T'own
opicsj
Wilford L. Whitley, jr., son of
Attorney and Mrs. W. L. Whitley,
of Plymouth, was awarded the
degree of Bachelor of Law at the
Duke University graduation ex
ercises held in IJurham on Mon
day. Mr. Whitley was recently
admitted to the practice of law in
North Carolina and is an alumnus
Fishburnc Militaiy School in
^.'aynesboro, Va., and Davidson
College.
The county Triple-A office re
ports that about 130 acres of Irish
potatoes with an expected yield
of well over one million pounds
have been signed for government
price support in the 1947 AAA
program. The potato acreages,
the report stated, are located on
some 22 farms in the county.
Plymouth town councilmen
have a violent aversion to park
ing meters according to the speed
with which they killed a proposal
that meters be installed here.
One councilman stated that he
had parked in front of his own
store for years and years now
and he was too old to have to
start paying^for the privilege.
Miss Charlotte McNair, general
office manager of the Farmers
Home Administration’s Plymouth
headquarters, has resigned her
position, effective June 27, ac
cording to announcements from
FHA officials here. So far, no
one has been appointed to replace
Miss McNair.
“ Walter H. Paramore, jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Paramore,
sr., former residents of Plymouth
where Mr. Paramore was con
nected with the Roanoke Beacon
for a number of years, has aehiev
I ■ed the enviable record of 12 years
of perfect attendance at school,
a record which he maintained
even though he attended many
different schools, among them
Plymouth, Wilson, Elizabeth City,
Raleigh, and Whiteville. He was
graduated from Whiteville High
School last week.
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hducalion Board
Conducts Regular
Session Monday
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Group Discusses County’s
Building Program; Ask
Commissioner Aid for
Bus Garage
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After discussion of the plans
for the construction of the new
negro high school at Creswell,
^Jftaembers of the county board of
education requested that the coun
ty superintendent, W. F. Veasev,
obtain from the State Board all
specifications, particularly those
on the heating unit, so that bids
on the construction may be so
licited.
Continuing with discussion of
the county’s school building pro
, gram, members of the board con
ferred with the county board of
commissioners on possible sources
of funds for the planned $8,000
county school-bus garage. The
board of education, having more
than half the necessary amount
of money on hand requested
county aid in the remaining
amount, about $2,000 to $3,000.
The commissioners agreed to do
(See GARAGE, Page 12)
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County Church to
Hold Homecoming
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Homecoming Day will be ob
served at the Scuppernong Chris
tian Church near Creswell on
Sunday, June 22, with special
music and dinner-on-the-ground
as featured parts of the celebra
tion, Scuppernong Church offici
als have announced.
ine tiev. uarianu oianu, pasior
of the church, will deliver the
sermon. An invitation to the
general public has been extended
while all members of Scupper
nong Church have especially
been requested to attend.
Schedule for the Homecoming
observance is as follows: Morn
ing worship and sermon, 11 a. m.;
dinner-on-the - ground, 12 m.;
^special program by the Christian
Wfcndeavor societies of Albemarle,
Philippi and Scuppernong church
es, afternoon.
Awards Are j
Outstanding
Five members of Plymouth
High School’s 1947 graduating
class were honored with awards
presented by the school for out
standing contribution during the
past school year in the fields of
athletics and scholarship.
Awards and winners were as
follows: Athletics, boys: Ralph
Basnight; athletics, girls: Anne
Veasey; citizenship: Tommie
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
NOW
VOLUME LVIII—NUMBER 23
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 5, 1947
ESTABLISHED 1889
CITY LIMITS EXTENSION CARRIED RY VOTE OF 348 TO 119
Wedding King Lost in
l!)OJ Turned I p Here
Mrs. George Bowen who lives
on Jefferson Street in Plym
outh, has definite proof that
“all things come to him who
waits,” for she finally recover
ed her wedding ring after los
ing it while picking a chicken
in her backyard some 42 years
ago.
Mrs. Bowen casually men
tioned the ring in conversation
with Robert Boone who now re
sides in the house occupied by
the Bowen’s in 1905 and to her
surprise was informed that the
description she gave of her lost
hand corresponded with that of
a ring turned up in Mr. Boon’s
garden last summer. Mr. Boone
had given it to his mother-in
law who lives in West Vir
ginia, but he promised to get
it back for Mrs. Bowen, which
he did. Mrs. Bowen received
the ring last Sunday and is now
wearing it for the first time in
42 years.
