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VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 27
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, July 2, 1937
ESTABLISHED 1889
Plymouth Livestock
Association To Hold
Meet Here Friday
Most of 156 Members Are
Expected To Be Here for
Election of Officers
Most of the 156 members of the
Plymouth Livestock Association re
siding in Washington, Martin, Tyr
rell and Bertie Counties are expect
ed to attend a meeting that is to be
held in the courthouse here at 10
o’clock Friday morning for the pur
pose of electing officers.
Heretofore this organization has
been functioning under the manage
ment of W. V. Hays as county farm
agent and will continue to be so op
erated with the exception that it
will have the usual executive offi
cers with a board of directors and
a definite plan of organization.
Since the first carload of hogs was
shipped by the farmers cooperative
ly under this organization’s name on
March 4, there have been 35 car
loads of hogs to leave the Atlantic
Coast Line station here that netted
the shippers $59,500.
Farm agents in the counties, in
cluding T. B. Brandon, Martin; B.
E. Grant, Bertie; H. H. Harris, Tyr
rell; and W. V. Hays, Washington,
have manifested the closest of co
operation with their farmers in an
effort to make these regular ship
ments profitable.
The next shipment has been set
for Tuesday, July 6. Now the ship
ping dates are given as every first
and third Tuesday in the month.
Swift, Armour, Kingan, Cudahy and
others have purchased hogs from
this organization.
The cooperative shipments have
helped the producers in several
ways. It has produced a steady and
regular cooperative market, elimi
nating the middleman’s profit, and
has increased the price to about a
cent and a half a pound higher than
usual prices and has even resulted
in hucksters paying higher prices.
Mr. Hays here has been receiving
sealed bids on the lot on the day of
shipment. These are opened and
read. After canvassing, it has been
the custom to sell to the highest and
most reliable bidder, thus guaran
teeing safety on the deal to the farm
ers.
Not only have hogs been shipped,
but 398 lambs in three cars have
been sold. This opens up a good
market to the farmers here in the
disposition of their sheep and lambs.
Membership in this organization is
located about as follows: 90 Wash
ington, 25 Bertie, 25 Tyrrell, and 16
Martin. Through shipments are
made from Plymouth and the head
quarters are here. Each member
has the same privileges and expenses
to pay out of their pro rata portion
of the animals shipped.
Tracy, Tone, George
Star in New Picture
With Spencer Tracy, Gladys
George and Franchot Tone in the
leading roles, “They Gave Him a
Gun,” plays at the New Theatre on
Monday, July 5, as one of the more
important releases from the Metro
Goldwyn studios.
Franchot Tone deserts genteel
characters to play a “tough guy”;
Spencer Tracy deserts the “tough
guy” character for a kindly adviser
of a wayward youth; and Gladys
George follows her success in “Val
iant is the Word for Carrie.” She
plays another valiant role as a war
nurse who married a racketeer she
fails to save in “They Gave Him a
Gun.”
The picture, based on the novel
by Major William Joyce Cowen, and
directed by W. S. Dyke, II, deals
with the effect of war on the psy
chology of youth, tracing the transi
tion of a kindly young clerk, who
goes through war into a dangerous
post-war racketeer.
Albemarle Beach
Expects Big Crowd
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Albemarle Beach, on Albemarle
Sound, with a new pavilion and new
improvements, is expecting a big
crowd on Monday for the Fourth of
July celebration, according to L. W.
Gurkin, manager of the resort.
There will be a dance on Friday
night and Monday night by the or
chestra of Paul Jones. Boat races,
fireworks, boating, bathing, and all
kinds of water sports will be found
at the beach on Monday.
More and more inquiries are ar
riving daily as to the availability of
cottages for week-ends. Now comes
a request from one of the most im
portant families in Kinston. This
beach continues to grow in import
ance as a resort.
Washington County Invited to
Take Part in DareCelehration
Washington County, as a member
of the Southern Albemarle Associa
tion, will be given an important
part on July 15 on Dare County Day
at the celebration of the 350th an
niversary of the English settlement
of America at Roanoke Island.
This date has been set aside by the
committee on various days as the
time for Dare to be recognized, and
Dare in turn has asked that the Sou
thern Albemarle Association, com
posed with them of Hyde, Washing
ton and Tyrrell Counties, to join in
the event.
