jg■“==-===** T'own opicis Hiss Alva Rose Hardison, who was atteding a state C. Y. F. exe cutive meeting in Wilson during the week-end, was involved in her second auto crash within eight months (the first was near Toron to, Canada, last August). The crash in Wilson Friday night was the re sult of failing brakes, which caused another car to strike the rear of George E. Downey’s station wagon, in which Miss Hardison was riding. The station wagon had slowed down to make a right angle turn when it was struck in the rear, and again on the side, giving the occupants a terrific jolt. No one was seriously hurt. Total damages were estimat ed at around $300. The Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Spruill and Mrs. John T. Henderson at tended the annual meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Diocese of East Carolina held at Fayette ville last week-end. Windsor golfers had a rough time in the 32 sand traps on the Plymouth golf course Sunday after noon, when they played a team match with members of the local club. Tuesday afternoon one of the Plymouth players received a pack age containing about 15 pounds of sand from his Sunday opponent, Duke Spruill, Windsor post office employee. An accompanying note read: “I am returning your sand to you that I got out of my pants cuffs when I got back to Windsor.” There was 63 cents worth of post age stamps on the package, too. J. W. Allen, jr., and D. Marvin Weaver have been designated by the North Carolina Bankers Associ ation to represent the Young Bank ers Division of the association in a series of visits to the high schools of Washington County, it was learn ed this week. The two young Plym outh bankers will take part in a statewide visitation program de signed to explain the functions of banking and to show how banks contribute to the economic welfare. About 300 young N. C. bankers will take part. Allen, who is cashier of Branch Banking and Trust Com pany here, visited Plymouth High School last Wednesday and went to Roper High School Tuesday of this week. It is expected that Mr. Weaver, a vice president of Plant ers National Bank and Trust Com pany, will visit the other two high schools, Creswell and Washington County Union School. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Stillman, who have made their home at Washington for the past eight years, moved this week to Plym outh. Mrs. Stillman was recently retired as chief operator at the Washington Exchange of Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Com pany. At the time of her retire ment she was honored with an in formal party by company person nel. Her years with the company were spent in various cities in east ern North Carolina. Mr. Stillman, a native of Washington County and well-known throughout this section, has farming interests here. Observers completing training last week at Roper Ground Observ er Corps post to qualify for wings and training certificates were list ed by Supervisor Jesse E. Rawls as follows: T. G. Sexton, Billy Oliver, Eugene Basnight, Edward Craft, Pete Oliver, William Swain Davenport, Henry L. Asbell, J. C. Knowles and Florence Vanhorn. Baby Contest To §e Held May 2nd A Baby Contest is to be held in L conjunction with the annual May V Day Festival at Plymouth High School, Mrs. Thos. F. Hopkins, chairman of the project, announced this week. The contest is scheduled for 4:30 p. m. May 2 and boy and girl win ners will be selected in two age groups, one to three years and four to six years, Mrs. Hopkins stated. Other members of the project committee are Mrs. H. II. Allen and Mrs. J. L. Horner. The contest is being sponsored by the Plymouth Band Boosters and it is hoped that a large num ber of entries will be made. Al ready, about 50 names have been entered, it was said. Anyone having children in either age group and who has not been called on to enter, is asked to con l tact Mrs. Hopkins or other mem bers of the committee if it is de sired to enter children in the con test. 17 Local Scouts at Windsor Camp The Plymouth Boy Scout troop received one blue certificate and two white certificates at the pre camporec held at Windsor last week-end, Scoutmaster Foster Per kins reports. The event was attended by about 400 scouts from this section, it was stated. Among them were 17 scouts from the local troop. Scouters Ly man Mayo and Jimmy Kitchengs were with the local scouts full time while Scoutmaster Perkins was there Friday and Saturday, return ing to Plymouth at night. Scouts who attended from the Plymouth troop, by patrols, with patrol leader listed first in each instance: Fox Patrol—Joe Ezell, Joe Fos ter, Gene Waters, Charles Walker and Tommy Hopkins; Flying Eagle Patrol—Joe Early, Larry Browning, Steve Walker, Charles Gurkin, Larry Mizelle, Frank Lowry, Lyman Mayo, jr., and John Wayne Walker; Beaver Patrol — Richard Kelly, Tommy Gurganus, Richard Fur lough and Sandy Williams. The same scouts and Scoutmas ter Perkins plan to attend the District Camporee to be held this week-end at