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John Sanderson, assistant to
State Highway Patrolman R. W.
Young, has been drafted by
License Examiner James Boyce
to help in giving examinations for
new auto driver’s licenses. The
^reason for Sanderson’s employ
ment in this extra line of duty is
due to the grand rush of per
sons in the “A-B” name bracket
who have waited almost to the
last minute of the December 31
deadline to take their re-exams
and are now flooding Mr. Boyce's
headquarters to take the tests.
Miss Ann Mann of Raleigh,
secretary of the State Tuber
culosis Association visited
Plymouth last Thursday in
vestigating the progress of the
Christmas seal sale campaign
in Washington County and re
ported that the ratio of re
sponse here was greater than
in nearly all surrounding com
munities. Mrs. Hallett Everett
is county chairman of the drive.
The Hon. John W. Darden,
county representative to the State
General Assembly, is now able
to be up and out of the house
again after several months of ill
ness, including a long session in
a Durham hospital. Mr. Darden
was down town Monday morning
apparently feeling a great deal
better than he had in some time.
T
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ayers,
of Plymouth have presented the
local high school with an
American flag and flag pole in
memory of their son, C. E.
Ayers, jr„ who lost his life in
World War II. school officials
have announced. They added
that a bronze plaque will be
placed at the base of the pole
recording an in memoriam in
scription.
Miss Anna Bowen, clerk at the
district health department office
here, has resigned her position
with the department, effective
this month and will leave on De
cember 31 for New Orleans where
she will enter X-ray technicians’
school. Miss Tillie Bowen has
been employed to fill the vacancy
left by the resignation.
L/.m Winesett,
and
former editor
nor
J. Strom
^Thurmond, it has been announc
ed. Mr. Winesett is now a resi
dent of Marion, S. C„ where he
is the editor and publisher of the
101-year old Marion Star.
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Flames Demolish
House Near Here
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Mr. and Mrs. B. Jeffery Crad
dock and two children, Mary and
Joan, ages nine and six, barely
escaped from their burning home
af) the Garrett Island Road Tues
day morning before the entire
structure caved in, the fire oc
curring between 3 and 3:30 a. m.
Mr. Craddock was awakened by
smoke and upon opening the bed
room door discovered that the
hallway outside was completely
enveloped in flames. He and
l|rs. Cradock aroused the two
cnildren and all four made their
escape from the bedroom window
only a few minutes before the
roof fell. All contents of the
house, including clothing, was
completely destroyed. Origin of
the fire could not be determined.
Mr. Craddock was connected
with the North Carolina Pulv
Company. The house was owned
by Mrs. Ben Tetterton of Plym
outh. Until permanent living
quarters can be secured, the
Craddock damily is living with
Mr. Craddock’s sister, Mrs. J. E.
Spencer, near Plymouth.
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Transport Count
Brings $500 Fins
? A fine of $550 was inposed this
. week by Judge Ronald Gaylord
' ojAwirt Harvey Dean, 38, of
B^fliesda, Md., who was found
guilty of transporting 24 gallons
of non-tax-paid whiskey and
carrying a concealed weapon, a
I Belgian automatic .38 caliber pis
tol.
Dean was arrested by Patrol
man R. W. Young near the “Y”
at the foot of the Sound Bridge
on Friday around 7:30 p. m.
Dean, accompanied by his wife
and two other companions was
headed for Bethesda when he
: was caught. Asked by the judge
where he got the illegal liquor
and who had sold it to him, he
gave the time-honored answer,
I don’t remember.
The court imposed the $500
fine on the defendant for carry
ing the whiskey and an addition
al $50 for having the weapon
concealed on him. Dean was
just leaving from a visit with his
wife’s relatives in the lower end
of the county when he was ap
prehended, he said.
The Roanoke Beacon
★ ★★★★★ and Washington County News ★★★★★★
U Shopping Days
Until Christmas
VOLUME LVIII—NUMBER 50
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 11,1947
ESTABLISHED 1889
Homecoming for
South Albemarle
Being Considered
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Committee to Report on
4-County Event in Jan
uary; Urge Paving of
Roads in Section
The executive committee of the
Southern Albemarle Association,
meeting in Columbia last Thurs
day, endorsed a proposition for
holding a Coastland Homecoming
for the four counties of the
Southern Albemarle and neigh
boring areas with D. V. Mcekins,
of Manteo, named chairman of a
committee to report back in
January on the possibility of hold
ing the proposed celebration next
summer.
