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The Roanoke Beacon ^ ^ ^ 4 ^ ^ and Washington Couni y News ★★★★★★★ VOLUME LII— NUMBER 38 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday- September 18, 1941 A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12,000 people. ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Louis Styons, local young minister ial student, who has been preaching at churches in the county during his summer vacation, this week returned to his studies at the Johnson Bible College in Kimberlin Heights, Tenn. Walter E. Franklin, of Portsmouth, a conductor on trains that operated in and out of Plymouth for a num ber of years, died in a Baltimore hos pital recently. Dr. and Mrs. C. Mc Gowan and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sum ner went to Portsmouth Monday to visit the family of Mr. Franklin. A tentative tax rate of $2 on the $100 property valuation for 1941 has been submitted by Town of Plymouth officials to the Lo cal Government Commission at at Raleigh for approval. If the rate is approved, it will be the same as the 1940 rate. C. H. Davis, farmer of the Long Ridge section, was in town this week attending a business. Mr. Davis is well known in the county as a suc cessful farmer. All rye seed produced at the Black land Experiment Station at Wenona this year lias been sold to a Wash ington firm at $1 per bushel. This ■seed was reported to be as good as any on the market. Local Union No. 356-A, composed of colored members of the Pulp. Sul phite and Paper Mill Workers Broth erhood, held a supper at its regular meeting last Thursday night to cele brate its first anniversary of affilia tion with the American Federation of Labor. Clyde Wynn is president of the organization, and about 125 members attended the supper last Thursday night. C. E. Ayers, agent for Pyrofax gas and appliances, said today that his advertisement in the Beacon last week produced very satisfactory results, and that he believed this new form of gas cooking would become very pop ular in the county. A picture of Miss Mary Duvall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Du vall, ol Plymouth, appeared in a re cent i; ,.iie of the Saturday Evening Post in connection with an article about the June German at Rocky Mount. She was shown with her escort. Bill Ruffin, of Wake Forest College. H, W. Swain, Creswell farmer, in town this week on business, said that the current dry spell was one of the longest he could remember. He point ed out that his section had only had three or four rains during ti e en tire summer. -I*. Enrollment at Local School Is Up To 738 From 683 at Opening Application Is Filed With State Commission for Added Teacher The total enrollment at the Plym outh schools has increased from 683 on opening day to 738 on Monday of this week, according to Principal R. B. Trotn.an, who said that 12 new students were enrolled here fhis week, An application has aheany been filed with the State School Commis sion for another teacher to assist in caring for the record enrollment; and H. H. Mi Lean, county superintendent of public instruction, believes there is a possibility that the additional teacher will be secured. Mr. Trotman said that all avail able space for students has apparent ly been used, but that new desks will be obtained for the schoo's in a few days, and the local faculty, although laboring under the handicap of lack of facilities, is glad to have the large number of boys and girls in school. -.♦> Crop Rotation System for Six Farms Very Pleasing Results of a crop rotation system worked out for six farms in Wash ington have been very pleasing, ac cording to W. V. Hays, coumy agent, who said this plan of rotating crops is growing in importance each year and increasing in common usage. E. R. Lewis, J. L. McAllister, L. E. Hassell, Sam D. Spruill, E. H. Liver man and R. H, Lucas are reported to be well pleased with the method of rotation worked out and adapted to their farms during the current year. 1 FIRST OF COLLINS FESTIVAL PROGRAMS I..—-1 The Madrigal Singers will present the first of the series of four Collins Entertainment programs at the high school building here Thurs day of next week. Sponsored by the Plymouth Lions Club, proceeds of the festival will go to the charity fund of the local club. Other programs will follow on successive Thursdays. 250 Farmers Signed Farm Practice Plans In County Last Week Local Scouts Will Canvass for Books The Plymouth Boy Scouts, uiv der the direction of Phil Liver man, will make a house-to-house canvass for books, including ele mentary readers and primers, > which local people are asked to donate to the library. The can vass will be made Saturday of next week, September 27, between 9 ard 12 o'clock in the mcning. The movement is sponsoiVd by the Plymouth Junior Woman's Club, officials of whicn urge lo cal people to clean off their book shelves and share some of their books with the school library. Bargaining Rights Sought by Union Of Office Workers -*— Conferences Are Being Held With Pulp Plant Man agement This Week Conferences are being held this week by officials of the North Caro lina Pulp Company and representa tives of the American Federation of Labor, the latter having