T’owitl
opicsll
The local post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars will conduct
an open meeting at a later date,
probably sometime next week, in
the county courthouse and will
request suggestions from leaders
in civic groups and private indi
viduals on the construction of the
proposed community building be
ing sponsored by .the VFW it has
.Jjeen stated.
Dr. Claudius McGowan, local
physician and acting head of the
Washington-Tyrrell District Heal
th Department, returned today
from the annual convention of the
North Carolina Medical Society
held in a Virginia Beach hotel on
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes
day of this week.
Walter Lackey of Raleigh, sani
tation supervisor for Eastern
North Carolina visited the Plym
outh headquarters of the Wash
ington-Tyrrell Health Depart
ment last Thursday. Mr. Lackey
was making an inspection tour of
the various sanitation depart
ments under his supervision in
this section of the State.
The Rev. and Mrs. T. R. Jenkins
were in Durham for several days
this week with Mrs. Jenkins’
father, Mr. Woods, who was sud
denly stricken ill on Tuesday
morning, it has been reported.
Delbert D. Allen, sanitarian for
the Washington-Tyrrell health
district, attended the regional
meeting of sanitarians held in
(Kinston on Monday. A general
discussion of sanitation problems
in Eastern North Carolina was
conducted by the group.
L. L. Basnight has reported that
Susie, his 400-pound sow, gave
birth on Tuesday to a litter of no
less than 17 pigs. This, Mr. Bas
night stated, is the second time
Susie has done such a thing and
he has had to buy baby bottles in
order to be sure that all the pig
lets get fed. Susie, he says, is
only 4 and a half years old, but
is rather experienced for her age.
Class to Present
Special Program
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The Plymouth High School
Bible Class will present « special
program r' Cu/fetiaii
Church here next Sunday at 7:30
p. m.. the Rev. F. B. Quick, pastor
of the church, has anounced.
The program will include a
choral number by the girls in the
class, several numbers by the
Ange quartet, a responsive Bible
reading led by Shirley Roberson.
address, “Benefits of the Bible
Course,” by Clarence Kelly, and
a Bible knowledge drill by the
teacher and the class.
The program is intended to il
lustrate to the public the type
of work done by the class during
the past year, Mr. Quick said, and
is in the form of an educational
project. He added that diploma
credits are given to the students.
Members of the class participat
ing in the program are: A. J. and
Wendell Ange, Alton Beddard,
Kenneth Dawley, Loyce Inez
Hardison, Annable Jack, Clarence
Kelly, Lois Ann McCombs, Doris
Nash, Shirley Roberson, Valera
Ann Simmons, and Melrose Sty
ons. The public is invited to at
tend.
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Cherry Dragline
Project Changed
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Dragline machinery which has
been working on Moccasin Run,
near Cherry, in the lower end of
the county, has been moved to the
Old Run ditch leading into Moc
casin, for the purpose of clearing
an' enlarging the ditch, after
.ich the machine will be trans
-erred back to the Moccasin Run
project to complete operations
there, Donald B. Jones, countv
soil conservationist, has stated.
Jones added that a new drag
line is expected to arrive in Wash
ington County during the latter
part of this week and is sche
duled to begin operations at that
time,
Auxiliary Planning
*Poppy Sale May 24
Members of the Plymouth Unit
164 of the American Legion Aux
iliary, under the chairmanship of
Mrs. J. B. Carisle, will sell artifi
cial popies in the local observ
ance of "Poppy Day” which will
be conducted throughout the na
tion on Saturday of next week.
May 24, according to an announce
! ment from Mrs. W. C. Jones,
; president of the Auxiliary.
Mrs. Jones stated also that
volunteers from the Auxiliary and
other young women’s groups in
Plymouth will distribute the
I flowers on the streets during the
\ day and that everyone will be
!
requested to buy and wear a
memorial poppy in honor of the
dead of both world wars. The
money realized, she said, will be
used for the welfare of the dis
abled veterans and their depend
ents. Plans have been made to
cover the town entirely so that
all citizens of Plymouth will have
an opportunity to honor the war
dead and lend aid to their famili
es.
The flowers which the Aux
iliary members will distribute are
all hand?made, shaped by dis
abled veterans working in hospi
tals and convalescents’ workshops
throughout the nation.
