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'WWW' What Roanoke Rapide Makes —Makes Roanoke Rapids ★ ★ ★ THE ROANOKE Growing With Carolineft Fasteit Growing City ! * * * 7 Herald Classified Advertising Gets Quick Result? it it, if VOLUME XXXIII ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1948 NUMBER 81 Γ"· ι virw I Roanoke i Ramblings Approximately 1,300 degrees were conferred on students in the University of North Caro lina, Chapel Hill, at final exer cises held last night. Secretary of State George C. Marshall was the featured speaker. Governor R. Gregg Cherry presented the diplomas and President Franu P. Graham gave a farewell mes sage to the graduates. Among the candidates for de grees were: Bachelor of Arts ^ Degree, Frances A. Lewis oi Scotland Neck, and Margaret N. Martin of Roanoke Rapids; Cer tificate in Medicine to Sherrod N. Wood of Enfield; Bachelors oi Science in Commerce to: Broda T. Duke. Jr., of Jackson; Cal mer T. Gore, Weldon; Paul E. Green, Jr.. Roanoke Rapids; Joseph N. Hatem, Roanoke Rap ids and Thomas E. Hockaday, Roanoke Rapids. Bachelor of , Law degree went to Herbert V, Bridgers of Enfield. Bachelor of Science Alma Whitley of Enfield was one of the 92 graduates of East Carolina Teachers College who received a Bachelor of Science degree yesterday at the 39th an nual commencement exercises held at the college in Green ville. A total of 126 graduates received degrees at the graduat ing exercises. Attend Camporee Margaret Robinson and Mary Ann Clary attended the meet ing of State chapters of the Fu ture Homemakers of America Club at a camporee held at White Lake recently. They were representatives from the local chapter. ^ Gold Star Mother The VFW Auxiliary of Post 3702 will honor the Gold Star Mother on June 17 at 8 o'cIock at the VFW Home at 1037 Ham ilton Street. All mothers of Ha lifax County and Northampton County are invited to attend, says Mrs. Deanie Holadia. Gold Star Mother Chairmna. Speaker for the event will be State Senator Julian R. Allsbrook. College Student· Home College students returning to Woodland last week include Jane Ellen Griffin from Mere dith. Sarah Bozemore. E.C.T.C., Martha Lassiter, Louisburg, Jane Dickie. Peace College: Ed Best from Wake Forest. John H. Liverman Purvis Miles, and Glenn Wilder from Louisburg. f ' Corn Contest All farmers in the Count ν who grow at least an acre of an approved hybrid corn are eligible to enter the County Corn growing contest, says G. B. Deloatche, Assistant County Agent. $150.00 will go as prize money to the white farmers and $150.00 as prize money will go to the colored farmers. Farmers interested in entering 4 the contest are asked to inform the County Agent's Office by July 15 so that arrangements can be made to visit the farms and calculate the yields in the fall. Weldon Bibl· Schools Daily Vacation Bible School will open at the Methodist Church, Weldon, June 14, and will run for one week. Mrs. Ed '0 gar Bounds will be director for the school. The Vacation Bible School foi the Baptist Church began yes terday, June 7. This school will last two weeks, with commence ment exercises scheduled foi Sunday evening, June 20. Why Not? Why not place benches at the H various bus stops on Roanoke Avenue so folks can wait com fortably? Or better yet, why nol have the buses run on régula; schedules and more often so one doesn't have to wait? (Do you have any Why Noli: Send them to the Ramblers, c/c Herald.) Λ Drive-In Theatre To Be Completed Around July 1 Weldon. June 8 — (Special) — The new Drive-In Theatre bein( built by Roy L. Champion or the Weldon Road will be fin ished around the first of July W according to an announcemeni made today. Built for a 300-car capacity the new theatre will feature J snack bar where patrons maj come and buy their supper oj enjoy refreshments while seeinj the movie. An especially equip ped playground will accommo date children while their parent! see the show. Other features include a 51 I?) foot screen! built to afford gooc vision. Shows will start a dusk. The theatre is being built bj Frank Rightmyer Constructor Company. Ducks see entirely differen objects with each eye. TheiJ binocular vision is limited to j narrow bend ahead, upward aac backward. « To Join Husband In Africa Mrs. F. A. F. Schmid, of 328 Hamilton Sir··!, hat a final get-together with her children befor· departing for Tanganyika, British East Africa, where she will join her husband. Posing with their mother are. on her left, Allwin. and