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The Roanoke Beacon if ^ ^ * jf * * and Washington County News ★★★★★★★ VOLUME LII NUMBER 44 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina,Thursday, October 30, 1941 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Private Grady H. Ange, inducted February 25 at Fort Bragg, was re leased from active service in the Army at Fort Benning, Ga., October 23 and transferred to the enlisted reserve corps. He was discharged from active service under the War Department policy permitting such action when selectees are over 28 years of age. He was on duty with Company C of the 20th Engineers Regiment at Fort Benning. Bill S. Nurney has returned from a trip through West Virginia. Kentucky Ohio and Virginia during the summer with a carnival. Stark said that he sold novelties and operated the merry go-round. Mrs. Annie Plummer Taylor, youth interviewer for the Na tional Youth Administration at tlie area office in Washington, will be in Plymouth at 2:30 every Tuesday afternoon, at the agri cultural building, to interview youths, both white and colored, between the ages of 16 and 21. She will take applications for NYA work. Sometime ago, a snake bit “Collie,” pet dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Cary of the pulp mill village, on the nose. It was necessary for “Collie” to wear a bandage on his nose, just about the most uncomfortable thing that can happen to a dog, but he has now fully recovered. A number of members of the Plymouth Lions Club tonight will attend a tri-zone meeting of Lions at Belhaven, where Repre sentative Herbert Bonner will be the speaker. It is expected that 250 Lions and Lionesses will at tend. There will be no meeting of the local club tonight. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Bonnie Coburn died Monday. The funeral was held at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock with the Rev. O. L. Hardwick officiat ing. Burial took place in the Meth odist cemetery. The Plymouth High School Band will be the official band of the Suffolk High School when they play the Chester High School in a football game there tomorrow night at 7:15. Suffolk High School has no band. The local band will also take part In the Peanut Festival parade in Suffolk Friday morning. Corporal T. B. Brown, of the State Highway Patrol, who is in Rocking ham as special escort for General Hugh A. Drum during th^jjianeuverS in the south-cer.„ral pariroi -dhe state/ was home last week-end. He said he expected to return home by De cember 15. -® Parenls-Teachers To Meet Tuesday School and county officials will be invited to attend the meeting of the Plymouth Parent-Teacher Associa tion next Tuesday night, when an in spection of the school building will be made by those attending. Mrs. W. A. Davidson, president of the parent-teacher association, said special invitations had been issued to the following: Ernest G. Arps, chair man of the board of county commis sioners; W. H. Paramore, chairman of the county board of education; H. H. McLean, superintendent of public instruction; P. B. Bateman, chairman, E. A. Harper and J. L. Rea, of the local school committee. Mrs. Davidson urged a large at tendance at the meeting Tuesday, as there are several important matters to be discussed. The meeting is be ing held at night for this reason, in stead of in the afternoon, as is the usual case. -- Local Band To Go To Suffolk Friday The Plymouth High School Band will make its first appearance at a Virginia event Friday, when its mem bers will attend the second annual National Peanut Festival at Suffolk to compete in the parade for prizes totaling $100, which will be given to bands presenting the best music and drills, according to Director L. W. Zeigler. Mr. Zeigler said that if ar rangements could be made the band would remain over and play at the football game that night. The program for the day's events follows: 11 a. m„ playlet at Peanut Park; 12:30, luncheon for disting uished guests: 2 p. m„ street parade; 1:15, football game; 10 p. m„ peanut party in warehouse, with music by Jan Garber's orchestra. -- Edward Stillman Gets Rating in Coast Guard -1 Edward Stillman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stillman, of near Roper, was among the 11 young men who successfully completed a six-month course in pharmacy at the Coast Guard Training Station at Fort Trum bull, near New London, Conn., re ceiving their ratings as third-class pharmacists at a banquent held there recently. The graduates will be assigned to the Coast Guard Academy for anoth er six-month course in practical work after which they will receive a sec ond-class rating. Young Mr. Stillman’s picture, with the 10 others, appeared in the New London Evening Daily last week. Senator Gregg Cherry To Speak Here November 11 at Armistice Day Event State Senator R. Gregg Cher ry, of Gastonia, will be the prin cipal speaker at the annual American Legion Armistice Day celebration that will be held here Tuesday, November 11, it was an nounced today by R. L. Tetter ton, commander of the James E. Jethro Post. Senator Cherry is a major in the North Carolina National Guard; was state commander of the legion in 1928-29; member of the General Assembly in the ses sions of 