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Miss Carolyn Brinkley, voca
tional-educational teacher at the
Plymouth High School, will be in
her office Monday mornings
through Friday mornings until
school begins September 1, she
announced yesterday. In the after
noons she plans to visit the homes
of students who are registered for
home economic courses next fall.
She asks any person, school stu
dent or adult, who has a problem
in home economics to see her at
the school.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Carr and
Steve Cleary left yesterday after
noon on a three weeks vacation
trip to the West coast. They plan
to visit Robert Bass, Mrs. Carr’s
brother in Seattle, Wash. While
enroute, the vacationers plan to
spend some time at Yellowstone
National Park. On the return trip
they plan to visit some of the his
torical places around Deadwood,
S. Dak.
The Plymouth High School
band almost didn't get together
for the bush growers’ parades last
Saturday afternoon. There was nc
drum section until Shelton Mc
Nair, a drummer in the old high
school band pinched-hit for the
absent drummers. Of the regular
drummers, one moved away dur
ing the summer, two were on va
cation, one was working and the
other was sick.
Francis Collins and Mr. White,
of Lumberton. and Mr. Smith, ol
LaGrange. spent last Saturdaj
here with B. A. Sumner. The
three visitors are officials of Col
lins Stores, an organization which
is interested in .securing a loca
tion in Plymouth for one of theii
stores. They appeared to be fav
orably impressed with possibili
ties here, according to Mr. Sum
ner.
Hire Two More
School Teacher;
Two more teachers have bee:
signed to teach in county school
beginning in September, accord
ing to information received fron
the office of the county supeiin
tendent.
Mrs. Annie ’’’hr as 'Beach o
Plymouth, has . ( mplor* i t(
d\ '.a- n tilt- grammar*'j|rOTes*ii
the Plymouth High School build
ing and Mrs. Beryl Smith Garrett
colored, of Nash County, has beet
hired to teach the first thre:
grades in Brooks Colored School
Mrs. Beach is a graduate o
Western Carolina State Teacher:
College, at Cullowhee. She ha:
taught for 21 and a half years
Last year Mrs. Beach taught ii
Contentina School, Kinston. Sh<
has also been a teacher in th<
Wendell and Siler City Schools
Mrs. Garrett received a bache
lor of science degree from Eliza
beth City State Teachers College
She taught for several years ir
the Nash County Colored Train
ing School.
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Williamsfon Man
Accidentally Shol
Henry Lee Haridson, an rfec
trical contractor of Williamston
was seriously injured Monday
night by an accidental gunshol
while on a bear hunt in the Mill
Pond section near Roper. Mr
jk Hardison had climbed a tree
which was to be his “stand,” and
was attempting to tie himself in
it, when his shotgun was acci
dentally discharged, the entire
load of buckshot striking him in
the left leg just above the ankle.
Brought to the office of Dr. T.
L. Bray here, he was given first
aid and removed to a Washing
ton hospital. Dr. Bray said Mr.
Hardison suffered a severe wound,
which would probably leave him
crippled to some extent, although
it was thought he would not lose
his foot.
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Services Announced
At Woodley’s Chapel
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Russell Smith, of Norfolk, Va.,
will conduct services Saturday
night at 8 o’clock and Sunday
morning at 11, August 13 and 14,
«Jt Woodley’s Chapel Church, near
Creswell Everyone is cordially
invited to attend.
The Roanoke Beacon
★ and Washington County News ★*★***
A home newspaper dedicated HI
to the service of Washington
I! County and its 13,000 people. HI
VOLUME LX—NUMBER 32
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 11, 1949
ESTABLISHED 1889
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Border Average $50 for First Week
According to the United States
and North Carolina Departments
of Agriculture, gross sales for
opening week of the Border Belt
amounted to 35,133,306 pounds for
an average of $50 per hundred.
This average was $4.24 below the
record high average of $54.44 es
tablished for the 28,448,480
pounds sold the first week in
1948. Individual market averages
ranged from a low of $46.75 to
a high of $54.65 per hundred.
