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T, own opics The Plymouth High School con cert band, 42 strong, appeared on a Washington television station Tues day afternoon of this week. The program, beginning at 1:30, lasted 45 minutes and included most of the numbers presented in concert at the local high school auditorium that evening. Miss Peggy Darden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Darden, of Plymouth, is one of 74 students who made the dean’s list for the fall semester at Meredith College, Raleigh, it was announced Monday m, by Vera T. Marsh, registrar. Aca demic requirements for this roll of honor make it necessary for a student to take and pass 12 or more semester hours and earn a number of quality points equal to twice the number of hours taken plus three. Sp/3 Clarence W. Ange, of the Angetown section, left last week end for Washington, D. C., after spending a leave with relatives and friends in and near Plymouth. Ange left Washington Tuesday of this week for McGuire Air Force Base, near Trenton, N. J., from where he was to emplane for Thule, Greenland, Air Force Base. ** While here, Ange told friends that the annual mean temperature at Thule is 15 degrees and that 46 degrees below zero is the coldest weather ever recorded there. On February 6 he said he saw the sun for the first time in three months. He first arrived at Thule (pro nounced Tooley) from Fort Eustis, Va., September 8th of last year. Dr. Heltan McAndrew, clinical psychologist, North Carolina De partment of Public Welfare, Ra leigh, held a psychological clinic at the Washington County Welfare Department offices Tuesday of this week. Four children and one adult were given psychological exami nations. The children were accom panied by their mothers. Following the examinations Dr. McAndrew discussed each child case with the respective parents. Six members of the 175-member Roper Ground Observer Corps re cently completed the necessary training to qualify for wings and certificates. The list, released by Post Supervisor Jesse Rawls, in cludes the following: Oscar C. True blood, M. J. Davenport, Paul Barn hill, jr., Tom Woodley, Marvin Has sell and Neil T. Stout. Five Plymouth Garden Club members plan to attend the Garden Symposium at Williamsburg, Va., next week. The event is under the joint auspices of Colonial Wil liamsburg Restoration and Flower Grower magazine. Those from here who plan to attend are Mrs. A. Lloyd Owens, Mrs. Lovell Cushing, Mrs. Louise McGowan, Mrs. S. A. Ward, sr., and Mrs. M. L. Nobles. They expect to leave Plymouth Tuesday and return Saturday. The party is to be joined in Williams burg by Mrs. Quentin Gregory, of Halifax. ———<8> Oyster Roast Held For Local Firemen Thursday evening of last week members of the Plymouth Fire De partment were entertained by the Roper firemen at an oyster roast held at the Roper School cannery. The event was staged as a friendly gesture of appreciation for the help given by the Plymouth firemen at the recent fire which destroyed the Gaylord home near Roper. Guests included Miller Warren, Plymouth chief; Lawrence Jones, Tom Sanderson, Harry Gurkin, Rankin Ambrose, Nick Ange, Jack Pi Willoughby, Bud Lovic, Lyman * Mayo, Durand Keel, Monroe Tur ner, Bill Harden, Harry Barnhill, Jack Stubbs and Jimmy Kitchengs. Special guests were J. C. Knowles and L. E. Hassell, jr., both of Roper. Host firemen present were Jack Leary, chief; T. W. Norman, Ray Brinkley, Hawood Davenport, Mit chell Nowarah, Cecil Craft, Jesse Rawls, W. E. Marrow, Mitchiner Banks, A. R. Hooker, Henry Ever ette, Aubrey Dixon, Robert Sawyer and Worth Chesson. Everybody said it was a wonder ful affair; it must’a' been. The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** I VOLUME LXVII—NUMBER 9 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 1, 1956 ESTABLISHED 1889 SOMETHING NEW: m VV. C. Chesson is pictured aouve as he started out Tuesday of last week on his first trip in the new mail truck assigned to the local post office. A carrier here for 31 year., Mr. Chesson has a “mounted route” of 12 miles, covering the outlying portions of the town. A simi.ar truck was delivered to Merritt Browning, jr., last Thursday for local delivery of parcel post over a route that ranges up to 25 miles. The new stubby-looking panel trucks are painted in the national colors, red, white and blue, and have a num ber of innovations, including a stand-up right-hand drive, making it easier to get in and out for fre quent stops. Both carriers are pleased with their new conveyances, which supplanted private cars used heretofore.