r’own
opifcs
Mr. and Mrs. Will am (Billy)
•Bateman arrived in Plymouth
Sunday from Manila, p. I. It was
Mrs. Bateman s first trip to the
States. Her maiden name was
Eiwnnag Caravana. and she is a
native Filipino. .V,. and Mrs.
Bateman are »-taylng with Mr.
Bateman's parent;, Mr. and Mrs.
Pwen Bateman.
Children of sch.ool age through
out Washington County forsook
Christmas tejyg in favor of school
books as aIl'SChools in the county
resumed regular schedules of
classes Tuesciay morning, after
enjoying a holiday closing which
began at thr, end of classes De
cember 21.
John W. Oui-.on, of 117 East
Main Street, Plymouth, gradu
ated from the Franklin School of
Science and Arts in Philadelphia,
Pa., on Tuesday. December 1EK
Diplomas and certificates were
presented by Dr. I. Zamost. presi
dent of the school. tJraduates
serve as medical techr.iciar X
ray technicians and medical sec
retaries.
Plymouth Postmaster J. C.
Swain stated yesterday that sales
of Federal Migjatory Bird
Stamps were way below those of
a year ago, and cited as tie like
ly reason the scarcity of birds
in the Wenona section of the
<||unty, where practically all of j
tWe hunting of migratory birds!
is done. For some reason, the j
bi ds failed to come to that sec
tion this year.
Since Clarence Blount, list '
taker for Plymouth Township, is
located in the city clerk's office,;
Chief of Police P. W. Brown and \
City Clerk W. A. Roebuck point
ed oiit this week that people can
now make one trip do for every
thing; they can list town and1
county taxes, buy automobile'
town tags, pay the water bill, and
if they have a parking ticket, pay
that nlso.
Jerry L. Hayes
Buried Monday
4
A Funeral services were conduct-1
*-d at Horner’s Funeral Home
here Monday afternoon at 3
o’clock for Jerry L. Hayes, who 1
died Sunday afternoon following
an illness of two months. Death
cam* at 4:10 o'clock.
Ml. Hayes, a native of Bertie
Couity, had made his home in
Plymouth for the last 35 years
andj was widely known in the
county. He was 63 years of age,
and (had been in declining health
for about a year. He had received
treatjment for some time at a local
hospital recently.
Mi-. Hayes was the son of the
late Walter Hayes and Florence
Brovyn Hayes, of Gatesville, and
was jborn April 6, 1882. He came
to Plymouth from his native Ber
tie in 1915 nnd was married here
December 23, 1923, to the former
Genevieve Beasley, of Plymouth,
who (survives.
Th<£ deceased was a member of
the Plymouth Methodist Church,
^ecvlces were conducted by his
yP>st<Vr, the Rev. D. L. Fouts, as
sisted (by the Rev. P. B. Nickens,
of Ludford Memorial Baptist
Churcl, here. Burial was in the
Baptist, cemetery.
Surviving besides Hie widow
are one sister, Mrs. w\ F. Ruth,
of Windsor, several nephews
and nieces.
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Farm Bureau Will Hold
Meet Here Friday High!
The Washington County Farm
Bureau will hold its • regular
meeting Friday night of this;
week, at 7:30 in the agvi. ultural!
building at Plymouth, it was an
nounced Tuesday by E H. Livcr
man, president.
An instructive and entertaining
film, “Tractor Care,’ made joint
ly by the army and a farm mach
inery firm, will be shown.
The Roanoke Beacon
★★★★★* and Washington County News ★★★**★
VOLUME LXII—NUMBER 1
Plymouth, Washington County, Nortlf Carolina,
Thursday, January 4, 1951
ESTABLISHED 1889
Jaycees Call lor
Volunteer Help
In Polio Drive
Campaign to Get Underway
in County Monday, Jan
uary 15; Thos. F. Hop
kins, Director
The Plymouth Junior Cham
| ber of Commerce is .'[gain spon
soring the March of Dimes drive
in Washington County, club of
j ficials announced this week. The
drive will get underway Monday,
[January 15 and is slated to con
tinue throughout the rest of the
month, it was said.
