The Roanoke Beacon
******* and Washington County News *******
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, Jana 2 I. O'.llt
A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington
County and its 12,000 people.
VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 24
ESTABLISHED 1889
Town
opics
A. W. Ambrose, from down the
Newlands road, hast in his possession
an Elgin watch that is over 25 years
old and still in good working order.
It is of the old closed case variety
and of a silver color.
Ernest Sanders, Elizabeth City; L.
W. Gurkin, Plymouth; and W. A. Ev
erett, of Edenton, are on a committee
to be in charge of the boat-racing
program at the formal opening of the
Albemarle Sound bridge August 25.
One of the first shows ever to
run three nights in succession at
the local theatre is “In Old Chi
cago,” which is being presented
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
nights of this week at the Plym
outh Theatre and is reported to
be a show you “must” see.
Despite rain and otherwise adverse
conditions, it is reported that Seaton
Phelps, of the Newlands section, and
Milton Ambrose, of the Ambrose road
vicinity, have good stands of tobacco
and their yield is expected to be good
unless further bad weather sets in.
Do frogs eat tobacco? “They are
said to eat coals of fire, and surely
tobacco is no worse,” said a fellow the
other day in commenting on the large
number of frogs found in tobacco
patches.
Rev. N. A. Taylor, secretary and
treasurer of the Lions Club, rep
resented the local organization at
the state convention held in Wil
mington last week, as A. E. Dav
enport and P. W. Brown found
they could not attend.
Checkers is one game that gets lit
tle publicity although it has a good
many devotees here. Topnotchers in
the pastime here include Marion
Ramsey, Clyde Hassell, J. O. Everett,
P. W. Brinkley, Captain Oberson,
Frank L. Brinkley and a few others.
It is considered doubtful now
that the local unit of the Ameri
can Fork & Hoe Company will
resume work on a large scale be
fore January 1. About 15 people
are employed there now. They
continue to ship a few handles to
the main plants, and when the
supply is exhausted, it is consid
ered probable the plant will start
up again.
June 27 has been designated as
"White Can Day” by the North Caro
lina State Association for the Blind,
when those who are more fortunate
will be asked to purchase a white
cane and the money used to help
a blind person regain his sight. Any
amount is accepted for a cane, and
one-hall the money raised will be
used in the county.
Richard Rogerson, who has been
playing first base on the baseball
team, and who was injured by a crane
while at work at the pulp plant sev
eral days ago, is out again greeting
his friends.
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Infant Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Potvell Dies Friday
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Creswell.—Baby Paula Jo Powell,
aged 4 months, died at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pow
ell, Friday morning after a two week’s
illness.
The infant was carried to Aulan
der for burial.
Besides the parents, two brothers,
Ray and Reginald Powell, survive.
W. L. Whitley Is Elected
President of Lions Club
Unanimous election of W. L. Whit
ley as president of the Lions Club for
the ensuing year last Thursday night
placed at the head of this organiza
tion a man who has had wide experi
ence in organizations of public na
ture. He has been chairman of the
board or elections, member of the
city council, secretary of the club,
and is now a member of the Wash
ington County Board of Education
and one of the leading attorneys in
this section.
For the three vice presidencies of
the club, J, R. Manning was elected
first, P ,W. Brown second, and B. G.
Campbell third. Rev. N. A. Taylor,
pastor of the Christian church, was
named to succeed himself as secre
tary and treasurer.
W. V. Hays succeeds Carl L. Bailey
as tail-twsiter, and W. H. Paramore
was elected lion tamer. E. H. Liver
mar. was reelected as a director, with
Dr. W. H. Johnson and VV. J. Mayo
oting added to the board.
Visiting Lions at the meeting last
week included D. V. Clayton, W. L.
Howell, and D. G. Haman, of Wil
liamston.
Subscription Contest
Still Anybody’s Race
THE SCOREBOARD j
The rain and bad weather last
week could not stop the Beacon's
candidates who are out to win
the $400 to be awarded July 2.
One week from Saturday one of
the contestants listed below will
be richer by $400, and threC"\>th
ers will be the proud winners of
lesser prizes, but those prizes
have not been won yet. The
leaders in the race are closely
bunched, and it is a real race,
to be won between now and the
close.
