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Utter Describes
IhriUs Of Flight
To Puerto Rico
Sister of Mrs. C. E. Modlin Is
Amazed At Scientific Appa
' tus Involved In Aviation
The thrills which Mrs. R. W. Goode
experienced on a recent air trip from
ttaUigh to San Juan, Puerto Rico,
are described in a letter Mrs. Goode
sent back to her sister, Mrs. C. E.
Modlin. Mrs. Goode, who had been
melting her home in Raleigh, is now
living in San Juan with her son,
John F. Goode, who is with a U. S.
government service. Mrs. Goode’s
letter follows:
It seems so fortunate that every
hour of flight was so pleasant. It
happened that one young lady from
Richmond had a seat by me. On invi
tation from the mother of her fiance,
she was joining them at their home
in Atlanta to spend his vacation. . One
lady about the age ,f Clara was next
to me on the flight from Miami to
San Juan. She was from Louisiana
en route to visit * son in Puerto Rifeo
who is a surgeon in a hospital. There
was no time to nap j>ecause of vari
ous interests until I reached Miami
about 1:15 a. ri., re checked baggage
and went to hotel until 6:30. We took
plane in Miami at 7:45 and reached
here at 1:15. The time in the air
from Raleigh to Miami was unevent
ful but that within itself was in
teresting to me. Think of getting
on a plane, at toe Raleigh-Durham
airport at 7:45 p. m., and landing
five very short hours later at Miami,
feeling entirely refreshed. A storm
finally was on, and we were asked to
fasten our safety belts. Everything
was so well organized. There being
other planes aloft, we could hear the
instructions coming up from the land
ing tower to the planes, telling the
pilots to hold certain altitudes and
when each plane’s turn came to land.
The voice from the tower gives the
most minute instructions. Of course
plane travel 4s nothing new. but I am
amazed at the scientific apparatus
mvoiven.
The trip from Miami to Sian Juan
was even more thrilling, and in a
different way, mainly because it was
made in daylight. As the plane mov
ed out over Miami and headed for
the open sea, the loud speaker came
on, introducing all the ships’ person
nel: “Flight Captain H. D. Barnard;
Pilot E. A. Brown and Flight Attend
ants John Routh and J. B. Newman.”
It was more than a mere trip to
San Juan. It was a sight-seeing party
conducted with the idea of getting us
there safely, comfortably and pleas
antly. We climbed to an altitude of
7600 feet with a cruising speed of 250
miler per hour. More conversation
over the loud speaker but I believe
they called it the “public address
system.” •
The sun was shining brightly and
there were clouds below us. Suddenly
the clouds are above us and the earth
(or water) visible below, with the
voice telling us that we have just en
tered an air pocket and have drop
ped 1600 feet. We pass over Andros
Island with Nassau to the left, then
other smaller islands, seemingly no
larger than turtles, and then the Do
minican Republic on the right. As a
little girl I dreamed of floating on
clouds, but I- never thought that some
day I would be far above the clouds
and have lunch at an altitude of 7600
feet.
... .Here I am at home on a Naval
Reservation called San Patricio. I
want to convey only cm* idea' I have
had the most thrilling trip of my life.
Nevertheless, there is Spanish spoken
from every angle. Puerto Ricans are
jCatholics and stay together. The
Americans buy from observation.
Eggs are eggS and milk is milk as one
' sees iC etc. To us tropical fruit is
novel but gome very palatable, raw
or cooked. Trees and flowers here
are cared for.
Conduct Service At
Ormondsvflle Sunday
The Maury Raritan club will follow
itg usual custom of holding Kuritan
services in different churches of the
community on fifth Sundays by meet
ing in the Ormondsvills Free Will
Baptist church Sunday morning, July
Services will Begin at 11 o'clock
The speaker for the services will
be Judge Walter G. Sheppard, judge
JOf the Greene county Recorders Court
Mr. Sheppard has recently made s
study of Communism and his subjec
tor the occasion will be “Communism
What It Is, and What It Would D<
cast on their arrival in New York alter being flown from their
native French West Africa. Oldest of the group is the four-year
old male, at left. The youngest is eight months. The gorillas were
destined for zoos throughout the country. w
Thieves Enter Two Firms
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Two Farmville business houses—
Rose’s store on South Main street and
S-H Cleaners—were visited during
the week end by uninvited and un
welcomed guests.
