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"Local Textile Workers Get Wage Increase Roanoke C« I I Ramblings] l 1 Mr*. Mariin Away For We«k Mrs. Elva Martin, secretary of the Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association, will attend the an nual meeting of the Merchants Association Management Insti tute at Chapel Hill next week. Mrs. Martin said that the insti tute is the only one of its kind in the country and that between 75 and 160 secretaries of associa tions are expected to attend. , Mrs. Martin will be gone for ' a week. Mr». Hay·· Mrs. Fannie Hayes, Herald re porter for many years, an nounced today that you can i|et in touch with her at 2345-1, the new phone number of the Ros3 mary Building and Loan Asso ciation, located at 1012-B Roa noke Avenue. Consulting ArborlUt Howard H. Erwin, consulting arborist of Erwin Tree Service, will attend the meeting of ihe Rational Arborist Association to be held in Milwaukee, Wis., Au gust 23 to 27. Wallac*ii«s Bu»y Her· During Refreshment time at the City Commissioners meeting Tuesday afternoon, the talk got around to the current political picture. There was some discus sion of the Dixiecrats, the Re publicans, Mr. Truman and even ^the Wallaceites came in for dis cussion. Two of the commissioners said they had been approached by workers for Henry Wallace and his party in North Carolina. The technique, apparently was to ask, first if they were regis tered voteri. One of the commissioners, who ι had received a visitation said j that the man who called him <0,vas bedecked in Taylor and Wallace buttons and had plenty of pamphlets and propaganda. The other commissioner said that a woman called on him and asked him to sign the petition to get the Wallace party on the ballot in this state. Both commissioners told the Wallace workers that it was no go with them. "Sgt. Jenkins Fuiieral Rites Are Saturday Mrs. Clifton Riggan of this city has been notified by the War Department that the body of her brother, Stafi-Sgt. Robert O' Brien Jenkins has arrived in the ^United States. Services will be held Saturday afternoon at 4:00 P. M. from Calvary Church near Littleton, conducted by the Rev. H. L. Davis. Burial will be in the Jenkins family plot. Robert was the youngest son of the late Edward Sanford and Maude Harris Jenkins, Doth whom have died since he was killed. He was in the 35th divi sion of the Third Army, was sent •^overseas May 1944 and killed in action November 11th, 1944 in Lorraine, France, by enemy small arms fire. He was acting as platoon Sergeant, directing mortar fire on an enemy pill box at the time he was killed. He was a member of Calvary Meth odist Church near Littleton. He attended Littleton High School and a member of L. H. S. foot ball team and was well known ^to his school mates as "Peanut." His survivor· include one bro ther, Edward Jenkins of Little ton, four sisters: Mrs. Archie Co burn of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Ear nest South of Richmond, Va , Miss Mamie Jenkins, of Mar garet Hague Maternity Hospital, Jersey City, N. J., and Mrs. Clif ton Riggan of Roanoke Rapids: one niece and four nephews. The body will rest at the W. *?C. Williams Funeral Home in Roanoke Rapids until time for the service at Calvary at 4:00 P. M. Saturday. Dixon Resigns As Constable In Gaston * Gaston—John R. Dixon, con stable of the Gaston town ship, has tendered his resignation as constable to the Northampton County Commissioners. In a letter to R. W. Thompson, chairman of the commissioners, Dixon writes, 'This will advise that I am hereby tendering my resignation as Constable of the Gaston Township, effective Aug ust 15th, 1948. Due to the pre sent high cost of living, I find that I can no longer support my family adequately on my pre sent status. "I want you to know that 1 have enjoyed working with your board and deeply regret thai 1 must take this step, but feel that it will be to my advantage to seek employment elsewhere." | tj THE ROANOKE RAPIDS Growing With Carolina's Fastest Growifig City VOLUME ΧΧΧΙΠ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1948 NUMBER 47 City Commissioners Discuss Many Items In Long Session; Pass Recreation Ordinance Comic Books Are Subject Of Discussion The Roanoke Rapids City Commissioners, in session Tues day afternoon, discussed many subjects, but were never able to get around to talking over the proposed budget for the next fiscal year. There were just too many other matters that had to be acted on and the commis sioners worked two and one-half hours before adjourning. Some of the items talked at the meeting were a proposal by