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<5 T. own opics Willis Bowen, county Farmers Home Administration supervisor, County Agent W. H. Pruden, and Reed Devaney, Braxton Bell and Julian Swain, Columbia, dragline operators, will attend a meeting ito discuss soil and water conser vation loans to be held at Wilson Friday of next week. The meet in.g will be held at the Park Res taurant, Highway 301. Both local FHA and county agent’s offices will remain open on that day, however. f The Rev. C. N. Barnette, minis ter of First Christian Church, Plymouth, spent Wednesday in Wilson where he attended a meet ing of the state directors of the World Fellowship Meet for young people of the Disciples of Christ in North Carolina. Mr. Barnette will be the director for .this area in a meeting to be held at Wil liamston March 4-5. Judging by the authoritative chill of today’s early morning wind the groundhog decree for more weeks of winter weather must have been invoked immedi ately. However, someone observ ed that the swarming of bees is usually taken as a harbinger of spring and such a swarming was reported by one person recently. Groundhog or bees, which? It was snowing pretty hard about 10 o’clock last Saturday morning, and several of the girls who work at Womble’s got a yen for snow cream. They were talk ing it ever when Policeman Paul Basnight drifted in and horned in with “That's a good idea. I’ll furnish the snow if some of you H girls will go and get it.” Big -hearted Paul finally wound up getting both the snow and some eggs and, although they had a freezer full of ice cream right at the soda fountain, they all—in cluding the boss—turned to and enjoyed good old-fashioned snow cream. Town workmen installed a stop light at the corner of East Main and Adams Streets Wednesday. The location is better known as “courthouse corner” and is not only a busy intersection but one near which all available parking spaces are usually filled, making it hard to see traffic coming from either direction of Main when entering Main from Adams. Church Announces Fellowship Series The Plymouth Methodist Church begins Sunday a series of Sunday Evening Adult Fellow ship meetings, the Rev. Jesse H. Lanning, minister of the church, 'has announced. Included will be the presenta tion of a symposium, “The Crowd ed Way,” with a 30-m-inute social 0 period and concluding with the ' regular evening worship hour. Mr. Lanning explained that the fellowship program is designed with the belief that good fellow ship and knowledge are essential parts of the Christian life. The social and symposium per iods will be held in the Fellow ship Hall, the worship service in the church. All adults are invited and urged to share in this part of the church program1. Phelps Named To Eight Committees Dr. J. M. Phelps, of Creswell, Washington County representa tive in the General Assembly, has been named by House Speak er Larry Moore to eight commit tees. * As expected; Phelps was named to the committee on Conservation and Development and Commercial Fisheries and Oyster Industry. Other committees to which he was named include the import ant Appropriations Committee, Judiciary I, Counties, Cities and Towns, Veterans’ Legislation, In surance, and Highways and Traf fic Safety. Speaker Moore, who has been ailing, has been announcing his committee apppointments piece meal. (Representative Phelps was named Wednesday night of this week to the Committee on Propo sitions and Grievances, after the above was written.) Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated to th* service of Washington County and its 13,000 people. VOLUME LXVI—NUMBER 5 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 3, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1889 AT ENGINEERS UNION STEAK SUPPER LAST WEEK y> 'V' 1 Speakers and union officials are pictured above at the steak supper served here last week by Local No. 415, International Union of Operating Engineers. Union officers in the front row are Stanley Ward, recording secretary; John Lillcy, president; and E. M. Ricks, financial secretary. In the back row are the Rev. C. N. Barnette, minister of the First Christian Church; E. M. Leavitt, general superintendent of the North Carolina Pulp Com pany; Paul A. Askew, international representative of the Inter national Union of Operating Engineers; and L. J. Darby, indus trial relations director for the North Carolina Pulp Company. Mahlon Moore, vice president, and Stewart Bateman, treasurer, of the local union, were not presnt when the picture was made. —Polaroid I-Minute staff photo. Warden Cites Law On Burning Permits Order Canceled | For Local Board j Good news lor registrants of the local draft board came in a double dose this week, Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, board clerk, reported. The order for pre-induction of 37 men scheduled for the 23rd of this month has been cancelled by State Selective Service headquarters. Also, word has been received from headquarters by the board that no calls for pre-induction