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The Roanoke Beacon
* * * * * * * and Washington County News
VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 40
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 7, 1943
ESTABLISHED 1889
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Town
opics
No session of recorder's court was
held last Tuesday, as Judge Edward
L. Owens was out of town on busi
ness. There were several cases on
the docket for trial, and they v:ill be
heard at the regular session next
Tuesday.
Private Bailey Phelps, jr.. of Camp
Dorn, Miss., spent last week here with
his wife. He also visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Phelps, of the
New Land section, while here. In
the Army for about four months.
Private Phelps only recently com
pleted his basic training and was as
signed to an engineer outfit.
Thomas W. Rogers, jr.. a U. S. Ma
rine from Creswell, was recently pro
moted from the rank of corporal to
sergeant somewhere in the South Pa
cific, it was learned here this week.
Sergeant Rogers enlisted in June.
1940, and served in the Guadalcanal
campaign. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas W. Rogers, live in Cres
well.
The county delinquent sale was
held at the courthouse door here at
noon Monday by J. E. Davenport, tax
collector. There were approximately
COO tracts of real property offered for
sale, on which 1942 taxes had not
been paid, and the county bought in
the entire lot. The sale was the
smallest to be held in a number of
years.
Several volunteers are needed
to assist in issuing the basic "A”
gasoline rationing books next
week, it was stated this week by
Mrs. Sabrie W. Reid, secretary
to the rationing board. Those
who wish to help are asked to
telephone Mrs. Reid at 353-1 and
let her know when they will be
available.
Only 32 parcels of land are being
advertised by the Town of Plym
outh this week for non-payment of
1942 taxes. This is the smallest list
the town has had in many years, ac
cording to Chief of Police P. W.
Brown, who is also tax collector. The
sale will be held on the first Monday
in November. Twelve of the parcels
are owned by white people and 20
by colored.
The annual meeting of stockhold
ers of the Plymouth Building and
Loan Association will be held at the
municipal building here at 8 o’clock
on Wednesday, October 20. it was
announced this week. Directors will
be elected and other business mat
ters transacted. The association is
nearing the end of its sixth year in
business, and the first series of in
stallment stock will mature sometime
next year.
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Roper School Sells
$879 Worth Bonds
Roper.—The Roper High School
went “over the top" by oversubscrib
ing its self-imposed quota of War
Bonds during the Third War Loan
Drive, which closed last .seek. Dur
ing the period from September 20 to
October 1, the pupils bought $229.10
worth of War Stamps and $449.50
worth of War Bonds, while patrons
purchased, through the school,
$131.25 worth of bonds. The school
total. $879.85, was $214.85 in excess
of the goal of $665 set up by the
school at the beginning of the cam
paign.
Pupils and teachers showed a great
deal of interest in striving to reach
the goal for individual grades and
for the school as a whole. The sec
ond and sixth grades led in the value
of their investment, with $112.50 and
$213.40, respectively.
Although the special Third War
Loan campaign closed last week, the
sale of bonds and stamps is to be
continued in the school throughout |
tlie year.
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County Commissioners in
Routine Meeting Monday
The County Board of Commission
ers held its regular meeting at the
court house Monday. Those present
were E. G. Arps, chairman: H. W.
Pritchett, and J. C. Knowles. Re
ports were submitted by County
Farm Agent W. V. Hays and the
home demonstration agent, Mrs.
Frances Darden. Routine business
was taken care of and the meeting
was adjourned to meet again^Friday,
October 8, at a special sessflm to con
sider several matters.
Town Council in
Meeting Monday
The Plymouth Town Council
met Monday night, .October 4.
Present at this meeting were the
following: B. G. Campbell,
mayor; Councilmen J. R. Man
ning, J. VV. Norman. G. R. Leg
gett, YV. A. Roebuck, and E. E.
Harrell.
A delegation from Little Rich
wood requested that garbage
service be extended to that com
munity. -The Mayor appointed
a committee consisting of E. E.
