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[ The * * * * * * VOLUME LV—NUMBER 12 Roanoke Beacon * and Washington County News * * * * * * * Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 23, 1944 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town! OPICSj Pfc. Duncan Getsinger spent a few days this week here with his sister, Mrs. George T. Barden, and Mr Barden. Private Getsinger enlisted in the Army Dental Corps some months ago and is now studying at the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond. Major Brook F Read, of the In spector General's Department, U. S. Army, spent the week-end here with his mother, Mrs. Claudia Read. He recently returned to the United States after a tour of duty in the Southwest Pacific, and he is now sta tioned at Atlanta, Ga. It is not necessary for farmers to secure a permit for butchering their bogs, County Farm Agent W. V. Hays stated this morning. However, they are required to collect ration stamps if they sell any of the pork, he said. The regulation requiring permits for butchering hogs has been sus pended for an indefinite period of time. L. T. Rose, past master of the lo cal Masonic Lodge, attended the regular meeting of Perseverance lodge Tuesday of last week and conferred the first degree on a candidate for initiation. Mr. Rose is now living in Norfolk, Va. Roecoe Browning, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Browning, of Plymouth, was recently promoted to the grade of sergeant while serving with the U. S. Army in Italy. He also received the Army good conduct medal in re cent weeks. Sergeant Browning has been overseas for about 18 months, serving in Ireland, England and North Africa before going to Italy. Prospects are that Washington County will fall down badly on its War Bond quota for March. Sales up to today at the local bank and post office amounted to $9,918.75, while the quota for the month is $22,305. No reports were available from the Creswell and Roper post offices at that time. The local bank has sold $7,331.25 worth of bands, and the post office sales here amount to $2,587.50. Farmers who are planning to grow tomatoes for delivery to the Welaka plant at Mackeys are being advised this week that the seed has arrived and is now ready for delivery at several points in the county. The company can also handle a few more rvntrjets, it wr .•>. led, —id any farmers interested Irb adViSed <.0 see them at once. E. E. Harrell, owner of the Plym outh Furniture Company, is leaving tomorrow for service in the Navy, but announces that his store here will continue to be operated, with T. C. Burgess as manager. Mr. Burgess has been with Mr. Harrell for a number of years and is thoroughly familiar with the business. -® Increased Postage Rales Are Effective Sunday, March 26 Mail for Local Delivery Up From 2 to 3 Cents; Many Other Increases -$ Effective next Sunday, March 26, postage rates will be increased on most types of mail and for postal services in general, according to an announcement coming from the local post office this week. Post cards and first class mail for delivery outside the local post office area will carry the same old rates, but for the most part, rates for other mailings and services will be increased, it was ex plained. The rate for handling first class mall for local delivery will be increas ed from 2 to 3 cents. Other rate in creases to go into effect on March 26 were outlined by postal authorities as follows: Air mall from one post office to another on the mainland of the United States, 8 cents per ounce. Air mail sent to or by the armed forces of the United States overseas served through Army and Navy post offices, will continue to be 6 cents for each half ounce. Fourth class parcel post rates will be increased by 3 per cent. The rate (See POSTAGE RATES, Page 4) ”1 Draft Board Will Seek Clarificalion of I Recent Directives at Regional Meeting j A regional meeting of local se lective service board members and clerks will be held at Wash ington next Wednesday, when of ficials of the state system will en deavor to clarify recent directives sent to all local boards. Robert L. Tetterton, chairman, Miss Liza Hampton, clerk, and possibly another member of the Washing ton County board are hoping to be able to attend. The board here is experiencing difficulty in the reclassifiication of non-fathers under the age of 26 years at the present time en gaged in agriculture. Recent di rectives received by the board in dicate that very few men in this class are eligible for deferment, although some of them can show the required number of war units. It is hoped that this mat ter can be cleared up at the re gional meeting in Washington next week, and the regular meet ing of the local board will not be held next Tuesday night, pending the outcome of the meeting Wednesday. Another County Man Reported Missing in Action in Past Week GETS PROMOTION Carpenter’s Mate Third Class Herbert Maurice Bateman, USNTt, of Plymouth, was recently promoted to that ating from seaman second t the U. S. Navy Section Base, Savannah, Ga. He is the son of Herbert