Averages decreased for all
grades. The losses ranged from
$2 to $14 per hundred with the
majority from $2 to $7. As a
whole lower qualities of green
and orange color showed the
greatest declines.
Very little change occurred in
the quality of offering. Bulk of
sales was chiefly low to choice
lugs, low to good leaf and cutters,
and low and fair primings. Lugs
predominated and made up
around half of the offerings. The
ratio of lemon colored tobacco
was much greater this year. Con
trary to the general opinion, the
marketings have not come up to
anticipations.
Volume was a little over 6.500,
000 pounds greater this week
when compared with the first
week of last season. Most mark
ets were blocked the entire week.
Sales are expected to be some
what lighter around the middle
of next week.
Receipts of the Flue-cured Sta
bilization Corporation under the
Government loan program were
placed at around 22 per cent of
gross sales. This is around 13 per
cent more than was delivered
[opening week last year.
! Remainder of US 64
Soon To Be Surfaced
| Picnic for Farm
I Hen and Women
Plans are just about complete
for the joint Washington Coun
ty Farm Bureau and Home
Demonstration Club picnic to
be held at the Norman Smith
American Legion Beach near
Columbia next Wednesday, be
ginning at 4 p. in., according
to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Darden,
co-chairmen of the event.
The program calls for square
dancing, swimming, boating and
movies. Everyone is urged to
bring a picnic basket.
| Teachers Meeiinc
1 Held in Plymouth
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; Vocational-educational teacher
of Washington and Tyrrell Coun
tics met with Miss Mable Lacy
cf Greenville, assistant state su
pei visor of home economics, ii
. the Plymouth High School build
inf. Tuesday to plan the vocation
1 * ' * ducation pregram for th
next school year.
Monthly meetings are to be hel<
j by this group of teachers to fur
, ther advance or revise the coursi
of the program. The next meet
• ing of the group is scheduled a
the Columbia High School or
. September 14.
Attending the meeting were
i Miss Carolyn Brinkley, of Plym
' outh; Mrs. Annie L. Gurkin, o:
Roper; Mrs. Beulah W. Gaylord
of Creswell; and Mrs. King, o:
Columbia.
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Store Robbed at
Creswell Sunday
The store of A. W. Alexander
Creswell dry goods and clothing
1 merchant, was entered anc
robbed early last Sunday morn
ing. Mr. Alexander closed the
store about 11 o’clock Saturday
night, and the robbery was no1
discovered until 8 o’clock Sunday
morning.
Mr. Alexander estimates the
loss at from $700 to $800. The
goods taken included shoes, men’s
pants and shirts, ladies’ dresses
a number of watches and brace
lets. one radio, and other small
articles.
The robbery was investigated
by Sheriff J. K. Reid, Deputy W
D. Peal and Walter Spence, SB!
agent, of Elizabeth City. No ar
rests have been made thus far.
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New Building Houses
Mitchell Furniture Co.
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The M. H. Mitchell Furniture
Company of Plymouth has mov
ed into its new building on Wash
ington Street just south of the
Baptist Church and is open for
business, according to M. H. Mit
chell, owner.
R. L. Waters, of Plymouth, has
been named manager of the store
here. A formal opening of the new
storp is planned sometime in Sep
tember.
Political Alliance of
Farmer-Labor Urged
Lewis E. Price, of Plymouth, a
representative of the Internation
al Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite
& Paper Mill Workers, advocat
ed development of a farmer-la
bor political coalition in an ad
dress made before the annual
convention of the North Carolina
Federation of Labor in Charlotte
Tuesday.
Such a coalition, he explained,
could be organized by “an edu
cational campaign” by labor
among farmers, particularly in
Eastern North Carolina.
Mr. Price blamed organized la
bor’s “apathy” for enactment of
laws unfavorable to labor. He
said that joint political effort by
farmers and organized labor not
only would win repeal of this
state’s anti-labor laws but also
would strengthen each of those
groups in drives for mutually
beneficial legislation “at this
critical period.”
