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I* own opics Marion C. Holland, of Goldsboro, state field representative with the Farmers Home Administration, and D. G. Modlin, of Williamston, FHA appraisal supervisor whose promo tion to area supervisor effective August 1 has just been announced, were business visitors to Plymouth Tuesday of this week. Have trouble getting enough ready cash together for that vaca tion trip? Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Har ris, of Roper, have solved the prob lem. The couple plan to take a trip to Florida sometime next month when Mrs. Harris, county bookmo bile librarian, gets her annual va cation. Mrs. Harris was in the Washington County Public Library here Tuesday and was telling how she and Mr. Harris had saved odd amounts here and there all through the year with the vacation trip in mind. “Everytime my husband would shear the sheep he would set aside something for the kitty, for example,” Mrs. Harris said. “We both put away small amounts in this manner every now and then and it eventually counted up to enough to make the trip.” Miss Connie Williford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Williford, is serving as librarian at the Wash ington County Public Library here this week for the regular librarian, Mrs. C. E. Ayers, who is on vaca tion. The library will be closed all next week but will reopen at the usual hour Monday, August 8, when Mrs. Ayers will resume her duties. Mr. and Mrs. Ayers are va cationing in Florida. They are visit ing Mr. Ayers’ brother, Jewel Ayers, in Miami. Mr. Ayers’ sister, Miss Vera Ayers, of New York City, is also visiting in Miami. Among those attending the meet ing yesterday in Elizabeth City of the Eastern District, North Caro lina Chiropractors Association, were Dr. Trov Tucker, of New Bern, and Dr. A. L. Whitehurst, of Plymouth. Dr. Tucker is a brother of Ben Tucker, who formerly lived in Plymouth while a Beacon em ployee. The business session was followed by a banquet at an Eliza beth City hotel. About 40 attended. A delightful cruise was' enjoyed on the Scout Ship Albemarle Sun day afternoon by a party of local persons and guests of Mates Bud Lovic and Sgt. Maurice Kennedy. The ship got underway =>t 2 o'clock, cruised down to Albemarle Sound and dropped anchor near the rail road bridge. Bud Lovic served as skipper. Swimming and a picnic lunch were enjoyed by the group before making the return trip. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Lovic, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Bald ree and son, 11. O. Baldree, jr., Mrs. Vann Little, Mrs. Maurice Kennedy and son, Michael, Mrs. Helen Ken nedy and Miss Beryl C. Kennedy. Sea Scouts and their guests were Eddie Kicks, Max Graham, Eric Harrell, Phil Angc and Billy Wat ers and Misses Joyce Hardison, Mary Alice Kelly, Phyllis Bagley, and Linda Harrell. This was the first of a series of Sunday after noon cruises planned for the sum mer, according to Skipper Alban Papineau. Billy Hall, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hall, was said to be getting along all right this week after suffering a broken left leg in a baseball game at Elizabeth City last Saturday afternoon. Billy was holding down third base for the Plymouth teener team when he was bowled over by an opposing Eliza beth City youngster, breaking ^ Billy’s leg between the ankle and knee. He was taken to an Elizabeth City hospital about 4:30, but is was nearly four hours later before a doctor could be secured to set the broken leg. Incidentally, the Eliza beth City boys were too good for the local teeners, Plymouth losing the game by a lop-sided score. -c3> Struck by Car; Escapes Injury -« Little Edward Owens, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lloyd Owens, of Adams Street, Plymouth, had a close call Friday afternoon of last week but escaped serious injury. According to his mother, the child darted into the path of an on coming car. lie was struck down and was rushed to the Washington County Hospital where a complete check-up was made. It was found that he had suffered only minor scratches and bruises and the child was released. Name of the driver of the vehicle was not learned but Mrs. Owens stated that the car was traveling at a slow rate of speed and that the accident was obviously un avoidable. Wiener Roast Slated Here By Wesleyan Service Guild The Wesleyan Service Guild of Plymouth Methodist Church will hold a wiener roast at the home of Donnie Knowles Monday night of next week, guild officials have an nounced. Time is 7 o’clock and all guild members are cordially invited to attend. The Roanoke Beacon « and Washington County News ****** *★*★★★ A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 13,060 people. VOLUME LXVI—NUMBER 30 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 28, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1889 Chases Erratic Driver Right to Police Station Foye Davenport, Plymouth po liceman, has made many a chase in his years on the force but until 10:30 Monday morning he never had literally chased his man to the police station, he declares. It started at the corner of Main and Washington Streets when