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T'own opics W. Roy Hampton, of Plymouth, attended the inauguration Mon day of the Honorable Gordon Gray as president of the Greater University of North Carolina. Mr. Hampton is a member of the i-.'joard of trustees of the Greater Viniversity. Mrs. Wade Adams and daugh ter, Patricia Ann, will leave Sun day for Richwood, W. Va., where they will join Mr. Adams who is now employed by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad there. They will make their home in Rich wood. W. A. (Bill) Roebuck, popular city clerk, will leave Friday, Oc tober 20, for Asheville where he will attend the North Carolina League of Municipalities conven tion at the Grove Park Inn, Oc tober 22-24. While Mr. Roebuck is away, the city clerk’s office will remain open for business as usual. P. B. Bateman and the Rev. Edward M. Spruill, president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, of the Plymouth Rotary Club, at tended a dinner meeting of of ficers of Rotary clubs of this district in Rocky Mount last Fri day night. Forest Warden S. F. Darden is Hoffman Forest, near Jack sonville, this week for instruction in the prevention and fighting of forest fires. Prominent among the stars of Chowan College football team’s 13-0 win over Hargrave Military Academy at Chatham, Va., Tues day were Clarence Alexander, end, Wayne Browning, guard, and Herman Hooker, line backer, all of Plymouth. Alexander got in to the scoring when he took a pass for the extra point. The win was the third straight without defeat for the Chowan College eleven. The Rev. Edward M. Spruill left Sunday night for Tampa, Fla., to attend the annual Prov incial Synod meeting of the Prot estant Episcopal Church October 10th and 11th in St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Tampa. Mr. Spruill is a clerical delegate from the Diocese of East Carolina at .this gathering. He expects to re Ijfturn to Plymouth on Friday of this week. Mrs. Spruill, and lit tle daughter, Florence, will spend the time with Mrs. Spruill’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Eagles, of Crisp. Among the record-breaking student body of 612 women en rolled at Meredith College in Ra leigh this semester is Miss Joyce Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Bailey, sr., of Plymouth. Mrs. Annie Lou Gurkin, of the Roper High School faculty, was elected vice president of the home economics department of the North Carolina Education As sociation for 1951-52 at its 28th annual district meeting in Green ville last week. Monroe Street Extension Open Plymouth Police Chief P. W. Brown announced this week that Monroe Street extension, from Brinkley Avenue to U. S, High way 64, is now open to traffic. Work is scheduled to begin to morrow (Friday) on surfacing the street extension with rock, the chief said. Now that Monroe Street has opened all the way to the high way, log trucks and other heavy vehicles are being routed over the street and away from school zones. This should go a long way toward remedying the problem of traffic congestion which has been so acute on West Main Street, in front of Hampton Academy, and on Washington Street, in front of the high school building, the chief said. Brown pointed out that the street had been opened in good fljtime, as the hauling of farmers’ stock peanuts will soon be heavy. This traffic will also be directed over the new route to lessen con gestion on other thoroughfares. Only this month, the Plymouth Town Council took action calcu lated to relieve traffic snarls which have become commonplace United Nations Day To Be Observed Here United Nations Day will be ob served in Plymouth October 24, with a ceremony to be held in front of the City Market Build ing at 11 a. m., according to Program Chairman H. H. Allen. Mayor A. J. Riddle has issued a proclamation for the local ob servance and Chairman Allen is. at present working out the de-i tails of the program. It is hoped! that a program outline will bel available for publication next< week. 1 Approval of the observance ofi UN Day was given by Mayon Riddle and the Plymouth Townl Councilmen at their meeting Oc tober 2, at which time Allen was appointed to head the program committee. United Nations Day was estab- ! lished for October 24 by a j ananimous vote of the UN Gen- ] ;ral Assembly in October, 1947, < ind has been given added sig lificance by the Korean war. UN t 3ay has been actively supported r >y the governments and people ( if the 59 members of the United t Jations, and is the first day ever s et aside by the nations of the s I'orld for simultaneous dedica- I ion to common ideals. a The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated L;l to the service of Washington ill County and its 13,000 people. VOLUME LXI—NUMBER 41 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 12, 1950 ESTABLISHED 1889 Farmers' Market Carnival Will Be Held Hallowe'en 4 Money Realized to be Us ed to Meel Year's Budget; Expected to Attend