FOUR ROOM PLANT
TO BE BUILT ON
8TH, WASHINGTON
Plans for the construction of a
textile training building here to be
used in training high school stu
dents and employes of the local
mills have been completed and are
now in the hands of the YVPA of
ficials for the final approval. The
building is to be erected on the east
side of Washington Street facing
Eighth, just opposite the Junior
High and the Shop building of the
local city school system. Actual
construction is expected to start as
soon as WPA officials have check
ed the plans and given their final
approval.
The building will be used in giv
ing high school students and em
ployes of the mills elementary and
advanced technical instruction in
the different phases of the textile
industry. Will Nelson, who has
been employed here for the past
several years as a textile instruc
tor, will be the instructor. At pres
ent he is holding his classes in a
room of the Junior High building.
The new building, 80 feet long
by 60 feet wide, will have four
rooms, consisting of a weaving de
partment, spinning department,
carding department, and a lecture
room. The lecture room will have
in it an office for the instructor.
The new building will be of sand
stone blocks, one story high. All
of the rooms will be ceiled except
for the weaving room where the
large looms will not permit ceiling.
Each room will have an outside
exit. Big windows on all sides will
provide ample lighting.
The ground for the building was
donated and deeded to the school
trustees of the city by the Simmons
Company.
The school has at present enough
material for about two of the
rooms in the new building. The
machines now owned by the school
are all in the single room of the
Junior High building. The ma
chines were donated largely by the
local mills. C. W. Davis, school
superintendent, said this week that
the mills expected to give the ad
ditional machines to be used in
the new building.
Mr. Nelson, the textile instructor,
is maintained here by the federal
government, the state government,
and the local school board.
Mr. Davis said this week that
he expected to see the textile de
partment of the school grow to the
extent that an additional teacher
would be required to handle the
work before long.
SADIE HAWKINS DAY
TO BE CELEBRATED
This Saturday Rosemary Recrea
tion Club will present Sadie Haw
kins Day*. This is an annual event
at the Club, starting last year when
a huge crowd saw the show.
This time it was decided to have
a play centered around the lives
and loves of A1 Capps’ famous
movie strip, “Little Abner", and
the other characters of Dog Patch.
Beginning at 7:30 p.m. the Recrea
tion Club will present a one-act
play entitled “It Happened In Dog
Patch”. Among the various char
acters, Helen Stewart will enact
the part of Daisy Mae, Little Ab
ner's girl friend. Mildred Mills will
be Ma Yokum; Bryant “Horsefly”
Gray will be Pa Yokum. Roger
Cullom will be Hairless Joe and
Doc Mahaffey, Jr. will be Lone
some Polecat. The scene where
they mix the joy juice and go on
a bender will bring down the
house. Margaret Butler will be
Belinda Bargrease. Virgil McDow
ell will be Marr.yin’ Sam. Chester
Allsbrook will be the Mayor. Ma
ble Allsbrook will be the Widow.
A great surprise is in store for
the audience when they find out
who Mitzi Mudlark and the Scraggs
are. One top on the Scraggs is,
there will be one of them a very
famous softball pitcher who is
making his first appearance on the
stage. After the play a series of
short acts will be presented and
then the club will be turned into a
big Dogpatch Party and Dance.
Everyone is requested to appear in
a costume as there will be prizes
for the best costumes. The play is
under the direction of Mrs. Mildred
Mills and Mrs. Mable Allsbrook. A
small admission Will be charged.
Daily Report Meetings To Be
Held At Municipal Building
_I
During the week of the Chest
Drive there will be daily report
meetings at the Municipal Building
at 7:00 p.m. for every day of the
Drive except Thanksgiving Day.
All Division Colonels, Majors and
Workers are requested to be at
these report meetings so that ev
eryone can be acquainted with the
program of the Drive. Charts will
be prepared as they were last year
and immediately after each report
meeting the thermometer will be
painted to the proper level.
The Thermometer has been
placed in the hospital grounds and
flood lighted. This thermometer
will be used to record the progress
of the Roanoke Rapids Community
Chest Drive during Thanksgiving
week. Each night after the cam
paign report meeting the Fire De
partment has arranged to paint the
“mercury" higher with the Goal
set at $13,205.
In all the churches this Sunday
the ministers plan to make an ap
peal to their congregation to sup
port the Second Annual Communi
ty Chest of Roanoke Rapids.
In two churches last Sunday,
special sermons were preached on
the subject of giving to the Com
munity Chest, the ministers using
the Good Neighbor theme.
Camp'gn Workers
Meeting is Held
At Rosemary Hall
A very enthusiastic group of
more than 50 campaign workers
under Major Virgil E. McDowell
held a meeting in the Rosemary
Recreation Hall Wednesday night.
