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T'own opics Mr and Mrs. Howard T. Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Wal ker returned to Plymouth from Charlotte Monday night after hav ing attended a dealer preview of the new 1957 Plymouth automobile models. The Messrs. Walker ex pressed much enthusiasm over what they termed revolutionary changes in the new models which will be shown in dealer showrooms all over the country in the near future. Miss Dot Lynch, Christian educa ftional area worker, left last Wed nesday for her next assignment after having completed an assign ment at Plymouth Presbyterian Church. Miss Lynch, while here, observed the Church School in action, offered counsel to the teaching staff, and conducted train ing sessions. She is an, Albemarle Presbytery worker. A Social Security representative I was m Plymouth Wednesday of j this week and will make one return trip in October, it was said. Contact station is the courthouse and any one having business with the So cial Security office and who would like to see the representative while here may do so on Wednesday, Oc tober 17. The representative will he here that day between the hours of 9 a. m. and 12 noon, it is announ ced. Claims may be filed with him or information concerning Social Security may be obtained. Miss Miriam Ausbon, county ASC office manager, and Mrs. Florence P. Oliver, county ASC treasurer ^^and performance clerk, attended a ^^peanut buyers' meeting held Wed nesday of this week at Roanoke Country Club, Williamston. Beau fort, Bertie, Chowan, Edgecombe, Gates, Hertford, Halifax, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Perquimans, Pitt and Washington Counties were represented. Miss Ausbon and the county ASC committee chairman, J. C. Snell, of Plymouth, will at tend a meeting Friday of this week at the same place to discuss re classification of office personnel. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cobb, Matilda Alexander, Pauline Moore, W. E. Bateman, Grace Cox, all of Cres well, have signified their intention of attending the meeting of the Albemarle Schoolmasters Club Monday night of next week at Edenton, County School Superin tendent Roy F. Lowry stated. The meeting will be held in the cafeter ia of Edenton Junior-Senior High School, beginnig at 6:30 o'clock. Dr. J. Harris Purks will be the speaker. # Conservationist Henry J. Bragg said yesterday that work had com menced Tuesday of this week on the Mt. Pleasant drainage project, under the direct supervision of L. A. Williams, of the Creswell sec tion. Melvin Respass is contractor for the job. Mr. Bragg estimates that the undertaking, a joint enter prise of several landowners in the area, will be completed in about a month. Another such project ex pected to be launched soon is the Blount Swamp one, committee for which is composed of A. Lloyd Owens, W. H. Gurkin and Miss Ruth Satterthwaite. -<e> Louncilmen Hold Routine Meeting -* The Plymouth City Council held a routine meeting at the regular time Monday. A number of matters were discussed, but no formal action was taken. Mayor A. J. Riddle said Tuesday morning that he forgot about the meeting, which was presided over by Councilman E. D. Keel, mayor pro tern. All the councilmen were present, including Mr. Keel and W. C. Hall of the first ward, Ralph Hunter and J. B. Latham of the second ward, C. B. Holliday and J. D. Mallory of the third ward. Considerable time was spent in discussing fruit and vegetable hucksters displaying their products on the sidewalks. It was brought out that there is an ordinance against this, and Police Chief P. W. Brown was directed to have the practice discontinued. Councilmen said it was all right to show mer chandise on their trucks, but it is against the law to use sidewalks for display purposes. Lawrence Jones, of the fire de partment, discussed getting a two way radio for one of the fire trucks. He was directed to find out if a state surplus radio could be secur ed and what the cost would be. -$ Announce Birth, Death Of Daughter on Sunday -1 Mr. and Mrs. Noah Bennett of Jamesville Rt. 1 announce the birth and death of'a daughter in Wash ington County Hospital Sunday at I a. m. Graveside services were conduct ed at Woodlawn Cemetery, Wil liamston, that afternoon by the Rev. W. B. Harrington, Martin County Baptist minister. Surviving are the parents; ma ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Hollis of Oak City, and the paternal grandfather, Leonard Ben nett of Rt. 1, Plymouth. The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated ill to the service of Washington jij County and