The Roanoke Beacon
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A home newspaper dedicated [
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VOLUME LII—NUMBER 1
Plymouth, vV ashington County, North Carolina. Thursday, January 1, 1942
ESTABLISHED 1889
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Town
opiics
Miss Carrie Smith, who ts em
ployed in the registrar’s office at the
Florida State College for Women in
Tallahassee, Fla,, was here during the
holidays visiting relatives and friends.
She is well known here as the sister
of Mi's. S. A. Ward, Mrs. Laura John
ston. and Mrs. Corinne Austin.
W. Ronald Gaylord, Onward Leg
gett and Warnie Gurkin spent the
Christmas holidays in Florida. They
went down as far as Miami. When
they left Miami the temperature was
86 degrees, and when they arrived in
Jacksonville, 300 miles distant, the
temperature was 42.
P. W. Brown said that Joe L
Nobles and Paul Basnight helped
him to prepare the 35 Chrlsmas
baskets distributed to the needy
in the county the day before
Christmas. Mr. Brown said it
was quite a job to make the pur
chases and prepare the baskets.
The firemen were praised for the
work done in gathering and re
pairing toys for the distribution.
There was no recorder's court this
week. Recorder W. R. Gaylord was
out of town. It is planned to hold
a special session of the court tomor
row morning, since the regular Tues
day session will not be held next
week on account of the superior court
convening Monday.
Attention of local people is di
rected to the collection of waste
paper by Boy Scouts for national
defense. Sea Scout Roy Man
ning, assisted by Scouts VVrenn
Dupree, Robert Swain, Hany
McLean and Jerry Polk, will
make the collection on Tuesdays
at 2 p. m.; Fridays at the same
time the following boys will help
in the work: Charles Bratten,
James Hooker, and Joe Tetter
ton. Citizens are asked to have
waste paper ready for the boys
every Tuesday and Friday at the
same time.
Two new members were enrolled
in the Washington County chapter of
the American Red Cross recently
whose contribution has not been pre
viously acknowledged. They were
Mrs. Dewey Phelps and Mrs. T. P.
Sanderson.
Corporal S. S. Rasmusson, of head
quarters company, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Md., returned to his post
Saturday after spending the holidays
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. M. Rasmusson.
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Letters Received by
County Parents of
Men in Pacific Area
Mail Subject To Censorship
And Most Letters Are
Very Brief
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Censored letters from the Pacific
war fronts are being received by par
ents in Washington County from their
sons, who, although writing almost
stereotyped letters, manage to ex
press in some individual manner the
fact that they are safe and that
things are well in hand in the sec
tors where they are located.
Mrs. Mattie Ange received a letted
the day before Chirstmas from her
son. Sergeant Paul S. Ange, who is
stationed in Hawaii. He said that
"the Japs were pretty thick for a
while, but we fixed that. We cleaned
the Japs up,” he concluded.
David Albert Hurley, jr„ who is
stationed at Fort Kam, near Hono
lulu, wrote his father that “what we
feared would happen, has happened,
but we are going to lick the hell out
of those Japs.” The letter was writ
ten on December 19.
Mrs. Maggie Swain received a tele
gram from her son, Ray, on Decem
ber 12, from San Francisco. He has
been in the Navy for 16 years. He
wired his mother a gift of $100 from
San Diego on December 15. Mr.
Swain was thought to have been at
Pearl Harbor when the Japanese at
tack took place.
Mrs. W. B. Cox has received word
that her son. Hubert Cox, stationed
with the Navy at Pearl Harbor, is
safe. She also received a telegram
from Boston, Mass., stating that an
other son, Bryan Cox, also in the
Navy, was to have been married
Tuesday of this week.
