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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
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WiUiamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 5, 1951
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Veteran Declares
OalltfSHn Korea
Now Enconraging
Cpl. Dixie Warren Admits
Going W as Rugged For
Several Months
A veteran of ten months In the
Korean conflict, Cpl. Dixie War
ren, just recently returned for a
30-day leave with his, parents,
Mr. arid Mrs. Henry Warren in
Robersonville, declared the out
look now in Korea is very en
couraging, the 19-year-old soldier
admitting that the going was rug
ged and the prospects were dark,
very dark, at one time.
Volunteering, Warren, 17 years
old at the time, entered the ser
vices in December, 1948. The fol
lowing month he was in Japan.
On July 2, 1950, he moved over
tii Korea and was the first to go
into action on July 5 against the
North Koreans.
Starling at a point about thirty
miles south of Seoul, the young
man said his outfit was pushed
back to the Pusan perimeter. ‘‘In
September, we broke out and
started north,” he said. His first
visit to the capital city was brief,
but there was little property dam
age there at that time. The ad
vance carried to the North Ko
rea and later on to within four
miles of the Yalu River.
The young soldier said the go
ing was tough even before the
fateful trip in November and De
cember, explaining that he stop
ped shrapnel with a leg, but three
weeks later he was back in action.
He had lost everyone of his ‘‘bud
dies” before the costly return
south. Although his outfit made
their way back south without be
ing trapped, Cpl. Warren said
- it was terrible. ‘‘We slept in fox
holes wrapped in a blanket with
the mercury below zero,” he said, ,
declaring that the hottest time
he experienced was around Taeg
jon last July 24
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looking up since General Mat
Ridgway took over, Cpl. Waajfen
now says he is very optimisticjfiv- I
er the prospects in Korea.jp^He
made no comment about McAr
thur a . a general or his dismissal,
but he was all for Ridgway. ‘‘Gen
eral Ridgway is a good man. We
saw him at the front, and the boys
• are for him,” the corporal said.
Conditions among the civilians
in Korea are heart touching, the
returned soldier said. The Atm-r
icans have adopted some of ihc
orphans, but there are hundreds
of thousands of others who hftvc
moved up and down the country,
tlie young man said, pointing out
that they were thankful even,for
enough rice to sustain life, u
The young Tuan, leaving ,,ihe
latter part of this month foiVort.
Jackson where he’ll help train (re
cruits, is among the few Martin
County men who entered the «bn
fliet right at the beginning'and
returned home ti n months 'later
to tell all about it.
Approve School
Healing Contract
Meetin«! in regular session on
Monday, members of the Martin
County Board of Edueation ap
proved a contract for heating the
new Qv.k '.'it ' NVg, ,* High School
The contract is with a Hal.pjgh
firm, and is about $1,000 below
the original bids submitted some
time ago when a contract wa*' en
tered into for the construction 01
the building.
The new budget was discussed
but no action was tgken. Final
consideration is expected at the
July meeting.
Member Geo. C. Griffin was
present for his first meeting in
months. Member H. B. Gaylord
was absent, Other members pres
ent were J. D. Woolard, Cecil
Powell and Ernest Edmondson.
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Activities on the crime
front were limited in this area
during the week-end, accord
ing to a report coming from
the sheriff’s office.
Only three persons were ar
rested, one each for drunken
driving, public drunkenness,
and non-support. All were
colored and their ages ranged
from 17 to 45 years.
To Make Repairs To River
~'Bridge Beginning Moffitay
Sagging at the ends, the Roa-|
noke River Bridge here will un ,
dergo repairs, beginning next;
Monday, it was announced by the j
State Highway and Public Works
Commission. The Corps of En
gineers, U. S. A^my, announces
the bridge will be closed to river
navigation during Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday of next week.
I was pointed out, however, that
the bridge will not be closed to
highway traffic, that possibly one
way traffic will be maintained by
flagmen with little delay to the
motoring public.
The exact trouble, making
emergency repairs necessary,
could not be learned immediately.
One report said that the bridge j
is sagging at the ends when open |
SEPARATED ||
• Operating as a single unit
and independently of the
sheriff's office as of the first
of this month, the Martin
County Alcoholic Beverages
Control Enforcement unit
will, until office space can be
made availablfe, maintain
headquarters in the home of
Chief Enforcement Officer J.
