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T, own opics The Roanoke Beacon Ill A home newspaper dedicated ill ;|i to the service of Washington p County and its 13,000 people. j|| ★ ★★★★★ and Washington County News ★ ★★★★★ VOLUME LXI—NUMBER 40 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 5, 1950 ESTABLISHED 1889 The local draft office will not be open tomorrow, Friday, as the board members and clerk will be attending a meeting in Edenton of draft personnel from this and 12 other counties. t’y.'lrs. Florence Wats, of Raleigh, lister of Miss Martha Hornthal, of Plymouth, was married last Sunday afternoon to Douglas Clyde (Peahead) Walker, head football coach at Wake Forest College. The groom’s Demon Dea ons presented him with a wedding present the day before in the form of a 43-0 win over Rich mond University. Former Plymouth High School footballers are doing all right for themselves at college this year. Bobby Gene West, one of the Panthers’ principal ground gain ers at a halfback spot last year, . kicked the two extra points that spelled the difference between winning and losing when the Bre vard College Tornado edged Pres byterian Junior College, 14-13, last Friday night at Brevard. Hugh “Junior” Pierce, all-Albe marle Conference center for three years, was outstanding in the State Freshmen’s 66-6 victory over Campbell College last Thursday at Raleigh. Pierce, act ing captain for the State frosh, hurt his ankle in the second half and had to be relieved, but the WJ’ury was not believed serious. Clarence Alexander, at end, Her man Hooker at tackle, and “Red” Browning, at guard, are just about half of the Chowan College line, and all three starred in Chowan’s recent 14-12 upset win over Campbell College. The twenty-eighth annual con vention of the Northeastern Dis trict of the North Carolina Edu cation Association held in Green ville Tuesday was well attended by Washington County teachers. County Superintendent R. F. Lowry participated in a panel discussion on counseling pro blems. Television sets and the opening game of the 1950 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies at Philadephia’s Shibe Park yester day made City Service Company, Poman Funiture Company and Roanoke Electrical Appliance ^pery popular Plymouth spots. In town yesterday morning to visit Winslow’s Art Gallery were Mrs. J. H. B. Moore, Mrs. Georgie Hearne and Mr. Walker, and sev eral others, all from Greenville. Mrs. Moore is chiefly responsible for the development of Greenville as an art center, while Mrs. Hearne is a portrait painter and Mr. Walker is an art instructor in the Greenville schools. Drive For Paper Planned Saturday -* Plymouth Troop 84. of the Boy Scouts of America, will hold a second drive for waste paper this coming Saturday, October 7, Scoutmaster John Davis, of Plymouth, has announced. Scouts will make a house-to house collection of paper to add to a stockpile of more than a kton gathered in the first drive, 'which was held August 23. When enough paper is collected, it will be sold to a Roanoke Rapids pap er mill and the proceeds used to repair the troop hut and purchase scouting equipment. Citizens are asked to place their contribution on their porch or doorsteps for collection during the day. Anyone with paper to offer who may be overlooked Sat urday is asked to notify Scout master Davis, who will see that the paper is collected. The troop joined scouts from Martin County and the town of Windsor last week-end for a camporee in Williamston. Tim Malone, of Williamston, was the leader of the camporee, which included a parade through Wil liamston Saturday morning and a court of honor in the William ston ball park Saturday night. Troop 84 is planning a similar camporee for Plymouth October 13, but plans are as yet incom plete, Scoutmaster Davis said yesterday. i rattic Hazards at Schools Cited -♦- -.