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;obley near Wil The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* Pap*, naval su accuracy it. •nemiea .... paper rescrree . Ioweat of aay vital material! SAVE WASTE PAPER VOLUME LV—NUMBER 22 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 1, 1944 ESTABLISHED ISo TOWN! OPICSj 1a»*&aaaaaa*aaa .aaaaaaaaaaaaatf Miss Mary Elizabeth Bray, of Plymoutn, has been named price clerk to the Washington County War Price and Rationing Board, it was an nounced last week by Edward H. Hill, the chairman. Miss Bray, formerly with the North Carolina Pulp Com ran- . succeeds Mrs. Norma B. Spru ill, .who.resigned to become secretary ( to County Agent W. V. Hays. Miss Bray was appointed price clerk after a short period as rationing clerk with the local board. Lt. Douglas H. Ausbon was here last week visiting his grandfather, C. V. W. Ausbon, and other relatives. Lieutenant Ausbon received his wings and commission in the Army Air For ces May 23, after completing training at Marianna. Fla. He is the son of Mrs. C. S. Ausbon. of Durham, for merly of Plymouth. Chief of Police P. W. Brown said this week that he was giving fair warning that no hogs would be permitted to he kept inside the city limits this year. Time will be given to have all swine re moved beyond the edge of town, according to the chief, but after that, look out! The 15 chewing gum vending ma chines operated by the local Lions Club collected a total of $327.75 in the past six weeks, according to P. W. Brown, who looks after them. The Lions Club gets 20 per cent of the gross “take" for its blind work. A representative of the firm which owns the machines says the average taken in per machine here is the highest in the United States. It looks as if Washington County fell down on its bond quota again last month. With a goal of $22,305, sales at the local bank amounted to $11. 960.75 and $2,737.50 at the post of fice up to yesterday, for a total of $14,698.25. This is not a complete report, since the Roper and Cres well post offices are still to be heard from, but it is doubted that they have sold enough to make up the dif ference. Carl L. Bailey doesn’t like pigeons. He especially doesn’t like pigeons around the courthouse. And, em phamdatically, the things he most doesn’t like are those pigeons that hang out at the Tops of the long col umns in front of the courthouse. Carl made a serious strategic faux pas last Saturday, when he set up Gregg Cherry headquarters for the primary at the foot of said columns. As big a target as he is, he hung around—not wisely, but too long— to hand out literature designed to in fluence the electorate in favor of his candidate. Maybe the pigeons were for McDonald, who, they do say, is a dead pigeon hisself right now. At any rate— but this is a family newspaper, so perhaps the details had best be left to the imagination. Or you can ask Carl, but, pul-lease, not in mixed company. Next Monday being the first Monday, regular meetings of two county and one town boards are scheduled to be held here. The board of county commissioners and board of education will meet during the day in the court house, while the city council meeting will be held in the coun cil chamber at the municipal building Monday night. Voters of Wenona precinct, small est in the county, showed no favorite ism whatever in the state senatorial race last Saturday. Only 11 votes were cast in the precinct, and they gave each of the three candidates, Daniels, Hampton and Norman, ex actly 6 votes each. Then they divided 6 and 5 in favor of McDonald over Cherry for governor; and split three ways, 4.4 and 3 for the three candi dates for county representative. How ever, there was no division for Unit ed States Senator; they gave all 11 of their votes to Hoey, with none for the other four contenders. The wind and rain storm which struck here Thursday of last week did some damage to at least two buildings in town. Part of the roof on the old Plymouth storage ware house, across the street from the un ion station blew off, and the porch roof at the Plymouth Ice Plant was destroyed. It is understood that the amount of the damage was not large. Corporal Harry Garrett has ar rived safely in North Africa, his wife and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Garrett, have been informed. Cor poral Garrett, who plays in an Army band, writes that he is getting along fine. County Vote by Piecincts Following is the official tabulation of votes, by precincts, cast in the Democratic and Republican primaries in Washington County last Saturday, as certified by the county board of elections Tues day, following its meeting to canvass the returns: DEMOCRATIC County Ticket 3 O S >, E For State Senator, Second District: Zeb Var.cc Norman_336 W. Roy Hampton _367 E. A. Cmneis —--151 For Representative: W. H. 