The Roanoke Beacon
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VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 8
Plymouth. vVashington County. North Carolina. Thursday, February 19, 1942
ESTABLISHED 1889
Town
opics
The Rev. D. W. Poole, father of
D. E. Poole, Roper school principal,
died in a Statesville hospital last
Monday at the age of 90 years. He
was a Baptist minister. Funeral
service were held at Hiddenite yes
terday.
Residents of the Scuppernong
Farms project of the Federal Secur
ity Administration, near Creswell,
are planning a Brunswick stew to
morrow, February 20, at 5:30 p. m.,
according to W. D. Moore, jr„ com
munity manager. A few guests will
be invited.
A. J. Byrd, local merchant, re
turned this week from a trip to north
ern markets, where he went to pur
chase spring merchandise. He says
his new stock Is arriving daily.
A total of 444 Town of Plym
outh license plates for 1942 have
been sold to date, according to
Chief of Police P. W. Brown, who
says a few car and truck owners
here still have not bought the
plates. Owners of cars without
the tags are now subject to ar
rest and possible fine.
L. S. Thompson is expected to re
turn from his spring buying trip to
northern markets tomorrow, and his
purchases will begin arriving shortly,
it was said at the store this week.
Music lovers of Washington Coun
ty are invited to attend and partici
pate in the Victory Community Sing
that will be held in the high school
auditorium in Williamston Sunday
afternoon at 3:30, with the Martin
County-Bethel Symphonic Chorus,
conducted by Lewis Sidney Bullock,
leading the singing.
P. W. Brown, chairman of the
house committee, said today that
about 30 Lions from Elizabeth City,
Edenton, Washington and other near
by towns would attend the fifth an
nual charter and ladies’ night meet
ing of the club here tonight. A total
of about 60 Lions and their wives
will be present.
Many Tickets Sold
For Cooking School
Here February 24-25
Prizes To Be Given Away
Placed on Display in
Store Window
A large numbe. oit * tickets nave
been sold for the third annual cook
ing school, to be held here in the
community hall next Tuesday and
Wednesday, under the auspices of the
Woman’s Society of Christian Serv
ice of the Plymouth Methodist
Church, it was said today by Mrs.
B. Q. Campbell, general chairman of
the committee on arrangements.
Mrs. Campbell said that the mer
chants here had contributed about
225 free gifts for the cooking school,
and they will be distributed to the
holders of lucky tickets. The pro
ceeds from the school will be used In
the work of the church.
Both men and women are buying
tickets, as the purchase of a ticket
entitles the holder to win a prize,
even if he is not present at the meet
ings. The value of the gifts, now on
display in the show window at the
Norman Furniture Company, ranges
from 10 cents to $15.
Mrs. Campbell said indications now
were that the cooking school would
be one of the most successful ever
held here.
All-Star Basketball
Game Here Monday
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Basketball fans of this section will
have an opportunity to see one of
the best games ever played in Plym
outh next Monday night, at 8 o'
clock, when a group of all-stars from
this section will meet the fast team
from Company A of the 649th Engi
neers.
Coach Louis Trunzo said the best
players in Jamesville, Washington
and Williamston will be asked to join
with the locals in providing for some
fast competition for the Army play
ers. Proceeds from the game will be
used to purchase football sweaters for
the local high school team, and a
large attendance is urged.
The high school girls’ team will
play the teachers in a preliminary
game.
Additional Asphalt Surface Is Being
Applied on Highway to Washington
A large state highway commis
sion force is now engaged in
adding 3 inches of asphalt sur
facing to the “black top" por
tion of Highway No. 32 leading
out of Plymouth toward Wash
ington. The highway commis
sion's force is located on the
properly just back of the golf
course here, where a large asphalt
"cooking" plant is located, and
the material is being hauled
from there to the point where
the work is being done on high
way commission trucks.
Three miles of the added sur
facing has been completed for
10 feet on one side of the high
way, raising it about 3 inches
higher than the present road
level. Only half of the road is
being given the additional as
phalt at a time, to obviate the
necessity for providing detours
for traffic using the route. The
new surface will make the road
much smoother and will increase
its ability to withstand increas
ingly heavy traffic.
