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own T. L opiCS Miss Ruby Lambert, of States ville, assumed her duties last Thursday as manager of Rose’s Store here, succeding Mrs. No reen Bush who resigned the posit ion because of poor health. Miss Lambert is a graduate of Glade 0i Valley High School, near Sparta, and attended Montreat College. She has been with Rose's for about two and a half years and came here from the Statesville store. She is making her hom# at Mrs. R. L. Swain’s on Wash ington Street. Dr. A. L. Whitehurst, of Plym outh, will leave early Friday of this week for Wilson where he will attend the state convention of the North Carolina Chiropract ors Association. The convention opens Thursday and will continue through Sunday. About 200 per sons are expected for the meet ing over which Dr. J. A. Wood, of Charlotte, the state association president, will preside. Roy Manning, of Plymouth, was in Raleigh Wednesday of this week where he visited his mother, Mrs. Roy Manning, sr., who is in a hospital there as the result of injuries sustained in an automo bile accident Saturday of last week. Reports received here stat ed that Mrs. Manning was suf fering pains in her cheat and was ^ to be x-rayed Wednesday. Other wise, she was reported to be rest ing as well as could be expected. Virgil Voirol, chief handle grader for the True Temper Cor poration, who now works out of the Cleveland, Ohio, main office, was in Plymouth for a few days the first of the week going over the local True Temper plant. Mr. Voirol was superintendent of the plant here for about 4'/2 years before he was transferred to the main office a little over two years ago. He and Mrs. Voirol are mak ing their home in Ashtabula, Ohio. One of the dailies recently car ried an item about a youngster making his “trick or treat” rounds several nights after Halloween. One of his victims protested that he was too late, and the youth replied, “Yeh; I know Halloween is past, but I was sick that night.” The gang uptown is telling a yarn on Benton Liverman that beats :that. Benton’s two children, 'young Ben ?nd .Tu y, usually make their rounds together on Halloween. This year Young Ben had a cold, so he got his old man to take a paper bag and go around with Judy doing the “trick or treat” routine on a stand-in basis. They say you just can’t get ahead of those Gum Neck boys. Named To Head Polio Chapter Thomas F. Hopkins, of Plym outh, was elected chairman of the Washington County Infantile Paralysis chapter at a meeting of the organization Monday night of this week at the county court house. Dr. Claudius McGowan, also of Plymouth, has headed the chap ter for the past six years but de ' dined to serve further in that capacity. Other officers named at the meeting include Miss Eliz abeth Wood, county health nurse, vice president; Mrs. Frances M. Darden, secretary; and H. E. Beam, treasurer. Directors named were Robert M. Bruce and A. J. Riddle, both of Plymouth. Jack McGee, of Raleigh, N. C., field representative of the infan tile paralysis organizations, made the principal adldress, showing the work that the foundation is doing to help patients in need. The local chapter was highly complimented on the way its pro gram has been carried out in the past. The quota for this county is expected to be about the same as for last year, it was stated. ■-t Try - Outs Set for Talent Show Here -1 Auditions for all entrants in P the talent show to be given here November 19 have been set for Friday night of this week at the Veterans Club here. All persons wishing to partici pate in the show are urged to be at the club at 8 p. m., it is an nounced. The show is being sponsored by the local posts of the Ameri can Legion and Veterans of For eign Wars and will be presented in the auditorium of Plymouth High School. Three prizes for winners have been announced. The first place winner will get a $25 war bond, while prizes of $10 and $5 in cash will go to second and third-place finishers, respectively. All proceeds from the enter tainment will be used to com plete the audtorium at the Vet erans Club, it was said. When the auditorium is completed the club will again be available to the teen-agers one night each week, it was said. The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** VOLUME LXV—NUMBER 45 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 11, 1954 ESTABLISHED 1889 1 ONLY COMMERCIAL DAIRY IN COUNTY LOCATED IN HOLLY NECK SECTION | The only commercial dairy in Washington County is that operated by C. D. Swain, who lives in the Holly Neck section. Mr. Swain sometime ago put in a dairy with modem Grade A equipment and he sells his full production to the Maola people. The photo at top shows Mr. Swain in the milking room where cows are milked automatically without the milk ever coming in contact with the air. The milk flows from the cow into a glass weighing vessel, the milk from each cow being recorded and carried through a pipe line under vacuum into the milk coolers, shown at right, below. In the left below, standing in front of the plant, left to right, are County Agent W. H. Pruden, Mrs. Swain, Mr. Swain, Wayne Grimes, Mrs. Ernest Grimes and Mr. Grimes.