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IN FARMVILLE
WALSTONBURG CITIZENS PROTEST
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HIGH SCHOOL WITH SNOW HILL
The proposal to consolidate all tfa
white high schools in Greene count;
with the Snow Hill high school ha
drawn organized opposition from citi
zens of the Walstonburg district whi
held a mass meeting Wednesday nigh
and drafted petitions requesting th<
Board of Education not to carry ou
the consolidation program that wa
recommended in December after <
group from the Department of Publi
Instruction had made a survey of th
county’s educational system.
The petitions will be presented fo
the county board at its meeting oi
, the first Monday in April.
It is stated that county official!
. are postponing definite action unti
all sections of the county have bee)
given an opportunity to express thei
views and opinions on the proposa
which, if carried out, would leavi
only one high school, at Snow Hill
and would reduce Walstonburg,- as
well as other high schools in th<
county, to an elementary school.
Opponents of the recommendation)
based their stand on the ground thal
increasing the size of a high schoo
does not guarantee a more efficient
school and they further argue that
moving the high school would de
prive the community of many cultura
and economic advantages to whicl
patrons of the school are entitled.
The proposals, if carried out, wil
be largely financed with money th<
county is to receive from the schoo!
bonds voted last summer. Citizen)
of the Walstonburg district point out
that they gave the bond issue th«
largest majority of any district in th<
county, that they expected to ben
efit from it and certainly did no1
expect to find themselves disadvan
taged because of the stand they hat
taken.
Census Takers To
fa Local School
Dr. James E. Etheridge, worlds]
in collaboration with the North Caro
ina Department of Health, the publi
schools of Greene county and th
Greene health department, has jus
completed a six-week period of denU
work in the white schools of th
county. Dr. Etheridge inspected 150
children in the first six grades, wh
Thirty three enumerators'who havf
been appointed to serve as censui
takers in Falkland, Bethel, Fountain
Bel voir, Farmville, Winterville ant
Ayden sections of Pitt county will at
tend a school here next week and re
ceive instruction in the census whid
will begin on a nation-wide basis next
Saturday, April 1.
The school will be taught by Curtis
Flanagan of* Farmville and T. K
Fountain of Falkland, crew leaders.
Pitt county has a total of 73 enume
rators. This county is the largest ii
the 14-county first District and, con
sequently, has the largest number oi
enumerators, but the work is bein]
organized to the extent that official
anticipate the mammoth job can lx
completed during the month of April
The importance of the' census can
not be over-emphasized, since the to
tals will be used to app rtion con
gressional representation and ©the;
equally important matters.
All information given the census
takers is confidential.
State Dentist Works
In Gfaeene School*
| v At The Rotary Club
Arch Flanagan, in charge of the
, program Tuesday night,* very gra
t ciously relinquished h» time to a ses>
, sion devoted to the matter cf busi
- ness. Arch said his program had
, something to do with “Science” and
i promised to preserve it until a later,
. date. The dub was then invited to
. adjourn to tile projection room to at
tend a potato meeting.
* Three members were absent. Ran
i dolph Eagles of the Tarboro club was
a visitor and Leslie Rucker, repre
i senting the management division of
1 the Rural Electrification AdminSstra
i tion, of Washington, D. C., was the
1 guest of Cleveland Paylor.
1 R. 0. Lang, Jr., the holder of Ticket
» No: 2024, received the attendance
. prize, and Bobby Rouse the fellow
1 ship prize. On Monday, April Srd,
th Rotarians will meet with the Ki
wante club in a joint meeting to hear
Fred Royster of Henderson, member
of the General Assembly and an of
ficial of the Tobacco Warehouse as
, sociation. On Tuesday, April 18, the
. dub is looking forward to a visit
■ from Charlie Justice.
LeRoy Rollins will have charge of
the program next Tuesday.
Vice Presided Walter Jones presid
ed in the absence of Charlie Fitzger
ald, dub president
Organizer of Musical
Groups Faces Busy
Week In Greene Co.
Marion S. Egbert, a representative
of the American Music Conference of
Chicago, will have a very busy time
in Greene county next week. Mr. Eg
bert will have a conference with the
county superintendent and the princi
pals of white schools on Monday after
noon, he will speak to the Farmville
Kiwarns club Monday night and will
visit various Greene county schools on
Tuesday. He will meet with members
of various church and civic organisa
tions in the Snow Hill school library
at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and
will speak to the Walstdnburg Men’s
dub on Tuesday night. On Wednes
day he will continue his visits to the
county schools and will address the
Greene County Educational Advisory
Organization at its meeting with the
Maury school. The public is invited
to' hear his address in the school au
ditorium at 7:30.
Mr. Egbert will conduct a workshop
on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 for
white teachers of the county. Thurs
day evening he will meet with the
Snow Hill Rotary dub.
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock ha is
to have his second meeting with rep
resentatives of various church and
civic organisations of. the county.
Mr. Egbert is well known as a di
rector of music activities in schools
and communities of the West Coast.
