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opies
Dr. Robert L. Mohn, witso was
called into the Armed Fo ‘ces in
January of 1952, recently
ed to Plymouth and has
ed his offices in the Pit
Clinic for the practice of/ dentis
try. /
eturn
eopen
mouth
Manning Motor Ctvmpany here
recently received a /plaque certi
fying that the firm'has qualified
as a “Four-LetterDealer.” The
citation was for “finances—sound,
management — efficient; spirit—
competitive; facilities—complete
ly modern.” Assistant Manager
Ford Worthy explained that the
award is “like bping on the honor
roll.” W. F. Sf>orleder, head of
the business management depart
ment of the Virginia District,
Ford Motor Company. Richmond,
Va., came to Plymouth to person
ally make the presentation.
New Year’s Day Jimmy Kitch
engs and helpers were extreme
ly busy making deliveries of
deep-freeze units, television sets
and one thing or another and so
Jimmy was not around his place
of business long at the time. How
ever. a few local football fans
gathered in the Television Cen
ter and just helped themselves to
not one but two of the television
sets on display to view one of the
bowl games of the day. Jimmy
later pressed a few of the heftier
ones into service to help load
some of the heavy hardware be
ing moved out to buyers. Reci
procity was the order of the day.
Wednesday morning at the
Mayflower Maurice Smith was
marveling at the wonderful trans
portation of the twentieth cen
tury. His longtime friend from
Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Marion
Goodson—spent six days visiting
Plymouth and enjoying the good
hunting hereabouts. Maurice said
they went goose-hunting in the
Pungo section early Tuesday, got
three geese, took Marion to Nor
folk, Va., where he emplaned in
time to get home to Milwaukee
for supper that evening.
Power of suggestion? One of
the attorneys in the Lucas trial
Tuesday asked a witness to de
scribe how the body of the vic
tim was lying. In answering, the
witness used the word “laying,”
and after that the attorney re
peatedly resorted to the same
term.
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Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Phelps
Last rites for Mrs. Sarah Jane
Phelps, 78, of Roper, were held
at Holly Neck Church Sunday
afternoon at 3 p. m. by the Rev.
R. L. Gardiner. Interment follow
ed in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Phelps died at her home
at 11 a. m. last Friday after a
lingering illness. She had been
in declining health for about a
year and1 sick in bed for six
months.
She was a native of Martin
County, born February 16, 1875,
to the late J. B. Jones and Sarah
Davis Jones, of that county. She
came here from Martin County 55
years ago. She was married at
Jamesville December 17, 1899, to
ft Jim Phelps, of Roper, who sur
m vives. Mrs. Phelps was a mem
ber of Zion’s Chapel Church of
Christ, near Roper.
She leaves, besides her hus
band, three daughters, Mrs. Essie
Gardner and Mrs. Alline Marri
ner, both of Roper, and Mrs. Nath
Hassell, of Edenton; 13 grand
children and seven great grand
children.
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Whiskey Sales Figures
For December Released
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Legal sales of whiskey in Wash
ington County in December
amounted to $22,323.05, according ,
to figures for the two county re
tail outlets released by Manager
W. C. Styons, of the Plymouth '
ABC Store.
Sales during the month at the
Plymouth outlet totaled $19,735.35 '
while sales at the Creswell store
amounted to $2,587.70.
^ Sales for the four days immedi- ,
^ ately preceding Christmas Day at
Plymouth amounted to $6,922.95
and at Creswell, $864.70.
The Roanoke Beacon
**★★★* and Washington County News
Join The
MARCH OF DIMES
. lanuary 2 to 31 '
VOLUME LXV—NUMBER 1 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 7, 1954
ESTABLISHED 1889
WORK PROGRESSING ON NEW HOME FOR PLYMOUTH FIRE DEPARTMENT
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Plymouth volunteer firemen didn’t set int> their new home by the first of the year, as they
hoped, but work is goins forward and at least it won’t be as long as it has been. The new build
ing will have room for three pieces of equipmen’.ment at the front, with a club room, showers,
lockers and a work room for the firemen at th ■ back. It is 40 by 90 feet overall and is built of
concrete blocks with a brick veneer. Robert L. T-tterton is contractor for labor on the building,
with the town furnishing all materials. Jack Liverman is the supervising architect.—Polaroid 1
Minute staff photo.
