Northampton Club Visits Mills
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PLEASANT
HILL CLUB
VISITORS
Pleasant Hill Women’s Club,
Led by Mrs. Demmick,
Looks Over Mills Here
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By DAISY CALDWELL,
(Home Agent.)
Home demonstration leaders of
Northampton County are conduct
ing some interesting recreation
meetings this month. All the
clubs devote August meetings to
recreation. Pleasant Hill Club had
one of the most enjoyable of these
meetings, planned by Mrs. E. C.
Demmick, leader.
Club members and their fami
lies met at the cross roads, the
leader having seen that there were
cars enough for all. The Dem
mick car led the way to Roanoke
Rapids and down the river to the
paper mills. Mr. Medlin, yard su
perintendent, who has once lived
in Pleasant Hill, had secured
passes for the party and was wait
ing to conduct it through the
plant.
“This is no place for heedless
folks,’’ thought the home agent as
she walked gingerly along the cat
walk by the huge vats of boiling
acid, and heard a workman tell
what happened to a man who
carelessly fell in, and watched the
huge steel jaws chew up pine
trees as easily as the well trained
child chews corn flakes. Pleasant
Hill folks are not heedless and
they had left the children at home,
so there was no cause for worry.
Mr. Medlin explained the pro
cess of paper making and showed
each step from the time the logs
were unloaded on the yard, in
spected, cured, and fed to the
“hog"; how the “black liquor” and
the “white liquor” are made, in
cluding the burning in the “hell
hole,” and the resulting product
is used to dissolve the pine chips;
how the mixture is “beaten” and
then picked up by revolving rol
lers and passed over an endless
series of hot cylinders covered
with wool felt, till it finally came
out as shining brown wrapping
paper.
From the paper mills the party
went to one of the large Roanoke
Rapids cotton mills. The size of
the thing was impressive - acres
of whirling machinery. Under one
roof the party was shown the
whole process of cloth making:
cleaning, dying, carding, spinning,
warping, filling, weaving, finish
ing, packing.
Looking over the huge rooms,
one is impressed with how much
machinery and how few people are
there. One of the party who had
worked in this mill ran around the
rack and took care of bobbing
spools, and thread with a pre*
ision and speed that was uncanny
‘“That was my job,” she rer .arked,
“each of these machines has takes
tV nlar-' of four girls.”
After the visit to the cotton
mills the nerty drove to nearb'
LaJr - Thomas and enjoyed a bout
tuui picnic lunch. In the after
noon games and stunts were en
joyed in the pavilion. At 4 o’clock
we went back to the picnic tables
for a watermelon cutting, and
then home again.
Lasker Club gave a picnic sup
per in the grove near the school
house. Mrs, R. E. Peele was chair
man of the committee in charge.
Fred Nelson, who is noted as a
UP AND DOWN WITH THE
t;he Avenue £<M<n
ON the Avenue 25 years ago, as shown on page One, is a picture taken
fiom in front of the Imperial Theatre looking toward Jackson Street.
In the background may be seen the first mill houses on what is now
Jackson Street. The same section today shows the teeming and busy
business section of the South End with two views, one from the same
pot the early picture was taken from, the other looking North from
ne Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
MOVING from Itoanoke Rapids today are Doctor and Mrs. T. II.
Royster. After several years practice here they return to Tarboro
where Dr. Royster has a splendid practice awaiting him. They have
made many friends here who will regret to see them move away.
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NOT moving from Roanoke Rapids is the editor of The Herald, all
rumors and reports to the contrary notwithstanding. He is moving
from the house in which he lived, it having been sold to Mr. and Mrs.
•<ack Cassada. Pending further plans, the furniture will be stored in
the new bonded warehouse. The family will visit relatives in Ken
tucky for a month. But the editor remains on. There will be those
vVho will regret to hear this.