its 13,000 people. Ilj VOLUME LXVII—NUMBER 40 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 4, 1956 ESTABLISHED 1889 Mrs. Robertson To Head Seal Sale Mrs. Charlie Robertson today | was named chairman of the 1956, Christmas Seal Sale in Washington County. The 50th annual campaign to raise funds to fight tuberculosis will be carried on by tbe 3,000 tu , bereulosis associations throughout the United States. The campaign will run from November 15 through the month of December, it was said. “Great progress against TB has been made in the first half-cen tury of the Christmas Seal Sale,” Mrs. Robertson declared, in accept ing the appointment. “But there is a big job ahead to bring this dis ease under control. Tuberculosis strikes 100,000 Americans every year, we are told. We must all, share in the fight to protect oui homes from the disease.” Contributions to the Washington County Tuberculosis Association pay for many things such as X-ray ing in schools, industry, hospitals research, mass education concern ing the disease, etc. In naming Mrs. Robertson to the spot, Mrs. Bill Joyner, president o! the county tuberculosis association paid tribute to her record of serv ice to the community in manj, fields. Mrs. Robertson is a past president of Plymouth Woman's Club and is active in all civic drives in the community. Larger Farm Credits Aim of Agency Here I SPEAKS HERE SUNDAY ■ - -■ Dr. HAROLD J. DUDLEY Dr. Dudley Will Speak at Church Homecoming Here Editor of The Presbyterian News To Bring Morning Message at Local Presby, terian Church Dr. Harold J. Dudley, executive secretary of the North Carolina Synod of the Presbyterian Church, United States, will preach at Plym outh Presbyterian Church Sunday morning. The occasion will be the first ob servance of Homecoming at the church. Immediately after the morning services there will be a picnic din ner on the church grounds for members, friends and former mem bers. Mrs. Kennard S. Trowbridge, di rector of music for the church, will be in charge of all the special music. This Homecoming service marks the third year the Plymouth church has been organized. The present building was de signed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, United States, Church Extension commit tee. The building now being used eventually will become the Fel lowship Building, with a Church School Building wing added, and finally a beautiful colonial-style sanctuary will be built, church of ficials say. Dr. Dudley, who is well known among local Presbyterians, is edi tor of the Synod’s official paper, The Presbyterian News. He is a graduate of John Marshall High School in his native Richmond, Va., Hampden-Sydney College, and the Union Theological Seminary at Richmond. He reecived the Th.M. degree in 1941 from the latter in stitution, and in 1945 Southwestern Presbyterian College, Memphis, Tenn., conferred on him the de gree of Doctor of Divinity. He serv ed in 1953 as moderator of the Synod of North Carolina. -« Final Rites Held For Lanny Mobley Lanny Mobley, seven-month-old son of Bill and Nancy Long Mob ley of Plymouth, died at 3:30 p. m. Sunday at the home of his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Long of Plymouth. The child was born in this coun ty February 7 of this year and spent its life here. Surviving, other than parents and maternal grand parents, are its paternal grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mobley of Williamston. Last rites were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Long Monday after noon at 3 o’clock by the Rev. Paul B. Nickens, minister of Ludford Memorial Baptist Church here, as sisted by Cary Dannelly of Eliza beth City, minister of Plymouth Church of Christ. Burial was in Ware’s Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Dardens. 'Local Farmers Home Ad ' ministration OfficersTake | Part in Discussion at New i Bern Meeting I -* I W. Willis Bowen, county Farmers Home Administration supervisor, I and Mrs. Ernestine Basnight, clerk at the Plymouth FHA office, were , among those from several eastern counties who took part in the re I cent meeting of agency officials at i New Bern. How the credit needs of a larger number of farm families can be served by the Farmers Home Ad ministration under recently enacted legislation was discussed at the three-day conclave. The new law, Mr. Bowen explain ed this week, provides broader au thority to assist family-type farm ers with loans to improve and ope rate their farms. It also authorizes, as a part of the rural development program, loans for operating and developing farms where the farmer has part-time employment off