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gngiSHHSinnaasiigiiaaBsinannsiaBEBiiaiHag < ‘Town 1 topics I •5:2:838331:81 Sue Ellen Riddle, daughter of Mayor and Mrs. A. J. Riddle, was operated on for appendicitis at a Rocky Mount hospital Monday afternoon. The little girl, very sick yesterday morning, was re ported to be some better yester day afternoon. Mrs. Riddle is in Vocky Mount with her. Local Boy Scout officials said yesterday there would be a regu lar meeting of Plymouth Boy Scout Troop 84 Monday night in the scout hut. The meeting will begin promptly at 7:15 p. m„ 15 minutes earlier than the usual time. Scouts wishing to attend the Plymouth-Wake Forest base ball game will be excused from the meeting in time to see the game, however they must report to scout meeting first, scout of ficials said. Tom Hopkins, president of the Plymouth Junior Chamber of Commerce, received a booklet Monday from the John B. Rogers Producing Company, Fostoria, O., which is planning to direct ac tivities of the Washington Coun ty Sesqui-Centennial Celebration here next fall. Mr. Hopkins said that a non-profit corporation would be formed soon and com mittees set up to get celebration plans underway. All state and federal offices in Washington County, includ ing P°st offices, the Plymouth BToak and offices in the court house will be closed all day Monday, May 30, in observance of National Memorial Day. However, local merchants will go about their business as usual, as it is not observed generally as a holiday in North Carolina. Although summer vacation for Plymouth school children begins tomorrow, J. S. Fleming, princi pal of Plymouth High School, an nounced yesterday that he will be in his office at the school for the next two weeks, beginning Monday, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. The Plymouth High School Band is enabled to make full pay ment for its new uniforms, ac cording to J. S. Flemming, prin cipal, from the silver offering taken in at the band concert last Friday night and further dona tions which came to his office yesterday. Bicftfet, of ’Plymouth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack -Bradley, is home examining ap plications for a teaching job next fall, after graduating from East Carolina Teachers College, at Greenville last week. Miss Bickel received a Bachelor of Science degree in. Spanish and social studies. She was an honor stu dent for three years. -« Band Concert Presented Last Friday Evening , Members of the Plymouth High School Band presented a stimu lating concert in the school audi torium last Friday night, under the direction of Mrs. Ethel O. Hopkins. A trumpet trio composed of Bruce Bateman, Mildred Smith, and Jimmy Allen played a hyrnn. Margaret Clawson presented a clarinet solo, "Desert Song.” Mil tap Davenport, Betty Beam, Ann Kayo and Margaret Clawson played “Petite Classique,” as a clarinet quartet. The band as a unit played ‘‘Ac tivity March,” the Marine Hymn, "Show Boy,” “Indian Boy,” “Vic tory March,” “The Plainsman,” “American Brotherhood,” and “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Participating in the concert were Dale Beasley, Virginia Hey nen, Tom Terry, Bruce Bateman, Mildred Smith and Jimmy Allen, trumpets; Joy Harrison, Marlene Painter, Harriet Keyes, Gerald Bowen, Joe Harris, Alice Kespass, Alice Humphries, Milton Daven port, Betty Beam, Margaret Claw son, Ann Mayo,, Pat Hammons, Tommy Ragland, Margaret Bag ley, Barbara Davis, Rosalie Brown, Julia Davis, Laura Jo Quinn, Linda Lipskum, clarinets; Rex Browning, Abner Sawyer, Bil'P Peele and James Lyle, horns; Robert Hopkins, George Painter, and Jane Keel, saxo phones; Martha Davenport, Ho ward Mizell, Carol Windom and Lou Nell Vandiford, mellophones; Harlan Folkerts, Harlee Lyons, Myra Folkerts, and Ogla Dixon, trombones'; Ellen Winslow and William McKeel, bell lyres; Hardy Cobb, Kenneth Trowbridge, Jay Everton and Donald Hohl, snare drums; Jewel Hardison, bass drum; Peggy Styons, symbal; Bessie Le Fever, band major; Gracelyi\ Reid, drum major; Pat Ange, Myrtle Jackson, Betty Jean Jackson, Betty Jane Leary, Peg gy Darden, Betty Riddle, Caro lyn Ayers, Betsy Brinkley, Jane Crofton, Maxine Baynor, Marie Baynor and Pat Davenport, ma jorettes. The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** II; A home newspaper dedicated ||| III to the service of Washington III III County and its 13,000 people. Ill VOLUME LX—NUMBER 21 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 26, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1889 Poppy Sale Saturday Planned by Auxiliary Preparations for the ob servance of Poppy Day here Saturday are about complete, according to Mrs. W. II. Thomas, chairman of the poppy com mittee of James E. Jethro No. 164 unit of the American Le gion Auxiliary. A corps of 18 Girl Scouts