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The ¥ * * * * * VOLUME LV—NUMBER 15 Roanoke Beacon * and Washington County News ******* Plymouth, Washington Cou, ty, North Carolina, Thursday, April 13, 1944 ?8E Paper must be used to keep naval shells unmarred foe accuracy in firing at our enemies . . . Ar.d waste paper reserves are the lowest of any vital war material! SAVE WASTE PAPER ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Mr .and Mrs. Sam Ange, of Roper, have received word from their son, Corporal Leon G. Ange, that he has arrived safely at a base in the Pacific. Corporal Ange entered the service on May 14. 1942, and received training in Camp Shelby. Miss., Shreveport, La., New Jersey and Las Angeles, Calif. Announcement is made this week that the American Legion Auxiliary will hold its monthly meeting next Monday night, April 17, in the Legion Hall here at 8 p.m. Mrs. J. B. Wil loughby, Mrs. P. W. Brown and Mrs. Corbett Swain will be co-hostesses to the meeting. The Easter holidays passed very quietly in this section. At tendance at the special Easter services was said to be unusual ly good. Many clerks and store keepers were sporting blisters on their hands Tuesday after put ting In a strenuous day Monday in their Victory Gardens and cleaning up around their homes. Second Lieutenant Margaret Peg ram, of Durham, was in Plymouth yesterday in the interest of the WAC recruiting program. She conferred with Mrs. Eliza Daniels, who has been in charge of recruiting here, and made plans to return to Plym outh at regular intervals in the fu ture. Up to yesterday, 161 dogs had been vaccinated against rabies at the po lice department here. Policeman Paul Basnight is in charge of the work, and dogs are being vaccinated at the police station each afternoon. Tire law requires that every dog over six months old be vaccinated annual ly. Last year approximately 300 dogs were treated here. Washington County’s War Bond quota for the month of April is exactly the same as it was last month, $22,305. Sales so far have been at a very slow rate at the bank here, H. E. Beam, cashier and chairman of the County War Finance Com mittee, said this morning. Last month the county fell about $5,000 short of its quota. Mrs. Leroy Bateman left Monday to visit her husband, Corporal Leroy Bateman, of the United States Army, in New York City this week. He was recently transferred from Fort Jack son, S. C. Mrs. Bateman is expected to return the latter part of this week. An uncle of Miss Annabell Daw son, new home economics teacher in the local school, died at his home in Dunn Monday. Miss Dawson was visiting relatives in Dunn at the time and remained over for the funeral Monday. Saturday, April 15, is the final day for filing income-tax estimates for the calendar year of 1944 and mak ing the first quarterly payment of the tax. Not all taxpayers are re quired to file the returns, but a great many are affected. William M. Bond . Dies in Edenton --9 William M. Bond, 58, former resi dent of Plymouth, died early Monday morning at his home in Edenton, after a period of ill health that con tinued for several years, following a stroke of paralysis two years ago. He was a member of one of Edenton’s most prominent families, being the son of the late Judge W. M. Bond and Mrs. Laura Griffith Bond. After graduating from the Univer sity of North Carolina in 1906, he practiced law in Plymouth for four or five years. When he left here he went to Denver, Colo., where he be came a prominent lawyer and trust officer. He served as vice president of the International Trust Company and later became associated with Lawrence Lewis, Congressman from Colorado. He retired about two years ago because of his health and returned to live in Edenton. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Louise McMullan Bond; a son, Wil liam M. Boyd, jr.; a brother, Lyn Bond, of Tarboro; and a sister. Mrs. Minton H. Dixon, of Norfolk. Fune ral services were held Tuesday after noon at the graveside, with the Rev. E. L. Wells, pastor of the Edenton Baptist church, officiating. ! James W. Norman Recommended for j | Board of Education To Succeed Arps j It was neamed this week that James W. Norman will be rec ommended for appointment to the Washington County Board of Education to serve out the unex pired term of P. M. Arps, who re signed February 1 to become chairman of the county ABC Board. The term has about one more year to run, expiring in the spring of 1945. Appointment of a successor to Mr. Arps is now up to the State Board of Education; since the county Democratic executive committee lost its power to make the appointments by failing to fill the vacancy within 30 days. However, the members of the ex ecutive committee are recom mending Mr. Norman’s appoint ment to the State Board of Education, and It is believed their endorsement of Mr. Norman will be followed. Mr. Norman has had many years of experience in school work and is generally regarded as eminently qualified for the va cant position. Following his graduation from Trinity College, now Duke University, he served as principal of the Smlthfield, Va„ High School from 1902 un til 1913: then returned to Plym outh and was principal of the school here from 1913 until 1927. He was elected county superin tendent in 1927 and served in that capacity until 1935. Since then he has been in the furni ture business here. At present the board of