Melvin R. Daniels, register of
deeds of Dare and vice president of
the Southern Albemarle Association,
has written John W. Darden, vice
president of the association for Wash
ington County, inviting this county
over to participate in the event.
“It is the purpose to make the
day an old-timey picnic with every
one bringing lunch, and we are look
ing forward to seeing a lot of you
folks on that day,” writes Mr. Dan
iels.
HEALTH QUEEN |
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Who wil be 4-H health queen
of Washington County?
The girl will be named by Dr.
T. L. Bray, county physician,
when he examines them Satur
day afternoon. Six were select
ed by Misses Mozelle Hendrix
and Dean Gaylord for the final
examination Saturday.
Those reaching the county fin
als are: Rebecca Ward, Plym
outh; Marjorie White, Ida Ruth
Knowles, Virginia Tarkenton,
Selma Stillman, Roper; Senia
Davenport, Creswell. The girl
making the highest score will go
to Halifax for the district con
test on July 13.
Extensive Program
Features Work Of
Club Here Last Year
•
President Reviews Work of
Plymouth Woman’s Club
In Recent Report
Thirty-eight major activities con
tributed to the achievements of the
Plymouth Woman’s Club last year,
according to Mrs. T. L. Bray, who
brought to a close her first year as
president with many things ac
complished for the benefit of the
community as well as the club.
These accomplishments are di
vided between lectures, entertain
ments, contributions, special serv
ices, and a complete financial state
ment showing that all expenses of
the club had been paid and that the
club had money to its credit in the
bank.
An outline of the work follows:
Nine regular meetings, programs
from Greenville and Windsor clubs
here, local entertainment at three
regular meetings, a tea at which
Traveling Art Exhibition was
shown, were joint hostess with two
clubs at banquet in honor of dis
trict president;
Lectures by Dr. J. C. Knox, State
Board of Health, Mrs. W. S. Cara
wan, chairman of public welfare in
15th district, Mrs. J. H. B. Moore,
district chairman of international
relations, Mrs. F. M. Dunstan, dis
trict contact chairman, Miss Flor
ence Cox, home demonstration clubs,
Mrs. W. C. Beasley, president of
15th district.
Illustrated demonstration on foods
and Christmas entertainment by
Miss Ora Finch, VEPCO, entertain
ed faculty of Plymouth school, board
and their wives at reception, served
luncheon when Governor Hoey
visited here, had as guests yard
leaders of home demonstration clubs
in county;
Served seven suppers to Lions,
sponsored a play, sponsored sale of
Red Cross seals, contributed to
Christmas cheer, flood sufferers, to
horn for school band, paid all obli
gations, paid Sallie Southall Cot
ton Loan pledge, paid expenses of
president to State meeting;
Joined the General Federation of
Women’s clubs and Penny Art fund,
sent in nine subscriptions to N. C.
Clubwoman magazine, sold mer
chandise to make money, placed on
savings account in bank $100 on the
fund for a club house, purchased
electri cstove and had kitchen show
er to equip kitchen, 11 new mem
bers joined club;
Furnished State federation witn
their chairman of juniors, with two
other clubs will entertain 15th dis
trict next fall, gave silver loving
cup donated by local firm in mem
bership drive, gave chromium cof
fee set donated by loucal firm as at
tendance prize, sponsored request
for full-time health service.
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Truck Farmers Anxous
For Control Program
The May pea crop in Pasquotank
County left a lot of headaches and
empty pockets, reports county agent
G. W. Falls, who says growers want
some kind of farm program to aid
truck growers in that section.
Large Number Take
Stock in Building &
Loan Organization
843 Shares Subscribed.; To
Make Application Soon
For Charter
A check-up on the activities of the
building and loan organization here
today reveals that 90 persons have
purchased a total of 843 shares, rep
resenting $84,300 worth of stock sold
to the people in Washington County
who are anxious to see this go over.
It is the plan of a committee from
the Lions Club, headed by Z. V. Nor
man. with W. M. Darden and J. R.
Manning, to prepare an application
for charter which is to be submit
ted to the State for organization pa
pers. Then a meeting will be held
by the stockholders to select their
officers and directors.
No time has been designated for
concluding the acceptance of sub
scriptions for stock, but it is hoped
by some that the limit for the sale
of stock will be set in a few days
and arrangements be made to close
the series for six months so that ac
tual operation can begin.