The thieves, enterprising to say the
least, gained entrance to the second
floor stockroom of the Rose’s store
through a skylight. The door leading
from the stockroom into the office,
where the safe is located, was locked
but there were at least a dozen burnt
matches at the door, mute evidence
the robbers explored the possibility
of getting into the office. Manager
J. P. Jones stated that insofar as he
could tell nothing was missing from
his stockroom.
At the cleaning plant, the intruder
stepped into a cleaning solution and
left his tracks. Two watches and a
small amount of change were miss
ing. Entry was gained through a
back window.
At The Rotary Club
“If the ‘rule’ of the ‘Master Teach
er’ were carried out more often,” said
Rev. Edwin Coates as he addressed
the Rotary club Tuesday night, “soc
ial evils would "disappear, human life
would take on a different aspect and
truly a golden age would be ushered
in which would affect all phases of
life—family, social and political—and
the church.”
The Golden Rule, which just means
exchanging places with the other fel-,
low, easily understood by any ration
al creature, doesn’t require much
practice or thought to use, if we
would but think of others and their
rights.
. The great Rule, though not compul
sory as a military rule, is all inclusive
in its scope and could be the answer
to many of our understandings, if but
given a chance.
John Lewis reported that some
thing like $330.50 had been turned in
by the Committee and forwarded to
the proper authorities in the storm
area.
Twelve members were absent; how
ever, it is hoped that several of these
made up the meeting so that the at
tendance percentage will be improved
upon. •
Martin Swartz was a visitarian
from the Greenville club and John B.
Lewis had as his guest, Darius White,
Jr., who is operating the Western Au
to Store. Lowell Liles was presented
by his father, Manly Idles.
Riddick Freeman received, the fel
lowship prize and John Lewis the at
tendance prize. Jimmie Darden will
be in charge of the program next
week. s
Walter Jones, dub president, pre
sided.
Fires Destroy Tobacco
Barn And Feed Bam
is Heirs’Farm
»„„ destroyed a tobacco bam and
a feed bam last week on one of the
farms of the R. L. Davis estate.
Flames of undetermined origin
swept through a bam of green tobac
co Thursday morning on a farm off
the Snow Hill highway. The bam
was tended by Ed Joyner. A small a
mount of the tobacco was saved.
Lightning during, a severe electri
cal storm Friday afternoon set fire
to a feed bam on the Davis Heirs'
farm, at the home of Raymond Gray
on the plank road. Mules standing in
tot’ escaped without harm and
rs helped Gray keep flames
to another building
Stabilization Gets 8 Per
Cent of Wednesday’s
Sales in Georgia Belt
Carl T. Hicks of Walstonburg,
president of the Flue-cured Tobacco
Stabilization Corporation, who was in
town yesterday, stated that the gov
ernment received about 8 uer cent of
Wednesday’s sales on the Georgia and
Florida tobacco belt. The government
received only about 2 per cent of the
sales on opening day, as contrasted
with more than 17 per cent on the
opening a year ago.
Border Markets open next week.
High prices in Georgia have been en
couraging to those awaiting the start
of sales here 'on-’'August 18, but
sales on the border markets will be
a more reliable barometer for anti
cipating sales in this belt.
Tobacco in this immediate area is
curing quite well, say those who
have been “out among” the growers,
and backers of the Farmville market
are enthusiastic over prospects for
the coming season.
Farmville Will Play
Ormondsvijle In Two
Games This Week End
The final month of play in the
Bright Belt baseball league gets un
derway this week end with Farmville,
in second place, only a game and one
half behind Macclesfield, playing the
third place Ormondsville team. Or
mondsville is only two games behind
Farmville and a clean sweep of the
two-game series would deadlock the
teams for runner-u^) position.
