I'own
opics
Jimmy Sitterson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis N. Sitterson of Plym
outh is now taking a four-year
course in electronics under the
U. S. Navy program at the Uni
versity of Oklahoma, Norman.
Young Sitterson left last Wednes
day for his new assignment after
completing a visit to his parents
here. He had previously completed
a training course at the U. S. Naval
Training Station. San Diego, Calif.
Miss Mamie Whisnant of Ra
leigh, specialist in home manage
ment with the N. C. State Col
lege Extension Service, was a
visitor to Plymouth Wednesday of
this week. While here Miss W’his
nant visited the home agent's office
and other agricultural offices. She
attended leaders’ school and house
wife’s demonstration in home ef
ficiency at the home of Mrs. Sam
Lucas of the Cool Springs commun
ity near here and offered counsel.
Home maangement leaders from
various county home demonstra
tion clubs and Mrs. Frances M.
Darden, home agent here, also at
tended.
A party of four Plymouth people
report a good catch of fish at Nags ■
Head last week-end. The group. Mr. j
and Mrs. Charles G. Walker and ■
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Strader, caught
57 perch, trout, spot and pompano,
it was reported. Most of the catch
consisted of perch, with a good
many trout, also.
The Rev. Paul 13. Nickens, min
ister of Ludford Memorial Baptist!
Church here, appeared on the pro- j
^ gram Tuesday when more than 300
■ Baptists from six eastern North
Carolina counties gathered in
Washington for the annual session
of the South Roanoke Baptist As
sociation. Mr. Nickens gave the
report on Baptist literature. The
sessions were held at First Bapist
Church. Highlights of the morning
program included talks by Dr. Car
lyle Campbell, president of Camp
bell College, and the Rev. Earle
J. Rogers, minister of the host
church, and the associational ser
mon by Clyde E. Baucom of Wilson.
The association embraces 48
churches in Beaufort, Edgecombe,
Martin, Pitt, Washington and Wil
son Counties with a combined
membership of over 11,000 persons.
1st Lt. and Mrs. C. O. Kelly, jr.,
are now living at Sunnyslope, Ariz.,
See TOPICS, Page 10
Couniy People Al
Democratic Rally
Washington County is expected i
to be well represented at the First)
Congressional District Democratic
rally in Washington this afternoon,
according to Carl L. Bailey, chair
A man of the county Democratic exe
P cutive committee.
Representative Herbert C. Bon
ner will be host to the rally. The
Democratic caravan, headed by
Senators W. Kerr Scott, S. J. Er
vin, jr., and Governor Luther
Hodges, will be entertairvd at a
band concert on the courthouse
lawn at 4:30 p. m. Following this,
there will be a parade to the John
Small School, where Senator
Scott wlil be the chief speaker.
Congressman Bonner will then en
tertain the entire crowd at a bar
becue supper in the gymnasium be
hind the school.
In addition to Mr. Bailey, the
following from this county were
planning to attend: State Senator
E. L. Owens, W. T. Freeman, Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Darden, Phillip
Stillman, A. Lloyd Owens, E. J.
Broughton, Mack Marrow and sev
eral others from Plymouth; Dr. J.
M. Phelps, county representative,
i C. N. Davenport, Harry W. Barnes
and others from Creswell; and Mrs.
Myrla C. Marrow was planning to
head a group from Roper.
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Tobacco Survey ;
To Be Conducted <
_._ i
A tobacco variety performance
survey is being conducted in Wash- £
ington County to determine how
the several varieties compared in (
yield and value during 1956 on to- j
bacco farms, County Agent Guy M. ^
Whitford reports. j
As many farmers as possible are <
being contacted so that the infor
mation gathered will represent a
sizeable portion of the tobacco '
grown in the county. Growers are ■
\ being asked what total yield and
value received from each variety a
grown in 1956.
