The Roanoke Beacon
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A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington
County and its 12,000 people.
VOLUME LII—NUMBER 40
Plymouth' vV ashington County, North Carolina,Thursday, October 2, 1941
ESTABLISHED 1889
Town
opics
Wilbur Sexton, of Roper, tells of an
experience he underwent while wrig
gling under a house built close to the
ground to wire it for electricity there
recently. Midway, he espied a rat
tlesnake. And the snake espied him.
He suffered slight bruises and skinned
limbs in his rapid trip back from
under the house.
J. R. Manning, Roscoe Browning.
Melvin Boyd and Bill Roebuck left
Tuesday for New York City to attend
the first two World Series games be
tween the Brooklyn Dodgers and the
New York Yankees. They will re
turn tomorrow after seeing the
games yesterday and today.
The Rev. M. R. Gardner said there
were three additions to the Pleasant
Grove Methodist church as the re
sult of a revival held recently by the
Rev C. N. Fitts, of Cresweil, and him
self. The three new members chose
immersion as their method of bap
tism.
Mrs. Harry Gurkin has been
elected a teacher in the high
school department of the Plym
outh schools, as the result of the
increased allotment brought
about by the attendance figures
for the first two weeks. Mrs.
Gurkin formerly taught in Wil
Uamston.
Roy Davenport, of Cresweil, in town
Wednesday, said his section could use
a little rain. And he said he would
rather see t e rain come now than
sometime ago, when it would have
been in time to make the cotton-boll
w’eevil thrive.
W. W. Ange said this week he
could not imagine how a stuffed
squirrel he found on a wooded
tract near here while surveying
could have gotten there. It was
the handiwork of a taxidermist,
but why should it be deep in a
forest, he asks?
Carrie Pierce, colored woman cf
the Mackeys section, has grown a
large pumpkin shaped exactly like a
watermelon. There have been many
larger pumpkins grown in this coun
ty, but it is not believed that there
has been one produced which looked
any more like a watermelon, both in
color and shape.
Tom Stubbs, son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Stubbs, this week sent a copy
of Gold and Black, Wake Forest Col
lege paper, to The Beacon which
contained a boost for Coach Louis
Trunzo. The article is reprinted else
where in this paper.
Hansel Davenport has succeeded
Sam bass as uerk in the A & P Food
Stores here. Mr. Bass has gone t.o
the University of Aeronautics at
Jackson, Miss., to take an advanced
course in aerial navigation.
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Principal' of “School
Voices Thanks for
Sporis Program Aid
Says Many Have Helped in
Making Possible Athletic
Activities This Year
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For the student body, the football
squad, and the faculty of Plymouth
High School, X wish to express ap
preciation for the material and mor
al support given the athletic program
of the local school, Principal R. B.
Trotman said today.
The principal continued, me
showing made at the game with Man
teo last Friday night at Kieckhefer
Park was evidence of splendid coop
eration. This was the first time that
Plymouth has had night football, and
this was made possible through the
generosity of officials of the North
Carolina Pulp Company. We wish to
publicly thank E. L. Walker, H. H.
Fish, J. Corbett Swain, and Mr. Phil
lips for their personal efforts and in
terest in making the park available.”
“To Dr. T. L. Bray, J. R. Manning
and Chief P. W. Brown we are in
debted for their activity in promot
ing a drive to sell tickets and raise
funds for equipment for the team,”
said Principal Trotman, “and there
are many others too numerous to
print who had a big part in making
this program a success. Without the
cooperation of each one who contrib
uted hi any way, we would not have
been able to put on such an athletic
program.
“To the citizens of Plymouth, the
merchants, the professional men and
officials of the North Carolina Pulp
Company, we are deeply grateful.”
Inducements Are Offered Men From
17 To 50 To Enlist in Naval Reserve
U. S. Navy officials advise reg
istrants under the selective serv
ice act that enlistment in the
Naval Reserve or the regular Na
vy exempts them from call by the
draft board. In addition special
inducements are offered to men
between the ages of 17 and 50 to
enlist in the Naval Reserve, these
inducements including short-term
enlistments with the privilege of
choosing the type of work they
want to do before enlistment.
