T'own opics | HSB3S39 Among those from here who at tended the funeral of Mrs. Bertha Evora Reynolds in Tyrrell County Wednesday of last week were R. F. Lowry, Mrs. Robert Klass, jr., Miss Sue Underhill, Mrs. Roscoe Gay lord, Mrs. Ada Virginia Cahoon, Mrs. Ursula Spruill, Misses Marie and Maxine Baynor, Mrs. A. L. Whitehurst, Mrs. Ralph Basnight, Paul Frymier, Miss Evelyn Bas night, Mrs. Murray Liverman (of the local faculty) and Mrs. TCcl Pinner. 4' Mrs. Cooper Owens, of Plymouth, left Tuesday afternoon for Rocky Mount to meet the train bearing the body of her only brother who died as the result of a kick in the chest from a mule, while working in a Florida orange grove. A sister of Mrs. Owens is gravely ill in a Rocky Mount hospital, meanwhile. The funeral is to be held near Tar boro, it is understood, but arrange-I ments had not been announced, nor i were details of the accident avail able to this paper as it went to press. Mr. and Mrs. Farley M. Bowers, who lived in Plymouth for a num ber of years while Mr. Bowers was employed at the pulp mill here, are making names for themselves in Silsbee, Texas, where they now live. Mrs. Bowers was recently elected president of the Azalea Garden Club there at a meeting in a home on Bowers Road. Mr. Bowers represented his company, East Texas Pulp & Paper Company, in building 150 new homes in Wood lea Addition there, and the Bowers ^iad mentioned in the article was named for him. There was one important omis sion in the list of Washington County honor students furnished this newspaper by East Carolina College officials and published last week. The name of Miss Eleanor A. Kinard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kinard, of Wenona, was left out, although she was one of two students from this county to make the dean’s list, signifying superior academic work during the winter quarter. Reason for the omission is that, although the Kin ards live in Washington County, their mailing address is through the Pantego post office, which is in Beaufort County. For that rea son, college officials included her name in the list of Beaufort Coun ty honor students. Miss Kinard at tended high school in Plymouth, graduating in 1954 as valedictor ian of her class. Post Supervisor Jesse Rawls lists eight members of the Roper „ Ground Observer Corps who quali fied within the past week for wings 1 and certificates denoting complet ion of certain training require ments. They are: Mrs. Mary H. Trueblood, W. A. Koonce, Jackie *ruill, Arthur Spruill, Wade Har on (assistant chief), Allan Mod lin, M. B. Wallace and F. Bryan C Harris. s Those from Plymouth who at tended the funeral of Mrs. Ada Eliabeth Rose in Norfolk, Va., Thursday of last week were A. Lloyd Owens, Edward L. Owens, Mrs. A. J. Byrd and the Rev. and S«f TOPicS,Page~5 -* a s \ fi F IV g Seek To Relieve Homeless Family Fire Burned Oui N li a< ir P a< w Roper Firemen and Roper Ruriian Club Join in Sponsoring Fund-Raising For Gaylords Two Roper organizations—the Ruritan Club and the Volunteer Rire Department—are seeking to P1 ri b si M E tl tl R tv left homeless by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald G. Gaylord and family lost their dwelling house and practically all furniture and clothing in a late Saturday blaze of undetermined origin, it is reported. The 116-year-old Gaylord home place—virtually a landmark—on US 64 west of Roper was gutted by the fire. Volunteer firemen from both Roper and Plymouth departments answered the alarm but were unable to save much of any value. J. II. Gaylord was the only member of the household at iwme at the time the fire was dis covered. Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord and their two children are staying temporari ly with Mrs. Gaylord's relatives, while Mr. Gaylord’s father, J. II. Gaylord, is staying for the present with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Beu lah Gaylord. No insurance was carried on the house or its contents, reports state. Sid Spruill, a member of both sponsoring organizations, is serving as treasurer of the fund. Mr. Spruill joins the president and members of the Ruritan Club, Roper Fire Chief J. S. Leary and other Roper firemen in asking that all who can and feel so disposed send their gifts to G. G. Gaylord Fund, Roper, N. C., in care of Sid Spruill, treasurer. The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** HSS-j ::: I A hone newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington jjj County and Ms 13,MH) people. VOLUME LXVII—NUMBER 8 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 23, 1956 ESTABLISHED 1889 I BIG CHECK: Manager Marvin Weaver and Teller Bessie Browjt thought Leroy Bateman kidding when he walked into the Planters Bank here recently and presented the big check above for payment. After close scrutiny, it was decided the check was good and Leroy got the $10 it called for, also $1 for a similar check made out to his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Bateman received the huge checks at a sales meeting of the Panther Oil & Grease Manufacturing Company in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 6, as part payment of their expenses to the meeting. Mr. Bateman is division sales manager of the firm for North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia and Ohio, and his division set a new high record for sales during the past year.