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§ Hail the Championtl Our hats off to the baseball champions of the Class A North eastern Conference—Roanoke Rap ids high school. It is their second consecutive conference championship. Our sports writer, Wylie War ren, gave some indication of the Class of the local team early in the season. While he stated the l boys did not look like world beaters at that time, he was firm in the conviction that the 1947 aggregation would round out into a formidable team and would give a good account of themselves be fore the end of the season. This they did To all members of the squad and to the coach, we offer our heartiest congratulations. Roanoke Rapids is VERY proud of you. i — Here and There Twenty-one years ago Sam Pat terson, founder of the textile mills in Roanoke Rapids, died. The date was May 28, 1926. . . . Mrs. J. H. Hank’inson, area resident, was the first 4-H Club girl mem ber in the United Stages. . . Mc Rae Faison, who says he was the first subscriber to the Herald *when it started In 1914, renewed *his subscription the other day for the 32nd consecutive time. Loses Graduation Gift Frank Nantz, 305 Monroe street, who will graduate from the local high school this week, lost his most prized graduation gift. It was a yellow gold Elgin wrist watch. Tuesday afternoon, just after 4 1'o’clock, he was walking between Ledgerwood park and the recrea tion hall. A moment thereafter he missed his watch and he presumed it was lost in that area. Graduate Nantz is much dis tressed by the loss, and requests anyone who finds the lost article to return it to him. Debnam Will Be Happy > First let us report that Douglas Debnam, Herald plant superinten dent, is now recovering from his illness, but still is a patient at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Having suffered the anguish of too much noise in the hospital area, he should be very much pleased at the action of the City Commissioners in passing an or- i dinance restricting types of build- i ; ing and enterprises in the hos pital area. Both the hospital officials and 1 the City Commissioners are en titled to a vote of thanks for 1 their sound action. E. W. Eubank Editor’s note: We asked the Herald’s newest member, Jer ry Elliott, to cover the story of one of the finest young 1 men in this city, that of E. W. Eubanks, Jr. Let us in troduce Jerry: He is a Texan, Florida-born and reared, and is descendant of North Caro linian ancestors. He served over five years in the army and was overseas in the Pa cific. This young newspaper man is only six feet three and one-half inches tall, handsome with curly b&ir, wit ty, personable, intelligent and a batchelor. Please, girls, do not all rush up at once. Jer- J ry’s story of Eubanks fol lows : There is a Watch Repair Shop ] at 511 Hamilton street. In itself, ] that doesn’t sound like news, but j when you discover that the re pairman uses a. bed and neatly ( contrived bedtable for a work- j shop then your interest should t be whetted. , Eubank, E. W., Jr., was a soph omore at the University of Rich mond back in 1930. He was pro ably just as studious as most nor mal collegians and, in all fair ness to Ernest, more than likely just as mischievous. ( Suddenly a tragic accident and j Ernest found himself unable to , walk. A spinal injury had para- , lysed his legs and relegated him to a life in a wheelchair and a bed. No medals, no ribbons to j alleviate his mental anguish. No war hero—Just a cripple—Just that and nothing more. UUU iiuucoi. UOCi miwn I could spell “quiet” without the ”e”—that word wasn’t in his die- , tionary, or, if it were, he couldn't s. o it for the determination in his eyes. Soon he was under the tutelage of Graham Lynch, local jeweler, learning to repair brok en watches. After a while, dur ing the war, he learned more about mending, regulating and cleaning watches under John Col lier, watchmaker at Land Bro thers. Two years ago Ernest went on his own. Starting with but a small table across his lap, he has gradually expanded until now, he has a room of his own with a marvelously constructed hand made work bench Which fits his bed snugly. In fact, he related, *1 forgot to take into account that I might get fat when I had the table