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A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12,000 people. The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ★*★★**★ Advertisers will find Beacon and News columns a latch-key to 1,100 Washington County homes. VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 25 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, June 18, 1937 ESTABLISHED 1889 Career of Supervisor At Pulp Plant Here Reviewed in Article W. W. Henderson Is Well Known in Paper-Making Industry of South Below is an item taken from The Paper World, a monthly review of the news of the world about paper and pulp, in the June issue just off the press: “Well known for his supervision al work in connection with the con struction of many paper-making plants in the South, W. W. Hender son, formerly associated with the Union Bag and Paper Corporation, is now located at Plymouth, where he will supervise the construction of the new plant of the Kieckhefer Container Company. Mr. Henderson s career began when he became assistant to W. H. Sullivan, vice president of the Great Southern Lumber Company in 1914. When this company started the con struction of the first paper mill in 1916, he became assistant to C. D. Altick, who was general manager of the paper company and who served as assistant to the construction sup erintendent. “Mr. Henderson held this position until 1920, when under R. J. Cullen, present president of the Internation al Paper Company, at which time he left to take over duties entailed in the construction of the Bastrop mill at Bastrop, Pa. “From 1920 to 1925 he was with L. H. Fox, of Kansas City, and Mr. Cullen, during the construction and first few years operation of the Bas trop mill and when, during the mid dle of 1925, the International Paper Company bought the mill, Mr. Hen derson was placed in charge of both construction and manufacturing, a position which involved doubling the capacity of the plant. In 1927 he accompanied Major J. H. Friend, vice president of the Sou them International Paper Company, to Camden, Ark., where they con structed the Camden plant of what is now the Southern Kraft Corpor ation. “Leaving Arkansas in 1928, Mr. Henderson and Major Friend went to Mobile, Ala., where they remained during the construction of the Sou thern Kraft plant there. ‘“As manager of operations at the Mobile mill, a position retained un til 1934, he lent his aid toward the construction of the Panama City, Fla., mill. “Mr. Henderson became assistant to J. H. Allen, vice president of the Union Bag and Paper Corporation in 1935, when that firm broke ground at Savannah, and remained in that capacity until coming to Plymouth.” 4-H Club Members Ninety 4-H club boys and girls from Bertie, Beaufort and Washing ton Counties enjoyed five days at Camp Leach near Washington last week. Classes of instruction in the arts and crafts were enjoyed with attractive collars and boutonnaires being made by the girls. Instructors included J. I. Criswell, extension specialist in farm manage ment, who spent two days in camp instructing in singing; Mr. Ellis, of the Washington Christian Church, who conducted the Sunday school; and attorney H. S. Ward, who was in charge of the church hour. After vesper and recreational serv ices, a bon-fire was built and all gathered around singing and hearing interesting readings. A newspaper was printed on the work and good times enjoyed at the camp. Rev. Stephen Gardner, business manager of the camp, said, ‘The 4-H group was one well organized group.” At Leach Loyalty Campaign At Local Church v -» Evening services at the Christian church on Sundays during the “Loy alty Campaign” have been encour aging with the subject, “Money, the Acid Test," to bring the series to a close this Sunday. Churchgoers are urged to keep the church filled during the summer months. Services last for only 45 minutes at night. “The new citi zens are most welcome,” says Rev. N. A. Taylor, the pastor, who adds that “the new people mean so much to Plymouth and the church wishes to express its appreciation for you.” Bible school is held at 9:45 a. m., with morning worship at 11. Pray er services on Wednesday evening are conducted as a community sing, with the history of each song relat ed before the congregation joins in the song. . _j.iU Plymouthand Creswell To Get Liquor Stores About Town No application blanks have been received by the Board of Welfare of Washington County for use in filing the desires of the aged and the de pendent children and blind in se curing benefits from the social se curity act . As soon as they arrive it will be made known. Noah Taylor has been promoted to the job of staying around the mu nicipal building here and doing whatever work is necessary. For 30 years he has been in the street-clean ing department of the Town of Plymouth and has always been a dependable and reliable negro. Chief Brown feels that his promotion has been earnd by faithfulness and hard work. J. I. Herritage, general manager, and A. F. Harrison, treasurer of the John L. Roper Lumber Company were in Plymouth this week. They were here looking over their hold ings in this section. Something was mentioned of the old plant at Roper operated years ago by