District Meet at Hertford Plans for the annual Hal lowe-en carnival and farmers’ market were discussed yesterday morning at the meeting of the executive board of the Plymouth Parent-Teacher Association, held at the home of the president, Mrs, K. S. Trowbridge. Fifteen mem bers of the executive board were present. It was decided to hold the farmers’ market during the day and the carnival at night, Tues day, October 31. As in past years, school children will be asked to bring some kind of farm produce to school and it will be display ed and sold on the school grounds, with the sale lasting until the start of the evening Droeram or until the products are disposed of. Money realized from these projects will be used to meet the year’s budget, which includes a new piano for the school, library, etc. A large number of the officials and members of the P-T A are planning to attend the district P- TA meeting at Perquimans County High School in Hertford next Thursday, October 19. Reg istration for this meeting will start at 9:30 o’clock in the morn ing and the meeting proper will open at 10 o’clock. The district embraces the counties of Bertie, Camden. Cho wan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Martin, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Wash ington. Tentative Plans For Adult Night Classes Started Forty-Hour Courses in Shop Mathematics to Bt? Given For Second Year at Plym outh High School Preliminary plans are being made this week to offer night classes in shop mathematics for adults at Plymouth High School starting in November, it has been announced by R. F. Lowry, coun ty superintendent of schools, and J. S. Fleming, Plymouth High School principal. This will be the second year in which the classes will be held. “We were well pleased with the results of last year’s classes, and have had so many inquiries that we are instituting the same pro gram this year,” Superintendent Lowry explained Monday. The classes, to be sponsored by the Washington County Board of Education and State Department of Public Instruction, will be open to all persons in the county who are required to use knowledge of shop mathematics in their every day work. Tentative plans call for the classes to run through November, December, January, February and part of JVIarch. The school is to be composed of two 40-hour courses, one con cerning the use of the steel square. The subject of the second course has not yet been decided upon. The faculty will again be made up of Adrian Cobb and Russell Owens. Both employees of the North Carolina Pulp Com pany, Cobb is a master mechanic, while Owens is chief chemist. The sponsors feel that they are deeply indebted to L. J. Darby, director of industrial relations at the N. C. Pulp Company, for his leadership in the program. Credit for the institution and planning of the courses has on both oc casions been given Darby by Lowry and Fleming. Those in terested in enrolling for the class es should contact either Darby or Principal Fleming, who will furnish further details. PROCLAMATION Designating October 24 "United Nations Day" ♦ ♦ Whereas, October 24th has been designated by the General Assembly of the United Nations as the day to be observed throughout the world as the anniversary of the coming into force of the United Nations Charter; and Whereas, during this, the fifth year of its existence, the United Nations is on trial before the world as the champion of peace with freedom for all mankind; and Whereas, it is of the greatest importance that citizens in every community of this country give expression of their support of the United Nations: Now therefore, I A. J. Riddle, Mayor of Plymouth, do solemly declare October 24th a day of special commemoration in that it is the fifth birthday of the organization which can maintain peace on earth among men of good will; further, I request that every bell in this community ring out at eleven o’clock on the morning of October 24th as a reminder to every citizen to join the rest of our country in a prayer for the success of the United Nations in this hour of crisis; and further, as Mayor, I request that a special ceremony be ar ranged for 11 o'clock in front of the City Market Building, at which all citizens are invited to attend for the purpose of joining in a prayer for peace with freedom and in a demon stration to the world that the citizens of Plymouth are united in support of the United Nations and in the belief that THERE SHALL BE PEACE. 