Saturday night at 9 o’clock, the
votes decrease again. Contest
ants who are in the race to be
THE winner will have good re
ports and will secure as many
extension subscriptions as pos
sible.
Mrs. Walter P. Lloyd_ 1,265,000
Mrs. Estelle Allen_ 1,260,000
Mrs. S. E. Nestor_ 1,250,000
Miss Emily K. Waters_ 1,235,000
Mrs. Golden Williams_ 1,230,000
Mrs. Sadie Stillman_ 1,225,000
Mrs. Hilda Robertson_1,215,000
Miss Teadie Mae Gibbs_1,210,000
Duncan Getsinger_ 645,000
Mrs. Myrtie Peal_ ,525,000
Mrs. Delma Peele_ 161,000
Help your favorite win!
John W. Chesson
Dies Near Roper
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Funeral services were held at the
home in the Pleasant Grove section
Friday afternoon for John W. Ches
son, 65, a well-known and highly re
spected farmer of the Roper section,
who died Thursday after a period of
illness extending for more than a
year.
The Rev. J. T. Stanford, pastor of
the Roper charge of the Methodist
churches, officiated. Interment took
place in the Windley cemetery, near
Plymouth, with a large crowd attend
ing.
Surviving Mr. Chesson is a widow
and the following children: Edgar R.
Chesson, Plymouth; Deward B„ Den
nis W., and Miss Era Chesson, of
Roper; Mrs. R. L. Davenport and
Mrs. Thomas W. Davis.
Three Cars of Lambs
Sold Here Last Friday
Shipped To Jersey
City Firm; Returns
Not Received Yet
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F. O. B. Price Offered Not
Satisfactory, So Shipment
Made on Consignment
Weighing an average of 60 pounds
each, 319 lambs were sold in a co
operative lamb sale here last Friday,
through the Plymouth Livestock As
sociation.
"The price offered f. o. b. Plymouth
was so low that marketing specialists
from the Department of Agriculture
advised that the lambs be consigned
to a commission firm in Jersey City,”
County Agent W. V. Hays said. This
was done.
Returns have not been received on
the shipment, but market reports
from Jersey City the first of the week
indicated that the shippers made a
greater profit by consigning the ship
ment there instead of selling direct.
“A number of these lambs had been
on feed for some time, and the grades
of lambs delivered to this sale were
very much below grades at the first
sale,” Mr. Hays said.
The County Agent is of the opin
ion that the price received clearly
points to the desirability of having
early lambs and good feeding prac
tices. To have early lambs it is
necessary to have the ewes in a good
thrifty condition and the bucks
turned in with them about the first
of July.
"Many late lambs now running with
the ewes should be weaned or dis
posed of to prevent this practice from
continuing. It is better to lose one
crop of lambs than to continue hav
ing lambs through the summer. Late
lambs do not feed profitably, as has
ben demonstrated this spring. Hot
weather is no time to put gains on
lambs,” Mr. Hays concluded.
[ TWO GAMES THIS WEEK
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The Rocks will have two of
their hardest games this week
end, when they play the Texaco
Beach Pirates from near Eliza
beth City here Saturday afternon
and then on Sunday the Norfolk
Cardinals play here.
The Pirates are members of the
Virginia-Carolina League and
have won 9 out of 11 games,
while the Cardinals are said to
be one of the best sandlot teams
in Norfolk.
Routing of School
Busses in Coimty
Studied This Week
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To Decide Whether Wenona
Children Go To Puutego
Or Plymouth
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Further investigations into the
routing of the school busses of Wash
ington County will be made this week
end by L. C. Thornton, a representa
tive of the transportation department
of the State School Commission, who
was expected here to go over the mat
ter of the atendance of the 42 We
nona students at Plymouth or Pan
tego schools.
A Mr. McGregor, representative of
the commission, was here a few days
ago and wrote his report into Raleigh
urging the continuance of the pres
ent bus routes which bring the chil
dren to Plymouth.
However, it is believed that when
the state transportation officials at
tach enough importance to the re
quest that the Wenona children be
taken to Pantego to send a second
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Second Period Ends
Saturday; To Make
Added Award Then
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50 Gallons of Gasoline for
Worker Turning in Most
Money During Week
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The first period of the Beacon's big
subscription drive, which closed at 9
o’clock last Saturday night, was
truly a race among the leaders, who
left no stone unturned to make Sat
urday’s report the best of the cam
paign to date. Subscriptions from all
parts of the Plymouth trade territory
literally “poured” into the Beacon
office, giving thousands of votes to
the workers who are in the race to
win.
