The Roanoke Beacon ****** *and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 35 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 21, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Private Jack H. Britt, a brother of Mrs. S. F. Garrett, is now playing on the medical baseball team at Camp Rucker, where he is getting his army training, his sister has been informed. Private Britt plays third base on the team. William Davenport, of Washington, an uncle of Dan Satterthwaite, was in Plymouth last week-end, coming to attend the funeral of his old friend. James E. Lilley. He was ac companied by his wife and three daughters, the Misses Helen. Kather ine and Susie. John F. Asby, who lives about 2 miles from Plymouth on High way 64, sold 540 pounds of to bacco at the opening sales Tues day for $227, an average of a lit tle more than 42 cents a pound. Another 42-cent average was re ported by Herbert Bateman, who farms on the Arthur Vail place on the Long Acre road near here. E. H. Liverman and his three sons had a "family foursome” at the golf course here last Sunday afternoon. Technical Sergeant Aubrey W. Liver man, who has been stationed in the West Indies, and W. Benton Liver man, second-class petty officer in the Navy, who are home on leave, comprised half of the foursome, with Mr. Liverman and another son, Phil lip, rounding it out. Incidentally, Mr. Liverman shot a better score than any of the youngsters. Edw. S. < Ted) Blount reopened his hardware store here Monday morn ing after a brief vacation in Phila delphia. Mr. and Mrs. Blount went to Philadelphia last week, closing his store; but Mr. Blount was back on the job Monday, while Mrs. Blount will continue her visit with relatives in Pennsylvania for several more days. .. -*7 hoy hcoJs ?nend Night in Camp at Albemarle Beach -■■■ ■». Make Hike on Bicycles and Cook Their Meals Over Campfire •-<$> Eleven boys of Plymouth Troop No. 84, Boy Scouts of America, ac companied by thth- leader, the Rev. B. E. Taylor, spell? last Tuesday night in camp at Aj iemarle Beach. They rode there in the late after noon on bicycles and, nuking a late start on their return trip Wednes day. did not get in until near noon. The boys carried with them ma terial for their supper and break fast, which they cooked over camp fires. The supper was plentiful, well cooked with the skill of Boy Scouts and much enjoyed by all. But the breakfast Wednesday was skimpy, some stray dogs having raided the camp during the night and eaten all supplies they could find. However, the Scouts made out and did not leave camp hungry. Only one folding cot was taken along and only two boys could sleep on that, but the others rolled up in blankets or sheets and slept com fortably on the sand. The party included: Rev. B. E. Taylor, leader; Junior Rath, Joe Reid, Frank Landing, Marvin Scherr, Gordon Ambrose, Richard Carr, and his brother, Billy Carlyle, Jerry Polk, Robt. Darden Swain and Bill Rob bins. Committee Revised On Civilian Defense -$> P. Bruce Bateman, chairman of the Washington County Civilian De fense Council, announced today a newly revised Committee on Emer gency Public Works and Utilities and Protection of Industrial Plants and Public Buildings, as follows: J. R. Manning, chairman; E. P. Still, co-chairman; Dr. S. V. Lewis, J. W. Darden, Clyde Hardison, E. L. Walker, T. W. Earle, Ethel Arps, and H. H. McLean. At Roper: Barton Swain, co-chair man, W. W. Mizell, and L. E. Has sell. At Creswell: A. T. Broks, co-chair man; Harry Pritchett. At Mackeys: J. E. Davenport. At Skinnersville: H. L. Harris. Messengers: Plymouth Boy Scouts, Rev. B. E. Taylor, scout leader; Har ry McLean, Jim Winesett Jerry Polk, Bill Robbins, Eddie Thomas, Robert Darden Swain, Ralph Howell and Junior Rath. Schools Here to Open Thursday Next Week GETS PROMOTION [ - —— ■■ I Corporal T. B. Brown, of the State Highway Patrol, stationed here since 1937, has been promot ed to sergeant and transferred to New Bern, effective September 1. Brown Promoted To Sergeantcy in Highway Patrol - Patrolman Stationed Here Since 1937 Transferred To New Bern -- Highway Patrolman Tom Brown— Corporal Brown heretofore but Ser geant Brown on and after next Tuesday, September 1—will leave Plymouth next Monday for New Bern, his promotion and new duties fixing his headquarters there. He will be in charge of Division 6 of Troop A. Entering the State Highway Pa trol service August 17, 1934, the pa trolman served in Washington and Greenville, being assigned to Plym outh September 15, 1937. In Octo ber, ’939, he was promoted to cor poral. For the present, Sergeant Brown plans for his family to remain in Plymouth, Mrs. Brown