built and It almost fits too snugly.” Ernest’s brother-in-law, Rev. G. L. Priqe, pastor of the First Bap-1 tist Church, constructed the frame for the work bench and Chet Chase, son of Mayor-elect J. T. Chase, built the cabinets, which now contain tools, spare parts, etc. When K was mentioned to Ern est that quite a few people were being given “credit lines” he sur mised that hia mother was de serving of most of the credit With true grace which oharaoter isee the unaelfltfmeaa of n moth ! * * * THE ROANOKE RAPIDS Wlial Roanoke Rapids Makes T W | * -Makes Roanoke Rapids H 1^^/ ^'^'V J I 1 H*=ral<1 Cla“,f,«l Advertising ★ * * II Growing With I M Gets Quick Results Carolina’s Fastest Growing City ^ ^ ^ VnTITMffYYVn ~ =~ __ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.. THURSDAY. MAY 29. 1S47 NUMBER 3ft Commencement Program Announced by J. W. Talley Announcement of the program for Roanoke Rapids High School commencement exercises, to be held in the high school audi torium at 8 p. m.k May 30, was made this week by Joe Talley, principal. It had previously been an nounced that Rev. C. C. Burris, president of Wingate College of Wingate, would deliver the bac calaureate sermon at 5 p. m. May 25 in the auditorium. The program for the com mencement exercises will be ns follows: Processional, High School Bund; invocation, Rev. John Walker; the Lord’s Prayer, Glee Club; intro duction of speaker, Billy Harris, president of Senior Class; uddress, Dr. Gerald Johnson, editorial writer, Baltimore Sun; announce ments, J. W. Talley; presenta tion of diplomas, W. L. Medlin, chuirman, board of school trus tees; recessional, High School Band. Officers of the class of 1947 are: Billy Harris,, president; Charles Johnson, vice president; Louise King, secretary, and Mar tha Ann Starke, treasurer. Tuxt Adult Graduates of Textile School In addition to the regular graduates of the high school. Tal ley announced that George Curley and Albin Merle will be gradu ated from the Textile School, adult division, which at present is be ing attended by 65 students. A list of graduates as released by Talley included: Richard Brown Allsbrook, Junious Lloyd Andrews, Jr.. Silas Edward Bag gett, James Wilbur Bailey, Ro land C. Bailey, Samuel D. Barnes, Jr. Ruby Lorene Blowe,. Donald Wy lie Bennett, William Jackson Boyd, James Elliott Bridgman, Doland J. Brigman, Gwendolyn Britt. Guy Britton, Jr., James G. Brit on, Sarah Louise Burke. Robert Roy Burton, Priscilla Jean Bus iiee, Louis Edward Butler. Claudia G. Byrd, Thomas Lee 2lark, Lacey McCoy Clary, Ron ald Willis Connor. Virginia Rose Cooksey, Piccola Cooper. John E. Crutchfield, Jr.. Eliz abeth Davis, James Russell Dick ens, Edward Dwight Dobbins, Lotitae Coleman Doyle, Robert Draper. Doris Kathleen Edwards, Chas. G Etheridge, Dullie Catherine Gantt, John T. Garner, Jr., Alvis Gwen George, Jr., Raymond Earl Gibson. Earl Glover, Hattie Mae Gray, Roland Cecil Hancock, Margie \lease Harp* Mason Long Harp. Wilmer Long Harris. Merle Jean Hasty, Helen Ardell Hawkins, Jack R. Hazlewood, lames Hodges, Rachel Virginia Hodges, Howard Randolph How Mi, Jr. Roy Beckwith Humphlett, Au irey Mae Hux, Syretha Mae Ins roe, George Douglas Jernigan, Charles Thomas Johnson, Jr. Pattie Louise King, Pearl Vir ginia Kinnin, Kenneth Mack {night, E. Eugene Lehman* Jr., Mary Kathryn Liverman, Mary Elizabeth Lynch. Donald Cameron MacKenzie, Ulyde Desmond Martin, Jr., Ruby Martin, Elizabeth Maxine Mau *ice, Joseph Cecil Messer, Doro ;hy Victoria Miller. Elvin Myrel Mizell, Archie Lee Moody, Mildred Virginia Moody. 3tancil Elmo Moody, William Tal nadge Moore, Anne Elizabeth Mosely. Frank J. Nantz, Eugene Nich Mson, Lin wood Lee Nixon* Char ctte Ann Norwood, Herbert Clay ;on Oliver, Geraldine McCoy Per il inson. McAdoo Pleasant, Kathleen fUeise Porth, Robert Hoyt Pow Ml, Muriel Faye Price, Charles Robert Pullen, Charles Eugene Rawlings. Robert F. Rawlings, Jr., Wil liam L. Reid, Margaret Geraldine Revelle, Willis C. Ricks, Horace Cole Riggan. Mary Lee Riggan, Frances Rob ert Rightmyer, Hazel Carlon Rob inson, William T. Sadler, Howard Preston Short, Gladys Irene Smith. Lewis M. Smith, Ruby Lee Spi vey, Martha Ann Starke* Virginia Elizabeth Taylor, Ruth Winston Thomason, Priscilla Leah Tickel. Eugene