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The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LV—NUMBER 35 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 31, 1944 **♦*♦♦***♦ r>: IS ?i \mthu$—\ \by buying], War bonds ESTABLISHED 1889 ———.wwmmmmnmmmmmmmmf Town! OPICSJ It was announced yesterday that tobacco markets in this section will be closed next Monday, on account of the Labor Day holiday. This marks the first time Labor Day has been observed by the markets, and farm ers are asked to bear this in mind when planning their tobacco sales next week. Mr. and Mrs. Alvah P. Whealton announce the birth of a son. Alvah Powell Whealton, jr., on Thursday. August 24. in the Morehead City hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Whealton made their home in Plymouth for several years before he volunteered for service in the Navy, He is now a pharmacist's mate, fist class, some where in France. Pvt. Eddie McClung was wounded in action in France in July and is now reported to be in a hospital in Eng land. He is the husband of Mrs. Mar garet Estep McClung. of Plymouth. Plymouth stores and business places observed the last of the Wednesday afternoon half-holi days yesterday. Starting next week, all stores will return to the regular schedule on Wednesday, opening at 9 a.in. and closing at U p.m. There was some senti ment at a merchants association meeting Monday for continuing the mid-week half-holidays on a year-around basis, but the mat ter was never brought to a vote. W. Roy Hampton, member of the State Board of Conservation and De velopment, returned yesterday after spending about 10 days at Morehead City. He was accompanied by J. L. Horne, jr., of Rocky Mount, also a member of the board. While there they had several exceptionally suc cessful fishing excursions with Gover nor J. M. Broughton, who is ‘spend ing his vacation at Morehead. The party caught mackerel, bluefish, cero, sheeps head, barracuda and the gover nor landed one medium-sized tarpon. Gaston Freve. jr., formerly of Cres well, a war worker in New York, has been commissioned a Second Lieu tenant in Company C New York City Patrol Corps. He has served faithfully with the Patrol Corps for the past two years. William Tetter ton. of Brooklyn, N. Y., and also member of the city patrol, was in Plymouth Tuesday and made the Beacon a visit. The September meetings of the county commissioners and board of education will be held on Mon day, September 11, at 10 a.m., in the courthouse, instead of Mon day, September 4, on account of the Labor Day holiday. The reg ular meeting of the town coun cil has also been postponed until 8 p.m. September 11, on account of the holiday next Monday. Tlie firemen won yesterday’s soft ball game from the Lions by an 8-6 score, and the "Little World Serious” count now' stands two games to one, in favor of the Lions. Eddie Gets inger and P. W. Brown were the op posing hurlers yesterday, but it was stated that Lion errors kicked in enough runs for the firemen to win. The game scheduled for today has been called off, and the next game in the series is scheduled for next Monday. So far this month, War Bond sales in Plymouth have been the smallest for any month since the start of the war nearly three years ago, it was learned at the bank this morning. Mr. Beam said only $4,800 worth of bonds have been sold by the bank during August, and post office sales have amounted to $2,550, or a total of $7,350. The county quota for the month was $17,844. ■ --<$> — Edenton Air Base Chaplain Will Preach Here Sunday Rev. LEE A. PHILLIPS, Pastor The following schedule of services are announced for the Ludford Me morial Baptist Church for this com ing Sunday: Sunday School. 9:50 a.m.; Morning worship, 11 a.m.; Evening worship, 8 p.m. Chaplain G. H. Wheeler, of the Edenton Air Base, will be the guest speaker. His subject will be "I Don’t Feel Like It.” Prayer Service on Wednesday eve ning. We invite everyone to come to all our services. I Draft Delinquent Reports To Board; Is ! Sent To Camp for Immediate Induction Carried on the records of the Washington County Selective Service Board as a draft delin quent since December of last year, when mail sent to him was returned, Leroy Woods, colored, reported to the board here Mon day and was ordered sent to Fort Bragg for immediate examination and induction if found qualified. Woods left Tuesday morning, but it could not be learned yesterday whether or not he passed the ex amination. Woods reported to the office Monday on his own violition. He said that he learned he was listed as a delinquent when he came back to Plymouth on his vacation recently. He maintained that the address the board had was cor- j rect, and was unable to account for non-delivery of mail sent there. He has been working in New York City for the past year or so. The board here now has only two men on its list of delinquents. Both are colored, Columbus Sat terthwaite, whose last-known address was Pinetown; and Christopher Columbus Bullock, whose last address was given as Windsor, RFD. The FBI has been on the trail of all three of the men listed as delinquent, in cluding Woods, who turned up this week, but without results. Anyone who knows of the present whereabouts of the two remain ing delinquents may save them some trouble by notifying the lo cal board. T 1 -» m Local Jbusinesslrlaces Will Close Monday for LaborDayObservance RETURNS