NOTICE OF SALE
By virtue of the authority con
tained in a certain judgment or
order of sale in that certain Special
Proceeding entitled “W. C. Wil
liams, Administrator of the estate
of Lucile E. Marcher-Metzner, de
ceased et al, ex parte” duly filed in
the office of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court for Halifax County,
North Carolina, the undersigned
Commissioner will on Monday, Oc
tober 30th, 1939, beginning at 1C
o’clock A.M. and continuing from
time to time or from day to day
until the same is completed, at the
main dwelling house located on the
farm of the late Lucile E. Marcher
Metzner (her homeplace) located
near the City of Roanoke Rapids,
Roanoke Rapids Township, Halifax
County, North Carolina, offer for
Wale at public auction to the high
est bidder for cash, the following
described real property, to-wit:
First Tract: All that certain
tract or parcel of land together
with all improvements thereon, ly
ing and being situate in Roanoke
Rapids Township, Halifax County,
North Carolina, beginning at a
point in the center of the Roanoke
Rapids-Thelma road, the Northwest
corner of the W. G. Clary property;
running thence 'along the center of
said road N. 64° W. 200 feet to the
Mrs. Winnie Simmons line; thence
along the Western line or Mrs.
Winnie Simmons N. 26* E. 415 feet
to the right-of-way of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway Company; thence
along the South side of the Sea
board Air Line Railway Company
line in a Westerly direction 2110
feet to an iron in the Troy Holo
man line; thence along the Eastern
line of Troy Holoman and across
said Roanoke Rapids-Thelma road
S. 15° 45’ W. 2310 feet to a stake
in Chockoyotte Creek; thence down
the run of Chockoyotte Creek as
it meanders to a black gum and
sweet gum pointers, the Southwest
corner of the W. G. Clary proper
ty; thence along the Western line
of W. G. Clary N. 40° 15’ E. 1680
feet to an iron; thence continuing
along said W. G. Clary line N. 63°
45’ W. 210 feet to an iron; thence
continuing along said W. G. Clary
line N. 40° 15’ E. 430 feet to an iron,
the point of beginning; said tract
containing one hundred and eight
(108) acres, more or less, and be
ing located near the Northwest
corner of the property on the South
side of the Roanoke Rapids-Thelma
road a half acre tract on which is
located a church, there being no
representation as to the ownership
of said half acre.
Second Tract: All those ten (10)
certain lots or parcels of land lying
and being situate in Roanoke Rap
ids Township, Halifax County,
North Carolina beginning at a
point on the North side of the Roa
noke Rapids-Thelma road at the
Southeast corner of Lot No. 13, the
Mrs Willie Simmons’s property;
running thence along said Roanoke
Rapids-Thelma road S. 64° E. 500
feet to the Western line of Lot No.
2- thence along the Western line
of Lot No. 2 N. 26° E. 247 feet to
the right-of-way of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway Company; thence
along said Seaboard Air Line Rail
way Company line N. 53° 30’ W. 510
feet to the Eastern line of Lot No.
13, Mrs. Winnie Simmons; thence
along the Eastern line of Mrs. Win
nie Simmons S. 26° W. 350 feet to
the point of beginning, the same
being Lots Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11 and 12 as shown and designated
on that certain map showing a por
tion and subdivision of “Mrs. L. E.
Marcher’s property” made by
Mitchell H. Shearin, R. S„ Novem
ber 11, 1936.
Said property will be sold either
in parcels or as a whole and all
bids will be subject to the approval
of the court.
Other terms and conditions will
be announced at the sale.
This notice dated and posted this
the 27th day of September, 1939.
M. S. BENTON, Commissioner.
4t-A&B-10-19
Bride-Elect Honored
The personnel of the Farm Se
curity Administration of Halifax
gave a weiner roast Monday night
at the Community building on Roa
noke Farms project honoring one
of the members, Miss Eugenia Far
low, and Mr. M. W. Gardner of
Goldsboro, who are to be married
in October.
Miss Farlow was presented a set
of forks in her pattern of silver.
Those present for this enjoyable
affair were Miss Farlow, Mr. Gard
ner, Mr. L. L. McLendon, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe F. Edwards, Mr. Strauss,
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Strong, Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Peel, and two young
sons, Miss Lois Speed, Miss Mildred
Gray, Miss Josephine Mercer, Miss
Ola Williams, Mrs. Evelyn Barnes,
Miss Elsie Kimball, Miss Dorothy
Trexlor, Dr. David Pollack, Mr. Bil
ly Barnhill, and Mr. Weeks Ander
son.
Birth Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Midyette
of Weldon announce the birth of
a daughter on Sunday, September
24th, at Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
EXPLODING A SCHOOL
MYTH: "BORN SHORT"'
r By GARRY a MYERS, Ph.D.
‘THEOBOLD was just born short
in spelling. His father and only
uncle could never spell. But he is
good in reading and arithmetic.”
"Poor Marguerite will never
make good grades in arithmetic,
even though she never makes poor
ones in spelling and reading. She
was born that way.”
