T'own
opics
pfc. Dalton Ray Marslender, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Marslender
of Plymouth, is expected home
soon to spend a 30-day furlough.
The young soldier left Korea June
12 and was due in San Francisco
about Wednesday of this week, ac
cording to his mother. The boy at
tended Plymouth High School and
entered the army December 15,
1954. He took his basic training
at Fort Jackson, S. C., and has
been stationed with the 19th In
i'’ fantry in Korea, going overseas in
January of last year.
The Rev. and Mrs. Edward M.
Spruill and daughter, Florence,
will leave Rocky Mount on Thurs
day of this week by automobile for
the University of the South, Sewa
nee, Tenn. Mr. Spruill will be en
rolled in a special school for Epis
copal clergy on Christian educa
tion. The Spruill's plan to be away
from Plymouth for the first three
Sundays in July. During the rec
tor’s absence lay services will be
held at Grace Church, Plymouth.
There will be no service in Grace,
Plymouth, or St. Luke’s, Roper, on
Sunday, July 15.
Russell T. Clay, who cut his re
portorial teeth as a member of the
news staff of The Roanoke Beacon,
recently was among three former
UNC School of Journalism students
who received promotions on the
Durham Morning Herald. Clay was
• appointed city editor. Clay worked
here for about six months in 1950
following his graduation from the
# university. He left to go with The
Wilson Daily Times, later going
from there to Durham.
The 1951 graduating class of
Plymouth High School will hold a
reunion banquet at the Veterans
Building here Saturday night, July
7, it is announced. The meeting
will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Jimmy
Barnhill is president of the class
and John Mack Bowen is secretary.
The latter has sent out invitations
to all members and is in charge of
the arrangements.
The Rev. and Mrs. Jesse H. Lan
ning and daughter, Miss Lucinda
Lanning, accompanied by Mrs.
Louise McGowan, left Monday to
attend the North Carolina Annual
Conference of the Methodist
Church, which is being held in
Greenville this week. Mr. Lanning
is pastor of the local Methodist
church and Mrs. McGowan is the
official delegate from the church
here. They expect to return to
Plymouth after the concluding ses
sion Thursday night.
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Short Cruise on
Sunday Enjoyed
• By Crew, Guests
Party Aboard Boat Visits
Albemarle Beach, Papi
neau Camp Sunday After
noon
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Crew and guests enjoyed a short
cruise aboard the Sea Scouts’ 24
foot personnel boat Sunday, Skip
per Alban Papineau reports.
The party left Plymouth at 1
p. m. with Mate George Lyle in
charge. They stopped for a swim at
Albemarle Beach and then pro
ceeded down the Sound to the
Skipper’s camp. The boat left for
the return trip at 5 p. m. but ran
into a squall approaching the rail
road bridge and came into Albe
marle Beach until the blow sub
sided. The group returned safely
to Plymouth before dark.
Members of the crew on board
were Darrell Kelly, Morgan Wil
liams, William Whitley, Henry
Bragg, Frank Dew, Michael Miz
zelle, Larry Marslender, Richard
Lyle and Eddie Dawley and Con
ley Carter, cabin boys. Guests were
Mrs. Lyle, Kathryn Keel and Irving
Mizzelle.
The previous Sunday a cruise
was made to Edenton and back,
leaving here at 2 p. m. and return
ing at 5:50 o'clock. Mates Vernon
Jeter and Wade Brabble were in
charge, with Mrs. Jeter and son
and Kathryn Keel as guests. The
crew included Russell Bland, Mon
ty Hardison, Richard Lyle, George
Waters, Morgan Williams, A1 Cox,
Michael Mizzelle and Conley Car
ter, cabin boy.
At a recent board of review held
by James N. Etheridge and James
H. Ward of the Ship Committee,
three boys were passed for Ordi
nary rank: Frank Dew, Eric Har
rell and Bobby Lovic.
After many delays, the two die
sel engines promised by the Navy
were shipped by freight from Mare
Island Naval Shipyard on June
11, Skipper Papineau reports.