Cards are being sent to a repre- 1
sentative group of growers in the
county and the growers who re- 1
ceive cards are urged to fill out the
card accurately and return it to the
county agent’s office. Everyone
who receives a card should send it
in regardless of whether his yield
is low or high. This is essential if
the summary of the variety data is
to represent the actual performance
of a given variety in the county
and state.
This information is also being
accumulated by other counties, and
a summary of the county, belt, and
state results will be available for
growers to see as soon as it has
been summarized.
The Roanoke Beacon
and Washington County News ******
li! A home newspaper dedicated jj!
|j| to the service of Washington
:j| County and its 13,000 people.
I VOLUME LXVII—NUMBER 43 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 25, 1956
ESTABLISHED 1889
4k 97 17 ^ 17 Officers of the Plymouth High
V 9 ■’ ■' I I Ij School Band, directed by Bernie
Ham, for the 1956-51 school
term were recently elected, as follows, left to right above. Frank
Dew, president: Louis Mobley, secretary; Nancy Jackson, reporter;
Bobby Kelly, treasurer: Warnie Guikin, sergeant at arms; and Harry
Ward, vice president.—Staff photo.
Many Register; Books
Will Close Saturday
MC Urges Use!
EmergencyFundj
The Washington County ASC
office is anxious for county
fanners to make full use of a re
cent allocation of So,000 to the
county in hurricane emergency
funds. The county ASC commit
tee will approve requests for
restoration measures under this
program, it was said.
The regular ACP allocation to
this county has almost been used
up, it was pointed out, less than
S3,000 remaining in the county
pool. Application for emergency
funds should be made at once
at the ASC office in the Agricul
ture Building here.
Register 37 in
Special Canvass
Thursday Nighli
Volunteer House - to - House
Workers Contact 600 Per
sons To Spur Interest in
Vote and Bond Issue
A group of 39 volunteer workers
nadc a house-to-house canvass of |
f’lymouth Thursday night and con
acted 600 persons to spur regis
rations for voting in the coming
'eneral election and to create fav
>rable interest in the special
;chool bond issue.
Besides the canvassers other vol
inteers staffed the headquarters
or the drive, the office of James
1. Ward on Washington Street. Mr.
iVard is chairman of the Washing
on County School Improvement
ommittee.
Ward reported that 37 potential
'oters were actually registered
rhursday night. Too, the two and
ine-half hours of canvassing Thurs
lay night paid off in better than
isual registrations last Saturday at
lolling places here, it was said.
Practically all local civic organi
ations had a hand in the effort •
’hursday night. Most of the town |
ras covered by the workers and i
i is requested mat inuse wno
ifcrc in on the drive make follow
ip contacts in their respective
rcas between now and voting
ime, November 6, in an effort to
ct out the vote.
Workers Thursday night said
hat most persons contacted ex- ;
iressed themselves in favor of the
ond issue.
Those canvassing were listed as '
allows:
Mrs. Paul Frymier, Mrs. A. Lloyd
•wens, Miss Maxine Baynor, Bob '
lowell, W. Oliver, Jack House, jr.,
Valton Allen, W. J. Woolard, H. '
[. Allen, Lyman Mayo, Raymond '
mith, Mrs. W. H. Joyner, Mrs.
See CANVASS, Page 5 ~ :
Meeting Sc
For Board]
Chairman James W. Norman,
of Plymouth, has called a special
meeting of the Washington Coun
ty Board of Education to be held
next Monday morning at 10:30, it
was announced today by County
Superintendent Roy F. Lowry,
who is also secretary to the
board. The session will be held
in the office of the county super
intendent at the courthouse here.
Mr. Lowry said it was his un
derstanding the special meeting
was called at the request of
Jesse Rawls, of Roper. It was also
179 New Names Pul on
Books in Two Plymouth
Precincts; 30 at Roper; No
Reports from Others
More than 200 persons had reg
istered up to yesterday in three
Washington County precincts for
the general election on November
6th, with no reports available for
the other three precincts. Saturday
of this week, October 27, will be
the last day for registration and
any eligible persons who have not
previously registered are urged to
get their names on the books by
that date.