Tax Listing Is Off To1
Slow Start in County
February Draft
Call for 3 Men
Selective Service Board No.
95 here has received a call to
send three registrants for in
duction on Wednesday, Febru
ary 24, Mrs. Lorraine Hunter,
board clerk, reported this week.
Five men were inducted from
this board during the same per
iod last year, Mrs. Huntei fai<?K
and five were also inductefr m'
January 1953. Calls have been
light on the board here during
the past several months.
Bird Sanctuary Is
Established Here
By Town Council
Proclamation Issued Mon
day by Mayor; Makes
Killing Any Birds in City
Limits Unlawful
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The Town of Plymouth became
i bird sanctuary under the terms
if a proclamation issued Monday
light by Mayor A. J. Riddle, with
ill members of the city council
ilso signing the proclamation to
live their endorsement to its pro
visions.
The proclamation makes it un
awful for any person to kill or
:rap any bird within the corpo
rate limits of the town. Violations
ire punishable by fines up to $50
>r imprisonment for not. more
han 30 days for each offense.
The proclamation, signed by A.
F. Riddle, mayor, and Counfdl
nen E. D. Keel, J. F. Davenport,
F. D. Cruickshank, Jack B. La
ham, W. C. Hall and George W.
darrison. is addressed to all citi
:cns of Plymouth and read® as
'ollows:
“Whereas, the protection of our
lird life has become the interest
ind duty of every farmer and
■onservationist and should be the
■oncern of every person, young
>r old, in our town, because birds
lo more for us in the protection of
Tops, food stuffs, plants, trees
md flowers than we actually do
!or ourselves, saving millions of
lollars each year; and
“Whereas, birds are man’s best
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Old School Property
Is Sold Here Monday
Results of the public auction '
sale of obsolete county school pro- 1
perty held here Saturday noon 1
were announced this week by i
County Superintendent of Schools '
R. F. Lowry, acting for the county ;
board of education.
The property had gone into dis- i
use upon consolidation of colored <
elementary schools of the county
at Plymouth and the high school
consolidation at Washington 1
County Union School, Roper.
The Macedonia School property
vas sold to W. T. Freeman, of
loper and Plymouth, for $1,500;
he Morrattock School property
o Edgar Taylor, for $800; the
books School property to M. E.
ind M. T. Sitterson, of Plymouth,
or $675; and' the Soundside
school property to L. S. Bateman,
>f Roper, for $775.
The bids will be held open for
;en days, however, subject to
ipset bids. By raising the success^
ul bid figures by ten per cent,
rids may be upset, it was said.
Only 100 Persons List in
Plymouth Township Up
To Tuesday, List Taker
Reports
The annual job of listing prop
erly for taxes, begun in Washing
ton County last Saturday, is off to
a rather slow start, according to
present, indications.
Reports from various listers
were not available and County
Tax Supervisor Hubert L. Dav
enport >ould not be contacted
Wfci yesterday, but it wJl believ
ed that the report from Plymouth
Township List Taker Clarence L.
Blount reflected the general
trend.
Mr. Blount reported that about
100 persons had listed as of Tues
day. Town Tax Lister W. A. Roe
buck, who is working in conjunc
tion with Mr. Blount in the com
missioners' room on the first floor
of the courthouse, was of the
opinion that listing was somewhat
below the pace of a year ago.
According to a story carried in
The Beacon last January, some
200 persons had listed here dur
ing the first four working days.
Both men joined with the coun
ty tax supervisor, Mr. Davenport,
in urging citizens to act early in
the month to get this important
and essential job done and fore
stall any last minute rush, if
possible.
They pointed out that the list
ing activity is usually heaviest
on the first and last of the week
and that a good time to come
in to list is right in the middle
of the week during the slack per
iod.
Listing must be done during
the month of January, one day in
February being allowed this year
to compensate for January 1, a
holiday. Failure to list makes one
liable to the penalties provided
by law, it has been emphasized.
Hearings Set in
Case of Millers
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Hearings in the case involving I
17 peanut millers in North Caro- t
lina and Virginia (including (
Farmers Cotton & Peanut Com
pany here), charged by the Fed
eral Trade Commission with com- .
bining unlawfully to keep down 3
prices paid to peanut growers, •
have been set for January 17 in •
Suffolk, Va., the commission has ■
announced in Washington. '
A closed, pre-trial conference
was set for Wednesday of this
week.
