T'OWIft opics Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bowen have received word that there daughter and family Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Gregory. Elaine and Allen left Manila at midnight last night aboard the ship. President Cleve land. bound for the States. They A.ve not been home for over two years. Mr. Gregory is taking a six months vacation from his job as electrical engineer in a Manila electric plant. They plan to spend two days in Shanghai, China; two in Hong Kong, China; two in Honolulu. Hawaii and ar rive in San Francisco, Calif., about April 25. They hope to be in Plymouth in May. A resident of Mahanoy City, Pa„ who is here with the base ball club from that city during its spring training, this week of fered a tip on pronouncing "Mahanoy," which is giving local fans some trouble. He says it is "Mah-a-noi,” with the accent on the final syllable. Most local peo ple have been saying "Mahoney.” Little “Tex” Benton likes his baseball. One day this week he got out of school at 2:30 and joined a group of boys out at the country club village to play ball. At 6:30 he hadn’t gotten home, so “Tex.” sr., went after him. Lo cated on the ball field, his father wanted to know why he was so late in getting home. “Listen. Pop.” said little Tex. “I’ve been (IP here since 2:30 and ain’t had my bat yet.” Hour of meeting for the local Lions Club was moved np a half hour to 6:30 tonight, in order that members may attend the senior play, “Here Comes Char lie.” scheduled to start at 8 o’clock. The club meeting will be held in the high school lunch room, with W. V. Hays in charge of the program. Misses Helen Carr, Frances Spruill and Joyce Bailey, stu dents at Meredith College, Ra leigh, are spending the spring holidays here with their respec tive parents: Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Carr, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Spruill, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Bailey. R. Bruce Etheridge, of Raleigh and Manteo, J. L. Horne, jr., of Rocky Mount, and W. Roy Hamp ton, of Plymouth, went to More t^ad City Sunday on business connetfted with the North Caro lina Department of Conservation and Development. Mr. Etheridge is director of the department, while Mr. Horne and Mr. Hamp ton are members of the board. Plymouth High School Princi pal J. S. Fleming really learned how to use an athletic official’s whistle Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Water got into the fuse box which controls 'the electric bell system for the school and put it out of commission. For two days Mr. Fleming blew the Wlhistle to signal opening and closing of the school, as well as every class change. Play by Creswell Seniors Tonight — ♦ Creswell. — The senior class play, "In Again! Out Again!” a three-act comedy, will be present ed at Creswell High School au ditorium Thursday night of this week at 8 o'clock. The produc jrtjn is packed with laughter and t.wth-provoking situation that will hold interest from beginning to end, and the public is cordially i invited to attend. i The cast of characters includes the following seniors: Rebecca i Patrick, Maudie Twiddy, Stancil ! White, Alice Davenport, Norma Riddick, Stanley Hufton, Thomas i Nooney, Phillip Johnson, Vivian i Holton, Jackie Craddock, Dorothy < Mae Ambrose, and Mary Gaither. 11 The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington I III County and its 13,000 people. I VOLUME LX—NUMBER 13 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 31, 1949 ESTABLISHED 1889 I Five Men Named to j Hoard of Fdueation Names of five men appoint ed to the Washington County Board of Education are con tained in the omnibus bill in troduced into the lower house of the General Assembly Tues day night. This is an increase of two over present member ship on the board, the new members having been provided for by a special act that was still pending in the senate yes terday. It is expected that the bill will be enacted without opposition. Members of the board, all named to four-year terms by Representative E. O. Arnold, are as follows: L. E. Hassell and Wade Hardison, of Roper; James W. Norman, of Plym outh; P. B. Belanga, of C'reswell; and Walter VV. White, of Skin nersville. At present the board is made up of three members: L. E. Has sell, chairman: J. W. Norman and P. B. Belanga. All three of these men announced in the primary last year and were certified as nominees when no opposition developed. The two new members, Wade Hardison, of Roper, and Walter W. White, were named by Mr. Arnold after introduction of his bill to increase the number of mem bers to five. Several County Bills Passed by Assembly Corn Planting Gels Underway A big majority of county farm ers are getting ready to plant corn, County