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T'own opics Carter Wallace Jones, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Carter W. Jones, of Winton, was recently publicized as the newest and youngest em ployee of Hertford County. Young Joues draws the jury list for the county, the law requiring that this be done by a child under 10 years of age. The Jones residence in Win ton was also featured sometime ago in the regular “Let’s Go Visiting” corner of The Hertford County Herald. Mrs. Jones is the former Miss Gladys Bowen, daughter of f . and Mrs. Lawrence H. Bowen, Plymouth. Those from First Christian Church of Plymouth who attended the state convention of the Disci ples of Christ held in Greensboro last week were Mr. and Mrs. Wes ley Hardison and Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Barnette. Miss Iris Covey, reading consul tant with a national book publish ing firm, Jack Henderson, publish ers representative, and Homer A. Lassiter, of the state department of public instruction, were business visitors to Plymouth Wednesday of last week. Miss Covey taught demonstration reading classes at Plymouth White School Wednesday morning and at Plymouth Colored School Wednesday afternoon. R. F. Lowry, county superinten dent of schools, and J. W. Norman and Mrs. K. S. Trowbridge, mem bers of the county board of edu cation, attended the meeting of the North Carolina State School Board Association at Chapel Hill last Wednesday. Governor Luther Hod ges addressed the meeting. The party returned to Plymouth Wed nesday night. Those from this county who at tended the meeting of the Albe marle Schoolmasters Club at Hert ford Monday night were R. F. Low ry and B. T. Lindsey, of Plymouth, Miss Matilda Alexander, Mrs. Hes ter D. Mason and W. E. Bateman, of Creswell. The meeting was held at the Perquimans County Gram mar School. Dr. A. L. Whitehurst plans to at tend the semi-annual convention of the North Carolina Chiropractic Association to be held at Golds boro Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Dr. Whitehurst will return home Sunday night. Charles WiiJ.cm«, extension farm management specialist, and Miss Mary Em Lee, extension clothing specialist, addressed the Washing ton County Agricultural Workers Council Wednesday on the outlook for agriculture on the farm and in the home. The meeting was held in the auditorium of the agricul ture building and opened at 3:30 p. m. About 15 professional agri cultural workers attended. -® Induction Call » Received for 7 -t The local selective service board has received a call for seven regis trants to be sent for induction into the Armed Forces Thursday, De cember 1, Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, board clerk, reported this week. There are no volunteers to fill the call, Mrs. Hunter said, but enough registrants are available to fill the call. Very few registrants of the board have been called up during 1955, a check of board records shows, jj^lnly seven registrants have been vxRent to fill calls upon the board this year for inductees. In addition, one delinquent has been sent. Six men were sent for induction in January, one in June and the de linquent registrant in July. There were no calls made upon the local board during other months of the year. The total number of board regis trants now in the service is listed as 1,692, as of August. Other list ings show: 1A examined and acceptable, ready to be called, 62; Number in 1A classification not Examined, 48; Total inducted to dale and cur rently serving, 34; 1-C enlisted and currently serv ing, 110. The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated j|[ to the service of Washington §j jjj County and its 13,000 people. || Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 17, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1889 VOLUME LXVI—NUMBER 46 PRINCIPALS IN CORNERSTONE LAYING AT NEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH PLANT '-X i .1 „ November 6 was a special clay in more ways than one for members and friends of First Christian Church here. Homecoming Day was marked with tiie largest attendance in the history of the church for such an occasion, and in the afternoon special cornerstone laying rites were held. Shown here are 1 the principals in the cornerstone laying: R. L. Tettcrton, contractor, left, and R. E. Bowen, right, are shown setting the stone in place, while E. H. Liverinan, Russell Owens and the minister, the Rev. C. N. Barnette, look on. The handsome brick plant, which has been described as an inspiration to Christians in Eastern North Carolina, is rapidly taking shane.