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VOLUME LIII—NUMBER 47 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 19, 1942 ESTABLISHED 1889
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UNITED STATES DEFENSE
BONDS * STAMPS
Town
opics
It was announced this week that
Mrs. J. K. Reid had been appointed
clerk to the Washington County
Rationing Board to succeed W. A.
Roebuck, who has served since the
board was organized. Mr. Roebuck
expects to enter one of the brances
of the military service in the very
near future.
Sidney A. Ward, formerly clerk to
the local draft board, was recently
promoted to private first class and
assigned to an ordnance service
company at Fort Bragg, where he
has been stationed ever since he
entered the service last summer.
The attention of motorists is
called to the fact that gas ra
tioning coupon No. 2, originally
scheduled to expire Saturday of
this week, has been extended to
December 1, after which time it
will not be vlaid. The value of
coupons in A books has been
changed, effective November 22,
when they will be good for only
3 gallons of gas instead of 4 as
heretofore.
A new Hammond electric organ is
being installed in the local Christian
church today and will be used for
the first time at the regular Sun
day morning service. It is likely
that special music will feature the
service, and all members of the
church are urged to attend and bring
their friends. Rev. Cecil A. Jarman,
head of the North Carolian Disciples’
department of religious education,
will be the speaker at the evening
service at 7:30 o’clock.
Michael Ver Benec, of the Naval
Air Station, Norfolk, Va., and Hol
lywood, Calif., was the week
end guest of Fred S. Ausbon. Mr.
Ver Benec is one of seven brothers
in the armed forces of the U. S. and
has one sister who is entering the
WAAC this month and another bro
ther who is entering the Army in
December.
Dr. and Mrs. A. Papineau, accom
panied by Dr. and Mrs. John Cotton
Tayloe, of Washington, attended the
Southern Medical Association meet
ing in Richmond, Va„ last week. Dr.
Papineau said that about one-third
of the physicians present were in uni
form.
The display of service men’s pho
tos in the window of the Plymouth
Furniture Comany here is still at
tracting considerable attention and
a few pictures are being added each
week. The window now has upwards
of 200 photographs in it.
Christmas displays have begun
miking hu,,‘ api/uAttAve mAiv- -
cal stores womewhat earlier than
usual this year. A few of them
are showing toys, and present
indications are that shopping
will not be confined to the last
couple of weeks this season.
Prior to this year merchants sel
dom put out their Christmas dis
plays before Thanksgiving.
Deer hunting in this immediate
section was better last week than it
has been before this season. Members
of the Red Hill Hunting Club killed
four bucks in the Shingletown
Swamp area, and other hunting par
ties were equally successful during
the week.
Coffee consumers are reminded that
all coffee sales will be frozen for one
week, beginning Saturday, and that
when sales are resumed a week later,
it will be on a rationed basis, with
stamp No. 27 on the sugar ration card
good for 1 pound of coffee, which
must last for five weeks. No coffee
can be sold at all next week.
Few Speeders Are
Cited by Patrolman
Highway Patrolman M. B. Stewart,
who is stationed at Plymouth, said
this week that most car drivers were
obeying the 35-mile speed limit de
creed by the OPA much better than
expected, although a few have been
cited to the state rationing officer.
The patrolman said that during the
past week he had stopped about half
a dozen cars running over 35.
Since the state speed limit is fixed
by law at 60 miles an hour, violators
of the 35-mile limit are not arrested,
but special blanks are provided which
are filled out by the patrolmen and
forwarded to W. H. Hofler, state ra
tioning officer, in Raleigh. Prom
there the blanks are forwarded to the
local rationing board which has juris
diction over the violator, and when
his application for gasoline or tires
comes up, the fact that he has vio
lated the regulations is taken into
consideration.
