T'OWD
opics
l/Lt. Roger Carr arrived in San
Francisco, California, Friday of
last week from Korea where he
has been stationed for the past
year with the First Division, U. S.
Marine Corps. Lt. Carr joined his
wife in San Francisco, where she
f teaches school, and they will ar
'* rive in Plymouth soon to spend
the Christmas holidays with Lt.
Carr’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Richard Carr.
Mrs. David Brown, Mrs. W. D.
Walker and Miss Narcissa Har
rison accompanied David Brown
and Wilmer Walker, jr., to
Greenville Sunday afternoon
where they attended the concert
by the East Carolina College or
chestra and the varsity glee club.
David and Wilmer, jr., are mem
bers of the glee club.
Evelyn Rice Chesson made the
dean's list at Pfeiffer College,
Misenheimer, for the first half
of the first semester, as released
last week by Dean Paul M. Whee
ler. Miss Chesson, a freshman at
the school, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Chesson, sr.,
of Roper, and attended Roper
High School.
There’s at least one honest per
son in Plymouth, according to
Police Chief P. W. Brown. He said
Mrs. E. A. Woolard found a sum
a of money on the streets here Sat
urday night before last and turn
ed it over to the police depart
ment to locate the owner. With
out divulging the amount or the
type of container, the chief says
the owner can recover the money
by proving ownership and at least
thanking Mrs, Woolard for her
honesty.
And while on the subject of lost
articles, Chief Brown also said
that a beautiful black cocker
spaniel has “taken up” with the
family of J. S. Fleming, princi
pal of the Plymouth High School.
Mr. Fleming wants this owner to
claim the dog, as he is afraid the
family will become too much at
tached to it if it remains around
much longer.
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And now that we've got onto
dogs, here’s the best yarn of the
week. “Snooks” Burnham, own
er of an exceptionally active
young terrier, went home Satur
day night and turned on his tele
vision set. To rest his mouth—
he’s an insurance man, you know
—he took out his upper plate and
put it on a table beside the TV
set, then went to sleep. When he
awoke, he found that “Buster”—
the afore-mentioned pup — had
got hold of the plate and just
about chewed it to pieces, only
about four or five front teeth
being left in the denture. It's a
good thing “Snooks” loves that
mutt, or the Beacon might have
had a sure-enough news story
this week—you know, one of the
“man-bites-dog” kind; and if he
had, poor “Buster” would cer
tainly have died of rabies.
Local Young Man
At Student Meet
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Louis Singleton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Singleton of Plymouth,
served in the 1954 Student Legis
lative Assembly in the capacity
of a senator, representing East
Carolina College, where he is a
student. This was the 18th annual
student assembly and was helfl
November 18, 19 and 20 in the
State Capitol Building at Raleigh,
where major political issues of the
day were given consideration.
Louis .along with approximate
ly 200 other student leaders rep
resenting nearly all the colleges
and uinversities in North Caro
lina, convened as junior legisla
tors in almost exactly the same
day as the regular state legisla
ture. The assembly provided the
participants with first-hand ex
perience in legislative procedure
and in democratic self-govern
ment.
Many of the bills which they
considered last week-end will be
presented to the next General
Assembly for consideration and
possible legislation.
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington !j|
County and its 13,090 people.
VOLUME LXV—NUMBER 47
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 25, 1954
ESTABLISHED 1889
Street Surfacing Here Is Completed
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Street surfacing of some 16V2
blocks in Plymouth was complet
ed Tuesday of this week, Police
Chief P. W. Brown reported. The
work was begun last Friday by
Dixon and Company, under sup
ervision of the State Highway
Commission.
Most of the work is taken care
of by Powell Bill fund appropri
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ations received by the town which
this year totaled $14,622.11.
The street-surfacing projects
had been approved at a special
meeting of the town council in
September.
Chief Brown said surfacing was
completed on one block of Cres
cent Drive in Stillacres between
Wilts and Logan Streets, a block
of Andrew Jackson, three blocks
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on Fourth Street, 3 Vi blocks on
Madison, one block on Seventh
Street, 2Ji blocks on Latham
Avenue, l'i blocks on West
Street and three blocks on Brink
ley Avenue.
Park Avenue, in Little Rich
wood, was approved for surfac
ing, it was said, but was not firm
enough to surface and this will
be done next spring, ■
Business Closing
To Mark Holiday
In County Today
Start Next Week
On Yule Lighting
Chief of Police P. W. Brown
said yesterday that installation
of Christmas lights in the busi
ness section here would be
started Monday. He hopes to
have the work completed by
the latter part of the week.