and induction will be made upon this board durh-j the month of March. Honor Football Team Monday Arrangements are being made for a dinner next Monday night at Which members of the Plymouth High School football squad, co champions of the Albemarle Con ference last fall, will be honored. The dinner will be a “dutch” af fair, and all supporters of the lo cal team are invited and urged to attend. Backfield Coach Jack Michaels, of the N. C. State Wolfpack, will be the principal speaker, and trcphics are to be presented to outstanding members of the squad. All those interested in at tending are requested to notify L,. N. Womble at Womble's Drug Store by Saturday, so that ar rangements may be made for them. Two former Plymouth High School football stars, Hugh “Jun ior” Pierce and Ken Trowbridge, jr., are members of the State football squad, which begins spring practice on February 14, adding local interest in hearing Coach Michaels. It is possible al so that one or both of the Plym outh boys may attend. The dinner will be held at 7 o’clock Monday night in the high school lunchroom. Smoke Chaser Needed at Plymouth Fire Tower, Said County Forest Ranger S. F. Darden, of Plymouth, announced this week that there is a vacancy to be filled by February 15 for a smoke chaser for the Plymouth Fire Tower. The Plymouth tower and the one at Scuppernong arc usually manned about three months of the year, from Febru ary 15 to about May 15. The other tower in the county located at Wenona, is operated full time, Mr. Darden said. Counly Forest Ranger Lists Places in County Where Brush Burning Permits May Be Obtained County Forest Ranger S. F. Darden this week called attention of the public to the brush burn ing law now in force for the second year. The law, which was rewritten by the 1953 General Assembly, makes it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to start or cause to be started any fire or ignite any material in any of the woodlands under protection of tne State Forest Service, or with in 500 feet of any such protected area, during the hours starting at midnight and ending at 4 p. m., without first securing a permit. Permits are issued without charge and are easily obtained, Ranger Darden stated. Permits may be obtained upon request from Mr. Darden, any towerman, or J. C. Knowles, Roper, and H. W. Pritchett, Creswell. No permits are necessary' for brush or debris burning if such burnings are started between 4 p. m. and ending at midnight when winds are usually not high and brush fires are less likely to be spread by gusts of wind. During periods of hazardous forest fires, Darden said, the State forester is authorized under the brush burning law to cancel all permits and prohibit the start ing of any fires in any of the woodlands under protection of the State Deportment of Conservation and Development’s forestry di vision. Conviction for violating the law is punishable by fine of up to $50 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, the ranger added. Mr. Darden pointed out that the law does not apply to fires started or caused to be started within 100 feet of an occupied dwelling house. No permit is re quired in such case. Campers, hikers, hunters, fish ermen, motorists all arc urged to be sure to do-use all campfires, crush out all lighted cigarettes an*d cigars, and to not throw any lighted live ashes anywhere they might ignite dry woods, it was said. Progress Reported Made ai Ware's Chapel at Dardens A new flue has been run and a new roof has been put on the building at Ware’s Chapel Church, Dardens, the pastor, the Rev. W. S. Davenport, of Plym outh, reports. Mr. Davenport said the attend ance at the recently-organized Sunday School at the church con tinues to increase, the attendance Sunday being reported as 48. Dinner, Open House nt Vets’ Club The local veterans’ organiza tions will sponsor a barbecue dinner and Open House Satur day of this week from 11 a. m. to 12 p. m., it is announced. The veterans are urging that the pub lic come out and eat with them on this date. Proceeds from the dinner will 'te used to pay on the indebted ness on the Veterans Club, where the event will be held.. Spokesmen for the VFW and American Legion posts here wish to call attention to the uses of the Veterans Building. It is point ed out that the building is used for the quarterly visit to this county of the Red Cross blood mo bile. It is also open each Wed nesday ndgiht for teen agers and is used for piano recitals, dinners for the high school band and foot ball team and numerous other civic causes. In urging support for the vet erans organizations here, spokes men cite strong support of al community enterprises by mem bers of the posts. Dinner tickets can be obtaine< from any member of the VFW o Legion posts or at Boyd’s Fire stone Store. The veterans expressed thei thanks of public support and co operation in the past. Now in Prospect; Routine Meetings Of Boards Monday Mayor A. J. Riddle Says Meeting of True Temper Engineer, Town Officials, Others Set Monday Regular first Monday