30 Men Leave Today For Physical Exams Second Group of County Se lectees to Stand Test in Raleigh Today; Induction For 10 October 30 Thirty Washington County men left this morning at 9:50 o’clock for pre-induction physical exami nations at the draft processing center in Raleigh. The group, composed of 14 white men and 16 colored, de parted by special bus from the Plymouth bus station, and were due to arrive in Raleigh at 2:30 this afternoon. The group’s de parture will bring the total of county men examined for the draft to 65. Thirty-five left September 13, and 15 of the num ber passed examination. Those leaving this morning are 20- and 21-year-olds. One-third of the group, or 10 men, are from Roper. Creswell and Plymouth will send f> each, while thtnrt maining 2 are from Mackt^s, It is thought that all will be re quired to stay overnight in Ra leigh. Following are those reporting: Joseph Gilmer Tetterton, Ellis Sheppard, William Leroy Rob bins, Herman Edgar Hooker, jr., Dillon Staton Harris, Benjamin Ray Tucker and John Richard Carr, jr., white, of Plymouth; Francis Ray Spencer, white, of Roper; Lyonel Jervis Phelps, Lu ther Martin Ambrose, Robert Lee Phelps and Wade Andrew Phelps, white, of Creswell; John Edward t Rpmhrifipp anri Norwood T.noni- ‘ das Spruill, white, of Mackeys. Lloyd Lee Howell, Willie Lee Watson, James Earl Sawyer, Elmer Norman, Joe Louis Nor- 1 man, Eugene Everette, Chester Lee Fuller, Edward Cox and Wil- , liam Henry Allen, colored, of j Roper; William Edison Rodgers, j ^ William Earl Alexander, James i Harrell Rodgers, George Allen J Cabarrus and James Dennis I ( Lewis, colored, of Creswell; Na-! ( thaniel Lee Belcher and Taft | ( Purkett, colored, of Plymouth. j Three white and seven colored ] men born between August 4, 1926 - and February 23, 1928 will leave October 30 in the county’s first call for actual induction. The 10 1 are the oldest of 15 found ac- J ceptable September 13. Still listed as delinquent by the local board and recently reported to state draft headquarters are the following four white resi dents of Plymouth: John Ben- \ jamin Harris, Lloyd Graham Me- s (See DRAFT GROUP, Page 7)'® c I Riles For Mrs. i Bert Allen Held Funeral services for Mrs. Bert s Allen, 77, of Roper, were held n yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock p from the old Mizell homeplace in a Roper. Rites were conducted by d the Rev. P. B. Nickens, pastor of a Plymouth’s Ludford Memorial, c Baptist Church, assisted by the d Rev. Jessie McCloud, of Roper, Burial followed in the family :emetery, near the home. Mrs. Allen died at her home fuesday morning at 1:50 o’clock, following an illness of 10 months. 3orn in Washington County May : 9, 1877, she was the wife of the ate Luther L. Allen, of Roper, ind the daughter of the late W. J. Jizell and Ellen Freeman Mizell, if this county. A lifelong resident of Washing on County, Mrs. Allen was a nember of the Roper Methodist fhurch. Surviving are a daugh er, Mrs. Ralph Harrell, of Roper; son, Owen Allen, of Roper; two isters, Mrs. Ruth Coburn and Irs. A. M. Arnold, both of Roper; nd several nieces and nephews. Hays Estimates Peanut Digging Half Completed Quality of 1950 Crop High est Ever, County Agent Opines; Yield Not Expect ed to Exceed 11 Bags The job of digging and stack ing the county’s peanut crop is between one third and one half completed, County Agent W. V. Hays believes. Hays feels cer tain from his observations in traveling over the county that the job is no more than half done but thinks that it will be practically completed by the last of next w«ek, barring bad weather. .Billfl* n'-anut crop is one 01 tiff mdff substantial money crops in Washington County, the question of quality and yield is naturally an interesting one to everybody. Hays is of the opin ion that the quality of the 1950 :rop is the highest ever and states that efforts have been made in some cases by buyers to contract with farmers for their entire crop at prices which are juite flattering. The county igent mentioned prices up to 12 M> cents per pound. Ac in ttin T-J oitc he county average per acre will ; lot exceed 11 bags. This would ] ie only a so-so yield, but some- ' vhat above the average for the 1 ■ounty for the 1949 crop of ' ;oobers. Nowadays, a yield 1 rom 16 to 20 bags per acre is : onsidered quite good, whereas ' 'ears ago an average yield of 25 ' >ags per acre for individual < armers was not at all uncom- ; non. s The agent stated that very lit- £ le tobacco remains on farms in he county to be marketed. Prac- s ically all of the larger growers * iave finished marketing their e saf, Hays said. I (See PEANUTS~Page~ieven)" i fire Department Responds Twice The Plymouth Fire Department ras called out twice within the pace of five hours Tuesday night nd early Wednesday morning, rith considerable damage being one in one case. Fire Chief I. filler Warren reported. Extensive interior damage re nted from a fire at 1:30 Wed esday morning at the North arolina Pulp Company, when a laze developed in a concession tand near the plant. The busi ess belonged to David Moore, artially blind resident of Plym uth. No exterior damage was one, but losses in merchandi<c nd equipment were great. The ause of the fire had not been etermined this morning. No damage was done when an il stove in the home of Linwood irown on East Third Street be anie overheated at 7:45 o’clock uesday night. Chief Warren re orted. It was the second alarm lvolving the overheating of an 1 stove answered by local fire len in less than a week. evival Starts Monday At Mackeys Methodist Reviv. 