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3RH!!J]HHn!B5!n]3n59!!fi!!BBB8SKl <*> X own opic§ Between 600 and 700 dogs were vaccinated in the county last week by Paul Basnight and Foy Davenport, of the Plymouth Po lice Department, who volunteered for the work. There are still several hundred dogs in the coun ty to be vaccinated, and the of & icers are still vaccinating all that are brought to them at the police department here. It is understood that citiations will be issued starting next week for owners who did not have their dogs treated. There will be no meeting of the Plymouth Junior Chamber of Commerce Friday night as the or ganization does not meet on fifth Fridays. The next meeting will be Friday night, May 6, when the members invite the ladies to a dinner-dance program. Mrs. Hilda Gurganus and Mrs. Estelle Allen left Monday morn ing to spend a month visiting relatives and friends in Win chester, Va. and Martinsburg, W. Va. While in Winchester they will attend the annual Apple Blossom Festival. Three channel bass. ,weighing from 40 to 50 pounds each, were caught by a Plymouth party fish ing at Oregon Inlet last week md. , In the group were D. J. B-inkley, J. P. David, Harry W. Grrkin, Luther Gurkin and Warnie Gurkin. Brinkley, David (Jitid Luther Gurkin each caught one of the big fish, while Harry Gurkin caught a 20-pound shark. Warnie Gurkin drew a blank. They fished from Harry Gurkin’s yacht, “Suits Me.” A swarm of bees caused quite a bit of excitement on Water Street Tuesday afternoon. Where they came from, no one knows, but all of a sudden there they were. The insects flew up and down the street for a few minutes, finally swarming all over a station wagon belonging to H. J. Sawyer, a dry goods salesman from Greenville. Jimmy Winesett was called, brought a hive and soon had most of them safely inside, while a sizeable crowd of spectators stood at a safe distance and observed the proceedings. Miss Myrtle Tarkenton, Mrs. Pearl Spruill and Mrs. i ela War rick, of the Plymouth Beauty *jjhop‘ Mrr Wincna «u*?iu.4. Lyman Elks, of Winona and Louise Beauty Shop, will attend a school for beauticians in Wilson next Monday, May 2. Both shops will be closed Monday. -1 Officers Gel Still Near Here Monday County officers raided a still located in the swamp back of the golf course adjoining the “Sand Hill” property Monday, seizing a complete distilling outfit and three barrels of mash. No one was present, and the officers have no information as to the probable owners. A 200-gallon copper kettle, cop per cap and double-wall conden ser were seized, as well as a pump and other miscellaneous equip ment. The officers found no whiskey, and it was stated the plant evidently had not been operated in about 30 days. The mash was poured out, some of the equipment destroyed and the Remainder brought to the court ^|)use here. Deputies L. L. Bas night and L. C. Snell made the raid. -t Dressing Rooms Being Built at Baseball Park -•*— Work started this week on dressing rooms at the baseball park. A concrete-block building, about 15 by 40 feet, is to be con sttucted. It will contain two dressing rooms, shower baths and other facilities. President A. J. Riddle, of the Washington County Athletic As sociation, is supervising the work, and expects to have the building completed in another week or two. The Roanoke Beacon ★ ****★ and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated pi to the service of Washington ijj il County and its 13,000 people. j|! VOLUME LX—NUMBER 17 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 28, 1949 ESTABLISHED 1889 Little Interest Shown i In Election at Roper So far as could be learned yes terday, only two candidates have filed for town of Roper offices at stake in the municipal election there next Tuesday. Very little interest has been shown, and only three new voters have regis tered, according to Aubrey R Phelps, city clerk. The two candidates who have filed are Henry" S. Everett, in cumbent, and Aubrey Dixon, jr., for membership on the .board of commissioners. A mayor and three commissioners are to be chosen. Unofficials reports are that neither of the two remaining commissioners would be candi dates for reelection. Louis Mi zelle, one of them, expects to move outside the city limits in the near future and is not expect- ^ ed to run, and E. M. Chesson, the other commissioner, has indicated that he would not be a candidate again. The incumbent mayor, Reynold Spruill, is expected to file for reelection, according to reports. It is expected that those who r file will do so at the last minute, ' Thursday night of this week be- ' ing the deadline for filing. The j polls will be open Tuesday from ; 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Mrs. A. R. Phelps