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Do Your Part To Make Victory Final and Complete by Buying Bonds in the 7th War Loan Town opics Lt,. and Mrs. Robert B. Campbell and little son, Charles Robert, ar rived this week to spend about a week here with Lieutenant Campbell's par ents. Register of Deeds and Mrs. J. R. Campbell. Lieutenant Campbell is stationed at Camp Patrick Henry, near Norfolk, and is on duty at the port of embarkation. So far as could be learned here this week, no Washington County service men have received discharges under the point system announced last week by the Army. Several are known to have the 85 or more points required for discharge, but most of them are overseas at this time. The fishing season opens again Saturday of this week. May 19, ac cording to County Game Protector J. T. Terry. It will then be legal again to take bass, perch, and similar game fish from inland waters, which includes most of the creeks and lakes in the county. The season has been closed since April 6th. Relatives and friends of service men who left photos at the Plym outh Theatre last month for re production on tlie screen are again reminded that the photos have been returned, and they are requsted to call for them as soon as possible. They may be ob tained at the box office at any time. Chief of Police P. W. Brown was ambushed by a mama dog and bitten .iust to the win'ard and slightly aft of his right hip pocket Sunday after noon in a backyard on Sugar Hill. He was after a colored man and went into the yard where the dog had a litter of puppies and an ingrained an tipathy for blue coats and brass but tons. She evidently figured his in tentions weren't honorable and at tacked silently but effectively on his light flank, completely repelling the invasion. The chief is having the dog watched and his trigger finger greas ed. It marked his first dog bite in 24 years on the force. W. B. Cox recently received a let ter from his son, W. B. Cox, jr., ma chinist’s mate 1/c, of the U. S. Navy, stating that he was in a Naval hos pital at a Pacific base suffering with a tropical fever. He said he was get ting along very well and receiving the best of attention at the time. Mr. Cox has two other sons in the Navy in the Pacific, Ensign J. Brinson Cox and Warrant Officer Hubert M. Cox. Sheriff and Mrs. J. K. Reid, Mrs. N. C. Vail and Misses Shirley Wil liams and James attended the an nual Mother's Day parade at Edwards Military Instiute in Pineland last Sunday. Joe Reid, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reid, and Timmy Vail, grand son of Mrs. Vail, were members of (See TOPICS, Page 4> The Roanoke Beacon * * *l * * * # and Washington County News ★★★★★★★ gack eM Wpf XKPBUffllG HA BONDS VOLUME LVI—NUMBER 20 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 17,1945 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town Organization Is Perfected at Meet of New Council Monday \ Bonner To Speak | Al Roper Finals Principal Ft. B. Forbes, of the Roper High School, announced this week that Representative Herbert C. Bonner, of the First North Carolina District, would be the commencement speaker. He will speak at the finals there on June 6, at 8:15 p.m. It was announced last week that Rep resentative Bonner would make the commencement address at the Plymouth schools on the morning of June G. Mr. Forbes also announced that Margaret Spruill had won the honor of being valedictorian of the Roper High School grad uating class. Jimmy Johnson will be salutatorian. Returns After 18 Months in Pacific -Ct? -- Arthur Miller Lee in Num ber Battles; Rounds Out 20 Years in Navy Arthur Miller Lee. first-class ma chinist’s mate in the U. S. Navy, has returned to his home in the Piney Grove section to spend some time with his wife, Mrs. Ida Belle Lee, af ter 18 months in the South Pacific war zone. Mr. Lee has served in the Navy for 20 years. Sixteen of these were be fore the war. Shortly before the war was declared in December, 1941, he was called back into the service and has since served an additional foul years. He has been in a number of major battle actions and has several service bars and citations. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have three child ren, John Arthur, Rosa and Lin wood Miller, who live in this county with their mother. His baby son, Linwood Miller, was born after he went to the Pacific more than a year ago, and he saw him for the first time when he returned on his present fur lough. County Airman Freed From German Prison Benj. W. Robertson Captured Last Year Parents Advised Sunday by Red Cross of His Recent Liberation -« Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Robertson, of near Plymouth, were informed this week that their son, S/Sgt. Benjamin Wilson Robertson, had been liberated from the Germans as a prisoner of war. On March 30. last year, Serg eant Robertson was reported missing in action while on a bombing mis sion over Germany, and on May 11. 