Creswell To Vote
On Bonds July 8
Area Board Is
Named Nonday
W. A. Gibbs and Arthur W.
Furlough, both of Creswell, and
Wade L. Woodley, of Rocky
Mount have been appointed by
WT. M. Darden, clerk of superior
court, as members of the board
of commissioners for the new
Scuppernong Drainage District.
The appointment of the 3
man board was made by Mr.
Darden at the county court
house in Plymouth on Monday
morning. The commissioners’
terms of office are for two years
and begun as of Sunday, June
1. The three men will be sworn
in at a later date.
Lasl Rites Held
Here Wednesday
For Mrs. Brinkley
Mother of Prominent Mar
Dies on Tuesday; Was
Resident of Plymouth
for 12 years
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Last rites were held in th<
Brinkley home on Jeffersor
Street here Wednesday at 3 p
m. for Mrs. Gertrude S. Brink
ley, 65, who died there on Tues
day at 5:30 a. m., following a lin
gering illness. The Rev. T. R
Jenkins, pastor of the Plymoutl
Methodist Church officiated a
the services. Interment was mad<
in the family plot in the Metho
dist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Brinkley was born in Islt
of Wight County, Va., in 1881 anc
lived in Suffolk until about 1!
years ago when she came ft
Plymouth to make her home wm
her son, John Shepherd Brink
ley, one of the town’s outstand
ing businessmen, and membe:
of the Plymouth town council
She was the daughter of the lati
John Shepherd and Nancy Mood;
Brinkley of Virginia and thi
widow of John J. Brinkley, wh:
died several years ago.
Mrs. Brinkley was an active
member of the Plymouth Metho
dist Church until confined to he:
home by illness several month:
ago.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Bernice B. Hammoni
and Miss Marian R. Brinkley
both of Plymouth; one son, J. S
Brinkley, also of Plymouth; tw<
grandchildren, Mary Shepherc
Hammons and Patricia Newcoml
Hammons, both of Plymouth; twi
sisters, Mrs. R. L. Holliday of Car
rolton, Va., and Mrs. C. W. Holli
day of Norfolk, Va., and severa
nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Brinkley’s nephews actei
as pallbearers while the member
of the Plymouth Rotary Club an:
Dr. T. L. Bray, her physiciar
served as honorary pallbearers.
Presented to
r Pupils Here
West; Outsanding student: Ray
mond Peal; valedictorian: Joyce
Bailey.
With the exception of the vale
dictorian, all winners of award;
were nominated by the student
and elected by faculty members
Principal J. S. Fleming presentee
the awards, on behalf of the
school, at the graduation exercis
es held in the Plymouth Theatre
last Wednesday.
Money Would Be Used to
Provide Town Building,
Gutters and Curbs for
! Streets
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Special election will be held in
Creswell on Tuesday, July 8,
when two bond ordinances, re
cently adopted by the town's
board of aldermen, will Tie sub
mitted to the qualified voters of
Creswell for adoption or rejec
tion. The ordinances would au
thorize the issuance of a total of
$18,000 in bonds of the Town of
Creswell for the construction of
a municipal building and the lay
ing of curbs and gutters in the
public streets.
Of the total amount, $6,000
would be alloted to the building
and $12,000 for the laying of the
curbs and gutters. The munici
pal building would house offices
and assembly rooms for the con
duct of municipal affairs, while
the street work would supple
ment the projected paving of the
principal streets in Creswell.
Mrs. C. H. Willoughby has been
appointed registrar while Mrs.
j A. C. Harris and W. H. Peal have
been named judges of election.
I Registrar Mrs. Willoughby will
; | revise the books used in the May
, municipal elections so that they
I will show an accurate list of pre
| viously registered electors whe
j still reside in Creswell. making a
■ | completely new registration un
j necessary.
Mrs. Willoughby will, however
I open registration books, for the
\ registration of new voters, on
i Friday, June 20, and will keep
them open until Friday, June 27,
Sundays and holidays excepted.
: Hours will be from 9 a. m. until
119 p. m. on Saturdays and from 9
I a. m. until 5 p. m. on other days,
i Polling place for the election
I will be at the store building on
i Main Street formerly known as
; Christy’s Shoe Shop. Polls will
i open at 6:30 a. m. on the appoint
ed day, and will close at 6:30
p. m.