—Staff photo. 13.7 Percent Increase In Peanut Allotments Herbert Bonner! Again Candidate! In a letter to The Beacon this week, Congressman Herbert, C. Bonner writes that he sent his filing fee to the State Board of Elections on February 1 for re election as First District Repre sentative. This was in reference to an article in The Beacon last week which stated he had not formally announced but was ex pected to do so very soon. Mr. Bonner said he intended to send notices that he was fil ing to all local papers in the district, but overlooked it in the rush of work there. “The moral of this,” he concluded, “Is that I pay more attention attending to other people’s business than I do my own ... I will do better next time.” reachers Added At Two Schools Miss Ethel Poe Mercer and Miss arolyn White Moore have been ;cured to fill faculty vacancies in , le county school system, it waj , nnounced this week by the county ( iperintendent’s office. Miss Mercer, whose home is at Washington, has been employed to | II the third grade vacancy at the lymouth School, while Miss , oorc, of Fountain, will teach first . -ade at Roper. j Both Miss Mercer and Miss oore are graduates of East Caro- j na College, Greenville, and are cepting their first work follow- 1 g graduation this week. Superintendent R. F. Lowry ex- . ained that Miss Mercer is an j Iditional teacher earned last fall, v hile Miss Moore is taking tne >sition Mrs. Frances House Ethe- £ dge held before moving to Tar- ( >ro. Mrs. Grace Chesson has been t ibstituting in the first grade since rs. Etheridge resigned. I It was also announced that Mrs. ^ leanor M. Marriner has assumed e position made vacant through ' e resignation of Miss Amanda E. _ ;ynolds, in the office of the coun sunerintenrient Mrs Mnrrinor * formerly held the position -® Road Relocation Proposal Okayed The county commissioners, in special session here Monday night, approved and ratified a proposal filed with the commissioners by the State Highway and Public Works Commission for relocation of a cer tain dirt road in the county. The road in question leads off the Mill Neck Road in Lees Mill Township in the vicinity of the Swain Dairy, it was explained. The commissioners’ resolution states in part, “It appears that the reloca tion is for the best interest of the road system of Washington Coun ty.” Chairman Frank L. Brinkley, who had previously been given full authority by the board to sign any necessary papers in connection with the new county health center project, reported to the board that Contractor J. G. Kellogg, of Man teo, had begun work on the new center which is to be built by federal, state and county funds on a lot on Washington Street ad joining the old county home prop erty which was,. sold to Jack Horner. » North Carolina Growers To Benefit To Tune of 22, 845 Acres, Valencia, Vir ginia Types Affected Good news for peanut growers! The United States Department of Agriculture announced Tues day of this week that acreage al lotments for North Carolina pro ducers of Virginia bunch type pea nuts have been increased by 13.7 per cent. The increase means an acreage hike of 22,845 acres for state pea nut growers—from an announced allotment of 168,813 acres to 191, 558 acres. The action Tuesday followed by about a month an appeal by North Carolina and Virginia growers for an increase in acreage allotment for Virginia-type peanuts for the 1956 crop year. The increase asked by growers was 14.6 per cent. The request for additional acre age was made at a hearing con ducted by James E. Thigpen, di rector of thq oils and peanuts di vision of the department of agri rnlture at which acreage quotas 'or all types of peanuts grown in his country were reviewed. In a joint statement read at the icaring the North Carolina and Virginia growers associations urged hat acreage allotments not be in ireased for Spanish and runner ype nuts “because they are at >resent in surplus production . . ” The acreage increase announced py the agriculture department cov