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: BUY_BANK ... SELL... ■ IN FARMVILLE .4 ^ . FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, I960 VOLUME FORTY-ONE . IN PARMYILLE Tuesday Morning Claudius Mercer, 47, of near Wal stonburg was killed early Tuesday morning, between 2 and 3 o’clock, by a southbound Norfolk-Southern train, one mile west of Walstonburg. Mer cer’s headless and battered body was found after daylight by the crew of the train following the one which hit him. Sheriff Cobb of Greene county, one of the investigating officers, stated that Mercer apparently was s&leep on the tracks. A spokesman for the railroad company stated that Mercer had been asleep on the tracks before but that the train crew had seen Him in time to stop. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from the home of his mother, with the Rev. L. B. Bennett, pastor c-f the Walstonburg Christian church, con ducting the rites. Mercer was a mem ber of Rev. Bennett’s church. Burial was made in the family cemetery nthrby. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sally Craft Mercery a sister, Mrs. D. L. Bateman of Rocky Mount; four brothers, Harvey and Jacob of Wal stonburg, Clifton and Charlie of Nor folk, Va. Town Hall Presents Improved Appearance Since the town’s net worth is in excess of $1,300,000, officials vested with the responsibility of directing its affairs are in positions comparable to that of directors of a corporation or business worth- $1,300,000. The operation of a business of this size requires the expenditure of huge hums of money and Farmville’s Board of Commissioners spent a lot in man aging the town’s affairs. To a man, however, they will agree with Com missioner O. G. Spell who, viewing the improved appearance of the town hall after the repainting and renova ting work, declared Tuesday night that the cost of the job ($600) was the best expenditure the board could' make. v Mayor Walter B. Jones presided at the meeting. Commissioners Spell, R. O. Lang, Jr., Claude Joyner and Fred Moore were present.' The fifth mem ber of the board, John M. Stansill, is on vacation. Walstoakorg Man Bed By Train PERSONAL ITEMS President Bobby Rouse, Herbert Moore, Grimes Lewis’ and Dr. Frank Harris of the Farmville Junior Chamber of Commerce attended the district meeting in Jacksonville Thursday night. The next district meeting will be held here in the fall. S. S. Farabow and son, William Sidney of Charlotte spent Thursday night with Dr. Paul E. Jones. Archie Speight entered Woodards Herring hospital, Wilson, last week for treatment. Mr. Speight’s mother, Mrs. Ora Speight ,of near Stantons burg, who has been ill for several months, is slightly improved. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Copeland of Durham and Mr. and Mrs. 0. G. Spell spent a few days last week at Blowing Rock, Linville Falls, Mqunt Mitchell and other points of interest in western North Carolina. They at tended the pageant, “Unto These Hills,” at Cherokee Saturday night. Friends will be glad to learn that Mrs. J. I. Abernathy, who underwent an operation at"Duke hospital Friday, is improving. Mr. and Mrs. A. MacLeod Freeman and children and )5dward Cook of Ft. Worth, Texas, wfll leave Sunday to visit relatives in Fayetteville after Bpending several days with Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Smith. Mr. MacLeod’s mother, Mrs. Bertha M> Paul of Washington, will, accompany them home. Mrs. S. E. Ewell is visiting the Brewer sisters in New Bern this week. ' Mrs. Ben Lewis, who as ffl at her home, is improving. ^ Mrs. Robert Teel spent a few days this week in Metter, Ga., with Mr. ' ' ‘“'was on the tobacco market SCARED SOUSAPtfONIST Little ladies and giant sousa phones seldom make harmonious companions as two - year - old Korolyn Low proved at the 48th annual Music Industry Trade show in Chicago. Unable to ex tricate herself from the mam moth instrument after an ear shattering solo passage. Miss Low let loose with a. scream that brought music dealers racing to the scene of discord. At The Rotary Club With the assistance of a loud speaker, James Darden presented a transcribed program of current events of several years ago, “I Can Hear It Now.” The attendance prize was won by Jesse Moye. Dr. J. G. Eaby