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The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* EVERYBODY EVEBY PAYDAY 10 SAYIRB1II WAR BOMBS ESTABLISHED 1889 VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 41 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 14, 1943 Town opics Corporal C. W. Styons, now sta tioned at Homestead. Fla., is spend ing a 15-day furlough here with his wife and relatives. In the Army for more than a year. Corporal Styons recently received the Good Conduct Medal. Staff Sergeant Hubert Britton, for merly employed at the plant of the Plymouth Box and Panel Company here, spent several days here re cently. He recently returned to this country from the South Pacific, where he has seen considerable action against the Japanese as a gunner on a Liberator heavy bomber. He is holder of the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and other medals. The season on doves opens No vember 25 and continues through January 5. County Game Pro tector J. T. Terry was informed this week by the state game commissioner. This represents an extension of the season by 12 days. The dove season is regu lated by the Fish and Wild Life Service, a division of the Federal government. The annual stockholders' meeting of the Plymouth Building & Loan Association will be held in the mu nicipal building next Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Directors will be elected and other business transact ed. AH stockholders are urged to at tend. Bond sales at the bank here so far this month have been very good, ac cording to H. E. Beam, chairman of the county War Finance Committee. Up to today, the maturity value of bonds sold was $14,300. Tire amount sold by other agencies in the county was not available this morning. Mrs. Ruth Vick Everett, infor mation officer for the State OPA, will address teachers and stu dents in the Washington County schools Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, it was announced this week by the Rev. B. W. Gai ther, community service member of the rationing board. Mrs. Everett's talk will be an explana tion of the necessity for price control and fair sharing of scarce commodities through the ration ing system. County schools will remain on the “short" schedule throughout next week on account of the registration for War Ration Book 4, County Su perintendent H. H. McLean said yes terday. Tire schools will open and close on their regular schedules be ginning Monday, October 25, accord ing to present plans. Applications for the new basic "A" gasoline rationing book should be mailed or taken to the rationing board office in the courthouse here by Saturday night. Car owners should not go to the office Friday, the 15th, but the applications may be mailed that day. Blanks may be secured at filling stations, stores and garages throughout the county, as announc ed last week. Tire Situation Said To Be Getting Worse -e That the tire situation is rapidly becoming worse was indicated in a letter received by the local board from state rationing authorities this week, and no relief can be expected before the spring of 1944, it is stated. By January 1 a shortage of 8,000,000 passenger tires and 1,000,000 truck tires will exist, according to conser vative estimates, and the problem now is to get the most out of what is left, the letter stated. Drivers are urged, if they expect to continue driving at all, to drive only necessary miles—which will also conserve gasoline, growing more scarce every day. Drivers must take better care of their tires than ever before, it is stated, and more re capping must be done. "It is either conserve what we have or park the vehicle. The situation is serious,” the letter concludes. -® Roper Parents-Teachers Meet Next Thursday -®— Roper.—The regular meeting of the Roper Parent-Teacher Association will be held Thursday evening of next week, October 21, at 8 o’clock in the school auditorium, it was announced this week. All patrons of the school are urged to attend. Farm Bureau Will Have Annual Neei And Barbecue Here Next Wednesday The annual meeting and bar becue dinner of the Washington County Farm Bureau will be held at the Argieulture Building here Wednesday night of next week, October 20, it was announced yesterday. R. Flake Shaw, ex ecutive secretary of the State Farm Bureau Federation will be here to discuss the peanut situ ation. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m., and all members of the county bureau are urged to be present. J. Roy Manning, president, will preside. The Farm Bureau is conduct ing its annual drive for members at this time; and Mr. Manning said yesterday that about 75 had renewed their memberships so far. The county unit had about 225 members last year, while the quota this year has been set at 250. All the old members are urged to renew and to help se cure as many new ones as possi ble. The need for the Farm Bu reau was never greater than at the present time, and farmers are urged to protect themselves by building an organization that will compare in membership with that of any other occupational group. Mr. Shaw was in Plyntouth yesterday. He said that he had been in touch with Farm Bu reaus in peanut-producing states, as well as government officials in Washington who are handling the peanut program, and it is believed he can throw light on the peanut-price situation at this time. County Has Quota of $4,050 in War Fund Drive Last of Month Board Must Have Latest