this firm. Little Miss Emily Gray Sexton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Sexton, local barber, has returned from the School for the Deaf at Mor ganton for the summer vacation. She with a classmate, with marks of 95 1-2, led their class in achieve ment this term. She is the grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gurkin. Sunday is Father’s Day. Several merchants are offering some very appropriate and attractive gifts in this week’s issue of The Beacon. Re member Dad with a gift. Remem ber the stores which advertise. Upwards of $85,000 in stock has been taken in the building and loan association that is now being or ganized for Plymouth. Arrange ments are being made to close the series in a few days. Those interest ed in Washington County are urged to subscribe for stock now. Cucumbers are expected to begin to pour into the C. C. Lang & Son, Inc., plant here next week. Efforts are being made by the plant offic ials to receive the cucumbers as quickly as possible so that there will be no delay. P. H. Roberts, jr., the manager, still urges that the cucum bers be picked small so that more will come on the vine. Sales tax auditors alighted in Plymouth last week checking the books of local firms against the busi ness that they had done and the tax which should have been remitted. It was found that one man was be hind about $1,000 through an error, which was corrected. T. C. Burgess, owner of the Bur gess Shoe and Clothing Store here, has received notice from the Amer ican School of Practipedics in Chi cago that he made 95 1-2 out of a possible 100 points in an examina tion given him after a year’s study. Practipedics is the science of foot comfort. Mr. Burgess has a card as evidence of his proficiency in this work. The Plymouth Furniture Store is expected to open next week-end. Ernest C. Lawrence and Mr. Harrell have been repairing the Hampton building on Water Street, and it is looking good. Their merchandise has begun to arrive. They have been delayed from their announced open ing of the first, but are determined they will open next week-end. Liquor salesmen are swarming in to Plymouth now with their wares, according to E. G. Arps, chairman manager of the ABC board, who is charged with the duty of purchasing the stocks for the two stores in this county. The stock is being ordered and will be here in time to open, probably next week. Harry P. Barnes, mayor of Cherry and manager of the Creswell ABC store, was in Plymouth this week and asserted that he hoped his store would be ready to open in the old Starr building next to the drug store, some time next week. Lloyd Gilbert, of Gilbert Clean ing Works, and Jack Peele, of the Economy Cleaners, have started a policy of cash to all. They are do ing this in an effort to eliminate the expense of bookkeeping and are of fering a reduced price to those who carry and bring their clothes, elim inating the expense of delivery. This came as the result of requests for lower-price cleaning. Roscoe Gaylord and Harry P. Barnes Are To Manage Stores Hope To Have Stores Set Up and Operating by Fourth of July -• Legalized whisky stores in Plym outh and Creswell will begin to dis | pense intoxicants in time for people to purchase their Fourth of July sup ply. it was announced today by Er nest C. Arps, chairman-manager of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of Washington County. Roscoe Gaylord, a former em ployee of E. G. Arps Drug Store and now bookkeeper for the H. E. Har rison Wholesale Company, has been named manager of the Plymouth store with Sewell Bowen as assist ant, while Harry P. Barnes will man age the Creswell store without an assistant. There were a number of appli cants, but Mr. Arps settled on Gay lord for manager in Plymouth be cause of his bookkeeping ability, which will aid very much, as the records for the entire county will be kept in Plymouth by Mr. Gay lord under the supervision of Mi'. Arps. Whiskey will be purchased by the board to stock the store here and then assigned from this store to the Creswell unit. Daily and weekly reports of sales, stock and such must be made to the State ABC board, and Mr. Gaylord will look after this. Hours for the two stores as sub mitted to the state officials for ap proval are as follows: Plymouth store, open from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. daily, with the closing hour 9 p. m. on Saturday night; Creswell, open 9 a. m., closed from 12 to 1 p. m. for lunch, open again 1 to 6 p. m. and from 7 to 8 p. m. with an hour added on Saturday nights. Mr. Gaylord is expected to draw a salary of $100 monthly, with Mr. Bowen receiving $65 as assistant, and Mr. Barnes $85 monthly in Cres well. Mr. Arps, for the board, will do the purchasing and has been vis ited by representatives from prac tically every distillery known. Mr. Arps states that positively no one will be allowed to drink in the stores, nor will any loitering be per mitted; and he has asked Chief P. W. Brown, of Plymouth, and the offic ials at Creswell to see that drunks are kept off the streets and espec ially away from the stores, as all whiskey purchased will be wrapped in a package when delivered. -® Forest Fire Loss Has Been Held Down To Minimum This Year -<s>— 2,200 