An order was placed Mon
day for 750 yards of evergreen
wrapping for the light wires,
which will slow up the installa
tion some. The town and Jay
cces are dividing the cost of
the evergreen wrapping 50-50,
while the merchants association
and the town go 50-50 on the
cost of installation and cur
rent used. Usually, the lights
are put up about the first of
December and used until New
Tear’s Day.
Lodge To Observe
143rd Anniversary
Wiih Banquet 30th
Also Marks 35th Annual
Past Masters' and Ladies'
Night; Lester Gillikin Will
Be Speaker
Members of Perseverance Lodge
No. 59, A.F. & A.M., have about
completed plans for observance
of the 143rd anniversary of the
lodge and the 35th annual past
masters’ and ladies’ night Tues
day night of next week. A ban
quet and program have been
planned to take place in the par
ish house of Grace Episcopal
Church, with Lester Gillikin, of
Goldsboro, as the principal
speaker.
Members of the lodge will meet
at the lodge hall at 7 p. m. to be
gin the session, adjourning to the
parish house at 7:30 to join the
ladies and special guests. Harry
Garrett, master of the lodge, will
preside at the meetings, accord
ing to present plans.
A special feature will be
awarding 25-year certificates to
16 members and a 50-year but
ton to John J. Hassell, of Roper,
only member of the lodge who
has been a Mason for more than
50 years. Mr. Hassell is one of
the oldest Masons in North Caro
lina, having joined the fraternity
53 years ago last April. Perserver
ance Lodge now has a total of 39
members who have been in the
organization for more than 25
years.
Mr. Gillikin, principal speaker
for the banquet session, is a past
potentate of Sudan Temple, and
is widely known in Masonic cir
cles for his speaking ability. It is
expected that a large turnout
will greet him here next Tues
day night.
* Mail Christmas Club
Checks To 335 Here
Christmas business, said to be
better for the corresponding time
of year than in 1953, should re
ceive an additional boost from
Christmas Savings Club funds re
leased here Monday of this week.
Cashier H. E. Beam, of the
Branch Banking and Trust Com
pany’s Plymouth bank, said to
day that 335 checks, totaling
about $25,000, were put in the
mails Monday for members of the
bank’s Christmas Savings Clut
for 1954.
“I’d say that 95 per cent of the
members of our club this year are
Washington County residents,”
Mr. Beam declared. He further
stated that he was well pleased
with the rapid growth of the club
first formed in 1952.
“We had considerably less than
200 members for our first club,”
Beam pointed out. We jumped to
311 last year and then went on to
the 335 mark this time. We have
our stakes set for 400 next year,”
he added.
The new club will be open for
memberships Wednesday, Decem
ber 1, Mr. Beam stated. In joining
the savings club there is "a choice
of four denominations. Payments
may be made at the weekly rate
of 50 cents, $1, $2 or $5 and will
earn checks next November of
$25, $50, $100 and $250, respect
ively.
About the same amount in
checks was mailed out here last
year. In 1952 the total was about
$18,000.
Offices, Stores and Shops
Closing for Day with Few
Exceptions; Schools To
Be Closed Until Monday
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A general cessation of business
for the day will mark observance
of Thanksgiving holiday in Plym
outh according to a check made
here yesterday.
The one-day closing will in
clude bank, all offices—county
and federal—in the courthouse,
professional offices and the post
offices of the county.
Exceptions to the closing for
Thursday will be eating places,
drug stores and service stations.
Restaurants will open for the day,
and drug stores will probably ob
serve the usual Sunday hours for
the holiday. Most service stations
are expected to remain open for
regular hours, but a few may
close for a short while around
noon hour or in the early after
noon.
Local industrial plants will ob
serve the holiday, at least in part.
Atlas Plywood Corporation will
be closed for the day while the
office force at North Carolina
Pulp Company will also ob
serve the holiday. The plant
will operate as usual, however.
True Temper Corporation will
close at the end of the day Wed
nesday and remain closed until
the regular opening hour Mon
day of next week.
All county schools, white and
colored, will observe the holiday.
They will close Wednesday at the
usual hour and resume classes
Monday morning of next week.
This holiday must last students
until Christmas when the big hol
iday of the school year will come.
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Bird Season upen
ThanksgivingDay
What many hunters consider
“the real hunting season” opens
on Thanksgiving Day when it be
comes lawful to go after quail,
turkeys and rabbits.
