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VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 41
Williams Ion, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 23. 1941.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Annual High School
—Sermon Heard Her?
On Sunday Morning
rower
Crosswcll Deliv
im’eTy iWe!iS8^e
Graduates
Rev. Gower Crosswell, local Pres
byterian minister, had a timely mes
sage for the twenty-six Williamston
High School seniors last Sunday
morning when he delivered the an
nual commencement sermon in the
high school auditorium. The mes
sage was well received, but no large
number of patrons or committee rep
resentatives were present.
The minister’s message follows:
I have for a long time felt that
should I have occasion to preach a
baccalaureate sermon that I should
like to use this text, from Joel 2:28,
“Your old men shall dream dreams
and your young men shall see vi
sions,” for there is something about
these woi ds of the Prophet which
seems to express the need of cur
new generation, and at the same time
to throw out a challenge with which
we can courageously and successful
ly meet the new day.
The Prophet Joel has been speak
ing of a terrible day when the de
struction of God was upon the land,
tne i inishment upon a people who
had turned their backs upon Him
and had persisted in their own ways.
Then out of the darkness and de
spair he begins to speak of a new
day, a happy and joyous day that
shall come when the people have
turned from their evil ways and
have again sought the Lord of their
fathers and find true peace and
happiness. It is then that he says,
“The old men shall dream dreams
and the young men shall see visions.”
It is true that the Prophet was speak
ing of dreams and visions in a some
what different sense from that which
we use today, but it seems to me
also that he has struck the keynote
and the challenge that we as young
people, about to face the world, so
sorely need.
The world needs a generation
which, rising out of the darkness
and chaos of this age, will bring
forth not cynicism or despair or ha
tred, but out of the very ruins will
arise with a vision and hope. The
older people may have to dream
dreams of what they might have
done, of what they would like to do
did they have the opportunity, but
the young people can have a vision
and with the opportunities and life
before them can strive to make that
vision a reality.
Young men ana women, db you
face the problems of tomorrow God
grant that it may be with a vision
of better things. But let that vision
come not from ignoring the present
chaos; let it come because being so
acutely aware of the present errors
and evil, we shall be inspired tow
ard the better and higher things.
Then, first of all, as we seek a vi
sion let us face our present problems
courageously and realistically.
It is not a pleasant and lovely sit
uation into which you are being
brought. It is a world where a young
jnan emerges not to be offered an
opportunity and a life to build, but
he is offered a gun and hatred and
the need for destruction. Young wo
men are offered not a home and
peace, but tension and sacifice.
Young people, let us not deceive
ourselves. You are not entering into
a life of glory because of the war,
nor ease because of the opportunity
of jobs, rather you are entering into
a world of fear and hatred, of suf
fering and sorrow, of instability and
death.
True, you are entering into a wunu |
of progress and invention, but it is
a world where the depth of the spir
it of man is not equal to the ingen
uity of his mind. You are entering
into a world where distance is a
tiling of the past, where the enemy
and danger have been brought to j
your very doorstep; a world where j
the airplane,-th** telephone and wire-'
less have so shrunken distances that
now China is closer than New York
was a hundred years ago. You are
going into a world where science
lias destroyed the security of dis
tance and made isolation impossible.
In short, you are going into a world
that the ingenuity of man has made
into a neighborhood but the evil
heat' of man has failed to make into
a brotherhood.
No one could be honest, Young i
People, and say that you are going
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Poppy Sale In The
County Saturday
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Sponsored by the auxiliary of the
John Walton Hassell Post of the
American Legion, a county wide
Poppy Sale will be advanced on
Saturday of this week, May 27th.
Representatives of the auxiliary will
extend the sale to the streets and
business houses here and in several
other towns in the county, and it is
hoped that a hearty response will
greet the canvassers.
Proceeds from the sale are used
in promoting the welfare of disabled
veterans and their families. Results
of untold value have been obtained
in past sales, and sponsors are
anxious to continue the splendid
work.
Propose Five-Cent Redaction
or
Spending several hours in a spec
ial meeting here yesterday morning,
[members of ‘he Marlin County Board
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proposed school budget for 1944-45
and recommended a fifb-cent reduc
tion in the the school tax rate for the
coming fiscal year. The action of the
education board is subject to final
approval by the county commission
ers, meaning that the rate will stand
if customary procedures are main
tained. The reduction, it was pointed
out, is traceable to a decrease in debt
service obligations. A complete re
view of the budget proposals could
not be made immediately, but it is
understood that most of the items re
main about the same as they were a
year ago, the authorities taking into
consideration increased costs of cer
tain services and materials.
