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The * * * * * * VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 4 Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News ★★★★★★★ Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 22, 1942_ 'H A home newspaper dedicated H to the service of Washington i§ County and its 12,000 people. Igagiraaaaajr.i'i'm 11 ■ i ■ j yi4*&SB ESTABLISHED 1889 - Town opics W. H. Clark found an uncashed check made out to Lyman K. Pink ham, route 2, Washington, by the Washigton Production Credit Asso ciation. in some paper that had been brought to him for baling and sel.ing in connection with the waste paper * collection drive for national defense. The check v/as for the sum of $100. He returned it to its owner. W. A. Capehart, of Windsor, has become connected with the Manning Motor Company here as parts mana ger, succeeding J. B. Willoughby, who resigned to enter the laundry business in Plymouth. Mr. Cape hart worked with the Ford agency in Windsor for about eight years. William Arthur iBilly) David son, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Davidson, st\, of Plymouth, is one of the four additional fledg lings in the Navy’s rapidly grow ing air force who last week earn-, ed their title of aviation cadets in the United States Naval Re serves. He will continue training at Navy Flight Training Centers and on completion of the course will be commissioned ensign in the U. S. N. R. Mrs. Lula Jackson, librarian at the Washington County Public Library on the second floor of the courthouse said that three new books had been added to the pay shelf at the library. The titles are ‘ Windswept,” by Chase "Genesee Fever,” by Carmen; and "Spring Magic,” by Stevenson. Allen’s Store here started using young lady clerks when Miss Bernice Case entered employ of the grocery. H. H. Allen owns the business. Other clerks include Fletcher Harris and Herman Owens. Mrs. Lewis Price is cashier. Dr. S. V. Lewis, district health of ficer. sustained a broken bone in an ankle last week when he slipped from the steps at his home on Main Street with a bucket of ashes in his hand. He has been using crutches. The increased number of bi cycles in this county is causing concern among officers, who urge the boys and girls to be careful while riding. P. W. Brown, cheif of police, and Corp. T. B. Brown, of the State High way Patrol, urge all bicycle rid ers to be careful to avoid acci dents. W. H. Gurktn and others have been talking of the scarcity of farm labor in the county. Many young men from the farms .have been called into the military seryice for their country and others have gone to the factories where the wages are higher. James C. Stewart, retired president of James Stewart and Co., engineers and contractors, died at his New York home recently at the age of 81. This company built the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company here. He was regarded as one of the great est construction engineers of modern times. Local Legionnaires Meei Friday Night A large attendance at the meeting of the James E. Jethro post of the American Legion Friday night at 7:30 is urged by officials, according to Adjutant James E. Westray, who said that special invitations were extend ed to persons from out of town. The meeting will be held in the legion hall. The adjutant said the local post! now has 76 paid-up members, which Is 12 above the 64 who paid dues last year in this county. The community service report of the legion post shows the following contributions: Red Cross. $5; Boy Scouts, $25: Christmas Joy Fund, $25; child welfare, one boy in sani torium, $206; Americanism, $5; and other contributions, $25. Program of Services at Local Methodist Church -- Rev. O. L. HARDWICK, Pastor The Rev. O. L. Hardwick, pastor of the local Methodist church, will preach Sunday morning on the topic “Four Hundred To One,” and again in the evening at 7:30 on “The Chris tian’s Freedom.” Church school is at 9:45 and Ep worth League at 6:30. The public is invited to worship with us at all times. Plymouth Post Oliice Begins Sale oi Stamos as Use Tax ior Motor Vehicles V Collection of the Federal use tax on motor vehicles began here this week, when about 100 mo tor ear owners purchased stamps showing that they had paid the tax on their automobiles for the next five months, it was learned from Postmaster John W. Dar den. The local post office is handling the stamps locally. The stamps, expiring on June 30, 1942, cost every motor ve hicle owner the same price, S2.09. Small and large auto mobiles and trucks all cost the same price. The law requires the stamps to be purchased by February 1, otherwise the motor vehicle owner is subject to pen alties. As the stamp is an evidence of the payment of the motor ve hide use tax. they must be af fixed to the instrument panel, windshield or other conspicuous place on the vehicle. When the stamp is purchased, the motor vehicle owner is pro vided with a blank card for the date value of the stamp, make of vehicle, body type and year and engine number, so that he can notify the collector of Internal i Revenue at Greensboro and el iminate the possibility of being recorded as a delinquent in the