HOME Clerk of Superior Court Wilbur M. Darden, of Plymouth, last week received an honorable dis charge from the U. S. Army Air Forces and has returned to Plym outh. He was in the service for just about two years. He does not plan to return to the clerk's office here imemdiately, it was learned this week, but will devote his time to supervision of his farm and pulpwood cutting for the time being. Legion Festival Here Called Off Banned by Board of Health On Account of Infantile Paralysis Situation ——<$ Plans for holding the American Legion’s annual fall festival here this week were abandoned by the lo cal post last Friday night, after the Washington County Board of Health, at a special meeting held the same night, adopted a regulation barring all carnivals and tent shows from the county until after November 1, due to the prevalence of polio in other parts of the state. Local Legion officials had called state authorities earlier las: week relative to having the festival here, and had been informed that there was no ban on such attractions. It had also been decided not to admit children to the show grounds this week before the board of health act ed to ban the festival entirely. The local post had also agreed to donate the entire proceeds to the USO, and had gone to some expense to adver tise the festival. -® Extension Survey Is Being Held Up --® Inability of Committee To Secure Services of Engi neer Given as Reason -« The survey of the proposed exten sion of sewer and water lines, order ed recently by the town council, is still being held in abeyance, due to inability of the special committee to secure the services of an engineer. One of the committee members said yestreday that the survey would re quire but liittle time as soon as a qualified surveyor is secured. The special committee to have the survey made and get estimates of the total cost is composed of B. G. Camp bell, H. E. Harrison and P. W. Brown. The proposed extension would pro vide water and sewer lines to serve the new housing development on East Third Street, Extended, as well as houses along the highway from the Roanoke Service Station east to the Conaby Creek bridge. No Special Program Planned This Year Post Office, Bank, Stores And Offices Will Sus pend Business Labor Day next Monday will be ob served as a general holiday in Plym outh, with practically all stores, of fices and other business places closed for the day. a survey this morning in dicated. Members of the merchants association, at a special meeting last Monday, voted 16 to 1 to make Labor Day a regular holiday on the local calendar, and stores here Will be closed every first Monday in Septem ber in future years. The plant of the Plymouth Box and Panel Company will not be in operation Monday, while the North Carolina Pulp Company is planning to have its regular crews at work. The latter plant will start closing down Sunday for its regular .semi annual overhaul and repair of ma chinery. but practically all employees will be required to clean up and re pair the equipment during the week or two it is out of production. In addition to local stores, the post office, bank, town and county of fices, ABC store, and other business houses will be closed all day Monday. While the office of the rationing board will be closed to the public, the office force will be on the job all day in an effort to catch up with work that must be done. There will be not city or rural mail deliveries, but dispatches will be made and mail put into lock boxes at the post office, it was stated. The only special program to mark observance of the day will be a pub lic speaking at the courthouse at 2:30 by D. G. “Doc” Garland. AFL rep resentatives, under the auspices of Local 356-A, International Brother hood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers. He will also speak at New Chapel Baptist church Monday night at 8 p.m. He is recognized as an able speaker, and the general pub lic is invited and urged to hear him. -® ■ - Lions Club Here Continues Growth Four New Members Added At Meet Last Thursday; Plan Ladies’ Night Tlie Plymouth Lions Club con tinues to gain in membership under the leadership of the new club presi dent, T. W. Earle. At the regular meeting held Thursday night of last week, four new members were wel comed, bringing the total up to around 40, against the announced goal of 50 for the club during the current year. The new members who were welcomed into the club by Z. V. Norman last Thursday night are: L. V. Landing, John L. Phelps, John W. Darden, and Roy I. Boyd. | Assistant Scoutmaster H. G. Har ris and three members of the local Boy Scout troop were guests of the club. Mr. Harris outlined some of the needs and objectives of the troop, including a meeting place the boys can call their own and some articles of equipment for the scout camp site. He also introduced the three Scouts to the club members. Senior Patrol Leader Frank Landing and Patrol Leaders Wayne Browning and Jack Booker. It was announced that a meet ing of the executive committee of the Southern Alebemarle Association would be held soon, and the club members voted to invite the group here, with a dinner and other enter tainment to be provided at the ex pense of the club. Mrs. T. R. Jenkins, accompanied by Shep Brinkley at the piano, gave three vocal selections that received much applause. It was announced that Mrs. Henry S. Elery, of