T. own opics Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Lowry and family plan to leave Thursday of this week for Daytona Beach, Fla., where Mr. Lowry will at tend the 1955 Southern States Work Conference June 6-11. Con ference headquarters will be the Daytona Plaza Hotel. The Low rys expect to return to Plymouth June 13. On a week-end fishing trip to Oregon Inlet P. W. Brown, War nie Gurkin and W. A. Roebuck, of Plymouth, and James Wilson, of Scotland Neck, caught 89 blues. ^ Roebuck reportedly had the best luck of any member of the party. The group fished from Gurkin’s yacht and reported that from 1 p. m. on Sunday the water was really rough. The party left Plymouth Saturday and returned Sunday night. Jimmy Kitchengs and his dad, James E. Kitchengs, sr., of Char leston, S. C., report a nice catch of sea mullets on a fishing trip to Hatteras Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. The elder Mr. Kit chengs spent the week with his son, returning to his home Mon day of this week. Friends of Clarence O. Kelly, jr., will be pleased to learn that he was recently promoted from second to first lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force. Lieutenant and Mrs. Kelly, the former Miss Joanne Trowbridge, are now liv ing in the Netherlands, where he is stationed with a fighter-inter ceptor group. He graduated from the University of North Carolina and received his Air Force com mission in June, 1953. Called into active 'service the following No vember, he was stationed at San Antonio, Texas, and Cheyenne, Wyo., before going overseas last spring. Miss Evelyn Chesson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Chesson, of Roper, left last Friday to ac cept a secretarial position at Duke Hospital in Durham. Valedictor ian of the 1954 graduating class at Roper High School, Miss Ches son recently completed a business course at Pfeiffer Junior College, Misenheimer, where she made the dean’s list for three out of the four quarters. She had a four year high-school average of 95.58 in all subjects and has a host of friends who are proud of her scholastic record and wish her every success in the future. Jack W. Strader, of Greens boro ,who has been in Plymouth since taking over the Western Auto Store business from Otto Wells recently, moved his family here from Greensboro Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Strader and baby daughter are making their home in the Willoughby apartment on Washington Street. -v Funeral Saturday i For John B. Allen Funeral services were held Sat urday at 3 p. m. from the Trinity 1 Free Will Baptist Church for John Burley Allen, 79, of Wenona. Mr. Allen died Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at his home in the Wenona section. He was the son ( of the late George Thomas and j Armetta Allen and spent his en- ] tire lifetime in the Wenona-Pun- < go section. He was a member of ] Trinity Free Will Baptist Church. | Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Iola Allen; a daughter, Mrs. Bes- j sie Mann, of Wenona; three i W grandchildren; and one great , grandchild, . Rev. Ralph Osborne officiated at me experience following the aturday alert. Although not completely finish i the observation post back of le Fire House at Roper is in use, lr. Rawls said. More observers ill be needed for continuous uty later, he said. Diplomas Presented To 36 Graduates in Final Exer cises Tuesday Night at High School A large audience at Plymouth High School Tuesday night watched presentation of diplomas to 36 graduates by A. Lloyd Owens, chairman of the school committee, after having heard an inspiring commencement address by Dr. J. Glenn Blackburn, pas tor of Wake Forest Baptist Church and chaplain of Wake Forest College. Dr. Blackburn was presented by the Rev. P. B. Nickens, pastor of Ludford Me morial Baptist Church here. The salutatory address was given by Harriet Keyes and Mavis Boyd was the valedictory speaker, The high school glee club, under direction of Edward Taylor, ren dered several selections. The commencement sermon was given at the school Sunday night at 8 o’clock by the Rev. Robert W. Bradshaw, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Wilson. His sermon posed the question, “Does God Know Your Name?” The speaker was introduced by the Rev. Jesse H. Lanning, minister of Plymouth Methodist Church. The sermon was well received by a large and appreciative audience. Other ministers who took part were the Rev. E. H. Carter, invo cation; the Rev. C. N. Barnette, scripture reading; and the Rev. E. M. Spruill, benediction. Edward Taylor was music di rector and pianist was Alva Rose Hardison. A large audience was on hand last Friday night for the annual Class Night exercises, “Seniorel la.” All seniors took part and Beulah