—Polaroid, 1-Minute staff photos. Possibilities Offered By Milk Production Observers in Alert Sunday Dr. A. L. Whitehurst, director of the Plymouth Ground Ob server Corps, reports that a very successful alert was held Sunday afternoon, second for the local post. There were 13 observers tak ing part here, Dr. Whitehurst stated, and nine aircraft were spotted and reported. “So far as is known, we didn’t miss any,” Whitehurst added. 4-H Clubs Slate Achievement Day Thursday of next week will be Achievement Day for 4-H club members of Washington County. The event will be held in the Plymouth High School gymnas ium, beginning at 7:30 p. m. The program for the occasion will will be presented exclusively by club members, with representa tives from all county clubs taking part. Clubs are located at Cres well, Roper and Plymouth. Presentation of awards to the girls will be made by Mrs. Frances M. Darden, county home agent, and County Agent W. H. Pruden will present awards to the boys. Both Mrs. Darden and Mr. Darden are supervisors of the 4-H program in the county. Following the program a recre ation hour will be enjoyed. There will be square dancing, the Vir ginia reel and several games. Talented musicians from among the club members will furnish some of the music. Records also will be enjoyed. -♦ Youth Revival To Open Monday at Holly Neck A “Youth Revival” will open at Holly Neck Church of Christ on Monday night of next week, it has been announced. The evangelist will be Rus sell Smith and services are sche duled each evening at 7:80 o’clock. Special music will be a part of each program. f ... ■■■■»■ - County Agent Points To Modern, Successful Dairy Operation by Holly Neck Farmer ♦ There are great possibilities for the production of commercial milk in Washington County, thinks County Agent W. H. Fruden. He points out that there are only 328 milk cows furnishing milk far the 14,000 people living in this county. The figures come from the 1952-53 census summary. This number of cows figured on the population of 14,000 will average about one cow for each 42 per sons, or one milk cow for each 2.6 farms. This, says the county agent, is an inadequate number of family milk cows to furnish a minimum requirement of milk for a proper diet for farm fami lies in the county. Most of the milk consumed in the county at the present time is imported from other milk pro ducing .areas. “One pint of milk is needed per day for each adult for a proper diet. Based on our population, we have a potential market for approximately 1,759 more gallons of milk per day or 437 additional cows, each produc ing four gallons of milk per day. Washington County has a large area of land which could be de voted to improved pastures for the production of feed crops for dairy cattle.” There is now only one com mercial dairy in the county, with a herd of 18 milking cows. It is operated by C. D. Swain, who lives in the Holly Neck section. Mr. Swain has been milking cows a long time and selling the milk in town. Hie has provided good pasture to largely take care of the feeding problem. He was producing milk economically all along but his problem was lack of a market. Swain decided to put in a dairy with Grade A equipment. The Maola people agreed to buy his milk and he now sells his full production to them. He increased his herd from 12 to 18 cows. Now he has the most modern equip ment to be found in the eastern part of the state, Pruden says. The oows are milked automati cally and without the milk ever coming in contact with the air. See DAIRY, Page 8 W. S. Davenport Main Speaker at Ruritan Meeting Talks on Bible History; Henry Everett and Bryan Harris Delegates To Nat ional Meeting The Rev. W. S. Davenport, of Plymouth, pastor of the James ville Methodist Church charge, was the guest speaker at the reg ular meeting of Roper Ruritan Club Thursday night of last week in the high school cafeteria. Mr. Davenport spoke on “His tory of Bible Literature.” He brought out several interesting facts about the recordings and interpretations of the New Testa ment. During the business session Ruritans Henry Everett and Bry an Harris were approved as dele gates from the club to the na tional convention to be held in Washington, D. C., at the Hotel Statler January 23, 24 and 25. Aubrey Dixon, chairman of the finance committee, presented plans for a barbecue and bruns wick stew supper to be held Fri day of next week at the school cafeteria. Following the supper, plans call for basketball games between Ruritans and the high school boys’ team and Ruritan wives and the school girls’ team Proceeds will be earmarked for the activity bus fund. Reports were submitted by the Cemetery committee and the special committee to secure a doc tor for the Town of Roper. Special guests included Mr. Davenport and members of the high