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The Roanoke Beacon * * * * » » » and Washington County News ******* VOLUME XLIX NUMBER .'i.i Plymouth, Washington County, ISorth Carolina, Friday. September 2, 1938 A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and Its 12,000 people. ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Principal A. T. Brooks, of the Cres well School, is expected to return to his work in the county soon. He has been advertising proof reader on the News and Observer during the sum mer months, relieving the regular proof readers, who have been on va cation. Bill Baker, photographer of the advertising division of the De partment of Conservation and Development, has been in this county and made a number of beautiful pictures of historic houses, farms and other places of interest. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon E. Wallace and family are here this week visit ing Sheriff and Mrs. J. K. Reid. Mr. Wallace is a chemist in a textile plant in Providence, R. I. He was a stu dent at the University of Alabama and is the sheriff's brother-in-law. Rev. W. E. Norris, formerly a pas tor of the Christian church fyere, who is now in Texas, writes in a good word in praise of the special i bridge edition of this paper. He re membered many of those who were mentioned in the special articles. Hershey Pritchett, from down the county, was in Plymouth this week. He said that since the bridge had opened competition had raised the price of eggs and produce, eggs showing an ad vance of 5 cents per dozen. Stewart Blow, of Edenton, is the new chief clerk in the county agent's office here. He is now working on compliance work, which work he also did in the county agent's office in Edenton. Virginia Whitley, of Pantego, is the new fourth grade teacher, and Annie Perry, of Windsor, will have charge of the sixth grade in the Plymouth schools. Principal R. B. Trotman is near the end of his faculty-seeking campaign, with all posts filled except that of commercial teacher. Leslie Darden, Martha Booth, Min nie Brinkley, and Linda Stevens were the only persons from Washington County—except those who had a part in the program—to attend the pre sentation exercises at the draw last Thursday when the bridge was for mally opened. L. W. Zeigler, Plymouth High School Band Instructor, directed several numbers of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Middle Division Band at Ivy side Park, near Al toona, Pa„ last Sunday afternoon according to the Al'oona Mirror. Mr. Zeigler played a French horn ht-itfe- band. Joe Nobles, an employee of the North Carolina Pulp Company and well-known baseball umpire, is re covering from an injury received when he was hit by a fall while um piring a game recently. He has not worked in about two weeks. Patrolman Tom Brown wishes The Beacon to publicly express his thanks and appreciation to the Boy Scouts for their splendid work and help to the highway patrol and the celebra tion at large last Thursday at the Albemarle Sound bridge opening. “Buck," white and brown pony of Rex and Walter Paramore knows how to get water when the boys get in from a long, hot trip. He goes to a spigot in the front yard, turns the water on with his teeth and drinks from the flow. “But,” say the boys, 1 “he never turns off the water, just walking away when he has a plenty.” High School Pupils Invited To Register Before School Opens —®— Schedule of Pre-School Regis tration Is Announced for Monday and Tuesday -$ An orientation program, or pre school registration, is to be held at the Plymouth High School next week, according to Principal R. B. Trotman, who says that this new system is be ing inaugurated for the convenience of the pupils. During this time children will have the help of the faculty in arranging schedules and courses of study before the first day of school to avoid con fusion; and as many pupils as possi ble are urged to come to the school buildings for registration on Monday und Tuesday of next week. Interested parents are invited to come with their children on these days and hear the new courses of study explained and have their ques tions answered. The schedule of pre-school regis tration is as follows: Eighth grade pupils are asked to report Monday, September 5, at 10 a. m. Ninth grade students report Mon day at 2 p. m. Tenth grade students are asked to report on Tuesday, at 10 a. m. Eleventh and twelfth grade stu dents are asked .to report Tuesday at 2 p. m. Those children who cannot arrange to attend the pre-school registration are urged to attend school on the opening day as usual. County Board To Hold Regular Meet Monday The Washington County Commis sioners will meet in the courthouse Monday night at 7:30 for the pur pose of attending to the business of the county, and those