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Only 14 More Shopping Days Until Christmas—Try Your Home-Town Merchants First for Better Buys T'ovyn | opics g Cpl. Billy R. Respass has re turned to his station at Fort Camp bell, Ky., after spending a 30-day furlough with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Respass, sr., of Rt. 1, Plymouth. Cpl. Respass is in Company A, 511th Airzorne Infan try Regiment, 11th Airborne Divis ion. County School Superintendent Roy F. Lowry is expected to re fl turn to Plymouth late today from High Point where he attended the meeting of the North Carolina division of superintendents. Mr. Lowry left here for High Point Tuesday morning. Lu Read, well-known Plymouth man and theatre employee, suffer ed a badly fractured hip in a fall in the back of the Plymouth Thea tre Tuesday mid-afternoon. He was treated by Dr. T. L. Bray and sent to a Raleigh hospital where he was to undergo an operation. H. N. Stephenson and Franklin Sawyer, of Plymouth, went fishing at Harker’s Island recently and wound up with just one puny fish between them. They reported a good time, however. A snapshot of the two showed both with a hand on the fish and it wasn’t learned who actually was the owner. Resurfacing of several Plymouth streets during the past several weeks has greatly lowered the height of curbing and left some de cided “bumps” in the street where manhole covers are located. This is jp particularly noticeable on West ■'* Main and South Washington Streets. The road crew simply laid a 3-inch covering of asphalt over the old street, thus reducing the height of curbing by that amount and leaving a 3-inch drop from the new surafce to the top of the man hole covers. However, they are still a decided improvement over the conditions formerly existing. The special fund to secure a television set for Johnny Harris, young shut-in who lives near Mac keys, had reached $150 by noon Wednesday of this week, Mrs. L. N. Womble reported. Mrs. Womble is serving as treasurer for the spec ial project to provide something in the way of year-round cheer for young Harris. The amount thus far has been raised largely through personal donations, Mrs. Womble stated. Dr. Alban Papineau, of Plym outh, is a member of the program planning commitee for the 50th an niversary meeting of organized Tu berculosis work in North Carolina. The meeting will be held at the Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, next April 9-10. Outstanding speakers and nationally known authorities on Tuberculosis control programs will be invited to participate in the Golden Anniversary meeting. Man Shot During ABC Raid Friday Near Pulp Plant Cary Brown, Young County Negro, Hit in Leg; Waives Preliminary Hearing, Set Bond at $1,000 M --- Cary Brown, young county Negro, was wounded in the leg during a raid in Martin County near N. C. Pulp Company plant last Friday at 10:45 a. m. According to Washington Coun ty ABC Officer Robert Saw yer, of Roper, Sawyer chased and caught Brown near the scene of a 100-gallon capacity copper still. The officer said Brown struck him once and Sawyer pulled his gun on the Negro and turned Brown over to an ATU officer. Later, Sawyer said, Brown gave the ATU man trouble and was shot, •fjie bullet hitting him in the left "icg and entering the right leg. Brown was admitted to Washington County Hospital and released Wed nesday. While a patient at the hos pital he reportedly waived prelimi nary hearing and was put under §1,000 bond for his appearance in federal court. Jesse Hardison, of Plymouth, who was captured in the raid by an ATU agent, is under $300 appear ance bond, it was said. Taking part in the raid were Sawyer, W. C. Styons, ABC officer Bullock of Martin County, Deputy Sheriff Wiley Craft, of Martin County, Wade Hardison, jr., of Roper, and ATU Officers Frazier and Butler, of Elizabeth City. In addition to the still 300 gal lons of mash, 2 cooling barrels, doubling keg, empty jugs, barrels, two gallons of whiskey, 150 pounds of sugar, 30 pounds of meal, hand water pump, pressure tank, oil burner, buckets, tubs, etc., were seized. In an earlier raid it was reported that Robert Tetterton and James Styons were apprehended by of ficers. The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated |j| to the service of Washington County and its 13,000 people. HI VOLUME LXVI—NUMBER 49 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 8, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1889 "I OFFICERS OF HIGH SCHOOL MONOGRAM CLUB | Officers of'the Monogram or Block-Letter Club at Plymouth High School for the current school year are pictured above as fol lows: Mike Estep, president; Joiene Hollowell, secretary; Janice Johnson, treasurer; and Billy Harden, vice president.