Jacksonville. Some 3, 000 scouts and scouters are expect ed, it is said. SAFETY - BOXSCORE ••• Starting over on March 24, after an accident occurred the previous day, employees of the North Carolina Pulp Company here, up to Monday of this week, had worked the following num ber of manhours without a lost time accident: 169,115 The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper to the service of Washington County and its 13,900 pnnple. iWHHHWIH VOLUME LXVII—NUMBER 16 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 19, 1956 ESTABLISHED 1889 mTMlHT TEf.M'W't Mfimil At the April meeting of the Washington County MJj J ItB mK Bm2 Board of Education last week, Sidney J. Hassell of Roper, second from left, was sworn in as a member by Superior Court Clerk W. T. Stillman, lefeet. The young man succeeds his father, L. E. Has sell, sr., who resigned last month due to ill health after serving as chairman of the group for 12 years. Other members of the county board of education, seated around the table are, left to right: Paul B. Belanga, sr., of Scuppernong; James W. Norman, the new chairman, of Plymouth; Mrs. K. S. Trowbridge, of Plymouth; J. Whitford Swain, of Skinnersville; and County Superintendent R. F. Lowry, secretary.—Staff photo. Roper Group Studies Prospects for School Urges Treating Of Plant Beds No blue mold has been report ed in tobacco plant beds of this county, it was stated yesterday by County Agent W. H. Pruden. However, the disease has been found in beds in Martin County in the Farm Life and Roberson ville areas. Noting that the weather con tinues ideal for development of the dread plant disease, Mr. Pru den urges that all county grow ers continue to treat beds as recommended. Two treatments a week or oftener in case of rain should be followed, it was said. Brennan Stresses Importance of Air Watch in Section Chief Air Defense Coordi nator Praises Efforts oi Roper Post; 53 Get Wings As Observers “F.ffective air defense in North Carolina could make all the differ cnee in case of an enemy attack on vital industrial centers in the Unit sd States,” Lieut. Col. James F Brennan told the Roper Parent readier Association recently. Col Brennan is chief coordinator of air defense for North Carolina. Intelligence studies show that a surprise air attack on the centers af America’s industrial strength might well be directed through the central seaboard because of the jet stream, the colonel explained The jet stream blows a strong current of air at high altitudes always from west to east. Bombers striking at the U. S. from Soviel Russia could gain a tremendous ad vantage in speed by riding jel stream which would probably take them across our borders in this area, the speaker said. His remarks indicated that the fate of the entire country might well depend, one day, on the alertness of sky watch ers in eastern North Carolina. Col. Brennan complimented the Roper group on its record in main taining a 24-hour watch since the vital defense area was enlarged te include this section. “The larger communities are finding it very difficult to implc ment this program,” Brennan stat cd, “but some of the smaller coni Sec AIR WATCH, Page 10 i Meeting of Interested Per sons Held Tuesday; Re port by Chairman of Spec ial Committee A group of Roper citizens inter ested in promoting the educational opportunities of present and future I students met Tuesday night to con sider the overall condition of the Roper school and the problems facing it, it is reported. A committee, headed by the Rev. P. W. Aitken, had previously been appointed to study the situation and report at the meeting. The report, submitted by Mr. Aitken, read as follows: “In light of the proposals and recommendations made by the county school board in relation to the forthcoming bond issue, to be voted on in November, it was be lieved that Roper school would have to establish an active and progressive program in order to as sure the constructing of the build ings proposed. The fact was ac knowledged that the high school would be losing a teacher this fall because of a dwindling daily at tendance in the high school. The lack of interest and support of the adults of the community as well as a lack of interest on the part of the students was considered. How ever, the greatest point of concern of these attending the meeting was the rumored possibility of the con solidation of the high school with Plymouth. The committee report ed that no official action had been considered along these lines. “The following conclusions were reached. It would be necessary for See SCHOOL, Page 10 Report Bloat in Herds of County Some cases of bloat among cat tle have been reported in the coun ty, it was learned this week. Dr. Walter Thomas, who is doing research work on bloat, was in the county Tusday of this week and spent the day observing the herd of A. J. Riddle, County Agent W. H. Pruden reports. | Herds grazing on pasture which is predominantly of clover are li able to suffer from bloat, Pruden said. He encourages