'Jacki Peeie_263 Ben A. Sumner -_150 Edward L. Owens-158 State Ticket For Governor: R. Gregg Cherry- 256 Ralph W. McDonald _330 Olla Ray Boyd - 4 £ I _s 102 80 54 « 3 CO bfl S U i 5 a 26 105 21 95 15 29 26 54 67 21 23 14 92 7 40 59 95 1 27 99 15 47 0 2 For U. S. Senator: Clyde R. Hoey _340 94 Cameron Morrison 184 46 Marvin A. Ritch - 7 1 Arthur Simmons -- 13 0 Giles Yeoman Newton- 1 4 32 6 1 1 0 104 19 2 7 2 For State Auditor: George Ross Pou -375 108 24 102 Fred S. Hunter --143 21 13 2 For State Treasurer: Charles M. Johnson-443 108 35 91 L. J. Phipps _71 20 3 32 REPUBLICAN For Lieutenant Governor: George L. Greene- 1 0 0 Robert L. Lovelace- ion A. Harold Morgan--- 6 2 0 For State Treasurer: Hiram B. Worth--- 1 ° 0 0 S. B. Roberts- 6 2 0 u.. Total Number Voting-590 Absentee Ballots Cast- 18 159 3 42 2 150 0 i H O H 575 569 255 4 337 4 314 3 275 5 446 6 493 0 7 11 0 0 0 0 581 255 11 21 7 For Lieutenant Governor: W. I. Halstead -203 88 31 57 0 379 L. Y. Ballentine -264 31 7 49 7 358 Jamie T. Lyda-27 12_1 12 1_53 For Secretary of State: _ Thad Eure -434 128 33 119 8 722 W. N. Crawford _100 14 5 15 3_137 618 181 684 129 12 . 0 953 23 Number Will Go ] To Army on 16ih I ■■■■■■■•■■■a “ The office of the draft board here this week received a call for a number of white men to report for induction into the Army on June 16. The call is for those who have already been examined and accepted for service, it was stated. Not all of those already pro cessed will be called to report on the 16th, and single men will be called in preference to those who are married and have children, although a few of the latter may be needed to complete the quota called foj. Previously calls had been re ceived foi white men for the Navy and colored men for both the Army and Navy in June. There will be no calls for pre-induction examinations during the month. Typhoid Clinics To Be Held in County -3> — Begin Monday, June 12, and Continue for Three Weeks m> — It was announced today by Mrs. R. H .Windley, county health nurse, that a series of clinics will be held in Washington County for the purpose of providing immunization against typhoid fever for three weeks, begin ning Monday, June 12, and continu ing through July 1. The serum will be given three doses, and those who were vaccinated last year should take one dose in order to remain immune. The clinics will be held at 13 points in the county, in addition to the lo cal health office, to give everyone the opportunity to receive the vac cinations. Following is the schedule of places and dates: Mondays. June 12, 19 and 26: Skin nersville, at bus stop, 9:30 a. m.: Alex ander’s Store, Pea Ridge, at 11 a. m.: Scuppernong church, 1 p. m.; Cres well, health department clinic, 2:30. 'TseeTYPHOIDTcLINICS, Page 6) Rationing Board Asks lor Volunteer Workers To Register Beiore June 10 During large registrations, the people of Washington County have been very cooperative in volunteer assistance to the local War Price and Rationing Board, it was stated by officials this week. That help was greatly ap preciated, but in order for the board to maintain its work on a current basis it is necessary that a well-organized plan for recruit ing volunteer assistance be worked out and followed. A nation-wide drive is being held by all war price and ration ing boards during tho period from May 29 through June 10. In order that Washington Coun ty can cooperate 100 per cent in this program and serve the pub lic more efficiently, those people who wish to volunteer in assist ing in the rationing program are asked to register at the office of the board here. So far, there have been a few volunteers registered with the board here, and officials hope many more will call at the office in the courthouse and register as volunteer workers before June 10th. Mosquito Control Inspector Begins Work This Week No Oiling Done During Past Week Account of Labor Shortage J. A. Bratten, employed as city sanitary inspector by the town board at a special meeting last week, en tered