BUY.... ... SELL.., IN FARMVILLE .. . g| *HH '■U in M_^| J B 9 VOLUME FOBTY-ONE NUMBER TWENTY-TWO Pius For Commanity Chest Witt Be Made At Mass Meeting Wed. Night Plans for a Community Chest in Farmville, or for one concerted drive for funds each year instead of a mul titude of campaigns for money, all of Mw them being for worthy causes, were discussed Wednesday night ait a > ' meeting of representative citizens, and will be continued next Wednes day night at 8 o'clock at which time interested citizens of'the town are asked to assemble in a mass meeting at the town hall. Irvin Morgan, who presided at the meeting Wednesday night after May or Walter Jones had explained the purpose of the gathering, appointed John B. Lewis, Sam Bundy and Jones as members of a committee which is to make definite proposals and re commendations at the forthcoming meeting. The town at present has a commit tee that was named several years ago to administer funds that were raised in the U£JO drives. Morgan is the head of that committee. Others who have been serving with him are Cur tis H. Flanagan, R. A. Joyner, Manly Liles and C. M. Baylor. Opinion has been expressed that one central, concentrated drive for funds, which, in turn, would be ad ministered by a committee of respon sible citizens, would be preferable to the present system of having drive on top of drive. It is expected that the meeting Wedeyadnn Wednesday night will be well attend ed. Kiwanis Plans For Ladies’ Night, Oct. 20 Dr. Orin Crow, dean of the school of education at the University of South Carolina and governor of the Carolines Kiwanis District, will be the principal speaker at the club’s annual ladies’ night which will be held Friday, Oct. 20, in the lunchroom at the high school. Committees for the event were ap pointed Monday night• by President Frank Allen. Fred Moore is chairman of the dec orating committee. Serving with him are Bill Creekmur, Herman Baker, Sam Lewis, Bernice Tumage, Tommy Lang, John Wright and Dr. S. H. Ay cock. Alex Allen is chairman of the re ception committee. Serving with him are Jake Fields, Hubert Joyner, and Jack Lewis. The Kiwanians will not meet Mon-' day night. ROLAND MORGAN IN KOREA Pfc. Roland Morgan, who ia with, tha Second Division in Korot, has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas per Morgan of Farmville, Route 2, that he has been sent back to the front for limited service after receiv ing treatment in a hospital in Japan for his foot, fie injured the foot in March, 1949, at Fort Lewis, Washing ton, and has been hospitalised several times on that account Colored Man Loses Hand In Hay Baler The Farmville Parent-Teacher as sociation held its second meeting of the year Thursday night in the high school gymnasium. Mrs. Ellen Carrol, in charge of the program, introduced Dr. E. J. Carter of the ECTC faculty, who gave an interesting talk on “The Child Is a Whole Being Who Is Educated by His Entire Environment” After his talk, a musical program was given by Mias Madeline Hodges, pianist and A1 Krecker, vocalist, both students at ECTC. Ernest Harrell, colored man, lost his right hand in an operation which followed an accident on the fahn of Chester Worthington, near Ballards, when Harrell’s arm caught in at bay baler. He was given emergency first aid treatment here at the Williams Smith clinic and then was rushed to Woodard-Herring hospital in Wilson. ECTC Professor Makes Talk at PTA Meeting Kiwanians Attend District Convention Frank Allen, president of FannviUe Kiwanis club, Sam Bundy and Lewis Allen will represent the Farmville club at the district convention which opens Sunday in Spartanburg, S. C., and continues until Tuesday. Mrs. Bundy and Mrs. Frank Alim will ac company the delegates. Donald T. Forsythe, newspaper editor and publisher of Carthage, III., and a trustee of Kiwanis Inter national, will be a featured speaker at the convention. Preaiding at the meeting will be Orin F. Crow of Columbia, S. C., gov ernor of the Carolines, Kiwanis Dis trict and Dean of the School of Edu cation at the University of South Carolina. On the convention agenda are committee conferences, a discus sion of plans for the coming year, and election of officers. Mr. Forsythe, who will serve as official representative of Kiwanis In ternational at the convention, 1b pub lisher of the Hancock County Journal, a weekly