Suffolk, former national president of federated women’s clubs, would be guest speaker at the Lions meeting to be held on September 14, and it was voted to make that a "Ladies' Night,” with wives of club members invited to attend. -® 600 Quarts Canned at Cannery in Creswell Creswell. — Approximately 600 quarts of fruits and vegetables have been canned at the Creswell Com munity Cannery since it opened last week. A. H. Tucker, manager an nounced this week. Reminding that the cannery is open to the public on Tuesdays and Thursdays Tucker urged persons having fruits and vegetables to pre serve to take advantage of the op portunity to get them canned quickly. Persons using the cannery are Cilarged only for the cans used, which varies according to the size of can. Draft Skius of All County Registrants Reviewed Recently Men Over .a To Be Called For Examir Uion but Not Inducted Right Away Representative.- of the State Se lective Service headquarters here have just recently fini: hed a com plete audit of all records in the of fice of the local draft board. Simi lar audits are being made of all lo cal Ijoardi* throughout the state in order to effect a uniform method of handling the various rase- that arise. The file of eve.y registrant on rec ord with tlie Washington County board was reviewed, including the classification and present status of those who have n >t be called. No matterial changer '.•.eve . fleeted or recommended in the ia.inner of handling matters her -. It. wa- aim unced :H the office of Ihe local beard ilup uni: thal while no inpii over 3U years of age are likely to be called up fur induction in the immediate future, such men have been and will continue to be called to report for pre-induction examina tion and those who pass will be placed in the category of men available for service. Calls for men in the 30 to 36 age group wilb depend entirely on the size of quotas assigned the coun ty and number of current registrants —that is, youths who reach the age of 18—in the future. In connection with the audit re cently completed, it was learned that there are only fuur registrants in Washington County under the age of 26 years who have been deferred for agricultural work, and there is not a one under 26 deferred for work in industry. There are a few avail able men in this age group who have not yet been called up for in duction, but it was said at the office that all of them would be sent no tices when the next induction call is received. -$ Wilbur M. Darden Home From Army Clerk of Court Gets Honor able Discharge at Florida Air Field Last Week -« Sgt. Wilbur M. Darden returned to his home here last Sunday after re ceiving an honorable discharge from the United States Army Air Forces at Homestead Field, Fla., where he has been stationed for several months. He entered the Army on August 28, 1942, and lacked only a few days of serv ing two years at the time he received his discharge. Mr. Darden was clerk of the Wash ington County superior court at the time he went into the Army, and he was reelected to that post two years ago in the general election. He was granted leave of absence for the du ration by the county commissioners when he went into the service; and, although his term has a little more than two years to run, he said this week he did not plan to return to the office in the immediate future. When Mr. Darden was granted leave of absence to enter the armed forces, W. B. Cox was appointed as sistant clerk of the superior court. He will continue to serve in that ca pacity until Mr. Darden returns to the office, it was said Monday. -w-— Many Local People Have Not Paid Taxes on Dogs Chief of Police Brown advises that dog taxes were due on July 1, but that many had not been paid up to this time. He further advises that if this tax was not paid and tags se cured for the dogs, warrants will be issued for all dogs without tags. The chief prefers not to issue warrants but will be compelled to do so if the tax is not paid and tags secured for the dogs. Creswell Man Listed ,4 s Victim of Crash Hamilton. Bermuda.—The names of six crew members, including two of ficers, who lost their lives when a plane attached to a Naval Air Sta tion here plunged into the sea Aug ust 20. were announced today by the U. S. Navy after notification of next of kin. The list included Marion D. Colvard, 21. of Creswell, N. C. Revival Services Being Held at Zions Chapel -® The Zion Chapel church, some six miles east of Plymouth, is holding a revival this week. Last Sunday was observed with an all day affair, lunch being served on the grounds at noon Rev. Perry Baldwin was the guest speaker of the day. Rev. O. L. Man kamyer, of Cincinatti, Ohio, is hold ing the revival services. At the baptising last Sunday, twins, Nina and Joan Stillman, were bap tised by Rev Mankamyer, who held the twin sisters in on arm baptising them at the same time. Traveling Shows Barred in County Until November 1 -® County Boards of Health And Commissioners Act At Special Meetings No carnivals, circuses, or other type of traveling shows will be allow ed to exhibit anywhere in Washing Ion County before November 1, un der the terms of resolutions passed last week by the Washington County Board of -i^ealth and the Board of County Commissioners. The board of health met first, at a special called meeting Friday night, and the coun ty commissioners got together the next day to reinforce the health