J. Bateman, of Plymouth. Board of Elections Appointed; W. W. White Is Chairman -® J. M, Clagon, of Roper, and J. R. Carr, of Plymouth, Other Members -$■» The stage was set last Saturday for the Democratic primary in this county on Saturday, May 27, by ap pointment of the members of the county board of elections. Walter W. White, of Skinnersville, was again named chairman of the board; while J. M. Clagon, of Roper, and J. Rich ard Carr, of Plymouth, are the other two members. Mr. Carr is the Repub lican member of the board, while the other two are Democrats. The appointments were made last Satur day at the meeting of the State Board of Elections at Raleigh. There have been no new candi dacies announced for county offices during the past week, but several are expected within the next few weeks. Candidates may now file officially with the chairman of the county board of elections. Ben A. Sumner and Edward L. Owens have announced for the office of representative; and J. Robert Campbell ior register oi aeeas. inese are the only county offices for which candidates have announced so far. Other offices which are to be filled in the primary and general election this year are three county commis sioners; judge of recorder's court; solicitor of recorder’s court: and coroner. Three members of the county board of education may also be nominated in the primary for ap pointment at the next session of the 1 legislature. j Skinnersville Churches Have Had No j ! Services in 4 Months, Due lo Weather j Several churches In the Skln nersville section have been un able to hold their regular serv ices for several months, due to bad weather of one sort or an other, it was learned this week. The third Sunday in each month seems to have been a particularly bad time for such services since last November. Regular services at the He hoboth Methodist church are scheduled for each third Sun day. but it was stated that none had been held there since No vember of last year, although the pastor was on hand each time ex cept December, when he was called away. In December, snow prevented the service; in Janu ary it was rain; in February, it rained again; and in March, more rain. Colored members of the Shiloh Church also have been without services for the same period of time, it was stated. Their regu lar preaching services are like wise scheduled for the third Sundays. Members of Oak Grove Baptist church are said to have been more fortunate. Although they have not been able to hold sched uled services on third Sunday nights they have managed to have their regular fourth Sunday service*. Sgi. B. F. Jackson, Of Roper, Missing in Raid Over Germany -* Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jackson; Was Gunner on Heavy Bomber Staff Sergeant Benjamin P. Jack son, young Roper man, last week be came the tenth Washington County man to be reported missing or killed in line of duty with the armed for cess during World War II. His par- ! ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jackson, of Roper, received a telegram from the War Department last Thursday, in forming them that Sergeant Jack son, gunner on a B-24 Liberator, had j been missing in action over Germany since February 24th. Sergeant Jackson was 23 years old and had ben in the Army Air Forces since August 28. 1942. He graduated as an airplane mechanic on January 21, 1943, at Gulfport Field, Miss. Af terwards he completed a course in gunnery at Harlingen, Texas, and was promoted to staff sergeant. He was assigned to a Liberator bombing group and trained at Topeka, Kan prior to going overseas to England the first of October last year. The young man was awarded the Air Medal in December, and only re cently he sent the decoration home to his parents at Roper. It is believed that he had been on a number of successful bombing missions over Germany before his ship was shot down on February 24th. His par ents last heard from him about four weeks before the message was re ceived from the War Department last Thursday. He had not been home since he entered the service in Au gust, 1942. Sergeant Jackson was born near Jamesville on June 2, 1920, and liv cesed there until his parents moved to this county near Roper in 1930. He attended the Roper schools and work ed on the farm with his father up to about a year before he entered the service, when he went to work here at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company, where he was em ployed until he was inducted into the army. He was very popular among his classmates at school. He was a member of the Zion Chapel Christian church for about six or seven years. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A Jackson, live near Roper and he also has three sisters living in that sec tion, Mrs.Neda Mae Biggs, Mrs. Min nie Pearl Biggs, and Miss Reba Naomi Jackson. His only brother, Pfc. Gra dy N. Jackson, is also in the Army, stationed at Camp Mackall. Half-Holidays To Begin Next Month Plymouth stores will begin observ ance of the Wednesday afternoon half-holidays the first Wednesday in April, the 5th, it was announced this week by officers of the Plymouth Merchants Association. The weekly half holidays will continue through out the months of April, May, June, July and August, according to pres ent plans. This is the same program followed last year. The half holiday each week will enable the merchants and their clerks to get a little time off for re creation, it is explained. Patrons are requested to cooperate by doing their shopping and attending to other busi ness on Wednesdays before noon. The present schedule of hours will prevail on all other week days ex cept Wednesdays. -» Only One Case Called in County Court This Week -* Only one case came before Judge W. R. Gaylord Tuesday morning in the recorder’s court session. How ard Respass, white of near Plymouth, charged with seduction was held for probable cause pending trial by the superior court and plaoed under a $600 bond. MISSING IN ACTION j _____J Private Webb Jones, jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. Webb Jones, of Plymouth, has been reported missing in action since January 30th. He was serving with a Ranger battalion, presumably on the Italian front. Clean-Up Week To Lead Off Mosquiio Conlrol Drive Here -$ Town and District Health Officials Cooperating To Put Program Over Week after next, April 3-6 will be designated Clean-Up Week in Plym outh, Mayor B. G. Campbell stated yesterday. The general clean-up of the town will be undertaken as part of the mosquito control project that is to be promoted here during the coming spring and summer months. Every person in the town is urged by town and district health depart ment officials to do his part to help make this program effective. The success or failure of the entire pro ject depends on getting the cooper ation of everyone. Unless yards and lots are kept free of containers where water can stand, it wll be useless for the town to clear <f t'h banks and pour oil in the low places surround ing the town where water stagnates. In this connection, Sanitary In spector W. B. Gaylord, of the health department, advises everyone to take the following steps: (1) See that all screens are in good repair; (2) check gutters for standing water; (3) see that all waste cans are collected and carried away by the garbage truck; (4) check all fiish ponds and see that a few top minnows are placed in these pools: (5) check vacant lots for cans and holes that may hold water (fill the holes); (6) check basements for standing water; (7) cut all weeds and grasses on vacant lots; (8) keep ditch banks cleared of all growth. If these steps are followed. Plym outh will be a much healthier and a much more pleasant place in which to live this summer. Mayor Campbell said that the town garbage trucks will make daily col lections during clean-up week, and other steps will be taken for the benefit of those who cooperate in the program. It is necessary to start ear ly in order to get ahead and stay ahead of the mosquitoes, it is empha sized. -<g> Program Announced for Local Christian Church Rev. E. B. Quick, Pastor Sunday school, 9:45 a.m., H. H. Allen, superintendent; Morning wor ship, 11, sermon subject. “Sincerity.” Eighth in the series of Sunday morn ing sermons on the "Characteris tics of Christian Love," I Corinthians, 13th chapter. Junior society meet ing 3 p.m., Mrs. Rudolph Beasley, superintendent; Young people’s so ciety meeting,6 p.m.; Evening wor ship. 7:30 p.m., sermon subject. "The Church With An Open Door.” "Visitation Week” will begin Sun day afternoon. An effort will be made to have every family in the church visited in the interest of our pre Easter evangelistic services. Choir rehearsal, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Fishing Season Closes April 11 bflMMmnua The closed season for Ashing in the creeks and lakes of this section will begin an April 11 and continue through May 19, it was announced this week by County Game Protector J. T. Terry. The restrictions do not apply to eom mericial Ashing waters, such as Roanoke River, but they do apply to practically all creeks in the county. Hinton James, Ash and game commissioner lor the State De partment of Conservation and Development, said the season was originally supposed to be closed on April 6, but that the date was moved up to the 11th to permit Aahlng through Easter Monday, which Is April 10, Group of Local Men Seek Improvement Of School Conditions Believed Situation Here Jus tifies Some Measure of State Aid Investigating conditions in the lo cal schools, a group of men here last week decided to organize a civic im provement committee in an effort to see if something could be done to better the situation. In view of pe culiar circumstances concerning the problem here, it is felt that the sup port of state officials may be sought for alleviation of the deplorable con ditions now existing. It -was learned that the local school will lose twfo teachers next term, due to drop in average daily attendance. Tire attendance problem is compli cated by a woeful lack of facilities, due to conditions of the local build ings. which are overcrowded, poorly heated, and insanitary in some re spects. One of the buildings, which