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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buchanan
and Mrs. Leslie Manning, of Plym
outh, attended the funeral in
Rocky Mount Tuesday afternoon of
this week for William Joseph Tug
well, father of Mrs. J. L. Ezzell of
Plymouth.
Miss Maxine Baynor and Mrs.
Ada Virginia Cahoon were in Dur
ham Tuesday and Wednesday of
last week where they attended the
State Federation of Woman’s
Clubs convention. They were of
ficial delegates from Plymouth
Junior Woman’s Club.
Miss Gish, state field librarian,
made an official visit to Plymouth
Friday and was so pleased with the
plan of the new Washington Coun
ty Library that she asked the chair
man to try to get a blueprint of
the building for the State Library
Commission to keep on its files
to be sent to other towns request
ing plans for small libraries. She
also asked the chairman to write
for the commission the plan the
board used in securing funds from
the county for erecting the build
ing and also the plan the board
used in securing donations for com
pleting the interior of the build
ing and for purchasing furniture,
shelving, etc.
Soil Conservationist Henry J.
Bragg was in Greenville Tuesday
of this week submitting reports
and making plans for the regular
quarterly meeting of the Pamlico
District supervisors to be held in
this county next week. Mr. Bragg
. said no definite site for the meet
» ing in the county has been decided
upon as yet.
Ralph Luke, who made the trip
to New York City last week-end
along with 48 other Plymouth High
School seniors and a few members
of the faculty, brought back a spec
ial souvenir of which he is quite
proud. Ralph was at Ebbets Field
in Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon
to see the baseball game between
the Dodgers and the Pittsburg Pi
rates. During the game he caught
a foul off the bat of Duke Snider,
Dodger centerfielder. According to
reports, that was just about the
prize of the trip.
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Tobacco Meeting
Held Yesterday
On Riddle Farm
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Results of Demonstrations
In Weed and Nematode
Control and in Blue Mold
Control Said Good
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A number of persons attended
a tobacco field meeting on the A.
J. Riddle farm near here Wednes
day afternoon of this week, Coun
ty Agent W. H. Pruden reports.
Among those in attendance was
S. N. Hawks, jr., flue-cured tobac
co specialist with N. C. State Col
lege. Mr. Hawks explained the var
ious treatments on demonstration
tobacco plant beds and discussed
some abnormalities showing up on
beds this season.
Demonstrations on nematode and
weed control using both methyl
bromide gas and the new bed
rench treatment were observed as
well as demonstrations in blue
mold control using Dithane, Maneb
and Formate.
Bedrench gave good weed con
trol, Pruden said, and plants so
treated were larger than those
treated with methyl-bromide. How
ever, these larger plants were at
the lower end of the bed and re
ceived more moisture.
It was found that bedrench did
not give as good weed control as
the gas treatment in that the bed
rench-treated bed had to be pick
ed once.
In the blue mold control demon
stration, 33 square yards of bed
were sprayed with Maneb twice a
week since March 23 and. after :
every rain, and a like amount was '■
sprayed the same way with Di
thane. Another like area was left
untreated as a check. In the latter 1
was severe blue mold and part of '
the plants were killed. The treat
ed spots gave complete blue mold :
■control, it was said. 1
The tenant on the farm used Fer
mate as a dust on the remainder
of the beds, the county agent said, j
and got “pretty good control” even ’
though his treatments were erratic,
due to high winds. Where no weed I
treatment was used the plant bed I
had to be abandoned because of I
weeds, it being impractical to pick I
the beds due to the cost. i
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VOLUME LXVII—NUMBER 18
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 3, 1956
ESTABLISHED 1889
Mercury Soars To
86 Degrees Here
Everybody was talking about
low hot it was Monday and shirt
ileeves were in evidence on all
ides but the summer-like weather
vas shortlived.
Following Monday night showers
emperatures dropped and skies
vere overcast most of Tuesday and
Yednesday. Tobacco growers took
idvantage of the “season” to begin
he job of transplanting.
