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The Roanoke Beacon ****** * and Washington County News VOLUME LIV NUMBER 49 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 9, 1943 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Captain E. W. Furgurson. of the Army Air Forces Medical Corps, is visiting Mrs. Furgurson and friends in Plymouth this week after return ing from more than 16 months' serv ice in India, much of it along the Burma border. For some time he was within 100 miles of Japanese ad vance air bases, and he has under gone several bombing raids. Dr. Fur gurson is back in this country for training as flight surgeon and ex pects to report for duty at a Texas air base within the next few weeks. The regular meeting of the City Council was not held Monday night, due to absence from town of several of the councilment. A postponed meeting will be held later, possibly next Monday night, the 13th. ac cording to town officials. For the second time in the last decade or more, there will be no Christmas lights on the streets here this year. Blame it on the war. along with millions of other changes in the usual manner of things in this nation. Undoubt edly. there will be Christmas trees in many private homes, but most people will comply with the government's request that there be no outside decorative light ing tli is Christmas. Lt. Walter C. Burgess, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Burgess, of Plym outh, has arrived safetly at an over seas post, his parents were notified recently. Lieutenant Burgess, in an engineer outfit, is believed to be with U. S. forces in Ireland or Britain. His parents have received several letters from him since he arrived overseas. A number of compliance checks have recently been completed by the price panel of the local war price and rationing board. Most of those checked recently have found to be line with price regulations, it is stat ed. No more checks are scheduled before the first of the year, but af ter that time monthly checks will be made on some comodities which come under the ceiling price regulations. County tax collections are very good for this time of year, it was learned yesterday from Tax Collector J. E. Davenport. The total property valuation for the current tax year is 86,424,448, and the tax rate is $1.76; making the total 1943 levy $109,215.62. A post card received yesterday from J. R. Manning, president of the Washington County Farm Bureau states that he and L. E. Hassell, of Roper, arrived in Chicago Sunday to attend the annual convention of the Farm Bureau Federation there this week. There were four bus loads of North Carolina farmers, aggregating some 200, who made the trip and Mr. Manning said they “sure did swell this little town." Richard West this week announces that he has secured the services of another barber, A. L. Peele, at the Plymouth Barber Shop. Mr. Peele comes to Plymouth from Bethel, and will begin work at the local shop to morrow morning. --* Will Colled Paper Every Other Week Collection of waste paper here last Monday morning was the most suc cessful yet held according to the of fice of the county salvage committee. Nearly a ton of paper was collected. In the future, collections will be made by the city trash trucks every other Monday. There will be no collection next Monday morning but there will be on Monday. December 20. It was also stated a considerable quantity of tin cans had been de livered to the municipal building, where properly prepared cans are col lected. The committee expresses its appreciation for the cooperation of the public, and asks that all salvage efforts be continued as a contribu tion to the war effort. Roper Parents-Teachers To Meet Next Tuesday --<$>■ The regular meeting of the Roper Parent-Teacher Association will be held in the school auditorium there next Tuesday night, December 14, at 8 o'clock, it was announced this week. All patrons and friends of the school are urged to attend. A meeting of the executive com mittee will be held Monday after noon, December 13, at 3:15 p.m. Test Blackout To Begin With "Red" Signal at 9:30 in This Section Tonight There will be a practice black out tonight, it was learned today from P. \V. Brown, chief air-raid warden for Plymouth. Mr.Brown is getting his organization lined up to try to make the test 100 per cent, as it was the last time one was called by Army officials. For the last several times, no ad vance notice has been given, and the alert calls have come through without warning. State