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The Roanoke Beacon ♦ * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* »*#**♦♦***♦ KEEP FAi i H \withu$—\ \bybuying\ War bonds VOLUME LV—NUMBER 37 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 14, 1944 ESTABLISHED 1889 r •I TOWN! op cs! Due to the storm which has made travel dangerous today, Mrs. Henry S. Eley. of Suffolk, was unable to get here for the Lions Club meeting to night. and the ladies’ night program previously planned has been called off. President T. W. Earle said at noon. The club will meet at the reg ular time tonight, but the ladies’ night program will be postponed to a later date. Evelyn Swain, cadet nurse who completed her course of training at Rex Hospital in Raleigh last week, is spending a few days at her home near here before leaving for Hickory, where she will be stationed at the Emergency Isolation Center establish ed thpre for infantile paralysis pa tients. Some new shelves have been received and are being installed at the county public library in the courthouse this week. Quite a number of new books are also coming in and will be available within the next few days, ac cording to the librarian, Mrs. Lula Jackson. The librarian and several volunteers have been busy for the past few days re arranging the books on the new shelves. State Senator Harry L. Topping, of Kankakee, 111., was a visitor in the county this week. He was here to see about some property he owns in the Wenona section. He represents the 20th Illinois district in the state leg islature. Hurricane warnings are out today all along the coast of North Caro lina. High winds have been pre valent here all day, accompanied by rain, but no injuries or loss of life had been reported in the section up to noon. A great many trees have been blown down, and travel is said to be dangerous because of the large number of trees blown across the highways east of here. The center of the storm was expected to hit in the Beaufort section shortly before noon today, and residents of exposed areas along the coast were ordered evacuated last night. Harold C. Brinn. of Creswell, was a visitor in Plymouth last Friday. He was accompanied by his son, Cpl. Harold H. Brinn, formerly of Plym outh, who is now serving with a me dical detachment at Camp Sibert. Ala., and who has been visiting in the county for the past two weeks. Boarding places for several teachers in the Plymouth schools are urgently needed, H. H. Mc Lean, county superintendent, said yesterday. Several teachers have said they would resign un less suitable places were found. Anyone who wishes to board teachers is asked to get in touch with Mr. McLean or Principal R. I. Boyd immediately. Russell W. Harrison, boatswain's mate, first class, of the U. S. Navy, is spending some time here with his mother, Mrs. R. G. Hardison, and other relatives. Mr. Harrison has just returned from the Pacific war zone, where he is attached to the staff of Admiral Turner, commander of the Fifth Fleet amphibious for ces. He has taken part in most of the recent campaigns in the Pacific and before that was on the North Af rican invasion and other major ac tions in the Atlantic. Sgt. Harry P. Barnes, jr„ left to day for Port Bliss, Texas, after spend ing 10 days with his father, Harry P. Barnes, sr., at Cherry. He is attach ed to an anti-aircraft unit stationed at the Texas Army post. ■-<s> Early Applications for Canning Sugar Urged As a favor to the rationing board office force, applicants for canning sugar are requested to make their applications as far in advance as pos sible. Many are said to wait until they actually need the sugar before applying, which means that the office force must stop whatever they are do ing to issue the special allotments. The office force at the rationing board is short-handed at present, which means that they are called on for a lot of extra work anyway, and they would appreciate canning su gar applicants showing them a lit tle consideration. No applications for canning sugar will be received after September 30. j Stale Fire Marshall To Speak at Two j Meetings Here Thursday Next Week i Sherwood Brockwell, of Ra leigh, state fire marshall, will speak to two local civic organi zations Thursday of next week. His first appearance will be at the Lions Club, which meets at 7 p.m., and he will also talk at the meeting of the Parent-Tea cher Assosiation to be held in the courthouse auditorium at 8 o'clock. Although ihs topic has not been announced, it is expected that he will talk about local school conditions. Mr. Brock well inspected the local schools several years ago and condemned the primary building as unsafe. However, there has been no al ternative but to continue using it since that time, due to can cellation of plans for added school facilities here by outbreak of the war in 1941. The general public, as well as all members of the parent-tea cher association, is invited to hear Mr. Brockwell at the meet ing in the courthouse.. Budget and Tax Rate Of $ 1.70 Approved at Board Meet Monday Rationing Guide For Coming Week Meats, Fats: Red stamps A8 through Z8 and A5 through G5, good indefinitely. Processed Foods: Blue stamps A8 through Z8 and A5, through L5, good indefinitely. Sugar: Sugar stamps 30, 31, 32 and 33 each good for five pounds indefinitely. Sugar stamp 40, good for five pounds of can ning sugar through February, next year. Gasoline: A-ll coupons, good through November 8. Fuel Oil: Period 4 and 5 cou pons, and new period 1 coupons good throughout coming heating year. Shoes: Airplane stamps 1 and 2, good indefinitely. Income Tax: Quarterly pay ments due September 15. Committee on Post War Planning Is Set Up by Lions Club President T. W. Earle Em phasizes Importance of Getting Early Start A committee on post-war planning for the town and county was ap pointed last Thursday night at the meeting of the Lions Club by T. W. Earle, president of the club. Since that time, Mr. Earle has addressed the following letter to members of the committee, outlining its func tions and appealing for early action: “This committee could also be prop erly called 'Washington County Post-War Planning Board.’ Tire work that this committee is called upon to do is of the utmost importance. “There is no time to lose in getting together and formulating plans for local and county needs which will be presented to the state and federal authorities at the proper time. “Billions of dollars are to be spent by the Federal Government and mil lions by the State of North Carolina to aid communities after the war. By such aid, the Federal and State au thorities hope to alleviate as far as possible unemployment by giving work to the millions of soldiers and other war workers that will be out of war service and out of jobs just as soon as the war is over. “You, the leaders of Washington County, want to be ready with your plans and requests so that not only will our town and county benefit by getting some much-needed improve ments, but also our sons, daughters, kinfolks, and friends who have been in war work, can readily find employ ment during the reconversion period between the all-out war that we have "7see~POST-WAR PLANS. Page 4) Quail Hunting Season Will Open this j Year November 23, Thanksgiving Day ! In a special announcement this week, the game division of the State Board of Conservation and Development announced that the open season on quail, rabbit and turkey would begin on November 23 this year. November 23 is Thanksgiving Day, and the sea son on these species of game us usually begins on that day. In the fueure, by congressional enactment, Thanksgiving Day will come on the fourth Thursday of November. Up to a few years ago. Thanksgiving Day was fixed by Presidential proclamation and usually came on the last Thursday of November of each year. President Roosevelt caused a furore several years ago when he moved the date up one week, and some stages observed one date and some another. Con gress stepped in and took a hand, and in the future Thanksgiv ing Day officially will fall on the fourth Thursday of each Novem ber. This year, as it happens, there are five Thursdays in Novem ber, and Thanksgiving Day will not fall on the last one but on the fourth Thursday. Incidentally, it has been an nounced by game officials that those counties which had “lay days” last year will also have them this year. In this county, quail may be hunted only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur days during the open season. Valuation Increase Of $300,000 Shown; Rate Same as 1943 Bonded Indebtedness Was Reduced by $50,200 in Past Fiscal Year The Washington County commis sioners, at their postponed meeting Monday morning of this week offic ially set the county tax rate for the fiscal year 1944-45 at $1.70, the same as it was for the preceding year. The total levy for the current year is a little over $5,000 larger than it was a year ago, but the difference is ac counted for by the $300,000 increase in total property valuation, a review of the budget estimate shows. In addition to fixing the tax rate, the commissioners met with the board of education and adjusted dif ferences in budget requirements, aft er which the budget as a whole was approved. Previously the budget es timate had been approved by the Lo cal Government Commission at Ra leigh. Tire county board also author ized H, H. McLean, county superin tendent of schools, to buy 700 desks for county schools, after the board of education reported that unless ad ditional seats were secured the en rollment of children could not be ac commodated at the schools. Reviewing the summary of the bud get estimate, it will be noted that there are some minor changes in the various county funds, but as a whole the tax rate levied by departments (See TAX RATE, Page 4) - Lt. Jos. S. Norman At Home After 32 Bombing Missions -<$> Has Several Decorations for Service With Eighth Air Force 1st Lieut. J. S. (Dick) Norman, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Nor man, of Plymouth, returned home last week after five months of serv ice with the Eighth Army Air Force in England, during which time he completed a total of 32 bombing mis sions over enemy occupied Europe as pilot of a B-17, "Flying Fortress.” He will be home for 21 days, after which he will report to a field in Florida for reassignment. Lieutenant Norman has been awarded the Air Medal with three oak-leaf clusters for missions suc cessfully completed, and about a month ago he was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for "extraordinary achievement while serving as a pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress on a number of combat bombardment missions over Ger <See JOS. S. NORMAN, Page4 ) Brinkley Resigns From City Council At the meeting of the Town Coun cil held Monday night, a letter was read from Shep Brinkley, resigning as member of the council from the Second Ward. Mr. Brinkley said he ■was resigning because he was unable to give the office the time he