The contestants, as they go into
the second period of the campaign,
which closes Saturday night at 9 o’
clock, are still in high gear. They
fully realize the closeness of the race,
and do not want to take any chance
of slipping down the ladder, but want
to move on to the coveted position—
the top. Then, too, the Beacon has
added a special prize for this week.
The contestant turning in the most
money on subscriptions this week will
receive 50 gallons of gasoline for her
efforts. Something well worth work
ing for.
Now is the time for the persons
who have promised a subscription to
come through, for the subscription
will not only give the contestants
votes toward the big prizes, but will
help win the gasoline, too. The
votes on subscriptions will decrease
Saturday night at 9 o’clock, and one
week from Saturday the campaign
will come to a close, at which time
the prizes will be awarded to the
winners.
The last days are ones when the
friends of the workers should give
full coperation, and they are the days
that will tell of the resourcefulness
of the candidates. Here is where
their courage upholds them, and
makes them fight, or the lack of it
takes the stiffness out of their knees
and leaves them trailing in the dust.
The race as the finish approaches is
a neck-and-neck affair. No one of
the leaders has a material advantage
over the others, and the subscriptions
turned in Saturday night may tell
the tale. Subscribe with your favor
ite.
Organize Opposition
To Removal of Train
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Representatives from towns along
the line of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad from Kinston to Weldon and
Tarboro to Plymouth met in Green
ville Tuesday of this week and or
ganized opposition to the application
of the railroad company before the
Utilities Commission for discontinu
ance of passenger trains on the two
routes.
Those at the meeting decided to
base their plea for continuance of
the trains on the fact that these are
the only passenger trains serving the
section and that their removal would
be a serious blow to the transporta
tion of commodities.
The Eastern Carolina Chamber of
Commerce has entered the field and
will lead a determined effort to pre
vent the granting of the railroad’s
request. Discontinuance of the trains
would mean several persons now
living in Plymouth will be thrown out
of work or transferred.
Says Trains Losing
Over $‘35,000 Year
Total losses for the two trains op
erating between Plymouth and Tar
boro for last year were $35,562, ac
cording to O. H. Page, Savannah, Ga„
general manager of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company, in ad
dressing merchants in Plymouth
Thursday afternoon.
Together with Mr. Page in speak
ing to the merchants were H. H.
Blankenship, train master, and C. B.
Cobb, superintendent, of Norfolk. The
three men are making a round of the
towns along the line presenting their
cause in an effort to merit the sym
pathy of merchants in discontinuing
the trains.
Mr. Page showed that the railroads
companies over the country were los
ing money and showed that his firm
was taking this step as a last resort.
The merchants were also to discuss
Fourth of July closing at the meet
ing Thursday afternoon.
Pulling Contest for
Horses and Mules To
Be Staged at Wenona
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Livestock Owners Urged To
Enter Animals Now for
Field Day Event
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Livestock owners in this section
who have animals they wisli to enter
in the horse and mule pulling con
test, scheduled as one of the feature
events of the annual field day pro
gram to be held at the Blackland
Test Farm at Wenona on July 14,
are urged to make their entries with
County Agent W, V. Hays immedi
ately.
J. L. Rea, jr„ assistant director, in
charge of the experiment station,
asks all who are thinking of enter
ing teams to get in touch with Mr.
Hays at once so as to be able to com
ply with the rules laid down by the
Horse and Mule Association.
The dynamometer, which belongs
to the Department of Agriculture and
which was used at a number of coun
ty fairs and at the State Fair in Ra
leigh last fall, will be used in deter
mining the pulling strength of the
teams.
This contest at the State Fair last
fall was one of the featured events,
and it attracted such a large crowd
that it was necessary to have sev
eral guards keep the crowd away
from the teams so that they might
have room to demonstrate their
pulling power. •
Since suitable prizes are being of
fered to the owner of the team reg
istering the most pulling strength,
Mr. Rea believes this contest will pro
vide added interest to the field day
program, which has been an annual
event for over a decade.