board meetings are slated here next week, the county commissioners and the county board of educa tion to meet Monday morning at the courthouse, and the Plym outh Town Council to meet at the Municipal Building Monday night. According to latest information available, strictly routine sessions are in prospect in eaclh case. J. Robert Campbell, clerk to the board of commissioners, stated yesterday that he knew of no special matters set for considera tion. R. F. Lowry, county school superintendent and secretary to the board of education, stated that only routine matters are expect ed to be heard and discussed by the five-member body. Mayor A. J. Riddle said Wed nesday he knew of no out-of-the ordinary business to be consider ed by the city fathers Monday night. The mayor said another meet ing of the True Temper Corpo ration engineer, a sanitary engin eer representing the State Health Department, and town officials relative to the sewer problem near the local True Temper plant is in the making for Monday after noon. Asked about the status of the matter, the mayor replied, “It’s just about a dead issue.” Laying of sewer lines near the plant was halted near Christmas time when the True Temper man agement objected to the town’s plan to dump sewage near there Several meetings to discuss the matter have been held since then Band Boosters To Sponsor Musical » — Rehearsals hiave begun sponsors term “one of the best musical shows ever presented in Plymouth.” The Band Boosters are sponsor ing the production, which will be presented in the local high school auditorium on successive nights. Thursday and Friday, February 17 and 18. Curtain time will be 8 p. m., the announcement stated. Mrs. W. D. Walker is chairman of the show committee, Ed Tay lor, band director, is working with the high school dance band which will furnish music for the occas ion, and Mrs. Iris Elheridge is training the dance chorus. Tickets will go on sale next week, Jack Horner, president of the sponsoring organization, said High Figure for State Tag Sales Sales of State motor vehicle license plates at the local branch office have reached what is be lieved to be the highest total ever. The total through sales of Tuesday, 3,165 in all categories, is considerably higher than the number sold here a year ago. The sale of auto tags leads the list, as usual. Thfe total through Tuesday stood at 2,273, according to figures released by Manager James H. Ward. Other categories showed totals as follows: Motorcycles, 5; private trucks, 532; farm trucks, 98; Class Z trailers, 214; Class C trailers, 44 The law requires that all ve hicles display the 1955 plates bj February 1. ! Two From Here I On Honors List Two of the 29 students at East Carolina College receiving special attention on the honors list issued last week are from Plymouth, according to Regis trar Orval L. Phillips. They are Miss Annie Lee Mayo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mayo, and Miss Peggy Ray Warrick, daughter of Mrs. Lela Warrick Harrison. In their academic work the 29 students achieved the envi able record of making the highest possible marks in all classes in which they were en rolled during the fall quarter at the college. Their records i entitle them to inclusion In the “All l’s” category, on the dean’s list of students with very high scholastic standing, and on the college honor roll. There were 18 women and 11 men receiving the highest honors. TRAFFIC FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS MUST STOP FOR SCHOOL BUS -■ —. .... -- . ■ , , , ■ ■ i a lie pnoto above illustrates a requirement of the state motor vehicle laws that apparently is not thoroughly understood by some motorists. The law requires traffic from both directions to halt for a school bus that has stopped to take on or discharge passengers. According to highway safety officials, practically all motorists will stop when they are behind a school bus but many approach ing cars fail to do so, creating a serious hazard for school children. This photo shows cars from both directions halted while three school pupils cross the highway to board the school bus. Cars should remain at a standstill as long as the “stop” arm is extended from the bus. This picture was posed through the cooperation of II. E. Newberry, county school mechanic; Harley Furbee, school bus driver; Patsy St.vons, Gene Hassell and Phillip Styons, students at the Plymouth school. —Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo. Church Now Being Moved for Third Time, Is Reported Church of God in Chris! Building Once Housed The Plymouth Missionary Baptist Church The Churcih of God in Ohrisi building, which is being moved from Adams Street to Madison Street in order to make room foi additional playground at Plym ou;h High School, is obviously one of the most-traveled churche: in this area. According to J. T. McNair, the Madison Street site will be the fourth for the building. It housec the original Plymouth Mission ary Baptist Church, organized ir 1866, Mr. McNair says. The origi nal