Foye, driving the police car, spot ed an auto bearing an Indiana tag and being operated in a man ner to strongly suggest that the driver was “under the influence.” The car sped away with the po lice car in hot pursuit and the chase ended when the quarry headed into the curb directly in front of the police headquarters on East Water Street. Foye block ed the car in and was greeted by the admission, “I’m drunk as h—!” According to all reports the man was so right and he was promptly jailed to sober up and face a drunken driving charge. B & L Here Resumes Sales Paid-Up Stock 1 HERE NEXT TUESDAY '~| I i •-* Dr. H. Rroadus Jones, head of the English Department at Wake Forest College and 278th District Rotary Governor, will pay his official visit to the local Rotary Club at its regular meeting here next Tuesday night. Methodist Youth Program Slated Here Next Week Program for Youih Activity Week Starting Sunday Night To Be Climaxed At Banquet, Play Friday A youth activity program on the general theme, “Growing as Christians,” will he held next week at Plymouth Methodist Church, it is announced. The program, starting Sunday night, includes the following: Sunday at 7 p. m., the Youth Fellowship subject, “The Demands of the Christian Life,” with Dotty Thompson as youth leader, and Mesdames V/. R. Collins and W. H. Folkerts, adult counselors. Monday, 7:30 p. m., subject, “Growing as Christians in the Home.” Youth leader, Jackie Har rison; adult leader, Mrs. L. S. Thompson; audiovisual aid pict ure, “You and Your Family”; Tuesday, 7:30 p. m., subject, “Growing as Christians in Prepara tion for Marriage.” Youth leader, Dotty Thompson; adult leader, Rev. Jesse If. Fanning; audio-visual pic ture, “Are You Ready for Mar riage”; Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., subject, “Growing as Christians in Church manship.” Youth leader, Ross Knowles; adult leaders, Mrs. Harry Barnhill and Frith Winslow; audio visual picture, “Young People and the Church”; Thursday, 7:30 p. m., subject, “Growing as Christians in Wor ship.” Youth leader, Mary Eleanor Sanderson; adult leader, Mrs. Law rence Jon^s; audio-visual picture, V III l.TUtUI M Ul.lllip ) Friday, 6:30 p. m., banquet for youth and parents followed by a most timely play by tho young peo ple, “As for Me and My House," with Mrs. W. A. Smith, adult di rector. Each night there will be a per iod of worship, study, recreation, and fellowship. Betsy Barnhill will be in charge of recreation. Other adults participating in the planning and execution of Activity Week in clude Mesdames Francis Sessoms, Maurice Smith, Borden Korncgay, A. J. Riddle and J. H. Lanning. The pastor states that this Youth Activity Week is sponsored by the youth council of the church under the commission on education -4 Lake Phelps Legion Post Will Meet Monday Night -♦— Lake Phelps Post, No. 391, Amer ican Legion, will have its regular meeting Monday, August 1, at 8 p. m. in the Legion Building at Creswell, it was announced this week by H. S. Woodley, post adju tant. All members are urged to at tend. Has Paid 3 Per Ceni Interest For Number of Years; Re sources of Association Continue to Grow -»— Paid-up stock in the Plymouth Building & Loan Association is be ing offered for sale again, it was announced this week by I. Miller Warren, secretary. Paying 3 per cent interest for the past five or six years, the stock has been so popular with local investors that only limited amounts have been available and none has been offered for sale for over a year. Increase in the number and amount of applications for loans on local improved real estate makes possible resumption of sale of the paid-up stock, the secretary stated. As of June 30, the association had total resources of $598,673, and the amount has passed the $600,000 mark since that time. The June 30 statement showed approximately 300 mortgage loans in force, total ing $539,476.23. These loans were made to local people for building, repairing or buying homes, and all are secured by first mortgages on the real estate involved. The association also has $13, 647.82 outstanding in stock loans, representing loans made to stock holders, none of which are more than 90 per cent of the value of stock owned by the borrower. Three classes of stock are issued by the association, paid-up, option al and installment. As of June 30 the amount of stock oustanding in each class was as follows: paid-up, $311,900; optional, $70,000; and in stallment, $88,581 (actul amount paid in on installment shares). All classes have been earning about 3 per cent interest, according to Warren. Organized here in the fall of 1937, the association boasts that, up to now, it has never had a fore closure. Beal estate loans are limit ed to two-thirds of the appraised value ol the property on which loans are made. All loans arc now made on the direct-reduction plan, which means that borrowers pay nnlv nn thn nnnnirl Ivtlnn of their loans, and each payment made further reduces the unpaid balance. When the association first went into business, interest of (i per cent was paid on the entire amount of the loan until the slock which secured it matured, usually in about six and two-thirds years. Under