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The Roanoke Beacon + jf. * 4. + 4. ^ and Washington County News ★★★★★★★ VOLUME LII—NUMBER 42 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 16, 1941 A home newspaper dedicated | to the service of Washington County and its 12,000 people. ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics A. E. Midgett, farmer of the Long Acre section of Beaufort County, said Wednesday while in town town that practically all farmers who grew to bacco this year realized a profit. He said it sold good and that the farm ers in his section were well pleased. Wood sample displays have been placed in the Plymouth schools by Lee Roy Cox, John Hays, Lester San dy, Junior Rath, Ralph Howell and Alton Mayo. There are about 8 or 10 samples of wood produced in this county in each display. •vas learned today that the schools in Roper and Cres V rould not close Friday for stifuents to attend school day at the state fair in Raleigh. The Plymouth school will be closed. There are still some information booklets available for eligible men who wish to join the Navy or Naval Reserve. They can be obtained by either writing a card or coming to The Beacon office. White and col ored men are needed in the service. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Fish spent sev eral days recently in New York, where they attended the World Series, a rodeo and went to several shows. Mr. Fish is an official of the North Car olina Pulp Company here. Shares of installment stock in the 16th series, dated October 1, are still offered to the public this week, according to M. W. Spruill, secretary of the Plymouth Build ing and Loan Association. Fifty four shares have been sold so far. The only case on the docket of re corder's court this week, that of Er nest Johnson, 26, colored, charged with assault, was continued because of failure to summon witnesses need ed by the state. There will be no session of the court next week, due to the superior court being in session. Recorder’s court cases are being set for October 28. Miss Irene Mizelle, of Wilson, has been transferred to Plymouth to be come home supervisor for the Farm Security Administration, succeeding Miss Spoon, who was transferred else where. -$ Farmers To Elect Committeemen at Series 'of Meetings -® First Meeting Scbfduled for Monday, October 27, at Creswell School -® Meetings for the election of local committeemen for 1941, and of del egates to the county convention, will be held in the three AAA districts in Washington County, starting Mon day night, October 27, with 833 farm ers eligible to vote under the terms of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration farm program, it was announced today by County Agent W. V. Hays. Three regular committeemen and two alternates will be elected at each of the community meetings. The committeemen will have the respon sibility of administering the 1942 pro gram in the communities from which they are elected. Delegates to the county convention will represent their respective communities in the elec tion of a county committee for the coming year. The schedule of meetings is as fol lows: Monday night, October 27, at Creswell school building, for Scup pernong and the eastern part of Skin nersville Townships: Tuesday night, October 28, Roper school building, for Lees Mill Township and the western part of Skinnersville Township; and Wednesday night, October 29, at the agriculture building in Plymouth, for Plymouth Township. It is also under stood that the county committeemen will be elected Wednesday night aft er the township meeting here. There will be no meeting in Skm nersville Township, since, as has been the practice since the program was inaugurated, this community will be divided between Lees Mill and Scup pernong along an imaginary line drawn at the Pritchard store. All meetings begin promptly at 7:30 p. m., and it is hoped that as many as possible of the 833 eligible farmers in the county will attend and vote, since it is important that a large rep resentation of farmers be present ■-® Creswell Seniors Visii Washington -<s> By a happy coincidence, eight Cres well High School seniors, who spent the week-end in Washington, D. C., were fortunate enough to glimpse President Franklin