school faculty. The meeting was in charge of Bryan Harris, president. Worth Chesson led in singing “America” and Mr. Davenport pronounced the invocation. A turkey dinner was served by the fourth-year home economics class. -1 Library Will Observe National Book Week Mrs. C. E. Ayers, librarian at the Washington County Library, announced this week that a sup ply of book markers from the Children’s Book Council of New York is on hand at the library and will be given out free to patrons in conjunction with the observance of National Book Week, November 14-20. Mrs. Ayers also stated that visitors to the library during Na tional Book Week will find a nice display of new volumes on I the shelves. Reach Agreement On Church Site For Campus Here -« Congregation Agrees for Church To Be Moved To Suitable Lot; School Ad dition Gets Go-Ahead — * A matter which has been pend ing for some time was apparent ly resolved at a special meeting of the Washington County Board of Education here Wednesday of this week. The Rev. J. S. Spruill, pastor of the Church of God in Christ here, appeared before the board and stated that the church mem bership and Bishop Wyoming Wells had agreed to allow the board to have the church moved, provided that a suitable lot for the church is obtained by the board. The board of education for some time had been interested in obtaining the church site as an addition to the Plymouth School campus. A letter from Dr. Charles F. Carroll, state superintendent of public instruction, stated that the State Board of Education at its meeting Thursday of last week aproved the recommendations of the State Review Panel, dated October 29, 1954. This action by the state board makes it possible for the county board to proceed with the building of an addition to the Plymouth Elementary School. Low bidders on the project are: general contract, J. N. Bryan & Sons, Raleigh, $66,693; wiring, Robbins Electrical Co., Rocky Mount, $3,886; plumbing, W. M. Wiggins, Co., Wilson, $5,385; heating, W. M. Wiggins Co., $12, 091. The addition, a wing to the present building, will contain four elementary classrooms, a lunch room and several storerooms. The contract allows 240 calen dar lafter work is bvguu to com/ ?'the project, but is not knowtr just whin work will mence. Plymouth Negro Fatally Slabbed A Plymouth Negro, W. Arthur McNair, who had been making his home in Martin County for the past few months was fatally stabbed last Friday afternoon about 3 o’clock. Gogaines Edwards, 40, surrend ered to officers at his home near Hamilton that night and is being held in the Martin County jail without privilege of bond, accord ing to reports from Williamston. A preliminary hearing is sche duled Thursday night of this week. Edwards and his wife were visiting in her father's home on the Bowen farm near William ston where McNair had been liv ing for sometime. Edwards, his wife and her father, Lonnie Rog ers, were eating a late dinner when McNair, said to have been drinking, made a proposition to Edward’s wife and then tried to force her into his bedroom. Ed wards intervened, took a case knife from the table and drove the blade six inches or so into McNair’s chest. McNair died before he could be moved to a hospital. His body was claimed by relatives and moved to Plymouth Saturday morning. ♦ Luncheon, Bazaar Slated Wednesday of Next Week -» The ladies of the Plymouth Presbyterian Church will hold a benefit luncheon and bazaar at the First Christian Church annex Wednesday of next week, begin ning at 12 o’clock noon. Tickets for the luncheon may be purchased from ladies of the church. Many Christmas gifts will be on sale at the bazaar, it was said. Proceeds will go to the church building fund of the spon soring group. Dr. Colvord to Talk at Farm Supper Dr. D. W. Colvard, dean ol agriculture at North Carolina State College, Raleigh, will be the principal speaker at the an nual meeting of the Washington County Farm Bureau Friday of this week. A barbecue aupper will be served the group in the county Agriculture Building at Plymouth beginning at 6:30 o’clock. The business meeting, Which President J. A. Morris calls “the most im portant this year,” will follow in the Washington County court house. “We would like for every member and his wife to meet and eat with us Friday night,” Morris declared. “We have been fortunate to se cure Dr. Colvard,” the Creswell man went on. “He will speak to us about problems facing North Carolina farmers. Dr. Colvard is well informed as well as an ex cellent speaker.” Dr. Colvard is a native North Carolinian, has done graduate work at several universities and was brought back to State College as head of the animal husbandry department. He became dean of agriculture when Dr. J. H. Hilton was called to another university as president. During the business session resolutions will be adopted to be sent to the state Farm Bureau meeting to be held at Asheville November 21-24. Delegates to this convention will be appointed and annual reports will be