^ „ Relief of dangerous traffic con gestion in front of Plymouth High School and Hampton Academy was sought Monday night by the Plymouth Town Council meeting in regular October session in the Municipal Building. Chief of Police P. W. Brown pointed out the danger caused in the early morning and at noon by traffic snarls near the schools. West Main Street, in front of Hampton Academy, is often im passable due to a congestion of automobiles, school busses and heavy log trucks, the chief said. A similar situation is often en countered on Washington Street, in front of the high school, he added. Upon a motion by Councilman W. H. Joyner, the men decided to have warning signs painted on the streets approaching the two schools. The signs are to be paint ed on the road itself in elongated letters accentuated by diagonal lines. Elsewhere on the short council agenda, a report was given by Fire Chief I. Miller Warren on his recent attendance at a con vention of the fire chiefs held in San Francisco, Calif. The trip covered 7,885 miles, Warren said. The business session was featur ed by five days of lectures on fire fighting methods and fire pre vention, the chief said, and added that he feels he learned many things applicable to his local job. 87 Per Cent 1949 County Tax Levy Collected So Far ! Local Youth Isj I Korean Casualty! The first Washington County casualty of the Korean fight ing is back in the States, less than five weeks after shipping overseas. He is 19 year old Pvt. Benjamin Westley Bailey, jr., colored, son of Mr. and Mrs. Westley Bailey, of Plymouth. Private Bailey entered the ser vice in April, 1950, and shipped overseas with the Infantry on Labor Day, September 4. In a letter to his father, he reported that he was rvounded in the right knee, suffering a fracture, and was flown home by way of Tokyo, Honolulu, San Francisco and Alabama, finally arriving at Camp Lejeune, where he is now hospitalized. Pvt. Bailey’s parents plan to visit him at Camp Lejeune soon. Order Firms Get Great Volume of Postal PaymelUl Figures From Local Post Office Show Thai About $10,000 Goes Monthly to Mail Order Houses -• A breakdown of the recipients of postal money orders issued by : the Plymouth Post Office for the specimen month of November, • 1949, shows that approximately j $10,000 is lost to Plymouth mer- , chants each month through pay- , ments to mail order houses. , Money orders in the amount of i $28,270.22 were issued during the < month under consideration, and 1 $10,445.41 of this, or almost 37 1 per cent, was addressed to mail 1 srder firms, according ' to Post t master J. C. Swain. November is t lotably an average month, being t characterized by neither rush nor c ilack business, Swain added. Finance corporations, through j jayments on automobiles, refri- * terators and other durable ap- j; jliances, collected $5,379.82 of * he amount, for 19 per cent. * kloney orders of a personal na- } ure came third, amounting to 1 14,224.44. Miscellaneous payment, ncluding numerous remittances s o utility companies, totaled $2,- J 195.14. Next in line were the in- * urance companies, who collected ® 12,779.76 in premiums through * noney orders. 5 Payments on industrial bank ° pans showed a total of $1,611, t ixth highest of the addressees. t Itate and Internal Revenue pay lents totaled $517.84, while re- _ -littances for periodicals and book ’ lub memberships brought up the ear at $396.81. Fees of $379.50 re re collected by the post of ice to cover the $28,270.22 total. Name Committee for Fire Prevention Days ic fi V b o In order to promote the ob servance of National Fire Pre vention Week, which will be ob served locally under the spon sorship of the Plymouth Rotary Club from October 8 through October 14, a representative com mittee of civic and industrial leaders has been formed. Following are the names of those appointed and the organiz ations or firms they represent: Commander W. J. Weaver, Vet erans of Foreign Wars; Z. V. Norman, Plymouth Lions Club; P. W. Brown, American Legion; Hubert Britton, Atlas Plywood Corporation; Fred Keyes, North Carolina Pulp Company; Mrs. I d r A a I F a a E P a u b C( v IV ci H lOuise McGowan, Plymouth Gar en Club; Chief I. Miller War ;n, Plymouth Fire Department; [. E. Turner, Carolina Telephone ad Telegraph Company and H. . Barnhill, Virginia Electric and ower Company. Also cooperating in the drive *e Washington County’s schools nd merchants. Superintendent . F. Lowry has been given fire •evention circulars and inform ion for distribution to school aits, and merchants are helping y the display of posters in their mcerns. The Rotary’s