JOINT CLUB MEET
HERE TONIGHT FOR
CAPTAIN NICH'SON
One hundred members of the
Lions and Kiwanis Clubs of Roa
noke Rapids, in joint meeting to
night, listened with intense inter
est to a masterful address on
American Business by Captain A.
A. Nichoson, personnel director of
The Texas Company.
The inter-club meeting, with the
Lions as hc3ts, was held at the
First Baptist Church where a tur
key dinner was served. Lion Pres
ident Clayton Gurley presided with
Lion Ted Speight in charge of
singing. Thanks were returned by
Kiwanian R. L. Towe. Kiwanis
President T. J. Alford expressed
the pleasure of his club for the
inter-club session.
Lion Frank C. Vaughan introduc
ed Messrs. Payne, Wood and Bob
Allen of the Texaco Company and
the speaker, Captain Nichoson. The
latter enlisted as a private in the
World War and was honorably
discharged with the rank of Major
after seeing active service in most
sectors of the Western Front. Aft
er the War, he started with the
Texas Company as a laborer and
rose to the position of personnel
manager of the company. He is in
constant demand as a speaker all
over the United States.
Captain Nichoson is a staunch
devotee of the principles and ob
jectives of American business and
industry as shown by his address
here tonight. After a visit to tex
tile plants in Roanoke Rapids this
afternoon and around the city, the
speaker veered somewhat from his
expected address on “Building Bet
ter Business By Building Better
Men” to express amazement at the
industrial and civic development of
Roanoke Rapids. He predicted
greater growth of this city and of
North Carolina because of the type
of citizens, the climate, nearness to
raw products and location, stating
the day of big industrial cities like
Detroit was over. He made a spe
cial point of chiding business men
for allowing the public to get the
mistaken idea that business, big or
little, was greedy or corrupt and
painted a brilliant picture of what
industry and business had done for
the American people in making
this nation the richest in the world
where the lowest standards of liv
ing were far in advance of any
thing other countries experienced.
He stressed the necessity for all
Americans to continue success in
all fields of endeavor by using the
imagination, skill and willingness
to work and to serve as shown by
past generations o' Americans and
above all, to have faith in Ameri
can principles and teach that faith
to all citizens.
Proper leadership by those in
business and industry, with vision,
intiative, courage, and understand
ing of our fellow-man’s desires and
problems is the great need of the
nation today, he said, when the
great part of the rest of the world
is in such chaotic condition. Lead
ership in business must bring order
to our national picture so that we
all may live in harmony and securi
ty.
Men who are leaders in the bus
iness life of America have the
great responsibility of keeping a
live and effective the faith of all
men in the American principles of
fair play, hard work and reward
for initiative, he concluded. In a
speech meant for business and pro
fessional men, he said that business
would be only as big as its leaders.
The speech was marked by the
ease and facility of delivery by
Captain Nichoson with an impres
sive control of the English lan
guage.
CONSTRUCTION OF
AVENUE BUILDING
WILL BE RESUMED
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Completion Dote
McCrory Stores
Set For March 1
Steps toward the construction of
the 75 x 140-ft. building with full
basement, on the southeast corner
of Roanoke Avenue and Tenth
Streets, will be resumed the latter
part of this week, according to an
nouncement made today by J. Win
field Crew, Jr., city attorney and
extensive property owner here, who
is to be the owner of the new struc
ture.
Extensive excavation work, to
take care of the large basement for
the building, was started several
Weeks ago, but was temporarily
halted. Little progress has been
made the last few weeks. Plans
for the building, the ground floor
and basement of which will be oc
cupied by a 5c to $5.00 store, op
erated by McCrory Stores Corp., of
New York City, and the second
floor to house 11 modern apart
ments, were announced late in
September.
First plans were for the ground
floor and basement of the building
to be completed for McCrory’s oc
cupancy by February 1st, however
the deadline has been moved up to j
March 1st, Mr. Crew said today.
