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The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * ★and Washington County News* ♦ ★★ ★ * ★ VOLUME LIII NUMBER 14 Plymouth, vVashmgton County. North Carolina Thursday, April 2, 1942_ FOR VICTORY Buy UNITED STATES DEFENSE BONDS • STAMPS ESTABLISHED ISIS' Town opics Mayor H. S. Everett, of Roper, says firemen in that town collected 10 tons of scrap metal as contributions from persons in that area. The organiza tion will use the proceeds to apply on the payment of fire-fighting equip ment. The Senate voted Monday to raise the base pay of newly enlsited men in the Army and Navy from $21 to $42 per month. Provision is also made for raising the pay of all men in the armed forces, with the larger increases in the ranks of enlisted men and junior commissioned offi cers. It is reported that the frost and extremely cold weather of recent days has very likely dam aged the fruit crop in this coun ty. Many of the fruit trees have already blossomed. Biology students of the Plymouth High School have built several bird houses and placed them in trees in connection with a study course on bird life. Louis Trunzo is instructor of the class. A special service will be held at Grace Episcopal church Good Fri day at 8 p. rn„ with W. B. Daniels, student minister, preaching the ser mon. Clerk S. A. Ward said the mas ter list of official order numbers for those registered in the third registration February 16 had been received, and he hopes to have the numbers assigned in time to run the list in next week’s paper. The firemen's “Fun and Fashions of 1942“ show drew a large crowd last Friday night at the Plymouth The atre. About $200 was netted as profit to be used in entertaining the East ern Carolina Firemen’s Association meeting here April 14. The Washington County Board of Elections, composed of Wal ter W. White, chairman; W. J. Marrow, sr., and 3. Richard Carr, will meet April 11 to fully organ ize. Candidates for County of fices must file before April 18. So far no one has filed with the board, but E. L. Owens today an nounced his candidacy for the lower house of the legislature. H. H. McLean, county superintend ent of schools, Mayor B. G. Campbell attended a meeting of the Lions club in Edenton Monday night. They “made up” a meeting which they had missed of the local club and are now among the s'’all. group which has records of 100 per cent" perfect at tendance. Mrs. Tom B. Brown has been made chief clerk in the office of County Agent W. V. Hays, succeed ing Nick Porter, who has returned to his home. Mrs. Brown has been with the county agent's office for some time and is well qualified to handle the work. Committees To Act As Defense Council Named by Darden Personnel of 12 Groups An nounced as Chairman Urges Aid of All -® The personnel of the Washington County Civilian Defense Council in cluding the list of several committees that have just been named were re leased this week for publication by Clerk of Court W. M. Darden, chair man of the county civilian defense council. This list includes all com mittees that have been named to date. This list reveals the complete setup that has been affected in this county and Mr. Darden says that it was hop ed that those who have been named would render the best service possible in the defense of their country and that all the citizens were urged to co operate, in the salvage campaign for war materials, the purchase of de fense bonds and stamps and the gen eral effort that is being made by this country to wir. the war. The committee and their person nel follows: Washington Civilian Defense Coun cil: W. M. Darden, Chairman: I. Mil ler Warren, T. B. Brown, P. W. Brown Dr. Claudius McGowan, J. R. Man ning, J- W. Darden, Clyde Hardison, T. W. Earle, H. H. McLean, W. V. * Hays, Frances M. Darden. Eugene F. Still B. G. Campbell, H. S. Everette, E G Arps, Dr. S. V. Lewis. W. F. Winslow, C. N. Davenport, Sr. Committees: Fire Protection: I. Miller Warren, Chairman. P. W. Brown. B. G. Camp bell, All members of Plymouth Fire Department, H. S. Everett, Jordan Hassell; Louis Mizelle. Roper, Walter White. Louis Bateman, Skinnersville, C N. Davenport, Jr., Edgar S. Wood ley, W. D. Phelps, Creswell, W. B. Davenport, Mackeys. Police Protection: Corporal T. B. Brown, Chairman; P. W. Brown, Paul Basnight, G. R- Coburn, J. K. Reid, B. G. Campbell, Plymouth; Jordan Hassell, H. S. Everette, Roper; W. D. Peal, Will Ainsley. C. N. Davenport, Sr., Creswell. Air Raid Wardens: P. W. Brown; Chairman; H. S. Everett, Roper; j L. Rea, Jr., Wenona; J. C. Tarkenton; Pleasant Grove; Earl