Lions Hear
Clary On
Federal Aid
Lion Morris Clary discussed be
fore his fellow Lions here tonight
the question of federal aid for
state schools. Mr. Clary, who has
won wide recognition for his study
of school problems, serving at the
present as chairman of the Public
ity Committee tor the N.C.E.A.,
pointed out reasons why citizens
should get behind a bill for fed
eral aid in the present term of
Congress.
The program began tonight with
a minute's silent tribute to Lion
Joe Wells.
Carlton Cannon, Joe Talley, Stu
art Hall, and Elmer Starke were
voted into membership.
Pete Graham was selected as a
member of the board of directors
to fill the vacancy left by the
death of Joe Wells.
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James Fanney spent Sunday in
Rocky Mount with friends.
Misses Doma Rook and Grace
Simms spent Sunday in Newport
News, Va., with friends.
Leroy Prince spent Sunday in
Tarboro with friends.
Miss Wilda Crickmore has re
turned home after spending the
past week with friends in Rocky
Mount.
Miss Annie Lou Hinson spent the
week-end in Norfolk with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gibson and
granddaughters, Dorothy Lee and
Gail Gibson, of Norfolk, Va., were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Hudson.
Miss Frances Wilson spent sev
eral days with friends in Leaks
ville last week.
John Sales of Hopewell, Va., was
a visitor in town Sunday.
Miss Grace Hudson of A.C.C.
spent the Christmas holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Hudson.
Clyde Hargrove of Lumberton
spent several days here with
friends and relatives last week.
James P. Conray of Raleigh spent
the week-end here visiting Miss
Ophelia Daniel.
Misses Jacqueline Armstrong,
Patricia Hodges spent Friday in
Winterville.
Paul Woodruff returned to Spen
cer Monday after spending the
'Christmas holidays here with rela
tives and friends.
Miss Lois Batts of Raleigh is
spending this week here with her
parents.
miss Virginia wnson or mcn
mond, Va., is spending this week
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. O. Wilson.
Miss Catherine Burnette of Ga
rysburg spent the Christmas holi
days with Mr. and Mrs. John Baird.
Mi3s Mary B. Cannon of Raleigh
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John
M. Smith Monday.
Mr, and Mrs. A. Swartz left
Sunday to spend the week in Flori
da.
Mr, and Mrs. T. M. Faison, Miss
Milliqent Faison of Columbia spent
the holidays here with Mrs. J. B.
O’Briant.
Miss Minnie Johnson and Miss
Margaret Cox visited Mrs. William
Harris II in Henderson Sunday.
Mi«s Phyllis Brown left Friday
for Richmond after spending the
Christmas holidays with Mr. and
Mb-s. Marion Hudson.
Mr; and Mrs. W. P. Boone, Jr.,
and daughter, Evelyn, of Scotland
Neck spent Sunday with Mr. and
\ Mrs. J. F. Welch.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hardy, Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Speight Bpent Sun
day in Kinston.
Elton Capps left Monday for Co
lumbia, S. C., where he has accept
ed a: position.
Wilbert Moore left Monday for
past week with his mother, Mrs.
Mae Moore.
Misses Rebecca Suttle, Cora Bella
Queensbury, and Messrs. Joe Sut
tle, Billy Suttle, and Freddie Sut
tle of Newport News, Va., spent
Thursday in town with friends.
Miss Marjorie Collins left Tues
day for her home in Conway, S. C.,
after spending the past week with
her sisters, Mrs. J. W. Brank and
Mrs. Donald Chestnut.
Wilton Fully of Stony Creek
spent Monday here with his sister,
Mrs. R. M. Barrett.
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Woodall and
daughter, Susan, returned to their
home in Hamlin, W. Va., after a
visi tto Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Daugh
try.
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks McLeod re
turned to their home in Mebane,
N. C. Tuesday, after a visit to Mr.
and Mrs. V. C. Daughtry.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shearin of
Franklin, Va., visited Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Langston this week-end.
Miss Catherine Mitchell of Wil
liamston, N. C., spent the week-end
here.
Larry Meade, of Washington, D.
C., spent several days with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Meade,
the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Katz, Washing
ton, D. C., Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Twis
dale and daughter, Margaret, of
Richmond, Va., and J. E. Edwards
of Lawrenceville spent part of the
Christmas holidays in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Thomason.
Margaret Harden returned Wed
nesday to W.C.U.N.C. She spent
the holidays here with her1 family.
Dr. and Mrs. Roy Bridges of
Polcomoke, Md„ were guests this
week of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Proc
Mr. and Mrs. Page Taylor of
Roanoke, Va., were guests last
week of Mrs. J. M. Grizzard.
Mrs. M. M. Faison returned Wed
nesday to St. Mary’s City, Mary
land, where she will resume her
teaching.