—Photo by Weaver Studio. Urge Early Response To Seal Sale Letters ( Band To Show j I At Slate Game J The Plymouth High School band will make one more appear ance at a football game this sea son—at Raleigh Saturday where they will lend a bit of color to State’s homecoming battle with the Indians from the College of William and Mary. The band offered a novelty number, "Seventeen,” as the ma jorettes did the “Charleston” during halftime of the Plymouth Central game here last Friday night. They also played “Ain’t That a Shame,” but, according to the outcome of the game, played it to the wrong team. Flag Canvass Is Set for Tonight About 60 flags were sold by local 1 veterans during the canvass here last Thursday night, it is reported. Some 15 volunteer solicitors worked the Country Club Village and a few other streets. There are about 140 flags left on , hand, veterans' spokesmen said, and canvass is planned Thursday night of this week in an effort to cover the remainder of the town. The solicitors will meet at the veterans building at 7 p. m. Thurs day to get assignments. The flag project here is jointly sponsored by the the James E. Jethro Post No. 164 of the Ameri can Legion and the Bosie Bateman 1 Post No. 4023, Veterans of Foreign Wars. -g Local Draft Board Lists Two More Delinquents Two delinquents in addition to those listed last week were listed by Selective Service Board No. 95 here this week. They are: Earl Cooper, jr., failure to re port for physical examination, and Eddie Downing, jr., failure to re port to local board of transfer in Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, board clerk, has resumed her duties fol lowing an extended leave of ab sence and board hours are from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Monday through Friday of each week. Surfacing of Streets To Start Next Week It is hoped to start street sur facing work in Plymouth next week, Police Chief P. W. Brown said today. An asphalt plant has been located near Edenton, the chief said, and the state highway department will do the work here out of Powell Bill funds. Brown said surfacing will be done on Park Avenue, one block of Linden Street, from the post office to the river on Jefferson Street, and on West Water Street which at present is in a rather rough condition. Also, it was stated, several other streets will be put in shape for later surfacing. The chief listed these as Truman Avenue, Fifth Street, Sixth Street and the lower end of Madison Street. The street surfacing was a major topic at the last meeting of the Town Council and Councilman J. B. Holliday at that time expressed concern over the delay. Mayor A. J. Riddle stated at the council meeting that he understood an asphalt plant would be located at Williamston within the next few months and that due to the near ness of cold weather the surfacing project might have to wait until next spring. However, with a plant not far from Edenton, it was de cided to go ahead with the work. Mrs. Durand Keel, Chairman Of Washington County Seal Sale, Points to Gen erous Response Last Year Several hundred letters contain ing Christmas Seals were mailed to Washington County citizens yes terday. Placed in the post office here by Mrs. Durand Keel, Chirstmas Seal Sale chairman for Washington County, the letters also contain a message of vital concern to the health of every family, it was pointed out. In urging that everyone who re ceives one of these letters sit down and read the message just as soon as it is received, Mrs. Keel said, “We want them to know what their Tuberculosis Seal Sale is doing to 1 protect the health of the communi ty in fighting this disease, and we want them to know exactly what they are paying for when they buy Christmas Seals.” Last year Washington County people gave generously to support the work of the TB Associations, Mrs. Keel added, and according to a report from association officials, additional funds will be needed this year to carry out expanded pro grams planned for 1956. “When you buy Christmas Seals you are attacking the TB problem at all levels,” Mrs. Keel declared. She pointed out that 75 per cent of all funds remain in the county for the local program. Nineteen per cent supports a statewide program, while the remaining six per cent supports the work of the National Tuberculosis Association in a na tional and international effort to curb TB, with one per cent of the six earmarked for 'medical and social research. Mrs. Keel emphasized that the people of this area can rightfully pride themselves on the progress made in TB control through their support of the TB Seal Sale and health department programs, but at the same time pointed out that the job of eliminating TB is a long way from being complete. “I feel confident,” the chairman stated, “that Washington County citizens will give careful attention to the facts in their Christmas Seal letters and show that they want to see the job of defeating tuberculo sis completed by buying Christmas Seals generously during this cam paign.” Plymouth Man, 79, Succumbs Monday Joseph J. Persons, 79, of Plym outh, died at 8 a. m. Monday at a Hertford hospital. He had lived here for three years, coming here from Hugo, Oklahoma. Mr. Persons was a native of Blue Mountain, Miss., and was the son of the late John and Trephenia Ford Persons, born January 21, 1876. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. B. F. Lankford, Plymouth; a step son, Morris Seale, of Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Lelah Smith and Mrs. W. F. Wantland, both of Hugo, Ok lahoma; and two brothers, J. S. Persons, of Hugo, Oklahoma, and J. F. Persons, of Corpus Christi, Texas. Funeral services will be held at Hugo Friday of this week, with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery there. j Empty Slocking Fund Meeting To Be Held Monday Interested Citizens, Organi zations Urged To Be Pres ent and Represented at Organizational Session. -♦ A group of interested citizens will meet here next week to organ ize the annual Empty Stocking Fund effort for this year. The project is sponsored each year by the Plymouth Rotary Club, with the active support of other organizations and individuals. The meeting is scheduled for Monday night at 8 o’clock in the Washington County courthouse. Letters bearing the signatures of several leaders in the project have been sent out to a number of prom inent citizens, requesting that they serve on the committee. Spokesmen for the Rotary Club have expressed the opinion that everyone in the community be lieves in the importance of the project which attempts to bring Chirstmas cheer to those persons in Washington County who need assistance. Through the Empty Stocking Fund, it was explained, all agencies and individuals have an opportunity to participate in a most worthy and gratifying under taking during the Christmas sea son. Details concerning conduct of the campaign to solicit contributions of money, food, clothing and toys to the annual fund arc expected to be worked out at the meeting. In SceTsTOCKlNG FUND, Page 10 To Begin Use of New Library Here In January 1956 ♦ Interior Painting To Start This Week or Next, Leav itt Says; Firemen Now at Work on Book Shelves E. M. Leavitt, in charge of the library project here, stated Wed nesday of this week that the new public library building should be ready for use sometime in January. The contractor, Ambrose Con struction Cmpany of Creswell, fin ished up odds and ends Wednesday afternoon. Interior painting is ex pected to begin either this week or next, Mr. Leavitt said, and Plym outh Volunteer Fire Department workers have begun work on con structing shelves and cabinets for the building. Furniture for the library was ordered this week, also. The handsome, one-story build ing is located at the corner of Third and Adams Streets on a lot donated for the purpose by At torney and Mrs. Z. V. Norman, of Plymouth. The library entrance faces Third Street. The library is across Adams Street from the Plymouth Methodist Church. Impetus was given to the project, long a dream here, when at the regular monthly meeting of the county commissiners last April il was unanimously voted to appropri ate the sum of $10,000 for the erection of a suitable library build 'ing here. Plans were later drawr and approved and Mr. Leavitt, t member of the local library board placed in charge of the project. The general contract for con struction was let to the Creswel concern for some $9,300. This die not include wiring, interior paint ing and installation of shelves. The library is now housed oi the second floor of the count; courthouse. Marketing Beans, Peanuts Is Light -1 E. Davenport, of Plymouth Storage and Coal Company, said Wednesday that soybean receipts this week were fairly heavy. Yields, however, are said to be very poor. Mr. Davenport said many yields are running below 15 bush els an acre. Top price on beans was said to be $1.95 per bushel. Considerable beans are yet in the fields, it was said. E. J. Broughton, manager of Farmers Cotton and Peanut Com pany here, reported little improve ment in movement of peanuts to market here. Receipts last week at the local plant were termed “rather poor.” He said the price range was about the same as last week, rang ing from $10.92 per hundredweight to $14.40. Peanut pickers were busy in the fields but the unseasonably warm weather was far from ideal, making the threshing job on the “tough" side. NOT ALL HUNTERS COME HOME EMPTY-HANDED | -- ■ ■■ —4 A “wild goose chase” usually is considered just about the height—or depth—of futility, but this group from Plymouth went down to Hyde County Monday of last week, opening day for wild fowl shooting, and proved otherwise. That’s John Furlough, W. E. Phelps and Mack Marrow with seven other—that is, with seven geese, one more than their limit, which they brought back. They explained the extra one by saying it committed suicide by flying into their car on the way out of Archie Berry’s field in the Mattamuskeet area, where the hunting took place. Mack, who has been around about as long as Jack Benny, said the day—November 7—was also his 39th birthday, which is slightly more difficult to believe than the yarn about that goose committing suicide.