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own
opics
A total of 176 first and second
graders at Roper and Creswell
received their second shots of
Salk polio vaccine Friday of last
week and Monday of this week,
the county health department re
ports. There were 63 students at
Creswell White School and 50 at
Roper White innoculated, while
among the colored students there
were 48 at Roper and 15 at Cres
well. Many of the students who
received first shots were not
present for the second in the
series, it was said. Plymouth stu
dents are due to get their second
shots as soon as more vaccine
is available.
Fire Chief I. Miller Warren and
Fireman Bud Lovic are attending
a fireman’s training school in
Charlotte this week. The two men
left here Monday for Charlotte
and are expected to return to
Plymouth the latter part of the
week.
Two Plymouth young men
were among the 286 graduates of
East Carolina College, Greenville,
to receive degrees at the annual
commencement exercises Monday.
They were Leon Gray Sexton,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sex
ton, and David Tayloe Read, jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Tayloe
Read. Sexton received a B. S. de
gree. The A. B. degree for Read,
who completed his college work
at the end of the fall semester
and is now on duty with the
U S. Air Force, was accepted by
his mother.
The Roper High School Class of
1930 will hold a reunion at the
school Friday of this week at
6:30 p. m., it has 'been announced.
There are 24 members of the
class and indications are that with
persons of their immediate fami
lies some 40 or more will attend.
Mrs. W. V. Gaylord* Roper High
School faculty member, is in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. W. Blount Rodman, of
Plymouth, was recently named
Washington County alumnae
committee chairman for the $2,
200,000 Salem Academy and Col
lege Progress Fund, it was an
nounced this week by Mrs. Thom
as Wilson, of Raleigh, national
alumnae chairman. The fund is
being raised for the maintenance
and growth of the Winston-Salem
institution, which was founded in
1772 and has operated continuous
ly for 183 years.
Willie Hedgepeth, young North
Carolina Pulp Company employee
is reported to be “recuperating
nicely” at the Washington Coun
ty Hospital here. Mr. Hedgepeth
suffered a light heart attack at
his home Tuesday morning of this
week at 3:30 o’clock. Doctors Al
ban Papineau and E. W. Furgur
son are attending him.
Members of the Plymouth High
School graduating class of 1930
are making plans to hold a re
union at the schpol Saturday,
■June 18, it was learned this week.
A banquet session will be held at
the school lunchroom. Plans are
being directed by Mrs. W. J. High
smith, of Hamilton, it was said.
Rites on Tuesday
For Henry Snell
Funeral services were held from
Sound Side Baptist Church Tues
day at 3 p. m. fro Henry Snell, 54,
of near Roper. Officiating was
► the Rev. E. R. Meekins, and in
terment was in the church ceme
tery.
Mr. Snell died at 2 p. m. Mon
day at the Washington County
Hospital here. He was a native of
Tyrrell County and had lived in
Washington County for a period
of only about six years, coming
here from Tyrrell. He was a
member of Sound Side Church.
Mr. Snell was born April 12,
1901, the son of the late Frank
and Ellen Rhodes Snell.
He leaves his widow, Emma
Snell; a daughter, Shirley Ann
Snell, of the home; and one sis
ter, Mrs. Emma Harrell, of near
1 Columbia.
The Roanoke Beacon
*★★★★★ and Washington County News ******
A home newspaper dedicated ill
to the service of Washington jji
County and its 13,000 people.
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VOLUME LXVI—NUMBER 21
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 26, 1955
ESTABLISHED 1889
NEW OFFICERS OF PLYMOUTH POST VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
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Officers for the new fiscal year were installed last Friday night following a dinner meeting
of the Bosie Bateman Post, No. 4023, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The new officials, along with the
installing officers, are pictured above as follows, left to right: Chester Askew, post advocate; Ralph
Hunter, chaplain; William M. Booth, junior vice commander; Carl Roberson, commander’s aide;
Clifford Frymier, senior vice commander; Bill McCombs, trustee; Walter Swain, commander; Nor
man White, trustee; Melvin Boyd, retiring commander; Dr. C. McGowan, post surgeon; Phillip
Liverman, quartermaster; and W. J. Weaver, past commander and installing officer, also a trustee.
Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo.