Ballots will contain two parts,
one on the $12,000 bond issue and
the other on the $6,000 bond issue.
Each section will be marked with
two squares one labeled “yes,”
the other, “no.” Voters will mark
one square in each section. Torn,
defaced, or mistakenly marked
ballots should be returned to the
poll officials who will issue an
other ticket.
Council Requires
I Trash Containers
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1 Plymouth town councilmen
l passed an ordinance at their
1 meeting on Monday, requiring all
1 stores in Plymouth to install con
tainers at the rear of the stores
■ to hold trash in such a way tha1
l it cannot be scattered by wind or
scavengers.
1 The ordinance provides further
> that a daily inspection of the eon
1 tainers be made by the police who
, are to make written reports tc
the mayor. When undersirable
- conditions are disclosed by the
inspections, the store owners are
to be notified that the condition
must be remedied within a se1
time, the penalty for not com
plying being a fine, the amount oi
which is yet to be decided.
VFW to Hold Session in
Courthouse on Thursday
i The Plymouth post of the Ve
> terans of Foreign Wars will con
. duct a meeting in the courtroom
1 of the county courthouse on
s Thursday of this week at 8 p. m.
Bill Davenport, commander, has
■ announced. All members have
been requested to attend.
City to Purchase
Extra Hose for
Fire Department1
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Board Also Sets Charge
Price on Taps, Connect
ing Pipes for Sewer and
Water System
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Plymouth Fire Chief Miller
Warren, appearing before the
town council at its regular month
ly meeting here last Monday
night, requested that the town
purchase 500 feet of new fire
hose, basing his request on the
fact that the hose now in use is
from 17 to 20 years old and in
very bad condition.
He pointed out that during a
recent fire, 4 sections of the hose '
were leaking badly, two of them t
now completely useless and an- I
other two sections beginning to
leak. Motion was made and pas
sed to grant the request. Chief
Warren was instructed to contact
dealers for prices on the hose
needed.
i-ouncnmen also set prices to be ,
charged on taps to the new water ^
and sewer system just installed.
$15 will be charged for the tap,
$2 per foot for cast-iron connect
ing pipes, and $1.50 per foot for
terra cotta pipes.
I The council ruled that pedes- n
trian alleys are to be painted at s
the intersection of Washington d
and Main Streets and in front of t
the Plymouth High School. The v
same ruling provided for a “No t
Parking” area to be laid off in t
front of the Old Market Building t
at the foot of Washington Street. I
councilmen emphasizing that the
"no-parking” ruling would apply 0
to police cars, highway patrol ^
cars, and taxis, as well as the c
general public.
The task of auditing the coun-l*
tv’s books for 1946-47 was award-! j.
ed to Williams and Wall, auditing L
firm of Raleigh, with fees set at U
$25 per day plus expenses. Rip &
resentatives of the firm appeared
before the board and stated that .
the entire municipal auditing job j
could be done for an estimated ‘
total of between $300 and $350.
Around 7 to 10 days would be re- '
quired, they said.
Representatives of Exum-Clinc f
Company, currently engaged in c
the water-main and sewer instal- J
lations in Plymouth, appeared
and proposed an amendment to 1
the contract in which 650 feet of
■8-inch sewer, and 725 feet of 10- '
(See~COUNCIL, Page 12) |»
Bureau Neels
Here on Friday
The Washington County
Farm Bureau will conduct a
neeting in the Agricultural
building in Plymouth this Fri
lay at 8 p. m., J. C. Tarken
on of Mackeys, president of the
eounty organization, has an
lounced.
Mr. Tarkenton stated that the
arincipal topic for discussion at
he meeting would be Tobacco
\ssociates and the tobacco ref
erendum which will be voted
>n in July. He urged all mem
jers of the Bureau to attend the
Friday meeting since the sub
ject to be taken up is one of
irital importance to all farm op
erators in Washington County.
3roup Completes
Plans for Repair
To Gymansium
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-Point Program Would
Include Two Dressing
Rooms; Construction
May Start Next Week
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The Plymouth Lions Club com
littee on repairing the gymna
ium at the local high school ha;
rawn up a 4-point program foi
le inprovement of the buildinf
rhich. they pointed cut. could be
sed as a community center unti
ie community building plannee
y other civic organizations ir
'lymouth could be completed.
