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T'owng opics | The Plymouth High School Band put on another good show that was enjoyed by the crowd at the foot- : ball game here last Friday night, under supervision of Bernard Ham, the director. The band played sev eral numbers before and during the game, did some fancy marching with an intricate drill by the ma jorettes at halftime, including a salute to the visiting team and its supporters; and then present an amusing novelty number featuring little Bobby Kelly, a drummer boy, who literally “stole the show” in his difficulties with the drum major. All in all, it was one of the best shows seen at a local game, and the spectators “ate it up.” County Agent W. H. Pruden, County ASC Office Manager Mir iam Ausbon, County FHA Super visor W. Willis Bowen and a few interested eounty farmers are at tending a meeting at New Bern Thursday of this week at which the emergency feed grain program will be explained in detail. Wash ington County has been approved for participation in the program which will enable farmers whose crops were hit by the hurricanes to obtain feed grain at reduced rates. Local mail-collection boxes have taken on a “new look” within the past few days. They have been given fresh coats of paint, with the top half in a bright red and the bottom half a bright blue. They present a very striking appearance in their new colors and are easily distinguish ed even at a distance. L. L. Basnight, who has been ^ sick for some time, continues quite ill at his home here. Friends and acquaintances have been missing Mr. Basnight on the street and in the courtroom lately. Roper firemen who attended the quarterly meeting of East Caro lina Firemen's Association at Wind sor Tuesday of this week included J. S. Leary, chief, T. W. Norman, M. B. Wallace, W. R. Brinkley, M. W. Chesson, H. W. Davenport, Alva R. Hooker, H. S. Everett, W. E. Marrow, and J. E. Rawls. Charles F. Gold, state insurance commis sioner, addressed the meeting. Tickets Now on Sale for Benefit Cruise to Edenton The Plymouth Explorer Scouts are now selling tickets to a benefit cruise to be held abroad the S. E. S. Albemarle Sunday, October 30, P. B. Bateman, chairman of the ship's committee, announces. The cruise will be to Edenton and back if the waters are calm, otherwise it will be upriver to Williamston, it was said. Good progress is reported in the drive to secure a new ship-to-shore radio for the ship , Mrs. Windom Dies Here on Thursday Mrs. Dora F. Windom, of Plym outh, widow of the late John L. Windom, of Clarksburg, W. Va., died at 9 a. m. Thursday of last week at the home of her son here, following two years of declining health. Mrs. W’indom had lived in Plym outh for the past eight years, com ing here from Fenwick, W. Va. She was a member of the Church — of the Nazarene. W Mrs. Windom was born at Grassy Creek, W. Va., March 17, 1881, daughter of the late Samuel S. and Jane Lynch Windom, of Sutton, W. Va. ' Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ruth McCroskey, of Colum bus, Ohio, and Mrs. R. A. Dorsey, of Roper; a son, Charles Windom, of Plymouth; three sisters, Mrs. Maud Miller, of Port Washington, Ohio, Mrs. Ella Gregory, of Web ster Springs, W. Va., and Mrs. Wal ter DeBerry, of Fairmont, W. Va.; and five grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Horner’s Funeral Home B chapel Friday at 3 p. m. by a former pastor, the Rev. J. H. Hodges, of Kinston, assisted by the Rev. P. W. Atkins, of Roper. The body was shipped to West Virginia where brief services were held at Dodd and Hurt Funeral Home, Webster Springs, Sunday at 3 p. m. Burial was at Grassy Creek. 1 t; n v b d o n tl n ti F li g ti V c u k a n The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington iij County and its 13,000 people. 11! VOLUME LXVI—NUMBER 41 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 13, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1889 r r M iW x *? ■ Using infra-red film, Jewel Hardison, Plymouth photographer now with the Raleigh Times, last week caught these Washington County scenes that typify the changing season. Flanked by flaming maples, sycamores, beeches, oak, dogwood and an occasional bare-limbed tree heavy with golden-hued walnuts, a gently rolling field is lined with peanut stacks drying in October’s “bright blue weather,” such as this section has been blessed with recently, while goldenrod, marigold and other fall flowers 1 ;nd their hues to the riot of color, and a hurricane-blown dusty brown cornstalk prepares to yield up its harvest. It’s a great time t > be alive.