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The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LV NUMBER 9 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 2, 1944 Tf OPICS il. — Lt. fj.g.) W. A. Davidson, Jr., and Lt. (J.g.) D. W. Smith, United States Naval Reserve, arrived Tuesday to spend the remainder of the week with Lieutenant Davidson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Davidson. Both young men are naval aviators and served together since they were in the .South Pacific on the carrier "Saratoga” early last year. Since then they have been assigned to duty on another carrier. Lieutenant 8mlth's home is in Denver, Colo. It was learned last week that Joe E. Leggett had been promoted to the rank of first lieutenant in the Army Air Forces. Lieutenant Leggett, bro ther of City Councilman O. R. Leg gett, of Plymouth, has been in the service less than a year. He is serv ing with the Air Transport Command and is stationed at Gravely Point, D. C., near Washington. The Rev. Lee A. Phillips, pas tor of the local Baptist chnrch, has been appointed chairman of the Community Service Panel of the Washington County War Price and Rationing Board. He succeeds the Rev. B. W. Gaither, of Creswell, who resigned recent ly, due to ill health. Through a misunderstanding, it was reported last week that Major Brooke P. Read had been discharged from the Army Inspector General’s Department. It was learned this week from his mother, Mrs. Claudia Read, of Plymouth, that Major Read was discharged recently from an Army hospital in Atlanta, Ga., fol lowing a tour of duty in the South Pacific, but that he still is on duty with the Inspector General’s Depart ment. Services were held Sunday morn ing at the local Methodist church by W. J. Smith, of Bethel, conference lay reader. A good-sized congrega tion heard Mr. Smith. H. W. Cox, seaman first class, USN, of Morehead City, Mrs. Cox and son, Al; Leroy Cox, seaman first class, USCG, of Portsmouth, Va„ and Mrs. Cox spent the week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cox on Wilson Street. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Cox were married on February 20. Mrs. Cox is the former Miss Maureen Thomp son, of Cherry Valley, 111. The three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron W. Davenport, of Cherry, spent the past week-end with their parents. They represent thtee branches of the armed services: First Lieutenant Douglas D. Davenport, of the U. S. Army Air Forces, has just returned to this country after a year in India: Midshipman Carol Van Davenport is in training for the Navy at Sheepshead Bay, Long Island: and Ralph Davenport, of the U. S. Marine Corps, is stationed in Wash ington, D. C. Mr. Davenport is a member of the county selective serv ice board. Ottis M. Davis, of the U. S. Naval Reserve, stationed at the section base in Morehead City, was recently pro moted from the grade of fireman second class to fireman first class. His wife lives in Plymouth, where she is employed in the office at the pulp mill. --- Gasoline Coupons Must Be Endorsed By Next Monday 9 Failure To Comply May Re sult in Loss of All Gas oline Allotments Announcement was made this week that OPA inspectors will begin check ing gasoline rationing books in the hands of motorists next Monday, March 6, and all those which have not been properly endorsed will be confiscated. Owners of cars and trucks are re quired to write the license numbers and state of registration on each gasoline coupon in their possession. In the past this regulation has been given little attention by motorists, but beginning next week all coupons In their possession are subject to be taken up and their gasoline raUons cancelled if they have not been en dorsed. This action is being taken to cur tail operation of black markets. Gasoline tickets which have not been endorsed are easy to use illegally, but in the future gasoline stations will be required to keep a closer check on coupons presented to them. I.] | Commissioners Will Meet March 13th | ; As Board of Equalization and Review I It was announced yesterday by County Auditor E. J. Spruill that the county board of commission ers would meet as a board of equalization and review in the courthouse here Monday, March 13, at 10 a.m. At that time the board will hear any complaints about valuations of property re cently listed for taxation and make adjustments if they are justified. There are few instances of val uation changes from those of the past two years, and it is not be lieved the total county valuation I will be materially altered from that of