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The Roanoke Beacon ..,»*** and Washington County News ******* MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOND DAY m TUI Mt-BOU IfflUB rui VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 1 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 7, 1943 ESTABLISHED 1889 < rowN1 1 OPICS W. R.nald Gaylord, judge of the Wa h.ngton Coun y Recorder’s Court, now on leave of absence while in the service of the United States Army, was recently promoted from private first class to corporal, a letter from him this week reveals. Corporal Gay lord is serving with the Army Air Force and is stationed at Las Vegas, New Mexico. A pair of field glasses or binoculars is needed for the aircraft warning post here. Anyone who has $. pair he is willing to donate or lend for this work is requested to notify Chief P. W. Brown. They will not be taken away from the post at any time, it was stated. The city council voted Monday night to retire immediately about $15,000 worth of interest funding bonds due in 1944. The money to do this will be taken from the sinking fund, and by calling the bonds in now about a year’s interest can be saved, it was said. Pfc. Sidney A. Ward returned to Fort Bragg last Sunday after spend ing a week here with his mother, Mrs. Sidney A. Ward, sr. Mr. Ward was solicitor of the recorder’s court and clerk to the local draft board before entering the service last July. He has been stationed at Fort Bragg since his induction. Tax Supervisor E. F. Swain and the various list takers in the county again are appealing to all farmers to be prepared to fur nish their farm crop reports and census when they list their taxes. Number of acres of each kind of crop produced last year, number chickens, hogs, livestock and an ticipated plantings this year are among the items of information which must be provided. Members of the Washington Coun ty War Price and Rationing Board and Mrs. J. K. Reid, secretary, will attend a district meeting of ration ing authorities in E’izabeth City next Monday, when the operation of the point system of rationing will be ex plained. It is expected that this system will be put into operation about February 1 throughout the na tion, and details will be made pub lic in another week or so. There will be a meeting of the Plymouth Parent-Teacher As sociation at the high school building here Wednesday after noon of next week at 3:45 o’clock, it was announced yester day by Mrs. W. V. Hays, presi de -it. All patrons and fri°nd‘’ of thf *scnool ’are invited and urged to attend. L. H. Lowe, who has been manager of the local Rose’s store since Many, 1940, left last Saturday for Farmville, Va., to become manager of the store there for the same firm. He has been succeeded here by Miss Mobley, of Williamston. Mr, and Mrs. Lowe have made many friends during their stay here who regret to see them leave. It was learned here this week that Lieutenant W. Blount Rodman has been detailed as an instructor at the Field Artillery Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Okla. Lieuten Rodman was solicitor of the record er’s court before entering the serv ice last May. He received his com mission at Fort Sill about the last of November. -® Classes in Home Nursing Planned Here This Month —<♦) Miss Christine Cornwell, Red Cross Instructor, In Charge Classes in home nursing will be of fered Warhington County women be ginning about the middle of January, Mrs. Robert B. Trotman, chairman of Red Cross Home Nursing, an nounced this week. Working on the committee with Mrs. Trotman is Mrs. T. L. Bray, Mrs. S. V. Lewis and Miss Marie Farlowe, county nurse. Definite schedule of the classes will be found in this paper as soon as the classes are organized. Miss Christine Cornwel, in instruc torfrom the American Red Cross, ar rived in Plymouth yesterday and wil’ confine her activities for the next confine her activities for the next two month to the Washington Coun ty chapter. “We feel fortunate in having Miss Cornwell in the county," Mrs. Trotman said. Miss Cornwell wil! be ab’e to carry a series of either five or six classes in the county, depending upon the dis tance between them. Each c’ass will meet twice a week for a two-hour session. Pre’iminary organization of these classes are to be started at once by the committee, assisted by Miss Cromwell. The Red Cross home nursing course teaches the practical facts and pro cedures that are essential in safe guarding the health of the individual and the family and in giving home nursing care under the guidance of a physician in ordinary l'lne^s in the home. It does not. prepare persons to care for the sick for hire. A cer tificate will be given to those who complete the course. Those Who Owe Oil Coupons