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******************* Meeting Wednesday night In regu iar session, the Board of Commission ers of the Town of Farmville wai discussingplans for extending citj limits and was studying a map od areas it pnpoees to annex whei it was discovered that errors bad been made which, in .effect, would place in the corporate limits of the town a section now considered on the out side. One of the maps, drawn in 1936 by , Phillip Ball, pl&ces the eastern limits of town just west of John Turner Walston’s home on East Wilson st, placing Walston, James Kilpatrick, Vasaar Fields and others in that sec tion out of tim corporate limits. This has been considered the case all a long. However, a new map drafted by Thomas W. Rivers of Greenville shows that the eastern edge falls al most a block further east than the Ball map. If .this be correct, Wal ston, Kilpatrick, Fields and others in that immediate neighborhood ate in the town limits, and have been, all »he time. ~ Engineer Riverj has been asked to meet with the board next week and efforts will be made to find out which of the maps is correct. Geni -il im pression at the board meeting was that Rivers had gont to the original charter for the dimensions of his map. If this be true, the town cov ers a bit mor.vgr.jnl thus, has been generally believed to be the case and some of the outsiders wanting to get in are alruaiy in. The new man raised an interesting question in regard to the census which officially shows that Farmville lost 39 people in the 1940-60 deeade • and now has a population of 2941. An unofficial census was taken by civic groups and it showed that the town ha> 3026 persms as of April 1. However, the census-taking was bas ed on the Ball map which may not be correct and which does not include several blocks and families now in th< — city limits. If it can be shown that the Rivers map is correct and that the official census jtraa not based on Farmville’s, correct to-tcunds. it is be lieved that Farmville’s argument for a re-count will be given more con sideration. First Christian Laymen’s Retreat Planned For July Plans for the first Laymen's Re treat of the North Carolina Disciples of Christ have been completed by Sam D. Bundy, state president, and Rev. C. W. Riggs of La Grange, state: director. The week-end retreat will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 22 and 23, at Fishers Landing. Rev. Glenn Haney of Greenville win conduct a vesper service on Saturday night; on Sunday morning, Dr. D. Ray Iindley, president of Atlantic Christian col lege, will conduct the worship service. The program calls for the registra tion of laymen between 2 and 4 o’ clock on Saturday afternoon. Other events on the first day’s program in clude a round table-discussion led by Bundy, a friendship circle led by Rev. Riggs and a fellowship hour. The Bible class will be conducted on Sunday morning by W. R. Robert son jof Washington. Following the sermon by Dr. Lind ley, dinner will be served and the retreat will end early Sunday after* n<Hm* ' _ KIWANIS TO HEAR REASONS FOR RATE INCREASE REQUEST wrote a letter Of objection to the State Utilities Commission. James Hunt of Wilton, soil conser vationist, spoke to the Kiwaanis chib Monday night on the importance of soil conservation ai«L showed pictures of work that has been done on farms in Wilson county. ' Mr. Hunt, who is an outstanding Grange worker in this section of the state, was the guest of David Sterl ing, head of the vocational agricul ture department in Walstonburg high school. • *« marks,” decorate toe arm of ex gunnery chief John Turpin. The holder of two congressional med als of honor, the Navy hero Is 84 years old and recalls the sink ing of toe battleship Maine in Havana Harbor in 1888. leader. This, game between the arch rivals should result in' an overflow crowd. : ' ‘ ' • . t . Hie league is now playing only two games per week, another reason for declining revenue. The last of the mid-week games was played this week, thus meaning that from uow until the end of the regular season games wiH he played only on week ends. Since the openipg, the teAa have been playing on Wednesdays, but this schedule was followed only until the start of the tobacco curing Season. Firemen Wll Be Hosts Tuesday Night To East Carolina Unit Representatives cf fire ' depart ments in 80 Eastern North Carolina towns will meet at the Farmville nigh school gymnasium ndxt Tuesday iilght at 7:30 for the regular quarter ly meeting cf the Eastern North Carolina Firemen’s Association. • The Farmnile fire department will to hosts for the meeting and the bar tocue supper, ejected to attract a tout 800 visitors, including State Fire Marshall ^erw^ BrockweU^ and been in first piace hi league eiarion convene hero. Jo be not about are are line rhicll --^ with the Greenville lines, move that will enable Farmville to as cure some electricity for the fid months when demand for power h this community is at its peak nip beyond the capacity of the two en gines now in operation. Home of the materials for th emergency line were received yester day morning and the work Will g< forward as quickly as conditions an< equipment permit.