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Commerce Group
Takes Ou New Life
Seeks Industry
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Directors of
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in the
office of Fred C.
Hie gioaj
motion that the
ail-out effort to raise at
for the proposed chair of retailing at
the University of North Carolina. The
made by Glasgow Smith
dbr Frink Aik*.
Lewis Allen of the mem
eat 14
■■■■ , ^ to the
roll.
The directors voted to send Fanl K.
Ewell and Secretary Moore to the
N. C. Merchants’ convention to be
held early next week at Southern
Pines. It was also voted to send
Moore to Chapel Hill in June to at
tend the Southeastern institute, a
special training school.
Mrs. Grace Carrs, way, chairman of
the trade promotion committee,, re
ported that the recent dollar days
were successful and stated that plana
were in the making for another such
event to be held about August 16 or
20. ' ' '
Sam Bundy, chairman of the Farm
ers’ Day Planning committee, stated
tint his committee would be called
together at an early date.
The industrial development commit
tee, of which L. E. Walston is chair
man. met Tuesday night. They held a
discussion mi bringing new industries
to Farmville. Mr. Walston and Sec
retary Moore will visit Raleigh and
other cities to secure information that
might give them leads on bringing
outside firms here.
Eli Joyner, Jr., president, presided
at tlie meeting:. Directors present
were Mrs. Carraway, Frank Allen,
Brody, John P. Jones and Glasgow
Smith.
CHRISTIAN YOUTH FELLOW
SHIP HOST TO COUNTY MEET
The Farm villa Christian Youth
fellowship was host to about 60
young people Monday afternoon for
the quarterly meeting: of tire Pitt
County Christian Youth fellowship.
Miss Opal Jones of Roundtree ants
devotional leader. Zeb Whitehurst,
president of the Ideal fellowship, gqve
the welcome. “O Worship the King”
was sung.
The following officers were
ed during the business
ident, Marjorie Boyd,
vice president, Billy Tucker,
ville; recording secretary, Opal
Roundtrees; corresponding secretary,
Sylvia Meeks, Timothy; treasurer,
Allen Johnson, Jr., Ayden.
A bag supper was served in the
church basement.
Bev. T. P. Inahinett of Wilson,
state director of
gave a preview of
gram, led singing and
taken at last summer’s
For the worship, Miss Wills Rae|
Harper sang "Come Ye Bless^L” ,
Mias Christine Stokes of Ayden led
prayer, Miss Shirley Tripp of Ayden
read a poem, the offering was taken
and “Take My Life” was stag. j
Marjorie Boyd, Goody Moore of
Aydro and Jack Tumage had charge
of the friendship circle. ,
Robersonville But
Defeats Wabtonbi
Robersonville high school baseball
team defeated Farmviile last Than
day, 12| to 5. Allen was charged with
the loss. Leading. hitter* for Farm*
viHe were Alien and Brock, the form
er with two siagtea in three tripe tip
the plate, and the latter with two
triple n, -
FhrnrviUe defeated Walstonburg,
6-3, Saturday night behind the four
hit pitching of Mole Webb, who also
■track oat 16 of the 27 batten to
At The Kiwanis Club
Tommy Willis, a Faraville native
who has been working wider CSty
lege and who on June 1st
the Kiwanis dob
a talk about city
and the defa>3l« coj
ed therewith. Tommy wm so im
pressive with his talk that nans of
the Kiwanisns were surprised two
days later to learn that he had been
appointed, as city manager for New
ton, a thriving industrial city in the
western part of the state.
Tommy was introduced by Alton
Bobbit, program chairman for the
Willis explained that he
Alton’s invitation to address the chib
for his boas bat that he was Ming in
because Braden was ill. -
Guests at the meeting were Town
Clerk Cleveland Payior and Commis
sioner Claude Joyner.
May Fellowship
Conference At
Baptist Church
--
Mrs. C. C. Todd, president of the
North Carolina Council of Church
Women, will address the Farmville
council Tuesday morning in the Bap
tist church at a May fellowship con
ference which will begin at 11 and
will conclude, with a covered dish
luncheon about noon.
