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IN FARMVILLE
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Government Gets
Bids On 3 Sites
For Post Office
Offers to Bell property to the Unit
ed States government as a site for tin
new post office soon to be erecte<
here were opened Monday morning b;
Postmaster Henry Johtaaon, who ha
forwarded the information to official
who will determine where the pos
office will go.
A lot on North Main street, 186 fee
deep by 120 feet wide, was offer®
for J24.000. It is owned 4»y Dr. C
E. Fitzgerald and Noah Williams.
J. Lloyd Horton. Jr., and his sis
ter, Mrs. Gene H. Oglesby, offere<
a lot (site of the old Horton hotel,
on West Wilson street for $18,500.00
The lot has a frontage of 105 fee
and is 222 feet in depth.
Dr. Paul E. Jones offered for $20,'
000 the comer lot, 100 feet by 170
at South Main and Pine streets oi
an interior lot, 170 by J.20, feet.
Sellers reserve the right to remov<
any existing structure on their lota.
Walstonburg News
Carl T. Hicks is spending this week
in Chicago.
Mrs. George W. Bailey spent sev
eral days last week with Mrs. Ashlej
Gay- in Goldsboro.
Regular church services Vill b«
held Sunday morning and night in th«
Methodist and Christian churches.
Miss Lillian Corbett spent Thursday
in Winterville with Mrs. A. D. Mc
Lawhorn.
Stewart McKeei of Conway spent
the week end with his mother, Mrs
H. C. McKeei.
Luther Whitley of Richmond- and
William Whitley of Raleigh spent the
week end with their parents, Mr. dnd
Mrs. J. S. Whitley. /
Misses Daphne and Bettie Owens of
Saratoga spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Gardner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gardner and
Mrs. H. C. McKeei were Rocky Mount
and Wilson visitors Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Godwin and
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bullock visited Dr.
and Mrs. W. A. Marlowe Sunday.
The Bookmobile will be at the local
depot Tuesday afternoon from 4:30 to
6 o’clock,
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Sanderson and
little daughter, Kaye, of Morehead
City spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
R. G. Fields.
Rev. Key Taylor is holding a revival
in Greensboro this week.
Mrs. C. H. Walston attended a
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
meeting in Ayden, Friday.
Mrs. Carl T. Hicks, Mrs. W. A.
Marlowe and Mrs. Ed Taylor were in
Goldsboro Monday.
Mrs. Emma Jenkins and two daugh
ters of Fairmont visited Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Jenkins during the week end.
Mrs. Grey Fields, Mm Olin Mew
bom and Mrs. Carl Cobb were Rocky
Mount visitors Tuesday.
Mr. and Mob. Lee Jones and Mrs.
Richard Holloman attended the fun
eral of Mrs. Dora Combs in Goldsboro
Monday.
Among those from here attending
the auxiliary conference at Hull Rood
, Free Will Baptist church Wednesday
were Mrs. Richard Holloman, Mm.
Henry Wheeler, Mrs. Lee Jones, Mrs.
Katie Shackelford, Mrs. Olin Mew
bom, Mrs. Grey Fields and Mm. Carl
Cobb. \ .
Mr. and Mrs. M. Bruton Taylor
and two, children, Gail and Maykm, of
Rocky Mount spent Sunday with Mrs.
Ed Taylor.
Mm. Harold Bailey and Mm. Geo.
Bailey spent Monday in Durham with
relatives.
SAM BUNDY ADDS TO
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
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Sam D. Bundy, principal of Farm
ville high school, accepted iii
new speaking engagements. In hit
capacity' as president of the Norti
Carolina Christian Church Laymen*!
League, he wiU will speak to the Bel!
Arthur League tonight at 6:80 and
on May 4 he will speak to ths Men’i
League of the southeastern district a1
CHILDREN’S HELPING HAND — Hollywood actress Barbafa
Britton addresses envelopes for the California Society for Crippled
Children’s 1950 Easter Seal campaign. The campaign to raise
funds for the care and treatment of handicapped children will be in
pro cress throughout the United States between March 9 and April 9.
Local Woman Wins
Many Handsome Gifts
“Big surprises come in small pack
ages.” A letter in Monday’s mail en
titled Mrs. S. G. Gardner, to tec
gifts from local stores.
