*
'figs WHY, ERMYNTRUDE!
1 To enjoy this one you should
hear it from the local policemen
who has been on vacation for the
past ten days. He said he heard it
happen in a cafe in his home
. » town of Burlington.
A couple seated across from
each other at a nearby table were
$ in deep conversation:
He: “There's mustard on the tip
of your nose, dear, wipe it off.’’
She: “You wipe it off-you’re
closer to it than I am!”
| (So there).
| HE had a point.
There are no few curious inci
. dents which project themselves in
to the life of a policeman— inci-1
dents which, in themselves, are
not of sufficient importance to
crush the front page, but some
times they should get in merely on
m their oddity.
Not long ago, a young local gen
tleman set forth in pursuit of ad
venture in a perfectly good auto
mobile at an early hour of the
evening.
Shortly after he began his leis
urely ride he very rudely on Jack
son Street interposed the hood of
his automobile between one driven
by another and more sedate local
g, man and his immediate destina
1L® tion, with disastrous results to that
gentleman’s vehicle.
From then on his tale is one of
woe for the chief of the local po
lice department happened by coin
cidence to be directly behind the
lad when he so shockingly demon
strated his lack of proficiency with
a steering wheel.
As he raced across Roanoke
Avenue (he later told the chief
, he closed his eyes when he did
!**• it) he barely missed a southbound
bus and a northbound passenger
car. He lumbered along all right
through the block but when he got
to Hamilton Street he crashed
headlong into a passenger car.
When the proceedings came to
a halt, the driver of the other
car was on the pavement and the
1 young man was vainly trying to
extricate his car from the grip
^ of two young trees, which ap
^ parently had attacked it.
The first question was propound
ed, not by the chief, but by the
young automobile operator and in
full consisted of:
"Who’s going to pay for the
damage to my automobile?"
And although no one ever heard
him say it to the knowledge of
the Rambler he probably follow
ed this up soon afterward with:
— “Who’s going to go my bail?”
MORE SIAMESE
The Rambler started something
with his Siamese Squash story of
a couple of weeks back. This week
Lonnie Hansley, of Jewel Street
!in Belmont, brought in two per
fectly formed Siamese Cucumbers,
whose combined weight is two and
f a half pounds. The “cukes" are
eight inches long and look to be
about six inches in circumference
« and they are growing from one
stem. The next thing we are wait
ing for is for some airlines pilot
to bring in two Siamese Saucers.
(Then we can throw away our
glasses, having seen everything).
NO TORNADO.
The tornado which was reported
Tuesday morning at Palmyra turn
ed out to be non-existent.
. ^ W. G. Bunch, local business
“ man, phoned his father in Palmyra
when he heard the reports and
* was told that, although they were
having a heavy rain and wind,
there 'was no tornado.
STATE-WIDE SILENCE.
For the first time in the history
of North Carolina and since fire
crackers were first made avail
able to the general public, the
Pf} state celebrated the Fourth with
out the popping of the toy ex
plosives.
There are no doubt those who
regret to see the passing of the
tradition in the Tar Heel State—
there are also those who heave
a big sigh of relief in view of its
i departure.
Both factions, however, will
aagree (although in different tones
of voice) that it was a quiet
5P
FOOLISH SIGN
Just inside Virginia on route
301 between Weldon and Emporia
there Is a railroad crossing and
signs which reads: “Slow down;
5 miles per hour; Va. Law.”
The law of Virginia permits a
50-mile speed up to the railroad
crossing, then only five miles per
m hour, but the sign cannot be read
™ by motorists until they are within
a few feet of the sign. Therefore,
even if the motorists are travel
ing at much less than the ~50
I miles limit permitted, they are
1 unable to slow down to the five
1 miles in time to abide, by the
l law.
\ Wish those who made signs had
|\ tc abide by them, ^don’t you?
19 Kellett Assumes Duties
On Local Police Force;
Succeeds T. L. Glosson
Harvey Kellett, 32, for the past
five years a member of the Alex
ander Park police force of Nor
folk, Va., has been added to the
Roanoke Rapids police force, re
placing Officer T. L. Glosson who
reAgned effective July 1 to return
to his home in Burlington.
" Kellett, who comes highly rec
ommended by his superiors and
cltiisne of the area near the park
will move his wife and family
to Roanoke Rapids as soon as ■
bouse becomes available.
Cream fat for butter maktei
should contain 10 percent butter
tit. A gallon of eueh ceram wtl
yield about I pound* of buttar.
