* Roanokel
I Ramblingsj
YOU DON’T SAY
"Do you know,” said the young
agricultural student to an old
farmer, ‘your methods of culti
vation are years behind the times.
Why, I’d be surprised if you
made a dollar out of the oats in
this field.”
“So would I*" replied the farm
,1 er, “it’s barley.”
*OUR WATCHDOG
: Perhaps the title on this story
® is wrong because when we start
$ thinking of the Herald’s “watch
| dog” we think of the barbecue
L ;and keep wanting to write about
p it) we went on with a few friend3
h a couple of weeks ago.
| First off, this dog is ancient.
$ He is not only ancient, but he's
E £tone deaf and flearbitten.
£) But he’s our dog and we love
Sj him.
And someone with utter dis
V regard for rhyme or reason named
* him “Man.”
He is so ancient he’s senile,
l and he loves what people in this
1 section like to call “hog haa
lett.” He also loves to play games.
Although no one ever taught him
(to our knowledge) to roll over
and “play dead,” we had no soon
er killed the hog for our bar
becue than old “Man” rolled over
like he had been knocked in
the head, too.
Although he’s silly we doubt
that he’d like to be called “Man’
—but, since he's deaf, he has,
thus far, registered no complaint
about it. We summon him with
&n arm motion not unlike a traf
fic cop directing taxis on Fifth
Avenue and he’s always looking
Q :hat is, if he thinks there is
something to eat involved.
If the old adage, “a barking
dog never bites” is true—beware
of “Man”—he hasn't growled a
single time in the short period
uf our acquaintance, but then
maybe he’s dumb, too.
OTHER FAUNA
While we are in the animal
kingdom—(this is the insect sub
fj division of same)—we might
mention that G. V. Ferguson, of
203 Monroe street, who works at
Patterson Mill, found a bug in the
slasher room Monday afternoon
about 2 o’clock, which can best ,
be described as a ‘‘pincher bug.” ;
It was as spotted as a speckled ,
pup, 15 times as small, 78 de
grees uglier and JiOO per cent
cooped up in a pint mayonnaise
jar.
U When captured* It was calmly
sitting in a window in the slash
er room at the mill supervising
operations. .
It definitely was unhappy about ;
having been “locked up,” laid still
for two d. , tb'iakins' UD a way
to get out, worked at getting ; ’X
for a day and the better part*
t f a night and, jvhen last inter
viewed had "no comment" f^r
publication.
> -—
AND MANY MORE
Happy birthday recipient Tues
day was Miss Becky Dickens, who
generally manages to brighten up
the day for a lot of people in her
capacity as waitress in a local
cafe.
(Continued on Page 4—-Sec. A)
* * * THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
What Roanoke Rapids Makes „ ......
.. . Herald Classified Advertising
—Makes Roanoke Rapids
Gets Quick Results
Carolina’s Fastest Growing City ^ ^ ^
VOLUME XXXII ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. f ., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1947 NUMBER 41*
Head-on
Mishap
Hurts2
Two people were hospitalized, a
third treated for minor bruises
and two cars were badly damaged
Sunday• evening at about six thirty
when a ear headed toward Gaston
and driven by George Harris, of
that township, crashed headlong
into another driven by Robert L.
Woodruff, of 77 Hamilton Street,
on the Rqanoke River bridge
northeast of Roanoke Rapids.
Hurris was under technical ar
lest i though in Roanoke Rapids
Hospital* after being charged by
state highway patrolman Wilson
who investigated the accident,
with driving while drunk and
careless and reckless driving. He
was reported by hospital officials
Fuesday morning to have sus
tained a broken foot in the ac
hdentv
Louise Neal, also of Gaston, who
was riding as a passenger in
he car with Harris is also in
he hospital with lacerations and
ninor bruises, but no broken
iones, hospitals officials said.
Mrs. Woodruff, who was riding
n the car with her husband,
vas treated at the hospital Sun
lay night hut was not hospita
i/.ed.
Carl Murray Dies
Here Early Today
Carl Murray. Roanoke Rapids
msiness man. died at 4:.'i0 this
noming at Roanoke Rapids Hos
>ital.
Born in Greensboro, the son
if the late Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Murray, he was the sole owner
>f Roanoke Transit Company and
Murray’s Service Station and Ga
age; was the local Oldsmobile
lealer and a real estate owner.
He was a member of the Pres
>yterian Church and belonged to
he Exchange Club.
