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VOLUME XXXIII ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1948 NUMBER 36
Roanο ke
Ramblings
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>An Explanation—
Perhaps several people notic
ed the discrepancy between the
editorial on the county commis
sioners and the tax rate increase
in Tuesday's paper. It was not
an error, but was one of those
things which happen at a time
when it is better to leave things
as they are than it is to change
4hem in a newspaper.
What happened is this: At the
«•meeting Monday the commis
sioners passed a motion which
increased the tax rate rate 25
cents, 17 cents going to the
schools and 8 cents to the gen
eral county fund.
Tuesday about 10 a. m. the
county auditor called to say that
the tax rate increase would be
divided 20 cents for the schools
and five cents for the genera)
county budget.
^ The editorial was already in
the paper and on the press and
it would have been difficult to
change it.
Herald Advertising pays—
A local merchant inserted an
ad in Tuesday's Herald advertis
ing picture frames. The same ad
was to have been run on Thurs
day, but he called Wednesday
Ajnorning about 10 a. m. and said
that we'd have to take the ad
out because he'd sold all of the
picture frames.
OES District Deputy
Will Nelson was appointed
District Deputy Grand Patron of
the Royal Force District of the
Order of the Eastern Star at a
Grand Chapter meeting held re
cently in Asheville.
Jaycees Auction Success
Carlton Cannon reports that
the Jaycees netted approximate
ly $210 in their charity auction
sale last Saturday. Cannon was
chairman of the committee in
charge of the sale. Other mem
bers on the committee were Jack
Vincent and Arnold Hughes.
^260 Children
Two hundred and sixty young
people were enrolled in the
Daily Vacation Bible School that
the First Baptist Church has
been conducting the past two
weeks. Commencement exercises
for the group will be held to
morrow morning. The children
and the faculty have been en
joying a period of Bible study,
recreation and handiwork acti
Uf vities.
Hiaains in Florida
PFC. Donald M. Higgins of j
Roanoke Rapids, N. C., is in a
hot climate notfr, but it probably
isn't much hotter now than it
has been in Roanoke Rapids for
the past couple of days.
Private Higgins is stationed ut
Panama City, Fla., and writes
that he'd like to hear from some
* of his friends back home. His
address is PFC Donald Higgins
142-476-91, Hdqtrs. Squadron
A.T.S.. Box 182, Tyndall
A.F.B.U., Panama City, Fla.
BPWC To Meet
The Business and Professional
Woman's Club will hold its reg
ular business meeting at 7:30 to
night at the Peacock Beauty
Salon.
Gala Street Dance
Planned July 5th
Hendersonville, N. C.—This
"dancingest town in the U. S."
will launch its 1948 dance sea
son with a gala street dance
Monday, July 5th, with several
thousand people tripping down
; "* the main drag. In addition to
townsfolk and tourists now here,
there will be many skilled
mountain dancers, since both
square and round dancing will
ι be featured. Bascom Lamar
Lunsford, the "minstrel of the
Appalachinas," recently featured
in SATURDAY EVENING
POST, will be on hand.
Preceding the dance, a special
» corps of street-cleaners—Hender
sonville's beauty brigade, will
f f^drive the town's new fire-truck
down the streets, flushing them,
and scrubbing them clean.
Square dance teams, clog
dancers, and other specialists
will give exhibitions between
, the public dancing. Street dances
will be held each Monday night
thereafter.
' New Demonstration
Agent Assumes Duties
In Perquimans County
Jackson—Miss Nina Page Bras
well, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Lewis Braswell, as s u med
duties as home demonstrati ο η
agent in Perquimans County Wed
nesday, June 16.
Λ Miss Braswell, who taught
• home economics in Rich Square
High School, graduated from Wo
man's College of the,University
of North Carolina at Greensboro
in 1947. For the past few weeks
she has been working closely
with M^s. John Price, Northamp
ton County home demonstration
[ agent,
Misi Braswell's mother is ac
j tive in home demonstration work
ι in the county, and her father is
p* superintendent of the county
I home.
