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VOLUME FORTY-TWO
FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY,
CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1962
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NUMBER FORTY-ONE
Elizabeth Davis
Will Direct Red
Cross Campaign
Miss Elizabeth Davis has accepted
the appointment as chairman of the
annual Red Cross drive for the Farm
ville school district.
Miss Davis’ decision to accept the
task of directing the fund-raising
campaign was announced by Dr. Leo
Jenkins of East Carolina College, who
is serving as county-wide chairman.
Dr. Jenkins expressed gratification
that a person as capable and effici
ent as Miss Davis had been secured to
serve as administrative head and ex
pressed confidence that citizens of
the community will assist her in every
possible way.
Farmville’s quota for this year has
been set at $2,904. This compares
with a quota of $2,000 for last‘year,
more than $1,8000 of which was rais
ed, and a quota of $1,800 two years
ago, which was met. The county
wide quota for this year is $16,900,
considerably higher than in' recent
years by virtue of the increased de
mands on the Red Cross which are
developing from a stepped-up defense
program, and as a result of such pro
jects as the bloodmobile.
Officials of the Red Cross are
anxious to have the campaign com
pleted by March 15. Details of the
local drive will be announced in future
issues of The Enterprise.
Former Fountain
Student' Awarded
Medal For Bravery
Floyd J. Causey, Jr., hospital corps
man third ciass, U.S.N., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd J. Cause, Route 1,
Pinetops, was awarded a Bjronze Star
Medal in ceremonies held at Camp
Lejeune, February 9.
The Uo-year-oia (^orpsman s aecora
tion was ordered by Major General
G. C. Thomas, USMC, Assistant Com
mandant of the Marine Corps, for
'‘heroic achievement in connection
with operations against the enemy
while serving with a Marine Infantry
company in Korea on April 23, 1951.”
Colonel John A. White, command
ing officer of the Headquarters and
Seivice Battalion, Camp Lejeune,
made the award before a contingent
of 500 troops drawn up on the lawn
of the Marine Barracks.
The citation, read by Col. White,
stated that Causey, seeing “. . . that
a comrade lay wounded forward of
friendly lines, . ^ . unhesitatingly
dashed forward to aid him, and al
though he himself was painfully
wounded, succeeded in carrying (the
Marine) to safety.”
A former basketball and baseball
lettertnan at Fountain School, Causey
was the only Corpsman still in action
in his company. Ordered behind a
hill by his commanding officer with
•the words, “You stay here, we can’t
afford to lose you too, we’ll bring the
wounded here." Causey heard the
cry “Corpsman . . . Corpsman!” from
Hairy Caldwell At
Beaver Dam, Feb. 28
Harry B. Caldwell of- Greensboro,
master of the State Grange jn North
Carolina will be guest speaker at the
meeting of the Beaver Dam Grange
in ft Bajjards community building on
Thursday'evening, February 28, at
7:80 o’clock. Mr. Caldwell will dis
cuss matters of vital interest per
taining to the farm program and the
public is invited to hear him. The
Grange is the oldest farm organise
somewhere out in front of the
Marines’ line, evidently from a man
badly hit. Causey looked ,at hib
officer, the officer looked away, and
Causey dashed from his cover to the
aid of^the wounded man. Wounded
himself when half-way there, he
struggled on, reached the wounded
Marine and carried him .back to
friendly lines.
Causey’s action typifys the service
and work'done by Navy Corpsmen
serving with Marine units. Many of
these men have given their lives while
treating wounded Marines on battle
fronts throughout the world.
They are all picked men, chosen
from the ranks of regular naval
corpsmen, and given special training
with Marine infantry units. These
men wear regular Marine Corps uni
forms, different only by the fact that
naval, instead of Marine insignia in
dicating rank are worn on the
sleeves.
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About Farmville People
Mrs. W. J. Rasberry is a patient in'
the Woodard-Herring Hospital in
Wilson.
Miss Mittie Rouse, student nurse in
the Norfolk General Hospital, and
Mjss Mary Ann Rouse, both of Nor
folk, Va., spent the week end with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Rouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard M. -Thorne
and daughter, Frances, visited Mrs.
Thome’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. B. Holmes near Dunn, Sunday.
Mr. Holmes has been ill for several
weeks. /
Misses Grace Miller and Nancy Jane
Carroll, Vann Carroll and Gerald
Davis attended the dance feature of
Emily Frankel and Mark Ryder at
East Carolina College in Greenville,
ruesday night. r - |,
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Collins of Tren
ton spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. C. B. Mashbura.
