inn own I
( topics
Miss Ida Roberts, home mana
gement supervisor with the
Washington-Tyrrell district of the
Farmers Home Administration,
will terminate her duties with
the organization on Friday, June
27, it has been announced. Miss
Roberts has been with the Ad
ministration for seven years and
has been connected with the local
office since September 1946.
" State Highway Patrolman Leo
nard N. Walters, located in Wash
ington County since December of
last year, has been transferred to
Tyrrell County with headquarters
in Columbia. Patrolman Waters
wps assigned to practical duty
with Patrolman R. W. Young in
Washington County after his
graduation from the State High
way School in Chapel Hill last
winter.
B. L. Jessup of Raleigh. State
milk sanitarian, visited the Wash
ingfbn-Tyrrell Health department
headquarters on Tuesday and
made an inspection tour of ail
commercial dairies in the two
counties. He was accompanied
on the tour by District Sanitarian
Delbert D. Allen.
Smallpox vaccine, ordered by
the Washington-Tyrrell Health
Department, has arrived and
vaccinations against the disease
are being given in the depart
ment’s headquarters in Plym
outh, health officials have an
nounced. They stated that the
vaccinations are given on
Thursdays from one to four
4£p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Liverman
and daughter, Kay, left Tuesday
afternoon for New Orleans, La.,
where they will spend several
days visiting Mrs. Liverman’s
parents. The Livermans didn’t
say exactly how long they will
be gone, but it would be long
enough to visit around and see
the sights.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Clark and
daughter, Kathryn, of Lexington,
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. White
here Wednesday. Mr. Clark was
manager of the U. S. Employment
office here for about a year and
a half before moving to Lexing
ton in Decemh^, 1945.
Mrs. Sabrie Reid. Plymouth
rent control clerk, was called to
Plymouth was closed on that day.
Mrs. Reid stated that a shortage
of personnel and an excess of
work in the Elizabeth City sta
tion necessitated her absence from
the Plymouth ofice which was re
opened on Thursday.
About 759 Homes
Sprayed in Town
the Elizabeth
Office on Wi
. iWi viid
tra work. The rent
office m
Approximately 759 homes in
Plymouth have now been given
DDT spraying treatments in the
Washington-Tyrrell District Heal
th department's annual mosquito
control program now being con
ducted. department officials have
announced.
They pointed out that the
crewmen have now sprayed a
total of about 2,815 homes in
Washington County. The Tyrrell
County program was ended on
May 15 with a total of about 748
houses treated.
Sprayers are now at work on
Washington Street in Plymouth
moving toward the river end of
the street. After completing work
there, they will spray homes on
Main, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and
Jefferson Streets.
The health department has
stated that they expect the pro
gram to have been completed by
next Thursday. So far, they said,
several refusals have been had
by the crewmen, who also found
a few homes locked, but that no
vacant homes had been encount
ered in the Plymouth area.
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Hold Graveside Service
For Jones Child Monday
ureswell — r unerai services
were held at the graveside in the
Spruill Cemetery in Creswell on
Monday at 3 p. m. for Margaret
Louise Jones, one-year-old daugh
ter of Mrs. Mittie Jones. The Rev.
B. Gaither, Rector of the Cres
well Episcopal Church officiated.
The child died in a Columbia
hospital on Sunday afternoon and
is survived by her mother and
a sister, Selby Jean Jones.
Mackeys Girl Graduated
From Fassifern School
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Miss Elsie Davenport, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Daven
port of Mackeys, was graduated
from Fassifern School in Hender
sonville in the commencement ex
ercises held there last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Davenport attended
the exercises and have returned
home, accompanied by their
daughter.
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
VOLUME LVIII—NUMBER 24
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 12, 1947
ESTABLISHED 1889
Estimated $1,500 Needed for Repair
Of Gymnasium at Local High School
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The Lions Club committee on
the repair of the Plymouth High
School gymnasium have estimat
ed that the cost, exclusive of
labor, of repairing the gymnai
sum would be around $1,500,
Harold Whitley, chairman of the
group has stated.
Present plans, Chairman Whit
ley said, include the hiring of a
trained supervisor for the job
while actual labor will be pro
vided by members of the Lions
Club and other Plymouth resi
dents interested in seeing the
gymansium improved. The com
mittee, Mr. Whitley stated, is
planning to request that all
Plymouth resident who can do
nate one day's labor on the pro
ject or its cash equivalent.