In Plymouth Precinct No. 1, Mrs.
James H. Ward had registered 80
up to yesterday noon, 38 of them
new voters who have never voted
before. Mrs. Tom Darden, of Plym
outh, No. 1, had registered 99 per
sons, 04 new voters and 34 trans
fers. Mrs. Tom Norman, of Lees
Mill, said 30 persons had register
ed at Koper.
This makes a total of 209 new
registrations in these three pre
cincts. Reports were not available
for Skinnersville, Scuppernong and
Wenona precincts, but it is under
stod some new voters have been
put on the books at all three places.
The $500,000 school bond issue
is largely responsible for the regis
tration being larger than usual, ac
cording to reports. This is the third
registration this year, the books
having been opened prior to the
primary in May and also before
the special general election held
in September.
Saturday of next week, Novem
ber 3, will be challenge day, and
the general election will follow on
Tuesday, November 6. In addition
to the school bond issue, which is
attracting a lot of interest in this
county, national, state, district,
county and township officers are
also to be elected. Those who have
previously registered and voted in
county primaries and elections arc
not required to register again, but
those whose names are not already
:>n the books and who are eligible
must register by Saturday of this
week in order to vote on November
3th. Voters who have moved from
See REGISTRATION, Page 10
Boy Seoul Fund Drive Now
Nearing Its Goal of $1,200
Boy Scout Fund campaign chair
nan William B. Blackburn this
veek announced that the sum of
51,130.40 is now in hand, with at
cast $200 more expected.
Goal toward which the group is
driving in this county is $1,200, it
vas stated.
Of the money raised and report
’d to date, $962 came from Plym
>uth and $176.40 from Roper,
vhere Aubrey Dixon is serving as
ihairman.
Donations are expected from lo
:al industrial plants and several
vorkers, including Dr. A. L. White
lurst, Harold Whitley and Prof.
V. R. Lord have money to turn in,
llackburn said.
(t Monday
Education
understood that Mr. Rawls will
head a delegation with a petition
asking for establishment of a
central high school for Washing
ton County.
According to reports, the peti
tion has been circulated in Lees
Mill, Skinnersville and Scupper
nong Townships during the past
week or so and now has some
1,100 names on it The reports
stated that the petition asks that
the central school be located
somewhere at or near the geo
graphic center of the county.
Walion Allen Is
Named To Clerk
Of Court's Post
Judge Malcolm C. Paul
Signs Order Sunday Fol
lowing Recommendation
Of County Bar
Superior Court Judge Malcolm
C. Paul of Washington Sunday
afternoon signed an order appoint
ing Walton Oswald Allen of Plym
outh to fill the vacancy caused by
the death Friday of Washington
County Superior Court Clerk W. T.
Stillman.
Judge Paul followed the recom
mendation of the Washington
County Bar Association which met
Friday night and endorsed Allen.
Members of the bar were in at
tendance Sunday at the meeting
held in the law offices of Norman
and Rodman on Water Street. At
torney Z. V. Norman is president
of the county bar association.
The appointment of Allen is for
the unexpired term, until the next
general election—that is slated No
vember 6.
In a meeting Monday mgnt oi
this week the county Democratic
executive committee certified Al
len as the Democratic candidate
for the office to fill the unexipred
term which runs to the first Mon
day in December of 1958. The coun
ty Republican executive committee
has served notice that there will
be no Republican to offer for the
office in the November 6th general
election.
