North Carolina Newspapers

T1* 'own 1 opicsi BamgmaKnjna The condition of James Hardi son, young Plymouth business man who is hospitalized here with what his doctor termed “the old-fashioned 1918 flue pneu monia,” tok an upward turn Tuesday and he is reportedly tak V't ing nourishment. The doctor stat ed that he is a very sick man, however. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Jones, of Buzzards Bay, Mass., are spending the Thanksgiving holi days with their daughter, Mrs. E. W. Furgurson, and family. The Rev. P. B. Nickens is an accomplished speaker and fre quently fills engagements of var ious kinds other than his pastoral duties as minister at Ludford Memorial Baptist Church hert. Last Thursday Mr. Nickens deliv ered an address to the Plymouth Lions Club via tape recording. Mr. Nickens was unable to be present but he arranged to have his voice on hand anyway. The talk was well-received, it is re ported. John Picot, of Littleton, great great grandson of Julian Picot, a political exile from France who practiced medicine in Plymouth years and years ago, was plan ning to attend the meeting of the Washington County Historical Association here Monday night, John Darden reports, but an in jury sustained in a recent auto mobile accident prevented it. r*t - Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Darby have returned from Newark, N. J., after attending funeral services for Mr. Darby’s father, Green leaf Shotwell Darby, 89. Darby died Sunday morning, November 15, at his home in Newark. Over at the Massey Hill-Per quimans eastern championship game in Wilson last Friday night, no spectators were allowed along the sidelines. However, there were a few newsmen following the line sticks to cover the game, so “Snooks” Burnham found him self a scrap of paper and a pencil and got right in the middle of them, industriously writing some thing down after each play. Fol lowing the game someone asked to see his notes. They proved to be illegible scribbling for the most part, and the portion that was intelligible was unprintable. Anyway, no one had a better view of the game than "Snooks,” unless it was the officials. -» Pounding Given ‘ Here Last Week -♦ The Rev. E. M. Spruill, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Plymouth, and St. Luke’s Church of Roper, was agreeably surprised when the congregation of St. Luke’s Church last Wednesday night was present to greet the rector with a pounding as he re turned home from a visit at 8:30 p. m. The group was led by Miss Gussie Carstarphen, of Roper, the oldest member of the parish. The pounding included many useful gifts which were open in the living room in the presence of the donors. Mr. Spruill ex pressed his deep appreciation to the Roper congregation for their thoughtfulness. -♦ Darby's Father Is * Buried Last Week Funeral services for Greenleaf Shotwell Darby, 89, of Newark, N. J., were conducted from Colonial Funeral Home, East Orange, N. J., Wednesday after noon of last week by Dr. Weiler. vector of the Episcopal Church, Newark. Interment was in the family plot at Evergreen Ceme tery, Elizabeth, N. J. Mr. Darby was a native of Elizabeth. Mr. Darby died at his home in Newark early Sunday morning, November 15. He had not been ill but enjoyed unusually good health to the end. Mr. Darby was an artist and photographer until his retirement some 20 years ago. Since that time he had built and raced sail boats and was described by his son, L. J. Darby, here, as a racing enthusiast. i/ Other survivors, besides his son here, are three other sons, Al bert M., Millbrook, N. J., Francis G„ West Orange. N. J., and Mar tin F. Darby, of Newark; and a daughter, Mrs. Louis Habich, of Irvington, N. J. Roper Rurilan Officers To Be Installed January The new slate of officers elect ed recently to serve the Roper Ruritan Club for the coming year will be installed at the January meeting of the club, it is an nounced. Officers to be installed are Ralph Hughes, president; Bryan Harris, vice president; J, L. Rea, treasurer; Ted Martus, secretary; and Jesse Rawls, segeant-at-arms. The Roanoke Beacon *★★★★* and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 13,00ft people. J VOLUME LXIV—NUMBER 48 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 26, 1953 • ESTABLISHED 1889 STUDENT COUNCIL MAKING REAL CONTRIBUTION AT CRESWELL SCHOOL | The Creswell Student Council and sponsor, Miss Matilda Alexander— this organization is making a real contribution to the morale and welfare of the entire student body. Reading from left to right: Miss