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Where Bookmobile Will Be Next Week Free book service will be of fered to pe: sons in certain com munities of Washington County next Tuesday, W'ednesday and Thursday7 as the county book mobile takes its thrice-weekly tour of the county'. Persons who desire the services of the book mobile can have this desire ful filled by signalling the bookmo bile to stop by placing a piece of red material on their mail boxes. Tuesday, July 20 11:45 to 12, Roper Highway, Mrs. Eli Phelps Store. 1:19 t* 1:20, Back wood*, Mrs. Joe Swain. 1:25 to 1:35, Backwoods, Mrs. Mabel Swain. 1:45 to 2, Beach Road, Mrs. fda Davenport. 2:15 to 2:35, Roper Highway, Dennis Chesson. 2:40 to 3:15, off Highway, Mrs. Comers Home. FREE! Inquire at Roanoke Gas Company to get details on how you may get one of these Crosley $29.95 Musical Chef Kitchen Timer Radios absolute ly Free! LOWEST PRICE FOR A 7-CU.-FT. REFRIGERATOR ONLY 24Va INCHES WIDE! THE GENUINE CROSLEY SHELVADOR' Sensationally priced MODEL Ip-7 Capacity 7.0 cu. ft • Famous Crosley Door Shelves store an abun dance of food. • Full-Width Freezer holds 28 lbs. of frozen foods and Ice cubes. • Two Pop-Out Ice Travs. • Frozen-Storage Drawer holds 10 lbs. of frozen foods, can be used to store ex tra Ice cubes, too. • Completely adaptable inte rior can be ar ranged for any storage load. LOW DOWN PAYMENT ROANOKE GAS COMPANY 115 Washington Street—Plymouth, next to the Plymouth Theatre Harrison Street—Williamston—Behind Darden's Department Store 3:25 to 3:45, Roper Highway, Mrs. John Swain. 3:50 to 4, Roper Highway, Mrs. Jim Collins’ Store. Wednesday, July 21 9 to 9:40, Creswell School. 9:45 to 10, Cherry, Barnes store. 10:10 to -0:20, Western Lake, Mrs. Ambrose. 10:45 to 11, Lake Phelps, Mrs. Morris. 11:05 to 11:20, Big House. 11:25 to 11:35, Four Corners at Lake. 11:35 to 11:50, Lake Phelps, Mrs. Louise Redford. 12:00 to 12:10, Cherry, Mrs. Cliancey Comstock. 12:15 to 12:25, Cherry, Mrs Woodley Ambrose. 1:05 to 1:10, Ambrose Road, Mrs. Eli Phelps, jr. 1:15 to 1:25, Ambrose Road, Mrs. Bell Sawyer. 1:25 to 1:40, New Land Road, Spruill’s Store. 1:45 to 2, New Land Road, Mrs. M. McGowan. 2:25 to 2:35, New Land Road, J. L. Woodley. 2:40 to 2:50, New Land Road, Mrs. Ira Ambrose. 3 to 3:10, Cherry, Mrs. A. W. Davenport. 3:20 to 3:30, Spruill Bridge, Mrs. Ida Tarkenton. 3:40 to 3:50, Roper Highway, 12:40 to 1, Ambrose Road, Mrs. Lula's Place. Thursday, July 22 8:45 to 9:15, Garretts Island, Doc Latham. 9:25 to 9:40, White Neck Road, Burton Ange, 10 to 10:15, wenona, Radcliff’s Store. 10:30 to 10:45, Wenona, Mrs. La Fevers. 10:50 to 11, Wenoha, Mrs. Bur gess Lane. 11:45 to 12, Wash. Highway, Mrs. Perry Turner. 12:05 to 12:15, Wash. Highway, Mrs. Newsome Harrison. 12:20 to 12:30, Wash. Highway, Mrs. J. W. Allen. 12:35 to 1, Wash. Highway, Mrs. Lucy Bowen. 1:15 to 1:30, Wash. Highway, Mrs. Alvin Allen. 1:45 to 2, Wash. Highway, Mrs. Collie Miller. 2:15 to 2:30, Moratock Road, Miss Ruth Satterthwaite. 2:40 to 3:15, Long Ridge Road, Simpson Service Station . 3:20 to 3:45, Williamston High way, Stillman’s Store. -1 More Leaf Tobacco Tobacco dealers and manufac turers in the United States and Puerto Rico reported a total of 4.5 billion pounds of leaf tobacco on hand as of April 1, 1954, some 54 million pounds above the fig ure a year earlier. ROPER NEWS Mr?. P. S. Roberts and son, of Detroit, Michigan, arrived on Tuesday of last week to spend sometime here with her mother Mrs. J. H. Gaylord. Mrs. C. D. Bass, of Greenville spent Thursday of last week with here mother, Mrs. J. H. Gaylord Mrs. Beulah Gaylord and fam ily, Miss Jane Ross Bass, Kaj Gaylord and Mrs. P. S. Robert; and son spent Monday of this week at Nags Head. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lucas anc children, of Farmville, were the Tuesday guests of Mrs. J. H. Gay lord. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnston anc baby recently visited Mrs. John ston’s mother, Mrs. Janice No vvarah. Messrs. Aubrey Dixon, Ranc Phelps and Roscoe Dorsey, jr. spent the week-end at Nags Head Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nowarah anc children are spending sometirm in New York with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chesson and daughter, Brenda, of Wil mington, Del., are visiting their parents. Mr. and Mrs. F,. M. Ches son and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Leary Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Brinkley and Mrs. H. S. Everett and daughters visited at Nags Head Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Muriel Wallace and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Leary and .Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chesson and daughter spent sev eral days at Nags Head. Mrs. Lindsey, of Richmond, Va., spent the week with her daugh ter, Mrs. Jack McAllister. Mr. and Mrs. WT. R. Brinkley and Mrs. H. S. Everett and daughters, Carol and Glenda, visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burn ham at Shiloh Sunday afternoon. Miss Sandra Marrow has re turned home after spending some time with Miss Sharon Nickols in Norfolk, Va. Miss Sharon Nickols accompanied her home for a visit. •isnnisr!!:-::?! I MARKET REPORT By CURTIS F. TARLTON, Marketing Specialist North Carolina Department of Agriculture t ( I ! < Editor’s Note: Following is a summary of market price infor mation for the week ending July 9, 1954, as gathered and edited by the Market News Service, N. C. Department of Agriculture. Hog prices declined 50 cents per hundred at local buying stations this week and closed with tops ranging from 22.50 to 23.00. In Chicago, hogs declined 1.25 to 1.50 with closing tops reported at 24.75. Cattle prices were irregular on the Rocky Mount and Rich Square auction markets this week. Com mercial steers brought 14.00 to 16.75; Good heifers, 14.00 to 15.00; and good vealers, 15.00 to 18.50. Uiility and commercial cows were reported at 8.00 to 10.00 and good bulls at 13.50 to 13.75. Cattle receipts were heavy and prices were irregular on the Chi cago market. Slaughter steers and heifers were generally steady to 50 cents lower and cows were weak to 1.00 lower. Bulls, how ever, were strong to 50 higher and vealers 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Good to low choice steers ranged from 20.00 to 23.25; good to high choice heifers from 18.00 to 23.75 and utility and commercial cows from 9.00 to 13.50. Utility and commercial bulls brought 13.50 BIG SAVINGS! Jfodrywnjfal/ Eyy one high quality Marathon 6.00x16 tire for regular no' trade-in price of $1495-you get second tire for only Get sale prices on both Black and White Sidewalls! • Plus tsx *nd two rocoppoblo tiro* t Plu» tax Here, by far, is your best tire deal! Dur ing our big Goodyear Sale you save plenty on these high quality Marathons, made with Goodyears exclusive 3-T Rayon Cord. New improved tread means longer life and more mileage. Sturdy rib design provides safer, surer traction. They’re miles ahead of any tire at or near their regular prices — a sensational value at these special prices. Stop now and save! ONLY *1” A WEEK FOR TWO TIRES! Don't wait...your old tiros mako tho down payment! I to 17 00 and good and choice veal ers 17.00 to 20.00. Fryers and broilers remained steady in the Central North Car olina area