The letter was from Sammy Byrd
of Radio Station WCEC, Rocky Mt,
It stated, “You have been chosen as s
winner on the ‘Here’s to the Ladies,
Show’ of Radio Station WCEC and
as winner you are entitled to the
following: 3 pairs of nylons, Belk Ty
ler’s; 1 set of Revier dishes, South
ern Supply company; slip, Heller’s
department store; nylon hair brush,
City Drug company; blouse, N. Thom
as; 1 place setting of crystal, Rob
ert’s; pair of nylon panties, Nassii
Cannon; electric iron, Joyner Hard
ware and Auto Parts; pair of nylons,
R. O. Lang & Sons; hat of your choice
from J. N. *El-Ramey. I hope you
enjoy these gifts to the fullest.”
The winner of the broadcast, Which
Mrs. Gardner did not heat, was pick
ed from a list taken.from t^e tele
phone directory.
Although I expressed my apprecia
tion to each of the above, mentioned
firms when I called for my prizes, I
want to take this means of thanking
them publicly. All of the merchan
dise given me is of the highest quali
ty, and I am snre I shall enjoy wear
ing and using all of it
Mrs. S. G. Gardner
. PERSONAL ITEMS
Friends will be glad to learn that
Mrs. J. W. Joyner, who recently un
derwent an operation at Duke hospi
tal, is at home and is recuperating
nicely.
Mrs. C. E. Case and Mrs. Edgar
Case and daughter, Rachel, of near
Fountain and Mrs. G. W. Windham
visitors Wednesday
were Greenville
afternoon.
Mrs. H. D. Johnson, Mrs. E.'W.
Holmes, Mrs. G. D. Hathaway and
Mrs. George W. Davis attended an
associational Woman’s Missionary
union meeting in Nashville yesterday.
Harold Maenhout, who is ill with
pneumonia, entered Woodard-Herring
hospital, Wilpon, Monday.
Mrs. Mae H. Moore, sister-in-law
of Mrs. Louise Harris, is a patient at
Phrk View hospital, Rocky Mount,
She fell last Wednesday at her home
in that city and broke her hip.
Bert Watkins of Atlanta, Ga., spent
the week end with his mother, Mrs.
Helen Horton. |§
EXAMINATIONS FOR CLERK
CARRIER EXTENDED HERE
Postmaster Henry Johnson has
been Informed that the civil service
Holy Week Services
Planned By Churches
Plans for Holy Week services have
been announced by seyeral churches.
A communion service, open to those
from other denominations, will be con
ducted at the Christian church on
Thursday evening at 7:30 by the
pastor, Rev. Z. B. T. Cox.
Rev. Jack Rountree will conduct
services at the Episcopal-church on
Friday from 2 to 3 o’clock.
Under the direction of Rev. H. L.
Dayis of the Methodist church,.a sun
rise service will be presented at the
Methodist .dh&vh Easter Sunday, with
young people from- Several churches
participating. Stories, an- anthem
and hymns will tell the story of.
Easter week in a pageant titled “Lore
Eternal^’
A vested interdenominational ehoir
will sing a cantata, “The Easter Story
according to the Gospel of Matthew,’.’
Easter-Sunday evening at 7:30 in the
Baptist church.
Activities Of L&bal
Church Organizations
Christian
Group 2 met with Mrs. A. C. Turn-;
age Tuesday night with 10 present. In
the absence of the leader, Mrs. Ted
Albritton, Mrs. Lloyd Smith presided
and later conducted the Hidden An
swers quiz.
Plans were made for the prayer
service and the program of the
Woman’s council to be held‘Monday
afternoon. " j
At the close of the meeting, the
hostess served punch, cheese wafers,
and cookies. _
Episcopal
Bringing to a close the weekly
Lenten meetings of the Women’s
auxiliary, which have been characte
rized by keen interest and good at
tendancey^as that of Monday held in
thT home of Mrs. F. A. Williams.
The chaplain, Mn. John JX Dixon,
read a selection from St. Ltfke with
stewardship as its theme.
Continuing the Lenten study of
“Exploring the Bible,” Mrs. - C. H.
