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The Roanoke Beacon * * jf * jf ^ jf and Washington County News ★★★★★★★ VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 6 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 11, 1943 For Victory...Tft *7 Buy \/i UNITED STATES DEFENSE Jjf* BONDS * STAMPS v ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics 5 'Wif&SF The 13,000 War Ration Books No, 2, which are to be distributed in Washington County week after next, arrived here recently and were placed in one of the cells in the county ajil. Possibly a more or less gentle hint as to where violators of ration ing regulations will wind up if and when they are caught. A representative of the Internal Revenue Department will be at the courthouse here Tuesday and Wednesday, February 23 and 24, to assist tax payers in filing their Fe deral income tax returns. Those who wish to secure assistance are ad vised to keep these dates in mind and be on hand early. War Bond sales, after reaching an all-time peak in Washington County in January, have been very slow so far this month, a check-up today revealed. The bank here has sold about $2,000 worth up to today, and sales at the post office were around $4, 000. The county quota for the month is $19,411, against $25, 410 in January. A T. Belch, jr„ manager of the Welaka Fish & Produce Company plant at Mackeys, said this week that his firm would guarantee farm ers 25 cents for ripe tomatoes this season, instead of 20 cents as an nounced last week. He also said that if ceiling prices permitted the prices would range even higher. Attorneys Z. V. Norman and Carl L. Bailey were in Raleigh Monday to appear before the supreme court in connection with some cases in which they were interested. Dealers who have coffee ration bank accounts are advised by the rationing board that coupons No. 27 must be deposited for credit before February 16. Those who do not have ration bank accounts should ex change the No. 27 stamp for new coffee supplies with their wholesalers before February 16. The Washington County Selec tive Service Board advises that landlords should file requests for deferment of their farm tenants, when there is justification for 'uch claim. The tenant himself not permitted to request defer nt on occupational grounds. __rteen is "now the minimum number of war units required for a 2-C or 3-C classification. Lieutenant (jg) James Wood Nor man, of the U. S. Navy, Mrs. Nor man and their little daughter, of Iiiqhmor.d, are visiting -fr. and l*rs. J. W. Norman, sr., here for a few days. Lieutenant Norman recently completed his indoctrination course at Princeton University after enter ing the Navy early in December. He was a chemical engineer at the Du pont plant in Richmond before re ceiving his commission in the Navy. Friends of Eugene F. Still will be pleased to learn that he is much im proved after a minor operation for throat trouble in a Philadelphia hos pital last Saturday— Mr. Still left the hospital Monday to visit relatives in Arkansas and Mississippi for sev eral weeks and is planning to return to his work here around March 1st. -$ Roper Man Returns After Three Years in Hawaii -® Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Williams, jr., and little daughter, Particla Ann, recently spent a few days with Mr. Williams’ mother, Mrs. Lily L. Wil liams, at Roper. Mr. Williams has been in the Navy for 19 years and is now chief radio operator. For the past three and a half years, Mr. Williams and his family have been living in the Hawaiian Islands, where he was on active duty in the Pacific War Zone for several months. When he left Roper recently, he was to report to Philadelphia, Pa., for further duty. -0 Roper Episcopal Church Elects Vestry Tuesday At a meeting of the congregation of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Ro per, held last Tuesday evening mem bers of the vestry for the year 1943 were elected, as follows: James A. Chesson, James F. Leary, Ralph Kee ler, Miss Ida Peacock, and Mrs. Isa Johnston. The Rev. William B. Dan iels, jr., minister-in-charge, will serve as ex-officio chairman. The vestry will hold its initial meeting immediately after the 11 o’colck service on the third Sunday in the month , February 21. Helpers Needed for New Point Rationing Registration m County Week After Next -n The local rationing board is this week appealing to public spirited citizens in all sections of the county to volunteer their help for registration, issuance and explanation of the use of War Ration Book No. 2. The re gistration will be held week after next, and a large number of helpers will be needed to handle issuance of the approximately 13,000 books in this