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937 and 1939. He was speaker of the house of representatives in 1937. During the 1941 session of the legislature, he was a member of the senate. Adjutant W. Linwood Hassell, of the local post, said today that the program would Include a pa rade of the legionnaires, sons of legionnaires, school children, the Plymouth high school band and other groups. A roll call will be held of the deceased members in front of the Legion Hall here. Plans are also being made for a barbecue dinner for the legion members, who would gather in the hall immediately after the speaking, which will be held at either the Plymouth Theatre or the courthouse. Legion officials urge former service men to get in touch with them and let them know how many to prepare to entertain and how many will take part in the parade. Loan Program Made Available for Soybean Growers This Season VICE PRESIDENT John W. Darden, local post master, was elected Washington County vice president of the Sou thern Albemarle Association at its annual meeting last Thursday in Swan Quarter. Local Legion Post Is Sponsoring Fall Festival Next Week » Central Amusement Com pany Will Furnish Mid way Attractions The annual Fall Festival of the James E. Jethro Post of the Ameri can Legion will be held here next week, with the Central Amusement Company, "Dixie’s Own Shows,” pro viding the midway attractions. The festival will be held at the old Brink ley ball park, with a part of the pro ceeds going to the charity fund of the local Legion post. Midway attractions will include the kiddie chair-plane, kfddie automo biles, merry-go-round, ferris wheel, tilt-a-whirl, chair-o-plane, minstrel show, posing show, dancing girls, and a number of fun booths. Dr. C. McGowan, head of the com mittee on arrangements for the fes tival, said that the local Legion post was sorely in need of funds to con tinue payment of part of the expense of keeping a young man in a sani torium. Members of the post will help take the tickets and do other work about the festival grounds, and they hope the public will give the shows patron age which will result in a substantial sum being realized for the charity fund. The event begin Monday night and continues throughout the entire week. First Plan Offered For Beans Designed Help Orderly Sales -♦ CCC Will Make Loans Un der Supervision of Coun ty Committeemen <a>—- — A loan program for soybeans, the first ever offered Under the Com modity Credit program, and designed to aid orderly marketing of the 1941 crop has been announced by the U, S. Department of Agriculture, according to County Agent W. V. Hays. It was pointed out by Mr. Hays that loans will be made through the Commodity Credit Corporation and will be administered by the county committee of the Agricultural Adjust ment Administration, in a manner similar to that now used in connec tion with the loan program in effect for ;wheat, com, arjti other groin. Grades to serve as a basis for de termining the loan rates will be es tablished according to the official grain standards of the United States for soybeans. Loans at the rate of $1.05 per bushel for No. 2 or better soybeans of all classes, stored on farms, will en able farmers to retain their crops for marketing at a later and more favor able time, according to Mr. Hays, who said that by providing a regular flow of soybeans to the mills throughout the year it is hoped to avoid over crowding the limited facilities of the crushing mills and the capacities of commercial warehouses. It was also said that all notes for loans will mature on demand, or June 30, 1942, but loans on farm-stored soybeans may be extended for one year. It was also pointed out that the loan values for beans stored in approved warehouses will be 7 cents per bushel less than farm-stored beans; this difference representing the estimated average of storage charges the CCC would be required to pay the warehouses should the pro ducer fail to pay his note. Loans for farm-stored soybeans will be on a note and chattel mort gage basis, and warehouse loans will be on a note and lien agreement bas is, with the warehouse receipt as col lateral, explained Mr. Hays, adding that loans on the 1941 soybean crop will be made until January 31, 1942, and loans will be available only to farmers cooperating with the AAA farm program. -«3> Mackeys Negro Is Bitten By Black Widow Spider ♦ Creswell.—Clielcie Bost, negro who lives on Tommy Tarkenton’s farm near Mackeys, was brought to the office of Dr. J. M. Phelps here Mon day for treatment for a black widow spider bite. When Bost arrived at the hospital, he was in much pain with abdominal and other muscular cramps. Peanut Marketing Cards Are Ready For Delivery To Growers in County Peanut marketing cards are ready tor delivery to all peanut growers in Washington County who have not planted in excess of their acreage allotments, accord ing to County Agent W. V. Hays. Where peanuts were planted for “hogging ofT,’’ or excess peanuts intended to be “hogged off” are concerned, it is necessary that the excess be checked by a com pliance agent or committeeman before the markets cards can be delivered. Mr. Hays said the acreage of cotton allotment not planted to cotton may be used for excess peanuts