Local Board Begins Sending Youths oi
18 and 19 Questionnaires This Week
Pursuant to orders received
this week, the Washington
County Selective Service Board
yesterday began sending out
Questionnaires to the 18 and 19
year-old youths who registered
last June 30, and it is expected
that some in this age group will
be included in the December
draft call, according to Mrs. Eli
za Daniel, clerk. The law au
thorizing calling of the teen-age
youths for military service was
passed and signed by the Presi
dent last week.
At the same time, it is an
nounced that boys who have be
come 18 years of age since June
30 will register during the last
three weeks of December, and
they will be subject to induction
almost immediately afterwards.
Those who become 18 after De
cember 31st of this year will be
required to register on their
birthdays.
Officials of the board here said
about 350 were registered June
30, including both white and
colored youths, and it is expected
that about 250 of them will be
subject to draft quotas within
the next few months. Upwards
of 50 already have enlisted in
various branches of the armed
service, it was indicated.
Bond Sales Here
Climb This Week
War Bond sales in Plymouth
showed a decided increase this
week, and the total now stands
at $14,300 for the month, against
the county quota of $28,000 for
November. The report does not
include sales made in any of the
county towns other than Plym
outh. With women’s organiza
tions starting their campaign
Monday, it is expected that bond
sales will continue to Increase
for the remainder of the month.
In the slate report, published
yesterday, Washington County
was not credited with its full
sales, according to H. E. Beam,
county chairman. That report
showed a sale of $16,010 against
a county quota of $16,500 for the
month. In Plymouth alone last
month bond sales amounted to
$29,430, and it is presumed an
error was made in the state re
port issued yesterday.
Boy Scout Board of
Review To Be Held
Here Tomorrow at 4
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Scouts Have Completed Re
cent Canvass fdr Funds;
Picnic Saturday
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A Boy Scout Board of Review will
be held here Friday afternoon at 4
o’clock, for the benefit of memt ers
of the local troop who wish to id
vance in rank. The board will be
composed of J. T. Uzzle, assistant
scout executive for the district;
Scoutmasters Fred J. Humbert and
B. E. Taylor. The board will conduct
tests to determine the eligibility of
the scouts for advancement to the
next higher rank.
It was also announced that plans
will be made by the reviewing board
for a Court of Honor to be held at
one of the churches here in the n< ar
future. At this event, the boys who
have earned advancement will be
presented their awards and badges.
The scouts completed their canv vss
for funds for the year’s program here
Tuesday, and complete results of the
drive will be announced next week.
All boys who took part in the can
vass are eligible to go on a picnic
trip to the camp of T. W. Earle on
Albemarle Sound Saturday afternoon,
leaving here at 1:15 and returning
about 8 o’clock. They will have sup
per at the camp, each scout being
required to bring his own knife, fork
and spoon. Plates, cups and the
“eats” will be provided for them.
The local troop now has 33 regis
tered scouts, about half of whom are
active, and it is hoped to greatly in
crease the number of active mem
bers in the near future. Regular
weekly meetings are held Monday
evenings at 7:30.
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J. T. Adams Is Hurt in
Accident Here Saturday
J. T. Adams, about 60, suffered a
sprained ankle and multiple frac
ture of his left shoulder Saturday
night, when he walked into the car
of A. J. Byrd in front of the com
munity building here. It is said the
car of Mr. Byrd was proceeding very
slowly, and that Mr. Adams walked
into the side of it. He is reported
by Dr. T. L. Bray to be recovering
satisfactorily.
A. D. Seldenridge Wins Both First and
Second Bond-Stamp Prizes This Week
A. D. Seldenridge, employee of
the North Carolina Pulp Com
pany, became the first double
winner in the merchants’ drive
to sell War Savings Stamps when
his name was drawn twice in suc
cession at the drawing Tuesday.
He won both the $25 War Bond
as first prize and the $5 worth of
stamps given as second prize.
Mrs. J. W. Marriner, jr., who won
the $1 third prize also received
the same award again this week.
