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MR Establishes
Scholarship Id
Music At ECTC
The establishment of * scholarship
in the ECTC music department in
honor of Mrs. Serene Moore of Lum
berton 4ras voted Saturday aftemooh
at the meeting of the Major Benja
min May chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution-. Mrs. Vance
Perkins, Mrs. Earl Forbes and Mrs.
Margaret Farley entertained the
chapter at the Perkins home in
Greenville.
Mrs. T. E. Hooker of Greenville
suggested that the scholarship be
established. •
Mrs. Moore, who died last year,
was a talented pianist and singer.
> She was the mother Of Mrs. T. C.
Turaage, former regent of the chap
ter.
Conducting the devotional, Mrs,
Farley read from the fourth chapter
of Exodus and developed her talk on
talents around the verse, “What is in
thy hand?” .
Mrs. Perkins introduced Mrs. J. H.
Rose, who spoke on John Charles Mc
Neill and read more than 20 of his
poems. McNeill, who is often call
ed the poet laureate of North Caro
lina, was bom July 26, 1874, at
Riverton on the Lumber river and
died in 1907. The three special in
terests in his home community were
the church, the school and the tem
perance lodge. Of Scottish descent,
he was the youngest of five children.
His teachers and college professors
recognized early his talent for writ
ing poetry. In October, 1906, he
was awarded the Patterson cup for
outstanding literary talent. That was
the first time the cup was given.
‘"Hie dominant note throughout his
poems,” Mrs. Rose told her listen
ers, “was simplicity, sincerity and
tenderness.” He published two vol
umes, “Songs, Merry and Sad,” and
“Lyrics in Cottonland.”
Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson pre
sided over the business session and
appointed the following couples to
care for the chapterhouse grounds
for two weeks each: Mrs. Frank Da- '
vis, Jr., and Mrs. Williamson; Mrs.
Ellen Carroll and Mrs. Jack Lewis;
Mrs. Haywood Smith and Miss Tabi- ;
tha DeVisconti; Mrs. W. H. Whit
more of Wilson and Mrs. Augustus
Rogers of Lake Alfred, Fla.
The regent expressed her apprecia
tion for the donation, made by the
Monk family, to the maintenance
fund.
After adjournment the hostesses
invited the members to the dining
room, where Mrs. Forbes poured
punch. Sandwiches, nuts, cookies and
cakes were served. The table was
centered with spring flowers flanked
by pink tapers. Throughout the
house, orses, potted plants and mix
ed bouquets were used.
Bill Creekmur Is
New Commander
American
Bill Creekmur has been elected
commander of the Farmville post,
American Legion, and will assume
his nefe duties at the Legion’s meet
ing on Friday, June .2, which will, be
the final meeting until September.'
Other officers elected with Creek
mur are Jalma Bynum, first vice
commander; R. D. Bouse, Jr., second
vice commander; gad C. F. Baucom,
finance officer^
The new year promises to he one
of ttie meet active ones in the his-,
tory of the load post The Legion
will have available, not later than
August 1, the home it recently pur
chased mi W. Church street.
The poet is also starting -a mem
bership campaign. The goal is at
least 100 new members before the
next meeting.
Lists of former members were
distributed at the meeting Friday
night and an attempt will be made
to get all of these former members
back on the jpoH,
Principal Commencement Speakers
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Rev* Addison Hosea
The Rev. Addison Hosea, rector of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Clinton,
is a native of Wayne county. He at
tended the University of North Car
rolina and-Atlantic Christian College,
graduating from the latter with hon
ors in 1938. He taught in Wayne
and Currituck counties before he was
called to the Army in 1941.
Mr. Hosea was released from the
Army in 1946 in the grade of cap
tain, and resumed his studies at the
School of Theology, Sewanee, Tenn.,
where he was elected president of
the student body. He graduated from
there in 1949, with highest honors.
He has also done post-graduate work
»t Union Theologiaal Seminary in
New York.
Immediately after his ordination in
June of 1949, Mr. Hosea assumed the
rectorate of St. Paul’s, Clinton,
vhere he now resides.
Rev. Hosea will preach the bacca
aureate sermon Sunday night at 8
j’clock in the auditorium.
FarmviUe Defeats
Walstonburg In
Initial Meeting
Farmville’s Bright Belt league
mseball team walloped Wastonburg,
6-3, Wednesday night, in the first
neetins of the season between the
wo teams, and thereby retained its
told on first place.
