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VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, Dec. 14,1939 NUMBER 22
AT SCOUT HUT DEDICATION
Above is pictured a part of the crowd that attended thfe formal ope ning of the Girls Scout Hut Thursday of last week. John A. Lang, State
N.Y.A. Administrator, presented the building to the scouts during the ceremony. In the foreground, lined up immediately in front of the
beautiful log structure, is the crack high school band, Which participated In the dedicatory jrrogranv. (Photograph"by Grant)
YELLOW JACKET SQUAD HONOR
GUESTS AT BANQUET HERE
J. M. Broughton
Of Raleigh Is Out
For NC Governor
Prominent Raleigh attorney and
Sunday School leader, who Tuesday
announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for Gover
nor.
SCHOOLS
TO CLOSE
FRIDAY
Unseen, Saint Nicholas walked
abroad in seven-league boots,
sowing the seeds of his spirit—
seeds which have already sprouted:
next week the plant will bloom in
full and out will pop CHRISTMAS
in Roanoke Rapids. To the older
folks, it will be all too soon; to
the younger the intervening time
will drag. Rut the build-up, the
spirit is here, evident on every
hand.
The Christmas street lights, fur
nished to the citizens of the town
from Hornertown to Belmont and
from Camps Store to South Rose
mary by the Roanoke Rapids Mer
chants Association and cooperating
non-members, have been up a week
now, showering their colored rays
upon the growing stream of eve
ning window shoppers.
The city hall announced that it
had the spirit by getting a full
dress decoration draped around its
front steps, giving a cheery greet
ing to all comers, regardless of
their mission. Bright lights shin
ing from the hall’s steps and win
dows at night give that section a
touch of life and cheer.
The stores, one by one, are catch
ing the radiance of the season, and
over night they become places of
luxurious luster and tinseled beau
ty. All up and down the Avenue,
the passerby is greeted with deco
rations that were put there for his
benefit. And he can not but realize
that the merchants are sending out
to him hearty Christmas wishes,
whether he trades with them or
not.
Homes throughout the city have
placed the colored candles in their
windows in order that all may see
that the owner still has the welfare
of his fellow man at heart.
The fire department continue
with their job of repairing toys for
the underprivileged. The school
children prepare big white boxes
filled with the finer things of the
season to be delivered Friday to
those in need.
Santa Claus has himself station
ed at various intervals along the
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TUESDAY NIGHT AT BANQUET GIVEN FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SQUAD by the Monogram Club, composed of Roanoke Rapids High School alumni lettermen.
TOP LEFT' Coach D. C. Walker, head football coach of Wake Forest College, shown speaking at the banquet. BOTTOM LEFT: Coach Walker with Fullback John
Polanski, Center John Pendegrast and End Paul Waivers of the Wake Forest varsity. BOTTOM RIGHT: J. T. Chase, C. L. Wilson, Ned Maiming, presented with letters by
Monogram Club members Ted Speight and BUI Alligood. Complete story Page One, Sec. C. NewsKuts by Crumpier.