Regular enlistment in the Nav
al Reserve is for four years, but
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox now promises those who
enroll that they will be released
to get back to their civilian jobs
as soon as possible after the
emergency is over. The rate of
pay and chances for advance
ment and training in the Naval
Reserve are the same as in the
regular Navy.
If qualified, a person enlisting
in the Naval Reserve may ehoose
the type of work he prefers be
fore he enlists, and it is also
pointed out that requirements for
the Naval Reserve are not quite
as strict as for the regular Navy,
men up to 50 being eligible. It
was explained that the Navy af
fords long leaves for vacation.
Those enlisting in the Naval Re
serve have about 50 trades and
vocations to choose from, and a
qualified Naval Reservist receives
petty officer rating immediately
A free booklet, “Life in the U.
S. Navy," is available to all inter
est upon application at the Bea
con office. It will be mailed up
on request.
Building & Loan Here
Now Has All Savings
Up To $5,000 Insured
TO SING SUNDAY
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Miss Faison Charlton, of Ral
eigh, at present a member of the
Roper High School faculty, will
sing “The Penitent,” by Beards
ley Van de Water, at the local
Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing. Miss Charlton is an out
standing soprano and has been
heard quite often over Station
WPTF at Raleigh.
Bishop Will Visit
Several Churches
In County Sunday
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Will Conduct Confirmation
Service at Plymouth and
Roper Churches
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The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, of
Wilmington, Bishop of the East Car
olina Diocese, will hold confirmation
services at several Episcopal churches
in the county Sunday, beginning with
a class at Grace Episcopal church
here at 11 o'clock.
Bishop Darst is making his annual
visit to the local parish, and it is
expected that he will be welcomed
by a large crowd, some of which will
come from other churches. He will
preach and afterwards confirm the
class of candidates for church mem
bership.
Bishop Darst will be at the Roper
church at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
He is scheduled to be at St. Anne’s
Mission, near Roper, at 3 o’clock,
and church folk there are Urging a
large attendance to hear the minis
ter, who has been bishop for about
35 years.
The following Sunday, October 12,
Bishop Darst will be at Christ church
in Creswell at 8 p. m. He will also
preach at the 11 o’clock service at
the Columbia Episcopal church on
the same day and hold an afternoon
service at Galilee Mission. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend any
or all the services.
Nobile Army Outfit Passes Through
Here Saturday Bound for War Games
Traveling in 302 vehicles and
forming a column nearly 10
miles long, 1,500 men and offi
cers of the 244th Coast Artillery
and of Company A, 80th Quar
termaster Battalion, passed thru
Plymouth Saturday, en route
from Camp Pendleton, Va., to
the fall maneuvers in the vicinity
of Wadesboro and Hoffman.
Under the command of Lieut.
Col. E. T. H. Colvin, the convoy
entered North Carolina Saturday
morning about 7:15 on U. S. 17:
the column came through Plym
outh, where it turned off on No.
04 to Williamston and Bethel,
going thence to Greenville and
Goldsboro.
The convoy was limited to a
maximum speed of 30 miles an
hour in the rural areas and 15
miles in towns. It took over an
hour for the entire contingent of
vehicles to pass through Plym
outh. The column was halted for
about 30 minutes just west of
Williamston.
Traffic was not seriously han
dicapped by the passage of the
many army trucks, motorcycles,
and cars. The vehicles proceed
ed about 150 feet apart and there
were breaks in the long line in
order for civilian automobiles to
pass without interfering with the
progress of the convoy.
Local police, as well as army
traffic directors and highway pa
trolmen, aided in the rapid pass
ing of the column through Plym
outh.
New Series of Stock
On Sale This Week;
Resources Increase
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Local Association Can Now
Get Funds From Horne
Loan Bank
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Coincident with the opening yes
terday of the sale of the 16th series
of stock in the Plymouth Building
and Loan Association, announcement
was made that the organization has
just become a member of the Federal
Savings and Loan Insurance Corpor
ation, which insures the investment
and deposits of each individual share
holder up to $5,000. The association
is also a member of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Corporation, and assets
of the organization reached a total
of $66,554.37 on September 30.
It was explained that membership
in the Federal Saving and Loan In
surance Corportion is similar to that
of banks in the Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation, effecting as it
does Federal guarantee of individual
savings up to $5,000. Membership in
the Federal Home Loan Bank Cor
poration will enable the local asso
ciation to get long-term loans at low
interest for lending to its customers.