D. Roosevelt .al though they had been advised prior to their departure that it would not be possible for them to see the na tion’s chief executive. The boys and girls were disappoint ed when Congressman Herbert Bon ner wrote them that, due to an al ready filled schedule, it would be im possible for them to see the presi dent; and it was with gratification that they saw him driving down Con stitution Avenue en route from the White House to the Capitol. An enjoyable trip was reported by the following: Iris Spruill, Barbara Barnes, Mabel Gray Woodley, Sara Spruill, Olean Clifton, Edna Phelps, Chester Hopkins and Carol Van Dav enport. Accompanying the student! were Mesdames A. S. Holmes, Odell Barnes and W. N. Herring. 1 FIFTY-PIECE BAND OF PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL BAND — SEASON OF 1941-42 The Plymouth High School 50-piece band for the 1941-42 term is shown above. Left to right, the members are: Front row: Billy Wlnesett, Gracelvn Reid, Martha Manning, Anna Cahoon; second row: Frances Spruill, Helen Darden, Phyllis Davidson, Leon Dunbar, Edward Westray, Rov Manning; third row: L’Engle Barnes, Fanny Lou Winslow, Zeb Norman. Gwen Hurley Raymond Leggett, Eunice Holliday, Harry McLean, Raymond Sawyer, Charles Brown, Nancy Fish, Clarence Ayers, Felton Magee; fourth row: Jack House, Iris White, Mary L. Campbell, Frances Bas inger Gertrude Woolard, Freeman Allen, Gilbert Ashby, Marie Davenport, Margaret Jackson, Joe Reid. Walter Paramore, Rex Paramore; fifth row: Louise Price Martha McGowan, Clifford Fromhier, Lee Landing. Carl Bailey. Pete Browning, Dewitt Darden, Shelton McNair, Bobby Dunning, Jack Horton’ Billy Swain, Ben Robertson, Sonny Williford; flag bearers: Tom Hampton, Bosie Owens; not m picture: Robert Darden Swain. 1941 Plymouth Band Is Saiu i o Be Best in Six Years of Course -® Objectives for Current Term Outlined by Director L. W. Zeigler -«. This is the sixth year that instruc tion in the Plymouth High School band has been offered as an accredit ed subject in the local high school, and the band is the most advanced of any group in its history, according to Instructor L. W. Zeigler. Twelve of the present members attended the all-state six-week band course at the University of North Carolina during the past summer. Main objectives of the band for this year, according' to. the director, are the addition of a badly needed third Sousaphone, which will cost $150; improvement in the marching band with emphasis on formations; new uniforms, if a suitable plan can be worked out for financing them; recruiting of 20 bands members, as some of the best players will gradu ate this year; and preparations for taking part in the district music fes tival at Greenville this term. So far this year, Mr. Zeigler said, the band has attended high-school day at the University of North Caro lina and appeared on the field at the Carolina-Lenoir Rhyne football game. The band has accepted an invitation to attend the National Peanut Fes tival in Suffolk, Va„ October 31, when there will be competition for cash prizes; and the band will also par ticipate in the local celebration of Armistice Day on November 11, an outdoor concert at an early date, and the county music festival March 27. The band has received one new member this term, Miss Nancy Fish, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. H. H. Fish, by transfer from the Richwood, W. Va., high school band. Mr. Zeigler said that later in the fall the band will sponsor the sale of 1942 calendars with a picture of the band on the front as a money-making venture, and it will also sponsor a turkey raffle just before Thanksgiv ing. -® Local Merchants in Meet Last Monday —_<» ~ - Seventeen merchants were present at the meeting of the Plymouth Mer chants’ Association held at the mu nicipal building Monday night, when matters of importance came before the meeting. L. H. Lowe, reporting for a spec ial commitee, said that arrangements had been made to have mail bound north and south, by way of William ston, leave here at 5:45 p. m., instead of 5 o’clock. This gives patrons of the local office 45 minutes more time to get mail into the post office. E. H. Liverman ana Joe Crowder reported on the rat control program, sponsored jointly by the town and the association. The