T'own
opics
R. F. Lowry, superintendent of
public instruction for Washing
ton County, has been invited to
serve on a committee represent
ing North Carolina on the study
of school finance for the South
ern States Work Conference
which meets annually in Day
tona Beach, Florida. The meeting
I is scheduled for June 6-11, 1955.
State committees will be called
to meet at North Carolina Edu
cation Association headquarters
at Raleigh prior to the conference
in order to prepare information
for presentation at the annual
meeting.
Owner J. Shepherd Brinkley
reports enthusiastic response to
showings at the Plymouth Thea
tre on the newly-installed wider
screen. A good-sized crowd was
on hand for the first showing
using the new Cinemascope
screen Sunday and near-capacity
crowds have turned out since
that time, it is said.
C. E. Steeley, Plymouth mer
chant who was stricken ill some
time ago, continues in critical
condition in McCain Sanatarium,
near Southern Pines, according to
word received here by his wife
and son.
Sales of State licenses for
motor vehicles have been averag
ing about 20 a day at the local
license bureau since the plates
went on sale December T, a check
of records at the local office
shows. Sales through business of
Wednesday of this week showed
a total of 279 sales as follows:
autos, 205; trucks, 48; and trail
ers, 26.
Cpl. James H. Allen, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Allen, of Plym
outh, has returned home after
three years of ser/ice with the
U. S. Air Force, stationed at Hic
kam Field, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Prior to that Cpl. Allen was sta
tioned at Chanute Field, Illinois,
and at West Palm Beach, Florida.
He arrived in California in Oc
tober and has now been separat
ed from the service and plans to
enter Boston University this Fall.
Twice lately County ASC Of
fice Manager Miriam Ausbon and
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stall nave been cited ny tne state
office for special commendation
and notice in ASC headquarters
newsletters. The county force was
commended for having over 50
per cent of farms in the county
signed1 to participate in the ACP
program. Then Miss Ausbon came
in for orchids for her “in*crest
ing, completely original news
letter. You’re doing a good job
of keeping the farmers up-to
date,” the commendation con
cluded.
Speaking of Thanksgiving,
which nobody was but we will,
Airman 3/C Frank C. Bickerstaff,
jr., recently sent his mother a
copy of the Thanksgiving menu
at Webb Air Force Base, Big
Spring, Texas, thrt is out of this
world. It reads: “Tomato juice
cocktail with lemon wedges and
crackers, roast young tom tur
key, baked Virginia ham, bread
dressing, giblet gravy, cranberry
sauce, snowflake potatoes, can
died sweet potatoes, buttered
green peas, corn O’Brien, waldorf
aalad', olives, carrot sticks, pic
kles, celery hearts, parkerhouse
rolls, whole wheat bread, white
bread, fruit cake, mince meat pie,
apples, bananas, grapes, dates,
tangerines, ice cream, mixed1 can
dy, salted nuts, coffee - tea, fresh
milk, sugar, butter.” In a fore
word, Col. Cleason E. Freeman,
the base commander, wrote:
“Count your blessings, name them
one by one, and. it will surprise
you what the Lord has done.”
The boys at that base were more
surprised about the Air Force
than they were about the Lord.
Roper Firemen To Canvass
Town for Stockinn Fund
«r
Roper Firemen will make a
house-to-house canvass in Roper
Saturday night of this week,
starting at 7 o’clock, on behalf
of the Empty Stocking drive.
Toys, food and usable clothing,
contributions of money with
which to buy commodities for
needy families, and other miscel
laneous items will be appreciated.
Church bells will ring out at 7 to
mark start of the canvass.
Tobacco Allotments
To Be Cut 5 Per Cent
It has been announced by
County ASC office manager Mir
iam Ausbon that all flue-cured
tobacco growers will take a 5 pci
cent allotment cut in 1955.
Thic allotment reduction is
necessary because tobacco sup
plies have far exceeded the de
mand, Miss Ausbon said. She
quoted several reasons for the
reduced consumption of tobacco
among them being the curren'
scare over cancer, reduced pur
chases by foreign importers, anc
a greater per acreage production
which has been increasing dur
ing the last few years.
However, the office manager
emphasized the fact that tobacco
will be supported' at 90 per cent
of parity in 1955 and any loss re
ceived by farmers due to a small
allotment cut will be more than
offset by the privilege of being
able to sell on a somewhat guar
anteed market.