Plans include the repair of
floor and roof, the construction of
concrete-block dressing rooms,
complete with showers, for boys
and girls, and improvement of the
lighting and heating systems.
Members of the committee are
Mr. Whitley, chairman; C. W.
Dinkins, Earl G. Bowen, Jack
Bradley, and Roy Manning, jr.
Board of Education
Holding Meet Today
j Too Few White j
j Teachers Apply j
The Washington County
Schools system has encounted
an irritating difficulty in ob
taining sufficient teachers to
fill all vacancies left in white
school faculties by resignations
this spring while applications
for the very few vacancies in
the colored faculties are piling
up.
So far only three white ap
plications for the considerable
number of vacancies in white
schools have been received in
the county superintendent's of
fice. The latest application was.
received on Monday.
Stale Recreation
Official Makes
Inspection Tour
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Requests Lions Club to
Spearhead Effort to Ob
tain Better Youth Fa
cilities for Town
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fcsfttiss Rennie Sheffield, assist
(Hr 'fixate director of the North
|Cfirolina Recreation Commission,
meeting with representatives of
the various civic, educational, and
religious groups in Plymouth last
Thursday and held a discussion of
the possibility of setting up a local
recreation commission in Plym
outh.
Miss Sheffield, accompanied by
Mayor Archie J. Riddle and J. S.
Fleming, principal of the Plym
outh Schools, had made a tour!
of the Plymouth community ear-j
lier in the afternoon, inspecting1
recreational facilities in this area.
Speaking at the meeting of the
Lions Club last Thursday night.
Miss Sheffield pointed out the
tour had revealed a distressing
lack of adequate recreational ad
vantages for young people in the
town and suggested that the Lions
spearhead a movement toward
setting up a commission for that
purpose.
Immediately after the regular
meeting of the Lions, members
of the civic improvement and
child welfare committees met
with Miss Sheffield and held
further discussion of the matter.
A steering committee, chairman
ned by Lion Harold Whitley, was
appointed to make further in
vestigation of the subject.
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Requirements Are
Listed for Spuds
Grade requirements for govern
ment purchase of Irish potatoes
have been received at the Wash
ington County AAA office, Miss
Miriam Ausbon, secretary of the
local Triple-A organization, has
stated.
These requirements, she said,
are as follows: potatoes must be
U. S. Number 1, U. S. Number 1
B, or U. S. Number 2. The county
secretary also said that vendors
must furnish their expense of
ficial inspection certificates, is
sued by the Federal-State Inspec
tion Service.
Prices offered for the potatoes,
Miss Ausborn stated, will be
$2.60 per hundredweight through
June and July for the U. S.
Number 1 grade; and $2.40 for
the same amount of the same
grade potato during August. For
the other two grades, she said,
prices are $1.30 per hundred
weight in June and July, and
$1.20 during August.
Potatoes sold must be packages
in 100-pound bags or in bulk out
let. Offers to sell from Washing
ton County growers must be
made to Luther H. Bryant, gov
ernment purchaser in Elizabeth
City, serving this area.
Will Consider Plans for
Creswell Colored High
School; Also to Draw
up New Budget
A special session of the coun
ty board of education will be held
in the office of Schools Superin
tendent W. F. Veasey in the coun
ty courthouse today at 10 a. m.,
at which time the board will con
sider business carried over from
the regular session held last
week.
Among other things to be con
sidered will be plans for the new
colored high school at Creswell.
Board members have expressed
the hope that all red tape con
cerning specifications for the
construction can be cleared up
in this week’s meeting so that
bids for the construction of the
building may be solicited. Minor
changes in the blue-prints neces
sitated the delay in bid advertise
ment.
The school group will also de
vise a budget for the 1947-48 fis
cal year which begins July 1, and
will discuss plans for the county
school-bus garage.
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Rites Held Here
For Mrs. Rogers
Burial services were held at
the family plot in Windley Ceme
tery in Plymouth on Tuesday
afternoon for Mrs. Mattie I. Rog
ers. 48, of Elizabeth City who
died in a hospital there on Mon
day of an infection resulting from
* squirrel bite received several
weeks ago.
Mrs. Rogers was sister-in-law
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rogers, of
Plymouth. She was a member of
the Memorial Free Will Baptist
Church in Elizabeth City.