was a visitarian from Tarboro. Col. Charles M. Duke and son, Charles, Jr., were guest® of Dr. Paul Jones, and Dr. Chas. E. Fitzgerald had as his guest, P. M. Cate, Jr., of Pahokee, Fla. Board Will Consider Extending City Limits The Board of Commissioners Tues day night voted to consider, at the meeting on September 5, the annexa tion of two sections adjacent to the city. ' ' ' < The two sections under considera tion are on the eastern edge of town, and the section on the Fountain high^ running from the Fountain highway to North Main street, skirting the golf course and Country club. Full description of the properties in question will be given in next week’s paper. John D. Walston, 73, Succumbs At His Home Final rites for John D. Walston, 73, who was found dead at his home about noon Friday, were held Sunday President Bobby Rouse presided at a semi-monthly meeting of the Farm ville Junior Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night of last week in the Royal Grill. ' The* attendance prize, donated by KlliS Knbil, was won by Hap Nichola Harry Candler of Hfflnderson was he guest of his brother, Bill Cand ler. , Prior to the meeting a steak sup per was served. afternoon from the home on the Farmville-Wilson highway. Mr. Walston, a retired farmer, had been in poor health for several months. Rev. E. S. Coates, pastor of the Farm ville Presbyterian church, was assisted by Rev. J. D. Young, Snow Hill Methodist minister, ip conduct ing the rites. Interment was in Ta bernacle Methodist church cemetery near Walstonburg where Allie Jones, his first wife who died in 1913, and Letha Speight, his second wife who died in 1937, are buried. Members of the Presbyterian choir, assisted by Miss Ruthe Tyson, sang “My Faith Looks up to Thee," “How Firm a Foundation," and at the graveside “Have Thine Own Way.” Surviving are a daughter, Mias Cornelia L. Walston of the home; four sons, William, James and Fred of Walstonburg; RFD, and Sam of Greenville, Route 1; a foster daugh ter, Mrs. Jessie O’Quinn of Farm ville, Route 1* and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Laws Passed To Curb Recklessness On Local Streets - ' ■ ; • > ■ A campaign to lessen the danger ol traffic accidents in Farmville and tc improve parking habits in the busi ness district was taken TueSdaj night when the Board of Commis sioners, evidently tired of having its safe-driving pleas ignored by* the public, took the following two steps! (1) Adopted an ordinance setting the speed limit at 26 miles per houi in the residential section of town and 20 miles an hour in the business district. The ordinance aim prohibits motorists from making a U-turn or any street or at any intersection. (2) Ordered a strict accounting ol tickets issued by policemen for viola tion of traffic regulations and pul teeth in the way tickets are to be handled. The i>an on U-turns and the limits on speeds were voted into effect when the executives agreed that certain streets in town were fast becoming speedways and that the practice ol turning around at intersections was creating a hazard which, sooner ci later, they feared would result ir disaster. The town board also directed that j proper signs be erected on streets t( indicate the speed limit. In ordering that a strict account ing be made -of tickets issued bj officers, the board directed that al! 1 local motorists who receive a tickel ; for failure to observe traffic laws will be assessed one dollar, unless the] prefer to take the matter into cits ' court and let the judge rule on the guilt or innocence of the offender The board decreed that leniency is tc be shown out-of-towners for the firsl offense; but that the second offense ’ vjould cost out-of-towners one dollar also. The reckless driving problem- has been disturbing the commissioners for several months, and scarcely a meeting is held without someone bringing up the question. The park ing problem bobs up from time tc i time, the seriousness rising and fall ing in proportion to the efforts ol • policempn to enforce the laws. Dr. Paul E. Jones, Jr., Practices In Kannapolis Dr. Paul E. (Ras) Jones, Jr., left the first of the week to become asso ciated with Dr. Joseph B. Johnston Jr., in Kannapolis in the practice oi Paul E. Jones, was on the staff oi