io Dealers Warned to Deliver Them Immediately Consumers who owe fuel oil or kerosene coupons to dealers for deliveries made before the allot ments were issued are warned by the rationing board here to turn them over to such dealers im mediately. Unless this is done, it was said, the number of cou pons owed dealers will be torn out of future allotments made to consumers. The rationing board also states that it is the duty and obligation of all good citizens to write the serial numbers of their allot ments on each of the coupons turned over to dealers. A good many people have been having the dealers write serial numbers on the coupons, which slows up deliveries and works a hardship on the dealer, since it is not his duty to do this work. “Pull your own share of the load,” the local board urges. “Writing the serial numbers on coupons is one of the seeming ly small things an individual can do. The dealer has enough ex tra work to do, and you should not impose on him. According to regulations, neither the dealer nor any of his employees are per mitted to write these numbers for you.” Tax Listing Is Off To Slow Start in County Draft Board Wants Addresses of Five The Washington County Selective Service Board is seeking the correct addresses of the following white re gistrants: Aubrey Asby, formerly of Route 1, Plymouth; Daniel Haywood Ambrose, formerly of Route 1, Roper; Thomas Staton Hopkins, formerly of 2404 W. Main Street, Richmond, Va.; John Richard Taylor, formerly of U. S. Dredge “Howell,” Wilmington; and Adrian Earl Barnes, formerly of Mamie, N. C. The above men cannot be located at their last-known addresses as list ed with the board, and before they are certified as delinquent to Federal authorities, it is hoped that relatives or friends in this section may furn ish their present addresses, which may save them considerable trouble. 33 Get Tire Permits Under New Mileage Rationing Program Is Largest Number Ever Is sued at Single Session By Local Board The Washington County Ration ing Board issued its first certificates for the purchase and recapping of automobile tires under the new mile age rationing program last week. That the new program is designed to permit many more persons to secure tires than was possible under the old methods is demonstrated by the fact that the board issued a total of 33 permits at its session last week. The mileage rationing program is designed to keep all cars and trucks considered essential in operation, and under it the type of gasoline ration ing allotment allowed determines the class of tires or recapping allowed. An A-card holder whose car is es sential is entitled to have his tires recapped or to secure grade III tires, if an official tire inspector certifies to his need and there is such material or tires available under the county quota. Those whose occupational driving permits them 540 or more miles per month are eligible for grade n tires or recapping, if available un der the quotas set up. Not all requests were granted at the board meeting last week, it is pointed out. Those whose driving is considered most essential to prose cution of the war or those occupa tions directly concern public health and other essential services naturally come first, and the monthly quotas of tires and tubes allotted to the county determine the number of certificates which can be issued. Some of the (See 33 GET TIRES, Page 6) Burnham to Operate Water Street Station C. W. “Snook” Burnham last Mon day became proprietor of the Water Street Service Station, formerly own Street Service Station formerly own and operated here by C. O. iShorty) Kelly. Mr. Burnham, local repre sentative of the aGte City Life In surance Company for a number of years, is well known throughout the county and has many friends who wish him well in his new venture. In taking over operation of the station ,the new owner seeks a con tinuation of its former patronage, as uring the best service possible. He will continue to handle Sinclair pro ducts there, and will make a specialty of washing and greasing cars. He will also continue to maintain it as an official OPA tire inspection sta tion. Mr. Burnham said yesterday,that he would also continue his connec tion with the Gate City Life Insur ance Company for the present, al though it might become necessary to make a change in the near future. He asks all his old friends to call on him at his new place of business. Schedule for Listers Is Announced This Week by Supervisor Usual Last-Minute Rush Is Forecast Unless Work Is Speeded Up -® Some progress is being made by the four tax listers in their respect ive townships this week, although as usual a first-class last-minute rush is in the making unless more speed is shown by taxpayers in getting their property on the