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Town * opics The Lions club will meet Thurs day at 6:30 p.m., instead of 7 p.m., as usual, in order to check up on the advance ticket sale for the Jubi lee Minstrels, being presented to night at 8 o’clock in the Plymouth Theatre. Sponsored by the local club, the minstrel is being present ed by the Elizabeth City Lions Club. Proceeds will go to the Boy Scout building fund. Cecil Lilley has returned to his work with the Horner Furneral home after three years’ service in the Navy, most of which was in the Pacific theatre. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Lilley, of Dardens, and was employed at Horner’s be fore entering the service in 1943. He held the rank of first-class pharma cist's mate when discharged recent ly. W. F. Veasey, county super intendent of public instruction, said this morning that priority for the proposed additions to the high school building here had just been received at his office. It is hoped to have the plans completed in time for con tract letting at the June meet ing of the county board of edu cation. The Plymouth High School base ball team will meet Belhaven at the pulp mill park tomorrow (Friday) | afternoon, game called at 1 p.m. The public is urged to attend. The lo cal boys lost the two games last week, dropping a game in Edenton Wednesday and losing to Windsor Friday afternoon. Town and county governing boards are scheduled to have their monthly meetings next Monday. The county commis sioners and the county board of education will meet in the court house Monday morning, and the city council will hold its meet ing at the municipal building Monday night at 8 o’clock. James E. Godard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Godard, of Jamesville, has returned to his work at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company here after several months service in the U. S. Marine Crops. He entered the service last year and was stationed at Paris Island, S. C. He was wounded in the left foot on the rifle range there and was giv en an honorable medical discharge on February 5th. After missing two of their Wednesday half-holidays on account of the East-rv holiday and May Day Festival, Plymouth merchants and business men will return to their regular schedule of closing at noon next Wednesday, May 8. The week ly half holidays will continue un til the tobacco markets open, us ually the latter part of August. --4 Mrs. Laura McNair Passes Near Here -♦ Mrs. Laura E. McNair, 73, widow of the late John A. McNair, died last Friday morning at 2 o’clock at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. W. D. Aiken, near the old Chapel Hill schoolhouse. Mrs. McNair had been in declining health for about a year and a half. Daughter of the late Joe W. and Elizabeth Oliver Spruill, Mrs. Mc Nair was born in Washington Coun ty on April 1, 1873, and was a life long resident of the county. She was an active member of the Reho both Methodis. church for many years. She is survived by one son, Ercel McNair, of Plymouth Route One, two grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Final rites were held from the home of her granddaughter Satur day afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Rev. P. B. Nickens, pastor of the Ludford Memorial Baptist church in Plymouth. Interment followed in the Spruill family cemetery near the home. •-♦ Plymouth Woman’s Club Meets Friday Afternoon -4 The Plymouth Woman’s Club will meet Friday afternoon at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. H. G. Harris on East Main Street. Members are urged to be present, as there are some important business matters for discussion. r a a h e I v C a a h i v 0 y V a ii 1 I r J f h t: a: a v tl b t: d C t: a a t The ¥ M. * * * * Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 18 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 2, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1S89 I i on iitw Farm Iturrau To jMeet Here Frida? The Washington County Farm Bureau will hold its regular May meeting Friday night of this week at the agricultural building in Plymouth, accord ing to announcement yesterday by L. E. Hassell, of Roper, presi dent. Mr. Hassell urges all members and any who are in terested in becoming members to be present. The Farm Bureau is in the midst of a campaign to greatly increase its membership in Washington County. Special comrmttees have been at work in various sections this week, and they are expected to report at the meeting Friday. Mr. Has sell said there was no prepared program, but that a general dis cussion of farm problems and prospects would be held. At the present time the bureau has approximately 2”5 members in the county. It is hoped that this will be increased to more than 300 at the meeting Friday, and the president said the county had a goal of 500 members before the end of the present