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T'own opics Dr. E. W. Furgurson was telling some of the employees out at the hospital the other day about the doctor who inquired of a patient. “Well, what seems to be bothering you?” only to have the stock phrase thrown at him, “That’s just what I came to you for, doc tor, for you to tell me.” There upon the doctor told the patient he would call a friend of his, a veterinarian, for a consultation. “He’s the only man I know who can diagnose a case without ask ing any questions,” the doctor added, acidly. Town workmen were busy Wednesday afternoon painting white lines across Washington Street in front of the high school to lay off lanes for use of school children in crossing the busy street. The Red Cross bloodmobile failed by 18 pints to secure its quota here Wednesday of this week. Out of 104 persons who responded, there were 12 re jects, leaving a total of 92 pints donated. The quota had been reduced from 150 pints to 110 pints. It was the 15th visit of the bloodmobile unit to this county and brought the total of blood donated to 1,927 pints. The total on the first quarter visit this year was 174 pints and for the second quarter 112 pints. A fourth visit will be made to the county, probably in De cember. Patrons of the Waahington County Library may secure their favorite books again, beginning Monday. The library will reopen at the regular hour after -having been closed all this week while the librarian, Mrs. C. E. Ayers, took what she terms “one of my rare vacations.” Gene Hollowell, teen-age son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hollowed, is upset and with good right to be. He has been working hard during the summer at the Hollowed Mo tel at Atlantic Beach and looking forward to some fun with his out board motorboat which he got for a present last Christmas. The boat was tied up at the Pulp Mid landing Sunday night but Mon day morning it was missing. Somebody evidently hauled it away on a trailer, it was said. That is really a dirty trick. ---1.— - Specialists Will Conduct Meeting At Creswell Farm Corn and Soybean Variety Demonstrations on L. L. Davenport Farm To Be Studied Tuesday -4 Corn and soybean variety demonstrations on the L. L. Dav enport farm near Creswell will be studied at a meeting Tuesday of next week. A group of specialists from N. C. State College including Dr. F. J. Bell, extension seed and small grain specialist; Dr. E. R. Collins, in charge of agronomy extension: J. C. Wells, extension plant path » ologist, and others will bo pres r ent. Time of the meeting is 2 p. m. Mr. Davenport’s farm is located a mile and a half, north of Cres well. This is the farm on which his son lives. Results of the demonstrations I will be tabulated and discussed by the specialists at the meeting. Other points to bo discussed in clude: Results of variety field trials in dry as well as wet seasons; mar keting prospects and price sup ports; drying and storage of corn; and control of insect pests in stored grain. County Agent W. H. Pruden as sures those who plan to attend the meeting that it will not last more than an hour and a half and that the discussions will be timely and of value to farmers. The meeting is open to anyone -4 Two Meetings of Boards Monday -♦ Postponed because of the Labor Day holiday, regular monthly meetings will be held here Mon day of next week by the county board of education and the coun ty commissioners. ' More or lens routine sessions are expected by both bodies, it was reported this week. The com missioners will draw names of citizens to serve for jury duty at the October term of Superior Court, acording to J. Robert Campbell, board clerk. The board will also transact some unfinished business con cerning the county property re valuation project which is near ing completion, it was said. The education board will meet in the offices of the county super intendent at the courthouse at 10 a. m. and the commissioners will meet in their room on the first floor of the courthouse at 10:30 The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 13,000 people. VOLUME LXV—NUMBER 36 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 9, 1954 ESTABLISHED 1889 I FOUR NEW TEACHERS AT SCHOOL HERE THIS YEAR~j --—-1 Above are four teachers who are teaching in the Plymouth schools for the first time this year. They are, left to right: Mrs. Bruce M. Davenport, of Jamesville, who has a sixth-grade section; Mrs. Vivian Williams, of Plymouth, second-grade section; Andrew Holliday, of Jamesville, eighth-grade section and assistant coach of athletics; and Julian R. Rawls, jr„ of Oak City, tenth-grade section and industrial arts.—Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo. I Warns Motorists j ! Must Dim Lights j State Highway Patrolman Carl Gilchrist, of Plymouth, this week called attention of the motoring public to the sta tutes which require that driv ers who pull off the highway and onto the shoulders of roads turn off bright lights and turn parking lights on; also when waiting to enter an intersection when there is approaching traf fic. The patrolman said that sev eral complaints have been re ceived lately of parked cars with bright lights on nearly causing wrecks, and he em phasized the danger of such practice. Four-Hour Alert, First for County Post, Set Sunday Whitehurst Calls Meeting of Post Members Tonight at Scout Hut To Prepare for Event -» A four-hour alert, first for the local Ground Observer Corps, is scheduled for Sunday. Dr. A. L. Whitehurst, head of the post here, stated that the alert will come between the hours of 1 and 5 p. m. and will be a profic iency or mock air raid with Mar ine and Air Force planes using interceptor centers flying prede termined routes to check through the Durham Filter Center. A total of 190 posts in 57 North Carolina counties will take part in the alert, it was stated. Dr. Whitehurst has called a meeting of all members of the Plymouth Ground Observer Post to be held at the Scout Hut here Thursday night of this week at which time members will be or ientated for the Sunday alert, l Time of this meeting has been announced a-i 8 o’clock. Dr. Whitehurst said an effort will be made Sunday to utilize every member of the local post if for only a few minutes each, in order to see how well the task can be performed. Chief observers of the post are Carl I,. Bailey, jr., and Charles Gardner. The post here was organized just a few weeks ago. Imporiani Meet For 'Challenge' Program Friday Meeting at Courthouse of Challenge Program Com mitteemen and Farm and Business Leaders -• An important meeting o‘f coun ty Challenge Program committee men and farm and business lead ers of the county will be held Friday night at the county court house here. A series of color slides will be shown to outline ways in which the Challenge Program for agri culture in Washington County can be practically applied to in dividual farms. The meeting will open at 7:30 o'clock. Long hours of work and plan ning have gone into the program and it is conservatively figured that the farm income of this county can be substantially in creased if methods outlined are adopted generally by farmers of the county. Purpose of the program are to increase per capita income, pro vide greater security, improve spiritual values, improved educa tional opportunities, stronger community life and more dignity and contentment in country liv ing. The tangible results of the committee meetings over the past many months, planning and re search, are tangible in the hand book, “Steps To Progress in Washington County,” which has been compiled and published con taining a complete program for agriculture with the prime ob jective the increasing of incomes of individual farms in the county. Suggestions from the farm and business leaders for carrying the program to every farmer in the county will be welcomed at the meeting. A series of 13 communi ty meetings will be held subse quently for this purpose. -- Large Crowd Attends Askew Reunion Sunday -1— Last Sunday 137 of Capt. J. E. Askew’s descendants with 27 visitors met at the old home place four miles out on the Long Acre Road for a day of reunion. Under the old oak a delicious picnic barbecue dinner was serv ed. The reunion has become an an nual event. Bin b*oI I meei i i 11 K((hool» The total enrollment ot 3,195 for all Washington County Schools at the end of the third day after the opening September i, shows an increase of 50 students over the total of the same period last year. Four schools. Plymouth White. Roper White, Plymouth Color ed and Washington County Union School for Negroes, Roper, showed increases. The remaining schools, Oreswell White and Creswell Colored, recorded slight decreases. Tiie enrollment at these schools is expected to be up slightly when all students enter school. The increase of 31 at Plymouth Colored Elementary School was the largest in the county. Washington County Union School ran a close second with an increase of 28. Plymouth White had an increase of 14, while Roper topped last year’s enrollment for the period by four. The total Negro enrollment exceeded that of a year ago by 51 while the overall figures in the white schools showed one less this year. The tabic below shows the elementary and high school en rollments at the end of the third day by schools for last year and this year. White Schools Plymouth . i i Creswell 1953-54 Fie. H.S. Total 681 234 915 247 88 335 370 140 510 Total White . 1298 402 1760 Colored Schools Plymouth .- .. - 483 Washington Co. Union 401 Creswell .. ... 200 241 Total Colored . 1144 241 GRAND TOTAL . 