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Roanoke r Ramblings jLwVKHWHI* ***** /Wynn*** County Commissioner Meade Mitchell of Weldon has beer singularly honored by the State ! Association of County Commis sioners in having been appoint cd a director of this district. He has been making plans for e meeting of all commissioners ir |f the 19-county district to be helc at Elizabeth City the 25th of this month. . . Troop 141 of the Bo> Scouts won the Scouts Basket ball Tournament here last week Scout Director George Browr says “all credit for the success of the tournament goes to By ron Gurley, tournament director to Coach Venters, Coach Cagle, the scoutmasters of the various troops and the excellent refer ^ ees.” Brown praised the enthus iasm of the boys in the tourna ment.Another big tournamenl is underway here as the Halifax County Tournament got started Tuesday. Weldon’s hot Torna does seem to have an inside edge on the title...If you don’t get to see the Kiwanis Club's Minstrel Show tonight, you can go tomorrow night and get in on r the fun. From all reports w they’ve got one of the best ama teur shows in this part of the country. . . Coach Cranford Hoyle’s Yellow Jackets baseball squad opens its season Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 out at Sim mons Park. They had a very good nine last year and will probably give their opponents quite a tussle this season also... imniiiR' mci i in was uftn ailing ■ a bit, but getting along a little v better this week. He sprained his back recently...Buster Seay is really interested in the wel fare of the younger generation here in Roanoke Rapids, as are many more of our citizens. . hey’re working on a plan to help them immensely...That po lice FBI school began here yes terday. . . speaking of police— here’s two stories that came in ^ almost on the deadline...A 1938 Chevrolet coach was taken last night at about 11:20. It was re covered at 11:45. Arrested this morning at 7:30 in the case was an 18 year old white resident of Roanoke Rapids, identified by police as Hugh Kincaid, Jr. The arrest was made by police of ficers C. R. Green, C. L. Allen and Harvey Kellett and Green said the youth admitted having taken the car...Last night also, someone broke into the Economy Grocery store in downtown Roanoke Rapids. Po lice are investigating, but say the culprits didn't make off with very much... For the ladies again-the number of ty»e Roa noke Beauty Shop as 402-1. Pvt. Wm. L. Reid f, Now in Germany Pvt. William L. Reid, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Reid, 1514 B street, i s now in Germany where he is attending a radio operator’s school in Frankfurt. His address is: Pvt. William L. Reid, 14247952, hq. ASA, Europe, APO 757, care Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Pre-Easter Services In Local Churches Following is the schedule of services which will be held pre Easter week, March 22 through March 26. The Rosemary Bap tist and. First Methodist will be host churches. The services will be from 5:15 to 5.'40 and will not . exceed *25 minutes-- 10 min ' utes for worship and 15 minutes for the message. A team of two ministers will be in each church, one leading the worship service and the other delivering the sermon. At Rosemary Baptist: Mon day, Revs. Floyd Boger and W. R. Stevens; Tuesday, Revs. J. R. Edwards and Gordon L. Price; Wednesday, Revs. Ed i,\mund Berkeley and John T. ^Maides; Thursday, Revs. Mar shall White-Hurst and Jerome Hodges; Friday, Revs. John Langston and John M. Walker. At First Methodist: Revs. Jerome Hodges and Marshall White-Hurst; Tuesday, Revs. John Walker and John Lang ston; Wednesday, Revs. W. R. Stevens and Floyd Boger; Thursday, Revs. Gordon Price jj*md J. R. Edwards: Friday Revs. John T. Maides and Ed mund Berkeley. Two Men Released; Others Bound Over On Lottery Charges Two men, Levi Jones and John Haislip, cited recently by ,^local police on charges that they ^*‘did wilfully and unlawfully operate a lottery by engaging in a game of chance” were bound over to Recorder’s Court, April first session in Mayor’s Court Monday, March 8th. In the cases of two either men, Sam Jones and Jack Bell, a nolle pros was recorded by Mayor