without penalty, provid ed the peanuts from the substi tuted acreage are sold to desig nated mills for oil, or provided the excess peanuts are stored In government designated ware houses such as the one in Plym outh. All peanuts grown on the ex cess acreage which are sold to cleaners or dealers are subject to a penalty of 3 cents a pound, ac cording to th efarm agent. He said there was no tax or penalty on peanuts stored in government warehouses for oil purposes. It was suggested by Mr. Hays that farmers with excess peanuts first store the number of excess bags or pounds in the warehouse here or sell them to some desig nated mill for crushing purposes, because in this manner peanut marketing cards will be cleared, and there will be no confusion or trouble in selling the remain der of the crop. TO SPEAK HERE 1 State Senator R. Gregg Cherry, of Gastonia, former state com mander of the American Legion, will be the principal speaker at the Armistice Day observance here November 11. Elect Committeemen To Administer AAA Program in County -® Three District and County Meetings Held First Part Of Current Week Committeemen to administer the 1942 Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration program in Washington County were elected at a series of meetings held In the three AAA dis tricts of the county this week, with a total of 833 farmers acorded the opportunity of balloting on their choice of the men responsible for the program. County committeemen were elected at a meeting in the agriculture build ing here Wednesday night, following the community meetings, as follows: R. L .Stillman, Roper, chairman; Charlie W. Bowen, Plymouth, vice chairman: W. D. Phelps, of Creswell, member: R. C. Jackson, Plymouth, first alternate; and R. C. Chesson, Roper, second alternate. The Plymouth Township commit tee, also electediat the meeting here Wednesday nlgm, are as follows: A. J. Riddle, chairman; W. H. Durkin, vice chairman; H. G. Simpson, mem ber; R. C. Jackson, first alternate; S. F. Darden, second alternate; Char lie W. Bowen, delegate, and W. H. Durkin, alternate delegate. Lees Mill district committeemen, elected Tuesday night at a meeting in the Roper school building, are: R. W. Lewis, chairman; J. E. Phelps, vice chairman; J. L. McAllister, mem ber; T. W. Davis, first alternate; E. M. Chesson, second alternate; R. L. Stillman, delegate; and R. C. Ches son, alternate delegate to the county convention. Scuppemong district committee men, elected Monday night at a meet ing in the Creswell school, are: W. P. Davenport, chairman; J. R. Dav enport, vice chairman; Phillip Spruill member; B. A. Williams, first alter nate; P. B. Belanga, second alternate; W. D. Phelps, delegate to the county convention; and Phillip Spruill, al ternate delegate. Committeemen will be called upon to interview each farmer in the coun ty during November, relative to his 1942 crop, so that adjustments on crop goals to take care of the de fense program for food production may be handled in a fair and proper manner. -s-. Herbert Bonner Here Yesterday Passage of legislation to prevent or curtail strikes in defense indus tries was predicted by Representa tive Herbert Bonner, who stopped here for a few minutes yesterday en route to his home in Washington, N. C., from Washington City. Mr. Bonner did not indicate that he believed legislation as drastic as that urged by Senator Josiah W. Bailey, which would classify strikes as sabotage, would be passed, but he said he believed the President would favor passage of legislation that would in some way curtail strikes in defense plants. Mr. Bonner said he did not believe the rank and file members of labor organizations would countenance the actions of some of their leaders; and he also said that if members of unions would express their views about these matters the emergency could be met without so much striking and other handicaps. The Representative was here for only a few minutes, speaking to friends whom he met on the streets. Colored PTA To Hold District Meeting Here The Northeastern District of the Colored Parent-Teacher Associations will hold a meeting at the Plymouth colored high school, according to W. H. Berry, principal. Robert Jones, supervisor of State 4-H clubs, will be the afternoon speaker. Music for both the morn ing and afternoon sessions will be furnished by the choral club of the Plymouth aehool. The public is invited to attend. Roper Youth Wins National Honors in Cattle Judging Test Worth Chesson Has Perfect Score, Topping All Oth ers at Kansas City -* With a perfect score. Worth Ches son, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Ches son. of Roper, was high-scoring in dividual in beef-cattle judging at the National Future Farmers of America convention held in Kansas City, Mo., last week. For such outstanding achievement, Worth was presented a gold wrist watch by the Aberdeen Angus Breed Association, a cash prize of $10 by the American Royal Live stock Association and one year's sub scription to the ‘Shorthorn World.” Young Chesson was a member of the livestock judging team represent ing North Carolina, which won the highest honors in judging of beef cattle in competition with F. F. A. teams from the 48 States, Porto Rico and Hawaii. Members of the