gist of the re port dealt with the money needed to pay the bill. W. P. Winslow and F. H. Modlin were named on a committee to co operate with the Town of Plymouth Council in any efforts made to get an official census for the town. The organization voted to contribute $30 to the town for this purpose. L. S. Thompson, A. E. Davenport and W. H. Paramore were named on a committee to work with the Town of Plymouth Council and other or ganizations in a cooperative effort to get rest rooms and other conveniences at the bus station here. A committee, composed of E. E. Harrell, W. P. Winslow and P. h. Modlin, was named to cooperate with other organizations, including the town council, to further efforts to have the Albemarle sound bridge route designated U. S. 17-A. District PTA Meet at Creswell October 22nd Civil Docket Ready For Superior Court Opening on Monday ■-® Judge Leo Carr, of Burling ton, To Preside; Dozen Cases on Calendar -* A one-week civil term of Wash ington County Superior Court will convene next Monday, with Judge Leo Carr, of Burlington, scheduled to preside. The calendar includes an even dozen cases, with several di vorce cases and hearings on other matters to be heard at the will of the court. The calendar includes the follow ing cases: Monday: N. H. Harrison, jr„ vs. Gertrude Darden, et al; N. H. Har rison, jr., vs. Neva C. Darden, et al; Georgia P. Houston vs. Phillip J. Houston. Tuesday: N. T. Elliott vs. John Hal sey; Annie Mae Spruill vs. W. Jolly Bell; H. J. Howell vs. Adams-John son Company. Wednesday; J. J. Johnson vs. Taz well Wheelock; Gladys P. Cooper, Adm., vs. American National Insur ance Company; Town of Plymouth vs. Nancy Coffee; Industrial Bank vs. W. T. Freeman; Industrial Bank vs. Joe Nowarah. Thursday: Fiances C. Hutchins vs. C. Edley Hutchins; Maggie Swain, et al, vs. A. J. Riddle, et al. It is believed by attaches of the court that the session will be over in about three or four days unless some of the cases require more time than at present anticipated. No criminal cases will be tried at the October term of court Young Man Shot in Hunting Accident -w-— The first serious accident of the 1941 hunting in Washington County was reported Monday, when a number of scattered shots were removed by a physician from the body, legs and arm of Ralph Armstrong, young white man, after he was accidentally shot by Bennett Ambrose, another young white man, in a forest near here. It was said that the shooting was en tirely accidental and no official re port was made to officers. Dr. T. L. Bray, the attending physician, said that Armstrong was not critically in jured. It was reported that Ambrose was on a deer stand, while Armstrong had been hunting squirrels. When Am brose saw the bushes move in the di rection from which he was expecting a deer, he fired and a number of the shot struck Armstrong. County Unit To Be Host To Delegates Of Many Chapters Program for Meeting Next Wednesday Outlined by District Officer -«>— Registration at the ninth district meeting of the Congress of Parents and Teachers in Creswell Wednesday of next week, October 22, will begin at 9:30 a. m., according to an an nouncement yesterday by Mrs. J. Mayon Parker, of Ahoskie, publicity chairman for the district. The call to order will be followed by group singing under the direction of Charles W. Overman, Edenton, and the devotional by Dr. G. A. Martin, of Creswell. Greetings will be given by H. H. McLean, superintendent of the Washington County schools; A. T. Brooks, principal of the Creswell school; and Mrs. E. S. Woodley, pres ident of the Creswell Parent-Teacher Association. The response will be made by Mrs. P. P. Walston, of Eliz abeth City, district director. A business session at 10:30 will be followed by the presentation of guests and reports from the district historian, Mrs. H. G. Sawyer, of Eliz abeth City, and from the chairman of the magazine committee, Mrs. John Simons, of Chapanoke. At 11:15, Mrs. J. S. Blair, presi dent of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers, is sched uled to address the group on “We Aid in National Defense.” After lunch, C. W. Phillips, of the Woman's Col lege, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, will lead a discussion based on “We Aid in Community