1944, they received a card from him stating that he was a prisoner of war and uninjured. Mrs. Jennie Brinkley, home service chairman of the local Red Cross chapter, received the first word of the young man’s liberation in a telegram from the Red Cross Sunday. She was instructed to notify his parents. Wednesday morning a confirming tel egram was received by Mr. and Mrs. Robertson from the War Department. Both messages simply stated that he had been liberated, and gave no de tails as to how soon he could be ex pected home. Sergeant Robertson is now 22 years of age. He was a top turret gunner on a B-17 ’’Plying Portress" bomber. Graduating from the local high school in the spring of 1942, he en listed in the Army Air Corps in Au gust of the same year. He got home for only one visit of a day and night, in September. 1943, before going over seas in January, 1944. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson have heard from their son every few months since he has been a prisoner, but he was allowed to say very little. He did state that he was getting along all right. So far, there has been no word from the four other Washington County men known to be prisoners of the Germans. Mrs. Brinkley said the message about Sergeant Robertson was the only one to come through the Red Cross up to this time, but it is •xpected others will be heard from in the next few weeks. LIBERATED S/Sgt. Benjamin W. Robert son, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Robertson, of Plymouth Route 1, was liberated from a German prison camp recently, according to a message received through the Red Cross Sunday. Sergeant Robertson had been a prisoner since March of last year. Financial Condiiion Is Studied at Length Statement To Be Published Next Week and Quar terly Thereafter -® The new city administration held its first council meeting last Monday night and formally perfected its or ganization for the work ahead dur ing the coming two years. The new mayor, Eugene F. Still, presided, and all six councilmen were present: H. E. Harrison and A. J, Riddle, first ward: E. Durand Keel and J. Shep herd Brinkley, second ward; A. J. Byrd and J. Wesley Marrow, third ward. Aside from rehiring city employees and perfecting the council organiza tion, members studied the town finan cial statement at some length: pass ed an order requiring the statement to be published very three months, starting next week: ordered the im mediate purchase of 500 feet of new fire hose: and discussed a variety of other topics. The session was rather lengthy, starting at 8 o'clock and continuing without let-up for about three hours. The first business was employment of city police, clerk and other offi cials, including the following; P. W. Brown, chief of police and tax col lector; Moye W. Spruill, city clerk; Paul Basnight and George W. Co burn, policemen; and Jack Weede, night fireman. It was ordered that the same salaries prevail and they be employed as long as their services continue satisfactory. All votes on rehiring city employees were unani mous: in fact, every action taken by the council at its first meeting was without a dissenting vote. Mayor Still announced appoint ment of the following standing com mittees, the first named in each group to serve as chairman: Water Department: H. E. Harrison, A. J. Riddle, A. J. Byrd; Streets and Sew erage; J. W. Marrow, H. E. Harrison, J. S. Brinkley; Health and Sanita tion: A. J. Riddle, A. J. Byrd, E. D. *~isee^T0VVN^C01L>NCIL, Page 4) Returns After Being Prisoner of Germans --® Husband of Mrs. Kathreen Lang Lost Part of Both Feet, Due To Cold -rfc S/Sgt. R. A. Lang, husband of Mi-s. Katlireen Mobley Lang, man ager of the local Rose’s store, was liberated from a German prison camp on April 12 and has returned home. He spent last week-end with Mrs. Lang and her parents in Everetts, and Mrs. Lang accompanied him to Ayden Sunday to spend sometime with his mother. Sergeant Lang had half of both feet amputated while he was in the German prison camp. They were frozen during the ’ Battle of the Bulge” in the vicinity of Bastogne, Belgium, in last December, about the time the sergeant was captured. He was taken prisoner on December 28, 1944. Sergeant Lang said that one of his feet was amputated by a French sur geon, who also was a prisoner, and an American surgeon removed the other. Due to shortage of cloth, paper was used for bandages following the ope ration. The only food received by the prisoners was a bowl of soup each day. The sergeant is a native of Pitt County, but entered the service from Martin County about four years ago. He spent three years in Pana ma, and returned to the United States last year; afterwards going overseas to Britain in October. He was member of an Army medical de