DDT Spraying Crew To Cover City;
Home Owners Urged To Cooperate
In War Waged On Malaria Mosquitos
DDT house-to-house spraying
af the city began this week, ac
:ording to Ben Lancaster, super
visor of the Roanoke Rapids
Mosquito Control Program.
The malaria mosquito spra y -
ing crew, which hopes to DDT
every home in Roanoke Rapids
within the next five to sev e n.
weeks, is under the supervision
of Henry White of the U. S. Pub
lic Health Service.
The Roasmary Mfg. Co., Roa
noke Mills, and Patterson Mills
will be in charge of spraying all
houses in their respective vill -
ages. The city will be in charge
of spraying all houses not on mill
property.
Furnished Free
The U. S. Public Health Ser
vice, which furnishes the DDT
and does the spraying free of
charge, urges that all homes in
the city be sprayed in order to
combact malaria mosquitoes, flie
roaches, fleas, and all other si
sease-spraying insects.
Directions Given
Lancaster said that a member
of the spray crew will come the
day before to tell home owners
what time the the folowing day
he will be in the locality and to
ask them to have their home pre
pared for spraying at that time
by:
1. Putting out all fires.
2. Moving everything at least
five feet from the walls.
3. Having eight gallons ο f
clean water at the house, if no
well is in the yard.
4. Removing the bed clothes
U/)c
5. Spreading all pictures and
wall mirrors face down on a
table so that the backs can be
sprayed.
6. Placing all food, dishes,
cooking utensils, and silverware
out of doors or close together in
the middle of the kitchen m
order that they can be covered
before spraying.
Lancaster added that if proper
ty owners do not want the en
tire house sprayed that they at
least have the front and bac k
porches DDT'd.
Warren County
Remodels Jail
And Courthouse
Warrenton (Special)—The Was
ren county jail has had a face
lifting. Contractors have just
completed the addition of fou r
rooms to the jail with an escape
proof cell in each.
Separate quarters have been
provided for women prisoners
and each of the rooms has a
shower bath with hot and cold
running water. S^eam heat has
been installed throughout the en
tire jail. An isolation room for
the sick has also been added.
Under the same contract four
additional rooms are being add
ed to the Warren county court
house. This work will be com
pleted in July.
John Rowland, architect of Kin
ston, drew the plans for both pro
jects and is supervising the work
Loftis and Co. are the contrac
tors. Cost for remodeling th e
jail and courthouse is estimated
at $100,000.
June 30 Deadline
For C-D Drivers
Roanoke Rapids drivers whose
surnames begin with C or 1)
have less than a week in which
to take the new driver's test in
compliance with the new High
way Safety Act, passed by the
last legislature.
June 30 Deadline
E. P. Davis, local driver's li
cense examiner, reports that
there are still many Roanoke
Rapids C and D drivers who
have not yet taken the exam
Deadline for the test is next
Wednesday, June 30. After that
date, the law steps in—and any
person whose last name begins
with C or D, caught driving on
an old license after that date
will be guilty of a misdemeanor
and will be fined not less than
$25.
June 30, in addition to being
the deadline for C and D driv
ers is also the deadline for the
renewal of chauffeur's license.
Four Tests Given
The exam given includes a
highway sign test, 4a road rules
test, a vision test and an Atual
driving test. C and D drivers in
terested in boning up on the
rules may secure a Driver Man
ual from Mr. Davis or write the
Highway Safety Division, Dept.
of Motor Vehicles, Raleigh.
New licenses can be secured
at the Municipal Building dailv
except Mondays. Hours are from
.8:00 A. M. to 4:00 P. M.; 8-12
Noon on Saturday.
E, F, and G Next
Drivers whose surnames begin
to get their new licenses from
July 1 to December 1; said Mr.
Davis.
Warrenton Man
Drowns In New
River Saturday
Warrenton (Special) — Jack
Smiley, Jr.,,.of Cherry Point and
Werrenton, son of Mr. and Mrs·.
