Farmville Legionnaires will open
their fall activities with a barbecue
supper next Friday night, Sept. 1, at
7 o’clock, in the recently-purchased
Legion home on West Church street.
A joint meeeting with the auxiliary,
veteran non-members and wives will
not be held until a remodeling
program is completed and necessary
furnishings purchase*! Commander
Bill Creekmur exprtssed hope that a
joint meeting, an axmuaT custom, can
be held within a few months.
Archie Cayton, chairman of . the
membership drive, is anxious for
those who have not rejoined and for
those who wish to join to see him
or Chester Outlaw! before Friday
night. Each additional member en
titles the local post to a larger share
of the Nproceeds from the Pitt fair,
sponsored annually by the three posts
in the county.
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(By James B. Hockaday)
As an admirer of Sirs. Cherry Eas
ley, I have often marvelled at the
large number of activities in which
she is interested and have wondered
how she manages to do it. Mrs. Eas
ley teaches an adult class in the Pres
byterian Sunday School and prepares
her leseon with the' painstaking
thoroughness that a uastor works on
a sermon; she is active-in the Liteiary
club and always Cooperates in seeing
that the meetings are .‘written.’ for
the paper; she takes prominent parts
in the work of the church organiza
tions, and quite often is called upon
to make talks at various civic clubs
All of this is in addition to her work
in the office at the A. C. Monk com
pany. The answer seems to be that
Mrs. Easley gets started early and
works late. It was she who answered
the telephone at the Monk factory at
7 o’clock last Thursday morning when
I called, trying to get in touch with
Lath MorriSs.
• • * •
Bill Gamer, whose work with the
Gamer Gas and Equipment company'
has mushroomed that plant into one
which has dealers throughout the
state, knows the disappointment ol
having a truck-load-of critical items
- in his hand, only to lose it. Last week
Bill had a local transfer truck pick
up 260 gas cylinders at the Weather
! head plant in Cleveland, Ohio. Bpt
the workers at the plant went on
strike and had different ideas about
letting the Farmville dealer have his
truck-load of cylinders. Although the
truck, was already loaded ang. the
driver was getting ready to pull out,
the strikers refused to let the truck
opt of the yard until the cylinders
were taken off.
Despite his brush, with the strikers,
Bill fared better than one Ohio
dealer whose truck is still on the yard
at the plant.
* • * *
Rev. Z. B. T. Cox, the Christian
pastor, is quite popular with Fara
viHe people. Not only does he rank
high in the estimation of his flock,
but the other townspeople like him
and admire the manner in which he
performs his pastoral duties. Jt is
no wonder, then, that they disagree
with him on a label that appeared on
a grocery-store box which the parson
obtained from Louis Williams as a
filing cabinet for some seimon notes
he. wished to keep- In big letters,
the box wad: “Prune Juice.”
Mr. Cox is now making olans for
a revival that will be held in his
church, beginning Sept 3. Dr. Ray
Liudley, president of ACC, will be the
guest pastor. Everyone interested in
the spiritual welfare of the commun
ity will seek to worship with the
Christians ddring the week.
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Dr. Paul Jones,, who represents
4! Pitt county in the upppr branch of
the North Carolina General Assem
bly, believes that the Legislature
~ intended for the teachers to be paid
at the end of the fiscal year any
surplus that might be left in tile
rather than at the end ol
a biennium. The question now is,
whether there is a surplus or not
Bill Jones Not Fooled By Russian
Claims Of Hands-Off Policy
When Mrs. U E. Jones returte
Thursday from a visit to her siStei
Mrs. E. L. finch, near Southeri
Pines,'she found siren letters, tb
first of which was written August h
■tram hetson, Pf« Wflfihm Jones, wh
is with the Army engineers in Ko
In the following excerpts fron
three of the letters, he tells of
work of the a& 'force, guard TEty
ahd the mid of a plane tfhich alippee
through the line of defense. -
“JnBt a few lines today (August 7)
to say I’m still okay and hope tfcij
finds everyone the same. We are still
taking it easy, waiting for orders for
our next move. Maybe it will come
tomorrow or the next day. Every
thing is fairly quiet up front now,
waiting for the big push forward.
Supplies are really piling up now, so
things should take a turn for the
best
"Maybe if Russia" will keep'her
hands off, we would soon have this
mess over "with. We may have her
to fight when we get rolling forward,
and, if so, it will be a long and hard
figh£ Just as well do it now as lat
er, because the troops over here are
really getting bitter over the equip
ment Russia is giving the North Ko
reans. We have captured some jeeps,
trucks and other equipment that
came from Russia. Wonder who she
thinks die is kidding?
/The air fbrce over here anffthat
in Japan are really blazing away.
The way they are dropping bombs up
there, there probably won’t be much
left when we get through over here.