Civilian Defense authori ties have announced that to night's test will begin with a “red" signal at 9:30. This will last until 9:45, when the “blue” signal will be sounded, and the "all-clear” will come at 10:10, according to Mr. Brown. The order of signals outlined above Is slightly different from past procedure, when a “blue” signal always preceded the “red” one. Mr. Brown said he could not account for the changed pro cedure. Resident are warned that a steady blast of the fire si ren for 2 minutes marks the “blue” signal, while “red” is signalled by rising and falling wails on the siren. Empty Stocking Fund Will Furnish Baskets For Needy This Year Rally at Creswell Tuesday Success -as The "Remember Pearl Harbor" rally at Creswell school Tuesday night, December 7th, was an un qualified success, it was learned yes terday from Mrs. Sidney Smithson, who headed the committee on ar rangements for the event. The object was to promote the sale of War Bonds and Stamps at the rally, and a total of $4,500 worth of bonds and $100 worth of stamps was sold. A group of marines from the Eden ton base, accompanied by Chaplain Chase, sang a number of songs. Rep resentatives of a soft drink firm showed moving pictures, comparing the conditions of homes in Europe ; with those in this country, and point ing out what dollars put into bonds could do to protect the home of our people. -« Safe of H. P. Barnes Ai Cherry Robbed of $4,200 Last Saturday -§ Robbery Took Place Early In Evening, Between 7 And 10 o’Clock -<3> State and County officers are still working in the dark on the robbery at Cherry last Saturday night, when Harry P. Barnes’ safe was robbed of $4,200. An official of the State Bu reau of Investigation was in the coun ty Tuesday to make an examination for fingerprints on the safe, but Sheriff J. K. Reid received a telegram from him yesterday stating that none was found. The robbery occurred sometime be tween 7 and 10 o’clock Saturday night. The safe was located in Mr. Barnes’ house, adjoining his store, and the robbery was discovered when Mrs. Barnes went to it to make some change needed in the store. The combination of the safe was not lock ed, but the inner door was. It had been pried off by the robber or rob bers, presumed to be white, and on ly the money was missing. Most of the amount was in cash, although Sheriff Reid said there were a few checks. Mr. Barnes had col lected several large fertilizer ac counts during the week and had not had opportunity to get to the bank with the money. County officers believe that there is some connection with this rob bery and the ABC store robbery in Creswell the Saturday before, and that probably the same persons com mitted both thefts. The ABC store was entered through the front doer and a number of cases of whiskey stolen in the earlier robbery. Deputy Sheriff W. D. Peal, of Cres well, was called by Mr. Barnes when the robbery was discovered, and Sheriff J. K Reid here was notified Sunday morning. So far no clues have been found that will warrant an arrest, but the officers are still at work on the case. Gregg Cherry, Candidate ior Governor, Will Speak at Farm Bueau Meet Here R. Gregg Cherry, of Gastonia, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of North Carolina in the primary next year, will be the chief speak er at a barbecue meeting of the Washington County Farm Bu reau in the Agriculture Building here Thursday night of next week, December 18, at 8 o'clock. A number of other prominent speakers have been invited, in cluding Representative Herbert Bonner, but It is not known yet whether any of them will be her*. All member* of th* •ounty bureau are urged to attend by President J. Roy Manning, who is in Chicago this week attending the national meeting of the Farm Bureau Federation. The local unit of the organization recent ly concluded its membership drive, with 295 members enrolled, largest In its history. Seven pigs have been secured for the barbecue, and arrange ments are being made to care for a crowd of 350 to 400. It is probable that Mr. Cherry will speak in the court room, which can accommodate a larger crowd than the agriculture building. Movemenl Backed By Four Ministers Started This Week W. B. Daniels, Jr., Is Chair man; Minimum of $250 Is Sought -- Ministers of the four Plymouth churchees met Wednesday for the purpose of starting an “Empty Stock ing Fund'' to furnish Christmas bas kets to the needy families of Plym outh and Washington County. This fund is to be sponsored by the Metho dist, Baptist, Christian, and