Harrell and J. R. Manning to
meet with a comittee from Little
Rlchwood to discuss the matter.
The Board appointed E. E.
Harrell as Mayor pro tern to art
in the absence of Mayor Camp
bell.
Fathers of From One To Eight Children
Each Receive Draft Summons This Week
The fathers of 43 Washing- .
ton County children are includ
ed in the first group of pre-Pearl
Harbor dads to be called for pos
sible induction in the armed for
ces next week, it was learned
from records in the office of the
local board. Included in the
group is one who is the father of
8 children, three who are the
fathers of 5. one father of 4, one
father of 3, three fathers of 2,
and seven fathers of one.
The number of children has
no relation to the order in which
fathers are called. This is gov
erned entirely by the order num
ber drawn in the national lottery
following the registrations more
than a year ago.
W. T. Freeman, of Roper, with
eight, has the most children of
any father in the first group
called. He was given a booklet
on Army insurance and allot
ments, but called the clerk to
the board to say that the book
lets only includes tables of al
lotments for men who had up to
five children, and we wanted to
know if he wasn't entitled to two
of the booklets. A! present al
lotment rates, it w.’l cost Unele
Sam in the neighborhood of
S200 a month to draft him, as
his mother also lives at his home.
One of the fathers stated that
he had five children at present,
and was expecting another in
the near future. It is patently
evident that if Uncle Sam goes
in for drafting Washington
County fathers on a large scale,
another War Loan Drive will
soon be required in order to meet
the payroll.
County Motorists To
Make Application for
“A” Books Next Week
IN WAR ZONE
Pfc. Mack Ange, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Levin Ange, of Jamesville,
and a former Plymouth resident,
recently wrote relatives here an
interesting account of his ex
periences in the North African
and Sicilian invasions.
Salvage Drives Will
Be Resumed Soon in
Washington County
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Interest in Scrap Metals and
Other Materials Been
Allowed To Lag
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The importance of salvage work
has been largely passed up in Wash
ington County during recent months,
due to the multiplicity of other cam
paigns; but, through the efforts of
Miss Helene Duvall and Mrs. Fran
ces M. Darden, it is expected that
several phases of this work will be
renewed within the next few weeks,
both in Plymouth and throughout
the county.
Mrs. W. H. Smith, president of the
local Junior Woman's Club, has
agreed to get that organization to
sponsor the salvaging of waste fats
in this community. This is one
phase of the salvage program that
has received scant attention locally,
although it is considered one of the
most vital. Practically all grocery
stores here are serving as receiving
agencies for waste fats, and house
wives will be urged to cooperate in
saving and turning in this material,
urgently needed in the manufacture
of explosives and other war materials.
Another collection of tooth paste,
shaving cream and other like col
lapsible tubes will be made next week
by Mrs. Darden at points down the
county, while Miss Duvall will make
the collection locally.
Tin-can salvage is another neg
lected item. A collection was made
here several months ago, but a great
many people did not obey instruc
tions about preparing the cans, and
a great deal of the effort was wast
ed. A receiving station has been
set up here at the municipal build
ing, and several boxes are placed
there where old cans are to be de
posited. However, housewives are
cautioned to wash the cans, remove
labels, have both ends opened and
the cans flattened before depositing
them at the receiving station.
It is stressed that milk cans can
be used if they are prepared proper
ly. The cans should not be hammer
ed flat, but simply pressed down
with the foot, after both ends are
opened. Those who have no way of
delivering cans to the receiving sta
tion are asked to call the county
agent's office, telephone 213-6, and
some one will call for them.
The salvage of scrap iron and junk
metal of all kinds is being revived.