Southern Albemarle As
sociation Hears High
way Chairman at Meet
In Manns Harbor
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Harry W. Pritchett, of Cres
well, headed the Washington
County delegation to the annual
meeting of the Southern Albe
marle Association held in Manns
Harbor yesterday, with a crowd
estimated at up to 1,000 present,
Mr. Pritchett is vice president of
the association for Washington
County. W. L. Whitley, former
president of the association, and
Frank L. Brinkley, chairman of
the county board of commission
ers, were also in attendance from
here.
Dr. Henry W. Jordan, chair
man of the State Highway & Pub
[ lie Works Commission, was the
principal speaker at the morning
I session. One of the high spots of
L Dr. Jordan's talk was when he
announced that Highway 64 in
; Tyrrell County, leading from Co
. lumbia to the Sandy Point ferry
landing, would be paved under
. the present highway program. He
! also stated that it was probable
. the heavy traffic developing over
. this route after it was paved
, would necessitate construction of
bridges over the Alligator River
j and Croatan Sounds to replace
the present ferries.
, Dr. Jordan was introduced to
. the large crowd by D. Victor
Meekins, of Manteo, president of
the association, and one of the
leaders in the fight to have High
way 64 paved in its entirety.
The crowd was swelled by the
homecoming day program held in
connection with the association
meeting. The Plymouth and Eliz
abeth City High School Bands
were on hand to provide music
for the event, each presenting
several numbers during the morn
ing session. Mr. Pritchett made
one of the responses to the ad
dress of welcome by Melvin R.
Daniels, former president of the
association.
Long tables were set up for a
picnic dinner served shortly af
ter the noon hour. A business
session of the association was held
in the afternoon, when several
resolutions dealing with road
matters were passed.
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More Celebration
Chairmen Named
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Percy Ashby and James H.
Ward have been named co-chair
men of the special days commit
tee; and E. E. Harrell and Police
Chief P. W. Brown, have assum
ed the duties of co-chairmen of
the decorations committee for the
Washington County Sesqui-Cen
tennial Celebration, to be given
in Plymouth September 18-22, ac
cording to Thomas F. Hopkins,
executive chairman.
The duties of the special days
committee will be to make ar
rangements for the program each
day of the celebration and coor
dinate all other committee func
tions with the scheduled program.
The decorations committee is to
purchase and engineer the process
of displaying street streamers and
store bunting in Plymouth, Roper
and CresweU.
Wants Names oi j
County Natives !
Mrs. Gladys Davenport, of
CresweU, requests people in
that section to furnish her with
the addresses of former resi
dents or natives of the county,
in order that they may be in
vited to attend the Sesqui
Centennial Celebration next
month. The celebration will be
held September 18-22, and the
addresses are needed at once,
so that invitations may be
mailed out in time.
Musical Program
Al Local Church
Sunday Afternoon
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3rgan Recital by Paul
Waters and Choral
Numbers at Methodist
Church; Public Invited
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A musical program, featuring
an organ recital by Paul Waters,
will be presented at the Plymouth
Methodist Church Sunday after
noon at 5 o’clock. The Methodist
rhoir will present several selec
tions. and there will be a violin
solo by Mrs. Grady Hopkins and
a vocal solo by Miss Myrtle Gray
Jackson, in addition to the organ
number by Mr. Waters. The put*
lic is cordially invited to attend.
Mr. Waters has devoted a num
ber of years to the study of the
organ, and is to receive his Mas
ter's degree in music at North
western University, Chicago,
within the next year. He is the
son of the Rey. and Mrs. J. D.
Waters, of Plymouth.
The program, under the direc
tion o’? Mr. Waters. Mrs. M. L.
Nobles and Lloyd Gilbert, will be
as follows:
Prelude. Second Sonata, by
Mendelssohn. ,
Processional. '‘Children of the
Heavenly King.”
Call to worship. "Lead Me
Lord.”
Prayer, by the pastor.
Hymn, "The Christian Life,”
No. 279.
Choir: “Gracious Saviour,”
Gluck.