books. A few people were listing the early part of the week, but the list-takers were not nearly as busy as they will be the lat ter part of the month. A complete schedule for the sev eral list takers was announced by County Tax Supervisor E. P. Swain, of Creswell, this week, and he also directs a special appeal to farmers to come prepared to give their farm cen sus reports, including acreages of all crops last year and expected plant ings this season. Mrs. Hermme Ramsey, list taker for Plymouth Township, will be at her office on Water Street here ev ery week day during the month, in cluding Saturday afternoons, she said yesterday. She requests all lo cal property owners to do their list ing during the early parts of each week, leaving Fridays and Saturdays open for farmers and others who do not live in town and who may have more trouble than usual getting here to list their taxes, due to the gasoline shortage. Walter W. White, list taker for Skinnersville Township, announces the following schedule: January 6, H. L. Davenport’s store: January 13, E. W. Patrick’s store; January 20, J. E. Pierce’s store: and the balance of the month he will be at White’s store ev ery week day. E. M. Chesson, list taker for Lees Mill Township, will be at the State Farm office at Wenona on January 11 to list property in that section. He will also be at Davenport’s store in Mackeys on January 19, 20 and 26; and at Dick Chesson’s store on Jan uary 22. The remainder of the month he will be at Pierce’s Service Station (formerly Phelps & Freeman’s) in Roper. P. B. Belanga, list taker for Scup pernong Township, outlines the fol lowing schedule: At Cherry, January 6, 13, 20 and 27; Mount Tabor, Jan uary 7; New Lands, January 14; and Ambrose’s Road, January 21. The remainder of the month he will be in Creswell. -3> One Case Tried Tuesday In Recorder’s Court Here -® Although not originally scheduled to be held this week on account of superior court being in session, Judge Edward L. Owens called one case in recorder’s court here Tuesday morn ing, after the higher court had ad journed for the week the afternoon before. Leamon Moore, of Roper, colored, entered a plea of guilty to operating an automobile with impro per equipment and was fined $5 and the costs. Notes of Importance Garnered at Office Of Rationing Board -$ Office Open Saturday After noons in Future; Other Timely News -® The office of the Washington Coun ty Rationing Board in the courthouse lere was directed by state officials to remain open six days a week, instead 3f five and a half, as formerly. Al though employees are on the job all day, the office will be open to the public from 10 to 12 each morn ing and from 1 to 3 each afternoon 5very week day, including Saturdays, in the future. Mrs. J. K. Reid, secretary to the board, reqeusts all ration book hold ers to carefully note the expiration date on each of the books issued. Whether for fuel oil, kerosene, or gas oline, each ration book has the date it expires on the front cover. A good many people have been turning in books before they expire, which is the reason this request is made. Some kerosene allotments for cooking and lighting expired December 31, and unused coupons in these books should be returned to the office. However, most outstanding books for cooking and lighting fuel will not expire un til March 31, and consumers are ad vised not to bring or send these books to the office until then. The value of fuel-oil coupons was cut from 10 to 9 gallons each, effec tive last Sunday midnight. Coupon No. 3 is now valid for deliveries at the 9-gallon basis and will continue so until February 5. Coupons Nos. 1 and 2 expired last Saturday, and all dealers are warned to get such cou pons into the office of the board here by Friday (tomorrow) in order to get axchange coupons at the 10-gal lon per coupon rate. After tomor row tickets Nos. 1 and 2 sent in by dealers for exchange coupons will be accepted for only 9 gallons each, Mrs. Reid stated. The office of the board here now has a supply of blanks on hand for making application for coal stoves, which came under the rationed list last December 18. Persons who are converting from oil to coal heating equipment are principally eligible for a certificate to purchase a coal stove. It is understood that coal stoves will soon be available to dealers here, al though there are no new stoves now on hand anywhere in Plymouth, so far as could be learned yesterday. The secretary also stated that any person who drives a tire beyond its recappable stage, after having been so advised by an official tire inspec tion station, will be deemed guilty of abuse and as such will not be eligible for any future tire or gasoline ration for the duration of the war. Attention is again called to the fact that January 15 is the deadline for applying for War Ration Book One (sugar book). If any person has not received ration book No. 1, for any reason, he or she must ap ply for it before Friday of next week, or it will be too late. War Ration Book Two, which is to be issued about February 1, will be distributed only to those who have War Ration Book One. Stamp No. 28 in War Ration Book One (sugar book) is now valid for 1 pound of coffee and will be good un til February 7th. -$— Husband ol Creswell Native Reported Missing in Action -$ Creswel.