—Staff photo. Santa Claus Visit Set Friday of Next Week Mailing Do's AndDon'is Three rules for Christmas gift parcels, said Postmaster J. C. Swain this week, arc: wrap se curely, address correctly and mail early! Be sure return ad dress and recipient’s name and address are inside the package as well as out. Send Christmas cards by first class mail, he urged, thus secur ing forwarding service and re turn to sender if any are unde liverable. Make sure that each address includes full name, street and number, city, zone and state. Young Boy Dies Of Broken Neck Leonard Morris Williams, nine year-old colored boy of the Acre Station community, Plymouth Rt. 1, died from a broken neck sustained when he accidentally hanged him self while playing in the yard of his home Sunday at 10 a. m. It was said the boy was playing with a small rope which he had looped around his neck, with the other end tied to a limb of a China Berry tree. Standing on a lawn chair under the tree he lost his balance or jumped, breaking his neck and causing instant death. He was the son of Hertford Wil liams and wife. Bonner Paul, Beau fort County coroner, investigated. Turkey Shool Is Set for Saturday -♦ Rained out on the Saturday be fore Thanksgiving, the Plymouth Lions Club will hold a turkey shoot Saturday of this week at Richard West’s place, where U. S. Highway S4 crosses the Norfolk Southern Railroad, weather permitting. The committee in charge of arrange ments is composed of J. Fred Keyes, chairman, Wesley Marrow and M. S. Brobst. Shooting will start about 10 o’clock Saturday morning and con tinue through the daylight hours as long as there are sufficient shooters. It is planned to hold a similar shoot on Saturday, December 17. Each shot costs $1, and the per-I son who puts a shot nearest center af the target wins an order for a turkey. The public is invited and urged to take part, as proceeds from the shoot will go to the Lions activity fund. Parade al 3 P. M. To Feature Bands, Majorettes, Santa; Carol Singing Slated for Three Nights Santa’s annual visit to Plymouth is set for Friday of next week at 3 p. m. It is understood that he will be met at the outskirts of town by local dignitaries and escorted to Plymouth High School where the special parade in his honor will form for its march down Washing ton Street to the City Market Building. The parade also will feature a special group of majorettes from Washington and the bands of Plym outh High School and Washington County Union School, Roper. Thos. F. Hopkins, president of the Plymouth Merchants Associ ation, will act as master of cere monies and Santa will be stationed conveniently in front of the City Market Building where he will re ceive letters from the kiddies as they file by to get free candy. Santa’s visit is one of the feat See SANTA CLAUS, Page 8 Funeral Services For Lloyd Gilbert Lloyd Gilbert, 57, suffered a sud den attack and died at his home here Sunday night at 10:45 o’clock. He had been in rather poor health in recent months. He was the son of the late James W. and Katherine Osenton Gilbert, of Pasquotank County, and was born in Dare County on May 30, 1897. Mr. Gilbert was well-known for his musical ability and until re cently had served as organist at Plymouth Methodist Church. He also sang in the choir at Ludford Memorial Baptist Church. He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and active in church af fairs here. Mr. Gilbert never married. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Blanche Midgettc, of Plymouth, with whom he made his home, and by a niece, Mrs. Katherine Amber, of Pittsfield, Mass. Last rites were held from Grace Episcopal Church Tuesday after noon at 4 o’clock with the rector, the Rev. Edward M. Spruill, of ficiating, assisted by the Rev. Jesse H. Lanning, minister of Plymouth Methodist Church, the Rev. P. B. Nickens, pastor of Ludford Me morial Baptist Church, and the Rev. C. N. Barnette, minister at First Christian Church. The choir was made up of mem bers of the choirs of all four down town churches. Interment was in the Methodist Church Cemetery. 110 County Families Share Clothing Gifts Used clothing, donated in Brook-1 :yn, N. Y., for the relief of needy | persons who suffered hurricane iamage, and shipped to this state, has been distributed to 110 families in this county, Mrs. Ursula Spruill, lounty welfare superintendent, stat ed yesterday. Mrs. Spruill said this county had better storage facilities than others in this division, therefore getting i good share of the items. The Nothing, including everything from shoes to hats, was in exceptional condition, the welfare superinten dent said. About one-fourth the supply is still stored at the welfare office but applicants arc coming in every day, Mrs. Spruill added. Clothing is also being received for the Empty Stocking Fund project^ along with home canned vegetables, fruits, toys and other items. Because of the poor farming year the situation is more critical this year than in several years past, it was pointed out. Special Meetings Set by Board at Session Monday Commissioners Will Open Electrical Bids on Health Center Thursday, Discuss Drainage Next Monday Frank L. Brinkley was reelect ed chairman of the Washington County Board of Commissioners for the fiscal year at the regular monthly meeting of the board here Monday. A