2442 703 1954-55 Fie. II.S. Total 700 229 929 245 94 339 359 132 491 1304 455 1759 514 475 192 ?55 514 730 192 1181 255 1436 2485 710 3195 HolidayWeek-End Marred by "fracas Ai Nearby Resort -♦ Seven Marines Turned Over To Shore Patrol Alter Fight on Dance Floor at Albemarle Beach Except for a disturbance at Al bemarle Beach Monday night the long Labor Day week-end was observed quietly in the county, law enforcement officers report. Many local persons engaged in golfing, fishing or other sports while some took off to the beaches for a final fling at surf and sand. Many others sweltered and sweated at home. The only accident reported on the highways of the county dur ing the period involved two cars which struck and killed a horse and mule which were loose on the highway Sunday night near The Pines. The animals belonged to James H. Ward, of Plymouth. The accident is more fully reported elsewhere in this paper. According to Sheriff J. K. Reid, who was summoned to the near by beach resort Monday night around 10:30 o’clock, the trouble there arose out of a previous fight Saturday night a,t the beach be tween a paratrooper and three marines who are said to have jumped him and come off de cidely the worse in the affair. Monday night several fist fights are said to have broken out on the dance floor of the pavilion at the beach and a civilian from near Jamesville is said to have had several teeth knocked out. Aubrey Dixon, of Roper, -report edly got a broken nose for his ef forts as a peacemaker. Chairs were said to be flying around all over the place. Sheriff Reid was accompanied to the beach by State Highway Patrolmen Carl Gilchrist, of Plymouth, Red Walters, of Co lumbia, and Officer Robert Saw yer, of Roper. Seven marines were arrested and turned over, to the Shore Patrol. As a result of the fracas and repeated previous trouble in the county, the beach and Earl’s Place at Creswell will be ruled out-of-bounds to marines, Sheriff Reid stated. Mercury Hils '97 Here on Monday -♦ Labor Day was most of all a hot day here. It is not known just how hot it got in Plymouth Monday but the high reading for the day at the weather station at Tide Water Test Farm near here showed a whopping 97 degrees. And there is always a difference between weather station heat and that where no protection is afforded from the sun's merciless rays. A report from Raleigh gave the high Monday at the Raleigh-Dur ham airport as 104 degrees, some sort of a record. September came in with a ra ther mild 81 last Wednesday, ac cording to records at the station near here. Low for the, 04-hour period was 75, constant for the first three days of the month. The high reading Thursday was 78, Friday 8(5, Saturday 88, Sunday 92, Monday 97 and Tuesday 96. Low readings were given as 83. 80. 86 and 84 Saturday through Tuesday, respectively. The only precipitation recorded for the first seven days of the month was .07 of an inch last Wednesday. Loses Livestock; Had No Insurance -1 A horse ancl mule, the property of James IT. Ward, of Plymouth, were struck and killed Sunday night near The Pines on U. S. 04 by two cars meeting at the time, according to the report of Patrol man Carl Gilchrist, of Plymouth, who investigated. There were three persons in one car and one in the other but none was hurt. Damage to the cars was estimated at $000. A 1954 Chevrolet operated west by Marion Rudolph Rhodes, jr., of New Bern, was damaged an estimated $200. Mrs. Rhodes and small son were riding in the car. The boy had been on the front seat until a short while prior to the accident when he asked to get in the back seat. A 1953 Kaiser operated by Lan celot Vincent Fagan, colored of Plymouth, and owned by Cymera R. Fagan, *vas traveling east and damage to this machine was plac ed at $400. Ward, who operates an insur ance agency in Plymouth, had no insurance on the livestock. Field Day at Test Farm Next Week: A corn and soybean field day will be held at Tide Water Test Farm Wednesday of next week and a large crowd is expected to come from practically all Eastern Carolina counties. J. L. Rea, superintendent of the farm, will preside. Opening remarks and welcome will be given by John Reitzel, of the State College extension service. Dr. D. W. Colvard, of the col lege, will talk on “The Challenge Presented by Diverted Acres.” Several field stops will be made and there will be trucks on hand to furnish transportation for those who desire to make the field tour. Corn and weed control will be discussed by Dr. G. C. Clingman, associate professor at State Col lege, and W. G. Westmoreland, extension weed specialist. C. D. Welch will talk on the corn fertility test, the corn hybrid test will be discussed by Dr, P. H. Haney, corn staking tests by Dr. D. L Thompson, and talks on soybeans by Dr. C. A. Brimm and J. C. Wells, all of the ex tension service. * The field day this year will in clude an afternoon session only and time has been set as 1:30 p. m. In the past morning and afternoon sessions have been held with lunch available at the farm, County Towns To Gel Over $19,000 Pov/ell Bill F unds -» Plymouth To Get $14,622.11, Roper $2,956.14 and Cres well $1,675.34, Final Re port Shows -» Washington County municipa lities will receive a total of $19, 253.59 in Powell Bill funds for improvement of non-highway system streets in 1954, accord ing to a recent announcement by the State Highway Commission. Plymouth will receive $14, 622.il, while $2,956.14 has been allocated to Roper