Greely Bryant left Tuesday for
Richmond where he expects to en
list in the U. S. Army.
Dr. and Mrs. B. E. Stephenson
spent part of the holidays at Fu
quay Springs, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dean spent
the holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
Graham Dean at Fort Oglethorpe.
Mr. Dean returned home and Mrs.
Dean went to Memphis, Tenn., to
visit her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Baldwin.
Mr. and Mrs. Pohlers fo Ruther
fordton, N. J., spent the holidays
here iwth Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Berkstresser.
Mr. and Mrs. James Coffee of
Lynchburg, Va., spent some time
here during the holidays with Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Williams.
Calvary-Thelma
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Roberts and
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and son of
Youngsville were visitors of Mrs. J.
E. Mitchell Sunday.
Mrs. Troy Woodlief of Richmond,
Va., was a visitor of Mrs. Frank
King Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Myrick were
visitors of Mrs. G. H. Myrick Sun
day afternoon.
Robert Jenkins spent the week
end in Franklin, Va.
Mr. and Mis. Rodwell, Miss Ber
tha Mae Young and Wilbur Shear
in were visitors of Miss Louise
Morris Sunday afternoon.
Man Admits
Driving Car
In Collision
Junious Williams, colored, con
fessed to officers this week that he
was driving the car that was said
to have been the cause of the
three-car smashup just east of the
Junction on the Weldon road last
Thursday night. David Hawkins,
who ran from the scene of the ac
cident, was at first reported to be
the driver of the machine.
Williams, who was injured about
the face in the accident, told the
officers after the accident that
Hawkins was driving the car. Later
he retracted the statement, saying
that he did not know why he had
made such a statement to them.
He was arrested this week on a
charge of reckless and careless
driving.
The wreck involved three cars.
One was the car driven by Williams
in which Hawkins was riding. An
other was that of Clyde Husketh
whose machine was upset in the
accident, he and his wife both es
caping injury. The other mechine
was that of R. O. Carpenter, tax
collector. Mr. Carpenter and Tom
Taylor were both cut about the
face, but not seriously. Mr. Car
penter was not admitted to the
hospital, although Taylor remain
ed in the hospital for a couple of
days.
WELDON
Mrs. W. J. Boseman spent the
week-end in Petersburg, Va. with
relatives.
Miss Nan Anthony has returned
home after spending several days
in Suffolk, Va.
Miss Lillian Pate of Gumberry
spent Saturday with Miss Christine
Alston.
Miss Edna Hart spent Thursday
in Petersburg, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williams of
Greensboro were holiday guests of
O. P. Mohorn. Mrs. William re
mained to spend two weeks.
Mrs. Mary Fitzhugh is visiting
her son in Cherryville, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Williams
spent Christmas in Richmond, Va.,
with Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lassiter.
Fred Gore, Jr., of Chicago, HI.,
was the holidays guest of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gore.
Mrs. Horace Barnhill of Enfield,
is spending this week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. John Daniel of
Asheville visited their parents in
Weldon over the week-end.
“I Was Warden of a Soviet
Murder Camp.” A first hand
story of the cruelty, torture and
suicides among the hordes of
Communist Government prison
ers revealed by a chief jailor
who, no longer able to stand the
horror of his job, fled into Fin
land. An illustrated feature in
The American Weekly Magazine
with next Sunday’s Washington
Times-Herald, now on sale.
District Scout
Meet Here 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 9
The annual meeting of the Hali
fax District of Rast Carolina Coun
cil, Boy Scouts of America, will be
held Tuesday, Jan. 9th at the Ju
nior High School Building in Roa
noke Rapids. Supper will start at
6 p.m.
About 50 of the district board,
troop leaders, scoutmasters and as
sistant scoutmasters are expected,
says Scout National Representa
tive W. H. Pruden, who is in
charge of arrangements. They will
come from Weldon, Roanoke Rap
ids, Camps Store, Seaboard, Jack
son, Hobgood and Scotland Neck.
Mrs. Lennie Williams, George
Gay and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wey
gint of Ocean View were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Thompson on
Franklin Street last week-end.
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—former values
12.95 to 49.50
Regardless of Style or
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LOMA LEADS, JUNIOR FIRSTS
and CO-ED DRESSES
You know the Quality and Style of these
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every one of which formerly sold for $7.95,
offered in our January Sale at —
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"PARIS FASHION" SHOES
Formerly $3. and $4. Values,
Reduced for Quick Clearance -
HOSIERY - 2 Pairs 51.
Full-Fashioned Chiffon in All New Shades
(NOTE: Sale Prices Cash Only—No Refund)
Shafia’s Dress Shop
(Formerly 'The Bargain Store"
1030 Roanoke Avenue Rodnoke Rapids, N. C.
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