Joyner talked on the subject of “The
Prophets Speak Again,” with special
emphasis on the services led by the
four prophetesses, Deborah, Huldah,
Miriam and Anna.
Mrs. Joyner and Mrs. J. H. Darden,
Sr., volunteered to take charge of
the Lenten benefit project for the
week. The first regular meeting in
April will be held Monday with Mrs.
C. S. Edwards as hostess.
At the mouthy meeting of Circle
Robersonville and Saratoga havi
been admitted to the Bright Bel
baseball league and will have teams fa
the 1960 race which gets underwaj
Saturday, April 22, or a week late:
than the original date, as was an
nouneed in 1agt|»wa issue of Thi
Enterprise. Fanpville's opening serift
will be with Rotersonville.
Other teams in the league are Fra
mont, Macclesfield, Pfnetops, Wal
stonburg, and Stantonsburg.
The new Girl, Scout hub on Nortl
Contentnea street will be the scene o:
a reception Sunday afternoon fron
4 to 6 o’clock, at which time memben
of the Junior Woman’s club will holt
“open house” to the community maj
Inspect, SncLtake additional pride in
the building for which the ■ club tool
the initiative toward providing fundi
and securing its construction.
The public is inyited to the open
house which will also he a shower af
fair, giving interested persons an op
portunity to donate china and crystal
for the hut. Patterns selected for the
hut are on display, in local ten cent
stores. 4 ■'
. The club members are anxious foi
the whole community to see the new
building. Those who can’t attend but
would like to “send” are requested te
call Mrs. J. M. Gibbs or Mrs. C. D,
Oglesby who will see that the gifts
are taken to the hut.
The hut has been the club’s project
for three years.' Construction was
started in November.
GRATITUDE EXHIBITS
VISIT FARMVTLLh
Several hundred Farmvllle school
children and 15(f students from Foun
tain viewed the Gratitude trains ex
hibits yesterday morning in its visits
to Farmvllle.
Charles L. Jones, curator for the
Hall of History, is driver of the trail
er and, explains the displays, which
are some of the outstanding work ol
the French people.
The Gratitude train ee France’s
way of saying “thank you” for the
gifts of food sent by the American
people on the Friendship train. The
train, with a car of gifts for each of
the forty-eight states and the District
of Columbia, arrived in America last
year. The thirty-six large wooden
crates intended for North Carolina
were unpacked and put on display at
the Hall of History.
Since the "thank you” gifts were
intended for all of the people of the
Btate, a trailer museum was made.
The trailer began it’s week tour to
every county in the state in January,
with Greene county bein^ its first
stop.
In Pitt county it visited the Grimes
Otter Creek Chapel
Will Be Dedicated
Sunday Afternoon
| The Otter Creek Presbyterian
Chapel, located on highway 43 be
tween Falkland and Pinetops, will be
1 dedicated Sunday afternoon at 3
* o'clock hi a service conducted
1 by Dr. E. E. Gillespie of Greensboro,
Dr. J. W. Hassell of Greenville and
‘ Rev. Philip M. Cory, the pastor.
| The dedication of the chapel will
1 climax 17montha of intensive outpost
Sunday School evangelism. Visits in
rural homes of-, the community re
vealed that less- than five per' cent
of the residents had any definite con
nection with any Christian church, so
an outpost Sunday School was start
ed in a vacant two-room tenant house
on October 81, IMS. As it grew,
more adequate quarters had to be pro
vided. A lot was secured and funds
were raised for the material and most
of the labor was given for erecting
a modem concrete-block building
which is adequate for the present en
rollment, now in excess of 80. A re
vival Was held in January in which
30 vmade their profession of faith and
joined the chapel.
Dr. Gillespie, who preached the
■ dedicatory sermon at B&llards church
a few weeks ago, is executive secre
tary of Synod’s Home mission com
mittee. He will preach the sermon.
Dr. Gillespie also plans to have his
movie camera and will taka films of
various parts of the Service. Dr. Has
sell, executive secretary of Albemarle
presbytery, will conduct the dedica
tory litany. Mrs. Jonas Deal, stqter
intendent of the Sunday School, will
deliver the keys to Dr. Hasseik and
make the request for the dedication.