fire pre mtion committee is composed of 'oye Spruill, Lowry and Prin pal J. S. Fleming, of Plymouth igh School. ei it tl sc b c< e: th st Report Shows $136,431.05 Paid Out of $156,095.57 Levied; Other Matters Be fore County Board A report submitted to the Washington County Board of Commissioners at its monthly meeting here Monday morning shows that approximately 87 per cent of the 1949 county tax levy has been collected. As of noon Monday, $136,431.05 had been collected on a total charge of $156,095.57, Tax Col lector E. J. Spruill reported. This leaves $19,664.52 to be credited. The orginal charge was only $154,683.99, but additional listing and collections for penalty and interest brought the total charge up to the $156,095.57 figure, the report indicated. Continuing on the subject of taxes, the board put on the tax books 18 houses and 4 lots in Brinkley Forest, which did not come under the January listing. A letter from Mrs. T. G. Moore, of Washington, was read, asking for an adjustment in the evalu ation of her farm property in this county due to loss of acreage and other damages caused by the building of the new Plymouth 'Jltkeys road. The bor-sd decid ed,, however, that the decision of the'; case must await the January, 1951 tax listing. The commissioners agreed to appropriate up to $120 to the Southern Albemarle Association io pay the expense of dinner for quests at the group’s coming neeting at Creswell. Such cost s borne in rotation by this county and the three other counties with n the association. County Attorney W. L. Whit ey, of Plymouth, cleared up the luestion of the disposition of a ounty road near Roper, which vas tabled at the September 11 neeting of the board. D. O. Pat ick earlier asked the county to onvey to him the deed to a 20 oot strip of road leading to his arm so that he may make repairs o the road. Attorney Whitley has iscovered, however, that al- ; hough the county may abandon he road, it cannot transfer its wnership. Three petitions for roadwork a the county were read to the oard, but it was found that the etitions had not been properly died out. Thus, they were re jrned to the petioners for com letion, and set for considerat )n at a later board meeting. Jerk Robert Campbell was in- 1 tructed to write Highway Engi- 1 eer D. M. Bridgeman, of Co- j jmbia, relative to securing clear , ccess and unobstructed vision ' )r school busses on Newberry ' iane. Brush obstructs the view f bus drivers and the busses 1 lemselves are impeded by ' •ucks engaged in highway work, 5 ie complaint states. ’ lets' Minstrel ; Closing Tonight ■ The final scheduled presentat n of Carolina Minstrels, a bene t program of Plymouth’s two ^terans organization in the in rest of their building fund, will • ? given tonight, Thursday, at 8 clock in the Plymouth High rhool auditorium. The first performance was giv 1 last night before a near-capa ¥ crowd. It has been the plan of e sponsors to give a third pre ntation if attendance warrants, it at press time this morning it uld not be determined if the ;tra show will be staged. Due to the collaboration of sterans of Foreign Wars Post a. 4023 with James E. Jethro )st No. 164 of the American egion in sponsoring Carolina instrels, the VFW post will not eet tonight as scheduled, ac rding to Commander W. J. eaver. Proceeds from the shows i ill go toward the completion of i e veterans building under con- i ruction on Washington Street. i District Meeting Of V F W Posts Staged Sunday Slate Commander Knauff Lauds Work of Plymouth Post; Ralph Humes Elect ed to State Office Approximately 55 members of Veterans of Foreign Wars posts in North Carolina District 1 turn ed out last Sunday afternoon for a quarterly meeting held at Juniper Lodge. Acting as host was Plymouth Post No. 4023. Heading the guest list at the highly successful gathering, the first ever held in Plymouth, was State Commander'Earl D. Knauff. Commander Knauff gave to the group his opinions on the preser vation of world peace, once it is attained. He expressed congratu lations to Post 4023 for its large representation at the meeting. Of the 55 in attendance, 45 were from Plymouth. A fried chicken dinner was ser ved prior to the business session. After each post submitted its act