The Lions Club will be asked to spon
sor this work throughout the county
at its next meeting, and it is also
planned to launch a drive through
(Se» SALVAGE, Page 4)
May Get 'Blanks at
Number Stores and
Stations in County
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Ration Board Urges Careful
Compliance With Rules
To Avoid Delay
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The basic ‘A” gasoline ration books
of all automobile owners in Wash
ington County will expire on Novem
ber 7. and it was announced today
by Mrs. Sabrie W. Reid, secretary to
the county rationing board, that
plans were complete for renewal of
the allotments before that time. Ap
plication blanks for the new “A”
books will be issued at a number of
filling stations and garages through
out the county, listed below, starting
immediately, and Mrs. Reid especial
ly asks car owners to read and care
fully observe the following rules:
1. Present “A" books expire No
vember 7. 1943.
2. "A” books may be renewed by
mail or at the office of the board in
Plymouth.
3. Applications for renewal may be
secured from the office of the local
board, or at the following centrally
located filling stations, garages and
stores in the county:
Creswell: Earl's Esso Station.
Cherry: H. P. Barnes’ store:
Roper, R. P. D.: L. S. Bateman's.
A. R. Patrick's:
Roper: John L. Phelps’, Isa John
ston’s:
Pleasant Grove: J. C. Tarkenton's.
T. W. Tarkenton's:
Mackeys: Swain & Davenport's;
Wenona, W. J. Vaughn’s;
Plymouth: Manning Motor Co.,
House Chevrolet Co., Kelly’s Auto
store, Water Street Service Station,
Keel’s Service Station, Standard Serv
ice Station, Satterthwaite Motor Co.,
Central Garage, Browning's Cash
Store. Tetterton & Outten’s store.
What you must do to get your
book:
1. Secure aplication blank (Form
R-570);
2. Fill in CORRECTLY parts A and
B. Part A is for the new book, part
B is the new tire inspection record:
3. Attach the old tire inspection
record iR-534, part B) and the cover
of the old book. Mail or bring to the
office of the local board on the 12th,
13th, 14th, or 16th of October. (Note
—Do not call at the office on the
15th);
4. If you do not have cover of old
"A" book, send registration card;
5. If tire inspection record is lost,
get tires registered and have one in
»See “A” BOOKS, Page 4)
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Red Cross Ships Three
Boxes Knitted Articles
Women who have been knitting
articles for the Red Cross are asked
to turn in all completed work to Mrs.
P. W. Brinkley, knitting chairman,
as soon as possible. Three boxes of
such articles were shipped from Plym
outh Tuesday, and another is to be
sent off as soon as it can be fiilled, it
was stated.
Twelve Register
Here Last Month
Exactly twice as many white
youths reaching the age of 18
were registered by the local draft
board last month as colored
youths. A total of 12 was regis
tered. 8 white and 4 colored, ac
cording to the secretary of the
board.
As a rule the proportion of
white and colored registrants is
about 50-50, with the odds usual
ly favoring the colored. Sep
tember was the first month on
record in the local office when
the white registrants outnum
bered colored registrants by such
a wide margin.
Deal for Elmhurst
Farm Is Completed
By State Monday
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To Relocate Blackland Ex
periment Station There;
Buy Adjoining Land
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Several prominent state officials,
including Attorney General Harry
McMullan, were in Washington Coun
ty Monday to complete the purchase
of Elmhurst Farm, which is to be
come the new center of experiment
station operations now carried on at
the Blackland Test Farm at Wenona.
The purchase of the Elmhurst prop
erty from its former owner. W. H.
Thompson, of Lynchburg, was com
pleted, and an adjoining tract, known
as the Interstate Cooperage Com
pany land, was bought from Colon R.
Bowen and the deeds put on record.
There are 493.5 acres in the two
Elmhurst Farm tracts, and the pur
chase price is given as $25,000: while
the state paid $2,250 for the 1,500
acres in the Interstate Cooperage
tract, with Mr. Bowen retaining the
timber rights.
Besides Attorney General McMul
lan, Fred E. Miller, director of ex
periment stations, and Dr. A1 Shaw,
director of animal husbandry re
search at State College, were here
when the deals were completed Mon
day.
It could not be learned here when
arrangements would be completed for
moving the experiment station from
Wenona to the Elmhurst property,
but it is expected the transfer will be
completed as soon as possible. It if
known that some work is to be done
at the Elmhurst Farm before th<
moving takes place.