is the registrar, and Mrs. ' Edna Earl Norman and Mrs. 1 Doris L. Brinkley have been ap- ' pointed judges of election. The | polling place is at the community ' building. Board of Education: Changes Blocked by i State Senate Action ♦ V : Tobacco Setting j Is Said Delayed j Comparatively little tobacco has been transplanted in the county thus far, due to blue mold damage, according to County Agent VV. V. Hays. The agent expressed the opinion that there would be plenty of plants, but farmers are waiting until the plant beds recover from blue mold, which may make the crop later than it would have been otherwise. The farm agent said he was expecting a heavy infestation of bugs and insects on all crops this year, on account of the very mild winter. He stated that army worm damage had al ready been reported in the New r ,-i» and farmers ther are said to be getting ready for airplane dusting of DDT to con trol the pests. Last Riles Held For Roper Lady -♦ Mrs. Indiana Virginia True blood, 80, of Roper, died Satur day at 9 a. m. in Elizabeth City. She had been in declining health for three years and was bedfast for one day. The funeral service was held from her late home in Roper Sun day at 4:30 p. m. She was buried in the Spruill cemetery. The Rev. B. E. Bingham, of Roper, officiat ed at the services. Mrs. Trueblood was the wire of the late Thomas R. Trueblood, of Roper, and the daughter of the late Benjamin and Affie Swain Spruill, of Tyrrell County. She was born in Washington County on July 14, 1868. She was a member of the Smithwick Creek Primitive Baptist Church of Williamston. Mrs. Trueblood is survived by three sons, Oscar and Philip Trueblood, of Roper, and Bennie Trueblood, of Pasadena, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. B. L. Jones and Mrs. C. A. Davis, both of Elizabeth City; 12 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Miller Warren Spoke To Rotary Members Miller Warren, local fire chief, spoke to members of the Plym outh Rotary Club during their regular weekly meeting Tuesday night. He analyzed and appraised the value of the local fire fighting equipment. V. B. Hairr, of Jamesville, was a special guest 224 County Children At Pre-School Clinics The Washington-Tyrrell Dis trict Board of Health completed its scheduled of pre-school vac cinations for county school child ren by vaccinating 16 dolored children at the Creswell Colored School Friday and checked 41 white children at the Creswell School, Monday morning. During the month’s session of clinics 244 Washington County children of pre-school age were vaccinated for smallpox, diph theria and whooping -cough. Only in two of the clinics, one at Roper School for white children and the other at Creswell Colored School for colored children, were the number reporting for vaccina tions inadequate, Miss Elizabeth Wood, district health nurse, re ported. However she says that any child who missed attending a pre-school clinic may appear at the district health office in Plymouth for vaccinations on Thursday after noons or Saturday mornings. The health department is planning to set-up another series of pre school clinics in late June or early July for vaccinations for the pre vention of typhoid. At these clinics, county children who missed vaccinations during April can have them then. Official Certification Not Received, but Reports Indicate Is Board Same As Before Representative E. O. Arnold, of Washington County, was blocked in the state senate in his attempt to change the set-up of the Wash ington County Board of Educa tion, it was learned unofficially here last week-end. According to these advices, the board which will take office next Monday is composed of the old board mem bers, L. E. Hassell, of Roper: James W. No^;pan, of Plymouth; and P. B. Belanga, of Creswell. All three of these men filed for the office in the • primary last year and were certified as Demo cratic nominee when no opposi tion developed at that time. Official certification of the new board members had not been re ceived by county officials up to yesterday afternoon, but is ex pected before Monday, when the new board takes office. Accord ing to reports, the three members were appointed for four-year terms. Mr. Arnold introduced a bill about midway of the legislature session, providing for increasing the number of members on the board to five and naming Wade Hardison, of Roper, and Walter W. White, of Skinnersville, as the aew members. It is understood that this bill was amended in the senate committee, leaving joff the two added members. Later, the imnibus bill, naming boards of sducation members for many lounties, was introduced, and it also named the five men listed ibove. This, too, is