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Miss Janice Somerville, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Somer
ville, of Plymouth, was named to
the second semester dean’s list of
women students at the College of
William and Mary at Williams
burg, Va., according td recent an
nouncement by Dean of Women
Dorothea Wyatt. Dean Wyatt said
that only 173 out of the 787 wo
men students enrolled at the col
lege during the second semester
acquired dean’s list distinction.
A/1C Thomas H. Davenport,
jr., who has served a year in
North Africa at Sidi Slimane Air
Base with the 1975th AACS
Squadron as a senior control
tower operator, has been home on
a 30-day vacation with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Daven
port, Roper Rt. 2. His next as
signment is with the 1919-9
AACS at Greenville Air Force
Base, Mississippi.
Think, it has been hot around
here, lately — Walton Allen, of
Plymouth, who with his family
just returned Tuesday night from
a trip to California, says it was
107 degrees in Texas. Mr. and
Mrs. Allen and family spent some
time with Mrs. Allen's parents in
Los Angeles. Mrs. Allen’: mother
underwent a serious operation
sometime ago and her condition
is reported somewhat improved.
City Councilman and Mrs. John
Forbes Davenport will leave Sun
day for Florida and Alabama to
visit relatives for^ two weeks.
They are going first to St. Peters
burg, Fla., to visit Mrs. Daven
port's aunt, Mrs. S. I. Nix, after
which they will visit Mrs. Daven
port’s mother, Mrs. M. B. Vann,
in Columbus, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Davenport,
their son. Bill, and daughter,
Jackie, will leave Tuesday of next
wegk to spend their vacation with
Mr. and Mrs. Davenport's son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Davenport at West Orange,
N. J. Mr. Davenport says this
will be his first vacation in 28
years. En route the family will
stop at various places of interest.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Kitchengs
and family are expected home
today from Charleston, S. C.,
where they visited Jimmy's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kitch
enfs, sr. Jimmy used Father’s Day
as a nexcuse to get away from
his business for a brief vacation
and visit to his parents all rolled
into one. Employees report that
business was mighty good while
Jimmy was away.
Mrs. W.O. Norman
Buried Wednesday
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock from Roper Methodist
Church for Mrs. Deldee Walker
Norman, 69, of Roper. Mrs. Nor
man, widow of the late Wiley O.
Norman, died at 5:30 a. m. Tues
day at an Edenton hospital, fol
lowing a lengthy illness.
Daughter of the late Thomas
and Louise Gaylord Walker, of
this county, Mrs. Norman was
born here October 11, 1884, and
was a lifelong resident of the
county. She was a member and
regular attendant of Roper Meth
odist Church.
Services were in charge of the
minister, the Rev. V. A. Lewis, as
sisted by the Rev. E. M. Spruill,
rector of Episcopal Churches at
Plymouth and Roper. Burial was
in Walker Cemetery, Roper. The
remains were left at Horners
Funeral Home until an hour prior
to the service and then taken to
the church.
The deceased leaves a son,
Thomas W. Norman, of Roper,
and three grandchildren.
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Truck Heavily Damaged
In Accident Wednesday
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Patrolman J. E. Morton, of
Roper, reported a 1951 Chevrolet
pickup a total loss as a result of
an accident last Wednesday night
on the Sound Beach Road.
According to the report, the
drl"cr of the vehicle, Ernest Eu
gene Lee, of Merry Hill, stated
- that he was blinded by the lights
« of an approaching car, lost con
trol of the truck which ran off
the roadway into deep sand and
overturned. The driver was un
The truck was listed to D. H.
Lee, of Merry Hill.
No arrest was^made.
ScheduifT'B' License
Tax Is Due July lsi
The Town of Plymouth’s Sche
dule “B” license taxes become
due on July 1st, Tax Collector
P w. Brown reminded local busi
ness operators this week. Prac
tically all business and prqfes
sional firms are required to pur
chase and display such licenses
The licenses are issued for the
town’s fiscal year, beginninf
July 1. 1954, and ending June 30
1955. The tax may be paid anc
license secured at the office o:
the city clerk, it was stated.
