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VOLUME 15.__ROANOKE R APHIS-ROSEMARY. N. C. THURSDAY. NOV EM HER 11th 1929. NUMEBR 31.
HALIFAX
MEETING
NOV. 18
Morning and Afternoon Sessions
at Roanoke Rapids High
School Building
FULL PROGRAM
Of Child Development Confer
ence With Array of Promi
' nent Speakers
Parents, teaehres and community,
welfare and civic leaders from over
Halifax county are expected to as
semble at Roanoke Rapids on Mon
day, November 18, for a Child De
velopment Conference, which will be
held throughout the day with out
standing topics to be discussed by an
array of prominent speakers. The
meeting will be held in the Roanoke
Rapids High School Auditorium,
opening at 10 o’colck and lasting until
3:30. Supt. A. E. Akers will preside
and outline the theme of the day’s
discussions.
Topping the list of speakers will ho
Dr. Ruth Andrus formerly of Co
lumbia LTn eivity, hut now Direct' !
of Chilli Development nod Parental
Edueatim ‘or the Slate of New V i !<.
, Others the <Ey'.> program in.-|u« c
Miss Hattie S. Parr oU, State Super
visor of Elementary E lin-ation and a
representative from lie, St .Hr Hoard
of Health.
Vai mmittei
ing on t)u* arrangenu nts ami -t prom
ises to be a ni• ■ -1 v.m- thw a'.. ;1 jn.
teresti! occasion. It ;« |; •». i *i: •*
a large number of parents, t - .. - 1 .
members of adult Sunday S ■ -! 1 »I
classes. pastors, lm-mium of t'•
rent Ti-achcr a-- .datum and \Y-.;n -
Clubs, and any • - : but ivv
ed in children will be pp -eiit to gabi
some of 1 lie si im.ulation and «• :'i:ii e
help such a meeting on < • d De
velopment and Parental K hi- ;.a -n
will afford.
This conference is b. ;;,g sp mso’vd ,
by the State Department, of Educa I
tion. the Stale Board of Health, Liu
North Cnroliua Coleige for Women, j
the North Carolina Education Asso
ciation and the Halifax Countv
schools. The program will be as fol
lows:
10:00 A. M.- {legist ation.
10:15 A. M. -Music. Uaon-oko Ra
pids High School Orchestra. Invo
cation, Rev. I.. M. Hall.
10:10 A. M. Opening Statement
Introducing Program, Supt. A. E.
Akers.
10:50 A. M.—The School’s Three
Fold Program, Miss Hattie S. Par
rott, State Department of Education.
11.00A. M. The Child a Total Per
sonality, Dr. Ruth Andrus, Director of
Child Development and Parental Edu
cation for State of New York.
12:00 M.—Open Forum, Dr. An
drus.
12:30 P. M.—Lunch.
2:00 P. M.—Cooperative Health
Plan, Member of State Board of
Health.
2:30 P. M. Cooperative Relation
ships, Dr. Andrus.
3:15 P. M.—What the P. T. A. Can
Do to Help in the Program, Mrs. T.
W. M. Long.
3:25 P. M.—Summing Up.
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Shell Furniture Co.
Open for Business
The Shell Furniture Co., Incorpo
rated, has bought out the L. G. Shell
Co., Inc. in Rosemary and the new
place of business is now open to the
public. Mr. Leslie Shell will be ma
nager of the new company and Mr.
S. B. Jones assistant manager. Mr.
E. W. Harris has been employed as
salesman. They have delayed adver
tising until new stock which has been
ordered arrives. All the friends and
customers of the old concern as well
as newcomers are invited to visit the
new store. A complete line of fur
niture, radios and similar stock is
being carried.
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Howerton Gowen Is
Applicant for Degree
Lexington. Va. Nov. 14—Howerton
Gowen, son of Mrs. Job Taylor, Roa
noke Rapids, N. C.. a graduate of the
Roanoke Rapids High School, is one
of the three North Carolinians who
are applicants for degrees to be con
ferred by Washington and Lee Uni
versity at the commencement exercis
es in June, University authorities an
nounced today. Gowen is an appli
cant for the degree of bachelor of
arts. He is a member of the Alpha
Tau Omega social fraternity and the
president of the Cotillion Club.