Surv'ivors include his widow,
he former Catherine Eager, ori.
finally of Philadelphia; his step
nother; two sons, Carl, Jr., and
,Villiam; one brother. Ernest, of
Roanoke Rapids, an*> me s’sU-r.
Funeral arrangemei.'• had not
>een completed this morning
IV ASHING MACHINE SMOKES
A washing machine motor’s
smoking caused Mrs. \V. (>.
Bunch to call the fire depart
ment to her home at 600 Ham
ilton Street shortly before ten
o’clock this morning. No dam
age was reported.
Four Dead; Damage $16,000 Here
1 As 53 Local Traffic Accidents
Counted For First Half of 1947
(Editor's note: This is the
first of a series of two ar
ticles on traffic safety. The
Herald is glad to cooperate
with the Roanoke Rapids Po
lice Department in an effort
to keep our traffic death rate
l at a minimum.)
“We have had 53 accidents in
the city of Roanoke Rapids so
far this year. In those 53 acci
dents four lives have been lost
end property damage in the
sum of $16,000 has been caused,"
Police Chief T. J. Davis said this
week. “While money loss can be
estimated and repaid through the
medium of insurance coverage or
t,y individual payment of damages
i —no price can be placed on the
loss of life nor can any amount
of monetary reimbursement ease
the heartbreak resulting from
loss.”
The chief's statement was is
sued on the heels of an announce,
ment from the state departmen:
of motor vehicles this week that
371 persons died in North Caro
lina traffic mishaps during the
half of 1947, eight of whom were
killed in Halifax county.
It doesn’t take a college pro
fessor to figure out that ev« n
four is too high a figure in com
parison with state and county
figures.
The state-wide compilation does
show an encouraging 24 per cent
decrease however in traffic death3
throughout the state from a com
parative figure for the first half
of 1946; a 23 per c *nt drop in
city and town fatalities.
"While we have good reason
to be thankful our fatality rec
ord does not place us at the
top of the list in number of
deaths for either cities or coun
ties, we can’t he satisfied with
that record. When you are con
cerned with the .,aving of human
iife, you cannot afford to be sat
isfied with any record save a per
iect one,” Davis dec.vred.
"Many of the larger cities in
the country sponsor safety weeks
and conduct campaigns in vari
ous ways in an effort to reduce
accidents. One ian used is to
publicize through extensive use
of the press and radio) the idea
of counting the ‘deathless days’
in a. city—or the ‘days without
an accident.' Wilde our really bad
accidents do not occur with suf
ficient frequency to warrant such
large-scale methyls, we do ft el
that it would be well to
discuss certain* hazards and
thus prevent their claiming more
(Continued on Pane 2—Sec. A)
Scotland Neck Group Requests
County Commissioners to Take
Action on Hospital Project
A delegation of Scotland 'Neck
citisens Monday morning, Aug. 4,
presented to the board of oounty
commlsioners of Halifax a pro
posal that the county sponsor the
creation of a 20-bed hospital unit
at Scotland Neck, in cooperation
with tho State Medical Care Com
mission and the United States
Public Health Service.
The county borad took the mat
ter under advisement during the
day and finally appointed a com
mittee which will investigate all
phases of the situation and re
port back to the next meeting
of the board. The committee was
composed of two members of the
board and the county auditor.
TOte matter -was brought before
the town board of Scotland Neck.
It was pointed out by members
of the delegation that, on the
basis of MedioaJ Care Commission
figures, a 20-bed capacity unit
at Scotland Neck would cost be
tween $100,000 and $125,000 to con
struct and equip and the county’s
share of this would be 28 and
seven-tenths percent. The remain
der of the costs would be borne
by the state from the funds re
cently set aside by the Legis
lature and by the federal govern
ment.
It was further pointed out that,
ic addition to a guarantee of
this 28 and seven-tenths percent
it was required that the sponsor
(in this case the county) guaran
tee an operating deficit of $20,000
on the first year and $10,000 for
the seoond year in the event that
deficit# should occur.
Over 3,000 Jam Simmons Park For Special Ceremonies
STU MARTIN pho,°hy Tudor
. . . for a man who’s doing well
DICK HERBERT photo hy ™,ur
. . . there were speeches ami gifts.
Robert Josey, Jr.
Observes His 92nd
Birthday Recently
Robert Carey Josey, Sr., of Scot
land Neck, grandfather of Robert
Carey Josey, III, of Roanoke Rap
ids. celebrated his 92nd birthday
August 2nd.
