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Hunter, Cecil Coburn, Wilbur Anderton, Latt Harris Shsarin. j THE ROANOKE RAPIDS ' ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. CM THURSDAY, MAY 30th, 1946 NUMBER 34 People of City Are Behind Food Drive 14 The people of Roanoke Rapids are expected to respond with their traditional generosity to the em ergency food collection campaign which got under way here last Monday, said Reece Welch, gen eral chairman of the drive. Tnc appeal for money to buy food and for gifts of canned food for shipment to famine areas is now going on in more than 6,500 « pities, towns and villages through out the nation. The Rosemary Methodist Church is the receiving depot in “uptown” Roanoke Rapids, and Herman’s Place, between First and Second streets, is the “downtown” receiv ing depot. Anyone desiring to con tribute canned foods may take it i to either of these places. The Boy Scouts, under the direc tion of Clayton Phillips, will make ja house-to-house canvas next Sun day afternoon beginning at 1 o’clock for the collection of any canned foods the people of the city may care to contribute. In an announcement made today appealing for the success of the campaign, Mr. Welch said: “The tides of God’s favor have brought us abundance. Now He asks us to send our ships of food | to those who suffer the pangs of hunger, malnutrition — yes, and ||!%ctual starvation. They are moan ng in affliction and are calling for help. , “Try for just a moment to grasp I the almost incomprehensible ex tent of the calamity. At this mo ment five hundred million men, rig women, and children in liberated H lands — more than a quarter of j . the entire population of our globe . —are at starvation or near-starva ■ tlon point. 'pi “At this moment whole races of .Jpnnocent children in famine-strick t en lands are skin and bones. They I are drifting faster, day by day, |f into the valley of death. “Every dollar we give the Em ergency Food Collection, every can of food, will help.” Election On Saturday Is Quiet Affair Over 6,000 Halifax County voters went to the polls last Saturday and cast their ballots for the candi dates of their choice. The election was a quiet affair and no “political upsets” were recorded except, pos sibly, in the race for coroner. In the race for state senator Julian Allsbrook defeated R. L. Applewhite by a majority of 1,132 votes. For representative Joseph Branch of Enfield, defeated W. J. Collier, of Littleton, 3,689 to 2,270. Harry A. House was again elect ed Sheriff of the county over Rich ard Collins, and Charles R. Daniel was returned to the office of judge of Recorder’s Court over W. O. Thompson. Daniel’s majority was 560. The closest race was between F. N. Rowe of Weldon, present cor oner, and Rufus Britton of Roa noke Rapids. Britton defeated Rowe by the narrow margin of 94 votes. For United States congressman from the Second district, John H. Kerr of Warrenton, was returned to office over Archie C. Gay of Jackson. Mr. Kerr’s majority was 1,228. Complete official tabulation of the county vote will be found on page 2, section A. Delegates Leave For Convention Ben Lancaster, Dr. R. M. Bardin and M. C. Savage will leave Sun day for Atlantic City where Liiey will attend the International Rot ary convention. They will be gone about a week. (Little Bill Savage Is Local ^Sports Teams No. 1 'Rooter* Some sports fans in Roanoke Rapids may not know “Little Bill” Savage, nine year old son of "Doc” Savage, but to the Yel low Jacket baseball team he is thei most sincere and ardent “for .” i : |-L ■ 1 ing the Sanford-Roanoke ' iptat ; game last Monday after j no< Bill sat in the dugout wif the Jackets. Aftmj the first hfl of the ninth inning when S3 ord went ahead in the sc v “Little Bill” became a fj H—afraid that the Jax were n going to win the game. He 3 there sobbing like a new b'~-. bajbe, praying and hoping the “his team” would come through with a victory. (1# But no victory came for his club so Bill left the ball park | and went into the back of his daddy’s drug store afid started crying again. The will to win i shown by “Little Bill” should be -athletes. This wasn’t the first time that Bill has cried over a Jacket loss. The same thing happened when the locals lost to Weldon. It al so happened during the basket ball season. Surely, athletes that represent the Gold and Black in coming years are not going to let Bill down. Even if the team can’t win them all, it will always have one faithful fan—a lad named “Little Bill” Savage. Local Kiwanians Name Delegates The Kiwanis Club of Roanoke Rapids today announced the dele gates that it will send to the 1946 Victory Convention of Kiwanis In ternational, June 9 to 13, at At lantic City, N. J. They are: All mand S. White, Don P. Tillar and David C. Clark. Speedier Above ts Rev. John J. Langs ton, pastor of the First Christ ian. Church here, who will preach the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of Roanoke Rapids High School Sunday morning in the school auditori um. Four People Hospitalized After Wreck It may be all right to buy an ac cident insurance policy and im mediately afterwards go for a ride, but if you do the irony of fate may be against you. That is what happehed last Tuesday night when Harry Ed wards, local insurance man, and his wife went to visit Mr. and Mrs. Willi ajn Bass. Edwards and Bass “talked insurance” and the women “talked about other things, may be.” After Edwards sold Bass a health and accident and hospitali zation policy, the four, being good friends, decided to go for an au tomobile ride. Near Tillman’s crossroads the car skidded and turned over on its side smashing the windshieeld. As a result of the accident Ed wards suffered a badly cut right hand and a cut on his