The proposed budget figures will
be submitted to the county commis
TRANSPLANTING
With an even break from now
on, Martin County farmers are
expected to complete the tram
planting of the tobacco crop by
the latter part of this week. Ac
cording to numerous reports
coming from all parts of the
county, a large portion of the
crop has already been trans
planted. In most cases, the
stands are poor and much re
setting Is now underway. The
task of resetting will possibly
be completed by the early part
of next week.
Scattered showers over the
week-end proved beneficial to
the crop and brightened what
was beginning to look like a
poor prospect for the crop. The
showers were not general, and
farmers were seen yesterday
working in little clouds of dust.
Miss Hardison Dies
In Hospital Monday
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Miss Della Hardison, Martin Coun
ty young woman, died in a Wash
ington hospital yesterday afternoon
at 1:30 o’clock following a several
months’ period of declining health
and a stay of about three weeks in
the institution
The daughter of W. L. Hardison
and his late wife, Mrs. Cynthia
Gardner Hardison, she was born in
Williams Township on March 24,
1923. Following the death of her
mother and when an infant she
went to live with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Gardner, After
their deaths she made her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Romas Reason.
A beautician, she was employed in
Plymouth, and Elizabeth City, and
was working in Williamston when
ill health forced her to retire about
six months ago.
She was a member of Siloam
Methodist Church, and had many
friends in her home and adopted
communities.
Besides her father, she leaves four
sisters, Mrs. Thelma Hardison, RFD
1, Jamesville; Mrs. Pauline Tyre and
Mrs. Edith Tyre, both of Williams
Township, and Mrs. Julia Whedbee,
of Plymouth
Funeral services are being con
ducted at the home of her uncle, Joe
Perry, in Williams Township this
afternoon, and interment will follow
in the Gardner Cemetery there. Rev.
S. A. Lilley, of Washington, will
conduct the last rites.
Aged Hassell Man
Found Dead In Bed
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William E. Little, -about- 73- years
of age, was found dead early yes
terday morning in bed at his humble
little home in Hassell where he lived
alone, He was last seen working
in his small garden Friday after
noon, and it is believed that he died
that night, the apparent victim of
an heart attack. He had. been in
feeble health for some time, and had
virtually retired from his
a carpenter.
! Mr. Little, a native of Pitt Coun
j ty, moved to tf is county when quite
I young and farmed for a number of
i years in Cross Roads Township, lo
cating in Hassell about a quarter a
I century ago. He had lived there
since that time except for a year or
two spent in Norfolk.
When he was not seen around his
home yesterday, neighbors became
suspicious and investigated, William
Ramsey discovering the body on the
bed. He had told neighbors that
should he pass away suddenly that
he wanted them to notify his adopt
ed son, Leslie E. Cobum, of Dudley,
N. C. The young man could not be
contacted immediately and burial
was ordered yesterday morning. In
terment was in the OaK City Ceme
tery.
Mr. Little first married Miss Mary
Coltrain, a daughter, Miss Mary
Little before her marriage, survives.
Her address could not be learned
here. He married a second time, his
.second wife dying a number of
years ago.
sioners for their consideration pos
sibly at a special meeting to be held
-some time in Jim
endar for the special meeting ether
than the budget study. A small piece
of land near the Bear Grass teach
erage was sold to Elder A. 3 Ayers
for $25.
No dates were set for closing the
co'ored schools, a report from the
superintendent stating that several
of the schools are scheduled to end
the term on Friday of next week,
that the others, running consider
ably behind schedule, would continue
operations until they completed the
term provided attendance figures
were maintained at a reasonable
point. In some of the schools, the at
tendance has dropped to around 70
per cent, and it is likely that further
decreases will follow within the next
few days.
Seventy Tires Are
Allotted in County
By Ration Board
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Few Grade III Tires Ration
ed; Applications Continue
To Accumulate
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Seventy-tires, 45 Grade I’s and
25 for trucks, not to mention a few
of the inferior grades, were issued
by the county rationing board in ses
sion last Friday evening. Applica
tions for the best grade tires are
continuing to accumulate, and there
is no immediate possibility of the
board catching up with the de
mands.
Grade I tires were issued to the
following:
David N. Hix, Williamston, one
tire.
G. M. Cargile, Parmele, two
tires.
C. H. Gardner, Robersonville, one
tire.
G. H. Forbes, RFD 3, William
slun, one tire.
