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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER «, 1950
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NINETEEN
Another Colored
Soldier Casualty
W Korean War
Farraville’s second casualty in the
Korean war is Tommie Dixon, color
ed, son of Leamon Dixon ofv108 West
Cotton street. Dixon’s parents receiv
ed a telegram from the War depart
ment last Thursday, notifying them
that he had been wounded in action.
It was not divulged how seriously he
was wounded.
' Dixon, who had been in service 21
months, left the ninth grade to enter
the Army. He and his family moved
here a number of years ago from
Greene county. His father is a truck
dijver for A. C. Monk and company.
Professor H. B. Sugg of the Farm
ville colored school described Dixon
as a good boy and as one of the best
saxophone players in the band.
Charles Faison, Farmville’s first
casualty, has written his mother,
Mary Faison, that he is recuperating
* nicely. Faison, a graduate of Profes
sor puggs’ school, was wounded in
late August. He is in a hospital in
Japan.
The third former student at the
Farmville colored school known to be
in Korea is John L. Burge, Jr., son of
the band director. He graduated from
school in 1948 and enlisted in the
Army shortly afterwards. He sailed
for Korea about four weeks ago. His
parents received a letter this Week
stating he was in the fighting.
Kiwanis Carnival
Plans Take Shape
Lewis W. Allen, chairman of the
committee in charge of the Kiwanis
Carnival that will be held here next
Friday and Saturday nights, is
rapidly completing plans for the ex
position which has as its purpose the
raising of funds for scholarship loans
to worthy high school graduates.
A list of the various entertain
ments and the Kiwanis committees in
charge of each follows:
Bingo: Hubert Joyner, Sam Bundy
and Carl Hicks.
Novelty Stand: Ernest Petteway,
Dr. E. R. Smith.
Darts: Glasgow Smith, Alton Bob
bitt.
Weight Guessing: Jake Fields and
Tommy Lang.
Shooting Galleries: Billy Smith and’
Fred Moore.
Bowling: Sam Lewis and J. P.
Jones.
Ball Pitch: Alex Allen and- Ben
Lewis,
About
S/Sgt. John V. Johnston, who re
cently has been stationed at Fort
Bragg, visited his mother, Mrs. Pearl
Johnston, last Wednesday. He was
transferred Friday to the West
coast..
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kittrell and
Misses Nancy Kittrell and Connie
Hollins of Raleigh spent Sunday with
relatives here.
E. C. Carr, Jr., and Douglas Kemp
left Monday to resume their studies
at State college.
Mr. and Mrs. Armid Allen of Mid
dlesex spent a few days this week at
the Flanagan farm near Marlboro.
Mrs. Corinne Stilley spent the
week end with her sister, Mrs. H. E.
Griffin, in Swan Quarter.
James Liles and son, Howard, of
Middlesex spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Manly Liles.
Dr. and Mrs. John G. Barden and
sons, Lawrence and-Milton, of Boone
were week end guests of*Mrs, Bard
en’s sister, MrsTw. M. Currie and
Miss Dixie Barnett, at their home
near Farmville. Lawrence Barden
left Tuesday morning for. Duke uni
versity, where he is a sophetoKre this
year7
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wood and
family have moved into an apartment
vacated by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Har
ris at 213 North Main street.
Johnnie Whaley of Elizabeth, City
and daughter, Miss Sarah Louise, a
student at ECTC, spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs, C. W. Morris and Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Lee Jones.
Mrs. C. L. Ivey, Jr., formerly of
New Bern and‘Farmville, left Satur
day of last week t;> make her
home with her grandmother, Mrs. H.
F. Law, at Oglethorpe, Ga. Mrs. Ivey
had spent a month here with Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Ivey, Sr., since her hus
band joined the Merchant Marine,
Mrs. Ivey's mother, lbs. T. F. Bren
nan, formerly of Texas, is residing
with Mrs. while her husband is
on a two-year government assign
ment to Arabia.