said to been amended in the senate by leaving the number at three. Thursday of last week, Repre sentative Arnold introduced an ither bill, this time increasing the number of members to seven, and adding the names of C. N. Davenport, jr., of Creswell, and I. E. Westray, of Plymouth, to the five above named. This bill ivas passed by the house, but did not get through the senate before the General Assembly adjourned Saturday at 5 p. m., thus being rendered ineffective. So far as could be learned here yesterday, therefore, the new board of education will be the same as the retiring board, being somposed of Messrs. Hassell, Nor nan and Belanga. Official veri fication could not be secured at that time, and Mr. Arnold could rot be reached then for a state nent. Union Members Invited To Rally Friday Night - . ■ ♦ All members of local unions in Plymouth are urged to attend a political rally at the Union Hall, aver Womble’s Drug Store Fri iay night of this week at 7:30 a’clock. Several candidates for offices at stake in the municipal Section next Tuesday will be present to outline their views, it s stated. The rally is sponsored ay the Plymouth Central Labor Union. -I VFW Hears Description 01 Veteran’s Building E. E. Harrell talked about the veteran’s building, which is now inder construction, before fellow nembers of the Bosie Bateman Post No. 4023 Veterans of Foreign Wars in a regular meeting of the post last Thursday night. In the absence of R. L. Tetter ion, who has been working on the auilding, Mr. Harrell gave a de scription of what the building vould look like when finished. | Community Chest Plan Given Study By Local Groups Would Lump “All Begs In One Askit” Each < Year To Avoid Multi- ' plicity of Drives -4 Elimination of the multiplicity i )f local drives for various worthy causes is the object of a group . of local business and professional • men who are seeking to organize a community chest for Plymouth. The matter has been discussed at considerable length at two recent meetings of the Lions Club, and each organization in town is being requested to name a delegate to 1 a central group which will decide 1 whether or not to attempt such an undertaking here. | The Rev. Sam Zeelev, Presby- ' terian minister of Washington, an ' officer and advocate of the com- . munity chest there, spoke to the local group two weeks ago about its advantages and disadvantages. Several members of the Rotary Club, merchants association and other local organizations were present at the time and most of I them have expressed themselves since as favorable to setting up a community chest here. It is emphasized that the chest will not be a Lions Club project, although several members of the club have taken the lead in spon soring the idea. It is hoped to have representatives of all local organizations get together and promote the plan. Mr. Zeelev was emphatic in stating that the community chest would be a suc cess only if everyone worked to gether to put it over. Under the community chest plan, all money-raising campaigns would be lumped into one big drive, usually conducted in No vember of each year. Each chari table undertaking would be in vestigated and budgeted, the budget being included in the single campaign. It is proposed to include the infantile paralysis, cancer fund, crippled children, empty stocking, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the Red Cross, and other like campaigns in the community chest, thus putting “all the begs in one askit,” as Mr. Zeeley ex pressed it. President Harold Whitley, of the Lions Club last week named iis., o. irowDriage, Li. in. wuinuie and W. H. Booker as a committee to seek the cooperation of other organizations in determining whether or not the community chest plan should be tried out here. -♦ Spray More Local Houses With DDT -- The Washington - Tyrrell Dis trict Health Department should finish its DDT spraying in the town limits of Plymouth in about 14 days if the weather remains fair, according to Delbert Allen, sanitation officer. Last week 132 houses were sprayed only 10 refused to have their houses sprayed, which was some better than the previous week, when 43 refused; one was found vacant and 20 were locked. The totals for Plymouth through Saturday were 255 houses spray ed , 53 refused, 1 vacant and 55 locked. This brings the county totals to 569 houses sprayed, 119 not sprayed because of a negative answer, 3 found vacant and 82 were locked. Mayor and Six Councilman To Be Named in Town Election Tuesday John F. Asby, 66, Died Lasi Week in Hospital at Wilson -4 Prominent Farmer of ' Plymouth Township Succumbs After Long Illness; Rites Sunday -♦ John F. Asby, 66, well-known farmer of Plymouth Township, died in a Wilson hospital last Friday morning about 5 o’clock, following a lengthy illness. He had been in failing health for about five years, the last six . months of which he was confined . to his bed. Mr. Asby, son of the late Jim and Emma Eliza Moore Asby, was born in Martin County on April 13, 1883, but moved to this coun ty about 36 years ago and was well known throughout this sec tion. He was married in James ville on January 29, 1911. to Miss Odie Bowen, who with five daughters and three sons, sur vives. 