Bag limit are the same as last
year. Daily limit on quail is 8,
with a possession limit of 16, and
a season limit of 100. For wild
turkeys (toms) the daily bag limit
is one, possession limit two and
season limit of two.
Daily bag limit on rabbits is
five, possession limit is 10 and
season limit is 75.
Again, there will be no “lay”
days during the open season
which extends through January
31.
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Tobacco Survey
Conducted Here
A tobacco variety performance
survey is being conducted in this
county to determine how the sev
eral varieties compared in yield
and value during 1954 on tobacco
farms.
As many farmers as possible
are being contacted so that the
information gathered will repre
sent a sizable portion of the to
bacco grown in the county. Grow
ers are being asked what total
yield and value was received
from each variety grown in 1954.
Cards are being sent to a rep
resentative group of growers in
the county and the growers who
receive cards are urged to fill
out the card accurately and re
turn it to the county agent’s of
fice. Everyone who receives a
card should send it in regard
less of whether his yield is low
or high.
This information is also being
accumulated by other counties,
and a summary of the county,
belt and state results will be
available for growers to see as
soon as it has been summarized
Also there is considerable in
terest in curing information anc
the possibility of securing varie
ty information from records that
are being made for other pur
poses, County Agent W. H. Pru
den said.
Many Present for
4-H Award Night
Here Last Week
Medals, Certificates Pre
sented to Outstanding
Plymouth, Creswell and
Roper Club Members
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Many of the hundreds of 4-H
Club members from Creswell,
Roper and Plymouth clubs at
tended the annual Achievement
Day held in the high school gym
nasium here Thursday night of
last week and received awards
presented by the county 4-H club
supervisors, W. H. Pruden and
Mrs. Frances M. Darden.
The annual event is the high
light of the club year. There are
164 boys and 250 girls enrolled
in the seven clubs in Washington
County. Plymouth and Creswell
have junior, intermediate aqd
senior clubs while Roper has jun
ior and senior clubs. Ten boys
and eight girls represented the
county clubs at the 4-H Camp at
Manteo during the club year.
For the first time, the Washing
ton County 4-H Council sponsor
ed a talent contest this year, held
at Plymouth during the regular
council meeting which convenes
four times yearly. The council is
made up of all local club officers
and serves as a governing body
for club work.
Awards were presented as fol
lows:
Certificates to county champ
ionship winners, boys—J. R. Rea
pass, jr., tractor maintenance and
corn project, Reuben Turner, pig
project, Tommy Hardison, brood
sow, Jimmie Cole, poultry, all oi
Plymouth; Danny Marrow, farm
and home electric, Bobbie Tar
kenton, entomology, and Tommy
Norman, garden porject, all oi
Roper; William Grant Davenport,
soybeans, Mike Davenport, for
estry, and Eli Spruill, garden
project, all of Creswell;
County Medal winners, boys—
Mike Davenport, forestry, Eli
Spruill, health and field crops,
and Phillip Spruill, poultry, all
of Creswell; Tommy Hardison
meat animal, J. R. Respass, jr.
field crops, achievement and trac
tor maintenance, Reuben Turner
meat animal, Jimmie Cole and
Larry Hopkins, poultry, all oi
Plymouth; Tommy Culbreth, Cal
vin Riddick and Tommy Norman
garden, Robbie Tarkenton, ento
See 4-H AWARDS, Page 5
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State Tags Go On
Sale December 1
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The 1955 State license plates
for motor vehicles will go on sale
Wednesday of next week at 9
a. m. at the Carolina Motor Club
office, 116 Washington Street
here, James H. Ward, office man
ager, announced today.
Motorists are urged by Mr.
Ward to buy their licenses well in
advance of the January 31 dead
line and avoid the perennial last
minute rush which always finds
hundreds of persons in long
queues at license bureaus
throughout the state.
The new plates have orange
letters on black, reversing the
1954 color scheme.
During the license season the
hours maintained at the office
here will be from 9 a. m. to 4
p. m., the manager stated. The
4 p. m. closing allows time to
make out the required report of
the day's sales, it was explained.
Councilmen Place
Order for Police
Car Here Monday
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Walker-Darden Low Bidder;
Council Also Arranges for
Christmas Lights in Local
Business Section
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The Plymouth City Council
placed an order for a new police
car and made arrangements for
Christmas lights in the business
district here at a special meeting
held Monday night. Mayor A. J.
