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The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ******* ESTABLISHED 1889 VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 36 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 9, 1943 Extra! Extra!—Italy Is Out of the Way—Buy That Extra War Bond Today—Right Now! Town opics Corporal and Mrs. Murray Gordon Chesson, of Greenville, are visiting Mr. Chesson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Chesson. Corporal Chesson is stationed at Camp Phillips, Kansas, with a tank destroyer outfit. He has been in the service since last Decem ber. Second Lieutenant Russell B. Cal lis, brother of Mrs. Hilton Modlin, of Plymouth, has been promoted to first lieutenant at March Field, Calif., it was learned here this week. His wife, the former Miss Elsie Liverman. of Plymouth, is in California with him. J. E. Davenport and Fred Daven port, of Mackeys, accompanied Mr. Davenport's son. J. E. Davenport, jr., to Oak Ridge Military Institute Sun day. J. E., jr.. is beginning his sec ond year at Oak Ridge and enters as platoon sergeant this term. Eddie Sanderson, of Philadelphia, Pa., is spending a few days here with relatives and friends. A former resi dent of Plymouth, Mr. Sanderson is now an expediter for the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company, of Balti more. Md. The regular meeting of the Plymouth Mercahnts Association win be held in the municipal building here next Monday night at 8 o’clock, it was announced today by H. H. Allen, president. Several matters of importance are to be considered and a full attendance is urged by Mr. Allen. Sergeant Robert B. Campbell, son oi Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Campbell, was last week made a member of the board of governors of the non-com missioned officers’ club at Camp Patrick Henry, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Bradon, of Plymouth, entertained all the mem bers of their family last week, mark ing the first time the entire family had been together in three years. Their visitors were: Marcel Bradon, of the U. S. Coast Guard, of New York City; Staff Sergeant Charles Bradon, of Cherry Point; Mrs. Avis Trump, of Plymouth; and Mrs. Gar i'* Silmon, of Richwood, W. Va. ' jmble’s Drug Store wishes to a Christmas card to every man Washington County in the ary service, and Mr. Womble re ts relatives and friends of such men .-j furnish him their address so that he can mail the cards during the period from September 15 to Oc tober 15. W. H. Berry, formerly principal of the Plymouth colored schools for a number of years, received his com mission as second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery at Camp Davis week before last. He has been here for about a week visiting friends, but will leave the latter part of this week for Camp Stewart, Ga. So far as defi nitely known, he is the first member of his race from Washington Coun ty to receive an Army commission since the war started. Earl Phelps, formerly with the lo cal laundry, is now working for Lil ley’s laundry at Williamston. He announces that he will cover his old route here again, picking up laundry on Mondays and returning it Satur days. Those who wish to get in touch with him may leave calls with tele phone 229-1. The Washington County Board of Commissioners and the board of education will hold their monthly meetings at the court house here next Monday morn ing, according to last week's an nouncement. The meetings were postponed for a week on account of the Labor Day holiday last Monday. Anyone who wants a dog is invited to see Night Policeman Paul Bas night. He said yesterday that he had five shut up in the city dog pound, and he will be glad to give them to anyone who is willing to pay the tax and feeding costs. Several breeds are represented in the lot; in fact, one or two of the individual dogs represent several breeds. E. V. Wilkins, principal of the J. J. Clemmons High School at Roper, said this week that the school had re ceived a $10 donation toward the school bus fund from Lieut. M. M. Peacock, formerly of Roper, now stationed on a United States Navy battleship. Lieutenant Peacock read in the Beacon about the drive to raise money for a school bus and sent in his donation, along with wishes for «the success of the campaign. It was announced Wednesday by the War Department at Washington that Second Lieutenant Franklin S. Rasmuson, of Plymouth, had been promoted to first lieuterfant. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ras muson. ————$ Plant Pathologist To Be In County Next Week Howard R. Garris, plant patholo gist of the Extension Division at Ra leigh, will be in Washington County Wednesday afternon, September 15, to make observations regarding losses from peanut leaf spot and southern root rot of peanuts. County Agent W. V. Hays will assist Mr. Garris in determining the damage done Ly these diseases in. the county. Bond Auction Heie September 22nd The management of the Plym outh Theatre this week announc ed that a number of premiums to be given away at the War Bond auction had been received at the theatre. It has been de cided to hold the auction on Wednesday. September 22, and the general public is urged to contribute any articles that can be auctioned off on the stage that night. Arrangements have been