the direct-reduction plan, the cost to borrowers is substant ially reduced, according to associ ation officials. The association still issues the popular installment s*ock, payment for which is made at the rate of 25 cents per share per week. At pres ent the stock matures in 351 weeks, which makes the earnings approxi mately 3 per cent. Optional stock is also issued, payment for which may be made in any amount at any time until stock is paid for in full. Pay ment is made for paid-up stock at the time it is issued, and earn ings start immediately. Officials stated that the associ ation still has ample funds availa ble to make loans for building, re pairing or buying homes and in vites inquiries along this line. Fur ther information about any class of stock or loan applications may be obtained at the building* and loan office on East Water Street here. County Soil Supervisors Meet Here Friday Night -♦ Soil conservation district super visors of Washington County will meet Friday night of this week at 8 o'clock in the soil conservation office in the agricultural building here. In addition to going over lo cal conditions and problems with the new soil conservationist, Henry J. Bragg, who recently succeeded Harry E. Newland here, the super visors will prepare a report for the district meeting to be held at Swan Quarter next Thursday, ugust 4 Soil conservation supervisors for Washington County are Carl Hey nen, of Wenona, chairman; Joe j Snell, of Plymouth; and Aydletl ' Morris, of Creswell. Roiary Club Here To Hear District Governor Tuesday Dr. H. Broadus Jones, of Wake Foresl, To Pay An nual Official Visit in Sec tion Next Week Plymouth Rotary Club will be host next Tuesday, August 2 to Dr. H. Broadus Jones, governor of the 278th district of Rotary Interna tional, who is making his annual official visit to each of the 39 Rotary Clubs in the district. He will address the club at its regular dinner meeting at 7 p. m. and con fer with President Howard T. Wal ker and Secretary Edward M. Spruill and committee chairmen while here. Dr. Jones is head of the English department of Wake Forest Col lege and was elected district gov ernor of Rotary at the convention in Chicago last June. He is one of 238 district governors supervising the activities of 8,700 Rotary clubs which have a membership of 414, 000 in 92 countries of the world. “Wherever Rotary Clubs are lo cated,” President Walker stated in commenting on the governor’s visit, “their activities are similar to those of the Rotary Club of Plymouth, because they are based on the same general objectives — developing better understanding and fellow ship among business and profes sional men, promoting community betterment undertakings, raising the standards of business and pro fessions, and fostering the advance ment of good will, understanding and peace among all the people’s of the world.” Sponsorship of the an nual Empty Stocking Fund each December is one of the outstanding accomplishments of the local club, and it has had a leading part in promoting many other undertak ings for community betterment. Land Measurements Bring Many Protests Dissatisfaction of some farmers in this county over crop acreage measurements, particularly in ref erence to tobacco, flared up openly during the past week. At a meeting of the Washington County Farm Bureau last Thursday night members present voted una nimously in favor of elimination of crop acreage measurements to hun dredths on all crops under allot ment. Then Monday of this week a number of growers milled about in the corridor and the ASC offices located in the agriculture building here, several of them vociferously expressing their dissatisfaction. Miss Miriam Ausbon, county ASC office manager, was question ed Wednesday by a Beacon report er in regard to the complaints. She explained that the procedure of carrying acreage measurement fig ures to hundredths rather than on ly to tenths of an acre is decidedly unpopular with many county farm ers, particularly tobacco growers. However, Miss Ausbon pointed out, the regulation is set on the nation al and state levels and county of fices must follow practices set by federal and slate offices in this re gard. The purpose of controls is to pre vent price-depressing surpluses of farm commodities, it was cited, and carrying measurement figures to hundredths rather than slopping at tenths, especially as relating to to bacco, can mean a great difference in production in the nation as a whole. Another complaint which has been heard quite a bit, Miss Aus bon said, is that high school and college students are being used for the measurement job rather than1 persons off the farm who would naturally have a better apprecia tion of the situation from the farm ers’ viewpoint. The office manager answers this complaint by stating that she per sonally contacted some 30 farmers in the county who have previous measuring experience and that they flatly refused to accept jobs as crop acreage reporters. Thereupon the state office recom mended that vocational agriculture teachers in the county be contacted and asked to send their best stu I'ents for training as crop reporters. This recommendation was carried out, Miss