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jj^amblingsj
qjlA( K TO COLLEGE
Some Getting Ready: most of
the collegians are getting ready
to leave for their respective
schools this fall . . . Harry Weath
ers, Jr., is packing soon to return
to Wake Forest; Some Getting
Set: Sara Lou Debnam returns
to WC . . . Grace Taylor goes to
Duke again; Some Gone: “Doc’’
Murphrey, Jr., who played frosh
football at Wake Forest last fail
'And who played baseball with Em
poria during the summer, left last
Sunday to start the grid grind . . .
somebody ought to tip us off on
a lot of others returning to their
chosen alma maters within the
next couple of. weeks.
WOT A DRY LECTURE
The Lions and the local police
^department are cooperating with
®thc North Carolina Automobile
Association in giving the city's
school kids a good show with a
slyly interwoven lesson about traf
fic safety. Houston Fuller of the
Lions says the kids should get i
kick out of the performing dogs
in the act. (Remember when you
and I were young, McGee? It was
always some long dry lecture— how
times have changed)!
BUT A DRY DAY
The water cooler ran dry down
down at Halifax in the courtroom
Tuesday . . . among Roanoke
Rapids residents helping to drink
the water all up (the weather was
hot enough) were: Blair Gibson.
Mayor J. T. Chase, the Newsoms.
(M. C., Sr. and Jr.). Dr. T. J.
Taylor, Dr. J. H. Cutch'in, Rae
^Martin, and Capt. Jim Thomason
W One man from Weldon caused
some necks to crane when he said
“the governor just came in" . . .
we “craned" too and saw Miss Bet
ty Lee Raynor, of Weldon, who
recently was elected “Governor"
of the Tar Heel “Girls’ State” . . .
her mother was with her . . .
some others from Weldon there
were Dr. R. B. Blow, Dr. W. G.
Suiter. N. J. Shepherd, M. H. Mit
q chell, Joe Nash and Mike Joseph
son. People were there from
Northampton county, from Little
ton and some from as far away
as Greenville. Capt. Turner Davte,
of Jackson, was there. (He brought
the convict Gregory).
Col. H. J. Hatcher was there. He
listened to about 15 minutes of
“Information Please Gregory Talk
ing” and then, in the company of
Landon Rosser, he left. Somebody
0 got the two to pose for pictures
. . don’t know what happened
. . but have seen nothing of the
snapshot.
EXCHANGE CLUB
Had some notes around about
the Exchange Club carnival which
opens here next Monday out near
the radio tower. Lunsford Crew
is president of that organization
^ and the club members say the car
nival will be a good show . . . the
carnival people say they’ve been in
the business about 21 years . . .
just came 'in from near the Cana
1ian border but deny they brought
this hot weather with them.
SFEAKING OF HEAT
Why not carry it with you? The
heat, of course. Don’t need it ?
P Some people evidently do — last
Thursday night a truck was run
ning along the highway from Roa
noke Rapids to Weldon with the
truck body afire. A bus driver
pulled alongside to ask if they
wanted him to put the fire out.
He was startled by the sight of
two men in a jeep calmly towing
the burning truck which, in turn,
was being guided by a man stand
ing on the running board. The bus
0 driver rode on with the muttered
^ comment, ‘crazy with the heat!”
MONEY FROM HOME
Heard several of the veterans
express their opinions about what
they were going to do with the
monev from their terminal leave
bonds. Said one single veteran,
“think I’ll pay my debts.” Said
another who is, so far traveling
^ life’s highway solo,. “I’m going to
save mine till I need it.” To which
another, deeply involved in bliss
ful matrimony, replied, “Wait till
you’re married and have four kids
—brother, you’ll need it!”
INTER-OFFICE MEMO
Note here says for us to make
amends for leaving off credit line
on last week’s photograph on the
“ front page. The picture of the ma
chines was a Photo by Tudor, Jax
on! Mrs. Elva Martin, (she's the
Merchants Association’s efficient
secretary) says tell the boss to set
tle down in one place or another.
Will do, ma'am. Another inter
office memo says “ask Mrs. Addie
Medlin about that honey.’’
Cotton Grown In 1929
h Sold By Enfield Man
Hugh Bloomer, of Enfield,
recently sold 42 bales of cotton
which he grew In 1928-29 and
1930, and has had stored In
a galvanized iron building,
built for storage purposes on
his farm in Halifax County.
