T'OWll opics * Miss Nelda Carol Norris, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Norris of Plymouth, represented Bosie Bateman Post No. 4023, Veterans of Foreign Wars, as one of the princesses who reigned over the North Carolina marbles tourna ment held at Elizabeth City last week-end. Eighteen VFW posts were represented by princesses at the event which is sponsored by the VFW each year. It was the first year that the local post had been represented. Gary Jenkins, 12, of Lincolnton emerged as mar bles champion, while Vicki Miller of Elkin was crowned queen of the tournament Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Norris accompanied Nel da to Elizabeth City. Among those receiving degrees at East Carolina College, Green ville, Monday morning were sever al students from Washington Coun ty. The finals speaker at exercises held in Wright auditorium on the college campus was Dr. D. Hiden Ramsey of Asheville, chairman of the North Carolina Board of High er Education, whose topic was, Speak a Good Word for Educa tion.” Washington County students receiving degrees were listed as follows: M. A.-—Booster Tex Lind sey, Plymouth; B. S.—Lee Victor Landing, Albert Louis Singleton, Donald Basnight Freeman and Alice Harris Pierce, all of Plym outh; Jean Davenport Alexander and Helen Alexander Ambrose, both of Creswell; and Francis Ray Spencer, Roper. Mrs. L. B. Doodbury, the former 9 Miss Matilda Swain of Mackeys, has returned to Washington, D. C., after visiting a number of relatives in the county, including Mrs. N. G. Chesson and Mrs. O. A. Chesson of Roper, and J. L. Swain, fo Plym outh. Mrs. Woodbury is joining her husband, Colonel Woodbury, who will leave Washington around June 1 for a two-year assignment as military attache to Viet Nam, with headquarters in Saigon. Carl L. Bailey, sr., Plymouth at torney, was elcted president of the Second Judicial District Bar at the meeting of the group held Friday evening at Roanoke Country Club, Williamston. Other officers include Charles H. Manning, Williamston, vice president; John A. Wilkinson, Washington, secretary - treasurer; and Paul R. Waters, Washington, Ned P. Everett, Robersonville, W. M. Darden, Plymouth, W. S.'Wood ley, Columbia, and George M. Davis of Swanquarter, members of the executive committee. Attorney General W. B. Rodman addressed the meeting. Resolutions honoring the memory of the late Hallet S. Ward of Washington were adopted. Patrons of the county ABC stores at Plymouth and Creswell will have to do their week-end stocking up before Saturday. The Demo cratic Primary is slated Saturday and the law requires that ABC stores be closed on all election days. Patrons of the two stores are asked to please note. W. D. (Sonny) Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Walker of Plymouth, returned to Greenville to serve as a marshal at the gradu ation exercises of the college, held Monday of this week in Wright auditorium. Sonny recently com pleted his third year at the Green ville school. Relief Program Is | Terminated Here! The Surplus Commodity program for relief of distressed persons has been discontinued in this county. A joint meeting of local screen ing committees, the board of coun ty commissioners, welfare board1 and county agent was held here ] Tuesday night at which time it was decided to terminate the program. | The program, it was explained,! was a temporary measure designed - to relieve distress through the i winter months brought on by the hurricanes of last fall. Surplus food items were distributed at regular intervals to needy families, the peak number on the rolls being 248. It was felt that since the farm ing season has opened more work j is available and that the program has served its purpose. Vehicle Safety Check Set Here Next Week The block on East Water Strcc from Adams to Madison Street wil be used as lane for the vehicle safety check to be conducted Mon day and Tuesday of next week, J D. Mallory announced today. Mallory and H. N. Stcphensoi will be in charge of the projecl which will be on an entirely volun tary basis. The safety lane will be in operation from 9 a. m. to £ p. m. both days, it was said. All motorists of this vicinity arc urged to take advantage of the op portunity to have vehicles checked for various mechanical defects. Included in the check will be brakes, front and rear lights, steer t ing, tires, exhaust system, glass, 1 windshield wipers, rear view mir c ror and horn. The project here is part of a . nationwide program being sponsor ed jointly by three agencies—In 1 ter-Industry Highway Safety Com t mittee, Look Magazine and the Na - tional Safety Council. 