Elwood Ayers, RFD 1, Oak City,
two tires.
J. E. King, Williamston, one tire.
G. C. Taylor, Robersonville, two
tires.
Vernon Hardison, RFD 1, Wil
liamston, one tire.
Mack D. Taylor, RFD 1, William
ston, one tire.
G. C. Jenkins, RFD 3, William
ston, one tire.
Mary Louise Taylor, Williamston,
one tire and one tube.
N. T. Daniel, RFD 1, Jamesville,
two tires and two tubes.
Lemuel McCoy Roebuck, Oak
City, one tire and one tube.
E. B. VanNortwick, Robersonville,
two tires and one tube.
J. W. Taylor, RFD 2, Roberson
ville, one tire and one tube.
J M. Dixon, Robersonville, two
tires and two tubes.
Milton Ayers, Robersonville, one
tire and two tubes.
J. E. Johnson, Robersonville, one
tire and two tubes.
Henry D. Harrison, Williamston,
one tire and one tube.
G. A. Wetherington, Robersonville,
two tires and two tubes.
Eugene Roberson, Robersonville,
one tire and one tube.
M. C. House, Robersonville, two
tires and two tubes.
Arche E. Griffin, Williamston, one
tire and one tube.
R. T. Purvis, Jr., Robersonville,
one tire and one tube.
Mrs. M. L. Everett, Robersonville,
two tires and two tubes.
W. O. Abbitt, Williamston, one
tire and one tube.
Oscar Ayers, RFD 3, Williamston,
two tires and two tubes.
Archie Mobley. RFD 3, William
ston, one tire and one tube.
J. E. Bullock, Williamston, one
t're and one tube. . .
W. M Oakley, Robersonville, one
tire and one tube.
Paul B. Bland. RFD 1, Palmyra,
one tire and. one tube.
H. G. Harrison, RFD 2, William
ston, two tires and two tubes,
J. L. Wynne, Robersonville, one
tire and one tube.
Truck Tires
(P'iened to the
following
Williamston Package Co., four
tires and four tubes.
Paul Brown, Oak City, one tire.
B. E. Anderson, Robersonville, two
tires and two tubes.
Barnhill Supply Co., Everetts, one
tire and one tube.
Rogers Supply Co., RFD 2, Wil
(Continued on page four)
BEES DO BATTLE -
Hauling in a syrup keg last
Saturday, Corporal Bill Hunt of
the Highway Patrol left his car
on Washington Street a few min
utes. Returning a short time la
ter, honey bees had taken
charge. For a while it looked as
if the bees were going to win
the battle, but after much shoo
ing and fanning, the officer clear
ed the car of most of the bees,
but they continued their attack
for some little time after losing
\ the first round.
Mrs. R. W. Allen
Dies Suddenly At i
Funeral Servires Are BeiiiK
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This Afternoon
Mrs. Eula Phipps Alien, v\ idow of
R. Waldor. Allen, died suddenly in
her sleep at the home of her daught
er, Mrs. Francis Barnes, on Church
Street here yesterday morning at
7:30 o’clock. Death was attributed
to a heart attack. In declining
health for several months, Mrs. Al
ien entered the local hospital about
a month ago for treatment. During
that time her condition was much
improved and she went to her
daughter's home last week. Sunday
afternoon she joined members of the
family on the front porch and stated
that she felt much better and strong
er. When she retired tnat evening,
she was thought to be getting along
very well. Yesterday morning
about 7:15 o’clock, Mrs. Barnes en
tered her room and found her
sleeping peacefully. Going down
stairs, her daughter prepared break
fast and when she returned with
it a few minutes later her mother
war, dead, the end apparently com
ing peacefully.
The daughter of the late William
Y. and Louisa Hall Phipps, Mrs.
Allen was born in Durham County
on August 17, 1833. When she was
a young woman she was married and
located in Creedmoor, Granville
County, where she was a devoted
member of the Baptist Church and
a highly respected citizen.
She was the last member of her
immediate family and leaves be
sides her daughter here, a son, Sgt.
E. Millard Allen, who is stationed
with the Army somewhere in North
Africa.
The body was removed to Creed
moor yesterday afternoon where the
last rites are being conducted in
the Baptist church this afternoon by
her pastor, the Rev. Mr. Jordan.
Interment will follow in the family
plot in the cemetery there.
Dr. Wm. R. Burrell, Mrs. C. G.
Crockett, Mr and Mrs. F. U. Barnes.
