The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
VOLUME LXV—NUMBER 40
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 7, 1954
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Friends of the Rev. J. C. Owens
will be interested to learn that his
sermon next Sunday at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church, Ahos
kie, will be broadcast over the
Ahoskie radio station. The station
will feature a sermon by the rec
tor the second Sunady of each
month.
The Rev. D. L. Fouts is in Wel
don this week where he is assist
ing the pastor, the Rev. P. O.
Lee, in revival services at Wel
don Methodist Church. N. M.
White, charge lay leader, will di
rect the annual Layman’s Day
service Sunday morning at Plym
outh Methodist Church, while
Mrs. Fouts will deliver the even
ing sermon.
Miss Miriam Ausbon, county
ASC office manager, Mrs. Phyllis
Gauthier, peanut clerk, and Whit
ford Swain, county compliance
supervisor, attended an agricul
tural meeting in Windsor Mon
day of this week.
Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, clerk to
the local draft board, has receiv
ed instructions to be in Federal
Court in Raleigh Tuesday of next
week for trial of a conscientious
objector case. The board office
will therefore be closed until Mrs.
Hunter returns. She stated that
she would have to remain in Ra
leigh until a decision is reached
in the case.
Bill Pruden left early yester
day morning in company with
four other county agent on an
automobile trip to Salt Lake City,
Utah, where they will attend a
national convention of county
farm agents. The .meeting is sche
duled to open Sunday and con
tinue through Thursday of next
week, so Bill and the other boys
will have to hustle on out there.
Bill expects to be back in Plym
outh around the 19th or 20th of
the month.
Induction Call
For Next Month
No pre-induction call will be
made upon the local draft board in
November, Mrs. Lorraine Hunter,
board clerk, said this week she
had been informed. However, the
board has received an induction
call for two men to be filled No
^ vember 18.
Twenty-one registrants of the
board left by fecial bus Tuesday
morning at 8:30 for the Raleigh
Reception Center to take pre-in
duction examinations, Mrs. Hunt
er stated. A call had been issued
for 27 men. Of these, there were
two transfers to other boards and
a request for transfer is antici
pated from John Henry Smith
wick.
Three others who were order
ed to report failed to shovr up
and their mail was returned
marked unknown. They were
listed by the clerk as Samuel
David Cabarrus, James Garland
Davenport and Wade Patrick.
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Band Looks Good
A* Two Week-End
t Events, Reported
Takes Pari in Halflime Fes
tivities at Ahoskie Fri
day, Elizabeth City Pa
rade Saturday
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The. Plymouth High School
band acquitted itself well the
past week-end, participating in
the program at the PJymouth
Ahoskie football game last Friday
night at Ahoskie and in the Boat
Regatta parade at Elizabeth City
Saturday night.
At half time at Ahoskie last
Friday, the Plymouth band, pre
ceded by a trumpet fanfare,
marched onto the field, played
“On Wisconsin,” and then the
Military Escort, lifting their feet
high in rhythm. They then play
ed “Big Brass Band From Bra
zil,” doing new steps and march
ed down the field, reversed and
stopped on the 50-yard line to
play the Ahoskie alma mater, the
3| band members forming an “A.”
• The formation was changed to a
“P” while the song, “Plymouth
High” was played. *
The Plymouth band headed the
parade at Elizabeth City Satur
day night. En route home the
members stopped at the Elizabeth
City Youth Center and at a Hert
ford Barbecue Stand.
Director Ed Taylor has an
nounced that the band has been
invited to play at the Hertford
Plymouth football game. Since
Hertford has no band, the local
aggregation will have the entire
half in which to perform.
It was also stated that for the
first time in two years the band
was unable to secure properly
chaperoned automobiles for the
Elizabeth City parade. The band
would appreciate more coopera
tion along this line from band
parents and other local citizens
interested in the welfare of the
band.
