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The Roanoke Beacon »»»»»»» and Washington County News ★★★★★*★ VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 46 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 12, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1889 Por Victory.. Buy INITIO STATES DEFENSE BONDS * STAMPS Town opics Ed Pierson left last Friday morn ing for Rocky Mount for several days of hospital treatment. He was se verely burned about the shoulders and face by electricity several weeks ago and was in the hosiptal a week or ten days, but has since been re cuperating at home. He is expect ing a complete recovery, he said. There will be no regular meeting of the Lions Club here tonight. Last week members of the club decided to donate the amount usually re quired to feed the Lions to the Farm Bureau-American Legion joint cele bration Armistice Day and eat their dinner with them. Milk bottles will be placed on soda fountains and in other pub lic places here beginning next week to collect offerings to pro vide milk for undernourished children in the local elementary school. -The collection is spon sored by the Junior Woman’s Club, which has made child wel fare its main project for the coming year. The amount col lected will determine the number of children who can be served. R. L. Waters, employee 01 tne m, H. Mitchell Furniture Company, suf fered a sudden attack of appendici tis Thursday of last week and was taken to a Washington hospital, where he underwent an immediate operation. He is reported to be get ting along very nicely at this time and is expected to be out within an other week or so. Eighteen colored selectees re turned to Fort Bragg yesterday morning to begin active training after spending their two-week furlough at home. This was the last group from Washington County to receive the 14-day furloughs granted after induc tion. Beginning November 1, registrants selected for service get only seven days’ leave W. Ronald Gaylord, who was last week reelected judge of the Wash ington County Recorder’s Court, is now with the U. S. Army air forces at Camp Luna, Las Vegas, N. Mex. Judge Gaylord, who was granted leave of absence from the court when he entered the army about six weeks ago, is now doing insurance and al lotment work at Camp Luna post headquarters. Although Washington County was allotted 10 bicycles for the month of November, so far only one application has been filed with the rationing board office Here, it was learned yesterday. Persons whose ,ns 're quire the use of bicycles are eli gible to apply for them, Walter H. Paramore, circulation manager of the Wilson Daily Times since he left the Beacon last May, and his family were visitors here Sunday. Mr. Paramore is leaving Wilson next week to become circu lation manager for the Raleigh Times. L. E. Hassell, A. J. Riddle, E. H. Still and County Agent W. V. Hays returned Tuesday night after spend ing several days in southwestern Vir ginia looking over some pure-bred cattle offered for sale there. Mr. Riddle also visited relatives who live in that section. But 17 of 45 Colored Selectees Accepted » Out of the 45 colored selectees sent to Fort Bragg last Friday morning from this county, only 17 were ac cepted for service by the Army, the other 28 comprising the largest per centage of rejectees yet sent from this county. Eight of the 17 men ac-^ cepted passed their examinations and returned home last Saturday for their seven-day furlough; while eight others were not accepted un til Monday and consequently will not return until next Monday. One se lectee, Milton Gaylord, of Roper, who was accepted, did not accept the fur lough and entered immediately on his training. The eight men who will return to Fort Bragg Saturday morning are James E. Moore, William E. Harris, Ernest L. Blount, William H. Knight, Charles Bratts, Ernest Fenner, Rich ard Garrett, jr., and Arister J. Bel cher. The eight who will return next Monday are : William H. Berry, Robert Downing, Wilson Myers, George Jones, Ben F. Pettiford, Wil liam E. Roberts, Issac Bell, and Ben ny Cobb. Unconfirmed Rumors Indicate Entire Rationing Board Nay Resign Shortly It is rumored here that all three members of the Washing ton County Rationing Board are considering submitting their res ignations in the near future. None of the board members will confirm the rumors, although they state that the duties are demainding more and more of their time, while the work is becoming more distasteful as regulations increase in strin gency. Although they receive no re muneration, the board members have been called