Newspapers / The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.) / April 2, 1953, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,MO MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B - OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEES VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 27 Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 2, 1953 - .■ i—■.. >.ri^=rs=======3= ESTABLISHED 189J Fifty-Eight Cases In The County’s Court Reckless Drivers Lose Licenses In The Court Monday —-+— Few Cases Continued; Tri bunal Will Hold Regu lar Session Mondav -*— Its docket crowded during the two weeks the superior tribunal was in session, the Martin Coun ty Recorder’s Court pulled up its sleeves and went to work last Monday morning, and by late aft ernoon fifty-eight cases had been handled, A few other cases were i continued for defendants. Nearly half of the cases tried by the court involved speeders, Judge H. O. Peele imposing fines against the twenty-five speeders in the amount of $145. Fines in the other 33 cases amounted to $420. Reckless drivers and one or two speeders voluntarily sur rendered their operators’ licenses when they were faced with jail or road trms. Proceedings. James Hawkins, charged with non-support, was sentenced to the roads for six months. The road term was suspended on con dition that he pay the court costs and $12 a month for the support of his child during the next two years. A performance bond in the amount of $100 was required. Charged with careless and rccjdess driving. Golden Williams i was found not guilty. • ! Pleading guilty of drunken driving, Charlie Sheppard was fined $100, plus costs. He loses his driver’s license for twelve months. The case in which Irvin Wynne was charged with non-support, Was no! prossed, subject to be reopened at a later date. Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, Willie Edward Coffield was sentenced to the roads for six months, the1 court suspending the road sentnee up on the payment of the costs and the prosecuting witness’s medi cal bill. Willie R. Williams was adjudg ed not guilty of an assault. Pleading guilty of allowing an unlicensed drivei to operate a motor vehicle, Willie Richmond Williams was taxed with the court .os's. riehard J. Reynolds, charged with careless and icckless driv ing, was adjudged not guilty. James Earl Purvis, driving line of three cars involved in a $2,000 accident in front of the Williamston post office week be fore last, was found not guilty when he went into court on a careless and reckless driving charge. Wm. C. Hopkins was taxed with the costs for failing to report an accident. Charged with careless ar.d reckless driving, Mayo Andrews was found not guilty. (Continued on Page Eight) Hamilton Paving Project Advances -4 A paving project is well ad vanced in the town of Hamilton. Several blocks on Main Street, leading toward the river, and Ce metery Street have been surfaced a width of about sixteen feet. Contractors are now w'orking on curbing and guttering over a distance of about four blocks on the highway running through the town. Drawing on its Powell Street Bill money and other funds, the town officials contracted with a Kinston firm to handle the pro jects. Lillie Girl Painfully Burned In Accident -• Little Susan Poore Mobley, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mobley; was pain fully burned at her home on East Church Street here early in the week. She was badly burned on the haTTci ana left side of her far e when she slipped and fell against an oil heater. She is able to be out and about ^and is responding to treatment. Plans Complete For Bi^ Stock Shoiv And Slnle Plans are all complete and the club boys and girls are putting the last possible pounds on their prize calves and pigs for the coun ty's tenth annual fat stock show in the Farmers Warehouse here on Thursday and Friday of next week. Assistant County Ajjent Larry Hodges and others, including As sistant Agent D. W. Brady and Riley Tew of the Roanoke Lock ers, Inc., have worked untiringly to make the show one of the best. General appeals have been made to business firms and others, urg ing them to support the sale on Friday, and while the price trend is weak ,it is believed that the club members will average well above the market for their offer ings. Agent Hodges says that the show will offer a more uniform type of beef calf this year than last, and that the hogs will beat anything seen here in a long time.' Last year the 12,870 pounds of prize beef averaged $40.72, and the 22,946 pounds of hogs averag ed $16.96. The grand champion beef entry was sold to the Roanoke Lockers and the Roanoke Chevrolet Com pany for 50 cents a pound. Variable Weather Heported During Month Of March Hail, Snow,, Rain, Summer Temperatures All Mix ed (Ip During Period Releasing his review of weather conditions for the month of March, Hugh Spruill, bridgekeep er and local weather observer, stated yesterday that there were all kinds of weather during the period. There were snow flurries and hail. The temperature read ings ranged up to seventy degrees or above on twelve days, reaching a high of 79 on the 1 • h, and were at or below the free ing point on four other