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T'own opies J. S. Fleming, hard-working prin cipal of Plymouth High School, is taking a well-deserved two-week vacation, along with his family. But the genial school man, who has kept his office open a good part of the summer for the convenience of patrons and in the interest of the coming session’s school program, wants it known that the office will be reopened on Thursday, August 18, well in advance of the opening of school for the 1955-56 year. Inci dentally, the faculty vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Tay lor, band leader and music direc tor, remains unfilled. In a recent letter to the chairman of the local school committee Mr. Fleming stat ed that he was “doing everything possible in an honorable way” to obtain a replacement for Taylor who has accepted a like position at Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Humphreys and daughter have been touring in the northern part of the United States and Canada. According to a card mailed from Stoney Creek in Canada last Saturday, the wea ther was very cool there and they wanted to know how it was in Plymouth. Some of their friends probably will tell them when they get back. The Humphreys were headed for Niagara Falls when they wrote the card. Mrs. Irva Hooker, Mrs. Jasper Swain, Mrs. Joe Nowarah, sr., Miss es Alma Knowles and Aileen Peacock and Mrs. Beulah Gaylord returned to Roper Wednesday of last week from a four-day, 1135 mile vacation trio to western North Carolina. Mrs. Gaylord, the driver, reports a wonderful trip that actu P ally extended as far west as Gat linburg, Tenn. The ladies saw prac tically all the sights in the Carolina hill country including Lake Juna luska, Wiseman’s View, Linville Caverns and Linville Falls, Blow ing Rock, Mt. Mitchell, Grandfa ther’s Mountain, Yadkinville, Ashe ville, Boone, Cherokee, Soco Gap— said to be the most photographed spot in the state, Newfound Gap, and several other spots of interest. The ladies shivered in their coats on Mt. Mitchell, it was said. (When the news gets around a general ex odus may develop if the present heat keeps up, it is thought) The party saw the pageant, “Unto These Hills,” at Cherokee. Also, on the return trip Mrs. Gaylord visited New Salem in Union County where she first taught home economics 13 years ago and found one of her first students the present home ec teacher there. The “friends” of Luther Nobles, popular local restaurateur, have been razzing him unmercifully over a little incident in Luther’s “steak emporium” Thursday evening of last week. Dr. Vernon Jeter, new ly associated at the Plymouth Clin ic, paid Luther’s' establishment a visit and was immediately “be sieged” by the latter who, at great pains, pointed out the superior merits of his eatery, particularly as to “the juiciest, tenderest steaks in mis pari 01 me country. l,u thcr closed his eloquent oration See TOPICS, Page 7 Education Board Will Meet Later -1 The Washington County Board of Education did not hold its custo mary “first Monday” session here this week but expects to meet later V in the month when a greater amount of business is anticipated, according to H. F. Lowry, who serves as secretary to the board. At its meeting later this month the board is expected to formally approve contracts of teachers se cured to fill vacancies existing in faculties of three county schools, Mr. Lowry explained. At present, there arc four vacancies at two county white schools, two at Plym outh and two at Roper, it was said. A library vacancy is to be filled at Washington County Union School, Roper. » M BEATING THE HEAT! on the bottom, as does the unidentified girl in the third photo; w The Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News ****** ★ ★★★★★ A home newspaper dedicated |i! to the service of Washington County and its 13,000 people. VOLUME LXVI—NUMBER 31 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 4, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1889 GROUP FROM COUNTY ATTENDS STATE 4-H CLUB MEETING IN RALEIGH H BKJIKKH HHBi' Ten Washington County 4-H club members, accompanied by County Agent W. H. Pruden and Miss Sara Giles, of Fayetteville, a senior at East Carolina who is in training as a home demonstration agent in the county during the summer, attended the state 4-H club meeting at State College in Raleigh last week. They are pictured above on the steps at the agriculture building here last Monday week shortly before leaving. Those in the front two rows are, left to right: Miss Giles, Daphne Snell of Roper, Mary Margaret Atamanchuk of Plymouth, Helen Manning of Plymouth, Madeline Patrick of Cres well, Rachel Pcele of Plymouth, Dianne Gaylord of Roper and Mrs. Pruden. The four boys in the back arc Mitchell Armstrong of Roper, Wayne Mobley, Henry Turner and Larry Hopkins, all of Plymouth.