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f Roanoke! I Ramblings OLD COPIES WANTED After a through search, we find there are no copies of the first Roanoke Rapids Herald in our office files. Would anyone who has preserved the first issue of the Herald consider parting with it? If so, kindly contact the Herald office. Incidently, the first issue of the Herald was printed in 1914. Just a Few Feet ^ From Safety The plane which chashed at Leasburg, killing 50 persons, was just 100 feet from safety. Even if the mechanism indicating the he'ighth of the plane was faulty to the extent of 100 feet, why should a plane travel on such a small margin of safety? Why not 250 to 500 feet? Love is a condition of the # mind at u time when the mind is out of condition. Most Grateful There are persons who have been most kind and hospitable to your new publisher. Though he is very conscious of his present inability to prove fully grateful, he eventually hopes (1) to be worthy of the kindness shown and (2) to repay in some way those gracious individuals. Ileri* and There When the cow jumps over the' moon she takes the price of beef with her . . . Building in our city has averaged just about $60,000 per month, with new home con struction leading the list of classi fications. If this rate of building continues for the remainder of the year, the figure will hit around two-thirds of a million. This would d represent a very sound growth, and new homes for many who are destitute for living quarters . . . 2,475 youths have attended the five city playgrounds in the recreation program during the period June 11 to 18, according to Nick Long, assistant director. Clara Heame topped the total with 680: Cen tral followed with 590; Vance St., 500, and Rosemary School, 360. ; The John Armstrong Chaloncr f School for colored, registered a total of 365. That was an amaz ing rally the Jays put on last l ight to win, 8 to 7. in the last of the ninth. FAMOUS LAST WORDS “Don’t drive so fast, dear. The motorcycle policeman be hind us can’t get by.” i Blue Monday The cigarette smoke hangs laz 1 ily just under the chandelier and you begin to wonder if it will ever move. It just seems to hang there suspended in time as a hun dred or more people try to squeeze into the already crowded little courtroom. In a side room policemen come and go straightening out last n.inute details. After what seems an interminable delay, court starts. Someone was drunk Satur day ii'ight and raised a racket. You idly wonder how he feels to day. Then you forget to wonder because he is already shelling out ten dollars and costs. It may set .him behind on his drinking for a couple of weeks. At any rate, for him, Blue Monday is over. She: “Does the moon influ ence the tide?” He: “I don't know, honey, but it sure influences the untied.” Kibitzers Street scene on the Avenue: Two k'ids with bicycles stop and stare as the foundation for the new building between Second and Third is laid. Two or three other people join them. In a few min utes they’re tired of watching so they walk on. So do we. “He must live in that crowd ed city of Roanoke Rapids.” “How can you tell?” “Well, didn't you notice that his dog wags its tail up and down, instead of sideways?” Sugar It happened the first thing the morning after rationing went off. Scene was a downtown grocery. Man wanted a hundred pounds, came down to fifty. Mad, we reck on, because the clerk didn’t have tc fumble around with all those coupons. (Add, Feelings of Frus tration: to have two or three sugar stamps good when jationlng went on.; Imposing Building Planned For Gaston By Two County Group An imposing building, contain ing 65 hotel rooms, several apart ments, a cafe, a large recrea-. tion hall, a theatre, bowling al leys and a billiard room, will be erected in Gaston if plans re cently formulated by a group of Halifax and Northampton County citizens are realized. In addition there will be rent al space in the building for pro fessional offices and commercial establishments, with the building being under the higest type of management. The planners also claim to be looking far ahead to keep up with the most 1 modem advances in furnishings and equipments and in theatre 1 and hotel construction. These facts came to light this week when S. T. Hyman, of Gaston, acting as spokesman for the group, released the plans for publication. Overall objective of the organ ization is, in the words of mem bers of the group, “to create a delightful place for permanent guests, tourists, and the traveling public; to provide wholesome amusements and recreation, that our community may become a rich er place to live.” Hyman said W. B. Allsbrook had been retained as attirney for the organization. * * * THE ROANOKE RAPIDS Wliat Roanoke Rapids Makes ^ * « i i • i Herald Classified Advertising —Makes Roanoke Rapids ° ^ ^ ^ Gets Quick Results _=====_^_ ★ ★ Jr VOLUME XXXII ROANOKE RAPID sT^TT .. . —=-— THURSDAY. JUNE 19. 