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The many friends of C. E. Stee
ley, who for several years operat
ed a clothing business on Wash
ington Street here, will be glad to
learn that Mr. Steeley was able to
be out on the street Wednesday
of this week, following an illness
of many months. He spent consid
erable time in sanatoriums neai
Southern Pines and at Wilson. Mr.
Steeley said he was feeling fine.
"He who laughs last,” etc—Up
at the courthouse Tuesday night,
following the election, workers
were getting ready to count the
'Kite ballots for Plymouth Precinct
No. 1 and one of them said to ano
ther, “Just put all the straight Re
publican tickets in one pile and
the straight Democratic tickets in
another.” “Shucks,” said the other
guy, “there ain’t no such thing as
a straight Republican.” All the
Democrats laughed while J. Rich
ard Carr and another Republican
or two who were helping out
smiled and kept on counting. They
got their laugh a little later,
though, when the national returns
started coming in.
M. Gordon Chesson, traffic man
ager for the North Carolina Pulp
Company returned from Miami
Beach, Fla., recently after attend
ing the annual meeting of the As
sociated Traffic Clubs of America.
The session was held in conjunc
tion with observance of National
Transportation Week and was at
tended by about 1,500 members of
traffic clubs throughout the nation.
A Plymouth student at East Car
ol^ College, Greenville, has been
clttSRn to appear in the 1956-57
edition of “Who’s Who in American
Colleges and Universities.” She is
Miss Annie Lee Mayo, and she is
one of 34 East Carolina College
students named to the honor. Nom
inations of those to be included in
the yearbook are made at East
Carolina by a student-faculty com
mittee. Determining factors for the
choice of representation are excel
lence in scholarship, leadership,
participation in student activities,
citizenship and service to the school
and promise of future usefulness
in business and society. The area
in which Miss Mayo has made the
most valuable contribution to cam
pus life was listed as departmental
and scholastic organizations.
Several persons from this county
plan to attend the meeting of the
Albemarle Schoolmasters Club to
be held at Perquimans High School
Cafeteria Monday night of next
week. The meeting will begin at
6;30 o’clock. Planning to go from
Plymouth are R. F. Lowry, county
superintendent, Miss Sue Under
hill, school supervisor, and Misses
Hilda Apple, Esther Hickman and
Carolyn Brinkley of Plymouth High
School. From Creswell Principal
R. B. Cobb, Grace Cox, Pauline
Moore, Matilda Alexander and W.
E Jtateman plan to go.
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About 100 Attend
Club Achievement
Day Program Here
|Counly Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs Hold
Event at First Christian
Church
About 100 or more persons at
tended the Washington County
(Federation of Home Demonstration
ICIubs' Fall Achievement Day here
(Wednesday afternoon of this week.
The event was held in the Fel
lowship Hall of First Christian
Church with Alba, Hoke, Cool
ging, Chapel Hill and Monticello
serving as host clubs.
County officers are Mrs. Herbert
Sawyer, sr., president; Mrs. Del
na Peele, vice-president; Mrs.
4arvin Askew, secretary; and Mrs.
iilda Basnight, treasurer.
The principal address was given
by Dr. R. Vernon Jeter of Plym
uoth who was presented by the
home agent, Mrs. Frances M. Dar
Mrs. Willis Bowen of Chapel Hill
”lub gave the devotional program;
Irs. Carl Stanfield of the Cool
Spring Club, the welcome. Re
sponse was by Mrs. J. A. Morris
pf Pettigrew Park Club. Special
nusic was rendered by Wilbur Har
ris of Conetoe, and a poem was
pead by Mrs. Joe Newberry of the
Uba Club. Following presentation
Sewards and announcements, the
i\®iing was closed with the sing
ing of “Blest Be the Tie.”
The Roanoke Beacon
****** and Washington County News ******
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A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington
County and its 13,000 people.
VOLUME LXVII—NUMBER 45
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 8, 1956
ESTABLISHED 1889
| HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL ROYALTY AT ROPER HIGH
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The above photo was made at Roper during the recent Hallo
ween Carnival, an annual event, and shows the royal court, with the
queen being crowned by the principal of the school, T. A. Ilood.
