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Plymouth High School Coach
George Ingle and Mrs. Ingle and
small son moved into their new
home on Third Street last Sat
urday. The coach had had dif
ficulty in securing a house for his
family last fall, but the local
Lions Club came to his rescue
and after some scrambling and
hunting, finally secured the
Third Street residence.
Miss Janet Bowen of Plymouth
is being given State board ex
aminations in Raleigh this week
preparatory to receiving a certi
ficate in dental hygiene. Miss
Bowen was graduated from Tem
ple University in Philadelphia
this Spring where she majored in
dental hygiene. The examina
tions being given her in Raleigh
will terminate today.
Mrs. Edison Davenport of
Mackeys has been reappointed
as a member of the North Caro
lina Recreation Advisory Com
mittee for a term of two years,
according to announcements
from R. Gregg Cherry, Gover
nor of North Carolina. Mrs.
Davenport will represent rural
groups to the committee.
Among the Washington County
baseball fans who will attend
big league games this week-end
are J. S. Brown, “Snooks” Bur
nham, C. D. Loane, and Voight
Knight who left Plymouth today
for Washington, D. C., where they
will attend the game between the
Boston Red Sox and the New
York Yankees. They will return
home on Sunday.
The 44 alumium windows or
dered by the county board of edu
cation for the Plymouth School
have arrived and will be installed
immediately, it has been an
nounced, and thereby- takes an
other load off the shoulders of
those in charge of construction.
The cost of aluminum windows
is higher now. total charge for
the shipment $2,565, but even so,
it was pointed out, they are cheap
er than the old-fashioned wooden
frame affairs.
Plymouth Police Chief P. W.
“Poss” Brown returned home
Sunday after visiting in Santa
Cruz, Cali'., with his daughter
Mrs. Wade Adams, for several
weeks. The Chief states that
the trip was wonderful and the
visit enjoyable, but that he is
“some kind of si fv” h, wasn’t
iu Plymouth to supervise re
pair operations when the Wash
ington Street sewer caved in.
W. Frith Winslow left Plym
outh on Wednesday for Cape Cod,
Mass., where he will study por
traiture under the international
# ly known artist Jerry Farns
worth, N. A., at the Farnsworth
School of Art. Mr*. Winslow says
that while he intends to give most
of his time to portrait study, he
will continue to paint landscapes.
Mr. Winslow will return home
around the middle of September.
Mrs. Dallas Waters and Mrs.
Elton Ange attended the twenty
seventh annual convention of the
American L e g io n Auxiliary,
North Carolina department,
which was held at Carolina
Beach last week. Mesdames
Waters and Ange were delegates
from the Plymouth organization.
Mrs. Waters was recently elected
and installed president for the
group for the 1947-48 term. ,
^Funeral Held for
William Kerney
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Funeral services were conduct
ed from the First Christian
Church of Plymouth on Tuesday
at 2:30 p. m. for William A. Ker
ney, 68, of Plymouth, route one,
who died suddenly at his home
here at 6:30 Saturday. The Rev.
E. B. Quick, pastor of the church,
officiated at the services. Burial
was made in Windley Cemetery.
Mr. Kerney was a native of
Lake Village, Ind., coming to
Plymouth from there about 21
years ago. He was a member of
the Wenona Christian Church and
was an employee of the North
Carolina Pulp Company.
Mr. Kerney is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Amanda S. Kerney of
the home; one son, W. Roscoe
JKerney, of Federalsburg, Md.;
▼one sister, Mrs. E. B. Hanger, of
Watseka, 111.; two nephews; and
one niece.
Local Business Places
Will Close July Fourth
Independence Day will oe od
served as a holiday by practically
every business establishment in
Plymouth and the county, with
town, county and State offices
giving their personnel a two-day
vacation, Friday and Saturday,
July 4 and 5, and private busi
ness houses closing for July 4
alone.
Post office and bank employees
will have Independence Day only
as a nuiiuay, uwov-i yj**6 -
Saturday hours on the following
day. The county library will be
closed on Friday, but will re
open Saturday afternoon.
According to plans already be
ing formulated by Plymouth re
sidents, the town will be practi
cally deserted at that time since
most residents will make a week
end trip to beaches and other
summer resorts.
