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The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * *and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 39 MAKE EYERY PAY DAY BOHD DAY Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 24, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics The Elizabeth City golf team will come here Sunday to play a team match with members of the Plym outh Country Club. According to re ports, they will bring a team of 12 members, and the match will get un derway about 1:30 o'clock. The local board will discon tinue issuing supplementary al lotments of sugar for home can ning after next Wednesday, Sep tember 30, it was announced to day by W. A. Roebuck, clerk to the board. Attention is also called to the fact that such certificates are valid only up to 60 days after date of issuance, and unless they are used within that time they become void. Captain James Clinton Tarkenton, jr., of Fort Jackson, S. C., this week wired his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tarkenton, of Pleasant Grove, that he was leaving for Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to attend the command and general staff school for nine weeks. Strolling about the high school, an observer saw a piece of tubing six feet long or thereabouts, near two inches in diameter, twisted and bent and of no use as tub ing; also a considerable length of old barbed wire, broken, unserv iceable and more or less a hazard where it was stretched. A little search might reveal other scrap metal which might well be con tributed to the scrap metal pile (. for use in the war effort. Lieutenant (Senior Grade) Cecil Blount, of the United States Navy, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Blount, in Roper this week. Lieutenant Blount graduated from Annapolis several years ago and after a tour of sea duty is now serving as skipper of one of the Navy blimps used in anti-submarine patrol work along the Atlantic coast. President E. E. Harrell, of the Merchants Association has called a special meeting of members for tomorrow (Friday) night at 8 o’clock in the Municipal Building. The purpose is to work out a definite plan for the War Bond prize selling campaign which was endorsed in principle at the recent annual meeting of the Association. Z. V. Norman, T. W. Earle. P. J. Humbert, Jack Spruill, Julian Brink ley, Guy Watson and P. B. Bate man spent last Saturday fishing on Swan Quarter Bay. The party caught a large number of croakers, hog fish. sea mullets and a few trout. -® Methodist Church Revival Services During Next Week Rev. Leon Russell, Out standing Methodist Pastor To Preach -<$■ Revival services will be held each night next week in the Plymouth Methodist church, beginning Sunday morning. The Rev. O. L. Hardwick, pastor, will preach the opening ser mons, at 11 o’clock Sunday morn ing and 8 o'clock Sunday evening, and then assist the Rev. Leon Rus sell, pastor of Centenary Methodist church, of New Bern, who will ar rive in Plymouth Monday. Services will be held each night at 8 o’clock and Mr. Russell will preach. Mr. Russell is regarded as one of the outstanding Methodist ministers in North Carolina. Before going to New Bern, he was four years pastor of a church in Raleigh, which ad vanced during his pastorate to be come one of the leading churches there. He is eloquent and convincing and keeps his audiences interested. An invitation has been extended to all to attend these revival services. -s>- ■■■ Two Young Creswell Men Enlisted in Navy -® Creswell.—Elton Ainsley, son oi Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Ainsley, and Har old Sawyer, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry I. Sawyer, enlisted in the United States Navy at Norfolk last week and reported Monday ol this week for active duty at the Lit tle Creek, Va., Naval Base. Plan Intensive Drive for Scrap in County • tit i a a . x X- x X- X X X X X X X X X X Civilian Defense Salvage Committee Will Sponsor Effort Washington County Still Has Plenty of Old Metal on Hand -^ Over 10 Tons Shipped Out Of County During Cur rent Week There is plenty of scrap metal in Washington County, and a little search about every home will reveal it, often in unexpected abundance, according to Richard West, experi enced in handling junk, and who classifies and ships the bulk of the scrap metal gathered in Plymouth or brought here for disposal. Mr. West suggests that it is no trick at all to go into any yard and find 10 pounds and more of metal junk and make no more than a superficial search. It is announced that an intensified campaign to collect scrap metal will be launched all over North Carolina on October 5, but the salvage com mittee of the Washington County Council of Civilian Defense is not planning to wait for that date. This county will join in with the state wide drive, but already a large quan tity has been collected and shipped out. Two and a half tons of scrap tin were sent to Rocky Mount early this week and eight tons of metal junk to Norfolk, Va., Wednesday. The scrap tin is not worth as much as metal junk, but the government has plenty of uses for both. H. H. McLean, chairman of the salvage