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’own opics The docket was so light and there was so little interest in pro ceedings in recorder's court here this week that once during the session only ten persons were present in the courtroom. No check was made to determine whether or not this constituted a record low. At the official canvass of last Saturday's primary returns here Tuesday morning, a member of the board of elections asked “Boots” Davidson, register for Plymouth Precinct No. 1, if there were any votes for the Republi can candidates for lieutenant governor. “No,” Mr. Davidson started out. “that is. by golly. I don't think so. Nobody asked for a Republican ballot, but I forgot to op<n the Republican box when we were tallying returns. Guess I had better open it and check again.” He did. and there weren’t any. showing that not even the Republican pollholders bothered to vote in that precinct, although there was at least one Republi can in the other five precincts of the county. With the coming of hot after noons and summer vacation from school, the swimming pool at the Ice Plant here has become easily the most popular spot in town for teen-agers and smaller fry. * Mr. and Mrs. Richard West re turned this week from Myrtle Beach, S. C.. where Mr. West at tended the convention of the Southern Chapter Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel held Fri day, Saturday and Sunday. Mayor A. J. Riddle drew his munificent salary as the town's chief executive Wednesday — he gets $300 per year — and went right down the street and spent most of the check for dining and kitchen ware which he donated to the now educational building around at the Methodist Church. Maybe $300 a year ain't such a big salary for a town of 4.500 in these inflated times, but local Methodists figure it was just about right. If it had been much less, it probably wouldn't have equipped the kitchen and dining room; and if it had been much more, Archie probably wouldn't have given it to them. Jest right! The building which formerly housed the J. S. Shugar stables here has really taken on a dif ferent look with interior painting now underway, and. as one local wag remarked, smells different too. ■-♦ <: Palrolman Giles Law on Tractors State Highway Patrolman Carl Gilchrist, of Plymouth, desires to call the attention of the public to a law on the statute books of North Carolina relating to the operation of tractors and other machinery on the highways of this state by persons under 14 years of age. The law .states that no person under that age shall operate a road machine, farm tractor or motor driven implement of hus bandry on the highways with in the state. However, the act provides that such operation may be done by persons under 14 on highways ad jacent to or running in front of land upon which the persons lives and is actually engaged in farming operations. form VOTE, BY PRECINCTS A Following is the official tabulation of votes, by precincts, cast in the Democratic and Republican primaries in Washington Counts- last Saturday, as certified to the county board of elections at the official canvass of returns in Plymouth Tuesday morning: COlTNTY BALLOT For Representative: W. J. Woolard - W. H. Peele For Judge Recorder’s Court: W. Ronald Gaylord ....— Edward L. Owens ...- - For Member Board Education (2): Mrs. K. S. Trowbridge James W. Norman .. A. Lloyd Owens .... Mack W. Marrow .... STATE BALLOT For Governor: Hubert E. Olive ...~ William B. Umstcad ----- Manley R. Dunaway For Lieutenant Governor: Roy Rowe --- Luther H. Hodges ,..—. Ben J. McDonald ---- Marshall C. Kurfees For Commissioner of Insurance: Waldo C. Cheek - - John N. Frederick... For Associate Justice (Short Term): Itimous T. Valentine ---- R. Hunt Parker _. _ William Bobbitt — Oscar O. Efird ---~~ For Associate Justice (Regular Term): Itimous T. Valentine . -- R. Hunt Parker —._ William H. Bobbitt Allen H. Gwyn .—. Oscar O. Efird ---- F. Donald Phillips REPUBLICAN BALLOT For Lieutenant Governor: Warren H. Pritchard .— William C. Lehew_ TOTAL VOTE . Ply. 1 Ply. 2 L.M. Skin. Scup. Wen. Totals 277 186 358 112 258 240 202 91 264 198 1 174 143 73 20 273 112 191 169 28 16 180 135 29 24 13 17 358 333 560 136 489 339 223 151 460 228 226 273 94 17 373 200 288 244 53 28 235 266 47 31 21 15 156 117 228 53 106 201 68 104 149 128 2 83 97 35 6 155 56 86 107 16 13 83 89 23 10 4 39 84 113 10 36 60 22 29 68 41 0 31 22 18 10 36 36 35 31 6 7 35 24 5 2 9 9 201 97 255 39 116 114 105 82 121 163 2 131 52 32 146 65 142 63 10 9 140 66 9 1 5 9 10 12 11 11 15 13 7 3 20 2 0 4 4 6 1 5 9 1 9 4 0 1 9 0 2 0 4 1.041 829 1,525 361 1.020 967 627 460 1.082 760 12 649 591 258 61 988 478 743 623 117 73 674 589 113 62 58 52 476 704 290 128 305 23 1.926 r The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 13,000 people. VOLUME LXIII—NUMBER 23 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 5, 1952 ESTABLISHED 1889 WINNERS OF CONTESTS IN COUNTY SATURDAY Winners of Democratic nominations in county contests in last Saturday's primary arc nicturcd above. W. Ronald Gaylord (top, left) led