“Guard duty over here is nearly as
bad as being on the front lines be
cause some of the enemy get through
and back of our line and try lots of
dirty tricks. A fellow doesn’t feel
any too good walking at night.
"Well, here I sit (August 8th) un
der a big tre with a nice breeze after
eating a big .dinner. We are camped
out in a woods. . . . We still have no
orders to move as yet, but we stay,
prepared at all times. Since we are
engineers, we will probably move
many times before the war is over.
When bridges are to be built, we
have to be right up front to get
everything moved. Wouldn’t be so
bad if all we had to do was build,
but sometimes you have to fight, alao.
The last time we were up front, we
had to clear roads and build two
bridges and the enemy really poured
it into us for awhile. Most trouble
we had was planes coming over straf
ing us and some enemy snipers. All
of ui returned safely but quite scar
ed. Today I saw a whole division of
men just getting here from the
States, so now things should take a
turn for the best
“We really had a good chow today,
steak and potatoes. The bread we
had was a little old bat still good.
When anyone comes back from the
front lines for a rest veil, he gener
ally gets the best food that can be
had. About all we get up front is
K rations. We have been getting all
the gum and cigarettes we need so
far. As the saying goes, ‘everything
will come out in the wash’.
"The mail man came in today, but
still none for me. Can’t understand
what the trouble is. I have lots of
papers (Enterprises) that should al
so be here.”
On the ninth he wrote: “I’m doing
alright except for this hot weather.
Today has really been one for' the
books. Maybe it will rain tonightoor
tomorrow and cool things off. We
have a real nice river about 60 yards
from camp and most everyone, stay*
in it about all day. It’s really nice
for bathing and swimming. We wen
lucky to get this place to camp. The
only trouble we have is that we have
to keep about IQ men on the look
out for planes coming in strafing^
with machine gun fire. When the]
do come we really get in a hob
quick. There was one in our are:
Dollar Days Here
Farmville merchants, wider the
auspices of the Chamber of Cbm
■wee end Merchants Association,
have designated next Thursday,
Friday and Saturday as Dollar
Days, at which time special bar
gains will be offered those who
t aim advantage of them.
The merchants plan to have two
of these special events a year, and
persons who live in the Farmville
^ trading area have already learned*
from experience that local mer
chants offer outstanding bargains,
real money-savers.
Fountain School Will
Open Next Tuesday
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A few minor repairs have put the
Fountain school in readiness for the
1950-51 term, beginning Tuesday.
, The renovation Job of last" sum
mer, plus an excellent faculty, fur
nishes the Fountain community with
a school pisftt of which the commun
ity is justly proud.
The faculty will be composed of the
following: Mrs.- Koma Lee Walker,
first grade; Mrs. Anne W. Mercer,
second grade; Mrs. Emily S. Merfcer,
third grafts; Mrs. Mary D. Horton,
fourth grade ; Mrs. Geneva Phillips,
fifth grade; Mrs. Glendon S. Gory,
sixth grade; Mrs. Edna E. "Baker,
seventh grade and principal; Mrs.
Laura H. Tanner, eighth grade.
Mrs. Carlos Walston will teach
piano and public school music^ Mrs.
Martha Bundy and Mrs. Mildred'flor
ville will be is charge of the. lunch
room.
At The Kiwanis Club
Tommy Lang arranged a very in
teresting program for the Kiwanis
club Monday night and presented
Major R. J. Bolish from Camp Le
jeune who gave a. splendid talk on
features of the atomic bomb and its
relation to civilian defense. He ibf
gatt with the development of atomic
energy in 1932 and the dropping of an
atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945,
which inaugurated a new era in war
fare. as five square miles were de
stroyed and more than 100,000 casual
ties resulted. The dropping of this
bomb was undoubtedly responsible for
bringing World War II to a .rapid
conclusion.
Major Bolish explained that the
atom bomb disintegrates in three
forms: (1) Blast effect and shock
waves, (2) heat radiation, and (3)
radio activity. The blast effect is
over in 10 seconds and people and
buildings are "demolished within a
large area. The best protection would
be underground installations or con
crete shelters, home basements, if
reinforced, afford safety. Unshelter
ed persons would be burned severely
on exposed skin up to 3600 yards.
The following steps should be taken
by civilians in preparing for atomic
defense:
(1) Train personnel.
(2) Have a director of civilian de
fense.
(3) Get information from _polid8',
doctors and others as to what their
"problems and needs would be in event
of attack.
(4) Coordination with government
and armed forces.; j, • a - Vv-J
(5) Prepare for mass feeding, shel
tering, medical supplies, evacuation
coordination, nurses, firemen, police,
doctors, neaas
of utilities, and their
I naiiics.
Under the guidance of ‘W. Connor
Eagles of Greenville, the president,
the Eagles-Smith family held its sec
ond annua^ reunion Wednesday after
noon, August 16, at the Farmville
muicipal park.