ivity report and list of future plans, the group elected Ralph Humes, of Post 4023, to the posit ion of State Junior Vice-Com mander. It was decided that the next meeting of the district will be held in Ahoskie in January, 1951. Other than the host post, those towns represented at the meeting Sunday were Edenton, Elizabeth City and Manteo. A (•stare of the meeting was ti- - veterans building gfmg Ut» %n Washington Street through the joint efforts of Post 4023 and James E. Jethro Post No. 164, of the American Legion. The visit prompted State Com mander Knauff to express plea sure in the mutual cooperation prevalent among members of the two organizations in Plymouth. The host commander, W. J. Wea ver, would like to thank mem bers of his post for their attend ance and cooperation in the svent. i i i 1 1 1 1 ; 1 ( 1 ( ( i t ( i 1 t 1 ■\ ; I I 1 i i Y c r C a C 1st District Rally Set October 18 Congressman Herbert C. Bon ier, of Washington, in a visit to Plymouth last Thursday after noon, called upon all Democrats in the county to turn out for the First District’s Congressional Rally to be held in Greenville Wednesday, October 18. Bonner vill be the host congressman for :he occasion. Proceedings will get underway it 5 p. m., when Congressman Bonner will greet District 1 Dem >crats in a gathering of forces ireparatory to the General Elect ons set for November 7. A num >er of members of the Council of State and other state officials are expected to be on hand. This rally will be very import mt from the standpoint of the lemocratic Party, in that top peakers are expected to bring o the front the major issues on rhich the campaign for votes will ie waged, Bonner said here last Tiursday. District l’s rally will i « the sixth in a series which tarted Tuesday, li r d P ir tc P< w g! C I ai M lil PI ni so W bl CO ri| Ground Will Be | Broken Sunday j The Plymouth Methodist Church will break ground Sun Jay morning October 8, at 11:45 ror its new religious educational building, for which a contract tor construction was let recent ly. The celebration will be a con tinuation of the 11 o’clock ser vice Sunday morning. At the ippointed time, the congregat on will follow the pastor, the Rev. D. L. Fouts, leader of the wilding program and the choir ;o the r mird-breaking locat- j on to the rear of the church, vhere a brief ground-breaking service will be held. The two story building will include fac lities for a completely depart nentalized school for all age groups. ! so: i Sh |gr we PI Rc tes me Ch ett of Pe Cr ( PI; res IB. Br bai ly Ma of life thi the ed Counfy School Buildings Voted More Coverage ——» [nsurance to be Raised on Every Structure; Total Will be 18 Per Cent Above That of 1949 Insurance on Washington Coun ty’s 24 school buildings and their contents was increased by 18 per cent here Monday morning by the county board of education ■neeting in regular October ses sion. The board members voted to •aise insurance coverage on all auilding in the county, with the •esult that a total increase of 5107,950 over the 1949-50 figure vas approved. Whereas the build ngs carried $602,050 in insurance ast year, they now are protected cy $710,000. White school buildings are now nsured for $435,000, and their :ontents for $35,000, giving a to al of $470,000. Buildings at the olored schools are insured for >202,000, and their contents for !18,000, for a total of $220,000. Following is a breakdown of he insurance approved for each chool building, with their con ents included in the figure: ’lymouth High School, $176,000; ’rincipal J. S. Fleming’s home, 3,000; Hampton School, $17,800; ’lymouth H. S. Gymnasium, $11. 