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» oanok e ings Ramblii f Professional Nurses v* Among the 263 nurses whi passed the State board examin ations held in Raleigh for pro fessional nurses were the fol lowing, all from Roanoke Rap ids: Miss Mina Gray Bass, Mrs Annie Gay Long, Mrs. Nelle Wii der Lynch. Miss Ursula Louis; Mooring, Miss Willie Mae Mur ray, Mrs. Mildred Davis Shear in, and Miss Frances Annt Smith. Attending Convention Misses Josie Moore, Viola Glo ver, Mary Gurley and Lois Ly les will attend the 28th annua convention of the North Caro lina Federation of Business anr Professional Woman's Clubs a Mayview Manor, Blowing Rod this week-end. To Close July 5th i Local merchants will be clos ed on Monday, July 5 ,in obser vance of July 4 which falls or Sunday. fan TVii* Da T. f An adult teacher conference report was recently released ir Columbia, S. C., that state: South Carolina is not "a lav. abiding state." The document said "it is safei t* to be born in Chicago than ir Greenville or Anderson". Then it added, "in the Bible belt we have committed the Ten Commandments to memory bu1 not to life." The report also disclosed that only 80 per cent of South Carolina's school age population are now in school. It was show ed that 50 per cent drop out »;i school before reaching the fifth ;$ grade. Now in Japan T-Sgt. Jacob H. Renn, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Renn, oi Roanoke Rapids, is now serving in Otsu Honshu, Japan, with the· 35th Infantry Regiment of tho 25th Infantry (Tropic Lightning) Division, commanded by Briga dier Gen. Everet E. Brown. Ser geant Renn, who has served in t the army 19 years, has had pre vious overseas service in Pan ama, in South America and in the European Theater. Church Picnic All families and Bible School members of the All Saints Epis copal Church are invited to at tend a church picnic Friday af ternoon. Everyone is asked to meet at the church at 4:45 p.m. h and from there go to Weldon whert there will be swimming from 5 to 6 o'Cl^k. Family, style basket supper will be held at the Community House in Wel don beginning at 6 o'clock. Why Not? One local citizen wants to know why not have cars on Roanoke Avenue park parallel, thus making a three lane drive, paint pedestrian lines at each vu mc nvenue, ana » put up street lights at all in tersections, and step up the speed limit? Eastern Carolina Safety Council Meet At Plymouth > The Eastern Carolina Safety Council will meet June 24 at 8:00 P. M. in Plymouth. The North Carolina Pulp Company, Plymouth, is acting as host and is planning to conduct a tour through the mill at .00 p. m. At 5:00 p. m. the Company will serve a barbecue and fish sup per to all visitors. Mr. Clyde R. Powell, who has charge of public relations of En dicott-Johnson and Lehigh Safe ty Shoe Company, will be the guest speaker. The subject of his talk will be "Putting the Sizzle Into Safety." H. A. Giles, Rosemary Mfg. Co., city, is vice-chairman of the Eastern Carolina Safety Council which is sponsored by the North Carolina Industrial Commission Norwood Cafe Changes Hands; Now Operated By Ε. H. Hatchers The Norwood Cafe, which has been under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Edward' Norwood since July, 1947, has changed hands and is now under the management of Mr. and Mrs. E. il. Hatcher, formerly of Silver Springs, Fla. The restaurant, which will be known as Hatchers' Cafe, will have its official opening Mon day. Hours will be from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day of the | week. The Hatchers, who operated the Silver Inn at Silver Springs, Fla., for the past three years, will specialize in a full line of foods. At their restaurant in Silver Springs, Fla., the Hatchers serv ed rattlesnake sandwiches and sold canned rattlesnake meat as a novelty to tourists. Georg· Alston of Airlie seed-I ed ladino clover on five acres of ! land in March for permanent ι pasture. There is a good stand of clover and Mr. Alston plans to turn his cattle on this field in a few days. t * * * THE ROANOKE RAPIDS , * * , What Roanoke Rapide Maker —Makes Roanoke Rapide ★ ★ ★ Carolina't Fattest Grouting City Herald Classified Advertising Gets Quick Results it ir 'H VOLUME ΧΧΧΠΙ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1948 NUMBER 34 t Three From University .Thomas Hockaday Margaret Martin ■ ι · χ* m\ f- ■ ·ι 1 josepn ai. natem $300 Damage In Overturn Near Weldon Weldon. June 17 (Special)— A Florida real estate man over ' turned his 1946 Buick converti ble on Highway 301 four miles ι south of Weldon here yesterday ; afternoon, damaging it to the extent nf $300. Patrolman J. S. Woedall, who I investigated, identified the driv J er as J. L. Casselberry of Day tona Beach, Florida, and said he i was not injured in the mishaD. Reams Makes Farm Tour In Midwest Warrenton, June 16 (Special) j —The Warren County farm ; agent, Frank Reams, is making j a tour of the Middle West with j the county agents educational group. The tour personnel is composed of county agents from all over the state. Reams states he is anxious to arrange a like tour of farm ers of this county and asks that ally interested please contact him so he can make arrange ments if possible. R. S. Smith, of Manteo, for merly assistant agent for War ren County, made a similar trip earlier in the season. Air Show At Edenton This Sunday Edenton, June 17—Everything is in readiness for the mammoth air show which will be staged at the Edenton Naval Air Sta tion next Sunday afternoon, starting at three o'clock. Among those slated to attend bert Bonner who will «fly from Washington, D. C. to Elizabeth ; City and will be on hand for a j demonstration in connection j with the show. Outstanding aerial artists will | take part in the program which is scheduled to last two and a half hours. One trick will be tho picking up of a ribbon with the wing of a plane six feet from the ground while flying at a speed of 120 miles per hour. This will be performed by Bet ty Skelton, who was crowned "Miss Florida Aviation of 1947" Wing walkers and delayed parachute jumping are also in cluded on the program. COLLEGE HONOR ROLL Warrenton, June 16 (Special) —George Robinson, rising senior of High Point College, is listed on the honor roll of the college ι for the last semester. He is a I son of Mr. nad Mrs. George Ro |binson of Norlin·. χ ne aDOve siuueiiia nave just graduated from the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bachelor of Arts degree was awarded Miss Margaret Newman Martin; Bachelor of Science in Com merce was received by Thom as Edward Hockaday and Joseph N. Hatem. All three are from Roanoke Rapids. June Permits At $26,200; More Homes The office of the city build ing inspector issued $21,500 more in city building permits this week as the June total for new home construction rose to $24, 500 and building in the other than residential classification got up to $1700. Total for June to date now rests at $26,200 with approxi mately two weeks remaining be fore a comparison with June of 1947 can be made. Total Now $2,767,160 The total amount in city building permits issued thus far in 1948 now stands at $2,767,160 with $199,400 of that amount going for new homes, leaving $2,567,760 in other building for this j ar. ' I'. jre Permits Listed Permits isSUed during the past week were: to Dr. T. J. Taylor for the construction of a two ( story residence on Sixth and Franklin Streets with seven rooms and two baths at an es timated cost of $13,500; to J. W. Wheeler, one story building on Eighth and Rapids Streets at an estimated cost of $1000; and to R. A. Michie, a one .story frame residence on Vance Street be tween Sixth and Seventh Streets with five rooms and a bath at an estimated cost of $7000. Edenton Retains Parking Meters Edenton, June 17 —With Mayor Leroy Haskett casting the deciding vote, the Edenton Town Council voted 4-3 Tues day night to retain parking me ters here. Merchants almost to a man had objected to the meters, claiming they were detrimen tal to business, but the maypr based his vote on what he said was an extensive investigation! He said business was generally L>ff whether towns and cities had meters or not. Herald Publisher Attends Tarheel Press Convention Guy M. Leedy, assistant pub isher of the Herald, left today .0 attend the 76th convention of ;he North Carolina Press Asso :iation being held Friday and Saturday at Fontana Village. Business sessions will be light ened by tours of the TVA Fon :ana Dam and powerhouse, a , ioat trip on Fontana Lake and ι luncheon where delegates will ι je guests of the Aluminum ' Company of America at Tapoco ! jodge. Shop talk will be the theme ι )f two group meetings Friday norning for daily and weekly « japers. Association President E. ; Resch, publisher of the Cha- 1 ham News at Siler City, will ! >reside. , D. Hiden Ramsey, general < nanager of the Asheville Citi :en and Times newspapers, will >e the toastmaster at the Fri- ; lay evening banquet. Beatrice Cobb of the Morgan- . on News-Herald, veteran secre ary-treasurer of the association, vill report Saturday morning. : Slection of officers will follow ! is the convention closes. , There are 3,851 local chapters ind more than 5,000 branches of ι he American Red Cross. I k Weldon Lions Club Hears Raleigh Newspaper Editor At Ladies Night Meeting Hail Storm Hits Warrentom June 16 (Spe cial)—Hail and wind "in storm force have hit this area again as the Elberon section of the county had crops damaged se verely in a Sunday afternoon storm. Terrific wind and large hail stones ripped a tobacco crop on the farm of Mrs. T. H. Ay cock to threads and cotton and corn were beaten to the ground. In some fields the cotton wàs completely destroyed and it is reported that the farmers are replowing the ground and planting soy beans. Several trees in the vicinity of Largo Pond, a pond own ed by several members from Warrenton, were uprooted. Although some of the people whose farms were damaged carried insurance, many were unprepared for the third hail storm that has hit the county this season. Margarettsville Man Is Arrested ! Jackson, June 17 (Special)—A , Margarettsville resident, identi- j fied by . State Highway Patrol- ' mon Τ C Τ Τ.' I Piland, 69, was under $150 bond this week after his arrest early Sunday morning on charges of driving while drunk. Woodall said the arrest was made about three miles from Seaboard on the Seaboard-Wel don highway. The rase will be heard in Northampton County Recorder's Court at Jackson on June 30th. Coroner's Jury Clears Enfield Man local colored man, William Har die, was exonerated by a Cor oner's jury here Monday night in the death Saturday night of Alvin Wiggins, also colored. According to investigating of ficer, Deputy Sheriff C. O. Strickland, Wiggins died of a broken neck after having been run over by an automobile driven by Hardie. The coroners investigation showed that Wiggins was intoxi cated and lying in such a place and position that Hardie, taking Wiggin's sister home in his car, was unable to see him. The accident happened in En field township and Hardie Wi>s represented at the inquest by Mac Johnson, Enfield attorney. Neil Hester, news editor of the Raleigh News and Observer and past District 31 -C Governor of the Lions Club was the speaker at the tenth anniversary ladies night celebration of the chartering of the Weldon Lions Club, Tuesday night at the Roa noke Rapids Country Club. Hester, who is also an inter national councillor of the Lions club, spoke to the more than 70 Lions, wives and guests a^ the dinner meeting. President J. L. Mountcastle of thte Lions Club called the meet ing to order and after the sing ing of America and the invoca tion, which was given by B. F. Turner, Ted Speight of Roanoke Rapids took over as toastmaster for the occasion. J. Alvin White, incoming pre sident of the Weldon Lions, gave the address of welcome and Dis trict Governor Gaither M. Beam of Louisburg, gave the response. Other special guests at the dinner, besides Beam, were J. Dean Moon, cabinet secretary of the Lions Club called the meeî and members of the Roanoke Rapids and Rocky Mount Lions Clubs. Mrs. Clyde Martin was the pianist. Local Office Gets Veteran Pay Ceilings The local office of the North i Carolina State Employment Ser- j vice has received a copy of Sen- j ate Bill 1393 which provides j new ceilings for veterans parti cipating in the "On-The-Job Training Program." Gilbert Baugham, Veterans Employment Representative in the local office, says that the new bill liberalizes allowable ceilings on total income for vet eran trainees participating in the program. The bill also grants proportionate subsistent in creases ίο part time students as well as veterans taking "insti tutional on-the-farm training." Although the same subsistence allowances continue ..to be paid, £65 monthly for a veteran with DUt dependents and $90 monthly [or veteran with one dependent, Baugham stated that the total income of wages and subsistence allowance under Senate Bill j 1393 will be $210 per month for ι veteran without dependents, ; 5270 per month for a