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opics
Mrs. Mary S. Holloway, of Ra
leigh, clerical audit supervisor in
the state headquarters of selec
tive service visited local draft
board. No. 95, here yesterday. She
was quite concerned over regis
trants who have not turned in
Tit, ir questionnaires on time. Mrs.
Holloway has charge of 27 coun
ties between Greensboro and the
east coast of the State.
Aubrey Dixon, jr., who lost by
only seven votes in the election
of Town of Roper commissioners
Tuesday of last week, disclaims
alignment with any other candi
date or group of candidates who
participated in the election. One
of the first candidates to an
nounce, Mr. Dixon says any re
ports which had him linked with
either of the opposing groups on
banning beer sales in Roper were
entirely erroneous.
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The Beacon last week un
intentionally robbed Mayor
Archie Riddle of 100 votes in
reporting election returns from
the third ward. The mayor
actually received 111 votes
there, while it got into the paper
as 11 votes. The overall total
of 491 for Mr. Riddle was cor
rect, but he got 111 of them in
the third ward instead of the
11 reported.
Willis Bowen, Farm Home Ad
ministrator for this district, who
ha'f'been doing both field and of
fice work the past several weeks
without a secretary, is being aided
this week by Miss Marion Perry,
of • Greenville, an administrative
supervisor of the Farm Home Ad
ministration, who is pinch-hitting
as a secretary.
Mrs. Bernice B. Hammons and
Jeanne Harrison visited Mrs.
Hammons’ daughter, Mary Shep
Hammons, and attended May Day
festivities at Fairfax Hall, Way
nesburg, Va., last Saturday and
Sunday. Miss Hammons was a
senior attendant to the May
queen.
Henry Freeman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Freeman, of Plym
outh, is taking a training course
at the Taylor Food Company in
New Bern this week in prepara
tion to becoming a salesman for
the company. He hopes to be as
signed to the district including
Plymouth next week.
T^r Plyi,.-.«iu High School Glee
Club and Band concert has been
set for Friday night, May 20, at
8 o’clock in the high school audi
torium, according to an announce
ment made, by Principal J. S.
Fleming, early this morning. The
glee club will participate in the
first half of the program under
the direction of Mrs. Meredith J.
Saunders. Mrs. Ethel G. Hop
kins will direct the band in the
final half of the program.
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Raleigh Jackson
Buried Tuesday
Raleigh C. Jackson, 68, husband
of Mrs. Annie Sarah Jackson, of
Plymouth Route 1, died Sunday
at 1:25 p. m. in a hospital in
Rocky Mount after an illness of
three years. He was confined
to his bed for the past five weeks.
Funeral services were held at
the Christian Hope Church Tues
day at 3 p. m. Interment was in
the church cemetery. The Rev. J.
R. Lee, pastor of the church, of
fic^Hed at the services. He was
' assisted by the Rev. IX W. Arnold
and the Rev. R. F. Butler, both
of Washington.
Mr Jackson was born in Wash
1 ington County on May 17, 1880
and lived here all his life. He
was a farmer by occupation. He
married Mrs. Jackson on May 6,
1903. For over 50. years Mr Jack
son was a clerk of the Christian
Church, being one of its most
active members.
Besides his wife, he is sur
vived by a son, Sherman Jack
son, of Baltimore, Md.; four
daughters, Mrs. Lylia Bowen and
Mrs. Careta Phelps, of Plymouth;
Mrs. Edythe Harris, of Creswell;
and Mrs. Isabel Boyd, of Rocky
Mount; 12 grandchildren and 2
great-grandchildren.
Crowell Boy Is
Hurt in Accident
Creswell. — Elwood Ambrose,
18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
Ambrose, received serious in
juries to his left arm, shoulder
and body when he was caught by
a tractor at his home near here.
Young Ambrose was attempting
to release a cultivator from the
tractor and was standing in front
of the wheels when he struck the
starter and the tractor happened
to be in gear and started moving.
He hung to the machine until he
was able to clear himself, most
of the clothing being torn from
his body.
He was taken to the hospital in
Columbia for treatment and later
was reported to be doing fairly
well.
The Roanoke Beacon
★ ★★★*★ and Washington County News
A home newspaper dedicated j||
!;! to tlae service of Washington III
jji County and its 13.000 people. Hj
VOLUME LX—NUMBER 19
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 12, 1949
ESTABLISHED 1889
Band Uniforms Reach
Here Barely in Time
Hurried telephone calls and
an automobile trip to Raleigh
brought uniforms to the Plym
outh High School Band just in
time to be worn to the “Hospi
tality Day” festivities in Tar
boro yesterday.