—Staff photo. Many Workers Get Wage Raises Today Plate Deadline Cited by Brown A final warning to all motor vehicle owners living within the Plymouth town limits who have not displayed 1956 town license plates was issued this week by Police Chief P. W. Brown. Monday of next week is posi tively the final deadline, the chief declared. Any Plymouth motorist caught driving without the new tag disrJayed w'll be subject to indictment and prose cution under an existing town ordinance, it was pointed out. Incidentally, 880 town plates had been sold through Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. Better get those ta^s, boys; they’re only a buck apiece! Three From Here At Raleigh Meel Mrs. Clyde Smithson, of Cres well, and Mrs. Cecil Carter anc Mrs. Ursula Spruill, of Plymouth represented Washington Countj Friday in an all-day meeting helt in Raleigh of members of counts boards of public welfare and oi boards of county commissioners. Held at the invitation of the State Board of Public Welfare, the meet ing considered responsibilities oi county boards of public welfare legislative objectives, and suggest ions for strengthening welfare services in the year ahead. Manj county superintendents of public welfare as well as board members were in attendance. Many New Volumes Now Being Added To Library Many new books are being added continually to both bookmobiles operating in the Pettigrew Library region as well as to the shelves of ;he respective libraries in the region, embracing Washington ryrrell and Chowan Counties, Mrs Eugenia R. Babylon, regional di rector, states. All persons are urged to support ;heir library and the bookmobiles ind to offer suggestions and criti cism, Mrs. Babylon states. Tug Goes Down After * Hitting Log Tuesday The tugboat Southern Craft III, owned by J. L. Horner, of Plym- i outh, sank in about 12 feet of water at the mouth of Roanoke ' River at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday, it is i reported. J. A. Keech, of Belhavcn, cap tain of the boat, told a Beacon re porter that the tug was cn route to N. C. Pulp Company with a loaded 1 barge. At the No. 18 marker, he ! said, the barge sucked up a sub- : merged pulpwood log which was subsequently caught by the pro- 1 peller and thrown against the hull < of the tugboat with sufficient force to open a gaping hole. The captain and crew of three nen immediately started the jumps, Keech said, but to no avail, fhe boat went down quickly, only he mast and inches of the cabin op remaining above water. All hands escaped to the barge vhich was pushed to its destination jy a Mengel Corp. boat from Eliza >eth City which was immediately jehind the Southern Craft, Keech :aid. He stated that members of he other boat’s crew saw the log :ome up when the barge passed >ver. The loss is partly covered by in iurance, it is understood. 1 $1 Per Hour New Minimum; Law Does Not Apply To Local Retailers and Serv ice Industries A fairly large number of work ers in this section arc due to re ceive wage increases effective to day, March 1, when the legal mini mum wage under the Federal wage and hour law is boosted from 75 cents to $1 an hour. It was difficult to get any exact figures as to the number of work ers affected in the section, bul probably the largest group arc s°v eral hundred employees of the At las Plywood Corporation here where it was estimated the in crease will amount to approximate ly 10 per cent, or about $5,000 pei month. The company anticipated the increase, however, as far back as last September, when it granted the first of three graduated raises, another becoming effective January 1, and the third being effective to day. The company’s minimum wage now is about $1.02 per hour. 1 it was stated, and the payroll ' amounts to about $50,000 per month, depending on operations. The new regulation does not af fect employees of the North Caro lina Pulp Company, as that firm has a minimum wage considerably in excess of the $1 per hour pro vided by the law. Neither does it affect employees of the True Tem per Corporation, according to Man ager M. J. Brobst, for the same I reason. It is thought that many sawmill I and logwoods workers in the sec j tion will benefit from the new law, j as timber producers generally have I been paying about 75 cents per hour heretofore. Those whose products are used in interstate commerce arc now required to pay the new minimum of $1 per hour. The wage and hour law also re quires timeand-a-half pay for hours : worked in excess of 40 hours per . week, and this overtime require 1 ment remains the same under the new law, according to Frank Crane, state labor