Miss Cherry Speaker
Miss Annie Cherry, president of tin
N. C. Educational Association, left
Monday for Hendersonville to attend
the meeting of the State Parent
Teachers Association. She will deliver
an address on Cooperatoin Between
the Educational Associatoin and the
P. T. A.
AURELIAN
P.T.A. MEET
Parent Teachers Asportation of
Aurelian Springs to Study
Parenthood Education
By C. W. JACKSON
The meeting of the Aurelian
Springs Parent Teacher Association
Thursday evening, November 7, mani
fested mu /i nthusiasm. which was
due larglv to the interesting discus
sion of two important problems and
the adoption of one of these problems
as a definite unit of work for the
present school year. These problems,
school attendance and Parenthood
education, were discussed at much
length by members of the local as
sociation. The problem of attendance
was discussed from the student’s
standpoint hv Agnes Louise Wilcox,
fo the 8th grade; the parent’s view
point by Mrs. .J. ('. Stalling. ; the
teacher’s viwepoint by Miss Odell
Smith; and as a State and National
• .emblem by Mrs. J. R. Taylor and Mr
R. C. Hatlej i tiv< v. Miss Mar
i’and Chinn presented an impressive
(•'.ample of «h- problem of a.Uen bra
in tin* f.-rm o’’ a g ::nh, in illg-o r;.* iv
col rs. showing the record of a*:
an.c in td e Aipvlinn Sndn'-s . .1
The pi-obl.-m of Parenthood ,
t in was ui-cussed from a hr.dpi.
s'a ml point by .Mrs. Y. ('. V.;
a recreational standpoint by Mr-. \V.
II. V. box; a n.cinl n o| ei.b ,--:i'e: J
, *int by Mi". <L. Kelly and a nr rei |
standpoint by Mr. M, W Idl-s.
After c insider?)i»U> liis c . : n I
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’ i 'n adopted the problem of Parent -
'■e. ! .edm a ion as a unit of study for
the coming year. This p.oble.vi I
adopted because it was c\ ident, {'?•■• ,n
discussion, presented that the la-. V ol I
cooperation on the part of parent< is*
due largely to insufficient knowledge
in regard to the proper relationship
of the parent to the school. It v. is the
general eonsensusof opinion of the
members present that this h.iov. b-dge
properly supplied will tend ;o . .he
the problem of school attendance ami
result in a better understanding and
stronger cooperation between the
home and school.
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Hospital News *,
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Recent births at the hospital: To |
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jernigan, a boy, ;
Nov. 7. Mr. and Mrs. E. *3. Britt, a
girl, Nov. 12. Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Kinsley, a girl, Nov. 10. Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Tyndall, a boy, Nov. 7. Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Sledge, of Rich Square, a
boy, Nov. Id. Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Kennon of Weldon, a boy, Nov. 12.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Harp, a girl, Nov.
Id.
Recent patients who have been ad
mitted t othe hospital: Mrs. J. Frank
West. Mrs. Teddy Cox.
Recent patients who have recently
undergone operarons: Mrs. Jose
phine Freed of Weldon, Miss Lucille
Davis of Conway. Mrs. L. T. Jenkins
of Littleton.
Mrs. R .B. Purdy left the hospital
today.
Mrs. Robert Moovj and Miss Ruth
McCoy spent Wodnc in Rich
mond.
PUBLIC INVITED
The Halifax Chapter of United
Daughters of the Confederacy ex
tends an invitation to the public to at
tend the unveiling fo a memorial to
General Junius Daniel, who gave his
life for the Confederacy at the batc'.e
of Spottsylvania Courthouse, May 12.
18C4. The exercise will take place
at 3 o’clock, Novembre 15, on the
Courthouse lawn at Halifax.