Surviving are her husband,
Thomas W. Rogers; six daughters,
Mrs. Lee Holliday of Jamesville,
Myrtle, Louise, Faye, Flora, and
Loretta Rogers, all of Elizabeth
City; five sons, T. W„ jr., H. S..
Conway, Hugh, and James Rogers
of Elizabeth City; one sister, Mrs.
Addie Williams, of Jamesville;
two brothers, Lonnie C. Gardner
and L. L. Gardner, both of James- 1
ville, and three grandchildren, j
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Funeral at Roper
For Mrs. Leary
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Funeral services will be held
at 4:30 p. m. this afternoon from
Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in
Roper for Mrs. Jennie A. Leary,
35, who died at her home there
an Wednesday at 1 p. m. after a
lingering illness. The Rev. Ed
ward M. Spruill, Rector of the
:hurch, will officiate. Interment
will be made in Saint Luke’s
Cemetery, near Roper.
Mrs. Leary, the wife of the late
Joseph S. Leary, was born in
Plymouth, Pa., and came to Roper
n 1903 where she has lived since.
Prior to her residence in Roper,
Mrs. Leary lived in Franklin, Va.
She was a member of the Roper
Baptist Church for many years.
She is survived by two sons,
ilernon G. Leary and James F.
L.eary, both of Roper; ohe broth
;r, W. L. Frederic of Palmyra, N.
F.; one sister, Mrs. Grace Dickens
>f Harrisonburg, Va.; five grand
;hildren; and three great-grand
:hildren.
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Legionnaires to Meet
Here on Friday Night
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The James E. Jethro post of the
American Legion will hold a
neeting this Friday night in the
jegion Hall in Plymouth at 8
i. m., Post Commander W. Ron
ild Gaylord has announced. Com
nander Gaylord said that dele
gates to the meeting of North
Carolina Department of the Le
;ion will be chosen at that time.
\11 members of the local post
lave been urged to attend the
neeting here on Friday.
Big Crowd Visits
Opening of Local
Garage on Friday
Howard Duzan Wins
Chance to Get Auto for
Immediate Delivery:
Guests Number 2,000
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Around 2,000 persons, includ
ing Ford motors district official:
from Norfolk, attended the "Oper
House” celebration held by Man
ning Motor Company, Ford deal
ers in Plymouth, last Friday
night, making the affair one o:
the largest openings of its kinc
ever held here.
Doors were opened to the pub
lie at 7 p. m. with entertainmen
in the form of dancing and re
freshments being offered unti
midnight. Music was furnishec
by a popular 9-piece orehestr;
from Washington.
Featured event of the eveninf
was the drawing of a lucky tick
et, the holder of which was giver
the opportunity to purchase fo:
immediate delivery a 1947 Supe;
DeLuxe Ford tudor sedan, wit!
How'ard Duzan. of Plymouth
holding the lucky ticket. Hug!
Modlin. also of Plymouth hac
been given the ticket, one of the
opproximately 700 which ,wer<
handed out that night, but hac
sold it to Mr. Duzan. The draw
ing was held at 9:30.
Guests w'ere invited by Host J
R. Manning to inspect every paw
of the garage and all the moderr
machinery recently installed
making the establishment one cr
the most complete and up-to-date
garages in Eastern Carolina. Mr
Manning also expressed his ap
preciation to the public for the
cooperation shown which helpec
make the celebration a success.
Among the guests attending the
function were Assistant Distric
Manager H. E. Shelley and Mrs
Shelley, Parts Supervisor Steve
Sallinger, and Road Service Sup
ervisor F. H. Moore, all of Nor
folk, Va.: “Honey” Walker em
ployee of Universal Credit In
vestment Trust, also of Norfolk
and Ford dealers from many sur
rounding towns.
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Report Given on
VFW Blood Bank
Dr. Ernest Furgurson addressee
the local post of Veterans of For
eign Wars at their meeting Iasi
Wednesday night on the possi
bilities of setting up a blood bank
for the Plymouth area. Dr. Fur
gurson cited the advantages ol
such an institution, but pointed
out that VFW members, who
would act as donors, would have
to be classified according to blood
type, while veterans who had
served in the Pacific area and
who had contracted malaria
would necessarily have to be ex
cluded from the donor list since
malarial blood cannot be trans
mitted.
VFW members voted to pur
chase national and post colors at
a cost of $200. It was also de
cided to order caps and armbands
for the members. Post Com
mander Bill Davenport presided
ever the meeting.
