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T'own opics ( ji r. W. L. Whitley, sr., local at torney, says that his son, Wilford L. Whitley, jr„ of Kansas City, Kansas, is not certain whether he will get home for Christmas, de pending on the weather. The younger Mr. Whitley has been connected with the Department of Justice Anti-Trust Division since November, 1948. “It Rets pretty cold out there,” Mr. Whit ley remarked. Members of the Plymouth Lions Club are scheduled to meet Thursday night in the American Legion Hall at 7 o'clock. The Rev. D. L. Fouts, pastor of the Plym outh Methodist Church, will give a Christmas story. The Rev. P. B. Nickens, pastor of the Plymouth Ludford Memorial Baptist Church is in charge of the program. The float with a Christmas tree on a lawn which appeared in the ^Christmas parade Saturday and /^Tuesday nights was constructed 'in the backyard at the home of Joe Peele. When it was finished considerable trouble was experi enced in getting it out to the street as those building the float had failed to take into account the trees in the front yard. Due to the leek of clearance much maneuvering was necessary to move it off the property. For the convenience of busi ness firms of the community, as well as late shoppers, the Branch Banking & Trust Com pany here will be open as a special service from 7 until 9:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Saturday, December 24, it was announced yesterday. This will be welcome news for those de siring to make late deposits be fore the long holiday week-end. Some colored chalk was re cently delivered to the Agricul £ ture Building here for routine use and thereby a budding artist was uncovered in the person of Ed Craft, assistant soil technician. Ed drew a very striking chalk sketch on the blackboard in the auditorium of the building, using a Christmas motif. Property owners who wait un til after February 1 to pay their taxes will be required to pay in terest at the rate of 1 per cent. After March 1 the interest will be increased to 1V4 per cent, and y2 per cent interest will be added each month thereafter. The many local friends of Mrs. Abe Adler will be pleased to learn that she is reported to be somewhat improved at a Wash ington hospital. .Mr. Adler, who is spending most of his time in Washington to be with his wife, was here Tuesday and said that they would be especially glad to have their friends call on them in Washington during the Christ mas holiday season. Army Accepts Six y From This County Information released from the i U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force Recruiting Station in the Kramer Building at Elizabeth City re vealed that several Washington county men have been accepted recently. Thurman G. Respass, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Respass, Har ley E. Baynor, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Baynor, William I. Bowen, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Bowen, all of Route 1. Plymouth, were accepted for the field artil lery for three years. David Cole and Richard T. Ay ers, both of Route 1, were accept ed for the U. S. Air Force for 4 years. Robert M. Perry, of Route 1 was accepted for 3 years in the regu lar army. ™ Sgt. Fisher may be contacted at the post office in Plymouth every Tuesday from 9:30 a. m. until 3:30 p. m. for information and all data regarding enlistment. -♦ Christmas Cantata-Pageant At Zions Chapel Friday Roper.—The young people of Zions Chapel Church, near Roper, with the assistance of their new minister and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gardiner, and Wade Hardison, teacher of the youth class, will present “The Star of Peace,” a Christmas cantata pageant, at the church Friday, De cember 23, at 7:30 o’clock. The public is cordially invited The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 13,000 people. VOLUME LX—NUMBER 51 Plymouth, Washington County, North Caiolina, Thursday, December 22, 1949 ESTABLISHED 1889 Holiday Periods Vary From One To Several Days Beacon Office To Close Until 28th The Roanoke Beacon office will be closed from Wednes day, December 21, through Tuesday of next week, Decem ber 27, reopening on Wednes day, December 28. This is one of the few holiday occasions observed by the newspaper and staff members will vacation and observe Christmas at the same time. This issue of The Beacon was printed and mailed one day ahead of schedule, and it is pos sible that next week's paper may be one day late, Although efforts will be made to get it printed and in the post office by Thursday night of next week. The Beacon staff