Farm Agent W. V. Hays said yesterday. Most of the preliminary work has been done, and a great deal of corn will be planted the last of this week and the first of next, weather continuing favorable, he stated. Tobacco plants are said to be small and not too plentiful at this time. However, transplant ing time for this crop is still about a month away. The late cold spell in March damaged some plant beds and greatly re tarded growth, according to re ports. After the com crop is planted, peanuts are next on the pro gram, usually starting around April 20. Cancer'Drive Will Gel Underway in Couniy Tomorrow -1 Quota Is $800, With 40 Per Cent To Be Re tained for Benefit of County Patients Washington County’s first an nual cancer drive fund campaign under the Afnerican Cancer So ciety scheduled to begin tomor row will begin without a staff of solicitors, , Mrs. W. J. Woolard, county commander said yester day. However it is hoped that county sectional chairmen will be named sometime next week. Officials named thus far are the Rev. E. M. Spruill, county ' chairman; Mrs. Blanche Midgett, ; treasurer and Dr. T. L. Bray, con- ; suiting physician. The Washington County quota is $800. The county will retain , 40 per cent of the amount col- ; lected, for county use, and the ; remaining 60 per cent is to be sent to the American Cancer So- | ciety. , A cancer clinic has been or- j ganized in Kinston, which will j serve this district, including Washington County. Any person in the county found to be suf- 1 fering from cancer will be sent to and cared for in Kinston, free of I personal charges. j INo Candidacies Yet, For Election May 3 j Not a single candidate has of ficially fil^ thus far f°r any °f the seven municipal offices at statt in the town election on May 3rdJ?rt was 'earned yesterday from City Clerk W. A. Roebuck. There are a number of rumors about different people announc ing for the various offices and one or two of the present coun cilmen have said they would stand for reelection, but up to yesterday afternoon not a single one had made it official by filing notice with the city clerk. Mayor A. J. Riddle said this week he had not made up his mind whether he would be a can didate or not. W. H. Joyner has indicated he would run for re election as councilman from the first ward, but E. D. Keel, other member of the council from that ward, is still on the undecided list. The old second and third wards have been consolidated under the new ward set-up, and George ‘ Harrison is the only councilman : from this area who has definitely * stated he would be a candidate. ‘ A. J. Byrd has stated he would 1 not be a candidate. Harold Whit- 1 ley, at present a member of the council from the second ward, said * this week he did not intend to f run. J. S. Brinkley, the other r second ward councilman, has s made no statement. t The third ward is practically t all new territory, taken into the 1 corporate limits in the 1947 elec- s tion, and it is not now represent- r ed on the council. Several pros- c pective candidates have been 6 mentioned from this ward, but none has made it official yet, It c is expected that one councilman 1 from the third ward will come c from Little Richwood and the r other from the Country Club Vil- s lage, although this is not manda- f tory and both men could be elect- f ed from either village. c Other Local Measures Pending; Only Three Sponsored by County Board Commissioners -» Only one of the three bills re quested by the Washington Coun ty Commissioners at their meet ing March 14 has been enacted into law by the General Assembly so far: although the other two are expected to go through, one of them in a slightly different form. The only one enacted pro vides for staggered four-year terms for members of the county board. County Representive E. O. Arnold sponsored all three measures, in addition to four others, all of which were intro duced week before last. The commissioners requested a law providing that criminal cases in which a jury trial was de manded in the recorder’s court be certified automatically to the su perior court. This bill has passed the house and was referred to the senate committee on courts and judicial districts. The third bill requested by the county board relates to distri bution of ABC profits to towns in the county, limiting the share of Creswell and Plymouth to 10 per cent of their respective store’s profits and striking out the pro vision that distribution is con tingent upon “adequate police protection.” An amended bill complies with the request of the county board, except that Cres well’s profits are made retroactive to January 1, 1944, where the board had asked that it become effective with the 1948 fiscal year. This bill was last reported in the house committee on coun ties, cities