commissioner. The new minimum does not ap See WORKERS, Page 10 ! -* Posl Strength at Roper Totals 175 Roper Ground Observer Corps post strength is now up to 175, Jesse Rawls, post supervisor, an nounced this week. If all members cooperate, Mr. Rawls pointed out, it is now possi ble to man the post continuously with no members serving more than two hours per week. Since the start of the present “Operation Skywatch,” the super visor added, the post has signed off a total of only four hours, 57 minutes. The second sign-off per iod was observed this week when the post observation tower was not manned for 3 % hours. The full report for the week’s activity through Sunday was re leased as follows: February 20—80 observers, 54 man-hours, 20 calls, 25 planes; 21 —(same order) 25, 50, 48, 78; 22— 18, 46, 12, 16; 23—19, 44, 63, 80; 24—22, 44, 33, 42; 25—13, 43, 25, 31; Totals—134 observers, 322 man-hours, 249 calls, 323 planes sighted. M Four Wrecks Here In Four Days Keep Police Force Busy -» Local Woman, Man Trealec For Facial Culs, Bruises, Property Damage Runs High for Series Mrs. Seaton Marriner, of neai Plymouth, suffered facial cuts bruises about the head, and hanr and leg abrasions in a two-cai wreck here Friday afternoon. She was treated at Plymoutl Clinic and released. According to the report of I'jja police who investigated, a Ford being driven north on Wash ington Street by Mrs. Marriner was struck by a used car owned bj House Chevrolet Company and be ing driven west on Third Street bj Branch Harris, jr., colored, of Mar tin County. The Marriner car overturned and came to rest with all foui wheels up. The car was said tc be a total loss while the other ve hide was damaged to the extent ol about $100. Harris, who reportedly crashed a stopsign at the intersection, was charged with careless and reckless driving, failure to stop at a stop sign and driving without proper brakes. He was tried in recorder’s court here Tuesday of this week found guilty as charged, and fined See WRECKS, Page 5 Commissioners To Consider Problem Of School Bonds Proposed $500,000 School Bond Issue Listed as Main Item on Agenda for Mon day Meeting It will be “first Monday” again immediately following the upcom ing week-end and so three board meetings are indicated, two of which are expected to be more or less routine. The other one—that of the county commissioners—may prove to be a more important ses sion. The commissioners are expected again to be confronted with the old school matter headache of where’s the money coming from with which to meet the immediate building improvement and expansion needs in the county system. The county board of education, at its last regular monthly meet ing, adopted a resolution calling on the commissioners to vote a half-million-dollar band issue for school building purposes and dumped it in the commissioners’ collective lap. The latter body shoved it neatly aside long enough to get up and adjourn. What action, if any, is taken by the commissioners Monday is purely conjectural. But Board Clerk J. Robert Campbell stated late Wednesday that it is expected to be the chief item on the agenda. The county board of education will meet at the usual time and place, also, and the Plymouth Town Council will hold forth at 8 Mon day night in the usual sanctum. Routine sessions are looked for in both eases, it was learned. Red Cross Meet Set tor Friday A meeting of Red Cross county chapter leaders and others inter ested in the coming annual Red Cross fund drive will meet Friday n'ght of this week at 8 o'clock in '..e auditorium of me Agricun • . Building, it is announced. Howard Ross, of Atlanta, Ga., Red Cross field representative, will show a film depicting Red Cross disaster work in 1955, it was stated. An effort will be launched here to raise a minimum goal of $2,330, covering chapter requirements of $975 and the local chapter’s share of the $36,400,000 needed by the national organiation, it was said. The local chapter gets 41.9 per cent of total funds raised in the county during the annual fund raising campaign, while the other 58.2 per cent goes to the national organiation, it was pointed out. Unusual hurricane and flood dis asters last year increased the need on the national level tremendous ly, officials add. ML ||l Mike Estep (left) received the lW' Ml B most valuable player award and Tommy Hooker (right) received the sportsmanship trophy awarded annually to members of the Plym outh High School football team. The presentations were made at a chapel program at the high school here Wednesday of last week by the Rev. Paul B. Nickens (center), local Baptist minister, after members of the football squad had chosen the recipients by secret ballot. The most valuable player trophy was donated by Womble’s Drug Store, while The Roanoke Beacon contributes the sportsman ship trophy. Estep was tailback for the local team last season, while Hooker held down one of the tackle spots.