BUT_BANK • • • SELL••• IN FABMVUULE 1 FARKVnXE, PITT COUNTY, NOIP!* CAROLINA, FRIDAY, .MARCH S, 1950 ■ ■ ~ m i% v ; _ J BUY... Ladies’ Pray For Peace, In Service Al Episcopal Churcl Women of Farmville churches fill ed Emmanuel Episcopal church Fr day afternoon for the annual obsei vance of the first Friday in Lent a the World Day of Prayer. A program of responsive reading! prayer in unison, silent prayer an singing of hymns was led “by Mrs. i D. Kirklin. Mrs. C. F. Baucom rea Matthew 4:18-22 and other scriptur as a commitment meditation. Mis Pat Corbett sang “I Walked Toda Where Jesus Walked,” by O’Hara. Talks on five recipients of gjftf made later in the program, were pre sented by Mrs. E. G. Holmes o: foreign colleges; Miss Elizabeth Maj sharecroppers; Mrs. John D. Dixor American Indians; Mrs. Ernest Guth rie, literature; Mrs. Bennett R. Fields aid to foreign students in America Mrs. Z. B. T. Cox, migrants. Mrs Holmes was assisted by Mrs. J. F Jones, Mrs. E. W. Holmes, Mrs. G D. Hathaway, Mrs. W. G- Hathawa; and Mrs. Manly Liles, who briefl; reviewed the history of several Fa Eastern colleges. An offering amounting to $47.31 was received. Activities Of Local Church Organization: Baptist "Dedicating our treasures to God’ was the subject of the devotional giv en by Mrs. Manly Liles at the Evi Taylor circle on Monday afternoon o: last week. Mrs. Liles emphasize) that not only our material possession! should be dedicated to god but tha our various talents were precious trea sures also, and when dedicated to th Glory of our Father sometimes d. more good than money. Mrs. B. B. Tumage brought the de votional period to a close with a beau tiful and very expressive vocal solo "All on the Altar for Thee, Dea: Jesus.” Mrs. A. B. Moore, program chair man for the afternoon, gave out smal booklets containing information abou the history and activities of the-“Bap tist World Alliance,” Each membe present read the information in he booklet as her contribution to thi program. The primary aim of th Baptist World Alliance is to evange lize the world £or Christ througl healing the sick, providing for th. needy and preaching the Gospel. Th. program was brought to a close wit) a prayer by the leader. At the close of the meeting, th. hostess, Mrs. E. C. Holmes, invite, the guests into the dining room fo refreshments. Mrs. Tumage, seate. at one end of the table, served in dividual cherry pies and Mrs. L. W Andrews poured coffee. Guests help ed themselves to cheese biscuits, cu in hatchet shapes, and to salted nut* Mrs. Dalton Corbett was welcome as a new member. Mrs. Z. B. Tv Cox used the sixtl lesson in “The Life of Paul" as be devotional for Group 3 of the Chrii tian Woman’s council. Monday nigh* Mid. Arch Flanagan, chairman, re ported on the executive meeting an made plans for being hostesses a the council Monday were laid. For the program, Mrs. Ernest But sell used “Hidden Answers" from th “World Call.” Sandwiches, pickles, cheese atrawi brownies and coca colas were serve to the 14 members present in th home of Mrs. Henrietta M. Willian son, who was co-hostess with Mr Frank Davis, Jr. The Women’s auxiliary met Moi day with Mrs. John D. Dixon, a chaplain, who led the devotional pit gram, the theme of which was “Fisl ers of Men,” with scripture readin from St. Luke's gospel. Mrs. G. Alex Bouse, president, pn sided and appointed hospitality m churoh care chairmen for the mont of March. The United Thank offe to be sent At The Kiwanis Club Stuart Carr, chainhan »of the boar of trustees of Pitt’s new $1,400,0 held next Monday with, Mrs. Copen ■ haver as hostess and Mrs. Frank A ■ Williams as program leader. Methodist “Obstacles in Prayer” was the sub ' ject of a talk by Mrs. L. P. Thoma ' Monday night at the meeting of Circli • 3 of the Methodist church. This topi ■ is a part of the study of “Faith ii " Prayer.” ' Mrs. Helen Horton was hostess. ■ Assisted by Mrs. John E. King am ' Miss Bettie Joyner, a visitor, tin ’ hostess served green and white ici 1 cream, cakes with St. Patrick’s motif - cheese shamrocks, mints, nuts ‘ coffee, after the business session 1 Only three members were absent. Baptist l The George W. Truett circle me ■ Monday at 3:30 with Mrs. W. D 1 Fields. The chairman, Mrs. C. M ■ Paylor, called the meeting to orde • after which the