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
VOLUME LVIII—NUMBER 20
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 15, 1947
ESTABLISHED 1889
Removal of Rent
Control in County
Reing Considered
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Majority of Persons Poll
ed in Plymouth Favor
Keeping Restrictions
On Longer Here
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According to reported results of
a poll conducted in Washington
County by R. E. Norris of Ra
leigh, representative of R. B.
Lewis, State Rent Control Direc
tor, the majority of the citizens
in the Plymouth area are in favor
of continuing rent controls in the
county at least for some time to
come. Some of those interviewed
by Mr. Lewis, it is understood,
were landlords of extensive hold
ings and were opposed to the
continuance of the controls, but,
according to the report, these par
ties were a negligible minority of
those interviewed.
Points in Washington County
where the survey was conducted
were Plymouth, Roper, and Cres
well. As yet, no reports are
available here on the attitudes
taken by Creswell and Roper
residents. Reports from other
portions of the Albemarle district
indicate that decontrol, especially
in counties beyond the sound,
favor the decontrol.
Control of rents was ordered
for this area in early 1945 with
rents being placed at the amounts
on January 1, 1944. The local
rent control office was opened in
October of last year and is sche
duled to be closed on Friday of
this week. This, however, does
not necessarily mean the end of
controls in this district, Mrs.
Sabrie Reid, chief clerk in the of
fice, has stated, ading that pos
sible influx of new workers for
industrial plants in the county
may justify the continued main
tenance of rent control for some
time to come.
She added that since the office
was opened here 140 violations of
control rulings had been found
but that all except 8 or 10 cases
which had more than $25 over
rhag«* wve eleM*d through the
Plymouth office.
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Crops in Couniy
Said io Be Slow
According to reports from
farmers in the county, crops, par
ticularly tobacco and corn, are
late and poor, due chiefly, it is
said, to a cold dry spring. To
bacco transplanting, it was stated,
is going forward slowly with
many of the plants aiflicted with
blue-mold.
Stands of corn are said to be
particularly poor and that in
many instances complete re-plant
ings have been necessary by
growers. The cold has also re
tarded such peanuts as have been
planted but they appear to be
coming up fine now in most sec
tions of the county. Of the prin
cipal crops in this section, it was
stated, about the only one doing
at all well are soybeans, with the
majority of the damage done by
unfavorable spring weather hav
ing been inflicted on tobacco.
Cotton was also reported to be
slow in making any headway and
again the blame was laid to the
late spring.
Club to Present Return
Engagement of Wedding
The Plymouth Woman’s Club
had such a big success with the
Womanless Wedding that, by
popular demand, they are going
to give it all over again. The
same cast has been pursuaded to
parade in borrowed finery for
the command performance Bob
Johnston, however, is a newcomer
and will be a sweet bridesmaid.
The wedding will take place in
the court room this Friday at 3
p. m.
Outline Program for
Roper School Finals
Commencement exercises, will
be conducted at the Roper High
School on Wednesday, May 28. at
8 p. m, with Dr. Howard J. Mc
Ginnis, registrar at Eastern Caro
lina Teachers College in Green
ville, delivering the commence
ment address. R. B. Forbes, prin
cipal of the Roper school has an
nounced.
Several other special events
have been planned by the school
for the final week in the 1947
session, Mr. Forbes has stated,
giving the schedule of activities
as follows: Sunday, May 25,
baccalaureate sermon to be de
livered by the Rev. J. M. Perry
of the Robersonville Christian
Church in the high-school audi
torium at 11 a. m.;
Monday, May 26, a music re
cital of the pupils studying under
the direction of Mrs, Roy Hop
kins, presented in the auditorium
at 8 p. m.; Tuesday, May 27, class
night exercises in the school au
ditorium at 8:30 p. m. with mem
bers of the graduating class par
ticipating under the direction of
Mrs. Beatrice S, Mullen and Music
Directors Mrs. Darrell Cahoon
and Mrs. Roy Hopkins. Mr. Forb
es added that the public had been
extended an invitation to attend
the commencement week events.
Office of Draft Board
Here Closed May 10
Are Elected to
District Posts
Two members of the Plym
outh post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Jimmy Hays and
Blount Rodman, were elected
district quartermaster and dis
trict advocate, at a meeting of
all VFW posts in this district
held in Elizabeth City last Sat
urday, it has been anounced.
