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The Roanoke Beacon ****♦♦» and Washington County News ******* Those Boys Nee wmBomi VOLUME LV—NUMBER 48 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 30, 1944 ESTABLISHED 1880 GET IN ON THE NEXT TOKYO ATTACK YOURSELF BY BUYING AN EXTRA $100 BOND rowNi opics! Mrs. C. A Wortham was called to Henderson Tuesday to be with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Allgood, who had just received a telegram the day before notifying them that their son, Cpl. C. W. Allgood, was killed in action in France on November 11. Corporal Allgood. Mrs. Wortham's brother, entered the Army in 1941 and had been overseas for 15 months. He was with an artillery outfit at tached to Oeneral Patton's Third Army. Lt. <p.g.> and Mrs. W. J. High smith are visiting relatives and friends here this week. Lieutenant Highsmith is now stationed at Camp Bradford, Va., but has been in a hos pital recently and was given a few days' leave while recuperating. Total contributions to the unit ed War Fund stood at S6.548.89 Monday of this week, according to Mrs. Eliza Daniel, treasurer. There are still a few more reports to be gotten in before the cam paign can be officially declared closed, Chairman P. B. Bateman said yesterday. The county quo ta was S5.000. 1st Lt. Joseph S. (Dick) Norman, jr„ U. S. Army Air Forces, is spend ing this week at home here with his father. He has been in St. Peters burg, Fla., for tire past month or so for reassignment processing after a tour of duty in England, during which he piloted a Flying Fortress on 32 bombing missions over Europe and enemy-occupied Europe. Miss Glenna Ange, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ange, of Plym outh, was recently elected president of the Cosmopolitian Club at Ander son College, Anderson, S. C., where she is a member of the freshman class. The Cosmopolitian club is com posed of girls from out of the state. The new 1945 automobile, truck and trailer license plates will go on sale at branch offices of the Carolina Motor Club throughout the State Friday, December 1. The nearest agency to Plymouth where plates may be obtained is at the office of Har rison & Carstarphen In Wil liamston. L'Engle Barnes, of the United States Navy, recently visited his grandmother, Mrs. Jane Vail, in the Westover section. He had just com pleted a radio course at Jacksonville and DeLand, Fla., and Is now sta tioned at Norfolk. The young man formerly attended Plymouth High School and the Edwards Military Institute at Salemburg. He has been in the service about a year. T/Sgt. Glenn Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Davis and brother of Mrs. Blanche Jackson, of Plymouth, was recently awarded the Army bronze star for bravery in action in the European war theatre, it was learned here this week. Lt. James G. Ambrose, American Air Forces, stationed at San Marcos, Tex., spent last week-end in the county with his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Alexander. He re (See TOPICS, Page 4) Lloyd DeBruhl Dies Of Wreck Injuries Suffered Broken Neck in Ac cident November 19; Funeral Friday Lloyd Cabell DeBruhl, of Plym outh, died in a Washington hospital early last Wednesday morning as a result of Injuries received in an au tomobile accident near here the pre ceding Sunday afternoon. Mr. De Bruhl suffered a broken neck when his car went out of control and turned over on Highway 32 about seven miles south of here, while his wife and infant daughter, riding with him, es caped with less serious injuries. He was removed to a Washington hospital shortly after the accident, but little hope was held out for his recovery from the time he was ad mitted. Besides his widow, Mr. DeBruhl is survived by a 15-month-old daugh ter, Nellie Jean DeBruhl. Funeral services were held Friday morning at 11 o'clock from the Paul Funeral home in Washington, with the Rev. Duff Toler in charge, and burial was made in the family cem etery near Vandemere. It's Not as Easy as It Reads Pvt. Luther L>. Alexander, son of Mrs. K. B. Cockrell, of Plymouth Route 1, recently sent his mother a clipping from "The Stars and Stripes,” Army newspaper published in London and Paris. The clipping was en closed in a letter dated "Germany, September 16, 1944." It showed the photograph of three dead American soldiers lying beside a road in France, and under the caption "It’s N'ot as Easy as It Reads appeared the fol lowing article: “When you read about town after town falling into $ our hands, you sooner or later get into the frame of mind that it’s easy. "Well, here's how easy it is. "These three Yanks were killed taking a place called \ Troyes. Ever hear of it? Neither had we. "Anyway, it was taken. ‘Nice going,’ we said when we read about it. 'The boys arc really rolling.’ “These boys' rolling days are done. The town they \ took so ‘easily’ was the last town they’ll ever see. The rest of their outfit moved on to t/te next lovm—anri took that, too. And the next—and the next. And in every town there are a jew GIs like these left by the. roadside. “Maybe this picture ought to be stuck inside every helmet liner in the ETO (European Theatre of Opera tions), and every Stetson in the States. Then every time we gloat over the headlines and take off our skim mers to pat ourselves on the head, we’d sec these Joe~s who -were hit by the silver platter on which the Nazis handed us Troyes.” This clipping should provide some indication of how tough the going is tor American iignting men even wnen it is classed as “easy.” Back home we are now engaged in one of our hardest tasks -that of lending our money at a high rate of interest to carry on the war and help bring victory a little more quicklv. \ et there are people—some in Washington County, we regret to say—who bellyache because they are asked to buy bonds or to help make the canvass for the Sixth War Loan. _____^ ____ County Officers Begin New Terms Monday f HERE MONDAY [ The Rt. Rev. Tnomas c. uarsi, Bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina, will be the principal speaker at the parish dinner of Grace Episcopal Church In the Legion Hall here Monday night. Bishop Darsl To Be Guest of Honor at Parish'Dinner Here -$ To Be Held at Legion Hall Monday Night; Members Grace Church Invited -- The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina, will be guest of honor and principal speaker at the parish dlu ner to be held by members of Grace Episcopal church next Monday eve ning, December 4. Invitations have been sent to communicants and friends of the parish. The dinner is to be held at the Legion Hall at 7 o'clock. The Raleigh News and Observer re cently carried the announcement by Bishop Darst of his plans to retire in May. 1945. It is thought that the occasion of the parish dinner on December 4 will perhaps be the last visitation of the bishop to this parish before his retirement. The Rt. Rev. Thomas Campbell Darst was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina on the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6, 1915, in St. James' Church, Wilmington. In January of next year, Bishop Darst will complete 30 years’ service as the episcopal authority of East Carolina. During this period of three decades, the bishop has confirmed more than 10.000 persons and has ordained 60 men to the ministry. In 1926 and 1927 Bishop Darst achieved national prominence as 1 (See BISHOP DARST, Page 4) I War Bond Premiere Showing oi 'Dark Waters' at Plymouth Theatre Tuesday ... The Plymouth Theatre ts stag ing a Sixth War Bond Premiere showing of “Dark Waters,” fea turing Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone and Thomas Mitchell with Fay Bainter, Tuesday night of next week, December 5th. Every person who buys a War Bond during the Sixth War Loan cam paign from the Plymouth The atre wil be given a free ticket to the premiere showing. There wil be only one showing of this famous movie, and ad mission will be by bend purchase at the theatre only. The pre miere showing: begins at 8 p.m. The regular program, featuring “The Merry Monahans,’’ will be presented at the matinee per formance Tuesday, according to Shep Brinkley, owner of the theatre. The Plymouh Theatre is pre senting the “Dark Waters" pre miere as its contribution to the success of the Sixth War Loan Drive. Bonds are now on sale at the box office of the theatre and a free ticket Is given with the purchase of every bond. Only One Change In Official Family H. H. Allen Will Succeed E. G. Arps as Member of Board Commissioners New terms will begin for a number of Washintgon County officers next Monday, December 4. but only one change is actually scheduled to take place. H. H. Allen, of Plymouth, will take the oath of office as a member of the board of county commission ers, succeeding E. O. Arps, also of Plymouth, who has been chairman of the board for the past four and a half years. One other new county officer was elected at the general election in No vember, W. H. iJack) Peele. as rep resentative to the General Assembly, but it is understood that he will not take office until the legislature con venes in January. Still another county officer will not be present for the “swearing in" ceremony. He is W. Blount Rod man, elected solicitor of the county recorder's court, but whose duties as first lieutenant of an artillery out fit “Somewhere in France” preclude him from being present right at this time. Incidentally, Lieutenant Rod man was elected to the same position two years ago shortly after he en tered the Army and was not able to actively serve a single day of his term. He has been granted a leave of absence from his duties in the county “for the duration.” Others entering upon new terms next Mtfnday include Register of Deeds J. Robert Campbell; County Commisioners J. C. Knowles, of Ro per; and Harry C. Pritchett, of Cres well; and Judge of Recorder’s Court W. Ronald Gaylord. Two years ago Judge Gaylord was a staff sergeant in the Army Air Forces, but he has since received an honorable discharge on account of physical disability. One county office