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R. S. Martin of Plymouth has
accepted a position with a ply
wood company in Goldsboro and
assumed his duties there last
week, it has been reported. Mrs.
Martin will join him in their new
home as soon as he can locate a
house.
Mt.Mrs. Stella Hyman, of Scotland
Neck, the former Miss Stella
Blount, of Plymouth, will have
an original short story published
in a nationally known woman’s
magazine in the near future, ;t
has been reported. This is Mrs.
Hyman's first publication.
The latest shortage ham orb
ing work on the new class
rooms at the Plymouth High
School, according to Superin
tendent W. F. Veasey, is a labor
shortage. Mr. Veasey stated
that materials for the installa
tion of the wiring in the new
school are coming in every day,
but so far no one has been
to do the installing.
Applications are being receiv
ed for teaching positions in the
county’s white schools for the
first time in 3 or 4 years, accord
ing to Superintendent W. F.
Veasey, who added that the num
ber of vacancies occurring in the
white schools will soon be tabu
lated and the applications acted
upon accordingly.
Reports made at the Board
of Education meeting held here
'last Monday state that so far
$47,947.42 have been spent in
the construction of the addi
tions to the Plymouth High
School. The figure, it was stat
ed further, includes the amount
spent for wiring, plumbing and
heating materials.
J. C. Tarkington, president of
the Washington County Farm bu
reau, is now sufficiently recover
ed from his recent illness to be
out and about his business as
usual, it has been reported. Mr.
Tarkington was quite ill recently
and was placed in an oxygen tent
at a Rocky Mount hospital for
about two weeks, it is understood.
Lieut. Sidney A. Ward, local
attorney who was called back in
to the army recently, reporting
last Thursday to Camp Stone
man, Calif., has been stationed
ir. the Tokyo area of Japan and
wi.’l sail ! h< -<» a.day. it has
f.i n - norted. Before leaving
Plymr uth, Lieutenant Ward stat
ed that he expected to be with
the army for about two years this
time.
Lake Phelps Legion to
fuse Community Building
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The Lake Phelps Post of the
American Legion has obtained
permission to use the Communi
ty Building at Lake Phelps for
recreational activities, T. F. Dav
enport, Pettigrew Park warden,
has announced.
Mr. Davenport also stated that
the building will be rearranged
in the near future and that
sleeping and eating facilities will
be improved and installed at the
building.
Council Declines
ToExiendSewers
m BeyondCity Limit
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Builders Offer $1,000 to
Aid in Expense Defray
but Board Keeps Orig
inal Plans
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Representatives of construc
tion companies now engaged in
building some 31 homes in the
Stillacres section appeared before
the Plymouth town council at its
meeting on Monday night stat
ing that they had almost com
pleted eighteen houses, requested
information on the council’s plans
for the laying of sewer and water
lines in the area.
Mayor A. J. Riddle stated that
present plans included work on
the Wilson and Washington
Streets extensions, the Red Hill
area, and the Stillacres section
already within the corporate
limits of the town, but that no
^^tion was being taken by the
*®uncil on extending sewer and
water service into Stillacres un
til such time as it is incorporated
into the town.
The company representatives
offered to donate $1,000 on the
cost of buying and installing the
service materials needed, and sug
gestion was made that the offer
be accepted with the remaining
$3,000 of the $4,000 cost being
borrowed on the bonds retired
by the town last year which would
still allow ample funds for com
pleting the projects already out
lined for the town. The sugges
tion, however, was not acted upon,
the council adhering to its origin
al plans. The company represen
tatives then stated that they
would get sewer and water fa
cilities to the houses if they had
(SeT^ciTY^COUNCnCrPage 10)
The Roanoke Beacon
**★★★★ and Washington County News
BUY YOUR
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VOLUME LVIII—NUMBER 19
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 8, 1947
ESTABLISHED 1889
Make $1,015 on
May Day Event
! Home and Farm]
I Agents in Meetj
The home and farm agents
of Washington, Martin, Hyde,
and Tyrrell Counties will con
duct a general conference in the
Agricultural Building in Plym
outh today with B. Troy Fer
guson, district farm agent, and
Miss Pauline Smith, district
home agent, as principal speak
ers, it has been announced.
The 4 counties represented
are members of the 21-county
North-Eastern District of North
Carolina. It is understood that
a special program has been ar
ranged for those attending.
