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Eason’s X Roads Mrs. Margaret Davis of Nor folk visited her parents, Mr. and •Mrs. Tom Dale, Friday. Miss Evelyn Piland of Norfolk spent the weekend with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. M.^. Piland. Mrs. Pearl Eure of Portsmouth spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Turner. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Pierce and son, DeWitt, of Newport [News, and Mr. and Mrs. Ran dolph Williams and children were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Riddick Jones Sunday night. Miss Florence Jones spent Sat ajKday night and Sunday with ■§. and Mrs. Randolph Williams. ^Mrs. M. A. Ward and Mrs. Ernest Hudgins and children spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Turner. Mrs. G. A. Brinson and son, Garland, of Norfolk, and Ed ward Jones, USCG, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Riddick Jones, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Roun tree and children and George Ed-* ward Worrell of Portsmouth were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Worrell during the weekend. Mr. and, Mrs. B. O. Johnson and daughter, Mrs. R. B. White, of South Norfolk, and Mrs. F. W. Blanchard and daughters, Dorothy and Helen, of Gates ville, visited Mrs. Etta Hayes ©nd Miss Eva Hayes Sunday. Gates' Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pittman and son of Sanford spent the week end as guests of Mrs. J. P. Pitt man. Mrs. R. E. Eason and son of Norfolk and Miss Stella Carter of Holland visited Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Smith Friday afternoon. J. E. Hayes of the U. S. Mar ines spent several days last week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J/ E. Hayes. J. S. Smith is recuperating after being sick last week. J. V. Langston is spending sometime in Florida. Mrs. Mattie Pittman of Au lander is spending sometime with Mrs. J. R. Freeman. Mary Lee Benton is recover K after being sick last week. Irs. Grady Brown and chil n of Nurneys visited Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Goodman Wednes day and attended the graduat ing exercises at Gates high school Wednesday night. Roger Byrum of the U. S. Army returned to his post of duty in Kansas last week after spending several days visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Byrum. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Neeble of Baltimore spent the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. T, Beaurie Parker. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Pittman and sons of Newport News, Mr. and Mrs. Hinton Pittman of Portsmouth and Mrs. J. R. Pitt man of Norfolk visited Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Pittman during the weekend. Zion Mrs. O. L. Brown and Mrs. Ro bert Brown spent a part of last week in Washington, D. C., visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Steward Roun tree. The Zion Home Demonstra tion Club met Tuesday night with Mrs. Darlie Bunch. Miss Millene Winslow of Bel videre spent Tuesday night with Miss Irma Hudgins. Mrs. Georgia Brown and Wal ter Brown spent a part of last Seek in Portsmouth with Mr. kd Mrs. W. T. Blythe and fam ■y. W. E. Brown, Mrs. W. A. Brown and Billy Brown spent Sunday with Mrs. Deanie Hayes of Suffolk and visited Mrs. W. E. Brown in Lakeview Hospital. Miss Mary Frances Blanchard of Richmond spent the weekend with her father, E. A. Blanchard, and Miss Helen Blanchard. «jJY MORE WAR BONDS TALE FROM TOKYO. Navy Chaplain M. W. Smith gives blow-by-blow description to ship’s company of attack on Tokyo of carrier based planes that War Bonds helped buy. Cigaret Allotments Lessened for Army Atlanta, Ga.—Six packs a week will be the new cigaret ration for all military personnel of the Fourth Service Command effect ive June 3, as it will be for all Army stations in the continental United States. At the same time, in a further effort to split the nation’s cigaret supply equitably between soldiers and civilians, overseas Army installations will adopt a uniform ration of slight ly less than eight packages week ly. Never Too Old For Marriage Winton.—A license to marry was issued this week to the oldest couple receiving mar riage license in this county in 20 years and perhaps of all times, according to T. D. North cott, register of deeds. The Negro couple, Melvin Welch, 75, and Janie Shaw, 72, both from Bertie county, were married at the courthouse Tuesday by Paul Jordan, just ice of the peace. Mr. Northcott said it very seldom that a man as old 70 or a woman over 60 applies for license to marry. Two other Negro couples were issued licenses to marry last week—Arthur DeLoatche, 35, and Rosa Lee Mitchell, 26; Ernest Moore, 26, and Elretta Wynn, 24. Procedure For Leaf Warehouse Sales Approved i Ahoskie.