Transportation of Colored Children To
School Again Before Board Monday
When the Washington County
Board of Education holds Its reg
ular monthly meeting here Mon
day, there will be three men pres
ent to again present the matter
of furnishing transportation for
colored school students from the
Western Farm of the FSA Scup
pernong Farms project to the
Cherry school. The visitors will
be Dr. N. C. Newbold, state di
rector of negro education in the
State; W. D. Moore, Jr., commun
ity manager at the Scuppernong
Farms, and James W. Westby,
community service supervisor of
the regional office of the Farm
Security Administration at Ba
letgh.
The Western Farm Association.
through Mr. Westby, wants to
enter into an arrangement with
the county for transporting 18
colored children from several
families on the farm to the Cher
ry colored school, a distance of
seven miles.
Washington County receives
$3,336 annually from the FSA in
lieu of the taxes formerly paid
on the Scuppernong Farms land
before it was bought by the gov
ernment. It is estimated that
about $380 of this amount goes
to the school fund of the county,
the board of education being sup
posed to furnish families on the
project school facilities similar to
that provided children of the
same race elsewhere in the coun
ty.
Arrangements Are Being Made to Register
All Men in County Fiom 18 to 64 Years
Machinery is being set up (or
registration within the next week
or two, of all the men in Wash
ington County between the ages
18 and 64 years for some kind of
service for their country in the
present war.
Legislation recently enacted by
Congress makes men from 20 to
44, inclusive, liable for military
training and service. Men in the
18 to 20 and 44 to 64 age groups
will be enrolled for non-military
duty. Voluntary enlistments of
young men for all branches of
the armed services—proceeding
at a record pace since ttie war
began—is being encouraged in
the meantime.
Registration of all classes of
men is aimed at the creation of
an army of 4.000.000 men. Se
lective Service officials say that,
once the men are registered anti
classified, a total of 2,215.000 po
tential soldiers can be added to
the 1,800,000 now in the uniform
in this country.
There is some speculation, also
that the Navy may draw heavily
on the selectee pool. The Navy
now has authority to take 50,
000 men and the marine corps
10,000. When the two-ooean
Navy Is completed the fleet will
need at least 1.000,000 men.
Some believe that the I'nited
States will equip and train a vast
army for overseas service, since
President Koosevelt now has the
authority to send forces outside
! the western hemisphere. Mili
tary experis feel that an Ameri
can Expeditionary force may be
needed in Africa and in foreign
hcld territory in tire Atlantic. It
is predicted that it will take two
years to create an effective fight
ing force for foreign action.
Raise Over $1,670 for
Red Cross War Relief
No Holiday Here
New Year's Day
Business and industry in gen
eral paid scant attention to the
New Year’s holiday today. The
Branch Banking & Trust Com
pany and the ABC stores closed
for the day. The post offices ren
dered a reduced schedule of serv
ices.
Because of war conditions, and
for other reasons, very little at
tention was paid to the holiday
by the general public. A large
number of people gathered about
radios in the afternoon to hear
the Hose Bowl football game,
which is being played in Durham,
with the Duke Blue Devils meet
ing the Oregon State Beavers in
the classic.
Post Office Here
Handles Record
Volume of Mail
Over $5,l>uw * Worth of De
fense Bonds Also Sold
Last Month
More mail was handled in the local
post office during the Christmas hol
idays last week than ever in the his
tory of the Plymouth post office, it
was announced today by Postmaster
John W. Darden, who has been ex
amining the records for comparative
data. He said that 40,000 Christmas
cards were mailed from the local of
fice, in addition to the average of
55,000 pieces of regular mail dis
patched during the period.
The postmaster said that in addi
tion to handling the regular volume
of mail during December, 67 defense
bonds of various denominations were
sold. Most of the bonds were issued
the week before Christmas, with the
denominations of $25 and $50 most
popular among those buying.
Besides the $5,718.75 worth of bonds
sold, the office also handled the sale
of $314 worth of defense stamps.
This was three times as many de
fense bonds and stamps as has been
sold in any other single month.
After the Christmas rush was tak
en care of, Postmaster Darden set a
precedent for future postmasters by
inviting employees of the local of
fice and their friends to a Saturday
night dinner at the Pines. There were
22 persons present, and everyone
made a short talk or was recognized.
