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Town OPICS \*t******t*t **»**+*»»»*'• Maurice Bateman, carpenter’s mate 1/c, received his honorable discharge from the U. S. Navy on April 6 and is now at home here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Bateman. He was in the service for 32 months. 18 of which he was stationed in the Marianna Islands. Glad to be home at last, he said yesterday that he was planning to attend school, possibly at Georgia Tech, in the near future. County School Superintendent W. F. Veasey is in Chapel Hill today at tending a meeting of the State Board Association. Members of county boards of education and county superintendents from all over the state are in attendance. Blue mold has about ruined prospects for early planting of tobacco, according to County Agent W. V. Hays. He said that transplanting would have been general bv next Monday If the blue mold hadn't stepped in, hot now very few will be aWto to be gin by that time. The' farm agent thinks there will be enough plants to go around, however, although tbrerc may be some scrambling for.’ them. Paul Basnight, Poy Davenpert and Alvin Allen, irtembers of the Plymouth police fr-irce, attended a meeting of law enforcement officers held in Williamstori yesterday. Ap proximately 200 officers, including members of the highway patrol, sheriffs, deputies, police and FBI agents attended. Edward Scheidt, special gent in charge of the Char lotte FBI office, was in charge of the program. Mrs. Cicero J. Norman, chairman of the baby contest for the Mby Day Festival, announced this1 morning that the parade for baby contestants would begin at 10:30 a.m. next Wednesday morning at the Chris tian Church corner. Mothers ‘ and other attendants of the babies en tered in the contest are asked to be there on time. Delinquent taxpayers are re minded that the 3 per cent pen alty on unpaid 1945 county and town taxes becomes effective after May 1st. Tax collectors urge those who have not set tled their tax accounts for last year to do so at once, to save the penalty and possible embar rassment later. «'$jr J»e i opened he: *r iireatone , if* Oiie mortring. Can ving a big sto£k of auto aeees sories, hardware, household neces sities and appliances, the store pre sents a very attractive appearance. It is located next to the Plymouth Theatre on Washington Street. Plymouth golfers will meet Golds boro in a team match here Sunday afternoon. This will be the second match between the two teams, Goldsboro winning the first one, 46 to 29, in Goldsboro Sunday before last. The visitors will be served lunch at the club and matches will tee off starting at 1:30 p.m. U. D. C. Chapter Will Meet Friday Afternoon The Major Lewis Charles Latham Chapter of the UDC will meet at the home of Mrs. Abe Adler, Fri day, April 26, at 3:30 p.m. All mem bers are urged to be present. ♦ •f 15th District Club Women Meet Here -* Several hundred home demonstra tion club women of the 15th district ■are having their annual meeting heie today. The 15th district is composed of the counties of Beau fort, Washington, Bertie, Hyde, Mar tin, Pitt, and Tyrrell. Sessions are being held in the Christian church. Lunch was served at the church annex at noon, and program sessions were sched uled for 10:30 a.m. and following the lunch. Dr. Jane S. McKimmon, as sistant extension director from State College, Raleigh, is the principal speaker. Arrangements for the meeting were made by Washington County home demonstration club women, headed by Mrs. Frances M. Darden, county home demonstration agent. The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 17 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 25, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1889 Plymouth Stores and Business Houses To Be Open All Day Next Wednesday Miller Warren, president of the Plymouth Merchants Asso ciation, said yesterday that lo cal stores and business houses would forego their usual Wednesday half-holiday and re main open all day Wednesday of next week, as requested by local Methodists, who are sponsoring the May Day Festival here on that day. It was felt that with a large crowd of out-of-town people here, the stores should remain open, not necessarily on account of the business to be done, but so the visitors would have a place to drop in and rest. The merchants are not only remain ing open in the afternoon, but they join in urging a large at tendance on the day’s festivi ties. Next Wednesday will be the second straight that stores have remained open. They were open yesterday after being closed all day Monday for ob servance of the Easter season. Democratic County Convention Will Be Held Here Saturday CANDIDATE William H. Joyner, of Plym outh last week announced his candidacy for county commis ■kner town district No. 1 in the •flwwwairs Joynor the is a partner in the Roanoke Coal Company here. Registration Books For Primary May 25 Will Open Saturday -4 To Remain Open for Two Weeks, Through Satur day, May 11th -- Registration books for the Demo cratic primary on May 25 will be open for the next two weeks, be ginning Saturday of this week, Ap ril 27, and remaining open through Saturday, May 11, according to Wal ter W. White, chairman of the coun ty board of elections. The Satur day before the primary, May 18, will be challenge day. It is not necessary for those who have registered and voted in recent primaries to register again, but those who have moved from one precinct to another or who have come of age since the last election will find it necessary to get their names on the books in order to be eligible to vote in the primary. Residence requirements for regis tration are one year in the state and four months in the precinct. Registrars and places of registra tion in the five county precincts are as follows: Plymouth: B. G. Campbell, at of fice of B. G. Campbell Wholesale Company, Water Street, in Plym outh; Lees Mill: Wade Hardison, at Bar ton’s Soda Shop, Rober; Skinnersville: Mrs. Myrtle A. White, at her home; Scuppernong: J. A. Combs, at town office in Creswell; Wenona: H. J. Furbe^, at his home at Wenona. ] Aircraft Warning Tower Torn Down; I Reminder of Air-Raid Threat in 1942 J. H. Newkirk this week com pleted tearing down and remov ing the aircraft warning service tower erected here in 1942, when there was threat of enemy air raids along the eastern sea board. Mr. Newkirk bought the lumber in the tower from local Civilian Defense officials, who turned the proceeds over to the Sea Scouts. The tower was constructed on Water Street here at the re quest of Army Air Force offi cials in 1942 and was manned by volunteer observers over a per iod of several months on a 24 hour basis. Similar towers were built in practically all towns and villages along the Atlantic coast. All aircraft observed were re ported to aircraft warning serv ice centers, located at flying fields where interceptor and fighter planes were kept in readiness to fight off any threat ened air raids. None of the threats ever ma teralized, and there were no air raids anywhere on the east ern seaboard. Now that they have served their purpose, many of the observation towers are being torn down. Thus passes one of the few symbols of the recent world war to be seen in this section. Sei Up Organization For NextTwo Years -* Delegates Will Be Elected For State Convention at Raleigh Thursday --♦ The Washington County Democra tic convention will be held in the courthouse here Saturday morning at 11 o’clock, according to E. G. Arps, chairman of the county ex ecutive committee, who will preside. The principal business of the con vention will be election of delegates to the state convention at Raleigh Thursday of next week and organi zation of the county executive com mittee for the coming two years. Washington County will be en titled to 13 votes in the state con vention, entitling the county to 13 delegates and 13 alternates. County Chairman E. G. Arps has been ad vised. One delegate and alternate is allowed for each 150 Democratic votes cast at the last general elec tion in the county. The chairman of the county Dem ocratic executive committee also is to be elected Saturday, but not by the convention itself. This office is filled by the executive committee, which is composed of the chairmen of the five precinct committees. E. G. Arps, of Plymouth, has served as chairman of the executive commit tee for the past four years. Precinct meeting were held in the county last Saturday. At that time five precinct committeemen were elected in each precinct, and the chairmen was elected by them, ac cording to the Democratic plan of organization. The chairman of each precinct committee serves as a mem ber of the county executive com mittee. Congressional District and State conventions will be held in Raleigh Thursday of next week. At that time the party organization for the state will be set up. -4 Services at Holly Neck Church Sunday Morning -- There will be services at the Holly Neck Church of Christ Sunday, Ap ril 28, Mr. Walter Armstrong, of Englehard, Hyde County, will be the speaker. Bible school at 10 a.m.; preaching service at 11 a.m. The public is invited. Local Scouis Will Attend Camporee -4 A number of local Boy Scouts are planning to attend the East Caro lina Council camporee, which will be held in Wilson Friday, Saturday and Sunday of next week. Scout master H. G. Harris says this will provide an excellent opportunity for the boys to learn more about Scout ing and to have some real fellow ship with nearly 2,000 other Scouts who are expected to attend. Arrangements have been made for the boys who are going to the camporee to be excused from school Friday afternoon. Scoutmaster Har ris will accompany the boys on the trip, and all activities at the Campo ree will be supervised by Scout masters and executives of the coun cil. All Scouts from here who wish to