county. Meetings will be held at va rious schools throughout the county next week to explain the registration. Those who can and will help are asked to give their names to the principals of their respective schools, specifying the hours and days It will be most convenient for them to serve, and they will be notifed when and where to report for the work. Both white and colored volun teers are needed, as it is planned to hold the registration at all county schools, and possibly at some other sites to be disignated later. Complete details concern ing the registration will be pub lished next week. Members of the rationing board, school principals, a few teachers and most of the clerical force from the rationing board office here are attending a meet ing in Elizabeth City this morn ing, when the registration plans and point-rationing system were to be explained to them. _They will, in turn, hold meeting next week to instruct the volunteers who will help in the registration. The point-rationing program, which will be inaugurated March 1, following issuance of War Ra tion Book No. 2 the week of February 22-27, is much more complicated than the sugar, cof fee ant shoe rationing now in ef fect. For this reason, it is im portant that those who can help in the registration attend the meetings next week, when the program will be explained. The time and place of the meetings will be announced in the various schools for the respective com munities. It has already been decided to hold meeting for Plymouth vol unteers Monday and Tuesday nights. Colored workers will meet at the courthouse Monday night at 8 o’clock, when the pro gram will be explained to them; and white volunteers are asked to be at the courthouse Tuesday night, 8 o’clock, for the same pur pose. Meetings in other parts of the county will be announced at the schools. Boy Scouts Father Son Banquet Will Be Held Monday Night ——« District Scout Officials To Attend; Program To Be In Hands of Scouts -® Arrangements are being completed today for holding a Boy Scout fa ther- and-son bankuet here next Monday night at the Legion Hall at 7:30 o'clock. The banquet is a part of the observance by the local troop of Boy Scout Week, celerbated throughout the nation from February 6 to 12, marking the 33rd anniver sary of the scouting movement in the United States. Unable to hold the banquet this week, plans were made for it next Monday night. The home nursing class, which usually meets in the Legion Hall Monday nights, has been transferred to the Christian Church annex in order for the scorn,s to have their meeting at this time. The complete program has not been completed, but brief talks by scout leaders, stunts by the several partols, awards of merit, and recog nition of the scouts will TTe'’ ie&tutes. The meeting will really be in charge of the boys, with Scout Harry Mc Lean to serve as toastmaster. Scout Executive J. A. Gaskins, of Wilson, has been invited to be pres ent and make a brief talk. Z. V. Norman, member of the local troop committee, will review the history of scouting in Plymouth; and Field Representative J. T. Uzzle, of Green ville, will speak on the future of the movement in this section. Each pa trol will present a “stunt,” under the direction of the respective patrol leaders. The special awards will be made by some member of the troop committee. Scoutmaster B. E. Taylor said yes terday that he expected about 60 to attend the banquet, including scouts, their fathers, members of the troop comittee, scout officials and other invited guests. The banquet will be served by members of the Young Matrons’ Circle of the Chris tian Missionary Society. -® Home Nursing Class In High School Here As a part of the “Schools at War” program, a class in home nursing has been organized at the Plymouth High School, under the supervision of Mrs. Walter Dix, home economics teacher. The class, composed of 25 girls from the junior and senior classes, is being taught by Mrs. Rob ert B. Trotman, a certified Red Cross instructor in home nursing. The instruction is given during the regular classroom periods three times each week, and the course, which was started last week, will con tinue through the remainder of the spring semester. Certificates will be awarded to all members of the class who successfully complete the course. Much interest is being shown in the work, and both Mrs. Dix and Mrs. Trotman are wel pleased at the prog ■ ress being made. Hast Apply for 1942 Parity Payments Before March 1; Sign Farm Plans Now Washington County fanners are urged to file their applica tions for 1942 farm parity pay ments with the office of County Agent W. V. Hays before March 1, or they will not be eligible to receive