T’ownf
opic§(
W. T. Freeman of Plymouth,
State Farm Bureau director from
this district, will attend a direc
tors meeting in Raleigh on Fri
day. A letter to Mr. Freeman
indicated that the major topics
for discussion at that time are
current farm economy problems
and the organizations 1947 mem
bership drive plans.
W. Roy Hampton, member of
■* the state board of conservation
and development will attend
the regular spring meeting of
the Board of Conservation and
Development at Elizabeth City
next Monday and Tuesday. At
that time, the board will hear
petitions from commercial fish
eries, and will discuss the cur
rent regulations pertaining to
the fishing industry, particular
ly laws passed during the re
cent session of the legislature.
Representing Plymouth and
Washington County at the annual
Jefferson Day dinner given by the
North Carolina Democratic Party
in Raleigh last week-end were
Ed Owens, Carl L. Bailey, and W.
Roy Hampton, all of Plymouth.
About 500 dogs in Plymouth
itself have recived anti
rabies treatment during the
current dog vaccination cam
paign, according to Police Chief
P. W. Brown, who added that
the remaining 200 dogs, all
living in Plymouth township
will be vaccinated sometime this
week by Officers Paul Bas
. night and Foy Davenport. Re
* ports on the progress of the
drive in other sections of the
county were not available.
Karen Kay Pickett with 2,365,
votes, Walter B. King with 1,822
votes and the Hardison twins
with 661 votes are the leaders
in the three divisions of the baby
popularity contest being featured
as one of the outstanding events
of the Plymouth May Day cele
bration. Final results will be an
nounced next Thursday at which
time prizes will be awarded win
ners.
School Buses’ Drivers
Attend Dinner in Roper
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Dr vers and substitute drivers
of the county's school buses were
enter aired at the Roper School
at a dinner last Monday night
g'ven by county school officials,.
C. C. Brown, director of school
1 'rtatk>4|p
Board ot Education and Mr». El
lis Futrell, district supervisor of
the training schools for bus driv
ers wei e among those present.
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^Officers Con duct
Automobile Check
Up Station Here
--f
To Hold Other Check
Ups in Future: Discover
Over 100 Faulty Autos
on Friday Night
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Betwe n 100 and 125 automo
biles wi h faulty lights or muf
flers or both were apprehended
by the Washington and Martin
County Highway patrolmen and
the Plymouth police at an auto
equipment check-up station held
in Plymouth last Friday night as
a part o'" the state-wide car check
ing program aimed at reducing
^he number of unfit automobiles
operating on the state highways.
Patrolman R. W. Young, of
Plymouth has disclosed that simi
lar check-ups will be held in and
around Plymouth at unannounced
periods in the future and that
drivers who wish to save them
selves the embarrassment of be
ing hauled in should have their
car checked immediately. He ad
ded that if conditions warranted,
penalties would be imposed on
the drivers.
Drivers of faulty automobiles
found by the oficers are required
to have their cars repaired im
mediately. If garage service is
needed, the driver is given a tick
et specifying the repairs neces
sary and stipulating that the
card be mailed back to the of
fice within 48 hours and that it
be signed by a garageman indicat
ing that all required repairs to
^Jhe automobile have been made.
Councilmen Call for
Bids on Sewer Lines
The town council of Plymouth
has given notice that the town
will receive bids for the laying
of about 5,500 feet of 6-inch
water mains and about 2,800 feet
of 8-inch sewer pipes in the Wil
son Street extension and Red
Hill sections of Plymouth, with
all bids to be considered at a
special meeting of the town coun
cil in the Municipal Building
here next Thursday at 8 p. m.
The bids, it was stated, must
be made in writing to the Plym
outh Town Clerk, W. A. Roe
buck, and must be accompanied
by a certified check in the amount
of 5 per cent of the bid, made
payable to the Town of Plymouth.
Councilmen will open and dis
cuss all bids at the special session
next Thursday, reserving the
right to reject any and all bids
which do not meet with their
approval. No bids have been re
ceived to date.
The Roanoke Beacon
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VOLUME LVIII—NUMBER 17
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 24, 1947
ESTABLISHED 1889
Wednesday Closing
To Begin Next Week
All business establishments in
Plymouth, with the exception of
filling stations, garages, and some
drug stores, will begin their an
nual summer Wednesday after
noon closings next Wednesday,
April 30, instead of the follow
ing week, it has been announced
by Carlyle Hall, president of the
Plymouth Merchants Association,
who added that the Wednesday
half-holidays would continue
through August as originally
scheduled.