W. Tidwell, Christine Gloria Topping, James L. Webb, Flossie Marie Whitby, Lucille Wil liams Whitby, Wilmer Whitfield, Paul Linwood William and Joyce Adair Witherspoon. REMODELING T. H. Dickens on Hamilton street between Second and Third streets, in the amount of $4,000; T. H. Cook, addition of two rooms to residence at 915 Jackson street. | $1,000. %r’8 love, Mrs. Eubank respond ded, “I've done no more than my duty." Which leads to the inevitable conclusion of anyone who has ob served the triumphs of men—when a man is being acclaimed, there is always some good woman standing in the shadow of his glory—in the main responsible therefor. We thing Ernest Eubank will agree. Playgrounds Open June 3 By WILEY WARREN Coach Cranford Hoyle, director ot the city recreation for the sum mer, announced today that the playgrounds would open Tuesday morning, June 3, ut 8:30. Hoyle stated that there would be five playgrounds operating this summer. The four graded schools. Rosemary, Vance Street, Central and Clara Hearne, will resume operations for all white boys and girls between the ages of four and Hi The colored children will be invited to attend the John Arm strong Chaloner School. At each school there will be a supervisor for boys and also one for the girls. Reuben Slade and Grace Taylor will handle the duties at Rosemary, O. B. Crump ler and Miss Clark will be at V ince Street. Wiley Warren and Hazel Lee are scheduled for Clara Hearne, and Harry Weathers and Sara Lou Debnam will be at Cen tral. Nick Long was named as sistant to Hoyle. The playgrounds will be con ducted five days each week. The morning sessions Will begin at ?:30 and run until 11:30 and will be open from 2 until 4:30 in the afternoon. Each playground will sponsor ane and possibly two teams if necessary of playground bail which will be entered in the city league. The schedule has not been drawn up but it is expected that here will be three games each week. If enough turn out softball . earns will be formed for the Tirls. There will be sand boxes or the children as well as mis- j cellaneous games. Hoyle declared that the Rose- < nary swimming pool would defi- , litely not be open. “The state , wealth department has condemned he pool” he said, “because it has 10 mechanical chlorinator or fil- ; ering device.” However, he revealed that a reg ular knot-hole gang would be or ganized for those boys in regular attendance at the playgrounds and :hat they would be admitted free .o all CPL week-day games here, rhis group will occupy an area along the left field foul line and will be required to remain in a jroup which will be under the supervision of playground offi cials. Mary Brewer and Hazel Ivey, who conducted a very good play ground last year, will be back at he John Armstrong Chaloner School. So if it's good wholesome rec- < •eation you're looking for, just i ittend any one of these play- , ’rounds during the summer pe- | •iod. Tennis courts have been . idded at the high school in order o meet the many demands. , -——————s j Years Ago A Backward Glance Five Years Ago Rev. Lawrence I. Stell pastor >f the Presbyterian church here or the past eight years resigns lis pastorate to accept a post as castor of First Presbyterian Church in Mexico, Missouri. Mrs. Jarvis E. Taylor is elected lew chief clerk to the local draft joard No. 1 to succeed McRae Faison who resigned. Roanoke Rapids is host to the m;mal meeting of the fourteenth ^deration of home demontration dubs held in the high school luditorium with 350 club members :orm six counties present. Six Years Ago Alfred Terrell, senior vice-presi lent and general manager of the Simmons Company is honored at i party celebrating his 70th birth lay. Professor William S. Fitzgerald, if the department of English at Duke University, delivers the grad uating address to 116 seniors at the high school auditorium. Eight Years Ago Miss Margaret Geneva Brown, of Woodland, became the bride of Lt. William Graham Dean, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Deaji, of this city, in a ceremony performed in Woodland. Twelve Years Ago Dr. J. M. C. Covington leaves for Saint Louis,, Mo., to take a post graduate course in obstetrics, at Washington University. Miss Josie Chase, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Chase