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Independent Union
Officials Meet Willi
Managers of Plant
Interview “Satisfactory’'’ Says
President of Group After
Meeting Tuesday
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Officials of the Plymouth Inde
pendent Pulp Workers Association
met with Mr. O. H. Cox, manager,
and L. J. Meunier, jr., superintend
ent of the North Carolina Pulp Com
pany, Tuesday to arrange for a con
tract between the company and the
union.
Following the conference, Mr. Ned
Swain, president of the independent
workers, stated they had a “very sat
isfactory" interview with the man
agement and had been promised the
same consideration that would be
given representatives of other labor
organizations. Mr. Cox promised to
make arrangements for a conference
with Mr. H. M. Kieckhefer, general
manager of the company, at an early
date.
The officials have in mind several
minor changes that will be beneficial
to employees and have pledged their
best efforts to obtain them. They also
contemplate taking steps to secure
group insurance for employees at a
very moderate cost.
The purpose of the independent
union, as expressed by Mr. Ned
Swain, president, is to secure for its
members the best possible working
conditions and wages, at a minimum
of cost to its members.
Mr. Swain said the union has been
formed by a group of employees who
are residents of this community and
who believe the interests of all em
ployees will be best served by a local
organization, with resident officers,
who are personally acquainted with
its members and their problems.
Former Resident
Dies in Greenville
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S. V. Sawyer, 85, a former resident
of Plymouth Township, died sudden
ly at his home in Greenville last
Wednesday afternoon, where he had
been making his home for the last
several years.
Funeral services were held in
Greenville, but interment took place
in Saints Delight cemetery near Rop
er, with the Rev. W. B. Nobles con
ducting the rites.
Mr. Sawyer is survived by a widow,
Mrs. Allie Sawyer; and the following
children: Mrs. Lilley Mills and Mrs.
Edna McLawhorn, Greenville; Johnny
Sawyer, Jamesville; Herbert Sawyer,
Plymouth; Mrs. Nona Boush and Mrs.
Bertie Sawyer, Berkley, Va.
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M. J. Mongan and J. A.
Ferree Golf Winners
M. J. Mongan and J. A. Ferree,
with a net score of 75, were winners
in the 18-hole best-ball tournament
at the Plymouth Country Club golf
course Sunday afternoon, with B. W.
Crockett and Frank Griffin, with an
51, coming in second.
The Washington Golf Club will
oring a team here Sunday for a
match with the local golfers, and it
is expected that there will be a large
crowd playing the course if it is a
fair day.
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TRIPP - GAYLORD
Miss Ruth Gaylord, daughter of
Vlr. and Mrs. C. R. Gaylord, of Plym
outh, and Comas Tripp, son of Mr.
ind Mrs. Joseph Tripp, of Greenville,
vere married Saturday, June 18, at
-he home of Rev. Luther Joyner, in
Greenville,
Heavy Rains A re Believed ToHave
Damaged County Farm Crops 30
Per Cent; Much Cotton Plowed Up
Dogs Must Be Vaccinated
Police Chief Here Warns
Dogs running at large in the town
of Plymouth without tags as evidence
of vaccination against rabies are sub
ject to being killed after this week
end, it was announced today by Chief
of Police P. W. Brown.
The approach of “dog days” with
its usual epimedic of ' mad-dog
scares” is given as the reason for the
drastic order given by the police chief
who asks cooperation of dog owners
in having their animals vaccinated
| So far, Chief Brown and his help
er, Niglu Policeman Paul Basnight,
have vaccinated 150 dogs and have
given their owners tags to prove they
have complied with the law in this
respect.
It is not the intention of the police
to kill a dog that is properly cared
for by its owner, but unless dogs
which have not been vaccinated are
kept in their yards they may be de
stroyed without inquiry as to owner
hip, the officers warned.
Traffic On Roanoke Is
Ahead of Other Rivers
Tonnage and Value
Report Shows Only
Janies River Ahead
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Local Waterway Continues To
Grow in Importance as
Shipping Houle
That the Roanoke River is among
the leaders in both tonnage and val
ue of water-borne commerce in the
Norfolk district was shown by a re
port issued this week by the United
States Engineer Office there, giving
comparative figures for all ports and
waterways in the district during the
calendar year of 1937.
During 1937 shipping on the Roan
oke River totaled 303.742 tons, with
a value of $8,39G,454. Of this amount
87,282 tons were inbound and 115,
607 tons outbound. Tire values rep
resented were $1,258,864 inbound and
$5,521,624 outbound, with the remain
der of the shipping being divided be
tween through traffic, downbound,
and local.
