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FARKVnXE, PITT COUNTY, NOIP!* CAROLINA, FRIDAY, .MARCH S, 1950
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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<X
hospital that will be opened on c
about July 1, told the Kiwanis clu
Monday night about the \institutio
I that will be second to none in Easter
North Carolina and for whilh eit
sens of the county two years ag
- approved a bond issue for its cot
- struction. The Federal Govemmei
• is paying for a third of the hospita
s the state is paying less than 30 pe
cent and the balance is being paid b
!, the county. '<
i A nurses’ school will be operated i
connection with the hospital an
1 construction will start about April
e on a nurses’ home,
j The 120-bed hospital will be serve
j by two resident physicians, the onl;
two to be employed by the board, an
■ no one will be accepted, except in a
. emergency, unless the patient’s doc
, tor sends him. »
The statement that no medics
consultants would be employed led t
a long discussion in which Dr. Pax
Jones, leading Pitt dentist and i
! member of the State Senate, state
that he was surprised and disappoint
ed that tjie hospital would have n
specialists. _ 1 .
’ Carr stated several times that th
r board was not doing anything t
. compete with doctors of the county,
Carr was introduced by Alex Allen
, a member of the board. He also ha<
as his guests Jesse Moye of Green
ville, whose family donated the 17
acre site on which the hospital is lo
cated, Dr. Jones, Dr . Charles E
| Fitzgerald and Mayor Walter Jonee
Two members of the Key club wer
present, Louis Williams and Jack!
’ Williford.
1 haver and Mrs. C. Hubert Joyner reai
■ excerpts from “Tell Me about tin
l Women’s Auxiliary” and “A Messagj
1 to the Women of the Church,” givei
; by the triennial president in the re
’ cent triennial meeting held in Sal
! Francisco.
’ The weekly Lenten program will 1>
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
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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
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. : 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