ROCKY Mount was visited last week by a Negro who used a wire to
unhook screens, got in to five homes, stole money from pants pockets,
tried to get in bed with a sleeping couple. The wife screamed,
grabbed her husband around the neck, kept him from getting up until
the Negro had escaped. She says he was a medium-sized Negro with
a jacket on. Two nights before this almost the identical things hap
pened in Roanoke Rapids. Chief Early was called to Rocky Mount
by the police there, investigated the robberies, decided it was done by
;he same Negro.
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INCORPORATED by Secretary of State Stacey W. Wade last week
was the Roanoke Investment Co. of Roanoke Rapids. To engage in a
general real estate business. Authorized capital stock 1,000 shares of
common stock of no par value. Subscribed stock 3 shares by J. W.
(hew, Sr., S. Ellis Crew', of Pleasant Hill, and J. Winfield Crew', Jr. of
Roanoke Rapids.
HONOR Roll of Roanoke Rapids business men and firms who have
agreed to contribute their approximate savings of one year in fire
insurance premiums toward the purchase of a neM fire truck: Roanoke
Pharmacy, Tri City Motor Co., J. V. Womble, Rosemary Drug Co., A.
N. Martin, The Roanoke Rapids Herald, J. J. Wade, Leggett’s Dept.
Store, R. L. Topping, J. C. Wells, J. R. Wrenn, W. C. Allsbrook, Roa
noke Bank and Trust Co., L. S. Cannon, Roanoke Hardware Co., F. C.
Williams, R. E. Cleaton Jr., H. V. and E. F. Bounds, F. M. Coburn,
Nash Motor Co., A. A. Duncan, The New Bakery, Joyner Motor Co.,
Taylor Drug Store, J. R. Myrick, Triple R. Grocery Co., R. I. Starke.
$1181 has been pledged by the above toward the purchase of the new
fire truck and other modern equipment. There are 28 on this honor
roll. There should be 128. Many have not been seen yet. Others are
slow in sending in their pledge. Blanks are in the hands of George
Taylor and R. I. Starke. Those who have not been seen are urged to
call up either of these Commissioners and tell them they want to
contribute. Those with whom blanks have been left should turrn them
in at once. No amount is too small for this good cause.
good stew maker, did the mixing
and striring, and it was a stew to
he remembered.
Creeksville Club had a spend
uie-aay party at 1'uscarora ncacn,
wneie swimming couin De nejoyeu.
A picnic dinner was served at
noon.
Other clubs have also planned
•U'ious forms of recreation.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shaw of Brac
ey, Va., spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Kennemur.
Delightful
straight... or in
your favorite mix
OldCatskill
STRAIGHT
Apple Jack
BRANDY
Distilled from
fine, cream
of the crop
mountain cider
Modestly Priced
Greene County Fruit
Distillery. Inc.
Cotshill, N. y.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bowes of
Stotts Bluff, Nebraska, were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Chase.
Mesdames L. Powell, Kd Haw
kins, Miss Maxine Hawkins and
Carey Massey spent Sunday at
Otean View.
Mrs. Bertie Brown is visiting
her sister, Mrs. G. N. Taylor.
Shirtless Wonder
A COOL quiet feMow is what his three brothers call Victor Lombard*.
There was a time when they referred to him as useless but in thes*
days when Victor’s baritone saxophone contributes so largely to the
1 success of Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians now starring on
the Lombardo Road radio programs, that description is out. Victor
goes semi nudist at home. He never wears coat, vest, tie or shirt in the
privacy of his own residence The newest member of the band is twenty
five years old and a proud father. He once directed his own musical
aggregation, called the Lombardo, Jr„ Orchestra. Guy signed him up to
avoid competition in name. Something of » nvovie fan, Victor has a
favorite actress hia *nys he never can rem*jmi**> her name.
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Miss Mildred Balrifcv is spend
ing a few days this week in En
field, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. McLeod of Ra
leigh spent the week-end here
with Mrs. V. C. Daughtrey.
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