Matilda Alexander, Jerry Smith, Larry Woodley, Geraldine Davenport, Dural Collins, Faye Phelps, Floyd Phelps, Mildred Davenport, Reggie Davenport, Barbara Davenport, Norman Fur lough, Vance Clifton, Douglas Day, Larry Davenport and Lonnell Davenport. Business Closing To Mark Thanksgiving Observance Locally Holiday Lights Being Installed Chief of Police P. W. Brown has had his town crew at work several days this week string ing the holiday lights in the business section. He said yes terday that the work should be completed this week, and it is possible that the lights will be turned on for the first time Saturday night. As in the past, the lights are being installed on two blocks of Water Street between Jef ferson and Adams, and the one block of Washington Street be tween Main and Water. The strings of lights, arched across the streets are spaced about 50 feet apart. They will remain up until New Year's. Creswell Hosl To Roanoke Dislrict Ruritans Meeting -♦ Principal Address by Hert ford Legislator; James ville Club Gets Attend ance Award -4 The Creswell Ruritan Club was host Thursday of last week to the Roanoke District convention ol Ruritan National. Eleven of the 17 clubs in' the district were rep resented with an attendance oi about 100 members and guests. Carroll R. Holmes, of Hertford, Scc RI RITANS, Page 7 Offices, Stores and Shops Closing for Day with Few Exceptions; Schools To Be Closed Until Monday -♦ A general cessation of business for the day will mark observance of Thanksgiving holiday in Plym outh according to a check made here yesterday. The one-day closing will in clude bank, all offices—county and federal—in the courthouse, professional offices and the post offices of the county. Exceptions to the closing for Thursday will be eating places, drug stores and service stations. Restaurants will open for the day, and drug stores will probably ob serve the usual Sunday hours for the holiday. Most service stations are expected to remain open for regular hours, but a few may close for a short while around noon hour or in the early after noon. Local industrial plants will ob serve the holiday, at least in part. Atlas Plywood Corporation and True Temper Corporatit n plants here plan to close at the end of the day Wednesday and remain closed until the regular opening hour next Monday, according to the respective plant managers, R. M. Bruce and C. E. Peckham. The office force will have the day off at N. C. Pulp Company but the plant will operate. Hour ly workers who desire to get off may do so by contacting their foreman, it was said. All county schools, white and colored, will observe the holiday. They will close Wednesday at the usual hour and resume classes Monday morning of next week. This holiday must last students until Christmas when the big hol iday of the school year will come. BUYING TAGS MAY NOT BE SO BAD AT THAT Posing prettily with a new 1954 State license plate in front of the Carolina Motor Club office on Washington Street here are Miss Betty Ann Burnham, Plymouth’s reigning beauty of the Albe marle, and Mrs. L. M. Edwards, office clerk. The agency has been located during past seasons at The Etheridge Company but was moved up town this year to the Ward InsuranceCompany office. Licenses for autos, private and farm trucks, commercial and private trailers and motorcycles go on sale at the office Decem ber 1.—Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo. Farm Bureau Unit Here Scolded by Slate Bureau Head -4 Maddrey Scores Laxity of County Group; Creswell Man Named To Head Bu reau Here -< C. Gordon Maddrey, president of the North Carolina Farm Bu reau Federation, scored the Wash ington County unit of the Farm Bureau for its laxity in an ad dress that highlighted the annual meeting of the unit here last Fri day night. Maddrey said that during his days as a school principal his fav orite room to visit was that of the first grade because there was a sincerity and frankness to be found there that is hard to find anywhere else. He said he could recall such a visit when some little first grader had made a crude drawing on the blackboard and under the picture the teacher had written the word “horse.” That was so a stranger would know what animal the drawing was supposed to repre sent. He applied the illustration to the Washington County Farm Bu reau and noted that it had failed to send any resolutions to the State Farm Bureau convention recently. “Your Farm Bureau unit here didn’t help to shape Farm Bureau policy,” Maddrey scolded, “and I don’t think one of you should