New Health Center
For County Planned
Observed After
Fall From Bike
Sylvester Smith, 10-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Smith, of 119 W. Main Street,
Plymouth, was admitted to
Washington County Hospital
shortly after 2 p. m. Wednes
day and kept overnight for ob
servation.
The boy reportedly fell from
a bicycle and struck his head on
a tree root while playing in the
yard of the C. G. Dail residence
on Monroe Street at about 1:45
p. m., according to Mrs. Dail.
Dr. Claudius McGowan, who ex
amined the boy, stated that
blood pressure and heart action
were normal and that the youth
might have suffered an epilep
tic fit.
No Records Set
At Sale of Lambs
Here on Monday
Number of Animals Offered
Falls Short of Expecta
tions With Receipts Below
Those of Last Year
The total fell a bit under ex
pectations but 989 animals offer
ed at the lamb pool in Plymouth
Monday of this week (brought
growers from several counties a
total of $13,991.01, according to
figures released by the county
agent's office here.
Top prices brought at the sale
was $24.50 per hundredweight for
choice Iambs. Prices ranged as
low as $1 for common rams. Bulk
of the offerings graded choice and
good, there being 281 in the form
er category and 237 in the latter.
Next came those animals grading
medium, 202; culls, 146; and com
mon, 123.
Prices were somewhat lower
than they were at last year’s two
sales here, top lambs at that time
bringing $26.75. It was believed
that with only one sale to be held
here this year as compared with
See LAMB SALE, Pag7~8
Auxiliary To Sponsor
Poppy Day Saturday
Plans have been completed for
the sale of memorial poppies here
Saturday of this week, spokesmen
for the sponsoring American
Legion Auxiliary of the James E.
Jethro post have announced.
The town will be divided into
territories and the little red flow
ers which are made by veterans
working in hospitals and conva
lescent workrooms throughout
the country will be offered to the
public by members of the local
Cub Scout pack. The sale will be
conducted throughout the day, it
was said.
Poppy 6ay is a nationwide me
morial to America’s war dead,
rendered -by wearing a veteran
made replica of the Flanders
Field poppy of World War I fame.
Contributions on Poppy Day
are the principal financial sup
port for the Auxiliary's rehabili
tation and child welfare activi
ties.
The poppies to be offered for
sale here Saturday were made by
veterans at Fayetteville, Oteen
and Swannanoa.
No set price is charged for the
poppies, and all contributions will
be cheerfully received, it was
stated.
A strong response by the pub
lic is urged because the number
of veterans and children of vet
erans is steadily increasing, it has
been pointed out.
Chairman Frank L. Brink
ley Empowered To Aci for
County in Matters of a
Preliminary Nature
Frank L. Brinkley, of Plym
outh, chairman of the Washington
County Board of Commissioners,
has been empowered to sign for
the county all documents and
agreements with the North Caro
lina Medical Care Commission to
select the architect and transact
such other business as may re
quire attention regarding the con
struction of a health center in the
county.
Action was taken by the com
missioners at a special meeting
Wednesday night of last week
when Brinkley was unanimously
designated to act in such matters
in the county’s behalf.
At its regular meeting March
7 of this year the county board
of commissioners was urged by
Dr. C. C. Applewhite, of Raleigh,
director of the Division of Local
Health, to file an application for
federal and state aid to erect a
county health center here.
To secure federal aid the serv
ices of an architect to draw plans
for the building are required and
so the first step was taken by the
commissioners Wednesday night.
Actually, no application for
federal and state aid has been
filed as yet and it is not even
definitely known that the county
will get a health center. However,
100-foot frontage ait the old coun
ty home property will be reserv
ed for a site when that property
is offered for sale at public auc
tion Wednesday of next week.
If the application, when made,
is acted upon favorably and the
county goes ahead with plans for
the center, a building with 2,000
square feet of floor space will 1
be erected, it was said. Dr. Apple
white was of the opinion that a ^
building of this size would be 1
adequate to serve the needs of 1
Washington County and the state ‘
Medical Care commission would ■
approve such a center, it was 1
'pointed out. I
Minimum cost of such a struct
ure would be $29,000, with a max
imum cost of $33,350. At the mini
mum figure the federal share
would be $14,500, the state share
$7,656 and the county share $6,844.
The commissioners have been told
that the maximum county share
should not exceed $7,870. This
would also cover expense of fix
tures.