Bloomer had, at one time, as
much as 275 bales of his old
cotton on storage and the 42
^ bales represented the last. He
reports that there was no
damage whatever to the cotton
nor was there any loss In
weight.
One of Hie bales sold brought
Bloomer approximately 8800.
Today, however, he baa no
cotton except that growing In
hl« field*
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*** THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
★ ★ ★
What Roanoke Rapids Makes „ ,, ... . . .
Herald Classified Advertising
—Makes Roanoke Rapids „ „ . , .
1 Gets Uuick Results
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VOLUME XXXII ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1947 _ NUMBER 44
Here are two of the performers who will appear in Officer c
Pressley’s Traffic Safety show in the Roanoke Rapids Schools C.
starting September 11th. The show is being sponsored by the 1
Roanoke Rapids Lions and the city police department in con- C
junction with the North Carolina Automobile Association.
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Traffic Safety Show For Youngsters 5
All school children of Roanoke Rapids are in for a treat s
in the near future. Officer Ernest E. Pressley and his train- c
ed dogs, Lassie, Lady, Elmer and Suzy will arrive in town v
September 11th to put on a very entertaining show at each a
school in the city. The arrival of Officer Pressley and his r
troup is very timely, what with school just beginning, since v
me tneme oi tne snow win oe
“Traffic Safety."
After a summer of carefree fun
and frolic for most children, the
danger of traffic accidents on the
way to and from school is not so
easily recognized by them. Officer
Pressley's show is presented in h
manner to bring home to the
children these dangers and how to
avoid them. The principal actors
in the wie the four dogs and
two pigeons, Oscar and Pete. Tb***
dogs have been taught the tricks
of the vaudeville stage, which have
been cleverly arranged to drama
tize the fundamentals of traffic
safety. School children all over
North Carolina are loudly enthus
iastic over the antics of Pressley’s
dogs, and they are more impressed
by the rules they teach than could
possibly be achieved by any
amount of acedemic advise.
The performances of the shows
in the Roanoke Rapids schools
will be sponsored by the Roanoke
Rapids Lions Club, the Roanoke
Rapids City Police and the Nortn
Carolina Automobile Association.
At the conclusion of each show.
Officer Pressley w*ill describe his
Junior Traffic Safety Club. Mem
bership requires that each pupil
learn the answers to and pass
with a one hundred per cent grade i
3n examination on a questionnaire I
3f forty-eight questions. Through .
the teachers all children will be *
given questionnaires and directed \
to take them home and drill them
selves on the questions with the
help of their parents. They will
then be given an oral examination
by the teacher, and after passing
the examination, they will become
members of the Junior Traffic |
Safety Club and will receive a 1
Certificate of 'MembavabJp which (
is a picture of Officer Presley
and his four dogs in action.
Those who saw the short sub- ,
jeect on North Carolina in the *
downtown theatre recently will re
member the dogs in the picture as
Officer Pressley’s trainees. Those ]
are the same dogs that will per- •
form in person for the Roanoke [
Rapids school children. The North j
Carolina Automobile Association is
paying all expenses of the Pressley (
Show so that it can be shown free ,
of charge to every school boy and ,
girl in North Carolina. If it saves ,
one life, H is a good investment,
and it is firmly believed it will ,
save countless lives in addition to ,}
building a new generation of safe ,
drivers, j
learn the answeers to and pass ,
Last TO Days of Month
Almost Equal First 20
In Building Permits
Seven Local Men
Enlist In Army
During August
During the month of August, 15
young men from Halifax and 1
Northampton County were enlisted
in the Regular Army through the ;
Army and Air Force Recruiting 1
Sub-Station located in Roanoke
Rapids, M/Sgt. Robert M. De- !
Young, Sub-Station Commander,
reported today.
Those enlisted were: Basil G
Johnson, William L. Reid, Charlei
C Etheridge, Roy Macon Harlow
Jr.. James W. Bailey, William N
Hayes and Willard F. Parham all
of Roanoke Rapids; William K. ■
Sherrick, Arthur G. Neville, Geo
Hardy, Jr., and Harry L. Lighf
of Enfield; Raymond E. Avery
and Henry J. Lotz of Scotland
Neck; John D. Millwood, Conway
and Detroit W. Greenway of Rich
Square.
