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* THE ROANOKE RAPIDS The^oriSjp of Pl—I| M I |f Farmers I* S r I I CAROLINES FIRST^S^^ ■ J 1“ 1<w« «"ked _ _ M ^TABIn«fJMSiNH>8flMM.» -*■^ ' —r VOLUME TWENTY-ONE _ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C._THURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1936 NUMBER THIRTY-THREE dr. McDonald i TO SPEAK HERE Will Address Annual Meeting Merchants Association Principal speaker at the annual supper and meeting of the Roa noke Rapids Merchants Associa tion here next Tuesday night will be Dr. Ralph McDonald, candi date for Governor and strong an ti-salestaxer. Dr. McDonald accepted the in .1 vitation in a telegram to C. C. Shell, president of the Association today. The dinner will be held at 7 o’ clock Tuesday night in the Junior High School building. All firms members of te Association will receive one- fr^e ticket. Plates for non-members are 60 cents. Officers of the Merchants As sociation for the coming year will be elected and a nominating com mittee: F. M. Coburn and R. I. Starke, will report nominations. DP AND DOWN WITH THB Ghe Avenue COMING EVENTS Tuesday, FEB. 11TH, Annual Merchants Association Din ner, 7 p.m. Dr. McDonald, speaker. Thursday, FEB. 13TH, Annual Kiwanis Ladies Night 6:30 p.m. Friday, FEB. 14TH, Charter Night Lions Club; banquet 7 p.m., Dance 9 p.m. -o RECORD of forty Ground Hog Days: the old saying is if Ground Hog sees his shadow Feb. 2nd, will have 40 days bad weather. Record shows: clear and cold, 12 days; clear and mild, 15 days; cloudy and rain, 6 days; rainy all day, 3 days; colder and clearing, 4 days. In fact, the ,4 days following the 40 ground hog days were clear and fine too. The Ground Hog is a poor prophet, says Weather Recorder F. C. Hege. -o- , HOMETOWN boys making good at college, according to the morning papers, are George K. Nethercutt Jr. on the Honor Roll at the University of North Carolina and Tommy M. Jen kins Jr. voted the best dressed member of the Senior Class at N. C. State. -0 BRIDGE to Lincoln Heights back of Rosemary Mfg. Co. was washed out by the flood waters and the Harlem of Roanoke Rapids is just about cut off from the rest of the world, what with the South Rosemary entrance also in bad shape from the storms. Question now is: who puts up a new bridge? It is not a State road, and one side of the bridge would be in the city limits, one side in the county, the creek being the dividing line. But a new bridge is badly needed and at once. -u G. T. MORRIS was elected chairman of the Halifax County Old Age Pension Club at a meeting held here last week. The purpose of the club is to work for old age pension legislation in this State and try to get the Governor to call a special session of the legislature for that purpose. The principal speaker at the club meeting was Dr. T. W. M. Long. -0 LIZARDS .is the answer given by expert Ed Woodruff to the jar of reptiles left at this office by T. T. Taylor. They were about three inches long, black with white rings. In (Continued on Back Page) CHARTER NIGHT FEB. 14 th WITH BANQUET AND DANCE * .. WILLARD DOWELL CANDIDATE ? Executive Secretary of the State Merchants Association, Mr. Doweil will probably announce soon for State Auditor, the job now held by Baxter Durham, ac cording to a statement made to day by Miss Lillian Belle Jenkins, Secretary of the Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association. MERCURY IN RECORD DROP HERE -o The coldest weather in the memory of any person here came to this section last Friday night, January 31st, when the mercury dropped to what may be an all time low. On that night, it registered 5 above at the Power Plant; 1 above near John Shaw’s in Northamp ton county; exactly zero at Wel don. Fortunate for many, there was no wind blowing Friday night and the low temperature was not no ticed as much as it was at other cold periods with a cold wind blowing. There were some variations in thermometer readings at various parts of the city and in various portions of this section, but it can be safely said that this section had its first real taste of zero (Continued on Back Page) All roads will lead to Roanoke Rapids from North Caro lina and Virginia next Friday night, Feb. 14th, when the newly organized Lions Club of Roanoke Rapids will receive its charter from Lions International and representatives from surrounding clubs will be here to attend the banquet, charter presentation and dance. LIONS EDITION The next week’s edition of The Herald will be dedicated to the new Lions Club of Roa noke Rapids which will official ly receive its charter next Fri day night. Special copies will be placed at the banquet place of all guests and visitors. Our ad vertisers are asked to keep in mind these two points in pre paring copy: (1) A welcome to Roanoke Rapids to all visiting Lions and ladies and (2) con gratulations to the new civic service club of the city. The advertising committee of the Lions Club will assist in getting out next week’s edition. DOWELL MAYBE IN RACE State Secretary Merchants Association In Auditor Race -o “Willard L. Dowell, executive Secretary of the North Carolina Merchants Association and rec ognized as probably the most ac tive and powerful opponent of the sales tax in North Carolina, may become a candidate for the office of State Auditor in the approach ing Democratic primary,” said Miss Lillian Bell Jenkins, secre tary of the Roanoke Rapids Mer chants Association. “Mr. Dowell is deeply interest ed in unemployment insurance, old age pensions and other social security measures, and the fact that the State Auditor is a mem ber of the Council of State and according to the law passed at the last Legislature any system of un employment insurance for North Carolina must be devised by the Council of State, undoubtedly (Continued on Back Page) With a charter member ship of fifty, the Lions Club, formerly The Young Mens Civic Club of Roanoke Rap ids, will act as hosts to their ladies and to visiting mem bers and their ladies at a banquet which will start at 6:30 p.m. Guests in Roanoke Rapids that day will come from Lions Clubs at Raleigh, Durham, Wilson, Warrenton, Henderson, Tarboro, Spring Hope, and from the following Virginia clubs: Franklin, Lawrenceville, South Hill and Smithfield. The afternoon program for early visitors include trips thru the local mills, golfing privileges at the Chockoyotte Golf Club, and reception of ladies at the Womans Club building. The Lions dance for the guests will start at 9 p.m. and oontinue until 1 a.m. with music by Lion Dot Bennett and his Collegians. The charter presentation after the banquet will be in charge of Lion Head of Dur ham as master of ceremo nies; an address of welcome by Lion Bernard Allsbrook; response by Lion Henry Powell of Henderson, the sponsor club; principal speak ers will be Judge Hastings of Winston-Salem, past director of Lions International, and “Fats” Heath of Raleigh, dis trict governor. Stunts and musical numbers will enliven the program. Local guests will include the Presidents of the Womans Club and the Ki wanis Club. Officers of the local Lions Club are Byron Gurley, presi dent; Garland Midyette, 1st vice president; Bernard Alls brook, 2nd vice president; Jack Cassada, 3rd vice-presi dent; Bill Batton, secretary and treasurer; Gordon L Price, Lion Tamer; Roland’ Johnson, Tail Twister; Direc tors: Scott Benton, Eugene (Continued on Back Page)
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