It has been emphasized to the
board that the present health de
partment located in the old coun
ty home (building is inadequate
in every respect. According to
Dr. Applewhite, sooner or later all
the counties that have not already
done so will erect health centers.
It appears that funds for the
purpose will be used1 up by the
end of the current fiscal year
and the commissioners have been
urged to file application before
June 30.
Legion Post Meeting
Set for Friday Here
The regular meeting of the
James E. Jethro Post of the Amer
ican Legion will be held at the
veterans building here Friday
night of this week, it is an
nounced.
Important matters will be dis
cussed, it was stated, and all
members are urged to attend. c
Closing Programs
At Roper School
Start on Friday
Class Night Exercises Fri
day, Followed by Annual
Sermon Sunday and Grad
uation Exercise Monday
The commencement program at
Roper High School gets under
way Friday night of this week
with 'the annual Senior Clast;
Night exercises. It will include a
Fairy Wand processional by the
juniors and seniors, Scene I—the
Campus, Scene II—the Ball, and
the Wedding. Tableau.
Scene I lists Ella, Ramona
Barnes; Alma Mater, Shirk;.
Everett; Salutatorian, Barba**
Spruill; Opportunists, Juanita
Hassell, Ida Overton, Avner Saw
yer, jr., Ken Spruill, Annette
Nicholson and William Comer, jr.
Scene II: The Prince of Tomor
row, Thomas Mitchell Barrington,
III; Seniorella, Ramona Barnes;
president’s address, “The Land of
Tomorrow,” Rosa Trueblood; Cin
ders—historian, Mary Lu Daven-1
port; Ashes—photographer, Wil-1
ham Lyttleton Comer, jr,; Fairy
Godmother, talent scout; The
dance, seniors; the Wand—giftor
ian, Sabra Phelps; Class poem,
“Magic Sandals,” Mary Jeanne
Phelps; Class mascots, Linda Tess
and Tex Barnes; A Fairy Tale
Class Prophet, Syble Lorraine
Gurganus; Class song, seniors; re
sponse, juniors; The Clock Strikes
Twelve — testator, Neta iMae
Spruill; The Mantle, valedictor- ;
ian, Margaret Ann Mizelle; ,
The Wedding Tableau: Heralds,
Avner Nickson Sawyer, jr., j
and Kenneth Leland Spruill; ]
Class sponsor, Mrs. L. E. Hassell, ]
jr.; Accompanist, Mrs. Ray T. ,
Hopkins.
The program for the com
mencement sermon Sunday at 11
a. m. follows:
Processional. Open song, “Holy,
Holy, Holy,” congregation; Invo
cation, the Rev. W. S. Davenport,
minister Jamesville charge; songs,
“Invocation” and “We Thank
Thee” by Junior Glee Club; ser
mon, the Rev. William F. Am
brose, minister of Pleasant Hill
Christian Church, Gaaburg, Va.;
chorus, “Hear Us, Father, As We
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Landing Strip Is
Planned at Roper
An airplane landing strip is in
process of construction at Roper,
it was learned this week from
Miss Pat Tucker, an official of the
Dwight Corporation there. The
strip, which will utilize a portion
of the old Norfolk Southern Rail
road right of way just back of the
Roper building, has already been
cleared and is ready for grading
as soon as the weather is favor
able, she said.
After the strip is graded and
leveled a grass surface is plan
ned. Di ight Corporation officials
had hoped to have the field ready
for temporary use this week, but
heavy rains over the week-end
blocked further work. Curtis
Turner, of Roanoke, Va., vice
president in charge of sales for
the Roper Milling Company, was
expected to fly his private plane
in the first landing until the rains
set in. Turner owns a four-place
Piper Tri-Pacer which he plans
to use in surveying and cruising
company property in this section.
] Over Three Inch
Rainfall Slarfing
Sunday Big Boost
Besi "Season" of Year in
Three - Day Precipitation
Totaling 3.01 Inches Help
Relieve Crop Conditions
Crop prospects were really
looking up” in the county and
section this week as a total preci
pitation of 3.01 inches brought
smiles to the faces of farmers
and gardeners alike.