1947 _ NUMBER 33 City Prepares For Qala July Fiesta Queen of Semi-Centennial Fete To Be Chosen From TenContestnnte i _ _ • ---— ELIZABETH BECKWITH LOUISE Bl RHE JEAN BUSBEE nORK F4HFV “Libby is the daughter of Louise^ the daughter of Mrs. „ native of Greensboro, Doris"?™,! dau"hw of Mr “I*®8 Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Beckwith. Surah Burke, graduated from graduated from Roanoke Rap- aod Mrs. H. L t ahev and is ..m u * tio- doughter of Mr. She is majoring in music at Roanoke Rapids High School j,|s High School in l»47 She emnloved hv iQ„ «» , *in<l Mrs* Hines. She is sehool in Richmond. Va with the Cass of •«. fiSlr'".'!8" Spo"X Goods ComX ' -.. ~■r>~"ZT' ZTT 5 '"-----•.■yw-syragsamg .. .. . - - PATRICIA HODGES MARGARET MARTIN GERALDINE REVELLE FRVFSTTVV simtth ‘ 4 • - • “Pat," a graduate of Roa- “Margo," daughter of Mr. Geraldine is the daughter of Ernestine is the il mirhter nf PRISCILLA TICKEL noke Rapids High School, is and Mrs. A. N. Martin, is a Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Revelle v,r 25 Mk f wSSh [ Priscilla graduated this year employed at the Manchester junior at the University of N. and is employed by the Roa- j8 a »Johomnra at ' <!’hi'!! trom ,Hi£h Sch°o1 and plans to Board and Paper Company. C., at Chapel IliiJ. noke Rapids Herald. Ciil?eife1 1 * a b attend Richmond Professional -—----toaege. Institute in Sentember. Kidnap Attempt Fails As Nervous Intruder Drops Intended Victim A 28 year old Weldon waitress, identified by SherifJ Harry House as Mrs. Bessie Fawcett Dunlow, a native of Warrenton-, stumbled into the Weldon police statioi late Sunday night and descril>ed to officers how an un dentified man had seized her as she lay sleeping in hei second story room, bound and gagged her; then car ried her downstairs only to drop her and flee as he reached the street. Unharmed, but frightened and suffering from shock and minor bruises, the young woman, who, according to House, was divorced from her husband, said that she awoke in her room above a store building on main street in which she lives alone to find a towel v/rapped arouifd her head and a man tying her hands and feet, After firmly binding her wrists and legs, the man, whom she failed to identify as to color, build or tone of voice, wrapped her in a sheet and started to the street below carrying her, she said. At the foot of the stairs which descended from a landing nevt to ber open and screenless window to the street, the man became frightened, dropped his burden and raced away into the shadows. A passerby, who saw her trip and fall over the sheet as she. at :empted to make her way to :he police station just across the »treet, helped her to her feet and nto the station. Telephone calls were immediately >ut in by Weldon police to other aw officers in the immediate v'l dnity, including the sheriff (who ook charge of the investigation ipon arrival) and the SBI, Al hough a posse led by officers Legion Juniors Continue To Win Drop E. City Coach Cranford Hoyle’s Ameri :an Legion Juniors were outhit, hirteen to twelve, but seven errors md six wild pitches were all hat was needed in gaining a 14-5 riump over the cellar-dwelling Slizabeth City Juniors there Mon lay night. The win was the fourth for the ocals, against two losses, and itrengthened their grip on sec >nd place In the Legion League. Troy Hasty went the entire iistance for Roanoke Rapids and idded nine strikeouts to his Im pressive total. Although hit rather lard, Hasty managed to receive jredit for his third victory of the purrent campaign. Roanoke Rapids scored eeven rune In the first three innings, with bloodhounds went out on the trail at about one o’clock Mon day morning, they stayed out until nine a. m. only to see their efforts so to naught. A fingerprint expert, called in on the case, could find no prints (other than-those of the woman) inside the room and none at all on the stairway, officers said. The woman was taken to Roa noke Rapids Hospital early Mon day morning but was released later in the day, hospital records showed. Monday afternoon, investigators reported there was not the slight est clue to go by, although they were checking every possible sus pect and lead. One member of the posse said, in describing the route of flight, that the trail the dogs followed, “looked like it had been made by a crassy man” since it wound around and around, through woods and fields, across railroad tracks and back through the same ter ritory over again, with the man alternately removing his shoes and putting them back on. Chief Prank Outjand, of Rich Square, was among peace officers ir. the vicinity who brought alolng bloodhounds to aid in the chase. enough to put the game on ice. The locals added singletons in the fifth and seventh, and came through with their largest out put, five