Committees on agriculture, fin
ance. industry, rules, roads, and
public health were appointed by
Association President W. J. White
of Columbia.
The executive committeemen
passed a resolution urging the
paving of a road between Colum
bia and Manteo and its inclusion
in U. S. Highway 64. which now
reaches from the Pacific Ocean
into Tyrrell County. The reso
lution also requested the con
struction of one or more bridges
over the waters which divide the
I Columbia-Manteo road.
I Following reports from county
vice-presidents the road commit
tee was instructed to follow up
every appeal for getting the road
extension from Avon to Oregon
Inlet built in 1948.
Although all four counties in
the association, Washington,
Hyde, Tyrrjll, and Dare, were
represented' at the Columbia
meeting la> week, A. J. Riddle
of Plymou ), county vice-presi
dent and W D. Peal were the sole
members of the Washington
County delegation who attended
the session. Others appointed to
represent this section at the meet
ing were Mrs. Louise McGowan,
A. E. Davenport,
Hassell
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Vels Make Final
Building Choice
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Members of the Plymouth posts
of the American Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, meet
ing in joint session last night, vot
ed to have constructed on the lot,
recently bought by them, a one
story, brick clubhouse 40 feet
wide by 60 feet long and contain
ing a dance hall, offices, men’s
and women’s restrooms, a shower
room and kitchen. Final cost of
the structure was estimated at
between $12,000 and $15,000.
A building committee compos
ed of E. E. Harrell, Asa Johnston,
and Bob Tetterton was appointed
to draw up blue-prints and speci
fications after which building op
erations would begin. A steering
committee to solicit funds will be
appointed shortly. At present the
two organizations have around
$5,000 in their building fund.
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Roper Baptists to Have
Services Sunday Night
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The Rev. E. D. Willis of Eliza
beth City will conduct services at
the Roper Baptist Church next
Sunday, December 14, at 7:30 p.
m., according to an announce
ment made by officials of the
church. The public has been in
vited to attend.
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School to Install Sinks
In Home Ec Department
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The four sinks ordered for the
home economics department of
the Plymouth High School have
arrived at last, Roy F. Lowry,
county schools superintendent,
has reported. Mr. Lowry added
that the sinks would be installed
as soon as possible.
No Community Drive To Aid Needy
At Christmas Is Planned This Year
Campaigns to provide Christ
mas cheer for needy families in
Plymouth usually conducted by
the local volunteer department,
American Legion post, or some
civic organization, will not be
carried on this year, leaders in all
groups questioned on the matter
have stated. Pressure of business
matters and other projects al
ready undertaken, they said,
would prevent such a drive.
The county welfare department,
however, has announced that it
will accept any and all donations
of toys, clothes, food, or money
and will see that it is distributed
to needy families in the county
as well as in Plymouth. Donors
were requested to bring their
gifts to the welfare office in the
courthouse by noon on Monday,
December 22, in order to insure
distribution by Christmas Day.
Mrs. Ursula Spruill, county
welfare agent, added that several
churches and civic organizations
in Plymouth have obtained from
the department names of needy
families whom they plan to help
this holiday season, but that there
are many more families who will
have no occasion to be joyful this
Christmastime unless more gifts
are made available to the depart
ment.
Conservation Board
Elected by Farmers
Creswell Class
To Give Drama
The junior class of the Cres
well High School will present
its annual class play, “Meet the
Husband,” in the school's audi
torium tomorrow at 8 p. m.
The play is a romantic comedy
and features Stanley Hufton
and Mary Gaither in the lead
ing roles.
They are supported by a cast
composed of Alice Davenport,
Thomas Nooney, Vivian Holton,
Rebecca Patrick, Jacqueline
Craddock and Stanci! White.
The play is said to contain
many trick angles and up
roarious comedy situations
guaranteed to amuse all spec
tators.
Annual Yulelide
Rush for Postal
Clerks
Postmaster
Office
All Parcels
Notified
as
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The annual Christmas rush has
swung into stride at the Plym
outh post office, according tc
Postmaster J. C. Swain, whc
stated that to date, some 5,00C
greeting cards had been mailed
here and that the local station is
handling around 300 parcels per
day. Money orders sent from
the Plymouth post office, he said
total approximately 200 per day.
Mr. Swain requested that all
patrons please call for packages
as soon as they receive their no
tification slips, especially the
C. O. D. parcels, since storage
space at the office is exeremely
limited and the place is already
over-crowded with unclaimed
bundles. He also asked that all
packages be mailed as soon as
possible in order to insure prompt
delivery.