This change was made by the
Association in compliance with
a petition to that effect signed
by some 18 of the business hous
es in town. The petition request
ed the date of the afternoon clos
ures be advanced one week since
the last day of April will fall on
Wednesday. The previous ar
rangement would have had the
closing begin on the first Wed
nesday in May.
County, state and federal of
fices, according to current plans,
will maintain their regular sche
dules, taking their half-holiday
on Saturday afternoons instead
of on Wednesdays.
Outline Plans for
May Day Event
I Farm Bureau
| To Hold Meet
A joint, meeting of the men
and women of the county Farm
Bureau will be conducted in
the Agricultural Building in
Plymouth on Friday night,
May 2, at 8 o'clock, according
to an announcement from W.
V. Hays, county farm agent.
Mr. Hays has stated that the
meeting is important to the
farm men and women through
out Washington County and has
requested that as many attend
as possible. It is understood
that a hospital savings insur
ance plan will be discussed. Dr.
L. M. Massey of Zebu Ion and
Mrs. B. B. EvereUe of Palmyra
will be guest speakers.
Construction on
Furniture Store
To Start Shortly
Be Erected
on Site Old Customs
House; Contracts to Be
Let Next Week
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Construction on the new three
floor Plymouth Furniture Com
pany building will begin within
the next two weeks on the site of
the old Customs House on upper
Water Street, the store manage
ment has announced. Contract for
the building will be let sometime
next week, probably to a local
firm, the announcement added.
According to present plans, the
structure will be of brick with
a concrete foundation, one of the
three floors being incorporated
into basement storage and ware
house space. The front of the
building will be faced with black
carrara structural glass. Two en
trances will be used, both doors
being plate glass. The first floor
of the building will be used for
general display, with office space
at the rear, while the top floor
will be arranged in the “model
room" type of furniture display.
The company also plans to in
stall an elevator, although this
point has not been settled as yet.
Lighting will be flourescent while
the floors will be covered with
felt and linoleum. The walls will
be plaster and the ceilings of
celotex tiles. The management
stated that the building will pro
bably be completed by the latter
part of August.
Piercy Store in Roper
Now Selling New Lines
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W. N. Piercy, retailer in Roper,
has recently opened new lines of
electric appliances in his store
there, it has been announced. In
cluded among the items offered
are radios, radio batteries, elec
tric stoves and fans. Mr. Piercy
also features auto parts and ac
cessories of all kinds.
Baby Parade to Open
Plymouth Fete; Crown
ing of May Queen to
Climax Festival
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Schedules for the featured
events of the Plymouth Woman’s
Club May Day celebration, which
will be held next Thursday, May
l, have been completed, events,
according to statements from club
officials, taking place as follows:
Baby parade, 11 a. m.; special
announcements by Mrs. Edison
Davenport. 11:45 a. m: dinner at
the Christian Church Annex, 12
noon: Maypole Dance in front of
Plymouth Theatre, 1 p. m.; pet
parade and bicycle parade. 1:30
p. m.: flower show, Christian
Church Annex, 2 p. m.; miscel-!
laneous contests, 2:30 p. m.:
awarding of prize in baby con
test, 3:30 p. m.; crowning of
Health Queen in front of theater,
4 p. m.: womanless wedding and
home talent show at county
courthouse. 7:30 p. m.: crowning
of May Queen and square dan~e
at Plymouth School gymnasium,
9 p. m.
Leading off the May Day fes
tival, the baby parade, composed
of all children entered in the
baby popularity contest, will
form in front of the funeral home
on Washington Street at 10:45 a.
m. with the procession begin
ning at 11 o’clock. The course
I of the parade will be from the
funeral home to the corner of
Main Street, turning left down
Main to Adams Street, turning
(See MAY DAY, Page 12) "
To Hold Carnival
Here Nexi Week
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The James M. Raftery’s Shows,
featuring carnival concessions,
rides and shows, will be in Plym
outh under the auspices of the
American Legion and Veterans of
Foreign Wars from Monday, April
28 to Saturday, May 3, it has been
announced.