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
ESTABLISHED 1889
WORK PROGRESSING ON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH]
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The Presbyterian church building on East Main Street is be
ginning to take shape, as shown by the above photograph, made
last week-end. Members of the congregation hope to begin hold
ing services there sometime in the early fall. Formally organized
about a year ago, the Presbyterian group here now numbers about
30 members. Charles S. Schism, of Tennessee, a student minister^
at Columbia Seminary, is serving as supply pastor during the
summer months.—Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo.
Ordination Service
Here Next Tuesday
HERE NEXT WEEK
The Rt. Rev. Thomas Hf.
Wright, of Wilmington. Bishop
of the Diocese of East Carolina,
will make his regular visit for
confirmation and sermon to
Grace Church, Plymouth, and
St. Luke’s, Roper, Sunday, with
services here at 11 a .m. and
at Roper at 8 p. m. Bishop
Wright also will return to
Plymouth Tuesday of next
week for the ordination service
Native of County
Dies at Richmond
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Mrs. Stella Blount Hyman
widow of Henry Haywood Hymai
and sister of Ted Blount, of Ply
mouth, passed away Monday o
this week in a Richmond, Va.
hospital after a brief illness.
Mrs. Hyman had lived in Scot
land Neck until two months age
when she moved to Richmond t<
be near her two sons who live
there.
The deceased was the onlj
daughter of the late James E
and Claudia Stewart Johnstor
Blount of this county. Their farn
home, “Oakland,” was eight mile;
from Plymouth.
A graduate. of Woman's Col
lege in Greensboro, Mrs. Hymai
taught school at Roper, Plym
outh and Scotland Neck for man}
years. During the past severa
years she had engaged in shor
story’ writing and was at work oi
a full-length novel at the timi
of her death. She had sold severa
stories.
Surviving are two sons, Ed
ward and Hayward Hyman, botl
of Richmond; one brother, Tei
Blount, of Plymouth; and fivi
grandchildren.
Funeral services were heh
from Trinity Episcopal Church
Scotland Neck, of which she wa
a member, Wednesday afternooi
at 3 o’clock, with the rector, th
Rev. Robert E. Davis, officiating
Burial was in Episcopal Cemeter;
near Scotland Neck.
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Bishop Wrighi of the Dio
cese of East Carolina Will
Serve as Ordinant at
Grace Church Tuesday
John Crisp Owens, of Plym
outh, will be ordained a deacon,
the first order of the apostolic
ministry, in Grace Episcopal
Church, Plymouth, Tuesday mor
ning, June 29, at 11 o’clock. The
Rit. Rev. Thomas H. Wright, Bis
hop of the Diocese of East Caro
lina, will be the ordinant.
The service of ordination will
be the ancient ritual of the church
according to the Book of Com
mon Prayer and the use of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in
the United States. The Rev. Doug
las E. Wolfe, assistant rector of
p Trinity Church, Portsmouth, Va„
I will preach the sermon. The Eev.
Hfl*ni*l W- Mlm, exestotiv* *«*•.
1 VSy> the iXocm. #Sa*t C. rtf
tins will read the Wiface to, twe
Ordinal. Mr. Owens will be pre
sented to the bishop for ordina
tion by his rector, the Rev. Ed
ward M. Spruill. P. B. Bateman,
Senior Warden of Grace Church,
will read The Litany for Ordi
nations. The Rev. William L.
Hicks, newly ordained deacon-in
charge of St. Philip's Church,
Southport, will' read the Epistle.
Mr. Owens will read the Gospel,
and will assist the bishop with
the Holy Communion service
which is to follow.
Mr. Owens is the son of Mrs.
Mary Crisp Owens and the late
See SERVICE, Page 10
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Lamb Sale Slated
Friday This Week
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Grading and weighing of lambs
will begin Friday of this week
' at 7 a. m. for the.last cooperative
lamb pool to be held this season
at the Atlantic Coast Line pens on
East Water Street, it is announ
ced.