An urgent call for volunteers
to participate in the campaign for
1951 was issued today by Thomas
F. Hopkins, of Plymouth, director
of the polio fund-raising program
in the county.
The fight against infantile pa
ralysis is everybody's fight,” Mr.
Hopkins declared. "The March of
Dimes is the arsenal from which
we draw the weapons to win that
fight. Right now, due to unpre
cedented costs of care for a rec
ord number of patients, that ar
senal is depleted. In fact ,the Na
tional Foundation still owes mil
lions today for 1950 care. Conse
quently, I urge all public-spirited
citizens of Washington County to
sign up now for volunteer work
during the period of the drive.”
Help is needed for a score of
tasks, the director explained, and
there is a job suited to everyone,
addressing March of Dimes cards,
distributing coin collectors, or
ringing doorbells.
“Remember, we all have a
stake in this drive,” Mr. Hopkins
continued. “Our stake is to wipe
out polio. It is up to us to see
that the fight against infantile
paralysis goes on this year. A
hard-hitting volunteer force is
needed right now for the home
front battle.”
Hopkins feels a keen personal
stake in the drive this year, for
his own son, young Kenneth Hop.
kins, was stricken in 1950 and is
now recovering at home follow
ing a long period of hospitaliza
tion at a Portsmouth, Virginia,
hospital.
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Aged Resident of
Plymouth Passes
Mrs. Lizzie Barrington Brinson,
of Plymouth, died Saturday eve
ning at 9:30 o'clock at >the home
of her daughter, Mrs. L. O. Hor
ton, here. Funeral services were
held Monday afternoon at Cente
nary Methodist Church, New
Bern, of which she was a mem
ber.
Services were conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. H. H. King, as
sisted by the Rev. Edward M.
Spruill, rector of Grace Episco
pal Church, of Plymouth. Burial
was in Cedar Grove Cemetery,
New Bern.
Mrs. Brinson was the widow of
the late L. L. Brinson, sr., of New
Bern, and had made her home
here with her daughter for the
past two years. She was the
daughter of the late A. H. Bar
rington arid Emily Hall Bar
rington, of Pamlico County,
where she was born April 22,
1865.
Mrs. Brinson had been in de
clining health for a year and had
been confined to her bed for
three weeks.
Surviving her, besides her
daughter, are two sons, Albert
W. and Lesley L. Brinson, both
of New Bern: a nephew, Edward
M. Brinson, of New Bern, whom
Mrs. Brinson reared from infan
cy: 2 grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. S. E. Harris, of Oriental;
several nieces and nephews.
j Building t!
| Series of Si
A new series of installmen
stock was placed on sale thi:
week by the Plymouth Building
& Loan Association. Purchase i:
open to anyone who wishes tc
take advantage of the systematic
plan of savings offered by the
association, and it is expectec
that upwards of 500 shares wil
be sold in the new series.
The current series is the 53rc
offered to the public since it;
organization here in 1937. A new
series is opened every three
months, on January 1, April 1
July 1 and October 1 each year
All deposits in the association are
insured through the Federal Sav
ings & Loan Association.
}
k Loan New
toek on Sale
j Purchasers pay 25 cents per
■ week per share until maturity,
| when each share is worth $100.
| Earnings of the association are
pro-rated to each share of stock
; in each series, and at the present
time stock is maturing in 352
i weeks, equivalent to 4 per cent
interest, according to Miller
Warren, secretary, who is hand
ling the stock sale.
The 26th series of stock matur
ed in December, when $6,000 was
paid to owners of the 60 shares
of stock which matured then.
The 27th series will mature in
March, and it has 129 shares out
standing, which will represent
$12,900 at maturity.
Listing Off to Better
Start Than Last Year
Holiday Business
Keeps Local Post
Office Crew Busy
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Number Pieces of Mail
Handled Considerably
Larger Than Year Before,
Stamp Sales Also Highei
Local post office employee;
are having a collective sigh o:
relief now that the annual Christ
mas rush is history again. Post
master J. C. Swain said Tuesday
that almost twice as many piece;
of mail were cancelled in the 15
days before Christmas than wert
handled in the same time the
preceding year.