This will make more funds available
through the association for building
or remodeling local homes.
Heretofore, the building ana loan
association has been operated under
the supervision of the State Insur
ance Commission, but by virtue of its
connections with the two Federal
agencies, it will be operated in the
future under the supervision of the
national government as well.
The association here is backed by
a strong board of directors and offi
cers who have made a success of their
own business undertakings. J. C.
Tarkenton is president, J. R. Man
nnig is vice president, and W. M.
Spruill secretary and treasurer.
The monthly statement, as of Sep
tember 30, shows that the assets of
the organization include $6,223.12
cash in the bank. $55,335 in first mort
gage loans, $3,496.25 in stock loans,
and $500 in Federal Home Loan
Bank stock, bringing the total to $66,
554.37.
Upon the strength of the double
protection afforded stockholders by
membership in the Federal agencies,
and the sound and progressive poli
ies of the association iu the past, the
public is urged to purchase stock in
the 16th series, dated October 1. It
is explained that an investment of
25 cents per share per week means
the purchaser will get $100 for each
share at maturity, in about 6>i> years
Anyone interested is invited to see
any of the directors or stockholders,
or Secretary M. W. Spruill at the
town clerk’s office in the municipal
building.
Army Commission
Given Roper Man
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Sergeant Wilbur E. Arnold, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Arnold, of Roper
Route 1, graduated with a class of
about 80 officer candidates at the
Army Medical Field Service School,
Carlisle Barracks. Pa., last Saturday,
and when he received his diploma he
also received his commission as a sec
ond lieutenant in the Medical Ad
ministrative Corps.
Enlisted men of the medical de
partment were selected along with
Lieutenant Arnold for this course by
reason of their excellent military rec
ords. They have been under instruc
tion at the Medical Field Service
School since last July. One hundred
men composed the class at the start,
but less than 80 graduated.
The recently promoted officer is the
son of E. S. Arnold, who lives in the
Pea Ridge section, but who is princi
pal of the Manteo school.
New Baptist Pastor
Enters Upon Duties
With Local Church
Rev. J. M. Johnson Comes
Here From Momeyer:
Services Sunday
The Rev. J. M. Johnson, of Mo
meyer, Tuesday moved into the Bap
tist parsonage on Third Street and
assumed his duties as pastor of the
Ludford Memorial Baptist church as
successor to the Rev. Paul B. Nickens.
who left here September 1 after ac
cepting a call to Murfreesboro.
The new pastor served two churches
in and around Momeyer for the last
four and a half years. He came here
sometime ago for a special service,
after which he was invited to take
over the pastorate of the church.
The Rev. Mr. Johnson is a gradu
ate of Wake Forest College and is
reported to be a pulpit speaker of
exceptional ability.
During tire month of September,
the Rev. R. H. Lucas, local dairyman
and former pastor of the church, sup
plied the church. Mr. Johnson de
layed moving to Plymouth for a
month in order to give the churches
he was serving an opportunity to se
cure his successor.
Officials of the church urge a large
attendance of the membership and
friends to hear the minister preach
his first sermon as pastor here Sun
day morning. He will also preach at
the evening hour.
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Homecoming Day
Will Be Observed
Ai' Saints'Delight
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Pastor Preston Cayton Ex
pects Large Crowd To
Be Present
Homecoming Day at Saints Delight
Christian church, near here, will be
observed Sunday, with Sunday school
at 10 a. m.. preaching by the pastor
at 11, dinner on the grounds at noon,’
and a service again in the afternoon j
and at night, according to Preston
Cayton. of Edenton, the pastor.
The subject for the morning serv
ice will be "Pressing Forward,” with
the Scripture taken from Philippians
3:14. "Today we see the need of
the church pressing forward in the
world. We see the need of men and
women who are members of the
church pressing forward. Lot's wife
looked back when leaving the city.
Are we looking back today to the
world, wishing for those things which
lead us from Christ?” the minister
writes.
Mr. Cayton paid particular tribute
to W. A. Swain, as the oldest living
member of Saints Delight church,
stating that "his church, his home
and community come first in his life.”