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
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ESTABLISHED 1889
VOLUME LVIII—NUMBER 26
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 26, 1947
Install New Rector at
Church Here Tonight
The Rev. Edward M. Spruill,
new rector of Grace Episcopal
Church in Plymouth, will be in
stalled at the church here to
night (Thursday) at 8:15.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright,
D. D., Bishop of the Diocese oi
East Carolina will be in charge
of the service and will be assist
ed by P. B. Bateman, senior
warden of the church, and C. E
Ayers, junior warden. Several
other members of the Episcopal
clergy of the diocese are expected
to attend the ceremony.
An invitation has been issued
to the general public to join
Plymouth Episcopalians in at
tending the services, while a
special invitation has been ex
tended to the ministers of Plym
outh.
New Auto Laws
In Effect July 1st
I HERE TONIGHT
The Rt. Rev. Thomas H.
Wright, D. D., (above) will of
ficiate at the installation of the
Rev. Edward M. Spruill, new
rector of Grace Episcopal
Church in Plymouth tonight.
Committee Named
By Veteran Group
A five-man committee was ap
pointed by the Veterans of Forei
gn Wars at their meeting last
Thursday night, which will attend
the conferences of the joint com
munity building committees, rep
resenting other civic groups in
Plymouth, so that co-ordination
of plans may be effected more
rapidly.
Composing the group from the
VFW are Dr. Ernest Furgurson,
W. Blount Rodman, Howard Carr,
Paul Mueller, and Benton Liver
man.
VFW members also voted to
have questionnaires sent to each
member of the organization re
questing his views on the pro
posed establishment of-a blood
bank in Plymouth. Blood-type of
each individual will be requested.
Recipients of the questionnaires
have been asked to fill them out
and return them immediately.
The cards will be kept on file at
the Plymouth Clinic for future
reference.
Visitors at the VFW session last
week were a detachment of naval
officers from the Washington, and
New Bern recruiting stations. A
picture on submarine warfare was
shown. Beer and other liquid re
freshments were served. Com
mander Bill Davenport presided
over the meeting.
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Fifteen-Pound Baby Is
Born to Colored Couple
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Getting off to a good start in
raising a family, 10-year-old
Mamie Lee Garrett, Plymouth
colored girl and wife of Sam
Garrett, jr., 19, gave birth to a
big 15 - pound - 8 - ounce baby
bright and early last Thursday
morning.
The attending mid-wife, Mary
Lizz Bonds, stated that she had
helped deliver almost every col
ored infant in Plymouth for the
past 50 years, but that the Gar
rett offspring took the well
known chocolate cake when it
came to size.
Regulations More Severe
on Speedsters, Drunk
Drivers; Fines Will Be
Increased Sharply
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North Carolina's new traffic
regulations, as made into State
law by the recent session of the
General Assembly, will go into
effect on Tuesday of next week,
July 1.
The new regulatory legislation
is more strict than any so far in
the history of the State and
penalties for violations of the
laws have been made correspond
ingly severe. Although the State
speed limit for motor vehicle;
has been increased to 55 mile;
per hour, first offenders caughl
exceeding the limit will be giver
minimum fines of $25 instead o1
the previous $10 minimum.
The second speeding offense
within a 12-month period wil
bring the offender an increasec
fine and a 12-month suspensior
of his operator’s license. For eacl
successive speed limit violation
the violator will be given in
creased fines.
The new laws deal most seve
rely with persons convicted o
drunken driving. These law
breakers will be handed a $101
fine and a one-year license re
vocation for their first offense
The second violation will earn
a $500 fine and revocation, whili
the third conviction on the sarm
charge will automatically revoke
the operator’s license forever
Alternative penalties for drunker
drivers are a minimum term o:
three months in jail.
Also on next Tuesday the new
automobile safety regulations wil
go into effect. Check-ups will be
made on all cars traveling the
public roads and those found un
safe will be removed from thf
roads. The check-ups will bt
made at fairly frequent and un
announced times.
In addition, the reexamina
tions for auto operator's licenses
will begin on July 1. Drivers
whose last names begin with “A’
or “B" will be reexamined b>
State Highway Examiners in the
same manner as persons apply
ing for licenses for the first time
Those present drivers who fail
to pass the road and traffic
rules tests will be denied licenses
until such time as they can make
a passing mark on the exams.