The oldest man in Scotland
Neck, some say the oldest man
in Halifax County, declares, '*
"I don’t have to complain about
anything” This cheerful view of
tne world is due partially to his
memories of a long, happy, use
ful life and partially to his nat
urally bright disposition.
His continuing health, re
markable in a man of his age,
permits him to go ‘down town
every evening during good weather
and to take an active and alert
interest in community affairs.
Mr. Josey can look back al
most to the beginning of the
growth of his home town. He
was bom on a farm near Scot
land Neck; his father, N. B.
Josey, was from Scotland Neck,
His mother, Mary Powell, was
from nearby Bertie County. He
was educated in Scotland Neck
and engaged in business there.
He married two Scotland Neck
girls, Miss Etta Edmondson on
January 2nd, 1S82 and Miss Sadie
Perry, who is 13 years younger
than he* on January 5th, 1905;
» MH VU I HO 1UUI kllllUICIl,
Hulda Edwards, Robert C., Jr.
Dnnford and Mary Powell there.
A faithful member of the Scot
land Neck Baptist Church, he
regularly attended the Sunday
j School for forty years every Sun
I clay except when he was out of
t-'wn.
He began business as a clerk
keeping books and waiting on
customers in Noah Bigg’s store.
In 188i he became Mr. Bigg’s
partner and later he was the
partner of his first wife’s fathei,
D. E. Edmondson. When he re
I tired in 1930, his firm, the oldest
in Scotland Neck, was called R.
C. Josey and Co. It has now
become Josey Brothers and is
in the hands of his sons.
The first train track that ran
through Scotland Neck, Mr. Josey
said, was the train road from
Edwards Ferry to Scotland Neck,
owned by his father and called
the Tri-Weekly.
’It was known as the tri-weekly
because,’’ he laughs, "it would
go there one week, and try tc
get back the next."
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Weldon Jaycees Sponsor
“Miss Weldon” Contest
A beauty contest, m conjunc- i
lion with a dance, will be spon
sored by the Weldon Junior Cham
ber of Commerce Thursday eve- ;
ning, Augst 21, to select a "Miss *
Weldon” for the town’s represent
ative in the sixth annual Coastal
Festival at Morehead City, August
28, 29 and 30, it was announced
today by club officiajs.
Twenty-three beautiful girls will
participate in the contest and
vie for the honor of being crown
ed by Weldon Mayor J. T Mad
drey at the coronation dance. A
committee of three judges, the
presidents of the Jaycee organi
zations in Roanoke Rapids, Wil
hamston and Tar boro, will make
selection of "Mias Weldon” at
the dance, music for whi^h will
be furnished by Royce Stoenne?
end his orchestra.
(Continued on Fage f—Sso, A)
Is This The Derby?
Martin’s Query
At Event
They gathered around home
plate at Simmons Park Tuesday
night
Then they brought Stu Martin
right down front—a spot to which
he has no desire to become ac
customed—he’s that kind of a guy.
Ray Goodmon, president of the
league, was there, and so were
D. L. Hines, the Jays’ prexy.
Frank Williams of the textile
mills, donors of a 10-year lPHfcf,
on the ball park to the club for
the “enormous sum of one dol
lar” per year; Frank Neal, pres
ent head of the Jaycees; Jack
Vincent; Allen Pierce; Tar boro
manager, “Bull” Hammond, and
even a man they sent down from
Raleigh—Dick Herbert, News and
Observer sports' editor—to cover
the event. Then they all toU in
sincere words how much they
thought of the Severn (N. C.)
player-manager who is guiding
the diamond destinies oJ the in
fant Jays.
And when they got tore ugh
with their respective speeches,
they brought old Stu on*, hung
a horseshoe of roses around his
neclc and weighted him down
with gifts such as only the fans
I Thorugh it all sat the fans;
some of them hushed, others
wise-cracking to keep from be
traying the magnitude of the
thrill they felt from this mass
tribute to their mild-mannered
idol-who had moulded a com
bination of players into the team
which at present is most feared
by their Coastal Plain opponents.
Then Stu Martin tried to thane
them—and he succeeded to a de
gree he’ll never realize. When
he, once a member of the fabulous
Gas House Gang that roared a
challenge from the broad banks
of the Mississippi heard in the
deepest stone canyons of far-off
Manhattan, told these 3200 fana
that no baseball town in the
country could match this one—
he thanked them in a way they
were proud to be thanked.
They gave him and his Missus
almost everything in the book be
fore he made the speech he said
wasn’t called for in his contract.
After that,- they gave him their
hearts.
