The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington
County and its 13,000 people.
VOLUME LXVII—NUMBER 24
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 14, 1956
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Paul S. Gurganus, manager o!
Roanoke Farmers Exchange, an
nounced this week that he had sub
mitted his resignation May 16 tc
become effective July 1. Mr. Gur
ganus will manage a new farm
supply business to be opened in
the B. G. Campbell warehouse on
East Water Street by Berkley
Feeds of Norfolk, Va., he stated.
D. Julian Brinkley, senior war
den of Grace Episcopal Church,
James H. Ward, junior warden,
jjf( James N. Etheridge, parish treas
urer, and James A. Chesson, senior
warden of St. Luke’s Church, of
Roper, Mrs. T. W. Norman and
Mrs. J. A. Chesson of the Roper
church, and the Rev. E. M. Spruill
attended a church meeting in Kin
ston Thursday of last week.
Justice of the Peace J. T. Mc
Nair, who’s been tying the knots
for couples for a long time, per
formed another marriage ceremony
at his residence here Saturday.
Rennie Carolyn Furlough, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Fur
lough of Creswell, became the bride
of Charles J. Fornataro, jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Fornataro of
Rochester, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Williford and
daughter, Miss Constance Williford,
went to Norfolk Sunday, where
Miss Williford emplaned for Chi
cago to attend a four-week school
conducted by several transconti
nental airlines for prospective air
line employees. Mr. and Mrs. Willi
ford also visited Mr. and Mrs. Har
fj»ry Latham, former Plymouth resi
*dents, who recently moved to their
new home between Norfolk and
Virginia Beach.
Mrs. Nellie Glass and Mrs. Ad
die Robbins left last week-end to
attend the annual meeting of the
grand chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star of North Carolina,
which was held in Asheville the
first of this week. They will return
this week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Collins
are leaving today for Asheville,
where Mr. Collins will attend a
purchasing agents’ convention the
latter part of the week. Young
Woody accompanied them as far
as Durham to visit his grandmoth-,
er, Mrs. E. H. Williams, while his
parents are in Asheville. They ex
pect to return home Sunday.
At least nine persons from Plym
outh are making plans to attend
tne national Junior Chamber of
Commerce convention to be held
at Kansas City, Mo., June 25-30.
Jaycees from this state will travel
in a motor caravan which is to
leave Asheville Sunday, June 24,
and stop for the night at Paducah,
Ky. The group will arrive in Kan
sas City Monday afternoon and
will stay at the Hotel Montrose.
• A number of elaborate parties are
planned by the various state dele
gations during the week, it is un
derstood, and many famous cele
brities will be on hand. Those who
plan to represent the Plymouth
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
the affair include Mr. and Mrs.
James Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. John
Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Basnight,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hunter and
Carl L. Bailey, jr.
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Patrick Rites To
Be Held Creswell
Last rites for Thomas C. Patrick,
69, will be held at 3 p. m. Thurs
day from Christ Episcopal Church,
Creswell. Burial will be made in St.
David Cemetery there.
Mr. Patrick, a native of Tyrrell
County, died Monday in a Norfolk, -
, Va., hospital. He was the son of
the late S. C. and Mary Bateman
Patrick and the husband of Mr».
Susie Bateman Patrick.
A farmer, Mr. Patrick had lived 1
at Creswell for the past 15 years 1
and was a member of Christ j
Church.
Surviving, other than his wife, 1
are four daughters, Mrs. Bessie *
Hassell, Mrs. Lucy Robinette and 1
Pauline Patrick, all of Norfolk, and
Mrs. Corrine Phelps, of Creswell; 1
four sons, Edward of Greenville, 1
Dilly of Columbia, Ira of Creswell, 1
and Jack Patrick of Norfolk, and a i
foster son, Richard Hall of Cres- t
well; three brothers, John of Nor- I
folk, Dack of Roper, and Webb Pat- 1
rick of Creswell; two sisters, Mrs. I
Josephine Chesson of Roper, and P
Mrs. George Smith of Norfolk; and f
nine grandchildren. r
8-Year-Old Boy Dies Result of Fall
James Chester Young, eight-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Young of 17 Pine Street, Plymouth,
died at 5:30 p. m. Wednesday at •
Washington County Hospital from
injuries suffered in a fall from a1
tree late Tuesday afternoon nearj
his home.
According to reports, the boy was i
climbing when he fell, breaking his |
left arm and sustaining internal
injuries.
