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T'own opics i!i!!i!siii!3 Chester R. Askew and Heber Respass, jr., are planning to leave Saturday afternoon for Moultrie, Ga., to take three loads of tobacco for sale on the Georgia-Florida markets, which opened today. So far as could be learned here, this will be the first tobacco from here to be sold this season. Askew said yesterday that his tobacco crop is as good as he has ever had. He is curing on his fourth barn this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Allen and two sons, J. W., Ill, and Jan Mich ael, returned last Friday after spending two weeks with relatives in the Poconos Mountains in Penn sylvania. They came back just in time to run into the hottest spell of weather Plymouth has had this season, and J. W. said Monday that he had to admit it was cooler up there than it was here. A marriage performed Monday evening of this week by Justice of the Peace J. T. McNair brought his overall total to 180 over a span of 45 years. On Monday evening Mr. McNair officiated as Edwin Earl Hendley and Mary Lou Hicks, both of Panama City, Fla., were united in marriage at his home on West Third Street. Airman 2/c Joel M. Smith has notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I F. M. Smith, that he is on his way to a new Air Force post at Guam, sailing from the west coast on July 15. Young Smith entered the Air Force in July of last year, receiv ing his basic training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas, and then being assigned to a medical admin ' istration school at Montgomery, Ala. Since last December, he has been stationed at piggs AFB, El Paso, Texas. Mrs. Sybil Bowen and children, Lowell and Kay, spent last week end at Nags Head with County Auditor and Mrs. Jack Spruill at their cottage there. Jack said Mon day that fishing was not much good at the beach last week-end, and although the weather was extreme ly hot, there was always a good breeze. Attending the 10-day Southern Furniture and Rug Market in High Point during the past week and a half from Plymouth were Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hopkins, Herman Hook er and W. -T. Woolard. Messrs Woolard ancf Hooker were in High Point last week, while Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins went up last Sunday and will return today. Mr. and Mrs. G. Raymond Leg gett went to Durham Monday to take their 14-ycar-old daughter, Sandra, for examination and treat ment at McPherson hospital there. Mrs. Leggett remained in Durham with Sandra, while Raymond re turned home Monday night. -® Final Figures on ' Cancer Campaign Final figures have been released on the annual Cancer fund-raising campaign, showing a grand total of $1,578.05 contributed in Washing ton County. The figures were released by Mrs. Edward Craft, county cam paign chairman. Actual quota for the county in the drive was $1,029. Donations were broken down by communities and work divisions as follows: .^ Plymouth residential, $1,134.05; * Plymouth business, $150.88; Cres- i well, white and colored, $131.24; 1 Roper white, $32.26; Roper colored, $28; Mackeys, $22.62; Westover, $20; Wenona, $22; Clubs (white and colored countywide), $37; total, The Washington County unit of the American Cancer Society is or ganized as follows: Mrs. Harry Browning, command er; Mrs. Craft, campaign chairman; H. E. Newland, publicity; Edward Craft, education; Aubrey Liver, man, treasurer; Mrs. Woodrow Col lins, co-treasurer; Mrs. Nyal Wo ru ble and Mrs. Durand Keel, trades £ and industry; Miss Elizabeth Wood, chairman, executive committee; Dr. A. Papineau, consulting physician. Mrs. Craft wishes to thank all or ganizational personnel, the many volunteers solicitors and divisional chairmen, and all other persons who in any way contributed to the success of the annual fund-raising campaign. 114-H Club Members To Attend State Meet Eleven Washington County 4-H club members are planning to at tend the annual 4-H club week at State College in Raleigh, starting next Monday and continuing through Saturday, July 30. A full week of events has been planned for the 4-H clubbers which will be “educational, inspiring and chal lenging,” according to advance re ports. Members from Washington Coun ty who will attend are: Daphne Snell, Diane Gaylord and Mitchel Armstrong, of Roper; Rachel Peelc Mary Margaret Atamanchuk, Helei Manning, Henry Turner, Wayn Mobley and Larry Hopkins, o Plymouth; Betty Jo Williams am Madeline Patrick, of Creswell. Daphne Snell, of the Roper Clut and Wayne Mobley, of Plymouth will represent the county as healtl queen and king, Helen Manning of Plymouth, will compete in th fashion show, and Diane Gaylorc of Roper, will serve as an usher. The Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News ****** ★ ★★★★★ ggBggagwnwiiMiiivMi<iuffifflaiHi.JMW«B^a !S gj A heme newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington ill County and Its 13,OM people. || VOLUME LXVI—NUMBER 29 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 21, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1«89 THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL BARBECUE OR OTHER GOOD EATING HERE -__ 1 Just sit tight, neighbor, it’s really no stampede, appearances to the contrary notwithstanding . . . merely a herd of hogs seeking a cooler environment on the Sunny View Farms of Reed Devaney in the Turnpike section near here. That’s ladino-fescue pasture and the hogs, numbering about 500, are about ready to go to market. Devaney, transplanted Indianan, has some 1,200 acres under cultivation, including a single field of corn measuring 750 acres. The corn rows are a mile and a quarter in length. There are 100 acres each devoted to ladino and fescue and lespedeza and fescue, the latter to be cut for hay. The hogs, incidentally, are Hampshires—a good meat type—and Devaney started with 125 brood sows last spring. He sold 25 sows but has 65 gilts to add to the remaining 100 for next year. By weaning the pigs at 10 days he says he gets three litters a year from each sow. An experiment on prepared feed showed that pigs so fed weighed 10 pounds heavier each at the end of an eight-week period than did pigs left with the sows.—Staff photo. Deed for Library Lot Executed To County Receive Peppers Here Tomorrow Arrangements have been made with the William Hearne Produce Company to have a buyer here tomorrow and sales will be re sumed at the Plymouth Produce Auction Market here at 10 o’clock Friday morning, it was announ ced yesterday by W. T. Freeman, one of the market operators. The price for No. 1 peppers, well filled and in now baskets, will start at $1.*25 basket, Mr. Freeman said. The local market has been closed since Monday of last week, when the bottom dropped out so far as pepper prices were concerned. The market is now said to be stronger, and operators of the market hope to take care of all the peppers brought here. Beaufort County Man Is New SCS Head for Count) -♦ Henry J. Bragg Replace: H. E. Newland as Count] Conservationist; Newlan Transferred To Brevard H. E. Newland, who has beei stationed at Plymouth with the Soi Conservation Service since the fal if 1049, left Monday to take up hi lew duties with the service ii rransylvania County. Mr. Newlam vill be stationed at Brevard. Hi :ame here from Davidson County rhis year Mr. Newland will com ilete his 21st year with the SCS The new conservationist here i denry J. Bragg, of Washington. Mi 3ragg also has seen many years service in soil conservation work de is a native of Ycatsville is Jeaufort County and graduates :rom Bath High School and N. C state College, where he majored is soils and fertilizers. He has bees i soil scientist for the Soil Conser nation Service for over 20 years luring which time he has workes hrough most of this state, parts o south Carolina and New Yori state. He has made Washingtoi leadquarters since 1949 and befon hat time was located at Windsor Slizabeth City and Greenville. Mr. Bragg is married to tin 'ormer Josephine Grimes, of Win ston-Salem and Lexington ans here are two children, Henry, jr 14, and Libby, 4. Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Norman Donors; Property Goes to Churches If Use for Li brary Discontinued Deed for the lot on which the new Washington County Library building is being constructed was turned over to the county on Mon day by Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Norman. Work has already been started on the building itself, and yesterday the footings had been poured and most of the foundation work had been completed. Ambrose Construction Company, of Creswell, was the successful bid der for the library building con tract, at a price of $9,382.38, and they began work on the new struc ture almost immediately after the contract was awarded last week. No estimate was made as to how long will be required to complete the work, but it won’t be long if the present rate of speed continues. Lot for the library building, at the corner of Third and Adams Street, was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Norman for as long as the site is used for library purposes. One of the provisions in the deed is that the property goes to the Plymouth Methodist Church and Grace Epis r copal church if it is abondoned for library purposes. The deed was completed Monday and mailed im > mediately to Frank L. Brinkley, r chairman of the county board of . commissioners. 