Davenport, Creswell; Others to be ap pointed. ^BeeCOMMITTEES, Page 4) County Boards Not To Meet Monday; Local Schools and Bank To Be Closed Business will generally con tinue as usual, with very little attention paid to observance of Easter Monday as a holiday in Washington County, according to a check-up made yesterday aft ernoon. The Washington County Com missioners and the board of edu cation will not hold their usual first-Monday meetings next week due to the holiday. They will meet instead on the second Mon day, April 13. The Branch Banking and Trust Company will be closed all day, and the Plymouth schools will also suspend classes for the day. It is not known here what the other schools of the county will do about observing the holiday, the matter being left to local au thorities in each community. The post offices and county ABC stores will continue business as usual. Plans Being Made For Registering Men From 45 to 65 For Service i Four Cases Tuesday In Recorder's Court Only four cases came before re corder's court Tuesday morning, when Recorder W. Ronald Gaylord and Prosecuting Attorney W. Blount Rodman handled the docket for the court. The proceedings follow: Chester A. Davenport, improper equipment on car, 30 days, suspend ed upon payment of $10 fine and costs. William Edward Barrow, improper operation of an automobile; 30 days, suspended upon payment of $10 fine and costs. Joe Nathan Phelps, assault; not guilty. Sonny Moore, sr., assault; 30 days, suspended upon payment of costs. -$ Third Annual Music F eslival for County In Roper Tomorrow --- Over1 200 HigETischool Mu sicians To Take Part in Event Friday Night The third annual Washington County Music Festival will be held in the Roper High School tomorrow (Friday) night at 8 p. m., with a 125-piece massed band and 100 mem bers of glee clubs from Plymouth, Roper and Creswell to take part in the event. Band selections will be conducted by J. Robert Merritt, director of the Creswell band, and Lewis W. Zeigler, director of the Plymouth band. The glee club members will be directed in singing three numbers by Miss Hazel Johnson, of Creswell, anu Miss Fai son Charlton, of Roper. The public is invited to attend the festival. There will be no admission charge. The program lists 10 selections, di vided into three parts, as follows: Massed band: “Our Director,” march; and “Tannhauser Overture.” “Trumpeters Three,” a trumpet trio with band accompaniment; Harry McLean, of Plymouth, first trumpet; Ada Virginia Hopkins, of Creswell, second trumpet; and Herman Gur kin, of Roper, third trumpet. Mass glee clubs: “Cherubim Song,’’ "Song of America,’’ and “Let Every Tongue Adore Thee.” Massed band: “Prince and Jester,” overture; “King Arthur,” selection; “Poet and Peasant,” march; and “Star-Spangled Banner.” -® Sunday Services At Saints Delight PRESTON CAYTON, Pastor Church services at Saints Delight Christian Church Sunday: Bible school at 11 a. m.; W. A. Swain, suD^utendent, Church service at 12 m.; morning subject: "The Risen Lord.” Some 1900 years ago, a Saviour died on the cross. Many said that this would bring an end to His work on earth. Some said that He would not come forth from the tomb. The handful of faithful disciples knew he would come forth from the tomb, because He had told them many times. East er morning, this Christ, not dead but living, came forth to live on earth again. Every man. woman and child should come to worship the living Christ tihs Easter Sunday morning. To worship a living Christ. The an gels said, “He is not here; He is ris en; come, see the place.” And Jesus told His disciples, in John 14:19, "Be cause I live, ye shall live also.” We thank God for this promise to all the world. Church service Sunday evening at 8: Subject, “The Deity of Jesus, the God-Head, the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, the Three-in-One.’’ You are invited to worship with us at Saints Delight. Bring the fam ily. V -- Fourth Listing by Selective Service Is For Non-Combatants April 27 Registration Date; Will Practically List of All Men in Nation Arrangements are being made to register all men between the ages of 45 and 64, inclusive, in Washington County on Monday, April 27, when an estimated 13,000,000 Americans throughout the nation are called to be classified for possible service in the war effort. The registration on the 27th marks the fourth call to be issued to the nation’s manpower, and after it is completed, the name of every man in the nation between the ages of 20 and 65 will be in the hands of the government for classification for possible war service. While