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Local art classes, taught by W.
Frith Winslow, will open next
week. Nights will be Monday and
Thursday and the usual time will
prevail. The classes are held in the
Winslow studios, second floor, cor
ner of West Water Street and Jef
ferson. Mr. Winslow, steadily gain
ing stature as a portrait painter,
conducts classes for both adults
and children, here and in nearby
communities. About a month ago he
returned from Canada and New
England where he spent the month
of July painting, visiting the famed
m art colony at Peggys Cove, Nova
• Scotia, among other place*.
Miss Mamie Whisnant, Extension
Service specialist in home manage
ment, of Raleigh, was in Plymouth
Wednesday morning of this week.
Miss Whisnant held an office con
ference with Mrs. Frances M. Dar
den, Washington County home
agent, concerning matters in home
management relating to classes to i
be held here in October and also
in regard to the state fair to be
held at Raleigh October 16-20. Miss
Whisnant will instruct Washington
County club leaders in home man
agement during the month of Oc
tober.
Local Board Auditor Treva D.
Strowd of Raleigh is spending this
week in Plymouth and is working
with Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, clerk
to the local draft board. The visit!
is a routine one, the local board |
auditor serving 24 northeastern I
counties about twice a year. She1
arrived here Tuesday and will leave
for her next assignment on Friday.
^ S Sgt. and Mrs. Robert S. Leary
and little daughter, Donna, will
return to Wichita Falls, Texas,
Wednesday of next week after
spending about four weeks with
relatives in the county. While here
they visited Mr. and Mrs. Will
Spruill in the Pleasant Grove sec
tion, as well as their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Leary and Mr. and
Mrs. John Gray. Sergeant Leary,
who has been in the Air Force for
11 years, is stationed at Sheppard
Air Force Base in Wichita Falls,
Texas.
Thursday of this week will be
Rosh Hashonah, Jewish New Year,
and observance among Jews of this
area will begin at sunset Wednes
day. The Jewish Day of Atonement,
Yom Kippur, will fall on Saturday
September 15, nine days after the
New Year holiday. Ganderson's
Qaulity Shop will be closed to busi
ness all day Thursday of this week,
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Plans Completed
For Group Canal
In Scuppernong
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Ml. Pleasant Project Said
Fast-Moving; Expect To
Start Work on Right-of
Way This Week
Plans and designs for Mt. Pleas
ant Group Canal, a drainage projec
which will take care of approxi
matcly 2,600 acres of land—about
half of it under cultivation — ir
Scuppernong Township, were com
pleted Wednesday of this week.
The announcement came from
Henry J. Bragg, local soil conser
vationist.
It is planned to start cutting the
right-of-way for the canal late this
week, it was stated.
The canal starts at Deep Creek,
the main run, and heads up at Mt.
Pleasant Church on the old Mt.
Pleasant Road north of Creswcll
according to Ed Craft, soil con
• servation engineering aide. Plans
and designs were completed with
the aid of L. D. Hunnings of Green
ville who is SCS area engineer.
“This job has moved along fast,”
Mr. Craft declared, explaining that
a petition signed by 21 property
owners in the section was receiv
ed the first week in July, request
ing SCS assistance on the project.
The survey was begun August 27
under supervision of Mr. Bragg and
was made by Mr. Craft and Lewis
Styons, soil conservation aide. It
is hoped, said Bragg, to get some
cost-sharing under the Agricultur
al Conservation program.
Commenting on the excellent co
operation received from the peti
tioners, Mr. Craft said that th
farmers were notified to be o
hand for the survey and were tol
what would be needed to do th
§>job
"The entire group was there t
do (heir part and stuck with it ui
til the survey was finished," sai
Craft. "They were interested in tr
ing to get organized and were ei
(bused over the job.”
This fine cooperation, he explair
ed, really expedited the project an
is one reason why “the job move
along fast." Those listed on the pt
tition include the following:
L. Davenport, J. E. Spencei
, toy Snell, Edgar Alexander, Sc
lomon Rawls, R. C. Cooper, Arthu
5 JJ,T Sprui11’ L T Sne>l
?• S- Woodley, Donald Cohoon, L
t w- -ams’ Roy C- Williams, II
E. Williams, C. S. Hufton, Alic
Rawls, L. M. Davenport, Jame
Rodgers, C. V. Small, Mrs. Jarvi
M. Scott and M. V. Cohoon.
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
A home newspaper dedicated fjj
to the service of Washington iii
County and its 13,000 people, ill
VOLUME LXVII—NUMBER 36
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 6, 1956
I
ESTABLISHED 1889
County Clinics Report j
Total .‘514 Polio Eliots!