is' among the group to graduate from Salem college in June. CORRECTION In last week’s issue of the Her ald U was erroneously reported that former Governor J. Melvin Broughton of Raleigh would be the speaker at the high school grad ation exercises, Friday evening, May 30, at 8 p. m. The story should have read that the former governor would speak at the ex ercises at Aurellan Springs High School, City Restricts Building _In Area Near Hospital Home Building Increases This Year Over 1946 Althnnirh Knilrli^rr fntol___ ing $222,250 or nearly a quartei of a million dollars were issuec during the first four months o 1947 by municipal authorities, tha total represented a decrease o $122,650 from the overall total ir the same period last year. Home building this year, how ever, rose from an $117,000 tota of last year to $186,150, showing 4. substantial increase and indi cating a continuation of the trend begun in the first three month pe riod -of 1947. All other construction showed substantial drops not, however, in dicating any recession in general building but, as contractors are careful to point out* due to stag jered periods of remodeling and commercial building which must ilso be issued permits by the UPA. Remodeling last year totaled >80,900; commercial building, $144, 100; and manufacturing and mis cellaneous ran $2,700. Comparable igures for April, 1947 included $27, !00, remodeling; $7,000, commer cial, and $1,900. manufacturing ind miscellaneous. In April, 1946, home building, icwever, was only $25*500, as com •ared to $50,500 worth of new esidences in April of this year. )ther April, 1946, figures were: emodeling, none; commercial, lone; manufacturing and miscel aneous, none. For the same nonth- this year the figures were; emodeling. $5,000; commercial, cone; manufacturing and miscel aneous, none. Eleven permits were issued this Vpr'il for construction of new '.omes as against nine in April, S46. with two permits for re newing compared to none last rear. Permits during April were grant 'd on $55,500 worth against $25, >00 last year. Permits issued last month with lames of owners* locations of the milding sites and estimated costs ollow: Hubert Roberts, one-story, 6 oom frame residence on YVash ngton street between First and >econd streets, $4,000; Mamie Jraswell, one-story, 6-room block esidence on Madison street be ween Third and Fourth streets, 4,000. w. Li. Face, one-story frame esidence, four rooms and bath, in Rapids street between Third nd Fourth streets, $5,500; E. A. Vrenn, one-story residence on rhird street between Jefferson md Charlotte streets, $4,500; Syd ley Cannon, one-story, 4-room, ce nent block residence on South toanoke Avenue between Four eenth and Fifteenth streets, ;2,000. J. R. Downing, two-story brick esidence, six rooms and bath, on Sedar street between Sixth and seventh streets, $10,000; H. M. iudson, one-story brick residence, iix rooms and bath on Washing on street between Fourth nd rifth streets, $7,500; W. H. Proc or, one-story brick veneer resi lence, 5 rooms and bath on Vance street between Third and Fourth itreets, $7,500. J. E. Davis, one-story frame hree-room residence on “B" street, $1,500; Francis W. Cox, one story, 6-room frame residence on Marshall street between Third and fourth streets, $4,000. Mrs. Robinson Named President Of County Council Mrs. R. B. Robinson of Little ton, route 2, a member of the Aurelian Springs Home Demon stration Club, was elected pres ident of the Halifax County Coun cil at its recent meetnig. Elected to serve with Mrs. Rob inson were Mrs. V. I. Hockadaj of Roanoke Rapids* route 1, « member of the South Rosemarj Club, first vice president; Mrs Turner Whitehead of Scotlanc Neck, route 1, a member of th< Spring Hill Club, secretary, an< Mrs. Leon Neville of Whitakers route 1, a member of the Ring wood Club, treasurer. A total of 40 women were pres ent for the council meeting, ac cording to Florence Cox, horn agent, with the State College Ea tension Service for Halifax Cour ty. Plans were made for the sprin federation meeting to be held r Aurelian Springs later in tk spring. Following the counc meeting members of three club which are to serve as hostessi for the federation meeting, he a planning