Sales of War Stamps through
the local stores are increasing ev
ery week. There are 25 mer
chants participating in the cam
paign, designed to ooosi sates 01
War Stamps locally. With each
25 cents’ worth of samps bought
a chance is given on one of the
three prizes given away at the
drawing in front of the commun
ity building here at 3:30 every
Tuesday. No purchase of mer
chandise is required.
The Plymouth High School
band again provided music before
and after the drawing this week.
James Francis, a former member
of the band, now at home on fur
lough from an army air field in
New England, played the snare
drum for the band Tuesday.
Seven Cases Called
In Recorder's Court;
Two Are Continued
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Session Tuesday Was First
In Three Weeks; Auto
Cases Predominant
Although the first session of re
corder’s court was held Tuesday for
three weeks, there were comparative
ly few cases on the docket, and the
session was completed at noon. Re
corder Edw’ard L. Owens was back on
the job after a week’s visit to Ar
kansas, disposing of five cases and
continuing two others. The case?
tried dealt with infractions of high
way laws, for the most part, the com
plete record of the proceedings be
ing as follows:
Charles Spruill, white, of Roper,
plead guilty to the operation of a
trailer without brakes and was fined
$5 and the costs.
George Barber, white, paid a fine
of $5 and costs for the operation of
a truck without clearance lights.
Charles Barnes, colored, of Plym
outh, charged with careless and
reckless driving, agreed to pay $50
for damage done to the car of E. H.
Blatz in a collision. He was also as
sessed the costs of the action.
James Ormand, colored, of Plym
outh, was fined $25 and the costs for
operation of a motor vehicle with
out a driver’s license.
Frank R. Jones, of Edenton, white,
paid a fine of $10 and costs for ope
ration of a trailer without a license.
Lehman Morris, colored, of Plym
outh, entered a plea of guilty to as
sault with deadly weapon and was
fined $20 and the costs.
A continuance was granted C. C.
Parker, charged with making threats
against Delma Wallace.
Judgment was suspended, condi
tioned upon his future good behavior,
in the case against Gaston Smith,
colored, of Plymouth, charged with
simple assault.
The case of William R. Garrett,
colored, of Plymouth, charged with
assault with a deadly weapon, was
continued to next Tuesday.
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Forest Fire Fighters
Service for County
Planned This Week
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J. S. Holmes Confers With
Coordinator and Forest
Warden Wednesday
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J. S. Holmes, state coordinator of
the Forest Fire Fighters’ Service of
the Civilian Defense Council, was in
Plymouth yesterday for a meeting
with T. W. Earle, county coordinator,
and S. F. Darden, county forest war
den. The purpose and plans of the
organization were outlined and dis
cussed at the meeting, held at the
country club at noon, and squad lead
ers for each of the five communities
were named.
The purpose of the Forest Fire
Fighters’ Service is to provide fire
fighters, equipped and trained, to
augment the forest protection agen
cies of the locality; to acquaint the
people in the area with their res
ponsibility in fire prevention and
suppression; and to provide an op
portunity for people in and near for
ested areas to participate in the war
effort. The auxiliary force will be
registered under the office of civilian
defense and will be trained, classi
fied and certified by the established
forest protection agencies, for en
rollment by the OCD.
The squad leaders appointed for
Washington County are as follows:
Plymouth Township:-J. A, Sexton;
Scuppernong Township: W. D.
Phelps, Creswell; Skinnersville Town
ship: W. W. White, Roper; Lees Mill
Township: J. C. Knowles, Roper; and
Wenona section: J, L. Rea, jr., We
nona.
Revival Services at Chapel
Hill School Next Week
Services will be held each night
next week at the Chapel Hill school
house about a mile from here on the
old Roper road, with all four local
ministers taking part. The services
will begin each night at 7:30, the
ministers rotating in holding them.
The public is cordially invited and
urged to attend.