Of all the rivers in the district,
only the James was ahead of the Ro
anoke in value and tonnage. The
inland waterway from Norfolk to
Beaufort showed a higher total, but
practically all of this was through
traffic.
Shipping on the Roanoke was 10
times greater than on the Cashie,
Perquimans, and Scuppernong Rivers,
both in value and tonnage; over three
times more than on the Chowan Riv
er; and considerably ahead of the
waterway from Norfolk to the sounds
of North Carolina, as well as Meher
rin River, Edenton Harbor, Manteo
Bay, Nansemond River, Hampton
Creek, Va„ and Appomattox River,
Va.
The value of traffic on the river
should have an important bearing on
the amount allotted by the War De
partment for-improvement and main
tenance of existing channels. In the
past the Roanoke has not been giv
en the consideration local people felt
was due it, and the report of the
district engineer will doubtless con
stitute an effective argument when
further improvements are given con
sideration.
The report for this year should
show a large increase over the 1937
figures, as shipments were just get
ting underway from the pulp plant
here when the year closed, and a
large amount of material for improv
ing highway 97 has been shipped in
by boat this year.
Mackeys Creek also came in for a
good slice of water-borne commerce,
with total tonnage of 13,486, valued
at $4,664,008 during the past year.
This was divided: Inbound, 5,887
tons, $2,277,608; outbound, 7,199 tons,
$2,346,400; and local, 400 tons, $40,
000.
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Joseph M. Chesson
Funeral Tuesda y
Creswell.Funeral services for Jo
seph M. Chesson, aged 75, who died
at his home in the Mill Pond section
Monday of last week, were conduct
ed at the home Tuesday afternoon
by Mr, T. F. Davenport and Dr. G. A.
Martin.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Emma Ches
son, he is survived by two sons, C. B.
Chesson and J. M. Chesson, jr„ of
Roper, and three daughters, Mrs.
George Marriner, Mrs. Mattie White,
and Miss Lucy Chesson, of Roper.
The following brothers also survive:
Mark Chesson, of Williamston; H. J.
Chesson, and A. M. Chesson, of Rop
er.
315-Pound Boar Caught
After Attaching Sivinc
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One old bruin was captured after
going on a hog-killing rampage in
the Newland section of Washington
County recently, the bear walking
into a trap set by Joe Woodley, who
said the beast weighed 315 pounds.
The bear chased a hog belonging
to Aaron Clifton from its pen and j
killed a sow that belonged to Alton
Bagley, besides playing havoc in gen
eral with the hogs in that section.
MAN Y ASK FOR AID |
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Recent heavy rains, damaging:
crops in the county severely,
have caused the welfare depart
ment here to be deluged with re
quests for aid and work by ten
ant farmers and laborers.
Thirty applications were re
ceived within the last few days,
and the applicants were advised
to continue their farming efforts,
as the work of the welfare de
partment has been cut down to
such an extent that little aid can
be rendered by it, according to
Miss Ursula Bateman, superin
tendent.
Polalo Season About
Over; 50 { ars S um led
! n Preswell Seelion
750 (airloads .Shipped From
(loluiuhiu During Season
Just Ending
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Upwards of 50 carloads of irish po
tatoes were shipped from the Cres
well section of Washington County
this season, with about 750 carloads
coming out of Columbia, making a
total of 800 cars from that area. The
season is just about over, with only
an occasional shipment being made.
Unusual was the fact that instead
of shipping in barrels, as was form
erly the case, the potatoes were sent
to market in bags of about 100
pounds each. This method of han
dling is said to be more convenient
and somewhat cheaper.
As a whole the yield was good, con
sidering the rainy weather, and the
quality of the potatoes has stood up
fairly satisfactory, according to the
graders.
The price toward the end of the
season ranged around 1 cent a pound
or a fraction over. As long as the
price remainded around this figure
there was a small margin of profit
for the farmers.
I'ohiirro, I Vaunts,
(,oi-ii, I ruck drops
All Severely Hurl
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Farm Agriit Says Not Over 60
Per Cent of Tobaeeo Will
Be Harvested
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Damage estimated at many thous
ands of dollars has been dona
crops in Washington County as a re
sult of recent heavy rai^is. which
reached a climax here this week,
when for very near 36 hours the rain
fell in torrents, burying small plants
under water and causing other plants
to ripen prematurely.
