jTownl
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Sheriff J. K. Reid received
notice from his son’s wife in
Goldsboro yesterday that his son,
Joe Reid, jr., was in Mobile, Ala.,
awaiting flight to Camp Lejeune.
Joe, in the Marine Corps, has
been in Korea since January 1.
The sheriff said there was a pos
sibility the boy would be home
* soon on a 30-day leave.
The springlike weather of the
past couple of weeks (up to Tues
day) brought a sharp rise in sport
fish in: . No extra large catches
have been reported thus iar, al
though several nice “messes” of
“speckles” have been caught. Ac
cording to the fishing calendars
this week-end should see condi
tions about “right,” and just
about everybody who owns or
can beg, borrow or otherwise get
hold of a fishing pole will be on
the creeks. Of course, a few die
hards, or hard-heads—like Lu-1
ther Nobles, et als—have been
fishing all winter, and ever and
anon they come up with some
thing that has scales on it to
provide plenty of conversation, if
not food.
It was learned this morning
from a reliable source that
workers at the John L. Roper
Lumber Company in Roper
have gone on strike. Exactly
when the action took place,
what the workers are demand
ing and other facts of the strike
' could not be learned as the Bea
con went to press.
The Plymouth junior Chamber
of Commerce will hold its regular
dinner meeting Friday night at
the Legion Hall, according to an
announcement made early this
week. All Jaycees are urged to be
present, of course.
A postponement of the regular
weekly session of recorder’s
court was necessitated here Tues
day, due to the absence of the
Judge, Edward L. Owens. Mr.
Owens was away on a trip to Hot
Springs, Ark., and it could not be
learned whether he is expected to
be back in time for court next
Tuesday or not.
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$Car Overturns,
Driver Escapes
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Although his car was practi
cally demolished, James Kenneth
Comer, 19 year old youth of Rop
er, Rt. 1, escaped injury late
Sunday night when the 1947
Chevrolet sedan he was driving
south on the Pea Ridge Road over
turned. The accident caused
damage to the car estimated at
$700 by State Highway Patrol
man R. W. Young, of Plymouth,
who investigated.
The wreck occurred at about
10:45 Sunday night a quarter
mile south on N. C. Highway 32,
in front of the Howard Simpson
residence. According to Young's
report, the car ran off the high
way while travelling about 50
miles per hour and when the
driver attempted to pull the car
back onto the pavement it skid
ded and overturned. No arrest
(■was made.
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Ed Davenport Is Attending
Ford School at Dearborn
R. Kd Davenport, jr., of Mann
ing Motor Company, Ford dealer
ship in Plymouth, is attending
the Ford Motor Company’s mer
chandising school in Dearborn,
Mich. He began classes March 5
in a one-month intensified train
ing course in sales and service
methods. Ho was appointed to the
school by Emerson Planck, sales
manager of the Norfolk Ford Dis
trict.
An honor graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Mr.
Davenport served two years in
the Naval Air Corps. He has been
with Manning Motor Company
for nearly two years in the parts
and service departments and as
office manager.
The Roanoke Beacon
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****** and Washington County News ******
I;] A home newspaper dedicated jij
to the service of Washington •>;
jlj County and its 13,000 people.
VOLUME LXII—NUMBER 11
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 15, 1951
ESTABLISHED 1889
FOUR COUNTY STUDENTS AT WAI^E FOREST
Shown above are six of the eight students from Washington
and Tyrrell Counties enrolled at Wake Forest College. They
are, front row: Janies F. Porter, of Plymouth; Ann Carolyn
Williams and M. Sherwood Jones, of Columbia; back row:
Alton D. Harris, of Creswell; Jerome R. Byrd, Plymouth;
William C. White, Roper. Two others, George T. Staley and
Edward C. Hamilton, of Columbia, were not present when
the photo was made.
Seek Oil on Holdings
Of Roper Lumber Co.