The Sergeant stated that many
opportunities now exist in the
Regular Army for ex-service men
who are eligible to reenlist. It is
now possible to- be assigned to
the European Command or to units
within the Third Army Area as
well as the Pacific Theatre. Fur
ther information may be obtained
from the U. S. Army and Air
Force Recruiting Sub-Station,
State Guard Armory, Roanoke
Rapids. _
Grain export quotas for October
announced by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture will total 1,
213.400 long tons (45,685,000) bu
shels of wheat, flour, (in wheat
equivalent) barley, and grain sorg
hums.
Production of late summer snap
beans la now Indicated St 840,000
bushels.
The last 10 days of August
howed almost as much business
n the building permits field for
he city as the first 21, as $32,800
vorth Were issued in that period
ls compared with $35,550 during
he first two thirds of the month.
That sent the overall total of
termits issued this year in all
ilassificatlons to $557,200 which,,
ilthough comparing unfavorably
it first glance with the $627,005
vorth 'Issued up until the same
ime last year, represents an in
irease of from $183,600 in new
rome construction in the first
■ight months of 1046 to $363,700
vorth this year.
Other construction, generally ir
egular and not reflecting actual
irogress accurately, has declined
rom the $443,405 mark of this
ime last year- to $166,950 to date
n 1947.
Permits issued during the latter
>art of the month were to:
Rose’s 5 and 10 cents store, a
present building at 1028-30 Roa
noke Avenue at an estimated cost
nf $18,000; to Jane Stephens, to
build a one-story block building
an Madison Street to be used as
an automatic laundry, $3,000; Mrs.
Nora G. White, addition of one
room to building at 019 Hamilton
Street, $500.
George R. Warren, a one story
brick residence with five rooms
and bath at 317 Cedar Street,
$8,000; and W. L. Polston, a one
story frame residence with four
rooms and bath on Vance Street
at Seventh, $3,300.
Total August permits were: for
commercial and other construe*
tion, $30,500; for new homes, $37,
850 registering a grand total of
$68,350 or $24,535 more than the
$43,815 worth for August, 1946.
Production of home and farm
freesers Is expected to top 135,000
units this ysar, compared with
00.000 uniti in tm
Northampton Lynch Case
Slated In Warren County;
Six Defendants Acquitted
Northampton County residents today were awaiting the
'ourth — and final — chapter of the most publicized inci
lent in that tradition-laden county’s history, following a
lensational ending Tuesday to a special hearing called to
itudy evidence in an attempted lynching case.
Six men were freed Tuesday by Committing Magistrate
1. Paul Frizzelle of Snow Hill after the State had failed to
roduce enough evidence for the
uriaL lu unu piouame cause
gainst them on charges of crim
nal conspiracy and of breaking
nd entering the jail at Jackson
n a purported lynching attempt.
But a seventh man — Joe L'.
Cunningham, asst, theatre man
ger of Rich Square —• was bound
ver to the September 15 term of
Varren County Superior Court,
md in addition, Judge Frizzelle
rdered a bench warrant for the
rrest of elderly, grey-haired A
V. Phillips, the Northampton jail -
r, charging Edwards also with
onspiracy and with aiding and
betting the breaking and enter
ng of the jail.
Judge Frizzelle was forced to
ree the six other men — whom
Cunningham had implicated in a
onfession to the FBI because
forth Carolina law declares a
onfession incompetent against
ther defendants unless the con
jssion is made in the presence
f the defendants, or unless the
onfession is made prior to-the ac
omplishment of the conspiracy.
Since Cunningham confessed in
te presence of only FBI agents,
udge Frizzelle ruled the confes
on incompetent as concerned the
ther six.
Godwin (Buddy) Bush, the
ouid-be lynching victim, took the
:and Tuesday and identified Cun
ingham as one of the three men
ho entered the Jackson jail last
-ocal Grid Squad
Soes Into Heavy
Work Next Week
By WILEY WARREN
Coach Rock Venters sent his
igh school football charges thru
nother lengthy session today with,
pecial emphasis on the team's
efensive game.
The line, hardest hit by last
'ear’s graduation, shapes af. witn
Vordest Felts, a tackle last sea
on and Frank and Robert John
on battling for the end posts,
lubert Lowder, Payne Harris and
Silly Nixon, in the tackle slot
cramble* Jabo Hale, Lewis Ivey,
•’red Etheridge and Russell John
on, out for the guard positions
md Kenny Mizelle at center.