Tuescday afternoon about 1:30
two boxes containing 16 ma
jorette hats arrived in Plym
outh by rail. However, there
was no trace of the other five
boxes containing the band uni
forms. A telephone call to A.
R. McDaniels, superintendent
of the Norfolk Southern Rail
road, in Norfolk. Va„ brought
quick results. He called Mis
souri. from where the band
uniforms were shipped, and the
five missing boxes were located
in Raleigh.
A telephone call to Raleigh
was made to arrange for trans
porting the uniforms to Plym
outh by automobile. Grady
Hopkins, accompanied by Jim
my Allen. Bruce Bateman and
Jay Everton, motored to Ra
leigh Tuesday evening and re
turned with the uniforms early
yesterday morning.
Shortage of Tobacco
Plants May Reduce
Size of County Crop
Pay for ParkingI
On Wednesdays j
Use of parking meters is re
quired here Wednesday after
noons the same as any other
afternoon during the week,
whether or not the stores are
closed, Chief of Police P. W.
Brown stated yesterday. Quite
a number of motorists have
been parking without feeding
the slot machines on Wednes
day afternoons in the belief
that payment was not required
unless the stores are open.
Chief Brown asked the mayor
yesterday about this, and the
latter pointed out that the park
ing meter ordinance requires
payment of parking fees every
day except Sundays and legal
holidays. The stores here are
closing each Wednesday after
noon, but that doesn’t make it
a legal holiday. So that’s that.
Roper Postmaster
Asks Check-Up of
Rural Mail Boxes
■ ♦
Cites Regulations Govern
ing Location and Other
Factors ; Inspection Due
This Month
■ ♦
Mrs. Perla H. Bray, Roper
postmistress, and Clinton L. Ev
erett, rural mail carrier, yesterday
appealed to rural patrons of the
Roper post office to have their
mail boxes ready to pass the
postal inspection due sometime
this month. They have requested
rhe Beacon to publish the fol
lowing open letter directed to all
patrons of the Roper rural mail
service:
“May is the month for rural
mail box clean-up.
“May is the month for rural
inspection.
“Will your box pass inspection?
“The following are department
regulations and will be checked
by a post-office representative
luring annual inspection some
time in May.
“1. Box must be of an approved
type and have signal flag.
2. Box should be firmly at
tached to a substantial post and
leveled.
“3. Post should be just off
shoulder of highway, box fasten
ed to a post so that it overhangs,
allowing fender of car to clear
post.
“4. Box should be weather
proof.
“5. Box and support should be
painted white or aluminum and
^Ts^TMAHTBOXEsTPagTlI)”
Due To Blue Mold Epi
demic; Farmers Seek
ing Plants From Other
Sections
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Quite a number of Washington
County farmers are short of to
bacco plants as a result of the
blue mold tpidemic, it was learn
ed yesterday from County Agent
W. V. Hays. The farm agent said
that ample yardage was planted
to take care of more than dou
ble the acreage allotment for the
county, but blue mold has reduc
ed ihe yield to the point where he
considers it extremely doubtful
that the full acreage will be plant
ed.
H. R. Garris, of Raleigh, ex
tension specialist, has listed th%
serious shortage of plants in prac
tically all tobacco-raising coun
ties as the result of the “worst
blue mold epidemic in at least
10 years.”
Mr. Hays cautioned farmers
who go out of the county to se
cure plants from other beds to
check on diseases that might
cause serious future trouble here.
“By bringing in plants,” he stated,
“a farmer could bring in trouble
that might worry him the re
mainder of his planting career.”
Black shank and Granville wilt
are listed as typical of the easily
transmitted diseases.
The county agent stated that
his office receives bulletins once
or twice each week listing avail
ability of plants in other coun
ties. Pitt and Greene were the
only counties in this section which
had any surplus plants listed the
first of this week.
It is possible that many of the
plant beds in this county will re
cover from blue mold, but wait
ing will cause the season to be
late, too late in most cases.
Davenport Heads
Merchants Group
W, S. Davenport, of the Daven
port Hardware Company, was
named president of the Plymouth
Merchants Association at its an
nual election held Monday after
noon. E. H. Browning, of Brown
ing’s Store, was elected vice
president; and W. E. Smith, of
Spivey’s Stores, was chosen sec
retary-treasurer. The new of
ficers will be installed at the next
meeting of the association.