Mrs. Todd, who is a member of
the National Board of the United
vu uuvii vrx vuiuvu vtvuicu
wxu wu
duct a round table discussion on the
council and its activities. Ecumenical
census envelopes will be presented to
the state president
A resident of Rocky Mount she is
a-past president of the Rocky Mount
council, was president of the Peace
College Alumnae association in 1947*
49, and has been active in the First
Piaabyterian church of her city and
fenesbyterial and synodical, with
particular interest in religious educa
tion.
During her visit here she will be
the guest of Mb. Henry Johnson, a
past president of the local council,
All women of the community are
invited to hear Mrs. Todd and to
bring a covered dish for the luncheon.
Miss Helen Smith is president of
the Farmvijle Council of Church
Women.
Dance Recital Nets
PTA Handsome Sum
A dance recital given Tuesday
evening by pnpfla of Mrs. John R.
Youngblood of Tarboro in the Farm
ville school auditorium was well re
ceived by the audkeice numbering a
bout 450.
Moot -<Bf the numbers were wail
executed. Types of dahoes included
the ballet, tap, dude ranch, Spanish's
It
Pmaa nlmiifi •
ulifJol rrwvucioj
Holmes Is In Chicago
While Her. E. W. Ho lmes Is attend
ig Hie Southern Baptist convention
» Chicago, the Baptist church will
ave two guest speakers at the Sun
ay morning services.
Dr. Clarence Patrick, head of the
ocfology department at Wake For
st college, will preach Sunday at 11
’clock. Dr. Talmadge C. Johnson,
tate paroles commisstaper and a fox
ier supply pastor of the local chordi,
rill preach Sunday, May 14
Rev. and Mrs. Holmes left yester*
iy for the convention city. Mrs.
[olmes is a delegate to the Woman’s
lissionary Union convention which
pens Sunday in Chicago. She w01
►present the North Carolina WMU at
be convention and both Mr. and
in. Holmes will represent the local
(lurch at the Southern Baptist con
ration, which begins Tuesday.
En route they will visit Mrs.
[olmes’ brother, in Louisville, Ky.
Rule in Chicago, they will also visit
[rs. Holmes’ ntee% who !• eecrtinry
> the president of Northwestern
Diversity. They will return next
eek aid."
Activities Of Local
Church Organizations
Christian
Mrs. L. E. Turnsge was hostess to
roup 2 Tuesday night, with Mrs. T.
. Mizelle giving the devotional and
[rs .Lloyd Smith, prayer.
The huriness session was-«mducted
f Mrs. Ted Albritton.
Punch and homemade cookies were
srved. '
Mrs. Walter Burgees and Mrs. Dol
8 Ballard were co-hostesses to Circle
Monday night. Mrs. John B. Lewis
died the meeting to order.
“Tex-Mex” Gets Its .Part” was the
rogram topic which Mrs. Glenn New
►n developed. „ Each member worked
■ossword puzzles stressing the birth
ay offering. *-1*
Mrs. W. P. Easley conducted the
ible study on two of Moses* prayers.
Strawberry shortcake and ndts
ere served to 17 members.
Christian
Groups 3 and 4 met Monday night,
ring for their program “Hidden An
vers.-”
Mrs. Addle-D. Moore was hostess
> Group 3, with Mrs. R. D. Route
residing in the leader's absence,
continuing the study of Paul, Mrs. Z.
. T. Cox gave a devotional from
hiljppians.
Cream cheese on ritz, cookies, po
tto sticks and grape juice were
arved.
Group 4 was entertained in the
»me of Mrs. R. V. Fiaer with 11
resent. FS&lm 36, emphasizing serv
e to God, was tite devotional sub
let.
Mrs. Archie Cayton, leader, an
xinced tint a missionary rally was
ring held in Ayden on Wednesday.
During a social period, the hostess
bwnuil m'naanmUk nnawta rldnm eolro
Mrs. T. S. Rywt was hostess to
te Altar guild last Tuesday night.,
f ter the business session, over which
te directress, Km. John D. Dixon,
resided, the hostess served cookies.
Rts sad coca colas. ' .. . u''
Presbyterian
M Circle 1, which met Monday
ftsBioon with Mrs. L. T. Pierce,
[ns. W. H. Moore .gave highlights of
ilks at the presbj^erial in Kinston
ist month and presented' the. birth
Th* feasibility ot^xtending the
but action to set in Msthm’thsmfr
chinery for the annention of addi
tional properties was Jbstponed until
a committee appointedjny Mayor Wal
ter-B. Joneskcould study the situation
and make a detailedf ieport to the
governing board. f
On seven! occasions in the immedi
ate past, it has beenftalggested, both
by citisens of the toan and by rssi
dents of sections ad|umt to town,
that the city limits be extended to
include several areas which are a
part of the town in everything except
name.