J. L. Smiley, Sr., of Warrenton,
was found in New River Monday
after a three day search.
According to reports Smiley
went fishing by himself last Sat
urday afternoon. Later in the
day his boat drifted to shore
and the young man was no
where to be seen. Dredging op
ertaions were begun immediate
ly
After dragging the river Sat
urday night and all of Sunday
the body was found about noon
on Monday. Officers are «making
an investigation of the death.
Young Smiley, who held an
important Civil Service job at
the Marine Base in Cherry
Point, is survived by his wife
and five months old son, his
parents of Warrenton, one sis
ter, Helen of Warrenton, and
one brother, Berlyn of Plymouth.
Funeral services were held from
a Cherry Point church Tuesday
morning.
j The chances for the birth of
twins are one in 89, triplets one
in 8,846 and quadruplets one in
599,921.
Tough Second Clarine Division Tends
Its Gardens With Loving Care To Make
Camp Le jeune Most Beautiful In U. S.
Camp Lejeune, Ν. C.— How
tough is the famed Second Mar
ine Division Division, but, ο h ,
how tender with its garden !
Which, incidentally, makes this
home of the battle-scared Mar
ines the most beautiful military
post in America.
Few visitors, witnessing the
rugged landing maneuvers recent
ly on the nearby beach, can re
concile that picture with the pla
cid post itself, with its sloping
lawns, landscaped grounds, tall
pine trees and blooming flowers
amid Colonial- Georgian sty 1 e
buildings. For flower lovers, it
is one of the show places of the
South in azalea time.
Ever since construction of the
base was started in 1941, a far
seeing program to preserve its
beauty has been followed. Trees
were left standing wherever pos
sible, special beds of fertile soil
provided, fertilizer used extensi
vely, and plenty of water kept
available. The Marines aim e d
to have themselves a home t ο
which they could point with pride
The nursery at Camp Lefeune
covers an area of approximately
Lwenty acres with a profusion
of young trees, plants, shrub s,
and flowers of all kinds, includ
ing 30 varieties of flowering sh
rubs. 50 varieties of camellias,
huge specimens of Easter lilies.
Over 100,000 azalea plants are
smartly arramged throughout the
base. Rhododendron, for which
western Carolina is famous, adds
another touch of color; and dog
wood in both pink and white bl
ooms with stricking effects in the
spring. Thousands of trees have
been planted successfully, includ
ing such varieties as maple, pin
oak, live oak, sycamors, Ja p
anese cherry, doubelflower cher
ry peach, holly, crab apple, pur
pleleaf plum, and huge camelli a
trees. I
From the main entrance to
the center of the Camp, a dou
ble boulevard split by a grassy
parkway planted with traili η g
roses stretches five-and-a-h a 1 f
miles into the heart of the base.
Here in the middle of the traf
fic circle is a rose garden of 900
bushes which blooms throughout
the summer.
Besides taking care of loca 1
demands, the nursery ships out
thousands of its products annual
ly to other Marine bases. This
year 10,000 azaleas and 200 trees
and shrubs were sent to the Ma
rine air base at Cherry Point.
Over 1,000 rose bushes and some
200 trees were sent to Par r i s
Island, South Carolina.
And all this is just a beginn
ing. Previously, all this plant
ing was more or less exper i -
mental. Now it is known which
plants thrive and produce the
best effects under the prevailing
conditions. Future planting will
emphasize the better points and
exclude the bad points learned
by past experience in an effort
to maintain and justify the con
cession that Camp Le jeune is the
most beautiful military post in
the United States.
BUTTONING UP A VOTE—Two Stassen supporters, armed
with baskets full ol campaign buttons, "button up" a vote
lor their favorite as they stop pedestrians on Philadelphia's
Walnut Street. John Pomeroy, Jr., of Mt. Airy, Pa., is the
willing victim as the GOP convention gets under way.