Addresses The Washington County Se lective Service Board this week appealed to all registrants be tween the ages of 18 and 45 to keep the board informed as to their correct addresses. Those who move without notifying the board are subject to be listed as "delinquent" and their names will be turned over to Federal authorities if mail addressed to them is returned, it is stated. All those whose latest correct addresses are not on file with the board are requested to report them at once, in order to save fu ture time and possible trouble. The selective service law re quires that any change of ad dress be reported to local boards immediately. Group of 20 Italian War Prisoners Stack Peanuts in County Work All Day Saturday at Johnson Farm on Long Ridge Road —® A group of 20 Italian prisoners of war spent last Saturday in this coun ty stacking peanuts on the Johnson farm, which now belongs to Owens Brothers, on Long Ridge Road near Plymouth. They were part of the 500 prisoners stationed at Windsor who have been working in peanuts in Martin and Bertie Counties for near ly a month, and last Saturday marked the first time any of them had been called into this county. Quite a number of local people went out to where the prisoners were working and "talked" with them during their brief rest periods. They were an industrious good-natured lot, and although they could understand only a few words of English, they managed to get across their mean ing in cortversation with the onlook ers. Without exception, they seemed to have a very poor opinion of Mus solini, his name evoking a throat cutting gesture whenever it was men tioned. It is understood that the prison ers get credit at the canteen at the rate of 80 cents for each day they work. Farmers pay the Army at the rate of 10 cents per stack, with the difference going for the transporta tion, food, clothing, etc., of the pris oners. Most of those who worked in the county were said to be comparatively young men who were captured in the North African campaign. Many of them had photographs of their wives and children, which they displayed with a great deal of pride. County Has Good Chance To Win Prize For Enlisting Boy Scouts Next Month A campaign will be waged throughout the Eastern Carolina Boy Scout Council during the month of November to enlist more boys in the Scout move ment. A prize will be given to the district which secures the most recruits during the cam paign, on a percentage basis. Assistant Scout Executive J. T. IJzzle, of Greenville, who was here Monday, said that the Albemarle district, which in cludes Washington County, had a good chance of winning, since it has a comparatively small number enrolled at this time. Since the number is compara tively small, the percentage of increase will go up very fast for each additional boy enrolled dur ing the drive. It is possible that increased interest in the movement may result in troops being reactivated in other parts of the county. It is hoped that troops can be lo cated in Roper and Creswell dur ing the coming year, especially since trained leadership from the couidl is now available to assist with the Scouting program. 17 Organizations To Benefit From United Drive October 28-30 USO and War Prisoners Re lief Fund Will Get Share Of Money Raised Washington County is called on to raise $4,050 for the United War Fund during the month of October, with Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oc tober 28, 29 and 30, set aside for a complete canvass, when everyone will be asked to make a contribution to the various agencies included in the combined fund. John W. Darden, of Plymouth, is chairman in charge of the hugh money-raising task in the county. Rather than have separate cam paigns, 17 worthy relief agencies which depend on public support for funds have joined for the one big drive. Money raised will be used for the benefit of American service men. prisoners of war, American seamen and for the rehabilitation of child ren and starving humanity in many of the occupied European countries and China. The USO. War Prisoners’ Aid, United Seamen's Service Unit ed China Relief, and Greek War Re lief Association are some of the par ticipating agencies which present the most worthy causes local people are called upon to support. In addition to the national organi zations, part of the funds raised in this drive will go to the district Boy Scout organization for extending the scouting program throughout the county. Heretofore there have been separate campaigns for all these funds, but this year they have all been combined into one. The $4,050 quota ror tne enure county has been broken down into quotas for individual sections, as fol lows: Plymouth_$2,100 Roper_ 700 Creswell_ 500 County colored people _ . 