—Mrs. Albert Tyson, the former Miss Ruth Tarkenton, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tarkenton, of Creswell, has recently received word from the War Department that her husband, who has been serving overseas with the United States Army Air Corps, is missing in action. The message contained no details, and it is not known in which theatre of operations Mr. Tyson was engaged. -■ ■ — Report of Stamps Sold By Junior Womans Club -® Members of the Plymouth Junior Woman’s Club sold $750.80 worth of War Savings Stamps and $1,395 worth of War Bonds at the two schools here in the period from the time school opened last fall until the Christmas holidays, it was learned this week in a report made by Mrs. Linwood Brown, president of the club. County Well Over Its Quota in Sales of Bonds Last Month Total of All Types Bonds, Certificates and Stamps Nearly $100,000 -® Last month was a banner month for sale of War Savings Stamps and Bonds in Washington County, the total amount of United States Treas ury certificates of various kinds—not all of which are credited to the coun ty quota, however—reaching a grand total of nearly $100,000, With a county quota of $21,000 in series E War Bonds, the county went well over the top, selling $38,775 worth in December. In addition. $30,000 worth of series P bonds were sold, $1,000 worth of series G. and $15,000 worth of Treasury Depart ment tax anticipation certificates, for a grand total of $84,775 in these cate gories. War Stamp sales at the local post office amounted to $11,290.20 for the month, and a considerable amount of these were also sold at Roper, Creswell, and Mackeys, al though no reports on stamp sales were received from the other county towns. In the sale of series E Waf Bonds, Plymouth led the way with $33,825. Roper was next, with the sales amounting to $3,150, and $1,800 worth was sold in Creswell. The county War Bond quota for the month of January has been in creased substantially, to $25,410. However, sales have started off at a rapid pace at the bank, where $11,000 worth had been sold up to the close of business last night. The post of fice here has run out of bonds, al though a new supply has been order ed and should be here any day. Post master John W. Darden said that he had not sold any so far this month, although he estimated he had receiv ed applications totaling about $3,000. which had to be turned away until the new supply of bonds is received. The postmaster said stamp sales were running about normal, but re demption of stamps for cash has de clined to almost none during the past week. Shortly before Christmas a great many people cashed in their stamps. -« Cucumber Acreage Likely to Increase -® C. W. Dinkins, manager of the lo cal receiving station for C. C. Lang & Son, said yesterday that more than 100 acres of cucumbers had already been signed up for in the Plymouth area and that from 75 to 100 acres had been contracted in the Colum bia section. There is no limit on the acreage which the company will con tract for this year, Mr. Dinkins said, and he urges all farmers who would like to grow cucumbers for the firm to see him and make arrangements as early as possible. The scale of prices being offered by the Lang Company for the 1943 season is considerably higher than it was last year, according to officials, and it is expected that the acreage will be increased. -® Stockholders of Club Elect New Officers Stockholders of the Plymouth Country Club, in their annual meet ing at the club last night, elected Z. V. Norman as president of the cor poration, succeeding E. P. Still, who declined to serve another year. C. G. Crockett, of Wililamston, was elec ted vice president; J. R. Manning, treasurer; and L. J. Meunier, jr., secretary. The board of directors is composed of the four officers named above and eight other stockholders, as follows: E. A. Harrison, M. J. Polk, F. J. Mar golis, E. L. Walker, E. F. Still, W. H. Booker, M. G. Waters and E. L. Win slow. The annual report showed that the club had managed to weather a most difficult year, and an appeal is di rected to public-spirited local citi zens to rally to its support to keep it functioning until after the war. when it can resume it6 place