continuing her work as chief clerk in the office of County Agent W. V. Hays and Tom Brown. jr„ entering school here next week. The patrolman said that he plans to move the family to New Bern as soon as he can find a suitable house in which to live. He said that dwellings are about as hard to get there as in Plymouth, because of the near-by activities of the armed forces. Since he has been located in Plym outh, Sergeant Brown has been very active in the social, fraternal and civic life of the community. He is senior warden of Perseverance Lodge, No. 59, A. F. & A. M., and is also cubmaster of the local cub pack, the embryo Boy Scouts. He has many friends in Plymouth who will be sorry to see him leave, although they are pleased with his promotion. While it is understood that a high way patrolman will continue to be stationed here, no announcement has been made as to who will be Ser geant Brown’s successor. -® Revival Services To Close Next Monday - The tent revival services in Plym outh are to continue through this week and close next Monday night with a great missionary service. In announcing this, Evangelist Raymond Browning said it was necessary be cause of increasing interest. The best altar service of the revival was witnessed last Monday night, when 13 persons sought the Lord. Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Jenkins will conduct the missionary service. They worked more than 20 years among the natives of Swaziland, South Af rica. The messages they bring will be illustrated with lantern slides. Evangelist Brown said that the cooperation of the church people in Plymouth has been excellent and his stay here has been a happy one. Pick-Up Trucks No Longer Eligible For New Tires and Tubes, Board Told New tires and tubes will not be available for pick-up trucks, the local rationing board was in formed yesterday by E. H. Schel lenberg, State tire rationing specialist, of Raleigh. All tires capable of being used for pas senger cars must be assigned to such cars, the state specialist said. W. L. Whitley, local rationing board chairman, had a lengthy telephone conversation Wednes day with rationing authorities at Raleigh, presenting the urgent need of pick-up trucks and trail ers to move the tobacco crop to mariiet, but he was unable to se cure a modification of the rul ing. The refusal to make any concessions to facilitate market ing tobacco was positive. If it becomes necessary, it was sug gested, farmers should pool their tobacco and employ large trucks. Only obsolete tire sizes will be available in the future for either pick-up trucks or trailers, it was stated. Mr. Whitley also said this morning that the local board has been unofficially informed that it will have only two passenger car tires for issuance during the entire month of September for the whole county. High School Pupils Asked To Register At Building Monday -$ Local Teaching Staff Com plete Except for Agri culture Instructor The white schools of Plymouth will open for the 1942-43 term Thursday morning of next week, September 3, at 9 o'clock, according to Principal R. B. Trotman, who said that ar rangements were about complete for the opening. Local teachers will meet in the high school building here next Wednesday afternoon, September 2, at 3 o'clock. Mr. Trotman said that much dif ficulty had been experienced in hold ing teachers to their contracts and in securing teachers to fill vacancies, but he hopes to have all places filled before the opening next week. Mr. Trotman stated that the school bus routes will be substantially the same as last term. Tire War Trans portation Board is insisting that the number of bus stops be reduced to a minimum in keeping with the war conservation program, and is asking that all school patrons cooperate by not making selfish or personal re quests. Mr. Trotman said that schools everywhere were having trou ble keeping the standards up to the pre-war level, but added “We will do the best we can under the circum stances.’’ Pupils of the first three grades will report to the Hampton Building, which will be in charge of Miss Ethel Perry. Children must be 6 years old on or before October 1 to enter the first grade, in conformity with reg ulations of the State Department of Public Instruction. These children must also present birth certificates and evidence of successful vaccina tion. Teachers assigned to grades in the Hampton Building are: First, Misses Ethel Perry and Frances Turnage; second, Mrs. Leta Liverman and Miss Ella Harper: third, Mrs. Katherine Harrison and Miss Gladys Rountrye. Grammar grade teachers in the high school building are: fourth, Mrs. Janie Dunning and Miss Kath erine Brandon: fifth, Misses Marion Allen and Nellie Tarkenton; sixth. Mrs. Eva Spruill Sanderson and Miss Mollie Edgerton; seventh, Misses An nie James and Eva Bateman. The eighth grade, under the new State 12-year program, will still be consid ered an elementary grade but will be taught by high school teachers. Mi-. Trotman states that untiring efforts on the part of state and local officials have failed to secure a suc cessor to W. S. Moore, agriculture teacher, but it is hoped a teacher will be found before the opening of school. All eighth grade and high school pupils are urged by the principal to come to school on Monday, August 31, according to the following sched ule in order to have the new program explained and to get their schedules arranged: Monday morning, August 31, 9 a. m„ all eighth grade pupils; 10:30 a. m., all second-year high school pupils: Monday afternoon, 2 p. m„ all third-year high-school pu pils; and at 3:30, all fourth-year high-school pupils. High-school teachers and their subjects are as follows: Mrs. Thelma Barden, English and French; Miss Irene Dixon, mathematics; Mrs. Dix, home economics; Mrs. Ethel Gurkin, English and history; Mrs. Irma Hough, commercial education; E. W. Kale, mathematics and history; Mrs. Benton Liverman, biology, physics, and girls’ physical education; Mrs. E. W. Furgurson, public school music and librarian; L. W. Zeigler, science and band. -$ Albert L. Braiten Octogenerian, Dies Albert L. Bratten. formerly for many years a citizen of Plymouth, died early in the morning of Tuesday, August 18, at the age of 80 years, in his home at Alachua, Fla. Funeral services were conducted there and burial was at Alachua. Born in Plymouth, February 13, 1862, this was Mr. Bratten’s home until he removed to Alachua 16 years ago, since when he had never been back, even for a visit. He was the son of Joseph A. Bratten and De borah E. (Latham) Bratten. He married Miss Annie Hathaway of Bu ford county, N. C. All his life he was a farmer. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Immediate survivors include his widow and his daughter, Mrs. Ruth Miller, of Alachua and her four children; one brother, Frank Brat ten, of Plymouth, only 18 months younger; five nephews, Albert, Alf red and Charley Bratten, of Plym outh, W. M. Scarborough, of Onan cock, Va., and Frank Scarboro, of Newport News, Va., four nieces, Mrs. Ed Jackson and Mrs. Adolph Stubbs, of Plymouth, Mrs. Garcia Webb and Mrs. Inez Munden, of Edenton, N, C. Mrs. Minnie Johnson, of Plymouth is a second cousin. Local Drail Board Gels October Calls; Four Now on Hand 56 Colored Selectees Sent To Fort Bragg Reception Center Today --$ Draft calls are coming thick and fast to the local draft board, it was learned this week. Fifty-seven col ored men left this morning, and there are four more calls on file with the local board, two for September and a like number for October. On September 8 the board is to send 25 white selectees to Fort Bragg. While there are 35 men in readiness for this call, at least four of them are preparing to join the Navy, it was said, and there may be others. Tire call is for 1-A men. However, men classed by Army doctors as 1-B are now being accepted. Selectees go to Fort Bragg for their physical and mental examinations, and those accepted are inducted and then giv en a 14-day furlough to wind up thei affairs before beginning training. On September 30, colored men to the number of 45 will be called. The October calls are for 35 white men on October 9 and 25 colored men on the 27th. Notice of the October calls was received this week by the local board. It was stated that classification of the fifth registration men is proceed ing as fast as they become 20 years of age, and many of them will be called in October. Two special busses this morning carried 56 colored men to Fort Bragg for examination and probable in duction. From Plymouth 30 were taken, from Creswell 9, and from Roper 16, and there was also one transfer from Parksley, Va. One oth er «ran was supposed to go, but failed to show up. However, it was thought he would report later in the day, and it was said that his name would not be turned over to FBI men for prose cution before tomorrow. The names of those leaving today were published last week, but the list has been amended to except Marcel lus Gorham, James McNair and Wil liam Alex James, of Plymouth, and Silas Washington Hines, of Creswell, who were granted temporary defer ments. One new name was added. William Henry Blount, of Roper. -® Sugar Ration Stamp No. 8 Is Not Bonus -<8> Conforming with instructions from the office of Price Administration at