II. Roebuck. Still carrying on
the enforcement service, the
officer says he is at the peo
ple's call day or night to Tele
phone 2816, or contact him or
his assistant, Cecil Bullock,
by letter or in person.
Mary Wobbleton
Died Here Last j
Friday Morning
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Hay Afternoon
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Miss Mary Magalinc Wobbleton
died at the home of her parents
in North End here last Friday
morning at 10:30 o'clock. She had
been an invalid all her life, but
her condition worsened in recent
weeks.
The daughter of Lewis and Mar
gie Allsbrook Wobbleton, she was
born in Wilhamston twenty-three
years ago on February 4, 1928.
Duiing much of her life she re
ceived medical treatment and was'
a patient in hospitals at various!
times, but she never responded
to treatment. Her suffering was
borne patiently all thiough the
years.
Surviving besides her parents
arc two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Dell
Whitfield of Norfolk and Mrs.
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Patrolman Narron
Praised By Visitor
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In a recent letter addressed to;
Colonel Smith of the N. C. State
Highway Patrol, William J. Fer-j
ris. New York attorney, commend-1
ed Patrolman Ft. P. Narron of Oalt
City. The letter reads:
“Recently I had occasion to go
to Wilhamston, N. C , to lend as
sistance to my parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Vincent J. Ferris, who were
injured in an automobile accident
approximately eight miles south !
of William.jton on Route 17. Dur
ing my visit to Wilhamston, I
was ably and courteously assisted 1
in the numerous details connected !
with such a task by Patrolman |
R. P. Narron of the Highway Pa- j
trol. I wish to take this opportun- j
ity to compliment you on such
an efficient, courteous and intelli
gent organization My only exper
icnce was with Patrolman Narron,
but I am quite confident that he
is a good example of the North
Carolina Highway Patrol. He is
indeed a credit to your organiza
tion, and I am quite confident one
that Commissioner Murphy of the
New York City Police Department
would like to have on his staff, if
as and when such a transfer could
be made.
“Once more I wish to extend
my gratitude for the assistance
rendered me by the North Caro
lina Highway Patrol and com
mend you on such a fine organi
zation.”
for river traffic ,in». d.e' keeper
has been experiencing difficulty
in closing the draw. It is propos
ed to jack the half-million-pound
draw up several inches and place
one-inch shims under the pivot
and balance wheels.
In handling the repairs, the
bridge department of the High
way Commission will bring crews
here from several stations. The
equipment for the jbb will in
clude about a dozen 50-ton hy
draulic jacks.
It is understood that there's no
thing materially wrong with the
structure, that expansion due to
hot weather is causing the bridge
to sag, that by raising the bridge
one inch normal operation will
Follow.
Snmmer Schedule
For Bookmobile
The following schedule for the
county bookmobile has been an
nounced.
Thursday, June 7
Holliday (Griffin Community),
9; Lillcy, 9:15; Frances Hardison,
9:40; Revel's, 10; Perry's Station,
10:30; Griffin Service Station,
11:15; Tyre Community, 12; Rob
erson, 12:30; Long, 1; Tettcrton,
1:30; Coltrain, 2; Gardner, 2:30;
Fairvicw Club. 4:30
Friday, June 0
Perry's, 9; Rhodes House, 9:30;
Tempi Station, 10; Bailey Station,
11; Bigg's House, 12; Mrs. Rawles,
1:30; Wynnes, 2; Leggett Station,
3:30; Rodgerson Community, 4;
Osborne, 4:15.
Monday, June 9
Johnson, 9; Edward’s Service
station, 9:30; Sherrod, 10; Hamil
ton Bank, 10:45; Leggetts, 11:30;
Harris, 12; Gold Point, 1; Rober
sonville Public Library, 2; Wll
liamston Library, 3:30. •
Chimney Corner, 9; Hassell,
9:30; Edmondson Service Station,
10; Barrett's Drug Store, Oak
City, 11:30; Holliday’s, 12:30; Har
rell Station, 1; Smith's Stoic, Pal
myra Road, 2; Brown’s, 2:30; Har
rell's, 3:15; Manning, 4.