Mi and Mrs. Bill Hunt and Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Bowen were among
those going from here to attend the
funeral at 5 o'clock.
Anti-Typhoid Fever
jCampaign in County
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Starting in Jamesville yesterday,
the annual drive against typhoid
1 fever in this county is gaining mo
mentum, a report from the health
office stated today. Pointing out
the value of maintaining proper
health on the home front, Health
Officer John W. Williams stated the
main drive will be completed on or
about June 9. A schedule for the
vaccinations has been released, and
the public is urged to study it and
report to the respective centers.
Last year, ' 0.0C0 persons in the
county were g. /cn protection against
| the fever. Only one “shot” is neces
sary.
A minor change in the vaccination
schedule at Everetts has been made
to avoid a conflict with the school
there Thursday, Dr. Williams an
nouncing that the scene of the vac
cinations is being shifted from the
school house to a point up the street.
A return engagement will be held
there on June 9.
Finals Program In
Bear Grass School
On Sunday evening in the Bear
Grass- school auditorium, Rev. Jas.
H. Smith, pastor of the Ellen Memor
ial Baptist Church, Greensboro, and
former pastor of the Wifliamston
[Memorial Baptist Church, preached
! the baccalaureate sermon. The text
'used vva-o, “Your life is hid with
j Christ in God,” and Mr. Smith stress
ed the strength, refuge, and comfort
found in God. And in this time of
j world strife his pointed message
! brought out the lesson of security in
| his text and that God is your refuge
] and strength—a very present help
in time of trouble.
An Thursday evening at 8:30 in
the school auditorium the graduating
exercises held. These exer
cises, a combination of class day
and graduation, will be conducted
wholly by the seniors. Just before
the valedictory, Mr. T. O. Hickman,
principal of the school, will present
the diplomas. The graduates are:
Harry Ayers, Edward Bullock, Mar
jorie Harrison, Ruby Dell Harrison,
Mary Leggett, Doris McDaniel, Lor
ene Rogerson, Catherine Taylor and
Mildred Wobbleton.
Closing Program In
School at Everetts
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The closing exercises for Everett's
School will be held Wednesday and
Thursday mornings of this week.
At ten (.-’clock Wednesday the sev
enth giade will give its chapel pro
gram, and at ten o’clock Thursday
morning Rev. Warren Davis of the
Cross Roads Christian Church will
conduct the devotional exercises.
Parents and patrons of the school
are invited to noth programs.
Candidates For County Judge
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J. Calvin Smith, Robersonville attorney (left) and Robt.
L. Coburn, Williamston attorney, (right) are candidates for
judge of the Martin County Recorder’s Court, subject to the
# wishes of the voters to be recorded at the polls on Saturday
of ths week.
All-Out Air Attacks
On Hitlers Europe
Resumed By Allies
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Center of Hiller's Line In
Italy Is Craeked In
Fieree Fi^lit
Following a brief lull on account
of unfavorable weather and possibly
as a result of plan variations, the
Allied air forces have resumed their
all-out air attacks on Hitler’s Europe
with thousands of big bombers and
fighter planes. Last night, the RAF
pounded five important centers in
Germany, France and Belgium, the
raid costing the British 35 planes.
Just prior to that raid. Allied planes
disrupted rail traffic all the way
from Berlin to the invasion coast.
Today, the Americans, using be
tween 500 and 1,000 bombers, are
over Hitler’s Europe today pound
ing important targets.
Invasion plans have the world still
guessing as to time and place. Presi
dent Roosevelt, discussing other sub
jects, casually hinted that a three
pronged drive would be made in the
big and final push. Russia says the
all-out drive is imminent. General
Ike Eisenhower has just issued a
second set of orders to the under
ground in Europe, suggesting defi
nite plans for action. It is estimated
that the Allies have three and one
half million men in England. Un
official reports maintain that a flare
up is to be expected on the Eastern
Front soon, after a lull that set in
there a month ago following the
successful reoccupation of the Cri
mea.
In Italy, British forces are said
to have cracked the center of the
Hitler line, but the defenders are
increasing their resistance and prog
ress toward Rome is slow. The
Germans are said to have shifted
several divisions to the Hitler line
front in an effort to stem the Allied
advance An unofficial report stat
ed this morning that Fifth Army
troops had pushed to within fourteen
miles of the Anzio beachhead, but in
other sectors some ground had been
lost to the enemy.
Over in Burma, the Allies are
closing in for the kill in the northern
sector. Striking with apparent free- j
dorn of movement, Chinese-Ameri
can jungle troops under "Uncle Joe”
Stilwell have:
Isolated the Japanese garrisons at
Kamaing, Mogaung and Myitkyina.
