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T'own opic§ P. B. Bateman was this week appointed chairman of the district membership committee of the North Carolina Department of the * American Legion. The apoint ment was made by R. C. Good win. of Raleigh, department com mander. Mr. Bateman has been active in Legion affairs for a number of years and is a past commander of the local post. Warren Lupton, of Raleigh, chief of law enforcement for the Wildlife Resources Commission, complained of pains in his stom ach while in the county last week end supervising raids for game law violators. It was learned later this week that upon his return to Raleigh, he was taken to a hospit al and operated on Monday for appendicitis. He was reported to be getting along very well fol lowing the operation. County “bush growers” have been asked to refrain from chew ing bubble gum until after the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration in September. Celebration officials explained that a bursted bubble might cause dire complications of the facial area, causing the “bush grower" to lose his temper, his patriotic spirit for the celebration, and very likely his “bush.” Miss Mae Mitchell, of the state Farm Home Administration of fice, Raleigh, and Miss Marian Perry, of the Pitt County FHA office, are assisting Willis Bow en. local administrator with of fice work this week. Mrs. L. W. Gurkin, sr., cf Ply mouth, bought the first cosmetics permit entitling her to member ship of the “sisters of the swish league.” according to James Boyce, chairman of the conces sions and novelties committee of of the Sesqui-Centennial Cele bration. The money with which she purchased the permit will go into the fund to sponsor the 150th anniversary event here in Sep tember. ■-1-.— Home Ec Section On Accredited List The men' SchoA ■ cational-educational department come September, when school be gins. according to information from Miss Kathrine Dennis, state supervisor of home economics, Raleigh, through the county su perintendent’s office. Miss Dennis’ report indicated that the local high school home economics department had met the high standard of qualification by operating with all the neces sary equipment. The equipment was purchased about two years ago by the local Parent-Teacher association, which put on a drive and collected $2,300 for the pro ject. The federal government, state and county will each pay one third of the vocational-education al department’s cost qf operation. Miss Carolyn Brinkley, present home economics teacher will as sume the title of vocational-edu cational teacher. % Owner of Famed “Devil Dog” Is Employed Here \ J. A. Chesson, native of the Roper section who has been liv ing in Mobile, Ala., for the past several years, has been employed by the House Chevrolet Company here as combination salesman and par’s man. He entered upon his new work Monday of this week. While in Mobile he was employ ed by the Hamrick Motor Com pany, Oldsmobile dealers there. Mr. Chesson is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Chesson, of Roper. It will be remembered that he was with a U. S. Marine Corps "Devil Dogs” detachment which saw much action in the Pacific dur ing the war. As a trainer of the “war dogs,” used in ferreting out Japs during the islands cam paign, he was overseas with the yirst Marine Division for 38 months. When he came out of the ser vice after the war, Mr. Chesson brought his dog, “Samson,” a i pedigreed Doberman-Pinscher, with him. “Samson” was officially credited with killing 36 Japs dur ing the Okinawa campaign, and his master said that he was re sponsible for the deaths of hun dreds of others flushed out and i shot down by accompanying Ma- \ rines. t Since the war, Mr. Chesson has ; trained “Samson” to do many c tricks, and he is now very gentle, e Several months ago, Mr. Chesson and “Samson” appeared on the l Horace Heidt radio show, after ( winning a talent contest over 3,- i 000 other entries. He plans to t bring the dog here to be with 1 him in the near future. < 1 ] “Sisters of Swish” Rules in Outline -*-— - -4 1 ( “To wear cosmetics, or not to wear cosmetics,” to garble a fam ous Shakespearean phrase, is the question that most Washington County women are pondering these days. The organization of the coun ty's “sisters of the swish” league as part of the 150th anniversary celebration of the founding of the county to be held in Plymouth September 18-22, caused all the pondering. For the rules of the league read something like this ... If a wo man 20 years-of-age or older