and $1,675.34 to Creswell, the final allocation re port shows. This is slightly more than was received last year and the state total represents the largest amount to be distributed since the Powell Bill Act was passed in 1951. Highway Chairman A. H. Graham aaid. . The total has steadily grown. The first year of the Powell Bill in 1951, a total of $4,543,096.20 was divided among 386 munici palities. In 1952 the amount shar ed by 388 towns was $4,948,842.30. Then in 1953 a total of $5,244,303 .40 was split up among 394 Tar Heel towns. ■ This year's total is $5,390,897.20 . r is to be dift-ibut '-d t<- 3U6 ’eligible towns and 1,-ties, ranfa.ng from $331 for Falkland in- Pit1 County to $396,015 for Charlotte Graham pointed to the increas ed gasoline revenue which up ped the Powell Bill figure thi; year. The fund comes from a half-cent per gallon of the regu lar six-cent State gasoline tax collected in the recently ended fiscal year. The seventh cent ol gasoline tax goes to retire the secondary load bonds. Graham said that checks would be mailed to participating towns in mid-September. Allocations are based on population determ SeeTFoWELL BII.I, PagcT~ Produce Market Resumes Handling Red Peppers The local produce market re sumed handling of red peppers Tuesday of this week, with re ceipts fairly heavy. Quality of some offerings was good while others were said to be poor, being full of water and ra ther mushy after the hot sunshine of recent days. It was said that so long as qua lity and quantity of offerings suits the purchaser, the local market will continue to handle the produce. The market operators said they expect to handle some green pep pers in October. Approve 12 Projects For Street Surfacing 12 Projects Include 23 to 25 Blocks; Commission Estimates Total Cost of Work at $23,000 --- | Members of the Plymouth City Council, in a special meeting last Thursday night, approved 12 street-surfacing projects to be undertaken during the current fiscal year. The projects include about 23 to 25 blocks and will cost something over $23,000, most of which is to be paid for by Powell Bill funds received by the town. The town received $14,622 .11 in Powell Bill funds this year. Mayor Riddle had made ar rangements with the State High* way Commission to do the work. Commission officials surveyed 11 of the projects and submitted bids totaling $20,393.36 for them, plus $2,039.34 for supervision and en gineering, making a total of $22, 432.20. The council added one project, calling for one block of surfacing in Stillacres on Crescent Drive, between Wilts and Logan Streets. This will connect streets already surfaced and was overlooked when the projects were made up by the mayor and highway of ficials. It was estimated this pro tect won! I increase the total b$ ft ’o to $900. Most costly project in the group considered was two blocks! of heavy duty surfacing on Brinkley Avenue, linking Wilson Street (old Highway 64) with the new Monroe Street truck route which was surfaced a year or so ago. These two blocks will cost $4, 157.50. Quite a bit of the street sur facing is in colored sections of the town, complying with recent request for attention to those streets by colored organizations here. These projects include two blocks on Fourth Street in the vicinity of the colored school; four blocks on Madison Street from Fourth to Eighth Streets; one block on Eighth Street from Mad ison to Adams; and possibly some others. Practically all of Fourth Street is to bo surfaced except the two blocks between Adams and Andrew Jackson. It is not planned to surface these blocks until the town is able to tile a drainage ditch alongside the street. Money for this work is not now available. Projects approved by the coun cil last Thursday and estimated costs are as follows; Park Avenue in Little Rich w ud, four or five blocks, $3, 268.11; West Avenue, Wilson Street to Highway 64, three or four blocks, including some fill See SURFACING, Page 12 I Crackdown Said j !Imminent Here! . -...." Speeders and stop sign viola tors in Plymouth can look out. That is the warning from Police Chief P. W. Brown who stated this week that there will be a crackdown on these violators. Complaints have been num erous lately against fast drivers within the city limits and also those who fail to make the re quired stop at stop signs. With schools in session the danger of accidents increases, it was pointed out, and violations will not be tolerated. Talent Show Will Be Sponsored in County by JC's Date of Conlest Set for Thursday, September 30, Ai Plymouth High School, Chairman Says # Carl • M’~+~ L. Bailey, L. Bailey, jr., chairman of the Plymouth Junior Chamber of Commerce talent Show commit tee, announced this week that the Jaycees will sponsor the Wash ington County TV Talent contest at Plymouth High School Thurs day, September 30. The show will be held in the high school auditorium beginning at 8 p. m„ Bailey said, and, will be in conjunction with the "Search for a Star" program of WNCT, Greenville. Talent on the local