Although records are not im
mediately available on parce
post packages handled during the
recent Christmas season, the
postmaster estimated that the
amount was considerably aheac
of that of the year before, since
all other indices were at a highei
figure for the same relative per
iods.
Mr. Swain also said that more
Christmas cards were mailed a;
first-class matter, with 3-cen'
stamps, than has been the case ir
the past. During the 12-day per
iod 102,900 2-cent stamps were
sold at the local office, as com
pared with 69,600 for the pre
vious year. Sales of 3-cent stamps
totaled 18,300, against 10,300 foi
the year before.
Fewer manhours of labor were
required to handle the big jot
this year than last, the postmas
ter stated. Despite higher rates
of pay, clerk hire was less foi
the 1950 Christmas period than
it was in 1949; while pay for car
riers amounted to slightly more
although fewer hours were work
ed. All employees had received
a raise in pay previous to the
start of the Christmas rush.
For the last three months ol
1950, stamp sales at the local of
fice aggregated $8,798.01; againsl
$8,338.52 for the same period in
1949. December, 1950, stamp sales
totaled $4,556.03, while it was
$4,270.36 for December, 1949.
Farm Bureau Colored Unit
To Meet Saturday Morning
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Members of the Washington
County Farm Bureau, Colored
Unit, are urged to attend a meet
ing to be held in the agricul
tural building at Roper Saturday
morning at 10 o’clock, according
to T. L. Wilkins, president. Farm
problems in relation to the new
year will be discussed.
Scouts to Gather Clothes for Needy
Ralph Mozo, of Wilson, who is i
chief scout executive of the East 1
Carolina Council, Roy Scout.- of
America, and Howard K. Hunter,
field scout executive, were in
Plymouth Wednesday conferring
with local scouting leadeks con
cerning the setting up of the an
niversary week program. I
The program is on a Ination
wide basis and will seekMo raise
clothing to be sent to ttfl needy
persons of other lands vBo can
not help themselves. A Biota of
170,000 pounds of clothiK, used
or otherwise, has been iBablish
ed for the East Carolinsfcouncil,
composed of 20 countuM in this
part of the state — WBhington
County among them. ;|
Mozo said a meetin.^»of the
Albemarle District Scoop, com
mittee would be held next Tues
day evening at 7:30 o'clock in the
Scout Hut in Plymouth. Mr. Hun
ter, the new field scou: executive,
will be present, Mozo said.
Hunter replaces Geoi ge Brown,
of Roanoke Rapids, who has been
transferred to Florida. Hunter
comes to the East Carol: m Coun
!
cil from Anniston, Ala., and will
work out of Wilson headquarters.
He and his wife plan to live in
Greenville.
The new field executive has a
Rood scouting record behind him,
having been an eagle scout, the
highest rank, and held the var
ious offices from patrol leader
to junior assistant scoutmaster,
as a boy. In adult scouting, he
has been assistant scoutmaster
scoutmaster and troop commit
teeman. He is a World War II
veteran and briefly after the war
was in business at Tutwiler, Miss
Nearly 100 Gel Properly
on Books in First Day
and Half Here; Work Con
tinues Through January
Tax listing got off to a some
what better start here this week
than was the case a year ago, a
check at listing headquarters in
the milhicipal building at noon
Wednesday revealed. Plymouth
Township List Taker Cla'rence L.
Blount and City Clerk W. A. Roe
buck said 89 persons had listed
their holdings with them during
the day and a half. Listing began
at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning,
since January 1 was observed as
a holiday.
The list takers said that a pret
ty long line of persons awaited
the opening of the office Tues
day morning and business was
good throughout the day. Last
year, 87 persons listed at the lo
cal office during the first listing
day and through 3 o’clock in the
afternoon of the second day.