upon to put in long hours, most of it at night, in considering the voluminous applications submitted for ra tioned items. In some cases the applicants have been severely critical of the work of the board, without giving considera tion to the regulations govern ing the actions taken. It is also understood that W. A. Roe buck, clerk to the board since it was first established, expects to be called into the army shortly. At present, the board is com posed of W. L. Whitley, chair man; A. J. Riddle and E, F. Still, all of Plymouth. Peanut Plant Here To Begin Work Monday; Is Being Tested Today Bond Quota Up; Sales Oil So Far With the quota for the month of November raised from $16,500 to $28,000, Washington County got off to its slowest start of the year in War Bond sales. Up to noon today, bond sales at the lo cal post office and bank totaled only $4,525, or less than one sixth of the goal, with a third of the month gone. However, stamp sales at the post office here have materially increased, and this un doubtedly will be reflected in the bond sales before the end of the month. Stamp sales totaled $3, 845.95 up to today, according to Postmaster John W. Darden. Local Draft Board Wants Addresses of White Registrants Will Be Classed as Delin quent Unless Addresses Furnished Shortly Despite the fact that every regis trant is required by law to notify his draft board of any change in address, the Washington County Board is seeking the addresses of 14 white persons who have failed to do this. Mail addressed to them has been re turned, and the board is publishing their names in the hope that rela tives or other interested persons who may know their addresses will furn ish them to the board and possibly save the registrants from serious trouble. It was stated that unless the ad dresses of the men listed below are secured within a reasonable length of time, they will be placed on the list of delinquents and their names turned over to the Federal Bureau of Inventigation. Bennie Leonard Harrison, last known address Box 340, Route 1, Plymouth; Edward Franklin Williams, form erly of Roper RFD; last known ad dress, Christiansburg, Va.; Woodson Lee Furlough, of Roper; last address, Middleton, R. I.; Merton Joseph Cary, Plymouth; John Richard Taylor, Roper; last address, Wilmington, N. C.; Thomas Warren Swain, Box 44, RFD 2, Roper; Harold Ellis Spruill, Plymouth RFD; Bennie Franklin Cuthrell, Cres well; Johnny Leon Russ, Pungo, N. C.; last address, Greenleaf St., Elizabeth City, N. C.; Samuel Raymond Matthews, Plymouth; last address, Elgin Field, Fla.; Thomas Golden Williams, Wenona; last address, Newport News, Va.; James Carney Phelps, Creswell, last address, 616 Lafayette St., Bal timore, Md.; Adrian Earl Barnes, Roper; last address, Mamie, N. C.; Hardy Darden Williams, Plymouth Big Catches of Perch and Other Game Fish Made in Roanoke River Recently I Speckled perch, bass, pike, brim and other game fish have been caught in large numbers in Roanoke River at the mouths of creeks in this section during the past few days. This is an unusu al occurrence, brought about by present of considerable tannic acid in the creeks where the fish are usually found. The recent “freshet” caused an overflow in the swamps of the section, and the tannic acid in creek waters is believed to come from the large quantities of cypress leaves in the swamps. Shortly after the swamps filled with water, a great many game fish were found dead in the creeks. The tannic acid drove those that remained into the river, and fishing has been very good at the mouths of these streams. Several hundred speckled perch a few bass and “jacks” were caught at the mouth of Warren *1 ' Neck Creek Sunday, and practi cally everybody who had a boat on the river was up there Mon day, but adverse winds held down the catches. It is understood that good catches were made i Tuesday, while the storm Tues day night probably drove the fish back into the creeks again. Will Provide Local Market for One of County's Main Crops Plant Will Employ From 45 To 50 Persons Starting Next Week A convenient home market for pea nuts was assured growers of the sec tion this week by announcement that the Farmers Cotton and Peanut Com pany was beginning operations im mediately at the peanut plant in Plymouth formerly owned by Clark Peanut Company. The new firm here, headed by E. J. Broughton, of Eden ton; J. E. Davenport, of Mackeys; and W. B. Evans, of Edenton, all ex perienced peanut men, plans to make the first test runs at the plant to day, with full-scale operations sched uled to begin next Monday morning. Much new machinery and cleaning