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The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LII—NUMBER 41 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 9, 1941 A home newspaper dedicated to the service of W ashlnfton County and its 12,00# people. ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Jackie Lucas, son of the late Louis Lucas and Mrs. Bradford Lucas Jones, heads the cadet corps as captain at the Edwards Military School in Sal ernburg. Officials of the school wrote the mother, who now lives in Bel haven. that ' Jackie is a fine boy, and you will be proud of him. Mrs. Brooks Poole, formerly of Richwood. W. Va.. is the new tele graph operator here. She succeeds Miss Estep, who returned to Rich wood. Mrs. Poole operates the tele type machine in the downtown office of the Western Union. Only one story Bible book has been placed in the school libra ries in Washington County, and at least 69 more are needed, ac cording to Mrs. J. B. Spillman, secretary of the Way, Book and Life Club at Charlotte, who said that 54 per cent of the children get little Christian instruction other than that received in the schools. Mrs. L. E. Hassell, of Roper, was one of the permanent chairmen or other official representatives of the 28 classes graduated from the Wo man's College of the University of North Carolina between 1907 and 1934 who sat at special tables at the recognition dinner given Dr. Julius S. Foust, president emeritus, last Sat urday night. H. H. McLean and other school of ficials from this county will attend the annual fall leadership confer ence sponsored by the North Carolina Education Association, to be held at Williamston next Tuesday, with the schools of 10 counties in this area represented. Miss Martha Booth, of Plym outh, will be one of the 100 prin cesses representing cities, towns and counties of the Virginia Carolina peanut belt,In the beau ty court of the queen of the Na tional Peanut Exposition to be held in Suffolk October 30 and 31. J. E. Westray, local insurance man, plans to enter a government hospital at Kecoughtan, Va.. for treatment during the next four weeks. His work here will be handled by J. G. Bennett, of Washington, while he is away. Clyde Erwin, state superintendent of public instruction, and Dean R. B. Home, of the University of North Carolina, have been invited to speak at the supper meeting of the Wash ington County Teachers’ Association to be held at the Roper school build ing October 24 -t e ’0 p. m -«>■ • — Funeral for Mrs. W. J. Brickhouse -- Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Sound Side Baptist church, near Creswell, for Mrs. Vir ginia Furlough Brickhouse, 36, who died in Columbia Saturday night aft er an illness of only three days. The Rev. Mr. Guthrie, of Columbia, of ficiated, assisted by Dr. G. A. Martin. Creswell, and the Rev. Alfred L. Chaplin, of Columbia. Interment took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Brickhouse, wife of Wilbert J. Brickhouse, of Columbia, was a na tive of Washington County but had lived in Tyrrell since her marriage 11 years ago. She was well known in Creswell, where she graduated from high school, later attending Howard College in Birmingham, Ala. She taught in the public schools for five years, and for the past five years she had been employed in the Columbia post office. Besides her husband, Mrs. Brick house is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Furlough, of Cres well; seven sisters, Mrs. Earl Midgett, Mrs. Jones Spencer, Mrs. W. L. Dav enport, Mrs. Marshall Woodley, Miss Velna Furlough, and Miss Edna Fur lough, all of Creswell, and Mrs. Ed ward Sawyer, of Columbia; and one brother. Sam Furlough, of Norfolk. - Sunday Services Outlined At Episcopal Church Here —-® Services at Grace Episcopal church for Sunday are announced as follows; Church school at 10 a. m.; morning prayer and Holy Communion cele brated at 11 a. m.; young people’s service at 7:30 p. m. --® Nightly Services at Roper Church All Next Week -® Roper.—The Rev. C. E. Williams will be in charge of services at St. Luke’s Episcopal church for the week beginning next Sunday. Services will be held each evening at 7:30. The public is cordially invited to attend. Over 2,000 People at Annual Association Of Kehukee Baptists Held at Concord Church, Near Cherry, Friday, Sat urday and Sunday More than 2,000 persons attended the annual meeting of the Kehukee Primitive Baptist Association at the Concord Primitive Baptist church, between Creswell and Cherry, last Friday. Saturday and Sunday, The crowd was so large that some of the meetings were held outdoors in a cleared field at the rear of Dewey Phelps’ home. Morning and after noon services were held daily. Elder S. Gray, of Kinston, pastor of the church, said the large crowds were weu casen care oi. ior wnicn ne was appreciative. Nineteen churches in North Caro lina and Virginia which are mem bers of the association sent delegates to the meeting, and practically all the larger towns in North Carolina and near-by states were represented, some coming from New York, Balti more, and Washington, D. C. A score or more ministers were included in the large crowd present Saturday for the association. Elder E. B. Denson, of Rocky Mount is moderator the association; and El der B. S. Cowan, of Bear Grass, Mar tin County, is clerk. Picnic dinners were served each day during the meeting. It was re ported that one member of the church killed a cow, a pig and 10 chickens, which were cooked and served to