750 TOTAL _$4,050 The Junior Woman's Club of Plym outh has accepted the responsibility for canvassing the whole of Plym outh. Mrs. Prances M. Darden, home demonstration agent, plans to ask the cooperation of all home demonstra tion clubs in canvassing their res pective communities for donations. It is also planned to distribute some of the literature concerning the drive through the schools and other organ izations will be asked to lend their support to the movement. Plans for the campaign in the county are not quite complete, but it is expected the entire set-up will be announced by the middle of next week. -* Few Applicants for ABC Books in County So Far The registration for ABC sales per mit book No. 2 at the two countv li quor stores is proceeding very slow ly, J. R. Campbell, chairman of the ABC board, said today. So far only about 60 books have been issued at the local store, and even fewer than that at the Creswell store. More than 4,000 of the first book were issued by County ABC authori ties during the past year. Mr. Camp bell said he expected that about 3, 000 of the new books will be issued between now and November 30: when the registration period ends. Last year books were issued to residents of other near-by counties, while this year books can be given only to coun ty residents. Applicants may register and secure their books from the stores here and in Creswell between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m each week-day. except Wednesday afternoons, until November 30. 'This Is the Army' Premiere Will Show Here November 7th -<$> 100 Per Cent of Proceeds Will Go To Army Emer gency Relief Fund -t> The entire proceeds of a premiere showing of "This Is the Army,” at the Plymouth Theatre on Sunday night. November 7. will go to the Army Emergency Relief Fund, it was announced this week by P. B. Bateman, community general chair man for the fund. Mrs. Z. V. Norman has been selected to head the ticket sales committee, and every effort will be made to sell 700 tickets, capacity of the local theatre, for the event. Admission prices for premiere showings of this outstanding film in larger towns have ranged from $3.30 to $110 per seat. It was decided to charge $1.10 for the local showing, with every penny taken in. except the Federal tax, to go to the Army relief fund. Miss Marian Brinkley, manager of the theatre, has agreed to donate use of the theatre for the premiere, and no expenses whatever will be deducted for the showing. No passes will be honored and no free admissions granted, it is stated. At a meeting here Monday night, attended by representatives of vari ous organizations, all agreed to co operate in promoting the sale of tickets, which will be started two weeks before the show date. Mr. Bateman has been assured by Army authorities that if possible a military unit will be sent here the day before to stimulate interest in the picture. The ticket sale will be limited to the capacity of the theatre, 700, and no standing room will be sold. Seats will not be reserved, and it is ex pected that colored people will or ganize to sell 200 tickets for the bal cony seats. The Army Relief Fund is set up for the assistance of soldiers and mem bers of their families in need of im mediate emergency relief. It is the only fund of its kina, and it is be lieved that county people will rally to its support, especially when they can see one of the outstanding films of the year and make a patriotic con tribution at the same time. 28 Colored Men Gel Notice To Report for Trip to Fort Bragg — -- No Fathers in Groun This Month; Leave Friday of Next Week -# Notices were sent out this week to 28 colored men in the county to re port to the office of the local draft board Friday morning of next week. October 22, when they will be sent to Fort Bragg for examinations and possible induction into the military service. Twenty-four are Washing ton County registrants, while the other four are transfers from other boards. They will report at the of fice of the board here at 10 a.m. and will leave on a special bus at 10:20. No colored fathers are included in the list for this month, as there was a sufficient number without calling from this group. However, it is stated that the November quota will very likely result in fathers being called. Of the 24 county registrants. 14 are from Plymouth. 7 are from Roper, and Mackeys will furnish the other 3. Not a single one was called from Creswell at this time. There is one volunteer in the contingent. James Leslie Phelps, of Plymouth. Following is the complete list of those to whom notices were sent: From Plymouth: Chester Arthur Wilder. Charles Henry Cherry, Ru pert Johnson. Haywood Boston. James Edward Davenport. James Edward Walker. Luther Barnes. Wal lace Minor. James Andrew Spruill. Garfield Blount, James Henry Bias. John McKinley Johnson. Robert James Thomas. James Leslie Phelps. From Roper: Leroy Trafton. Tlios. Norman. Leroy Norman. Hurley Jones. Bedelmus Downie. Sylvester Basnight, Willie Spruill. From Mackeys: Myles Whitehurst. Buster Gibson. Clinton Wilkins. Transfers: James Ed Clark, from Suffolk: Granderson Bunch, from Norfolk: William Henry Long, fiom Northampton County. Va.: and Thomas Augustus Wilkins. Newport News, Va. -« Men’s Choir Will Sing at Episcopal Church Sunday -». The men's choir, under the direc tion of Lloyd Gilbert, will sing at the service of Evening Prayer at Grace Episcopal Church. Sunday evening. October 17. The service will begin at 8 o'clock. Other services scheduled for Oc tober 17, the 17th Sunday after Trin ity, are as follows: Holy Commun ion at 8 a.m ; Church school at 9:45 a.m.; Morning prayer at 11 a.m.; and Young people’s service league at 7 p.m. Seven Fathers Left With Group of 16 for Ft. Bragg Yesterday -• List Published Last Week Dwindled Considerably Before Departure -<*> The 27 white men scheduled to go to Port Bragg for possible induction into the armed forces yesterday dwindled to 16 by the time the bus actually left, it was learned at the draft board office. Two secured postponements of induction, six others were transferred to the .juris diction of other boards, and three simply failed to show up. Those in the latter