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Town! | 1 opics % *********** *********** Sheriff J. K. Reid is recovering rapidly after undergoing a serious operation in a Rocky Mount hos pital on April 15th. He was on dutj at the recorder’s court session Tues day and is regaining strength stead ily. He returned to his home hers last Thursday after three weeks ir the hospital. An oil stove fire at the home o: Beryl Smiley on West Main Stree' called out the fire department abou' 7:15 this morning. The damage wa: slight, mostly from smoke, and the blaze was extinguished by use o: chemical from the truck. Dr. E. W. Furgurson, Dr. and Mrs C. McGowan attended the annua! meeting of the North Carolina Med ical Society at Pinehurst last week There were over 1,100 doctors anc their wives at the meeting, whicl started Wednesday and continuec through Friday. Representative Herbert C. Bon ner, of Washington, was in Plym outh Tuesday afternoon, calling oi a number of his friends and sup porters. The Congerssman said hi WU.1 Having Cl uuuvuiv wmc V.U111 paigning this year, as his presenci is required on the floor of the House every day or so, and he is commut ing back and forth from Washing fon City to the district, frequently by airplane. It was announced this week that daily hours at the local employment office in the court house are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Although the office remains open until 5 p.m., it is closed to the public after 4 o’clock in or der for the office force to keep up with clerical work. Sheriff Charlie B. Roebuck, of Williamston, was a visitor in Plym outh Tuesday. He said that poli tics were slow to warm up in Mar tin, and there was only one contest for any county office to be decided May 25, there being two candidates for one of the posts as commission er. The American Legion Spring Fes tival is in progress at the old Brink ley baseball park all this week, witt the carnival attractions furnished b> the Raftery and R. & S. Shows combined. The free acts prograrr is attracting a lot of attention, as well as the rides and fun booths There will be a special matinee foi children Saturday afternoon. Mi. and Mwe H. E. - Leam, jm: Miss Betty Beam left yprtPrday to Pinehurst, where Mr. Beam Will at tend the sessions of the North Caro lina Bankers Association and may be—just maybe, mind you—get ii a few rounds of golf. The banker ) convention began yesterday am will continue through Friday. Chief of Police P. W. Brown pu UUl « ‘11 V, ^1UVVU.U11J yesterday morning. Passing th' home of Willie Bennett, colored, jus out of town on the Mackeys road he saw that the roof was on fire. Th< chief secured a ladder pulled off th burning shingles and doused th roof with water from buckets. Th fire alarm was turned in, but be fore the truck could get out Are men were advised that it was al over. -♦ Glee Club Concert Here on May 1711 -1 The Plymouth High School Gle> Club will be presented in a concer Friday night of next week, May 11 at 8 p.m., in the high school audi torium. In addition to the entire grout there will be a number of soloist; including Frances Ange, Reene Bas inger, Dorothy Humphreys and Ann Veasey; an all-girl chorus and girls’ trio. The program will include work from the masters as well as mod ern composers. A particularly en joyable number should be the bril liant and popular “Italian Stree Song,” by Victor Herbert, sung b the entire group. Accompanists for the occasion wil be Mrs. Laura Johnston, Misse Anne Veasey and Dorothy Hum phreys. The glee club is under th direction of Mrs. Harold J. Lee. There will be no admission charg and the public is cordially invited t attend. Long Queues at Store Here lor N^lon Hose Sale Last SaturtSav The hose sale advertised for last Saturday by the local Leder Brothers department store drew large crowds all day long. Lines began forming in front of the store more than an hour before the scheduled opening, and the queuing-up continued througout the day at various hours when the sales were held. Originally, it was planned to sell only 240 pairs of hose, in cluding nylons and 51-gauge rayon. However, Mr. Seger man, the manager, received an additional shipment of 100 pairs, which also were placed on sale, and even then many shoppers were disappointed. Mr. Seger man said later that additional supplies were being brought here from other stores and would be carried in stock regu larly. During the crush at one of the morning sales, Mrs. Cecil Craft had her pocketbook, containing about $5, stolen. Local police were called to assist in manag ing the crowds during the re mainder of the day, and no fur ther untoward incident was re ported. The Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News ★ ♦****■* X * M. 4 A A 4 VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 19 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 9, 1946 ESTABLISHED 188<i ELo€*«i I RnsincM§ Houses Vole lo Close liaeli Saliinlay ail 7 P.M. Beginning Saturday of next week, May 18, practically all Plymouth business establish ments, except grocery stores, will start closing each Saturday at 7 p.m., instead of 9 p.m., as at present. This action was taken at a special meeting of the merchants association Tuesday afternoon. It was pointed out that similar action has been taken previously in surrounding towns. The ear lier closing makes it possible for the hours of clerks and other, employees to be brought into line