felt it should have. The council took no action this week toward appointment of his successor. Zeno Lyon, jr., requested the boaro^ to lend its aid in the establishment of a youth recreation center in the community, and the council assured him of its support, appointing Coun cilman H. E. Harrison to work with him on the matter. Routine matters were considered, and a number of bills ordered paid. The mayor, B. G. Campbell, and four councilmen w’ere present, including J. R. Manning, H. E. Harrison, W. A. Roebuck and G. R. Leggett. H.E. Harrison Gives Lot for Parsonage To Chrivfian Church Goal of $6,000 for Building Hoped To Be Realized By Vovember 5 At the monthly meeting of the of ficial board of the First Christian church Monday night, Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Harrison offered to give to j the church a well-located lot, 50 by 150 feet, on Brinkley Avenue, with the understanding that a parsonage be built on the lot as soon as possible. The board went on record as being favorable to the proposition and ex pressed its appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison for their generosity. P. H. Darden, chairman of the ' board, announces that there will be a special meeting of the board next I Monday night, September 18. when Mr. Harrison has offered to submit I a plan for the parsonage and make j suggestions regarding construction. Announcement of the gift of the1 lot was made by Mrs. H. E. Harrison and Mrs. R. G. Hardison, mother of Mr. Harrison. At the suggestion of several of the women of the church, who recently made the first bank de posit toward a parsonage fund, con tributions and pledges were called for. and a total of $1,930 was subscribed very quickly. Since the meeting last Monday, this amount has been in- j creased substantially. guai ui j*d,uuu, me anticipated cost of the building, has been set, and it is hoped to complete the financing of the parsonage by the annual home coming service on Sunday, November 5. Mrs. R. G, Hardison was appoint ed chairman of the canvassing com mittee and Mrs. H. E. Harrison vice chairman, with officers and members of the church’s women’s organiza tions to serve as committee mem bers. A thorough canvass of the church membership will be made. S. D. Davis is general chairman of promotion and E. H. Liverman is treasurer of the parsonage fund. There is great satisfaction among the members of the congregation and their friends over the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison. A home for the pas tor has been a long-felt need of the church, which has greatly improved its property luring the past two years. The report for the missionary year ending June 30, read by the pastor. Rev. E. B. Quick, showed a total res ident membership of 354; non-resi dent, 75; total 429. There have been (See CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Page 4) -» Herbert Bonner Is Visitor To County Confers With Party Leaders About Democratic Rally Here in October -» Representative Herbert Bonner was here yesterday conferring with lead ing county Democrats relative to the First District Democratic rally to be held in Plymouth sometime in Oc tober. While here he called on E. G. Arps, county chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, W. R. Hampton, E. F. Still, S. D. Davis, and other party leaders. Representative Bonner said that among those expected to attend the 14-county rally here next month would be Clyde R. Hoey, nominee for U. S. Senator; R. Gregg Cherry, nominee for Governor; Thad Eure. Charles M. Johnson, and other nomi nees for state offices, as well as him self and leading Democrats from all the counties in the district. Farm Bureau Will Meet Here Friday Mrs. Charles Sewell, of In diana, To Be Principal Speaker -• Plans have been completed for the annual Farm Bureau rally here to morrow (Friday) in the courthouse. Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, of Indiana, president of the National Associated Women of the Farm Bureau Federa tion, has been secured as the chief | speaker, according to Roy Manning, president of the county Farm Bu- J reau, and a large crowd is expected to be on hand to hear her. R. Flake Shaw, executive secretary of the state organization, and Mrs. Ben Everett, | of Palmyra, will also appear on the : program. Tire general public is in vited to attend. Following the speaking, members of the Farm Bureau wiU have their ] annual barbecue in the agriculture : building. -$ Two Stores Will Close for Jewish Holiday Next Week -$ Ganderson’s Quality Shop and i Dave’s Cash Store here will be clos- ] ed all day next Monday in observ ance of the Jewish New Year holi day, Rosh Hashana. Ganderson's will reopen Tuesday, while Kulman’s store will remain closed until Wednesday morning, it was announc ed yesterday. Schools Throughout County To Begin New Term Monday Farmers Can Secure War Prisoner Labor For Peanut Harvest Should Apply at Office of - County Agent as Soon As Possible County Agent W. V. Hays attended a meeting in Williamston Monday, when regulations governing the em ployment of Prisoner of War labor for peanut harvesting were explain ed. It is expected that a large num ber of Washington County farmers will apply for this type of labor this year. Farmers will ha*e first call for the prisoner labor during the harvesting season, and most of those employed in industry during other seasons of the year have been with drawn and w'ill be made available to farmers. The cost of prison labor for shak ing and