The boy was born March 27,
1948, at Montgomery, W. Va., and
came to Plymputh with his family
about two years ago. Besides his
parents, he is survived by a bro
ther, Bronie E. Young; three sis
ters, Lavaughun, Charlotte and
Jessie E. Young, all of the home;
two half-brothers, Edgar Lee
Young and Chester D. Young of
Baltimore, Md.; two half-sisters,
Cordelia and Venita Young of Bal
timore.
f’uneral services will be conduct
ed from the chapel of Horner’s
Funeral Home here Friday after
noon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. John
R. Soloky, minister of the Church
of the Nazarene here. Burial will
be in Windley Cemetery.
^ 1 ^ ^ ■ Faculty and student body of the
Presbyterian Bible School are shown
in front of the church following a
picnic Friday, last day of the school. Total enrollment was 35 and
average daily attendance was 30. A brief graduation service was held
during the Sunday School hour at the church Sunday.—Staff photo.
Schedule Is Outlined
For Pre-School Shots
To Be Closed
For One Week
The local draft board office
will be closed the entire week
of June 24, the clerk, Mrs. Lor
raine Hunter, announced today.
Mrs. Hunteauvill be out of town
all that weclfwmd so urges that
all persons who have business to
transact with the board do so by
the end of next week. The office
is located in the basement of the
county courthouse.
About 60 Attend
Installation of
Officers Friday
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P. B. Baleman Installs Offi
cers To Serve Legion Post
And Auxiliary for Com
ing Year
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About 60 persons attended the
installation service of James E.
Jethro Post No. 164 of the Ameri
can Legion and the Ladies’ Auili
ary of the post held Friday at the
Veterans Building, it is reported.
A covered dish supper was en
joyed by the group at 7:30, after
vhich the new officers for post
and auxiliary were installed to
;erve for the coming year. P. B.
lateman served as installing offi
ser.
Legion officers were installed as
ollows:
P. W. Brown, commander; Ron
ild Waters, first vice-commander; ;
). A. Chesson, second vice-corn- ■
nander; Norman White, adjutant; i
5. E. Harrell, chaplain; David Wil- ]
iams, serjeant-at-arms; W. Ronald i
laylord, service officer; P. B. Bate
nan, historian. 1
Auxiliary officers installed were <
Irs. Lyman Mayo, president; Mrs. s
allie Ambrose, first vice-president; •
Irs. W. C. Jones, second vice-pres
ient; Mrs. Ronald Waters, secre- 1
ary; Mrs. Jim Porter, treasurer; 1
Irs. O. Q. Lassiter, chaplain; Mrs. 1
Valter White, historian; Mrs. A. J
,. Whitehurst, sergeant-at-arms; t
Irs. Jack Willoughby, child wel- s
are chairman; Mrs. W. Blount Rod- a
lan, rehabilitation chairman. a
To Dedicate Church |;
At Creswell Sunday °
Dr. Maynard O. bletcher ot
Washington will deliver the dedi
catory address at special dedication
services Sunday morning at 11
o’clock for the new Education
Building at Creswell Methodist
Church.
The building was recently com
pleted at a total cost, including
equipment, of $12,500. There are
five class rooms, two rest rooms,
pastor’s study, choir room, kitchen
and assembly hall.
The building committee is com
posed of C. N. Davenport, chair-;
man; Miss Matilda Alexander and
Paul B. Belanga, sr.
The Rev. W. E. Eason, minister
; of the church for the past two
years, will preside at the service
Sunday. He is proud to announce
•that since completion of the Edu
cation Building the average Sun
day School attendance has increas
ed from 18 to 48.
Open House and dinner will fol
low the dedication service.
The public is cordially invited
to attend says Mrs. Naomi C. Ful
cher, publicity chairman.
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Immunizaiion Program in
Couniy is Sponsored by
Health Department; Shots
Given Free
The Washington County pre
school immunization schedule for
1956 was announced this week by
officials at the health department
here. Typhoid, smallpox, whooping
cough and diphtheria vaccinations
will be given free.
Patrons are requested to bring
their children to the place most
convenient and are urged to be on
time.
In addition to the places listed
in the schedule, vaccinations will
be available Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons of each week at the
health department, located in the
old county home building, from 1
to 4:30 p. m.
The schedule:
Thursday, June 21 and 28—9:30
to 10 a. m. at Wiley Radcliff’s
store, Wenona; 10:30 to 11 a. m. at
Free Will Baptist Church, Long
Kidge Road.
