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Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Brink
ley, Mrs. Addie Brinkley, Misses
Carolyn and Betsy Brinkley were
in Charleston, S. C., last week
end. While there they visited the
Cypress, Middleton and Magno
lia Gardens, described as being
C^at their prettiest at this season
of the year. They left Friday
afternoon and returned home
Sunday.
Mrs. Ethel G. Hopkins, director
of the Plymouth High School
Band, received word this week
that the uniforms ordered for the
band several weeks ago were in
the process of being made, but
there was no information about
the date of completion or when
they would be delivered. The
band members hope to have the
uniforms in time to make public
appearance in Tarboro and Eliza
beth City in May.
Roy F. Lowry, superintendent
of county schools: Hal Furr, prin
cipal of Creswell School; Miss
Ethel Perry, teacher in Hampton
School; and Miss Matilda Alex
ander. teacher in Creswell School,
left this morning to attend the
state teachers convention in Ashe
ville today through Saturday.
A fairly large crowd attended
the Farm Bureau field meeting,
followed by a tour of the pulp
plant and a barbecue here last
Friday night, according to Coun
ty Agent W. V. Hays. Foresters
Hrom the North Carolina Pulp
Company, state and federal agen
cies, as well as forest wardens of
Washington and Martin Counties,
took part in the demonstration
conducted near Jamesville. The
tour of the pulp plant and a bar
becue supper at the agriculture
building here followed.
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Year-Old Child
Died Thursday
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Linda Dinna Phelps, one-year
' old daughter of Charlie and Violet
Mae Ambrose Phelps, of Roper
Route One, died last Thursday
night at 10:30 o’clock in a hos
pital in Elizabeth City.
Funeral services were held at
the Scuppernong Disciples Church
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Burial was made in the church
^','emetery. The Rev. Garland
VSland, of Creswell, conducted the
sc, vices. r. t
’Pile little girl had been ill four
days. She was born in Chowan
County on January 24, 1948.
Besides her father and mother
she is survived by her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Am
brose, of Roper, and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Phelps, of Creswell.
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Methodist Musical
Sunday Afternoon
The Women’s Society of Chris
tian Service of the Plymouth
Methodist Church will sponsor a
music program in the church
sanctuary Sunday afternoon at 5
o’clock.
Mrs. Luther Nobles will direct
the Methodist junior choir, ac
companied by Lloyd Gilbert.
Sonny Stockton, of Norfolk, Va.;
Mrs. E. W. Furgurson and Mrs.
K. S. Trowbridge plan to render
solos with a select group of songs.
Organ selections are to be given
£j>y Jack Owens, Lloyd Gilbert
and J. Shepherd Brinkley. Mrs.
Grady Hopkins will play violin
solos, accompanied by Mrs. Laura
S. Johnston. Percy Ashby will
sing “The Lord’s Prayer.” A
quartet composed of Jack Owens,
JuM Ward, Percy Ashby, and
Dr. Attain Papineau will sing
■Obd So Loved the World,” from
"The Crucifixion.” by Steiner.
Mrs. Johnston will accompany the
quartet.
Mr. Brinkley arranged the pro
gram. The musical is for the
benefit of the building fund of
the church.
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
A home newspaper dedicated ;|j
to the service of VVashingrten
County and its 13,000 people. Ill
VOLUME LX—NUMBER 14
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 7, 1949
ESTABLISHED 1889
Require Vaccination of All Dogs in County
Sheriff J. K. Reid this week an
nounced a schedule for vaccina
tion of all dogs in the county, as
required by law. The vaccinating
will be done by Paul Basnight and
Foy Davenport, members of the
Plymouth police force, who will
visit every section of the county
for the convenience of dog owners.
The vaccination campaign will
get underway on Monday. April
18, and continue through Friday
of that week. Dogs must be
brought to them at the various
points according to the schedule
listed below. The same two men
handled the vaccination campaign
in the county last year, when
more than a thousand dogs were
given anti-rabies treatment.