The dining hall was decorated with
United States flags.
Town License Plate Sales
Showing Sudden Increase
Sales of Town of Plymouth auto
mobile license plates have taken a
definite upward spurt here during the
past two or three days, and this
morning it was said that 250 of the
500 tags bought by the town had been
sold to owners of cars who live with
in the town limits.
Complete Report on
Chapter Activities is
Made by Chairman
Nearly $2,300 Raised in Two
Drives Conducted Dur
ing December
Assets of the Washington County
chapter of the American Red Cross
within the last few weeks had grown
to $2,532.92, according to a financial
statement prepared for publication
today by John W. Darden, county
chairman, who showed how the mon
ey was raised.
His report showrs that the chapter
had $44.45 in the bank here on check
ing account; $201.80 on time deposit,
drawing interest; $616.05 raised in
the annual roll call drive for member
ships; and $1,670.62 received in the
war relief fund drive, both of these
campaigns having been conducted in
December.
The tabulation also showed that
checks outstanding against the local
Red Cross chapter were $308 sent to
the national organization as its share
in the annual roll call drive and $1.
275, sent to the national headquarters
for the county quota in the war relief
fund drive. The total sent to nation
al headquarters for the two cam
paigns is $1,583.
Balance in the bank at this time
to the credit of the Red Cross treas
urer here is $994.92. Some portion
of this balance will be retained here
as half of the money secured in the
roll call drive is to remair in the local
treasury and 15 per cent of the war
relief fund drive remains in the local
treasury. The balance may be sent
to national headquarters shortly.
The following contributions to the
war relief fund are acknowledged by
groups,
North Carolina Pulp Company and
employees $271.93 in cash and $138
in pledges; American Fork and Hoe
Company $26; Plymouth Box and
Panel Company $222; Pulp Mill Vil
lage $14; bank distributed $14.52;
Jefferson street $39.01; Main and
Madison streets $29.45; Water street
$172.17; Washington street $55.76;
Third street $8.31; Adams street $3;
court house, agriculture building,
Brinkley avenue, Fort Williams street
and Fourth street $36.55.
The following contributed $10 each
Junior Woman's Club, Senior Wom
an's Club and Lions Club; $$5 each:
Junior Woman's Auxiliary of Grace
Epicopai Church; Circle No. 1 and
Circle No. 2, Woman's Society of
Christian Service, Methodist Church;
Ladies Aid Society of Methodist
Church; Plymouth chapter. Order of
Eastern Star; American Legion Aux
iliary; Ladies Aid Society of Christ
ian Church; Young Matron's Circle
of Christian Church: Masonic Lodge,
T. E. L. Class of Baptist Church and
Alba Home Demonstration Club.
Sea Seoul Meetings
Are Resumed Here
Eighteen boys and H. H. McLean,
T. W. Earle and Dr, A. Ppineau at
tended the Sea Scout campfire pro
gram given at the Hampton fishery
Saturday nght. Scouts were given
practice in rowing the surfboat across
the river. Hot dogs were served.
At the meeting last Friday night,
Jerry Polk and Bill Robbins passed
off their tests for tenderfoot require
ments. Second class scouts were giv
en instruction in first aid.
Sea scout meetings will be resumed
regularly beginning Monday. Skip
per Pauineau will have the able as
sistance of L. I. Weste.
The scout executive will make his
regular visits to Washington county
twice a month. January visits will
be on the 13 and 23.
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Services Announced for
Grace Episcopal Church
Services will be held as follows at
Grace Church Sunday: 10 a. m.,
church school; 11 a. m., morning
prayer; 7:30 p. m., evening worship
service, with W. B. Daniels, student
minister, in charge.