red seven of the 16 states in which Virginia and Valencia-type nuts re grown and brings the total al otment for both types to 1,650,342 -an increase of 40,342 acres over he allotment of 1,610,000 acres proclaimed last October by the Secretary of Agriculture A department spokesman said 'uesday that the added acreage or Virginia and Valencia peanuts ms authorized because both types re in short supply. He said the epartment does not contemplate lereasing acreage allotments for panish and runner-type nuts. North Carolina received the irgest allotment increase, with irginia second in size of increase -15,103 acres. Total acreage allot lent for Virginia growers now tands at 120,645 acres, it was ex lained. Take No Action on Hospital Addition At Board Meeting 4 Motion To Apply for Feder al and State Aid in Add ing Hospital Beds Fails To Get Second A motion for Washington County to apply for federal and state funds to enlarge the county hospital here died for lack of a second at the special meeting of the county com missioners Monday night. The motion was made by Com missioner A. R. Latham of Plym outh, but failed to receive a second from the other commissioners, present, J. C. Knowles, H. L. Dav- 1 enport or Phillip M. Spruill. ' Chairman Frank L. Brinkley had brought up the matter and indi- 1 cated he favored making the appli- i cation although he was unable to second the motion since he wasj ‘ presiding. ! Mr. Brinkley said he had been ! in telephone communication with 1 Dr. Ferrell, of the State Medical * Care Commission, who indicated .' the county was eligible for state and federal funds for construction i of an addition to take care of 8 to 1 12 more beds. Estimated cost of an 1 addition is $5,000 per bed, of t which the county would pay 23.6 1 per cent, with the state putting up 1 26.4 per cent and the federal gov- I ernment 50 per cent. i Size of the addition to be ap- * proved would be determined by the Medical Care Commission after a'1 survey here, Mr. Brinkley said. He jc urged immediate application so11 that funds for this county could * be earmarked before the state aid 5 fund is exhausted, probably within s the next two months. 1 County Auditor E. J. Spruill, [ who was present at the meeting, r of an N. C. State College publi ation for two years; and Rogers 1 who has won numerous , ho- , w.hips for liis outstanding w'(.?a 1 the field of science. "These are illy a few,” the speaker said. See FURGURSON, Page 5 Pulp Plant Truckers Get Safety Citations! i The over-the-road trucking de partment of the N. C. Pulp Com pany, supervised by Ed Bagans proudly announced this week thal Curtis D. Johnson and James H Lancaster have completed four full years as of February 15, 1956, with out a lost-time accident, to anyone else or to themselves. All hours of over-the-road truck driving are counted as hours ol exposure for the plant’s safety pro gram which as of Tuesday of this week had reached 1,356,916 hours without a lost time accident. This record has been made the hard way, as many papermakers are be ing worked extra hours as pipe fitters and construction men while trying to get the new paper ma chine into operation. At present there is no set work schedule for the men in this section and un familiar tasks are being performed by them. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Lancaster are listed under the National Safe ty Council’s Safe Driver Award for professional safe driving perform ance and both have received from the president of the National Safe ty Council, Ned Dearbon, a letter of congratulation and a bronze pin. These drivers have operated, over the roads of North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland approxi mately 85,000 miles each year, or a total of 340,000 accident free miles. The total of the two would be 680,000 miles or 27 times around the world at the equator. Mr. Bagan’s department has operated eight trucks constantly for four years over some of the most dangerous roads in the coun try without personal accident to any of his 14 drivers. The trucks | have operated through all types ! of weather conditions including ice and four hurricanes and have accumulated over four million man-hours without injuries. 