9
* * * THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
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What Roanoke Rapids Makes Herald Classified Advertising
-Makes Roanoke Rapids Cel8 Quick Ke8u|l8
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VOLUME xxxn- ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 10th. 1947 NUMBER 36
President Congratulates Queen Elizabeth
Local Man
Is Killed In
Auto Wreck
Inquest Verdict Of Acci
dental Death In Fri
day Night Mishap
A six-man coroner’s jury, im
paneled by Coroner Rufus Britton
Monday night returned a verdict
of accidental death at an inquest
into the automobile accident which
claimed the life of Isaac R. Cobb,
Jr., 25, of Roanoke Rapids, last
Friday night.
The jurors returned with the
finding of accidental death after
they had heard Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Winston and R. H. Joyner of Wil
son, occupants of the car which
Cobb had passed only seconds be
fore his car turned over, and Cor
poral Teague of the State High
way Patrol, testify as to the cause
of the accident.
Teague testified that he hail
been called out to the junction
of U. S. Highway 301 and North
Carolina 125 about 11:20 p. m., the
night of July 4. Upon arriving
at the scene of the accident (about
three miles south of Halifax), he
said he found a 1936 model Ford
sedan, standing upright and point
ed toward the northeast, contain
ing the body of a man later
identified as Cobb.
The Winstons said Cobb was at
tempting to regain the highway
after passing them on the right
side of the road when he sud
denly lost control of the car and
turned over two times.
Funeral services were held in
Elm City Sunday afternoon at
4:30 from the Elm City Meth
odist Church with Rev. E. C.
Neese officiating. Interment was
in the family cemetery in Elm
City.
Survivors include his parents
Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Cobb, Sr., his
wife, the former Rose Lee Rob
erson of Robersonville; one son,
15-month-old I. R. Cobb, III, ana
two sisters, Mrs. M. D. Coston
and Mrs. William J. Mountford,
all of Roanoke Rapids.
Local Youth
Arrested For
Hog Stealing
Lefty Downing, 19, of Roanoke
Rapids, was arrested by local po
lice Tuesday night near Broad
nax, Va., on a charge of stealing
four hogs belonging to h'is father.
Roger H. Downing, 106 Monroe
Street.
He was returned to city jail
here when he waived extradition
and his bond was set at $1000.
Police said he had a reform
school record.
The elder Downing, in his com
plaint, said the hogs, weighing
altogether about 1500 pounds,
were taken from a pen - about
noon Tuesday. He estimated the
largest hog would dress about 500
pounds and the other three would
average about 300 pounds each
and their combined value was
about $400.
Young Downing, who is mar
ried and lives In Roanoke Rapid
admitted taking the hogs, acoord
ta* to police, and >ald he (old
them to E. B. Bowman, local tro
car, for WOO.
Local officers expressed thslr
appreciation tor the fine coopera
tion of Virginia law officers In
making the arrest.
Lion Ed Knott, immediate past president the
local civic club, congratulates Miss Elizabeth Beck
with, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Beckwith, after
she had heen chosen Queen of the Semi-Centennial
Celebration at the Coronation Ball in the Armory
last Thursday night.
Opening Wednesday after- !
noon with a parade stretch
ing from the downtown to the
uptown section of the city (one
of the largest ever staged in'
Roanoke Rapids) the Lions
Club-sponsored Semi-Centenni
al Celebration reached its cli
max at a gigantic square dance
Friday night. Ben W’illiams,
of Ahoskie, was announced as
! the gr&nd prize winner. Al
though In uiu not present at
the dance, Williams was pre
sented with a certificate on
Saturday entitling him to an
eight-day all-expense tour
through New’ England and
various sections of Canada.
Spokesmen for the Lions pro
nounced the celebration a success
in the matter of publicity for j
the city and as commemoration
of the fiftieth anniversary of the
incorporation of Roanoke Rapids.
Following the parade Wednes
day afternoon there was an as
sembly in Simmons Park for the
formal opening of the celebration.
Speakers on the program included
Mayor J. T. Chase and Dr. Clyde
Erwin, state superintendent of
public instruction.
In his remarks Chase empha
sized that “rather than review
the past it should be our purpose
tj instill in our young men the
incentive to build in the future a
greater Roanoke Rapids.”
Erwin, who was introduced by |
State Senator Julian Allsbrook,
congratulated the city on its fif
tieth birthday, stating that Roa
noke Rapids and Clyde Erwin
were exactly the same age.