— Staff photo. Warns Hog Growers To Watch for Disease County Agent W. H. Pruden mailed letters to hog growers this week in which he listed six points for combatting the spread of dis ease among swine in the county. Disease, as yet undetermined, has hit hogs on scattered farms from Pea Ridge to Jamesville and in Tyrrell, Hyde and Beaufort County “to my knowledge,” the county agent said. Bryan Harris, of Roper, carried sick hogs from severa. f-- to Raleigh this week for a check to be made at the diagnostic labora tory, Pruden stated. Two lots of fattening hogs at the Tidewater Court Cases in Rut; Many 13's If Recorder W. Ronald Gay lord and Solicitor W. Blount Rodman feel they arc in a rut it can be understood. Tuesday for the fourth week in a row ex actly 13 cases were heard at the regular session of the county tribunal. It could be some sort of record. Judge Gaylord could pos sibly be just a wee bit supersti tious, too, because when he was reminded late Tuesday afternoon that 13 cases was again the total he remarked, “We'll have to do something about that.” County Agents at Edenton District Conference Today County Agent W. H. Pruden and Mrs. Frances M. Darden, home agent, are in Edenton today attend ing the Eastern District County Agents Conference. The morning session is to be de voted to material designed to keep agents informed and there are sep arate sessions scheduled for home agents and county agents. The feeder calf sales and the beef cattle program will come in for discussion at the county agent's panel. Research Station were also said to be sick this week, while sows just i across the farm road from them 1 were all right. It was learned unofficially that some $15,000 worth of hogs were lost in Beaufort County last week. The agent here listed the follow ing do’s and don’t’s: 1. Do not visit anyone’s hog lot; l 2. Do not allow anyone to visit : your hog lot; 3. Do not buy hogs from another farm; ■*. Feed’a bat- ' anced ration; 5. Keep hogs cool by i supplying shade and wallows; and 6. Use the best management prac tice you can. bring back boon Report From 4-H Club Week Event -«- | Pruden Declares Club Boys ' And Girls Are "Actually j Doing Pari of Our Exien- 1 sion Work" i -<- i Ten county 4-H Club members i and their sponsors attended State i 4-H Club Week at State College i last week and three took part in I two contests during the week. ] Helen Manning of the Plymouth ! club was in the top 30 out of 85 ; entries in the dress revue contest, ; while Wayne Mobley of the Plym- 1 outh club and Daphne Snell of the 1 Roper club represented the county ; as health king and queen, respect ively. Also, the county clubs were 1 honored when Diane Gaylord of i Roper was chosen to serve as an < usher at the Thursday morning as- < sembly. 1 Those who attended were: Mary 1 Margaret Atamanchuk, Rachel i Peele, Helen Manning, Wayne < Mobley, Larry Hopkins and Henry 1 Turner of the Plymouth club; i Daphne Snell, Diane Gaylord and Mitchell Armstrong of the Roper 1 club; Madeline Patrick, of the 1 See 4-H CLUB, Page 12 _ . jifeSHtMta: ■■ ' —'■ - 4L * **d __ Ding cool or a reasonable facsimile thereof, has been a full-time occupation for most people in this section during the spell of hot weather we have been having for the past couple of weeks. Jewel Hardison, nouth photographer was down at Albemarle Beach a few days ago and took these shots of youngsters of the area trying various methods of beating the heat. The first photo shows Jane Crofton of Plymouth jing cool by just floating around on a ball; while in the next A. J. Riddle, jr., of Plymouth and Phyllis Gaines of Jamesville were “airing out” in a motor boat. Then, too, some just want to stand on their heads hile those few who can take to a pair of waterskis as Ken Trowbridge of Plymouth is shown doing in the final panel.—(All photos by Jewel Hardison.) First of Prefab Houses Nearing Completion Here -» Spokesman Says Three-Bed room House Coming Off Assembly Line To Be in $7,000 Bracket, Is Hoped The first of the 3-bedroom houses o come off Plymouth’s new pre abrication assembly line is now set ip and nearing completion at Davis Ending approximately a mile east >f Turnpike, according to John ’etter, architect and designer. Pet er arrived in North Carolina to itart the operation on June 6. Many people from Plymouth and he surrounding areas have visited loth the production plant on West route 64 and the first house site t the corner of Coulbourn and Pats toads in Hyde County. “We’re glad to have anyone who s interested come and sec what ve’re doing,” Petter said. “We hope o have this first house completed, ncluding well and septic tank, dumbing, bathroom fixtures, wir ng and electric hook-up, within the icxt few weeks.” Many of the unique details are note apparent during construction han they will be once the house is ompletcd. The use of panels fabri ated at the plant to reduce high m-site construction costs, is one of he factors that will keep the sale iricc of the house down near the ;7,000 figure. “No one has man ned to build a house of this size nd quality for anything like this irice,” Petter pointed out, “but it ooks now as if we are going to be ible to come very close to it.” The extraordinary sturdiness of ’etter's patented method of bolt ng a cantilevered floor onto con rete piers has already been dem instrated by housas he constructed ast year at Ocean City, Maryland. Vhilc conventionally built houses long the same beach front were lamaged or unroofed, Potter’s louse came through Hurricane Ha el intact and in place. Gates have been erected by the )wight Corporation at the road cading to the new house site and SeTTlOUSES, Page 7 Commissioners in Routine Bui Busy MeeiHereMonday County Body Hears Usual Reports, Picks Jurors for September Court Term, Hears Delegation The county commissioners held a rather routine, though busy meet ing here Monday. Business transacted included ap proval of a road petition, the hear ing of the usual reports, drawing of