L. N. Womble, W. J. Woolard
and H. H. Allen were named to
a committee to decide on continu
ation of the merchants’ chest.
A dollar-day promotion was
discussed, and a comihittee was
named to work out details. Mem
bers of the committee are W. J.
Woolard, chairman, L. S. Thomp
son and E. E. Harrell. The pro
motion will be held sometime
during the summer.
Farm Bureau Favors
Roads-School Bonds
Both the proposed $200,000,000
oond issue for improvement of
secondary roads in the state and
;he proposed $25,000,000 bond is
sue for construction of school
buildings in the state were en
lorsed at the regular meeting of
she Washington County Farm
Bureau last Friday night. About
50 members were present, and the
rote on endorsement of these two
proposals was unanimous.
The resolution endorsing Gov
;rnor Scott’s program recited that
North Carolina farmers will bene
fit to a great degree by a fav
srable vote on the two proposed
bond issues in the state referen
lum on June 4th, and pledged
efforts of the county bureau mem
bers in behalf of the program.
The $200,000,000 road program
provides for building 12,000 miles
of surfaced ‘'farm-to-market”
roads now listed as secondary.
The $25,000,000 school building
program would be decided on a
basis of school membership in the
100 counties.
Copies of the Farm Bureau
resolution are being transmitted
to Better Schools and Roads, Inc.,
and to Governor Scott at Raleigh.
Jim Connor, of Aberdeen, wide
ly known entomologist, spoke to
the bureau members on insect
control and fungi diseases. W. M.
Darden, president of the county
bureau, presided.
Meet Held by New
Officials in Roper;
Police Chief Quits
Asked To Remain Until
June 21st; $3,000 Fund
Allotted for Improve
ments to Streets
Members of the Roper town
council held their regular month
ly meeting Monday night in the
community building there.
Members of the old council
met first to clear up some mat- '
ters, then the meeting was turn
ed over to R. W. Lewis, who
swore in members of the council
elected in the town election last
week. Taking the oath of of
fice were T. R. Spruill, mayor:
W. Barton Swain. Wade S. Har
dison and J. R. Swain, council
men.
Mayor Spruill appointed W.
Barton Swain, street commission
er; Wade S. Hardison, fire com
missioner, and J. R. Swain as
building commissioner.
George S. Whitfield submitted
his resignation as chief of police.
Council members decided to re
tain Mr. Whitfield until June 21,
1949. No action was taken to se
cure a new chief of police.
Mr. Swain was allowed $3,000
by the board of councilmen for
street improvement. Roper coun
cilmen ask the full cooperation of
all the citizens in its proposed
program.
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School Auditorium
Site For Minstrel
“Plymouth Minstrels,” an all
Plymouth minstrel show sponsor
ed by the local Lions Club will
be given in the Plymouth High
School auditorium, Monday and
Tuesday nights, May 30 and 31,
at 8 o’clock, according to an
nouncement made Tuesday by E.
M. Leavitt, chairman of the pro
ject.
Tickets for the minstrel are to
go on sale tomorrow. They may
be purchased from Lions Club
members. Proceeds of the show
will go to the Lions Club recrea
tion fund, set aside to aid in the
recreational activities of young
people in Plymouth.
The script for the show has
been completed and the first re
hearsal is set for tonight in the
Legion Hall, immediately after
the Lions Club meeting. According
to show officials, a good cross
section of old and new talent has
been "signed up” for the minstrel.
Members of the Lions Club
hope that “Plymouth Minstrels”
will become an annual affair
with proceeds going toward bet
ter recreation facilities here.
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District Governor at
Lions Meeting Tonight
District Governor Joe Wood, of
Wilmington, will make his of
ficials visit to the Plymouth
Lions Club at its meeting to
night. The meeting will be held
in the American Legion Hall,
starting at 7 p. m. Efforts are be
ing made to have 100 per cent at
tendance, and every member of
the club is urged to be present.
Local Board Has
Total of Nine Men
Listed Delinquent
Failed To Return Ques
tionnaires in Required
Time; Total of 625 Reg
istrants Classified
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Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, clerk to
the local draft borad, is interest
ed in finding the whereabouts of
nine county men, who failed to
return their selective service
questionnaires to the draft board
by a specified date. These men
are called delinquents and will be
classified 1-A and reported to the
district attorney, Mrs. Hunter
said.