W. B. Allsbrook. fWarren Bush Member Square, Compass Club Warren Bush, a junior at Wake Forest College, is a charter member of the newly organised Square and" Compass Club. President of the new or ganization la Alex Bonner of Raleigh. The club if compoged of IImaanHii on tht a ampul» ► , Senior Chorus Wins Honor Rating I Pictured here from left to right are: First row: Vivian Haggins. Joyce Ann Hall, Faye Kidd, Pauline Proctor, Mary Alice Daniels, Anne Wood, Miss Katherine Dunlap, Mr. George Baird, Virginia Scott, Hazel Jones, Sue Thompson, Dorothy Cornell, Anne Bunn. Margaret Oulland. GladXs Draper. Joyce Lewis. Josie Johnson. Jean Sheffield, Judith Parker, Delores Sheffield, Joann Black, Carolyn Chambliss, Josephine Hux, Bobbie Fisher, Ann Grizzard, Sue Bngman, Geraldine Lewis. Third row: Margare t Hunnings, Joyce Oliver, Mary Hurst, Nadine Vick, Tha Jane Moore, Helen Joyner, Jewel Mitchell, Clyde Waters, Vance Collins, Max Rodgers, Edward Harper, Rachel Britt, Lucy Murfee. Not pictured here are: Herbert Moore. Gene Waters, Roy Rawls, Lewis Ivey, Wilson Epperson, Gene Rawlings, Edward Fanny, Sonny Hines. Noah Sadler, Mahlan Epps, Ruby Futrell, Erlene Keeler, Josie Ellis, O. B. Crumpler, Billy White. Jer ry Kidd, Jesse Edwards, Billy Murry. - , *- . I he ratings won at the Raleigh District Contest Saturday, March 13 by Roanoke Rapids High School vocalists were: Junior High School Chorus was highly praised for their splendid per formance, however, they were not eligible for a rating due to an error in registration. Mixed quartet composed of Neal Allsbrook, Margaret Out land. Roy Rawls, and Vance Col lins received honor rating 2. So prano soloist, Mary Speight, honor rating 3. The Junior High School Chorus was composed of: First Sopran os: Shirley Baggett, Gwendolyn Bennett. Barbara Boyd, Doris Ann Whitby. Thelma Britton, Pattie Ann Mitchell. Edith Lynch. Derlie James. Peggy Beal. Betty Carol Pair. Jeanette Faison. Linda Anderson. Jose phine Harris, Betty Deloatch, Esther Thomas, Betty Pullen, Margaret Page, Joan Hancock, June Ann Johnson. Connie Holli day. Peggy Hyx. Grady McNeil. Shirley Jordan. Joan Bailey. Thelma Tudor, Irma Jean Story. Gertrude Lev^is. Christine Justice and Marlene Edwards. Second Sopranos: Betty Brid ges, Nancv- Carras, Patricia •Cooper, Jeanette .‘Goodfellow, Shirley O’dell. Shirley Ray, Hel en Newsom, Sylvia Cullins, Betl.v Jean Ivey, Iris Sullivan, Mary Katherine Hatchell, Betty Wii «in F:ivn .Tntincnn nnH Rnnnv Stadler. Altos: Nancy Gantt. Peggy Al len. Mary Foster Elting. Barbara Clary, Betty Jordan. Eddie An derson. Loretta Stainback, Nancy Brown. Jane Black, Joy Bowman. Marion Brown, Dorothy Cooper, Marshall Thomason, Bobby Mc Neil. Dicky Smith. Charles Park er. Bill Bunting, Frankie Mount ford. Gene Rawls, Ronnie Babb, and Jackie Spencer. The adjudicators for the con test were Earl Slocum and Paul Young, both of the Univer sity of North Carolina, Earl Bone, Duke University; Thane McDonald. Wake Forest; John Holliday, Queens; Stuart Pratt. Meredith; and James Pfohl, Dav idson. The Senior High School Chorus is eligible to enter the State Music Contest finals in Greensboro. There were ninety-seven en tries scheduled for Saturday, March 13. from the following schools: Needham Broughton and Hugh Morrison of Raleigh; Ox ford, Nashville, Pinehurst, Roa noke Rapids, Roxboro, Franklin ton. Franklin. Wilton, John Nichols, Smithfield, Knightdale. Carr Junior High, Roanole Rap ids Junior High, E. K. Powe. Roxboro. Oxford. Kenly, Fremont Nashville. Southern Pines, Golds boro. Norlina, Chapel Hill, Dur ham and West1 End. Each soloist, or group receiv ed a rating according to the de gree of excellence atained in performance as determined by the adjudicator. The system is as luuuvvh. nunui rvuiui^ i—JEUxeei* lent, Honor Rating 2 — Very Good, Honor Rating 3—Good, Honor Rating 4—Average, Honor Rating 5—Below Average. The ratings won at the Rale igh District Contest, Friday, March 12, by Roanoke Rapids High School instrumentalists were: Twirler—Jean Johnson honor rating 1; flute solo—Kath leen Lahey, honor rating 2; trumpet trio composed of Vance Collins, Herbert Moore and Gene Waters, honor rating 3; brass sextet composed