veteran · vith one dependent and $290 , per month for a veteran with nore than one dependent. , No overtime pay will be · counted in figuring earnings, , ldded Baugham. < Taxes in Halifax County and I - Roanoke Rapids are among the I £ lowest in the state. Health Officer Gives Polio Safeguard Tips ! By Dr. Robert Γ. Young (County Health Officer) It appears that poliomyelitis is developing into an epidemic form in the Piedmont section ol North Carolina and, also, spas· nodic cases l^ave been report· ?d in Warren and Bertie coun· ;ies in the East. A meeting of Public Health )fficials, Poliomyelitis Founda· ion, was held in Greensboro yesterday and I attended it tc earn first hand the control neasures contemplated for this ;ituation. Since there is no effective im nunizing agent available for >rotection against polio, the rnly safeguards that can be pro dded children and grown-ups as veil against this disease are ;ood general hygienic measures. Dr. Phillip Stimson, Director >f the Poliomyelitis Division of he Knickerbocker Hospital in •lew York, reccmmendsu the fol owing measures during a polio ipidemic. First, don't take any drug or hemical aimed to protect igainst infection. There is none hat will protect satisfactorily Don't use special nose drops or ;argles as the mucus on the mu* us membranes has protective 'alues. Second, treat any minor ill îess with immediate bed rest, t might be a polio infection ind easily made worse by keeping going". Third, similarly, even healthy ndividuals should avoid ex haustion due to chilling or fati ;ue. This would aggravate a >ossible incubating infection. Fourth, avoid insults to the lasopharyngeal mucus mera >ranes such as tonsillectomies or tooth extractions. It might cause the difference between a , symptomless carrier and a se vere, even fatal, bulbar case. j Fifth, avoid the use for drink ing, swimming or washing uten sils of any water possibly con taminated by sewage. Many ap- ^ parently healthy people pass the ί I virus in their stools, as sewage r has been shown to contain ac- C tive virus. e Sixth, suppress flies and, in Γ particular protect food from fly Ί contamination. Also keep flies away from privies and cess v pools. Milk for drinking should * be pasteurized or boiled. 11 Seventh, avoid unnecessary f personal exposures such as in * movies or other crowded places; also particulraly avoid kissing, ( the use of a common drinking 4 cup 'and other types of contacts . with nasopharyngeal secretions. I Avoid traveling to any epidem- ' ic area, but, fleeing from an epi- , demie area is usually useless, ( because, too late. Eighth, finally avoid hysteria and panic. Continue to lead a normal healthy life with special C attention to proper clean food, * elimination, rest, fresh air and S moderate exercise. Cleanliness of person and of environment Ρ should constantly be enforced. By such measures an indivi- ρ dual can perhaps be protected (] against a dose of the virus large c ■enough to cause a typical dis- ρ ease with paralysis. It is prob able that one can hardly hope ρ to escape all exposures, and the tl patient who has been constanl- 9 ly sheltered is too susceptible ρ when exposure does come. In U fact, occasional slight or sudden $ clinical exposures are probably (Continued to page 16) Γwo Appointed Two new members of the board of directors of the Roa noke Rapids Chaptçr of the American Red Cross were ap pointed this week, it was an nounced today by the chapter chiarman. Rev. B. Marshall White-Hurst. They are Ken Johnson, pro gram director of radio station WCBT, and W. A. (Bill) Mc Clung, managing editor of the Herald. The chapter is holding an important meeting this after noon to consider applications for executive secretary, a post left vacant by the resignation earlier this month of Mrs. Do ris Neal. The new board members will take office at this meet ing, it was announced. Musicians Post Bonds For Release Ten bandsmen arrested in Roa noke Rapids Sunday morning and charged with illegal possession of marijuana, are free of bail after spending two days in the Wilson County jail, it was revealved Wed nesday. Horace Edwards, 34 year old booking agent for Dariny Long's band which was playing an en gagement at William Pu g h ' s near Roanoke Rapids Satur iav was the first tn ept out on bail, posting $1000 bond late Monday afternoon. Edwards then set to work get ting the