days. Rainfall, placed at 2 94 inches, fell on fourteen of the thirty-one days, but was .85 of an inch be low normal for the month. The weather data, including the river gauge readings, as released by Mr. Spruill for the month of March follow’, with the date in the first column, the river gauge readings in tile second column, '”*(Continued on Page Seven i Young People To Plan Recreation —*— The young people of this area are being asked by the Martin County Recreation Committee to formulate plans for activities at the Youth Center (Legion Hut) in Williamston for the summer and to have representatives at the center on the night of April 10 to hold a joint meeting with the Re creation Committee’s directors. In the effort to revive the cen ter’s cleaning fund, the secretary of the committee reports that to date the Williamston Jaycecs have contributed a check for $5.00 the Order of the Eastern Star a check for $10.00 and Williamston Ro tarians have chipped in as indi viduals with cash donations total ng $11.30. The cleaning fund is used to pay a cleaning woman for service at the center each week. NATIONAL GUARD _ A special meeting for the reorganization of Battery C, 150th AAA Gun Battalion, will be held this evening at 8:00 o’clock in the municipal water plant building on Syca more Street, Former mem bers of the unit are extended an invitation to attend along with other interested young men. Red Cross Drive Going Forward In County's Chapter —#.— Campaign As Of April 1 Is Alirutl of Report Same Time Last .Year --- — - The annual Red Cross drive continues to go forward in this chapter, the preliminary reports definitely showing it as of yester day to be well ahead of the drive at the corresponding time last year. If the tempo is maintained, and it is reasonable to believe that it will be sustained, the $5,000 goal is certain to be reached, ac cording to a report coming from Fund Chairman W. I. Skinner late last night. Less than half of the final re ports have been received, but pre liminary figures offered up until yesterday indicate that approxi mately $4,000 has been collected in all the five townships in the chapter. Up until noon yesterday, Fund Drive Treasurer R. J. Hardison at the W. 1 Skinner Company office said that $2,374.91 had been turn ed over to him in actual cash, that with possibly one or two mi nor exceptions every one of the reports reflected a fairly sizable increase over the contributions submitted in the 1952 drive. Mr. Hardison explained that eight canvassers of special gilts in Williairiston had not submitted their reports and others were not quite complete, meaning that a fairly sizable increase is antici pated right here. The first report from the color ed citizens was received this week and it was lated most encourag ing. Professor A. R. Jones, head ing the drive in the Rodgers Com munity, submitted $72, an amount $22 in excess of the assigned quota. A detailed report on the good work there wjll be carried later. Although the drive is not yet complete, Mrs. Edna Bondurant, heading the drive in the residen tial areas in thi*4istrict, reported a totai collection of $161.72, an amount considerably larger than the sum raised in 1952. Williams Township, the first rural district to complete its can vass, exceeded its $100 quota by $6.54, Chairman Floyd Moore said, the succeess of the work there in dicating that the townships will measure up to the challenge. Ol ttie amount raised and re ported to date, $1,555.90 is trace able to special gifts in Williams ton’s business districts. The eight other canvassers who have not yet reported are almost certain to cany the special gifts drive over the top. Special gifts not previ ously acknowledged, include the following: George Corey, canvasser: Wil liamston Furniture Co., $5; Corey Plumbing Co $15; Critcher Lum ber Co., $30; Harris Furniture Ex change, $2.50; R. & H. Furniture Co., $5; Red Front Grocery, $5; Two Way Service Station, $2; Horton Cleaners, $5; total $69.50. H. P. Mobley, canvasser: Ann’s Specialty Shop, $12.50; Western (Continued on Page Eight) Mrs. Bowen Dies At Home Of Son —^—— Mrs. Josephine Mason Dowen, 81, died at the home of her son. W. T. Bowen, on Beech Street here Wednesday afternoon at 5:15 o’clock following several months of ill health. A native of Beaufort County, she had made her home here only a comparatively short time. She was a daughter of Shank lin and Amanda White Mason, and was married to Theodore Bowen on March 4, 1888. Mrs. Bowen was a member of St. Clair’s Christian Church in Beaufort County, and the Rev. John L. Goff, local minister, is .