devotional was given • being taken from Acts 13 and 14 am t Isaiah 49. The development of foreigi • missions in the Far East along tin I Mediterranean Sea and their spreai to the west were traced. After prayer, Mrs. J. R. Sheari 1 gave the first half of the home mis r sions book entitled, “The Prophet o ’ Little Cane Creek,” by Harold E Dye. Her descriptive picture in pressed upon her hearers this story < the mountain people of Kentucky. SI not only developed their religious lit but also described their homes, too customs and geographical surroun ings. In this area are found stror and consecrated beings living simp and devoted lives for Christianity at its cause. The missionaries learn 1 love these simple people. After the program was complete visitors were welcomed, assignmei of the next program made and cox munity missions work was reports An announcement was made regar big the World Day of Fjrayer at members were urged to attend. T3 meeting closed with prayer by Mi E. W. Holmes. The hostess served angel food call topped with strawberries and whipp* cream, nuts and coffee. Free Will Baptist The Ladles auxiliary of the Mar [boro Free Will Baptist chord) mt Wednesday night with Mrs. J. < Brock at Marlboro with the praeiden Mrs. Clause Joyner, presiding. The program topic, “Advandn through Christ with Literature,*’ wa / Wife Of Methodist Pastor Is Town’s Sunshine Woman Despite live operations in foa years and months of staying in bet with casts on her leg, Mrs. H. L Davis iB Farmville’s sunshine lady She spreads cheer, to all who. visit her. "My philosophy of life is to take what you have and make the best ol it” and that is exactly what she has done time after time. In September, 1946, she fell, in juring her knee. 'Blinking the in jured cartiledge would heal, the doc tor had her wear a cast. After no im provement, she underwent an opera tion in November for the removal ol injured cartiledge. Still • unable to walk, another operation of Ihe same type was prescribed. This one took place in April, 1948. A white spot showing on the x-ray was diagnosed as a tumor on the bone. ‘Until after the operation several weeks later, Mrs. Davis did not know that it was not malignant. She was not worried. After the operation in January, 1949, she rejoiced that Bhe still had the leg. Each operation would be successful and she could walk afterwards, the doctors thought, Each time the leg continued to pain her when she took a few steps. The next operation, in February, 1949, was for the removal of an inner layer of cartiledge and the knee cap which was warped. In October of that year toe,bones were fused together. When the cast is re moved, she will be able to walk, un less there are unforeseen difficulties. A person with less courage would have given up hope. Her case was unlike those medical science has en countered and toe doctors were puz zled, especially whep, one time, she limped into the hospital, with, a more pronounced Jimp in the normal leg. The Davises moved into toe local Methodist parsonage from Litteton in November, 1948. “Farmvilie has never let us feel like strangers,” she says. The people have visited her, brought flowers and food and sent cards. At Christmastime toe Davises received 16 cakes and enough cards to fill one wall, in addition to other gifts. “Often peope’s visits are like opening a barrel of sunshine. Every body brings something different. Some come in and laugh and others don’t, but you need both.” When she is able to walk, she plans to visit all the sick frequently. In a small way, she has already begun vis iting, but by telephone instead of in person. Since she is often alone, a bedside telephone, installed after Thanksgiving, has given her much pleasure. Flowers are one of her loves. When she returned from the hospital one Nov., she found sprigs of first breath of spring on her dresser, a long with numerous potted plants. It was like the door to spring being opened, she reaalls Another time an orchestra of birds greeted her on her return. She has a number of grow ing’ plants at her bedside the year The former ^5windell Johnson, she was the" eighth of nine children. who grew up in Burgaw. She _ attended WCUNC for two years before her marriage to Mr. Davis, who was one of her high school teachers. The De vises lived