requested the pulp company to grant Local No. 22,681, of the office workers’ union, bargaining rights for about 60 em ployees in the office, forestry and chemical laboratory departments. A. E. Brown, of Durham, a repre sentative of the American Federation of Labor, is here conferring with of ficials of the local union, and is also taking part in the conferences with plant officials. Also present for the conferences has been Robert W. Knadler, field examiner of the Bal timore, Md.. fifth regional office of the National Labor Relations Board. The conferences have been under way for two or three days, and it was expected that the matter would be concluded this week. Other unions at the plant, affiliated with the A. F. of L„ are watching the proceed ings with a great deal of interest. Union officials and the manage ment of the North Carolina Pulp Company here have worked amicably together for several years, and it was said by union officials that no seri ous questions had been raised in the conferences so far, but that matters of this kind required time. Madrigal Singers To Present First oi Collins Festival Programs Next Week The Madrigal Singers, appear ing in the Plymouth High School Auditorium Thursday night of next week, September 25, marks the first of four performances to be given here by the Collins En tertainment Festival on succes sive Thursday nights, under the psonsorship of the local Lions Club. Proceeds from the festi val will go to the charity fund of the club. The Madrigal Singers will open their program appropriately in old English costumes of the Drurj Lane period, singing the traditional madrigals of the six teenth century. They will also sing some of the modern madri gals, including the well-known ‘‘Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day,” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado.” The second part of the program is given over to a salute to Pan America, singing the well-known conga and tango rhythms of these countries, performed to the staccato rhythms of the morrocos and rhythm drums. The third part consists of song hits from light operas and recent motion picture successes, lovely ballad numbers, and the stirring march songs of Broadway and Hollywood productions in appro priate costumes. The troupe is made up of Mar ion Huebner, soprano; Marjorie Moore, contralto; Fred Topping, tenor; and Robert Phillips, basso. Slowness of Others May Mean Delay in Receiving Benefits County Agent Urges Those Who Have Not Signed to Do so at Once -® Approximately 250 Washington County farmers signed their 1942 ag ricultural conservation program farm practice plan and made their requests for conservation benefits Iasi Friday and Saturday, but it is estimated there are still about 583 farmers who have not yet signed. County Agent W. V. Hays this week urges those who have not done so to sign the forms as early as possible in order to get their checks for benefits as early in the fall or winter months as pos sible. It was pointed out by Mr. Hays that unless the farm plan blanks are signed and sent to the state head quarters at Raleigh early, there will be delay in receiving the benefit checks, and it was also said that those who fail to sign the blanks will not be eligible for the benefits later. The purpose of the farm practice plan is to help farmers in selecting and carrying out the soil-building practices which farmers and commit teemen agree upon as most needed on the individual farm, and to enable the farmer to fully participate In the soil conservation program, participa tion being entirely voluntary. Last year nearly all farmers the county signed the forms, which en ttiled them to benefit payments. Tobacco Prices Up Again This Week -<s> Tobacco prices in the New Bright Belt reached a new high this week, when the beter grades began moving to the markets in quantity. Begin ning Monday, general market aver ages of 30 cents and more a pound were reported, with top grades now bringing up to 56 cents, according to reports. It is estimated that about half of the tobacco produced in Washington County has been sold. This is true over the entire belt, farmers carrying the golden weed to market as rapidly as they can get it graded and pre pared for the auction. The nearest market to this county which reported its official average yesterday was Robersonville, which sold 196,268 pounds for $61,881.85, an average of $31.53 per 100 pounds. Patrolman Off To' Army Maneuvers Corporal T. B Brown, of the State Highway Patrol, left Monday for Hoffman, where he reported for work in traffic direction in that section of the State, where large-scale Army maneuvers will take place for the next 80 days or more. Patrolman M. S. Stewart, of Co lumbia, will divide his time between his Tyrrell County post and Wash ington County while Corporal Brown is away. Much of the time this summer, Corporal Brown was in Manteo, where he was asisgned to help in Greeting the heavy 'traffic of the resort area occasioned by the large numbers of pepole who attended the “Lost Col ony" dramatization at Port Raleigh. Kehukee Primitive Baptists Will Hold Meeting in County Annual Associational Gath ering at Concord Church October 4, 5 and 6 Preparations are being made for the