The teams play here Saturday
night and in Ormondsville on Sunday
afternoon.
Farmville defeated Walstonburg
last week end, 8-7 on Saturday night
and 4-0 on Sunday afternoon.
W. A. McAdams, superintendent
JACK RILEY JQINS JOURNALISM
DEPARTMENT AT CAROLINA
Jack Riley, whose work as feature
editor of the ‘News and Observer has
earned him the distinction of being
one of the best-known newspapermen
in North Carolina, on Sept. 1 will
become a staff member of the School
of Journalism at the University of
North Carolina. Riley, who becomes
the eighth nreffibers of the rapidly
expanding journalism school, will
conduct courses designed* to teach the
young journalists to edit and manage
weekly newspapers.
The “professor” is well qualified,
both from standpoint of experience
and personality, for his new positions
Married to the former Miss Nita
Townsend of , iftxmville, Riley is
well known in this community. The
community’s best wishes go with him
to his new role.
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Line To Ballards
TTndai* Conatsn/itinn
of
HdHi-ugm depart
ment, says ^hat early next week
workmen will begin stringing wire on
the emergency line the town is build
to Ballards, at which point it will tap
Greenville's lines and enable the town
to obtain power during the period
engines at thelocal plant are being
repaired.
All of the materials required for
the line have been received with the
exception of one carload of poles.
says he anticipates the
energized within three
Average prices for most grades of
fered in heaviest volume on Georgia'
Florida flue-cured tobacco markets oi
Monday, opening day, brought aver
age prices ranging up to $13.25 pei
hundred more than on first sales Iasi
year. Most gains, however, were only
$4.00 and $5.00. Volume of sale)
was heavy on all markets.
According to the United States De
partment'of Agriculture, gains were
were $4.00 to $7.00 higher, low to
general. Low to good leaf offerings
good cutters $3.00 to $5.00. and fail
to choice lugs $2.00 to $6.00 Hie
shaipest increase was a gain of
$13.25 for best thin nondescript. Sev
eral markets estimated morning sales
averaging from $52.00 to $56.00 per
hundred.
The general quality of the tobacco
showed improvement, as a whole. Of;
ferings were thinner.b'klied and of
better color than on early sales last
season. Proportions of cutter and
lug grades increased and less leaf
was marketed. Lugs' and cutters
are the more desirable offerings for
cigarette manufacturers. Most bas
kets auctioned contained low to fine
lugs, low and fair cutters, and fair
leaf.
Estimated receipts . of the Flue
cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabiliza
tion Corporation, under the Govern
ment loan program, ranged from 2
per cent to 8 per cent on several rep
resentative markets. Most low and
medium quality grades brought aver
age prices well above their loan
values but better grades of lugs and
cutters were oniy $1.00 to $2.00 a
bove.
On opening day last year, the Sta
bilization Corporation received 17.4
per cent of the marketings.
At The Kiwanis Club
Bill Creekmur, fortified with an
impressive-looking encyclopedia to
which he referred fellow Kiwanians
who failed to agree with him, staged
a quiz program Tuesday night with
free cigars, candy and cigarettes for
those who answered correctly, "ac
cording to the book.” Those who did
not answer their questions received
the cigars, candy or cigarettes, but
they had to pay for them, and the
proceeds went to the child welfare
fund, of which Bill is chairman.
Jack Johnson, who has been a
member of the local faculty for two
years, was the guest of Jack Lewis.
Said Jack in introducing his guest,
“He’s leaving us for a better job but
not for a better town.”
Alex Allen, Jr., was the guuit ;.aC
his father. “Big" Alex toli the club
that he was having his son as a guest
in fulfillment of a promise made to
celebrate the young man’s birthday.
Methodist Pastor And
Family Leave Next
Week On Vacation
Rev. H. L. Davis, pastor of the
Methodist church, will use as his ser
mon topic Sunday morning “Live To
day.”