00; Roper High School, $117,000: toper Agriculture Building, $3, 00; Roper Cannery, $1,900; Cres vell School, $135,000; Creswell Agriculture Building, $3,200; Ireswell Cannery, $1,900. Plymouth Colored School, $80, 00; Plymouth Colored Class ooms, $3,800; Morattock Color d School, $2,500; Brooks Colored School, $2,500; Deep Bottom Col red School, $2,500: J, J. Clem aons Colored School, $23,000; J. . Clemmons Colored Agriculture luilding, $3,400: Macedonia Col red School, $6,000; Mount De ane Colored School, $2,500; Back woods Colored School, $2,500; lound Side Colored School, $3, 00; Creswell Colored School, 88,000; Washington County Stor ge Building, $10,000; Washing MjBfounty Repair Shop, $10, Tew Minister Arrives io Serve Creswell Charge -♦ The Rev. Reese Turner, for Dur years pastor of the Christ m Churh at Water Valley, Miss., as accepted the pastorate of the cuppernong - Phillipi churches ear Creswell. The former pastor, the Rev. G. . Bland, recently resigned to ccept a call to the Christian hurch at Sadiesville, Ky. Rev. Turner is a graduate of .tlanta Christian College, At inta, Ga. He and his family ar ved in Creswell earjy Satur ay morning. oper Rnriians Holding Dinner Meeting Tonight There will be a dinner meet g of the Roper Ruritan Club night at 7:30 o'clock in the Ro •r Community Building. Dinner ill be served by a woman’s oup of the Roper Methodist lurch. 1 I 1 « 1 l < i i 1 1 1 C c X t: c V t: 1 ?s t 1 )f e Miss Faye Boahn Winner of Contest p g n II it !1 h Miss Faye Boahn, neice of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Collins, of Mackeys, was crowned Miss Wild life of Washington County at the Plymouth Theatre last Thursday night, in a beauty contest spon sored by the Washington County Wildlife Club. Miss Boahn, a 15-year-old blonde, won out over 10 other contestants, thereby earning the , right to participate in Wildlife District l’s contest in Edeftton sometime over the week-end. , She was also presented an en I graved wi4st watch. Semifinalists in the judging I were Misses Betty Riddle, of Plymouth, and Pat Marrow, of Ropen Others entered in the con test were Misses Frances Free man, Joyce Hassell and Evelyn Chesson. of Roper: Viola Ever ett, of Mackeys; Virginia Heynen, of Wenona; and Margaret Bagley, Peggy Wayne Darden and Jane Crofton, of Plymouth. Club President E. E. Harrell, of Plymouth, served as master of ceremonies, while Mrs. Bernice B. Hammons and Miss Marion R. Brinkley, of Plymouth, assisted backstage. Judges were Mrs. Pol ly Smith and W. L. Whitley, of Plymouth; Mrs. Mitchener Banks, of Roper; Jim Davenport, of Mackeys; and Nathaniel Holton, of Wenona. Officials *of the wild life club had not been informed this morning of the exact date of I the district contest, but is schedul ed for one day this week. Ten County Men In Induction Call On October 30th Three White and Seven Col ored Men in First Induc tion Call; 30 To Be Exam ined Next Thursday Ten Washington County men will leave Plymouth October 30 for Raleigh and induction into the Army. Local Board No. 95 received the call Monday, its first since the resumption of Se lective Service operations in July. The men will depart by special ous at 9:50 on the morning of Dctober 30, arriving in Raleigh at ! o’clock in the afternoon. The ’roup will be composed of three white men and seven colored, the eldest of which was born Au gust 4, 1926, the youngest Feb ruary 23, 1928. The ten men, who were mail ed induction notices Tuesday, are iart of a 35-man group sent to Raleigh for physical examination september 30. Fifteen of the 30, :ix white and nine colored, pass ed the physical tests, leaving five o go in the next induction call, fhe ten to be inducted are the >ldest of the 15 found acceptable. The group to leave October 30 will have a second physical ex amination in Raleigh, and it is lot known to what Army install ation they will be sent for basic raining, as they will leave for ■amp from Raleigh. Each is ad vised to carry clothing sufficient o last three days. Following are those men to see \rmy service, provided they pass he second examination: William Edward Spruill, Howard Wichard Davenport and Aubrey Rudolph Voodley, white, of Roper; James Villiam Morgan, Clifton Friley Vinborne. Jocepheus Belcher, Villiam Ernest Hammie. Daniel lelcher, jr. and Edison Louis ’owe, jr., colored, of Plymouth; nd Haywood Edward Rogers, olored, of Creswell. Thirty more county men will eave next Thursday, October 12, or pre-induction examination in laleigh, but their names are not ret available for publication. This ;roup will be composed of 20 nd 21-year-olds, and will bring he total of county men examin d for the draft to 65. They will eave at 9:50 a. m. October i2, ar iving in Raleigh at 2:30 in the ! fternoon. The names of four delinquents, arried on the local board's books ! or some time, have