in the ninth, In that final frame, Hubert Lowder reached first safely when second baseman Smith booted his grounder. After Lowder had stole second and third, Teeny Elting v/alked and stole second. Clemmer filed out, but Pitcher Hasty hit to shortstop Mann who made a wild throw In an attempt to nab Lowder at the plate. \ Catcher Ward couldn’t hold Bootsie Moore’s third strike and Elting scored on the miscue. After Messer was called out, Runt Acree was credited with an infield hit, loading the bases. Clyde Waters then delivered a base-clearing double to deep center, but v?as thrown out at third when trying to stretch it into a triple. [ Elisabeth City fashioned three > (Continued on Page B~$oc, A) City Attorney Named by City Commissioners Meeting for the third time ii: as many weeks Tuesday affemoon the Mayor and Board of Com missioners disposed of enough routine details as to insure nc need for meeting until their nexl regularly scheduled session, Tues day, July 1. Bernard Allsbrook, local attor eny, was appointed by the board to the post of city attorney at a monthly salary of $50 and will handle all legal matters of the municipal authorities. A represeptive of the State lealth Department appeared be fore the board in connection with the forthcoming rat eradication program. He reported that, al though the previous board of com missioners had voted a $300 ap propriation for the program, this sum would not # be sufficient in the light of higher costs of the poison. The J^oard voted to spend $500 on the project. Although Dr. Robert F. Young, county health officer, had originally scheduled June 23 and 24 as dates for the drive, the state man asserted he believed there would be a post ponement. Jn other action, the board voted to recommend to the state high way department the $4,600 credit of tha nlfir orifK fknt- A t for road use should be spent In reconditioning Roanoke Aevnue, Picnic to Climax Bible School at Episcopal Church The vacation Bible school of All Saints’ EpisoopaJ Churoh will have its commencement exercises Fri day morning at 9:30 a. m., and come to a climax in the after noon at 5:30 when all parents and friends of the ofiuroh will assemble with the children at the church to go for a swim and pic nic supper at the Weldon pool and community house. It is urged that every member of Ah Saints’ Churoh attend this affair. Bring bathing suits and a picnic supper and the family. Those who have cars are urged to come to the church at 5:30 and help trans port those who may not have a way. The vestry of the church an nounces through its chairmen of the building and steering com mittee, Gordon Berkstresser and Howerton Go wen, that work on clearing the land for laying the foundation for the new parish house would begin in the next two or three months, though the aotual building might have to be delayed for six or eight months due to high prices of labor and materials. The looal Y. P. 8. L. delegates, (Continued on Png* fi—flee. AJ Deputy Returns Halifax Negro From Virginia Returned from Newport News Virginia Tuesday on an order from Superior Court, William T. Powell, Hajifax County Negro charged abandonnftnt and non-support, is in county jail awaiting trial. Powell, who was brought back from the Vlrblnia city by Deputy Sheriff A. J. Brigman, was placed in Roanoke Rapids city' jail over night Tuesday and transferred to county jail Wednesday morning. Mill Officials Release Dates For Vacations Good news or employees of the local textile mills was released this week by company officials. Announcement was made that the mills will be closed on Fri day, July 4, in ovservance of In dependence Day (which gives tex tile workers a long week end* and that the mills will again close for the annual summer vacation during the week beginning Sun day, July 27. AH employees who have been legularly employed by the company for twelve months prior to July 97 10^7 ...ill . tion pay to be computed at two percent of a worker’s straight time earnings for the year be ginning July 1, 1946 and ending June 30, 1947. On Monday, August 4, work ers will receive pay for the week ending July 26, and on Friday, August 8, will receive their va cation pay checks. Rev. J. T. Mdidcs Gets Theological Degree From Duke Reverend John T. Maides, Jr., who has been filling the pulpit at New Hope Methodist Church and acting as junior minister to Rev. Willis R. Stevens of the Rosemary Methodist Chuxch, re ceived his degree of bachelor of divinity from the Divinity School of Duke University at Durham on June 2. In addition to the de gree conferred upon him by Duko. Pev. Maides possesses degrees of associate of arts and bachelor of arts from Loulsburg College and High Point College, respectively, and comes from Maysville, N. C. Gaston Baptist Church To Hold Revival Revival services will start at the Gaston Baptist Church Mon day, June 23, and continue until