on her right, Frederic, who hav· just returned from Georgia Military Acad emy. Her youngest daughter. Carolyn, is the foreground. Not present when the picture was made is her eldest daughter, Frances. Local Resident Flying To Africa Large Group Attend VFW Encampment Roanoke Rapids had the larg est number of VFW Auxiliary representatives present at the annual encampment of the North : Carolina Department of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars held in I Winston-Salem, Friday, Satur- ! day and Sunday. There are 64 VFW Auxiliary organizations in the State. Representing the VFW Auxi- ( liary, Post No. 3702 were: Mrs. | Bessie Hyman, who was re-1 elected senior vice-president of the state organization; Mrs. j Pearl Jones, president of the Ιο ί cal chapter; Mis. Lulu Belle Ro j gers, Mrs. Deanie Holadia, Miss ; j Frnacis ' Keeter, Mrs. Louise ; (Smith. Miss Violet Dean Hux, : I Mrs. Nellie Duncan. Miss Mary j ι E. White. Mrs. Hazel Bass, Mrs. j Fannie Collins, and Mrs. Mam-j j ie C. Camp, who was installed ! j as district president, j Representing the VFW, Post I No. 3702 were: E. P. Hyman, , Frnak Kemp, Tom Glasgow, Ri ! chard Collins, James Fanny,! j Gordan Camp, and Don Chesi ! nut. I Mrs. Albert Vainer of Greens- j ί boro was re-elected president οt, i (Continued On Page 10) · 21 Newsboys Attend Meeting ' Twenty one newsboys attend ed a meeting held Saturday ι morning in the circulation room of the Herald office and, after ' the business meeting, the boys I were treated to refreshments. Also discussed were recreation and the possibilities of organiz ing a baseball team being pro posed. The following attended the: 'meeting: W. C. Leonard. Ronald) Baggett, Bill Britt, David And- ; j lews, Richard ^Nethery, Henry j I Thomkins, Francis Falkner, Don-j j aid Moye, Jiggs Hatchell. J 1 Freddie Nicholson, Linford ' ■ Sanders, Henry Clary, Freddie j Elmore, Buster Hux, Coburn Po I' ner, Bruce Pierce, Jordna Pierce, well, Major Hatchell, Gene Gar ner, Bruce . Pierce, Jordan Pierce, Floyd Tripj and Lewis Edwards. Any other boys that are in I terested in selling the Herald j on Tuesday and Thursday are . invited to stop by the Herald ! office and see circulation man-, jAger Mirl Crosby. | Tanganyika Plantation Was Formerly Home To S c h m i d Family Of Roanoke Rapids Flying to Africa might sound as out-oi-this world as a trip to the moon to most of us, but to Mrs. F. A. F. Schmid fot 328 Hamilton St.. such trips are ev ery day occurrences. She left Saturday for New York where she will be joined by Miss Edwin Eddiegord daughter of Mrs. L. S. Cannon, of Roanoke Rapids on the long flight. During the 18 years that her husband has had a coffee plant ation in Tanganyika, British East Africa. Mrs. Schmid had made the trip many times. In 1946 she brought her four chil dren, Allwin, Frederic. Frances and Carolyn. over to enroll them in schools here. The two boys are now attending Georgia Military Academy and the girls Roanoke Rapids schools. In June of the same year Mrs. Schmid flew back over to Swit zerland for a reunion with her husband to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. She hasn't seen him since, so this trip back will be doubly memorable for hpr. From New «York Mrs. Sohmid and her companion. Miss Eddie gord, will fly to London for a stop-over of four days to see many old fyends whom she hasn't seen since the war. Then they will proceed to Cairo for several days before going on to her husband's plantation near Arushao in Tanganyika. After a visit with the Schmids, Miss Ed diegord will visit in Johannes brug, Casablanca and Paris be fore returning to New York. Mrs. Schmid's plans are rather indefinite at present, but she and her husband plan to return together and join their children here peramnently some time in the near future. According to reports she's re ceived from her husband, Mrs. Schmid says she will lead a very life in Tanganyika enter taining the many diplomats and friends of her husband who are always stopping for visits at their plantation. Mr. Schmid was general man ager of the Northern Province Wheat Scheme for the British Government during the War and was responsible for 22,500 acres of wlieat. Today he grows wheat, maze and coffee on the 2,500-acre plantation. Describing* the plantation, Mrs. Schmid said that it is beautiful, being at an altitude of 4,500 feet. The climate is ideal—warm during the day and cool at (Continued On Page 10) Weldon Lawsuit Is Among Civil Cases Stated For This