mvjcm^SSd w °S°sloN TUESDAY Mayor Kelly Jenkins bid farewell to the City Board of Commissioners in the regular May meeting here Tuesday afternoon, a meeting marked by harmony and speech making after an afternoon of some very busy doings for the city by the Board. City Engineer H. B. Christie made a final and comprehensive report on the recent street paving project and was highly compli mented by all present on his excel lent work in connection with the planning, engineering and super vision of the project. Under the new State law, passed by the last session of the legisla ture, the Board voted to charge the maximum for cities to license a musement devices, which includes pin-boards and similar games. All parking will be prohibited on the South side of Tenth Street from Jackson St. to the railroad. Angle parking will be permitted on the North side. This action meets the approval of the merchants in that block. The Street committee reported the purchase of a Grace street sweeper for the sum of $1,500. Is suance of a two year note was au thorized by the Board. It was noted that the Engineer ing News-Week of April 20 states that $125,000 has been approved for an underpass at Roanoke Rapids. It was said that this money cannot be used except for grade-crossing elimination. The election report tor May z when W. B. Allsbrook defeated Mayor Kelly Jenkins by 310 majori ty and Messrs. F. C. Williams, John C. Smith and Byron Gurley were elected without opposition, was ac cepted and filed. City Clerk Ruby Wood was ordered to pay the regis trars $5.00 per day and judges and helpers $4.00 per day. Mayor Jenkins said he had been designated by the Board as attor ney to begin work soon on assess ments against property abutting the paving, checking ownership and deeds. Commissioner Allsbrook stated he would perform this work without any additional charge when he takes office as Mayor June 5th. The Board agreed Mr. Jenkins would be relieved of any responsi bility for legal work after his term expires. The Board voted to eliminate all U-turns on Roanoke Avenue at Second, Tenth and Eleventh Streets. The Chief of Police was ordered to make a house to house iheck on city auto license tags. The Clerk was authorized to renew all beer licenses on payment of the proper license. The monthly report of the treasurer was read, accepted and ordered filed. mayor jenKins aavisea to nave future PWA projects ready in case more PWA funds became available in the future. He thanked the members of the Board for their cooperation ir., carrying out the program of improvements during his administration. E. B. Manning, who was serving his final day, also, due to moving into another Ward, said the Mayor had also expressed his sentiments. Other Board mem bers made pleasing speeches and the meeting ended in a “love feast”. Mayor Bernard Allsbrook will take office at the next regular meeting on Monday, June 5th. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Gurley, Misses Mary Gurley and Bettie King and Byron Gurley spent Saturday in Raleigh. Christian Endeavor Entertains The Senior Christian Endeavor entertained its members with a so cial in the basement of the church Tuesday evening at 8:00 o’clock. After an hour of games and con tests, refreshments were served by Christine Stewart and Mrs. Howard Neal to the following members and visitors: Misses Myrtle Nelson, Christine Stewart, Maxine Mason, Helen Stewart, Lennis Trippe, El len Johnson, Ruby Dorsey, Eliza beth Pope, Bertha Stansbury, Mag gie Radcliffe, Lillian Whitson, Ed na Harrison, Roselyn Thompson, Louise Fitts, Mrs. Howard Neal and Messrs. Joe Wynne, Joe Taylor, Plummer Manning, Frank Mills, Bill Peed and Rev. Eugene Taylor. Christine Stewart, Secty. | Moscow-N. Y. Flier .Brigadier General Vladimir Kokki-j naki (above) and his navigator, Ma jor Mikhail Gordienko, attempting a non-stop Moscow-to-New York flight over the North Atlantic in a Russian army plane, were fcjrcedj down on Miscou Island, New Bruns-i wick, Canada. They were taken toj New York by rescue plane. 1 LIFER IS CAPTURED AFTER ESCAPE FROM CALEDONIA PRISON | I William Barram, life-termer at Caledonia, who escaped from the prison farm Monday, was captured in Weldon as he attempted to board an outgoing Seaboard freight train about 11:30 Wednesday night by Roy Langley, guard at Prison Camp No. 109, and Deputy Sheriff Jesse Shearin, assisted by Roy Hamill, Caledonia guard. The capture of Barram climaxed a relentless three-day search for the prisoner, and the arresting of ficers are to be highly commended for their work in tracking down and capturing their man. Barram, it is reported, in some ; way managed to steal clothing sim ilar to that worn by Grade “A” ■ prisoners, and thus equipped, he 1 slipped by prison guards. | The prisoner has been returned to Caledonia, to finish out his life sentence, after his brief taste of freedom. It yet remains a mystery how he made his way from the prison farm to Weldon, a distance of some seventeen-miles, unless he walked the entire distance—which would have been under considerable difficulty even in the dress of a grade “A” prisoner. With Matthews Clifton Smith, well-known city fountaineer and drug clerk, is now employed with Matthews Drug Company, and states he frill be glad to see all of his old friends and customers at his new location. WHY NOT MODERNIZE YOUR WATER SYSTEM? Now that you have discontinued the use of your furnace for the Sum mer, why not bring your hot water system up-to-date with an Automatic Electric Water Heater? 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