Washington County drivers
will take their tests from Ex
cl 111II It: 1 clclllltfb ouytc WMU Will Ul
at the Municipal Building in
Plymouth for that purpose each
Thursday from 9 a. m. until 5
p. m. The period July through
December of 1947 will be devoted
to reexaminations of the “A-B’
category, the first six months ol
1948 being given to the examina
tion of persons with last names
beginning with “C” and “D.”
Others will follow through the
alphabet.
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Merchants Have
Radio Broadcast
“Plymouth on the Air,” a new
15-minute radio program sponsor
ed by some 30 of the leading
business houses in Plymouth will
be broadcast daily, beginning next
Tuesday, July 1, it has been an
nounced.
The programs will be on the
air from 7:15 a. m. until 7:30 a.
m. on week-days and 9:15 a. m.
until 9:30 a. m. on Sunday. The
station will be WRRF in Washing
ton. Included on the program
will be news reports, weather
forecasts, local church bulletins,
and music entertainment.
A special will be a “man-on
the-street broadcast” which will
originate ^n Plymouth itself and
will be broadcast by remote con
trol. Announcers will be station
ed in front of the Legion Hall
every Saturday from 11:30 a. m.
until 12 noon during which time
the audience, made up of pass
ers-by, will be invited to partici
pate in the grogram.
Finish Mosquito
Control Program
In Town Monday
Total 3,092 Homes Treat
ed with DDT in Health
Department Campaign;
Considered Success
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With the treating of 97 homes
in Plymouth last week-end, crew
men working on the Washington
Tyrrell District Health depart
ment’s DDT mosquito control
program completed the spraying
of all houses in Washington
County with DDT chemicals for
the destruction of mosquitoes and
possible prevention of malaria
sources, department officials have
stated.
The opreators, who terminated
their work on Monday of this
week, serviced some 1,036 homes
within the Plymouth city limits
and 2,056 homes in other sec
tions of the county, making a to
tal of 3.092 homes receiving the
treatment.
Quite a few homeowners re
fused the services, which was
supplied free of charge, and
several homes were round to be
locked and the occupants gone,
but by and large, the program has
been considered a success. Only
a very few homes were found un
inhabited, most of these being
uninhabitable which would ex
plain their vacancy.
The program was subsidized by
both federal, county, and muni
cipal governments, with the fed
eral government supplying a
truck, spraying machinery, and
all DDT chemicals necessary,
while county and city boards
supplied another truck and paid
salaries of the four crewmen. A
total of around $1,500 to $2,000
was paid by the local governing
boards. The department's pro
1 gram in Tyrrell County was fin
ished in May.
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Frank E. Robinson
Funeral Tuesday
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Last rites were conducted from
Horner’s Funeral Home in Plym
outh at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday for
Frank E. Robinson. 63, of Plym
outh, route one who died sud
denly at his horde near here on
Saturday at 10:30 p. m. The
Rev. Paul B. Nickens, pastor of
Ludford Memorial Baptist Church
in Plymouth, officiated at the
funeral services. Interment was
made in Windley Cemetery.
Mr. Robinson was a .native of
Forest City, Me., having come to
Plymouth about seven years ago.
He was an employee of the
American Fork and Hoe Com
pany.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Florence Buchanan Robinson of
the home; and one brother, Her
bert Robinson of Bangor, Me.
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Rotary to Erect
Signs on Highway
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Plymouth Rotarians are plan
ning to erect Rotary Club signs
on all highways leading into
club members made at the meet
ing of that organization here on
Tuesday night. Committee Chair
man Bruce Bateman reported to
the group that sketches for the
signs have already been drawn
up. The signs are expected to be
erected in the near future.
Following reports from other
committee leaders, J. S. Fleming,
principal of the Plymouth High
School, addressed the assembly
on “Plymouth Schools, Its Pre
sent and Its Needs for the Fu
ture.”
Guests at Tuesday’s session
were Tom Hood and the Rev.
Edward M. Spruill, new rector
of Grace Episcopal Church. Pres
ident Carl L. Bailey presided
over the meeting.
Plan To Reroute 64 Is
Said Changed Again
Reports here indicate that thi
path of the planned re-routing o
U. S. highway 64 through Plym
outh have been changed again, al
though no official confirmation o
this action has been given fron
the State Highway Department.