wil be vacated and abandoned, effective next Mon day: that of treasurer, held by C. N. Davenport, sr„ of Creswell. A spe cial act passed by the 1943 session of the General Assembly abolished this office at the expiration of the cur rent term and provided that the work vSeeTNEW TERMS, Page 4) Douglas A. Collins Aerial Navigator Received Wings and Com mission at Texas Field November 18 -8 Douglas Allen Collins, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Collins, of 238 East Main Street, Plymouth, re ceived his silver wings as an aerial navigator and commission as second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces on November 18, when he graduated from the AAF Navigation School at the San Marcos Army Air Field, a unit of the AAF training command. Lieutenant Collins spent last week at home here with his parents, leaving Sunday for Massachusetts, where he will receive his assignment to an operational unit. Lieutenant Collins is a native of Richwood, W. Va., but moved here with his parents in the fall of 1942. He attended the Richwood and Plymouth High Schools, graduating here in 1943. He worked for a time at the North Carolina Pulp Com pany before volunteering for service in the Air Corps in July, 1943. He trained at MSami, Fla., Meadville. Pa., and San Antionio, Texas. There were six men from North Carolina among those from 45 states who graduated at the San Marcos Field with Lieutenant Collins on No vember 18th. G. H. Harrison, 89, Died ai Forae Here On November 22nd Was One of County’s Oldest Citizens; Final Rites Last Friday George Henry Harrison, oldest citi zen of Plymouth “and one of the old est in Washington County, died at his home on Washington Street here at 3:45 Wednest ay morning of last week. Mr. Harrison, nearly 89 years of age, had been in ill health for approximately a year, the past five or six weeks of which he was confined to his bed. Son of the late James A. and Caro line Todd Harri on. he was born in Washington County on January 19, 1856. He lived ir. uie county all of his life, having beer engaged in the mer cantile business or most of his adult life and he was associated with W. H. Hampton & For here for a good many years. ±Ve TSireci from active participation in business some years ago and since lived quietly at his home here. He was well known and had hundreds of friends throughout the county. For more than 60 years he was a staunch and loyal member of the lo cal Methodist church, serving on the board of stewards and a member of the board of trustees for a long per iod of time. He was olso a member of the choir of that church. On November 14. 1888, he was mar ried to Miss Allie Hall, who survives him, in the Methodist church here. They have no surviving children, but besides his widow, he leaves a grand daughter, Miss Helen Harrison, of Raleigh: and a sister, Mrs. John Al len, 83, of Plymouth, who has been very il for some time. He also leaves several nephews and nieces. Funeral services were held from the Methodist church last Friday after noon at 3:30 by the Rev. T. R. Jen kins, pastor, and interment was made in the church cemetery. N. C. Vail Home After Submarine Duty in Pacific Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Vail are visit ing Mr. Vail's mother, Mrs. Jane Vail, in the Westover section, for two weeks before he is to report back to the Navy at New London, Conn. Mr. Vail, chief quartermaster on a submarine that has been operating in the Pacific war zone since the war started three years ago, is paying his first visit to the county in six years. A native of Washington County, Chief Vail graduated from the Plym outh High School about 13 years ago and entered the Navy shortly after wards. He was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when the war started, and since then has taken part in at least five successful raids on Japanese shipping in the Pacific. He was also in on the successful invas ions of the Marshalls, Tarawa and Saipan, among others. | Bond Rally Next j i Week in Creswell A War Bond Rally will be held in Creswell Wednesday night of next week at 8 o’clock In the high school auditorium, it was an nounced yesterday by Mrs. Sid ney Smithson, chairman of the drive for that section. A variety program is being arranged, and a $25 W’ar Bond will be given away free. Everyone in the Creswell com munity is Invited and urged to attend. The rally is planned to stimulate interest in the Sixth War Loan campaign, which has been lagging throughout the county. An evening of good en tertainment is assured, and it is hoped a large crowd will be present. AAA Committees Elected Last Week At Farmer Meets Little Interest Shown; New County Committeemen Named Saturday -® Meeting at various points through out the county last week, Washing ton County farmers elected their Triple-A community committeemen for the coming year and also named delegates to the county meeting held in the agricultural building here last Saturday for the election of the county committee. Comparatively little interest was shown in the