1’own
opics
Mrs. Pearl Warren received
word yesterday morning from her
brother. L. S. Thompson, and his
wife and daughter, Dotty, that
they reached Niagra Falls, N. Y.,
Monday night on the first leg of
their two-week vacation trip by
automobile through Canada and
the New England states. Mr.
Thompson said before he left,
that this trip is the culmination
of a desire that he and his wife
has had for many years to visit
Canada.
Misses Josephine Davenport
and Betty Lou Davenport are at
tending 4-H Club Week at State
College in Raleigh this week.
They were accompanied by Mrs.
Frances M. Darden, county home
demonstration agent. The pro
gram includes a speech by Gov
ernor Scott and other state offi
cials, a wide range of educational
and recreational activities, in
cluding tours of Raleigh and the
State College campus. They are
expected to return home Satur
day.
The Ferree School of Art in
Raleigh announced this week that
examples of the work of Ivan
Atamanchuk, of Plymouth, will
be included in their annual stu
dent show, to be held in the fall
Included are works in pencil, pen
and ink. water colors and other
media. Atamanchuk is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Atamanchuk
and has completed his second
year at the school.
E. L. Smithwick, formely local
agent for the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, was trans
ferred July 18 to Asheville and
appointed assistant manager for
that district. Mr. Smithwick, who
has been very active in the Sea
Scout work here, expects to move
his family to Asheville about the
fifteenth of this month.
Mrs. Mack Davis
Funeral Monday
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Mrs. Mack Davis, respected citi
zen of the Jamesville communi
ty, died at her home there Sun
day after an illness of about five
weeks’ duration. She had been
in declining health f( ^ *<*v« r.l
vet.,? '>.,t her condition was not
rega ded as critical until the lat
ter part of June.
The former Miss Lula Mae
Mobley, she was born in Martin
county 62 years ago, the daugh
attif of the late W. A. and Amanda
Clark Mobley. When a young wo
man she was married to Mr. Dav
is, and he survives with one
daughter, Mrs. George W. Harri
son of Plymouth; seven sons, Ho
sea, Seth, Murray and Sherwood
Davis, all of Jamesville; Melvin
Davis, of Williamston; Ramond
Davis, of Norfolk; and Dan Davis,
stationed in California with the
navy: two brothers, Bob Mobley
of Jamesville and Theodore Mob
ley of Rocky Mount, and nine
grandchildren.
Mrs. Davis was a faithful mem
ber of the Corinth Free Will Bap
tist Church, giving of her time
and means to its support. She was
a devoted wife and mother, and
a good neighbor.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday afternoon in the Cor
inth church by Rev. P. B. Nickens,
Plymouth Baptist minister, and
burial was in the Davis family
^ cemetery near Jamesville.
Tom Brown Promoted to
Lieutenant With Patrol
Lt. Tom B. Brown, of the State
Highway Patrol, was a visitor in
Plymouth yesterday for a few
hours. It was Corporal Brown
when he was stationed in Plym
outh several years ago, but he
was promoted to sergeant and
transferred to New Bern. This
week, he received another pro
motion, becoming a lieutenant of
Company A, and his new head
quarters will be in Greenville. His
wife is the former Miss Frances
Beasley, of Plymouth.
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| Border Markets
^Opened Tuesday
Tobacco sales began Tuesday
on Border Belt markets, with
opening day prices general re
ported somewhat lower than
last year’s record high prices.
Early reports indicated an op
ening day average of from $50
to $52, as compared with $56.
09 at the start of the 1948 see
ing season.
Farmers generally were said
to be satisfied with the prices,
in view of the quality offered,
which was reported not as good
as last yeqr.<* Cigarette grades
were said to be bringing from
$55 to $65, with a few sales as
high as $77 reported.
Bright Belt markets, in which
this section is located, will have
their opening sales on Thurs
day, August 18.
The Roanoke Beacon
★ and Washington County News
★ ★★★★★
A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington
County and its 13,000 people.
