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ROSEMARY CLUB ALL SET FOR BIG SHOW JAN. 26, 27 l ___ Miss Maxine Mason, Chairman of the Minstrel Revels Ticket Com mittee, announced today that the advance sale of tickets to the show was far above expectations, and if interest continued to amount that a third show would probably have to be put on. A sellout for the Fri day night performance is assured, with almost half of the Saturday night seats already gone. Work on the stage is rapidly go ing forward with the Chairman of the Stage Committee, George Rob erts, planning a real background for the Minstrel. Space, of course, will be a big handicap, as the stage is not so large. However, George is taking advantage of every pos sible bit of space and when it is finished it will be a credit to the show. For the benefit of those who have purchased tickets to the show, Collins Pridgen, Chairman of seating arrangements, assures the patrons that every seat will have a number, and there will be no chance of anyone’s missing the show. Curtain will be at 8:15 p.m. on Friday night and at 8 p.m. on Saturday night. The children’s matinee will be at 3:15 p.m. on Sat urday. The music will be under the direction of J. Sanders with Jack Sanders, violin, Miss Blowe, piano, Bagley Rook, saxaphone and Ed ward Simms .trumpet. uuw ui lxjlc xiigxiixgii ux cue sxxuw will be the Rhythm Busters, a quartet composed of Buddy Hasty, bass, Luter Dsvis, second tenor, Ervin Shearin, first tenor, and Da vid Loyd Shearin aritone. These boys have been singing together for dnly a short time but have ac complished marvelous results. They will sing a variety of old time and popular tunes that everyone will enjoy. Those enjoying the old time numbers in the old time way will enjoy these boys. George Gurley, Tyrus Woodard and Dick Lee have arranged their program of Blackouts and Skits for the second part of the show and they are going to be knockouts. Headlining the second part of the Minstrel will be Prof. Roland John son’s red hot speech on “Water vs Alcohol’’. The Prof, really has a message for the people and every one should hear it. Another skit will be by Bill Speight and Rufus Mountford entitled “Ah’m In The Ja'lhouse Now”, plus six blackouts. The circle composed of boys that are widely known is really get ting some fine effects with the various songs, although there will only be two or three in the circle that have ever appeared on the stage before. The boys are really getting a big kick out of it. The entire Recreation Club is get ting a new coat of paint in prep aration for the Minstrel. For the ammmmmmmrn mmmmmmmmmrn past week the paint crew has been going over the hall from the front to the back. The doors will be opened on both show nights at 7 p.m. and those desiring to look over the club to see what is going on in the way of Recreation at Rosemary should come early. The costumes for the show will be ready early next week and a dress rehearsal will be held on Thursday night before the show. Mrs. Dick Smith who is designing and making the costumes for the entire show is getting as much kick out of arranging the costumes as the boys are in putting on the show. She will be a guest of honor at the Saturday night show. Halifax Oil Men To Meet At Rocky Mt. Oil men of Halifax and seven other nearby counties will hear State Senator L. Y. Ballentine, of Wake County, in an address before the District Meeting of the North Carolina Petroleum Industries Committee at Rocky .'Mount, Thursday, January 25. During the past two regular ses sions of the General Assembly, Sen ator Ballentine was a leader in the fight for better roads in committee rooms and on the floor of the Sen ate. As a farmer, with particular interest in rural roads, Ballentine has been unyielding in his opposi tion to diversion of highway taxes for any purpose other than for highways. The Rocky Mount meeting, which will be held at the Ricks Hotel, in cludes the counties of Halifax, Edgecombe, Nash, Northampton, Wilson, Franklin, Vance, and War ren. In addition to oil company agents, distributors and service station operators, members of al lied organizations interested in highway transportation will attend and participate in the program. A 10:30 a.m. meeting for the pur pose of general discussion of the problems of taxation, diversion of highway funds and other legisla tive matters affecting highway us ers, will be followed by a luncheon at which Mr. Ballentine will speak. The Rocky Mount meeting is the seventh of a series of 10 district meetings being held throughout the State during January and February by the North Carolina Petroleum Industries Committee. O .Y. Kirkpatrick, of Charlotte, is chairman, and S. Gilmer Spar ger, of Raleigh, is secretary of the North Carolina Petroleum Indus tries Committee which is composed of thousands of oil men and service station operators from every coun ty in the State. R. R. Masons Install New The newly elected officers of Widow’s Son Lodge No. 519, A.F. & A. M., were duly installed at a reg ular communication of the lodge held on Thursday evening, January 11, 1940, by Past Master William J. Norwood in charge of the installa tion. The officers installed were as follows: Norris Hannon, Wor shipful Master; E. Will Nelson, Se nior Warden; S. L. Roberson, Ju nior Warden; E. M. Daughtrey, Treasurer; C. G. Grant, Senior Dea con; J. H. King, Junior Deacon; C. T. Smith, Senior Steward; E. B. Bowman, Junior Steward; and J. O. Crum pier, Tyler. In the past two years interest in Masonry in Widow’s Son Lodge has increased considerably, several ad ditions to the membership of the lodge have come by degrees and affiliation by transfer of member ship from other lodges. The of ficers and members of the lodge here are very hopeful for a good year for Masonry in Roanoke Rap ids for 1940. Birthday Party ' Roger Harris was given a sur prise birthday party Saturday night, celebrating his 18th birthday. Those enjoying games and refresh ments were Edith and Mildred Matthews, Virginia and Betty Brake, Marie Tripp, Fannie Acree, Elizabeth Foreman, Reba Faison, David Hudson, Arthur Sadler, Gra dy Lassiter, Roger Lolleys and Frank Harris, Mrs. Early Dickens, Mrs. Rufus Hux and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harris. Roger received many lovely gifts. OFFICIAL OPENING * OF CONSTITUTION HOUSE SET FEB. 2 Invitations to the formal and of ficial opening of Constitution House in Halifax, North Carolina, on Feb ruary 2 at 11:30 a.m. were sent out this week by the State Regent, Mrs. Eugene Norfleet Davis, and North Carolina Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution. Dr. Charles Lee Smith will make a brief address on the first consti tution at the official opening pro gram. Governor Clyde R. Hoey will respond for the State. Other distinguished guests, in cluding state officials, national of ficials of the D.A.R., and officials of other organizations, are expect ed to attend the program. The pro gram will be held in the Court House at Halifax. The invitations issued this week carry the following remarks about Constitution House: “This historic ^ shrine wherein was written the * first constitution of the State of North Carolina, April 12, 1776, has been restored to its original ex terior and furnished with furniture of the Colonial Period. The committee on restoration is ® composed of Mrs. Stewart C. Pratt, chairman, Miss Virginia Horne, Miss Helen Bryan Chamberlain, Mrs. W. H. Belk, and Mrs. H. R. Marshall. ^ Irvin Dickens of Conway spent the week-end here with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dickens. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hardison and Miss Violet Dean Corbett spent .. the week-end with relatives and * friends in Pinetown and Washing ton, N. C. :■ WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR ij jj "REGULATING" | YOUR WATCH! f ■I The purpose of your watch is I; ;! to tell accurate time. If it is not »\ ■I keeping correct time all of the time, '•[ J it is not performing properly! Don’t I! ;! tolerate an inaccurate watch. j; ■I OUR PRICES FOR REPAIRS ;! ARE VERY LOW! \\ ij INSPECTION FREE! ji I LAND BROS. JEWELERS SPEED’S FINE IN HOCKEV BUT NOT IN CIGARETTES. I LIKE SLOW-BURNING CAMELS...THEy'RE MILDER AND COOLER ! 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