John L. Lewis, FTC examiner,
will conduct the Suffolk hearings,
and P. R. Dixon has been named
attorney for the commission.
The Virginia-Carolina Peanut
Association, Inc., of Suffolk, was
cited by FTC, along with peanut
millers, as having been instru
mental in the alleged price-fixing
combination. Millers are firms
which clean and shell peanuts.
The peanut companies are
charged with failure to comply
with a new marketing plan an
nounced by the Department of
Agriculture in 1952, designed to
encourage a competitive market
in the peanut industry.
bounty Director
Urges Volunteer
Help for Drive
rhomas F. Hopkins To Head
March of Dimes in County
For 1954; Need Greater
Than Ever
Thomas F. Hopkins, of Plym
uth, director of the annual
Jarch of Dimes in Washington
lounty, says that “Two for One”
rill be the slogan of the drive to
nlist volunteer workers for the
954 campaign being carried on
lere th :s it'nth.
the c-.id"' of
he month, Mr, Hopkins said,
■very effort will be made to sign
ip two workers for every one
cho served on the polio fund
aising campaign last January.
“It’s a sort of bring-a-friend
cal.” the director explained. “Of
ourse. we expect everyone who
mi ked to make last year’s March
f Dimes a success will serve
gain this time.
"We know we’re going to need
t least $7,500,000 in the country
nr the double V—that’s vaccine
alidity—tests this winter alone,
additionally, the March of Dimes
lready has committed to the
urchase of at least twice as much
amma globulin for 1954 as in
953 at a total cost of $19,000,000.
ramrna globulin is the only stop
ap holding action there is
gainst polio paralysis until a vac
ine is tested ond found effective,
re are* told.”
Hopkins emphasized that this
ntal of $26,500,000 for the new
olio prevention program was in
ddition to the always stagger
lg costs of giving financial as
istance to polio patients who
eed help and to continue the
larch of Dimes programs of pr< -
;ssional training, epedemic serv
■es arid laboratory research.
“If we’re going to raise this
ind of money—-and we must—
re’ll need at least twice as many
olunteer workers this year as we
ad last January,” the director
;ated.
“We haven’t any idea how many
atienfs are going to need help
ext year,” he pointed out. “All
re know is that never has a
ngle Washington County resi
ent suffered for lack of March of
imes aid and we don’t propose
tat a single one ever shall.”
Hopkins’ son was stricken some
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Residents Urged!
Pay Taxes Early I
Plymouth residents have
reen reminded by P. W. Brown,
local police chief, that their
town taxes are now payable at
par and will be until February
1, after which 1 per cent inter
sst will be charged to delin
luent payers. March 1 another
L per cent interest accrues and
!4 of 1 per cent interest will be
added for each additional
month thereafter. This sched
ule of interest is charged by
law and applies as well to state
ind county taxes.
Mr. Brown has urged all citi
tens to appear at the office of
the town clerk and pay their
taxes as soon as possible and
thus avoid the interest.
Action on Minor
Mailers Monday
By Commissioners
County Board in Regular |
Monthly Session Hears
Routine Reports, Road Pe
tition; Approves Market
I nregular monthly session here
Monday the board of county com
missioners heard routine reports
and took action in a few matters
of a minor nature.
The meeting convened at 11 a.
m. in the commissioners’ room at
the courthouse with all board
members present as follows:
Frank L. Brinkley, chairman, and
A. R. Latham, of Plymouth: J. C.
Knowles, of Roper: H. L. Daven
port, of Skinnersville: and H. W.
Pritchett, of Creswell.
The board decided that certain
county-owned lands in the We
nona section would be sold at
public auction February 8 and
notice is being published to that
effect.
W. M. Darden, of Plymouth,
appeared before the board re
garding a movement to organize
a public auction market for vege
tables in this county and asked
the moral support of the board.
Mr. Darden suggested that per
haps 200 acres of cucumbers. 400
acres of snap beans, 50 acres of
squasty, 200 acres of tomatoes,
peppers, etc., would be required
to established the market here.