convening of the Kehukee Prim itive Baptist Association for its an nual meeting with the Concord Prim itive Baptist church, between Cres well and Cherry, Washington Coun ty, for three days, on October 4, 5, and 6. according to an announcement by Elder S. Gray, of Kinston, pastor of the host church. There are about 19 churches in North Carolina and Virginia that will send delegates to the yearly meeting, in addition to about 50 preachers who are expected to come from the churches which are members of the association. The Kehukee Association is one of the oldest church organizations in the United States, having been formed at Scotland Neck in 1770. when the association first met with the Kehukee Primitive Baptist church from which it took its name. Postmaster John W. Darden, who is active in church affairs here, is assisting members of the Concord church and officials of the associa tion in arranging for the event. Elder E. B. Denson, of Rocky Mount is moderator of the association, and Elder B. S. Cowan, of Bear Grass, in Martin County, is clerk. Elder Gray and Mr. Darden this week stated that an invitation was extended to everyone to attend the three-day association meeting, and people of the county are asked to cooperate in taking care of the asso ciation by attending and carrying baskets of food and otherwise gen erally helping with the meeting. -® Few Dog Owners Have Paid Taxes -<s> Chief of Police P. W. Brown said tod&y that $112 had been collected in town dog taxes, but there were still about 200 dogs in Plymouth whose owners must pay the tax at once or be subject to additional ex pense when the dogs are impounded. Joe L. Nobles has been appointed by the town council to enforce the dog ordinance. Chiei Brown said to day that “the first tiling some peo ple know, they will have their dogs to get from the pound at heavy ex pense and they are also subjecting themselves to arrest by permitting their dogs to run at large. 17-A Designation of Sound Bridge Route Favored in Section Postal Cards Being Sent to Highway Commission By Many People Approximately 300 of the 2,000 postal cards printed have reached State Highway and Public Works Commission at Raleigh, urging the highway officials to designate as 17-A the route from Washington through Plymouth and over the Albemarle Sound bridge to Elizabeth City. If sucli a designation was made, according to W. L. Whitley, local at torney who is active in the campaign, the route would be made an official alternate route to that part of U. S. 17 which goes through Wiiliamston, Windsor and Edenton. It is understood here that the Sou thern Albemarle Association, whose membership consists of people in Washington, Dare. Hyde and Tyrrell Counties, is behind the movement to secure the alternate designation for the route through Plymouth. Mr. Whitley says it is "inconceiv able to think that the State Highway and Public Works Commission could fail to grant the request for traffic to pass over a bridge which was built at a cost of almost a million dollars.” Chairman Ben Prince, of the High way Commission, said that most of the cards—which have a space for the sender to sign his name—came from persons in the Albemarle Sound area, which has been benefited by traffic routed over the sound bridge while the Wiiliamston fill was being repaired. Mr. Whitley said the cards had been distributed in Beaufort, Wash ton and other counties adjoining the highway or which will be benefited by the alternate route designation. Council Receives Report On Recent Town Audit The Town of Plymouth Council held a special session here Tuesday night of this week *o hear a report on the audit of the town's finances for the past fiscal year, with a repre sentative of Williams & Wall, certi fied public aecoum , who made the audit, reporting on their findings. Mr. Williams, who did the work, said that all of the accounts of the tax collector and the water depart ment were in order. “Every depart ment made a fine record,” said one of the officials after meeting. 18 Houses Occupied At 'Liiile Richwood' Development Here Work Continuing on Other 20 Homes; Electricity Is Made Available Eighteen families have moved into the new homes being completed in the "Little Richwood” development, located on property formerly known as Brinkley's woods, just west of the Plymouth town limits. Work con tinues on the remainder of the 38 dwellings to be constructed tehre. Each of the families now has elec trict current available, as employees of the Virginia Electric & Power Co, completed installation of the neces sary lines and equipment Monday, and C. C. Hardison, local VEP man ager, was cutting in" circuits to the completed homes yesterday and to day. Several of the 18 houses were not completely finished, it was stated, but the owners plan to do much of the work remaining themselves. However, eight of the houses have been or are now being painted on the outside, with interior painting to be done later. The houses were built for em ployees of the North Carolina Pulp Company, which arranged financial assistance for the workers in paying for their new homes. Some of the owners are understood to be planning to apply for loans through the local building and loan association. Each occupant