payment of this tax. The next payment of the Fed eral tax on use of motor vehicles becomes due July 1, 1942, at the rate of $5 for the full fiscal year. The stamp is transferrable with the vehicle. Estimated 960 Men to Register February 16 Judge Holds Up Appointing Clerk Representative W. M. Darden said today he did not know what steps he would take it resident Judge Walter J. Bone, of Nash ville, tendered him the appoint ment as clerk of the Washing ton County Superior Court to succeed C. V. W. Ausbon, who has resigned, effective March 1, on account of bad health. Mr. Darden said he was out of town tiie day the bar association met and unanimously endorsed him for the clerkship. He said he would have no statement to make until he was offered the place. So far as can be learned, there is no other candidate for the place. The appointment to complete Mr. Ausbon's unexpired term will have only until the first Monday in December to run. Hope To Raise $165 Infantile Paralysis Quota This Month Chairman for County Says Campaign Is Off To Good Start Hopes were entertained here this week that the $165 quota for Wash ington County could be raised be tween now and January 30, when the celebration of the president’s diamond jubilee birthday takes place with the money raised going to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, according to John W. Darden, county chaiman. Children in both white and col ored schools are canvassing for con tributions through the ‘‘March of Dimes” program under the leader ship of H. H. McLean, county super intendent of public instruction, who has asked the teachers to help him in the raising of the fund. A subscription dance will be given at the Country Club of Plymouth on Saturday night, January 31, start ing about 9 p. m„ the proceeds of which will go to the fund. A Lloyd Owens, chairman of the Country Club’s entertainment committee, is in charge of arrangements for the dance, and music will be furnished by Henry Williams and his orchestra. Mrs. J. M. Phelps, instead of Mrs. B. W. Gaither, will be associated with Mrs. E. S. Phelps in handling the campaign at Creswell to raise $41.50; Mrs. Isa Johnston will be in charge of the campaign for $41.50 in Roper; while Mr. Darden said that $82.50 was to be raised in Plymouth. A perecentage of the amount rais ed in each community will be re tained in the county for local infan tile paralysis work, the remainder going to the national organization Rocky Mount Firm Given Contract for New Roof on Plymouth White School Waters Brothers, contracting firm of Rocky Mount, was award ed the contract for reroofing the white high school building in Plymouth at a special meeting of the Washington County Board of Education in the courthouse here Wednesday morning. The contract price was $1,430. Several other firms bid on the roofing project, but the Rocky Mount firm was lowest. The bids ranged upward to $1,598. The Waters Brothers firm indicated it had the material and men available and that work would begin Immediately. The contractor will remove the present roof and will roof, flash an caulk copings on the parapet walls, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by Frank YV. Benton, Wilson archi tect. Since school is in progress, the contractor was requested to remove the roof only from as much as can be repaired in a few hours at a time, in order to prevent a sudden rain from catching a substantial portion of the roof off the building. The contractor is to provide a bond to guarantee the roof for about 20 years. The Waters Brothers firm put the roof on the new Creswell school building, and it is report ed to be a splendid piece of work. Expect Three Calls To Make 2,628 Men Subject'To Service County-Wide Registration Plans Being Made by Local Board It was estimated today that there would be 960 young men in Wash ington County to register in the third registration ordered under the am ended selective service act on Mon day, February 16, of all men who at tained their twentieth birthday on or before December 31, 1941, and who have not attained their forty-fifth birthday on February 16, 1942, and who have not registered heretofore. Clerk S. A. Ward of the selective service board said that the estimate of 960 men was made on the basis of the general rule that the third registration would be 60 per cent of the registration of the county in the first registration October 16, 1940. This genreal rule is being followed by the national headquarters of the Selective Service Act. Those between the ages mentioned are required to register on Monday, February 16 between 8 a. m. and 9:30 p. m. These hours make it possible for persons at work to register with out losing time or money. At the first registration on Octo ber 16, 1940. there were 1,600 young men registered; while in the second registration, held on July 1, 1941, there were 67 registered. If 960 per sons register in the third registra tion on February 16, a total of 2,628 persons in this county will be regis tered with the selective service board. The county now has about 250 men in the various military services. Some believe that the estimate of 960 to be registered in the third reg istration is too high. But the Se