County Agent W. V. Hays said yes
terday he believed tobacco, cotton,
corn, peanuts, and truck crops have
suffered at least 30 per cent damage
as a whole.
From the 1,500 acres planted to
tobacco in the county this year, Mr.
Hays said that only 60 per- cent of
it will be harvested, and that the
yield will doubtless be nearer 500
pounds per acre as compared with
about 800 last year.
Highland corn is not expected to
yield over 70 per cent of a normal
crop, while in the peat soil, such as
that in the Wenona and Lake Farms
sections, the damage has been small.
The agent estimated the lowland corn
yield at about 20 bushels to the acre,
against 15 bushels for the highland.
Peanuts have suffered both from
rain and gTass, cultivation being al
most impossible on account of the
wet ground. Of the 6,200 acres in
the county, Mr. Hays estimates 30
per cent, or 1,500 acres, will return
a very small yield, if any at all.
It was said that 700 acres out of
the allotted 3.000 to cotton have been
plowed under and the land sowed to
soil-conserving crops where farmers
counted the crop a hopeless loss.
P. H. Roberts, manager of the C.
C. Lang plant, estimates the cucum
ber crop has been 25 per cent de
stroyed. Rain not only beats the
blossoms off the vines, but tire cu
cumbers that are gathered in many
instances will not make satisfactory
pickles.
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Opening Dances at
Bateman’s Beach
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Bateman Beach, about 5 miles be
low Roper, on both the highway and
Albemarle Sound, opened this week
under the direction of Lewis Bate
man. Tht opening dance will be held
Friday night with music by the Vir
ginia Swingsters, a 10-piece orches
tra said to be the best in Roanoke,
Va. A dance will also be held Sat
urday night with the same orchestra
furnishing the music.
A number of improvements have
been made at this beach, and it now
afters excellent facilities for bathing,
with life guards in attendance to
make it especially safe for children.
A large shady grove makes it an ideal
picnic site, and long tables have been
provided under the trees. Mr. Bate
man expects to have a very success
ful season, and has made prepara
tions to care for large crowds this
week-end.
Will Soon Begin Use
Of New Sound Bridge
| RESUME ROAD WORK
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Work has been resumed on the
Newlands road from Roper to
Cherry as a WPA project. W’in
tou Davenport is foreman and
has 23 men at work this week.
Tile road has been added to the
state system, and the work is be
ing supervised by state officials,
who also have a dredge complet
ing the drainage system started
more than two years ago by the
PWA and allied agencies.
The new road will shorten the
distance from Plymouth to Cher
by nearly half, or about 14 miles.
Number Farmers
Begin Harvesting
Tobacco S his Week
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Henry W uokml anil kriinclli
Hopkins I*ul in First
Rams Fast Week
Believed lo be the first to harvest
tobacco in Washington County this
year, two Long Ridge farmers
“barned” tobacco last week to get
an earlj start on curing in a year
that is marked by early harvesting
of' the crop. Henry Woolard and
Kenneth Hopkins started priming
and "put in" the barn during the
middle of the week, and it is to be
cured and prepared for market with
in the next few days.
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Will He in Service
Long Before Date
Of Formal Opening
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Believed Traffic Can Begin
Moving Over Span by
Middle of July
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Chairman Frank L. Dunlap, of the
Stale Highway and Public Works
Commission, this week notified Joint
W. Darden that traffic will begin to
move across the new Albemarle Sound
bridge upon completion of the struc
ture, and it is at present believed
that the span will be in use for more
than a month before date of the for
mal opening, scheduled for August
25th.
As soon as approaches are complet
ed and the bridge accepted by the
commission, the new span will be
thrown open for traffic.
Those who have information on
the status of the work believe that
everything will be in readiness by
July 15th, which is about 40 days
before the celebration will be held
formally opening the million and a
half dollar structure to the public.
The span, the draw, and the sou
thern approaches are now ready for
use except for a few minor finshing
touches, while it will be about 25
more days before the northern ap
proach is completed.
The information received from Mr.
Dunlap this week will be good news
to hundreds down tire county, as well
as in other sections who wish to avail
themselves of this shortened route
to Norfolk and other points across
the sound.