Mrs.- C. B. Mashbum, Sr., of Black
Mountain is spending several weeks'
with relatives here.
Friends will be glad to learn that
Mrs. R. E. Mayo is improving from
un illness.
' Mrs. Ronald Carraway and sons,
BiHy- Ray and Bobby, of Shine and
Mrs. R. K. Britt and daughter, Ann,
spent Saturday in Raleigh.
Howard Kittrell, who is stationed
at Fort Riley, Kansas, has recently
son of M'* and Mrs. Sam Kittrell.
Mm 'Lenna Bland and daughters,
Audrey and Sue, and Curtis James
of Bethel were guests Sunday of Mrs.
Bland’s aunt, Mrs. Fred Smith.
Eugent Williams of New York vis
ited at the 7. W. Bass home last
Week. ,
Miss Rachel Barrett will return to
Boston, Mass., Sunday after a visit
to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. Max McLeod 'and
children of Dunn spent the week end
with Mr. and Mrs. J: W. Bass.
Pat Bergeron has been ill at hi:
son, David, ol Greensboro spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Wainwright, who had as guests Sun
OS), Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Barefoot and
son, Billy, of Benson. Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Batts, who had been spending
two weeks with Mrs. Wmnwright,
their daughter, returned to their
home in Greensboro.
Mr. and M». C. A. Mozingo and
children spent the week end in Wil
mington with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cok
er. They also visited Carolina Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Allen, Jr., and
son spent Sunday in Durham where
they attended the christening of Mrs.
Allen’s nephew, Stephen Wiles Dix
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Mr. and Wrt. J, B, BaUey and
daughter spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Roland Carnaway near Shine.
Mrs. W. G. Allen, Jr., and son and
Mrs. Melton 'Allen spent Friday in
Durban^
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis of Ra
leigh and Mrs. H. M. Craig and
daughter, Nancy, of Lincoln ton were
week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Davis. . - -
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Palmer of
Raleigh, who spent the week end here
with relatives, and MisB Willa Rae
Harper visited in Greenville and
Washington Sunday afternoon.
Marvin Horton, Jr., who has been
studying at George Washington uni
versity, Washington, D. C., for the
past year, will leave Sunday to re
sume his studies at the University of
North Carolina law school,
Mrs. Louise Harris, Mrs. Robert
Lee Smith, Mrs. B. S. Smith, Mrs. G.
R. Townsend and Mrs. W. C. Murray
attended/a tea for Miss Frances Kit
trell and Miss Dot Ormond given
Saturday afternoon in Greenville by
Mrs. Knott Proctor and Mrs. J. D.
Messick.
Lewis Saule returned to his home
in WhiteviTle Friday after a visit to
his grandmother^ Mrs. J. R. Lewis.
Abb Dodd-of Bunn, uncle of Mrs.
Boyne Men, is recuperating from a
stroke he suffered a few weeks ago.
Mrs. Frank Allen has returned
from a Kinston hospital, whan she
underwent an operation, and is re
cuperating nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Shirley and
son of Portsmouth, Va., spdht the
week end with Mrs. Lila Shirley, who
returned with them for a week’s
stay. Mr. and Mrs. Zack White And
daughter, Jackie, of Raleigh were
guests Sunday of Mrs. Shirley, Mrs.
White’s mother.
iMrs. J. O. Robinson and son, Cecil,
of Oricnta spent Sunday with Mrs.
Robinson’s daughter, Mrs. Grimes
Lewis. ■ .
Father Loyoal O’Leary spent a few
days last week here before reporting
to his new pastorate at Colonial
Beach, Va, He returned by plane last
week from a Ho.y Year pilgrimage to
Rome. ’ ,-4tjg
Mrs. J. W. Joyner returned last
week Yrom Duke hospital.
Mrs. J. M. W*rd has retimed from
a. Greenville hospital and is recupe
rating from an operation at her
home.
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Taka With Folio
The illness of a three and a half
year old Tennessee child visiting in
the Bollards community was diag
nosed Sunday as polio. The child is
Nancy Fulfer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Fulfer of Chattanooga.