committee, says he is expect ing the school children of Washing ton County to do some real effective work in gathering scrap metal. About 10 days ago he sent an appeal to the schools for help in gathering scrap and plans to search for and collect it have been made in several of them. It is said that some people have an idea that the junk dealers are profiting from the campaign, but those in position to know deny this. After the dealers have paid for the junk, they have to pay the expense of sorting and classifying it, and there is a very small margin of profit between what it has cost them and the established price they are paid. The bulk of the money goes to the collectors who gather the junk and turn it over to agents of the salvage committee. -- Local Registrants Granted Deferment -<$> Temporary deferment of registrants now subject to induction in the army has been granted by the local select ive service board to the following Washington County men: Farmers to enable them to house their crops: Lee I. Davenport, Plym outh, until November call; Louis Stanton Bateman, until December call; Walter Ashley Grimes, Plym outh, until November call; Joseph Si mon Bland, Plymouth, until Novem ber call; Russell Roper Swain, Roper, until January call. Occupational registrants: Eli Jack Spruill, Washington County auditor, until December call to enable him to complete certain work in connection with closing out old tax books and setting up new ones for fiscal year; Alston Lee Bardwell, Plymouth, un til December call, to give the pulp mill time to replace him; William R. McCombs, Plymouth, until January call, to give pulp mill time to replace him. -® Holding Revival Services at Creswell Methodist Church Revival services are being conduct ed at the Creswell Methodist cnurch this week by the pastor, the Rev. R. N. Fitts. The public is cordially in vited to attend. County Price Ceiling Board Named To Take Charge of Enforcing Regulations Within a few days the Price Ceil ing Board of Washington County ex pects to receive instructions relative to its work and will obey orders. So stated C. L. Bailey, chairman, who was sworn in last Friday together with his two associates, J. S. West ray and W. T. Freeman, the latter of Roper. They were appointed by the Washington County Ratiofifcig Board. The Price Ceiling Order, issued by Price Administrator Leon Henderson, became effective last May 18, follow ing which the Price Administrator issued a bulletin, "What Every Re tailer Should Know about the Gene ral Maximum Price Regulation,” for general distribution among the re tailers. Following a short period of worry, during which some Washing ton County retailers posted price ceiling schedules in compliance with regulations, many of the merchants became apathetic and a recent survey showed more than one-half of the 150 or so merchants in the county had failed to post their schedules. October 10 has been fixed as the deadline for posting these price ceil ing schedules. Local merchants generally, how ever, have been trying to comply with the price ceiling order, follow ing instructions in Bulletin 2 on the general maximum price regulations. But many of them do not agree on interpretations of the law and the display of ceiling prices has been varied. The Price Ceiling Board is expected to settle this difficulty, also adjusting the price variance that has been a weighty stumbling block. Washington County To Take Part in Stale-Wide Blackout Tuesday Night Participating in a State-wide test blackout announced in ad vance, Washington County is ex pected to make a record for effic iency when the siren sounds next Tuesday night, September 27, sometime between 7 o’clock and midnight. It is possible that an unannounced blackout may be ordered before then, and quick response must be made whenever the siren blares; but, even so, the entire state will take part in the blackout test next Tuesday night. The trial will be on a much larg er basis than any yet attempted. Chief Air Raid Warden P. W. Brown orders all air-raid war dens, auxiliary police and mes sengers to be ready for duty next Tuesday at any moment between 7 o’clock and midnight. None here knows the time fixed for the blackout, and it will be for 15 minutes’ duration, but when the blasts of the siren are heard in Plymouth—and warnings sound ed by various methods in other parts of the county—all lights must be extinguished and dark ness must prevail on the streets and in all homes and other build ings until the “all-clear" signal is sounded. Car lights must be switched off and the cars turned to the curb and pedestrians must seek shelter indoors quickly. It is understood that the blackout will not apply to local industrial plants which are engaged in war 1 work. Conservation Expert Talks Here Last Night Grid Team Nay Play Washington Unable to get a game at home Friday night, the Plymouth High School football squad has tenta tively accepted an Invitation from Washington to play there. The hesitation is because of transportation difficulty. If that can be solved, the local will play Washington there tomorrow. “We regret that the season's opening game could not be ar ranged in Plymouth,” said Rob ert