President O. Grif fin Announces Committeemen President O. Griffin of the Roa noke Rapids Lions Club today an nounced the committee appoint ments for 1941-42, which were made at the regular meeting of the club last Thursday night. Most of the last meeting of the club was taken up with discussions of business, the most important of which was the committee ap pointments and plans for acti vities during the year. The following committees were named: Blind and welfare: Claude C. Cannon, chairman; John Lupton, co-chairman; Joe Talley, Leon Walters, O. R. Horton, the Rev. Edmund Berkeley, E. W. Smith, George F. Pappendick, Bill Carter, D. E. Bennet't, Pete Garner. Boys’ and Girls’ Work: Thomas N. Adams, chairman; Murrell Hud son, Chester Chase, Robert Howell, Rex Carter, Sam Brown, George Robert, J. Cranford Hoyle, the Rev. Gordon Price, R. P. Monteith, E. H. Fuller, Thurman Bullock. Civic and Community Better ment: Thomas L. Martin, chair man; the Rev. Gordon Price, Carl Thompson, Wyche Land. Publicity: H. B. Speight, chair man; Chester Chase, Wilton Dic kens, Winston Debney, Steve Robinson. Citizenship and Patriotism: Mor ris Clary, chairman; S. G. Wil son, Eugene Shell, R. P. Mon teith. Extension Committee: W. B. Allsbrook, chairman; Ivey Mo horne, J. A. Wood, W. S. Batton. Finance: Thornton Wilson and the Board of Directors. Lions Education: Rufus Vick, chairman; Jimmy Curran, Jack Livesay, Lou Yerger. Program: Byron Gurley, chair man; Carlton Cannon, C. L. Tay lor, C. M. Gurley. Safety: S. H. Crumpler, chair man; C. L. Elting, E. H. Fuller. Attendance: E. M. Daughtry, chairman; Eugene Shell, E. M. Hutcheson. Constitution and By-laws: M. Scott Benton, chairman; C. M. Gurley, H. B. Speight. CAROLINA — — BIRD LORE The Canada Goose Flocks, aggregating many thou sands, of these great grey birds spend the winter on Lake Matta muskeet, though the habitat of :he Canada Goose with us is not so restricted as that of the whistl ng Swan, large numbers of the former wintering all down our ;oast line from Currituck Sound :o the southwest corner of the Pamlico Sound, with many scat tering flocks to be found on the ower sounds, Lake Ellis and other suitable bodies of water. They also >ccur in some numbers for many miles up the valley of the Yadkin Hiver. They seem to be equally Lt home on both fresh and salt vater. Of course, none of the geese lecure their food by diving, taking heir ell-grass or other suitable ood directly from the bottom in mmparatively shallow water. They Jso feed to a certain extent on and, a winter wheat field prov ng an acceptable area for se uring nourishment. Many of these geese nest with 1 the borders of the United States, contrary to the habits of ther members of the group that est only in the far north. In ome sections, trees seem to be avored as nesting sites rather han the ground, this being parti ularly true of the Reelfoot Lake egion. The loud "honking” cry of this pecies is one of its noticeable haracteristics. Description: Head and neck, black, with white throat and white patch on side of head. Wings and back, grayish brown. Tail, black. Belly and breast, grayish, fading to white on lower belly. Average weight, about 8 pounds, with some'old males sev eral pounds heavier. SCHOOL TAX RATE CUT AGAIN Another reduction in the Roa noke Rapids Graded School Dis trict has been effected by the local school board headed by Chairman R. L. Towe, and the 19^1 tax mill be 90 cents per 100 valuation of property in the school district. The 90-cent rate represents a five cent reduction from the rate last year of 95 cents, and is the second successive year it has been possible to lower the rate. Last year the district tax was slashed from $1 to 95 cents, and another five-cent reduction has been made this year. A spokesman for the board said the lower rate was made possible by a reduction in the outstanding debt due to the retirement of school bonds recently. The 90-cent school district rate will bring ap proximately $90,000 for operation of schools here as the property valuation is around $10,000,000. Schools in the district are the Junior-Senior High School, the Ju nior High School, and four elemen tary schools—Central, Rosemary, Clara Hearne and Vance Street. In addition to Chairman Towe, members of the district school board are: W. L. Manning, E. W. Eubanks, F. D. Wilson, A. O. Pen dleton, W. L. Medlin, W. T. Hodges. Dr. Bahnson Weathers, E. A. Telliga, and Superintendent of City Schools C. W. Davis who is secretary to the board. Miss Virginia Connor spent the week-end in Norfolk. Miss Mildred Ray Grant of Em poria was the guest of Miss Mary Louise Ray Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thompson spent last Sunday in Snow Hill. □n WILL PRESENT THEIR FIFTH ANNEAL MID - SUMMER I I ROANOKE AVE. SHOWGROUNDS j /v (Old Ball Park) 6-BIG NITES-6 Ji |l Entire Week - AUGUST TT