1 services will begin at e Mackeys Methodist Church :xt Monday evening, October 16, 7:30 o’clock, with the Rev. B. , Merritt, of Hertford, in charge services. Everyone is invited attend. c v i c c F 0 1 t: t: n n t V v< t< t: ( O c F F c n F v a' H r< ir ai Tli h; tc cJ T ai Details of Farm Bureau Program To Be Set Hen -♦ County Leaders To Mee Friday Night in Agricul lure Building; Presiden Cites Advantages The Washington County Farn Bureau’s annual fall membershi] drive will get underway in Plym outh Friday night, when burear leaders will hold an organiza tional meeting in the Agriculturi Building. The program will star at 8 o’clock. A goal of 400 members has beei set for the county unit, whicl now has about 300 members, ac cording to H. R. Chesson, o Mackeys, Washington Count? Farm Bureau president. In call ing upon local citizens to responc to the drive he remarked tha “sound organization is the farm srs’ only means of overcomin; the inequality between their pro duction efforts and their returi an that production.” Numerous conferences wit! representatives of the state Farn Bureau headquarters have beei held by Chesson and W. V. Hays county agent, as a prelude to th< drive. “It means a lot to havi our Farm Bureau leaders sup ported by so many farm families but there is no reason why the? should not include among thei: supporters many more member: in this county,” Chesson has said The Farm Bureau works for al farmers, the county leader point ad out. “It does not mattei whether you are a landowner ienant or sharecropper, if yoi are a member of the Farm Bureai ?ou are represented equally or ;he national and state levels b> our Farm Bureau leaders,” h( continued. Will Noi Repeal Minstrel Show, Sponsors Decide EtMttbrly Scheduled Per roraflncM Given Before Overflow Crowds at High School Mrs. W. J. Weaver, of Plym iuth, who directed the local alent minstrel show, “Carolina Winstrels,” which was recently jresented here on two successive lights to overflow audiences, said Yesterday that it had been de ided not to give a performance if the minstrel show at Roper t had previously been stated that f attendance at the two regular y scheduled performances justi ied, a repeat performance might >e given and Roper had been nentioned, along with Plymouth, is a possible place. However, it cas found that the Roper High School auditorium could not ac omodate as large a crowd as the uditorium at the local high chool, where the two perform nces were presented. “Carolina Minstrels” was spon ored jointly by local posts of he American Legion and Vet rans of Foreign Wars and the roceeds are being used toward ompletion of the Veterans build ig on Washington Street. Overflow audiences turned out n the two nights, and several ho saw the minstrel described as the best local talent show ver held in Plymouth. It is anservatively estimated that 600 eople jammed into the Plym uth High School auditorium on le two nights combined. The veterans would like to lank the people of Plymouth for leir kind patronage and also all lembers of the cast, who are not lembers of one of the posts, fcr leir participation. Brick work ill be started this week on the terans building on Washing >n Street through the use of le proceeds of the show. — ■ « )ar Overturned, HeavilyDamaged Henry Edward Cherry, colored [ Plymouth, was charged with ireless and reckless driving by atrolman Carl Gilchrist, of lymouth, as the result of an ac dent which occurred about mid ght last Saturday. Cherry, driving a 1947 model ard coach, lost control of the chicle on the Roper highway 30ut half a mile west of the oney Dripper Club. The car n off the highway and plowed to a field for about 80 yards id turned over. Cherry was it hurt. The damage to the ve cle was estimated by Gilchrist be about $300. Cherry was convicted of the arge in recorder’s court here lesday morning and fined $50 id court costs. Finance Drive for Scouts Drawing To Close Today 11 The finance drive of the Albe t marie Scouting District closes to- s day, and indications are that con- t [ tributious will approach a total f of $1,000, according to Farley M. ( Bowers, of Plymouth, district c [ scouting chairman. C The drive got underway last s Thursday, with a personal can vass of individuals and business \ i concerns conducted. By late Fri- 1 > day evening of last week. $400 i ■ had been solicited, Bowers said, c i a great deal of which was con- f • tributed by employees of the I ■ North Carolina Pulp Company, c The Albemarle District has no C definite financial goal, but Wash- I i ington and Tyrrell, the counties 1 hat comprise the district, are triving to do their full part in ' he attainment of operating unds for the East Carolina ] Council. The council, composed f 21 counties, will require $56, 00 to operate during the present couting year. Plans for the finance campaign re re formulated here September 8, when local and district scout ig leaders met for a discussion