Although that’s quite a sample
if the material on deck, others
>f equal promise are coming along
inder the tutelage of the coaching
taff.
In the backfield, prospects look
ery rosy at this stage of the
;ame with an all veteran crew
eturning. There's Walter Myrick
x iunoaca, cam wooa ai wmg
ack, David Cox, blocking and
iano-legged O. B. Crumpler in
he tailback position.
For reserve in the backfield
/hile this combination has been
rorking out there is Vance Stew
.rt whose punting and passing
ibility is commendable and who
ounts one year of regular ser
ice with the varsity and who.
vith a few breaks, could become
he most valuable man in the
lecondary.
Opening scrimmage sessions are
cheduled for next week since
leavy equipment was issued only
Wednesday.
One of the biggest Yellow Jack
it problems, other than that of in
ixperienced linemen, is how to fill
he quarterback role. Finding an
ible signal-caller has been quit.'
i problem for Coach "Rock” since
lis first season here.
The Jackets launch their confer
»nce card in Washington on Sep
ember 26. With only three home i
james on the schedule at te mo
nent, Venters is seeking another
>pponent for September 19th.
May 23. and took him from his
cell. Bush, however, could not
identify the other two men who
entered the jail, or any of the men
who waited in cars outside the
jail.
Under a State statute. Cunning
ham could not be forced to take
the stand to testify against his al
leged conspirators. Had the state
forced Cunningham to the stand
to testify against the other men,
he would have automatically been
pardoned for any part he played
in the incident.
The sta.te placed four FBI men,
Godwin Bush, Jailer A. W. Ed
wards and Mrs. Edwards, and sev
eral other lesser witnesses on the
stand, but from none of them
was the State able to gather a
shred of evidence against any man
except Cunningham.
When Jailer Edwards was led
into the court room, Judge Friz
zelle told him, "You had custody
of those prisoners and your ob
ligation to the State and to the
laws of the land required you to
do far more than you did to pro
tect them. I could not leave this
court room with my self respect
intact if I did not call upon you
And in releasing the six alleged
accomplices of Cunningham, Judge
FYizzelle said: "There is no doubt
in the mind of any lawyer here
today - or in the minds of most
laymen here - but that the only
reason you are allowed to go free
is because of the incompetence of
the defendant Cunningham’s
statement as concerns you.
. . the presentation of testi
mony here today is calculated to
impress upon the people the
efficiency and the majesty of the
law. There is — there never will
be - any justification in the peo
ple's taking the law into their own
hands."
With that, the six freed men
left the court room. Cunningham
and "Edwardcs waited quietly for a
moment, while bond of $5,(£/& enw,
was arranged. Then they left.
The seven men were defended
by Buxton Weaver of Rich Square,
and Archie Gay and Buxton Mid
yette of Jackson. Solicitor Ernest
Tyler of Roxobel represented the
State.
The six men who were freed in
Tuesday’s action were: Robert
Vann, pickle plant operator; Rus
sell Bryant, filling station opera
tor; Linwood and Gilbert Bryant,
brothers, carpenters; Glenn Col
lier, barber; and W. G. Cooper,
lunch stand operator.
Revival Begins
New Hope Church
Sunday, Sept. 7
The annual revival will begin in
New Hope Methodist Church, Sun
day, September 7th, according to
an announcement by its pastor,
the Reverend John T. Maides.
Sunday services are as follows:
Church School at 10:30 a. m.,
Divine Worship at 11:00 a. m., and
lunch at the Church following this
morning service. Afternoon ser
vices are scheduled to begin at
2:30 p. m., with the Reverend
William M. Howard, Jr., of the!
Bethel Methodist Church, Bethel.
N. C., preaching. The Reverend
Mr. Howard will be the guest
preacher for the revival. He was
formerly the pastor of the West
Halifax Methodist charge.
Beginning on September 8th, at
8:00 p. m., there will be evening
services each night through Sept
ember 12th.
The Local Week...
LOCAL MAN HONORED
L. I. Cobb, 809 Jackson St., a
3ales representative for the Davey
Free Expert Co., in Alabama and
Western Florida, was recently
honored for completion of 15 years
3ervice with the company.