BEACON CARRIERS:
Here are 13 of the 23 carriers who sell The Roanoke
Beacon in Washington County each week. They were
photographed in front of the Beacon office last Thursday
afternoon when they came for their papers, prior to observance of Newspaper Carrier Day Friday,
which also marked the start of National Newspaper Week. Each of them, plus the 10 not pres
ent when the photo was made, is completely independent, buying papers over the counter and
reselling them to his or her own customers after working up their own routes. In all, more
than 1,000 copies of the Beacon are distributed in this manner every week, plus about 1,100 to
mail subscribers. Left to right in the photo above, with the number of papers sold by each, are:
Sonny Bowen, 40; Mamie Cobb, 150; Samuel White, 32; Mike Bowen (5 years old), 20; Bobby Ange,
51; George Waters, 14; Emily Kay Bickerstaff, 48; Morgan Williams, 24; Eddie Overton, 42; Lowell
Bowen, 30; Gene Waters, 30; John Ange, 51; and Elton Ange, 25.—Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo.
Election for Members
Of Farm Committees
Seoul Fund Drive
Passes $500 Mark
Chairman Reports
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Only Partial Returns in
Wednesday; Chairman J.
H. Ward Thanks All Who
Have Helped in Campaign
With only partial reports in on
the Plymouth scout fund drive,
Chairman James H, Ward report
ed this week that a bit over $500
has been raised. It is hoped to
have complete reports in by the
end of this week, it was said.
Mr. Ward stated that he wished
to thank the many persons who
have helped out in the campaign
for their splendid cooperation. He
listed the captains and workers
who have made actual solicita
tions as follows:
Captains—R. M. Bruce, Morris
Brobst, John Lilly, Charles Gard
ner, Dr. B. W. Cutler, D. Marvin
Weaver, Ralph Hunter, J. H
Hodges and Howard Estep;
Workers — Doug Gurkin, Joe
Peele, Vic Alexander, Charles
Hutchins, James Boyce, Jack
House, jr., Bob Howell, Bill Mc
Combs, Carl L. Bailey, jr., James
Parvin, Roy Manning, Charles
Walker, Dr. A. L. Whitehurst
Phil Liverman, Bill Harrell and
Ralph Basnight.
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Small Crowd Hears First
In Local Lecture Series
A small but interested audience
Monday night heard the first in
a series of lectures presented
here by the Catholic Church. The
topic, “Why Catholics Believe
Jesus Christ Founded the Church''
was presented at the county court
house by the Rev. John Richard
son, assistant pastor of the Catho
lic Church in Plymouth.
The lectures will be held each
Monday night during the month
of October at the courthouse, be
ginning at 8 o’clock, it was stat
ed. The topic for Monday of next
week is, “The Church Is One.”
All persons are cordially invit
ed to attend.
Deadline for Ballots To Be
In County ASC Office Fri
day of Next Week, An
nounced
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Nomination meetings for com
munity and county Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
committeemen were held in seven
communities of Washington Coun
ty last week and ballots to be
used in the subsequent election
were mailed last Thursday.
At the meetings last week
names were placed on the bal
lots which will be used by all
eligible voters in the county and
returned to the county ASC of
fice by October 18, the election
deadline.
Meetings were held for Mt.
Pleasant, Cherry and Creswell
communities at Creswell High
School Tuesday of last week; for
Pleasant Grove and Roper at Ro
per Wednesday; and Plymouth
and Long Acre Friday at the
Agriculture Building here.
The election gives the eligible
farmers in each community an
opportunity to vote for the farm
er-committeemen they want to
administer the programs of the
ASC in 1955. Any farmer is eligi
ble who as owner, tenant, opera
tor or sharecropper is participat
ing or is eligible to participate
in any of the programs admin
istered by the county ASC com
mittee.
The delegates to the county
convention where the county
committee is elected are also
farmers. The members of both
the community and county com
mittees must be farmers to be
eligible.
The committeemen administer
the Agricultural Conservation
program. This provides direct as
sistance to farmers to help them
carry out soil and water conser
vation practices on their farms.
It helps farmers to obtain seed
and lime and phosphate for build
ing up good pasture, for cover
crops and for green manure. Fed
eral cost sharing is provided for
the construction of open ditch
drainage. These are examples.
There are many more conserva
tion practices.
