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* ■ ' '5< . / ^ j The Workshop of I I Eastern Carolina! f vuLtUMn; iWEJNiy iwu kuaj>iujuli kathis, in. u._miJKSMy, jnuv. iz, 1936 MJMBERliT DP AND DOWN WITH THB Che Avenue v In an endeavor to get the five famed Quints in their new picture “Reunion” for Roanoke Rapids the minute it was released, Manager Lyle Wilson booked it for Wednesday and Thursday of next week. The same thing has been done on many an other big picture in the past. This time however luck was against him. Tonight came the message that the prints would not be ready for him. So no quints next Wednesday and Thursday. Instead, he Is burning the wires trying to get Edward Arnold’s latest future, “Come and Get It”, or “The Gay “Desperado”, another new one full of filmstars. “Reunion” will come to Roanoke Rapids at the first open date on the booking hook. Armistice Day was celebrated at Aurelian Springs yesterday with W. J. Norwood the princi pal speaker. ; * Recent building permits granted by the city inspector are to Nick Elias for a one story, brick l store building on Roanoke Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, metal roof, James Daniel, build er; to Mrs. J. D. Medlin, servant’s house for resi dence at 1009 Hamilton St., L. R. Medlin, builder. From one of our readers, evidently a Demo crat, comes this merry election quip: “How about giving Maine and Vermont to Canada?” To which we answer that this would be OK with everybody except the 40 odd per cent of Democrats in Maine and Vermont who voted for Roosevelt. You know, it was no walk-away for the Republicans in those two states. In case you have forgotten, this Friday is the 13th. Most people do not believe in that sort of thing, but we were reminded that on one Friday, 13th, practically every job printed in the plant was printed wrong. Since then, we watch that day, just in case. It was called to our attention today that Gas ton High School just across the river has no voca tional agricultural department. They should have Jone. There may be those wondering why we should make such a statement when we do not live in Northampton County, but we would tell such critics that we folks in Roanoke Rapids feel like Gaston Township 'is almost a part of our city. Only a mile or so away from our city limits is the Gaston School and on the hillside at Camps Store live scores of folks who work in our mills here. rnereiore our justinea interest in tnat communi ty. The boys in thajt school should have the same opportunities for practical training and good citi zenship that boys get at Seaboard, Woodland or Aurelian Springs, i Speaking of Aurelian Springs again, it has been our privilege, until this year, to attend the last three Father-Son banquets staged by the Fu ture Farmers of America, youth organization, at Aurelian Springs School. This is part of the same ^ vocational agricultural work mentioned above and * is under the expert guidance of E. K. Veach. Those banquets have always been a source of real in spiration to all whu attended and the way those boys have been taught to take hold and handle the program for themselves would open the eyes of a } (Continued on Back Page) SPEAKS HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY Eiwood T. Bailey An intensely human speaker is Eiwood T. Bailey, of San Diego, California, who will undoubtedly address a large audience on the third night of tile Entertainment Festival, sponsored by the Womans Club. iMr. Bailey speaks at t £ High School auditorium on Wednesday night, November 18 th. He will talk here on his newest subject: “And Now What?” This discussion deals with our 193G individual problems and his hearers will profit personally by spending the evening with this man who offers concrete suggestions for times like the present. APPOINT DEPUTY SHERIFFS Gray and Porter Are Reappointed; Three New Ones Deputy sheriffs for Halifax Coun ty were appointed by the County Board of Commissioners for 1937 at the November monthly meeting, with three changes in the five paid deputies of the county. The five new deputies who will serve with Sheriff Joe Riddick next year are Harry House of Thelma, G. F. Gray of Roanoke Rapids, J. E. Porter of Hollister. Cliff Strick land of Enfield, and White of Scotland Neck. Gray and Porter are the only holdovers from Sheriff Johnson’s term of office. House takes the place of Robert Newsome of Lit tleton. Strickland is appointed in the place of former deputy Jim Branch of Enfield. White takes the vacancy left when Sheriff Rid dick was elevated. The Board discussed the possibil ities of appointing a man from Weldon to collect taxes for Weldon and Halifax townships but no ac tion was taken. Cripple Clinic The monthly Kiwanis Club Clin ic for Crippled will be held at the basement of the Rosemary Baptist Church on Wednesday afternoon, November 18th, from 2 to 4. All crippled persons in this section will receive free examination and treat ment. Wreck Victim Dies In Local Hosp'l Today C. L. Allsbrook of Scotland Neck died in the Roanoke Rapids Hos pital at 3 o’clock this morning: from injuries received in an auto mobile accident near Halifax Tues day. His chest was crushed when his car hit a culvert and turned over and his condition was considered very serious when he was rushed to the local hospital. He was a cousin of Bernard Alls brook, local attorney. Smithfield Plays Here The entire High School student body held a special football rally at the auditorium yesterday after noon with plans for getting out the biggest crowd of the year at the game here this Friday afternoon when Roanoke Rapids High School meets Smithfield High at 3 p.m. to see which goes into the Eastern Carolina finals next week. Should Roanoke Rapids win to morrow, the finals will be played here next Friday, November 20th. Cheer leaders led the student body in school yells, practicing or Friday and it was announced the Rosemary Concert Band would be on hand for the game. Pep talks were made by J. T. Chase, Bill Al ligood, Ned Manning, A. N. Martin and C. L. Wilson. Practically the entire student body signified in tention of going to the game. It is reported that Smithfield will bring a crowd of 300 rooters here from that city. TEXTILES GOT ONLY INCREASE Wage Increase Here Figures More Than Xmas Bonus The bonus which it is reported will be given to employees of Sim mons Company will not be shared in by the textile unit in Roanoke Rapids, as that unit is now receiv ing a five percent increase in wages whicli has not been granted to other Simmons Company em ployees. Local officials of the textile unit took the five per cent increase for their employees in preference to the Christmas bonus when they figured it would mean more in dol lars and cents to the local employ ees than a flat sum at Christmas time. It is estimated the bonus will be about. $25 per person while the wage increase means an added wage to a $15 a week person of $39 per year and more than that to those making over $15.00 per week. New employees would not shared in the bonus and those who for some reason were not on the payroll at the time the bonus is to be given would also fail to share. Under the wage increase ev ery employee is sharing who is on the payroll at any time. Meanwhile, news reports are that several other concerns in the coun try who have not made wage in creases will also give bonuses at Christmas. One estimate is that three hundred million dollars extra will be put into payrolls of labor this Christmas. News reports to day also show several concerns, fol lowing the example of the local textile unit, are announcing wage increases instead of giving the oj»«h bonus. The local mills were the first cot ton mills in the country to increase wages, a five per cent increase to all employees, which took effect October 5th. Night Service Added In R. R. By Seaboard Roanoke Rapids gets a new add ed service from the Seaboard Air Line with the arrival of E. C. Poole, night operator, who will go on duty here at 1 a.m. and remain on until 9 a.m. At present he will sell tickets for the early morning trains and later may have his hours changed to take care of the midnight train. The Seaboard is installing a night hauling service of merchan dise from Richmond, Petersburg, Raleigh, Henderson, Portsmouth and Norfolk. The new operator will move all trains and will han dle night freight so that Roanoke Rapids gets extra fast service on freight deliveries. This is a new venture for Sea board. Station Agent E. W. Eu bank also reports a decrease in freight rates on interstate freight of from 7 to 10 percent J
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