In the picture, left to right, front row: Barbara Hood, duchess; Bren
da Edwards, princess: Tom Hood, prince; Harry Davis, duke; second
row, same order: Judv Gaylord, runner-up; Rachel Sawyer, queen:
Tony Chesson, king; Norman Davenport, runnerup: Mary Helen
Tarkenton, runner-up; and T. A. Hood behind the queen.
Crop Damage Varies
County Agent States
I Deadline Close
j On Cover Crops
Deadline is November 18 lor
sowing winter cover crops for
farmers who have received ap
proval through the ACP. it was
announced this week by the coun
ty ASC office here.
Those who would like to make
request for government cost
sharing on seeding of such cover
crops as oats, wheat, barley, rye,
vetch, crimson clover and rye
grass should report to the ASC
office and do so as soon as poss
ible, it was stated.
Monday Holiday
To Be Observed
Since Veterans Day date —No
vember 11—falls on Sunday this
year, Monday will be observed as
a holiday by some.
All federal offices, including the
post office, will observe the holiday
as will state offices, including the
office of the area license examiner
in the courthouse here.
The county offices would prob
ably take the holiday also but the
November civil term of Washing
ton County Superior Court is slated
to open Monday with Judge J. Paul
Frizzelle of Snow Hill on the bench.
Both banks here will also be
closed next Monday.
So far as could be learned here
late yesterday, no special observ
ance of the day in the way of a
program is planned.
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Fail of Quorum
At Meeting Here
Plymouth’s mayor, A. J. Riddle,
may be thinking up some sort of
special attraction to lure members
of the City Council to the next
meeting of that body, set for Mon
day night of next week at the Mu
nicipal Building. Time will be the
usual 8 o’clock.
Monday night of this week was
the customary time for the regu
lar monthly conclave but time for
the meeting came and only three
councilmen were on hand. Since
the number present lacked one of
being a quorum, no business could
be transacted.
Poorly Slacked Peanuts Are
Hurl Considerably by Wei
Weather, Soybean Dam
age High, Agent Says
County Agent Guy M. Whitford
reported this week that damage to
peanuts stacked in the fields varies
considerably from field to field,
with the ones that were stacked
properly being in much better con
dition.
The continuous rains of the latter
part of October did much damage
to farm crops, the county agent
noted. He stated that damage to
the soybean crop will run more
than was at first supposed.
L. S. Styons of the Plymouth
area has some peanuts which were
stacked when he was not present
to supervise the work and he says
that these peanuts show more signs
of damage than the ones that he
helped stack. He has a few stacks
that have fallen down and they
seem to be damaged much worse
than those standing upright. The
need for correct stacking is strong
ly emphasized in this, the county
agent observes.
A nfeeting of farmers and grain
buyers was held in the auditorium
of the Agriculture Building here
Wednesday night of this week to
discuss damage to soybeans and
to hear recommendations from O.
W. Faison and George Spain as to
what the farmer can do in order
to keep the grade up. Mr. Faison
is in charge of grain marketing,
with the North Carolina Depart
ment of Agriculture, and Mr. Spain
is Extension Agronomy specialist.
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Loan Association
To Meet Tonight
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of Plymouth Building and
Loan Association will be held in
the office of the association on
Water Street here Thursday night
of this week, beginning at 8 o’clock.
Directors will be elected and a
general report of affairs of the
association will be heard. Also,
after the board of directors has
been named, directors will meet
and name officers for the associa
tion.
Present officers and directors
are Z. V. Norman, president and
director; P. W. Brown, vice presi
dent and director; L. S. Thompson,
E. G. Arps, J. L. Rea, sr., J. W.
Marrow, J. W. House, sr., Lyman
Mayo and W. M. Darden. I. Miller
Warren is secretary.
Award Contracts To Clear Streams
I Contracts for clearing streams in
7 eastern North Carolina counties,
deluding Washington, have been
warded, according to Steve Wall,
hief of the Technical Liaison
Iranch, U. S. yVrmy Corps of En
ineers, Wilmington District.