last year. The quadren nial revaluation of all real estate in the county is scheduled to take place next year. It is not expected that very many people will appear before the board, to enter complaints. The work will be limited almost entirely to the correction of any errors that may have been dis covered or to making adjustments where improvements have been added to real property or damage suffered by fire or other like cause. I!.1 I How About Old j i Tin Cans, Folks? j %«■■■■■■■■■■■■• ■■■■«■■■■■■■■■# (By the County Salvage Committee) “Walter,” Parse Brown’s aide in the city service, gave up his blacksmith shop back of the mu nicipal building, so that local people would have a convenient place to put old tin cans. Wal ter is complaining, however, be cause people do not appreciate his sacrifice enough to even bring their old cans. We can’t say let’s forget about it—our conscience won’t let us. All of us know what It Is for and why the salvage committee keeps on begging and begging for old tin cons. Until there are a half ton or more the Lions Club can not afford to undertake to move them so they can be converted Into useful tin for the Army. They will just clutter up Walter’s shop and be a constant reminder that we folks in Washington County just don't give a darn how the war is going, anyway! Cannery at Mackeys Is Getting Ready To Operate This Year -3> Hope To Contract for 300 Acres of Tomatoes in County With the Federal Government again appealing for added produc tion of canned tomatoes this year, the Welaka Fish & Produce Company is planning to enlarge and improve its plant at Mackeys. The firm is ready to make contracts with farmers of the section for growing and deliver ing tomatoes to the cannery, and the plant will be equipped to care for more than 300 acres of this crop. Preparations are now being made at the cannery to begin canning her ring roe within the next few weeks. The company will process both her rings and roe while the fishing sea son is underway, and then after fish ing drops off sometime in May will turn to the canning of the tomato crop produced in the section, accord ing to A. T. Belch, Jr., manager of the plant. It is announced that the company will pay whatever ceiling price is al lowed by the government for ripe to matoes. Last season the priec was 35 cents per 5/8 bushel basket and Mr. Belch said he expected the 1944 price to be at least that high, and possibly higher. They will also han dle green wraps, the price for which will be governed by the market. Prac tically all farmers who grew tomatoes for the Welaka firm last year made some money on the crop. The Federal government is appeal ing for increased quantities of can ned tomatoes this year, and 40 per cent of the pack at the Mackeys plant will go to federal agencies, for lend-lease and men in the armed for ces. Credit for draft deferment is al lowed producers of tomatoes for pro cessing, and provision is made for the purchase of fertilizers for this crop. Last season the Mackeys plant can ned about 7,000 cases of tomatoes and handled about 3,000.000 herrings. The concern has been operating in this county for the past four years. At the height of the season, from 75 to 100 people are employed at the cannery. ...——i j Arrangements Completed for Salvage j Oi Waste Fats Collected in Plymouth j f ■■■■-¥!-■•»■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ muiniiunminime1111* Arrangements have been com pleted by Miss Helene Duvall, sec retary of the Washington Coun ty Salvage Committee, to assure collection and proper disposition of waste fats turned over to meat dealers by housewives of the county. A Goldsboro firm has assured the committee that it will send a man to this county every two weeks to pick up salvaged fats, provided they are assembled at one point so that no time will be lost. The Junior Woman’s Club of Plymouth has agreed to see that all waste fats are collected at one point and to notify the Goldsboro firm when and where to collect them. This means that there are no longer any “ifs” about waste fats. Miss Duvall said, and she urges Washington County house wives to save and deliver them to their nearest meat dealer. It also means that the meat dealers’ worries are ended, since they can call the president of the Junior woman’s club when they get the maximum amount of waste fats on hand and have them moved. Mrs. Naomi Joyner Died This Morning After Brief Illness Was 111 Only Few Days; Taken To Hospital Early Yesterday -® Mrs. Naomi Estelle Joyner, 20, wife of Private Edward E. Joyner, former ly of Plymouth but now in the United States Army