there is no legislation yet on the books to permit calling up men in the 45 to 65 age group for war service, it is considered probable that laws will be enacted to make them liable for non-combatant serv ice with the State guards, and pos sibly some of them may be drafted for work in war industries. The new registration date pro claimed by President Roosevelt leaves only one age group not yet recorded, those of 18 and 19 years.. While it is not contemplated that any of the comparative oldsters in the fourth registration will be in ducted into the fighting forces, there is a possibility that some or many of them will be assigned eventually to essential war work. Brigadier Gen eral Lewis B. Hershey has said that one purpose of the act was an “acute and systematic appraisal” of the sup ply of man power in America. The new registration is expected to bring teh total number of men reg istered for service to almost 45.000, 000. It includes men in the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico born on or after April 27, 1877, and on or before February 16, 1897. The registration will be conducted in much the same way and by prac tically the same organization which held the third registration on Feb ruary 16. The registrars will be on duty from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. April 27. Following the listing, the cards will be exchanged by the various draft boards as they have been in other registrations and a national lottery will be held similar to the one held | for those listed in February. Roper Music Class To Give Program The music class of the Roper High School will present a program at the high school there Wednesday evening under the direction of the instructor, Mrs. Ethel Griffiths Hopkins. A va riety of acts, dances and songs will be presented, and Miss Mae Jo Walk er will be the assistant pianist. Those included in the show will be John Davis, Grady Hopkins, Jane Keeler, Lillian Watson. Doris Free man, Winfred Barnes, Maxine Rid dick, Vera Phelps, Ruth Gurganus, Jake Paul, Vera Biggs, Alton Gur ganus, David Johnston, Agnes Hook er, Barbara Dorsey, Hester Ricks, A1 Hooker, Anzelette Barnes. No change will be made, but a sil ver offering will be taken at the door. Series oi Farmer s Meetings in County Set for Next Week Community Committeemen To Be Elected; Import ance Is Stressed A series of meetings will be held in Washington County next week for the purpose of electing soil conserva tion community committeemen un der the Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration plan, according to Coun ty Agent W. V. Hays. Tire first of the meetings will be held at the Creswell school building Monday night, April 6, at 8 o’clock, for the purpose of electing commit teemen for Creswell. Cherry and Mt. Pleasant communities. Tire second meeting will be held at the Roper school building Tuesday night, April 7, at 8 o’clock, to elect committeemen for Roper and Pleas ant Grove communities. The third meeting will be held in the Agriculture Building in Plymouth Wednesday night, April 8. at 8 o’ clock, to elect committeemen for the Plymouth and Long Acre communi ties. Because the country is at war, com mitteemen will be called upon to de vote a greater amount of time to the administration of the farm programs, as the community committeemen will be asked to furnish up-to-date in formation to their neighbors and may need to visit each of them in con nection with the program several Limes during the year, Mr. Hays said. It is expected that producers hav ing inquiries about the AAA program and the Food-for-Freedom program will contact their nearest community committeeman rather than make a trip to the office of the county asso ciation in Plymouth, according to Mr. Hays. He said that community commit teemen will be expected to check per formance in their neighborhoods, us ing a simplified system, and for this and many other duties that the com mitteemen perform, they will be like soldiers on the front lines in giving unselfish and patriotic devotion to the cause of this country. In view of the demands made on the committeemen at this time, it has become necessary to elect more community committeemen from each township, and each of the townships in the county has been divided into several communities. It is now the farmers’ duty to elect a commtitee man from each community, and by doing this each community will have a man who can give them the in formation they desire relative to the farm program. The agent stated that every per son who is eligible for a payment un der the program is eligible to vote in