v -Gangway, Mr. Hirohito,
One side, Mr. Jap. The Marines are coming. In this case it’s part
of the 2nd Tank Battalion, Company B, of Camp Elliott, California.
Trial runs like these accustom tough Marines to jars and spills and
harden them for actual combat. Tank equipment In the Marine
Corps is the most modern.
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ROANOKE RAPIDS
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
BY JOURNALISM CLASS
Miss Beam, a representative from
the North Carolina State Board of
Health Division of preventative
medicine, completed her survey of
the students’ hearing on February
18.
Miss Beam began her survey sev
eral days before and went from
the second grade through the
twelth. She has also visited sev
eral other schools in the county.
Miss Frances Grant, local high
school nurse, has begun her an
nual blind survey from the first to
the fifth grades.
For several years, the Lions Club
has sponsored this program and
provided glasses for many students
who were otherwise unable to ob
tain them.
The fupds used are proceeds from
the Lions! festival given in July and
, private donations.
The Dramatics Class will pre
sent, "The Diamond Necklace” by
Susan Cleanes Erwin, in the near
future.
The play is a burlesque of the
formal English type. The charac
ters are Croquette, a French maid,
played by Mary Louise Marten;
Shawkens, the butler, played by
Douglas Hasty; Lady Blighter, a
lady of quality, played by Angela
Hardy; Lord Blighter, husband of
Milady, William Bobbitt; Ermen
trude Vere de Vere, an American
heiress, played by Mae Allen Bur
bage; and Reggie, heir to Blighter
Castle, played by Allan Brown.
The play will be given in the
regular Thursday assembly.
The National Defense Program
has brought about a change in
the regular schedule of the Junior
and Senior high school girls. The
new courses which have been added
pertain to Home Economics. The
work in the Nutrition class centers
around foods, their selection, prep
aration, and cost. At the present
the girls are studying how to plan,
buy, prepare, and serve balanced
meals, and at the same time con
sider the calories and cost. Charts
have been made to aid the students
in their study.
Instructors for the new courses
are: Nutrition—Misses Tillman,
Boone, and Toler; Home Hygiene
and Care of the Sick—Mrs. Barrett,
who is a registered nurse; Health
—Miss Poynor and Miss Tillman.
GIVE RECITAL
Enfield—On Friday afternoon, in
the school auditorium, Mrs. John
Newton presented her pupils in ex
iression and piano recital, before a
Barge and appreciative audience.
Ft taking part were as follows:
hine Britt, Meriam Arwood,
' Critcher, Mary Young Bass,
Cousins, Alice Clarke, Hazel
ns, Elizabeth Bryan Dickens,
Ann Evans, Agnes Ellen, E
lizabeth Gillette, Anne Gillette,
Bobbie Griffin, Susan Graham,
Flora Ada Hood, Mary Sponer
Harrison, Rose Marie Harper, Ra
mona Powell, Osee Mac Johnson,
Mary Elizabeth Peirson, Nell Par
ker, Esther Mae Rives, Ann Ran
dolph, Virginia Sears, Mary Eliz
abeth Wynne, Sara Willey, and
Alma Lee Whitley.
Study Club Meets
The Wyanoke Study Club met
with Mrs. A. M. Newsome Friday
afternoon. The hostess served a
salad course and coffee.
Guests other than members were
Mesdames H. A. House, J. H. New
some, W. F. Williams, A. J. May,
J. N. Mosley, J. R. Wollett and
Miss Esther Mears of Weaverville,
house guest of Mrs. M. W. Ransom.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
A lovely birthday party was giv
en at the home of Mrs. L. A. May
ton in South Rosemary Sunday aft
ernoon when Mrs. Mayton honored
her daughter, Maurine Mayton’s
eleventh birthday.
Refreshments were served from
a table centered with a lovely dec
orated birthday cake; also pictures
were made during refreshment
hour.
Enjoying the party were; Misses
Shirley Birdsong, Dolly Eason, Ann
Robson, Elsie Bonnett, Sara Bon
nett, Nancy Matthews, Claudia
Byrd, Sara Matthews, Mary Parks,
Georgia Sikes, Lorene Sadler, Mary
Eason, Elaine Coburn, Charles
Sandford, Wilbur Sadler, Gilbert
Lassiter, Junior Lassiter and Bill
Hayes.
LITTLETON
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hall of
Reidsville were the week-end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith.