Also, a 15 per cent out has been
announced for cotton. However,
comparatively little acreage is
planted to this crop in the county
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington
County and its 13,000 people.
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 16, 1954
VOLUME LXV—NUMBER 50
ESTABLISHED 1889
Copy for Next Beacon
Must Be In SilliiimIav
In order to give employees a
longer holiday The Beacon’s
Christmas issue will be printed
Monday of next week. The of
fice will then be closed until
the following Tuesday morn
ing, December 28.
Since the paper is to be print
ed three days .early, it will be
necessary for all copy to be in
the office not later than Sat
day. The cooperation of all
advertisers and correspondents
and related items should be in
the office just as early as pos
sible, and no copy can be ac
cepted for publication in the
next issue later than Saturday.
The Christmas issue, as usual,
will carry the greetings of our
advertisers to their patrons.
For a cheery message that will
mean more than just a couple
of days off from work, read
these greetings ads.
Although members of the
Beacon staff will not come back
to work after the holidays until
Tuesday morning, December 28,
every effort will be made to
get the issue of that week on
time. However, there is a pos
sibility that it may be a bit
late.
20 Plant Employees
Will Get Recognition
For Lengthy Service
I School Closing j
i Friday at Noon j
The longest holiday during
the school year will begin Fri
day of this week for some 3,400
school children in Washington
County.
County Superintendent of
Schools Roy F. Lowry announ
ced this week that all county
schools will close at 12:30 p. m.
Friday for a two-week Christ
was recess. Regular classes will
be resumed at all county
schools on Monday, January 3,
at the usual hour.
99 Respond Here
To Blood Unit's
Quarterly Visit
Thirteen Rejects During
Day With Only 86 Pints
Of Blood Secured on Last
Visit of Year
A total of 99 potential blood
donors responded here on the last
visit of the Red Cross bloodmo
bile, it is reported. The blood
mobile unit made its regular
quarterly visit to Plymouth Wed
nesday of last week and 86 pints
of blood were secured. The quota
had been set at 110 pints.
The amount donated swelled
the grand total for the 16 visits
to this county since inauguration
of-the program in December of
1950 to 2,017 pints
Those who responded on the
recent visit of the unit were list
ed by blood program clerks as
follows:
C. A. Cratch, Edgar Bateman,
S. W. McNair, L. Ronald Waters,
J. F. Cox, Wiley Moore, colored,
C. S. Gardner, Mrs. Marie Simp
son Robert G. Johnson, S. M.
Carpenter, Mrs. A. J. Ange, sr.
Also, Rodney Rodgerson, Hen
ry Silver, Leora Hudson, colored,
Mrs. Doris M. Manning, Charles
Fowler, Herbert Sawyer, Howard
Davenport, Norman White, Ervin
Hassell, J. D. Mallory, Donald
Taylor, Hugh Midyette, Raymond
Phelps,
Also, Dorothy J. Sutton, H. B.
Gaylord, Ed Stuart, H. E. New
berry, Leslie J. Darby, William
Waters, John Davenport, Sidney
W. Spruill, Jack Weaver, John
Wood, Nicholas Ange, Roswell
Cox, Fred Doscher, Mrs. Ruth Mc
Nair, John H. Rodgers,
Also, Dallas Waters, J. P. Tur
ner, Mrs. Fred Spruill, Robert
G. West, Marvin Campbell, Ro
bert Winesette, Benton L. Tetter
See BLOODMOB1LE, Page 8
No New Members 25-Year
Group This Year; Five
Get Silver and Fifteen
Bronze Pins Next Monday
Recognition for loyal service
will be given to several groups
of North Carolina Pulp Company
employees next Monday, it was
learned yesterday from L. J. Dar
by, industrial relations manager,
who is in charge of arrangements
for the event.
For the first time in a number
of years, there are no new mem
bers of the “Old-Timers' Club,"
composed of employees with 25
years or more service with the
Kieckhefer firm. However, there
are five employees who will re
ceive silver lapel pins denoting
20 years’ service and another
group of 15 will receive bronze
pins for 15 years’ service.
Pins for the 15 and 20 year
groups will be presented at the
personnel building next Monday.
The presentation is usually made
by H. M. Kieckhefer, president of
the North Carolina Pulp Com
pany, and it is expected he will
be here for the ceremony.
The “Old-Timers’ Banquet" for
the 25-year men will be held at
the country club Monday night,
starting at 6:30 p. m., with a full
program of entertainment ar
ranged for the evening. J. A.