newspaper. He also is a director of the Marine Trust Com pany at Carthage and a member at the board of Carthage college, where he was active in organising a depart ment of journalism. He is a past president of the Illinois Press Asso ciation and a life member of the Northwestern University dhapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national profession al journalistic fraternity. In May, 1949, he was chosen as first president of the newly incorporated Greater Weeklies Association, an organisation of more than 260 weekly newspapers, and he was re-elected president in April, 1960. UN Day Will Be Observed Here, Oct. 24 Mayor Walter Jones announces that a brief ceremony will be held here oh Tuesday, October 24, about noon, in observance of United Nations day. The observance is world-wide in scope and the Farmville program will be a part of the celebration. UN flags are being made by mem ber1; of home demonstration clubs. Details of the local program will be given in The Enterprise next week. Farmvilie, New Bern Midgets In Scoreless Battle The Farmvilie and New Bern mid get football teams, who battled to a 13-13 tie at New Bern on Tuesday night of last week, axe still trying to decide which is the better team. On Tuesday night, the two teams met again, and the battle, ended in a scoreless deadlock. Hump Allen, fresh from a trip to New York and the world series, play ed his usual smart quarterbacking gam. Mack Holmes was unable to fill his usual fullback spot because of an injured knee. The tea hi was sparked by the vicious tackling of William (Dick) Allen. The team as a whole played a good defensive game. Bert Warren, Mack Holmes, Jan Cayton, William Allen, Carol Wooten, Johnny Hinson, Glen Bundy, Alton Smith, George Cannon, Billy Eason, Mark Newton, Hump Allen, Frank Williams, David Braxton, Henry Meeks, Thomas Ray Allen, Wilbut Rollins, Gordon Lee, Bob Harper, Joe Flake, Bobby Evans, Eddie Bass are members of the midget team. The boys are coached by Will Pittman and Chester Langley, Jr. DISTRICT OFFICERS TO VISIT EASTRftN STAB Miss Lela Mae Taylor of Snow Hill, district deputy grand matron of the Eastern Star, will pay her official visit to the Farmvilie chapter on Thursday night at 7:30, regular meet PERSONAL ITEMS Dan Morgan, student at Pennsyl vania State college of Optometry, Philadelphia, spent the Week end with his mother, Mia. D. R. Moorgan. Miss Elizabeth Lang, supervisor of music in the Roanoke Rapids schools, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Lang. Mrs. M. E. Newsome and Mrs. E. R. Bugg, Jr., of Durham spent Mon day with their daughter and sister, Mrs. J. H. Darden, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Z. M. Whitehurst, Mrs. Lath Morriss and Mrs. Frank Davis, Jr., attended; the Fritchman Kittrell wedding Saturday night in Greenville. ' Mr. and Mrs. Carol Modlin and daughter, Linda, and lb. and Mrs. C. E. Modlin and grandson, Cecil, spent the week end at their cottage on the Pamlico river. Mr. and Mrs. S, L. Windham and Alfred Menell of Aberdeen and Mr. gnd Mrs. Bill Benson of Southern Fines spent the week end with Mt. and Mrs. George Windham. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Chandler of West Point, Va., are spending a few days with their daughter, Mrs. Z. B. T. Cox. ,.i | iiJjgLiii Mrs. W. H. Moore, Jr., Mrs. W. C. Holston, Mrs. J. M. Stansill,' Mrs. F. G. Dupree, Jr., Mrs. C. F. Baucom, Mrs. A. C. Carraway, Mrs. John Tug well, Jr., Mis._Robert Allen, Mrs. Os car Holloman wd Miss Goldie Wind ham attended a meeting of Group 2 of Albemarle Presbyterial in Leggett Friday. Miss Nancy Lu Moore will spend the week end with Miss Pat Corbett at ECTC in Greenville. Mrs. Pheora Eason and daughter, Miss Victoria, of Norfolk, Va., spent the Week end with Mr. and Mrs. John Eason. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Dudley and children spent Sunday with Mr. Dud ley’s Sister, Mrs. Harper Suggs, near SnowwHill. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Barrett and children and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. By num, Jr., visited Mrs. Ba/rStt’s mother, Mrs. L. L. Paschal!, at Union Level, Va., Sunday. Mrs. J..H. Paylor spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Paylor in Raleigh. L - Mr. and Mrs. Mason Bond of Tilels bttrg, Canada, who were married September 30, were guests last week Df Mr. and Mrs. Willis Jones at Joy ner’s Cross Roads. Mr. Jones cured and. graded tobacco at the Bond’s home last year. Mrs. Chester Worthington returned Sunday from a visit to her brother, J. R. Fields, and Mrs. Fields, at New port News, Va. Miss Gertrude Bundy of Camp But ner will spend several days next week irith relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Leo T. Norville and children, Marion, Diane and Leo, Leo, have returned to their home in Chicago, 111., after visiting Mr. Nor ville’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Norville. Mr. and Mrs. John Eason and sons, Billy and Johnnie, and Miss Doris rugwell attended Homecoming it Ox ford orphanage, Oxford, October 1. W. W. Wooten Is Made Staff Sergeant Promotion to the ranWf Staff Ser geant for Wilfialh W. Wooten, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Wooten of North Main street, Farmville, has been an nounced by officials of Tyndall Air Force Base at Panama City, Fla. S/Sgt. Wooten was a farmer by oc. cupation before entering service in 1940. He is married to the former Mias Rachel Ruth McCreary of Drum ight, Okla., and they have three chil dren. S/Sgt Wooten has been stationed Tyndall since June, 1948. EMBERS WIN PRIZES AT COUNTY FAIR Four members of the Farmville chapter, Future Farmers of America, won prizes at the Pitt County fair, held last week in Greenville. In the swine show, Poland China pigs own ed by Billy Ray Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ichabod Allen, won a blue rib bon and a white ribbon, each with a flO-cash award. BRly Ray is a gem ior. Teddy, a brother in the freshman class, won $10.00 on his DwM Hobgood, tenth of J.G.H« *nd $2 DO The Farmville Christian church overflowed Sunday morning with the more than 800 members and visitors who attended the annual homecom ing. The bounteous picnic dinner was served in tile school gymnasium. Three hundred and sixty one were registered this year, two less than attended homecoming last year. Among the out-of-town guests and .members attending were: Mrs. Nell M . Manning and sons, Dick and Jas., Williamston; Ernest W. Carter, Val dosta; Miss Sybil Barrett, Dunn; Jay Flanagan, State college, Raleigh; Mrs. W. R. Dixon, Wilson; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Chinn, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mond Chinn, Caroline Chinn, Ger mantown, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Herring,* Wilson; Mr. and Mrs. L. L. H^rdy, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moye and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Moye and son, Lawrence, Jr., Maury; Mr. and Mrs. Linwoofl Joyner and son, Larry, Norfolk; Dr. Paul E. Jones, Jr., Kannapolis; Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Moye and son, Milton, Jr., Tur bo ro; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pleasants and daughter, Jo Ann, Fayetteville; Mr. and Mrs. Hadley Bryan and chil dren, Lou Alice and Donald, Rocky Mount; Jarvis Tripp, Jr., Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Baylor, Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dixon, Wilson; Miss Arm Turaage, Pink Hill; Mr. and Mrs. W. 'J. Bundy, Greenville; Mrs. A. M. Moseley and children, Annette, Albert, Jr., and Gray, Wil son; Mr., and Mrs. Harry Cooke and children, Ann and Harry, Mt, Oliva; Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Ogden, Hen derson, Ky.; Carol Ann Pitt, Pine tops; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Benson, Southern Hnes; Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Windham and Alfred Menell, Aber deen; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sugg, W. H. Sugg, Betty Reese Sugg, Mrs. George Wooten, Miss Elizabeth Sugg, Mrs. May E. Pope, H. B. Hill, Snow Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Julian Smith and son, Richard, Greensboro; Mr. and Mrs. W-. T. Bilbro, Greenville; Janice Da venport, Janie Edmondson, J. C. Ed mundson, Wilson; Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Smith, Jr., Virginia Beach; Robert Dixon, Lillington; Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Protcor and children, Hannah and Knott, Mrs. Guy, Evans, 'Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. Travis Davenport, Jim my Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. David Harris and children, Elizabeth, David