The board members Stated that
the idea sounded good and they
end'orSed the program and voted 1
to take a half-page ad in the local
newspaper to assist in bringing
the matter before the farmers
Routine monthly reports of
work done in December were sub
mitted by W. H. Pruden. county
agent, and Mrs. Frances M. Dar
den, h ime agent.
County Tax Collector E. J.
Spruil* reported that $19,197.66
had been collected by his depart
ment luring December.
A p dition was received and ac
cepter to be forwarded to the
highway commission to black top
a road running from the Beasley
Roadiat Highway 64 up Holly
Neeft^Sb&d 2.5 -miles through Mid
dle Neck -Road 2.1 miles and back
to the highway.
It was brought to the attention
of the board that the road gets
slick and rough in bad weather
and that the county school busses
have a hard time travelling the
road. The clerk was requested to
solicit the support of the high
way chairman in having the road
fixed.
Harry D. McNair
Buried Yesterday
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Funeral services were conduct
ed from Ludford Memorial Bap
tist Church here Wednesday af
ternoon at 3:30 o’clock for Harry
D. McNair, 39, of Plymouth. Mr.
McNair died at his home here
at 8:30 p. m. Monday. He had not
been ill.
Ke was a native and lifelong
resident of the county, born June
21, 1914, the son of Mrs. Jessie D.
McNair and the late Carl W. Mc
Nair, of this place. He was en
gaged in farming. Mr. McNair
was married at Windsor Septem
ber 28, 1934, to Miss Laura
Bowen, of Plymouth, who sur
vives. He was a member of Lud
ford Memorial Church.
Surviving besides the widow
are two daughters, Barbara and
Louise McNair of the home; his
mother: and a sister, Mrs. John
nie C. Pridgen, of Plymouth.
Services were conducted by his
pastor, the Rev. P. B. Nickens,
assisted by the Rev. E. M. Spruill,
local Episcopal rector, and burial
was in Windley Cemetery.
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First Baby Born at Local
Hospital This Year Girl
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First baby of the new year at
the Washington Cdunty Hospital
was a girl born at 1:30 p. m. Jan
uary 1, hospital records show.
The little lady is Sheila Denise,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam David Scott, of Jamesville.
Both baby and mother are report
ed to be doing fine.
Few Cases Tried
In Superior Court
Mary Adams, Negress of [
Plymouth, Acquitted of
Attempted Arson Charge;
Murder Case Being Tried'
The case went to the jury
shortly before five o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon in the Lucas
murder trial and the jury re
turned a verdict of not guilty
less than two hours later. The
Kulow manslaughter case is ex
pected to begin this morning.
Held up by lengthy trials at the
outset, progress was rather slow
in Superior Court here this week.
Judge Chester Morris, of Curri
tuck, is on the bench. Evidence
was still being offered Wednes
day in the trial of Vernon Lucas,
Mackeys Negro, charged with the
fatal shooting of Henry Joe Louis |
Wilkins, jr., another young Mac- |
keys Negro on the night of De
cember 12, 1953.
The trial was begun about mid
day Tuesday, after completion of
the case against Mary Adams,
Plymouth Negress, charged with
attempted arson. Defense counsel
in the murder trial are W. L.
Whitley, of Plymouth, and J. A.
Pritchett, Windsor attorney. The
Plymouth law firm of Bailey and
Bailey is aiding Solicitor Elbert
Peel in the prosecution.
Lucas was being tried for sec
ond degree murder or man
slaughter. Lucas is alleged to
have fired on Wilkins from the
front porch of his home and Wil
kins was found lying on his back
between the house and the road,
according to testimony of Sheriff
J. K. Reid and State Highway
Patrolman Carl Gilchrist, the in- ,
vestigating officers. The slaying
was said to have been the result
of a grudge of some months’ .
standing.
The trial of Mary Adams was
begun Monday and the case went
to the jury at about 11 o’clock
Tuesday morning, following argu
ment of counsel and the judge’s
charge to the jury. The jury was ,
i u‘ only a short while before re
turning a verdict of not guilty.
The preliminary hearing was
held before Judge W. Ronald !
Gaylord here Tuesday, Novem
ber 10. and probable cause was
found, with the defendant being
bound over to the higher court ■
under $500 bond. (
Tlie prosecuting witness, Rosie .