educa tion is composed of L. E. Has sell, of Roper, chairman; and P. B. Belanga, of Creswell. Recent Draft Rulings Affect Relatively Few Registants in County I Stores to Resume I Halt-Day Closing Local stores and business es tablishments will return to their regular schedule of Wednesday half-holiday closings next week after having been thrown out of gear by the Easter Monday holi day this week. The stores were closed Monday all day, and re mained open all day Wednesday. Beginning next Wednesday, and continuing through August, local places of business will close every Wednesday at noon. This will give the owners and their employees a chance for some re laxation and recreation, and the cooperation of their patrons by shopping early in the day on Wednesday will be appreciated. Former Local Man Blinded in Battle in Italy November 8th Leslie C. Stotesberry Now At Valley Forge Hospi tal in Pennsylvania An article about United States soldiers blinded in battle, appearing in a Philadelphia, Pa., evening news paper last Sunday, was illustrated by a photograph of Leslie C. Stotesber ry, former Plymouth and Pike Road man, learning to read a Braille map. Young Stotesberry. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Stotesberry, of Pike Road, was formerly employed at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company here. He is now stationed in the Valley Forge General Hopspftal, about 28 miles from Philadelphia, one of two service centers set up in this country to treat eye injuries and men blinded in battle. Two clippings of the article and the young man’s pic ture were forwarded to The Beacon by former residents of Washington County who now live in Philadelphia. Although Leslie lost the sight of both eyes during action in the Ital ian campaign last November 8 and returned to this country in January, he has many friends throughout the county who have not learned of it. His father is visiting at the home of another son. Raleigh Stotesberry, here this week, and from him was learned something about Leslie's ex periences in the Army. Incidentally, Mrs. Ira Stotesberry, the young man’s mother, is visiting him and her daugh ter, Mrs. Julius Raiehle, in Philadel phia this week, and the father said yesterday it was hoped that Leslie would get a furlough to come home ^SeeTsTOTOSBERRYrPage Six I-1 ) Begin Nosqnilo-Conirol Work Today; I Cleaning Out Ditches Around Town The mosquito control program for Plymouth will get underway today, it was learned yesterday from Chief of Police P. W. Brown, who Is in direct charge of the work. Oiling water In the low places about the town will not begin until the weather is more favorable, but Mr. Brown ■aid a crew of men was starting out today to clean out ditches and cut weeds along ditch banks. The clean-up program has not been as successful as it should have been, Chief Brown said, but be explained that the weather has not been at all favorable during the past week and that he ex pected better results later. Many people have cleaned up their back yards and vacant lots, but a lot remains to be done In order to make the control program really effective. An allotment of 1,200 gallons of oil has been made by the rationing board for the control program, and the North Car olina Pulp Company donated another 400 gallons. Mr. Brown ■aid he believed this amount would be sufficient to last throughout the season. The town has employed Terry Ford to do the spraying, while clean ing the dltohes and ditch banks Is being done by the regular town erew of workmen. Men Over 26 May Be Given Deferment If In 'Essential' Work Still Practically Impossible To Delay Induction of Those 26 and Under -9? ' — Very few registrants in Washing ton County will be materially affect ed by a new ruling issued last week end by national Selective Service of ficials, it was stated at the office of the local draft board yesterday. As a matter of fact, the ruling has re sulted in the postponement of induc tion of only one registrant so far, it was stated. The latest iirective provides that the induction of all registrants 26 years of age and over, including those already instructed to report for actual duty, be postponed if such registrants are engaged in an “essential” or war supporting occrpation. The list of “essential” occupations, applying on ly to those 26 5 ears of age and over, includes 35 classifications centered mainly around technical, industrial and farm work that Is rated by the War Manpower Commission as being in support of the war effort. Registrants between the ages of 18 and 25, inclusive, are eligible for de ferment only if they are engaged in a very few sut er-essential occupa tions, and farming is not one of them. It is established that very few men in this age group can hope for even temporary deferment. Just what the board in this county plans to do about those over 26 could not be learned immediately, but a meeting is being held in Eden ton to day for board members and clerks, and it is expected that a definite course will bt charted for them there. According to an unofficial re port, “Essentia’ity of jobs held by men 26 and ove • will be determined on the basis of whether they are in one of the 35 industrial categories listed by the War Manpower Commission. Men over 26 who are employed in what Selective Service regards as non-essential work still will be in ducted as usual and will not be af fected by the order. It is