(Continued, on Page 5—Sec. A)
Notables Praise Jays,
Fans And Martin In
Ceremonies
A crowd of fans, estimated at
more than 3,000, gathered in Sim
mons Park Tuesday night to wit
ness a doubleheader between the
Jays and the Tarboro Tars and
to pay tribute to the Jays’ player
manager at "Stu Martin night,"
sponsored by the Roanoke Rapids
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Following the first game.twhich
Tarboro won, 1-0), a group of
notables led by Ray Goodmon,
I Resident of the Coastal Plain
League, pushed down from the
packed grandstand and surround
ed a microphone in front of the
stands to render tribute to the
Jays’ player-manager, Stu Mar
tin, former St. Louis Cardinal
star. Frank Nealx president of
the Jaycees, acted as master of
ceremonies and, in introductory
remarks, recalled the time a short
32 months ago when "our or
ganization first began work on
this project which appeared to
be hopeless much of the time.’’
Neal then introduced Jack Vin
cent, immediate past president of
tne Jaycees, who thanked the
fans for their backing and as
sistance in the early days of try
ing to get a franchise for Roa
noke Rapids in the Coastal Plain
L-eague.
Jesse Helms, program director
of local radio station WCBT and
publicity committee chairman of
the Jaycees, introduced Goodmon
with “my introducing Ray Good
mon to the people of Roanoke
Rapids is somewhat comparable
to a man’s being introduced to
his father, because whether he
was born here or not, Ray Good
mon will always be considered a
native son of Roanoke Rapids.”
Goodmon had nothing but praise
for the way the Jays were con
ducting themselves in the league
and said that “Stu Martin is one
oi the few managers who have
not given me a bit of trouble.”
Goodmon said he couldn't find a
seat on his first visit to Simmons
Park this year and hoped that
be wouldn’t be able to find one
the next time he came inasmuch
as a full park never showed a
lack of enthusiasm for the game
cf baseball as played in the Coast
al Plain League.
(Continued on Pane 5—Sec. A)
The Local Week...
False Alarm
Firemen answered a call to a
aundry near the Junction Friday
light but found, on arrival, there
kvas no fire.
Some conscientious person had
mistaken steam emanating from
a vent pipe in tfye building for
smoke, firemen said, and had
turned In an alarm.
C. D. Martin, Jr., Selected
Clyde Desmond Martin, Jr.» 1201
Washington street, Roanoke Rap
ids, has been selected through
a nation-wide competitive program
for training in the Naval Avia
tion College program, the Sixth
Naval District announced this
week.
Martin was one of 2700 candi
dates and 240 alternates chosen
from an original 60,000 who ap
plied for the program.
I New Df;«oton Named
I Wllbournt end Frank
Neel have been elected to the
board of directors of the Roa
noke Rapids Merchants Associa
tion to fill the unexpired terms
of Emerson O’Melia, recently
transferred to Florida by his com
pany, and C. A. Wyche, deceased,
li had been decided at the July
meeting of the directors to elect
the next two highest oh the slate
cf the annual election at the
meeting in February in the event
of a vacancy.
Manufacturing Employs 5,418
Halifax county had 5,412 work
ers (or 81.3 per cent of total
employment engaged in manufac
ture in 1945, compared to a state
average of 66.9 per cent, it was
announced this week by Chairman
Henry E. Kendall of the State
Employment Security Commission,
the county in 1945 represented
51.4 per cent of the total non
agrtcultural employment in 1940,
as reported by the U. S. Census,
WonMhhwI <m tow t-Sec, At
Four Licenses
Revoked During
Recorder Court
Four men plead guilty in Re
corder’s Court here last Thursday
to driving while intoxicated and
were fined $100 each, costs of
court and had their operators'
licenses revoked for 12 months.
They; were Joseph A. Turner, of
Newport News. Va., Joe Wells,
Jr., of Roanoke Rapids. Albert
W. Jeans, of Warrenton. and Jack
L. Dickens of Roanoke Rapids,
all white men.
Wells also arraigned on a gamb
ling charge along with eight other
Roanoke Rapids men. joined seven
of them (O. C. Baity, J. O. War
wick. Basil Davis, Hassel Bridg
man. Claude Barnes. Silas Hend
iey and Lindsey Shearin) in
pleading guilty. They were fined
$25 and costs each. A ninth man,
Garland McGee, was excepted and
prayer for judgment was con
tinued upon payment of the costs.
