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Hunter, Cecil Coburn, Wilbur Anderton, Lstt Harris Shearin. ___ _ VOLUME XXXII ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. O, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 1946 NUMBER 4 _ ^^^—————— - ■ — Chief Issues Statement On City Jail Criticism * ___ Radio Play Broadcast By Troop 6 Wednesday of last week Troop 6 presented over station WCBT the radio play, “Wanted—A Vol ^ unteer.” The play was an appeal to the women of the community —an appeal to every woman with an interest in girls and a hobby to share. The cast included Sen ior Scouts Margaret Askew, Caro line Broun, Ann Grizzard,, Dorothy Lynch, Betty Ann Mausteller, Pa tricia Wilson, and Libby Dean Clemmer, troop leader; Ed Knott, as president of the men’s club; a. J. E. Mausteller, as mayor; Carl ” ton Cannon and Senior Scout Rob erta Fisher, sound effects. Mrs. J, E. Mausteller, radio chairman of the Girl Scout Council, directed the play. Mrs. W. A. Thome, commis sioner of the Roanoke Rapids Council of Girl Scouts, in a short talk following the play, announced the theme of the nation-wide lead ership drive, “Bring Back the Old, Keep the Present, Interest the _ New.” 7 The Girl Scout Council wishes to thank radio station WCBT and Jesse Helm, program director, for the time, courtesy and coopera tion extended to the troop. The real success of the play, however, will be determined by the number of leaders, troop com mittee members, and council mem bers secured as a result of the radio publicity. * Federation Of Demonstration Clubs in Session A meeting of the Federation of Homo Demonstration Clubs was held today in the school auditor ium in Halifax beginning at 10:30 o’clock. The morning session was jf) devoted~to an address on “Fiftteen ’ and Fifty,” by Mrs. Harriet Press ley of WPTF, Raleigh. The after noon program featured the accom plishments of the outstanding 4-H Club girls of Halifax County as well as the outstanding work of Home Demonstration Clubs. Hol lister, Brinkleyville and Airlie clubs were hostesses for the day I Corp. Dobbins Is Now Back Home Corp. David Dobbins, son of Chief and Mrs. H. E. Dobbins, is at home after being overseas since July 1945. Dobbins was stationed In New Guinea, Manilla and Ko rea He expects to receive his dis charge some time in December. i Banks To Close All banks in the city will he closed next Monday In observance of Armistice Day, it was announc ed today. The post office will also be closed with the exception of one hour from 11 to 13. _ - • i* Roanoke Rapids Police Chief H. E. Dobbins today released a state ment concerning the recent “city jail criticism” by a grand jury committee. The chief, in his state ment addressed to ‘To the Citi zens of Roanoke Rapids,” says: “I feel that the citizens of Roa noke Rapids have a right to know more about the condition of the City jail which has recently received unfavorable criticism by a few members of the Grand Jury who made an inspection of came about 8:45 Tuesday morning, October 22nd. This jail is inspect ed annually by County and State Inspectors—men who are unbais ed and impartial, who have a right to criticise any existing conditions that need to be clear ed up and demand that it be done, this being the job for which these men are paid, and never yet, since the construction of the pres ent jail, uaw uieic uccu cuujr criticism as the members of the Grand Jury made. These inspect ors visit all jails and other plac es of detention. “If they have any criticism to offer, it is done in the form of a written report in a construc tive manner. They neither broad cast their criticisms nor .publish them in the newspapers, but in stead they write them to the Board and offer in any way possi ble to help clear up those things that might be wrong. The jail is also inspected annually by an inspector of the Federal Govern ment. This is done because of service men being detained for the Armed Forces, and the Fede ral Government makes an annual inspection to be sure that the jails in which the service men are held are clean and decent. For almost two years there were Shore Patrols and Military Police sta tioned here to assist the local offi cers in maintaining order at times so many service men were coming through Roanoke Rapids, and these Shore Patrols and Military JPolice were in and out of the local jail a number of times each week end they were in Roanoke Rapids. Many of these men were ex Chiefs of Police and Police Officers from cities of various sizes who had been accustomed to jails for quite a numDer OI years, aisu uunug the time the War Prisoners were here, the jail was frequently used by the Officers in charge there for the safekeeping of those who were unruly or attempted to es cape. The jail is also visited fre quently by local physicians who visit inmates requesting medical attention, lawyers, both local and out of town, Military Police from various military bases who come here for service men held for them the Sheriff of this County and his Deputies, as well as Sher iffs Chiefs of Police and Police Officers from this County and State as well as other states, the Recruiting Officers stationed at the local Armory, citizens of this community and others who are called upon to give bond for some of the prisoners, and other persons who have to go in the jail either on business or just to see what it looks like inside. It is 'used by State Highway Patrolmen t A in this community and surround-] ing sections on numerous occa sions. There has never been a word of criticism from any of the above sources. The City has a Health Officer who is a Medical Doctor in Roanoke Rapids, and he is called upon quite often to visit patients in jail. He has never complained of its condition. The local jail is cleaned daily by a regularly employed janitor,, and twice each week a colored women is paid to assist him by scrubbing and cleaning the jail. There are on an average of twenty people incarcerated each week end. Some of these are tried in Mayor’s Court on Monday aft ernoon, and others are tried before Mr. W. O. Thompson on Monday night. There are those who are bound over to Recorder’s and Su perior Court and have to be placed (Continued on page 8—Sect. A) Shooting Of Fireworks In City Limits Against Law It is against a city ordinance to discharge fireworks within the city limits, said Chief of Police H. E. Dobbins today, and warned that anyone caught doing so will oe hailed into Mayor’s Court. “There is