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nnsisssssssssSf.* T’OWll opic§ Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Davenport, of Plymouth, returned home Mon day at noon from New York City after spending more than a week there to be with their 11-year old daughter, Betty Blount Daven port, who was operated on last Wednesday in the Hospital for Special Sugery to correct curva ture of the spine. Miss Daven port has been hospitalized for about seven weeks and it is ex pected she will return home in about five weeks. Mr. Davenport reports that she underwent the operation successfully and is get ting along nicely. Tuesday morning the Plymouth high school band turned out fif ty strong, including eleven major ettes, for the opening of the new super market here. The band marched from the high school down Washington Street and turned east on Water Street to take up positions fac:ng the new store. Half a dozen numbers, in cluding the “Star-Spangled Ban ner,” the “Notre Dame Victory March,” and “The Caissons Go Rolling Along,” were rendered and drew applause from the ap preciative audience Tom Bunting, rent representa tive from the office of rent con trol, Goldsboro, will not be in the courthouse here Friday, as tomorrow is Armistice Day, a national legal holiday. He plans tip to make this month’s visit to Plymouth on Friday, November 25, when he will be at the court house from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Capt. and Mrs. Russell S. Callis and daughters, Pam and Hope, of Plymouth and Ahoskie, left Monday from Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, N. Y., aboard an Army transport for Bremerhaven, Ger many, where Captain Callis will be stationed on a three-year tour, of duty with the U. S. Army En * gineer Corps. They left Plymouth last Wednesday. Mrs. Callis and children have been here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Liver * man, since last June while Cap tain Callis was attending an en gineering school at Fort Belvoir, Va. Captain Callis was among the second group of inductees to _ave Washington County in 1941. He attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Va., and Served overseas at Ascension Is land, New Guinea, Okinawa, and ^ Greenland. He was attached to the U. S. Air Force at McDill ' Air Force Base, Tampa, Fla., un til recently. Six 'Members of the student science club at East Carolina Tea cers College, Greenville, including Paul Frymier and William Rob bins. of Plymouth, gave a series of talks and demonstrations on aspects of physical science at the November meeting held last week. Subjects included “Diffusion of Gases and Its Application To Fire Prevention" and “The Making of a Simple Magnet.” Billy Winesett, of Plymouth, was one of the 180 high school seniors in North Carolina who qualified for entry in the Stu dent Forum for Safety, conducted by the Highway Safety Division, it was announced last week. The 180 students will compete for six • scholarships, ranging in value | from $1,000 to $100, during a 13 * week series of radio programs to be conducted over several North Carolina stations. L. L. Basnight, county ABC of ficer, apparently got the worst end of a bargain last Thursday after noon while hunting an illicit li quor still in the Skinenrsville section. He left his car parked on the shoulder of the old Plym outh-Columbia dirt road just off • the paved highway. He got his still all right—a big copper ket tle with an oil burner and every * thing that goes with it, including eight barrels of mash. But he re turned to the road to find his auto mobile in flames. The car, a 1941 Chevrolet 5-passenger coupe, was practically a total loss, as it was not insured and the fire had gut ted the interior to the dash, in cluding radio and heater. Cause of the fire is a matter of specu lation. > The Roanoke Beacon ★ and Washingto n County News ★★*★★★ A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 13,000 people. VOLUME LX—NUMBER 45 Plymouth, Washington County, North Caiolina, Thursday, November 10, 1949 ESTABLISHED 1889 Parade at 10:30 A. M. Is Feature of Armistice Day Program Here Friday An Armstice Day program was arranged at the dinner meeting of the Plymouth posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, held last Wed nesday evening in the high school lunch room, Ralph Hunter, com mander of the Veterans of For eign Wars, presided. The program, as announced by Commander Hunter, calls for an assembly at the Plymouth high school at 10 a. m. of the following units which will participate in the parade: American Legion, VFW, Cub Scouts, Sea Scouts, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Brownie Scouts and the Plymouth high school band. Scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m., the parade will form at the school building and