Even smoldering underground
fires from the recent large forest
fires in the section were finally
drenched and put out by Sunday's
downpour which according to fig
ures at the weather station at
Tide Water Test Farm between
Plymouth and Roper totaled 1.87
inches.
Figures at the station showed
precipitation on Monday amount
ed to .33 of an inch and on Tues
day .81 of an inch. It was the best
“season” of the calendar year.
Temperatures, which reached a
high reading of 89 degrees on Sat
urday, fell somewhat following
the Sunday downpour but -by
Tuesday the thermometer bad
again climbed to 89 degrees. Low
reading Saturday was recorded
at the station as 55 degrees, low
reading Sunday was 60 and high
reading 83; Monday’s high and
low readings were 84 and 66 de
grees, and Tuesday’s low was 67
degrees.
There was no argument among
farmers but what the rain’ was
worth millions and as a result it
is believed that the last of the
tobacco transplanting was pro
ceeding Monday. With favorable
weather for the next few days it
is believed that practically all of
the crops will be planted in this
section.
The serious crop conditions,
which had been aggravated by a
combination of dry weather, cut
ting winds and abnormally low
temperatures, were greatly re
lieved by the sizeable rains. With
the coming of warm nights, it is
believed that the crops will now
be able to show r^al progre.-s.
Strict Standards
To Be Maintained
In Acreage Check
Series of Training Meeiings
Being Held; All Reporters
Musi Pass Test in Office
And Field To Qualify
Strict standards will be main
tained in the crop acreage report
ing work in the county, ASC Of
fice Manager Miriam Ausbon de
clared this week.
Actual performance work, or
acreage checking, will begin May
30 and must be completed by the
end of June.
A series of three training meet
ings for reporters, clerks, com
puters and spot checkers has been
held here and a fourth meeting
will be scheduled before perform
ance work begins, Miss Ausbon
said.
Reporters will be required to
pass an examination in the of
fice on procedure and in the field
in measuring acreage in order to
qualify for the work.
Operators are urged to be on
the farm when reporters visit it
in order that they may assist the
reporter in making an accurate
check of acreages planted to the
crops under allotment quota con
trol.
Aerial photographs will be used
to determine acreage and with
well-trained reporters and the
latest instruments for determin
ing areas on the photographs, a
high degree of accuracy shpuld
be maintained, it was said.
Farmers dissatsified with the
report of acreage may request re
measurement, however. The esti
mated cost of such remeasure
ment must be deposited with the
county ASC office before a 7-day
deadline from the time of receiv
ing first notice of acreage expires.
“We feel that our reporters this
year are going to give us the best
performance job possible. We also
feel that our farmers will make
the performance job the best by
cooperating with the reporter.”
Miss Aus/bon declared.
Church Ladies Sponsor
Sale of Blankets Here
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The ladies of the First Christ
ian Church of Plymouth are spon
soring a blanket sale with pro
ceeds to go to the church build
ing fund, it was announced this
week.
The ladies are offering good
quality blankets for $10, it was
said. Wholesale cost is $8, giving
them a profit of $2 per blanket.
Elect Teachers, Set Dates
For Another School Year
j MARSHALLS FOR PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL FINALS
Selected from the junior class on the basis of scholastic
achievement during- the year, commencement marshalls for Plym
outh High School are pictured above. They are, left to right,
Beulah Cratch, chief; Jessie Harrison, Marguerite Latham, Emily
Waters, Jolene Ilollowell and Mable Hardison.—Polaroid 1-Minute
staff photo.
School Here To Start
Finals Friday Night
Class Nighi Exercises First;
Followed by Sermon Sun
day and Graduation Pro
gram Tuesday Night
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Commencement programs were
announced complete this week by
Principal J. S. Fleming for Plym
outh High School. The exercises
get underway Friday night of this
week with the annual Senior
Class Night exercises, followed by
the commencement sermon Sun
day and graduation exercises
Tuesday night. All programs will
be presented in thQ school audi
toflrns and;<vS!,-'.,r. at 8 o'clock.
Pro6. ams lur the various events
in the finals series are announced
as follows:
Class Night exercises, “Senio
rella”: Seniorella, Sue Riddle;
The Prince of Tomorrow, Jimmy
Jackson; Class president, Mary
Louise Johnson; Historian, Betsy
Brinkley; Statistician, Daryl Tet
terton; Poet, Raymond Styons;
Prophet, Bobby Beasley; Giftor
ian, Pat Williams; Pianist, Beu
lah Cratch. All other seniors will
also take part.