B. Trotman, principal of the high school “One prospect aft er another fell down. The boys want a game, and so we shall play in Washington if we can get there." Rationing Board Sessions Lengthy To Get Work Bone Expect To Be Much Busier When Fuel Oil Is Add ed To Duties -« W. L. Whitley, chairman, A. J. Riddle and E. F. Still compose the Washington County Rationing Board with W. A. Roebuck, secretary. The Board meets every Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the County Com missioners room at the courthouse. Applications for tires, tubes, recaps, cars, bicycles and supplementary rations of gas are studied, discussed, the merits of each considered and the application then granted or de ferred for further investigation. This takes time and although all members of the board work fast it is often midnight or later before the task is completed. Within a few weeks the Board will also have to ration fuel oil and then really expects to be busy, may have to hold two sessions each week. Necessarily applications are in writ ing, properly authenticated, and nothing could be gained by supple mental verbal requests. Each ap plication goes to and is scrutinized by each member in turn and each notes his views regarding it. One may be more lenient than the others on some and see cause for non-ap proval of others. If they cannot agree the application may be defer red. The hands of the clock move on and on, but they do not stop to note the time. They just work on. Finally the last application has been passed to the secretary and the board members lean back in their chairs, take deep breaths. “What time is it? Midnight! We’ve been working four hours. Well, ’tis an other day.” Washington County Men Report For Army Duty Their furloughs expiring, 13 Wash ington County white men who passed the required tests and were inducted into the Army two weeks ago, left Wednesday morning by bus for Fort Bragg to report for duty. They in cluded: William Ronald Gaylord, of Plymouth, acting corporal in charge of the party; Carl R. Fisher, Alfred S. Johnston, William E. Craddock, James S. Marriner. James M. Hardi son, Church W. Styons, Thomas G. Gardner, all of Plymouth; Walter Lee Skitftletharpe, Roper; Theodore R. Haire, William H. Davenport, Cres well- George G. Phillips, Mackeys; and Hoyt T. LeFever, Wenona. Wood Producers Are Guests of' Pulp Mill To Hear Leciurer -$ Illustrates With Pictures Good and Bad Forestry Measures -1 Wood producers serving the North Carolina Pulp Company and some of the company's staff, especially those having to do with forestry, were guests of the company at a dinner served Wednesday night at the Plym outh Country Club T. W. Earl, manager, presided and introduced the several speakers. The occasion was to hear an ad dress, illustrated by stereoptican slides, by Frank Heyward, Jr„ of At lanta, Ga.. manager Southern Pulp Woods Conservation Association. Mr. Heyward is a forester and knows the timber industry, has a personal ac quaintance with this country’s for ests and facts and figures at his com mand. Forest conservation is one of the North Carolina Pulp Company's dominant interests to the tune of about $75,000 a year, so Mr. Earl stated, and the company wishes to impress the wood producers with the necessity for conservation methods. Later an effort will be made to arouse the owners of timber lands to cooperative thinking and action. “We are interested in conservation, particularly in pulp wood,” said Mr. Earl. He called attention to a dis play of cases in which shells for the armed forces are shipped, water See, CONSERVATION, Page 4 49 Colored Men To Leave Next Week -<$> In addition to the 45 colored regis trants of Washington County whose names were published last week, three other registrants and one transferee from Norfolk have been sent notices by the Washington County Selective Service Board to report here and be ready to leave at 7:15 a. m. Wednes day of next week. September 30, for Port Bragg. They are: Joseph Jerome Garrett, transferred from Norfolk, Va., so that he might be inducted with his brother; Joseph Arthur Watson, of Plymouth; Wilbert Norman, of Roper; Riddick Earl Wil kins, of Roper. The next group of Washington County colored men will be called up to leave October 27. November Drall Needs 120 Men Call No. 32 for Washington County registrants has been re ceived by the local Selective Serv ice Board, giving notice of No vember requirements, as follows: November 6, 60 colored men; No vember 24, 60 white men. Notices were mailed this week to 49 colored men to report Sep tember 30, the number having been increased from 45; and an additional 40 colored men are to be called to report October 27. Notices arc also to be sent to 35 white men to report on Oc tober 9. This makes a total of 95 white and 149 colored registrants to complete the September calls and HU the calls for October and No vember. Washington County DelegatesNamedTo SAA Annual Meet Four-County Trade Better ment Session October 15 at Columbia Washington County delegates to the annual meeting of the Southern Albemarle Association at Columbia Thursday, October 15, as certified to the county commissioners by John W. Darden, vice president, are