complain if the policy adopted by the convention fails to meet with your approval.” Using as his subject, “Who Shall Speak for the Farmer?” the state president pointed out that the manufacturers, the labor un ions and the polticians all would like to speak for the farmer. S^e^FARM~BUREAlfi~Page^i2 -♦ Barbecue Supper For Bus Project -« The Roper Ruritan Club will sponsor a barbecue supper to be served Friday, December 4, at the school lunchroom, beginning at 6 p. m., it is announced. A charge of $1.25 per plate will be made with the proceeds to go to the fund for an activity bus for Roper High School. A basketball double-header will follow the supper, with the Ruri tan club members opposing the high school boys in one game and the wives of Ruritan members versus the high school girls in the other tilt. The Roper Parent-Teacher As sociation is taking an active part, also, in the movement to secure a bus to transport Roper school teams and already has about $2, 000 on hand, it is said. Very little more is needed to assure the bus and it is hoped that a good re sponse wlil be had for the coming projects. -♦ Young Girl Suffers Third Degree Burns at School Martha Satterthwaite, 10-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vance Satterthwaite, of Plym outh, suffered third-degree burns on both forearms and hands when she lost her balance and fell into a trash fire on the Plymouth High School grounds last Thursday af ternoon. The young girl was treated at the Plymouth Clinic and is re ported as well as could be ex pected at her home. Nearby children pulled the girl from the fire to prevent more serious injury. Special Services ai Local Churches for Thanksgiving Day Several Town and County Churches Announce Spec ial Services for Thursday Of This Week -♦ Special services have been an nounced for Thursday of this week in observance of Thanks giving Day at several churches of this county. Ludford Memorial Baptist Church and Grace Episcopal Church, Plymouth, and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Roper, have annunoced special services to mark the day. Services at Ludford Memorial Church will begin at 10 a. m. An offering will be taken at that time for orphanage work. The pastor, the Rev. P. B. Nickens, will bring a brief message apro pos the occasion and the choir will render a special Thanksgiv ing anthem. Morning prayer and sermon will be featured at services set for 9 a. m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Roper, the rector, the Rev. Edward M. Spruill, of Plym outh, has announced. A special service with morning prayer and sermon is scheduled for Grace Episcopal Church at Plymouth, to begin at 11 a. m. At both services the churches will be decorated with fruits of the earth. Afterwards, these will be distributed to the needy of the community. The special offering to be taken at the services will go to the Thompson Orphanage, Charlotte. A special week-end revival series will begin on Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock at the Church of the Nazarene here. The pastor, the Rev. J. H. Hodges, has announced that a 19-year-old stu dent from Trevecca Nazarene College, Nashville, Tenn., will do the preaching. The young stu dent <t*i-HllTy Welch, roommate of" a ^#«^Sftduth student at the col let, Bdgiene Campbell, who will make the trip here with young Welch. The regular Fifth Sunday union service among the four downtown churches here will be held Sunday night at the Plym outh Methodist Church, begin ning at 7:30 o’clock. It is custo niery for the members of Perse verance Lodge to attend this serv ice in a body. Among the colored churches, Spring Green Disciple Church of Christ has announced that the Gospel Singers, of Portsmouth, Va., will conduct a special song srrvice Thanksgiving night, be ginning at 8 o'clock. -* Services Tuesday For Beaufort Man ♦ Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from Trinity Free Will Baptist Church, Wenona, for F. Holland Allen, 53. Officiating were J. B. Chandler, pastor, and the Rev. Ralph Osborn, of Pinetown. Bur ial wac in Windley Cemetery, near Plymouth. Mr. Allen died Sunday after noon at 5 o’clock at his home in the Wenona community, follow ing an illness of two weeks. He was associated with the N. C. State Forestry Service, was a member of Trinity Church, an elder in the church and had serv ed for several years as superin tendent of the Sunday School. Mr. Mien was a native of Beau foit County and spent his entire life in this section. He was born June 18, 1900, to John B. and Ida Smith