Tomorrow (Saturday) Farmville
days at Macclesfield, and on Sunday
he teams play here.
The box score for the game Wed
lesday night follows:
Parmrille AB R H.
ieane 2b-I..— 2 2 2
repedino, ss .— 3 10
itegan, 3b .—. 3 0 1
Sark, rf —.. 4 3 0
rugwell, cf. 5 3 0
Collie, -If ..—..110
3tell, If. 3 2 1
tfauney, c -----«- 4 3 2
Fhrift, lb .!. 5 0 1
Ifoye, p..—.— 5 11
Wabtonbnrg AB R H
Webb, 2b --- 4 0 1
Allbrooks, ss.—. 4 1 2
Bass, lb _ 4 0 1
Aycock, c . 4 0 1
Williams, c — -—- 1 0 0
Evans, If —:- 4 1 2
Tart, rf ....—.. 4 0 1
Corbett, cf .. 4 0 1
Colomes, 3b ..—— 4 0 1
Shirley, p —-- f-~ 2 0 —0
Glaizer,-p - — 2 0-0
JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB
PLANS FOR RUMMAGE SALE
The Junior Woman’s club met at
the Girl Scout hut Tuesday evening
with Mrs. Robert Fields, Mrs. I. D.
Kirklin and Mrs. R. D. Harris as
co-hostesses.
The president, Mrs. J. M Gibbs,
called the meeting to order by lead
ing tke- chib members as they repeat
ed the pledge. Durihg the business
session the dub voted to give $5 tc
he cancer drive..
Mrs. Gibbs reported on the State
convention of the N. C. Federation oi
Women's clubs which was held ir
Raleigh last month.
Tomorrow (Saturday) the dub will
sponsor a rummage sale at. the Faith'
ville Flower Shop. ‘ i
The meeting dosed with the col
lect, after which a social hour wai
enjoyed.
STATE OFFICER TALKS
TO LOCAL POST, VFV
Earl Knauff of' Jacksonville, stab
unior vice commander of the Veter
ana of'Foidgn Wars, spoke to th
Bumette-Rouse post Friday night a
bout the annual state encampment t
Congressman Herbert Bonner
Congressman Bonner, whose horn
is in Washington, has represente
this district in Congress for a doze:
years and is now unopposed for re
election. The Congressman will mak
the commencement address to Farm
ville seniors Monday night.
The exercises will be held in thi
gymnasium at 8:15 p. m.
Prior to the commencement ad
dress, Congressman Bonner will ad
dress a joint meeting of the Rotarj
and Kiwanis clubs. The joint meet
ing will be held at 6:45, 15 minute:
earlier than usual, in the school
lunchroom.
Other news about the commence
ment program and activities of the
seniors will be found on pages 4 and
7. N
‘-Peahead’ Walker Ton
Be Guest Speaker At
Jaycees’ Banquet
D. C. (Peahead) Walker, head
football coach at Wake Forest col
lege and <ofle of the most popular
after-dinner speakers in the Southern
conference, will make the principal
address tomorrow (Saturday) night
atxthe annual athletic banquet of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce, on
which occasion members of the local
high school athletic teams and their
“dates” will be honored. The banquet
will be held in the school lunchroom
at 7:30. :
It will be he second time this
spring that prominent figures in the
sporting world have been in Farm
ville. The Rotary clrb a few weeks
ago honored the football squad at
a dinner, at which time Charlie Jus
ti$e, flJNC football Star, was a guest.
Mayor Walter B. Jones, also well
. knowh in Tar Heel athletic circles by
virtue of his officiating duties at
football and basketball contests, will
introduce Coach Walker.
Awards will be presented to the
athletes.
At The Kiwanis Club
Dr. Amos Abrams, associate editoi
of the North Carolina Education As
sociation, made a strong plea foi
continued support of public schools
in his talk Monday night to the Ki
wanis club, and made a convincing
argument in favor of Federal aid foi
the public educational program.
Dr. Abrams, a native of Edge
combe county, was the guest of J. R
Peeler, Walstonburg school principal
program chairman for the evening.
The speaker was introduced bj
Dsndy, who, along with Setl
was a student at old Trinit)
college when Abrams was an instruc
tor there. The guest speaker
cousin of Charles Edwards.