1 1 1 1 I t 5 I I a d I li These drivers were chosen for employment because of their fine previous records of safe driving ability. It can be readily seen that the North Carolina Pulp Company’s Safety Program and its constant in terest in safety work also contri butes to safety on the highways. g ci si D Cl St ET'O ............. Outlines Basic Needs j Of Schools in County j In a talk given at the regular meeting of Plymouth Rotary j Club at the Mayflower Tuesday evening Dr. E. W. Furgurson, j of Plymouth, outlined the following “immediate basic needs” j for school improvement in Washington County: j 1. A county-wide bond issue. [ 2. A county-wide citizens’ advisory board. • 3. The active support of all churches and civic organizations. : 4. A mass of people willing to do a lot of hard, dull work. I Start Work on Alum: Plant Here March 15 E. J. Walsh, Who Is To] Be Local Manager, Saysj Work Will Require About Four Months Construction will begin about March 15th on the new liquid alum plant for the American Cya namid Company, it was learned last week from E. J. Walsh, who is to be manager of the new plant. Mr. Walsh, accompanied by his wife, spent last week in Plymouth going over plans for beginning the work. The new plant is to be located adjacent to the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company, about one mile west of Plymouth in Martin County. Mr. Walsh, who left last week-end for company headquar ters in New York City, expects to return and be here during the per od of construction as representa tive of the company. He said about tour nontbs woi .d be required to rumpiete construction. He said the new plant would be built just across the railroad track jack of the pulp company's filter dant. One main building to house nost of the equipment and the of ice is planned, according to Mr. iValsh. Few details are available ust now, he said, but more infor nation will be made available later. Announcement that the liquid ilum plant was to be located in ’lymouth was made from company icadquarters in New York City ast December 12th. At that time t was stated the decision to locate ere was prompted by the rapid rowth of the paper industry in lorth Carolina and Virginia, and he new plant is to be of sufficient ize to care for the current and cx anding needs of that industry. The North Carolina Pulp Com any here is presently using a size ble amount of liquid alum pro uced by the American Cyanamid See ALUM PLANTTPageTlO^^ t £ r 1 1 f t r 1 t e s t: V 8 h b n c. G d republicans of County To Convene on Friday The county convention of the epublican party is set for 7:30 m. Friday at the courthouse sre. County party officers and dele tes for state and congressional inventions will be elected. The ate convention is to be held at urham and the congressional invention at Washington, it was id. t! o: rr ei b< tc j« O se at Ci to of fr Letters Hailedj For Heart Drive j Mrs. Ben Ganderson who is chairman of the Heart Associa- i tion Drive for Washington Coun- j ty, stated this week that no so licitations wonld be made in town or county. However, 500 I letters were mailed to indivduals I during the week, seeking contri- ] butions to the fund. < Mrs. Ganderson said that any- 1 one wishing to make a donation j should make a personal check < payable to "Heart Association i Drive, P. O. Box 621, Plymouth, < N. C.” Donations are deductible ] items on income tax returns, the ( chairman reminded. < :nc;.mC3i Seeks To Succeed Sell The political waters in this coun Y, largely untroubled as yet, got ripple this week with the an ouncement from Incumbent J. Robert Campbell, of Plymouth, that e will be a candidate for the of ice of register of deeds subject to ic Democratic primary May 26. Mr. Campbell has held the im ortant county post since January , 1943. In making the announcement, ampbell stated, "If nominated and lected, I will try to render con tentious and unselfish service to le people of my county and it ill be my purpose to continue to ive the same prompt service as I ave tried to give since I have een in office.” 1 i < j I c c V a t y t, fi v y a A a e ] In this county, officers to be iminated in the May primary in ude the representative in the eneral Assembly, register of ;eds, judge of recorder’s court, vo members of the five-man board county commissioners and two embers of the county board of lucation, also a five-member )dy. The only other county jnan yet announce for public office sub ct to the primary is Edward L. vens, of Plymouth, who repre nted the district in the State Sen b two years ago. Robert H. iwen, Williamston mayor and at rney, also has come out for one the senatorial seats to be filled mi the district in May. ai g: ai cl hi tfc in di pi so th be GIVE CONCERT: Shown here is the Plymouth High School band which will give a free concert Tuesday night of next week in the high school auditorium, beginning at 8 o’clock. The band, under the direction of Bernie Ham, will play music such as “Washington Post,” “Londonderry Air,” “Design for Autumn,” “Trocadero” and probably several currently-popular hit tunes. The band director and members are anticipating a good-sized crowd for the occasion and