upon his new work Monday of this week. He has been inspecting yards and lots throughout the town in connection with the mosquito con trol program, and he said yesterday afternoon that most of those whom he had approached expressed a will ingness to cooperate in any way pos sible to lessen the number of mos quitoes here. The city inspector stated that he had found a great many water bar rels about homes in the town, which, unless they are kept properly cover ed, constitute ideal breeding places for mosquitoes. The barrels are used to catch water for washing clothes, especially in homes which do not have city water connections. He said there were a large number of houses that did not even have pumps on the premises, which made it nec essary for the occupants to catch rain water for cooking and drinking, Mr. Bratten said he had found few places where tin cans and similar c o n t a i n ers constituted mosquito breeding places. Where they were found, the householders agreed to re move them immediately. No oiling has been done this week, according to the inspector, because it has been impossible to secure the la bov necessary. The regular town workmen have been busy with other work. As a consequence, there has been much standing water in various places since the two heavy rains the middle of last week. The inspector is also finding a great many hogs are being kept inside the city limits, in violation of an ordi nance of long standing. He is mak ing a record of all such conditions and will report them to the town council at a future meeting, lie said. Three Cases Tried by Recorder Last Tuesday Three cases were tried this week in recorder’s court by Judge W. Ron ald Gaylord, all the defendants re ceiving sentences or fines. Proceed ings were as follows: Wilbur Marvin White, white, plead guilty to operation of a car with im proper license and was fined $10 and costs. James Bell, colored, of Plymouth, was found guilty of robbery and was given a 90-day jail sentence, sus pended upon payment of $15 fine and the costs of the action. Charles Pittman, colored, of Plym outh, charged with possession for sale of two pints of illegal liquor, was found guilty on the possession count and sentenced to 60 days on the roads, suspended upon payment of *25 fine and costs. Daniels, Hampion Leaders in Coniesi For Stale Senators --9 Vote Was 5,103 for Daniels; 4,572 for Hampton; and 4,089 for Norman According to recurns compiled here yesterday, complete except for the Ocracoke precinct in Hyde Coun ty, E. A. Daniels, of Washington, and W. Roy Hampton, of Plymouth, were winners in the contest for Dem ocratic nominations as state sena tors from the second district in the primary last Saturday. Mr Daniels, the high man, received 5 03 votes; Mr. Hampton was second vi-'.h 4.572; and Zeb Vance Norman, also of Plym outh, who received 4.089. was elimi nated. It is not expected that the Ocracoke returns will materially al ter the result. There are seven counties in the district, Washington, Beaufort, Mar tin. Dare, Hyde. Tyrrell and Pamlico, and it was difficult to get a complete tabulation from all precincts until after the vote was canvassed at the several county seats Tuesday. Mr. Daniels led the senatorial ticket in two counties, Beaufort and Hyde; Mr. Hampton in three counties. Martin. Dare and Pamlico; and Mr. Norman was high in two counties, Washing ton and Tyrrell. With the one pre cinct missing, Mr. Daniels :ad a lead of 531 votes over Mr. Hampton, and Mr. Hampton led Mr. Norman by 483 votes. Following is the tabulati. n of re turns, complete except for ne Ocra coke precinct in Hyde: County Dan’ls Hamp n Norm'n Beaufort _ 2.450 1,237 1.394 Martin _ 849 1.240 1,019 Washington _ 245 569 575 Tyrrell _ 155 121 236 Hyde_ 551 281 380 Dare _ 562 790 202 Pamlico_ 291 334 283 Totals ___ 5,103 4,572 4.089 -®-. Boy Scouls Here To Collect Waste Paper To Canvass HomeAr Every Tuesday; Business Places Twice Each Week -« The Plymouth Boy Scout Troop is planning to take over the waste-pa per salvage campaign here through the summer months. Beginning next week, the Scouts will collect waste paper in the business district every Tuesday and Thursday. In the resi dental sections, the collection will be made each Tuesday. They will as semble the paper in the Scout head quarters at the courthouse, and the North Carolina Pulp Company has agreed to send a truck for it at least once a week, it was learned from the