ESTABLISHED 1889
VOLUME LX—NUMBER 31
Plymouth, Washington County, North Caiolina, Thursday, August 4. 1949
Dollar Days at Stores
Here Friday. Saturday
Plymouth merchants are get
ting ready for the biggest sales
promotional event to be held
here in years Friday and Sat
urday of this week, “Plymouth
Dollar Days.” Special $1 values
are being offered by practically
all the stores and business plac
es in town, and the event has
been extensively advertised
throughout the section.
Although “Dollar Days” are
sponsored by the Plymouth
Merchants Association, all the
stores in town were invited to
participate, and most of them
cooperating. Grocery stores,
clothing stores, 5 and 10s, hard
ware stores, drug stores, auto
supply places, and even some
of the filling stations have join
ed in to help present unusual
values that should make the
promotion a success.
The City Council is cooperat
ing by allowing free parking for
the two-day event, and it is
planned to put paper bags over
the meters Friday and Satur
day. All roads lead to Plymouth
stores Friday and Saturday, and
you are invited to come and get
your share of the bargains of
fered.
City Council Acts on
Garbage, Sewer Taps
! Bush Growers to
j March Saturday
Residents of Washington and
Tyrrell Counties call off the
hounds! The bush-growers are
coming to town Saturday after
noon.
Growers of beards, goatees,
side-burns and moustaches ac
companied by the Plymouth
High School Band will parade
through the streets of Creswell,
Columbia, Roper and Plymouth
in that order Saturday after
noon to advertise the Washing
ton County Sesqui-Centennial
Celebration to be held in Plym
outh September 18-22.
All bush growers and mem
bers of the high school band
are asked to meet in front of
the Plymouth High School
building at 1:30 p. m. Saturday
to prepare to make the journey.
Three Teachers
Hired for County
Schools Recently
Two foe Creswell and One
For Roper; One Resig
nation Is Received by
Board
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Three teachers signed to teach
in county schools beginning ir
September and one resigned dur
ing the week, according to infor
mation from the office of the
county superintendent.
Mrs. Elizabeth Worthingtor
Dail, of Winterville, recently em
ployed to teach in the grammai
grades at Roper, handed in hoi
resignation; and Mrs. W. H. Mar
tin, whose husband is stationed
at the Edenton Marine Base, has
been signed to teach in her place
Two teachers have been added
to the Creswell white school fa
culty. Miss Minnie Warren, oi
Snow Hill, Md., has been hired
to teach English. Robert N. John
son, of Jacksonville, Fla., is tc
teach English and typing anc
coach the boys’ bvketball team
Mrs. Martin is a graduate 01
Woman’s College, Greensboro
and has taken summer courses a’
the University of North Carolina
She has been teaching for nin<
years. She has taught the 4th anc
seventh grades at Salem School
in Burke County, the 8th grade
and general science at Morgantor
High School, Morganton; chem
istry and biology at Moloka
High School and the Schofield
Post School on the Hawaiian Is
lands.
Miss Warren has 30 teaching
years to her credit. She holds ar
A. B. degree from Western Mary
land College, Westminster, Md.
and an M.A. degree from the Uni
versity of Maryland. She did spe
cial work at Penn State College
Pa., and the University of North
Carolina. Miss Warren taught ai
Harmony High School in Iredel
County last year.
Mr. Johnson graduated frorr
the University of Florida ai
Gainesville, Fla., in 1948 with ar
A.B. degree. He taught at the
White Springs School in Hamil
ton, Fla. last year.
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Group Plans Musical
At Methodist Church
Preparations are being made tc
give a musical at the Plymouth
Methodist Church here at 5 p. m
Sunday, August 14.