Typhoid Clinics Will
Begin on June 23rd
Officials of the Washington
ryrrell District Health Depart- <
nent have announced that the 1
iepartment’s 1947 typhoid vacci
lation clinics will begin in this ]
area on Monday, June 23, and «
vill continue through July 16. ,
Department officials have stat- l
sd that persons who received :
three doses against typhoid fever i
last year or the year before are :
advised to take another single
dose this year in order to avoid <
the inconvience of taking another i
three doses. They also requested
all persons desiring to take ad
vantage of the clinic to appear at <
the designated places on time.
Smallpox, whooping cough, and
liphtheria vaccinations will also
>e given at that time, they point
'd out.
The typhoid vaccinations will
>e held at the pulp mill first aid
tation each day at 9 until 11 a.
n. and 3 to 4:30 p. m. from June
13 through July 16. Vaccinations
or Plymouth citizens will be giv
m at the health department of
ices there each Thursday during
he period from 2 to 4 p. m. and
>n Saturdays from 9 a. m. to 12
loon.
Complete schedule for Plym
>uth and the county will be found
m an inside page of this week’s
ssue of the Roanoke Beacon.
County Triple-A
Completes Plans
For Measurement
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Two More Tobacco Acre
age Reporters Named;
Will Make Only One
Call to Each Farmer
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Two more tobacco reporters for
Washington County were appoint
ed by Triple-A County Commit
teemen at their meeting in Plym
outh last Friday, the new men
named being T. R. Spruill of
Roper and W. D. Phelps of Cres
well, making a total of five to
bacco acreage reporters for this
area.
Acreage measurements will be
gin on Monday. June 16 and. ac
cording to present plans, will be
concluded by July 16. It was re
vealed at the Friday meeting that
$450 had been allowed Washing
ton County by the State AAA of
fice for the reporting work and
that the pay rate would be $6
per day.
Mr. Spruill was assigned work
in the Roper area and Mr. Phelps
will work in the Creswell
Cherry-Mount Pleasant district.
Other reporters are R. C. Jack
son, Long Acre: H. G. Simpson.
Plymouth: W. C. Spruill. Pleas
ant Grove.
The county committeemen re
quested each farmer to cooperate
with the reporters as no second
calls can be made. They further
advised operators to plow under
excess acreage at the time the
reporter makes his call. Failure
1 to comply, they said, would re
sult in a 19-cent-per-pound pen
| alty for the excess amount of to
bacco.
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Funeral Held for
Ashby Tarkenion
Last Rites were conducted
from the Tarkenton home in
Creswell last Thursday at 3 p. m.
for 'Ashby Clinton Tarkenton, 70,
of Creswell, who died there on
attSft&NBvr t
B. Gaither, Rector of the Cres
well Episcopal Church, officiated
at the funeral services. Inter
ment was made in the family
cemetery.
Mr. Tarkenton. a well-known
farmer in the Creswell section,
was a native of Washington Coun
ty, where he had lived all his
life, and was a member of the
Creswell Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ida White Tarkenton, of Cres
well; four sons, Earl Tarkenton,
of Elizabeth City, Robert Tarken
ton of Portsmouth. Va.; and two
daughters, Mrs. Jessie Noonev
and Mrs. Stewart Costin, both of
Creswell.
Pallbearers were Wilton Spear,
j Lewis Spear, William Spear,
Thomas Nooney, Marshall White,
i and Leone White.
I Price Support
I Cards Issued
Twenty-two certificates of
eligibility for commercial Irish
potato price support, under the
AAA program, were issued in
Washington County by the
I county Triple-A committee at
its meeting here last Friday,
Miss Miriam Ausbon, secretary
for the organization, has stat
ed.
Marketing cards for the 22
farmers applying for price sup
port were also made out and
have been mailed out to the
growers, the secretary added.
Plans for tobacco acreages were
also discussed by the group on
Friday. Other business was of
a routine nature.
Council Asked To Set Up
Commission for Planning
Recreation Program Here
Contract Let for Wiring
School Buildings Here
Contracts have been let to R.
J. Boyce of Edenton for the com
plete electrical wiring of the
Plymouth High School at cost of
$5,698, W. F. Veasey, superinten
dent of schools, has stated. Mr.
Boyce will supply all materials
except fixtures. The contract,
Mr. Veasey said includes the wir
ing of both the old and new parts
of the building.