Violin solo, Mrs. Hopkins.
Organ: Choral Prelude, “We
All Believe in One God,” Bach;
Little Fugue in G Minor, Bach.
Choir: “Now Thank We All Our
God,” Bach.
Solo: “Ave Maria,” Schubert,
by Myrtle Gray Jackson.
Organ: “Evening Star,” Wag
ner; “Landscape in Mist,” Kreg
Elbert.
Choir: “Holy Art Thou,” Han
del.
Organ: Sixth Sonata, Mendels
sohn; Chorale, Andante Sostenato,
Allegro Molto.
Recessional hymn, “All Praise
to Thee,” No. 51.
Benediction, by the pastor.
Postlude: Sixth Sonata, “Fu
gue,” Mendelssohn.
Local Draft Board
Registers 916 Men
Washington County Selective
Service Board No. 95 had a total
af 916 county men registered on
July 30th, according to reports
made out by Mrs. Lorraine Hun
ter, clerk to the board. Of the
916 registered, 478 are white and
139 are colored.
Of the total, 818 registrants
have been classified, 426 white
and 392 colored.
There are 98 registrants under
19 years of age who have not
been classified. Under the law,
they will not be classified until
they reach their 19th birthday,
fhere are 52 white and 46 colored
n this group.
Breaking down the classified
registrants, it is found that 85
ivhite men are in 1-A and 75 col
ared in the same classification,
making the county total 159; 1-C,
3 white, no colored, total 6; 2-A,
l white, no colored, total 1; 3-A,
51 white, 64 colored, total 105;
l-A, 181 white, 84 colored, total
265; 4-D, 2 white, no colored, to
tal 2; 4-F, 43 white, 125 colored,
total 163; 5-A, 58 white, 45 col
ared, total 103.
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Revival Starts Monday
For Creswell Baptists
A series of revival services will
begin next Monday night, August
15, at the Creswell Baptist church,
continuing through Friday night,
August 19, with services each
night at 8 o’clock. The Rev. R. N.
Carroll, of Edenton, will bring
the messages. The Rev. W. R.
Stephens, pastor of the church,
extends a cordial invitation for
everybody to attend.
ABC Enforcement
Officers Made Six
Raids During July
Two Big Stills Seized and
Large Quantity of Mis
cellaneous Equipment
Was Destroyed
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Reporting on ABC enforcement
for the month of July, Deputies
L. C, Snell and L. L. Basnight
this week stated that they made a
total of six raids during the per
iod. capturing a large quantity of
miscellaneous equipment, two
stills, some liquor, and destroying
considerable mash.
A site was raided on the Mor
rattock road, near the old church,
but no operators or any of the
equipment was found. The offic
ers, Basnight and Snell, seized
4Vz gallons of liquor, but there
was no evidence linking owner
ship to anyone in that section.
The second raid took place on
the Long Ridge road, near Beaver
Dam Swamp. A 400-gallon vat of
mash was destroyed, along with
the cooling barrel and doubling
keg, but the still was not found.
Another raid was made in the
Sand Hill section, back of the
Idymouth Country Club proper
ty, near Welch’s Creek, and a lot
jf equipment seized, but the still
could not be found. Equipment
captured included four barrels of
mash, cooling barrel, doubling
keg. buckets, cans and jugs.
The fourth raid took place on
the Backwoods Road, near Roper,
and the outfit was described by
Mr. Basnight as the largest he
ever took part in raiding. Several
Federal men accompanied the loc
al officers on the raid. There were
22 barrels, about 1,100 gallons of
mash; a 200-gallon still, cap, 3
worms, cay, oil burner and pres
sure tank, 3 cooling barrels,
doubling kegs, and numerous cans
and jugs.
Call No. 5 took them to two
places at Mackeys. but only a
small quantity of liquor was
found, and there was no evidence
leading to the operators.
Another raid on the Baokwood
Road netted a good-sized outfit
on the other side of a church near
the place owned by John Chesson,
colored. The officers captured
five barrels of mash, cooling bar
rel. doubling keg, pressure tank,
a large still and condenser, and
a number of buckets and jugs.