Week In Halifax Degree In Health Halifax. June 8 (Special)— Dr. Robert F. Young, head of the Halifax County Health Department, has completed hit work on his Matter's degree in Public Health at the Uni versity of North Carolina. This degree was conferred upon Dr. Young at the grad- j uation exercises held Monday. Previous work on the degree was done several years ago by Dr. Young at the Univer sity. The subject of his thesis was "Health Centers nad Inter-Re lations Between Health De· parimenis and Hospitals." To improvise a Ring Mold: To improvise a salad ring mold to1 be used in an emergency, grease I the outside of a jelly glass an-1 place it in the center of any deep baking dish. A lawsuit filed by Weldon At torney George C. Green et al against P. R. Kitchin et al is among the cases on the docket [or Halifax County Superior Dourt this week, slated for trial either Thursday or Friday. The case was originally filed in January but has been pending trial until now. In it, Green is attempting, at; a taxpayer of the row η of Weldon, to recover $675 in salary and §425 expense money paid Police Chief Kitchin while he was attending the FBI National Police Academy in April of 1946. He also names the mayor and town commis sioners of Weldon as defendants. The official court calendar lists Stuart Smith as attorney for plaintiff and Allsbrook & Benton as defense counsel. In another case. Allsbrook & Benton represent Mooney Green berg, defendant, in an action brought by Mayer Manufactur ing Company. Ottis J. Reynolds is listed as attorney for plaintiff. Four Under Heavy Bonds In Warrenton Death Case Warrenton, June 7 (Special)— A coroner's jury has ruled here that Willie Thomas Jones, young Warrenton resident, "came to his death from blows on the head inflicted with an automobile pump and crank handle" and, a.5 a result of the verdict, four other men are in the Warren County jail under heavy bonds. Gilbert (Sprig) Faulkner and Grady (Boots )Faulkner of Hen derson were bound over to Su perior Court under $5000 bond and Joseph Champion and Phil lip Lynch were held under $2000 bond, the Warren County sher iff's office reported. » Authorities said Jones' death resulted from a drunken brawl here early Saturday morning be tween the two Faulkner boys nad Jones, Lynch and Cham pion. Testimony brought out at the inqueet was substantiaiJy tVJ* Jones. Champion and Lyneh stopped at Clark's Garage on the Macon highway, on their way home in North Warrenton after taking two girls to their home on the Macon highway. There they met the two Faulk ner boys and began discussing their girl friends. According to the testimony, Jones made a statement which Gilbert Faulkner thought offen sive and an argument started. The argument got so heated, Champion. Lynch and Jones drove off in the direction of Vaughan and when they return ed the two Faulkner boys pull ed out in front of them at the garage and continued down the road until they came to a coun try road. They drove into this road for a short distance and the others followed and then they had a few other words. Before leaving, however, they shook hands and apologized. Champion and the other two then drove over, to « drive-in at Norlina but the place was closed so they decid ed · go home for the night. When they came under the un derpass at Norlina they saw the Faulkners stopped fixing a flat tire. They stopped and asked if they could be of assistnace. Gil bert Faulkner said no, but Grady said "Yes, come on and help me pump up this tire.'' Then, the testimony continued, Champion drove his car off the highway and the three got out to help. . ·.' ·«* 'Here Grady Faulkner stated that when Jones came up to his car he had an automobile crank (Continued On Page 10) Music Promotion Group Is Organized With Gordon Berkstresser Chairman Gordon Berkstresser, in a meeting Sunday afternoon, May 30, was elected chairman of a group of local citizens organiz ed to promote more and better music in the community. The organization to be known as the Civic Music Board of Retiring School Leader Tells of Fond Memories By Mi*· Clara Hearne In the ariicla which follows incidents ara mentioned that remain in my memory, inci- ! dents that added variety and thrills to my teaching experi ences in Roanoke Rapids. Per I haps soma of you older citi zens can recall a few of them. "When I grow too old to dream I'll have these to remem ber—" I My introduction to Roanoke J Rapids when the conductor, Cap- j· I tain Cain called, "Roanoke June- J