year. Liverman Store Sold to Leder Bros. Last Week —-f FOR SHERIFF J. T. Terry is a candidate for the Democratic nomination as sheriff of Washington County in the primary May 25. Mr. Terry has served as county game protector for a number of years and is well known throughout the county. Three Cox Boys at Home Together for First Time inYears -+ Sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cox Have Had Total of 23 Years in Navy -4 During the past couple of weeks, ill three of the “Navy” sons of Mr. ind Mrs. W. B. Cox, of Plymouth, nave been at the home of their par ;nts here. Chief Warrent Officer Hubert L. Cox was home on three week’s leave, Lt. (j.g.) J. Brinson Cox, Naval aviator, is now stationed it the Edenton Naval Air Station; ind W. B. Cox, jr., is living at home lere since he was discharged in Au gust of last year as the result of wounds received in a Jap air raid m Ulithi Island. The three have had a total of 23 ,rears in the Naval service. Hubert, who is leaving Friday with his wife ind baby son to return to his station n New York City, has been in the Navy since 1935. W. B. Cox, jr., en listed in 1938, and was a first-class -nachinist’s mate when discharged in August, 1945. Brinson volunteered for service early in 1942, receiving lis wings and commissioned later in ;he same year. All three of the brothers saw con iiderable service in the Pacific the lter during the late unpleasantness with the Japanese, and together hey have enough service ribbons to ie measured by the yard. While ,hey saw each other at intervals luring the war, getting together in California and at Ulithi a couple of ;imes, they had not been at home it the same time since 1937 until ibout two weeks ago. Bryant was :he only one of the three to suifer (See COX BROTHERS, Page 4) Begin Vaccinating Bogs In Town Against Babies Patrolman Paul Basnight, of Plymouth, has been appointed rabies inspector for Plymouth Township, and this week began the annual task of vaccinating dogs against rabies, as required by state law. He started mak ing a house-to-house canvass in town Tuesday to see that all dogs are vaccinated, and he ad vises that any missed may be brought to him at the police sta tion any day between 3 and 5 p.m. for vaccinating. Dog owners are reminded that state law requires all dogs to be vaccinated against rabies every spring. A fee of $1 is charged, but the amount is deducted from the annual dog tax, so the serv ice really does not cost the own er anything. The county com missioners have voted to see that the law is enforced, and it is expected they will appoint ra bies inspectors for other town ships at their meeting next Monday. Those who do not live in the town of Plymouth may have their dogs vaccinated by bring ing them to Mr. Basnight at the police station here any day be tween 3 and 5 p.m. Will Improve Both Slock and Building -- New Owners Took Posses sion Immediately; Poli cies Outlined -♦ One of the largest mercantile transactions in the history of Plym- 1 outh was recorded last Thursday af ternoon, when the E. H. Liverman Department Store here was sold to Leder Brothers, operators of eight other modern department stores in eastern North Carolina and South Carolina. The new owners took ■ possession immediately, and the • store opened Friday morning under ; a name that is new to this section but widely known throughout the j central and southeastern parts of , the state. ; While the amount involved in the i transaction was not made public, the Liverman store is the largest of i its kind in the county. Included in : the sale was the stock, fixtures, good 1 will and lease on the building, which has an 85-foot frontage in the , center of the town’s business sec tion on Water Street. The new owners announce that they will immediately begin adding ( to the stock carried here. They also ; plan to install new fixtures and mo- c dernize the front of the store as I soon as conditions permit, although a this necessarily will be held up for ' the present, due to building restric tions and shortages of materials. | The store was closed Monday and Tuesday of this week for inventory, , but reopened yesterday morning. Leder Brothers’ stores carry a , complete line of clothing, ready to wear of all kinds, shoes, and gen eral department store items. They y feature numerous nationally adver- | tised brands of merchandise, in- 1 eluding Griffon and Curley men’s suits; Carol King, Trudy Hall, Geor gianna and Lynbrook ladies' dress es; Marlboro, Arrow and Jayson shirts; Dobbs, Knox and Society Club hats, Florsheim, Freeman and Jarman shoes; Seamproof, Sel-Mor and Artemis Slips, Kayser, Claus ner and Gordon hose; Air-Step, Tweedies and Foot Rest shoes for la dies; Tom Sawyer boys’ clothing; Cinderella dresses for girls; and many others. In announcing the sale, Mr. Liv erman expressed his sincere appre ciation to the people of Washington