Contracts are to be awarded
within a few days" in two other
ounties, Columbus and Duplin.
The contracts for stream clear
nce in this county went to Dicker
son, Inc., for $11,400, according to
Wall’s release. Low figure for the
contracts was $5,160 in Bertie
County, while the high was Bruns
wick County, $99,000. Tyrrell con
tract was for the same amount as
Washington County’s and also was
awarded to Dickerson, Inc.
Other counties and amounts were
shown as follows:
Beaufort, $20,615; Bladen, $16,
387*60; Camden, $11,400; Carteret,
$15,200; Craven, $23,750; Hertford,
$29,920; Jones, $69,000; Martin,
$24,700; New Hanover, $11,400;
Onslow, $87,400; Pamlico, $18,430;
Pender, $75,250; Wilson, $20,615.
Some time ago, Congress voted
an appropriation to be used in
clearing streams of debris which
resulted from the hurricanes of
last year. Washington County made
official application for an alloca
tion of these federal funds for sev
eral drainage projects.
Trainmaster Here
Resigns in Face
Of Union Threats
L. H. Lemley and Family
Leave for Mobile, Ala
bama, Home; Says Strike
Threat Made
L. H. Lemley and family left
Plymouth Wednesday of this week
for their home at Mobile, Alabama,
following Mr. Lemley’s resignation
as trainsmaster here with the Nor
folk-Southern Railroad.
Mr. Lemley assumed' his duties
as trainsmaster here last June. He
had offices at the old Norfolk
Southern depot building on Wash
ington Street.
In a telephone conversation with
a Beacon reporter Wednesday
morning, Mr. Lemley stated that
he had written a letter of resigna
tion to General Superintendent J.
C. Poe of Raleigh, with resignation
to be effective November 1.
Mr. Lemley explained that var
ious unions had served notice on
the management of the railroad
that they would stage a strike un
less Lemley be removed. Among
the unions were listed the Order
of Railroad Conductors, American
Train Dispatchers Association, Bro
therhood of Railway Trainmen and
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Engineers, though it
was said the latter did not go along
with the action.
Lemley said the management
took the position that they can i
stand any labor troubles now.” Re
sentment, he said, seemed to be
that an outsider had been brought
in to take the job. He said he had
received letters of recommendation
praising his work from Vice Presi
dent M. C. Jeannette and R. F. Ha
ley, director of personnel. Also, it
was stated by Mr. Lemley that the
rank and file among the unions
seemed to think that their leaders
had erred.
Mr. Lemley said he wanted to go
home to Mobile and look around a
bit before making a decision on
new job offers.
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County Men Fined
In Federal Court
federal court at wasmngion last
week fines totaling $4,250, it was
unofficially reported.
The men, all from the Skinners
ville section, faced liquor and wine
charges growing out of a careful
ly-planned and conducted raid in
Pea Ridge Thursday, September 6,
in which several ABC and federal
officers took part.
Judge Don Gilliam of Tarboro
fined Jimmy Spruill $3,500, Sid
Harrington, $550, and E. O. Arnold,
Fay Spruill, Raymond Patrick and
W. B. Chesson, $50 each, it was re
ported.
Spruill, charged with possession
of 10 gallons of whiskey, was tried
on Friday of last week, it was said.
The fine, regarded as a stiff one,
was said to be for a second of
fense.
Cases of the others were heard
on Wednesday, it was reported.
Marketing Quota
Vote on Cotton
Set December 11
County Growers Will Have
Opportunity To Vote on
Question of Quotas for
1957 Crop
Cotton farmers in this county
will have opportunity to vote De
cember 11 on the question of mar
keting quotas for the 1957 crop.
A cotton referendum will be held
on that date and it is also thought
likely that referendums on some
other crops may be conducted at
the same time, although they have
not yet been announced.
A two-thirds vote for marketing
quotas will be necessary to put
them into effect for the 1957 crop.
If more than one-third of the vot
ers fail to approve quotas, they
will not be in effect, but acreage
allotments will remain in effect as
a condition of eligibility for price
support.