Friday, June 22 and 29—9 to
9:45 a. m. at Dick Chesson’s store,
Westover; 10 to 10:30 a. m. at Will
Davenport’s store, Mackeys; 10:35
to 11 a. m. at T. W. Tarkenton’s
store, Pleasant Grove; 11:15 a. m.
to 12 noon at Roper Community
House; 1:30 to 2 p. m. at John
son Spruill’s store, Newland Road;
2:15 to 2:45 p. m. at Nunes Esso
Station, Creswell; 3 to 3:30 p. m.
it Scuppernong Christian Church;
3:45 to 4:15 p. m. at Brownie
jioodman’s store at the “Y.”
Struck by Train,
Killed Saturday
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James Midgett, middle-aged Mac
ceys Negro, was instantly killed
vhen struck by a northbound Nor
olk Southern freight train near
Jackeys last Saturday night, it is ]
eported.
The report stated that Midgett’s ,
lody was rolled for some distance
lown the track and badly mangled, j
n arm being severed from his i
'ody.
The engineer of the train, M. R.
lobbitt, is reported to have stated \
hat he saw the man lying on the j
racks about 300 yards west of the ,
lackeys crossing. He applied j
rakes but it was impossible to <
top the 83-car train in time to
void hitting Midgett. Time of the 1
ccident was 11:35 o’clock, it was I
aid.
Midgett was married and work
d as a farm laborer in the Mac
eys area, it was learned.
No reason for the man’s being
n the tracks has been advanced. '
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/ins Class A Slock Race J
At Maple Track Sunday <
Shelton McNair of Plymouth was i
le winner in the Class A Stock a
ice at Maple Sunday with an aver- I
>e of 75.63 miles per hour in the v
narter-mile acceleration run, driv- t
ig a- 1956 Chevrolet. Eight cars f
ere entered in the Class A race. F
McNair received a trophy award t
srtificate from the Eastern Caro- c
na Drivers Association. Four such
xtificates entitle the holder to a v
ophy. In eliminations McNair had ii
top speed of 81.06 miles per hour.
Veterans Invited
To State Reunion
Of 81st Division
Will Be Held in Sanford
July 7 and 8; Said Aboui
100 Former Members in
This County
Washington County veterans of
the 81st “Wildcat” Division will
be interested in announcement this
week that the annual state reunion
will be held in Sanford on Satur
day and Sunday, July 7 and 8, with
Hotel Wilrik as headquarters.
Chief of Police P. W. Brown of
Plymouth, a former member, esti
mates there are more than 100 vet
erans in the county who served
with the historic 81st “Wildcats,”
which won fame in both world
wars.
The reunion will open July 7th
with registration of the vetcranh
starting at 9:30 a. m. There will be
a guided tour of an industrial plant
at 1 p. m.. and a social hour for
the ladies at 3 p. m.. The opening
meeting will be held at 4:30 p. m.,
and an entertainment and dinner
at 8 p. m„ staged by ladies of the
auxiliary. Sunday, July 8, there
will be a business meeting at 10
a. m., and memorial service at 11
a. m., at which the Hon. Roy L.
McMillan of Raleigh, past national
vice commander of the American
Legion, will deliver the memorial
address. The reunion will close
with a barbecue dinner.
North Carolina furnished some
7,200 men for the 31st “Wildcats"
in World War I and 300 in World
War II. In the first war the divis
ion served in France in the San
Die sector, the second Meuse-Ar
gonne and Verdun. In the last war
the division served in the south
west Pacific in and around the
Caroline Isdands and in the occu
pation of Japan.
Reunion officials hope a large
delegation of veterans and their
ladies from Washington County
will make arrangements to attend.
Col. George R. Dawson is national
commander and S. Brady White is
national vice commander for North
Carolina.
Riles Today for
Mrs. Carlisle, 52
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 p. m. Thursday of this week
from Ludford Memorial Baptist
Church for Mrs. Clara Dixon Car
lisle, who died Tuesday in Char
lotte.
Mrs. Carlisle, widow of the late
John Carlisle of Plymouth, died at
5:30 a. m. at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. H. E. Wyndham. i
Mrs. Carlisle had been staying in
Charlotte for the past six months, 1
?oing there from Plymouth. !