with wage-and-hour regu lations. It was left up to local grocery stores to arrange their own schedule of Saturday hours. Several have been closing at 7 p.m., while others remain open until 9 p.m. on Saturdays at 1 present. Board Going Forward With Plans for School Flailing Opens3Iay 15HI* Sport fishing in inland waters, including most of the creeks and smaller streams of this sec tion, will be legal again on Sun day, May 19, County Game Pro tector J. T. Terry said this week. Mr. Terry stated that a good many local fishermen were un der the impression that the closed season ended on May 10, and he wishes to remind them that it is not until the 19th that fishing may be resumed. Some very good catches have been reported recently at Lake Phelps, which is not affected by the closed season. The ban does not apply in commercial waters and lakes. Town Council Meet Held Monday Night -« Plymouth policemen will get a raise in salary on July 1st, but after that date all arrest fees collected by the officers must be turned into the ■ city ueasury, as the result of action ; taken by the city council at its regular meeting Monday night, will halt this practice. Effective July 1st, the pay of all ! policemen will be increased from . $35 to $$45 weekly. The salary of the [ police chief is raised to $250 month The council formally endorsed an t application by the Virginia Electric I & Power Company for permission ; to amend its contract with the town [ to place in effect a lower schedule of rates for street lights and other ’ power used by the city. ’ A number of other matters were ' discussed at the meeting, but no defi , nite action was taken. Those pres [ ent included the mayor, E. F. Still, and Councilmen H. E. Harrison, A. 1 J. Riddle, E. D. Keel and J. S. Brinkley. -4 Play at Creswell Tomorrow Night -- , Creswell.—The Creswell senior t class will present a three-act com edy, “A Little Clodhopper,” Friday ’ night of this week, May 10, at 8 o’clock, in the high school audi torium. The play is described as a ’ catchy, active comedy with dramatic ’ climaxes at the end of each act. ' The cast of characters includes 2 the following: Ray Liverman, as J Setimus Green, a young book agent, full of pep; Harold Gibbs, as Occy s Kump, a fresh country product; Ed ' win Norman, as George Chiggerson, ' an innocent little lamb from the ' city; Violet Furlough, as Mrs. Chig gerson-Boggs, his doting mama, with f a smooth scheme; Irene Spruill, as a small-town board-house keeper; 1 Bessie Lee Albertson, as Chairman s Carter, who thinks she is a vampire; - and Elizabeth Overton, as Judy, a e little clodhopper from the poor house. s A full evening’s entertainment is a , assured all who attend, and the pub lic is cordially invited. 1 Ask $70,000 Worth Of Bonds Be Sold -<§ Hope To Be Able To Let Contract at Meeting Next Month -1 At their regular meeting Mon day, members of the county board of education centered their efforts on getting action as soon as possible on the addition to the local school building. All three members were present, Chairman L. E. Hassell, of Roper, J. W. Norman, of Plymouth, and P. B. Belanga, of Creswell. The Board passed a resolution asking the county commissioners to make $70,000 available from the bond issue voted early last fall. This money will be needed for the con struction of four additional class rooms to the high school building here, for installation of new plumb ing and heating plant for both build ings, and to take care of the $7,000 purchase price of the lot for the new high school building in the “Still acres” subdivision. W. F. Veasey, county superinten dent of public instruction, said it was hoped to have everything ready to let the contract for the addition and new installations at the .Tune meeting of the board. Right now, the board is awaiting completion of plans and specifications by Macon G. Norman, architect, but they are ex pected to be here in time to adver tise and secure bids by the first oi June. The resolution passed Monday was presented to the county com missioners, also in session at that time. They were undecided about the best method of proceeding to raise the $70,000, and will take the matter up with local government of ficials at Raleigh. Chairman IT. H. Allen, of the county commissioners, is to go to Raleigh to confer with lo cal government officials and call a special meeting of the board later this month to report his findings. Mr. Veasey said the present coal strike might delay compeltion of the work planned here, as it will be dif ficult to get delivery of materials due to freight embargoes. However, the school officials are going ahead to get everything ready as soon as possible. The rooms will be urgent ly needed this fall, when schoolre opens, since two additional teach ers have been earned by enrollment (See LOCAL SCHOOL, Page 6) Candidate for House Outlines His Position on Current County Issues A _ A - ■ ■ — A ^ To the Editor of the Roanoke Bea con and the People of Wash ington County: I desire to submit to you a state ment of my policies and my answers to the several questions submitted to the candidates in your editorial dated April 18, 1946. Schools and Public Education I desire to state that I am now and have been all my life very defi nitely opposed to the policy of com plete centralization of school man agement and control in the city of Raleigh. The policy has had a very great effect in contributing to the destruction