June *7. Rev. Gordon X. Price, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Roanoke Rapids, will conduct the strvlou, which will begin at 17:8# o'clocl is the evening. Hit-Run Driver Nabbed Within Three Minutes Within three Minutes after -they were handed the license number of a hit and run driver by another officer Monday night, three Roa noke Rapids policemen arestecfl C. R. Vick, of Weldon. It happened when Mose West, colored, who had been the victim of a . hit and run driver while driving along Roanoke Avenue in an automible had spotted another officer, just off duty from the baseball game, in the bus station. West reported the incident, to gather with 'the license number of the car, to the officer who immediately phoned in to head quarters. At headquarters, radio call was sent out ordering the car to con tact the officer at the bus station for information on a hit and run driver. They picked up the license number at about 10:52. Three min utes later, in South Rosemary, they >icked up Vick. Vick, who was driving a car belonging to his brother, was lod ged in city jail on charges of jit and run driving and driving while drunk. Building Box Score This vjjeek: $30,050 Total this year: $390,850. Permits issued during the past week for the building in Roa noke Rapids w'ere: HOME CONSTRUCTION G. E. Brown, one story frame residence with four rooms and bath on Charlotte Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets, $2,800. W. C. Duke, one story cinder block’ residence with three rooms and bath on Washington Street between Second and Third Streets, $2,500. P. C. Luter, one story brick residence on Tenth-Jefferson Streets between Tenth and Eleventh Streets, five room and a bath, $5,000. Bill Jddins, one story block residence, four rooms and bath, on Hamilton Street, Tenth and Eleventh Streets, $4,000. C. L. Bristow, one story brick residence with four rooms and bath on Vance Street between Seventh and Eight Streets, $3, 500. D. W. Debnam, one and a half story brick veneer residence with six rooms and two bath rooms, on Franklin Street between Sixth and Seventh, $9,250. COMMERCIAL G. H. Ranhorn, one story store building on Third-Franklin be tween Third and Fourth Streets, $2,000. RBMODLINO John W. Pierce, repairs to house on Wade Street, $1,000. i Roanoke Rapids TotGelebrale Half Cenlurylof Growth MAYOR’S PROCLAMATI O N WHEREAS, the City of Roanoke Itapids has enjoyed phenomenal growth and expansion during the 50 years of its life and is the inheritor of a rich and colorful his tory; and WHEREAS, merchants and industrialists have assumed a progressive leadership, unparalleled in Eastern North Caro lina; and WHEREAS, the Roanoke Rapids Lions Club, in recogni tion of the city’s history and growth and in recognition of the leadership of its business and industry, has made avail able a program of events in which all citizens may partici pate in the city’s Fiftieth Anniversary; NOW, THEREFORE, I, .J. T. Chase, mayor of the City l of Roanoke Rapids, do hereby proclaim the days. July 2nd, • 3rd and 4th, as dedicated to a Semi-Centennial Celebration * in honor of the Fiftieth Birthday of our city and do hereby urge every citizen to pledge his or her support to make this Semi-Centennial Celebration in Roanoke Rapids a success and a fitting tribute* to our city’s progress in its first half cen tury. (Signed) J. T. CHASE, Mayor. (celebration Queen | Will Be Selected At Coronation Ball 1 One of the outstanding events o' the forthcoming Semi-Centen nial Celebration will be the Coro nation Ball at which a local girl will be chosen and crowned Queen of Che Celebration, according to i the Roanoke Rapids Lions, spon sors of the event. The ball, planned as it is for Thursday. July 3rd. the night be fore Independence Day holiday. i« expected to attract a large crowd. Festivities are expected to get un der way at 10 p. m. Announcement has been made that Algle Batts and his Eastern aires, a local orchestra that has attracted favorable attention in this section since the war, will furnish the music for the oc casion. The Coronation Bail committee has been working for some time on plans to make the affair color ful and enjoyable. The committee a I-. ; i ^ced hat decorations wu be ?n the royal colors ox pur ple and gold. A floor committee of twelve Lions will be on hand to handle tne crowd and see that the coro nation goes off smoothly. Accord ing to present plans the dance will last from ten till twro with me coronation ceremonies being neld just before intermission. Tickets for the ball, as well as tor the other events in the Cele oration, were placed on advanced sale this week and may be oo* tained from any member of the Lions Club. Halifax Recorders Court Leslie Upton, white, of Emporia, Va., driving without license, im proper registration plate and no horn was fined $15 and costs. J. F. Phillips, white, of Enfield, plead