Until now, surveyors had plan
ned to make the cut-off near th<
new Arrants garage on the Wil
liamston highway, follow the At
lantic Coast Line tracks, at a dis
tance of bout 300 feet, approxi
mately half through town, the]
veering back toward Roper, cross
ing highway 32 and making con
: nection with the old highway just
: south of Juniper Lodge.
Several citizens complained to
Mayor A. J. Riddle this week
: that the surveyors have re-rout
i ed the highway again and that
they do not like it, one man
• stating that it will neatly bisect
; his farm and “completely ruin
• it.” Most local citizens take the
• view that no matter where the
■ highway is placed someone will
■ be disatisfied with it, and thal
i the department might as well gc
■ ahead and put the road where il
■ wants to.
Veasey Resigns as Head of Schools
vv. Veasey, superintendent
of the Washington County
Schools, has resigned his posi
tion with the local system of
education to accept the super
intendency of the Beaufort
County schools, it has been an
nounced.
Mr. Veasey stated today that
he had not planned such a
move since he is vitally inter
ested in the Washington County
building program and that he
hesitated to tender his resigna
tion since the cooperative spirit
oi me memoers oi me ooara oi
education and the citizenry in
general has been excellent, but
that he felt that he could not
afford to turn down an op
portunity which would mean a
promotion both financially and
professionally.
The superintendent has noti
fied the board of his decision
and a special meeting is being
held this morning to consider
his action. It is expected that
a pay raise will be offered, but
indications are that Mr. Veasey
will not accept. He plans to
leave jt i v iiiimj in dim uuve uji nw
duties with the Beaufort schools
in July. He had served as su
perintendent of the Washington
County system since April,
1945. Residents of Plymouth
and the county have joined the
board of education in express
ing their regret that Mr. Veasev
is leaving and have extended
him good wishes with his new
position.
As yet, no plans have been
made to secure a successor to
the Washington County posi
tion.
Schoolmen Named
For Scholarship
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Washington County school prin
cipals or teachers receiving rec
ommendation from County
Schools Superintendent W. F.
Veasey will be eligible for a $50
scholarship to a Durham work
shop course being sponsored by
the State cancer control commis
sion, it has been announced.
All county principals have re
ceived the recommendation from
the superintendent’s office and
will suggest teachers from their
respective schools who might also
use the 3-semester-hour credits
offered by the course to aid in
the renewal of teaching certifi
cates. The course will be given
July 14 through July 26. Six se
mester hours are required to re
new the certificates, it was stat
ed..
Names of those accepting the
proferred scholarship will be an
nounced at a later date.
Workers Expecl
More Pipe Delay
Crewmen now at work on the
laying of the Stillacres sewei
lines have about 950 feet more oi
pipe to install before the current
city improvement program is
co Apl construction officials
Two-hundred and fifty feet ol
the pipe remains to be put in, ex
tending the line to Highway 64
while the remaining 700 feet wil
connect the line with the plan
ned opening in the Roanoke
River.
Men in charge of the installatior
say that the laying of the outlel
will probably be difficult since
the land in that area is low and
water will be encountered very
near the surface of the ground
Work is expected to commence
on the final stretch of pipe or
Thursday of this week.
So far, 2,813 feet of pipe have
been installed in the Stillacres
section of town. Major factors
delaying the completion of the
line were marshy areas and quick
sand. Construction men expect
to have the entire project com
pleted by the end of next week
instead of this week, as was an
nounced previously.
Vacation Bible School
To Graduate 96 Pupils
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The Vacation Bible School,
sponsored by the First Christian
Church of Plymouth, will termi
nnte its session on rriday or mis
week with certificates being
awarded to all 96 students of the
school. Mrs. Gladys Lollis of Pan
tego directed the courses.
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Lake Phelps Post Will
Give Dance on Thursday
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Square and round dances will
be held at the Community Build
ing at Lake Phelps on Thursday
if next week, July 3, beginning
it 9 p. m. and lasting until every
me goes home, it has been an
lounced. The dance is being
sponsored by the Lake Phelps
lost of the American Legion. Pro
ceeds will go to that organiza
tion.