Commencement sermon: Pro
cessional, “Pomp and Circum
stance"; Doxology, congregation;
Invocation, the Rev. E. H. Car
ter; Hymn, “The Church’s One
Foundation,” congregation; Scrip
ture reading, the Rev. C. N. Bar
nette; Anthems, Glee Club; Pray
er, the Rev. P. B. Nickens; Intro
duction of minister, the Rev. J.
H. Lanning; Sermon, the Rev.
Robert W. Bradshaw, minister,
First Methodist Church, Wilson;
Hymn, “Holy, Holy, Holy,” con
gregation; Benediction, the Rev.
E. M. Spruill; Recessional, “Pomp
and Circumstance;” Music direc
[ tor, Edward Taylor; Pianist, Alva
Rose Hardison.
Graduation exercises: Proces
sional, “War March of the Priest”;
Invocation, J. W. Norman; Choral
selections, Glee Club; Salutatory,
“Grist for the Mill,” Harriet
Keyes; Introduction of speaker,
the Rev. P. B. Nickens; Address,
Dr. J. Glenn Blackburn, pastor,
Wake Forest Baptist Church, and
chaplain, Wake Forest College;
presentation of diplomas, A. L.
Owens, chairman of school com
mittee; Awards; Valedictory,
“The Knighthood of Youth,” Ma- 1
vis Boyd; Benediction, the Rev.
P. B. Nickens; Recessional, “War '
March of the Priest.”
There are 36 members of the 1
graduating class, 20 girls and 16 ]
boys, who will receive diplomas ,
Tuesday night. 1
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Roper Rurilans Sponsor
Rarbecue-Rrunswick Stew
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The Roper Ruritan Club is
sponsoring a barbecue-brunswick
stew supper to be held Friday of
this week at 6 p. m. at the Roper
High School lunchroom, it is an
nounced.
Plates will be $1.25 for adults
and 75 cents for children, it was
said, and proceeds will be used
for benefit of the community
building and other civic projects.
The meal will be prepared and
served by members of the Ruri
tan Club. The arrangements com
mittee is composed of Aubrey
Dixbn, Mitchiner Banka and
Worth Chesson.
The public is cordially invited.
| Few To Observe j
| Holiday Monday |
All federal offices will be
closed Monday of next week, it
being National Memorial Day,
and a legal holiday. Most other
business establishments will be
open as usual, however, so far
as could be learned late yester
day.
The post offices in the
county will be closed and there
will be no'city and rural deliv
eries. M|U. WljD, be dispatched
and ui .wrwdo have lock boxes
will be served, but none of the
windows will be open. County
offices will remain open, hav
ing observed Confederate Deco
ration Day May 10th instead.
Dr. B. W. Culler
Elected President
At Lions Meeting
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New Officers Will Be Install
ed June 16th; Meetings
Twice Monthly Is Voted
During Summer
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New ofifcers were elected by
the Plymouth Lions Club at its
regular dinner meeting last
Thursday night. The complete
slate of officers had been nomi
nated by a special committee
which reported to the club on
May 5, and the elections last week
were by unanimous vote
Dr. B. W. Cutler was elected
president; R. E. Bowen, first vice
president; J. W. House, second
vice president; Dr. A. L. White
hurst, third vice president; George
H. Barden, secretary and treasur
er; J. W. Marrow, Lion tamer;
and Frank L. Brinkley, tail twis
ter. Dr. E. W. Furgurson and M.
G. Chesson were elected mem
bers of the board of directors for
four year terms and J F. Keyes,
retiring president, and H. M. Ange
for two years.
The new officers will be install
ed on Thursday, June 16, with
District Governor Ed U. Hallford,
of Rocky Mount, installing officer!
The club voted recently to hold
meetings twice monthly during
the months of June, July, August
and September, instead of week
ly. Meetings will be held on the
first and third Thursdays
Special Session Held Here
Monday; School Dales Sel
For Coming Year, Ap
proves Teacher Contracls
At a special session here Mon
day the Washington County Board
of Education approved contracts
of teachers in the county school
system for the 1955-56 term and
adopted a calendar of events call
ing for school to open on Septem
ber 1 and close May 28, 1956.