Mr. Allen is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Allen of the Long Acre
section of the county. He was born
October 11, 1915. He attended Bel
haven High School and served as
manager of Pender stores at Bel
haven and Williamston. Later he
was in advertising sales work with
a Philadelphia bakery before en
tering the Army March 29, 1941
Much of the time in service he wa
in the Aleutians as a warrant of
fieer. He was honorably discharged
January 26, 1946, and thereafter
has been connected with his father
in the management of a local serv
ice station. Allen is married to the
former Miss Dorothy Chaffin of
Philadelphia. The Allens have -”o
children. 1
After bond has been approved
by the county commissioners Allen
will be administered the oath of of
fice by W. Ronald Gaylord, judge
of county recorder’s court. Mrs.
Louise Allen, assistant clerk of
court, will continue in her present
position, it was learned this week.
Special Week for
High School Band
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This week is a special one for
me riymouin ingn aenooi Dana.
The band will entertain the Tar
boro High School band and take
part in a small parade Friday of
this week. Then on Saturday morn
ing the local band will leave for
Chapel Hill to take part in half
time doings at the Carolina-Wakc
Forest football game in Kenan
Stadium.
The Plymouth band will be host
to the Tarboro band at a filed
chicken dinner in the school cafe
teria following a parade at 4 p. m.
with various local units and the
two bands participating. After din
ner a social hour will be held un
til time for the football game be
tween the Panthers and the Tar
boro Tigers. Kickoff time is 8 p. m.
The band will leave at 6 o’clock
Saturday morning for Chapel Hill.
A large number of crack high
school bands from all over the
state will take part in half-time
ceremonies at the game between
the Tar Heels and the Deacons.
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FHA Creditors Meeting
Discusses Loan Types
A meeting of county creditors
of the Farmers Home Administra
tion was held Wednesday night in
the auditorium of the Agriculture
Building here, at which all types
of loans were discussed.
W. Willis Bowen, FHA county
supervisor, David G. Modlin of Wil
liamston, FHA appraisal engineer,
and Irving It. Davenport, FHA as
sistant emergency loan supervisor,
were present to discuss loans fully.
The county FHA committee was
also represented at the meeting.
Oliver Lucas of Plymouth, D. L.
Hopkins and Carlton Phelps, of
Roper, comprise the committee.
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No Calls To Be Made
Upon Board Next Month
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Local selective service registrants
and other interested persons are
reminded that there will be no in
duction or pre-induction calls made
upon the board during the month
of November.
The announcement came from
the clerk to Selective Service
Board No. 95 here, Mrs. Lorraine.
Hunter.
Halloween Carnival Set Wednesday
The annual Halloween carnival,
sponsored by the Plymouth Parent
Teacher Association, will be held
at the ball park Wednesday of next
week, it was announced today.
The event has been planned by
Mrs. W. H. Pruden, budget chair
man ot' the association, and mem
bers of the executive board.
The gates will be opened at the
park at 6:30 p. m. and such things
as hot dogs, sandwiches, candy,
cookies and soft drinks will be of-1
fercd for sale.
Booths and games will include
fortune telling, jpep rides, pony!
rides, fishing, basketball and a
number of side attractions, it was
stated.
A costume dance, sponsored by
the eighth grades at the school,!
will be held in the school gymnas
ium, beginning at 7:30 p. m. and,
everyone is invited.
Also, it was stated that a cos
:ume parade, led by the high
school band, will begin at 1 p. m
it Hampton School and continue
hrough the principal streets, ad
/ertising the carnival.
Parents are urged to attend the
jarnival and bring the children. It
s hoped that all will plan to have
nipper at the carnival and enjoy
he evening of fun, the announce
nent stated.
Light Vote Cast
In ASC Election
Here Tuesday
Only 10 Votes Cast in Plym
outh Community Election,
24 at Roper, 27 at Cres
well
A very light vote was east in
community ASC elections held in
this county Tuesday of this week,
farmers generally showing little in
terest in the matter.
At Creswell 27 votes were cast,
at Roper 24, and at Plymouth only
10, it was reported from the local
ASC office.