location was on the corner of Monroe and Th :i Stree brcl; of where the bin' station hw In 1908 the building was movec to the spot now occupied by thf bus station. After the Ludforc Memoria-l Baptist Church p-lanl was built in 1915, the Plymouth Missionary Baptist Church prop erty was sold to the la-te W. R Hampton in 1917. In 1919, says Mr McNair, Mr. Hampton sold the building to the colored churoh group know as the Church of God in Christ. The members of this church using only manpower, spent sev eral weeks moving the church down Monroe Street to Brinklej Avenue and then across Jefferson and Washington Streets to where the ice plant now stands and ther up Adams Street to the presenl site on the corner of Adams anc Sixth. More modern equipment is be ing used this time by Contractoi H. D. Craddock. Lake Phelps Legion Post Will Meet Monday Night A meeting of the Lake Phelps Post, No. 391, American Legion will be held at the regular meet ing place next Monday night February 7, at 7:30 p. m. Ah members are urged to attend, ac cording to the post adjutant, H. S Woodley. Sandra Leggett March of Dimes Queen This Year Eighth Grade Student Wins Contest Which Ended Fri day, With Beulah Cratch As Runner-up Miss Sandra Leggett, of the eighth grade, was winner of the March of Dimes' queen’s contest which ended Friday of last week. Miss Leggett raised $76.31 in con tributions to the March of Dimes county campaign. Runner-up was Beulah Cratch, 11th grade student, who turned in $75.04. Other princesses in the contest, by grades, were listed as follows: Flossie Nooney, Judy Boone and Ann Hardison, eighth grade; Naxcissa Harrison, Nyal Wom ble, Betty Lou Davenport, and Joyce Hardison, ninth grade; Phyllis Bagley, Jean Bennett, Gail Gaylord and Joyce Boone, tenth grade; Linda Harrell, and Mary Elea nor Sanderson, lltih grade; Lynette Modlin and Sarah Bowen, twelfth grade. Mrs. Dick Norman was sponsor of the contest. Polio Drive Lags; $2,500 Has Been Raised in County Appeal Issued To Those Who Have Not Contribut ed; Schools, March ot Mo thers Raise Large Sum —*— Thos. F. Hopkins, county March of Dimes director, issued an ap peal this week to persons who have not yet made their contri bution to the 1955 fund for fight ing poiio. Mr. Hopkins said the' drive now stands at $2,500 and that a concerted effort is needed in the remaining days of the cam paign to put it over the top. The county goal is $3,500. On1 y .a t w committee reports arWyct to made. ttow.ever. re ceipts from such special events as the annual March of Dimes Ball (to be held February 12), parking meter receipts donated by the Town of Plymouth, sale of giant-size polio balloons, and polio test-tube container receipts rihould swell the total consider ably, the director said. Mr. Hopkins asks that those who have not made their con tribution just drop a donation in the polio test-tube container of their choice. These little contain ers will be found displayed in stores all over the county. The drive put on by the Plym outh Schools resulted in a total contribution of $868.11, Mr. Hop kins said. He praised the effort along with that of the mothers in the community. The Mothers March netted about $800. The various classes at school raised $455.34 while $412.77 has been reported in the princess contest to select a queen to rule over the annual ball Saturday night of next week. Other reports released this week by the director included Roper Schools (white), $93.51; Mackeys community, under chair manship of Mrs. Herbert Ches son, $97; and Wenona, Mrs. Ra chel Stotesberry, chairman, $46. The Mothers March was head ed by Mrs. Tom Hopkins. Committees yet to report in clude the Plymouth business so licitation group, Creswell (Mrs. Gladys Davenport, chairman), Creswell colored (Prof. P. W. Liltlejohn, chairman), Roper col I ored (Prof. E. V. Wilkins, chair man), Plymouth colored (Prof. ! A. R. Lord, chairman.) -« Firemen Answer Alarm a! Bal-Gra Farm Wednesday ♦ The local fire department sent , a truck to the Bal-Gra farm near Jamesville Wednesday morning, in answer to an alarm, but the fire was out when the firemen ' arrived. Little damage was done, re ports stated. Ground Hog | Sees Shadow j The ground hog' saw his shadow here Wednesday and went back in his hole to remain for six weeks more, br-r-r! Before 1 p. m. Wednesday the sun was obscured by clouds and later in the afternoon it appeared that some of the tra diti<wNri six weeks of had wea ther was on hand. However that may be, jnany local weather aoscwMs** i that the weather wo;.:t and not be much than it has been. Services Today For Mrs. Swain Funeral services will be held Thursday of this week at 2:30 p. m. for Mrs. Sarah Swain, 74, of Roper. The rites will be con ducted from Holly Neck Church of Christ by the pastor, the Rev. Walter Armstrong. Burial will be in Caihoon Cemetery near the home. Mrs. Swain died at her home at Roper Monday at 2:30 a. m. fol lowing a short illness. She was the wife of Josephus L. Swain, who survives, and was the daugh ter of the late Edward and Rox ena