guilty to speeding and wa& fined $15 and costs. James Oliver Horton, col ored, larceny was given six months county home. Eddie Lee McGee, charged with driving, without' clearance lights defendant called and failed judge ment absolute on bond nol pros with leave. Robert Bridges, colored, of New port News Va., charged with driv ing without license — defendant called and failed, judgment ab solute on bond—nol pros. John T. Jones, white, of Fuquay Springs, plead guilty to speeding and was fined $15 and costs. William Williams, colored, of Littleton, plead guilty of driving without license and was fined $20 and costs. George W. Farmer, white, of Wilson, was found guilty of being disorderly and resisting ar rest and was fined $25 and costs. Robert D. Kreidler, white, plead guilty to speeding and judgement suspended upon payment of the costs. James E. Wommack, white, of Scotland Neck, plead guilty to speeding and was fined $15 and ‘ costs. Muriel Shaw M. Jenkins, white \ of Roanoke Rapids, plead guilty j to premitting Mary Speight to , operate a motor vehicle without ‘ operators license an<^ prayer for judgement continued upon payment of costs. R. L. Stallings, white, of Scot land Neck, plead guilty to per mitting an unlicensed driver to operate his car and was fined $15 and costs. Harvey Campbell, white, of Washington, plead guilty to speed ing and was fined $10 and costs. Stella Drake, Bonnie Drake, and Dock Whitaker were found guilty of affray with deadly weapons and prayer for judgement con tinued upon payment of coats and good behavior and sober for two years. Forest L. Moore, white, plead fConttmud on Pope 6—Sec. A) Prize List Grows As Textile Mills Donate to Lions Donation of more prizes for the forthcoming Semi-Centennial Cele bration were announced today ny members of the Roanoke Rapids Lions Club, which is staging the gala fiesta. These additional prizes were donated by the Rosemary Manu facturing Company, Roanoke an I Patterson Mills Company of this city and by Simmons Company and Simtex Mills, selling agents for the local mills. The newly donated prizes are: From Roanoke Mill Number One 1 dozen men’s pajamas, one dozen women’s pajamas, one doz en boy’s pajamas and one dozen flannel sjxtrts shirts (manufact ured at- mill number one and fabricated at General Garment. Mfg. Co.) Rosemary Manufacturing Co. one dozen Norfolk setsfrj . ,<me doz 54 Inch square weave craft and 54 vie- quare prints, one dvtzen one* haTi Jozea Tulip sets. Simmons Company one studio couch (fabric on couch manufac tured at Mill number two), one Beauty rest mattress (ticking cover manufactured at Rosemary Manu facturing Co.; Sheeting on springs manufactured at Patterson Mills Co.) Simtex Mills- two pictures (these prints are valuable and worthy o: the Celebration.) Jax & Jays Sportlight The Roanoke Rapids American Legion Juniors will get one last attempt to salvage a win from the Ahnslrio .j. .. night. Ahoskie has already posted :hree wins over the locals and vill be gunning for their fourth lere in the Jays’ ball orchard. Troy Hasty and Big Hubert -iOwder remain at the top of the -fgion hitters. Hasty, although a litcher, plays in the outfield, too. md is currently swatting the ball it a .414 pace. Lowder, who is litting .406, is also the leader in lumber of hits with 13. Teeny Elting, catcher, replaced -lyde Waters in the No. 3 spot. Siting raised his figure to .381 vhile Waters dropped to .348. In the pitching column Hasty las the be3t record with three .’ictories as compared with only >ne reversal. * * * Why can’t the Jays win? No )ne seems to know the exact rea ;on. For one thing, southpaw pitch ng has kept them on the sad side >f the ledger in the past several contests. They’re going to continue fac* ng lefthanded slants, too, until hey prove otherwise. As a rule, efthanded batters aren’t very im pressive against a portsider’s of erings. Thus, the Jays have got. o get some righthanded hitters or :ontinue in a dismal downfall. Some fans say that Manager Martin isn’t strict enough on his nen. One spectator claimed that ate hours, not enough sleep, was he main cause. Then, too, it is >elieved by many that Martin is retting too much assistance from :lub officials on how to run the :lub. One thing is certain, the slub’s board of directors should ind out the real trouble. With the support already given his season the fans are entitled :o a better ball club. No other club n the league or any other league vould be supported as the Jays have been thus far in the cam paign. For a cellar-dwelling team they' have been tops in attend ance. When a team is hustling and trying to play ball and club offi cials keep searching for talented players, It’s hard to run a club In the ground, fhis might be true with the Jays’ organisation at time* but it la evident end the (Continued on M* At , J
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