as fol lows: Plymouth Township: E. G. Arps, H. H. McLean, Mrs. Mary Cahoon, W. B. Cox, J. K, Reid, J. E. Davenport, W. V. Hays, Mrs. Frances M, Dar den, John H. Allen, W. H. Gurkin, S. F. Darden, E. H. Liverman. L. S. Thompson, B. G. Campbell, P. W, Brown, C. L. Bailey, Z. V. Norman, E. F. Still, T. W. Earle, W. R. Hamp ton, J. W. Norman, R. B. Trotman, Ben A. Sumner, E. J. Spruill, Dr. S. V. Lewis, E. L. Owens, Dr. C. Mc Gowan, Dr. T. L. Bray, and A. J. Riddle. Scuppernong Township: A. L. Holmes, H. P. Barnes, E. F. Swain, C. N. Davenport, sr„ C. N. Daven port, jr., W. D. Peal, O. D. Hatfield, E. S. Woodley, W. B. Gaither, J. B. Davenport, Mrs. W. B. Gaither, and H. R. Davenport, all of Creswell. Lees Mill Township: L. E. Hassell, J. J. Hassell, Mrs. Eva Harrell, J. A. Chesson, W. T. Freeman, H. S. Ev erett, J. C. Knowles, R. C. Peacock, all of Roper: W. B. Davenport, of Mackeys; and J. L. Rea, of Wenona. Skinnersville Township: W. W. White, C. L. Everett, Will Patrick and E. O. Arnold. The Southern Albemarle Associa tion serves as a chamber of com merce or organization for civic de velopment and betterment in the counties of Washington, Dare, Hyde and Tyrrell. Its chief efforts thus far have been directed to better ment of roads, but this particular phase will doubtless receive little con sideration in the immediate future on account of the war. W. L. Whitley, of Plymouth, is president of the association. Each of the four counties has a vice presi dent, and one of the duties of this officer is naming delegates to the regular conventions, which list is submitted to the respective county commissioners for approval. E. G. Arps, chairman of the Washington County Commissioners, has certified approval of the delegates named from this county. -® Tires and Tubes Are Parcelled Oul -® Applications for tires, recaps and tubes were granted last week by the Washington County Rationing Board and also some gas in addition to the rations previously granted when real need for the supplementary portion was shown. Applications for the for mer were approved as follows: F. E. Cleveland, Plymouth, two truck pick-up tires, 100 x 15 mail service, and two tubes. Sterling Johnson, Plymouth, one recap. L. L. Bowen, Plymouth, one trac tor tire. T. S. Lucas, Plymouth, two truck tires and two tlibes. T. H. Rosenthal, Wenona, one truck tire and one tube. J. B. White, Roper, two recaps for farm trailer. L. C. Spruill. Roper, one tube. H. J. Woolard, Plymouth, one tube. Richard Cedar Works, Creswell, two track tires and tubes. Action on an application for a bi cycle was deferred. Through an error it was reported last week that the application of Eh-. Alvin Papineau to buy a car had been granted. Dr. Papineau did not seek a permit to buy a car. He has a good one and does not need another at this time, he said. The application he made was for a passenger car tire and it was granted. The Board has only a few tires, tubes and recaps to be parcelled out this month, but there is only the meeting of tonight remaining for September. A new allotment will be made for October. -«> Tire and Tube Thief Raids House Chevrolet Company Gaining admittance through a window after removing a pane of glass, a thief broke into the House Chevrolet Company’s garage Sunday night and stole three tires and three tubes. This was the second raid, the first one having been made several weeks ago when one tire and one tube were taken. Chief of Police P. W. Brovin said the thief left no clue either time, but a line is being followed that may lead to his cap ture. Complete Details Will Be Outlined at Meet of Group This Week-End War Bond Sales Ahead of Quota Bond sales in Plymouth this month up to noon today were slightly in excess of $17,000, which is in excess of the county's quota of $16,500, according to H. E. Beam, Washington Coun ty chairman for War Bond sales. Mr. Beam said he had not receiv ed a report of sales at Creswell and Roper. This included $6,550 War Bonds sold at the Plymouth post office. Postmaster John W. Dar den reported War Stamps sold, $6,054.80. Primitive Baptist Association Will Meet October 3-6 First Annual Session Held At North Creek Church In 114 Years -® The Primitive Baptist Kehukee As sociation will hold its annual session with the North Creek Baptist Church, beginning on Saturday before the first Sunday in October, which will be October 3, and continuing three days. Eider A B. Denson, of Rocky Mount, is moderator of the Associa tion, Elder B. S. Cowan is clerk. It has been 114 years since the as sociation was held with the North Creek Church. Elder S. Gray, of Kinston, is pastor of the church and says there will be present at North Creek as many as eight able minis ters from different states. The church at North Creek is ask ing the citizens of Belhaven, Bath and all of Beaufort County to Coope rate with them in taking care of the visitors attending the Association. The public has a cordial invitation to be present. Dinner will be served on the ground the three days of the session and the people have been asked to bring baskets of food to help feed the con gregation. This request has been made by the church at North Creek, Elder