The men who did not send in
their questionnaires on time are:
Aldwin Louis Phelps, Charles
Enoch Leary, James Frederick
Porter, jr., all of Plymouth; Jes
sie Seaton Twiddy, jr., of Cres
well; and Thomas Henry Biggs, of
Mackeys. Colored persons who
have not returned their question
naires are: Sylvester McCoy Wil
liams, Dewey Harold Spruill,
George Bagley, jr., and Laddie
Joseph Randolph, all of Plym
outh.
By yesterday 625 county men
had been classified with 151 to
be classified by May 31, accord
ing to present instructions. Of
the 625 county men classified 322
are white and 303 are colored.
Mrs. Hunter asks all registrants
who get married to report this
fact immediately to the board and
bring the marriage certificate as
proof of the fact so they may be
reclassified.
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Spray DDT Now
On County Roads
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The Washington-Tyrrell Dis
trict Health Department finished
spraying DDT within the town
limits of Plymouth last week as
scheduled and hopes to complete
spraying along the Mackeys and
Mill Pond Roads by the middle
of next week, according to Del
bert Allen, sanitation officer.
In the town of Plymouth, 534
houses were sprayed; 132 persons
refused to have their houses
sprayed; 5 were vacant and 118
were found locked. Throughout
the county, 848 houses have been
sprayed with DDT; 198 persons
refused the use of the spray;
7 houses were found vacant and
145 houses locked.
Winslow Paintings Seen
By Elizabeth City Club
W. Frith Winslow showed sev
eral of his paintings and made a
talk to members of the Elizabeth
City Woman’s Club at their meet
ing in the Woman’s Club House
there yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Winslow was invited to the oc
casion last February.
Mr. and Mrs. Winslow were
guests of the club at a luncheon
given in the ballroom of the Vir
ginia Dare Hotel at 1 p. m., and
the meeting featuring Mr. Wins
low’s paintings and address was
held at 3:30 p. m.
Dinner-Dance Held
By Jaycees Friday
Members of the Plymouth
Junior Chamber of Commerce
held their second annual ladies’
night banquet in the local high
school cafeteria here last Friday
night.
R. F. Lowry, Superintendent of
Washington County Schools, talk
ed to the Jaycees and their guests
about taking a look at life from
the other fellows viewpoint as
well as one’s own and looking
toward the future and not back.
He commended the work the
members of local Junior Cham
ber of Commerce had done in
their year of organization.
Nyal Womble, retiring presi
dent, recognized the guests,
Thomas Hopkins, incoming presi
dent, gave the welcome speech.
Mrs. Lorraine Hunter responded.
Mr. Hopkins presented Mr. Wom
ble with a life-time membership
to the Junior Chamber of Com
merce, for his work while serving
as president.
James Boyce officiated at the
installation of the following of
ficers: Thomas Hopkins, presi
dent: Joseph Peele, first vice
president; Stewart Saunders,
second vice president; James
Boyce, secretary; Richard Mal
lory, treasurer; W. J. Woolard,
state director; and Ralph Humes,
Ralph Hunter, Robert Mohn and
Howard Carr, directors.
J. R. Manning, jr., led the group
singing of “Pack Up Your
Troubles,” I Want A Girl," and
“Auld Lang Syne.”
Guests at the banquet were:
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Liverman, of
Columbia: Dr. and Mrs. E. W.
Furgurson, R. F. Lowry and
Harold Whitley, all of Plymouth.
The group then adjourned to
the high school gymnaisium where
they and their invited guests
danced to the music of Hal Grant
and his orchestra, from East
Carolina Teachers College, Green
ville.
I Creswell PTA Endorses
I Road and School Bonds
The Creswell Parent-Teacher
Association last Thursday went
on record in favor of both the
state road and school bond is
sues, which will be voted on June
4th, members of the association
promising their support in help
ing to carry the proposals in the
Creswell section.
The meeting of the parents
teachers was the last of the cur
rent school year, and a number
of committee reports were made
and approved. Miss Matilda
Alexander, chairman of the gym
nasium building fund cr remittee,
reported that the county com
missioners had made a donation
of $750 to be added to the build
ing fund.
The lunchroom committee was
in charge of the entertainment i
program. A motion picture was :
presented, showing the value of
proper foods for the building of
iound bodies.
Little Interest Seen
In County on State
Bond Vote June 4th
No Reports Available as
To How Much Would
Become Available for
Use in This County
Thus far. the special state bond |
election on June 4th has attracted
very little notice in the county.
While other sections are having
rallies and organizations to ex
plain the advantages and disad
vantages of the proposed bond
issues, no activity has been heard
of in the county to publicize and
inform the voters about the prop
ositions.