(inducting the funeral service in the Oden Funeral Home in Wash ington this afternoon at 3;00 /clock. Interment will be in the family cemetery at Bayview. Surviving besides her son here are three sons, Walter J., Frank r. and Ottis Bowen, all of Washi ngton; two daughters, Mrs. R. T. Hawkins of Petersburg and Mrs. Alee Gaskill of Washington; two usters, Mrs. John Woolard of W<-,*}(inet■ m and Mrs. Mora Poole :rf Newport News; a brother, An drew Mason of Baltimore; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Representatives Plead For Small Rural High Schools Joining with several hundred other citizens from ail parts of North Carolina, representatives from Farm Life and Bear Grass ' pleaded the cause of small rural high schools before a legislative committee in Raleigh yesterday. Attorney Clarence W. Griffin was the spokesman for the group from this county. ‘In his plea before the commit tee. Attorney Griffin said, “We believe consolidation has reached the saturation point. We also be lieve it is time to take education to the people instead of away from the people.” The representatives from this ^county strongly supported Bill No. 1073 which would allow high schools with an average daily at tendance between 45 and 60 to continue in existence, provided the local districts accepted one sixth of the operating costs. The present law calls for consolida tion when the average daily at tendance figure falls below sixty. Under the provisions of the pro posed lav.-, Farm Life could re open its high sebowi. Although it has an average daily attendance above the minimum presently re quired, Bear Grass is looking a head, and joined the proponents of the bill. Proponents and opponents were allowed 45 minutes to the side to present their arguments which were heard in the new highway building. No action is expected immedi ately on the bill, one report stat ing that the committee will hard ly vote on it before next week. Representatives from this coun ty included, Messrs. E. C. Harri son, LeRoy Harrison, Worth Mob ley, H. V. Parker, Frank Lilley, Carlyle Cox, Lester Griffin, Ar chie Coltrain, Nathan Roberson, Hugh B. Griffin, Raleigh Lilley, William Peel and Clarence Grif fin. SUPERINTENDENT Ailt'n S. Hadfield, a native of Rhode Island, entered upon his duties as superintendent of the Virginia Electric and Power Com pany’s Albemarle District this week with headquarters in Wil liamston. He succeeds Robert Monteith who transfers to Rich mond, Mr. Hadfield was born and reared in Rhode Island and grad uated from Brown University, Provierice. Rhode Island, with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He came to Virginia in 1940, where he worked for a short time before entering the U. S. Army. He served five years in the Mili tary Service and was released from active duty with the rank of Major. He worked three years in the planning section of the Po tomac District in Alexandria, Vir ginia, three years in the System Operating Department in Rich mond, and has held the position as District Engineer of the Roanoke District, with headquarters at Roanoke Rapids, for the past year. (Continued on Page Five) Easter Monday Fish Fry Wanned At Jamesville -* An Easter Monday fish fry on the rivershore at Jamesville was announced early this week, to be sponsored by the Woman’s Club and Ruritans of Jamesville. Plans call for entertainment in cluding a string band and the af fair is to last practically all day or as long as there are fish to fry and people to eat them. Twenty-Five Face The County Court In Speeding Cases —— Several Speeders Surremi-j er Their Operators’ Per- I mils Monday | Twenty five persons were j booked for speeding in the Mar tin County Recorder's Court last Monday. Fines ranged up to $25, and several defendants were giv en jail or road terms, suspended on condition they surrender their operators’ licenses for periods ranging if rum a few days up to three months. Most of the defendants plead ed guilty, and in all except a few' cases judgment was suspend ed upon the payment of the couit costs. Speeding cases handled during the long session Monday, follow; Pleading guilty of speeding (50 miles an hour, Otha Harrison Giles of Raleigh was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Hilton Ray Biggs, of RFD 3, Williamston, pleaded guilty of speeding 75 miles an hour, and was sentenced to jail for ten days. Judge H. O. Peele'suspend ed the jail term upon the pay ment of a $25 fine and costs, and the voluntary, surrender of his operator’s license for sixty days. Mai k Cherry of Bethel was fined $25, plus costs, for speed ing 75 miles an hour. Pleading guilty of speeding 70 miles an hour, John K. Davis of RFD 1, Plymouth, was fined $25 and taxed with the court costs. (Continued on Page Seven) | HOLIDAY v Raster Monday will be ob served as a general holiday. With the exception of heavy industry and a few public - functions such as the county court and county and town commissioners’ m e e t i n ifs, stores and offices will be clos ed for the day. All county schools are observing the day as a holiday. The post office will not close, and neither will oilier federal offices, but personnel in county and town offices will have the day off, it was learned. Town.s Primary Election Filing Deadline Tomorrow A.s the deadline for filing can didacics for mayo*- and places on the town commission board rap idly draws near, only rumors have been advanced pointing to a poli tieal contest in the ole town on Monday, April 13, Candidates who would ‘have their names on the primary election ballot must file with Town Clerk C. Marion Cobb at the treasurer's office not later than 6:00 o’clock tomorrow even ing. The incumbents, R. H .Cowcn, mayor, and N. C. Green, K. D. Worrell, David Moore, W. O. Griffin. Qnd Leman Barnhill, have; already filed to succeed them- j selves and posted the $5 filing