Penalties Soon on State
Privilege Licenses, Said
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Effective July 1, 1956, penalty
will be due on State Privilege lic
enses for the tax year June 1, 1956
to May 31, 1957, according to the
deputy collector for this area.
Penalty is five per cent per
month for each delinquent month
and all taxpayers are urged to file
their applications for licenses im
mediately in order to avoid penal
ties.
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
A hone newspaper dedicated
j:j to the service of Washington jfj
County and its 13,000 people, jjj
VOLUME LXVII—NUMBER 26
Plymouth, Washington County,.North Carolina, Thursday, June 28, 1956
ESTABLISHED 1889
Response Slow Sit Far
At Vaeeinalion (iinies
Few have reported for pre
school immunization thus far in
this county, it was reported at the
local health department yesterday.
Free vaccinations against ty
phoid, smallpox, whooping cough
and diptheria are being given each
Tuesday and Thursday afternoon
at the health department, between
the hours of 1 and 4:30 p. m. and
at various places in the county
Thursday and Friday of this week.
The schedule Thursday: 9:30 to
10 a. m. at Wiley Radcliff’s store,
Wenona; 10:30 to 11 a. m. at Free
Will Baptist Church, Long Ridge
Road.
Friday’s schedule: 9 to 9:45 a. m.
at Dick Chesson's store, Westover;
10 to 10:30 a. m. at Will Daven
port’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 Johnson Spruill’s
store, Newland Road: 2:15 to 2:45
p. m. at Nunes Esso Station, Cres
well, 3 to 3:30 p. m. at Scupper
nong Christian Church: 3:45 to 4:15
p. m. at Brownie Goodman's store
at the “Y.”
Hays Recommended
For Farm Agent Job
Copy Deadline
A Day Earlier
Due to the July 4th holiday
it will be necessary for all ad
vertising, news and other copy
to be in a day earlier than usual.
The Beacon office will be closed
all day next Wednesday, the
fourth.
Church notices and all cor
respondence, in order to be cer
tain of publication, must be in
The Beacon office not later than
next Monday. The cooperation
of all concerned will be appreci
ated.
Mrs. E. Prilcheii
Dies Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Alethia
C. Pritchett, 78, of Creswell, will
be held from Scuppernong Church
of Christ Friday at 4 p. m. by the
Rev. Mark Woolard, assisted by
George W. Bondurant and the Rev.
M. L. Ambrose. Interment will be
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Pritchett, widow of the late
Ephraim Pritchett, died at 2 p. m.
Wednesday in an Elizabeth City
hospital. She was the daughter of
the late William H. and Annie E.
Basnight Norman and was a native
and lifelong resident of the county.
She leaves three sons, Harry W.
Pritchett, Creswell, Hersey L. Prit
chett, Norfolk, Va., and Charles W.
Pritchett, Greensboro; four daugh
ters, Mrs. R. F. Holton, Raleigh,
Mrs. Paul S. Davenport, Elizabeth
City, and Mrs. Alvah W. Alexander
and Mrs. W. A. Spruill, both of
Creswell; 19 grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren.
House Installed President
Of Plymouth Lions Club
J. W. House, sr., was installed
Thursday night as president of the
Plymouth Lions Club. The meeting
was held at the Episcopal Parish
House.
Marvin E. Evans, district gov
ernor, of Wilson, served as install
ing officer. Others installed at the
meeting were Dr. A. L. Whitehurst,
first vice president; R. D. West,
second vice president; H. O. Lovic,
third vice president; James H.
Lindler, secretary-treasurer; Mor
ris Brobst, lion tamer; Walter
E. Oakes, tail twister; Dr. E. W.
Furgurson and Rev. R. L. Combs,
one-year directors, and Jack Stra
der and Henry J. Bragg, two-year
directors.
Action by County Board
Comes at Special Session
Friday; Renew Auditor's
Contract
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W. V. Hays of Plymouth will be
recommended to the State Agri
cultural Extension Service to suc
ceed W. H. Pruden as county agent.