During the past two years, it was
said, individual farm cotton allot
ments have been based on the aver
age plantings for the past three
years, with all farms receiving the
same percentage reduction from
past plantings except for adjust
ments made by local committees.
It is poihted out, however, that
the establishment of minimum al
lotments for 1957 on cotton will
mean that many small farms will
receive allotment equal to, and in
some instances, in excess of their
average plantings, while larger
farms will receive a proportionate
acreage cut to offset non-reduction
on small farms.
School Bond Issue Carries; Record
Vote in County; Ike Sweeps Nation
President Carries 41 States
With 457 Electoral Votes;
County and State Remain
Democratic
While most of the nation was
voting Tuesday to return Republi
cans Dwight D. Eisenhower and
Richard M. Nixon to the highest
offices in the land, Washington
County and North Carolina voters
remained true to their Democratic
heritage by giving majorities to
Adlai E. Stevenson and Estes Ke
fauver. The Democratic majorities
in both the county and state were
considerably smaller than they
were in 1952, however.
Despite the one-sidedness of the
Eisenhower victory, the nation ap
parently maintained the Democrats
in control of both houses of the
Congress. Thursday morning, it ap
peared that the Democrats would
have 232 seats in the House of
Representatives, to 203 for the Re
publicans; and 49 Senators, against
46 for the Republicans, with one
seat in Kentucky remaining in
doubt. Democrats also have a ma
jority of the governorships in the
48 States.
President Eisenhower rolled up
a tremendous majority in both pop- j
ular and electoral votes. It appears
today that only Missouri, Arkan
sas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
South Carolina and North Carolina
are in the Democratic column, with
a total of 74 electoral votes; while
Eisenhower carried the remaining
41 with an electoral total of 457.
The popular vote totals stood at
something over 32,311,000 for the
President, while Stevenson had a
little over 23,800,000, a majority
of nearly 9,000,000 for the Repub
licans.
In 1952 Eisenhower carried 39
states with 442 electoral votes,
while Stevenson carried nine states
with 89 votes. The popular vote
figure was 33,927,000 for Eisen
hower to 27,314,000 for Stevenson,
a majority of 6,612,000.
The voting was very close in
Nor'1’ Carolina this year. With 1.
os „f the state’s 2,055 precincts
reported this morning, Stevenson
Sec PRESIDENT, Page 10
Jaycee Turkey Shtwii
Arranged Next Week
The Plymouth Junior Chamber
of Commerce is sponsoring a tur
key shoot here Friday and Satur
day, November 16 and 17, it is an
nounced.
The event will be held behind
the Atlantic Coast Line station be
tween the hours of 4 and 9 p. m.
on Friday and from 2 to 9 p. m.
Saturday, according to Jack W.
House, jr., who is chairman of the
project committee. Other members
of the committee were listed as Dr.
A. L. Whitehurst, Foster Perkins
and Jack Strader.
A charge of $1 per shot will be
made and ammunition will be fur
nished. Also, guns will be avail
able for the use of those without
their own guns, it was stated.
Tickets are available from any
member of the Jaycees, House ex
plained.
Proceeds will be used in the fur
therance of worthwhile community
projects, the committee chairman
said.
County Veterinarian
Discussed by Board
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County Commissioners In
struck Clerk to Extend
Written Invitation to Vet
erinary Student
Possibility of getting a veteri
narian for this county was talked
Monday at the regular monthly
meeting of the board of county
commissioners.
Guy M. Whitford, county agent,
who appeared before the board to
tender his report of work done dur
ing October, stated that he was in
receipt of a letter from Berlcn Har
ris who is attending veterinarian
school in Atlanta, Ga. The letter,
Mr. Whitford explained, stated that
the writer expected to complete
his schooling next spring and tha^,
he was interested in locating in
this part of North Carolina.
J. Robert Campbell, who serves
as clerk to the hoard, was instruct
ed to write to Harris and extend
'-.•n ar mvltal ;n to visit Washing
ton County before making a de
Sce VETERINARIAN, Page 10
Ask Return oi j
Tobacco Cards j
County tobacco growers who
have completed the marketing
of their crop arc urged to return
the marketing cards to the ASC
office here.