S. Gray, moderator; J. W. Smith, clerk. Tire Primitive Baptist Kehukee As sociation was organized a few years before the Revolutionary War. -A Lions Will Aid In Selling War Bonds - ■ Postmaster John W. Darden ad dressed the Plymouth Lions at their regular meeting last Thursday eve ning on the sale of War Stamps and War Bonds at the Plymouth post office and in Washington County. He spoke so effectively that the Lions delegated a committee to give added stimulus to sales in Plymouth. Presi dent Thompson named J. R. Man ning, T. W. Earle and E. F. Still. For the first time in three years the Lions failed to have attendance of all members during the anniver sary week of the birthday of Inter national Secretary Melvin Jones, in part due to illness, in part to war conditions. But only a few were ab sent and some of them may be at the meeting tonight and give explana tions. Schools Already in Forefront of Drive; Need Grows Urgent -tS> All Civilians To Be Regis tered For Some Phase of Service The Civilian Defense Council is to meet sometime during the week-end to work out complete details for an intensive scrap metal collection drive throughout Washington County dur ing the next few weeks, according to P. Bruce Bateman, chairman of the county council. H. H. McLean is chairman of the Salvage Committee and W. V. Hays is co-chairman. The county campaign will be a part of the nation-wide effort to col lect all the junk metal possible. The shortage of scrap is becoming almost a national scandal, with production of vital war materials threatened by lack of steel. The county schools will take an active part in the campaign, begin ning next week, with a junior army being enlisted and rank dependent on the amount of scrap collected by the individual "privates.'’ Other proposals for the county campaign include the location of scrap metal collection depots on each block in town, and local officials have already indicated their willingness to coop erate by having the town trash trucks collect old metal and take it to a cevTal receiving poinf <■ E. Ayer has volunteered to send a truck for scrap metal anywhere in the county where a full load can be assembled. It is prubable that all organizations will be asked to aid in the campaign, in the country as well as in the towns. Local women’s clubs, civic organiza tions. labor unions, the merchants association and others will be called on to help, as need for scrap metal becomes ever more urgent, with steel mills said to be closing already be cause of the shortage. An appeal will likely be addressed especially to the Boy Scouts to take part in the work. County-Wide Registration Mr. Bateman also said this week that plans soon will be announced for a county-wide registration of all ci vilians for some phase of service with the civilian defense organization. Major Craig, of the State Council at. Raleigh, is expected to come here to help plan the registration on a coun - ty-wide basis. Such registrations have already been held in neat j all North Carolina Counties, and Mr. Bateman said that Washington Coun ty was one of the last, if not the last, to approach this task. Workers are needed for Red Cross activities, to take first-aid training, man aircraft spotting stations, help in salvage work, conduct campaigns for various phases of war work, in cluding the sale of War Bonds, and there is some job for every person in the county, according to the chair man. -« 5. ]. Gibbs Suffering From Paralytic Stroke S. J. Gibbs, proprietor of the City Fish Market, suffered a stroke of paralysis Monday night and has since been confined to his bed. At his home on Jefferson street it was stated today that he was able to talk but unable to sit up. One arm and one side were affected. T. W. Earle Heads Drive Here to Raise Funds lor Seoul Program Next Year President Roosevelt, Leon Hender son and other high officials of the government have stated that scout ing has been invaluable to the war ef fort to date and that everything should be done to strengthen the Boy Scout movement for the days ahead. Keeping that in mind, the East Carolina Council believes the citizens will give their hearty support to the annual Simultaneous Finance Cam paign, opening October 12, when communities in 20 East Carolina counties will participate in a simul taneous effort to raise funds for Boy Scout necessary expenses during the year 1943. The Steering Committee, headed by F. E. Winslow, Rocky Mount attorney, met recently and made plans for the greatest finance drive ever experienced by the council. At this meeting were R. Brookes Pe ters, Jr., of Tarboro; Rev. Gordon C. Price, of Roanoke Rapids; C. G. Morris, of Washington: Lowell K. Powell, of Ahoskie; Dr. Maynard O. Fletcher, council president; and J. A, Gaskin, executive. Rev. Mr. Price was schosen gen eral chairman; R. M. Wilson of Rocky Mount, chairman of major gifts: K. R. Curtis, chairman of pros pects; A. D. Shackelford, of Wilson, campaign auditor. To serve with the Steering Com mittee the following were named: T. W. Earle, of Plymouth; C. H. Bow man, of New Bern; K. R. Curtin, of Wilson; L. L. Getsinger, of Kinston; X. E, Pittman, of Beaufort.
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