Raleigh to all County Boards, the lo cal rationing board has announced the valuation of Stamp No. 8 for 5 pounds of sugar for a 10-week per iod. Beginning August 23 to October 31, inclusive, Stamp No. 8 in War Ration Book No. 1 will be good at any time for 5 pounds of sugar. The stamp value will permit merchants to sell in 5, 10 and 25-pound packages of sugar which are now in the hands of re fineries, wholesalers and retailers. This will eliminate temporarily the necessity for repacking sugar into small units. It is not a bonus. It is also stated that the time be ing near when students will be re turning to school, they are advised they should take their ration books along and urn them over to the pro per authority in charge of the dormitory where they board. Plymouth Lions Club Regular Meet Tonight -® The weekly meeting of the Lions Club of Plymouth will be held to night in the Legion Hall. It is called for 7 o’clock and dinner will be served by the ladies. President L. S. Thompson and Secretary T. C. Bur gess urge members to be on hand early. Interesting discussions of var ious matters are expected. -® Eastern Union of Primitive Baptists Meets August 29-30 -$ The Eastern Union of the Primi tive Baptist church will meet at Con cord Primitive Baptist church, be tween Creswell and Cherry, this week end. Elder S. Gray will be the pas tor in charge. The session will con vene Saturday, August 29, and con tinue through Sunday, August 30. Dinner will be served on the grounds Sunday. Posloffice Closes Saturdays 1P. M. Beginning next week, accord ing to announcement by Post master John W. Darden, all win dows in the post office will be open from 8 o’clock a. m. to 6 p. m. on week days except Satur day, when they will close at 1 o'clock p. m. This is a change from the sum mer schedule, when the half hol iday was observed on Wednes days, conforming with the Wednesday half-holiday in mer cantile circles. Everything Set for Practice Blackout Here Friday Night War Bond Sales Nearly Four Times More Than Quota lor Month in County With a total of $65,475 worth of War Bonds sold in Plymouth alone so far this month, the county quota will be quadrupled for August, it is indicated. In addition, $4,573.80 worth of War Stamps have been sold, but these are not credited against the monthly county quotas until they are converted into bonds. The county fell $15,000 short of its July quota, but this has been more than made up this month. Surplus money in the hands of tobacco farmers during Septem ber and October should be in vested to a large extent in War Bonds and Stamps, so Washing ton County should be able to re main well above its quota for those two months if they are in line with the goal for August. Scrap Metal Drive in County Brings Results Campaign Will Be Intensified During Coming Few Days Most of Scrap Collected Is Being Delivered at Yard Here -<8> Responding to the Government’s urgent call for scrap metal, the sal vage committee of the Washington County Council of Civilian Defense reports that people throughout the county are making an earnest effort to gather in all the iron and steel junk they can find. Some is brought to Plymouth and sold at the junk yard here, 45 cents per 100 pounds being paid, much is collected at oth er points in the county and brought in by Richard West, the same price being paid for it, less the cost of transportation. What is collected in one week is sent to Norfolk, Va., the next. The shipment out this week amounted to 17,740 pounds. Richard West, to whom H. H. Mc Lean and W. V. Hays, co-chairmen of the salvage drive in Washington County, refer most of the inquiries, says the collection of junk metal in the county is only in its initial stages. “The church ladies are becoming in terested,” he said, “and when they take hold of anything they do it. A few days ago a lady from Westover, a member of a ladies’ aid society, asked me to pick up a load of scrap at Westover. I did so, and the mon ey I paid for it went to the church.” If the church women at all places undertake to gather junk metal to help their churches, there will soon be a big supply for government needs, he suggested. Seven cars that had t ,‘en run be yond their usefulness were also bought for salvage this week. Valu able parts of these cars may be sold to keep other cars running, but a substantial amount of junk metal re mains which is sold as scrap William H. Gardner, Roper Citizen, Dies -® William Harrison Gardner, aged 85 years, died at 10 o'clock Monday night, Aiigust 24, at his home in Roper where he had lived for 20 years. Infirmities of old age con tributed to his death and feebleness had kept him in