and towns. The other bills introduced by Representative Arnold recently were not requested by the county commissioners. They included one amending the Roper town charter, which has been enacted; another renaming the Scupper nong Drainage District, reported favorably by the house commit tee on drainage; another increas ing membership on the county board of education to five, which has passed the house and is now in the senate committee on educa tion; and still another to authorize appointment of an ABC enforce ment officer, at a salary not ex ceeding $175 per month, which has likewise been enacted into law. , . * Talent Show at ! Roper Tomorrow' —•— ; Postponed last Friday night be- i :ause of power failure, the ama- 1 teur show sponsored by the Roper j Eturitan Club will be presented , i n the high school auditorium i ;here Friday night of this week at 8 o’clock. Some of the best talent in Eastern North Carolina las been lined up for the event, and a record crowd is expected to , ae on hand for the event tomor row night. i At least 18 amateur acts will be n competition for the long list of arizes to be awarded. Specialty j lumbers of practically every de scription, including impersona- * sions, vocal selections, instrumen- J ,al numbers, hill-billy and other J aand arrangements, blues singers, “ singers of “sweet” and “hot” nusic, and comedy skits, are all c an the skit, and a full evening’s * antertainment is assured. 5 Charlie Mizell will be master * af ceremonies. Prizes range from fl5 cash to various items of mer- ' rhandise donated by cooperating c nerchants, all to be awarded the c successful contestants. Proceeds I from the show will be used for purchasing an oil stove for the 1 community building. |: Pre-School Clinics To Be Held Here April 4th and 8th P’irst in Series That Will Be Held at Principal Schools in County ; For White and Colored -■* Pre-chool clinics set up by the District Health Department will be operated next Monday for the Plymouth White School Child ren and next Friday for the Plym outh Colored School Children. Clinics will be held in other sec tions of the county on designated j dates during the remainder of the ! month. Members of the Plymouth Par ent-Teacher Association will aid clinic officials here Monday. The health department an nounced last week that any school child who has not been vaccinat ed for whooping cough, diptheria. and smallpox will not be allowed to enter school in Washington County next fall. Previously it had been the policy for the nurse to visit each school at the beginning of the school year to vaccinate all child ren who had not been vaccinated before. The schedule for pre-school clinics in Washington County is as follows: Plymouth White School Child ren report Monday April 4 in the legion hall at 9:30 a. m.; Plym outh Colored, Friday April 8, Colored School 10 a. m.: Roper White, Monday April 11, Roper School at 10 a. m; Roper Colored, Friday April 15, Colored School. 10 a. m.: Creswell White. Monday April 25. Creswell High School, 10 a. m.: Creswell Colored, Fri day April 22, Colored School, 10 a. m. Thieves Break in 4251; Get Very Little Cash Someone 'broke-in the "4251” restaurant on West Water Street last night or early this morning between 11:30 p. m. and 6 a. m. and stole $7 in cash from the cash register, according to Jack Owens, manager. The thief or thieves entered the restaurant by way of the window to the men’s rest room. Exit was made by the side door. Nothing was taken other than the $7, Mr. Owens reported. About a dollars worth of pennies were left in the cash register. -1— Install Equipment lor Shelling Seed Peanuts New seed peanut shelling equip ment was installed this week at the Newman farm, one mile east of Plymouth on the old Mackeys Road, by James H. Ward and Percy R. Ashby. They plan to start operations tomorrow (Fri day) and will be glad to serve peanut farmers of this section. The machinery installed by Ward and Asby is said to be the most satisfactory type employed in this work, giving more plant ing kernels per bag than any other method. They invite farm ers to visit their place and ob serve the new equipment in op eration. ■ ♦ Potato Growers Meeting To Be Held in Columbia Commercial irish potato pro ducers in Washington County are invited to attend a meeting in Columbia on Thursday, April 21, it 3 p. m., when methods of hand ing potatoes from digging to de ivery at markets will be dis cussed. Several speakers will be present from the Extension Ser vice of North Carolina State Col- 1 ege, and1 all phases of potato : >roduction will be considered. 