made with the Norman Furniture Company to display the premi ums In its show window prior to the bond auction. The list of prizes donated so far include the following: A load of wood, by Mr. and Mrs. Don Overman: Ny lon hose, by Mrs. Delma Peele; a beautiful shawl, 100 years old, donated by a friend: S25 War Bond, donated by Sliep Brinkley: and a bushel of sweet potatoes, donated by Mrs. Laura Johnson. Those who are willing to con tribute some article to be auc tioned off are requested to notify the theatre management at once, in order that the prizes may be collected and displayed before the auction takes place . Any article of farm produce, product of home canning, item of wear ing apparel; in fact, anything of any kind will be welcomed, it is stressed. According to present plans, the serial and shorts will be shown before the auctioning of the priz es begins. Following the auction, the regular feature will be shown. It is considered likely that a number of local merchants will contribute to the list of prizes, as they did during the second war loan drive last spring, when more than $50,000 worth of bonds were sold at the bond auction. 20-Cent Reduction in Tax Rate of Town Is Tenatively Approved Local Boy Scouts To Meet Monday Plymouth Boy Scouts will meet next Monday night at the scout room in the courthouse at 8 o'clock, it was announced yes terday by the Rev. Lee A. Phil lips, scoutmaster. It will be the first meeting of the scout troop since Mr. Phillips was elected scoutmaster Monday of last week. All Scouts are urged to attend Mr. Phillips’ initial meeting and get acquainted with the new scoutmaster. Plans will be made for carrying on the program of troop activities, about which an nouncement will be made later. Enrollment at Local School Still Below Last Year's Figures ■ ♦ Principal Appeals for Reg ular Attendance of All Children Enrollment in the Plymouth schools continues to run slightly be low the figures for the same period last year, it was learned this morn ing from Principal R. B. Trotman. At the end of the first week of school this term, the total enrollment stood at 532 for the elementary school and 140 in the high school, the 672 total being 11 less than last year. Mr. Trotman said the reduced en rollment threatened the loss of an other teacher from the local schools this year, unless parents and patrons see to it that their children attend regularly. Teacher allotments are based on average daily attendance, and if the usual percentage of ab sences prevails this term in the face of the lower enrollment, then the school stands to lose a teacher, he said. The school lost one teacher last year, it is pointed out, and the loss of another would constitute a seri ous setback. The only remedy, ac cording to school authorities, is for parents to make every effort to have their children in school every day possible. Mr. Trotman also appeals to farm ers to take advantage of the short schedule now in effect, which releases rural children approximately half of each day for farm work. If the chil dren are to be kept out all day to perform their tasks about the farms, then schools may as well return to the regular schedule, it is stated. The schools are sacrificing part of their classroom time in order to make the children available for farm work dur ing the first six weeks of the term, but this sacrifice will be worthless unless farm parents cooperate by see ing that their children attend regu larly the curtailed periods. Action Taken Last Friday at Meeting Of City Councilmen -® Tentative Rate Is Fixed at $1.80; Another Meeting This Week A 20-cent reduction in the town tax rate was voted at a special meet ing of the Town Council of Plym outh last Friday night. However, there was some discussion after the rate reduction was voted which may result in a changed figure, it was in dicated in conversations with some of the individual council members this week. The tentative rate fixed at the meeting last week is $1.80, as compared with the $2 rate which has prevailed for a number of years. Another meeting of the city fa thers is scheduled either Thursday or Friday night of this week, when the recently completed audit of the town's finances will be presented and considered. It is possible that the tax rate may come up for some fur ther discussion at this time, it was stated. When the budget for the 1943 fis cal year was prepared recently, it was determined that a $1.70 rate might be sufficient to raise the amount of taxes needed to run the town for another year, and some of the councilmen held out for a reduc tion of 30 cents in the rate. How ever, others considered the appro priation for repair and maintenance of streets, sidewalks and sewer lines inadequate, and it was decided to compromise with a 20-cent reduction. It has also been suggested that the town should set aside a 10-cent al lowance on the rate to take care of i See TOWN TAX RATE, Page 4) Four Accepted for Military Service -» Final returns have not been re ceived on the 11 colored men from Washington County sent to Fort Bragg Thursday of last week. How ever, it is known that at least three of them were accepted for service in the Marine Corps, while the Army claimed another one. It is possible that some of the others were accept ed for other branches of the service, it was stated at the office of