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# „ * THE ROANOKE RAPIDS ¥ What Roanoke Rapide Make. TW ID Τ | Herald Classified Advertising -Makes Roanoke Rapids | | I \j ^ ^ | J Gets Qulek Results ★ ★ ★ Carolina's Fastest Growing City tt tt ati VOLUME XXXIII ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C„ TUESDAY, JULY β, 1948 JVIJMBERJîg * rr :— Koanoke j 1 Ramblings Moiil·. Myrll·? I- The Crepe Myrtle along Roa noke Avenue is becoming pinker and lovelier day by day. Period. We thought we might wax poetic and even delve into the origin of the flower. But ne. Mr. Webster evidently never made its acquaintance and books on nature are rare finds in a newspaper office. The name is rather odd, though, isn't it? Wonder if a gal named Myrtle 0 inspired its name. And how does the crepe fit in? One thing that's certain, it couldn't have origin ated in Brooklyn—even though the name Myrtle has a certain popularity there. To think of Brooklynite saying to his girl "Jes\ Moitié, the Crepe's in bloom," just doesn't fit, does it? Any nature-loving reader who has any ideas on the subject is invited to enlighten us on this ■■ψ most puzzling of perplexities. More Cotton Blooms Another "first* 'cotton bloom : was brought to the Herald of - fice Saturday morning. This one was found several days ago on Cebron Jordan's farm two miles from Gaston. James and Mary Scott, colored tenants, opera t e the farm. Warren County Blooms The first cotton bloom of the 1948 crop was presented to the office of the Warren Record in Warrenton last Thursday morn ing by Peter Alston, colored farmer of Fork township, who stated he planted his crop the third week in April and has a good stand. (Adds our corres pondent—a good stand being un usual in Warren County tins & year). The Record, however, had an earlier report of a cotton bloom in the county when tho Little ton correspondent reported that a bloom had been presented to her by M. H. Chichester of the Bear Swamp community of the Aurelian Springs neighborhood on Wednesday morning, June 29th. Special Guest Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roa noke Rapids was among the honored guests who attended the July 4th showing of The Lost Colony. A record audience of 2,000 packed the Waterside Theatre for the Fourth of July presentation of Paul Green's symphonic drama. Special guests were the Superior Court judges f of North Carolina who spent the Fourth at Whaleshead Club at Corolla as euests of Rav P. Adams. A news story from Manteo said Judge Parker, commenting ^ on the show, was especially high in his praise of the drama. The other judges were also well pleased, the story continued. * Letter 102 Years Old Found Here A letter postmarked April if,1 3846 was brought to the Herald ^ office Tuesday morning by Wal ter Mosley of 205 Jackson street Roanoke Rapids. Mosley explained that the let ter had been found by his wife in some old documents. In a perfect state of preserva tion, though the ink had faded a little, the address on the front of the paper which served as both envelope and paper was: Mr. John Hawkins, Halifax ^ County, N. C., Westland Postof fice. Inquiry among members of the Herald staff failed to reveal any knowledge of a postoffice nam ed Westland in the county. The letter was written by Mr. Hawkins* son, Thomas R. Haw kins, who apparently had re cently gone to Haywood County, Tenn. He explained to his fath er the health of the various ^ members of the family and also * gave .an indication of the prices for various products of the land in which he lived. Thomas R. Hawkins wrote. "Corn is worth $1.25 cts a barrel, cotton 5 cts. to 8 cts. a pound and pork $4 a hundred." Of course those prices were in ef fect 102 years ago, in Browns ville, Haywood County, Tennes see. - Mosley said that as near as his wife could determine John Hawkins was her mother's grandmother's uncle, which would make Mr. Hawkins, her great-great uncle. There was no postage stamp on the face of the paper, whicli apparently at one time had some seal affixed to it, but in the up per right hand corner was the figure 10 in red which apparent ly was the postage mark. EAGLES BRING $390. Miles City, Mont.