The total number of persons vac
cinated against polio in the second
round of free public vaccine clinics
in this county exceeded that of the
first clinics by 54, it was learned
yesterday.
Clinics were held Friday at
Roper, Tuesday at Creswell and
at the health department in Plym
outh, with a total of 284 being vac
cinated during the two days. This
compares with a total of 230 on
the first round.
Plymouth again led with 198, as
compared with 159 two weeks ago.
There were 61 vaccinated at Roper j
last Friday, as against 41 two weeks'
earlier. At Creswell the total Tues
day of this week reached 25, a
drop of five from the total two
weeks previously.
Total for the clinics stands at
514 persons. This completes the
schedule of free public Salk vac
cine clinics for the county, said Dr.
E. W. Furgurson, chairman of the
county polio vaccine clinic com
mittee. However, persons from
three months to 19 years of age
and all pregnant women may ob
tain vaccinations against polio at
the health department Thursday of
each week between the hours of 1
and 4 p. m. or at the family doc
tor’s office, it was emphasized.
Name Guy Whitford
County Farm Agent
Hook Generator
Up at Hospital
The emergency generator do
nated by the Plymouth Junior
Chamber of Commerce to Wash
ington County Hospital has been
hooked up and is now in operat
ing order, Hospital Administrator
Warren A. Oliver has announced.
Mr. Oliver acknowledges the
kind efforts of many volunteers
who helped in the project and
wishes to thank all members of
the Jaycees and any others who
had a hand in obtaining and in
stalling the generator.
Leder Brothers To
Close Local Store
Friday Next Week
In Business Here Since May,
1946; Manager Being As
signed to Another Unit oi
Company
Announcement was made last
week-end that Friday, September
14, will be the last day of business
for the Leder Brothers department
store in Plymouth. W. S. McCombs,
manager of the local store, made
the announcement after returning
from a trip to the Whiteville head
quarters, where he discussed the
matter with J. Herman Leder,
president of the firm.
In announcing the local store’s
closing, Mr. Leder issued the fol
lowing statement:
“Effective May 1, 1946, we enter
ed into a 10-year lease contract for
the building occupied by our Plym
outh, North Carolina, store. The
lease having expired April 30, 1956,
we have been on a temporary basis
for the intervening months while
seriously considering future course
as to the local unit.
“After much careful considera
tion, during which we have dili- 1
gently sought to weigh all relevant 1
facts and circumstances, we have J
See^LEDERnBROsTVageTo ' -
iAssislanl Nash Agent Tele
phones Acceptance of Ap
pointment Tueday of This
Week
Guy Whitford, who was appoint
ed county agent Tuesday of this
week by the county commissioners,
telephoned the board clerk, J.
Robert Campbell, that night to
state his acceptance of the job.
It is expected that Mr. Whitford,
who is now assistant agent in Nash
County, will be able to take over
his duties here in about a month.
John Piland, of Smithficld, eastern
district agent, explained that a re
placement must be found for Whit
ford first, and that customarily
about 30 days is taken for this.
Mr. Whitford informed Mr.
Campbell that he expected to re
port for duty on October 1, and
that he and Mrs. Whitford plan to
visit here this week-end to make
arrangements to move.
The new agent is a native of Cra
ven County and is 30 years old. He
attended Farm Life School, Vance
boro, and graduated from N. C.
State College, Raleigh, in 1951. Fol
lowing graduation he became as
sistant agent for Bertie County.
The following year he resigned to
become associated with a Windsor
bank as farm representative, a po
sition he occupied for a year and a
half. Mr. Whitford accepted his
present post as assistant agent in
Nash County in 1953.
He married the former Miss Syl
via Tripp, a native of Washington
who also attended Farm Life
School at Vanceboro. The Whit
fords have two boys, Neil 5, and
Kyle, 3. The new agent and his
wife are members of the Baptist
Church.
Ciiy Falhers To Meet
Monday Nighl Next Week
The Labor Day holiday is respon
sible for the date of the Plymouth
City Council meeting, moved up
from Monday of this week to Mon
day of next.
