Roanoke
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^ Another Old Penny
A plow share turned up an
old penny on a farm on the
Littleton highway recently.
Ed Ivey, Negro tenant on the
farm of A. A. Tarboro, brought
the penny to the Herald office
Saturday. It was dated 1838 and
was just a little bit smaller
than a 50 cent piece.
Ivey said he was plowing a
field when his plowshare turned
up the penny. A look at an old
coin book showed that the pen
ny is worth 20 cents today.
Thank goodness, our copper
pieces are smaller now than
they were in 1838, what with
the penny parking meters and
all of the sales tax we pay,
they would have been quite
heavy to carry in our pockets or
purses.
Avoid Lonr Wait
E, F, and G drivers can avoid
waiting in long lines if they'll
take their driver's license exam
ination now, says E. P. Davis,
local driver's examiner.
No one can go with you on
the driving test, added Davis,
in a plea to mothers to leave
their children at home or else
make arrangements for someone
((t to care for the child while the
mother is taking the driving test.
It Does Happen
The story of the enlisted man
being kicked around by his com
manding officer during the war
and then coming back to civil
ian life to a place of authority
in a business only to have the
same officer approach him for
a job does happen. The Rambler
;φ stumbled across a true-life ver
sion the other day. Seems an ex
serviceman rose to a top position
in a company up North. Not too
long ago none other than the gen
eral under whom he served came
to him for a job. No, he didn't
refuse him. The general now
works as one of his foremen.
The former serviceman is visit
ing a war buddy in town.
§ Teacher Writing: Term Paper
The Herald received a let- :
ter today from Miss Henrietta
Price, local teacher who is study
ing this summer at Columbia
University, New York City. Miss
Price asked for a copy of the
Herald (May 27) that featured
the recreational needs of Roa
noke Rapids as she plans to use
some of the material from that
issue for a term paper she's writ
% ing for one of her classes at Col
umbia.
Summer Showers—More Canning
These afternoon showers mean
just muddy clay roads to walk
through to lots of local residents,
but to city clerk Dorothy Shearin
they mean more vegetables from
her 30x45 foot garden to can. To
date, Dot reports a total of 23
pints of snap beans, 6 pinnts of
v butterbeans, 8 pints of corn, 1
pint of carrots (rabbits got into
these) 3 pints of tomatoes (many
more expected, added Dot), C
pints of mixed vegetables, 9 pints
of bread and butter pickles, 12
pints of sweet cucumber, and
two gallons of sour pickles. Alio
grown in the Shearin garden are
cantaloupe, cabbage, radishes,
onions, garlic, green peppers,
and okra. And oh yes. remem
* bered Dot, some zinnias, mari- :
gold and gladiolas.
Culinary Efforts Thwarted
C. L. Bristow was in the midst ι
of making biscuits for his Sun- !
day dinner when the fire depart
ment was called to extinguish
the burning tar barrel at Rose
mary Mill. Bristow, who drives
one of the fire trucks, said he
had to leave his baking just as
φ he was preparing to roll the
dough. His biscuits never did
rise and they tasted like crack
ers, he mournfully added.
To See the World
Earl Glove, Louis Smith and
Frank Nance, all of Roanoke
Rapids, joined the Navy last
Thursday. The boys were sworn
in in Raleigh yesterday. They
will leave immediately for San
"Jl Diego, Calif, for 12 weeks basic
training and following that will
attend a Navy electrical school.
Glover and Smith were formerly
in the Naval Reserve.
—In Same Division 5 Years
T/Sgt. Bill Jones stationed at
the local Army and Air Force
recruiting office, and formerly a
lieutenant in the National Guard
^ here, was reading the Herald
* Thursday afternoon. Suddenly
he dropped it to rush out and
find Jerry Elliott. Seems they
were in the same division—the
31st Dixie Division fcr five
years, Jones with the 124th In
fantry group and Elliott with
the Division Artillery Head
quarters. The boys had a good
time swapping tales about the
various camps they were in to
φ gether.
Bench At Third and Roanoke
Folks waiting on the city bus
can rest comfortably in one spot
now At the bus stop on tne
west corner of Third Street and
Roanoke Avenue a bench has
been placed through the courtesy
of the Roanoke Rapids Lumber
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VOLUME ΧΧΧΙΠ ROANOKE RAPIDS, Ν. C., TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1948 NUMBER 43
Dry Weather Gives Farmers
And Forecasters Headache
RALEIGH—There seems to be
general agreement that crop
prospects looked pretty good in
North Carolina until July 1, but
the weather since then has caus
ed headaches for government
crop forecasters as well as for
farmers.