In a called session here Friday
night of last week the county com
missioners voted to recommend
Hays for the job he held here for
18 years.
Mr. Pruden, who came here from
Hyde County to succeed Hays four
years ago, recently announced his
resignation effective July 1 to de
vote his time to private business.
Mr. Hays was a livestock spec
ialist with the State College Ex
tension Service at Raleigh from
1923 to 1931, when he became
county agent for Tyrrell County.
He served in that capacity for
about a year and a half before
coming to Plymouth in 1933 as
county agent. He was recognized
while here as one of the outstand
ing county agents in the state. He
gave notice of his resignation to
the county commissioners early in
January of 1952.
Motion to recommend Hays for
the position was made by Commis
sioner Phillip M. Spruill, seconded
by Commissioner A. R. Latham and
unanimously carried.
Commissioner Spruill also moved
to renew the contract of Frank L.
Greathouse, certified public ac
countant, to audit the county books.
Commissioner Hubert L. Daven
port seconded the motion and it
carried. Cost of the audit, it was
stated, will be the same as that of
last year.
The register of deeds was au
thorized to purchase an electric
fan to used in the record room,
it being explained that lawyers are
called upon to do considerable
work in the room during the hot
summer months and the fan is ex
pected to make it more comfort
able for them and their clients.
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No Trace Reported oi
Missing Colored Man
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Sheriff J. K. Reid stated late
Wednesday that no trace has been
found of Fred White, sr., aged
colored man reported missing from
his home in the Macedonia section
for almost three weeks.
White is reported to have been
put out at a lane on the Freeman
farm by friends taking him home
about three weeks ago. He has not
been seen or heard from since, ac
cording to reports.
Sheriff Reid said he had about
concluded that the man must have
been carried out of the county by
some person or persons. .
Inter-City Meeting
Held in Plymouth
By 6 Rotary Clubs
Edmund H. Harding, Wash
ington, Principal Speak
er; More Than 100 Rolar
ians in Attendance
More than 100 Rotarians from
six Rotary clubs in this region
gathered in Plymouth Tuesday
night for the first of what is hoped
will develop into a series of inter
city meetings to be held at regular
intervals in the future. The meet
ing was held in the Fellowship
Hall of the new Christian Church,
and a delicious roast-beef supper
was served by ladies of the church.
Sizeable delegations were here
from the Hertford, Edenton, Engel
hard, Williamston and Plymouth
clubs. The president of each club
was recognized and he introduced
members of his delegation. The
meeting was instructive and enter
taining to all who attended.
Howard T. Walker, president of
the Plymouth club, called the meet
ing to order and presided, as well
as making the address of welcome.
The program began with the sing
ing of “America” by the assem
blage and Roy F. Lowry of the
Plymouth club pronounced the in
vocation. Following the dinner, the
Rev. C. N. Barnette sang a solo,
accompanied by Miss Beulah
Cratch at the piano, and then led
in a number of group songs.
P. Bruce Bateman of Plymouth
recognized visiting club presidents,
who presented their members and
other guests. C. A. Hough, the pro
gram chairman, turned the pro
ceedings over to Carl L. Bailey,
Plymouth attorney, who introduced
the principal speaker of the even
ing, Edmund H. Harding, of Wash
ington.
Mr. Harding, who has an inter
national reputation as an after-din
ner speaker, was in rare form and
kept the entire group laughing
during the course of his humorous
and entertaining remarks. He also
presented Miss Joyce Tuten, of
Washington, who sang three num
bers, “The Sunshine of Your
Smile,” “Ivory Tower,” and “It’s
Almost Tomorrow.” The audience
thundered its applause for the en
tertainment provided by Mr. Hard
ing and Miss Tuten at the conclus
ion of the program, and Mr. Walker
presented Mr. Harding a hickory
smoked ham as a token of appreci
ation.
