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* * * THE ROANOKE RAPIDS » * * i What Roanoke Rapids Makes _ .. , . . Herald Classified Advertising Makes Roanoke Rapid, Gets Quick Ke8ult8 ^ * * * * VOLUME xxxm__ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1948 _NUMBER 3? w I Big Boot— Mrs. Anna Clary, who lives in Hornertown, sent a huge beet, one of the largest anyone at the Herald office had ever seen to the office the other day. The beet which weighed one pound and 14 ounces measured 15 inch es in circumference. Production Manager Doug Debnam who was * given the beet by Bill Clary, an employe of the Herald, took it home with him and said that he’d let us know how good the beet was. Summor School of Music Mrs. Harriet Lyon Zercher, Supervisor of Music in Green ville County, Va., a graduate of the University of Illinois, is con ducting a summer school of mu i sic giving both private and * class lessons in piano and voice. Classes will start Thursday, July 1, and will meet twice weekly. Mrs. Zercher may be contacted j by Telephone 160-W or Box 831, Emporia, Va. Congressman Is Homs Congresman John H. Kerr has returned to his home in War renton following adjorunment of $ the nation’s lawmakers. Rejoins Division Pfc. Neal Stewart who was a, member of the famed 82nd Air borne Division rejoined his out fit recently and is now stationed at Fort Bragg. Summer School Student Among students attending the first semester of Summer School ^ at Presbyterian Junior College, Maxton, is C. C. Churchill of Roanoke Rapids. The Mighty Osk Once there were some trees— some little baby trees. But no men. Nor a town called rvoa noke Rapids. The oaks grew and came. They lived around the oaks. And in the summer they rested under the shade of the t mighty oaks and their children played there. Then a town was formed by the men and soon came to be called Roanoke Pap ids. But when there is a town and men, roads are needed. Even more than trees. So the men, who were much smaller than the oaks and of course much young er, but men, chopped down the trees. And now they will soon have a paved street—on Third % and Washington. And the men7 They are happy about the com ing road, but a little sad, too, re membering the oaks. Roanoke Rapids can boast having eight graduates of Roa noke Rapids Hospital among the 263 nurses who passed the Nortn Carolina examinations recently. Those who qualified were 'Miss 4 Nina Gray Bass, Miss Annie Gay Long, Mrs. Nell Wilder Lynch, Miss Ursula Louise Moor ing, Miss Willie May Murray, Mrs. Mildred Davis Shearin and Miss Frances Ann Smith. Rosemary Church Bible School Has t Ninety Graduates The following have received certificates after meeting the re quirements in the Rosemary Methodist Church Vacation Church School: Beginners—Judy Byrd, Libby Dean Massey, Billy Massey, Dickey Adams, Wayne Butler, David Miller, Shirley Parrott, Mary Taylor,'* Sylvia Faulkner, Nancy Garner, Scott , Garner, Bobby McCommons, '-ameron citue, Betty Carol Smith, Brenda Massey, Clifton Riggna, Jr., Effie Ann West brook, Michael Ford, Dannie Ed wards, George Lewis Daughtry, Eetty Anne Stevens, Angela Cos ton, Bobby Tickel, Gail Brad shaw, James Davis, Roberth Reggan. Brenda Frances Speight, James Hasty, Winifred Bristow. Primaries—Ann Barnes, David Birdsong, Doris Cahoon, Vernon - Daughtry, Jan Davis, Rebecca » Davis, Vickey DeBerry, Louise Ellis, Mary Faulkner, Phylis Faulkner, Johnny Johnson, Bob Kinker, Joanne Lackey, Jimmie Leggett, Charles Mason, Pricilla Medlin, Edwin Mo eley, Virginia Paul, Virginia Spence, Betty Lou Thompson, Howard Tickel, Marjorie Wayne, Dennis Wood ruff. Charles Zucker, Roberth qr Zucker, Kenneth Parrish. Juniors—Tommy Barnes, Mer win Brinson, Geraldine Brown Hugh Cameron, Janie Ray Clark, Barbara Ann Dail Phyllis Ed monds, Frances Faulkner, Amelia Harris, Marion Hudson, Frances Eafy Johnson, Jackie Johnson Linda Lee Johnson, Evelvn Mar ie Joyner, Donald Leggett, Hilda Leggett, George Livesay, Howard A^assey, Barbara Faye Miller. w Craig Parrish, Margaret Ann Shell, Willis Stevenson, Jr., Ad ell Taylor, David Thompson, Jay Thompson, Jr., Edward Wood ruff, Norma Faye Shearin. Intermediates — Peggy Ann Brown, Marie Leggett, Jean Mil ler, Mary Ann Thompson, Dal las Barnes, David Camp, W. B. Hux, Carl Thompson, Jr. Halifax County has a popula 0 tion of 56,512 at present. It ranks 15th in comparison With the population of other oauDties in North Carolina. STORM WREAKS HAVOC NEAR GUMBERRY Pharmacy Break In Is Solved Police reported the recent Roa noke Pharmacy break-in cleared up today with the arrest early yesterday morning of a 24 year old resident of the Bunker Hill section, described as a drug ad dict. Identified by arresting officer