Charter members are listed as fol
lows:
J. R. Manning, J. B. Willoughby,
Z. V. Norman, B. G. Campbell, H.
E. Beam, E. F. Still, W. M. Darden,
W. N. Henderson, C. J. Norman, P.
W. Brown, W. L. Whitley, W. A. Da
vidson, T. C. Burgess, C. T. Thrift,
W. R. Hampton, J. C. Swain, W. E.
Waters, M. W. Spruill.
J. L. Horton, S. D. Davis, R. L. Ed
wards, J. J. Hardison, Roscoe Gay
lord, C. C. Craft, C. L. Bailey, R. J.
Sydenstricker, T. P. Sanderson, J. W.
Marrow, W. H. Paramore, A. R. Du
pree, jr., Dr. C. McGowan, W. C.
Jones, W. L. Mayo, J. Earl Ainsley,
W. W. Johnson.
Jack Peele, Frank Spruill, Lallah
Adler, V. E. Everett, Don Davis, Dan
Satterthwaite, E. L. Owens, Mary
S. Cahoon, H. H. McLean, Annie
Mytrle Peele, E. J. Spruill, R. L. Tet
terton. Frank Brinkley, H. L. Jcnes,
Horton Lumber Company, A. L.
Owens, J. H. Gaylord, III, J. C. Tar
kenton, Martha Hornthal, J. H. Dar
den, I. M. Warren, J. W. Norman,
G. R. Leggett, Dr. A. Papineau, J. C.
Smith, Mary Garnder, Gray Willis,
E. A. Harrison, J. T. Terry, W. S.
Nurney, J. R. Carr, W. H. Williams,
G. W. Hardison, E. H. Liverman, J.
R. Manning, jr., W. A. Roebuck, C.
L. Blount, I. E. Ange, H. E. Harri
son, O. E. Gardner, J. L. Hayes, Roy
W. Swain, Ursula Bateman, Harold
Brinn, Agnes Davis, R. H. Lucas,
Abe Adler, J. S. Brown, C. A. Cratch.
Sunday Services at
Christian Church
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“How can we show our apprecia
tion to the state better than by find-'
ing ourselves in the House of the
Lord on July 4?” asks Rev. N. A.
Taylor, pastor of the Christian
church, continuing with, “God has
brought us where we are as a nation
to enjoy liberty, freedom and jus
tice; therefore, it behooves us as ‘we
the people’ to give thanks on this
day.”
The subject for the morning ser
mon at 11 is “The Fight for Justice.”
Services for the day follow: 9:45 a.
m., Bible school; 11 a. m., sermon;
8 p. m., sermon. “A most cordial
welcome awaits you,” said the min
ister.
Rev. and Mrs. Thrift
Return From Texas
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Rev. and Mrs. C. T. Thrift and
daughter, Susie Webb, returned last
Wednesday from a three-week visit
to Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Thrift, jr., at
Georgetown, Texas, where Dr. Thrift
is a professor in Southwestern Uni
versity.
They reported an enjoyable trip.
Rev. Mr. Thrift will occupy his pul
pit at the Methodist church both
morning and night next Sunday. The
Lord’s Supper will be celebrated at
the morning service.
About Town
Mrs. S. A. Ward, sr., and Miss Re
becca Ward will spend two weeks at
Camp Leach near Washington, where
she will take a course on “Famous
Women of the Bible.” Mrs. R. A.
Duvall returned this week from
Camp Leach, where she has been on
the staff of the camp.
The next cooperative hog sale at
Plymouth will be held on Tuesday.
July 6. Farmers in Martin, Wash
ington, Tyrrell and Bertie Counties
have been selling hogs through the
Plymouth Livestock Association.
This cooperative sale of hogs is
growing daily in importance.
E. W. Lawrence and E. E. Harrell,
owners and operators of the Plym
outh Furniture Store, which opened
here Friday, are expecting to move
their families to Plymouth shortly.
They have leased the new home on
Jefferson Street next to C. V. W.
Ausbon from W. F. Winslow. Mr.
Harrell is the former’s son-in-law.
The Bureau of Animal Industry
has informed officials of the Black
land Test Farm near here that the
carload of fat steers shipped in
April were the best yet. There were
one and two year old Herefords first
crossed with native cows. For 150
days they had been fed on corn, soy
bean hay and cottonseed meal..