The meeting, expected to be a .
strictly routine one according to ‘
reports, will be held in the munlci- ,
pal building, beginning at 8 p. m., -
and will be presided over by Mayor
A. J. Riddle. ,
IS M mj M 1ST M Leslie J. Darby, Plymouth
OlmiH All A*, pulp mill executive, says if
hurricanes will leave them
alone, he believes he will get a crop of bananas from the plants show
here. He and Mrs. Darby were down at Sea Island, Ga., three years
ago and secured a number of small banana plants. He brought them
back and set them out next to his home in the country club village
here. Several of the plants are now 12 feet tall, despite being shat
tered by last year’s storms, and Mr. Darby still has hopes of getting
some fruit from them eventually.—Staff photo.
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| Criminal Term oi
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j Here Next Monday
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Trial at September Term
t Of Superior Court; Friz
zelle To Preside
A comparatively light term of
Washington County Superior Court
is in prospect next week.
The court—the September crimi
nal term—is slated to open Mon
day morning with Judge J. Paul
Frizzelle of Snow Hill presiding.
The Calendar, released this
week, shows a total of only 11 cases
for trial.
Four cases charging breaking,
entering and larceny are listed.
Other charges include such as fla
grant speeding, driving drunk, rob
bery from the person with force
and arms, assault with a deadly
weapon causing serious bodily
harm, assault with a deadly wea
pon and discharging firearms with
in the city limits, allowing stock to
run at large, resisting arrest, and
assault.
The calendar tentatively sche
dules all cases for hearing on Mon
day. the first day of court, and as
follows:
Walter McCoy, breaking, enter
ing and larceny;
Walter Lee Jarvis, breaking, en
tering and larceny;
C. C. Smithwick and Vance Sat
terthwaite, allowing stock to run
at large:
Mary Adams, assault with a
deadly weapon and discharging
firearms within the ciyt limits.
Hallet Patrick, assault;
Hallet Patrick, speeding 85 miles
per hour, driving drunk and resist
ing arrest;
Hallet Patrick, driving drunk;
Robert Ed Simmons, robbery
from the person with force and
arms;
Darrell Ritchey, James Diez and
George Twiddy, breaking, entering
and larceny; a separate case
charges the same three men with
a like offense;
James Willie Fagan, assault with
a deadly weapon cauftng seriou:
| bodily harm. |
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Use of County s
Public Library
Steadily Grows
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Gain of 357 Volumes in Cir
culation During July 1956
Over Thai of One Year
Ago Shown
Circulation for the Washington
County Public Library showed a
gain of 357 volumes in July over
circulation for the same month a
year ago.
“The library service is expand
ing,” commented Mrs. Eugenia R.
Babylon, Pettigrew Regional Li
brary director. The local library
and others in the county are part
of the regional library which also
embraces libraries in Chowan and
Tyrrell Counties.
Total circulation at the library
here in July was 1,605, figures re
leased Thursday by Mrs. Babylon
show, while for the corresponding
month of 1955 the total was 1,248.
The July 1956 figures were
broken down to show a total of
623 adult borrowers and 982 juve
nile. New borrowers included 12
adult and 22 juvenile.
Most of the new books, includ
ing best sellers, are available or
can be secured from either Tyrrell
County Library or Shepard Pruden
Library in Edenton on short notice.
Mrs. Babylon stated.
People are urged to request
books which they want to read and 1
the library will cooperate with :
them in securing these books and 1
materials, the director assured.
Patrons of the library here are 1
also reminded that there are at 1
least 16 first-class and nationally 1
popular magazines at the library i
and issues of these magazines may i
be used either at the library or by
checking out. Listed were: •
Mademoiselle, Life, Ladies Home .
Journal, American Home, Coronet, 1
Parents, National Geographic,
Wildlife, American Legion Maga
zine, Popular Science, Children’s <
Digest, Jack & Jill, Arizona High- i
ways, Tar Heel Wheels, Southern
School News, Nation's Business. 1
Education Board Expects 1
Routine Monthly Meeting >
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The Washington County Board I
of Education will meet at 10 a. m. t
Monday of next week in the offices t
of the county superintendent of
schools at the courthouse, it is said. 1
It will be the regular meeting i
for September, postponed because <
of Labor Day. A routine session is
anticipated, reports said.
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Voters of County to Ballot
On School Plan Saturday
Observers Expect 75 Per
Cent Favorable Vote; Oth
er Three Amendments At
tract Little Interest
Washington County voters, along
with others throughout North Car
olina, will go to the polls Satur
day of this week to vote on four
proposed amendments to state con
stitution. W. T. Freeman, chairman
of the county board of elections,
said yesterday that interest had
picked up some during the past two
or three weeks, and he looks for
a total vote of around 1,500 in the
county.