Such remarks are often heard
from parents and teachers, and of
ten believed by the child who hears
them. Acceptance of this myth is
comforting to both parents and
teachers, since it relieves them of
responsibility for the child’s ar
rears in any special school subject.
And many a child is doomed to go
through life a moron in mathemat
ics, reading or spelling, even though
he is superior in other forms of
book learning, thanks to this super
stition.
Can Be Taught
There is available no scientific
evidence which clearly proves that
a child or adult, who is good in one
or more of the basic school sub
jects, can’t learn to do fairly well,
or equally well, in any other basic
subject, barring eye and ear de
fects, of course. Careful studies
have been made of children with al
leged special disabilities, as in
reading, spelling or arithmetic,
and when pains were taken to help
them overcome the particular diffi
culties, remarkable success was
achieved.
I personally have dealt with a
number of such children, but I have
not yet found a single case in which
marked improvement in the lagging
subject did not register under spe
cial guidance of the child.
Naturally, we might expect a dis
ability in music or art because of
Miss Clark Entertains
Miss Mary Mac Clark entertainec
at bridge at her home near En
field Thursday evening.
During the bridge progression!
Miss Mary Eleanor Bobbitt anc
Miss Lillian Howell scored higl
land were attractively awarded.
limitations in vision and hearing, in
perception and discriminaton of
color or form, pitch or tone. But
much lagging interest in art and
music can often be traced to unfa
vorable early experiences of the
child.
Doesn’t Prove Anything
There are many persons with
average or superior ability in other
directions who are ignominious fail
ures in a particular subject. Yet,
this fact does not prove they had to
be failures, or that they can’t mas
ter this subject even yet. The older
they grow, however, the less likely
they are to overcome the handicap.
Such failures might have had
their beginnings in the early years
at school. The child hounded and
shamed at school for his failures
suffers more and more because his
arrears multiply, and his arrears
pile up because he suffers. How
easy it must be for him to believe
he never will be able to master the
subject!
it hardly will help tne cnna lag
ging in one subject to tell him he
ought to do as well in that subject
as in others. Let it be a matter of
opportunity to escape pains of de
feat and enjoy pleasures from suc
cesses. Nor should he be expected
to do very well in the subject, with
all the burdening emotions to ham
per him. Why expect a miracle ?
The safe and sensible thing for
parents and teachers to do is to take
the responsibility for setting the
stage so the child who lags in just
one subject will win and enjoy suc
cess in that subject.
Solving Parent Problems
Q. What do you think of the
father who is always telling his boy
how hard he worked and how little
he spent when “I was your age?”
A. I think he is acting very child
ishly.
Guests of Miss Clark were Miss
Eunice Cuthrell, Miss Kiki Andle
ton, Miss Frances Hofler, Mrs.
Durward Anderson, Mrs. Elmer
Cuthrell, Mrs. Ralph Cuthrell, Miss
Mary Eleanor Bobbitt, Mrs. R. C.
Whitehead, Mrs. Paul Brown, Jr.,
Miss Lillian Howell, Mrs. John
Walton and Miss Dot Bell.
Choral Club Gives
Concert - Enfield
The Enfield Choral Club gave its
first concert at the Enfield Metho
dist Episcopal Church Friday eve
ning. A silver offering was taken
to help defray expenses and for the
benefit of the Community House.
This club, a group of local men
and women, augmented by several
from Whitakers, interested in sing
ing, was organized in June, and
practice weekly. Under the leader
ship of Mrs. R. E. Shervette, Jr.,
director, and Miss Virginia Branch,
accompanist, they expect to render
at all times music enjoyable by all,
giving a program of sacred and
secular music periodically. The
next program planned is a Christ
mas Cantata to be given at the
Baptist Church in December.
The roil call of the Choral Club
includes the following members:
from Whitakers—Wiley Bradley,
Paul Burnette, and Gaston Taylor;
from Enfield—Mrs. A. S. Harrison,
Mrs. M. E. Herman, Mrs. D. Mac
Johnson, Mrs. P. W. Joyner, Mrs.
Exum Bellamy, Mrs. L. L. Allen,
Miss Virginia Branch, Mrs. J. B.
Britt, Mrs. Thad Hales, Mrs. Bessie
Hancock, Mrs. Hampton Pope, Mrs.
R. E. Shervette, Jr., Mrs. Eugene
Wood, Mrs, Hubert Whitaker, Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Burchette, Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Sauder, Joseph Branch,
Sam Arrington Dunn, H. C. Dur
ham, John McGwigan, R. Hunter
Pope, Clint Stallings, E. L. Smith,
I. D. Wood and Norman Vick.
Wilson - Barkley
Mis_ Gwendolyn Barkley and Mr.
Richard H. Wilson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. T. Wilson, were married
at the home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Barkley, in
Enfield on Sunday afternoon, Sep
tember 3rd, in the presence of a
few intimate friends and relatives.
The impressive ring ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Sam T. Ha
bel, of the Enfield Baptist Church.
The young couple were unattend
ed. The bride was attired in a suit
of blue with darker blue acces
sories. Her shoulder corsage was
of bride’s roses and forget-me-nots.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are making
their home in Wilson.
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