is housing the primary grades, has been condemned by the state fire marshall as unsafe, yet must be used daily be cause no other quarters are avail able. In the high school building, it has been necessary to hold classes in the basement, which is not at at all suit able. In addition, two makeshift classrooms have been made out of : part of the auditorium, and the re mainder—without heating facilities ! —is used a large part of each day as : a study hall. Despite repairs and efforts of school authorities, the heating plant at the high school building is totally inade quate. and during much of the cold weather last winter the temperature in some of the classrooms never rose above 50 degrees while classes were in session Pupils and teachers alike were forced to keep on their coats, galoshes and hats, and the cold rooms constitute a serious menace to health conditions. The toilets in the basement of the high school building are described as inadequate, and much of the time water stands on the floors, despite all efforts of the principal and jani tor.. Another complication to the attendance problem has been the ir regularity of bus schedules, due to the fact that the five busses are forced to cover eight routes, which means double runs for some of them. Indifference of the parents of some children is a contributing cause, it was learned. Inadequacy of the plant here is due in large measure to the war. Arrangements had been nearly com pleted to erect a new building and repair the present high school build ing v hen the W'ar broke out and all building was halted. A WPA pro ject to do the work was cancelled at the same time. The complicated local situation which people here believe merits state aid was brought about by the coming of the pulp mill to this sec tion. The mill itself was built in Martin County, while most of its em ployees live and have their children educated in Plymouth. This means that several hundred children were brought here and swamped the local school, while the county received no additional tax revenue from the mill with which to provide additional fa cilities. The group of men who organized the civic improvement group last week hope to secure the cooperation of the county board of education and county commissioners in presenting an appeal to state officials for outside aid in solving the problem. Further progress along this line will be re ported ns developments occur-. -<s> Colored School Here Ransacked Sunday -— The local colored school was brok en into and several offices ransack ed early Sunday morning. The in truders gained entrance through a window, chiseled the locks off two offices and scattered papers around in what is believed to have been a search for money. Tire only article missed was a stop-watch used by the basketball team. Tire robbery was discovered by Shelton Bowser, the janitor. He notified A. R. Lord, principal of the school, who called in officers. There were no clues to the perpetrators. In addition to ruining the two locks, the robbers also damaged the doors to the two offices. Services Announced for Grace Episcopal Church The regular order of services has been scheduled for Passion Sunday. March 26, according to an announce ment by the Rev. William B. Daniels, rector of Grace Episcopal Church. Services will be held as follows: Church school. 9:45 a.m.: Morning prayer and sermon, 11 a.m.; Young People’s Service League, 7 p.nv; Eve ning prayer and sermon, 8 p.m. Lenten services will be held each week day. Monday through Friday, at 5:35 in the afternoon. Another service will be held on Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Expect To Pass Red Gross $5,000 Quota Before End of Week | GETS POMOTION [ Charles If. Bagley, jr., was re cently promoted to the grade of sergeant in an anti-aircraft bat tery at Camp Hulen, Texas. Sergeant Bagley was reared by his grandparents, >Ir. and Mrs. L. D. Lamm, of the Pleasant Grove section. He was 18 years of age last April and entered the service in June. Five Men in Contest For U. S. Senator; Three for Governor Filing for State and Con gressional Offices Ended Last Saturday The State Board of Elections, meeting in Raleigh last Saturday, at 6 p.m. certified a list of 40 Democra tic and vo Republican candidates foi State and Congressional offices in the May 27 primaries. There will be Republican primary contests for two state offices—lieutenant governor and treasurer—and a congressional race in the tenth district. Last-minute filings by three Demo cratic candidates for state offices provided the only excitement during the day Saturday. The last-minute filers were W. N. Crawford, of Greens boro. for .secretary of state; Fred S. Hunter, of Huntersville, for state au ditor; and L. J. Phipps, of Chapel Hill, for state treasurer. Earlier in the day Giles Yeoman Newton, of Gib son. filed for the United States Sen ate; and James T. Lyda, of Greens boro, filed for lieutenant governor. Newton's filing brings about a five man race for the Democratic nomina tion to succeed U. S. Senator R. R. Reynolds. The other candidates are Clyde R. Hoey, of Charlotte; Cam eron