the entire ticket with 1,525 votes, defeating Edward L. Owens for judge of recorder’s court. W. J. Woolard (top, rlerht) > won in the representative race over W. H. Peele by a vote ot 1,011 to 829. Mrs. l\. S. Trowbridge (lower, left) polling 1,020 votes to lead four candidates in the contest for two places on the board of education from Plymouth Township: James W. Nor man (lower, right) being the other successful candidate for this position with 962 votes. __ _ _ New County Budget Is Studied by Board Utah Singers Will Sing at Plymouth -• The Plymouth Lions Club is sponsoring the Utah Centennial Chorus in this county next week, it has been announced. The group includes eleven tal ented singers who are missionar ies and representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Dav Saints, with headquarters at Salt Lake City, Utah. The chorus comes highly recommended and put on two very successful programs in the county a few years ago. It has been announced that the group will sing at Roper High School from 5:30 to 6 p. m. Wed nesday of next week. That eve ning at 8 o’clock the singers will be at Plymouth High School. No admission will be charged for the programs and the public is cordially invited to be present. Increases County Pay for Home Agents and Votes Additional Money To Cur rent Fire Budget A number of important matters were passed on by the county commissioners at their regular monthly board meeting at the courthouse here Monday. In attendance were Frank Brinkley, chairman; H. W. Prit chett, H. L. Davenport, J. C. Knowles and A. R. Latham, com missioners, and J. Robert Camp bell, clerk. Included in action taken dur ing the session was an increase in the county’s part of the home agent's salary of $480 per annum; an increase in the forest service budget on the county’s part of $745; and selection of jurors to serve at the July mixed term of Washington County Superior Court. See~BUDGETT'page~7 I 1,926 Vote in Primary Saturday ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ic ★ ★ ★ ★★ GaylordOlive Lead County; State Tickets County Continues | Record of Losing ‘ In Stale Contests Umstead, Hodges, Cheek and Parker High in State; Second Primary Indicat ed tor Two Offices ■-♦ Washington County, with one exception, last Saturday continu ed its record for supporting losers in state contests for Democratic nominations. The one exception wa.s in the race for commissioner of insurance, where the county came through for the winner. Waldo C. Cheek, by giving him a slightly better than 2-to-l mar gin over John C. Frederick. In all other contests, the high man in the state voting did not fare so well in this county, although the vote was very close in several instances. Although defeated in the state by approximately 26,000 out of more than 550.000 votes cast. Hu bert K. Olive, Lexington attor ney and former superior court judge, led the state ticket in this county. He polled 1,082 votes to 760 for William B. Umstead. Dur ham attorney and former U. S. Senator, a majority of 322 votes for Olive. Olive was high man in every precinct except Seupper nong. where Umstead led him. 163 to 121. Manley R. Dunaway, Charlotte realtor, received but 12 votes in this county and less than 7,000 in the state as a whole. The county gave a small plura lity to Roy Rowe, of Burgaw, over Luther II. Hodges, of Leaks ville, while the latter led in the four-way race in the state by some 70.000 votes. A second pri mary may be called to decide this office, as two other candidates polled about 90.000 votes in the state, sufficient to deny Hodges a clear majority. Rowe received 649 votes in the county: Hodges, 591: Ben J. McDonald, of Wil mington. 258: and Marshall C. Kurfees, of Winston-Salem, 61. Rowe led in Plymouth No. 1, Skinnersville and Seuppernong; Hodges was high in Plymouth No. 2 and Lees Mill; and McDonald. I a comparatively unknown radio announcer, led with 6 votes in Wenona. Possibly the biggest mix-up and upset in the entire primary occurred in the contests for as sociate justice of the state su preme court. Four candidates ap peared on the ballot for the short | term, which lasts only from the date of the general election until early in January; and the same four, plus two more, were on the Se^STATE^VOTET^Page^7 Committee Talks ; Out Matters on City Recreation -f Chairmen Named in Village and Little Richwood To Secure Play Supervisors at Tuesday Meet -1 The City Recreation steering committee met Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. K. S. Trow bridge and discussed several im portant matters pertaining to the summer program being sponsored here. Much remains to be done to get the program into effect. Such playground equipmert as swings and teeter boards will be built, while softball sets, badminton sets, volley ball sets, horseshoes and the like must be bought. The playground areas will be cleaned this week, it was said. The following persons have agreed to serve during the sum mer program as play supervisors: Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Manning, Paul Humphreys and Paul