1 An active member of the rirst Christian Church of Plymouth. , Mr. Asby was a faithful and , regular attendant until his health began to fail. . The funeral was held from the , Plymouth Christian Church Sun- < day afternoon at 2:30, with the , Rev. J. D. Waters, pastor, in , charge, assisted by the Rev. Paul ; B. Nickens, of the Baptist Church. Interment was made in the Wind ley cemetery. Pall-bearers were : W'. T. Stillman, J. B. Stillman, , Goldie Simpson, S. B. Lucas, Tom West, Hilliary Riddick and H. J. Woolard. Mr. Asby is survived by his widow, Mrs. Odie Bowen Asby; . five daughters, Mrs. Harold Hop kins, of Cary; Mrs. Earl Ainsley, of Norfolk, Va.; Miss Beatrice Aster, of Plymouth; Mrs. Marvin Spruill and Miss Bowen Faye Asby, of Norfolk, Va.; three sons, Floyd and Ira Ward Asby, of ] Plymouth; and Harold Asby, of Jamesville. He also leaves two ' sisters, Mrs. Bertha Stalls, of Everetts, and Mrs. Alice Mizelle, I of Williamston. Local Pupils To Present Operetta -♦ Pupils of the Hampton School will present a three-act operetta, entitled “The Land of Dreams Come True,” Friday night. May 6, at 8 o’clock in the school au ditorium. Proceeds of the event will go towards better equipping ' the school so that it may be plac ed on the accredited list by next ' term. Seventy-five pupils are to take part in the production. The en- . tire faculty is helping direct the show. Pupils having the lead ( parts are: Suzanne Owens, as Bet ty; June Harrison, as Peggy; Howard Nickens, as Bob; Julian ^ Carr, as Paul; Jeannette Cunning- j ham, as Mother Goose; and Mae , McClure, as the old-woman in ^ the shoe. j Groups of pupils dressed to represent blue bells, roses and daisies will perform several j dances. Another group of child ren will be dressed and act as ^ pixies. < l Good Progress Reported On Construction Number Projects in This Section Good progress is reported on ;everal construction projects now mderway in and around Plym juth. The work of widening U. 5. 64 between Plymouth and Poper has just about been com ileted, except for straightening )ut the curves at the Roper city imits, and traffic is now using he wider highway. The stretch of highway that ly-passes the uptown section of Plymouth is also progressing ■apidly, the concrete machine laving crossed over the intersec ion with the Washington high way just beyond the Union Sta ton yesterday. The Rea Con duction Company, of Charlotte, s doing all the work on Highway, md the new stretch of toad should ■each the Cool Springs intersec ;ion within another week, with 'avorable weather. Steel is being erected for the Belk-Tyler Building on Water street. Brickwork for the first floor was completed last week and the work halted until the steel was received this week. After the steel is erected, the masons will return to the job and complete the brickwork. This contract is under the supervision of E. C. Etheridge, of New Bern, for the Batton firm, of Edenton. Workmen started laying brick yesterday on the new county hos pital, adjoining the county home, on Washington Street. J. T. Hardison & Company, of Wash ington, is the contractor, and the same firm also has the contract for structures on the Mackeys road, work on which is expected to start very soon. The M. H. Mitchell Furniture store building on Washington Street is about ready for the con crete floor to be poured, and ar rangements to this end were be ing made yesterday. Mr. Mitchell is supervising this work himself. The walls and roof of the build ing have been completed. Over 1.200 Iten; isle red For Election Tncsdav © Twelve hundred and eight citi zens of Plymouth have registered :or the municipal election to be field next Tuesday, it was learned from registrars of the three wards after the books officially closed last Saturday night. Since a new registration wps ordered, only those who registered during the past three weeks will be eligible to vote in the election. The second ward, with a total of 554 registered, topped the list, rhe first ward had 390 registra tions, and the third ward 264. Registrars of the first and second wards said that practically all eligible voters in those subdi visions had registered, but quite a number in the third ward failed to get their names on the book