Wednesday, June 13
Everett’s. Ayers Store, 9; Cross
Roads Church, 11; House Com
munity, 12; Whitefield, 12:30;
Mannings, 1:30; Mobleys, 2; Par- j
mele (uptowm), 2:30; Rowlc's,
3:15; Rodgerson, 4
''Thursday, June 14
Moblcv House, 0:30; Lillcy’s, 9;
Smithwick, 9:15; Farm Life Com
munity, 9:45; Peele, li, Corey’s
Cross Road. 11:30; Mrs. Jasper
Woolard, 12; Bear Grass, Terry's
Store, 12:45; Jones, 2:30; Bowen’s,
3:30; Rawl s, 4:30; East Side Sta
tion, 5.
Friday, June 15
Darden’s, 9; Davis, 10; Swinson
Store, 11; Hardison, 12; Poplar
Chapel, 12:30; Hopewell, 1; Col
train, 1:30; Browns Community,
2; Griffin, 3:30; Selma Holliday, 4;
Pay Hail Damage
In This County
Complete figures eoukl not be
had immediately, but it was con
servatively estimated that insur
ance companies paid approximate
ly $15,000 to farmers whose to
bacco was damaged by hail last
week.
The damage ranged up to 34
percent in some cases, it was re
ported, and it is estimated that
between 00 and 05 losses were re
ported. On farmer was paid $1,200
for damage done to ten acres of
his tobacco.
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Captain Marshall Barton,
husband of the former Miss
Ernestine Peed, was decorat
ed recently for the part he
played in his squadron's de
struction of 700 of the enemy
and 50 of their vetiicles in
Korea. The jet pilot received
an Oak Leaf cluster to the
Air Medal.
Mrs. Barton, who has been
making her home here, has
accepted a position in Mem
phis, Tennessee and will make
her home there while Capt.
Barton is in Korea.
Six Persons Hurt
In Hi'Wfff Wreck
Sunday Afiernoon
Fiftccn-Yrar-Olil Bov Con*
liiiues In A Critical
Condition Here
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Six persons were injured, one
of them critically and another ser
iously, when a pick-up truck
went out of control and turned
over on Highway 125 near the
Taylor farm between Williams
ton and Hamilton Sunday after
noon at 5:45 o'clock. Suffering a
skull fracture and chest injuries,
Robert Earl Daniel, 15-year-old
boy, continues in a critical condi
tion in Martin General Hospital,
it was reported this morning.
Others injured in the accident
include'
Albert Eugene Harrell, 3. head
injury and possibly a bone injury
in the neck or back.
Judy Harrell, 6, bad cut in right J
leg.
Daisy Mae Harrell, 9, cut and j
bruises on right arm.
Thurman Harrell, 31, part of j
one toe cut away.
Norman Earl Davenport, right
arm injuries.
After receiving treatment in
the local hospital, all the vic
tims except young Daniel were
able to continue to their homes
in Oak City
Returning from an afternoon
spent at a beach of Pamlico Riv
er, Mr. Thurman Baker Harrell
was driving his 39 model pick-up
truck about 40 miles an hour
when the left front tire blew out
and caused him to lose control of
the machine which went off the
road and made one complete turn.
Riding with him were Mrs.
Harrell, their four children, Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Earl Davenport,
their children, and the Daniels
boy, a nephew of Mr Harrell. The
children were scattered in the
road and a nearby field. Patrol
men R. P. Narron and R W. Par
it?r sm* ‘W&r
gation. Damage to the truck was
estimated at $75.
Two minor accidents were re
ported on local streets during the
week-end. An out-of-state car
crashed into the side of John A
Ward’s Ford at the intersection
of Washington and llaughton
St ref's last Thursday morning at
fi:00 o’clock, causing about $50
damage to the Ward car. No one
was hurt and the out-of-state man
accepted the damage.
Chas E. Davis, colored man, j
pulled out from a parking place
on Washington Street Saturday
morning at 10:40 and battered one
of his fenders and that of Bruce
Everett’s Dodge, causing about $30
combined damage to the cars.
Pool Turned Over
To Special Group
At their meeting last night, the
local town commissioners placed
the operation of the swimming
pool in the hands of the Williams
ton Recreation Committee, the
town to furnish the water and
lights.
Meeting yesterday afternoon the
committee was reported to have
favored turning the rights of op
eration over to John H. and Ed
gar Gurganus for a $200 consid
er "tion, the J< i 1. ).«. u.,ed in fi
nancing a recreational program.
The pool has been cleaned and
will be ready for operation to
morrow, it was announced.
J. Thos. Ausborn
Died AT Home 8f*
Daughter Monday!