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A Traveling Man
Mr. C. Lenwood Wright, popular
member of the staff of the Rosemary
Drug Co., has resigned his position
to accept one with the Lance Packing
Co., of Charlotte. Mr. Wright will
travel this territory and his head
quarters will be either here or Law
renceville. Mr. Sharpe of Elm City
will fill the vacancy at Rosemary
Drug.
PAYS FOR AT
TENDANCE
Countv is Loser When Children
Fail to Attend Sfhoo*• A’d
Based on Good Attendance
There is much talk in Hplifav
County these days about school at
tendance. Some parents may wonder
why the school officials are so anx
ious about, the attendance of the nu
nils. It is easily explained. Under
the new Hancock law, the county
shares in state aid only in proportion
to the attendance records of the
schools. The amount Halifax Coun
Vt will get from the State next year
for educational work depends, not on
the total enrollment in the county,
hut on the total attendance during the
year.
As one county superintendent puts
it “The State pays for attendance:
the county pa vs for absence.” Lack
of teachers and la''k of ”0'’m in many
c^untio<? this ••ear is duo to the poor
attendance those counties suffered
last year.
Attendance at tho Twin City
schools is picking up s’pco Miss Hunt
er has been giving part of her time as
truant officer. On Inst Thursday
there were only six ah- "ices in the
High School, with an o-.-nllment of
over 500. Miss Hunter’s work con
^ : in calling on iho n-rents
ot <!• !:in;;ii *nt • and •-ecurng their co
operal urn. Where there are severe’
rasfs, she turns them over to the
County Welfare offior r. M ?t i.f
The follow
The Parent Teacher A--oci-Pion '
•1 ’■'• •sinid-tr groups are - .• ( i
CM to h Ip in the plan f -r i. • «av
erage at .tendance in the schools .A Mr
state. The Hna.-.j 0f Cha-'t: s
and public Are has i>centl> added
a departnvnt which will deal entirely
vith attendance. Everywhere it i
recogniv:ed- as being ef prime im
portance to the welfare of the Stale.
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One Week Course
In Poultry Raising
N'»rIh Carolina S ate College of
Agriculture and Engineering
School of Agriculture
The North Carolina State College
is putting on its Nth annual one-week
poultry course for farmers, farm
women and poultry producers eom
iru-m-in at 10 a. m. Monday, Novem
ber 18, 1929.
This course consists of three one
hour lectures each afternoon and a la
boratory period in the afternoon tak
in up the various subjects such as
judging for egg production, hatching,
brooding, production of broilers and
growing out pullets for winter egg
production. Disease control and
many other features a person should
know to successfully carry on in pro
fitable production work will be dis
cussed. Visits will be made to com
mercial and diversified farm flocks
The trapnested college flocks and la
boratory facilities make this course
a success.
Rooms can be secured close by for
$1 per night and meals at the College
Cafeteria at popular prices. There
is no charge for the course.
The course will be given by Dr.
Kaupp and Moore and Professors
Parrish, Dearstyne, Armstrong, Salt
er, Poley, Greaves, Gauger and Feu
ric. Women as well as men attend
this course. For further information
write to Dr. B. F. Kaupp, State Col
lege Station, Raleigh, N. C.
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Undertaker’s School
Mr. Billy Williams left for a two
days special course at Charlotte in
dermi-surgery. Because of the great
increase in the number of deaths from
automobile crashes, Mr. Williams
says that undertakers face the need
of extended knowledge in plastic and
other kinds of surgery.
INFANTS BURIED
Kelly Dixon, 12 months old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dixon died Tues
day, November 5th. Funeral services
were held at Roanoke Rapids Ceme
ter. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Davis was buried November 6
at Roanoke Rapids Cemetery.
Akers on Program
More than 1,000 North Carolina
teachers were present at the annuo
meeting of the Central District at
Raleigh last Friday. Mr. A. E. Akers
Halifax County superintendent, spok<
on the types of individual student re
cords. Among the State officers nam
ed were H. W. Oaks, Jr. of Weldon,
V. C. Matthews of Aurelian Springs.
Miss Katherine Wiggins of Weldon,
Miss Mary Long Danil of Halifax.