T. L. Glosson as L. E. Draper, the man was apprehended at his home at the end of Madison and Jackson Streets at 7:30 Monday morning. Also participating in the raid on Draper's home were officers C. D. Allen, Warren High and H. C. Kellett. Found in the house were some pen and pencil sets and a radio. A microscope (stolen from Roa noke Mills Clinic on the same night the pharmacy was enter ed), a typewriter, another radio and several other items had been carefully packed in a steel drum and hidden in some woods down on the canal. According to Glosson, who headed the investigation o? the turin Kroalf.inc r-<o»- nrtmitfiiH that he entered the clinic and drug store on the night of June 14. Goods stolen in the break-ins included a quantity of habit forming drugs, some ether and a microscope from the clinic, a typewriter, two radios, pen and pencil sets, knives, cigarette cases and lighters, wrist watches, and flashlights. Glos son reports that most of the goods, valued at from $1500 to $2000, have been recovered. Draper, who is in the Halifax county jail in default of $1500 bond in the pharmacy case and $500 bond in the clinic beeak in, waived preliminary hearing in Mayor’s court" Mo zy a^nv noon. Trial will fce tn fVperior Court which begins August 16. Dog Owners Are Warned A last call to dog owners in Roanoke Rapids to have their dogs vaccinated against rabies was issued today by Police Chief T. J. Davis. Chief Davis, in co operation with Health Inspector Dr. W. A. Carter and Deputy J. G. Butts, warned owners that they have until July 10 to have the vaccination performed. Failure to vaccinate dogs will entail a fine of $50 or 30 days in jail, the Chief said. He stress ed that it is important that ev eryone has his dog vaccinated to prevent rabies. “The police department will cooperate with the Health offi cials4 in every way to see that the plan is carried out,” he promised. Pointing out the importance of rabies prevention, the Chief told of a recent case in which an in noculation would have prevented needless worry. Mr. and Mrs. Clary F. Massey’s small five year old child was scratched by his dog two weeks ago. Satur day the dog died, and fearing he might have had rabies, the parents sent off the dog’s head for examination in Raleigh. The parents relieved. Dog owners may take their pets to the following places for innoculation: Thursday, July 1 — Tripps Grocery (Belmont), 11 a. m. to 12 noon; Lincoln Heights, 12:30 p. m. to 1:30 p. m.; Old Fire House, 2 p. m. to 3 p. m.; Boy Scouts Hut (Patterson Mills), 3:30 p. m. to 5 p. m. Friday, July 2 — Medlins Old Store (South Rosemary), 11 a. m. to 12 noon; Banty’s Store, 12:30 p. m. to 1:30 p. m.; J. M. Sykes Stores, 2 p. m. to 3 p. m.; J. D. Batts Store, 3:30 p. m. to 5 p. m. Saturday, July 3 — Jasper Wilkins Shop, 10 a. m. to 12 noon; Marthas Grocery, 12:30 p. m. to 1:30 p. m.; Mitchells Saw Mill, 2 p. m. to 3 p. m.; Morris Store, 3:30 p. m. to 5 p. m. Thursday, July 8 — Elmores Store (Near Scotland Neck), 11 a. m. to 12 noon; Log Cabin Serv ice Station, 12:30 p. m. to 1:30 p. m.; Palmyra, 2 p. m. to 3 p. m.; Hobgood, 3:30 p. m. to 5 p. m. Friday, July 9 — Hills Cross Roads, 11 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.; Mary’s Chapel, 12:30 p. m. to 2:30 p. m.; Whites Cross Roads, 3 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. Saturday, July 10 — Burnetts Stables (Scotland Neck), 11 a. m. to 2 p. m.; Cotton Mill Yard (Scotland Neck), 2:30 p. m. to 1:30 p. m. County Commissioners Reverse Stand Crops On 14 Northampton County Farms Battered By Heavy Wind And Hail By BILL McCLUNG Gumberry—A freak hail and windstorm struck in the Gumberry section of Northampton County about midafter noon Sunday and virtually laid waste the crops of 14 farm* ers, wrecking at least three tenant houses but injuring no one. Power lines were torn down and huge trees fell across the highway in several spots in the wake of winds which Tax Increase Is Nullified At Meeting Halifax — The Halifax County Commissioners, meeting in spe cial session here Monday, re versed themselves on the tax rate which last week had been set at 90 cents and adopted a tentative general budget calling for an expenditure of $721,168.65, based on a tax rate of 65 cents. Last Monday at a special meet ing, three of the commissioners were on time, and by a vote of two to one, before the arrival of Chairman D. G. Dickens, they voted to set the tax rate at 90 cents. Yesterday’s meeting was call ed for the purpose of instructing the auditor to publish the pro posed general county budget. The full membership of the board was present for the meet ing, in contrast to last Monday’s meeting when the session began with only three members of the board