forehead. His wife was gashed on the cheek which required 10 stitches to close and also was badly bruised. Mr. Bass was cut on the head and lip, several stitches being required, and was also bruised. Mrs. Bass suffered an ^injury to her right eye, cuts and bruises. All four were hospitalized and spent Monday night in the Roa noke Rapids Hospital. No insurance can be collected due to the fact the policies were not in force until delivered. Gets Discharge Corp. George Warwick, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Warwick, who entered the service in June, 1944, has been given his honorable dis charge and is now at home. .. f: t'-x: ~-n'-'Mil Two Players School Team Interviewed “Buddy”. Wrenn and Charles Smith, Roanoke Rapids High School baseball team’s catcher and second baseman, respectively, were interviewed last Monday afternoon after the Sanford game by Jack Fournier, St. Louis Browns (Amer ican League) scout. Fournier stat ed that he was very much inter ested in the two youngsters and is said to have offered them a "pret ty good deal.” FGurnier, it is said, offered the two players a college education and named Ohio State, University of Southern California and Texas University as the preferred schools to which the Browns would like them attend', fitowever, it was left to Wrenn and Smith as to what school they wanted to go. It was reported today that both the boys have tentatively cnosen Ohio State, but no definite announcement to that efffecet has been made. Smith, second baseman, has com piled an impressive record this year. He has been at bat 60 times scored 23 runs, hit safely 26 times and batted in 21 runs. His batting average for the season is .433. Wrenn, while not a£ potent with the bat as Smith, has displayed .narked ability as a catcher, especi ally ir the handling of pitchers. Wrenn has been at bat 64 times, secured 18 hits for a batting aver age Of .268. He scored 23 runs and drove in 13 mates across the plate for tallies. Wrenn had a tryout with Thom asviile in the North State League last season and impressed the management of the club with his performance behind the plate. Commencement Program Begins Here Next Sunday The commencement exercises program for Roanoke Rapids High School will begin next Sunday morning with the baccalaureate sermon in the school auditorium at 11 o’clock. Rev. John J.» Langston, pastor of the First Christian Church here, will be the speaker. On Tuesday night at 8 the class day program will be presented by the senior class under the direction of Miss Ada Edwards at which time the student awards will be made. Thursday night at 8 o'clock diplomas will be presented to the graduates. C. W. Phillips of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina will deliver the graduation address. Mr. Phillips is well known as professor of edu cation at W. C. He is president of the North Carolina Education As sociation, vice-president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, past president of the North Carolina Congress of Par ents and Teachers and director Of teacher placement at WCUNC. The following students, Id in number, will be given diplomas: Lin wood Butler, LouelLa Cara wan, Marshall Lee dark, Julia Cook, Louise Cook, Flora Ann Davenport, Sara Debnam, Frances Rebecca Dixon, James Evans, Ross Edwards, Estelle Etheridge, B»n» Etheridge, Marie Garner. Margaret Gibson, Bill Hawkins, Patricia Hodges, Novarro Hux, Merian In gram. Louise Inscoe, Betty Ethe ridge Kidd, Hazel Lee, Nathaniel Lyles, Lois Morris, Willis Murph rey, Charles Neal, Hazel Newsom, Sara Pope, L. W. Pullen, Catherine Pulley, Joline Ray, Ernestine Smith, Charles Smith, Patsy Smith, Grace Taylor, Kathleen Taylor. Louise Twiddy, Wylie Warren, Bennie Webb, Bobby Weiss, Ann Georgia Williams, Eloise Allen. Dorothy Braswell, Elizabeth Brown, Helen Cheek, C. D. dark, Connie Mae Cole, Vivian CraaSw Dorothy Mae Dickerson, Frances Doyle, Hamilton Duncan, Dosis (Continued on page 8 Sect. JU Typhoid Fever Immunization Clinics Announced for June Typhoid fever has refused to re liguish its tenacious grip on Hal ifax County even though a per sistent battle has been waged against it for many years—using i every weapon the modern arma mentarium affords. The two most . formidable weapons used against this disease are immunizations and approved sanitation. Typhoid fever is a disease born of and transmitted by fifth. It is a degrace to any civilized com munity. Therefore, every effort must be made by the citizens of Halifax County to banish this di sease once and for all. Much pro gress has been made since 1918 in the County, when 40 cases were reported; however, the present cri teria of a good public health pro gram do not allow a single case Of typhoid fever. In other words, just one, case of typhoid fever is enough to give a “black eye’’. It is 'urged that everyone avail himself of the typhoid fever im munization during the early sma ller, either by reporting to his physician for the service or to :he typhoid fever clinics which aha scheduled below. * Because of the acute shortage >f personnel in the Health De partment, only three visits wijl je made to each clinic poiad. rhose who had three injections )f the vaccine last year will need >nly one injection this year said 2a ch year hereafter. It is highly recommended that everyone take advantage of the single injection plan of immunization on an an nual basis. The reactions to the vaccine are decidedly less and the immunity derived is just as effec tive as from the old method Of three injections every three years. With more people going on vo cations and outings dmiag tfete coming summer than' dttiikg <*• recent war years, it is most ur gent that you ho - (Continued tut page i
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