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RITES HELD FOR ACCIDENT VICTIM Frank Cagle Is Fatally Injured In Mill Accident Funeral services for E. Frank Cagle, local brick mason who died in a Rocky Mount hospital Friday of injuries suffered while at work in the pulp mill at Plymouth, were held from the home at 519 Hamil ton Street at 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon, with Rev. Gordon Price, pastor of the First Baptist church, in charge of the rites. Burial fol lowed in the Roanoke Rapids cem etery. Mr. Cagle, who formerly worked here for Roanoke Mills and for the Halifax Paper Company, was em ployed at the North Carolina Pulp wood Corporation plant at Ply mouth. On Thursday afternoon he went into one of the plant’s huge boilers to do some work, and was on a stepladder when a huge piece of what mill workers call smelt fell upon him, crushing him to the ground. — i -i . _ i_ . UUOlltU a ivuvjvj 1TWU..1 pital, it was found that he suffered a broken back, a broken pelvis and other injuries. Little hope was held for his recovery and he died about 24 hours later. Mr. Cagle was a native of Ran dolph County, having been born and reared near Asheboro. He was 49 years of age and had been living here for the past 26 years. Surviving are the wife, the for mer Miss Viva Lee Williams; three children, Margaret Anne of the home, Wilmer Lee of Clemson Col lege, and Dan Cagle, principal of Piedmont Junior high school, Char lotte; four sisters, Mrs. Flora Au man, Ester, N. C., Mrs. R. H. Hol lans of Fremont, N. C., Mrs. W. W. Hastey of Asheboro, and Mrs O. A. Moffitt of Asheboro; five brothers, Clyde of High Point, Ester, Fred, Hugh, and Stamey Cagle, all of Asheboro. Pallbearers were Joseph Harfield, Mack Johnson, Russell Birdsong, Zell Burnett, Herman Buck and Bill Brown. SCOUTS IN CITY (Continued from Page One) campfire planned for 8:30, and will possibly make a short talk to the Scouts. Originally scheduled to appear at the Camporee on Sat urday, Feller wired Camporee Chairman Clyde Liske that he would be unable to attend the Sat urday session but would be on hand for the parade and camp fire Friday afternoon. He is to appear in a benefit baseball game in Cleveland on Tuesday of next week. Others to appear here with Fel ler are Freddie Hutchinson, fa mous Detroit Tiger pitcher, and Sam Chapman, Philadelphia Ath letic centerfielder, whom the Ath letics refused to sell for $70,000 last year. The huge campfire for the boys is scheduled for 8:30 in the Pat terson softball athletic park. Trib al ceremonies will be the order of tne nignt at tuts wunpmc aim spectators will see their Boy Scouts in action for the first time. Meantime, city officials, mem bers and officials of the local Mer chants Association and others are making plans to welcome the Scout delegations in style. Ban ners stretched across Roanoke Av enue, colorful window cards and other signs of welcome will be in evidence. Scheduled to attend the Camp oree are such well known Scouters as Judge F. C. Harding of Wash ington, Honorary President of the East Carolina Council; Dr. May nard O. Fletcher, president of the council, of Washington; Gary T. Fulghum of Wilson, vice-president; Ben F. Eagles of Rocky Mount and Oscar Greene of Greenville, National Representatives; W. Howard Pruden, Scout Commis sioner; N. R. Curtis, treasurer and "ux/u ’3Vr'vw41j»<v,.J—& _ Gaskin .hqth. B of Wilson; Assistant Scout Execu tive Alfred L. Hodges of Green ville; Field Scout Executive Dou glas Kelly of Kinston, and a num ber of others. Scouts are expected to begin ar riving in the city around 10 o’ clock Friday morning and by noon the areas adjacent to the high school are expected to be a virtual sea of tents as the Scouts prepare for three days of camping and carrying on Scouting activities. Friday’s program will feature the Governor and the visiting baseball stars, as well as the huge campfire on the Patterson softball field. Saturday’s program will be given over to official inspections by Scout leaders, Scouting activities and tribal camp fires Saturday night. Morning devotions will feature the Sunday morning portion of the Camporee with Rev. Gordon Price and Father Denges conducting the devotionals. The Scouts will break camp at noon Sunday and prepare to leave for their homes. Norman Scrivener, field Scout Executive, said yesterday that some 1,200 Scouts had already reg istered for the Camporee and that more were expected at the last minute. - -——--- 1 Farmer Dies (Continued from Page One) the muzzle of the gun under his chin and pulled the trigger. The load took effect in his lower throat, tearing away a portion of the chin and mouth. Little hope was held for his recovery by hos pital