the farm. This latter provision is espec ially welcome in Washington Coun ty where the situation is often met with, Mr. Bowen commented. In cluded in the broader authority are loans for refinancing existing debts, and an increase in the maxi mum amount that can be advanced for operating loans. All of the present loan services of the FHA which include loans for opeiuUuii, development and purchase of family-type farms, farm housing, soil and water con servation, and loans to meet emer gency needs, will continue to be available, Mr. Bowen emphasized. The county supervisor also gave out the following additional infor mation for those who are intimate ly concerned: The loans to refinance existing debts will be available until June 30, 1959 to owners of farms no larger than family-size. These loans will help farmers who have ade quate real estate security and who are otherwise in a sound position but who are unable to meet their present credit obligations and need credit on more favorable terms and conditions than is currently avail able from other lenders. When debts are refinanced the payments will be scheduled ac cording to the ability of the bor rower to repay. In the past, the agency has only refinanced exist ing debts when the refinancing was incidental to the making of a real estate loan for purchase or im provement of family-type farms. There is a limit of $50,000,000 a year on the amount of this type of credit that can be extended on an insured basis. Insured loans are made by the FHA from funds provided by pri vate lenders. The loans will bear 3J per cent interest plus a 1 per cent insurance charge. The amount of each operating loan made by the Farmers Home Administration is based on the needs of the applicant and his Sse FARM CREDIT, Page 10 Commissioners To Seek Information On Drainage Task Couniy Board Puts Off Ap proval of Resolution from Corps of Engineers at Wil mington The county commissioners, in regular monthly session here Mon day of this week, decided to obtain more information before acting on a resolution from the U. S. Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, in re gard to hurricane damage applica tions from this county. The resolution from the corps would place responsibility for any work accidents or possible disputes concerning rights - of - way, etc., squarely upon the county and pro tect the federal government from such in connection with proposed drainage projects in the county using federal funds. The commissioners decided that Chairman Frank L. Brinkley of Plymouth should first write to General Edward S. Griffin, state civil defense administrator, Ra leigh and to Lt. Col. J. H. Jackson, Wilmington, for more information. Specificially, the county board would like to know why only three small projects in the county are open for bids and also why the federal investigating committee on such projects has not visited the county as has been stated. Con gressman Herbert C. Bonner is to be furnished with a copy of each letter, it was ^aid. This county made application through the proper channel for an allocation in federal funds of about $300,000 of the amount ap propriated by Congress for use in clearing streams and drainage channels of hurricane-caused deb ris, but received an allocation of only $10,000, while some other counties on the fringe of the storms and with nothing like the swamps to be found in this county, received far greater consideration, it has been pointed out. If the investigating committee has ever visited the county the commissioners were not informed of it, it was brought out during the discussion. Hurricane damage was unusually SerDRAINAGETPagTs -® Education Board In Monday Meet The county board of education Monday authorized the making of to topography map of Stillacres site which has been proposed by some as the possible site of a cen tral high school for the county. The board, in regular monthly session, also approved facts to be set forth in a bulletin to be print ed here soon under the imprimatur of the School Improvement Com mittee and the Washington County Board of Education. All members of the board were present for the meeting which last ed about two hours. PLAN HOMECOMING DAY PROGRAM AT E. C. C. Miss Ann Mayo of Plymouth (front row second from left) helps plan East Carolina College’s Homecoming Day for Alumni, to be held at the college in Greenville on Saturday, October 13. Alumni Secre tary James W. Butler (seated, right) is general chairman for the celebration. Miss Mayo is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mayo of Plymouth. Representatives of the college student government