Baptist Training Union To
Hold Mass Meeting Friday
The Baptist Training Union of
the Roanoke Association will hold
its mass meeting Friday, March
29, at the Rosemary Baptist
Church in Roanoke Rapids. The
afternoon session wil lbegin at
4:45 and will include the Junior
Memory work tournament, the In
termediate Sword Drill and an
inspirational chalk talk by Rev.
Paul Lemons of Stantonsburg. The
evening session will begin at 7:15
and will include the Adult Bible
Readers’ contest, the Young Peo
ple’s Better Speaking contest, the
Hymn Festival ,a challenging per
io din charge o fthe associational
missionaries and a play by the
Rosemary Training Union, entitled
“The Call of the New Baptist Cen
tury.”
Those who atetend will follow
the plan bringing picnic supper,
an dthe host church will supple
ment this with beverage. Mrs. Hat
tie Cullom is director of the Rose
mary union and in charge of en
tertainment plans. Rev. Marshall
White-Hurst is pastor.
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Information
Unit Selects
Its Officers
Maj. L. P. McLendon of Greens
boro was elected chairman yester
day of a North Carolina Fund
Raising Information Committee
which was recently authorized by
Governor Cherry's fact-finding
committee.
The group will act as an inde
pendent group of North Carolina
citizens and will cooperate closely
with the State Board of Welfare,
which has legal responsibility for
issuing permits to charitable or
ganizations conducting fund-rais
ing campaigns in the state.
Judge Junius G. Adams of Ashe
ville was named vice-chairman and
Arthur Phillips of Raleigh was ap
pointed secretary and treasurer.
The Governor’s committee, devel
oped out of the pending liquidation
of the United War Fund on March
31, when regulations of fund-rais
ing campaigns will return to each
locality in the state. During the
war all requests for funds were
combined into a single campaign
and the money apportioned to each
iiivvjivcu. ,
The new group will assemble in
formation concerning organiza
tions, including interstate and in
trastate, which may propose fund
raising in North Carolina; make
the information available to the
Board of Welfare; study the bud
gets and operations of the orga
nizations in order to keep the
amounts sought “equitably related
to the needs of the organization,’’
and act as a clearing house for
information relating to fund-rais
ing.
Committee members are: Judge
Junius G. Adams, Asheville; Char
les Cannon, Concord; Dr. J. E.
Shepherd, Durham; John A. Holm
es, Eden ton; Sam B. Underwood,
Jr., Greenville; C. McD. Davis,
Wilmington; Clyde R. Green,
Boone; George Perrin, Greens
boro; J. H. McEwen, Burlington;
Gurney P. Hood, Raleigh; Kemp
D. Battle, Rocky Mount; H. E.
Stacey, Lumberton, and Sam
Marks of Roanoke Rapids.
Josey Is Named
Alumni President
The Halifax-Northampton Wake
Forest College Alumni met Tues
day at 7:00 P. M. in the First Bap
tist Church in Roanoke Rapids
with 67 present, including invited
guests, who were the Roanoke
Rapids High School football team
cf 1945.
Dr. Bohnson Weathers, Alumni,
president, presided at the meeting.
An interesting prograrh was pre
sented with Dr. Black of the
chemistry department of Wake
Forest, giving news about Wake
Forest and its faculty, and Coach
Jim Weaver showing a picture of
the Wake Forest-South Carolina
Gaitef Bowl game.
R. C. Josey, III, was elected
president of the Halifax County
Alumni and Frank B. Neal was
elected Secretary. E. J. Rogers was
elected president of the Northamp
ton County Alumni, and Ben F.
Ricks was elected secretary. Wade
H. Dickens was the retiring pres
ident and Ed Knott the retiring
secretary of the Halifax County
Alumni.
New Policeman
Joins the Force
M. T. Rogers of Franklinton, N.
C., who went into the Army with
the National Guard in 1941, later
being transferred to the Counter
Intelligence Corps, serving both in
the states and the Pacific, has
been appointed to the Roanoke
Rapids police force, it was an
nouncnounced today. Rogers is
well fcnown here, being a member
of the VFW.
Now Back Home
George Gamer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Archer Garner, is at home
after serving almost a year over
seas. Garner arrived in the states
last wee kand was given his hon
orable discharge at Fort Bragg.
His wife ise the former Miss Alice
Fearson.
Vepco Workers
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Hna is contemplated by Gov. Cher
ry so far as could be learned
today.
A spokesman for the local union,
when asked if any new develop
ments had taken place, replied
that there had been none. A
meeting of the local union will be
held here tonight, he said, but
would not divulge its purpose. He
warned, however, that residents
of the city “draw” as much water
as possible and prepare for the
ceasing of electric' current by
Monday.
W. E. Hamill is president of
the union here and S. E. Perdue
is secretary. Neither of these of
ficials had any comment today on
the situation.
New Automobile
Firm Now Open
Godwin-Wilkes Motors, Roanoke
Rapids’ newest automobile dealer
and garage, has opened for busi
ness, announcement of which ap
pears in today’s Herald. The firm,
composed of George Wilkes and
Herman Godwin, will handle the
Plymouth and Chrysler cars.
Gift Shop Opens
At Grant's Studio
One of the most attractive gift
shops in Eastern North Carolina
has been opened by Grant’s Studio
at 234 Roanoke Ave. The shop has
a large display of lovely gifts for
almost any occasion.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
FOR SALE — Seeds, Feeds, all
kinds. Fertilizers and Soda —
any amount you want. M. C.
Morris Store, Hornertown. Phone
R-500-1 lt-c
FOR SALE—32-piece dinner sets,
$4.48. Also odd pieces. M. C.
Morris Store, Hornertown. Phone
R-500-1. lt-c
JUST RECEIVED—Shipment Soap
Powders. No limit as long as it
lasts. M. C. Morris Store. Horn
ertown. Phone R-500-1. lt-c
■TOR SALE—Baby chicks, started
chicks, Fryers and Hens. Chick
waterers and feeders. Diamond
Feeds. M. C. Morris Store, Horn
ertown. Phone R-500-1. lt-c
Richard Wilson
Expected Home
Richard Wilson, SM 2/c, of 738
Roanoke Avenue, Roanoke Rapids,
is returning to the states aboard
the. USS Kershaw a ship of the
"Magic Carpet” Fleet, which left
Okinawa March 2 and is expec*
ed to arrive in San FranciscJB
soon. I
Why didn’t frontier people dil®
of infections? Because the, virgi *
land had no “bugs” till dii^ huX
mans brought them. |
( wear, work and leisure
hours. Strong: and sturdy
. . . AU Brown and Brown
and White. BROWN & WHITE MOC.
$5.95
MARKS SHOE STORE
MARKS SHOES — "TOO SMART FOR WORDS”
OPEN EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT >711, 9:00
1031 ROANOKE AVE. ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. G
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BED OB BLUE CALF & PATENT! to $7.95
MARKS SHOES'
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OPEN EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT "HL 8:00 1
1081 ROANOKE AVE. ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. O. j
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