The additional top surfacing
of the highway started about
three miles this side of the Beau
fort County line, where the con
crete road begins. There are 17
miles of the “black-top” road in
the 39 miles between Plymouth
and Washington, and it is under
stood that as soon as the first
three miles are completely sur
faced, the crew will work on in
to Plymouth with the improve
ments.
Defense Bond Sales
Here Total $68,303
i TO BE IN CHARGE
Miss Irene F. Janies, home
economist for this district of the
Virginia Elccti '<• •nd Power Com
pany, i ./ . haigo of the
demonstrations at the cooking
school here Tuesday and Wed
nesday, February 24 and 25.
Cotton Producers
May Insure Crop
’ At Agent's Office
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Require Applications To Be
Made Before March 16;
Highlights of Plan
Any producers having a share in
cotton to be grown during 1942 in
Washington County may insure his
share in the cotton crop by making
application to the county agent’s of
fice before March 16, it was an
nounced this week by R. L. Stillman,
chairman of the county AAA com
mittee.
Growers may insure for 75 per cent
of their normal yield or 50 per cent
of their normal yield, as they de
sire; and if the application is ap
proved, the cotton crop is insured
from the time of seeding until the
weighing-in at the gin.
No cash is required at the time ap
plication is made for the insurance
if the farmer agrees to plant within
the allotment, and the premium may
be paid at any time before October
25. If not paid by that time, it can
be deducted from any agriculture
payment due the grower.
The insurance covers all unavoid
able losses, such as damage by flood,
hail, drought, insects and diseases,
and if a loss occurs such loss will be
settled by local farmers within the
county selected as crop insurance ad
justers.
An assignment of the crop insur
ance application can be made which
may be used as collateral for obtain
ing loans to finance the growing of
a cotton crop.
Lions Meet Tonight for Fifth Annual
Charter and Ladies' Night Program
Sixty or more Lions and Lion
esses from Plymouth and sur
rounding towns will gather at the
Country Club here tonight for
the fifth annual charter and la
dies’ night banquet, with Sena
tor W. B. Rodman, jr., of Wash
ington, as the principal speaker.
Lions President W. V. Ilays will
preside over the meeting tonight
and the Rev. R. H. Lucas will
pronounce the invocation. Eu
gene F. Still will make the wel
come address to the visitors, and
Harry McLean, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. McLean, will play a
cornet solo. The speaker will be
Introduced by Zeb Vance Nor
man. Three songs will be sung
by those present under the di
rection of Mrs. E. W. Furgurson,
Mrs. Laura S. Johnston as ac
companist at the piano.
The local Lions club has about
30 members at the present time,
many of whom have held contin
ous membership since the club
was organized more than five
years ago. Officers of the or
ganization are: W. V. Hays, pres
ident; J. R. Manning, first vice
president; E. H. Llverman, sec
ond vice president; E. A. Harper,
third vice president; T. C. Bur
gess, secretary and treasurer; F.
E. Nobles, tail twister; and Wal
ter H. Paramore, Lion tamer. Di
rectors are B. G. Campbell, A. J.
Biddle, E. W. Furgurson, J. W.
Norman and P. W. Brown.
Many Others Sold
Direct by Treasury
To People in County
Plan To Launch Campaign
To Speed Sales Within
Another Week
The face value of Defense Bonds
and Stamps sold through the Plym
outh post office and the Branch
Banking & Trust Company here since
the Japanese attack on Pearl Har
bor in December totals $68,308, ac
cording to figures compiled here this
week.
H. E. Beam, cashier of the local
bank, said that $35,000 worth of De
fense Bonds had been sold by that
institution, while sales at the post
office were reported by Postmaster
John W. Darden to be $33,308 in the
75-day period.
Mr. Beam said that a great many
bond buyers had made their pur
chases directly from the Treasury
Department, and hence were not in
cluded in the sales through the bank
and post office here.
