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T^’ownl opics ( The nursing staff of the new Washington County Hospital is currently making with the make up. One of the nurses overheard one male visitor to open house say to another, “You needn’t get ia'; and come to this hospital Owpecting to see pretty nurses, because there's not a single one here.” Friends of Roy Manning, sr., local automobile dealer and ga rageman, will be glad to learn that he is reported to be getting along nicely in a Rocky Mount hospital, following an operation Tuesday morning. With continu ed improvement, Mr. Manning is expected to be home this week end. Tuesday, May 30, will find all state and federal offices in Washington County, including the post offices, the Plymouth bank and offices in the court house, closed in observance of National Memorial Day. How ever, the merchants will be do ing business as usual, as tfte holiday is not generally observ ed in North Carolina. Rep. Herbert C. Bonner, of the First Congressional District, who publicly stated at the State Dem pcjatic convention that he will for Senator Frank P. Gra ham, has cited since then as “the one North Carolinian who knows the. real significance of the testi mony upon which Graham haters are placing their own interpre tations...” Representative Bonner was for three years a member of the Home Committee on Un American Activities. Preparatory to beginning dry cleaning service, the D & N Laun dry is building a storage house onto the east side of its present structure. To house inflammable dry-cleaning chemicals, the build ing is being made of fire-proof cinder blocks and cement. Funeral Monday i For W. T. Craft Funeral services were conduct 's Monday afternoon for W. T. (Kraft, 82-year-old retired farm er of Roper. Rites were held at Zion’s Chapel with the Rev. Ri chard Gardiner, of Roper officiat ing. Burial was in the family cemetery near Roper. Mr. Craft died last Saturday morning at 7:30 at the home of a daughter, Mrs. D. B. Chesson, near Roper. He had been ill for about a month, spending the last two weeks in bed. The deceased was born in Washington County, January 3, 1868, the son of the late John S. Craft and Hester Roberson Craft. Thirty-five years ago he moved wth his wife the late Mrs. Susie Craft, to Chowan County, but moved back to Washington Coun ty in 1944. A member of the Baptist Church, Craft is survived by six daughters: Mrs. Norman Ches son, of Roper; Mrs. Mary Funk,! of Philadelphia, Pa.: Mrs. Blanch Dteere, of Maple Shade, N. J.; i 3jts. Mable Goranson, of London, Igland; and Mrs. Selma Hofler and Mrs. Carrie Thomas Hurdle, both of Sunbury; 17 grand chil dren, and seven great grand chil dren. Rufus Hardison i Rites Tuesday -* Funeral services for Rufus Hardison, 53, of near Plymouth, , were held at the Plymouth Bap- i tist Church Tuesday afternoon at j 3 o’clock, with the Rev. Paul B. 1 Nickens, pastor of the church of- ; ciciating. Burial was in Waters ] Cemetery, near Jamesville. ( Hardison died suddenly of a , heart attack Monday at 7 a. m. J rmr the home of L. L. Bowen, rj’n in Martin County August £ 14, 1896, he had lived here for t the past 25 years. I The deceased, who leaves no survivors, was a member of the - Saint Delight Church. The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 13,000 people. VOLUME LXI—NUMBER 21 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 25, 1950 ESTABLISHED 1889 PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS—1950 \___— I L Reading from left to right, back row: Billy Winesett, David Read, Philip Tetterton, Rene Bas inger. YVilmet Johnson, Ann Rosenthal, Betty Su, Frances Bickel, Lillian Watson, Annabell Jack, Martha Myers, Dennis Davis, Hugh Pierce, YVayne Browning. Front row: Bill Ach, Betty Jean Jackson, Frankie Reid, Shirley Roberson, Becky Ainsley, Gloria Voirol, Lois McCombs, Dolly Ange, Norma Berry, Annie Laura Tetterton, Anita Nooney, Bobby West. County Schools To Graduate 114 Jamesville Girl Hospital's First Miss Elizabeth Ann Napier, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Napier, of Jamesville, was the first patient received at the Washington County Hospital, which opened its doors last Fri day, May 19. Elizabeth was admitted at 10:20 last Saturday morning for an appendectomy, and Mrs. Da vid E. Jones, superintendent of nurses, has reported