Boys and girls in Washington
County who are allowed to work are
fast finding private employment as
is indicated in the drop from 23 to
10 in the employment provided thru
the National Youth Administration,
according to Miss Helene Duvall, sup
ervisor of Washington County.
Among those enlisting in the U. S.
Navy recently was Hubert Cox, son
of Mr, and Mrs. W. B. Cox, Plym
outh. In this connection the navy
recruiting agent at New Bern is
calling for more men to fill the quo
tas that are asked for by the serv
ice.
The National Handle Company has
on record in the register of deeds
office in the courthouse a document
transferring eight parcels of land
from the National Handle Company
to the American Fork & Hoe Com
pany, which is the proper name for
the plant now.
In a few days there will be a mend
ing kit in the library in basement
of the courthouse, donated at a cost
of $20 by the Lions Club. The men’s
organization had manifested an in
terest in this work, and the Thurs
day Afternoon Literary Club asked
for a kit for the library so the books
could be repaired.
Fears that a teacher would be
dropped by the State School Com
mission from the personnel of the
staff in Washington County were
disspelled this week when it became
known that 20 high school and 65
elementary teachers were alloted
the county. This was the same as
last year.
New officers for the Lions Club
to be installed in July: Dr. T. L.
Bray, president; T. C. Burgess, P.
W. Brown, W. V. Hays, vice presi
dents; C. L. Bailey, tail twister; C.
J. Norman, lion tamer; Rev. N. A.
Taylor, secretary and treasurer; A.
L. Owens and E. H. Liverman, direc
tors.
Has Narrow Escape
In Fall From Girder
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Football skill probably saved the
life of A. C. Sumlin, who fell 30 feet
from one of the buildings of the
Kieckhefer Container Co. plant near
here last Friday. The young man
“tackled” a cross arm, or in some
way maneuvered his body in line
with some cross pieces of the build
ing and broken the momentum of
his fall, striking the ground softly.
He escaped with only a “pulled” or
sprained muscle in the shoulder.
M. F. McKinley sustained an in
jured finger Thursday morning when
a mass of steel resting on a frame
mashed his finger badly.
The muscles of the left hip and
thigh were sprained and Robert
Stewart, jr., was better today after
falling about 18 feet Wednesday.
When he lost his balance he grabbed
F. C. Ragner, pulling him to the
ground also. He was cut on the leg,
foot and hands and bruised about
the body.
Lightning Upsets Plans
Of Two State Farmers
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Farming plans of A. O. Bowers,
of Chatham County, and L. B. Har
rison of Martin County, were seri
ously upset for this season when
bolts of lightning killed mules on
their farms recently. Due to the
scarcity of workstock, the farmers
are finding it diffcult to get others.
Largest Docket in
Years This % eek at
Recorder’s Court
Twenty Cases Disposed of
By Judge Darden at
Tuesday Session
Unusual in two counts was the
docket and activities in recorder’s
court Tuesday. First there were a
bout 20 cases, the largest docket in
years, and, second, a man and his
wife were both convicted on separ
ate counts involving whiskey and
sentenced to serve the state and
county.
Della Hardison, 27, white, was
sent to the county home to work for
one month on a charge of being
drunk on the highway, while her
husband, Joe Hardison, 40, white,
was given his choice of paying a $50
fine and costs or going to the roads
for 18 months on a charge of oper
ating an auto while drunk.
W. M. Sitterson, 30, white farmer,
had prayer for judgment continued
until July 20, on a charge of as
saulting a female, Eula Sitterson, he
being a male over 18 years of age.
Henry Harrison, of Williamston,
who was charged with operating an
automobile recklessly and under the
influence of whiskey and doing dam
age to personal property, had his
case continued until July 6.
Jim Warren 37, white, was sen
tenced to 30 days in jail or a fine of
$50 and costs for driving drunk.
Royt T. Hopkins, Creswell, had the
case continued in which he gave a
check to Earl Davenport for $21.48
on the Branch Banking & Trust Co.,
dated April 23, 1937. The check was
alleged to have been worthless.
Raymond Wynn, 15, colored, was
held for superior court on a charge
of breaking and entering. Bond was
fixed at $500.
Henry Green, 34, colored, was de
clared not guilty of assaulting Lily
Bishop.
John Phelps, 27, white, was to be
tried later on a charge of taking the
car of Rudolph Davenport from the
West End Service Station at Roper
without the owner’s consent.