Funeral In Hose of Miaron
Cliurrh Tuesday After
noon for Farmer
Jefferson Thomas Ausborn,
well-known farmer of this and
Beaufort County, died at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Gilbert
Rawls, in Bear Grass Township
Monday morning at 6:00 o'clock.
He had been in declining health
for more than two years.
A son of the late Bill Ausborn
and wife, he was born in Cross
Roads Township 74 years ago on
January 11, 1877, and spent his
early life there. About forty years
ago he located on a farm in Beau
fort County, returning to Martin
a few years ago to live with his
daughters.
In early manhood he was mar
ried to Mamie Britton who died
twenty-seven years ago. He was
a member of the Christian Chapel
Church, Cross Roads, for many
years, and was an able farmer
and a dependable citizen.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs Rawls, Mrs. Hubert Jackson
of Beaufort County and Mrs. Al
bert Coltrain of Jamesville; one
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More Farms Hit
By Hail Storm
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A freakish hail storm, the sec
ond in this county in less than a
week, did considerable damage to
crops in Poplar Point Township
Monday afternoon, first reports
reaching here stating that possi
bly thirty farms were hit with
the damage running thirty per
cent or more in most eases.
It was reported that the main
damage possibly centered on the
gWSBsfffK Jarr.i^-wh i.l .• a*: am
damage resulted over a narrow
streak west of the Campbell Hill
farm.
One farmer said it hailed three
times, that considerable rain fell .
along with the first two hail
storms. It was the third strike
that did most of the damage, one
farmer declaring that there was
a bright sun shining while the
hail spattered on his farm during
a 15-minute period. The pellets
ranged in size from a small mar
ble to a walnut and if they had
not melted rapidly they would
have covered the ground an inch
or more.
Everetts reported a big 30-min
ute rain hut very little hail.
The rain petered out east of
Beaver Ham swamp and not a
drop fell here.
Not far from Gold Point where
hail damage was also reported,
lightning struck the home of Wil
liam Warren Taylor, Jr., burning
out the electric meter and appli
ances.
Hrrmrn ('.allr,l (hit
llvrr Last 7 'luirmlay
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No damage resulted hut the
large Carolina tobacco warehouse
on Washington Street was threat
ened by fire at 1:00 o’clock last
Thursday afternoon.
A pile of trash near tin wood
end rbivcin at the rear of ttic
building was fired, lx licvcdly by
careless persons, Called, the fire
men had th< fire out befon it
could spread to the building.
Oak City Makes Plans For
First Daily Bible School
Oak City is making plans fori
its first daily vacation Hi Ole {
school, it has been announced. |
Conducted by the Oak City !
Christian Church, the school will i
open next Monday, June 11, and1
continue through the following
Friday. Classes will he held in the
school building each afternoon
from 2:00 until 4:00 o’clock, and
all children in the community be
tween the ages of 4 and 10, in
clusive, are invited to attend.
The faculty is as follows: Di
rectors, Rec. Olin Fox and
H. M. Ainesly. Mrs. J. E. Cope-!
;!aod is Principal assisted by Mrs.!
I Olin Fox assistant Principal. Be-j
I ginners Department, Miss Inc* I
Smith teacher assisted l»y Mrs
Henry Early, Mrs. W. R. Ward,
Mrs. Frank Hunting. Junior De
partment, Mrs Hackney High
teacher, assisted by Mrs Paul
Woodworth and Robert Haislip,
who will have charge of boys in
woodwoik training. Intermediate
Department, Miss Nancy Worsley
teacher and coach for pageant of
Bible History assisted by Miss
Alma English who will also di
rect handwork for girls, such as
sewing and making embroidered
aprons, doilies and towels etc.
The entire faculty is requested
to be present at 3:30 Sunday,
June 10th. Mothers with small |
children are asked to come. There
is room for volunteer workers.
Submit Plans For i
Proposed Budding!
Delegations Seek
Additional Roads
In Martin County
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Proposed Addition To The
Agriculture Building
To ('.ohI $22,500
Holding their regular meeting
Monday, members of the Martin
bounty Board of Commissioners
reviewed plans eaihng for a pro
posed addition to the county ag
riculture building. The plans, sub
mitted by County Agent T IV
drandon and members of the Mar
tin County unit of the Produc
tion and Marketing Administra
tion, including T B. Slade, Willie
Ausborn and Reuben Everett, call
for quarters for the P.-M. A. of
fices and space for the Negro
home and farm agents It haa been
pointed out that work is being
carried on under crowded eondi- i
tions, and that the proposed pro- !
ject would make it possible to
consolidate the offices of all the
farm agencies.