that the inaugural patient is doing nice ly. A bouquet of flowers was presented her as an award. Surgery was performed by Dr. Frank Wood, of Edenton, and Dr. T. L. Bray, of Plymouth, is attending physician. Roper High School Class ol 1925 Holds Reunion Tonight -» Members of Class, All Liv ing, To Be Feted at Sup per; Former Teachers In vited to Attend -1 In connection with commence men week at the school, the Class of 1925 at Roper High school will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its graduation with the first re union ever held by the class, ac cording to information received from Barton Swain, of Roper, a member of the' cl°=s. The class which was the first to be graduated from the present school building, will be feted at a supper in the high school lunch room at 6 o’clock Thursday eve ning. The supper will be served by ladies of the Roper Methodist Church. Following the supper, the group will adjourn to the au ditorium and sit in a body during comeneement exercises to be held during the evening. Among honored guests will be F. M. Tucker, superintendent of Ahoskie schools, who was prin cipal at Roper during the first three years the class of ‘25 was in high school; Bruce Wynne, of . Williamston, who was principal at the time the class graduated; : Miss A. C. “Gussie” Carstarphen, ; of Roper who taught for over 50 i years; and husbands and wives of i members of the class. i The 17 members of the class . are all living, Mr. Swain said, and ! they reside for the most part in i North Carolina and Virginia. One ] —William W. Lewis—lives in 1 (See~RECNION!TPage~7) Local High School Leads With Class of 27; Pro grams for All Schools Are Scheduled Diplomas will be awarded this week to 114 seniors in the six county high schools, with exer cises scheduled for tomorrow, May 26, at all schools except Ro per, which will present its diplo mas tonight (Thursday). Plymouth High School will graduate the most, 27. The Rev. Gray Temple, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rocky Mount, will address the final graduation audience Friday evening, May 26, at 8 o’clock. Class night exercises were held Tuesday evening, with the sen iors giving their class play, “Sails at Dawn.” Seventeen seniors at Roper will get diplomas tonight at 8 o’clock. L. E. Hassell, sr. will mai\e the presentations, while the commencement address will be made by Dr. David Rose, of Goldsboro. Class Night was held Tuesday, with the evening’s pro gram by the seniors entitled, “Of footprints of Time.” Creswell High School will ,award 21 diplomas Friday even ing at 8 o’clock. Dr. Edward F. Mosely, rector of Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church of Kinston, will deliver the commencement talk, while R. F. Lowry, superinten dent of county schools will make the awards. Class Night was ob served Wednesday. A total of 26 students, includ ing ten veterans graduating from night adult classes, will receive diplomas at the Plymouth Color ed High School on Friday night. Dean W. P. Jones, of State Col lege in Elizabeth City will deli ver the final address. The sen iors held their Class Night exer cises last Wednesday. J. J. Clemmons will present diplomas to 13 graduating sen iors tomorrow night. M. S. John son, executive secretary of the Alumni Association of North Carolina College, Durham, will deliver the address. Finally, Creswell Colored School will award diplomas to 10 seniors. A complete listing of county graduates, except for the possi bility of alteration which might be caused by late final examina tions at some schools, is as fol lows: Plymouth High School: Becky Lou Ainsley, Dolly Faye Ange, Irene Latham Bassinger, Norma Lucille Berry, Helen Frances Bi ckel, Betty Frances Hudson, An nabels Lee Jack, Betty Jean Jackson, Mary Wilmet Johnson, Lois Ann McCombs, Martha Eth el Myers, Anita Belle Nooney, Frankie Mae Lucado, Ann Eliza beth Rosenthal. (See SCHOOLS, Page 7) I Interest Mounts ns Primary Nears As is almost invariably the case, interest in politics in the county was practically nil until a few weeks ago when candidate after candidate began to an nounce for some local office. As the list of candidates steadily grew, interest mounted until at present—just before the primary —there appears, on the surface, to bit quite a bit of interest in the outcome of the U. S. Senator ial