—Pilot-gun ners are making money at the sport of shooting ' eagles from their airplanes. The State pa41 a $5 bounty for each of the pre datory birds, which have been killing antelopes and game birds. A. R. Tatge bagged 78 golden eagles in two aerial hunt f tag expeditions, netting him $390. Police Hang Out SRO Sign At Jail There was Standing Room On ly at the city jail this Fourth cf July week end just past. Chief T. J. Davis reported it was the busiest week end the local police department has had in more than 18 months. A to tal of 33 warrants were issued for almost as many charges — driving drunk, reckless driving, drunkenness and disorderly con duct, fighting, auto larceny, as sault with deadly weapon and carrying concealed weapon. Fast Work Among those in the city jail is Charles F. Lassiter, Jr., 23, of Newsome, Va., being held in default of $1000 bond on charges of auto larceny. According to Chief Davis, Las siter admitted stealing a four door sedan belonging to George Randolph of Enfield Saturday night at Simmons Park. Davis quoted Lassiter, who is employed in a Raleigh service station, as say:ng that he took the car at abi it 8:15 p. m. and headed for Raleigh. At 9:40 p. m. Ε. M. Spivey re ported to the police that the li cense plate on his car had been Weldon Lad Shows Profit Raymond Garner of the Wel don 4-H Club, Halifax County, made a profit of $248.00 on his 4-H Swine Project last year. In 1946 Raymond was chosen to be a link in the Purebred Poland China Pig Chain fostered by the Weldon Rotary Club. He receiv ed one of the first five gilts given by the Club. On April 10th. of last year, his sow farrowed 7 pigs and he returned one to the pig chain, this making the sow all his. Prior to farrowing time Raymond had planted his 1-2 acre farrowing lot in oats and they were in the succulent stage when the pigs were born. Pigs were weaned at 8 weeks and vaccinated when they were 10 weeks old. In September, Raymond turn ed his pigs in to hog down his 4-H hybrid corn project and it was there that they were fin ished for market. During the summer the pigs were grazed on soybeans. They did not injure the soybeans because in Novem ber, a good yield of beans were j harvested. On Nov. 15 of last year he sold his hogs on the Rocky Mount market for $245.00 and kept his brood sow. Just before this on Oct. 19th, his sow far rowed again with a litter of 8 pigs. Here is the way Raymond fig ured he made his profit. On Jan. 1st. of this year the sow and pigs on hand are valued at i $187.00, this added to the sale I of $245.00 in Nov. adds up to an income of $432.00, but this is not all profit. In the beginning he valued his gilt at $35.00. He fig ured they ate $140.00 worth of feed. It took $9.00 for vaccinat ing and marketing. These ex penses subtracted from his in come yields Raymond a profit of $248.00 on his swine project for the year. This year his in tentions are to go in with his father and raise hogs on a con siderably large scale. Frank Thomas' Father Dies In Atlanta Frank Augustus Thomas, father of Frank R. Thomas, ad vertising manager of the Herald, died suddenly last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. B. Oliver, in Atlanta, Ga. Death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Thomas was 89 years of age and unusually active up to the time of his death. Mr. Thomas will leave to night for Atlnata where funeral services for his father will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. NAMED CASE WORKER Warrenton — Miss Mollie A. Ferring of Norlina has been named case worker trainee on the staff of the Warren County Welfare Department. She as sumed her duties July 1. Funeral Friday For Sgt. West The body cf Sgt. Curtis E. West, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ε. T. West of 129 Hamiton Street, Roanoke Rapids, will arrive in the city Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, the parents learned today. Funeral service ior the Ar my hero, who died June 24, 1944 of wounds received in Dutch New Guinea during World War II, will be held from the home at f;ve o'clock Friday afternoon. Surviving in addition to the parents are six sisters, Mrs. Maggie Capps, Mrs. Virginia Beard and Mrs. Doris Clary, all of Roanoke Rapids, Miss Alice West of York, Pa.. Mrs. Margie Belle Jones of Gaston, and Mrs. Mabel Taylor of Greensboro; and one brother, ι Willie West of Phildealphia, Pa. Lynch Heads Polio Group Of County Halifax,—The Halifax County Infant:Is Paralysis Foundation board of directors reelected W. Graham Lynche of Roanoke Rapids as chairman and all of the other officers were reelect ed with the exception of the secretary at a recent meeting here. Fletcher Gregory, Jr., of Wel don, who was appointed to the board to succeed Gordon Drap er who resigned, was elected secretary of the group. Other officers reelected were Vice Chairman, Dr. R. F. Young, Treasurer, Father Peter F. Denges and Bixby Pierce, as sistant secretary. The board voted to donate $185 to a Winston-Salem hospital. Father Denges reported that the Halifax Chapter of the In fantile Paralysis Foundation has a balance of $5,434.23 as of May 31, 1948. Five cases of polio were treat ed in Halifax County during 1947-48. Army Station Sets Record / Τ w e η t y-six men enlisted through the local Army and Air Force Recruiting Station during June, setting