Spencer. Mrs. Ray Brown has been ap pointed as chairman in Little Richwood to get workers to su pervise the play of children in that area. Mrs. K. S. Trowbridge and Mrs. Nyal Womble will handle like chores in the Vil lage. It is hoped that competition be tween softball teams of the dif ferent parks this summer can be arranged to stimulate interest in the program. Among those attending the Tuesday night meeting were Le roy Ange, the Rev. D. L. Fouts, Joe Foster. David Williams. Mrs. Womble and Mrs. Trowbridge. AFTER THE BATTLE - PRECINCT WORKERS TALLY'MG I Two methods of counting votes, after the polls closed in last Saturday’s primaries, are shown here. Above, workers at Plymouth Precinct No. 1 start calling and tallying, while at right Plymouth Precinct No. 2 officials are separating votes for rival candidates and count ing them in separate piles. At tip-left to right, Frank L. I -inkley and P. Bruce Batc r. an are doing the tallying, w 'aile J. Roy Manning, back to camera, is calling the votes. Register W. A. Davidson, right is taking ballots from the box. Isaffc'jr of Deeds J. Kabo t KKjfpbell, Robert W. Johnston and Dennis Loane are identifi able spectators in the back ground. At the right are Mrs. C. E. Ayers, Mrs. Beulah < Cratch, registrar, J. A. Tetter ton, Don Somerville and Mrs. J. K. Reid.—Polaroid 1-Minute staff photos. Io Resume Work On Well in Hope Of Better Water -+ Council Contracts With Au rora Driller to Extend Depth; Other Matters at Meeting Monday Night Plymouth City Council decided it its regular meeting Monday light to make one more try at ecuring a better water supply lere by extending the depth of he well recently drilled which ailed to measure up to expecta ions. Other matters taken up at he Monday session included ap proval of the budget for the next iscal year and some routine busi less. A. A. Lupton. Aurora well drill er who has had much experience n this section, was at the meet ng and outlined a proposition to ry to secure better water from 'he well dug earlier this year. Ho aid he would cap off the present vater supply and use some 4 nch pipe he has to extend the h pth in search of better water, f the analyses prove satisfactory, he 4-inch pipe would be with irawn and an effort would be nade to drive the 8-inch pipe on iown to whore good water is ch ained. If that cannot be done, l.uptnn said a 6-inch casing could ae pushed on down from where ;he present 8-inch pipe ends. He agreed to do the exploratory Irilling and lend the 4-inch cas ng necessary for $500. If a good vater is located, he will put down ihe 6 or 8 inch casing for an ad litional $250, the town to supply he pipe needed. The councilmen agreed to his proposition, and Lupton said he might be able to ?et started on the job next Mon day. The town already has about SI.500 invested in the well, water Erom which is not suitable, ac cording to state and national a nalyses. Mr. Lupton indicated there was a reasonable hope of securing better water at a lower level, and the council decided to try his plan. The present well is 214 feet in depth, and Lupton said he would take it down to around 300 feet, below which water is believed too salty for use. See NEW WELL, Page 12 New Town Tax Rate Is $2, Same as Before -1 Hopes for Lower Rate Hit Snag Due to Uncertainty Over Cost of Securing New Water Supply -1 The Town of Plymouth tax rate for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1952, will again be $2 per $100 property valuation, it was decid ed by the city council at its regu lar meeting Monday night. The rate is the same as for the past several years. Before fixing the tax rate, councilmen approved a budget calling for $121,530.03 for the new fiscal year, representing an in crease of $7,971.86 over the esti mated budget of $113,558.17 for the current year. A small gain in total property valuation and increased revenue from sources other than ad valorem taxation made it possible to take care of the larger budget without a tax increase. As a matter of fact, the council considered reducing the new tax rate to $1.80, but decided not to do so due to uncertainty over the cost of a new city water supply and the possibility that another water tank may have to be in stalled here within the next year or two. Two tentative budgets were presented to the council for con sideration. One called for $113, 678.93 and a tax rate of $1.80. The other, which was adopted by a vote of four to two, calls for a budget of $121,530.03 and a tax rate of $2. Coun' i.s en P. R. Ash by. Ralph Hunter. J. A. Holbrook and W. J. Weaver voted for the larger figure, while lr H. Allen voted for the smaller figure and Sec TAX KAT2, Page 12 Nest Cut Weeds Oe Vacant Lots Chief of Police P. YV. Brown this week issued an appeal to owners of vacant lots to have weeds cut down and the lots cleaned up. The town ordinance requiring this also contains au thority for police to have the work done and require payment of the owner but Mr. Brown does not wish to take such act ion until all persons have had ample notice. YY'eeds and trash harbor mos quitoes, as well