Garland Daniel of Raleigh was a
visitor in town over the week-end.
Miss Bertha Thrower spent Mon
day in Warrenton as the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hudgins.
Mr. and Mrs. Parks Alexandra
of Warrenton spent Monday in
town.
Claud Whitehead of Richmond
was a visitor in town on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Johnston,
Mrs. Hodges and Miss Lois John
ston were Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Jones.
Bill Holmes spent last week in
Norfolk.
Mesdames T. R, Walker and J.
H. Thrower spent Tuesday in Roa
noke Rapids.
Johnnie Cullom and Miss Ellice
Bounds of Fort Bragg were week
end guests of Mrs. Frances Burch.
Billie Palmer of the University
of North Carolina was the guest
of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Palm
er, last week-end.
Friends of Rev. Francis Joyne:
are sorry to hear that he is ill ai
his home.
Miss Mary Faucette Ricks ol
Norfolk, Va., was the guest of liei
mother here last week-end.
Mrs. A. P. Farmer spent Mon
day in Emporia.
Pvt. Fred Benton of Augusta,
Ga., is spending several days here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Benton.
Miss Louise King of Woodland
is spending several days here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
King. The Woodland school is
closed on account of the flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Tate of
Norfolk were visitors in town Sat
urday en route to Raleigh.
Mesdames Dalma Jones, Wilton
Browning, Jack Johnston and El
lis Bibbs were in Richmond on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hudgins of
Warrenton were guests in town
on Friday. Friends of Mr. Hudgins
will be glad to know that he has
been stationed in Wilson, N. C.
with the State Highway Patrol.
Mrs. Bill Jones, Mrs. Mary
Hodges and Miss Alice Jones spent
Friday in Louisburg.
Sgt. George Floyd of Fort Jack
son, S. C. spent the week-end as
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Threewitts.
MARRIAGE
LICENSES
The following marriage licenses
were issued by Register of Deeds
Meade Mitchell during the past
week: William L. Davis and Annie
Lee Moon, K. R. Barnhill and Min
nie Bryan, Leroy Norman and Nel
lie Gregory, Herman Goods and
Jessie Mae Demery.
COUNTY CAGE TOURNEY
FINALS SLATED
FOR ENFIELD FRIDAY
Decide To Hold
Meet As Planned
Aurelian Springs boys basketball
team will meet the Scotland Neck
boys in the finals of the Halifax
County high school basketball
tournament on Friday night in
the Enfield high school gymnasi
um, it was learned today. In the
girls division, Littleton girls will
meet the Scotland Neck girls for
the championship.
In the semi finals held Wednes
day night at Scotland Neck, the
two host teams advanced to the
finals when the Scotland Neck
girls trounced the Aurelian Springs
girls and the Scotland Neck boys
trounced Littleton.
The tournament started in Lit
tleton on Monday night In the
opening round Aurelian Springs
boys and girls teams eliminated
William R. Davie teams by win
ning handily. In the night ses
sion Littleton boys and girls elim
inated the Enfield boys and girls
teams, leaving Aurelian Springs
and Littleton to battle it out in
the semi-finals Wednesday night.
The Aurelian Springs boys, al
though winners in the first round
of the tourney, will go into the
finals by virtue of their being on
the top in the county league
standings during the regular play
; ing season. Littleton girls ad
are- . ■■ ■ ..— ■■■■■
vanced to the finals by the same
method, although victorious over
Enfield.
It was decided to hold the tour
nament despite some talk of the
affair being cancelled on account
of transportation difficulties. Thus
far the tournament has been a
success and the finals on Friday
night are expected to draw a large
crowd.
Braswell - Freeman
Enfield—O n Sunday morning,
February the fifteenth, in Dillon,
S. C.. Mrs. Emma Morgan Freeman,
of Norfolk, Va., and Calhoun Bras
well, of Enfield, were married in a
quiet ceremony.
They are residing in Enfield
where Mr. Braswell is engaged in
the retail mercantile business. He
is the son of Mrs. Nancy Braswell
and the late Mr. Braswell of En
field.
Mrs. Braswell is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. David Morgan of
Elizabeth City. For the past several
years she has been engaged in
business in Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Little
and children of Seaboard visited
Mr. and Mrs. Frank King Sunday.
P. F. Johnson has returned to
his home here after spending sev
eral days last week at Fayetteville
in a hospital.
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