Cratch served as pianist. -® Vacation Schools Slated Here Soon -« Daily Vacation Bible School will begin Monday, June 13, at Ludford Memorial Baptist Church it was announced this week by the pastor, the Rev. P. B. Nickens, who will serve as superintendent of the school. The school will be open to chil dren between the ages of 3 and 13 years, it was said. Classes will be held daily during the week, from 9 to 11:30 a. m. Further de tails will be published next week. It is understood that Plymouth Hethodist Church will hold1 its Vacation Church School the same week, but details could not be learned late yesterday. The First Christian Church will hold its vacation school for chil dren between the ages of 4 and 14 years Monday through Friday, June 20-24, with the final pro gram Sunday night following. The school will be directed by Mrs. W. J. Weaver. Details will be published later. V F W Meeting Slated at Veterans Building Tonight A regular meeting of Bosie Bateman Post No. 4023, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be held Thursday night of this week at the veterans building, Post Commander Walter Swain urges that all members attend the meeting which is scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock. Plans for Library ] Building Will Be Shown Next Week E. M. Leavitt, Member of Library Board Committee, To Present Plans for New Structure To Board Another step toward securing a new building to house the Wash ington County Public Library will be taken Monday of next w'eek when plans for the struct ure will be persented to the coun ty commissioners for approval at their regular monthly session here by E. M. Leavitt, a mem ber of the library board commit tee. Mr. Leavitt presented the plans to fellow members of the county library board at a special meet ing for that purpose held here Tuesday of last week. The plans call for a building of cement block and brick veneer to be erected on a lot at the corner of Third and Adams Streets. The lot was donated for the purpose sometime ago by Attorney and Mrs. Z. V. Norman. Early in April the county com missioners voted to allocate $10, 000 to provide a building to house the library on the lot. The libra ry is presently housed on the second floor of the county court house here and is quite crowded. It has also been pointed out that - a library on the ground floor would be much more convenient 1 for the public. I Mrs. J. Robert Campbell, chair man of the county library board. stated that the board hopes to be gin construction of the building at an early date. The board will oversee the work. The history of the library dates back to the days immediately fol lowing the close of World Warf I. It was first located in a room in the basement of the courthouse, later being moved upstairs to its present location adjoining the courtroom jMrs. Campbell says “We desperately need a library See LIBRARY, Page 12 ! Delinquents Up I For Induction An induction call for all de linquents of Selective Service Board No. 95 here has been is sued for Thursday of this week, Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, board clerk, reports. If all delinquents show up, five men will be sent by bus to the Raleigh induction center. The names of those who fail to show up will be turned over to the Federal Bureau of In vestigation, it was said. The delinquents were listed as Eu gene Baker, Linwood Earl Dail, Gurtha Bower, Roger Clifton and Wayne Nobles. n A tl o St o p r< si P b rr Si b t> tc tc rr a< tc a< ac | SCUPPERNONG FARMERS 0 John W. Spruill and his son, Al of the Scuppernong section near C that gave birth to 17 pigs on Fridi more than could be cared for by 1 elder Mr. Spruill thereupon built h a wooden box, a 75-watt light bulb drink bottles. He installed the lip:! warmth, arranged a rack for the li five pigs. He is pictured above bo pigs, while a portion of his “pig nun The Spruills own a total of eight so was made a week or so ago six of pigs, with the other two precincts : photo. CRESWELL HIGH SCHOOL MEMBERS OF NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY I Above are pictured the faculty sponsor and members of the “Miss Jo” Holmes chapter of the National Honor Society, organized at Creswell High School during the school year which end ed this week. They are as follows, front row (left to right): Faye Ambrose, president; Barbara Datenport, vice president; Pinner Smithson, secretary; Loretta Snell, treasurer; second row: Marina Ciummy, Margaret Ann Snell, Pat Swain, GeraUine Davenport, Gloria Patrick; third row: Ted Davenport, Glenda Godwin, Donald E. Phelps, faculty sponsor, Polly Howerton and Charles Daven port. Composed of students who maintain a scholarship average of 90 or more, the National Honor Society is a national organization to encourage a id recognize qualities of leadership, outstanding xchievemcnt and conscientious endeavor in American youth, with the objective of raising secondary ichuols to a higher plane.