Offerings will be graded and
; weighed under supervision ol
specialists from the State depart
ment of agriculture. Growers
have been requested to have all
offerings in place by not later
than 9 o’clock on the morning ol
the sale.
The offerings will be sold to a
northern packing firm.
A previous sale held here on
Tuesday, May 25, was the mosl
successful ever held in Plymouth
according to reports. At that time
i 1,019 sheep weighing 78.04C
1 pounds, brought producers a sum
■ amounting to $15,777.52.
Prices at the first sale this sea
1 son ranged from $26.75 per hun
, dred'weight for choice lambs
■, down to $3 for common ewes
i Bulk of the offerings gradec
> choice and good.
County agents from surround
- ing counties are cooperating ir
carrying out the sale.
Machinery Here
Will Grade, Wash
And Wax Produce
Expected To Be Completely
Installed by Friday of
This Week, Market Man
ager States
Work was begun Wednesday
morning on installation of ma
chinery to wash, wax and gra
peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes
on the Plymouth Produce Mar
ket.
The machinery is being install
ed and will be operated by work
men under the direction of Buck
Welch, of Florida. About 20 per
sons will be employed in the ope
ration, half of them local, accord
ing to W. M. Darden, market
manager. The machinery will be
operated by an experienced crew
from Florida. Darden explained,
with some local men and women
employed.
Use of the machinery, expect
ed to be ready by Friday of this
week, will mean a better market
for the produce, Darden said,
since most of the produce which
goes into the retail trade is hand
led by chain stores which cannot
use produce not properly wash
ed, waxed and graded.
Darden also stated that proper
harvesting of the crops is vital to
a better market. Growers, new at
the game, who do not know pro
per methods of harvesting and
handling the produce would do
well to consult someone who
does, the manager stressed. Im
proper harvesting can mean that
such produce will find no ready
market.
The local market handled cu
cumbers in rather good volume
this week with prices ranging
from $1.75 to $2.50. Quality was
described as poor, largely the ef
fect of dry weather which is also
curtailing yield.
Green tomatoes came in this
week in light volume and 85 bus
hels of good quality .peppers were
brought in from Swansboro, in
Onslow County, making 10 coun
ties now from which produce on
the been receive.*
. feel the pepper seaso.j i,
two week# <fr more away, it «b>
said.
Bible School at
Philippi Church
The annual vacation Bible
school at Philippi Church of
Christ near Creswell will begin
Monday, June 28, and continue
through Friday, July 2. Phillip M.
Spruill will be the director, it
was announced this week.
Classes and assembly will be
gin at 9 a. m. each day and con
tinue through 11:30 a. m. During
this time there will bg class and
recreation periods.
Teachers for the week will be
M. L. Ambrose, D. S. Spruill,
Mrs. C. L. Barnes, George Saw
yer, Mrs. Marvin Spruill and Mrs.
Hoyt Davenport. Devotional ser
vices will be under the direction
of Wilton Spear and Hardic
Craddock. Mrs. Woodley Ambrose
will be music director during the
week, and the refreshment com
mittee is to be composed of Henry
Phelps, Alton Spear and Jim
Davis. The recreation committee
is headed by Mrs. William T.
Woodley and Mrs. Theodore Am
brose.
Children are especially urged
to attend.
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Prize Winner Had Just
Made Substantial Buy
Manager Thos. F. Hopkins seat
ed Monday that the winner of
first prize in the weekly drawing
at Norman Furniture Company,
Nicey Nixon, colored, of Mackeys,
had made a substantial purchase
just a few minutes before the
drawing. A stub was deposited in
the box and although it was well
shaken that stub was drawn first.
The winner got $25 in trade
Other winners were: second, $15
in trade, Alice Clagon, colored.
Roper, and third, $10 in trade,
Lloyd Mizelle, Plymouth Rt. 2.
Get 112 Pints Blood Here Yesterday
According to figures received
at just about closing time, 128
persons responded to the call for
blood here Wednesday with the
Red Cross toloodmobile unit se
curing 112 pints. There were 16
rejects.