will become owner of the house in which he lives after a certain number of years, the money paid as rent being applied on the purchase price. A half acre of ground is available with each of the houses, which have five and six rooms. Pumps have been placed on the lots to supply water. Few Parents Attend First Meeting Here Of Parent-Teachers Plans Made at Session Yes terday for Increasing Membership Only a small emwd of parents were present Wednesday afternoon for the first meeting of the Plymouth Par ent-Teacher Association of the new school term, held in the auditorium of the high school here. Plans were made for a membership increase, monthly programs were worked out and a general discussion of school work was held. Principal R. B. Trotman talked to the parents and teachers for a short while on the departmental work of the school, including the commercial department, handled by Mrs. Irma Hough, and the manual arts depart ment, under the direction of W. S. Moore, vocational agriculture teach er. It was reported at the meeting that about 4,000 quarts of vegetables and fruits were canned by Work Projects Administration employees during the summer for use in the school lunch rooms, which are growing in import ance and patronage each year. Mrs. W. A. Davidson is president adn Mrs. lima Hough secretary of the organization. A list of commit tee appointments will be released for publication as soon as it can be pre pared. --$ Bombing Targets Locatedjn Sound Bombing targets have been estab lished by the United States Navy in Albemarle Sound, it was learned to day from Captain W. J. Keester, of the Coast Guard, commander of the Norfolk district, who urges mariners to guard against the danger of ap proaching too near the targets. Target A" is in 14 feet of water, 4.600 yards 134 degrees true from Laureal Point light; "B” is in 16 feet Df water, 4.9 miles, 32 degrees true from Laurel Point light; “C" is in 15 feet of water, 59 degrees true from Alligator River lighthouse; and "D” is in 5 feet of water, 5.1 miles, 153 degrees from Wade Point light sta tion. The officer stated that white re flectors were installed on bombing targets and adjacent pile markers, and red reflectors were installed on B" and adjacent pile markers. The targets were reported to have been established Monday. -v Home of Lloyd Barnes Burned Near Creswell The home of Lloyd Barnes, near Creswell, was destroyed by fire re cently, causing a loss of about $1,000 in furniture and household effects and clothes, in addition to the value of the dwelling. Origin of the blaze is not known. The dwelling, which was owned by Cicero Phelps, wras completely burned to the ground. It was valued at about $1,000. There was reported to be some in surance on the furniture, but Mr. Barnes did not know whether or not there w’as any insurance on the house. Mr. Barnes said that no one was at home during the day when the dwell ing burned. $9,000 Damage Done By 5-Day Forest Fire In Lees Mill Township First Grid Game Here Next Week Arrangements are being made to play the opening football game of the season at the Kieekhefer Park here Friday night of next week, September 26, when the Morehead City and Plymouth High School teams will get their first test. Since this will be the first op portunity for the local squad to show its wares, a large crowd is expected to attend. Interest in football is greater than at any time in recent years here, and the local boys will be ready with new equipment, new plays and al most a new team to give the home folks a treat. Three Cars Involved In Wreck Tuesday Due To Smoke Pall No One Seriously Injured But $300 Damage Done To Cars -<s> Two automobiles and a trailer loaded with tobacco were damaged about $300 worth Tuesday morning, when they were involved in a wreck on Highway 64. near the Macedonia colored school. Only one of the sev eral occupants was injured, it was learned from Sheriff J. K. Reid, who investigated the accident. Smoke from a forest fire south of the high way is reported to have been so dense that it was difficult for the drivers to see any distance ahead of their cars. It was stated that a car operated by Dennis A. Sawyer ran into the rear of the trailer loaded with to bacco attached to a car operated by J. Henderson Dail. of Edenton. who had stopped on the highway. In the car with M.. Sawyer was Arthur Spruill, Lester Snell, Robert Spear and Howett Wynn. Mr. Snell re ceived two slight cuts over the eye. Another car, driven by Carnell Fur lough, ran into the rear of the wrecked Sawyer car and the tobacco loaded trailer. Riding with Mr. Fur lough were Cecil Craft, Robert Saw yer, Nathan Phelps and a colored man, Robert Lee McCrae. None of them was seriously hurt. Sheriff Reid said that still another car, operated by a stranger whose identity could not be established, ran past two guards placed 200 yards back of the wreck to signal motorists, and hit the pile of tobacco in the mid dle of the highway, scattering it, and continued on his way. Most of the tobacco was salvaged. Registrants Urged To Correct Defects "Consult your physician and your dentist to correct any remedial physi cal defects before you are called for examination by your local board, Edward S. Blount, chairman of the