No definite cost figures are to
be had at this time, but the pro
ject, it is estimated, will cost be
tween $20,000 and $25,000. No ic
lion was taken, the commission
ers explaining that the project
will be discussed when the 1951 -
52 budget figures are considered.
Delegations, including a O man
one from Bear Grass, appeared
before the meeting and asked im
provements and additions to the
road system in the county. The
Bear Grass delegation asked the
commissioners to recommend 2.3
miles of road leading from the
Bear Grass-Stokes Road to the
Beaufort County line in the di
fV-Tfion .rafnaMi
black topping.
The commissioners were also ,
asked to recommend for improve
ment and extension the road lead
ing off Highway 125 at the Mary
Cherry farm and riming down ]
past the old Whitaker farm It is
proposed to add about one-half
mile to the road to connect with
the Pasture Neck farm on the
old Conoho road.
Another petition was present
ed by Attorney R. L. Coburn,
asking the commissioners to ex
tend the Fagan road in Jamesvillc
Township by about 525 yards.
A contract was entered into
with Frank Butler, certified pub
lic accountant for the annual au
dit ol the county books.
Jesse Sumner, assistant county
agent and heading up sweet po
tato work in this and Edgecombe
and I’itt Counties submitted his
resignation, effective June 30. No
action was taken to fill the posi
tion Sumner is vacating.
Submitting his monthly report,
Tax Collector M I, Peel said that
ail but $15,549.38 of the $335,
891.44 levy for 1950 had been col
lected .There is a balance of $7,- j
001 47 due on the $313,708.6!) levy
for 1949. All but $5,089.83 of the
$284,594.80 levy for 1948 has been
collected, and then is a balance
due of $3,119.99 due on the $235,
284.19 levy for 1947
T!e May r; port submit', d by
the welfare department shows
that 365 old age pensioners in
the county received $8,554.00 or
an average of $23 44 last month,
the greater portion of the amount
being paid from State and Federal '
funds. The 384 di pendent child- !
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mini; school
The union daily vacation
Itible school had a successful
open inn here yesterday morn
ing when approximately 200
pupils and 35 faculty mem
bers reported for class activi
ties, Director Thus. L. Hast
ings announced.
There were sixty beginners,
70 primary, and sixty junior
students.
The school meets each
morning at 9:00 o’clock in the
Methodist church for assem
bly period worship, the pu
pils repairing from there to
the various churches lor class- j
room work.
FISHIINC
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With little to do on the farm
as a result of the dry weather,
farmers are really crowding
the fishing places in this
county.
Commissioner Herbert
Roebuck declares they arc
fishing in shifts, explaining
that he went to Sweet Water
Creek Saturday at 10:00
o'clock and had to yield his
place two hours later when a
new shift reported.
Hundreds of farmers have
been fishing in recent days
and they report sizable
catches. One day last week
two persons were left in Cross
Roads and they were two
wives whose husbands
“snooked" off and left them
behind to man the filling sta
tions.
Mrs. C. T. Mizelle
Died Saturday At
Jamesville Home
Funeral Services Were Vl
Tin* Home There l.a»l
Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Celia Elizabeth Mizelle
[lied at her home near Jamesville |
last Saturday mormon at 7:15 i
Li'elock following almost ten years
af declining health. Her condition
had been critical following a
stroke of paralysis suffered more
than three weeks ago.
The daughter of the late Ira
T. and Celia Katherine Davis
Hardison, she was born in James
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February II. itiV.'i. and lived in
that community all her life. In
early womanhood she was mar
ried to C. T. Mizelle who died
twenty-two years ago.
Mrs. Mizelle was a member of |
the Poplar Chapel Church since
girlhood, and was held in high
esteem b.v all who knew her.
Surviving are one son, Dennis
Mizelle; live daughters, Miss
Blanche Mizelle, Mrs. Hubert
Gardner, Mrs. Daniel Hardison,
Mrs. Tony Cooper and Mrs. Pete
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New Teachers
Elected Recently
Principal B Cl. Stewart today
announced the election of two
new teachers to the Williainston
High School faculty foi the 11)51
11)52 scholastic ycai
Miss Blanche DuPrec of South
ern Pines will lx the instructor in
French and English She > a
gradual! ol Meredith College and
comes here aftei teaching two
years in Holcsvillc High School in
Wake County.
