THE R.C - TAPIDS iir N. C.’s TABloid Picture NEWSpaper — All Home-Print — 3 |B 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _____ l_.. VOLUME TWENTY-SIX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.— THURSDAY, JAN. 3,1941NUMBER 35 ___—--—- •—.—., L _ -- x ' iiN-.i. LIONS ENTERTAIN CHILDREN Above are two views of the Lions Club’s Christmas party held here for approximately 50 underprivileged children in the city. Upper scene shows the children being fed. Lower picture shows Santa Claus distributing gifts to the youngsters. The children were fed and given gifts, which included eats and something to wear. (NewsKuts by Brigman) FOUR VOLUNTEERS READY TO ENTER TRAINING JAN. 8 at. , ■ .- , - i Four volunteers have been de clared ready for induction into the Selective Service training by the local Board. They have had their phsyical examinations and will leave for Fort Bragg next Wednesday with the six to go in the second call. Three other men are to take examinations Friday. Out of these three are expected to come the remaining two men. The third one is being examined as an al ternate. Two of the men to report for physical examination tomorrow are draftees. The oth er one is a volunteer. Those who have already been declared ready for induction are: Sanford Wood of Weldon; John Wilson Joyner of South Rose mary; Sammy Leon Jones of 210 Hamilton Street, City; and Solo man Powell, whose box number is 525, City. The draftees to report tomor row are the first to be called by the local board. All others have been volunters. These boys who will report Friday have the or der numbers 8 and 14. If No. 8 passes his physical examination, he will be the one to go to Fort Bragg. If he is found unfit, No. 14 will go, provided he is fit. However, the board will still accept volunteers in this call. Those who would like to go at this time may do so by getting in touch with the board early Friday. If the other volunteer passes his examination tomorrow, he will give the local board a total of seven volunteers to bo inducted into the service. Two have de cided to get into the navy; one is serving a term on the road; two are disqualified legally because of having been convicted of a felony; one has been disqualified because of physical disability. He is placed in IB class and iB sub ject to call if ever needed. Those who would like*, to volun teer for the expected call in Feb ruary are urged by the Board to do so early in order to get in duction papers out of the way before the laiit minute. Golden Gloves AU amateur boxers in Halifax and Northampton Counties who wish to enter the Herald 1941 Golden Gloves Tournament are invited to report at the Roanoke Rapids High School gym at 8;80 Monday night, Jan. 6th for in structions and first training by Coach Lonnie Blackwelder. Bring your trunks and shoes for workout. The Tournament Committee is also asked to meet at the same time and place. (More details inside) 1 ' „ _- S „ ELECTION TO BE HELD TUESDAY ON LOCATION, BONDS " T An election to determine wheth er the City of Roanoke Rapids will construct a jail in and ad joining the present Municipal building will be held Tuesday, January 7. The polls will be open ed for all qualified city voters at 7 a.m. and close at sunset on that day. Polling place in the North Ward will be at the Boy Scout hut on West Second Street. The regis trar in the North Ward will be Henry Fitts. Judges will be S. C, Cook and J. O. Brown. Polling place in the South Ward will be the Rosemary graded school. A. M. Cameron will be the registrar and Curtis Shell and Allie Wood will be the judges. Citizens of the city will be ask ed to vote "yes’’ or "no” to the following question: “Shall an or dinance passed December 3, 1940, authorizing not exceeding $12,500 bonds of the City of Roanoke Rapids for paying all or part of the cost of constructing a jail in or adjoining the Municipal build ing, and a tax for said bonds, be approved ?” If the majority of voters in the election approve the ordinance next Tuesday a jail will be erect ed in or adjoining the Municipal building. The shop now used by the Sanitary District and the Street Department will probably be converted into a jail in the e vent the ordinance is approved. If the ordinance is not approv ed, the Board of City Commis sioners plans to hold another e lection to vote on $21,000 bonds for the construction of a jail at some other location, undecided at the present time. A majority of votes cast for the approval of the ordinance will decide the election in favor of locating the jail in the Municipal building. A majority cast a gainst the approval will defeat the measure and another election will have to be called. All citi zens properly registered on the city books are eligible to vote. Last August (1940) a group of citizens signed a petition protest ing the construction of a jail in the Municipal building. Follow ing the presentation of the peti tion to the Board of Commission ers, the board decided against placing the proposed jail in the building. An investigation as to the cost of a jail constructed as a sep arate unit was made. The expense was found more than had been anticipated by the commissioners, who later decided to hold the election. The City Health Department has declared the present jail building not suited to its purpose and the County Grand Jury has warned the City that it must im prove its jail conditions or be forced to be without One. An ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds for $7,500 for the construction of a jail was re pealed recently at a meeting of the commissioners. The bonds were never issued They were re pealed because they were insuffi cient to construct a jail' adequate for the city. 3700 AUTO TAGS SOLD HERE SINCE OFFICE OPENING A total of 3700 automobile tags has been sold at the local license bureau since its opening on No vember 30, according to reports from the office force. There have been 815 truck and 320 trailer tags sold in addition to the pas senger vehicle line. December 31 (Tuesday) led in a single, day’s sales. On that day, the last day that drivers were allowed to Operate with old li censes, the local office sold a to tal of 755 tags which amounted in dollars and cents to approxi mately $12,009. A line of auto mobile and truck owners remain ed at the windows practically the entire day. A rushed order had to be called in to Raleigh for ad ditional tags before the day was over. Tile first two days of the new year were very "slow” at the of fice, Mrs. Mfncher, who is head ing up the license sales, said to day. City tag sales have increased this year also, it is reported. To day there had been 745 city tags ' sold ,an increase over former years for the entire 12 months. No definite check has been made as yet, but it has been es timated by those who have been closely associated with jthe tag sales that a "good” 50 per cent of those people buying licenses at the local office came from com munities outside of Roanoke Rap ids and immediate territory. The office force handling tho plate sales here took the job with some misgivings, but report that they have encountered little diffi culty in the sales. ' ; j \ \ J