Along with a commendation from
Martin L. Davey, Jr., youthful
president of the company, Cobb
received a service pin in yellow
gold.
Cobb, who is unmarried, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cobb
of the Jackson Street address. He
served during the war as an AAF
staff sergeant. He is a member of
Widows Son Lodge No. 519. A F.
and A. M.
REVIVAL BEGINS
A revival at Harris Chapel Bap
tist Church near Hollister begins
Sunday, September 7th, according
to the Rev. Crate Jones, pastor.
Services wil be held at 11 o'clock
in the morning and two o’clock
Sunday afternoon, and during the
«Mk from Mondty through Fri
dty at tight p, m.
Guest preacher will be the Rev.
E. G. Willis.
MACHINE CASE CONTINUED
A case scheduled for hearing in
Mayor’s Court Monday on a
charge of possession of illegal
coin-operated machines was con
tinued until next Monday on mo
tion of counsel.
GUEST PREACHER
The Rev. Lee Pridgen, associac
ional missionary for the Tar River
Association, will preach at Quankie
Baptist Church near Roanoke Rap
ids Sunday, September 7th at 11
a. m., in the absence of the pastor,
Rev. E. W. Greene4 who is hold
ing a revival in Indiana.
ATTEND STATE MEET
Bruce Camp, asistant fire chief
and Rufus Britton will attend th<
60th annual convention of th<
North Carolina State Fireman’:
Association which begins at At
lantlc Beach next Monday. Mon
than 100 delegate! are expected it
attend the tour day meet
Teague Fined $25, Costs;
Other Defendants Freed In
County Recorder’s Court
Defense Calls
75 Character
Witnesses In
All Day Trial
One former state highway pa
trolman, C. L. Teague, was found
guilty of simple assault and fined
$25 and costs; and two others, A.
F. Fields and John W. Wilson, in
company with Littleton police
chief, R. D. Jenkins, were freed,
in Recorder’s Court in Halifax
Tuesday after a nearly all-day
hearing on charges of assault
with a deadly weapon in connec
tion with the whipping of a re
captured convict August 21.
Bringing out in his closing argu
ment that the affair had been
grossly exaggerated to the public,
State Senator Julian Allsbrook,
of Roanoke Rapids* who, with
his fellow townsman, Winfield
Crew, led the defense legal staff,
said he had seen persons enter
the courtroom Tuesday morning
bitterly prejudiced against the de
fendants and who were then pre
paring to leave satisfied that jus
tice would be done if Teague wen
found guilty only of simple as
sault, and the other three me.i
freed, after hearing the eviden; 2
presented.
In so doing, he renewed the
plea that the defense attempted ; 2 4
enter at the beginning of the case
but which was rejected by county
solicitor J. Wade Dickens, i.e. that
Teague was guilty of simple a. -
sault in which no deadly weap
on was used and from which 10
serious injuries resulted; and that
the other men were not guilty.
Dickens, who presented the
state’s case ably, using every
shred of state’s evidence available,
said the state could not accept
that plea.
Convict Claude Grogory spent
approximately two hours on the
stand under examination by Dieu
vns and *8ross-cxamin VpV by Ah's- /\
The defense began its presen t.i
tion of the case bv calling about
75 character witnesses from Mad
ison, Kenley, Greenville and all
parts of Halifax County.
The verdict came shortly after
stafc. 'Z'lVirJi*. an^friends of the v
former patrol col’pTJral' inn
ately paid the fine levied by Re
corder’s Court Judge Charles R.
Daniel.
Negro Jailed;
Bond Set $5,000
In Hit-Run Case
McColey Hawkins, 25-yea r-o:J
Negro who lives near Littleton on
the Littleton-Aurelian Springs
road, was arrested Monday after
noon on charges of hit and run
driving and placed in Halifax
County jail in default of $5,000
bond.
The arrest was made in connec
tion with an accident Sunday night
about three miles from Roanoke
Rapids on the Weldon highway in
which W. B. Ormond, 26-year-old
white resident of Roanoke Rapids
had his arm torn off when a true*
sioeswiped the automobile he was
driving.
The accident happened about
9:30 Sunday night and the truck,
which was headed toward Roanoke
Rapids, continued on its way with
out stopping while the automobile,
heading toward Weldon, came to
a stop about 50 yards from the
highway in a field.