The precipitation Monday totaled
55 of an inch, according to figures
it the weather station at Tide
Yater Research Station near here.
Records at the station show that
he thermometer climbed Monday
o a high of 86 degrees. Low for
he day was 66 degrees. Tuesday’s
iigh was 73 degrees and the low,
4 degrees.
Asks To Keep
Board Posted
Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, Select- i
ive Service Board clerk here, i
this week issued a statement
urging that all registrants of the !
board promptly notify the board
of any change of address or
change in marital or family
status.
Mrs. Hunter stated that several
registrants recently have waited
until receiving orders for pre
induction to come to the board
and report dhange in marital
status or the birth of children.
Also, Mrs. Hunter stressed, when
registrants change address and
fail to notify the board delin
quency usually follows. Regis
trants are asked to please note.
Name New Registrars; Few Register
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Changes in the registrars for two
county voting precincts were an
nounced last week-end by W. T.
Freeman, chairman of the Wash
ington County Board of Election.
Mrs. James H. Ward was named
registrar for Plymouth Precinct
No. 1, in place of Don G. Davis,
who is unable to serve on account
of illness. Delbert Patrick was ap
pointed registrar for Skinnersville
precinct instead of Brownie Good
man, who advised the chairman he
would not be able to serve this
year.
Comparatively little interest is
being shown in the primary this1
year, judging by the number of
new voters registered in the two
Plymouth precincts since the books
opened last Saturday. Mrs. James
H. Ward, registrar for Plymouth
No. 1, said yesterday that she had
added eight names to her books,
two new voters and six transfers.
In Plymouth No. 2, Mrs. A. T.
Darden reported she had register
;d nine, four new voters and five
:ransfers.
No reports were available from
;he other precincts, but it is not
relieved any great number has
seen registered. Registration books
will be open through Saturday,
May 12, with the registrars at their
respective polling places on the
;wo Saturdays remaining. On other
lays, voters may register at the
lomes or places of business of the
several registrars.
ICO\l)IO:
Pictured above the junior chamber
of commerce officials and the 28
finalists out of 77 teen-agers from
Creswell, Roper and Plymouth who entered the Jaycee-sponsored
Teen-Age Roadco concluded here Wednesday afternoon of last week.
The 28 finalists made the highest grades on a written test and took
the driving test over a standard course set up on East Water and
Madison Streets Wednesday afternoon. Portions of the course are
shown in the two photos at left. In the upper a car is weaving in
and out between the barrels, each contestant being required to go
through this both forward and backwards. In the lower picture a
car is negotiating a sharp S curve between pennants mounted on
standards, and it must then be brought to a stop at the line in the
foreground with the bumper barely over the mark. To strike
a standard or miss the stop mark subtracts points from the con
tentant’s record. There were several other difficult tests over the
course requiring good coordination and a keen sense of timing.—
Staff photo.
Suspended Terms
For White Youths
In Break-in Case
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Beaufort County Men Order
ed To Pay $50 Each to
Seaton Davenport; Taylor
Woman Found Guilty
i Thr*e—5Tmng Beaufort County
white men, found guilty in superior
court here this week of breaking
and entering and larceny, were
given suspended sentences by
Judge George M. Fountain, of Tar
boro, on condition that they pay
costs of court and $50 each to Sea
ton Davenport, Lake Phelps store
keeper.
Charles Foreman and Ralph Jar
vis were sentenced to from three to
five years in State Prison, suspend
ed, and Linwood Keech received a
suspended sentence of 18 months.
Davenport’s place was entered
Sunday, April 15, entry being gain
ed through a side window. A cash
register containing between $35
and $40 was taken and a juke box
was broken open and rifled of
about $6, it was reported. The men
were later apprehended at Bel
haven by Sheriff J. K. Reid of this
county, Beaufort and SBI officers.