the elections next week. Local High School Band Given Rating Of 2 in Greenville -s Plymouth Group Gets Best Rating Ever Made at District Contest -® Playing last Saturday at Greenville in the district music contest, the Plymouth High School concert band was awarded an honor rating of 2 in class C. None of the several compet ing bands earned a No. 1 rating. The judge was Major C. D. Kutchinski, of the State College music depart ment. Quoting the comment of the judge: 'This fine band is deserving of a more complete instrumentation.” The following instruments are needed: flutes, bassoons, alto and bass clari nets. French horns, more basses and kettle drums, and these, according to Director L. W. Zeigler, would add tone 1 color to the band. The band was recommended in the following points by the judge: tone quality, tempo, melodic line, general effect and stage deportment. It is understood that a higher rating could not have been secured without more complete instrumentation. The following instruments were es pecially commended: First trombone, Roy Manning: solo clarinet. Mary Lillian Campbell: and bell lyra, Fan ny Lou Winslow. Local people were quite proud of the showing made by the band, and this was the first time that it had earned a rating of 2 in the district or state music contests. Schedule of Events For Commencement Set By Local School Begins Sunday, April 19, With Annual Sermon at Christian Church The commencement program for the graduating class of the Plymouth High School will begin Sunday morn ing. April 19, at 11 o’clock, when the annual sermon will be delivered in the Christian church, with the pas tor. Rev. B. E. Taylor, bringing the message to the seniors. Class night exercises will be held in the high school auditorium Wed nesday night, April 22, at 8 o'clock, when the graduates will present a one-act play, “The Spirit of Ameri ca.’’ Due to limited number of seats in that part of the auditorium which has not been converted into class rooms, attendance will be limited to families and close friends of the sen ior class members. The graduation exercises will be held Friday morning, April 24. at 11 o'clock, in the Plymouth Theatre, and the public is cordially invited to at tend. In keeping with the spirit of the times, the theme of the program will center on patriotism. At the graduation exercises, a departure will be made from having the customary guest speaker, and members of the graduating class will deliver the ad dresses. Those chosen as commence ment speakers and their subjects fol low: Carl L. Bailey, jr., “Forward With Democracy”; Asa Rogers, “Tire Freedoms We Guard”; Claudia Brat ten, “ What Is Right With Youth”; and Lulladean Jordan, “Let Us Have Our Dreams.” Tire valedictory address will be de livered by Mary Lillian Campbell, and the salutatory by Glenna Ange. The graduating class will have com plete charge of the program. Princi pal R. B. Trotman will present the di plomas and awards. Marshalls for the commencement were selected on the basis of scholastic rating and are Alton Mayo, chief; Iris White, Helene Harris and Gerald Furbee. April Tire Quota Is Received by Board -$ For the first time since it was or ganized, the Washington County Tire Rationing Board did not hold its weekly meeting yesterday, and it was because the board had not been informed as to the April tire quota for the county. Mr. Whitley found a notice assigning the quota in his post office box later in the after noon. The April quota for the county is as follows: 7 new tires, 32 retreads and 19 new tubes for passenger cars; 19 tires, 17 retreads and 18 tubes for truck and bus allotments. The rationing board is now charg- I ed with the duty of rationing tires, I tubes, retreads, automobiles, ambu-1 lances, hearses, station wagons, and typewriters. As additional restric tions are placed on the sale of other items, it is expected that the board’s duties will be enlarged to include them. -® Jamesville Boy in Navy Accidentally Killedji Hawaii Details of Austin Randolph Jackson’s Death Recited In Letter to Mother ——® Details of the death of Austin Ran dolph Jackson, young Jamesville man who was killed while serving with the Navy in the Pacific area, were revealed in a letter received last week by his mother, Mrs. Ora Jack son Burnette, from Lieut. <jg> F. W. Purdy, young Jackson’s battery com mander at Pearl Harbor. Mrs. Bur nette Is a sister to Mrs. S. F. Darden, of Plymouth. The young man was first reported to have been killed during the initial attack on Pearl Harbor by the Jap anese December 7. but later this was proven false. However, on