pro gress north on Washington to Main Street, turn east on Main Street to Adams, then north on Adams to Water Street and West on Water to the Washington Street intersection in front of the Legion Hall, where the ceremon ies will be held. In place of .he usual roll call, which it was deemed would be too lengthy, will be tho invocation by Rev. Paul B. Nickens, local Baptist minister' taps ounded by the members of the high school band; and a firing squad compos ed of four members each from the American Legion and the VFW. Immediately following adjourn ment. a barbecue lunch will be served the members of the two service organizations at the Le gion Hall. The lunch will be “dutch" and all ex-service men are urged to attend, whether members of the veterans’ organi zation or not. Also, all former service men are requested to meet at the school and take part in the parade, even if they do not have uniforms or caps. Creswell Man Wins 100-Bushel Contest I Armistice Day j Legal Holiday Plymouth stores and business houses wil be closed two hours tomorrow in observance of the Armistice Day holiday. Accord ing to W. S. Davenport, presi dent of the Plymouth Mer chants Association, stores will close at IX a.m., when the Ar mistice program is scheduled to start, and reopen at 1 p.m. The Bank, post office, and other federal and state offices will be closed all day. There will be no rural or city carrier deliveries, but mail will be placed in lock boxes at the post offices and dispatches will be made as usual. Farley M. Bowers Elected Chairman Of District Scbuts Will Serve One Year To Be gin In January; Harold Whitley Named Dislricl Commissioner Farley M. powers, of Plymouth, was elected chairman of the Albe marle District of the Boy Scouts of America in a meeting of dis trict scouters held here last Thurs day night in the scout hut. He suc ceeds Harold Whitley, of Plym outh. Mr. Whitley was chosen com missioner of the district. Other officers are to be appointed by the new chairman and will be an nounced at the next meeting, De cember 8. The new officers will take office in January and serve a one year term. The week of November 18 through November 23 was set as Scout Finance Week to raise $1, 100 in the Albemarle District to send to East Carolina Council headquarters in Wilson as the lo cal districts part in keeping the council’s professional scouters on the job. The Albemarle District comprises Washington and Tyrrell ^(See^BOY^SCOtJTsTPage 6) Funeral Thursday for Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Davenport -f Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Davenport, 76, who died at Creswell Wednesday morning were conducted Thursday after noon at Philippi Church of Christ by the Rev. G. C. Bland. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Jim Davis, Lau die Davenport, Jennings Daven I port, Milton Phelps, Dewey I Spruill and Philip Spruill. ♦New Pastors for Two Churches in County Ministers were changed at two j / out of the three Methodist charg- j ' es in Washington county by the annual conference of the Metho dist Church held at Sanford last week. The new appointments vfere announced Sunday night at the closing session of the con ference. The Rev. D. L. Fouts, formerly of Hertford, was assigned to the Plymouth Methodist church, and the Rev. J. O. Long, who has served the local church for the past two years, was assigned to City Road Methodist Church in Elizabeth City. The Rev. J. T. Smith was nam ed supply pastor for the Creswell Methodist charge, which includes several churches in the county. The new assignment of the Rev. W. F. Meacham, formerly at Creswell, could not be learned here yesterday. TTie Rev. B. E. Bingham was returned to the Roper Methodist charge for an other year. It is understood that Mr. Long, who has served the local church for the past two years, is plan ning to move to his new home in Elizabeth City today, and that Mr. Fouts, who succeeds him here, will be here to hold services next Sunday. Ervin Ambrose Tops Con testants With Average of 124.78 Bushels; Seven Others Over 100 ■—« Eight contestants in the 1949 100-bushel corn contest in Wash ington county had average yields of 100 bushels per acre or higher, according to information released through the office of the county agent this week. The most popular hybrid varieties among the con testants were N. C. 27 and Dixie 17 in that order but the winner, Ervin Ambrose of Creswell with an average of 124.78 bushels, used Funks 717. The list of 100 bush el producers with their respect ive averages follows: Ervin Ambrose, Creswell, 124. 78; J. M. Davenport, Creswell. 