meeting was set for Thursday of this week at 2 p. m. at which time sealed bids will be opened for the electrical work on the health center to be erected here. On Octo ber 28 the overall contract for the health center was let but it was later discoveerd that the electrical contractor, E. R. Edwards and Son, of Merritt, was not licensed in this county and the State Medical Care Commission ordered new bids for the job. This was subsequently ad vertised as required. Jurors were drawn to serve at the criminal term of Washington County Superior Court which is scheduled to open here Monday, January 16, with Judge Chester Morris, of Coinjock, on the bench. It was voted to hold the regular January meeting of the board on January 9th, since the first Monday falls on a holiday. W. H. Pruden, county agent, made his monthly report and Joe Outlaw, the new assistant county agent, reported for duty. Renewal bond of E. J. Spruill, county tax collector and auditor, was received. The commissioners voted to do nate S35 to the Caswell Training School at Kinston. This is an an nual custom to help provide Christ mas Santa Claus for the children. A meeting was set for Monday night of next week at which Henry Bragg of the Soil Conservation Service will meet with the board to further discuss the program of drainage for the county. Tax listers will be named at the meeting Thursday night, it was said. A contract for the regional li brary organization was filed with the board. -® Cotton Growers To Vote Tuesday On 1956 Quotas Two - Thirds Approval Is | Necessary To Pul Mark eting Quotas Into Effect; Acreage Allotments In .4 Tuesday of next week cotton growers will vote in a referendum to decide whether marketing quo tas will be in effect for the 1956 cotton crop. “If at least two thirds of the growers voting approve the quot as,” explains Miss Miriam Ausbon, ' county ASC office manager, “mar keting quotas will be in effect on j all farms growing cotton in 1956, penalties will apply on ‘excess’ cot ton, and price supports at the full level of effective supports will be available to those growers who | comply with their cotton acreage ] allotments.” ( Under current legislation, this , support will be between 75 and 90 ! per cent of parity, the level de- J pending upon the supply situation , at the time the determination is made. “If more than one-third of the growers disapprove quotas, there will be no marketing quotas or penalties, but price supports to eligible growers (who comply with their allotments) will be available at 50 per cent of parity,” Miss Aus bon added. “In either case, acreage allotments will continue in effect for the 1956 cotton crop.” Allotments went out to individ ual growers in the county the first of this week. It was pointed out that the secretary of agriculture is directed to proclaim marketing quotas for the next cotton crop when the cotton suply exceeds nor mal. All farmers who produced cot ton in 1955 are eligible to vote in the referendum. Voting places in the county will be located at the C. N. (Mike) Davenport garage at Creswell, N. G. Chcsson’s store at Roper and the Agriculture Building at Plym outh. The county allotment of cotton for 1956 totals 730.1 acres as com pared with 953 acres for 1955. A total of 124 acres was given the county out of the state allotment for inequities and hardship cases. Also, 14.9 acres were set aside for new growers Firemen Busy Here Last Thursday Plymouth firemen were kept on he jump Thursday of last week. During the day the local volun eer department answered four darms, two so closely spaced that iremen were still at the scene of me fire and a police car was dis ratched to notify them of the sec >nd. Two of the fires were within the ■ity and two outside the limits. The irst alarm was at 8:40 a. m. and iummoned the firemen to a colored ipartment house on Adams Street. V two-story frame building, it is a --4 Small Industries Sought; To Crack Down on Speeders — 4 Delegation To Go To Raleigh Monday in Interest of At tracting New Industries; Council Hears Complaints Several matters were discussed and action taken on some in the regular monthly meeting of the Plymouth City Council Monday night. A small delegation of citizens who live in Winesett Circle appear ed before the body to call attention to flagrant speeding in that area. Police Chief P. W. Brown said he had also received similar com plaints from residents of Country Club Drive. He said a police officer has cruised the area but no ar rests have been made. However, this should be sufficient warning to the wise, the chief hinted. Speed ing will not be tolerated, he de clared. The matter of attracting new small industries to the town was alsi- discussed. Mayor A. J. Riddl* a.