The Roanoke Beacon
******* and Washington County News *******
A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington
County and its 12,000 people.
VOLUME LII—NUMBER 25
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 19, 1941
ESTABLISHED 1889
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Town
opics
W. L. Garrison has been elected
financial secretary of Local No. 356,
International Brotherhood of Pulp,
Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, to
succeed P. D. Simmons, who met a
tragic death here several months ago
Mrs. W. C. Jones, of Plymouth,
has been named district deputy
grand matron of the Order of the
Eastern Star. She will preside
over the first district meeting,
which will be held in Plymouth in
October. There are five chapters
in this district.
Herman Owens, who has been em
ployed by the Hassell Brothers Bak
ery here for a number of years, has
now entered the employ of Allen's
store. Lee Landing is working in
the bakery. Mr. Owens is well known
in Plymouth.
Miss Evelyn Arps, beauty queen
of Washington County at the Eliz
abeth City Potato Festival last
Wednesday, was given third place
by the judges who chose the pret
tiest of the nine contestants.
She was also rewarded with §10.
Willie Clifton was winner of the
free oil change at the Western Auto
Associate store here last Saturday.
His automobile license number was
chosen at random by a boy and re
ported to Joe Crowder, who posted it
on the window of the auto store.
It is unlawful for any person
under the age of 16 to op
ate a motor vehicle upon the pub
lic highways, whether accompa
nied by a licensed operator or not,
it was stated this week by Cor
poral T. B. Brown, of the State
Highway Patrol.
Mrs. Fi ances M. Darden was assist
ant grand conductress at the grand
chapter meeting of the Order of the
Eastern Star held in Asheville last
week. Mrs. Darden, local home dem
onstration agent, is quite popular in
the state fraternal order organization.
Mrs. Marie Starr and Mrs. Joe
Baker Davenport have been add
ed to the advisory board of the
selective service act at Creswell.
They will assist Dr. J. M. Phelps
and E. S. Woodley in preparing
questionnaires for registrants in
that community.
James W. Norman, Joe Crowder,
and several other local citizens at
tended a hearing before the Utilities
Commission in Raleigh Tuesday, rel
ative to a petition filed by the Stal
lings Transfer Company of Rocky
Mount, for permission to operate a
freight truck service on an east-and
west route in this state.
Program of Services
At Christian Church
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Rev. G. A. HAMLIN, Minister
The following schedule of services
has been announced for the local
Christian church for Sunday:
9:45 a. m., Sunday school.
11 a. m., morning worship; sermon
topic: "Why Go To Church?”
8 p. m„ evening worship; sermon
topic: "John; Man of Temper.”
Visitors are cordially welcomed to
all these services.
Fifteenth Series of Stock Is Now on Sale
By Building and Loan Association Here
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The fifteenth series of install
ment stock in the Plymouth
Building and Loan Association,
dated July 1, 1941, is now on sale
and officers and directors, assis
ted by the stockholders, are ar
ranging for a campaign to in
crease the amount of outstanding
stock in the organization.
A total of S32.173.46 in install
ment shares has been sold in the
organization, along with S10.600
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in full-paid stock since the or
ganization began functioning
several years ago. The organiza
tion has first mortgage on over
S45.000 in property for which it
has made loans for the construc
tion of new homes or repairs on
old homes.
It is hoped that during this
drive a large number of shares
will be sold in the 15th series,
which will make available more
money to worthy people in this
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county to build their homes or
remodel them.
A person may purchase as
many installment shares as he
believes he can carry at 25 cents
per week per share. Each share
matures in approximately 338
weeks at its face value of SI00.
Since stock in the association is
tax-free, the building and loan
provides an excellent medium tor
investment.
Number of Low-Cost
Housing Units Needed
To Supply Needs Here
Potato Shipments
Slower This Year
So far a total of 38 carloads of
irish potatoes have been shipped
from Tyrrell and the lower end
of Washington County during
the current season. Last year on
June 20 there had been a total
of 550 carloads shipped.
The price has been quoted to
day as U. S. No. 1 cobblers at
SI.65 per 100-pound bag. Last
year the price was from 90 cents
to $1.20 per bag at this time.