Watts hospital, Durham, for the past two years. He practiced at Charlotte Memorial hospital for ond year. Prom July, 1945, to September, 1946, lu served in the Navy. He graduated from the University of North Caro lina and received his degree in medi cine from Jefferson Medical college Philadelphia, in 1944. He interned a< Philadelphia General hospital. MARLBORO NEWS Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Bissette of Wil son and Sgt. and Mrs. W. M. E$am and children of Fort Dix, N. J., wen Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. T Joyner. S|gt. Evans is leaving foe overseas duty next week. Mrs. Etta Gray Welton and Misi Doris Taylor visited friends in Fay etteville. Mr. and Mrs. James Combs o: Reidsville were guests Sunday of Mi and Mrs. Pete Dixon. Mrs. Combs i Mr. Dikon’s sister. • Mrs. Mollie Flanagan of Wilsoi and Mrs. Appie Flanagan visited Mr* Sally Joyner Sunday afternoon. Mrt r ; 1 y Town and Country "rj? .Vi*'* V .J-&. (By James B. Hockaday) It is generally agreed that the tempo of life becomes faster as the size of a town increases, thus caus ing a great deal of confusion and rush. Some frifends of ours in one el the State's largest cities have a young son who recently finished Ws first year of school. One morning during the closing days of the term, the fhm ily had gotten off to a late start. The mother, who had been accustomed to driving the young man to school each morning, instructed the father to fin ish getting the boy’s breakfast into him while she got out the car. She backed out the automobile, headed for the school, and was nearly there be fore she finally rallied that she had left the youngster at home! From Moffett Field, California, comes word that the Army has air plane models flirting with air speeds of relative impossibility. Engineers say, in theory, there is apparently no limit to the speed at which missiles and airplanes can travel and still stay in one piece. The following limerick epitomizes, somewhat, according to the Riristian Science Monitor, the thinking of those aeronautical experts who have made possible model tests up to an incredible speed of 11,000 miles an hour, 15 times the speed ol sound! There- was a young fellow named White, Who flew beyond the speed of light He went off one day In a relative way, 1 And returned the preceding night. > . __ Sunday’s* issue of The News and Observer enumerated some of the dif ferent versions of the Lord’s Prayer, as repeated by children who so often come up with peculiar phraseology. One little boy kept'saying, “Harold be Thy Name.” Another begged, “Give us this day our jelly bread,” while one youngster froril New York prayed, “Lead us not into Penn Sta tion.” One of my favorite juvenile ver sions of Biblical passages is the one Mickey Joyner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Joyner, used when he was re peating the 23rd Psalm for Miss Myrtle Nichols, his Sunday School teacher. Said the practical-minded Mickey: “Thy rod and Thy reel they comfort mei” i ' At The Kiwanis Club Two young ladies who have been attending college with the help of a Kiwanis scholarship loan and another who intends to enter for the first time this fall were guests Monday night of the Kiwahis club and each ex pressed her appreciation of the con fidence and faith given them by the club. The three speakers, dll of them top-notch? in ability and looks, were Melba Jean Baker, who has been at tending Mars Hill college for tw? years; Ruth Moore, a student at the Shenandoah Conservatory in Dayton, Va.,( and Jennie Mprphy, who will enter Woman’s college in September. \ John Jones had charge of the pro gram, and Alex Allen, who was one of the first to support the Kiwanif Exposition which raises funds for the scholarship loans, introduced the l ladies. The presence of the three was an inspiration for the club, which now it making plans for its annual affair. Other guests of the dub were Bill Jones, Emma Sue Ncumey, Robert Bruce Owen and Stanley Tyson, the four high school students selected bj the faculty as showing- the most im provement during the year. ? NEWEST FIGHTER—Hie Air Force’s newest Jet penetration fighter, the XF-90, foreground, flashes through desert skies over “ureeAir Force Base, Calif., on a flight test accompanied