wishes to every reader and advertiser a Merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous New Year. Large Crowd Here Views Santa and Parade Saturday Around 2,000 Persons on Hand for Christmas Pa rade; Santa Claus Hands Out Candy to Kids A crowd estimated at 2,000 per sons, one of the largest seen in downtown Plymouth in recent years, turned out to witness the Christmas parade and Santa Claus program Saturday night, which was sponsored by the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce, with some financial aid from the lo cal merchants association. More than half of those in the crowd were children, and they had the time of their lives as they witnessed the parade, talked to Santa and told him of their Christmas wishes, and last, but by no means least, were reward ed with bags of candy passed out by Santa and a busy helper, James Boyce, of the Jaycees. Around 1,000 bags of candy were handed out to the eager boys and (See SANTA CLAUS, Page 5) Most Business Houses Clos ing for Two Days; Schools Will Not Reopen Until Monday, January 2 Varied Christmas holiday schedules- will prevail among Plymouth’s factory and business establishments this year, with the closings ranging all the way from half a day to 12 days, the latter length holiday period being en joyed by faculties and students of the county schools. Practically all stores and busi ness establishments in town will be closed from Saturday night until Wednesday morning, De cember 28 giving employees and owners a three-day rest period. This action was voted at a re cent meeting of the merchants as sociation. Local establishments which will observe Christmas Day only and reopen for business Monday. De cember 26, include the post office and drug stores, although the lat ter will observe the usual Sunday hours on Monday. Most of the restaurants will open for at least the first half of the day Christ mas, although at least one local eating place will be closed both Christmas Day and the day fol lowing. Service stations will be open during the morning hours Christmas Day. The bank will reopen for business Tuesday The North Carolina Pulp Com pany has announced that its plant will shut down as of 8 a.m., De cember 24, and reopen as of 8 a.m., Monday, December 26. The Atlas Plywood Corporation will close at the end of business Fri day and resume operations Tues day morning. The same schedule will be followed at the plant of the True Temper Corporation. Offices in the courthouse, in cluding the public library, and offices in the Agriculture Build ing next door will close at the end of the day Friday and reopen Wednesday morning. The Roanoke Beacon office will be closed after Wednesday, De cember 21, until the following Wednesday morning. It is expected that the local ga rages will observe the same holi day period as that of the mer chants of the town. House Chev rolet Company has announced that it will be closed for the same period of time, from Saturday night of this week until next Wednesday morning. Committee Named To Head Up Farm Program in County R. L. Stillman Elected Chair man of Group; Communi ty Committees Are Aso Named. At the election meeting of del egates to the county convention at the Agriculture Building here Friday, the following county com mittee was named to serve for the coming year: R. L. Stillman, of Roper, chairman; C. W. Bowen. Plymouth, vice chairman; Doug las Davenport. Creswell, regular member; E. H. Liverman, Plym outh, first alternate; S. A. Daven port, Creswell, second alternate; Miss Miriam Ausbon, Plymouth, secretary; and Miss Florence E. Parisher, Roper, treasurer. The Production and Marketing Administration Committee takes the place of the old AAA com mittee and is charged with admin istration of the farm program, entailing matters of acreage allot ments and parity payments, among other things. The community committees are composed of the following: Roper: R. W. Lewis, chairman: F. C. Tarkenton, vice chairman; Gerald Gaylord, member: Ronda Lee Davenport, first alternate; Barton Swain, second alternate. Pleasant Grove: W. C. Spruill, chairman; W. R. Chesson, vice chairman: C. J. Gurganus. mem ber; W. W. White, first alternate; XV. Elmer Phelps, second alter nate. Plymouth: H. G. Simpson, chair man; C. B. Barnes, vice chairman, J. C. Snell, member; E. H. Liver man, first alternate: H. D. Mc Nair, second alternate. Long Acre: W. J. Bowen, chair man; Oliver W. Stotesbury, vice chairman; H. L. Respass, jr., member; L. J. Beddard, first al ternate; A. J. Newberry, second alternate. Creswell: Arthur W. Furlough, chairman; Marion L. Davenport, vice chairman; Wallace