Money cleared by the veterans
organization from the carnival
will be placed in the fund for a
veterans memorial center which
project is currently being spon
sored by the two groups. The
carnival will be held at the old
Brinkley ball park on the Wil
liamston highway.
Funeral Is Held
For Mrs. Arnold
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Funeral services were held
from Concord Primitive Baptist
Church last Wednesday at 3 p.
m. for Mrs. Bettie Arnold, 81, of
Creswell who died at her home
at Cherry on Tuesday of last
week at 10:15 a. m. after a long
illness. Elder S. Grey of Kinston,
assisted by the Rev. G. C. Bland
of Philippi Church, officiated at
the services. Interment was made
in the Philippi Cemetery.
Mrs. Arnold, who was a native
of Creswell, was a member of the
Concord Church. She is survived
by three sons, Andrew and E. O.
Arnold of Roper, and Jim Arnold
of Edenton; three daughters, Mrs.
Claud Watson and Mrs. Henry
Hassell, both of Edenton, and Mrs.
Allison Swain, of Creswell, The
pallbearers were grandchildren
of Mrs. Arnold.
Returned Vet and Bride
To Make Home in Roper
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Roper.—Pfc. Joseph Harrell
Phelps and Mrs. Phelps, the
former Miss Marie Helene Mc
chali of Casablanca, North Africa,
have arrived here to make their
home. The couple were married
in February of this year. Private
Phelps served several months
with the armed forces in North
Africa.
May Discontinue
Local Passenger
Train Schedules
Norfolk Southern to Ask
State Authority for Ac
tion Monday; Would Be
Effective June 1
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According to a notice received
on Wednesday by A. J. Riddle,
Mayor of Plymouth, the Norfolk
Southern Railway Company will
apply to the North Carolina Pub
lic Utilities Commission in Ra
leigh on Monday for authority to
discontinue the operation of pas
senger trains One and Two now
traveling between Norfolk and
Raleigh, requesting that this run
be stopped on and after June 1.
The two trains are, at present,
the only passenger trains oper
ating in this area.
This would have direct effect
on Plymouth and Washington
County since both the trains
carry much of the incoming and
out-going mails and express in
this section and, if the petition is
granted, it is assumed, would
cause considerable inconvienence
to local businessmen and private
individuals. The railway com
pany will also make application
to the Virginia commission for
cessation of the part of the run
going through territory of that
state.
Mayor Riddle is now making
investigations as to when the
public hearing on the matter will
be held by the commission in Ra
leigh and is planning to head a
delegation of local citizens to
register protest at the proposed
discontinuance of the two trains.
At previous hearings, the rail
road has been able to prove that
the trains are operating at a loss,
and if allowed to discontinue the
runs will be required to work out
some compensatory service
Colored Student
Slabbed lo Death
AlRoperTuesday
Alleged 14-Year-OldSlay
er Placed in County
Jail Pending Court
Hearing Next Week
Floyd Douglas, 17-year-old
Roper colored boy, student at the
J. J. Clemmons School there, died
while en route to the Plvriruth
Clinic of wounds sustained : i a
school-yard fight during the r. ion
recess on Tuesday, J. K. Id -id,
sheriff of Washington County, has
reported. Douglas was stabbed
in the chest with a large pocket
knift by Rupert Cox, 14, also a
student at the Clemmons School,
the sheriff said.
According to the Cox boy,
several of the students were play
ing baseball on the school grounds
when he (Cox) threw a bail
which struck Douglass’ younger
brother who began to cry. Doug
las, Cox claimed, came up to him
and slapped him in the face and
then reached for a knife. Cox
drew his own knife and struck
the first blow. Douglas, Cox
stated, stood a few seconds and
then fell to the ground. He was
taken to the clinic by E. V. Wil
kins, principal of the school.
Sheriff Reid declared that the
Cox boy was at home when the
arrest was made and freely ad
mitted cutting Douglas, although
he apparently did not know the
seriousness of the wound he had
inflicted. Cox is being held in
the county jail in Plymouth pend
ing a hearing in county recorders
court next Tuesday.
Cox lived with his parents
David and Christabel Cox in Rop
Cj while dead boy had resided
there with his grandmother,
Iram Lee Howard.
Local Itccorils Office;
To (Jose on May lOili j
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The Washington County 0?*;1
fice of Selective Service R®
cords will definitely close on'
Saturday, May 10, at 5 p. in.
according to an official order
from State selective service
headquarters, Mrs. Mildred Col
lins, chief clerk in the local of
fice has announced.