The mid-summer forecast of
the Federal-State Crop Reporting
Service paints a rosy picture of
the agricultural scene on the ba
sis of July 1 information, then
reverses itself somewhat by
pointing out that grand moisture
was "becoming dangerously low
in many parts of the state."
It takes time to gather infor
mation from crop correspond
ents all over the state and more
time to compile it in a compre
hensive, comprehensible report
for the public. Meanwhile the
weather can change the whole
situation. That's exactly what's
happened, so the crop forecast
ers naturally hedged a little in
their latest estimates, summariz
ed briefly as follows:
Flue-cured tobacco—July 1 in
dications pointed to somewhat
higher acreage yields than last
year and a total production of
681,050,000 pounds, about one
fourth smaller than last year be
cause of reductions in acreage
allotments; but dry weather fol
lowing July 1. especially in the
middle and old belts, was likely
to reduce yields and total
poundage.
Corn — Another record
breaking crop, with a record
yield of 32 bushels an acre from
a record acreage of 2,309,000,
was in prospect July 1. The ef
fect of dry weather in early July
will not be known until after
August 1, the forecasters warn
Cotton—Acerage estirr^ted at
730,000 or 12 per cent more than
last year. Production forecast
banned by law.
Wheat—This year's harvest es
timated at 7,344,000 bushels, 13
per cent below last year's pro
duction but much better than
average and far better than ex
pected earlier. Yield of 17 bush
els an acre equals 1946 and 1947
record.
Peanuts — Acreage estimated
at 326,000, or 6,000 acres more
than grown last year and 41,000
acres above the 10-year average.
Soybeas—399,000 acres plant
ed, 10 per cent above the 10
year average, with an estimated
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Forestry Camp
Is Cancelled
Halifax—State Forester W. K.
Beichler has notified the Hali
fax County forest warden that
the annual forestry ctamp for
farm boys has been cancelled.
Beicher wrote that the camp,
which was to have been held
August 23 to 27, at the Division
of Forestry and Parks Single
tary Lake Camp, was being can
cmelled because of the polio
outbreak in the state.
The camp has been sponsor
ed for the past several years
by the Forestry division in co
operation with the member mills
of the Southern Pulpwood Con
servation Association and the
Sf ' ^rd Rriiroad.
Firemen Extinguish
Burning Tar At
Rosemary Mill
A lot of smoke and little fire
was quickly taken care of by
the local fire department Sunday
morning at 11:30. The thick,
clouds of black smoke came from I
a burning barrel of tar at Rose
mary Mill.
Firemen said the tar was be
ing warmed to be used on the
new addition to the mill now un
der construction. The tar appar
ently got too hot and the barrel
burst open.
Two alarms were sounded be
cause the heavy smoke screen
made the fire appear much more
serious than it actually was.
Firemen extinguished the flames
in a few moments.
Scotland Neck
Legion Post
Seats Officers
Scotland Neck—The Roanoke
Post No. 34 of the American Le
gion installed its new officers
at a ladies night -affair held last
week at the scout pond.
Henry Bourne of Tarboro, for
mer departmental commander of
the American Legion install e d
M. Mullen Lilley as comman
der; Lyman Forbes, vice com
mander and Robert Marks sec
ond vice commander. The other
officers will be appointed b y
these three.
Bourne and the retiring com
mander, Henry Lee Harrison
made a few remarks.
A vote of thanks was given
to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tilltry
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Marks for the brunswick ste w
supper which was served.
During the business session,
women who had served with the
armed forces were asked to join
the American Legion.
Aurelian Springs
Girl Hurt In Freak
Highway Accident
Aurelian Springs — Miriam
Hux, 10-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hux, was
injured seriously last week when
the truck on which she was rid
ing rolled backward into an em
bankment.
Miriam was riding on the
truck and had her legs hang
ing over the tail gate and was
pinned against the embankment.
Both legs were broken attach
es at a Rocky Mount hospital
to which the child was removeo
the child was removed report
reported. One foot was badly
crushed. She is reported to be
improved.
Halifax June ABC Sales
Amount To $95,743.80
Liquor sales in North Caro
lina's county and city ABC stores
during June totaled $3,203,338.15^
which is more than a $650,000
gain over the same month last
year.
June liquor sales for Halifax
county amounted to $95,743.80;
Warren csounty reported $25,-J
933.75.