session. The Oorlnt Darlington and Aurelian Sprin; Clube are to be the hostess cluk Furniture Store Opens Tomorrow A grand opening of the new Easy Pay Tire & Furniture Store will be held Friday morning, May 30, starting at 9 o’clock, to which the public has been invited. The new store is described oy the owners as the largest and most attractive furniture store in Eastern North Carolina with over 10.000 square feet of floor space. It is located in the downtown business area at 217 and 219 Roa noke Avenue. Favors will be given to women who attend the opening. In addi tion many prizes will be featured at the affair. John A. Wilbourne and John Crutchfield, the owners,, also have another furniture store in the up town area, which was opened for business August, 1945. They first started business in Roanoke Rap ids in a furniture store at 227 Roanoke Avenue, later moving to 200 Roanoke Avenue. Banks and P. O. To Close Friday Comercial banks of Roanoke Rapids; The Roanoke Bank and Trust Co. (Including Rosemary branch) and Citizens Bank and Trust Co.; and the Postoffice will be closed all day Friday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. The city offices and stores will, lof be closed. State College Officials at Club Meeting Col. J. W. Harrelson, chancelor of North Carolina State College, Head Football Coach Beatie Feathers, Back field Coach Babe Wood and Allen Nelms, secretary of the Wolfpack Club, were honor guests at a rockfish muddle held by the Upper Halifax County State College Alumni Club in the Weldon community center Friday night, May 16. Col. Harrelson, in addressing the club, stressed the importance of technical college training as a factor in the eco .omic development of the state, le stated that the enrollment at State College this year has reach ed 5,000 and that it is not ex pected to drop below this even after the present influx of vet erans is over. Coach Beatie Feathers gave the club his ideas as to the possi bilities in store for the Wolfpack next season. Interesting talks were also made by the backfield coach, Babe Wood, and Allen Nelms, sec retary of the Wolfpack Club. About 35 State College alumni were present at the muddle, which has become an annual event for the club. The rockfish muddle for the occasion was prepared by Tom Holmes and Dutch Seifert. The meeting was presided over by Tom Holmes, president. Offi cers elected for the ensuing year were J. B. Gurley, president: J. W. Johnson, vice president* and G. B. DeLoach, secretary-treas urer. Another meeting of the club is scheduled to be held in Roa noke Rapids this fall, at which all Sta*’^ College alumni in this | u.'oa aiT.-' mvited to be present Legion Nine Launches Card Here Monday with Edenton The Roanoke Rapids American Legion nine will launch its 18 game schedule Monday night by battling the Edenton Aces at Sim mons Park. Game time is slated for 7:45. Coach Cranford Hoyle has noi yet decided on his starting pitch er, but it is expected that Troy Hasty or either William Wheeler will get the nod. With only one week of prac tice under their belts the Rapids crew will seek their first win not yet fully organized. Battling with time Hoyle is still undecided about his starting line up. Stagng a battle-royal for the No. 1 receiver’s duties are Teeny Elting, Jax ace; Tommy Wheeler and Robert Wright. There is •* possibility that Elting mght be shifted to first base or to the outfield. At the initial post Billy Clem mer and Raymond Edwards are the only candidates besides, of course, Elting. Thurman Bullock and Clyde Waters, local products, and “Kitty” Knitter and Bobby Oakes, both ot Weluon. are fight- | ing for the second base slot. At short is the durable ‘‘Runt” Aeree, who performed <' second for last year's club. Billy Britt is the only other short '.••!