Fragile items, the postmaster
said, fare better in wooden or
corrugated cardboard boxes, well
packed with excelsior or paper
and' securely tied with heavy
cord. He also suggested that ad
dresses of both sender and re
ceiver be included inside as well
as outside the package. Mr.
Swain advised further that all
parcels be insured.
He reminded the public that in
[flamables, explosive'1, and in
i toxicants are barred from the
I mails.
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\Roper School Schedules
Annual Christmas Event
The annual Christmas program
j of the Roper High School, held
under the sponsorship of the
| Roper unit of the Parent-Teacher
1 Association, will be presented in
the high school’s auditorium next
Wednesday at 8 p. m., it has been
announced. The pubiic is invit
ed to attend the yearly event.
Christmas Seal Sale Now
Over 50 Per Cent of Quota
The chairman pointed out fur
ther that of the money collected
in Washington County 70 per cent
will be used in the county for
purchasing X-ray film and pro
viding monthly X-ray clinics.
Twenty-five per cent, she said,
will be allocated to the State or
ganization for tuberculosis work
on a State-wide basis while the
remaining five per cent will be
forwarded to the National organi
zation.
The drive, which is being con
ducted under the sponsorship of
the Plymouth Woman’s Club, will
terminate on Christmas Day.
According to reports from
County Chairman Mrs. Hallett
Everett, total returns so far in
the Washington County Tuber
culosis seal sale campaign now
stands at $387.80, more than 50
per cent of the country’s $700
goal.
In announcing the amount of
money collected so far for the
cause, Mrs. Everett asked that
recipients of the 200 stamps sent
to 1,000 persons in the county
who have so far not returned
ither the requested $2 or the
stamps to do so as soon as possi
ble to avoid the Christmas rush
at the post offices.
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Liverman Named Chair
man and District Direc
tor; Vote Recorded Is
Extremely Light
E. H. Liverman, of Plymouth,
was elected chairman and C. S.
Heynen, of Wenona and Hoyt R.
Davenport of Creswell were
elected members of the Washing
ton County soil conservation
governing board, chosen by farm
ers in the county last week as
provided by the new State law
relating to the organization form
of the Soil Conservation Service
in North Carolina.
Mr. Liverman, who received the
highest number of votes, will
serve for a three-year term and
in addition will be the Washing
ton County representative to the
board of directors of the Pamlico
district of the Soil Conservation
Service. Mr. Heynen, who re
ceived the second highest num
ber of ballots, will serve for two
years, while Mr. Davenport, re
ceiving the third largest number
votes, will serve a one year trem.
Other candidates for places on
the board were L. L. Davenport,
of Creswell, and Wendell C,
Spruill of Roper. The board
Kiembers will take office on Janu
■y 1, 1948 and will hold their
rst meeting early in that
fhonth.
The newly elected governing
board will replace the county
supervisory system in the con
servation service's organization.
Mr. Heynen, under the old sys
tem, was supervisor for this sec
tion.
An extremely light vote was
recorded in the election, accord
ing to a statement from Donald
B. Jones, county soil conserva
tionist, who expressed his dis
appointment in the slight amount
of interest shown by Washing
ton County farmers in the elec
tion.
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Plan Dinner for
Oldest Workers
The North Carolina Pulp Com
pany will give a dinner for all
its employees who have been con
nected with the company for over
15 years next Thursday at 8:30
p. m. at the Country Club of
Plymouth with H. M. Kieckhefer,
president of the company, acting
as master of ceremonies.
Fortw-two guests, including Mr.
Kieckhefer, will be present. Two
of the guests have been with the
pulp company for 40 years hav
ing been employed by the Cherry
River Paper Company, of Rich
wood, W. Va., bought out by the
present firm several years ago.
They are Newman H. Dotson and
P. B. Serena. Employees who
have served 30 years or more are
Forest McCombs, W. R. McCombs,
and J. W. McDaniels. The 25
to-40 year men will be presented
with the traditioal watch by Mr.
Kieckhefer in token of apprecia
tion for their loyalty.
Those guests in the 15-to-25
j group will be presented with gold
j medals.
Schedule Creswell PTA
Meeting There Tonight
The Creswell unit of the Par
ent-Teacher Association will con
duct its regularly scheduled
meeting in the high school audi
torium tonight at 8 o’clock, it has
been announced. A Christmas
musical reading under the di
rection of Miss Lona Weatherly
will be presented. All PTA mem
bers have been urged to attend.
