T'own)
opicsl
Most people herabout will read
ily agree that it would be ex
tremely hard to get up any de
cent sort of argument about whe
ther or not the temperature has
been high, the humidity high and
the rainfall scarce of late. The
sticky heat has caused quite a bit
of comment but probably not
quite so much as has been evoked
by the dry weather. Rains came
this week but generally were
scattered and light and passed
the Plymouth area pretty much
by until Wednesday. Gardens and
field crops have been begging for
rain.
The Rev. and Mrs. Dwight L.
Fouts will celebrate their twenty
fifth wedding anniversary for the
benefit of the Educational Build
ing Tuesday evening, June 29,
from 8 until 10 o’clock in the Fel
lowship Hall of Plymouth Metho
dist Church. Friends of the Fouts
and of the church are invited. No
personal invitations will be sent.
Friday of this week will be
commencement time again here.
This time, however, it will be
final exercises at the vacation
church school sponsored by Plym
outh Methodist Church. Parents
and friends are invited to the ex
ercises to mark the close of the
two-week term and which will
be held by departments, accord
ing to leaders. The attendance
has been good and final figures
' will be available for publication
next week, it was promised.
Among 114 students at Mere
dith College whose names are in
cluded on the spring semester
Dean’s List are Annie Lee Mayo,
of Plymouth, and Delores Diane
Morris, of Creswell. The acade
mic requirement for this honor
roll makes it necessary for a stu
dent to take at least twelve se
mester hours and earn a num
ber of quality points equal to
twice the number of hours taken
plus three.
It is understood that several
people from Plymouth are plan
ning to see the Marciano-Charles
heavyweight championship fight
via theatre screen at Norfolk, Va.,
among them Bill Roebuck and
Bugs Beasley.
Cukes Coming in
* At Local Market
Receipts of cucumbers were
fairly heavy on the Plymouth
Produce Market this week with
the peak in volume expected
next week. Prices ranged from
$1.50 to $2.50, according to W. T.
Freeman, one of the three co
owners and) operators.
There was a light volume of
beans reported through business
of Wednesday, with the average
price paid hovering around $1 per
bushel.
The first tomatoes were receiv
ed Tuesday with farmer's pack
bringing $2. The first offerings
of peppers are expected next
week while week after next the
tomato volume should be at its
peak, it was stated.
The volume of tomatoes this
week through Wednesday was
listed as fair.
Market prospects were strengh
ened this week with some preci
pitation scattered over the grow
ing area helping the outlook.
With more needed rain in sight,
things appeared considerably
brighter, as of Wednesday.
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Singing Practice
For Club Members
The first practice for the home
demonstration clubs’ district sing
ing contest will be held Thursday
night of next week at Creswell
High School, Mrs. Frances M.
Darden, Washington County home
agent, has announced.
The contest is being sponsored
by two radio stations in this area,
WRRF, Washington, and WGAI,
Elizabeth City. The sponsors are
offering $50 prize for first place
winner and a silver cup as second
prize to the best county com
munity chorus in the Eastern dis
trict.
Washington County club wo
V men have some good voices, Mrs.
Darden states, and they are urged
to be present for practice. Club
members living near Plymouth
are asked to please notify the
home agent if they can attend the
practice.
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Heavy Damage To Oil
Truck in Monday Mishap
An oil truck owned by Kelly
and Hall, Plymouth distributors,
was damaged an estimated $600
Monday morning when a front
tire blew, causing the machine to
go out of control.
The truck was loaded and
headed south on NC 32 about 8
miles out of Plymouth when the
accident happened. The driver,
Joe Beasley, of Plymouth, escap
ed injury but was shaken up con
siderably. Time of the accident
was placed at 8:20 o’clock.
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
VOLUME LXV—NUMBER 24 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 17, 1954 ESTABLISHED 1889
A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington
County and its 13,000 people.
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150 Pints Local Goal
Of Bloodmobiie Unit
i Garbage Barrels ]
I Should Be Moved!
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Plymouth Police Chief P. W.
Brown this week called atten
tion of the public to the fact
that there exists a town ordi
nance against garbage barrels
being left on the streets.
The chief stated that this or
dinance is constantly being vio
lated and that such barrels
must be moved into the lots of
owners or else the city trucks
will pick them up. Owners of
these barrels are asked to
please cooperate.