Acres of Forest Lands Burned Over This Year Against Usual 35,000 Only about 2,200 acres of forest lands were burned over this year, against about 35,000 acres in 1934, according to Forest Fire Warden Stuart F. Darden, who has asked the Beacon to publish his appreciation for the cooperation of the people in holding this damage to a minimum. This is one of the first springs in the history of the county that peo ple have not seen smoke floating in to Plymouth like fog from the burn ed areas, especially from the Wenona section, and Mr. Darden feels that the cooperation of the people is re sponsible for the success of his or ganization. Enrollees of the CCC camp are now constructing a telephone line through the Turnpike road to the Blackland Experiment Station. This will be used principally for instant communication in the case of forest fires. Mr. Darden is of the opinion that the line will be strung on the poles and completed in a few days. It is expected that a tower will be erected in the Creswell section before another season. The Forest Fire Service is anxious now to even reduce the amount next season from 2,200 acres. For years people took the Wenona forest fires as a usual occurrence, but now this forest fire service has undertaken the task of preventing them. Mr. Darden asks that the people continue to talk fire prevention, even during the off season, so that people will get instilled into their minds the danger to game, property, and per sons by fires started through negli gence. $31,500 Allocated for Waterways of This Section by Congress $15,000 Allowed for Dredg ing Roanoke To 12 Foot Depth Approximately $31,500 will be spent on the maintenance of water ways that flow in or near Washing ton County, it was learned today from the War Department of the United States, as the annual appro priation bill for non-military activi ties became public. The funds are allocated as follows Cashie Kiver, which empties into the Roanoke and Middle Rivers at the Hampton fisheries just over the Washington County line in Martin, $5,000; Scuppernong River, which iies in the Creswell section, $7,500. Mackeys Creek was assigned $4, 000 for improvements, while the Ro anoke River will be dredged to a 12-foot depth at a cost of $15,000. This deepening will be done from the mouth to Hamilton in order to allow larger vessels to travel the stream. A total of $15,000 has been allo cated for the improvement of Eden ton Bay, which joins Chowan Riv er and Albemarle Sound. The work at Edenton Bay and Mackeys Creek probably intends to improve the traffic lane and terminals of the fer ries. Lumbermen owning tracts along the Roanoke, through their attorney, Zeb Vance Norman, started a move ment for the deepening of the river about two years ago. It would aid in the shipping of logs down this river to the mills in Plymouth, as well as elsewhere. The improvement to the Scupper nong will aid in the travel on the stream and will also help in drain age. The desire for this work was manifested several months ago by interested citizens who have fought their way through to victory. A. R. Dupree, Sr. To Practce Law, Starting July 1st —— Passed Examination in 1913 But Has Never Been in Active Practice A new attorney will begin the practice of law in Plymouth on or about the first of July, when the quarters of A. R. Dupree, sr., are ready for him to occupy. Mr. Dupree has rented a portion of the wooden building on Water Street from E. G. Harrison and will share the building with Mr. Harri son. It is located next to the Du pree Soda Shoppe, the operation of which Mr. Dupree has turned over to his sons. Owen and Allan. The new lawyer has beeen read mitted to the bar after having first secured his license to practice in 1913. Mr. Dupree never took a col lege course in law but has been a licensed attorney after reading law back in the old days and passing the bar examination. For years Mr. Dupree was mail clerk on the Atlantic Coast Line trains pulling out of Plymouth. A bout five years ago he retired on a monthly salary. Now he wants a place to "loaf or hang out down town” and also hopes to build up a lucrative practice. Pinetown To Play Plymouth Sunday Out of Pinetown will come a base ball squad Sunday to battle the Plymouth stars under the captaincv of Squire Davenport with "Bugs” Beasley promoting the event under his recreation activity of the PWA. To date Plymouth has suffered only one defeat, which Pinetops handed them Sunday by the score of 10 to 5, with Tom Wiley Norman on the mound and Jack Brown tak ing a hand after the game was lost. These boys carry on despite the lack of interest. Brown has hurled six consecutive wins and is handy with the bat also. On the first Sunday in June Brown beat them 8 to 5 here, allowing only 4 hits, while his mates clubbed the visiting hurlers for 12. Bruce Bateman thinks so much of the locals that he has given Man ager Beasley a shiny new baseball autographed by Babe Ruth, which will be given as some kind of an award to a player at the end of the season. The team is composed of boys out of high school, including Bob Bate man, first base; Reuben Mayo, short stop; Norman Mayo, third base; Ed win McNair, catcher; Russell Harri son, Ralph Davenport and others in the