agrees to go without facial make up until sometime during the celebration in September, she signs a certificate to that effect. If the said signer “tries to pull a fast one,” and is caught wearing make-up, or anyone who is caught in such an unpatriotic ac tion, they then will be “hauled in” to a kangaroo court, which convenes about September 1. The sentence will be left up to the court. All the teen-age girls in the county are required, as a patriot ic gesture, to wear a man’s neck tie about their waists at all times. The kangaroo court will be in session for those who do not abide by the rules. However, all the women and ] teen-age girls can clear them selves of this mess, if they pur- t chase a cosmetics permit. The per mit entitles the woman to wear make-up and the girl to go with out a necktie. However, these per- ] mits should be carried at all ] times. ! The permits can be purchased : in Plymouth from W. J. Weaver, i Bessie LeFever or any member i of the Junior Chamber of Com merce. Persons in various sections i tions of the county have permits 1 to distribute. They will be nam- : ed next week. 1 The Roanoke Beacon *★★★★* and Washington County News ★★★★★★ VOLUME LX NUMBER 29 • Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 21, 1949 iff.*. A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 13,000 people. ESTABLISHED 1889 V... } [Dollar Davs at Loral I • : j Stores on August .5-0! Friday and Saturday, August 5 and 6, will be “Dollar Days” at Plymouth stores, according to plans mapped out at a meet ing of the merchants association held here Tuesday night. It was decided to ask all mer chants in town to join in offer ing on the two “Dollar Days,” whether or not they are mem bers of the association. Special promotional banners and pennants have been secur ed for use inside stores, and they may be obtained at cost upon application to Earl Smith. association secretary, at Spiv ey’s Store here. Those who plan to cooperate in the promotion are also asked to notify Mr. Smith. It is planned to ask town councilmen to allow free park ing on the two “Dollar Days.” in which event paper bags will be placed over the parking meters. It is hoped that joint action by local merchants in offering exceptional values dur ing the two-day period will serve to stimulate business here and bring new customers to Plymouth. Drive Is Made on Illegal Hunting bloodshed ] BOX SCORE S From midnight Monday of last week through midnight Monday of this week, 17 per sons were killed in North Car olina highway accidents and 19-1 were injured, the State Highway Patrol has reported. Following is the box score for this year, as compared with the same period last year: Killed July 12 through July 18 17 Injured July 12 through July 18 ._.- 194 Killed through July 18, this year .. . 409 Killed through July 18, 1948 .-._ 353 Injured through July 18, this year 4,660 Injured through July 18, this year - 4,660 Injured through July 18, Here Last Friday With Clean Docket Four Criminal and Six Civil Actions Disposed Of During Last Three Days of Term --- Four criminal cases and six ci vil cases were disposed of in the last three days of the July term of Washington County Superior Court,, which ended Friday. One criminal case consumed most of two days. The court found Cary Brown, jr., colored, of Plymouth, guilty of assault on a female. He was Airplane and Six Radio Patrol Cars Used in Spotting Violators in Section Last Week-End -* A large number of arrests were effected, three in Washington County, and a number of other game-law violators were routed in four counties of this section last week-end, when local game protectors, with the aid of the law enforcement division of the Wild life Resources Commission, start ed a determined “crack-down” to reduce the amount of illegal hunt ing in the region. An airplane and six patrol cars, all equipped with two-way radios, were used in making the raids on a wide scale in Washington. Tyr rell, Hyde and Beaufort Counties. At least three persons were cited in Tyrrell County, and several others in Beaufort and Hyde, in addition to the three caught in Washington County. The first round-up was made Friday night on the Beech Ridge road, near Pantego, where two men were caught fire-lighfiing deer. They were to be tried in Beaufort County Recorder's Court this week.j Sunday morning the officers arrested two men near Roper, IVilliam Davis and John Rhodes, and charged them with hunting an Sunday and .out of season, rhey were fined $10 each on the first charge and $25 for the se cond in recorder’s court Tuesday, n