The clerk added that all re
cords in the county office will
be forwarded to the State Se
lective Service Records Depot
in Raleigh where they will be
rs|m* ^ Par- ■
poses. The Washington County
office, operating as registration
headquarters for selective ser
vice, opened in Plymouth in the
fall of 1940 and under that
name continued until March 31
of this year when it was chang
ed to its present status of draft
records office for the county.
Mrs. Collins, formerly with
the Orange County office has
been in the Washington County
office since January, 1946.
County Is Given
Quota of $500 in
CancerCampaign
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Plymouth, Creswell Wo
men’s Clubs to Canvass
Those Areas; Other
Plans Not Complete
Washington County has been
assigned a $500 quota for the na
tion-wide Cancer Society drive,
Jack Pecle. county commander of
the organization, has announced.
He added that the Plymouth Wo
man’s Club, under the leadership
of Mrs. W. H. Joyner, and the
Creswell Woman's Club, led by
Mrs. O, D. Hatfield will act as
canvassers lor the campaign in
those two sections of the county.
So far as could be learned by
Wednesday of this week, no ar
rangements had been made to
cover other parts of the county.
The money raised by the cam
paign, which is being conducted
through the month of April, will
be used for scientific research in
the causes and possible cures for
cancerous diseases. Mesdames
Joyner and Hatfield were ap
pointed chairmen of the drive in
the Plymouth and Creswell areas
by their respective clubs. Collec
tions will start immediately.
New Flower Shop
Is Opened Here
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“Katie’s Florist Shop,” new
Plymouth flower business, has
opened at its location here on
West Third Street, Mrs. A. R.
Modlin, manager of the enter
prise, has announced.
The shop will specialize in cor
sages and wedding flowers, Mrs.
Modlin stated, adding that cater
ing to funerals and the execution
of funeral designs is also given
careful attention. She stated fur
ther that the shop will sell all
types of flowers and potted plants.
The shop will be open at all times.
Committee Named
To Nominate List
Of Commissioners
Farmers to Vote Prefer
ence on 3 Men for Ap
pointment As Scupper
nong District Officials
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A group of 7 farmers, all land
owners in the newly formed
Scuppernong Drainage District,
have been appointed as a nomi
nating committee for the purpose
of selecting a list of potential
commissioners for the new dis
trict. The 7 men were chosen
at a meeting of the farmers in
that area held in the Creswell
school on Wednesday night.
Committee memebers are Jen
nings Davenport, J. R. Daven
port, William Gibbs, W. P. Dav
enport, L. E. Ambrose, Mitchell
Edwards, and Woodley Ambrose.
The committee, after making its
selections, will submit the list of
candidates to the people of the
district for a vote on the three
(See DRAINAGET'Page 12)
Clean-Up Day
Is Proclaimed
Mayor A. J. Riddle has pro
claimed May 5 as “Clean Up
Plymouth Day,” requesting
that all citizens of the town
clear away trash, weeds, and
ash heaps from all back lots as
well as frontages in both the
business and residential sec
tions of Plymouth.
Mayor Riddle also suggested
that since the garbage trucks
will be angaged all day in re
moving the debris deposited by
owners, property holders would
probably find it more convien
ent to complete the clean-up
job early and avoid having
unsightly piles of trash around
their homes all day.
Two More Candidates in
Contest for Town Council
Creswell to Hold
Annual Festival
On May Seventh
Yearly Celebration Being
Sponsored by PTA for
Benefit Memorial Gym
nasium Project
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The seventh consecutive Cres
well May Day Festival, sponsor
ed by the local Parent-Teachers
Association, will be held there on
Wednesday, May 7, featuring a
May Queen contest, flower show.
May Pole dance, pageant, and a
baseball game.
Money realized from the cele
bration will be donated to the
Creswell Memorial Gymnasium
fund, the completion of which is
the current project of the local
PTA and Woman's Club. The
May Day program will begin at
9:30 a. m. and will last all day.
Entries for the May Queen con
test are now being chosen from
the grades in the Creswell High
School with names of the entries
to be announced later. Judging
in the contest will be on the basis
of the number of votes received
with the winning contestant be
ing crowned Queen of the festi
val. A page contest for the selec
tion of the queen's attendants will
be conducted in a similar manner.