The program’s main features
re as follows: the construction o1
wo dressing rooms, 50x16 feet
nmpl- e with showers, lockers
nd all other necessary facilities
eilin.. of the inside walls of th(
uildl.ig; repairing of the roof
nd i«iproving the heating one
*H|the building
’Commmep members have stat
d that in the matter of heatina
t might be possible to use a hot
ir system, with pipes being ex
ended from the heating unit it
he main school building to thi
ymnasium. Rough plans for th>
ressing rooms have also beci
rawn up, but not finished. Nc
efinite date for construction ha
een set, although it is expectec
a be sometime next week.
Members of the Lions commit
se are Harold Whitley, C. W
linkins, Earl G. Bowen, Roj
lanning, jr., and Jack Bradley.
Contracts Accepted
By 15 Teachers Here
Five Resignations Receiv-1
ed by Superintendent;
Two Instructors Yet to
Be Heard From
Fifteen teachers in the white
schools in the Plymouth district
have accepted their re-election to
school faculties in this area by
the school committee, W. F. Vea
sey, county school superintendent,
has announced, adding that 5
resignations had been received
from the white schools, while two
instructors had not replied to
their notices of re-election. He
stated that all 20 of the colored
teachers in the Plymouth district
had accepted their positions for
another term.
Teachers sending in resigna
tions are as follows: High School:
Mrs. Leta T. Liverman, mathema
tics; Walter Burgess, science; Mrs.
Walter Burgess, commercial sub
jects; Grammar school: Mrs. K.
H. Hill, eighth grade; and Mrs.
H. D. Lassiter, sixth grade. The
two instructors who have not yet
replied to their notices are Geor
ge Ingle, athletic coach and in
structor in history, and Mrs.
Eloise Owens, seventh grade
teacher.
Those who have sent notice of
acceptance are: High School: J. S.
Fleming, principal; Miss Carolyn
Brinkley, home economics.
Grammar School: Mrs. Vernell
Beasley, eighth grade; Mrs. Helen
Peele, seventh grade; Mrs. Doris
Read, sixth grade; Mrs. Mary
Jenkins, fifth grade; Miss Nellie
Tarkenton, fifth grade, Mrs. Janie
Dunning, fourth grade; Miss
Isabel Davenport, fourth grade.
Primary School: Mrs. George
Harrison, third grade; Miss Mil
dred Norman, third grade; Miss
Kathryne Holder, second grade;
Mrs. Selma Crofton, second grade;
Miss Ethel Perry, first grade;
Mrs. Etta B. Hardison, first grade.
Outlook for AAA
Reported Better
Reports received in the countj
AAA office in Plymouth thi:
week indicate that the Triple-/
program may be restored wher
the expense bill, now under dis
cussion in Congress, is finally
passed, Miss Miriam Ausbon
county AAA secretary, has stated
Miss Ausbon said that some re
duction in funds for the 1947 farn
practice payment and for count;
office operations is expected, bu
that the report stated that thi
amount will be more than that in
eluded in the bill which passet
the Lower House recently.
She revealed further that thi
report expressed the hope tha
office personnel would not leavi
AAA for other jobs during thi
present period of uncertainit;
since the help of all is needed fo
program administration.
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Five Insriuciors
Resign at Ropei
Resignations have been receiv
ed from five instructors in th
Roper School faculties, H. E
Forbes, principal of the schoo'
has stated.
Those declining to accept re
election to positions with th
school for another term are Mis
Blanche Banks, eighth grad
teacher; J. E. Mullen, vocations
agriculture instructor; Mrs. J. E
Mullen, instructor in english an
french in the high school; Mn
Mattie Swain, fourth grade teach
er; and Mrs. Annie Davenpor
sixth grade teacher.
All other faculty members, h
said, have accepted re-election.
Inspection Board
Set Up by County
At Monday Meet
New Official Named by
Board Commissioners
in Answer to Request
from Union Local
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Washington County commis
sioners, meeting in regular ses
sion. in the county courthouse
here on Monday, appointed J. B.
Willoughby, Plymouth electrical
inspector, to a newly created
board of electrical inspection for
Washington County. The creation
of the new board resulted from a
letter received by the commis
sioners from the Electrical Work
ers Union asking the county
group to appoint an inspector for
the area as provided by State
law, since “many untrained and
unqualified persons are installing
wiring in homes in the county"
which, they intimated might re
sult in unsafe electrical equip
ment in county homes.