scoutmaster, Rev. Lee A. Phillips, yesterday. Tlie pulp company will pay the scouts for collecting the paper, and the troop hopes to earn enough mo ney to buy some much-needed equip ment in this manner. Shep Brink ley, representative of the local plant, appeared before the Scouts at then regular meeting Monday night and explained the proposition, as well as urging the boys to take over this patriotic task. During the winter and spring months, the local schools handled the salvage campaign. All types of waste paper are need ed in the war effort, including old newspapers, magazines, cartons, wrapping paper, etc. It is urged that the paper be gathered in bundles about 12 inches in height so that the boys can handle it without difficulty. The town has been divided into two districts, east and west of Wash ington Street. The Flying Eagle and Silver Fox patrols will gather the pa per west of Washington Street, while that on the east side will be picked up by the Flaming Arrow and Wolf patrols. Help the Scouts by giving them all of your waste paper. Second Primary Demand Must Be Made in 5 Days If a second primary is to be held in the county on June 24, as provid ed by law, demand must be filed in writing with the chairman of the county board of elections within five days after the results of the first pri mary have been officially declared. Since the vote was canvassed and re sults officially declared Tuesday, Ben A. Sumner, second high candidate for representative, has until Sunday to file demand for a run-off. -® Expect First Deliveries at Pickle Plant This Week The first of the 1944 crop of cu cumbers is expected to be delivered to the C C. Lang & Sons plant here this week. Manager C. W. Dinkins said Tuesday. The plant has been made ready to receive the first de liveries, and Mr. Dinkins is looking for the first load any day now. Mr. Dinkins advises farmers to pick the cucumbers as soon as posible and make deliveries of even small lots. Keeping the vines picked earls* means a larger yield later, he said. County Vote Was Less Than 1,000 in Primary Saturday County Gets Quota of $268,000in Fifth War Loan, Starting June 12 -•»- « LiJtle Larger Than Goal in Last Drive -$ Special Campaign Chairman To Be Named and Plans Worked Out Soon -—<$> Washington County has an over all quota of $268,000 in the Fifth War Loan Drive, which begins throughout the nation on June 12 and continues through the month of July. Of the $268,000 total quota, $130, 000 is to be raised through the sale of E bonds. The new goal compares with a quota of $262,000 in the Fourth War Loan Drive earlier this year, $139,500 of which was E bonds. During that drive, which began January 18 and continued through February 29. bond sales in the coun ty totaled $334,439.75. or 46.7 per cent over its quota. Of that amount $163 - 439.75 was for E bonds. County quotas were assigned in Williamston last Sunday, when 41 representatives of the 16 counties in Region I met to map out plans for the biggest drive of them all. be ginning June 12. State Chairman Linebach, of Winston-Salem, frank ly discussed the need for an increas ed support of the war program by ev eryone on the home front, pointing out that more and greater sacrifices are in store before the war can be won. Mr. Linebach declared that 96 cents out of every dollar spent for bonds goes directly into waging the war, and he said that most of the bonds sold during the first four cam paigns are still in the hands of the original owners. Less than 8 per cent of tl e bonds have changed hands. After going into the details of the program ai d the urgent necessity for putting the drive across, a picture was shown of the bloody battles that took place when Americans captured Rendova Island and Munda airfield in the Souihwest Pacific. This film showed some of the sacrifices that American service men are making; and any sacrifice by people back home short of actual want and star vation will be small compared to those our soldiers are making every dny, according to this official U. S. Army film. The picture has not yet been released to the general public, but efforts will be made to have that one or similar films made available during the drive in this county. H. E. Beam is chairman of the County War Finance Committee, which is charged with the responsi bility of the new campaign. A spe cial campaign chairman will be ap pointed by Mr. Beam within the next week and clans