The committees also help farm
ers use price support programs
See ELECTION, Page 12
New Officers Named
By County 4-H Clubs
Organization of 4-H clubs at
Roper and Creswell was recent
ly perfected for the year and of
ficers named by each group. Ro
per has junior and senior clubs
while at Creswell there are three
clubs — elementary, junior and
senior.
Roper Senior Club named Bar
bara Spruill, president; Billy
Knowles, vice president; Diane
Gaylord, secretary-treasurer; and
Tommy Brown, reporter; Nita
Spruill and Robbie Tarkehton,
song leaders.
Roper Junior club: Emily Mi
zelle, president; Tony Che&son,
vice president; Rachel Sawyer,
| secretary-treasurer; Eugene Bas
night, reporter; Ray Gaylord and
Tommy Norman, song leaders.
Creswell Elementary: Judy
Davenport, president; Billy Ea
son, vice president; Kay Morris,
secretary-treasurer; Jimmy Rai
ney, reporter; Edward Phelps and
Fay Morris, song leaders.
Creswell Juniors: John Holton,
president; Mike Davenport, vice
president; Virginia Sawyer, sec
retary-tfeasuret; Wayne Davis,
reporter; Vfcyne Snell and J>elma
Tvwiddy, to'tig. leaders.
Creswell senior#!' Barbara Dav
enport, president; Glenn. Daven
port, vice president; Jean Jewell,
secretary-treasurer; Larry Dav
enport, reporter.
Crop Tour Group
Visits Tidewater
Experiment Farm
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Soil Conservation, Exten
sion, Department of Agri
culture Men Observe Pas
ture, Hay Crops
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A party of 19 agricultural lead
ers on a pasture and forage crop
tour which began Monday ir
Nash County visited Tidewatei
Test Farm near here Wednesday
morning and had lunch at the
Mayflower Restaurant before
leaving to continue the tour ir
Beaufort, Hyde, Perquimans
Pasquotank, Camden and Curri
tuck Counties. The tour will be
concluded at the Bell Island farm
in Currituck County Friday.
Those in the group included J
Frank Ooggett, S. H. Dobson, Wil
liam D. Lee, C. H. Hanson, W. W
Woodhouse, all of N. C. State
College, Raleigh; Forrest Steele
W. W. Stevens, K. E. Graetz, Johr
R. Herman, Raleigh, C. C. Aber
nathy, Lumberton, W. C. Eagles
and S. L. Daughtridge, Green
ville, R. L. Mohler, Washington
W. C. Young, Athens, Ga., H. M
Stott, Greenville, and H. E. New
land, Plymouth, all of the Soi
Conservation Service; W. L. Me
Gahey, of the extension service
Washington; M. A. Hein, fielc
crops branch, Beltsville, Md.; anc
P. R. Hanson, U. S. Departmen
of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md.
In studying the pasture,' hay
and feed crops from Nashville
east, members of the group com
mented on the pronounced change
for the better in this section
which has been favored wit!
more moisture and a better sea
son. All diferent types of soi
were also observed, from clay tc
muck.
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Town Council in
Routine Meeting
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The Town Council held its reg
ular monthly meeting M-onday
night with only routine items or
the agenda.
There were two bids to replact
the police car which was badly
wrecked last week but since nc
definite price on the 1955 model;
is yet available, action on the
matter was put off until a late;
date.
The matter of back taxes on i
house on West Avenue owned by
Paul Spencer was settled.
The meeting was presided ovei
by Mayor A. J. Riddle and al
councilmen were present as fol
lows;
E. D. Keel and W. C. Hall, first
ward; Jack B. Latham and George
W. Harrison, second ward; J. F
Davenport and J. D. Cruickshank
third ward.
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To Issue Hunting Permits
For Roper Lands Tuesday
W. E. Phelps, superintendent ol
the property of Roper Lumbei
Company, has announced thai
perimts to hunt on company land:
‘will be available at the office «t
Roper Bouse Tuesday of nex
week.