Review Board
Neels Monday
Next Monday the Washing
ton County board of commis
sioners and the county tax su
pervisor will meet in the com
missioners’ room at the court
house here as a board of equali
zation and review. The meet
ing will begin at 10 o’clock.
Persons who desire to regis
ter complaints or ask for ad
justments in their property
valuation are urged to be pres
ent at the meeting. After that
date it will be difficult to se
cure corrections or adjustments
in valuations.
Leary's Condition
Is Said Improved
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The condition of Iris Leary* 23
yeur old faculty member and
basketball coach at Plymouth
High School, has improved, ac
cording to the attending physic
ian, Dr. T. L. Bray, of Plymouth.
Leary, a veteran of World War
II, was admitted to the Washing
ton County Hospital early Sat
urday morning, suffering from
what Dr. Bray described as an
“acute dilatation with strong
coronary symptoms.” The young
man suffered another attack
shortly after being admitted and
was placed under an oxygen tent.
He was later taken out from un
der the tent, placed back again,
and is now able to be out from
under the tent, the doctor said.
Efforts are now underway to
have the patient transferred to
the veterans’ hospital at Fayette
ville, Dr. Bray stated. Leary is
in his first year on the faculty
at the local high school and it is
thought improbable that he will
be able to resume his classwork.
Leary’s father, mother, sister
and brother were here from their
home at Chinquapin to visit him
this week.
Committee Approves
'Peanut Acreage Hike
1: Commercial growers of edible
I peanuts in Washington County, i
■ along with other areas of the1
state and other states where the
goobers are produced, had cause
for at least some rejoicing Tues
day when the Senate Agriculture
Committee unanimously approv
ed North Carolina Senator Clyde
Hcey's bill that would authorize
an increase m plantings of about
63,000 acres in this state. Wash
ington County would get its pro
rated share of this increase,
should the bill become law.
Substantially, this is about the
same acreage increase for North
Carolina producers that a simi
lar bill passed last week in the
House would allow. However,
the Senate Committee rejected
the House version in favor of the
measure proposed by the Tar
Heel sArior senator because the
latter’s proposal would allow an
increase of just slightly over half
as much acreage for growers of
oil peanuts in Alabama and Texas
as would the House measure.
The comparison of figures on
! oil peanut increases in the two
1 bills showed that the House bill
j favored an increase in the two
above-mentioned oil peanut pro
ducing states of 63,398 acres as
against the Hoey bill’s recom
mendation of a 34,900 acre in
crease there.
The main opposition to the
House bill was because of the ]
higher figures for increased oil J
peanut plantings, since the oil
peanuts have not been shown to
be in short supply, as are the
edible type grown in North Caro
lina and Virginia. Both bills pro
vide that the Secretary of Agri
culture shall be empowered to
increase planting acreage of any
type peanut found to be in short
supply.
Hoey said he hoped to get early
consideration of his bill in the
Senate. Local farmers are hoping
that the bill will become law,
since they now suffer from a 16
per cent acreage cut which was
previously imposed on 1951
plantings.
Leases Executed for 298,
000 Acres in North Caro
lina; Officers Elected at
Meet Last Week
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Norfolk, Va.—The vast hold
ings of the John L. Roper Lum
ber Company, at one time a ma
jor producer of timber on the
Eastern Seaboard, will be ex
plored for oil and gas deposits
under provisions of leases organi
zations which were announced
here last week. Some of the pres
ent holdings are in Virginia, but
most are in North Carolina.
Patrick B. McGinnis, of New
York, made the announcement
after the annual meetings of the
lumber company and the Roper
Realization Company, Inc., the
parent organization, which re
sulted in his re-election as presi
dent of both concerns.
He reported that one of the
leases, embracing 38,000 of the
310,228 acres remaining under the
control of the corporation, was
made with Frank W. Phillips, of
Tulsa, Okla., and the other, in
volving approximately 200,000
acres, was made with the David
son Oil Development Co., Inc., of
Washington, D. C. Almost all of
this property is in northeastern
North Carolina.