County for their liberal patronage and expressed the hope that they would continue it with the new own ers, for whom he has the highest regard. Mr. Liverman opened his (SoTlEDER BROS., Page 4) --♦ Bishop at County Churches Sunday -« The Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright, D. D. Bishop of the Episcopal Dio cese of East Carolina, will hold serv ices at Creswell, Lake Phelps and Columbia churches next Sunday, May 5, it was announced this week by the Rev. B. Wood Gaither, rec- | tor. It will be Bishop Wright's first [ visit to these churches since he be came bishop of the diocese last fall. The bishop will preach and ad minister the apostolic rite of Con firmation according to the following schedule: > Christ Church, Creswell, 11 a.m. ' Galilee Mission, Lake Phelps, 3 1 p.m. 1 St. Andrew’s Church, Columbia, 8 < p.m. s At Creswell some much-cherished J memorials, gifts to the church of < the Walker and Phelps families, are ! to be consecrated. At Columbia. ' Bishop Wright will give a three- 1 night preaching mission, continuing his services there through Monday i and Tuesday, May 6 and 7, at 8 p.m. i each night. : On Monday, May 6, Bishop Wright < will make a tour of Hyde County, < briefly visiting three of the church- ' es there. 1 The public is cordially invited to I attend all of these services. Cox Named After Campbell Resigns As ’Registrar Here Few Have Had Names Put On Books So Far; Time Ends May 11th -♦ B. G. Campbell has resigned as •egistrar of Plymouth precinct and W. B. Cox has been appointed to serve in his stead, it was announced ;his week by Walter W. White, of Skinnersville, chairman of the munty board of elections, Mr. Cox will be at the office formerly occu aied by the tax collector in the •ourthouse at Plymouth on each Saturday during the remainder of ;he registration period, the chairman stated. On other days, he may be -eached at his home or about the streets of Plymouth. Mr. Campbell resigned due to in ability to leave his business to at :end the polling place with the reg stration books on Saturdays. Very few people have registered ;o far for the May 25 primary, ac sording to reports. The books open ed last Saturday and will remain >pen through Saturday of next veek, May 11. All those who have aot previously registered and those vho have moved from one precinct o another since the last election are equired to register again in order 0 be eligible to vote in the Demo sratic primary May 25. -4 Roper Ruritan Club To Hold Meeting Tonight -» The Roper Ruritan Club is meet ng Thursday night of this week at he Roper Community Building at 1 p.m. All members are urged to >e present. Members of the club recently com peted making screen doors and win lows for the community building, ind they will be installed in the lext few days, it is stated. The club objective for the year is ■rection of a building to be used as i meeting place for the Boy Scout roop sponsored by the club. -♦ Roper Church Women To Meet Friday Night -♦ Roper.—The United Council of Church Women -of Roper will meet at St. Luke’s Episcopal church Fri day evening at 8 o’clock, to observe May Fellowship Day. All members are urged to attend. Democratic Organization Perfected at Meet Saturday Charter Sought for Veterans Foreign Wars Chapter Here -+ Deputy Chief of Staff Here This Week To Talk To Interested Veterans -♦ In response to invitation by a number of local ex-service men, J. C. Tatka, of Elizabeth City, deputy chief of staff of the North Carolina Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, was here for a couple of days this week dis cussing prospects for organization of a VFW post for Washington County. Mr. Tatka said yesterday he was convinced there was a real demand for a post of the VFW, and said ap plication for charter was being made to national headquarters. W. B. Cox. jr., has been appointed acting adjutant until a permanent organi zation can be perfected, and all in terested in a local unit are invited to see him for details. Mr. Cox is a member of the Oakland, Calif., post. The VFW is one of the larger vet erans’ organizations in the nation, with local chapters in pratcically all sections. Membership is limited to male members of the armed forces who have seen service in foreign lands. Veterans of both World War I and II are eligible. It is expected that a meeting of all those interested in the formation of a local unit will be held in the next few weeks, time and place to be announced later. Hampton School Pupils Operetta Tuesday Night •-♦ Pupils of the primary department of the Plymouth Schools will pre sent an operetta, “Wedding of the Flowers,” at the high school audi torium here next Tuesday night. The program will begin at 8 o’clock and is under the direction of Miss Ethel Perry, principal of the Ham pton school. There is no admission charge, and the public is invited to attend. Crowd Here Yesterday