Ausbon stated, and of those who enrolled for training on ly one was experienced, he having worked last year. And, she added, even that one had only limited ex perience for he had dropped out before the program was completed a year ago. However, he was per suaded to work this year. Four training schools were con ducted here before the crop meas urements got underway and at two of the schools a state spot checker was in attendance, the county of fice manager said. Training con sisted of field trips as well as in structional meetings in the office. Everything possible was done to facilitate the work and to insure an expeditious, accurate, efficient performance, Miss Ausbon said, but there were severe handicaps from the outset. Regulations (which must be followed explicitly) call for use of aerial photographs ra ther than ground measurement wherever available. Aerial photo graphs were available in this coun ty but were badly out of date. Maps on hand were from aerial photographs flown and taken in 1948, it was said. A majority of the farms of the county are quite small and since the maps were made many changes have taken place such as new roads, new boundaries, additional land cleared, etc. Therefore, it was requested that the county office be permitted to use ground measurements for 1955. (Aerial photos had been used in 1954 in this county for the first time in about 17 years, it was stated) unless a new flight could be flown. Accordingly, a new flight was flown March 3 of this year and photos taken. The new maps were worked up and forwarded to the local office but they were received just two weeks before the actual crop measurement job was slated to begin. Miss Ausbon explained that it was too late then for farm boundaries to be properly marked, thus making the task a harder one. Even so, however, the county performance work rates well with state headquarters, it was stated. Only one month is given for com pletion of the job and the county ASC office here has repeatedly made oustanding records in finish ing its work by and in many cases before the deadline. As to the regulation concerning the carrying of measurement fig ures to hundredths of an acre, it does not seem likely that any change will be made when it is taken into consideration that a 12 per cent reduction in tobacco acre age for flue-cured leaf already has been deemed necessary for next year. J. Whitford Swain, of Roper, is county compliance supervisor in charge of the crop measuremenl work in the field. Miss Ausbon has had some 1C years experience in ASC work (i! used to be known as PMA), having served under several office man agers, or chief clerks as they were then styled, before being placed ai the head of the county office. _______® UNION SERVICE The Quarterly Cooperative Serv ice of the downtown churches o: Plymouth will be held Sunda; night at 8 p. m. in the Ludforc Memorial Baptist Church. The Rev Jesse H. Lanning, minister of thi Methodist Church will deliver thi sermon. Second Salk Shots Here Tomorrow --♦- -♦ All is in readiness for adminis tering second doses of Salk anti polio vaccine to first and second grade children in the Plymouth area Friday of this week, an an nouncement from the district health department here today stated. The vaccine will be administer ed to white and colored children in the area at the health department in the old county home building, the announcement stated. Hours have been set for white children from 9 to 11 a. m. and for colored children from 1 to 2 p. m. Parents of children in the re quired age group are asked to keep the hours in mind and have their ■ children at the department during ) the listed time. First shots o£ the vaccine were administered to 584 county first and second graders during the per iod from April 20 to 25. Sufficient vaccine was left over from the original supply in this county to give second shots to students in the Roper and Creswell areas some weeks late. However, there was not enough vaccine here at the time to complete the schedule. Dr. Claudius McGowan, of Plym outh, who is district health officer, stated recently that authorities are recommending that second shots be given now to those children who have had but one inoculation, de spite the fact that summer is the usual polio season. There is less polio in the state this summer than usual, it was pointed out, and this county has never had an epidemic, Dr. Mc Gowan said. The county board of health has gone on record as approving the administration of second doses at this time, it was said. Miss Elizabeth Wood, county health nurse, also strongly urges parents of first and second grade children to bring their children to the department Friday for the sec ond doses of the vaccine and re minds that children should be brought during the hours above listed. Farm Bureau Unil Here Takes Aclion On Several Items -f Opposition lo Fallon Bill Voiced at Meeting Last Thursday.: Votes Against 'Hundredths' Measuring -» At a meeting of the county Farm Bureau unit, held in the auditor ium of the agriculture building here Thursday night of last week, action was taken on several mat ters of importance to all farmers. There were 23 members present. The