Besides McGinnis, other officers
re-elected were William T. Grif
fin, of New York, vice-president,
and general counsel, and J. Ray
mond Pritchard, Virginia Beach,
secretary.
Three new directors were elect
ed, including Harry H. Kiernan,
of Roper. N. C., who later was
designated by the board as exe
cutive vice-president; Hugh Dud
ley, of Roper and Suffolk, gen
eral manager of the lumber com
pany fur 40 years, who was ele
vated to a vice-presidential post,
and Dr. John K. Luccy, of Balti
more.
In his annual report to the
stockholders, McGinnis took cog- <
nizance of the oil and gas leases
and said exploratory tests have
been conducted at various loca
tions and still are in progress. He i
said standard royalty clauses and
other protections are contained in
the leases.
He noted that when the pres
ent management two years ago
took over the operation of the '
lumber mill at Roper, one of sev
(Sec JOHN L. ROPER Page 7) I
March Business
Said Good Here
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Several merchants of Plymouth
commented this week that busi
ness was Rood despite the fact
that the income tax deadline oc
curs Thursday. Of course, a high
per centage of persons here
abouts no doubt pay their income
tax in the form of withholding
tax, taken from their pay checks
each payday. Nevertheless, the
merchants were encouraged by
the way business is holding up
and were eagerly looking for
ward to the special Dollar Day
trading event which is being
sponsored here by the Plymouth
Merchants Association. Dollar
Days have been planned for Fri
day and Saturday, April 6 and
7.
Dollar Days were staged suc
cessfully in Plymouth twice last
year, on Friday and Saturday,
March 3 and 4 and again on Fri
day and Saturday, August 11 and
12.
Bill to Eliminate
Overflow at Lake
Phelps Presented
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Calls lor Slate and Land
owners io Pul Up $25,000
Each lo Remedy Existing
Conditions There
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Introduced jointly by Repre
sentatives W. J. Woolard, of
Washington County, and Lewis L.
Combs, of Tyrrell County, a bill
calling for the state to put up
$25,000 to help stop crop damage
by the overflow from Lake
Phelps was presented to the
North Carolina General Assemb
ly Tuesday. It was referred to
the house committee on drainage.
A critical drainage problem
has existed for several years at
the state-owned 16.000-acre lake,
which often overflows and dam
ages crops on nearby farms. Sev
eral complete crop failures have
been reported in the last two or
three years on account of the
high water level maintained in
the lake.
The reasons, outlined in the
bill, are that the gates controlling
the flow from the lake are in
poor condition, and canals lead
ing from it to the Scuppernong
River badly need cleaning and
dredging to carry off surplus
water in wet seasons. Experts
agree that work can save thous
ands of dollars in crop damages.
Some 20,000 acres of state-owned
lands are affected by the over
flow, along with about 20,000
acres of private property.
The measure, HB 612, proposes
that a $25,000 state allocation be
matched dollar for dollar by the
affected landowners. As soon as
all the money is available, the
state conservation director would
move to carry out provisions of
the project.
The bill also makes it state
policy for the Board of Conser
vation and Development to co
operate with farmers and land
owners in drainage matters in
any area adjoining a state-owned
lake. Conservation funds could
be used in drainage projects
when available.
Representative Woolard has had
several conferences with farm
ers and landowners in the Lake
Phelps region since the legisla
tive session began in January,
and the bill introduced Tuesday
is the outgrowth of these meet
ings.
Three Local Bills
Enacted So Far by
General Assembly
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Four Other Measures Af
fecting County in Various
Stages of Consideration
at Present Time
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There are several bills pending
in the General Assembly applying
| to Washington County, in addit
I ion to at least three local mcas
| urcs that have already been en
acted. All of them were intro
duced or co-sponsorcd by W. J.