bed four weeks just before the end. Mr. Gardner was bora in James ville, Martin County, and made his home there until he moved to Roper. He married Miss Canellia Mizelle of Jamesville and five children were born to them. For years he was an active member of Zion's Chapel, Christian Church at Roper. Funeral services were conducted in the home on Tuesday by the Rev. O. M. Mankamyer, pastor of his church, and burial was in the Roanoke Rapids cemetery in the family burial lot. Immediate survivors are his wi dow, 84 years of age; one son, Elbert Gardner of Suffolk, and five daugh ters: Mrs. George Coburn, of Plym outh; Mrs. L. N. Gerkin. of Roanoke Rapids; Miss Edith Gardner, of Roper: and Mrs. D. H. Vick, of Washington, D. C.; and several grandchildren. Because of the dis tance and family duties Mrs. Vick was unable to attend the funeral, but all the other children were there. Dave Chism Enlists For Naval Overseas Work — -. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Chism have rented their house at 19 Pine Street. Country Club Village, to Mr. and Mrs. Pat Hamilton. They have given up their home temporarily since Mr. Chism is now in the Naval Reserve j Overseas Construction Corporation and expects soon to be sent across the seas. Mrs. Chism said she is planning to return to her old home in Tuscaloosa. Ala., and her former work as a beauty specialist until af ter the duration and her husband comes home, but will remain in Plym outh for awhile. , Stores Open Hour Later Next Week Conforming to a decision by the Plymouth Merchants Asso ciation, Plymouth stores have ended the Wednesday half-holi days, which were adopted only for the summer period, and have also changed the daily opening hour from 8 o’clock to 9 o’clock. The new hours will go into ef fect Monday of next week. The stores will continue to close each day at 6 o'clock, except on Sat urdays, when 10 o’clock will be the closing hour. Labor Day, September 7. will be observed in Plymouth as a holiday, and the stores will be closed all day. List of Teachers for All County Schools Now Said Complete — Shep Brinkley, who is leaving to morrow morning for Port Bragg to enter active service with the Army, announced this week that the oper ation of the Plymouth Theatre dur ing his absence would be in the hands of his sister, Miss Marian Brinkley, Mr. Brinkley was accepted with the group of selectees from this county August 14 and has been home for the past two weeks getting his af fairs in shape before returning to duty. Miss Brinkley has been in charge of the local theatre on several prev ious occasions, while her brother was in Murfreesboro, where he had an other theatre up to a year or so ago Coming to Plymouth in 1933, Mr. Brinkley took over an old theatre and developed the business to the point where a newer modern building W'as required several years ago. He has secured the best pictures obtainable, which resulted in a steadily increas ing patronage; and he expresses the hope that his patrons will continue their attendance while he is away. "Conditions in the movie business are becoming increasingly difficult due to the war." Mr. Brinkley said, "and if everything is not exactly as you think it should be, blame Hitler. We are going to make every effort to provide the best entertainment possible, and I will be very grateful for any consideration shown me or my sister while I am awav.” Tobacco Markets Open With Prices On Low Grades Higher Than Expected With prices for better grades of tobacco ranging up to 47 cents and inferior types showing even greater proportionate gains over opening-day averages a year ago. tobacco sales on the eastern Car olina markets Tuesday reached the highest levels in many years. Prices Wednesday and Thursday continued equally encouraging. Bright Belt tobacco is in demand, and Washington County tobacco farmers, jubilant over the pros pect of good prices for all their product, have turned with re doubled efforts to the harvesting and curing of their crop and get ting it to market as quickly as possible. At Williamston Tuesday, the first tobacco sold, 16,682 pounds, averaged $39.34 per 100 pounds, some selling as high as 47 cents. Inferior grades brought lower prices naturally, but these types showed gains over opening price averages a year ago. In fact, the inferior grades, if they possess body and can meet smoking de mands, are selling at new high figures. Washington County tobacco farmers were much in evidence at Williamston and Robersonville and some at more distant mar kets. Individual averages of 42 to 46 cents were reported by them in numerous instances, and all were pleased with the prices of fered.