-The work is beini done byNa Charlotte firm. Construction of the tie-in line t< Ballard# was approved Friday whe: the Foard of Commissiooners-.met ir special session to again study the power emergency. 'The action ww taken after the REA, which gets i majority of the power from the loca plant, explored the possibility of in stalling the line bat dropped the pro ject when it developed that othm means of'obtaining the power weft available. - ' ; s ‘ The town stepped in when it be came apparent that the two engine now in operation at the plant wank not be able to furnish enough powei for townspeople this fall. The Bollards line will cost in tlx neighborhood of $25,000. The bean is negotiating with Federal official: of the REA- In hopes of obtaining i loan to meet the emergency. m Appointments Fill Vacancies On School Faculty nua the selection of four teachers to fill the remaining vacancies on his faculty, Principal Sam Bandy states .that his list of instructors is com plete. The four new-comers to the faculty were formally approved by the local hoard* at a recent meeting, although in three of the cases contact had been made more than a month **?• .. - Charles T. Tucker, who did his practice teaching in the Farmville school last fall while he was a stu dent at ECTC in Greenville, has Been secured to replace J.L. Johnson, who resigned to accept a principal’s posir tion at Bolivia. Mr. Tuckes, whose home is in Hopewell, Va., is how com pleting work on hiswnafcter’s degree at ECTC. He will teach the social studies.^ Mrs. David* Mayo of Belvoir has been secured to replace Miss Bath Parker as head of the home econo mics department. Mrs. Mayo received her training at ECTC and has had three years of teaching experience in the Conway high school. Miss Parker is doing graduate work at Woman’s College in Greensboro. _ , ■ Misses Bettie Jean and Frances Whitehurst of Betiiel, sisters, have accepted employment as teachers of the fourth and eighth grades, respec tively. They are graduates of ECTC and for the past two years have been teaching in the' Winston-Salem eity All of the new faculty members were highly recommended and Prin cipal Bundy stated that he feels the bcKooI is unusually fortunate in being able to securc such capable replace PERSONAL ITEMS Mr. Watson pointed out how ductive the Atlas 66 wheat is v compared to many other varii tested on his farm. 'He stre proper fertUirdtion of oata and w] s and triplet daugh '>t. Vincents’ hospital one ip the arms of riplets had the mm born November 19, walked, but the Sr., of Farmville. They are Rebecca (u] er left), and Claudia. JENNIS HARPER BUILDING Mr. and Mrs. i'arais Harper an constructing a home on North Con tentnea street on the lot adjacent to the Girl Scout hut. : repairing the damage. The line, how ever, fills the-long-felt need for some way of tapping outside sources of energy in event of future 'emergen cies. t. The board followed the county com missioners in maintaining the levies which had been ‘ in effect for two years. The county-wide rate,’ as shown, in the county budget published last week in The Enterprise, is . 90 cents per $l00-valuation. Farmville has a special tax rate-of hO cents per $100-valuation, for school pur poses. The total county and town rate will be $2.75 per $100. The tentative budget, prepared by ni_1. /w_a i . -w 1940-50. . * Clerk Paylor told the board Wed nesday night that 94 per cent of the 1949-50 levy had been collected. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Bailey returned home Tuesday night after spending the holiday* with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Parker of Charlotte. Phillip Shirley of Jacksonville was home ror a few days recently. Mrs. Neta Shackelford is spending the week with Mr .and Mrs. Floyd Sutton in Portsmouth, Va. Selma Herring has returned to her home Ihf Taikoro after visiting Mr. qJnd Mrs. Paul Craft. Mrs. Alice Tugwell is sending some time with her aster, Mrs. Ray West, Sr. Jean Owens of Raleigh visited friends here Saturday. * Mrs. Gordon Simmons, Sr., of Mors folk is spending her vacation with the H. ft Burch family. William Whitley of Winston-Salem was home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Whitley, for tile holidays. Mrs* I. F. Smith spent several days , recently with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mtirphy and family of Stontonsburg. of Norfolk, Va. Miss Ruby Rureb spent tile w «8»d with Miss Sara Griffin at home in Lynchburg, S. C. On Sun Miss Burch was accompanied h< by Miss Griffin, who entered EC on Monday for two weeks of stud’ Miss Hazel McKeel is spending' week with friends in Wilson. Mrs. Bob Phillips and children Phoenix, A rizona, are spending Dr. and Mrs. W. A* Marlowe. Marlowe's other daughter, Mrs. T my'Heard, and sou of Charlotte, also here. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron West
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