Dry weather retarded maturity
of the potatoes, making the har
vesting season late this year, but
it is reported that growers will
really begin to ship their potatoes
in earnest this week. Eleven car
loads were shipped Wednesday.
Daily Bible School
To Begin Monday
By Rev. O. L. HARDWICK
The Daily Vacation Bible School
for the Methodist church will begin
Monday morning at 9 o’clock and con
tinue for two weeks. The Kev. J.
Wesley Ange, of Duke University,
will be the director of the school and
will have charge of the junior stu
dents. Mrs. J. W. Marrow will be
in charge of the primary pupils, and
Mrs. William A. Smith will head the
beginners’ department. The inter
mediates will be under the direction
of the Rev. O. L. Hardwick.
Each of the department leaders will
be assisted by a number of helpers,
and the school promises to be quite
a success. It is for children in the
beginners’ department or above.
County F. F. A. Boys
Winning Recognition
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Worth Chesson Gets
Place on Stale Team
Of Livestock Judges
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Gerald Furbee and Newman
Allen Also Win Awards
At State Meeting
Special recognition was paid to sev
eral of the boys of the vocational ag
riculture departments of the Plym
outh, Roper and Creswell High
schools in Raleigh last week at the
annual meeting of 800 high school
boys at the Future Farmers of Amer
ica convention.
Those attending from this county
were Newman Allen and Wai ren
Robbins, of Plymouth: Sidney Has
sell and Clayton Marriner, of Roper;
and Horace Alligood and Leroy Dav
enport, of Creswell. Conferences,
contests and recreational activities
were enjoyed.
Worth Chesson. of Roper, was
placed on the North Carolina judg
ing team, which will represent the
state at the Kansas City Livestock
Judging contest next fall. James Mc
Allister, of Roper, spoke for this dis
trict, composed of vocational agricul
ture departments in Martin. Wash
ington and Tyrrell counties, in the
oratorical contest, but did not make
a place on the team. Gerald Fur
bee, of Plymouth, was awarded a
check for having a ‘‘star farmer” sup
ervised practice farming program.
Only one member from each district
can receive this award.
Although defeated in his candidacy
for president of the state organiza
tion, Newman Allen, of Plymouth, re
ceived the ' Carolina Farmer degree,"
third highest award a Future Farm
er can achieve. He received this re
ward for having, during three years
in vocational agriculture study, real
ized $440.20 in profits; $23 in sav
ings; invested $260 in farming; held
offices of vice president and president
of the local chapter; maintained a
grade of 82 per cent; and represented
the chapter on judging teams and in
public-speaking contests.
July 4 and 5 To Be
Holidays lor Bank
The local unit of the Branch
Banking & Trust Company will
observe Friday and Saturday,
July 4 and 5, as legal holidays,
it was announced this week by
HH. E. Beam, cashier. Patrons
are asked to keep these dates in
mind, as the bank will be closed
from Thursday, July 3, until
Monday morning, July 7, and
merchants are particularly asked
to take care of their change re
quirements on Thursday for the
remainder of the week.
Governor J. M. Broughton re
cently issued a proclamation de
claring Saturday, July 5, a legal
holiday throughout North Caro
lina, and most of the banks in
the state will be closed both days.
Merchants in a number of towns
and cities will also observe the
double holiday. No decision has
yet been reached by Plymouth
merchants.
Increasing Number
Of Newcomers Must
Have Places to Live
Manager of Pulp Plant Says
No Definite Plans Yet
Worked Out
With the housing shortage in Plym
outh already acute, nothing definite
is yet known as to what steps will be
taken to provide homes for the men
now arriving and expected to arrive
to operate the large paper machine
being installed at the plant of the
North Carolina Pulp Company here.
Officials of the plant hope to have
the new machinery set up and ready
for operation sometime around the
first of July.
E. L. Walker, resident manager of
the local plant, when queried this
week about rumors circulating on
the streets that the company is plan
ning to construct a number of low
cost dwellings near Plymouth for rent
to workers at the mill, said that so
far no definite plan for housing the
newcomers had been worked out.