Proposed Site of
Center Approved
By County Board
Commissioners Endorse
Washington as Loca
tion for Planned Re
gional Hospital
The county board of commis
sioners, at their meeting here on
Monday, unanimously endorsed
the State Planning Committee’s
recommendation that Washing
ton, (N. C.) be the site of the pro
posed state-federal-local sponsor
ed regional hospital which would
serve Washington. Beaufort, Mar
tin, Tyrrell, Pitt, Hyde, Craven,
and Pamlico Counties as a part
of the State’s plan to bring ade
quate medical care within access
of every family in North Caro
lina.
A delegation of Washington
residents, C. W. Thompson, Harry
McMullan, and M. O. Fletcher,
appeared before the local board
on Monday and reported the
State committee’s action to the
Washington County group, asking
their cooperation and endorse
ment of the project. They point
ed out, however, that the State’s
appi'opriation rests on the passage
of the Hill-Burton Bill, now under
discussion in Congress, which
would give one-third financing to
such medical projects.
The State, the delegates said,
would give, another third of the
funds and the county in which
the hospital is located would pro
vide the remaining third. The
commissioners, deciding that
Washington County could not af
ford to appropriate the amount
which would be necessary, en
dorsed Washington as the site for
the Regional Hospital which
would serve this jounty.
Board Proposes
Industrial Study
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The county board of education,
on the basis of information secur
ed from the students of the Plym
outh High School, have been
authorized to recommend to the
Plymouth School Committee that
an Industrial Arts Department be
instituted at the Plymouth School.
The committee will vote on the
matter at its meeting which will
be held during the latter part of
this week.
Questionnaires distributed
among the 105 male students in
grades 7 through l1 revealed that
66 are interested in enrolling in
an industrial arts class. The same
questionnaire, inquiring on agri
cultural interests, disclosed that
of the 33 farm boys in the group,
30 are interested in study along
that line while 7 other students
reported that they plan to engage
in agricultural pursuits after gra
duation. Nine students reported
that they were not interested in
either industrial arts or agricul
tural studies.
Money Placed in Organ
ization’s Community
Building Fund; Baby
Contest Reaps $500
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The Plymouth Woman’s Club
netted a profit of $1,015 from the
May Day festival sponsored by
that group here on Thursday of
last week with the baby contest
event clearing more than $500 of
the final net sum, it has been re
ported. The money was placed
in the club’s community building
fund now reported at about
$1,500.
Aside from the baby parade,
the most outstanding event of the
celebration was a womanless wed
ding presented in the court room
of the county courthouse at 8 p.
m. that day with some 200 per
sons attending the performance
and approximately $100 being
taken in at the box office. The
dramatis personae of the affair
was made up of various promin
ent male citizens of the town.
Other featured events were
bicycle and pet parades, a May
Queen contest with the corona
tion taking place in the school
gymnasium at 9 p. m., followed
by cake walks and a square dance,
a May-pole dance, the crowning
of the County Health Queen,
chosen from among the 4-H Club
girls, and a home talent show
which took place immediately
following the womanless wed
ding.
Prizes were awarded winners
in all events involving contests
with the winners chosen as fol
lows: Baby Popularity contest,
boys division: Andy Allen with
4.849 votes; girls division: Karen
Kay Pickett with 5.209 votes: and
twins division: Modlin twins with
2,751 votes. Prizes were child
ren’s jewelry. Awards were also
presented to the runners-up. May
I Queen contest: Betty Riddle win
| ner, $5 and corsage, compliments
of a local florist; Nick Ayers,
runner-up. a portrait photograph,
donated by a local photo-artist;
Pet parade: Peggy Warrick’s en
try; and bicycle contest: Mary
Wood Sawyer; Talent show: trio
composed of Dorothy Humphreys,
i Frances Ange, and Anne Veasey,
I first prize; second prize tie be
tween Betty Jean Jackson and
Dorothy Humphreys on solos,
both receiving awards.
The celebration began with the
baby parade at 11 a. m. and con
tinued throughout the day with
dinner being served in the
Christian Church annex, followed
by a flower show from 2 to 4 p. m.
The festival concluded with the
square dance following the crown
ing of the May Queen in the
school gymnasium.