The Creswell Parent-Teacher
Association and the Washington
County Farm Bureau have passed
resolutions endorsing both the j
proposed bond issues at recent
meetings. However, it has been
impossible to learn just how this
county would fare if the bond is- .
sues are carried, and a large ma-1
jority of the voters are in the
dark about the matter.
Unofficial advices have indi
cated that the county would re
ceive approximately $91,000 for
school building construction and
repairs, based on average daily
membership for the 1947-48 school
term. In addition to this amount,
the county will receive a flat
$250,000 for the same purpose
from the surplus fund built up
by the state during the war years.
This amount was provided by
legislative enactment, allocating
$25,000,000 from the post-war re
serve fund, with each of the,100
counties in the state getting $250,
000.
Just how the county would
share in the road fund, if the
$200,000,000 bond issues is carried,
has not been determined yet. It
is understood that the amount
will be allocated on a basis of
mileage, population, and need,
all three factors being given con
sideration.
There have been reports cir
culating here that the entire $200,
000,000 would have to be spent
during Governor Scott’s term of
office, but the governer said in
a speech Tuesday night that this
was not true. He said the work
could be started during his ad
ministration and continued under
succeeding governors. The entire
$200,000,000 would be used for
surfacing secondary or “farm-to
market” roads.
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Rev. Nickens Preaches
Commencement Sermons
♦
With school graduation exercis
es underway or planned through
out the country, the Rev. P. B.
Nickens, of the Ludford Memorial
Baptist Church, of Plymouth, is
being kept busy. He has already
delivered one commencement
sermon and has two more sche
duled.
Last Sunday he gave the com
mencement sermon at the Calypso
High School. Next Sunday he is
to preach at Farm Life High
School in the afternoon and the
following Sunday at the Swan
Quarter High School in the even
ling.
TownTaxSalels j
Set for July 5th j
Chief of Police P. W. Brown
stated this week that the tow'n
tax sale would be held in July
this year, instead of being post
poned until October or Novem
ber, as in former years. Owners
of real property on which 1948
taxes have not been paid are
advised that advertisement will
begin in June and the property
offered for sale in front of the
courthouse door on Tuesday,
July 5, unless all taxes and .
interest are paid by the first of
next month.
Mr. Brown stated that about
100 parcels of real estate in.
town are on the delinquent list
at present, but he expects this
number will he reduced before
advertising is ordered next
month.
High School 6aq|
In Festival Friday
With one trip already to Tar
boro this week, members of the
Plymouth High School Band
leave tomorrow morning for
Elizabeth City, where they will
compete in the Albemarle-Tide
water Band Festival.
At 3 p. m. members of the
Plymouth band will compete
among themselves as other bands
will do for the highest rating. In
this competition there will be a
trumpet trio, composed of Bruce
Bateman, Jimmy Allen and Mild
red Smith; a clarinet quartette,
composed of Milton Davenport.
Ann Mayo, Betty Beam and Mar
garet Clawson; a trombone duet,
with Harlee Lyons and Harlan
Folkerts; and Hardy Cobb, drum;
Robert Hopkins, baritone saxa
phone; Jane Keel, soprano saxo
phone and George Painter, alto
saxophone.
A parade is scheduled for all
participating bands through the
business section of town begin
ning at 7:30 p. m. After the
parade, a uniform ball will be
held at the Culpepper Motor Com
pany. At the ball various kings
and queens chosen already by
each band will reign. Plymouth’s
king and queen are William Mc
Keel and Marie Baynor. Eddie
Sample and his orchestra will
furnish the music for the dance.
♦
Retailers of Beer Must
Renew Licenses at Once
♦
County and town tax collectors
again remind beer retailers that
their licenses expired April 30,
and they are subject to indict
ment unless application for re
newal is made immediately. Only
two or three have applied for new
licenses from the county, accord
ing to E. J. Spruill, auditor, and
very few have secured their town
licenses.
Few Attend Baseball Meeting Here
Although the mass meeting of
fans called for last Monday night
to try to raise about $1,500 for
baseball here this summer was a
dismal “flop,” preparations are
going ahead to try to field a
team, it was learned from Busi
ness Manager W. H. Joyner yes
terday. There were less than a
dozen persons on hand for the
meeting, and several methods of
raising enough money to get
started were considered.
It was finally decided to issue
“Bitchin’ Licenses” at $1 per
throw, and they will be put on
sale the last of this week. Club
officials say they don’t want to
hear any criticism of the manner
in which the club is being operat
?d, either on the field or off,
inless the critic can show his
Bitchin’ License.” That certifi
:ate entitles him to yelp loudly
ind as much as he pleases about
inythinfi and everything con
nected with baseball here—the
way the players perform, how
;hey part their hair, or the an
:ecedents of club officials.