Disposition of other cases was
ns follows:
Wilk Davis, white, of Roanoke
Rapids, charged with assault on
Joseph Green, case nol prossed,
and, in the case of assault on
a female person plead guilty and
upon payment of costs and good
behavior for two years during
which time he shall refrain from
the use of all alcoholic beve
ls ges.
Paul Jones, colored, of Roanoke
Rapids, was found guilty of lar
ceny and assault on Helen Hat
field and prayer for judgement was
continued upon payment of the
costs and good behavior for two
years. During that time he was
ordered to refrain from visiting
the premises of Mr. W. H. Pruden
ami from communicating with
Helen Hatfield in any way.
W. W. Edmondson, white, of
Roanoke Rapids, plead guilty to
illegal possession of non-tax paid
liquor and was fined $25 and
costs.
Lee Carter, colored, plead guilty
to driving without operator’s
license and was fined $35 and
costs.
Ruben Boyd, colored, of Weldon,
was found guilty of driving witn
improper license and judgement
was suspended upon payment of
the costs.
David Lewis Lyles, white, plead
guilty to speeding and was fined
$10 and the costs.
James Hale, white, of Roanoke
Rapids, plead guilty to assault
and prayer for judgement was
continued upon payment of the
costs and that he remain of good
behavior for two years.
G. Washington
Used an Axe
A large tree, identified as a
cherry tree, caught fire from tlu
burning of soma trash, according'
to firemen, who were called to ]
the vicinity of 49 Madison street
Wednesday at noon.
No property damage other than
that to the t>*ec was reported.
First Football Drill
Wednesday, August 27
An announcement released
today by Rockfellow Venters
coach of the Roanoke Rapids
Yellow' Jackets pigskin squad
disclosed that the first prac
tice for the local high school's
gridiron aspirants will be held
on Wednesday* August 97th.
Superior Court
Recesses Early
For Mob Parley
PARADE
With Potentate William I.
Bundy, of Sudan Temple A.A
O.N.M.S., the guest or honor,
and the Temple Band prodd
ing i> min, the newly organiz
ed Koanoke Valley Slirine Huh
staged a parade Wednesday
at tern oon 1 ti rough the city,
followed hy a hand concert
Wednesday night in Koanoke
Kapids.
'I he parade was led by the
Potentate’s car, followed by 23
Other gaily decorated automo
biles laden with Shriners and
their wives. The hand float
was placed midway in the pa
rade anti the well-known
musical organization provided
martial music for the event.
Following a gathering at the
Koanoke Kapids Country Club,
the Shriners assembled in a
previously roped-off space on
Koanoke Avenue between 10th
and 11th Streets to hear a
hand concert presented hy the
23-piece group.
Grand Jury
Gives Jail
Good Grade
The Halifax County Grand Jury
report was submitted to Presiding
Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn in the
Superior Court at its August term
this week in Halifax as follows:
We, the Grand Jury for Halifax
County, do respectfully report that
we have passed on all bills
brought to our attention to the
best of our ability.
The Grand Jury visited and
l spected the county jail and
iiund 14 prisoners there: 11 col
ored men, 2 white men and 1
:olored woman.
As has previously been report
ed the county jail is in need
jf general repair and" painting,
rhe water pipes are evidently
corroded and rusty, resulting In
very poor water pressure. This
condition creates poor sanitary
conditions. A new faucet is need
Ld in the hospital ward in the
jail. The Grand Jury, therefore,
respectfully recommends that
these findings be looked into at
the earliest posible moment.
The jails at Roanoke Rapids,
P.nfiolH OffnHonJ "NT.,^1. TH.il.i-_
^nd Weldon were visited and in
spected by a committee and the
following conditions were found:
Roanoke Rapids jail found in
very good condition.
Scotland Neck, conditions are
joed, with the exception that the
Jrand Jury recommends that
some of the bunk mattresses are
?one and should be replaced.
Enfield, committee unable to
ocate officers to unlock the jail
md a complete inspection could
lot be made. However, from the
jutside appearance conditions are
satisfactory.
Littleton, condition of jail as
eported by committee to the
Jrand Jury is good.
Weldon jail, window panes are
&adly needed to replace broken
ind missing ones. This has pre
viously been reported on. Heavy
i,auge wire needed for enclosure
iround jail so nothing can be
I assed through bars from out
side to the prisoners Inside. Jail
is In clean condition. One pri
soner in jail at present time.
The Grand Jury inspected Pri
son Road Camp and everything
found to be in order. Ninety
fceven prisoners found there; no
sick prisoners.