Woolard, county representative.
The bills that have been pass
ed by houses and ratified are as
follows:
HB 253, introduced February 8;
passed house February 13; passed
senate and ratified February 23.
This bill provided for turning the
proceeds from delinquent tax col
iections into the county general
fund instead of pro-rating the
money collected to the various
county funds according to the ■
tax levy.
HB 283, introduced February
12; passed house February 16;
passed senate February 23; rati
fied February 28. This bill pro
vided a new schedule of fees to
be charged by the register of
deeds, and is effective April 1,
1951.
I1B 416, introduced February
23; passed house March 1; passed
senate and ratified March 9. This
bill sets filing deadline and fees
for candidates seeking office in
the Town of Plymouth munici
pal elections.
Other bills introduced or co
sponsored by Mr. Woolard, with
their current status, are as fol
lows:
HB 314, providing for automa
tic transfer of criminal cases from
county recorder’s court to the
superior court when jury trials
are demanded; introduced Feb
ruary 14; passed house March 9;
now in hands of senate commit
tee on courts and judicial dis
tricts.
HB 303, amending General Sta
tutes to permit processing into
wine of grapes purchased from
farmers, where such wine is to
be shipped out of state for further
processing. Introduced by Rep.
Clifton Blue of Moore County
February 13; amended to include
Washington County and passed
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Trade Days Planned; Holidays Set
Plymouth merchants voted to
hold a special Dollar Days trade
event Friday and Saturday,
April 6-7 and took action on
Wednesday afternoon closing for
the summer months and on In
dependence Day and Labor Day,
at a called session of the merch
ants’ association in the Legion
Hall Thursday afternoon.
The president of the organiza
tion, R. L. Hollowell, proposed
that Dollar Days be held and al
so called for a discussion on the
possibiity of staging a Band Fes
tival in Plymouth sometime in
May, with high school bands
from several schools in this area
invited.
Thomas F. Hopkins moved that
| the dates April 6 and 7 be adopt
j ed for the trade event, the mot
ion was seconded and passed.
| Hollowed named a planning com
i mittee to begin work on pre
I parations for the promotion.
! Those named to the committee
j were Nyal Womble, Benton Liv
erman, Thomas F. Hopkins, H. H.
! Allen and James L. Bond.
It was agreed to postpone action
j on the Band Festival until a later
j date. There were several expres
I sions of approval of the idea dur
| ing the discussion period.
| Monday evening, April 9, was
agreed upon as the date for a
j dutch dinner for the association,
I with the purpose of stimulating
I interest in the group among all
1 businessmen of the community.
The possibility of organizing a
Christmas Savings Club in Plym
outh was discussed and H. E.
Beam was named to make plans
for such a club to begin next De
cember. The association agreed to
help in advertising and promot
ing the club.
The rfierchants voted to begin
their annual closings each Wed
nesday afternoon during the
summer months on the first Wed
nesday in April. The closing hour
was set at 12 o’clock noon for
all establishments other than
grocery stores with the latter
closing at 1 o’clock, optional. It
was also decided that one day
holidays would be observed for
Independence Day (July 4) and
for Labor Day.
Heads of Schools
In District Meet
Here on March 21
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Tom Banks, of Raleigh,
President of State School
Board Association, Will
Be Speaker
The annual meeting of the
State School Board Association
fox' District 1 will be held in the
Plymouth High School Cafeteria
here Wednesday of next week,
March 21, at 7 o’clock. L. E. Has
sell, of Roper, chairman of the
Washington County Board of
Education, is district president of
the association and will preside
at the meeting. Roy F. Lowry,
Washington County school super
intendent, is secretary of the or
ganization.
Invitations have been sent to
all board members, superintend
ents, district committeemen and
principals urging their attend
ance. The first district is com
posed of 15 county and 4 city ad
ministrative units, as follows:
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Cho
wan, Currituck, Dare, Gates,
Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquo
tank. Perquimans, Pitt. Tyrrell
and *v. ashington county units;
Washington, Edenton, Elizabeth
City and Greenville city units.
