the town of Farmville.
Appointment of Mr. Flanagan t
the position, which may become in
croemsgiy important unless the wa
clouds can he brushed away, w&
made, by Mayor Waiter B. Jones am
approved by the Board of Commis
sioners at the board’s regular meet
ing Tuesday night
The board also adopted ordinance
giving Utjembers of the civil defense
committee police powers in event o
a real emergency or in any kind «
practices or “black-outs” that migh
take place during- the period «3f na
tional emergency. .
Other civil defease chairmen ap
pointed .by Mayor Jones and approv
edhy tM board were: Legal, John B
Lewis; public information, J. B. Hqck
tion, Doctors R. T. Williams, Charles
Fitsgerald and John M. Mewfoom
utilities and public works, W; A* Me
tisfcs, Gilbert Whitley, Bed Styers ant
Adams and J. B. Taylor; communka
R. L. Spivey; ambulance, Charles S
Edwards. - \ > t t
rden Breaks
Falls At State
Bruce Darden, senior id State col
lege, broke his right leg Mondaj
night when he fell into a bole on th«
campus. Bruce, Jay Flanagan and a
friend had returned to the college
earlier in the day and were on theii
way to supper. Bruce suddenly dis
appeared. He had fallen into a deej
hole, which" was unmarked. The hole
is a part of excavations being made
for a new building.
Darden is a patient at Rex hospital
in Raleigh. His family learned of the
accident Tuesday ^ftemoon when his
roommate, Maynard Thorne, called
Bob Darden.
Watch Those Air
Rifles, Says Lucas
Police Chief L. T. Lucas is warning
owners of air rifles to be careful with
their “shooting irons” or they might
find themselves involved with^_ such
filings as laws and courts.
Chief Lucas, who states that many
street lights have been Iwoken by
air rifles- in the hands of youngsters,
calls on parents to urge their children
to handle the rifles carefully and not
wantonly destroy property or kill
birds.
Lucas stated that he bed received
several reports that birds were being
slain by boyB. He reminds that there
are city laws prohibiting the shooting
of birds ha city limits.. '
Then, too, there is tile ever-present
danger of stray shots hitting some
one in fiie eye, resulting in blind*
ness, or inflicting other Beriops per
sonal injuries.
area from which it draws customers
and tobacco growers. TKS», too, the
REA has plans for erecting in Farm-1
ville a permanent office that'-will be
an asset to the town.
Statements by Mr. McAdams and
the board that the town will do every
thing in its power to help the REA
echo, we believe, the Bentiments of* a
majority of Farmville citizens and
should go far toward erasing any
doubts about hbw the town feds to
ward the cooperative and its work.
Difficulties experienced L by the
REA to secure an adequate source of
power'also throw a shadow of doubt
on the assertion of those who claim
the state has an abundance of power.
- At a recent Kiwanis supper, one
segment of the club was discussing
the fine maimer in which the program
chairman for the evening had pro
nounced the invocation. The conver
sation then drifted into other Unas:
related to prayer and brought from
Rev. H. L. Davis, the Methodist par
son, ah account Of an experience he
had during the early days of his
ministry. With * welfare worker,
Mr. Davis was visiting in the. home
of an, under-privileged family and
was asked to offer a prayer. One
of the youngsters persisted in taUtingr
aloud. The mother's attempts to
“shush’’ the little,
finally, she fcas heard to say: “Be
quiet; look at the preacher.” Equafly
audible was the youngster’s reply,
after a brief pause: “Ain’t he ugly.”
i
Mrs. C. P. Baucom, chairman of file
Christmas card committee, turfled in
a check for 136.56. Over *90 was rea
lised from sponsoring photographers
during the fall, the chairman report*
ed. , ;
; Mrs. Baucom, program leader, as
serted that Japan has become the
greatest missionary Opportunity of
this generation. An able and a proud
people brought to file depths of na
tional humiliation, but having their
hope and faith restored by a gener
4ML.^victor, are now open to #H
preaching of tKe'Gbspel as they never
would have been otherwise.' •':M$\
Mr#. Easley reviewed the BiWe
study add dosed with pmyer.
Kfteeh members enjoyed lemon
bisque* coffee and toasted nuts dur
ina the social hour. ■■■fi-t.:
Mrs. Frank Baucom eptortoii&K*
Circle 8 Monday night in the borne of
Mrs. C. F, Baucom. Mrs. Allen Drake,
chairman, led the Bible study and
Mrs. Joe FJake had charge of the
program. ' ;
Mrs, James Bennett, who was wel
comed as a new member,won file
I cake, potato chips, pea-^
were passed during thw
father
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peared to betfcat legislation to thi
effect i* dealwble. 5|Nto» seefcUu
such a Jaw,'however, thetown autho
litiea will *«Ik» the shatter up with th
North Caroina League of Munfcipali
ties. :-v'T
Mayor Walter B. Jones presided a
the session, Commissioners attendin)
were John M. Stansill, Claude Joyne
and Ft# Moore, . .' . . -1:
Three Farmville college student
hare'temporarily given up the!
quell tor academic, degrees in favej
of Uncle Sam’s Air Poree. The three
Dan Morgan, Jpcfc Willis dud Bol
Morgan—enlisted in the JH* Porci
test Thursday aria were assigned |i
a base in Tnap.' f‘.
t* Dap, the son of Mrs. D. R. Moergai
and the late Sfe.‘M«^ga^ was 9 sec
ond-year student at the jPeonsytoanii
State college of Optometry in Ehila
delphia. He attended the Universitj
of North Carolina two years. .
Jack is the son of Dr. and Mrs. W
M. WiSis and was a .senior at Waks
Forest.
Boh, who is the son of Mrs. J. f
Horten and the late Mr. Morgan, was
a. sophpmqre it Duke university.
*K* October.* - , '
Arrangement# wen incom
five children: Mrs. D. S. Avery, Mrs.
|P Upebdrch, L, W. and W. E.
^*W» of Canton, and aeven grand
Allen of Raleigh "mid Mrs. WllHi
children.
Jfre. Allen was the daughter oi
W. C. and Atfeta Cozart Peade. if> ;
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DOGS, RATHER THAN DEER, 1
GET HUNTERS' ATTENTION
hunting
About FarmviUt Peo
mained for »:;**w days with her
daughter, Mr* Jerome Parkins,
f Rev. and Mr*. R. b" Davis. and
daughter, Jean, are spending a few
days with Mr. bavis* mother, Mr*.
H. M. Davis, is Robbins, $
Pvt. Ottis PMe, Jr., of Lackland
Field, Texas, spent Christmas day
with his sent, Mrs. B.. D. Bowie, 8k.
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Jones and
daughter, Jennifer Bath, have retain*
ed from Meredian, Miss., where ihey
spent the holidayswith her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Blakeley. They
also visited Mrs. ’ Jones’ siBter, Mrs.
l* w. (jaerryi m oirnungnam, Ap.
Mr, and Mrs. E. N. Petteway and
sons.spent Sunday In Lake View, S.
■ i „ * Ait, W Ai~a.^n mJTtm Tfc W—
Vi| Wltfl Htao* FftEwWpy 8 P&FcllISf mat
and Mire. JK J Pt Bayes. >V .
Misseg Mary Leah'Chome and Ag
nes Quinertye
liford and Be
boro Tuesday
they resumed
in DaVis of
«.J„w»athe