The permits are tor hunting qt
Saturdays only, Mr. Phelps statfejl
and he will he at the office fwr
) a. m, to 10 p. m. next Tuesday
Advance Facts on
CCC Loan Plan on
1954 Peanut Crop
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County Agent Makes Public
Letter From Executive
Secretary of Peanut'Grow
ers Association
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County Agent W. H. Pruden
made public this week a lettei
from Joe S. Sugg, of Rocky
Mount, executive secretary of the
North Carolina Peanut Growers
Association, Inc., setting forth
useful information on the Com
modity Credit Corporation Loan
Plan for the 1954 peanut crop.
Every' county will have acces!
to a conveniently located receiv
ing point, which will be operated
by the commercial buyers. The
farmer in selling his peanuts shall
designate whether or not he wish
es the peanuts to be put in the
Coop or sold into the commercial
channels. Even though a commer
cial buyer is handling the receiv
ing station, it does not lessen the
participation by the Coop in the
marketing of our peanuts.
Minimum Sale Policy-, The
minimum sales price at whicl
peanuts will be sold by coopera
tives for edible purposes on an in
grade in-weight basis during the
loan period will be not less thar
the sum of: the advance to the
grower plus $12.50 per ton ne
weight basis plus for each montl
or fraction thereof beginning No
vember 1, 1954, a monthly carry
ing charge of $1.40 per month.
For example, on a ton of base
grade Virginia type peanuts (out
grade, out-weight) delivered ii
January, 1955, the minimum prio
would be $261.87 obtained as fol
lows:
$245 (price on price suppor
schedule) less $9.00 .deduction b;
cooperative) equals $236 (advanc
to grower) . . . $236 plus $12.5
(addition by cooperative) plu
$4.20 (monthly carrying charge
for thiee months) equals $252.7
. . . $252.70 divided by 96.5 pe
cent (guaranteed out-value fo
Var^fagnttn for delivery i:
Januau#, 1965) equals $261.87 pe
ton for base grade peanuts d«
livered out in January, 1955.
It should be clearly understoo
that the foregoing represent
“minimum prices" below whic
the cooperatives will not sell pea
nuts for edible use, but if th
market moves above this mini
mum level, the cooperative wil
sell at the higher prices prevail
ing.
Option Arrangement: Coopera
tives can make option arrange
ments with shellers storing pea
nuts under the regular warehous
storage contract . . . Minimur
amounts to be paid under option
will vary . . . Such payments wil
be determined by the relation th
quantity bears to the quantity o
the 1954 crop purchased by ware
housemen from growers or in oth
er regular commercial transac
tions.
Warehousemen will agree tha
if they fail to purchase the op
tioned peanuts, they will delive
them to the cooperative withou
“in" or “out” or “storage charges
. . . Quantities optioned canno
exceed commercial purchases . .
Options may be made from th
beginning of the marketing yea
but not later than January 3:
1955.
Options must be picked up, tha
is, transformed into sales con
tracts not later than April 11
1955 or the warehouseman wi!
forfeit his option and all pay
ments made to the cooperativ
. . . Delivery under sales con
tract must be made prior to th
maturity date of the loan, Ma
31, 1955.
Services Here
For Mrs. Blani
Mrs. Nora Gardner Bland, 81
of Jamesville, died at 3 a. m. la;
Friday at her home following
long illness. She had been in dt
dining health for the past tw
years and confined to her be
for three months.
She was the widow of the lat
James Ellie Bland, of Jamesvilli
and the daughter of the late Hai
vey and Ellen Ange Gardner, c
Martin County.
Mrs. Bland was born in, Marti
County May 16, 1866, and sper
her entire life there. She was
member of Christian Hop
Church.
Survivors include two son;
Monie Bland and Charlie Blanc
both of Jamesville; five grand
children and nine great grano
children. ■
services were conduci
ed ifrofft $6 diafltl tit HolSer,
Futtetal’MlomC! W Sunday flfte:
noon ,$t 2;30. o’clock the Re'
O. HLs*?, iof Washington. Inter
, .meat JeHftWSd.in Ange Cemeier
..near .Jamesville..
| Hunters Make Ready
| To Start 1934 Season
Judging by the rush to join
hunting clubs there are quite a
few expectant nimrods eagerly
awaiting the green light to bang
away at game in the woods of
this county again. The season
opens on bear, deer, opossum,
raccoon and squirrel Friday, Oc
tober 15, with open season on
numerous other game to follow
later.
