The Roanoke Beacon
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VOLUME LIII NUMBER 17 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina. Thursday, April 23, 1942_ EST A B LI SHED _jj*89
MAKE EVERY PAY DAY
BOND DAY
JOIN THE MY-ROLl MVINQS PUH
Town
opics
Town of Plymouth employees yes
terday began spraying swampy area.'
about the town in an effort to con
trol mosquitoes this summer. Twc
men will spray breeding places of
the pests with a mixture of 16 bar
rels of fuel oil and cylinder oil. This
was done last year, and the results
were very satisfactory.
Congressman Herbert C. Bonnei
was in town Wednesday afternoon en
route to Creswelll, where he deliv
ered the commencement address tc
the graduating class of the high
school there. Here only a short time
he greeted a number of friends.
Clerk S. A. Ward, of the Se
lective Service Board, said yester
day that occupational question
naires, which will be sent to men
between 20 and 44 years of age
who registered February 16, had
not yet been received at his office.
As soon as they arrive, they will
be sent to the registrants.
Harry Gray, formerly an official of
tlie North Carolina Pulp Company,
spoke to the Lions Club here Thurs
day night about the process of mak
ing paper from pine trees. His talk
was very informative and provoked
many favorable remarks.
Autoists are warned that the
new speed limit signs, erected at
the entrances to the town mean
exactly what they say, and those
who fail to slow down to 25 miles
an hour inside the city limits
are subject to arrest, according
to Chief of Police P. W. Brown.
Five have already been arrested.
A number of members of home
demonstration clubs in Washington
County will go to Williamston Fri
day, May 15, when Mrs. Charles W.
Sewell, administrative director of the
Associated Women of the American
Farm Bureau, will speak to a meet
ing of the fifteenth district federated
home demonstration clubs.
W. R. Gaylord, judge of the re
corder’s court; S. A. Ward, clerk of
the selective service board: W. M.
Darden, clerk of superior court; and
W. B. Rodman, solicitor of the re
corder's court, went to Fort Bragg
Tuesday to apply for admission to an
Army officer’s training school. They
will be notified later about the status
of their applications,
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Council Disposes of
Number Mailers at
Meet LasfMonday
Vote Against Buying Tank
Wagon in Lieu of
Fire Truck
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The Town of Plymouth Council in
session here Monday night spent sev
erai hours attending to matters re
garding town affairs with all of the
members present.
Fire Chief Miller Warren called the
attention of the council to the need
of repair parts for the present fire
apparatus here. Tire council passed
a motion to buy the parts needed.
The committee appointed to esti
mate the size of parcels of land lo
cated in the area that came within
the boundary of the town when the
limits were extended was asked to
continue its investigation. This ap
plies to parcels of land and does not
refer to an entire farm or tract of
land which lies within the town lim
its.
Mayor B. G. Campbell reported that
a roof would be put on the part of
the municipal building occupied by
J. B. Willoughby's steam laundry. The
work is to be done as conservatively
as possible. Chief P. W. Brown was
asked to superintend the work.
It was reported by Chief of Police
P. W. Brown that WPA workmen who
had been constructing sewer and wa
ter lines in the town under a WPA
project had been removed to other
work.
Congressman Herbert Bonner wrote
officials that the War Production
Board would grant a priority certi
ficate for the town to purchase a
tank wagon for $800 in lieu of the
new fire truck sought. The council
men decided against this purchase.
Four members voted in favor of
renewing the agreement with Lewis
W. Zeigler to supplement his salary
$200 in order to retain the services
of the high school band instructor.
One of the six councilmen voted
against the appropriation and one
did not vote.
I TWO OF FIVE CANDIDATES FOR TREASURER \
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C. N. Davenport, sr„ of Creswell (left), and W. Linwood Hassell,
of Plymouth, the incumbent, are two of the five aspirants for the office
of county treasurer in the Democratic primary May 30. The other three
candidates, pictures of whom are not yet available, are Edison Daven
port, of Plymouth and Mackeys; W. H. Peele, of Plymouth; and Louis
Weede, of near Plymouth. Eli S. Phelps, also of near Plymouth, filed
last Saturday, but announced his withdrawal from the race Monday.
Plans Completed for
Fourth Registration
Monday, Men 45-64
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Ben A. Sumner, well known
salesman and insurance man of
Plymouth, last Saturday an
nounced his candidacy for the of
fice of Representative to the Gen
eral Assembly, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary.
