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VOLUME XXXI_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. O, THURSDAY, APRIL 25th, 1946, _ NUMBER 30
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Club Council
Meeting Held
Last Friday
The Civic Club Council, with
* representatives from member or
■ ciation, Kiwanis Club, Business and
ganizations, the Merchants Asso
ciation, Kiwanis Club, Business ■&
Pro/^sional Women’s Club, Lion's .
Clu/.And Rotary Club, met at the
■Mum ,5pal Building last Friday,
at 8 P. M., with Ray Stephenson,
chairman, presiding.
At this meeting the Constitution
of the Council, drawn up by the
rules committee, was submitted
* and voted by the Council, setting
out the aims and procedure of
the Council, as a recommending
body to all the civic member or
ganizations.
Among the recommendations dis
cussed and voted by the Council
to be carried back to the respect
ive organizations, was the project
of electric signs to be erected at
three entrances to Roanoke Rap
•v ids, carrying the words “Welcome
to Roanoke Rapids” or other suit
able wording, and showing the
names and insignias of the mem
ber organizations. It was suggested
that the publicity chairman of
each organization form the com
mittee on this project, with Ray
Stephenson acting as temporary
chairman for planning the project,
if the recommendation is favored
by all the members of the Coun
a cil.
It was recommended that ancc
tempt be made to revive the in
terest in the State Guard unit by ■
contacting leading citizens of the
city and the county. A letter from
Adjutant General J. B. Van Metts
was read to the Council by Ray
Stephenson.
A report from each member or- :
ganization makes it possible for
n a sum to be paid to a supervisor
of the Teen-Age Club for two ev
enings each week on a six months’
probation. The money from each
club is to be paid each month to
the chairman of the adult commit
tee of the Teen-Age Club for dis
bursement.
The Council will hold future
meetings On call of the chairman,
vice-chairman or any three mem
bers on the board of representa
f tives.
Child Soloist To
Be Featured Star
N. C. Orchestra
When the North Caroline. Sym
phony Orchestra comes to Roa
noke Rapids, Tuesday, May 7, it
will feature at the matinee for
children at 2:30 p. m., in the
High School auditorium, Mar
garet Goodman, high school stu
dent, of Chadbum, N. C., as a
child soloist. The matinee will
be free to children. Hie night
performance for adults will be
gin at 8 p. m.
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Youth Week
Is In Session
For 3rd Year
Easter Sunday night, Rev. Mar
>hall Whitehurst opened the first
■ervice of Youth Week at the
tosemary Baptist Church and
;hus, for the third year a week
'or youth leadership gets under
vay.
In this service the Rev. TV. W.
Hnlator of the Weldon Baptist
Church delivered an inspiring mes
sage to these young people, who
consecrated themselves to the task
jefore them.
Symbols of the various offices
vere presented to the Youth offi
cers. Rev. White^Hurst presented
.he cross to Thomas Clark and
Dwight Dobbins, respectively, as
die Youth preachers. Mr. Frank
Kendrick gave the key to Forest
Lee Bryant, who will act as chair
man of the board of deacons.
Deorge F. Pappendiek presented
the Bible as symbol of the Sunday
School work to Sanford Brown,
Vouch Sunday School Superinten
dent. Mrs. George F. Pappendiek
jave a lighted candle to Margaret
Lou George, who will have charge
)f the Women’s Missionary Union.
Mrs. Hattie Cullom, director of the
3. T. U., presented the youngest
jhurch member as a personified
>ymbcl of the theme of this orga
lization to A1 George, who will
ake ever Mrs. Cullom’s duties
ul iuia wccn.
Ushers for this service were
Kenneth Mizzelle, head usher;
Deorgt Pappendick, Tommie Pap
, endick, John Bush, Stephen
Davenport and Maxie Lancaster,
these ushers ali participated in
;aking the offering.
This consecration was a candle
ight service, which helped to make
t more impressive. Those light
ng the candles were Maxine H.
Harris, Dorothy Cooper and Mae
^■verette.
Youth officers will be: Thomas
Clark and E. Dwight Dobbins,
ministers; Churcii organist, Ern
;stinc Smith; general Sunday
School and church pianist, Sara
Pope, The following are Sunday
School officers: Sanford Brown,
Sunday School superintendent;
Sari Bryant, general secretary of
Sunday School; Margaret Blowe,
iuperintendent of the Young Peo
ples Department; Syretha Inscoe,
iuperintendent of the Intermediate
Department; Stella Justice, secre
.ary Intermediate Department;
rtuby D. Hasty, pianist Interme
diate Department; Sybil Wood,
\dult and Young Peoples Secre
(Continued on page 12—Sect. A)
Palmer C. France
Gets Discharge
Sl/c Palmer C. France, son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. France, 917
Dedar Street, has been honorably
iisc’narged from the U. Sf Navy
after serving two years and two
months in the service. He wears
me battle star, the American, Eu
ropean, African and Asiatic Pacific
ribbons, also the good conduct and
Victory medals.
Mission Speaker
Above is the Very Rev. Leon
ard M. Henry, OFM, of the
Franciscan Monastery of Mt.
Sepulchre of Washington, D. C.,
who will conduct a week’s mis
sion at St. John’s Catholic
Church here beginning next
Sunday.
County Board of Elections
Names Registrars, Judges
ine xoiiowmg registrars amu
judges of elections for Halifax
County precincts have been ap
pointed by the County Board of
Elections: The first name is the
registrar and the last two are
judges:
Butterwood, C. E. Brewer, G.
W. Alston, J. W. Bowers.
Concconara), J. R. Edmondson,
Parks.