1 Hides and moving pictures also ’ vill be shown. Concrete Walks at School Paid for by Parents-Teachers Work Is Nearing Com pletion on Five New Sections; One More Is Needed The fifth section of the new concrete walks being laid in front of the Plymouth High School building and the annex is just about complete, according to Louis Owens, supervisor of the job. The Plymouth Parent-Teach er Association is sponsoring the project. New walks already complet ed are from the right entrance of j the high school building to the Washington Street sidewalk and a like walk from the left entrance to the street sidewalk. Another walk extends from the right en trance joining old center walk to the front entrance. A similar walk extends from the left entrance. The fifth section of the new walk, which remains to be completed, extends from the left entrance of the high school building and will reach the entrance to the annex. Mrs. H. C. Carter, president of the Parent-Teacher Association, said that this project alone would cost approximately $600. Another walk is planned, but funds will have to be raised for it. The plan ned walk would extend from the arcade between the two buildings to the gymnasium entrance. The association would also like to have the main entrance walk to the high school building rebuilt. Members of the local parent teacher association raised the $600 for the walk project for the most part by serving dinners to civic clubs. Mrs. Carter said she was trying to get the money for the remainder of the program by do nation, as the school year is get ting short. After the walks are complete the P-T A is planning to beauti fy the school grounds by plant ing shrubbery in appropriate places. Several women’s clubs have already declared they would donate the shrubbery, according to Mrs. Carter. However the planting will not take place until next fall. ■ t I Baseball Game Set for Sunday -« Unable to secure any of the col lege or Coastal Plain league teams in this section for an exhibition game with the Mahanoy City (Pa.) Brewers here Sunday, Bill Joyner announced yesterday that an all-star aggregation would meet them. The game will be played at the local park, starting at 3 p. m. The local all-star aggregation will include a number of players who performed in the Albemarle, Martin County and other leagues of this section last year. The The perennial “Slim” Gardner, of Jamesville, has agreed to start on the mound, and “Monk” Webb, who was with Edenton last year, also is expected to perform. "Gas house” Parker and Johnny Bo honko, also of Edenton, have agreed to play, and local players include Ted Pinner, “Zero” Hol liday, Streeter Tugwell, and oth ers. Efforts are being made to get John Wolfe, signed this week as an outfielder for the Rams, to come over from Greenville and take part. ■■ ■ ■ ♦ Attend Paper Makers' Convention Last Week - » — Charles H. Painter and James i M. Hamilton spent last week in Cincinnati, Ohio, as delegates i from the local union at the 19th ; ] annual convention of the Interna- i tional Brotherhood of Paper j: Makers. i Collect $1,903.79 for! Red Cross Campaign' Washington County’s Annual ted Cross Drive is officially clos id for this year, according to W. r. Woolard, county chairman, who eports a total collection of $1, 103.79. The figure collected is $353.79 iver the goal set for this county >y the District Red Cross, but >46.21 short of the $1,950 personal (oal set by Mr. Woolard. The National Red Cross quota vas reached in the first five days >f the month, when Mr. Woolard lirected his “whirlwind cam >aign” to top the goal. The county chairman wishes to hank all the section chairmen ind their staffs who made the campaign a success and especial ly the persons who contirbuted to the drive. Of the $1,903.79 collected throughout the county, four sec tions topped their quotas. Plym- i outh residential area contributed : $116.95 over its quota of $300; Mackeys contributed $12 over its 1 $50 goal; Country Club Village • topped its $100 quota by $9.50 and Roper raised $7.16 over its $200 goal. Other county collections were from Plymouth Business District $424; Plymouth Industrial $170.25; Little Richvrood $38.75; Creswell $119; Skinnersville $31.65; Weno na $16,52; Pleasant Grove $16.50 and County Colored $301.98. To Begin Registering for Town Election Saturday ■tegular Meeting* of Hoard* Her** Mondav The County Board of Comm -- sioners and the County Board of Education have scheduled meet ings in the courthouse Monday. morning at 10 o'clock. The county commissioners will meet as a board of equalization and review Monday morning to consider the cases of nine per sons or firms who failed to list their taxes for 1948. Those called 1 to the meeting are representa tives of the Plymouth FCX Store. Manning Motor Company. H. E. , Harrison Wholesale Company, , Ralph S. Browning. C. J. Norman, i Still Realty and Insurance Com- j pany. Pembroke Baker. Dr. L. W. '« White and Rose's 5 and 10-Cent ; Store. ! 