of county and commun ity pride in our schools. I am in favor of a state-financed system of schools and believe that financing of the schools of the state should re main a state responsibility. I am in favor of the passage of some sort of legislation by the 1947 session of the General Assembly that would re turn to the local and county school officials some portion of the man agement and responsibilities of the schools. If the state is to continue to hold complete management and control of the public school system, as it does at this time, then I am in favor of passing legislative mandates requiring the state to provide build ings and equipment, for the schools and to keep school property in a state of good repair. As I see it, there should be no cause whatso ever why every child in this or any other county should be handicapped or hampered for lack of instruction al service, buildings and equipment.] It has recently come to my atten tion that some person or persons have stated that I am interested in further consolidation of schools and bringing the Roper school to Plym outh. I wish to state that nothing is further from the truth than that. I think that the three schools of Roper, Creswell and Plymouth as they are now located should remain in their present location. I would oppose any effort to remove any of the schools of the county farther from the people served by them. Roads and Highways The county seems to be pretty well taken care of, insofar as our main highways or trunk lines are concerned, except the completion of Highway No. 99. We have very good reasons to believe that this import ant road will be complete by the end of this year. Our farm-to-market roads, however, have been very sorely neglected by the State High way and Public Works Commission. I am very definitely in favor of the completion of this type of our roads with some sort of all-weather sur face. It will be my pleasure in the future, as it has been in the past, to work for the completion of our farm-to-market roads. Districting the County I desire to make it very clear that the present system of districting the county into districts for the nomi nation of candidates for the office of county commissioner is not at all satisfactory to me. It does not equit ably distributed the members of the board to all parts and sections of the county. Then it makes it pos sible for three commissioners to be nominated in one township and two in another. This would leave two townships without any representa tion on the board at all. I desire to state that I had nothing to do with the passage of the 1945 act which districted the county for that pur pose. If there is need for the dis tricting plan at all, I would sugges' that each township be set up as z district and that one candidate b( nominated from each district. Thi: would give each township represen tation on the board of commission ers, regardless of the size of voting strength of the township. I woulc suggest that one candidate be nomi nated at large. This candidate coulc come from any one of the four dis tricts or townships of the county, suggest that an act be passed by th( 1947 session of the General Assem bly correcting this condition. Community Center In the 1924 plan of reorganizalior and consolidation of the public school system of this county, it pro vided that a school should be erect ed in Skinnersville Township Thi plan was later changed, and thi school was eliminated. Since tin passing of the public school build ings in this township many year ago, there has been no place in tha township to be and serve the peopl (See CANDIDATE, Page 6) Variety of Matters Considered at Meet County Board Here -4 Four Tracts of Land Ac quired by Foreclosure Are Sold -♦ Washington County commission ers had another busy all-day ses sion Monday of this week, remain ing in session until nearly 6 o’clock in the afternoon. A large number of matters were disposed of, mostly of a routine nature, including re quests for the state highway com mission to take over maintenance of several roads and like matters. All the board members were pres ent, H. H. Allen, chairman; A. R. Latham, of Plymouth; J. C. Knowles, of Roper; Harry W. Pritchett and T. F. Davenport, of Scuppernong Township. The commissioners authorized the sale of four tracts of land in the We nona section acquired through tax foreclosure proceeding. The four tracts are known as the “Harry Top ping land.” Two were sold to E. T. Hartung for $425, $300 in cash and the remainder payable Janu ary 1, 1947, with 5 per cent inter est on the deferred balance. The other two tracts went to A. G. Roe lofs for $800, payable as follows: $200 cash, $200 January 1, 1947, and $400 January 1, 1948, interest at 5 per cent on the deferred payments. The clerk was instructed to re quire monthly reports of cases tired, fines and costs collected, from the luiiuwmg JUSUUtJS ui LUC m Plymouth Township: W. T. Free man, W. H. Peele, J. T. McNair, E. Ludford McNair, Mack W, Marrow and C. V. W. Ausbon. The reports are to be made to the county com missioners, and the clerk was or (See~COUNT5^BOARI>, Page 6) -4 Baseball Meeting Here Friday Night Everyone interested in Plymouth having a baseball team this year is invited to attend a meeting at the union hall at 7:80 tomorrow (Fri day) night. An effeit will to organize an independent' ietan st that time, if sufficient interest can be steamed up. Sponsor^ of the meeting include