present and Chairman Dickens arriving late. On a motion by Commissioner Meade H. Mitchel and seconded by J. R. Wrenn, the auditor was instructed to publish a budget estimate of $721,168.78, including $38,918.75 for debt service, based on a 65 cents tax rate. Voting for the motion were commissioners Mitchell and Wrenn. voting against tne motion were Davis and Alexander. Chairman Dickens voted for the motion. t Commissioner Alexander ex plained h i s negative vote by saying that he was voting no because the proposed budget jn creases the amouat asked by the school officials by $277,000. He added that he had spent four days inspecting the county schools and had studied thoroughly the needs of the schools. “I am voting no on this ques tion because it reduces the amount requested by the schools by $277,000 and reduces what I think is necessary for the schools for current outlay by $277,000,” Alexander added. He quoted Supt. I. E. Ready of the Roanoke Rapids school system as saying that $50,000 of the amount re quested could be delayed with out serious handicap to the schools. John Davis, who along with Alexander, was one of the two commissioners who have been at tempting to get more money for the schools and who last week voted for the increase in the tax rate, concurred in Alexander’s statement. It was explained that included in the proposed budget is an es timated $200,000 for capital out lay for the schools and $150,000 for current expenses. In addi tion it was also pointed out that under the present plant of divi sion of proceeds from the Hali fax ABC board the schools re ceived 60 percent. The budget will be advertised for several weeks in newspapers in the county before a final ac tion is taken on its adoption. Halifax Couple Report Theft In Baltimore Halifax—Mr. and Mrs. Quen ton Gregory, who attended the graduation of Miles Gregory from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., recently, report that clothing was stolen out of their car while they stayed over night at a motor court in Bal timore, Md. Listed among the items stolen is a pair of field glasses be longing to Mrs. Gregory. Police in Baltimore have tried to locate the thief, but no new develop ments have been reported. Warren County Goes For Scott Warrenton (Specila) — Kerr Scott carried Warren County by 174 votes in the second pri mary run-off for governor About 2500 voters went to the polls last Saturday which was approximately the same number who cast their vote in the first primary. John H. Kerr, Jr., local at torney, headed Uhe Johnson for Governor campitign while J. Ed ward Rooker, Jr., was in charge of the Scott campat^p. Former License Examiner Arrested; Will Be Tried Under Little-used Law Stores Stay Open Local stores will remain open all day on Wednesday. July 7, according to the Roa noke Rapids Merchants Asso ciation. Stores and banks will close Monday, July 5, in ob servance of Independence Day which falls on Sunday this year. Physician Passes Admittance Tests For U. S. Board Warrenton—Dr. Thomas Holt, Warrenton physician, has return ed from Chicago, Illionis where he successfully passed the ex aminations for admission as a Diplomat of the American Board of Otolargngology. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Dr. Holt re ceived his M. D. degree at the Medical College of Virginia. Aft er the war he entered the Uni versity of Virginia Hospital for his graduate work in Otolaryn gology. He is now associated with Dr. J. L. Lane of Rocky Mount in the practice of Ophthalmology Otolaryngology. Vacancies Still Exist In N. C. National Guard Raleigh,—Officers of the North Carolina National Guard head quarters announced here today that there are still vacancies for between 600 and 700 men in the units of the National Guard throughout the state. Major W. R. Bloxton, assistant to State Adj. Gen. J. Van B. Metts, said today that the exact number of vacancies will not be known until a unit by unit in spection of the National Guard in North Carolina can be made. North Carolina’s quota for the National Guard is 6,013 men. Bloxton said that the men se lected to fill the vacancies will be boys between the ages 17 and 18 and veterans with three months, but less than 12 months service. Bloxton explained that both groups are free from the draft call, if they are accepted for duty with the National Guard or the Reserve. Veterans not subject to the draft may also enlist in the National Gurad. The opportunity for youths in the 18 through 25 age group to attain draft exemption by enlist ing in the guard expired when President Truman signed the new draft bill. Caswell A. House Added To Police Caswell A. House of Littleton has been appointed to the Roa noke Rapids Police Department