<! pros pect. Third base h.i# .James MacDan iel and "Bootsie" Moore as likely, starters. Neither, however, has had too much experience at the post. In the outfield is Hubert Low derfc Jax batting leader; Eddie Wells, Julian Armstrong, Lewis Ivey, Billy Sullivan, Harold Mes er, Lloyd Williams, John Mau rice and “Bubber” Matthews. Hasty and Wheeler top the pitching candidates. Pat Edwards ot Weldon is also a likely pros pect for the mound crew. Rich mond Lynch, Junior Jacket pitch er, is the other hurling aspirant. All in all the locals should field a well balanced unit that could win the league title. Not too much can be expected, though, because of the experience that many of the candidates lack. Two Days of Racing Here Starts Saturday, May 31 Uhockoyotte Park, one oi tne fastest tracks in the South, will be the scene of two days of har ness racing May 31 and June 1 when the Atlantic Coast Racing Circuit begins its season schedule in Roianoke Rapids. According to T. B. Glover, Roa noke Rapids business man and secretary - treasurer of the cir cuit, the horses began arriving for the meet last Sunday and are being quartered at the race track stables. The public is invited to view training activities as the horses prepare for the second year of racing on the local track. Previous announcement of the racing loop schedule failed to make mention of fair racing and although plans are still incom plete, they are expected to be an 1 nounced in the near future. Horses entered in the local meet • and their owners thus far in I elude: Mickey Volemete, trotter, Mr. O’Neal of Hyde County; Lucinda ? Hanover, pacer; Charlie Boy, pa - cer; Voltare, trotter,, and Scottie - Hanover, trotter, all owned by J. L. Horner, Richmond, Va.; Sun % light, pacer; Real American, pa t cer; Bonaparte, trotter; Princess e Mhn Watts, trotter; Miss Bear, 11 trotter, all of Frank Albertson's j, stable, Hampton, Va.; V.-Day, 8 trotter; Shirley Temple, trotter; d H. Casey, trotter, owned by T. B. a, Glover of Roanoke Rapids, is Butternut Jay, trotter; Connie a, Fab In, trotter; Colgate, pacer, and Empire Grattan, pacer, Blackwe'l Pierce entries from Weldon. All-Worthy Gold, trotter; Gen eral Flaxie, trotter; Royal Adams, pacer; Robert Beaty, pacer, and Tess'ie Hanover, pacer, stables of C T. Oakley, Roanoke Rapids. Georgenia the Great, trotter, Ike Rochelle, Roanoke Rapids. Eddie Allen, pacer, Alhe Powell, Roa noke Rapids. Roman Scott, trot ter, Judge Chester Morris,, Coin jock, N. C. Hockaday, pacer, M. B. Brothers, Elizabeth City; Chreslawn, trotter, Mr. Lowery of Elizabeth City, and Cub Hanover, trotter, Jimmie Wyatt, Gatesville. County Budget Slightly Revised A revised budget estimate foi the fiscal year 1947-1948 for Hali fax County, as released this weel by county accountant, C. S. Vinson varies but slightly from that pub lished in last week’s issue of th Herald. Total estimate budget as show In the previous publication wa $597,678.75 which now reads $60 878.75 due to a revision from$ 42 to $4,620.00 in aid to dependar children. Cooper Grizzard of Washingtoi D. C. will arrive Thursday I spend some time with his mothe I Mrs. J, M. Grizzard, Ordinance Provides Quiet Zone for Two-Block District —....1 Rose's Store Will Reopen On Saturday Closed out by fires in two pre vious establishments in Roanoke Rapids, Rose’s 5, 10 & 25c stores will renew business contact with local citizens on Saturday when doors of their completely remod eled store will be thrown open. Rose’s^ an old established firm with 123 stores (of which this v/as No. 21) in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia, saw a first local venture burned out in November, 1942. Moving into a new location, corfi pany officials carried on until, In December of last year, they were again losers in a battle with flames. This Saturday, under the man agership of W. H. Jones, and with the expected help of com pany officials and buyers, Rose’s will start once more to serve citizens of Roanoke Rapids and Halifax county in a 50 by 70 foot store building, newly remodeled since the December fire. Recorder's Court News James Amos, colored, of Wel don. was found guilty of hit-and run and prayer for judgment con tinued upon payment of the costs and the sum if $106.01 for the dy .ajfe t** i. g car of B. S^Milli kin. Ellsworth Butts, colored, of Wel don, was found guilty of non support of his child and was giv en eight monhts on the roads, to be suspended upon payment of the costs and the sum of $65 for the use of Hattie Smith and that he pay or cause to be paid $4 per week for the use of Sandra Smith. James Clark Rackley. white, of Wallace, plead guilty to driving while drunk and was fined $75 and costs. His operator’s license