The fee for vaccination will in
clude payment of all dog taxes.
In the town of Plymouth the fee
will be $2 for male and $4 for
females. This includes both town
and county taxes. In the remain
der of the county the fee will be
SI and $2. Dogs for which own
ers cannot be found are subject
to destruction by officers, and all
dog owners are warned to bring
their animals to the treating sta
tions at the time listed in the
schedule. Those who fail to do
so will be prosecuted.
Dates and locations where the
dogs are to be vaccinated are as
follows: Plymouth, all day Mon- :
day and Tuesday. April 18 and
19, at police station: Long Ridge. ,
Wednesday, April 20, 9 to 11 a.
m.. at Stillman's Store: Holton’s i
filling station at end of Turnpike, I
Wednesday, April 20. 12 to 2 p.
m.; Wenona, Wednesday, April
20. 3 to 5 p. m., at Williams’ fill
ing station.
The Pines, Thursday, April 21,
9 to 11 a. m.; Westover, Thursday,
April 21. 11 a. m. to 1 p. m„ at
Chesson's Store; Maekeys, Thurs
day. April 21. 1 to 3 p. m.. at
Davenport's store; Pleasant Grove,
Thursday. April 21, 3 to 4 p. m.,
at Tommy Tarkington's Filling
Station: Roper, Thursday, April
21, 4 to 6 p. m., at Texaco Ser
vice Station.
Skinnersville. Friday, April 22,
9 to 11 a. m.. at the "Y”; Cres
well, Friday, April 22. 12 to 2 p.
m., at Davenport'sGarage;Cherry.
Friday, April 22, 2 to 4 p. m., at
H. P. Barnes’ store.
Name Canvassers
To Solicits Funds
For Cancer Drive
Local Organization Com
pleted Tuesday; Name
Workers in Remainder
Of County Later
A meeting to organize canvas
sers for the county’s first annual
cancer drive fund campaign under
the American Cancer Society was
held here Tuesday night.
Plymouth was sectioned off by
streets, two solicitors were named
for Roper, but canvassers for
other towns in the county were
not named, according to Mrs. J.
W. Woolard, county commander
of the cancer society.
Plymouth canvassers and the
streets they are to cover are as
follows: Mrs. Dick Hardison and
Mrs. Steve Clary, Third Street;
Mrs. Lloyd Owens, Adams Street;
Mrs. J. S. Fleming, Ft. Williams
Street; Mrs. Bratton, Fourth
Street; Mrs. Miller Warren and
Mrs. William Hardin, Brinkley
Avenue: Mrs. Roy Hampton. Mrs.
L. S. Thompson and Mrs. C. L.
Blount, Main Street: Mrs. L. S.
Thompson. Latham Lane and An
drew Jackson Lane; Mrs. Roy
Davenport and Mrs. H. W. Ever
ett, Montoe Street; Mrs. Robert
Bowen, Mrs. William Booth and
Mrs. H. H. Allen, Jefferson Street.
. xjf-Irs. A (,'. , Riddle, Mrs. Dan
Satterthwaite and Mrs. J. R.
Campbell, Washington Street.
Mrs. W. J. Woolard, Water Street:
Mrs. C. S. Hunter, Madison Street;
Mrs. R. S. Browning, Wilson
Street Extended; Mrs. Melvin
Boyd, Main Street Extended; Mrs.
Harry Garrett, Stillacres; Mrs.
E. H. Hill and Mrs. H. C. Carter,
Country Club Village; the Rev.
J. F. Miller, Little Richwood; Mrs.
Roland Winters, Red Hill Sec
tion; and the Rev. E. M. Spruill,
Plymouth Industries.
Mrs. Tom Norman and Mrs.
Barton Swain will canvass Roper.
Tom Hopkins Is
Jaycee President
Tom Hopkins was elected presi
dent of the Plymouth Junior
Chamber of Commerce at the
regular meeting last Friday night.