other musicians, who were being held under $500 bond, released, and by one o'clock Tues day afternoon had completed his task. Still in custody was Franklin Jones, 27 year old chauffeur for the orchestra, who told local of ficers the whole story about the Drganization's "reefers" follow ing an altercation with Edwards. Indications were that no bail would be raised for him immedia tely. The musicians, the agent and the chauffeur will face trial in Federal District Court in Raleigh on the charges at the next term of that court. Gaston Scene Of Slaying Gaston, June 15 (Special)— iubert Washington, colored, is >eing held under $500 bond for rial in Northampton County | Superior Court in connection | vith the shotgun death of Clay on Boone, also colored. According to investigating I fficers Constable John Dixon j nd Northampton County Cor ner Dennis Hitchen, Boone was hot in the right eye and killed iunday afternoon on Highway 6 east of Gaston between six nd 6:03 o'clock. The officers said the weapon sed was a 12 gauge single bar el shotgun. Bond for Washington was set >/"UYY"iB a'i mqucsi îviuiiuay ; ight in Hitchen's Store in Gas- j Dn. He will face trial at Jackson | ι August. .ocal Jaycees Will Sponsor charity Auction A Charity Auction, for the enefit of the club's Charity und, will be held by the R?a oke Rapids Junior Chamber of ommerce Saturday morning at leven o'clock at the corner of oanoke Avenue and West ; enth Street. Auctioneer for the occasion ; •ill be Jimmy Rochelle of ; Winston and he will auction off j lany valuable items donated ι >r the occasion by Roanoke apids merchants. Southerners îeat Attempt ?ut Supports Washington, D. C., June 12 j special)—Congressman John H. j err today joined with other ; outhern Democrats in defeating îe attempt to cut the price sup 3rt on peanuts. The attempt to slice the sup Drt was led by Rep. Dirksen t) of Illinois, who sought to it it in the present Price Sup 5rt Bill now before the House Speaking out in defense of the »anut farmer, Judge Kerr said lat price support of peanuts at 1% of parity has built up the îanut crop from a small one ' * one that returned the farmer 128,000,000 in 1947. Kerr brought into the House (Continued to page 16) Drug Stor Set At Ne Street Zoning Is Considered For Warrenton Warrenton, June 15 (Special) —At a recent meeting of the town board, it was decided that Warrenton streets may be zoned for business purposes. The action followed a recom mendation by Bill Perry, repre senting the Warrenton Chamber of Commerce. Perry stated that it was the feeling of the Chamber of Com merce that the merchants of the city should be protected from the competition offered by trucks selling produce on the streets, but found that under present laws the commissioners had no power to stop this as long as they were willing to pay a city tax of $100. However, he pointed out, the city had the right to zone the streets, an ac tion which would serve the same purpose. While some of the members of the board agreed with the Chamber of Commerce view point, others pointed out that the trucks are required to pay the $100 tax while the average grocery store paid only $25 an nually in town taxes. Commis sioners home and Hoyt felt that the truck should be allowed to operate here as a public ser vice but that they should not be allowed to use busy streets. For this reason, they were in favor of zoning. Others seemed to feel the same way and the matter was referred to the street commit tee for further consideration and recommendation at the next reg ular meeting of the board. Woodland Wins Roanoke-Chowan Op?n»ng Game Woodland, June 16 (Special)— Woodland All-Stars defeated the Murfreesboro Blue Jays by a score of 10-2 in the first game in the Roanoke-Chowan Lea gue, played here last Wednes day. After the second and third in nings, with Murfreesboro scor ing one run in each inning, Bill Evans, Woodland pitcher, held the Blue Jays scoreless. Marion Lassiter hurled for Murfrees boro. At Jackson Saturday, the All Stars lost by a 10-5 count. Then on Sunday, they dropped a 3-1 ball game to Murfreesboro. Woodland scored in the first in ning, but the Jays tied the score in the seventh and then clinched the game with a marker in the eighth. Evans hurled for Woodland, and Matt Thy the was the Jays' moundsman. Mulqueeny Takes Place Of Eton On Station WCBT Jerry Eton, who has been