R. D. Rouse, Sr., who has been con
fined to his home on account of ill
ness, is reported as much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wright, Jr.,
had as guests on Monday, Mr. and
Mrs. George B. Wilson of Maplewood,
N. J., Mrs. Charles F. Williams of
Raleigh and Mrs. E. B. Crow and
Miss Elizabeth Crow of Wilson.
Miss Henrietta Cooper of Wallace
spent the week end with her aunt,
Mrs. Edwin S. Coates, and Rev. ’
Coates.
Miss Ada Collver of Kinston spent
last week visiting friends here.
Martin H. Albritton of near Farm- <
ville returned Monday from a Ken
tucky tobacco market. '
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bourne of
Raleigh visited with Mr. and Mrs. M.
V. Jones and family, Sunday.
Miss Betsy Willis Jones returned J
to her duties as teacher in the Roa
noke Rapids Schools, Monday, after 1
remaining in Farmvjlle last week on 1
account of illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Willis and :
small daughter, Tommy Ann, of New- 1
ton arrived Tuesday to visit with Mr. 1
Willis' mother, Mrs. W. M. Willis,
until Sunday. ■
Dewey Fuquay of Charlotte spent ■
the week end with his family here. -
W. M. Willis, Jr., and daughter,
Ann, of Charlotte spent the week end
with Mrs. W. M. Willis.
Mrs. Lucille B. Quinn was a Golds
boro visitor yesterday. . <
Miss Mary Thome Tyson of Rich- i
mond, Va., arrived Thursday for a 1
visit of several days with her mother, 1
Mrs. C. A. Tyson. Miss Tyson and ;
her mother will spend the week end
in Wilmington with Mrs. Tyson’s i
daughter, Mrs. Joe Latham, and
ianuiy. i
Miss Nell Taylor Beaman of Will- '
iamston will spend the week end at ]
her home here.
Mrs. Will Jones, Jr., and Mrs. T. W. <
Webb were Goldsboro visitors, Wed- j
nesday. ]
Mrs. R. T. William* visited her
mother, Mrs. W. H. Worsley of Rocky
Mount, in the Memorial Hospital ]
there on Tuesday. Mrs. Will Jones, :
Jr., accompanied Mrs. Williams and i
visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ,
Z. T. Cox.
Mrs. Richard Welsh of Baltimore, :
Md., is spending the week- end with
her mother, Mrs. S. G. Gardner.
J. E. Russell entered Duke Hospital
on Friday and underwent an opera
tion, Tuesday. Latest reports state
•hat Mr. Russell is improving slowly.
Emerson Smith left Thursday fo»
Miami, Fla., where he will join ' i
wife and son who have bee:-’ on <--■
extended visit with relatives t!>~
The Smiths will return to Farmvilk
in about 10 days.
Mr. and Mrs, C. A. Lilley spent the
week end with relatives in Gatesvtile.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Turn age, Sr.,
spent tiie week end with their daugh
ter, Mrs. J. D. Hill and Mr. Hill in
Sunbury.
Rev. Frank Ross attended the Sad
ler’s Wells Theatre Ballet perform
ance in the Memorial auditorium in
Raleigh, Wednesday night.
Among the Farmville people at
tending the Guy Lombardo concert in
Raleigh Tuesday night were: Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Harper, Mr. and Mrs.
John Erwin Wilkerson, Mr. and Mrs.
James B. Hockaday and Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Carraway.
Mr. and Mr*. L. A Dysart of
Lenior spent the week end with their
daughter, Mrs. Joe D. Joyner and
family, recently.’
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Little had as
supper guests on Thursday night of
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At The Ki wanis Club
Dan Jones took charge of the
Kiwanis program Monday night, in
the absence of the dudraan, BiU
Creekmur, and delighted the membens
with a humorous talk,-and a series of
jokes.
Martin Albritton was the guest of
his brother, Ted. _ 1
Jackie Willis On
Service Champion
Basketball Team
Jackie Willis, son of Mrs, W- M.
Willis and the late Dr. Willis, flayed
the past season on the championship
basketball team-of the Armed Ser
rices Y.M.C.A. League. Willis is a
flayer on the Lackland Air Base
Medical corpsman team, at San An
;onio, Texas.