and will take over as desk dis patcher on the third shift, Chief T. J. Davis announced today. House will begin his new dut ies Thursday night, Working from 12 midnight to 8 a. m. The new policeman attended the FBI Police School here in Roanoke Rapids and was award ed a certificate. Get Meat, Not Money Detroit—After dynamiting the safe of the John B. Anderson Meat Company, thieves were un able to open the safe. Not to be outdone, they loaded up with several hundred pounds of hams, hot dogs, bacon and butter, val ued at approximately $500. I -- unusual Arrangement Los Angeles — When Elaine Dunham won a divorce from Maurice Dunham, it was the property settlement that intrigu ed the judge. It provided that Mrs. Dunham would continue to provide board, at $40 a month, for her husband until the end of the beef sesaon next Novem ber 1. She’ll live in the house —he in the pumphouse. ATTEND YOUTH MEET Warren ton — Miss Mildred Cox, Alvis Fleming and Billy Collins, delegates from Warren Plains Methodist Church, attend ed the North Carolina Conference for Young People at Louisburg College in Louisburg last week. Harvesting of lima beans in North Carolina will reach its peak about July 1. Irwin K. Weeks, former driv er’s license examiner in Halifax and Hertford counties, was ar rested last night by Deputy Sheriff Dick Bracy in Scotland Neck. He is being held under $1000 bond and will appear in Recorder’s Court next Tuesday in Halifax. The warrant, issued by Atty. Gen. Harry McMullan, charged that Weeks allegedly accepted money paid to influence his is suance of driver’s licenses to ap plicants who originally had been turned down. Weeks, who had served as an examiner in both Hertford and Halifax counties since last Sep tember, resigned May 24. He is a resident of Scotland Neck and is a Sunday School superintend ent at Nahalah Presbyterian Presbyterian ChurGh in the Ros eneath community. Officials of the State Depart ment of Motor Vehicles said that Weeks will be prosecuted under a little-used law passed in 1913. It would be impossible to try him for bribery, since North Carolina laws dealing with brib ery do not cover persons holi ing the type of State job that Weeks had, according to Asst. Atty. Gen. J. E. Tucker. The 1913 law makes it a mis demeanor, punishable in the dis cretion of the court for “. . . any agerft, employee or servant wno requests or accepts a gift or gra tuity or a promise to make a gift or to do any act beneficial to himself. ur>d°r an agreement* or with an understanding that he I I shall act in any particular roan ner in relation to his principal’s, employer’s or master’s busmess; any agent, employee or servant, who, being authorized to pro cure materials .supplies, or other articles either by purchase oi contract for his principal, em ployer or master, or to employ service or labor for his principal, employer, or master, receive i, directly or indirectly, for him self or for another, a commission, discount, or bonus from the per son who makes such sale or contract, or furnishes such mat erials, supplies, or other articles, or from a person who renders service or labor . . The decision that criminal proceedings could be instituted under this law was made in a recent conference held by Asat. Atty. Gen. J. E. Tucker with Atty. Gen. Harry McMulian and other members of his staff. Highway Patrol Sgt. A. -W. Welch’s report on the alleged rcaket was turned over to the Attorney General’s offic2 last week to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to bring charges. RECUPERATING Warrenton — Larry Limer, who was struck in the face by a batted baseball while watch ing a game at Norlina recently, is progressing rapidly toward full recovery. The young fan, who suffered a crushed bone in his face, was taken to the Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson for treatment and then released. at times came irom tne norm west and other times came from the west and east residents of the area said. The greatest devastation was wrought along a one and one half mile stretch of Route 195 in the area in which the farms of Mrs. W. G. Edwards, which is operated by Ellis Taylor and the farm of Paul Buffalo, Sr., are located but the crop de struction extended for a dis tance estimated to be about three miles in length in a north and south direction. Farms along one side of wood ed areas had their crops virtual ly devastated, while those on the other side of the wooded areas suffered only slight damage from winds. A tour of the area with Bob Barnes, a resident of Gumberry, wnose own iarm escaped senou? damage, but who works the farm of Dr. R. B. Blow which was dmaged extensively, show ed the extent to which the crops were damaged. Leaves