Rev. Cory, pastor of the sponsoring
churches (Fountain, Falkland and
Boyd. Memorial), under whose guid
ance the work was done, will preside
at the service. It is hoped that other
Presbyterian ministers will attend.
The choir of the Fountain Presbyter
ian church will sing a special num
ber.
Invitations have,been sent to all
donors. Members of the chapel ex
tend -a cordial invitation to all of its
friends to attend this service,
CEDRIC DAVIS ELECTED *
TO PHI BETA KAPPA
C«ctric Davis, a jupior at Wake
Forest college, has been chosen as a
member of Phi' Beta Kappa and will
be initiated soon. For the honor, a
student must make 2.6 quality points
per hour on his studies.
Membership m Phi Beta, Kappa, the
highest ranking scholastic society, is
quite an honor, especially for a' jun
ior, since many of the members are
not able to reach the requirements
until their senior year.
Cedric is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Davis.
land and Chicod school, Monday; Ay
den and Winterviile schools, Tuesday;
Greenville schools, Wednesday; Falk
land and Farmville, Thursday. Bethel
and Stokes will be visited today.
Of particuar interest to Farmville
children were the two background
scenes sketched by Manor* Mewborn,
staff member of the Hall of History.
Miss Mewborft is the sister of Dr.
J. M, Mewborn and Miss Ima Mew
bom.
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At The Kiwanis Club
Maxim S. Egbert, who this week ii
working with schools and organiza
tions in Greene county in connection
with organising musical units, was
guest speaker Monday night at the
Kiwanis club. Ted Albritton was in
charge of the program. J. R. Peeler,
a member of the club and principal of
Walstonburg school, introduced Supt.
B. L. Darts of Greene county whc in
turn, presented the speaker.
Wilbert Morris and Roy Allen Vick,
members of the Key club were guests
at the meeting.
Vice president Ernest Petteway
presided in the absence of Frank Al
len, who was ill,
Kiwanis and Rotary will have a
joint meeting Monday night at which
time Fred Royster of Henderson will
be the speaker. Those planning to
have guests at the meeting are re
quested to notify Louis Williams.
At The Rotary Club
One of our foremost responsibili
ties as a Rotarian is to the young
people in the community, said Rev.
Lem Russell, paetor of the Jarvis
Memorial Methodist church of Green
ville, aa he addressed the Rotarians
Tuesday night. The prime objective
of Rotary is to build men, and to do
this we must start with young people.
Success lies in the work with the boy,
and jnot the man. Citizens begin with
girls and boys and we as Rotarians
must mfeet young people on three le
vels: (1) Employers of youth; (2)
Friends of youth; (3) Parents of
youth. As employers and friends of
youth,-we must realize the need for
a deep and friendly concern for their
well being; .and as parents of youth
we must acknowledge that young
people are more important than bus
iness.' They will remember you for
what you did for them, not for the
success you might have achieved or
the money you might have made. Pro
gram director LeRoy Rollins intro
duced tee speaker.
Visiting Rotarians were Ruel W.
Tyson and Wiley Brown of Green
ville.
Six members were absent and Cur
tis Flanagan received the attendance
prize.
The meetng next week wiil he on
Monday night at 7 o'clock, a joint
meeting with the Kiwanians to hear
Fred Royster of Henderson.
John Mewbom nresided Tuesday in
the absence of tee president and vice
president
Walstonburg Grange
Gets Report on Road
Tl»» Walstenburg Grange met Fri
day night and bend the sewing pro
jects for Grange Women for 1950.
According to Mrs. Tommy Wheeler,
home and community service chair
man, the State contest is a stuffed
to^ to be presented to the crippled
children’s hospital. The national con
test is an evening dress for the age
group 14-Id years and a house isoat
tof adults.
The Grange roads committee nJ
Ported satisfactory progress on one
of the Grange-sponsored roads.
The need for expanded rural tele
phone service was discussed by Sam
V. TugWell, D. D. Fields, Albert Bun
dy and J. R. Peeler. •
Mrs. Sam V. Tugwell urged Gran
gers to beautify their mail, boxes in
accordance with stendand specifica
tions.
Acting in the absence of Master E.