Board members instructed the
clerk to invite N. E. Connabay of
(See COUNTY, Page 12)
Talk Joint Action for
Community Building
CoxTimittees From Four
of Town’s Six Civic
Groups Attend Session;
Will Meet Later
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Representative committees from
all but two of the civic organiza
tions in Plymouth, meeting in the
county courthouse last Wednes
day night, discussed pooling of
financial resources of the groups
to join in an all-out effort in se
curing the construction of a com
munity building for the town.
’ No definite action was made by
the representatives though agree
ment was made to take up the
subject with their respective clubs
| and to conduct a joint-meeting at
a later date to report attitudes
from the various civic organiza
. tions in town on the joint-aid pro
[ gram.
The community building pro
. ject was begun several months
ago by the Plymouth Woman's
Club, while other civic groups,
notably the local post of the Ve
terans of Foreign Wars, called the
Wednesday meeting to see if
plans could be made whereby, all
clubs joining in the project under
the leadership of the woman’s or
ganization, a larger structure
might be built and one benefit
ting all clubs in Plymouth. The
‘ towns veterans groups would,
(SeeTBUILDING, Page 12)
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Make Awards lo
Roper Graduates
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Five awrads were made to
students in the senior class of the
Roper High School at graduation
exercises held there last Wednes
day for outstanding service in
scholastic and athletic fields dur
ing the past year.
Awards and winners were
Maxine Phelps, valedictorian’s
' medal; Ceedie Rae Phelps, sa
lutatorium’s award and activities
award; Mary Virginia Trueblood,
journalism award; and Norawood
Spruill, athletic award. Mrs. J. E.
‘ Mullen, senior sponsor, made the
‘ presentations on behalf of the
! Roper School.
: Seventeen seniors received
’ high-school diplomas, and 30 stu
dents received grammar school
certificates.
Man Injured at
Mill on Sunday
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: Otis Marriner, 35, of Plymouth,
. employee of the pulp mill, suf
, fered a bilateral fracture of the
pelvis while on duty at the mill
- last Sunday around 1 p. m., ;t
x has been reported.
3 The report stated that Mr. Mar
'i riner wras crushed against some
1 steps by a stack of pulp weighing
. around 5,000 pounds. He was
1 given first aid at the mill by Dr.
i. t. L. Bray, of Plymouth, and re
- moved to Dr. Bray’s office for
;, further examination. Mr. Mar
riner was taken to a Rocky Mount
e hospital on Tuesday where he
will remain for treatment.
Two Villages Added
At Election Tuesday
hi Call on New
Alarm System
Flames of an unknown origin
swept through and completely
destroyed a privy on the Frank
Tarkenton property on Wash
ington Street extended, on
Monday morning around 9:45.
Both fire engines answered
the call for aid, the first given
over Plymouth's new alarm
system, but the structure was
all but gone when they arrived.
Fire Chief Miller Warren state
ed that the amount of damage
has not been determined as yet,
and that so far as he knows, no
one was injured in the disaster.
Firemen said the Chic Sale
structure was a total loss, but
they managed to save a mail
order catalog from the flames.
The alarm was turned in be
cause of danger to another
building near by.
Creswell lolored
Girl Raped Near
There on Sunday
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Eleven-year-old Says Act
Occurred in Woods
Near Home: Defendant
Held for July Court
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Probable cause of guilt was
found by Recorder’s Court Judge
R laid Gaylord in the case of
George Skinner, 17-ycar-old Cres
well negro, charged in court here
on Tuesday with raping 11-year
old Bertha Johnson, colored, also
of Creswell, in a patch of woods
near her home there last Sunday
around noon. Skinner is being
held without bond in the county
jail in Plymouth, pending his
trial in the July term of criminal
superior court.
According to statements from
the Johnson child, she was re
turning home from a visit to her
sister’s house, and was about a
mile out of town when Skinner,
who had followed her, grabbed
her and dragged her into a patch
of woods where he tore her un
derclothes off and raped her. She
stated that her attacker had
threatened to kill her if she told
anyone.