However, Mr. Walker said that
it was absolutely necessary that some
provision be made for housing the
men who will be brought here, many
of whom have families. Most of the
newcomers will be from Richwood,
W. Va.. it is understood, where the
machinery now being installed here
was formerly in operation at the plant
of the Cherry River Paper Company.
It was suggested that either the
workers must purchase or build homes
for themselves—possibly through the
Federal Housing Administration—or
enterprising local citizens must pro
vide low-rent housing facilities for
them, unless some other method of
securing homes is worked out.
It was stated by Mr. Walker that
his company does not own any houses
here at the present time, and it does
not wish to enter this field of activity.
He did not explain the status of the
houses in the village built by the
company when the mill was first es
tablished here about four years ago,
but it is understood those who live
in the homes there are buying them
through the FHA plan of monthly
payments.
Now is an exceptionally fine time,
according to Mr. Walker, for those
interested in real estate to build
a number of small houses for rent,
as it is not likely that another op
portunity will soon present itself
when at least 30 families will want
residences at the same time.
Funeral for Mrs.
Josephine Cahoon
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Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine
Laura Cahoon. who died at her home
in Roper Saturday, were conducted
Sunday afternoon at the home by
Elder Joseph Potts, of the Church of
the Latter Day Saints, with the ser
mon by Elder A. B Strickland, of
Norfolk. Burial took place in the
family cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, James
Thomas Cahoon and Joseph Warren
Cahoon: three daughters. Mrs. Julia
Ann Craddock. Miss Sarah Elizabeth
Cahoon and Mrs. Laura Curtiss Over
ton; three grandchildren, Gilma and
Wilma Overton and Viva Cahoon.
Newcomers Working in This Section
Required To Buy State Auto Licenses
People who have recently come
to this state to engage in gain
ful occupations for themselves
are required to purchase North
Carolina motor vehicle license
tags and are not allowed any
grace period, it was said today
by Corporal T. B. Brown, of the
State Highway Patrol, who was
warning newcomers who are
working in this section but who
have not secured North Carolina
license tags for their cars.
“However,” the officer stated,
“this does not mean that persons
from other states cannot visit in
this state, as the North Carolina
law is based on reciporcity with
all other states in the Union rel
ative to visits and vacations.
Nevertheless, those who engage in
any gainful occupation while in
this state must have North Car
olina license plates for their au
tomobiles.”
The warning was issued by the
officer in order to give people
who have moved here within re
cent weeks an opportunity to se
cure the state license plates be
fore they are arrested and forced
by law to comply with the stat
utes. License plates bought aft
er the first of July will be at one
half the yearly rate. However, it
was said that those who brought
their cars and went to work here
during June would be required to
pay three-fourths of the annual
[ fee.
County Not Credited
With All Men Now
In Military Service
State Selective Service Fig
ures Do Not Check With
Number in Service
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Under the terms of the selective
service act, the original quota as
signed to Washington County called
for the county to provide 249 men
for military training during the first
year of the operation of the act; but
the quota is subject to change with
out notice, according to S. A, Ward,
clerk to the local selective service
board.
The county has received credit for
130 men sent into the military serv
ice, with the remainder of the un
filled quota standing at 119. accord
ing to records in the office of the
State Selective Service Board. How
ever, Mr. Ward says that so far the
county has sent 112 men into serv
ice through channels other than se
lective service, and 66 have been in
ducted through the latter method.
This would make a total of 178. and
leave the unfilled quota at 71. It is
felt here that the records of the state
board do not include all the men for
which the county is entitled credit.
In the fourteenth quota received
last week, the local board has as
singed James Lewis Nichols and Pres
ton Moore, jr., both colored volunteers
from Plymouth, to Port Bragg, near
Fayetteville. They are scheduled to
leave Monday, June 30.
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Negro Acquitted ol
Shooting Charge by
County Court Jury
Jack Garrison Freed Tues
day After Shooting Sam
Reddick Thursday
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Ernest Garrison, alias Jack Garri
son, 28, colored, was declared not guil
ty by a jury in recorder's court Tues
day on a charge of shooting Sam
Reddick, also colored, with a pistol
last Thursday night. Testimony in
the case indicated that Reddick had
been intimidating Garrison before his
girl friend, and that after repeated
acts of this kind Garrison's brother
handed Jack a pistol, the latter shot
Reddick in the leg twice.