tachment. Dance Will Mark Formal Opening oi j Albemarle Beach Friday oi Next Week j Plans are complete for formal opening of Albemarle Beach, popular resort seven miles from Plymouth, on Friday night of next week, May 25, it was an nounced Monday by L. W. Gur kin, owner. Hal Thurston and his orchestra will provide music for the opening dance, and a large crowd is expected to attend. Damaged extensively in the storm last September, beach in stallations have been repaired and replaced, and Mr. Gui'kin says everything will be ready for the opening next week. Work men have been busy for the past several weeks, repainting and re pairing buildings, and a new pier is being built to replace the one destroyed in September. Boating, bathing and dancing are the principal attractions at the beach, and they will be available for picnics and other group outings, Mr. Gurkin said. In addition, there are several cot tages for rent by the week, month or season. Everything is in readiness to take care of the large crowds expected to visit the re sort this season. Three Draft Calls Will Leave County In Less Than Week -* Two for Colored, One for White; First Group Leaving Today The local draft board is. having an extremely busy season right now. Notices are either out or going out for two induction and one pre-induc tion calls this weei' and next. The board also has received three calls for June and is getting ready to fill them, if possible. A colored pre-induction group of 10 men is leaving today for Fort Bragg, and a colored induction call is set for next Monday, May 21. In addition, eight white men have received notices to report here for induction on the morning of May 24. Thursday of next week. Then the board has pending a white pre-induction call for June 12, a colored induction call for June 19. Practically all of those now being called up are in the 18-34 age group, only one being listed as over 34. Most of them are new registrants, who have only recently reached 18 years of age. The colored pre-induction group scheduled to leave today is composed of the following: Matthew Fields, Lo renzo Simpson. James Edward Jor dan, Herbert Lee Wilkins, Clarence Wesley Brown, James Henry Hall, William Vernon Hines, Louis Ralph Belcher. David Cox and James Robert Patrick. All are new registrants ex cept one. The next is for 6 colored men to report Monday. May 21. for induc tion. They are: Henry Lawrence Moore. John Wesley Brown. Dempsey Lee Thorpe. Burke Hoggard, Joe Ed mund Moore, and Andrew Barnhill. The white pre-induction group for May will leave Thursday morning of next week. Half of Hm eight in the call are new registrants, while the age of the others binges up to 34 years. They are as follows: Earl Jefferies Coutler, Julian Ward Knowles, Shelton Ward "MCNair, Wil liam BenjAmin Cliftdh, leaUe 'Hugh Lowe, Willlata Ellii4kW«nhorne. Ed ward Henry Blats, and Woodrow Wilford Goff. -® Edgar L. Barnes Wounded in Leg -$> ■ Mother Notified He Is Now In Service Hospital at Pacific Base -&— Mrs. Charlie W. Barnes, of Roper. Route 1. received word last Monday that her son, Edgar L. Barnes, sea man first class, of the U. S. Navy, had been wounded in action some where in the southwest Pacific. The young man was wounded in the leg and foot and is now in a service hos pital in the Pacific war zone, accord ing to a letter from him. He has been in the service since about the middle of 1943, and he w^ent overseas in January. 1944. The let ter this week was the first his mo ther had received from him since March. He stated that he took part in the Okinawa invasion, which was launched on Easter Sunday. -® Home Alter 1 wenly Months in Pacific Lt. James Wood Norman, USNR, Mrs. Norman and their little daugh ter, Louise, arrived yesterday after noon to spend a few days here with Lieutenant Norman’s parents, Mr and Mrs. J. W. Norman. Tire lieu tenant has just returned to the Unit ed States after 20 months' service in the Pacific war zone, where he serv ed as skipper of an LCI in several major invasions of Japanese-held territory. Lieutenant Norman is a native of Plymouth, but made his home in Richmond, where the was employed as a chemical engineer at a Dupont plant, prior to entering the service nearly three years ago. He stated that he traveled approxi mately 40,000 miles on the trip home recently. While in the Pacific he took part in five major battle actions. He has a number of unusual souveniors, including a Japanese officer's Sa murai two-handed ceremonial sword. -® Infantryman's Badge Is Awarded Harry P. Swain _$ . With the 32nd Infantry Division in Pangasinan Province, Luzon, P. I.— Pfc. Harry P. Swain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swain, who live on Route 1, Plymouth, N. C„ has been award ed the Combat Infantryman’s Badge for exemplary behavior in the face of the enemy. In the service since March. 