Bateman Cohoon, of Tyrrell County. Mrs. Swain was born in Washington County November 25, 1880, and was a lifelong resident. She was a member of Holly Neck Church and was a former Sunday School teacher there. Mr. and Mrs. Swain were mar ried December 25, 1901, at the home of her parents. Besides her husband, she leaves a son, C. D. Swain, of the home: a sister, Mrs. H. S. Furlough, of Creswell; one brother, George Cohoon, of Durham; one grand child and one great-grandchild. PTA Executive Board To Meet Tuesday Next Week An important meeting of the executive board of the Plymouth Parent-Teacher Association will be held at the home of the presi dent, Mrs. Ben Ganderson, Tues day of next week, it is announced The meeting is scheduled fpr 1( a. m. All officers are urged tc attend, the president stated. The annual Father’s Nigh" meeting of the PTA will be helc at the high school Tuesday, Feb ruary 15, at 8 p. m., Mrs. Gander son said. About 175 Town Property Owners Failed To List About 100 Colored and 75 White Residents Delin quent; Over 1,400 Listed; 1,600 in Township An estimated 175 Plymouth property owners failed to list their property for taxation pur poses during the specified listing period which closed the first of this week. Mrs. Wade Adams, town list taker, said Wednesday she had listed more than 1,400 persons during the month of January. Of the remaining ones that failed to list during the period set aside for that purpose. Mrs. Adams said 75 are white and 100 colored. Monday morning saw quite a rush at the office in the Agri culture Building where Mrs. Adams worked along with Plym outh Township List Taker Paul Swain. It was said that some 25 or 30 persons were in the hall waiting to list at closing time Monday afternoon. There was an extra day of grace, though, so perhaps those persons listed next day. Mrs. Adams did not work Tuesday but Mr. Swain was on the job listing for those in the township who came in. Mr. Swain estimated that over 1,600 listed property in the town ship during the month. A complete report from Coun ty Tax Supervisor Hubert L. Davenport, of Skinnersville, is ex pected by next week. A 10 per cent penalty is im posed according to law for late listing. Dies in Effort To Save Infant Woodrow Sparks, 33, brother of Mrs. Louise Jackson, of Plym outh, perished in a futile attempt to save his seven-month-old son in a fire which completely de stroyed the Sparks residence at Kinsman, Ohio, Monday night of last week. ‘ ■ Sparks wat a former resident of Richwood, W. Va., and had moved to the Ohio town from Pennsylvania about a week before the tragedy. The fire originated from defec tive wiring and reportedly had made tremendous progress before the family discovered it. The fa ther and baby son died together in the flames after the father had reentered the house to get the child. His wife, the former Mary Lee Simmons, cf La Frank, W. Va., and three other children, Jimmy, 8, Nancy 4, and Joe, 2, survive. In addition to Mrs. Jackson, there are four other sisters and four brothers. Last Rites Held For Biggs Infant Graveside services were held at Zion’s Chapel Church at 2 p. m. Tuesday for Eva Estelle Biggs, in fant daughter of George E. and Neta Jackson Biggs, of Roper. The baby died at 7 a. m. Tuesday at Washington County Hospital here. Surviving, besides its parents, are four sisters, Judy Fay, Gloria Gail, Georgie Mae and Ellen L. Biggs; its maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jackson; and its paternal grandmother, Mrs. Tillie Biggs, of Roper. The Rev. J. D. Waters, of Plym outh, officiated. -- Benefit Ham Supper To Be Served at Roper Feb. 11 The laymen of St. Luke’s Epis copal Church, Roper, will serve a ham supper at the Roper Com munity House Friday evening, February 11. Price of the meal will be $1 per plate. Proceeds will go for the Builders for Christ campaign of the Episcopal Church in the United States. The public is cordially invited I to attend. I Safety Patrol Organized at School A safety patrol, manned by students and sponsored by the Plymouth Junior Chamber of Commerce, will begin functioning next week, Ed Taylor and Charles Inabinett report. Taylor and In abinett are school faculty spon sors for the patrol. A trial run will be held Friday of this week. Taylor said eight posts will be maintained during hours of the lay when students are going to ind from school. The sites were listed as follows: Two posts in front of the school grounds; and one each at the cor ner of Washington Street and Brinkley Avenue, Jefferson and Fort Williams, Fort Williams and Monroe, Washington and Main, at the Ludford Memorial Church corner, and in front of the Hamp ton School. Bruce Wright 'has been named captain of the patrol and Ralph Gurganus and Eugene Brown will serve with him as lieuten ants. Taylor and Inabinett said it is urged that the motoring public observe the speed limits and the patrol will report to local police all violators. Also, they stated, the patrol will see that the stud ents cross at regular street cross ings and not jaywalk.