3 The program is designed to help > to reduce the heavy toll of acci dents on the nation’s highways and ; streets. Safety checks, it is believ - ed, should help materially to re 1 duce accidents since about 10 per cent of the total stems from me : chanical failures of one kind or ■ - another. i The Roanoke Beacon ★ ★★★★★ and Washington County News A heme newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 13,900 people. ★ ★★★★★ VOLUME LXVII—NUMBER 21 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 24, 1956 ESTABLISHED 1889 Five County Races To Be Decided Saturday CANDIDATES: Main interest of Washington County Democrats in Sat urday’s primary seems to be centered in the three cornered race for representative. Dr. J. M. Phelps (left), Creswell physician, is the incumbent and both of his opponents are former county representative. W. J. ([5ilD Wooiard (center), Plymouth furniture man, served in the 1951 and 1953 legislatures; while E. O. Arnold (right), Skinnersville farmer, served at the 1949 session. Finals Start Tonight At High School Here j Polls Will Openj | At 6:30 Saturday j I Voters in the primary Satur day of this week will have exact ly 12 hours in which to cast their ballots. The polls open at 6:30 in the morning and close at 6:30 that evening. Registrars and judges of election are required to report to polling places at 6 a. m., in order to prepare the booths and arrange the voting space. Remember: Polls close prompt ly at 6:30 p. m. Polling places in the county are as follows: Plymouth No. 1, courthouse; Plymouth No. 2, high school building; Lees Mill, community building in Roper; Skinnersville, Goodman's store at the ' V ; Scuppernong, tax collector's of fice in Creswell; Wenona, resi dence of H. J. Furbee. Closing Program Ai Roper School Set for Friday Dr. Leon W. Jenkins of East Carolina College, Green ville, To Give Commence ment Address The commencement program at Roper High School will be con cluded Friday night of this week. Dr. Leo W. Jenkins of East Caro lina College, Greenville, will give the commencement address, spec ial awards will be presented by Principal T. A. Hood, and R. F. Lowry, superintendent of Wash ington County Schools, will present diplomas to the graduates. Dr. Jenkins will be presented by Mr. Hood. The program will open with the processional, “Pomp and Circumstance,” by Elgar. The Rev. Edward M. Spruill, minister of Grace Episcopal Church, Plymouth, will pronounce the invocation, and! Elfreth Alexander will give (he sa lutatory. The program will be in terspersed with two numbers by the glee club and a piano solo by Elfreth Alexander. Dian Spruill will give the valedictory. “Grand March” by Verdi will be used as recessional. The commencement program opened at the school Sunday night with the commencement sermon by the Rev. Paul Wesley Aitkin, min ister of Hebron Methodist Church, See Roper, Page 8 Class Night Exercises Set At Plymouth High School With Sermon Sunday and Graduation Monday Closing exercises at Plymouth High School begin Thursday night of this week when Class Night exercises will be held, followed by the commencement sermon Sunday night and the graduation exercises Monday night. AH programs will be presented in the school auditor ium and begin at 8 o'clock. Programs in the finals series are announced as follows: Class Night exercises, “Foot prints and Time.” Laura Jo Quinn, class president; Mable Hardison, historian; Billy Waters, statistic ian; Lynda Harrell, poetess, Kath leen Somerville, prophetess; Lynn Magee, giftorian; Phil Ange, tes tator; Carol June Windom, lyric composer; all other seniors. Pianist, B. W. Ham. Commencement sermon: Proces sional, “God of Our Father”; Doxo logy, congregation; Invocation, the Rev. J. R. Soloky; Hymn, “Come, Thou Almighty King,” congrega tion; Scripture reading, the Rev. Paul B. Nickens; Anthems, glee club; Prayer, the Rev. C. N. Bar nette; introduction of minister, the Rev. R. L. Combs; sermon, the Rev. Archie G. McKee, minister, First Presbyterian Church, of Lenoir; Hymn, “Holy, Holy, Holy,” congre gation; Benediction, the Rev. J. H. Lanning; Recessional, “Largo”; music director, B. W. Ham; pian ist, Beulah Cratch. Graduation exercises: Procession al, “Pomp and Circumstance”; In vocation, the Rev. E. M. Spruill; choral selections, glee club; Salu tatory, Jessie Harrison; introduct ion of speaker, J. S. Fleming, prin cipal; Address, Lt. Col. Hugh F. Jordan, U. S. Air Force; Presenta tion of diplomas, A. L. Owens, chairman of school committee; Present Awards; Valedictory, Beu lah Cratch; Benediction, the Rev. E. M. Spruill; Recessional, “Pomp and Circumstance.” There are 46 members of the graduating class who will receive diplomas Monday night. Sale of Poppies Here on Saturday Plans have been announced here for sale of poppies