who wish to see the commissioners are urged to be present at that time. Celebration Carried Out Without Hitch Parade and Public Speaking on Labor Day Program Here The most significant observance of Labor Day ever staged in Plym outh is being planned for next Monday, when the three local la bor unions will stage a parade, to be followed by a public speaking at the courthouse. JVfembers of the pulp and sulphite workers’, operating engineers', and electricians' locals will assemble at their headquarters at 9:30. and at 10 o'clock the parade will form at the corner of Water and Jefferson Streets, moving from there to the courthouse, w’here the remainder of the exercises will be held. Efforts are being made to secure a promi nent speaker for the occasion, and it is also hoped to have a band to furnish music. The families of the union mem bers will gather at the courthouse, and the public is also invited and urged to hear the address at the courthouse. The post office, ABC store, and Branch Banking and Trust Com pany will observe the day as a holi day, but the other stores and busi ness houses will be open as usual. There will be no mail deliveries in the town or on the rural routes. Scouts Praised for Work Last Week at Bridge Celebration v —«— Helped To Direct Traffic and Maintained First-Aid Sta tion on Grounds Boy Scouts of Washington County, including 13 members of the Plym outh troup, 7 members of the Roper troop, and 8 members of the Creswell troup. helped to direct traffic and maintained a first-aid tent at the bridge celebration last Thursday, of ficials of the celebration and visitors alike praising the work done by the boys. Several persons were treated at the first-aid station for minor cuts and bruises, and assistance was given one lady who fainted on the grounds dur ing the celebration. The Edenton Scouts, under the di rection of Scoutmaster George W. Capehart, had a float in the parade and also assisted the Washington County boys in traffic-control and first-aid work. Scouts in uniform from this county at the bridge celebration were: Plymouth Troop No. 84: Scoutmas ter N A Taylor, Assistant Scoutmas ter Blount Rodman, Douglas Gurkin, Joseph Swindell, Roy Manning, Son ny Williford, Phil Liverman, Zeb Norman, Ducky Lloyd, Duncan Gets inger, Lloyd Cratch, V/ilford Whitley, Charles Robbins, Skinner Ayers, War ren Robbins. Roper Troop No. 100: David Johns ton, Sidney Hassell, Aubrey Dixon, Leroy Davenport, Joe White, Bryant Chesson, Billie Pickett. Ci'eswell Troop, No. 101: Scoutmas ter Sidney Smithson, Assistant Scout master Forrest Wagoner, J. C. Gatlin, Amon Smithson, Sam Woodley, Har ry Walker, Walter Peal, Clyde Barnes, Chester Hopkins, Carol V. Davenport. In addition to the uniformed Scouts, there were a number of boys not in uniform who helped with the work, according to Dr. A Papineau, chairman of the Washington County Council, who was in direct charge of the activities. -$ Change Roper Mail Service on Holidays Effective after September 1, the mail schedule on holidays in the Roper post office will be the same as the Sunday schedule now, it was an nounced this week by Mrs. Perla H. Bray, postmistress. “Mail will arrive from Plymouth and all points beyond at 7:15 a. m., to return from Columbia and Cres well at 9 a. m. The principal dis patch will be made at 9 a. m., after which the post office will be closed until 7 a. m. the following day,” says Mrs. Bray. The new schedule will be first ob served Labor Day, Monday, Septem ber 5. IMPROVE TURNPIKE -i Dr. Claudius McGowan has re liable information that the sur facing of the Turnpike road will not all be done on the end near est Highway No. 97. His information is that 1 1-2 miles of surfacing will be done on the other end of the road, be ginning at Goldie Williams' fill ing station and coming this way. The other 3 1-2 miles of surfac ing will start at Highway No. 97 and go the other way. It was explained that this was being done to afford a passable road over the roughest part of the turnpike. Largest Gathering in History of County Present for Program Estimates of Crowd Range To 18,000; Large Array Of Notables Present By WALTER H. PARAMORE Bees hummed in and out of the :entury-old pine tree in the grove on Ed Patrick’s property at the Wash .ngton County end of the new bridge over Albemarle Sound last Thursday, jut they paid little attention to and were paid little attention by the 13, 300 people that gathered there to celebrate the formal opening of the l12-nrile span. With a rope around it to set it ipart from the others, the aged tree was a silent reminder, among the for est of younger pines, of the years it rad stood there—before the time of ruge bridges if not before the time r fsuch stirring oratory as was un eashed about it. But little concerned with the pine :ree were the orators who gathered :o speak pleasing things to the great mass of people who had gathered from far and near to officially open a bridge that united a geographically divided Albemarle. And the entire program was car ried out without a single hitch. Four teen miles away, in Edenton, a cara ran of automobiles, headed by dig nitaries in buses and private cars, with a sprinkling of floats that em phasized historic incidents in the life pf the seven counties, started mov ing, slowly proceeding across the 18, 000-foot bridge. There was a halt at the draw for the ceremony of pre senting the bridge to the public, which was done by Chairman Frank Dunlap, of the State Hgihway Com mission, with Julien Wood accepting for the north side of the sound and Zeb Vance Norman for the south side. This over, the 14 pages enacted their part of the ceremony, the snip ping of ribbons permitting the pa rade to continue its slow progress to the south side, where the cars were parked and the people gathered be neath the grove of pines to hear a brand of oratory that increased in fervor until its reached its climax with Former Governor J. C. B. Eh ringhaus, the principal speaker. The ever-popular and thorough or ganizer, Charles Wallace Tatem, of Columbia, served as master of cere monies, and he brought to the stand the section’s outstanding politician and statesman, Congressman Lindsay C. Warren, who recognized the var ious dignitaries present. However, Mr. Warren went further than just calling the names of those present; he prefaced this by a few remarks in which he said that the accomplished improvement of his section by the Albemarle Sound bridge should spur the section on ward to the fight for a bridge over the Alligator River and the Croatan Sound and the Hatteras National Seashore Park. Following this, Governor Hoey strode to the microphone to welcome the people from all the counties, and from Virginia, as well. He welcomed the people to this region. He welcomed them in the name of the state and the section that he represented; and, in similar vein, the orator of note and ability, Colonel E. E. Holland, the personal representative of the governor of Vir ginia, responded, praising the two states and referring to them as “sis * i^ontinued^ra~page~sixr~ -<j> Work Completed on Roof at Courthouse —«— Heavy rains should no longer beat into the walls of the courthouse here, as the 20-year-old building now has a new roof, designed to prevent the leaks which have damaged the roof and walls extensively. Asphalt felt and cement have been applied to the roof, and the manu facturers guarantee the work to pre vent leakage for 20 years. Some re pair work was done to the damaged walls also. Workmen for the Baker and Rawls Roofing Company, of Raleigh, fin ihsed the job last week, and this week Janitor Abram Styrons was cleaning away the debris created while the work was in progress. The job cost the county between $1,500 and $2,000 and was sorely needed to protect the $70,000 struc ture, which is one of the best in the State. __ Mrs. El via Harrington Dies In Roper Monday Morning Creswell.—Funeral services for Mrs. Elvia Harrington, 87, who died at the home of L. A. Parrisher in Roper Monday morning, were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Stanford and the Rev. Mr. Ambrose Tuesday afternoon, at 2:30, at the Pleasant Grove Church cemetery. No near relatives survive. Pall-bearers were W. E. Knowles, W. E .Blount, Wilbur Blount, L. A. Parrisher, jr., W. M. Hassell, and F. T. Ambrose. Downward Trend of Tobacco Price Gives Concern To Growers Series of Meeting:- Called in Farm Bureau To Seek Reason and Remedy Tobacco farmers in eastern Caro lina are becoming aroused over the downward trend in tobacco prices, which opened around 24 cents last Thursday and have slumped to 21 in the few days since. Notices have been issued of mass meetings of growers in various sections to consid er the situation and learn, if pos sible, the reason for the declining prices. Tobacco growers in Washington are being urged to attend the meeting of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation in Greenville at 2:30 Sat urday afternoon in the Pitt County courthouse. This is the nearest meet ing for the growers of the county, and it is probable a number will at tend. Haywood Dail, jr., will be in charge. Secretary E .F. Arnold, of the State Bureau, said an effort would be made to discredit current propaganda that the crop control program is responsi ble and to gain farmers' assurance that the control program will be con tinued beyond this year to insure a "parity" price. Prices paid on the various markets have dropped in some cases from 2 to 5 cents on the pound, and at the farmers' meetings an explanation of the cause for the drop will be sought and the