tion, Roanoke Junction, Roanoke i; i Junction sometimes called Roa-! j noke Rapids, Rosemary, Bunker I Hill—all the same place. Ladies, ! ! do your kissing before the train ! stops. Don't leave any bundles i on the train." The fragrance of the breeze 1 ; from the Paper Mill! j The first walk to the bulk , head in 1909 after the first day ! of school at Central School. The Methodist Church bell I that waked the entire population ; including George Simmons' dogs who howled as long as the 1 bell rang. A similar perform ance was enacted on Sunday at 9 o'clock when the bell ran£ ι I for Sunday school, and at 10;45 I for worship. ' j The signal lor fire drill at j ' school and one girl who had | removed her new shoes because !1 i they hurt her feet, ran out of j1 the building in her stocking I ' I feet. The day a mouse got into the 1 classroom and after many at- 1 tempts to kill him he disappear- ' ed. All resumed studying. In a « few minutes one of the girls j came up to my desk clutching her skirt tightly just above the j knees and asked, "May I be j excused?" She was given per- 1 ! mission and sh* wasn't "kept 1 in!" (Attention—Ted Speight) Trying to teach a boy some 1 long division. I succeeded by îaving him pretend he was buv ng equipment for a baseball earn. (He was an ardent base >all fan.) When 1 caught on fire trying ο put out a fire caused by cot on coming in contact with a ighted candle at. a school play, ind Kenneth Towe saved me rom serious burns. The Sunday at church when he Reverend William Towe was >eginning to read the Scriptures ind a couple came rushing down he aisle and asked to be mar ied. Mr. Towe reached for his itual, performed the ceremony, md they went happily on their vay. I'm not sure the congre {ation remembered the sermon vhich followed. When Fonnie Coburn deliver td fish for his brothei -in-law tnd had to be out of school on Triday afternoon. His pal, Hal Vicker. couldn't resist looking tut the window to wave at '^unny" when he rode by on lis way to Patterson village. When all the school children, ind others, were tested for mal iria and practically every body lad it. Later, when efforts were nade to eradicate it, a second est was made, and as I recall inly two school children were ound to have malaria. When we watched the one lutomobile emerge from the hed in the alley back of Ε. E. ilover's store. ^ When, in the winter of 1911 ir 1912 we had snow for days ind the teachers enjoyed sled ling in locking chairs from ackson Street down Second Jtreet to the Avenue by B, dark's Stbre. When the city chartered a rain to take all the school chil Iren to Weldon to a county ommencement. Also when ttw nills chartered a train to take iverybody to Virginia Beach for (Continued On Page Local Home Construction Lagging But Totals High Seven Members Are Added To i Red Cross Board At a Board of Directors meet ing of the Roanoke Rapids Chapter American Red Cross, last Thursday the Board boted to add seven new directors at ! large in order to better repre- ■ sent the many interests in the ι community. Representatives, from the Rosemary Business sec tion, Roanoke Rapids Business Section, WCBT, The Herald, Patterson Mills, The Hospital, and the VFW will be asked to serve as directors. Mrs. F. B. Neal submitted her resignation as Executive Secre tary of the local chapter to be come effective August 1. Chair man Β. M. White-Hurst has ask ed that any one desiring to ap ply for this vacancy should sub mit an application prior to June 15th. Present members of the Board of the local chapter are: The Rev. Β. M. White-Hurst, Chap ter Chairman; Kirkwood Adams Vice-chairman; R. J. Tucker, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer ;W W. Johnston, Chairman of the Littleton Branch; W. L. Mann | ing, F. C. Williams. J. Byron I Gurley, Directors at large; Mrs. j Kirkwood Adams. Jr. Rçd Cross ! Chairman; S. H. Crumpler, i ! First-Aid and Water Safety j ' Chairman; and Mrs. J. W. Crew, ' Jr. Disaster Chairman. Vacation Bible School Schedule Daily Vacation Bible Schools1 in Roanoke Rapids will be held, according to the following sche dule: First Baptist — June 14-25 from 8:30 to 11:00 3 a. m.; Rose mary Baptist—June 14-2S from -?r00 m.; Bjtfscopal— itjune' 14-19 ·θ:30 to 1-1:30 a. m : N Rosemary Methodist— June 14-25 from 9 00 to 11:30, (Continued On Page 10) ! Weldon and Roanoke Rapids is composed of representatives of Civic and Study Clubs of the two towns and will work, with ' the' local Music Club in sponsor | ing the annual