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4> \c. VOLUME TOHTY-ON* NUKBKR SIX j g|||gggjj Curtis H. Flanagan, crew leader 01 the recently-completed census whos< unofficial returns indicate Farmvillf has 39 fewer persons Own it had 1< years ago, is cooperating with civu officials in getting a re-count of tin town but believes that the independ ent poll will give substantially tin same disappointing results. Mr. Flanagan, who realised earij in the census-taking period thai Farmviile would fall far below th< 4,000-mark which most citixens be lieved the town would reach, watchec the progtess of the Federal censui and, after an examination of the re sults, believes that the figures an substantially correct. The return! give Farmviile 2941 persons, as com pared with 2980 in 1940. Civic club members taking the new census met Monday night and made plans to complete tile work. Fred G Moore, executive secretary of tive Chamber of Commerce ,and President R. Di Rouse, Jr., of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce, state the results should be available next week. Mr, Flanagan is cooperating with the group, giving them the benefit of his experience. The real basis for the general de cline in Farmville’s total population, in the opinion of Mr. Flanagan, is the decline in the number of colored per sons living within the town’s corpo rate limits. He states that the town was divided into four cones for the census. One zone consisted of the area north of East Wilson street and east of North Main; another consisted of the area south of East Wilson and east of South Main; another was the district north of West Church street and west of North Main and the 100 block of South Main street; The four _4-Vm avafl Onilt.h of WftSt I/U KVUV " --— Church street and west of South Main, beginning at the Bank of Farmville corner. In the first three zones listed above, the census showed approximately 1700 people. ''The re mainder of the population is in the fourth zone, which includes most of the colored section. Another factor entering lie picture is that all college students were counted as residents of the town in which they are attending school. This ft-* alone, would account for the loss Farmville shows in the 10-year * period. ' The county, during the period, had an overall increase of 2600 and all of the other towns in the county showed at least-a small gain in population. Greenville, with an increase of 4,000, set the pace bat attention is called to the fact that sizeable extensions of the city limits were made during the period, additions that were sufficient to account for a large percentage of the gains. Mr. Flanagan also stated that other towns in the county ex tended their limits. Farmville, on the other hand, maintained the same bounds throughout the 10 years be tween the counts. A proposal to extend Farmville’s city limits to include adjoining sec tions is now being considered. Mr. Flanagan believes that Farmville would show a population of between 3600 and 4000 if the move to take.ir those living on the outer fringes ol town is carried through. BILL MORTON PREACHED SUNDAY AT NEUSE FORES! Reverend Bill Morton, who received his ministerial degree last month' at Union .Theological seminary in .Rich mond, preached at the Neuse Forest Presbyterian church near New Ben Sunday night. / ' y * TENNIS CLASSES FOR GIRLS HAYWOOD SMITH'S GRAND- M CHILD ILL WHS POLIO Haywood Smith . left Wednesday night for Forth Worth, Teona, to visit his granddaughter, Barbara Free man, who was stricken Monday with infantile paralysis in the throat. She is seriously ill in a Forth Worth polio hospital. . She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Freeman. ATTEND VA. CONVENTION Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bouse returned Wednesday afternoon from Virginia Beach, Va., where they attended the annua! convention of building and loan officials In North Carolina. The convention was held at the Cavalier hotel. * Mr. Rouse is secretary-treasurer of the Fannvilie Building and Loan Association, a position he has held AT FURNITURE SHOW ■ T. Eli Joyner, Jr., manager of the Fannvilie Furniture company, has been attending the furniture show in ChicagS^this week. METHODIST PICNIC The Methodist church and Sunday School held their annual picnic last Wednesday evening at-the municipal park. , ' « Changes Made In Mail Schedule In keeping with recent economy moves ordered by Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, several important changes.in the local mall service will become effective immediately. The mail will be closed out each evening at 6:30, an hour and a half earlier than the former schedule. Let ters posted after 6;3© in the evening will be dispatched the following morning. ’ pafurnu. of the small amount of mail received on the 16:15 train each morning, delivery in the business dis trict will be cut to one per day, Hr. Johnson esxplaind that the bulk of the mail is received between 6 p. m. and g a. m. He also states that most of G»e business firms get their mail in boxes at the post office. Another change in the schedule ap proved for the local post office by an inspector places one of the routes on an eight-hour basis, the