Celebration Head
Here Next Week
The Washington County Sesqui
Centennial Celebration spectacle
director-promotion manager is
scheduled to arrive in Plymouth
next Thursday, August 18, ac
cording to Thomas F. Hopkins,
executive chairman, who received
word yesterday from the John B.
Rodgers Producing Company, of
Fostoria, O., producers of the
spectacle and originators of the
celebration plans.
Hig name was withheld, be
cause sometimes the director
manager is transferred to anoth
er celebration at the last minute,
officials of the Rodgers Company
stated.
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John Darden to
Name Spectacle
John W. Darden, chairman of
the historical committee of the
Washington County Sesqui-Cen
tennial Celebration to be held in
Plymouth September 18-22. will
be given the privilege of naming
the historical spectacle scheduled
to be presented each night of the
celebration in the baseball park
here, Thomas F. Hopkins, execu
tive chairman, announced yes
terday.
This honor of naming the pro
duction is being extended Mr.
Darden, because he spent much
time in gathering facts on the
history of the county and gave
copies of the history to the cele
bration committee to have the
scenario written for the spectacle.
The spectacle, which will depict
highlights in the history of Wash
ington County, will be named by
Mr. Darden at a later date.
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American Legion Meet
Planned Friday Night
A meeting is planned for mem
bers of the James E. Jethro Post.
No. 164, American Legion, at thcii
hall Friday night at 8 o’clock
according to Dallas Waters, posl
commander.
The program calls for a dis
cussion on the ways and means
to raise additional funds for tht
Plymouth Veterans building. Pre
liminary plans for the annual pos'
membership drive are scheduler
to be told.
Airplane Crash
Costs Two Lives
Walter S. Bowen and Paul
W. Harrison Killed In
stantly Monday, When
Light Plane Falls
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Walter S. Bowen, 42, and Paul
W. Harrison, 31, prominent farm
ers of the Long Acre section of
Washington County, were instant
ly killed in an airplane accident
at Vann Swamp, near their homes,
about 10 miles south of Plymouth,
at 8:45 Monday morning. The air
plane owned and operated by Mr.
Bowen, plunged out of control
into the ground approximately
one mile from their homes.
Mr. Bowen and Mr. Harrison
had gotten into Mr. Bowen's air
plane, a small Taylorcraft, to ob
serve some crop-dusting opera
tions on the Harrison farm being
done by Dick Norman in another
airplane. They had circled over
the field being dusted and evi
dently started back to a landing
strip on Mr. Bowen's farm when
the crash occurred. Mr. Norman
just happened to see the ship go
down out of control, and he flew
over and marked the location,
landed at the Bowen farm and
went into the swamp and found
both the men had been killed in
stantly. The ship dove almost
straight into the ground, the en
gine making a hole about 3 feet
deep where it struck.
After finding out that both
men were beyond help. Mr. Nor
man came to Plymouth for aid in
bringing the bodies out of the
rough territory. The Coast Guard
station at Elizabeth City flew in
a helicopter, which brought out
the bodies, one at a time. The
men were broken up, but the
bodies were not badly mangled.
The ship did not burn after the
crash.
men wtrj c inciiiutTs UI
prominent Washington County
families and were well known
throughout the section. Both ope
rated farms in the Vann Swamp
neighborhood tuong the Washing
ton Highway, and Mr. Bowen al
so operated a sawmill.
Mr. Harrison was the son of
Newsome H. Harrison and Rhoda
Cutler Harrison, of Plymouth
Route 1. He was born in Beau
fort County on December 1, 1917,
but had lived in Washington
County almost all his life. On
September 1, 1935, he was mar
ried to Miss Vida Hudson, of
Pantego, who. with three small
children, survives. He was an ac
tive member of the Acre Chapel
Church for a number of years.
Mr. Bowen was the son of the
late George L. Bowen and Mary
E. Ormond Bowen, and was born
in Washington County on Septem
ber 7, 1906, living here all of his
life. He was married to Miss
Lucy Swain, of Creswell, on Jan
uary 21, 1933, in Bennettsville,
S. C., and she, with a small
daughter, survives.