group have five days in which to report to the board, after which they will be certified to the FBI as "suspected delinquents." Included in those originally sche duled to leave yesterday were 16 pre Pearl Harbor fathers, the first from that group to be called in the coun ty. However, when all the returns were in. only 7 actually boarded the special bus. while there were 9 non fathers. All three of those who failed to show up were classed as fathers, and this is the largest number that has ever failed to report at one time. The three who failed to report yes terday, and who will be certified as "suspected delinquent" unless they are heard from within five days are as follows: Sam Leroy Dixon, of Roper: Willie Elwood Van Horn, of Creswell; and Merrimon Thomas Barnes, of Plymouth. Temporary postponements of in duction were granted Irving Litch field Tarkenton. of Roper: and Odell Ambrose, of Creswell. Those transferred to other boards for induction were: David James Johnson, Percy Henry Smith and Ot tis Carlton Edwards, of Creswell; John Herbert Godwin. Ray Alonzo Quinn and Durwood Belmont Har ris, of Plymouth. The other 16 selectees, as listed last week, left as scheduled at 10:20. W. T. Freeman was leader of the con tingent, with Cleveland Atkins Cratch as assistant leader. -» Golf Pro Secured By Country Club -9 It was announced this week by of ficials of the Country Club of Plym outh that J. B. Kinnear had been employed as golf professional for the local course. He is expected to en ter upon his duties here November 1. Mr. Kinnear comes to the local club very highly recommended as a first-class golfer and instructor. He has held positions with a number of leading clubs as professional, and comes to Plymouth from Charlotte. He was pro at the Linville course for several years, and he was favorably recommended by some of the out standing professional golfers of the country. The club here has been without the services of a pro since September 1. when John Main resigned. Since that time the pro shop has been operated by W. Linwood Hassell on a temporary basis. -- Answer To Shell Shortage: Catch Squirrels Barehanded Dr. W. H. Johnson has an answer for the shell shortage. Squirrel hunting was rather slow for a few minutes while he and Victor Everett were down in Tyrrell County yester day afternoon, so Dr. Johnson walk ed up to a stack to get a few raw peanuts. While he was standing there pick ing a few peanuts off the vines, a big he-squirrel popped up on top of the stack and started gnawing on a peanut himself. "Doc 1 grabbed with both hands and finally wrestled the squirrel down to the ground, where he finished the rodent off with his gun barrel, and without firing a shot Incidentally. Dr. Johnson didn’t get even a scratch in the encounter although he says that if a man was as strong in proportion as that squirrel was. he could turn over any brick building in Plymouth. Revival Series at Chapel Hill School Next Week -« The Rev. Lee A Phillips, pastor of the local Baptist Church, will con duct a series of revival services at the old Chapel Hill schoolhouse. near here, next week. Services will be held each night at 8 pm., and the public is cordially invited to attend -.4! Navy Recruiter Will Be At Post Office Saturday -v Dallas R. Taylor. U S. Navy re cruiter, will be stationed at the post office in Plymouth Saturday, Oc tober 16. to interview those who seek information concerning the Navy. All 17-year-old boys, and men and women from 20 to 26 w'ho would like information about the Navy or Waves are cordially invited to see Mr Taylor at the post office between the hours of 8 a.m and 6 p.m. Saturday, Register Next Week For Ration Book 4 at All Schools in County Friday Deadline For Soldier Gills Only today and tomorrow re main in which to mail Christ mas present to Army personnel overseas. Gifts must be wrapped and packed according to postal regu lations—and must be mailed not later than Friday if they are to be delivered by December 23 to men in the Army who are sta tioned outside of continental United States. A parcel may not exceed 5 pounds in weight, and the com bined length and girth must not exceed 36 inches. Gifts for men in the Navy, Ma rine Corps and Coast Guard mav be mailed until November 1. Nine Cases Tried at Tuesday Session of Couniy Court 'Here Several Cases of Speeding; Defendants Freed on Theft Charge A total of nine cases were called by Judge Edward L. Owens in the Recorder's Court here Tuesday. There was one case of theft, in which the defendants were aquitted. and two cases of speeding. Also called was a case of drunkness. The proceedings were as follows: McKinley Latham, colored of Plym outh. was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to six months on the county farm. Emanuel Gurganus. colored, of Plymouth, was charged with simple assault and fined $10 and costs. George Simmons, colored, of Plym outh was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon and fined $25 and costs. Simmons went the limit, how ever. and appealed to the Superior Cnnrt Allen McNair, white, of Plymouth, plead guilty to drunkness and being a public nuisance and was fined $30 and costs. Sam Moore and Willie Taylor, colored, of Plymouth, were accused of taking quantities of wine and meats from Gus Perry, proprietor of the Eureka Cafe. The defendants were found not guilty. Charlie W. Greene and Carl C. Gearhart were charged with speed ing. They were not present when called out in open court