jurors for the September crimi nal term of superior court here, and the hearing of a property tax assessment complaint by a Plym outh taxpayer. W. E. Waters appeared to renew his request for an adjustment of the tax valuation placed on his home but was reminded by the commissioners that since the board of equalization and review had ad journed the case could not be re opened. The clerk was instructed to write to J. Emmett Winslow, high way district chairman, to find out when the county might expect ad ditional funds to be made availa ble for hardsurfacing certain roads in the county, especially the proj ect designated No. 1, known as the Holly Neck Road. It was brought out at the meeting that on the strength of the road's designation as No. 1 project in the county for hardsurfaeine that C. S. Swain. who lives on the road in question, invested in a dairy. A large con cern in this part of the state which handles dairy products has been transporting bulk milk from Swain’s dairy, the board was told by a delegation which appeared Monday. It is understood that the milk company will discontinue use of trailer and truck because a bridge on the Holly Neck Road is not sufficient to use. Jurors were drawn for the crimi nal term of Washington County Superior Court scheduled to open at Plymouth Monday. September .1, with Judge Malcolm Paul, of « '-Jiington, presiding. A petition was approved to be forward to the highway department to either sand and clay or black top a road in Skinnersville town ship which runs from the foot of the Sound bridge to the black top road, the road being 1V4 miles in length. Since the first Monday in Sep tember falls on Labor Day it was decided to have the regular month ly meeting on Monday, September 12. E. J. Spruill reported $6,003.30 See BOARD, Page 7 Few FromCounly At Soil Meeting Several county persons arc at tending the regular quarterly meeting of the Tamlico Soil Conservation District supervisory board today (Thursday) at Swan Quarter. Among them arc C. S. Heynen, of Wenona, chairman of the Wash ington County board of supervisors who also serves as official dele gate on the district board; Joe Snell of Plymouth and J. A. Mor ris, of Crcswell, members of the county supervisory board; Henry Bragg and Ed Craft, of the local SCS office; W. Willis Bowen, coun ty FHA supervisor; County Agent W. H. Pruden; and E. H. Liver man, of Plymouth. Allen Swindell, of Beaufort County, is chairman of the Pamli co District supervisory board and is also president of the state as sociation. Morning and afternoon sessions are scheduled in the Hyde County Agriculture Building. Revaluation Challenged By Property Owner Here Observer Posts To He! On Duty Again Sunday j A 12-hour alert, from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. and officially known as “Skytrain VI” will affect Ground Observer Corps posts at Plymouth and Roper Sunday, along with 220 posts in 57 counties of the state. Both Dr. A. L. Whitehurst and Jesse Rawls, post supervisors at Plymouth and Roper, respectively, plan to use as many inexperienced volunteer observers as possible in order to further train their limit ed staffs. Both posts have repeat edly stated the need of more ob servers. Post strength currently at -i Lol of Discussion But Little Action At Council Meet ♦ To Receive Bids for New Truck Next Month; Limit Use of Police Car to Of ficial Business -♦ Members of the Plymouth Town Council remained in session for about an hour at their regular August meeting Monday night, dis cussing a wide variety of matters, hut action was taken on only a couple. Mayor A. J. Riddle presid ed and five of the six council mem bers were present, as follows: E. D. Keel, first ward; Ralph Hunter and Jack B. Latham, second ward; J. D. Mallory and C. B. Holliday third ward. One of the first things disposed of was passing an order by unani mous vote which wor d restrict use 01 po w 'a official busi ness only. Some of the council men said they had heard criticism about members of the police de partment using the car for pri vate purposes; and the order was passed, on motion of Councilman Hunter, to eliminate the possibility of the town becoming liable in case of an accident when the car was not being used for official business. Councilmen decided to replace the old 1946 truck used by the town and which has about seen its best days. They will receive bids for a new two-ton short wheel base truck at their September meeting. It was announced that specifications would be sent to lo cal dealers within the next week or so, and they will be invited to submit sealed bids, which will be opened and considered on Septem ber 12. It was announced the Septem ber meeting would be held on the second Monday night ,September 12, instead of September 5, due to the Labor Day holiday. Councilman Mallory asked that an estimate be secured of the cost of providing a sidewalk on Wilson Street out as far as Arrants’ Ga rage. He pointed out that pedes trians are forced to walk in the street at present, a very dangerous practice, especially to school chil dren residing in the Little Rich wood area, who must make the trip twice daily when school is in ses sion. He also suggested a similar survey for East Main Street out as far as the Stillacres subdivision. Mallory stated he knew the town didn’t have funds to provide the sidewalks during the current fiscal year, but said he would like to see '~See^OUNci£rPagT72 Plymouth is about 70, including 22 high school students and 10 ladies, while at Roper the number is around 60 or so. Both posts report no balloons spotted thus far in the “balloon alert” which continues through August 31. At Plymouth Dr. Whitehurst re quests that any post member sight ing aircraft, balloons, etc., while off-duty call 327-6 to report same immediately. Also, those who would like to become observers should contact Whitehurst, Carl Bailey, jr., or Charles Gardner. 