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BROAD WELFARE PROGRAM OF CLUB AIDED BY FESTIVAL Lions Have Big Part In Humani tarian Work Local citizens shoving their nickies and dimes to the man in the ticket booth for ducets admit ting them to the many attractions cn the midway of the Lions Mid Summer Festival here next week will be contributing to a broad welfare program conducted this year by the local Lions Club. As an example of the welfare work done by the club each year, the Lions last Christmas spent $156 for forty-eight baskets which were sent to underpriviledged families. Attractively decorated with Christ mas paper, the baskets contained the following items: a hockless Picnic ham, five pounds of sugar, pound of coffee, pound of butter, three large cans condensed milk, two pounds rice, five pounds meal, two pounds lard, and seventy-five cents worth of fruits and nuts. The baskets of food at Christmas was only one item of the humani tarian work of the Lions Club, which paid for an operation and hospitalization for a Negro blind man and an operation and hospi talization for a white man. a ue ciuu fcusu paju iur me dime X-Ray of thirteen Negro children in the State tuberculosis clinic. The Negro families were unable to defray the expense of having the children X-rayed after other tests indicated they had tuberculosis. Another important item in the report of last year’s welfare work of the club was contributing $20 toward the treatment of a child who was stricken with infantile paralysis. Also, when the civic-minded peo ple of Roanoke Rapids desired to show in some way their apprecia tion for the boys in the National Guard when they were called to service in response to the coun try’s defense program, the Lions Club contributed funds toward a banquet in their honor. Last, but in no wise least, the Fire Department received substan tial aid in repairing and distribut ing secondhand dolls and toys to little boys and girls, who would not have had them at Christmas otherwise, by a $25 contribution from the Lions Club. Jackson Draft Board Seeks Delinquents Northampton County Draft offi cials announced today that seven teen men registered with the local board at Jackson are in danger of arrest unless they send in their long overdue questionnaires, or get in touch with the draft board im mediately. Tne men have either failed to send in their questionnaires, or they have not claimed them. Un less they do something about the matter immediately their names will be turned over to the FBI a gents and they will be prosecuted when found. The men are: James Lloyd Las siter, Negro, Rich Square; Frank Stephenson, Negro, Jackson; A. Charlie Wells, Negro, Potecasi; Tony Parker, Negro, Jackson; Da vid Duke Brown, Negro, Jackson; Russell Vincent, Negro, Gumberry; Gerney Bowser, white, Conway; Charles Swinton, Negro, Jackson; William Allen, Negro, Jackson; Roger Mitchell Futrell, white, Conway, route 1; Joseph Mayfield, Negro, Conway. Mrs. B. A. Powell, Urill Powell, Mary Frances and William L. Po well spent last week at Caro lina Beach. Wiley W. Hobbs spent last week at Carolina Beach. Edison Burnette of Fort Bragg spent Saturday in town. PLENTY FUN AT FESTIVAL ‘Ride-O”, Dipsey-Doodle, and “Tilt-A-Whirl” isn’t double-talk which will be heard at the Lions Mid-Summer Festival here next week, but the names of a few of the new, thrilling rides which are part of the -Crescent Amusement Company’s dazzling midway of acts and other entertainment. In addition to the rides named a bove there will be the Chairplane, f err is wheel, merry-go-round, and numerous rides for the kiddies. The Crescent company has been building the show with a number of high-class acts especially for the Lions Festival, according to word received by officials of the local club, and the midway is expected to be the biggest and best of any ever seen here during the enter tainment sponsored by the Roa noke Rapids civic organization. Dan Riley’s trained animal cir cus will be a big feature of the show, and the usual Negro mins trel and hill-billy aggregations will be on hand to furnish their part of the entertainment. Advance reports received here indicate that the midway attraction is first rate entertainment of the highest type—a clean, wholesome show with plenty of attraction for the entire family. TOWN TALK Mr. and Mrs. Owens Tutor, W. G. Liske, Mrs. Jack Brigman, and Miss Janet Brigman spent Sun day at Everette’s Lake. Miss Ruby Wilkerson has re turned to Washington, D. C., after spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Wil kinson. