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The Roanoke Beacon 4 * * * * * *and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 38 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 17, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1889 MAKE EVERY PAY DAY f BOND DAY Town opics Captain Dallas G. Morris, of the Army Air Corps, who was killed in an airplane crash near Nashville, Ga., last Saturday, is remembered here as a member of the Plymouth Rocks baseball club in the old Albe marle League. Captain Morris was on a routine flight, according to re ports. and the cause of the crash is not known. Sergeant Gordon C. Chesson, who is stationed at Bolling Field, near Washington, D. C., is spending some time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Chesson, of Roper. He was promoted to sergeant on September 1. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September, 1939. F. B. Bateman, Mayor B. G. Campbell, Chief of Police P. W. Brown, B. A. Sumner and Paul Basnight are among those from here attending the civilian de fense council meeting in Raleigh today. Mayor C. N. Davenport,, sr„ is also taking a carload of folks from Creswell to the meet ing, where plans are to be an nounced for a state-wide black out later this month. Franklin Earl Nobles, of Plymouth, and Grady Jones, of Creswell, have enlisted in the Navy recently; and William Wells Bateman, of Creswell, enlisted in the Army. Miss Helen Bratten, secretary in the office of C. E. Ayers here for some time, last Friday entered train ing as a student nurse at Rex Hos pital in Raleigh. Her sister, Miss Claudia Bratten ,has taken over her work in the office of Mr. Ayers, and Miss Martha Hornthal succeeded her as secretary of the local building and loan association. Work on remodeling and en larging the post office building is progressing rapidly. The exten sion has been completed, except for the flooring, and the inter ior of the office is being repaint ed this week. However, it will be some time yet before the work is completed. The first Sunday in October will be observed as “Orphanage Sunday” at the local Methodist church, ac cording to James W. Norman, super intendent of the Sunday school. Mr. Norman says the orphanage needs are now greater than ever before in its history, and he hopes every mem ber of the church and Sunday school will make a substantial contribution to the institution. t Technical Corporal Paul W. Swain, of Plymouth, has been transferred from Camp Rucker and is now sta tioned at the O'Reilly General Hos pital in Springfield, Mo„ where he is being trained to become a surgeon’s assistant. He was selected from the 321st Infantry. Medical Detachment, by the commanding officer of the medical battalion of the 81st division. -$ Building and Loan Office Here Moved -<s> Miss Martha Hornthal was recent ly elected secretary of the Plymouth Building and Loan Association to succeed Miss Helen Bratten, and all records of the association have been moved from the office of C. E. Ayers to the office of W. R. Hampton on Water Street. Miss Hornthal will be in the office from 9 to 12 a. m. and from 2 to 6 p. m. every Monday and Friday for the purpose of receiving payments on installment stock and loans. The annual meeting of stockhold ers of the association was not held last Wednesday night, as scheduled, due to the fact that there were sev eral conflicting meetings at the same time. The board of directors met Friday and decided to call the stock holders' meeting for Wednesday, Oc tober 14. at 8 p. m„ in the municipal council chamber. -$ Private Thos. D. Woodley Studying Army Finance •-® Private Thomas D. Woodley, of Creswell, is now at the Finance Re placement Training Center, Fort Benjamin Harrison, near Indian apolis, Ind, for basic training in fi nance. Upon completion of an in tensive field training program, he will be sent into the classroom to study army pay methods, reports from there state. Private Woodley is the son of D. E. Woodley, of St Petersburg, Fla. He was inducted at Fort Bragg August 28. He was in business in Plymouth during the early 1930’s, when he op erated the Woodley Chevrolet Co. Plymouth Merchants Discuss Program To Help Local Business Sheet 2 Soon Good In Ration Book A County motorists are reminded that coupons on page 1 of their A ration books will not be good after next Monday, September 21. The eight coupons on page 2 of the A books become valid on Tuesday, September 22, and re main effective for two months, through November 21. Many car owners have already used up all the coupons on the first sheet in their A books, but there are some who still