and stationed at Madi son, Wis., died in Park View Hospital at Rocky Mount this morning shortly after 7 o’clock. Mrs. Joyner had been ill for only about two days, and her death comes as a shock to hundreds of friends here. Following the birth of a son early Tuesday morning, Mrs. Joyner was apparently getting along very well until later in the day, when she took a sudden turn for the worse. She was taken to the Rocky Mount hos pital early Wednesday and never re gained consciousness. Only daughter of J. E. and Mrs. Emma McNair Swain, Mrs. Joyner was born in Plymouth on February 14, 1924, and lived here all of her life. On September 26, 1942, she was married to Mr. Joyner, who was em ployed at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company here before he entered the service. Mrs. Joyner was an active mem ber of the Ludford Memorial Bap tist church here for about nine years. She was also very active in the Young Business Women’s Missionary Circle of the church. Besides her husband and infant son, James Edward Joyner, she is sur vived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swain, with whom she lived at 14 West Third Street, Plymouth. She also leaves two uncles, J. B. Mc Nair, of Norfolk; and E. Ludford Mc Nair, of Plymouth; two aunts, Miss Charlotte McNair, of Plymouth, and Mrs. Gladys Basinger, of Richmond, Va. Funeral arrangements had not been completed at noon today, pend ing arrival of her husband from Wis consin sometime this afternoon. — - Republicans io Hold County Convention Friday, March 10th ■ ~ ■ Will Name Delegates To District Meet in William ston That Afternoon Calls were issued last week-end for Republican county and congressional district conventions by the respec tive chairman. J. C. Tarkenton, of Pleasant Grove, chan-man of the county Republican executive commit tee, announced that the county con vention would be held at the court house in Plymouth on Friday of next week, March 10, at 10 a.m., while the district convention will be held in Williamston at the courthouse the same afternoon at 2 o’clock, accord ing to J. R. Manning, chairman of the Republican first congressional district committee. The principal business of the coun ty convention will be election of dele gates to the district convention that afternoon, according to Mr. Tarken ton. Mr. Manning said the business of the district convention will center around election of delegates to the Republican state convention, which will be held in Charlotte on Thurs day, March 16, at 11 am. All members of the Republican party in the county are urged to at tend the convention at the courthouse here. Hold Memorial Service At Columbia Theatre Sunday There will be a memorial service in the theatre at Columbia Sunday afternoon at 1:30, followed by a pag eant in connection with the Red Cross War Fund campaign, it was announced this morning by Mrs. W. S. Carawan, chairman of the Tyrrell Chapter of the American Red Cross. The memorial service will be dedi cated to Major Raymond Wilkins. Technical Sergeant Chester Hopkins, jr., and Corporal Lindsey Jarvis, na tives of Tyrrell County who have died in the service of their country during the present war. The public is cordially invited to attend Draft Boards Told More Men Needed Next Few Months -- Men 26 Years and Under Likely To Feel Brunt of New Directives -(*/-— There is still a considerable element of uncertainty regarding the status of registrants between 18 and 38, as a result of recent directives sent to all local boards, it was learned at the office of the Washington County Selective Service Board this week. It is considered fairly certain that larger numbers of selectees will be called for during the coming few months, and the prospects are that deferment requests will be critically reviewed, especially among men 26 years of age and younger. This week an order was received by the board here to immediately re open for reconsideration the casei of all non-fathers in classes 2-C d 3-C; that is, those engaged in fa: ' ing. It was stated that no non ther will be reclassified in 2-C unjtss conclusive evidence is offered that he is producing a minimum of 16 war units by his own efforts. The be d was directed to refer ill dout ul cases to the County USDA War Be d for investigation and ‘Commer-ra tion. The order above, app ying to ron fathers who hold farm deferments, will apply to an estim .ted 65 men in Washington County, it was stat ed. However, of this r umber many claim to be producing 1* or- more war units by their own effi”ts. whicl . if substantiated, will ent tie them to further deferment. Only a