Although the pace was a bit
faster than a year ago, it was
still not likely to near that of
1949 when over 600 persons listed
here during the first 10 listing
days. It was explained that <h«
number of persons listing daily
grows smaller after the first few
days and remains so until near
the deadline, as a usual thing.
The listing period will expire
January 31 and the board of
county commissioners has an
nounced that there will be no
extension of the listing period
and that failure to list property
within the required period will
subject the delinquent ones to
the penalties provided by law.
Property owners of Plymouth
will find listing convenient as
both town and county list takers
sit in the clerk’s office in the
municipal building on Water
Street. The office is open daily
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
The rush is usually greater at
the beginning and end of each
week during the listing period,
officials said, and Wednesday and
Thursday are therefore good days
in which to list, since the clerks
are not normally so busy then.
There were no reports from
other list takers in the county,
but it is probable that similar
conditions exist in all sections.
Buy New Car foi
Police Deparlmen]
At Council Sessior
Lowest Price of Four Seal
ed Bids Accepted; Few
Other Matters Talked and
Group Adjourns Early
Purchase of a new car for us«
by the police department wa<
about all the business transact
ed by the Plymouth city council
at its regular meeting Monday
night. Starting off the new year
"right,” the council discussed £
few other matters and adjourned
by 9 o’clock, almost a record.
Four sealed bids were opened
for the new car, and by unani
mous vote councilmen accepted
the bid by Manning Motor Com
pany for a four-door Ford 8-cy
linder sedan. The low bid was
$903.50, plus the old police car
described as in bad condition. A
few extras, leather upholstery,
heater, heavy-duty seats and
front springs, were to be added
to the base price.
Councilman Max Willette, of
the third ward, asked that the
Norfolk Southern Railroad Com
pany be requested to install auto
matic warning signals at the
crossing of the main road to the
country club village leading from
west Main Street Extended. The
mayor and clerk agreed to make
the request. It was pointed out
that the railroad company is us
ing this spur frequently at nighl
about time for the shift change a1
the pulp mill, and several work
men living in the village have
had “close calls” at the crossing
recently.
It also was ordered that 20
mile speed limit signs be placed
on the main road leading through
the country club village.
Councilmen present were E. D
Keel, of the first ward; H. H
Allen, of the second ward; Max
Willette and J. A. Holbrook, ol
the third ward. Mayor A. J. Rid
dle presided, and Clerk W. A
Roebuck and Police Chief P. W
Brown also were on hand.
Nay Year Holiday
Observed Quietly
A repetition of Christmas was
the New Year’s Holiday obser
vance in the county—that is, as
far as law enforcement officers
are concerned. Christmas was ob
served in a quiet, orderly manner
here, and so was New Year’s.
Plymouth policemen report an
unusually well-conducted popu
lace as no offense worthy of ar
rest was noted. In the county
generally, the report was the
same. State Highway Patrolman
R. W. Young, statiorfhd here, re
ported that he made only one
arrest over the holiday week-end,
that being for public drunkenness
on the highway. No wrecks were
reported throughout the county,
the trend towards safer driving
being statewide over the New
Year’s holiday period as less than
one-seventh of the accidents esti
mated for the state as a whole
materialized. This good record is
in sharp contrast, however, with
the Christmas holidays when the
number of accidents on the high
ways exceeded estimates.
Two Hardison Boys
In Korean Fighting
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hardison,
of Roper, this week received let
ters from their two sons, who are
serving with Army combat units
in Korea. It was the first word
from one of them in eight weeks,
while it had been eleven weeks
since they had heard from the
other; and their letters did much
to relieve the aixicty felt for
them since Chinese Red troops
had intervened in the Korean
fighting.
Both youngsters, Sgt. Wade
Hardison, jr., and Pfc. James H.
Hardison, reported that they were
well and getting along all right,
although they expressed a per
fectly natural desire to be back
home. Sergeant Wade, jr., is serv
ing with the 17th Regimental
Combat Team, while Pfc. James
is with the 46th Infantry Divis
ion. James recently was award
ed the Bronze Star medal for
meritorious service in the pres
ence of an armed enemy.
