1961. A study is being made to, as
accurately as possible, forecast the
amount of electric power needed
then lif its consumers. As improve
meats to the system are made in the
Mtr future, they will be made to
can for the anticipated load ten
yearn from now. This means that if
larger fire is. needed in the near fu
tam, a rise will be installed which
can adequately be a part of the sy
stem at thst time. The location of
loads and power supplies most also
be considered in this type of long
range pUnming.
Pltt and Greene Electric Member
ship- Corporation, along, with 16 other
member cooperatives of Eastern
North Carolina Electric Membership
have recently negotiated .a contract
with the three power companies serv
ing eastern North Carolina, These
are Tide Water, Carolina Power and
light, and Virginia Electric and
PowwCo. .
™»wni nona uuvuoa niecrne
UPP Corporation was or
ganized over two years ago, by 17
REA cooperatives in the eastern part
of the State, for the purposeof ob
taining adequate, economical, and
dependable power for ibis section of
: the thought
was given to obtaining power from
Baggs Island dim when completed.
T1le power companies insisted that
they were willing and able to supply
the power themselves, or to “Wheel”
it from Buggs Island. No satisfac
v tory agreement was readied con
cerning the “wheeling" of this
power, so die five year contracts, re
esntly negotiated, provide'' that if
power can be dettvei-ed cheaper by
tha Government, than under the con
tract with'the power etmgjaales, the
contract can be
Pitt and Greene Electric Member
ship Gorp. wit
. of Farmville, under an
contract until last year. Tie source
of power was’ the fbrnmlle plant.
the Board of Directors hired the
present manager, Gilbert WMtley, on
11,1950 to administer the Co-op’s
On June 15, 1956 the new
. . at 103 N. Main Street was
opened for business. The office force
is composed of local people. He line
force were previously employed t>>
the Town when it was operating the
On June 26. 1950 the IuvHt «>n.
fined to her bed since Saturday due
to illness. ~
vilie and Mrs. L. E. Turnage spent
MnAlf Wilhelm at BlrlrfieM
Mrs. R. E. Mayo and son, Elbert,
returned Sunday from Elkin. Hr.
and Mrs. Mayo and son will spend
the week end at their cottage at
Mofehead City.
Mrs. R. T. Williams and daughter,
Nan, Mrs. Clayton Hathaway, Nancy
Jane Carroll, Jane Joyner and Care
line Lewis spent Monday afternoon
in Raleigh. The girls went ice skat
ing at the Coliseum.
Mrs. James fleet of Richmond, Va,
is visiting Dr. and Mrs. Daul Jones.
Mary Frances and Jimmy Joyner
returned last week from Morehead
“City, where they have been spending
the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. John If. Hill of Sun
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Turnage.
Mr. and Mrs. J. JB. Joyner and
daughter, Jane, were Rocky Mount
and Wilson visitors Saturday.
%. and Mrs. Jack Allen and Mrs.
Myrtle Roebuck spent last week at
tives in Norfolk, V*. , sggmL
Mrs. Archie McLean and children
returned to Rocky Mount yesterday
rfter spending a fewdayswith T. C.
Tuniaife. ■ 'feSfe ' ** &££$
Rev. and Mrs. E, W. Holmes spent
a few days this week with their
South Boston, Va.
P: M. Cate, Jr., of Pahokee, PUu,
trill be the week end guest of Dr.
and Mrs. Charles Fitzgerald.
Durham with relatives. * ^ .
day afternoon. t H ■ |
Mrs. Harvey Warm ft S|
visited her sister, Mrs. J. M. Star
>ast Wednesday.
F. A. Darden retumed fram
and children of Riverside, R. L «niy
ad Wednesday to spend a few days
with Mr. andMra. R A. Joyner. ,
Mm L.E. Walston returned Sun
day from Buckhannon, W. Va., where
she spent two weeks with her mother,
Mrs. R.E. Woofter, who was ill in
the hosmtal. ' > ■4li<
Mr. and Mr*. Earl Modlin of Ports
mouth, Va., spent Saturday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Q. E. Moddlin.