a record for the station not equaled since 1946, it was announced by M-Sgt. El wood H. Boyce, Station Com mander, today. The sergeant stated that 217 per cent of the station's assign ed quota for the month was ac complished and a record for the Columbia Recruiting District fo. June made. Nine of the 26 enlistees were from Roanoke Rapids. Those en listing were William Henry Wheeler, Robert Clifton Gray, Harvey A. Hayes, William Heber Butler Jr., Frederick F. Ether idge, Jerry Green Kidd, Earl Wayne Waters, Eugene Brigman Ray and James Edward Del* bridge. Fifteen others from Halifax, Northampton, and Warren Coun ties enlisted were: William Carlton Freeman of Weldon. Je ies Wesley Sanders of Hali fax, William Fuzzell Walker, Ho ward Wilson Dickens: William Alfred Reed, and Paul Ray Har ris of Aurelian Springs. Jimmy Earl Jenkins, Robert Sumner Vann, Jake William Lassiter Jr., and Jimmy Russell Cox, Jr., all of Conway. Elias Bracy and Jack Ayscue ot Roxo bel, Luther Henry Northcutt Jr. of Rich Square James Thomas Drake ol Como, and William Wallace Paynter of ^orlina. Also enlisting thro the local Station were Charles Franklin Fry and James William Leroy Triplett of Washington, D. C. stolen. It was then discovered that the car parked next to Spivey's, the sedan belonging to Randolph, was missing. A radio message was sent out and at 11:30 p. m. Raleigh po lice arrested Lassiter who was in the act of changing license plates on the stolen auto, said Davis. Lassiter will be given a hear ing in Mayor's court on July 12. Faster Still In the city jail for a while but now at liberty under a $300 cash bond is Jimmy L. Pierce, Negro, who was arrested Sunday morn ing on charges of driving while drunk. According to police, Pierce raced the length of Roanoke Ave nue at 7 o'clock Sunday morning at 90 miles per hour at a time when every stop light was on red. He will be tried in Mayor's Court on July 12. Enfield Student Assumes Duties In 2 Counties Elizabeth City—Miss Agnes El len of Enfield has assumed her duties as assistant home agent ;n Pasquotank and Camden coun ties for the next two months. Miss Ellen will work with the Four-Η clubs in the two counties during her two months under the supervision of Mrs. Virginia Har ris, home demonstration agent. Miss Ellen is a student at Wo mans College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and will return there this fall to continue her studies. In 1 9 4 4, Miss Ellen was a winner of a trip to Chicage as a member of a state dairy-food demonstratio η team. County Agent Advises Dust Applications Halifax—W. O. Davis, Halifax County Farm Agent, today listed several recommendation» to farm ers about dusting cotton. Davis said the recommend a tions are based on field observa tions and square counts made dur ing the last week of June and the first part of July. The farm agent said that farm ers who strted dusting duri η g the week of June 21 should put on three applications ο f d ust Farmers who did not start dust ing before July 3 are advised to wait to begin until July 20. Davis explained that the inves tigation had shown that their are very few adult weevils in the fields at this time and that a new generation of weevils will not start their destruction until July 20. Farmers who begin dusting July 20 are advised to make three applications at seven day intervals using not less than 10 pounds of dust per acre. Davis reported that five fields were examined on July 2 which had received two applications of dust and four fields were exa - mined which had received no dust. On the undusted fields wee vil damage was found in several spots with a large number of squares punched. On the dusted fields weevil damage was found in only two farms and in each case only one to five punctured squars were found. Davis reported that the first punctured squares were found on June 25, but added that more had been found on July 2. Lightning Strikes Two Warren County Dwellings Warrenton—Two houses were struck by lightning during heavy electrical storms during the re cent heat wave here. The home of W. H. Wright about two miles from Vaughan on the Eaton Ferry road, was destroyed by fire after being hit on the evening of June 27th. Wright was painfully burned try ing to remove furniture from one of the rooms of the flaming building. The fire destroyed everything he had except a few pieces of furniture in one room, it was re ported, and Wright was trying to remove this to safety when the wind blew the door shut, trapping him in the burning house. The door had to be knock ed down before he could be got ten out and he was badly burn ed before this could be done. Other members of his family es caped injury. The home of John Allen in North Warrenton was struck by a lightning bolt