Other officers elected were:
Joseph Peele, first vice-president;
Stewart Saunders, second vice
president; James Boyce, secre
tary; Dick Mallory, treasurer; W.
J. Woolard, state director. Ralph
Humes and Ralph Hunter were
elected to two-year terms as mem
bers of the board of directors. Dr.
R. L. Mohn was elected for one
year to serve out the unexpired
term of Carlyle Hall.
The new officers will be in
stalled at a ladies' night banquet
dance in May, date of which will
be announced later.
Roy Manning, jr., presented a
citation to W. J. Woolard for the
successful American Red Cross
Drive he directed throughout the
county.
I Candidates Slow To
File for City Offices
There was a fresh crop of ru
mors about prospective candida
cies for town offices at stake in
the municipal election May 3rd,
but up to yesterday afternoon not
a single candidate had filed of
ficially, C*jr Clerk W. A. Roe
gf f4- A mayor and six
city council, two
ward, are to be elected.
Registrars said the first part
of the week that lack of candi
dates was one reason for the little
interest being shown in register
ing However, if all the rumors
come true, there will be more than
enough candidates to satisfy
everybody—that is, except the
candidates themselves.
Mayor A. J. Riddle said Monday
that he definitely had decided to
be a candidate for reelection, and
George W. Harrison has stated
that he would again be a candi
date for councilman, this time
from the Second Ward, due to the
recent change in boundaries. How
ever, up to yesterday afternoon
neither had filed with the city
clerk.
Councilmen A. J. Byrd and
Harold Whitley have announced
that they probably will not be
candidates. The First Ward coun
cilmen, E. D. Keel and IV. H.
Joyner, and Shep Brinkley, from
the Second Ward, have not defin-'
itely committed themselves either
way.
It is expected that the political
pot will start boiling within an
other week. There is no fee for
filing, but the names will have
to be entered in time to get the
ballots printed.
Speakers Secured for
Finals at School Here
Speakers for both the class
sermon and commencement ex
ercises at the Plymouth High
School have been secured. Prin
cipal J. S. Fleming announced
yesterday. The finals program
at the local school gets under
way Sunday, May 22, and con
tinues through Thursday, May
26.
The Rev. John Paige Wil
liams, headmaster of St. Chris
topers School, Richmond, will
deliver the annual sermon in
the school auditorium here on
Sunday night. May 22, at 8 p. m.
The literary address at the
commencement exercises will
be made by Dr. John D. Mes
sick, president of East Caro
lina Teachers College, Green
ville. This program will be
presented in the school audi
torium on Thursday, May 26, at
8 p. m., and marks the formal
closing of the school term for
the year.
Exhibition Game j
Tonight at 7:30 j
Arrangements were complet
ed last night for the Mahanoy
City Brewers to play the Bcl
haven All-Stars in the Plym
outh park tonight (Thursday),
with the game called at 7:30.
This game was originally set
for Sunday, but was rained out;
then set for Wednesday, but
called off on account of wet
grounds; and finally reset for
tonight. Maybe the third time
is lucky. This will be the
Brewers’ first exhibition game
since starting spring training
here week before last.
The Brewers will play the
Albemarle All-Stars at the local
park Saturday night at 7:30.
They will play a return game in
Belhaven Sunday afternoon.
Roper Senior Play
Set Friday Night
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The senior class of Roper High
School will present “The Ghost
of Roaring Pines,” a mystery
comedy in three acts tomorrow
night at 8 o’clock in the school
auditorium.
A young couple purchase a
hotel which is supposed to be
haunted, but isn’t. To keep up
its reputation as a haunted hotel,
they pretend it is haunted. When
other unexpected ghosts appear
the merriment begins.
The cast includes: Thomas
Biggs as Clifton Mack; Douglas
Chesson as Scott Lowry; Doris
Francis as Mrs. Nancy Foster;
Joanne Stillman as Joyce Foster;
John Bembridge as Maurice Niles;
Eva Davenport as Roberta Ran
dolph; Viola Everett as Lovey
Carberry; Vernon Everett as Hugo
Valentine; C. J. Belch as David
Clay; Nina Stillman as Laura
Clay and Mary Swain as Carrie
York.