lective Service organization figures the number will be about 60 per cent of the first registration. Mrs. Della Frances Chesson Dies After Illness of Few Days Highly Respected Woman Of Pleasant Grove Sec tion Died Sunday Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Roper for Mrs Della Fran ces Chesson, 38, who died Sunday morning in a Washington hospital after a week's illness with pneu monia. The Re . Sidney E. Mat thews, of Washington, rector of the church, officiated. Interment took place in the Windley cemetery near Plymouth. Born in Washington County, May 13, 1903, she had resided in this county all her life. Her parents were the late Wilson and Ida Hodges. She was married to Dennis W. Chesson, well known farmer of the Pleasant Grove neighborhood, on December 20, 1928. She was a member of the St’. Luke’s Episcopal Church and was active in the Woman’s Auxiliary. She also found much time to devote to the Methodist Church, of which her husband is a member, being teacher of the junior class, secretary of the Sunday School and member of the Woman's Society of Christian Serv ice. Mrs. Chesson was well known and held in high esteem in her communi ty. Surviving is her husband, Dennis W. Chesson. prominent fanner of Roper, RFD. and two children: Mur lin, age 3, anti Marion, age 5. She is also survived by two sisters: Mrs. Minnie Davenport, of Columbia: and Miss Christine Hodges, of Roper: one half-sister, Mrs. Mary Warren Hol land,of Baltimore, Md.; and two brothers: Adrian and Bunt Hodges, both of Baltimore, Md, Final Approval for Addition to School Here Given by WPA Work May Be Held Up by Shortage of WPA Labor In This County Congressan Herbert C. Bonner said this week he had been advised by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that the Work Projects Administration had approved a project for the con struction of an addition and altera tions to the white high school in Plymouth, with WPA allotment of $13,987. Tlie contemplated improvements at the local white school call for an expenditure of $32,137 with the WPA bearing about 42 per cent of the cost of the project and Washington County, as the sponsor of the under taking, paying $18,150. Improvements to the present high school building include the installa tion of a complete new heating plant, placing a new roof on the building and the addition of four rooms above the ground floor, two of which will be 50 feet long. The reason the county as sponsor is required to pay such a large por tion of the expense in because skill ed labor will be used to put on the new roof and to install the new heat ing plant. The WPA bases its contri butions to projects on the man-hours of unskilled labor, and it pays no part of skilled labor work. The work includes performing car pentry. masonry, roofing, iron and steel work, plastering removing furn ace and heating ducts, and perform ing appurtenant and incidental work including grading and landscaping the grounds. It is not known when work will be started on the project, due to the scarcity of WPA labor in the county, as well as to the difficulty usually encountered by the county in obtain ing materials that must be used in the project. The county is understood to be ready to secure its share of the mon ey when arrangements are made to start construction. The war is mak ing it difficult to secure materials which are subject to priorities. Tire Board Issues Seven Permiis at Meet Wednesday All Were for Truck Tires And Tubes; Half Quota Now Exhausted Permits for the purchase of seven truck tires and tubes were issued by the Wasihngton County rationing board in session here Wednesday afternoon, according to W. L. Whit ley, chaiman, who said that with only one week to go the board still had some of the January quota to ration out at its meeting next Wednesday afternoon. McCallum and Winslow, Plymouth Texaco dealers, were granted permits to buy four truck tires and four truck tubes under the classification of a fuel truck. It was pointed out that under classification (E), owners of vehicles used for transportation of ice and fuel could lawfully be per mitted to buy new tires. Edward Patrick, of Creswell, was given permission to purchase two truck tires and two truck tubes. He claimed his truck was also used for the transportation of fuel, but haul ed wood instead of oil. P. H. Darden was given a certifi cate to purchase one tire and one tube for a farm truck. He said his truck hauled farm products but did not transport commodities to the ul timate consumers for personal, fam ily or household uses. The January quota is 7 tires and 6 tubes for passenger cars and 16 tires and 13 tubes to trucks and buses. At the meeting last week, certificates were given Dr. J. M. Phelps for the purchase of two tires and two tubes; Dr. C. McGowan for one tire and tube; and J. E. Davenport for one truck tire. There are still 8 casings and 5 tubes for trucks on the Janu ary quota. Daylight Saving Time for Nation At 2 a. m. on the morning of Monday, February 9, all time in the United States will be ad vanced one hour, when daylight saving time becomes effective un der the terms of an act passed by Congress and signed by Pres ident Roosevelt Tuesday. All in