by an „ other Lockheed-built jet fighter, the F-80 “Shooting Star* The XF-90, designed to operate deep within enemy territory, has made a number of successful test flights. About Farmville People -:--— - — - - ^ Miss Jessie Hodges of Baltimore, Md., is visiting her brother, T. M. Hodges. Mrs. Walter Hobgood and son, William Edtiprd, spent last week in Newport News and Norfolk, Va., with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Johnson of Columbia, S. C., spent the week end with Mr, and Mrs. L. B. Johnson. Mrs. John P. Jones spent a few days last week in Virginia and at* tended the funeral of her sister-in law, Mrs. Lewis Smith, in Charlottes ville, Tuesday. Mrs. W. C. Comnally of Miami, Fla., who is.visiting in Fountain, and Mrs. J~. R. Harris returned Friday from a visit to friends in Baltimore, Md. Libby James of Greenville is spend ing the week with her cousin, Douglas uurganus. Friends will regret to learn that Mrs. C. M. Kelly is ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. E. Gladson, in Greenville. Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Gregg and chil dren will spend Sunday in Pollocks ville with, relatives. Miss Rosa Williams, Hal Winders and Mrs. Canary Thomas spent Sun day in Smithfieid with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Eason and chil dren of'Red Springs spent Sunday with Mr. end Mrs. John Eason. Bobby and Billy Eason returned with their uncle to spend a few days. \ Mrs. Lang . Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Carol Modlin and daughter left Tuesday night to spend a week at a cottage on the Pamlico river. Mr. and Mrs. Louis. Dixon of Wil son and Mrs. Hubert Dixon spent last week visiting relatives in Hot Springs and Charlottesville, Va., and touring the Natural Bridge and other points of interest. Rev. 3. B. T. Cox and son, Chand ler, left Sunday to snend several days in West Point, Va. Mrs. Cox and children, Pajil and Jans, return ed with them after a visit to rela tives. Miss Jean Forbes of Hampton, Va., iB visiting her grandmothers, Mrs. George Burnette and Mrs. Lula Forbes. Ann Britt, who underwent an ope ration at the Orthopedic hospital in Gastonia, recently, returned home Sunday and is able to be up. Mrs. Adrain Paramore has re covered from a- virus infection. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rasberry spent a few days last week at Morehead City. Mrs. Franklin Bryant of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. L/L. Bryant of Frank lin, Va., were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lewis. Mrs. Frank Cooper of Kinston is spending several days with her broth er, Leonard Joyner. Mrs. G. E. Thompson has returned C. A. Tyson is improving from a re cent illness. Mrs. S. H. Bundy and grandson, Craig Harris, will leave Sunday for a visit to Bill Bundy in Chester, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Poplin and Mrs. P. M. Foster of Norfolk, Va., spent Monday and Tuesday with Mrs. Poplin’s and Mrs. Foster’s sister, Mrs. W. A. McAdams, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller and daughter, Grace, have gone to Lum berton where Mr. Miller will work on the tobacco market for about three weeks. ;■* Frankie Sullivan has returned to Greensboro after visiting her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Tugwell. Mrs. Charles Griffin and son, Mil lard, of Wilson and Mrs. Alex Allen and'son, Alex, Jr., accompanied Mrs. F. M. Davis, Sr., and Miss Elizabeth Davis to Blowing Bock last Thursday. The Griffins and Allen, returned home Monday. Mrs. E. L. Roebuck and son, Kent, are spending several dayB in Hamil ton with the former’s mother, Mrs. S. M. Ewell. x ' Miss Janie Johnston, Pitt county public health nurse, spent last week at the Coastal Plains Camp for Crip pled Children near Washington. Mrs. Jack Spencer of Rocky Mount and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Worsley of Oak City visited Mr. and Mrs. Hay wood Smith Sunday. Miss Jean Baker, Fountain brijle elect, was honored at a luncheon giv en by Mrs. L. W. Umstead in Raleigh Tuesday. Attending from Farmville were Misses Lola Grey' Kemp and Seleta Tucker, and from Fountain, the honoree, her mother, Mrs. W. J. Baker, and Miss Catherine Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Allen and son and Mr.; and Mrs. Claude Tyson and daughter spent Sunday in 111 lington with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harris. Mrs. Augustus Rogers of Lake Alfred, Fla., and Wilson arrived Mon day to spend several weeks with her sister, Mrs. R. O. Lang. Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy C. Meade and sons, Ray, Tim and Rod. of Starkey, Va., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Joy£6r, Mrs. Meade's parents. Richard Joyner is s. ending the week with his cousin, Roy Thomas Carraway, near Maury. Mrs. Charles A. Joyner and chil dren, Nancy and Charles, are spendr ing this week in Norfolk, Va. Mrs. A. M. Morgan of Baldwin, N. Y., spent several days last week with her cousin, Mrs. R. L. Spivey. Mrs. Eli Garner of Elm City, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles Fitzgerald, entered Duke hospital Monday for examination and treatment. * Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lewis and daughters spent last week at More head City with Mrs. J. A. Mewborn Mr. and Mrs. Rom Webber attend ed a performance of “The Lost Grandchild Of Local Couple Is r» . • Funeral services for Barbara. Eilene Freeman were held from the Farmville Funeral home at 2:30 Wed nesday afternoon with Rev. H. L. Davis, pastor of the Farmville Meth odist church, in charge. Interment was in Forest Hills cemetery. Barbara died of bulbar polio at 3:30 Friday afternoon at City-County hos pital, Fort Worth, Texas, where she resided with her parents, Hr. and Mrs. Augustus MacLeod Freeman. Barbara, who had been in and out of an iron lung since she was hospi talized on June 21, celebrated her eleventh birthday July 20 with a small party in the polio ward of the hospital. She had a cake with 11 candles. Shewas the ninth person to die from polio this year in Fort Worth. Barbara would have been a sixth grade student this fall at Arlington Heights elementary school. She ex celled in art mid had won honors for her paintings which were eXhhibited in the Fort Worth schools’ art festi val. She was an “A” student. Her artistic efforts also found expression in crocheting and embroidering. The child’s mother is the fomrer Miss Mary Elizabeth Smith of Farm yille. Mr. Freeman is a native of North Carolina and is now a procure ment assistant for the U. S. Weather Bureau at Fort Worth. The child is survived by her par ents; a brother, A. MacLeod Free man. Jr.; a sister, Ann Shepherd Freeman, all of Fort Worth; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Smith of Farmville and Mrs. Bertha MacLeod Paul of Washington, N. C. Active pallbearers were Arch and Curtis Flanagan and R. P. Wheless of Farmville, James G. Sibith of Green ville, J. B. MacLeod of Robbins and N. C. MacLeod of Fayetteville. Among out-of-town relatives and friends attending the funeral were Miss Dorothy Wilson and Richard Wilson of Durham, Mrs. Ralph Rec tor of Kensington, Md., Mrs. Royal Stephenson, of Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs. George Hinton and Miss Sally Klingenschmitt of Kepljr; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. MacLeod1 and Mr. and Mrs. Cary L. MacLeod of Carthage, Mrsi David McCallum of Southern Pines, Mrs. Bertha MacLeod Paul, Mrs. H. B. Carawan, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Paul and daughter, Beth, of Washington, N. C., Mrs. T. J. Herring of Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Tea beaut of Fayetteville, Edward Cook of Fort Worth, Texas. ~ Tomorrow ;aienaar of Our »ghbors’ Events •—i— • might p. m.—Miss Betty Rose Wil kersou gives supper at her home, "Rosedell,* for Miss Ramona Rouse and Ralph Tucker, bridal couple. 00 p. m.—Tucker-Rouse wedding rehearsal at Walstonburg Meth odist church. 9:00 p. m.—Mr. and Mrs. George c!asoA of Show Hill give cake cutting for Tucker-Rouse wed 11:00 a. m.—Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Hicks and Miss Anne Hicks of Walstonburg give wedding breakfast for Tucker-Rouse wed ding party. 5:00 p. m.—Tucker-Rouse wedding at the Walstonburg Methodist church. Reception immediately afterwards at home of bride. 8:30 s. m.—Bames-Baker rehear sal at Fountain Baptis church. Cake cutting immediately after Mrs. Herman
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