Rev. and Mrs. Davis and daughter,
Jean, will leave Tuesday on their
vacation. There will be no preaching
services until the fourth Sunday in
August, but Sunday School will be
held as usual at 10 o’clock each Sun
day morning.
The Davises will visit Mr. Davis'
mother, Mrs. H. M. Davis, in Robbins
for a few days before going to the
Cool Springs charge near Statesville
where Mr. Davis will hold a vreek’i
revival. They will spend the remain
der of their vacation in Nashville,
Tenn., with Mr. and Mrs. Graham J
Davis and will attend the graduation
of theif son, Graham, from Peabody
college on Friday, August 18. lit
route home’ the minister and his fam
ily will visit Brenau college in Gaines
ville, Ga., where Graham Davis hai
accepted a position in the science de
partment.
Rev. Bill Morton To%
Substitute For Local
Vacationing Pastoi
I OF WEDLOCK.—Celebrating their 72nd weddinganni
tr. and Mrs. James Wheeler o* Denver, Colo., posed with
this time-honored symbol of domestic life, a rolling pin. Mr.
Wheeler didn't seem amused but bis wife flashed a knowing wink
at the photographer.
About Farmville People
Mrs. Harry Cooke and daughter,
Ann, of Mount Olive spent a few
days last week with the former’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Smith.
Jimmy Pollard left last Wedneday
for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Andrews in Mount Olive. Robert Pol
lard spent a few days last week with
the Andrews.
Mrs. Mark W. Joyner and daugh
ter, Pat, spent the week end in
Columbia with Mrs. H. N. McClees,
who returned with them Tuesday for
a visit. -
Miss Mary Alice Gray and Pat
Gray Of Cary spent Sunday with t^eir
aunt, Mrs. tW. J. Rasberry.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wheless and
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Wheless spent
Sunday in Durham with Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Wheless.
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Johnson and
Mn'Mren, Sandra and Diane, of Wash
ington, D, C., spent a few days this
week with Mrs. Johnson’s brother, E.
N. Petteway.
.. Mr. an'd Mrs. J. 0. Pollard and
their housegpests, Mis. Edwin Hatch
and Mrs.- W. B. Chapin of Pittsboro,
attended a performance of “The Lost
“Colony” at Manteo Wednesday.
Capt. and Mrs. E. H. Ardnt, USMC,
of LaFayette, Ind., spent the week
end with'Mr. and Mrs. W. Jesse
Moye. Capt. Ardnt, who will be sta
tioned at Cherry Point at the conclu
sion of his furlough; served with Mr.
Moyte in Nicaragua. >
' Mr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor of Nor
folk, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Taylor, Jr., and son of Cincinnati,
Ohio, have returned to their homes
after visiting Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Mo
zingo.
Amos Mozingo, who has been at
home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Mozingo since February, has
been recalled to'his job at the Navy
yard in Norfolk.
Miss Irene Barfield of- Arlington,
Va., spent-last week with her brother,
Milton Barfield, and Mrs. Barfield.
“ Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Alphin^ Mrs.
J. I. Abernathy and Mrs, Leon Jones
and son, Jimmy, spent the week end
at Carolina Beach. v .
Linda and Charles Dail are spend
ing two weeks with their aunt, Mrs.
Perry Thornton, in Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Mozingo spent
the week end in Norfolk, Va,, with
Mrs. Jack McDavid and daughter,
Martha Parker, left this week to
spend several weeks with relatives at
Fairhope, Ala.
Mis. L. £11 /Overman and son, Brad,
of Washington, D. C.
are spending
this week with her sister, Mrs. M. W.
Rollins. Mr. Overman arrived Wed
nesday to spend the remainder of the
week here.
Mis. Martha Herring of Roanoke
Rapids and Mrs. E. W. Staton of
Scotland Neck spent the week and
with their sister and daughter, Mrs.
