The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27

Mrs. Emmett Ferguson. Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Lewis, Mrs. J. A.
Hines, A. D. Hobgo~d and James
Layne represented Mt. Pleasant
at the Farmville District Metho-
dist rally for the Crusade for
Higher Education held at Cren-
shaw Methodist Church in Black
stone last Friday evening. The
Prince Edward charge, Beulah,
Mt. Harmony and Mt. Pleasant,
was the best represented charge
in the entire district.
The official board of Mt. Pleas
ant met at the church on Mon
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Layne
and family visited Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas w. Jones and infant son
in Keysville Sunday before last.
Mrs. Ruby Redd is able to be
out again after a slight attack
of the flu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Pollard
and sons, of Richmond. were
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Covington and his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Pol
lard. near Keysville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Garrett
and daughter, Miss Ruth Carol
Garrett. spent Sunday before last
with Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Gee and
son at Bowling Green.
Charles w. Waddill is a patient
in the Southside Community Hos
pital.
Mesdames HALEY, Newlin and
Vaughan and the Rev McClung,
all of Keysville, visited Mrs.
Charles w. Waddill on Sunday
Ricky, the second son of Mr..
and Mrs. R. E. Dix and first
grader at Worsham Academy,
missed several days from school
last week on account of a case
of German measles.
Clyde Ransom visited Mrs. Jen-
ME Redd and F. o. Priddy in
Meherrin on Sunday. Both have
been sick.
Mrs. Myrtle Chappell McCut-
chin was among the three car
loads of ladies from Altavista
who attended the Spi4' tua
Growth Retreat at Briery Pres
byterian Church on October 10
for the women of Appomattox
Presbytery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hines and
PERI Ann were at Mt. Pleasant
Sunday after an absence of sew
eral Sundays. Perrie Ann stays
with Mrs. Bill Amos in the day
while her mother teaches at Ran
dolph-Henry High School.
Jimmie Nelson. of Rice. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Nelson. of
Yorktown, and grandson of Mrs.
Minnie Newcomb here, conduct
ed a week end revival at the
Marble Hill Church of God the
past week end.
Mrs. Olive Kirtley goes to
Farmville each week day and
keeps her grandchildren before
and after school hours while
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
lie Scott, work in CreWe.
The SCOTS have recently
moved from South Main street
to a country home near the
radio tower.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Dix and
sons attended the car races at
Strawberry Hill in Richmond
Sunday afternoon.
The telephone people have
been busy in this neighb0rhood
for the past few weeks, making
surveys and listing subscribers.
They say we may get phones by
Christmas. Which Christmas?
This correspondent anticipates
an easier way of collecting news
items whan the phones are in
stalled. Now it is a pad and pen
Gil everywhere I go.
Don't forget the religious
movie which the Rev. Hobert
Wolfe will show at Mt. Pleasant
next Sunday. October 20. at 7:30
pm. A social hour will follow
in the recreation room of the
Sunday School addition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w.
Jones. of Keysville, brought the
baby. Thomas Michael. to see
his grandparents. the 7. c..
Joneses, last Thursday. This was
his first trip out in the country
and he seemed well pleased with
what he saw!
We had wonderful showers and
a real rain Friday and Saturday
but the farmers were glad of
the water as the ground was
very dry. Newly seeded grain
and grasses were needing water
badly.
We journeyed to Farmville Sat
urday in the pouring rain
to grocery shop. We foun d
as MANY country ladies' as town