Main interest, of course, centers
around the special session school
amendment, known as "The Pear
sall Plan," which would authorize
expense grants for private educa
tion and permit local school units
to vote on closing their public
schools in the event “intolerable
conditions” develop. The other
three proposed amendments are
receiving scant attention from vot
ers, so far as can be learned. Ob
servers generally believe the Pear
sall Plan amendment will be car
ried in this county by 75 to 80 per
cent.
Backed by Governor Luther
Hodges and other state officials,
the Pearsall Plan has been the sub
ject of numerous debates in vari
ous localities during the past two
weeks. Although there is no organ
ized opposition to the plan, a num
ber of prominent individuals, or
ganizations and newspapers in the
state have announced themselves
against the proposal.
Governor Hodges has made num
erous radio and television appear
ances in support of the plan during
the past week. He will be on a
state-wide television hook-up Fri
day night from 8 to 8:15 and on a
state-radio network from 8:30 to
8:45 the same night in support of
the proposal.
State Senator Edward L. Owens
of Plymouth and County Represen
tative J. M. Phelps have taken the
lead in support of the Pearsall
,P!a this county. Dr Phelj b- •
made several talks before civic or-1
ganizations during the past two
weeks in this connection. In a let
ter to the Beacon last Saturday,
Dr. Phelps urged county people to
listen to the governor’s radio and
television talks Friday night and
concluded with an appeal to coun
ty voters: “Don’t forget to vote
your convictions September 8.”
There is is some opposition to
the Pearsall Plan in the county,
but no effort has been made to
organize in getting out a vote
See ELECTION, Page 5
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County Men Enter
Feeder Calf Sale
Indications this week are that
31 calves from this county will be
entered in the feeder calf sale at
Rocky Mount September 20.
Assistant County Agent Joe Out
law said yesterday that three coun
ty men would carry calves to the
sale. They were listed as A. J. Rid
dle, Plymouth, 15 head, Leon Dun
bar, Wenona, and J. L. Rea, Roper,
eight head each, all white-faced
Herefords.
Minimum weight requirement is
300 pounds and animals must grade
medium or above, Outlaw said.
Last Saturday was the entry dead
line.
Nine hundred calves will be sold
it was said, the sale to be held at
Lancaster Stock Yard No. 2, be
ginning at 1 p. m.
Calves will be inspected prior to
sale and vaccinated. Heifers will
be tested for Banks disease.
Farmers desiring to secure feed
er calves can secure them at the
sale, Outlaw stated, adding that the
outlook for prices on cattle in 1957
is good and prices should go above
those of 1950. Also, the corn crop
looks favorable and corn can be
fed profitably to fatten calves for
market under existing conditions,
it was said.
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Moose Report Steady Gain
Here; Study Building Sites
Reports from officers of the lo
cal Moose lodge, recently organized,
indicate steady growth.
Nine were initiated at a recent
Monday night meeting, with four
applications for membership re
ported since that time.
Also, several sites are under con
sideration for the proposed new
temple here. The organization is
persently holding its meetings at
the Veterans Building on Washing
ton Street Extension.
The next regular meeting of the
Moose is scheduled for Monday
night of next week, beginning at 8
o’clock, it was said.
J. L. Horner is governor of the
lodge here.
lHarrin^e Lieen^j
j.For Whiles iii Augiislj
For the first time in memory
here a month rolled by without
a marriage license being issued
to any white couple, a check of
August records in the office of
the register of deeds shows.
Seven permits to marry were
issued, however, all to colored
couples. They were listed as:
I-owes Moore and Jeanette Mc
Nair, Plymouth: William Henry
McCray and Constance Towe,
Plymouth; Hilman Rawls and
Cornelius Horton, Roper; Ches
ter Goodman, Plymouth, and
Dorothy Boston, of Jamcsville;
■Mack Bowen and Maggie Spruill,
Plymouth! James Sessoms, Wind
sor, and Eva Mae Barnes, Plym
outh; Onward James and Wilson
ia James, Jamesville. Incidental
ly, two white couples were is
sued licenses Saturday, Septem
ber I, to insure no such repeat
happening this month. These
were to Tex Wililams, Plymouth,
and Patricia Faye Bowen, Pan
lego, and Jodie Hardison and
Filly Mae Gardner, Wiiliamston.