the morn ing of February 14 he was accident ally and fatally injured while on duty at Pearl Harbor. Excerpts from the letter to Mrs. Burnette are as follows: "In these times there are many unavoidable delays in the transac tion of the government's business, iSee JAMESVILLE BOY, Page 4) Merchants Change Schedule Monday A new schedule of hours for stores and business houses in Plymouth will be observed, be ginning next Monday, according to announcement this week by James W. Norman, president of the Plymouth Merchants Asso ciation. who said that there were two changes to be effected in the hours now observed. Beginning Monday, April 6, the stores in Plymouth will begin op ening their places of business at 8 o’clock in the morning and will close at 6 o’clock in the after noon, with the exception of Wed nesdays, when the> will close at noon, and Saturda.es, when they close at 10 o’clock. The second important change In the local schedule is that ob servance of the Wednesday half holidays will begin about a month earlier than usual this year. .Starting next Wednesday, April 8, stores will doue each Wednesday at 12 noon for the iay, reopening Thursday awn ings at the usual time. It is no\r planned to continue the Wednes day afternoon closings through the month of August. This sched ule is for the benefit of the clerks and the merchants, and gives them an afternoon off for rest and recreation each week. Local business establishments ask patrons to cooperate by do ing their Wednesday shopping in the forenoon, so that they will not be inconvenienced when the stores close at noon. Call Comes To County For 35 Men To Report For Army on April 14 Parent-Teachers To Meet Tuesday The Parent-Teacher Associa tion of Plymouth will meet next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium, according to Mrs. W. V. Hays, president, who urges a large attendance. Mrs. Hays said children from the Hampton Academy would present the program. Mrs. Hays urges a large at tendance, since a number of spec ial matters will come before the meeting for consideration and it is also expected that a fine pro gram will be presented. Edward L. Owens Will Be Candidate For Representative Announcement Today First For Any County Office; Primary May 30 -<•> Edward L. Owens, local attorney and business man, today became the first county candidate to announce for public office subject to the ac tion of the Democratic primary on May 30. Mr. Owens is a candidate for the office of representative from Washington County to the General Assembly. Mr, Owens has been a public fig ure in the county since he graduated from the University of North Caro lina in 1925 with the degrees of bach elor of ras and bachelor of legal laws. Several years ago he served two terms as a member of the town council and was later judge of the recorder’s court for one term. He said that he had no platform except that if he was sent to the lower house from this county he would devote his time ti; tve business at hand and would beri’d every effort to get all he could in favorable legis lation for this county. Mr. Owens said he would wage an intensive campaign for the office and that he would appreciate the help of all the voters in support of him -- Easier Services at Creswell Churches ——« Passion Week Services at Cresweli churches began with a union prayer meeting at the Methodist church there last night, with the following program in effect for the remainder of the week, according to the Rev. W. B. Gaither, rector of Christ Epis copal church: Thursday night, Holy Communion at Christ church at 8 p. m.; On Good Friday, an hour’s service will be held at Christ Episcopal church at 8 p. m„ with the Rev. R. N. Fitts assisting. Chapel services are to be held at the school auditorium Friday morn ing at 9:40 by the Creswell Minister ial Association. A cantata and Holy Communion service will feature the morning pro gram Easter Sunday at Christ church at 11 a. m. A music festival will be presented under the direction of Miss Lona Belle Weatherly. Evening prayer and sermon will be held at B p. m. Easter services will also be held at Galilee Mission at Lake Phelps at 3 p. m. Nathan W. Spruill Family Well Represented in Army Mr. and Mrs. Nathan W. Spruill, of near Roper, have what might well be called a military family. They have two sons, a grandson and two nephews in the United States Army it the present time, and another son is a veteran of the last World War. Mr. Spruill is a prominent farmer of the Lees Mill section, and all of his sons are well known throughout the ;ounty. Mrs. Spruill’s oldest son, Elmer