Most Applications
For Fuel Oil Have
Been Filed Here
5,000 Blanks for Cooking
And Lighting Oil Also
Distributed
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Although no formal registration
dates have been set, most of the ap
plications for fuel oil for heating
purposes have already been filled out
and turned in by Washington county
citizens, it was learned from W. A.
Roebuck, clerk to the local ration
ing board this week. It is thought
that a big majority of appliiations
for oil for lighting and cooking also
have been issued, although many
have not yet returned the completed
blanks to the board’s office.
No deadlines for returning the ap
plications to the rationing board have
been designated, but those who use
fuel oil for heating, hot water, light
ing or cooking are advised to get the
forms filled out and returned to the
board as quickly as possible.
Friday and Saturday of last week,
the office of the board here passed
out 3,500 applications for lighting
and cooking oil, and the number was
increased to more than 5,000 by Tues
day. It is estimated that 7.000 per
sons will apply for such fuel in the
the county. Rationing books for the
full amount of oil requested will be
issued, as it is not planned to reduce
the amount usually required for these
purposes. However, the amount of
oil for heating purposes is likely to
be reduced by about one-third from
the amount heretofore required, it is
understood, with a possibility of even
further reduction.
So far the board has not received
the ration books for fuel oil, either
for fuel or cooking-lighting, but the
board is passing on applications
about as fast as they are being made,
and the books will be ready for dis
tribution shortly after they are re
ceived here.
Thanksgiving Next
Thursday Will Be
Holiday in County
Schools Will Be Closed
Two Days, Thursday
And Friday
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Thanksgiving Day, Thursday of
next week, will be observed as a
general holiday throughout Washing
ton County. Practically all stores,
business places, schools, and indus
trial establishments will be closed,
with the exception of absolutely
necessary operations. The plant of
the North Carolina Pulp Company
will be in operation it was stated,
since paper and pulp making is a
continuous process and one-day
shutdowns are impossible, but the of
fice will be closed. The Plymouth
Box and Panel Company will be
closed.
Schools in the county will close
after the session Wednesday for the
remainder of the week, giving pupils
both Thursday and Friday as holi
days. The post offices and bank in
the county will be closed Thursday,
No special program of Thanksgiv
ing observance has been announced
at any place in the county. Sports
men are looking forward to the day,
since it marks the opening of the
season on quail, rabbit and turkey,
and most of them are planning to
take to the field for the first time.
So far as can be learned here, the
only religious service announced for
Thanksgiving Day is at Grace Epis
copal church in Plymouth.
Mrs. Oma Gale Trueblood
Funeral Held Near Roper
Funeral services were held at the
home of T. C. Trueblodo, near Roper,
Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Oma
Gale Trueblood, 40, of Pasadena,
Texas, who died last Thursday in a
Houston, Texas, hospital following a
major operation. The Rev, G. C.
Wood, of Roper, conducted the last
rites, and interment was made in
the family cemetery.
Mrs. Trueblood was the wife of
Bennie Trueblood, formerly of Roper.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Smith, she was bom in Coun
cil Bluffs, Iowa. August 12, 1902. She
moved to Pasadena, Texas, about 11
years ago and was married to Mr.
Trueblood eight years ago.
She is survived by her husband,
Bennie Trueblood.
Sale of Christmas
Seals Begins 23rd
Sale of Red Cross Christmas
seals will begin in Washington
County next Monday, November
23, under the sponsorship of the
Plymouth Woman’s Club. Mrs.
A. J. Byrd, president of the club,
is also chairman of the seal
sale campaign,
The seals will be placed in all
county schools, with teachers and
students urged to assist in the
sale. Letters will also be mailed
to individuals in the county ask
ing them to purchase seals and
to cooperate in the campaign.