1944. Private Swain has seen action in the Leyete campaign and is fighting on Luzon at present with the 32nd "Red Arrow” Infantry Division. Local Quotas and Chairmen Appointed for 7th War Loan Plymouth Workers Will Meet Monday Each One Expected To Sell $2,000 Worth E Bonds During Drive Plans for the Seventh War Loan Drive in Plymouth and Plymouth Township have been worked out on a little different basis than the plan used in past campaigns. Instead of having house-to-house canvassers as signed to specified areas, as in the past, the 69 canvassers have each been assigned the task of selling $2, 000 worth of E bonds each, isssue price and they may sell them any where they can. A meeting of all workers in Plym iuth and Plymouth Township, white and colored, will be held at the ag riculture building here next Monday night, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. Every canvasser is urged to attend this meeting to get the materials and instructions for conducting the cam paign. It will require a whole-heart ed and united effort to raise th* quota assigned the county, and it is hoped a large number will attend the meeting next Monday night. A large bulletin board will be erec ted in front of the community build ing here. It will contain the names of the workers, and as fast as each worker sells his or her $2,000 worth, a gold star will be placed opposite his or her name on the board. The Town of Plymouth and Plym outh Township have a combined quota of $80,000 worth of E bonds to be sold during the campaign. All quotas referred to in this article refer to the issue price of the bonds and not to the maturity value. James W. Norman is chairman of the county drive and over all direc tor of the campaign locally. E. F. Still and Shep Brinkley are co-chair men of the drive in the town of Plymouth; and Mrs. A1 Latham is chairman of the campaign in the re mainder of Plymouth Township. No chairman was named for the four (See PLYMOUTH, Page 4) Two From Here to Attend Girls' State -•<§ " — Joyce Bailey, Janet Bowen Chosen; Sponsored by Legion Auxiliary The American Legion Auxiliary will send two Plymouth High School girls to the "Girl’s State,” to be held at Woman's College, University of North Carolina, at Greensboro, from June 10 to 15, inclusive. Miss Joyce Bailey and Janet Bowen have been selected to represent the Plymouth school, based on their outstanding ability, cooperation and leadership. Tire se lection was made by the principal and teachers of the school. The American Legion Auxiliary is sponsor of the "Girls' State," de signed to foster interest in the study of North “Carolina government. Fol lowing an election of officers, the girls are installed and serve for one day. The session will end with the “Governors' Ball” on June 10. Roper Parents-Teachers To Meet Next Tuesday Roper.—The Roper Parent-Teacher Association will meet next Tuesday night. May 22. at 8 o'clock in the nigh school auditorium, it was announced this week. Officers for the coming year will be installed, and the pro gram will be presented by the sixth grade. Tire public is invited to at tend. CHAIRMAN J. W. Norman, of Plymouth, is Washington County Chairman of the Seventh War Loan Campaign. Which began last Monday and continues through June 30. The county overall quota is $243,000. of which $163,000 is E Bonds. William L. Dunbar Given Bronze Star Is For Meritorious Service Against Germans; With Patton’s Army -a The Bronze Star Medal was re cently awarded to T/5 William L. Dunbar, of Wenona. for meritorious service against the Germans during the latter part of last year. Corporal Dunbar was serving with a mechaniz ed cavalry unit attached to General Patton’s Third Army, now in Ger many. (See W. L. DUNBAR, Page 4) Main Goal Is Sale Of $163,000 E Bonds Plans for Canvass Are To Be Made by Leaders in Each Community -® Quotas have been assigned and community chairman appointed for most sections of the county, accord ing to James W. Norman, chairman of the Seventh War Loan Campaign in Washington County. The plan to be used in each community will be worked out by the chairmen and workers themselves in an effort to sell the entire quota of $242,000 worth of bonds as quickly as possible. The main drive will center on the sale of E Bonds, as this comprises $163,000 of the $243,000 total. Little difficulty is expected in selling the $80,000 worth of other than E Bonds. Plymouth town and township have a combined quota of $80,000 worth of E Bonds, issue value. E. F. Still and J. S. Brinkley head the drive in town, while Mrs. AI Latham is chair man of the workers from the re mainder of the township. A meeting will be held here Monday night to work out details of the campaign. C. H. Floyd and R. B. Forbes have been appointed leaders of the cam paign in the Roper section, which has a quota of $30,000. O. D. Hatfield is chairman for the Creswell section, with