P. W. Brown, A. L. Alexander, W. B. Cox, Howard Gaylord, et als. Al though they don’t play themselves, they believe a fairly good local team can be secured locally, and they would like for all young men and boys who would like to try out for a team to attend. -+. Mrs. Newkirk Sole Owner Of Florist Business Here -* Announcement was made yester day that Mrs. J. H. Newkirk had bought out the interest of Dubose Simpson in the Plymouth Floral Company and become sole owner i and operator of the floral business established here several months ago. The change in ownership became ef fective Tuesday. The new name of the firm will be “Newkirk—Florist,” and Mrs. New kirk will appreciate a continuation of the patronage accorded it. The business will be operated from the Newkirk home, and the telephone number is 2676. Continuation of Coal Strike Is Threat to Industries Here ——4 Series of Typhoid Clinics Scheduled For County Soon -♦ To Be Held in All Sections By Nurse From District Health Department -* A series of clinics for immuniza tion against typhoid fever will ne held throughout the county, starting Monday, May 20, and continuing through June, it is announced this week by the district heaith depart ment. The clinics, to be conducted by Miss Margaret Berry, public health nurse, will be held at 15 dif ferent points in the county at one week intervals for three weeks, and the public is urged to take advan tage of the opportunity offered for prevention of typhoid. Those who received three doses of the vaccine last year or the year be fore are advised that one dose will be sufficient this year. After hav ing had three doses, it is advisable to take one dose each year after wards to retain immunity. It is an nounced that there will be no ex tension of time this year, and every one is urged to start the first day, according to the schedule of time Mondays, May 20, 27 and June 3: 9:30 a.m., at the “Y,” or Skinners ville bus stop; 11 a.m., Scuppernong church; 1:30 p.m., Creswell, at the health department clinic. Tuesdays, May 21, 28 and June 4: 9:30 a.m., Little Richwoed, at Pres byterian church; 11 a.m., Macedonia, at schoolhouse. Wednesdays, May 22, 29 and June 5: 9:30 a.m., Westover, at Dick Ches son’s store; 10:30 a.m., Mackeys, at Mr. Davenport’s store. Thursdays, May 23, 30 and June 6: 9:30 a.m., Roper, at the community house; 11 a.m., at Tommy Tarktn ton’s store; 1 p.m., Cherry, at the white schoolhouse; 2 p.m., New Lands, at Spruill’s store. Fridays, May 24, 31 and June 7: 10 a.m., Long Ridge, at Mount Olive church; 1 p.m., Wenona, at Wenona filling station. Saturdays, May 25 and June 1, 8: 9:30 a.m. until 12 o’clock noon, at health department office in Plym outh. Pulp Mill schedule: Typhoid vac cinations also will be given at the pulp mill by Miss Carrie Roberson at the first-aid station, starting May 20 and continuing through June 8, every day from 7:30 to 10 a.m., and 3 to 5 p.m. -♦ Auction Sale of Town Lots Will Be Held in Creswell -4 Twenty lots in the town of Cres well will be offered for sale at auc tion Wednesday morning of next week at 10 a.m. The property, owned by C. L. Barnes, includes 18 lots at the old Creswell baseball park and two other lots, known as the “Dr. Hassell property.” Col. F. M. Holtsinger will be auctioneer. The lots are described as being suit able for either business or resi dential purposes. Bankers to kel Three Holidays May is a month of holidays— if you are a banker or bank em ployee. They come every 10 days, on May 10, 20 and 30, and banks in the state will observe all three of them. May 10th, tomorrow, is Confederate Me morial Day, May 20th commem orates the promulgation of the Mecklenburg Declaration of In dependence—both state holidays —and May 30th is National Me morial Day. Post office employees will get only one holiday, the 30th. State employees will get all three days. And if you are a run-of-the-mill employee of the ordinary business firm, May just has 31 more days, and only four of them are Sundays and four others pay days. ABC store employees are dif ferent from all the above. They will get one holiday, but it's different from the rest. The li quor stores will be closed pri mary day, May 25th. 120 Register Here For May Primary -»— - There was a sudden increase th week in number registering to vo in the May 25 primary here, accon M7 T5 Dlvn outh precinct. Up to yesterday af ternoon the names of 120 new vot ers had been put on the Plymouth books. No reports are available as to the registration in other pre cincts of the county. Mr. Cox said he had been advised by state board of election authori ties that service men and women who registered under the absentee registration law during the war and who are now separated from the service will have to re-register in order to vote in the primary May 25. Several have already appeared here for registration, but doubtless there are others who do not realize that they will not be eligible un less they re-register. The registration books will close at sundown Saturday of this week, May 11. The following Saturday, May 18, will be challenge day. -4 Woolard Furniture Store Opens 11th i -« Announcement is made by Bill Woolard, owner, that his new store, the W. J. Woolard Furniuture Com pany, will have its formal opening Saturday of this week, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. He is extending a cordial invitation to the public to drop in and get acquainted with him, at the same