as a decided asset to the social life of the com munity. Applications for More Mileage by Truck Operators Must Be Made Within 10 Days By W. V. HAYS County Farm Agent We were advised today by the Office of Defense Transportation that all appeals for more mileage by farm truck operators should be made within the next 10 days. A farm truck owner should make an appeal only when he can show the transportation committee of Washington County that he can not carry on his operations dur ing 1943 on the gasoline allotted by the Office of Defense Trans portation and that he is directly contributing toward the war ef fort in his operations. The Of fice of Defense Transportation is anxious that farm trucks which have a job to perform are kept rolling. The appeals can be made at the county office. Other truck owners who wish to make an ap epal can obtain blanks at the county office but will have to fill them out und mail them. We were also advised that farm trucks must be inspected every 2000 miles or every 60 days, whichever comes first. On the back of your Certificate of War Necessity there is a place for a record of your opera tions to be kept by the week. This show’s the number of trips, miles operated, gallons of gaso line used, also your inspection report. It is necessary to keep this record each week, since it will be used to justify next year’s certificate. This certificate should be kept in the truck at all times for it may be called for by De fense Transportation officials or inspectors. When making an appeal at the county office, be sure to bring your truck registration card and your present Certificate of War Necessity. Aircraft Warning Post Will Be Located Here; Volunteers Solicited Tuesday Is Farm Mobilization Day Farmers of Washington Coun ty are asked to join with others of North Carolina and the en tire nation in mobilizing their full resources to fight the Axis next Tuesday, January 12, which has been designated by Presi dent Roosevelt as National Farm Mobilization Day. A meeting will be held at the agriculture building here that night at 7:45 p. m„ with several well-known farm leaders to take part in dis cussing farm plans for 1943. On this day, farmers are ask ed by the President to meet with representatives of the Depart ment of Agriculture and other agencies to map farm plans de signed to give maximum produc tion of food in 1943. All coun ty farmers are asked to attend the meeting here. Superior Court Here Completes Criminal Docket in One Day -« Several Cases Disposed of Monday and Session Is Adjourned for Week -® Washington County Superior Court convened Monday morning, cleared the docket of all criminal cases set for trial during the first two days; and then recessed for the week Mon number of civil cases set for the lat ter part of the week. Judge C. Ev erett Thompson, of Elizabeth City, was the presiding jurist. Tire court will resume its sessions next Monday morning, with a calen dar of civil cases that is expected to keep it busy for most of the week. The cases of George Askew, L. T. Weeue and T. M. Bowen against the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company scheduled to be heard this week were settled out of court, and the remain der of the week's calendar was con tinued for the term. Criminal cases called Monday were as follows: State vs. Mrs, N. C. Walters charg ed with reckless driving; continued for the defendant. State vs. Willie Jennett, colored, of Plymouth; charged with stealing a watch; continued. State vs. George Blount, colored, of Plymouth. The defendant entered a plea of guilty to assault on a female and was sentenced to two years on the roads. McKinley Latham, colored, of Bel haven, was defendant in four cases. He was found not guilty by the jury in three of them, in which he was charged with entering and stealing, assault on Anis Dawson, and enter ing the house of Polly McCormick without her consent; but was given 30 days on the roads when found guilty of being drunk on a public highway. Creswell Brothers Promoted in Army Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Comstock, of Creswell, Route 1, have recently been promoted from privates ;o corporals in the United States \rmy. They are Winifred Comstock, row stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., ,vho has been in the Army since July, 1942; and Julian C. Comstock, with ;he Army Air Forces at Elgin Field, Fla., who has been in the service since July, 1941. In addition to the two corporals, Vfr. and Mrs. Comstock have two )ther sons in the service, Hallett Jomstock, in the Navy at Norfolk; ind Private Hilton Comstock, who rase been in the service since April, 1942, and whose present whereabouts s unknown. -® Public Concert by High School Band January 22 The Plymouth High School Band vill present a public concert at the ;ourthouse here Friday night, Janu iry 22. at 8 p. m. The program will ?onsist of full-band numbers of a patriotic nature. Tire concert is be ing presented especially for parents of band members, and there will be no charge for admission. The public is cordially invited to attend. --® $194 Worth War Stamps Sold at Creswell Monday -a> Creswell.