in time, according to Mrs. Ray Brown, registrar. Election officials for next Tues day's balloting are as follows: First ward: Clarence Blount, registrar; E. A, Harrison and R. W. Johnston, judges of election; second ward: Mrs. C. A. Cratch, registrar; T. E. Ainsley and W. S. Hardison, judges; third ward: Mrs. Ray Brown, registrar; Rev. J. F. Miller and C: E. Ayers, judges. I Guilford H. Ange Final Riles Today Guilford Herman Ange, 77. died at his home, 210 W. Third Street, Plymouth, Wednesday morning at 5:30 o’clock. In declining health 12 or 15 years, he had been confined to his bed about six months. The son of the late Malachia and Harriet Ange, he was born near Jamesville, Martin County, on June 15, 1871, and spent his early life on the farm there. He made his home in Williamston for a number of years, moving to Plymouth about three years ago. When a young man he was married to Lyvia Ange who died a number of years ago, He was married twenty-eight years ago to Frances Lee. Surviving are his widow and two daughters by his first mar riage, Mrs. Fred Silverthorne, of Williamston, and Mrs. Mattie Hol lis, of Oak City; 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. He was a member of the Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist Church in Angetown since boyhood, and his pastor, the Rev. Marshall Joyner, of Winterville, will con duct the funeral at the late home in Plymouth Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Interment will be in the Ange Cemetery in his old home community in Martin County. J. H. Browning Buried Tuesday -♦ Joe H. Browning, 69, died at his home in Plymouth Monday at 12 noon. He had been in de clining health for four years and was confined to his bed for five days. The funeral was held Tuesday from the Christian Hope Disciples Church and interment was made in the Jackson Cemetery. The Rev. J. R. Lee, of Pinetown, of ficiated at the services. Mr. Browning was the husband of the late Dean Browning, of Plymouth, and the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Browning, of Washington County. He was born in Washington County on March 31, 1880 and lived in the county all his life. He was a member of the Christian Hope Disciples Church. Mr. Browning is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Rosalie Sawyer, of Roanoke Rapids; Mrs. Lyla Ange, of Plymouth and Mrs. Leona Bateman, of Norfolk, Va.; three sons, Raymond and Hallie Browning, of Plymouth and Joseph Gray Browning, of Ra leigh; two brothers, John and William Browning, of Plymouth and one sister, Mrs. Katy Waters, af Plymouth. -4 Winslow Paintings At Goldsboro Show W. Frith Winslow, Plymouth artists whose works are gaining wide recognition, had four paint ings in the North Carolina Artists’ Exhibition staged in Goldsboro April 19, 20 and 21. The exhibi tion, held in the Goldsboro Wo man’s Club Building, was spon sored by the North Carolina Fed eration of Women's Clubs and drew large crowds during the three days the paintings were on display. Out of a total of 138 paintings in the exhibition, Mr. Winslow was honored by having four se lected. Three of them were oils, “Lady With Sewing Basket,” “Lobster Buoy,” and "Dark Hour.” The other was a water color, “Grand Finale.” Polls Open 6:30 j To 6:30 Tuesday! Polls will be open from 6:30 a. m. until 6:30 p. m. in the municipal election next Tues day, May 3rd. These are the hours fixed by statute for all primaries and elections in the state, giving voters exactly 12 hours in which to cast their bal lots. It is expected that upwards of 1,000 ballots will be cast at the three polling places this year, since more than 1.200 voters have registered. This will be a considerable increase over the 380 cast two years ago and even over the 437 cast in the 1945 election. The first ward polling place is at the courthouse; second ward, at the office of Roanoke Coal Company on Water Street; and third ward, at Arrants’ Garage on Wilson Street Ex tended. NewBuickAgency Is Located Here With five new 1949 Buick auto mobiles on hand, the Baugham Motor Company set up in busi ness here this week. Owned and managed by Buck Baugham, formerly of Wendell, the new firm has made arrangements to occupy the building where the M. H. Mitcheil Furniture Com pany is now located as soon as the new Mitchell Buliding on Washington Street is completed. Temporarily, Mr. Baughm has his cars on display at Mack Marrow’s Esso Service Station at the corner of Washington and Main Streets. The new firm has the Buick franchise for Washington County, and Mr. Baugham said he planned to put in a service department, with complete garage facilities, as soon as the Mitchell stores moves to its new location, pos sibly in five or six weeks. Mr. Baugham