T. Holmes, member; Zephie Phelps, , (See COMMITTEE. Page 5) C. S. Heynen Unanimously j Reelected To PM A Group Results of the recent voting in i Washington county for soil con servation committcmcn have been announced. C. S. Heynen of We nona was the only person placed in nomination and he received all of the 78 votes cast through out the' county, thus being unan imously reelected to the commit tee for a period of three years. vho visit you all year around through these col umns may pass this season partially unnoticed in favor of kin and friends seen or heard from only at Christmas. § It is but fitting that loved ones gather with you upon the day of Jesus'birth and that those far away who can not come receive special remembrance. We can bear your forgetting us for a little while for this cheer-laden reason. We wish to take advantage of the congregation of your friends and. family members from other neighbor hoods to extend, by them through you, a heaping measure of yuletide good will to every nook and corner of America. Our first interest is this community, but its welfare is interlaced with the good of other communities. This city k ' and county have a just store of the Christian and humane > spirit that sustains man through daily life. They have enough left over for export. Few Entries in Decorations Contes! Response to the Jaycee-spon sored Christmas home decoration contest in Plymouth has been dis appointing, according to a spokes man for the local civic organiza tion. The deadline for entries in the contest was originally set for December 15 but was later ex tended to December 20 in the hope that more persons would avail themselves of the opportunity to enter. However, only 15 entries were received in the four decor ations categories, it was learned yesterday. Judging is being conducted by designated members of the Jay cees and the winner in each cate gory will be announced soon after the end of the contest on Janu ary 1. A prize of $20 will be given to the winner in each of the four groups, for the best decorated tree on lawn, decorated lawn and house, dressed window, and dec orted entrance. Entries are being judged ac cording to general artistic effect, originality, ingenuity in utilizing surroundings and conformity with the Christmas spirit. Entries are required to be lighted nightly from December 20 until January 1, 1950, when the contest come to a close. Listers Convene Monday Night to Get Instructions Everything in Readiness to Begin Tax Listing on Jan uary; Continues Until 1st Of February County tax listers for 1950 were sworn into office by Chairman of the Board of County Commis sioners Frank L. Brinkley here Monday night. Listers receiving oaths of office were P. B. Belanga, Scuppernong Township; W. W. White, Skinnersville Township; Clarence L. Blount. Plymouth Township; and R. W. Lewis, Lees [Mill Township. Hubert L. Daven port is county tax supervisor. The newly elected PMA com mittee of Washington county urg ed by letter to the county com missioners that the latter board instruct the tax listers to get as good a farm census report from e^ch farmer as possible, further stating that they—the PMA com mittee—were dependent upon the ! farm census to secure from the state PMA office the proper al lotments for tobacco, peanuts, wheat and cotton for the county. The PMA committee further predicted that there was a pos sibility at a later date that corn and soybeans might be put under control and that the farmers of the county could only hope to receive their rightful share in such acreage allotments by mak ing a complete and accurate re port for 1950. Chairman Brinkley suggested that a copy of this letter be fur nished each list taker to explain the reason why a good farm cen sus report is necessary and to em-' phasize the value of same to the j individual farmer. H. E. Newland, county soil conservationist, was present and answered questions concerning the farm census report. Ptitces set on listing of live stock, poultry, etc., are as fol lows: sheep, $3 to $5; goats, $2 to $3; poultry, 15c per pound; milch cows, $75 to $100; other cattle, 8c to 10c per pound; horses, no. 1, $75 to $100: horses, no. 2, $25 to $75; lard, 10c per pound; hogs, 10c per pound; meats, 15c per pound. It was decided to take two thirds of the price listed in the Automobile Blue Book in listing used cars. The tax listing period in the j county extends from January 1 to February 1, 1950. -* Roper Colored School Band Gels $50 Donation The J. J. Clemmons High School Band serenaded the citizens of Roper Saturday night. As the band turned to march away from the Roper Lumber