Approximately 60 or more
school officials are expected for
the session; and Tom Banks, Ra
leigh attorney who is state presi
dent of the School Board Associ
ation, will be the principal
| speaker. Main problems facing
school authorities at the present
are reducing operation costs, the
threat of increased teacher load J
and salary reductions for teach
ers, and these matters are due
to come in for their share of at
tention at the meeting here.
Car, Truck Wreck
East of Plymouth
An estimated $360 in damages
resulted from a highway accident
on U. S. Highway 64 about 15
miles east of Plymouth Thurs
day afternoon at 12:30 o'clock, in- j
volving a car and truck.
The accident was investigated
by State Highway Patrolman Carl
Gilchrist, of Plymouth, who re- j
ported that a 1946 International
lVi ton truck stopped temporari- I
ly on the right side of the pave- !
rnent, preparatory to making a
left turn, and was struck from
behind by a 1946 Ford Tudor se
dan.Both vehicles were traveling
east.
The truck belonged to Byrum
Implement Company, of Edenton,
and was driven by Paul Henry
Capehart, Edenton colored man.
The car was owned and operated
by Ollie White, colored farmer of
Rt. 1, Roper. White stated that
the .t*uek driver gave no signal
of his intention to stop and turn.
Neither man was injured and no
arrests were made. Gilchrist esti
mated the car damage at $350
and that to the truck about $10.
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Roper Seniors To
Give Play Tonight
The senior class of Roper High
School will present its annual
play, “The Professor Proposes,” i
at the high school auditorium in
Roper Thursday night of this
week. Members of the class have
been working hard on the three
act comedy for several weeks,
and an entertaining evening is
assured those who attend.
The cast of characters includes
the following: Geraldine Flint,
played by Josephine Davenport;
Emily Gilmore, Joyce Hassell;
Belle Hadley, Ann Skiles; Betty
Todd, Corinne Davenport; Bob
Flint, Charles Swain; Arthur
Lewis, Gene Peacock; Bert Cor
nell, Billy Bingham; Miss Martha
Crawford, Frances Furlough;
Mildred, Barbara Barnes; John
Burr McKenny, Tommy Freeman;
Rose McKenny, Doris Edwards.
Less Than Half
Quota Raised in
Red Cross Drive
Total Turned in to County
Chairman Through Wed
nesday Noon Nearly
Eleven Hundred Dollars
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With the normal campaign per
iod about half gone, Washington
County’s annual Red Cross Fund
Drive had progressed less than
half way toward the county goal
of $2,470 by Wednesday noon, ac
cording to a report from the
county chairman, Roy Manning,
jr., of Plymouth. The total
amount reported in hand was
given by Manning as $1,093.65.
Results of the first two weeks
of the campaign show that not
a single unit in the county organ
ization has yet reached its quota
for the drive, although one—
Plymouth Business and profes
sional—has pledges sufficient to
go over its goal, and a few others
have made good starts toward the
quota. The drive opened in the
i ,jt j T! ■ tl „March 1
Out of the 14 units into which
the county organization was di
vided, six have not yet turned in
a report to the county chairman.
These six units are Country
Club Village, Pleasant Grove,
Creswell, Cherry, Roper and
County colored. Chairman and
quotas of these units are as fol
lows: Country Club Village, Joe
Peele, $115; Pleasant Grove, Mrs.
T. W. Tarkenton, $35; Creswell,
Mrs. Gladys Davenport, $150;
Cherry, Mrs. Harry Barnes, $60;
Roper,Mrs. Myrla Marrow, $200,
and County colored, A. R. Win
borne, $400.