Concert of the 1 North Carolina Symphony and j other music programs of varied types. Conductor of the North Caro lina Symphony, Dr. Benjamin Swalin of Chapel Hill, assisted the group in completing its or ganization and making plans for music programs to be held dur ing the ensuing season. Other officers of the board are: Mrs. Sterlin Pierce, Vice Chairman; J. E. Knott, Secre tary; Miss Ruth Transou, Treas urer; Mrs. W. A. China, Pub licity Chairman; Mrs. Heatii Lee, Telephone Secretary. Board members are; George Wood, Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis ι club: J. E. Knott, Roanoke Rap ids Lions club; W. A. China, ! Roanoke Rapids Rotary club; j Montoe Starke, Roanoke Rap ids Junior Chamber of Com ' morro· Πολιόο T^e»»ïe PnaRnljA Rapids Exchnage Club; Mrs. Agatha Miller; Roanoke Rap ids Business & Professional Woman's club; Mrs. Heath Lee; Roanoke Rapids Woman's club; Mrs. R. W. Vaughan. Roanoke Rapids Study club; Miss Fannye Marks, Roanoke Rapids Mer chants association; Walker Campbell, Weldon Junior Cham ber of Commerce; William Pierce, Weldon Rotary club; Harry Freid. Weldon Lions club: Charlie Williamson, American Legion; W. B. Joyner, Weldon Merchants association; Mrs. W. J. Edwards, Weldon Thursday Afternoon club; Mrs. W. O. Davis, Weldon Book club; Miss Evelyn Josephson, Weldon Jun ior Woman's club; Mrs. D. W. j Seifert, Weldon Garden club; ' Mrf. J. W. Johnson, Weldon Par ; ent-Teachers association. Keep Tobacco In ERP Program Washington, D. C. June 4 — Southern Congressmen, led by North Carolina's John H. Kerr, today beat back an attempt to strike tobacco from the Foreign Aid Bill. Kerr, imployed the same successful tactics he used ! before the Appropriations Com mittee, justified the inclusion of tobacco on a purely rational and I ccnomic basis. Employer Note The local office of lhe North Carolina Stale Employment Service announces that it is following through with its High School Job Placement Program. "We have complete place ment data on each of the high school seniors participating in our program," stated Fred Mc Neil, Jr.. manager of the lo cal Employment Office; "and these young people are anxi ous to begin work." Local employers who have an opening in their firms for an entry worker are asked to list it with the local Employ ment Office and thereby be assured that a qualified high school graduate will be refer red for the position. 120 Looms Stopped At No. 1 Mill One hundred and twenty looms closed down at Roanoke Mill No. 1 on Monday and Rosemary Mill went on a four day week this ! week as the management ascrib ed the shutdowns to poor busi- 1 ness conditions in the cotton ; goods market generally and in ; flannf>lc in r»artir-iilai· The 120 looms closed at the ; No. 1 mill were 40 inch Ε Model Draper looms and notice was given last Thursday that warps ! on those looms would be run out, i alter which that particular block ! would be idle until further notice. I The company announcement ι added that the remaining looms , and other necessary machinery will continue to operate as usual. until further notice. Spokesmen for the Rosemary1 mill pointed out that the market at present was "just not absorb ing the production of a five day , week." They said they hoped'the j condition would not last long, but j pointed out they had no way of j knowing what the market would · do. County Health Department To Have Visitors Halifax. June 8 (Special)— Two distinguished visitors are I expected at the Halifax County Health Department this month. Dr. Ata Unulan of Istanbul, Turkey, will visit the depart-. ment this week to observe the j work being done here. Dr. Un- ! ulna has been in this country for approximately one year ι studying Public Health. He is | making a tour of the country, j placing special emphasis on the j health departments before re- j turning to his native country, ι He has been studying at the University of North Carolina for the past several months. Dr. MacGavran, Dean of the ι School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina »will be in Halifax County the ] week of June 28th to study the public health program here and | to make recommendations. Rev. Herbert Is New Pastor Of First Methodist The Rev. James Furman Herbert, close friend of the late Rev. John Edwards, has been appointed to fill the pulpit of the First Methodist Church of Roanoke Rapids. The Reverend Mr. Herbert Dreached his first sermon in the church Sunday morning. The new minister comes to Roanoke Rapids