—Staff photo. Expect To Open Produce Market Around June 15 I. T. Freeman To Manage Enierprise in Its Second Season; Bulk of Offerings F'om Six Counties Seen W T. Freeman, one of the own ers of the Plymouth Produce uct on Market, stated recently iat! :t is tentatively planned to >e^^ie market for its :as§n around1 June 15. * * Mr. Freeman '■will have Wiarfe ' the market this year. Other irtners in the enterprise are W. . Darden, local attorney and altor, and James H. Ward, in irance man and farmer, also of lymouth. Three crops will constitute the ilk of produce handled on the arket this year, Mr. Freeman id. These were listed as cucum ;rs, peppers and tomatoes. Medium acreages in this coun are devoted to cucumbers and matoes and a sizeable acreage peppers, it was said. Mr. Free an estimated that about 100 res in the county are planted cucumbers, from 75 to 100 ■res in tomatoes and about 500 res of peppers. See MARKET, Page 12 PERATE 'PIG NURSERY' < W. Spruill, leading farmers reswell, have a “soo-ey sow” y, May 13th, which was five er standard equipment. The imself a “pig nursery” out of < and five nipple-capped soft- ! t bulb in the box to provide j ottles, and saved four of the ; ttle-feeding one of the little tery” can be seen at the right. . ivs; and at the time the photo them had farrowed 64 living 1 still to be heard from.—Staff 1 t Monday Tough Day For Pedestrians Here Four Accidents Reported in And Near Plymouth; One Injured Critically, An other Seriously Monday of this week was a ter rible day for pedestrians in Plym outh and environs. No less than four accidents were reported Monday and Mon da? night in and near here in twfrfiWMNf.s wh were in jured to some extent—one criti cally. Suffering the most severe in juries was Essie Ford Horton, 29-year-old colored woman of Plymouth Rt. 1 who was hit at 2:45 p. m. Monday on the White Oak Neck Road five miles south of Plymouth, by a 1956 Ford ope rated by Mrs. Gene Turner Beas ley, of Plymouth. According to the report of State Highway Patrolman Carl Gil christ, of Plymouth, who inves tigated the accident, the woman was struck, knocked down and dragged approximately 20 feet. One of her arms was wrapped around an axle of the machine, it was said, and it took four men to get her out from under the car. The Horton woman was said to have been on her way to the mailbox at the time she was struck. She was rushed to the Washington County Hospital, treated, and Wednesday morning was transferred by ambulance to 3 Raleigh hospital. Dr. E. W. Fur jurson said the woman suffered i fracture of the upper left arm, fractures of both bones of the left forearm, fractures of seven 'ibs in the left chest, contusions ind lacerations of the head1 and eft knee where about 30 stitches were taken. She also suffered hock and was administered glu :ose and blood. About 15 minutes later the sec >nd in the series of accidents lappened on Brinkley Avenue vhere Dick Engelhardt, young 'randson of the Rev. and Mrs. If. N. Barnette, was playing with lis toy boats when a 1949 Chrys er operated by Mrs. I. Miller V a iron backed out and struck a ricycle near the youth, knocking t on the boy. Dr. T. L. Bray reated the boy for a badly iruised back. Then at about 4:30 o’clock the ame afternoon a 1955 Chevrolet [riven by Billy Hamilton, of Plymouth, struck Jim Matchen, tbout six, son of Mr. and Mrs. lames Matchen, of Plymouth, as he boy darted from behind an ipproaching ear on Wilson Street lear Golf Road. Dr. Bray said the >oy received a badly broken left high bone and minor chest >ruises. He was sent to a Rocky (fount hospital. To make the day’s events even nore incredible, Harold Johnson vas hit and bruised! by a 1955 Plymouth driven by Douglas Browning Monday night at the :orner of Water and Jefferson streets. A fogged up windshield s said to have obscured Brown ng’s vision. Investigations of the accidents n Plymouth were made by Offi er Paul Basnight. No charges lave been preferred as yet, it is nderstood. TO BE HERE SUNDAY j The Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright, I). D., Bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina, will make his official Episcopal visit to Grace Church, Plymouth and St. Luke’s Church, Roper, Sun day, June 5th. He will be at the Plymouth church for the 11 o'clock service Sunday morning and at the Roper church at 8 o'clock in the evening. At both services he will administer the Apostolic Rite of Confirmation and will preach. The public is cordially invited to attend each service. Explains Observer Corps Program lo Juniors, Seniors -» Dr. A. L. Whitehurst, supervisor