race, particularly between supporters of the two candidates generally regarded as having the best chance of winning the four cornered fight. There are many staunch supporters of both Sena tor Graham and Willis Smith numbered among the voters Although it is not so easily de tected, there is, nevertheless, quite some interest in several lo cal contests, among them being the 5-way battle for the clerk of superior court job being vacated by W. M. Darden, the 3 cornered fight for Washington County’s seat in the House of Representa tives and —in the Lees Mill dis trict—the contest between In cumbent J. C. Knowles and A. R. Phelps for the place on the coun ty board of commissioners. When the voters go to”the polls on Saturday, they will be given two Democratic ballots - one state ballot which includes candidates for the U. S. Senate, and a county ballot, including names of can didates for State Senator from the 2nd Senatorial district. The ballots will contain names of can didates with the office sought and a place to indicate the voter’s choice for each nominee. If the ballot is wrongly marked, torn or otherwise defaced, the voter is 'to return the ballot to poll hold er and will be given a new one. Polling places for Washington County’s five precincts are Plym outh No. 1, courthouse; Plym outh No. 2, high school building; Lees Mill, Roper community building; Skinnersville, A. R. Patrick’s store; Scuppernong, J. A. Combs’ office in Creswell; We nona, H. J. Furbee’s residence. Hail, Rain Delay Work Leading to Mackeys Project Two Projects in Windsor Area Held Up by Weath er, Delaying Removal of Plant to Local Jobs Hail and rain in the Windsor area have delayed the laying of asphalt on the two Nello L. Teer projects there, with the result that the moving of the plant to Mackeys project has also been retarded, Office manager H. G. Mullican said Wednesday. Hail which fell in the area re cently bursted through the tack, an emulsified asphalt layer, Mul lican said. This dampened the base, so that construction work will have to be suspended until it dries. Originally, the Teer Company, operating out of Durham, had on ly one project in Windsor. Later, however, they assumed a job pre viously contracted by Dickerson, Inc., thus giving them two pro jects uj be completed be lore mov ing their asphalt plant to MacK eys. Mullican could not say for cer tain when the plant would be moved, but barring further rains, the Mackeys job should be finish ed within a month after the plant arrives, he said. Most of the workers on the Mackeys job were transferred to Windsor April 12, but others in the meantime are busy getting the road in shape for the asphalt surfacing of the 13.85 miles of road. Meeting Monday For State Alumni ♦ Howard Gaylord, secretary treasurer of the Washington County Alumni Association of State College, has announced that a meeting of the State alumni of this section will be held next Monday night at 8 o’clock at the Plymouth Legion Hall. The meet ing is one of 35 similiar meetings currently being sponsored by the Wolfpack Club, State athletic or ganization. Coaches Fitzgibbons and Gill, of the State athletic staff, are scheduled to be present and are to show basketball and football films. Every person in this section who has attended State College is urged to be pre sent, Gaylord said. Local Garden Club Has Flower Show A flower show, with entries totaling over one hundred ar rangements of flowers, was pre sented by the Plymouth Garden Club Wednesday in the Social Hall of the Plymouth Christian Church. Blue and red ribbons were given for the best in all classes and a sweepstake prize was given for the most ribbons won. Five dining tables were set with arrangements of flowers; one formal dinner; one luncheon; one breakfast; one afternoon bridge; and one accessory table. Winner of the sweepstake prize was Mrs. K. S. Trowbridge, who had the highest number of ribbons on all entries. Gold rib bons were presented the follow ing in various classes; roses, Mrs. C. L. Blount; most artistic table, Mrs. Raymond Duvall; best iris, Mrs. Paul Brinkley; best sweet i peas, Mrs. E. J. Broughton; best I dish garden, Mrs. Claudius s Smith; best potted plant (white ] violets), Mrs. C. J. Norman; best i mixed arrangement (roses and I snapdragons), Mrs. J. B. Edmond- i son; best rose sepecimen, Mrs. 1 K. S. Trowbridge. 