and members of the local auxiliary are to distribute veteran’s pop pies in the Plymouth business and residential district Satur day from 9 a. m. until the pop pies are sold. Over 1,000 pop pies have been received from Oteen Veteran's Hospital, near Asheville and Swannanoa Vet eran's Hospital near Fayette ville, where they were made by disable veterans of both world wars. Girls and women who plan to sell the poppies will receive a coin box, along with the flow ers, to receive contributions for the welfare of disabled veterans and needy children of veterans in this county. Change Minstrel to Tuesday, Thursday 1 Will Hold Town j Tax Sale July 5 P. W. Brown, chief of police and tax collector for the town of Plymouth, said yesterday that he was going ahead with plans to advertise property on which 1948 town taxes had not been paid. Property owners have only a few more days to pay up before the list will be prepared for publication. Mr. Brown said the sale would be held on Tuesday July 5th, in front of the courthouse door. Usually the property is offered on a first Monday, but the first Monday in July falls on the 4th, a legal holiday, and the sale is being set for the 5th. He asks all those who have not paid their 1948 taxes to do so at once and avoid the added in terest and costs incident to ad vertising. Final Exercises -SeL Tonight at Creswell School ♦ ■ - Rev. J. W. Alford, of Co lumbia, Will Be Main Speaker; Other Pro grams This Week ♦ First of the commencement programs at Creswell High School was the annual sermon to seniors, delivered by the Rev. J. W. Al ford, of Columbia, in the school auditorium there last Sunday. Mr. Alford stressed the importance of using whatever talent each in dividual had in making the com munity a better place in which to live, keeping in mind the fact that God should have first place in their lives. The Rev. B. W. Gaither, rector of the Parson Pettigrew Parish, offered the invocation, which was followed by several songs by the senior class. The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. W. F. Meacham, of the Creswell Methodist church. Class night exercises were held in the school auditorium Wednes day night, and the graduating ex ercises will be held Thursday night at 8 o’clock, also in the au ditorium. Members of the graduating class are: Alice Davenport, Re becca Patrick, Maude Twiddy, Mary Gaither, Marian Phelps, Doris Hudson, Nona Furlough, Mildred Phelps, Vivian Holton, Norma Riddick, Jackie Craddock, Thomas Nooney, Stanley Hufton, Stancil White and Phillip John son. Jaycees To Meet Only Once Month — » ■ Tom Hopkins, president of the Plymouth Junior Chamber of Commerce, urged members to ad here more closely to parlimentary procedures in club meetings, in his initial speech to the group as head of the organization. Members of the club decided to meet once a month during the summer months on a Friday night when the local baseball team is playing out of town. Each session will be a dinner-meeting. Date of the first meeting in June will be announced later, accord ing to President Hopkins. James Boyce was appointed to make all purchases for the opera tion of concessions at the base ball park during the summer, as he did last year. Stewart Saund ers and Percy Ashby were nam ed to the program committee, with Mr. Saunders as chairman. Bill McCombs was put in charge of food arrangements. Sponsored by Lions Club For Benefit of Recrea tional Fund; 28 Persons In Cast Turn your thoughts to by-gone days. Get set for nights of fun and frolic. “Plymouth Mins trels,” for the benefit of the local Lions Club recreation fund, will be presented in the Plymouth High School auditorium next Tuesday and Thursday nights at 8 o’clock. Originally scheduled for next Monday and Tuesday nights, the performance scheduled for Mon day night has been postponed to Thursday night, so as not to in terfere with the Wake Forest Plymouth baseball exhibition game. Persons who have pur chased tickets for the Monday night minstrel show may use them for the Thursday night perform ance, E. M. Leavitt, chairman of the minstrel committee, said yes terday. A cast of 27 Plymouth residents and three from out-of-town will perform under the direction of Mrs. W. J. Weaver. Fred Keyes is the interlocutor. Endmen in clude Frank Brinkley, Dave Hur ley, Snooks Burnham, Grady Hop kins, James Boyce and Dick Her ring. Specialty numbers will be given by George Peele, Adrian Cobb, Woodrow Collins, Russell Chesson, and Tom Norman, of Roper; L. J. Darby and his father in-law, Eugene Cassler, of Ne wark, N. J., who has played with the George Primrose and Lew Docstadei Minstrels; Ben Tuck er, Nyal Womble, Robert Bow en, and Harold Whitley. The chorus includes the specialists and Elmer Leavitt, Roy Lowry, H. O. Lovic, E. H. Liverman, Dr. Alban Papineau, James Ward, Vance