The daily bag limit on squirrels
is eight, possession limit is 16 and
season limit is 100.
Hunting of opossum and rac
coon with gun and dogs has no
limit imposed.
The limits on bear and deer
are one a day and two for the
season.
Many hunters who prefer quail,
rabbits, or turkeys will have to
wait until Thanksgiving when
the season opens on these game
animals.
Registration To Start
Saturday for Election
W. H. Joyner Named New
Registrar for Plymouth
No. 1 Following Blount's
Resignation
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Registration books will be open
Saturday of this week and will
remain open for a 15-day period
during which all persons of vot
ing age not already registered
may do so. Those who have come
of voting age but who have never
registered and all persons who
; have changed their bona fide
; residence and have not register
ed in their present voting pre
cinct must do so in order to be
eligible to vote in the general
election in November, it was
pointed out by W. T. Freman,
! chairman of the Washington
' County Board of Elections.
1 Registrars will be at their re
! spective places Saturday, Octo
' her 9, 16 and 23 and persons de
siring may register on those days,
t On other days of the week dur
r ing the 15-day period the books
: will be at the homes of the re
) spective registrars and persons
s may register there, it was said.
I C. L. Blount resigned as registrar
) in Plymouth No. 1, due to ill
r health, and W. H. Joyner was ap
r pointed to 'replace him.
i Polling places and registrar*
r were aMx -weed ifnamga
- as follows;
Plymouth-No. 1, courthouse; W.
1 H. Joyner, registrar;
s Plymouth No. 2, high school
i building; Mrs. C. A. Cratch, regis
- trar;
i Lees Mill, Roper Community
- Building; Mrs. T. W. Norman,
1 registrar;
Wenona, H. J. Furbee residence;
H. J. Furbee, registrar;
Skinnersville, Goodman’s store;
. J. A. Goodman, registrar;
Scuppemong, Creswell Tax
> Collector’s office; John Combs,
i registrar.
3 Saturday, October 30, will be
1 challenge day in all precincts
; and the election will be held on
f Tuesday, November 2, as provid
. ed by law.
The county elections board
. chairman now has absentee bal
lots and applications for these
j should be made right away,
especially for service men who
. are overseas, it was emphasized.
Road Surfacing
Projects Begin
Surfacing of two road proj
ects in this county which were
let to contract by the State
Highway and Public Works
Commission in September to
Dickerson, Inc., of Monroe, has
been started by the contractor.
The two projects, which will
cost $98,295.60, are the Mill
Pond Road out from Roper,
surfacing of a short stretch
from US 64 in Roper southwest
to an intersection with a coun
ty road, and surfacing about
one miie from the northern
edge of Cherry southwest to the
pavement at Spruill’s Store,
which is known as the Ambrose
Road.
Eight Stills Fall
To Officers Here
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Raiding officers seized eight
illicit whiskey stills in this coun
I ty during September, Oh’ef ABC
Officer Robert Sawyer, of Roper,
reported -this* SNft
Sawyer said confiscated sup
plies and equipment included 49
barrels of mash, nine worms, 13
coolers, five 300-gallon vats. All
of the stills were of 60-gallon
capacity except one of 50 gal
lons, he stated.
Officers taking part in one or
more of the raids included Sheriff
J. K. Reid, Plymouth Policeman
Paul Basnight, Chief Sawyer and
state and federal agents.
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Regular Legion Meeting
Friday at Veterans Club
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The regular meeting of the
James E. Jethro Post of the
American Legion is scheduled for
Friday night at 8 o’clock at the
Veterans Club here, Commander
Ronald Waters has announced.
It will be an important meeting,
the post ocmmander stated, in
urging all members to attend.