Other proceedings in the court be
fore Recorder John W. Darden Tues
day were as follows:
William Nichols, 20. colored, charg
ed with assaulting his wife, was given
30 days on the roads, suspended up
on payment of the costs.
Herman Bowen, 28, white, charged
with aiding and abetting Theodore
Baynor in operating a motor vehicle
while under the influence of intoxi
cants, was given 30 days in jail, sus
pended upon payment of $5 fine and
costs and good behavior for two years.
Theodore H. Baynor, 19, white, was
found guilty of operating an automo
bile while under the influence of in
toxicants and assessed a fine of $50
and costs.
W. C, Davenport, 43. white, was
found guilty of killing the chickens
of W. G. Bateman and was assessed
the costs. He noted an appeal.
Walter Gilmer Bateman, 25, white,
had a nol pros taken in his case
wherein he was charged by W. C.
Davenport with permitting his chick
ens to run at large.
Mill Management Confers
With Union Officials Here
Representatives of the local union
of pulp plant workers and officials of
the North Carolina Pulp Company
have begun a series of conference'
looking toward renewal of the con
tract between the company and the
union, which expires about the first
of August.
Since it is over a month before tn°
present contract expires, the initia
tive was taken by the company, which
invited union officials in last week
and again on Wednesday for confer
ences.
Lawyers ot Second District
Meet Near Here Saturday
Everything was reported in readi
ness here today for the annual meet
ing of the Second Judicial District
Bar Association at Albemarle Beach
near here Saturday, with about 150
lawyers from Edgecombe. Martin.
Washington. Nash and Wilson coun
ties exepcted to attend.
Resident Judge Walter J. Bone, of
Nashville, and Supreme Court Justice
M. V. Barnhill, of Rocky Mount, are
expected to attend as special guests.
Results ol Mosquito
Control Drive Here
Said Very Effective
Breeding Places Have Been
Oiled; Fewer Mosquitoes
Than in Many Years
By DON F. ASHTON
Entomologist, North Carolina State
Board of Health
At a recent conference between Dr,
S. V. Lewis, district health officer,
and Don F Ashton, entomologist of
the N C. State Board of Health, the
health department received the fol
lowing information with reference to
the malaria and mosquito control pro
gram :
During a survey to determine the
effectiveness of the oiling program in
and around Plymouth many of “le
ditches were inspected. In practically
ever, case the mosquito breeding has
been found to be checked. One place,
however, was found to be breeding
many mosquitoes, both pest and ma
larial.
It was noted that a considerable
amount of water was still allowed to
flow in a ditch which is near town.
This ditch is about three-fourths of
a mile long and holds water even
during dry weather, which, of course,
affords a breeding ground for mos
quitoes. Mosquito larvae were found
in large numbers in this ditch.
The district health officer states
that it is satisfying to know that the
people emptying water in said ditch
have agreed to correct the trouble,
and in the meantime the ditch is be
ing oiled as all other ditches and
swamps.
Dr. Lewis, who is also Plymouth
city health officer, expresses his great
appreciation for the help and coop
eration given by the North Carolina
Pulp Company, which is making this
mosquito control program possible on
a scale large enough to really reduce
the breeding of mosquitoes.
It is believed that there are fewer
mosquitoes in and around Plymouth
than at any time during the past
four years; that is, during the mos
quito-breeding season, and it is hoped
that future heavy rains will not cause
a very great increase in mosquito
breeding.
Every attempt possible will be made
to oil ditches, swamp lands, etc., in
and around Plymouth in order to
prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.
Dr. Lewis states that it is his de
sire that the population in and
around Plymouth do not allow the
I accumulation of tin cans, broken
bottles, old automobile tires, or other
items which may hold water. Such
items furnish spleryiid' breeding
places for mosquitoes.
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Mrs. Lizzie Hufion
Died Last Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie
Hufton, 67, who died last Friday,
were conducted Saturday afternoon
at the Scuppernong Christian church
by her pastor, the Rev. L. B. Bennett.