Herbert Bonner Was
Speaker at School
Finals in Creswell
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500 Hear Congressman Last
Night; 13 Seniors
Get Diplomas
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1 Loyalty to God, their country and
themselves was urged upon Creswell
High School graduates last night by
Representative Herbert C. Bonner in
a speech heard by about 500 persons,
including visitors from Plymouth,
Edenton, Columbia, and Roper, at
the graduating exercises in the school
auditorium.
Graduates were told to disregard
the rising tide of defeatism propa
ganda disseminated by persons who
claim that the country will lose the
war since it is losing its freedoms
and may even lose the leading demo
cratic institution, its free public
schools.
Mr. Bonner said that failure of
Congress to prepare for war was on
ly a reflection of the attitude of the
people of the nation, who are peace
loving. He also said that the Brit
ish, our friends, have held the civ
ilization of the world together since
(See BONNER Page 4)
County Farmers to Increase Plantings
Of Soybeans and Peanuts for More Oil
Farmers of Washington Coun
ty are cooperating very well with
the request made by Agriculture
Adjustment Administration offi
cials that 500 more acres of soy
beans and 4,000 more acres of
peanuts be planted during 1942
for conversion into oil to aid the
war effort.
Last year there were 4,698 ac
res of soybeans planted in this
county. This year it is hoped that
500 acres will be added, beans
from this acreage to be converted
into oil. The soybean goal for oil
and beans has been promised by
the farmers and the aereafe
planted to this crop is expected
to be 5,198 acres.
In 1941, 6,467 acres of peanuts
were planted for the usual trade
channels of this crop and 204 ac
res were planted for oil, making:
the total peanut crop last year
amount to 6,671 acres. Besides
the usual allotment, it is hoped
4,900 additional acres will be
planted for both purposes to 10,
671. So far, farmers have agreed
to plant 2,000 of the 4,000 addi
tional acres, and it Is believed
that a promise will be secured to
plant the entire 4,000 additional
acres before the planting season
Is over.
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Selective Service
Will List Men for
Home War Work
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Registration Places in Cres
well, Roper and Plym
outh Designated
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Complete plans were announced to
day for Washington County's part in
the fourth registration under the
terms of the amended Selective Ser
vice Act, which will be held through
out the nation next Monday, April
27, to secure the complete listing of
all men between the ages of 45 and
64, inclusive, who are not eligible for
for active military service but who
may be assigned noncombatant tasks
in the war effort.
All men who were born on or after
April 28, 1877 and on or before Feb
ruary 16, 1897, who have not hereto
fore been registered under the selec
tive service act, must present them
selves for registration next Monday
between 7 a. m. and 9 p. m.
Those who registered in the first
registration on October 16, 1940; in
the second registration July 1, 1941;
or the third registeration on February
16, 1942, are not required to register
again.
Registration places and persons in
charge throughout the county are as
follows:
Plymouth: Washington county
courthouse in the commissioners’
room and the board of education
room, with E. S. Blount, chairman of
the board, in charge.
Roper: High school auditorium,
with Mrs. Eva Harrell in charge.
Creswell: High school auditorium,
with Clyde Smithson, a member of
the county selective service board, in
charge.
Mr. Ward said that while the per
sons in charge of the work in the
three communities would not be able
to do the entire job of registering,
volunteer workers have been secured
to assist, and no delay should be ex
perienced in getting all names on the
list during the day.
It is estimated that about 1,050
persons will be registered in the
county next Monday. This is based
on calculations made by the national
headquarters. This registration is ex
pected to put about 45.000,000 persons
on the selective service rolls in this
nation. Those registering in the four
th registration on Monday will not be
eligible for combat duty but will be
assigned as guards, workers in indus
try and such war activities.
Roebuck New Clerk
To Rationing Board
With the employment of W. A.
(Bill* Roebuck as full time clerk and
establishment of permanent offices
in tlie commissioners’ room at the
courthouse, the Washington County
Rationing Board has set up an or
ganization to superintend the ration
ing of sugar, tires, and any other
commodities which may be added to
the rationed list during the war.
W. L. Whitley, chairman of the
board, today urged those who want
to make applications for tires or to
seek information about securing tires
or other rationed commodities, to see
Mr. Roebuck at his office in the
courthouse between the hours of 9
a. m. and 5 p. m. daily except Satur
day, when the hours are from 9 to
1 p. m.
The rationing board will hold its
weekly meetings in the courthouse at
its office each Thursday night at 8
o’clock, and those who wish to ap
pear before the board must be there
at that time. In the past meetings
have been held on Wednesday
66 Boys and Girls To
Graduate from High
Schools in_ County
Diplomas Being Awarded
This Week as School
Terms Close
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Possibly the largest number of gra
duates to complete their courses in
the three white high schools in Wash
ington County will be given their di
plomas this week when 66 boys and
girls conclude their high school ca
reers and turn their thoughts to col
lege to their life’s work.