Riddle presided at the session,
with the following councilmen
present: E. D. Keel and W. C.
Hall, first ward; Jack B. Latham
and Ralph Hunter, second ward;
John F. Davenport and J. D.
Cruickshank, third ward.
Order for the police car was
placed with the Walker-Darden
Motor Company, local Chrysler
Plymouth dealers, which submit
ted the lowesit of three bids re
ceived. The new car will cost $1,
575 after subtraction of federal
and state taxes, which are not
charged to municipalities. Other
bids were received from the local
Chevrolet and Ford dealers, and
award of the order was made
strictly on the basis of the lowest
bid submitted.
The new car is to be an 8
cylinder Plaza model Plymouth,
with a number of special items of
equipment, including the follow
ing: Heavy duty front seat, lea
ther or vinyl upholstery; heavy
duty generator for radio equip
ment; heavy duty 130-amp. bat
tery and voltage regulator; heavy
duty shock absorbers and springs;
large heater, turn signals, oil fil
ter and positive action windshield
wipers. Specifications were the
same on all three bids received.
Motion to accept the Walker
Darden bid was made by Hunter,
seconded by Keel and car ied
unanimously.
Mr. Walker agreed to furnish
the town a car to use until the
one ordered is received. The car
formerly used was damaged in an
ac!’de»'t about six weeks ago,, and
the ^'vn haa been using ), ). row
ed cars since that time.
Counoilmen agreed to put up I
the Christmas lights and furnish
current during the shopping sea
son on a 50-50 basis with local
merchants. This was the basis
used last year. It waa also agreed
to buy 750 yards of evergreen
wrapping for the light wires at a
little more than $100, after the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
agreed to pay for one-half the
cost.
Several other matters were dis
cussed by the councilmen.
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Sawyer
Funeral services were held
from the chapel of Horner’s Fune
ral Home here Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock for Mrs. Sarah Saw
yer, 57, of Roper.
Mrs. Sawyer, widow of the late
Thomas Seaton Sawyer, of Roper,
died at 4 p. m. last Friday at her
home following an illness of one
month. She had been ift poor
health for years.
Mrs. Sawyer was a native of
Tyrrell County but moved to this
county 37 years ago and had lived
here since that time. She was a
member of the Church of God,
Plymouth.
She was the daughter of the
late John and Mary Curlings
Armstrong and was born May 16,
1897.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs.
J. E. Furlough, of Roper; two
sens, Robert Sawyer, of Roper,
and John W. Sawyer, of Plym
outh; her stepmother, Mrs. John
Armstrong, of Elizabeth City; a
brother, James K. Armstrong, of
Elizabeth City; 10 grandchildren
and 1 great grandchild.
Officiating at the last rites was
the Rev. J. L. Ferguson, pastor
of the Church of God, assisted
by the Rev. J. D. Jayroe, pastor
of the Roper Pentecostal Holiness
Church.
Interment was in Davenport
Cemetery at Mackey*.
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I Bloodinobile Returns!
j Next on December 8th \
Wednesday, December 8, has
been announced as the date fo]
the next visit of the Red Crosi
bloodmobile unit to this county
The unit from Tidewater Reg
ional Blood Center, Norfolk, Va.
will be in Plymouth all that da;
in an effort to obtain needec
blood for civilian and militar;
use, part of which will go int<
the local blood bank.
The unit will be located at thi
Veterans Club near the Washing
ton County Hospital and blood
donors will be received from 10:30
a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
The visit is again being spon
sored jointly by the James E.
JethTo Post of the American Leg
■ ion and the Bosie Bateman Post,
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
1 Refreshments will be furnished
' to blood donors by the American
1 Legion Auxiliary.
The quota will remain at 110
; pints, it was said. No recruitman
■ chairman has been announced.
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LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL QUEENS SELECTED RECENTLY j
Winners and runners-up in the queens’ contest sponsored by
the Plymouth High School senior class recently are pictured
above. Jackie Polk, left center, was named “Miss Junior High”
and Nancy Jackson, right center, is “Miss Plymouth High." Mary
Margaret Atamanchuk, left, was runner-up for the junior title and
Marguerite Latham, right, was runner-up in the senior contest.
Both queens were crowned at the high school dance held Saturday
night, November 13.—Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo.