Altho it is possible that two full
shifts of workmen may have to be
employed to complete the building
by that time, it is thought that
with favorable weather conditions
and no further delays, little diffi
culty will be encountered in com
pleting the building on time.
It will be necessary to tear down
the small 25-ft. front building oc
cupying the south end of tha lot,
commonly known as the “candy
kitchen” building, for the new
structure, and work of wrecking
that building will be started not
later than Monday, it is said.
The power shovel, first employed
in the excavation work, or a larger
one to replace it, will be returned
to the lot by the first of next week,
and the task of digging the large
hole for the basement will be re
sumed at that time.
Union Thanksgiv'g
Christian Church
In accordance with the custom
established last year, all the prot
estant churches of the community
are uniting in the annual Thanks
giving service.
This year the service will be held
November 30 at 9:00 a.m. in the
First Christian (Disciples) Church.
All the ministers of the city will
participate in the service. Rev.
Gordon Price will deliver the ser
mon.
At each of the Thanksgiving ser
vices, churches and ministers are
alternated.
Funeral For
C. Langford
Funeral services for Charlie
Langford, 42, who died in the Roa
noke Rapids Hospital last Sunday
morning after a week’s illness,
were held in the New Hope Church
Monday afternoon, the Reverend C.
T. Rogers officiating. Burial was
in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Langford, who was employ
ed prior to his illness by the Pat
terson Mills Company, is survived
by his wife, Marina Langford and
his mother, Mrs. Margaret Lang
ford,
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Mrs. Olivia Tyson Smith, 74, died
at noon Wednesday in the Roanoke
Rapids Hospital. Mrs. Smith was
in good health until the sudden
death of her son, John C. Smith,
two weeks ago. Funeral services
were held this afternoon at 3:00 at
her home on Roanoke Avenue. Rev
erends L. I. Stell and Gordon Price
officiated. Interment followed in
the Roanoke Rapids Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith, who came to Roa
noke Rapids around the turn of
the century, was formerly Miss
Olivia Tyson of Pitt County. Her
husband, Fenner Smith, died 45
years ago.
The deceased is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. C. H. Byrd of Roa
noks Rapids; a grandchild, Mary
Ann Smith; two brothers, S. R. Ty
son of Durham, and J. W. Tyson
of Bennettsville, S. C.; and a sis
ter, Mrs. W. A. Murray of Wash
ington, D. C.
pallbearers for the service were
Ray Jeffers, J. H. Matkins, J. R.
Allsbrook, A. K. Hatem, M. M. Fai
son, Dr. T. W. M. Long, Kelly
Jenkins, and Bernard Allsbrook.
Funeral For
Miss Cooley
Friday P. M.
Miss Ollie Cooley, 24, of Roanoke
Rapids, died in a Henderson Hos
pital yesterday after a brief illness.
Miss Cooley was visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Jesse Marks, of Hender
son, when she became ill. Funeral
services will be conducted Friday
afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. F. VV.
Haynie in the Williams Funeral
Home. Burial will follow in the
Corinth Church Cemetery.
The deceased is survived by her
father, W. F. Cooley; six sisters,
Mrs. Jesse Love, Mrs. Lizzie Bar
rett, Grace, Lois and Hazel Cooley
of Roanoke Rapids, and Mrs. Jesse
Marks of Henderson; a brother,
Garland Cooley of Roanoke Rapids.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mosely spent
Sunday in Vaughan with Mrs.
Mosely’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Mosely.
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Church School at 9:45 a.m.
Church Worship at 11:00 a.m.
“Varities of God’s Love”, the
sermon for the morning service,
will be one of a series of sermons
of God s love.
The Pioneers of the church will
be at 5:00 p.m.
Young People will meet at 6:45
p.m.
Evening Church Worship at 7:30
p.m.
The evening worship will be con
ducted by the young people of the
church. Talks will be made by the
members of their group. The
theme for the program is “Thy
Kingdom Come.”
Miss Phyllis Brown of Richmond,
Va. spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jamie
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