Interment was made in the church
cemetery.
A life-long resident of Washington
County, Mrs. Hufton was highly re
spected for her many excellent Quali
ties throughout her community.
Pall-bearers were Wallace Oliver,
Rupert Hassell, Lansing Holton, John
Liverman. Bennie Norman, and Leon
Hassell.
Mrs. Hufton Is survived by her hus
band, J. D. Hufton; two daughters,
Mrs. Hubert L. Davenport, of Cres
well, and Mrs. Russell Norman, of
Plymouth; and three sons, C. S. Clif
ton, of Creswell; William and Dallas
Hufton. both of Norfolk.
Charged With Assault on
Deputy at Pulp Plant Here
It is reported that Ollie Ray Boyd,
of Beaufort County, will be tried next
Wednesday in Martin County Recor
der’s Court on a charge of assault
ing Zeb Sawyer, a deputy sheriff and
keeper of the gate at the North Caro
lina Pulp Company, last Monday
morning.
Mr. Sawyer said that Boyd struck
him several blows as the result of a
grevience of some 16 years standing
Mr. Sawyer said that lie was wearing
glasses and that a cut under one eye
was attributed to the patricles of
glass from the spectacles.
The incident occured at the gate
to the plant of the pulp company.
Several State Officials
To Attend Road Meet
At Wenona June 25th
j ON COMMISSION
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YV. Roy Hampton, of Plymouth,
was named to the Cape Hatteras
Seashore National Park Commis
sion by Governor J. M. Broughton
last week. Mr. Hampton was al
so recently reappointed a mem
ber of the State Board of Con
servation and Development by the
governor.
Health Department
Outlines Dates 'for
Vaccination Clinics
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No Charge for Vaccinations
Against Diphtheria, Ty
phoid, Smallpox
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By DR. S. V. LEWIS
Vaccinations against diphtheria,
typhoid fever and smallpox will be
given by the health department in
Washington County at the following
places and dates:
June 23, 30, July 7, 14 at the Wen
ona, Pilling Station at 8 o’clock in tire
morning on each of the above dates.
At Union Chapel Free Will Baptist
Church at 9 o'clock in the morning
On June 24, July 1, 8. 15. vaccina
tions will be given at the following
places: Roper White School, 9 o'clock
in the morning; Macedonia, 10
o’clock in the morning.
On June 25, July 2. 9 and 16.
Macke.vs 9 o’clock in the morning;
Beasley 10 o'clock in the morning;
Patrick's store 11 o’clock in the morn
ing.
June 26. July 3. 10 17 at Alexand
er’s Store i Pea Ridge» 9 o'clock in
the morning: Cherry 10 ’clock in the
morning; Creswell 11 o'clock in the
morning.
Delegations to Press
For Surfacing Work
On Turnpike Road
Prince and Flannagan of
Highway Commission
To Be Present
A score or more men and women
from Washington County are expect
ed to attend the meeting of about 75
citizens of Hyde. Beaufort and Wash
ington Counties, who will gather at
the Blackland Experiment Station in
Wenona between 12 and 2 o’clock on
Wednesday of next week. June 25. to
impress state officials with the need
for permanent ail-weather surfacing
of the Turnpike Read.
Those expecting to attend from
here are E. F. Still. Z. V. Norman, W.
L. Whitley, C. L. Bailey, W, M Dar
den. E. G. Arps. B. G. Campbell, H.
H. McLean, W. H. Paramore, W. V.
Hays. J. R. Manning. Dr. C. McGow
an. J. L. Horton, Miss Ethel Arps, T.
W. Earle, E. L. Walker, J. W. Nor
man. H. E. Beam and E. H. Liverman.
John W. Darden, chairman of a
committee on roads, said that L. B.
Prince, chairman of the State High
way Commission; Ed G. Flannagan,
of Greenville, district highway com
missioner; and W. Kerr Scott, com
missioner of agriculture, w'ould be
present for the meeting.
Congressman Herbert Bonner wrote
Mr. Darden that he would be unable
to attend the meeting because of
the pressure of official business in
Washington City at this time. How
ever, the representative wrote “I am
greatly interested in this road, and
realize that the delay in its proper
construction has alrady been too long.