Auchter, manager of the Plym
outh plant, will preside as toast
master, and Mr. Kieckhefer is ex
pected to be present for a brief
talk. Most of the evening will be
devoted to the cocktail hour and
bingo, with a large number of
valuable prizes furnished by the
company to be awarded. There
are 32 members of the “Old-Tim
ers’ Club,” and most of them are
expected to attend, including sev
eral who have been retired.
The five men who will receive
silvr pins for 20 years’ service
are Charles H. Painter, Roy If.
Ragland, Jennings B. O’Dell, Mor
rison L. Brockhard and Hugh B.
Pierce.
The 15 men who will receive
bronze pins for 15 years’ service
are: Fred Ausbon, Alton Baker,
Alexander Bond, John Boone,
Harry Browning, Woodrow R.
Collins, Howard W. Davenport,
Thomas H. Davenport, George
Finlinson, Derwood Sadler, Leon
ard S. Skiles, Gartel L. Skidmore,
Tom West, John Williams and
Luther Williams.
Members of the 25-year “Old
”secTEMPLOYEES, Page 5
j Clothing Items j
| For Needy Ones!
Local Empty Stocking Fund
leaders were emphasizing this
week the urgent need for usable
clothing for distribution to
needy Washington County fam
ilies at Christmastime. It was
pointed out that many persons
have the idea that clothing is
not included in the items de
sired.
The fact is that clothing is
much needed and any usable
items of apparel will be great
ly appreciated. Some clothing
has already been collected,
along with canned foods, toys
and miscellaneous items and is
being sorted and stored by vol
unteer help in the basement of
the courthouse here, under
supervision of Mrs. Ursula
Spruill, county welfare super
intendent. Anyone having any
clothing or other contributions
for the fund can have them
picked up by contacting James
T. Boyce or other Empty Stock
ing leaders.
Nominations for
Plymouth's Young
Man of Year Soon
December 31 Announced As
Deadline for Receiving
Nominafions; To Be Hon
ored Jaycee Week
Plymouth’s most outstanding
young men between the ages of
21 and 35 for 1954 will be honored
again this year at a banquet
which will be given in his honor
during Jaycee Week, January 14
through 21. The exact date has
not been determined yet.
Jaycee clubs all over the coun
try will be honoring the young
man who has contributed most in
the way of achievements, leader
ship and service to his communi
ty for the calendar year 1954 dur
ing Jaycee Week. Although the
recipient of the award is in the
age classification of the Jaycees,
he need not be, or have been a
Jaycee. The award has no relation
to Junior Chamber of Commerce
membership. The judging com
mittee is made up of a secret
committee of prominent local citi
zens over the age of 35 and the
recipient of the award is select
ed from nominations received.
The Jaycees are urging every
one who would like to nominate
some outstanding young man for
this award to make their nomi
nation before the deadline for re
ceiving nominations which is De
cember 31, 1954. Nominations
should include name of nominee,
date of birth, address, sponsor,
address of sponsor, achievements
and nature of service: (List and
merits, nature of service, nature
of participation and leadership of
nominee, bearing in mind that
judging will be done on follow
ing basis: contribution to com
munity and state welfare and
beterment; participation in all
round community and state ac
tivities and civic enterprises; evi
dence of lasting contribution to
community and state welfare;
evidence of leadership ability,
success in own vocation and
sonal and business progress; iS>
operation with individuals and
civic organizations. All activities
for which judging is to be made
must have been performed while
nominee was 35 or younger.)
The Jaycee D.S.A. committee
is made up of D. Marvin Weaver,
chairman, Ralph Hunter and Bill
McCombs.
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Mrs. Hooker Dies
At Local Hospital
Services were conducted from
Plymouth Christian Church Sun
day at 2:30 p. m. for Mrs. Matilda
(Sade) Hooker, 72, of Plymouth.
Officiating was the Rev. Cary
Dannelly, assisted by the Rev.
C. N. Barnette, Interment was in
Windley Cemetery. Mrs. Hooker
died at 10:30 p .m. last Thursday
at Washington County Hospital.
Mrs. Hooker, widow of the late
H. C. Hooker and daughter of
the late Sam and Josephine Bow
en Cutler, of Beaufort County,
was born there September 20,
1882. She had lived here for 56
year and was a member of Plym
outh Church of Christ.