The other occupants of the au
tomobile were .listed as: Thurston
Bland, of Weldon, and Emory
Eland, of Roanoke Rapids ani
they were reported not to have
teen injured in the accident.
Ormond, although considerably
weakened by loss of blood and in
a critical condition, was reported
to be resting comfortably by of
ficials of Roanoke Rapids Hospi
tal last night.
Probe Continues Into
Alleged Slapping Of
Gregory’s Companion
State authorities, including
prison officials are continuing
their investigation into th»
slapping of convict Marion K.
Williams by a man identified
by eye-witnesses as John F.
Delbridge, former superinten
dent of the Martin County
prison camp.
Delbridge, who resigned Fri
day, August 29, after serving
two years as camp superin
tendent in WHliamston, was
among the spectators at the
trial In Halifax Tuesday of the
three patrolmen and one po
lice officer charged with as
saulting Claude Gregory, Wfl
Carpenters, Painters, Cage Stars,
Boxers, Truck Drivers; The Jays
Spread Coast to Coast in Off-Time
By WILEY WARREN
More than half of the eighteen
members of the Roanoke Rapids
Jays who will be honored tonight
in Players’ Appreciation Night
ceremonies at Simmons Park have
expressed a desire to remain in
the c'lty this winter if off-season
employment can be found.
Three have already planned to
make their homes here.
Merle Blackwell, who’ll confine
his talents mostly to painting* will
make his home just outside the
city in Homertown.
Stu Martin, who now resides in
Severn, would like to bring his
family here if housing arrange
ments can be completed. The Jays’
skipper revealed that he would
like to become situated as early as
possible in order that his kids
night attend school here.
Ray "Rochester" Skelton wants
;o bring his family here from
Pel City. Alabama. Skelton is
scheduled to work with Ike Ro
chelle, although the nature of his
iuties was not disclosed.
Lanky Leroy Carlton hasn’t de
cided as yet what he wants to do
luring off-season. Carlton is a
Durham native and may play pro
e.isional basketball with the Cleve
and Rebels.
The elongated pitcher recently
itated ‘‘Sure, I'd like to stay here.
Don't suppose you could find me
I $75 a week job; do you?”
Outfielder Jim Meyer, who hails
cram the far-away state of Wasti
ng ton says that he’s a truck
iiiver and wouldn't be averse I ■ >
langing his hat here this winter.
In Norfolk. Paul Stalls and his
'ather will operate a service sta
cion. “Yep. Pop will fix the flats
ind I'll work the cash register,"
Stalls explained.
The veteran pitcher A1 Kimmel
disclosed that he would probably
referee football and basketball
games around Washington, D. C.
Backstop John Pavlieh will prob
ably return to Joliet, Illinois,
where he would like to get a job
as a radio control tower operator
Glenn Titus, originally a Penn
sylvania product has revealed that
he plants to do some carpentry
work in Durham.
Lefty Louis Knorek announced
he would return to his Elizabeth.
New Jersey, home and resume his
"drafting" studies.
First sacker "Gashouse" Parke,
has no outlined plans and will
probably take life easy at his
home in LaGrange, Ga.
Val Gonzales, the club's lead
ing hitter for the year, hasn’*
mapped his plans for the winter.
"Vinnie,” as folks around his
home town of Newark, N. J., call
him, will start thee season with
Norfolk next spring.
Another Jay, Bill John, has al
ready left to join the Tars. John
is eyeing a repairman's job at the
steel mills in Bethel, Pa., this win
:er.
Frank Toth, who claims to be
1 fighter, says he'll earn his
uvay-from-baseball money in the
•ing in Detroit, Michigan.
Joe Trentalange and Pete Mes
sina, both natives of Staten Is
and. New York, haven't any
ipecific plans. Messina, another
>asketball star, may also accept
in offer from professional cage
anks while Trentalenge may voy
ige to Panama for some more
>aseball.
Weldon’s W. J. Boseman will,
continue his job of hauling pulp
.vood until next season rolls
j round.
Red Rudden says he’s going to
lave a whale of a time loafing
around Baltimore.