Morrison, of Charlotte; Marvin (See STATE POLITICS, Page 4> Services To Be Held at Concord This Week-End Announcement was made this week by church officials that services will be held on the fourth Saturday and Sunday in March (25th and 26th' at Concord Primitive Baptist church, between CresweU and Cherry. Elder S. Gray is pastor. The public is cordially invited to attend. W. T. Arrants Opening Store at Little Richwood W. T Arrants is announcing the opening of a grocery and market at Little Richwood Village today. It is located at No. 12 Pine Street, and he is asking the people of the section to give him a trial. He will carry a full line of staple and fancy grocer ies, as well as such native and west ern meats as are available. Splendid Response Received From All Sections of County Final Meeting of Canvassers To Be Held at Red Cross Rooms Friday Night The $5,000 goai of the Red Cross War Fund Campaign in Washington County is just about in sight, it was learned yesterday afternoon from John W. Darden, chairman of the county chapter, after he had visited several communities in the interest of the drive. At that time. Mr. Dar den said incomplete reports indicat ed some $4,800 had been collected in all sections of the county. Canvass ers in the lagging sections piomtsed to go to work with renewed interest v her. they learned how close the countv was to its eoa! Shep Brinkley, of Plymouth, an nounces that the final meeting of canvassers will be held in the Red Cross rooms Friday night at 7:30 to complete the reports. He asks all workers to be present at this final meeting. Mr. Brinkley announced that several good-sized contributions had been received in the past few days from various firms and organi zations. including $300 from the North Carolina Pulp Company, $40 from the Virginia Electric and Power Company. $36 from the M. W. Bryan1 colored school in the Skinnersvillc ; section, and others. A partial list of contributors to the fund appears in this issue of The Roanoke Beacon, and the list will be continued in future issues until all contributions have been aeknowl ; edged. I Tire total amount collected was j boosted substantially this week by ' reports from Creswell that $460 had ' been raised among the white people of that community, while colored people there expect to rasie their $150 quota within the next week. This will put the Scuppernong commun | ity “ over the top” on its quota of $600. See RED CROSS. Page 4> Farm Work Gets Off To Very Slow Start Throughout Section -$ Rains Have Delayed Plow ing and Planting; Labor Outlook Uncertain Farmers in this section are facing a very uncertain year. Handicapped by the heavy rains for the past couple of months, farm work is said to be farther behind at this time than in any year in recent history. Few farmers have been able to break their land: and reports from Raleigh in dicate that a shortage of tractor fuel mav further handicap those who use such machines when the weather improves. A great many farmers in the low er part of the county have not been able to plant their potatoes, which means that this crop will be possibly a couple of weeks late, throwing it into competition with producing areavS farther north. While the price may not be effected so much by this de velopment, if the government stands i by its support price, it may be re flected in a shortage of shipping fa ; duties'. Tire farm labor supply, already j short, may be further complicated by recent draft directives which would reclassify many young men under 26 for immediate induction. If proper arrangements can be worked out. the labor shortage may be somewhat re lieved by the use of war-prisoner la bor. although there is nothing defl j nite about this at the present time. r Local Nan Is Commended for Bravery | During Navy Amphibious Operation j Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Snell, of Plymouth, this week received copy of a letter of commenda tion sent to their son. Coxswain Joseph C. Snell, by the com mander of a Navy amphibious force operating in foreign waters. The letter recites the fact that young Snell, at that time a first i lass seaman, “did assist ma terially in rescue work" after the ship to which he was attached had struck a mine. The letter continues: "2. With complete disregard for your own safety you jumped into mine-infested waters, during complete darkness, and rescued a British soldier from drowning. "3. Your cool courage and lack ol regard lor personal safe ty are in keeping with the high est traditions of the Naval Serv ice and for this you are hereby commended. “4. Your commanding officer is directed to make proper notation of this commendation in your service record.” ' Tlie young man was promoted to the grade of coxswain since the incident above referred to occurred. He entered the Na val service in October. 1942. and lias been overseas for about II months. Very’ popular during his high school days in Plym outh, Coxswain Snell has many friends here who are gratified and proud of the exceptional record he is making in the Navy.
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