Commissioner Q. G. Spell was nam
ed chairman of the special investiga
ting committee. Serving with him are
Commissioners John |L StansUl and
Fred C. Moore, Mayor Jones and
Clerk Cleveland M. Baylor. Eoc-offi
fio members, by virute of their posi
tions with the town, are Attorney
John B. Lewis and Supt. W. A. Mc
Adams of the water and light depart
ment.
The 1947 North Carolina General
Assembly authorized municipalities
to extend their limits by local ordi
nance and without sanction of the
legislature, as had been necessary
prim: to that time
The new legislation provides that
the governing board of a town may,
upon giving 30 days’ public notice,
>xtend its corporate limits but that
i special election must be held if, dur
ng that period, a petition of protest
is signed by 15 per cent of the quali
uea voters or the area proposed to be
innexed. The bill farther provides
that citizens of the town may also
Hie a petition of protest, signed by at
least 15 per cent of the qualified
raters of the town, in which case the
8sue is also placed before them in a
ipecial election.
The town hoard may also, at its
liscretion, place the issue before the
residents at the town evhr though no
petition of protest is filed. *.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
The Rev. sad Mrs. Carl W. Rogers
>f Chattanooga, Tferfh., announce the
mgagement of their daughter, Mary
Faye, to Henry Lee Hobart Myers,
ran of the Rev. and Mrs. George B.
dyers of Sewamee, Term.
Mias Rogers, granddaughter at J.
(V.. Holmes and a former resident of
Farmville; graduated from Georgs
Peabody College for Teachers in
Nashville, Term., and atended Julliard
■School of Music in New York City.
She is a member of Pi Gamma CM
social fraternity, Sigma Alpha Iota
nusic fraternity and Kappa Delta Pi,
sducation fraternity.
Mr. Myers attends the University
>f the South, Sewanee, where he is
i member of Alpha Tan Omega, social
fraternity, Pi Gamma Mu, science
fraternity, and Phi Beta Kappa, na
Hie wedding will take place June
LT in Chattanooga.
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Clinton Episcopal
Rector To Preach
School Sermon
Rev. Addison Hosea, rector of St
Paul's Episcopal church in Clinton,
trill deliver the baecaalureate sermon
to the Farmville high school gradua
ting class on Sunday, May 21, at 8
o'clock.
Congressman Herbert Bonner of
Washington will deliver the address
on Monday evening, May 22, at 8
o’clock.: -• {• ■
Rev. Hosea is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina and
taught school for seven, years, fie
served |ta the Army for four yeart,
later graduated from the Theological
School at Sewanee, Tom., and now
uses iii tain shdluoooo dd dd d ddd
assists in publishing the Mission Her
§..W
his new duties about June 1. Whitlej
was appointed seven! weeks by the
directors of the local REA end hit
appointment was, in tom, approved
by Washington officials.
The new administrator, who will set
up an office in North Main street in
the building formerly occupied by the
Ethel Kittrell shop, is a native oi
Stantonsburg. Mrs. Whitley is the
former Miss Elisabeth Pitt of Pine
tops.
Whitley comes to the local REA
With highest recommendations and
will take charge of operations which
have heretofore been conducted in the
town office. The electric member
ship’s rapid growth has made it ad
visable to separate the REA from five
town office. '
PERSONAL ITEMS
Mm. R. D. Harris and daughter,
Dail, and Mrs. Louise Harris attend
ed the May Day exercises at Peace
college Wednesday afternoon.
Judy Rouse, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Rouse of near Bell Arthur,
has returned from a Greenville hospi
tal and is recovering from sleeping
sickness.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Murray and
Mrs. Neal are spending several days
here en route from St. Petersburg,
Fla., to Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Webb, Miss
Lelia Williams and1 Mm Emma Jones
spent Sunday in Raleigh with rela
tives.
Mr. and Mn. R. D. Harris and
daughter, l>aii, spent the week end at
the Ocean. King "hotel, Atlantic
Beach.