the large gathering. Generous contribu tions were made to the work by those attending. The Kehukee Association is one of the oldest church organizations in the United States, having been founded at Scotland Neck in 1770. -• Town Councilmen Revive Movement For Official Census -9 Extension of City Limits And Recent Gains Make New Count Advisable Postmaster John \,r Dnrdtn ap peared before the Town Council last Monday night, at the request of May or B. G. Campbell, to present his vie vs on the proper method of se curing a new official census of the town, which has been discussed here for some time. Mr. Darden first mentioned the matter several months ago, when he was secretary of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, and the council is now interested in the proper procedure for getting an of ficia census, as well as determining the rost, since it is understood that the Jensus Bureau will not bear the expense itself. Mr. Darden told the councilmen wha' he knew about the matter, and the> asked him to further investigate the matter and report his finding to ther i at a later date. It was pointed out hat since the official census was taken in April, 1940, the town has beer enlarged to embrace almost twice its former area and that a great many people have moved here since than time. The councilmen also discussed a prorosition made by Representative W. M. Darden for rental of the old ice plant building in which he wishes to open a building supply establish ment, but no action was taken. The council passed an ordinance, requiring dog owners to list their dogs at the regular tax listing time in Jan uary of each year, and to pay a tax of $2 on female and $1 on male dogs. Failure to list and pay the taxes will subject the offender to arrest and fine. County Farmers Received $11,200 in Parity Payments -® Parity payments to Washington County farmers amounted to $11, 200.86. according to information pro vided by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. These payments were made to adjust the difference between actual and parity prices. A total of $205,834,629 was paid to cooperators with the program in the state. Counties adjoining Washing ton received the following amounts: Tyrrell, $4,967.46; Martin, $31,127.15; and Chowan, $24,336.48. 54 Shares of Stock Sold in New Series Of Building & Loan Association Here Fifty-four shares of installment stock in the 16th series, dated October 1, have been sold in the nine days since it opened, it was learned today from M. W. Spruill, secretary and treasurer of the Plymouth Building and Loan As sociation. The association now has $44, 326.85 worth of installment stock in force and $14,400 in full-paid stock. With each new series the number of share of installment stock outstanding continues to increase. Recently the local organization became a member of the Federal Savings and Loan Isnurance Cor-' poration and the Federal Home Loan Bank Corporation. The first-named group insures the savings and investment of each stockholder up to $5,000, and the latter group provides funds at a low interest rate for the associa tion to increase its loans for home building and repairing. The building and loan savings plan offers many advantages to its stockholders, and those who are interested are urged to see Mr. Spruill or any member of the board of directors for complete details. EASTERN STAR OFFICIALS TO BE HERE - ____I Hawley C. Cobbs, of Wadesboro, worthy grand patron (left), and Miss Bessie Gaddy, of Raleigh, worthy grand matron, will have import ant places on the program of the district meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star, which will be held with the local chapter Wednesday of next week. Thousands of Dollars Worth Property Sold For Delinquent Taxes Local Merchants To Meet Monday An important meeting of the Plymouth Merchants Association will be held at the municipal building next Monday night at 8 o’clock, according to James W. Norman, who urges a large at tendance of its members. It was stated that efforts to revive the matter of Wednesday afternoon closings will be made at this meeting. Mr. Norman said other matters would come before the group, and it was ur gent that a large group of mer chants attend. District Meeting of P.T. A. Will'Be Held In Creswell on 22nd -ft Place of Associations in Na tional Defense Will Be Delineated Officers and delegates from parent teeacher associations in several coun ties in this section of the state will gather in Creswell Wednesday, Octo ber 22, for the ninth district meeting of the organization, with Mrs. P P. Walston, of Elizabeth City, district director, presiding. The purpose of this meeting, as well as others over the state within the next 30 days, is to delineate the place of the parent-teacher associa tion in national defense and com munity welfare, to stress the place of childhood and youth in democracy, and to transact organization business. Featured will be an address by Mrs. J. S. Blair, of Elizabethtown, State president, on "We Aid In National Defense.;” a symposium on "Our Community,” led by C. W. Phillips, of Greensboro; and a question hour and panel discussion led by Mrs. E. N. Howell, Swannonoa. field worker for the organization. Also on the program will be invo cations, greetings and responses by the ninth district P.-T. A. members, and musical selections. Local councils will make reports on their activities, and other business, including election of district officers for a new term. Prominent persons in this district will participate in the symposium led by Mr. Phillips to em phasize community agencies that might cooperate with P.