THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. _THURSDAY, DEC. 29, 1938_NUMBER 25
MRS. MOHORN WINS NEW CAR
Mrs. Ivey Mohorn of Roanoke Rapids is shown in the picture above just after the judges had an
nounced her the winner of the new 1939 Pontiac car given by The Roanoke Rapids Herald in its
subscription campaign which ended Friday night. Mrs. Mohorn is being handed the keys to her new car
by campaign manager Joe Campbell. At the bottom are some of the contestants who were on hand to con
gratulate the main prize winner. In the city district, Mrs. Dorothy Askew Shearin won the $150 cash prize,
Mrs. Wautola Mills McLean won the $75 cash prize and Mrs. H. E. Cameron won the $25 cash prize. In the
county district Miss lone Rhea won the $150 cash prize, Mrs. Martha Hawkins won $75 and Mrs. Harvey
Hawkins won the $25 award.
Death Comes
Day Before
*■ Christmas
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Mrs. Susie Harris Borrell died
at the Halifax County Sanitorium
Saturday. She had been confined
for the past year but was better
and had planned to come home to
Roanoke Rap'*s for Christmas. On
the day before, she had a sudden
. heart attack and died.
Funeral services were held Mon
i day at Williams Funeral Home by
the Rev. R. L. Topping and inter
€ rnt was in Sunset Hill Cemetery
V* Littleton.
Surviving are her husband, J. M.
Borrell and four -dildren: Mrs.
Randolph Teele, Dorothy, Edward
and Billy; two sisters, Mrs. Willie
Aycock, Brinkleyville, and Mrs.
Conway Roscoph, Hopewell, Va.;
five brothers, Ernest. Harris, Wel
don, Julian Harris, tlumberry, Joe
Harris, South Rosemary, Jesse
1 Harris, Halifax, Herbert Harris,
iBrinkleyville.
Edwin Acors
Dies After
Car Wreck
Edwin W. Acors, 16, died in the
Roanoke Rapids Hospital Tuesday
night as a result of injuries receiv
ed when his truck turned over Fri
day night.
Young Acors, with Leslie Cav
aness, was on his way from Roa
noke Rapids to his home at Ken
bridge, Va. About 11 miles frjm
here on Route 34, as they passed
a car, the truck turned over, pin
ning Acors, who was driving. He
was rushed to the Roanoke Rapids
Hospital where it was found both
legs were broken. Sunday, it was
necessary to amputate his left leg.
Cavaness was only slightly hurt.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at Wil iams Funeral
Home and the body was taken to
Kenbridge for interment. Surviv
ing are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. W. Acors, three sisters, Mrs. J.
G. Lindsay, Nellie and Christine
Acors, and two brothers, Derwood
and Norwood.
W. W. Grant Is
Host To Children
On Christmas Eve
On Saturday night W. W. Grant
was host to the children of his
neighborhood at a Christmas par
ty. Due to the various age-groups,
many types of games were arrang
ed, among them being Chinese
Checkers, Checkers, Monopoly, and
other simple games in which each
one present participated. After an
hour of games and merry-making
the young guests joined in the
singing of Christmas Carols with
Miss Virginia Grant at the piano.
Refreshments consisted of individ
ual bags containing fruits, candy
and nuts. ^
Those present were: Janet Dix
on, Mary Joyce Dixon, Willia
Chambliss, Arthur Lee Joyner, Vir
ginia Dixon, Nannie Faye Saddler,
Walter Lee Cook, Jennie Maude
Moore, Alease Moore, Evelyn
Thompson, Gertrude Ainsley, Anna
Virginia Jordan, Catherine Bar
low, Patricia Ann Barlow, James
Thompson, Yeroy Barlowe, Joseph
Moore, Marvin Barlowe, Marshall
Grant, Billy Dixon, Leroy Jordan,
Atlas Chambliss, Alfred Dixon,
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0 A. Meikle went to Greenville, S.
C., found someone to take his
place for his Christmas morning
Santa Claus engagement and rush
ed back to Roanoke Rapids in time
to attend the annual Community
Sing in front of his famous Christ
mas display.
0 He plans to taKe tne display
down this Saturday ,Dec. 31 after a
most happy and joyous time. He
reports the general public was
most appreciative of the display
again this year and it encourages
him to continue it next year. Visit
ors have been here from Maine to
Florida and a few night ago visit
ors here from Chicago made a
special trip to see it. Mr. Meikle
has tried to meet everybody no
matter how late. Next year, he
plans on having the display up only
two weeks, the week before and
the week after Christmas.