fee.j No other candidacies have been! openly advanced, but it was ru- j mmed that two or three citizens, including a member of the fairer sex, are considering entering the primary contest. It was also ru mored that sectional representa tation is being advanced with the possibility that the newly annex ed territory in West Knd will of fer a candidate for a place on the board. The rumors have not been very loud, and little interest has been evident in town politics so far this season. The current registration has attracted very few names, it was learned. Saturday of this week is the last day the books will be open to po tential electors. Registrar S. H Grimes is holding the- books open in his office on Baltimore Street. Call Thirty-Eight Men For Induction Tuesday, April 7th About One-Third of (*roup Passed Physical Last Month -» Thirty-eight Martin County young men, ineluding twenty-two white and sixteen colored, are be ing called to report for final in duction into the armed forces next Tuesday. Scheduled to re port at 6:30 o'clock that morning, the men will travel by special bus to Raleigh where they will draw assignments. The call draws heavily or al most entirely from the 19-year old group, an unofficial report stating that thirty-six of those be ing called are nineteen years old. Not since February. 1951, has such a large number of men been called from this county. About two years ago forty were sum moned for final induction. It was learned unofficially that thirteen of the1 thirty-four men reporting for their pre-induction examinations early last month were rejected, that three of those who passed their preliminary ex aminations in February were re jected last Friday when they re ported for final induction. The names of those scheduled to answer the call next Tuesday follow: White Wilmer Gray Modlin, KFD 1, Williamston Ernest Wilson Hunting, Oak City Itoy Franklin Moore, KFD 1, Jamesville (Continued on Page Eight) Special Show In High School Here Grass Hoots Opera will appear in Williamston on Tuesday, April 7, at o.OO p. in. iii two perform anees of Don Pasquale. Tins unique traveling organization, formed in 1949 by A J Fletcher, Raleigh attorney, to give aspiring singers a chance to appear in op eratic productions and at the same time give the public an opportun ity to hear opera in English, was last heard here in the opera School for Lovers. As a result of tin success of over one hundred poiformances in the past two sea sons, the Company has gained in ternational fame, feature articles having appeared in eight national publications alid< one book. The State Department announced its intention of reprinting an article which appeared in Etude last De cember in a publication which will be distributed to all foreign countries. Last season Grass Roots Opera, which is administered b,v the Ex tension Division of the Univer sity of North Carolina, presented seventy nine performances throughout the Tar Heel state and Virginia. For the first time a plan was worked out with the public schools whereby training in opera listening was integrated into the music appreciation cours es. Approximately forty five thousand school children received this training, twenty eight thous and of which saw for the first time an actual opera performance. The idea of opera in English, pei formed in a logical manner, was soundly approved by the stud ents, and their eiders, as evidenc ed by countless letters written by the children. The fact that North Carolina is the only place in the nation where students of singing can sing from ten to twenty performances of several different operas in one season has attracted young vocal ists from all over the country. The dozen singers from this state re present Murphy, Wilmington, Wake Forest, Elon College, High Point, Greensboro and Raleigh. The Williamston High School Music Department, sponsor of the local performances hopes that the public will not miss the oppor tunity to see an entertaining, well staged musical performed by sing ing actors of professional caliber. In keeping with Grass Roots Opera’s plan to give school chil dren a chance to see staged opera lie productions, a matinee will be given at 1:15 o’clock at the Wil liamston High School The chil dren wdl learn the story of the ipera from classroom teaching material supplied the teachers by :he opera company. Officer Retires After Quarter Of Century KhTIRKS v-J Joe II. Roebuck, following twenty-seven years service in law enforcement work in this county, went on the retired list yesterday, turning the duties of the ABC office over to his successor, Cecil Bul lock. Williams District Over The Top In Red Cross Drive Smallt'sl (amiiniiiiily In ||u> Chapter liaised $106.51, And Is Firs! To lleporl Williams Township, the smallest district m the chapter, completed its canvass and went over the top this week in the current Red Cross Fund Drive1, Chairman Floyd Moore announced yester day. Assigned a quota of $100, the communities within the dis trict ac’tvpted it \vt*rt t work, raising 106.54 without any trouble. The response was encouraging, and Chairman Moore and his co workers express their appreeia tion to all those who lent a help ! ing hand. Individual contributions are | acknowledged along with the co workers, as follows: Mrs. Amu Whittington, Si loam 1 Community- llardie Parnsher, I. Mrs Floyd Moore, $2; Millard Holliday, $1: Arthur Lilley, 25c; Wendell Griffin, $1 Will Cl riff in, $1; Major Barber, $1; Henry 11. Barber, 30c; W F Barber, $2; | Charlie Williams, 25c; It I. Man scan, $1; Mrs. Jim Coltrain, 25e; A friend, 10c; John Moore, $1; J. II Revel-, $1; Herbnivt Moore,' $1; Robert Parnsher, $1, Arnold Gardner, 35e; James Gardner, 50c; Who';k’r rj-,,,i,,,-. v-> J.»