My personal interest is such that I
w:ould come and attend this meeting
if it was any other time but right in
the middle of the week. The legisla
tive program for Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday is just such time
I cannot be away.”
It is planned now that the state
officials will meet a group here in
Plymouth at 11 o’clock and then they
will be escorted ov.. he etttire Turn
pike road from Highway No. 32 to
Pantego. so they can see themselves
the need for improvement of the ; oad,
returning at noon for luncheon at
the test farm.
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Agriculture Teachers To
Attend 3-Week Course
Washington County vocational ag
riculture teachers, inclujding A. H.
Tucker, of Cieswell; W. S. Moore, of
Plymouth; and Charles H. Flcyd, of
Roper, will attend a three-wees shop
course at Hertford, beginning next
Monday. They will receive special
instruction in woodworking.
Plans Being Made for
Registration July 1st
Clothing Made ior
Red Cross Shipped
A total of 395 pieces of cloth
ing has been prepared for ship
ment to New Jersey this week,
where they will be repacked and
shipped to Great Britain and her
allies, it was announced this
week by Mrs. J. K. Reid, produc
tion chairman of the local chap
ter of the Red Cross.
The shipment from here in
cludes 80 knitted sweaters for
men, women and children; 1 knit
ted shawl; 74 dresses: 1 extra
skirt; and 12 complete layettes.
Material is still available for
those who will aid in knitting and
sewing, and more has been re
quisitioned from Red Cross head
quarters. Mrs. Reid urges those
will volunteer their services for
this work to see Mrs. P. Bruce
Bateman immediately.
County Is Pushing Drive for Collection
Of Past-Due Personal Property Taxes
There is a possibility that
about 30 percent of the 4,025 per
sonal and real estate property
owners in Washington County
will get a statement within the
next few weeks for personal
property taxes, whirh came due
between 1935 and 1940. it was
learned today from J. E. llaven
port, tax collector of Washington
County.
The percentage of taxpayers
getting these notices would be
closer to 60 percent if many
had not died or moved away
from the eounty before they
could be contacted for payment
of taxes, it was said.
It was learned from Mr. Dav
enport that number of taxpayers
who owe poll, personal or real
estate property taxes, all of them
divided by townships, follows:
Plymouth, 1,611; Lees Mill. 1,150;
Skinnersville. 453: and Scupper
nong. 811. This includes both
white and colored.
Mr. Davenport did not hazard
a guess as to the amount owed
by these delinquent personal
property owners to the county in
taxes, but it is definitely known
it would run into five figures, and
if collected, would greatly im
prove the financial condition of
the county.
It is understood the commiss
ioners have ordered the tax col
lector to begin a drive to collect
these past-due taxes.
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All Men Subject to
New Call in County
Must Register Here
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Applies To Men Born Be
tween October 17, 1919,
And July 1, 1920
Every man in Washington County
who reaches the age of 21 years in
the period between October 16, 1940,
and July 1, 1941. is required to reg
ister with the local selective service
board in Plymouth on July 1, it was
emphasized this week by E. S.
Blount, chairman of the Washington
County Selective Service Board.
Men required to register in this sec
ond registration are those who were
born on or between October 17. 1919.
and July 1, 1920; and all aliens, as
well as American citizens, who become
21 years of age before midnight July
1 1941. must register, said the board
chairman.
Arrangements are being completed
for the registration in this county;
and Clerk S. A. Ward said today that
the registration would be conducted
at his office in Plymouth Special
arrangements are being made to reg
ister any men who cannot appear at
. his office on account of illness or in
capacity.
Mr. Blount said that those sub
ject to registration on July 1 who
are away from home and cannot, ex
cept at great expense and inconveni
ence, return to their own local boards
to register may appear before the
nearest local board and will be reg
istered there. However, such men are
cautioned to give their permanent
address when registering.
Men who are required to register
on July 1 and fail to do so will sub
ject themselves to severe penalties,
including imprisonment for not more
than five years or a fine of not more
than $10,000, or bo' h fine and im
prisonment.