Occupied more than a third of the
main bastion of Myitkyina after
capturing a strategically important
airfield and the rail station. Cut
enemy supply lines from central
Burma and i ommunications between
Mogaung and Myitkyina,
As a result the Allies have com
pletely disorganized the' Nipponese ,
defense system based on a 40-mile j
perimeter ex'ending from Kamaing.
to Myitkyina.
The Japs can no longer deploy
their depleted forces to meet the
stabbing thrusts of our swift-moving
and hard-hitting jungle fighters who
are exploiting to the fullest their ad
vantage of airborne reinforcements
in the vf.'i v hi - rt of the bat!! ’ zone
In the Pacific, U. S. warplanes,
making their deepest stab of the war
into Japanese North Pacific de
fenses, have blasted enemy instal
lations on Shimushiri, Ketoi and
Shumushu Islands. Flying within
400 miles of Hokaido and only 900
miles northeast of Tokyo, our Aleu
tian-based 11th Air Force gave the
Nipponese war lords notice of our
growing ability to send planes any
where in the Pacific.
THIEF
Breaking through a window in
the Roanoke Chevrolet garage
on Washington Street some time
during last Saturday night, a
thief unlocked the service door
and pushed out a black 1940
Chevrolet sedan. He then closed
the door and locked it from the
inside, leaving the building
through the same window where
he forced an entrance. That task
handled, he drove the ear away.
VOTING HOURS
r
According to the rules and reg
ulations as amended in 1941, the.
polls will be open twelve hours
for voting in the primary on
Saturday of this week. Opening
at 6:30 a. m.. the polls are to
close at 6:30 o'clock p. m.
The old practice of voting dur
ing the hours from sunrise to
sunset has been discarded. It is
generally believed that most of
the electors will find it possible
if not altogether convenient to
visit their respective polling
places and cast their votes.
W. S. Bunting Found
Dead Near Oak City
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Will S. Bunting, Goose Nest Town
ship farmer, was found dead on Hoy
S. Edmondson's porch near Oak City
early Sunday morning. He had been
in feeble health for some time, and
friends stated that he could hardly
talk When they saw him in Oak
City the afternoon before. He com
plained about an asthma attack at
that time, but it is believed he was
suffering from heart trouble, and
that he was the victim of an heart
attack.
Making his home with the Ed
mondsons, he got up during the
night or possibly early morning and
went on the porch. He had been
dead only a short time when the
body was found. No one heard him
go out and no sound came from
him while he was on the porch.
He was about 55 years of age, and
when a young man he was married
to Miss Katherine Harrell. He
leaves four sons and two daughters,
a brother, D. E. Bunting and two
sisters, Mrs. Marshall Hyman of
Bertie County and Mis. Alec Powell
of Scotland Neck.
Funeral services were conducted
t Monday afternoon and interment
was in the Bunting Cemetery, near
ltobersonvilie.
tJamesville Holding
Closing Exorcises
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The first in the series of closing
exercises in the Jamesville schools
was held lust Sunday evening at
18:30 o’clock when Rev. D. A Clark,
pastor of Washington’s First Meth
odist Church, preached the com
I mencement sermon. The minister’s
talk, an impressive and inspiring
| message, was well received by a
j lai ge crowd
Wednesday evening at 8:30 o’clock,
the graduation cxercist s'w ill' fc\ held
with the program centering around
the seniors. Principal J. W. King
announced no outside speaker would
appear on the program this year.
Tiie following young men and wo
men are completing the term there
this year Frances Coltrain, Lorraine
Griffin, Nell Holliday, Hilda Hope
well, Mildred Moure, Anne Modlin,
Marie Nobles Pauline Oliver, Edna
Roberson, Mary Ellen Sawyer, Faye
Swir.son, George Beard, Jr., Ben
Gray Lilley, Thomas Martin, James
Moore. Miss Holliday is the class val
edictorian, and Miss Lorraine Grif
fin is salutatorian.
Cigarette Case Is
Settled In Court
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The cast; involving Buck Raynor,
Martin County young man, in a cig
arette theft, was settled in a Wash
ington County court yesterday, ac
cording to unofficial reports heard
here today. Nearly 200 cartons
of cigarettes were found under the
young man’s bed in Popular Point
i Township, and it is believed by some
that all the cigarettes recovered by
county officers were not stolen from
a Plymouth wholesale firm. How
ever, a court order was issued di
recting the officers to turn all the
cigarettes over to the Plymouth
firm. .