M. W. Rollins.
Mr. and Mrs. Vassar Fields spent
the week end in Washington, D. C,
They were accompanied home by
Mrs. Jack Downs, who is spending
thiB week with them.
Mrs. W. H. Baber of Gallatin,
Tenn., arrived last week for a three
weeks’ visit with her daughter, Mis.
I. D. Kirklin.
Miss Gertrude Bundy of Camp But
ner spent the week end with rela
lives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Jones, Jr., a|d
children, Will and Julie, spent Sunday
it Morehead City. •
Miss Jen Easley is spending sever
a days in Smithfield with relative*.
lbs. Ferry Bundy, Mrs. Molln
Murphrey, J. B. Bundy and Mrs. Net
tie Joyner visited Mrs. Frances John
son near Hookerton Tuesday after
noon. , ' '
kinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Joyner and
children, Larry and Carole, of Nor*
folk, Va., are guests of Mrs. Carrie
Belle Joyner.
LeRoy Rollins, who is on the Lum
berton tobacco market, snent the
week end at his home here.
Miss Jane Boatwright of Tenille,
Ga., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. B.
Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Williams of Co
lumbus, 0., will arrive Saturday to
spend 10 .days with Mrs. G. S. Wil
liams.
J. B. Ellis is on the Blackshear,
Ga., tobacco market.
Mrs. James Edwards and Mr. and
Mrs.^J. Hugh Robinson of Washing
ton visited Mrs. G. S. Williams, Mrs.
Edwards’ mother, Tuesday en route
to West Palm Beach, Fla., for a visit.
Mrs. Pete Dixon and children, Ray
and Nonie, and Mrs. W. W. Welton
and children spent the week end in
Fayetteville with Mrs. Dixon’s sister,
Mrs. W. E. Heath, and Sgt. Heath.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Ross and
daughter of Raleigh are spending a
few days with Mrs. Ross’ aunt, Mrs.
H. W. Kemp.
Miss Barbara Hales of Baltimore,
M<L, is spending several weeks with
her aunt, Mrs. H. W. Kemp.
Misses Jean -Suggs and Shirley
Fulghum of Halifak spent several
days last week with the latter's aunt,
Mrs. Manly Liles.
Mrs. Molly Flanagan of Wilson
spent a few days this week with Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Pollard, Jr., and Mr.
and Mrs. R. D. Rouse, Jr.
E. C. Cirr left Wednesday to visit
friends in Newport News, Va., sev
eral days.
Flave Darden and son, Bruce,- are
on the tobacco market at Live Oak,
Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Rexfoxd Crumpler of
Illinois visited the .former's uncle,
Leon Crumpler, Tuesday.'
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Gilbert and
sons of Norfolk, Va., will spend next
week with Mr. Gilbert’s mother, Mrs.
L. F. Daughety.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Edwards and
daughter^ .Mary Ellen, spent a "few
days last week in Newport News, Va.,
with Mr. Edwards' sister, Mr?. C. W.
Wellons, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Eason, Jr., and
sons, Butch and David, are spending
S week at the Eason cottage at Atr
lantic Beach.
Miss Lula Lee Eason, student nurse
at Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem,
arrived Tuesday to spend two weeks
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
lie Eason. • >.
Miss Alice Berry, student at ACC,
will spend the week end with Miss
Nell Beaman.
Mrs. E. S. Hatem and children
have returned to Shawnee, Ohio, after
visiting Mrs. Hatem’s mother, Mrs.
G. S. WiUiams.
Mrs. David Golin of Richmond,
Va., spent a few days this week with
her sister, Mrs. C. L. Beaman, who
returned with her for a week end
vi?it. /
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson and
daughter are leaving today to attend
the Davis-Craig wedding in Lindoln
ton Saturday. They will spend next
week at Ridgecrest with Mr. and Mrs.
George Davis at their summer home.
Mrs. Lenna Bland and daughter,
Audrey, of Bethel visited the form
er’s aunt, Mrs. Fred Smith, Sunday.