Dr. J. M. Mewborn attended the
Npjrth Carolina Medical association’s
annual matting iji Pinehurst Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. K. N. Freeman and
daughter spent the week end in More
head City with Mrs. Freeman’s bro
ther, C. N. Strowd.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Dixon spent
Sunday in Raleigh attending a fam
ily reunion given by Mr. and Men,
Walter Hartman.
Mrs. Lloyd Smith has returned
from a visit to relatives in Hender
son. ' She attended the Cheathum
Rose wedding while away.
Mv. and Mrs. Hilton AUiguod and
children of Washington and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Lee Tripp and family of
Falkland visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Harris Sunday.
Mrs. Say Chestnut, Idiss Winnie
Harpexy Mr*. Emmet Suggs of Snow
Hill a<iw Gladys Barrow were
dinner guests of Miss Bettie Joyner
Wednesday evening. _ :
Mrs Edison Moore and son, Ben,
took Mrs. Moore’s mother, Mrs. Grant
Lee, to her home in Oriental Thurs
day. Mm. Lee has been necujgtfpting
from injuries received in an automo
bile accident
Mrs. W. Jesse Move was a mul
at Book Club day held by the 13 book
clubs and the literature department
of the Woman’s dub in Greenville
Tuesday. She gave a toast to one
of the clubs.
Mrs. N, B. Whitley and daughter,
Miss Ruth, of Enfield were overnight
guests Friday of Miss Alma Whitley.
Mrs. Whitley and daughters spent
Saturday inJDuiham and were week
end guests of Miss Martha Rice la
Fayetteville.
Carol mid Sam little of the Free
Wai Baptist orphanage, Middlesex,
spent the week end with their
mother, Mm Ames Little, who, ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Quilliver
Little and Mrs. Lean little and
children, took them home.
.Mr. and Mm Emerson Smith and
son moved Tuesday from Raleigh to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Ruf
fin. They will occupy the Ruffin
At The Rotary Club
, Edwin Coates, in charge of thd Ro
tary program Tuesday night, present
ed Arch Flanagan. Arch, who chose
as his subject, “A Scientific Approach
to Our Way of laving," talked at '
length concerning the great strides
mankind has made i» improving his '
way of life. By making careful se- 1
lections, careful crossings, man has
been of great assistance to. nature in
bringing about plant and animal life
of a superior quality, for the ultimate
benefit and enjoyment of all humani
ty.
Six members were absent and F.
R. Tuttle of Lenoir was the guest of
Alex Rouse. Joe Joyner received the
attendance prise and C. L. Langley
the prise for fellowship. Eli Joyner
will be responsible for the program
Tuesday, May 9.
Democrats Pick
Delegates To Pitt
County Meeting
At the precinct meeting last Satur
day at noon, Farmville Democrats re
elected the precinct executive commit
tee and appointed delegatee to the
county 'convention to be held at the
courthouse in Greenville tomorrow.
Members of the precinct executive
committee are: George W. Davis, J.
W. Joyner, John B. Lewis, Dr. Paul
A. voow ana mn. vr. a. wuw. i
Delegates to. the convention will be: t
Mrs. T. L. Albritton, Mrs. John T. <
Thorne, Mrs. Walter B Jones, Mrs. £
R. T. Williams, Mrs. Ganoli Oglesby, i
B. M. Lewis, B. F. Lewis, M. V. Jones, i
■ Paul Ewell, Walter Jones, Arch j. i
j Flanagan, Curtis Flanagan, Lath \
Morris, Arthur Joyner, J. B. Joyner, t
T. E. Joyner, Jr., Fred Moore, R. 0.
Lang, Jr., John Stansill, O. G. Spell, j
Sr., Clauds Joyner, T. C. Turnage, B. j
B. Turnage, Hubert Joyner, C. L. £
Eason, LeRoy Rollins, J. 3. Hockaday,
W. J. Rasberry, Linn Wooten, J. C.
Brock, J. t. Morgan, Jr., and Robert I
T. Monk. ••
The county convention will elect
delegates to the state convention to
be held next Thursday hr Raleigh.
4-H WILL HAVE CORONATION
CEREMONIES MONDAY NIGHT
The Pitt county 1-H clubs will give
their Health Coronation program on
Monday night at. 8 o’clock^ in • toe
Greenville Artnoiy. All members of
the dub, their parents , and friends
ale cordially invited to this event.