such payments. Nearly 100 farmers have not filed appli cations so far, it was said at the office this week. County farmers are also ad vised to sign their 1943 farm plans at the county agent’s of fice immediately, or they will not be eligible for the 1943 payments. So far, it was said that more than 750 farmers had signed their work sheets, leaving about 100 more to sign. Farm plans were supposed to have been made out and signed before this time, but it was said that a few more days would be allowed delin quents to come in and sign. Parity payments on the past year's crops are now coming- into the county in large numbers. Up to yesterday, checks had been mailed to signers of 312 appli cations, total amount of mo ney represented being in excess of $13,000. Parity payments for the 1942 crops are averaging much smaller than they did for the preceding year, due to the higher prices paid for farm pro ducts last season, It is said. Ration Office Will Be Closed Fridays Mrs. J. K. Reid, secretary to the Washington County War Price and Rationing Board an nounced this week that in the future the office of the board in courthouse here would be closed to the public all day every Fri day. On all other week days, in cluding Saturdays, the office will be open to the public from 10 to 12 a. m„ and from 1 to 3 p. m. The Friday closing was adopted so that employees could issue cer tificates and perform other nec essary office work following meet ings of the board on Thursday nights. Milk Fund Project Backed by Junior Club Proves Worth -® 10 Undernourished Pupils In First Grade Get Half Pint Milk Daily -«►—— Begun January 1st, the milk fund project, sponsored by the Plymouth Junior Woman’s Club, is proving to be definitely a very worthy program for the benefit of undernourished children in the first grade at the lo cal school. The club plans to con tinue the project until the close of school in the spring. Money raised by donations placed in milk bottles on the counters of lo cal drug stores and other public places is used to buy 10 bottles of milk daily for 10 undernourished children, according to Miss Frances Turnage, first-grade teacher. The milk is delivered daily at 10:15, the mid-morning lunch hour for the first graders. Other children in the Hampton school, which includes all J(he pri mary grades, realizing the need of "milk for health’s sake,” began bring ing their nickles to school in order to buy a bottle of cold milk for the mid-morning lunch. Now, in addi tion to the 10 children who receive a half-pint bottle of milk free, there are about 50 to 60 children who buy a bottle of milk each morning, and all the children are said to eagerly await the arrival of the "milk man.” The 10 undernourished children receive a health check-up at stated intervals, and it is believed they will show a marked improvement in their physical condition before the end of school. -$ WAAC Commission Given Mrs. James -® Fort Des Moines, Iowa.—Mrs. Katherine Bridgers James, of 111 W. Third Street, Plymouth, has been commioSioned a third officer in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. She was selected for officer training on the basis of her ability and record of work as an auxiliary in the WAAC. Third officer is the WAAC equivalent of second lieutenant in the Army. She will be assigned to an execu tive position in the WAAC, immedi ately taking over a non-combatant Army job releasing a soldier for com bat duty, or participating in the expanded WAAC training program which eventually will replace a full field army with trained womanpower in behind-the-lines Army jobs. -$ Over 1,000 Library Books In Circulation Last Month Circulation at the Washington County Public Library is increasing every month. During January 1,011 books were circulated. “Men of the Albemarle", by Inglis Fletcher, was added to the pay shelf this week. "Battle for the Solomons" by Ira Wolfert, “The Problems of Lasting Peace” by Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson and “Susz to Singapore” by Cecil Brown were placed in the li brary this waek. Begin Operation of Spotting Post Here Saturday Morning Schedule Is Announced for First Week; Added Vol unteers Wanted With everything declared in readi ness, and the meeting to instruct volunteers being held tonight, the Plymouth aircraft warning post will be put into operation Saturday morn ing at 8 a. m., according to Edward S. (Ted) Blount, chief observer. Mrs. Bessie Brown will have the first shift, from 8 to 10, followed by Mrs. W. H. Smith, Mrs. C. H. Vaughn, Mrs. O. S. Armstrong, Mrs. Claire Carlisle, and Mrs. S. O. Davis at two- hour intervals. The ladies will operate the post from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m., on