—Daily tofbacco mar ket sales in each^varehouse will be limited to a total of 1,400 piles during the coming market sea son, as the result of a plan adopt ed by the Bright Belt Warehouse Association. A tolerance of not more than 15 piles will be allowed how ever, Sales Supervisor C. W. Hughes of the Ahoskie market, said, if necessary to prevent stopping in the middle of a crop. Selling hours will be limited to three and a half hours a day, and the average rate of selling' has been set at 400 piles an hour; the piles will be limited to a maximum ot 250 pounds each. Hughes said. The new. marketing procedure is designed to prevent cor gestion in redrying plants by limiting daily sales volume and was adopted unanimously by ware house groups and tobacco buy ing interests. Fairless Accepts Job With Dodgers Harrellsville. — Shirley Fair less, captain and star player of Harrellsville High school base ball team this spring, accepted the contract offered him by the Brooklyn Dodgers. He left Sunday for Burling ton, in the Carolina League where he was to report. In about 15 high school and semi-pro games this spring he hit better than .500. Fulk New Pastor At Harrellsville Harrellsville. — The HarrellsT ville-Christian Harbor pastorate has been accepted by the Rev. Tommy J. Fulk, who graduated from the Southern Bapt i s t Seminary, Louisville, Ky., this spring. The Rev. and Mrs. Fulk and small child are moving into the parsonage at Harrellsville this week. The Rev. W. C. Francis, form er pastor, left June 1 to begin work in a field in Chowan Coun ty. ‘In a Few Months’ Gatesville.—Mr. and Mrs. Paul Liniger have received an Army Signal Corps message from their son, Sgt. Harry Liniger, liber ated prisoner in Europe, telling them: “At the rate I am moving, I will be home in a few months.” They also received a telegram from the War Department say ing that Sgt. Liniger Was re turned to military control on May 2. DANCE — AT — TUSCARORA BEACH SATURDAY NIGHT, JUNE 9 Music by Tidewater Ramblers, of Franklin, Va., Featuring "Fiddling Joe" SPONSORED BY JOHNNIE LIND Conservation Notes By C. R. FRJDDLE Isaac Parker of the Mapleton section is well pleased with his tile drain project. Cooperating with technicians from the Roa noke-Chowan Soil Conservation District Mr. Parker installed 200 feet of tile in a field that had a poorly drained spot in it. This spot worked mean with the rest of the field. It was too wet to work while the remainder of the field was in good working con dition. It was difficult to get a stand and the crops grew slow ly. Since installing the tile this spring Mr. Parker states that he got a good stand and the crops are growing with the rest of the' field. The total cost of installing the tile, including his farm la bor, was $33.25. Mr. Parker esti mates that two acres were bene fited $16.62 per acre. He values this land at $150 per acre. Frank Lassiter, farm manager for Elmer Whedtoee, has terraced fifteen acres of land this spring. GATES Vi LLE THEATRE GATESVILLE, N. C. Friday-Sat. June 8-9 Bob Livingston and Smiley Burnette in ' Beneath Western Skies __COMEDY Sunday Only , June 10 Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan in Desperate Journey COMEDY Monday. June 11 Elyse Knox - Marjorie Rambeau - Rick Vallin in Army Wives Chapt. 9, "Tiger Woman" and NEWS Wednesday June 13 Anne Baxter - Ralph Bellamy in Guest in the House Also MEWS Please note change in starting time. Doors open at 8:30, show Starts at 9 o’clock. CHADWICK THEATRE - Suffolk Mat. 3:30; Night 7:15-9:05 WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY JUNE 6-7 IN TECHNICOLOR THE CLIMAX with SUSANNA FOSTER TURHAN BEY BORIS KARLOFF FRIDAY - SATURDAY JUNE 8-9 JANIE with ROBERT HUTTON .JOYCE REYNOLDS EDWARO ARNOLD ANN HARDING ROBERT BENCHLEY SUNDAY ONLY JUNE 10 BLONDE FEVER This field was badly eroded and Mr. Lassiter has made a big ef fort to control erosion. He plant ed peanuts m contour rows with a tractor. Mr. Lassiter says that our Eastern Carolina farmers can control erosion on their sloping land with this "Mountain Style” of farming. Matinees Every Day Thursday-Friday June 7-8 Jack Benny - Alexis Smith HORN BLOWS AT Saturday June 9 Jimmy Wa'Jkcr - Lee White Springtime in Texas Also Charlie Chan In Secret Service Sunday*-Monday June 10-11 Laurel and Hardy Nothing But Trouble Tuesday June 12 Philip Dorn - Mary Astor Blonde Fever Wednesday June 13 Warner Baxter - Hillard Brooke Crime Doctor’s Courage Thursday-Friday June 14-15 Yvonne De Carlo - David Bruce SALOME, WHERE SHE DANCED TAYLOR THEATRE |=E§§ EDENTO-N, N. C. m= ; Wednesday June 6 Virginia Grey - Paul Kelly in : “GRKSSLY’S MILLIONS” Also '"Jungle Queen,” No. 4 Thurs.* Friday June 7-8 Yvonne DeCarlo and Rod Cameron in “SALOME, WHERE SHE DANCED” Filmed In Technicolor. Saturday June 9 William Boyd - Andy Clyde >■ in “LEATHER BURNERS” Chapter 6, “Federal Operator” ‘ Sunday June 10 Joel McCrea - Gail Russell in “THE UNSEEN” Mors.-Tues., June 11-12 John.Wayne - Ann Dvorak in “FLAME OF THE BAfeBARY COAST” Coming Soon: .“PILLOW TO POST” “THE BULLFIGHTERS” “ESCAPE IN THE DESERT” “ DIA MON D HORSE S H O E” “BETRAYAL FROM " THE EAST”
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