Episco pal churches of Plymouth. The Rev. William B. Daniels, Jr., rector of Grace Episcopal Church, will serve as chairman of the Empty Stocking Fund. Treasurer of the fund will be the Rev. Lee A. Phillips, pastor of the Plymouth Baptist Church. Consultation with the County Wel fare Officer revealed that there are some thirty-five families in Plym outh and Washington County who are in need, and who must depend upon the community for their Christ mas supplies. A fund similar tq the Empty Socking Fund has been col lected and used in past years. How ever, last year the fund was discon tinued on the basis that the need no longer existed. Such is not the case as statistics from the welfare au thorities clearly indicate. There are still in Plymouth and the county a fairly large group of aged, infirm, bed-ridden, and unemployables who need help at the Christmas season. Funds will be solicited from church and civic organizations, business concerns, and individuals. This so licitation will not be in the nature of a house to house convass, but indi viduals are asked to give voluntarily. Checks should be made payable to “The Empty Stocking Fund, Lee A. Phillips. Treasurer,” Plymouth, N. C. The Junior Woman's Club has been requested by the chairman to take charge of the task of buying the food and arranging the baskets. One of the other civic organizations will be ask ed to take charge of the distribution of baskets in cooperation with Mrs. Ursula Bateman, Washington County Welfare Officer. A minimum goal of $250 has been set, with the hope that generous con tributions by organizations and in dividuals will swell the total to far beyond that figure. -$ Roper Observers Will Meet on 17th -- Roper—W. Barton Swain, chief observer of the Roper Aircraft Ob servation post, announced this week that a meeting of all volunteer ob servers of the post would be held Friday night of next week. Decem ber 17, at 8 o’clock, in the high school auditorium. At that time awards for service at the post will be made. Army personnel will present the I awards, and will also present a good moving picture. The general pub lic is cordially invited to attend. Staff Sergeant C. G. Lehner, of the Norfolk Fighter Wing, was here this week to inspect the local post. He was very complimentary about its work in recent weeks, and urges ev eryone in Roper to attend the meet ing next week. Mother Has Two Sons Home From War Zones -» Mrs. Phillip Ambrose was made very happy recently to have two of her sons in the service home from fighting zones. One of the boys, H. Bennett Ambrose, fireman, first class, of the Navy Seabees, was injured last May while on duty in the Pacific area; while the other, William Hu bert Ambrose, of the U. S. Maritime Service,,had just returned from a trip to North African ports, Number of Fathers Accepted by Army From Recent Draft -® At Least Five Taken in Past 15 Days; Reports Not Yet Complete -w The local selective service board is slow in getting returns on the draft groups sent recently to Port Bragg. It was learned yesterday that six out of the 18 white men who left here November 23 had been accepted for service with the armed forces, while complete figures were not available on the 18 white men who left Friday of last week. It was known that at least three were accepted out of the last group. Of the six accepted from the No vember 23 contingent, two were fa thers and four were non-fathers. All three of those known to have been accepted last week were fathers, and all of them went into the Army. Out of the first group, the Army got two. the Navy three and the Marine Corps one. Those accepted from the November 23 call are as follows: Dennis H. Phelps. Creswell, and Charles Thomas Robbins, jr., of Plymouth, both non-fathers, to the Army; Mer rimon Thomas Barnes, Plymouth, and Joseph Baker Davenport, Cres wel, fathers, to the Navy; Charles Edward Hill. Plymouth, non father, to the Navy; and Irving Litchfield Tarkenton. Roper, to the Marine Corps. The three known to have been ac cepted by the Army from the call last week, all fathers, are as follows: Carl Burton Roberson, Foy Garland Dav enport, and Elbert Lee Woodley, of Plymouth. There may be others, but these three are all that are known to have been accepted. They are now on their 21-day furlough before re porting for duty. The local board is getting ready to send an estimated 75 colored men to Fort Bragg Saturday of next week, and it was stated that a large number of them will be in the fathers group. According to the