She had been sick since September
6. She is now a patient-at Rex Jiospi
Ip- in Raleigh where authorities say
the worst of her illness is past
The Fulfers came to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Elbert M. Tyson, Mrs. Fulfer’s
parents, the latter part of August
Mr. Fulfer returned home a few days
later.
This is the first case of polio re
ported in the Bollards community
this year.
Marcia Barrett Wins
Honors At Swim Meet
The following story about Marcia
Barrett of Washington, D. G., grand
daughter of Mrs. Corn BsrTstt, ap
peared September 6 in the Washing
ton Times-Herald in a column, “Lis
ten Lady,*’ by Araminta.
Marcia, her mother, Mrs. Esther
Barfett, and brother, George, have
spent the past few summers at MIUb
boro, Dels, Her father was the late
Lester Barrett.
Rehoboth Beach, Del.—The string-'
slim little girl, her sleek brown body
glistening like a seal, stepped up
bashfully to receive the gold-gleam
ing trophy, almost as tall as she her
self, from the hands of its donor. A
wards were, being presented for the
88G-yard race in the seventh annual
swimming meet at Rehoboth Beaeh
last Saturday. ; / '
It was 13-year-old Marcia Barrett's
first race, and die had placed fourth'
for the half-mile feature which had
been opened to women at the last
minute, there not being enough femi
nine entries for the scheduled
vronuui’s race.
Her time of 16 minutes and 38
seconds was not too far behind the
10:02 of famed Washington speeds
ter, J. R. Houston, who was first a
>i oss the finirfi line at the foot of
ReHoboth avenue.
Col. C. B. Shaffer, chairman, and
his assistant, Mike Powers of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, sponsor
ing the affair, were flabbergasted.
Said Col. Shaffer, “That sets an in
temationhl record for the ladies’ 880
yard race, since this is "the first time
it has ever been run ip an interna
tional event.” —
.Small for her age, Manila braced
herself to receive the big trophy from
its donor, Thomas L. Johnson, mer
chant of Rehoboth B^ach. She beam
ed with pleasure at toe pretty wine
colored hapd^mg given fey the Byrd
Speakman specialty shop.
Her mother; Mrs. Esther Barrett, of
1644 Monroe st, N. W., Washington,
was astonished at the prowess of her
small daughter in competing with
such athletes as Houston and Murray
Campbell.
Tobacconist’s Daughter
Dies In South Carolina
Funeral services for Alice Carol
Rogers, five-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jade Rogers, were conduct
ed from the home near Mullins, S. C.,
Saturday afternoon. Mr. Rogers has
been auctioneer at Monks warehouses
for about 15 yean.
The child underwent * tonaillecto:
my in a Mullins hospital Friday mor
ning and failed to revive. Her death
was a distinct Shock, and local towns
people were saddened at the passing
of the popular auctioneer’s daughter.
Survivors include her parents aqjl
three brothers, Jack, Gary Burton and
Bwain.
• Farmville friends attend!# the
funeral included Carl Rowan, Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Lee, Sam Wainwright,
James Monk, Johnnie Carlton, John
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Bobby Rouse, "chairman of the
Ladies’ Night Committee, named the
various committees whose responsi
bility it will be to make the occlusion
a success, and tentatively set the date
as being either October SI or Novem
ber 7.
Howard MeGinnid of Greenville,
governor for District 279, will make a
visit to the club next Tuesday night,
with Curtis Flanagan as program
chainban for the evening.
Joe Raaberry had as his guest Or.
Rasberry, his nephew from Wilson,
and R. A. Joyner introduced his son,
Audrey Joyner, and-Bill Wood, a Ro
tarian from Patterson, California.
Three members were absent. W. A.
McAdams received the attendance
prize and Plato Bass the fellowship
prize.