of Vance Collins, Gene Waters, Bobby Watson, Roy Rawls, Jerry Kidd, and Lewis Ivey, honor rating 3^ and a clarinet trio composed of Payne Harris, Vivian Haggins and Patricia Topping, honor rating 4. REV. HADEN TO PREACH Rev. Clarence Haden, rector of St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church of Durham will be the Lenten i day night. The service will begin at eight o'clock. Friday afternoon,, the ehU* dren’a Lenten service wiU tig b»W at S:S0 in th« church. Balloting Results Results of the balloting held last Friday 'ht Roanoke Mill No. 1 under supervision of the NLRB, were as follows: For the union, 428; against the union, 309; challenged, 9; void, 2. Total ballots counted, 737. Methodist Conference Meeting at Goldsboro The North Carolina Methodist Conference of Womens Society of Christian Service is holding its meeting in Goldsboro this week at St. Paul Methodist Church. Mrs. Gurney P. Hood, the former Marion Stevens whose marriage to the commis sioner of banks for the State took place in St. Paul Church, will preside. Attending this meeting from Roanoke Rapids are—Miss Es telle Daniel and Mrs. D. L. Wheeler from the First Methodist Church and Mrs. Lil lian Batton Kinker from the Rosemary Methodist Church. Barbecue Supper For Alumni Association Alumni Association of Wake Forest College will stage a “get together” at the Country Club Friday night, March 26, fea tured by a chicken barbecue supper. Dr. Eugene Olive, director of alumni activities at Wake Forest, will be the guest speaker, Jim Weaver, director of athletics at the college will also attend. The association has about 350 members in the two counties and a large crowd is expected to attend the event. JOYNER IN KOREA Bupyong. Korea (delayed) — T-4 Noah Joyner. Jr., a Little ton, N. C. man is at present serving with the U. S. Army in Korea as a member of the 61st Ordnance Group, Provisional Guard Detachment in Bupyong, Korea. The Provisional Guard De tachment has the important as signment of guarding the Ord nance Installations in the Ascom-Inchon area of Korea, where many vital supplies are stored for the U. S. Occupatiohal program in Korea. Sgt. Joyner is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Noah Joyner, of Little ton, N. C. He served his coun try during the war years with the Navy in both the European and Pacific Theatres. In 1946 he joined the Army and came to Korea in March, 1947. Rochelle Under $200 Bond Following Sunday Night Auto Accidents I. F. Rochelle of Roanoke Ranids was arrested Sundav night shortly after eight o’clock on charges of driving while drunk, it was reported Tuesday by a member of the Halifax County sheriff’s department who, in conjunction with city po lice, made the arrest. A hearing has been set for next Monday night before Magi strate W. O. Thompson and Rochelle is free under $200 bond, he said. According to investigating of ficers, a car driven by Rochelle ran into two other automobiles. The first accident, they said, oc curred in South Rosemary and the second at Roanoke Junction. Donald M. Higgins Is at Keesler Field Pfc. Donald M. Higgins, neph ew of Mrs. J. M. Taylor, 427 Jef ferson Street, has reported to Keesler Field, Mississippi, train ing in the Airplane and Engine Mechanics School located there. A yearly weeding out ot worn out kitchen utensils, and other odds and ends, will get rid ot dust collectors, savs extra work and valuable stows ttwa Remodeling Completed At School Remodeling of the Roanoke Rapids High School auditorium was completed last Friday. The remodeling, done under the direction of Henderson architect Eric Flannagan, con sisted of the erection of a material known as “acoustone”, a sound-proofing material made of gypsum. The work was done by the Bonitz Insulation Company of Greensboro and as a result, the auditorium will be better in sulated, sound effects will be improved and appearance and lighting effect will also be im proved. The acoustone was suspended Qn all metal suspension system so that it comes below the steel trusses. The underside of the balcony and over the balcony was done over with the same material, which was ^mpntejL directly to the plaster with ? special cement. . MRS. SUSAN ROBERTSON Williamston.