Miss Velma Collins of Jackson
ville, N. will serve as libiariail
and instructor in English She is
a graduate of East Carolina Col
lege, CJiccncille, with a degree in
library science and English and
taught in the Beaufort High
School during tin term just i tid
ed.
Guard Members
Going To School
Unofficial reports reaching here
state that several of the Martin
County boys who went to Camp
Stewart, Ga., with Battery C,
150th AAA Gun Battalion, will
enter special schools shortly
Capt. E. S Peel, Jr., is slated
to go to Fort Bliss, El Paso, Tex
as, lor thritcen weeks of train
ing at an AAA school. Jack Mob
ley is to attend a communications
school at Fort Sill, Oklahoma,
for twelve weeks Kay Harrell and
Frank Modlin are scheduled to
attend a service school, but their
destination could not be learned
immediately.
The four men are to report to
their new posts immediately, and
others will receive instructions la
ter.
Town Officials In
Lengthy Meeting
Here Last Night
knotty Problem* Pare Tlic
Hoard At Beriming
Of New Term
Starting their new term, .Wil
liamston's board of commission
ers—N. C. Green, W C. Griffin,
David Moore, K. D Worrell and
Leman Barnhill—and Mayor Rob
ot H Cowen faecd numerous
rnotty problems, the group spend
ing more than three hours seeking
solutions and then leaving work
0 be handled later.
Treasurer Marion Cobb started
he new term off for the official
.'amilv, all members of which
succeeded themselves, in a big
way, explaining that there was
1 cash balance of $16,797.76 in the
bank The favorable situation was
rapidly dissipated, however, when
current bills amounting to $5,
396.40, were presented along with
d/.able bond principal and inter
est payments.
The first obstacles were suc
cessfully encountered, but from
here on out it was tough sledding.
Petitioners were there in the in
terest of parkways of certain
width between the curb and pro
posed sidewalks on Lee Street
between Liberty and Franklin. An
agreement, designed to please
everybody, was finally reached
and the board quit right there.
Action, calling for a six-foot park
way, was rescinded, and it was
voted to start the sidewalks at
Liberty Street six feet from the
curb and run them to the Ses
soms and Barnhill property lines.
Those two property owners are
t ■ > deride whether the six-foot
parkways are to be maintained
in to Franklin, or the sidewalk;!
are to b*- stopped right there,
nr are to be curved so as to limit
the parkways to four feet from
their property lines on out tc
Franklin Street.
“Sivnng.rhT' ■■ ■ no
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filtered into a $250 contract with
Frank Butler, certified public ac
countant, to handle the town’s
audit.
A petition foi curb and gutter
ing on Vance Street from Smith
wick to Lee was received and
placed in line for action.
The board voted to set aside
$4,000 m a sinking fund annually
for the retirement of bonds, the
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Deserted Wile
Picked Up Here
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Afii i living iii the woods near
Williamston for eigtli days, Ella
Mm Walker, migratory worker,
was picked up by Sheriff M. W.
Holloman on Highway 17 early
Monday morning.
The woman, 27 years old, tokj
eontlic.ing stories, but the offi
cii expressed the opinion that she
was deserted by her group. She
first said that several members of
the party moving from Fort Laud
erdale, Fla , to the potato fields
m the Elizabeth City area, were
lighting and that she jumped out
of the truck. Another report main
tains the woman was deserted.
Appearing to lie wild at times,
the woman ventured near several
homes just south of here but
would run into the woods with
out receiving water or food. Of
ileers had sought her during the
mi antimo, but could not catch her
until she started walking the
highway yesterday.
lit ! clothes-all but torn off her,
she said that she had had little
nr nothing to eat for days. Taken
into custody she was given food
and furnished clothing by the Ked
Cross. She is being returned to
her group near Elizabeth City.
V---1
The first flounder ever
caught this far up the ltoa
nokc was picked up in a wire
net by Fisherman Furney Ho
ward in tlic stream just across
front the Standard Fertilizer
plant yesterday.
The fish was very small,
but regardless of size the fish
made news because it was
the first of its type ever
known to have been trapped
iu the Hoanoke at this point.