—Principal Collier report ed this week that $194.30 worth of War Savings Stamps were sold at the high school Monday, when school re opened after the Christmas holidays. To Be Manned on 24 Hour Basis; Located On OldHampton Lot Sponsored by Town After Air Corps Officer Ex plains Urgency -® It was announced this morn ing that E. S. (Ted) Blount had agreed to serve as chief observer for the local aircraft warning post, and those who wish to volunteer as observers are re quested to notify him or Chief P. W. Browm as soon as possible. Plymouth people now have an op portunity to render a very necessary patriotic service to the Army by volunteering to man an aircraft warning post, as the result of a visit here Monday by representatives of the First Fighter Command, of Nor folk, Va. The post, a 9-by-12-foot room built on a tower 20 feet from the ground, is to be built within a week on the old Hampton lot here, and a large number of volunteers will be needed to keep it manned continuously on a 24-hour basis. Lieutenant R. E. Manchee, accom panied by Private W. H. Diehl, of the Army Air Corps, was here Monday and explained the necessity of hav ing an observation post located in Plymouth to the city council at its meeting Monday night. The coun cilmen agreed to sponsor and pro vide the necesary funds for building and equipping the post after hearing the officer. District Air Warden Chief P. W. Brown is to appoint the chief observer, who will be in charge of the local post possibly within the next day or two. In the meantime, Chief Brown is seeking all the volunteers possible to man the post. Both mer and women are urged to volunteer, and it is planned to have the post operated by ladies during the daytime, with the men taking over at night. Shifts wiii be worked out. depending on the number of volunteers, and it is hoped that a sufficient number may be ob tained so that it will be necessary for each individual to be on duty only a few hours each week. Those who wish to serve are requested to give their names to Mr. Brown as soon as possible, with the idea of having the post in operation early next week. The post is to be equipped with a table, chairs, electric heater, and telephone. A railed stairway will lead from the ground to the post, and every arrangement is being made for the comfort and convenience of the volunteer observers. In presenting the urgent need of an observation post here, Lieutenant Manchee explained that the objective of the Army Air Forces was to have such posts at intervals of 10 miles. He produced a map showing that the nearest posts to Plymouth were at Jamesville and Roper, leaving a gap of some 18 miles, which could be blocked by establishing one nere. "At the present, there is a hole here large enough to drive the whole Lut waffe through,” he said. The lieutenant further went on to state that he believed there was a very real danger of enemy raids along the eastern seaboard. “Not that I expect Plymouth will ever be raided, because I do not,” he said, "but enemy aircraft bent on bomb ing vital military installations in the Norfolk-Washington area may very probably head inland from the North Carolina coast and follow the swamps of this region until it would be too (See AIRCRAFT POST. Page 6) Kelly Buys Out Sinclair Agency Announcement was made last week that John Swinson had sold his Sin clair oil distributorship here to C. O. iShorty) Kelly, the new owner tak ing possesion last Friday, January 1. Mr. Kelly has extensive interests here, including the Economy Auto Supply and Kelly's Market and Gro cery, and up to last Monday he had also operated the Water Street Serv ice Station here for several years. The latter business he disposed of to C. W. Burnham Monday. Mr. Kelly announces that he will continue to handle the entire line of Sinclair petroleum products and specialties. The office of the new business will be located in the Econ omy Auto Supply Store here on Wa ter Street, with W. C. Hall in charge. E. R. Chesson, who has been with Mr. Swinson for a number of years, will continue as tank-wagon sales man for Mr. Kelly. The new owner appeals for a con tinuation of the patronage of those who hahve been using Sinclai; prod ucts, assuring the best service pos sible under the restrictions imposed by national rationing of many items on the Sinclair list.
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