The speaker stated that the
movement is progressing and cite*
some of the gains that have beei
made by schools in recent genera
tions. He warned, however, tha
the need for support is greater rio\
than ever before. He said that th
State will need about 1100 new ,ele
mentarjr school teachers but that on
ty 260-odd qualified teachers Sr
being graduated this year. Othe
graduates are seeking more lucrativ
fields of employment. >
BOB BOUSE IS
NEW JATCEE HEA
Meeting last Wednesday night, tt
Farmville Junior Chamber of Con
mehce elected the following new off
cere who begin their duties June 1
Members of the Industrial X*
velopment Committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce conferred'last wed
with officials of the State Depart
ment of (/observation and Develop
ment on obtaining assistance for th
industrial development of FartnvilU
L. E. Walston, chairman of th
committee, Executive Secretary Fre<
C. Moore and Robert D. Rouse. Jr;
who made the trip, were very cour
teously received by George Ross, di
rector of conservation and develop
ment, Paul Kelly and H. P. Cotton
industrial engineers,
j The state officials recommendec
1 that the local committeemake a sur
1 vey of available' facilities and re
sources and submit this report to
! their department. They indicated
that a successful project would de
pend' on available capital, resources
1 and “know how” and tljpt success
was not usually attained without a
great deal of work and effort on the
part of the community. ’
The department offered its serv
ices in making a special study of any
project which local citizens might
propose, to determine the possibility
of success and whether it would be
suitable to the community.
Finals Programs For
Greene Schools Given
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Supt. B. L. Davis of the Greene
county schools has announced the
commencement programs for e%ch of
the .four white and one colored high
BCilUUl 111 UIC cuuiivjr, i.uc J»v5t»uw
follow: ' * ■'
’Snow Hill •> j % .
The Snow Hill high school, has a
graduating class of 24 girls and 23
boys, a total of 47 seniors. The bac
calaureate sermon will bp delivered
Sjunday night by Rev. J. D. Young,
pastor of the Snow Hill Meethodist
church. ■
Class night exercises will be held
tonight. •
The address will be delivered Tues
day night by Guy B. Phillips, acting
dean of the department of education
at the University of North Carolina.
Walstonburg School
The Walstonburg school wil grad
uate 21 seniors, nine boys and 12
girls.
The music recitals were held on
Wednesday and Thursday nights of
this week.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preached Sunday night" at 8 o’clock
by C. L. Patrick, pastor of the Free
Uifion Baptist church, Walstonburg.
Class night will beheld Monday at
8 o’clock. ~ ■ *
Graduation exercises will be held
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock with the
address by Rfev; Wade C. Golds ton,
pastor of Daniels Chapel church,
Goldsboro.
Maury School
7710 senior class at Maury has a
total of 17, 10 boys and seven girls.
Class night program will be pre
sented .tonight at 8 o’clock. •
The sermon will be preached Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock by Rev.
J. D. Young, Methodist minister of
TTI1V
The address will be given Monday
night at 8 o’clock by Professor. R.
F. Murray, dean of men at Atlantic
Christian college, 'Wilson.
Hookerton School
The Hookerton school will gradu
ate aioc boys and eight girls.
Tonight will be observed as Gass
night. , /
Dr; J. D. Messick, president of
East Carolina Teachers College,
Greenville, will preach the baccalau
reate sermon Sunday night at 8
o’clock.
A. C. Edwards of Hookerton, mem
ber Of the House of Representatives
of the North Carolina General As
sembly and president of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau, will delivei
the commencement address' Monde;
o’clock.
Gouty Training School
(colored) V
The school has a graduating clasi
of 52 students, 20 boys and 82 girls
The sermon wiH be preached Sun
dgty afternoon at 6 o’clock by Rev
R. E. Roundtree, pastor of St. Jama
Methodist church, Snow HQ1.
. The address will’be given Honda:
' night by Marivern L. Ore, professo:
Willis, son of Dr. and Mis. W. M
Willis of Farraville, hear been ap
pointed city manager for Newton
He has been working under Citj
Manager Boy Braden of^Raleigh.
PERSONAL ITEMS
Mrs. V. N. Whitehurst of Spow
Hill spent a few days this week with
her daughter, Mrs. Emerson Smith.
Mrs. Nettie Joyner and son, Clar
ence, Miss Nell Harris and' Charlie
David Harris spent Friday in Nor
folk, Va.