CpL Willis was a star on one of the
>est teams ever to represent the local
ugh school, of which he is a 1948
graduate. In his final year at the
ichool the Farmville team won the
Pitt County Championship and was
nvited to play in other state-wide
oumaments. He played varsity bail
vhile a student at Wake Forest Col
ege. He entered the service in
December, 1950, and has been sta
;ioned at Lackland Air Base the en
ire time. %■
Willis’ service team this Season
balked up an impressive 30-3 record,
ncluding nine straight wins in the
Vrmed Service Y.M.C. A. League.
Coached by 2nd Lt Bitter, hospital
ab officer and former University of
Maryland cage star, the hardwood
nedics showed up well against Texas
alleges and inter-service teams.
Team members do all their practic
ng during off duty hours and Lt
litter is well pleased with the results
ds boys have been showing.
Former Shanghai
Instructor Speaks
At Baptist Church
The Fannville Funeral Home an
nounces the appointment of C. W.
[Tex) Pettigrew, Jr., as a member of
heir staff. Mr. Pettigrew is a
icensed embalmer and licensed fun
iral director,
A native of Dallas, Texas, Mr.
Pettigrew has adopted North Carolina
is his'home since: his arrival in
Dhapel Hill in 1942. He. is a World
Wfar II veteran, having served four
fears in the Navy Medical Corps. He
served two years in the Pacific
aboard the'HSS Ocelot and the USS
Mercury. : J.,
After his discharge from the ser
vice, Mr. Pettigrew returned to Chapel
Hill and was affiliated "With the
Walker^ Funeral Home for two years.
He then spent a year in Nashville,
Tenn., attending Gupton-Jones Col
lege of Mortuary Science^ For the
past two years he has been associated
with the Snow-Ppllock Ftaneral Home
ip New Bern.
Mr. Pettigrew, marked Miss Flor
i of Chapel Hi!. They have
en, tjwo boys and' two girls,
ive Ms family to Fannville
itear fu^,
Miss Inabelie Coleman of Durham,
in instructor in the University of
Shanghai prior to her return to the
Jnited States, will speak at the Pap
ist Church here Sunday morning at
1 o’clock.
Miss Colemdn, with 'other Ameri
:ans, was interned on the Shanghai
Jniversity campus after the inva
ion of China by the Japanese during
Vorld War II. She is now on fur
ougH from her missionary duties.
She is writer and author of num
irous pamphlets and articles in de
iominational journals and mission
looks.
Miss Coleman, a dynamic speaker
vith a broad background of know
edge and experience, is in demand
is a speaker for conventions, mission
itudy classes and in colleges through
tut the south,
Before going to China the mission
iry was a member of the Foreign
Missions Board in Richmond, Va.
PORMER SERVICEMAN JOINS
STAFF LOCAL FUNERAL HOME
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Umstead T9 Address
Local Civic Clubs
The Rotary and Kiwanjg clubs will
have a joint meeting next Monday
night to hear an address by W. B.
Umstead of Durham, former United
States Senator and a candidate for
the. Democratic nomination for Gover
nor. The meeting will begin at 7
o’clock in the school lunchroom.
Club members who are inviting
guests to the joint meeting are re
quested to inform Frank Williams or
Louis Williams so that a sufficient
number of plates can be prepared.
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT -
FOUNTAIN P.TA. MEET FOR
STATE HEALTH BULLETIN
Photographers representing the
State Health Bulletin publication
took picturts of the third grade stu
dents of the . Fountain School as they
gave the program at the Parent
Teacher Association meeting Wednes
day night The pictures will be used
with articles about the health program
carried on in the' primary department
of the school.
Annette Little, as health queen, and
Edward Bruce Beasley III, the lead
ing boy character, were the main par
ticipants in the play which included
in the cast all members of the third
grade, Mrs. Peipus Mprcer is the
grade teacher,
Mrs. Amberse Little, president, pre
sided, ,
Principal M. E. McDonald announc
ed that a Womanless Wedding would
be presented on March 5.
Interesting News Items
From Ballard’s
Mrs. J. W. Hassell of Greenville
will give a study on the Book of
James in the Ballards Presbyterian
church on Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock. Everybody in the community
is invited to come and hear Mrs.
The Book of James is being
Hassell.
used this year by the women through
out the church for their intensive
Bible Study. Mrs. Hassell spent sew
erall years as a missionary in Japan.