stacking peanuts is IV/2 cents per stack, Mr. Hays said, about the same as that charged last year. In addition the farmer must provide transportation for the prisoners and guards to and from the camp at Wil liamston daily. Application for the labor should be made at the office of the county agent as early as pos sible, with the date labor is wanted suggested. The applications will be acted upon in the order received, and dates assigned as nearly as possible as those for which request is made. A deposit must be put up at the time the contract is signed for an amount estimated to cover the cost of the labor needed. Prisoners will be assigned in units of 10 and 20 men. All prisoners this year will be Germans, instead of Italians, as were used last season. Those who have used the war prisoner labor are said to be well pleased with the results. It will be at least another week before many farmers in this county are ready to begin digging peanuts, although this -work is said to be al ready under way in Pitt and Martin Counties. Mr. Hays said that digging on a large scale would get underway in about 10 days and continue for an estimated 20 to 30 days. -« Initial Meeting of Parents-Teachers Here September 20 Executive Board Plans In tensive Drive for Mem bers in District An intensive membership campaign and plans for the first meeting of the Plymouth Parent-Teacher As sociation were discussed at a meet ing the association's executive board held last week. Plans for the mem bership drive were outlined by Mrs. W. A. Smith, president of the asso ciation; and it was announced that Mrs. T. W. Earle, membership chair man. has divided the entire school district into sections for the purpose of canvassing every parent of a school child by the chairman of each section. Plans were made to hold the first meeting of the parent-teacher as sociation in the courthouse audi torium Thursday night of next week, as a large crowd is expected to hear State Fire Marshall Sherwood Brock well speak at that time. All mem bers of the association and patrons of the school are urged to attend the meeting. Mrs. Smith announced that the dis trict meeting of the State Congress of aPrents and Teachers would be held in Plymouth on October 25, with Mrs. Smmett Winslow, district di rector, presiding. Mrs. Roe, nation al field worker, will speak at the meeting. Principal Roy I. Boyd was present at the executive board meeting last week and talked of plans for the school work during the coming term. The interest and enthusiasm of the members present at the meeting last week hold promise of a good year for the Plymouth Parent-Teacher Association, the president said. Revival Series in Progress I At Church in Holly Neck A series of revival services will be- j gin tonight! September 14) at the Holy Neck Church of Christ, about 7 miles from Roper, and continue for about 10 days, it was announced last week-end. The services will be con ducted by the Rev. Perry Baldwin, pastor of the Creswell Christian church, and the public is invited to attend all services. The Rev Rob ert Lee, of Washington, is pastor of the Holly Neck church. Services will be held Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock by the pastor, Mr Lee, while Mr. Baldwin will hold services every night during the re vival at 8:30 p.m. Order Repairs To j Heat Plant Here j Repairs to the heating plant in the Plymouth High School will cost approximately S875, accord ing to an estimate submitted to the county superintendent of public instruction this week. The heating engineer who was here last week to check over the plant says it will be necesary to re build the fire box and radiator sections of the furnace in order to put the plant into satisfactory shape. The necessary repairs have been ordered made, and should be completed before real cold weather sets in, Mr. McLean said yesterday. The engineer says the repairs recommended will eliminate the trouble experienced here for the past several years. Sale ofTeslFarmal Wenona Confirmed By Council of Stale Bought by Native of Hol land Who Plans Tulip Culture There The Council of State at a meeting in Raleigh last Friday approved the sale of the Blackland Experiment Station, located at Wenona in Wash ington County, to A. G. Pruyser, of Delray Beach, Fla. F. E. Miller, di rector of the Test Farm Division of the N. C, Department of Agriculture, who made the announcement of the sale, said the purchase price for the 368-acre tract was $20,000. Mr. Miller said that Pruyser, a na tive of Amsterdam. Holland, will be gin operation of the farm next Janu ary 2 and contemplates employing it exclusively in the production of tu According to the director, the State Department of Agriculture in 1912 received 200 acres of the farm as a gift from a lumber company, and had added 163 acres to it in three purchases since that time. The farm now contains 160 acres in cultivation, the remainder being in reel-grazing and pasture lands. Pruyser informed officials of the De partment of Agriculture that he plans to place the entire tract under culti vation. using the tenant houses and barns for personnel and equipment in the production of tulips. Sale of the Wenona farm. Miller said, will necessitate the acceleration of plans looking to the erection of several large buildings at the new1 2,000-acre Tidewater Test Farm, which is located about five miles east of Plymouth on Highway 64. Feed crops have already been planted at the new location and a foreman has been appointed to assist in