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Youth Injured in
Sunday Accident
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Young Joe Foster, jr., suffered
a puncture wound of the right
thigh and a lacerated forehead in
a station wagon-bicycle acident in
Brinkley Forest Sunday at 11:30
a. m.
The 12-year-old boy was rushed
to Washington County Hospital
where he remained overnight. He
was treated by Dr. T. L. Bray.
The accident was investigated
by Policeman Foy Davenport. Dav
enport reported that the accident
was unavoidable. He said a station
wagon owned by Marvin Biggs of
Plymouth and operated by Rachel
Comstock, also of Plymouth, was
traveling south in Brinkley Forest
and that young Foster on his bicy
cle ran in front of the vehicle. He
was reportedly on his way to Rid
dle’s swimming pool at the time.
The station wagon, the report stat
ed, was traveling at a low rate of
speed at the time.
Late Tuesday Dr. Bray reported
the youth’s condition to be satis
factory.
LION OFFICERS:
Officers of the Plymouth Lions Club for the new
fiscal year were installed at an impressive candle
light service at the regular club meeting last
Thursday night. Pictured above in the front row are Dr. B. W. Cutler, outgoing president of the
club; Jack W. House, the new president; and Marvin E. Evans, of Wilson, Governor of Lions District
31-J, who served as installing officer. Others in the photo, left to right, are as follows: M. S. Brobst,
Lion tamer; R. L. Combs, director; Henry J. Bragg, director; Dr. E. W. Furgurson, director; James
H. Lindler (partly obscured), secretary-treasurer; Walter E. Oakes, tail twister; H. O. Lovic, third vice
president; and Dr. A. L. Whitehurst, first vice president Richard D. West second vice president and
Jack Strader, director, were absent when the photo was made._Staff photo.
BIBLE
ipf
Shown here are the Daily Vacation Bible School
students and faculty members who recently con*
. „ _ ■ „ eluded their first two-week summer school at Zions
Chapel Church of Christ near Roper. Mrs. Clayton Modlin was director of the school, Mrs. Russell
Clicsson was secretary, Mrs. Howard Davenport and Miss Sandra Gardiner, pianists, with 11 others
serving as teachers and helpers. The average attendance was 93. Primarily because it was a two-week
school, it was pronounced the best in recent years, though space for the number attending was limited.
I he church is currently engaged in a building program which will release present facilities for class
rooms.
21 Out of 46 Local
Seniors Planning
To Attend College
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45 Per Cent of This Year's
Graduates Already Ac
cepted by Institutions ol
Higher Learning
Over 45 per cent of the members
of the graduating class at Plym
outh High School this year have
already been accepted for admit
tance to various institutions of
higher learning, it was learned this
week from Principal J. S. Fleming.
It is probable that arrangements
to attend college will be completed
by several others in time to enter
school this fall.
Out of a class of 46 graduates, 21
have been accepted for further
education starting with the fall
term, Mr. Fleming stated. Girls
pi inning to attend institutions of
h gher learning outnumber the
boys by a ratio of 16 to 5.
Caroli r’r'Ucge at f,vCen
ville will get more than half of
those going to college, 11 having
been accepted by that institution.
Two each will go to Atlantic
Christian College, Wilson; North
Carolina State College, Raleigh;
and Campbell College at Buies
Creek. One each is planning to go
to Woman’s College, University of
North Carolina, Greensboro; Wake
Forest College, Winston-Salem;
Lynchburg College, Lynchburg,
Va.; and Watts Hospital School of
Nursing, Durham.
The 11 graduates planning to at
tend East Carolina College include
the class salutatorian, Jessie Dare
Harrison, and the following other
students: Jacque House, Betty Ann
Burnham, Carol June Windom,
Lynn Magee, Sue Lassiter, Mary
Eleanor Sanderson, Kathleen Som
erville, George Jackson, Billy
Peele and Tommy Ragland.