The committee which inspect
ed the County Home found that
former recommendations are be
ing met as speedily as posible.
The Grand Jury recommends that
additional help be employed to
care for inmates.
Very good conditions were
found at the County Sanitorium.
There are 21 patients at the pres
(Continued on Page 6—Sec. A)
Nancy Sheley Draw s
Two to Five Years
For Knifing
Hearing only jail coses due lo
u summons to Raleigh to discuss
the Northampton “mob" case with
Governor Gregg Cherry, Judge
Paul Frizzelle, presiding over the
Superior Court in Halifax Mon
iuiy sentenced Nancy Shelby, 38
year old Hobgood negress to
prison for from two to five years
after she plead guilty to man
slaughter in the butcher knife
killing last week of 37 year old
Pete Shields.
The state accepted the plea of
guilty to the lesser charge of
manslaughter after the woman
testified she killed Shields in self
defense when he attacked her witn
a case knife.
Menawhile Judge Frizzelle an i
Solicitor Ernest Tyler were slated
to go to Raleigh sometime this
week for a discussion of the
failure of a Northampton Coun'y
grand jury to return a true bill
in the case of the seven Rica
Square white men charged wiLh
the attempted kidnapping of a
Rich Square negro last May.
In another case heard Monday,
Willie Smith, colored, of Enfield,
P’ead guilty to burglary in the
second degree and was given a
sentence of not less than forty
nor more than sixty years a
State’s prison.
Gene Austin, colored, found
guilty of asault on a female, was
given two years on the roads;
and Sam Clanton and Ernest Ar_
iington,, both colored, were found
guilty of larceny and given 12
months on the roads.
Judge, Solicitor Meet
With Chief Executive
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, Soli
citor Ernest Tyler, state At
torney-General Harry McMul
len and SB1 Director Walter
F. Anderson attended a
lengthy conference Wednesday
morning with Governor Gregg
C’hei . y irt' lum \ '
Cherry's office said no an
nouncement as to date or place
of the hearing on the North
ampton alleged attempting
lynching eould be made at this
time.
The conferees are expected
to meet again later this week.
Health Officer Back
From Attending Course
In New York Hospital
Dr. Robert F. Young, county
health officer, returned recently
lrom attending a refresher course
in poliomyelitis at Knickerbocker
Hospital, New York City on u
scholarship granted by the Halifax
County Chapter of the Infantile
Paralysis Foundation.
Dr. Young said the course was
arranged by Phillip Randolph, of
Chapel Hill* State Director for the
Infantile Paralyisis Foundation in
North Carolina and it was under
the direction of Dr. Phillip Stim
son of New York City. Dr. Stim
son is an outstanding pediatrician
and special work is being carried
out under a grant from the re
search fund of the National In
fantile Paralysis Foundation.
15 physicians in various special
ities from 11 other states and
Canada attended the courses, in
addition to three physicians from
other foreign countries.
General aims of the National
Foundation were listed by Dr.
Weaver, director of research, as:
first, an effort to eliminate the
polio virus from the enviroment
entirely; second, to make man
lesistant to the virus; third, to
find a treatment of the after
effects of the disease.
Dr. Young plans, as an act
ivity of his office as county
health officer, to write several
articles concerning the course of
fered at the hospital.
Roanoke Rapids Merchants Asso.
Sends Secretary to Training institute
Representatives From
Ten States Gather
At Chapel Hill
Mrs. Elva Martin, secretary of
the Roanoke Rapids Merchants
Association, will leave Saturday
to attend the second annual
training institute for merchants
association secretaries to be held
at the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill, August 17-23.
Mrs. Martin, who attended last
year’s institute, said that most
of the 10 states sending repre
sentatives are located in the
Southeast
George D. Colclough, Burling
ton, will serve as president of
the institute which is sponsored
by the Associated Credit Bureau
of North Carolina and the Asso
ciated Credit Bureaus of the
Southeast and Is the only school
of its kind in the nation.
Begun last year to give mem
bers of the various bureau and
association staffs additional train
ing, commercial law, business let
ter writing, salesmanship, pub
lic speaking and other courses
helpful to them, the institute will
be attended this year by repre
sentatives from North Carolina,
Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Tennessee, Missouri, Ohio,
Illinois and Iowa. About 40 per
sons have registered thus far and
total enrollment is expected to
reach about 75 before start of
the sessions.
Mrs. Martin said that the classes
will start at 8 a. m., and last
until 4 p. m., each day witi a -*j
final examination on Friday of -|
next week, consisting of oUlM
questions.
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