122.76; H. R. Chesson, Mackeys, 122.75; W. C. Stephenson, Roper, 111.28; Ervin Ambrose, Creswell, i 110.10; Hoyt LeFever, Wenona, I 109.04; L. P. Ambrose, Creswell, 108.27; T. S. Allen, Plymouth, i 105.52. I,. V. Chesson, Roper, and J.’T." i Knowles, Plymouth, were given * honorable mention since they were well within the 100-bushel class but no estimate was taken because the corn was down and damaged. Other contestants and tneir averages were: K. R. Hopkins, Plymouth. 98.94; Sylvester Twid dy, Mackeys, 98.75; S. S. Twiddy, Mackeys, 98.75; Wm. B. Grimes, Roper, 98.35; J. T. Ange, Roper, 98.00; R. J. Hopkins, Plymouth, 95.35; C. N. Davenport, jr., Cres well, 91.75: Roy V. Patrick, Roper, 88.08; David E. Craddock, Plym outh, 87.52; G. G. Gaylord, Roper, 84.87; J. A. Chesson. Roper, 81.32; and B. B. Brown, Plymouth, 73. 14. Prizes will be awarded contest ants at the annual Farm Bureau meeting at noon on November 29th. -4 L. 0. Armstrong To Speak At Creswell PTA Meeting ■■ ♦ L. O. Armstrong, head of the vocational film library at State college, Raleigh, will speak on the use of visual aids in class rooms at the meeting tonight of the Creswell Parent-Teacher As sociation in the high school audi torium at Creswell. Mr. Arm strong also will show a film to illustrate his talk. The Creswell community choir will do several numbers at the meeting and all patrons and friends of the school are urged to attend. Funeral Saturday For C.T. Chambers Funeral services for Charlie T. Chambers, 66, of Plymouth, who died suddenly at his home Thurs day night, were conducted here in Horner’s Funeral Home Satur day afternoon at 3 o’clock with the Rev. Robert Lee of Pinetown, his pastor, officiating. Burial fol lowed in Jackson cemetery on the Long Ridge road. Until his retirement one year ago, Mr. Chambers was a me chanic for the American Fork & Hoe Co. here. He moved to Wash ington county from Hyde county 52 years ago and was the son of the late Mack D. and Sarah Smith Chambers. Mr. Chambers was a member of Christian Hope Disciple church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ma tilda Chambers; four daughters, Mrs. Della Waters, Plymouth; Mrs. Sarah E. Godard, James ville; Mrs. Dorothy Wilson, Ahos kie; and Mrs. Bessie C. Daughtry, Murfreesboro; and ten grandchild ren. Regular Meeting Of County Board Is Held Monday -4 Variety oi Routine Matters Disposed of at Session; Improvement of School Bus Route Asked -♦ Members of the county board of commissioners met in the court house in Plymouth Monday for the monthly session. Several mat ters of business were taken up. The board agreed to reimburse W. M. Bateman the 10 per cent penalty charged against his fail ure to list 1949 taxes when it was shown to be an oversight of Tax Lister W. N. Piercy who received written request from Bateman in due time. It was moved by H. W. Pritch ett, seconded by J. C. Knowles and carried that a certain road project be forwarded to the high way commission for improvement at their next road-letting meet ing. with the suggestion that the be made an all-weather road road was de to the Collins house and point where this road turns off Newland road westerly up New land road about three miles to Spruill's store. A petition was received to wid en and clean bushes off the road leading from highway 64 to Beas ley station and to the foot of Hoi-1 ly Neck road, thence through j Middle Neck road a distance of six miles. The clerk was instruct ed to forward the petition to the highway commission and call at (Bc-TcOUNTYTiOARoTPageT) Accidentally Shot On Hunt Friday H. E. Furlough, 41 year old Roper man, was accidentally shot in the right leg with buck shot while on a deer hunt on the In land Waterway canal near Gum Neck Friday morning. He was taken to Columbia hospital for treatment and is reported to be doing nicely. According to Furlough he was on a deer hunt with Major O’ Neal and William Edwards of Roper and Hubert Britton of Plymouth and had stopped after putting the dogs out and was sit ting on a log near a small bush which he was unknowingly mov ing with his arm. O’Neal, stand ing some distance away, saw the bush move and fired, thing it to be a small deer. The shot entered Furlough’s leg just below the knee, in the middle of his leg and near the ankle. Extension of Water j Line to Richwood Voted by Council Water Supply at Country Club Village, Christmas Lights and Other Matters j Considered Extension of water lines to Lit tle Richwood, Christmas lights, the water supply in the Country Club village, and several other matters were discussed at length by the Plymouth City Council at ! its monthly meeting Monday ' night, the session lasting until 1 11 o’clock again. All the council ‘ members were present, and May- 1 or A. J. Riddle presided at the ' session. By a vote of five to one, the J council decided to order a car load of water pipe for use in ex tending water lines to Little Rich- ( wood, with shipment to be made ; after January 1st. This action 1 throws the current budget out of 1 balance, according to Mayor Rid- 1 die, but a majority of the council 1 voted for it anyway. 