Reports have been received as
follows: Plymouth business and
professional, $487 as against quo
ta of $500. Chairman Roy Mann
ing, jr., stated that pledges al
ready made will boost this total
above the quota. Plymouth in
dustrial, $255 against a quota of
$400. Robert M. Bruce is chair
man. Plymouth residential, $197,
10 against a quota of $375. Mrs.
L. D. Junes is chairman. Mackeys,
$56.20 as against a quota of $65.
Mrs. Otis Chesson, chairman.
Skinnersville Township, $29.15
as against a quota of $50, Mrs.
Walter W. White, chairman. Wil
son Street Extended, $23.95 as
against a quota of $75, Miss Ida
Davis, chairman. Little Rich
wood, $18.05, (no quota given.)
Wenona, $32 as against' a quota
of $50, Mrs. Glenn Furbce, chair
man.
The county chairman pointed
out that 12 individual workers
in the Plymouth residential unit
have not turned in their reports
to the unit chairman, Mrs. Jones.
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Parenls-Teachers
Meet at Creswell
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The Creswell Parent-Teacher1
Association held its regular
monthly meeting in the high
school auditorium there Thursday
night of last week.
During the business session, it
was decided that more shrubbery
should be put out around the
school building. A. H. Tucker,
Mrs. Betty Davenport and mem
bers of the agriculture class were
named to a committee to handle
this project.
The organization also voted to
have the school pianos turned and
to permit Mrs. O. Q. Lassiter to
use the band uniforms for the
rhythm band.
Mrs. Clyde Smithson, chairman
of the committee on mental hy
giene, had charge of the program,
which included a movie “The
Problem Child.”
The attendance prize was won
by Mrs. Mildred Starr’s seventh
grade. W. A. Spruill, president,
presided over the meeting, and
Miss Dorothy Jones led the de
votions.
I Work on Alarm j
System Friday |
The town’s air-horn fire
alarm will be sounded at in
tervals throughout the day to
morrow, fire department offic
ials said yesterday. Each time
it blows, however, it will not
mean there is a fire, so don't
pay too much attention to it.
The batteries which operate
the “big noise” are in need of
charging. Each time a section of
the battery is removed for
charging and each time it is
reconnected the whistle will
sound, firemen said. They plan
to do the work Friday, so don’t
be too alarmed if the whistle
sounds off every now and then
throughout the day.
In case of a real fire, the
regular code alarm v ill sound.
When lue I'a.tries are being
changed an irregular blast will
he heard.
Last Rites for
J. J. Davenport
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Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from Scuppernong Christian
Church for James Jcston Daven
port, G9, who was found dead in
his bed at his home in the Scup
pernong community Sunday
morning.
Mr. Davenport had not been
confined but had suffered from
heart trouble for some time. He
was retired, having been city
watchman at Norfolk, Va., fur
some years.
Son of the late Mr', and Mrs.
Silas Davenport, he was burn Jan
uary 3, 1882, in Washington
County. He was married to the
former Martha Alice Phelps who
survives. Mr. Davenport was a
member of Mt. Tabor Free Will
Baptist Church.
Surviving, besides the widow,
are one daughter, Mrs. Clyde
Briscoe, of Norfolk, Va.; one son,
J. W. Davenport, of Norfolk; one
grandchild, Mrs. Alice Woodley,
of Norfolk; one brother, Jordan
Davenport, and a sister, Mrs. J.
W. Haire, both of Creswell.
Services were conducted by the
pastor of Scuppernong Church,
the Rev. Reese Turner. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
Induction Call Is
Received for Five
To Report April 4
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Brings lo 85 Number of Men
Inducted from This Coun
ty; 12 Out of 19 Pass Pre
Induction Test
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Five more Washington County
young men will leave onWednes
day, April 4, for induction into
the armed forces. A call for this
number was received this week
dy the local selective service boarb
from state headquarters. This will
bring to 85 the total number of
men inducted since reactivation
of the local board late last sum
mer.