Plymouth Unit ol PTA
To Have Meet Tonight
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The Plymouth unit of the Par
ent-Teacher Association will meet
in the high school’s auditorium
tonight at 8:30 o’clock, according
to an announcement from school
officials. The high school glee
club will render several selec
tions on the evening’s program.
All PTA patrons are urged to at
tend.
County Triple-A
Group Is Elected
At Tuesday Meet
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W. A. Spruill Replaces
Hoye Davenport as
Board Member; Other
Two Men Re-Elected
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Two members of the Washing
ton County Triple-A Committee
were re-elected and one new
member was elected to posts on
the committee in balloting held at
the county AAA convention in
Plymouth on Wednesday.
Those re-elected were R. L.
Stillman of Roper, chairman:
and C. W. Bowen of Plymouth,
vice-chairman. W. A. Spruill re
placed Hoyt R. Davenport as the
Creswell member of the' group
with Leon Davenport and R. C.
Jackson, both of Creswell, being
elected alternates to him.
The committee will hold its
first meeting of the new term in
the Agriculture Building in Plym
outh tonight at 8 o’clock at which
time a secretary and treasurer
will be nominated and elected.
The committeemen were elect
ed by delegates from each of the
seven AAA communities in the
county who were chosen by resi
dents of their respective commu
ni ties at an election held on
Tuesday. New community com
mitteemen were also selected by
voters at the same time, but re
sults of this election have not
yet been tabulated and will be
announced later.
Delegates chosen to attend the
county convention were as fol
lows: W. H. Gurkin, Plymouth;
R. C. Jackson, Long Acre; R. C.
Chesson, Roper; J. C. Tarkenton,
Pleasant Grove; W. D. Phelps,
Creswell; W. P. Davenport,
Cherry; and W. A. Spruill, Mt.
Pleasant.
Polling places for the com
munity and delegate elections
were maintained and kept open
in the county on the same day,
Tuesday, and at the same hours
as for the peanut marketing
quota referendum, although sep
arate boxes were kept. Poll
holders were chosen from retir
ing community committeemen.
Comparatively light voting was
recorded in spite of the impor
tance of the election. Most farm
ers were taking advantage of the
let up in the weather to harvest
the rest of their peanut crops.
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Roper PTA Plans
Holiday Meeting
The Roper unit of the Parent
l Teacher Asociation will conduct
its annual Christmas meeting
next Wednesday in the high
school auditorium at 8 p. m. with
the program planned to be a
cantata, “Chimes of the Holy
Night,” by the high school glee
club.
Also on the program will be a
play presented by the elementary
school entitled “Christmas in
Storybook Land,” the cantata
will be under the direction of Mrs.
Roy Hopkins. The regular busi
ness session will not be held.
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Lions Are Hosts
To Football Boys
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The Plymouth Lions Club was
host to the Plymouth High
School’s football squad, cheer
leaders, and coaches at the club’s
meeting held last Thursday night.
Club President C. W. Dinkins
welcomed the guests who were in
troduced individually by Coach
Ingle. Brief talks were present
ed by HighW!5ch.ool Principal J. S.
Fleming. Attorney Z. V. Norman,
and Assistant-Coach Joe Foster
who requested that the Lions give
all support possible to the pro
jected construction of an athletic
field on the rear portion of the
school’s Stillaeres property. The
club responded by giving a unani
mhous rising vote of approval to
his appeal.
The Rev. J. O. Long, Plymouth
Methodist minister, was also a
Franchise Given
For Operation of
Transit Company
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Town Council Grants 20
Year Permit to Ata
manchuck Firm to Set
Up City Bus Line
In called session of the Plym
outh town council Friday, a 20
year franchise was granted to
John and Nicholas Atamanehuck
of Newark. N. J., to operate a
city bus line in the town of Plym
outh with the buses to begin
regular operations not later than
July 1, 1948.
According to terms of the fran
chise, the line, known as the “City
Service and Transit Company.”
must begin operations with at
least two 25-passenger buses and
must maintain a regular schedule
of stops from 6 a. m. until mid
night. The stops are to be nam
ed subject to the approval of the
council.
Schedule and routes of the bus
line will be announced later, and.
it is understood, will include the
pulp mill in the company's ser
vice line.
The franchise further provides
that a franchise tax of one per
cent of all estimated gross reve
nue for the coming quarter must
be paid to the town, the bus com
pany being liable to such pay
ments beginning five year from
the granting of the franchise.