association who are assisting Mr. Butler are (left to right): Front row, Jay B. Nichols, Greenville Homecoming Committee chairman; Miss Mayo, Ann Peel of Williamston and Mr. Butler; second row: S. David Carson and Eddie N. Harris of WOllamston, Edwin A. Den nis of Durham, and James E. Phelps, Jr., of Greenville. Band Boosters To Launch Campaign For Needed Funds Plan for Door-To-Door Soli citations Next Week in Effort To Raise $2,500 Announced -♦ A door-to-door drive will be launched in Plymouth next week seeking a minimum quota of $2,500 for the benefit of Plymouth High School band. Letters addressed to business and professional people were to be mailed the last of this week. The campaign is being sponsored on behalf of the band by Plymouth Band Boosters in an effort to raise money badly needed for such items as repair of band uniforms, money for band trips, more instruments, director’s supplement, etc. The drive will be under direction of Mrs. Robert M. Bruce, president of the sponsoring organization. The band has been functioning with the aid of the Band Boosters, an organization of parents of band members, but it has been found necessary in the past to decline several invitations for the band to participate in major events here and there because of lack of funds with which to take trips. It is ex plained by Band Booster spokes men that when the band goes out of town and oftentimes out of the county to appear at various func tions the hand actually represents Plymouth. Citizens of the town, it is felt, certainly want the band to do them credit. Therefore, it is strongly urged by the Band Booster organization that the citizens of the community rally to the support of the band. An example was given to show the immediate need. The band was honored to be one of those in the state to receive an invitation from the University of North Carolina to appear at the annual Homecom ing Day football game in Kenan Stadium between teams from Wake Forest College and the University on Saturday, October 27. It will be necessary to charter a bus to trans port i - - band, that requires money. Whenever the band receives such a" . itation it is with the under stahiiing iliat meals will be f •«. ed. Other necessary expenses are not covered, it was emphasized. Committees in charge of the so licitation next week have been named as follows: See BAND, Page 5 -«, Officers Named By 4-H Clubs in County Recently J. L. Outlaw, Assistant County Agent and Super visor of Boys' Club Work, Sees Good Year Organization of 4-H Clubs for the new school year has been com pleted in this county and names of officers for the Various clubs at Creswell, Roper nad Plymouth were released this week by J. L. Outlaw, assistant county agent who is supervisor of boys’ 4-H work in the county. Mr. Outlaw expresses an opti mistic outlook for progress of ciub work this school year. Listed by clubs, the officers are: Creswell Junior Club — Shirley Hufton, president; W. B. Gregory, vice president; Peggy Baynor, sec retary-treasurer; Barry Tyson, re porter; Linda Oliver and Jimmy Goodman, song leaders; Creswell Elementary Club — Lynch Chapell, president; Hoyt Davenport, jr., vice president; Vel ma Jean Haire, secretary-treasurer; Ray Coston, reporter; Dottie Nooney and Michael Chesson, song leaders; Roper Senior Club — Daphne Snell, president; Alvin Jones, vice president; Carol Ann Davis, secre tary-treasurer; Allen Modlin, re porter; Jenny Lamm and Tony Chesson, song leaders; Roper Junior Club—Mary Tar kenton, president; Howard Daven port, vice president; Neil Freeman, secretary-treasurer; Buddy Free man, reporter; Webb Hardison and Wally Lamm, song leaders; Plymouth Senior Club — Glenda Stotesbury, president; Wayne Mob ley, vice president; Nelda Stotee bury, secretary-treasurer; Frank Skiles, reporter; Mary Virginia Dixon and Phillip Styons, song leaders; Plymouth Junior Club — Naomi Soloky, president; Charles Bowen, vice president; Mary Ann Peed, secretary-treasurer; Vance Harri son, reporter; Judy Mobley and David Smith, song leaders; Plymouth Elementary Club— Marlain Harris, president; Logan Womble, vice president; Mary Alice Barden, secretary-treasurer; i Stan Brewer, reporter; Lynette Mobley and Pat Ezell, song leaders. HOMECOMING DAY COMING UP SUNDAY HERE j Plymouth Pnsbvterian Church, pictured above, will be the scene of Homecoming Services Sunday and also of special nightly services during the week. A former student pastor, the Rev. Jesse Parks of Willow Springs, will he the guest speaker at the week night meetings, while Or. Harold Dudley, Presbyterian Church notable, will speak Sunday. School Improvement