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>stthe 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 -» 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 ♦ 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