Installation of the officers
will be held shortly. Following
the general business meeting
last Saturday, delegates to the
assembly were guests at a din
ner and dance, given by the
VFW' organization in Elizabeth
City.
Begin Treaiment
Of Local Houses
Ey DDT Sprayers
Sixteen Houses Already
Treated in Plymouth;
Expect to End Roper
Job by Week’s End
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Crewmen in the county mosqui
to control program, sponsored by
the district health department,
are expected to complete the DDT
spraying operations in Roper this
week, with 580 houses to be
treated, and began working in
Plymouth itself on Monday of
this week, having completed
spraying of about 16 houses, ac
cording to statement from de
partment officials.
The crewmen, the report con
tinued, completed operations in
! Country Club Village on Wednes
day of this week and treated a
total of 51 homes. County-wide
opreations, ended by the sprayers
last Friday, included the DDT
treatment of some 1,927 houses.
The program, including the treat
ment of private homes in Plym
outh, will end within the next
few weeks, it is understood.
Members of the district depart
ment pointed out that while the
purpose of the program is to de
stroy mosquitoes, all other in
sects such as gnats and flies, are
eliminated by the chemical spray.
Hold Service lor
Haywood B. Snell
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Last rites were conducted at
the Snell home in Cherry on Sun
day at 2:30 p. m. for Haywood B.
Snell, 70, of Cherry who died
there on Friday at 6 a. m. follow
ing an illness of two weeks. The
Rev. G. C. Bland officiated at the
services. Interment was made
in the family cemetery.
Mr. Snell, who was unmarried,
was a well-known farmer in the
Cherry section and had lived
there all his life. He was a mem
ber of Phillippi Christian Church.
He was the son of the late Alex
ander and Sallie Overton Snell
of Creswell.
Mr. Snell is survived by 23
nieces and nephews. Pallbear
ers were Rixey White, Laudie
Davenport, W. P. Davenport, Em
mon Phelps, Lindsey Snell, and
Martin Davenport.
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Local Women’s Club to
Have Banquet Thursday
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The Plymouth Woman’s Club
will hold its annual banquet in
the Legion Hall here on Thurs
day of next week at 7:30 p. m.,
acording to an announcement
from club officials. Husbands of
the members wil be guests at the
dinner.
Mrs. Collins States 1,319
Men Drafted from Here
Since Office Opened
October 1940
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The Washington County Selec
tive Service Office, changed to
Service Records Office on March
31, which closed its doors once
and for all on Saturday of last
week, was opened in October,
1940, with E. S, Blount chairman
for the board and Sidney Ward
as first clerk, Mrs. Mildred Col
lins, chief clerk in the office to
day. has stated.
Since that time, she said, a
total of 1,319 county men have en
tered the armed service through
the local office with the majority
of them seeing overseas duty.
Thirty-one Washington county
soldiers were killed in action. 23
of them white and 3 of them
colored, Mrs. Collins added, point
ing out that there were no con
scientious objectors recorded at
any time by the board in this
area.
Seven county men were cap
tured by the enemy and held
t prisoners of war, with all 7 be
ing ultimately liberated.
In the first registration for
service, held on October 16, 1940,
2,008 were recorded with subse
quent registrations bringing the
final count to 3,383 men. She
also stated that less than 100 men
in this county were deferred due
to mental or physical disabilities.
She added that from the end of
hostilities in August, 1945, to
December of 1946 around 100 men
had voluntarily entered the arm
ed services through the local of
fice.
The last draft board, she stat
ed, was composed of R. L. Tct
terton, of Plymouth, chairman;
and Otis A. Chesson, of Roper
and A. W. Davenport, of Cres
well members. Mrs. Eliza Gid
den succeeded Sidney Ward
as chief clerk and was in
turn, succeeded by Mrs. Louise
Dew, who was succeeded by Mrs.
Collins in January of 1946. Mrs.
Collins had previously been with
the Orange County board
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Official Explains
Industrial Study
Course to Group
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Teacher Salary Would Be
State - Paid in First
Year; County Assume
One-Third Afterward
Explaining the proposed voca
tional training program for the
Plymouth High School boys, Su
perintendent W. F. Veasey, ad
dressing the local Rotary Club
Tuesday night, stated that since
local school authorities have been
advised that no agricultural
teacher will be obtainable here
for quite some time, and since a
student poll indicated that a ma
jority of the boys favored an in
dustrial arts program, efforts
would be made to provide such a
course.