She was the daughter of Mrs. '■
5am Dixon of Durham, and the late <
Mr. Dixon and was born in Wash- !
ngton County September 17, 1903. 1
Surviving, other than her daugh- i
er and her mother, are two sons, 1
Jillie G. Carlisle of Charlotte and :
iamuel W. Carlisle of Portsmouth, 1
/a.; three brothers, W. W. Dixon <
>f Plymouth, Samuel Dixon, of
'iorfolk, Va., and David Dixon of J
tockingham; a sister, Mrs. Nathan
’. Daniels of Durham; and three
[randchildren.
Services will be conducted by
he Rev. Paul B. Nickens, pastor of i
-udford Memorial Baptist Church s
f which she was a member, and t
nterment will follow in Windley
Cemetery. 1
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Begins Duties ai
County Hospital;
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Warren A. Oliver of Norfolk, v
'a., has assumed his duties as ad- ;
linistrator at Washington County ,.
lospital, succeding R. M. Byrd who
esigned sometime ago to move to
leorgia.
Mr. Oliver completed a course
i hospital administration May 29
t the Medical College of Virginia,
tichpiond, and during the course
ras a resident at Riverside Hospi
il, Newport News, Va., and Nor
)lk General Hospital. He worked
reviously as a department head in
le admissions office at the Medi
al College of Virginia.
Mr. Oliver is married and his
ife will join him here July 1. He
: at home at 327 Washington
Street.
Get Recognition
At Farm, Home
Week for Service
Willis Bowen and Dave
Modlin Among 26 Per
sons Receiving 20-Year
Pins Friday Night
W. Willis Bowen, county Farm
ers Home Administration super
visor, and Dave Modlin, FHA area
supervisor, were among 26 persons
honored at Farm and Home Week
at State College on Friday night
and presented 20-year pins signify
ing that length of service with the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Mr. Modlin will have completed
22 years of service in July, and
Mr. Bowen a like number in Aug
[ ust. Mr. Bowen served from Aug
ust 27, 1934, to February 10, 1941,
with the Soil Conservation Service
and since that time with the FHA.
Mr. Bowen stated that he was
very much impressed with the
value of Farm and Home Week
and that he received considerable
help in his field — working with
low-income families,
i During each morning from 8:30
to 12 o'clock Mr. Bowen attended
lecture classes including Feed and
Care of Swine. Entomology, 4-H
Crops and Fertilizer Courses. Each
afternoon was spent on a field trip
where on-the-job training was
given, demonstrations shown and
results brought out.
A half-day period was spent ex
plaining the working of the soil
bank, jjjogram and meetings will
be hdTtf in the future on the local
level to present the material to the
farmers and the FHA supervisor
urges that all take advantage of
this opportunity to get an under
standing of the program.
BowCn is of the opinion that all
farm leaders should attend Farm
and Hbme Week if possible.
He said it appears that the farm
ers of Washington County will be
given as much or more assistance
throflgh FHA in the fiscal year ap
proaching as in the past.
Raitval Services
To Begin Sunday
Ai Roper Church
Clarke Wiseman, Pasior ol
Whaleyville, Va., Baplisl
Church, Guesl Minister;
Services Each Night
A series of revival services will
begin Sunday, June 17, at Roper
Baptist Church, continuing through
Saturday, June 23, it was an
nounced this week by the pastor,
the Rev. Vivian W. Evans. Services
will be held each night at 8 o’clock,
and the public is cordially invited
to attend, he stated.
Guest minister for the revival
series will be the Rev. Clarke Wise
man, pastor of Great Fork Baptist
Church at Whaleyville, Va. “This
ivill be a very inspiring meeting,
ind we hope and trust that cvery
)ne in our area will take advantage
)f the opportunity to hear this fine
iervant of God as he comes to
>ring us this series of gospel mes
iages,” Mr. Evans said Monday.
The Rev. Mr. Wiseman is a grad
late of Howard-Payne College and
southeastern Seminary. He has
erved as pastor of the Spring
’reek Baptist Church in Richland
iprings, Texas, the Love Grove
Saptist Church, also of Texas, as
ssociate pastor of the South Street
iaptist Church of Portsmouth, Va.,
nd for the past two and a half
ears as pastor of the Great Fork 1
'hureh at Whaleyville, Va. I
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fo Damage Results From j
Tuesday Grass Fire Here <
Plymouth firemen answered an *
larm at noon Tuesday and put out
grass fire in the Still Acres sec- <
ion. There was no damage. ’
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'ax Expert Fails To File J
Returns For Two Years
Camden, N. J. — The Govern
lent has accused Attorney Joseph
Wilson, a former deputy collector
f the Internal Revenue Service
uth not filing returns on his own
icome in 1953 and 1954. ,
No Drait Calls j \
Slated in July I ■
No induction and pre-induction 1
caUs will be made upon Select- <
ive Service Board No. 95 here 1
during the month of July. i
Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, board
clerk, said yesterday that the in- i
formation was received by the <
board from State Selective Serv- 1
ice headquarters at Raleigh. S
Need More Blood Donors
To Save County Program
DEDICATION:
The new Education
Building at Creswell
Methodist Church
will be dedicated Sunday at 11 a. m., with Dr. Maynard O. Fletcher
of Washington delivering the dedicatory address. The new build
ing. recently completed, includes five class rooms, two rest rooms,
pastor's study, choir room, kitchen and assembly hall. Open House
and dinner will follow the dedication service.