on the afternoon of June 28th at around 6:45 o' clock. Although the house was not burned, the bolt knocked brick from the chimney, knocked the stove down and scattered furni ture about the house. Continu ing its path, the lightning dug a small ditch for a distnace of 50 to 75 feet. No one was at home at the time. Demo Executive Committee Meet Slated Thursday Scotland Neck,—û.ric W. Rod gers, secretary of the Halifax County Democratic Executive Committee, announces today that the committee will meet at the court house in Halifax, July 8, at 10 a. m. Rodgers said that the purpose of the meeting is to select a member for the Halifax County Board of Education to fill the unexpired term of L. W. Leggett of Hobgood, who has resigned. Mrs. W. P. White Jr. of Hob good has been elected for the next full term. Rodgers urged all members of the executive committee to b e present for the meeting. Rexford Joyner Is Removed To Richmond County Jail To Face Trial There 26th Rexford Joyner was released Monday morning from the Hali fax county jail to Everett Terry, deputy sheriff of Richmond County. He will be tried in the Richmond county court during the week of July 26 on charges of check forgery in the Rocking ham area. Since his arrest June 18 by local police, Joyner has been held under $7500 bond in the Halifax jail on charges of al leged check forgery committed in Northampton, Richmond, Cumberland and Halifax coun ties. yollo"irr' his · trial in Rich mond County, Joyner will be returned here to await triai in Superior Court beginning Au gust 16. Seven counts of check forgery allegedly commuted in Halifax county have been filed against him. Judge Presiding Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn of Woodland last week was as signed by Gov. Cherry to preside over a one-week mixed term of Northampton Superior Court in lieu of Judge Hunt Parker of Roanoke Rapids. The court will open August 2. Cadet Hedgepeth Attends Camp In New Jersey Warrenton—Richard Hedgepet son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hed gepeth, is attending the Signal Corps ROTC summer camp a t Fort Manmouth, N. J. Approx imately 400 cadets from universi ties and colleges throughout the United States are attending the six weeks course at the cam ρ and, during their stay, will re ceive intensive field training in all phases of Signal Corps com munication. Cadet Hedgepeth is a student at N. C. State College, belongs to the Eta Kappa Nu Fraternity and is a member of the Ameri can Institute of Electrical En gineers. 48 Local Nat'l Guardsmen To Train At Fort Bragg Forty-eight local National Guardsmen will entrain for Fort Bragg on Sunday, July 11 for a two week camp. While at camp Guardsmen will receive full honor pay, ac cording to Raleigh F. Seay, Cap tain of Co. Ε of the 119th In fantry of the local Guard unit. Camp training will consist of firing all the basic infantry wea pons and familiarization with them, stated Capt. Seay. Guardsmen who will attend the camp are: Capt. Raleigh F. Seay, Lt. Everett S. StainbacK, Jr., It. Leon Edwards and Lt. Robert G. Martin. Also 1st Sgt. Hurley E. Midgett, and Sergeants: Howaid G. Cooke. James R. Sewell, Leon A. Taylor, James A. Wal ker, Eugene G. Dickens, Archie H. Lyles, Ο. B. Overton, Sam uel E. Sandeford, Raymond E. Gibson, Reginald E. Williams, Henry H. Lyles and William D. Peacock. ♦ Corporals: Thurman E. Askew. Mayriard R. Lyles, Howard J. O'Neal, John G. Walker, Wilfred C. Walker, William F. White and Julian M. Hedgepeth Privates First Class: Aubrey ,N. Dickens, Wilbur E. Harris, Gerald C. Midgette, Wallace W. Nicholson, Roy L. Powell, Wil· ford P. Starke, and Randolph Vaughan. Privates: Herman R. Baggett, Charles D. Bradley, Richard E. Brown, Forrest G. Carpenter, John M. Cobb Jr., Alton D. Cok T. Hall, Alvin L. Hockaday, Frank D. Hudson, Willie Leg gett, Manning E. Medlin, Char les E. Rawlings, Ralph W. Sew ell, Suiter R. Stokes, Willie J. Storey, and Eldred W. Stricland. Emporia Negro Woman Hurt When Auto Strikes Train Mrs. Clarence Williams, Ne gro from Emporia, Va., was admitted early this morning to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital as the result of injuries sustained when a car in which she and three other persons were riding hit a train near Emporia. Hospital authorities were not able to report full details of the accident. Mrs. Williams suffer ed two arm fractures and other lacerations. She was the only passenger requiring hospital at tention. Plans Made For Meeting At Damsite Buggs Island, Va.