June Building
Permits Now
Total $45,000
The office of the city building
inspector issued $18,800 more ir
city building permits this weeli
as the June total for new home
construction rose to $41,500 an«;
building in the other than resi
dential classification got up tc
$3500.
Total for June to date no's
rests at $45,000.
1948 Total
The total amount jn cit;»
building permits issued thus fai
in 1948 now stands at $2,785,96(
with 216,400 of that amount go
ing for new homes, leaving $2,
569,560 in other building for thi:
year.
Permits Issued
Permits issued during the pas
week wei;e: t* Rev. G. L. Prict
for construction of a two sto*'<
residence on Jefferson Street be
tween Fourth and Fifth Street:
coiron rnnmc ϋηΗ + «rr\ KatVii
at an setimated cost of $9,000; tc
J. A. Parrott for construction o:
a one story residence in Chalon
er Park with 6 rooms and batt
at an estimated cost of 8,000; tc
Dr. B. Weathers for constructior
of a one room garage on Madi
son and Seventh Street at ar
estimated cost of $800; and tc
William J. Whitby to errect é
two room garage at 410 Vanct
Street at an estimated cost oi
$1,000.
Chemists Seek
New Method To
Control Insects
RALEIGH, N. C. — Farmers
and home gardeners can lool·
forward hopefully to the deve
lopment of a new weapon tc
aid them in their never-endini
fight against insects.
Agricultural chemists are now
working on an idea that ma>
prove a boon in controlling such
ground pests as cut worms, wire
worms and mole crickets. Brief
ly, the idea is to mix insecticides
with commercial fertilizer.
J. J. Taylor, Florida Depart
ment of Agriculture chemist, re
ported at a recent meeting ol
southern fertilizer control off ici
als in Asheville that preliminar>
research work on insecticide
fertilizer mixtures had been en
couraging. He · told of experi
ments conducted at the Ever
glades Agricultural Experimeni
Station at Belle Glade, Florida
Chlordane, hexachloride anc
parathion were mixed with 4-8
8 fertilizer with varying degree,
of effectiveness. A report on the
initiai wont conciuaea:
"It is felt that the prelimin
ary results are 'promising
enough to warrant furthei
study, but that sufficient wort
has not been completed to re
commend insecticide - fertilizei
mixtures. If it is found that cer
tain insecticides in combin^tior
with fertilizer are effective
against soil-infesting insect!
such as mole crickets, and tha
these insecticides will not breal·
down in storage with fertilizer?
and have no adverse effect or
yields, etc., then it is believec
that insecticide-fertilizer mix
tures will have a definite place
in our agriculture."
Such mixtures, Taylor point·
ed out, would reduce labor costi
for applying insecticides anc
provide more even distributior
in the soil.
The European corn borer is
now considered the greatesl
menace to the corn crop. Dam
age in the United States lasl
year was estimated at nearly 91
million dollars.
Man Wanted
In 4 Counties
For Forgery
More bad checks are turning
up in the Rexford Joyner case, ;
according to Police Chief T. J. !
Davis. Benson's grocery, city, re- j
cently cashed one of the alleged
ly forged checks in the amount I
j of $51.22, and Sydney Gay's gro- i
eery store in Gaston also cash
ed one of the checks.
Yesterday the Fayetteville po
lice placed charges against Joy
j ner for six cases of check forgery
I in Cumberland County, says
! Chief Davis, and they asked that
an additional $2500 bond be post
ed.
Joyner is now being held in
the Halifax County jail under
$7500 bond to wait trial on
charges of check forgery in Ha
lifax, Richmond, Cumberland
ar ·» Northampton ^ountic.f.
Picked up by local polire last j
Friday night, Joyner, 25, of J
ids, is reported to have forged
the name of W. S. Dean, city, to
seven checks drawn on the
Rosemary Branch of the Roa
noke Bank and Trust Company
in amounts totaling approxi
mately $350.
He will be tried during the
August term of the Halifax Su
perior Court.