The two Hardison boys enlisted
together in the Army nearly
three years ago, and have been
overseas in the Far East for two
years and seven- months. They
were with the occupation forces
in Japan until the fighting broke
out in South Korea last June, and
they went into the fighting zone
' shortly afterwards.
County Negro Youth
Is Missing In Action
The second reported Washing
ton County casualty of the Ko
rean fighting is an 18 year old
Negro, Pvt. John Clinton Blount,
of Plymouth, Rt. 1, whose parents
were notified Tuesday by the
War Department at Washington,
D. C., that he has been missing in
action since November 27. No
details were given.
Blount is the son of John and
Alice Blount, farmers who live
about two miles from Plymouth,
and is the eldest of six children.
He enlisted in service June 9,
1950, following graduation in
May from Plymouth Colored
: High School. Tn September he
was sent to Japan with the Third
Infantry Division. He was 18
years of age last March.
The last letter received by
Blount's mother from him was
on December 4, she said, and was
dated November 11. He stated in
that letter that he was on a ship
en route from Japan to Korea and
he asked that his people back
home pray for him.
Benjamin Westley Bailey, jr.,
19, also colored, of Plymouth,
was the first county man report
ed a casualty in the Korean fight
ing. He was wounded in the knee
in late September.
Court Term Here
To Start Monday
Total of 37 Cases, 19 Crimi
nal and 18 Civil, Set for
Trial; Judge Walter J.
Bone to Preside
A total of 37 cases—19 criminal
actions and 18 civil actions—are
on the calendar for the January
term of Washington County Su
perior Court to convene here next
Monday, with Judge Walter J.
Bone, of Nashville, presiding.
Judge Bone is the resident judge
of this district.
According to the calendar,
made public by the clerk of
court’s office here yesterday, the
first three days will be reserved
for the trial of criminal cases
while Thursday and Friday of the
first week’s sessions will be for
trial of civil actions as will the
following Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. Only two cases have
been set for Wednesday, January
17, the last day of the term, and
it is anticipated that court will
adjourn before noon that day, if
not earlier in the week.
Assault, trespass, forgery, non
support and driv.ng cases practi
cesr«?9'i»e the criminal calen
dar ’for»the two-week term of
court, with six assault cases
scheduled for hearing the first
day.
The complete criminal calendar
is as follows:
Monday, January 4—State ver
sus Ike Pailin, assault on female;
state versus Joseph Patrick alias
Jim Dick Patrick, assault on fe
male; state versus James Bell, jr.,
assault with deadly weapon; state
versus Doris Ruffin, trespass;
State versus Hugh Josh Downs,
driving drunk; State versus
Ned Yount, assault and nuis
ance; State versus Robert Green,
assault with deadly weapin; State
versus Curtis McNair, forcible
trespass; State versus Curtis Mc
Nair, assault; and State versus
Bennie Hufton, reckless driving.
Tuesday, January 9—State ver.
SeTcOURTTPagT l(f~
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Firemen Called Out by
Small Blaze Wednesday
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Plymouth firemen were called
out about 4 o’clock yesterday af
ternoon by a fire at the home
of Oscar White, colored, on East
Water Street. The blaze started
in a bedroom and going at a pret
ty good rate when the firemen ar
rived, but they extinguished it
with hose from the booster tank
in short order.
Fire Chief Miller Warren esti
mated damage to the house at
from $50 to $75, while the oc
j cupants lost a considerable quan
tity of clothing. No one was in
the house when the fire started,
and its origin could not be de
termined. I
{Board Meetings j
i Are Set Monday j
Due to the New Year holi
day, neither the Washington
County commissioners nor
board of education held their
customary meetings on the first
Monday, but they will hold
forth at their usual meeting
places in the courthouse here
next Monday, January 9. The
Plymouth City Council disre
garded the holiday and held its
meeting last Monday night.