The work to be carried on at the
new station will cover a much larger
field than that at the Wenona loca
tion, it was stated last week. In ad
dition to animal husbandry and
agronomy projects conducted in the
past, new programs are to be launch
ed by the departments of horticulture,
plant pathology and agricultural en
gineering, it was stated.
The new location is about 5 miles
east of Plymouth, on highway 64. and
it is only a mile or two from Roper.
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Brother Mrs. Earle
Is Killed in Action
Mrs. T. W. Earle, of Plymouth,
last week was notified that her bro
ther, Flight Sergeant T. S. McCul
lough, of the Royal Canadian Air
Force, had been killed in action in
an air raid over Germany on Au
gust 24. Mrs. Earle was notified
about the first of September that her
brother was missing in action; and
confirmation of his death was re
ceived by her last week through the
International Red Cross organization.
Flight Sergeant McCullough. 23
years old. enlisted in the R. C. A. F.
in the fall of 1941 and went overseas
as a sergeant wireless operator-gun
ner in January of this year. He was
promoted -to flight sergeant in July.
Mrs. Earle has two other brothers
in the Canadian air force. One of
them took part in the North African
campaign and the other arrived in
England last August 12th.
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Demand for Labor
In Area Increases
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The local office of the United
States Employment Service this week
announced that there exists in this
area a big demand for workers, both
men and women. The office recent
ly received orders from essential in
dustries for a large number of wo
men to replace men needed in the
service and to produce essential war
materials for the armed forces. Col
ored women between the ages of 20
and 45 can be placed in such posi
tions, both for inside and outside
work.
Men who are not now engaged in
essential war work should transfer
to essential positions as soon as pos
sible. Those who do not know wheth
er their work is essential are not are
invited to report to the employment
office, the staff of which will be glad
to advise and refer them to an es
sential industry.
Four Spoiling Posts
In County Ordered
To Cease Operations
Will Be Kept on Alert Basis
With Posts Manned 4
Hours Each Week
Pursuant to orders from the Army
Air Forces, aircraft warning posts
throughout Washington County sus
pended operations Tuesday of this
week. The same order went out to
I all spotting posts in the nation, al
though it is directed that the Ground
Observer Corps organization be held
intact and the posts operated at spe
cific intervals, so that it can be fully
reactivated at any time it is consider
ed necessary. Posts in the county af
fected by the order include those in
Creswell, at the Scuppernong fire
tower, Roper and Plymouth
It was directed that the posts be
manned each Wednesday from 1 to 5
p.m., beginning Wednesday of next
week. October 13. This is being done
in order to keep the local organiza
tions together, and at the post here
it is indicated that four observers
will serve each Wednesday, the
shifts being divided in.to periods of
one hour each. A new schedule will
be worked out by Edw. S. Blount,
chief observer of the Plymouth post,
and further announcement will be
made next week.
The local post went into operation
on February 13. and continued on a
24-hour basis for some time before
interest lagged and some of the ob
servers commenced missing their
watches. For the past month or two.
its operation has been on a hit-or
miss basis, with the post being man
ned on an average of only 15 hours
daily, according to the Army inspec
tors.
Both General Arnold and Lieuten
ant Colonel Dunham, commander of
the Norfolk wing of the First Fighter
Command, expressed their apprecia
tion to the civilian volunteers for the
patriotic work they have done and
are doing. They express the hope
that the organization will continue
active on the ''alert'' status to which
it has been assigned, in order that
it may return to continuous duty at
any time if occasion should require
Experiences in War
Zone Are Recounted
By Former Resident
Mack Ange Took Part in
Many North African
and Sicilian Battles
Writing from "Somewhere in Sici
ly,’’ under date of September 11.
Private First Class Mack Ange tells
his brother-in-law, Thomas P. San
derson. of Plymouth, about some of
the action he has seen in North Af
rica and Sicily during the recent cam
paigns there. Pfc. Ange is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Levin Ange. of James
ville, and brother of Mrs. Sanderson.