Mr. Darden said that during the
first World War the county commit
tee had a hard job selling the quo
ta of $12,000 worth of Liberty Bonds
assigned here.
Mr. Beam said that he still had
not completed selection of a commit
tee of business men to wage a drive
for the sale of Defense Bonds and
Stamps, but that he hoped to have
it completely organized and ready to
go to work next week. W. L. Garri
son, official of the labor union here,
has hts committee organized, and It
is ready for the campaign, which will
include solicitation of practically ev
ery person in the county to boost the
sales of stamps and bonds.
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Personnel of Counly
Salvage-for-Viclory
Committee Named
Designed To Continue Flow
Of Waste Paper, Scrap
Metal To Defense
Personnel of the Washington Coun
ty Salvage-for-Victory Committee,
with H. H. McLean, county superin
tendent of public instruction, as
chairman, was announced this week
by Wilbur M. Darden, chairman of
the Civilian Defense Council here.
Mr. McLean, in accepting chair
manship of the important committee,
said that the government had re
quested continuance of the regular
flow of waste paper, scrap metal and
ather materials to defense channels,
and he said it would be the duty of
the committee to stimulate this pro
gram as far as possible.
The complete committee is com
posed of the following: B. G. Camp
bell, Plymouth mayor: H. S. Everett,
Roper mayor; C. N. Davenport, sr..
dreswell mayor; Miller Warren, lo
cal fire chief; P. W. Brown; Plymouth
police chief; Jordan Hassell, Roper
police chief; W. V. Hays, county
agent; J. W. Darden, chamber of
commerce; James W. Norman, pres
ident of Plymouth Merchants Asso
ciation; Mrs. Francis M. Darden, 4-H
clubs and home demonstration
agent; Rev. E. B. Taylor, Boy Scouts;
R. L. Tetterton, Legion Post com
mander:
Mrs. J. B. Willoughby, of the Leg
ion Auxiliary: W. L. Garrison and
J. H. Newkirk, labor unions; W. H
Paramore, newspaper; Mrs. J. K
Reid, parent-teacher association;
Betty Lloyd, colored parent-teacher
association; J- Linwood Knowles, of
masonic lodge; R. B. Trotman, local
school: A. T. Brooks, Creswell school;
D. E. Poole, Roper school;
Clyde Hardison, representative of
V. E. & P. Co.; Mrs. B. G. Campbell,
senior woman’s club; Mrs. W. J
Highsmith, Jr., junior woman’s club;
w. s. Moore, Plymouth, Charles H.
Floyd, Roper, and A. H. Tucker, Cres
well, Future Farmers of America.
Lower Brackets To
Increase Number of
Income Tax Returns
State and Federal Deputies
Will Be Here Soon To
Aid Local People
This year hundreds of persons
who have never filed income tax re
turns before will be required to do
50 because of the lowering of the
brackets in order to raise additional
money for war purposes. In this con
nection, both federal and state gov
ernments will have representatives
in Plymouth during the next few
weeks to help taxpayers in filing their
returns.
A representative of the U. S. Col
lector of Internal Revenue will be
it the police station next Wednes
day and Thursday, February 25 and
26, in order to assist taxpayers in
preparing their federal income tax
returns.
A deputy collector of the state rev
enue department will be at the office
of the county auditor in the court
house all day Wednesday and Thurs
day, March 4 and 5, to assist tax
payers in filing state income-tax re
turns.
Payments need not be made until
March 15, but taxpayers can secure
the assistance of the deputy collec
tors on the dates above mentioned
and hold the returns until the dead
line for mailing. The collectors urge
those needing assistance to see the
representatives on the dates they are
here to avoid the last-minute rush,
which may cause delay and subject
the taxpayers to penalties.
Grocers Will Curtail
Delivery Service in
Plan To Save Tires
Three Deliveries Fridays;
Four Saturdays; and Two
On All Other Days
Pour of Plymouth’s leading gro
cers got together this week and
agreed upon a schedule of curtailed
delivery service in their patrons, in
order to conserve their present tires
and trucks. The new delivery serv
ice is designed to best serve the con
venience of all patrons of the four
stores and becomes effective next
Monday, February 23.