-T. A. in a program of national defense. The question hour led by Mrs. Howell will be participated in by state officers, local and district officers, members of school boards and super intendents of schools in this district. --s Outlines Services At Baptist^Church Rev. J. M. JOHNSON, Pastor The pastor and his family wish to express to the people of Plymouth our i appreciation for every expression of kindness shown us since our arrival. We are very happy at the opportunity of making Plymouth our new home. We find here a spirit of friendliness which makes us feel that we are al ready among friends, and we are looking forward with great joy to the time when we shall know all the people. We welcome you to all our church services: Sunday morning. 10 o’clock, the church teaching the Bible in the Sun day school; 11 o'clock, the church at worship; 7:30 p. m„ evening worship. Wednesday evening, 7:30 o’clock, the church at worship in prayer. We urge you to come and worship with us. List Is Considerably Smaller Than Last Year; Sale Monday Unpaid Accounts of $23,692 Represented in Auction For 1940 Taxes -® Thousands of dollars' worth of Washington County real estate was offered for sale at the courthouse door here Monday, representatives of the county government bidding in practically every certificate of the 1940 delinquent tax list, sold under the hammer to satisfy claims for past due taxes and penalties totaling $23, 692.59. Sales of property advertised in the delinquent tax list has fluctuated in the last 8 or 10 years.. The 1938 de linquent tax list represented $28, 094.10 in unpaid accounts. Last year, when the 1939 tax list was ad vertised, the amount was $1,111.14 less, or $26,982.96. For the depres sion year of 1933, taxes and penalties represented in the tax list totaled $63,354.80. wnen tne delinquent list was ad vertised for 1937, there were 887 per sons in arrears, while the 1938 list contained the names of 953. There were 923 names in the list last year, representing 1939 taxes, and the 1940 list, advertised in September of this year, contained only 772 names when the sale was finally held. There were a few more names than that when the advertisement first appeared, but some of them paid the amounts due before the sale, and their names were taken from the list. Improved business conditions usu ally result in a substantial decrease in the number of names carried on the delinquent list, and the number this year was the smallest for the past two decades. The tax rate for the past several years has remained stationary at $1.80 on the S100 valuation, and the difference in amount collected each year was not caused by higher or low er rates, but by general conditions prevailing. Taxpayers in Plymouth Township owe the most unpaid taxes and pen alties this year, tire total being $8, 530.20. Lees Mill is second with $5, 925.76 due from its taxpayers. The figures for Skinnersville were $3, 826.52. while Scuppernong is last on the list with $3,408.09 due in taxes and penalties for 1940. Divided according to race, white people owed $19,317.75, and colored property owner $4,374.84. The wide disparity in these figures show that property owned by white people is usually valued much higher than that of the colored. The largest delinquent taxpayers on the list were the Norfolk Southern Land Company, Inc., which owes $2, 735.80 on several big tracts of land, and the John L Roper Lumber Com pany, which owes $1,321.71. Holdings of both these companies are princi pally in Lees Mill Township. Prom these large amounts, the figures range down to a few cents, and in many cases the penalties and costs are more than the original amount of taxes due. The amount of taxes uncollected for 1940 represents about 20 per cent of the total tax levy in the county. White Schools of County To Be Closed Friday, 17th White schools in Washington Coun ty will be closed all day Friday of next week, when a number of students will be attending high school day at the State Fair in Raleigh. The state superintendent of schools, Clyde Er win, asked that this be done. Since there are many absences in the school caused by attendance on the fair, it was found that it would be better to close the schools for the day. District Meeting of Eastern Star Order Will Be Held Here Over 100 Members of Five Chapters Expected Next Wednesday More than 100 persons are expect ed here next Wednesday from chap ters in Hertford, Elizabeth City, Co injock. and Roanoke Island to at tend the annual meeting of the first district of the Order of the Eastern Star. Masonic auxiliary, which will be held in the Christian church. There will be both afternoon and evening sessions, and members of the Plym outh chapter are hostesses to the gatherings. The principal addresses will be made by Miss Bessie Caddy, of Ra leigh, worthy grand matron, and Hawley C. Cobb, of Wadesboro, worthy grand patron of the order, who will also be making their offic ial visits to the local chapter. Mrs. W. C. Jones, of Plymouth, dis trict deputy grand matron, will pre side over the meeting; and the ad dress of welcome will be made by Mrs. Frances M. Darden, also of the Plymouth chapter. Mrs. Daisy Per ry, of Elizabeth City, will respond to the welcome address. The Plymouth chapter will open the afternoon meeting at 2 o’clock Presentation of the flag will be by the Hertford chapter; and draping of the chapter and