from the pas torate of St. James Methodist Church in Brooklyn, Ν. Y., where he was pastor for the past year. He has been on leave of absence from the North Carolina Methodist Conference for two and half years, pur suing studies in Sociology at Columbia University and New York University. While there he served churches in Jersey City and Brooklyn. Mr. Herbert is a graduate of jWofford College in Spartanburg. S. C., and the Garrett Biblical Institute of Northwestern Uni versity. He is the son of the late Walter I. Herbert, pastor and Presiding Elder in the South Carolina Conference for 48 years. His grandfather, T. G. Herbert, was also a pastor and Presiding Elder in that Confer ence for many years. Mr. Herbert's family will come to Roanoke Rapids July 1. The family consists of Mrs. Herbert ι (.Continued On Page 10) Roanoke Rapids Permits Total At Nearly Three Millions W ith Seven Months ¥et To Go Although the month of May provided a big letdown in to tal evaluation of building per mits issued by the office of the Roanoke Rapids building inspec tor, 1948 totals are still gener ally far ahead of comparative figures for the last two yeafcl. $2,740.9ϋ0 in building permits have been issued during the first five month oi 1948, with 5174.900 of that amount made up of permits for new home construction. The $2,ϋΰϋ.060 in •other" building far overshad dws the $95,150 at the so mo time last year and the $397,450 Lip to June 1, 194ti. In home construction, how ever, 1943 is trailing 1947 by 5174.900 this year to $254,650 at the same time ε year a;io. It is still ahead of the $133,900 total in that classification registered up to June 1st of two years ago, however. May Comparisons Comparisons for May of 1947 against May of this year show the following figures: May, 1948—A total of eight permits issued in the amount of 515.450. three of which were for new home construction in the amount of S9.100 ai;d five of i.rl-iir-K .ronl fr.i nlhov ,-.or«c+tMio_ Lion in amount of $6,350. May. 1947—A total υf 21 per mits issued in the amount of 5127,550. 11 of which for residen tial construction in the amount of $68.500 and the other 10 of which were for other construc tion in the amount of $59,050. Last May Permit The last permit issued in May of this year went to R. L. Brit ton for repairs to residence at 1314 Washington Street, at an estimated cost of S500. 3 Accidents Investigated,,^ By Putrol/ ' A Roanoke Rapids man. Willie Moore, had 1 leave Ins blazing 1938 Ford automobile Sunday night by jumping, it ν - report- , ed today by State Highway Pat rolman Carol Pettewa.\. Moore was driving toward Lit tleton from Roanoke Rapids and was about three miles from here on Highway 158 when he no ticed his car was afire. He skin ned his arm when he jumped and the car continued into a nearby ditch, turning over on its side. Petteway said the accident was one of three minor ones in vestigated over the week-end; with a broken arm the worst in jury sustained. Willie D. Young. Negro of Route 2, Litleton, buffered the broken arm along with minor scratches Sunday afternoon when he ran his 1941 Chevrolet into an embankment on a dirt road near Information Service Station between Roanoke Rap ids and Littleton. His brother, James, received a few minor scratches in the mishap in which tne iront ena ana ieit side ol the automobile were mashed up a bit. Saturday afternoon, a wheel came off a 1940 Ford pick-up truck belonging to Iloanoke Plumbing Company and being driven by Charles F. Todd, caus ing Todcl to lose control of the vehicle. The truck turned over and Todd suffered minor cuts and bruises. HaScfox Paving Main Street in Halifax is get ting some much needed paving. Work has been going on for ap proximately (our weeks in ex tending the paving on each side of the street out to the sidewalk curbings. This improvement will afford ample parking spgee in j Halifax. Prior to this time, parking \ has been a major problem in j the county seat, especially dur- : ing Superior Court terms and also on Tuesday when Record er's Court is held. Completion of the job is ex pected within the next two or i three weeks. There are one hundred and ten \ lookout towers in 78 North y Carolina counties. But lookout ! towers cannot stop forest fires, j People like you were responsible' for more than 600 fires last I month which destroyed over' seventeen thousand acres of tim-i ber land. Remçmtra-, oqlpr jwftl can prevent forest lira·· Trjfl
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