Those who have not finished
selling tobacco should return the
cards just as soon as the market
ing of the leaf is completed, it
was said. Some of the smaller
markets in the belt are winding
up their selling season, it was
learned this week.
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To Hoid Service Sunday
Al Morrailock Church
Services will be held Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 at the Morrat
tock Primitive Baptist Church near
Plymouth by v minis1 er, Elder
S R. Boykin. The public is cord
ially invited to attend.
Vote in the County, by Precincts
Below is an unofficial tabulation of the Washington County vote, by precincts, as cast in the
general election last Tuesday, November 6. The vote will be canvassed and officially certified by the
county board of elections Thursday morning of this week, and, while the following returns are un
official, it is believed they are substantially correct:
PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT
For President and Vice President:
Stevenson and Kefauver (D)--—.
Sisenhower and Nixon (R)
SCHOOL BOND BALLOT
Yes -----
No --
COUNTY BALLOT
For Solicitor, 2nd District
Hubert E. May (D)..
For State Senators, 2nd District (Vote for 2):
Robert H. Cowen (D)
Edward L. Owens (D) ..-.—.
For County Representative:
J. M. Phelps (D)
For Clerk of Superior Court:
Walton 0. Allen (D)..
For Register of Deeds:
J. Robert Campbell (D)..
For Judge of Recorder’s Court
W. Ronald Gaylord (D)
For Solicitor of Recorder’s Court:
W. Blount Rodman (D)...
For County Commissioner, Plymouth Township:
A. R. Latham (D).
For County Commissioner, Skinnersville Township:
Hubert L. Davenport (D)
For Constable, Lees Mill Township
W. A. Everett (D)
Ply.1 Ply.2
518 778
197 319
589 984
112 86
606 928
604 926
619 944
615 945
622 945
627 961
625 957
626 951
623 938
609 929
L.M. Skin.
330 103
158 94
250 55
223 140
386 117
395 119
381 117
402 128
398 123
402 125
404 129
402 125
391 118
391 131
402
Scup. Wen.
184 34
239 25
145 44
264 12
257 47
264 47
267 47
287 46
270 48
279 47
284 47
272 48
258 47
277 47
Totals
1947
1032
2067
837
2341
2355
2375
2423 !
2406
2441
2446
2424
2375
2384
402
STATE BALLOT
t For Go\ernor:
: Luther H. Hodges (D).
| Kyle Hayes (R) .
I For Lieutenant Governor:
| Luther E. Barnhardt (D).-.
| Joe A. Dunn (R)..
| For Secretary of State:
! Thad Eiye (D) _...—
3 Grover C. Robbins (R).
For State Auditor:
Henry L. Bridges (D).-.-.
William White (R).-.—
For State Treasurer:
Edwin Gill (D).-...
Calvin Monroe Adams (R)
For Attorney General:
George B. Patton (D).
C. E Hyde (R)...
For Supt. of Public Instruction:
Charles F. Carroll (D)—.
T. E. Story (R)
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
L. Y. Ballentine (D)
Fred R. Keith (R)..
For Commissioner of Insurance:
Charles I’. Gold (D)..—
David W. Lee (R)—.-.—
For Commissioner of Labor:
Frank Crane (D)..-.
J. M. Stancil (R)—..
For United States Senator
Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (D)...
Joel A. Johnson (R)
For Member Congress, 1st District:
Herbert C. Bonner (D)
Zeno O. Ratcliff (R)
542
124
896
174
375
99
109
72
249
155
44
15
2215
639
539
118
887
170
365
88
105
72
233
150
44
14
2173
612
540
114
890
169
372
86
104
72
236
151
44
14
2186
606
538
114
887
168
366
89
102
72
233
151
44
14
2170
608
538
115
890
168
366
87
103
72
233
153
44
14
2174
609
540
111
890
167
367
88
104
72
234
150
44
15
2179
603
536
112
886
167
367
86
102
72
235
150
44
15
2170
602
539
112
888
167
368
85
105
72
235
150
44
15
2179
601
540
110
883
170
371
85
103
72
235
150
44
15
2176
602
543
112
540
113
887
166
886
169
366
86
365
84
103
72
104
72
233
152
235
151
44
15
44
14
2176
603
2174
603
545
113
893
171
371
84
111
72
249
153
44
14
2213
607
Stevenson Majority in Coun
ty Smaller Than in 1952,
Over 1,200 Margin in
Favor of School Bonds
Washington County voters turn
ed out in record numbers at the
general election Tuesday to give
substantial majorities in favor of
the $500,000 school bond issue and
to Democratic candidates generally
for local, state and national offices.