They may not be the best ball
club in the country, but as for
hustle and that determined will
to-win, they’re tops in practically
every CPL fan’s book. What's
more,. they’re going to win that
pinnant nehl
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Veterans Line Up At Banks Here
To Cash in Their 'Leave' Bonds
Two Littleton Women
Arrested Friday
.Mrs. Frances (oilier and
Mrs. Lillian Keeter, of Little
ton, posted bond of $200 each
Friday afternoon after having
been arrested and charged
with shoplifting on complaint
of a local dry goods store man
ager that they "lifted” $10
worth of shirts the previous
day and appropriated them for
their own use.
Scheduled to have been
heard in Mayor's Court Mon
day, the case was continued
until this coming Monday.
Airport Hearing
Set October 6th
A public hearing for the purpose
of "airing” the argument whether
or not the Halifax County Airport
ic to be completed has been sched
uled for Monday. October 6, in the
County Board of Commissioners'
office.
This action concerning the air
port was taken Tuesday at a meet
ing of the board when J. R.
Wrenn offered a motion to com-!
plete the airport. Wrenn's action
found immediate opposition in
Commissioners Sheilds Alexander
of Scotland Neck and J. B. Davis
of Enfield. Commissioner Mitchell
supported Wrenn and a tie vote
on the question resulted. Chair
man Dickens told the board "that
rather than kill the project it
would only be fair to those favor
ing it to be heard, therefore he
set the date for the public hearing.
As the matter now stands the
federal government has allocated
$75,000 for the construction of an
airport, provided that amount is
matched by the county. Engineer
ing expenses totalling $5,000 has
already been incurred which would
be a total loss if the airport fails.
At a previous meeting of the
board the project was unanimous
ly approved. Since then, however.
Commissioner Johnson has resign
ed and Commissioner Alexander
was named to fill the vacancy.
Army Veterans
May Get Medals
Array World War II veterans of
Halifax, Warren and Northampton
Counties who have been authorized
by the War Department to weai
the Victory Medal may obtain th»
medal at the Army Recruiting Sta
tion, State Guard Armory, Roa
noke Rapids, N. C., upon presen
tation of their discharge certift
cates or similar papers bearin*
the required authorization, it wa:
announced today by M/Sgt. Rob
! ert M. DeYoung, commanding of
i floor of the local Recruiting 8ta
tlon.
Vet Karts, of World War II, hold
ing their terminal ieiwe bonds m
their hands, “lined up" in frvat of
the three local banks Tuesday
morning, some as early as eight
o'clock, waiting to convert the
bonds into cash.
Each of the banks experienced
the busiest day in many years,
jue to the long week-end holiday,
which caused heavy business
?.mong their normal customers on
ruesday, coupled with the work of
fashing the bonds. It was "almost
impossible," said one bank official
:o take care of our regular cus
:omers and give time to the ser
i/icemen." However, "the rush"
slowed down considerably Wed
nesday morning, but a busy week
>nd is anticipated when many of
the former service men who live
in the rural sections of the coun
ty come in to either deposit or
cash their bonds.
Figures given out this morning
by bank officials here show that
a total of $101,000 in cash had
been passed out to the holders of
the bonds up until noon Wednes
day.
Tuesday, of course, was the
busiest day. the three banks cash
ing a total of $75,000 worth of the
securities. The bonds averaged
about $240 each, said one banker.
Some of the men deposited them
to their accounts, but as a gen
eral rule, the most of them took
the cash in greenbacks and went
out of the banks to either pay bills
or nave a gooa time.
Individual transactions at the
three banks were:
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company handled $25,000 worth of
the bonds Tuesday and $5,000 Wed
nesday, making a total of $30,000.
The Roanoke Bank and Trust
Company (Rosemary Branch) cash
ed about $25,000 Tuesday and by
noon Wednesday the total reached
$31,000.
At the Roanoke Bank and Trust
Company in "downtown" Roanoke
Rapids, $25,000 was handed out for
the bonds Tuesday and reached a
total of $40,000 Wednesday.
The effect of cashing the bonds
was immediately felt in many of
the stores in the City. At one place
the manager commented: "I
haven’t seen as many $100 and $50
bills in many years: It was like
Christmas with us.”
Other merchants reported brisk
buying and paying of bills.
None Injured Tuesday
In Airplane Mishap
No one was injured Tuesday
morning when a plane owned and
piloted by Fred Hoyle, of Enfield,
brushed into some trees at the
; Roanoke Rapids Country Club In
making a routine landing.
The plane, which was a Piper
■ Trainer, was occupied by Hoyle
and «w»e other occupant