Of the donors, 13 gave blood
for the first time. There were 13
Negroes reporting, with seven
giving a pint of blood each.
Employees of N. C. Pulp Com
pany, as usual, supported the pro
gram well, with the plant man
agement cooperating.
Blood bank workers included
Mrs. Harold Nelson and Mrs. P.
B. Niekens, clerical: Mrs. Lillian
Shugar, Mrs. Durand Keel, Mrs.
John Williams, Mrs. J. S. Flem
ing and Mrs. W. R. Collins, other;
and Mrs. J. A. Murray and Miss
Elizabeth Wood, nurses.
Refreshments for blood donors
were given this time by indivi
duals and served by the volun
teer workers, according to Mrs.
W. R. Collins, who listed donors
of food and refreshments as fol
lows:
Mesdames Charles Corpening,
James Boyce, Roscoe Frymier,
James H. Ward, W. R. McCombs,
W. S. Davenport, M. G. Chesson,
L. W. Gurkin, jr., W. Blount Rod
man, P. B. Bateman, E. G. Arps,
Carl; Bailey, D. J. Brinkley, R. F.
Lowry, Robert W. Johnson,
J. Folkerts, Louis L. Owens, Ben
Roberson, Joe Foster, Clifford E.
Frymier, Tom Gardner, W. F.
Ruffin, Ediward Aoh, E. F. Ba
gans, Claude Jones and A. L
Jackson.
Polls Will Open
Al 6:30 Saturday
Voters in the primary Satur
day of this week will have
from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. in
which to cast their ballots. The
old voting: hours, sunrise to
sunset, no longer apply and the
polls will close promptly at
6:30 p. m. Registrars and judges
of election are required to re
port to polling places at 6 a. m.
in order to prepare booths and
arrange voting space.
Oounty ABC Stores will be
closed for the day, according to
regulation, and will again be
closed Monday, July 5, since
the July 4 holiday falls this
year on Sunday.
Polling places for the six
county precincts are: Plymouth
No. 1, courthouse; Plymouth
No. 2, high school building;
Lees Mill, Roper Community
Building Skinnersville, J. A.
Goodman’s Store at the
Scuppernong, tax collector's of
fice in Creswell; and Wenona,
II. J. Furbee residence.
Announce Change,
In Rules of ASC
Program Recently
Would Limit Consecutive
Terms of County and
Community Committee
men To Three
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Miss Miriam Ausbon, county
ASC secretary, stated Wednesday
that the important changes in
regulations governing election,
qualifications and duties of coun
ty and community ASC commit
teemen recently announced by
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson would appear to
work well with the possible ex
ception of one point.
Among changes announced is a
regulation to limit to three the
number of consecutive terms a
farmer may serve as county or
zr-'jnunity committeeman, except
w-\TT t*lree ihemhers of the
1 committee have already
served three consecutive terms
one member shall be eligible for
election to one additional term.
Miss Ausbon pointed out that
it takes about three years on the
committee for a new member to
master the intricacies of the set
up to where he is quite valuable
to the committee and the county
he serves. Also, she said, farmers
generally take little interest in
the affairs of the ASC and it
would be difficult oftentimes to
replace good men on the commit
tee.
Other changes in regulations
would (1) create county and com
munity election boards which
would conduct annual elections
of committeemen) (2) prohibit
officials of general farm organi
zations from serving as members
of county ASC committees; (3)
prohibit a committeeman from
acting (a) as sales agent or em
ployee of Federal Crop Insur
ance Corp., (b) market quota re
view' committeeman, or (c) as
employee of own county office.
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Special Services
At Pleasant Grove
Evangelistic services will begin
at Pleasant Grove Methodist
Church Sunday evening at 8
o’clock and continue through the
week, it is announced. The clos
ing service will be held at 11
a. m. Sunday, July 4.
Guest preacher for the special
series of meetings will be the
Rev. L. A. Lewis, pastor of the
Atlantic charge in the New Bern
district. Mr. Lewis is now in the
tenth year of his Carteret County
pastorate.