the draft board. The leader of the contingent, John Smith, of Plymouth, failed to show up for the trip to Fort Bragg. He has a few more days to report to the lo cal board before he is certified to the FBI as a delinquent. The three men accepted by the Ma rine Corps are as follows: William Earl Norman and Fred White, jr., of Roper; Joseph Grant Clark, of Plym outh. Joseph Rank McNair, of Plym outh, was accepted for service with the Army. County Meat Dealers To Be Checked For Compliance With Ceiling Buies The price-ceiling panel of the Washington County War Price and Rationing Board is prepar ing to make a check of all meat handlers in the county to see that they are complying with the maximum price and other regu lations governing the sale of meat, it was learned yesterday. The panel recently completed a check of compliance by grocers with the price ceiling and post ing regulations. It was stated that only a few violations were found, and in most cases they were due to misunderstanding of the regulations. When the vio lations were pointed out, it was said the grocers readily made the changes necessary to comply with the rules. The check on meat dealers is to deal with ceiling prices, post ing of prices and charts, and see ing that the proper number of points are required for each item of meat sold. The check will be gin within a few days. Merchants who are in need of price-ceiling and point charts are advised that they may be secured at the office of the rationing board in the courthouse here. Few Are Said To Be Eligible for Extra Allotments of Sugar Many Making Application For Canning Sugar, But Few Can Be Granted -9 The sugar rationing regulations are the cause of a new series of head aches to the local rationing board. Many people in the county are apply ing for extra allotments of sugar for canning purposes, but few are able to prove they are entitled to the sup plements, it is stated. It is pointed out that local ration ing officials have been given very definite instructions about granting extra allotments of sugar for cann ing; and, unless the regulations have been strictly complied with, it is im possible for the board or office of ficials to allow any supplements. Only five pounds of sugar per per son are allowed for making con centrated sweets, including jams, jel lies and preserves. No sugar is al lowed for cucumber pickles or for canning vegetables of any kind. Last spring, stamps Nos. 15 and 16 in sugar books were allowed to be used to secure 5 pounds of sugar each, but this sugar was to be used only for the canning of fruits. Each pound was suposed to be sufficient for canning four quarts of fruits. Therefore, unless applicants can prove that they have four quarts of fruit canned for every pound of su gar obtained with stamps 15 and 16— as well as any other sugar allowed for canning—they are not eligible for any further extra canning sugar. If any of the sugar obtained with stamps 15 and 16 was used for any purpose other than the canning of fruits, it is contrary to the express regulations announced last spring; and such aplicants are not eligible for any more sugar, it is stated by lo cal board officials. It was stated at the office of the board yesterday that “while this may not meet with the approval of many people, it is what Washington has sent to us in the regulations. Any citizen has the right to appeal his case. We have the blanks and will gladly give them to you so that you may appeal your case.” Allen Opens Self Service Store Here -# Allen's grocery store was rearrang ed over the Labor Day week-end and opened Tuesday morning on a self service basis. It is the first of this type of grocery ever to be located in Plymouth, and Mr. Allen said yes terday that his patrons seemed to be very well satisfied with the change. Difficulty in obtaining experienced help caused Mr. Allen to consider the possibility of installing the self service system. He retained all of his clerks and they are on hand to assist patrons select the items they want. Carts and baskets are provided at the entrance, and shoppers make the rounds of his store, where all goods are displayed, choosing the ar ticles as they go. The owner announces that every thing in the store is put on display each day, the scarce items along with those more plentiful. This eli minates any chance of favoritism, since each patron selects whatever items he or she wants as long as they last. It was impossible to make all the changes over the past week-end, and the price strips on some of the shelv ing had not been arranged when the store opened on the new basis yesterday. However, this will be completed by the last of this week, and all items will be plainly marked, he said. -$ Several To Attend Farm Bureau Meet in Greenville County Agent W. V. Hays, J. R Manning, president of the Washing ton County Farm Bureau, and possi bly a few others from this county are planning to attend the annual Pitt County Farm Bureau Rally to be held at the baseball park in Green ville Friday afternoon of this week Enroll 2,900 Pupils In County Schools First Day of Term -$ 2,430 in Elementary Grades And 470 in High Schools August 31st There were 2,900 children enrolled in the 16 white and colored schools of the county Tuesday of last week, when they opened for the 1943-44 term, according to H. H. McLean, county