$ The business session was opened
with^a prayer by Rev. Leslie New
man of Buckner, Va. Ur. Eagles ex
fended a welcome to all present. Mrs.
Ivey Smith of Walstonburg paid tri
bute to all those who had died since
the last reunion.
Eric Copeland.of Durham welcomed
all"those who had entered the Eagles
Smith family, either t/ birth or mar
riage, since the last reunion.
Mrs. Russell (Louise Eagles) Wil
liams of Nashville then read the his
tory of the ‘Eagles-Smith family.
The late Theophilus Randolph Eag
les of Edgecombe county, upon his re
turn from service with the Confede
rate army, married-the late Bethiah
Smith Edwards, a native of Wilson
county, and they made their home in
Wilison county until claimed by death.
W. W. (Cap) Eagles of Crisp read
a message to be Bent to those mem
bers who were absent because of ill
ness. Mrs. Leslie Yelverton of Foun
tain, secretary of the reunion, read
the minutes'of the last meeting.
After the appointment of the com
mittees for next year, the group ad
journed to the iawn for pictures to
be taken. The invocation was*deliv
ered by Rev. Ed Spruill of Plymouth
before all were invited to enjoy the'
picnic supper that had been spread on
the tables. . • „ - ,
Around 200 members • and .close
friends of the family attended from
the following places: Erijj Pa.; Buck
ner, Franklin and Richmond, Va.;
Spartanburg, S^ C.; Wilson, Golds
boro, Durham, Nashville, Tarboro,
Crisp, Rocky Mount, Leggetts, Foun
tain, Snow Hill, Halifax, Saratoga,
Plymouth, Greenville, Hookerten,
Louisburg, Dunn, Stantonsburg, Wal
stonburg and Farmville.,.
The reunion will be'held next-year
in the Farmyille park, during the lat
ter part of August. 1
BUYER IN NEW YORK
Mrs. T. E. Joyner, buyer for the
gift shop of tde Farmvile Furniture
company, left Monday to attend the
New York Gift Show being heldjn
tne Hotels *Tew Yorker and Statler.
She was accompanied by Mrs. Fred
T. Langford of Greenville.
Major Bolish ended his informative
alk by giving sources of interesting
eading, which have appeared in
nany bopks and magazines.
J. A. Collins, Sr., and J. A. Collins,
r., were visiting Kiwanians from
lreenville.j*Roland Lang, Jr., Frank
Wiliams, Chief of Police L. T. Laeas,
Jraham Davis, and Joe Joyner were
heats. : i
Dr. E. R. Smith will be in charge
■f the program Monday night.
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Abouf Farmville
service store. The Rbuses'lived in
Parroville while Mrs. Rouse was
teaching sixth grade in 1948-49.
Friends will he glad to learn that
Mrs. T.*W. Lang is improving from a
recent HineSs.'
Miss Shirley Dean Saulter is 111 at
her home.
Billy Gregory, who has been on the
Quitman, Ga., tobacco market, spent
the week end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J.'X. Gregory. He will wot®
in Wilson for the next few weeks and
from there will go to Henderson for
the remainder of the bright loaf sea
son.,. _ _y.* & ^t:.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Nichols' and
daughter, Cheryl, spent the week end
in Plymouth vdth Mr. and Mrs.
CarlyleMMl. Jo Ann Nfchoh*rfefiio had
been spending the week with Billy
Hall, returned with them. ‘ ft
: Miss Ann Fowler of Durham spent
i Thursday with Miss' Betsy Morriss.
They are classmates at WCUNC.
Mr. and Mrs. Jhck Lewis and
daughter Caroline^ returned during
the week end froip- 'a* visit to Mr.
Lewis’ sister, Mrs. L. O. Crawford,
in Hot Springs, Ark.
Misses Nancy and Etna Lewis,
Vann Carroll and Char&e Fitzgerald
spent last week at Morehead.
Mrs. Ellen L. Carroll returned Fri
day from New York where she had
been attending summer school at Co
lumbia university.
Miss Nancy Jane Carroll returned
last week from Camp Green Cove,
Tuxedo, where she had been spending
two months.
, Miss Mattie Daif'Ts visiting her
uncle, Jimpay- Graves, in Fayetteville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. DeFariey of
Tampa, Fla., spent Tuesday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. STWheless. Mr. DeFar
iey wtis the first manager of -the lo
cal theater. "
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland PayJor and
daughters spent last week in New
York, Washington, D. C., and Peters
burg, Va.*. j> . . ; !