Mr. and Mm. Ed Nash Warren and
son, Bert, and Mr. and Mm. John
Stansill visited Mrs. J, E. Warren
and Mr. and Mm. Harvey Warren in
Speed and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sav
age in Leggett Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Sandy ~~ J
son, Mike, of EL Faso, Tex
returned home after a visit „ _
Sandy’s mother, Mm. R. L. Spivey.
Mr. and Mss. Earl E. Modlin ol
Portsmouth, Va., spent the-week end
liCtq WAWI ITWViTCO,
G.'M. Shirley of Raleigh visited his
mother, Mrs. G. M. Shirley, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Lewis and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lewis
and daughter and Mrs. Stella Sfiearin
attended a family rfeunion at the
home of Mrs. M. A. McLin in Rocky
Mount Sunday. '
Mr. and Mrs. George Hancock of
Newport News, Va., Mr. and Mrs.
C. R. Dodson of Sanford and .Mrs.
James Yates of Dunn spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. A. J, Greene
Mrs. Greene returned home with the
Hancocks for a week’s visit,
Mrs. C. W. Hales of Middlesex,
who is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Herbert Kemp,, has at her guest this
, week another daughter, Mrs. J. JB.
Kemp of Zebulon.
Mrs. T. A. Whitfield of Bethel is
spending several days with her
daughter.'Mrs. Leon Little.
Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Baker of India
napolis, Ind, have been vfidtlrg Mrs.
Baker’s mother, Mrs. Chasey E.
Walston.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Rollins spent
Mother's day in Sunbury with Mrs.
Rollins’ mother, Min. Ward.,
Mrs. Lillie Cook is visiting Vela
> * ni . •_a_ «r_ aw_f_
makes h$r home with her daughter,
Mrs. Robert Fields- *
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Roebuck and
son, Dan, of Hamilton and Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Albritton of Idaie spent
Sunday with Mr. aid Mrs. C. L.
Jones.
Mrs. W. A. McAdams, Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Kemp and son, Douglas,
and Mrs. Gordon Lee attended the
funeral of M». Minnie Monia, sis
ter of Manly Idles, at M&jfDeBex
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Joyner of
Pittsburgh, Pa., will arrive today for
a visit to relatives here. . s
Mr. and Mrs. T. Eli Joyner, Jr.,
left Wednesday night to spend sev
eral days in New York CSty.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Deryle Herren oi
Knoxville, TenA., and Mr. and lbs.
Louis Holland, Jr., of Wichita, Kans.
were overnight guests last Tuesday
of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Humphrey.
Mrs. % D. Kirklin and son, Billy,
left last week to spend a month wit!
relatives in Tennessee 1
L Mr. and Mrs. f- X. Harris hav<
returned from a vaoation trip U
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bundy and fam
tty of Chester, S. C., spent the Ureel
end with Mrs. S. H. Bundy and Mn
Roy Bowling. : ' ^
Mrs. C. F.Baacom is improvini
and Mrs.
At The Retery Club
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Major Dave T. Lamfiert, executive
officer of the State Highway Patrol,
in an impressive and informative
way, Tuesday night outlines some of
the duties mid activities of the pa
trol. Major Lambert was introduced
by Patrolman Ernest Guthrie. He
stated Oat Me majority of highway
an caused by careless vio
lations of tiie law,-.lams based on
common sense and designed for our
own protection. The patrol, consist
ing of 428 men, finds no fun in
making arreata, hut over 9,000 people
an cited for violations per month.
People must want safety, ta«*
teach' chOdren safety principles,
practice courtesy on the highway,
know that other people have certain
rights, and realise that the patrol 1*
out1 for protection and --help; a^d
then tod only then can they con
scientiously say that they have con
tributed to accident prevention. Cur
tis Flanagan was program chairman
for the evening.
Four' members wore absent. Robert
Rouse received the attendance prise.
There will be no meeting Tuesday
night; Instead, a Joint meeting with
the Kiwanis club prill be held on
Monday night, at 6:46, at which time
the dubs will hear an address by
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner.
Sam Bundy was the guest of John
Lewis, and Jesse-Moye presented his
brother, George Moye.
Charlie Fitzgerald, dub president,
presided.
Farmville Places
Third In Field-Day
For ‘Agr* Students
Grifton captured first place Thura
day afternoon In the field day held
at the Farmville school for agricul
ture students from every agriculture
department in the county.
