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NUMBER THIRTY-THREE
Prayer for Peace
Sunday, December SI, is being ob
served by a great many churches in
America as a day of prayer for peace.
.The Farmville churches are being
called upon by the Ministerial asso
ciation to devote just as much time
as possible between now and that day
for .special prayer for peace.
At 3 o’clock on that Sunday a
special community service will be con
ducted by local ministers in the Chris-,
tian church. All people, irrespective
of faith, are urged to come. A pro
gram is being planed that the minis
ters hope will place upon ike hearts
the need for peace and Christians’ re
sponsibility in helping bring peace of
God to men’s hearts.
As a call to worship, chimes will he
played at the Methodist church, be
ginning at 2:30.
Farm Workers Will
Be'Covered by Social
Security After Jan. 1
Regular farm workers—perhaps as
many as 6000 of them in the area
served by the Rocky Mount office of
the Social Security Board—will come
under the Federal social security law
beginning January 1, according to
Marshall H. Barney, gianager of the
Rocky Mount office.
Dairy fanning will lead to old-age
and survivors insurance protection for
the largest number of farm people in
this area, Barney believes. He em
phasises that it is tiie regular farm
worker who is paid cash wages who
will come under the law—not the itin
erant, or part-time worker.
A new leaflet, “Notice to Fanners
with Regular Hired Help," explains
how. the farm operator can tell wheth
er any of his employees are covered
bythe law. Issued by the Bureau of
Internal Revenue at Greensboro, the
leaflet is available at the collector's
office in Greensboro, or at offices of
ceupty agents or PM A. Ifahy banks
, alsf have copies of the notice.
In addition to explaining just what
workers are covered, the leaflet
a tear-off slip which the
Ml operator should complete and
K_if he has employees who will be
tm by the law.
the new law firings iann
the aoeial security system
; time, the system will not
[thousands of the farm
■my of them made a sub
■ toward old-age and sur
■tce payments by work
Kiai or industrial jobs
Hjfnce 1936. Some of
■war plants, and oth
B of World War II,
■k>eial security eresl.
> qualifying
earn social
succeeding
by
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joritjs but both ueem to be too opti
mistic. So-called political experts be
who are waiting to see which wap the1
wind blows before jumping—will de
cide the outcome. In other words,
the speakership may go to the man
promising file most in the way of
committee assignments.
The holidays provided little hi the
way of news. Most departments were
too busy getting their pleas ready for
the General Assembly, putting year,
end reports together, and worrying a
bout what presents to buy to take
time out for politics.
However, some Capitol Hill squat
ters were jawing about Utilities Com
missioner McMahan being pushed for
president of Lions International. The
interesting part about the rumor go
ing around ip that some of the state's,
big power companies’ bigwigs are the
ones doing the most pushing for Mc
Mahan. They really are touting the
Utilities Commissioner for the num
ber one Lions’ job.
Meantime, McMahan is making a,
lot of speeches around the state
telling about the operation of the
Utilities Commission, of course, but
apparently doing a little Lion hand
shaking at the same time.
There’s no public fanfare, but th£
Highway Department is ptiffiung a
safety campaign continuously. Care
lessness costs money* a recent bulle
ttin sent to all hands pointed out. As
an example, the bulletin called atten
tion to a recent avoidable accident.
Seems the driver of a highway truck
packed a mite too close to a railroad
track. The result: a train came by,
smacked the truck, and it cost the
highway department $250_worth of
repairs.
Signs of the road-building times :
on the Smithfield side of Clayton, this
sign greets the motorist—“Slow to
20 miles per hour if you can’t turn
around.”
The governor’s press conferences
recently have brought these remarks
Pitt and Greene REA
Installs Two-Way
Manager Gilbert Whitley of the
itt and'Greene Etectri^MemSendnp
irporation states that radio _ equip
ent *a.-t instaUed which will
tern needs $300,000,000 worth of re
• Iwidfftf-fixine wideninir and
by-pass building to pat it in shape.
That increased aid in any shape to
cities and towns for their street
building will call for . new taxes.
That building — particularly of
schools—should not be held back be
cause of high cost during the emer
gency. Income will be high, and
building should continue — if it is at
all possible to get materials—so that
there will not be a backlog of build
ing needed when the emergency is
over.
That Governor Scott will make
some recommendation to the General
Assembly on the question Uf separat
ing the highway and prison depart
ments. He did not say which way his
recommendation woud go.
~ Everette Doffermyre, publicity-lov
ing Dunn lawyer, found himself in
much the same position of the man
who . sat on his own false teeth and
got bit
Doffermyre jumped into the fight
about the Emmett Garner case, re*
centlj in the headlines. Judge Ham
ilton stated publicly that he had not
intended for the-man to die, that he
had thought Governor Scott would in
tervene and commute the death sen
tence. The governor <Sd not inter
fere, and Garner went to the gas
chamber for beating Ms wife to
death.
Doffermyre charged that Gamer
died because “the Governor of North
Carolina did not follow the advice and
counsel of a person who is iednnfd
in the law.”