—Staff photo. Plans Being Worked Out For “Operation Litterbug” 40 VI Zebulon Vance Norman, local at ij torney, is pictured above in his Plymouth office looking over his license to practice law, which was issued to him on February 7, 1916, just a little over 40 years ago. A recognized leader in the legal profession of this section, Mr. Norman was president of the North Carolina State Bar in 1954. is now president of the Washington County Bar Association and has served as president of the Second Judicial District Bar Association, lie has also served as county attorney, town attorney, judge of the county recorder’s court and represented Washington County in the General Assembly of 1931. In addition, Mr. Norman has held numerous offices in local religious, fraternal and civic organizations besides serving unofficially for many years as “Plymouth’s one-man chamber of commerce.”—Staff photo. Dr. Phelps Files For Representative Post Served in General Assembly Last Session for Firsl Time; Files Wiih Board Elections Tuesday Dr. J. M. Phelps, Creswell phy sician and surgeon who represent ed Washington County at the last session of the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly, filed Tuesday of this week for reeleetion, subject !o action f the Democratic pri mary on I.iay 26. In filing his candidacy with the chairman of the county board of elections, W. T. Freeman, here Tuesday, Dr. Phelps expressed h)is appreciation to county voters for their support in the primaries and election two years ago and said that if he was reelected, he would continue to serve the county to the best of his ability. Dr. Phelps is the second candi date for a strictly county office to announce his intentions, J. It. Campbell having announced last week for election as register of deeds. In addition, Edward L. Owens, Plymouth attorney, filed several weeks ago for reelection as state senator from the second sen atorial district. There has been considerable speculation about the office of rep resentative this year, as it had been rumored that Dr. Phelps was undecided about offering for re election. Former County Repre sentative E. O. Arnold, of Skin nersville Township, was in town last week-end and indicated that he was thinking of filing for the office again. Dr. Phelps won the Democratic nomination two years ago in the second primary after finishing sec ond in a three-way contest in the first primary. Ben A. Sumner of Plymouth and Mr. Arnold were the other two candidates. In the first primary the vote was Arnold 827, Phelps 645, and Sumner 340. Call ing for a second primary, Dr. See DR. PHELPsCpagtTlT Library Staff in Meet Last Week Several matters were agreed upon at a meeting of the staff of Pettigrew Regional Library, held at the Shepherd Memorial Library in Edenton last Wednesday night. The policy to counteract the problem of overdue books was dis cussed and it was agreed to send out notice or telephone when a book is three or four days overdue. If the book is not returned within a few days another notice will be given and if no response is forth coming it will be assumed the book is lost and a bill for the amount the library paid for the book will be mailed. Books are loaned, it was brought out, for one or two-week periods, and two-week books may be renew ed without cost. It is planned to have regular monthly staff meetings. Present Wednesday night were Miss Harriet Leary, Mrs. C. E. Ayers, Mrs. Ruth Reynolds, Mrs. Verdie Alexander, Mrs. F. Bryan Harris, and Mrs. Eugenia R. Baby Ion. wmm DR. J. M. PHELPS Rat Poison Will Be Distributed Jtat poison will be distributed in Plymouth beginning Monday, March 12. Sanitarian Delbert Allen an nounced this week. All owners of pets are requested to keep pets confined for three weeks after bginning date. Poison will be put in outbuild ings of all residences unless the department is directed otherwise, Mr. Allen emphasized. The anti-rodent campaign here is in conjunction with the general clean-up activity which includes “Operation Littcrburg” and the beautifeation project completed by the Plymouth Garden Club with the assistance of the Town. -f Town Gels New Garbage Truck; Fleet Numbers 4 The Town of Plymouth Street Department wil lhavc its truck fleet increased by one, effective next week, Police