have a few units left. The local ration ing board says it is their privi lege to buy up all the gasoline allowed by their rationing cou pons. but warns that the gas is supposed to be put into the tanks of their cars and not stored in containers for later use. E. 0. Arnold, Roper School Principal Is Proficient Teacher -® Has Taught In Manteo, Mars Hill, Vanceboro; Son In Army -® E. O. Arnold, who Began his work as principal of the Roper High School when the term began recently, is an experienced teacher and a former citizen of Washington County. For two years he was principal of the Manteo High School, and he was at Mars Hill for four years and at Vanceboro for eight years. One of his sons is a lieutenant in the army, another is in the Naval Reserve and will go to Columbia University this year to complete his training. Mr. Arnold reports the Roper High School enrollment this week to be 110, and the elementary school en rollment, 212. Much interest in basketball is de veloping at Rope •, Mr. Arnold said, but little in foot, 11, students there never having been very enthusiastic about the gridiron game. Tlie Roper school has a full teach ing staff, but average daily attend ance last year caused the loss of one teacher from the faculty, which Mr. Arnold hopes to regain this year. -® Attend Funeral of Little Granddaughter In Charlotte Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Noonev went to Charlotte last week to a. -end the funeral of their little granddaughter, Cynthia Jo, aged 18 months, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hopkins of Charlotte. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning, Septem ber 10, in the South Side Baptist Church and burial in the church cemetery. The infant was ill only a short time with teething trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins and their little son, Stephen, aged about 3 years, returned to Plymouth with Mr. and Mrs. Nooney, whose guests they were until last Sunday, when they went back to their home in Charlotte with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Joyce. -$ Aged Negro Dies Friday In Macedonia Section Will Johnson, an aged Negro citi zen of Macedonia, died last Friday night. Funeral services were held Sunday. He was a member of the A. M. E. Z. church of Macedonia and of the Elks lodge at Plymouth. He was 80 years of age. Earl Bowen in Charge of Scout Meet This Week Earl Bowen, former scoutmaster, directed the Boy Scout activities at their meeting last Monday night and will have charge of them again next Monday night during the absence of the Rev. B. E. Taylor, who is con ducting a revival in Beaufort Coun ty. T. J. Collier Succeeds A. T. Brooks as Principal Creswell School This Week T. J. Collier has been made principal of the Creswell High School, beginning his duties there last Monday. He succeeds A. T. Brooks, who resigned last Friday, after one week of school work, in anticipation of being called into the army, and with Mrs. Brooks left Creswell on Tuesday. Mr. Brooks had been principal at Creswell for the past five years. Mr. Collier is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he was a member of Phi Betta Kappa, national honorary fraternity. He taught seven years at Oriental and five years at Arapahoe, both in Pamlico Coun ty. He voiced enthusiasm about his work in Creswell in anticipa tion of a happy and successful school year. At present Mr. Collier is living in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Holmes, friends of many years standing. As soon as he can find suitable living quarters, his wife and two-year-old son will join him in Creswell. Annual Meeting At Country Club Draws Liberal Attendance -® Free Discussion of Trade Betterment Problems Discussed Monday -® Plans to stimulate buying in Plym outh were discussed at some length at the annual meeting of the Plym outh Merchants Association Monday evening at the country club. The attendance was good, and before tak ing up the business end of the pro gram a nice fried chicken dinner was served and several speakers were heard. President E. E. Harrell introduced the several speakers, first being J. H. Newkirk, president of Local No. 356, International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Work ers, who said that having formerly been in the mercantile business he felt at home among merchants. Hav ing lived here a little more than five years he could testify, he said, that cooperation between Plymouth mer chants and workmen in the plants here was very gratifying and he was sure it would continue. Z. V. Norman, speaking for the lawyers, said the sympathetic rela tions