meeting was called to order by President T. R. Spruill of Roper, after which Miss Miriam Ausbon, the county ASC office manager, ex plained and discussed polling places for the referendum on tobac co acreage control, tobacco and peanut assessments for promotion of the respective crops. Sec FARM BUREAU, Page 12 Benj. F. Bateman, 85, Drowns Wednesday Accident in Elizabeth River Oft Norfolk Naval Ship yard, Portsmouth, Va.; Three Others Rescued -1 Benjamin Franklin Bateman, eld erly Plymouth resident, lost his life in a boating accident at 11:15 a. m. Wednesday in the Elizabeth River just off the Norfolk, Va., Naval Shipyard. Mr. Bateman's wife, Mrs. Marina Bateman, his son and daughter-in law, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Bate man, of Goldsboro, were rescued, however. According to a Norfolk report, attention came to the victim of the mishap within minutes after the 13-foot boat in which the four were riding struck a plank and sank, but efforts to revive him were futile. The victim’s son gave the inves tigating officers this account of the accident: The elder man was operating the craft at “a rapid rate,” saw the plank in th-> water and maneuvered the boat in. an effort to miss the o . ‘ Hov v , as the boat tu. ti ed the plank struck the rear of the craft and knocked a hole in the stern which caused the boat to sink rapidly. The son said in his opinion the Ihrottle was wide open at the time. The boat was powered by a 22 h.p. outboard motor. At the impact the bow of the boat reared and fell back, leaving the four persons in the water, it was said. Warrant Officer W. C. Everett, of the Coast Guard Base, said he saw the accident and heard the cries for help. He got a sifball boat and reached the scene “in a mat account, Everett reached the elder Bateman at once, found him cling ing to the boat’s steering wheel from which he was separated “only with difficulty.” An unidentified Navy seaman who saw the accident dived from a Navy barge and kept the elder Mrs. Bateman afloat until the Coast Guard cutter Madronna came up. A Navy motor lunch and the Coast Guard cutter Linden also came to the rescue. The elder Bate man was taken aboord the cutter and to shore at once where efforts with a rcsuscitator failed. He was then rushed to a Portsmouth hos SeTBATEMANrPwe7 ~ County Rainfall Light for Month The weather for the months of June and July has been just the re verse of what it was a year ago In this county, a recent check of records shows. Last year June was dry with less than an inch of rainfall recorded at the weather station near here, wnue 101 me nrsr z i uays oi juiy total precipitation was listed at 5.22 inches. The total for July 1953, one of the driest for that month of the year on record here, showed 4.02. This year June was on the wet side with about 6 inches rainfall. However, July has been hot and mostly dry, although light showers have fallen on 10 days of the per iod. A total of .56 of an inch fell here Sunday and Monday but the rains at the Tidewater Station where the weather station is locat cd were much lighter than in Plym outh, it was said. Total rainfall through Mondaj stood at 2.27 inches, the figure; showed. The temperature high reading; stayed above the 90-degree marl from Saturday, July 16 until Mon day of this week when the higf was recorded at 88 degrees. Tues ; day it reached 89. Wednesday o last week the high was 92, Thurs 1 day it was 93, Friday 94 and Sat , urday 95. Sunday’s high fell to 92 i Low readings for the same perioi ! listed in order, were 72, 66, 67, 71 72, 73 and 68. Bookmobile To Run Next Week Mrs. Bryan Harris, county li brarian, announces that the book mobile runs will be made Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday of next week despite the fart that Sunday will be the fifth Sunday in the month. Customarily, the bookmobile’s regular weekly schedule is omit ted the week of each fifth Sun day in the year. However, the exception is being made in order that Mrs. Harris may enjoy a two week vacation in August. Book mobile patrons arc requested to please note. Spoiler Posls in County Said Need Mo~o Observers - Posls May Be Aleried "On Moment's Nolice," Dur ham Filler Center Ad vises Recently With a request from the Dur ham Filter Center that observers be ready to go on duty “at a mo ment's notice” the Ground Observ er Corps posts at Roper and Plym outh are desperately in need of more volunteers, and soon. Supervisors at both posts—Jesse Rawls at Roper and Dr. A. L. Whitehurst here — declared today that they will be hard-pressed in deed in the event of sudden notice of alert unless more volunteers arc In a letter from Vance It. Cor bin, U. S. Air Force major in com mand of Detachment Three, 467th Ground Observer Squadron, Dur ham, the county post supervisors were told that: “The Ground Observer Corps has been asked by the Air Force to cooperate in a very important Civil Defense operation. “It is requested that, starting Monday, July 25 through August 31, 1955, volunteers of your Obser vation Post be prepared to go on duty at a moments notice for short periods of time upon receiving a telephone call from the Durham Air Defense Filter Center. “The purpose of standing by for immediate manning of your Post is to report movements of any bal loons that may be sighted in your area. “You will be notified by tele phone to man your Observation Post for the purpose of reporting balloons. Likewise, you will be notified by telephone when to go off duty. However, please notify all Observers if possible, to be watch ful for balloons at anytime during above mentioned dates. Request that all sightings of balloons which may resemble a toy balloon be re ported to the Durham Filter Cen ter, whether or not a Post is on duty at the time. “Balloon ‘Aircraft Flash’ reports will be made in same manner as an ‘Aircraft Flash’ report with the ex ception of Item No. 2 which will be reported as ‘Balloon.’ “A written report of balloons sighted will not be required. “Your cooperation in this matter is sincerely requested and will be greatly appreciated.” At Roper Mr. Rawls is request ing that all persons interested in volunteering for ground observer corps duty call 313-2. Also, all post members who sight aircraft, bal loons, etc., while off duty should report immediately by dialing 313-2. Those in the Plymouth area whe 1 would like to become observers , should contact Dr. Whitehurst, Car] Bailey, jr., or Charles Gardner. Quotas Approved For Tobacco for Next Three Years Six - Slate Area Approves Controls on Flue-Cured Leaf; County Votes Heavi ly in Favor of Quotas Accepting by their vote a 12 per cent cut in acreage allotments for the 1956 tobacco crop, flue-cured tobacco growers in North Carolina and five other states gave over whelming approval to continuance of marketing quotas and 90 per cent of parity price supports for 1956, 1957 and 1958 crops in the 'eferendum held Saturday of last week. At the same time, North Carolina tobacco growers voted to continue ;he 10 cents an acre assessment per grower for support of Tobacco As sociates, Inc., while N. C. peanut growers voted to continue their assessment program and in 1956 to step up the rate from 1 cent to 2 cents per 100 pounds of peanuts sold. The funds from the latter source will go to North Carolina Peanut Growers Association, Inc., for the purpose of promoting peanuts. The per acre assessment on tobacco is designed to promote foreign sales of flue-cured leaf through the agency, Tobacco Associates, Inc. The percentage of growers voting in Washington County in favor of continued controls on tobacco was greater than the overall vote in favor of the referendum as against tnose opposed in me six states in which the vote was held. However, the comparison is based on com plete and official figures for the county and incomplete reports from the voting area as a whole. Of the estimated 400 eligible vot ers in this county in the tobacco referendum only 185 voted. Of these, 174 voted in favor of mar keting controls on the crop for three years; 7 voted for controls but for 1956 only; while 4 growers expressed opposition to quotas on the crop. In complete reports from 47 of 72 N. C. counties voting for mar SeToUOTASrPagel2 Change in Set - Up Of FHA in Stale Announced Today Reorganization on District And State Levels Creates Area Supervisor Posts; Modlin Named Head -* D. G. Modlin, of Williamston, well-known in this section for his work with the Farmers Home Ad ministration, will assume his new UllllVO MO Ml. VCt ' IJUl northeastern counties effective next Monday, it was learned here this week. The area includes Washington County. Other counties in the group are Martin, Bertie, Tyrrell, Chow an, Gates, Camden, Pasquotank, - Perquimans and Currituck. The new post for Mr. Modlin was created along with other such ones in the states as a result of reorganization on the district and state level. Marion C. Holland, of Goldsboro, state field representative, who was in Plymouth Tuesday of this week, stated that the new set-up “ought to accelerate our program.” He explained that whereas here tofore it has been necessary before getting an appraisal to route the ap plication through the state office and back that under the new ar rangement the county supervisor will simply notify Mr. Modlin who in turn will advise the county su pervisor of the date for his visit and appraisal. Mr. Modlin will do all appraisal work on real estate loans to be made in the 10-county area, besides reviewing all plans for farm de velopment such as drainage, remod eling, etc., on loans of all types made in these counties. The new area supervisor has had more than 20 years’ experience with the FHA program during which time he has been headquar tered at Williamston and at Green ville as appraisal supervisor. Mr. Holland suggested that any farmers who desire service pro vided through the FHA contact the supervisor in their county. It was also explained that at present funds are available for all types of loans authorized to be made through the agency, it being “one of the few times such has been the case,” Mr. Holland said. W. Willis Bowen is FHA super visor for Washington County, with offices in the basement of the county courthouse here, directly under the register of deeds office. Mrs. Ernestine Basnigfct, of Plym outh, is clerk.
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