—Staff photo. Plan Distribution Surplus Foods To Needy Families | TOM THUMB WEDDING BEING GIVEN AT ROPER [ Here are three of the principals in the Tom Thumb wedding being presented in the Roper High School auditorium this afternoon and tomorrow night under the auspices of the Future Homemakers class there. Left to right they are Steve Rawls, bridegroom; Linda Leary, the bride; and Steve Leary, trainbearer. The cast includes 26 youngsters, with performances scheduled for 2 o’clock this after noon and 8 o'clock Friday night.—Staff photo. Christmas Programs Being Planned Here ! Tentative Plans Considered For Three Half-Hour Com munity Sings Here Week i Before Christmas A movement was launched Tues i day night at a preliminary meeting of interested citizens to have a series of activity programs present ed here during the pre-Christmas season. There were 18 persons at the preliminary meeting, which saw a number of ideas presented, and ■ a planning committee of nine was jpjionted to meet next Monday night to start working out definite , arrangements for the events. I The preliminary meeting this : week was held in the Christian Church Annex, with Thomas F. : Hopkins as temporary chairman. Tentative ideas discussed centered around the annual Santa Claus visit and possibly three half-hour community sings of Christmas carols and sacred music in front of the city market building here on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights before Christmas. It was planned to have the community singing led by massed choirs of Churches throughout the section. More specific plans are expect ed to be developed at the meeting of the planning committee at the Christian Church Annex next Mon day night at 7:30. A number of lo cal organizations, including wo men’s clubs, civic clubs, veterans group, most of the local church choirs, merchants association as sociation and the town government, were represented at the meeting, and considerable enthusiasm for some organized form of pre-Christ mas activities was developed. The idea which found most favor with the group was to have the annual Santa Claus visit, usually sponsored by the merchants associ ation and the Junior Chamber of Commerce, take place on Friday night, December 16. This is to be followed by the community sings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights befqre Christmas, starting at 7 o'clock and lasting about half an hour so as not to interfere with See PROGRAMS, Page 10 Turkey Shoot Is Planned by Lions A turkey shoot will be sponsored Saturday of this week by the Plym outh Lions Club. It will be held on the lot of the Richard West Iron & Steel Company where U. S. Highway 64 crosses the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks, starting at 10 in the morning and continu ing as long as there is any de mand by shooters. As in former years, the charge will be $1.00 per shot, with pro ceeds to go to the Lions Club ac tivity fund A turkey will be given away for each 20 shots, according to J. F. Keyes and M. S. Brobst, co chairmen of the committee in charge. Shooters may bring their own guns or a gun will be furnish ed if desired. Shells will be furn ished, it was stated. Winners will receive orders for dressed turkeys at local food stores, as it has been found im practical to have live turkeys on hand for the shoot. Mr. Keyes said if the event proved successful similar shoots would be held be tween Thanksgiving and Christmas. Beacon To Be Out Day Early The Roanoke Beacon will be published on Wednesday of next week, one day ahead of the usual schedule. It will be necessary for correspondents to mail their material so that it will reach the office on or be fore Monday in order to Insure publication. Those oondln? in cbilrrh an nouncements H tdvefft'jing copy also are requested to have copy in the office not later than Monday. Due to observance of the Thanksigiving holiday by postal workers, The Beacon, although printed a day early, will not go out on the rural routes until Friday, the usual time. The Beacon office will be closed all day Thursday. Firemen Answer Two Alarms Here Local firemen answered two alarms within a 16-hour period this week. The firemen were called to a colored residence on West Water Street next to The Beacon plant at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday to put out a blaze which destroyed some clothes but did not damage the dwelling house. Then at noon Wednesday the firemen were summoned to put out a brush fire near the Norfolk Southern Freight Station which was rapidly spreading before a strong wind and threatening sever al nearby buildings. -<® Schools