstonburg News Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gardner, Mrs. Tryphenia McKeel, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Letchworth and Ann and Steve Letchworth visited relatives in* Morehead City Sunday. v Mrs. Emma Belle Jenk$ns of Fair mont is spending some time with her son, Sam Jenkins, and his family. Mr. and, Mrs. A. J. Craft were in Rocky Mount on business Monday. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bailey were Goldsboro visitors Tuesday. Leonard Mann of ACC spent the week end with' his parents. Mm W. R. T•sincr has'returned leigh, Mrs. Melvin Perry of Colerain and Warner Burch of Wilsonwere in the community Saturday to attend the funeral of Bennett Mewborn in Farmville. . « / Mrs. I. F. Smith of the Corinth Holder school near Zebulon spent the week end at her home here. Mrs. James Bailey of Farmville visited friends here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Williams and daughter, Florence, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Fields. Mrs. Flank Shirley was the guest of Mrs; Ernest- Selivant hr Snow Hill Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Dobbs Dixon and Miss Frances Dixon attended the wedding pf a friend in tilaytoh Thurs day night. Mr. and Mrs. M. B, Taylor and daughter, Gail, were the week end guests of Mrs. Ed Taylor. home after visiting in Fountain. Mrs. Harold Bailey-, Mrs. I. J. Rouse and Miss Joyce \ Rouse spent Monday in Rocky Mount. Miss Sara Griffin has returned to her work after being called to her home in Lynchburg, S. C„ because of the death of her father. v Mr. mid Mrs. Graham Smith of Ra