1 Conditional portions of the deed read as follows: “Parties of the first part (Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Nor i man), in consideration of their de [ sire for a public library in Wash | ington County, and realizing that ; the reading of good literature is i beneficial to all people, and having I offered the foregoing premises for the site of a library building in said county, provided a building should be erected immediately thcieon for library purposes, and the said offer having been accepted by Washington County and the con 'struction of said building having been begun, , The foregoing lot is conveyed I to Washington County as long as said lot is used as a public library; j but in the event the use thereof , is abandoned, the title to said lot shall become vested in Plymouth Methodist church and Grace Epis [ copal church as tenants in com • mon.” Miniature Golf Is Planned Here I Jack L. Horner is putting in a , miniature golf course at the old county home property he recently bought here. The course is being laid out under the big oak trees in front of the building, and con struction work is proceeding at a fairly rapid pace this week. In addition to the miniature course he is building a concession stand, where soft drinks will be available. Buck Holloman who l owns and operates a similar course , at Williamston, has been supervis i ing installation of the course here ■ Jim Beasley, golf pro at the coun E try club here, will manage and ope I rate the course at nights, accord ing to present plans. , Mr. Horner was unable to say , yesterday just when construction i would be completed. Several items of equipment, including lights, ; have not been received, but he , hopes to have the course in ope ration within another week or so. Collections on 1955 Taxes Total More Than $60,000 Here Many Taxpayers Taking Advantage of Discounts For Early Payments of Town and County Taxes -1 Approximately $60,000 in 1955 taxes have already been collected by the Town of Plymouth and Washington County, it was learned Monday of this week. The early payments were made in order to take advantage of the discount for pre-payments. E. J. Spruill, county auditor and tax collector, said more than $30, 000 had been received b^ (jie coun ty on 1955 taxes up to this week. The county allows a discount of 2 per cent for taxes paid during the months of June and July. W. A. Roebuck, town clerk, said about $29,000 had been collected so far on 1955 taxes. The town uses the regular state schedule of dis counts, which calls for 1V4 per cent for payments made during July. The number of taxpayers who have prepaid their accounts runs into hundreds, according to the tax collectors. It used to be that railroads and utility companies were about the only ones to pay in advance, but a great many in dividuals now come in early to take advantage of the discounts. Mortgage companies also pay taxes on much of the property on which they hold papers, swelling the total of prepaid taxes. When taxes are paid before re ceipts are made out, the amounts are based on last year’s valuations and rates. Then when the books are completed later, an discrepan cies are charged or credited, ac cording to the tax collectors. HOME-ASSEMBLED POWER SCOOTERS POPULAR .""lid] » •W»m i There are several home-made power scooters similar to the the one above in Plymouth, but George Bagley, jr„ likes this one best, because it is his. The motor and wheels came from discarded lawn motors, and it has a gear shift, one speed forward and one re verse, from an old washing machine wringer. The frame is made of angle-iron and the seat is two soft-drink boxes. Made by James Modlin for his son Pete, George Bagley bought it for his son, George, jr„ who is at the controls. Woodrow Smith and Ronald Waters have built similar machines for their children except that they put the motor in the back and did away with the gear shift. Anyway, they provide a lot of fun for the boys.—Staff photo. Second Salk Shots To Be Given Here Friday, July 29th -* For White and Colored First And Second Graders of Plymouth Area; Aljeady Given Elsewhere A schedule for administering second doses of the Salk anti polio vaccine to first and second grade children in the Plymouth area was announced this week by the district health department. The vaccine will be administered at the health department in the old county home here Friday of next week, July 29. White children are to come be tween the hours of 9 and 11 a. m., while colored children will be treat ed from 1 to 2. Parents are requested to please make careful note of the hours and have their children at the health department at the proper time. First shots of the vaccine were given before the schools closed last spring, and second shots have al ready been administered to first and second graders in the Roper and Creswell sections. Dr. McGowan, district health of ficer, said yesterday that authori ties are recommending that chil dren get the polio vaccine now, even though it is the usual polio season. There is not as much polio in the state as usual this summer, and Washington County has never had an epidemic, according to the health officer. The county board of health has gone on record as ap proving the administration of second doses at this time. Miss Elizabeth Wood, county health nurse, said the vaccine for second doses has been received here, and it was decided to admin ister it as soon as reasonable notice could be given parents. Remember th" date, Friday, July 29, white children from 9 to 11 a. m. and colored children from 1 to 2 p. m. -<8> Hunting, Fishing licenses on Sale For New Seasons Types and Prices About Same as Last Year; Most Old Licenses Expire on July 31st Hunting and fishing licenses