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Hunter, .Cecil Coburn, Wilbur Anderton,_ THE ROANOKE H 1 M ^TAtoioid Jmm&NEWSpctper 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. i j _i. ,11 ■x-A. 14k V/UK JW* *** v/w. 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. —— 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) - 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.