group s action, as weil as to pass an order refusing license to any travel ing organization before November 1st. The county board of commission ers met Saturday and adopted the following resolution: Whereas, an epidemic of infan tile paralysis, or polio, now prevails in what is generally known as the Piedmont section of the State and also in other parts of tire country, such diseases being contagious and idangerous to life and health: and "Whereas, typhus fever has broken out in the near-b.v county of Wilson, and other sections, said diseases be ing contagious and highly dangerous to life and health: and "Whereas, Washington County is now free of such contagious diseas es and it is necessary, in the preser vation of the public health and also in the protection of the people of the county, to keep the county free of such contagious diseases as far as humanly possible: and ' Whereas, the Board of County Commissioners of Washington Coun ty is authorized and empowered by Section 153-10 of the General Sta tutes of the state to take the action hereinafter provided for: “Now. therefore, be it unanimously resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Washington Coun ty is outhorized and empowered by Section 153-10 of the General Sta tutes of the state to take the action hereinafter provided for: flow, mereiore, De it unanimously resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Washington Coun ty, in meeting duly assembled and held, that no licenses shall be issued to any carnival, tent show, circus or other like traveling show' coming from any other section of the state or country, to exhibit anywhere in Washington County prior to the first (day of November. 1944. it being deter I mined by the board of county com I missioners that the public welfare will be endangered by such exhibi tions. Be it further resolved by the board of commissioners, pursuant to power and authority aforesaid, that no carnival tent show, circus or other similar traveling show coming from any other section of the state or country shall show or exhibit any where in Washington County prior to the first day of November, 1944, the board finding as a fact and de claring hereby that the public wel fare will be greatly endangered by such exhibitions during the period herein set forth. "Done in meeting duly called, as sembled, and held, this the 26th day of August, 1944." Li. Jos. S. Norman Is Awarded DFC Is Pilot of Flying Fortress With 8th Air Force In England An Eighth AAF Bomber Station In England —1st Lt. Joseph S. Norman. 24-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos eph S. Norman, of Plymouth. N. C.. has been decorated with the Distin guished Plying Cross, it was an nounced recently by the command ing general of the Eighth Air Force. The citation accompanying the aivard read: "For extraordinary achievement while serving as a pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress on a num ber of combat bombardment mis sions over Germany and German oc cupied countries. Displaying great courage and skill. Lieutenant Norman has materially aided in the success of each of these missions and his ac tions are an inspiring example for his fellow flyers." Lieutenant Norman granduated from the Plymouth High School with the class of 1937. Prior to his entry into the Army Air Forces on May 18 1942, he was employed by the North Carolina Pulp Company in Plym outh. Six Cases Tried by Recorder Tuesday Recorders Court Teusday had a light docket, there being only .six cases tried, four getting fines, and the other two being nolprosed. Clyde Pucket, colored, Roper, as sault, nolprosed. Mrs. Beatrice Overton, trespass ing, nolprosed. Walter Watson, colored. Plymouth, plead guilty to being drunk, was fined i $10 and costs. James Lee Collins, operating motor vehicle without license, fined $10 and : costs. Earl DeWolf, drunk and disorderly conduct, fined $15. Mary Nichols, colored. Plymouth, found guilty of simple assault, trial by jury, found guilty, fined cost of court and ordered to pay Lena Free man $10 for braegnk rehietaoishcmr man $10 for breaking her eye glasses. Light Sales and Good Prices Mark Opening Of Tobacco Markets j GETS PROMOTION Jasper B. Hardison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Church Hardison, of Roper, was recently promoted to the cradc of gunner’s mate first class in the U. S. Navy. He has been in the Navy for 18 months, and since November of last year has been in the South Pacific war zone, he received his “boot" training at Bainbridge, Md., and finished a course as gunner’s mate at the Great Lakes, III., Naval Training Station. Urge School Heal Plant Be Checked Makers of Equipment Say Services of Engineer Available Now j The Lions Club committee that is I working with county school officials i in an effort to repair the inadequate I heating plant at the high school here I last week recommended that a heat ing engineer be secured to check the equipment and list the repairs need ed to improve conditions. It was urg ed that action be taken immediately so that the repairs can be made be fore cold weather begins. T. W. Earle of the Lions Club, last week received a letter from the foundry which made the equipment now in use here, stating that it would be necessary to determine the na ture of the repairs needed before sending a repair crew here. It was stated that the company would furn ish the services of an