apparent from the new or ders that the armed sendees are seeking young men for replacements, and if the reserve of young men is exhausted, Selective Service will then step up the age possibly to 29 years, and even to 33 or more, if necessary. It is possible that some counties will not be able to meet their quotas from the 18-26 group, and will have to go to the older age group, more or less, immediately. In other counties, induction for those men 26 years or older and who are holding “essential” jobs, will be de layed possibly several months. -c«——— beven Leave 1 oday For Army and Navy — ■» .. Two Washington County men are leaving today to begin active service with the Army and five others are going to the Navy. The two for the Army, Joseph Gaston Clark and Fletcher Hilton Modlin, are report ing to Fort Bragg; while those for the Navy, Cyril Coronna Ange, Leroy Milton Comstock, William Steele Winesett, Addis Melford Kelly and William Thomas VanHorn, are re porting to the Navy receiving station in Raleigh. The men listed above received their pre-induction examinations at Fort Bragg about a month ago; and, af ter being accepted, were placed in the pool of men available for service. Calls ware received for them a little over a weak ago. Discuss Betterment Of Schools Monday At Meeting of PTA Loss of One Teach Next Term Indicated by Re port on Attenda .ce Around 100 members of the Plym outh Parent-Teacher Association were present at the school auditorium Tuesday night, when a proposal for needed improvements to the local school plant was discussed and en dorsed by the organization. A number of reports were made by various committees, and Principal R. B. Trotman made several recommen dations which were adopted. Mrs. W. V. Hays, president, prodded over the meeting. It was voted unanimously to turn over for continued operation of the school lunch room the funds now re maining in the treasury of the as sociation. Mr. Trotman reported that $124.38 had been raised by the teach ers and pupils through the sale of magazine subscriptions, and that this money would be used to buy addi tional shrubs for beautifying the school grounds. He also secured ap proval of the members for changing the location of some of the shrub bery now on the grounds in connec tion with the program to make the building and grounds more attrac tive. Mr. Trotman recommended that some action be taken for upkeep of the grounds during the summer months, while school is not in session. A committee is to be appointed by the president to look into this mat ter, and it is hoped thal weeds and grass may be kept down about both local school buildings this summer. The matter of a pre-scluol clinic to be held this spring was likewise left to a committee to be appointed by the president. The principal reported on school attendance for the past month, stat ing that it showed a marked improve ment; although the school will lose at least one teacher next year, due to drop in average daily attendance for the term. Previously it had been reported that a high school and an elementary teacher would be lost, but Mr. Trotman said Tuesday night that it was now hoped the high school teacher could be retained as a result of the better attendance record. His report showed a total enroll ment, at the end of the seventh month, of 717 pupils; 507 in the ele mentary and 147 in the high school. See, PTA MEET, Page Six -1 Creswell Red Cross Fund Now Stands at $623, Chairman Says -® Review of Collections by Communities Made by Mrs. Smithson A few additional contributions have been reported in the past week by canvassers for the Red Cross in the Creswell section. The total collect ed for that section was raised to $623.97 by the latest reports, includ ing $129.41 raised by the colored workers, according to Mrs. Ethel S. Smithson, chairman of the War Fund drive there. Mrs. Smithson said that in the event the names of any contributors were left off the list now being pub lished she would be glad to check it and add their names. However, it will be probably several weeks be fore all the names now in the Bea con office can be published. A por tion of the list is being printed each week, as space allows, and will be continued until it is completed. Mrs. Smithson reported the follow ing contributions by communities and roads in the Creswell areas: New land Road, $33.75; Ambrose Road, $33.35; Creswell, $225.93; Cherry, $38.50; Lake Farms, $19.25; Mount Tabor, $33.28; Mount Pleasant, $18; Creek Road and Mountain Canal, $65; Star Route, $17.50; Scuppernong Road, $10; and colored people, $129.41. ] Filing Time Ends i j Saturday, 6 P.M. !