staff announcer on Station WCBT for the past year and also was on the staff before the war, has resigned to accept a position with Station WRAL in Raleigh. Replacing him will be Jim Mulqueeny, of Chicago. Mul queeny arrived in Roanoke Rap ids Tuesday to undertake his · - ■· —"»· uccii anciiU" ing Columbia College, School of Radio and Drama, in Chicago, and has done master of cere monies work in small clubs in the metropolitan area. After finishing high school, Mulqueeny served two years as an aerial gunner in the Army Air Force. FIRE EARLY WEDNESDAY Firemen answered a call to Rosemary Mill at about 3:30 Wed neaday morning. A motor in the number three weave room had gotten overheated and was smok ing. No damage was reported. Tomato Blight Winton.—Tomato late blight has already been found in Eastern Carolina, according to County Agent J. W. Ballen tine, who urges that farm families protect their crops by spraying with the proper cop per compound now. Ballentine personally con ducted demonstrations on the proper method of dusting and spraying plants last Friday at the homes of C. L. Sumner, O. W. Vinson, G. B. Storey, and Mrs. Abram Dixon. / L / e Loss ar $2000 Police Report Suspect Out Of Town Group In Burglary. Police were continuing their investigation today into a break in Monday night at Roanoke Pharmacy as revised estimates of the amount of loot taken rose to between $1500 and $2000. The local officers reported they suspect the robbery was the- work of an out of town group which may be well-or ganized. The search is taking in more territory in Eastern North Carolina as they continua their investigation. The officers said the burglars gained entrance through a ?ide door on West Second Street'^ànd made off with two radios, quite a few fountain pen and pencil sets and many other items, al though no narcotics were taken. Old Warehouse ' Sold In Ahoskie Ahoskie.—Sale of the old Farmer's ("Iron") Warehouse on South Street for a consideration of $45,000 was confirmed Tues day morning by W. D. Odom, father of one of the purchasers. The warehouse was purchased by Ned Evans and W. M. Odom concern operating in Suffolk. Under terms of the purchase the new owners take possession July 1,. although the warehouse will continue to be operated the first year by Evans, W. D. Odom and W. B. Everette, peanut buyer for Pond Brother. The warehouse will still be used by the Kiwanis Club fes tival under terms of an agree ment negotiated prior to the sale. The Farmer's Warehouse was built about 30 years ago by pub lic subscription. E. J. Gerock was the last president of the corporation. Three Nabbed By Federals Here Today Three local residents were ar rested by federal authorities here this morning on charges oi harboring a fugitive. They were identified by ar resting officers as Mrs. T. A. Marshall and her daughter, Mrs Helen Clary, of 121 Clinton Street, Roanoke Rapids, and Mrs. Marshall's son, Wesley C, Carver, of Gaston. The arrests were ' made in connection with an alleged har boring of another son, 36 yeai old Leonard C. Carver, who is wanted by the federal govern ment on mail fraud charges. CHICKEN RANCH SOLD J. M. Seaver, who has beer operating the Roanoke Chicken Ranch, also known as Carolina Poultry Insustries, for the pasl four years, announced that the plant has been sold. The new owner is Ε. B. Cog gin, of Warrenton, N. C., who will operate the plant as hereto gin is a veteran of World Wax II. Auto Crash Puts One In Hospital Willis Wells, of Perdy, Va./ was admitted to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital this morning at 9:30 as a result of injuries sus tained in an automobile acci dent, according to a report re ceived from the hospital. Wells was X-rayed for hip in juries, but X-rays disclosed his hip was not broken. He is re maining in the hospital undei observation. Details of the accident were not available at the time of pub lication. VFW Meet The Northampton - Halifax Counties Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post No. 4312, at Sea· board, and the Ladies Auxiliary held memorial service at Park· srs Grpve Baptist Church, neai Maplefcbn, a few days ago, with Rev. Chester A. Hart as guest speaker. Rev. Hart spoke on Loyalty, Lincoln's Gettysburg address and the upholding oi Christian relationship between sations and races. A
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