and Lyman, Wilson; Bill Hturis, Houston, Texas; Annette McAdams, Kinston; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gay, Mrs. W. E. Lang, Walstohburg; Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hartman and daugh ter, Blanche, Raleigh; Bud Dixon, Morehead City; Mrs. Cecil Dixon and daughter, Daisy, Wilson. PIANIST AT DAVIDSON Donald 'Baucom, sophomore at Da vidson college, is serving as pianist for the Ken's Bible dans and the Westminster fellowship at the college this year. He was pianist for the CIRCLE 2 TO SPONSOR PHOTOGRAPHER SOON Circle 2 of the Presbyterian church will sponsor Raines and Cox, photo graphers of Wilson, Tuesday, Oct. 24, in tbs Sunday School room of the Presbyterian church- Hours will be from 1:80 to 8 o'clock. No deposit is QSessary, but there must be a minimum order of 86. If proofs are not good, there is no ob ligation. All ages, single or in groups, will be photographed. Group pictures will be taken lit the homes by appoint ment, If so desired. For further information or ap pointment, csallMr. pointment call Mrs. Charles E. Fitz gerald, Mrs. Harry Harper or Mrs. John B. Lewis. " At The Rotary Clufc all R. N. _ man for the two spsakssi. It wo agreed tfesi on Oct 17, the next regular meeting night, the time of meeting would ]m changed back to Seven membere were absent. Joe Eagles was avisitarian from Tarboro, Jerbert Atkinson received the fel lowship prize and Manly Liles the at On Oct. 17, Curtis Flanagan will be in charge of the program. Chib president, Walter Jones, pre sided. Horton Rountree To Practice Law Here H. Horton Rountree, who completed his togal training at the University of North Carolina last spring and was admitted to the Bar after pass ing the State Bar examination in August, ho established law offices in tiie Horton building on South Main street. Rountree received his A. B. degree at Carolina in 1943 and entered the Naval service. He wo commissioned an ensign in March, 1946, and wo separated from active duty in Aug, 1946. He served o liasion officer at Honolulu with the 20th Naval Con struction regiment. He now holds a commission o lieu tenant, junior grade, in the Naval Reserve. Upon completion of his military service, he entered the tJnivendty Law School , ' • 'Attorney Rountree wo sworn in at a recent session of Pitt Superior Court, Judge Chester. Morris presid ing. He was presented to the court by Attorney John B. Lewis. Mr. and Mr*. Rountree and* their daughter, Kathy, are making their home at 106 walnut street. Jaycees To Entertain District Meeting Here At thdfr meeting Wednesday night at Southern Manor, the Junior Cham ber of Commerce discussed plans for the eighth ^strict maiding to be held in the Fsrmville lunchroom Oct 26. Sam Bundy will be guest speaker. Approximately 160 Jaycees from this section of the state are expected. President Bob Rouse presided «t Wednesday night’s meeting and wel comed the following visitors: Burner Spell, Bill Monk, and Ed Ntehola of Chicago and C. R. Mettee, Jr, cf Bal timore, Md, guests of Bap Nichola. To boast attendance at games play ed by the midget football team, which the Jaycees are sponsoring, Bill' Cand ler was appointed publicity director and booster chairman. ' Marvin Speight, Jr, was appointed chairman of the Coastal Basketball tournament sad Jack McOavid, assist ant chairman. It was announced that the organi sation had accepted an offer to ope rate concessions at the basketball games in the school this year. —.— ...in. i -■ Joyner, Mra. J. P. Appie Flanagan it the Roanoke asaoc Rosemary church, in willinmaton. meeting also vrt and Mrs. W. J, Lile/nnd Mr*. 1 Schools Realizes Neat Sum From Tobacco The Farmville school on Wednesday of this week so|d 1066 pounds of to bacco at Farmers warehouse for $524,74, with the warehouse donating the selling charges. The money will be used to place a new front curtain in the auditorium to replace the one that has been in use for more than 20 yean. Principal Sam Bundy expresses the thanks of the school officials to the students and parents who participated in this campaign and states that it is another display of the fine coopera tive spirit that exists between the school and the community. Special thanks go to Fred Moore, sales su pervisor, who arranged for the sale, and to the warehouse for donating the Five rooms brought in 200 bundles