Community delegates will meet
at the Agriculture Building Thurs
day of this week at 10 a. m. to elect
a county ASC committee for the
coming year, and to name county i
office manager and ASC treasurer.
The present county committee is
composed of L. L. Davenport of
Creswell, chairman, and O. A.
Chesson, vice chairman, and W. C.
Spruill, regular member, both of
Roper. This committee is expected
to attend the meeting Thursday
(today) along with the county of
fice manager, J. C. Snell, and the
treasurer, Mrs. Florence P. Oliver.
Results of the community elec
tions Tuesday arc summarized be
low:
Roper—Wesley Chesson, chair
man and delegate, 20 votes; T. R.
Spruill, vice chairman and alter
nate delegate, 18 votes; Otis Ches
sun. regular member, 16 votes; W.
P Swain, first alternate, 15 votes;
, <1 R. L. Davenport, second jlter
r'iu-. ■* votes;
Plymouth—Rober Bowen,
man and delegate, 8 votes; h. J.
Beddard, vice chairman and alter
nate delegate, 7 votes; Leon Dun
bar, regular member, 5 votes; Mar
vin Ange, first alternate, 4 votes;
Oliver Lucas, second alternate, 4
votes;
Creswell—Roy C. Williams, chair
man and delegate, 23 votes; Jen
nings M. Davenport, vice chairman
and alternate delegate, 21 votes;
W. P. Davenport, regular member
21 votes; Mitchell E. Spear, first
alternate, 21 votes; Z. If. Phelps,
jr., second alternate, 13 votes.
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Demonstration on
Corn, Roper Farm
Do minor elements added to ma
jor elements in fertilizer pay?
County Agent Guy M. Whitford
raises the question and says that
r. W. Tarkenlon of Roper has just
completed a minor element demon
stration on corn. The demonstra- i
lion included use of minor ele- i
nents boron and mangranese and ;
l plot was used for a cheek.
The demonstration was conduct- ;
id in cooperation with the Agri- ]
iultural Extension Service and Dr. \
\. Mehlich, soil scientist at N. C. i
5tate College. ;
The results, states Mr. Whitford, i
ook promising but have not been <
•ompletely tabulated. Plots were I
selected because the fields showed <
1 deficiency in these minor ele- >
nents.
Complete results will be released
is early as possible,
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Moose Lodge Contributes
$50 To High School Band
The Plymouth Moose Lodge vot
:d Monday night to make a $50
contribution to the Plymouth High
School Band. It was stipulated that
he money was to be used only for
iurchase or repair of band instru
nents, uniforms or equipment.
Five new members were initi
ited at the meeting and two new
ipplications for membership were
•eceived, according to C. M. Bcas
ey, secretary. He said several
ocal Moose are planning to attend
i state-wide meeting at Wilson this
veek-end. Governor Luther Hodges
s to be the main speaker.
While Schools To Close
Friday—Teachers Meei
Friday will be a welcomed holi
lay for students in the white
schools of this county.
Reason? The teachers will be at
Greenville attending the 34th an
nual convention of the Northeast
ern District of the North Carolina
Education Association.
P.T.A. Meet Tuesday
Discusses Bond Issue
Overflow Crowd Hears P. B.
Baieman Appeal for Fav
orable Vote at Eleclion on
November 6th
Urgency of passing the $500,000
school bond issue at the Novem
ber 6th general election was stress
ed by P. Bruce Bateman, local
business man and civic leader, who
was principal speaker at a meeting
of the Plymouth Parent-Teacher
Association Tuesday night. Attend
ance was said to be the largest
ever had at a PTA meeting here,
the school auditorium which seats
about 275 being filled, with a num
ber of people standing at the rear.
Mrs. Carl L. Ilackbarth, presi
dent of the association, presided
and Dr. Ernest W. Furgurson in
troduced Mr. Bateman. Following
his talk, there was a brief question
period, during which County School
Superintendent Roy F. Lowry ex
plained the building program
which has been approved by the
board of education, provided the
bond issue is passed at the general
election.