Former Examiner Is Fined $300
Weeks Found
Guilty On 3
Of 5 Counts
Halifax—Irwin L. Weeks, for
mer Halifax and Hertford Coun
ty drivers license examiner,
drew fines totaling $300 and an
eight months suspended road
sentence, after pleading nolo
contendere in Halifax Recorders
Court here today to charges that
he illegally issued operators li
censes.
Weeks was charged in five
warrants of having issued driv
ers licenses and received money
to influence the issuance.
Judge Charles Daniel asked to
be presented the facts in only
one of the cases and based his
judgment on that case.
The only witness called by the
prosecution was James Henry
Jones, Northampton County Ne
gro.
The defense paraded an array
of character witnesses from
throughout Halifax County, who
testified that Weeks was a man
of good character, but that was
all of the defense offered in the
case. Persons from Weldon, Rca
noke Rapids, Scotland Neck and
Enfield, among other towns in
the county testified on Weeks'
behalf.
Judge Daniel found Weeks
guilty on three of the five
counts. In the first one Weeks
was sentenced to eight months
on the roads suspended on the
payment of a fine of $100 and
court costs. In two others he
was fined $100 and costs in each.
Weeks was ordered to remain on
his good behavior for two years.
Judgment was suspended on
the payment of court costs in
the two other counts against
Weeks.
Weeks, who was tried under a
little used state statute on war
rants issued by Attorney Gen
eral Harry MacMullan, was re
presented by D. Mack Johnson
of Enfield and A. C. Gay of
Jackson.
Weeks resigned from his posi
tion of drivers license examiner
after the State Bureau of In
vestigation began a probe of his
activities in the area.
The wrarants were issued on
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Ashford Named CO
Of Scotland Neck
National Guard
Scotland Neck—Robert Ash
ford has received his commiss
ion from Adjutant Générât J.
Van Metts as commanding of
ficer of a company of the 119th
Infantry National Guard, which
will be stationed here. Appli
cation for this company was
made recently and it is under
stood has been given approval
and will be shortly organized.
Edwards Is Officer
Of Sanitarian Group
Eugene S. Edwards, Jr., iood
[sanitarian for Halifax County,
was elected vice president of the
Eastern North Carolina sanitar
ians section at a meeting i η
Greenville, on Monday, July 12.
Edwards who has had service
with the U. S. Public Health
Service for four years and spe
cial training in Public Health
work at the Field Training Cen
ter of the U. S. Public Health
Service at Columbus, Ga., has
been with the Halifax Cou η t y
Health Department since Jan
uary 1.
Halifax Principal Resigns; Teacher
List For County Schools Announced
Several Posts
In Halifax
Schools Vacant
Halifax—W. Henry Overman,
superintendent of the Halifax
County schools, announced today
that Miss Thelma Elliott, princi
pal of the Halifax School since
1933, had resigned. At the same
time Overman released the tea
cher list for the county for the
coming school year.
In announcing that Miss El
liott had resigned, Overman paid
her high compliment. He said,
"Miss Elliott was a very fine
school principal and took a very
active part in civic affairs."
Miss Elliott was teacher of the
adult Sunday School class at the
Methodist Church.
Overman said that Miss El
liott had accepted a position in
the Hertford County School sys
tem.
Her position in Halifax has
not been filled.
The teacher list for the various
county schools:
Aurelian Springs: Principal:
George E. Crawley. High School
teachers: Melba Inez Creel, Eth
el V. Crawley, Mary Alice Wil
liams, Margaret R. Crawley,
Emma F. Smith and L. O. Hill;
elementary school: Ethel M.
Hux, Maudgenia Mohorn, Marie
D. Daniel, Grace M. Ward,
Tenny M. Congleton, Louise P.
uox and Dorothy L. Green. La
lah M. Boseman and Mary F.
Greene have both resigned their"
teaching positions at Aurelian
Springs, Mrs. Dickens, teacher
ai 'he Darlington School which
has been closed has been offer
ed a position at the Aurelian
Springs School.
Hollister: Principal: Miriam
H. Mabry and Bessie Gupton,
teacher.
William R. Davie School:
Principal: C. U. Williams, High
school Kathleen A. Kidd. Two
high school teachers, Helen
Daughtry and Mildred B. Fer
guson, have resigned. Elemen
tary school: Ethei R. Winstead,
Clyde M. Dortch, Bertha Jen
kins, Winnie D. Burt, Kate C.