in Trenton after their marriage and were later transferred to Newport When Mr. Davis worked on his batchelor of divinity degree at Duke, Mrs. Davis completed her stu dies and also received-a degree. After leaning Durham they were sent to Wilmington, Pittsboro, Bichlands And Littleton, where they spent 9 yean. There are three children in the Dav$s family — seven-year-old Jean, Graham, a student at Peabody; and Harvey, Jr., who is in the Air Corps and is on his way to Hawaii. Like Jyb, Mrs. Davis has borne her pain without murmur and can say with him, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in Him." The Intermediate Girls auxiliary of the Baptist church met Friday hi the home of Mrs. It. K. Britt with Grace Miller presiding. The watchword and allegiance were repeated and songs were sung. Shirley Newton read from Psalms. Videau Joyner led prayer. Hostesses Mary Hllen Dail and Janet Harris served drinks, cookies, sandwiches and potato chips. Walstonburg News Mrs. C. H. Walston was in Raleig Thursday and Friday attending board meeting of the Woman’s Sodf ty of Christian Service. Students home for the week en were Stewart McKeel and BQly Mai lowe, UNC; Ann Hides, Peace;-Mai garet Fields, Greensboro college Evelyn Fields, Flos* MacdonaM Frances Dixon, ECTC; Leonard Man and Sam Jenkins, ACC. C. T. Hicks spent several days n cently in Washington, D, G., on bufi ness. Mrs. Ed Taylor left Tuesday t spend some time in Rocky Mount. Miss Ramona Rouse, youth directs at the Jarvis Memorial church i Greenville, visited her parents, Sun day. Rev. Key Taylor, Mrs. C. H. Wal ston and Miss Edna Boone were th dinner guests Monday evening of Mi and Mrs. D. H. Bailey. The barbecue, bnmswick stew sup per held in the school lunch room b; members of the Woman’s Society o Christian Service was very success ful. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bailey were ii Goldsboro Wednesday to see Mrs Bailey's brother-in-law, Ashley Ga; of Princeton, who is ill with doubt pneumonia at Wayne Memorial hos pital. Several local relatives and friend of C. Manly Morton were to Farm villi Tuesday evening to hear his messag and attend the reception in his honor at the Christian church. Included among those attending thi Community Concert in Wilson Mon day evening were Misses Page Davis Elma Chambliss, Clara Jenkins an( Mrs. H. A. Livermore. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Bailey wen the dinner guests. Sunday evening o: Mr. and Mrs. RL G. Fields. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gardner apen Sunday in FarmviUe with Mr. an< Mrs. Charlie Letchworth. Miss Lillian Corbett, after visitant in Wmterville Tuesday, went t< see Miss Dora Cox, who is in a Green ville hospital suffering with a virui infection. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gay attended Hu funeral of A. B. Corey in Greenville Saturday. _ Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Marlowe spenl Monday in Kenly. Mrs Horace Bunn of Snow Hill mother of Mrs. Albert Bundy, la do ing nicely following an operatloi Monday at the Memorial General hos pital in Kinston. Born to Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Tayloi of Rocky Mount, a son, on Feb 28. Miss Rayonelle Bailey of the Bailej school faculty spent the week en< with her parents. Mrs. Sam Jenkins visited relative] and friends to Fountain Tuesday. Mrs. Paul Craft to doing nicely ai the Woodard-Herring hospital in Wil son following a major openfttffch. Friends will regret to ledm thal Mrs. Arthur Gay is sitll confined t< her bed with a virus infection. Legion Has Option On Dixon Home At ita meeting tonight in the Ugi school lunchroom, members of tin Farmville post of the American Lag ion will decide whether to exercise or drop, an option to purchase tlu John D. Dixon home on East' Churd street, and convert it into a horoi for the Post and the auxiliary. The 30-day option to acquire th< Dixon home for about $19,000 wai obtained by the Legion’s buildinf committee, of which Charles & Ed wards is chairman, and came aftei the bogging down of proposals ti pool resources with the Masonii Lodge and construct on Grinunex^bur) street a structure that could be ust« jointly by the two organisations an< their sister affiliates, the Star and'auxiliary. Ownership of a Legion Is