Theoretical training would be
provided by an instructor, he
said, and, with the aid of local
business establishments, practical
training could be given the stud
ents in the afternoons. During
the first year, Veasey pointed out,
the instructor's salary would be
paid by the State, after which the
local unit would assume responsi
bility for one-third of the salary.
The whole scheme, Mr. Veasey,
stated, hinges, however, upon the
passage of the George-Barden
Act now under discussion in Con
gress. The measure would pro
vide for federal aid in the salary
payment and unless the bill is
passed, the community would
have to assume total salary re
sponsibility or give up the course.
May 28th Date
Schools Close
With one exception, all white
and colored schools in Wash
ington County will end their
1946-47 terms on Wednesday.
May 28, Superintendent of
Schools W. F. Veasey has an
nounced.
The single exception, Mr.
Veasey said, is the J. J. Clem
mons Colored School at Roper
which will not end its session
until Friday, May 30. He stat
ed that the reason for the 2-day
delay was caused by a closure
of the school in October made
necessary by a break-down of
the school hus servicing the in
stitution.
Creswell School
Committee Holds
Meet on Friday
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Eleven White, 5 Colored
Teachers Re-Elected;
Resignations Made by
4 Instructors
Eleven teachers in the Creswell
white schools were re-elected to
their positions on the schools’
faculties for next year and re
signations from 4 instructors were
accepted by the Creswell school
committee at its meeting held
there last Friday, according to
W. F. Veasey, superintendent of
Washington County schools.
Resignations from H. V. Chap
pell, principal, and Mrs. Chap
pell, eighth grade teacher, were
handed in several weeks ago,
while Mrs. Sybil Davenport,
home economics instructor, re
signed earlier in the year. Other
teachers declining to resume their
jobs in the Creswell schools and
making their resignations to the
committee are Mrs. Jessie Holmes,
seventh grade; Mrs. Viola P.
(See CRESWELL, Page 10)
Equipment Bought
For Schools Nov/
Being Delivered
->
Lunchroom Supplies Se
cured With $5,489 Fed
eral Gift to Washington
County Schools
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Tables and chairs and other
lunchroom equipment purchased
by Washington County under the
federal non-food aid program
have arrived and are now being
delivered to the various schools
in the county, according to Super
intendent W. E. Veasey, who add
ed that the equipment was bought
with the $5,489.30 second alloca
tion to the county.
Mr. Veasey pointed out that
since the federal government had
given the money outright to the
State who then allocated it to the
individual counties and that since
many counties had refused the
aid allotment amounts given to
other counties, Washington Coun
ty included, were made substan
tially larger. He added that the
size of the allocations were made
on the need of the different areas
and increased according to efforts
made by such groups to improve
school lunchrooms under their
supervision.
Distribution here of the assist
ance finance among the lunch
rooms and the equipment pur
chased, he said, is as follows.
Plymouth: 40 tables, 240 chairs,
200 serving trays, 100 plates and
20 dozen soup bowls, all costing
$3,181.60: Creswell: 12 tables. 72
chairs, a refrigerator and a range,
all costing $1,794.20, with the fed
eral aid giving $1,594.20 and the
community paying the remaining
$200: Roper: 10 tables, 60 chairs,
100 glasses, and one set of kitch
en scales, all costing $713.50.
He stated that the largest
amount was distributed to the
Plymouth School since over one
half the students in Washington
County attend that school and
larger lunchroom space, entailing
increased amounts of equipment,
was necessary.
Extend Water Mains
On Two Streets Here
Laying of Sewers Next on
Schedule of Improve
ment for Wilson, Wash
ington Extensions
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Sixteen hundred feet of water
main pipe have been laid on
Washington Street extension and
2,400 feet have been installed on
the Wilson Street extension by
construction crews, working on
Plymouth’s city services program,
now underway in those sections
of town, according to Police Chief
P. W. Brown.
Water was turned on in the
Washington Street pipes on Tues
day while the Wilson Street mains
will receive water on Friday, Mr.
Brown remarked.
He added that the laying of
sewer pipes in those districts
would begin next and that pipes
would also be laid in the section
of Still acres now within the
town's corporate limits sometime
next week. The Chief remarked
if present plans are completed
and no unforseen obstacles arise,
the entire project should be fin
ished by June 1.
