Family Reunion
At Cherry Sunday
Cherry.—Honoring Sergeants Tom
mie and Carlton Spruill, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Spruill, who are home
from Greenland, where they have
been stationed for sometime, tlieir
brothers and sisters and a number of
friends gathered at the home of their
parents Sunday for an old-fashioned
family reunion.
Among those attending were Mr.
and Mrs. Wendell Spruill, of Roper;
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blount and their
children, of Norfolk: Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Spruill, of Norfolk: Sergeants
Tommie and Carlton Spruill and Ser
geant Gould, of the Army: Eric
Spruill, of Norfolk: Miss Doris Hough
of Norfolk; Miss Evelyn Belanga, of
Creswell; Miss Mamie Davenport, of
Cherry; Miss Kate Spruill, of Nor
folk and Cherry; and Miss Jackie
Johnson, of Norfolk.
It was a most enjoyable occasion
for all those present, and they hope
to have many more such happy days.
In addition, the boys, who are doing
their part to win the war, have many
other friends who were not able to
attend but who expressed their wishes
for other happy reunions.
Young People Conduct
Service at Christ Church
Creswell.—An interesting and im
pressive service was conducted Sun
day evening at Christ church by the
young people of the church under the
leadership of Mrs. Milton Starr. An
offering was taken for wounded Rus
sian soldiers.
SKINNERSVILLE
Miss Imogene McGiboney. of
Greensboro, Ga.: Miss Bettyn Mc
Cracken. of Canton; Miss Ilean
Smith, of Asheville; and Mrs. Joyce
Sandlin, of Beulahville. bridesmaids
at the wedding of Miss Margie White
of the community, and Richard Lu
cas. of Plymouth, at Pleasant Grove
church Saturday evening, spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Walter
White and the bride. Mrs. Richard
Lucas. Msis Polly Swain, of Charles
ton, S. C.. was also a bridesmaid at
the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Stark Holton were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Spruill
and Mr. Spruill's mother. Mrs. Edgar
Spruill, at Cross Roads Sunday eve
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. John McAllister, of
Cross Roads, were guests of C. V.
White and daughters, Misses Alice
and Eva White. Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Sallie Davenport, of the com
munity, Mrs. Arthur Barnes and
Mrs. J. B. White, of Pleasant Grove,
were guests of Misses Alice and Eva
White Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Tom White and Mrs. Stark
Holton were in Plymouth Friday.
Mi's. Clinton Everett, Mrs. Tom
White. Mrs. Stark Holton, Mrs. Sallie
Davenport, Miss Eva White and J. B.
White attended the wedding of Miss
Margie White and Richard Lucas at
Pleasant Grove Methodist church last
Saturday evening.
Services were held at Oak Grove
Baptist church last Sunday morning
by the pastor, the Rev. S. B. Wilson,
of Creswell.
Rev. and Mrs. S. B. Wilson, of
Creswell, and Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Bell,
of Chowan River Bridge, were din
An Appreciation
I take this method of expressing
my sincere appreciation to the hun
dreds of loyal friends who worked and
voted for me in the primary last Satur
day. As in the past, I will endeavor to
prove my gratitude by fulfilling the du
ties of the Sheriff’s office to the best of
my ability and experience.
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TO DEMOCRATS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY:
I wish to take opportunity to express my sincere gratifica
tion for your vote and support in nominating me as Representa
tive to the General Assembly from Washington County in the
second primary last Saturday.
Since I was chosen by the people of the entire county, it will
be my single aim to represent all the sections and all the people
at the next session of the legislature. I have made no pledges
or commitments which will prevent me from considering every
problem or question in the light of how the county’s best inter
ests can be served, rather than some particular clique or faction.
Again, I express my humble appreciation for your vote, and
I will endeavor in every way to live up to your expectations in
placing this confidence in me.
BEN A. SUMNER
Democratic Nominee for Representative Washington County
I NOW SHOWING AT PLYMOUTH THEARTE
Typlitying the high-jinks that go on in “Rings on Her Fingers,”
Gene Tierney here gives the “business” to Laird Cregar, while adoring
Henry Fonda looks on. This film will be seen Thursday and Friday
of this week at the Plymouth Theatre.
ROPER
Mr. and Mrs. Potter Dixon, of Eliz
abeth City, spent the week-end with
his mother, Mrs. George Dixon.