Routine sessions are schedul
ed by the two county boards,
but it is possible that the com
missioners will hear some pro
tests against the horizontal in
crease of 20 per cent in real
estate valuations ordered last
month. Considerable opposition
to the increase has been ex
pressed, and some of the critics
have indicated they planned to
carry their protests to the
board.
Baptisl^Mlmster
Begins 7th Year
With Church Here
Reviews Record of Growth
and Progress Made Since
Returning to Plymouth
in 1944
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By REV. PAUL B. NICKENS,
Pastor
Next Sunday, January 7, marks
the beginning of the seventh
year in the pastorate of the Rev.
Paul B. Nickens with the Lud
ford Memorial Baptist Church.
And surely as we look back over
these past six years we cannot
help but feel that God has smiled
upon us. They have been years
marked by a deepening spirit
uality and steady progress in all
realms of the church life.
In these past six years the
church has contributed to local
expenses $67,728.55; to the cause
of missions, $10,741.22; a grand
total of all gifts in' six years of
$78,469.77. We have seen our
membership grow from 285 in
1945 to over 500 at the present
time. There have been a total of
335 additions to the church in
these years. We have also seen
many repairs made to the par
sonage; an educational renova
tion of our church plant so that
at the present time we have one
of the most modern and best
See MINISTER^ PageT 10
Last-Minute Rush '
For Auto Licenses
Is Now in Making
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791 Sets of 1951 Tags Sold
Up to Yesterday After
noon; Expect to Sell Over
2,000 More
Car and truck owners of this
section are very slow in buying
1951 state license piat . it was
learned yesterday after-,oon from
Ernest Etheridge, manager of the
| local branch of the 'icense bu
reau. Only 791 sets of plates had
been issued at that time.
East year approximately 2.970
license were issued by the local
bureau, which rr, ans that over
2,000 car owners of ‘ section
either have not bought new tags
so far or have gotten tV -m from
some other source. It is believed
that there are more cars on the
road now, so the present outlook
is for a grand last-minute rush
in the latter part of January. New
plates must be installed on all
cars and trucks before the 1st
day of February, when patrolmen
will start citing delinquent car
owners to the courts if they are
caught on the highways.
Of the 791 license plates is
sued up to yesterday afternoon,
622 were for passenger cars, 6
for motorcycles, 85 for private
trucks, 18 for farm trucks, 56
for class Z, or small, trailers, and
4 for class C, or commercial,
trailers.
Motorists are reminded that
office hours at the bureau are
from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Early
closing in the afternoon is re
quired by the necessity for com
pleting each days report in time
for mailing by 6 p. m. Car own
ers are also reminded that early
buying may save trouble of
standing in line later in the
month when the rush gets un
derway.
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Services Today
For Local Man
Funeral services for William
Andrew Windley, 78, of njrm
outh, will be conducted iWs af
ternoon (Thursday) *t l o’clock
at Sidney Free • Will Baptist
Church by the Rev. Walter Hud
nell, of Roper. Burial will be in
the Linton cemetery near Sidney.
Mr. Windley died at 7 o’clock
Wednesday morning at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Johnson
Bateman, of Plymouth. He had
been in declining health for the
past five years and was confined
to his bed for the last week.
Mr. Windley was the son of the
late Jacob Windley and Henriet
ta Flynn Windley, of Beaufort
County, where he was born De
cember 26, 1872, He came to
Washington County 35 years ago
and had lived in Plymouth the
past two years, coming here from
Roper. He was a retired farmer
and a member of Mt. Zion Free
Will Baptist Church, near Roper.
The deceased leaves two
daughters, Mrs. Bateman, and
Mrs. Spencer Hassell, of Roper;
8 grandchildren; and one brother,
Z. T. Windley, of Norfolk, Va.
Funeral Today for Wife of
Local Resident's Brother
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 3 o’clock at Cox
Funeral Home, Norfolk, Va., for
Mrs. Helen Burgess, 62, wife of
W. B. Burgess, of Norfolk. Mr.
Burgess is a brother of T. C. Bur
gess, of Plymouth.