48 Men‘Ordered To
Report Tuesday tor
Trip To Fort Bragg
Original Call Was For 60
From County; 23 in List
From Plymouth
The local draft board has had
considerable difficulty in securing
the required number of men to fill
the November draft call, which was
for 60 men; and although more than
that number has been on the eligible
list for some time, last-minute post
ponements, enlistments and other
factors have kept reducing the figure
until today only 48 men remain.
They have been ordered to report at
the office of the board here next
Tuesday morning at 9 a. m., ready
to leave at 9:30 a. m., for Fort Bragg
for their final examinations and
possible induction into the army.
Of the 48 men to leave next Tues
day, nearly half, 23 are from Plym
outh; 13 are from Roper; 9 from
Creswell; and 3 are from Mackeys.
The list follows:
From Plymouth: Ernest Dawson
Grimes, Joseph Simon Bland, Her
bert Ford Waters, Albert Durand
Williams, James George Bland, John
Wilson Everett. Delbert Daniel Al
len, John Dwight Miller, Thomas
Richard Chesson, Doyle Dorsey Da
vis, Johnny Melvin Davenport, Car
ley Rufus Marriner, Tarleton Thom
as Gardner, George Thomas Lamm,
Preston Stanley Haire, Raleigh Lee
Wells, George Bonner Peele, John
Alton Tetterton, Delwood Earl Wool
ard, Gilmer Warren Ayers, Joseph
Edward Norman, Thurman Otis
Mobley, and Joseph Paul Hardison.
From Roper: William Eli Spruill,
William Warren Long, Joseph Edgar
Oliver, Milton Carnell Furlaugh, Wil
liam Ward Chesson, Charlie Woodrow
Sykes, George Whitfield Lewis, Wil
liam Russell Biggs, Wilbert Stockton
Blount, John James Ayers, Edison
Woodrow Spruill, Joseph George
Nowarah, and Iris May Stillman.
From Creswell: Seaton Edward
Davenport, Louis Clyde Spruill, Al
fred Chester Clifton, Johnny Armis
tead Clifton, Henry Ellsberg Am
brose, Tro Winton Snell, L. A. Phelps,
Robert Cecil Cooper, and Joseph Lee
Spencer.
From Mackeys: Junior Spruill, Al
onza Warren Griffin, and Jesse Wil
son Griffin.
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8 Certificates Issued
For Tire Purchases
By Rationing Board
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Two Applications for Bi
cycle Purchases Also Get
Favorable Action
Certificates for the purchase of
tilts and tubes were granted to eight
applicants by the county rationing
board at its regular meetling last
Thursday night. Most of the ap
plications were for either truck tires
or obsolete sizes of car tires. Out of
the entire list, only 1 inner tube was
for a Plymouth applicant, the others
all going to Roper and Creswell citi
zens.
In addition to the tires, certificates
for the purchase of bicycles were is
sued to J. H. Gaylord, IV, of Roper;
and W. H. Towmsend, of Plymouth.
Certificates were issued for the fol
lowing :
H. D. McNair. Plymouth, 1 tube;
L. B. Spruill. Roper, obsolete tire
and tube for passenger car;
Richmond Cedar Works, Roper, 1
truck tire, for use in logging opera
tions;
H. L. Polk, Roper, 2 tractor tires
and tubes (for front wheels);
S. McCoy Davenport, Creswell, 2
tubes for passenger car;
T. J. White, Creswell, 2 tractor
tubes;
B. E. Hufton, Roper, 1 obsolete tire
and tube for passenger car;
Louis E. Bateman, Roper, 4 obso
lete-size tires for passenger car.
Will Train Youihs
For Defense Work
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The National Youth Administra
tion offers free training to young
people between the ages of 16 and 25
years. Training in airplane wood
work. machine shop and radio is of
fered at the Scotland Neck and
Greenville resident centers, where
board and room, free training, plus
$10.80 per month. Youths who have
satisfactorily completed one of these
courses are said to be qualified to
earn $5 a day or more in defense
work.