a hearty welcome is being issued to all. Pictured above, left to right, front: Jean Tetterton, Robin Horner and Janet Bruce; same order, second row: Bernard Ham, director; Mary Frances Peed, Betty Lou Davenport and Tommy Ragland; third row: Mary Stuart Joyner, Marilyn Ragland, Nancy Jackson, Marion Ragland, Patsy Holliday, Betty Jo Tetterton, Linda Lips comb, Lynn Magee, Mary Eleanor Sanderson and Gloria Roberson; fourth row: Marion Allen, Steve Hopkins, Katherine Keel, Henry Turner, Beulah Cratch, Bill Cheshire, John Jackson, Larry Allen, Warnie Gurkin, Bobby Kelly; fifth row: William Whitley, Harry Ward, Lowell Bowen, Gilbert Tetterton, Bobby Ange, Bobby Ladd Phyllis Spruill, Frank Dew, Howard Walker, Barbara Johnson; sixth row: Burton Ange, Ronnie Matheny, Harvey Lucas, Billy Tetterton, Tommie Terry, Ben Windlev! Burl Walker, Phil Ange and Billy Waters.—Photo by Weaver Studio. y’ No Decision Reached ai Special Meeting Monday; Effect of Bond Issue on Tax Rate Is Considered After studying a request for a special school bond election from the county board of education for several hours at a special meeting Monday night, members of the Washington County Board of Com missioners deferred further con sideration until their regular March neeting, set for Monday, March 5. J. W. Norman, acting chairman >f the board of education, and At orneys Carl L. Bailey, sr., and -arl L. Bailey, jr., explained the esolution adopted by the educa ion board at its meeting February ith, which requested the county •ommissioners to call a special election for county voters to pas* in issuance of up to $500,000 in >onds for school construction proj ;cts in the county. Chairman Frank L. Brinkley pre sided at the special meeting, which vas attended by all the commis lioners: A. R. Latham of Plymouth, r. C. Knowles of Lees Mill, Hu >ert L. Davenport of Skinnersville, ind Philip M. Spruill of Scupper long. Motion to defer further con lideration until the regular March neeting was carried unanimously, ollowing a motion by Mr. Spruill, econded by Mr. Davenport. Prior to the vote, and following he board of education’s presenta ion by Messrs. Norman and the iaileys, County Auditor E. J. ipruill submitted figures showing iow the proposed bond issue would iffect the tax structure of the ounty. Two schedules of bond ssuance and retirements were tudied, one prepared by W. E. lasterling, secretary of the Local lovernment Commission of Ral igh, and the other by the county uditor. The auditor reviewed the present inancial condition of (he county, s it relates to the county’s bond d indebtedness and tV* levies pro ected for debt service. This re >ort showed that the total bonded ebt at the end of the current fis al year would be $414,500, of diich $255,000 was in school bonds nd notes. This debt will be re red in its entirety by the fiscal ear 1967-68. Mr. Spruill said the peak of the ix levy for debt service would ill in the next three fiscal years, ith approximately $66,000 per sar required for bond retirements id interest on outstanding bonds, fter the fiscal year 1959-60, the nount required for debt service ich year will drop sharply, it was S e (PbOND~ISSUE ^ Page 10 -® Dollar Day Event Here Three Days A group of Plymouth merchants inounces an old-fashioned bar lin event for Thursday, Friday id Saturday of this week. “Dollar Days” will find several Dthing, furniture, drug and per ips other retail firms offering e shopping public some outstand g values during the three big ys. Special merchandise has been iced on shelves and counters in me instances in anticipation of is trade event, it was said. The three-day promotion has en rather widely advertised uiiuuyu use oi various media and unusual traffic is looked for. Co operating businessmen, naturally, are hoping for fair weather. But re gardless of the weather, really worthwhile bargain offers are as sured all who make Plymouth a trade mecca this week-end. -9> Support Sought For X-Ray Work Letters went out this week to all churches and civic organizations in Washington and Tyrrell Coun ties urging support for the coming mass chest x-ray campaign in the two counties. Miss Iris A. Turlington, of Ra leigh, who is publicity clerk with the Tuberculosis Section of the State Board of Health, said the cooperation of all school organi zations will also be sought to bol ster the x-ray campaign. Three mobile x-ray units will lo cate in the two counties from March 3 through 17. One unit will be near the Plymouth Post Office, another will alternate between Roper and Creswell and the third will locate at the Agriculture Building in Columbia. Hours at all places will be 11 a. m. to 9 p. m. Tuesday through Saturday of each week.