Company’s dwelling. Mr. Kiernan, vice-presi dent of the company presented Bandmaster C. D. Wooten a $50 cash gift for the band. The group left Roper and join ed the Plymouth High School Band for the Christmas parade at Plymouth. No Damage Caused by Fire Tuesday Morning There was no damage from a small fire in the kitchen of Earl Hardison’s home three miles from Plymouth on U. S. Highway No. 64, towards Williamston, Tues day morning about 10:30. Mem bers of the Plymouth Fire De partment answered the call, but the fire had been put out upon their arrival. County Needy to Get Christmas Packages Between 1,000 and 2,000 Items of Clothing Contrib uted Along With Toys And Food -« Work of sorting clothing, toys, canned goods and other gift items collected in the Christmas Wel fare Drive began this week at the Christian Church annex, ac cording to Roy Hampton, chair man of the drive. “The response of the people has been wonderful," Mr. Hamp ton said, “especially in regards to items of clothing.” The chairman estimated that about 25 times as much clothing has been contri buted this year as in in 1948. A good part of this clothing was collected last Saturday by the local Boy Scout troop which can vassed homes in Plymouth. Dry cleaning plants also have con tributed clothing items and much clothing has been left irk the re ceptacles which were placed in stores for the benefit of shop pers who wished to contribute. Mr. Hampton estimates that there are between one and two thou sand pieces of clothing to be dis tributed to the needy families of Washington county. A good quanity of toys have been rounded up and will be giv en out to make the more unfortu nate children of the county happy on Christmas morning. Some of the stores have contributed shop worn toys and the school children have donated many such items also. There are around one hundred needy families i n Washington county who have been investigat ed by case workers of the coun tv welfare department. Case his tory cards have been turned over to the county chairman of the drive and thesb cards have been classified A, B or C, according to need. For example, the neediest cases have been given an A classi fication and will receive the great est amount of assistance. Some of these are bed cases and they will be given boxes according to their needs, Mr. Hampton states. He says that every child will be tak en care of with toys and candy and regardless of race or color '•‘■’ih be treated according to in- j dividual needs. Local labor union groups, churches and individuals have taken cases for which they will be responsible, and the remain ing cases will be taken care of by the sponsors of the Christmas Welfare Drive. The sponsoring organizations arc the Plymouth Junior Chamber of Commerce, Rotary and Lions Clubs. Anyone I desiring t take an individual case may have access to the file of case histories and select for himself, the chairman empha sized. Sufficient funds and contribut-: ed articles to take care of the (Sec NLF.DY,~”page~5) i Few Votes Cast j I In Referendum | Reflecting very small inter est in cotton, Washington Coun ty farmers stayed away from the polls in droves last Thurs day, the day the referendum on cotton marketing quotas was conducted. The total number of votes cast throughout the county was but a handful, 39 votes, to be exact. Of these, only 2 were against quotas. Thus the ma jority in the county was very near 95 per cent, or nearly 4 per cent more than early re turns indicated the national would be. Pulp Plant Here Fetes Old Timers At Country Club Awards Presented to 46 Employees at Banquet Tuesday Night; Address By Chicago Speaker An "Old-Timers’ Dinner” was given Tuesday evening of this week at the Plymouth Country Club by the North Carolina Pulp Company in honor of men having from 15 to 25 more years of continuous service with the company. It was the third an nual such diner to be given em ployees of the company, and there were more than 50 persons in at tendance. J. A. Auchter, general manager of the company, served as toast master. H. M. Kieckhefer pre sented awards to 46 employees of the company whose terms of continuous service ranged from 15 to 25 or more years. For the address of the evening, the North Carolina Pulp Com pany brought a widely known speaker from Chicago, Deloss Walker, who spoke on the sub ject, “'The Future of America.” Walker, a business crusader, has spoken to various groups all over the United States and in foreign countries and has been called the | “Billy Sunday of business.” He | is a former associate editor of l Liberty magazine and has been entertained at the White