team, who won top honors at State College last June at the state F. F. A. con vention, were Worth Chesson. of Roper, Washington County; W. J. Faircloth, Roseboro chapter, Samp son County; and Green Rea, Pineville chapter, Mecklenburg County. The award for winning first place for the state was a silver loving cup, given by a packing concern, and a banner donated by the National F. F. A. Charles H. Floyd, agriculture teach er at Roper, accompanied the live stock judging team as North Caro lina’s coach of general livestock. Ex penses of the team and coach were paid by the State F. F. A. Fourteen other members of the North Carolina F. F. A. attended the 14th annual convention, which is al ways held in Kansas City in connec tion with the American Royal Live stock Show. Number Taxpayers Shows Big Increase Here in Single Year Around 1,000 Notices Are Mailed This Week; 700 LastYear An increase in the number of tax payers living within the limits of the Town of Plymouth was reported this week by Chief of Police P. W. Brown, tax collector, who had just finished mailing about 1,000 notices of taxes due on personal and real property for 1941. Last year, according to the chief, there were only a few over 700 names on the tax books, while this year it was found, when the tax receipts were prepared and turned over to him for collection, that the number had in creased to close to 1,000. The in crease in number of taxpayers repre sents those who listed taxes in Janu ary for the year 1941, and a majority of the new names are on the books for personal property only. The increase in number does not include the citizens of the territory acquired by extension of the city lim its last spring, because they are not required to list their property until next January, and they will not be come taxpayers to the town until next fall, when the new tax books are set up. -® Darden To Speak Al Bath Monday Postmaster John W. Darden will be the principal speaker at the restor ation pilgrimage to St. Thomas Epis copal church at Bath, Monday, No vember 3, according to the Rev. Wal ter R. Noe, of Wilmington, secretary of the Bath Association. It is understood that a large num ber of people from this section will go on the pilgrimage, as many of them have contributed to the restora tion of the historic church. Bishop Darst will also be present for the exercises, which begin at 11 a. m. Those who intend to go to the restora tion service are urged to write Mr. Noe at Wilmington, especially if they wish to reserve lunch. W. L. Whitley Elected President o£ Southern Albemarle Last Week i NEW PRESIDENT j W. L. Whitley, local attorney, was elected president of the Sou thern Albemarle Association at its annual meeting last Thurs day in Swan Quarter. Runaway Barrage Balloon Does Some Damage in Vicinity -* Floated Over Town Mon day; Trailing Cable Cuts Electric Power Lines -® One of the two runaway barrage balloons, which broke away from their moorings at Camp Davis Monday, floated over the eastern edge of Plym outh in the late afternoon, the trail ing steel cable damaging electric pow er lines and the roof of one house here as the wandering blimp contin ued on its northeasterly course. The balloon later struck a power line near Norfolk, shutting down a pumping station which affected the city wa ter supply there for several hours. Conflicting reports have been heard here regarding the landing of the runaway, some saying that it came down near Norfolk while other re ports had it landing in a field near Edenton. In passing here, the trailing steel cable, about 2,000 feet in length, fouled a power line near the home of W. H. Gurkin, south of Plymouth, and the cable also cut a 2.300-volt line at White City. C. C. Hardison, local representative of the Virginia Electric & Power Company, said that the cable passed over a 3,300-volt line near the substation here with out touching the high wires. In addition to “'blacking out” sev eral areas here as a result of break ing the electric wires, the steel cable dragged over the White City home of Cleophus Hudson, colored, damaging the roof and knocking down a chim ney that projected above the dwell ing. Repairs were made to the power lines within two hours after the company had been notified. A num ber of people on the streets here Monday afternoon saw the balloon float over the edge of Plymouth head ed toward Albemarle Sound and Edenton. It was stated that bar rage balloons are equipped with safe ty valves which will bring them down within five or six hours after they break away by a gradual releasing of the gas. -® Sunday Program of Services At Local Episcopal Church -$ Services for Grace Episcopal church Sunday are as follows: 10 a. m., Sun day school; 11 a. m., morning wor ship, with sermon by W. B. Daniels, student minister. Young people’s service at 7:30 p. m. Newly Organized Pulp Mill Band Held Its First Rehearsal Last Monday Night First rehearsal of the North Carolina Pulp Company Band was held in the community hall here Monday night under the di rection of L. W. Zeigler. who Is also director of the Plymouth High School Band. The new or ganization was formed several weeks ago by employees of the pulp company, following a meet ing of those Interested and E. L. Walker, general manager of the