H. E. Savage, 38, white, foreman
at the pulp plant, was found by a
jury to be not guilty of operating
an auto while drunk in connection
with the injury to Wood Harper,
young son of Dr. and Mrs. E. A.
Harper, last Friday night. Mrs. Har
per had the child in the car with
her when it was struck as she was
backing from the driveway of the
Bowen home on Jefferson Street by
an auto driven by Savage. Mr. Har
per is chief chemist at the pulp plant
here. The child is recovering from
cuts about the neck.
A case against Cyril McCormack,
negro, charged with assault, was re
manded to a justice of the peace
court.
Ronald Davenport will be tried on
July 6 on a charge of reckless driv
ing and damaging personal proper
ty as the result of damage to the
car of Jack Peele Sunday night.
Gus Speller, 19, colored, was as
sessed with the costs for being drunk
Willie Norman, 17, colored, was
sentenced to one year on the roads
for stealing 13 chickens from Willie
Phelps.
615 Childrens
Books at Library
Now on the shelves of the Wash
ington County Public Library in the
basement of the courthouse are 615
children’s books which the library
commission in Raleigh has loaned
for the summer. All of them look
quite interesting. Some for all ages.
The library is very grateful to the
Lions Club for the gift of a mending
kit. This means that more books
can be mended and go back on the
shelves.
Library hours, excepting Sunday:
3 to 5 p. m., and Saturday 8 to 9
a. m.
No deposit is required for books.
Every one is free. The only cost is
when a book is lost or overdue. The
rules apply to everyone alike.
Anyone having good books they
would like to pass along for a good
cause are asked to donate them to
the library. They can be circulated
better from there.
Begins Services at
Mt. Hermon Church
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Creswell.—Dr. A. W. Andrews, the
president of the Methodist Protest
ant Conference, will begin a series
of services at Mount Hermon church
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock which
are expected to last for a week.
Rev. Mr. Ashburn, one of the old
est ministers of his denomination,
will be with the pastor, Rev. O. L.
Easter. Mr. Ashburn is well known
here, where he was a pastor 45 years
ago.
I CLOSED MONDAY 1I
V /
Business houses of all kinds
will be closed here .Monday in
celebration of July 4th, which
falls on Sunday. Drug stores
may remain open. The bank,
post office and stores will be
closed for the entire day. Em
ployers and employees will en
joy the holiday.
Some will go to the beaches.
Others will stay home. But the
entire day is to be a holiday,
and everyone will seek their
own particular amusement. De
cision to close was reached in a
meeting held Tuesday afternoon
by the merchants.
L. S. Thompson was elected
president and T. C. Burgess sec
retary and treasurer of the new
merchants' association.
Musical Comedy To
Be Staged Thursday
And Friday Nights
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“Rosa,” Sponsored by Local
Legion Post, Promises
Good Entertainment
A dress rehearsal was held Wed
nesday night as the last practice for
the presentation of the three-act mu
sical comedy, “Rosa,” at the Plym
outh High School auditorium Thurs
day and Friday night at 8:15 under
the auspices of the American Legion
post, No. 164.
The cast includes Polly Williams,
Nellie Frances Beasley, Annie Myr
tle Peal, Miriam Ausbon, Elsie Ruth
Hardison, D. A. Hurley, W. H. Para
more, Henry Hardison, Henry Gray
Mizelle, Delbert Allen, Hubert Al
len, J. B. McNair.
This show will have peppy musi
cal number and gay and colorful
costumes. Routine gypsy dances
with many of the younger set will
be features. Spice will be added to
the performance by laughs and the
wisecracking of “two college boys.”
Miss Dorothy Downing is director
of the show. Members of the Amer
ican Legion will assist in the play.
Little Miss Gwen Hurley will dance.
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Cucumbers Coming
In Rapidly at Local
Plant During Week
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5,000 Bushels Received So
Far; 1,400 Bushels
Monday
Cucumbers are really beginning to
come into the plant here of C. C.
Lang & Son, Inc., as the season be
gins to arrive at its climax with 5,
000 bushels already received and
thousands of bushels being picked
for delivery, according to P. H. Rob
erts, jr., manager.
A total of 1,400 bushels was re
ceived Monday and 600 bushels on
Tuesday and about 800 bushels Wed
nesday. The last rain helped very
much and the cucumbers are ap
pearing on the vines almost like
magic as the farmers bring them to
town and receive their money.