—Mrs. Susan El lison Robertson, 86, died at her home on South Watts Street here Monday morning at 10:35 o’clock. Her condition had been critical for about a week. Eight of her nine children were at the bedside when she died. The; daughter of the late James Henry and Charlotte Hatton El- J lison, she was born in William-1 ston on June 3, 1862, and with) the exception of about two years spent on a farm near William-1 ston, she lived all her life within a few yards of her birthplace. She was married on October 12, 1881, to Joseph Lawrence Rob ertson, who died on April 1, 1924. flfrrs. Robertson, affectionately known by four generations as “Miss Sudie” was the mother of 18 children. She was thought to have been the oldest native of the town and was the oldest member of the Methodist Church where she held member ship since Wr childhood. Sur viving are five sons, Eli Robert son of Owensboro, Ky., James H. Robertson of Washington, N. C., Charlie A. Robertson of Greenville, Roland A. Robertson of Suffolk, Va., and Fitzhugh L. Robertson of Miami, Fla.; four daughters, Mrs. J. Owen Bowen of Miami, Mrs. Julian C. Ander son of Williamston, Mrs. W. H. Booker of Plymouth and Mrs. Jesse W. Harrel of Roanoke Rapids; two sisters, Mrs. H. H. Pope of Robersonville and Mrs. J. Gus Goddard of Dunn; one brother, John R. Ellison of Suf folk, Va.; 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Fu neral services were conduct ed at the home Tuesday after noon at 4 o’clock by the Rev. B. T. Hurley, her former pastor, of Stantonsburg, and the Rev. E. R. Shuller, her pastor. Inter ment was in the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery here. • _ A large market basket pro vides a handy container in which to keep cleaning supplies. Soap powder, polishes, cleaning cloths, small brushes, and other articles are conveniently stored in one place. Meters Start In Operation Tomorrow Low Airport Bids Are Announced A Roanoke Rapids firm was low bidder for lighting of the new Halifax County airport this week as the board of county commissioners opened bids. The bids were opened in the presence of Chairman D. G. Dickens and other members of the board and consulting engin eer Philip D. Freeman of Nor folk,Va . and low bids were post ed as: Airport lighting, lowest of sev en bids, Fitts-Crumpler Electric Company of Roanoke Rapids, $18,291.76; site preparation, low est of 13 bids, Rea Construction Company of Charlotte, $78,292. 25; seeding and sprigging, low est of six bids, E. H. Hines Con struction Company of Green wood, S. C., $12,565. District Airport Engineer Joseph Norwood and his assist ant, B. A. Waldenmaier of the 1 CAA airport branch, Wilming- i ton, said all three bids were be- « low engineers’ estimates. Awarding of contracts must ■ await approval by both the : county commissioners and the 1 CAA. Purdy Leaving Colonial Ice Co. ( Raymond B. Purdy, connect- . ed with the Colonial Ice Com pany for 24 years, has resigned ' his position, effective about June 15. Mr. Purdy, who is well I known to the people of Halifax and Northampton counties, will enter the coal and oil business for himself as soon after leaving ■ his present position as possible. Lions Club Annual Ladies Night Banquet With about 140 “roaring Lions” and their “Lionesses” in attendance the Roanoke Rapids Lions Club staged its annual ^dies’ night banquet in the High School cafeteria Tuesday evening. The tables were beautifully I decorated with flowers by Sand lin and a delicious turkey dinner was served under the super vision of Mrs. Frank R. ( Thomas, high school lunchroom supervisor. ^ Toastmaster for the occasion J was Zeb Denny: song leader ^ was Ted Speight, and Rev. Ed- ( mund Berkeley gave the invoca- ^ tion. Joe Talley rendered the' J welcome to the ladies, and Ed I ' Knott introduced Cullen Johnson' 1 of Raleigh, who entertained the | ^ crowd with “Capers by Cullen.” 