board, men accept ed by the Army now get 21 days fur lough before reporting for duty, those accepted by the Marine Corps get 14 days, while those going into the Navy get only 7 days. Masonic Lodge Here Elects Nev Officers For Coming Year Seek Dispensation for In stallation by Grand Mas ter on January 5 -<{.. — Edward L. Owen " was elected mas ter of Perseveranci Lodge of Masons for the coming year at the annual election of officers last Tuesday night. He will succeed James W. Norman, who has served during the present year. Other officers elected Tuesday night are as follows: E. Durand Keel, senior warden; H. H. Allen, junior warden; B. G. Camp bell .treasurer; Hi d John W. Dar den, secretary. The lodge is planning to seek a special dispensation from the Grand Lodge to have the newly elected of ficers installed on Wednesday, Janu ary 5. when Grand Master James W Payne, of' Salisbury, is scheduled to visit the local lodge and a district meeting will be held here. It is hoped that plans can be arranged to have the officers installed by the Grand Master at that time. In addition to the five officers elected by the membership as out lined above, several other places are to be filled by the newly elected mas ter. It is expected that he will an nounce the appointment within the next two or three weeks. Officers are usually installed at the first meeting in the new year, but if the dispen sation is granted the installation service will be postponed one day, un til January 5. Officers to be appointed by the master include junior and senior dea cons, junior and senior stewards, and tiler. More than 1,000 Masons from 16 lodges within a radius of 60 miles are to be invited to the district meeting to be held here January 5. it was stated by H. H. McLean, district deputy grand master for the third Masonic district. -<* Roy Stillman Elected County AAA Chairman -» Roy W. Stillman, of Roper, was elected chairman of the county AAA committee for 1944 at the meeting held in the agricultural building here last Thursday by delegates elected at community AAA meetings earlier in the week. Charlie W. Bowen, of Plym outh, was elected vice chairman and P. B. Belanga, of Creswell, member of the committee This completes the AAA set-up in this county for the coming farm year. Community committeemen elected at the various meetings throughout the county w'ere an nounced in last week’s issue of The Beacon. School Attendance Law Is Not Being Enforced in County Creswell School Faces Loss Of Teachers As Result, Reports State -•» The Washington County Board of Education faces a serious and an noying problem in some sections, it was learned from P. M. Arps, chair man, following the regular meeting of the board here last Monday. Many white children, as well as some col ored ones, are reported to be re maining out of school for no appar ent reason whatever, thereby threat ening the schools they are supposed to attend with the loss of teachers through the drop in average daily at tendance. The main trouble seems to center in some sections in the Creswell area, and T. J. Collier, principal of the school there, said that local officials had been unable to correct the mat ter. It is not a question of trans portation, because school buses run right past the homes of some of those who fail to attend regularly, and within a few hundred yards of the homes of others. The children are not being kept at. home to help out with farm work, it was reported, but simply were permitted to remain out of school for any trivial reason, and in many cases for no reason at all. The matter is somewhat compli cated at this time, according to Superintendent H. H. McLean, since there is a dispute between the State Welfare Department and Attorney General McMullan over whose duty it is to enforce the compulsory school attendance law. The attorney gen eral has ruled that, it is up to welfare officials to enforce the law, while Mrs. W. T. Bost, head of that depart ment, has instructed county welfare officers not to pay any attention to this ruling. Formerly, the county superinten dent was charged with bringing in dictments against the parents of children who did not attend school. The law still requires attendance of children, but the last legislature practically nullified its effect by not clearly setting out whose duty it is to enforce the law, the superintendent stated. Mr. McLean said that the matter would hardly toe aUaigntenea out until a court action is brought and a decision secured on the attor ney general's ruling. Regardles