of the Plymouth Ground Observ er Corps post, spoke to the juniors and seniors of Plymouth High School in the school auditorium Friday of last week. Dr. Whitehurst thoroughly ex plained the ground observer corps program, cited its vital im portance in civil defense, and showed the urgent need for more volunteer observers at the local , post. At the close of the program 22 juniors and seniors volunteered - for service with the post, bring- ' ing post strength to 77, 10 of which are ladies. Bloodmobi June 22 on The regular quarterly visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile to Plymouth is scheduled for Wed nesday, June 22, it was announced this week by local blood bank leaders. It will be the second visit of the year to Plymouth by the unit. On the first visit March 9, 113 pints of blood were secured, bringing the total donated in Washington County since inauguration of the blood bank program here in De cember of 1950 to 2,150 pints. The visit June 22 will be the 18th to the county. Dr. E. W. Furgurson, a local blood bank leader, stated yester day that he had been notified Large Crowds al Finals ai Roper, Creswell Schools ♦ Diplomas, Special Awards Presented at Final Exer cises at County Schools Monday, Tuesday Programs of interest and good attendance marked school clos ings at county schools, with Roper High School finals being conclud ed Monday night of this week, and Plymouth and Creswell Tues day of this week. The commencement sermon was preached at Roper High School Sunday morning at 11 o’clock by the Rev. William F. Ambrose, ol Pleasant Hill Christian Church, Gasburg, Va. The three concepts of vision, passion and action were stressed. The commencement address was delivered at the school Mon day night by the Rev. Robert Bradshaw, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Wilson. Diplo mas were presented to the grad uatees by L. E. Hassell, sr., Chair man of the county board of edu cation. The salutatory address was made by Barbara Spruill and the valedictory by Margaret Ann Mizelle. Mascots were Linda Tess and Tex Barnes. Awards went to Peggy Mizelle, music and home economics; Marry Jean Phelps, commercial and scholarship; Frances Marriner, citizenship; Avner Sa/wyer, dra matics; Dian Spruill, activities; Juanita Hassell and Buck Daven port, typing; Jackie Skiles, book keeping; Elfreth Alexander, soc ial science; Annette Nicholson, school spirit; Jenny Lamm, spell ing. Sunday at 8 p. m. the Rev. Kelly Ingraham, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Eliza beth City, give the commence ment sermon at Creswell High School. The commencement address was delivered at the school Tues day night by Dr. J. K. Long, head of the department of education at Bast Carolina College, Greenville. Diplomas were presented to the graduates toy Roy F, L* wry, sup erintendent oft county schools. The salutatory address was given by Loreta Ann Snell, and the valedictory by Geraldine Davenport. The Ruritan Club High School Citizenship awards went to Paul Bolanga and Gloria Patrick. Seniors receiving diplomas numbered/ 25 at Creswell and 17 at Roper. -® Rainfall Sunday Is Quarter-Inch Here Crops and gardens in the coun ty were helped additionally dur ing the past week-end by a total precipitation of .24 of an inch, according to figures released at the weather station, Tide Water Test Farm, near here. Rain which fell Sunday night contributed the bulk of total pre cipitation for the period, but the rain was not so heavy as that ivhich fell in some nearby areas, rhe reading for the 24-hour per ior ending at 6 p. m. Sunday showed .07 of an inch, while the ■eadings ending at the same hour Monday and Tuesday showed .15 ind .02, respectively. The low temperature reading ruesday was recorded at 50 de frees, though there were reports hat temperatures in some parts >f the state fell as low as the ipper 30’s during the night. The lowest reading during May zame on the 16th with a reading >f 45 degrees, contrasted with the ligh of 78 degrees for that day. digh readings ranged in the 80’s m many days during the period, rhe first week of May was hot ind after the middle of the nonth temperatures again soared. :le Returns that the quota to be sought June 12 would be 100 pints. However, Dr. Furgurson said, it is expect ed that the quota will be in creased since more than 80 pints >f blood have been used at the Washington County Hospital in :he past month. There have been several emergencies, it was said, md Dr. Furgurson declared, “At east six lives have been saved n the past three months through jse of blood made available here ay the blood bank program.” Local leaders of the program ire hoping for a strong response vhen the bloodmobile calls June 12. Details of the visit will be mnounced later.