local plant. J. C. Swain, personnel director for the North Carolina Pulp Company, is sponsor of the band. Harry Adams was elected man ager and Jennings Ward is secre tary and librarian. Although only 13 members were present Monday night with instruments, it Is hoped by those in the new musical organization that 30 instruments will be se cured within a short time. From the entire band, it is planned to later form an orchestra, with George Peele to be the vocalist. It has been derided to hold weekly rehearsals, every Monday night at 7:30, until further no tice. Those who participated in the initial practice session Monday night include Ben Robinson, drum; Brinson Cox, bass horn; Felton Magee, baritone: Edward Willoughby, trumpet; Phillip Liverman, trombone; Bill Darden, trombone; Douglas Gurkin. clar inet; George Femister, drum; Frank Ocheltree, trumpet; Red Keener, snare drum; Ed Joyner, snare drum; and Dutch E«tep, basa. 17-A Proposal Gels Group Endorsement By Unanimous Vole County Was Represented at Swan Quarter Last Thurs day by 26 Delegates — Elevation of W. L. Whitley, of Plymouth, from the vice presidency to the presidency of the Southern Albemarle Association took place at the afternoon business session of the annual meeting held at Swan Quart er last Thursday, with 26 delegates from this county among the 200 of ficial delegates attending from Dare. Washington, Hyde and Tyrrell coun ties. John W Darden, one of the origi nators of the four-county organiza tion and a charter member was nam ed vice president for Washington County, Walter H. Paramore, local newspaperman, was reelected for the second time as recording secretary. O. D. Hatfield, of Creswell. was this county's representative on the nom inating committee. Tyrrell County's invitation to hold the 1942 meeting in Columbia was accepted. The first meeting of the organization was held in Columbia in 1935. C. Wallace Tatem was elect ed president and served several years being succeeded by Melvin R. Dan iels, of Manteo. the predecessor of Mr. Whitley. Reports on roads were heard from C. Earl Cahoon. of Tyrrell. Mrs. W. S. Carawan, of Columbia, reported on home beautification. Members of the home beautification committee will be appointed from each county. W. L. Whitley reported on the estab lishment and progress being made on Pettigrew Park. Mr. Whitley introduced a resolu tion requesting the State Highway and Public Works Commission to proceed at once to widen and straigt en highway No. 64, and in particular that part in Washington, Tyrrell and Dare Counties, and to construct bridges over Alligator river and Cro atan Sound, completing No. 64 Into Manteo. Another resolution as presented by Mr. Whitley read as follows: “It Is resolved by the Southern Albemarle Association that the State Highway and Public Works Commission be re quested to designate the highway leading from Washington, N. C., thru Plymouth over the Albemarle Sound bridge to Hertford, as U. S. Highway No. 17-A and that^the number 32 now appearing be removed, and that the said highway be designated as 17-A on all future maps . . . and to this end w'e request the highway commission to set a date for a hear ing on this matter, to the end that the people of this section can be af forded an opportunity to be heard in this matter,” Both of these resolu tions were unanimously adopted. Officers chosen for this year fol low: W. L. Whitley, Plymouth, presi dent; Vice presidents: John W. Dar den, Plymouth, Washington; D. V. Meekins, Manteo, Dare; C. Earl Ca hoon, Columbia, Tyrrell; P. D. Mid gette, Engelhard, Hyde; Paul Liver man, Columbia, executive secretary; Walter H. Paramore, Plymouth, re cording secretary; M. A. Matthews, Engelhard, Treasurer. Those attending from this county were: from Plymouth: Mrs. C. Mc Gowan, Mrs. W. F. Winslow, Mrs. W. H. Paramore, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Manning. Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Fur gurson. J. W. Darden. W. H. Para more. From Creswell: Mrs. Clara Snell. Rev. W. B. Gaither, Mrs. E. S. Wood ley, Mrs. A. C. Harris, Mrs. Ethel Smith, Mrs. E. G. Spruill, H. W. Nor man, Mayor and Mrs. C. N. Daven port, sr„ O. D. Hatfield, A. L. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Swain, Rev. C. N. iFtts. From Roper: Barton Swain, J, C. Tarkenton. --— Party Bags 4 Deer On Hunt Last Week — ♦ Pour deer were killed in a hunt on Town Island, across the Roanoke River from the town of Plymouth, one day last week, according to Joe L. Nobles, who took part in the hunt. A large group of local people gath ered at the river here to see the par ty of hunters land their kill after the successful hunt. The following engaged in the hunt: J. T. Terry, Ray Kimbrough, Cy Rasmusson, Dave Chism. Paul Basnight, Harold John son, Tom Davis. Ernie Davis, Hoyle Davenport Bob Davenport, Squire Davenport, Oscar Armstrong, Jesse L. Hardison and Mr. Nobles. Hunters generally are reporting one of the best season in years. Squir rels are said to be plentiful, although the recent dry weather made ‘‘still” hunting practically impossible. It is reported that quail are more plentiful than in years, and hunters are get ting ready for opening of the bird j season on November 20.
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