equipment has been installed at the plant here, the building itself has been repaired and renovated through out, and Mr. Broughton, general manager of the undertaking, said to day that everything was in readiness to handle its share of the current peanut crop. The added equipment will more than double the former ca pacity of the plant, it is said, and buyers will be at the plant at all times to make quotations and other wise serve the farmers of the county. The firm was organized and the plant here bought early in the sum mer. The new owners experienced considerable difficulty in securing the needed equipment and materials to get the mill into condition for oper ation, and for a time it appeared that the project might have to be abandoned. Numerous trips were made to see governmental authori ties in Raleigh, and even to Wash ington, to secure priorities for the necessary equipment before arrange ments were finally completed. Mr. Broughton said today that the plant would employ about 15 men and from 30 to 35 women when op See, PEANUT PLANT, Page Four Tire, Tube, Recap Requests Granted Applications for tires, tubes and recaps, mostly for trucks, were grant ed by the Washington County Ra tioning Board last Thursday as fol lows: J. C. Tarkenton, Mackeys, one truck tire. J. H. Allen, Plymouth, one tire and one tube for truck. R. S. Sawyer, Roper, tire and tube for truck. W. A. Mizell, Plymouth, one recap for truck. Clyde Waters, Plymouth, truck tire and tube. B. L. Everett, Roper, two recaps for car. R. C. Norman. Roper, three recaps for car. North Carolina Pulp Company, one recap for truck. The board has ten bicycles in its November allotment, but no appli cation for a bicycle was received. --- Lieut. J. M. Phelps Visits Creswell on Return to Post Creswell.—Lieutenant J M. Phelps of the United States Army Medical Corps, recently completed an inten sive four-week course at the Carlisle Medical Field School at Carlisle, Pa. Lieutenant Phelps entered Army service June 13 at Morris Field, near Charlotte. From there he was trans ferred to Bowman Field, Ky., and thence with an air transport carrier group to the Florence, S. C„ air base, where he was stationed until he left for advanced training at Carlisle Field about a month ago. Lieutenant and Mrs. Phelps spent most of the past week here with his sister, Mrs. H. M. Starr, and father, John L. Phelps, as they were return ing to Dr. Phelps’ station at Flor ence, S. C. Number Deferments Granted by Board at Meet Tuesday Night November and December Calls Will Just About Exhaust List -® At its regular meeting Tuesday night, the Washington County Se lective Service Board made a number of temporary occupational defer ment and made necessary arrange ments for filling the next two big draft calls on this county. It was stated that the November and De cember quotas will just about com pletely exhaust the list of white re gistrants in the county except for married men with children, and un til further advice is received from state headquarters men in this cate gory are not to be drafted yet. The board is facing two of its largest calls, one for 65 white men on November 24, and the other for 75 on December 8. Mrs. Eliza Dan iels, clerk to the board, said that only enough registrants would re main to fill a small January call. Of course, there are some men on the temporarily deferred list, and as their extensions run out they will be called up, but the number of such men is not large. It is expected that Con gress will pass the law calling up 18 and 19 year olds, but, even consid ering this, it will not be much long er before married men with children will be about all left on the regis trants’ lists in this county. Reclassifiication and temporary de ferements made by the board this week were chiefly on accupational grounds. Most of them were to en able farmers or others to complete harvesting their crops or wind up personal business affairs. They are as follows: George Potter Dixon, 2-B; 6-month occupational deferment; Alfred Monroe Ambrose, 2-A; de ferred until January; Theodore Monroe Ambrose, 2-A, until January; Delbert Leroy Bateman, 2-A, until January; George Terrence Barden, 2-A, un til January; Warren Rankin Ambrose, 2-A, un til January; Paul Alton Tarkenton, 2-A, until January; Walter Ashley Grin.-;: /2-A, until January; William Burton Dennis, deferred for four months; Chester Clyde Hardison, 2-B, six months; Jennings Percy Ward, 2-B, four moths; Joseph Irvin Dunbar, 2-A, un til February, account dependency. -$ Roper Ruritan Club Entertains Ladies at Ranquet Thursday Annual Event Held at Com munity Hall; Plymouth Men Are Speakers -$> Roper.