Mrs. William A. Spruill and Harry Barnes designated as assistants. They have a quota of $30,000. Mrs. Walter White and Mrs. C. L. Everett are co-chairmen of the drive for the Skinnersville section, which has a quota of $10,000. Tommy Tarkenton will lead the canvass in the Pleasant Grove com muntiy. which has a quota of $3,500. Mr. Norman, up to this morning, had not been able to get in touch with his appointees for the Wenona and Mackeys sections, but said he <See BOM) DRIVE, Page 4> Sugar Allotments for Canning To Be Lower Warn Registrants Not to Jump Jobs Draft registrants are again warned that they are subject to immediate call and with claims to an appeal when and if they change jobs without permission of the Draft Board. The warn ing applies to registrants in the 2-A or 2-B, 2-A-F or 2-B-F clas sifications. Quite a few registrants are be lieved to have changed jobs with out draft board permission, and and they are subject to call. Several men in this county have been drafted because they quit oertain jobs without per mission. Miss Frances Winslow Wins Contest at Salem Miss Fiances Winslow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Winslow, of Plymouth, last Thursday won a $10 purchase prize in the library contest conducted at Salem College in Win ston-Salem recently. Miss Winslow is a freshman at Salem, and the con test for members of the first and second year classes. The school will close and she expects to return to her home here on May 28. ] Legion Auxiliary Will Sponsor Poppy I Sale in County on Saturday, Hay 26th Poppies to honor America’s dead warriors of two World Wars will be worn in Plymouth on Saturday, May 26th, Mrs. J. F. Jordan. president of the local unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, announced this week. The little red flowers will pay tribute both to those men who have died for their country in the present war and to those who fell 27 years ago in France and Belgium among the swaying popies. The money that is re ceived for the flowers will be used to aid the afflicted veter ans of both wars and their fami lies. Extensive preparations for the observance of Poppy Day are be ing made by the Plymouth unit 1 of the auxiliary her* un der the leadership of Mrs. Jor dan and Mrs. J. B. YVilluogby, unit poppy chairman. Every one will be able to buy the flow ers oi remembrance from the many volunteer workers from the auxiliary who will be on the streets all through the day. The flowers are made of crepe paper on the pattern of the wild poppy of Fanders. They have been ordered from Oteen Hos pital where disabled veterans made them under the direction of the State Department of the Auxiliary. Making the poppies has helped these veterans keep their minds and fingers occu pied. causing the otherwise te dius months to pass quickly and at the same time furnishing the men with a meana of livelihood. Quota for County Reduced by Half Expect To Begin Mailing Out Allotments Early Next Week -<g Allotments of canning sugar will be for less than the amount requested by applicants, it was stated this week by Mrs. Sabrie Reid, chief clerk of the Washington County War Price and Rationing Board The quota of su gar allotted this county is not large enough to fiill all requests, and allot, ments will be reduced on a pro rata basis. The county quota this year is considerably smaller than the amount of sugar allowed for canning last year, the reduction amounting almost to half. It is explained that additional ap plications may be made when the ini tial allotment is used. However, it will be necessary for the used to justi fy further allotments by submitting accurate records of the kind and amount of canning done with the first allotment. Those who do a lot of canning of fruits will be required to prove their needs and actual use of the sugar allowed them. Hie local rationing board meeting Thursday night, will begin consider ing applications filed at schools in the county week before last. It is expected that some of the allotments will be mailed out next Monday, and the work will be completed as soon as possible. Applicants are advised not to call at the office of the board for their canning-sugar allotments. They will be mailed out just as rapidly as the applications can be approved by the board With 3,000 requests on hand, it will require some time to pass on all of them. Consumers also are advised that it is no longer possible to revise or in crease original applications at this time. After all initial allotments have been completed, announcement will be made as to the manner and method of making application for ad ditional amounts, it is stated. Legion Auxiliary Will Meet Monday Night -a The local American Legion Auxil iary will meet next Monday night. May 21. in the Legion Hall at ft o'clock. Mesdames Luther Nobles. W. B. Cox and John R. Williams will be hostesses.