Enroll 987 First Day
At Plymouth Schools
Enrollmenl ai Local While
Schools Practically Un
changed From Year Ago,
Figures Show
A total of 987 students answer
ed opening-day school bells at
Plymouth White Schools, 763 in
the elementary department and
224 in the high school, according to
Principal J. S. Fleming. Total fig
ures for the county system were
not available late yesterday.
The Plymouth total represents
a loss of just one student from the
total enrollment at the end of the
third day of the 1955-56 school
year. However, there is a gain in
the elementary department, but
this was more than offset by a loss
in the high school. Of course, these
figures will probably change some
by the end of the first three days
of school, it is pointed out.
The school here started off with
a bang and operated on the open
I mg v- ' "o * egul ir schedule. Mr.
Fleming reported that more than
900 plates were served in the
school lunchroom Wednesday.
An impressive program was pre
sented during the assembly period,
with several school patrons attend
ing. The Rev. Paul B. Nickens gave
a talk on the subject, “The Best
Years of Your Life," which was
well-received.
Rosalie Brown acted as mistress
of ceremonies, gave the scripture
reading and read the prayer. Mem
bers of the James E. Jethro post
of the American Legion presented
the colors and led in the pledge of
allegiance to the flag. The song,
"Battle Hymn of the Republic” was
sung and brief announcements
made to conclude the program.
Mr. Fleming described the open
ing as “normal” and said indica
tions point to a very successful
year. Details were not aavilable on
the openings at the other county
schools but it was said that en
rollment was expected to run gen
erally about the same as a year ago.
A table of enrollment figures for 1
the various units will be published I
next week, showing attendance for
the first three days of school.
Expect Large Crowd Here
Sunday for Convention !
Members of all churches in the '
two counties and other interested |
persons are cordially invited to at- ,
tend the Washington-Tyrrell Bible ‘
School convention to be held Sun
day afternoon at Plymouth Church {
of Christ, it is announced. x
A Plymouth man, J. E. Noonoy, ,,
is president of the convention and ,
will have charge of the meeting
which is scheduled for 3 p. m. .
Neal Puckett of Elizabeth City (
will be the featured speaker, Mr. s
Nooney stated. Special music will j
be presented by all churches repre- |
sented at the meeting, it was added. ,
The meeting is non-denomina
tional in nature, the president cm- |
phasized in extending an invita- |
tion to all persons who are inter- (
csted.
A good-sized crowd is expected.
! One Delinquent
1 Listed by Board
Selective Service Board No. 95
here this week listed one rgis
trant as delinquent, he having
failed to report for pre-induction
as ordered on August 28.
The registrant is Henry Wel
don Norman and his last address,
on file at the board office in the
basement of the county court
house, was Rt. 1, Box 315, Roper,
Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, clerk to
the board, said. Anyone knowing
his whereabouts will do the reg
istrant a favor to get in touch
with him concerning his delin
quency, Mrs. Hunter stated.
County Included
F^era) Project
Stream Clearance
Washington Among Coastal
Counties To Get Over $1,
600,000 in Federal Gov
ernment Aid
Work is expected to begin about
November 15 on stream clearance
in Washington, Tyrrell and 18
other eastern counties.
Announcement that the Federal
Civil Defense Administration has
turned over $1,606,000 to the Corps
of Engineers District with head
quarters at Wilmington to do the
job “with the least practicable de
lay” came this week as good news
to county officials, farmers, prop
erty owners and all persons inter
ested in soil and water conserva
tion.
The announcement was made by
Col. H. C. Rowland, jr., district en
gineer of the Corps of Engineers’
Wilmington district office.
The announcement stated that
clearing of logs and snags left by
hurricanes in various streams in
the 20 counties of the coastal area
is scheduled to begin “within the
next three months.”
It was explained that invitations
for bids are expected to go out
about September 15 with the open
ing of bids to follow 30 days later.
After the opening of bids successful
bidders will have 30 days to begin
work, according to usual custom.
Thus actual start of work is ex
pected around November 15.
Other counties to be included are
Brunswick, Columbus, New Han
over, Onslow, Pender, Jones, Wil
son, Dare, Duplin, Carteret, Beau
fort, Bladen, Camden, Pamlico,
Hertford, Martin, Craven and Ber
tie.