Couple Local Men
Chosen for Board
Of Planters Bank
L. N. Womble and P. W.
Brown New Members; C.
L. Bailey and W. L. Whit
ley Named Attorneys.
Two additions to the board of
managers of the Plymouth office
of the Planters National Bank &
Trust Company and appointment
of two local attorneys to represent
the bank were announced this
week by D. Marvin Weaver, man
ager of the bank here. /The ap
pointments are to be effective as
of July 1, Weaver stated.
L. N. Womble, owner of Wom
ble’s Drug Store, and P. W.
Brown, Plymouth police chief,
are the new appointees to the
bank's board of managers. Both
are well known locally and have
been active in business and civic
affairs for many years. They were
appointed to fill vacancies on the
board created by resignations of
W. J. Woolard, of Plymouth, and
Douglas W. Davenport, of Cres
well.
Womble has been active in civic
affairs since moving to Plymouth
in 1937. He was a charter member
and served as first president of
the Plymouth Junior Chamber of
Commerce. He is also a member
of the Lions Club and attend:
the Christian Church. Brown is £
Plymouth native who is serving
his 31st year as Plymouth police
chief and tax collector. He is £
charter member of the Lions Cluh
and served as its third president
He is also vice president of the
Plymouth Building & Loan As
sociation, past commander of the
American Legion post here anc
has served on the board of stew
ards of the Methodist Church for
24 years.
Carl L. Bailey and W. L. Whit
ley, both of Plymouth and lead
ing members of the Washingtor
County Bar, were named as at
torneys for the bank.
Weaver stated that acceptance
of the appointments is a source
of pride and gratification to the
bank's management. “I am pleas
ed to have these fine citizens as
sociated with us in the manage
ment and handling of the bank':
affairs,” he said. “I look forward
to working with them in pro
See BANK, Page 10
Red Cross Bloodmobile Unit
From Regional Center To
Make Second Appearance
Of Year Wednsday
A Red Cross bloodmobile unit
from Tidewater Regional Blood
Center, Norfolk, Va., will make
its regularly scheduled quarterly
visit to Plymouth and Washington
County Wednesday of next week,
local blood bank leaders have an
nounced.
As usual, the unit will locate at
the Veterans Club near the Wash
ington County Hospital and will
again be seeking a minimum quo
ta of 150 pints.
Donor hours have been an
nounced as from 10:30 a. m. to
5 p. m. and transportation will be
available for all persons wishing
to give blood and who do not
have a way to the unit center.
Refreshments will be served to
all donors of blood as in all past
visits but it could not be learned
late yesterday just what group
would be responsible for furnish
ing food and serving during the
donor hours of the visit.
The last visit of the bloodmo
bile unit to Plymouth was on
Wednesday, March 10, when 195
persons, including 38 first-time
donors, showed up to give blood.
Of these, there were 21 rejects,
leaving a total of 174 pints se
cured. This figure surpassed the
quota by 24 pints and gave the
local blood bank its second high
est total since the program was
first inaugurated here in Decem
ber of 1950.
The visit next Wednesday will
be the 14th to this county. In the
13 previous visits a total of 1,723
pints of blood has been secured,
according to Beacon file&
Again sponsoring the visit will
be the veterans’ organizations
here.
It has been pointed out to the
public by local blood bank lead
ers that since the schools are now
closed for the summer months the
program can no longer be worked
through the schools as was so
successfully done on the last pre
vious visit when a contest among
grades stimulated interest great
ly. “This time we will have to de
pend on the public,” Dr. E. W.
Furgurson stated yesterday. He
said North Carolina Pulp Com
pany, a mainstay in past visits,
still is “cooperating in its usual
fine spirit."
W. F. Ruffin and Ed Stewart
are a committee of two in charge
of securing donors at the pulp
plant while Herbert Downing is
working among colored employ
ees there, it was stated.
Local leaders expressed opti
mism that the public would again
come through in a splendid way
to maintain the fine record com
piled here during the history of
the program.
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3il Stove Flare Causes
Real Scare, No Damage
The fire alarm sounded Tues
day during the noon hour and
both trucks from the Plymouth
Fire Department sped to the
scene, a colored residence in the
Sugar Hill section of West Water
Street.
An oil stove had flared up
causing a scare to householders,
but there was no damage.