H. Spruill, now of Raleigh, is a veteran of the first World War; and the two other sons now in the Army are Tech nical Sergeant Leslie B. Spruill, who is stationed at Camp Davis, near Jacksonville; and Nathan Walter Spruill, jr., at Fort Francis D. War ren, Cheyenne, Wyo. A grandson, James A. Chesson, jr., is a cadet in the Army Air Corps at Corpus Christi Texas. Joseph and Luther Brinkley, two of Mrs. Spruill's nephews, are also in the Army. Turkey Supper Will Be Served at Roper Tonight The Women’s Society of Chrisian Service will serve a turkey supper at the community building in Roper to night (Thursday). The menu will include turkey with dressing, cran berry sauce, mashed potatoes, salad greens, rolis, lemon pie, coffee or co- j coa. I Local Board Lists Those Assigned to Fill Record Quota Group Includes White Men Only; List Subject To Last-Minute Change Thirty-five white men of Wash ington County have been called to leave here Tuesday, April 14. for Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, where they will be inducted into servic in the United States Army under the pro visions of the Selective Service Act. This makes the third call the coun ty has had since last September 15. Twenty-seven colored men left Feb ruary 27 and 14 white men left on March 5 The 35 to leave April 14 constitute the largest number to be inducted under any one call since the act began its operations. It is ex pected that other large numbers will be called during the coming few months, as plans are in progress to increase the size of the Army by 2, 000.000 men during this year. The 35 men called to leave this month have already been classified and received their preliminary physi cal examination. The time limit for notifying those who will leave on the 14th officially ends Saturday, but it was explained that some additions or substitutions may have to be made later, due to various causes. The list of those ordered to report for induction April 14 follows, with the explanation by Clerk S. A. Ward, of the county selective service board, that it may be necessary to make some last-minute substitutions or changes: From Plymouth: John Albert Wur ster, James Seatoij Marriner, Hilton Harris, James Shelton Ange, Delmer Winstead Wallace, James Clarence Hardison, Joseph Stanton Norman, Herbert Ford Waters, Albert Duran Williams, Thomas Braswell Jeffreys, Max Aubrey Darden, John Alton Tet tertcn, Raymond j,, John Edward Willoughby, Hubert, Leslie Britton, and William Worthing Dix on. From Roper: Charles Eli Mizell, John Shelton Chambers, Hilton Corn stalk, Roscoe Jackson Browning L. A. Phelps, Johnnie Alfred Everett, William Herman Swain, Joseph Wil liam Patrick, John Wilbur Sawyer, and Willie Junior Patrick. From Creswell: Joseph Clyde Dav enport, Ervin Washington Ambrose, Lehman Pen Ambrose, Arley Pres ton Phelps, and Grady Jones. From Westover: Edison Woodrow Spruill. From Mackeys: Eric Wilbur Spruill. From Plymouth, now living in Nor folk: William Harold Ebron. From Plymouth, now living in Jamesville: Charles Edward Hassell. Bicyclists To Obey Traffic Rules Same As Drivers of Cars Highway Inspector Cites Laws Governing Their Operation The State regards bicycles as in the same class with motor vehicles, and many of the same rules and reg ulations apply to both relating to stopping for traffic lights and inter sections which are marked with stop signs, according to Inspector M. J. McCloud, examiner for the Highway Safety Division, who is here every Thursday from 9 to 11:30 a. m., ex amining applicants for driver’s li :enses. Bicycle riders are urged to ride on the right side of the streets and high ways and are warned to give correct hand signals before turning or stop Lng. They should also have a white light on the front and a red light or red reflector on the rear when they are operated at night, the inspector said. Brakes should be kept in good con ditions; clothing should be kept away from the chain and wheels, and peons or bulky bundles should never be carried oj the handlebars, al though packages may be carried in attachments at the rear of the bike, Mr. McCloud said. He also emphasizes that there should be a bell or horn available for warning signals, and says the hands of the rider should be kept on the handlebars at all times. Library Trustees To Meet In Courthouse Tuesday The trustees of the Washington County Public Library will meet in the courthouse next Tuesday after noon. The trustees are Mrs. C. E. Ayers and Mrs. J. R. Campbell, of Plymouth; Mrs. Clyde Smithson, of Creswell; Mrs. W. A. B’ount. of Rop er; and Mrs. A. E. Davenport, of Mackeys.