^ r' i. /',-n plan to take a swtf"tieleg uion to Raleigh to dis cuss the matter further with the N. C. Department of Conservation and Development Monday of next week, it was stated. An effort will be made to have Dr. J. M. Phelps, the county representative, and State Senator Edward L. Owens, of Plymouth, in the party, it was said. The council accepted the deed for a street right-of-way from Paul Spencer, Clarence Alexander and Atwood Tetterton in order to pro vide ingress and egress for the new development from Levera Street to West Avenue. Action was deferred on the mat ter of a stoplight at the Water Washington Street intersection, "hief Brown stated his belief that i light there would hinder traffic nn both streets and do more harm :han good. A committee was appointed to nvestigate what stand nearby owns have taken in regard to lo oting bulg gas plants within the :ity limits. The matter came up vhen Swain Gas Co., of Washing on, proposed to locate a plant near JS 64 by-pass and Washington Street. -® Services Next Sunday At Morraiiock Church Services will be held at Morrat ock Primitive Baptist Church, near ’lymouth, Sunday afternoon, De ember 11, at 3 o’clock, with Elder !. R. Boykin in charge. The public s cordially invited to attend. four-family apartment house, or was before the fire. One end was badly burned out, it was said, but one family is reported to be living in the structure now. At 10:23 a. m. the second alarm was turned in, this time for a one story frame house on the Mackeys Road, the residence of Sam Rid dick. The house burned down and little was saved, the report stated. At about 3 o'clock in the after noon the hard-working firemen rushed to the James Moore resi dence on Madison Street, a “story and a jump” structure. Damage was estimated at about $1,000 by firemen. Finally, at about 4:15 p. m., the fourth alarm was turned in and the firemen sped to the residence of Mary Baker, colored, in the Sand Hill section just outside the city limits. This structure, a 2-story frame house, burned down, the blaze being too far advanced to check. Origin of the fires was not de termined, but it was said that the ' two within the city started from the second floor. County Is Allocated $119,358 for Schools Special Formula for Disiri- r buiion of Second $25 Mil- [ lion Approved Tuesday By State Board Washington County wilt get $119,358.43 in school building funds under a plan approved Tuesday of this week by the state board of education. Worked out after months of study, the distribution formula needs only the signature of Gov ernor Hodges before the money is forthcoming, it was said. J. A. Pritchett, of Windsor, chair man of the formula committee, said the governor met briefly with the committee Monday night and that he approved allocation plans for 25 million dollars to the counties of the state. The money is the second half of the 50 million dollars in school building money approved in a 1953 bond issue. The first half was al located according to a set formula. Washington County received $154, iTfiO f"' > it- sh. re. Also, as it. of the 50 m'llior. bend issue during the Scott administra tion, the county received as its , share some $341,000. j The formula worked out for al locating the money this time di rects that 56 per cent be divided , according to need, 32 per cent ac cording to ability of counties to meet their needs, and 12 per cent on basis of efforts made to meet j needs. Considering both the 25 million j dollars to be allocated under the special formula and the 25 mil lion to be allocated under the set' formula, the allocation per pupil 1 in the state comes to $51.84, Mr. 1 Pritchett said. The Washington County figure, 1 said R. F. Lowry, county school - superintendent, is $81.70 per pupil, based on an average daily member- 1 ship of 3,355 for the 1954-55 school ' year. < Christmas Program, Open \ House For PTA Meeting - i A short Christmas program and 1 “Open House” will feature the 1 regular meeting of the Plymouth ' Parent-Teacher Association Tues- c day night of next week at the high I school. 1 The program will be given in t the auditorium, following which I parents will be invited to visit all c the school rooms which will be c decorated in the holiday motif, Mrs. H. E. Harrison, president, stated. I All members are urged to be I present. Time of the meeting is 8 r o’clock. ti ASSISTANT AGENT J. L. Outlaw, of Seven Springs, recently assumed his duties as assistant farm* agent in this county. A Stntajfrllege gradu Mr. 0v%'HPra8 discharged from W July. --— K*4BX--~ Fliles Tuesday for ^gedLocalWoman Funeral services were held Tues lay afternoon at 2 o’clock from .udford Memorial Baptist Church or Mrs. Martha Snell Lucas, 80, of ’lymouth. Mrs. Lucas, widow of the late .conard II. Lucas, of Plymouth, lied at 1:15 a. m. Monday at Wash ngton County Hospital after an ill less of two weeks. She had been n declining health for the past ear. Mrs. Lucas was a native and life ong resident of this county. She /as born March 7, 1875 the laughter of the late Henry Mack nd Emma Langley Snell. She was member of the First Christian Church, Plymouth. She leaves four daughters, ‘Mrs. iinma L. Spruill, of Plymouth, Mrs. lerman W. Phillips and Mrs. Wil iam W. Ange, jr., both of Norfolk, ’a., and Mrs. Wayne W. Nidiffer, f Charleston, S. C.; a son, II. M. ,ucas, of Norfolk; one sister, Mrs. 