—A meeting viy be beld here December 1 0 to acquaint citizens of North Car olina and Virginia with progress of the Buggs Island Construction work, according to plans made in a recent meeting held here. Members of the Virginia legis lature, members of the Congress ional delegations of both states, members of the Board of Conser vation and Development of North Carolina and the State Planning Board of Virginia, county officias of all counties on the Roanok e I River and governors of the two states will be the guests of the Mecklenburg Civic Council of Clarksville, Virginia at the De cember meeting. Plans for the session were made at a meeting of citizens of the two states meeting here with representatives of the United Sta tes Army Engineers. The meeting was postpon e d from early in the fall until De cember in order to make it poss ible for those in attendance to see the actual start of construction work at the dam. Lions To Install New Officers At Meeting Tonight Harvey W. Woodruff will bo installed president of the Lions Club tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the High School Lunchroom. Past Lions President Joe W Talley will be installing officer. Other incoming Lions officers who will be installed are: Dr. R. A. Daniel, first vice-president: John H. Lackey, second vice president; John W. Lupton, third vice-president; Houston Fuller, secretary; H. C. Johnson, treas urer; Eugene Layman, Lion Tamer; M. C. Newson, Jr., Tail Twister. During the installation cere mony, Talley will present Lions' buttons to each of the top three incoming officers. Following in stallation, President Woodruff will award buttons to the past three high-ranking officers. The rest of the program will consist of reports made by chairmen of standing commit tees. Each chairman will report on his committee's activities during the past year. Past officers of the Lions are: Joe W. Talley, president ; Harvey W. Woodruff, first vice president; Dr. R. A. Daniel, sec ond vice-president; Charlie Wills, third vice-president; Raine Wilson, secretary; Zeb Denney, treasurer; Clyde Martin, Lion Tamer; John H. Lackey, Tail Twister. BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY Jamestown, Ν. Y.—Several firemen, attending a convention here, hired a taxi to follow Chief Rudolph H. Swanson's car to two fires. "We're firemen no matter [where we are," one explained. Carnivals Banned In Halifax County Halifax—The Halifax County board of commissioners, meet ing in regular session here to day, banned carnivals from op erating in Halifax County, made Polio Quarantine Affects Visitors To Halifax Area Halifax — Dr. Robert F. Young, Halifax County health officer, announced today that persons from four counties in the state, which hare been quarantined because of the ο u t b r e ak of poliomyelitis, must report to the health offi cials in Halifax when they en ter Halifax County. Dr. Young listed the four counties ai Guilford, Burke. Cumberland and Moore. He said that persons from these counties would be quar antined when they entered Halifax so as to prevent a spreading of poliomyelitis. Dr. Young said that so far there hare been no cases of polio reported in the county, but "we are apprehensive and mean to take as many step· as humanly possible to prevent any cases in this county." The health officer said thai the quarantine order on peo ple in Guilford. Moore. Cum berland and Burke counties had been ordered by state health authorities. NOT A HIGH SCHOOL It is the Halifax elementary I school, not high school as was ■ erroneously reported in last ι Thursday's Herald, that is suf fering from a sharp drop in en rollment and therefore laces the problem of continuing as a sep arate school unit or consolidat ing with some other school. Ha lifax has no high school, said Superintendent W. Henry Over man, who called attention to the error. The Herald regrets tie mistake. Kiwanians Hear Head Of State Labor Dept. Forrest Shuford, commission er of labor for North Carolina, deescribed the functions of the state department of labor to the members of the Roanoke Rap ids Kiwanis Club at their meet ing last Thursday night. Shuford explained that while the department of labor was or ganized primarily as a device to aid the laboring class of peo ple in North Carolina it func tioned, as he explained it as "a three-legged milk stool.'' He declared that the depart ment worked to gain a closer un derstanding among labor, capi tal and management, striving for a closer cooperation among all three, so that the economy of the state could be on a more stable basis. He elaborated on the func tions of the department in vari ous industrial problems of the state and added that the de partment's chief function was to see that the industry of the state is maintained on a high basis of productivity. Dr. W. D. Hall, president of the club, presided over the meeting which was held in the junior high school building lunch room and attended by more than j 60 persons. No Polio Cases Reported Here Halifax—Dr. Robert F. Young, Halifax County Health officer, said today that so far his office had received no reports of any poliomyelitis in Halifax County. Dr. Young's office also re ported that contrary to reports the water situtaion in the coun ty was "generally good." There had been several re ports that wells in the county were drying up, but Dr. Young's office said they had no reports of such occurences. SOME LANDLORD Los Angeles.