of this jurisdictional dispute, the general feeling is that something should be done to enforce the attendance laws in this county, when its schools are threatened with the loss of teachers through the in difference of some parents as to whe ther or not their children attend school. Irregular attendance may not only cause the loss of teachers, but it retards the progress of whole clases and grades, as those who are not in school regularly are unable to keep up with the others, and the entire class is held back and the standards of the school are necessarily lower ed. Name Delegates To Southern Albemarle Meeting al Manteo 25 Delegated To Represent County at Annual Ses sion December 17 The names of 25 delegates from Washington County to the annual meeting of the Southern Albemarle Association to be held in Manteo on Thursday, December 17, were an nounced this week by John W. Dar den, vice president. Mr. Darden stated that the list of names furn ished this newspaper would be the only notice given, as he was leaving town Monday morning and would not have time to get formal notices out to them All those named are ac cordingly urged to accept this as of ficial notice that they are delegates and to make every effort to attend the Manteo meeting. The list of delegates folows: W. L. Whitley, president of the association; John W. Darden, vice president for Washington County; E. G. Arps, J C. Knowles. Harry W Pritchett, C. N. Davenport, sr . Ben A Sumner. J K. Reid. H H. McLean. B. G Camp bell. J. J. Hassell, A. L. Holmes. P W. Brown, Harry P. Barnes, L. E Hassell. W. V. Hays, J. E Daven port, T. W. Earle. D. B. Kuhe, E. J. Spruill, John H. Allen, C. L. Bailey. Z. V. Norman. H H Allen, and W F. Winslow Mr. Darden said that no alter nates would be named to the meeting this year, and each delegate will have one vote. For that reason, it is hoped that as large a delegation as possible will attend. The host County County of Dare is planning to pro vide lunch for all who con attend Delegates from this county are re minded that the Alligator River fer ry is not in operation, and it will therefore be necessary for the dele gation to travel by way of Elizabeth City or to go by Englehard and the ferry over Croatan Sound. 1 See 25 DELEGATES, Page 4; Mrs. Hawkins Resigns As Register o£ Deeds; J. R. Campbell Named KILLED IN ACTION It was announced yesterday that a memorial service would be held in the Christian church here Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock for Corporal Aubrey W. Asby i above I, of the Marine Corps, who was killed in action in the South Pacific on November 11. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. As hy, of Plymouth, Corporal Asby is the sixth Washington County man to lose his life in line of du ty during the war. Jury List Is Drawn For January Term Of Superior Court --s— Begins January 10; Judge C. E. Thompson Scheduled To Preside Tlac V/oohfaigtica-i Oovtnyj OupuiVui Court will convene January 10, with Judge C. Everett Thompson of Eliza beth City scheduled to preside. The court will deal with criminal cases the first few days and the civil cases will be on the docket after that. The jurors for the Superior Court were drawn Monday at the meeting of the county board of Commission ers, as follows: Plymouth Township: Roy R. Hill. E. R. Bateman, Abe Adler, M. W. Spruill, J. S, Norman, David J. Brown. Vance Harrison. Sam M. Alexander, W. C. Moore. L. C. Wa ters. A. S. Johnston Lees Mill Township: T W. Nor man. Irving Hassell, T W. Tarken ton, H. E Furlough, J. S Davenport, Herbert Hardison. Ronda Lee Daven port, L. S. Brey, Mack Davenport, A. J. Barnes, Raymond Davenport, Joe Phelps, Marvin Peele, G. C. Phelps. Skinnersville Township: W. P. Patrick. A W. Alexander. W. S. Phelps, H. L. Davenport. Scuppemong Township: Lohman Tarkenton, W. T. Phelps, David Fur lough, Jones Spencer, Herbert Phelps. O. D. Hatfield. Stanley Oliver, Jos eph Furlough. Earl Furlough. Rob ert A McGowan, Mack E. McGowan, Henry T. Woodley. E. Lester Cobb. Second Week The jury list for the second week are as follows: Plymouth Township: L. Tom Har rison. E. H. Hopkins. George L. Ches son, H. M. Ramsey, C. O. Kelly. Ber tie M. Lewis. Lees Mill Township: W. R. Swain. W. B. Swain, Sylvester Twiddy. W H. Riddick. J J. Hassell. Skinnersville Township: H. E. Clif ton, B O. Oliver M B Davenport, Delbert Patrick. H. E Ambrose. Scuppernong Township: H. S. Furlough. Dewey Spruill. S. McCoy Davenport, Howard L. Ambrose, Wal ton C Spruill. Hoyt R Davenport, Robert R Tarkenton. Philip M. Spruill. Change To Become Effective January 1; Announced Monday -$ Present Term of Mrs. Haw kins Will Expire in De cember of Next Year -« Mrs. Mary Cahoon Hawkins sub mitted her resignation as Washing ton County Register of Deeds to the county commissioners at their regu lar meeting last Monday, and the board shortly afterwards appointed J. Robert Campbell. Plymouth mer chant and chairman of the ABC board to fill out the unexpired term Mrs. Haw'kins is planning to move to New Bern about the first of the year, when her resignation becomes effec tive. and her term of office has un til the first Monday in December. 