Urges Careful Study
New Soil Bank Plan
R. Flake Shaw Says Some
Farmers Might Find Ii
Profitable To Take Land
Out of Production
A Farm Bureau leader has urged
Tar Heel farmers to "consider i’m
mediately and carefully all possi
bilities" in the new soil-bank pro
gram to determine whether ii
would profit them to remove lane
from production this year.
“Some farmers might find il
would profit them to plow up grow
ing crops in order to participate
in the soil-bank” said R. Fiake
Shaw, executive vice president ol
the North Carolina Farm Bureau
The Farm Bureau leader said he
would not be “foolish enough tc
advise farmers either to remove
land or to keep it in production,
but they should certainly study the
plan thoroughly.”
Shaw, an AAA committeeman in
the thirties when a similar plan
was instituted (parity payments
program), said “there is no ques
tion about the effect of surpluses
on prices, and for this reason we
need a large voluntary reduction
in production immediately.”
The Farm Bureau, first farm or
ganization to go on record in favor
of such a plan, has advocated the
soil bank program for five years.
On most points the law passed by
Congress last month agrees with
Farm Bureau policy.
“Of course, the soil bank will
help farmers by paying them for
reduction, but the principal feat
ure of the plan is to reduce sur
pluses so that the market prices
vill rise; the market is the best
dace to get 100 per cent of parity
or our labor,” Shaw said.
He urged farmers to confer with
■ounty ASC officials to determine
vhether participation in the bank
vould be beneficial to them in
.956.
In determining rates of pay
nents, the government considered
10th the productivity of the land
md the cost of production. Pay
nents for taking tobacco out of
iroduction have been set at 18
ents per pound. Based on the
verage yield, this would amount
o around $250 an acre.
“This, for instance—and other
ommodity payments are in line
vith this — might be incentive
nough for some producers to re
nove land, while for others it
vould not,” Shaw said.
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]ourl of Honor
Slated Saturday
Five Plymouth* Boy Scouts will
eceive awards at a court of honor
Saturday of this week.
The event will be held at the
’resbyterian Church, beginning at
:30 p. m. and will be conducted
>y Jerry Ashwill, of Williamston,
cout field executive, and the Ma
onic order.
Joe Early, Lyman Mayo, Frank
.owry and Charles Walker will rc
eive second class awards and Joe
Izell will get a first class award,
Scoutmaster Foster Perkins said.
It is also planned to charter a
iew troop sponsored by First
:hristian Church. The charter is to
ie presented in a brief ceremony
aturday night.
Opening Dale i
j Still Hot SellJ
W. T. Freeman, one of the
operators of the Plymouth Pro
duce Market, said this week that
no date has beer set for »neD'’ig
of ihe ma. .. i its , ' Rea
son here.
Mr. Freeman intimated that
the dry weather is holding up
determination of au opening date
for the market, as crops which
will principally be handled have
not sufficiently advanced. James
II. Ward and W. M. Darden are
associated with Freeman in oper
ation of the market.
Good Attendance
At Darden Clan
Meeting Sunday
About 150 Persons Attend
16th Anniversary Meet
ing at. R. L. Bateman
Home; Darden Re-elected
John W. Darden of Plymouth
will again head the Stephen Dar
den Descendants Association.
Mr. Darden*was re-elected presi
dent at the annual meeting of the
association held near here Sunday.
About 150 persons attended the
meeting, held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. It. L. Bateman, near
Plymouth. The Bateman residence
is the homestead of the late David
G. Darden and is located on NC 32
five miles south of here.
The meeting was termed “con
structive” by Mr. Darden. No
formal program was held but mem
bers held an informal discussion
concerning accomplishments of the
association in its 16-year history.