Prisoner Escapes
But Is Recaptured
By Lane, Luter
An inmate of the Halifax Pri
son Camp had a short-lived free
dom from Tuesday afternoon to
yesterday about noon.
A second - offender named
Avery Gibson, who is serving 5
to 10 years from Guilford Coun
ty for highway robbery, escap
ed from the state highway com
mission's gravel pit near Sum
mit about 12:30 Tuesday.
The man, who was at that
time an honor prisoner, walked
off. He had served nine months
of his term, according to police
authorities.
A search was instituted almost
immediately and bloodhounds
were brought into the search
Tuesday night. A. posse of prison
camp guards, police officers and
state highway patrolmen of the
η ro fi nnnrliiitorl ολοι.πΙ^
Avery was recaptured about
midafternoon yesterday near
Jimmy Davis 'stable on the out
skirts of Roanoke Rapids by
Corp. L. B. Lane of the State
Highway Patrol and Patrolman
P. C. Luter of the Roanoke Rap
ids police force.
The prisoner was returned to
the Halifax camp.
Machine Gun Shell
Removed From Fish
Morehead City,—A 50-'.alibre
machine gun shell was removed
from the stomach of a dolphin
caught in the Gulf Stream off
Morehead City last week-end
and dressed for eating when it
was brought into port.
Harvey Hines, Jr., landed the
fish. He was trolling from
aboard the Sea Raven, one of
the boats in the Ottis Purifoy
Gulf Stream fleet when the fisn
was caught. There was some
speculation how the fish, nor
mally a surface feeder, managed
to gobble up the machine gun
shell. It was assumed that the
shell came from a plane in prac
tice over the Gulf Stream and
the fish grabbed it as it hit the
«efface.
Runoff Between Johnson
And Scoii Is Saturday;
Interest Light In Halifax
Roanoke Mills
Will Close For 2
Days Next Week
F. C. Williams, president of
;he Roanoke Mills Company, an
îounced today that the mill
A^ould be closed on Wednesday,
iune 30, and Monday, July 5. All
.hifts are affected by the an
îouncement.
The Wednesday closure will
De to allow the usual semi-an
iual inventory and July 5 will
De in observance of Independ
înce Day, which occurs this year
Dn Sunday.
Local Lions At
State Convention
Five members of the Roanoke
Rapids Lions club attended the
State Convention of Lions Clubs
ield in Greensboro Sunday
through Tuesday.
Joe Hood of Wilmington was
îlected District Governor of Dis
rict 31-C which comprises the
L,ions clubs of Eastern North
Carolina.
Attending from the local club
J/ΡΓΡ Ma r VP ν ^Vnnrirnff .Timm-r
^urran, C. A. Irby, Edward
£nott, and Raine Wilson. Mrs.
Harvey Woodruff and Mrs.
iaine Wilson accompanied their
îusbands is to the convention.
Extend Deadline
For Recall Of
Army Reserves
Due to a delay of 90 days be
fore the new Selective Service
Act will become operative, the
deadline for members of the Ar
my Enlisted Reserve Corps to
apply for .nine, or twelve month
tfurs οι ofctivÊ àuty at the re
cruiting main stations in the
Craolinas has been extended
from June 20th to July 20th, ac
cording to a statement issued
today by M/Sgt. Elwood H.
Boyce, commanding officer of
the Roanoke Rapids Army and
Mr Force Recruiting (Main)
Station.
It was first expected the re
servists would be needed almost
immediately to assist in process
ng the men brought in to the
armed forces .through the new
Selective Service Act, but the
provision prohibiting the induc
tion of any men for a period of
50 days after the Act is officially
îigned by the President has re
duced, to a certain extent, the
urgency of setting up the mach
inery for receiving the inductees
into service.
Although the response from
Enlisted Reservists desiring tours
Df extended active duty has been
considerable, there are still sev
eral openings in each of th,e
nain recruiting stations located
it Columbia and Greenville in
South Carolina and in Charlotte,
Durham, and Fayetteville in
tforth Carolina.