other car rier will spend four hours a day on the regular route and the other four hours delivering package!. Activities Of'Local Church Organization? Mrs. C. H. Mozingo was hoateea and presided at a meeting of Circle 4 of the Methodist church last Mon day afternoon. Mrs. Pearl Johnston gave the pro gram. Stuffed angel food cake and nuts were served. Presbyterian The Women 'of the Church held their regular monthly meeting Mon day night at the church with the president, Mrs. fli&ory rouara, pre siding. Rev. E. S. Coatee offered the opening prayer, after winch the treasurer gave a report and read a letter from “our orphan” at Barium Springs orphanage. Mrs. I. D. Kirk land presented Synod’s Home Mis sions, and it was voted to send 25c per member . for this cause. The president announced two proeir;w*E been offered—gB.OO to tire circle sm earing the most new members mir ing the year and $5.00 to the circle having the beat at tile in the led the the Binging- of one verst «*•. -cunenca.* Douglas Kemp thei led the members and guests in tin pledge of allegiance to the flag. He invocation was by Mies Harper of Farmville, who s Lord's Prayer.” President Drake introduced Marvir E. Evans of the Wilson club, wht was to be the toastmaster for the evening. Toastmaster Evans intro duced the tailtwisters for the chartei night occasion—'Thomas H. Ham, Joe! Lawhon, William Tanner and John K Lowery, all of Wilson, and jack Tel verton of Farmville. Mayor Walter B. Jones cordiallj welcomed the Lions from Farmville Wilson, Greenville, Ayden and Rock} Mount. After the banquet dinner the toast master introduced Miss Alma Moore of Wilsoh who rendered a pantomime act. Littlejohn Faulkner of Wilson introduced, the guests of the Farm ville lions club: Rotary President Charles E. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Fitz gerald, Kiwanis President Frank K Allen and Mrs. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Outland, Mr. add-Mrs. Sam D. Bundy, and Lion Louis K. Day, district governor of 31-C, and Mr?,. Day. The toastmaster then intro iuced Miss Janice Roberson of Bethel nrho rendered song and dance special ties. Mrs. Harvey Ward of Green ville, who accompanied Miss Rober >f old favorites. The tailtwisterB for the evening then held a drawing of attendance slips for prizes contributed by some of the load merchants. Lion 0. E, Dowd of Greenville presented the ex tension award, the honor from Lions International for being responsible for organising the club, to Littlejohn Faulkner, mayor of Wilson and in ternational counsellor of Lions. R. D, Stallings, president of the Wilson Lions club, presented a gift to the Farmville club from the Wilson civic group and acceptance was made by Lion Tamer James E. Corbett. The new charter was presented by Louis K. Day of Rocky Mount, district gov ernor of lions, and the acceptance was made by President Drake. . After a few announcements by the toastmaster and the singing of "Good Night Ladies,” 'the meeting was ad journed. Approximately 80tJ2hns and nn«os4a affAVa ^ guests attended the banquet Officers of the new chib are Allen R. Drake, president; Douglas Kemp, first vice president; Dewey Fuquay, second vice president; Clarence Dav is, third vice president; James Cor bett, Lion tamer; Bobby Smith, sec retary and treasurer; Jack Yelverton, tail twister. Directors are Charles Carr, Aijie Melton, Edward Beckman and Billy Gregory. Charter members of the club an: George E. Beckman, Richard Bundy Charles Carr,‘James E. Corbett, Bob by Darden, Clarence, Davis, Allen Drake, Dewey Fuquay, BiUy i James Hilliard. Dousrlas Selton, Bobby Smith, Carl Tannei and Jack Yelverton. Jack Yelvertoi was general chairman of this event Other Wilson Lions active and re sponsible for the Farmville organiza tion an Charles Porterfield, W. R Duke, Thomas H. Ham, Dr. John Con stable, and R. Dewanner Stallings. Dr. Altoert W. Smith, Jr., a native of Fairfax county, Virginia, who re ceived his doctor of veterinary medi cine degree at Michigan State college in June has moved to Farmville ami will be associated with Dr. M. J son, Tech. Sgt William S. Russell, and his fhmily. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Doortey of Wilmington spent last week with. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Thomas. Mrs. J. M. Carraway is ill at Wood ad-Herring hospital in Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Simpson and son, Cliff, spent last week in Balti more with the Simpson's daughter, Mrs. John J. Sugg. They returned home via the Skyline drive, Luray caverns and Natural Bridge. . Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bailey and son, Edward, of Kinston spent the week end with Mrs. Bailey’s aunts, Mrs. E. F. Gaynor and Mrs. Lila Shirley, Mrs. Warren Whitehead of Wash ington, D. C., spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. E. F. Gaynor. John Russell Joyner, Paschall Bar rett and Misses Carolyn Kittrell, Pat Allen, Willa Rae Harper, Dot Ful ford and Celia Walston are attending assembly at Louisburg college this week. Shirley Ellis has been ill With mumps at the home of her grand mother, Mrs. W. L., Freeman. Miss Ann Turnage of Aulander spent the week end withher parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Tumage. , Mr. and Mm. Heber Johnson in spending the week at Carolina Beach. W. C. Garner andXewis Allen of the Game# Gas and Equipment com pany left Wednesday .morning to spend a week at tbs Weatherhead ranch in Arizona, on the Mexican border. The two will travel by aato to Atlanta, Ga., where they trill be picked np by a pL»ne of the Weather head company . The .Gamer company distributes Weatherhead products in "North Carolina. . Miss Edna Boone spent Tuesday Thnrsday in Henderson attending the district Woman’s Society of Christian service conference. Mm. Ellen L. Carroll and son, Vann, and Mr. and Mm. Jack Yelver ton left yesterday for a visit/to Mrs. Leonard Crawford ip Hot Springs, Ark. Nancy Jane Carroll accompan ied them as far as Camp Green Cove near Asheville. Mm. Ernest Hardy of Hookerton, regent of the Col. McAllister chap ter, Daughters of the American Re volution, and Miss Tabitha DeVisconti of the Major May chapter, represent ing the regent, Mm. Henrietta M. Williamson, attended a district meet ing in Rocky Mount last Wednesday to plan for the state conference of the Daughters of American Revolu tion. Mm. Layne Dail, Miss Jane Daii, Mr. and Mm. Marvin Hurst of Mor risville, Mrs. ’ Dilly Thompson of Rocky Mount, Mrs. A. C. Monk, Mm. John T. Thome, Mrs. E. C.- Beaman, Miss Mary Leah Thome, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Joyner and family, and Mm. Arch Mr. and Mm. Prank Harper i ily, Mm. G. M. Hidden and Mrs.’Fred Carr at Manrjr 1 has asked ‘the State Utilities Com mission notf ti allow the increase. Bernice Tnraage, chairman of the club’s business affairs committee, has written tin Utilities Commission, calling attention to tin foot that two increases have been granted since 1947 and reminding the Commission tint incomes in farming sections are on tin decline. Ttanvtge’s letter to the Commission follows: " “We are writing to express oar ap position to the proposed rat® increase which has been applied Star by -tin telephone companies. ' ® “We take this stand after careful consideration of all factors fat oar lo cal economy. In 1947 the telephone rates on a business one-party line in creased from $3.26 to 14.28. Gentle men, that was a 80.76% raise In one step. In 1949 tin rate on the same tine was increased from $426 to $6.00 —or an increase of 17.66%. “During this same period our farm income, to which all 'Eastern- Caro lina is either directely or indirectly tied, dropped approximately 20% and all forecasts indicate that farmers can expect another decline in their income of about 10%. Can the utili ties which seine an area continue to raise their rates in the face of a Dardens Observe Silver Anniversary |i Farmville polled back into a tie for the Bright. Belt baseball league lead by defeating Macclesfield, 8-1, Wed nesday night in the local park. Irvin Page, State college hurler, pitched for Macclesfield and allowed bat two hits, one by Catcher Hardee and the other by Collie, bat a costly error by the Macclesfield stortstop, Hooks, allowed two men to score. Junior Yohn, pitching for Farm ville, pitched a fine game, allowing but six hits—tiro by Hooks and one each by Iaughinghouae, Stuart, Fel ton add Brooks. Saratoga plays here Saturday night and Sunday. Saturday night game was transferred from Samtogn by Manager Bonnie Allen and wilt ha considered a home game. .i, ^f|i. Four Vacancies On Local Faculty The teacher turnover in the Fann ville school for the new term will be about normal, according to a state* meat by Principal Sam D. Bundy, who added that the school has been allotted an additional high school teacher and tile faculty next session wiU consist of 82 members. ,vv The following teachers have been re-elected accented annointmentk ■ weewjr»ws **rrvliaMIIVI,vo for next year:. Antoinette Darden and Margaret Lewis, first grades; Lillian Herring and Myrtle Wooten, second grade; Lula Handy and Wilma Stansill Ben nett, third grades; Mrs. Beverly Batchelor, fourth grade; Edna Robin son and Hasel Baker Baas, fifth grades; Miriam Johnson and Virginia Harper Joyner, sixth grades; Bettie Thomas and Katherine Bvntun. nv.: enth grades; Mollie Fite, eighth grade; Mildred Maddox, John Dunn, Miriam Bonn, Luriiae Whelen,, Bear trice Player, Evelyn Joyner, Elbert Moye, E. P. Bass, N. C. Maenhout and Naomi Edwards, all the High school; and Mrs. Haywood Smith, piano. . . .. Teachers who have resigned are: Mary Ids Mathis, fourth grade, who is returning to the western part of the state; Betty Maud Smith, eighth grade, who has married and wiU live in Charlotte; Ruth Parker, home economies, who has returned to Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina to study on a fellow ship for her master’s degree; Alma Whitley, public school musie, who has msitied and will live in Evanston, Illinois; John L. Johnson, sooial stu dies, who has accepted the principal ship of the Bolivia high school In Brunswick county. appearance on a radio program in the «m» city, tea with the Guildford county Associated Farm Women, and a visit to the NCFB stats office in Greensboso made up Tuesday's sche dule. The visitors spent Tuesday night
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