The council may revoke the
contract after due hearing is held
and proof shown that the com
pany has not lived up to the
agreement. The contract further
stipulates that the franchise can
not be sold with the council’s ap
proval. The company was furth
er obligated to carry personal and
damage liability insurance.
John Atamanehuck is a former
resident of Plymouth and Nicho
las Atamanehuck is a native of
Newark.
Lake Phelps Post
To Give Baskets
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Members of the Lake Phelps
post of the American Legion at
Creswell, meeting there last Fri
day night, voted to prepare and
distribute Christmas baskets to
needy children in the community,
it has been reported. Included
in the baskets will be food, toys,
and serviceable articles of cloth
ing.
New caps for the legionnaires
were distributed at the Friday
meeting, the report added. The
meeting was conducted in the
auditorium of the Creswell High
School.
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Scout Officer Is
Speaker at Club
Eugene Grimes of Washington,
field executive for the East Caro
lina district of the Boy Scouts of
America, was featured speaker at
this week’s meeting of the Plym
outh Rotary Club, addressing the
club members on “Boyhood.”
In mentioning progress being
made in the scientific and politi
cal world today, Mr. Grimes
pointed out that the youth of to
day are the leaders of tomorrow
He stated that one of the prime
aims of the Boy Scout organiza
tion is to train boys for the re
sponsible positions they will hold
in the future as well as insuring
them against crime and delinqu
ency.
Earlier in the meeting, Rotarian
Roy F. Lowry, superintendent of
the county schools, urged the local
club to support the new Still
acres athletic field planned for
Plymouth High School and the
town. President Carl L. Bailey
asked the club to go on record as
supporting the project.
Jack Frank was in charge of
the program. Mr. Bailey pre
sided.
County Vote Favors
Proposed Marketing
Quotas for Peanuts
Police Chief
Warns Drivers
The habit some local drivers
have of stopping in the pedes
trian lanes while waiting for
stop lights to trun green is go
ing to get them into trouble
very soon if they aren't care
ful, Police Chief P. W. Brown
has announced.
The chief said that he has
had a number of complaints
from pedestrains concerning
the annoying habit which, he
added, is becoming more fre
quent all the time. Mr. Brown
said that unless the drivers stop
their cars behind the white
lines, they may find themselves
arrested for violating traffic
regulations.
Nearly All Bonds
For Street Curbs
In Creswel! Sold
Total of $10,000 Sold ir
$12,000 Issue; Monev
to Be Used for Streel
Improvement
To date, a total of $10,000 wort!
of bonds of the Town of Creswel
have been sold for the purposi
of improving the streets of thi
town and the construction of con
Crete curbings and gutters ii
Creswell’s principal streets, it ha;
been reported.
These improving facilities wil
extend from the highway by thi
Creswell railroad depot to Mail
Street and from Seventh Stree
to Fourth Street. A bond issui
in the amount of $12,000 was car
ried by the qualified voters o
the town earlier in the year fo
the purpose of securing street im
provements. At the same time
another bond issue was passei
by the town in the amount o
$6,000 of town bonds for the pur
pose of constructing a municipa
building, making a total bond is
sue of $18,000. Bonds remainini
to be sold for the concrete im
provements amount to $2,00
while no report is immediate!
available on the amount of th
municipal building bonds sold.
The street bonds were sold t
eight Creswell residents. The;
are C. L. Barnes. Walter D. Pea!
Dr. J. M. Phelps, O. L^Godwir
O. D. Hatfield, H. W. Normar
H. O. Chesson, and Mrs. H. W
Pritchett.
Triple Collision
Happens Tuesday
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All persons concerned escape
injury in a three-car collision or
curring Tuesday at 4 p. m. a fev
miles south of Plymouth on th
Washington Highway, althougl
considerable damage was inflict
ed on two passenger cars whili
a dumptruck, the third vehicle
was damaged only slightley, In
vestigating Patrolman R. W
Young has reported.
The truck, a 1941 International
driven by Walter Lee Leary, col
ored, of Colerain, stopped in thi
middle of the highway, Younj
said, and the 1941 Chevrolet tudo;
sedan, driven by Mis. Anges Vir
ginai Hardison, Jamesville whiti
woman, following immediate]!
behind rammed into it.