time viewing the large stock of furniture and home furnishings on display. Although he is opening with a large stock, including many hard to-get items, Mr. Woolard said that many articles still are impossible to obtain at this time. Additions will be made just as rapidly as more goods become available. The new establishment is located on East Main Street, just across the railroad at the intersection of the highway leading to the Atlas Ply wood Corporation plant. His store is the first to be built adjoining the “Stillacres” residential subdivision. Construction was started several months ago and just completed this week. Mr. and Mrs. Woolard have bought a home on East Third Street and moved here recently from Williams ton, where he was associated with his brother as general manager of the Woolard Furniture Company. Prior to that time he was with the Bostic & Sugg Furniture Company in Greenville for a number of years. Mr. Woolard is sole owner of the business here, and it has no connec tion with any other firm. I Herbert D. Lassiter Is Reeleetei! Principal of Loral High School At a meeting: of the local school committee Tuesday night, Herbert D. Lassiter was unani mously reelected principal of i the Plymouth schools for the coming school year. It is under stood he has accepted and that he will begin work immediately with the committee in securing teaching personnel and making other arrangements for opera tion of school here next year. Mr. Lassiter js completing his first year as principal of the lo cal schools. He came here in August of last year from Char lotle, where he was engaged in government work. A native of Northampton County, he is a graduate of Duke University and has had more than 10 years experience as principal of schools here and in Stokes County. His W'ork with the local schools is recognized as very satisfactory, and patrons of the school will be glad to learn he is returning. Members of the local school committee are A. Lloyd Owens, R. J. Frymier and C. W. Dinkins. Freight Embargoes Cut Wood Delivery -♦-_ ■ Voluntary Reduction in Use Of Power Requested by V. E. P. Officials r IS ;e l --♦ The continued strike by coal min ers, which is threatening complete industrial paralysis throughout the nation, has not had any immediate local effects thus far. However, the effects will be noted after today, as embargoes on all rail freight ship ments, except a few items consider ed most essential, become effective at midnight tonight. An official of the North Carolina Pulp Company here said this morn ing that rail shipments of pulpwood to the plant here would cease af ter today. All wood billed for shipment prior to midnight tonight will be delivered, which means that rail shipments will continue to the plant for several more days, but no additional shipments can be made. Normally about 75 per cent of pulp wood used at the plant here is handled by rail. Officials of the plant declined to speculate as to how long the local mill could continue to operate after rail shipments of pulpwood cease, but it is not believed to be much more than a week or so. Bad wea ther during the winter halted ope rations in the woods, and the stock of pulpwood on the mill yard has not been built up to normal since. The Atlas Plywood Corporation has made plans to continue opera tions as long as possible, despite the fact they will be unable to make any outgoing shipments by rail af ter today. Ralph H. Bolster, man ager of the plant, said this morning that arrangements had been made for shipping some of its products by truck, some will be stored and other makeshift expedients used to keep the plant operating. Ray H. Goodmon, district man ager of the Virginia Electric & Pow er Company, saict this nwbnin g that no power jatHSJing in prospect untariJy reduce consumption as much as possible during the emer gency. Mr. Goodmon said he had just returned from Richmond, where drastic regulations have been put in effect for power users. All the atres, amusement places and the like in that state are being closed at midnight tonight, and all stores, commercial and business establish ments are being limited to 24 hours use of power per week. Mr. Goodmon said that due to in ter-connections with other power companies in the South, hydro developed power is being purchased for use in this area. Customers are requested to cooperate during the emergency by cutting out non essential use of current, but no compulsory rationing is in prospect at this time, he said. -4 Humber May Speak In County May 16th Robert Lee Humber, Greenville attorney who is a candidate for the seat in Congress now held by Her bert Bonner, was in Plymouth for a few hours last Friday in the in terest of his campaign. He met a number of local people, and it is understood made a tentative ar rangement for a political address at the courthouse here Thursday of next week, May 16. He said that definite announcement about a speaking engagement here would be made early next week. Mr. Humber is a newcomer into district politics, but is reported to have considerable strength in a num ber of the counties. Quite a num ber of local people have read an ar ticle about him in the May issue of “The Reader’s Digest.” Entitled “Grassroots Crusader,” it very com mendatory about his campaign in various state legislatures in the in terest of a “world federation” reso lution, of which he is author. i
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