RADIOHELPS
FIND AUTO
Car Stolen Here Found in South
Carolina Two Weeks Later Af
ter Description is Broadcast
In this modern age of radio, tele
graph and telephone, it is a difficult
matter to get away with anything.
These three particular agencies wore
used by Mr. Jimmy Lynch in record
ing his automobile stolen from near
the Rosemary Manufacturing Co,
some two weeks ago.
I ho car. an Essex sedan, was found I
near Moncks, S. C. after Mr. Lynch !
had notified Raleigh of the theft and
the description of the car had been
broadcast over the country by th ■
radio station at Raleigh.
?tIoncks is somewhere on tin* other
sid" of Florence, S. A d-pud
I'-ng-d’'.anced Mr. I ynch. af-s i: as
i * tl d ription
car ties," ted on the highway n-as
Mot ! 1 ’or ter. M
}.: '-aid and did not. ■ ' ■ S
T.i< a - number until i;e heat : it
the radio.
I!,■ went after the . a". vrsi s
! his \Y. !: The car v ;.s • .Il ad {
lowe'en ht here. T > 1 > •
1S yeai s old, were svn ha1', s
around the car the' rdeyi. go- ,
near Mi
tbson : ' : o'ug aiid id'.'" • to • ' 'el
t• 11"le f ••• a gallon of yy . :
in th: . they were forced to iv ' m '
the car a few miles fa: tF
the road. Hearing t.vo vagn !' . 1
Is eu picked up near Mon i. . M s
lynch visited tbo tail and found two
boys who he believes were the the”,
hut he had no way of proving d o
identity. They denied everything. j
DENNIS JOHNSON
STARS IN GAME
Johnson ;md Vick, Fo-n! Hoys,
Winning Fame on Gridiron
With Guilford Team
Guilford College, N i". 1 ‘2 I>on”';
Johnson, Roanoke Rapids boy. pla\
ing his first game as a regular at
Guilford College, was largely respon
sible for the Quaker's victory over
the Klon Team in the stadium in
Greensboro in one of the biggest up
sets of the present season in little
six circles of the State.
Coach Anderson’s men entered the
game doped to lose to Klon team by
a good margin and their victory came
as a complete surprise to the follow
ers o fghaetem etaoincSbig-(etaonn
ers of both teams. This keeps the
Quakers in the race for their second
straight little six championship and
eliminates the Elon aggregation.
Johnson was at fullback in the game
and in the many times that he carried
the ball he averaged over four yards.
He was pitted against the mighty Mr.
Williams, Elon ace, and he proceeded
to out shine him in every department
ofthe game.
Vick, another product of Roanoke
Rapids, also got into the game in the
second half and played agood game
at guard. He had been used in this
position in several of the games this
season and he has come through with
flying colors.
Coach Anderson has been very suo
cesful up to date dropping but one
game up to date, the one to Erskine
at Due West last week when the Qua
kers were stopped for the first time
in ten starts.
Go To Church Sunday
This Sunday, November 17, is Ho
To Church Sunday and a special ef
fort is being made by the children of
the Twin Citys’ schools to swell the
attendance at the various churches.
The children are being urgde to at
themselves and they, in turn, are ask
ing their parents and friends to at
tend.
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“A Poor Married Man,” a comedy
in three acts, will be presented by the
Junior Class of the local High School
or. Tuesday night, November 28. The
play will be given at the High Sch<*ol
auditorium. Rehearsals are being
held daily.
LAST GAME
TOMORROW
Yellow jackets Play Farimille
Herc Friday at 3 in Fast Home
Game of Sason; Tie Hertford
Gamely resisting the efforts of the
much heavier Hertford team, the
Ycllowjackets were able to hold their
opponents to a nothin to nothing tie
in the football game here last Friday
afternoon,which was really a moral
victory for the local boys who were
doped for defeat.
The few town spectators who wit
nessed the game saw the best game
of the year. It was a royal battle
from start to finish, the hall seesaw
ing back and forth, with the outcome
always in doubt.