He declared that Roanoke Rap
ids is insuring itself of future
giowth and advancement by the
quality of its educational facili
ties and congratulated city and
county officials on their school
systems.
Wednesday night at a boxing
and wrestling show in Simmons
Park the 10 candidates for queen
of the celebration were officially
introduced to the public for the
first time.
i iie ceieurauon cuuunueu inurs
day evening with a stage show in
the high school auditorium, fol
lowed by the impressive corona
tion ball in the armory. Shortly
before the intermission at the
coronation ball a committee of
judges, made up. of members of
the various civic clubs, selected
Miss Elizabeth Beckwith, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Beck
with, queen of the festivities.
Friday night’s activities consist
ed of a hillbilly show in the high
school auditorium followed by the
square dance in the armory and
announcement of the grand prize
winner.
Firemen Galled Out
Firemen were called out about
noon Friday to a colored beauty
parlor located on the Gaston
Garysburg road. A storage bat
tery being used for electricity had
apparently been short-circuited and
aJthough there was no fire, the
occupants of the building had
carried out the furniture and call
ed the fire department.
The main points to consider in
providing quarters for a bull are:
protection from weather, exercise,
and safety in handling.
Under most circumataneca the
cow should be fed all roughagi
that she will eat up clean, anc
the grain ration should be ad
justed to the milk production.
Ambulance Brings
Unconscious Man
Into Hospital
An unconscious man, later iden
tified by police as R. B. Baughin
of route 1, Roanoke Rapids, was
picked up and brought into Roa
noke Rapids Hospital by ambu
lance about 11 o’clock Tuesday
morning.
Quite a large crowd had gath
ered., after ..the man's presence hr
a yard approximately 5 yards east
Of the Seaboard depot on the
Weldon highway was discovered,
most of the persons believing the
man to be dead.
Police, who talked to the man’s
daughter, said he was subject to
spells, and, evidently feeling that
one was imminent, had tied up
a mule he was driving and laid
down.
Buggs Island
Fight Continues
In Senate
With W. Lunsford Long of
Roanoke Rapids/ scheduled to
testify against the project and
Representative John H. Kerr and
Eric Rogers of Scotland Neck,
slated to testify for it, the Buggs
Island dam project is in for a
stiff fight in the Senate Appro
priations Committee.
Meeting date for the Senate
group’s hearing on the subject
is not known exactly but hearings
on general flood control will be
gin this week.
Long, owner of a tungsten mine
in the reservoir area, opposes the
project on the grounds that it
will wreck his mine.
Kerr has been the House lead
er in the fight to have appropria
tion allocated for continuation of
the project.
Wilkinson Reunion
On July Fourth week-end a
family reunion was held in the
home of R. R. Wilkinson, 403 Mon
roe Street. Mr. Wilkinson was
honored by the presence of all
his children with the exception
of two daughters, Mrs. Joseph D.
Collins of Washington, D. C., and
Mrs. M. L. Bryant of Southport,
N. C. The celebration was cli
maxed by a gala chicken fry on
the back lawn Saturday afternoon
and a Brunswick stew and bar
becue on Sunday afternoon.
Those present were as follows:
Miss Vera Wilkinson, Mr. and
Mrs. Graham Camp and son, Cary
Mitchell, of this city,, (the former
Miss Nesbit Wilkinson) Capt. and
Mrs. Arnold Kohn of' Washing
ton, D. C. (the former Miss Helen
Wilkinson of this city), Mr. and
Mrs. William E. Wilkinson and
son, Ronald Leroy, of New York;
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Wilkin
son of Rocky Mount, Miss Ruby
A. Wilkinson, formerly of this
city, but now a travel counsel
lor for a travel bureau in New
York City, and Miss Maisie Bur
bage, granddauughter, of Wash
ington, D. C. Numerous friends
and relatives called throughout
the week end to extend greet
ings to the entire family.
Skim milk contains much leaf
fat than whole milk, but baa the
protein, carbohydrates and mineral
matter. It iray greatly increase
the nutritive vaJue of the diet
if used freely in cooking,
PEANUT FIGHT
The following telegram was received this morning from
iV ashington:
‘Representative Bonner ap|>eared today to have succeeded
in throwing a monkey wrench into an Illinois Congressman's
efforts to break the peanut market.
‘‘Bonner found listed as introduced in the House a bill by
Rep. Dirksen (R. 111.) to allow the CCC to sell its peanut stocks
at sub-market prices. This, Bonner said, was a move to help
Chicago peanut candy manufacturers. He charged it would roll
up a deficit in CCC.' peanut stabilization operations and result
in a Republican howl in a year or two to abolish the peanut
program.