Paul Waters plans to play the
organ. Mrs. Ethel G. Hopkins ii
scheduled to play the violin. Mrs
Kathleen Nobles, Lloyd Gilber'
and the Methodist Youth Choii
are also planning to take part ir
the program.
j require covered contain
ers Not Over 30 Gallon:
Capacity Within 5(
Feet of Street
In two important actions take]
at the regular meeting Monda;
night. Plymouth city councilmei
passed a new ordinance govern
ing garbage collection and move
to require all persons havin
sewer connection to be require
also to connect with the city wa1
er mains. Several other matter
were disposed of at the sessior
including awarding a contract fo
repairing and painting the cit
water tank.
Under the new garbage collec
tion ordinance, all householder
are required to have one or mor
covered containers, none of whic
is to have more than 30 gallor
capacity, and they must be plac
ed within 50 feet of the street o
the days garbage is collected. ,
schedule will be worked out an
home owners notified of the da
and approximate time garbap
will be collected.
<4uite a number of local horr
owners have sewer line connei
tions with the city system, bv
do not use city water. The boar
passed a ruling Monday requii
ing that a water connection 1:
made to every house which has
sewer connection, and that ;
least the minimum water fee c
$2 per month be charged.
It was ordered by the counc
that a taxi license be issued t
Charles Alexander partially dis
abled veteran. This makes a toi
al of six taxi operato-s license
by the town.
Upon request of W. Blount Rod
man, representing owners of th
Winesett real estate developmer
here, a revised map of the street
in the subdivision was approves
The council rescinded an orde
approving a previous map, due t
some errors having been discover
ed, and the street dedication sr
out in the new map was approv
ed.
Taking note of the sraa!
amount of highway funds allocai
ed to Plymouth for repair and up
keep of state highway runnin
through the town, as compare
with allotment for other towns c
similar and smaller size in th
section, the councilmen asked th
city attorney to apprise highwa
officials of the unusual growth c
the town since the last census an
the fact that the city limits ha
been extended twice since tha
time.
Permission was given for fre
parking here Friday and Satui
day of this week, “Plymouth Do!
lar Days,” sponsored by th
Plymouth Merchants Associatioi
Upon request of Fire Chit
Miller Warren, the councilme
approved an order for 200 fee
of hose for booster tanks on th
fire trucks, but held up an orde
for 500 feet of regular fire hos
for the present. The fire deparl
ment also was granted $2000 fc
expenses of delegates to the stat
firemen’s convention at Carolin
Beach August 15-18 and $250 fo
expense of the fire chief to th
annual meeting of the Interna
tional Fire Chiefs Association i
New Orleans the latter part c
September.
Mayor A. J. Riddle presided o\
er the meeting, with the follow
ing council members present: Vi
H. Joyner and E. D. Keel, firs
ward: Robert E. Bowen and f
H. Allen, second ward; and J. /
Holbrook, third ward.
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Darden Association To
Hold Meet August 14t,
The David Darden memori;
association will convene at the I
G. Darden home place on stai
highway 32 on Sunday, Augu:
14 at 11 a. m., according to Joh
W. Darden, president of the as
sociation.
Mr. Darden invites all men
bers of the family to attend an
bring their lunch.
Funeral Tuesday
| In Alexandria for
Stanton R.Norman
Prominent in Capital Real
Estate Field for Many
Years; Four Brothers
Live in Plymouth
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Stanton Robert Norman, 77.
native of Tyrrell County whose
family later became very prom
inent in this section, died at his
home in Alexandria, Va., last
Sunday after a period of declin
ing health extending over the
past several years. He was a bro
ther to James W„ J. S„ Z. V., and
C. J. Norman, of Plymouth.
Son of the late C. J. and Celeste
J. Norman, he was born in Tyr
i rell County on February 3, 1872.
He left home shortly before his
parents moved to Plymouth in
l 1891, going first to Norfolk, Va..
where he was err\ployed as a
bookkeeper f6r a store, later at
’ tending a business school there.