addition to the court costs, flonnie Sawyer, of Holly Neck, dso was cited for being out with a gun on Sunday, and was let off rpon payment of the costs in ;ourt here Tuesday. The airplane was used for spot ing violators, while the radio called up the patrol cars to make arrests. In addition to those :aught, several others got away aefore one of the cars could get o them, according to officials. Hugh Hines, of Wilmington, vas pilot of the airplane used, and District Protector Ben James, >f Willaimston, served as radio iperator for him. The patrols vere made under the supervision >f Warren Lupton, of Raleigh, hief law enforcement officer for he commission. County Game ’rotector J. T. Terry and Bill ~(SeTDWvFMAMTPagr7r~ — ♦ — (Jew Teacher Is Signed for Roper -1 Miss Elizabeth Worthington, of , Vinterville, has been signed to each in the grammar grades at 1 he Roper High School next fall, ccording to information from the ffice of the county superintend nt of schools. Miss Worthington received a achelor of arts degree from East ; iarolina Teachers College, Green ille, in 1947. She has taught he fifth grade in Grifton and yinterville Schools, both in Pitt ^ lounty. South Albemarle Homecoming Set For August 10th Will Be Held at Manns Harbor; Invitations Be ing Sent to All Former Residents of Section -• The Southern Albemarle Asso :iation last week began working an plans for a Southern Albe marle homecoming celebration to be held at Manns Harbor on Wed nesday, August 10. The homecom ing committee met in Manteo Wednesday of last week to make tentative arrangements for the event. Melvin R. Daniels, chair man of the committee, presided. It is hoped to make the cele bration the largest event of its kind ever held by the association since it was organized in 1935. A special program is being develop ed. to be followed by a picnic din ner. Music is to be provided by the Elizabeth City and Plymouth High School bands, it was stated. The annual business meeting of the association will be held in the afternoon, and there will be a number of entertainment features in addition. Invitations are to be sent to all former residents of the four counties which are members of the association, urging them to return for the celebration. Those who have addresses of former residents who should be invited are requested to furnish the ad dresses to the vice president of the association for their respect ive counties. Everyone in the member counties of Dare, Wash ington. Hyde and Tyrrell Coun ties is invited to attend and bring a basket picnic dinner. Members of the homecoming committee are: Melvin R. Daniels, of Dare, chairman; H. W. Prit chett, of Creswell; W. S. White, of Manns Harbor; W. W. Watson, of Lake Landing; and Paul Liver man, of Columbia. Book Circulation Is Up in County Circulation of free library books in Washington County jumped from 15,205 in the fiscal year end ing June 30. 1948, to 21,600 for the year ending June 30, 1949, ac cording to the annual North Car olina Public Library Report made out by Mrs. Jack Bradley, coun ty librarian. The county bookmobile, which started service in the county dur ing February, has helped the cir culation greatly, Mrs. Bradley said. Persons who were unable to get to the library in Plymouth or the book stations in Roper and Creswell in previous years are now regular library patrons, as the bookmobile brings books to them. Of the books circulated through Dut the county during the past (’ear, 10,907 were adult fiction; 1,226 adult non-fiction; 8,593 ju venile fiction and 874 juvenile ion-fiction. Total number of books in the library at this time is 6,757 as :ompared to 5,929 last year. The list includes 2,947 adult fiction looks, 1,566 adult non-fiction, 1, 594 juvenile'fiction and 550 ju venile non-fiction. Book borrowers, who register or a three year period, reached he total of 1,309 this year as com lared to 870 last year. Adults re ’istered number 745. There are >64 juveniles registered. DDT Crew Works In Scuppernong -« Scuppernong Community is the cene of operations this week for he DDT sprayer unit crew of the ff ashingto n-Tyrrell District lealth Department, Delbert Al en, sanitation officer, reported 'esterday. Thus far in the county, 1,816 louses have been sprayed with 3DT to combat insect pests, louseholders in 319 houses re used to use the spray. Vacant Iwellings have numbered 21. The rew has found 237 houses'locked ipon arrival for work. -»-. Local Legion Post to Meet at 7:15 Friday Members of the James E. Jeth o Post No. 164 of the American region are scheduled to have