Norman and Wesley Mar row. Mrs. W. D. Walker is accom panist. Mr. Lovis and T. D. Som erville are in charge of lighting. H. C. Carter and Juluis Segerman are to take care of the stage props and costumes. Boy Scouts will usher at both performances. •_ Ruritans Mel in Creswell Monday The Creswell Ruritan Club held its monthly meeting in the school auditorium Monday night, with the better roads and schools pro gram as the chief topic of dis cussion. H. W. Pritchett made a talk on the forthcoming bond election, to be held June 4th, stressing the advantages to be derived by par ents and children in supporting the school and roads program ad vocated by Governor Scott. He concluded with an appeal for all Ruritans to go to the polls and vote their convictions. Several committee reports were heard. Mr. Furr reported for a special committee on the pos sibility of putting on a program to raise funds for the club, which will be given more consideration later. Visitors included Paul Liv erman, of Columbia; Herbert Lawrence, of Windsor, Va.; and J. B. Davenport, of Charlotte. ♦ ■— Plymouth Rotary Club Holds Regular Meeting ■ » Members of the Plymouth Ro-' tary Club held their weekly meet ing Tuesday night, with Bruce Bateman presiding over the group. James Gilreath was appointed to communicate with members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club about the pos sibilities of organizing a town softball league for the summer. Edward Owens outlined the program for the Rotary Interna tional Convention to be held in New York City in June. FieldDayTuesday At Tidewater Test Farm Near Here 500 to 700 Farmers See Demonstration Plots; Tours in Charge of College Specialists From 500 to 700 farmers, agri culture teachers, “G. I.” farm stu dents, county agents attended the field day activities Monday at the Tidewater Experiment Station, five miles east of Plymouth, ac cording to officials of the field day program. The morning session included field trips to forage plots, fire lanes, sheep and cattle pastures. A barbecue lunch was held at noon. L. Y. Valentine, of Ra leigh, State Commissioner of Agriculture, spoke about general agriculture conditions in the state. Dr. R. W. Cummings, as sociate director of the State Col lege Experiment Station, outlin ed the work being done at the local station. The entire afternoon was taken up by discussions, field visits and detailed instruction of the Irish potato experiments. The local station is a leader in Irish potato experimentation in this area, ac cording to J. L. Rae, jr.. assist ant director of the Tidewater Station. All the field visits to the vari ous plots were supervised by State College officials. State of ficials attending the field day program were: C. B. Thomas, State Director of Test Farms: Dr. W. E. Colwell, head of the agro nomy department at State Col lege: Dr. D. W. Colvard. director of the animal husbandry depart ment at State College; Dr. E. H. Hostetler, director of beef cattle and sheep at State College: Dr. Sam Dodson -and Dr. W. W. Woodhouse, of the agronomy de partment at State College; Dr. J. H. Hilton, director of the State College Experimental Station and dean of the college of agriculture: and members of the state board of agriculture: J. H. Winslow, of Greenville; and Miss Ethel Park er, of Gatesville. -1 Riles Saturday for Mrs. Alena Hassell — .... Creswell.—Mrs. Alena Hassell, widow of the late Charlie Has sell, died at her home in Creswell last Thursday morning at 7 o’clock after an illness of only a few days. She was 63 years of age. Mrs. Hassell was the daughter of the late Tom and Mrs. Penny Jones. She was born in Washing ton County on September 16, 1885 and lived in this section all of her life. For a number of years she was a member of the Mount Hermon Methodist Chuch. The funeral was held from the Homer Funeral Home in Cres well last Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, with the Rev. B. Wood Daither, of the Episcopal church, n charge. Interment was made in the family cemetery in the Cherry section. Pall-bearers were Dale Barnes, Floyd Long, Harold Long, Kie Edwards and Dennis Phelps. Mrs. Hassell is survived by lour sons: Dallas Barnes, of Rop ;r; Nathan Barnes, of William iton; Elmer Hassell, of Raleigh; md Leon Hassell, with the U. S. \rmy in Frankfort, Germany ;hree daughters: Mrs. Lettie Clif ;on, of Holland, Va.; Mrs. Frances Ed wards, Norfolk, Va.; and Mrs. Marjorie Spear, of Creswell. She ilso leaves two brothers, Aubert rones, of Jamesville; Jesse Jones, )f Creswell' eight sisters: Mrs. Eecil Godwin, Mrs. Lucy Alexan ler, Mrs. Ida Phelps and Mrs. Emma Spruill, of Creswell; Mrs. lennie Sawyer, of Elizabeth City; Mrs. Carrie Vanhorn and Mrs. Sadie Langley, of Norfork, Va.; Mrs. Maude Owens, of Columbia; iO grandchildren and 6 great 'randchildren. Interest in Bond