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Overton Cook and his "Carolina
Swing Billies” will swing forth a
gain this Saturday night at Rose
mary Recreation Club, at the usual
Saturday night square dance.
Dancing will be from 8 p.m. till
midnight. You are invited to at
tend. The club is located at 1100
Franklin St.
S. D. Brown, who heads up the
supply department at Rosemary
Mfg. Co., tells the following:
“A white officer was giving
commands to a colored soldier on
the battlefield. “Rastus, do you
see that shell hole over there?
Well! There are six Japs in there.
I want you to go over and run
them out.”—The colored boy lis
tened carefully and then said ‘‘Lis
ten, Boss! I haven’t got but one
request to make,—if seven men
come out of dat hole, don’ shoot
de first one.”
Promoted to Corporal is Pvt. 1st
Class Joe Crawford, who is sta
tioned at Fresno Air Base, Calif.
He is a member of the 84th Bom
bardment Squadron, U. S. Army
Air Corps. His mother, Mrs. An
nie L. Crawford, lives at 92lt
Franklin St., this city.
The Navy wants binoculars, but
they must be in good condition
and must meet certain Navy speci
fications.
The Navy recently sent out an
appeal to Americans to donate
their binoculars for use by U. S.
forces. The request followed the
precedent of the last war when
citizens first were called on to
furnish "eyes for the Navy."
Specifications which the binocu
lars must meet: They must be
seven by 50 or six by 30 types of
Zeiss or Bausch and Lomb manu
facture.
• Because the Navy is not author
ized to accept gifts or free loans,
the binoculars accepted will be
purchased for $1. If the binocu
lars are still in use at the end of
the war, the Navy will return
them to the former owners.
Lorgnettes, mother-of-pearl op
era glasses, and other articles of
this nature are not acceptable. A
binocular of less than six-power is
of little use. Glasses not accepted
will be returned.
Binoculars should be packed
carefully and shipped to the Naval
Observatory, Washington. An i
dentification tag bearing the name
and address of the sender should
be fastened securely to each in
strument
Softball is one of the only team
sports that has no need for rubber
and there are no priority on any
of its other necessities for playing.
A softball center is made from
Kapok which is shipped from the
East Indies. If curtailment fa nec
essary curled horse hair can be
substituted without affecting play.
All A.S.A. local, district, metro
politan, state, regional, and World
Championship play for both men
and women will be conducted this
year as usual and wiU be larger
than ever before because U. S.
Army, Navy, and Aviation base
softball champions wiU be eligible
to compete in the State or Metro
politan tournament. Athletic of
ficers, in the service, report Soft
ball in 191ft as their largest com
petitive team program and look
forward to ’lfl being much larger.
It is played on a smaU area and
con be completed within an hour
which makes a most suitable V. B.
Service Athletic program.
There should be one of the
strongest girl softball teams in the
State here this season. “Lefty'’
Lee is a big girl now and should
be a powerhouse at first base or
the outfield. ‘Snag” Lee is back.
“The Jones Girls", Margaret But*
ler, and many more. Games should
be plentiful Rocky Mount will
have four teams, Rich Square one,
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I towns are planning girls teams.
Better have a meeting, girls, and
get your plans worked out.
Pickups IP Putouts—Cutting the
inside corner! From reports, this
I Lattimore will be hot stuff in city
softball circles this year—Advance
dope has it that Canton will grab
off the State softball tournament
this year—with Mount Holly tak
ing care of the girls—It will really
be decided at Greensboro on June
28th at a meeting of the N. C.
Softball Assoc.—Whoever catches
Russ DeBerry this year—has a
man sine job cut out for ftim—
DON’T FORGET TO VISIT THE
COUNTRY FAIR FRIDAY! It’s
at the Armory—plenty of fun and
frolic! Clyde Liske, General
Chairman of the East Carolina
Camporee to be held here during
April, will try to get Gene Tunney
to be the guest of honor—it would
really be a thrill for the boys!
Brownie Scouts
Celebrate Natal
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The Brownie Scouts under the
leadership of Mrs. A. O. George
celebrated their birthday on Feb.
20 with song, game and dance.
Membership dues were placed in a
bag as each member told why she
liked to be a Brownie.
Betsy Smoot read the Brownie
history as follows:
‘‘The Brownie Scouts were re
organized Jan. 30, 1941, with Mrs.
A. O. George and Mrs. Sam Bunn
as leaders. At the first meeting
there were 16 Brownies and, many
parents. We learned the Brownie
promise and a song. We have a
committee of three parents who
help us when we need them.
“We did many interesting things
last year. The Girl Scouts had a
spring festival, and we took part,
as the South American Indians.
For many weeks we studied the
Indians, sang songs, learned to
dance, made bracelets and neck
laces. We even cooked an Indian
dish for our supper one night.