show will be limited to Washington Coun ty, it was stated, and will be in two divisions—those below high school age and the adult class, high school age and above. The Jaycees will sponsor the winners on the television pro gram and will also arrange for auditions for the runners-up. In dividuals or small groups ere wanted since it is a contest for television talent, it'was explain ed. It will not include large groups of any kind and no hill billy or sacred music will be in cluded. It is hoped to have out-of-town judges for the contest. In addition tir competing at Greenville it is possible for the winners to par ticipate on the national Ted Mack Amateur Hour since some of the Greenville station's winners are See TALENT SHOW, Page 12 | PART OF CROWD AT TIDE WATER TEST FARM FOR DEMONSTRATIONS FRIDAY I „ i metssL. Sa'— • dam*** S x •"* The above photo was taken at Tide Water Test Farm near here last Friday afternoon and shows part of the crowd of between 60 and 75 persons attending the demonstrations in proper pas ture seeding and in chemical weed control. Sam Dobson, extension pasture specialist, and W. T. Westmcre, extension weed control specialist, of State College, Raleigh, were on hand to conduct the demonstrations. Equipment for the demonstrations was furnished by Plymouth and Greenville implement firms.—Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo. Safely Patrol and SchoolParking Is Talked by Council -♦—— E. H. Liverman Appeared Before Board To Bequest Water Service for New Housing Development -—» Very little business was trans acted at the regular monthly ses sion of Plymouth City Council held Monday night of this week at the Municipal Building. E. H. Liverman, who is plan ning a housing development just outside the city limits, appeared before the board in respect to water with which to serve the homes in the development. It was pointed out that since the development is not in the city limits the Town coiild not furnish piping, but it was agreed that if Mr. Liverman would furnish the piping he could buy water from the town. The matter of parking at the high school came up for some discussion. It was pointed out that there is considerable danger of accidents where so many children are involved and that parking must be limited to one side of the street when parents are picking up or discharging children at the school. The possibility of getting a safety scout patrol organized here to help out with the direction of traffic at dangerous intersections during the morning and afternoon school hours was also discussed. It was decided to contact leaders of the local scout troop to ascer tain what can be done in this re gard. The meeting was presided over by Mayor A. J. Riddle and all councilmen were present as fol lows: E. D. Keel and W. C. Hall, first ward; J. B. Latham and George W. Harrison, second ward; J. F. Davenport and J. D. Cruickshank, third ward. Over 300 Attended Labor Day Picnic HeldHereMonday -1 Fried Chicken Dinner Being Served to Members of Pa per Makers Local Union And Their Families The picnic dinner given Mon day by Cherry River Local No. 423, International Brotherhood of Paper Makers, was attended by more than 300 persons. Guests included members of the union, the wives and children, the occas ion marking observance of Labor Day and the 14th anniversary of the local’s charter. There were also a number of invited guests. Main items on the menu was fried chicken, prepared in the outdoor kitchen and served at the pavilian back of the Pulp Mill. Cooks were Tom Gardner, Cor Smithwick and Pete Sandy, while a committee of ladies, composed of Mesdamcs James Hamilton, Robert Johnson, Robert Hamil ton and Leonard Wheeler, help ed with the serving. There was ample food for everyone, potato salad, cole slaw, bread and soft drinks rounded out the menu. Following the dinner, a few of the more hardy turned to pitch ing horseshoes and aoftball, a dia mond having been laid out on the air strip. However, the extreme heat kept many from taking an active part in the sports program originally planned. More than 100 children were in attendance at the event, which the paper mak ers plan to make an annual af fair. Officers of the local are as fol lows: James Hamilton, president; G. C. Richards, vice president; Harvey Hobbs, financial secre tary; Robert Hamilton, treasurer; and Keith Hackney, recording secretary. Named Area Head By Aulo Dealers -♦ J. W. House, manager of House Chevrolet Company here, has been appointed area chairman for Washington County by the North Carolina Automobile Dealers As sociation, according to an an nouncement by Association Pres ident Wilson F. Yarborough, of Fayetteville. As area chairman, Yarborough stated, Mr. House will serve as liason between dealers in his county and the State and Nation al dealers associations. House will also direct the as sociation’s Fall membership cam paigns in his area and participate in Area Chairman Day to be heldl at Raleigh in October.
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