Employers are starting early
morning and working until late at
night receiving the vegetables. Mr.
Roberts predicts a fair crop this sea
son, explaining that though they are
late the recent rains have helped
immensely.
Legal % hiskey Now
On Sale in County
Legal whiskey under government
control was sold across the counter
here Thursday morning for the first
time in years, when the county con
trol stores opened for business in
Plymouth and Creswell.
Ted Blount, owner of Blount’s
Hardware store here, purchased the
first pint on the stroke of 9 in Plym
outh, Five pints were sold almost
by the time the clock had stopped
striking. There were only a few in
the store at the time.
Roscoe Gaylord is manager here
and H. P. Barnes at Creswell.
Field Day Events
For Boy Seouts
Boy Scouts of Plymouth will “pull
a big one” at Albemarle Beach on
Monday, according to Scoutmaster
Rev. N. A. Taylor. Any boys be
tween the ages of 12 and 15 are
urged to take part in the contests.
Contests will include 50-yard
swim, 100-yard swim, endurance
test, potato relay, shoe relay and
many other games that boys will
like. Prizes will be awarded.
Itinerary Suggested
For Mr. Roosevelt s
Trip To This Section
May Pass Through Here En
Route To Manteo on
August 18
More than half a dozen plans have
been submitted to President Frank
lin Roosevelt for his trip to Roa
noke Island in Dare County on
August 18 to attend the 350th cele
bration of the founding of the first
English colony in America and the
birth of Virginia Dare, first white
child of English speaking parents in
this country.
Some of these include a trip
through Martin. Washington and
Tyrrell Counties with the idea that
he could either come or return this
route, visiting the Scuppernong
Farms project on Lake Phelps while
passing through. It is understood
that the President is very much in
terested in the Resettlement Admin
istration work in the lower end of
this county.
Information received here is to
the effect that there was little
chance that this section would be
included in this trip if Congress
were still in session when he left
the National Capital as he would be
very busy at the time and would
have only one day off as certain
legislation would be pending that
needed his presence.
Engagements with the President
are very hard to secure but it may
be that a committee including John
W. Darden, vice president of Wash
ington County of the Southern Al
bemarle Association, might be able
to get an engagement with the
President to lay his plans for the
visit to this section before the Chief
Executive, urging him to visit this
county.
It may be the middle of August
before the President designates the
method of conveyance and whether
he will take a road or water trip to
the celebration. In the meantime,
no efforts will be spared to reach
the President in an effort to get this
section of the Albemarle territory
in his itinerary.
It is possible that the president
will either take an automobile from
Norfolk or go down on the Potomac
and come into Oregon Inlet on a
small Coast Guard boat. However,
nothing is definite.
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Housing Facilities
Here Being Taxed
To Capacity Now
19 New Houses Being Built
At Kieckhefer Village;
Will Ease Situation
Crowded housing facilities con>
tinue here in Plymouth as construc
tion of 19 new houses continues out
at Kieckheferville village, near town.
Every home in town is crowded
to capacity as daily new arrivals
continue to walk the streets with
suitcases in their hands asking for a
place to sleep. Many families here
tofore using an entire house are
crowding into one room so that oth
ers may share their shelter with
them.
Spare rooms at the county home
have been rented. New houses are
being erected in town. Old filling
stations are being used. Three young
men are sleeping in a former fishing
shack. Boarding houses are filled.
Yet more pipefitters are expected
this week.
The Kieckheferville houses will be
ready shortly and this will relieve
the situation very much.
Five Robberies in
Fast Two Weeks
Officers here on the alert for rob
bers who have been breaking and
entering business houses here for the
last two weeks. Five places have
been entered, including the follow
ing: Dupree’s Soda Shop, H. E. Har
rison Wholesale Company. W. R.
Hampton’s office. Hole in the Wall,
and Hassell Brothers Bakery.
Cigarettes were taken on each
trip and what money that was avail
able. usually in small sums. The
Hole in the Wall missed about 4,000
show tickets. Evidently the robber
or robbers thought they were en
tering a store when they pried an
entrance into Hampton’s office.
Some think that it is the work of
outsiders, while others are of the
opinion that local youths are to
blame. The police force is to use
a plainclothesman to capture the
culprit unless some evidence turns
up otherwise. Articles are always
taken that cannot be easily identi
fied.