Alphonzo Cradle, Plymouth Neg
ro, was acquitted by the jury of a
charge of assault with intent to
commit rape. The jury found Cra
dle not guilty of assault or of as
sault with intent to commit rape.
The prosecuting witness was a 15
year-old Plymouth colored girl, Vir
gie Lee Moore. The case attracted
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Funeral Services
For T. E. Ainsley
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Funeral services were held at
2 o’clock Monday afternoon for
Tom E. Ainsley, 79.
Mr. Ainsley, a retired farmer
and merchant who moved to Plym
outh from Mackeys 10 years ago,
died at 6 a. m. Saturday at his
home at 104 Fourth Street follow
ing an illness of two weeks. Ho
had been in declining health for
three years.
Mr. Ainsley was the son of the
late Joseph and Matilda Knight
Ainsley of this county where he
was born February 25, 1877. He
was married on May 17, 1900, at
Roper to Miss Bessie Norman of
that place. He was a member of
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church,
near Roper.
He leaves his widow; three
daughters, Mrs. Cherry Chorey, of
Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Louise Coburn
and Mrs. Estelle Daniels, both of
Plymouth; three sons, Q. D. Ains
ley, of Norfolk, Clarence Ainsley,
of Plymouth, and T. W. Ainsley,
of Portsmouth, Va.; a sister, Mrs.
A. N. Wentz, of Roper; and 10
grandchildren.
Last rites were conducted at Hor
ner’s Funeral Home chapel, with
the Rev. C. N. Barnette, minister of
First Christian Church, the Rev.
Paul B. Nickens, minister of Lud
ford Memorial Baptist Church, and
the Rev. E. M. Spruill, rector of'
Grace Episcopal Church, offici
ating. Interment was in Windley
Cemetery here.
14-H Club Sunday]
i To Be Observed1,
Sunday will be observed as
4-H Club Sunday, Mrs. Frances
M. Darden, one of the county
supervisors of 4-H Club work,
announced today.
4-H Club members will attend
morning worship services at First
C 'ristian Church here in a body,
K?* Darden said, and Mi mem
bers arc urged to attend.
One-Car Accident
At Sound Bridge
Claims Two Lives
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Two Young Marines From
Edenlon Base Become
First 1956 County Rural
Highway Fatalities
The first rural highway fatalities
of 1956 in this county went into
the books at 1 a. m. Friday when
two Marine sergeants from Eden
ton met instant death in a bridge
mishap.
The dead men werel istcd as
William W. Lajoie, 20, and Law
rence Richard McLares, 21.
The accident, involving just one
vehicle, was investigated by
State Highway Patrolman C'arl Gil
chirst of Plymouth.
According to the report, the two
marines were headed north in an
Austin-Healy car owned by Mc
Lares and driven by Lajoie. The
machine struck the left side abut
ment of Albemarle Sound Bridge
at the south end and was listed
as a total loss.
Lajoie was pinned in the wreck
age, Gilchrist stated, and it re
quired some time to extricate the
body.
The patrolman stated that the
physical damage indicated that at
the time of impact the car was
traveling at a high rate of speed.
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AnnounceWinners
In Essay Contest
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Mrs. Charles Walker, of Cool
Spring Home Demonstration Club,
von first prize for Washington
bounty in the essay contest spon
sored by the State Savings Bonds
office, Mrs. Frances M. Darden,
lome agent, announced today.
The contest was open to club
vomen of the county and the sub
cct was, “Twelve Reasons Why I
Should Buy U. S. Savings Bonds.”
drs. Fred Smith of the Creswell
-lub won second prize. Three Plym
>uth persons served as judges for
he contest.
The winning essay has been sub
nitted to Miss Ruth Current, of
he State College Extension Serv
ce, for judging along with entries
'rom the other 15 counties of this
listrict. All winning essays become
he property of the sponsoring
igency, it was said.
Recognition of the winners will
)e made Wednesday night, June 6,
luring State Farm and Home Week
it Raleigh, Mrs. Darden stated.