selective service board here, urges all Washington County registrants. Mr. Blount said that statistics show a high rate of rejections of regis trants for physical disabilities which can be remedied, and he urged local registrants awaiting call for military training to endeavor to fit themselves for acceptance not only as a patriotic duty in a period of national emer gency, but also in the interest of public health as well as for their own personal well-being. "It is not only a question of im proving one's physical condition so that there will be a greater certainty of passing the local board and army physician tests,” said Mr. Blount, "but every man in this county will better his own way of living and con tribute a real service to the public health if he will take definite meas ures to have his disabilities corrected j Equipment ot Pulp Plant Used to Bring Fire Under Control Cause Unknown; Warden S. F. Darden Continuing Investigation -® A forest fire has been raging for the past five days in Lees Mill Town ship, doing damage estimated by For est Fire Warden S. F Darden at about $9,000. A crew of 30 men has been engaged in fighting the fire, and it is believed the flames have been brought under control. Warden Darden said yesterday that spread of the blaze had been checked on three sides, and that ef forts are now being centered on keep ing the fire from spreading to the Big Dismal Swamp. A fire lane blocks the fire on the east near W. H. Thompson's farm; open fields vid Highway No. 64 have cut it off on the north; and the men working under the direction of Mr. Darden have cut a lane through the woods at the head of Garertt’s Island across to Jim Bateman's place on the west, but no water is available to control the blaze on the south, where the danger of spreading to the Big Dismal Swamp is greatest. Mr. Darden was high in his praise of the fine work done by the for esters and equipment of the North Carolina Pulp Company in helping to bring the blaze under control. The fire warden said that the tractor plow used for making fire lanes by the company did the work last Sun day in a few hours that would have required the labor of 200 men. He said the company not only loaned the use of its equipment but sent experi enced men to help with the fire fighting work. The fire originated in Skinner’s Ditch, on the north side of High way 64 in Lees Mills Township, last Friday morning, but the cause has not yet been determined by the war den. who is continuing his investi gation. The fire fighters toiled all night Friday, all day Saturday and half of Saturday night and all day Sunday in an effort to prevent spread of the big fire. -<*> Lions Club Members Make Tour of Pulp Plant Last Thursday — ■ ft Also Hear Lecture by Frank Heyward, of Conserva tion Association The Plymouth Lions Club and a number of guests, totaling about 30 persons, went on a conducted tour of the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company here last Thursday evening with four employees of the firm directing the visitors through the plant and explaining the operation of each department. T. W. Earle, manager of the wood land department, and Dr. E. A. Har per, chief chemist, led the visitors to the office of Harry Gray, general sup erintendent, who welcomed them in a short talk prior to the tour of the plant. The group was taken to the de barking drum, chipper, digester, dif fuser, wet room, caustic house, power building and the paper mill, follow ing the route of the wood as it is transformed into pulp and paper. After the tour, the group went to The Pines for its dinner meeting, where Frank Heyward. jr„ general manager of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association, made an Il lustrated talk on the proper cutting of pulpwood and showed by pictures the loss to forest owners caused by fires each year. The club meets tonight, with Dr. S. V. Lewis and T. C. Burgess In charge of the program. Aircraft Warning Posts and Observers For County Are Designated This Week Washington County’s four air craft warning posts are prepared for the Army Air Corps maneuv ers in northeastern North Caro lina, according to P. W. Brown, local legionnaire, who was instru mental in arranging the aircraft spotting system in this county under the direction of the State Civilian Defense headquarters in Raleigh. The entire state is to be dotted with about 700 observation posts, and those in this county are now ready. It is understood that the designation of observations posts is lagging in the western part of the state. Posts in this county and ob servers are: No. 1, at Wenona, J. L. Rea; No. 2, in Roper, J. E. Phelps; No. 3, Pleasant Grove, J. C. Tarkenton: and No. 4, Cres well, Earl Davenport Reports from the posts in this county will be made to Raleigh office, where the route of the “invaders" will be charted on large maps. The command post at Wilmington, to which data will be relayed from centers such as Raleigh, will study the attack and issue orders to defending air craft, civilian air-raid wardens and others. Washington County is in the First Interceptor Command, which includes Tyrrell, Martin, Beaufort, Chowan and other sur rounding counties.
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