Committee Meet Set Here Monday Night Will Consider Plans for Cam paign in Support of School Bond Issue To Be Voted On November 6th The second meeting of the Wash ington County School Improvement Committee will be held next Mon day night, October 8, at 8 o'clock in the courthouse here. James II. Ward, of Plymouth, chairman of the committee, is appealing for a large attendance of the group, which includes some 158 persons from all sections of the county, appointed last month by the county board of education. At the meeting next Monday night, Mr. Ward expects to have reports from a number of commit tees appointed at the first meeting of the group Monday of last week. ’’Ians will be considered for mak iu,, an V i h.:c eamf dgn through out the county in support of the $500,000 bond issue to be voted on in the general election November 6th. A booklet is being prepared by the committee setting forth the needs of the county school system in the way of additional buildings, based on the report early this year made by a survey panel appointed by the state board of education. The county board of education has since adopted the recommenda tions of the survey panel, which in cluded issuance of $500,000 in school improvement bonds. Pro ceeds of the proposed bond issue will be used to supplement the ap proximately $180,000 now available to the county from state funds for new school construction. Statistics compiled by the board of education show that the rated capacity of present school build ings in the county totals 2,566, against an enrollment during the past school term of 3,700. This means that there are 1,134 more students attending Washington County schools than there are standard classrooms to accomodate them. The old J. J. Clemmons building at Roper and the old Hampton school in Plymouth were not considered in arriving at the rated capacity shown above, since neither contains any standard class rooms. If the bond issue is authorized by the voters on November 6th, the board of education proposes to sell $100,000 worth of the bonds in May, 1957, an additional $40,000 in May, 1958, with the remaining $360,000 in bonds not to be issued until May, 1959. This schedule was adopted in order to space the in debtedness so that it will not be necessary to increase the present tax levy for bonded indebtedness. Requirements for the debt service fund begin to decline in the years See SCHOOLS, Page 10 Church Women To Hold Neel The United Church Women of this area will meet in the chapel of First Presbyterian Church, Rocky Mount, Wednesday of next week, it is announced. The meet ing is scheduled to open at 10 a. m. and close at 2:30 p. m. Next Thursday the group will meet at the Church of the Good Shepherd where Dr. Frank Lau beck will speak at 10 a. m. and again at 7:30 p. m. In the after noon the panel will be conducted by Dr. Gulon Johnson and a group of foreign students. Over night hospitality will be provid ed by 'he United Church Women of Rocky Mount. Contact Mrs. W. J. Irait* diately if in terested Tn intending. Commissioners in Routine Meeting Here on Monday New County Agent Discuss es Work With Board; Mrs. Barnhill Named To Suc ceed Mrs. Sawyer The county comissioners trans acted a number of matters of busi ness at the monthly meeting Mon day afternoon at the courthouse, including a discussion with Guy Whitford, the new county agent; naming a successor to Mrs. Anita Sawyer in the county tax office; naming a trustee to fill the unex pired term of Robert E. Bowen on the county hospital board; making a small donation to the county home demonstration clubs; author izing Plymouth Woman’s Club to supervise lanscaping the new coun ty health center grounds; deciding to seek more information on the county drainage program (the lat ter reported at some length else where in this paper); and hearing the usual reports. Mr. Whitford, formerly assistant agent in Nash County who was named to fill the vacancy created here by the resignation earlier this year of County Agent W. H. Pru den, reported for duty Monday and discussed some phases of his work with the board. It was agreed that he should begin his work by visit ing the farmers with whom he will work and become acquainted with them and with the county as a whole. Mr. Whitford comes to the See BOARD, Page 10 ASC Committeemen Nominated Recently Names of nominees for election to ASC community committees in this county soon were released this week by the county ASC office here. The Plymouth Community Elec tion Board, made up of David Craddock, L. T. Gurganus, and R. W. Porter, selected the following slate: Clyde Waters, Oliver