"I have been pastor at Saints De
light for three,” the minister said,
"and will serve the church another
year. Our church board is always
on the job. There are members of
the church board who have not
missed a service in three years.”
Everyone is invited to toe home
coming Sunday, according to the nas
tor, who stated that members of the
church who have moved away are
particularly invited to come and wor
ship at their home church again,
Tom Sawyer Story
By Marionettes Is
Feature Next Week
Is Third in Series of Four
Collins Festival Enter
tainments Here
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The Victor Charles Puppeteers come
here on Thursday night, October 9
with their extra large puppets to pre
sent Mark Twain’s famous comedy
"Tom Sawyer" and a rollicking stage
revue that features—in extraordinar
ily life-like puppets—such personali
ties as Mae West, Clark Gable, Sonja
Henie, Greta Garbo, Myrna Loy, and
other interesting types and charac
ters. The show is sponsored by the
Plymouth Lions Club.
In "Tom Sawyer,’’ Mr. Charles is
using almost exact likenesses of fa
mous movie stars throughout to play
the various roles. "Tom” will be play
ed by a puppet Jackie Cooper, ‘Becky’
by Shirley Temple, “Huck” by Mick
ey Rooney "Aunt Polly” by Edna Mae
Oliver, “Old Lem” by Step’n’Petchit,
"Mammy" by Louise Beanes, and
others.
There will be four acts, with the
two scenes of the third act both in
the cave. Effects impossible even in
motion pictures can be secured with
puppets, and the audience will thrill
to the story of Tom, Becky, and Huck
as they get in and out of trouble,
adventure and difficulty.
Mr. Charles was formerly associa
ted with Tony Sarg, and his father
was stage manager for the famous
Savage Productions as well as- for the
Chicago Grand Opera Company.
This is the fifth successive season
during which the Collins Festivals
have used marionettes, and past ex
perience indicates it is one of the
most popular forms of modern en
tertainment.
Added Class Rooms Needed
Immediately at School Here
Fores! Warden Asks Hunters To Be
Careful About Fires During Dry Spell
Hunters turning to the woods
in search of squirrels or other
game are urged to exercise every
care possible in preventing forest
fires by S. F. Darden, Washing
ton County forest-fire warden,
who added that the present dry
season constitutes a very danger
ous hazard and that unless care
is exercised, hunters may start
fires which will prove costly to
both forests and game.
Forest fires raged in this coun
ty for several days about two
weeks ago, and it required much
work and expense to bring them
under control. The forest warden
emphasizes that it is to the ben
efit of the hunter who lives to
take care of game to prevent the
fires, as well as the land owners,
who lose valuable timber.
Mr. Darden urges hunters to
be sure they extinguish all fires
they may start, and to be care
ful in seeing that cigarettes are
completely put out before they
are dropped into the dry under
brush. Many times sparks from
tobacco used by smokers starts a
fire by falling on dry brush or
straw.
Price Boost on Luxuries
Felt Here Wednesday as
Defense Tax Is Effective
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10 Per Cent Added Immed
iately to Cost of Jewelry,
Cosmetics and Furs
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Consumers in Plymouth, as well as
all over the nation Wednesday began
to feel the effects of the tax burden
necessary to raise $3,553,400,000 for
defense purposes. The new excise
levies went into effect on that day
on merchandise in many of the stores
and business houses here.
Furs, jewelry and toilet prepara
tions now have 10 per cent added
to their previous retail price to take
care of the new Federal tax. How
ever. in the largest list of excise tax
items, these three embrace most of
those applying directly to retail trans
actions.
Uncle Sam also gets 10 per cent for
defense from sales of radios, phono
graphs, sporting goods, luggage, mus
ical instruments, electrical appliances
and theatre tickets. Other items
close to the pocketbook include 6 per
cent on local phone calls, 13 cents
per pack on pi a; ng ca.as, 5 per cent
on light bulbs and night club checks.
Liquor taxes, though collected from
the manufacturer, became felt here
Wednesday, because a floor tax was
levied on all the stock then in the
Washington County ABC stores. The
sales made Wednesday morning in
cluded the new taxes, An extra $1
per gallon was charged on the whis
key, bringing the total tax to $4 per
gallon.