Preston Monroe Holliday, driv
ing a 1940 Chevrolet and follow
ing the Hardison car, was un
able to stop and plowed inti
both vehicles in front of him. Pa
trolman Young said that nc
charges have been preferred
Meeting Here Saturday to
Discuss Drainage District
A meeting of all persons own
ing property in the section of
Plymouth Township in the area
covered by the new soil drainage
district, proposed to be set up
between Plymouth and the Lees
Mill Township Line, will be call
ed this Saturday at 3 p. m. in
the Agriculture Building in Plym
outh, according to Donald B.
Jones, county soil conservation
ist.
The purpose of the meeting,
Jones said, is to give a fuller
explanation of what the setting
mean to the landowners in thai
area, to present an estimate ol
the total cost of the project, anc
to obtain view's of landowners or
whether or not the district should
be instituted. Final decision or
this matter, Jones emphasized
w'ill be made at the Saturdaj
meeting.
S. L. Daughtridg' district con
servationist, and George M. Ren
fro, drainage engineer, will b<
present, Jones said He added
that J. W. Hanna, district en
gineer, had also been invited tc
Peanut Growers in Sec
tion Approve Crop Con
trol for Next Three
Years by 216 to 11.
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Washington County peanut pro
ducers. falling in line with grow
ers all over North Carolina, vot
! ed overwhelmingly in favor of
marketing quotas for peanut
crops grown in the State for the
I next three years, according to of
ficials election returns announc
ed by Miss Miriam Ausbon, AAA
secretary, on the quota referen
Idum held in the State Tuesday.
Two-hundred sixteen ballots
were cast in Washington County
in favor of the proposal and only
11 dissenting votes were record
ed. making a total of 227 votes
in all. The Triple-A secretary,
however, expressed disappoint
ment in the lightness of the bal
loting. pointing out that there
were at least 1.400 to 1,500 farm
ers in the county who .qualified
to cast votes in the election by
virtue of having shared in the
proceeds of the peanut crop
grown in Washington County this
lyear.
The ballots were cast at poll
ing places maintained in all com
munity centers in the county,
ballot boxes being located at the
Agriculture Building in Plym
outh. J. C. Tarkenton store in
Pleasant Grove, Piercy store in
Roper and the Barnes Sandwich
shop in Creswell. The polls were
! open .from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m.
and were held by members of the
AAA community committees.
The program, proposed last
! July, provides for both acreage
. allotments and marketing quotas
on peanuts grown in 1948. 1949,
and 1950. Each grower is given
an allotment which he is free to
plant to peanuts to be harvested.
1 Likewise each grower is given
a marketing quota which is the
quantity grown on his alloted
’ Peanuts marketed from excess
acreages are subject to a penalty
tax equal to 50 per cent of the
market price of peanuts.
Under the law, marketing con
* trol is necessary to maintain the
government’s price support pro
' gram. Approval of the quotas
1 means that support will be main
tained at 10 to 11 cents per
' pound.
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Two Are Injured
In Auto Accident
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Edwin Earl Baker, young
Merry Hill white man, sustained
severe head injuries and possible
fracture of the skull when the
1941 Ford tudor sedan in which
he was riding, driven by Henry
Lawrence Smith, also white, of
Merry Hill, left Highway 64 at the
west boundary of the town of
r Roper around 11 p. m. Sunday,
jumped a ditch and smashed vio
lently into a telephone pole.
Smith suffered slight facial cuts
and abrasions.
Baker, who is in the United
States Navy and stationed on the
USS Donner at Norfolk. Va„ was
rushed to Plymouth where he
was given emergency treatment
by Dr. T. L. Bray. The sailor
was then removed to a Norfolk
naval hospital by ambulance for
further treatment.
According to Highway Patrol
man R. W.. Young, who investi
gated the accident, stated that the
: automobile was apparently trav
eling at a high rate of speed
when the accident occurred. He
added that during its wild flight
across the ditch, it carried the
Roper city limits sign along with
lit The car, he said, was com
j pletely demolished.
Office Location
Change Reported
Representatives of the State
Employment Service and Unem
ployment Commission will be lo
cated in the basement of the
county courthouse instead of in
the courtroom beginning this
Thursday, according to an an
nouncement from J. Kelly Gay,
manager of the Williamston head
quarters.
Service representatives are in
Plymouth each Thursday from 10
a. m. until 3:30 p. m. except on
holidays. Mr. Gay added that at
present, quite a few applications
for employment have been re
ceived by Service representatives
from persons in and around Plym
outh who are seeking positions in
a wide variety of the employ