Life.” Participating in the discus sion will be Dr. H. A. Thorson, Hal Steven and Paul A. Reid, of Elizabeth City; Dr. S. V. Lewis, of Plymouth; and John A. Holmes, of Edenton. At 3 o'clock, Mr. Holmes, superin tendent of the Edenton schools, will speak on "Active Spiritual Faith in a Democracy.” Adjournment, ac cording to Mrs. Parker, will be pre ceded by a report from the registra tion chairman and the election of a district director for the coming year. Mrs. E. N. Howell, of Swannonoa, field representative of the P. T. A„ will be present to lead a question hour and panel discussion. Other officers of district nine who will be attendance are Mrs. J. Carl ton Cherry, of Ahoskie, assistant di rector; Mrs. Leslie B. Evans, of Wind sor, secretary; Mrs. G. R. Tucker, of Hertford, treasurer; and Mrs. Mayon Parker, Ahoskie, state chairman of the Martin Memorial Fund in district nine. Pages will be Barbara Barnes, Ma ble Grey Woodley, Edna Furlough, and Marie Davenport, all students in the Creswell school. Funeral Held Local Church Sunday for Mrs. H. E. Overlon -® Died in Norfolk Saturday; Had Been 111 for About Two Years -9 Funeral services were held last Sunday in the Plymouth Christian church for Mrs. Sarah Seymour Over ton, 59, who died of heart trouble in Norfolk, Va., last Friday night, fol lowing an illness of about two years. The Rev. J. M. Johnson, pastor of the local Baptist church, officiated, and interment took place at the Windley cemetery near here. Heart trouble was given as the cause of the death of Mrs. Overton, who was a native of Washington County. She was born January 4, 1892, and spent most of her life in this county. She was a daughter of the late Asa and Mrs. Annie E. Crad dock, of this county, and was mar ried to Henry E. Overton on Novem ber 8, 1906. For many years she was an active and faithful member of the Plym outh Christian church. Surviving, besides her husband, who lives here at 605 Washington Street, are four children: Mrs. R. R. Alex ander. of Plymouth; Mrs. V. P. An narino and Mrs. A. J. Harmon, of Norfolk, Va.; and one son, Henry Colon Overton, of Norfolk. Va. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Annie Alexander, and a brother, Azer Crad dock, both of Plymouth, and eight grandchildren. Pall-bearers were Clarence and Al bert Alexander, Jeffery, David and Leslie Craddock and Janies Spencer. -® Boy Soprano Will Sing Here Sunday -» Francis Price, 14-year-old Norfolk boy soprano, will sing at the Metho dist church here Sunday morning, adding to the fine music rendered there every Sunday by a talented choir which is rated one of the best in the section. Shep Brinkley, or ganist at the church, was largely re sponsible for the visit of young Price. The Rev. O. L. Hardwick, pastor of the church, will preach on the topic, “A Plea for Discipline” at the serv ice. The young singer, whose voice brought him superior rating in recent Virginia state-wide contests, is to have a singing part in a musical com edy on Broadway within a few months, and he is also regarded as a very talented singer of sacred songs as well. He is a pupil of Mrs. Ed win Feller, who will probably accom pany him here. Francis has been ap pearing in musical events and doing solo parts in Virginia since he was 10 years old. His mother, Mrs. Eve lyn Price, was his first accompanist. The public is cordially invited to attend the service. 4th Anniversary of Plymouth Theatre To Be Marked by Special Shows Next Week Celebration of the fourth anniver sary of the opening of the handsome new Plymouth Theatre will be ob served here next week, with a num ber of outstanding screen hits being booked for the patrons by Shep Brinkley, owner and manager. The program for Anniversary Week begins Sunday with Ringside Mai sie,” featuring Ann Sothem and George Murphy: "A Yank in the R. A P,” starring Tyrone Power, is set for Monday and Tuesday: Ona Mun son and John Wayne have the lead in Wednesday’s '•The Lady from Louisiana”; Sonja Henie tops the cast in “Sun Valley Serenade” Thursday and Friday, and William Boyd, as “Hopalong Cassidy,” is featured in Saturday’s showing of “Wide Open Town.’’ Mr. Brinkley is very proud of the $25,000 Plymouth Theatre Building, completed and occupied here in 1937, The exterior of the building is stucco and three large neon signs adorn the entrance. Inside the modernistic fin ish ranges in tone from cream to brown. There are 500 seats in the main section and 200 in the balcony. Two new projection machines, val ued at $3,000, were installed when the building was completed. Success of the theatre here is due to the initiative and ability of its manager and owner, Shep Brinkley, who came here about eight years ago and took over operation of the “New Theatre," which had been a white elephant to several operators before that time. The old theatre building was burned several years ago, and re cently Mr. Brinkley bought the walls and site and plans to rebuild a new J theatre there sometime in the neai I future. Annual Gathering of Southern Albemarle In Swan Quarter 23rd No County Quota In New Draft Call Official call, No. 19, for the November quota of selectees is sued by the state selective board, did not include a quota for Wash ington County, according to E. S. Blount, chairman of the local board. This county did not have a quota in official call No. 18 for October, but 15 white men were sent to the army on September 15 in answer to the 17th call. It was learned from Clerk S. A. Ward that this county now has 120 men in the armed services who did not enter through select ive service, while 97 have entered by this method. This makes a total of 217 men in the service to date. Liiile Girl Killed by Car Near Here on Her 13th Birthday Driver Absolved of Blame For Death of Corinthia Bowen Saturday -9 Death ended the celebration of the thirteenth birthday of Corinthia Bowen last Saturday afternoon, when an automobile fatally injured her as she was riding along Highway No. 32 with a companion in Beaufort Coun ty near Acre Station. In observance of her birthday, her mother, Mrs. H. Wilmer Bowen had baked a birthday cake and invited a few of her playmates to participate in the occasion. While playing about the home, the young girl rode her bicycle onto the highway. She noted the approach of a motorcycle, but failed to see the approach of an auto proceeding in the-sam direction. Her playmates watched with horror as she was struck down. She suffered head injuries and was rushed to a Washington hospital at 5:30, death occurring shortly after 7 o'clock. The driver of the car. a Mr. Schwab of Virginia, stopped immediately aft er the accident and rendered all pos sible assistance. An inquest was held during the week-end. and he was ex onerated of all blame. Tire accident was held unavoidable on his part. Mr. Schwab brought flowers and at tended the funeral of the little girl. The victim was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wilmer Bowen, who have many relatives and friends in this county. The little girl was a student in the seventh grade at the Pantego school and was vice president of the Christian Endeavor Society at Long Acre Chapel Christian church, of which she was a member. Services were conducted from the home of the parents Sunday after noon, with the Rev. J. A. Saunders, assisted by the Rev. John J. Keen beck, of Terra Ceia, officiating. In addition to her parents, she is survived by three brothers, Sidney, Thomas and Ted; and one sister, Miss Helen Bowen. Manteo Chosen for Meeting Next Year -® Manteo, on Roanoke Island, was chosen as the place for their meeting next year by 96 delegates from East ern Star chapters in Hertford. Eliza beth City, Coinjock, Roanoke Island and Plymouth, who attended the an nual meeting of the first district of the Masonic auxiliary which was held in the Christian church here Wednes day afternoon and evening, with the local chapter as host. At the conclusion of addresses by Miss Bessie Gaddy, of Raleigh, worthy grand matron, and Hawley C. Cobb, of Wadesboro, worthy grand patron of the order, gifts were presented to them by chapters of this district. The Plymouth chapter also presented a gift to Mrs. W. C. Jones, district deputy grand matron, who presided at the sessions. A turkey banquet was served at 7 p. m. in the annex to the church. Marvin Scherr, local youth, enter tained the guests with several accor dion numbers. Mrs. Fiances M. Dar den, of Plymouth, welcomed the visi tors, and Mrs. Daisy Perry, of Eliza beth City, responded. George Bennett, superintendent