■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■w Candidates for all county and township offices must file their pledges and notices with the county board of elections by 6 p.m., Saturday of this week, Ap ril 15, in order to be eligible to take part in the primaries ana general election this year. Wal ter W. White, chairman of the board of elections, has the proper forms, which must be filled out correctly and in the hands of the board by the date and hour spe cified above. Arrangements* will be made within the next week to have the ballots printed. Chairman White indicated yesterday, so that absentee ballots may be sent to service men and women who have applied for them. Number Candidates File for County Offices in Past Week Creswell ABC Store Is Robbed for Fifth Time Friday Night Reward of $100 for Informa tion Is Offered by Chair man of Board The Creswell ABC store was robbed for the fifth time in the past several years last Friday night, when un known persons carried away 28 cases and two bottles of whiskey and rum. So far there is no clue to the robbers, although a $100 reward was posted yesterday by the chairman of the county ABC board, P. M. Arps, for Information leading to arrest and conviction of the guilty persons. Mr. Arps said that the robbers got j away with 25 cases of whiskey and 3 cases of rum last Friday night, in ad dition to two extra quart bottles re moved from the shelves of the store. Mr. Arps said he did not know how the intruders gained entrance, but it is presumed they pried the door open. The retail value of the missing spir its was placed at $1,017 by the chair man, who said that insurance will cover most of the loss. Recurring robberies of the Cres wel! store are posing a serious prob lem for the ABC Board. While losses so far have been taken care of by insurance, it is feared that such in surance will be difficult to obtain in the future unless arrests and con victions follow the latest robbery. Three Accidents in County Probed by PairolmanTuesday Edenton Man Suffers Brok en Leg and Collarbone At Mackeys - Tuesday was a hard day for auto mobile drivers in this county, no less than three accidents, involving six cars, having been investigated by Highway Patrolman M. B. Stewart One man was seriously injured, sev eral others bruised and cut, and con siderable property damage done in the three mishaps. The first accident occurred about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning near Mackeys, where a 1937 Chevrolet car and a pick-up truck w’ere in head-on collision. The car was occupied by Hardy tee Warren and Alvin Ben nett, of Edenton, and driven by Lo renza Norman, colored, of this coun ty; while Antley Wilson, colored, was driving the truck. Bennett had his right leg and left collarbone broken and was taken to the Windsor hos pital, while the others escaped with cuts and bruises. Tire cars were badly damaged. Norman, driver of the car, is to be tried in recorder’s court next Tuesday for drunken driving; while Warren was fined $50 and costs last Tuesday for allowing ; an intoxicated person to drive hts car. About 11:30 the same morning, a truck driven by Henry S. Everett, of Roper, and a Buick sedan driven by James S. Eaves, of Youngsville, col lided in Roper. Mr. Everett had started to make a left turn from the highway in Roper, when Mr. Eaves attempted to pass him. Damage to the car was estimated at $150, while the truck was damaged slightly. No one was hurt and no arrest was made. Later in the day, cars driven by Lomas K. Reason, of Williamston, and Dr. L. S. Mitchell, colored, of Plymouth, sideswiped on the high way at Little Richwood Village. It was raining at the time. No one was hurt, and no arrest was made. Damage to the Reason car was esti mated at $175 and to Dr. Mitchell's car at $150. Spoiling Post Here Is Being Manned -y Staff Sergeant Charles Lehner, in Washington County this week in con nection with the observation posts, announces that Mrs. W. A. Davidson has been appointed chief observer for the Plymouth post. The appoint ment was made by the Ground Ob server Office of the Norfolk Fighter Wing. It will be Mrs. Davidson's job to get the cooperation of ladies here in manning the observation post, each Wednesday afternoon. Tlie Army deems this training per iod necessary to maintain the Air craft Warning Service in the event an emergency should arise. It helps to keep observers and information center volunteers efficient in their particular work. It also gives the Army a chance to keep training new Interception crews, although for short periods, who will do the same type Of work in theatres of war. ANNOUNCES i ____I Ben A. Sumner. Washington County representative at the last session of the General Assembly, this wcclt formally filed notice of his candidacy for reelection, sub ject to the Democratic primary on May 27. Sumner Announces Platform in Filing Formally for House -<$,. States He Will Work for Complete Repeal of Sales Tax If Elected -« Formally announcing Tuesday that he would be a candidate in the Demo cratic primary for renomination as Washington County Representative to the General Assembly. Ben A. Sum ner. of Plymouth, stated that he plan ned to begin actively campaigning for the office at once. At the pres ent time Mr. Sumner is working for the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation at Elizabeth City, but is continuing to live at his home here. Mr, Sumner made his debut in county politics two years ago, when he defeated W. T. Freeman and Ed ward L. Owens for representative in the primary. Mr. Freeman was elim inated in the first primary, when Mr. Owens was the high man; but ; in the run-off Mr. Sumner defeated Mr. Owens by a vote of 856 to 736. Both Mr. Owens and Mr. Sumner are candidates for the nomination as See. BEN SUMNER. Page Six -v Woodrow Collins, of Mackeys, Now Said Prisoner of Germans -tS? Had Been Reported Missing In Action Over Europe Since February 5 -® It is reported here that Mr. and Mrs. R. i: Collins, of Mackeys, have ’ been informed that their son, Ser- j geant Woodrow Collins, of the Army Air Forces, is a prisoner of war in Germany. Sergean Collins had been: previously reported missing in action over Germany