Precinct Meets in County
Set for Saturday Morning
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Transplanting Begun I
In (oiintv Last Week!
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The first transplanting of tobac
co plants for the 1956 season in
this county was reported Saturday
but the job is not expected to reach
full swing until next week, County
Agent W. H. Pruden stated yester
day.
The Saturday transplanting was
reported by Clyde Chesson on the
Milton Basnight farm near Plym-j
outh. Following the Monday night
rain several growers were “setting
out” Tuesday but Pruden reports
that plants arc generally small and
that blue mold is widespread in
beds.
The county agent gave as his
apinion that the supply of plants in
the county will prove ample for
:he task but urges that treatment
af beds for blue mold control be
continued.
“It is very important to continue
blue mold control,” Pruden de
clared. “The weather right now is
deal for spread of the disease and
ve are recommending the use of
DDT in the last spray or dust.
I’lants should be dusted or sprayed
the morning before they are pulled
in order to control flea bettles
after the plants are set in the
field.”
Big Attendance Here
At May Day Festival
Three High School Bands,
Several Floats in Parade;
Other Events of Day Con
cluded With Ball
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The largest Wednesday crowd
seen in Plymouth in many a day
was attracted yesterday by the
May Day parade and annual festi
val at Plymouth High School.
Bands from Robersonville High
School, Edenton High School and
Plymouth High School took part in
the parade which formed at the
high school at 3:30 o’clock and
marched down Washington Street
to the intersection of Main, turned
left on Main and down to Jefferson
Street, right on Jefferson to Water
Street, left on Water Street to
Adams, right on Adams back to
Main, right on Main back to Wash
an-, 1 'ft. en Washington
back to the high school.
There were also floats represent
ing the home demonstration clubs,
the Garden club, International Bro
therhood of Electrical Workers,
Junior Woman's Club and Plym
outh Band Bosters. May Day Queen
Marian Ragland and attendants,
Linda Harrell and Grace Skeen
rode on the Band Boosters’ float.
Boy Scouts also took part in the
parade.
Several other events, including
queen's coronation, May Pole
Dance, Baby Contest, skit by chil
dren of Mrs. Chesson’s and Mrs.
Hardison’s classes at Hampton
School, concert by Robersonville
High School band, field day events,
“Open House” at the school, and (
the Queen’s Ball concluded the
program.
It. F. Lowry, county superinten
dent of Schools, crowned Miss Mar
ian Ragland Queen of the May
and Jean Tetterton as elementary
queen.
Winners in the Baby Contest
See FESTIVAL, Page 7
Drainage Meei j
Slated Friday I
A meeting of all persons in
terested in a certain drainage
project in Plymouth Township is
scheduled to be held Friday
night of this week at the Agricul
ture Building, it is announced.
Time of the meeting will be 8
o’clock.
The Town of Plymouth is
cleaning out debris from Peacock
Swamp, it is explained, and a
petition has been circulated and
signed by nearly 50 landowners
in the township who are inter
ested in taking up where the
Town leaves off to drain the area
lying toward the Long Ridge
Road.
Arnold Announces
He Favors Counly
School Bond Issue
Former County Representa
tive Opposed To Perma
nent Bridge at Columbia
Without Draw
K. 0. Arnold of Skinnersville,
former county representative who
was a last-minute filer as a can
didate for representative in the
next General Assembly subject to
the coming Democratic primary,
announced this week his position
on schools and other important
issues.
Mr. Arnold says he is heartily
in favor of the $500,000 bond issue
WINNER:
Howard Jerome Walker (left), son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Walker of
Plymouth, receives a $25 savings
bond from Carl L. Bailey, jr„ president of the Plymouth Junior
Chamber of Commerce, for winning the Teen-Age Roadeo held here
Wednesday afternoon of last week. Marvin Weaver, manager of the
Planters Bank here, who issued the bond, is in the background.