Mr. Bowen was a 32nd degree
Mason and had served as master
of Perseverance Lodge here. He
was very active in Masonic work,
and was a member of Sudan
Shrine Temple at New Bern.
The funeral for Mr. Harrison
was held from the home of his
father, N. H. Harrison, Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, with the
Rev. J. D. Waters, pastor of the
Plymouth Christian church, in
charge. Interment was made in
the family cemetery at the home
place.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Vida
Hudson Harrison, Mr. Harrison
is survived by two daughter, Lois
and Jeanette, and one son, Don
ald, of the home. He also leaves
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. New
some H. Harrison; six brothers,
Russell Harrison, of Fayetteville,
(See AIR CRASH, Page 7)
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BLOODSHED
BOX SCORE
From midnight Monday of
last week through midnight
Monday of this week, 15 per
sons were killed in North Car
olina highway accidents and
194 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 August 2 through
August 8 15
Injured August 2 through
August 8 . --- 194
Killed through August 8,
this year 460
Killed through August 8,
1948 389
Injured through August
8, this year . 5,320
Injured through August
8, 1948 —- 4,246
Test Farm Field
Day Called Off
Officials of the Tidewater Ex
periment Station, located near
Plymouth, said yesterday that
the Soybean. Corn and Live
stock Field Day will not fce
held there Friday, August 12,
as originally scheduled. The
program was first set for Au
gust 12, later moved up to July
25th, and then called off on ac
count of the heavy rains and
adverse weather conditions
that have prevailed in this sec
tion.
It was announced a few
weeks ago that conducted tours
may be arranged for veterans
farm training classes and other
interested groups upon applica
tion. However, it is best to
make arrangements for such
tours in advance, according to
station officials.
iiimnng Licenses
ForComingSeason
On Sale in County
Old Combination and
Hunting Licenses Ex
pired July 31st; Prices
Same as Last Year
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Hunting and combination hunt
ing and fishing licenses for the
1949-50 season are now on sale at
various points throughout the
county, according to J. T. Terry,
county game protector. He re
minds sportsmen of this area that
the old combination licenses ex
pired July 31.
Although none of the hunting
seasons have opened yet, there i=
some bear hunting where the ani
mals are destroying field crops
Mr. Terry says that one of the
new licenses is necessary for this
kind of hunting if it is done any
where except on a person's own
property.
Prices for licenses are the same
this year as they were last season
The schedule follows: Combina
tion fishing and hunting, state
resident. $4.10; resident hunting
only, $3.10; county resident hunt
ing only, $1.10; non-resident hunt
ing only, $15.75; county resident,
trapping, $2.25; arifl state resident,
trapping, $3.25.
Hunting and combination li
censes are issued from August 1
to July 31, while all fishing only
licenses are issued on a calendar
year basis, from January 1 to
December 31.
Licenses are on sale at the fol
lowing places in the county:
Blount's Hardware & Seed store
and Foster & Sawyers, Plymouth;
Ralph Harrell, Roper; H. W. Prit
chett and Harry Barnes, Cres
well; Joe Pierce, Lake Phelps: L.
C. Spruill, Newland: W. B. Da
venport, Mackeys; Golden Wil
liams, Wenona; Joe Askew, Long
Acre; and Goodman’s Store at the
“Y”.
Revival Now in Progress
At Scuppernong Church
A revival meeting began Wed
nesday night at the Scuppernong
Church of Christ and will con
tinue through Sunday, August 21.
George W. BonDurant, president
of Roanoke Bible College, Eliza
beth City, is bringing the mes
sages at 8 o’oclock each evening.
The Rev. G. C. Bland, pastor
of the church, is leading the song
services and also leading meet
ings for young people at 7:30 each
evening. The public is cordially
invited to attend all these serv
ices.
