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More New* — More j Advertising — More I Paid Subscribers I VULiUMHj I'WUJNTY-TUKHLEi KUAJNUMJ KATllJS, J*. t._liltKSUAI, MAK. 31, 1938 NUMBER 38 Candidate For Re-Election DR. T. W. M. LONG who, according to last week s News & Observer and Roanoke News, is a candidate for re-election as State Senator from Halifax County. CANDIDATE Julian R. Allsbrook, who an nounces this week his candidacy for the office of State Senator from Halifax County, the office now held by Dr. T. W. M. Long, who is run ning for re-election. Marvin Cook, who has been ill for the past five-weeks with pneu monia, was removed from Roa noke Rapids Hospital to Duke Hos pital, in Durham Tuesday, in a W. C. Williams ambulance. He was reported to have been resting well late this week. ;.:• ' ) , . Miss Kemp, Winner Of Scholarship Miss Beatrice Kemp, Roanoke Rapids High School senior student, won a Strayer College scholarship, which includes a full secretarial course with all college expenses at the Washington, D. C. school, for scoring the highest award in a competitive examination partici pated in by students of two coun ties given last Saturday. Miss Kemp scored 171 on the test, which i6 designed to test the general knowledge of the student on all subjects. This score is said to be unusually high, in view of the fact that up to this year the highest score ever made by a high school student was 177, over a wide area in which tests are conducted by the school. Miss Kemp plans to use the scholarship after graduating from the local high school. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Kemp, of this city, one of the leaders of the student body, and is editor of The Ronoko, high school publication. Harper Holliday, of Wilson, was a business visitor in Roanoke Rap ids Thursday. COMMISSIONER MAYOR «^LY JENKINS who was this Jveek appointed City Softball Commissioner of Roanoke Rapids by State Commissioner Wade Ison of Charlotte. Commis sioner Jenkins, as such, will be the Judge Landis of Softball in the city for the coming season. local W. L. Long Directs Gold Mine Project __W. L. Long, former resident of Roanoke Rapids and brother of Dr. T. W. M. Long, had his pic ture in the Raleigh News & Ob server this morning as the Ra leigh man who is directing a sue-' cessful gold mine. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Haile Mining Co., now mining south of Charlotte on lands which have yielded more than $4,500,000 in gold in the past century. Feature In Kiwanis Show “WILLIE”, the dummy that talks, and his friend, Louis C: \nford, who will be among the stars in the 8th au ' Kiwanis Club shows here next Thursday and Friday nights. Miss Helen King and Ray Rodgers appear with Willie and Louis in one of fourteen scenes of the big show. “Rollin’ Rhythm”, the 8th show of the Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club in the past eight years, now in rehearsal for the two night shows, ThursdaT and Friday, next ween, bids fair to be the big gest and best of them all. This is John B. Rogers latest and newest Minstrel-Revue and is being directed by John (Slim) Hutchings, here for his fifth year. Mrs. Elva Martin is at the piano again and Dot Bennett and his Collegians will play in the orches tra pit to accompany the show. This Rollin’ Rhythm Orchestra will also play for a special dance after the Friday night show. The entire net proceeds of the shows will be used to continue the Dental Clinic which examined 1200 school children here this year and treated 900 of them. Part of the proceeds will also be used in build ing the outdoor skating rink for children now under construction in front of the High School. Tickets are on sale for both night shows by Kiwanians, members of the cast and school children. Many new faces will be seen in this year’s shows where 125 of Roa noke Rapids’ best talent will be used. One of the high-lights will be the Charley-Bergin act featur ing Louis Cranford, Helen King and Ray Rodgers . . to say nothing of Willie himself, the real star of the skit. Pushing a close first is another newcomer to Kiwanis shows in Lucy Hasty, whose ren ditions of hill-billy singing is breaking up rehearsals. She is ably assisted by Arledge Boyd, Frank Sherry, Virgil McDowell, Alonzo Akers, Helen Dunn and a host of mountain singers, dancers and mu sicians. Lawrence Stell will again be in terlocutor and will get plenty of help in opening the show from Hugh Horne, Will Nelson, Roland I Johnson, Bill Wolhar, Thelma Daughtry, Rufus Vick, Fred Wil mer and Shaker Teele. The dance group for this part of the show is composed of Helen Turner, Jo Bal lance, Elizabeth Goodfellow, Alice Myrick, Elsie Edwards, Katherine Johnson, Leila Murray and Pat Daniel. Boy dancers are James Rogers, Curtis Butler, James Ly erly, Ed Hyman, Dick Burton, Ru dolph Williams, S. D. Brown and John Cox. With another fancy dance group composed of Lois Wal lace, Phyllis Brown, Bertha Stans bury, Louise Robinson, Victoria Vester, Doris Louise Edwards, Es« telle Braswell and Hazel Greene. In the Minstrel part, Roland Johnson, Bill Hodges, Ned Man (Continued on Page 2, this Sec.)
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