—Jewel Hardison photos. AUTUMN: New Library Set-Up Is Named Pettigrew [Band Will Play I Friday Morning The first downtown perform ance of the Plymouth High School band will take place Fri day at 10:40 a. m. This has been suggested by many of the towns people, it was said. The parade of the band will also advertise the senior dance which is to be held Saturday night of this week at the high school gymnasium, beginning at 8 o’clock. Bonner Addresses Ruritan at Roper The Roper Ruritan Club enter tained the school faculty at its meeting Thursday night of last week and heard Congressman Her bert Bonner make the feature ad dress. Mr. Bonner cited the importance of the schools in combatting juve nile delinquency and stated that the schools are the center of com munity activity. The importance of such organiza tions as the Ruritan Clubs and the Farm Bureau in advancing rural life was pointed out by the con gressman. He closed by pointing to the service which his office in Washington, D. C., renders to his constituents and asked that the people call upon him whenever he can be of service to them. -® Halloween Carnival Next Thursday at Jamesville Jamesville School will hold its annual Halloween carnival Thurs day night of next week in the school gymnasium. Games, cake-walks, bingo, fort untelling and crowning of the king and queen will be among the amusements. Hunt Season To Start In County Tomorrow The hunting season opens Fri day of this week on such game as squirrel, deer, bear and ruffed grouse. It is expected that the deer stands will be well-manned while squirrel hunters will doubtless be giving the bushy-tails a miserable time. The season opens a day earlier than usual. Daily bag limit on squirrels is eight, with a posses sion limit of 16. The season closes January 2. The bear and deer seasons will tlso continue to January 2, while he season on ruffed grouse closes February 15. Daily bag limit on bear is 2 and >n deer 1. Possession limit is the same. Daily bag limit on ruffed grouse s 3, with a possession limit of 6. The open season on raccoon and spossum runs from October 14 to February 15 with no restriction as :o bag limit. The open season on quail, wild turkey and rabbit runs from No vember 24 to January 31. f -• New Three-County Library Region Named, Contract By-Laws and Budget Se: Up Last Thursday It’s the Pettigrew Region. That is the name for the ncwl.\ formed library region made up o: three counties — Chowan, Tyrrel and Washington — decided upor last Thursday night at a meeting of the regional library board hole in the Shepherd-Pruden Library a Edenton. A contract, by laws and budgei were also worked out at the Eden ton meeting so the organizatior is now v/ell under way. Schedules are being worked out for both the bookmobile for white residents of the three counties anti also for the bookmobile for the colored, it was said. By November 1 both bookmo biles will be on their regular runs which will be made every four weeks. This week trial runs arc being made in Chowan County for the colored by Mrs. Verdie Alex ander, bookmobile librarian for the colored, and Mrs. Eugenia It. Baby Ion, regional director. Other trial runs will be made this month Bookmobile runs arc being worked out by various committees with the aid of Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Bryan Harris, of Roper, who is bookmo bile librarian for white residents, and Mrs. Babylon. The two bookmobiles will serve all county schools and will stop at stores and private homes. It will not be possible to stop at every home so persons from nearby houses are a$ked to come to the bookmobile when it stops. All pre vious stops will be continued and others are being added. Anyone wishing a stop not reg ularly scheduled may have the bookmobile.stop by placing a white flag on their mailbox. People of both races in all three counties are urged to .communicate with their ! local libraries or with members of ! the committee if they desire a stop. This will greatly facilitate the planning, it was pointed out. It is the aim of those mapping the routes to reach anyone who wants books in any locale, no matter how remote, so long as roads are safely passable. Books are loaned free, the only obligation being that the borrow er take good care of them and re turn to the bookmobile in four weeks; then others may be borrow ed. By the first of next month, it was said, schedules will be ready for publication. During the trial runs books may be borrowed and returned at the regular run in November. Upon completion the new Wash ingtn County Public Library will serve as regional headquarters and as an office for Mrs. Babylon. All new books for the libraries in the region will be ordered by her anc received and classified and ther sent to the various libraries. Ruriian Club at Roper To Sponsor Library Benefit -4. — SupperandBaskeiball Game To Be Held; Club Officers For Coming Year Elected Last Week Several matters were taken up at the business session of the Roper Ruritan Club last