A crew of 10 workmen, operat
ing a bulldozer and ditching ma
chine are being employed by the
Exum Cline Construction Com
pany of Rocky Mount in the lay
ing of the pipes, Chief Brown
stated.
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Begin Measuring
Potatoes Monday
Potato Measurers R. C Jack
son and W. P. Davenport started
on Monday of this week measur
ing acreages of all Irish potatoes
planted in this county for mar
keting purposes, Miriam Ausbon,
secretary of the Washington
County AAA, has stated.
Miss Ausbon also said that
acreage notices would be mailed
to opreators as soon as the re
ports are completed and official
acreages have been determined.
She added that farmers whose Of
ficial acreage is within the allot
ed potato goal may then apply
for a certificate of eligibility to
participate in the Triple-A’s po
tato price support program for
1947.
The secretary pointed out fur
ther that all potatoes sold under
the price support program would
be sold on a 1947 “within goal”
marketing card.
i Price Supper!
S Deadline 31st
Each Irish potato producer in
Washington County who is re
questing price support on po
tatoes must appear at the AAA
office in the Agricultural Build
ing in Plymouth and file his
application before Saturday,
May 31, Miss Miriam Ausbon,
county Triple-A secretary has
announced.
Miss Ausbon added that ap
plicants would be charged a
service fee of one cent per 100
pounds of potatoes which he
expects to produce and market
this year.
Plans to Secure
Veterans Houses
By VFW Dropped
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Failure of Project Said to
Be Lack of Adequate
Finance from Several
Applicants
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Plans made by the Plymouth
post of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars for the securing of 15 pre
fabricated homes for county
veterans have been called off and,
so far as could be learned, aban
doned according to a statement
from local VFW officials, who
said that inadequate finances were
responsible for the failure of the
project.
Officials in the local organi
zation had already assigned some
13 of the houses to applicants who
had offered pro6f of more urgent
need of immediate housing, with
the remaining two homes still
to be allocated.
The houses, located in Alexan
der Park in Portsmouth, Va.,
were made available by the Vet
erans Administration to Washing
ton County veterans through the
Plymouth VFW, but on condition
that the entire 15-houses allot
ment be purchased. Promises of
adequate means to supply the
necessary $2,000 each for the
homes had been made to the
Plymouth post by “around 25 or
30” veterans, but at a meeting
held last week-end several of the
"TseT HOUSING, Page 5)
250 Register for
Special Election
Here on June 3rd
Uurge Payment
Of Town Taxes
Plymouth Police Chief P. W.
Brown has announced that all
citizens wishing to make town
tax payments during his ab
sence on vacation, may do so
at the town clerk’s office in the
Municipal Building. He added
that all delinquent taxes will
be advertised after June 1.
Chief Brown will leave Plym
outh on Sunday, May 18. to
visit his daughter, Mrs. Wade
Adams, in Santa Cruz. Calif.,
for several weeks. He plans to
return home on June 20. In
the absence of Chief Brown,
Paul Basnight, local law en
forcement officer, will act as
chief of the Plymouth police
department.
Rev. E. M. Spruill
Is New Minister
Episcopal Church
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Plymouth Rector Former
ly With Church in May
odan; Will Also Be in
Charge Roper Church
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The Rev Edward Muse Spruill
of Mayodan will take up his duti
es as rector of Grace Episcopal
Church in Plymouth after June 1
of this year at which time he will
terminate his services at the
Church of the Messiah in Mayo
dan, having served as rector there
since December 1945, according
to announcementi.made by Grace
Church lay officet* this Wee*'.
The Rev. Spruill will also be
priest-in-charge of St. 'Luke's
Church in Roper.
The new rector, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank P. Spruill of Rocky
Mount, received his education at
the University of North Carolina.
Atlantic Christian College, and
Virginia Theological Seminary at
Alexandria, graduating from the
latter institution in February
1945. While at UNC, he was a
staff member of ’’The Daily Tar
Heel,” campus newspaper and fol
lowing his graduation from the
State university was employed
for several years at a bank in
Rocky Mount.
The Rev. Mr. Spruill was or
dained to the deaconate in the
Church of the Good Shepherd in
Rocky Mount and, following a
term as deacon-in-charge of the
Mayodan church and St. Martin’s
Church in Knollhurst, was ad
vanced to the priesthood. While
in Mayodan, he was active in
civic and religious societies, serv
ing also as director of the Boy
Scout Council there.