Votes will be one cent each.
Other attractions offered in the
all-day celebration are a motion
picture show and a concert by the
Creswell Glee Club. Lunch will
be servide in the school lunch
room. Hot-dogs, hamburgers,
and cold drinks will also be sold.
Committees in charge of the
program arrangements are as fol
lows: May Queen contest: Mrs.
T. D. Woodley, chairman: Page
contest: Mrs. O. R. Armstrong,
chairman; Glee Club: Miss Millie
Woodley, Mrs. Jennings Daven
port*. . fay fdlfctfe: Mrs. W.
B. Gaither, Miss Lois Norman;
Pageant: Mrs. O. O. Lassiter. Miss
Hazel Craddock; Motion picture:
H. V. Chappell; Flower show:
Mrs. A. H. Tucker: Baseball
game: Ray Cox, manager; Lunch
eon: Mrs. Jennings Davenport,
chairman: Refreshments: Mrs.
Chester Hopkins, chairman; Mrs.
Lloyd Norman.
Jewelry Store to
Build New Front,
Construction on an all-glass
front for O. R. Leggett’s Son
jewelry store was begun last Fri
day with present plans placing
[completion of the job at some
time within the next 30 days.
According to blue-print eleva
tions, the entrance will be a door
of solid plate glass with side
panels, flanked by “picture" dis
play windows. The lower two
thirds of the store front will be
faced with black glass and topped
with a wide panel of ivory glass
containing an incrustation of the
store name in black.
All glass facing are now being
shipped to the store, the manage
ment stated, and are expected to
arrive here within the next few
days. The design used in the
reconstruction of the store front
is modern. Renovation of the
interior of the store was complet
ed some time ago.
Browning Funeral
Conducted Sunday
Funeral services were conduct
ed from Ludford Memorial
Church in Plymouth last Sundav
at 3 p. m. for Mrs. Jessie Cunn
ingham Browning, fi8, of Plym
outh who died at her home here
on Saturday at 3:30 p. m. fol
lowing a long period of declining
health. The Rev. R. Ii. Lucas,
assisted by the Rev. E. B. Quick,
officiated at the services. In
terment was made in the Baptist
Cemetery.
Mrs. Browning, wife of the late
Frederick deFuniak Browning of
Brownsville, Pa., had lived in
Plymouth for the past five years,
coming here from her former
home in Brownsville where she
was a member of the First Pres
byterian Church and the Browns
ville Woman’s Christian Temper
ance Union.
She is survived by one sister,
Miss Mary S. Cunningham of
Plymouth: one grandson, Fred
erick Allen Hill, also of Plym
outh; and a niece and nephew.
Reporters Are
Named by AAA
Meeting in the Agricultural
Building in Plymouth last Fri
day, The Washington County
AAA Committee appointed R.
C. Jackson of Plymouth and VV.
P. Davenport of Creswell po
tato acreage reporters for the
county. Mr. Jackson will work
in the Plymouth-Roper section
while Mr. Davenport will op
erate in the Creswell area.
Acreage measuring will be
gin May 15. The reason given
for the unusually late date of
the procedure is that bad weath
er earlier in the year had kill
ed the first planting of the po
tato crop, necessitating replant
ing. There are 14 growers in
the Plymouth - Roper section
and 15 in the Creswell area.
Saturday Is Last
Day to Register
For City Election
Thirteen More Names
Listed in Each of Second
and Third Districts;
First has “4 or 5”
Second and third wards in
Plymouth both recorded 13 new
registrations of voters for the
municipal elections in May, Reg
istrars Roy Cutler and Mrs. C. A.
Cratch have reported. Last week.
Mr. Cutler had placed only 8 new
names on the books of the second
ward, while Mrs. Cratch had re
ported 14 for the third area. The
total now stands at 21 for the
second ward and 27 for the third.
Mr. Cutler stated that he ex
pected a few more registrants op
the week-end. Mrs. Cratch said
that there are still quite a few
qualified voters in her district
but that she expected to have the
majority of them registered by
the end of the week.
The books will be closed on
Saturday of this week which
leaves two days for the unregis
tered voters to be placed on the
books. Challenge day will be on
the following Saturday, May 3.
Lacking official information, it
is understood that 4 or 5 persons
have been placed on the books in
the first ward.