Alien, of Pungo, who survire. He was married Novem ber 11, 1925, at Pantego to Miss Olga Davis, of Pungo, who also survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Louise Allen, of Plym outh; a son, Billy Allen, of Kin ston; one grandchild; and a sis ter, Mrs. Daffie Manning, of Pun go. The remains were left at Hor ner’s Funeral Home until an hour prior to the service and, then carried to the church. Lions Will Conduct Light Bulb Sale in December Here -— At a board of directors meet ing of the Plymouth Lions Club last Thursday night at the ban quet hall of Plymouth Methodist Church it was decided to con duct a Christmas light bulb sale here Tuesday and Wednesday, December 10 and 11. Gordon Chesson was named to head the drive and it was said that the town would be divided into districts with club members assigned to canvass these. Proceeds will go to the club’s Community Development fund. Name Leaders in County For Christmas Fund Drive NEW UNIFORMS FOR SCHOOL RAND - MAJORETTES [ Plymouth High School band members and majorettes are “tickled to death” with their new uniforms, modeled above by Mary Eleanor Sanderson, Ramona Spruill and Ronnie Matheny at the entrance to the band room at the school. Purchase of the uni forms at a cost of more than 83,300 was made possible by the recent drive for the activity fund of the school. First “full dress” parade of the band in its new uniforms will probably take place through th streets here before the Christmas holidays.—Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo. Peanut Quotas Vote Set for December 15 4. Growers To Vole on Whe- 1 ther Marketing Quotas for Peanuts and Cotton To Be Used ! -♦-■ Washington County peanut farmers will vote in a referen dum on Tuesday, December 15, to determine whether marketing quotas will be used for the 1954, 1955 and 1956 crops of peanuts. A similar vote is slated the same day as to cotton and each propo sition will be voted on in coun ties where the crops are grown. All growers are eligible to vote in the referendum who shared in 1953 crop peanuts produced on a farm with a threshed acreage of more than an acre and all grow ers who shared in the production of cotton for 1953 are eligible for participation in the cotton refer endum that day. At least two-thirds of all farm ers voting must approve the quotas before they may be made { effective. If marketing quotas are not approved by ithe growers, _ quotas will not be used for the 1954 crop and another similar . cote will be held next year on quotas for the following three mops. The Secretary of Agriculture is directed by law to proclaim [ marketing quotas and each year between July 1 and December 1 the secretary must proclaim the amount of the quota for the en duing crop. This quota is then converted into a national acreage allotment which is apportioned lo states and to farms according e to provisions of law. All farm e operators have been or will be ^ notified of their acreage allot- ^ ments prior to the date of the v referendum. e The farm marketing quota is * the quantity of the crops pro duced on the farm acreage al- v lotment. Peanuts and cotton pro- I See PEANUT VOTE, Page 12 New Town Tags Go On Sale Here City Clerk W. A. Roebuck announced that the city auto mobile license tags — 750 of them—have arrived from Balti more, Md., where they are made, and will go on sale De cember 1. This is the same number that were ordered Ust year, Mr. Roebuck said. The deadline for displaying the new license tags, required of all vehicle owners living within the city limits of Plym outh, is February 1, 1954, after which any vehicle owner not displaying the new tag will be subject to prosecution. Price of the tags is $1, Roebuck said, advising all drivers to get theirs at once. Ipruill Named To [lead Historical Association Here -1 onsliiulion and By-Laws Also Adopted at Meeting In County Courthouse on Monday Night —♦—. At a comparatively well-attend i meeting of the recently-form 1 Washington County Historical ssociation, held at the court Duse here Monday night of this ■eek, permanent officers were lected and a constitution and by iws were adopted. Named to head the association ’as the Rev. E. M. Spruill, of lymouth; R. F. Lowry, also of ~SccT~HISTORICAL, PagcT~ Bloodmobile Returns Next on December 14 Monday, December 14, has been announced as the date for the next visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile unit to this county. The bloodmobile from Tide water Regional Blood Center, Norfolk, Va., will be in Plymouth all that day in an