Mr. Lowry said definite figures
on the cost of the various projects
could not be obtained until plans
were prepared by the architect.
This work cannot be undertaken
until the board of education has
some idea of the amount of money
available for construction of ad
ditions. And this, in turn, hinges
upon the success of the bond issue
proposal to be voted on November
61 l.
At piesuiK. the county has about
$180,000 coming to it from state
funds. If the bond issue is approv
ed, it is believed tbc $680,000 then
available will be sufficient to be
gin planning projects recommend
ed by a survey committee of the
state department of education and
approved by the county board of
education. They include the fol
lowing: lunchroom and agricultural
shop at Crcswell High School; phy
sical education building and agri
culture worshop at Koper High
School; a new high scliool plant for
Plymouth High School at the Still
rcres site now owned by the coun
ty board; an elementary school
building at Washington County
Union School at Roper; and ad
iitional rooms for the Plymouth
,'olored elementary school.
In his address, Mr. Bateman
raced the history of education in
his county, paying tribute to
1'homas W. Blount as one of the
lioneers in this field. He said much
>f the information came from pa
>ers of John W. Darden whom he
iescribed as having contributed as;
nuch to education in this county
is any man alive.
"Money spent on education is
in investment in the future,” Mr.
Jateman stated. ‘‘We know that
vhen children get cut-rate school
ng, we are the losers in potential
ervices, in lowered living stand
rds, in increased delinquency and
rime, in tax costs of patching up
he social damage that is sure to
omc when children and their
chools are neglected.
'~See^BONI)TsSUEr?age~10
WRECK: S&
invoh
volvlng a power pole and two col
here. The car, a late model Foi
root of one of the houses. Adults
porch of the other house, in the
by Ted H. Rosenthal, jr., of Weno
young man, just recently returne
U. S. Air Force in Japan, was s
Portsmouth, Vi., naval hospital. I
that he had been released and ha<
in this country.—Photo by C. L.
1 CLERK OF COURT
Walton O. Allen has been ap
pointed Clerk of the Superior
Court of Washington County,
succeeding the late W. T. Still
man, whose death occurred last
Friday.
Presbyterians To
Build Education
Addition, Manse
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1 Aciio i Taken on Matters
Sun^-7 hy Congregation;
Await Loan Approvals
And Drawing of Plans
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Plymouth Presbyterians are set
to launch an expansion program.
At a congregational meeting
Sunday it was voted to construct
an education building and buy or
build a manse for the minister
Construction of an education
building in colonial style to form
an “I," shaped building will begin
as soon as plans are drawn and a
loan from the Presbyterian Church
in the United States is approved.
When a loan from the Synod of
North Carolina Manse Loan Fund
is approved the congregation will
either buy or build a manse, it was
added.
A new spinet model electric or
gan, recently purchased by the con
gregation, already has been install
ed, it was said.
The following were voted in as
trustees for the church to transact
any legal papers and hold title to
the church's property:
Dr. It. Vernon Jeter, Walter E.
Oakes, William B. Blackburn and
James II. Lindler.
The session of the church ap
proved the following as the build
ing committee to work out plans
for the new education building and
manse:
James L. Rea, sr., chairman; Mrs.
T. L. Bray, Mrs. R. Vernon Jeter,
Mrs. Kennard S. Trowbridge, Wil
liam B. Blackburn, Quitman Luke,
Walter E. Oakes and the Rev. R. L.
Combs, ex-officio.
photo was taken early one recent
y morning following an accident
ing just one automobile, but in
ored residences on Wilson Street
'd, can be seen under the porch
and children are on the damaged
left foreground. The car, owned
la, was listed as a total loss. The
1 from overseas service with the
triously injured and rushed to a
lowever, it was reported this week
I reported to his new duty station
Brown.