a hort business meeting Friday light in their hall at 7:15, accord ng to Dallas Waters, local com nander. The meeting will begin 45 min ites earlier than usual to allow hose who have other engage nents to make them on time, -ommamder Waters said. Stamp Sales Up at Post Office; Money Orders on Decline —«— Report Is Made on First Six Months Business at Office Here by Post-' master J. C. Swain Stamp sales at the Plymouth post office showed a slight in crease in the first six months of 1949 over the corresponding pe riod of 1948, it was learned this week from Postmaster J. Corbett , Swain. Money orders showed a substantial decline during the i same period, the postmaster stat ed. During the first quarter of the 1 year, both stamp sales and money j orders showed a decrease. How ever. the increase during the se cond quarter was sufficient for the stamp sales to pick up the I difference and show a slight gain, although money orders continued I to show a drop. Last year. February and March were the big months in stamp j sales, while this year the largest months were March and May. March was the best month for money orders in both years. Total stamp sales for the first six months of 1949 were $10,053. 31. against $9, 840.76 last year, a gain of $212.55 this year. Money orders amounted to $180,391.65 this year, against 3190,729.23 last year, reflecting a decrease of $9, 339.50. -♦ Small Crowd at Tobacco Meeting Due to the storm, only about 20 persons attended the organiza tion meeting for the tobacco re ferendum held at the agricultur al building here last Friday night, but enthusiasm was said to have been high among those present. .7. L. Kelton. of the state AAA of fice, was in charge of the session, and W. W. Eagles made the prin cipal talk. Committeemen who attended were urged to get out the vote at the referendum to be held on Sat urday of this week, when the fate of the tobacco control program will be decided for another three years. It is felt that a big majori ty of county farmers will vote for quotas for another three years if they go to the polls, but there is some apathy and a light vote is forecast. W. M. Darden, president of the Washington County Farm Bureau Federation, was present and vol unteered to get, out cards to all members of that organization urging those eligible to vote Sat urday. Revival Services At Wenona Church -—4 The Rev. G. C. Bland, pastor of Philippi and Scuppernong Churches of Christ began a series of revival services at the Wenona Church of Christ Monday of this week, July 18, and will continue ] it through Wednesday, July 27. The public is cordially invited to ■ attend all services. , Young peoples’ meetings, under ] the direction of Miss Millie Wood ley and) Mr. Bland, begin each 1 night at 7 o’clock, and worship services follow at 8 p. m. Attend ance thus far has been good, ac cording to reports, and Mr. Bland is anticipating a great revival. 'Youth for Christ' Rally Set Sunday; -•- : The next “Youth for Christ” rally in Washington County will i be held next Sunday, July 24, at ‘ Scuppernong Church of Christ, 1 starting at 3 p. m., according to s the Rev. G. C. Bland, adult super- s visor. Dallas Ayers, student at i Johnson Bible College, Kimbcrlin i Heights, Tenn., will be the princi- 1 pal speaker. < Features of the rally include a * Bible quiz, Bible IQ test, solos, and quartet singing. “The old are j invited and the young are urged to attend,” Mr. Bland said Mon day in announcing the rally. -♦_ Library To Close for Week, Starting Aug. 1 • The Washington County pub lic library in Plymouth will be closed the week of August 1-6. while Mrs. Jack Bradley, county librarian, takes her annual vaca- 1 tion, Mrs. Bradley announced yes terday. During the week the ■ county bookmobile will continue its regular schedule of stops. Farmers Vote on Tobacco Quota Program Saturday Power To Be Cut Off j Several Hours Sunclay j S. P. Woolford.manager of the YVilliamston district of the Virginia Electric & Power com pany, announced yesterday that the power in this section would be turned off Sunday morning, July 24, between the hours of 4:30 a. m. and 8 a. m. Due to the increasing de mands for electric power, the company has found it necessary to make certain changes to in crease the capacity of the 110, 000-volt sub-station at Tarboro. The current will be turned off Sunday morning for the safety ; g of men working in the sub-sta- I f tion. In case of bad weather | a Sunday, the work will be post- d poned until the following Sun- t day, at the same hours. s The following towns and sur- p