Rev. and Mrs. C. D. Patterson and
son were dinner guests qf Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Harris on last Stunday,
Mr£ Dupree Tolar and children,
Mrs. Noah Barber and daughter,
Peggy, and J. T. O’Neal visited Mr!
and Mrs. Frank Nichols near Sara
toga Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mary E. Nichols of Charlotte
spent the past week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Nichols.
Mr. and Mrs. Albion Moore, who
have been making their home in
Hopewell, Va., for the past several
years, have moved into the house re
cently erected on the farm of E. M.
Tyson, where Mr. Moore will be em
ployed at the dairy.
Mr. and'Mrs. William H. Crawford,
who-have been in Kentucky, where
Mr. Crawford has been on the tobac
co market, have retamed home and
were week end visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Crawford.
Mrs. Dennis Andrews and daugh
ter, Lorene, of Joyner’s Cross Roads,
were recent guests of Mrs. Mamie R.
Holloway. Louis Holloway of the
U. S. Army, who was at Fort Jackson,
S. C., has been transferred to Fort
Dix, N. J.
Mrs. Willis Manning was a More
head City visitor .-fatst week. Her
mother, Mrs. Lassiter, returned home
with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hart and Miss
Hagar Hart rad Mrs. MamieR. Holl
oway were Goldsboro visitors last
week.
I Friends of Mrs. Mack Ross will be
sorry to learn that she is ill at her
home. -
Dollar Days Will
Bfpbsjpld Hece
3 Days Noi Week
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
next week will be observed at Dollar
Days in FarmviUe.
. Local merchants, anxious to impress
the FarmviUe trading area that those
customers who go elsewhere for their
needs could reap substantial savings
by patronizing local stores, have made
special plans for the bargain event,
and it is expected that persons from
throughout the territory will not only
take advantage of the tremendous
bargains but will also bring along
their friends and neighbors.
Advertising material vriU be placed
in the mails early next week, and a
partial list of tjie featured bargains
will appear in next week's issue of
The Enterprise.
Conference Tourney
Starts Monday
The annual Coastal Conference
Basketball Tournament will be held
m the Ayden High gehool gymnasium
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Friday nights of next Week. There
will be two games each night. The
games are scheduled for 7:30. The
admission will be 26c and 50c.
Teams playing in the tournament
are FarmviUe, Ayden, South Edge
combe, Vanceboro and Robersonville.
Boys and girls teams are entered.
State Tax Agent
Here Wednesday
A representative of the State De
partment of Revenue will be in the
FarmviUe Town Hall next Wednes
day for the purpose of assisting local .
taxpayers in completing their returns ]
for State income taxes for 1951. j
Every single person, or married per- .
son not living with husband or wife,
whose incomes in 1951 "exceeded |1,000 ,
must file returns, Returns must also*
be filed by every married woman ■
earning (1,000 or more, and by every '
married man living with his wife
whose earnings exceeded (2,000.
Attention is also called to toe fact ,
that employers must file reports ,
showing the names of employees who j
received the minimum amounts re
quired for fiUng.
Attend Meeting
Of District Bankers
Bank of Farmville personnel at- i
tending the District Bankers Associa
tion meeting in Greenville today are: 1
L. E. Walston, C. C. Simpson, C. H. ]
Rasberry and John Stansill. The i
business meeting will be held in the ]
Sheppard Memorial library building. 1
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ON' NEW YORK VACATION
Miss Etna Lewis and Miss Mary !
Elizabeth Carr left Sunday morning i
for New York City where they will '
spend a week. Some of the time dur- 1
ing their stay they will visit with 1
Major William Lewis and family in '
Lindenhurst.
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MONK MEMORIAL CHURCH
BARBECUE SUPPER TONIGHT
Monk Memorial Church is sponsor
ing a barbecue and brunswick. stew
supper tonight at the church. Serving '
begins at 5:30 and will continue to 8.
Dessert and coffee are included with
the price of the meal.
. Pr. Leo Jenkins
World Day7Ot
Prayer Service At
Presbyterian Church
The 1952 World Day at Prayer ser
vice will be conducted in the Presby
terian Church, Friday afternoon, Feb
ruary 29 at 3:80. The Methodist
Church is in charge of the program
uid Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt, president of
he Woman’s Society - of Christian
Service, has announced that Rev. Z.
B. T, Cox will be the principal
ipeaker.
This year the service stresses the
leeds, prayers and aspirations of the
>eople whg live close to the soil—the
migrant worker, the American Indian,
he sharecropper and peasants
hrougout the world.