■},>;-, p,ih ersori, $1. Harry Jones. Jr., 50e; Monroe Whittington, $2; John Whittington, $1; Frank Wells, $1; ! Asa Moore, $1; Siloam Sunday School, $5; total, $29.50. Mrs Pauline Goddard, Holly I Springs Community Grady 1 Goddard, $2, K J. Hardison, $9; Arthur Green, $1; Henry 11. Bar her, 50c; S ,1 Tetterlon, 50c; Sam Andrews, 50c; Mr. and Mrs. C. I, Daniel, $2.50; Charles Pate, 25e; Percy Cherry, 25c; Sara Goddard, 15c; Mr. and Mis. Julius An drews, $1; Mrs. Lucy Weaver, 50c; Henry L Hardison, $1; Mi and Mrs. Billy Gurganus, $2; Mrs. Klizabeth Bailey, $1; Oscar Jones,' 25e; Mis. Williford Hardison, iCor;>rmed ori page eight UlMiFlM AIN it is not certain the County Board of education will meet next Tuesday, as planned, ac cording to the county super intendent. The omnibus bill is pending in the legislature, and if it is passed in time, the meeting will be heid as scheduled. If (lie Bill is not enacted Ibis week, the meet ing will be delayed, it was explained. Members of the board, including two new ones, wilt lie notified if the meeting is to be held next Tuesday. During the meantime, plans are being made for regular meelings of ihe county and Williumston town boards. Little business is on either of the calendars, it was learned today. Retired Bat Still Active At Age Of 70, Roebuck Says < ■«*«■ iI Bullock Named ABC Officer For Countv By Board Thi^ Week -« After more than a quarter cen tury of faithful service, ABC Offi cer Joe H. Roebuck went on the retired list yesterday, the popu lar officer vigorously pointing out that he continues active despite retirement from the position of chief enforcement officer for the Martin County Alcoholic Bever ages Control Board, his seventy years notwithstanding. Asked what he planned to do now that he lias been retired, Mr. Roebuck said he did not know, that he was looking for a job. Completing a busy schedule during the month of March, Offi cer Roebuck late Tuesday turned over the task to his successor, Ce cil Bullock, his assistant for the past few years and who was pro moted to the chief position this week by the county ABC board The retired officer first entered law enforcement work back in December, 1926, when the late A. L Roebuck took over tile duties ol sheriff He was made a de puty sheriff and later headed the county’s liquor law enforcement program as chief ABC officer. He specialized in the enforcement of the liquor laws and developing a technique that proved highly ef fective .he trained other agents, including many from the federal department. A detailed record of till offic er's activities is not.available just now, but it is estimated that he wrecked more than 3,500 illicit li quor -distilleries and poured out several hundred thousands of gal lons of mash. Several thousand gallons of illicit liquor were con fiscated during his nearly twenty seven years in the law enforce ment business. Recalling briefly his period of service, Officer Roebuck said he encountered very little serious trouble, that he and his raiding party were fired on onlv one time, that no one was hit or hurt. Only on two occasions did he have to iee force, and the incidents did not prove serious, the officer ex plained. doing night and day and often on Sundays, the officer possibly knows more woods paths and lo cations than any other man in the county. During all his years in the service of the law, he enjoyed the friendship and cooperation of the public. Rolarians Elect Officers Tuesday —*— In their regular meeting Tues day, members of the local Rotary Club elected officers for the new year, beginning in July. Robert II Cowon was moved up front the vice presidency to president, suc ceeding Edgar Gurganus. A. L. Jameson was elected vice presi dent, and N. K. Harrison was re elected seeretan -treasurer. The elections were by acclamation, Rudolph Saunders was continu ed as sergeant-at-arms, and two new members, William Everett and Ui 11 Tetterton, were added to the board of directors. Dan Sharpe and F. M. Manning were re-elected as members of the t>« >ard. The club is transferring its 4 meeting pi act from the education* id building of the First Methodist Church to the Switch, beginning next week. Ad mils Ktthhrry, Man Is Htdrasi'd In SHOO Hand Denying he entered the Pow Wow, snack bar just outside the western limits of Robersonvilie, more than once, John R. Gray, voung Robersonville man, was rc li used in $300 bond, following ;i hearing held before Justice 11. S. Everett a few days ago. Gray said found the door •pen. walked in and took $12 or 513 in change from the piccolo. He is to face trial in superior ;ourt next June.
The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 2, 1953, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75