For May Day Program CANDIDATE C. E. Ayers, prominent busi ness man of Plymouth, is a can didate for county commissioner from district No. 1 in the Demo cratic primary on May 25th. There are seven aspirants for the three nominations to be made in the primary. County Finals at Creswell May 27 Due to the small number of grad uates at the three high schools in the county this year, a single coun ty-wide commencement program is planned, according to W. F. Veasey, county superintendent of public in struction. The small number of graduates is due to addition of a twelfth grade in North Carolina schools in recent years, thus prac tically eliminating a graduating class for one term. Mr. Veasey said the county-wide commencement would be held in the auditorium of the Creswell High School on Monday, May 27th, ac cording to present plans. William Carmichael, comtroller of the Uni verisity of North Carolina, will be the principal speaker. Other de tails of the program will be an nounced later. Variety of Events For Entertainment -4 Around $4,000 Raised for Methodist Educational Building -* Approximately $4,000 was raised for the Methodist educational build ing by the May Day festival here yesterday, according to J. S. Brink ley, general chairman of the pro gram. There was a large crowd on the streets here most of the day, but the number of out-of-town visitors was smaller than expected. Donation to the “Mile of Quarters” accounted for a large portion of the day’s receipts, although other events raised substantial amounts. The food booths, doll show, antique display and bazaar all showed a good net profit, and the auction sale of Nylon hose, automobile tires, elec tric clock, founain pen, and garden tools brought in a total of $286.85. The best-selling item was a 5-pound bag of sugar that brought $4, con siderably above the ceiling price. J. Roy Manning served as auc tioneer and did a splendid job, al though he wound up so hoarse he could hardly speak above a whis per. The 60 or more pairs of Ny lon hose brought varying amounts, ranging from $3 down to $2.25 per pair. Z. V. Norman served as mas ter of ceremonies and turned in a hard day’s work in this capacity. The Greenville High School band was one of the most popular fea tures, playing for several concerts and a parade through the streets. The minstrel show failed to ma terialize, and Mr. Brinkley booked a professional musical show which gave two excellent performances, one in the theatre and another in the street. The May Queen contest raised a total of $570.45 for the fund. It was won by Miss Ann House, with 1,614 votes, and her coronation was the climax of the day’s program. She was attended by Frank Landing, as king, and Miss Gertrude Woolard as maid of honor. Miss Woolard was second in the voting with 1,546, and Miss Shirley Willianis was third, with 583. The baby contest, conducted under direction of Mrs. C. J. Norman, also (See MAY DAY, Page 4) CLERK OF COURT \ Wilbur M. Darden is seeking reelection as clerk of the Wash ington County Superior Court. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Darden is completing his first elective term in the office. Given Fish Fry For Safety Record About 45 employees of the power department of the North Carolina Pulp Company were guests at a fish fry given Saturday night by the company in honor of the exceptional safety record made over the last three and a half years by members of the department. In addition to the power department employees there were several invited guests, and more than 100 pounds of white perch and all the trimmings were enjoyed. A. D. Simpson, head of the de partment, presented some figures showing that the power department had put in 420,382 man-hours of work since December 31, 1942, with out a single lost •eeeJdertfc There are about 60 emi jbyees nor mally In the departffiefr. hut fheJ record was made more unusual in that 98 new men were employed in 1945 and 75 in 44. Mr. Simpson ex pressed his appreciation to the men in his department for their coopera tion in promoting safety practices which made the record possible. L. J. Darby served as toastmaster for the occasion and read a letter from J. A. Auchter, resident man ager of the plant, expressing regret that he had been called out of town and was unable to attend the din ner. Both Mr. Darby and Mr. Auch ter extended congratulations to the department on the excellent record. Mr. Simpson and Cecil Carter, chief of the engineering section, made brief talks urging that the record be continued, with a million accident-free man-hours as the im mediate goal of the department, i Members of the safety committee and others were recognized and spoke briefly, as follows: Sam Rose, George Waters, Robert Stokes bury, Ed Ricks, Cecil Clifton, Wil de Clifton and Dave Chisom. -4 Home Demonstration Week To Be Observed -4 Members of Washington County borne demonstration