' Mr. Norman went from Nor
| folk to Washington, D. C.. where
he was a prominent figure in the
real estate field for some 35 or
L 40 years before his retirement
r about two years ago. He was one
j of a group of men who owned
and led in the development of
j Chevy Chase, Md„ one of Wash
, ington's most exclusive areas. Fol
| lowing his retirement about two
years he moved to Alexandria,
Va., where he has since resided.
He suffered a stroke of paraly
r sis in January of this year, but
f had recovered to some extent
when he was stricken again about
. a week ago. He was an active
s member of the Methodist church
E for many years. Mr. Norman had
i visited his brothers here on many
s occasions and had a wide circle
. of friends in this locality,
n The funeral was conducted by
\ his pastor from a funeral home ir
-j Alexandria Tuesday afternoon at
y 2 o'clock, and graveside services
e also were held in the Mount Olive
Cemetery, Washington, D. C.
e where interment was made.
Beside his widow, Mr. Normar
it is survived by one son, Robert T
d Norman, and a daughter, Mrs
. Charles Foley, both of Washing
e ton, D. C. He also leaves one
a sister, Mrs. L. A. Bodine, of Bowl,
t ing Green, Va.; and five brothers
f E. B. Norman, of Norfolk, Va.
James W„ J. S., Zeb V. and Ci
j cero J. Norman, all of Plymouth
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County Men Get
Degrees at State
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t Henry Osburne Dunbar, of We
s nona, and Harold Benton Daven
port, of Creswell, were among thi
r 122 students who received degree;
0 from North Carolina State Col
. lege, Raleigh, Saturday afternooi
t in the school’s first summer com
_ mencement program.
Mr. Dunbar received a bachelo
1 of arts degree in animal industry
. Mr. Davenport was given a bach
. elor of arts degree in agricultura
l education.
i Governor Kerr Scott deliverec
{ the principal commencement ad
» dress and awarded the graduate;
e certificates. Students will receivi
/ their diplomas through the mai
f later. Chancellor J. W. Harrelsoi
j presided over the service and con
j ferred the degrees,
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Colored Unit of Farm
e Bureau Meets Saturday
The colored unit of the Wash
e ington County Farm Bureau wil
'• meet Saturday morning at 10 o’
f clock in the J. J. Clemmon
’ School at Roper, according to ai
1 announcement made by T. L. Wil
e kins, unit president. He urges eve
r ry member and interested farme
B to be present.
County Board Acts
On Road Requests
At Meet Monday
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Tax Rate of $1.70 Offic
ially Adopted; Dele
gates to Southern Albe
marle Meeting Named
Members of the board of county
commissioners. Monday, received
word from the State Highway
and Public Works Commission
that approval of construction of
a road in Lees Mill township from
■the Cross Roard to near the home
of R. C. Chesson had been with
held, because of the need for a
60-foot width instead of a 30-foot
width as indicated.
The County commissioners ap
proved another resolution on the
matter and sent it on to the state
commission. The resolution sets
out the county commissioners be
lief that a 30-foot width for the
(road is ample and sufficient for
all necessary purposes. A high
state of cultivation is on adjoin
ing land, which is cleared and
high. A lesser width road would
fill the public need and do less
damage to the land.
| The tax rate of $1.70 for the
I fiscal year of 1949-50 was official
jly adopted by the commissioners.
' Breaking this ciown. it is found
j that the general county fund is
10 cents; poor fund. 5 cents:
health fund. 5 cents; old age as
sistance, 10 cents; aid to depen
dant children. 3 cents: school cur
rent expense. 40 cents; and debt
service fund, 97 cents.
A petition for widening Goard
Roard for one mile in Lees Mill
Township wfes accepted and sent
to the State Highway and Public
,Works commission.
R. L. Tetterton’s bid of $240 was
accepted for the labor, materials
and installation of one rest room
in the basement of the courthouse
for negro women and another in
the petit jury room on the left of
the courtroom. George Harrison's
bid of $415 -for labor, materials,
plumbing and fixtures for the rest
rooms was accepted.
The clerk was instructed to
write Highway Commissioner W.