Ayden waa second, Farmville was
third. Stokes was fourth. Chicod and
Belvoir tied for fifth. Grimesland
was in seventh place. Bethel and
Winterville did not. enter the con
test*. . - v ■;
Utere were 10 events. Grifton
captured six first places and one
second.
Belvoir was first in the chinning
event, with 22 chin-ups. T6d Vandi
ford of Farmville was second, with
19.
In the.standing broad jump, Ayden 1
won first place with a jump of 9'
feet, 8 inches. George Wooten of ‘
Farmville was runner-up with 9 feet,
4 inches.
Grifton finished first in the run
ning broad' jump, with 19 feet, 3
inches. Ayden was second. Grifton
also won the standing high jump,
Ayden was second, with 4 feet, 1
inch. Japk Tumage of Farmville
was third, with a Jump of 4 feet.
Grifton won the running high
jump, with 5 feet, 5 inches. Carl
King of Farmville was second with
5 feet, 4 inches.
Grifton won the dertoy and Stokes
was second.
Ayden won the 60-yard dash and
Grifton was second.
Grifton' won the baseball throw
and Cari Ktng of. Fbnnville was
Winners in the three-legged race
were Ayden end Behjoir.
The first three places in the relay
were taken by Grifton, Ayden and
Farmville.
MRS. HEBER NICHOLS
BURIED HERE MONDAY
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Space lew Khan $10,000 of the
$200X00 ear-marked for Farmville’s
new poet office can be used as the
purchase price of a building site,
chances now an that the new struc
ture, long overdue from the stand
point of need, will be erected in a
residential section, at least several
blocks from the business district
Making Mb second visit to Bann
ville since sealed bids on proposed
sites were asked for and received by
the government several weeks ago,
Inspector A. E. Helmick said Tues
day that the sites originally’ offered
had virtually been eliminated either
because they were out of the price
range or because they did not meet
specifications as to size. The lots in
the first group of proposals includ
ed the site on North Main street ad- ‘
jacent to the Williams-Smith clinic
which was offered for $24,000 ($200
a front foot), a choice of corner or
interior lota on the east side of South’
Main street between 'Church and '
Pine for $3>,000, and the Horton
hotel site, which was offered for
$18,000 but which did not meet the
required width of 120 feet for 'an
interior lot. Since these proposals
were recevied, the lot on the south
west corner of East Church and
Conteiitnea streets has been offered
but at a figure in excew of $10,000.
The inspector stated that satisfac
tory price tags had been placed on
two lots which measure up to re
quirements as to dimensions. These
are the Turhage lot on the northwest
corner of Belcher and Barrettstreets,
and the Winstead property in the
300-block of East Wilson street.'
Helmick also explained that under
the new building program, (he first
extensive work the government has
undertaken since before the war,
each of the 585 Congressional dis
tricts in the United States had been
allotted funds for one new building
annually and that regulations placed
a ceiling on the amount that could
be expended for a building site. He
stated that the price asked for some
if the Farmville property was as <
mush as the cost of property^ on
which buildings costing two aadr a,
half million dollars were to be 6rect- ' /
sd. ,
Although the government could
iondemn any of the property offered
by the owners, Helmick stated that,
Uncle Sam looks with disdain on oon
iemnation proceedings, especially in
in election year, and added that the
Public Buildings Administration tried
it all times to negoiate on a friendly
tasis. i
Hens Remain On
Nest While Wind
Bowls Over Shed
Strong wind?, which at times at
tained tornado-like proportions, whip
ped across The Fountain-Falkland
lection last Friday afternoon and
wrought havoc on the farms of Kuel
*nd Stancil Djlda.
Tobacco bums were destroyed,
tenant houses wfere damaged and
tobacco in the fields was damaged
to the tune of thousands of dollars.
For all }ta seriousness, however^
there were uhusual features which
gave the storm a lighter side. For
instance, two hens, mothera-to-be,
faithfully stayed on their neSte, even
though the shed under which they
were hatching their brood, was
Movm away. Thia occurred on the
Ruel Dilda farm, whose tenant is
Brace Johnson, a colored man.
At the Stancil Dilda farm, tin
was snatched from the roof of aJaa
behind the house, hopped over the
house mod landed in the front ymd.
On the Lester Baker fins, two
bams were destroyed, trees were up
rooted in the yard, and P60-daa*ge
was done to his car when the shel
ter under which it was stored, auc
cumbed to the force of the wind.
A tenant house, occupied by a col