An NYA mobile office with a display
of work done by trainees will be in
Washington County Friday, Novem
ber 20. A field representative will
take applications and furnish addi
tional information about the pro
gram. Washington County people
are invited to visit this office while
it is in the county.
Following is the schedule to be fol
lowed by the mobile office in this
county: At Creswelll, 11 a. m.; Roper,
in front of Texaco station. 1 p. m.:
and Plymouth, in front of courthouse.
2:30 p. m.
Board Unable to Keep
Up With Requests for
Draft Status Changes
Here’s the way the new 1943
auto license tab will look when
attached to the rear 1942 license
plate of the car. Motorists must
retain both front and rear li
censes for 1942. The tab certi
fies they have renewed their li
cense and must be affixed by
January 1, 1943.
HERE’S HOW—
Women Organize to
Boost Bond Sales in
County Next Week
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Details of Campaign Are
Worked Out at Meeting
Here This Week
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Next week, November 22-28, is
Women-at-War Week, and Wash
ington County women are making
plans to do their part by selling more
War Bonds and Stamps than have
been sold in any similar period since
the war began, Mrs. Prances M.
Darden is chairman for the county,
and the various women’s organiza
tions have been lined up to put over
the campaign in a big way.
A local organization was perfected
here yesterday afternoon and plans
made for next week. Mrs. T. L. Bray
is chairman of the local committee,
with Mrs. Z. V. Norman publicity
chairman. Practically all of the
local women's organizations were
represented at the meeting yester
day, as follows: Mrs. *3. F. Still and
Miss Ethel Arps, Methodist church;
Mrs. Jack Read. Episcopal church;
Mrs. Linwood Brown and Mrs. C. C.
Slankard, Christian church; Mrs. W.
A. Davidson, parent-teacher associa
tion; Mrs. C. McGowan, U. D. C.;
Mrs. Wade Johnson, Legion auxil
iary; Mrs. W. H. Smith, junior wo
man’s club; and Mrs. Z. V. Norman,
Thursday Afternoon Literary club.
The women will have booths on
the street in front of the community
building Tuesday from 9 to 6 p. m.
Tliis has been designated as Bond
Day. Wednesday and Saturday will
be stamp days, and large posters de
picting Hitler and Hirohito will be
placed at the booths on those days.
Each stamp sold will black out part
of the Axis leaders’ features, and it
is hoped to entirely blot them out
each day of the drive.
Stamps will also be on sale by the
ladies at the theatre here every night,
and corsages of stamps will be made
and sold by the junior woman’s club
The meeting yesterday was held in
the Red Cross room at the agricul
ture building. Another meeting will
be held there next Monday afternoon
at 4 o'clock,
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t ormer Koper Man Now
In Officer Training Camp
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Roper.—J. Harvey Williams, of
New York City, formerly of Roper,
has been accepted for entrance in
an officers’ training school, it was
learned recently, while he was visit
ing his mother, Mrs. Lily J. Williams,
and sister, Mrs. J. H. Roberson, here.
He was inducted into the army on
October 31st, and after visiting here
for a few days left to report for duty |
at Camp Upton, N. Y„ where he will j
enter the officer candidates' school.
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All boys of Cub age. 9. 10 and 11,
are asked to meet at the Boy Scout
room in the courthouse Saturday
morning, November 21, at 10:30. The
Rev. William B. Daniels, jr., Cubpack
Leader, will be in charge of the meet
ing.
41 Appeals Heard
Tuesday Night in
Lengthy Session
Temporary Deferments Are
Granted Many for Oc
cupational Reasons
Requests for deferments, postpone
ment of induction, reclassification,
and such matters are pilling up on
the Washington County Selective
Board at an unprecedented rate.
For the past two Tuesday nights,
the members have been kept in ses
sion until well after midnight, and
the session this week lasted until
1:30 a. m. At that, not all of regis
trants were given a hearing, as some
of the members, who live down the
county, had to leave, and there were
still a number of men on hand who
wished to present their claims for
deferment. They were told to re
turn next Tuesday.