The schedule, as adopted by Allen's
Store, Williford’s Yellow Front Mar
ket, J. R, Campbell’s Store,’ and R.
S. Browning, calls for two deliveries
dail: , except on Fridays and Satur
days, when additional service is pro
vided. From Monday through Thurs
day of each week, there will be two
deliveries daily, orders being received
until 10 a. m. for morning delivery
and until 4 p. m. for the afternoon
delivery. On Fridays, there will be
deliveries at 10 a. m., 3 p. m. and
5 p. m.; and there will be four de
liveries on Saturdays, as follows: 10
a. m„ 3 p. m., 6 p. m„ and 9 p. m.
The grocerymen urge their cus
tomers to cooperate with them by
placing their orders as early as pos
sible and by carrying small bundles
when they come to the stores. They
also especially request that all gro
cery and meat needs be ordered once
daily.
Patrons are reminded that the gro
cers will not be able to replace their
tires and trucks, and that present
equipmfe'ht must be made to last as
long as possible.
The schedule of deliveries offered
here is believed to be better than
that offered in many near-by towns,
where the reduced service has al
ready been put into operation.
Schedule of Services for
Local Episcopal Church
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Services at Grace Episcopal church
Sunday will be as follows: 10 a. m.,
Sunday school; 11 a. m., morning
.vorship service; there will be no
.Toung People's Service League meet
ng at 7:30.
Beginning next Wednesday, Feb
ruary 25, and continuing through
out the Lenten season, services will
be held at the church every Wednes
day evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Monday Holiday
Bank, Post Office
Folks in the county who will
needs stamps or cash next Mon
day would do well to stock up
Saturday, as post offices and
banks will be closed Monday In
observance of George Washing
ton’s birthday, which falls on
Sunday, February 22. The holi
day will not be generally observ
ed, and local business will oper
ate on its usual schedule.
There will be no postal deliv
eries in either the town or rural
sections. H. E. Beam, cashier of
the bank here, urges merchants
to do their banking business Sat
urday, as the time lock on the
vault will be set for Tuesday
morning when tho banks closes
Saturday.
Limit Sugar Sales
In Local Groceries
To Avoid Shortage
Nation-Wide Rationing Is
Indicated Soon; Price
Ceiling Looms
A check of grocery stores in Plym
outh this week revealed that although
no official rationing of sugar has
been instituted yet, most, of the store
keepers were selling sugar on the bas
is of a pound per week per person.
A great majority of the general pub
lic is accepting the allotment without
complaint, but there are a few peo
ple who are raising a howl about it.
With in a few weeks, strict ra
tioning will be instituted, according
to present plans. Under the method
to be used, every person, including
infants, will be issued a folder con
taining 28 stamps, each good for one
week's ration iprobably 12 ounces)
of sugar. Housewives will secure the
books at neighborhood schools or
other public places. The grocers will
collect stamps for every sugar sale
and pass them on to wholesalers in
order to replenish thteir own sup
plies.
To prevent hoarding, no rationing
book will be issued unless the appli
cant states that the family has no
more than two pounds of sugar on
hand for each member. The penalty
for making false statements in this
respect is up to 10 years' imprison
ment or $10,000 fine.
In order to prevent profiteering,
Leon Henderson, price administra
tor, advises housewives to protest
loudly if prices go much above six
cents a pound, and he threatens a
retail-price ceiling if such protests
were ignored.
The price of sugar now is 6 cents
a pound in Plymouth.
Plant at Mackeys
Is Being Enlarged
To Can Tomatoes
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Result of Government Re
quest for More Canned
Tomatoes This Year
As a result of the Federal govern
ment's appeal for more canned to
matoes, the Welaka Fish & Produce
Company, of Mackeys, is enlarging
and improving its facilities at that
place to take care of shipping green
wrapped and canning ripe tomatoes
this summer. The plant will be
equipped to take care of the produc
tion from 300 acres if that many can
be secured in the county.