between the legal profession and merchants was evident because a lawyer to be successful must be a good salesman; to a large extent they have the same problems to solve, the same difficulties to overcome. T. C. Burgess, speaking for em ployees of the merchants, speaking on “How To Regard the Boss,’’ said that clerks, who should be called salesmen, represent a large part of Plymouth's business element, and co operation between them and the bosses is good because each has re gard for the interests of the others. While the hours are long, he said, averaging about 53 a week possibly, most of the merchants coordinated the work so as not to work a hard ship on their employees. R. H. Lucas spoke briefly of his many years in Plymouth, which have given him many pleasant memories, he said. Better Business Plan Introducing the plan for better business to be discussed, President Harrell said the merchants in other years had sponsored programs of progress and he had appointed a committee to recommend a program for this fall. The committee had sug gested the gift of a $25 War Bond each week, the bond to be paid for by two or three merchants whose stores would be specially advertised that week, the buyers to be eligible for prizes under certain conditions not yet determined. Some rules were mentioned and the discussion became general, but no definite agreement was reached. On motion of J. W. Norman, second ed by W. F. Winslow, the committee’s plan was adopted in principle, with details to be worked out by a com mittee to be named by the president. The committee appointed includes W. H. Booker, chairman, H. A. Wil liford, L. S. Thompson, W. F. Win slow, J. W. Norman, and Mr. Rogers, of Pender’s store. Chief Air Raid Warden P. W. Brown suggested that merchants who leave lights burning at night have outside switches installed so that of ficers may turn off the lights in the event of unexpected blackouts. Oth erwise officers may have to force en trance, he warned. Mayor Campbell suggested a clean up along the river front, behind the stores on the north side of Water Street, and of the alleys behind the stores on the south side of Water and oack of stores on Washington Street. He said that conditions in the back lots called for immediate action. B. A. Sumner was introduced as the county's next representative to the legislature and invited to address the merchants at their next monthly meeting. -® Deferment From Draft Granted To Two Men -® Two men. now subject to the draft, were granted temporary deferment ay the local selective service board this week. They are: Jack Beasley Willoughby, Plym Duth, given deferment to January 1, 1943, so as to have time in which to straighten out his affairs. Heber Alligood. Creswell, given de ferment to the December call in or der to house his crop. -- Lewis Styons Jr. To Preach Plymouth Christian Church Because of the absence of the Rev. B. E. Taylor, pastor of the Plym outh Christian Church, Lewis Styons. jr„ will preach there next Sunday at the 11 o'clock morning and 8 o’clock evening services. He will also fill in for Mr Taylor at Chapel Hill at 3:30 in the afternoon. Eight Colored Men Called For Service Neglect To Report -® Included Among First Sep tember Selectees; Where abouts Being Sought -$ Nine colored registrants of Local Board No. 1, Washington County Draft Board, failed to obey their or der to report for physical examina tions for the call for the month of September. Two notices were sent to each addressed to their last known addresses and some of these have been returned. One of these delin quents has since reported, so now there are eight, whose last known ad dresses are: Charles Robert Simmons. R. F. D.. Plymouth; William Percy Wyne. Roper: William Henry Tarkenton, 8 B St., White City, Plymouth: Charlie Boyd, 5420 CCC MCP, 74 Maple Hill, N. C.; Bradley Lee Norman, 5420 CCC. Maple Hill, N. C.; Wadsworth Hall, Roper, N. C.; William Henry Knight. 644 Nichols St., Norfolk. Va.; James Willie Horton. Jacksonville, N. C. If anyone knows of the wherea bouts of any of these men it is re quested that notification be sent to the Selective Service Board in Plym outh. If no report is received from them by September 20 their names will be turned over to the State Di rector of Selective Service. The names of these men were not included among those who left Wash ington County on August 27 because none had replied to the call to re port. -<j> Schools Enlisted To Garner In 1750 Tons Scrap Metal Washington County Needs All To Help Collect It, Says Superintendent -4 Asking for 1,750 tons, at least, of scrap metal to be garnered in Wash ington Courfy and