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Colored Home Is
Burned Thursday
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Starting apparently from faul
ty wiring, fire swept through the
home of Willie B. Lloyd, colored,
in Plymouth about 5 p. m. last
Thursday, destroying the entire
contents of the house, leaving
only the walls standing.
Lloyd’s family, his wife and
two children, ages 1 and 3 years,
were visiting relatives in Martin
County at the time the fire oc
curred. Firemen stated that when
the fire engines arrived at the
house flames were pouring from
the windows and roof. The fami
ly is living with Lloyd’s mother
until another house can be se
cured.
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Legion Auxiliary Will
Meet on Monday Night
The members of the American
Legion Auxiliary will conduct a
meeting in the Legion Hall here
next Monday at 8 p. m., according
to an announcement from Mrs. W.
C. Jones, president of the organi
zation, who stated that plans for
the American Legion's Poppy
Day will be made at that time.
Mrs. Jones urged all members of
the group to be present.
Joyner and Price File for
Town Council; Allen
Denies Plans to Run
for Mayor’s Post
The total number of new can
didates for office in Plymouth’s
municipal election being held on
May 6 has risen to four with the
filing of W. H. Joyner for council
man from the first ward and
Louise E. Price, filing for the
same position from third ward.
Mr. Joyner, well-known local
businessman, is opposing E. D.
Keel and Henry Harrison who
are running for re-election, while
Mr. Price, ex-president of local
356 of the pulp, sulphite, and
paper mill workers, is running
against A. J. Byrd and J. W.
Marrow, who are candidates for
re-election. Also running for
councilman from the third ward
is George W. Harrison who filed
for the post last week.
The sole candidate opposing
Mayor Archie J. Riddle, candi
date for re-election, is J. T. Mc
Nair. Reports had been circulat
ed around town that H. H. Allen
was planning to file for candidate
for mayor, but Mr. Allen denied
this on Wednesday stating that he
had no intention of following
such a course.
Despite the increase of the
number of candidates, political
interest is still lagging, if regis
trations of new voters are any
indication. Most of the political
activity in Plymouth seems to be
concentrated in the third ward
where it is reported that the new
candidates are waging a lively
campaign.
Donald Phelps Pledged
To College Fraternity
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Donald E. Phelps of Creswell,
freshman at Wtke Forest College,
became a pledge of Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity on April 1, it
has been announced. The social
organization was founded in
Richmond and the Wake Forest
chapter was inst-clled in 1940.
Applications for
Houses Will Be
Studied by Group
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Final Decision on Allot
ment of New Homes to
Be Based on Urgency
of Individual Needs
Meeting in the county court
house last Thursday night, the
Plymouth post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars delivered informa
tional questionnaires to some 30
applicants for the 15 pre-fabricat
ed homes being made available
to Washington County veterans
through the local VFW organiza
tion.
The VFW finance committee
will study the applications and,
using the information contained
in them, will make their decisions
as to which applicants will be
given opportunities to purchase
the homes, basing the allotments
on the urgency of individual
needs. The committee’s decisions
will be announced at a later date.
The houses, which contain four
rooms and bath, are at present
located at Alexander Park in
Portsmouth, Va.. and will be sold
to the veterans at approximately
$2,000 each. The houses them
selves. which contain all essential
plumbing facilities, are priced at
around $920 while transportation
and assemblage would cost about
$600. It is understood that many
of the 30 applicants are now mak
ing arrangements to finance pur
chase of the homes.
Members of the VFW commit
tee in charge of studying the ap
plications are Blount Rodman,
chairman; Ray Kimbrough and
Bill Davenport. The homes are
a part of a veterans housing pro
ject being sponsored in the coun
ty by the Plymouth VFW.
Require Teachers To
Renew Certificates
Approximately 50 per cent of
the teachers in the Washington
County schools system will have
to renew their teaching certifi
cates through summer schools
either this summer or in the sum
mer of 1948 or else disqualify for
employment in the state educa
tion set up. W. F. Veasey, county
school superintendent, has an
nounced.
The superintendent stated that
the General Assembly had ex
tended the expiration of teach
ers certificates every year since
1931 and this year had left the
matter to the State Board of Edu
cation who had given only a one
year period of grace. This means,
he explained, that certificates
which will have expired by the
summer of 1948 must be renewed
by a six-weeks course at an ac
credited college in order to be
valid for the 1948 fall term.