Sharpe Newton, Mm. James B. Hunt
of Wilson administered the obliga
tion to two hew mwnhyrs, Mr. and
Mrs. H. T. Herring. Mr. Newton has
been ill with flu for two wedm.
MspHRunt urged Grange ihembera
to attest the Wilson county degree
day at the Lacuna high school on
Thursday, April 14, at 4 o’clock.
At the same hour at the Grange
meeting, a recreational program for
the young people was bring conduct
ed in the school gymnasium.
trrOUDfl. A'1"'
| Some 140,000 census enumerators
throughout the country are complet
ing a training course today. Tomor
row they will begin a canvass, of a
bout 46 million American dwelling
units occupied by more than 160 mil
lion people. This survey will show
that there are approximately 20 mil
lion more persons in the United States
than In 1940, and estimates paint to "V
an increase of around 8 million dwell
ing units over the 87 million reported
to the Bureau of the Census in 1940.
' Curtis Flanagan of fanaville and
T. K. Fountain of Falkland, crew
leaders for this section of Pitt county,
have been holding school week
for the 83 enumerators who will'take
the canvass in the area supervised
by Flanagan and Fountain.
Among \the enumerators are: Mrs.
Sarah H. Albritton, Mrs. Lila Shirley,
Miss Louise Harris, Mrs. Thelma G.
Lucas, Billy Gregory and Cecil Win
stead, of Farmville; Mrs. Grace S.
Beasley and Mrs. Gladys Wooten,
Fountain; Mrs. .Molly E. Bullock.
The importance of the census can
not be over-emphasized. Those who
give information to the census takers
may do so, knowing that it is con
fidential.
Veterans Trainees
Make Improyements
To Home And Farms
Activities of the 42 veterans' en
Farmville Veterans Farmer Training
program have beat varied. In 1949
these men bated 796 acres of land
for acidity hid fertility; limed 410
acres, plant'd 329 acres of hybrid
corn and seeded 90 acres of perman
ent pasture.
, The shop class conducted by Rev. '
Z. B. T. Cox constructed 38 farrow
ing houses, 6a self-feeders, 21 wagon
beds, 19 trailers and 146 pieces 'of
household equipment. They also help
ed build the Boy Scoot hut.
The veterans have learned that
livestock and permanent pastors pay
off and that these are needed to
diversify farming. They acquired six
purebred cows, S3 high grade cows,
and 60 purebred hogs. They raised
20 calves, 16 beef cows, 634 pigs to *
weaning age and 3,060 purebred pul
lets; bred 88 sows to purebred boars
and had 921 hogs vaccinated for
cholera. v
Fourteen men have installed run
ning water in their homes and nine
have installed bathrooms, doing all
the work themselves.
With their families, they canned
11,760 quarts of food,' cured 28,960
pounds of meat, prepared 6,880
pounds of frozen food, established ro
tation on 680 acres of land, repaired
225 pieces of farm machinery, ser
viced 26 tractors, pointed 18 fern
buildings, constructed 27 farm build
ings, painted 120 pieces of farm ma
chinery and purchased $18,710 worth
of farm equipment and $2,569 worth
of power tools.
The trainees attend organized class
es 200 hours a year and have 100
hours of on-the-farm instruction.
They keep complete farm records.
E. P. Base, agriculture teacher in
Farmville high school, is hi charge
of the program with J. B. Parker and
R. B. Bland as assistants. Rev. Cox
has charge of the shop. '
MRS. MOYB REVIEWS FOUR
NEW BOOKS FOR DAR GROUP
Four of the newer bboks which have
beat on the best seller list were re
viewed by Mrs. W. Jesse Moye for
the Col. McAllister chapter, Daugh
of the American Revolution,
afternoon. Mrs. G. M. Hold,
and intreduieed the
.For the biography Mrs. Moye chose
“The Peabody Sisters from Salon,”
Sy Louise Thorpe; her fiction selection
was ‘"P* Horse’s Mouth,” by Joyce
Cary.„ The others were "The Mature
Mind,” by H. A Overstreet, and
"Modern Arms and Free Men,” by
Dr. VanNevax Bush.
During the social hour the hoetess
Among tli
Willis.