House j and at China’s Imperial Palace, j The dinner menu consisted of ! fruit cocktail, escallopcd oysters. ' roast turkey, old-fashioned dress- j ing. giblet gravy, mashed pota- , Loes, broccoli, cauliflower, cran- ■ berry sauce, hot rolls and butter, upplie pie and coffee. Oscar I. Shaver and Roscoe A. (See PU P PLANT, Page 5) I Letters for Athletics Awarded at School Block letters were awarded to members of the football squad, managers and cheer leaders, for outstanding work in sports, by Coach Joe Foster in the high school school auditorium Friday, December 16. Football letters were awarded to Wayne Browning, Douglas Browning, Hugh Pierce, jr., Jim my Barnhill, Phillip Tetterton, David Read, Hugh Modlin. Mc Cauley Harris, Jewel Hardison, David Davis, Leroy Singleton, Al- I vin Tuten, Bobby West, Charles j Smith. Bruce Bateman and Den- | nis Davis. Managers’ letter went to Edgar Harris and Bobby Co burn Letters also were given to the following cheer leaders: Anita Nooney, chief; Shelton Owens, Peggy Darden, Louise Mobley, Carolyn Ayers, Myrtle Jackson, Mary Lou Voirol. Lawrence Jones and Elliott Shugar. Special Programs For Christmas at Various Churches Special Chrisimas Sermons, Siories, Plays, Pageants, Anthems Included in Lo cal Services Special Christmas programs at various churches over the coun ty include a Christmas Eve pro gram beginning at 11:30 p. m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Plym outh: Christmas story during the usual morning sermon hour on Christmas Day at the Plymouth Methodist Church; a sermon on "The Babe in the Manger Cradle.” at the Ludford Memorial Bap tist Church of Plymouth: Sunday school pageants and Christmas trees and a Christmas play at Scuppernong Church of Christ on Monday night following Christ mas Day. The play is entitled, "The King Who Abolished Christ mas,” and is under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. John Herbert Hufton. Mr. Hufton is Bible school superintendent at the church. The starting time for the play is 7:30 o’clock. On Friday December 23 at Grai e Episcopal Church there will be a Christmas Tree for the Church School and a Christmas Pageant by the pupils of the Church School. Saturday. Decem ber 24. Christmas Eve—there will be the usual festive celebration of the Holy Commuion with spe cial music by the choir. This will begin at 11:30 p. m. and the pub lic is cordially invited to attend. At 10:30 Sunday the Church School will meet and sing Christ mas hymns and carols and hear a Christmas message by the Rec tor. The Plymouth Methodist Church will feature a story, "Judah Finds a King," by Mrs. D. L. Fouts, wife of the minister. There will be no evening worship at this church. The evening worship at the Plymouth Christian Church will be largely musical and will fea ture Paul Waters, son of the min ister, who will be home from Northwestern University, Evans ton, 111., where he is working on a master’s degree in music. All friends and members are cordial ly invited to attend and enjoy the Christmas services. The sermon, “The Babe in the Manger Cradle.” will feature the program at Ludford Memorial Baptist Church here Christmas Day. The sermon will be given by the pastor, the Rev. Paul B. Nick ens, and will be enhanced by the rendition of an anthem by the combined choirs of the church. A warm invitation is extended the public to worship and meditate on Christmas Day with members of this church. There will be no evening services. Various other churches over the county are planning to have special Christmas programs of ane kind or another. County Seal Sale Over $600 Mark Less than $150 is needed be tween now and the official clos ing date December 25 to put the Chirstmas Seal Sale Campaign for 1949 in Washington County ovor the top. announces the coun ty chairman. Mrs. W. R. Klass, jr., of Plymouth. To date, a total of $655.67 has been turned in, against a goal of $800 for the county. This leaves the amount needed to reach the county quota at exactly $144.33. and Mrs. Klass urges all who are planning to contribute to the drive to rush in their remittances in order that the goal may be reached by Christmas Day. How ever, the chairman stresses that later contributions will be accept ed. Mrs. Klass expresses a feeling of deep gratitude toward the peo ple of Washington County, who have responded so well to this worthy cause and nutes that prog ress in the drive has exceeded that of a corresponding period a year ago, although it is gener ally accepted that not near as much money is now in circula tion as was the case in 1948.
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