engineer for $20 per day, plus transportation. It could not be learned this morn ing whether any action had been taken to get the repairs started right away. For the past two or three win ters the heating plant has been com pletely inadequate, reaching intoler able proportions during cold spells last term, when room temperatures were at such low levels as to con stitute a therat to the health of the several hundred pupils in attendance. Urges Farmers To Join Farm Bureau J. Roy Manning, of Plymouth, an nounced this week that it was hoped to have a real farmers' rally here on ‘September 15th, by which time he hopes to have practically every farm jer in the county paid up as a mem j bere of the Farm Bureau Decision to hold the rally, which will include the annual Farm Bureau dinner, was made at the meeting held Wednes day night of last W'eek. “I urge every farmer that is inter ested in holding farm prices up after the war to join the Washington County Farm Bureau by September 10th." Mr. Manning said yesterday. Lower Grades Said Highest on Record General Average Is Right at Government Ceiling of 43j/2 Cents -*> Handling the smallest opening-day breaks in upwards of 20 to 25 years tobacco markets of the New Bright Belt opened the 1944 selling season last Monday, with average prices gen erally reported to be right at the ceil ing price of $43.50 per 100 pounds Practically all farmers who have had tobacco on sale this weekfare report ed to be well satisfied with prices, es pecially on the lower grades. Most farmers are still busy curing and grading the leaf which accounts for the light sales on all markets this week. The shortage of labor is hav ing its influence, and it Is feared by some that as soon as farmers get caught up with their grading, the markets will be glutted, possibly in about two more weeks. Quality of tobacco offered at open ing sales Monday was reported to be very poor, in contrast with the ex cellent quality reported opening day of last year. Despite this, the aver age paid on all markets ranged 1 cent per pound or more than was paid in 1943. Nondescript grades sold as high as 40 cents per pound with top prices for best grades reported not more than 47 to 48 cents. This is con 'sidered a break for most farmers, since late rains caused the leaf to ripen more slowly and there will be much drak and green grades on the floor. As a whole, the crop is ex pected to bring considerably more than it did last year, especially in view of the increased acreage in this section. The only catch is in pound age, which will not be as heavy as in normal years, due to lateness of the season. There will be no sales on Eastern Carolina markets Monday on account of the Labor Day holiday. Hunting Seasons Same as Last Year De r Season To Open Oc tober 1, as Usual, W. R. Hampton Says -- Although official announcement has not been made, it was learned yesterday from W. R. Hampton, member of the fish and game com mittee of ihe State Board of Con servation and Development, that the open seasons on all game—including deer—would be exactly the same this year as they were a j-ear ago. Pre viously a storm of protest had been aroused from deer hunters in this section by announcement that the open season on deer would begin Oc tober 15 and end January 1 short ening the season by 15 days as com pared with last year. Mr. Hampton said he knew the dates had been decided upon and that announcement would be made within a few days. He has just re turned from Morehead City, where the matters were discussed and de cided recently. Last year the open season on deer began October 1 and ended January | 1. while the squirrel season began ! October 15. According to Mr. Hamp ton, the same dates will be in effect J this season. Local Woman's Club To Meet Tomorrow Night Plymouth Womens Club will meet, tomorrow, Friday September 1, and all members are urged to be present. Matters of importance are to come before the club and an every mem ber attendance is desired. Begin Advertisement of Delinquent Tax List Next Week; Sell in Gdaber The list of property on which 1943 county taxes have not been paid will he placed in the hands of printers and will appear in next week’s paper. 3. K. Daven port. tax collector, said yester day. The list to be published this year is probably the smallest on record, it was indicated, but there are a number of accounts which will be advertised during September and the property sold at the courthouse door on the first Monday in October. The list this year will be only a fraction of what it has been in past years. Mr. Davenport said. Last year there were about 500 to 600 tracts or parcels of land j advertised, and this represented a sizeable decrease from the 900 to l.'JOft names advertised dur ing the preceding half dozen years. Taxpayers hav * on 1\ a few more days in which to pay the amounts due and save the ex pense and embarrassment of hav ing them prone-iy advertised for sale. The names will not ap pear in next week's paper if the taxes are paid by 10 o'clock next Wednesday morning, bat after that it will be too late to remove names from the list, it was said at the courthouse. Tax Collector Davenport today urged those who v.i. h to pay their taxes to see him immediately so there will be plenty of time to remove their names from the list before publication is made next week in this paper.
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