outfield. Manager of Kieckhefer Plant Outlines Objectives of Firm in Connection With Local Project Final Rites Are Held For Mrs. Eva Owens Brown Flere Sunday -$> Died Saturday at Noon in Rocky Mount Hospital After Brief Illness Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon for Mrs. Eva Owens Brown, about 50, who died Satur day at noon in a Rocky Mount hos pital from uremic poisoning, which caused her to sink into a coma on Thursday from which which she never recovered. Rev. R. R. Grant, of Williamston, officiated in the absence of Rev. C. T. Thrift, who was away on vaca tion. A large crowd of friends at tended the rites at the Methodist church, with the interment taking place in the Episcopal cemetery. Mrs. Brown was well known to hundreds in this section, as she had served as saleslady for W. H. Hamp ton & Son, Abe Adler, and L. S. Thompson for the last 20 years. She was a member of the Methodist church. Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. J. H. Smith, jr., of Goldsboro; two sisters, Mrs. Ed Ayers, Plymouth, and Mrs. Aubrey Collins, of New Bern; and three brothers, Herman and Hubert Owens, of Plymouth; and Aubrey Owens, of Morehead City. Active pall-bearers were Clyde Hasell, Ben Sumner, J. F. Ausbon, L. S. Thompson, Hal Williford; E. G. Arps, J. R. Campbell, and Dick Hardison. Progress Being Made by Scouts “Each Scout worked off at least one requirement of scoutcraft with some making three in the best meet ing since organization last Friday night,” according to Scoutmaster Rev. N. A. Tayor. At the present there are five sec ond-class scouts. Dr. A. Papineau, assistant scoutmaster, has offered a boat ride to the first six to complete their assignments for the second class rating. Rev. Mr. Taylor has offered a pa trol flag to the patrol making the best attendance record from now un til August 1. The James E. Jethro post of the American Legion has presented a United States flag to the troop. Thursday night the scouts with their scoutmasters will enjoy an overnight hike to Albemarle Beach, where they will stay in a cottage. “These boys are the future citi zens and it is to the interest of all to stand back of this troop as we will be seeing you the Fourth of July,” said the scoutmaster as a parting shot. Local Man To Sell Patent Remedy S. A. Ward, sr., is expecting to be gin the sale of his new medicinal preparation in the next few weeks when he visits shoe stores and like places over the country selling a remedy for athlete’s foot, ring worm and skin diseases of the hand. Mr. Ward first wanted to name the preparation “Ward's Healer,” but found that this had been copyright ed. In Mr. Ward’s possession are tes timonials from important persons in this section who have found the rem edy effective. He is at first bottling only 500 bottles. Final Rites Sunday For Luther L. Allen Funeral services were held Sun day in the Roper Methodist church for Luther L. Allen, 68, who was a victim of heart trouble. Rev. W. J. Watson, pastor, Rev. Mr. Crossno, and Rev. Mr. Mellon officiated. In terment took place in the family cemetery near the home. Mr. Allen was one of the oldest members of the Methodist church and was a leader in his community. Surviving is a widow, Fannie Al berta Allen, a daughter, Mrs. Ralph Harrell, a son, Owen M. Allen, and one sister, Mrs. Walter Peacock, all of Roper. HotVieand cinb News By Mary Frances Misenheimer Schedule for Next Week Monday, County Bridge. Tuesday, Pleasant Grove. Wednesday, Swain. Thursday, Creswell. Friday, Alba. Saturday, curb market, 8.T5. Don’t fail to visit the curb market each Saturday. Fresh vegetables are al ways available. Mrs. R. W. Lewis, of Cross Roads Club, led the sales Saturday. The president of the Chapel Hill Club, Mrs. Robert Swain, crocheted a centerpiece and donated it to the club to be sold. The money is to go into the flower fund. _ Mrs. A. B. Snell, member of the Beech Grove Club, has improved the interior of her home 100 per cent by papering the walls and painting the woodwork. The Scuppernong Club met with Mrs. Lewis Davenport on Monday. The members reported having plen ty of vegetables in their gardens. Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. Furlough have had plenty of string beans for some time. Mrs. Joe Snell, president of the Cool Spring Club, has undergone an operation and is getting along nice ly. Mrs. Snell will be able to attend our next meeting, which is Wednes day after the fourth Sunday. To the women who worked so hard to make the district meeting a suc cess I want to express my thanks. Everyone cooperated in a splendid way. Clean-Up Week To Be Observed Here Beginning Monday -<$•—— Town Officials Ask Local Citizens To Cooperate In Undertaking Beginning Monday the town of Plymouth will observe clean-up week and B. G. Campbell, mayor, has placed his official approval on the plan and joins with P. W. Brown and the street forces urging that people join in this effort to make the town more attractive. There is never a more opportune time to start this work than now, as increased interest in this town by outsiders brings them here daily from every section, and it is the hope of the officials that the resi dents make every possible effort to beautify the town. It is urged that all