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| .. ... '> 1 , j • J * ' , ULl.lpdLJiiULd^^ ^ ^4» gaas ja^.r»ssT r™“ y^: H"71*; Wayne C. Green, Rufus a Finch, Lawrence W. Myrick, Walter G. Cooley, Charlie 1. w tilth* Northingtn, Eugene Basil Glover, William C. Moody, srs^ °^- B“t“*a m’~«- * «*■*• *- **■■ ”»■» as Expect Good Team Will Be On Field On Opening Day The Roanoke Rapids entry in the Coastal Plain League has begur a race with the calendar—bui latest developments in basebal activities here indicate that Roa noke Rapids will sport a gooc team, a good park and a good in vestment for its supporters wher the Coastal Plain season opens or April 24. The directors of the baseball team have been as busy as the proverbial one-armed paper hang er for the past several weeks. There have been all sorts of prob lems to contend with — and a lot of work to be done, even un der the best of conditions. The problem of building a team, building a park—and financing the entire operation—was begun Hate, because of the fact that Roanoke Rapids was not admitted into the league until January. This week, the club announced that it had selected for its nick name, “The Jays,” the monicker suggested by C. D. Camp of Roa noae napias. Other developments in the base ball picture look like this: (1) A total of 13 players have already been selected for “try outs” during Spring practice which will get underway the first of April. Of these, seven are pitch ers, three are outfielders, and a third baseman, a shortstop and a catcher. The team manager, of course, is a second baseman. And Stuart Martin hardly will be push ed very seriously for that berth. (2) Manager Martin is in Flori da at the present time, looking for players. And he has instructions from the local “brain-trust” to bring home the bacon. Martin knows his baseball talent, and it’s a pretty good bet that he’ll bring home some talent. (2) The club directors have ten tatively planned a huge celebration here on opening day. Roanoke Rapids will play Rocky Mount on April 24, and the natural rivalry which is bound to crop up with Rocky Mount makes that opening game especially appealing. Professional baseball will be something new to Roanoke Rap ids, and like many another new comer to the city, it’s having its trouble getting settled. A lot of problems have faced the direc tors of the team. There have been material shortages, for instance, in building a baseball park. Then there were labor short ages, there’s a transformer short (Continued on page 8, Sec. A) School lunch room may be force< to close its doors after this montl it was revealed today by Super ® intendent of Schools I. E. Read} t Mr. Ready said that the mone; I appropriated by the federal gov ernment to reimburse schoo j lunch rooms, has been exhaustei and, of course, the school ha; no money to operate it. j “Good, well - prepared, nutri tious lunches," said Mr. Ready “are as essential to the pupils ir I schools as books, and we deen > the lunch room a very necessarj . part of the school system. “The lunch room has been op • erated for years,” said Mr. Ready i “and the low price of 20c per • lunch was far below the cost, However, the federal appropria i tion made it possible to continue ' to serve these lunches to the pu pils. Now that this money has been used up, the only way to continue was to raise the price of the lunch from 20c to 25c. “This we did, but the patron age has fallen off so much that the lunch room is now being operated at a heavy' loss. “If the parents of school chil dren are interested in having them ;al 1 per aay, uieu __ to i urge and insist thait the children ■ patronize the lunch room. On the . other hand, if parents are not in ’ terested in the lunch room, it ■ looks like now we will have to 1 close it.” 1 A deficiency appropriation by i Congress could save the lunch room, but it is unlikely that this will be done. The closing of the , school lunch rooms not only af fects Roanoke Rapids, but will affect schools throughout the na tion. Asked what he thought was th? cause for lack of patronage since the price of the lunches was rais ed, Mr. Ready said there were va rious reasons. Some parents sim ply do not have the money. Some children are given money for their lunches and then get out and “go up the street’ and buy a “hot dog” and a drink and hold out a nickel or dime for something else. The federal government reim bursed the schools 9c per lunch served, but this was not enough to more than break even some days, other days the schools suf fered a loss. However, the lunch (Continued on page 8, Sec. A) Johnson Gets 'Clean' Bill In Board Action The special investigating com mittee, authorized by the current General Assembly in a bill intro duced by Senator Julian Allsbrook, Monday found that County Com missioner G. H. Johnson “may lave