He has organized bands, orchestras
and choral groups in Washington,
Oregon and California. He attended
the University of Washington and
the University of California at lhs
Angeles, and is a graduate of Bradley
university, holding degrees in both
music and business. He
is a. first
graduate 'of the new music business
| administration course which is pre
sented at Bradley.
As a violinist, he has presented
. many solo recitals and he has been a
• member of many ensemble groups for
» stage and radio.
t Just after the war, Mr. Egbert was
1 appointed director of music activities
s for occupation personnel tit Korea. Of
t particular note was his chorus of of
> ficers and enlisted pen, civilian per
an sing
concerts
r sonnel and
Legion Auxiliary Given
Talk On -Belgium
And War Experience
Filling an engagement which slu
had been prevented from filling thre<
times, Mrs. W. E. Bailey of Kinston
the former Stella Smith, spoke Tfcurs
day afternoon to the American Legioi
auxiliary on her native Belgium
where she spent her youth. Mrs
Bailey lived in America until she waf
two and a half and returned in De
cember, 1945, when die waa 18. Th«
intervening yearn were spent in Bel
gium.
One of the narrow escaped she de
scribed was during the time the Ger
mans were sending V-l bombs intc
Brussels. She and a girl friend were
playing table tennis in the basemen!
and decided to crawl under the Oak
table when they heard die alarm. The
nine people upstairs were killed and
searchers thought no one was alive in
the building, until a dog, also in the
basement crawled to a hole for air.
Mrs. Bailey, who is a niece of Mrs.
E .F. Gaynor, Mrs. L. E. Jones and
Mrs. Lfila Shirley, traced the history
of Belgium from 1890.
She was introduced by Miss Mamie
Davis.'
In the business session, over which
Mrs. J. C. Brock, Sr., presided, Mrs.
E. C. Carr was welcomed as a new
member, notes from men at Oteen ex
pressing appreciation for money were
read, the 1950 convention was an
nounced for Charlotte and the district
meeting for Wilson March 31 at 10:30
a. m. and a donation of 86 was made
to the Red Cross.
Miss Davis stated that the auxiliary
did not demit members but that a
member could be reinstated by paying
back dues or by returning? as a new
member.
Mrs. J. Frank Harper read a ser
monette, “Holy Ground and Holy
Task,” by Rev. J. W. Holland/ 'who
practiced on week days what he
pleached on Sundays.
The hostesses were Mrs. J. P.
Jones, in whose home the meeting
was held, Mrs. Brock and Jfrs. C. H.
Mozingo. Refreshments consisted of
lime ice, ice cream and cake, carrying
the St Patrick’ day colors. Daffodils
wandering jew and" potted plants
were decoration*.
TOTAL OVER 81400.00
Co-chairmen R. D. Rouse, Jr., and
Mrs. J. H. Gibbs report that 81.219.S1
has been turned in for the Red Cross
drive which opened last Monday. Orig
inally scheduled to last a week, the
drive was extended and solicitors.are
still at work.
Final reports have -been made by
the special gifts committee, the four
residential captains, one country dis
trict chairman and heads of two busi
ness districts.
The co-chairmen are pleased with
results of the drive, which got off to
a slow start, and expect to reach the
goal of 81,600.00.
The Women’s aus
afternoon with Mrs
hostess and with M
presiding-.
j Mrs. John D. Du
ducted. the deyotdo
| on the theme, “T!
someness and Love
j The R. a Scott i
I war* families wen
as luncheon hosts j
I April; Mrs. J. C. C
IT. Twifond as eg
, church and Mm. E
i Gibbs as auxiliary 1
| Mrs, Bouse read
! from Frank WH1|
for the gift of a chj
I group. Plans were
Ing of talents tin j
money for the hm
will be used for |
new Sunday School*
iary voted to dispjj
ments at all meets
of a year and put|
the hostesses in t|
project. I
Continuing the s|
the Bible:’’ Mm. 11
section, .“Makeup I
the light of a conn
Mrs. J. H. Daal
A, chaplain, eon
nil period, base
i Holiness, Feat
U God.”
| Charles S. Ed
appointed to ac
* the minister ii
bps and Mrs. W
etakers of th<
wards and Mrs
\ note of thank
ns, Jr., crucifei
r cross from thi
aid for the pool
i effort to rais
en fund, whid
imishings in,thi
10ms. The auxil
se with refresh
a for the penio<
oney donated b;
Sunday Schoo
ady of “Explorinf
scon discussed th<
»f the Book,” h
slete library.
jn( United Thanl
ssisted by Mrs. F
Scott and Mrs. T
the fields coverec
nounced that Sun
be U. T. O. Sun
offering
Mm, R. L. Joy
Circle 5 Monday
M. Allen preside)
devotional from P
packed a box fo:
After the bui
which -Mm. J. C.
corned' as a new :
invited the guest)
where the table
jonquils flanked
candelabra holdin
Mm. Allen po
was hostess tc
smoon. Mm. B
4 conducted thf
i 42. The grout
dining room
altered wttt
Jonquils and |
used throbgi&Har
school for -flusse xfiajn mountair
people. Through his influence anc
leadership these people gave of theii
strength, physically and financially
to accomplish the fulfillment of hill
dreams.