of County To Be Closed 2 Days Next Week -« All students and teachers in school of Washington County will get a really long week-end next week. Schools will be closed all day Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holidays. Classes will be resumed Monday of the follow ing week at the usual hour. This will be the last holiday for the schools until the long Christ mas holidays which run from De cember 21 through January 1. Agricullure Building Here As Tentaiive Distribution Point Applications To Be Received Here, Creswell At a fairly well-attended meet ing at the agriculture building here Tuesday night which was called jointly by several county agencies it was decided to request surplus commodities for families made needy because of hurricane damage. Earlier, the county commission ers had voted to make application for such aid. Two of the commissioners were present at the Tuesday night meet ing, along with the County Agent, who acted as chairman, the home agent, vocational agricultural teach ers, welfare board members, inter ested merchants, farmers and teachers. Also present were J. P. Davis, of Raleigh, representing the North Carolina Department of Agricul ture, and Neill Freeman, of the Atlanta area office of the Direct Distribution Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture. People from various communities in the county reported on the hur ricane damage and the expected needs, and the number of families expected to be eligible for com modities which include creamery butter, dried milk, cheese, rice, lard, cornmeal and flour, and dried beans. Tentative formulation of screen ing committees to determine in the various communities of the county eligibility of those requesting com modity aid was begun. Mrs. Ursula Spruill, superinten dent of public welfare for Wash ington County, reported Wednes day morning that her office is pre pared to begin taking applications for commodities. Monday and Wednesday of next week those living in the Creswell section may make application at the tax office located in Junior Spruill’s store, it was stated. Those making application by No vember 26 and then certified as eligible will begin getting deliver ies the first week in December, ac cording to present plans, Mrs. Spruill said. See SURPLUS FOODS, Page 10 -® Beloved Former Teacher Passes -* One of Washington County’s oldest and most beloved citizens, Miss Augusta Chandler Carstar phen, of Roper, passed away at 1 a. m. Thursday at Washington County Hospital. She had been ill for about two months. Universally know as “Miss Gus sie,” she had been active until taken ill a few weeks ago. She taught school for 67 years, retiring just seven years ago, and she num bered a host of friends among her former pupils, many of whom visit ed her regularly. She was a native of Columbia, in Tyrrell County, but had spent prac tically all her life in this county. She was born October 4, 1859, to the late William Daniel Carstar phen and Louise Duguid Carstar phen. Miss Carstarphen for the last several years had made her home with a niece, Mrs. Corey Campbell, of near Roper. She was a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Roper, where funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p. m. Inter ment will be in the family plot at Plymouth Methodist Church. Surviving are two nieces, Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. J. W. William son, of Norfolk, Va.; two nephews, Sidney Hilliard, of Norfolk, and William Hilliard, of Bakerton, Ga.; several grand-nieces and grand nephews. Band Boosters’ Show Tonight and Friday Presentations of the “Follies of ’55“ are slated for Thursday and Friday nights of this week at Plym outh High School auditorium and a good crowd is expected each night. The entertainment, using local talent, is sponsored by the Plym outh Band Boosters. The organiza tion has been given good support by local business houses and pro fessional firms. Walter Furlong will serve as master of ceremonies, with Harry Garrett, Earl Dunn, Shelton Mc Nair, Tommy Bland, Ernest Whit ley and Raymond Smith listed on the program as waiters. Other participants include Ben Robertson, Ben Windley and Cecil Craft, janitors; Miss Gail Harrison, hostess; Myrtle Gray Jackson, Ber nard Ham, Charles Hutchins and Gail Harrison, soloists; The dance band, directed by Ber nard Ham, feature L. ida Lipscomb, Tommy Ragland, Marian Allen and Steve Hopkins, saxophones; How ard Walker, Harry Ward and Lar ry Allen, trumpets; Ronnie Math eny, Burton Ange and Burl Walker, trombones; Beulah Cratch, piano; Harvey Lucas, drums; Sam Buford, accordionist; Wade Hardison, pian ist; and Betty Jane Leary, director of the chorus. The dancing chorus is composed of Laura Jo Quinn, Nyal Womble, Cathy Somerville, Mary Francis Peed, Betty Jane Leary and Ann Hardison.
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