as providing breeding places for the pests, and owners are asked to com ply with the ordinance for the good of the community as a whole. This applies to all such property within the corporate limits of the town. Preaches Funeral Of College Male —♦— The Rev. J. D. Waters, retiree Christian minister of Plymouth preached the funeral of a frienc and former college mate in Nor folk, Va., Tuesday afternoon ai 2 o’clock. The deceased was himself i former Christian minister anc had requested that Mr. Waters preach his funeral. He was Rich ard Henry Jones, 77, a native oi Yeattsville, who leaves many rel atives in this section of the "state Bloodmobile at Creswell June 13th -♦- -_ The bloodmobile from the Tide water Blood Center will pay its next visit to Washington County Friday of n«xt week, local blood bank leaders have announced. The bloodmobile will locate this time at Creswell and the hours of actual work will be from 9:30 o’clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon, Friday, June 13, The bloodmobile will be locat ed at the Creswell school and Mrs. Gladys Davenport is in charge of local arrangements, it was said. Sponsoring the visit are the Creswell Ruritan Club and the various church organizations of the community. The quota has been set at 150 pints of blood. Local blood bank leaders are optimistic that the quota will be reached with the help of Colum bia and Tyrrell County folks. It was explained that a good part of the blood kept locally since the bloodmobile visits to this county were inaugurated have been sent to the Columbia hospital for use there. Dr. Chaplin of the hospital staff in Columbia is in charge of Tyrrell County arrangements. Past visits of the bloodmobile to Washington County have been quite successful and leaders are working to insure success for the coming visit. Woolard Winner In House Contest By Margin of 212 -♦ Mrs. Trowbridge and J. W. Norman Named io Board of Education; Rain Kept Size of Vote Down -* Not quite 2,000 Washington County voters, 1,926 to be exact, braved the rain last Saturday to nominate four Democratic candi dates out of a field of eight for county offices and to register their choice for nominees in five state contests with a total of 21 candidates. Size of the vote in the county was about as expect ed, although if the day had been fair there is no question but that the total would have exceeded expectations by a substantial margin. County interest was largely centered in the contests for coun ty representative and governor. W. J. Woolard won renomination for representative over W. H. Peele by a margin of 212 votes; while in the gubernatorial race, Hubert E. Olive led in this coun ty by a margin of 322 over Wil liam B. Umstead. In other county contests. W. Ronald Gaylord won renomina tion as judge of recorder’s court by a wide majority over the in cumbent, Edward L. Owens. Mrs. K. S. Trowbridge and James W. Norman had substantial plurali ties over A. Lloyd Owens and Mack W. Marrow for the two places on the board of education from Plymouth Township. In the race for representative, Woolard carried the four largest precincts in the county, while Peele, a former representative, carried Skinncrsville by 45 votes and Wenona by 2. Woolard had majories of 91 in Plymouth No. 1, 25 in Plymouth No. 2, 39 in Lees Mill and 104 in Scuppernong. The total vote was 1,041 to 829. Gaylord led the entire ticket with a total of 1.525 to 361 for Owens in the contest for judge of recorder’s court. Gaylord carried five precincts by substantial ma jorities, while he and Owens tied at 11 each in Wenona. Mrs. K. S. Trowbridge, first woman candidate for a county of fice in several years, surprised a great many people by leading in the four-way contest for two places on the board of education from Plymouth Township. She polled 1.020 votes; James W. Nor man, the incumbent, received 967; A. Lloyd Owens had 627; and Mack W. Marrow trailed with 460. Mrs. Trowbridge was high in four precincts, Plymouth No. 1 and No. 2, Scuppernong and We nona. Mr. Norman was high in Lees Mill and Skinnersville. oee tutwn vute, rage 7 ♦ District Masonic Meet Is Set Here -♦ Members of Masonic lodges in the third Masonic district will meet here Wednesday afternoon and night of next week, it was announced yesterday by H. H. Allen, of Plymouth, district de puty grand master. William H. White, of Sanford, grand master, and Wilbur L. Mclver, of Raleigh, grand secretary, will attend the sessions. An officers’ conference will be held at 3 p. m„ followed by the evening session at 8 o'clock. Both meetings will be held in Perse verence Lodge hall, and a barbe cue supper will be given there at 6:30 p. m., between the sessions. Large delegations are expect ed from lodges in Beaufort. Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington Coun ties, which comprise the third district. All lodge officers are urged to attend the afternoon ses sions, while all Master Masons are invited to the night session, when the grand master will be the principal speaker.
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