1944. to run. Mrs. Hawkins has been register of deeds for Washington County since 1936. when she was first elected to the office She was re-elected for a two-year term in 1938 and for a four year term in 1940. after the law had been changed putting the register of deeds on the longer-term basis. She has made a very efficient county of ficer. and her hundreds of friends throughout the county learn with re gret that she is leaving the county. Her husband. Chester Hawkins, re cently became traffic manager for the Seashore Bus Lines and moved his headquarters from Plymouth to New Bern. Mr. Campbell has been in the gro cery business in Plymouth since 1909. with the exception of a four-year period early in the thirties. He has been active in county affairs, serving as chairman of the county board of commissioners from 1936 to 1938, and as chairman of the ABC board since that time. Mr. Campbell plans to either sell his or olrtco if- hv *^ ^ "f *1*'* year, when he will take over the du ties as Register of Deeds, it was learn ed yesterday. It is presumed that when he takes office he will resign as chairman of the ABC board, a posi tion which will be filled by the board of county comisioners, the board of education, mayors of county towns, the board of health, and the superin tendent of public instruction, acting jointly. So far. no mention has been made as to a possible successor to Mr. Campbell in this position. The office of register of deeds was on a fee basis up to December of last year, when it was put on a straight salary basis by direction of a special law passed in the 1941 legislature. The salary of the office is $1,800 per year. The register of deeds also serves as ex officio cicik to the board of commissioners. Teachers Guests of Lions Last Week The local Lions Club entertained members of the Plymouth High School faculty at its regular meeting Thursday night of last week. Two new members of the club, the Rev. William B. Daniels, jr.. and the Rev. T. R. Jenkins, were also initiated at the meeting, and two former mem bers. E L. Walker and Captain E. W. Furgurson. of the Army Air Corps, were present and called on for a few brief remarks. President B G. Campbell welcomed the guests and Principal R B. Trot man responded for the faculty mem bers Piano music for the occasion was furnished by Shep Brinkley, and all of the teachers were introduced in dividually. A delicious turkey dinner was served by members of the Junior Wo mans Club The table was attract ively arranged with greenery and burning randies in crystal holders. Name Tax Supervisor and List Takers At Meeting of County Board Monday First steps were taken by the Washington County Commission ers at their regular meeting Monday to set up the machinery for listing all real and personal property in the county during the month of January. Former Commissioner E. F. Swain, of Creswell. was again appointed tax supervisor, and the list takers for the various townships were named. The list takers are as follows: P. B. Belanga. Scuppemong Township; W. W. White, Skin nersville; Mrs. E. M. Chesson. I^es Mill; and Mrs. Itermine A. Ramsey. Plymouth. All the list takers and the sup ervisor will meet with the coun ty commissioners at the court house here in a special session on Tuesday, December 21, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of re ceiving instructions. All taxes are supposed to be listed during January, and the list takers hope to complete the work during that month. As a rule, listing is very slow during the early days of the month, with the listers over whelmed with work during the last few days. There will be no change in real-estate listings, except where property has suf fered permanent damage or if improvements have been made. The next quadrennial revaluation of real estate is not scheduled to take place until 1945.
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