Mrs. Thomas B. Jeffreys and Miss
Elizabeth Blount spent the week-end
with Mrs. Hilton Liverman at Travis.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Simmons, of
near Plymouth, moved into the house
with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Furlough
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver and daughter,
of Norfolk, visited Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest Oliver Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blount and chil
dren spent Saturday night with Mrs.
Mattie White.
Mrs. Carol Nichols and baby re
turned last Thursday to Washington,
D. C., after spending two weeks with
her mother, Mrs. Dan Marrow, sr.
Mr. and Mrs. James Chesson and
Miss Eva Chesson left last Friday
for Washington, D. C., to spend some
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Spruill spent
last Thursday in Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Poole and son.
Edward, spent Sunday in Rocky
Mount.
Mrs. W. N. Piercy returned home
Sunday from Duke hospital at Dur
ham.
Miss Evelyn Furlough, of Creswell,
is spending the week here with Miss
Myree Furlough.
Miss Greta Miller, of Washington,
is spending the week with Mrs. C. J.
Watts.
Mi’s. Mahlon Hassell and children,
of Norfolk, and Mrs. B. G. O’Brien
and daughter, of Union Grove, are
spending some tmie with J. J. Has
sell.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Biggs, of
Norfolk, spent a few days here with
his mother, Mrs. Lucy Biggs, recently.
Misses Myra Furlough and Louise
Hassell spent last week with Mrs.
Thomas Marriner, of Pleasant Grove.
Mrs. Luther Peacock and Miss Mary
Ellen Peacock returned home Sunday
after spending the past two weeks
with Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Wentz.
PLEASANT GROVE
Miss Nellie Tarkenton, of ECTC,
Greenville, was here for the week
end guest of Mrs. T. L. Wynne and
Mrs. Effie W. Gurkin.
Mrs. Bettie Spruill is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. A. L. Thompson, in
Greensboro.
Mrs. W. B. Chesson, Mrs. W. R.
Chesson and son, Larry, Mrs. Fran
ces C. Hutchins and daughter, Re
becca went to Williamston Tuesday.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Henderson
Davenport a son Saturday the 27th.
Miss Myrtle Tarkenton, of Colum
bia spent Sunday with Mrs. T. L.
Wynne.
Miss Lela Belle Davenport, home
economics teacher, of Columbia, is
spending her vacation here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Davenport.
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stark
Holton Sunday.
C. T. White, who was hurt on the
railroad near Columbia Saturday
night, is home this week. Mr. White
and son, Thomas, visited the hospital
at Columbia Sunday afternoon and
it was found that while no bones
were broken, severe bruises about the
hip had been sustained by Mr. White.
The battleship USS Indiana, laun
ched November 21, was completed six
months ahead of schedule. __
Cause of High Rale
Selectee' Rejections
Explained by Board
-®
Change in Method of Giving
Examinations Cited as j
Main Reason
-e>
The following article was released
this week by the public relations of
fice of the North Carolina Headquar
ters for the Selective Service System:
The current high rate of rejections
of selectees at the induction station
is disturbing to the public mind. This
is understandable since the public is
so vitally interested in every phase
of Selective Service. There is a satis
factory explanation for it and the
public is entitled to that explanation.
Prior to January 1, 1942, complete
physical examinations were given the
selectees by local board examining
physicians. After a few months of
experience, these physicians were
passing men who very closely met the
Army's requirements. Rejections at
the induction station at that time
were almost entirely of men with
borderline conditions, men who had
contracted diseases between the time
of their local examinations and the
time of their delivery for induction,
and men rejected as a result of the
chest X-rays which were never a part
of the local examination.
Under the regulations now in force,
the local examining physicians do
not make a comprehensive examina
tion. In fact, they make only a
casual, “screening” examination and
are guided by a list of defects, one
part of which sets forth-non-reme
diable physical conditions which
manifestly disqualify the selectee for
all military service, and the second
part of which sets forth those non
remediable physical conditions which
manifestly disqualify for general
military service, but qualify for limit
ed service. The local examining
physician has no alternative but to
follow this list specifically. With
these limitations, the examining phy
sician can reject little more than the
obviously unfit.
Another reason for the large num
ber of rejections is that local boards
no longer have the authority to dis
qualify registrants who are below the
minimum literacy standards for mili
tary service. Prior to January 1,
1942, they had such authority and
did not send to the induction station
registrants who were below such;
standards. Regulations now provide j
that all such men, otherwise quail- i
fled for military service, must be sent j
to the induction station for final |
check and rejection by the Army.