Most of the merchandise taxes wiii
be collected by the government from
the manufacturer, but the increases
will be reflected in general price rises
when they reach the purchaser.
Taxes were increased on automo
bils. There is a $5 use tax for the
owners and a 7 per cent excise tax
on the manufacturers. These wiii un
doubtedly be included in the price of
the cars to the dealer. A tax of 5
cents per pound has been added to
automobile tires and 9 cents per
pound on inner tubes.
onep tsnnKley, manager of the lo
cal theater, Wednesday inaugurated
the new tax schedule with the price
of tickets raning as follows: estab
lished price, 10 cents, tax 1 cent, to
tal 11 cents; 15-cent tickets, tax 2
cents, total 17 cents; 20-cent tickets,
tax 2 cents, total 22 cents; 27-cent
tickets, tax 3 cents, total 30 cents.
Bowling alleys, billiard tables, mu
sical instruments, phonograph rec
ords and phonographs, as well as ra
dios, were included in the new defense
tax items. These taxes are collected
from the manufacturers and the price
rise may not become effective until
local dealers have to replenish their
stock.
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Former Creswell
Man Found Dead
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Funeral services were held at the
Creswell Methodist church Saturday
afternoon for Arthur Sample, who
was found dead on a street in Port
lock, Va„ last Thursday morning. The
Rev. C. N. Fitts officiated, and in
terment was made in the Patrick
lenielery on South Fork Creek.
It is not known how Mr. Sample
met his death. His mangled body
was found on a street in Portlock
rhursday morning a few hours after
lie left home for work. The most
serious injuries appeared to have been
from his shoulders up.
A native of Tyrrell County, Mr.
Sample lived in Washington County
for a number of years prior to his
departure about 12 years ago for
Portlock, where he had since made
his home. He was well known in the
Scuppernong section of this county
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Musical Program at New
Chapel Church Sunday
The Purity Chorus, of Norfolk, Va.,
will render a musical program at the
Mew Chapel Baptist Church Sunday,
October 5, at 8 p. m. The public is
invited and urged to attend, accord
ing to Rev. A. R. Winborne, pastor.
Reservations will be made for white
friends.
Patrolman Is Found
Not Guilty of Assault
In Making Arrest
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Freed After Lengthy Trial
In Recorder’s Court
Here Tuesday
Corporal T. B. Brown, of the State
Highway Patrol, was found not guilty
in recorder's court Tuesday on a
charge of "assaulting one R. C. Gay
lord in his own private homo without
any legal right," on the night of Oc
tober 20, 1940.
Mr. Gaylord testified that he had
sent his young son, who did not have
a driver's permit, down town for a
doctor or medicine when Corporal
Brown stopped the young man for
driving without a license. The father
was ched for ""rmitting an unlicensed
driver to operate his car, and Mr.
Gaylord said the officer used unnec
essary force in bringing him to a jus
tice of the peace court at the police
station here for trial on Sunday night
October 27.
The patrolman stated that he went
to Mr. Gaylord's house on Sunday
night, October 20. with a warrant for
his arrest on a charge of permitting
an unlicensed driver to operate his
automobile and that Mr. Gaylord told
him he W’as sick and would see the
justice of the peace about it next day.
Corporal Brown then said that on
Sunday night a w'eek later, since Mr.
Gaylord had not appeared for trial,
he went to Gaylord's home, grabbed
the latter by the belt and brought
him to the police station for trial.
Attorney c. L. Bailey represented
Corporal Brown and Prosecuting At
torney W. Blount Rodman prosecuted
the case. The hearing required the
entire morning session of the court,
after which Recorder W. R. Gaylord
found the patrolman not guilty
Final Quarterly Conference
At Creswell Church Sunday
Creswell.—The Fourth Quarterly
conference of the Methodist churches
of the Creswell charge will be held
in the former M. P. church at Cres
well next Sunday, October 5, at 8
p. m. The Rev. B. B. Slaughter, dis
trict superintendent, will deliver the
sermon.
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Important Meeting of
Local Masons Tuesday
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There will be a special business
meeting of Perseverance Lodge No.
59. A. F. and A. M., next Tuesday,
October 7, in the Lodge Hall, accord
ing to the master, L. A. Larkins, who
urges all members to attend. The
matter to be discussed is important,
and Mr. Larkins is particularly anx
ious to have a large attendance.