submitted by the secretary and treasurer of the county unit. ■ _ j Soybeans and Peanuts j Now Being Harvested I It is believed that Washington County tobacco farmers have al ready marketed practically all of their crop. County Agent W. H. Pruden stated Wednesday. The tobacco market at Windsor has already closed for the season and Williamston has announced it will close after Friday sales. Perhaps others of the smaller markets will close after this week, also. Prices have remained strong but a de cline was noted in Tuesday’s sales according to reports reaching here. Meanwhile county farmers were busy harvesting and mar keting the soybean and peanut crops. Manager E. J. Broughton, of Farmers Cotton and Peanut Company here, said Wednesday that receipts of peanuts were “fairly heavy.” W. T. Freeman reported that movement of soy beans to market was brisk. Mr. Pruden estimated that at least 75 per cent of the peanuts grown in Washington County have been picked. He said re ports indicate the crop is “turning out mighty well on some farms.” Yields are spotty, however. Veterans’ Day Being Marked Here Today Parade, Led by Local School Band, To Form at High School at 10:30; Rev. Spruill To Speak Veterans of World Wars I and II and the Korean War are ex pected to gather here from all parts of Washington County for the big parade which will be a feature of the local observance of Veterans Day today (Thursday). November 11th has been re membered since World War I as Armistice Day but is being ob served this year as Veterans Day following action of the 83rd Con gress upon request of the Ameri can Legion and support of other veterans organizations. Commander Ronald Waters of the local American Legion post issued the following statement concerning the event: “Let us make the first observance of Vet erans Day in Plymouth an un forgettable demonstration of Americanism. Make this first an nual observance a measure of our community’s appreciation of the gallant sacrifices of all American aL-iots who fought for America Yallr- F^ge to Heartbreak Ridge* in Ifc&rriL Let ua decorate our streets, fly the Stars and Stripes from every home and bus iness place and join in the huge parade.” The parade will be led by the Plymouth High School band and will be comprised of units from the Veterans of Foreign Wars post, the American Legion, auxil iaries of each post, Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts, Cub See its and sons and daughters of local veterans. Units in the parade will as semble at the high school at 10:30 a. m. It is urged that all veterans be on hand on time to participate in the cermonies. Local merch ants have been asked to close from 10:30 until 12 o’clock for the program in order to allow clerks who are veterans to get to the assembly point for the parade in time to take part. The fire whistle will be sound ed for one minute at the stroke of 11 o’clock and taps with echo will then be sounded. The Rev. E. M. Spruill, local Episcopal rector, will give a brief address from a platform erected in the front of the city market building on Water Street. A pub lic address system will enable the large crowd expected for the oc casion to hear the address. Immediately after the cere monies a barbecue dinner will bo served at the Veterans Club for all veterans and their ladies. The plates will be $1, it was said. Veterans Day is a legal holi day and will be observed by fed eral, state and county offices, the banks and the post offices. There will be no rural and city mail deliveries but mail will be dispatched and put into local boxes at the post office as usual. Services at Morratlock Church Sunday Afternoon Services will be held at the Morrattock Primitive Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, it was announced this week by Elder R. S. Denson, min ister. The public is cordially in vited to attend. j Induction Call j j Cancelled Here { Due to the death of Jo Ann Hunter, young- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hunter, the lo cal draft board office will be closed all this week. Mrs. Hunter is clerk to the local hoard. Also, the induction call for November 18 has been can celled. Dallas Waters, local board chairman, stated that Mrs. Hunter has requested that the board get someone to relieve her of her duties as clerk on a temporary basis. However, he said no action would be taken until Mrs. Hunter is again con tacted next week to see how she feels about the matter then. Plymouth Woman Badly Hurt in t Saturday Wreck Mrs. J. R. Manning in Ra leigh Hospilal With Ser ious Injuries; Was on Way to Funeral ♦ - - Mrs. J. Roy Manning, of Plym outh, was seriously injured in an automobile accident at 10:30 a. m. Saturday on US 64 about seven miles west of Plymouth while en route to Durham to attend the funeral of her brother, T. T. Ches aon, who died Friday night. Mrs. Manning was taken to Washington County Hospital here by a passing motorist where she was examined and later trans ferred to a Raleigh hospital. She