Mrs. C. M. Gurley, Associated
Charities Case Worker, was pres
ent and gave some interesting in
formation about the work of the
Associated Charities for the past
year. Also speaking briefly were
Colonel T. J. Alford of the Indus
trial Division and Campaign Chair
man, Frank Sherry.
J. E. McGee stated that he was
confident that Rosemary would go
“over the top” as they did in last
year’s Drive. Closing the meet
ing, T. W. Mullen, President of the
Roanoke Rapids Community Chest,
made a strong appeal for Chest
support and thanked the Rosemary
workers for their past efforts, also
expressing confidence that Rose
mary would be heard from before
Thanksgiving week is over.
Too Late To Classify
WANTED: Small second hand
cash register. Taylors Drug Store.
Dial R-321 . st-U-23tf
COMMISSIONS
SEEK JAIL SITE
F. C. Williams and Byron Gur
ley, members of the Finance Com
mittee of the Board of Commission
ers, met with Mayor Bernard Alls
brook last Friday for the purpose
of selecting a site for the proposed
lew city jail, the site to be ap
proved by the entire Board.
Mayor Allsbrook said this week
that two locations were picked to
present to the Board, provided the
sites could be secured for the jail.
At that time Mr. Allsbrook said
investigations were in progress but
he was unable to foresee the out
come of either investigation.
The two sites chosen for recom
mendation by the Finance Commit
tee and the Mayor are the old
power plant on the old canal and
a plot of ground between the ball
park and the Seaboard switch line
and between the water tank and
the Roanoke Rapids Bonded Ware
house. The old power house is the
property of the Virginia Electric
and Power Company. The lots on
11th Street at the ball park are
the property of the Roanoke Rap
ids Sanitary District.
Mr. Allsbrook said that he ex
pected some definite action to be
taken at the next meeting of the
Board of Commissioners in Decem
ber.
Mrs. H. T. Nethery
Funer'l Held Wed.
Mrs. Ethel Stephenson Nethery,
57, died at her home near Weldon
Monday night following a week’s
illness. Funeral services were con
ducted at Halifax Methodist
Church Wednesday afternoon at I
2:30 by the Rev. C. T. Thrift, and
interment was in the Stephenson
family cemetery.
Survivors are her husband, Hen
ry T. Nethery; two daughters, Mrs.
Gordon Dickens of Weldon, and
Miss Viola Nethery of Nashville,
Tenn.; a son, Thomas Nethery of
Paris Island, S. C.; five brothers,
W. E. Stephenson of Weldon, Jim
and W. M. Stephenson of Halifax,
E. L. Stephenson of Rocky Mount
and G. E. Stephenson of Enfield;
and a sister, Mrs. J. S. Riddick, of
Spring Hill.
SANITARY RATINGS
OF CITY CAFES, MEAT
MARKETS ANNOUNCED
CAFES
Announced by the County Health
Department, sanitary ratings of the
Roanoke Rapids cafes for October
are as follows:
Grade A Group (90% or above) —
Rosemary Cafe-90.0
Bakery Cafe - 90.0
C. D. Williams _ 90.0
Blue Front l unch - 90.0
Grade B Group (bu to 90%) —
Ed’s Lunch _ 88.0
Silver Grill _ 85.5
Bill’s Place _ 85.0
Kidd’s Lunch _ 83.5
Ray’s Barbeque _ 83.0
Bob Cole Lunch_81.5
Davenport Cafe _ 80.0
Johnson’s Lunch _ 80.0
Fred Forrest Lunch_80.0
Pearl Owen’s Hot Dog_81.0
Grade C Group (70 to 80%) —
Mike’s Place _ 73.0
E. D. Medlin _ 76.5
MEAT MARKETS
Sanitary ratings of the Roanoke
Rapids Meat Markets for Novem
ber are announced as follows by
the County Health Department:
Grade A Group (90% or over) —
Mrs. Mattie Duncan-95.0
J. C. Wells_94.0
M System _ 93.5
Standard Grocery - 93.5
Thompsons Market - 90.0
L&M Store _ 92.0
R. X. Starke-91.0
Yellow Front Market - 90.0
Grade B Group (80 to 90%) —
Ranhorn Grocery - 88.5
Penders Grocery-88.0
Matkins Market-87.5
Batton Grocery - 86.5
Toppings Market - 87.5
R. E. Merritt _ 87.0
A & P Grocery- 86.0
Tucker Fayed -85.0
R. T. Braswell Grocery_ 84.0
D. I. Kidd _ 83.0
I. K. Braswell _ 80.5
Grade C Group (70 to 80%) —
Branches Market (Col.) -78.5
Miller - Finch
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Finch an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Alpha Mae, to Jarman
Clifton Miller on September 1,
1939.
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