turned over to the salvage committee of the Washing ton County Civilian Defense Coun cil within the next three or four weeks, and seconding the appeal of Governor Broughton and Mr. Erwin, state superintendent of schools, a let ter has been sent by County Super intendent H. H. McLean to all schools under his supervision, the P. T. A. and other interested persons urging them to enlist in the campaign. In part the letter says: "This state has been asked to col lect and ship by January 1, 175,000 tons of scrap metal. On an average, this means that Washington County has been asked for 1,750 tons. If we produce the scrap that has been al lotted to us, it means that every man. woman, boy and girl in the county will have to become active. Tire campaign begins October 5. "May I solicit your cooperation with the local schools in this matter? Our country expects us to do our duty in this respect just as much as it ex pects the boys overseas to do theirs. Let’s not fail the boys. Let’s get in the scrap, too.” New Firm of Cotton and Seed Cotton Buyers Here -® C. E. Ayers and W. T. Freeman have formed a partnership, under the firm name of Ayers & Freeman, to buy bale and seed cotton; They will buy the cotton at the farm or will accept delivery at the Esso Service Station here. Mr. Freeman has been buying cot ton in this section for 13 years, and both he and Mr. Ayers have a large acquaintance among the farmers of Washington and adjoining counties. Junior Club Will Sell War Stamps The Junior Woman’s Club is again sponsoring the sale of War Savings Stamps in the Plymouth schools, as it did with remarkable success during the first five months of this year. | During this month Mrs. Harold j Darden will be at the Hampton School each school day at 1 o'- I clock and Mrs. Ruth Dix will serve at the high school at 11:30 o’clock to make sales. Mrs. Linwood Brown, president of the club, will name one mem ber each month to sell the War Stamps at each school. She asks the cooperation of parents in re minding their children to buy War Stamps. Beginning the sales last week, stamps were sold to the amount of $15.25. Sales were similarly small when selling was begun early this year, but near the close of the term the sales reached $125 a week Mrs. Brown hopes for equally good success the last four months ot this year. Local Draft Board To Reclassify Men For Limited Service, Starting at Once Notification was received this week by the local selective serv ice board to reclassify all regis trants now classed in 1-B. 1-BO, or 4-E-LS. It is not definitely known exactly how many men in the county are affected by the order. Men in Class 1-B are available for limited military service when found acceptable to the land and naval forces. There are some of these in Washington County, but the number cannot be stated, and they will be reclassified within the next four months. Conscientious objectors are listed in Class 1-BO, these being available for non-combatant mil itary service. Only one man in the county is known to be in this General Election Day Looms About Six Weeks Ahead Washington County Regis trars Announced; Chal lenge Day Oct. 31 -<$■ General election day, Tuesday, No vember 3, looms just ahead, being only a little more than six weeks away. Preparations for it are be ing made in all the states. In North Carolina the registra tion period for this general election will open October 10 and close Oc tober 24. All who have registered since the new registration law was enacted two years ago need not register again. Challenge day will be October 31, the Saturday just prior to the gen eral election. W. W. White, of Roper, chairman Washington County Board of elec tions, announces the following regis trars: W. L. Furbee, W ?nona for the We nona Precinct. Mrs. Hermine Ramsey, Plymouth, for the Plymouth Precinct. Tom Dillon, Roper, for the Lees Mill Precinct. Mrs. M. A. While, Skinnersville: for the Skinnersville Precinct. J. A. Combs, Creswell, for the Scup pernong Precinct. The Absentee Ball ft Law provides for absentee voting. It provides that the application for a l absentee bal lot must be made on the absentee ap pliaction form furn shed by the county chairman and cannot be made more than thirty daj s prior to the date of the election. This means that application under this Act cannot be made prior to October 3. since the election comes on November 3. The U. S. Congress has just en acted an absentee bnllot Act pro viding another method for soldiers, sailors, marines, nurs :s and others in tlie country’s armt d service who desire to use same to vote for mem bers of United States Congress only. This