1 In the discussion preceding the ' vote, it was cited by J. A. Hol brook that the towm had extend ed water lines to several new developments, although Little Richwood was supposed to be served ahead of the new projects. Mayor Riddle said the money for a carload of pipe, about $4,000, would not be available from this year’s budget: but several council members said other projects had been handled when no money was available and they were in favor of placing the order any way. Mr. Holbrook m ide the motion to order the pipe, and it was seconded by Max Willette. Vot ing for it in addition to them were Councilmen H. H. Allen, E. D. Keel and W. H. Joyner. Coun cilman R. E. Bowen stated that he was just as much in favor of extending the lines to Little Rich wood as any of the others, but that he couldn't vote to spend the town didn’t have, and VHRprtfee, only vote against the motren. Protests Sgainst use of city wa er were received from a number of country club village residents, who formerly secured their water supply from the country club. They asked the town to enter in to a contract with club officials to continue the old water supply. --4 (See CITY COUNCIL, Page 12) Building & Loan Direciors Elected At the meeting here Thursday night of the Plymouth Building and Loan Association officers for the coming year were elected as follows: Z. V. Norman, president: P. W. Brown, vice-president; and I Miller Warren, secretary-treas urer. On the board of directors of the association are Z. V. Norman, P. W. Brown, E. G. Arps, B. G. Campbell, J. W. Marrow, Lyman Mayo, L. S. Thompson. W. E. Waters and W. M. Darden. Since its founding twelve years ago, the association’s total as sets have grown to $340,052.54. Stock of the association enjoys the same protection as that of all banking institutions in the country, being insured through Federal Savings and Loan In surance Corp., a government agency. It is noteworthy that during the twelve years of existence of the Building and Loan Association no foreclosure has been made on any home financed by it and not a penny has been lost on bad ac counts. Sign 127 Members in Farm Bureau’s Drive More effort needs to be put forth in the Washington County Farm Bureau membership drive, according to Herbert R. Chesson, of Mackeys, bureau president. Names of only 127 members were turned in by membership com mitteemen at a meeting of the organization in Plymouth last Friday night. The membership goal for the county has been set at 600. Committeemen and the number of memberships they have hand ed in are: L. V. Chesson, of Roper, 42; Howard Ange, of Roper, 23; Bonnie Bowen, of Plymouth, 10; Roy C. Chesson, of Roper, and C. S. Heynen, of Wenona, 10 each; Herbert R. Chesson, of Mackeys, and E. H. Liverman, of Plymouth, 7 each; O. A. Chesson, of Roper, and David Craddock, of Plym outh, 4 each; J. F. Carter, of Wcnona, 3: J. L. Swain, of Roper, and J. D. Swain and Russell As kew, of Plymouth, 2 each. Mr. Chesson commended the above men for their work in get ting new members and urged the other committeemen to strive for new members. A barbecue supper and meet ing for Farm Bureau members only is beirfg planned for Tues day, November 29, at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the Roper school building. Attempts will be made to increase the county Farm Bu reau membership by December 1, when names of members are sent to the national office. A speaker is being lined up for the meeting. All members of the bu reau will be mailed a ticket to the barbecue and meeting. They are to present the ticket at the door. School Program Given Approval By County Board Opposition to Consolidation 01 Colored High Schools At Roper Is Expressed by Local Group At the monthly meeting of the board of county commissioners here Monday, a resolution was unanimously adopted, endorsing and approving in its entirety the report turned in by the survey committee September 28, in which several recommendations were made concerning school construc tion in the county. That committee, composed of 0. P, Johnson, Duplin County school superintendent, L. W. Jen kins and A. S. Hurbert, of East Carolina Teachers College, was named by the division of surveys of the state department of edu cation. The county board of edu cation had requested the aid of the division of surveys in devel oping plans for a building pro gram. funds for which will be re ceived from proceeds of the state bond issued authorized last June. Washington County will receive $341,360.58 under this program, and school-building needs in the county are so great that it was realized expert help was needed to get maximum benefits from the program. The survey comrrntte, alter vis iting all schools and studying