elections, and only 62 out of 900 elegible farmers in the county voted at the community meet ings. A great many changes were made in the personnel of the com munity committees, and a compar tively new county committee was elected here last Saturday morning. Meeting in the agriculture build ing Saturday, the delegates elected the following county committee: J. C. Swain, chairman: W. H. Joyner, vice chairman; Heber Alligood. regu lar member; C. B. Barns, first al ternate and E. G. Davenport, second alternate. Committeemen elected for the sev en communities in the county at the local meetings held the first part of last week are as follows: Creswell community: Stanley Oliver, J. R. Davenport, S. McCoy Daven port, Isaac Furlough, W. S. Ainsley. and W. A, Davenport. Cherry community: E. G. Dav enport, W. P, Davenport, I. S. Phelps, R. A. Gibbs, W. H Craddock, and P. E. Ambrose. Mount Pleasant: Heber Alligood, Hubert Davenport, P, B. Belanda, L. T. Snell, W. A. Spruill, Leon L. Davenport, and L. A. Norman. Roper: L. E. Hassell, R. C. Cheson, R. W. Lewis, T. R. Spruill, W. C. Spruill, and L. E. Woodley. Pleasant Grove: W. A. Knowles, C. L. Everett, W. C. Spruill, J. M. Cla gon, and L. A. Parrisher. Plymouth: Matthew Daniels, S. D. Davis, H. G. Simpson, Sam Styons, and W. W. Roberson. Long Acre: C. W. Bowen. D. B. Baxter, R. C. Jackson, J. H. Allen, H. J. Furbee, W. S. Bowen and L. J. Beddard. Car and Truck Damaged In Accident Last Night Gurvis Bryant, colored tenant on the farm of L. E. Hassell, near Roper, drove his Chevrolet sedan into the side of a parked truck near the in tersection of Main and Washington Streets here last night. No one was hurt, but the right side of the car was completely demolished, and some damage was done to the truck, owned by W. T. Freeman, Bryant said he was meeting a car with bright head lights, and due to the rain he did not see the parked truck until too late to dodge it. -^- . Woman’s Auxiliary To Sponsor Sale of Aprons -- The Woman’s Auxiliary of Grace Episcopal Church will sponsor an apron sale at the office of C. E. Ayers, in the Owens Building on Washing ton Street, Friday and Saturday of this week, December 1 and 2, at 2:30 p.m. each day. The public is invited to attend. Colored Draft Call Leaves Next Week One Volunteer in Group Scheduled for Induction Wednesday Notices have been sent out by the local Selective Service Board for a number of colored men to report here next Wednesday morning, De cember 6, to leave for Port Bragg and induction into the armed forces. Eleven of the number are from Plymouth, and there are two each from Roper and Creswell. Willie Granville Heath, of Plym outh, is a volunteer and heads the list of those leaving next week. Pour of those to whom notices were sent have been summoned before, and unless they show up next Wednesday will be classed as delinquents and their names turned over to the FBI. They are James Columbus Bullock, Columbus Satterthwaite, James Clyde Roose Dawson, of Plymouth: and Clifton Jones, of Creswell. Others scheduled to leave Wednes day arc as follows: Rudolph Ran soms, Lafayette McAlJ<ter, Bishop Marvin Patterson, Walter Worsley, jr., Henry Armistead, jr., and Don Browning, of Plymouth: Stark Nor man and Arlie Earl Basnight, of Roper; and Dallas Hilton Blount, of Creswell. The board is preparing to issue a call for white inductees to leave the folowing Wednesday, December 13, it was learned yesterday. The coun ty has no pre-Induction calls for the month of December, it was stated. ‘E’ Bond Sales About One-Fourth Quota of Sixth War Loan Drive GETS COMMISSION Douglas Allen Collins, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Col lins, of Plymouth, received his silver wings as an aerial navi gator and commission as second lieutenant in the Army Air For ces at San Marcos, Texas, Army Air Field on November 18. Christmas Seal Sale Began in Plymouth Monday This Week -- Proceeds Will Be Used for Tuberculosis Work in County and state Mrs. D. W. Hunt was recently ap pointed chairman of the Red Crass Christmas Seal sale In Plymouth for this year. She announces that the seals went on sale Monday of this week, and an urgent request is made for all local people to buy and use the seals on correspondence between now and Christmas. Funds derived from the sale of the seals will be used In tuberculosis work, with a percentage of the proceeds remaining In the local treasury and the remainder going to the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association. This group and its affiliated nation al organization have been largely re sponsible for the educational work that has been reflected in decreased incidence of tuberculosis in the state and nation. Committees have been appointed to push the sale of Christmas seals. School children wil make a house-to house canvass, while Mrs. Ben M. Ganderson and Mrs. W. H. Booker are to call on all local stores and business houses. W. W. Furlough Dies At Home in Cherry •-® Creswell. —Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Wil liam Warren