Election June 4 Said To Be Increasing in County Woman's Club To Sponsor Drive for Concert Members —— Campaign Begins Mon day, Ends Saturday, June 4; Plan to Bring Noted Artists Here -1 The Plymouth Municipal Con cert Association announces a six day membership drive campaign, beginning Monday morning and ending Saturday evening, June 4th. Miss Leon Shelor, field repre sentative of William Z. Rozan’s Municipal Concerts, of Houston. Texas, will meet with officers and campaign captains in the Legion Hall at 10 a. m. Monday and supervise the drive. Officers of the local concert association are Mrs. B. G. Camp bell and Mrs. R. M. Allen co chairman; Mrs. Leroy Bateman, treasurer; and Mrs. Jack Brad ley, secretary. Campaign captains are: Mrs. David Jones. Mrs. J. S. Fleming, Mrs. Steve Clary, Mrs. Woodrow Collins, Mrs. Ben Gandcrson, Mrs. W. R. Klass, jr„ and Mrs. Hallett Everett, all of Plymouth; Mrs. Roy Hopkins, of Roper and Miss Matilda Alexander, of Creswell. Immediately following the meet ing, ticket sales will begin. The Plymouth Woman’s Club is sponsoring the organization of the local municipal concert associa tion. It is being formed to bring well known musical artists to per form in Plymouth in person, of ficials of the club said. Attend ance at the concerts will be open to everyone, without additional charge, who joins the association during the membership drive. No single admissions to the concerts will be sold. Memberships will be limited to the seating capacity of the high school auditorium. The concert association is non profit organization. Dues will be used for engaging artists. At least three concerts are presented each season and as many more as the budget makes possible. DDT Unit Sprays On County Roads The Washington-Tyrrell Dis trirHealth Department DDT unit is again spraying along county roads, Delbert Allen, sanitation officer, said yesterday. Spraying operations are progressing along the Cross Roads and are expected to move along the Mackeys Road toward Pleasant Grove next week, Mr. Allen added. After completion of DDT spray ing activities in Roper, houses in the county which received a spraying totaled 1,127; 225 re fused the use of the spray; 14 have been found vacant; and 166 were locked. 18-Year-Olds Must Register in 5 Days ♦ — Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, clerk to the Washington County Selective Service Board, reminds young men that they are still required . to register within five days after their eighteenth birthday. Ex-ser- ; vice men are also required to register with the board within 30 : days after receiving their dis charge. While no draft quotas are be ing filled at this time, men sub- , ject to the draft are urged to comply with the law requiring registration. Those who fail to do so will be classed as delinqu ents and are subject to severe penalties if the failure to register is deliberate. Hail Damages Crops In County This Week Considerable damage was done to field crops in the Plymouth and Roper sections by a severe hail and wind storm that struck about 2 o’clock Tuesday % after noon. Tobacco, corn, cotton and Dther growing crops were hard hit by the storm, which lasted Eor only a short time. , Most of the crop damage center sd along jthe hard-surfaced road between Plymouth and Roper. The Macedonia section appeared to have been hit hardest, but damage was done on the Hamp ton farm at the edge of town, and also in the Mill Pond section near Roper. The hail stones were of exceptionally large size in this! immediate section. Leaves were beaten from the ; trees here in town, gardens de-1 stroyed in numerous instances, and a number of window panes were broken at the high school building. Tobacco and corn crops suffered the most damage in the country. Quite a number of claims have been filed by persons who had hail insurance, -'accord ing to local insurance agents. 750 Given Free Flies! A-liar* at I ni! Here The mobile X-ray unit, now stationed in front of the bank on Water Street in Plymouth for all county persons to get a free X-ray to check for tu berculosis, will be in Plymouth through Saturday afternoon, ac cording to officials of the Wash ington-Tyrrell District Health Department. The unit will visit no other towns in Washington County. It is open from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. Only persons 15 years old and older, colored or white, unless they are known contacts of tuberculosis, are eligible for the X-ray photographs. It takes only a few minutes. No undressing. Every person who is X-rayed receives a confiden tial report by mail. Approximately 750 persons were X-rayed here Tuesday and Wednesday, which kept the unit workers busy. Health de partment officials urge every county resident, colored or white, to take a few minutes off and get a free X-ray. Graduation Program