1 Four County, Three State Contests Face Voters in Primary Saturday Couniy To Stage Lamb Sale Here Thursday, June 1 -* Prices Said To Be Good at This Time and Prospects Bright for Successful Co operative Sale -. Washington County’s first lamb sale of the year will be held next Thursday, June 1, at the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Stock Yard, County Agent W. V. Hays has announced. Grading will begin at 7:30 in the morning, and is expected to be finished by noon, Hays said. The North Carolina Division of Markets will have graders here to class, grade and market lambs shipped, and the lambs will be weighed and paid for at the yard according to the market price re ceived that dSy. The sale is a cooperative one, and growers in adjoining coun ties are invited by the County Agent to participate in the sale. A nominal charge will be made per head for handling, telephone calls and to help with other ex penses. Hays urges shippers from dis tant points to bring their animals here early, as in the past there has been considerable confusion' due to the late arrival of partici pants. Prices, Hays said, are un usually good, according to daily market reports. Well-finished lambs, though as light as 60 pounds, probably should be marketed, but each grower should use his own judg ment in the matter, the County Agent said. Hays said that there is a good demand for good breed ing ewes and rams, and that his office will b« ^lad to arrange the exchange 6f nuns, provided suf ficient notice is given so that in terested sheep men may be con tacted. Although the lambs will be paid for here in Plymouth, time usually does not permit the writ ing of checks and final settlement on the day of the sale. Therefore, Hays said, checks will be mailed shippers from his office here in Plymouth following the sale. -t Heavy Damage in Accident Sunday An estimated $840 damage was sustained by two ears involved in an accident on the Roper high way Sunday night, Patrolman R. W. Young, of Plymouth, investi gating officer, reported. No one was injured, however. The more heavily damaged car was a 1949 model Oldsmobile driven by Arthur Bradford Pa pineau, son of Dr. and Mrs. Al ban Papineau, of Plymouth. Pa trolman Young estimated the da mage to the car at $800. The other car involved was a 1941 model Ford driven by James Edward Knight, Negro, of Route 1, Plym outh. According to Young, both dri vers are said to have been travel ing toward Plymouth, Papineau’s car immediately behind that of Knight. The latter attempted to make a left turn off the highway into the drive way of the Honey dripper club. Papineau’s car side swiped the vehicle driven by Knight and ran off the highway to his left and overturned. No charges have been preferred. Disirici Meeting of Legion To Be Held Here Friday A meeting of the Third District of North Carolina Division 1 of the American Legion will be held here at the Legion Hall Friday night, May 26, at 7:30. District Commander H. L. Swain, of Williamston, will pre side over the gathering, and a Dutch barbecue will be served according to Dallas Waters, com mander of James E. Jethro Post No. 164. -♦ Lake Phelps Legion To Sponsor Barbecue, Dance A barbecue supper will be serv ed in the Cherry school building, Friday, June 2, at 8 o’clock sponsored by the Lake Phelps post no. 391 of the American Le gion, H. S. Woodley, adjutant of the post has, announced. Immed iately following the supper there will be a square dance which will be free to those buying a plate. Study Bids on School w Projects Next Monday Bids on three schoop projects at Plymouth, Roper and Creswell recently approved by the Wash ington County Board of Educa tion, will be accepted next Mon day, May 29, instead of Wednes day, May 24, as previously stated, Superintendent R. F. Lowry has announced, Wilmington architect Leslie N. Boney forwarded a request for the extension Monday, and the Board will now pass on bids and alternate bids at the ofifce of the board at 2 p. m. on May 29. Plans call for the construction and completion of the following: , Washington County Union School , for Negroes at Roper, Physical j 1 Education and Lunch Room building at Creswell and an Au ditorium and class room addition ; at Plymouth. : < The three projects will cost an estimated $345,000. The Plymouth addition will cost around $120, 