A bountiful basket lunch was
served on the lawn.
David Williams of Plymouth was
elected vice president, succeeding
Alphonso D. Hall of Wilmington;
Mrs. Walter Swain of Plymouth
was elected secretary in place of
Mrs. William J. Grimes of Ahoskie,
and Mrs. Richard Thompson of
Washington was named treasurer,
replacing Mrs. Charles E. Davis,
of Hudgins, Va.
Local Bank Now 100 Finis
Behind, Chairman Stales;
Quarterly Visit Slated for
Next Wednesday
Faced with the threat of losing
the blood bank program here, local
leaders arc hoping for a strong
response when a Red Cross blood
mobile unit from Tidewater
Regional Blood Center, Norfolk,
Va., makes its regular quarterly
visit to Plymouth Wednesday of
next week.
Dr. R. Vernon Jeter, local blood
bank chairman, has pointed out
that the local hank is behind in its
program by 100 pints. Added to
that is the quota of 100 pints to
be sought on the regular visit here
next week.
Dr. Jeter said er'orts are being
made to arrange for orchids to be
given to all blood donors next Wed
nesday. This has been done here
previously and proved very popu
lar with the ladies.
The usual set-up will be made
at the Veterans Building with the
visit sponsored as usual by the lo
cal veterans’ organizations. Donor
hours will be from 10:30 a. m. to
4:30 p. m., as on the last several
visits, it was said.
The VFW Auxiliary will donate
and serve refreshments to blood
donors. Mrs. A. B Blackburn will
be in charge.
The Plymouth Woman's Club
will again supply the necessary
clerical help.
The bloodmobile visit will be the
22nd to this county since the pro
gram began in December of 1950.
In 21 visits the unit has secured a
total of 2,409 pints of blood.
The effort here fell short of the
quota on the last two preceding
visits. March 14 the total was 77
pints, while on December 2! of
last year support reached its low
est ebb since inauguration of the
program, only 49 pints being se
cured.
Response was strong here when
the program began and although at
th t time the < uota was ! all pinu
it was surpassed on a nurtfber
occasions. In December of 1951 a
total of 189 pints was secured here.
Local leaders point out that such
an effort is now badly needed in
order to insure keeping the blood
bank in the county.
Dr. Jeter has called the program
a lifeline artery” vital to the suc
cessful operation of Washington
County Hospital. The program
chairman strongly urges that both
white and colored citizens rally to
the support of the blood bank pro
gram next Wednesday. Persons who
have not previously given blood are
called upon to respond, thus help
ing to insure success in meeting
the minimum quota and possibly
making it easier for those who
have given blood time after time
in the past.
Free transportation will be avail
able to anyone desiring to give
blood and who does not have trans
portation to the scene of opera
tions, it has been emphasized. If
you would like to have someone
pick you up just telephone the
Veterans Building and someone on
duty will attend to the matter
promptly and gladly, Dr. Jeter
stated.
It is expected that all possible
means, including a sound car, will
be used to advertise the visit next
Wednesday. Local leaders of the
blood bank program are hoping
that they can get across to the
public the seriousness of the situ
ation—that everyone will realize
lust how vital the program is, to
the end that all will cooperate
fully in the effort to maintain the
program here.
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Firemen Called To Old
Car Lot Here Monday
Plymouth firemen were summon
3d to the Manning junked car lot
Jn Washington Street at 5:50 p. m.
Monday.
Fire Chief Miller Warren said
3n® the junked cars burned.
Origin of the blaze was undeter
mined.
Lamb Sale Set Here
June 22nd Canceled
No lamb pool will be held here
Friday of next week as had been
tentatively scheduled, W. H. Pru
den, county agent, announced this
week.
Mr. Pruden explained that in
dications pointed to less than 100
lambs to be offered, making it im
practical to hold the pool.
Farmers having lambs to sell are
urged to contact Joe Powell, coun
ty agent at Tarboro, and sell at the
pool to be held there Saturday,
June 23.
The wool pool will be held at
Sermons’ No. 1 warehouse in
Washington Monday and Tuesday
of next week, Mr. Pruden stated.
Collection hours will be from 7 a.
m. on, it was said.
Washington County farmers are
encouraged to bring their wool on
Tuesday, Mr. Pruden pointed out.
Wool should be tied with paper
twine and packed in wool bags if
possible, the county agent pointed
out. Wool not tied with paper
twine will be severely docked, be
stated.