Mr. and Mrs. h. P. Thomas spent
last week with E. E- Thomae in Suf
folk. Va.. and with Batrebnan and
wsna
door : priz
■tents Me
have on e:
ton and a
over 100 y
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ALL GAMES
PINAL
REPLAYED
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Under the sponsorship of the Jay
cees the Bright Belt Playoffs willbe
heW fa Fannville. In j order that
everyone who desire* may aee all the
games, the contestants will play on
alternate days* In the first game
Friday night at S o’clock the league
leading Ormondsville teamWHKmeet
the foorth place team.
. Srtafcftl tfee seasoaswg
teg upward and defeated Ormonde
VII16 twO M&mCSi OT OB6 FUlI 6&Cu< Ul
the laat series they played. .
. On Saturday night, FarmviU«,mn
ner of 2i of itg la»t 26 games, and
just onttealf me out of first place,
will meet Pinetops, the third place
team. Farmville finished tee rega
||| season, with two wins over Pine
tops and one over Greenville. Nor
man Clark and Moe Webb pitched for
Farmville aa they jex^ated Fremont,
22-2 and 3-1. Moe Webb limited Fre
mow. to wo rap. noger ram no
the blitters by getting two doubles
and two triples in lire trips to bat
to Saturday's game. , V>.i
1 Skmda?t Ormondsville arid Macdes
■ field will a^ain 'bust in local
park. Farmville and Pinetops play
on Monday night. The teams alter
nate ttn**1 winners of the best
titite of five contests are determined.
^Bwm Aimoimaww*^ /
!r Mr. and Mat Seth Tyson Barrow
announce the birth of a son In Lenoir
County hospital, Kinston, August 14.
M«R- Banwia the former Mellin
Smith of W4bBhn>bmiji0ff;:"!
The Barrows have three other sons.
; NBW CHEVROLET TRUCK
The purchase of a new Chevrolet
truck from the B. & W. Chevrolet
company fdk use by the town’s street
department was nuate recently by the
Board of Commissioners. Bids for
the trucks were received from local
IJ.H#)...■Mi'»iiTjji.Vifnrli.4,
^ rn-mfnr..
Iter. C. L. Patrick of Grifton will
condoet a revival at the Miwftoio
" Will Baptist (touch, beginning
ay and. closing the following
r. Services will be at eight
...each evening.' ..
The eh^h^w^^^i^thepas^
Established in 1966. with two
email warehouses, Far'nwiHe'a to*
baceemarket will open its 1981 nea>
son Hsxt Tuesday with seven large
warehouses ami Ik reputation of being
the “best tobacco market in the
State.* ™ 5^ *7 ^ f - >1
v The history of the market show*
■toady, uninterrupted progress, as
ijkemarket approaches its60th anni
versary of service and satisfaction.
When the auctioneering center
launched its career in 1906, one of
toe warehouses was operated by C,
R. Townsend aad the other by Starks
and Usher of Oxford. Mr. Townsend
operated his house here for Several
y«fr% later gotag to Greenville, and
,finally retnming here. He even
tually sold his interest to Coopera
tives^V':' >'£]
fe Stark and Utoer operated their
house for two years, Selling out in
1907 to toe late James f§ Monk, who
could rightfully be tolled "Father of
the FanttHlle Market.* His repu
tation as a tobacconist and a “square
foomjucj.
Initial drill for 1961 .
FarnmiteHigh Red Davit
Squad.will be on Wednesday, August]
Advance indications point to a
large turnout of grid hopeful*-. This
mg letteraoea wfco will form the
nucleus of tbe.%1 team, i'These eat-,
per ienced hoys are: ShschaS Barrett,
center; Jade Allen, hade; Jamee