Police Continue
Investigation Of
Pharmacy Theft
The local police department
is continuing its investigation of
the $1500 to $2000 robbery that
took place the night of June 14
at the Roanoke Pharmacy.
TU „ 1 «1 w_: 1
in the drug store through a side
door on West Second Street and
made off with two radios, a num
ber of pen and pencil sets and
various other items.
Search for the culprits has been
extended to the entire Eastern
North Carolina territory, said
Chief T. J. Davis, who added that
it is believed the robbery was
the work of an out-of-town gang
which may be well organized.
Gore And Pope
Named Highway
Assoc. Officers
C. F. Gore of Weldon and J.
S. Pope of Halifax were elected
unit chairman and vice-chair
man respectively of Unit One of
the State Highway Employees'
Association at a meeting held
last Saturday in Ahoskie.
Over 75 members of Unit One
of the Association, made up of
members from 14 counties, at
tended the Saturday meeting and
elected representatives to ac
company officers to the state
meeting of the State Highway
Association scheduled for Ashe
ville on October 1.
1
Local Guardsmen
To Attend Camp
Local National Guardsmen will
go to Fort Bragg, N. C., for a
two-week camp, lasting July
11-25, Capt. Raleigh F. Seay,
National Guard officer, an
nounced today.
While at camp Guardsmen
will receive full honor pay, Cap
tain Seay revealed. Camp train
ing this year will consist of fir
ing all the basic infantry wea
pons and familiarization with
them, he said.
Captain Seay pointed out that
men enlisting in the local Na
tional Guards before camp wiil
be entitled to attend and will re
ceive full honor pay.
Judge Hears
21 Cases In
Tues. Court
Halifax — Judge Charles R.
Daniels of the Halifax Record
ers court dispatched a total of
21 cases in the Tuesday session
at Halifax.
Included in the docket were
several assault cases and two
larceny cases, as well as sever
al drunks and speeding cases.
of assault on his wife for the
second time and judgement in
a previous case was carried out
and he was ordered to serve six
months on the roads.
Elmer Cheek and Johnnie Wil
liams were accused of larceny.
Cheek was found not guilty of
the charge and Williams was
adjudged guilty and sentenced to
five months on the roads.
Jake Thorn and Winford Battle
charged with stealing some meat
from John Smith were adjudged
guilty. Judgement was suspend
ed upon the payment of court
costs and $15 to Smith.
James Baker, who was charged
with assault on his wife, was
given 18 months on the roads
suspended on payment of a $50
fine and costs of court and put
on his good behavoir for two
years.
Jimmy Poton who was ad
judged guilty of a charge of
non-support w a s given a sus
pended sentence of 18 months on
the roads provided he pay the
costs of court and $10 a week
for the support of his children.
Solomon Pugh was found guil
ty of charges of contributing to
the delinquency of a minor and
sentenced to 18 months on the
roads.
Jesse Hardy, who was charged |
with non-support, was given 18
months on the roads suspended
on payment of $8 a week to his
wife.
Inspection Lane
Due In Halifax
Next Thursday
Motor Vehicle Mechanical In
spection Lane No. 34 will arrive
in Roanoke Rapids next Thurs
day, July 1, and will remain in
Halifax. Bertie, and Northamp
ton counties until October 12,
according to an announcement
received today from the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles in Ral
eigh.
The following complete sche
dule for these three counties is:
Roanoke Rapids—July 1-6
Cônway—July 8-11 <
Jackson—July 13-14
Weldon—July 16-19
Halifax—July 21-22
Enfield—July 24-27
Scotland Neck — July 29
Aug. 2.
Rich Square—Aug. 4-7
Aulandei·—Aug. 10-12
Windsor—Aug. 14-17
Roanoke Rapids—Aug. 19-24
Conway—Aug. 26-29
Jackson—Aug. 31-Sept. 2
Weldon—Sept. 4-9
Halifax—Sept. 11-14
Enfield—Sept. 16-20
Scotland Neck—Sept. 22-26
Rich Square—Sept. 28-30
Aulander—Oct. 2-5
Windsor—Oct. 7-10
Roanoke Rapids—Oct. 12.