Sherrod, and Mrs. C. U. Wil
liams. Three vacancies exist in
the elementary school by reason
of the resignations of Gladys S.
Woodard, Louise M. Jones and
Lorraine H. King.
Scotland Neck: Principal:
Louis W. Alexander. High
school: Willella M. Riddick,
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Warren Four-Η
Boys And Girls
Back From Camp
Warrenton—Thirty-eight War
ren County boys and girls have
returned from the Four-Η Camp
at Manteo on Roanoke Island.
They were accompanied by
Janie Ruth Pleasant, home dem
onstration agent, Ruth Sears, as
sistant home demonstration
agent, L. B. Hardage, assistant
farm agent and Mrs. Paul Coop
er and Billy Commell, counsel
lors.
In addition to routine camp
experiences, the group saw the
Lost Colony drama and were
conducted on a tour of Old
Fort Raleigh Wright Memorial
and other historic spots in Dare
County.
Biblical Pageant Postponed
Until August; Cast Is Set
And Continues Rehearsals
The V.F.W. Biblical drama,
"The Light Eternal," schedul
ed for tonight and tomorrow
night, has been postponed un
til August, Sgt. Dick Collins,
local V.F.W. official in «charge
of the production, announced
this morning.
Sergeant Collins said that
the play has been delayed in
order to give the cast more
time to rehearse. "We hope to
have a better production by
waiting until we have had
more time to practice," he ex
plained.
The date of the production
will be announced later.
Meanwhile the full cast tor
the play has been selected and
22 singers from the various
church choirs in town chosen
to make up the chorus. Mrs.
Paul T. Overton will direct
the singers and Miss Sara Eli
zabeth Pope will be the
group's pianist. Twenty musi
cal numbers will be given dur
ing the performance.
The cast for the play will
include the following: Nara
rater, A1 Drew; John, Willis
Stevens; Judy, Juanita Jones;
Joseph, Dick Britton; Judah,
James Fanney; Simeon, El
wood Boyce; Levi, Dick Col
lins; Rubin, Bill Jones; Ben
jamin, Ronald Taylor; Chief
Steward, Roland Butler.
Pharoah, Robert Nance;
Moses, the Rev. W. R. Ste
vens; Arion, the Rev. Edmund
Berkeley; Hannah, Betty Sue
Taylor; Miriam, Shirley Jones;
Grove Victim· Betty Collier;
Nebulon, Billy Fanney; Mary,
Hazel Bass.
Angel, Mary Little Camp;
Shepherds, Ronald Taylor and
Billy Fanney; Guards, Ron
ald Chestnut and Doc MacHaf
fey; Court Girls, Fanny Col
lins and Ann Pickett; Wise
men, Rupdolph Waters, Tom
Taylyor and Billy Moore.
Making up the chorus will
be Christine Bush, Libby Dean
Clemmer, Louise Burke, Ruby
Blowe, Hattie Cullom, Mrs. E.
T. Blowe, Flora Ann Scearce,
Hazel Lee, Jo Anne BlacK.
Ann Wood, Jo Anne Edwards.
Dorothy Cooper, Mrs. Helen
Gwaltney, Rose C ο ο k s e y,
Mary Speight, Paul T. Over
ton, Roy Carver, Rudolph Wa
ters, Billy Moore, Thomas
Clark, John Spence and Tom
Taylor.
Local Guard
Unit Ends .
Training
Fort Bragg (Special)— The ^
Roanoke Rapids Unit of Com
pany Ε of the 119th Infantry of
the National Guard is winding
up its summer training pro
gram, along with other units of
the National Guard here.
Everett S. Stainback, execu-·
tive officer of the local unit,
wrote that Captain Raleigh F.
Seay, commanding officer of the
local company, "Is well pleased
with the showing of his men in
the encampment."
Stainback said, "These civilian
soldiers met a rigid two weeks
training schedule on their ar
rival here. We have received
.instruction in the firing of th2
M-l rifle, Carbine, Browning
Automatic Rifle, the .45 caliber
pistol and other weapons."
The members of Company E.
saw a demonstration by a tank
unit against an imaginary ene
my. The infantry unit in the
demons tration showed the
guardsmen the latest in the firt
power of the bazooka, mortar
and anti-tank weapons.
Northampton 4-H
Camp Cancelled
Woodland—The annual North
ampton County Four-Η camp
scheduled for July 19-24 at
White Lake has been cancelled.
The cancellation was announc
ed by Northampton County farm
agents upon the recommendation
of Dr. W. R. Parker, county
health officer.