attend should register with Mr. Harris by Saturday morning of this week, April 27. The local troop, No. 84, has been unusually active this year, and the scoutmaster said yesterday that 34 boys are now enrolled or in training to become Scouts. The expanded membership has necessitated the formation of a new patrol. It has been named the Lion Patrol, in hon or of the Lions Club, sponsors of the troop. Charles Smith is leader of The new patrol. Paul Muller, forester at the pulp mill, is active as assistant scoutmas ter. and Edward Craft, lately with the U. S. Navy, has been lending a hand in teaching the boys knots and rope work. Precincl Meetings Held Saturday by County Democrats -4 Precinct Committees Elect ed; Small Attendance Generally -> Washington County Democrats went about the business of setting up their party organization last Saturday morning by the election of five-man precinct committees in each of the five precincts. The meet ings were not very largely attended, so far as can be learned. About 20 voters attended the meeting in Plymouth precinct, which usually casts the largest vote in primaries and elections. The meetings were called by the chairman of the county Democratic executive committee to be held at the polling places at 11 a.m. Over at Wenona, the smallest precinct in the county, the meeting was not held until 9 o’clock Saturday night, ac cording to a report forwarded to the Beacon yesterday by H. J. Fur bee, secretary of the meeting. No reports have been received as to delegates elected to the county convention this week, but it is pre sumed that the action taken in Plymouth, naming all who attend ed the county convention as dele gates, was followed in other dis tricts. The precinct committees sleeted their own chairman, each of whom served as a member of the county executive committee. At the convention Saturday the county ex ecutive committee will elect a chair nan for the coming two years. Chairman E. G. Arps presided at :he Plymouth precinct meeting last Saturday, and W. R. Gaylord served as secretary. W. M. Darden’s mo tion that all who attend the county convention be delegates from Plym auth precinct carried unanimously. A motion by Carl L. Bailey that no candidate for office be elected to the precinct committee was adopted, and Mr. Bailey then nominated the fol lowing to be members of the pre cinct committee: E. F. Still, W. E. Waters, E. L. Owens, H. H. Allen and W. H. Booker. On motion of Mr. Gaylord they were elected by acclamation. The committe# then went into executive session and elected H. H. Allen precinct chairman and W. H. Booker secretary. After their re port was made to the gathering the meeting adjourned. W. T. Freeman served as tem porary chairman of the Lees Mill meeting, held in Roper, with L. E. Hassell, jr., as secretary. The fol lowing were elected precinct com mitteemen: Henry S. Everett, chair man; L. S. Brey, Clyde Snell, C. W. ECoonce, and W. N. Piercy. At Skinnersville W. W. White was sleeted chairman of the precinct committee; Mrs. D. P. Pharr, sec -etary; C. T. White, Mrs. W. W. White and H. L. Davenport, mem pers. C. N. Davenport, jr., was elected shairman of the Scuppernong pre sinct committee; W. T. Alexander, secretary; Edward Patrick, H. W. Pritchett and O. D. Hatfield, mem bers. H. J. Furbee reports the following precinct committee for Wcnona: T. H. Rosenthal, chairman; A. J. Fur bee, secretary; W. E. Allen, W. J. Vaughn and Ira Allen. •-♦ Lions To Present Jubilee Minstrels Here Next Week -♦ Cast of 40 Will Be Seen at Plymouth Theatre Next Thursday Night -4 The Plymouth Lions Club will sponsor the presentation of the Elizabeth City Lions Club Jubilee Minstrels at the Plymouth Theatre rere next Thursday night, it was mnounced last week. Entire pro ceeds from the show will be do nated to the Boy Scout Building Club. Directed by Sanford Aydlett, the minstrel show boasts a cast of about 10 members of the Elizabeth City club. It is said to be one of the best home-talent shows presented in this section in years, and a full evening of comedy and entertain-, ment is promised all who attend. Piano accompaniment for the musi cal numbers will be by Miss Ann Fountain. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow. They may be purchased from any member of the local club, the ad mission prices being 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for children. Featuring the usual blackface minstrel end men, six in number, some unusual musical selections al so will be presented, including the White Brothers Quartet. Others in the cast include Sanford Aydlett, J. D. Aydlett, N. J. Ferrell, Ray C. Collier, Basil Pettit, Phil Bauer, M. S. Cridlin, D. W. Keese, jr., A. Gol lobin, Ed Hainstock, E. R. Lamm, and Elgin White. Complete Plans for May-Day Event Here Next Wednesday * PROGRAM —-♦— Below is an outline of the program for the May Day Festival, to be presented in Plymouth Wednesday of next week, May 1, as an nounced yesterday by J. S. Brinkley, general chairman. All events will take place in the roped-off area on Washington Street, between Main and Water Street, except when otherwise noted. Announcement by Mayor. 