Last Rites Held
For S. Z. Waters
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Services were held from Horn
er Funeral Home in Plymouth
last Friday at 2:30 p. m. for
Samuel Z. Waters, 76, of Mackeys
who died at his home there on
Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. after
three years of illness and a long
period of declining health. The
Rev. E. B. Quick, pastor of the
First Christian Church of Plym
outh, assisted by the Rev. J. W.
Lollis of Pantego, officiated at
the funeral here. Burial was
made in the Latham Cemetery in
Pantego.
Mr. Waters, who was a native
of Beaufort County and a mem
ber of the Pantego Christian
Church for many years, had liv
ed in Mackeys for twenty years.
His first wife, the former Miss
Lula Dickens of New Bern died
in 1904.
Mr. Waters is survived by his
second wife, Mrs. Ella L. Waters
of Mackeys; one son, Melton E.
Waters, of Long Island, N. Y.;
one daughter, Mrs. L. W. Taylor,
of Newport; one sister, Mrs. Mol
lie Skiles, of Washington, seven
grandchildren; two great-grand
children; and several nieces and
nephews.
Veteran Groups Xet
$424 From Carnival
Reports from officials in the
Plymouth American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars posts
state that a $424 profit was
realized from the carnival
sponsored here last week by
two organizations. The money
has been placed in the Veterans
Memorial Building fund, mak
ing a total amount of about
$3,300 to date.
It was remarked that an even
larger profit would have been
realizel from the carnival if the
concern had not been rained
out on Saturday night. Police
officials state that for the most
part the show was operated in
an orderly fashion except for
a single cutting scrape early
Saturday in which the victim
was only slightly hurt.
The Veterans Memorial Build
ing will be used by the local
groups for an assembly hall and
social center.
Education Board
To Build Garage
For County Buses
Group Also Makes Ten
tative Plans for Erec
tion of New Colored
School at Creswell
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Members of the county board
of education, meeting in regular
session in the courthouse in Plym
outh on Monday, authorized the
construction of a county school
bus garage, although it is not cer
tain as yet that there will be
adequate funds immediately at
hand for the project.
It was revealed at the meeting
that the county has at present
about $5,942.50 from the sale of
the Chapel Hill and Cherry
Schools but architects’ estimates
on the construction cost of the
State - recommended type of
garage planned to be built by the
board call for an $8,000 budget
which leaves around $2,100 to be
obtained. It was suggested by
board members that the funds ap
propriated for school building
construction be made available
and investigation is being made
along that line, although the
board is doubtful if the funds
will be available for constructions
other than of class-rooms.
Work on the new garage will
begin as soon as adequate funds
are secured.
Plans were made at the Mon
day meeting to begin construc
tion on the planned new Colored
High School at Creswell as soon
as the State Board of Education
gives notice of its intention of
continuing the negro high school
there. If the school is continued,
blue-prints call for a 10-room
building which would be reduced
to an 8-room structure if the
school is consolidated with J. J.
Clemmons School at Roper. The
new building would be of cinder
blocks and situated on a 15-acre
lot near the old St. David Church
in Creswell.
The board also considered, and
rejected, purchasing increased
insurance on bus children, stat
ing as their reason that it would
give unfair advantage' to bus
students over non-bus students.
The last legislature, it was dis
closed, had authorized county
boards to increase insurance on
each bus student from $600 to
$1,000.
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Funeral Is Held
For R. J. Moore
Funeral services for Richard J.
Moore, 40. brother of Mrs. T. L.
Bray, of Plymouth, were conduct
ed at the home of his mother,
Mrs. J. W. Moore, in Smithfield
Saturday at 4 p. m. with the Rev.
J. H. Lansinger, pastor of the
Smithfield Presbyterian Church,
officiating. Mr. Moore died
around noon last Thursday in a
Raleigh hospital. Interment was
made in Riverside Cemetery
where the Masonic Order took
part in the services.
Mr. Moore is survived by his
wife, the former Josie Susman;
two daughters, Barbara Jane and
Virginia Deanne Moore; his moth
er, Mrs. Moore; and two sisters,
Mrs. Bray, of Plymouth and Mrs.
J. H. Bonner of Elizabeth City.
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Elect Alexander
Creswell Mayor
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Vf. T. Alexander, incumbent
candidate for mayor of Creswell
defeated his opponent, J. A. j
Combs, by the slim margin of 9
votes in the Creswell town elec
tions held there on Tuesday.