She leaves six daughters, Mrs.
Vonnie Purgason, of Portsmouth,
Va., Mrs. Rose Ange and Mrs. G.
C. Richard, both of Plymouth,
Mrs. Vergie Reitmeier, of Cam
den, N. J., Mrs. W. L. Guil
ford, of Aurora, and Mrs. Mar
garet Bray, of Philadelphia, Pa.;
j son, G. C. Hooker, of Plymouth;
four sisters, Mrs. Strawford Can
r.ady, of Washington, Mrs. George
Buttry, of Southern Pines, Mrs.
Newsom Harrison, of Plymouth,
and Mrs. Mollie Cutler, of Wash
ington; a brother, George Cutler,
of Bath; 24 grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren.
School Sites To
Owens Brothers
The firm of E. L. Owens and
A. L. Owens was the high bidder
on both the Mt. Delane School
and the former Kelly School Site
which were bid off at the Wash
ington County Courthouse last
Saturday at 11:30 a. m. The Mt.
Delane School sold for $350.00
and the Kelly School Site was bid
in at $50.00. According to State
law, anyone desiring to raise the
bid may do so within 10 days from
Saturday, December 11, 1954.
The Mt. Delane School is a two
room building located on a 100’
by 100’ plot on the road leading
from the Mackeys Road to Roper.
The former Kelly School Site is
a one acre plot located about 10
miles from Plymouth on the Pine
town road.
Record Crowd at Christinas Parade
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Young and old saw banta here
Saturday afternoon of last week
and observers say it was an even
larger crowd that gathered for
the annual parade and visit of
the merry gentleman in ithe red
coat and white wlhiskers than
that which turned out here a year
ago. Estimates placed the crowd
this year at about 3,500, includ
ing a host of youngsters who re
ceived gifts of candy from Saint
Nick.
Over 2,300 bags of candy were
County Voles for
Marketing Quotas
Cotton Next Year
Only Two Dissenling Ballots
Cast in County in Tues
day's Referendum; 93 Per
Cent Margin Seen
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Washington County cotton
growers went along with the rest
of the State in the marketing
quotas referendum held Tuesday
of this week.
With 344 farmers eligible to
cast ballots, the county vote was
overwhemingly in favor of quotas
on the 1955 crop, 70 for to only
two against. The two negative
votes were cast at Creswell, along
with 30 votes favoring the quotas
for next year.
The two other polling places,
Plymouth and Roper, failed to
turn up a “no" vote. There were
22 votes cast at Plymouth and 18
at Roper.
The unofficial returns from 77
of the 79 counties in North Caro
lina involved in the referendum
were reported at 30,959 in favor
of quotas and 1,867 opposed.
Plymouth and Long Acre farm
ers voted at the Agriculture
Building here, while voters from
Pleasant Grove and Roper com
munities used the polling p'ace
at Knowles Grocery, Roper, and
Cherry, Mt Pleasant and Cr»
well farmers voted at'C. N. DaV
enport Garage, Creswell.
Referendum committeemen ser
ving for the day were Cyril Ange,
J. C. Snell and Oliver Lucas.
Plymouth; Roy C. Chesson and
Wade Hardison, Roper; and C. N.
Davenport, L. L. Davenport and
D. H. Furlough, Creswell.
The vote in North Carolina will
be added to those of other cotton
states. Unless the quota issue car
ries overall by two-thirds majori
ty, price supports of 90 per cent
of parity will drop to only 50 per
cent of parity. Preliminary re
turns from seven other partici
pating states indicated a margin
of 93 per cent in favor of the
quotas.
The North Carolina vote fell
far under the 50,616 ballots cast
in a similar referendum a year
ago.
Glee Club To Present
Concert Here Sunday
The Plymouth High School
Glee Club will be presented in
concert at the high school audi
torium Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock, Director Ed Taylor an
nounces.
There will be a mixed chorus
of 50 voices with Miss Beulah
Cratch serving as pianist.
Several numbers appropriate to
the season have been selected, it
was said.
The public is invited.
DISTRICT COLLECTION OF FOOD FOR CHURCH OF GOD ORPHANAGE
Five of the six ministers of the Church of God in the Elizabeth City district are pictured above
in front of boxes of food collected by their church members to be sent to the denomination’s
orphanage at Kannapolis. There are 62 children in the orphanage, and the food collection in
this district was said to have been very gratifying. Left to right in the photo above are the Rev.