W. T. Stillman, 66,
Dies Friday; Clerk
Of Superior Court
Prominent Civic, Political
And Religious Figure Suc
cumbs at Hospital Here
After Critical Illness
Death came at noon Friday to
W. T. (Willie) Stillman just eight
days after the passing of his wife,
Lillian Everett Stillman.
Mr. Stillman, prominent in the
civic, political and religious life of
Plymouth and Washington County
for many years, was stricken soon
after his wife's death and was
rushed to Washington County Hos
pital where he remained in critical
condition until the last. He was 66
years of age and was serving his
second term as clerk of Washing
ton County Superior Court.
He was a native of this county,
horn May 17, 1889, to Mrs. Amelia
Stillman of Plymouth, and the late
M. John Stillman of the county.
Mr. Stillman was married on
August 22, 1914, to Miss Lillian
Everette of Plymouth. He was a
member and faithful supporter of
Plymouth Methodist Church.
Mr. Stillman spent most of his
life in this county hut worked for
about 10 years at banks in Aurora
and Kenansville. He also served for
about two years as a bookkeeper
for National Handle Company and
for about. 12 years as assistant
cashier at the Plymouth unit of
Branch Banking and Trust Com
pany. He operated a store in the
Cool Springs neighborhood for
about three years before announ
cing for the clerk of court’s office
upon retirement of W. M. Darden.
He was elected to the office in
1950, having won out in the Demo
cratic primary over four other can
didates. He was re-elected in 1954
to another four-year term as court
clerk.
Surviving are his mother; a
daughter, Mrs. Frances S. Tarken
ton, and a granddaughter. Eva
Huth Tarkington, both of William
ston; six sisters, Mrs. Ida Gardner
and Mrs. Beulah Chesson, both of
Plymouth, Mrs. Nannie Ferrell,
Mrs. Rosa Lee Bright and Mrs. Esta
Williams, all of Norfolk, Va., and
Mrs Lorena Farabow, Durham; and
four brothers, John B. Stillman
and Phillip Stillman, both of Plym
outh, Roy L. Stillman of Roper,
and Enoch W. Stillman of Wilming
ton.
Funeral services were held from
Plymouth Methodist Church Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock by the
miinstcr, the Rev. Jesse II. Lan
ning. Interment was in Windlcy
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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Snell Named as
Office Manager
J. C. Snell, young Plymouth
farmer, assumed his duties as ASC
county office manager Friday, suc
ceeding Miss Miriam Ausbon who
now holds the position of chief
clerk,
Mr. Snell's appointment to the
post was confirmed by telegram
from the state ASC office at Ra
leigh,
Mr. Snell is a native of Plymouth,
a graduate of Plymouth High
School, and a lifelong farmer. He
is a veteran of World War II, hav
ing seen overseas service with the
U. S. Navy. He has had veterans
on-job training; was for five years
a member of the ASC community
committee—part of that time serv
ing as its chairman; was for three
years a member of the ASC county
committee, two years as chairman;
had three years with the FHA and
has been for three years and still
is a Soil Conservation supervisor.
Mr. Snell is married to the form
er Miss Sarah Jackson of Plym
outh and they have three children.
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Mayo Wynne Riles
Held on Tuesday
Mayo Wynne, a native of Martin
County, died at his home in Plym
outh at 10 o’clock Monday morning
after a brief illness. He had been
in declining health for some time.
He was born in Bear Grass Town
ship 39 years ago, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Wynne. After
spending all his early life in Mar
tin County, Mr. Wynne moved to
Plymouth about 12 years ago and
he was employed much of that
time at N. C. Pulp Company. Sur
viving are his parents.
Last rites were conducted Tues
day afternoon at 2 o’clock from
the chapel of Horner’s Funeral
Home by Cary Dannelly of Eliza
beth City, minister of Plymouth
Church of Christ. Interment was
in Woodlawn Cemetery, William
ston.