farmers with herds to see that the cattle are given dry hay or some form of I , roughage when they are grazed on) , clover. If the pasture contains fes ' cue or other grass the danger of bloat is removed, it was added. In case of bloat cattle should be given ‘soapsuds, soap powder or kerosene and milk mixed half and ’ half in order to reduce froth in the stomach. May Day Festival Plans Announced At Roper School Proceeds To Be Used Tc Purchase Blackoul Cur iains for School Auditor ium, Sponsors Say To raise money to purchase blackout curtains for the auditor ium, the Roper P. T. A. and the Roper Athletic Association are sponsoring the annual May Day or Wednesday, May 2, at Roper High School. Features for fun include a one act play by members of the ninth grade, jeep rides, movies, cake walks, hot dogs, chicken salad and barbecue luncheon and dinner in the lunchroom, crowning of the May Queen and King by the win ning crown bearers, a Maypole dance, and the Coronation Ball. May King and Queen candidates are Buck Davenport, jr., and To ledo Cammon, Willie Furlough and Peggy Knowles, Billy Spruill and Mary Lucille Chappell, Roger Ches son, jr., and Daphne Snell, Billy Ray Knowles and Francis Everett, Phillip Spruill and Meretta Rid dick, and Robby Tarkeiiton and Margaret Davenport. Crown bearers contestants are Henry Tarkington and Joyce Dav enport, Ronnie Hassell and Rita Hassell, Tommy Adams and Shar on Swain, Sherman Lowe and Es ther M. Phelps, Bill Robertson and Geraldine Gaylord, Joseph Rath and Emily Banks, Ruth Nowarah and Janice Hollis, Johnny Mizell and Donna Pierce, Steve Leary and Ellen Biggs, Steve Basnight and Nancy Carol Freeman, Sunny Free man and Hester Carol Marrincr, Tex Barnes and Roberta Ilood, Phillip Davis and Mary Edna Daw son, Mike Trueblood and Karen Trueblood and Boone Chcsson and Wandra Stallings. The public is cordially invited to attend. -® County Library Board To Meet Tonight, Courthouse The Washington County Library Board will meet at the courthouse at 8 p. m. Thursday of this week, Mrs. J. Robert Campbell, chairman, announces. Laymen of St. Luke's To Serve Turkey Supper -♦ The laymen of St. Luke’s Episcu pal Church, Roper, will serve a tur key supper in the Roper Com munity House Tuesday evening April 24th, beginning at 5:30. The public is invited to patronize. Tic kets may be secured in atlvance bj communicating with Murril B. Wal lace, telephone 504-5, Roper. Youth Convention Set for Creswell; Program Released Third Annual Meeting of Albemarle and Beaufort Youth Rallies Scheduled For April 28-29 ♦ The third annual Eastern Youth Convention, sponsored by the Churches of Christ of the Albe marle and Beaufort Youth Rallies, will be held at the auditorium of the Creswel! High School. Satur day and Sunday, April 28-29, with the theme of the convention being "What Does God Require?” Robert Johnson of Clinton, Ohio, a sophomore student at Roanoke Bible College and minister of the St. Delight Church of Christ, will lead the singing, and the male quartet of Roanoke Bible College and several youth choirs from the area will provide special music for all sessions of the convention. The Saturday session will begin at 6:00 p. m. with a banquet for the Christian youth and their lead ers. The call to worship will be at 7:30 p. m. Ted Davenport, presi dent of the Albemarle Youth Rally will preside. Harry W. Pritchett of Creswell will give the welcome. The sermon will be by Homer Styons, minister of the Colonial Heights Church of Christ, Norfolk, Va. His topic will be ‘‘God Re quires a Willing Mind.” At 9:00 p. m. there will be a basketball game in the Creswell gymnasium. The Washington County Christian boys’ team will play the Beaufort County Christian boys’ team. Johnny Allsbrook will preside over the Sunday morning session which will begin at 9:45 a. m. with the Bible School. Lamar Tillman, minister of the Jarvisburg Church of Christ, will preach the Bible School sermon, "God Requires an Obedient Heart.” The sermon for See~CONVENTION, Page 5 -$ Seoul Court of Honor on May 5 At least three members of the Plymouth Boy Scout troop will be among Scouts of the Wasmarty District to receive awards at the Court of Honor scheduled to be held Saturday, May 5, at Plymouth Presbyterian Church, Scoutmaster Foster Perkins announced today. The court of honor will be con ducted by the local Masonic Lodge, Mr. Perkins said. It will begin at 7:30 p. m. The members of the local troop, all advancing from Tenderfoot Scout to Second Class Scout, are Charles Walker, Frank Lowry and Joe Early. Mr. Perkins stated that possibly others may be included at that time. The Wasmarty District embraces all troops in the counties of Wash ington, Martin and Tyrrell. |To Begin Vaccinating! jConniy Do^§ April 2sual custom in the district Kor ,■ cnator to serve two terms, and it is felt that Owens is entitled to the office again on this basis Other contests in the county will Itn f nr pnnntv pnmmiccinnnr f rnm Plymouth Township, where there See PRIMARY, Page 10™" ————