1 Afterwards a dance was given ^ at the Countrv Club. _;_i Children's Play To Be Presented At High School - i Advanced theories in the field of mental suggestion can be at- i tributed to Johanna Spyri, ( author of “Heidi” which will be « presented as a stage play by the c famous Clare Tree Major Chil- { dren’s Theatre of New York at the High School Auditorium next v Wed., March 24, at 2:00 P. M. t As performed by the adult i professional actors of the Clare [ Tree Major company, the story ^ of the skipping “Heidi” never < fails to delight its youthful audience. The production is } being sponsored here by the ^ Roanoke Rapids Branch of the , Association for Childhood Edu- * cation. Although the juvenile classic ^ was written in 1881, when event > the word “psychology” was but] 1 a figment of lexicographer’s * imaginations, it is evident that $ the author of the famed juvenile ( classic was something of a psy- ] chologist even by modern stand- i ards. It is certain that she was * keenly aware of the powerful in fluence which love, hate, and en- < vironment exercise upon the * mental and physical well-bring ' of young and old alike. 1 Like all great juvenile stories, s “Heidi” is not, however, merely I a moral object lesson, but ar '<■ entertaining series of exciting 1 episodes which children will ne ver cease loving. 1 Mason Scott, Negro, Dies From Injuries Mason Scott, negro man, died last Monday afternoon in Roa loke Rapids Hospital, where he was taken for treatment for wounds, after being hit on the \ lead three times with a stick of wood said to have been weilded ly Mable Evans, negro woman, j rhe trouble occurred Sunday i light about 9 o’clock near ! jarysburg in Northampton j :ounty. Gaston Constable John Dixon md Halifax county Deputy i sheriff A. J. Brigman in- j restigated the affair and arrest ed the Evans woman about 1 I (’clock Monday morning. Ac cording to the officers, the voman said she had been the :ommon la\fcr wife of Scott for ome time and had given birth o two children by him. She was lodged in the North impton county jail to await learing on the charges. Contracts Let For Paving City Streets Bids on the city’s street pav ing project were opened last J; Thursday afternoon at the 1 clerk’s office in the Municipal J Building and contracts were let as follows: Contract for storm sewer con- * struction—to William F. Bowe ‘ Co. of Augusta. Georgia. Curb and gutter construction ' contract—to F. D. Cline Con struction Co. of Raleigh. | Bituminous surface treatment ; contract—to S^m Finley., Inc., of J Roanoke. Virginia. HOSPITAL NEWS _ l Out of town patients in Roan- 1 oke Rapids Hospital— Mrs. Cecil Allen. Emporia, 1 Mrs. J. R. Conway, Mrs. Ridley ( Brown. Wood, E. C. Davis, k Branchville, Mrs. J. F. Draper, Conway, Mrs. G. J. Harrup, f Boykin, Va., P. W. Harris, c Littleton, D. E. Hedgepeth, Con- ^ way, Peter Luther Casper, Em- £ poria, Miss Virginia Martin, n Conwray, Mrs. C. F. Ogletree, Enfield. J. T. Reid, Littleton, £ H. C. Triplett, Seaboard, Mrs. ^ James Wright, Littleton, Mrs. » TTHcrm- On me Rir-V. Qmiaro \ o JAMES E. MYRICK, USN j Midshipman James E. My- I rick, USN, son of Walter B. My rick of Littleton, N. C., has vi sted the U. S. Military Acade- t my at West Point, N. Y. t While the Annapolis midship- C men were at West Point, 69 cad- l ets visited the U. S. Naval Acad- C emy, Annapolis, Md. This is one of six exchange visits scheduled c for the midshipmen and cadets, e The visits have been sched- r uled by the superintendents of c the two academies to maintain a high degree of understanding 1 between the services and to pro- t vide an opportunity for the de- t velopment of friendships. r Whit Newsome Held p OnHit-Run Charge; ' Bond Set at $1200 J A Roanoke Rapids resident * identified by local police as Whit ‘ Newsom, is being held in Hali- t fax County jail in default of r $1200 bond this week on charges £ of assault with a deadly weapon ^ with intent to kill and causing t injury, driving while drunk and q hit and run driving. Police said Newsom was halt- J ed at about 7:30 Saturday night j. by police officer T. L. Glosson j. who told him to move over in _ the ty*ont seat. Instead of doing e so, Glosson said, the man step- j. ped on the accelerator and sped ^ away, throwing Glosson to the “ pavement. e The local officer deputized J Malcolm Smith to aid him in ( the chase and the man was ap- . prehended near the Information j Service Station, 10 miles west of the city, shortly afterward, the j police department said. i According to police, Newsom will face trial in Halifax County Superior Court which opens April 26th. To prevent pictures from marking the wall - When hang ing pictures, place a thumbtack on the back of,the pictures at each of the lower corners. This will hold the picture far enough from the wall so that it will not leave a mark. Picture re arrangement it thus permitted tram mr te gag* •••- ■ —... ...