remedy discussed. -* Corey Speaker Her6 Friday When Legion Installs New Officers —®— Stale Senator Says Beinji Pre pared for War Is Way To Preserve Peace Being prepared for war is one way to preserve peace, State Senator Ar thur Corey, of Greenville, told the members of James E. Jethro Post of the American Legion when he in stalled the new officers here Friday night. “Those of us who fought over yon der would like to avoid the horror and suffering that was occasioned by the World War and I urg£ each of you to lend your influence to the perpetuation of peace,” the veteran told his comrades. In the solemn ceremony that pre ceded the speech, the new officers stood at attention in front of the speakers’ stand, between two rows of comrades, with the flags of their country massed about them, and the installing officer explained their duties to the officers. Tom Swain, former member of the Washington County School Board, himself a legionnaire who now lives in Greenville, told of the work of the former soldiers in Pitt County and urged loyalty to the cause of peace. Prior to the installation exercises, the men went to the Plymouth Coun try Club, where Charles Watson, the new manager, served a delicious fried chicken dinner, rolls, and all the ac cessories that went with them. The new officers are: W. V. Hays, commander; B. G .Campbell, first vice commander; J. B. Willoughby, second vice commander; S. B. Lucas, third vice commander; P. B. Bate man, adjutant; P. W. Brown, finance officer; J. R .Carr, service officer; Bob Swain, guardianship officer; Al bert Bratten, sergeant at arms; D. A. Hurley, chaplain; and J. H. Swindell, historian. P. W. Brown, athletics officer; Zeno Lyon, welfare officer; Lloyd Horton, Americanization officer; H. G. Simpson, graves registration offi cer; R. L. Tetterton, employment of ficer. Chairmen of important committees include Dr. C. McGowan, member ship; W. L. Hassell, publicity; Dr. C. McGowan, Sons of the Legion. -®~ Begin Series of Services Sunday at Union Chapel The Rev. Marshall Joyner, of Greenville, will be the speaker in a series of revival services which will begin Sunday night at 8 p. m. in the Union Chapel Free Will Baptist Church on Long Acre Road. Services will be held each night for about 10 days. The public is in vited to attend. -$ No Change Made in Hours Of Work at Plant Here No changes have been made in the number of hours that a workman may make at the North Carolina Pulp Company plant, according to Mana ger O. H. Cox. HoweVfer, their hours of labor per week are restricted to 55 by the state law, it was said. It is probable the number of hours allowed will be reduced in October, when the new Federal wage and hour law becomes effective, to 44 hours per week. Revival To Begin Sunday At Pleasant Grove Church The Pleasant Grove M. E. Church revival will start Sunday morning, with the Rev. J. T. Stanford, of Rop er, the pastor in charge. A visiting minister whose name has not been learned will assist. The public is invited to attend these services. Elective Courses Added at Three County High Schools; New Term To Begin Thursday of Next Week Country Club Estates No Longer ‘Pulp Mill Village ’ No longer should people refer to the "pulp mill village,’1 because the settlement has been properly desig nated on maps and plats as "The Plymouth Country Club Estates" by the North Carolina Pulp Company. The company has recently completed the erection of street markers on each of the intersections. A review of the new street signs reveals that Alden Road runs from north to south through the center of the group of homes. It leads from an intersection with the pulp plant highway to the entrance to the coun try club driveway. Golf Road starts at the country club, runs west to the home of O. H. Cox. north to the edge of the base ball park, and east back to Alden Road. Headed south on Alden Road one finds Cedar Court, Maple Court, and Pine Street are on the left, while on the right is Linden Street. So "The Estates” is the proper name, much more polite and digni fied than "The Village,” although it may take some time for local peo ple to become accustomed to calling it by its right name. Annual Fashion Show Here Next Wednesday Score of County's Prettiest Girls To Model New Styles —®— Will Be Held iu Plymouth Theatre; Music hy Hal Thurston’s Orchestra -<g> A score of the prettiest girls in Washington County will serve as models at the fashion show which Mrs. Blar ;he Swain, of the Woman’s Shop, is putting on at the Plymouth Theatre Wednesday evening of next week in cooperation with Shep Brink ley, owner of the theatre. There will be but one show, starting promptly at 7:30 o’clock. The names of the models will not be made known until they appear on the stage in the latest fashion crea tions from Hollywood, Paris, and