technically but unintentionally violated the law” in connection with his 40-month service as tem> porary supervisor of the county ABC system. Roanoke Rapids’ Mayor Kelly Jenkins had charged that the pay and per diem collected by John son during his service as head of the liquor system had been illegally drawn because, as Jenk ins charged, Johnson could not legally have held the post con current with his service on the board of County Commissioners. The special committee sent a resolution to the General Assem bly recommending that the pay and per diem which Johnson had drawn (which amounted to about $5,000) be recorded as just pay ment for services rendered. Johnson served as head of the system from June, 1943, to Febru ary of this year. "Flu" Hits Show “Flu” hit the cast of char acters for the Kiwanis Club minstrel which will be held tonight and Friday night in the High School auditorium. Sherrod Crumpler, Don Tillar and Henry Akers, three cast members, are ill and will be unable to participate. Substi tutions have been made, how ever, by Pat Gorman, director, and “the show must go on.” Two Days Left To File Tax Returns Only two days remain to file state and federal income tax re turns. George C. Green, Jr., state deputy tax collector, will be in the court room in the municipal build ing through next Saturday to aid in filing your state returns. Full Complement The Roanoke Rapids police de partment is now filled to its ca pacity for the first time in sever al years. The force now comprises the chief and ten officers. The newest addition is Carl Benton, former Raleigh detective sergeant, who assumed his duties last night. Benton is married and the father of two children. , ime Race Vance Beard Charged With Shooting Brothers in Affray At Store on Saturday Night ^ ■ _ I In a shontimr nffmv at DaseDcm i earn Named The Jays C. B. Camp, assistant fire chief of Roanoke Rapids and an ardent baseball fan, was selected as winner of the $25 prize offered by the Roanoke Rapids baseball team for the best nickname. Camp suggested “The Jays” in honor of the Roanoke Rap ids Junior Chamber of Com merce (Jaycees) who were re sponsible for the city’s get ting the much-sought fran chise. There were several entries suggesting the name on which the fireman won the prize, but Camp was adjudged the win ner because his entry had the earliest postmark. The uniforms worn by the players will have a big “J” on the jersey. .5*«B •*r?y ’*4 Thu°az* J ed** ^dpi**^'®-n°* ^d*Jn tie1 £?> ««."h »«* «? ««?S“ parl'»«t ;OI“ «ndtu ’""MJO, ,"• ’-**Vs *?■ £ »"«.,v„ *»«• “"’■« '°" .rcS^pup.,,, sa *^s«iv^tt a» epw ““<* *'*?' '* m the un,demic Of ^}0tr**al f)ab°ut „ Unus“a«y bLCo,ds- ‘¥ru»“e to tl Tbe ... ad leather «*«* toe e; atte«dai,ce ®n 71 C> acbo^fCen^e , s^yyyiij Beard’s store in Gaston last Sat , urday night, Eddie Gibson and his brother, Louis, were both wounded. Eddie is in Roanoke Rapids Hospital suffering from a serious chest wound but will re cover unless complications devel op. Louis suffered a broken from a pistol bullet. The Gibsons are alleged to have been shot by Vance Beard, owner and operator of the store. Re ports from the sheriff’s office of Northampton county say that the two Gibson brothers went to Beard’s store Saturday night, both armed. Beard asked them what they wanted. And it is said one replied: "We’ve come to kill you.” Eddie, it is alledged, then rail ed his rifle and pulled the trig ger, but the gun jammed. Lonii is said to have fired two or three shots at Beard, who then went for his gun and began shooting, hit ting Eddie Gibson in the cheat and striking Louis in the arm. Warrants for all three have been sworn out. The trouble is believed to have grown out of a relative of the Gibsons being at Beard’s store a short time ago, and is reported! to have been giving trouble. Beard it is reported, asked this relative to leave and upon refusing to do so, Beard slapped him, the man falling from the porch and break ing his wrist. roiice rorm Association The law enforcement officer* of Halifax County met Wednes day night in the Municipal Build ing in Roanoke Rapids and formed an organization to |p* known as Halifax County Offi cers Association. Aims of the new Association set forth at the meeting were: to encourage closer co-operation ot all law enforcement agencies in seeking the detection and prcwnr tion of crime, the apprehension and punishment of criminals, and; the exchange of all information helpful to the police; to foatar r and promote the highest stand- \ ards of law enforcement work, mi generally pledge and strive for the highest degree of respect for, the maintenance of law and or der. The meeting was well r»^y. sented by some SO officers of the county, and every department wan (Continued on page 8, dee. AJ
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