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Officers To Be Elected
At Legion Meet Friday
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Members of the Plymouth
American Legion post are sche
duled to meet in the courthouse
at 7:30 o’clock Friday night to |
elect officers for the new Legion
year. The election originally i
scheduled for March 25th was
postponed, when electric power
in this area was off for over two
hours.
This will be the only matter
of business taken up, according |
to legion officials so that mem
bers may go to the veteran
sponsored bingo games later.
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Winslow Speaks
At Rotary Meet
W. Frith Winslow, local artist,
displayed types of painting and
gave technical explanations of
painting on canvas to members of
the Plymouth Rotary Club at their
meeting Tuesday night.
On the business side of the
meeting, the members discussed
candidates for district governor,
but no action was taken on this
matter.
Tom Hopkins was in charge of
the program for the evening.
Horner Purchases
Funeral Homes al
Creswell,Columbia
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Will Operate Three Es
tablishments; Merger
of Burial Associations
Also Announced
Announcement was made this
week by Jack L. Horner that he
had bought out the business in
Creswell and Columbia formerly
operated as Davenport Funeral
Home. Mr. Homer, who operates
the Horner Funeral Home here,
stated that he will continue the
operation of all three establish
ments, with C. E. (Jake) Walker
assisting in the direction of the
business at Creswell and Colum
bia.
The Horner Funeral Home will
occupy the O. L. Godwin resi
dence in Creswell, offering com
plete service, including a chapel,
display room, embalming room,
office, and other facilities. The
same conveniences will be afford
ed in Columbia, where the firm
will be located on Martha Street,
near (the hospital. Day and night
ambulance service is available at
all three locations.
Mr. Walker, who will be in ac
tive charge of the Creswell and
Columbia offices, has had over
20 years’ experience as a licensed
embalmer and funeral director.
He was connected with the Dav
enport Funeral Home for a num
ber of years.
The Davenport Funeral Home
was one of the older business
establishments in Washington
County, having been founded in
1905 by the late C. N. Davenport,
sr. For the last several years it
was operated by J. B. Daven
port, who took over the business
following the death of his father
about three years ago. Mr. Dav
enport has entered business in
another field and is residing in
Southern Pines.
In connection with this transac
tion, it is announced that the state
commissioner has approved con
solidation of the Peoples Mutual
Funeral Association, Inc., of
Creswell, with the Washington
County Mutual Burial Associa
tion, Inc., of Plymouth. For the
convenience of members of both
associations, new collection, points
have been set up in practically all
sections of Washington and Tyr
rell Counties, a complete list of
which appears in an advertise
ment in this issue
Issuance of $50,000:
Hospital Bonds Is
Ordered by Board
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Sale To Be Held April 19
By Local Government
Group; Last Bonds to
Mature in 1965
Formal authorization was voted
Monday by the Washington Coun
ty Board of Commissioners for
the issuance of $50,000 worth of
bonds to be used in paying the
county’s share of cost of the
Washington County hospital, con
struction on which was recently
started. The bond issue was ap
proved at a special election last
year.
Bids for the issue will be receiv
ed until 11 a. m., Tuesday. April
19, by the Local Government
Commission at Raleigh, which
will handle sale of the securities.
The interest rate is to be fixed
by the purchaser, but in no event
is to exceed 6 per cent.
The bonds, to be dated Febru
ary 1, 1949, will mature serially,
the last $5,000 worth on Febru
ary 1, 1965. They will be issued
in denominations of $1,000, two
bonds maturing each year from
1951 to 1953: five in 1954: two
each year from 1955 to 1959; four
bonds in I960: and five each year
from 1961 to 1965.
The bonds will be awarded to
the bidder offering to purchase
them at lowest interest cost to
the county, with any premium
being taken into consideration.