Act places its ad! linistration on the Secretary of State and relieves the County Chairman of that duty. It permits men and women in the armed forces to vote ty absentee bal lot in Federal electuns irrespective of registration and also of poll tax requirements in those states requir ing such. Those wishing to vote will apply for official war ballots to be supplied by the Secretary of State of their respective state, by the North Carolina Secretary of State for such absentee balloting in North Caro lina. Vocational Teachers of Three Counties Plan Work -9 Vocational home economics and vocational agriculture teachers of Washington. Martin and Tyrrell counties met in joint session at Roper last week. Representatives of each school discussed their plans for joint programs to be conducted during the coming year and also plans for vo cational education in the eighth grade. In separate groups individual prob lems were compared and studied. The home economics teachers elec ted their officers for the coming year: Beulah White, Creswell, chair man; Fiances Ford, Roberson ville, secretary; Lela Davenport, Columbia, program chairman: Ruth Brett. Wil liamston. publicity chairman. It was decided to hold their meet ings once each month. -$ Sermon On “God and Human Suffering" Sunday The Rev. O. L. Hardwick, pastor of the Plymouth Methodist church, will preach the second of a series of sermons on "God and Human Suf fering” next Sunday morning. Last Sunday he approached the subject from a negative >'*int of view: next Sunday he will start with the posi tive. Tlie public is invited to hear it. Services for the day are: Church school, 9:45 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a. m. Epworth League, 7 p. m. Evening worship, 8 p. m The public is cordially invited to all services. class, and he has such a large family that it is considered un likely he will be called. The 4-E-LS class includes con scientious objectors and others available for limited service in civilian work of national import ance. None of these is listed in Washington County. Local boards are required to reopen and consider anew each month, commencing: with Sep tember, of not to exceed one fourth of the total number of registrants now classified in the above classes. The reopening and reclassification is to continue for four months, so that by the end of December, no registrant will remain in the limited-service classes. Darden Deplores Unpatriotic Trend Postmaster John W. Darden told Plymouth merchants at their annual meeting Monday night that War Stamp sales in Plym outh had reached an average of about S6.000 monthly, and he hoped and believed this would soon reach $10,000 and more. The postmaster stated that he deplored the practice of some employees who had agreed to ac cept a part of their wages in War Stamps presenting the stamps almost immediately for redemp tion. The stamps are not sup posed to be redeemed except for War Bonds. He asked and was promised the help of the mer chants in using their influence against the practice of "cashing in” W'ar Stamps except in cases of real emergency. Colored Selectees To Be Called To Leave Here September 30 Notices To Report Will Be Sent Them Early Next Week Orders to 45 colored men of Wash ington County to report to the local selective service board and be ready to leave here at 7:15 a. m., Wednes day, September 30, to go to Fort Bragg for physical examinations to determine their fitness for service in the army, will be sent out early next week. One of the number is a vol unteer. Of the total, 20 are from Plymouth, 13 from Roper, 10 from Creswell, and 2 from Mackeys. Tire selectees are: From Plymouth: James Henry Downing (volunteer), Lorenzo Fred McNair, Beatrice Downing, Benjamin Hebrew Belcher, George Lee Cherry, Joseph Carroll Pruden, James Wil liam Johnson, Alphonza Cradle, Syl vester Small, James Alton Brown, John Arthur Rogers, John Henry Dixon, Roy Hampton Simpson, Aus tin Louis Allen, Joe Nathan Manley, Edgar Alfonza McNair, Leslie Lin wood Garrett, Clifton Smith, James Henry Moore, Jesse Lee McNair. From Roper: Cornelius Simpson, Thirles Simpson, Robert Louis Holley, James Hays Satterth waite, Henry Pete Greene, Henry Allen Rhodes, Dennis Cox. John Earl Davenport. Warren Everett, James Edward fSnight, James William Robertson, John Henry Norman. Monroe Wright. From Creswell: William Palin, Theodore Edward Littlejohn, Henry Louis Blount, Louis Melvin Little john, Fred Jenkins, Lonnie Claudius Harris, Willis Jupiter Saw yer, Charlie Thomas Norman. James Thenly Robinson, Elmer Lee Rob erts. From Mackeys: Leroy Midgett. Alexander Junior Nixon. Rev. B. E. Taylor