physicians from the time of his admittance. The deceased was born in Meck lenburg county, but had lived be tween LaCross and Bracey, Va., for several years. He is survived by his second wife and two sons. Funeral services were held from the home on Monday afternoon and burial followed in the family cemetery near Bracey. The body was prepared for burial and taken to LaCross by Williams Funeral Home of this city. AUTOS CRASH (Continued from Page One) Brigman. The impact of the crash caused Mrs. Brigman’s car to crash into one belonging to Roddy A. Field, an employee of the U. S. Treasury Department, which was parked at the curb near the mill office building. Pair was going east on 5th and failed to stop on entering the street, striking Mrs. Brigman who was going South on Jackson. The Brigman car, which was in volved in another crash several weeks ago, was only slightly dam aged. COURT^TERM (Continued from Page One) criminal cases will be light. A part of the week will be devoted to the trial of criminal cases, with the latter part of the week devoted to civil actions. Judge Stevens, who is a former National Commander of the A merican Legion, presided over the February and March sessions of Superior court and made a distinct impression on court officials and attorneys alike during his two trips to this county. Chaplain and Mrs. Jessie Leo Pittard announce the birth of a daughter, Jerrie Lynn, on Friday, April 10, at Fort Lewis hospital, DISTRICT SCOUT LEADERS DOUGLAS KELLY M Pictured at left is Douglas Kelly, field Scout Executive, East Carolina Boy Scout Council, of Kinston. Kelly was employed by the Council on May 1, 1941. He played football at Duke University and later coached high school teams at Kinston and Washington. He is to attend the C’amporee here with Scouts from his district. At right is A1 Hodges, field Scout executive for the Greenville district. Hodges has been in the city for the past three days assisting in making arrangements for the huge Camporee here Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Be l ean o Beauty Representative Here Aext Week Announcement is made today by the Griffin Drug Co. that arrange ments have been perfected with the manufacturers of Belcano cosmetics to have their personal representative, Miss Ruby Haden, spend an entire week at their drug store, from Monday thru Sat 1- * urday, next week. Miss Haden offers a free facial to all ladies who will make an appointment in advance, along with helpful advice on skin and complexion troubles. There is no charge or obligation for this ser vice, tho’ Griffin asks that ap pointments be made well in ad vance as only a specified number of ladies may be taken care of each day. Mrs. Carl Brasington and chil dren of New Bern were visitors here Sunday. Local Music Groups Take Part In Meet Some forty Roanoke Rapids high school music pupils were in Greensboro this week to partici pate in the State High School Music Contest and Festival, being held in Aycock Hall on the cam pus of Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina. More than thirty of the local students participated in the several chorus presentations in the fes tival, while others were to com pete for individual honors in the competitive phase of the Festival, the competitive events to be held this afternoon (Thursday). The high school chorus which attained a high rating at the re cent music contests held in Greenville was one of several join ed into one big choral group and rehearsed by Nobel Cain in Greens boro on Tuesday of this week and presented in concert as a high light in the Festival. Billy Walters will represent Roa iiunc jLKxpiuo m lac viaoo ocvwuu in the piano contests this after noon (Thursday). Walters gained a rating of 1 in the recent music contests held in Greenville. Twelve schools have entered contestants in this event. Austin Conradi, out standing American pianist and member of the faculty of Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, will act as judge. The.Roanoke Rapids choral unit will participate Wednesday night in a concert presented by two giant festival choruses, under the direction of Nobel Cain of Chicago and George F. Strickling, Cleve land, Ohio. Misses Lucile Pulley and Irene Coggins of Scotland Neck were visitors in town Tuesday. INTERESTING *010 news for * / YOU! BELCANO’S . Personal Representative m MISS RUBY HADEN 1 will be in our Cosmetic Department for 1 several days — MONDAY thru1 SATURDAY, ( April 20 to 25 Inclusive You are invited to make an appointment with MISS HADEN for an analysis of your skin and a complimentary BELCANO treatment. Let her show you how you can have fresh, lovely, smooth skin. 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