Martin Youth Dies
Result of Injuries
Received at Beach
Dallas Hugh Lilley, 16,
Broke Neck in Two
Places by Dive Into
Shallow Water July 31
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Dallas Hugh Lilley, 16-year-old
Martin County boy, died in a
Washington hospital last Friday
morning from injuries received
when he dived into shallow wa
ter at Albemarle Beach, near
Plymouth, on Sunday, July 31.
His neck broken in two places,
the youth was paralyzed from the
shoulders down, but was con
scious until a few minutes before
he died. He was the son of Ar
thur Lilley and the late Carrie
Coltrain Lilley and lived with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Lilley, in Williams Township, for
most of his life, attending school
at Jamesville.
Explaining to his neighborhood
friends that he would be 16 years
old the next day and that he want
ed to celebrate his birthday, the
youth got a couple of his friends
to take him to the beach Sunday
before last. Walking out on the
pier, one of the three boys jumped
off one side into fairly deep wa
ter. Despite warning signs, Lil
ley jumped off the other side,
where the water was shallow.
The third boy. who did not jump,
saw his friend hit the bottom and
helped get him back on the pier.
An ambulance was called, and the
youngster was removed to the
hospital.
Surviving are his father; his
step-mpther, Mrs. Lula B. Lilley;
four sisters, Mrs. Crawford Col
train. Mrs. Noah Perry and Mrs.
Herman Dickerson, all of Martin
County, and Mrs. Hubert Creef,
of Berkley. Va.: four brothers, El
ton, Jay, Ollis and Elmer Lilley,
all of Martin County; three half
brothers, Russell, Bruce and Ar
thur Lilley, jr., and a half-sister,
Lorraine Lilley, all of the home.
Funeral services were conduct
led if Fairview Christian Church
near the late home by the Rev.
P. E. Cayton and the Rev. W. B.
Harrington Saturday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock. Burial was in the
family cemetery.
High School Band
To Return Today
Members of the Plymouth High
School banci are expected to re
turn here this afternoon upon
completion of a two-day visit to
Manns Harbor, Roanoke Island
and the beaches in that area.
The band fnembers left by bus
at 6 a. m. yesterday morning.
They marched and played in the
homecoming festivities at Manns
Harbor yesterday at 11 a. m. Af
ter the celebration, the local band
traveled to Roanoke Inland, where
they attended a performance of
“The Lost Colony”. They spent
the night in the 4-H cabins at
Manteo.
This morning the group went
sightseeing around Manteo, the
Wright Brothers monument on
Kill Devil Hill, and other places
of interest along the coast.
Only 45 members of the band,
who were most faithful in at
tending summer practices, went
on the trip, according to Mrs.
Ethel G. Hopkins, director of the
band. J. S. Fleming, principal of
Plymouth High School, Mr. and
Mrs. Hopkins, accompanied the
band members.
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Revival at Rehoboth
Begins Monday Night
A series of revival services will
j begin next Monday night, Au
I gust 15, at the Rehoboth Metho
dist church, continuing through
the third Sunday morning. It will
be conducted by the pastor, the
Rev. W. F. Meacham, of Cres
well. The public is cordially in
jvited to attend.
School Lunch Room
Workers’ Workshop
Arrangements are being madi
to hold a three-day workshop fo
white school lunch room person
nel, principals and other interest
ed persons of this section of thi
state in the Plymouth Higl
School vocational-educational de
partment August 22-24. accordini
to word received this week fron
the office of the county schoo
superintendent.
Plans call for the tirst two day
of the workshop to be centerei
around meal requirements, mem
planning and food preparatior
' The third day records and reports
are scheduled for discussion.
Those planning to attend the
■ workshop from Washington
■ County are: Miss Blanche Davis,
i manager of the Plymouth High
• School lunch room; J. S. Fleming,
! Plymouth principal; Miss Carolyn
' Brinkley, Plymouth vocational
I educational teacher; Mrs. Tom
Norman, manager of the Roper
s School lunch room; Mrs. Annie
[ L. J. Gurkin, Roper home eco
i nomics teacher and H. F. Brown,
. Roper principal.