rounding areas served by the VE&P Company will be affect- g ed: Plymouth, Roper, Creswell, a Columbia. Scotland Neck. Leg- a getts, Lawrence, Speed. Cone- i toe. Bethel, Robersonville, Hamilton. Williamston and Jamesville. ( Hoey To Be Speaker i At SesquiCentennial ( Accepts Invitation to Make Initial Speech at Celebration Here Sep tember 19th United States Senator Clyde R. Hoey, has accepted an invitation i :o speak here during the Sesqui- | Centennial Celebration this fall, j according to W, Roy Hampton, thairman of the speaker's com- ! nittee. He joins Senator Frank P. Gra- j lam. Representative Herbert C. Bonner and Carl Goerch, editor of :he State Magazine, Raleigh, who previously accepted to speak on separate days during the celebra :ion of the 150th anniversary of she founding of the county. The oig birthday party will be held n Plymouth. September 1 8 Shrough the 22nd. Senator Hoey is scheduled to speak at the opening exercises of he celebration on Monday, Sep sember 19. designated as “Digni tary Day.’’ Plans call for Mr. Goerch to speak Monday night, September 19, prior to the raising of the cur tain on the first of four spectacles o be presented on consecutive rights at the baseball park. Senat ir Graham will be the speaker tin the “Youth Day” program, ruesday, September 20; and Re iresentative Bonner will give the nain address on “Homecoming Day,” Wednesday, September 21. The principal speaker for “Vet ?rans and Patriots Day” Thurs iay, September 22, the last day if the celebration, has not been lamed, according to Chairman Hampton, but the engagement vill be filled soon. Dance for 'Bush Growers' Aug. 5 -« A dance will be given at Albe narle Beach on Friday night, Vugust 5, honoring the bearded >rothers of the Washington Coun y Bush Growers’ League and ‘Sisters of the Swish,” according o announcement this week by j. W. Gurkin, owner of the beach. Details of the dance have not teen worked out, but Mr. Gurkin s endeavoring to secure an or hestra for the event, and prizes . vill be offered for the couple nost authentically portraying the . tyles of 1799, when the county iras organized. The “bush grow- ( rs” and “swish sisters” are eadying themselves for the , Washington County Sesqui-Cen ennial Celebration that will be ( eld in the county September 18 2. Those who are not taking part n the “bush-growing” and swishing” will be admitted, but ikely at a higher rate. Special ections will be reserved for pectators, including the “hen iecked and B-l’s.” All the pro eeds from the dance, above ac ual expenses, will be turned ov r to the celebration fund, Mr. lurkin stated. -4 legin Revival Sunday At Piney Grove Church Announcement was made this veek that an “old-time revival” vould begin next Sunday, July A, at the Piney Grove Free Wiil Japtist Church. The Rev. J. R. i'orrest, of New Bern, will bring he message each evening, begin ling at 8 o’clock, assisted by the lastor, the Rev. Richard Ambrose, if Creswell. The meeting will run hrough the fifth Sunday night, luly 31. The public is cordially invited :o attend all services. Polls Open From] 8 To 6 Saturday | Polls for the tobacco refer endum Saturday of this week, July 23. will be open from 8 a. m. until fi p. m„ it was announc ed last week by the county AAA committee. Polling plac es and officials have been ap pointed as follows: For growers in the Roper, Pleasant Grove, Cherry, Cres- , well and Mount Pleasant com munities: At Knowles’ Grocery , in Roper. F. C. Tarkenton, W. , C. Spruill and R. W. Lewis, , pollholders. , For growers of the Plymouth and Long Acre sections: at the Agricultural Building in Plym outh. H. G. Simpson, Joe Snell and Wilson Bowen are poll holders. Very Poor Season For Cucumbers Is Drawing to Close Local Plant Has Received About 35,000 Bushels; Growers Paid Total of About $70,000 One of the poorest cucumber seasons in recent years is coming lo a close, it was learned yester day from C. W. Dinkins, manag er of the C. C. Lang & Sons plant here on Brinkley Avenue. Mr. Dinkins said that deliveries had about come to a standstill, and t is expected that few will be re reived during the remainder of :he current week. Heavy rains starting about two rr three weeks ago just about -uined the crop in this section, sut, despite that, the local plant lad paid out upwards of $70,000 ;o farmers at what is ordinarily i very dull season for them. The : ocal plant had about 600 acres of 1 rucumbers under contract with * ibout 475 growers. 