altar will be by the Elizabeth City chapter, while the Coinjock chapter will have charge of balloting. Special music will be ren dered by Mrs. Pearl Schaarf, of Ro anoke Island. The night session will begin with a banquet at 7 o’clock in the annex of the Christian church. Immediate ly following the banquet, George Ben nett, superintendent of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Greens boro, will show pictures of the insti tution. Chairmen of the various commit tees are as follows; Mrs. Edna Mae Smith, of Elizabeth City, Har Heel news: Mrs. Lillie H. Johnson, of Hert ford, Masonic and Eastern Star Home Mrs. Grace B. Jackson, of Elizabeth City, Easter egg hunt; Miss Mary O'Neal, of Roanoke Island, endow ment fund; Mrs. Matilda Bowen, of Plymouth, coupons; and Mrs. Blanche Twiford, of Elizabeth City, library programs. -$— Fire Prevention Is Topic of Talk Made Students at School -<S> Chief of Fire Department Also Checks Fire Drills At Both Schools -« Carelessness, friction and spontan eous combustion are the principal causes of fires in business establish ments, homes and industrial plants, Miller Warren, chief of the Plymouth Fire Department, told the boys and girls of the local schools in a talk Tuesday morning which high-lighted local observance of National Fire Pre vention Week, October 5-11. During the course of his remarks, the fire chief pointed out that the fire loss in the United States during the first eight months of 1941 was $211,773,000, an increase of $685,620 over the same period of 1940. He called on the students to insist that their parents repair improper flues, clean out stove pipes, keep matches away from children and rats, move furniture away from stoves, prevent doors opening too close to heaters, use caution with open fire places, check electric wiring, remove rubbish, and use every precaution to prevent fires. “Our first line of de fense against want and suffering is the protection of our homes, business and industry against fire,” Mr. War ren said. The fire chief also timed fire drills at both of the school buildings here. The more than 600 children at the high school completely evacuated the building in 1 minute 29V2 seconds; a good record, Mr, Warren said, but one which could be improved upon. The 200 children at the Hampton Acad emy evacuated that building in 1 minute flat. -® Hunter Gets Losts In River Swamps —-<$» By land and water a large crowd of people combed the Roanoke River swamps above Plymouth for several hours yesterday afternoon and last night in an effort to locate Guy Cox. young white man. who became sep arated from his companion, Wood row Dixon, while on a hunting trip and became lost in the forests. He was found about 10 p. m. last night, when he stopped on the shore of the River near Jamesville and built a fire, which guided searchers to him. The searching party started at the fisheries near here on Roanoke River and by small boats and overland hikes the search continued until he was was found last night. Local officers were notified by Mr. Dixon after he returned and Policeman Paul Bas night was one of the searching party. When found Mr Cox was tired but little the worse for his experience Half Amount Needed For School Buildings Is Assured by WPA So You Think It's Been Hoi? IlHas A little relief was felt late Wednesday from the record high temperatures for October prevail ing for the past seven days, with thermometers hovering around 90 during most of the daylight hours. In addition to being very unscasonal, the weather has been exceptionally sultry. The average mean temperature for October in this section is 64.4 degrees, while the average tem perature for the past week has been 82.5 degrees. The average temperature for July, supposedly the hottest month of the year, was only 77.8 degrees. Last Sun the temperature was given as 94 degrees; Monday established a new high of 95 degrees, and Tues day was little cooler. Army Planes Ready For Test Exercises Over This Section Observatoin Posts Warned To Be On Guard Friday And Next Tuesday —■—4 A schedule of test exercises will as sure considerable airplane activity over Washington and other counties in the First Interceptor Command tomorrow (Friday) from 12 to 6 p. m.. and next Tuesday, from 12 to 6 p. m., weather permitting, according to in formation from Theodore S. John son, director of Civilian Defense, re ceived by P. W. Brown, county de fense chairman and post organizer. It is planned for the defense chair man and observation post operators in this county to send their reports to the Raleigh central office as air planes are sighted in this area head ed for possible “invasion” of the re gion. Mr. Brown said he would have planned lor a “blackout of the town as a test for the planes roaring over head if information about this phase of activity had been received in time. Air-raid wardens will be located in Williamston, Washington and Eliza beth City for this section. These wardens will have the Army Signal Corps erect warning equipment over which information concerning air plane movements can be forwarded to central defense headquarters. The observation posts in Washing ton County will be operated by the following: No. 1, at Wenona, J. L. Rea; No. 2, in Roper, J. E. PJielps; No. 3, Pleasant Grove, J. C. Tarken ton; and No. 4, Creswell, Earl Dav enport. Teachers, Parents In Meeting Here The Plymouth Parent-Teacher As sociation held its second meeting of the current school term in the high school building here Tuesday after