short time a„-i' ., was ruled that no industrial d» Vments be granted men between ca.I ages of 18 and 22 years, inclusive, exc pt in very unusual cases. A Presid ntial direc tive issued recently exter led this or der to non-fathers up f 28 years of age. In addition, the mi n ium war (See DRAFT BOARDS, Puge 6) County Bond Sale Is Already 45 Per 0. it Ovei Quota oi Drive -$ Overall Sales Totaled $330, 221 Last Saturday; Cam paign Ended Tuesday -® The grand total of war bonds sold in Washington County during the Fourth War Loan campaign, which ended Tuesday of this week, still is incomplete, according to H. E. Beam, county chairman of the War Finance Committee. However, up to Satur day, the Federal Reserve Bank at Richmand had credited to the county a grand total of $330,221, against a quota of $228,000, or an oversubscrip tion at that time of $103,221. or 45 per cent. At the same time the Federal Re serve bank credited the county with the sale of $152,962.50 worth of "E" bonds. In addition, sales of “F” and “G” bonds, also credited to the “E" bond quota, amounted to $6,258.50, which would make a grand total in this category of $159,221. The “E" bond quota was $129,500, which gives the county an oversubscription up to Saturday of $29,721, or 23 per cent. And the total is still growing. Mr. Beam said the local bank Issued more than $3,000 worth of “E” bonds Mon day and Tuesday, and more than $1,000 worth was sold at the post office here, with reports still to be received from the Roper and Cres well post offices of sales the first two days of this week. Total sales in the county will very likely reach well on toward $340,000. and the “E" bond total will be around $165,000. -® Ben A. Sumner Says He Will Run Again -« Ben A. Sumner, Washington Coun ty representative to the General As sembly, announced Sunday that he definitely would be a candidate for reelection in the Democratic pri mary on Saturday, May 27. Mr. Sum ner, who is employed at the Consoli dated airplane plant in Elizabeth City, was at home for the week-end. and his announcement is the first to be made for any of the county offices at stake in the May primary. While Mr. Sumner is the only an nounced candidate to date, there are rumors that there will be one or two other candidates for the office he now holds. Despite the fact that prac tically all county offices will be at stake, there have been no indica tions yet as to the line-up for the primary on the fourth Saturday in May. __$ Roper Esiscopal Services Announced for Tuesday -® A service of Evening Prayer and sermon will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Roper. Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Following the servioe, confirmation instruction will be given by the rector. Red Cross Drive Under Way In County; Quota Is $5,000 Plans for Canvass In Plymouth Made At Meet Tuesday Township Quota Is $3,200; Workers for All Sec tions Appointed A complete plan for canvassing Plymouth Township during the Red Cross War Fund campaign was an nounced this week by J. Shepherd Brinkley, township chairman. A meeting was held in the Red Cross rooms Tuesday night, when the can vassers were given their assignments, and they started making their rounds this morning. Plymouth Township was assigned a total quota of $3,200 by County Chairman John W. Darden. Mr. Brinkley announced this morning that this had been divided into a quota of $2,500 for white people and $700 to be raised by colored canvass ers under the leadership of P. H. Beil, chairman. Mrs. Harold Nelson is decorating the windows in the Norman Furni ture Company and E. H. Liverman's store with suitable Red Cross dis plays. H. H. Allen heads a special com mittee in charge of soliciting contri butions from the various civic clubs and all other organizations. Mr. Brinkley said this morning that other canvassers would be named later to take care of special occas ions as they arise and their names will be announced later. Committees have been appointed as follows: For Little Richwood: Mrs. W. A. Smith, Mrs. S. R. Brown, J. H. New kirk, J. D. Cruikshank. Ward’s Bridge area: Mrs. John Stillman and Mrs. Goldie Simpson. Chapel Hill section: Mrs. Chris tine Swain and Mrs. D. D. Ambrose. Roper Highway from Plymouth city limits: Mr. and Mrs. W. A. David son. Country Club Village: Mrs. T. W. 'See RED CROSS, Page 6' C reswell Youth Has Arrived in England Creswell.—Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Spruill have just received word of the safe arrival in England of then son, Corporal William Clyde Spruill, jr. Corporal Spruill has been in the service for 10 months, and is now in an ordanance company. He trained in camps at Atlanta, Ga.. .Jackson, Miss., and Los Angles, Calif., before going overseas. Mrs. Frances Jones Died Lasl Saturday At Home of Her Son Widow of Late D. S. Jones; Funeral Held Sunday in Methodist Church —db Mrs. Frances A. Jones, widow of the late D. S. Jones, of Plymouth, died last Saturday morning at 10:10 o'clock at the home of her son, Law rence Jones, after an illness of two weeks. She was 75 years of age. The daughter of the late Joseph Skittletharpe and Frances Corpen Skittletharpe. Mrs. Jones was born in Washington County on January 30, 1869. She lived in the county all of her life and was married in 1904 to D. S. Jones, a native of Duplin Coun ty, who died a number of years ago. Mrs. Jones was a leader in the Methodist church, of which she was an active member for more than 65 years, and she served as organist there for a number of years. She will be remembered as a Christian woman, an accommodating neighbor and a good friend by many who al ways found a warm welcome await ing at her home. The great respect and high esteem in which she was held by persons in all stations of life was manifested Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when a large gathering assembled at the lo cal Methodist church for the funeral service. Her pastor, the Rev. T. R. Jenkins, conducted the last rites and interment was made in the Windley cemetery near here. Mrs. Jones is survived by one son, Lawrence D. Jones, of Plymouth; a step-son, Frank C. Jones, of Los Angeles, California; and a grandson, Lawrence D. Jones, jr , of Plymouth. A uto Burns Early Sunday Morning at White City —-(6—_ The local fire department was call ed out at 2:30 Sunday morning to extinguish a blazing automobile in White City. The car was owned by James Blount, colored, who stated that the engine backfired and set the fuel tank afire. The car was dam aged extensively. i Essay Conies! To I Close March! Oth f.. —--j With only a short time left, all high school students who are writing or planning to write es says for the Pulpwood Essays Contest are urged to complete them and send them to their principals, the editor of this newspaper or to the Wrood and Land Department of the North Carolina Pulp Company in Plym outh before midnight of March 10th. There are separate prizes of fered for white and colored stu dents. The winner of each dis trict contest will get a $25 War Bond, and the winner In this county is assured of at least $5 worth of War stamps. Complete details about the contest have been furnished to principals of all schools in the county. Car Stolen From Dr. T. L. Bray Friday Recovered in Jersey -$ Two Sailors, AWOL From Harvey Point, Are Held For Theft Chief of Police P. W. Brown was notified yesterday by telegram from Brunswick, N. J„ police authorities that they had recovered the car stolen from Dr. T. L. Bray here last Friday night. Two sailors from the Harvey Point Naval Air Station. Har old Maicus, 18, and Jerold Potevis, 21, were being held there for local authorities in connection with the theft. The car was stolen from in front of Dr. Bray’s office on Washington Street here last Friday about 8:30 p.m. The two sailors were seen to get in the car, a 1942 Pontiac coach, and drive off. Local police and the highway patrol were notified within a few minutes and descriptions of the car and the two men were broad cast over- the patrol radio system within a short time, but nothing fur ther was heard from them until yes terday. According to a telephone conversa tion with the New Brunswick police, the car did not appear to be dam aged much, except that the spare tire was missing and the rear deck had been broken open. The theft came at an inopportune time for the phy sician, as he had a number of pa tients in rural sections and he had left his kit with a number of medical instruments in the car. However, he has managed to get along by borrow ing cars from friends here in the meantime. It had not been definitely decided last night whether the men would be brought back here for trial, or whe ther they would be turned over to federal or military authorities. It was learned yesterday from Harvey Point authorities that both of the men were absent without official leave. Roper Parents-Teachers In Meeting Last Week -« Roper.