Guy Hargett suggesting an in
crease of the ferry service from
Sandy Point to East Lake during
the remainder of the summer.
The commissioners feel that an
improved schedule would be of
greater service to this section.
E. J. Spruifl, couty tax collec
(See COUNTY BOARD7Page 7)
Revival Services Begin
! Monday at Roper Church
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The Rev. W. p. Stephens, pas
tor of the Baptist church in Rop
. er, has announced revival ser
. vices to begin on Monday night.
August 8, and continuing through
l Friday night, August 12. Services
will be held each evening at 8
o’clock. The Rev. Paul B. Nick
. ens, pastW of the Ludford Mem
orial Baptist Church, Plymouth,
’ will be the guest minister for
I the week. The public is cordially
invited and urged to attend.
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: Boy Breaks Neck
| While Swimming
Dallas Lilley, young son of Ar
thur I^illey, of Williams Town
ship, Martin County, suffered a
broken neck when he dived into
' shallow water at Albemarle
Beach near here Sunday after
• noon. The young man was said to
l be about 14 years old.
Few details of the accidents
i could be learned here, but it is
i understood that he was partially
■ paralyzed but resting fairly com
■ fortably in a Washington hospit
• al, where he was carried in a
Horner ambulance.
. Dates for Schools Are
; Set by County Board
t
County board of education
- members, at their meeting here
- Monday, approved school open*
^ ing, holidays and closing dates
■ and the acquisition of one white
and one colored supervisor, in
conjunction with Tyrrell County,
for the 1949-50 school year.
County schools are scheduled to
\j open September 1. Schools will be
closed all day on the following
1 dates known as school holidays:
>. October 28, district white teach
e ers meeting in Greenville; No
t vember 24 and 25, Thanksgiving
n vacation; December 21-30, Christ
- mas vacation; April 7, district
colored teachers meeting. April
- 10, Easter Monday. The closing
d date for the school year has been
set for May 26, 1950.
The Washington County Board
of Education, acting in conjunc
tion with the Tyrrell County
Board of Education, approved the
acquisition of one white and one
colored supervisor for both coun
ties as allotted by the state in ac
cordance with the teacher per
centage.
The white supervisor will
spend 15 school days in Washing
ton' County and 5 school days in
Tyrrell County each month. The
colored supervisor will be in
Washington County on 14’£
school days and 4Vi school days
in Tyrrell County each month
Each board is to provide the su
pervisors with transportation, of
fice space and supplement in pro
portion to the time spent in each
unit.
Program Tentatively Set
For County’s Celebration
laruival Saturday all
Edenton Marine Rase*;
An air demonstration and carn
ival will be held Saturday after
noon at the Marine Air Station
at Edenton. with proceeds for the
benefit of Navy Relief. The public
is invited and urged to attend,
and only a nominal charge is
being made at the gate. The pro
gram begins at 3 p. m.
The latest in jet airplanes will
be shown, with g group of pre
cision flyers, "Marine Phantoms,”
of Marine Fighting Squadron 122,
also giving a demonstration. Lt.
Col. Marion E. Carl, will com
plete several runs just as he did j
at Muroc Dry Lake when he won I
the official speed record of the
world. There also will be an air
plane flying backwards, sideways
and straight up and down.
There will be a number of.
games of skill and chance, bingo,
and the Flying Marine Bfend.
[ which is to give a program of
I military airs, classical and popu
lar music. There will be a large
number of prizes given away, in
! eluding seven valuable door priz
I es.
Southern Albemarle
Meeting Next Week
Homecoming Day To Be
Held at Manns Harbor
Wednesday: Dr. Henry
Jordan Speaker
Harry W. Pritchett, of Cres
well. Washington County vice
president of the Southern Albe
marle Association, expects to
head a large delegation from the
county to the Southern Albemarle
Homecoming Celebration, which
will be held at Mann's Harbor
Wednesday of next week. August
10. The semi-annual meeting of
the association will also be held
during the day.