10:30-11:00 A.M__ Baby Parade 11:00-11:43 A.M. _____________ Choruses 11:45-12:30 P.M. ______ Hill-Billy Band 12:30-12:45 P.M. _____ Glee Club 12:45- 1:00 P.M. _____ One-Man Band 1:00- 1:35 P.M. Concert by Greenville High School Band 1:35- 1:45 P.M. Parade of Primary Maypole Dancers 1:45- 3:00 P.M. __ Primary Maypole Dance in Plymouth Theatre; Admission 15-25c 3:00- 4:00 P.M. ____ Athletic Contests, on Hampton Lot 4:00- 4:15 P.M_______ Indian Music Numbers 4:15- 4:45 P.M. .._.... Choruses 4:45- 5:00 P.M.. Bubble-Gum Contest, Conducted By Mrs. Curry 5:00- 5:30 P.M....... Band Music 5:30- 7:00 P.M. .._... Minstrel Show at Plymouth Theatre; Admission, 50c 7:00- 7:20 P.M. ___._._One-Man Band 7:20- 7:40 P.M. . ........ Chorus 7:40- 8:00 P.M. _______ Band Music 8:00- 8:30 P.M. Auctio: Sale of 60 Pairs of Nylon Hose, Electric Clock, Various Other Items 8:30- 9:00 P.M. ___ May Queen Crowning Ceremony Added attractions at all hours include: Bazaar, Doll Show, An tique Display. Food, soft, drinks and ice cream on sale at food booths. School Officials Get Promise of Priority For Additions Here -4 County Superintendent and Board Chairman Assured Of Prompt Action -® L. E. Hassell, chairman of the county board of education, and W. F. Veasey, superintendent of public instruction, were much encouraged about prospects for the addition to the local high school building as a result of their visit to Civilian Pro duction Administration headquar ters in Greensboro Wednesday of last week. Mr. Veasey said they were assured by Mr. Joliff, assistant chief of the office, that no difficulty would be encountered in getting priorities for the proposed addition here. In fact, he promised to have the necessary permission in the hands of school officials here by April 27th, so they can proceed with plans for letting the contract as soon as possible. Mr. Veasey said M. G. Norman, architect for the school board, was here Monday and said he would have the detailed blueprints for the ad dition ready by June 1st, when it is hoped the bids can be awarded. It is planned to add a one-story structure on the right of the pres ent building and connected to it by a covered passageway. The one story addition will contain four classrooms and new toilets for entire high school. One classroom is to be added in the present high school building. In addition, a new heat ing system for the entire plant is to be installed. A great deal of work remains to be done, but the board of education plans to go ahead just as rapidly as possible, in order to have as much completed for use next term as pos sible. Quick action is imperative, as the school has earned two addi-1 tional teachers for next term, and there is no place to put the classes until new rooms can be built. -4 200 Local Houses Sprayed With DDT -♦ About 200 houses in Plymouth have been sprayed with DDT so far in the campaign against malarial mosquitoes and flies, according to Delbert D. Allen, who is in charge rf the work here. The work is be ing done without cost to household ers through cooperation of Federal, State and district health authorities with the county and town. Mr. Allen said that so far prac tically everyone approached had cooperated in the work. A few peo ple have declined to have their homes sprayed. He said that, for the most part, home owners were prompt in complying with instruc tions to have their homes ready when the spijaying crews arrive, which enables the work to be done rapidly. Mr. Allen and his assistant, Ray Norman, will leave Friday after noon for Columbia to begin the wrork there. They will be there about a week, according to present plans. The other spraying crew here, composed of Hubert Owens and Stewart Johnson, will continue the work locally. Service Personnel ] To Vole Absentee j Men and women in the military forces of the United States are the only persons who can cast absentee ballots in the Demo cratic primary on May 25, W. W. White, chairman of the county board of elections, stated this week. Application for absentee bal lots may be made by any mem ber of the immediate family of the applicant. It should be made to Mr. White, who will mail the ballot to the address furnished. Very few applications for ab sentee ballots are expected by the county chairman. Those who wish to have ballots sent to men or women in the armed forces should apply to the chair man at once. Suggest River Front Be Cleared and Used For Parking Space -•« Rotary Club Sponsors Pro posal at Meeting Here Tuesday Night -♦ Mayor E. F. Still and several members of the city council were special guests of the local Rotary Club Tuesday night, when it was proposed that the river front here be cleaned up, leveled off and the space used to relieve parking con gestion