Plans Underway for
Praclice Blackout in
County This Month
Volunteer Civilian Workers
Will Also Be Registered
In Near Future
Appointment of the personnel of
the Washington County Defense hav
ing been made, immediate plans are
now underway for a test blackout to
be made in towns of the county about
the middle of January, according to
W. M. Darden, chairman of the dis
trict Civilian Defense Council. It
was also said that plans are under
consideration for registering volun
teer men and women for home de
fense duty in the near future.
The plans now in the making will
call for a complete simultaneous
blackout of Roper, Plymouth and
CresweU at a not previously desig
nated hour on a night about the mid
dle of the month, and Mr. Darden
said that preliminary arrangements
are gradually being completed.
In addition to the committees al
ready named by Chairman Darden,
he said that others were to be added
to the committees from time to time.
Appointments so far made follow:
Fire protection: Miller Warren, of
Plymouth, chairman; P. W. Brown,
Mayor B. G. Campbell, members of
the fire department of Plymouth;
Mayor H. S. Everett, Chief of Police
•J. J. Hassell and.L. L. Mizelle, Roper;
Walter White aria Louis Bateman,
Skinnersville; C. N. Davenport, jr„
Edgar S. Woodley and W. D. Phelps,
CresweU; and W. B. Davenport, of
Mackeys.
Police protections* Corporal T. B
Brown. Plymouth, chairman; Mayor
B. G. Campbell, P. W. Brown, Paul
Basnight, G. R. Coburn, J. K. Reid.
Plymouth; Mayor H. S. Everett and
Chief of Police J. J. Hassell, Roper;
Mayor C. N. Davenport, sr., W. D.
Peal and Constable Willie Ainsley,
Creswell.
Air-raid wardens; P. W. Brown,
Plymouth, chairman; Mayor H. S.
Everett, Roper; J. L. Rea, jr., We
nona; J. C. Tarkenton, Pleasant
Grove; Earl Davenport, Creswell; and
others to be appointed.
Emergency medical service; Dr.
Cloudius McGowan, Plymouth, and
Dr. J. M. Phelps, Creswell, co-chair
men; Drs. T. L. Bray, A. Papineau,
E. W. Furgurson, S. V. Lewis and
county and district health nurses;
Mayor B. G. Campbell, Plymouth;
Mayor H. S. Everett, Roper; Mayor
C. N. Davenport, sr., of Creswell.
Emergency public works; J. R.
Manning, Plymouth, chairman; Dr.
S. V. Lewis, W. J. Highsmith, John
N. Carr, Plymouth; W. W. Mizelle,
Roper; J. E. Davenport, Mackeys;
Mr. Harris, superintendent of prison
farm near Creswell, for Skinnesville;
Harry Pritchette. Creswell.
Emergency utilities: John W. Dar
den and Clyde Hardison, Plymouth,
co-chairmen: Howard Glass, R B.
Trotman, Plymouth; D. E. Poole,
Plymouth; A. T. Brooks, Creswell.
Protection of industrial plants and
public buildings: T. W. Earle, Plym
outh, chairman; E. L. Walker, E. F.
Still, E. A. Harrison, E. G. Arps, H.
H. McLean, Miss Ethel Arps.
New Officers Installed at
Masonic Lodge Tuesday
The following elective and appoint
ive officers of the local Masonic
lodge, Perseverance. No. 59, were in
stalled at the regular meeting held
Tuesday night:
J. L. Knowles, master; T. B. Brown,
senior warden; W. J. Highsmith, jun
ior warden: B. G. Campbell, treasur
er; John W. Darden, secretary; Floyd
S. Lumpkin, senior deacon; Howard
J. Glass, junior deacon; Lloyd Dav
enport, tiler: Paul Basnight, senior
steward: C. M. Robbins, junior stew
ard: and R. H. Lucas, chaplain.
10 Young Creswell Men
Are In Pacific War Zone
There are at least 10 boys from
Creswell in the Pacific war zone.
These boys arc with American forces
in the army, n: y and air force that
are making an effort to protect the
Philippines, Haawii and other Far
East territories of the United States.
