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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
Volume xxxi ~ roanoke rapids, n. o,thursday, September 19,1946 number 49
Negro Gets
Truck Ride;
Sister Dies
In Accident
John House, Negro, hitch-hiking
from Norfolk, got a ride in a
transfer truck that later was in
volved in a head-on collision with
on automobile in which his sister,
Christine House, school teacher of
Tillery, and Andrew Branch,
Negro, were killed. House was
critically injured.
The collision of the truck and
■Seitamobile occurred eight miles
from Scotland Neck Saturday
night. It was one of five wrecks
which occurred in that area over
the week-end, resulting in minor
injuries and causing property dam
age estimated at $4,500.
The truck driven by John Lyons,
Negro, Of Norfolk, Va., and form
erly of the Tillery section, demol
ished the car driven by Branch.
Investigating officers said that
i j|yons fled the scene of the wreck.
He has not been apprehended.
Job Openings
On Decline In
Halifax Co.
Unemployment is increasing in
/-^alifax County as the gradual in
crease in employment which has
been prevalent all the year has
leveled off and is constant. Mater
ial and equipment shortages are
still hindering employment ex
pansion; especially in the con
struction industry. Job openings
have decreased and this has re
sulted in a corresponding increase
in the number of persons filing ap
plications for employment, said
(jpoward W. Winstead, manager of
the local U. S. Employment Service
office, this week.
Unemployment is currently esti
mated at 325 with veterans com
prising 227 of the total and wom
en making up 61 of the total. This
is an increase of 20 per cent for
the month of August and an in
crease of 47 per cent for the past
two months. Veterans still re
main the main source of male job
, ^eekers, but 30 per cent of those
are only available for temporary
work as they are entering school
in September.
Job openings, Mr Winstead con
tinues, still show a decrease with
25 per cent less openings this
month than for July. The greatest
demand is still for skilled con
struction workers and for labor
ers for most industries. The de
mand for construction workers
should increase as material be
comes available and this should
eventually absorb most of the sur
(Contmued on page 8—Sect. A)
Rumor is wrong
A rumor which was spread
about the admission prices to
the fair has been “spiked" by
officials of the Veterans of
Roanoke Rapids, Inc., sponsors
\, of the week’s festivities. The
prices are: Afternoon, adults,
$1.20; children, 60c; night
adults, 25c; children, 15c. The
higher admission for the after
noon is due to the splendid
horse racing program that is
given each afternoon.
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Leona Flood, Gifted Violinist,
Will Give Concert Here 26th
Leona Flood, gifted young Amer
ican violinist whose appearance
here Thursday night, September
26, at the High School auditorium,
at 8 o’clock P. M., is under the
auspices of the Roanoke Rapids
Lions Club, was bom in Spokane,
Wash. Leaving there at an early
age, most of her life has been
spent in California and New York
City. She began her violin studies
at the age of five in Spokane,
studied in California, later going
to New York, London and Vienna.
She also showed marked talent as
a singer but chose the violin for
her life’s work. At the age of
sixteen she concer.tized through
out Europe, Australia, and Can
ada. She attended eleven different
schools, stopping long enough to
graduate from the Cumnock
School in Los Angeles. During her
sojrun in Europe, she had tutors
in languages, English literature,
and history, Returned to New
York at the outbreak off war and
has been concertizing here with
much success
.Local music lovers attending
the recital of Miss Flood will
hear a Stradivarius aptly called
“The Lark.” The great violin mak
er made this instrument in 1698
when he was 54 years old. A
graceful model, it is built on the
long and narrow line character
istic of Stradivarius at that time
It is an exceptionally sound anc
healthy instrument. Nevertheless
it must be cared for as an infant
for the slightest jar can; cause
ihe sound post to move, upsetting
the balance of tone in the instru
ment.
It was by the merest chance
that Miss Flood learned that "The
Lark” was obtainable and it prov
ed to be a case of love at first
hearing. She has always consider
ed it a posthumous gift of hei
maternal grandfather and it was
on “The Lark” that she played hei
first public concert in Oslo, Nor
way where her grandfather waa
bom.
-She lives with her parents in a
penthouse studio overlooking the
East River in New York City.
Revival Services
Throughout City
City-wide revival services
will be held in the churches
of Roanoke Rapids beginning
Sunday, September 29 and con
tinuing through Sunday, Oct
ober 6. There will be visiting
ministers in most of the
churches during that week.
The public is asked to coop
erate in this effort and every
one is being urged to attend
the church of his choice dur
ing the week.
New Patrolman
Arthur Fields has been stationed
at Weldon as a new member of
Division 1, troop A, State High
way Patrol. Fields was released
recently from the armed forces.
He was formerly stationed at Scot
land Neck prior to entering the
service.