its op eration. Superintendent J. L. Rea. jr., now in charge of the station at Wenona. will move to the new farm and be in charge of its operation as soon as the necessary buildings can be erected. The shortage of la bor has prevented renovation of the present buildings and construction of new ones at the new location. Again Warn Owners To Keep Dogs Off Streets Some dog owners are letting them selves in for trouble by continuing to allow their dogs to run at large, according to Chief of Police P. W. Brown, who said that the city coun cil is planning to employ a dog catch er to enforce the ordinance against this practice. Those who do not want their dogs caught and placed in the pound with a lot of strays and mongrels are warned to keep them off the streets of the town except w'hen on leash. Number of Unfilled Teaching Posiiions In 3 While Schools Two Vacancies in Plymouth And Creswell; Three in Roper School Despite a number of unfilled teach ing positions in the white faculties, all Washington County schools, white and colored, will open for the 1S44-45 term next Monday morning, it was announced yesterday by H. H Mc Lean. county superintendent of pub lic instruction. Although not all the schools had been heard from, it is expected that the regular schedule will be followed beginning Monday, with the schools in session daily from 8:30 until 3:30. The teacher situation in the white schools is causing some concern, both to county and local authorities. Despite at least 7 vacant teaching po sitions in three white schools, all of them wall open Monday in the hope that some arrangement can be worked out. The colored schools have complete teaching staffs and have no worries along this line. The Plymouth High School is without teachers for mathematics and commercial subjects, and there is no prospect of filling either posi tion at this time, Mr. McLean said yesterday. ..All other places have been at least tentatively filled. Roper has three vacancies, in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades; and the Creswell school is short at least two teachers, a combination seventh-and-eighth grade and an eighth instructor being needed. Just what arrangements can be worked out to take care of the situation could not be learned here yesterday. Bus drivers' positions have all been filled, and a few substitute drivers have been secured, authorities ex plaining that a number of girl driv ers are to be used this year. With the exception of a few possible minor changes, the bus routes will remain come 3s tjicv were last year. Pre-school registrations will be held at the Plymouth schools tomor row, while they were held at most of the other schools in the county last spring, it is stated. It is hoped that parents throughout the county will see to it that their children enroll early and attend as regularly as pos sible this year. This is more urgent than usual, in that the schools are opening late, and it is hoped that some of the lost time can be made up through increased efficiency in the classrooms. Mr. McLean said that books had been delivered to all the schools, and everything is declared in readiness for the opening sessions Monday. Teach er and principal meetings are being held here today and tomorrow, and everything put in readiness for the start of a successful school term Monday. Ask Farmers for Crop Information The Selective Service System is calling on the USDA War Board to require information from all farm ers as to the kind and quantity of crops actually produced this year. This information is required in or der to determine the future eligibility of farm registrants for deferment on account of their agricultural work. The information about crops grown i will be required from farmers in all age groups, and includes those now classed as 4-F. it was stated at the office of the local draft board yes terday. The actual accomplishments of farmers will be checked against their farm plans as filed in the spring with the USDA War Board, and fu ture requests for deferment will be determined in accordance with the nformation now being required. Discontinue Use oi Blue Tokens After Monday; New Point Schedule in Effect A number of changes become effective in the food-rationing program Monday of next week. September 17, it was announced at the office of the Washington County War Price and Rationing Board today. A large number of canned fruit and vegetable items will be removed from the rationed list, and the point val ues of those that remain will be changed so that the blue change tokens will no longer be neces sary. In order to simplify the handling of ration currency, the blue tokens will be retired from circulation. Retailers are urged by the lo cal rationing board to pay par ticular attention to the new point I value charts, Table No. 20, and I to take down and destroy charts issued previously. They are also advised not to save blue tokens as change on or after next Mon day, September 17. Between September 17 and September 30, retailers may accept blue tokens from their customers when sub mitted in quantities of 10, but on or after October 1, blue tokens may not he accepted at all by merchants. Dealers are advised to return all blue tokens, in boxes of 250 each, to their bank for deposit or exchange for a ration check be fore October 10. It is emphasiz ed that these instructions do not apply to the red tokens, which will continue to be used exactly as they have been in the past.
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