since February 5th. It was imposible to reach Mr. or Mrs. Collins for confirmation of the ; report, but telephone calls to friends! in Mackeys stated that such a tele gram reporting him a prisoner had ■ been received. A similar report was; prevalent here early last week, but; was denied by Mr. Collins at that time. Sergeant Collins’ wife lives in Rougemont, and it was to her that the telegram reporting him missing in action was directed about the mid dle of February. Tire young man, 25 years of age, had been in the Army for a little more than a year and went overseas last fall. He was tail gunner on a heavy bomber. The young man has many friends throughout the county who hope there is truth in the latest report that he is safe, although a prisoner of war. He is a graduate of the Roper High School and worked at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company here before going into the service. Bui One Contest Has Developed So Far; Others in Prospect Three Announce for County Commissioners; Two for Board of Education -a> . The rush of candidates to file for county offices is beginning to de velop, it was learned yesterday from Waiter W, White, chairman of the county board of elections. At that time there were 12 candidacies of ficially filed with him, although only one contest had developed, that for representative However, there are candidates for all county offices to be filled in the primaries and elec tions this year except for one member of the board of education from the Lees Mill district. Judge W, Ronald Gaylord started the ball rolling last Saturday, when he filed for renomination as judge of the recorder's court The same day friends filed the name of W, Blount Rodman, now a first lieutenant in the Army somewhere in England, for nomination as solicitor of the coun ty court. A lull developed after these two filed which was not broken until Tuesday, when Ben A. Sumner filed for county representative, to be fol lowed within the next 24 hours by three men filling for county commis sioners and two others for member ship on the board of education. In addition. Z. V. Norman and W. R. Hampton have filed as candidates for the state senate. The three who filed for county commissioners are H. H. ("P-D” > Allen, of Plymouth, district No. 1; J. iC. Knowles, of Roper, district No. 2: and Harry W. Pritchett, of Creswell. district No. 3. Mr. Allen is the only | new man in this group, as Messrs. : Knowles and Pritchett are present members of the board seeking re flection. Chairman E. G. Arps, of Plymouth, has stated that he would not be a candidate for relection. on the board of education are James W. Norman, of Plymouth, from dis trict No. 1; and P. B. Belanga. of Creswell. from district No. 3. L. E. Hassell, of Roper, is chairman and present member of the board from district No. 2. but he has not yet in dicated whether or not he would be a candidate for reappointment. Mr Belanga is a member of the present board and it is understood that Mr. Norman has been recommended for appointment to the board to fill out the unexpired term of P. M. Arps, who resigned recently to become chairman of the county ABC board. Time for filing expires at 6 p.m. Saturday of this week. April 15th, and it is understood that there are several other prospective candidates who may announce before the dead line. Their entry would develop con tests for several of the offices, which at present are uncontested. It is also rumored that practically a full slate of Republican candidates will be filed before the time expires to as sure competition in the general elec tion in November. -• Womanless Wedding at Roper School April 21 Roper.—The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Roper Meth odist church will sponsor a “Woman less Wedding" on Friday night, April 21, in the high school auditorium. A small admission fee will be charged. The public is invited and urged to at tend. Grace Church Study Class Will Meet Monday Night -® Tlie Woman's Study Class of Grace Episcopal Church will meet on Mon day evening at 8 o’clock. The meet ing, sponsored by the Woman’s Aux iliary and St. Mary’s Guild, will be held at the home of Mrs. Z. V. Nor man. I' Record Catches of Fish Reported in This Section During Easter Week-End Record catches of fish were re ported last week-end by sports men in this section. Monday marked the last day of the open season on inland waters antU May 20; but. judging from re ports and some strings of fish seen, those who went fishing Sunday and Monday caught about enough to last them through the closed season. A party of four local men—C. W. Burnham, Seawcll Bowen and Carlyle Doughtie—fished at Lake Phelps Sunday and on their re turn displayed what was declared by many to be the largest and prettiest string of fish ever seen here. They had about 80 ‘speck led perch," or crappie, and pos- - sibly 20 or more bass, the total catoh weighing approximately s«* PMnds. Manx of the perch woald ttp the scale* at t poaaCs » Those who Ashed oa OMahrv Warren Neck and other swill creeks likewise reported large catches, principally of perch; but those who went to Lake Phelps over the Easter week-end really broke records. A couple of Mar tin County men at Lake Phelps Monday were said to have had more than the law allows, and practically everyone who Ashed in the lake during the two days caught all they wanted.
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