Chairman Wolcott (R. Mich.) of the House Bunking and
Currency Committee told Bonner hearings on the Dicksen hill
were scheduled Friday. Bonner said he would demand full hear
ings for himself, other peanut belt congressmen and 10 or 15
peanut growers from the First district.
"Wolcott said he could not refuse full hearings to fellow
members of congress and that if protracted hearings were nec
essary he would tell Dirksen that the bill couldn’t be taken
up at the current session of congress.
"From what the chairman told me,” Bonner said, "I don’t
think the bill will come out.”
WCBT Gets Final Permit
From FCC For $60,000
FM Station Building
Radio Station WCBT, Mutual's
station in Northeastern North
Carolina, today announced plans
for operation of a 10,000-watt fre
quency modulation broadcasting
station, tentatively scheduled to
50 on the air about August 15.
WCBT will spend an estimated
R60.000 to add the new station.
It will give the station the lead
ership in Eastern North Carolina
n "FM" broadcasting. When at
full power, the station should cov
er Norfolk. Richmond and part
af Raleigh.
The Federal Communications
Commission has just granted the
final construction permit to
WCBT, Inc. Ground has been
broken on East Tenth Street for
a new transmitter building which
will house the equipment for both
stations.
For the time being, the new
radio station, which will operate
under the call letters “WCBT-FM,”
will operate from the present
downtown studios of WCBT.
Claude W. Meares will serve
as chief engineer for both sta
tions. and is supervising the ac
quisition and installation of the
new frequency modulation equip
ment.
S. E. Crew, president and gen
eral manager of WCBT. Inc.,,
jointed out today that ordinary
radio sets will not be able' to
pick up "FM" broadcasts. How
ever, frequency modulation sets
rje being rushed to the market.
These sets will pick up both stand
ard broadcasts (such as WCBT
now carries) and the new "FM."
A tower, three times as tall
as the present tower on East
Tenth Street, will be erected at
the same site by next February.
This tower will be 447 feet in
height. The present tower is only
158 feet high.
WCBT-FM has been assigned
a choice spot on the dial. Its
brbadcasts will be tuned in at
98.5 megacycles, a point almost
in the middle of the dial.
WCBT and WCBT-FM will op
erate with a staff of three full
time engineers, and with virtually
the same production staff.
As the new station begins op
eration, it will r.ot .seek commer
cial business, and possibly will
operate on a shorter schedule
than the 18-hour run WCBT now
makes daily.
A. L. Drew is commercial man
ager; Jesse Helms is program, di
rector and Miss Mamie Nash is
traffic manager. They will have
similar authority with WCBT-FM
when that station takes the air.
Hotels Subject
Of Discussion
Decision Postponed
Pending Investigation
Of Public Opinion
A new hotel for Roanoke Rap
ids was discussed at a meeting
in the court room of the munici
pal building Monday afternoon
when 15 prominent citizens of ths
city gathered to hear a talk by
M. D. Hockenbury, manager of
the Hockenbury System, Inc., of
Harrisburg, Pa.
Hockenbury, who was brought
here through the efforts of the
Roanoke Rapids Junior Chamber
of Commerce, explained how his
firm had helped over 200 towns
and cities in 45 states and prov
inces in the United States and
Canada to build hotels since his
tather founded the corporation in
1920.
Frank Neal, president of the
Junior C. of C., acted as chair
man of the meeting and intro
duced the Pennsylvania man,
whose firm contracts to raise 60
per cent of building cost by local
subscription.
Pointing out that although thj
cost of building materials right
now may be excessive to the point
of being prohibitive, Hockenbury
asserted that it would be a com
paratively easy matter to raise
money at the present time and
invest it until such time as the
materials come down to normal.
Emphasizing that his corpora
time tin f intprpsfpd in financ
ing nor in. promoting the build-1
ing of a hotel here, he stated
rather that its job was merely
one of acting in an advisory ca
pacity and directing the subscrip
tion. drive.
“We have put on subscription
campaigns in 10 cities in the coun
try since the war and have not
failed to reach our assigned quota
in a single instance. Five of these
ttwns were in the South and the
other five were scattered through
out the Northeast and North
west, he told the group.
“One thousand other cities in
the nation need hotels just as
badly as does Roanoke Rapids
and our files go back consider
ably farther on them than our
1939 papers on this city."