Exactly 40 boys and girls will get
their certificates of graduation from
the Plymouth school and 13 each
from Roper and Creswell. Gradua
tion now means that the boys and
girls have obtained 20 units prior to
graduation, as against 16 that were
prescribed some years ago. Under
the 12 year system of education, the
boys and girls leaving county schools
this year should be better prepared
for life.
Those graduating are as follows:
Plymouth: Freeman Grant Allen,
Curtis Minor Ayers, Carl Leroy Bailey
Jr., John Bernard Brown, Marvin
Stancill Browning, Douglas Allen Col
lins, Wilbur Davenport, Jr., William
Leon Dunbar, Clifford Eugene Fry
mier, Felton Eugene Magee, James
Roy Manning, Jr., Frank Elmo Mayo,
Onalee Dotson. Velmarine Hopkins,
Nancy Alice Marriner, Eileen Fran
ces Nester, Grace Virginia Nobles,
Eleanor Inez Weede, Benjamin Wil
son Robertson, Martha Decormis Mc
Gowan, Elizabeth Gertrude Woolard
Mary Lillian Campbell, Frances Earle
Jones, Lulladean Jordon, Margaret
Estelle Bateman, Carolyn Hill Byrd,
Eva Florida Allen, Anne Lenora Bow
en, Glenna McCormick Ange, John
Edwin Rea, Warren Denby Robbins,
Zeb Vance Norman, Jr., Claudia Eli
zabeth Bratten, Katherine Rogers
Bratten. Genevieve Frances Holbrook,
James Asa Rogers, Margaret Lenore
Bowen, Joseph Thomas Weede, Jr.,
Gladys Ionia Bowen, Milton Gerard
Spruill.
Roper: Iva Jean Chesson. John Ed
ward Davis, William Aubrey Dixon,
Myra Estelle Furlough, David Hale
Johnston, Lorena Lilley, Henry Clay
ton Marriner, Alice Virginia Myers,
Betty Nowarah, Mildred Gertrude
Spruill, Elizabeth Spruill. Margaret
Estelle Swain and Mae Jo Walker.
Creswell: Heber Allig^- Barbara
Eunice Barnes, Edsel Grayson Barnes,
Vivian Olean Clifton, Carol Van Dav
enport, Marvin Eugene Davenport,
Chester Lewis Hopkins, Jr„ Neva A.
Patrick, Enna Estelle Phelps, Gar
land Maxine Phelps, Iris Woodley
Spruill, Sabra Estell Spruill and Ma
bel Gray Woodley.
11 Men in Last Drail
Rejected by ’Army
Eleven of the 32 young white men
who left Washington County Tues
day of last week for induction into
the Army have returned to their
homes, records in the office of S. A.
Ward, clerk to the selective service
board, revealed today. Seven of the
young men were rejected by Army
examiners because they failed to pass
the literacy test and four failed be
cause of physical conditions.
Those returning home were: Edi
son Woodrow Spruill, James Seaton
Marriner, Joseph Clyde Davenport,
Erie Wilbur Spruill, Hilton Harris,
Ervin Washington Ambrose, John Al
ton Tetterton, L. A. Phelps and
Grady Jones.
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Seven Gel Permits
For Tires, Tubes
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Seven persons were issued certlfi
catescates to purchase tires or to have
tires retreaded at a meeting of the
Washington County Rationing Board
held in the municipal building here
Wednesday afternoon.
Certifiertes were issued as follows:
P. W. Brown, of Plymouth, two
passenger car tires for police work.
J. L. Hays, of Plymouth, one truck
tire and tube, used in mail and
freight service.
C. E. Marriner, of Roper, one obse
lete tire for farm trailer.
J. E. Spencer, of Creswell, two ob
selete tires and tubes, for farm trail
er.
Dr. S. V. Lewis, of Plymouth, three
passenger car tires and tubes, for
use in public health work.
Mrs. Edison Godwin, of Creswell,
one truck tire retreaded for farm
truck.
W. C. Woodley, of Creswell, two
tires and tubes for farm truck,
tional headquarters to the farmers
as a convenience to them.
New Body and Paint Man
At House Chevrolet Co.
Fred Summerlin, formerly of Wil
liamston, an expert body and paint
man with many years of experience,
is now employed by the House Chev
rolet Company here. The firm has
complete equipment for that type of
work and prepared to give prompt
and efficient sen ice at reasonable
prices. The convenience of the
GMAC payment plan is available to
patrons who wish to their automo
| biles completely overhauled.