The coming clean-up job stems,
the announcement from Col. Row
land stated, from a survey con
ducted earlier this year by repre
SeeTMtOJECTsTl’age'To
Commissioners in
Lengihy Meeting;
| Hire Farm Agent
I Guy Whitford of Nash Coun
ty Recommended by Pi
land, Appointed and Gives
Acceptance Notice
The county commissioners, in
regular monthly meeting here
Tuesday, settled the matter of a
new county farm agent, voted a
SlOO-per-month salary hike for
Sheriff J. K. Reid while taking
away the same amount monthly in
travel allowance, conducted a rou
tine public hearing on the $500,000
school bond order, and acted on
other routine matters.
The commissioners, with ailing
Frank L. Brinkley of Plymouth,
back as chairman of the board,
agreed to leave selection of a new
agent to take the place of W. H.
Pruden, resigned, up to Eastern
District Agent John Piland of
Smithfield. Mr. Piland, who was
present for the meeting, recom
mended Guy Whitford, assistant
Nash county agent who is a form
er assistant Bertie County agent.
Piland called Whitford one of the
best qualified men in the state
available for the post and said he
had discussed the possibility with
Whitford and that the latter indi
cated his willingness to accept the
job. (Whitford telephoned his ac
ceptance Tuesday night.)
| Mr. Whitford is married and the
father of two boys, aged 5 and 3.
He has been assistant agent in
Nash County since 1953.
Nobody appeared to be heard at
the public hearing on the bond or
der and issuance was approved,
subject to the election to be held
on November 6.
It was agreed by the commis
sioners that Sheriff Reid will no
longer receive the travel allow
ance amounting to $100 per month,
but the amount is to be added to
his present salary.
The board approved the tax set
tlement of the county tax collector
for the 1955 tax levy as of June 30,
1956.
Tax collector Spruill reported
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[Soil Samples of
Much Importance
To Seed Pasture
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Find Out Exact Lime, Ferti
lizer Needs Now, Outlaw
Urges Farmers Establish
ing Pasture
Time is running out on farmers
who wish to get lime and fertilizer
requirements lined up for fall seed
ing of pasture.
This warning was issued this
week by J. L. Outlaw, assistant
county agent, who states that get
ting the right amounts of these
two important items put on land
prior to or at seeding time is a vital
step in insuring high yields of
quality forage for years to come.
Pastures not properly establish
ed must be reseeded and this is an
expensive operation, Outlaw points
out. Reseeding can almost always
be prevented by making the origi
nal seeding in a well-prepared, pro
perly limed and fertilized seed bed.
Mr. Outlaw urges county farmers
aot to neglect these important
items in estblishing pasture.
North Carolina farmers, the as
sistant agent pointed out, have at
their disposal the services of one
3f the best equipped soil testing
laboratories in the United States.
If soil samples are sent to this lab,
lime and fertilizer requirements
-an be determined scientifically in
keeping with the needs of the soil
>f each individual farm and field.
1- armors of the county are urged
o take full advantage of the free
service, thereby taking a big step
oward the establishment of a high
delding, money-making permanent
Pasture.
Information on soil sampling,
nailing boxes and cartons may be
ibtained from the county agent’s
jffice, ASC, SCS, or vocational
igriculture teachers.
Polls Open for 12 Hours Saturday
Washington County polling places
will be open from 6:30 a. m. until
6:30 p. m. Saturday for the special
general election on four proposed
constitutional amendments. This
will give voters exactly 12 hours
in which to cast their ballots.
Election officials expect about
1,500 votes to be cast. This com
pares with about 1,000 votes in the
last general election in November
1954, and about 2,750 in the 1952
presidential general election. Over
130 new registrations were report
ed in the county before the books
closd Saturday before last, indicat
ing more interest than was thought
earlier.
Polling places and election of
ficials in the six county precincts
arc as follows:
Plymouth No. 1: Courthouse;
Mrs. James H. Ward, registrar; W.
C. Styons and T. C. Culbreth,
judges of election;
Plymouth No. 2: Plymouth High
School; Mrs. Tom Darden, regis
trar; Clarence Spruill and T. D.
Somerville, judges;
Lees Mill: Community Building,
Roper; Mrs. T. W. Norman, regis
trar; Mitehiner Banks and Marvin
Spencer, judges;
Skinnersville: Goodman’s store;
Delbert Patrick, registrar; Mrs.
Grady Alexander and Louis Bate
man, judges;
Scuppernong: Highway office;
John Combs, registrar; Mrs. Vir
ginia Davenport and Louis Spruill,
judges;
Wenona: Residence of H. J. Fur
bee; H. J. Furbee, registrar; T. H.
Rosenthal and Carl Heynen, judges.