The cannery at Mackeys is oper
ated by Perry & Belche, of Colerain,
and any farmers who wish to arrange
with the firm for growing tomatoes
is invited to visit the office at the
plant in Mackeys or to get in touch
with A. T. Belch, jr„ or A. T. Belche,
sr., at Coleraine.
The Mackeys plant has added one
building, enlarged another, added a
cooker, scalder and a conveyor to
its equipment. The plant has been
operated at Mackeys for the past two
years, canning fish roe, and members
of the firm now plan to expand their
business to serve the farmers as well
as the fishermen.
They will pay the market price for
tomatoes, both green wrapped and
ripe, with a guarantee of 20 cents
for ripe tomatoes. Seed can be pur
chased from the Davenport Hard
ware Company here and from Swain
& Davenport in Mackeys. It Is ex
plained that seed may be purchased
on credit and payment deducted as
deliveries are made to the plant later.
Northeastern Group
Of Firemen To Hold
Meet Here in April I
Between 400 and 500 Mem
bers of Associations Are
Expected To Attend
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Plans are being made now to raise
funds and prepare in a general way
to entertain the Northeastern North
Carolina Firemen’s Association, which
will meet here Tuesday, April 14, ac
cording to Fire Chief Miller War
ren, who urges general cooperation
of the public in the preparations.
The chief said it was likely there
would be about 400 firemen here for
the meeting; and that the number
would be increased to about 500 if an
invitation, now pending, is accepted
by the Eastern North Carolina Fire
Chiefs’ Association.
This will mark the first meeting of
the firemen to be held here since
1932; and when Mr. Warren extend
ed the invitation at a meeting held
in Farmville recently, the entire
group applauded the invitation vig
irously.
It was stated by the fire chief that
he firemen would hold their meet
ing in the courthouse in the evening
bout 7 o’clock, while the fire chiefs,
f they accept the invitation, will
neet about 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Funds are needed for entertaln
nent of the guests, since it is the
'ustom for the local organization to
je host to the visitors at a banquet
or dinner of some sort.
Third Registration in
County Adds 678 To
Selective Service Roll
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REPORTED SAFE 1
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Joe Ange, son of Mrs. N. S.
Harrington, of Roper, with the
Navy in the Pacific, recently no
tified his mother that he is safe.
He was stationed at Pearl Har
bor during the Japanese attack
on December 7.
Local Merchanls To
Help Firemen Pul
On Show in March
Also Decide to Retain Pres
ent Schedule of Hours at
Meeting Monday
Tlie Plymouth Merchants Associa
ttion, in session here Monday night,
agreed to cooperate with the mem
bers of the local fire department in
their efforts to produce a show at the
Plymouth Theatre some time during
March to raise a fund for entertain
ing the Northeastern North Carolina
Firemen's Association and probably
the Eastern Carolina Fire Chiefs’ As
sociation here Tuesday, April 14.
Preliminary plans, as outlined tc
the merchants Monday night by Fire
Chief Miller Warren, call for a fash
ion show, a burlesque fashion show
and a general fun and frolic event
in the local theatre at a date to be
announced later.
Merchants will be asked to lend or
contribute articles for use in the style
show and to choose their own char
acters to portray their garments. The
firemen will add skits in the show
and provide comedy for the event,
and music is to be presented by the
high school band.
Tlie merchants also decided to con
tinue the present schedule for open
ing and closing their stores, as there
have been hardly any complaints reg
istered by their customers. The
schedule follows: All stores, except
groceries, will open mornings at 9
a. m. and close at 6 p. m., except on
Fridays and Saturdays. The grocer
ies will open at 8 a. m. and close at
6 p. m., except Saturdays. All stores
will open at 8 a. m. and close at 6
p. m. on Fridays; and all stores, ex
cept the groceries which open at 8
a. m.. will open at 9 a. m. and close
at 10 p. m. on Saturdays.