"Last September we helped the
community chest. We dressed a
show window in the Lady Fair
Beauty Shop, to represent the
lunch room. We worked on this
two weeks but we had fun doing
it. One day the whole troop ate
dinner at the lunch room.
“We had a fine time Christmas.
We gave a party for some of the
8&8 Proof. 72% grain neutral spirits.
Carstairs Bros. Distilling Co., Inc.
little children in town. Each
Brownie invited a child and had a
gift for her. Our committee mem
bers helped us with the refresh
ments.
“Since Christmas, we have been
studying first aid. Mrs. Mort
White has helped us with this. We
have learned to care for ourselves
and each other in case of acci
dents.
“We are trying to be true
Brownie Scouts, and will be bet
ter Americans.”
Hot chocolate was prepared by
Margaret Lou George, of troop 6
with Brownie Ann Grizzard assist
ing.
Five Local Men
To Train Soon
As Army Cadets
Five members of Company "B”,
105th Medical Regiment, stationed
at Fort Jackson, are at their
homes in Roanoke Rapids enjoying
short furloughs before being as
signed to one of the Army Air
Corps flying fields as flying ca
dets, it was learned here today.
The boys are Wells D. Tillery, R.
Allan Welch, Billy Burton, George
Wood and Jimmie Webb.
It is understood that the boys
have passed their entrance exam
inations and are to be advised at
the end of their furloughs as to
which of the numerous flying
schools they will be attached to.
All of the youths were well
known here prior to their induc
tion into active service with the
local National Guard unit about
18 months ago.
LOCAL MINISTERS TO
SPONSOR MOVIE
"GOLGOTHA" TUES.
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Famous Picture
Records History
Christ's Pays
The Roanoke Rapids Ministerial
Association has arranged for the
showing of the motion picture film
"Golgotha”, the first and only
talking motion picture ever made
of the famous Passion Play, in the
Roanoke Rapids high school audi
torium on Tuesday of next week
for matinee and night showings.
The picture presents the immor
tal story of the crucifixion of
Christ in a spectacular and im
pressive manner. Critics every
where have acclaimed it as the
greatest motion picture ever made.
Made at a cost of $800,000, the pic
ture is shown with complete sound
effect, and while made in the moth
er countries, all dialogue is spoken
in English especially for showings
in this country.
The picture covers the entire
story of Christ’s last days on earth,
begining with the first Palm Sun
day and carrying through the trial
before Pilate and Herod, the be
trayal by Judas, the Crucifixion,
Resurrection and Christ’s last
words to His Disciples. The movie
opens with Christ’s triumphal en
try into Jerusalem, and recounts
the events of history 2,000 years
ago.
| Members of the Roanoke Rapids
Ministerial Association, which in
cludes ministers in Weldon, en
dorse the shc~'ing of the picture
here. The showing of Golgotha at
this particular time is of double
importance because with war all
around us, local ministers say, this
picture helps to give the people a
better understanding of the Bible
and the moral rearmament that
people, at a time like this, need.
There will be no admission to
the movie, but a free will offer
ing will be taken to defray costs
of its showing here.
DAVIES - MOON
Miss Annie Lee Moon, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. L.
Moon of Roanoke Rapids, and Wil
liam Lewis Davies, formerly of
Wilkes Barre, Pa., were married in
the Rosemary Methodist Church at
2:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The
Rev. Paul H. Fields performed the
ceremony, and the vows were
spoken in the presence of members
of the family and a few friends.
The bride and bridegroom entered
the church together. The bride
wore a navy blue crepe torso dress
with full pleated skirt and match
ing accessories. Her shoulder cor
sage was of white roses. Her only
attendant was Miss Grace Sims and
the groom had as his best man
Harvey Moon, brother of the bride.
After a short wedding trip the
couple will make their home with
the bride’s parents on Jefferson
St., Roanoke Kapids.
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rf these times, your car becomes
something else than a personal
possession.
It is, in a very real sense, an im
plement of national defense.
As such, it is your duty and oars
to keep it at its best and to get from
it the absolute maximum of effec
tive usefulness built into it.
Especially if your car is built by
Ford, no one in the world can help
you more with that most impor
tant duty than we can.
Genuine parts are important and
we have them. Trained workers are
important and we have them. Right
service at the right time and in the
right amount are important and we . .
are in a position to give them.
And, perhaps above all else, our
position as direct appointees of the *
Ford factory assures an honesty of
attitude toward you, your money,
and your car. That is what our very
existence as Ford Dealers has been
built upon.
We’ll gladly dismiss a
BUDGET plan of payment
WHITE MOTORS, INC.
Roanoke Ave. at Ninth Roanoke Rapids, N. C