The call for 5 men next month
falls closely on the heels of the
call for 25 men who left here
Monday of this week for induc
tion.This was the largest single
group to leave the county since
drafting was resumed. A call for
15 was made on the county in
February. Notices were sent out
recently to 30 men to report here
for induction this week, but post
ponements and transfers reduced
the number to 25 Monday, the
exact number specified in the
call.
The group which left here
Monday was described as one of
the most considerate and most
orderly she had ever handled by
Miss Virginia Bock, of Durham,
acting secretary to the draft
board while Mrs. Lorraine Hun
ter, regular clerk, is on sick leave.
The group left on a special bus
at 9:50 for the induction center
at Raleigh and were assigned
from there to various training
camps in the country.
Twelve county registrants were
found acceptable out of the 19
which went from here Monday
of last week for their pre-induc
tion physical and mental tests,
the local board has been inform
ed. The percentage of those found
acceptable, 62, while not high
is much better than that of a con
tingent of Hertford County which
went about the same time. The
Hertford board sent 50 men, and
only 6 were accepted, setting a
new high record for rejections.
Durham County had the highest
percentage of acceptances report
ed lately, sending 121 registrants
and having only 10 rejected.
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Lake Phelps Post
Officers Elected
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Dr. J. M. Phelps was elected
commander of the Lake Phelps
Post, No. 391, of the American
Legion at the regular meeting of
the post Monday night of last
week. H. S. Woodley was reelect
ed adjutant.
Other officers elected at the
meeting are as follows: first vice
commander, W. P. Boyd; second
vice - commander, Howard M.
Ange; third vice-commander, E.
O. Arnold; finance officer, T. W.
Snell; service officer. Douglas W.
Davenport; sergeant at arms,
Harold Holton, athletic officer,
Leroy Davenport; membership
officer, H. P. Barnes; and chair
man of the oratorical contest, Ro
bert M. Johnson.
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Lake Phelps Legion Post
To Sponsor Dance on 23rd
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The Lake Phelps Post, No. 391,
American Legion, will sponsor a
dance Friday night of next week,
March 23, at the Legion Building
two miles south of Creswell. The
dance will begin at 9 p. m., and
music will be furnished by
“Bugs Bunny” and his band from
Edenton.
Bloodmobile Returns
Here Monday, April 2
Officials of the Tidewater Reg
ional Blood Center, Norfolk, Va.,
are expected to attend a lucnh
eon at the Plymouth Country
Club next Monday noon for the
purpose of ironing out final de
tails of the second visit of the
bloodmobile to Plymouth, local
blood bank leaders have an
nounced.
The bloodmobile is scheduled
to visit Plymouth on Monday,
April 2. It will be located at the
Plymouth High School gymnas- j
ium, just as on the previous trip.
Hours are expected to be the
same also, from 9:30 a. m. to 4
p. m.
The blood bank project was
fathered here by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and that
organization, along with the
Plymouth Woman’s Club, was in
strumental in the success of the
undertaking. A total of 153 pints
of blood was drawn when the
bloodmobile made its first visit
to the community Friday, De
cember 15, 1950. Blood bank of
ficials were amazed at the initial
success and declared that Plym
outh had oustripped communities
much larger in population in the
effort.
The Woman's Club furnished
clerical workers for the project
at that time and it is believed
they will do so again. Credit for
tiie success of the bloodmobile on
its first trip here was also given
Dr. J. M. Phelps, of Creswell, the
medical advisory chairman; E. E.
Harrell, of Plymouth, the re
cruitment chairman; W. J. Wea
ver, of Plymouth, the publicity
chairman; the committees of col
ored workers under the chair
manship of the Rev. A. R. Win
borne, of Plymouth, and others.
It is thought that the require
ments may be increased for the
coming bloodmobile visit, due to
stepped up demands for blood
plasma and derivatives in both
military and civilian fields.
It is expected that the organi
zational set-up will be perfected
in time for publication next,
week, along with final details of
the visit