One of the features of the
meeting series will be hymns by
guest soloist from several neigh
boring churches, it is stated. Sev
eral denominations are cooperat
ing in this phase of the program
The public is cordially invited
to attend and worship at all serv
ices.
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County Superintendent
At Chapel Hill Meel
County Superintendent Roy F
Lowry is attending a meeting o
the state committee on elemen
tary education being held ir
Chapel Hill Thursday of thi.
week. This is a committee of thi
Southern Association of College
and Secondary Schools which wa
set up to promote a program fo
improvement of elementar;
schools. Superintendents am
principals of county school unit
which are taking part in the pro
gram are attending the Chape
Hill sessions.
Interest at Very Low Ebb
In 2nd Primary Saturday
CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE
E. O. Arnold (left), Skinnersville merchant and farmer, and
Dr. J. M. Phelps (right), Creswell physician, are candidates in the
only county-wide contest to be decided in the second primary
Saturday of this week. They are candidates for county repre
sentative at the next session of the North Carolina General As
sembly. The other contest in the second primary Saturday is
between Phillip M. Spruill and Harry W. Pritchett for county
commissioner from Scuppernong Township and is limited to that
township only. ___ _
County To Have 109
Teachers Next Year
County White Schools Will
Have 59 Teachers, With
50 on Colored School
Faculties
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Washington County schools
have been allotted 10D teachers
for the 1954-55 term, according to
information from the office of
County Superintendent of Schools
Roy F. Lowry here. The alloca
tions were received recently from
the office of the state superin
tendent of public instruction,
Raleigh.
In addition to the allotted
teachers, there will also be a spec
ial education teacher in the white
schools, but this letter is not
based on the average daily at
tendance as are those allotted
through the state superintendent
office.
The white schools will have 42
elementary teachers and 17 high
school teachers (not including the
special education teacher) while
the colored schools will have 41
elementary teachers and nine
high school teachers.
Plymouth was allotted 22 ele
mentary teachers, same as last
year. In the high school the al
lotted number is eight, one less
than a year ago.
At Roper the number of ele
mentary "teachers remains the
same, 8; in the high school there
is an increase from three to four.
At Creswell the number re
mains the same as last year, 12
elementary and five high school
teachers.
In the colored schools, Plym
outh and Washington County
Union School, Roper, each gain
ed an elementary teacher. Plym
outh was allotted 17 and Roper
school 17, with nine in the high
school. Creswell Elementary re
mains the same at seven.
Several teacher resignations
were listed by Mr. Lowry. At
Plymouth, J. E. Carr has resigned
to teach at Clinton, Norman L.
Clark to teach at Morehead City,
See TEACHERS, Page 10
Sidewalks Here j
Being Repaired |
Town workmen, under the
supervision of Chief of Police
P. W. Brown, are engaged in
repairing and replacing side
walks on several streets here.
Most of the repairs were made
necessary by tree roots causing
hrrahfl tn the sidewalks.
Up to Tuesday repairs had
been made to one block each
on Third, Washington, Jeffer
son Streets and Brinkley Ave
nue. Additional work is plan*
ned on Washington Street be
tween Third and Fourth, and
on Main Street between Wash
ington and Jefferson.
Crop Measurmenl
Nears Completion
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The huge county crop measure
ment task is expected to be com
pleted Friday of this week, sev
eral days ahead of the June 30
deadline, it was learned late yes
terday.
County ASC Secretary Miriam
Ausbon stqted that she was con
fident the work would be finish
ed Friday. ‘There are only two
or three maps out now,” Miss
Ausbon said late Wednesday. She
stated that Field Man J. L. Kel
ton, of Edenton, had commented
that the work appeared further
advanced in this county than in
any of his district, embracing 15
northeastern counties.
Washington County makes a
habit of being one of the first to
complete such tasks and the local
office has been cited several times
in the past for accomplishments
in this regard.