The resulting publicity brought Out
a published fetory that Doffermyre
had served as attorney for amaif he
sentenced.to jail while serving as
Dunn Recorder's Court Judge, and
helped get a parole for that man.
Doffermyre denied any improper pro
cedure in the case, but it was tamed
over to the State Bar'Association, for
study. No disposition of the case has
been made as yet by the Bar Associa
people from
are invited to
fcer-oommunity enterprise to help
a. contribution to the spiritual
of youth. It is to be conducted
ung people for the youth of thbr
who are cordially invited to
and Spend the hours between
Directed by Mrs. D. R. Mercer aruf
Mrs. J. M, Horton, the third and
fourth grades sang “A Child’s Even
ing Song," “Christmas Carol” and
“Esther Christmas" The fifth and
sixth grades, under the direction of
their teachers, Mrs. Bennie Phillips
and Mrs. Philip M. Cory, Sang three
Christmas songs, “Carol of the Shep
herds,” “Silent Night" and “I Heard
the Bells on Chrigtma* Day,”
The seventh and eighth grades pre
sented a pageant, “Christmas by
Candlelight.” Bjlly Baker played the
role of Joseph, Betsy Oakley played
the role of Mary. Others in the cast
were Janice Johnson, Aim S. Everett
and- Teresa Moseley {angels); Bill
Abrams, Horace Corbett and Gene
Jones (shepherds); Tommy Phillips,
Carlton Vanford and Cbafles Sum
merlin (wisemen); Woody Hunt was
the narrator. Tdrs. Bslipr.iiM Mrs.
program. Mrs. Emily Walston, music
teacher, served as pianist and directed
the musical numbers, all of which
were outstanding and were heartily
praised.
The first and second grades sang
several songs, among which was
“Here Comes Santa Claus.” The Old
Fellow entered while the children
Spread Christmas Cheer
for the
Billy Gregory returned to Camp
Atterbury, Indiana; 'Wednesday after
spending the holidays with his par-*
Miss Ernestine Moseley of Foun
tain spent the holidays with Miss
L. D. Mowing of near Snow. Hill
and Poe Mooring, BXZFC student, were
guests of Mrs. Mooring's daughter,
Mrs. John T. Walston Christmarday.
Mr and Mrs. J. W. Miller had as
their guests Christmas eve Mr. and
.Mrs. Snodie Parkerson, Mrs. J. E.
Parkerson, Sr., Mr. and' Mrs. Joe
Parlwrson and family, Mr. and Mm.
Johnnie Parkerson of Greenville and
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cobb and
family of Bethel.
Father Alophoneus Benson, who has
just returned to the United States
after a year, and a half in Europe and
.a tour of Palestine, visited his broth,
er, Father Joachim Benson, pastor of
St Elizabeth’s Catholic church, the
day after Christmas. He-was accom-i
panied by Father Lawrence Brediger
of Silver Spring, Maryland ..
|f Donald Baucom, who underwent an
emergency appendectomy on Sun
day at Memorial General hospltai in
Kinston, returned: yesterday to the
home of his parents, Mr. add Mrs. C.
nry Johnson and
e, left Tuesday to
■ of tllfe week with
ter in Columbia, S
and son of Newport News, Va., Mr.
and Mrs. R.L. Tugwell and son, and
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Stamper and son
of .Roanoke, Va,
C. A. Mozingo left Tuesday, for
Charlotte to attend a ratting of
representatives of the Southern Ap
In contests recent
pliance company. In contests recent
ly sponsored by the company and the
manufacturers they represent, Ho
zingo has won a cocker spaniel dog, a
Lord Elgin wrist watch, a man’s dia
mond ring, a lady’s diamond ring, a>
Kodak duraflex camera, two brass end
tableB “MSSpash-button electric
stove. Within the .near future, he is
to receive a child’s swing. In an*
other contest, he won an electric sew
C. A. Mozingo was in Woodard
Herring hospital, Wilson, Saturday
through Tuesday of last week for a
check-up. ; y$-\
Vtti and Mrs. Arnold Pittman and
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Poster of Selma
spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mr* J,
A. Gregory.
Sfrrand Mrs. W. J. Bundy of Green
vilfe, Baxter Carson of Norfolk, Va.,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harper and son,
Bill, of Rocky Mount and Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Bundy and sons, S. D., Jr.,
and James Henry, were dinner guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. X" T. Bundy.
a«d Mrs. C. W. Casper and
children spent Sunday and Monday
In Rocky Mount with relatives.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mrs. Ervin Evans announce
of a son,. Ervin Allen’,' on
21, at Carolina General
i Wilson. Mrs. Evans is the
iss Mildred Southerland of
Band To Give:
At Nest Pf A Meeting
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The Farmville high school baud will
present a concert at the meeting of
the Parent-Teacher association on
Thursday, January 4, at f:30 inthe
school auditorium under the direction
of N. C. Maenhout.
i Parents and friends are Invited to
attend.
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