effort to obtain blood for civilian and military use, part of which will go into the local blood bank. The unit will be located at the Veterans Building near the Wash ington County Hospital and blood donors will be received from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. if the new sche dule tried on the last visit Sep tember 2 is followed. Prior to that time, the hours in vogue here were from 9:30 a. m. to 4 p. m. A definite announcement on this is expected next week. The visit is again being spon sored jointly by the James E. Jethro Post of the American Leg ion and the Bosie Bateman Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The quota will remain at 150 pints, it was said. No recruit man chairman has been announ ced. fames T. Boyce Is Chair man; 52 Persons in Var ious Paris of County on Executive Committee James T. Boyce was named rhursday night to head the an ;ual Empty Stocking Fund cam >aign in the county this Christ nas season. At the same time, the campaign banning committee, meeting at he courthouse, named 52 county >ersons to the Executive commit ee for the drive. Included on the ■xecutive committee were 33 per 10ns at large from Plymouth, ■ight from the various labor un ons here, five from Creswell, hree from Roper, two from Mac ceys and one from Columbia. A committee meeting has been :et for Monday night of next ,veek at the courthouse here, be ginning at 8 o’clock. Mr. Boyce is jrging that all members be pres rnt for this important meeting. It was agreed at the meeting rhursday night that the Agricul ure Building be designed as the rollection point for all usable ;oods collected in the drive. Any ;hing usable in the way of clothes, ’ood or toys will be accepted, it was stated. It was emphasized, lowever, that only usable toys will be accepted since there is no facility available for mending toys. It is also urged that donors of Nothing get the articles in as soon rs possible in order to allow time for the clothes to be properly leaned before distribution to the needy families of the county. December 15 was established js the deadline for donations of Food, clothing and toys. Efforts will also be made to get all con tributions of money in by that late. The names of people in the county who need assistance Should be sent to Mrs. Ursula Spruill, superintendent of the Washington County Welfare De partment. It is hoped that all persons who plan to lend assistance to the needy will contribute through the Empty Stocking Fund, a project which has proven successful in the past. The fund has been an annual project here for many years and has brought a great measure of relief and holiday cheer to countless families. The Plymouth Rotary Club an nually sponsors the fund with the able support of various other civic, social and religious organi zations. The county welfare de partment acts in an advisory ca pacity and furnishes a list of the indigent families needing assist ance. Below are listed by communi ties the members of the Execu tive committee: Creswell: Tom Hampton, Cres well Ruritan Club; Mrs. M. J. Davenport, Creswell PTA; Mrs. Harry Pritchard, Creswell Mer chants Association; Mrs. Tom Hampton, Creswell Woman's Hub; George Wilson, Creswell FFA. Roper: Mrs. Cordula Hassell, Roper PTA; Ralph Hughes. Roper Ruritan Club; Henry Everett, Roper Fire Department. Columbia: Father Williams; Labor: Leroy Ange, labor unions; SetT FUNDDRIVeT Page~7~~ -t State Tags Go On Sale December 1 -♦ The 1954 State license plates will go on sale Tuesday of next week at 9 a. m. at the Carolina Motor Club office, 116 Washing ton Street, here, James H. Ward, office manager, announced today. Motorists are urged by Mr. Ward to buy their licenses well in advance of the January 31 dealine and avoid the perennial last-minute rush which always finds hundreds of persons in long queues at license bureaus throughout the state. This year the license plates are black on orange, reversing the 1953 color scheme. Certain changes were made by the 1953 legislature with regard to licensing of trucks, Mr. Ward pointed out. In general, licenses will be issued on the basis of the driver's declaration as to the empty weight and maximum load of his vehicle. Mr. Ward recently attended a Carolina Motor Club license school held at Greenville. During the all-day meeting, club man agers were instructed by State officials in the application of new licensing regulations. During the license season the hours at the office here will be from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., the man ager stated.