Dr. Henry Jordan, chairman of
the State Highway & Public
Works Commission, is expected
to be the main speaker, and there
will be a number of distinguish
ed guests on hand, Mr. Pritchett
said this week. A basket picnic
will be held on the grounds and
the association plans to serve a
free fish dinner with all the trim
mings for those who prefer it.
Several thousand visitors are ex
pected to be on hand for the
event, many of them former resi
dents of the southern Albemarle
section.
Mr. Pritchett said there would
be plenty of soft drinks on sale
at regular prices. He extends an
invitation for everyone who can
to attend and take a basket. The
county has 50 official delegates to
the Southern Albemarle Associa
tion meeting, but a general invi
tation is extended to all to at
tend the homecoming. An all-day
program has been arranged, and
there will be beach and bathing
facilities available.
Former Residenl
Killed by Gunshot
Mrs. Hazel Coburn Clements,
of Hyattsville, Md., daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Coburn, of
Plymouth, was accidently shot to
death by her hurband, Leo Clem
ents, at their home in Hyattsville
Monday night about 7:30 p. m.,
while he was cleaning a gun, ac
cording to reports from the fami
ly
She was buried in cemetery
there yesterday. Attending the
funeral from Plymouth was Mrs.
George Coburn, her mother and
Bonnie Coburn, her brother. She
is also survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Ben Owens, of Norfolk, Va.
and Mrs. Sam Wayburn, of Ral
eigh.
Mrs. Clements was born on Jan
uary 13, 1913 in the Dardens sec
tion of Martin County and moved
to Plymouth when she was a
small child. She had been liv
ing away from Plymouth the past
12 years.
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Boy Scouts Plan
For Celebration
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Members of the Plymouth Boy
Scout Troop 84 have begun pre
parations for their part in the
Washington County Sesqui-Cen
tenniai Celebration to be held in
Plymouth September 18-22.
Tommy West, a graduate of
Fork Union Military Academy,
Va., has become drillmaster of
the troop. He will direct the drill
ing and marching activities in or
der that the members of the troop
will be able to march better in
the celebration parades.
The Flying Eagle and Rattle
snake patrols have begun repair
ing furniture for the Plymouth
Scout Hut, which will be open
for inspection during the celebra
tion.
Baseball Game
Sunday Nipht
Plymouth and Windsor will
play off a rained out game in
the local park Sunday night,
starting at 9:30, it was announc
ed by club officials this morn
ing. The game was arranged in
an effort to avoid further
lengthening of the season on ac
count of rained-out contests.
Plymouth and Windsor had
two games rained out this week.
The first will be played off in
the Windsor park Sunday after
noon. and the second here at
9:30 Sunday night. It is the first
Sunday night contest ever ar
ranged here and will be start
ed late so as not to interfere
with church services. League
permission to play the game
was obtained yesterday after
noon.
Report Is Made by
Special Group on
Garbage Situation
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New Ordinance Adopted
By Council Following
Study by Special Com
mittee Recently
Covered garbage containers, of
not more than 30-gallon capacity,
located within 50-feet of the
street, will be required as a con
dition of garbage removal in Ply
mouth after September 1, accord
ing to an ordinance adopted by
the city council Monday night
Removal of all trash and garbage
has been an expensive and vex
ing problem for the town authori
ties, and it is hoped use of smal
ler containers placed claser to the
street will eliminate the necessity
of trash trucks having to go into
back yards to pick up the refuse
A definite schedule for each
section will be worked out, and
it is hoped to cover the town
twice each week under the new
plan. On the days when the gar
bage truck is due. householders
will be responsible for having
their garbage cans placed winthin
50 feet of the street to eliminate
driving into each yard.
The ordinance was adopted aft
er the study of the local situation
by a special committee appointed
at the last meeting of the council.