dustry, including railroads, mail schedules, and radio programs, and every state will be affected by the new time. . The plan will be nation-wide in scope, eliminating much of the confusion experienced last sum mer, when only certain parts of the country observed daylight saving time. It will be continued throughout summer and winter, i ending six months after the close I of the war, under the terms of the act. Possible De velopm en t ofNe w Industry in Section Proposed KEY FIGURES IN PROPOSED NEW INDUSTRY Former Senator Carl L. Bailey, left, and W. II. Hampton are key figures in the possible development of ilmenite ore deposits in Albe marle Sound by the Dupont Company. >Ir. Bailey was largely re instrumental in securing the interest of the company, while Mr. Hamp ton heads a Department of Conservation and Development committee which will draw up a contract for the state permitting further ex periments by the firm. FSA Clients Prepared To Do Bit in Defense Farm Plan Stresses Added Production Goals During Year “Food for Freedom” Units Increased at Scupper nong Farms Every resident on the Scuppernong Farms Project will do his bit in the 'Food for Victory” campaign by writing into his 1942 farm plans ad ditional production goals in keeping with the capacity of his farm and the needs of the hour, according to W. D. Moore, jr., manager of the project, who has just returned from a regional conference in Raleigh. “In line with the Farm Security Administration’s ’live-at-home’ pro gram for all borrowers, on individ ual farms as well as projects, the production of food and feed for home use has been a first requirement all along of all facilies at Scuppernong Farms," Mr. Moore pointed out. "This year every family is asked to make definite increases over and above subsistence neew to help fur nish supplies of food products, fats and o;’s for market. "FSA credit is available, where needed, to finance their stepped-up food program," Mr. Moore said. In addition to minimum produc tion re. uired in the past for subsist ence needs, each homesteader with sufficient available land and pasture is asked to increase his production by at least two “Food for Freedom” units. Each of the following items will (See FSA CLIENTS, page 4) funeral hues Held Wednesday for Mrs. Lillie L. Everett, 79 -- Well - Known Washington County Woman Dies in Norfolk Hospital Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon for Mrs. Lillie L. Everett, 79, who died in a Norfolk hospital Tuesday as the result of a cerebral hemorrhage. Interment was made in the the Rehoboth Methodist Church cemetery. The Rev. R N Fitts officiated. Mrs. Everett had been in declining health for several years. She made her home in the Skinnersville sec tion of th county with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C L Everett, until last November, when she was taken to the Norfolk hospital Born in Washington County Sep tember 10. 1862, she was the daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas White. In 1878 she was married to the late William Thomas Everett. They lived for several years in Bel haven and Norfolk. Mrs. Everett was well known and well liked by all who knew her. and she was descended from one of the most prominent families in the sec tion Surviving are five sons Percy Ev erett, of Belhaven; Oscar and Bill Everett, of Norfolk: Clin ion'and Ver non Everett, of the Skinnersville sec tion: two daughters: Mrs. William Quigley, of Philadelphia: and Mrs. William Snellings, of California. She also leaves one brother, C. V. White, of Skinnersville. who will be 87 years of age in March. Tax Listing Still Lags in County Tax listing in Washington County speeded up a little this week, but only about 40 per cent of the poll, personal and real property have been listed so far, according to E. F. Swain, county tax supervisor. Mr. Swain warns that those who fail to list during the. few days remaining in January will be subject to penaltjips !'.• i-ieir delinquency, ar.d he urges all who possibly can to list their holdings immediately so as to avoid the rush which is expected to develop during the last few days. So far about 750 of the 2,100 taxpayers in Plymouth Township have listed. The supervisor said the ratio of about 40 per cent who have listed in this township holds good for the remainder of the county. Funeral Riles for Mrs. Jodie King Funeral services were held at the home near Cresweil Thursday after noon for Mrs. Jodie King. 50, who died Wednesday morning at her home as the result of a stroke of paralysis. The Rev. R. N. Fitts of ficiated. Interment took place in the family cemetery near Cherry. Mrs. King was born in Tyrrell County, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Woodley. She was married twice, first to the late J. F. Phelps, who died 17 years ago. and then she was married to N. J. King about 13 years ago. Mrs. King was a member for many years of the Woodley Chapel Metho dist church and was highly regarded by all who knew her. She is survived by her husband, N. J. King; two daughters. Miss Eiiz beth Phelps, of Norfolk; Mrs. Mon roe Cliesson. of Roper; an adopted daughter, Miss Mary King Phelps; and two sons. McCoy Phelps and Richard Phelps, of Cresweil. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. J. E. Haire and Mrs. Ralph Sexton, of Cresweil; and a brother, C. H. Wood icy. of P.j mouth. Dupont To Attempt Extracting Mineral From Sand in Sound Agreement Reached With State Officials to Extend Experimentation Carl L. Bailey’s persistence in pro moting an idea, despite a number of disheartening rebuffs yesterday came a great deal closer to fulfillment when the State Board of Conserva tion and Development approved in principle a proposal that may result in developing the "black sands” of Albemarle Sound into a million-dol lar industry for this immediate sec tion. Representatives of the Dupont company, which uses large quantities of ilmenite. the ore of titanium, for merly imported from India, told the board that the black sand may yield ilmenite in sufficient quantity to justify large-scale development. It was the persistence of Mr. Bailey which had a large measure to do with the firm's preliminary experiments, since after cursory examination of the possibilities Dupont engineers I said they were not interested in car rying their tests any further. The local attorney carried a number of samples of the sand to the company’s Wilmington, Del., plant early in De cember, and finally prevailed on them to send a geologist here to go further into the matter. Mr. Bailey became interested in the sand some years ago, and finally learned that it contained traces of ilmenite in J.y36. At that time he contacted all known users of the ore, but received little encouragement as to possibilities of commercial exploit ation of the deposits. Early in 1937 he succeeded in getting a mining en gineer to go over the prospects here. The engineer’s company was not interested since the percentage of the minteral present was so low as to m ike its recovery impracticable at th it time. Imports Cut < f By War However, due to ^he war imports of, ilmenite from India Tia.i been cut off, and its users are now faced with the immediate necessity of se curing new sources of supply. The Dupont company has conducted in vestigations throughout the length and breadth of the land in search of a n »w supply, and it is said they are now more favorably impressed with prospects in the Albemarle area. Thei ■ search has carried them all along the Atlantic coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, and up the Pacific coast At the hearing before the Board of C mservation of Development in Raleith yesterday, the company was repre;ented by Mr. Bailey; Henry E. Ford, head of the development de partment; and Harry Miller, of the Dupe it legal staff. W. R. Hampton, of F.ymouth, is a member of the boart. and heads a committee ap point ed to draw a proposal to permit the Duponts to begin experiments whic 1 may lead to development of [the t.eposits in the sound. It is emphasized that the work now contemplated is only experi mental in nature; and the methods [ to be used in recovering ilmenite mus; be worked out in their entirety, since the process which will be used has never been attempted before anywhere in the world. However, the Dupont company is faced with the problem of finding new deposits somewhere in the immediate future, since they are now using their re serve stocks, and it was said that September of this year was the dead line for securing new supplies. This will undoubtdly result in the experi mental work in this section being rushed as rapidly as possible. This Side of Sound Favored Plans now in progress include the gathering of larger quantities of samples to be taken to the labora tories for more extensive tests. If these are successful, a 'pilot plant” (See NEW INDUSTRY, page 4) Board Education Advised Not To Sign Contract for Hauling Colored Children County Attorney W. L. Whit ley has advised the Washington County Board of Education that it would be illegal for that body to enter into a contract with the Weston Mutual Association for hauling colored children from the ESA Scuppernong Farms project to school at Cherry. State School Commission and Weston Mutual officials had presented a contract for transporting the children to the county board for its signa tures, but Mr. Whitley declared the county board had no author - it\ to enter into such a contract. The county attorney also stat ed that the shortage of tires and heavy taxes in prospect, coupled with financial difficulties faced by the county, called for curtail ing expenses rather than increas ins them. He said that any funds available should be spent on the school buildings rather than for new trucks, and he predicted that unless the rubber situation improved, existing transportation t'aeilties would be handicapped. The board of education will make some disposition of the mat ter at its February meeting. The Weston farms group wants the State School Commission to pay . 80 per cent of the transportation \ costs and the local board 20 per i cent, the local board to be reim bursed by the Weston Associa tion. By the terms of the con tract, 17 colored children were to be transported to and from the Cherry school daily in a Weston Association truck, a distance of i seven miles.
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