back yards, debris, vacant lots and every exter ior place be cleaned so that it will eliminate as many mosquitoes as possible, aid in the sanitation and health and also to beautify the town for the visitors. Before long highway No. 97 will be paved and the Albemarle Sound bridge built. This will bring hun dreds of tourists weekly through Plymouth, and the officials here urge that now, while new people are coming here and many visitors pass ing through, that particular atten tion be paid to cleaning and keep ing the places clean. The town street-cleaning force will double their efforts to keep the town clean and to aid housewives and others in removing their waste and garbage. Group Entertained At Somerset Farm —•— A group from Raleigh, Plymouth, Columbia, and Creswell interested in education and resettlement work were entertained Monday by the ladies of the Parent-Teacher Asso ciation of the Creswell school on the lawn of the old Somerset farm home. Mrs. W. W. Bateman, president, welcomed the group, with H. H. Mc Lean responding. Dr. G. A. Martin pronounced the invocation at the pic nic dinner served on the grounds. After dinner the party was taken across Lake Phelps to enjoy fishing. Some spent the night in the camps Jon the shore of the lake. New Mill Is Rapidly Taking Shape; Soon Start on Briekwork —•— Number and Size of Build ings and Process Used Are Described (Below is an article prepared for The Beacon by W W. Henderson, ! manager of the local unit of the ! Kieckhefer Container Company.) By VV. W. HENDERSON The new plant of the Kieckhefer Container Company on the south bank of the Roanoke River about a mile west of Plymouth is fast tak ing shape. Concrete foundations for most of the buildings are in place, and the framework of steel columns, girders, and beams paint a red net work against the skies to the tune of the riveting hammers. Soon the brickwork will start, and the steel skeletons will then take form. The wood room, 48 by 62 feet, and nearly 70 feet high, was the first to go up. Now the foundations for the large chipper which, one day soon, will reduce the pile of pulpwood now on the yard to chips, is complete and awaiting the arrival of the chipper. The steelwork is practically com plete on the digester and diffuser building—the tallest of the entire group. This building measures 150 feet wide and 150 feet long, one sec tion towering to more than 100 feet above the ground, while the other part reaches a total height of about 74 feet. This building will house the digesters—the large steel tanks in which the wood chips will be cook ed into pulp, and the diffusers, or washers, where the pulp will be thor oughly washed, and the chemicals used in the cooking process started on their way to recovery for further use. Next to this building stands the concrete foundations of the largest division of the plant—the screen and wet room and pulp storage building —382 feet 6 inches long and 144 feet wide—the screen room section be ing over 56 feet high and the wet room and storage rising 38 feet a bove the mill yard. After the pulp has been washed it is removed to this building, where all knots, uncooked chips, and other foreign matter is screened out, and the resulting pulp fibre is run into thick sheets or laps on what is known as wet machines. From the storage tlie pulp will be loaded into barges to be shipped by water to our Del air, N. J., plant, and in cars for the Three Rivers. Mich., mill. In the other group across the court which provides the passageway through the plant, the foundations are in for the turbine room, 63 feet wide, 110 feet long and about 65 feet high; the recovery boiler and evap orator building 110 feet wide and 135 feet long, and just a few inches short of 80 feet tall; the caustic de partment, 81 feet wide by 128 feet long, and 54 feet high; and the chem ical storage building, 52 feet 6 inches wide and 110 feet long. This is a very important group on which the successful operation depends. The boiler and turbine room are to the pulp mill what the heart is to you and me. Here all of the energy to keep alive the rest of the plant is generated in huge boilers and tur bines; and upon the efficient opera tion of the evaporators, recovery units, and the caustic department, depends the success of the entire project. Separated from the buildings, but still connected to the wood room, are the barking drums, huge steel drums made up cylindrical by means of steel channels, and supported on concrete foundations about 20 feet wide and 75 feet long. These drums remove the bark from the wood be fore it passed to the wood room, this bark traveling another conveyor to the boiler room, where it is used for fuel. Down near the river is the pump ing station, 28 feet wide and 52 feet long, which houses the equipment necessary to convert the waters of tiie Roanoke River to the many uses of the modern pulp mill. Several smaller buildings, includ ing power sub-stations, are being laid out, and between the wood room and the very top of the digester house, 105 feet 6 inches above the ground, will be constructed the con veyor to handle the wood chips from the chipper and screens to the huge chip loft, made of steel, where the chips are stored. (Continued on page six)