Mayor Alexander polled 39 votes,
while 30 ballots were cast for
Mr. Combs.
Of the 8 candidates for the!
board of aldermen, H. W. Nor
man, C. N. Davenport, O. D. Hat
field, and H. R. Stillman, all in
cumbents, were reelected. They
had been challenged by Dr. J. M.
Phelps, Thomas H. Smith, and E.
C. Craddock. Votes polled by the
aldermen were Norman, 60;
Davenport, 59; Hatfield, 57; Still
man, 49; Dr. Phelps, 33; Smith,
7; and Craddock, 8.
Engineer Tours County
Conservation Projects
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Soil Conservation District En
gineer J. W. Hanna of Washing
ton, N. C., was in Washington
County Tuesday with Donald B
Jones, county soil conservationist,
who made a tour of inspection of
this area, it has been reported.
Mr. Hanna and Mr. Jones gave
special attention to the dragline
ditching operations being carried
on in the county.
Elect Two New Council Members
Tuesday; Riddle Renamed Mayor
County Board in
Regular Session
Here on Monday
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Allow Farmers Home Of
fice to Move to Old Em
ployment Office Begin
ning June First
The Washington County Board
of Commissioners, meeting in
regular session in the county
courthouse in Plymouth on Mon
day authorized Willis Bowen,
district supervisor of the Farm
ers Home Administration in
Washington and Tyrrell Counties
to occupy the office in the court
house basement now being used
by the Employment Service and
to assume occupancy on and
after June 1 of Uiis year.
It was revealed that Miss Mir
iam Patrick, supervising inter
viewer, while leaving the office
on May 31 at which time the local
office will be closed out, will be
in Plymouth each Friday for the
purpose of serving clients in
Washington County. The board,
considering this, allowed Miss
Patrick to use the commissioners
room at this time for the Em
ployment Service. Mr. Bowen
explained that the move from his
present quarters to the court
house would effect an annual
rent saving of $150 in his budget.
Harold Palmer, representing
the John L. Roper Lumber Com
pany, stated to the board that a
piece of road at Mackeys was not
being maintained and that the
company was experiencing dif
ficulties in transporting logs and
lumber to railroads cars at that
point. He asked that the board
recommend to the State Highway
ning at Spruills store on the Mac
keys Road, leading to the Pleas
ant Grove Road and running
fri m there to the southern end
of the Albemarle Sound railroad
bridge, the road described being
about 500 yards long. The board
granted the request.
Reports were heard from the
county farm and home agents and
tax collector, who stated that
during the month of April, $2,
460.10 in taxes had been collect
ed. W. W. Ange was allowed $30
for expenses covering 2 days
work in looking up maps and de
termining the number of acres
in the Respass Land Tract, now
owned by W. S. Bowen. J. H.
i Hamilton was employed as court
house janitor for the month of
May.
that the road be
•aveled 1 regularly
ig location: begin
All but Two Vet
Houses Assigned
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Members of the Plymouth post
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
meeting last Thursday, held furth
er discussion of finance arrange
ments for individual veteran pur
chase of the remaining pre-fabri
cated houses being sold through
the local VFW, with all of the
houses being assigned except two.
It was announced that county
veterans wishing to buy the re
maining two homes should con
tact either Blount Rodman or
Bill Davenport in Plymouth. As
signment of the houses is made
according to the immediate needs
of the applicant, it was stated.
The 5-room homes are located
at Alexander Park in Ports
mouth, Va. and have been given
the individual purchase price of
about $2,000. Mr. Davenport
presided at Thursday’s meeting.
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Bureau Discusses
Health Insurance
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Economical means of securing
hospitalization insurance for farm
families was discussed with the
35 members of the Washington
County Farm Bureau attending
the special meeting called by that
group in the Agricultural Build
ing in Plymouth last Friday night.
A discussion was also held of
general problems ecountered by
the organization with Haywood
Dell of Greenville, director with
the State Farm Bureau, leading
the discussion. Mrs. B. B.
Everette of Palmyra, director of
the woman’s bureau, spoke on the
insurance plan.
J. C. Tarkington, president of
the county bureau, presided. Re
freshments were served to those
attending.
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Three official holidays will
be observed by various and
sundry offices and business in
Plymouth during the month of
May, it has been learned. The j
days are Confederate Memorial
Day on Saturday, May 10;
Mecklenburg Day on Tuesday,
May 20; and National Memori
al Day on Friday, May 30.