been sent1 ato state draft headquarters, ’hey are: John Benjamin Harris, Joyd Graham McNair, Henry lorton, jr. and Richard K. Wil iams, all white, of Plymouth. Band Will Play At Martin Fair -« The second annual Jamesville ommunity Fair, sponsored as a | ■ ammunity project by the James- : ille Ruritan Club, will be held lis year on Friday and Saturday, ' October 6 and 7. Events will get 1 nderway at noon Friday, when 1 ie. Plymouth High School Band ' ’ill lead the fair parade. ‘ Representative Harold Cooley : slated to speak at 1 p. m. on 1 pening day, but in the event that j ooley, who is now on a trip, • unable to attend, the address * ill be given by Congressman c erbert C. Bonner, of Washing- $ in. There will be entertainment, imposed of games and horse- ] ding tricks, from 2:30 until 6 clock Friday. Saturday’s program will in ude a band concert, possibly by ie Plymouth High School Band, t 10:30 a. m., following which t ill be an address by L. Y. Bal- S ntine, state commissioner of ii [riculture, set for 11 o’clock. The Fair will conclude with a irebred hog sale at 1:30 in the a ternoon. Educational exhibits. F eluding canned goods, clothing, ii restrv and livestock will be of- n red. The Jamesville Woman's j h lub will serve lunch T a a ALUMNI SPEAKER j Dr. William E. Colwell, head of the Agronomy Department at North Carolina State Coll ege, who was the principal speaker here last night at a meeting of the Washington County State College Club. Over 10 Miles Of Road Work Done in County Highway Commission Re port Summarizes Com pleted Projects; Addition al Jobs Still Underway An October 3 summary by the North Carolina State Highway Commission shows that the com mission has just finished 10.19 miles of road improvement work in Washington County. Other highway work is also underway in the county, according to High way Commissioner W. Guy Har gett. and most of it will be finish ed before the end' of the 1950 paving season. The widely varied work includ es a 4.6-mile paving project un der the $200,000,000 bond issue program from Roper to Albe marle Beach; resurfacing of 1.8 miles of streets inside Plymouth; and two other paving projects, one from Creek Bridge, near Cherry, to Creswell (3.41 miles) and the other an 0.5-mile stretch of road near the old Mackeys Creek Bridge. The 4.46 miles completed lies on the Plymouth-Mackeys Road, a road 9.9 miles long. The remain ing 5.5 miles has for the most part seen paved, but is not yet open :o traffic, according to construct on officials of the Nello L. Teer Company here. Resurfacing of 15 olocks in the town of Plymouth it a cost of $14,880 was started luly the Fourth and completed by nonth’s end. Dr. Henry W. Jordan, chair nan of the highway commission, eports more road work under ■onstruction at this time than ver before in the history of the i ommission. Numerous primary nd secondary projects will be ( inished before the end of the \ 950 construction season. As of |, September 10, the commission i j ad spent $49,874,221.50 and alio- j ated $96,067,744.27 of the first i < 125,000,000 in bond funds. I < --*- ] *TA Executive Board to Meet Wednesday, Oct. 11 j \ -•- j c A meeting of the executive! 1 oard of the Plymouth PTA will c e held at the home of Mrs. K. 1 . Trowbridge Wednesday mom r lg, October 11, at 10 o’clock. The j s latter of delegates to attend the r istrict PTA meeting to be held : I t Perquimans High School, 1: ertford, Thursday, October 19, a expected to come up. A regular ; iceting of the local PTA will be | sld on the 18th of October, Mrs. I rowbridge said. CldC Ufi Decision of High Court Overrules Clerk's Act Here Order for Imprisonment in Bowser Case Held In valid; Hall's Appearance Bond Not Forfeited -* The Supreme Court of North Carolina, in a judgment render ed last week but not yet certified to the Washington County Clerk of Superior Court, reportedly held that Clerk W. M. Darden and his deputies over-stepped their jurisdiction recently in the arrest and imprisonment of Z. T. Bowser, Plymouth Negro. As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision, it is probable that Bowser, convicted of non support, will not have to serve a road sentence and that John Hall, of Plymouth, will not have to pay an appearance