In the meantime, practice was
scheduled to get underway today,
weather permitting, under the
iirection of Ted Pinner, last year’s
manager. Several players are ex
pected to arrive today and to
morrow; and the new manager,
Johnny Clayton, of Elon College,
is due here Monday.
The exhibition schedule has
been changed somewhat, with the
Rams facing their first test
against the Hertford club here
Sunday afternoon. Games origi
nally carded with Elizabeth City
Saturday and Sunday have been
canceled. The only other games
definitely arranged thus far are
with the Professional All-Stars,
out of Portsmouth, Va., here Sat
urday night and Sunday, May 21
and 22. Several others are pend
ing, and there will be something
going on regularly after Manager
Clayton shows up Monday.
Officials of the club will attend
a league meeting in Windsor to
night, The schedule is to be
presented, and each club is to
post its $250 forfeit
Allen McNair Dies
From Hil-and Run
Injuries Yesterday
Struck by Car Near Wil
liamston Over Week
Ago; Funeral Arrange
ments Incomplete
Allen McNair, about 35 years
old, well-known automobile me
chanic of Plymouth, died in a
Williamston hospital yesterday
afternoon as a result of injuries
received Sunday, May 1. when he
was struck by a hit-and-run
driver on the Williamston-Hamil
ton Highway near Spring Green
church. He was found on the
highway about 4 a. m., and of
ficers think he had been lying
there for about an hour.
McNair received a possible
broken back, both legs were brok
en and he was injured internal
ly. Little hope was entertained
for his recovery from the first.
Highway patrolmen and county
officers are without a clue to the
driver, as McNair was never able
to tell them much about the hap
pening.
Son of Ercel L. McNair, of the
Long Ridge section, and the Late
Mrs. McNair, the young man was
born in the Chapel Hill section
of this county about 35 years ago.
He worked for several garages
here as an automobile mechanic
and was in California from 1932
to 1938. After his return he was
married to a Miss Hardison of
Martin County, who survives. He
also leaves five small children
and a sister. Mrs. Eleanor Aiken,
of the Chapel Hill section.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed this morning, so
far as could be learned here.
Field Day Meet
Planned May 23
held at Tidewater Experiment
Station, between Plymouth and
Roper, on Monday, May 23, ac
cording to announcement yester
day by James L. Rea, assistant
director, in charge of the experi
ment station.
Eastern Carolina farmers, coun
ty agents, vocational agriculture
teachers are invited to attend, as
well as any others who are in
terested. Experiment station spe
cialists from Raleigh will be in
charge of the program, complete
details of which will be publish
ed next week.
Potato Growers'
Deadline May 13
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Friday of this week, May 13,
is the last day for Washington
County farmers to file applica
tions for certificates of eligibility,
which entitles them to aid under
the potato price support program.
The applications must be made
at the county Triple-A office, and
a fee of 90 cents per goal acre
must be paid.
In order to be eligible for price
support benefits, potato growsra
must plant within their goals. No
applications will be accepted after
May 13, and growers who fail to
apply by then are not eligible for ,
price support. Up to noon yester
day, only four persons had ap
plied at the office here.
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Hold Last Riles
For Mrs. Warde
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Mrs. Glennie Barnes Warde, 50,
wife of John Warde, of Roper
Route 1, died Monday at 11:30 p.
m. in a hospital in Washington.
She had been seriously ill for
about three days.
Funeral services were held yes
terday at 3 p. m. from the Horner
Funeral Home. Burial was made
in the Windley Cemetery. The
Rev. B. E. Bingham, of Roper, of
ficiated at the services.
Mrs. Warde was the daughter
of E. C. and Sallie Brochett
Barnes, of Shilo. She was born
in Edenton on August 1, 1898.
She married John Warde on No
vember 6, 1917 in Norfolk, Va.
They moved from Norfolk to
Roper about four years ago. Mrs.
Warde was a member and regular
attendant of the Pleasant Grove
Methodist Church.
Besides her husband, Mrs.
Warde is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Ann Colwell, of Springfield,
O.; two brothers, W. J. Barnes
and R. E. Barnes, both of Nor
folk, Va.; and three sisters, Mrs.
Lily M. Buyrn, of Washington,
D. C.; Mrs. James Hyatt and Mrs.
Elwood G. Ball, both of Norfolk,
Va.