own Topics K"T i'ii; Old Glory continued to wave from the flagpole atop the post of fice here yesterday but one thing is certain—the various and sundry hurricanes and assorted high winds have done that particular flag abso lutely no good whatsoever. In fact, the flag is pretty well tattered what with all that flapping in the breeze. A new one is definitely indicated. No trains have crossed the rail road bridge over Albemarle Sound near here since last Thursday, a spokesman at the Norfolk South ern Station here stated late yester day. The water is too high to per mit testing the pilings, it was said. Everything has been checked above the water level, however. The water level must drop before the pilings supporting the structure can be tested and no trains will attempt to cross before that time, it was stated. Ken Trowbridge has been secur ed to fill the vacancy as lifeguard at the Country Club swimming pool here caused by the resignation of Ed Taylor, who has accepted a faculty position at Clinton. Ken, former Plymouth High football star who later starred in frosh foot ball at N. C. State and who is counted on for considerable back field duty on the Wolfpack varsity this coming season, will serve as lifeguard at the pool Friends of Roy Manning will be glad to know that he is doing very well at Washington County Hos pital where he has been since Sat urday of last week. Roy is getting a sort of “enforced vacation” but is doubtless anxious to get back to his business and he expects to be “out-talking them” again soon. Damage estimated at $50,000 re sulted to 34 cottages at Atlantic Beach during the recent big blow and additional damage was done to piers but a local man who owns a motel there escaped serious damage. R. L. Hollowell, manager of the Belk-Tyler store here, said this morning that the chief damage to his property was to a large neon sign. Elvin Adams, tenant on the A. J. Riddle farm, estimates his tobacco loss from the effects of the hurri cane at 200 sticks an acre. Others have estimated such damage as high as 100 sticks. Market Volume Ahead oi 1954 Volume on the Plymouth Pro duce Auction Market this season is running ahead of last year—the first year the market operated here —although due to lower prices for most commodities the amount of money paid out to growers is less. W. T. Freeman, market manager, stated today that patronage has come from a much wider area this year, showing the growth of the market and the confidence in which it is held by growers from many counties in this part of the state. Mr. Freeman said patrons have come from such communities as Bethel, Grimesland and Pactolus in Pitt County; Vanceboro in Craven County; Bayboro in Pamlico Coun ty; Hamilton, Jainesville, Farm Life and Bear Grass in Martin County; Aurora and Chocowinity in Beaufort County; and from Tyrrell, Chowan, Hyde and Perquimans in addition to Washington County. The market is still receiving pep pers on order. Peppers will be so received Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, Mr. Freeman stated. Good volume is expected on those days. Every grower who wants to pick peppers for the market here should contact either Mr. Freeman or James H. Ward, of Plymouth, a partner in the firm, it was said. GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONIES FOR CHURCH BUILDING HELD RECENTLY Ground-breaking ceremonies for the new auditorium of the Zion’s Chapel Church of Christ near Roper were held Sunday, August 7, heralding the beginning of an expansion program greatly needed by the congregation. Sufficient classroom space for the Bible School is the chief need. Upon the completion of the new block-and-brick structure, the present building will be divided into classrooms and there will be a connecting classroom between the two buildings. Currently three classes are meeting together in the auditorium, and the crowded condition in the children’s rooms tells the story of the doubled at tendance since the days of construction of the present classrooms. In the foreground left to right: Richard Gardiner, minister, and Mrs. Gardiner, Mrs. Milton Chesson, R. W. Lewis, chairman of the Board, turning the first spade of dirt, H. C. Harrison, Building Fund Treasurer, and L. E. Hassell, neighbor who gave land on which to move the Hortontown Road to provide enough space for the new building. Back row: P. A. Otts, Mayo Modlin, W. J. Skiles, Cecil Styons, Walter Grimes, John Spruill, and Richard Davenport. Some of the choir is seen in the background. The ★ ★★★★★ VOLUME LXVI—NUMBER 33 Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News *★*★★★ Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 18, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1889 A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 13,004 people. IF THIS LOOKS LIKE THE VENICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY JUST BLAME CONNIE The above photos were made Friday afternoon right here in Plymouth and judging by what they show the town could at least for a while have laid claim to being the Venice of Washington County, or something. It was Connie’s fault, of course. River water backed up and inundated the yard at True Temper Corpora tion plant, the level being almost up to the porch at the office. The other scene shows water from the canal at the foot of West Main Street covering a low place in the street.