f operating fund needs. The r.eed ' or funds was then stressed by lalph Mozo, of Wilson, chief ex- 1 cutive of the East Carolina < ■ouncil, as well as by Local 1 'inance Chairman Harold Whit- < :y, of Plymouth. Registration Books, Open Saturday for; Election November 7 j New Names, Transfers To Be Entered From 9 A. M. Until Sunset October 14, 21 and 28 -* Registration books for the gen eral elections of Tuesday. No vember 7. will open Saturday, Oc tober 14, and remain open for the next two Saturdays, or through October 28, it was announced this week by L. S. Brey, of Roper, chairman of the Washington County Board of Elections. Registrars will be at the coun ty’s srx polling places on each of the three Saturdays during the registration period from 9 a. m. until sunset, Brey said. The Saturday before the elections, November 4, will be Challenge Day, at which time the books will be open to any person ques tioning the validity of any name entered on the books. It will not be necessary for citizens who registered and vot ed in the recent primaries to register again, the chairman said, but those who have moved from one precinct to another or who have become of voting age since the last . ^gistration will be re quired to register, he continued. Following are the polling plac es, at which registration will take place, and their registrars: Plymouth Precinct No. 1: W. A. Davidson, county courthouse; , Plymouth Precinct No. 2: Cleve J Cratch, Plymouth High School; Lees Mill: W. T. Freeman, Roper Community Building; Skinners ville: Mrs. Mary Pharr, A. R. Patrick’s store: Wenona: R. J. Furbee, Mr. Furbce’s residence; Scuppernnng: John Combs, Mr. Combs’ office. Chairman Brey said yesterday ( that absentee ballots are now { ready and may be obtained from I ‘ him. The ballots must be ac- ' quired not more than 30 days * and not less than 3 days before j | the elections, he reminded vot- ' ers. --A-I t. Meeting Monday ; Of Bridge Group { The executive board of the Al ligator River and Croatan Sound Bridge Association, a group form ed in Manns Harbor September 6, will meet at the American Legion Beach, near Columbia. Monday, October 16, at 10:30 a. m. Chairmen of the county board of commissioners, the representa tives and senators from Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington Counties have been invited to at tend. The Columbia American Legion auxiliary will serve a Dutch luncheon at 12:30 in the afternoon. If the weather is bad Monday, members are requested to report to the Agriculture Building in Columbia first, because the board may be compelled to meet in Co lumbia due to the fact that only a dirt road connects Columbia and the beach. Bruce Bateman, of Plymouth, is a member of the board of di rectors of the A.R.C.S.B.A., while H. E. Newland, also of Plymouth, is treasurer. The main purpose of the association is to work for the erection of a new bridge over the Alligator River, connecting with US Highway 64 into Manteo. o t n : a i: v C e t e ti E t o a ti 1 T VFW, Legion To Meet Jointly Friday Night Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4023 and James E. Jethro Post No. 164 of the American Legion will hold a joint meeting Friday night at 8 o’clock in the Legion Hall, the post command ers have announced. Several important matters are slated to be taken up, including the setting up of a blood bank in Plymouth and a discussion of fund raising ways and means. e: « e: is a: S( T gi ol ti al si se ft CO ( c c Tax Collections At Record Pace ! j .. .: ( Chief of Police P. W. Brown ' is also tax collector for the Town of Plymouth and in the J latter capacity he must have ! set some sort of record, of : wlhich he can be justifiably ' proud. At the end of the last _ fiscal year, June 30 past, total j collections of 1949 Town of Plymouth taxes amounted to 91.35 per cent of the total levy. ! Collections since that time and ( through September 30 have 1 raised the percentage of total c collections to 95.35 per cent of ( the total 1949 tax levy. That * is a good record in any year, ' and especially so now that 5 times aren’t exactly what they 1 were just a short while ago. 1 Now the affable chief has his ( sights on an even better record ;( at this time next year. Expectations High ks First Dlktrict Rally Time Nears Conner Expects October 18 Democratic Assembly To Be Greatest Ever; Willis Smith Top Speaker i — One of the greatest political allies in the history of the First congressional District has been iredicted by Representative Her iert C. Bonner, of Washington, /ho will be the host congress lan at the district’s biennial po itical rally in Greenville next Wednesday, October 18. The ceremonies will officially et underway at 4:30 o’clock' in he afternoon in the Pitt Coun y Courthouse. An inpressive list f Democratic notables has been rranged, with the principal ad ress to be delivered by Willis mith. of Raleigh, recent winner ver Senator Frank P. Graham in le torrid Senatorial race. Congressman Bonner, eom lenting this week, said: “From 11 indications, it looks like this going to be the biggest rally re have ever had in the district.” 