Hertford, with a much heavier and
more experienced team, uncorked a
series of trick plays which were beau
tifully executed and consistent gain
ers the first half of the game. Only
the fighting heart of the local team
prevented scoring as thro • times
Hertford worked its way almost to
the goal line only to he held for downs
hv the hard fighting Yellow jacket-.
The locals threatened to score just
as many times as did thoi • rival:- j
Hong passes put the ban o'cep jr
Hertford territory more than on- j
where their defense st iffe:--; «i an! '
held at the goal line. II. n o-d h-.d |
only lost one game this season and
• ii: - " as their l is’st tie.
At three odd • k t e.mr-. w aft--* -
noun, i i id.ay, local footha-1- f -nr wi"
1-r.v jacket - i;. a< i*n \ !:is \ . •
d ft ' 50 to '3:00 o\ oh k.
ui -d t > M! -nd this la t j
h- n appr\( tP,, j
get your money's worth plenty.
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Halifax Canty
■ober
Dixie Cafe, Scotland Nee, 97
Dixie ( <;fo, Scotland X. . _ 97
C'nry', Lunch Rea. Rpds. 97
Whit''iii>uS-\ Enfield 90 1-2
Xvw Yvijv Cafe. Weldon 95
Star Cafe, Enfield '.‘1
Woodruff’s Lunch. Roa. Rpds. 9 i
Coff< Shoppe, Weldon 52 1 2
lies'."''-iry Cafe, Rosemary 91
Dunc;.:5s Lunch, Roan 'ke FCp.ls 90 1-2
i:. !•’. Hedgepeth's Rosemary 90
Halif 'x Cafe, Halifax 73 1-2
Colored t ale Scores for October
- e, Weldon 97
Levy Latter, on, Weldon 8s 1-2
Coffields Cafe, Enfield S2
Globe Cafe, Scotland Xeck SI
South End Cafe, Enfield 7*9
American Cafe, Weldon 78
Willis Cafe, Enfield 70
Market Scores, Roanoke Rapids
Taylor &. Collier 98
S. C. Cook 97
G. II. Ranhorn 95
W. C. Allsbrook 94
Hedepeth 92
R. A. Williams 91
Village Cash Store 87
Market Scores for Rosemary
Wayne Grocery Co. 98
Wayne Grocery Co. 98
R. E. Merritt 98
Traynham & Grimmer 98
Warren Gro. Co 98
J. G. Wells 98
Rosemary Supply Co 97
E. R. Matthews 90
Glasgow 95
W. R. Stark 95
.T. H. Matkins 9 .
Taylro Gro. Co 94
Ideal Economy Store 93
M. M. Anderson _ 93
Tucker Fayed _ .90
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Former Residents
Bury Child Here
John Shell, age 2, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roland Shell of Fayetteville,
was buried here last Saturday. Rev
erend Grantham officiated. The child
died in Fayetteville. The father is
a brother of L. G. and C. C. Shell of
this city and he and his wife are botn
former residents here.
Garland Pope, age 7 months, died.
November 10, and was buried Mon
da at Roanoke Rapids Cemetery.
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Carolinas Kiwanis
Kiwanian A. .E Akers, trustee of
the Kiwanis Club of the Twin Cities,
was the delegate to the annual con
vention of the Carolinas Kiwanis
Clubs at Greenville, S. C. last week.
He will make this report to the local
club this week.
JURORS FOR NOV.
TERM HALIFAX
SUPERIOR COURT
First week beginning November 25.
1929.
R. W. M. Harper, S. B. Kitehin.
George A Brewer, J. W. Lewis, G. R.
Blackburn, J. L. Wilkersor, M. L.
Davenport, E. W. Dickens, J. C. Cutli
rell, Rufus Bolton, C. G. Sledge, Sam
Pierson, Jr., R. L. Gray, C. S. Big^s.
Bennie Britt, B. J. Barnette, J. S.
Lewis, L. L. Bokers, Richard Morris.