These boys include William L.
Spruill, W. S. Davenport, Corporal
Carlton L. Spruill, Sgt. Thomas
Spruill, Bootsie Patrick, J. Ray Cox,
John Collins, Dallas J. Spruill, B. A
Bateman and Elwood Davenport.
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Superior Couri To
Begin Two-Weeks
Term Nexi Monday
Thirteen Criminal Cases Set
First Two Days; Judge
Frizelle To Preside
Thirteen criminal and 18 civil cases
have been set for trial during the
two-week mixed term of Washington
County Superior Court, which will
convene here Monday, with Judge J.
Paul Frizelle. of Snow Hill, presiding.
Monday and Tuesday of the first
week have been set aside for trial of
the 13 criminal cases on the docket,
and it is possible that more time may
be required, as there are some cases
scheduled which will probably call
for lengthy examination of witnesses
and extended speeches by lawyers.
Cases on the criminal dockets are
as follows:
C. Edley Hutchins, 25. white, is
charged with abandonment and non
support of his wife on September 3.
1940. He appealed from a recorder’s
court judgment which required him
to pay $25 monthly for the support of
his wife, and his bond was fixed at
$500 to guarantee payment for two
years. The case was continued at
the July term of superior court last
year, when the defendant's attorney,
Carl L. Bailey, withdrew from the
case. A capias was issued for Hut
chins at this time and sent to Bun
combe County. The court records do
not show vhether or not it has been
served on the defendant.
Lenneth Fayette Williams, 30,
white, is charged in an indictment
signed by Solicitor Don Gilliam with
robbing the Norfolk Southern Rail
road frieght station at Mackeys on
December 11, 1940. He is alleged to
have stolen a box of candy con
signed to a Columbia drug store. The
case was continued from the July,
1941, term of superior court.
James Cox. 20. colored, is charged
with assault with a deadly weapon
on Queenie Johnston. Cox appealed
from a recorder's court sentence of
60 days on the roads, and a mistrial
was entered in the case at the last
July term of superior court and the
case was continued.
Joe Goddard, 46. white, and Miss
Malinda Linton, 20. white, are charg
ed with failing to stop and render
assistance after an automobile acci
dent. Their car struck another parked
on the streets here. November 16,
1940, causing the parked car to. run
over the sidewalk and seriously in
jure Paul Hardison, who happened to
be passing at the time. It is alleged
that Goddard and Miss Linton left
the scene without offering assistance.
The case was continued from the
July, 1941, term of superior court,
vhen Goddard was called and failed
to appear.
Goddard was also called and failed
to appear at the last July court on
a charge of driving an automobile
while intoxicated.
Dee Rock Squires is charged with
operating a tractor while under the
influence of intoxicants, with no op
erator's permit, and with no license
tag on the vehicle.
Henry Bryant, 19. colored, charged
with assault with a deadly weapon
and attempted robbery. This case is
the outgrowth of the robbery of John
James’ store here on November 24
and the attempted robbery of Bate
man's Service Station in the Skin
nersville section on the night of No
vember 26, when Glennis Oil, 25, col
ored, was shot and killed. John G.
Spikes, 18. and Ernest Boney, 22, two
other members of the colored quartet
engaged in the robbery attempt, are
also charged in the courts here with
attempted robbery and assault with
a deadly weapon, but it is hardly like
ly that they will be tried at the Janu
ary term, as they have been turned
over to Virginia officers following a
confession obtained by Sheriff Reid
that they killed Michael Mihales, a
Greek restaurant owner, in Norfolk
on the morning of November 26. Bry
int, who drove the car for the gang
vhen the attempted hold-up of Bate
man's Service Station occurred, was
not implicated in the Norfolk crime.
Roy Bryant, 19, white, is charged
with reckless driving, injuring Dalton
Phelps and damaging the car of
Dewey Spencer, on August 4. 1941.
He was held for probable cause after
a hearing in recorder’s court.