1 The matter of dog vaccinations!, is also scheduled to be consider- j - ed by the commissioners. Matters of a routine nature are': slated to be discussed by the j ■ members of th® board of educa tion. Boy Scout Camporee Here This Week-End To Be Held at Stillacres' Saturday and Sunday: Columbia, Roper, Cres-; well Boys Expected The first Albemarle District | Boy Scout Camporee ever held in Plymouth will be set up on the hut property at Stillacres Satur day and Sunday. Scout patrols from Plymouth. Plymouth Rural Route. Roper, Creswell and Columbia, all in this district are expected to attend. Patrols from the Martin County District have been invited to at tend. A contingent of sea scouts will also set up camp and act as advisors in special events. Scouts will register on the hut property Saturday morning at 10 o’clock prepared to stay all night and cook four meals. The cam poree will break-up Sunday after noon at 3 o'clock. The Albemarle District Cam poree is a preparitory camp for the council camporee to be held in Washington April 22, 23 and 24th. A full round of scouting events have been planned including, cooking, first aid, tent pitching, compass, knot tying, signalling, judging, tracking, camp layout, and inspection. Points will be gained from these events toward three camporee prizes. The first prize is a blue ribbon; second, red ribbon; and third a white rib bon. Saturday night a big campfire program is planned form 8 to 10 o’clock. Old time campfire songs, an address by the Rev. P. B. Nickens, playlets given by each patrol, a talk by George Brown, field executive of the East Caro lina Council about the Washing ton Camporee is included in the program. The public is cordial ly invited to attend the campfire ceremonies. Sunday morning at 8:45 o’clock the Rev. E. M. Spruill, of the Grace Episcopal Church, will con duct church services. ♦ License Required For Herring Nets Fishermen who use set or dip nets for herring in inland waters of this section were reminded this week by County Game Protector J. T. Terry that a license is re quired for each net in use. These licenses may be obtained from Mr. Terry or any of his deputies in the county at a cost of 50 cents each. Licenses are not required for using set or dip nets in Roanoke River or Albemarle Sound, as these are commercial waters. However they are required if used on creeks or canals in the county. Most of this type of fish ing is carried on in the Lake Phelps region, Mr. Terry stated. Licenses may be obtained from J. E. Pierce in that section. Colored Farmers To Meet Saturday -♦ All colored farmers of Wash ington County arc urged to attend a meeting in the Agriculture Building in Plymouth. Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, to organize as part of the Washington County Farm Bureau. R. Flake Shaw, vice president and secretary of the North Caro lina Farm Bureau Federation will speak on the aims and ideals of this organization. Colored officers and commit tee heads will be elected if there are enough interested members to warrant organization. Senior Play j Here Tonight j The senior class of Plymouth High School will present Jay Tobias’ “Here Comes Charlie,” a three-act comedy in the school auditorium here tonight at 8 o'clock. Students in the high school building will see the play performed this afternoon. Charlie Hopps, a young hill billy girl, makes her home with a sophisticated family in the big city, when she becomes or phaned. The escapades she takes part in and the embar rassment she creates should highly please the audience. Mrs. W. J. Weaver is the di rector of the play. Broken Wire Puts Area in Dark for Two Hours Friday Several Events Put Off And Others Held With Makeshift Lighting Fa cilities Last Week A broken cross wire on a power pole causing a top wire to make contact with a bottom wire two miles east of Robersonville Fri day night plunging this area, from Tarboro to Columbia, into dark ness for two hours and ten minutes. Electric power went off at 7 p. m. and came on again at 9:10 p. m. During the two hour black out a number of local events were postponed, some carried on with candlelight and still others by storage and dry cell batteries. Members of the local Plymouth American Legion post were just beginning a meeting to elect new officers when darkness postponed the event to the next regular meeting, Friday, April 8. Bruce Bateman pushed a light switch in the court room of the court oouse, where the meeting was to oe held, but the lights went off i moment after he pressed the .witch. First thought was that i fuse had been blown. Roy F. Lowry, superintendent :ounty schools, who was working n his office had papers full of : igures spread out on a large 1 able, where he was tabulating ists of fuel for schools to use ' ^Tse