C. D. Clark, Arthur Clary, E. S. Ha
mil, W. H. Howinton, C. G. Arrington.
1. C. Pittman, J. F. Cogsdale, Geo. A.
Pittman, H. M. Pittman, J. C. Ellen.
F. G. Bush, J. T. Clark, C. W. Cook,
C. F. Burroughs, H. H. Harris.
Second week beginning December
2, 1929.
H. F. Bryant, C. L. Shell, J. P.
Jones, Alfred J. Marlowe, W. C. Good
rich, D. P. Wyke, N. H. Edmondson,
R. A. Rogers, Y. A. Spivey, W. P.
Gregory, F. M. Taylor, J. B. Partin,
J. R. Burton, L. N. Howard, A. L.
Garner, P. A. Hawkins, W. P. John
son. C. W. Edwards, F. H. Harris,
John T. DeBrule. \V. L. Bailey, W. A.
Pierson. Frank Hawley, R. F. Shaw.
R. II. Pope, N. A. Cates,Macon Gard
ner. S. Riddick, W. -J. Collier, S.
A. Burgess, Russell L. Dickens, R. L.
W ' dv.ard, George \V. Register, C.
J. I)a\enport, S. M. Thompson.
SCRUBS DEFEAT
FIRST TEAM 13-0
(By jimmi;-: sure u
“It ho was bad.” muttered Cap
t:.in John-';; 11f the first team di
m as he earn;- off the warpath
• re ’luesilay aftf r he had been try
■•'A t< ma-.-.ae'e I he scrubs. Put. oh
" •• those scrubs play good foot-'
h..1] f mean it was excellent. If we
t re l;:slory of the game, we
i; ‘d !i :;t the i. 'Oics consisted of th*
' ' " ' oh let m. Keim mt ?Jnr:r,v
'■’u' si.■!■ u!1. captain was cer e.inly a
io> !ia; < to Captain Johnson's line, i'
was lei a i lying t, watch the child
' ii 111r<'i;g)j t! .■ lme and murde*’
the old men. X enon Mpeigh,t the
- nil', (iiiarterback was a triple
hi" man and he gained a lot of
yardage with his passes, In. gained a
lot more when ho ran and he could
h;u .'" the eld ball when ho hoofed it.
I ll remind y >a that he started a fake
pa.;- and broke lure for again of -la
yards. He certainly could tinkle
these guys when they cam,; tl,; mgh
through, so
the hundreds e.f spectators who saw
the game lad W to se» him perform,
this act of manslaughter. Francis
Mlarke pkn 'd th » game like “Red
C range." Aetu .dy I believ • the vr.r
dt.v was afraid of tl*.is fellow. He hit
the line as if it had murdered his
wife. He hasn’t cue now but he will
have one when he’s married.
Sno.-k Matthews, that lii t!o icl'ow
from the west side of town, certainly
did excell in his playir.g. He got his
man every time and that’s a grain!
thing to say about a scrub. Butler
Brown, a lad from the country, cer
tainly did make Roger, that big 380
pound tackle wish he had stayed at
home. After he had came in contact
w’*th the guy with the ball, whoever
it was knew “it sho was bad.” Mack
Lynch played a swell game—believe
it or not, I saw him tack - once. lie
was center and that’s a hard job for
I used to he one and with my experi
ence I know. Colton Xe'.iiercut and
(j rah am Shell were also scrubs, but
one would think they just hailed from
Carolina by the way they played.
Johnny Bounds played excellent at
end. He gained from 30 to .<0 yards
everytime he caught a pass. If the
second team had ten more men like
him I wager a shilling they could
lick Tenn. Marvin Hudson, another
country kid played well in ihc line and
he proved unfortunate t oail his vic
tims. I hate to mention it, but Big
Womble and Fleetwood Sullivan were
just grand as one of the onook rs
said. They played a great game, nev
er losing an inch when they carried
the hall. Robert Lowe, a big hoy, sure
did make a mess of the guy in front
of him. The first team excelled in
one position—they had a nice water
boy.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend to our friends
and neighbors our thanks to them for
their kindness and sympathy shown
us in our recent bereavement in the
death of uor son, Hubert Justice.