Saturday of this week, sponsored by the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary. The little red artificial flowers, made by disabled veterans of World Wars I and II, will be worn in honor of the nation’s war dead. 1 he poppies will be on sale here all day Saturday with unpaid vol unteers in charge of sales. They will receive contributions for the auxiliary's work for disabled vet erans and needy children. No set price is charged for the poppies, and all contributions will be cheer fully received. The poppies will be the crepe paper replicas of the wild poppies which grow “between the crosses, row on row” in the World War I battle cemeteries of France and Belgium. Millions of the little flowers are expected to be worn by Americans on Poppy Day this year, it was said. ■-®--— Dr. McAndrew Visits Here Dr. Helton McAndrew, clinical psychologist with the State Board of Public Welfare, visited the coun ty welfare office here Wednesday morning where she gave examina tions to two children, Mrs. Ursula Spruill, county welfare superin tend, reports. Crop Measuring Is To Start in County This Week, Stated -* Two Reporters at Work, Full Force To Consist oi 15 Reporters and Three Spot-Checkers Crop acreage measurement work in this county had a small-scale beginning this week when two re porters, Joseph Collins and Sher wood Chesson, both of Roper, be gan work. Both have had past ex perience. The huge task is expected to be tackled full-scale by the first of June. Deadline for completion of all measurement of allotment crop acreage in the county is June 30. Miss Miriam Ausbon, county ASC office manager, stated Wed nesday that 15 reporters and three spot-checkers will be employed to get the job done. Spot-checkers will be J. Whit lord Swain, county compliance su pervisor, Fred Davenport of Plym outh and Frank Spencer of Roper. Each spot-checker will have super vision of five reporters, it was said. Reporters this year will be re quired to visit every field, regard less of whether it is planted to a crop under acreage allotment con trol or not, Miss Ausbon explained, and must designate what crop is growing on the land. Mrs. Carlton Phelps is in charge of rotometer operators. Other oper ators are Carol Chesson and Teresa Peele, of Roper, and Betty Ann Burnham and Emily Waters of Plymouth. The training schools for report ers and operators began Monday and are being held every day this week. They will be completed Fri day, There will be approximately 7, 500 acres of aloltment crops to be measured—241 acres of wheat (al ready measured), 1,186.93 acres of tobacco, 3336.4 acres of peanuts, 730.1 acres of cotton and around 2,000 acres of corn under price support. "We believe this year we will do the best job that has ever been done in the county on perform ance,” Miss Ausbon declared, “due to our new photographs which were flown March 3, 1955. PLYMOUTH: The senior class at Plymouth High School this year is the largest in recent years, number lngft5.1- f“r,ty(s®ven of them are pictured above on the steps of the high school building „ , . .... . ... . , Left to right, they are as follows: Kathleen Somerville, Lynn Magee. Laura Jo Carol June YVindom, Shirley Tyree, Selena Wrightson, Mary Eleanor Sanderson, Mable Hardison, Jacque House Rettv^ Ann Burnham, Marguerite Latham, Betty Jane Leary; second row: Gail Lewis, Jolene Hollowell, Beulah Cratch, Nellie Stotesburc a™ Peed> Helen Manning, Faye Phelps, Joyce Baker, Lynda Harrell, Sue Lassiter, Emily Waters, Alva Rose Hardiso?’third Ryayrftt «ar a&KJstrBflntfsMas assA aJraHSS » Expect Hundreds Of Farmers Here Field Day Today All-Day Program at Tide water Research Station To Open at 9:30 A. M.; Sam Dobson in Charge Several hundred eastern North Carolina farmers are expected here Thursday of this week to at tend the Forage and Livestock Field Day at nearby Tidewater Re search Station, according to Sam Dobson, extension agronomy spec ialist, who is in charge of the pro gram. Successful livestock farmers and experiment station scientists will share the job of reporting new re search results and how they have been applied, Dobson said. The program will begin at 9:30 a. m. and with a break for lunch will continue well into the after noon. Lunch will be available on the grounds at a reasonable price, it was announced. Dr. R. L. Lovvorn, director of agricultural research at State Col lege, J. L. Rea, superintendent of the Plymouth research operation, • and Cecil Thomas, director of the Division of Research Stations State Department of Agriculture, will launch the program with short talks at 9:30 a. m. Field trips conducted by exten sion and Experiment Station work ers will begin at 10 o'clock. Dur ing the morning farmers will see the results of variety tests of for age at different drainage depths, and observe the results of using different rates of lime, phosphate and potash (and different sources of potash) on Ladino clover and f. ass. They will also see band vedings of Ladino and tall fescue. During the afternoon, they will ob.