No bid of less than par and ac
crude interest will be considered,
and the commission reserves the
right to reject all bids.
Town Properly
Sale April Uth
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Sale of several parcels of real
estate owned by the Town of
Plymouth will be held next Mon
day, April 11, instead of last Mon
day as erroneously reported in
this paper last week. The proper
ty includes the fire department
building, the building housing the
city clerk and police department
offices, and a vacant lot, all front- ;
ing on Water Street; as well as the
structure presently occupied by 1
the D. & N. Laundry back of the 1
above property, and two lots on 1
West Main Street.
The sale will be held at noon 1
Monday in front of the court- 1
house door, with Town Attorney
W. L. Whitley in charge. He has
invited prospective purchasers to
suggest the manner in which they
would like the property divided.
The council reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
There is little likelihood that 1
the sale will be approved, ac
cording to most observers. At a ■
previous offering held a couple
of years ago, bids aggregating
$32,5(10 were received, but it was
found the town authorities did not
have authority at that time to
go through with the sale. A
special act authorizing the sale
recently passed the General As
sembly, and it is under this au
thority that the property will be
offered next Monday.
{Stores Here Open All
jDay Next Wednesday
Plymouth stores will remain
open all day for the next two
Wednesdays and close all day
Easter Monday, according to a
revised schedule announced
yesterday by W. B. Liverman,
president of the Plymouth Mer
chants Association. Then, be
ginning on April 27, local es
tablishments will join in ob
servance of the Wednesday
half-day closing for the sum
mer months, it was stated.
There has been some division
about observance of the Wed
nesday closing up now. About
half of the business places have
been closing at noon on Wed
nesday since the first of March,
while the remainder were open.
However, with the exception of
restaurants, drug stores, filling
stations and garages which do
not observe the Wednesday
half-holidays, it is understood
all the other places will fol
low the schedule announced
yesterday.
The stores will be open all
day the Wednesday before and
the Wednesday after Easter, but
will observe Easter Monday as
a holiday by closing all day.
This being done for the con
venience of Easter shoppers, it
is explained.
Valuation Raised
On Property Here
By Board Monday
Improvements To Build
ings and Additions To
Stock by Several Firms
Put on Tax Books
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Washington County Commis
sioners met as board of equali
zation and review Monday to take
care of property owners summon
ed by the commissioners on March
14th for failure to list in January.
The valuation of Rose’s 5. 10
and 25c Store building, owned
by Pembroke Baker, of Raleigh,
was increased from $13,000 to
$20,000 because 35 feet have been
added to the building and other
improvements made.
Valuation of the old Brinkley
Hotel building, belonging to Dr.
L. W. White, of Suffolk. Va.. was
increased from $17,000 to $18,500
because of improvements made.
Stock and parts of the Manning
Motor Company were ordered in
creased from a $6,000 value to
$12,000. The stock of merchandise
owned by H. E. Harrison Whole
sale Company was increased from
a value of $7,115 to $8,175.
Board members ordered that
unsold lots of the Still Reality
and Insurance Company in Still
acres be adjusted to correspond
with the copy of the 1948 ab
stract and the same adjustment to
be made on the tax abstract of
1949, less two lots sold on Logan
Avenue. The adjustment was or
dered because of an error in
transferring this property on the
tax scroll.
The value of personal property
owned by C. J. Norman was or
dered increased by $50.
William Johnson, of Plymouth
Township, was allowed a reduc
tion of $105 in the valuation of
his cultivated land and also a re
duction of three acres of land
listed, which had been taken over
by the highway department.
The tax supervisor was instruct
ed to check the tax abstract for
1949 to see if the City Service
Bus Company listed its busses
during January.
Routine Meeting
Held by Council
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The Plymouth City Council had
its dullest meeting in a number
of months Monday night. Only
two motions were acted upon, one
endorsing the Southern Albemarle
Association’s proposal to extend U.