Local Political Interest Centered
On Three Contests for County
Offices To Be Decided May 30
RENOMINATED WITHOUT OPPOSITION
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E. G. Arps and J. L. Knowles, present members of the board of
county commissioners, will have no opposition in the primary May 30.
E. F. Swain, the third member, is not a candidate for reelection and will
be succeeded by H. W. Pritchette, Creswell merchant, who is unopposed
for the position.
Commercial Dealers
In Sugar to Register
Tuesday, Wednesday
Sales To Be Halted
Monday for Week;
Rules Very Strict
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Dealers Must Bring Specific
Data When Applying
Next Week
The first effects of the sugar ra
tioning program will be felt in Wash
ington County next Monday, with al
sugar stocks frozen and sales forbid
den from Monday, April 27, until the
following Monday, May 4. After the
latter date, all sugar purchases wil
be subject to the rationing regula
tions. Commerial dealers in sugar
wholesalers, retailers, cafe, hotel anc
boarding house operators, and pro
cessors, including druggists who mi?
their own syrups <and bottleggers)—
will register next Tuesday and Wed
nesday, April 28 and 29, and make
application for sugar purchase cer
tificates. Individual consumers will
regsiter May 4, 5, 6 and 7, and se
cure their rationing books.
The registration in this county will
be under supervision of the Wash
ington County Rationing Board and
will be held at the three white high
schools, in Plymouth, Roper and
Creswell. Principals of the three
schools will be in direct charge 01
the work for their respective locali
ties. Commercial dealers who regis
ter next Tuesday and Wednesday are
required to submit bills of sale or
invoices showing sugar purchases
during the months of May and June,
1941, which will be used as the basis
for allotments for May and June of
this year. In addition retailers will
be asked to present facts showing
gross sales of all meats, groceries,
fruits and vegetables for the week
ending April 25, 1942 (this week),
and they must also show the amount
of sugar delivered to them during
last November. Institutional and in
dustrial users must show the quan
tities of sugar used, in pounds, dur
ing each month of 1941 for all pur
poses. Actual use of sugar for meals
or food services in March, 1942, may
also be shown. Retailers, wholesalers,
druggists, hotel, cafe and boarding
house keepers who register next
Tuesday and Wednesday are advised
that it will be necessary for them to
present the information required
above and that no consideration can
be given their applications without it.
Details of the individual rationing
plan will be published next week It
can be stated now mat nousewives
should buy enough sugar before Mon
day to last them through the follow
ing week, as no sugar will be on sale
until after rationing books are issued
on May 4, 5. 6, and 7. However, con
sumers are warned against buying too
large a quantity of sugar, as the
amount on hand must be reported
when the individual applies for ra
tioning books, and coupons will be
torn out of the books for all amounts
in excess of 2 pounds per person on
hand. In the event the amount of
sugar on hand is 6 or more pounds
per person, no rationing book will be
issued. Since it is possible the ra
tioning books may later be used for
other commodities, failure to secure
a book because the individual has
too much sugar on hand may be
come even more serious when it is
| applied to other needed articles.
j First Batch Farm
Checks Received
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The first batch of 260 checks, ag
gregating a total of $11,548, has been
received in Washington County with
in the last few days by farmers who
cooperated in the soil conservation
program of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration last yef
Mrs. Frances E. Brown, chief clerk
at the County Agent W. V. Hay’s of
fice, said today that this represented
about one-fourth of the money that is
i to come to farmers in this county.
The delay in receiving the checks
by the farmers is due to a change in
the location of offices of the AAA, as
all applications from this county were
in the national office on time. Checks
now are being mailed direct
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Faculties for Cherry
And Creswell To Be
Almost Unchanged
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Three Resignations at Cres
well and One at Cherry;
Others Reelected
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Creswell.—With the exception of
three resignations in the Creswell and
one in the Cherry faculties, the per
sonnel of the two will be unchanged
next term.