clubs are pre paring to observe national Home Demonstration week, starting Sun day and continuing through Sunday, May 12, according to Mrs. Frances M. Darden, home demonstration agent. During the week, members of lo cal clubs are requested to donate three cans of tinned food to be sent to foreign nations where starvation threatens. They are also asked to canvass non-club members for tood contributions during the month of May. A number of special radio pro grams are scheduled starting Satur day in connection with observance of National Home Demonstration week. E. F. Still Chairman Of Executive Group Flood Control for Roanoke River Endorsed; Other Resolutions -* Washington County Democrats went on record as favoring the Ro anoke River flood control project, perfected their organization for the coming two years and took action on a number of other matters at the biennial county convention held in the county courthouse here last Saturday. Delegates and alternates were elected to the state Democra tic convention being held in Ra leigh today, and a large percentage of those named are attending the sessions. At a meeting of the county ex ecutive committee, composed of the chairmen of the five precinct com mittees. Eugene F. Still was elected chairman of the Democratic execu tive committee for the coming two year term. The present method of nominat ing candidates for county commis sioner came in for a measure of crit icism. and a resolution was passed to draw up an agreement for can didates in district No. 1 to sign to eliminate the possibility of naming all three nominees from either of the two townships in the district. Resolutions of respect for the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt were ordered drawn, and a blanket endorsement was voted for the rec ords of the present national and state Democratic administrations. The convention Saturday was called to order by E. G. Arps, re tiring chairman of the county ex ecutive committee. W. Blount Rod man was elected permanent chair man of the convention and W. Ron ald Gaylord permanent secretary. Reports were received of the pre cinct meetings held the preceding Saturday, and the credentials of all precinct delegates, were accepted. Twenty-four names were pre 3Hrted'*for clagjfP -"s deloeMes te the tfedar. the ftrf* 12 cfeifft dbft'ttnh’S rvrfH the second 12 as alternates, as fol lows: E. F. Still, W. H. Joyner, W. R. Hampton, J. W. Darden, C. N. Davenport. C. L. Bailey, L. E. Has sell. W. W. White, E. L. Owens, W. R. Gaylord, W. M. Darden, and W. B. Rodman, delegates; T. H. Ros enthal, H. H. Allen, H. S. Everett, C. E. Ayers. Ben A. Sumner, W. T. Freeman, W. H. Peele, E. G. Arps, M. W. Marrow, P. M. Arps, F. C. (See CONVENTIONrPageT) Pre-School Clinics At Couniy Schools Pre-school clinics for both white and colored children in the county were held about the middle of Ap ril at Creswell, Roper and Plym outh by the district health depart ment. Cooperating with the de partment were local physicians, den tists, parent-teacher associations, women’s clubs, principals, teachers, students and parents, and the clin ics were said to be among the most successful ever held in the county. A total of 150 children was exam ined. At the clinics held in Plymouth, there were 35 white children and 38 colored children. The Roper clin ics were attended by 23 white and 23 colored: white attendance at Creswell totaled 25 white and 6 col ored. All of the children examined will be enterting school for the first time next fall. At the clinics the children were given thorough physical examina tions, dental examinations and im munized against diphtheria and smallpox. Defects discovered in children were reported to then parents and recommendations made for correction by their family phy sicians and dentists. Annual Legion Carnival W i II Ho Here Next Week The American Legion Spring Festival will be held next week at the old Brinkely Ball park on Wilson Street in Plymouth. Entertainment, shows and rides will be furnished by the Raf tery and R. & S. Shows Com bined, with a portion of the pro ceeds going to the local post of the American Legion, to be used for a big homecoming celebra tion here in July. According to P. W. Brown, this is the largest carnival to ap pear here in a number of years. It features all the usual rides, fcrris wheel, merry-go-round, whip, airplane swings, kiddie rides, and the like, as well as a number of shows and fun booths. The program also in cludes Selden, the stratosphere man, and Lou Caglia, Hollywood movie star, and his wonder horse, “Chief.” The shows open Monday night, May 6, and continue through Saturday, May 11, with a special children’s matinee on Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. At that time admission to the gate will be free, and there will be reduced rates on all attractions.
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