Thursday night. It was voted that the club ac cept the recommendation of the board of directors to sponsor a supper and basketball game with proceeds to go to the Washington County Library fund. Mitchiner Banks, Jack Leary and It. L. Daven port were appointed a committee to carry out the project. T. Reynold Spruill reported that approximately 50 letters had been written to prospective doctors for the Roper community and several replies had been received, but none favorable for a rural practice. N. Worth Chesson reported for his committee regarding the pros pects for paving the Woodlong Road and the establishment of a roadside park within the town limits of Roper. His committee had contacted District Highway Com missioner Emmett Winslow con cerning both projects. The club voted to support a pe tition drawn up by the Plymouth Junior Chamber of Commerce to obtain a full-time surgeon for Washington County Hospital. District Governor T. C. Martus announced that the Roanoke Dis trict convention is scheduled for Bear Grass December 6 and urged that all members of the Roper club plan to attend. J. A. Chesson, chairman of the nominating committee, submitted the following candidates for club officer- in 1956: T. Reynold Spruill, president; Charles L. Gleaves, vice president; Sidney J. Hassell, secretary; Sidney Spruill, treasurer; Walter Grimes, sergeant-at-arms; Jack S. Leary, board of directors. Motion was made and seconded that the club accept the nominations and the new officers were elected by ac-i clamation. T. A. Hood, principal of Roper High School, introduced the spec ial guests, including members of the school faculty and Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Lowry, of Plymouth. Veterans Sponsor Barbecue Dinner Here on Saturday The James E. Jethro Post of the American Legion and the Bosie Bateman Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, are sponsoring a barbecue dinner to be held at the veterans building here Saturday. Barbecue, slaw, cornbread and brunswick stew will be offered at a nominal price and will be served from 11:30 a. m. to 8 p. m., the announcement states. Anyone desiring to have barbe cue delivered to his hACiif may do so by telephoning •fl4-l, it was said. Moving Slow at Police Siaiion To hear local police talk, items y.-i'cli re fount! and turned in ijlthe sta •< h'-ru are slow mov ing. They intimate that perhaps an auction will be necessary be fore long to clear out a few items. Sometime ago, a ladies' wed ding band was turned in. Also, a bicycle was found on the streets and turned in at the station. Chief P. W. Brown issued a statement asking that the own ers come to the station and claim the items but so far there has been no response, it was stated this week. Check-Up Meeting Friday Night for Farm Bureau Unil Names of 160 Members Re ported Last Week; Vote To Extend Drive Anothei Week Some 160 names of member; were turned in by solicitors at the check-up meeting of the Washing ton County Farm Bureau held at the agriculture building here last Friday night. The annual membership drive started Saturday, October 1, with a goal of 300 members. One spokesman declared the re sponse to be the “best we've ever had before the first check-up.” It was agreed to extend the drive another week and the next check up meeting was set for Friday night of this week. This meeting will be held at the agriculture building, beginning at 7:30 o’clock and all solicitors are urged to be present and ready to turn in theii reports. T. Reynold Spruill, of Roper, is county membership chairman. Com munity chairmen are W. T. Free man and E. H. Liverman, Plym outh; J. Rudolph Respass, Wenona J. A. Chesson, Roper; J. Aydlette Morris, Creswell; Vance Respass Pleasant Grove; David Craddock Long Acre. With the many pronlems facing agriculture today, it has beer pointed out, the farmers need more than ever the help of a strong or ganization such as the Farm Bu reau. The county unit can be mad< stronger if the farmers all over th( county will rally to its support spokesmen said. It was emphasizet that every farmer needs to join th< county unit. Reports state that mei chants join the organization mori readily than do some of the farm ers, the people served by this or ganization. The county chairman urged tha all solicitors go out and redoubli their efforts to meet the quota. “I strongly urge all farmers ii the county to get behind the Farn Bureau,” Mr. Spruill declared. Commissioners To Meet in Special Session Tonight Henry Bragg To Make Re port on Drainage Outlet Survey; Delegates to As sociation To Be Approved Soil Conservationist Henry Bragg has completed the survey of coun ty drainage outlets which was re quested recently by the county commissioners, it was announced early this week. Mr. Bragg will make a report on the