so much danger, es pecially to children, in the shoot ing of fireworks,” said Chief Dob bins, “that parents should coop erate in helping to safeguard them. And then, there is always the hazard of starting a danger ous fire. Children don’t pay much attention to where and in which direction they throw a firecracker after they light it. The result of this can be disastrous, both to the child and to property,” the chief concluded. Issuing a stem warning, Chief Dobbins said he will be forced to bring children and parents into court if they axe caught discharg ing fireworks in the city limits. Local Price Control Board Office Closed Last Monday The price control board in Roa noke Rapids, serving the counties of Halifax and Northampton, was closed last Monday, E. B. Speight, local board chairman, announced today. This step marks the conclusion of almost five years of patriotic service by hundreds of citizens in the two counties, who, through thousands of hours of volunteer work, have aided in preventing in flation and in the fair distribution of scarce commodities. Members of Roanoke Rapids’ Price Control Board stayed on the job for more than a year after the end of the war. Production has had a chance to catch up with de mand. Now that President Tru man has announced the program for accelerating the remaining wartime controls, Price Adminis trator Paul A, Porter has deter mined that the remaining func tions of local boards can be con tinued by the District OPA Of fice at Raleigh. Mr. Speight gave the following information as to the conducting of OPA business in the future. Trade and consumer inquiries about price control formerly handled by Price Control Boards should be addressed to the OPA District Office in Raleigh. Certificates of Transfer cover ing sales of used passenger auto mobiles may be obtained from principal auto dealers. Dealers should request additional supplies from the OPA Regional Mail Cen ter at 23 Fairlie Street, NW, At lanta, Ga. Sugar rationing has been ad ministered from the District Of fice since last January. In the future, sugar forms required by the trade and consumers may be obtained from the District Office, Sugar Ration Section, Raleigh. Pending compliance actions by the board will be transferred to the District Office. While the local board has been closed for the transaction of pub lic business, the paid personnel will continue on duty during the remainder of this month in order to tamfer records to the district office and to perform other duties involved in closing the board offices. Coggins Gets Into Trouble Over Cheek Harold Coggins, Negro, got into trouble last week over a check and when his case was heard in Mayor’s Court Monday he was re manded to jail under bond of $300 for trial in Roanoke Rajpids Recorder’s Court today. Involved with Coggins was a negro woman, Virginia Edwards. She was charged with stealing a pheck in the amount of $41.40 made payable to George H. Win field, another negro, but was ac quitted. Coggins, police say, admitted I writing the name of “George H. Winfield” on the back of the check and as a result cashed it at Col lins-Jones Company. He was charg ed with larceny and receiving stol en goods. Exchange Club Is Sponsoring Dance The Roanoke Rapids Exchange Club is sponsoring a dance which will be held next Tuesday night from 9 until 1 in the Armory. Roy Cole and his band from the cam pus of the University of North Carolina, with George Demas as vocalist, will furnish the music. Proceeds from the dance will go for the purchase of uniforms for the local high school band. Broad Plans Are Made By X-Rcy Survey Committee Enthusiasm, unequaled for any previous public health program, vras shown by the members of the Working Committee for the Tu berculosis X-Ray Survey as they met last Friday night in the Mu nicipal Building to map out fi nal plans for this program. Pract ically all clubs, civic groups, radio and press, the schools, and all the industries were represented. William D. Norman, who will head the program in Weldon, attended the meeting, and Mrs. Margaret' Parshall, public health educator, who has been assigned to Halifax County to assist in directing the educational program, was also present and assisted in the plan ning. Each group represented was as signed a phase of the education i al program. The Health Depart ment assumed responsibility for the radio and press. Jesse ±ieims who was present from Station WCBT pledged full support of the program by giving liberally of ra dio time. Lionel Barrymore and an all-star cast will be featured each week for thirteen weeks in a radio dramatization on the va rious phases of tuberculosis con trol. All who have heard this program have been very much impressed and highly recommend it. “Spot” announcements will be made all during the day and spec ial news stories will be schedul ed. Frank Thomas of the Herald has pledged its usual full support for this program and has already ren dered invaluable service to the community in' presenting it to the public. News stories, cartoons and human interest stories will be giv en prominent space. Also, picture* will be taken of interesting phases of the survey and will be carried in the Herald. The Exchange Club, represented by Mr. Kidd, agreed to assume re sponsibility for having large streamers made for Roanoke Ave nue and for the city buses, while the Junior Chamber of Com merce, represented by F. B. Neal, offered to assist in obtaining the cooperation of merchants in fur nishing display space for poster* designed for this survey. They will also arrange for space for this survey. They will also euv range iuj. apace iui apcvrni ucur onstrations prepared by the school.s. A prixe will be awarded the white and also the colored which will be judged by a com mittee headed by Mr. Helms. The textile industries, represent ed by G. A. Berkstresser, J. E. McGee and J. H. Mayfied, offered their unqualified cooperation in presenting this program to their employees. Their interest in the welfare of their employees was exemplified by the enthusiasm which these executives offered val uable suggestions and accepted full responsibility for the educa tional program in their mills. The other Industries of Roanoke Rap ids have assured the Working j Committee of the same splendid j cooperation and have shown the ] same keen Interest in their em- j ployees. Mrs. Irma Edmundson, represent- .! (Continued on page 8—Sect Af , 4 ■ 4
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