Enlield, D. B. Barnes, Wm. Rob
ert Davis, Hardy Bobbitt.
Faucetts, H. O. Hux, J. H. Lew
is, E. D. Dickens.
Halifax, W. T. Stephenson, W.
D. Dickens, A. A. Hedgepeth.
Hollister, Mrs. B. C. Hamlet, C.
A. Mabry, R. L. Hardy.
Keuhukee, J. H Savage, L. W.
Leggett, W. C. Waiters.
Littleton, O. L. Currin, J. H.
Thrower, W. C. Myrick.
Palmyra, Mrs. D. B. Harrison,
J. T. Mizell, N. E. Winslow.
Ringwood, M. E. Cousins, Jr., W.
W. Anderson, C. O. Fleming.
Roanoke Rapids No. 1, Monk
Medlin, Bradford Browning, T.
H. Dickens.
Roanoke Rapids No. 2, C. Bruce
Cam**, Charlie Crowder, Ottis J.
Reynolds.
Roanoke Rapids No. 3, Bernard
Medlin, Chester F. Allsbrook, W.
L. Mills.
Roanoke Rapids No. 4, Hannibal
Shearin, Virginia Shearin, Mrs.
W. I. Hockaday.
Roscneath, C. E. Cotton, H. C.
Ba3S, L. C. Barbour.
Scotland Neck, W. J. Murphrey,
Kobert< Herring, L. L. Whitehead.
Weldon, Thomas S. Turner, J.
P. Hartsoe, John Shearin.
The registrars met with the
board this morning and received
tne registration books and instruc
tions.
Paper Collection
Scheduled Sunday
A scrap paper collection is
scheduled by the Boy Scouts of
the city for next Sunday after
noon beginning at 1:30 o’clock.
Residents of the city and out
lying sections who have old
scrap paper are urged to tie it
in bundles and place it on the
curb in front of their homes so
the Scouts can get it. The or
ganization will appreciate this
very much.
All-Day Service
Quankie Church
Quankie Baptist Church located
near the city will hold an all day
service on Sunday, May 5, be
ginning at 11 o’clock A. M., with
a sermon by the Pastor, Rev. E.
W. Greene of Henderson. At 3
P. M., Rev. Lee Pridgen, return
ed army Chaplain and recently
appointed Associational Mission
ary for the Tar River Association
will preach.
Dinner will be served on the
grounds and the public is cor
dially invited to these services.
'Preacher' Garner
On His Way Home
Pfc. Norman (“Preacher”) Gar
ner, United States Marine Corps,
who has been in Japan for some
lime; will leave shortly for the
states and home, it was learned
today.
Willie Lewis Alston Jailed
On Murder Charge; Father
Choking Mother He Said
Early Closing of
Stores Will Begin
Next Wednesday
It was announced today by
Mrs. Clyde Martin, secretary of
the Roanoke Rapids Merchants
Association, that thie stores in
the city will begin observing the
half-holiday closing next Wed
nesday afternoon, May 1. The
stores will close at 1 o’clock in
stead of 12 noon as in the past.
The afternoon closing on Wed
nesday will be in force for the
months of May, June, July and
August.
Home on Visit
Pfc. Clifton Everette, for the
past 13 months a patient in Oliver
Genera! Hospital, Augusta, Ga., re
uperating from wounds received
in battle, is at home for 30 days
visit
Willie Lewis Alston, 18-year-old
negro youth, is in Halifax County
jail cnarged with the murder of
his father, Willie Alston, 37. The
killing took place at the home of
the negro on the resettlement pro
ject between Enfield and Scotland
Neck shortly after 12 o’clock last
Saturday night.
The young negro told Deputy
Sheriff C. O. Strickland who ar
rested him, that his father came
home late Saturday night and be
gan abusing his mother, finally
getting her down on the floor and
choking her.
Paying no attention to his son’s
plea to leave his mother alone,
Alston continued choking his wife.
The boy, it is said, then seized an
ax and struck his father two
heavy blows on the head. He died
a.3 a result of a fractured skull,
Coroner Rowe announced.
Further investigation into the
killing by Sheriff H. A. House,
Deputy J. L. Mountcastle and
Coroner Rowe brought forth prac
tically the same story from other
members of the family who wit
nessed the slaying.
Alston waived preliminary hear
ing in Halifax Recorder’s Court
last Tuesday and was ordered held
lor Superior Court. His ease will
probably be heard next week when
court convenes.
Rotary Names
New Officers
Dr. Tom Taylor, recently re
turned from the service, and who
lias again become an active mem
ber of the Roanoke Rapids Rotary
Club, was elected president for the
coming year at the regular Tues
day meeting.
Other new officers chosen were:
M. C. Savage, vice-president; Dr.
K. M. Bardin, secretary-treasurer;
R. M. Taylor, sergeant-at-arms. j
Ben Lancaster and M. C. New- j f
some, Sr., were elected to the j
board of directors.
Ben Lancaster was named by I
the club as a delegate to the In- 1
ternaf:onal convention of Rotary $
to be held in Atlantic City in |
June.
Rotarian “Tarvla” Jones gave a I
splendid talk on Rotary and its ' 1
[place in the political and eco- I
nomic life of the country. Ray- J I
mond Purdy and Frank A. Thomas T
of Atlanta were guests at the
meeting.
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Election Voting
Places Designated
Voters in Roanoke Rapids will I
go to the polls on Tuesday, May
7 and cast ballots for two mem
bers of the City Board of Con*
missicners. The voting place la ?
the North Ward will be in Moone
Greenberg’s warehouse, and in
Soutn Ward at Rosemary Set