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Carolina’s Only TABtoid NEWS paper The Roanoke Rapids Herald VOLUME EIGHTEEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8th, 1932._ NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR. UP AND DOWN Xjjhe Avenue WITH THE EDITOR George C. Green of Weldon was re-appointed County Attorney o f Halifax County by the Board of Commissioners Monday. The vote was not unanimous. The small son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Frank was injured yesterday when a pile of cordwood fell on him. He was rushed to the hospit al suffering from a fracture and severe lacerations around the head. His condition is improved today. Roanoke Rapids stores grow more Christmasy every day. Watch The Herald issues of the 15th and 22nd for varied suggestions of ev ery kind at the lowest prices in years. ' ! w r »« To se^f Bob Reynolds sworn in as Unij&d States Senator in Wash ington Monday went Alfred N. .Martin, Frank Kemp, Carroll Wil son and 250 other North Carolini ans. Late the same afternoon the 253 could have been found in Mary land, the “free state.” Members of the First Methodist Church gave the Pastor, Rev. S. J. Starnes and family a splendid “Pounding” last Wednesday even ing. The Schoolmasters Club of Ha lii'ax-Northampton counties will be guests of Roanoke Rapids teach ers at the Domestic Science build ing Monday night. Senator Josiah Bailey had Bob’s arm when they walked down the Senate aisle. We have heard some criticism o f Josiah i n recent months but we are willing to give him every chance to make good. He was certainly in good company Monday. Lame Ducks claimed they voted against the Garner resolution be cause of the steam roller methods being used. In fact, that was the only argument we heard against the resolution which would simply have given the people of the States the right to vote for or against re peal. A pretty lame argument. Hundreds of contractors, engin eers, material men, representatives of Manufacturers, etc., are expect ed here Monday at 10 o’clock when the bids will be opened for the construction of the water and sew age system of the Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District. They will as semble at the High School audito rium. — C. B. Brickell, who was burled (Continued on Inside) BAND CONCERT SUNDAY The Eastern Carolina Concert Band, ot which a Roanoke Rapdis man is the conductor, will give a free public concert at the Roanoke Rapids High School auditorium on Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. This band is gaining wide popu larity in Eastern Carolina and has given concerts in all the principal cities in this section. J. W. Saunders of Roanoke Ra pids is conductor and there are several members of the local band in the new band. Members have been chosen from Kinston, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Nashville and Roa noke Rapids. There will be at least thirty-five pieces here Sunday. After the concert, the members of the banfi‘will be the guests of the Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club for 6 o’.clock dinner. Kelly Jen kins, Mayor of the City, will wel JjpnyMat the concur!, and Cat roil Wilson, Kiwanis Club pres ident, will officiate at the dinner. A Kiwanis Club committee is i n charge of the days program. The pubic is invited and urged Lo attend the afternoon concert.. PROGRAM (NSI1VE BOY SCOUT LEADER IS SPEAK R Under the leadership of T. W. Mullen, chief council executive for the Roanoke Rapids area, the Boy Scouts are being reorganized here with vim. Fifty hoys attended the meeting of Troop 1 of the Presbyterian Church Tuesday night to hear Scout Executive Benbough of Rocky Mount, present the charter to the Troop. There are now five troops in sight: Ned Manning is Scoutmas ter for No. 1; other Scoutmasters present Tuesday night reported progress in organizing their troops, each with a minimum of 32 boys. These scout leaders are Bill Alli good, Clyde Liske, Byrom Gurley, and Rev. D. M. Sharpe. Mr. Mullen announced a Scout masted school Thursday night, Dec. 15 and a meeting of the Cen tral Council ever third Thursday night. Members of the Roanoke Rapids Council at the Tuesday meeting were Mr. Mullen, Hugh Bradley, Charley Davis, Mac McGee, Jake Burton, G. M. Gurley and Carroll Wilson. Miss Mary Gibson entertained her brige club Monday evening at her home in South Rosemary. Mrs. D. D. Woodruff was a guest. Kiwanis President •• CHARLEY DAV S Charley Davis, popular superin tedent of the City Sc ho ls, w a s elected President of the Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club at the annual election Thursday night. He will be inducted into office on Dec. 29. Alfred N. Martin'elected vice president, Joe N. Bynum, sec retary and Paul A. Reid, treasurer. The 1933 Board of Directors elected were Joe T. Chase, Wilson Mullen, George Taylor, Jack Young Hugh Bradley, Leslie Towe, How ard Pruden and Carroll Wilson. Three new members were voted into the club last week: Frank Sherry of the Virginia Electric & Power Co.; Lyle