Mr. and'M&.J. C. Smith and chil-'
dren, Carolyn, Malcolm and Kather
ine, and Mrs. Carson of Rocky Mount
visitedJtfiss Tabitha DeVisconti Sun.
day afternoon. •
Mrs. L. E. Jones and son, Jimmy,
and Mrs. D. B. Murpbrey and daugh
ter, Nola Ann, spent semM days last
week with Mrs. E. L. Flash in South
sister of A. A. and E. Wv May, is ill
at McPherson hospital, Durham.
Mrs. E, i. Trafton and children,
Earl and Kay, of Birmingham, Ala*
spent Tuesday and Wednesday with
Mrs. Trafton’s sister, Mrs. J. C. Cor
bett. Mrs. Corbett and daughter,
Pat, accompanied the Traftons to
South Mills to-vlsit Mr, and Mrs. J.
G. Etheridge for a few. days. Mr.
Corbett joined them for the week end.
„ Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lee Jones and
Mrs. C. W. Morris spent Friday in
Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan of
Norfolk, Va., were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell Morgan on Sun
day. Miss Vivian Morgan returned
with them for a week's visit.
% Mr. and Mrs. Roy Braxton and son,
Charles, of Raleigh spent last Thurs
day with Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell Mor
Billie Cooper Oglesby of Clinton is
“Lost Colony” at' Mar
Robert Dixon resum<
schools in Lillington
duties ha
; county
Mrs. H. L, Davis and daughter,
Jean, left Tuesday for a visit to
friends in Littleton:
Mrs. Virginia Howerton spent sev
eral days last week at Carolina Beach
with relatives at the Ralph and Anita
Strickland cottage. p I
Archie Speight, who underwent an
operation last Thursday in a Wilson
hospital, is improving slowly.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cockrell of
Columbia, S. C., spent last week with
the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
B. Johnson. Miss Mamie Davis re
turned with the Cockrells Friday foi
a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mewbom and
children of near Farmville and Miss
Bernice Mewbom of Washington,, D.
C., are spending this week end with
Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Mewbom ip
Newport News, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Mewbom.
Mr. and Mrs. J.- C. Nethercutt and
Jackie, Mrs. Mary Moore and chil
dren visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe D.
Mewbom in Newport News, Va., last
week. They, spent the week end in
the Blue Ridge Mountains and in the
Shenandoah Valley.
Miss Minnie Overstreet of Whi
takers is visiting hjsr sitter, Mm. F.
G. Dupree, Sr.
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week end with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Cobb. ” ' <
Betsy Ross Flake, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Flake, is ill with mumps.
She was confined to a Greenville hos
pital ^last week with diphtheria*
from Duke university where he has
«day at Pitt General
Mr. an3 Mrs. Lloyd Smith will
leave tomorrow for a visit to Mr.
Smith’s couainT Mrs. Erma Franklin,
in Sanford, Fla. _
Maxine McLeod of Dunn and Judy
Bass spent last week ' witfe- their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Bass. v-;-' , \ ' >■
Mrs. C. M. Kelly, who had been ill
at the home of her daughter, Jdrs. T.
E. Gladson, in Greenville, is a patient
Woodard-Herrihg hospital, Wilson
Wednesday for examination.
Robert Goodaon of New York ar
The Bale of 866,000 pounds of to
bacco on Monday, the opening day
of the 1860 selling season, at an of
ficial average in excess of 687.00 par
hundred pounds brought smiles to the
faces of growers and successfully
launched what is expected to be the
best year in the history of the Farm
ville market. /■'" . ~ . . .....
Monday’s average was hindered
somewhat, according'io'tobacco men,
by a bad break of tobacco—that is
much of the weed offered for sale
was of inferior quality.
Although the market had a full sale
on Monday, with both sets of buyers
going the limit, the amount of to
bacco offered on Tuesday and Wed
nesday was off. Leaders of the
market are announcing that there is
plenty of room to sell in Farmville,
and thr prices are high, too.
Peak *>f the marketing season is
still about a month array and It la
fully expected that the prices will
rise as the better quality of tobacco
finds its way to the auction floors.
Elizabeth Lang Aboard
Ship That Burned, and
5 Passengers Killed
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Miss Elizabeth Lang was aboard
the ship, Quebec, owned by the Cana
dian Steamship line, which homed
Monday afternoon, August 14, at 6
o’clock at Tadoussac, Quebec, with
five fatalities. Miss Lang lost all
her clothing, except that which she
war wearing. There were 400 pas
sengers and 160 crewmen aboard the
pleasure boat.
The cruise was part of a tour Miss
Lang and other passengers were tak
ing in New York and Canada. The
accident cut short' the trip a night
and day.- - ' V
Miss Lang returned home yester
day. ^
Special music will be rendered b>
a quartet composed of Hiss Ann By
num, Mrs. C. H. Moye of Mayry, Bob
Darden and Charlie Letchworth, si
the 11 o’clock service at Sh''Chris
tian church Sunday morning. Rev