S. 64 from Columbia in Tyrrell
County, across Alligator River,
through Manteo, Oregon Inlet and
on into Hatteras; the other to ap
propriate $400 for the DDT spray
ing program here this year.
A number of other matters were
discussed, especially the exten
sion of water and sewer lines. The
mayor and several council mem
bers planned to go to Raleigh to
day to find out just what could
be done to work out a long-term
program for making water and
sewer connections available in all
parts of the town.
Work will be started on the ex
tension of lines to the Red Hill
section within the next week or
two, as soon as a machine can be
secured for digging and back
filling ditches. It is planned to
lay the water lines first, officials
stated.
Miller Warren, speaking for
himself as a citizen, asked the
council to reconsider its decision
to sell the municipal, laundry and
fire department buildings owned
by the town. He stated it was
doubtful that enough could be
realized from such a sale to pay
for the improvements planned to
the city market building and con
struct a new fire department
building. Council members stat
ed that no sale would be approv
ed unless it did raise sufficient
funds to complete these projects.
Begin Spraying
Homes With DDT
The Washington-Tyrrell District
Health Department in coopera
tion with the State and the U. S.
Public Health Service has start
ed the annual county DDT spray
ing program.
By Tuesday 165 houses had been
sprayed, 24 refused, one was va
cant and 11 were found locked.
Spraying w*s done in the rural
areas only. Areas sprayed were
along the Long Acre Road through
Wenona to the Beaufort County
line; along Hollis and Long Ridge
Roads to U. S. Highway 64 to the
Martin County line; from the
Martin County line to the town
limits; and from the town limits
along the Dismal and Garrett's
Island Roads to the Pines.
Registration Gets
Slow Start Here
For May Election
Gei Pre-School j
Clinics Started j
Seventy-five Plymouth white
children of pre-school age at
tended the pre-school clinic here
Monday for vaccination against
whooping cough, diphtheria and
smallpox.
The pre-school clinic will be
held tomorrow in the Plymouth
Colored School at 10 a. m. for
Plymouth colored children;
Monday in Roper School at 10
a. m. for Roper white children
and Friday, April 15, in Roper
Colored School at 10 a. m. for
colored school children.
Regular Session
Of County Board
After the county commissioners j
adjourned Monday as a board of
equalization and review, they re
convened for their regular month
ly meeting.
W. S. White, of Manteo. Vice
President of the Southern Albe
marle Association and Paul Liver
man, of Columbia, appeared be
fore the members of the board
with a resolution proposing the
improvement and extension of
U. S. Highway 64 from Tyrrell
County by wav of existing roads
through East Lake, Mann’s Har
boro, Manteo, Oregon Inlet. Salvo,
Avon to Cape Hatteras. They
asked the commissioners’ help in
getting the State and Federa'
officials to work on this idea
Members of the county board er
dorsed the resolution.
The county commissioners it
strutted the auditor to forward
$100 to M. A. Matthews, secretary
of the Southern Albemarle Asso
ciation, as this county’s annua'
dues to the association.
A petition was accepted and
forwarded to the highway de
partment asking it to take over
and maintain a certain road be
ginning about 50 feet from L. P
Lambs’ home near J. C. Tarken
ton's Store, which bears to the
left about 800 yards, leading tc
the Simpson place and the John
Chesson farm.
Maintainance of another road
was asked. It begins at U. S
Highway 64 at Lennon Parrisher’r
and continues about a distance of
1V4 miles and enters U. S. High
way 64 IV4 miles east of the be
ginning.
The budget for the county aid
to the blind was accepted. Ths
total is $1,104.48. Of this total,
$900 is the county’s with $204.4F
going to the case workers travel
ing expenses and salary.
Members of the board authoriz
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Bingo Games Will Be
Held Again This Week
Bingo parties sponsored joint
ly by members of the Plymouth
American Legion and Veterans of
Foreign Wars organizations have
been arranged for tonight, to
morrow and Saturday nights in
the Legion Hall. Games are
scheduled to start at 7:30 o'clock
each night.