Before entering the Army in May
1942, he was employed by the North
Carolina Pulp Company and lived
here with Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson.
Excerpts from his recent letter, de
tailing his experiences in the Army,
are as follows:
"Beginning to end of my 18
months of Army life: Was drafted
May 14, 1942, received basic training
for eight weeks, then to Belvoir, Va..
for five more weeks. Went back to
Fort Bragg until about August, when
I was transferred to a line outfit at
Camp A. P. Hill, Va.. for a few
w'eeks: then assigned to field artil
lery, self-propelled, about the last of
August. Then went to an embarka
tion port for overseas duty. There
about a month, and on first of No
vember loaded on a large transport.
On the second day woke up far at sea.
out of sight of land when I walked
out on deck.
"We floated and zig-zaged for 18
days: and on the eighteenth day a
sunny land came into sight—-the har
bor at Casablanca, French West Af
rica. It was a sight to see the ships
sunk and scuttled in the harbor. The
large French warship. Jean Bart,
was there, but useless, due to dive
bombing.
me nisi people we saw were
Arabs, scrambling for anything you
threw towards them; and fighting
like you see kids when you pitch a
quarter in a ring and say, 'Best man
gets it.' It was fun, especially the
noise they made, sounded like a
flock of ducks.
"Next, unloading, with two bar
racks bags full of gear as we scram
bled over a British vessel, and off
for a five-mile walk, our eyes popping
at the sights in front of us. Mostly
debris and very filthy Arabs begging.
Remained there until February, and
then on flat cars to Rebot, in a large
cork forest. Was a little hard going,
we thought, for a while anyway. Re
ceived a few very short passes and
went on some sight-seeing tours,
while studying firing problems.
"Was there until March, when we
loaded on flat cars again for a thous
and-mile trip, over mountains and
through tunnels. What a ride!
What was to be seen was almost un
believable. Destruction and grief,
Continued on Page 3i
County Fell Short by
$50,000 of Its Quota
For Third War Loan
i NEW PASTOR HERE |
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The Rev. E. B. Quick last week
arrived in Plymouth to enter up
on his duties as pastor of the
First Christian Church here.
16 Pre-Pearl Harbor
Fathers in Draft List
Leaving Next Week
Total of 27 Men Ordered to
Report Wednesday for
Possible Induction
Included in the list of 27 men sche
duled to leave Plymouth next
Wednesday morning for Fort Bragg
are 16 pre-Pearl Harbor fathers, it
was learned from the office of the
Washington County Selective Service
Board this week. One of the fathrs
in the group, John H. Godwin, now
living in Raleigh, is a volunteer. Two
of the 27 men were transferred to
the local board from other sections
where they registered originally.
It is considered likely that a few
requests for transfers to other boards
will be received, which may result in
a slightly smaller number actually
leaving here next Wednesday.
Induction notices have already been
mailed to the 27 men on the list to
report at the office of the local board
at 10 o'clock October 13. A special
bus will be required for the first time
in several months, and it will prob
ably leave about 10:20. For the past
few months the number of men avail
able to fill calls has not been large
enough to warrant calling for a spe
cial bus.
Next Wednesday will mark the first
time that pre-Pearl Harbor fathers
have been called up from Washing
ton County for possible induction in
to the armed forces. A few men in
cluded in this category are now' in
various branches of the service, but,
so far as known here, all of them vol
unteered for duty as commissioned
officers.
There are also a number of Wash
ington County fathers in the service
whose children were born after Sep
tember 15. 1942. However, so far as
the Selective Service system is con
1 See DRAFT’ LIST. Page 4'
Parents-Teachers
Meel Next Week
A large attendance is urged at the
next meeting of the Plymouth Par
ent-Teacher. association, which will
be held at the high school auditorium
here next Thursday night. October
14. at 8:15 p.m., it was announced
yesterday by Mrs. W. V. Hays, a lead
er of the organization.