been the'dream and aim of l , Final Rites For - Roland Parker ' Held Tuesday ; -■—— . : Final rites for Roland B. Parker n a brilliant man who had eetablishec an enviable reputatiton ms. an educa . tor and leader of young people, wen . conductd Tusday morning from the . Fannville Presbyterian church bj 3 the pastor, Rev. JE. S. Coates, and Rev, Wade A. Allison of Wilmington. Mr. r Parker was found dead -in an El Paso, 3 Texas, hotel last Wednesday morning. . Death was attributed to a heart at tack. He was 48 years old and had . apparently been in good health. > At the time of his death, he was connected with the educational di vision of the War department work . ing out of Fort Bliss, Texas. r At the services in the church, Rev. f Coates read Psalms 23 and 27 and - offered prayer. A choir composed of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Holmes, Mrs. R. i O. Lang, Jr., Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt and . Arthur Joyner, Jr., sang “How Firm r a Foundation” and “In the Cross of > Christ I Glory.” Mrs. Arthur Joy - ner, organist, played "Angel's Sere nade” and Brahms "Lullaby” before i the service and Handel's “Largo” as • the body was brought into the church. * In his eulogy, Mr. Allison, a class , mate of Parkers at Davidson college, paid tribute to Mr. Parker as a man > of intellectual and moral integrity. ■ He pointed out the worthwhileness of > his daily Christian life. The minister Lnoted that Mr. Parker had consider ed the call to the ministry. "Being > honest with himself, he couldn't bring ■ himself to see this was God's purpose with him in life. Possibly it would ; hpve been an easier choice than he i made. He reaped for God a larger number than many ministers do.” He : opened the tribute with scripture i reading and closed with a poem, which he applied to Mr. barker’s life. Interment was in the family cem ( Mr. Parker was the son of the lata > Richard A. and Lola Bryan'Parker of FamviUe. Prior to attending! college ; he was an outstanding member of the young people's groups in Fartnville , school and the Presbyterian church. He graduated from Davidson college i in 1986 and taught several years be fore accepting a position as dean of boys at Darlington school, Rome, Ga. ■ While there he was urged to accept the presidency of a well-known pre ’ paratory boys’ school In North Caro ; lint, but declined, saying he felt that he had unfinished work with the boys i at Darlington- He did graduate work at the. University of Wisconsin, : and the University of North Carolina^ He was an instructor of social sciences at the University of North i Carolina in 1940. Two years later, he became dean of men, a position he held untitl he entered the Amrican Red Cross in 1944, serving as field director in India. He was an active member of Phi Delta Theta social fraternity and at one time served the organisation as national scholarship commissioner. He was elected permanent president of the Class of 1986 at Davidson. Survivors include throe sisters, Mrs. , Robert Wall and Mrs, E. P. Roth rock, both of LestksvUle, Mrs. W. p. Brown of Raeford: a half-sister, ! Faye Parker of Benson; three broth ers, Billy of Richmond, Va., Leroy of I Rocky Mount, Richard A. of High Point; four half-brothers, John of Farmville, James of «he Amy, now Red Cross Chairman LESTER E. TURNAGE, Jr. At The Rotary Club An interesting) and infonrathn program was brought to the Rotarj club Tuesday night. The Botaxians 100 per cent in attendance, heard Rev C. Manley Morton, a missionary U Puerto Rico, describe some of th< customs and conditions that now exisl on this West Indies island. Morton, minister of the Farmville Christiar churph in 190&-10, outlined some oi the projects his group has brought a bout on the island which was ceded tQ'the United States in 1898, at th« close of the Spanish-Amrican War. H« described Puerto Rico as being a half-starved, over-populated island, whose only hope lies in the future ol its young people, and in these boy* and girls, Morton and his associates are seeking to instill an ambition and desire to move forward to the achieve ment of something really worthwhile. W. A. McAdams was to charge ol the program and the speaker was in troduced by Rev. Z. B. T. Cox of the Christian church. Attention was called to