About 2t50 Scouts
Attend Camporee
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Osiiing Here Was Horlawd
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This Distrirt Area
With upwards of 300 Boy Scout i
from five counties enrolled, the area
camporee held here last week-end
was declared one of the best ever
h. Id by Norman Scrivener, of Green
ville. assistant Scout executive for
the East Carolina Council. The
camporee. held on the baseball field
hack of the high school building, be
gan Friday afternoon and continued
through Sunday morning. when
ribbons were awarded for camping
ability following a special devotion
al service.
In addition to the Boy Scouts,
more than a hundred Cubs, scout
masters, and various other scouting
officials from the area visited the
cumporee during some part of its
program. The high spots were the
camp fire Friday night and the scout
ing events Saturday afternoon. A
severe thunderstorm Saturday night
caused possibly a fourth of the boys
to abandon their tents for refuge in
the gymnasium, but dampened then
spirit and ardor nary a bit.
The two local troops made excel
lent records, its six patrols winning
one gold ribbon and five blue rib
bons for their camping ability. Only
three of the coveted gold ribbons,
for outstanding camping activity,
were awarded, the other two going
to Greenville patrols. The Blazing
Arrow Patrol, under Hugh G. Hor
ton, Jr., patrol leader, from local
Troop No. 29, was winner of the
gold ribbon here, while blue ribbons
went to the Wolf and Silver Fox Pa
trols of Troop 29 and to the Eagle,
Bob White and Flying Eagle patrols
of Troop 27.
It was estimated that 500 Scouts,
Cubs, Scout officials, parents ^and
friends attended the camp fire cere
mony, held in the woods belonging
to Dr. J S. Rhodes near the camp
site, Friday night. Mr Scrivener
turned the program for that event
over to H. E. King, of Washington,
who served as master of ceremon
ies. Mayor J. L. Hassell made a brief
address, welcoming the Scouts and
their leaders and friends to Wil
liamston, which was followed by
mass singing, stunts and introduc
tion of scoutmasters, district chair
men, councillors, and others.
Saturday morning’s program was
featured by a parade through the
business section of local Cubs and all
the Scouts at the camporee. In the
afternoon, activities centered around
various phases of Scouting demon
strations, including Scout’s pace,
tracking, first-aid, knowledge of
camping procedure, knot-tying,
judgment of distances and directions,
etc. Every patrol was assigned spe
cific problems, to be worked out
under the supervision of patrol lead
ers, and the results were scored on
a point basis, by which the awards
made Sunday morning were largely
determined.
Saturday night, the camp fire pro
gram had to be cancelled on account
of threatening weather, and the boys
held their meeting in the gymna
-bum, where various patrols put on
stunts” of various kinds.
Sunday morning, following break
fast, the patrols began breaking
camp, and each site was required to
be left in as good or better condi
tion than when the camp began.
Each patrol was assigned a 30-foot
square space at the beginning of the
camporee, and frequent inspections
wt'ie made to see that site was kept
in a clean and neat condition. Fol
lowing inspection, a devotional serv
ice was held in the gymnasium by
the Kev. B T. Hurley, pastor of the
local Methodist Church, and the
award of ribbons immediately af
terwards brought the camporee to
a close; with District Chairman
Wheeler Martin extending an invi
tation for the boys to return next
year.
A resume of the registration shows
that 27 patrols from 15 troops in six
towns of the area were represent
ed. The towns were Greenville,
Washington, Wi'liamston, James
ville, Plymouth and Windsor. Green
ville had the largest delegation, 10
patrols from 3 troops; Washington
had ti patrols from 5 troops. William
ston had 0 patrols from 2 troops;
Jainesville, « patrols from 1 troop;
Plyrpouth, 2 patrols from 1 troop;
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Officers Take Two
Plants In County
—•—
Raiding in Williamston Township
last Saturday, ABC Officer J. H.
, Roebuck arid Deputy Roy Peel
■ wrecked a small plant that morning
■ a short distance from the Hickory
• Grove Church. The plant was equip
1 ped with a gas drum and had a keg
i for a cap. Three fermenters were
' smashed and the officers poured out
t fifty gallons of molasses beer.
■ That aternoon Officer Roebuck
' picked up a trail and found a 10-gal
i Ion capacity copper kettle and two
• small fermenters a short distance
• from Vernon Church on the old
: Everetts Road. Most of the beer
i made from molasses and syrup, had
been run through the still