Mrs. Hays said that a moving pic
ture, "The American Portrait,” would
be a feature of the program at the
meeting. A prize will be given to the
school room which has the best rep
resentation of parents.
Chairman Says Sale
During Drive Was
Little Over S205,000
Report Not Quite Complete
But Total Will Change
Very Little
Washington County fell about $50.
000 short of selling its bond quota in
the Third War Loan Campaign,
which officially ended last Saturday
night it was learned from H. E.
Beam, county chairman of the War
Finance Committee. The report for
the entire campaign is not quite
complete. Mr. Beam said, although
it is complete from all sections thru
September 30. original date for end
ing the drive. However, the cam
paign was extended through October
2 by the Treasury Department last
week, and reports have not yet been
received on all sales last Friday and
Saturday from a few points.
Sales during the campaign, except
for some possible slight additions,
amounted to $205,131.50. while the
county quota was $262,000. Sales of
the series “E" bonds by the four is
suing agencies in the county were as
follows:
Creswell post office . $ 4.781.25
Roper post office __ 8.531.25
Plymouth post office _ _ 8.850.00
Branch Bank _ 66.825.00
Total __$ 88.987.50
In addition to the above, the fol
lowing amounts of other bonds and
certificates were sold and credited to
the county quota during the drive:
Treasury 2‘2s _
Treasury notes
Series "F" bonds .. .
Series "F" bonds .
Series "E” (as abovei
$ 27,500.00
82.500.00
1.444.00
5.000.00
88,987.50
Grand total.. $205,131.50
Although the county fell dow'n on
its quota for the Third War Loan
drive, the fact should not be lost sight
of that Washington County is still
more than $50,000 ahead of its ag
gregate quotas for this year, even in
cluding the quota for the Third War
Loan. The county has more than met
its quotas almost every month since
they were first assigned more than
a year ago. While the section failed
in this particular drive, it is believed
the county's entire record for the past
year and a half is equal to that of
any other county in this part of the
state.
Limit Releases To
Farm Registrants
No releases for other than agricul
tural work will be granted until after
December 1st to Washington County
selective service registrants who hold
farm classifications, it was announced
this week by the local draft board.
This action was taken due to the
shortage of labor of county farms.
It was stated that those who have
been granted deferments in order to
carry on farm work will be expected
to engage only in agricultural work
until after the harvest season. If
they have no work on their own
farms, they may work for other
farmers, but they will not be given
releases to engage in other type of
occupation before December 1, it was
stated.
Those who violate the terms of
their 2-C or 3-C classifications au
tomatically will be reclassified as 1-A
and become subject to immediate in
duction.
Over $2,00 Worth Bonds
Sold at Creswell School
A total of $2,195 worth of War
Bonds was sold at the Creswell High
School during a special rally held
there last Friday. Mrs. Jo Holmes’
twelfth grade won the prize offered to
the room which sold the most monds.
County Is Asked To Recruit Three for
Women's Army Corps by October 15th
Mrs. Eliza H. Daniel was this
w e e k appointed Washington
County chairman of a drive to
recruit at least three women from
the county for the Women's Ar
my Corps by October 15. Every
county in the state was called on
for at least three recruits for the
U ACS by this date.
The state-wide drive was
launched after General George
Marshall, chief of staff of the
I'nited States Army, called on
Governor Broughton to lend his
support to further recruitment in
North Carolina for the WACS.
Governor Broughton turned the
job over to the Civilian Defense
organization, and County CD
Chairman P. B. Bateman recom
mended Mrs. Daniel's appoint
ment in this county.
It is announced that those en
listed during the drive will be
come members of a North Caro
lina company of WACS. They
will go through basic training
together and will wear a distinc
tive North Carolina shoulder in
signia.
The national campaign was
launched to obtain women re
cruits who will release men need
ed as replacements for battle cas
ualties in troops overseas. The
state quotas are based propor
tionately on the total population
applied against the total of battle
casualties in troops at the front.