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Returned Missionary To
Speak at County Churches
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Creswell.—Tlie Rev. Mr. McWil
liams, a returned foreign missionary,
will speak at churches in this sec
tion as follows:
Philippi Christian church, Sunday, j
March 1, at 7:30 p. m.; Columbia
Christian church, Sunday, March 8,
at 11 a. m.; and Albemarle Chris
tian church, Sunday, March 8, at
7:30 p. m. These churches will be
observing the Emergency Million
Movement at that time.
Number Registered
Is Third Less Than
Previously Figured
Order Numbers Will Be De
termined at Drawing
Next Month
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A total of 678 men were registered
in Washington County last Monday
in compliance with the provisions of
the amended selective service act
which required all men between the
ages of 20 and 45, inclusive, who had
not been previously registered, to re
port for listing for possible military
service.
The clerk to the county selective
service board, S. A. Ward, said that
of the 678 registered in the county
Monday, cards of 37 were to be trans
ferred to other counties, while the
other 641 remained here and will be
handled locally. He did not give
any breakdown of the figures as to
the number of each race which reg
istered.
The number registering in the
county was only about two-thirds of
the number expected. Using figures
supplied by national selective serv
ice officials, it was expected that 960
| would be registered. The number in
surrounding counties and throughout
the state also checked up consider
ably smaller than was anticipated, ac
cording to reports.
Those who registered gave the fol
low information: name, residence,
mailing address, telephone number,
age, date and place of birth, name
and address of nearest relative, em
ployer’s name and address, and place
of employment. After answering the
questions, each registrant was given
a card certifying that he had reg
istered and he is required to keep it
on his person at all times.
The local boards will shuffle the
registration cards and allot each one
a serial number. After this has been
done, another national lottery will
be held in Washington, D. C., on or
about March 9 to assign the order
in which registrants will be called.
Order numbers of the men who reg
istered this week will be placed at the
bottom of the list of order numbers
of previous registrations. Question
jnaires will be sent to the new regis
trants as soon as possible, according
to present plans.
(See REGIsmATnONT'^e^)
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Removal Is Ordered
Of All Existing Air
Markers in Section
All Means of Identification
From Air Required To
Be Eliminated
All existing air markers within 150
miles of either the Atlantic or Pacific
Coasts are to be obliterated immedi
ately, and any other marks of iden
tification of towns or plans are to be
eliminated, it was announced today
j by W. M. Darden, chairman of the
[Washington County Civilian Defense
Council.
It is understood that there is an
[ air marker on the Roper school and
another on the old theatre building
here on Water Street. ,rhe letters
spelling out “Plymouth” on the wa
ter tank here will also have to be
covered to prevent identification from
the air.
Mr. Darden asks any who know
the locations of other air markings
in the county to notify him so that
they can be eliminated.
The North Carolina wing of the
Civil Air Patrol will fly over this sec
tion soon to determine whether any
marks of identification can still be
seen from the air.
Navy Recruiting Officer Will Be in
Washington Today and Tomorrow
For the convenience of young
men in Washington County and
other counties in this section,
Navy Recruiter A. A. Camper,
chief water tender, of the U. S.
Navy recruiting station at New
Bern, announces that a tempor
ary recruiting station will be
opened at the post office build
ing in Washington today and to
morrow, February 19 and 20, for
the purpose of enlisting appli
cants in the Navel Service.
Those who are accepted will be
sent to Raleigh for final exam
ination and to be sworn into the
service.
An unusually attractive enlist
ment program is being offered,
and it was said that the Navy had
places for all qualified men be
tween the ages of IT and 49, in
clusive. Applicants are accept
ed lor the regular Navy and the
| Naval Reserve, offering men the
opporunlty of serving their coun
try, building their future, and
earning while they learn.
Some of the many training
schools now available are: Avia
tion mechanics; radio; signal;
clerical; metalsmtth: machinist;
electrical; carpentry and store
keeper. In addition, a worth
while profitable program Is avail
able for those with college train
ing.
There are Immediate vacancies
for colored men in the messmen
branch.
Those interested in what the
Navy has to offer are encouraged
to contact the recruiting party,
and men registered for selective
service can enlist in the Navy or
Naval Reserve if they apply be
fore they are ordered to report
for examination.