A short discussion, led by Neal,
followed Hockenbury’s talk and
the group decided to take the
remarks and proposition under-ad
visement until a later date.
In the meantime, Neal told those
present he would discuss the mat
ter fully with the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce and report the
results.
Farm flocks In the United States
laid 6,146,000,000 eggs In May, ac
cording to a USD A announcement.
Always handle a bull in a firm
manner and never trust him. A
person may be killed or seriously
Injured by taking unnecessary
chances with a bull,
No viV’V.i’jipu&cnts
In Safa Cracking
.No developments in the in
vestigation of last week’s two
safe robberies were reported
this week by the sheriff’s de
partment or the Roanoke Rap
ids poliee department.
Nash County was the scene
of two similar jobs this week.
Local officers said the work
seemed similar to that done
here, but declined to say the
cases were connected.
Halifax County
Court House
News
June 2\
Frank Devine, colored, of Little
ton township, was found guilty of
assault and given eight months on
the roads, to be suspended upon
condition the defendant does not
visit Halifax or Warren Counties'
for a period of two years.
Columbus Day, colored, of Scot
land Neck, plead guilty to in
decent exposure and was fined
$15 and costs.
Joseph Ernest Ward, white, of
Baltimore, Md., plead guilty to
driving while under the influence
of intoxicating beverages and was
fined $75 and costs. His license
was revoked for 12 months.
Robert Ashford, white, of Scot
land Neck, was fined $10 and
costs for driving without an op
erator's license.
Willie C. Young, colored, of
Portsmouth, was fined $15 and j
Johnnie Gary, colored, of Wel
don, plead guilty to larceny and
v. as given five months on the
roads.
Willie Edwards, colored, of Wel
don, plead guilty to receiving
stolen property and drew six
months on the roads, suspended
upon payment of the costs and
a fine of $25 and costs and good
behavior for two years.
Henry Silver, colored, of Essex,
plead guilty to driving with inv
proper brakes and lights and was
fined $15 and costs.
Clarence White, colored, of
Smithfield, was found guilty of
speeding and judgment suspend
ed upon payment of the costs.
Everette L. Doffermyre, white,
of Dunn, was fined $15 and costs
for speeding.
July 1
George R. Whitfield, colored, of
Greenville* plead guilty to speed
ing* and was fined $10 and costs.
Elie Smith, colored, of Hobgood,
plead guilty to assault with a
deadly weapon and was fined $35
and costs.
Bernard Hux, white, plead guil
ty to assault on a female and as
sault Prayer for judgment con
tinued upon, payment of the coats
and on condition he remain ol
good behavior for two years dur
ing which period he shall refrair
(OonHittwi on tme i—8ect l)
Law Enforcement
In Halifax County
Gets Streamlining
Police Radio
To Improve
Old Method
House, Davis Issue
Advice on Summoning
Peace Officer Aid
Advice on methods of summon
ing law enforcement officers was
tendered citizens of Halifax Coun
ty this week in a joint state
ment issued by Sheriff Harry
House and Roanoke Rapids Chief
of Police T. J. Davis.
“With the installation of new
radio equipment completed, Ro.i
noke Rapids police headquarters
now' becomes the headquarters for
lew enforcement in Halifax Coun
ty,” House said.
“In the event a citizen in any
section of the county—whether
n Enfield, Halifax, Weldon, Sco:
land Neck or no matter where
needs the help of the sheriff or
:ns deputies and is unable
contact them he should phone
R-356 in Roanoke Rapids (the po
lice department) and Chief Davis
and his men will relay the re
quest to all cars over the rad*o
net.
“Since the sheriff’s office »s
closed at night, this will speed
the arrival df officers at the
scene of a crime or other emer
gency," House concluded.
Davis pointed out that the new •
equipment ties in with the 10 pa
trol cars of the county and into
the State Highway Patrol net. As
a result, all county cars, loaded
with police from other communi
ties, could be in any spot within
2L or 30 minutes and well over
100 officers could be there within
two hours.
“We have someone on duty in
our headquarters 24 hours a day. ’
the local chief declared, "and we
will gladly pass on any phone
call, either directly to the sheriff
at. his residence, or to which
ever of the county cars happens
to be in the vicinity from where
th« c$.il is placed.” f
•f This* arrangement is typical of,
the close cooperation which, exists
among all branches of the law'
enforcement agencies in Halifax
County; the type of cooperation
■ which led to the formation of
the Halifax County Law Enforce- y^
Iment Officers Association.
Graduate
Nick Long, son of the late
Dr. and Mrs. T. YV. M. Long,
graduated recently with a B.