project at a special meeting of the Commissioners to be held at the courthouse Thursday night of this week. Frank L. Brinkley, of Plymouth, chairman of the board of commis sioners. stated late Wednesday that the drainage situation will be dis cussed at length to see whether or not any of the projects can be in cluded in application for disaster relief funds. Mr. Brinkley stated last week, following a special meeting of tbe commissioners at which a repre sentative of the U. S. Public Health Service was present, that the agen cy would not consider a drainage project in allocating funds unless the problem is purely one of health. Mr. Brinkley also stated at that time that there was little hope of getting any appreciable amount of government aid because there is not much available. No one other than Mr. Bragg is expected to meet with the com missioners Thursday night, Mr. Brinkley said. The only other business on the agenda will be the approval of a list of delegates from this county to attend the annual meeting of the Southern Albemarle Associa tion to be held at Williamston Fri day, October 28. Usually, 50 per sons from each member county are named as delegates. Bar Association Meets i,astWeek —*— An organizational meeting of the District Bar Association was held in the courtroom at the county courthouse here last Thursday afternoon. The meeting was called to order by Judge Malcolm C. Paul, of Washington, resident judge of the Second Judicial District, who was ramed temporary chairman and presided until the election of a president. Clarence Griffin, Williamston at torney, was elected president. Oth er officers named included Carl L. Bailey, sr., of Plymouth, vice president; James B. McMullan, of Washington, secretary - treasurer; and Bryan Grimes, of Washington, member of the state council from this district. W. Ronald Gaylord, of Plymouth, was named member of the execu tive committee from this county. About fifty persons attended the meeting. Martin County will entertain the annual meeting of the association sometime next May, it was said. -^ Senior Dance Set At Gym Saturday -♦ The senior class at Plymouth High School plans to crown Miss Plymouth High and Miss Grammar Grade at a dance in the school gymnasium Saturday night of this week. The class cordially invited the public and the students to enjoy the dancing and crowning of the queens. Admission will be $1.50 for couples and $1 for singles. The dance will be held from 8 to 12 and music will be furnished by the Plymouth High School dance band under the direction of W. Bernard Ham. Money dropped in coin collectors sponsored by the various entries in the queens’ contest will be used by the seniors for a trip to New York. Winners in the contests will be de termined by the amount of money in their respective containers. Farmers Will Select ASC Committeemen At Polls Next Week r SPECIAL SERVICES The Rev. Paul B. Nickens, I pastor of Ludford Memorial Baptist Church here, will do the preaching at revival services be ginning at the church Sunday night. Owens Brothers Associated With Plymouth Plant Join E. J. Broughton at Farmers Colton & Peanul Company; Firm To Make Strong Bid for Local Crop The association of Edward L. Owens and A. Lloyd Owens, promi nent Plymout: farmers and busi iTm1 t*v farmers Cotton & Peanul Company here was an nounced this week. E. J. Broughton will remain with the firm in the capacity of manager while the Messrs. Owens will con tact growers. At the same time it was an nounced that J. T. Browning, well known peanut buyer of Plymouth who has been associated with the local concern for the past few years, will again buy for the com pany. Farmers Cotton & Peanut Com pany has been operated as a buyer, cleaner and shelter of peanuts here by Mr. Broughton for the past 13 years. The firm is expected to employ about 75 persons during the season and will operate on a regular eight hour day schedule which will be lengthened if necessary, Mr. Broughton stated. The company will make an active bid for the crop in this section and assures the growers that capable personnel will be on hand for weighing and grading. -<gu Digging Peanuts All Over County Peanut digging is in full swing throughout the county, according to County Agent W. H. Pruden. Mr. Pruden said he believed that the crop in this county is over half dug and that the farmers will about wind up digging operations next week. Reports concerning the quality and quantity of the crop are more encouraging now than at first, it was said. “I don’t think that pea nuts are hurt as bad as we thought they were,” the county agent de clared. I« Observers generally believe that peanuts on light soils will turn out an average or near-average yield, while crops on heavier types of land are expected to be consid erably short in