of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home at Greensboro, showed pictures of the institution. Woman's Club Members Tour N. C. Pulp Co. Plant Members of the Plymouth Woman's Club went on a conducted tour of the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company following the Friday meet ing held in the community building. They will visit the plant of the j Plymouth Box and Panel Company during the month of November. Josephus Daniels To Speak; 52 Delegates Named from County Vice President W. L. Whit ley Urges Large Attend ance From County United States Ambassador to Mex ico Josephus Daniels will be the prin cipal speaker at the annual meeting of the Southern Albemarle Associa tion, which will be held in Swan Quarter Thursday, October 23, it was learned today from W. L. Whitley, of Plymouth, vice president of the association for Washington County. We invite and shall welcome you to Hyde County,” writes O. L. Wil liams, of Swan Quarter, vice presi dent for Hyde County, who has co operated with President Melvin R. Daniels, of Manteo, in arranging for the meeting. Officers will be elected at the an nual meeting, and the 52 delegates named by the county commissioners and Mr. Whitley will have authority to vote the full strength of this county on all matters which may come before the meeting. Officials delegates from Washing ton County are: Plymouth: Z. V. Norman, John W. Darden. J. R. Manning, W. H. Para Imore, P. W. Brown, H. H. McLean, Dr. E. S. Furgurson, Mrs. Claudius McGowan, Mrs. A. E. Davenport, C. E. Ayers. John Allen, W. H. Peele, S. F. Darden, S. D. Davis, Charlie W. Bowen, E. G. Arps, E. H. Liverman, B. G. Campbell, and Mrs. W. F. Win slow. Roper: J. H. Gaylord, 3rd, W. Bar ton Swain. J. R. Knowles, C. L. Ev erett, W. W. Mizell, L. E. Hassell, Mrs. Clara E. Snell, J. C. Tarkenton. A. R. Phelps, and W. T. Freeman. Creswell: John Combs. Mrs. Sidney Smithson. C. N. Davenport, sr., A. L. Holmes, O. D. Batfle’d W. D. Peal. W. T. Phelps, BJ-'l Da'-enport, Mrs. Fred Smith, Clyde Smithson, E. J. Spruill, E. F. Swain, W. W. Bateman, Hugh Patrick. W. A. Swain, Stewart J. Woodley, M. F. Davenport and Guy Combs. Wenona: J. L. Rea, H. J. Furbee and W. E. Allen. -® Red Cross Calls for Volunteers io Make Garments for Needy -<r County Is Assigned Quota Of Over 100 Garments in Two Months -» A call for volunteers to make gar ments for war relief was issued this week by Mrs. J. K. Reid, production chairman of the Washington County Red Cross, who urges those who wish to help to see her, as the need is very ; urgent, rather than to wait for so licitation. Mrs. ueid said there was need for the following to be made in this county within the next two months for the Red Cross: 24 hospital night shirts: 15 women’s cotton dresses; 16 girls’ cotton dresses; 10 crocheted shawls; 20 layettes; and a large num ber of socks. The Creswell unit has its material and supplies and those living in that community who will help in the work are asked to get in touch with Mrs. Edgar E. Woodley. Those in the Plymouth, Roper. Mackeys and Wenona communities are urge to see Mrs. Addie L. Brink ley for knitting material and Mrs. P. B. Bateman for garment material. Patterns for the garments can also be supplied, according to Mrs. Reid. Mr. Reid said that those who wished to help in this worthy cause, but who cannot sew, may arrange to have the work done by paying for it. Those living in the Roper section may see Mrs. L. L. Mizell or they may write a card to Mrs. Reid, who will see that materials for making gar ments are delivered to them in any part of tlie county. -g> Samuel J. Woodley Passes al Creswell -® Funeral services were held Wednes day at the home near Creswell for Samuel Johnson Woodley, 60, who died Tuesday as the result of a heart ailment. The Rev. C. N. Fitts, pastor of the Creswell Methodist church, of ficiated. Interment took place in the family cemetery near the home. Son of the late William Daniel and Ann Woodley, Mr. Woodley was a native of Washington County and well known in the Creswell section, where he farmed for many years. He was married to Sallie Frances Phelps on January 27, 1903, Surviving is his widow-, Mrs. Sallie F. Woodley and a nephew. Monro* Ambrose, both of Creswell.
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