Men Join Service
It was announced today by
Sergt. Dean of the looal recruiting
substation that the following young
men have been accepted for ser
vice in the U. S. Army: Jessie L
, Joyner, Julian G. Butler, Kelford,
N. C.; Grady G. Wilson, William
L. Jones, Neal R. Stewart, Robert
L. Register, Lewis C. Cushing,
Jack L. Rook„ Arthur B. Shaw
and Jasper H. Edwards, Roanoke
Rapids; Milton D. Barnett, Wel
don; Charles E. Orowley, Eddie C.
Wi Ilford and Lin wood E. Topping,
Littleton; Robert C. Hollomion,
Woodland; Marlyn E. Aycock, El
beron, and Robert D. Bass, Garys
burg.
Two Children
Bitten By Dog
Guest Preacher
Rev. Luther J. Holcomb, son of
secretary of Sunday School Board
of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion, will be the guest preacher at
the Rosemary Baptist Church
during the city-wide revivaj which
begins Sunday, September 29 and
will continue through October 6
A native of Mississippi, Rev.
Holcomb comes from a long line
of preachers. During his early
college years he studied law and
was very active in politics. Later
he entered the Southern Baptist
Seminary to study for the minis
try. He is the author of the book,
“Victory Through Youth,” and his
first pastorate was the First
Baptist Church, Durant, Okla.
Leaving there after 19 months,
Rev. I-Iolcom'b went to Washington
D. C., where he is now pastor of
the Luther Rice Memorial Baptist
Church.
He comes to Roanoke Rapids to
lead the Rosemary Baptist Church
in an evangelistic program, titled,
“Eight great days.”
Fair Draws
Big Crowds
Amid exciting horse races every
afternoon, the famous Triangle
Shows on the midway,, sensational
free acts, a good agricultural ex
hibit, the first annual showing of
the Halifax County Fair, sponsored
by the Veterans of Roanoke Rap
ids, Inc., is drawing large crowds
each afternoon and night.
There are only two more days
left of the festival of fun, the
whole exhibition coming to a close
Saturday night.
The crowds have been thrilled
with some of the finest horse
races this section has ever had
and with the many new and varied
rides and shows on the midway
everybody apparently Is having a
“grand time.”
The veterans have worked hard
and long to again establish the
old-fashioned county fair and they
certainly have had a good, clean
show, races and exhibits.
Friday and Saturday is expected
to bring still larger crowds out to
the fair
Two small hoys, Emerson
O’Melia, son of Mr. and Mrs. Em
erson O’Melia, and Gene Porch,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernard
Porch, were bitten by a mad dog
last Saturday near their homes
in the 1300 block of Washington
street. The dog also was reported
to have bitten several other dogs*
in the north end of town, and the
south end.
Officers killed the dog and its
head was sent to Raleigh for ex
amination, a report being sent
back on Monday saying it definite
ly was affected with rabies.
Chief of Police Dobbins has.
ordered all dogs to be confined at
once as a precaution to safeguard
children and grown-ups against
being bitten by other dogs known
to have been attacked. If the dogs,,
said the chief, are not confined
immediately and kept shut up for
a period of 30 days, he will issue
orders to kill all stray canines,
Parents are urged to use every
precaution, said the chief, until all;
dogs known to have been bitten;
can be destroyed.
League Plan
Is Backed By
Large Sum
Plans to bring professional base
ball to Roanoke Rapids next year
;n the Coastal Plain League ax
some other league of similar clans,
which were formulated by the
local Junior Chamber of Com
merce recently, are receiving
plenty of financial backing.
It was stated this week that
more than $50,000 has been prom
ised to bring professional baseball
here and to improve whatever
s>te for play is finally accepted.
Frank C. Williams, vice-president
and general manager of Roanoae
and Patterson Mills, has been the.
Jaycees an offer of a long-term
lease of Simmons Park. No defi
nite action, however, can be taken,
in the matter until a franchise ur
secured for the city.
The Jaycees have placed the en
tire project before officials of tha,
Coastal Plain League and they
have promised every cooperation,
in the matter.
The way things are shaping up»
now, said a spokesman for the
Jaycees, it lookc like Roanoke
Rapids will have professional base
ball in 1947.
Collins Goes
Back In Army
Richard L. Collins, insurance*
salesman and a former member at
the Roanoke Rapids police deport
ment, has entered the U. S. Array
Air Force as a technical sergeant
for a three-year enlistment.
was discharged from the array
with the rank of master sergeant
after serving five years and four
months, 39 months of which w«re
spent in the South Pacific thestxot
Collins reported to Fort Bragg ora
September 5 and is now
in Durham with the North Cteo
tina military district, U. S. Army
recruiting station.