In 1947, North Carolina spent
only 1.1 per cent of the total tax
collections for public assistance,
thus ranking forty-eighth among
the states. The national average
was 9.0 per cent of tax collec
tions.
17 Halifax
Voting Places
Open At 6:30 A. M.
Voters in Halifax County will
go to the polls again Saturday
for a runoff primary which will
select the next governor of
North Craolina.
The two candidates, and the
only two names which will ap
pear on the ballot, are W. Kerr
Scott and Charles M. Johnson.
While both candidates have
been busy waging their fight for
ballots and the governorship in
other parts of North Carolina
since the first primary in May,
the political pot in Halifax
County has only been simmer
ing.
There have been reports that
both candidates have had their
cohorts at work in various parts
of the county, but none of the
reports have borne any great
fruit, when it came to running
them down.
The poliical picture around
the state has narrowed down to
a discussion of personalities be
tween the two men in the last
few days and there has been
:onsiderable mud-slinging from
both sides. Cries of "machine
oian" have been leveled at
Johnson and some of the same
lias been heard coming from ths
Johnson camp toward Scott and
his forces.
The consensus apparently is
that young Maj'me Albright,
.«nu amuc mo ±lLOi, ayjyccil C1IILC
Dn the political scene in the
first gubernatorial primary, may
hold the cudgel in Saturday's
election.
In most counties there ar^
reports that Albright is swing
ing his forces to the Scott camp,
rhere was an unconfirmed re
port that Albright's erstwhile
workers in Halifax had been
aligned for the Scott forces.
Some political observers have
even gone so far to say that
Albright is in a position to name
the next governor of North
Carolina. He polled a consider
able vote in the first primary
and the observers are of the
□pinion that if he can swing
enough of his votees to the Scott
:amp, which the observers say
is evident. Albright's influence
will decide the election.
Interest in Halifax in the
runoff is not considered by lo
cal political observers to be very
heavy and there is an indica
tion that voting will be light
in the county.
The 17 precincts in the coun
ty win open at 6:03 a. m. and
close at 6:30 p. m. Saturday.
The polling places are as fol
lows:
Roanoke Rapids: Precinct No.
1, Scout Hut; Precinct No. 2,
Fire Station; Precinct No. 3,
Rosemary School; Precinct No. 4,
McDaniel's Filling Station.
The other precincts in the
county are located at: Butter
wood, Enfield, Faucetts, Halifax,
Hollister, Kehukee, Littleton,
Palmyra, Ringwood, Roseneath,
Weldon, Connoconnara and Scot
land Neck.
700 Cadets Will
Visit Fort Bragg
The 82nd Airborne Division is
preparing for the arrival of 700
United States Militray Academy
Cadets, at Fort Bragg, North
Carolina during the months of
June and July.
Two groups of 350 each will
spend four days with the 82d
Airborne Division, getting prac
tical concepts of what makes the
Airborne tick. The June group
will begin training on 21 June
1948.
The West Point Class of 1950
will witness a battalion Combat
Team Exercise on the morning
of June 22nd. A formla Ball at
the Fort Bragg Officers' Club, as
guests of the 505th Airborne In
fantry >vill be held for the Cad
ets on the evening of June 22nd.
The Annual visit of the West
Pointers to the 82d Airborne Di
vision started last summer when
400 Cadets spent two weeks
training with the 82d. Their vis
it here is only a stop in their
tour of military installations all
over the country.
SUMMER THEATRE
Tuxedo, N. C.—The Lake
Summit Playhouse, 6 miles south
of Henderson ville, opens June
29 for 10 weeks, presenting
Broadway revivals and new
scripts.
No Communion Sunday
Communion will not be ob
served at the All Saint's Episco
pal Church Sunday as the pastor
is on his vacation.