The superintendent pointed out
that the school has some ma
terials now on hand, valued at
$2498.21, the cost of which will
be deducted from the estimate,
leaving a total outlay of $3,199.79
for the work done. Two other
bids were received for the job,
one from an electrical firm in
Washington and another from
Elizabeth City. Work on the wir
ing job will begin shortly.
Creswell Gym Fund
Now at $5,000 Mark
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Musical Comedy Nets
Memorial Building Pro
ject Over $400; Over
seas Donation Received
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Over $400 was realized from the
presentation of a musical comedy
in Creswell last week for the
benefit of the Creswell Memorial
Gymnasium, swelling the fund to
approximately $5,000. according
to reports from steering commit
tee officials.
The musical drama. “Way
Down South in Dixie.” was writ
ten by Mrs. A. H. Tucker of Cres
well and starred Jerry Flood,
noted actor with the Little Thea
ter group in Raleigh.
Gymnasium fund leaders state
that a large portion of the $5,000
amount is made up of donations
from citizens of the Creswell
community where, they said, ade
quate athletic facilities for high
School students and other young
,.ave long been needed.
The Creswell Woman's Club,
who is directing the fund drive
in co-operation with the Cres
well Parent-Teacrers Association,
also pointed out that contribu
tions have been made to the
cause from Creswell citizens who
are now living in distant parts of
the world, the most recent one
being from Lieut. J. C. Gatlin,
jr., who is stationed with the
American army of occupation in
Bad Kissinger, Germany.
In a letter accompanying his
donation Lieutenant Gatlin stated
that while he was in the Cres
well High School, one of the
prime objects of the student body
was to secure a gymnasium for the
school. He pointed out the value
of athletics in the education of
the average student and stated
that the construction of a gymna
sium in Creswell would go far
toward improving the quality of
school athletics and sportsman
ship.
Lieutenant Gatlin is the son of
Mrs. Alice Gatlin, of Creswell.
Last Rites Held
For H. E. Clifton
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Funeral services were held
from the Piney Grove Baptist
Church last Sunday at 3 p. m. for
Hubert E. Clifton, 55, of Roper,
oute one, the Pea Ridge section,
who died of a heart attack on
rhursday of last week at 8 p. m.,
following a brief illness. Mr.
Clifton was a patient in a Rich
nond hospital at time of his death,
rhe Rev. Herman Wooten of
jarner officiated at the last rites.
3urial was made in the Piney
Urove Cemetery.
Mr. Clifton, who was a native
)f Washington County and a
orominent farmer in the Pea
Ridge section, was unmarried. He
was a member of the Piney Grove
Church.
Survivors include one sister,
Mrs. Lela E. Ayers, of Roper,
-oute one; and one brother, Carl
Clifton of Hampton, Va. Mr. Clif
ton was a veteran of World
War I.
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Group Will Represent
Parish at Conference
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Attending the Episcopal Lay
men's Conference being held at
Camp Leach on the Pamlico
River this week-end will be the
Rev. Edward M. Spruill, Rector
of Grace Church and pi iest-in
charge of St. Luke’s Church in
Roper; R. A. Duvall, P. B. Bate
man, Lloyd Gilbert and C. E.
Ayers. They will represent the
Plymouth-Roper Parish.
I Rationing oi |
I Sugar Is OH j
Rationing of sugar for house
holds, hotels, restaurants,
boarding houses became effec
tive Wednesday of this week at
midnight, according to govern
j ment order from Washington,
D. C. Price control on sugar
does remain however and will
continue until October 31, un
less Congress rules otherwise.
The announcement came from
the Secretary of Agriculture
whose action ended all ration
ing of articles for ultimate con
I sumers for the first time since
April 1942. Sugar was the first
food to be rationed in the Unit
ed States, and the last to be re- j
moved from that measure.
Red Hill Sewers
Are Finished on
TuesdayMorning
Delay Caused by Difficul
ty in Digging Trench;
Will Begin on Still
acres Wednesday
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Coinciding with the break
down of the Washington Street
sewer operations in laying the
sewer pipes in the Red Hill sec
tion of Plymouth were completed
eraly this week, the last of the re
maining 378 feet of pipe being
put in place on Tuesday morn
ing.
Scheduled to be finished sever
al days earlier, workers were
delayed in the city-improvement
project by the necessity of bring
ing in a new digging machine
since the one used at first prov
ed inadequate for excavating a
trench through the hill in that
portion of town.