worked out for put ting this tounty over the top again. The state government is expected to buy about $10,000,000 worth of bonds during the drive, and service men from North Carolina will buy an estimated $3,600,000 worth. This county will get its proportional part of these purchases, it is stated. Fur ther plans for the bond campaign are expected to be announced next week. To Vaccinate Pre-School Children Here Saturday -® Mrs. R. H. Windley, county pub lic health nurse, asks all pre-school children who have not been given smallpox vaccinations—as well as those whose vaccinations did not “take”—to come to the district health department offices here Saturday, June 3, between the hours of 9:30 and 11:30 a.m., to be vaccinated. The law requires that each child entering school for the first time shall have been “successfully” vaccinated. Parents of children who have not been “successfully” vaccinated are urged to keep the date and hours listed above in mind. -$ Laboratory at Clinic Here Approved by State Board -« The State Board of Health recent ly issued its certificate of approval to the Plymouth Clinic laboratory for the serological test for syphilis, a test required by the marriage law'. The Plymouth Clinic also was re cently qualified by the North Caro lina Hospital Association to enter in to contracts with the non-profit hos pital service plans for obstetrics and tonsilectomies. This hospital care ap plies to the Hospital Care Association of Durham: Hospital Saving Associa tion, of Chapel Hill; and the State Hospital Association, of Tar boro, j Rationing Guide i ! For Coming Week | Canning: Sugar: Sugar stamp No. 40 good for five pounds of canning sugar until February 28. 1945. Apply to local boards for supplemental rations. Fuel Oil: Period four and five fuel coupons good through Sep tember 30. Gasoline: A-10 coupons now valid and will expire August 8. Meats and Fats: Red A-8 through T-8 iBook 41 now valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens. Good indefinitely. Stamps L'8, V8 and W8 become valid June 4. Processed Foods: Blue A8 through Q8 iBook 41 now valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens. R8 through V8 become valid June 1. All are good indefi nitely. Rent Control: In counties not under rent control, persons who feel that they are being over charged for rents may submit complaints to OPA on complaint forms which are available at the local War Price and Rationing Board. Shoes: Airplane stamp No. 1 and No. 2 iBook 3) valid indefi nitely. Sugar: Sugar stamp No. 30 and No. 31 iBook 4) good for five pounds indefinitely. To Ordain Minister At Service Sunday -» Lewis Styons, Jr., Is Second * Minister From Local Christian Church -$ At the local Christian church Sun day morning. Lewis Styons, jr„ son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Styons, of near | Plymouth, will be ordanined to the j ministry. The service will be con ducted by the pastor, the Rev. E. B Quick, and elders of the Christian church. The Styons family are long-time members of the local church, and Lewis Styons, jr.. is the second young man to be sent into the ministry by this church. First was the Rev. Zeph N. DeShlelds, now in the government service and preaching for several ru ral churches near Plymouth. Mr. Styons has been a ministerial student at the Johnson Bible College in Tennessee for the past four years, doing student preaching at a church in Bristol, Tenn. He is graduating with his ministerial degree this week. Following his ordination he plans to locate with a church in this state. He will be ably assisted by his talented wife, whom he married while in col lege. Eventually he plans to take graduate work in the university. Local Firm Penalized For OP A Violations -$ It was announced from the Raleigh : Office of Price Administration this week that R. S. Browning, Plymouth j wholesaler, has been ordered to dis continue dealing in all rationed foods for a 60-day period, beginning June I 25th. Tire order was signed by Chief Hearing Commissioner Daniel L. Bell, of Atlanta. The order was issued after a hear ing in Raleigh, where Mr. Brown ing was charged with the sale of ra tioned foods at prices in excess of OPA ceilings. He is required to dis continue the sale or purchase of su gar. processed foods, meats and fate during the 60-day period embraced in the order. Second Primary Is Indicated in Contest For Representative -» McDonald Led Cherry