Christmas Seal Sale
Launched in County
Seal Letters Mailed to 900
Persons; Mrs. Shugar Di
rects Appeal for Public
Support
Letters containing 1954 Christ
mas Seals were mailed to 900 per
sons in Washington County this
week in order that those who
support the annual Seal Sale will
have time to use the seals on
Christmas packages and letters.
Mrs. Lillian Shugar, of Plym
outh, is again serving as chair
man of the sale for Washington
County. Mrs. Shugar wishes to
direct a special appeal to the peo
ple of the county to support the
seal sale in their usual generous
manner and help carry the drive
over the top.
■'SJi* money obtained through
the%&« sale u, iris chief source
of fund* that th; cdUnty has with
which to fight tuberculosis,” Mra.
Shugar stated. "We are by no
means rid of the disease.”
“Tuberculosis can be cured,”
the chairman emphasized, “if the
disease is discovered in its early
stages. Let each one resolve to do
his part in the fight against tu
berculosis by contributing gen
erously to the seal sale fund.”
Mrs. Shugar said that bangles
which have been sold by school
children during past campaigns
will not be offered this year.
“We will depend solely on con
tributions from those who receive
the Christmas seals,” she stated.
Citing the good which the pro
gram has accomplished on a nat
ional scale, Mrs. Shugar pointed
out that since 1902 when the red
doubled-barred cross—an adapta
tion of the historic Cross of Lor
raine, was first accepted as the
emblem of the modern crusade
against tuberculosis, the disease
has been forced down from first
to sixth place as the cause of
death in this country.
However, it was added, TB to
day kills more young people be
tween the ages of 15 and 35 years
than any other disease, communi
cable or otherwise.
“The red double-barred cross,”
declared Mrs. Shugar, “is the
guarantee to all of us that the
war against tuberculosis will be
carried on with increasing vigor.
“Each one of us who buys and
uses Christmas Seals helps to
make our community and our na
tion a safer, healthier, happier
place in which to live,” the chair
man concluded.
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Band Boosters 1 o l
Hold Local Dance
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In an effort to secure money for
the purchase of badly needed
band instruments the Plymouth
Band Booster organization is
sponsoring a Christinas Dance to
be held here Saturday night, De
cember 18, Jack Horner, Booster
president, announces.
The dance will be held in the
Plymouth High School gymnas
ium from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m., with
music to be furnished by Bay
Taylor and his orchestra from
Roanoke Rapids.
The gymnasium will be deco
rated in a Christmas motif replete
with Christmas tree. A 21-inch
television set will be given as a
door prize at intermission, it was
stated. The winner does not have
to be present in order to claim
the set, it was explained.
In urging strong support for
the project, Mr. Horner said that
all local civic organizations will
be asked to sell advance tickets
to the event.
Same Surname; j
Not President j
YV. YVillis Bowen, county
Farmers Home Administration
supervisor, proudly announced
to a Beacon reporter Tuesday
that Mr. Eisenhower would
visit Plymouth next week.
That’s right, Mr. Eisenhower
. .. but not Ike. Horace J. Eisen
hower, state director of the FHA
is tile man, and he will be ac
companied by Ralph W. Tur
ner, farm management special
ist. The two will stop at the
Plymouth Hotel and plan to
visit Washington, Tyrrell and |
Hyde Counties during; the week.
Damages Add Up
To $750 in Two
Monday Mishaps
Auto and Schoolbus in Near
Head-on Collision Early
Monday; Car Driver Gets
Broken Nose
Damages estimated at $750 re
sulted from two highway wrecks
in this county Monday, according
to the report of Carl Gilchrist, of
Plymouth, investigating patrol
man.
Phillip Ray Ambrose, of Cres
well, received a broken nose in
a near-head-on collision with a
Creswell schoolbus at 7:30 a. m.
near the Joe Furlough residence
on the Ambrose Road.
The 1946 Ford operated by Am
brose was traveling west and met
the bus, going east, on a curve,
according to the report. The car,
owned by Ambrose’s father, Phil
lip Ambrose, was damaged about
$200, while the bus, a 1950 Ford,
had damages placed at $250. The
driver of the bus, Harry Eugene
Simpson, of Creswell, was not
hurt.
Ambrose was treated by Dr. J.
M. Phelps, at Creswell. He was
charged by the patrolman with
operating on the wrong side of
the road and without operator’s
license.
Eugene Everett, of Roper, lost
control of a 1952 Chevrolet se
dan on the Backwoods Road Mon
day at 4 p. m. and the car struck
an embankment, doing damage
placed at $300. The owner of the
vehicle was listed as Eva A. Har
rell, also of Roper.