New York. Mrs. Swain has purchased a num ber of the new evening gowns, early fall dresses, and smart fall sports clothes especially for this show. Each year Mrs. Swain and Mr. Brinkley put on a fashion show about this time, but the one planned for next week they consider the most ambitious one yet attempted. ”1 have never seen more lovelier clothes than the style markets have afforded this fall, and I am sure all those interested in pretty fall styles should see this show,’’ Mrs. Swain said on her return from the markets. Music for the fashion show will be provided by Hal Thurston and his orchestra. There will be no advance in price, though the program includes the special feature, "Racket Busters,” starring Humphrey Bogart, George Brent, Gloris Dickson, and Allen Jenkins. Following the style show there will be a dance in the gymnasium spon sored jointly by Mrs. Swain and Mr. Brinkley. -i Rumor of Death at Celebration Untrue —a— Despite rumors to the contrary, there were no deaths or serious ac cidents at the bridge celebration last. Thursday. It was widely reported that a child was drowned and that a woman died of heart failure. According to Patrolman Tom Brown, who was near the scene, Mrs. Ed Pilley, of Terra Ceia, fainted up on receiving a telegram informing her that her daughter had died in a Washington hospital. The message was delivered by Ducky Lloyd, a Boy Scout. Rumors had it that the wo man had fainted and later died. The death allusion was to her daughter, which doubtless caused the misun derstanding. Boy Scouts secured a stretcher and placed Mrs. Pilley in an ambulance, and she was later removed to her home. Prepare To Publish Delinquent Tax List -- Thousands of dollars' worth of property, including the homes and farms of hundreds of Washington County residents, will be advertised for sale next week unless delinquent 1937 taxes are paid before Wednes day of next week, it was leaded at the courthouse this week. More than 800 names are on the list at present, but it is expected the number will be reduced considerably before publication begins. The prop erty will be advertised for four weeks and sold at the courthouse door in Plymouth on the first Monday in Oc tober. -- Two Tracts of Land Sold In Skinnersville Recently -<$> C. L. Hopkins and wife, Mrs. Vera Hopkins, and M. P. Davenport, un married, have sold two tracts of land in Skinnersville Township to Herbert I. Davenport for $3,650. 98 Per Cent County Farmers Received Leaf Quota Cards Tobacco allotment cards have been distributed to 98 per cent of the growers in Washington County, it was learned from the county agent's office this week, and farm ers in this county have been sell ing heavily on the markets during the last few days. The average for the first prim ings is not holding up as satisfac torily as first anticipated, but the growers can still make a profit at the average of about 22 cents a pound, which some are reporting. There are about 400 tobacco growers in the county this year, planting about 1,500 acres of to bacco. -$ Many Sportsmen Are Protesting Dates of New Hunting Season -$ Few Complaints Heard So Far In This County, But Many Others Seek Hearing -* No formal protests have been mada in Washington County, but residents of Martin, Bertie, Halifax and Northampton Counties are aroused in opposition to the action of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development in changing the quail and wild turkey hunting sea sons . The department recently changed the opening date from November 20 to December 15 and the closing date from February 15 to February 20, without ‘ making known their inten tion beforehand and no one was al lowed an opportunity to be heard. Thousands of names have been af fixed to petitions addressed to Game Commissioner John D. Chalk, ask ing that a hearing be held so that hunters in the counties named may have a chance to oppose the change. They request an early date for the hearing. The length of the season, under the old ruling, was 88 days, with 12 Sundays omitted, making a total of 75 hunting days. It is pointed out that the Roanoke River usually is in flood about three times during the season, and these freshets put an end to hunting for from 5 to 15 days each, since it is prohibited to hunt within 500 yards of high water during a freshet. It is estimated that an av erage of 20 days are lost on account of the floods, and this reduces the old season to 56 days. Quail and wild turkey are being protected by day and season bag lim its, and such provisions limit the law-abiding hunters without affecting pot-hunters and law violators. Game Warden J. T. Terry says he has heard few protests here about the shortened season, as the Roan oke does not flood here as it does farther upstream, but he did hear a great many protests