It can readily be appreciated by!
those who understand the regulations
in force that a higher percentage of
the men forwarded for induction may
be expected to be rejected for the
reasons above given and local boards
and examining physicians should not
be criticized for a condition over
which they have no control. They
have no choice but to send the men
to the induction station even if they
have reason to believe that a large
number will be rejected on account
of their physical condition or lack
of educational qualification.
CHERRY
Miss Katie Spruill, who works in j
Norfolk spent the week-end with her
mother, Mrs. Dora Spruill.
Mr. Junior Spruill, of Lynnhaven,
Va. and Mrs. Lucy Rae Peele spent1
the week-end with their mother, Mrs.
E. P. Spruill. Junior has been in the;
sanatorium in Lynnhaven and reports
that he is in good health again. This
will be good news to his many friends |
Miss Gladys Etheridge, of Colum-;
bia, spent the week-end with Miss:
Lucille Davenport.
Mrs. G. F. Woodley is visiting her!
daughter, Mrs W. C. Spruill this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Davenport
visited their daughter who has been
ill.
Mr. Louis Davenport who is in
camp in Louisana is spending a few
days w'ith hi. parents here Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Davenport.
Sgt. Tommie Spruill and Sgt. Carl-.
ton Spruill, who have been in Green- |
land, arrived home Friday to spend
sometime with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Spruill. They were ac
companied by Sat. Gould, of New Or
leans, La.
Mr. Edsel Barnes, of Norfolk, spent
the week-end with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. H. O. Barnes.
Mr. Har; Ji Barnes spent Satur
day night and Sunday with his fa
ther, Mr. H P Barne*.
CRESWELL
Mrs. W. B Gaither spent Wednes
day night with relatives in Rocky
Mount. She was accompanied home
by her daughter. Mary who has spent
some time with relatives there.
Miss Virginia Woodley spent Mon
day night in Norfolk.
Mrs. Mary Armstrong went to Nor
fork Monday.
Mr. and Mrs Hoyt Davenport and
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Harris visited
Miss Loula Mae Davenport in a hos
pital near Raleigh Sunday.
J. C. Gatlin, jr., left Monday for
West Point.
Billy Wells Bateman, of Norfolk,
visited his parents here Monday.
Sgt. Thomas Spruill and Sgt. Carl
ton Spruill, of Greenland are spend
ing some time with their parents Mr.
and Mrs. Chester Spruill.
Edsel Barnes, of Norfolk spent the
week-end with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Odell Barnes.
Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Davenport
and children, of Norfolk, spent the
week-end with relatives here.
Billy Hatfield, of Norfolk, spent the
week-end with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. O. D. Hatfield.
Harry Barnes, jr., of Norfolk, visit
ed his father over the week-end.
Misses Selma and Thelma Stillman,
of Norfolk, spent the week-end with
their mother. Mrs. Sadie Stillman.
Pvt. Louis Davenport, of Port
Myers, Fla., spent a few days of the
past week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Elwood Davenport.
T. S. Harrell, in, of Manteo is the
guest of his cousin Billy Harrell.
Carmen Bateman, returned to his
home in Norfolk Sunday after visit
ing relatives here.
Sam Woodley was in Norfolk Mon
day.
Robert Bateman accompanied by
his friend R. S. Cutler, spent the
week-end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Bateman.
Miss Mary Ellen Stillman is spend
ing the week in Roper.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Davenport
announce the birth of a son, Joseph
Baker Davenport, jr., in Columbia
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Preston Woodley To Get
Commission in Engineers
Creswell.—Preston Woodley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Woodley, left
Sunday for New York, where he will
be given a physical examination be
fore entering the Army as a second
hospital. Friday, June 26. Mother
and son are doing nicely. Mrs.
Davenport was the former Miss Anna
Jane Blue
lieutenant in the Engineer Corps. It
; understood he will be stationed at
a camp in Louisiana.
Young Woodley graduated in civil
engineering at State Colelge in 1940
and taught this course at summer
school there the same year.
He has since been with the TVA.
first going to Alabama, then to Ten
nessee: and at the time of his call
he was working in Syracuse. N. Y
He had received a rating of junior
civil engineer. _
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