EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL
Shown above are the members of the Local Advisory Council,
appointed recently by Governor Broughton to serve in an advisory
capacity for the Roanoke Rapids Employment office. Shown in the
picture, left to right are, Julian Allsbrook, F. S. Kemp, Dr. Crocker
Maddrey, John E. Sullivan, Mrs. Will P. Taylor, Thornton Wilson and
W B McFarland. The council was installed at a recent meeting held
by the local Employment Office._(Staff Photo)
SERVICE MEN
MAY USE POOL
AT HI’ SCHOOL
Members of the Roanoke Rapids
school board at their regular
meeting on Tuesday of this week
voted to allow the use of the high
school swimming pool, during giv
en hours, by men already in the
service of their country and by
those who are subject to military
service, C. W. Davis, superintend
ent of city schools, said yesterday.
The move was taken by the
school board as a result of recent
appeals made through the local
press that the pools in the city be
opened for use of men in the ser
vice and those who are subject to
service in the armed forces.
However, Davis said that the
board granted the request on the
specific condition that all persons
using the pool have with them a
medical examination card showing
that they have undergone physical
examinations either by a regular
practicing physician or by the
medical boards examining select
ees for the Army.
The board, Davis said, consiaereu
several factors before granting the
request. One of these factors was
the recent action taken by the
State Department of Public In
struction requiring all senior high
school boys to participate in phy
sical education courses in high
schools throughout the state. Due
to the fact that some 150 high
school boys here will now be re
quired to participate in the phy
sical education program, in addi
tion to those phpils in high school
who are already taking the course
as a part of their academic work,
the board considered the possibil
ity of the pool being overcrowded
and took steps to prevent this by
setting up hours during which out
side adults could use the pool.
Another factor considered was
the prevention of the spread of
disease. Davis said that all high
school pupils using the pool during
the physical education programs
would be required to secure health
cards, and went on to state that
all boys in the senior class had
already been given medical exam
inations. With this in mind th<
board set up rules requiring ex
animations of all persons usinf
the pool.
The pool, Davis said, will be usee
for physical education classes fron
8:80 in the mornings until 4:30 ii
the afternoons. Men falling in thi
classifications set up by the boar<
may use the pool on Monday
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
days during the hour of 4:30 ti
6:30 p.m.
On authority of the school boari
Superintendent Davis Issued th
following statement regarding th
use of the pool:
“The high school swimming poc
will be put into operation begin
i ning next Monday, March 2. It
will be used by the high school
physical education classes from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This is nec
essary under the new physical ed
ucation program. The pool will
be available on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursdays from
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for adult men
who are subject to military ser
vice, provided they first produce a
health certificate. The health cer
tificate is also required of 11th
and 12th grade boya Signed: C.
W. Davis, Superintendent of City
Schools.”
WPA Workers
Available For
Farm Labor
Raleigh, Feb. 25.—"The North
Carolina WPA has always tried to
I work itself out of a job by re
turning certified workers to pri
vate employment as rapidly as
possible," stated WPA Administrat
or C. C. McGinnis. “Through the
years and this year we have in
formed farmers and all kinds of
employers of labor that workers
on WPA projects are always avail- |
able when needed for farm work
or any other kind of work in any
given locality.”
In order that all farmers, or any
employer needing workers, be a
gain informed of the WPA policy,1
McGinnis issued the following
statement: |
"Anyone needing farm labor who .
is unable to obtain it at the pre-1
vailing farm wage, is advised to
apply at the nearest U. S. Employ- j
ment Office or to any local WPA
official. WPA will make available
any qualified workers under its
jurisdiction. Employers should al- j
so feel free to offer a job to any
qualified person whom they know
is working on WPA. If anyone
working on WPA is offered a job,
whether through the U. S. Em
ployment Service, a WPA official,
or directly by the person who
wishes to hire him, and refuses to
accept the offer, he will be im
mediately terminated from WPA.
This is providing, of course, that
the wage offered is the prevailing
one for similar work in the com
munity, and that he is able to do
the work offered, and that working
conditions are reasonable.
“Citizens are requested to co
operate by advising W. C. Wilson,
director of Training and Reemploy
merit at tne vv xr±\ rvcucigu
of any instance where a WPA of
ficial fails to cooperate in attempt
ing to fill their labor requirements,
or where a WPA project worker
refuses to accept a bona fide offer
of private employment. Prompt
investigation will be made and ap
propriate action taken in each
such instance reported. i
"It is the purpose of WPA to
provide useful public work for
needy unemployed citizens who are
unable to secure private employ
ment. It is not the intention of
the WPA to keep anyone employed
on a project who is offered fair
and reasonable private employ
ment.”
WPA has caused 1,395 workers
to receive training in skills needed
by the war effort. Of those, 1,048
were found jobs by the reemploy- I
ment division. "This is one phase
of the WPA effort to move our
employees into private industry,"
explained Wilson.
Well Known
Showman Dies
William C. Kaus, one of the
owners and managers of the Kaus
Shows, died early Sunday morning
in Duke Hospital at Durham, fol
lowing a heart affliction.
The body was brought to Ra
leigh for interment in Cedar
Grove Cemetery. Funeral services
were conducted from the home
Wednesday by the Rev. Father M.
A. Irwin.
Mr. Kaus was widely known In
this section.
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