— High Point Graduate Mrs. William Bobbitt, Jr., who before her marriage was Miss Margaret Bennett of Roa noke Rapids, was graduated from High Point College in the winter graduating exer cises in late January, receiv ing the A. B. degree in Eng lish and Religious Education. Mrs Bobbitt was married at the end of her freshman year and continued her schoolwork. Later her husband was dis charged from the Army and joined her at college. He is a junior and plans to grad uate next January. They have a host of friends in this city. Scouts Will Have Boards off Review Sherod Crumpler, recently ap pointed advancement chairman for Boy Scouts, announced today that regular boards of review will be held at the Municipal Building the last Wednesday ni^ht in each month. The review j for March will be on the 31st! at 7 p m. All scoutmasters are urged to send a list of their Scouts who will appear for review at least three days in advance, giving the rank and merit for which they will be reviewed. \AA Office Closed Saturday Mornings The Halifax County AAA Of fice will no longer be open on Saturday mornings as in the past, C. L. Kelly, chairman of ;he Halifax County A.C.A com nittee, announced today. Em ployees of the association are low on a 40-hour work week pasis. The office will be open Vfonday through Friday from 1:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Pasture Management Revolutionized Here A revolution is taking place in he management of pastures in ;his county in the opinion of C. L. Kelly, Chairman of the falifax County Agricultural Conservation Committee. • “The most striking part of the :hange, he says, is that farm ers are finding that pastures ieed plant food, just as do other srops.” Mr. Kelly pointed out that in 1938 there were about 170,000 tons of fertilizer put on the pas tures of the country: in 1947 more than 785,000 tons were ap plied. That is an increase of 468 jercent. Figures on the amount :>f agricultural limestone applied to pastures show that about one ton out of every five applied under the Agricultural Con servation Program was put on pasture. In 1945 that amounted to over 4 million tons... A half million tons more than the lime applied to all crops the year be fore the Agricultural Conserva ion Program was started. The Chairman says, “The assistance available through the ACP Pro gram has been one of the most aelpful measures that we have aad in getting the pasture im provement part of the program established. Farmers find it lard to realize that pasture yields vary as much as any ather crop. Farmers can mea sure grains by numbers of bush els per acre, but only a careful observer has any idea of the amount of grass that a cow, horse, or hog eats in a pasture. “Pastures are one of the most important conservation crops. The lime and fertilizer increase the growth of both the grasses and legumes in pastures. The in creased growth holds the soil in place and increases its fertility and organic matter.” SEABOARD WOMAN WINS Mrs. Robert S. Vick of Sea board is, listed among 41 Nortl Carolina $6.00 prize winners ii the Pepsi-Cola ’Treasure Con teit.M Other North Carolina win tors are listed on P«ft 4 let fell IWMh T Parking meters will begin operation here tomorrow morn ing at eight o’clock, it was an nounced today by the police de partment. It was announced last week that the meters would soon be in operation and directions for their use were given. The department reminds that if you want to have your pennies register, put them in first, then follow them with nickles should you desire more than one hour’s parking time. A penny will entitle the motor ist to 12 minutes or less; two pennies, 24; three, 36 and four pennies, 48 minutes. For one hour’s parking, a nickle is re quired. The meter is fully automatic, having