—Members of the Roper Ruritan Club entertained their wives and friends at a turkey dinner last Thursday evening, November 5, in the community hall here. The long ta ble was very attractive in its ap pointments of white linen, bowls of chrysanthemums, with flanked white tapers in crystal holders forming the centerpieces, and the festive hall was tastefully decorated with Thanksgiv ing colors. Simple place cards di rected the guests to their places, and the sumptuous dinner was served by members of the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church. Ruritan President Charles H. Floyd presided. After the singing of “Amer ica,” Norman G. Chesson made the invocation. When the courses had been served, Wade S. Hardison, in his original and witty manner, put on a clever bit of the program. Stir ring addresses were made by two vis itors from Plymouth: P. Bruce Bate man, chairman of the county Civil ian Defense Council, talked on the work of his committee, and Postmas ter John W. Darden stressed the im portance of buying War Bonds and stamps. A report was made by Louis E. Hassell, Wade Harison and R. L. Stillman, leaders of the war bond campaign, showing that the sale of $2,325 in bonds was accomplished by the Ruritans during the campaign last month. The club will continue its war-bond selling drive through out this month, it was said. The singing of “God Bless America” con cluded the program. Those present for the event in cluded: P. Bruce Bateman and John W. Darden, of Plymouth: Mrs. Louis Hassell, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Louis Has sell, sr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ches son, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stillman, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Everett, Mr. anu Mrs. J. W. Marrow, Mr. and Mrs. James Chesson, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Norman, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Oliver, Mrs. Isa Johnston, Barton Swain, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Brey, Mayor and Mrs. Henry S. Everett, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hardison, Mack Marrow and E. O. Arnold. Over 800 Attend Armistice Day Celebration Sponsored by Legion And Farm Bureau Members Here Schedule Changes Mades at Schools Here This Week -$— Now Opening at 8:45 and Closing at 3:30; Roper Also Changes -$ After running on a temporary schedule since the current term be gan early in September, the Plymouth schools went on their regular sched ule for the winter months last Mon day. The new schedule is as follows: Classes begin at 8:45 a. m.; the lunch period is from 12:15 to 7 p. m„ and school is dismissed for the day at 3:30 p. m. The schedule was adopted after a one-day try-out of a session which began at 9:15, recessed for lunch from 12:05 to 1 p. m., and dismissed at 4:30. R. B. Trotman, principal, said it was found the 9:15 opening hour was unnecessarily late, as was the 4:30 closing time, so 10 minutes was lopped off the lunch period, school opened a half hour earlier and dismissed a whole hour later. This works out much more satisfac torily for both rural and town chil dren, he said. E. O. Ar nold, principal of the Rop er schools, said yesterday that they were also on their regular winter schedule, starting Wednesday of last week. School there begins at 8:50 a. m., with lunch from 12:05 to 12:45 and dismissal at 3:35. It is understood that the Creswell schools are still operating on a "short schedule,” which enables pupils to get out early enough to assist in farm work, although it is indicated that the regular program will be resumed in another week or so. Shortage of farm labor, with con sequent need of rural children to help with work at home, has interfered greatly with school ^activities in the county. There is st'ill much peanut harvest and like work in progress at this time, which is causing a larger percentage of absences than usual, but school authorities indicate they plan to adhere to the regular sched ules so far as possible in the future. -® Bond Sales Report By Junior Woman's Club tor Last Month -® Over $2,000 Worth Bonds And Stamps Sold at Local Schools -® War Savings Stamps and Bonds sold through the Junior Woman’s Club, which is sponsoring such sales at the two white schools here, to taled $2,065.05 during the month of October, a report made this week re veals. This compares with total sales of $254.30 during the month of September. Tire big increase last month over the month before was due largely to the sale of three bonds, one for $1, 000, one for $750 and the third for $75. However, the sale of stamps alone showed an increase of $35.75, from $204.30 to $240.05. One $50 bond was sold during the month of September. The breakdown by weeks during the past month is as follows: First week, $70.15 in stamps; second week, $1,000 in bonds and $71.05 in stamps: third week, $750 in bonds and $48.55 in stamps; and fourth week, $75 in bonds and $50.30 in stamps. The bonds and stamps are on sale at both the Hampton and high school buildings each day. Two of the teachers handle the sales at the high school for the club, while two club members go to the Hampton school every day after the noon hour and visit the various rooms to sell the stamps and bonds. Turkey Raffle at Roper To Be Decided Thursday -® The winning number in a turkey raffle conducted by the home dem onstration club of Roper will be drawn at the meeting of the parent teacher association at the school house there Thursday of next week, November 19, it was announced this week by Mrs. L. E. Hassell. The pro ceeds from the raffle will be used for the community house. Everyone interested is invited to be present. -<*> Improvement Is Planned To Roper School Grounds ■-® Under the direction of C. H. Floyd, agriculture teacher, a program of landscaping and grounds beautifica tion is now getting underway at the Roper school, according to Principal E. O. Arnold. It is hoped to greatly improve the drainage of the school property as well as its appearance by I the work in progress. Survey of Former Reserve Officers The assistance of former Re serve Officers, under 60 years of age, was asked this week by headquarters of the Fourth Service Command, in Atlanta, Ga., in completing a survey of all such officers now residing in the seven southeastern states. Reserve officers, who are phy sically qualified and who were speparated from the service un der honorable conditions and are not now in the military serv ice, are asked to address a post card to: "The Commanding General, Fourth Service Com mand, Atlanta, Ga„ Attention: MPB”. On this post card, offi cers said, the following informa tion is desired: Name, perma nent address; date of separation from commission, and the rea son ; grade and branch at date of separation from commission and date of birth. Legion Tribute To Departed Veterans Draws Big Crowd -9 Ceremony in Front of Com munity Building at 11 O’clock Yesterday -3>—— The most impressive event on the Armistice Day program presented here Wednesday was the roll call of veterans of World War X who were killed in action or who have died since that time. This is an annual tribute of the Legionnaires to their departed comrades, and upwards of 1,000 persons were present at the exercises held in front of the com munity building yesterday morning on the stroke of 11 o'clock. The Legionnaires assembled at the high school building and paraded through the streets of the town, headed by the high school band. Sons of the Legionnaires and high school children were also in the line of march. When the procession reached the community building, the Logion members stood at attention in two ranks, with the color guard in front, while District Commander P. Bruce Bateman called the roll of de parted veterans. As each of the 33 names was called, the drums rolled in salute. Following the roll call, "Taps” was sounded by a bugler, the notes being echoed by another bugler several blocks away. The band then broke into the national anthem, while the crowd stood with bared heads. Names of departed veterans from Washington County, headed by James E. Jethro, who was kileld in action in France, and for whom the local Legion post is named, are as follows: James E. Jethro, Nathan Spruill, Bossie Oliver, Horace V. Austin, Hil liary Arps, Charles E. Barnes, Char lie Warren Cahoon, Clarence Ausbon, O. R. Armstrong, Avery Gaylord, Buck Spruill, Wilbur Harrington, Lloyd Chesson, George Harrison, Frank Sawyer, Charlie Mizell, sr., Charlie White, Dennis Baynor,. Fen ton Reid, Carroll Lucas, Hubert Hol ton. Felton Biggs, Ronald Davenport. Will Sheppard, Lindsey Warren Phelps, Joe W. Jackson, Wilbur Spruill, Mack Davenport, Charlie Weeks, John Carlisle, Henry S. Mid gfett, Ed Sawyer, and J. Lloyd Hor ton. — .. . ■ -dk Salad and Oyster Supper In Newlands Friday Night -« The ladies’ aid society of the Mount Hermon church will sponsor a chick en salad and oyster supper Friday night of this week, November 13, at Clyde’s Store in the Newlands com munity. The public is cordially in vited and urged to attend. Parade, Dinner and Speeches Principal Events on Program No Evidence of Food Ra tioning