is a native of Rich Square, but has been in the mov ing picture business at Wendell for the past 10 years. -♦ ■ Serious Diphtheria Case Reported Here Gertrude Simmons, 4-year-old colored girl, of Madison Street, Plymouth, is seriously ill with diphtheria, according to a report from the Washington-Tyrrell Dis trict Health Department late yes terday. She is the daughter of David Simmons. This is the third case of diphtheria reported in the county this year. Seven Candidates in Sec ond Ward: Other Two Have Three Each; No Opposition for Mayor -• C. W. Dinkins, who filed for councilman from the second ward last Saturday, announced this morning that he was with drawing from the race, due to an unforeseen development. His withdrau'al leaves seven candi dates from the second ward for the two places on the council. There will be at least 14 can didates on the town election bal lot next Tuesday—that is, unless some of those who have announc ed withdraw—and there is a pos sibility that there may be more, as town officials know of no dead line for candidates to enter. Prep arations will be made to print the ballot by the end of this week, however, and any prospective candidates are advised to get their names entered by Friday to insure being placed on them. There are seven offices to be filled by Plymouth voters, two councilmen from each of three wards and the mayor. So far, Mayor A. J. Riddle has no op position for reelection. The second ward has a banner crop of candi dates, with seven aspirants for the two positions as councilmen; and the first and third wards have three candidates apiece for two offices. Two new candidates have en tered the second ward race since last week. Charlie W. Dinkins and H. H. Allen filed Saturday. Both are seeking town office for the first time, although Mr. Dink ins is at present a member of the local school committee, and Mr. Allen has served as county com missioner. In addition to these two, there are six other candi dates: George W. Harrison, in cumbent; John E. West. Robert E. Bowen, Henry T. Hardison, Wesley W. Hardison, and G. Ray mond Leggett. Mr. HarHnh is a member of the present council and Mr. Leggett served in that capacity several years ago. All the others are making the race for the first time. In the first ward, there are three candidates. E. Ludford Mc Nair, E. Durand Keel and W. H. Joyner, the latter two being mem bers of the present council. The third ward, most of which is made up of territory added when the city limits were extend ed nearly two years ago, also has three candidates: J. A. Holbrook, Max Willette and Woodrow R. Collins. None of the three has ever held public office here be fore, but Mr. Holbrook served on the city council at his former home, Richwood, W. Va., before moving to Plymouth some years ago. Considerable interest is being shown in the election, and a record vote can be expected next (See ELECTION, Page Twelve) -«. Roper Juniors Honor Seniors Members of the junior class of Roper High School honored the senior class in the school build ing last Friday night with the annual junior-senior banquet and dance. The auditorium was decorated in the form of a boat. The color ed orchestra of J. J. Clemmons School furnished the music. Forty-two juniors, seniors and guests attended the banquet and there were 88 persons at the dance. County Raises About Half of Cancer Quota Unless there is a large quantity of last minute donations, the 1949 Washington County cancer drive fund campaign will end Satur day with just about half of the $800 quota filled, according to Mrs. W. J. Woolard, county com mander. Yesterday morning $335 had been turned into her, all of it from Plymouth. There have been no reports from any other sec tions of the county and only a few reports from Plymouth. Mrs. Woolard urges all of the county canvassers to make their final report to her by tomorrow, so that the total county contribu tion can be sent to the American Cancer Society Saturday. Any person in the county who has not been solicited and wishes to contribute can do so by .nailing their donation to Mrs. Woolard. The county commander realizes that many drives have already been held this year and the ex pense of Easter has just passed, but the cure for cancer must be found. The only way is by cash donations to finance research and the care of patients. Washington County will retain 40 per cent of the amount collected for coun ty use, and the remaining 60 per cent is to be sent to the American Cancer Society. A cancer clinic has been or ganized in Kinston, which will serve this district, including Washington County. Any person in the county found to be suf fering from cancer will be sent to and cared for in Kinston, free of personal charges.