Lee Barnes, testified that a hole '
was burned in the floor of a bed- ,
room in her house here, the fire |
being smothered out by a mat- J
tress which was folded on the
floor under the bed. Testimony 11
was offered that the Adams wo
man was seen in a crouching po
sition outside the house shortlv
before the fire was discovered
and that she had been heard to [
make threats about “burning
every house on the block.”
The case aroused considerable l
interest among the local colored I
citizens, as has the murder trial
which was in progress Wednes
3ay.
Lions Club in Supper
Meeting Here Tonight l
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The Plymouth Lions Club will j
rold its regular meeting Thurs- t
lay night of this week at the „
VTayflower Restaurant, President j
Lubert M. Ange announces. Time j.
s 7 o’clock. v
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I Not To Contract ] \
\ For Cukes Here I *
i
C. W. Dinkins, manager of c
the C. C. Lang & Son plant [
here, stated yesterday after- 1
noon that he had just learned 1
that the concern would not do i
any contracting for cucumbers C
or peppers in this area during i
1954. ]
Mr. Dinkins stated that he ;
was already in touch with sev- (
eral concerns that deal in cu- :
cumbers and that he hoped to t
have some definite word by (
next week. (
Tag Sales Near !
Thousand Narkj
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Sales of license plates at the
local branch office of the Caro
lina Motor Club neared the
thousand mark early this week.
Figures were released showing
sales in the various categories
through Tuesday’s business by
Manager James H. VV’ard and
showed a total of 985 tags sold.
Sales of auto tags led the list
with 695; next in number were
private truck plates. 167; utili
ty trailers, 74; farm trucks, 31;
commercial trailers, 16; and
motorcycles, 2.
Council Disposes
Of Routine Items
At Regular Meet
Mayor Reports Street Sur
facing Work Is Dependent
On Weather; Other Mat
ters Considered
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The Plymouth city council
icted on several matters of
•outine importance and endorsed
t proclamation by Mayor A. J.
riddle designating Plymouth as
i bird sanctuary at its monthly
nee.ting held1 in the municipal
ruilding Monday night. Mayor
fiddle presided and all six coun
:ilmen were present.
Extension of water and sewer
ines on West Avenue to a site
vhere Paul Sexton plans to build
it least four new houses was dis
:ussed. There was some question
is to whether or not the land was
ugh enough to provide the neces
;ary fall for a sewer line, and the
natter was left up to Mayor Rid
ile and Chief of Police P. W.
3rowm ' -final decision.
Representatives of three Still
icres business firms asked that
he town pay a portion of the cost
>f surfacing in front of their
daces of business. The three
irms, Waters & Kelly Grocery,
V. J. Woolard Furniture Co., and
he Etheridge Company, had spent
i total of $1,302.32 for black top
>ing between East Main Street
ind their stores. Part of the area
urfaced was the street right of
vay, and members of the council
greed .to pay one-half the cost of
urfacing the area not actually
iwncd by the three firms.
A contract , was entered into
rith H. O. Lovic for installation
f electric wiring in the new fire
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-*Iay To Be Given
At Roper School
The play, “What Would Jesus
>o,” given last Sunday night at
lion’s Chapel Church of Christ,
let with such popular approval
hat it will be presented again,
his time at Roper High School
uditprium next Monday night,
ar benefit of the school’s activity
us fund. Curtain time is 7:30,
nth an admission charge of 40
ents for adults and 25 cents for
hildren, all proceeds going to the
us fund. The public is urged to
ttend.
The play is a drama of Christ
in action centered about the life
nd work of a modern-day metro
olitan church. The minister be
omes discouraged trying to
lease the members of his church
y preaching what they would
ike to hear, excusing their sins,
nd so decides to do the will of
Ihrist as near as he can find it,
egardless of loss to personal
mpularity. As he says, “it is a
lorious madness,” and all kinds
if things happen to insure “never
dull moment.” Truth triumphs,
hough tragedy strikes, but the
rusade for Christian action goes
in!
Judge Cites Importance of Jurors
“No complaint can be hurled
at our forefathers for the heritage
they left us,” Judge Chester Mor
ris remarked during the course
of his charge to the grand jury
at the opening of Superior Court
here Monday. “The question is
ringing in my mind, Will the
generation that follows us be able
to say as much?”