The committee was composed
of R. E. Bowen and Max Willette,
and results of their findings were
transmitted to the council in the
following report submitted Mon
day night, prior to adoption oi
the new ordinance:
“There are five important
points not covered by our pre
sent garbage collection system:
(1) A definite schedule, carried
out regardless of other city opera
tions: (2) a means of insisting
that all garbage cans or other
garbage containers be well cover
(See"GARBAGE, Page*7)~~
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Nearly 2,000 Homes in
County Sprayed So Fai
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The DDT sprayer unit crew ot
the Washington-Tyrrell District
Health Department sprayed 1,
993 homes throughout the county
this year as it completed opera
tions this week.
Householders in 328 dwellings
refused to have their house spray
ed. Only 24 houses were found
vacant. The crew found 23£
houses locked.
To Begin Sunday, Sep
tember 18, With Union
Service by All County
Churches
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A tentative program of daily
events of the Washington County
Sesqui-Centennial Celebration to
be held in Plymouth September
18-22 has been released by Thom
as F. Hopkins, executive chair
man of the celebration. The pro
gram is as follows:
Sunday, September 18—Inspir
ation and Rededication Day.
All churches of the county are
to hold special services as a dedi
cation to the 150 years the the
county has been in existence. In
all the store windows throughout
the county historical displays will
be set up. These are to remain
throughout the celebration.
At 7:30 p. m. in the Plymouth
baseball park massed choirs and
congregations of all churches in
the county will hold an old time
hymn sing.
The keynote message is sched
uled to be given by Dr. Sankey
L. Blanton, dean of the school of
religion at Wake Forest College
at 8 p. m. in the ball park.
Monday, September 19—Dig
nitaries and Fireman's Day.
At 11 a. m. a parade through
the business district of Plymouth
is planned with participants in
cluding the Plymouth High
School Band, J. J. Clemmons Col
ored High School Band, a visit
ing band to be named, and all the
firemen and fire fighting equip
ment in the county.
The mayors of Creswell. Roper
and Plymouth will be recognized
at the reviewing stand at 11:30
a. m.
At noon United States Senator
Clyde R. Hoey will deliver the
celebration’s opening address
from the reviewing stand.
Each of the county fire depart
ments is to take part in a fire
fighting demonstration downtown
at 2 p. m. This will be followed
by a water fight between the
Plymouth and Roper fire depart
ments.
Carl Goerch, editor of the State
magazine, is scheduled to make
the speech officially opening the
historical spectacle in the ball
park at 7:30 p. m. At 8 p. m.
plans call for the sesqui-centen
nial queen to be crowned by Mr.
Goerch. The premier performance
of the spectacle will follow at
8:30 p. m.
Tuesday, September 20—Youth
and Educational Day.
Town and county g omental
offices will be turned over to
youth officials throughout the
county, at the reviewing stand at
10:30 a. m.
At 11 a. m. a parade is sched
uled with the following partici
pating: the Plymouth High School
Band, J. J. Clemmons Colored
High School Band, two visiting
bands to be named, all county
girl, cub, boy, and explorer sea
scouts, members of the county
board of education, members of
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Chief Answers
Fire Call Alone
Fire Chief Miller Warren was
working in his store on East
Water Street about 5:30 p. m.
Friday, when he heard a shout
from across the street that Bon
nie Lilley’s car was on fire.
Not bothering to turn in an
alarm, he drove the truck to the
scene, and extinguished the fire
with the booster tank. Burning
wires under the hood caused on
ly slight damage, according to
Fire Chief Warren’s report.
r BLOODSHED !
I BOX SCORE I
From midnight Monday of
last week through midnight
Monday of this week, 12 per
sons were killed in North Car
olina highway accidents and 144
were injured, the Stale High
way Patrol has reported. Fol
lowing is the box score for this
year, as compared with the
same period last year:
Killed July 26 through
August 1 3
Injured July 26 through
August 1 144
Killed through August 1,
this year .. 446
Killed through August 1,
1948 376
Injured through August
1, this year _..__ 5,014
Injured through August
1, 1948 . 4,079