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PLUME XXXI ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 21st, 1946 NUMBER 26
Pictured above are the members of Gov. It. Gregg Cherry’s Fact Finding Committee on future federated fund raising in North
Carolina. The committee included prominent busine ss and professional men throughout the state. Seated, left to right, is J. C. B. Eh
ringhaus, Gov. Cherry. J. Melville Broughton and Dr. Ellen Winston. Standing directly behind the Governor is Sam Marks of Roanoke
Rapids. (Picture is courtesy of the Durham Sun.)
I Spraying Of
Homes With
DDT Starts
[S\- • '
Here Soon
Dr. W. P. Speas, Jr., city health
(officer, announced today that the
<^)DT spraying program, outlined
in The Herald several months ago,
will get under way qbout the last
of this month or the first of April.
$ In order that the work may be
| done with success it will be neces
I sary for occupants of homes to co
i operate fully with the program by
readying all rooms in their house
before the spraying crew arrives.
Advance notice of the arrival of
the crew will provide occupants
Hldth sufficient time to get the
house ready.
Here are some of the important
instructions for occupants to fol
low: (
1—Move all furniture toward the
center of the rooms,
2—Remove pictures and mirrors
from the walls and place them
face down on beds, tables, etc.
3—Remove clothes from closets.
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I % 'S—Store away cooking utensils,
dinnerware and non-canned or
non-bottled foods or collect them
| in one place for covering with a
I drop cloth by spraying crew.
I 6—Remove curtains and drape
| ries (not shades).
Ilf the house is ready when the
crew arrives the actual spraying
time is from 10 to 15 minutes. In
| 30 minutes the interior will be dry
! and ready for the replacing of
| furniture.
The effort on the part of the
! 'Householder in preparing the house
is well worth the benefits derived
from the spraying, said Dr. Speas.
DDT will remain on the walls and
ceilings invisible for as long as
four months Unless removed by
wiping, washing or painting.
Therefore, said Dr. Speas, it is
advisable that spring house clean
ing be done before spraying time,
19Gb avoid destruction of the DDT.
The preparation will kill mos
quitoes, flies, bedbugs, moths, sil
verfishes and some kinds of roach
es. After the first spraying citizens
of Roanoke Rapids can look for
ward to a season without these
(Continued cn page b—8ect. A)
World War II Yets Win Most
Posts In Local VFW Election
Bill Passed By
Senate Tuesday
The United States Senate late
Tuesday passed the bill providing
$3,000,000 for the proposed $3,
900,000 Buggs Island Flood Con
trol and Hydro-electric Develop
ment on the Roanoke River. The
Senate also passed the item of
$300,000 for initial survey and
plans for the dam on the Smith
river at Philpott in Virginia
which is another portion of the
$130,000,000 flood control and
electric development project for
the Roanoke River and its trib
utaries. The two items previously,
had been approved by the lower
House of Congress and now goes
to the President for his signa
ture, The Buggs Island project
already has started with $1,000,
000 voted by Congress last Dec
ember and $3,000,000 voted on
Tuesday will be for the fiscal
year 1946-47.
First Rock Fish
The rock fish season is “com
ing in,” so say the fishermen.
The first Rock was caught at
Weldon Friday night of last
week by Lewis Glasgow and
Buck Mitchell. It weighed three
pounds.
Maries Namea
On Adisory
Committee
As a result of a recent meeting
of Gov. Cherry’s Fact-Finding
Committee held in the Governor’s
office, of which J. C. B. Ehring
haus was chairman, Sam Marks of
this city has been appointed by
Ehringhaus as a member of the
permanent Advisory Committee.
This committee will meet from
time to time with Dr. Ellen Win
ston, commissioner of the State
Board of Public Welfare, to con
sider federated fund raising in
North Carolina^
In view of the impending wind
up of the affairs of the United
War Fund the Governor haw re
quested this committee to consid
er the situation and make recom
(Continued on page 4—Sect. A)
Carrying out the avowed intention
to draft young blood into lead
ership, Halifax Post 3702 Veterans
of Foreign Wars ,at its annual
election Sunday, elected four vet
erans of World War two to the
higher administ-ative offices in the
post. The election was spirited,
according to '.he'' post’s publicity
officer, and it was stated that a
number of the veterans comment
ed: “This was the finest example
of real democracy in actual prac
tice we have ever seen.” The
election was held in the post’s
room at the armory and was
largely attended.
Samuel Henry Akers, 26 year old
former captain in the army air
forces, was elected to command
the post for the coming year.
Grady J. King, 38, former cox
swain in the navy, was elected as
senior vice-commander.
Raleigh B. Sadler, 24, former
field artillery corporal, was elect
ed junior vice-commander.
Johnny J. Sasser, 25, former
motor machinists mate, first class
in the navy, was elected chaplain.