Charlie Agnewy 48, colored, charged
with shooting Martha Collins, Mar
tha Hedgebeth and Willie Spencer,
on November 2, 1941. He was held
by recorder's court on probable cause.
Joseph rnarpe, 2b, colored, was or
dered held for probable cause after a
hearing in recorder’s court on a
charge of stealing the car of A. Lloyd
Owens on October 19. The car was
practically demolished when the ne
gro ran it into a gate at the pulp
plant here.
Dennis Cahoon, 28, white, charged
wi:h issuing a worthless check. He
appealed from a fine of $75 and costs
imposed in recorder’s court.
Jack Cason, white, is charged with
:obbing the Norfolk Southern station
at Mackeys on December 11, 1940.
His indictment came from a grand
jury hearing and the case was con
linued at the January and July terms
of court last year.
C. C Cahoon, white, 64. charged
l with setting fire to grass and brush
ands on the property of Ira Alligood
He appealed from a recorder's court
judgment of $50 fine and costs, and
the case was continued from the last
July term of superior court.
Tax Listing for 1942
Gets Underway in All
Parts of County Today
Ask Donations of
Sid License Tags_
.Motorists who have old license
plates removed from their ears or
trucks are urged to bring them to
the courthouse to H. H. McLean,
county superintendent of public
instruction, who says he will
gladly take them to Raleigh,
where they will be turned over to
national defense workers.
Mr. McLean said he had re
ceived a request from N. H. Yel
ton, executive secretary of the
State School Commission, to
bring old license plates from
school trucks the next time he
was up there: and the county
superintendent said he would be
glad to take any others at the
same time.
Mr. Yelton said in his letter
that the need for steel in nation
al defense industries prompted
him to request saving the old li
cense plates.
Christmas Holidays
Pass Very Quietly
Throughout Section
Several Cars Involved in
Traffic Accidents; Few
Drunks Arrested
The Chirstmas holidays passed
comparatively very quietly in this sec
tion last week, but there were sev
eral automobiles involved in traffic
accidents, with one person injured
severely enough to require hospitali
zation; four drunken drivers report
ed arrested in the county; and sev
eral others being removed from the
streets after they had imbibed too
freely of intoxicants.
' Buddy" Boyd, a colored boy who
lives with his aunt. Sue Garrett, here,
received a broken itg Chirstmas Day
about noon on Highway 64. within
the western limits of the town, when
a car operated by Robert S. Sawyer
struck him while he was skating on
the highway. After first-aid treat
ment by Dr. T. L. Bray, the youth
was taken to a Rocky Mount hos
pital.
An automobile operated by Dr. L.
S. Mitchell, local colored physician,
turned over on the highway curve at
Dardens last Friday afternoon. The
doctor was hurt on one leg and his
arms bruised, but he was not serious
ly injured. His car was damaged to
the extent of an estimated $200.
It was reported that Corporal T. B.
Brown arrested four persons over the
week-end who were to be tried at a
special session of recorder’s court Fri
day for operating automobiles while
under the influence of intoxicants.
Chief of Police P. W. Brown said
there was evidence of some drinking
during the holidays, but that things
were comparatively quiet. Several
were arrested to be tried later. There
were no robberies reported, as has
ben the case in other years just be
fore the Christmas holidays.
Beginners' Band Course
Begins Here Next Week
If there is sufficient demand, a be
ginners' band course will be offered
at the Plymouth High School, begin
ning next week, according to L. W.
Zeigler, band instructor, who said
that a number of the members of the
present high school band will gradu
ate next spring, and steps must be
taken to replace them in order to as
sure a good band next fall. With
average progress, the beginners start
ing now will be able to enter the
playing band next fall.
The director said that credit will
be given to high school students tak
ing the course, and any child from
the fifth to tenth grades is eligible,
with players needed for nearly all
instruments.