Tax Rate Same;
Valuation Shows
Slight Increase
Budget Requirements Up by
Over $20,000 in Estimate
For 1954-55 Fiscal Year
In This County
The Washington County tax
rate for the 1954-55 fiscal year
which begins July 1 will again be
$1.70 on each $100 property valu
ation, according to recent action
of the board of county commis
sioners. The rate has been un
changed during the past nine
years.
Total property valuation in the
county is estimated at $10,500,000
this year, up $100,000 from the
preceding year and $300,000 over
that of the 1952-53 fiscal year.
The hike is believed accounted
for largely by greater personal
property listings and perhaps to
some extent by improvements
to real estate and erection of new
houses.
Total budget requirements for
the new fiscal year are higher by
120,416.21, being lister at $271,
381.56 as compared with a listing
of $250,965.35 for the current fis
cal year. Not all of this amount
is to be raised by property taxes,
however, as revenue from sources
other than that raised by the tax
levy amounts to an estimated
$128,581.56, again showing a sub
stantial increase of that of 1953
54, the amount then listed being
only $109,548.35. This figure in
cludes funds derived from legal
whiskey sales at the two county
retail outlets, state beer and wine
taxes, fines and forfeitures, in
tangible taxes levied by the state,
matching funds from state and
federal governments, etc., and
leaving $142,800 to be raised by
tax levy, plus $35,700 in esti
mated uncollectible taxes and dis
counts. This latter figure is also
somewhat greater than previous
ly. The listing on the budget esti
mate for the current year in this
particular category was $35,383
A breakdown of the tax rate
by funds shows that the rate will
remain the same for five items
while increases are noted in three
items and decreases in four.
Comparisons of the budget anc
tax rates for the two years fol
low:
General county fund, $71,390.8(
this year, $67,194.20 last, tax rate
down from 20 cents to 10 cents
poor fund, $18,444 this year, $18,
746.27 last, tax rate 1’5 cents, un
changed; health fund, $10,167.94
this year, $9,257.94 last, tax rate
10 cents, unchanged; Farm anc
home demonstration work, $7,
525.94 this year, $7,410 last, ta>
rate increased from seven tc
seven and a half cents; fire pro
See VALUATION, Page 10
County FHA Personnel To
Attend Rocky Mount Meel
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W. Willis Bowen, county FIT/
supervisor, and Mrs. Ernestine
Basnight, county office clerk, wil
attend the FHA district meetin*
at Ricks Hotel, Rocky Mount
Thursday and Friday of nexi
week.
A training program will be car
ried out under supervision o:
Marion C. Holland, of Goldsboro
state field representative. Horace
J. Isenhower, of Raleigh, the new
state director, is expected to at
tend.
FIRST IN SERIES OF SAFETY DINNERS FOR PULP MILL WORKERS
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This photo, taken last Friday night, shows one shift of workmen at the plant of the North
Carolina Pulp Company enjoying a fish dinner given by the company to employees who did not
have a lost-time accident in the four-month period from February 1 through May 31. It was the
first in a series of four such dinners, the others being scheduled for June 17, 18 and 25. Ap
proximately 650 employees are eligible for the dinners, with only members of two shifts being
disqualified. The dinners are being held at the pavilion back of the plant here. — Polaroid 1
Minute staff photo.
50 County Club Girls to Attend Camp
'Monday, June 28, will be gen
eral vacation time for 4-H club
members and about half a hun
dred from this county are ex
pected to attend the 4-H Club
Camp at Manteo, opening that
day. Those who attend from the
county will return July 2.
Any club member wishing to go
is asked to notify either W. H.
Pruden or Mrs. Frances M. Dar
den, supervisors of the county
program.
All club members with their
project record books up to date
are eligible to attend, it was said.
Winners in Safety
Goniesi at Plant
Here Get Dinners
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Only Two Lost-Time Acci
dents at North Carolina
Pulp Company Plant Dur
ing Four-Month Period
Winners of a four-month safe
ty contest at the plant of the
North Carolina Pulp Company
here are being given fish dinners
during the month of June. The
first of the dinners was given
last Friday night, and will be fol
lowed with similar dinners on
June 17, 18 and 25, according to
Howard B. Gaylord, personnel di
rector.