noon, with the eleventh grade pre senting the program, which included talks by the students on their indi vidual hobbies. Mrs. J. K. Reid presided in the ab sence of the president, Mrs. W. A. Davidson. The organization decided to pur chase 400 intelligence test papers for grades from the third through the seventh. No provision is made for purchase of the test blanks by the state. Principal R. B. Trotman talked on congested conditions existing at the school, and explained what progress had been made toward relieving these conditions. Miss Hilda Eakers, a teacher, asked that the organization purchase three books for the school library during the year. Shortage of Relief Labor May Delay Beginning Projects Additional Facilties Would Be Provided Plymouth White, Roper Colored The Washington County Board of Education has been advised by the Williamston office of the Works Proj ects Administration that it will make available 50.3 per cent of the amount needed for improving the Roper col ored school and 56.4 per cent of the amount needed for a new primary building at the Plymouth white school. No figures concerning the cost in dollars were mentioned in connection with the addition or im provement to the Plymouth High School Building, since a heating plant is to be installed there, requiring skilled labor, and the WPA does not make any contribution toward the payment of skilled labor. Improvements at the Roper col ored school are estimated to cost about $17,000, and it was reported that the WPA would provide about $8,000 of this amount, with the coun ty supplying the remaining $9,000. The disparity between the amounts shown here and the percentage fig ures of the WPA is probably due to a difference in the estimated costs as figured by the WPA engineers and the architect representing the coun ty school board. Figures supplied by the WPA show that a new six-room primary build ing here will cost about $32,000, of which the WPA will put up about $18,000, leaving the county to supply the remaining $14,000. Since skilled labor wil lbe required to put on the roof and install the heating plant for the Plymouth High School addition, and the WPA con tribution is based on man-hours em ployment of unskilled labor, it was indicated the WPA contribution for this would be smaller in percentage than on the other nrojects. It is hoped that at least 40 per cent of the estimated $35,000 cost may be secured from the WPA. If so, then the WPA share will be about $15,000 and the county will put up the remaining $20,000. The Washington County Commis sioners have agreed to make avail able $40,000 for the entire program. The county board of education has not rushed the matter m order to copoerate to the fullest extent with the WPA and get all the financial aid possible and also to give the WPA time to secure sufficient labor for the projects. A large number of WPA employees in this section have recent ly gone into other work. -® Ganderson to Open Men's Store Here Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ganderson, ol Elizabeth City, have arrived in Plym outh, where Mr. Ganderson plans to open a haberdashery and men's cloth ing store in the building on Water Street formerly occupied by W. E. Weede as a grocery. He hoped the carpenters and painters, who have been renovating the store, would be through with their work so that he could open for business Saturday morning. In the event this is not possible, the formal opening will be held early next week. "The store, to be known as Gan derson's Quality Shop, will have a brand new stock, styled in the latest fashions for men and young men," -aid Mr. Ganderson, emphasizing that "there will not be any old mer 'handise in the new store.” In addition to carrying men s suits, shirts, ties, trousers, shoes, hosiery, jelts and furnishings in stock, Mr. Sanderson will also handle the Stet ion-D line of custom-tailored suits ind overcoats. Inducements Made White and Colored Men (or Enlistment in Naval Reserve The inducements for enlist ment in the United States Navy and Naval Reserve are offered to both white and colored men be tween the apes of 17 and 50, ac cording to information from the Navy Department. It is also an nounced that registrants subject to the selective service act may enlist in these branches of the service at any time up to the day before they are to report for in duction into the army. Increased interest in the Navy and the Naval Reserve is being shown by young men who are subject to the draft. Several who expect to be called within the next few months have applied for the free booklets available at the Beacon office describing the life, pay, and opportunities available to those who enlist in the Navy or Naval Reserve. These book lets will be mailed free to those • who request them, or they may be called for at the Beacon office. Men w’ho are skilled in any of a number of trades are eligible for enlistment in the Naval Re serve with a petty officer's rat ing immediately, provided they are qualified. The term of en listment is four years in this branch, but Secretary of the Navy Knox states that men who enlist in the Naval Reserve will be re turned to their civilian status as soon as possible after the present emergency ends. The term of en listment in the regular Navy is for six years. The rates of pay. chances for advancement and op portunities to secure free training for any one of 45 trades and vo cations are the same in either branch of the Navy.
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