—Mrs. Anna Hag opian testified in court that, in an effort to evict her, her land lord : Padlocked her bathroom door, tore the kitchen sink from the wall, removed kitchen fix tures, including the stove, turn ed off the gas and instituted a course of "force, epithets and threats, including three law suits." It was all to no avair— she is still living in the apart ment with her two young sons, and is suing her landlord for $22,000 damages. > appointments to several boards and authorized the employment of a helper at the Halifax Coun ty Home, during the morning session. Scheduled to be considered during the afternoon were ease ments on the airport property and the drawing of a jury panel to serve during the next term of Superior Court. Carnivals Banned The banning of carnivals in Halifax County came as the re sult of a motion by Meade H. Mitchell, which was seconded by C. H. Alexander and passed. Mitchell's motion directed the tax collector not to issue any licenses to carnivals to show in Halifax County. Appointments Mad· Mrs. C. E. Cotton was reap pointed to the Halifax County Library Board for a period ui six years beginning July 1, 1948. T. J. Alford of Ronokae Rap ids was named a director and C. S. Vinson was named secre tary to board of hospital man agers for the Halifax County Sanitarium. On a motion by Commission er Alexander, Commissioner John Davis and Mrs. Bryant, matron of the Halifax County home, were authorized to inter view persons and employ a helper for Mrs. Bryant at the home. It was explained that the large number of bed patients at the home made additional help necessary. Request License Refund Letters from J. H. Wsalton ol Scotland Neck and Myers Groc ery of Enfield requesting the re fund of a license tax on fortifi ed wine were read to the board. Both concerns contended they had sold no unfortified wine and were exempt from the license tax. The board ordered the tax col lector to check stock? and in voices of the two concerns foï the past two years and if no un fortified wine had been sold thf license would be refunded fol two years from the date of the written request. Couniv Health Raoart Dr. Robert F. Young, Halifax County health officer, reported the condition of the county home and general health condi· tions in the county and receiv ed a vote of appreciation from the board for his "continued good efforts at raising the health level in the county.'' » Afternoon Session The commissioners adjourned for lunch about noon and were to reconvene for an afternoon session at which time the jury will be drawn and the easements on the airport property will be discussed. There was an indication that condemnation proceedings might be authorized to obtain the easements on the land, though it was not official and the board had taken no action on the easements during the morning session. Attending the meeting were Chairman D. G. Dickens, Com missioners C. S. Alexander, John B. Davis, Meade H. Mitchell, J. R. Wrenn; County Attorney Ir win Clark and Frank Wilson, register of deeds, who serves secretary to the board. Heavy 4th Traffic But No Fatalities No fatal automobile accidents occurred in Halifax, Hertford, Northampton or Bertie counties over the Fourth of July week· end, according to Corp. L. B. Lane, Highway Patrol Officer for this area. Corp. Lane stated that traffic on the county roads and state [highways were extremely heavx throughout the holiday period. BUMP BRINGS MONET Wichita, Kan.—-After colliding with a pedestrian, Calvin W. Tinsley, 23, a navy veteran, rushed into police headquarters to ask where he was. He learn ed he was 755 miles from his home, in Davenport, Iowa. A victim of amnesia, Tinsley said the last thing he remembered was leaving his job with a con struction company at Rock Is land, 111. He had a list of un bought groceries, 24 cents in change and an empty billfold in his pocket. REMEMBER THE KIDDIES. Winner, S. Dak.—Although George C. McDonald, better known as "Shorty," is dead, ht will not be forgotten by the children of this town. He left two-fifths of his estate to build a community playground. Shorty, who owned a small cafe, saved all the pennies he took in each year, and at Christmastime, ht would gather up th· children and" pass out the year's t*k·» ι m
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