The contest, based on no lost
time accidents, began February
1 and continued through May 31,
with approximately 650 employ
ees being eligible for the free
dinners. During the course of the
four-month contest, there were
only two lost-time accidents at
the mill, but these two disquali
fied members of two shifts for the
dinners.
Commenting on the safety rec
ord established during the period
of the contest, Mr. Gaylord said
“It is readily recognized that
while competition between entire
it 11 shifts is most desired, care
itention had to be given P
various factors in or^er to ma«tt
the competition fair and to keef
up interest at all times. The con
test was designed to equal ir
every respect working conditions
hazards of the job and other fac
tors.
“The purpose of the contest wa:
to get all employees and super
visors within the mill safety con
scious to the degree where all
cooperated in eliminating (1) un
safe acts wilfully; (2) unsafe con
ditions by correcting those causec
by improper attitudes; (3) mil
blindness, by getting people in
terested in good housekeeping ir
their own departments; and (4!
to create a desire to work safelj
by correcting each others' unsafi
habits.”
Plymouth Girls
At Baton School
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Three young Plymouth girl:
are expected to return home th«
first of next week following a 10
day stay at the University o:
Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
The girls, all junior majorette;
with the Plymouth High Schoo
Band, are Robin Horner, daughtei
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Horner
Janet Bruce, daughter of Mr. anc
Mrs. Robert Bruce; andi Jear
Tetterton, daughter of Mr. anc
Mrs. Ronald Tetterton.
The girls joined their instructor
Mrs. Shirley Crutchfield, of Roa
noke Rapids, in that city Thurs
day of last week and left Friday
for Oxford where they were en
rolled in a special baton twirling
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Tetterton receiv
ed a long-distance call from th«ii
daughter Sunday during which
she stated that the girls had en
joyed a nice trip and were getting
along fine.
For years the University oi
Mississippi band has been known
about the nation for its accom
plished majorettes, among other
things, and the baton school is
said to rank with the best.
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Sales of Whiskey About
Normal at ABC Stores
Legal sales of whiskey in Wash
ton County continue to run about
normal according to figures for
the month of May released here
by W. C. Styons, manager of ABC
Store No. 1, Plymouth.
Sales at both county retail out
lets for the month amounted to
$14,364.05, or somewhat under
sales for several previous months,
However, sales usaully decline a
bit during the summer season.
Figures for the Plymouth store
were given at $13,306.35 while the
total at the Creswell store show
ed sales amounting to $1,055.70.
The county group is scheduled
to leave the Agriculture Building
at Plymouth at 12:30 p. m. Mon
day, June 82, arriving at Roper
High School at 12:4.5 to pick up
Roper members. Leaving Roper
at 1 p. m. the next stop is slated
at Earl’s Place. Creswell, at 1:25
o’clock, leaving there 20 minutes
later in order to make the Sandy
Point ferry at 2:30.
The cost of the entire week, in
cluding board and room, trans
portation, handicraft material,
pageant ticket to The Lost Colony
and insurance will be $15 per club
member. A $1 deposit with filing
of application is requested. The
balance will be collected when
the group leaves for camp.
Those who attend will need to
bring bathing suit, play clothes,
tooth brush, soap, towels, sheets
and a blanket. All attending
should have a coat or jacket
along, it was said.
Last year 42 members from
Washington County made the trip
and as many or more are expect
ed to attend the camp this year,
Mr. Pruden stated.
Little Interest Is Seen
In Primary June 26th
Candidates Said Busy, Bui
Light Vote Is Indicated;
Four Candidates in Two
Contests
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With the second primary to
choose Democratic candidates tor
two county offices only a little r
over a week off, there are few
surface indications of any inter
est, although it is understood the
candidates are “beating the bush
es” in an effort to stimulate a
sizeable vote.
The primary date is Saturday,
June 26. and there are four can- 1
didates in the running. Only one c
of the contests, that for repre- (
sentative in the next General As- 1
sembly, is of a county-wide na- (
ture; the other being limited to ;
Scuppernong Township, where
two candidates are in the run-off ,
for county commissioner. (
t In the representative race, j
former Representative E. O. Arn- ,
old, merchant and farmer, of j
Skinnersville Township, is being
opposed by Dr. J. M. Phelps,
Creswell physician and surgeon. 1
Arnold was leader in a three-way
contest for representative in the
first primary, polling 827 votes
to 645 by Phelps, with Ben A.
oumner, the third can<Md§te, get
ting 340. A thou? • Arnefy lacked
only 80 votes of having a cleat
majority in the first primary, Dr.
