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SERIES OF MEETS BEING HELD FOR HALIFAX FARMERS Defense Program For Farms Is Discussed A series of meetings on the National Farm Defense Program to acquaint farmers with the plan for increasing production will be held in Halifax County, Farm A gent W. O. Davis announced to day. The government is asking the farmers of the nation to increase the production of certain farm products for 1942, and Halifax County is being asked to increase its production of soybeans, pea nuts for oil, milk, hogs, eggs and poultry, beef cattle, and farm gardens. Within the next two weeks AAA committeemen will visit farmers in the county relative to their 1942 Production Plan as a part of the National Farm Defense Pro gram, and the series of educa tional meetings are scheduled to enable farmers to better under stand the program. Every farmer in Halifax County, both white and colored, is urged to attend one of these meetings as this is the first call that has been made on the farmers of the county to do a definite job as a part of the National Defense Pro gram. The meetings will be held at 7 p. m. at places and on dates as follows: Thursday, Oct. 30 — Halifax, county agent’s office; Ringwood, school house; Roseneath, school house; Tillery, school house; Wil liam R. Davie, school house. Friday, Oct. 31 — Hollister, school house; Littleton, school house; Enfield, high school; Hob good, high school; Scotland Neck, Mayor’s office. Monday, November 3 — Aureli an Springs, high school; Darling ton, school house. Woman's Club Sponsors "Bubbling Over" Play To Be Presented Here Dates Nov. 6-7; Popularity Con test In Connection The Woman’s Club of Roanoke Rapids is busy with its new play, “Bubbling Over”, which is to be presented Nov. 6 and 7 in the high school auditorium. Miss Jayne Flasher, of Colum bus, Ohio, is the director. She was educated at Miami and Ohio State University and is having a success ful season representing the Empire Producing Co. of Kansas City, Mo. The cast is composed of local talent—people who missed the beck on of Broadway—and the chorus is a bevy of beautiful young Roanoke Rockettes. This combination makes a show which all people in the community are anticipating seeing. Bob Preston and Bruce Boudon are two college “men”, quite low financially. They are to be expelled and together devise a novel scheme to make money. The idea was ex cellent, but the college prexy has principles and only after the boys find the prof’s long lost love do things look more rosy for the boys. Tickets are being sold by club members, chorus girls, students and the cast. POPULARITY CONTEST On Wednesday elections were held at the high school to nominate the most popular junior and senior girls to be contestants in the Popularity Contest sponsored by the Woman s Club in connection with their play, ‘ Bubbling Over”. Contestants are Jean Gibson, Hel en Hedgepeth, Anne Dawson Mo horne, Irma Lee Grant, Jeanette Williams, Margaret Britt, Justine Hockaday, Derith Morgan, Jane Kidd, Hazel Pridgen, Angela Hardy, Margaret Pierce, Marie Riggan, Barbara Vincent, Raye Outland, Mary Louise Ray, Mary Louise Martin, Alice Gaylord, Rachel For rest, Juanita Lane, Lila Lee Harper, Lucy Erwin, Jane Tillery, Ruth Lee, Mary Dickens, Katie Cates, Margaret Taylor, Duene Byrd, Lib by Hines, Mary Clark, Elladeane Lee, Jane West, Helen Edmonds, Marjorie Walker, Sarah Williams, Katherine Wod, Margaret Harris, Lorene Wright, Madeline Thompson and Elaine Welch. These beautiful young ladies will be introduced Thursday, Nov. 6, between acts of “Bubbling Over”. Friday night the winner and her court will be presented. Each contestant for the crown of '<-— “Personality Queen’’ will have a completely covered box placed in a merchant’s store today. Votes are lc each and the contest closes Friday, Nov. 7. Find your favor ite and give her your votes. Thirteen Are Accepted By Marines Here Sergeant Peter R. Arnow and Sergeant George E. Griffin an nounced the enlistment of 13 young men by the Marine Corps here this week. Those enlisted were sent to Raleigh for final examination, and if passed there