A corps of 15 reporters and six
office workers has been busy for
several weeks in determining the
acreage planted to all allotment
control crops in the county
| JUNIOR MAJORETTES WINNERS OF TOP HONORS
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| The three junior majorettes of Plymouth’s High School Band
finished one-two-three for top honors in the juvenile division at
, the Dixie National Baton Twirling Institute held la$t week at the
, University of Missii sippi, Robin Horner (center above) daughter
1 of Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Horner, received a trophy for first prize;
3 while Jannett Bruce (right), daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. R. M
Bruce, and Jean Tetterton (left), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
1 Tetterton, were second and third, respectively, in a field, of 40
contestants and received medals.—Polaroid 1-Minute staft photo.
Voters To Choose Between
Four Candidates for Two
County Offices; A Light
Vote Is Expected
Democratic nominations for
two county offices will be decided
in the second primary Saturday,
when Washington County voters
will go to the polls to choose a
representative and member of the
county board of commissioners
from Scuppernong Township. The
nominations are tantamount to
election, since there is no Re
publican opposition for either of
fice in the November general
election.
Only one of the two contests
Saturday will be decided on a
county-wide basis. That is for
representative to the next Gen
eral Assembly, with E. O. Arnold,
of Skiraersville, and Dr. J. M.
Phelps, of Creswell, as the con
tenders. The other contest is
limited to Scuppernong Town
ship, where Phillip M. Spruill
and Harry W. Pritchett are can
didates for county commissioner
from that township.
The two run-offs were called
as the result of close votes in the
first primary on June 29. Arnold,
Skinnersville merchant and farm
er, was high man in a three-way
race for representative in the first
primary. He received 827 votes
to 645 by Phelps, with Ben X.
Sumner, of Plymouth, trailing
with 340 votes. Dr. Phelps, Cres
well physician and property own
er, immediately called for a sec
ond primary. Arnold represented
the county in the legislature in
1948, while Phelps is making his
first campaign for elective office.
In the race for county.commis
sioner from Scuppernong Town
ship, Phillip M. Spruill led in the
first primary with 167 votes.
Pritchett was a close second with
151 votes, while Douglas W. Dav
enport, third man in the race,
polled 129. Pritchett, Creswell
hardware merchant who has been
a member of the county board of
commissioners for a number of
years, called for the run-off.
Spruill is a prominent Scupper
nortg Township farmer who is
making his first run for public
office.
So far there is little evidence
of much interest in the second
primary, andi a light vote is fore
cast. As a rule, Washington Coun
ty casts more votes in second pri*
maries than in first ones, but this
year there are no state races
which will serve to hold the vote
down.
There wias a relatively light
vote in the first primary last
month, only a little more than
1,800 votes being cast. All the
candidates have been working
hard during the past few weeks,
and the size of Saturday’s vote
will largely depend on the
amount of “hauling,” according to
observers. A record vote was cast
in Scuppernong Township on May
29, due to the large number of
candidates from that section, and
voters there probably will re
spond in large numbers again
Saturday, but interest in other
sections of the county is at a very
low ebb.
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Rules Stated for
Crop Disposition
The producer must' pay the en
tire estimated cost of visiting the
farm for the purpose of checking
disposition of excess acreage on
ail crops under acreage allot
ment control, a statement issued
at the local ASC office says.
The information on rates for
disposing of excess tobacco, cot
ton and peanuts, given out, by
the local office, will be of inter
est to all growers of these crops
in the county.
The rate for tobacco is $1 for
each one-tenth of an acre of ex
cess, with a minimum of $3 per
farm. However, no minimum
charge per acre will be made if
the excess is disposed of at tfce
time the farm is visited for the
purpose of remeasuring the to
bacco acreage at the request of
the producer.
The rate foe cotton and peanuts
is 50 cents per acre of excess
planting, with a minimum of $3
per farm.
In the case of peanuts the max
imum charge will be limited to
$12 per farm, it was said.
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County FHA Supervisor
And Clerk at Meeting
W. Willis Bowen, county FHA
supervisor, and Mrs. Ernestine
Basnight, county office clerk, are
in Rocky Mount attending a dis
trict FHA training program meet
ing at Ricks Hotel. The meeting
will last through Friday.