Phelps immediately asked for a
run-off, and it is generally be
lieved the race will be close when
the votes are tallied a week from
Saturday.
The contest for Scuppernong
Township member of the county
board of commissioners, which
will be voted only in that town
ship, was very close the first time.
Phillip M. Spruill led in the three
way race, polling 167 votes to 151
by Harry W. Pritchett and 129
for Douglas W. Davenport. Prit
chett, present member of the
board, called for a second pri
mary, and it is expected this also
will be a very close race Satur
day of next week.
Despite the apparent lack of
interest at this time, Washington
County has a past record of cast
ing more votes in second prima
ries than first ones. For that rea
son, observers are hesitant to pre
dict a light vote next week. A
lot will depend on the amount
of “hauling,” according to those
in the know, and it is expected
that all four candidates and their
friends will put up a strenuous
effort to get out a big vote.
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Item Helps Locale Owners
Of Keys Found on Streets
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A brief item appearing in the
last issue of The Beacon brought
prompt results, P. W. Brown, po
lice Chief, reports. It was stated
that several bunches of keys as
well as a few individual keys had
been picked up on the streets and
turned in to the local police de
partment.
J. Robert Campbell and Jim
Gaylord went to the station after
reading the item and identified
bunches of keys belonging to
them, the chief stated. There are
still several keys on hand which
owners may claim by coming by
and identifying them, it was said.
,asl Lamb Sale
To Be Held Here :
Friday, June 25
Irading and Weighing Will
Start at 7 A. M.; County
Agent Should Be Notified
By Growers.
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The second and last cooperative
jmb pool of the season is sche
uled to be held at the Atlantic
toast Line pens just off East
Vater Street Friday of next week,
bounty Agent W. H. Pruden has
nnounced.
Grading and weighing of lambs
rill begin that morning at 7
i'clock under supervision of spec
alists from the state department
if agriculture, Pruden stated yes
erday.
It is requested of growers who
dan to have offerings at the pool
hat they have them in place not
ater than 9 a. m. on the day of
sale and also that they notify the
rounty agent’s office here of their
intentions in mder that the pro
per amount of eighr cars can be
arranged for. '
The offerings will be sold to a
northern packing firm and coun
ty agents in the nearby counties
are expected to assist with the
handling, etc., Pruden said.
Mr. Pruden also wishes to call
attention of sheep growers in this
county to the wool sale to be held
at Graveley’s Warehouse, Wash
ington, Monday and Tuesday of
next week.
Hours will be from 7 a. m. to
5 p. m., it was stated, and untied
wool will be penalized two cents
a pound. It was stated sometime
ago that a top price of nearly 60
cents per pound had been bid for
wool to be delivered at the Wash
ington warehouse, a figure con
siderably better than those now
being offered by independent
wool buyers of this area.
It was said that producers
would receive the following
prices by grades, less two cents
per pound handling charge: Clear
wool .5930, light burry, .5230,
medium burry, .4730, heavy bur
ry, .4330, stained, .5230, coarse,
.5230, rejects andi black, .4230,
lambs, .4330 and tags .0900.
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Revival Begins Monday
Ai Mount Zion Church
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A series of revival services will
begin next Monday night, June
21, at the Mount Zion Free Will
Baptist Church, near Roper. The
Rev. E. E. Edwards, of Choco
winity, will be the evangelist, and
a cordial invitation is extended
to everyone to attend.
Services will be held each eve
ning, starting Monday at 8
a’clock. The meeting will con
tinue for at least a week, possibly
longer. There will be special gos
pel singing at each service. The
Rev. L. E. Ambrose is pastor of
the church and will assist in the
revival.
County Cancer Drive
Goes Well Past Goal
Mrs. Harry E. Browning, of
Plymouth, this week made public
the final report on the Cancer
Crusade for 1954 in this county.
Mrs. Browning served as county
chairman during the recently
completed drive.
The report shows a total of $1,
119.25 raised throughout the
county, as against a quota of $750
set by the American Cancer So
ciety.