no knobs, handles or dials, and begins operation upon insertion of the money. operation Of Fish Hatchery To Continue A cooperative agreement be tween the United States and Wildlife Service and the Wild life Resources Commission for the operation of the Weldon Striped Bass Hatchery has now been approved. Clyde Patton, executive director of the Wild life Resources Commission, an nounces that the Fish and Wild life Service will provide a fish culturist who will be in charge of the station and who will supervise the hatching and care of the eggs. Equipment now owned by the Service will be used in the project. The State agrees to pay fishermen for the eggs received from raw fish caught in the river and brought to the hatchery, to pay for extra labor, supplies and materials, to maintain the property, and to assist in the distribution of the fry. The Wildlife Resources Commission discussed this co operative project at its last meeting in Raleigh on February Lt'. and <4-^ved- to continue the cooperative arrangement which has been in force heretofore. The Commission recognizes that the striped bass provides a great deal of sport as well as welcome food for large numbers of North Carolina citizens who live along the Roanoke River. It is expected that the hatchery will be in operation for approxi mately twenty-five days, begin ning with the first signs of the movements of the fish upstream sometime in April. JOHN W. DREWETTE John W. Drewette 54, died Fri day night in Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Funeral services were conducted from Bethel Church near Gumberry Sunday after noon by the Rev. B. Marshall White-Hurst, pastor of the Rose mary Baptist Church. Burial fo' lowed in the Church Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertie Drewette: two riauehters Mrs. Garland Taylor of Em poria, Va. and Mrs. J. W. Drew ette of Franklinton, Va.; two step sons Troy and Paige Allen of Roanoke Rapids; one sister Mrs. Minnie Barum of St. Petersburg, Fla.; five brothers Charlie and Tom Drewette of Pleasant Hill, Walter Drewette of Seaboard, Norman Drewette of Roanoke Rapids and George Drewette of Florida. BIRTHS Babies born in Roanoke Rap ids Hospital last week were: To—Mr. and Mrs. William Dickens, city, a girl March 15th. To—Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Evans, city a boy March 15th. To—Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mooney, city, a girl March 13th. To—Mr. and Mrs. Percy Mid gett, city a girl, March 14th. To—Mr. and Mrs. Parker Rowell, Gaston, a girl March 15th. To—Mr. & Mrs. Carl Taylor, Seaboard, a girl, March 9th. To—Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wade, city a boy March 13th. To—Mr. and Mrs. Percy Al len, city a girl March 10th. To—Mr. and Mrs. O. C. John son, city a boy March 13th. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith an nounce the birth of a son, David Allen, in Park View Hospital at Rocky Mount on February 22, 1948. Mrs. Smith is the former Miss Beaufort Knight of Enfield R. F. D. St. Patrick's P^arty ★ * * I hit ROANOKE RAPIDS * * * Wbat Roanoke Rapids Makes , t _ —Makes Roanoke Rapid* Hera,d aa““,ed XdyeItlemS 1 Gets Quick Results ir H 5ft _ . _ . A VOLUME XXXIII ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1948 NUMBER 20 Enfield Man Shoots Self Robert Harper, 50 year old white man, was found dead at his home in Enfield yesterday afternoon at about 3:30 by a 15 year old daughter; and Coroner Rufus Britton has ruled the death a suicide with no inquest necessary. Although there was no appar ent reason for the man’s action, Britton said his wife, an employ ee of the Enfield School cafe teria, told him her huibend had been suffering from a severe lot HYtril di^i, 'U —_.Ik,___ As he got ready to take the wife and their four children to school yesterday morning, he suddenly got out of the car and told them he did not feel like going. They went on and afterward, he apparently went back intc the house, got a .22 caliber rifle, undressed, laid down on the bed and shot himself, Britton said He was a mechanic at thi Anderson Oarage In Enfield and a long time resident of the om mwttjr.
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