S. degree in Commerce from
the University of North Caro
lina. He plans to continue his
studies by taking a two-year
law course at the University.
Window Display Prizes
Awarded by Merchants
First prize of $25 for the
best decorated window display
during the Semi-Centennial
Celebration was awarded to
Fannye’s in downtown Roa
noke Rapids, it was announced
today by Mrs. Klva Martin,
secretary of the Merchant’s
Association.
Winner of the second prize
of $10, given by the Trade
Promotion Committee of the
group, was Leggett's Depart
ment Store.
INVITED TO SERVICES
Pough’s Memorial Christian
Church invites the public, to at
tend the Sunday afterno»*r. serv
ices. From 2 until 2:30, a0*4 serg.
ices and announcements. From
2:30 until 3, Sunday school, fol
lowed by preaching by Rev. John
J. Langston. New fans' have been
installed in the church which add.
greatly to the comfort of th.
worship hour.
Two Million At Stake
For Halifax Growers
In Saturday Election
$6,100,000 Worth of Tobacco Grown Here During
1946; 40% of Which Was Exported
Haliiax uounty growers nave a
52.440.000 stake in the flue-cured
obacco referendum Saturday, July
L2.
This is the amount they re
ceived for their tobacco that was
exported in 1946 and represent*
10 per cent of the $6,100,000 Hali
fax growers received for their
crop last year.
B. B. Everett, Palmyra, Coun
ty Farm Bureau president, today
urged all flue-cured farmers to
get out and vote Saturday, as he
disclosed these important facts.
“In other words,” Everett said,
‘ 40 cents out of every dollar to
bacco brings to growers must
come from sales to other coun
tries. The referendum will deter
mine whether the farmers are
willing to assess themselves 10
cents per acre -or about 45 cents
per year for the average pro
ducer during the next three years.
That market meant $200 per acre
or almost $1,000 to every flue
cured grower last year.”
Everett revealed that the 2,034
Halifax County farms produced
11.600.000 pounds of flue-cured to
bacco from 10,086 acres last year.
‘‘If two-thirds of the farmers
voting in the referendum Satur
day approve the assessment,"
Everett said, “a broad three-year
program for protection and ex
pansion of foreign trade in flue-'
cured tobacco will be stepped up j
immediately, looacco Associates, a
r.on-profit organization formed to
administer the program, is al
ready operating, with the full co
operation of the Farm Bureau,
the Grange, the State College Ex
tension Service and tobacco allied
interests.”
Everett emphasized that the se
curity of a healthy foreign mar
ket is vital to everyone living in
the flue-cured belt and added that
the program is endorsed by bank
ers, warehousemen and all other
businessmen.
JONES WITH EIGHTH ARMY
With the Eighth Army at Na
gai, Japan — Private First Class
Obis J. Jones, son of Mr. Roland
Jones, Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Is
now serving with ths First Cav
plry Division, which Is on occupa
tion duty In the ten prefecture*
of ths Tokyo-Yokohama area,
Building Box Score
Total this week:_$ 3,500
Total this year: _$421,050
Only one permit was issued *
during the first ten days of
July hy the city building in
spector. It was the Slowest
week in the past three months.
Roy Savage was given a per
mit to build a one story brick
residence with four rooms and
bath on Clinton Street at an
estimated cost of $3,500.
Legion Juniors
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Here Friday
Coach Cranford Hoyle’s Ameri
can Legion Juniors will wind up
their regular season schedule here
Friday night by entertaining a
vastly improved Elizabeth City
unit. •"
In the last two battles between
these clubs Elizabeth City took
the first one by a 17-7 score, bill
lost the final issue by an embar
rassing 25-4 count.
It is highly expected that Hoyle
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Wheeler on the mound. Both hold
wins over the Elizabeth City club.
Pacing the Elizabeth City nine
is Hay Ward, a shortstop, who
has been batting over .500 all sea
son and is gunning for the league
batting title. Ward was held hit
less in his last appearance here,
so he will be out to redeem him
self for a poor showing.
The area playoffs are scheduled
to start next week but no defi
nite dates have been announced.
The two top clubs in each league
are slated to battle it out for
area honors.
Hubert Lowder and Troy Has
ty continued to lead the club in
the batting race last week. Loa
der is hitting at an even .500 if
clip and Hasty lifted his average j
to a .417 figure. In the previous
Elizabeth City battles Hasty col
lected five hits in five official
trips and batted in seven runs. c
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