The jurist emphasized the im
portant duty of every member of
the grand) jury in the matter of
presentments. “Just as much as
my arm is a part of my body,
you are members of a body, the
importance of which cannot be
overemphasized.”
Judge Morris briefly reviewed
the duties of grand jurors, enum
erated the capital offenses in the
state—those of first degree mur
der, first degree burglary, arson
and rape, and charged them to
make the customary inspections
into the public affairs of the
county, the condition of its build
ings and the school buses.
The judge pointed fo statistics
showing an increase in crime in
Eastern North Carolina which he
called “the best part of North
Carolina—and I’ve been all over
the state.” He deplored the in
crease in juvenile delinquency
and laid the responsibility in the
laps of the older generation.
W. W. Mizell, of Roper, was
named foreman of the grand jury.
Program Released
For Farm Classes
Starling Tuesday
County Agent Issues Invita
tion To Attend Meetings
Set for Agriculture Build
ing Here
“The application of recent agri
cultural research results here
would mean a vast improvement
in the income of individual farm
ers and would bring a great con
tribution to the economy of the
entire county,” Farm Agent W.
H. Pruden declared today.
Pruden said this is the think
ing back of a three-day series of
classes designed to acquaint
Washington County farmers with
the practical application of recent
research results affecting major
farming enterprises that could be
conducted in this county.
The classes will be held in the
auditorium of the Agriculture
Building here Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday of next week.
Specialists from the State Col
lege Agricultural Extension Serv
ice will bring the latest recom
mendations in many different
phases of agriculture. Farmers
may attend any of these classes,
but Pruden is urging that they
attend the complete series. He
termed the meetings, “Tire most
important schedule for the coun
ty in a long, long while.”
“Maybe you aren’t interested in
a particular enterprise that will
be discussed, but it may be that
this enterprise can fit in very
profitably with your farming pro
gram,” the agent declared.
Among the recent research re
sults to be presented will be a
system of growing out hogs on
Ladino clover, corn, water and
minerals at a cost of only $11
per hundredweight. “Most of us
have been spending about 50 per
cent more than that,” according
to Pruden.
New fertilization recommenda
tions and new, inexpensive
sources of nitrogen will be
brought to the attention of those
who avail themselves of the op
portunity to attend the classes.
Pruden stated th' the average
farmer now uses only 40 pounds
of nitrogen per acre on corn, but
research revealed that corn pro
fits increase with eveTy pound of
fertilizer up to 100 pounds.
Vegetable farmers who attend
the classes will learn of a new
cucumber and a new snap bean
variety that are destined to re
place older varieties in this area.
The cucumber is resistant to
downy mildew, is a higher yield
c-r, and its goodi, dark color gives
it top market appeal. The new
bean has commanded a premium
on the market since its introduct
ion.
Letters have been sent out to
county farmers inviting them to
the series of meetings and other
interested persons are also urged
to attend.
“I would1 like to call your at
tention to the Tuesday morning
session,” Pruden said, “as a new
organization in town plans to
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Board Decides on
Few Mailers Here
The Washington County Board
of Education, in regular monthly
session here Monday, approved
the appointment of Mrs. Shirley
Pinner, of Plymouth, as Property
and Cost clerk in the office of the
superintendent of schools.
The position is a part-time one
and became open when the cost
and inventory system in trans
portation recently went into ef
fect in the office. Mrs. Pinner has
begun her duties which consist
chiefly of checking pants in and
out and keeping cost records on
various school busses.
The board agreed1 that some
change be made in the garage
which formerly was used to house
the old bookmobile here, if prac
ticable, and if not, that a new
garage be constructed to house
the new, larger bookmobile, pro
vided the county library board
agrees to bear the expense.
It was pointed out that the new
bookmobile, recently put into
service in the county, is higher
and cannot be accomodated by
the garage without lowering the
floor.
The sale of certain outdoor pri
vies at the old J. J. Clemmons
School at Roper to E. L. Owens,
of Plymouth, was approved.
The.meeting convened at 10 a.
m. in the offices of the county
superintendent of schools at the
courthouse. All members of the
board were present, including L.
E. Hassell, of Roper, chairman;
J. W. Norman and Mrs. K. S.
Trowbridge, Plymouth; P. B.
Belanga, Creswell; and J. Whit
ford Swain, Roper.