Here Set for Tonight Dr. John D. Messick, of Greenville. Is Principal Speaker; Awards To Be Made -* The 1948-49 school term will be j brought to a close in Plymouth tonight, when members of the senior class will be awarded di plomas in graduation exercises at the high school auditorium, starting at 8 o’clock. The annual literary address will be made by Dr. John D. Messick, president of East Carolina Teachers College. Greenville. Dr. Messick will be introduced by Roy F. Lowry, county super intendent of public instruction, following the invocation by the Rev. Paul B. Nickens, and the salutatory address by Ann Tet terton, of the senior class. Special awards will be presented by Principal J. S. Fleming, and the Woman’s Club medal for highest scholastic achievement will be presented by Mrs. W. J. Woolard, past president of the club. Follow ing presentation of diplomas, Helen Alexander, will deliver the class valedictory. A. Lloyd Owens, chairman of the local school committee, will present diplomas to the graduates. Members of the senior class are: Clarence Alexander, Foster Ange, Alton Beddard, Jack Booker, Rogers Byrd, Robert Hamilton, William McKeel, Louis Singleton, Ronald Slaughter, Melvin Styons, Helen Alexander, Frances Ange, Ross Ayers, Betty Jo Bowen, Gladys Rose Carr, Elizabeth Lane (Peggy) Cox, Evelyn Gurganus, Jeanne Harrison, Ramona Har rington, Barbara Matheny, Mar tha Parker, Gloria Peyton, Grace lyn Reid, Carolyn Spruill, Lorena Snell, Helen Styons and Ann Tet terton. The commencement exercises aegan Sunday night, with the an lual sermon by the Rev. John Page Williams, headmaster of St. Christophers School, Richmond, Va., who used as his subject, ‘Press On, Meet Life’s Challenge With Courage.” The Rev. J. D. Rfaters, of the Plymouth Chris ;ian Church, gave the invocation ind prayer, and the Rev. J. O. l*>ng, of the Plymouth Methodist Church, read the Scripture lesson ind delivered the benediction, rhe high school glee club sang leveral numbers, and a violin solo vas presented by Mrs. Ethel G. iopkins. “The Forty-Niners,” senior class light exercises, was presented in he auditorium Tuesday night, rhe opening scene was laid in a vestern desert in 1849. Members i >f the graduating class ’49 Cali ’ornia gold seeking pioneers on heir way to the far west. Old :ime favorite songs were sung ind a specialty dance was pre iented during this scene. In the second part, the seniors leld their last class meeting, presided over by Louis Singleton, dass president. Those taking iart in the program included Helen Alexander, historian; Helen -Tsee^SCHOOL7?age~~Twelve)~' — ♦ Gilbert D. Davis Will Receive Degree at TCU -* Gilbert D. Davis, of Plymouth will receive the degree of Bache lor of Divinity from Texas Chris tian University, Fort Worth, Texas, at the commencement ex ercises on Sunday, May 29, ac cording to announcement this week. Mr. Davis is a member of the largest graduating class in TCU history, a total of 535 per sons being scheduled to receive degrees at the exercises in Fort Worth’s Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium Sunday night. j $300 Allotted for ! Streets in Roper The Town of Roper has S300 allotted for street improve ments and not $3,000, as was reported following1 the first meeting of the new' town board there on May 10. The error was contained in a typewritten report of the meeting submit ted to the Beacon for publica tion a couple of weeks ago. W. Barton Swain is the new street commissioner for the town, and after it was reported that $3,000 was available for street improvements he began receiving requests for work on almost every thoroughfare in the town. He wishes it to Oe known that he only has $300, and that will hardly take care of all the requests that have been made. 12 Roper Students To Get Diplomas al Exercises Tonight —4 Dr. Cecil A. Jarman, of Wilson, Speaker; Prin cipal To Present Vari ous Awards Twelve graduating seniors of Roper High School will partici pate in their last home school function as students when they receive their diplomas at the com mencement program in the school auditorium tonight. The program begins at 8 o’clock. Dr. Cecil A. Jarman, pastor of the First Christian Church, of Wilson, is scheduled to deliver the commencement address. Prin cipal Harold F. Brown will in troduce the speaker and also make the presentation of awards. Joan ie Stillman will give the saluta tory and Nina Stillman the vale lictory. The Rev. B. E. Bingham, pastor of the Roper charge, will ieliver the invocation. The school ?lee club and a trio composed of Eva Davenport, Gloria Harris and Ifiola Everett plan to render sev eral musical selections. L. E. Hassell, sr., chairman of :he county board of education, vill present diplomas to Douglas tthesson, Vernon Everett, Viola Everett, Eva Davenport, Joanne Stillman, Nina