9 Graham Dean, who graduates
from West Point in the Spring,
will leave Sunday night after a
visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Dean . . Also guests for the
past week have been Mrs. Dean’s
sister, Mrs. McDonald Baldwin and
son, Mac, of Atlanta.
£ The new hospital sign you see
near the street in the hospital yard
was a Christmas present to the
hospital from the Student Nurses
. . Births: to Air. ana rars. n. u.
Jenkins, a boy, Dec. 22; to Air. and
Mrs. A. Millikin, a girl, Dec. 26; to
Mr. and rMs. J. H. Ferrell, a boy.
Dec. 28.
^ Saturday noon is the deadline
on getting 1939 city auto license
tags. The City Clerk’s office will
be closed as usual Saturday after
noon and Monday is Jan. 2, whee
police have been ordered to check
all cars for license tags . . There
will also be no extension on State
license tags.
0 Miss Virgie Harrison, of Empo
ria was injured in an auto wreck
near Camps Store on Christmas
Day. She is in the Roanoke Rap
ids Hospital with an injured knee
. . A. O. Pendleton is reported ill
at his home on Jackson St. . .
0 Pete Garner is a young Roa
noke Rapids fellow starting out o«
his own in the contracting busi
ness. Pete’s first job contracting
is on the new Wilton Dickens res
idence at 901 Jackson St. The
young contractor graduated front
Roanoke Rapids High School in
1936 and majored in architectural
drawing. He painted during vaca
tions and for the past two year*
has been getting practical experi
ence as a carpenter. The Dickens
house will be frame, 5 rooms, bath,
pantry, two porches.
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
CHOOSES CASE WORKER
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Mrs. E. H. Graves has been em- I
ployed as case worker for Associ
ated Charities and has temporarily
set her office hours at from 9 a.m.
until noon each Tuesday and
Thursday at the Municipal Build
ing. The rest of her time will be
spent in visiting and making in
vestigations.
Mrs. Graves, a former resident
of Richmond, Va., was employed
in similar work by the Family Ser
vice Society of that city. She is a
graduate of the School of Social
Service of William & Mary Col
lege.
The annual meeting of Roanoke
Rapids Associated Charities will be
held on January 9th at 7:30 p.m. at
the Municipal Building. Officers
will be elected by the directors for
the coming year. The directors
are one each from the churches
and civic clubs of the city, one
each representing the employees of
the industrial units of the city, and
two from the colored Parent
Teachers Association.
The directors and officers invite
any of the contributing public to
attend the meeting and hear the
discussion and reports.
Charlie Saddler, David Roy Dixon,
John Dixon III, Emma Jane Sad
dler, Troy Dixon, Evelyn Grant,
Roland Chambliss, Roy Ainsley,
Andrew Jordan, Elmer Chambliss,
David Thompson, Reginald Jor
dan, Ralph Jordan, Troy Ainsley,
William Ainsley, Doris Daniel,
Barbara Earl Daniel, William
Clements, Thomas Clements, Edna
Clements.
Eagle Scouts
Speakers At
Kiwanis Club
Four Eagle Scouts of Roanofe®
Rapids, all at the University of
North Carolina, were guest speak
ers at the Kiwanis Club tonight.
They were Gene Shell, Jack Vin
cent, Carlton Cannon and Georg®
Nethercutt. A fifth, Jack Joyner,
president of the Student Body, w»®
in Chicago on business for the Uni
versity.
Each Eagle Scout told what
Scouting had meant to him in fun,
choosing of a vacation, inspiration
of good leadership and need for
community support.
The club instructed the Public
Affairs Committee to try for the
odd baseball game between Caro
lina and Wake Forest in the
Spring, due to the captain of each
team being a Roanoke Rapids boy.
Irvin Dickens, a guest at the club;
is captain of Wake Forest and
George Nethercutt is captain of
Carolina. Howard Pruden was in
charge of the program.
Lions Bill Alligood, Bill Batton
and Ted Speight were guests and
promised support of their club on
the above project. Other guests
were John Jenkins of the Ahoskie
Club and Julian Neal, son of L. S.
Neal. Reports were made on the
taking of Christmas Opportunities
and a rising vote of thanks was
given H. S. Loy for his generosity
in assisting the various commit
tees.