Shortly after he had committed
the act, Bertha said, she escaped
from him and made her way to
(See~ASSArLT, Page 12)
Colored Child Is
Run Over Sunday
Geraldine Teel, 6-year-old col
ored child of near Roper, was
slightly injured when struck by
the 1938 Chevrolet coach driven
by Arthur R. Spruill, county
white man, at the Cross Roads
near Roper around 7:45 p. m.
last Sunday.
Mr. Spruill took the child to
the Plymouth Clinic where she
was given first aid and then re
turned to her home. Investigat
ing Officer, R. W. Young, high
way patrolman, stated that the
accident occurred when the child
ran from behind a parked car, di
rectly into the path of Mr.
Spruill’s automobile. Injuries, he
said, were very slight. No charges
have been preferred.
Drainage for Pea Ridge
Section To Be Discussed
A meeting of all landowners in
the Pea Ridge section of the coun
ty has been called on Wednesday
of next week for the purpose of
discussing the formation of a
drainage district in that area,
Donald B. Jones, county soil con
servationist, has announced. Mr.
Jones added that the meeting will
be held in E. O. Arnold's store at
8 p. m.
S. L. Daughtridge. district con
servationist. and George Renfro,
drainage engineer, of Greenville
will attend the meeting and give
an explanation of the necessary
procedure preparatory to the for
mation of a drainage district,
Jones stated. A rough estimate
of the total cost will also be given
at that time, he said. Jones urged
all farmers in the Pea Ridge sec
tion to attend the meeting.
Will Vote in October on
Issuance of Bonds to
Provide Improvements
for New Area
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Qualified voters in the area
concerned cast an almost 3 to one
decision in favor of the extension
of Plymouth’s town limits at the
election held on that question
here Tuesday, the final ballot
count being 348 for extension and
119 against, exactly 6 votes short
of being 3 to one decision.
The corporate limits of the
town now extend to Welch Creek
in the west, including Country
Club and Little Richwood Vil
lages and the American Fork and
Hoe Company, and from the
northwest corner of the Old
Hampton Farm to a point some
what beyond Conaby Creek in
the east, including the rest of
Stillacres Atlas Plywood Plant,
and a strip of land on the south
sicje of the creek. Purpose of the
election was to secure a higher
tax valuation on town property in
order to float a bond issue to
finance a civic improvement pro
gram which would include in
stallation of new sewers and
water mains in the town.
Election on the bond issue will
be held on the first Tuesday in
November, November 4. the
amount of the proposed issuance
being $250,000.
The town extension creates a
fourth ward in the municipal
government, which would include
an extra two councilmen from the
mill villages now composing the
fourth section. Stillacres is under
the representation of the First
ward while the other two wards
have had a small bit ot territory
added to each. CouocilfDMi fNDt
the new ward will be appointed
utrtli ttftf ti W -municipalelection,
which will be held in 1949. A
committee will be appointed to
<■: nvass the residents of the new
section, relative to their prefer
ence regarding possible ap
pointees and the mayor and
councilmen will use the results
of the poll as a guide in the ap
pointment, which will be made
■ hortly.
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Mrs. Sitterson Is
Inferred Tuesday
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Funeral services were conduct
ed from Saints Delight Christian
Church near Roper on Tuesday
at 3 p. m. for Mrs. Betty "Bett”
Sitterson. 73. of Roper, route one,
the Westover Section, who died
at her home there on Sunday at
9:30 p. m. after a week's illness.
The Rev. E. B. Quick of Plym
outh officiated at the services.
Burial was made in the family
plot in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Sitterson was the window
of the late Luther Sitterson, of
Roper, and the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Haywood
Swain of Washington County.
She was a native of the county
and an active member of Saints
Delight Church for about 60
years. She had ’ een in declining
health for quite some time before
her death on Sunday.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. Tim Bowen and Miss Eula
Sitterson. both of Plymouth. Mrs.
Clyde Snell and Mrs. Wilfred Da
venport, both of Roper, and Mrs.
Elijah Newbold of Richlands;
four sons, William Sitterson of
Plymouth, H. L. Sitterson, of
Jacksonville, Fla., Fred Sitterson
of Mars Bluff, S. C.. Barton Sit
terson, of Ridley Park. Pa.; two
sisters, Mrs. Ralph Smith and
Miss Birdie Swain, both of Roper;
two brothers. Josephus Swain, of
Roper, and Bob Swain of Dunn;
19 grandchildren; and six great
grandchildren.