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Birrell, and Edgar Wilkinson of Norfolk, spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Wilkinson. Mrs. R. R. Wilkinson has re turned after a visit in Washing ton, D. C., with her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Collins, and Miss Ruby Wil kinson. W. G. Liske of Kinston spent Sunday in town visiting friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Mooney Greenberg and children Moses, Gilda, Esther and Florine spent Sunday at Vir ginia Beach. Mrs. F. M. Clarke left Thursday to spend a week in Beaufort. Editor and Mrs. H. L. Story, of Marshall, N. C., spent Saturday night with their sons, Messrs. L. L. and James, on Hamilton Street. Sunday they motored to Gates county, where the four attended the Story reunion. Mrs. J. A. Siblehorn, of Rocky Mount visited her mother, Mrs. Annie Myrick Tuesday. Mrs. L. H. Taylor and Miss Lula Williams spent the week-end at Virginia Beach. F. C. Williams, T. W. Mullen and L. S. Neal, spent the week-end at Virginia Beach. Miss Emma Matthews of Green ville was the week-end guest of her sister, Mrs. Geo. Pappendick. Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Williams and son, Owen, and Mr. and Mrs. H. Davis of Kinston visited friends here Sunday. Mrs. W. E. Hawkins left Satur day to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith in Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Harris left Sunday to spend a few days in Baltimore. Tom McLendon spent Sunday in Washington, D. C., with his mother, Mrs. T. B. McLendon. Mrs. Bill Duke has returned to Farmville after visiting her mo ther, Mrs. J. W. Smith. Mi* Wilma McDaniel left Sun day to spend the week at her home in Fayetteville. Mrs. Mildred Fulghum spent Sunday in Washington, D. C. Misses Helen Taylor and Helen Robinson left Sunday to spend the week in Washington, D. C., and At lantic City. Miss Victoria Vester left this week for Norfolk where she - has accepted a position as private secretary at the Brown Clothing Store. Mrs. H. G. Brewer and daugh ter, Ann, of Lawrenceville, Va., spent the week-end with friends and relatives here. Misses Helen Taylor and Helen Robinson spent their vacation last week at Atlantic City, N. J. Miss Eloise Taylor has returned from a two weeks visit to Law renceville, Va., where she has been visiting friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Moseley are spending this week in Wash ington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Rook and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hurson spent last week in Asheville. Marion and Marvin Taylor of Fort Bragg are visiting their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Taylor. Mrs. Jack Devane spent Sunday in Emporia, Va. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Waters and family spent last week in Elizabeth City and were accompanied home Mrs. W. G. Bunch and Mrs. W. E. Murphey spent last Thursday in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wood spent Sunday in Winterville with Mr. and Mrs. David Bright. Mr. and Mrs. Harry McClure and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hol land of Newport News, Va., were the Sunday guests of Mrs. J. M. Ingram and Mrs. H. M. Hudson. | EXCEPT FOR THE "MAGIC" OF f 4* 4* 4* .4*, t t 4* 4* 4* 4* $ t i i I i 4* 4* J W OULD NOT BE POSSIBLE! * % The VIRGINIA ELECTRIC and POWER COMPANY, as an J 4* organization, has consistently backed every progressive move- j* X. ment in the teritory we serve. We believe the LIONS CLUB’S X * MID-SUMMER FESTIVAL to be a worthy undertaking from every * * point of view, and therefore congratulate The Roanoke Rapids Lions 4* Club on the success of their previous Expositions. V V 4* 4* * We believe the funds derived L’om these Mid-Summer Festivals * 4. go to a worthy cause, and predict the accomplishments as a result of 4. * the Bigger-Beter 1941 Festival will be felt by everyone in the com- X 4- munity. 4I 4. 4. 4. We are proud of the fact that a number of young men in our own 4* ^ organization are affiliated with the LIONS CLUB, and sincerely wish ^ 4- for the Club every success in their efforts in — 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* £ "Building A Better Roanoke Rapids" i I | VIRGINIA ELECTRIC j T and POWER CO. | I ? 4* 4* 4* •V'
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