Now Necessary for
Storage Rooms and
Library To Be Used
Serious Situation Outlined
At Meeting of School
Officials Tuesday
A resolution asking the Washings
ton County Commissioners to provide
$350 for converting the rear portion
of the Plymouth High School audi
torium into two class rooms to meet
a temporary emergency was passed
by the county board of education at
a special session here Tuesday night,
with the entire local board and Priri
cipal R B Trotman present.
The emergency arose when the
state commission authorized employ
ment of two additional teachers for
the local school, which now has a to
tal enrollment of 738 students in the
two buildings. A total of 23 teachers
are now authorized. Principal Trot
man said that unless immediate steps
were taken to remedy congested class
room conditions, it -would be neces
sary to suspend five classes daily.
Mr. Trotman provided the follow
ing information for the board:
- There are in the Plymouth Higli
School building, 12 classrooms, in
cluding two basement rooms. Of this
number, 7 are now occupied by ele
mentary grades, leaving 5 for the
high school. There are 10 high school
teachers teaching from 8 to 10 classes
each period.
"In order to make some provision
for the separation of classes, we have
been forced to hold recitations five
periods per day in the library, thus
closing this necessary part of a child's
education to their use; five study
periods are held each day in the au
ditorium. which provides inadequate
light and no way for pupils to do
written work except on their laps; in
two classes each day students are
forced to use a storage room for
books; this room having only one
window, poor ventilation, and no
blackboard.
"A small room in the basement is
used si : hours » day as a classroom.
This is not standard in size, has oniy
one window, which is screened by
shrubbery, has a concrete floor and
cannot be heated. The science lab
oratory is used for classes five per
iods per day; this room is not suit
able for classroom use, in that it is
too near the boys’ toilet and has a
concrete floor, in addition to which
it cannot be properly heated.
“These facts do not take into ac
count making provision for the class
of another elementary teacher, who
will be added to the staff this week.
This teacher will have to be placed
in the library, which further com
plicates matters in that an addition
to keeping the library closed as such
the five high school classes which
met there now will have to be put
out.
"We. the teachers, have exhausted
every foot of space and all means of
meeting the situation. Unless some
relief is given in a very short time,
these five classes will have to be dis
continued; so we hope that those re
sponsible for providing these neces
sities will realize our plight and co
operate."
Present at the meeting Tuesday
night were W. H. Paramore, R. C.
Peacock and C. N. Davenport, jr ,
members of the county board of edu
cation; P. Bruce Bateman, Dr. E. V
Harper and J. L. Rea, members of
the local board; H. H. McLean, coun
ty superintendent of schools; and
Principal Trotman.
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Program of Services
At Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, of
Wilmington. Bishop of the Diocese of
East Carolina, will preside at the 11
o'clock service at Grac.r Episcopal
church here Sunday morning. All
those to be confirmed are requested
to be at the 11 o'clock service. Sun
day school at 10 a m. Confirmation
and worship service at 11 a. m. Young
people’s service at 7:30 p. m.
Southern Albemarle Association Meet
Is Postponed Until Alter October 20lh
The meeting of the Southern
Albemarle Association, which
was scheduled to be held at En
gelhard on Thursday, October 9,
has been changed to Swan Quar
ter and postponed until after Oc
tober 20, it was announced this
week by W. L. Whitley, vice pres
ident of the organization for
Washington County.
O. L. Williams, vice president
of the organization, that the place
of the meeting had been changed
from Engelhard to the Hyde
county seat, Swan Quarter. Pres
ident Melvin Daniels will advise
Mr. Whitley later the definite
date for the meeting.
Fifty delegates have been offic
ially appointed by Mr. Whitley
in collaboration with the coun
ty commissioners. Plans are be
ing made for a large number to
attend the meeting from here.
Mr. Williams said it was nec
essary to change the date of the
meeting, because of the Hyde
County Fair being in session this
week; that the commissioners in
vested with authority to appoint
the official Hyde County dele
gates do not meet until October
6; and that the superior court
opens there on October 13.
Vice President W'hitley here
had planned to make a speech
on the road program of the as
sociation, linking it up with the
efforts to have the the Albemarle
Sound bridge route designated as
U. S. 17-A.