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Rent Representative
Here On Thursdays
John P. Proctor, area rent rep
resentative, announces that be
ginning today (Thursday) he will
be in Plymouth every Thursday j
from 10 a. m. through 3 p. m. in
the courthouse building. Mr. ;
Proctor was formerly here on Fri- 1
day.
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Every Person Who In
tends To Vote in City
Election Must Register
By April 23
Registration is proceeding at a
very slow pace for the town elec
tion on May 3rd. in view of the
fact that everyone who votes in
that election must register before
the books are closed on Satur
day, April 23. Due to changes
in the ward set-up here, a com
pletely new registration has been
ordered, which means that no
one can vote May 3rd unless he
registers while the books are
open, regardless of how many past
elections he has taken part in.
Only in the First Ward is any
thing like a heavy registration
reported. One hundred and seven
ty-four persons have registered
there since the books opened last
Saturday In the Second Ward.
57 have put their names on the
ibooks. while in the Third Ward
lonly 15 have registered, all ex
jcept one being residents of Little
Richwood.
Mrs. C. A. Cratch was appoint
ed registrar for the Second Ward
last week, after J. T, McNair, ori
ginally named, resigned. The
Second Ward polling place will
be at the office of the Roanoke
Coal Company, corner of Jeffer
son and Water Streets, and the
registration books will be at the
polling place each Saturday until
the books close April 23rd.
Registrars and polling places
for the other two wards are as
follows: First Ward. Clarence
Blount, registrar: polling place at
courthouse; Third Ward. Mrs.
Ray Brown is registrar and the
polling place is at Arrants’
Garage. The registrars will be
at the polling places each Satur
day through the 23rd. and on the
23rd the books wi'l be open until
9 p. m. Saturday, April 30. is
challenge day.
Every effort k being made to
get a large registration, but quite
a number of local people still do
not seem to understand about the
new registration, according to the
registrars. They emphasize that
everyone who wishes to vote in
the election May 3rd must reg
ister while the books are open
between now and April 23rd.
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Colored Farmers
Meet Saturday
Sixty-eight colored farmers of
the county became charter mem
bers of the colored division of
the Washington County Farm
Bureau organized here last Sat
urday morning.
Another meeting is scheduled
Saturday morning at 10 o’clock in
the agriculture building here to
elect committee chairman of the
bureau.
At the meeting last Saturday
the following officers were elect
ed. T. L. Wilkins, of Roper, presi
dent; J. L. Cabarrus, of Roper
vice-president; H. E. Rogers, of
Roper, secretary; and Raymond
Hines, of Roper, treasurer.
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Eight Justices Peace
Appointed in County
The following Washington Coun
ty men were appointed justices of
the peace in an omnibus bill rec
ently passed by the North Caro
lina General Assembly:
Plymouth Township: J. T. Mc
Nair.
Lees Mill Township: W. B. Dav
enport, Jim Leary, R. W. Lewis.
Scuppernong Township: John
A. Combs, F. F. Davenport, Doug
las Davenport.
Skinnersville Township: How
ard M. Ange.
Elect H. B. Gaylord
President of League
Howard B. Gaylord, of James
ville. was elected president of the
Albemarle League at a meeting
of league directors held in Cole
rain last night. Mr. Gaylord is
connected with the personnel de
partment of the North Carolina
Pulp Company and has consider
able baseball experience. He
served as president of the Martin
County League last season.
League directors also voted to
allow Plymouth to use "Slim” I
Gardner, of Jamesville, as a
resident player. “Slim” pitched J
for Plymouth in the old Albe
marie League and is a well known
baseball character throughout
eastern North Carolina. He told
W. H. Joyner, club director, sev
eral weeks ago that he would
like to play for Plymouth this
year. For the past few seasons,
he has been performing in the
Beaufort County league.
Arrangements were made at
the session last night to work out
a schedule for league play. This
was left up to a committee with
instructions to submit the sche
dule for approval within the next
couple of weeks.