Personal Properly
Schedule of Values
Sei Up Last Week
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Hope To Finish Listing in
County During Month
Of January
The annual task of listing all real
estate, polls and personal property for
the purpose of taxation began in
Washington Couiuy today, with those
engaged in the work hoping to finish
their task during the month of Jan
uary.
Supervisor E. F. Swain, of Creswell,
reported that the men were planning
to get off to an excellent start In
the work, and that every effort would
be made to get all polls and personal
property on the books, as well as real
estate, in the allotted time.
In a meeting of the list takers with
the county commissioners last week,
the following scale for listing person
al property for 1942 was agreed up
on: horses, $25 to $150; mules, $25 to
$250: sheep, $2 to $5; goats, $1; hogs
and pigs, 8 cents pound; milk cattle.
$25 to $50; other cattle, $10 to $50;
poultry, 10 cents pound; meat and
lard. 15 cents pound.
The list taker for Plymouth Town
ship is W. Linwood Hassell, who will
be at the courthouse each week day
from January 1 to January 31, in
clusive. The other listers are P. B,
Belanga, Scuppernong; W. W. White,
Skinnersville; and E M. Chesson, for
Lees Mill Township.
On another page of this issue of
Tire Beacon there is a schedule of
the dates and places where the list
takers will be in the various town
ships to list the taxes of residents of
those particular communities.
Dr. G. A. Marlin
Resigns Pastorale
Creswell Church
Will Take Up Work in Cur
rituck County Within
Few Days
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After almost six years as pastor
of the Creswell group of Baptist
churches, Dr. G. A. Martin recently
resigned to become pastor of a group
of Baptist churches in Currituck
County. He is expected to take over
his new pastoral duties in Currituck
within the next few days.
While located in Washington Coun
ty, the minister served as pastor of
the Baptist churches at Creswell, Mt.
Pleasant. Oak Grove and Roper. Un
der the leadership of Dr. Martin the
[churches have prospered and shown
much progress during the six-year
period. All financial obligations were
met and generous oSerings made to
missions and benevolences. During
his stay, there have been more than
125 additions to the churches served
by him and others in which he held
meetings.
Tlie departing minister was very
popular among members of all de
nominations. It was said by Cres
well people that Dr. Martin did not
confine his activities to his own de
nominations. One of the citizens
there said this week that “he lived
like one who knew Christ. Many of
the sick and needy will miss him and
all regret his leaving. Often he has
taken the poor to hospitals and cared
for others at his own expense.”
Dr. Martin said that his member
ship had "always been loyal support
ters of every cause that I presented,
and they are united in Christian fel
lowship. My only reason for leaving
the good people here is that I feel
called to this new work.”
During his long and successful ca
reer as a minister, Dr. Martin has
been pastor of some large churches,
including Baptist churches in Wil
mington, Thomasville, Rutherford
ton, Concord, Waynesville and Spar
ta.
Still, Riddle and Whitley Named To
Tire Rationing Roard for This County
Recognized as one of the first
defense moves made in the coun
ty, was the appointment this
week of E. F. Still, A. J. Riddle
and IV. L. Whitley on the county
board to ration automobile tires
and possibly other materials
needed for war purposes.
Apopintment to the important
board was made by Governor J.
M. Broughton, after a committee,
composed of W. M. Darden,
chairman of the tri-county dis
trict council on Civilian De
fense: C. V. VV. Ausbon, clerk of
the superior court: and E. G.
Arps, chairman of the board of
county commissioners, had made
the nomination.
Sale of automobile tires is pro
hibited at the present time, and
on and after nest Monday pur
chases may be made only after
the rationing board has approved
the application. The board will
be guided by a rigid set of rules
that will prevent most people
from buying tires.
Complete instructions have not
been received by the rationing
board here as yet, but It Is prob
able that a district meeting will
be held in Windsor some time
this week to discuss the matter.
At the present time plans have
been made for rationing of au
tomobile tires only, but it is be
lieved that many other items nec
essary for war purposes will In
added to the proscribed list later.