M. Wilson, man ager of the Peoples Theatre; and William Alfred Thorne, cashier of the Rosemary Branch of the Roa noke Bank & Trust Co. FOOTBALL LETTERS Monograms were awarded to 23 Jacket football players Monday by Coach Cranford Hoyle to boys win ning them for their playing this season. Those receiving letters were as follows: Phillip Newton, William Gay lord, J. D. Edwards, Joe McCom mons, Henry Hardison, Zeke Web ster, Robert Davis, Thurman Hux, Clyde Mills, Wilson Byrd, Harry Cannon, Gene Shell, Herman Tiekel Haskell Dobbins, Wilton Dickens, Irvin Dickens, Chester Allsbrook, Elmer Starke, Yates Brown, Wood row Garris, Butler Brown, Allen McNeil, Ollie Aeree. Mrs. D. D. Woodruff of Emporia is visiting her sister, Mw Fannie Harris. • 1933 AUTO | LICENSES A mistake at Raleigh leaves off Weldon as one of the places desig nated where 1933 auto license plates may be bought. Weldon will sell the tags as us ual. The sale starts December 15. They may be secured at Bounds Motor Co., after that date. CHEEK COACHES CAGERS Only 16 candidates reported for first practice Monday night for berths on the Yellow Jackets bas ketball team. The Jax will be under new coach ing reins this season as Tom Cheek is replacing Hoyle who is expect ing to coach the boxing team this year if arrangement can be made for a team. The locals will not participate nthe Northeastern Conference and it is not known yet when their schedule w:!l open. Cheek will have six letter men back, and he will have to build has attack around these boys, as most of the materi al is green. Wilton Dickens, Chester Alls hrook, Joe McCommons, Phillip Newton, Yates Brown, Irvin Dick ens, 'are the letter men returning. Others are Elmer Davis, Edgar Kirk, Allen McNeil, James Simms, Zeke Webster, Milton Bennett, J. D. Edwards, George Sullivan. Oth ers are expected to report later. Christmas Program At Hi School 16th The 81 class will present a Xmas program n the High School audi torium, Frdiay, December 16 at 10:26 a. m. The program will con sist of orchestra music, Christmas carols, quartets, assembly singing and a Chritmas play. The gifts for white Christmas from the High School will be presented at this program. The public is cordially invited to this program. Please keep in mind the play, “What, No Christmas?” to be giv en Friday evening at the High School auditorium at 8 o’clock. This play is sponsored by the Rosemary P. T. A. and is given for the bene fit of the needy children in Rose mary School. Price of admission, 10 and 15 cents. Monday, Dec. 12, will be a big day for Roanoke Rapids. The Hos pital will reopen anl the bids on the Sanitary district will be open ed, with the contract probably let before the sun goes down. The details of the hospital open ing will be given in a later issue but those surrounding the opening of the bids on the sanitary work will be given briefly. The Sanitary Board, consisting of A. J. Young, H. D. Camp and J. W. Taylor, will start opening bids at 10 o’clock Monday morn ing at the High School auditorium. Hundreds of contractors, engin eers and material men are expect ed here, representing the various companies bidding or wishing to contact the winning bidders. The local Sanitary Board will be represented by the engineering firm of Spoon & Lewis, with Mc Daniel Lewis, bond attorney, and J. R. Allsbrook, acting as legal advisers. Bids will be received on a Sani tary Sewerage System, a sewer outfall line, a sewage pumping station, a water distribution sys tem and an elevated storage tank of a half million gallon capacity. The contract reads as follows: "It is the desire of the Board that local supplies of material or ma terials obtainable within the State be used insofar as practicable. The successful contractor shall so plan the work as to utilize all the avail able competent local unemployed unskilled labor.—The contractor shall also give preference to other available unskilled and skilled local labor over outside labor.” The entire proposal, contract and specifications consumes a 100 page booklet put out by Spoon & Lewis. Wages of unskilled labor is placed on a par with prevailing wage rates for the same type of work in Roanoke Rapids. How ever, the government limits the work to 30 hours per person per wee-k. This newspaper, having done its share in getting the project to the present point, will immediately con tact the successful bidder with the idea of keeping its subscribers in formed of the plans and progress of the work during the year or more it will take to complete the work. And so—Monday, Roanoke Ra pids “Keeps Building.” Dies Suddenly H. F. Twisdale, 71 years old, died suddenly yesterday morning with heart failure. Funeral services were held to. day at 1:30 with Rev. S. J. Starnes officiating. Interment was in Brunswick County. The deceased was a well known farmer on the Bolling Road near this city and is survived by his wife and several children, among them Mr. D. Katz of Richmond, H. G. Twisdale of Oxford and Joe Twisdale of this city.
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