by 47 Votes in County; Hoey Gets Big Margin Political interest in Washington bounty reached a new low ebb in the Primaries held last Saturday. Des Jite the fact that there were contests imong both Democrats and Republi cans for nominations to various offi ■es, only 953 persons went to the >olls to register their preferences. In iddition 23 absentee ballots were cast, bringing the total vote to 976 rhis compares with 1,587 in the Srst primary in 1942 and 1,658 in the second primary the same year. There were only two contests on :he county ticket, for representative md state senator. W. H. ''Jack) Peele vas high man in the three-cornered ■ace for representative, coming out !3 votes ahead of the incumbent. 3en A. Sumner, but considerably short of the number necessary for a clear majority. Their votes were 337 md 314. respectively; with Edward L. Owens. w’ho polled 275. eliminated rom a second primary. Mr. Sumner announced Sunday chat he planned to ask for a sec ond primary. He has five days from last Tuesday, when the votes were officially canvassed and the results certified by the county board of elec Cions. in which to demand a run-off. If a second primary is called for, it vill be held on Saturday, June 24. In the three-way race for two olaces as senators from the second senatorial district, it is fairly well evident that E. A. Daniels, of Wash ington. and W. Roy Hampton, of Plymouth, are the winners, although it has been difficult to obtain the complete results from all of the seven counties in the district. Zeb Vance Norman, of Plymouth, the third man, apparently trails Mr. Hamtpon by several hundred votes; and the latter is about the name number behind Mr. Daniels, who led the ticket in the district voting. Ralph McDonald showed surpris ing strength in the county in the gubernatorial contest, although he lost in the state by more than a 50,000 majority. R. Gregg Cherry, of Gas conia. winner of the nomination, was regarded as having the inside track in both the county and the state. However, in the county, McDonald led him by 47 votes. Eight years ago. McDonald carried this county in the second primary against Hoey by a little more than 300 votes, but more than 2,000 votes were cast in the county at that time. Too, there were two Democratic factions here fight ing each other in that campaign, while this time they were working to gether for Cherry. In the voting last Saturday, Clyde Hoey led a field of four others for United States Senator, both in the county and in the state. Cameron Morrison was a second, w'ell over 100. 000 behind, while the others receiv ed only a scattered vote. Tire three state officers running for reelection w-ere all given sub stantial majorities by county voters. Thad Eure, secretary of state, led the entire ticket here with 722 votes. Only 10 Republicans bothered to go to the polls, although that party had three candidates for lieutenant governor and two for state treasurer. A. Harold Morgan received 8 votes for lieutenant governor. George L. Greene and Robert L. Lovelace 1 each. S. B. Roberts received 9 votes for treasurer, and Hiram B. Worth received 1. -e P. B. Bateman Chairman Of United War Fund -® It was announced last week by James T Little, of Greenville, chair nan for district 14, that P. Bruce Bateman, of Plymouth, had been ap pointed Washington County chair man of the United War Fund for the campaign that will be held through put the nation some time during next fall. I More Whiskey and Rum Available To ] i Patrons of A. B. C. Stores During June j The State ABC board an nounced this week that regula tions will be loosened up con siderably for patrons of county liquor stores during the month of June. Coupons 25 and 26 will be valid at any time during the month for one quart, or two pints, of any domestic whiskey or Scotch. Coupons 27 and 28 will be valid at any time during the month for an equal amount of brandy or gin, domestic or imported, or any cordials. Coupons 37 or 38 also may be used lor one quart of Rocking Chair in lieu of the brandy, gin or cordials. It is also announced that for June, all rum will be placed on the non-rationed list and may be bought without the presentation of any coupon. It will be necessary to use cou pons 25 and 26 before 27 and 28. due to arrangement of coupons In the book. Loose coupons will under no circumstances be hon ored at the stores.
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