Seen at Dinner Served Yesterday Food rationing may come, so it is said, but there certainly was no evi dence of any shortage in Plymouth Wednesday, when a gathering esti mated at 700 to 800 assembled here to celebrate and observe the 24th an niversary of the signing of the armis tice which ended World War I. The day's program, under the joint spon sorship of the American Legion post and the county Farm Bureau, was declared the most successful of any similar event ever staged here. The Legionnaires had charge of the early phases of the program, which included a parade of ex-service men and school children, headed by the high school band, and an impressive tribute to the departed veterans of the first world conflict. This was followed by a program at the court house, where the main speakers were State Senator Tom Pearsall, of Bat tleboro: Flake Shaw, executive sec retary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation; and J. Roy Man ning, of Plymouth, the one-man com mittee who originated the idea of the joint celebration and did much of the groundwork which insured its success. After the preliminaries, Washing ton County farmers, through their Farm Bureau organization, took charge and really put over the big dinner, which was served on the Highsmith-Clagon property, better known as the Hampton lot. Such universally popular palate-tickling favorites as golden fried chicken and squirrel almost went begging, as a majority of the estimated 500 guests showed decided preference for roast venison, barbecue and country ham, along with all the trimmin’s, includ jing cole slaw, pickles, candied yams, potato salad, cornibread, rolls, and the whole 57 varieties of cake. Never has a dinner been served here before on such a grand scale, and never have arrangements been more satis factorily and smoothly handled. It is estimated that the long tables contained at least over 100 chickens, 225 pounds of barbecue, a deer, num erous squirrels, 5 or 6 hams, around 75 to 100 cakes, and other articles of food too numerous to mention. “Organization” the Watchword "Organization” was the watchword of the day, and the speakers at the courthouse vied with each other in tributes to all forms of organized ef See, ARMISTICE DAY, Page Four -® Book Circulation Rises at Library The steadily increasing use of the Washington County Public Library is reflected in the report that the Oc tober circulation of 869 books was more than double that of September. In addition, library officials say that the circulation so far during Novem ber is showing a continued increase over that of the preceding months. It is announced that an order for $200 worth of books was sent off this week. The largest percentage of in creased reading evidently pertains to the war, as every non-fiction book dealing with this subject was in cir culation the first of the week. One of the new books ordered this week is “War in Our Time.” Miss Elizabeth Carroll, supervisor of public library service in the coun ties of Washington, Gates, Chowan and Bertie, met with the Washing ton County Library Board Tuesday morning and reviewed activities at the local brary. It is announced that a branch of the library will be opened next week in the Pleasant Grove section, at the store of J. C. Tarkenton, under the supervision of the Roper branch. Seventh Grade Teacher in School Here Is Winner of $25 War Bond al Drawing Miss Annie Janies, teacher of the seventh trade in the local school, won the $25 War Bond at the drawing in front of the Com munity building here Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Sarah McLean Thompson won second prize, $5 in War Stamps; and Mrs. J. W. Marrow, jr., received $1 worth of stamps as third prize. The bonds and stamps are being given away each week by 25 Plymouth mer chants who are cooperating to boost sales of stamps and bonds here. The Plymouth High School Band again paraded and fur nished music both before and aft er the drawing, and a fair-sized crowd was on hand. Apprecia tion was expressed by spokesmen of the cooperating merchants for cooperation of the band. Sales of War stamps are ma terially increasing here as a re sult of the campaign, according to Postmaster John W. Darden, who said that the local post of fice sold $2,700 worth of stamps in two days recently, a new rec ord. Tuesday’s drawing was the third of eight to be held, with $31 worth of stamps and bonds given away each week. A chance at one of the prizes is given with every 25-cent War Stamp bought from any of the 25 cooperating business places in Plymouth.
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