ANN HORTON IS MARSHAL
Miss Ann Horton of Fountain has 1
been elected sophomore marshal for <
the Philaretian Literary society ait 1
Meredith college. Ann, toe daughter I
of Mr. and Mm. J. M. Horton, plans <
to major in primary education. She' 1
received toe honor of placement of
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TAPPED BY HONOR GROUP
Miss Anna Grey Lilley, senior at
WCUNC, was tapped by Golden
Chain, honor group, last week. Quali
fications for this honor which comes
tofew are ability, leadership, toler
ance, merit and good academic stand
ing.
Miss LiUey is house president of
New Guilford dormitory.
Engineer Thome* Hirers of Grean
riHe presented to the Board of Oom
nissioners Tuesday night the ptat of
» proposed housing development, to
>e known as May Gardens, on it 100
icre plot directly wee* of the town's
lorporate limits.
Rivers, no stranger to the board by
rtrtoe of his extensive work for the
own, explained that Ms purpose in
nfesenting the plans was to obtain
he commission’s approval of the pro
weed street lay-out in the new de
velopment This rpproval was need
id, he stated, so that none of the
iroperty could *e condemned for
itreets by the town when the de
’elopment finally becomes a pert of
i’annville proper. The engineer’s re
[nest was in compliance with state
egislation requiring developments
rithin a mile td'city limits to be ap
iroved by town authorities or else
lortions of the property would he sttb
ect to condemnation in order to con
orm to toe town’s pattern of streets,
he board adopted the type, of reso
lution requested by the engineer.
Rivers stated that the plat present
d to the commissioners contained be
ween 275 and 300 lota, and represent
d one-third of toe 300-ncre Hooker
arm. Other sections of toe farm
rill be laid off and developed as the
eed arises. The intersection of West
Jhurch street (extension) with the
Vilson highway (West Wilson street)
a almost in the center of the develop
ment. • >
He also explained that toe plans
iad been improved by the Federal
lousing Administra.tion.and that two '
HA landscape artists and engineers
nuw MHU JUi winy II
he plans. He started that Mis. Hook
r would probably pave some of the
treets next spring. Since the farm
3 now under cultivation aad commit
lents have been made for 19S0, it is
iot anticipated that work on the de
elopment will be undertaken before
be end of the year.
Preliminary work has also been on
eveloping residential sections from
roperty owned by George W. Davis
nd Robert T. Monk.
r*itt Has 13 Students
At Wake Forest
Thirteen students from Pitt county
re included in the record breaking
nrollment at Wake Forest college
his spring.
FSrmville and Greenville are each
epresented by four students. From
’armville come Milton (Say Wiiliam
on, first year law student, sad Ced
ic Davis, Jack Wiffis, and Bobby
lutts, Juniors. Greenville ctaUpw Mar
el Humber, senior, and Dtarid Clark,
teverljr Neilson and MW. Lily fill
ips, Juniors. Fountain is reprawrt
d by Albert Gey and Marvin Webb,
ophomores. Other Pitt students are
lobby Eure, Ayden, senior; Samuel
Silbert, Grafton freshman, and Jesse
taddock, Winterville Junior.
The social fraternities are repre
ented by Pitt students with Ewe as
member of Sigma Pi, Clark as hia
orian of Kappa Alpha, and With
lumber as a member of Sigma Phi
Ipeilon. Clark is also a member of
he Monogram dub, of the Philoma
nesian uixerary society, ana oi xne
ditonal staff of the “OW Gold and
Hack,” the school newspaper.' Had
ock serves as athletic manager of
he Monogram club. Williamson ia a
nember of Phi Delta Phi, honorary
aw. fraternity. Miss Neilson serves
s president of the Y. W. A., a mean
er of the Baptist Student Union
ouncil, a member of the Christian
Service Group, and an associate mem
«r of the Little theatre. < 1
Bine, Clark and Williamson are
ilanning careers in Willis and
lumber, in medicine; Webband Da
is, in the ministry; Butts, in coach
ng; Haddock, in business; and jQay,
n journalism. Mrs. Phillips has do
or the fourth straight
tudents registered fo
chool year. Nlnefcy-a
Carolina’s 100 oounties
d, as well as 81 othe
Hstrict of Columbia,