Everett escaped injury but was
charged with reckless driving.
Special Services ai
Local Churches for
ThanksgivingDay
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Few Town and Couniy
Churches Announce Spec
ial Services for Thursday
Of This Week
Special services have been an
nounced for Thursday of this
week in observance of Thanks
giving Day at a few churches of
this county.
Ludford Memorial Baptist
Church and Grace Episcopal
Church, Roper, and Zion's Chapel
Church of Christ, Roper, have
announced special services to
mark the day.
Services at Ludford Memorial
Church will begin at 10 a. m. and
will be in charge of the pastor,
the Rev. P. B. Nickens. Special
Thanksgiving music will be in
cluded in the program.
Morning prayer and sermon
will be featured at services set
for 9 a. m. at St. Luke's Church,
Roper, the rector, the Rev. E. M.
Spruill, has announced. At 11 a.
m. similar services will be con
ducted at Grace Church, Plym
outh, by Mr. Spruill.
At both services the churches
will be decorated with fruits of
the earth. The offering will go to
the Thompson Orphanage of
Charlotte.
Thanksgiving services were
scheduled Wednesday night at
7:30 o’clock at Zion's Chapel
Church of Christ,, near Roper, the
minister, the Rev. Richard Gardi
ner, announced.
Among the colored churches in
the county, New Chapel Baptist
Church has announced a Thanks
giving observance Thuraday night
at 8 o’clock. The bishop, J. H.
Tucker, his choir and congrega
tion, of Hertford, will be guests
of the church for the evening
and the bishop will deliver the
sermon. Around - the - world
Thanksgiving dinner will be serv
ed in the church basement.
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Minstrel Show at
Roper Ne?J Week
A minstrel show featuring local
talent will be presented at Roper
High School auditorium Thursday
night of next week to raise funds
with which to finish paying for
the high school activity bus, it is
announced.
Charles George’s “Minstrel Pa
rade” will be staged at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. Mitchiner Banks will play
the role of Ophelia; Bob Lewis
and the Rev. Richard Gardiner
will be first and second men;
Wade Hardison will play Mr. Em
mett. Calvin Riddick is cast as
,Mose; Billy Comer as Alexander;
Mrs. Marshall Spruill, Hannah;
Mrs. John Dawson, commentator;
Mickey Barrington, Tambo; Peg
gy Gray, Topsy; A1 Hooker,
Marks.
Other members of the cast in
clude Ann Oliver, Charles Blount,
Ramona Barnes, Thomas Sawyer,
Mrs. Lonnie Spruill, Margaret
Davenport, Bill Hassell, Larry
Chesson, Allen Modlin, Juanita
Leary, Joyce Blount and Alme
dia Peacock.
Mrs. Beulah Gaylord is direct
ing the show and Mrs. Magnolia
Hopkins is musical director. A
nominal admission fee for chil
dren and adults will be charged
and a door prize will be offered
Two Local Scouiers To
Attend Council Meeting
Jimmy Kitchengs, Plymouth
scoutmaster, and Victor Alexan
der are expected to represent the
local troop at a meeting of the
East Carolina Council, Boy Scouts
of America, in Rocky Mount
Thursday, December 9, Mr. Kitch
engs said.
Ralph Mozo, of Wilson, scout
; executive for the council, will
preside over the meeting.
Planters Bank Plans
Open House’ Friday
The ' Planters National Bank
will hold “open house” here Fri
day night, November 26, from '
to 9:30 p. m., celebrating its firsi
annual Christmas party, accord
ing to announcement made bj
bank officials Monday.
“The bank will be open” an
nounces Manager D. Marvin Wea
ver, “and we look forward to hav
ing many of our friends and cus
tomers with us Friday night.” A
that time Christmas Club mem
bers may pick up their 195
checks or deposit, and bank per
sonnel will be on hand to opei
new 1955 Clubs.
Weaver emphasized tha
“everybody is invited”'to the firs
annual Christmas club party. Re
freshments will be served and
favors will be given to all who
attend.
Although a good proportion of
Christmas Club money will go
into buying Christmas gifts, many
people use their checks to pay for
homes, educations, insurance,
taxes, and small business develop
ment. Others will return their
: checks to the bank as part of their
permanent savings.
In pointing out that the Christ
mas Club party will be an an
nual affair, Weaver stressed that
the “open house’’ is for everyone,
■ regardless of whether or not a
; Christmas Club account is opened.