Furlough, 76 years of age, who died at his home near Creswell Monday night of last week. The final rites were held from the late home by Elder S. Gray, pastor of Concord Primitive Baptist church, assisted by Elder Ambrose, of the Free Will Baptist church, and interment was made in the family cemetery. Mr. Furlough was a life-long resi dent of Washington County. He was a prosperous farmer and well liked in the Cherryr community, w’here his farm was located Besides his widow, Mr. Furlough is survived by four sons, Jim War ren Furlough. Cecil Furlough. Isaac Furlough, and Thomas Furlough, all of Washington County; three daugh ters, Mrs. Ida Phelps, Mrs. Warren Clifton, and Mrs. Esther Ambrose; one sister, Mrs. Senie Craddock; one brother, Thomas Furlough, and sev eral grandchildren. Intensive Work by Canvassers Needed Sales at Bank and Post Of fice Here Total Little Over $22,000 Despite the fact that the Sixth War Loan Drive got away to a rather slow start in Washintgon County the first of last week, it has picked up a little momentum, and about one fourth of the county quota of “E” bonds has been realized to date. It was impossible to get complete re ports yesterday, as County Chair man W. Ronald Gaylord left Sunday for the veterans' hospital at Fayette ville for examination and possible treatment, and he had not returned in time to get a statement from him today. However, it was learned yesterday that “E" bond sales at the bank here amounted to about $21,000 and the post office had sold $2,081.25 worth. This made a total of a little more than $22,000 in Plymouth alone against the county goal of $113,000; with reports still to be made by the other two issuing agencies in the county, the post offices at Roper and Creswell. The standing on the overall quota is even better than the above figures show, as H. E. Beam, chairman of the county war Finance Committee, said yesterday that sales of other than “E” bonds approximate $88,000. against the quota of $106,000. However, it is the "E” bond quota that really matters to the people of this section, and it is evident that some real concerted action must be taken to raise the amount required of this county. At least two special events are planned for next week that should help in the drive, the bond show at the Plymouth Theatre Tuesday night and a rally at the Creswell school auditorium Wednes day night. It is upon the rank and file of house-to-house convassers that the main burden of the drive will fall, nevertheless; and all who have been appointed are urgently requested to visit those persons assigned to them and report to the county chairman as soon as possible. No great amount of time will be required, if everyone will do his or her part: and the suc cess or failure of the drive depends entirely upon the individual efforts put forth by the canvassers and com munity chairmen. Christmas is coming on, and this (See BOND SALES. Page 4) I Dance for Men in Service Saturday Will Be Held at USO Cen ter; Junior Hostesses Urged To Attend The USO servicemen’s center here will have a dance Saturday night, starting at 8 o'clock, in the Legion Hall. All junior hostesses are re quested to be present if possible and to invite all servicemen in town from near-by bases. Tire USO commit tee wil act as senior hostesses this week-end. according to Miss Rachel Hassell. Regular hours for the service men’s center each week are as follows: Fri day. 7 to 11 p.m.; Saturday, 2 to 11 p.m.: Sunday, 2 to 7 p.m. Service men and junior hostesses are asked not to go to the Legion Hall except during the regular hours outlined above, when there will be a senior hostess in charge. The service men's center is still in great need of a sofa, card tables, and smoking stands. Any person who can furnish any of these articles or who can advise those in charge where to get them is requested to get in touch with Mrs. J. Frank Jordan or Miss Rachel Hassell. 1 Funds Sought for Equipping Football j The Plymouth High School football team Is seriously In need of equipment, it was learned this week from Bill Darden, who is serving as coach. While it is too late for this season, which will be brought to a close with the game in Wllliamston tomorrow night, Mr. Darden said he was starting early to raise funds for equipping the tea.n next year, and he is seeking donations for this purpose from local organiza tions and individuals. Jars have been placed in prac tically all business establishments and stores in town for the col lection of donations. The coach and the boys will appreciate a liberal response from local peo ple; and it is hoped an amount sufficient to adequately equip the team may be realized before time for spring practice. Mr. Darden said the danger j of injury to the players can be greatly lessened if sufficient uni ' forms ar.d other equipment is made available. In last week’s game with Columbia here, sever al boys were hurt and had to be taken out of the game because of the inadequacy of their present equipment.
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