Those of the Creswell faculty re
elected are: A. T. Brooks, principal:
high-school teachers: Mrs Josephine
Holmes, Miss Janie Mclnnis, D. J.
|Johnson: A. H. Tucker, agriculture
instructor: and Miss Hazel Johnston,
public school music teacher; elemen
tary teachers: Mrs. Mary Armstrong,
Mrs. Mae Brady, Mrs. Lloyd Norman,
Misses Yolanda Leonard, Kate Ogil
vie, Christine Lawrence, Elizabeth
Rivers and Grace Stillman. <
Cherry teachers reelected were A. :
W. Davenport and Mrs. Gladys Dav
enport. Mrs. Essie Lassiter will fill
the vacancy caused by the resigna- ]
tion of Miss Margaret Gibbs. :
Vacancies in the Creswell faculty, i
caused by resignation of Mrs. Julia ;
S. Galloway, J. R. Merritt, and Miss i
Hilda Clontz. have not been filled. <
Three for Sheriff; 3
For Representative;
Five for Treasurer
11 Other Aspirants Without
Opposition Will Be De
clared Nominees
Politics bounded into public in
terest again last week-end, when a
last minute rush to meet the filing
deadline found 23 candidates offer
ing themselves to the voters for coun
ty offices, with interest focused on
the 12 aspirants for the three offices
af Representative to the General As
sembly, Sheriff and treasurer.
A leading Republican said that
there would be no candidates from
his party in the primary or general
election. At least none of the Re
publicans filed their candidacies with
the Washington County Board of
Elections. This means that nomina
tion by the Democrats is tantamount
to election unless, as the law provides
someone enters the general election
in November as an independent.
The following incumbents filed for
re-nomination and election to offices
they now hold: W. Ronald Gaylord,
judge of recorder’s court; W. Blount
Rodman, solicitor of recorder’s court;
W. M. Darden, clerk of superior court;
J. L. Horner, coroner; John Rodman,
of Washington, and Hugh G, Horton,
of Williamston, state senators from
second senatorial district these have
no opposition.
J. L. Nobles filed as a candid?*; *or
constable in Plymouth townshi; . He
is a new candidate and has no op
position. No justices of the peace
filed, as they will probably be ap
pointed by the person who is elected
Representative from this county to
the General Assembly.
Ben A. Sumner, local hat salesman
and insurance man, filed as the third
candidate in the race for the House
of Representatives. Edward L. Owens
and W. T. Freeman had filed prior to
Saturday for the Sn, ie office.
Anoth-er hot iae. ’■wHt-be thafc*Af
Sheriff in which the incumbent, J.
K. Reid is seeking to retain his posi
(See LOCAxTpOLTncS^Pagr^r^
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Local Graduates To
Get Their Diplomas
Tomorrow Morning
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Students To Deliver Talks
On Patriotic Subjects at
Final Exercises
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Commencement exercises of the
Plymouth High School will come to
a close here tomorrow morning at 11
o’clock in the Plymouth Theatre,
where 40 boys and girls of the senior
class will be given their diplomas
and individual achievement awards
will be presented to those who have
won special recognition.
It was decided not to have the
usual literary address by an outside
speaker this year, but instead the
students themselves will deliver spec
ial talks on patriotic themes. Those
who will speak at the exercises Fri
day morning, and their topics, are
is follows: Carl L. Bailey, jr., “For
ward With Democracy”; “Asa Rogers,
‘The Freedoms We Guard”; Claudia
Bratten, "What Is Right With
STouth?” and Lulladean Jordan, “Let
Js Have Our Dreams.” Mary Lil
ian Campbell is valedictorian and
31enna Ange is salutatorian. Mar
halls will be Alton Mayo. Iris White,
Helen Harris and Gerald Furbee.
The commencement sermon was
>reached by the Rev. B. E. Taylor to
i capacity crowd at the Christian
hurch. Class night exercises were
leld Wednesday in the form of a one
ict play, entitled "Spirit of Ameri
a.”
Registration Books Open 3 Saturdays,
Beginning May 2nd, for New Voters
The registration books of
Washington County will be open
ed Saturday. May 2, for the re
gistration of new citizens who
have become eligible to vote by
having recently become residents
or having reached voting age
since the last election, according
to Walter W. White, chairman
of the county board of elections.
It was explained by Mr. White
that the registration books would
be open for three Saturdays to
register citizens who might wish
to vote In the primary May 30
and the general election In No
vember. The books will be open
on Saturdays, May 2, May 9, and
May 16, for registration. Chal
lenge day will be May 23, and (he
primary will be held May 30.
Those who wish to register
should see the following precinct
registrars: Mrs. Hermine Ram
sey, Plymouth; W. L. Furbee,
YVenona; Tom Dillon, Lees Mill;
Mrs. Myrtle A. White, Skinners
ville; and J. A. Combs, Scupper
nong.
Prior to the primary in 1940,
about 2,000 persons placed their
names on the primary and gen
eral elections books. This came
as the result of a decision to have
a complete new registration as
the old registration books were
brought up to date.
Mr. YVhite said he could not
hazard a guess as to the number
who might register within the
three Saturdays designated. How
ever, it is expected that the num
ber will be small, since the com
plete registration was held in
1940.