—Staff photo. Heavy Damage To Crops by Hurricane {SumsUp Story ! Wind and Water Hazel was long on wind damage; and Connie on water damage. That about sums it up. A check of weather station fig ures at Tidewater Research Sta tion near here shows that a total of 1.10 inches of rainfall accom panied Hazel here last October 15, and, incidentally, that was the only precipitation here for that month. What Washington County felt of Hurricane Connie was accom panied by heap much water, on the other hand. Last Friday’s precipitation alone totaled 5.04 inches, while for a six-day period starting last Wednesday and end ing Monday of this week, the total stood at 8.55 inches. Creswell Cannery To Close Tuesday A. K. Spencer, jr., vocationa agriculture teacher on the Cres well High School faculty, wishei to remind that the Creswell can nery will close ,for the season a the end of the day Tuesday of nex week. The cannery was operated foi the most part on Tuesdays am Thursdays of each week during th< current season, but in later week; reduced patronage resulted in one day-a-week operations. Mr. Spencer urged that all per sons who desire to use the can nery prepare to do so next Tues day and to remember that it wil be the last day of operations foi the year. Water Damage Greatest As Some Crops Are Inun dated; Piers at Albemarle Beach Swept Away Although Plymouth and Wash ington County were "by-passed” by the main force of Hurricane Con nie late last week, considerable damage from wind and water was reported. Much of the damage, practically impossible to estimate, was done to fieid crops. Corn in the Wenona section was reported to be under water and extremely hard hit. Some very late tobacco was report ed damaged to a great extent also, one unofficial report stating that a field from which only one pulling had been made was damaged to a great extent. Soybeans and peanuts are reported to have withstood the storm well and in some instances pastures may have benefitted, ac cording to farm observers. Quite a bit of damage was done at Albemarle Beach where bulk heads were undermined and piers swept away. The family of Paul King escaped injury when a pine tree measuring 12 inches in diameter was blown across the roof of the house in . which they were sleeping Friday i at 2:30 a. m. near The Pines. The house is the second on the left from the store, The Pines, on the way to Roper on US 64. Considerable damage was done to the roof of the , building as well as to plaster in some of the rooms, it was reported. Water covered all low places in the streets and highways and water ' from the Roanoke backed up in several places and inched toward the streets. As in other places, people in this county had been given ample warning of the storm’s approach and were much better prepared See HURRICANE, Page 7 Special Meeting Of Commissioners Here on Tuesday -» Resolutions Passed Dedi cating Site To Public for Health Center and Nam ing E. J. Spruill Treasurer At a called meeting held here Tuesday night of this week the Washington County Board of Com missioners adopted two resolutions formally dedicating for the public use the site for the proposed coun ty health center here, and naming E. J. Spruill, county tax collector, treasurer all funds in connection health center project. With the action Tuesday night the way is now cleared for con tracting with an architect and the setting of a date for bids, it was said. The necessary steps on the county’s part have been taken and approval by the state agencies is expected to be a mere formality. The project to build a county health center with the aid of the federal government and the state was approved by the commission ers at a called meeting here June 28th of this year. At that time the approximate cost for a building to comprise 2,000 feet of floor space was given as $33,350. The sum of $7,970.60 was appropriated by the county board from the general county fund as the county's ap proximate part of the total cost of the structure. Several sites available to the county and deemed suitable for the purpose and with water, sewer and street facilities conveniently avail able were offered for the approval of