—The Roper Parent-Teach j er Association held its monthly meet ing Tuesday night of last week. A splendid Founder's Day program was presented by the senior class under the direction of Mrs. L. E. Hassell, jr., program chairman. The critical situation faced by schools due to the teacher shortage was discussed by Principal R. B. Forbes. A resolution was passed by the association to send telegrams to the first district Representative in Congress and the two U. 8. Senators requesting them to support the bill providing Federal aid for schools. It was reported that $280 had been re funded by the State for use in the grammar-grade library. Goals Assigned To Various Townships By Head of Chapter -« Field Director Speaks at Formal Opening of Drive Here Last Night Washington County's campaign to raise its quota of $5,000 for the American Red Cross War Fund was officially opened last night in the Plymouth Theatre by Henry Bennett, a field director of the national or ganization. Introduced by John W. Darden, chairman of the county chapter. Mr. Bennett spoke briefly' of the unprecedented responsibilities of the Red Cross, as the war enters its most crucial stage, and express ed confidence that the people of this , county will respond to the limit of their ability. Community chairmen have been appointed and quotas assigned for the various townships and subdivis ions in the county. A complete or ganization has been perfected for Plymouth Township, where the can vass is getting underway today; and it is presumed other townships have made similar arrangements, although it was impossible to learn just what steps had been taken this morning. Mr. Darden announces the follow ing quotas and community chairmen; Plymouth Township. $3,000: J. Shepherd Brinkley; Lees Mill Township, *800; Mrs, Ralph Harrell and Mrs. William Mar row, co-chairmen, Roper; Skinnersviile Township, $500; Mrs. C. L. Everett, Roper; Scuppemong Township, $600; Mrs. Sidney Smith son, Creswell; i Wenona, $100; Mrs. J. L. Rea and Mrs. C. S. Heynen, co-chairmen, We | nona. Of the total amount to be min ml. $1,500 will remain in the county, while $3,500 will be sent to the na tional Red Cross organization, Mr, Darden reported. During the past year, local Red Cross funds have made it possible for 2.080 contacts to I be made between service men and members of their family in this county. In addition, more than $3, 000 was contributed by the organization to families who suffered losses in the tornado near here last spring. While the canvassers are seeking larger donations, $1 will buy an an nual membership in the national Red Cross organization. Each contribu tor will be given a receipt and a la pel tag, and it is hoped that the county quota of $5,000 will be raised long before the campaign officially ends March 31st. Last year, around this same amount was contributed by Washington County citizens, and it is felt they will do equally as well this year. Every person in the county should buy at least an annual membership. Be ready to make your contribution when the canvasser calls. Four Cases Tried In County Court -« Pour cases were tried here at the Tuesday session of recorder's court by Judge W. R. Gaylord. Three of the defendents were aquitted while in one case two were found guilty of an affray and fined. The proceedings were as follows: W. W. Ange, sr„ white, of Plym outh, was found not guilty of care less and reckless driving. Worth Chesson, white, of Roper, accused of assault with a deadly wea pon. was acquitted by Judge Gay lord. Worth Chesson and Herbert Tay lor, both white, of Roper, were found guilty of taking part in an aSray and fined $5 and one-half the court costs each. Herbert Taylor, white of Roper was found not guilty of operating a mo tor vehicle under the influence of in toxicants. The value of liquor coupons was cut in half Wednesday, March 1, by order of the chair man of the State ABC Board. P. M. Arps, chairman of the rounty board received a telegram late Tuesday from Carl L. Wil liamson, chairman of the state board, stating that coupons Nos. 13, 14, and 15 and 16 could be used at any time during the month of March to buy one quart, one fifth, two pints or two tenths of rationed whiskey only, t'p to the first of March, each coupon was good for a pint of ra tioned goods. It was also ruled by the state chairman that after March 1, ap plicants for liquor-rationing books may be registered only on the second Tuesday in each month. This is mandatory in all ABC counties. Those eligible for liquor books in Washington County may ap ply to the Issuing agent. Mrs. Marion Ramsey, at her office across the street from the ABC store in Plymouth, on one of the following dates: March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13. and July 11. Books cannot be issued or applications taken on any other dates.
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