'om Swain, of Weldon; two bro ilers, H. L. Snell, of Belhaven, and ,. C. Snell, of Itoper; 18 grand hildren and 17 greatgrandchil ren. Services were conducted by the lev. P. B. Nickens, assisted by the lev. C. N. Barnette and Cary Dan elly. Burial was in Windley Ceme iry. WOMEN GOLFERS DISREGARD COLD WEATHER FOR TEAM MATCH HERE Maybe, as the men golfers tell their wives, “it never rains on the golf course,” but sometimes it gets mighty cold, as 20 of the above ladies can testify. Members of the Roanoke Country Club of Williamston and the Plymouth Country Club, they teed off about 10 o’clock Tuesday morning of last week, with the thermometer hovering around the freezing mark, for an 18-hole team match between the two clubs, but decided to call it quits after playing 9 holes. The visiting delegation won by a score of 714 points to 6, after which the Plymouth ladies entertained at a buffet luncheon. Not all of those in the photo above played golf, as some of the ladies decided to remain indoors and played bridge. The only man in the picture is Plymouth dub pro Jim Beasley, in the back row just right of the center.—Staff photo. Commodity Items To Be Distributed Here on Tuesday Delivery Scheduled in Coun ty for This Week Post poned and Reset for Next Monday Delivery of surplus commodities o needy families in the county, cheduled for this week, has been >ostponed until next week, Mrs. J’rsula Spruill, county welfare sup irintendent, announced today. State headquarters planned to in ■lude county delivery on a truck ;oing to Tyrrell County this week, t was explained, but doubling of :ases in Tyrrell left no room on he truck for Washington County ;upplies. Mrs. Spruill said headquarters lave promised delivery of the com nodities to the agriculture budding lerc Monday of next week, from vhich distribution will be made rucsday to families in the county :hat have been certified as needy :ases. Final screening of early applica tions was completed last Thursday night and the first list of names submitted to the state office. A total of 68 county families was ap proved, including 10 out of 12 ap plications in Lees Mill Township, nine out of 10, Plymouth, and 49 out of 67 in Scuppernong-Skinners ville. There were 11 families re jected by local screening commit tees, and in seven others the need was questioned. However, concern ing these latter cases, Mrs. Spruill stated, "1 think all will be approv ed.” Five of the rejected families were referred to the Red Cross be cause they had damage when water came into their homes. Of the other six families, the screening commitecs had reason to believe that they were receiving social se curity or some sort of cash grant. Under regulations, this fact does not prohibit their receiving com modity aid, it was pointed out, but merely that others not so fortunate be given prior consideration. Mrs. Spruill said that since the master list was compiled and sub mitted, her office has received a total of 36 applications for Janu ary delivery. These include 16 from Lees Mill, 16 from Scuppernong Skinnersville and four from Plym outh. -- Explain Charges; Answer Complain! On Blood Program Local Blood Bank Leaders Show Charges for Admin istering Blood Low at Lo cal Hospital Some complaints that blood is donated by the public under the Ked Cross blood program and later sold back to the public have been heard here, local blood bank lead ers pointed out this week. Dr. R. Vernon Jeter, chairman of the local program, states that the blood definitely is not charged for and that what the patient who re ceives transfusions is charged for is laboratory fees (for typing and cross-matching) and for recipient sets (plastic tubing used in giving the blood). Since the hospital's equipment such as needles, hypo dermic syringes, armboards and ad hesive tape is supplied without charge, the hospital actually loses noney on these transfusions, the doctor said. Furthermore, Dr. Jeter stated, arices here for admiinstration are iower than at any other hospital in •his area, including Williamston, Edenton and other places. Of the 37 hospitals participating in the Tidewater Blood Area, it was stated, two charge $15 per pint to administer the blood, while the >. rast majority vary from $7.50 to 512.50 per pint. The local hospital „ will in future charge $8 for ad ministering the first pint and $6.50 for each additional pint. The break down shows $5 for laboratory fees (typing and cross matching) and 51 for recipient sets. Partial freight charges and phone calls to the blood center to obtain blood make up the remainder, it was added. It was emphasized that each pint given must be cross-matched. In non-participating hospitals (those not in the Red Cross blood program) the charge for typing and cross-matching blood is $25, it was said. Professional blood donors are paid $35 for each pint of Type A, AB, or B, and $25 for Type O per pint. This means that a pint of blood at such institutions costs the See BLOOD PROGRAM. Page 8
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