conditions, recommended con struction of an elementary build ing and an auditorium adjoining the present high-school building in Plymouth, a gymnasium at Creswell, and a 12-grade building for the Roper colored school. It also recommended consolidation of all colored high schools in the county at Roper, as well as con solidation with the elementary schools at Creswell. Roper and Plymouth of all one and two teacher colored schools in the county. Under this plan, the ele mentary pupils would be trans ported to the consolidated school nearest them. Due to a downward trend in colored school attendance at high schools in the county during the past eight years, there are not sufficient students at any of the three county colored high schools to enable school authorities to maintain proper standards and obtain adequate facilities. At the end of the first two weeks of the current term, there were only 245 students in the three schopls. Plymouth having 113, Roper 77 and Creswell 55, according to R. F. Lowry, county superintendent. There are reports of dissatisfac tion among colored people in Plymouth over the possibility of losing the local colored high school through consolidation, and (See"SCHOOLS, P^gT6)~~ -- Board Education In Meet Monday The Washington County Board of Education, in its monthly meet ing at the courthouse here Mon day, agreed that stipulations con cerning the contract with the ar chitectural firm of Leslie N. Boney & Sons, of Wilmington, for pro posed school buildings be incor poratecj into the minutes of the October meeting. In the stipu lations of the contract, the archi tects agreed to draw plans with out fee for any proposed struc ture on which the low bid should exceed architect’s estimate. Archi tects also agreed to draw all plans to the satisfaction of both the county and state boards of edu cation. The board heard R. E. Kimball and W. R. Glover, of Williamston, representing Virginia Electric & Power Co., and agreed to have the board chairman, L. E. Hassell, of Roper, sign the necessary ease ment to allow the company to move poles from one location to another on the Creswcll school grounds. The Creswell school principal had requested that the poles be moved for the safety of children getting on and off buses. R. F. Lowry, county school sup erintendent. was authorized to investigate insurance coverage by various companies having local representatives and to take out a one-year policy with $2,500 cov erage with the company giving the lowest offer. This insurance will cover a total of 177 employees of the county school system for any possible shortage of school funds handled by them and is re quired by state law passed at the l last session of the General As sembly. Many Farmers j Picking Peanuts;: i Peanut pickers, stopped by the recent rains in this section, began anew Monday and by ( Tuesday morning were in full t swing in Washington County, l reports W. V. Hays, county t agent. According to Mr. Hays, the nuts are again dry and in good condition for picking. He states that much progress has been shown in the county this , year in the matter of stacking , peanuts. Farmers generally have done a much better job than ■ usual by placing cross slats higher on the poles and the county agent emphasized the importance of this, especially with regard to the stricter giad ing of peanuts being marketed this year. Need More Farms To Take Part in Soil-Building Plan $31,058 in Benefits Accrued 426 Farms in Program This Year; More Avail able If Interest Increases -♦ Attention of farmers in Wash ington County is called to the fact that if farmers want more funds available in the future with which to carry out soil building practices, more farms must partic ipate in the program than have been doing so in the past. Miss Miriam Ausbon. secretary of the Washington County ACA. states that all the $31,058.00 al located the county to carry out all practices for 1949 was used by August. Therefore, no funds were left in the pool with which to carry out fall practices of sowing winter cover crop seed. As the result of a call for help which was issued to the field officer and the state committe the county re ceived an aditional $8,000 with which these fall practices were carried out. This year Washington County has a total of 874 farms with only 426 receiving payments for soil practices, Miss Ausbon expreses the hope that every farm in the county will participate in the 1950 program. To date the county office has sent in 300 applications for pay ment.leaving 162 yet to be sub mitted. All farmers who hav5 not signed application for payment are urged by Miss Ausbon to come to the office and do so at once, so that Washington County can be the first in North Carolina to finish its agricultural program for the current year. The county attained this honor in 1947. -« Farm Bureau Committee To Discuss Farm Prices The ways and means committee of the Washington County Farm Bureau is scheduled to meet Fri day night at 7:30 in the agricul ture building to discuss the price situation and available means for handling the four major crops of the county, corn, tobacco, peanuts and soybeans. Committeemen expected to at tend are Carl Heynen, of We nona; Lonnie Ange, of Plymouth; Roy Chesson, of Roper; and Paul Belanga, of Creswell. Herbert R. Chesson, of Mackeys, president j of the Farm Bureau, will preside. 