superintendent of public in struction. Mr. McLean said the first day enrollment figures were about the same as last year, although defi nite figures were not cited for the 1942-43 term. In the white schools, there were 1,237 enrolled in the four elemen tary schools, while the three high schools had a total enrollment of 281. The 12 colored elementary schools enrolled 1,193, and the three high schools had 189 pupils the first day. This makes a total of 2,430 ele mentary students in the county and 470 in the high schools, for a grand total of 2,900. Enrollment figures will increase as the term progresses, it is believed. Quite a number of rural children are being kept at home by farm work, it is stated, although all the schools are operating on a short schedule that lasts only about a half day. It is hoped that farmers will take ad vantage of the half-day schedule and not keep their children out of school the whole day, otherwise the short ened schedule will be of no value. School officials still have not been able to fill the position of commer cial teacher in the Plymouth High School. Tliis is the only teacher va cancy in the county. Opening-day enrollment was as follows: White Ele. H.S, Plymouth _ 516 135 Roper _ 223 61 Creswell _ 404 85 Cherry _ 94 Totals _1,237 Colored Plymouth _ 348 Morrattock _ 53 Brooks_ 43 Deep Bottom _ 28 Clemmons (Roper)_ 224 Macedonia_ 50 Mount Delane_ 66 Backwoods_ 51 Sound Side_ 101 Creswell _ 124 Cherry _ 54 Pritchett_ 51 281 76 85 28 Totals_1,193 189 -® Mrs. A. B. Papineau Dies‘in Connecticut -e> News was received here Tuesday night of the sudden death of Mrs. A. B. Papineau, mother of Dr. Alban Papineau, in Essex, Conn., at the home ol her daughter, Mrs. Jara Vasa. She had been ill for several weeks, but recent advices indicated that she was improving and news of her passing came as a shock. She had visited her son here on several occasions and is very pleasantly re membered by a number of Plymouth people. Dr. and Mrs. Papineau left yester day to attend the funeral, which will be held at the Church of the Advent in Boston Friday. Dr. Papineau’s fa ther, formerly rector of this church, died a number of years ago. It is understood that Dr. and Mrs. Papineau expect to return to Plym outh Sunday or Monday. Carload of Vetch Seed Available To Farmers -® A carload of vetch seed has been received for distribution to county farmers through the office of the AAA here, it was stated this week. The seed will be distributed as a grant-of-aid through the AAA pro gram. Payments may be made in cash or the amount due will be de ducted from soil conservation checks when they are received. Farmers who wish to buy this vetch seed are advised to go to the coun ty agent’s office for an order on the storage warehouse. The price is ap proximately $12.50 per 100 pounds. To Plan County War Bond Drive at Meet Here Monday Night 10 Ration Books Lost Each Week Many Washington County con sumers are losing their ration books, according to records in the office of the local rationing board. Applications for books to replace lost ones average about 10 each week, it is said. Finders of lost books are re quested to bring or mail them to the office of the board. Some housewives leave their books at stores and fail to return for them. In such cases storekeepers are re quired to turn the lost books over to the board. It is a violation of the law, pun ishable by heavy penalties, to use or attempt to use the ration book of another person. For that rea son, finders are advised to turn such books over to the hoard as soon as possible. Dr. Ralph McDonald Heard at Labor Day Observance Monday Says Home-Front Obstacles Constitute Chief Threat To Victory -<s> Labor Day was very quietly ob served in Plymouth and Washing ton County Monday of this week. All the local stores and business estab lishments were closed for the day, while most of the members of organ ized labor, who usually sponsor cele bration of the occasion, remained at their jobs in local industrial plants. Only a small crowd attended the program at the courthouse, which featured several addresses. The pro gram was dedicated to the more than 300 members of six local labor unions now serving in the Army. Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Winston Salem, was the principal speaker, and addresses were also made by John W. Darden, Plymouth post master, and Dr. D. G. Garland, col ored representative of the American Federation of Labor, of Winston Salem. Following the invocation by the Rev. Lee A Phillips, pastor of the lo cal Baptist church, Mr. Darden re viewed the progress organized labor had made in the community in the past five or six years, and paid trib ute to their patriotism and loyalty. Mr. Darden stated that of all the War Bonds sold through the local post office, approximately 60 per cent was issued to the members of the lo cal unions. “The most dangerous obstacles to complete and speedy victory against our enemies are home-front ob stacles,” Dr. McDonald declared in opening his address. He identified the chief home-front obstacle as dis unity, overconfidence, selfishness and "normalcy.” “Only a united people can achieve their utmost in production of arms, food, and other implements of world warfare,” said Wr. McDonald. “Now as never before in our history it is imperative that the differences be 