Mm. C. M. Paylor, presiding, intro
duced the devotional leader, Mm. R
T. Williams, whose topic was “Trea
sures Heaped Together,” based upor
Businessmen Asked To
» Meet In Greenville
Next Tuesday Night
i A countywide meeting of merchant*
» and other businessmen will be held in
the Greenville city hell Tuesday night
. at 8 o’clock to discuss free enterprise
I and the proposed Chair of Retailing
. at the University of North Carolina,
it has been announced by D. J. Whteh
ard, president of the Greenville Mer
' chants Association, sponsors of the
' meeting. .<
1 Speakers will include Dr. L G.
’ Greer, executive vice president oi the
' Business Foundation of the Univer
’ sity at Chapel Hill, and Thompson
Greenwood of Raleigh, recently elect
1 ed executive secretary of the North
> Carolina Merchants Association;
1 Charles B. Bissette, past president
‘ of the Greenville group and chairman
’ of arrangements for the meeting, ex*
1 pressed a desire that every business
■ man in the county would attend the
- meeting.
Judson H. Blount, former president
1 of the state association and at pres
' ant one of the directors, has also em
: p hasized the importance of the meet
ing;
PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC
Beginners day will be hekrfet Farm
ville school Wednesday, April 5, ac
cording to an announcement by Sain
I). Bundy. All children who will be
six years old op or before October
1, 1960, are asked to come to the
clinic.
A public health, nurse will screen
the 'children and they will be sent to
their family physicians for the. regu
At The Kiwanis Club
B. J. Holleman ' of Jacksonville
lieutenant governor of the Kiwanii
seventh division, had charge of th<
program Monday night at the Kiwan
is dob and devgted most of the time
to a discussion of the convention U
be held in May in Miami, Fla.
Lieutenant Governor Holleman alsc
awarded a certificate which will be
given to the club’s 1949 president
John Council Parker.
Guests of the club were Clarence
Joyner and Randolph Allen, Key clul
members.
Ted Albritton will have charge ol
Monday night’s program. Marian Eg
bert, organizer of musical groups whe
will be working next week in Greene
county, will address the club.
Two Local Groups Get
Top Rating In County
Music Festival
Farmville received top ratings in
two divisions at the district music
festival in Greenville Friday. The
Girls Glee club, directed by Miss
Alma Whitley, public school' music
teacher, and the girls’ trio, , coached
by Mrs. Bernice Tumage, were given
superior ratings. The mixed chorus
was rated excellent, the same score
as it received last year.
T>ne Judge noted that the Girls glee
club used nice flowing phrases and
the selections were quite artistically
done. Some of the comments on the
mixed chorus indicated the judges
patrons keep in mind the welfare of
the youth. The patrons were given
an opportunity to ask questions net
invohflhg opinions at the deal «£ at*
*
utinnimn
SUSSIOlk.
In the absence of the secretary,
Mrs. Lucille Craft read the minutes
»f the Isikt meeting and they were ap
proved by the association. Earl Lang,
treasurer, reported'a balance of $461.
70 in the treasury. Miss Aiken’s
eighth grade won the attendance
prise for having the most parents
present. N *
Mrs. 3. C. Parker, Mis. Frank Dail,
Mrs. J. C. Cox, Mrs. W. A. Marlowe
and Mrs. Ben Gay were appointed by
the president, D. IX Fields, to nomi
nate officers for the 1960-61 term.
The neat monthly meeting will be
held on April 0 at 8 o’clock.
The Farmville Junior Chamber of
Oommerce entertained their wives tnH
guests Friday night at the Country
club at the annual Ladies Night ben
| quet and dance. President Bill (faeak
mur served as master of ceremonies.
Chester (Jutland was awarded the
distinguished service award for out
standing achievement in community
service during the past year. The a
ward was presented by Mayor Wal
ter Jones, who cited Chester’s activi
ties in bringing veteran housing to
Farmville, as secretary of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, in his church,
and in the community in general. The
award for distinguished service was
given in Farmville for the first time
this year. Henceforth this award will
be given annually to that young man
between the age of 21 and 36 who con
tributes most to the civic improve
ment of this eommuity during the pre
ceding year. Chester was chosen, by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce in
conjunction with committees from
the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs.
Special guest of the evening was
Sam Bundy, accompanied by Mrs.
Bundy. He presented the festers
speech of the evening with “Citizen
ship” as his subject.
.Guests included representatives of
the other'civic clubs, Marvin Hinson,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Petteway, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Allen and Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Moore and Mn. and Mm. J.
M. Gibbs.
Dr. Frank Harris was in charge of
the committee which planned the
highly successful evening.
Fountain Streets