All federal offices, including
the AAA, the post office, and
the Farmers Jlome office, will
observe May 30, while the local
bank will take May 10 and 20
although since the National
Memorial Day comes at the end
of the month it may not be ob
served by the bank. Holiday
celebrations for the county and
town offices will be settled at
the meeting of the town and
county boards on Monday.
So far as can be determined
at present, no other businesses
than those named will observe
the three holidays since most
of the business houses in Plym
outh have half holidays on
Wednesday or Saturday of each
week.
Get Bids lor Added
Water-Sewer Lines
Exum Cline Company of
Rocky Mount Low Bid
ders. Work Schedule
To Start Today
The $11,617.50 bid of the Exum
Cline Construction Company of
Rocky Mount was accepted by
the Plymouth town council, in
special session last Thursday
night, for the installation of the
sewer and water mains in the
Wilson and Washington Streets
extensions, and Red Hill sections
of town.
Bid for the contract was also
made by E. W. Faucette Company
of Boykin, Va., but its $14,280
estimate was declined by the
council.
Representatives of the Cline
Company agreed to commence
work on the water mains on
Thursday of this week and to
take levels for the installation of
sewers on Monday of next week.
During the meeting, it was re
vealed that some sections of pipe
were to be laid in the section of
Stillacres now within the city
limits and discussion arose con
cerning the advisibility of extend
ing the lines across the ditch
marking the city limits and into
other portions of Still acres, serv
ing the new homes under con
struction there. Mayor A. T.
Riddle favored the proposal, even
stating that he would be willing
to bear the expense of purchase
and installation of the necessary
materials, but the members of
the council unanimously voted
the suggestion down, maintain
ing that the town government’s
first duty is to the areas and citi
zens already living within the
city limits.
As the plans now stand, sewer
and water lines will be laid on
the Wilson and Washington Street
extensions, in the Red Hill sec
tion, and in the portion of Still
acres now inside the city limits
up to the ditch which marks the
south-eastern boundary of Plym
outh.
Lake Flood Gales
To Be Installed
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Building operators on the in
stallation of the new flood gates
at the Bonarva, Transportation,
Thirty-Foot, and Western Canals
leading to Lake Phelps will begin
in the near future, according to
reports.
A movement has been on foot
for several months to obtain the
installation of flood gates in the
canals with an eye toward main
taining a safe level of the lake
and prevent periodic flooding of
farm lands in its vicinity.
False Alarm Is
Turned in Here
The Plymouth Fire Depart
ment, answering an urgent call
on Monday afternoon, rushed
to the scene of conflagration
on Madison Street, just behind
the Colored Methodist Church,
and found a colored man care
fully supervising a small but
smoky trash fire.
The alarm, according to Chief
Miller Warren, was turned in
by a very excited 14-year-old
boy and his equally excited
mother who saw the smoke
coming from behind a house in
that direction and promptly
gave the alarm. The alarm,
though false , Chief Warren
said, was given in innocence
and no charges would be pre
ferred against anyone con
cerned.
Roper Elects Set
Of New Officials
Roper voters elected an almost
completely new slate of town of
ficials in the municipal election
there on Tuesday, only one can
didate, L, L. Mizell for town
councilman being retained from
the old set up.
T. R. Spruill, former member of
the Roper council, was unani
mously elected mayor with no
opposing candidate recorded, and
R. B. Forbes. H. S. Everett and
L. L. Mizell were all voted into
positions on the town board.
Four candidates had announc
ed for the council with E. M.
Chesson being defeated by Mr.
Everett by only one ballot, the
final count being 27 votes cast
for Everett and 26 for Chesson.
Candidates and votes in the
Roper election were as follows:
For Mayor: Spruill. 40 votes; for
council: Forbes, 42; Mizell, 37;
Everett, 27; and Chesson, 26.
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Consults with Officials
On New Creswell School
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W. F. Veasey, superintendent
of the Washington County Schools
traveled to Raleigh today to con
sult with State education officials
on the continuation of a colored
high school at Creswell.
As soon as definite word is ob
tained from State sources on the
matter, final plans for the con
struction of a new colored school
building will be made by the
Washington County Board of Edu
cation.