representatives of the Medical Care Commission and the State Board of Health, approved site to be furnished by the county to gether with water and sewer. The site chosen is a part of the old county home property and was ex cepted when that property was sold by the county to J. L. Horner of Plymouth sometime ago. Commissioner H. L. Davenport moved for the adoption of the first resolution and Commissioner A. R. Latham seconded the motion. Text of the resolution follows: “Be it resolved, That this board does hereby dedicate to the public that part of the old county home site approved by the North Caro lina Medical Care Cmmission as the same was surveyed and platted by D. J. Brinkley, registered surveyor, on May 24, 1955, the same being a parcel of land fronting 95.5 feet and lying between the lands of See^COMMISSIONERS, Page 7 -® Education Board To Meet Monday -1 The Washington County Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting for August on Monday of next week, it is an nounced by R. F. Lowry, superin tend of county schools who serves as secretary to the board. Normally the board meets on the first Monday of each month but such meetings are often postponed to a more favorable time in order to transact special matters without the necessity for a special called meeting, it is explained. The chief item of business on the agenda Monday is expected to be the formal approval of some new teacher contracts, it was said. 12 Sheltered Here in Storm Red Cross shelters were again opened here Wednesday morn ing of this week, according to Dr. A. L. Whitehurst, chairman of the county chapter of the American Red Cross. However, Dr. Whitehurst stated early Wed nesday afternoon that no one had made use of the shelters to that time. Five white and seven colored persons were sheltered Thursday night of last week at the veterans building and the Plymouth Colored School, respectively, Dr. Whitehurst reported. “I wish to take thd nportunitr *o thank everyone fo. ,'hr .endid co' pe ratiou in setting up the t.ed Cross shelters for the first time ever in this county,” Whitehurst said. House Numbering Project Off to Good Start in Plymouth Six Teams of Two Workers Each Make Good Progress In Door-lo-Door Calls Dur ing Lasl Week-End V First report on the house-num bering project currently being carried on here by the Plymouth Junior Chamber of Commerce will be made at the regular supper meeting of the Jayeees at the May flower Restaurant Friday night. Walton Swain, who heads the special Jaycee committee in charge of the project, stated late yesterday afternoon that good progress has been made on the actual door-to door contact work, begun last week-end. See l- the corn crop was placed at $545,398 in the estimate of that year. Peanuts stand third in value at $612,794. This is much better than the $387,243 total shown in the 1954 estimate. Acreage was placed this year at 3,367 and average yield and price figured respectively at 1,400 pounds an acre and 13 cents a pound. Soybeans, with a total planting of 13,000 acres top the list in that SeeTTELD*C?ROPs7Page~12~* 4 Collon Growers Gel Information On Pesl Control Weevil and Boll worm Infes tation Indicates Contin ued Dusting and Spraying To Save Lint Information of value to the cot ton farmer was released this week, particularly to those with late cot ton of rank growth. It will pay to protect half-grown bolls for a week or 10 days (2 to 3 applications of an insecticide) since migrating weevils will attack im mature bolls, it was pointed out. Each field should be judged ac cording to the conditions present. If the cotton is rank, fieids wet and the crop blown over with the crop only half made, an airplane would be the only equipment for getting into the fields in time to do much good. Where bollworms are a problem alng with weevils, toxaphene, al drin, DDT or endrin may be used as a spray or dust. Endrin is a very poisonous material but will control weevils and bollworms. recommendations should be care fully followed. Where the bolls are practically mature but bollworms are present a 10 per cent DDT dust may be used. Ground equipment should be used as long as possible. The dos age if the cotton is rank should be increased to from 15 to 20 pounds an acre. If an airplane is used growers should provide a flag man to mark treated areas. It is difficult, how ever, to get good applications with such equipment under present con ditions due to high winds, trees, small fields, etc., it was said. Information on square infesta tion given in the latest Cotton News Letter showed average per centage of punctured squares rang ed from six per cent in Northamp ton County to 69 per cent in Bertie County. Washington County was not listed but the percentage in neigh boring Tyrrell was listed as 34.