Mrs. Burgress was stricken ill
Monday night, immediately af
ter having returned home from
Wilson, where she attended a
family get-together. She died
Tuesday morning at about 8
o’clock.
Seal Sale Is Short of County Goal
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The Washington County Seal
Sale for 1950 is still some $200
short of the goal set at the start
of the campaign, Mrs. Bosie
Owens, of Plymouth, county
chairman, revealed yesterday.
A quota of $800 was given the
county, the same amount as has
been the goal for the past several
years. The campaign will close
Monday, January 15, Mrs. Owens
said. She is confident that late
Highlights! of Local News Articles During 1950
Reviewing the year 1950 by
way of the files of The Roanoke
Beacon, substance is ample to re
fute those who say that nothing
ever happens in a small town.
Of course, some may not like to
feel that Plymouth falls in this
category. Truth is. the 1950 cen
sus showed a population of 4,471
souls.v Not too small, you say.
And not too large, either. Must
be just right.
But vve digress. In the news re
flected in the pages of the local
weekly chronicle during the past
twelve months there is much,
naturally, of a routine or com
monplace nature. But mingled
with the everyday news there is
also a good share of the out-of
the-ordinary, more spectacular
events.
During the year, the town was
saddened by the death from
drowning of one of its citizens
and his little son. Two children,
both well known and loved in the
community, were stricken with
dread polio. One Negro man was
killed when struck by a train,
and another was shot to death
by another Negro man. Plym
outh’s fine athletic team, the Pan
thers football eleven, fell to arch
rival Williamston in the tite game
played in the Martin County
, capital.
| But there was a bright side, too,
Billy Winesett did himself, the
school and the town proud by go
ing to the state semi-finals in a
program sponsored by the High
way Safety Division. Dollar Days,
and later, Trade Days, were suc
cessfully staged by Plymouth
merchants. Enrollment records
were set at the local schools. The
1 various civic-sponsored drives,
such as Seal Sale, March of
Dimes, etc., were all successful.
Following is a summary by
months of highlight news of 1950:
January
Tax listing was off to a slow
start; less than 100 had listed
j property holdings at the local
! office through January 4th. The
Plymouth Junior Chamber oi
Commerce was presenting the
‘Operations Economy” program
to the citizens of the county. The
j Plymouth Building and Loan As
j sociation had placed on sale a
new installment series of stock
i
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i Many of the Christmas Seal Sale
| letters were reported yet unan
swered. The first baby born in
Wasrington County in 1950 was
a girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
I Charlie Pierce, of Roper, RFD.
At a meeting of baseball fans
SI.800 was pledged toward keep
ing the Plymouth franchise in the
Albemarle League.
W. Guy Hargett and other
highway officials had met with
the county board of commission
ers to discuss progress made on
road work already committed in
I the county. The school bus in
spection had given local busses
a clean bill of health. Fred Elli
son was convicted in Superior
Court of larceny of whiskey at
Creswell ARC store and of the
l theft of a car belonging to P. W.
I Littlejohn, of Creswell, and was
I given five years at State Prison
I by Judge Q. K. Nimoeks, jr., of
Fa' i tteville. Madison Boone was
killed when struck by a train
while lying on the tracks in
Plymouth.
Judge W. Ronald Gaylord of
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reports will swell the figure and
enable the county to equal or
surpass the quota, as was done a
year ago.
Reports in hand at noon Wed
nesday showed that a total of
$605.19 has been raised from con
tributions through mail solicita
tion to white and colored persons
throughout the county; from the
sale of seal bonds in denomina
tions of $5, $10 and $25, to busi
ness and professional people; and
from the sale of special Christ
mas Seal bangles in the schools
of the county. All colored schools
have not yet reported their ban
gle sales, Mrs. Owens said, but
she expects to have them in any
day now.
The proceeds from the seal sale
are used to fight tuberculosis, a
part of the money derived from
the sale being sent to the nation
al organization for research, edu
cational and other work toward
stamping out the disease. The rest
1 of the money is used jjfchin the
county during the ensAtg year.
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