5 The season started off very * veil, but a great many growers 1 lever made more than one de- ; ivery, as the rains started about * he time harvesting began, mak- 1 ng it difficult to gather the cu ■umbers at the most advantage- 1 >us time. A few growers did very ^ veil, one farmer reporting a gross 1 ncome of $800 from two acres of 1 ■ukes. c Mr. Dinkins stated that about 1 me third of the 35,000 bushels re- 1 "Ts^rCCCUMBERSrKgTTP'is ?wo-Third Majority Will Be Required To Keep Quotas in Effect; Light Vote Forecast Washington County tobacco rowers, along with those of all lue-cured tobacco-producing reas, will go to the polls Satur ay of this week to vote on con nuance of two programs con ;dered by many to be vital to rofitable production of the golden leaf.” While the two pro rams are entirely separate, they re being held on the same date, t the same polling places and sing the same officials. First, and generally considered -.ost important is the vote on con inuance of tobacco quotas. Grow rs will have three alternatives: 'hev may vote for quotas for hree years. 1950. 1951 and 1952; hey may vote for allotments for he one year of 1950: or they may ■ote against anv quotas. The second referendum is on ontinuance of the 10 cents per ere levy for the Tobacco Asso iates export program. Purpose of his assessment is to raise the armers’ portion of funds neces ary to maintain an export pro ;ram for flue-cured tobacco be ng operated through Tobacco As ociates, Inc. Owners and operators of tobac •o farms, landlords, tenants, hare-croppers or any others who lave a direct interest in the pro :eeds of the 1949 tobacco crop ire entitled to vote in the refer endum. Farm leaders in this section are eriously concerned over the lack if interest in the referendum, and t is feared a light vote will be ■ast in this county. Unless the luotas are favored by two-thirds if the participating growers, tjie ■ontrol will be abandoned after his year, which means the price lupport program also will be ibandoned. There are 297 farms in Washi ngton County on which tobacco s grown, and there are an esti nated 400 to 500 persons eligible to vote. In the last election on the same question, in 1946, farmers rf the county supported the quo tas by a vote of 313 to 1, with 3 voters favoring one-year quotas. Every effort is being made by community committeemen and ithers who realize the importance 3f the price-support program to have a sizeable vote cast in the county. Except for 1939. when quotas were disapproved by the farmers and tobacco prices drop ped to an alarming extent, mar keting quotas have been in ef fect on flue-cured tobacco every year since enactment of the 1938 AAA act. There are two polling places n the county, at the agricultural building in Plymouth for farmers if the Plymouth and Long Acre (See^TOBACCoTPage^?) Marketing Cards Being Prepared -* The local Triple-A office force s busy right now preparing narketing cards for tobacco for he coming season, and they hould be ready for delivery to armers by the latter part of next reek. Growers will be notified nd requested to call at the office or the cards as soon as they are nade out. Tobacco markets in the local ielt will not open until August 8, but a few farmers in this sec ion usually sell some tobacco on he border markets, which will pen on August 2. It is expected hat less tobacco than usual will e carried that far this year, how ver, due to the short crop in this ection. Wedding at Baseball Game Here July 27 Benjamin Streeter lugwell, jopular young right fielder for he Plymouth Rams, and Miss -felon Marie Sturgeon, of Glen ialc, Ky . will be married at home Dlate in the baseball park here iext Wednesday night, July 27, oetwcen the first and second aalves of the fifth inning of a oaseball game between Plymouth ind Hertford, it was announced here yesterday. The Rev. J. D. Waters, pastor of the First Christ ian Church, will perform the ceremony. It is expected that a record crowd will be on hand for both the ball game and the wedding ceremony, as Tugwell is one of ---■ Ihc most popular members of the local team and has hundreds of friends throughout the section. Members of the two baseball clubs will serve as attendants during the ceremony. Miss Sturgeon is the daughter af Mr. and Mrs. George Sturgeon, af Glendale, Ky., but has been living in Wilson for the past sev eral months. Mr. Tugwell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Tug well, of Walstonburg. He has played baseball here for the past two seasons, and in the off-sea son is employed at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Com pany. The young couple plan to make their home in Plymouth.