The class valedictorian, Miss Beu
lah Cratch, plans to attend Lynch
burg College, while other 1956
graduates have entered the follow
ing schools; N. C. State College,
Harvey Lucas and Mike Estep; At
lantic Christian College, Emilj
Waters and Alva Rose Hardison;
Campbell College, Linda Lipscomb
and Helen Manning; Woman’s Col
lege, University of North Carolina,
Jolene Hollowell; Wake Fordst,
Lynda Harrell; and Watts Hospital
School of Nursing, Laura Jo Quinn.
Packing Company
Is Located Here!
The Murray Fox Packing Com
pany of Wachula, Fla., and New
York, N. Y., began operations
Tuesday of this week in the peanut
warehouse in front of the old pic
kle plant.
Machinery has been set up for
packing cucumbers and peppers.
W. T. Freeman, manager of the
Plymouth Produce Auction Mar
ket, said the concern has the most
modern equipment and expert
packers.
The company will handle cucum
bers and peppers sold on the mar
ket here. Sales will be held at the
market daily from 10 a. m. to 5 p.
m. and on Saturday until noon,
Freeman announced.
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Reminds Salk Shots Are
Available, Health Office
Health department officials
again this week reminded that an
ti-polio shots are available at the
department on Washington Street.
Little response is reported thus
far.
Shots will be given Tuesday and
Thursday of each week from 1 to
4:30 p. m., Miss Elizabeth Wood,
county health nurse, emphasized.
Third shots are available for all
persons who had their second shots
in the series at least seven months
ago, it was said.
Goal of Bloodmobile
Topped on Visit Here
Total of 169 Pints Is Third
Highest in History of Pro
gram Here; Respondees
Listed
The list of volunteer workers
and those who responded during
the regular quarterly visit of the
bloodmobile to Plymouth Wednes
day of last week has been released.
A total of 191 persons responded
and 169 gave blood. The total was
the third highest in the history of
the blood bank program here.
Dr. R. Vernon Jeter was on duty
as was Mrs. Paul Hardison, nurse.
Volunteer clerical and canteen
workers were Mrs. Charles Fow
ler, Mrs. Woodrow Smith, Mrs. A.
B. Blackburn, Mrs. Durand Keel,
Mrs. W. F. Sessoms, Mrs. Riddick,
Mrs. J. S. Fleming, Mrs. J. R. Wil
liams and Mrs. W. R. Collins.
Those who responded were Bon
ive l,;lley, W D Gurkin, Sam Dic
keSStti, italpf^Basnight, Gil'/ert
Nobles, A. W. Cox, Paul Frymier,
Leslie Manning, A1 Dixon, Herbert
Hardison, Mrs. Clarence Alexan
der, Don A. McCoy, Mervin Bed
dard, J. P. Turner, C. W. Burn
ham, T. S. Gardner, Tom West,
W. E. Roberts;
H. B. Sawyer, C. M. Modlin, Wil
liam Staten, Jack Ragland, Laura
Jo Quinn, Mrs. Mildred Collins,
Dr. R. Vernon Jeter, E. V. Wil
kins, C. M. Stokes, Rev. John R.
Soloky, T. P. Sanderson, Lloyd
Harrison, C. A. Cratch, Mrs. Melba
Cox, Mrs. Tiny Brigman, Lyman
Elks, Mrs. Frank C. Bickerstaff,
F. C. Bickerstaff;
Mrs. Eva Jackson, Robert Lee
Blackwell, Harry Gurkin, Ted Aus
tin, Jasper Cooper, Overton Howell,
Bradley Norman, Thomas Norman,
Sylvester Small, Melvin Jones, Ed
ward F. Swain, Merritt D. Brown
ing, Paul Humphrey, Bonnie Bow
en, Mrs. Bill Askew, Mrs. Cora
Mae Chesson, Bradie Carmack, W.
A. Dixon;
D. J. Hardison, Ervin Hassell,
W. E. Lilley, Henry Tooley, jr.,
Johnnie Johnson, W. E. Lilley,
Mrs. Emmett Blount, Kermit Lyle,
Mrs. Lola Bowen, Vivian Allen, A.