on Water Street. The club voted to appoint a committee to work with the council in carrying out this project, and city officials were assured support of the Rotar ians in the undertaking. The club has had this matter un der consideration for several weeks. Members decided to invite the may or and councilmen to their meeting in an effort to get it started. Carl L. Bailey ou*lined the plan at the meeting Tuesday, which calls for a thorough cleaning up of river front property back of stores on the north side of Water Street. The town would then level off the area and place a guard rail to prevent cars rolling into the river. Spaces would then be marked off for park ing along the river front. (SeelwVER FRONT, Page 4) All-Day Program Has Been Ouilined -♦ Parades, Bands, Minstrels, Auction Sale Will Be High Spots -♦ Everything is declared in readi ness for the May Day Festival to be held in Plymouth next Wednesday, May 1st, sponsored by the'Plymouth Methodist church. J. Shepherd Brinkley, general chairman of the event, said yesterday that at least 1,000 visitors are expected to at tend the all-day program to be pre sented here at that time. Proceeds will go to the construction of an educational building for the Metho dist church. Numerous features have been ar ranged for the day, including band concerts, parades, beauty contest, baby contest, auction sale of 5 dozen pairs of Nylon hose and other scarce articles, athletic events, minstrel show, antique and doll displays, Maypole dance, singing, clowns, musical numbers, and others. A portion of the program is to be broadcast over the Washington sta tion, which is also providing a hill billy band for the occasion. The Greenville High School Band has been secured for the day. Washington Street, between Main and Water, will be roped off, and most of the program will take place within that block. Several events will be held in the Plymouth The atre, including the minstrel show and May-pole dance. Athletic con tests, including three-legged race, potato race, sack race, and the like, will be held on the Hampton lot, un der the direction of C. W. Dinkins. There will be four large booths with the best of food and even pink lemonade. Also in shops on the block will be the doll and antique dis plays, which will be of interest to many. There will be fun and en tertainment for all, young and old, and the general public is urged to attend. Plymouth merchants will forego their usual Wednesday afternoon half-holiday, for the convenience of visitors. The Plymouth schools will operate on a curtailed program and children released at noon so they can take part in the days festivi ties. J. Roy Manning and “Colonel” W. T. Freeman have agreed to do the auctioneering, Mr. Brinkley said yesterday, and spirited bidding is expected for the many articles to (See MAYTjAYTPagTT) -4 Milton Bowen Injured at Plant Here Last Week -4 Milton Bowen, employee of the American Fork and Hoe Company, was seriously injured last week, when he caught his left hand in a saw at the plant here. He lost all the fingers of his left hand in the ac cident. He was removed to a Rocky Mount hospital immediately and is reported to be gettin along very well this week. -4 Good Response for Cancer Campaign -1 The cancer control drive is meet ing with a splendid response here, it was learned yesterday from W. H. (Jack) Peele, county chairman- of the campaign. With a quota of ap proximately $500, the goal was al most in sight up to that time, he he said, although only a few reports had been received. The Plymouth Junior Woman’s Club is handling the canvass local ly, they had secured upwards of $200 at last reports. Theatre patrons here are responding liberally, ap proximately $150 having been raised by collections Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The collections will be continued through the remainder of the week, and it is felt the county quota will be oversubscribed. ) Waste Paper Collection Will Be Made | Here Saturday Horning by Boy Scouts Troop 84 Boy Scouts will make a house-to-house collec tion of waste paper Saturday morning of this week, April 27, starting at 8:30 a.m., according to Scoutmaster H. G. Harris. Re ceipts from sale of the paper will go to the boy Scout Build ing fund. Local housewives and mer chants who wish to contribute old newspapers, magazines, books and cardboard cartons are asked to have paper tied in bundles or stacked in car'ons or other suitable containers and placed on porches or at the curbside in time for the collec tion Saturday. The boys have three trucks available for picking up the waste paper. They will canvass all homes in the town as well as the Country Club Village and rural sections from Welches Creek on the Williamston road to “The Pines on the Roper road. All Scouts are asked to report at the Scout room in the courthouse at 8:30 a.m. Satur day to begin the canvass.
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