with farm pay prices reporte dat 25 cents per pound. Heavy hens were unchanged with farm pay prices ranging from 17 to 19 cents per pound. Fryers were steady to firm in other lead ing southern producing areas. Closing prices at the farm were reported at 24 to 25 cents per pound in the North Georgia sec tion; 25 to 25 3-4 in the Shenan doah Valley and 23V2 to 26% in the Delmarvai area. Egg prices were unchanged on the Raleigh and Durham markets during the week. Local grading stations paid 41 to 43 cents per dozen for A, large in Raleigh; 35 to 37 for A, mediums and 35 for B, large. In Durham, prices for A, large ranged from 41 to 44 cents per dozen, A. mediums from 36 to 38 and B, large, from 32 to 34. Shelled corn prices remained fairly steady at local markets during the week. Closing prices for No. 2 yellow corn ranged from 1.70 to 1.78 per bushel in the east ern part of the State and from 1.80 to 1.85 in the Piedmont sec tion. No. 2 corn was reported at 1.75 to 1.85 at Piedmont markets. Wheat and oats prices were very steady to slightly stronger. No. 2 red winter wheat was quoted at mostly 1.90 to 1.94 per bushel and No. 2 red oats at 60 to 75 cents per bushel. Local auction prices for cu cumbers were irregular at the close of the week. Most sales on the Clinton market were reported at 2.00 to 3.00 per bushel. In Fai son, most sales were reported at 3.25 to 4.25 and in Wallace at 1.25 to 2.00. Peppers were also irregu lar at the close with bushels of bullnose type reported at mostly 2.50 to 3.50 in Clinton; 3.50 to 3.75 in Wallace and 3.75 to 4.50 in Faison. New York reported a weaker pepper market at the close with bushels of Bullnose type from Norht Carolina wholesaling at 4.00 to 5.00. Peaches, on the other hand, were stronger in New York. One-half bushel baskets of U. S. No. 1 Jubilees, 2-inch and up from this state wholesaled at 2.75 to 3.25. Two-inch and up Sunhighs brought 3.50 and two and one quarter inch and up Elbertas brought 3.50 to 3.75. New York reported a weaker market for potatoes. Fifty-pound sacks of U. S. No. 1, size A, washed Se bagoes wholesaled at 2.25 to 2.50. Cotton prices were unchanged on the National’s ten leading market this week. Middling 15/16 inch averaged 34.26 cent per pound on Friday. This is the same as last Friday and compares with 33.55 on the corresponding date a year ago. •6 Proof > <WM<WWWW<WWWWWMWWWWWWIVW<IWWWWWMWWWWWWWWWWWVWVWWWWWIIWI Plymouth BELK"TYLERS Plymouth! Hot Weather SPECIALS Just Received Big Shipment HEW SOMMER DRESSES Dresses in smarl golfer styles, Sunday types and casual sun dresses loo! See this large group in most every size and a large group of fabrics and patterns to choose from! Regularly Selling lo $7.95 $4.99 New Summer SKIRT SALE Many new and exciting colors and fabrics to choose from! Values to $5.00 each! $2.94 5,000 Yards New Summer FABRICS Cool summer sheers, dim ities, batistes and other fabrics just right for your summer sewing needs! Values to 59c! 39c LADIES'AND CHILDREN'S WHITE SUMMER SANDALS Special...: $1.08 Ladies' Wash Cotton House DRESSES A tremendous assortment of easy to wash and long-lasting cottons perfect for wear around the house! Most every size! Buy now and save on this item. Special $2.98 Men's 8-Ounce "RED CAMEL" OVERALLS Full cut! Sanforized for perfect fit after wash ing. $2.59 Men's 8-Ounce "RED CAMEL" DUNGAREES First quality! Sizes 28 to 42 inch waists! Full cut. $1.79 Men's SPORT SHIRTS MEN'S 100% NYLON SPORT SHIRTS Six Wonderful Colors to Choose From! All Sizes Men! Easy to wash! No Ironing Needed! $1.98 MMWWMUWMMMMIUWWWNMieMlWVWMMMWAMNMMIMMMAMVWMMMWWMWMIMMO
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