It is unofficially estimated that
right at 3,000 voters went to the
polls, as compared with a previous
high of 2,748 in the general elec
tion four years ago.
The proposed bond issue for ad
ditional school buildings received
2,067 favorable votes to 837 against,
returning the surprising majority
of 1,230 for the issue. Four of the
six precincts returned majorities
in favor of the bond issue, Skin
nersville and Scuppernong being
the two to return an unfavorable
vote.
One of the most pleasant sur
prises to supporters of the bond
issue was the vote in Lees Mill
Township, which was 250 to 223 in
favor of the issue despite pre-elec
tion forecasts that it would be
against. Plymouth Precinct No. 2
returned the largest majority for
the bonds, the vote there being
984 for to 86 against. Wenona vot
ed 44 to 12 in favor of the bonds;
while Skinnersville voted against,
140 to 55; and Scuppernong was
264 to 145 against.
Although county voters gave Ad
lai E. Stevenson a majority of 915
over President Dwight D. Eisen
hower in the presidential contect,
the Democratic candidate’s majori
ty wafe reduced considerably from
the even 1,200 majority he received
in 1952. This year the Republican
nominee received 35 per cent of
the vote cast, while four years ago
it was 28 per cent.
Stevenson and Kefauver carried
five of the six county precincts,
losing Scuppernong by a margin of
184 to 239. Four years ago the
Democrats lost two county pre
cints, Skinnersville by 76 to 97
' and Wenona by 23 to 24; while this
• year they carried both by n.?. row
margins, 103 to 94 in Skinnersville
and 34 to 25 in Wenona. However,
they won Scuppernong in 1952 by
213 to 149, while this year they
lost that precinct by 55 votes.
One unusual thing is that there
was only two votes difference be
tween 1952 and 1956 in Plymouth
Township’s vote for Stevenson. In
Plymouth No. 1 four years ago
Stevenson polled 516 to 518 this
year, while in Plymouth No. 2 the
vote was exactly the same both
years, 778. Eisenhower, on the oth
er hand, gained materially in the
township, picking up from 124 to
197 in Plymouth No. 1 and from
260 to 319 in Plymouth No. 2, a net
increase of 132 for this year.
There was no Republican opposi
See~ELECTIONrPage^T~
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October Wettest
For Period Since
1942 This County
Only Fiflh Time Since Wea
ther Records Have Been
Kept in County That Total
Exceeds Five Inches
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October just past was the wettest
October in Washington County
since 1942, a check of records at
the weather station near here
shows.
Total precipitation for the month
was 6.27 inches, the weather station
record shows. Some rainfall was
listed on 18 of the 31 days in Oc
tober, including a trace on the
5th.
October is usually a dry month
in this area and the precipitation
for the month this year has been
equalled or surpassed only four
times since the keeping of weather
records was begun back in 1915.
The other wet Octobers were
listed by the weather station staff
as 1929 (6.89 inches), 1936 ( 6:40
inches), 1939 (6.75 inches), and
1942 ( 6.66 inches).
Total rainfall for the first 15
days of October this year stood at
only .08 of an inch. But then it
really began to rain . . . and rain
. . . and rain. Continuous drizzles
for a 24-hour period around the
17th resulted in a precipitation of
2.72 inches. On the 30th the rain
fall measured 1.25 inches. On the
other days rainfall was less than an
inch, but there were so many rainy
days the cumulative effect was
great.
October rainfall totals since 1950
in this county read as follows:
1950, 1.65 inches; 1951, 2.93 in
ches; 1952, 1.11 inches; 1953, M
of an inch; 1954, 1.27; and '1965,
„ 1.10 inches.