bond given in the case. Bowser was convicted in Washington County Superior Court January 11, 1949, of non support of an illegitimate child, after appealing a decision of Re corder W. Ronald Gaylord. The superior court upheld Judge Gay lord’s imposition of a six-months suspended sentence, but increas ed the weekly payments required of Bowser for support of the child to $6.50. Bowser again ap pealed. The state supreme court upheld the superior court decision in April, 1949. Shortly afterwards, at the insistence of W. L. Whit ley, representing private pro secution, the deputy county court clerk issued a mittimus (an or der) for Bowser to begin the road sentence, due to the fact that he was not paying the required $6.50 per week. Bowser appealed. Bow ser’s attorney, P. H. Bell, Negro, of Plymouth, then made a mot ion that the case be held open, following which the mittimus was rescinded and a $500 bond was taken from John Hall, Plym outh Negro, guaranteeing Bow ser's appearance in superior court. Bowser was called and failed, however, and Hall and Jack Frank, of Plymouth, who gave an earlier bond, were notified to appear at the January, 1950 term of superior court to show cause why their bonds should not be forfeited. Judge J. J. Burney held both bonds to be liable for payment, but Hall appealed to the supreme court. Hall thus will not have to pay the bond. As to the imprison ment of Bowser, the court held that the mittimus was invalid, in that only the trial judge, Judge Burney, has the authority to say whether or not Bowser has been complying with the suspended sentence. Whether the case will be re-opened in superior court was not known here early this week. -■■ Native of County Buried Tuesday — » Funeral services for William Simon Chesson. 83. a native of Washington County but a resident 3f Elizabeth City for a number )f years, were held Tuesday af ternoon in the chapel of the Twi ord Funeral Home in Elizabeth City, with the Rev. Robert W. Cicklighter, pastor of Elizabeth pity's Blackwell Memorial Bap ist Church, officiating. Burial vas in New Hollywood Cemetery n Elizabeth City. A retired buiiding contractor, Ihesson died at his home last Sunday night after an illness of 8 months. The son of the late ’homas and Anne Ward Chesson, e was an honorary deacon of the llackwell Memorial Baptist Ihurch. Surviving are his wife, frs. Claudia Peacock Chesson, f Elizabeth City; three sons, Villiam S. Chesson, jr., and Har ell Chesson, of Elizabeth City, nd Wesley Earl Chesson, of Mia ii, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Lloyd lalstead, of Weeksville; two rothers, John Chesson, of Roper, nd Richard Chesson, of Plym uth; one sister, Mrs. Emma windell. of Arlington, Va.: four andchildren and one great ■andchild. Band Parents’ Group Is Organized Parents of Plymouth High School band members met in the school lib: ary last Friday morn ing : nd formed the Band Parents Association, an organization de signed to work for the improve ment and expansion of the band Ti e charter president of the association is Mrs. Ray Brown. Othi r officers elected were Mrs. W. Leary, vice-president, and Mrs. Charles Painter, secretary treasurer. Association meetings were set for the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p. m. in the high school. The parents were met by Mrs. Ethel Hopkins, band director, and Principal J. S. Fleming. Fleming briefly outlined the plan of or ganization, whereby the parents unite behind the band for advice, guidance and cooperation. Mrs. Hopkins stated that one of the aims of the band is to purchase more instruments, so that the numerous applications for mem bership in the band can be ap proved. The band will present a half-hour concert at the first meeting of the BP A October 10. The BPA readily approved the invitations extended the band by Scotland Neck and Jamesville for appearances during October. The band will participate in the Har vest Festival at Scotland Neck October 13 and at Jamesville on an unannounced date. An invit ation to Williamston’s Peanut Festival October 18 was reluctant ly turned down by the associat ion, due to the fact that the festi val will conflict with plans for the band to journey to Raleigh for the Notth Carolina State Fair.