Crewmen began laying sewers
in a part of Stillacres on Wed
nesday afternoon, begining about
700 feet from the river and work
ing inland to Highway 64. After
this section of the line is laid,
the remaining 700 feet will be in
stalled. Reason for the delay, it
was explained, is that the 10-inch
terracotta pipe needed to provide
the river outlet has not arrived
here as yet although it is expected
shortly.
Town officials expect the last
lap of the current improvements
program to be completed by Fri
day of next week.
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Another Teacher
Resigns Position
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Mrs. Ina K. Summervall, in
structor in English in the Plym
outh High School, has resigned
her position on the local school
faculty, creating the sixth va
cancy in that body for next year,
W. F. Veascy, county school sup
erintendent, has announced.
So far, the school official stat
ed, only three applications for
teaching positions have been re
ceived by the county’s school sys
tem.
Other teachers resigning from
the Plymouth faculty are the in
structors in mathematics, science,
and commercial course, in the
iugh school and teachers in the
eighth and sixth grades in gram
mar school.
Leaders in Civic. Reli
gious Organizations Re
quest Special Session of
Town Council
Following suggestions made bv
Miss Ronnie Sheffield, assistant
State director of the North Caro
lina Recreation Commission, rep
resentatives of civic, education,
and religious organizations in
Plymouth met in the Legion Hall
here Monday night and requested
that the town council call a
special session for the appoint
ment of a recreation commission
for Plymouth.
Provision is made under State
law for the setting up of a 9-man
commission, four members of
which are to be drawn from the
towm council, the county board of
education, the health department,
and the welfare department, and
the other five at large. Civic
leaders, after discussion of the
matter decided that an 11-man
commission would be more ef
fective and have made a request
that that number be apointed by
fhe council. No definite date was
set for the special meeting, al
though Mayor Archie J Riddle,
who was present, promised that
the session would be called Thurs
day night of this week.
If the commission is appointed,
it would have legal power to
maintain and supervise all public
playgrounds, athletic fields, and
recreation centers in the commu
nity and would be empowered
to accept gifts, grants and do
nations from private individuals
for public use. Of the nine mem
bers required in the State law,
two would serve a one-vear term,
two a two-year term, two a three
vear term, two a four-year term,
and one a five-year term. The
commission would also be re
quired to make regular reoorts to
the town council on recreational
activities in the community. No
salaries would be settled on the
commission. Its appointment
would merely give it legal au
thority to act.
Those attending the Monday
night meeting were Mrs. Sabrie
Reid, Woman’s Club: Mrs. W. V.
Hays, Girl Scouts; Mrs. Bill
Waters. Legion Auxiliary: Mrs.
K. S. Trowbridge: the Rev. Ed
ward M. Spruill and the Rev. T.
R. Jenkins, churches: W. F. Vea
soy and J. S. Fleming, education
groups; John Williams, labor
groups; H. G. Harris. Buy Scouts;
Bob Bowen, Nyal Womble, Har
old Whitley, Durant Keel, J. J.
Segerman, and E. M. Leavitt,
Lions Club.
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Street Is Closed
After Line Break
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One block of Plymouth's busi
ness section on Washington Street
was closed to through traffic fol
lowing a cave-in of about six
square feet of concrete in front
of the Plymouth Theatre around
noon last Sunday.
Town officials have stated that
a break in a sewer line near the
base of a man-hole at that point
had apparently softened the earth
under the concrete which was
broken by some heavy vehicle
passing over the weakened area.
The sewer is located .about 14
feet below the street level.
Crewmen have been at work
excavating’ and repairing the
break since Sunday and hope to
get the job finished the early part
of next week if no complications
develop.
A. L. Alexander to Move
Office This Week-End
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A. L. Alexander, Plymouth in
surance agent, will move his of
fices from the Harney Building
this week-end to his new’ location
in the office formerly occupied by
Attorney Sidney A. Ward on
Washington Street. Mr. Alex
ander says that he hopes to be
open for business at his new lo
cation on Monday. His offices
have been in the Harney Build
ing since 1940.
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Fifteen Uniforms Given
To Town Baseball Team
Fifteen uniforms have been do
nated to the Plymouth Town
Baseball team by local business
men, team officials announced.
Leading the list, they stated, was
Leder Brothers department store
who gave a total of nine uniforms
to the organization.