Soon Name New
Men To Council
Village Residents Will
Meet Tonight To Sug
gest Candidates for
Fourth Ward Posts
Residents of Country Club Vil
lage will conduct a meeting in
: the home of R. L. LaCoy, on Lin
den Street, tonight for the pur
pose of choosing and recommend
ing to Plymouth Mayor Archie J.
Riddle possible appointees for
representatives to the Plymouth
town council from the fourth
ward, which is composed of
Country Club and Little Rich
wood Villages.
Mayor Riddle and the town
councilmen will consider the
several persons recommended by
the village group in the appoint
ment of two councilmen from the
new ward, although it has been
pointed out that the town board
is in no way bound to follow the
recommendations. Nevertheless
it is probable that the new coun
cilmen will be selected from the
list approved by the village resi
dents.
Statements from the town of
ficials indicate that one council
man will probably be appointed
from Country Club Village, and
the second from Little Richwood.
The two new members would
serve a two-year term on the
town board, with the first elected
councilmen being selected by the
villagers themselves at the first
municipal election in which they
will be eligible to cast ballots.
That election will be held in 1949.
The two sections were incor
porated into the Plymouth city
limits on June 3 of this year.
Residents of the new sections
must be citizens of the town for
a period of two months before
being eligible to vote in town
elections.
The new appointees will in
crease the Plymouth council
membership from the present six
to eight members. The appoint
ments will be made at the next
meeting of the town board which
i will be held in the municipal
building on Monday, July 7. A
[ delegation of village residents
j will be on hand at that time to
! make known their representative
j preferences to the board.
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Farm Agents Asks
Heavy July Vote
W. V. Hays. Washington Coun
ty farm agent, has requested all
farmers in this county to go to [
the polls on July 12 and cast bal
lots in the referendum on the
proposed assessment of 10 cents
per acre on all tobacco raised
with money thus taken to be us
ed by Tobacco Associates in pro
moting the increase of United
States tobacco exports to foreign
countries.
Mr. Hays stated that he has
had a letter from high officials
in the Bureau pointing out the
“discouraging outlook for flue
cured exports this year." The
assessment would provide funds
for a campaign to promote in
creased tobacco exports during
the three-year period 1947-1949.
He stated that regardless of how
an individual farmer might feel
about the issue, it is his duty to
appear at the polls and cast his '
ballot. Polling places and elec
tion officials will be announced as
soon as final arrangements are
made.
Legionnaires to Confer
Here This Friday Night
The James Jethro post of the
American Legion will hold a regu
larly scheduled meeting in the
Legion Hall in Plymouth this
Friday night at 8 o’clock Post
Commander Ronald Gaylord has
announced. Commander Gay
lord requested that all members
of the post attend the session
since an executive committee is
to be chosen at that time.
Acreage Cards
Sent Growers
Tobacco acreage notices for
1947 have been mailed out to
65 of Washington County’s 28G
tobacco growers, leaving a bal
ance of 221 producers to be no
tified of their acreages, accord
ing to reports from the county
AAA office.
The notices, they remarked,
constitute an official final re
port on individual acreages, un
less additional acreage has been
planted since crop measure
ments were made. If such is
the case, Triple-A officials
pointed out, producers should
notify the central office im
mediately. All growers will re
ceive official acreage notices by
July 16.
Hays Is Elected
Head of District
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Jimmy Hays was elected com
mander of the third district of
the North Carolina department
of the American Legion at the
State convention held by legion
naires at Carolina Beach last
week. The third district, com
posed of Washington, Tyrrell, and
Martin Counties, was created by
the department in the reshuffling
of state districts at which time an
additional 13 districts were creat
ed, making a total of 35.
District Commander Hays was
installed immediately after his
election. Other district represen
tatives at the convention were
Joe Davenport and Bill Peele,
both of Creswell, and Floyd Ca
hoon of Columbia. Mrs. Hays ac
companied her husband to the
meeting.
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May Gel Lateral
Drainage Ditches
Donald B. Jones, county soil
conservationist, has issued a re
quest to all Washington County
farmers interested in having la
teral drainage ditches dug this
year to contact him as soon as
possible at his office in the Agri
,..u..,.ni m.,4-u
so that arrangements may be
completed for securing proper
nachinery.
Mr. Jones stated that the ditch
es would bg dug by a track-type
;ractor. He added that indiea
;ions are that several farmers in
he Roper districts are planning
;o have laterals constructed this
rail.