'ther party leaders echoed the rediction in spite of this being a “off-year” rally—that is, lere not being a Presidential lection this year. Large groups of Democrats om Washington and other east rn counties are expected to at md the rally next Wednesday, onner says, pointing out that vo years ago Dare County Dem ’rats chartered a special bus to ttend the gathering in Washing n P < \ u i 1 1 t ■\ t i r t c t i r r ] is SI ti tl c t< Cl 3'Wj:,d < < a ^ £ Monday First Day Of Hunting Season The 1950 open season on deer ill start next Monday, October >, District Game Protector J. T. erry, of Plymouth, advises hunt 's. As in the past, only male deer ith visible antlers may be tak 1, Terry warns. The bag limit one a day, one in possession id two for the season, with the ason to close January 1, 1951. Hunters are further warned by ?rry that they should be on lard and not kill deer, or any her game, out of season. Viola in will bring arrest and prob >le heavy fine, in addition to spension of license. Also opening Monday are the asons on squirrels, racoons and opossums with dog and gun and bear. The squirrel season closes January 1, and bag limits are 8 daily and 100 for the season. The season on racoon and opossum closes January 1. with no bag limit imposed. Bear season also closes January 1, and there is daily limit of two, but no season limit. So far this year, there have been no known reports of disease among deer in this section, as was the case last year. A mys terious organism killed 100 deer in the space of a few w^eeks in scattered parts of the state in 1949, it will be remembered. Many were found along the Roa noke River, in and around Wil liamston. First Plans Made For Institution of Blood Bank Here 3lymoulh Jaycees Provide Slarl For Program; Court ly Gels Special Approval Of Red Cross First steps toward the estab ishment of a blood bank in Vashington County were taken >y the Plymouth Junior Chamber if Commerce last Friday night, vhen the Jaycees met for a dis ussion of the project with Miss anet Cox, genera] field represen ative for the Red Cross in the outheastern area of the state. Unanimous approval of the es ablishment of a blood bank in ’lymouth was given by the Jay ees. Members of the Lions Club, totary Club and others also were n hand, with the purpose of re aying information gathered to heir own groups for considera ion. It was clearly decided that he project is to be a community ne, under the sponsorship of ivic and service clubs, veterans rganizations and other groups. Washington County was ap iroved for the blood bank pro ;ram through the efforts of Miss lox and W. J. Woolard, of Plym uth, county Red Cross chairman. Norfolk, Va. is the nearest blood towns beyond a radius of 90 miles from a blood center are not brought under the program, Miss Cox and Woolard secured special approval, Jaycee Joe Peele said Tuesday. With the start of the program given by the Jaycees, the actual establishment of the blood bank now awaits reports from other civic organizations. It is expect ed that each will appoint com mittee chairmen for the project in the very near future. The subject is expected to be a main topic of discussion at tomorrow night’s joint meeting of Plym outh’s American Legion and Vet erans of Foreign Wars posts. The American Red Cross has undertaken the job of coordinat ing the program for recruitment of donors and collecting, storing,, processing and preparing '/’OWfc for shipment. It is standing of the Jaycees that fF Red Cross truck will, once the program is established here, come to Plymouth four times each year with a medical staff to draw the blood. The main responsibility of the local blood bank personnel will be to have the donors on hand at the truck. The blood collected will be kept at the Washington County Hospital for use as needed. Whole blood is good for only 21 days after it is drawn from the indivi dual, and if the supply put into the county hospital is not used within 18 days it will be sent to the Norfolk blood center. If it is not used in Norfolk during the remaining three days, it will then be converted into blood plasma ar blood derivatives. At any time the blood becomes contaminated, it will be withdrawn and used for "esearch purposes. -4 Tree Trimming Is Nearly Completed -4-; H. L. Wiggins, of Georgia, who s in charge of the crew of tree mrgeons which has been busy rimming trees along the lines of he Virginia Electric & Power Company in Plymouth, said yes erday he expects the job to be :ompleted sometime next week. The crew of six men has been vorking within the city limits or the past three weeks. The nen are employed by a tree ser vice firm in Shelby and are vorking on contract with the lower company. Yesterday, they vere trimming trees on Adams street, just across from the court louse and agriculture building.
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