for the 1955-56 season have been re ceived and are now on sale, Coun ty Game Protector J. T. Terry an nounced this week. Practically all old licenses expire July 31, and sportsmen are warned against put ting off getting new ones and for getting about it. Types of licenses and fees for the new season are about the same as they were last year. The com plete schedule is as follows: Combination hunting and fish ing license for state residents, $4.10; state fishing license $3.10; county fishing license $1.10; state hunting license $3.10 county hunt SeeTjCENSEsTPagcTlS! Tobacco, Peanut Growers Vote on 3 Issues Saturday | CATTLE SEEKING SHADE AT SUNNY VIEW FARM i- ■'■■■■. ■ .. i -- J It was a hot, sultry day for man and beast when the above photo was taken and the herd of white-faced Hereford beef cattle just naturally sought the only available shade in a stretch of wide open spaces on the Sunny View Farms of Reed Devaney that lie along the Turnpike Road about seven miles from Plymouth. In the dis tance on the far left can be seen a new structure in process of build ing which will serve as a tool and implement shed, while just a bit to the right of the building are metal cribs and other outhouses. The farm, embracing a tract of some 1,600 acres including 400 acres of woodsland, has been reclaimed from cutover waste land by means of bulldozers, draglines and such since it was bought by Mr. Devaney from the John L. Roper Lumber Company a few years ago. Devaney plans to go into dairying this fall, starting with about 100 milk cows. —Staff photo. Monday’s 97 Hottest So Far This Summer Well Below Mark of 102 Reached Here in June, 1952; Beaches and Swim ming Pools Crowded Last Monday was the hottest day of the year so far, the mercury reaching a maximum of 97, accord ing to records „t the weather re porting station at Tidewater Re search Station, about five miles east of Plymouth. Monday's high of 97 followed Saturday’s 93, Sunday’s 95, and was followed by a high of 94 Tuesday. Most local people seemed to think last Sunday was the hottest so far this season, but the records do not bear them out. However, Sunday’s minimum temperature of 75 was a little higher than Monday’s minimum of 72, which may have accounted for some of the differ ence in people’s feelings. The hot spell of the past week does not constitute a record, by any means, although the complete absence of any rain here since Monday of last week has made it seem hotter. Monday was the hot test day, however, since August 16 of last year .when the thermometer reached 97. Last year’s hottest wea ther came on July 3 and 23, when a high reading of 98 degrees was recorded. ncuuiu mgiis were recoraea ai (he Tidewater station near here on June 26 and 27, 1952, when the mercury went to 102 each day. Next hottest days on record were 101 reached in July, 1932, and June 30, 1936. Records at the station go back ;o 1915. Last week-end’s weather was jnough to send everyone who could ?et there to beaches, swimming pools and similar places to cool off. \lbemarle Beach, Nags Head and Vlorehead City were crowded with Plymouth folks seeking relief from ;he heat, while record crowds were :>n hand at the country club swim ming pool Saturday and Sunday. Air-conditioned stores and offi ces here were popular the first part of this week, although they ieemed to make the heat much worse when a person came back rut on the street. Many people re ported they had difficulty sleep ing during the hot spell, and appli mcc stores did a rushing business with electric fans. High and low readings at the ridewatcr Station from last Thurs day through Tuesday were as fol lows: Thursday high 88, low 62; Friday, 89 and 65; Saturday, 93 and 73; Sunday, 95 and 75; Monday, 97 and 72; and Tuesday, 94 and 72. Weather forecasts yesterday of fered little prospect of relief dur ing the next few days, although scattered thundershowers were ex pected, which might cool things off temporarily. -$ Albemarle Youlh Rally To Be Held Next Sunday -1 The Albemarle Youth for Christ rally will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Berea Church of Christ, near Hertford, it was an nounced Monday. The Rev. Cary Dannelly, pastor of the Plymouth Church of Christ, will be the guest speaker. The public is invited to attend. Cannery Is Now I Open in Creswell I The community cannery at Creswell began operations Tues day of this wc.k at the agricul ture building in Creswell. An nouncement is made that the cannery will be in operation each Tuesday and Thursday un til further notice. The cannery is under the su pervision of A. K. Spencer, jr., agriculture teacher at the Cres wcll school. People in the com munity who have canning to do arc invited to use the facilities available at the cannery. FarmBureauHead Urges Support in Referendum Vote -+ Reynold Spruill Says To bacco Farmers of Counly Received $366,674 More From 10-Cenl Levy -♦ Washington County growers have a $366,674 stake in the flue-cured tobacco referendum Saturday, July 23. This is the amount they received for their tobacco that