Lucas, Leon Dunbar, L. T. Beddard, Mar vin Ange, Clyde Chesson, Robert Bowen, Benny Hardison, Louis Styons, W. H. Gurkin, R. W. John ston and J. R. Reapaas; The Roper board, composed of Wendell C. Spruill, Vance Respass and Myrle C. Marrow, selected: Carlton A. Phelps, R. S. Davenport, Odis Chesson, T. R. Spruill, Thom as W. Spruill, D. W. Furlough, Barton Swain, Wesley Chesson, C. M. Davenport and R. B. Alexander; The Creswell board, P. B. Belan ga, Roy V. Patrick and J. A. Rey nolds, chose: Mitchell E. Spear, Jennings M. Davenport, W. P. Dav enport, Z. H. Phelps, jr„ Harry S. Arnold, R. W. Collins, Rupert Has sell, Dallas A. Davenport, Roy C. Williams, Delbert Patrick, Charlie W. Ange and Leroy Snell. Nearly 100 Allend Republican Rally Here Last Night Kyle Hayes, Candidate for Governor, Main Speaker; Brief Talks Made by Oth er Party Leaders Upwards of 100 Republicans of Washington and surrounding eoun iies greeted the touring caravan of state leaders and candidates at a First District Republican rally held n the courthouse here last night, riif- rally followed a dinner at the Mayflower Restaurant for the visi ors, given by Washington County republicans with Don Somerville, diairman of the county executive committee, as host. J. Richard Carr opened the ses ;ion at the courthouse and after i welcoming address presented J. lay Jennings, of Taylorsville, diairman of the state Republican executive committee, who presided ind introduced candidates for state iffices, each of whom made a few •cmarks. All appealed for a large Republican vote at the general ■lection next month. Kyle Hayes, of North Wilkesboro, candidate for governor, was the principal speaker. He asked for delp in the Republican campaign ror a two-party system in the state and outlined his 10-point program for leading North Carolina for ward. Main points in his talk were advocacy of a three-year cducalion tl expansion program, including a 5100,000,000 bond issue for con structing high schools and junior colleges, which he said should be located within driving distance of every high-school graduate He also spoke for teacher salary increases of 10% the first year, with an additional 5% for each of two following years. Increased sal aries for members of the highway patrol was another point in his program. After 56 years of Demo cratic rule in the state, he said the per capita income of North Carolinians now stands at less than $1,200 per year, 44th in the na tion, and he appealed to voters to give Republicans a chance to do better. First mention of Eisenhower was made by C. E. Hyde, of Murphy, and brought warm applause by his hearers. Mr. Hyde is candidate for attorney general hnd he spoke only briefly. The only mention of Rich ard Nixon, President Eisenhower’s running mate, was made by Joe Stancill, of Durham, candidate for ^ee^REPHBLICANsi~Page~To^' -® Name 34 for Jury Duly in November Names of 34 county citizens to serve as jurors at the November 12 term of Washington County Su perior Court were drawn here Monday at the meeting of the coun ty commissioners. The list includes 16 persons from Plymouth Township, 7 each from Lees Mill and Scuppernong, and 4 from Skinnersville Township. Names, by townships: Plymouth — Garland Gardner, David G. Williams, T. M. Bowen, F. R. Harris, M. J. Jack, Jesse D. Haddock, James Boyce, Charles L. Corpening, James P. Gurganus, I. T. Sawyer, Shelton McNair, Henry Hines, James R. Bullock, jr., Roy Phelps, Bonnie W. Coburn, Harold Nelson; Lees Mill — T. H. Rosenthal, Thomas E. Marriner, G. G. Gaylord, W. A. Knowles, Russell Chesson, A. N. Sawyer, Golden Williams; Scuppernong—R. A. Gibbs, Char lie S. Phelps, Theodore D. Am brose, Dennis H. Phelps, F. Roy Davenport, J. W. Nooney, Hoyt R. Davenport; Skinnersville — S. L. Davenport, C. A. Alexander, Harold Patrick, Roy V. Patrick. Canvassers Asked To Report Monday All canvassers in the annual Farm Bureau membership drive in this county are requested to be present at a check-up meeting to be held Monday night of next week at the Agricultural Building, county unit officials announce. The first check-up meeting since opening of the campaign was held here Monday night of this week with only a bare handful of can vassers present, it was said. Re ported as signed for next year were 37 persons against a minimum goal of 305, but it is believed that much more work actually has been ac complished than has been turned in, spokesmen stated. J. L. Rea, sr., of Roper, is presi dent of the county unit and T. R, Spruill, also of Roper, is chairman of the membership drive. The meeting next Monday will begin at 8 o’clock, it was anaowa ccd.