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Chapel Hill Club Meet
Is Moved Up One Week
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Meeting date of the Chapel
dill home demonstration club has
ieen moved forward one week
;o that a special demonstration
nay be given the county 4-H
;irls on Thursday, July 10. Mrs.
•'ranees M. Darden, home agent,
las stated. The Chapel Hill club
vill convene on Thursday, July
t, at the home of Mrs. Daston
Ambrose, she said.
Lastern Leaf Markets
To Open August 2 at It
Opening date for the Eastern
Belt tobacco markets this year
las been set for Monday. August
15, according to decisions made
Dy a 15-man committee meeting
yesterday in Raleigh and rep
-esenting growers, warehouse
nen and buying interests.
The Eastern Belt will open for
i four-hour sales day, but will
•evert to a three-and-one-half
hour day when the Middle Belt
opens on September 15. Opening
dates for the three tobacco belts
in North Carolina are Border
Belt, August 7; Eastern Belt, Au
gust 25; and Middle Belt, Sep
tember 15. All market openings
are essentially about the same as
last year, the lateness of the crop
pushing back the dates by four
or five days in all instances.
Gym Repair Group
To Solicit Day's
Work on Project
Alternate Gift of Cash
Equivalent of Work to
Be Requested by High
School Canvassers
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A committee of eight high
school girls will canvass Plym
outh business and residential sec
tions next Tuesday for the pur
pose of enlisting all possible aid
in the Lions Club gymnasium re
pair project. Earl G. Bowen, gym
nasium committeeman, has stat
ed.
Each citizen will be requested
to donate one day’s work on the
repairing of the structure or give
the cash equivalent of such a
contribution, Bowen said. He add
ed that the cash would amount to
around $4 since the average work
er receives 50 cents per hour for
an eignt-hour day. Those choos
ing to give work, rather than
money, will have the privilege of
choosing which day he will
work.
Bowen added that a cement
mixer has been engaged by the
repair committee and will be here
within two weeks to prepare and
pour the concrete floor for the
two dressing rooms which will
be constructed. The dressing
rooms will provide four showers
for boys and four for girls, and
will be built of concrete blocks.
Further repairs include the
ceiling of walls, improvement of
lighting and heating systems, re
pair of floors, and re-arrange
ment of seats so that the build
ing may hold more spectators to
sports events. The heating sys
tem will tic in with the central
unit used to heat the main school
building. Repair committeemen
have stated that they hope to
have all work on the gymnasium
completed by September.
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Funeral Held for •
William Holbrook
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Funeral services were held
from the Baptist Church in Cam
den-on-Gauley, W. Va.. on Mon
I day at 2:30 p. m. for William
Pleasant Holbrook, father of Vir
! oil and Arden Holbrook of Plym
outh. The elder Mr. Holbrook
died at his home there on Satur
day afternoon, following an ill
ness of two years. The last rites
were conducted by the Rev.
Pearl Nettles. Burial was made
in Hammond Cemetery.
Mr Holbrook, who was born
in Virginia in 1855. was one of
the early settlers of the Cran
berry Ridge section, nar Camden
on-Gauley, and was a retired
Baptist minister. He was active
in West Virginia religious circles
until his retirement, due to ill
health, eight years ago.
Survivors include his wife. Mrs.
Sarah Holbrook of the home;
three sons, R. E. Holbrook of
Camden-on-Gauley: and Virgil
and Arden Holbrook of Plym
outh; two daughters, Mrs. Norah
Rigsby of Nitro, W. Va.. and Miss
Nettie Holbrook of Fairmont, W,
Va.
Cherry Dragline
Has Been Moved
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The dragline machine, formerly
employed by the Soil Conserva
tion Service for drainage projects
in the Cherry section of the coun
ty, has been moved to Ohio and
machine operators transferred to
Quantico, Va„ Donald B. Jones,
county soil conservationist, has
stated.
Mr. Jones added that as soon
as there is enough requests from
county farm operators for ditch
ing services, more draglines and
operators will be available in
Washington County for the pur
pose. He pointed out. however,
that farmers desiring to have
ditching work done this fall,
after crops have been harvested,
should contact him immediately
so that preliminary plans may be
drawn up, thereby avoiding un
necessary delay in getting ditch
es dug this fall.