122 Given Salk Doses Friday Second doses of Salk anti-polio vaccine were administered at the county health department here last Friday to 122 first and second graders, eight of whom were colored and the remaining ones white. Shots for white children were given between the hours of 9 and 11 a. m., while the hours for col ored were from 1 to 2 p. m. Reports from the department stated that there were 77 white children and 95 colored who re ceivea nrst snots some montns ago but who did not come back for second shots. It is thought that some of these did not learn of the schedule in time. A health department spokesman stated late yesterday that any of such who would like to have the second, shots in the series may ap pear at the health department be tween 1 and 3 p. m. Tuesday of next w< ■ k Church Women To Sponsor Exhibit Here on Tuesday - ~ Missionary Books To Be Available Jo All Sunday School Teachers, Youth Workers, Etc. 4 The United Church Women of Plymouth, affiliated with the Na tional Council of Churches, are making an exhibit of interdenomi national missionary books which include plays, pageants, etc., it was announced today by Mrs. W. J. Weaver, president of the local group. The two themes for the year, one for each of two six-month per iods, were listed by Mrs. Weaver as "Indian Americans” and “The Christian Mission in a Revolution ary World.” The exhibit will be shown Tues day of next week at the First Christian Church Annex on Wash ington Street, between the hours of 3 and 5 in the afternoon and from 8 until 9 that night, the announce ment stated. Sunday School teachers, pro gram chairmen, youth workers and others interested in religious pro gress will have an opportunity to look over the missionary books be fore ordering from their respective book headquarters, Mrs. Weaver pointed out. See~EXHIBIT,~Page~6™~' — — — — — —.—,i—, r~innnra -? W. E. Waters Renews Re quest for Valuation Ad justment; Says Law Not Properly Carried Out That there is still some discon tent over the property revalu ation in this county was demon strated here Monday when a tax payer appeared before the regular monthly meeting of the county commissioners with a complaint. W. E. Waters, of Roanoke Ave nue, Plymouth, asked that his pre vious request for adjustment of tax value put on his home by R. M. Byrd, jr., be reconsidered. Mr. Byrd did the revaluing work in the county which was completed some months ago. Mr. Waters was informed that the commissioners did not feel that his property was out of line with other property of like nature. It was also pointed out that the board of equalization and review which normally concerns itself with such cases had adjourned and that the commissioners could not reopen his case. Mr. Waters read a letter signed by him and addressed to the chair man of the board stating that on April 21, 1955, he, Waters, had submitted the information for the benefit of the board in considering his request for adjustment of the tax value applied by Mr. Byrd. The complainant also said that in examining the special statutes, the machinery act and the minutes nf (Vin nnmmii'einnnt>c’ mnntinrtc certain lawyers discovered that the state law regulating the procedure for revaluing property had not been carried out properly. The letter stated, “It is our opin ion, therefore, that there does not now exist any legal basis for the use of a new valuation for 1955.” The taxpayer averred that he would pay the assessment under protest and start suit to recover. Right after the notices of assess ment were mailed last March about fifty taxpayers appeared at the of fice of the Washington County Tax Department to make com plaints and it was stated at that time that the notices of new valu ations had caused as much talk probably as anything to happen in the county in a long while. However, at the first meeting of the county commissioners as a board of equalization and review Monday, March 21, less than 40 property owners in the county showed up. Between 30 and 40 ap peals from valuation assessed in the revaluing project were record ed at that time. | Many property owners who first felt that they had cause for com plaint accepted the open invitation to visit the tax department and dis cuss their problems with Mr. Byrd. Following these discussions, many differences were resolved and the dissatisfaction was dissipated to a large degree. The complaint registered by Mr. Waters Monday was the first defi nite sign of discontent over the new assessments in some time, it was said. -® 'Silent Salesmen' Really Busy Door-to-Door Here The “silent salesmen" have hit this community! Plymouth Postmaster J. Corbett Swain said that 96 pouches contain ing 20 catalogs each from two large mail order houses were recently handled by the local office. That adds up to a total of 1,920 catalogs. That’s a lot of paper, a lot of pic tures, a lot of inducement.
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