the fact that the date of the Inter-City meet ing had been changed from March 16 to the night of Friday, March 17, the meeting to be held att 7:30 p. m. at Southwood School cafeteria, located approximately four miles beyond Kin ston, on the old Trenton highway. R. N. Freeman erceived the attend ance prize and Frank Williams the fellowship prize. » Jimmie Darden will have the pro gram next Tuesday night. Club President Charlie Fitzgerald presided. Applications Made For Census Jobs Applicants for employment as enu merators tor the 17th Decennial Cen sus in Pitt county and adjoining ares will be required to pass oral and written tests to demonstrate their ability for the work, it is announced by F. Webb Williams, district super visor with offices in Washington. The tests will indicate which applicants can best comprehend and follow the detailed and exacting written and oral instructions given to enumerators as they train tor their assignment. To date, Sunervisor Williams stat ed, about 100 applications have been received tor the 70 enumerator posi tions to be filled in this Congressional district. Among these are a consider able aiumber of war veterans who will be ‘given preference over ncnveterans provided they meet other qualifier nous. , Applicants must be 'United States citizens of good health and character, have completed high school or hare comparable' experience, be betweeo»21 and 66 years of age, preferably be tween 25 lad 45, and be financially able to sustain themselves for four Annual Red Cross Campaign Begins Monday, Mar. 13 Lester E. Tumage, active young Greenville business man, has beam ap pointed chairman of the 1950 Bed Cross fund drive in Pitt county. The announcement wag'mada this weak by John G. Fleming, chairman of the Pitt county chapter of the Red Cross. Tumage said the Red Cross drive in the county will begin on March IS, and will last for one week. The goal set for the county this year is $11,280. The newly-appointed chairman for the fund drive said this yeaW campaign ■ trill include a special gifts committee, house-to-house canvasses in the Pitt county towns and also the rural areas, s and employe canvasses of the business r firms of the county. t Details of the drive are being com pleted and Tumage stated they , trill be announced within -the - s few days. t Tumage, a native of the Lang’s ( Cross Roads community near Farro i till^ went to Greenville in January, • 1947, and became associated with his . uncle in the insurance business. He te l •“ active member of the Greenville i Junior Chamber of Commerce, Veter i ahs of Foreign Wan, American Leg , ion, the Forty and Eight He is a , member of the Pitt^County Fair Com mittee and is chairman of the. Boy i Scout troop committee of the latgliti. i Street Christian church. Tumage attended Farmville high school and State college before enter ing the Army air force in April, 1942. ' He returned to civilian life in 1948. R. D. Rouse, Jr., and Mm. J. M. Gibbs are co-chairmen of the drive in Farmville. The quota for the com munity is $1,800. Congressman Bonner Speaks In Wlnton Congressman Herbert Bonner will discuss cotton and. peanut quotas and legislation on future farm programs Monday night when he speaks before the Hertford County Farm Bureau in Wintoo. The First District Representative will speak in the courthouse at Win ton at 8 o’clock. He accepted the in vitation Monday irfter being invited by Farm Bureau President W. D. Bowles. The Congressman is scheduled to attend the Chowan River Flood con trol hearing at Winton on Monday morning at 10 o’clock. SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION IS WALSTONBURG PTA TOPIC B. L. Davis of Snow Hill, Superin tendent of, Greene county schools, will d|8cuss the proposed consolidation program next Wednesday night at 7:30 at the meeting of the Walston burg Parent-Teacher association. The meeting was originally sche duled for Thursday night of this week but was postponed to prevent a conflict with the county basketball, tournament , CUB SCOUTS ENTERTAINED Mrs. Dewey Nichols and Mrs. Jake Joyner, den mothers for Dens 1 and 2 of the Cub Scouts, entertained the boys at a weiner roast Thursday after noon at flee o’clock at the municipal Park. Jj|: . Attending were Jimmy Nickels, George Cannon, Jimmy Joyner, Rich