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■■■■■■iHBMBMHSSIMMBSMMSBMBlBMMMSSIHSBMMi^MSMMMHMMMannaaaMMMM ROBERT E. MAT, Navy, May A IMS JAMES W. WHITBY, Navy, (M. in, IMS R. H. McCOMMONS, Merchant Mar, July A IMS WILLIAM H. CAMP, JR, Navy. Nov, IMS THE ROANOKE RAPIDS More Howe — More I Advertising — Moral Paid flu territory } S_r I VOLUME XXIX_ROANOKE RAPIDS, X, C. THURSDAY, AUG. 5,1943 NUMBER 1 YOUTHS DROWNED "BLUE LAWS" WANTED BY MINISTERS Beer-Wine Places To Close; Ask Closing Shows, Clubs, etc. The Ministerial Association Tues day requested that the City Board of Commissioners of Roanoke Rap ids close all theatres, recreation halls, ball games, and places of business selling ale, beer and wine and all places selling merchandise which could be purchased on week days by a Sunday “blue-law” ordinance. A delegation of local ministers appeared before the Board with Rev. Gordon L. Price as spokes man who read a letter signed by ten ministers in which it stated they were disturbed “to witness the lawlessness, vulgarity used so commonly, the drunkenness, the gambling, the destroying of prop erty, the murdering of individuals, and the congregation in public places that produces a personal contact to vice.” After the delegation left, the City Board discussed the matter at length and first step taken was the passage of a city ordin ance making it unlawful to sell wine, beer or ale in the corporate limits from 11:30 P. M. Saturday to 7 A. M. Monday. The new law takes effect August 14th and a $50. fine is the penalty for each offense, with the possibility of sel ling license being revoked. No action was taken as to Sun day closing of picture shows, re creation halls, ball games and places of business selling merchan dise which could be purchased on week days. However, the Board will meet again Monday night to discuss the budget and it is thought these matters will also come up for further discussion and possible action. The full text of the letter from the Ministerial Association follows: To the Mayor and Commissioners Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Gentlemen: It is our desire and purpose to bring to your attention some of the conditions that exist in our City that we believe are very det rimental to the spiritual and gen eral uplift of our community. First it has become very dis turbing to us to witness the law lessness, vulgarity used so com monly, the drunkenness, the gam bling, the destroying of property, the murdering of individuals, and the congregation in public places that produces a personal contact to vice. Moreover, in view of the con ditions stated above, we suggest that some definite action be tak en by you to correct these alarm ing problems that are so destruct ive to our community. Therefore Be It Resolved that we, the Ministerial Association of Roanoke Rapids, offer the fol lowing resolutions: (1) We are ever to keep in mind (Continued on Page 12-Sec. A) FUNERAL FOR i HELD FRIDAY I Alfred Harp Drowned Yesterday At Slagles Lake Two Roanoke Rapids youths have been drowned within the Leek. Troy Lee Dixon, 16 the first victim, was drowned in Roanoke River Sunday afternoon, and Al fred Lee Harp, 18. lost his life in a boat accident at Slagles Lake, near Emporia, Va., yesterday after Jioon. Young Harp had gone to Em poria for some work clothing he had left at the Johns-Manville plant, where he was employed up to a short time ago. While there he ^net with Miss Dorothy Vick, Em poria girl, and Mrs. Olin Smith, who was visiting her, and the three decided to go for a boat ride at nearby Slagles Lake. It seems that one end of the Jioat leaked, and young Harp was preparing to change ends when he slipped and fell from the boat into the water. He could not swim. Mrs. Smith jumped overboard in on attempt to save him, but it tjs said that he fought her to the extent that her efforts were to avail, me accident occurred about 4:30 yesterday afternoon. The Emporia Fire Department was called to recover the body, which ,^hey did, bringing it to the surface about 8 o’clock last night. Funeral services for young Harp, who would have been eighteen years old today, will be conducted from the Baptist Church Friday Afternoon at 4 o’clock, with Rev. Gordon L. Price officiating. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Harp, S3A Madison Street, long residents of the city, and leaves a younger brother and sister, Ma rion and Margie Harp, who live at ‘home with their parents. Troy Lee Dixon, who would have been 16 years old on the 15th of this month, was drowned in the Roanoke River Sunday afternoon 7*ma the body was not recovered until early Tuesday morning. Fu neral services were held Tues day afternoon at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon, 124 Madison Street with interment ,4n Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. Troy Lee, his brother, David Roy, 12 and two cousins, Billy Dixon,17 and Buddy Dixon 12, were swimming in the river near the old bulkhead, two miles up tie river from Roanoke Rapids etween three and four o’clock Sunday afternoon. The water was about 15 feet deep and the current swift at the point where the boy was drowned. He was a fairly ^Hyood swimmer and his father thinks he must have developed a cramp in a leg which he had re cently injured. He called out for (Continued on Page 12-Sec. A) > '■« an t SCENES FROM THE PREVENTORIUM . ' it I I ABOVE SCENES are from the Roanoke Rapids Preventorium, located at the old South Rosemary School building, which will close its second four-week period Saturday, having served 26 boys and girls for the second session, and some 30 children during the four-weeks previous. The project derives practically all of its support from the Community Chest. Miss Gladys Etheridge is superintendent, assisted by Miss Ruth Strickland. Dr. J. W. Martin is chairman of the committee. TOP LEFT photo shows the front of the building, with two youngsters standing beside the sign erec ted there. The upper right-hand photograph shows a group of the girls with their junior counsellor, Caro lyn Hudson, after one of numerous trips to the Rosemary Swimming Pool; lower left shows a group of the boys and girls attending the summer camp, and the lower right-hand picture shows the boys and girls at play with their toy airplanes. LIONS STAGE FESTIVAL AT BALL PARK The Roanoke Rapids Lions Club will present their seventh annual Mid-Summer Festival for six days and nights starting Monday of next week. Location for this year’s show is Simmon’s Ball Park, instead of the Avenue grounds where the fes tival has been staged previous years because victory gardens are planted there. The Festival committee, headed by Dot Bennett, who is also presi dent of the club, has been working overtime all week ironing out last minute details for this year’s show, which despite wartime conditions, bids fair to be the best yet staged by the local Lions. The W. C. Kaus shows have been engaged for the midway, and it is reported they have several good new rides, in cluding a twin ferris wheel. » CITY SCHOOLS TO START ON SEPTEMBER 6 Date Of Registration For First Graders Announced Later Announcement is made this week by C. W. Davis, city superintendent of schools,. that city white schools will start their 1943-44 session on Monday, September 6th. The color ed schools will start their year’s session on Monday, August 30th. Registration dates for first grade children and high school pupils are not available at this time, but will be announced at a later date. Mr. Davis urged that parents of pupils make preparations for get ting materials and supplies at the beginning of the school year, in order that school work will not be delayed in starting. LOCATION OF CHURCH QUESTIONED Two delegations of citizens ap peared before the City Board of Commissioners Tuesday in regard to the re-location of a Church of of God. One delegation was from Burton Street where the church has been located and the other was from Rapids Street where the church members wish to relocate the church building. Property owners and residents of Rapids Street who appeared be fore the Board were Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Grissom, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Baggett, Nellie Lynch, L. B. Ed monds, B. W. Portae e* Alvin Rob inson, Lewis Carroll. Mr. Grissom was spokesman and said the noise made by the church members and by the visitors and the late hours | for ending these services would be I (Continued on Page 12-Sec. A)
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