'See LABOR DAY. Page 4) -$ Local Parent-Teachers To Meet Next Thursday The first meeting of the Plymouth Parent-Teacher Association of the current school term will be held in the school auditorium here Thursday night of next week, September 15. it was announced this week by Mrs. W V. Hays, a leader of the organiza tion. It will be held in the school auditorium, beginning at 8 o’clock. Plans for the year’s work will be considered, it was stated, and all pa trons of the Plymouth school are urg ed to be present. Change in Postmasters Here Did Not Take Place September 1, as Announced No change has been made yet in the postmastership of the lo cal post office, although Repre sentative Herbert Bonner an nounced a month ago that J. Cor bett Swain would succeed John W. Darden in the position on September 1. Both Mr. Swain and Mr. Darden were on hand last Wednesday and Thursday to make the change, but no postal inspector showed up; and. as a consequence, Mr. Darden is still on the job. Reason for the delay is not definitely known, but it is now believed that no change will be made until after Mr. Swain's ap pointment has been eonfirmed by the Senate. This cannot take place until Congress reconvenes about the middle of the month. Mr. Darden originally received the appointment, but failed to pass the physical examination. It was announced recently that Mr. Swain would succeed him. but so far the Post Office De partment has not announced when the transfer will take place. Special Campaign Committee Named To Begin Canvass Representative Group From Each Section in List An nounced Today -$ A little late in starting, Washing ton County will be organized within a week to wage a whirlwind cam paign to raise the largest amount ot money it has ever had assessed against it. it was stated today by H. E. Beam, chairman of the coun ty War Finance Comittmee. That drive is to sell $262,000 worth of War Bonds, the county's share of the na tion’s $15,000,000,000 goal for the third war loan. Mr. Beam announced that Post master John W. Darden, of Plym outh. has been designated chairman of the special campaign. A meeting of the campaign committee, com posed of representative men and women from every section of the country, will be held in the court house here next Monday night at 8 o'clock to lay plans for an intensive person-to-person canvass to reach everyone in the county during the remaining days of September. Mr. Beam said that the campaign committee faces a difficult but not impossible task. While $262,000 is a lot of money for a small county like Washington to raise, it is pointed out that this is only a little more than $20 per person, and if a determined effort is made, it is believed the goal can be reched. Other counties in this section have quotas that range on up to more than $40 per capita. In announcing the membership of the county campaign committee, Mr. Beam stated that it was not yet com plete, as there are some additional names to be added to the list. The complete details will be worked out at the meeting Monday, and the committee members from each sec tion will make up their own list of canvassers. The committee members, as an nounced by Mr. Beam this morning, are as follows: Special campaign chairman, John W. Darden, of Plymouth; Plymouth: David Kuhe, G. A. Shannon. E. F. Still. E. A. Harrison, J. R. Manning. B. G. Campbell, H. H. Allen, H. E. Harrison, Z. V. Nor man, J. W. Norman, W. L. Whitley, 'See BOND DRIVE, Page 4> Reclassification of Registrants To Be Studied by Board -e Occupational Data Being Received Will Be Given Consideration The Washington County Selective Service Board is planning a series ot special meetings within the next few days to consider the possible reclas sification ofpre-Pearl Harbor" fa thers, it was learned yesterday. The board held a lengthy session Tuesday light, but decided to schedule spe cial meetings for Saturday of this week and Monday of next week, when they will study the occupational in formation now being turned in by registrants. Notices have been sent out to hun dreds of registrants during the past few weeks calling for information about their occupations. The regis trants were given until Saturday of this week to get this information to the board. It is announced, however, that no men will be reclassified during the 15-day period from September 15 to October 1st. During that period a national inventory is being taken of all men on the list of draft boards to determine the size of the manpower pool available to the nation at this time. It was stated that the board was getting information about farming it had never been able to get before, despite the previous appeals for such data. More than 75 men have al ready filed farm statements who had not been considered in this class pre viously. Men in the list of non-deferrable occupations will be called first when drafting of pre-Pearl Harbor fa thers is started, according to the regulations. However, it is con sidered doubtful that men in tills class will be sufficient to fill more than one or two monthly quotas. There are many types of work in this locality which are classed as essen tial. it is stated, and men in the non deferrable occupations have been ad vised to change before September 15 iii order to be given consideration.
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