last year about the change in deer-hunting season, but this opposition has about ceased. DEDICATION When the 14 boys and girls from the seven counties in the Albemarle threw open the gates at the draw of the sound bridge last Thursday, they recited the following dedication, in union with its author. John W. Darden: “We, the representatives of this and future generations of an united and greater Albemarle, a great state and nation, clip this ribbon and throw ajar these gates, thereby formally opening and dedicating this bridge to the | service of humanity forever.” Creswell Only l nil To Be Delayed; Will Probably Open 29tli ——•— Early Enrollment and Regu lar Attendance Urged by School Officials Vacation over, a large majority of the 3.500 school children in Wash ington County will resume their studies Thursday of next week, when all of the county schools, white and colored, except the one at Creswell open their doors for the 1938-39 term. The Creswell unit will probably be gin its term on September 29, when it is hoped at least part of the new school building will be available. An important change in the school system is the addition of elective courses in the high schools, and the requirement of 20 units for gradua tion instead of 16 as formerly. The additional courses are designed to make the work more attractive for the students and will mean better equipped graduates, regardless of whether they intend going to work or pursuing their education further in institutions of higher learning. The added courses will help to eliminate an acute problem presented by the laws which say that a child must be 18 years of age to work. Un der the 11-grade system 80 per cent of the children graduate at 16 and 17 years of age. Records show that during the last three years, slightly over 10 per cent of the Plymouth graduates continue their eudcation beyond high school. In many instances the graduates are too young to work, even if there were suitable and adequate employment available. Pupils who have dropped out of high school before graduation are urged to return, as interesting and practical courses will be arranged for them. Some who have graduated will probably return to take addition al courses, either in college prepara tory, commercial, or vocational sub jects, as a complete course in busi ness training is being offered. “Enroll early and attend regularly, as no pupil can do creditable work who stays out of school. A unit of credit is granted on the basis of at tendance. Don t lesspn the credit earned by irregular attendance,” the cshool officials urge. Permission to take five unit sub jects will be granted only to those pupils in the tenth and eleventh grades who averaged 83 or above on their last year’s work, it was an nounced. The State department requires a child to have a minimum of 16 units for graduation, permitting the local systems to increase this according to local needs and desires, in line with the state regulations. Under the new set-up in this county, if a student has met the state requirement of 16 units and desires to stop, he will be given a certificate; however, a di ploma will only be issued to those whose have the prescribed 20 units required for graduation in this coun ty in the future. Students receiving certificates are not excluded from en tering college, although it may be more difficult for them to do so than students finishing the twelfth grade work. -to— 90 Men Now Engaged In Work on Newland Highway To Cherry Work Not Expected To lie Completed Before Spriug Of Next Year Additional men have been added to the force from time to time until at present there are about 90 men at work on the Newlands road from Roper to Cherry, and it is expected the project will be completed some time in the early spring. The workmen are divided into two crews, with Winton Davenport, of Creswell, working 60 men on the Cherry end. W. C. Meyers, of Plym outh, has a crew of about 25 or 30 on the Roper end working toward the other group. The Davenport crew has complet ed about 8 miles of the work from the Cherry end, while Mr. Meyer s crew has encountered difficulties and has progressed about one mile. The entire distance from Roper to Cher ry, through this short cut, is about 15 miles. The project called for the work to be completed within 10 months. The workmen are blasting stumps, rais ing the roadbed, clearing the shoul ders and arranging for good drain age. Progress on the route is not visible from highway No. 64 at Roper, as the work was started about a half mile from where it will eventually intersect with the highway. When completed the route should be one of the prettiest in the county, as trees and foliage line the roadway on both sides practically the entile dis tance.
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