sustained a dislocated hip, frac tured knee and compound frac tures of both bones in her right leg. She was also reported suffer ing chest pains and was to be x-rayed in the Raleigh hospital Wednesday. Mrs. Manning was riding with her son, Roy Manning, in a 1954 Mercury. According to the report of the investigating officer, Pa trolman Carl Gilchrist of Plym outh, Will Jackson was driving a 1946 Chevrolet pickup truck east on Highway 64 and turned across the path of the Manning car to enter a dirt sideroad. The Mercury and the truck col lided, with an estimated $1,000 damage resulting to the car. The truck is said to be a total loss. Mr. Manning received a badly cut knee and bruises and was considerably shaken up. He was treated at the hospital here, where 24 stitches were taken in his kneeL and released. -♦ American Legion Post To Meet at Club Friday Night The regular meeting of James E. Jethro Post of the American Legion will be held Fariday of this week at 8 p. m. at the Vet erans Club, Commander Ronald Waters announces. All members are urged to be present. Town Is Saddened As Death Claims Two Little Girls -» — Only Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hunter Dies Sunday; Death Claims Vickie Modlin Monday All Plymouth was saddened by the death this week of two little girls, one barely of school age and the other just four years old. Jo Ann Hunter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hunter, of Plym outh, died at 10:30 a. m. Sunday at Washington County Hospital. She was four last February 16th. Vickie Modlin, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vick Modlin, also of Plymouth, died Monday after noon at 2:45 o’clock in a Norfolk, Va., hospital. The Hunter child had under gone a tonsillectomy Monday of last week, reportedly had hemor rhaged afterwards and was at the hospital for a blood transfusion when she died. The little Modlin girl had been sick for several weeks and had been taken to the hospital, brought home and taken back Sunday for a check-up. She was in the first grade in school here and was well-liked by teachers and fellow students. Each girl was the only child of its parents. Overflow crowds attended fun eral services for both little girls. Services for the Hunter child were held Tuesday at 3 p. m. from Plymouth Methodist Church with the Rev. D. L. Fouts offici ating, assisted by the Rev. W. S. Davenport, the Rev. E. M. Spruill and the Rev. C. N. Barnette, all of Plymouth. Burial was in Wind ley Cemetery. She leaves her parents Ralph and Lorraine Jackson Hunter; and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hunter, sr., and Mrs. Isoland Jackson, all of Plymouth, Last rites for the Modlin child were conducted Wednesday at 3 p. m. from First Christian Church with the pastor, the Rev. C. N. Barnette, in charge. Interment followed in Windley Cemetery. Surviving are her parents, Vick and Mildred Swindell Modlin and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson G. Modlin, of Plymouth, and Ralph L. Swindell, of War wick, Va. Farm Unit Drive Far Below Quota ♦ — The annual Washington County Farm Bureau membership drive which has been in progress for several weeks is lagging badly, a letter to solicitors from J. A. Morris, president of the county unit, pointed out this week. Only two-thirds of the county quota of 300 members had been reached by Wednesday of this week, it was reported. Mr. Morris told solicitors, “I realize that most of you have been just as busy as I have in harvesting crops, repairing dam age from 'Hazel' and other press ing jobs. “I also feel that this Farm Bu reau drive is one of the most im portant things that will come our way this year. Unless we write our quota by Friday night, I feel that it will be extremely hard to reach the quota.” The president urged that soli citors take a little of their time to see members who have not re newed and other prospective members in their neighborhood. Miss Louise Allen will be pres ent Friday night to take any ad ditional memberships solicitors may have, it was stated, and any new members who want to pay their dues at the supper are ask ed to contact Miss Allen. Mrs. Arnold To Be Buried Today Funeral services will be held from the home at 2 p. m. Thurs day of this week for Mrs. Mary Jane Arnold, 75. Mrs. Arnold died at her home near Roper Wednes day morning at 8:30 o’clock after an illness of five weeks. She had been in declining health for the past 12 years. Mrs. Arnold was a native of Washington County and the daughter of the late William and Ellen Freeman Mizelle. She was born June 6, 1879 and was a life long resident of the county. She leaves, besides her hus band. two step-shildren, Joseph Arnold, of Creswell, and Mrs. Pearl Arnold Alexander, of Ply mouth; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Co burn, of Roper. Services will be conducted by the Rev. D. W. Arnold, of Wash ington, assasted by the Rev. R. L. Gardiner, of Roper. Interment -will be in the Mizelle family cemetery near the home.