Club President Walter Jones pre
sided. - ^ ' 1
Local Students Take
Partin Raleigh Forum
Miss Jess Carmway and John Rus
sell Joyner represented the Farmville
Junior Woman’s club at the Kound-UR
with Youth forum Friday at the Sir
Walter hotel in Raleigh. The forum
was a part of three-day Council-In
stitute of tiie North Carolina Federa
tion of Women's dubs.
Nine clubs which had done out
standing work in the field of youth
conservation were invited to send a
boy and a girl from the sophomore,
junior or senior classes. Raleigh,
Moortsville, Aberdeen and Farmdile
students took part in the forum, mod
erated by Russell M. Grumman, di
rector erf the North Carolina Univer
sity division and president of the, N.
C. Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Mrs. J. H. High smith of Raleigh,
consultant and advisor of the Youth
Conservation committee, was sum
marizes.' , •
The general theme was “How can
youth a contribute toward making
North Carolina a better state.” Ques
tions dealt with home, school, com
munity and church.
Mrs. J. M. Gibbs, president of the
Farmville JunVr Woman’s club which
in the spring completed a three-year
project resulting in the erection of a
Giri Scout hut, and Mrs. J. M. Car
raway attended the forum and a
lunchgon at the Woman's club.
Football Season
Begins Tonight
The FarmviUe 'high school football
team-will open the 1950 season to
night (Friday) by playing host to
Hertford. The game will be played at
8 o’clock and a large crowd is expect
ed to witness what should be
a good game. The FarmviUe band wUI
be on hand to give forth with music
hut will not be in uniform due to the
fact that the uniforms are being al
tered for site for new members of the.
band.
Coach 'Elbert lloyeh Red Devils
and Coach Ellis Fearing’s Hertford
team have not met on the gridiron
in the History of the two schools, and
this is the beginning of a two-year
series. The schools are of comparable^
size and {day teams of a comparable
calibre and it is therefore expected
that a good and exciting game will be
in the making when the two teams
square off tonight.
James Thorne Headg#|
Local Senior Class
The senior class of FarmviUe high,
school elected its officers Wednesday.
vice president, Howard Evans; secre
tary, Betty Owens; treasurer, Mar
garet Andrews; reporter, Sue Worth
ington; historian, Edna Clark.
Class advisors are Miss Beatrice
flayer and John Dunn, who'will
rect the seniors in their greatest
dertaking, Hie publishing of an
noal. - „
The annual staff was elected
editior-in-chief; Marguerite ThJIl
Louis Williams, incharge^of the
sented Mr. Fleming of Greenville,
representative of Swift backing com
pany, who, in torn, introduced a
member of the ECTC faculty, Dr.
Bonn, who talked interestingly about
tiie importance of science in our lives
and who |dvocated that science ought
to be given's more important place
in elementary schools.
The college professor listed some of
the things science hats given the
world and showed how it had literally
reduced the Cost of living.
Frank Allen will have charge of the
program Monday night.
VFW Auxiliary
The ladies' auxiliary of the Bur
riette-Rojse post, Veterans of For
eign Wars, held its regular business
meeting last Thursday night in the
club bouse.
President Rosa .Humphrey called
the meeting to order: She read a loti
ter from Mrs. Liliiap Suttepfiekt urg
ing each auxiliary to contribute to
the cancer research fund which this
year is to be used for extensive re
search for children. The auxiliary
votedlo send $10 at once and to send
more later, if possible.
^atfc year the National auxiliary
sponsors an essay contest fbr high
school students. The contest offers
great opportunity for the students
and the auxiliary is sponsoring this
contest in the community this year,
offering prizes that will be selected
later by the auxiliary.
The subject for this year’s essay
contest i3 “Freedom’s Open Door.”
Rules and deadline will be announced
at a later date.
The joint supper meeting will be
held tonight. A delicious ham supper
is planned and all members of the
post and auxiliary are urged to at
tend.
Hostesses at the meeting Thursday
night were Mary Jo Allen and Iris
Allen. They served delicious individu
al cakes, peanuts and coca colas. Th.e
hostesses fox October will be Rosa
Humphrey arnTBois Tyson.