two-hour shifts, while the men will be on du ty for three hours each between 8 p. m. and 8 o'clock the next morning. Sixty-one ladies have volunteered so far, which means that each will be called on to serve about once every 10 days. Seventy-eight men have volunteered, and their turns will come around about once every -20 days. The larger number of men volun teers and the longer hours account for the difference in frequency each is called on to serve. More volun teers are wanted. The first lady named for each day will serve as captain for that day, and it will be her duty to notify all other observers that day of their hours. Tire same rule applies to the men serving at night; the first named is captain for the night and he must notify all others of their hours. In the event observers wish to trade hours, it is agreeable to do so; but each observer is responsible for the time designated, and whenever trades are effected, the chief observer should be notified. In starting the post off this week, Chief Observer Ted Blount issues the following statement: “If the schedule does not fit in with your work, please make trade of hours with some other • See SPOTTING POST, Page 6) ■■ y Ration Board Community Service Group Is Named Creswell.—The Rev. B. W. Gaither, community service representative1 of the Washington County War Price and Rationing Board, appeals to all citizens for their understanding and sincere cooperation in making the ef forts of the rationing board most ef fective. This week, posters condemning the hoarding of canned goods are being displayed in stores throughout the section. Serving with Mr. Gaither on the board are: H. H. McLean, local rep resentative for Plymouth: L. E. Has sell, local representative for Roper: and Harry P. Barnes, local represen tative for Creswell. Continue Victory Book Drive Here By Mrs. W. H. SMITH During the past week there have been some very good books donat ed to the Victory- Book Drive in progress here. Among them are: “Men of Albemarle,” “Kitty Foyle,” “Lou Gihrig, Pride of the Yankees,” “Prize Stories of 1942,” “The Man in Lower Ten,” “Wild Geese,” ‘Through Embassy Eyes,” “The Housekeeper’s Daughter," “While the Patient Slept.” Citizens of Plymouth who have not contributed to the campaign, the purpose of which is to fur nish enjoyable reading material to our service men, may do so by taking their books to Norman's Furniture Store. Current best sellers, fiction or non-fiction; western and adven tures; detective and mystery stor ies are the types of books sought. Pocket books or other small-slze editions of popular titles will also be accepted. Making Efforts To Get Federal Grant For School Building Committee Will Be Here Next Week To Con sider Request -$ In a telephone conversation at noon today, Mr. Sumner said a meeting was held with sehool authorities in Raleigh yesterday, and that a representative of the Federal government and a repre sentative of the State Sehool Commission will be in Plymouth next week to investigate the sehool situation here. It is un derstood that County Superin tendent H. H. McLean and sev eral others from here attended the meeting, in addition to the county representative. The possibility of securing a Fe deral grant for building an addition to the high school here was declared to be very bright this week by Rep resentative Ben A. Sumner, who has devoted much time to this matter since he has been attending the Gen eral Assembly in Raleigh. He said he had held a number of conferences with state officials concerning the project, and has secured promises of support from Governor Broughton. State Superintendent of Schools Clyde Erwin, and members of the State School Commission. Plymouth has been the victim of a peculiar series of circumstances concerning the school situation local ly. Facilities were entirely adequate until the location here in 1937 of the pulp mill, which brought several hundred families to live in Plymouth and a consequent large increase in the school population. The mill it self was built only a mile from town, but over the line vin Martin County. As a result, this county was called on to provide school facilities for child ren of most of the mill's workmen, yet it received little added tax reve nue. About two years ago the old Hamp ton school building, used for the ele mentary grades, was condemned by the state fire marshall. Tire county then made plans, by borrowing to the limit, to build an addition to the high school building with the as sistance of the WPA. Just about that time all building was halted by the start of the war. and there things have remained to this day. School facilities are totally inadequate, and the county is