Must Register Again
To Vote on Extension
Books for the new registration
required for the special election
on the extension of Plymouth’s
city limits were opened on Mon
day, May 5, in the office of Mrs.
Hermine Ramsey, registrar, who,
according to unofficial reports,
has registered only 3 or 4 persons
for the election which takes place
in the county courthouse on Tues
day, June 3.
Town officials have emphasiz
ed that a completely new regis
tration of all qualified voters in
Plymouth, and the sections pro
posed to be included within the
town's corporate limits, must be
held, and that only those who
register for the election will be
allowed to cast ballots, regard
less of how many times they have
registered for voting in past
years. The recent registration for
the municipal elections, they
pointed out, in no way covers the
balloting to be held on June 3.
The books will be open every
day except Sundays until Satur
day. May 24, which has also been
designated challenge day. Regis
tration place is at Mrs. Ramsey’s
office on Water Street and polling
I place in the courthouse.
W. H. Joyner and George
W. Harrison Win, Re
placing H. E. Harrison
and J. W. Marrow
Plymouth voters elected two
new councilmen. W. H. Joyner
from the first ward and George
W. Harrison from the third ward,
and re-elected A. J. Riddle as
mayor of the town in the bien
nial municipal election held here
on Tuesday.
The council is now composed
of E. D. Keel and Mr. Joyner
from the first ward; J. Shepherd
Brinkley and Harold Whitley
from the second ward; and A. J.
Byrd and Mr. Harrison from the
third ward.
Mayor Riddle and the council
men took the oath of office in
the Municipal Building shortly
after noon yesterday, as soon as
official canvass of the election
returns was completed. The
oaths were administered by Jus
tice of the Peace W. T. Freeman.
In the election Tuesday, ap
proximately 380 votes were cast
as compared with the 437 ballots
cast in the 1945 municipal elec
tion which even then was not
considered full voting strength of
the town. Of the ballots cast
in the 1947 election, about 145
were cast in the first ward, 74 in
the second, and 160 in the third.
Mr. Riddle led the opposing can
didate for mayor, J. T. McNair,
in all three wards by a wide mar
gin. Total votes for mayor were
Riddle. 280 and McNair 98.
Voting for councilmen was
I fairly close in the first and
second wards where new candi
dates had announced, and ballots
1 cast in the second ward were al
most identical in number due to
lack of opposition experienced by
Incumbents Brinklpv and Whit
ley. running for re-election, both
polling 66 and 63 votes respec
W. H. Joyner, new
in the first wav >
paratively heavy we of
wTuToThe" contest between Henry
Harrison and E. D. Keel, incum
bents, was closer. Keel winning
out with a 30-ballot margin.
Third ward, most active poli
tically of the three districts, re
corded the heaviest balloting in
the election, with New Candidate
George Harrison polling 113 vot
es, A. J. Byrd running a close
(See ELECTION, Page 10)
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Clagon Reappointed to
County Welfare Board
J. M. Clagon, of Roper, was
reappointed to serve on the coun
ty public welfare board for a
term of three years by the board
of county commissioners at their
regular monthly meeting in the
courthouse on Monday. Mr. Clag
on has served with the board for
several terms.
To Conduct Drive
For Old Clothes
Here This Week
The Rev. T. R. Jenkins
Named County Chair
man: Campaign to End
Monday, May 12
Plans have been announced for
the collection of clothing, bed
full cooperation of every citizen
ding and shoes by Chairman
T. R. Jenkins, who is heading the
Washington County relief cloth
ing drive. The drive will run
from Monday of this week. May
5, to next Monday, May 12.
The Rev. Mr. Jenkins urges the
full cooperation of every citizen
of Washington County. The local
effort, he said, is a part of the
state-wide material goods cam
paign from April 20 to May 12.
The county chairman also stat
ed that the following steps were
to be taken specifically for the
collection of goods in this area:
bring donations to the church of
which the donor is a member, or
to the nearest church, not later
than 10 a. m. Monday morning,
May 12.
These goods will then be col
lected and carried to the Legion
Hall in Plymouth where they
will be packed and sent to New
Windsor. Md., from which point
they will be sorted and shipped
overseas.
Mr. Jenkins remarked that un
dernourishment on a large scale
in Europe and other foreign lands
makes warm clothing more im
portant than ever. The state
goal is at least one pound of clo
thing for each citizen of North
Carolina.