Holding Revival in Beaufort County Rev. B. E. Taylor, pastor of the1 Plymouth Christian Church, left last Monday afternoon for Beaufort County to hold a ten-day revivali meeting in the Rosemary Christian Church. Lewis Styons. jr., will preach for him here next Sunday. County War Bonds Goal for September Is Fixed at $16,500 -- Treasury Head Says Volun tary Purchase Program Continues Essential -$ Washington County's quota of War Bonds in September, the amount al lotted for purchase here, is $16,500. This is a little less than the total sales in either May, June or July and only a little more than one-fifth of the total sales in August, when the quota was the same as for September, The Treasury Department has in formed H. E. Beam, Washington County chairman for War Bond sales that sales in excess of quotas probably would be credited to future quotas, so while harvest returns are coming in the investment in War Bonds should be as large as possible. Chas. H. Robertson, of Greens boro, State Administrator War Sav ings Staff, advises receipt of a mes sage from Secretary of Treasury Mor genthau in which he expressed con tinued faith in the voluntary War Bond program, but says it cannot alone close the gap between the amount of money available for con sumer spending and the supply of goods available for civilian use; that it must therefore be supplemented by a more drastic and comprehensive tax program, including a tax on spendings, a part of this to be treat as a debt to the taxpayer and re paid after the war. "We shall continue to rely upon voluntary lending for a large part of our financing; the mounting require ments of the war demand that our sale of war bonds be continued and intensified.'’ said the treasurer. ‘‘The voluntary War Bond program has produced and will continue to pro duce a great contribution to the nation’s war effort, regardless of the other measures that are needed. The voluntary savings program will be es sential until the war is won. "To our hundreds of thousands of War Bond volunteers I should like to say that the nation is counting on them more than ever to carry on the magnificient work in which they are so unselfishly engaged.” Permission Given To Purchase Car -- The application of Dr. Alvin Papi neau for permission to buy an auto mobile. a passenger car, was granted by the local tire rationing board at its meeting last Thursday. Being a physician, he has a priority claim. Other applications were granted as follows: H. L. Browning, Plymouth, two re caps and two tubes. J. E. Bowen. Plymouth, two obso lete trailer tires and tubes. Robert W. Bowen, Plymouth, two recaps for car. T. L. Wynne, Roper, one recap for car. Milton Brown. Plymouth, Two truck tires. Johnnie Percy, Plymouth, one bi cycle. Economy Cleaners, Plymouth, one bicycle. Test Farm Relocating Committee to Report -$ Committee investigations relative to relocating Blackland Test Farm are to be submitted at the next meet ing of the State Board of Agricul ture, to be held soon, according to Commissioner W. Kerr Scott. The relocation of the test farm was made necessary because the We nona site has been largely ruined by fires destroying thousands of acres of peat-muck soil in that section. A number of sites in the vicinity of Plymouth were investigated by the committee on an inspection trip to this section last month. Sales oi War Bonds and Stamps, September 1-15 War Bonds sold in Plymouth Sep tember 1 to 15 inclusive totalled $11. 000. reported H. E. Beam, chairman of War Bond Sales in Washington county, today. War Stamps sold at the postoffice during the same period totalled about $4,500. Family of Nr. and Mrs. Hilton Bowen, Of Near Roper, All-Out for War Effort With four of the young folks in the country's armed service and another taking up arms since then while three others are en gaged in war and defense work, the family of Mr. and Mrs. Milton L. Bowen of near Roper is well in the front rank of Ame rican families doing their part to win the war. Those yet at home have been aiding by col lecting scrap metal for the gov ernment and doing what else they can to second the efforts of those in active service. All are buy ing w at stamps and bonds. This is the record of one Washington County farm fam ily. Harold. Cordon and Ben Frank are serving in the army, t Ray and Marvin are in the Coast ' Guard. Phillip is engaged in de fense work at Edenton. So much for the six sons; the two girls are not idle. Marguerite ' is in defense work with the Navy Yard at Portsmouth aaid Mrs. Mary Bowen White, also at Portsmouth, is in the Army-Navy Store. There are no slaekers in this Bowen family.