-erve loose housing of dairy cat tie and a hay making and silo filin g demonstration, and hem dis Ja1": ions of winter feJcnng, pas c production, grain f'eding or grass, cutting pasture for silage, and swine management. The final portion of the pro gram will be devoted to a general discussion by “those doing the job —the farmers.” Bill Thompson of Washington County will tell of his results with feeding grain on grass; Sid Hassell, also of Washington County will explain, “why I Bought Another Silo;” Warren Watson of Hyde will tell how he fits grass into his farm; R. L. Swain of Tyrrell, will report on what clover will do for hogs; and E. L. Slack of Beaufort County will answer the question, “Will Dairy and Beef Pay in Tidewater North Carolina?” House Trailer, Fruit Stand Burns Friday Near Sound — « A house trailer and a vacant fruit stand near Albemarle Sound Bridge were destroyed by fire Fri day morning at about 8 o’clock, ac cording to reports reaching here. The trailer was the property of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Livingston and was located near NC 32 about a mile south of the bridge, it was said. A washing machine was the only item saved, according to the re port. * ♦ ♦ ” Interest Is Reported at Low Ebb; Vote of 2,000 or Less Predicted Total of 18 Candidates in Running of Six Offices on State Ballot; Four Seek To Be Governor Although there are 18 candi dates for six offices on the state ! ballot to be voted on by county 1 Democrats in the primary Satur day, there is very little visible in terest so far in this section. There : are four candidates for governor, five for lieutenant governor, two for commissioner of agriculture, two for commissioner of insurance, three for commissioner of labor and two for United States Senator. Governor Luther H. Hodges has three opponents for the office he now holds. All three of them from the Charlotte region. Harry P. Stokely and Tom Sawyer are food dealers in Charlotte, while the oth er candidate, C. E. Earle, jr., is ; from Belmont, just outside of | Charlotte. It is generally believed that Hodges will run far ahead of j the others combined- in this section, although it is understood Sawyer is originally from Elizabeth City. The race for lieutenant governor is wide open, and there is a good possibility that a second primary will be required to name the nomi nee. In this section, Alonzo C. Ed wards, of Hookerton, a former Farm Bureau official, is best . known and is regarded as likely to be the leader. Luther E. Barn hardt, of Concord, is expected to be top man in the Piedmont region. Kidd Brewer, of Raleigh, former secretary to (J. S. Senators Josiah W. Bailey and William B. Umstead, has gained a lot of I ground among younger political I leaders in recent weeks and may j be a contender. Gurney P. Hood, I former commissioner of banks for ! the state, has a lot of strength in ! the west. J. V. Wtitfield. a former I -‘ate senator from the southeast st tinn d L.a ?. . .. mav come up with some solid support there. In the race for commissioner of agriculture, L. Y. “Stag" Ballen tine of Raleigh, is considered well See STATE BALLOT, Page 8 -« Creswell Finals Start on Friday » Final exercises at Creswell High ! School open Friday night of this I week with presentation by the sen iors of the annual Class night program in the school auditorium at 8 o’clock. The second in the series of finals events will take place Sunday at 8 p. m. when the annual commence ment sermon will be preached by the Kev. James A. Evans, minister of the Free Will Baptist Church, Wilson. The graduation program will be held next Monday night, beginning at 8 o’clock, with the commence ment address to be made by Dr. Charles F. Carroll, state superin tendent of public instruction. The salutatory address will be given by Charles Davenport, while Pinner Smithson will give the vale dictory. Diplomas will go to 30 seniors. STATE SENATOR State Senator Edward L. Owens, Plymouth lawyer and farm operator, is seeking renomi nation in Saturday's primary as one of two senators from the second district. Both the other candidates, Williamston Mayor Robert II. Cowen and A. Corey, of Jamesville, arc from Martin County. Lamb Sale Totals Over $12,000 Here; 913 Animals Sold Number of Animals Offered and Total Receipts Some what Below Those of Last Year's Sale Total receipts fell somewhat be low those of last year at the lamb pod he!