I. C. Morris, district overseer of Elizabeth City; the Rev. F. E. Evans, of Williamston; the Rev.
James Briley, of Creswell; the Rev. James Ferguson, of Plymouth; and the Rev. Mitchell Evans,
I of Edenton. Not present when the picture was made was the Rev. Miss Lennora Jones of Ahosfcie.
—Photo by Weaver Studio.
given out between z and .5 o clock,
it was reported. Thos. F. Hopkins
acted as master of ceremonies
and a number of volunteers aid
ed police in patrolling the crowd.
Mr. Hopkins declared that the
crowd was the most orderly ever
for such an event here and that
the kiddies lined up and filed past
Santa in good order.
Christmas Carols were played
alternately by bands from Plym
outh High School and Washing
ton County Union School, Roper,
before the parade was disbanded |
and candy was distributed to the
youngsters. The bands led the
parade from the high school to
Water Street, accompanied by
Santa in a jeep.
The crowd on hand for the
visit last year was estimated at
about 3,000 persons but nearly
2,500 bags of candy were given
out then.
Santa arrived in Plymouth
somewhat earlier in the day this
year than on previous visits.
Stocking Fund Drive
Over Halfway Mark
Cash Goal About in Sight,
Chairman States; Pack
aging of Commodities To
Begin Monday
The drive for money contri
butions to the annual Washington
County Empty Stocking Fund was
well past the halfway mark Wed
nesday afternoon of this week,
according to Carl L. Bailey, jr„
of Plymouth, county chairman of
the project,
Bailey said in addition to the
funds already in hand there are
several “substantial” contribut
ions pledged. With nearly $1,000
in hand and quite a bit more in
sight, the chairman expressed the
feeling that the tentative goal
will be reached and that there
will be ample money, together
with contributions of food, cloth
ing, toys and other items, to in
sure success of the venture again
this year, as in past seasons.
About 30 persons, white and
colored, attended a meeting at
the courthouse Friday night pre
sided over by Mr. Bailey and
heard a report by general finance
chairman Carl Bailey, sr. The
finance chairman said that $800
was “in sight” for Plymouth alone
and that with anticipated
amounts from o ner’ sources at
least $1,250 was in sight.
Du ' ‘.he^JW^ting individual
reports were made by several
colored community chairmen as
follows:
Lily Webb, Bethel community,
$22.25; Mary Wilkins, Mackeys,
$19.25; and Gladys Hassell and A.
R. Lord, Plymouth, $67.80.
Actual work of packaging the
items for distribution will begin
Monday afternoon of next week
at the Agriculture Building here,
County Chairman Bailey stated
Wednesday. He said shifts of
volunteer workers would con
tinue the task Monday night,
Tuesday and Tuesday night and
that distribution to needy families
would begin Tuesday
Contributions of toys are being
stored at East Carolina Supply
Company pending packaging, and
other items such as food and
clothing are being sorted and
stored in the basement of the
county courthouse.
Persons having light trucks
they wish to lend for use in dis
tributing the gifts to the needy
about the county are asked to get
in touch with Carl Bailey, jr., or
other fund leaders. Those who
know of needy families may sub
mit these names to Mrs. Ursula
Spruill, county welfare depart
ment superintendent.
Boys from Plymouth Colored
Ellementary Scbfool and Wash
ington County Union School, of
Roper, will assist in the work of
distribution, it was stated.
There are about 300 needy fam
ilies in the county, it is estimated.
Stores Open To j
9 Every Night j
Beginning Friday of this
week, Plymouth stores will re
main open each night until 9
o’clock through the remainder
of the pre-Christmas shopping
season. Stores will be closed
Christmas Bay and the Mon
day following, resuming their
regular business hours Tues
day of next week at the usual
time.
The majority of stores have
remained open each Friday
evening during the past two
weeks for the convenience of
late shoppers.
Draw 70 for Jury
Dufy Here During
Court in January
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Names of 40 County Citizens
Listed for First Week and
30 for Second Week of
- Superiji Xoui^
Names ’t>f 70 county citizens to
serve for jury duty at the Jan
uary term of Washington Coun
ty Superior Court were drawn
here recently by the county com
missioners. Forty were selected
to serve for the first week of the
two-week mixed term, and 30 for
the second week.
The court will open here Mon
day, January 10.