or more and placed as follows: First place, Mrs. finger's fourth grabs; second place, Mrs. Guthrie’s fifth grade; third place, Mrs. Batch elor’s fourth grade; fourth place, Miss Herring’s second grade; fifth place, Mrs. Thomas’s grade. JACK PAYLOR ACCEPTS POSITION IN RALEIGH Mr. end Mrs. Jack Paylor have moved from Rocky Mount to 1857 Smallwood drive, Cameron Village, Raleigh. Mr. Paylor has accepted a position with the John Deere Plow company. Mrs. Paylor, who has been employed at the'Social Security field office in Rocky Mount, has transfer red to the Raleigh office, Mr. Paylor received his degree from State college* in December, Pocahontas, Red Men District Meet Is Well Attended The B^miJhnntial district meeting of the Fourth District of the Im proved Order of Bed Hen and Degree of Pocahontas was held. Thursday, with the local council and tribe as hostess. The Fourth District is com posed of the councils and tribes from the following places: Grimesland, Ay den, Greenville, Winierville, Rocky Mount, Wilmington, Pinetops and t In what Congressman Herbert C. Bonner declares will be the outstand ing Democratic rally in North Caro lina this year, leaden of the party will present their bid for votes to the citizens of the Pint Congressional District on Wednesday, October 18, at Greenville. The rally is scheduled for 4:3(1,and will be followed by a barbecue supper for all present Visiting State Headquarters this week, Congressman Bonner was en thusiastic about the preparations that are being made under' the supervision of John Clark of Greenville, cdttnty chairman. He declared that Clark was "a very active county chairman,” and had arranged a bang-up rally. The Congressman especially called attention to the fact that the hour of the rally had been changed from 5 to 4:30. He said'this was done so that the preliminaries could be gotten out of the way between 4:30 and 6. and that arrangements had been made to broadcast the proceedings over Station WRRF at Washington. Congressman Bonner extended an invitation to every voter in the dis trict to be present at the rally, and if the crowd cannot be accommodated in the courthouse larger quarters will be found. “The- full power < of De mocratic oratory will be turned on at the rally with the spotlight place on the program going to Willis Smith, Democratic nominee for the Senate,” said Mr. Bonner. Others who are scheduled to be present and Speak are Governor W. Kerr Scott and Senators Clyde Hoey and Frank P. Graham. Others who will be' on hand are Harry McMullan, attorney 'general; Secretary of State Thad Eure; Commissioner of Agri culture L: Y. Ballentine; State Treas urer Brandon Hodges; Supt. of Public Instruction Clyde Erwin; Commis sioner of Labor Forrest Shuford; State Auditor Henry Bridges, and Commissioner of Insurance Waldo Cheek. National Committeeman Jon athan Daniels and Former Senator W. B. Umstead also will be present. The rally will be opened by offi cials of the party in the First Dis trict, who will then turn the meeting over to Everelt Jordan. Speaking to the women of the dis trict will be Mrs. B. B. Everett of Palmyra, long-time leader among De mocratic yromen of North Carolina, who is acting as head of the Women’s Division in the absence of Mrs. D. A. McCormick, the vice chairman of the party, who & at present en route back to' the United States from a two; months’ , tour of Europe: FFA Exhibit Wins Cash Award at Fair The Farmville Future Farmers of America chapter won tile Chambliss award of $25.00 for the best educa tional exhibit at the Pitt Fair, held last week at Greenville. This highly coveted award is given each year by Norman Y. Chambliss, manager of the fair. In regular competition, Bethel walked off with first prize, Ayden was second, and Grimesland third. Farmville’s exhibit was based m “Learning and Doing.” It showed a model farmstead complete with scale moder buildings and equipment, with the model school shop in the fore ground. A placard in the background had as its title, “Vocational/Agricul ture Means,” and then listed “Better Crops,” "Better Livestock,” “Better Poultry,” "Home Conveniences,” “Home Beautification,” “Home Re pair Work" and “Farm Shop Work.” A .streamer from each of these items ran to an appropriate part of the ex hibit to illustrate the point.

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