"Miss Weldon" Will Be Crowned By Jaycees At Second
Annual Contest; Gala Affair Will Be Held Wednesday
Four George
Residents In
Auto Wreck
George — Buck Taylor and
Miss Rose Taylor received minor
injuries and Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Whitley were injured in
two car wrecks in the Virginia
mountains. The W e d η e sday
wrecks occurred within twenty
miles of each other above Roa
noke, near the West Virgini a
line.
Taylor, salesman for Parker
Mfg. Co., local casket concern,
rammed the side of an oil tank
er on a sharp curve to avoid go
ing over a 1500 ft. precipic e.
Guard posts stopped his car
from plunging down the steep
drop.
The second wreck occurred
Wednesday night when Whitley,
driving down a mountain, sud
denly saw the unlighted rear
end of a truck aead, put on
brakes and the car skidded out
of control. The right door fell
open and Miss Rose Taylor fell
out. In falling she grabbed Mrs.
Whitley's arm and held on but
was dragged about fifteen feet
farther before the car struck an
abutment and stopped.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitley and Miss
Rose Taylor, brother-in-law and
two sisters of Buck, had started
to the scene of the first wreck in
respose to Taylors phone call
for help.
Taylor received a skinned knee
and bruised eye in the first
wreck; Miss Rose Taylor was
bruised and scratched and both
suffered general shock and soie
muscles.
uraay Jr-arKer οι earner Mig.
Co., and S. P. Taylor, local mer
chant and brother of hte strand
ed group made the trip safely
Thursday to bring them home.
Damage to Taylor's car, a new
Kaiser-Frazer 4 door sedan was
about $500 and to Whitley's
about $200. Both were covered
by insurance.
Savings Receipts
Top Billion Mark
Chicago (U.P.)—The nation's
savings and loan associations
report gross savings receipts
above the billion-dollar mark for
the first time in history.
The United States Savings
and Loan League announced that
savings placed in savings insti
tutions totaled $1,030,000,000 in
the first three months of 1948.
compared with $917,000,000 "for
the corresponding period last
year.
J. Ε. King Killed In Two-Car Crash
Two Others
Injured In
Fatal Crash
J. A. Johnston Still
Patient At Hospital ;
Third Fatality of Year
Halifax County's third high
way traffic fatality this year oc
curred on the outskirts of Roa
noke Rapids Friday night.
June Edward (Eddie) King, 40,
former Roanoke Rpaids taxi
driver, was fatally injured and
two other persons were hurt
when two automobiles collided
head-on on 10th street east.
The injured persons were Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Johnston of High
Point. Johnston is still a patient
at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital
and is suffering from a fractur
ed arm, and cuts and bruises
about the face and head. Mrs.
Johnston was treated for minor
cuts and bruises and was re
leased Saturday morning.
King died in the hospital sev
eral hours after the accident as
the result of a fractured skull
and internal injuries.
A fourth person in the acci
dent, David Wallace· who v/ae
riding with King, escaped injury.
Highway patrol officers who
investigated the accident, «aid
it occurred about 8:30 p.m.
King, who was driving a 1933
Ford Coach, was traveling west.
The Johnstons were riding in a
1941 Ford Sedan.
The cars were virtually de
molished by the impact.
Johnston is with the Guest
Company, which is doing some
Pulp and Paper Mill here.
Mrs. Johnston, when inter
viewed this morning by a Herald
reporter at the hospital where
she was attending her husband,
said she saw King's car coming
fast and she ducked her head
and then "things happened so
fas' ttut I vs. 't /ecall what did
happe*'' * next think I
knew we had been hit a terrific
wallop."
Mrs. Johnston said her hus
band got out of their damaged
automobile and went over to
King's car. "Then some man
came up, I don't know who he
was, and took us to the hos
pital."
Johnston, who was visibly suf
fering from his injuries, said,
"There was nothing that I could
do to avoid the accident. The
car appeared to be traveling
very fast and I couldn't get out
of his way."
The two cars hit with their
left front wheels becoming en
tangled. The impact apparently
threw Johnston against the
steering wheel of his car, which
was badly bent and his head
apparently hit the windshield.
The Johnston car was insured.
King's car was smashed very
badly along the left side and the
left front wheel was driven back
alongside the motor. The wind
shield was completely broken
from his automobile and there
was much blood on the seat of
the car. The back seat had been
thrown forward against the front
from the force of the impaéfc
An inquest to determine the
cause of the accident will be
held here Friday at 8:00 p. m..
if Johnston has been released
from the hospital at that time,
said County Coroner Rufus
Britton today.