000, the Creswell construction ■ about $40,000 and the County Un ion erection about $185,000. Series Safety Dinners For Workers at Plant First in Series of Six Held Friday Night for Work men of North Carolina Pulp Company A series of six safety dinners for employees of the N. C. Pulp Company here began with a bar becue dinner at the company’s pit near the plant last Friday, the company’s safety engineer, W. B. Gayiord, has announced. The din ners are given by the company to winners of its safety contests which are continually in progress at the mill. The shifts of tour foremen Hugh Roberson, of the pulp mill, and Bill McCombs, of the paper mill, were feted Friday. The com plete schedule for the remaining five dinners, to be given on con secutive Fridays, is as followis: May 26—Pulp mill workers, Bonney Lilley, tour foreman; pa per mill workers, Forest Mc Combs, tour foreman. June 2—Pulp mill workers, Jennings Ward, tour foreman; pa per mill workers, Omega Rogers, tour foreman. June 9—Pulp mill workers, Au dria Jackson, tour foreman; pa per mill workers, Sam Nash, tour foreman. June 16—Day workers under H. C. Carter, Adrian Cobb and C. E. Jones, jr. June 23—Colored shifts under Tom Sawyer, Luther Linton and Tom Ward; 3 crew leaders; and men working under Bob Arm strong, Jake Gussler and W. E. Manning. Plymouth P.T.A. Ends Year's Work ♦ Final 1950 committee reports j of the Plymouth Parent Teacher | Association were given last Wed-; nesday at the concluding meeting j of the group, and new secretary Mrs. W. Blount Rodman was wel comed into the association. Mrs. H. C. Carter read the final treasurer’s statement, and Mrs. K. S. Trowbridge, president, read her year’s report, thanking all the members for their support I and loyalty. President Trowbridge announc- i ed to the group that the Summer j Institute will be held in Green ville June 19-22, and asked all members who wish to attend to contact her. Mrs. Trowbridge also 1 read a message from Mrs. T. R. I Easterling, second vice president. I from the State office. Creswell May Day Set for Tomorrow Contestants for May Queen and King and Crown Bearers for Creswell High School’s May Day celebration Friday, May 26, have been announced by school offi cials. The following Queens and Kings have been selected to re present the following grades, with the winners being the tw'o contestants selling the highest number of votes: Twelfth Grade, Joyce Snell and Ronnie Pritchett: Eleventh Grade. Ruth Holton and A. W. Alexander; Tenth Grade, Donnie Twiddy and Harold Am brose. Ninth Grade, Dean Stillman I and Thomas Riddick; 8th grade, I A. W. Davenport. Section, Sharon ! Garner and Larry Woodley; Eighth and Seventh Grades, Mrs. A. L. Holmes Section, Mildred Davenport and Earl Furlough; and Seventh grade, Joan Spruill and Wesley Spruill. Will Hold Town j Tax Sale July 10 j P. W. Brown, chief of police and tax collector for the town of Plymouth, said yesterday that he was going ahead with plans, to advertise property on which 1949 town taxes had not been paid. Property owners have only a few more days in which to pay up before the list will be prepared for publica tion, he pointed out. Mr. Brown said the sale would be held on Monday, July 10, in front of the courthouse door. He asks all those who have not paid their 1949 taxts to do so at once and avoid the added interest and costs inci dent to advertising. Legion Auxiliary Announces Plans For Poppy Sale Will Be Held Here Satur day; Proceeds Will Be Used for Welfare Work Of Auxiliary Everyone in Plymouth will be given an opportunity to wear a memorial poppy in honor of the war dead on Poppy Day, Satur day, May 27, according to plans released by the James E. Jeth ro Post No. 164 of the American Legion Auxiliary. The observance wil be directed by Mrs. W. H. Thomas, with the assistance of the Girl Scouts and a few others of the Auxiliary, all voluntary. The entire proceed? will go to help support American Legion and Auxiliary welfare work for disabled veterans and needy children of veterans. The poppies were bought from Veterans Hospitals where they were made by disabled veterans. 