Stillman, Mary Leone Swain, Gloria Harris, John Bembridge, Alice Grimes, Doris Freeman and C. J. Belch. ♦ League Directors Meet Last Night -- ■ -+ Albemarle League directors, in their final pre-season meeting at Hertford last night, adopted rules and regulations for the current season after a lengthy discussion. The bylaws are substantially the same as last year, according to W. H. Joyner, who attended the meeting as representative of the Plymouth club. It was decided that all rained out, postponed or tied games would either be played off on the following Sunday or as the first game of a twi-light double-header at the next meeting of the clubs concerned. President Howard Gaylord, of Jamesville, presided over the ses sion, which is the last to be held before the league season opens Wednesday of next week. Little Opposition Report ed To School Bonds; Vote on Roads Issue May Be Close -4 Washington County people are beginning to show more interest in the school and road bond elec tion set for Saturday, June 4th, according to J. E. Davenport, county chairman of Better Schools & Bonds. Inc., a citizens commit tee formed to acquaint North Car olinians with facts concerning the propised issue. Mr. Davenport has been devot ing most of his time for the past week in visiting various sections of the county in the interest of the bond proposals. He said yes terday that a big majority of rural people favored both the $200,000,000 issue for improved roads and the $25,000,000 for school - building construction. About the only opposition found is against the proposed road bonds issuance, and much of that is based on misinformation, accord ing to the chairman. Reports have been circulated that the entire $200,000,000 for roads must be expended during the four-year term of Governor Scott. This is not true, Mr. Dav enport said, explaining that Gov ernor Scott has emphasized that the bonds will be issued only as needed and only as the money can be used wisely and economi cally. It is not anticipated that the program can be completed in four years, but authorization for the full issue is needed in order that a sound and comprehensive program can be planned. Unless a broad program It adopted and planned, the chair* man states, communities which can bring the most political pressure will be the ones to get most at the roads, leaving the sections with small population and little political influence to get) as best they can. However, j| the overall program favi Governor Scott, the law how much is to be spent' county, and there can be i tion of equitable distril Passage of the bond enable the highway commission to group projects and plan road construction on a broad scale, en abling builders to operate on long stretches at a time, speeding up construction and saving consider able sums. Short jobs do not justify this. Some road construc tion experts estimate that the saving on construction costs as outlined above may more than offset the interest on the bonds. The only increase in taxation proposed is 1 cent per gallon on gasoline. This will raise an esti mated $7,000,000 per year for in terest and bond retirement. Under the suggested schedule for sale and retirement of the proposed bond issue. $50,000,000 worth of bonds would be sold on January 1, 1950. Each two years there after another $50,000,000 worth of bonds would be issued until the total of $200,000,000 is reached in 1946. The average annual cost for principal and interest under this schedule is estimated at $10,579, 296, based on a 24-year period and an interest rate of 2 per cent. Experts say the interest rate would be from 1% to 2 per cent, as compared with rates up to 5 per cent for the road bonds is sued in the 1920’s. (See BOND VOTE, Page Twelve) Local Flier Hurl In Air Accident -» J. S. “Dick” Norman, operator of the Albemarle Flying Service and owner of the air field located near here, was painfully injured last Thursday afternoon about 6 o’clock in a crash on the Sheriff Reid farm. Removed to the Chowan Hospital after receiving first-aid treatment here, he was able to return home Sunday and is improving rapidly from his in juries. The accident occurred while he was dusting a field on the Reid farm. He had made one run over the field at low level and started up to make a turn to return. The tail of the plane hit a tree at the edge of the field, and the ship then crashed in the woods. County Agent W. V. Hays and the tenant on the farm pulled Mr. Norman from the wrecked ship and had him removed to the office of Dr. T. L. Bray here. It was found that the flier had suffered a head wound and a cracked collarbone. The airplane was said to be almost a total loss. Mr. Norman had just completed the installation of crop dusting and seeding equipment on the plane.
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