yield and also in quality. Weather conditions this week were quite favorable for digging and stacking the crop. Farmers To Select Local Committees; Roper, Cres well and Plymouth Vot ing Places Listed Farmers of Washington County will go to the polls next week in an election all their own Tuesday is the day set for farm ers to select community committee men to serve them in regard to ASC matters. The set-up is altered this year and instead of electing 35 community committeemen for the county, only 15 will be voted in. In the past five have been se lected for each of seven communi ties in the county. However, an ap proval has been received consoli dating the seven into three com munities as follows: Roper and Pleasant Grove, Roper; Plymouth and Long Acre, Plymouth; Creswell, Mt. Pleasant and Cherry, Creswell. Voting places will be at Mike Davenport's garage in Creswell; Norman Chesson’s store at Roper; and the agriculture building at Plymouth. The polls will open at 8 a. m. and close at 5 p. m. Farmers in the Creswell, Cherry and Mt. Pleasant communities will vote at Creswell; those living in Pleasant Grove and Roper, at Roper; and farmers from Long Acre, Wenona and Plymouth com munities at Plymouth. The county election board se lected the community election boards as follows: Plymouth—H. G. Simpson, David Craddock and Rudolph Respass; Roper — Wendell C. Spruill, Vance Respass and Myrle C. Mar row; Creswell — P. B. Belanga, J. A. Reynolds and Roy V. Patrick. Each community election board met and selected a slate of 10 eligi ble persons for committeemen. So voters will choose five from the list of 10. The following have been nomi nated: Plymouth—J. F. Carter, sr., Leon Dunbar, Paul T. Swain, Cyril Ange, Robert W. Bowen, Wendell F. Ange, L. T. Gurganus, L. J. Bed dard, A. R. Latham and E. A. Phelps; Roper — Wesley Spruill, R. C. Peacock, R. E. Alexander, L. R. Gladson, L. S. Bateman, James W. Small, J. R. Swain, L. E Hassell, jr., R. L. Davenport, H. R. Ches son and C. M. Davenport; Creswell — Leon L. Davenport, Rupert L. Hassell, E. O. Arnold, Douglas Davenport, W. P. Daven port, James T. Davis, C. A. Ben son, Roy C. Williams, Isaac W. Furlough and Alton M. Spear. In each voting precinct the per son receiving the greatest number of votes will be designated chair man of the committee. The person receiving second high number of votes will be vice chairman. The chairman of the local committee will be a delegate to the county convention which will select the county committee of five. This convention will be held at Plym outh Thursday, October 27. Committeemen are directly re sponsible to the neighbors who elect them. They oftentimes make great personal sacrifice in order to serve, it has been pointed out. Therefore, it was stated, farmers should show appreciation for this service by going to the polls next Tuesday and casting their votes to select the five local committee members to serve them. Shrine Club Meeting Slated Here for Monday Evening The Washington County Shrine Club will meet at the Lodge Hall here Monday night of next week at 8 o’clock, W. A. Roebuck, presi dent, has announced. Mr. Roebuck said the club is hoping to sponsor a dance to raise funds for the Crippled Children’s Home at Greenville, S. C., soon and that plans for the event will be considered at the meeting Monday night. Disease Hits Swine Herds in County Disease has hit swine herds in all parts of the county, with veter i inarians diagnosing the trouble as ! cholera in several herds. County Agent W. H. Pruden i stsied yesterday morning that vet erinarians are still finding indica tions of salemonella and pasteu rella, two organisms which cause ; digestive disorders, and which i caused heavy losses among hogs in this section during the summer, i Also, it was stated, some hogs i have been found to be sick from eating damaged corn. “In view of the circumstances,” the county agent said, “it seems it would be avisable to vaccinate hogs against cholera—those not already vaccinated. “By all means, feed a balanced ration," Pruden continued, “includ ing a protein supplement and min eral mixture as well as grain,” The agent advised growers to avoid any abrupt feeding change. Some farmers, he said, are taking hogs off old corn and immediately putting them into damaged fields of new corn. Hogs should be work ed in gradually, it was pointed out. Pruden suggests that some new corn be included in the diet before the hogs are taken off old corn and then after about a week they can be put in the field. They should be carefully watched, how ever, he emphasized. Mr. Pruden said Roy Stillman, Wendell Spruill and Sid Spruill, all of Roper, Howard Walker, near Plymouth, and Ruth Davenport, of Creswell, all have reported sick hogs.
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