3f crepe paper, they are replicas af the wild poppies that bloomed n war cemeteries in France and Belgium, and which have become :he memorial flower of the En glish speaking world. The making of the poppies pro vides employment for thousands )f hospitalized veterans, and the Auxiliary urges the cooperation )f veryone in making this Pop jy Day sale one of the biggest md best yet. I Polls Open From 6:30 lo 6:30 in Six Precincts; Five Candidates for Clerk Of Superior Court -* Washington County Democra tic voters will go to the polls Saturday to mark their choices of‘candidates for four county and three state offices to be filled in the November elections. The most heated county battle seems to be shaping up for clerk of superior court, with five men vying for the office now held by W. M. Darden, who is not seek ing reelection. They are W. T. Stillman, Clarence L. Blount, Walton O. Allen, W. Linwood Hassell and W. H. (Jack) Peele. The incumbent representative to the state legislature, E. O. Ar nold, will be opposed by W. J. Woolard and James H. Ward. Vo ters will pick two of four can didates for state senator from the Second Senatorial District. Those running are Sam M. Campen, in cumbent, of Alliance; Hugh G. Horton, of Williamston; O. L. Williams, of Swan Quarter; and Dallas Mallison, of Oriental. Washington County has no candi date. One of the senatorial seats seems certain to go to Horton, of Martin County. Martin and Beau fort, the two largest counties in the district, usually place one man in the State Senate, and has Beaufort has no candidate, the Martin entry, Horton, is almost certain to win one of the seats. Several officers without appo nents will not have their names on the ballot, but will be certifi ed as Democratic nominees by the board of elections. They are Sheriff J. K. Reid, Lees Mill Con table W. A| Everett, Coroner Jack L. Horner, Recorder’s Court Solicitor W. Blount Rodman, Skinnersville Commissioner H. L. Davenport and Scuppernong Commissioner Harry Pritchett. Plymouth will seat two county commissioners, with both incum bents, E. R. Latham and Frank L. Brinkley, uncontested except that the general election in No vember will decide which will serve for four years, which for two. Lees Mill's single, four-year seat will go to either J. C. Knowles, the incumbent, or A. R. Phelps. (See PRIMARY, Page 7) Lions Work Out Nomination Slate Officers and directors of the Plymouth Lions Club for the year 1950-51 were nominated at the clubs weekly meeting in the Le gion Hall last Thursday night. Following the nominations, club members adjourned to the new Washington County Hospital and were conducted on a tour of the building which opened the next day. Next Thursday, June 1, an elec tion meeting will be held in the Legion Hall at 7 p. m. for the purpose of electing the officers nominated. Each member is re quested to be present and vote his choices. Those elected will take office July 1. The following nominations will be voted on at the election meet ing: president, E. M. Leavitt; first vice president, J. R. Man ning. sr.; second vice-president, I. M. Warren: third vice presi dent, H. C. Carter; Lion Tamer, Z. V. Norman: Tail Twister, H. O. Lovic; secretary-treasurer, F. M. Bowers; immediate past presi dent. J. W. Marrow; one-year di rectors, W. R. Collins and J. W. House; and two-year directors, L M. Ange and G. T. Barden. 125 Attend Field Day At Tidewater Farm About 125 people turned out i for a successful fi Id day held last Friday at the Tidewater Test Farm near Plymouth, J. L. Rea, who presided at the meeting, an nounced. The group was composed main ly of county agents, vocational teachers and farmers. The farm is operated by the North Caro lina Department of Agricultural Experiment Station with the co operation of the United States Department of Agriculture. The meeting began at 10 o’clock Friday morning and ex tended into the afternoon. The morning session was devoted to Irish potato production. L. W. Neilson and Fred D. Cochran conducted a field study tour of varieties, disease control and cul tural practices of Irish potatoes. Pasture and livestock experi ments were made during the af ternoon program, C. D, Thomas presided, and brief talks were given by A, Hughes Harris, R. W. Cummings and D. W. Colvard. Later, visits were made to grazing tests, with W, W. Woodhouse, W. O. Shepherd and E. U. Dillard in charge. Visitors were shown compara tive animal gains on various va rieties of grass, and visits were made to pasture fertility plats, fire lanes used for grazing and reed grazing experiments.