Drawn for first week duty were
13 each from Plymouth and Scup
pernong Townships, eight from
Lees Mill Township and six from
Skinnersville. The 'list for the
second week includes names of
nine persons from Scuppernong,
eight from Plymouth, seven from
Lees Mill and six from Skinners
ville.
The list (first week): Plymouth
Township—A. M. Kelly, Stewart
L. West, Nellie Allen, James H.
Clifton, David H. Bowen, Jessie
L. Hardison, Mrs. Blanche Edens,
David Williams, M. W. Jefferson,
Chester Brewer, Elvin H. Fur
lough and W. H. Leary;
Skipnersville—Jessie J. Hassell,
E. J. Barber, F. L. Everett, Robert
S. Spruill, Raymond E. Patrick
and Henry E. Clifton;
Lees Mill—Garland Gurganus,
W. J. Vaughan, Hoyt LeFever,
Michael Trueblood, Marvin H.
Rose, David Hollis, D. W. Ches
son and W. D. Styons;
Scuppernong — Alton G. Fur
lough, Howard Odell Furlough,
SetTJU RY^Page 5
Construction Gate
Of Pulp Mill Still
Is Being Picketed
No Results So Far From
Series of Conferences; Or
ganizer Says Agreement
Has Been Violated
Pickets representing workers
formerly employed by contractors
engaged in construction work at
the plant of the North Carolina
Pulp Company here were still on
duty yesterday at the special con
struction work gate. However,
spokesmen for several of the con
tracting firms said this week that
sufficient workers had been em
ployed and were crossing the
picket lines to carry on all the
projects presently underway.
Paul Askew, chairman of a
special AFL organizing commit
:ee representing 10 building trade
jnions, said Tuesday that several
neetings had been held with com
pany and contractors’ representa
‘ives, but nothing definite had
been worked out. He was still
lopeful that the difficulties could
oe solved satisfactorily.
Askew also said that the com
pany had violated at least two of
the agreements worked out on
December 1, when pickets were
removed from main gates of the
plant and stationd only at the
special construction gate. One of
the violations charged was that
materials for construction work
were being received at the plant
through gates other than the spec
ial one designated for that pur
pose. Another violation, he said,
the mill on work connected with
construction.
The union spokesman said
Tuesday that he was expecting a
Mr. Glenn, of the law firm of
Thatcher, Wall & Glenn, of Wash
ington, D. C., to arrive in Plym
outh Wednesday afternoon to ad
vise with the unions involved con
cerning the construction dispute
existing at the plant. Further de
velopments, he indicated, would
depend on the outcome of con
ferences with the attorney.
Operations in the mill itself
have continued without incident
since December 1, when pickets
were removed from the main
gates of the plant after the com
pany agreed to require construct
ion workers to use a special gate,
located several hundred yards
south of the main employees' en
trance. A possible shutdown of the
big plant was averted by the act
ion, as some of the production
workers were hesitant about
crossing the picket lines, although
none of them were directly af
fected by the dispute.
The dispute originated Novem
ber 17, when spokesmen for the
organizing committee said nearly
70 construction workers were dis
charged after they attended a
meeting November 16 to discuss
organizing. Contractors said the
men were laid off when con
struction work was discontinued
on November 17.
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$90 Raised for
Memorial Fund
A total of $90.32 was collected
in Washington County Schools
recently for the Sir Walter Ra
leigh Memorial Fund. The annual
Sir Walter Raleigh Day was
marked December 3.
The North Carolina General
Assembly has authorized the
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction “to permit voluntary
contributions to be made by the
school children of the State in
such amounts as they may desire
to give” for erection of a memor
ial to Sir Walter Raleigh.
Each teacher had the privilege
of presenting the matter to her
pupils.
Collections, by schools, were
reported as follows:
Plymouth White School, $68 22
Creswell White, $10; Roper
White, no report; Plymouth Col
ored, $5; Washington County Un
ion School, no report: Creswell
Colored, $7.10; total, $90.32.
Christmas Cantata Set
For Methodist Church
The Plymouth Methodist and
combined choirs will present a
cantata, “The Story of Christ
mas,” by H. Alexander Matthews
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at
the Methodist Church.
The solo parts will be taken
by Miss Myrtle Gray Jackson,
Mrs. W. H. Peele, Mrs. E. W. Fur
gurson and Zeb Vance Norman,
jr. J. Shepherd Brinkley will
serve as organist and director.
An offering will be taken for
the benefit of the choir, it is an
nounced.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.