The following breakdown by
communities was released:
Plymouth, $862.91; Washington
County Training School (colored)
$44.45; Roper, $24.09; Pea Ridge,
$3.40; Pleasant Grove, $9.50; The
Pines, $5.35; Creswell-Cherry,
$118.97; Mackeys, $23.53; West
over, $10.05; county clubs and or
ganizations, $17.
Mrs. Browning, in submitting
the report, stated that she had re
ceived excellent cooperation dur
ing prosecution of the annual
campaign for funds with which
to fight cancer and that she de
sired to thank the several volun
teer workers as well as everyone
in the county who helped to make
the drive such a pronounced suc
cess.
Prominent County
Citizen Succumbs
At Creswell Home
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Services Held Sunday at
Philippi Church for Dr. W.
H. Harrell, 53; Was Na
tive of Pasquotank
Washington County lost one of
its most prominent citizens in the
death of Dr. William Horace Har
rell at 9 p. m. Friday at his home
at Creswell. Dr. Harrell, 53, had
been ill for a short time. He was
a native of Eizabeth City but had
practiced medicine at Creswell
for the past 28 years.
Dr. Harrell was a graduate of
Poplar Branch High School, the
University of North Carolina and
of Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, Pa., and at one time
served on the medical staff at St.
Vincent Hospital, Norfolk, Va.
He was a member of the Elks
Club of Elizabeth City, and of the
Columbia Masonic Lodge, and
was past president of the Tri
County Medical Association em
bracing Martin, Washington and
Tyrrell Counties.
The deceased leaves besides his
widow, Mrs. Lydia Harrell, a son,
William H. Harrell, jr., of Wash
ington, D. C.; his mother, Mrs.
Mamie Harrell, of Mamie; two
brothers, Taylor Smith Harrell,
of Mamie, and Raymond H. S.
Harrell, of Norfolk.
Last rites were conducted Sun
day afternoon at 2 o’clock from
Philippi Church of Christ, Cres
well, by the pastor, the Rev. Lu
ther Ambrose. Interment was in
Riverside Cemetery, South Nor
folk.
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Unit Turns Out
Dressings Here
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Members of the Washington
County unit of the American Can
cer Society, under direction of
the commander, Mrs. Georgie
I Frost Barnes, have been meeting
at frequent intervals for the pur
pose of making surgical dressings
for local cancer patients anchor
the Cancer Institute, Lumfr .(hi.
The meetings have been held is
the county Agriculture Building.
A total of 1,500 dressings, rang
ing from 4 by 4 inch to 10 by 10
inch, have been made. Mrs.
Barnes reports.
Dressings are an expensive
item and the size needed is fre
quently difficult to obtain, so the
local cancer unit got permission
from the state unit to use a part
of its quota for this local service.
Thousands of dressings are need
ed monthly at the Cancer Insti
tute.
The local unit will appreciate
volunteer service from the public
in this regard, the unit command
er stated.
Dozen Stills Are
Seized in County
An even dozen illicit liquor
stills fall to raiding officers in
this county during the past 60
days, a report submitted by Chief
ABC Officer for Washington
County Robert Sawyer, of Roper,
shows.
The largest still was of 1,000
gallon capacity and was seized
May 28 across .the river from
Plymouth in Bertie County. Also,
there were three stills of 150
gallon capacity, two others of 100,
and one of 60. All others were
the 50-gallon type except one,
35.
During the raids, more than
10,000 gallons of mash were de
stroyed and also a great quantity
of other materials and utensils.
Participating in one or more of
the raids were Chief Sawyer,
Sheriff J. K. Reid, Plymouth Po
lice Chief P. W. Brown, Officer
Paul Basnight, of the Plymouth
force, and ATU officers from Eli
zabeth City.
During the period, two men
were caught with a quantity of
whiskey, tried and fined $50 each
and costs of court. The men were
listed by Sawyer as Edgar Thig
pen and George Tarkenton.
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Deadline June 30 for
Asking Wheat Acreage
Farmers on land on which no
wheat was seeded for grain for
the consecutive years 1952, 1953
and 1954 may apply for a 1955
wheat acreage allotment, accord
ing to Chairman Spruill of the
Washington County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
committee. However, to be con
sidered for an allotment, such
farmers must make written appli
cation to the county ASC commit
tee not later than June 30, 1954.
Farmers are asked to please
note this deadline.