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, | GAS MASK CONVERTED INTO DIVING EQUIPMENT
The tboVa photo shows Billy Hopkins, mate of the Sea Scout
Ship Albemarle, coming up out of the water after having worked
under witer for 45 minutes: He had to replace some brass bolts
the outboard bearing of the Albemarle at Belhaven. He is
gas mask wtofch Bradford Papineau,
in
'Wearing a Ha
formerly an ab!
compressed tfr,
E comfortably
* Ifock to Ply
converted {at use
equipmea^ oae an
ecessary.
by
Their wives also made the trip, as did Sea
Ijarry Wa^va.: |k,ifper Alban Papineau
The A%ei
Mate Hopkins
JSW
eal Carter and
since most
scouts are playing football, regular meetings and a number
of short cruisebegin untd later in U»* F*», Th<ypt*t*
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Routine Meeting
Of Commissioners
HeldHere Monday
Members of ABC Board Ask
New Building To House
Creswell Whiskey Store;
Reports Heard
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Several matters of a routine
nature were taken up by the
:ounty commissioners at their
regular monthly meeting at the
courthouse Monday.
The meeting opened at 11 a. m.
with all members of the board
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 authorized a con
tract with the firm of Greathouse
and Greathouse to audit the coun
ty books for the fiscal year at a
cost of $600, the same price as
last year.
L. E. Hassell, jr., and E. G.
Arps, members of the Washing
ton County AiBC Board, appeared
and expressed the hope that the
commissioners might be able to
work out some plan for the coun
ty or an individual to erect a
small concrete block building
near Creswell to house the ABC
store. It was pointed out that
there is an almost prohibitively
high insurance rate on the stock
of merchandise in the frame
building now in use and that the
store is failing to break even in
Creswell.
A petition was approved and
ordered forwarded to the district
highway office here, asking that
a stretch of road in Scuppemong
Township be periodically graded.
The road in question runs from
Mrs. Nellie Davenport's yard to
Mt. Tabor Road.
The clerk to the board, J. Rob
ert Campbell, was asked to write
to W. F. Sessoms,, district high
way engineer here, to request
that certain bad spots in the Hol
ly Neck Road be rocked.
On motion of Commissioner
Know tee, seconded by Commis
skmer Davenport, it was unani
mously voted to designate as ho.
1 and No. 2 road projects in the
county, respectively, the Holly
Neck Road and the Lake Phelps
Road. Petitions to black-top these
roads were previously approved
and forwarded to the highway of
fice.
The board agreed to take a half
page advertisement in the Eliza
beth City Daily Advance for its
“Jubilee of Light” edition, the
cost to be $105.
County Tax Collector E. J.
Spruill reported the sum of $6,
793.09 collected by his department
during September.
Routine reports of the prev
ious month’s work were submit
ted by County Agent W. H. Pru
den and by Mrs. Frances M. Dar
den, home agent.
Prominent Roper
Man Dies Monday
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Services were conducted Wed
nesday at 3 p. m. at Zion’s Chapel
Church of Christ near Roper for
Melton Chesson, 72, of Roper.
Officiating was the Rev. R. L.
Gardiner, pastor, assisted by the
Rev. V. A. Hanna. Interment was
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Chesson, a retired farmer,
died at 10 a. m. Monday at the
Washington County Hospital fol
lowing an illness of three weeks.
He had been in declining health
for the past two years.
He was born in this county Oc
tober 10, 1881, and lived in the
county all his life. He was mar
ried at Roper December 21, 1004,
to Miss Mattie Swain, of Roper,
who survives.
Mr. Chesson was a member of
Zion s Chapel Church of which
he was a deacon. He was a form
er councilman of the Town of
Roper.
Besides his wife he leaves a
daughter, Mrs. Louise C. Kurter
er, of Richmond, Va.; four sons,
Thomas L. Chesson, of Wilming
ton, Del., Russell Chesson, of
Roper, and E. M. Chesson, jr.,
and James Adolph Chesson, both
of Richmond, Va.; a brother, R.
L. Chesson, of Rocky Mount; a
jSister, Mrs. Eva Snell, of#H«nder
*on; and 11 grandchildren.
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County Library Board
Will Meet Next Week
The Washington County Libra
ry board wilf/jneoteipi thet offices
ML the , county tup<3»ntent|9nt of
swoola at tf#9ti*house ?Tues
of,jjtext.j|rgek, Mrs. J, Robert
Camphily has announced.
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