.-- THE ROANOKE RAPIDS !_
SECTION "B"
DIAL, R-326 ALL DEP’TS THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1942 SECTION B—PAGE 1
2.000 SCOUTS TO
CAMP HERE
OM APRIL 17-18-19
Wi!i Pitch Tent
City On High
School Grounds
On April 17, 18 and 19 the city
of Roanoke Rapids will be host
to more than 2,000 Boy Scouts and
Scouters from all of the twenty
four counties which make up the
East Carolina Council, it was an
nounced here today by Clyde Liske,
chairman of the event.
Various committees, appointed to
take care of arrangements for the
mammoth affair, are hard at work
completing plans for the many
phases of the huge Camp program.
The large open areas adjacent to
the high school buildings will be
converted into a great tent city for
the event, complete with sanitary
facilities, medical, first aid and
ambulance units, a canteen and a
trading post for the scouts, it was
said.
rne uamporee program nas been
developed to give Scouts, woring
in patrol units, a lull opportunity
to bring into play all phases of
Scouting activity. The patrols, as
troop units, compete not against
each other but against standards of
merit laid down by the Boy Scout
movement.
Planned events at the huge event
include first aid, knot-tieing, judg
ing, blanket rolling, potato race,
signalling, undressing race, string
''‘burning, and wood-chopping.
Other activities will include a big
street parade, night campfire,
stunts and a special surprise pro
gram now under process of ar
rangement.
According to Norman Scrivener,
Assistant Scout Executive in
charge of the Halifax District, the
scouts in full uniform will erect
their own tents, plan and cook
their own meals, arrange their
own beds and blankets, and will in
every activity carry out the Scout
ing purpose of “Being Prepared”
to do things for themselves and
others.
All Scouts, in order to attend the
camp, must have medical check
ups prior to attending, Chairman
Liske stated, and physicians will
oe in attendance 10 see uiai no
Scout is permitted to enter unless
he is physically fit, as evidenced
in his health examination blank.
Chairman Liske is calling on sill
citizens of Roanoke Rapids to co
operate in every way with local
Scout authorities to assist in mak
ing this the finest camping event
ever held in Eastern North Caro
lina.
Seabo.ard Wins
From Jackson
• Seaboard, Feb. 23—Seaboard High
School won over Jackson High
School in a fast double-header bas
ketball game here Friday night,
Feb. 20. The Seaboard boys won
with a score of 17-11, while the
Seaboard girls came off the court
with a score of 18-13.
One-Act Plays
J
At Seaboard
Seaboard, Feb. 23—Teachers and
students alike are busily rehearsing
the one-act plays which they plan
to present in the Seaboard High
School auditorium on Friday night,
March 6, at 8:00 o’clock.
“He Ain’t Done Right by Nell”,
an old-fashioned melodrama, prom
ises to be a scream as the faculty
play. With Miss Estelle Adams in
the role of Little Nell, “an old
fashioned heroine,” George Harris
will play the part of Jack Logan,
“her manly hero”. The villain in
the play will be portrayed by a
student, Wesley Edwards, while
Miss Edith C. Taylor will act the
part of Vera Carlton, his jilted
sweetheart. Miss Eunice Stacey
will enact “Granny Perkins”, a
kind but easily “riled” old lady,
and Principal P. O. Birdsall wilt
play the role of Burkett Carleton,
Vera’s father.
“The First Dress Suit”, no less
entertaining than the faculty play,
boasts the following student ac
tors: John Bennett Stephenson,
1 Mary Frances Stephenson, Bascom
Purley and Virginia Taylor Ste
phenson.
Defense Programs
Given By Students
Seaboard, Feb. 21—The first of a
series of weekly Religious Defense
programs was presented by stu
dents of the Seaboard High School
on Thursday morning, Feb. 19. Un
der the direction of Virginia Tay
lor Stephenson, student chairman,
and Miss Bert McCrummen, facul
ty advisor, the following inspira
tional program was presented:
Song, “Come Thou Almighty King”,
by the student body; scripture,
Joan Maddrey; song, “Blest Be
The Tie That Binds”; vocal oc
tette, “God Will Take Care Of
You”, Janet White, Mary Rose
Crew, Estelle Little, James Taylor,
Carl Vaughan, Mary Bess Glover,
John William Cooke, and R. A.
Woodruff; "Suggestions of Pray
er”, Mary Frances Stephenson;
sentence prayers; vocal solo,
“Somebody”, Lillian Ruth Yates;
“No Hate, No Revenge”, Katherine
Davenport; “Relations of War”,
Emma Jean Edwards; “External
Valves”, Ernest Webb; “Hope For
The Future”, Floyd Price; “Pray
ing For Us”, Shirley Warrick;
song, “My Faith Looks Up To
Thee”; “Prayer For Our Country”,
Emma Faison.
Founders Day
Is Celebrated
Seaboard, Feb. 20—Founders Day
was celebrated at the meeting of
the Seaboard Parent-Teacher As
sociation on Tuesday night, Feb.
17, in the Seaboard High School
auditorium. Under the direction
of Miss Mary Alyce Williams and
Miss Estelle Adams, the following
program was rendered: devotional,
Nancy Barnes; song, “America”;
“Why We Keep Founders Day”,
John Woodie Boone; solo, “Ameri
ca The Beautiful”, Virginia Taylor
Stephenson; “Accomplishments of
the P.T.A. During the Past Years”,
Mrs. A. W. Edwards and Mrs. W.
D. Barbee; “Accomplishments of
the P.T.A. During My Presidency”,
Mrs. C. L. Vick; song, “Star Span
gled Banner”. Katherine Daven
port served as mistress of cere
monies. In a cake walk immedi
ately following the program, J. E.
Mclntire won the cake.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fitts and
Miss Mary Louise Fitts spent the
week-end at Fort Jackson, S. C.
13 TIRE
PERMITS
ISSUED
The following tire and tube pur
chasing permits were issued by the
local tire rationing board at the
regular meeting of the board on
Thursday night:
Old Dominion Candy and Cigar
Company, Roanoke Rapids, 2 truck
tires; Calvin Edward Medlin, Roa
noke Rapids, 2 obsolete tires; Har
old Lee Ward, Weldon, police of
ficer, 2 tires and 2 tubes:. Gate
City Mattress Company, Weldon, 1
truck tire and 1 tube; James R.
Johnson, Littleton pulpwood haul
er, 2 truck tires and 2 tubes; S. T.
Horne, Airlie, farmer, 2 truck tires
and 2 tubes; Dr. Pepper Bottling:
Company, Roanoke Rapids, 3 truck
tires and 2 tubes.
Miss Palmer Matthews of Ra
leigh visited her mother, Mrs. W.
E. Matthews, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Edwards and
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Edwards
spent Sunday in Lawrenceville, Va.
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