October is membership month. All
eligible ladies who are interested in
joining art invited to contact some
member and to attend the meeting
with her.
With Men In Service
Mrs. Nettie Joyner of 613 N. Main’
Willie Gold Joyner, PN 3, Saturday,
stating that he had been in Korea
more than a month. The letter was
written September 7.
He added that he was at Pusan and
said “everything6 is a lot better at
this place since we have more troops
and supplies. We live on a Jap ship,
but We work on the dock where the
office is.
“We-Have a PX that just opened
this morning. I got a radio. We get a
Station from Tokyo that plays all the
time and I enjoy it a lot.”
Joyner has been in the Navy sev
eral yaaraR^;%|||
In a letter written September 9,
Pfe. William Jones told Ms mother,
Mrs. L. E. Jones, that he was still in
South Korea and was busy building
bridges. - ■'Z ■ ■. i: "Xi %:
Pvt. Thomas L. Dail, Jr., wrote his
street received a letter from her son/
mother on J
sailing for 1
he has been
Farmville’s seven warehouses, reg
ular bee-hives of activity since the
1960 tobacco marketing season open
ed on August 21, are silent as hospi
tal corridors by virtue of a belt-wide
marketing holiday voted last (Sunday
by the Warehouse association when it
became apparent that tobacco prices
were sagging because farmers were
marketing their golden weed faster
than the redrying plants and facto
ries could process-it.
“The holiday was generally approv
ed here by observers who felt that
the whole belt was suffering.
Length of the holiday was not set
but prevailing opinion is that sales
Will be resumed on Wednesday or
Thursday of next week. The com
mittee that ordered the rfhut-down of
sales will meet again Monday after
noon to survey the situation and to
set the date for resuming sales.
Fred C. Moore, sales supervisor for
the Farmville market, stated that
14% million pound! of tobacco had
been sold here when the sales holiday
began Wednesday afternoon. The
market maintains an average of 66
cents per pound and has been getting
stronger as the better quality of
tobacco was sold.
Full sales have been the order of
the day with local warehousemen why
have been enjoying a successful sea
son, one which shows ihey have the
confidence of growers in this com
munity. They are anxious to render
whatever service they can and invite
growers to sell in Farmville, “The
State’s Best Tobacco Market.”
Hearing on Phone Rate
Another hearing on the request of
the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph ~~
company for increased rates will be
held in Raleigh next Monday. John B.
Lewis, who represented the Chamber
of Commerce at the first hearing and
opposed the rate increase, will repre
sent the local organization at Mon
day’s meeting. Other towns and or
ganisations opposed to the proposed
hike have , indicated they will have
representation at the meeting. ,
Johp Hill Paylor Of Farmville, 'as
sistant 'attorney general assigned to
the Utilities Commission, which ha3
jurisdiction over such matters, will
represent the state. Mr. Paylor was in
Asheville early this week at a hear
ing in Buncombe Superior Court be
fore Judge Howard Godwin.
Croom Reunion Held
The fifth annual reunion of the
Herman" Croom family was held
Sjunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bdd Nethercutt of near Snow Hill,
with Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Rouse, Sr.,
of Parmville as hosts. An outdoor
dinner of barbecue and basket lunches
was enjoyed by the'120 guests. Sever
al members of the f^nily were unable
to attend due to illness.
Guests were from Snow Hill, La
Grange, Kinston, Stan'tonsburg, Dur
ham, Hookerton, Farmville and
Greenville, and from Norfolk, Va. '
R. D. Rouuse, Jr., president, pre
sented prizes to Reddin T. Groom of
near Snow Hill, the oldest member of
the family, and to Sandra Kay Wdod,
the youngest member, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mfctfc I
Ben L. Rouse of Greenville was
elected president Mrs. Roy Croom of
LaGrange was re-elected aecretary
treaaurer. ffp|-; ‘ ff ■*
The nest dipper will be at the home
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