they will be sent to Parris Island, S. C., for a period of six weeks training. Upon completion of their training they will be granted a ten-day fur lough, after which they will be sent to some ship, schol or station for regular duty. Many of the men will be able to take up some kind of a trade if they desire, and it is up to the man himself. L. E. Fann, 17; E. Vaughan, 25; B. L. Overton, 17; C. V. Bullock, 17; R. W. Jordan, 20; F. O. Freu ler, 19; S. M. Cannon, 18; R. H. Midgette, 17; W. T. Myrick, 21; W. F. Howell, 21; C. C. Francis, 20; J. P. Francis, 18; C. Whittington, 21. All the young men are resi dents of Roanoke Rapids. Staff Of Tuberculosis Clinic Dr. W. M. Peck of the State Sanatorium staff lias completed a series of tuberculosis fluoroscopic clinics in the county, in cooperation with the Halifax County Health Department, and during the time seven new cases of the disease were discovered. Examinations at the clinics were free. Young Boy Is Injured Wednesday Robert Howell, elementary school pupil, was seriusly hurt yesterday about noon when struck by an au tomobile on Hamilton Street. His address is 406 Madison Street, and he is about seven years old. Attaches at the hospital here said he received a brain concussion and lacerations over one eye, but his condition today is regarded as im proved over last night. He is ex pected to recover. Charlie Beard was reported as the driver of the automobile, and it was stated that the boy ran into the side of the car when starting to dart across the street. Fare Yesterday The fire department was called yesterday about 2:30 o’clock to the residence of Curtis Shearin, 78 Washington Street here, when a defective flue threatened the dwell ing. No damage was reported. Too Late To Classify LOST—Billfold containing registra tion card and Social Security Card of Ben Mayo Wallace. Finder please return to 221 Monroe St. and receive reward. Ben M. Wallace. PATIENTS Out-of-town patients at the local hospital today included the follow ing: Mrs. Leon Blythe, Seaboard; J. T. Braswell, Ebony, Va.; O. S. Dickenson, Weldon; Mrs. J. R. Howell, Garysburg; Baby Peggy Jean Johnson, Conway; Mrs. Buck King, Warrenton; Mrs. Vernon Lit tle, Gumberry; T. S. McMullen, Jr., Elizabeth City; Mrs. Walter Mat thews, Brodnax, Va.; Dudley Over by, Boykins, Va.; Miss Phyllis Whitaker, Weldon; W. B. White head, Emporia, Va.; and Miss Inez Yates, Emporia, Va. Mrs. Emma Langley Moody of White Plains, Va., recently visited | Mrs. J. A. Pridgen here for the day. Highway 158 Will Soon Be Ready For Use Highway 158 is now open for traffic from Roanoke Rapids to Information Filling Station, it was announced today, and work on the new five-mile stretch of highway will be completed about November 13. Highway department workmen began this week tearing down the old Roanoke River bridge between here and Gaston, and the old road has been abandoned. Materials taken from the old bridge will be used for other construction work. LICENSES Among marriage licenses issued during the past week by Register of Deeds M. H. Mitchell’s office at Halifax were the following; Wingate Cola Vinson and Doris Eugene Martin, Conway; William O. Kelch, Fairfax County, Va., and Estelle D. Cronk, Washington, D. C.; John C. Phillips, Petersburg, Va., and Ruth Herndon Murphy, Franklin, Va.; Paul Edwards Stan ffer and Mary Lauretta Myers, Mt. Joy, Pa.; James W. Mullis and Dorothy Champion, Roanoke Rap ids; Franklin J. Sullivan, Wilming ton, Dela. and Elizabeth Wolhar, Roanoke Rapids, Milton Asa Chan ler, Jr., and Georgia Starr Win ters, New York, N. Y.; and James W. Ivey, Weldon, and Ruby Dell Leggett, Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Nan Trewetz of Philadelphia, Pa., and Baltimore, Md, is spend ing a few weeks here with her sis ter, Mrs. W. K. Langford. Miss Marjorie Keen of Rex Hos pital, Raleigh, is spending today with her mother, Mrs. Claude Keene. Don’t miss the second in the series of Times-Herald Weekly Song Hits titled “The Night We Called It A Day”, selected for Hit Parade honors by that well known maestro, Tommy Dorsey. 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