B. Blackburn, Mrs. Pauline Black
burn, Genevieve Gorham, Paul
Hardison, Mrs. Mildred Modlin,
Jesse Armistead;
Clarence Barnes, W. R. Gardner,
Mrs. Minnie B. Sawyers, L. L. Saw
yers, Robert Ange, Joe Hedgepeth,
Mrs. Thelma S. Waters, Mrs. Mary
G. Barnhill, W. E. Waters, Ben
Ganderson, L. N. Womble, J. R.
Swain, W. A. Porter, James H.
O’Neal, Dewitt Darden, W. C. Hall,
Wendell C. Spruill, Robert Purnell,
Maggie Phelps;
Flora Davenport, Lucretia John
son, Norma White, Mrs. W. H.,
Pruden, Mrs. W. C. Hall, Bertha
Spruill, Odell Sutton, jr., Bill Bas
night, W. R. Harden, Billy R. Har
dison, Anna Marie Rhodes, Mrs.
Billie Elks, Mrs. H. B. Campbell,
George B. Peelc, L. D. Jones,
Thomas C. Burgess, Mrs. Henry
Sawyer, Mrs. Hazel Harrison;
Tom Brown, John Smallwood,
William Downing, J. D. Mallory,
See BLOODMOBILE, PageT 12
I Gives Hybrid j
i Orchids Here j
Dr. R. Vernon Jeter, local
bank program chairman, an
nounced today that special
thanks are due Mrs. Carl Bridges,
of Carolina Orchids, Inc., South
ern Pines, who “of her own free
will and volition” gave 65 hybrid
orchids for distribution to blood
donors here last week.
Dr. Jeter said the gesture is
deeply appreciated by local blood
bank leaders and that Mrs.
Bridges, in a telephone conver
sation with the doctor this week,
"stated that she plans to give
orchids here again.
Archi°. Moulin Is
BuriedWednesday
Archie R. Modlin, 56, of Plym
outh, died at his home at 9:30 p. m.
Monday following an illness of one
week and a long period of declin
ing health.
Mr. Modlin was born in Martin
County December 26, 1899, son of
the late Jeff and Mollie Griffin
Modlin. He had lived here for
about 32 years. Mr. Modlin was a
retired North Carolina Pulp Com
pany machinist.
He was married at Jamesville i
June 19, 1921, to Miss Kate Martin
of that place. A member of the
First Christian Church of Plym
outh, Mr. Modlin had served as a
deacon and elder of the church.
Surviving are his wife; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Jean Modlin McCombs;
one son, Hugh Modlin, of Hunter
Air Base, Savannah, Ga.; two sis
ters, Mrs. Dare Sexton of Plym
outh and Mrs. Vera Mizelle of
Jamesville; two brothers, Clyde
Modlin and Edward Warren Mod
lin, both of Jamesville; and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
from First Christian Church at 11
a. m. Wednesday with the Rev.
C. N. Barnette, minister of the
church, officiating, assisted by the
Rev. Paul B. Nickens, minister of
I.udford Memorial Baptist Church,
and the Rev. Edward M. Spruill,
rector of Grace Episcopal Church.
Interment followed in Windley
Cemetery.
The remains were left at Hor
ner’s Funeral Home until one hour
prior to the service and carried
to the church.
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Mercury in Nineties; No
Doubt of Summer Season
Summer officially began last
Thursday but with the blistering
heat which has prevailed in this
section no one had to be told.
Temperatures have ranged in the
mid-nineties with the humidity also
oppressively high much of this
week.
Crop Acreage Check
Nearing Completion
The acreage check of all allot
ment crops in the county is ex
pected to be completed by the end
of this week, Mrs. Florence P.
Oliver, in charge of performance at
the local ASC office, said yester
day.
Mrs. Oliver said the acreage
measurement work has shown over
planting among county growers to
be light this year. The figures are
not all in and so no percentages
were available on the various crops
—tobacco, peanuts, cotton, corn
and wheat, but it was said that the
percentage o£ overplanted fields is
running well below that of last
year.