The World Day of Prayer Service
s sent to 104 countries.
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
ELECT OFFICERS
Officers were elected at the Presby
erian Women of the Church meeting
Monday night. The meeting was held
n the Fellowship Hall of the church.
Che president, Mrs. C. F. Baucom,
>r., presided. The election results,
vere as follows: vice president, Mrs.
Ulen Drake; secretary, Mrs. James
3ennett; treasurer, Mrs. W. C. Hol
iton,
,The following committee chairmen
vere also elected at this meeting:
Church Extension, Mrs. G. P. Berge
■on; Annuities and, Relief, Mrs. Frank
Cupree, Jr.; Stewardship, Mrs. Cherry
Easley; Home Circle, Mrs. Edward
day; Circle 1, Mrs. L. T. Pierce; Cir
:le 2, Mrs. Glenn, Newton; Circle 3,
lira. Emerson Smith.
Mrs. Cherry Easley forcefully dis
ussed “The Christian, the Commun
ty and the Kingdom.” She. stressed
;he fact -that women can do much to
Christianize the methods and pur
>oses of churches, civic and govem
nental organizations. Mrs. Easley
minted out ways in which the church
an influence the administration of
nental hospitals, charitabl homes,
:ourts and jails. She made clear the
svil that -can be done to the young
>y encouraging them in money
naking projects that are not Chris
ian, such as raffles, which tend to
each that easy money can be had'
without work. Mrs. Easley referred
o the work done by Jane Adams of
Hull House and Carrie Nation who
ised her energies to bring about
Prohibition.
IN CHARLESTON THIS WEEK
H. D. Johnson, E. C. Holmes and
Ceroy Rollins were in Charleston, S.
Monday and Tuesday of this week.
Phe purpose of the trip was to visit
he Camellia Markets.
College Dean To
Be Guest Speaker
On Laymen’s Day
Dean Leo W. Jenkins of East Caro
lina College will deliver the sermon
on Layman’s tiay at the Farmville
Methodist Church, Sunday morning.
His topic will be “The Layman’s Role
in the Church.” The service is sche
duled /or 11 o’clock.
Since joining the East Carolina ad
ministrative staff in 1947, Dean Jen
kins has become a popular speaker In
North Carolina and has filled engage
ments before various civic, religious,
and educational organizations of the
state. Through his, authorship of
numerous articles published in lead
ing educational journals, he has gain
ed national recognition.
Dean Jenkins is a graduate of
Rutgers University; of Columbia Uni
versity, from which he holds the
master’s degree; and of New York
University, from which he received
the doctor’s degree in 1941. Before
coming to Hast Carolina, he taught at
Montclair State Teachers College in
New Jersey and was assistant in
higher education with the New Jersey
State Department of Education.
During World War 11 he served as
an officer in Hie United States Marine
Corps as personal advisor to Maj.
Gen. Graves B. Erskine and wrote for*
the Marine Corps the educational pro
gram used in the South Pacific Is
lands.
During 1960 Dean Jenkins partici
pated in the annual inspection spon
sored by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Universities, and visited
and evaluated several Georgia col
leges. In 1961 he was named to the
Advisory Committee of the Division
of Special Education of the State De
partment of Public Instruction. He
has .served as chairman of file Pitt
County Polio Drive and has been
active in other civic projects.
Dr. Paul E. Jones
Is 'Candidate
For Re-election
Dr. Paul £. Jones of Farmville,
who served as Pitt County’s senator
in the 1949 and 1951 sessions of the
North Carolina General Assembly,
will be a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for the State
Senate in -the primary on Saturday, *
May 31. 'Dr. Jones was unopposed
two years ago and quite likely will
not be opposed in the - forthcoming
balloting.
Pitt’s members of the lower house
of the State Legislature are Sam
Worthington of Greenville and Frank
Kilpatrick of Ayden. No public an
nouncement has been made as to
whether they will be candidates for
the nomination, or what opposition
they will have, 3 any.
IN NEW YORK THIS WEEK
Bill Monk and Charles Quinerly
left Tuesday to spend several days in - , -
New York.
EVENING SERVICES SUNDAY
Regular evening worship services
will be conducted at the Emmanuel
Episcopal Church,' Sunday night at
7:30.
NEW FIGHTER
The Air Force has awarded the
contract for a new twin-jet fighter . %
plane. The plane, presumably the
McDonnell XF-88, is a fighter-bom
ber, designed to operate deep inside
enemy territory.