Literally Stripped Fields of corn, cotton, tobacco and peanuts were literally strip ped of their leaves as though some huge hand, working very fast had gone through the fields and deliberately stripped the stalks of their leaves. The corn, part of which was still stand ing upright had been literally shredded. On Mrs. Edwards farm, which Taylor operates three tenant houses were severely damaged. One of Taylor’s tenants, Em mitt Hardy, a Negro, whose house had the roof damaged seriously, said that he and his family of three children were in their home at the time the storm broke. Tried To Hold Door Hardy said, “I stood and tried to hold the front door and could feel myself being pushed back time and again.” The barn and stable behind the Hardy house was completely destroyed and a wagon which had been setting in the barnyard was rolled about 100 yards into a peanut field. ^.uuut yarns aisxanx irom the Hardy house, James Green, another Negro tenant on the farm and his wife and three children, were in their house when the storm broke. The kitchen was torn from their home and the smokehouse was made a shambles. The Greens ran from their house when the kitchen was torn loose. The most badly damaged house on the Taylor operated Edwards farm was one which was occupied by the families of Harding and George Green, Negro tenant farmers. The barn which was located behind the house had the roof blown from it and the roof timbers and huge sheets of tin were blown against the house and badly damaged it. Part of the force of the wind carried pieces of tin from the roof across the high way more than 500 yards away. The 14 farms in the area which were heavily damaged by the blow included those of E. L. 'Hart, Z. L. Davenport, Sr., and Z. L. Davenport, Jr., W. A. Cook, John Howell, V L. Little, J. H. Edwards, Dr. R. R. Blow, T. J. Kee, Paul Buffalo, Sr., and Paul Buffalo, Jr., and Douglas Boy kins. The farm of P. B. Stevenson which adjoins that of Paul Buf falo escaped damage as did many others in the immediate section. Corn Virtual Lou Barnes and several other farmers of the area estimated that the corn crop on the 14 farms was a virtual loss, tobacco was damaged to the extent of an estimated 40 to 60 per cent and cotton was damaged as high as 80 per cent in most places. There was a feeling that per haps the peanut crop had not been two hard hit. Some freakish things occurred during the storm. At the home of Z. L. Daven port, Sr., a bolt of lightning struck in the bathroom and tore a huge hole in the floor, but that was the only damage sus tained by the house. V. L. Little, who operates a store on one of the back roads in the section, showed us where a large tree had split in half and fallen alongside his house, tearing off one corner of the roof, but not damaging two cars which were parked in the drive way alongside the house. Hja barn and stable were almogt completely destroyed. Another peculair thing whicn the storm left in its wake were trees which apparently had beefc torn down by a northerly wind and crops which had been dam aged by a westerly wind. To re sidents of the area it indicated ‘ that the winds had either come from two directions and swoop ed into the area or else the storm had been a “twister.” Several residents of the area recalled the storm of July 20, Sunday’s storm was much worse thgn that one of 12 years ago, but there were others of the opinion that the early staff} wee much worse. \ Josey Named New Solicitor Halifax — The Halifax County Commissioners, in session here Monday, accepted the resignation of Wade H. Dickens as county solicitor, and named Robert C. Josey, III, of Roanoke Rapids to fill Dickens’ unexpired term. Dickens had submitted his resignation last week. Josey, who received the -Dem ocratic nomination to the post for the next four years, is slated to begin filling Dickens’ uncx pired term July 1. Halifax ABC Members Study Edgecombe Plan Two members of the Halifax County Alcoholic Beverages Con trol Board made an investigation of the Edgecombe County ABC Board law enforcement system last Friday as part of a plan being considered to set up a similar law enforcement unit in this county. Studying the Edgecombe ABC Board system were Chairman J. F. Vincent of Roanoke Rapids and H. W. Rothrock of Enfield. At present the Halifax ABC Board pays $600 monthly into the county general fund to help pay the expense of the Sheriff’s Department which now handles ABC law enforcement in Halifax. The Edgecombe Board em ploys five officers with salaries totaling $1200 monthly and have radio-equipped cars to combat ABC violations. An ABC official said today that as yet no definite action on the matter has been taken by the Board. Fire Setting Attempt Fails A fire-bug's attempt to set fire to W. L. Moody’s grocery store on 210 East Second Street Sun day night was frustrated by Moody’s observant neighbors. Someone saturtaed cotton with kerosene, placed it belrnd a Coca Cola hanging in front of the store, and stuck a match. Neighbors sighted the fire al most immediately and extin guished it with mud. Local Sea Scouts At National Meet In Jacksonville Four members of the Roanoke Rapids Sea Scout ship are at the U. S. Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., for the annual Sea Scout National Rendezvous. The rendezvous will last a week and will include courses in indoctrination into Navy life and give the scouts an idea how the U. S. Navy works. A full week's program, includ ing special aviation exhibits, tours of the naval air station and "liberty” in Jacksonville has been arranged for the Sea Scouts. The four attending from Roa noke Rapids are: Dwight Elting Billy Murray, Bob Mfirray and Noah Sadler. Halifax County Voting Reflects State's Trend As Scott Gets Majority Halifax County joined the ranks of many other counties in the state and changed its vote in the second primary to give W. Kerr Scott a victory over Charles M. Johnson in the gub ernatorial runoff primary. Scott received a total of 2804 votes to Johnson’s 2506 in 16 of the 17 precincts in Halifax Coun ty. In the first primary on May 29 Johnson was the top man with 2,379 votes to 2,243 for Scott. In that voting young Mayme Al bright received 2,058 votes in the county. Scott’s majority in the county in the second primary, in which the total vote cast was much lighter, was due, many politi cal observers in the county be lieve, to the influence of Al bright’s supporters who for the most part changed their alleg iance to the former commission er of agriculture. The vote by precincts in the county: Kehukee, Scott 83; Johnson 82; Littleton: Scott 235; Johnson 112; Enfield: Scott 369; Johnson 382; Faucetts: Scott 141; Johnson 92; Butter wood: Scott 52; Johnson 26; Weldon: Scott 240; Johnson 242; Halifax: Scott 74; Johnson 216; Roseneath: Scott 34; Johnson 23; Roanoke Rapids No. 1: Scott 337; John son 165; Roanoke Rapids No. 2; Scott 269; Johnson 217; Roanoke Rapids No. 3; Scott 296; John son 225; Roanoke Rapids No. 4: Scott 200; Johnson 69; Scotland Neck: Scott 264; Johnson 468; Hollister: Scott 111; Johnson 113; Palmyra: Scott 42; John son 13; Ring wood: Scott 57; Johnson 61. The only precinct from which returns were not available was Connocanara. Community Benefits From Lionism Are Pointed Out To Warrenton Lions Club Warrenton—The regular meet ing of the Warrenton Lions Club was held Friday night in the Hotel Warren with 25 members and guests present. District Governor Beame of Louisburg, the guest speaker, discussed the forthcoming Lions Club convention which is to be held in New York in July. In addition, he pointed out various beneficial phases of Lionism in the community. In connection with the bene fits of the community from hav ing a Lions Club, it was men tioned that during the past year the Warrenton Club has contri buted to the TB Christmas Seal Sale, raised the largest amount of money per member of any club in North Carolina for the blind White Cane Sale, helped the local baseball club, contri buted to the North Carolina Symphony Band, distributed Christmas baskets for the needy, helped with the Clean-Up Drive in Warrenton and given glasses to the needy people of the coun ty who required them. The district governor stated that the Lions Club is the larg est civic organization in the United States. In the past, he de clared, other states had been spending money at the conven tions to advertise their state and, that this time, the clubs of North Carolina plan to do the same. A 100-piece band, from Elizabeth City High School, will lead their parade and they plan to have exhibits of cotton, tobacco, pea nuts and other crops. Plague Awarded A Lions Club plaque for out standing service to the local cluh during the past year was award ed to L. B. Beddoe, secretary and treasurer. Governor Beame presented the award, which was one of thirteen presented to sec retaries and treasurers through out the state. Paul Cooper gave a report on the state convention which was held in Greensboro recently. W. K. Lanier, entertainment chairman, had provided extra special entertainment for the evening as Miss Rebecca Daniel sang “Desert Song", “One Alone” and "I’ll Walk Beside You”. She was accompanied at the piano by Mrs, Leonrad S. Daniel. In the absence of the presi dent, J. Howard Daniel who is on vacation, Harold Skillman presided and J. C. Moore intro duced the speaker of the even ing.
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