Mrs. Tom Harris and daughter,
Janet, moved this week from the Hor
ton hotel apartments to 807 W. Fifth
street, Greenville. - v
Mrs. Paul E. Jones, Lt.-Col. and
Mrs. Charles M. Duke and
it the* Bogue Sound club,
city, i msmm
Dr. Paul •
ference of
hraiifina Hotter Of
115^
Television Show
Joan Shirley, 11 Years Old, Is
Making Hit On Norfolk
Program
Blonde Joan Shirley of Portsmouth,
Vs., 11-year-old granddaughter of
Mrs. Lelia Shirley of Farmville, made
her eighth appearance on a Norfolk'
television show, “Wits End,” Wednes
day night. Joan, her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Robert Shirley, and her seven
year-old-brother, Bobby, spent part oj
their vacation last week with Mrs.
Shirley. '
Bacfcin the spring all 8- to 18-year
old children in the Norfolk and
Portsmouth schools who had
A's and B’b Were asked to tryout for
a place on this television show, which
made its debut in May. A Philadel
phia television representative inter
viewed 80 children and four were se
lected for the first show. Joan Was
on the second show, which is very
similar to the radio program, ‘“Twen
ty Questions.” Two boys <yid two
girls are on each program; Accord
ing to the decision of five secret
judges, One boy and one girl return
for the program the following week.
Not only does Joan have e perfect
record in not having missed one of the
subjects, but she is quite poised,
even with the temperature standing
at 100 degrees thronghont the show,
and with batteries of lights focused
on her each time she asks a question.
Her ability to ask questions and
guess the subjects comes to a great
extent from reading. In addition to
studying violin and piano and parti
cipating in activities of her Girl Scout
troop, she reads an average of three
books weekly during school. She will
be a seventh grade student at- Cooke
Street school, which her mother, the
former Mildred Halstead, also attend
ed.
Mr. Shirley, who works for the
United States Steamship lines, has
taken his family with him for the
past few summers when he visited the
head office in New York. Trips to
Baltimore and other places have giv
en Joan opportunity to see many
points of interest.
For his first appearance on- the
show, each child receives a record
player. Afterwards, he receives an
album of records and $5.00. Joan has
set a record for her appearances.
Two boys, who are cousins, retained
their places on the program four
weeks.
The television station is 'greatly
pleased with attractive Joan, who
televises well, and feels that she
would have possibilities on other pro
grams if she were seven or eight
years older.
Mr& Holmes On Staff
Of Two State Baptist
Conferences In Aug.
Mrs. E. W. Holmes will be one of
the leaders in the two annual Sunday
School assemblies of the Baptist
State Convention. The- first will be
held at Fruitland, near Henderson
ville, July 31-Augnst 6, and the sec
ond at Caswell, near Southport, Aug.
7-12..
There are 2,899 Sunday Schools in
the state with a membership of 636,
99. A challenging program is being
planned and a good: attendance is ex
pected.
Among the splicers will be Dr.
Phil Elliott, president of Gardner
Webb Junior College at Boiling
Springs; J; N. Barnette, superintend
ent of Sunday School for Southern
Baptist Convention, Nashville, Tenn.;
A. V. Washburn, superintendent of
Teacher Training, Southern Baptist
Convention, Nashville,. Tenn.; Sibley
Burnette, Associate. Vacation Bible
School worker, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr.
J. L. Corzine, Sunday School secre
tary, Columbia, S. C.
Other speakers and conference
leaders will be: L. L. Morgan, Ba
eigh; D. P. Brooks, Lexington; Mrs.
Myra S. Mptley, Raleigh; Miss May
Bomar, Spartanburg, S. C.; Mrs. C.
R. Hinton, Greenville, S. C.; Mrs. C.
D. Bain, Dunn; Mrs. F. A. Bower,
Morganton; and Mrs. L. L* Carpenter,
ohn D. Holmes of Raleigh
will be in charge of music. Mrs.
Holmes is a former resident of Farm
viiie. Hi