Superintendent R. F. Lowry
was authorized to execute on be
half of the board the contracts for
teachers.
All board members were pres
ent as follows: L. E. Hassell,
chairman, and J. Whitford Swain,
both of Roper; P. B. Belanga,
Creswell; and Mrs. K. S. Trow
bridge and J. W. Norman, both of
Plymouth.
The calendar of events for the
next school year lists closings for
all county schools on Labor Day
—'September 5; Thanksgiving, No
vember 24-25; Christmas, Decem
ber 21-January 1; and Easter
Monday, April 2, 1956.
White schools will close Octo
ber 21 for district teachers meet
ing, with colored schools closed
for the same reason November 11.
Teachers whose contracts were
approved follow:
Plymouth High School — J. S.
Fleming, Mrs. Gale W. Lucas,
Mrs. Lucia M. Long, Mrs. Ethel
T. Gurkin, Mrs. Ruth K. Norman,
Julian R. Rawls, jr., Joseph W.
Foster, Charles E. Inabinett, Mrs.
Irma K. Hough, Miss Carolyn D.
Brinkley;
Plymouth Elementary — An
drew J. Holliday, jr., Charles A.
Hough, Mrs. Annie Lou Gurkin,
Mrs. Audrey T. Dunbar, Mrs.
Bruce M. Davenport, Mrs. Mary
Spruill Dinkins, Mrs. Helen White
Peele, Miss Nellie Tarkenton,
Mrs. Janie C. Dunning, Mis. Eva
N. Winesett, Miss Isabel Daven
port, Mrs. George H. Harrison,
Mrs. Essie J. Lassiter, Mrs. Selma
B. Crofton, Mrs. Mary Goodson
Lowry, Mrs. Kathryne H. Owens,
Edward W. Taylor, Mias Lena E.
Kite, Miss Ethel C. Perry, Mrs.
Etta B. Hardison, Mrs. Selma B.
Chesson;
Roper High — Thomas Allen
Hood, Mrs. Cordula Lanier Has
sell, Theodore Reynold Spruill,
Mrs. Frances Bickel Jones, Mrs.
Beulah White Gaylord, Mitchiner
Banks;
Roper Elementary — Theodor
Charles Martus, Neil Taylor
Stout, Mrs. Inez Stevens Burn
ham, Miss Neva Mae Liverman;
Creswell High — Robert B.
Cobb, Miss Matilda Alexander,
Donald E. Phelps, William Enoch
Bateman, George Robert Wilson;
Creswell Elementary — Mrs.
Alice W. Starr, Mrs. Flossie Met
calf Norman, Mrs. Viola Pinner
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Complete County
Cancer Campaip
The annual Cancer fund drive
in Washington County has been
successfully completed under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Ed Craft, it
was announced this week.
Although there are several vol
unteer workers who have not
turned in their final reports, the
fund total stood1 Tuesday of this
week at $1,371.69, according to
H. E. Newland, publicity chair
man’. This is regarded as an out
standing effort and Mrs. Craft
wishes to thank all workers and
every individual who cooperated
to make the annual campaign a
success.
The fund helps to support the
activities of the American Cancer
Society in research and education
on a dread disease and killer.
It is requested that all workers
who have not submitted their
final reports do so not later than
Monday of next week.
Finals for Creswell
School Start Friday
Commencement exercises at
Creswell High School open Friday
night with presentation by the
seniors of “The Senior Merry-Go
Round,” at 8 o’clock in the school
auditorium. This is the annual
Senior Class Night program and
will be participated in by the en
tire class.
The second- in the series of
finals events will take place Sun
day at 8 p. m. when the annual
commencement sermon is preach
ed by the Rev. Kelly Ingram, pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
of Elizabeth City.
The graduation program has
been announced by Principal R.
B. Cobb for Tuesday night at 8
o'clock. The annual address will
be delivered by Dr. J. K. Long,
head of the department of educa
tion at Eaist Carolina College,
Greenville. Diplomas will be pre
sented to the 25 graduates by
Roy F. Lowry, of Plymouth, sup
erintended of Washington Coun
ty Schools.
The salutatory address will be
given by Loretta Snell, while the
valedictory will be given by
Geraldine Davenport.