Chief P. W. Brown stated yesterday. Brown said a used truck would be brought back from Raleigh Thursday (today) and after being repaired would be placed in serv ice next week to increase the num ber of trucks used in garbage and trash collection to four. Parade Saturday, March 17, To Feature at Least Two Bands, Group Told Tues day Another called meeting of town nfffcials, interested merchants and other civic leaders and citizens was held Tuesday afternoon of this week in the interest of "Operation Litterbug.” The meeting, called by Mrs. M. L. Nobles, was held in the banquet room of The Mayflower. Mrs. Nobles, who is active in the spon soring Plymouth Garden Club, pre sided and for the benefit of those who did not attend the first such meeting recently explained present plans for the big parade here Sat urday, March 17 and the subse quent observance of Clean-Up Week in Plymouth, March 19-24. Delbert Allen, of Plymouth, who is sanitarian with the Washington Tyrrell Health Department, was again present and explained that materials and labor have been do nated for making bait boxes to be used in the business section for the anti-rodent campaign to be waged simultaneously with other phases of the clean-up operation. Allen also came up with the sug gestion that merchants pool the necessary expense to provide large, fire and cinder-proof incinerators to be placed in the business dis trict, one for the back lot of each block. Problems relating to the collect ion and removal of garbage and of litter were also discussed at some length. Police Chief P. W. Brown presented to the meeting the prob lems encountered by town work men, stating that if each house holder and each merchant would see that garbage and litter were properly collected and placed where town truck crews could easi ly get to them, it would greatly simplify the problem. lie said town workmen now have to go into backyards and carry heavy barrels of garbage to the trucks for emptying, whereas all persons should have regulation size covered garbage cans and placed the filled cans near the street curb for disposal of garbage. It is understood that written complaints about some citizens not using covers on garbage contain ers in yards have been received recently by Mrs. R. Vernon Jeter, chairman of the Garden Club's Lit terburg project. Thos. F. Hopkins, president of the near-dormant Plymouth Mer chants Association, was named by Mrs. Nobles to head a merchants’ committee which is to make ar rangements for a float to be jointly supplied by cooperating merchants and to represent them in the March VV» f A IV - 9 Reiterate Appeal Heart Fund Drive Mrs. Ben Ganderson, Washington County chairman of the Heart Fund drive, stated this week that all persons who have not yet re sponded to the appeal and who de sire to do so should make check payable to “Heart Association Drive, P. O. Box 621, Plymouth, N. C.” Mrs. Ganderson points out that heart disease is the nation's No. 1 killer, according to recent statis tics, and that everyone has the op portunity to help in the co. stant search for ways to effectively com bat this menace to health and life. The county chairman said 500 letters were mailed out to county citizens recently and that some have responded with donations. It is hoped that others who would like to contribute to the worthy cause will do so at once, Mrs. Gan derson added. County Clubs Make Plans for 4-H Week Next week has been designatec National 4-H Club Week ant Washington County clubs will oh serve the occasion with four recre ational meetings, Assistant Coun ty Agent J. L. Outlaw and Mrs Frances M. Darden, home agent announce. Mrs. Darden and Mr Outlaw supervise the 4-H clul work in Washington County amonj girls and beys, respectively. Local meetings of elemental and junior clubs are slated at Plym outh, Roper and Creswell, while i joint meeting of the three senio: clubs is slated Thursday night o next week at Roper, the announce ment states. 1 There are eight clubs in the [ county — elementary, junior and senior clubs at Plymouth and at Creswell and junior and senior clubs at Roper. Projects which afford boys and girls valuable training for later ac tivities are carried by members of all clubs and accurate records are kept which provide a basis for ' much analysis and informative study, it is pointed out. r The 4-H Club work was organ - ized in the county shortly after i W. H. Pruden assumed his duties ; as county agent here four years ■ ago. It has grown until now the ■ total club membership in the coun ty stands at about 350 or more.
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