was revoked for 12 months. James Calvin Lewis, white, of Enfield, plead guilty to driving while drunk and was fned $5 and the costs. His license was revoked for 12 months. Roger Avary, colored, of Roa noke Rapids, was found guilty of leckless driving and was fined $20 and costs. Henry A. Bryant, colored, of Pal myra, plead guilty to speeding and was fined $15 and costs. James W. Matthews, white, of Nashville, plead guilty to speeding and drew a fine of $15 and costs. Raymond Alston and Irene Hicks, colored, of Littleton, were found guilty of fornication and adultery and were eacfci given six months in jail to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $50 und one-half the costs each. James Oliver Horton, colored, of Enfield, plead guilty to the lar ceny of four hams from Frank Pierce and prayer for judgment was continued to June 17. Young Gives His Quarterly Report The Halifax County rsoard of Health met in regular session in Halifax May 23. Dr. Robert F. Young, health officer, presented his quarterly report. The board passed a resolution of regret at the resignation of V. C. Matthews as superintendent of the Halifax County Schools, and of appreciation for his work while a member of the Halifax County Board of Health, a posi tion he held automatically by vir tue of his school position. Circle Meeting Monday Night The circles of the »/Oman’s So ciety of Christian. Service will meet Monday night at the Rose mary Methodist Church at 8:00 o’clock. A good program has been ; planned with a guest speaker. Ail members and friends are urged j i to be present. s Miss Sarah Thompson, Miss , Ruth Glover and Mrs. W. O. 5 Thompson will be hostesses for t this meeting. The general meeting of the Woman’s Society of Christian l, Service will meet Sunday evening o «t the Rosemary Methodist r, Church ingnediaitely after evening worship, In response to a petition sub mitted to the Board of Commis sioners by Roanoke Rapids Hos pital, Inc., this week, the munici pal legislative body enacted an ordinance restricting building on certain property in the vicinity of the hosptal to several types requested in the petition. In the petition the hospital re quested a zoning ordinance re stricting building in property ad jacent to the hospital to “resi dential, religious, medical, hos pital, recreational and govern mental purposes.” Reason for the request wus stated as being “in order to pro mote the health, safety and gen eral welfare of the community" by insuring against destruction of peace and quiet in the neigh borhood of the hospital (the only one in the city) and against any increase in traffic or fire hazards. The petition, signed by Hower ton Gowen, as president, and Dr F. G. Jarman, secretary, called attention to the fact that all property nearby is now occupied by residential, religious, medical, hospital, recreational and govern mental buildings and read in pa^t: "Roanoke Rapids Hospital, Inc., a non-profit, non-stock corpora tion, operating a general hospital in the city of Roanoke Rapids, hereby petitions and requests you as the legislative body of the city ... to regulate and restrict by law for exclusive use as residen tial, religious, medical, hospital, recreational and governmental purposes all of those lots or par cels of land and property lying between Sixth and Eighth streets and fronting on th^-west sido'^JT' Roanoke Avenue and the east: side of Jackson street . . . ajivK to that end, your petitioner hereby request! that the legislative body . . . appoint a -zoning , commis sion and adopt such othei pro cedure as may be required ny law ...” In requesting the zoning laws, the petition pointed out that since all territory to be restricted lies between the two business sections of the city, and it is now being used exclusively for those pur poses and none other, it would be more in the nature of a preventa tive ordinance than one causing ?ny inconvience. Union Loses Out Employes of the Riverside Man ufacturing Company of Murfrees boro voted by a 250 to 138 couut yesterday, against union represen tation. The vote was called for by Dis trict 50, United Mine Workers, lUjljj AFL affiliate. This was the sec ond election in the past six months.
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