and bonds of $30 each were forfeited to the school fund. B L. Godwin was charged with driving an automobile on the high way at a speed exceeding that al lowed by law and fined $15 and costs. Philip Ayers, white, of Creswell, was charged with simple assault. G. D. Merrill, white, plead guilty to speeding and was fined $10 and cossts. William B. Carter plead guilty to a speeding charge, and was fined $10 and costs. --'i, Local Football Team To Play in New Bern Friday -• The football game with New Bern will be played Friday night as sche duled. even though the Panthers have temporarily lost two members through injuries. The team and all persons who attend the game will leave soon after school Friday after noon, in order to get to New Bern on time. It is hoped that there will be good support on hand for the team, even though the game will be played at such a distant town. The boys are still practising every evening to get in shape for the com ing game and a better showing is ex pected than at the first game of the season. Apply Wednesday, Thursday or Friday After School Hours -* Important for Every Person To Get New Book Dur ing 3-Day Period -® Plans are now complete for issu ance of War Ration Book No. 4 in Washington County Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week. October 20 21 and 22. it was an nounced yesterday by Mrs. Sabrie W Reid, secretary to the War Price and aRtioning Board here. Tlie registration will be held at all white and colored schools through out the county, exactly the same as the registration for War Ration Book No. 2. it is stated. Teachers and other volunteer workers will be at the schools each afternoon after classes are dismissed from Wednes day through Friday. The hours will vary slightly at the various schools, but most of them will be ready for applicants shortly after pupils are dismiss’d and will remain open un til about nightfall. Colored aplicants will be served at colored schools and white applicants at white schools. Hours for white and colored schools in the Creswell section, including Cherry, will be from 2:30 until 6 p.m.. each of the three days, it was announced yesterday. At all of the other schools in the county, both white and colored, the hours will be from 2 until 6:30 p.m., each of the three afternoons. There will be no registration at any of the schools on Saturday, it is emphasized, and all those who plan to apply for books are urged to carefully note the above hours and be governed accord ingly. Those who do not apply for their No. 4 books during these three days will likely have to wait upwards of a month before they can secure them, as no applications will be re ceived by the board for some time after the registration is completed. It was announced yesterday that parts of the new book would be good starting November 1. so it is impor tant that every person get his ration book next week. A statement from OPA district headquarters gave this general pic ture of the registration proceeding: 1. Applicants will first show at the registration sites copies of Book No. 3 already issued to them or to mem bers of their families and will re ceive an application form with space enough to list eight members of a 'Continued on Page Six) -$ Negro Badly Cut At Patrick's Store Wilson Patrick. Negro logwoods worker of the Skinnersville section, was badly cut about the head last Sunday night, when he allegedly ad vanced on A. R. Patrick, sr., with a 22-caliber rifle. When the Negro advanced on Mr. Patrick, the latter retreated back of the counter and picked up an auto matic pistol. However, the gun jammed when he tried to pump a cartridge into the firing chamber; and Mr Patrick backed to the meat counter, where he picked up a long butcher knife and cut the colored man on the left side of the face and head. The Negro then ran out of the store and fired twice through the window at Mr Patrick, but missed both times. Mr. Patrick reported the occurence to Deputy Sheriff W. D Peal of Creswell, and Sheriff J. K Retd was also called from Plym outh W’hen they arrived at the scene the Negro had been removed to the Columbia hospital, where his cuts were dressed. He has since re turned home, but no arrest has yet been made, pending the outcome of his wounds. Qualifying Tests ior Army and Navy Specialized Training November 9th The second qualifying test for civilians for the Army specialized training program and the Navy College program V-12 will he given by Principal R. B. Trot man at Plymouth High School on Tuesday, November 9. it was announced this week. Young men and boys between the ages of 17 and 22 years who wish to take the tests are re quested to call on Principal Trot man at the local school for ap plication blanks. No one will be permitted to take the tests un less he has previously filled out and filed application. Those who successfully com plete the tests and are accepted by the Army or Navy will re ceive specialized training, in many eases including college courses, which will lead to com missions in one or the other of the military services. Qaulil'ications for eligibility are as follows: ill Must be high or prep school graduates or those who will be graduated by March 1. 1944; t2l Students in the age group of 17 to 19 years, inclusive, may apply to either Army or Navy; <3i Students who are 20 but not yet 22 may apply to Ar my only; <41 Men now enlisted in any branch of the armed serv ices. including reserves on an inactive basis, are not eligible.