Funeral services for King
were conducted from the First
Baptist Church by the Rev.
Gordon L. Price Sunday after
noon at 4:30 o'clock. Burial was
in the Roanoke Rapids ceme
tery.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Lillian King; one son, Richard
King; one daughter, Judith
King, both of the home; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff
King; four brothers, Vester,
Wilbur, Daniel nad Genie King;
five sisters, Mrs. Susie Mat*
thews, Mrs. Sallie Strickland,
Mrs. Mattie Tudor, Mrs. Myrtice
Case and Mrs. May Batten, all
of Roanoke Rapids.
Correction
In listing the nine men whom
the city commissioners ap
pointed to the newly establish
ed recreation commission last
Tuesday, the Herald inadver
tently omitted two lines of type
tently omitted two lines of
type. The missing lines read:
"C. L. Elting repreesenting
the Virginia Electric & Power
Co. and Cranford Hoyle repre
senting the city schools.
BROCKTON, Mass. (U.P.) —
The same day that Mrs. Angela
Couture, 95, died, her grand*
daughter gave birth to a baby
and her grandson got married.
*· - Save Money During Roanoke Rapids Merchants' Dollar Day Sales - -
re Co. : Ann Turner, The Roa
noke News, Jean Jones, Willey
Hardware Co. ; Mary Jean Med
lin, Weldon Fruit and Produce
Co.; Agnes Manning, Rabil's De
pt. Store; Eula Hux, Farber &
Josephson; Ann Nash, L. Kitt
ner; Jane Lassiter, Ellis Elec
trie Appliance Co. ; Elizabet h
Suiter, Bounds Motor Co. ; Fran
ces Jenkins, Rowe Funeral Ho
me; Betty Jane Canipe, Weldon
Motors, Inc. ; Thelfna Traylo r ,
Joyner Furniture Co.; Margaret
Rightmyer, Merchant's Distri
buting Co.; Jeanette Glasgow,
Browders Garage, Mildred Ste
phenson, Bank of Halifax.
Flowers for the occasion are
being donated by Roanoke Flo
ral Co., through their Weldon
agents, Mrs. T. R. Manning and
Miss Pearl Harris.
gion Center will be présente d
between 5 and 6 P.M. by Jim
mie Livingston and his orches
tra. Brunswick stew supper will
be sold at the Center from 6 to
7 o'clock.
The Jaycee's annual dance wil
begin at 9 o'clock, at the High
School Gum with music by Jim
mie Livingston's orchestra. Cro
wning of the Queen will tak e
place at 11 o'clock.
The 21 contestants and their
sponsors are:
Jean Chappell, Selden's Phar
macy; Betty Lee Ray nor, Cen
ter Theatre; Tickie Warren, Wei
don Ice & Fuel Co. ; Kash Davis,
Freids; Ernestine Turner, Wel
don Furniturs Co. ; Patsy An η
Stephenson, Master Cleaners;
Jane Turner, Tilghman Furnitu
"Miss Weldon of 1948" wiil
be crowned tomorrow night in
Weldon in the second annu a ]
contest sponsored by the Weldon
Junior Chambe of Commerce.
The winner of the beauty con
test will be awasded $50 and
the right ot represnet Weldon in
the annual State contest. "All
other contestants will be given
prizes by their sponsors.
Judges selecting "Miss Wel
don" will be the presidents of
Jaycees çlubs in Rocky Mount,
Tarboro, Enfield, Ahoskie, and
Scotland Neck.
Festivities for the day will be
gin with a softball game at 2:30
tomorrow afternoon between the
Methodist and Town teams of
the Weldon softball league.
A concert at the American Le
Halifax Eagle Scouts
Two Halifax boys have attained the 'highest rating in
the Boy Scouts of America. 15-year-old Harold Twisdale
(left above) the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. À. Twisdale, Sr.,
joined the Boy Scouts at the age of twelve.
Vernon Bradley, (right above) son of Mrs. Lucy Bradley,
is now serving as scoutmaster of Troop 53 at Halifax.
The two Eagle Scouts were recently honored at services
in Halifax presided over by the Rev. Mr. Kramer, pastor of
the Halifax Baptist Church. G. A. Hux, Jr., made a short
talk on the value of Scouting and Charles Ina Binett, former
assistant scoutmaster of Troop 53, presented the Eagle Scout |
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