Forty-one registrants appeared be
fore the board Tuesday, and a num
ber of temporary deferments were
granted, mostly to farmers on oc
cupational grounds which will per
mit them to finish marketing of cur
rent crops. Only three postpone
ments of induction will be recom
mended in cases of registrants or
dered to report with the November
draft quota next Tuesday. All such
postponements must now be passed
on by the state director, if the re
gistrants have already received or
ders to report for induction. The
local board only makes recommenda
tions, with final disposition in the
hands of the state official.
The three temporary postpone
ments of induction recommended this
week were in the cases of Sylvester
Ernest Williams, of Plymouth; Sea
ton Joseph Patrick and Gatlass El
wood Spruill, of Roper. Several oth
er requests for postponement were
denied.
The following registrants were re
classified in 2-A and f.iven defer
ment until the January call: Em-*
mett Lee Blount, of Plymouth: Lloyd
Edward Gilbert, Plymouth; Charlie
Harrell Roberson, Plymouth; Leslie
Estee Davenport, Creswell; Clyde
Timothy Waters, Plymouth: Thedia
Jordan Alexander, Roper: Heber Al
ligood, Creswell; William Thomas
Spruill, Roper; Herbert Smithwick
Dunbar, Wenona; Joshua Franklin
Carter, jr., Wenona; Dan Windley
Spear, Creswell; Dewey Sidney Spru
ill; Robert Bowen. Plymouth: Sam
uel Arthur Boutwell, Plymouth; Louis
Leonard Mizzell, Roper; Herbert
Rogers Chesson. Mackeys: and Irvin
Washington Ambrose, Plymouth.
Elmer Harold Browning, of Plym
outh, was given a 2-A deferment un
til February.
Thomas Luther Cutler, of Plym
outh, now employed in the Norfolk
Navy Yard, was granted a 2-B clas
sification and deferment for six
months. Edwin Ford Bagans, of
Plymouth, and Edwin Lester Cobbs
were also given six-month defer
ment and classified as 2-B. Alton
Gordon Pinkham. of Plymouth, was
given a 2-B deferment for three
months.
Car oi Vance Satterthwaite
Is Located in Chattanooga
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Local police were notified last night
that the car of Vance Satterthwaite,
stolen from his home here on Octo
ber 26, had ben recovered in Chat
tanooga, Tenn.. and two men were
being held in the jail there after ad
mitting the theft. The car had been
badly damaged in a wreck, according
to the Chattanooga police.
The two men being held in Chat
tanooga gave their names as William
Haire and Albert Lee Brant, and
Haire was said to be an escaped con
vict from this state. They have
agreed to waive extradition and will
be turned over to the FBI for trial in
Federal court, local police said. It
was said here that an insurance
company would take charge of the
car.
Washington Conniy Motorists Giving
Up Surplus Tires; 200 Delivered Here
Washington County motorists
are giving up their surplus pas
senger car tires to the govern
ment, more than 200 having been
delivered to the Railway Express
Agency here early this week, ac
cording to W. C. Jones, agent.
The recent order requires pas
senger car owners to surrender
all save five tires to the govern
ment, which will pay for them at
at established scale of prices.
Those who fail to do so will not
be eligible for any gas ration in
the future.
Serial numbers of the five tires
which are kept for each car are
required to be listed with the ra
tion board on blanks available at
garages and filling stations. Car
owners are now busily engaged In
complying with this order. The
regulations provide that tire in
formation must be filed by No
vember 22, next Sunday, and un
less the blanks have been filled
out and turned over to the ration
board by that time, it is unlawful
to use the car.
The time for securing certifi
cates of war necessity for trucks
has been extended until De
cember 1. After that date, trucks
and commercial cars without
such certificates and cars on
which tires have not been regis
tered may not be used, with se
vere penalties for violators.