barred from building an addition even if it could secure the money, which it can't. According to Mr. Sumner, the first step in securing a Federal grant is to have Plymouth declared a defense area. With all of the local industrial plants engaged more than 95 per cent in war work, he believes this is pos sible; and he further believes state officials are so impressed with the urgent need of additional school fa cilities here that they will “go to bat” in helping to secure a Federal grant to provide them. He hopes to have definite developments to report on the matter within another few weeks. -® Special Service Sunday for Boy Scouts and Parents -s A special service, honoring the 33rd anniversary of the Boy Scout move ment, will be held at the Plymouth Christian church at 7:30 p. m. Sun day night, it was announced today by the Rev. B. E. Taylor, pastor and scoutmaster of' the local troop, who will deliver the sermon. All Scouts and their parents are requested to attend, and the boys are asked to sit in a body in the front pews of the middle row of the church. The public is invited to attend. J. M. Phelps 'Now Captain in Army Creswell.—Word was received here this week of the promotion of Lieu tenant J. M. Phelps to the rank of captain in the Army Air Service Medical Corps on January 20 at the Maxton Army Air Base. Captain Phelps, the son of J. L and the late Mr. Ida W. Phelps, was the first physician from Washington County to volunteer for any branch of the service, entering the Army Air Corps last July. He reported at Mor ris Field, Charlotte, going from there to Bowman Field. Ky„ for spectial training. Subsequently he spent sev eral months at the Florence. S. C. air base, and while there he was sent to Carlyle. Pa., for another special course. Receiving his diploma there, he returned to Florence and was aft erwards transferred to the Maxton Field, where he received his recent promotion. Dr. and Mrs. Phelps were also own ers of the German Shepherd "Duke, one of the first dogs from this state to be turned over to the armed forces. "Duke" is now doing patrol duty with the Coast Guard. $240 Worth Bonds and Stamps Sold at Creswell Creswell.-r-It was reported this week Creswell.—It was reported this week that $240.40 worth of War Bonds and Stamps were sold at Creswell school Monday of this week. Local Representative Presents Several Bills For County This Week CITED FOR BRAVERY William Robert Darden, of Plymouth, received a promotion, to fireman first class in the Navy recently for bravely under fire "while entering a North African port.’’ A story in a Norfolk pa per relates that two Navy men from there were promoted at the same time, and it is presumed that the three men were toge ther. It is reported that the three men, forced to abandon their ship, swam ashore, and their “meritorious conduct under fire” at that time won promotion for each of them. Mr. Darden's wife, Mrs. Melba Ruth Gurkin Darden, lives on Brinkley Ave nue here. 29 Counly Colored Men on Draft List For Next Thursday -« Men Called Now Subject to Service in Army, Navy Or Marine Corps -3>—_ Twenty-nine colored men from Washington County will leave Thurs day of next week, February 18, for Fort Bragg to take their final phy sical and mental examinations to determine their fitness to serve in the armed forces of the nation. The call is one of the smallest in several months for this county. Originally only 25 men were called for, but the quota was increased 20 per cent to care for demands for men to serve in the Navy. Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Men called up for induction now are subject to service in any one of the four branches of the armed for ces. Each inductee is asked to state his preference, and so far as possible their requests for service in the Ar my, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are granted, according to re ports from Fort Bragg. Of the 29 leaving next week, 16 are from Plymouth. 8 are from Rop er. 3 from Maokeys and 2 from Cres well. The quota is still short one man. due to a list-minute change in clasiflcation. Following is the list to' leave next week: From Plymouth: Ira Barnes. Har old Lee Smith wick. William Henry Brown, Dennis Johnson. Gus Speller. James Arthur Brown, Leon Marcel lus Booth, James Moore, Charles Lin wood Allen, William Edward Hedge beth. James Anthony Spruill, Asa Selwyn Halsey, Connie G. Johnson. Bennie Blount, John Henry Wynn. George Sumner. From Roper: Charlie Mack Hag ens, Booker T. Satterthwaite, Nathan Jackson. Charles Lee Rupert Lee Freeman, Andrew Warren Chesson, Phillip Lee Cox. Lora Johnson Nor man. Henry Webb. From Mackeys: Willis Henry Pax ton, James Chesson, Clinton Jack son. From Creswell: William Jordan Blount, Johnny James Phelps. Office of Treasurer Abolished; Board of Education Is Named P. M. Arps, L. E. Hassell And P. B. Belanga To Head School Set-Up Washington County's representa tive to the General Assembly Ben A. Sumner, is planning to introduce at least three bills in the house this week dealing with county affairs, he said while home last week-end. One of the bills provides for abolishing the office of county treasurer at the end of the incumbent’s term, another will require the county to share net pro fits received from operation of ABC stores with the towns in which stores are located: and the third, introduc ed Tuesday, fixes pay of Recorder’s Court jurymen at $1.50 per day in stead of 50 cents as at present. Mr. Sumner also announced that he had decided to recommend ap pointment of an entirely new county board of education to the house com mittee on education, and the men to be appointed will be named on the omnibus bill soon to be reported to the house. Mr. Sumner will recom mend appointment of the following to constitute the new board of edu cation: P. M. Arps, of Plymouth; L. E. Hassell, of Roper: and Paul B. Belanga, of Creswell. Present mem bers of the board are C. N. Daven port, jr., of Creswell, and R. C. Pea cock, of Roper. Walter H. Para more, now of Raleigh, was the third member, but has not served since he moved from Plymouth last May. The new board of education mem bers, when appointed in the omnibus bill, will assume office the first Mon day in April. The county represen tative explained that he was appoint ing an entirely new board in order to eliminate the possibility of friction between any old and new members, and he said he believed the above ap pointments would meet with the ap proval of a majority of county people. The bill to abolish the office of treasurer is designed to save the county more than $600 annually, representing the salary and cost of bond of the official. Under its terms the Branch Banking & Trust Com pany of Plymouth will be appointed county depository, and Mr. Sumner said the bank has agreed to serve in this capacity without cost to the county. This bill will become ef fective on the first Monday in De cember, 1944, at the expiration of the term of the present treasurer, C. N. Davenport. sr„ of Creswell. The representative said his bill re quiring division of ABC profits with towns in which stores are located is designed to bring Washington County into line with the practice adopted by every one of the other 16 ’’wet" ‘See COUNTY BILLS. Page 6 /. Clinton Tarkenton, Jr., Now Major in U. S. Army Captain J. Clinton Tarkenton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tarkenton. of Mackeys, was recently promoted to the rank of major in the United States Army. Major Tarkenton grad uated from the Command and Gen eral Staff School at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., December 1 and now serves with the regimental staff of the 13th Infantry, 8th Division, at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. W. S. Jordan, of Creswell, Is Promoted To Sergeant Creswell.—William S. Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Jordan, was recently promoted to the grade of ser geant in the United States Army. He was inducted into the Army in May. 1942. at Fort Jackson, S. C. Since then he has had training at Fort Monmouth, N. J.. and Camp Crow der, Mo. He was promoted to cor poral several months ago while at Camp Crowder, and his friends here have been expecting his further pro motion. Volunteer Aircraft Spotters Urged To Attend Meeting in Courthouse Tonight All volunteer observers for the i local aircraft warning post are urged to be present and the general public is invited to a meeting at the courthouse to night (Thursday), when the op eration of the aircraft warning system will be explained and plans perfected for beginning operation of the local post Satur da> morning. A moving picture will be shown and several Army and Civilian Defense officials will be on hand for the meeting. The meeting starts at 8 o’clock. Captain Vaughn, ground ob server for the First Interceptor Command, Army Air Corps, of Norfolk, and several other Armj officers will be in charge of Un meeting. Roy McMillan, state chairman: Norman Y. Cham bliss. district representative; P. Bruce Bateman, county chair man. and other Civilian Defense Council officials are expected to attend. P. W. Brown, district chief, and Edward S. (Tedl Blount, chief observer of the Plymouth spotting post, urge all volunteer observers here to be present. The method of making reports and other phases of the work will be explained in detail.
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