was sold to overseas markets in 1954 and repre sents 35 per cent of the $1,147,640 Washington County growers re ceived for their crop last year. Reynold Spruill, of Roper, coun ty farm bureau president, today urged all flue-cured farmers to get out and vote Saturday, as he dis closed these statistics. “In orders words,” Spruill said, ‘30 cents out of every dollar to bacco brings to growers here in Washington County comes from sales to foreign countries. The ref erendum will determine whether the farmers are willing to continue to assess themselves 10 cents per acre—-or about 50 cents a year for the average grower during the next three years. That market meant See^UPPORTTTagTT"^ Peanut and Tobacco Meet Set for Tonight An important meeting of the Washington County Farm Bureau will be held Thursday night of this week, July 21, at 8 o’clock, it was announced Tuesday by T. Reynold Spruill, of Roper, president. The meeting will be held in the agricul ture building in Plymouth, and all tobacco and peanut growers in the county are urged to attend, whe ther or not they are members of the farm bureau. Purpose of the meeting is to dis cuss the tobacco and peanut refer endum to be held on Saturday of this week. Leading the discussion on the peanut referendum will be Joe Sugg, secretary of the N. C. Peanut Growers Association, while Bill Little, Farm Bureau represen tative, will discuss the tobacco pro gram. In appealing for a large attend ance attending at the meeting here tonight, Mr. Spruill also urged every eligible grower to be sure to vote in the referendum Satur day. A heavy vote from this county will indicate that farmers are in terested in their own business, Mr. Spruill said. Extension of Controls and Levies To Promote Sale Of Both Crops Are Ques tions To Be Decided Washington County tobacco and peanut growers will go to the polls Saturday of this week, July 23, to vote on three propositions related to the success of their crops. They will vote on continuing marketing quotas for tobacco, on retaining the 10-cent per acre assessment for promoting the sale of tobacco, and on increasing the peanut assess ment from 1 to 2 cents per 100 pounds for research, crop improve ment and advertising. Voting hours will be from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. at the three polling places in the county, ASC officials here have announced. Eligible voters may go to the polling place most convenient for them, it was stated. Polling places will be: Norman Chesson Store, Roper; C. N .Davenport Garage, Cres well; County Agriculture Building, in Plymouth. Declaring that now is no time to slacken in regard to farm pro grams, County Farm Bureau Presi dent T. R. Spruill today strongly urged all eligible farmers in Wash ington County to go to their re spective polling places Saturday and express themselves in the refe rendums to be held that day. Mr. Spruill said farmers will have a chance to endorse two farm pro gram organizations through promo tional referendums which will be held jointly with the government’s marketing quota vote. Organizations referred to are the North Carolina Peanut Growers As sociation and Tobacco Associates. Both organizations are working, Mr. Spruill said, to step up con sumption of farmers’ products. The only difference, it was pointed out, it that Tobacco Associates is de veloping overseas flue-cured to bacco markets while the peanut as sociation is primarily concerned with obtaining a large domestic consumption of the Virginia type peanut. Peanut growers will have to de cide on July 23 whether to endorse their organization to the lune of 2 cents per 110 pounds contribution for the next three crop years, it was added. The rate now is 1 cent per 100 pounds, but that amount is said to be inadequate if the grower-finan ced association is to cover the all important areas of legislative ac tivity, research, crop improvement, ^SeTREFERENDUMrPagTT -$ Three Prisoners Escaped Sunday -♦ Three long-term convicts escaped from the Washington County Prison Camp near Creswell Sunday afternoon and had not been recap tured up to Tuesday afternoon, it was learned from Sheriff J. K. Reid. The three men were located in a watermelon patch on Joe Prit chard’s farm Monday afternoon, but they managed to get away again, the sheriff said. The prisoners, all Negroes, are Junior Thompson, 20, of Rocking ham County, serving 10 to 15 years; George Clark, 20, of Anson Coun ty, serving 8 years ;and Willie Victor Bryant, 44, of Pitt County, serving a 5 to 7 year sentence. The men were believed to have escaped around 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, when all the prisoners were in the yard. They used a pair of wire pliers to cut a hole in the stockade fence next to the woods and got out that way. Three sets of bloodhounds were secured and put on their trail, but due to the hot, dry weather prevail ing, soon lost it. Sheriff Reid and his deputies, in addition to high way patrolmen and prison camp guards, assisted in the search.
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