The local office began mailing
notices to tobacco growers this
week, Mrs. Oliver stated, and this
work is expected to be completed
next week.
Those who are overplanted are
reminded that they must get in
line with their allotments within
a 10-day period following receipt
of notice in order to qualify for
penalty-free marketing card on the
crop in question.
Deiails of Soil
Bank Explained
At Two-Day Meet
Local Agricultural Leaders
Among More Than 200
Persons at Roanoke Coun
try Club
Local agricultural leaders were
among more than 200 persons who
attended a two-day meeting at
Roanoke Country Club Thursday
and Friday of last week to learn
details of the new Soil Bank legis
lation.
The group was told by Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion officials that “it is your re
sponsibility to administer the law
the best way you can, regardless
of how you feel.'’
Zeno Ratcliffe, jr., of Terra Ceia,
a member of the State ASC com
mittee, advised the ASC county
workers that the Soil Bank “is not
a dole, and we should keep this in
mind when administering the act.”
ASC workers, who will actuaUy
carry out the details of the pro
gram, were joined at the meeting
by county employees of the Agri
cultural Extension Service, Farm
ers Home Administration, SoU Con
servation Service, Vocational Agri
cultural Education and Forestry
Division of Conservation and De
velopment.
The acreage reserve allows farm
ers to contract with ASC to remove
portion of their acreages of allotted
crops from production and receive
payments in return. It goes into ef
fect as soon as ASC community
committeemen can determine nor
mal yields for every farm and
every allotted crop in their county.
The normal yields will be estab
lished within the next few days, it
was explained.
Horace Godfrey, administrative
officer for ASC, carried the bur
den of explaining the acreage re
serve, regulations of which were
changed as recently as last Thurs
day.
He was joined by Dr. C. B. Ratch
ford, assistant director of the Agri
cultural Extension Service at S*-te
College; J. C. Brown, jr., news edi
tor, division of agricultural infor
mation at the college, and Dick
Dailey, deputy state conservation
ist in subbesting ways in which
See SOIL BANK, Page 12
Announcement of
Market Opening
Dates Expected
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Bright Belt Warehouse As
sociation Holding Annual
Convention This Week at
Myrtle Beach
Farmers in this area will be
awaiting the announcement, ex*
fleeted Thursday of this week, of
opening dates for the tobacco mar
kets.
The Bright Belt Warehouse As
sociation is holding its annual con
vention at Myrtle Beach, S. C.,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of this week and one of the import
ant actions at the parley will be
setting of opening dates of leaf
markets for the 1956 selling season.
First, the board will hear recom
mendations from a 20-member
committee representing grower or
ganizations, warehousemen and
buying companies. Five newly add
ed seats are filled by agriculture
commissioners of Virginia. North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida.
Sales of the 1956 crop will begin
in South Carolina on August 2.
That date was fixed by the South
Carolina Warehouse Association
which is not a member of the
Bright Belt group.
Fred S. Royster, Henderson
warehouseman who is president of
the Bright Belt Association, will
give his report Thursday.
Other speakers include J. B. Hut
son, president of Tobacco Associ
ates, Inc.; Clarence L. Miller, di
rector of the Tobacco Division of
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture Commodity Stabilization Serv
ice; S. E. Wrather, director of the
Tobacco Division of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture Marketing
Service; L. T. Weeks, general man
ager of the Flue-Cured Tobacco
Stabilization Corporation: and F.
M. Parkinson, executive director of
the National Tobacco Tax Council.
Earl M. Hughes, administrator of
the USDA Commodity Stabilization
Service, will be the speaker at the
Thursday night banquet session.
The convention will end with the
business session Friday morning.
Market opening dates last year
were: Georgia-Florida Belt, July
21; South Carolina, July 28; North
Carolina Border, August 3; Eastern
North Carolina, August 25; North
Carolina Middle Belt, September
8; Virginia-North Carolina OM
Belt, September 22.