125 Club Women at Achievement Day Meet in Creswell -1 W. J. White, Tyrrell County School Superintendent, Is Main Speaker; Awards Presented -* The Washington County home demonstration clubs held their an nual Fall Achievement Day meet ing in the Creswell high school auditorium Thursday afternoon, November 3. with members of the Creswell, Cherry and Scupper nong clubs as hostesses. About 125 club women and guests at tended. The meeting was opened with the group singing “The Old North State." The devotional followed and was conducted by Mrs. W. B. Chesson of the Mackeys club. Greetings were extended by Hal L. Furr, principal of the Creswell high school, following which Mrs. Betty Davenport of the Creswell club gave the address of welcome. Mrs. Ray Brown responded on be half of the clubs, all but one of which were in attendance. W. J. White, superintendent of Tyrrell county schools, was the principal speaker. Mr. White gave a most interesting address on “Citizenship in Relation to Our National Government.” The speaker was introduced by Mrs. Mary F. Darden, Washington County home agent; who present ed awards to the winning clubs in their national competition. The Chapel Hill club won the gavel award for largest attendance, bas ed on the number present plus miles traveled. This club also was awarded first prize for original presentation of its yearly report and the Cool Spring club received second prize. Other clubs receiv ing honorable mention for their reports were Beech Grove, Plea sant Grove and Piney Grove. Reading certificates were pre sented to the following; Mrs. Bill Mizell, Hoke Club; Mrs. P. B. Bingham, Mrs. L. E. Hassell, Mrs. Dell Norman and Mrs. Roger Chesson of the Roper Club; Mrs. John Spruill of the Scuppernong club; and Mrs. W. B. Davenport of the Pleasant Grove club. An installation service was held for the new officers as follows; Mrs. Russell Knowles of the Plea sant Grove club, president; Mrs. Hilton Chesson of the Scupper nong club, vice-president: Mrs. Roy Stillman of the Roper Club, secretary: and Mrs. L. A. Par risher of the County Bridge club, treasurer. Clubs represented were Alba, | Beech Grove, Chapel Hill, Cher ry. Cool Springs, County Bridge, ureswelt, L ross Road. Hoke, Pin ey Grove, Pleasant Grove, Roper, Scuppernong, Swain, Wenona, Pettigrew Park and Monticello, the latter being two new clubs recognized and welcomed during the meeting. A social hour was held in the | rear of the school auditorium with members of the host clubs I serving punch, cookies and salted nuts. Lovely Christmas sugges tions were on display. -♦ No One Hurt in Accident Here Early Saturday j An automobile driven by Luther Wilson Bowen, jr., of Plymouth Route 1, skidded across U. S. Highway 64 east of Plymouth and landed upside down in Melvin Boyd’s front yard about 2:45 a. m. Saturday. Young Bowen was traveling east, when the car went off the pavement on the right shoulder. , Trying to get back, skidded across the highway into the urainage ditch on the left and turn d over, I landing wheels up in the Boyd yard. The driver escaped with slight bruises. Damages to the car was estimated at $400, according to | Highway Patrolman R. W. Young, who investigated. Branch Auto License Bureau Locates Here A branch office to handle the sale of state automobile license plates and to transact business relative to automobile titles was officially opened at Etheridge Motor Co. in Plymouth Monday. There are 70 such license branch es in North Carolina and in the past the people of this area have been served from branches in Williamston, Washington and Edenton. The Carolina Motor Club, affiliated with the Americ an Automobile Association, con tracts with the State of North Carolina to handle licenses and title work and this is strictly a i public service, according to James A. Odom, area manager for Caro lina Motor Club. The Branch of fices receive no money from eith er the state or the motor club but get a small handling fee on each plate sold. The local branch office will be in charge of F. G. Jordan, jr., and is qualified to sell member ships in Carolina Motor Club in addition to issuing 1949 license plates and doing title work. Plates for 1950 will be on sale as of December 1 and may be dis played by motorists beginning that date.