Young Walker will compete in the state finals at Greenville on June
2-3. The winner there will receive $500 and the right to take part
in the national finals for a $1,500 scholarship.—Staff photo.
Chairman Issues Call for
Sessions To Start at 11
A.M. at Six Polling Places
In County
Democratic Party precinct meet
ings will be held in the six Wash
ington County precincts Saturday
morning of this week, May 5, at 11
a. m. Official call for the meet
ings was issued Monday by Carl
L. Bailey, chairman of the county
Democratic executive committee,
who urges as large an attendance
as possible.
Precinct meetings in this section
usually do not receive the attention
they should from citizens. The
party set-up for county, state and
nation originate at the precinct
meetings in this state, and the only
way the average citizen can have
any voice in party councils is by at
tendance at the precinct meetings.
The county convention will be
held on the following Saturday,
I May 12, with district and state con
ventions in Raleigh on Thursday,
May 17. The county convention will
be held in the courthouse here at
11 a. m. on Saturday, May 12.
Precinct meetings this week will
be held at the polling places in
the six precincts. Delegates to the
county convention will be elected
at the precinct meetings; and dele
gates to the district and state con
ventions are chosen at the county
convention.
Principal business at the precinct
meetings, in addition to choosing
delegates to the county convention,
is election of precinct executive
committees, chairmen of which au
tomatically become members of the
county executive committee. In re
cent years, instead of electing dele
gates to the county convention,
most of the precincts in this coun
ty have simply been designating
“all Democrats in good standing"
as delegates, allowing all who wish
to attend the county convention.
Precinct polling places, where
the meetings are to be held Satur
day morning, are as follows: Plym
outh Precinct No. I, courthouse;
Plymouth No. 2, high school build
ing; Lees Mill, community build
ing at Roper; Skinnersville,
Brownie Goodman’s store; Scup
pernong, tax collector’s office in
Creswell; and Wenona, residence
of II. J. Furbee.
Under the Democratic plan of
organization, each precinct elects
an executive committee consisting
of five active Democrats, at least
two of which shall be women. The
committee so elected shall choose
SeelpRECINCTsTPagrTi
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harden Club Sets
Flower Show Here
Thursday, May 10
Annual Spring Show To Be
Held at Episcopal Parish
House; Program Is Re
leased
Thursday of next week at the
Grace Episcopal Parish House the
Plymouth Garden Club will present
its annual Spring Flower Show.
The theme of this year’s show
will be “Flowers on Parade.” The
hours have been announced as from
noon to 9 p. m.
The staging committee is com
posed of Mrs. M. L. Nobles, Mrs.
L. M. Cushing and Miss Ida Davis.
Thej-e will be no charge for the
event but a silver offering will be
taken, it was said.
The program has been released
as follows:
First class—flower arrangements
accompanied by band; accessories;
composition. Chairman, Mrs. Grace
Bruce;
Second class—line arrangements;
3 foliage; 3 foliage and flowers
(not to exceed 5 flowers). Chair
man, Mrs. S. H. Ward;
Third class — flower arrange
ments in color, inspired by flags
or pennants: North Carolina, Duke,
State, Virginia, Confederate and
National. Chairman, Mrs. Kathleen
Walker;
Fourth class—miniatures (not to
exceed 3 inches). Chairman, Mrs.
Louise McGowan;
Fifth class — commercial exhi
bits;
Sixth class—arrangements by in
vitation;
Seventh class—tables for lunch
eon after parade. Chairman, Mrs.
Martha Jeter;
Eighth class — horticultural ex
hibits (1) specimens displayed in
Coca-Cola bottles (2) potted plants.
Chairman, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Whit
ley and Mrs. Davidson;
Ninth class — Junior Garden
Club. Chairmen, Mrs. Etheridge,
Mrs. Hackbarth;
Tenth class—Pre-SchoM display.
Chairman, Mrs. Lillian Campbell.