Veterans of the first world wan
elected to office were: Thomas C.
Glasgow, p o st advocate, Carl
Churchill, quartermaster Select
ed), Alfred N. Martin, surgeon
Edward P. Hyman, retiring com
mander, trustee for three years.
| N. C. Symphony to
Appear Here
The North Carolina Symphony
Orchestra will come to Roanoke
Rapids on Tuesday, May 7. There
will be a concert in the afternoon
for school children free of charge.
The evening concert is for adults
and tickets are still available. They
may be purchased through contact
with Mrs. T. W. Mullen or Mrs.
W. A. China.
American Legion
Meeting Sunday
An important meeting of the
Robert E. May Post of the Ameri
can Legion will be held next Sun
day afternoon at 2 in the Armory,
it was announced today by Carl
Churchill. It is urgent that every
member, who possibly can, attend
this meeting, said Mr. Churchill.
Eight T ickets
Available
Eight tickets are available to
Halifax County Democrats for the
Jackson Day dinner to be held in
Raleigh Saturday at the Sir Walt
er Hotel at 7:45 o’clock, announc
ed Dr. John W. Martin, chairman
of the Halifax County Democra
ic Executive Committee, today. •
“Goad democrats,” said Dr. Mar
tin (and he laughed) “can get
one of these tickets until the sup
ply is exhausted if they will see
me.”
Halifax County’s quota of $400
to be used in congressional dis
tricts where the Democrats have
Republican opposition, will prob
ably be oversubscribed, said the
chairman, Through last Tuesday
a total of $245 had been contri
buted, $195 of which came out of
Roanoke Rapids.
Congressman Robert L. Dought
on will be the keynote speaker at
the dinner Saturday night.
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Ind. League
Softballers
May Organize
In the years before the war Roa
noke Rapids was a “hotbed” for
softball and some of the best
reams in the state were developed
lere and competition in the local
league was keen and the fans
were rabid fans. And now it ap
pears that softball may again be
played here with the same old
‘zip“ of former years.
The subject has been under dis
cussion informally for several days
tnd the result has been to call a
meeting for the purpose of seeing
f a softball industrial league can
be organized and operated dur
ing the coming summer months. .
It is believed that if represen
tatives of Halifax Paper Com
pany, Rosemary Manufacturing
Company, Roanoke Mills No. 1 and
2, Patterson Mills Company and
/Continued on page k—Sect. A)
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Explosions
In City Part
Of Mosquito
Eradication
The two explosions heard in the
city yesterday, which broke several
window panes in residences and
business buildings in “downtown”
Roanoke Rapids and caused dam
age to the power line running to
the Patterson Mill, shutting it
down for several hours, was caus
ed by dynamite blasting in the old
navigation canal near the river.
The blasting is part of the work
of mosquito eradication in Roa
noke Rapids being done by the
United States Public Health Ser
vice, with J. F. Maredy in charge.
The Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dis
trict is cooperating in the program
to rid the city of the pests.
Residents of the city are asked
to aid in the work bv seeiner that
all tin cans are mashed flat be
fore putting them in garbage cans,
emptying water from all tubs and
other containers sitting out in the
yard at least once a week, drain
fish ponds and clean them of all
rubbish and green foliage every
ten days and keep them heanly
stocked with fish, drain all low
land and cut the under bru3h
from it so the land can dry out.
The Roanoke Rapids Sanitary
District will begin its part of mos
quito control work next week by
spraying all ditches and lowlands.
Any resident who is pestered with
mosquitoes is asked to call the
sanitary office or Dr. W. P. Speas,
Jr., city health officer.
Dr. A. F. Ashton, U. S. public
health officfer, of Raleigh, will
come to the city soon and estab
lish catch stations to determine
what kind of mosquitoes are found
here and where the breeding is
taking place.
The official board in charge of
the local program is composed of
Virgil C. McDowell, city commis
sioner; Robert C. Cleaton, Jr.,
member of the Sanitary Board, and
Dr. Speas, as city health officer.
Abner C. Braswell has been em
ployed as full-time foreman of the
work.
Four More Men
Leove for Bragg
Four men who left recently for
duty in the army are: Frank D.
Hudson, Jr.,. white, and four col
ored men, George Crenshaw, Eddie
Arrington; and Freddie Sledge,
Nello L. Bradley of Graysburg has
re-enlisted. Bradley formerly serv
ed with 167th Chemical Co., in the
ETO during the war.
Julian Allsbrook
Will Be Speaker
Next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’
clock at the Enterprise Baptist
Church near Littleton, memorial
services will be held for Pfc. Gil
bert Lee Walker, son of Hr. and
Mrs. Ernest Walker. Julian R»
Allsbrook, Roanoke Rapids attor
ney, will make the memorial ad
dress. Young Walker was killed
In action in France September 15.
1944.