Mr and Mrs. E. W. Justice.
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Miss Ella Giles invited a few of
her friends to her home Friday even
ing to a candy party. The guests
made sea foam and Martha Washing
ton candy and everyone had a very
nice time.
P. O. WANTS
XMAS MAIL
EARLIER
l’uhl;c Asked to Follow Simple
Rules on Christmas Mailing
To Insure Prompt Delivery
SPECIAL PACKING
Necessary for Some Types; Use
Full Address; Shop and Mail
Early Out of Town Gifts
With Christmas only a little over a
month away, and with mailing time
even less than that, Uncle Sam’s post
office department is the first to take
official recognition of the fast ap
proaching Yule Tide season with the
request to shop and mail early if you
want service in delivery.
Preparation is being made by the
department for the enormous volume
of Christmas mails but only wi*h
proper cooperation from the public
will the thousands of mailed gifts be
delivered in time to be hung on the
tree Christmas Eve.
There will be no mail delivery on
Christmas Day, which means your
parcels must be mailed in time for de
livery before Christmas.
One of the first rules necessary for
insuring the delivery of your parcels
is the use of heavy paper, strong
twine and parcels securely wrapped
and tied. The amount of packing
and other protection depends on w cat
you have in your parcel. For o\ample,
hats should be packed in < orrugatvd
boxes and marked “Fragile,” as
dir.uld all article/, eas'y bren-n or
damaged.
When << n.ding the good old. u:' he
to mark on the outside <•:' the
: uin a Christina.- fide quicker than
t > t a sijuashed mess of sonn iking
to eat. Take plenty of time in wrap
ping such bundles.
The address should bo corr.pVte.
< live the ame, hous
of street, box number or rural route
whenever possible and write it in ink
with a typewriter. Many parcels are
not delivered every year because of
poor care in addressing.
It is a physical imp ssil ility io
handle all the Christmas mails in
the last few days of the holiday sea
- n. Shop early and mail from a
week to ten days before Christmas,
according to the distance. Even at
that yiiwr parcels will not arrive too
early.
Millions of Chirstmas cards are
now mailed every year. If y >u Wait
until the last minute your cards will
arrive in time for New Year.-, maybe.
Play safe and mail them a week or
two before Christmas. If you take
them to the postoffice, tell the clerk
they are Christmas cards and they
wall be held until the proper time
for mailing.
If mailed in time, Special Delivery
parcels will be delivered on Christ
mas Day. That is for speed only.
For safety, insure all valuable pack
ages and don't forget to put your re
turn address on the package.
Parcels may be sent parcel post
to any foreign country except Tris
tan Da Cunha, wherever that is. If
[you have any of these, better mail
them at least a month before Christ
I mas.
Make out your list today. Do your
shopping in the next three or four
weeks, for distant shipment. Of
course, you can wait for the purchase
of gifts for those at home until the
middle of December. We are inter
ested now in helping the postoffice
department on the out of town mail
ing of Christmas presents. Yo* arc
allowed to mark on the outside “Not
to be opened until Christmas”. Mail
them early and let them have a good
time guessing what you sent. Better
too early than too late.
-D
Twin City Hunters
Bring Down Deei
Twin City hunters are making f'j
hard on deer this year. A fine buclj
weighing 225 pounds was killed Wed
nesday by Mr. John Matthews. H
was accompanied on the hunt bjj
Messrs Jess Dobbins and Sam Young
They were below Lewiston.
The first of the week, Doctor I
West and Weathers were squirri
hunting near Jackson, when a bi
buck almost ran over Dr. West, wl;
had to shoot in self defense. Do
says he did not have time to gj
scared. Dr. Weathers put the fij
ishing shot in the buck as he almcH
staggered over Dr. West. .'■$
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A toy ballon released at Meltdfl
England cmae to earth in GrasgriM
Sweden, 700 miles away. w