Mrs. Spruill, the former Miss
Florence E. Eagles of Crisp, is a
graduate of St. Mary’s School in
Raleigh and was prominent in
Mayodan civic and social affairs.
She was also secretary of Chris
tian social relations of the Wo
man’s Auxiliary of the Guilford
district in the Diocese of North
Carolina.
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! Local Parent-Teachers
To Meet on Wednesday
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The Plymouth Parent-Teachers
Association will meet in the
high-school auditorium next
Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. at which
time, the Washington County
PTA Council will be discussed,
according to an announcement
from the president of the local or
ganization. All members of the
group are requested to be pre
sent.
Until Monday Majority of
Registrants Residents
of Richwood, Country
Club Villages
About 250 registrants for the
special election on the extension
of the boundaries of Plymouth
have been recorded in the books,
130 being registered by Monday
of this week, around 100 more
being recorded on Tuesday, and
the remainder having been regis
tered on Wednesday. Mrs. Herm
ine Ramsey, registrar, has stated.
Officers in the municipal gov
ernment have stated that a com
pletely new registration of all
qualified voters in Plymouth, the
two mill villages, Stillacres, and
other sections proposed to be in
cluded, must be made in order to
be eligible to vote in the election
which will be held at the county
courthouse on Tuesday, June 3.
It was emphasized that regard
less of how many times in the
past a voter has registered, he
must do so again to qualify for
voting in the election on the pro
posed extension.
The books were opened on
Monday, May 5, in the office of
Mrs. Ramsey on Water Street, and
will remain open until Saturday,
May 24, which has also been
designated challenge day. Mrs.
Ramsey has stated that up until
Monday of this week, the ma
jority of those registering for the
election were residents of Coun
try Club Village and Little Rich
wood.
Town officials have requested
that all eligible voters in the
sections concerned register and
cast ballots in the election. It is
estimated that approximately 800
citizens of Plymouth qualify to
lake part in the balloting. The
number of eligitlle voters outside
of the present city limits could
not be IcarM*. bat tt has been
| stated to be rather largt.
Last Rites Held
For Joe B. Bland
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Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. from the
Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist
Church, near Plymouth, foi Joe
B. Bland, 58, of the Long Ridge
section of the county, who died
at his home near here on Sunday,
following an illness of one week.
The Rev. D. W. Alexander of
Bethel officiated at the services.
Burial was made in the Ange
Cemetery in Martin County.
Mr. Bland, son of the late
James T. and Eliza Keel Bland of
Martin County, has lived here
for 12 years, coming from Pitt
County.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Susie Paramore, of
the home: three sons, Simon and
Forrest Bland of Plymouth, and
James Bland of New Bern; four
daughters, Mrs. Ottis Clapps and
Mrs. Mahlo Huffines both of
Burlington. Mrs. W. A. Furlough
of Roper, and Mrs. J. S. Wedge
worth of Coker, Ala.; one broth
er, J. A. Bland of Greenville; and
six grandchildren.
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Small Blaze Occurs at
Johnston Home onSunday
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Sparks originating from the
chimney of the R. W. Johnston
home on east Main Street ignited
and totally destroyed a shingle
on the roof of the house last Sun
day around 1:45 p. m.. Plymouth
Fire Chief I. Miller Warren has
reported. Needless to say, he add
ed, the flames were quickly ex
tinguished by the fire depart
ment.
Chief Warren stated, more seri
ously, that the fire, though small
could easily have developed into
a major blaze
School Bus Garage
Financing Difficult
Superintendent of Schools W.
F. Veasey, investigating sources
of finance for the hoard of educa
tion in the proposed construction
of a new county school-bus gara
ge, has met with all manner of
difficulties including, the latest,
legal red tape.
The board now has between
$5,000 and $6,000 for the building
jof the garage, but architects esti
j mates place the final cost at
j something like $8,500 or $9,000.
'The board asked Mr. Veasey to
! see if the remaining amount could
be obtained from the bond money
set aside by the county for con
struction of school buildings.
Mr. Veasey then consulted the
board’s attorney who referred
him to the State attorney general
who in turn referred him to the
county commissioners’ attorney
who referred him to the county’s
bonding attorney who said that
the matter would have to be tak
en before the supreme court. Mr.
Veasey said that the board would
probably seek some other source
i of revenue for the garage.