Freddy Cooper to sell pre-need lots in the city cemetery, a dis cussion of the issuance of beer licenses, the change of the cost of a privilege tax for small loan businesses, the resurfacing of Roanoke Avenue and the adop tion of an ordinance establishing the city recreation commission and outlining its duties. Mayor W. B. Allsbrook read a letter from the State Board of Public Welfare, which made the commissioners happy. The letter was signed by J. B. Moore, in spector, who had gone over the Roanoke Rapids jail. His report was that the jail was in good condition and that the only thing needed was storage space for bedding rnd cleaning gear. He particularly complimented the commissioners on the fact that " they have installed hot water showers for the use of the prisoners. Freddy Cooper told the com missioners that he would use his spare time as a salesman of lots in the city cemetery on a com mission basis. Cooper explained that he considerable experience in the selling of cemetery lots H fhowed tne commissioners r.uch data on the selling of lots find the commissioners were in clined toward his proposal, but referred it to Commissioners Collier and Pruden, the mem bers of the cemetery committee for study and report. The matter of a beer license for Mr. Parker back of Madison street once again came up lor discussion and an off premises license was approved. MORE commissioner ^ruden provide··! one of the highlights of the meeting when he tossed several so-called comic books on the table and asked what, if any ac tion, the commission could take to stop the sale of the books in Roanoke Rapids. Pruden said that a local resi dent had turned the books over to him. They were entitled, "Crime Smasher," "Clare Voy ant" and "Women Outlaws." The commissioner said that the local resident had taken the stand that the books are detri mental to the youth of the city and the sale of them should be stopped. Several of the commissioners were of the same opinion and Mayor Allsbrook was asked to determine what the commission could do and report back at a later meeting. The matter of a privilege li cense for small loan businesses was changed from the $100 ori ginal fee to $25. The mayor read a letter from Mrs. Ν. T. Jones, president of the VFW Auxiliary, asking that the city provide holes for flag poles in the business section of the city. Mrs. Jones explained that the Auxiliary is selling flags to help disabled war veterans and that many of the merchants were refusing to buy because there was no hole in front ox their place of business for the flag staff. The commissioners decided that the city could not take any action in the matter, but sug gested that the price of drilling the holes be included in the price of the flag. Mayor Allsbrook read a copy of the recreation commission or dinance which outlines the duties of the commission and sets a graduated term of office for the various members of the commission. The recreation commission members will serve according to the way they are listed in the minutes of the meeting at which they were appointed. The city commissioners approved the or dinance. A petition was received from the residents of Charlotte street between Third and Fifth streets for curb and gutter and surfac (Continued On Page 12) Plans Mapped For County 1949 ACP Halifax—At a recent meeting in Warrenton representatives of the Halifax County PMA Com mittee heard discussed plans for the 1943 Agricultural Conserva tion Program with state and oth er county representatives of PMA. Representing Halifax were Mr. Smith, vice chairman of the coun ty committee and Mr. Warren, secretary of the county com mittee. In the meeting, practices which are included in the 1949 State Handbook were reviewed and dis cussed. The County Committee will now decide which practices are most necessary in this county to assist farmers in restoring conserving soil fertility. These practices will then be included in the County handbook which is to be prepared and submitted to the State Committee for approval by August 25. The 23 practices which are included in the State Handbook for 1949 include sever al new ones which have not been included previously and which will receive serious considera tion of the County Committee. In addition to selecting from these 23 practices those which are most needed in this county, the County Committee is author ized to select two additional prac tices, namely, ε local practice for which there may be a definite need in this county but which is not included in the National Bulletin, and a special conserva tion practice which is not in cluded in the State Handbook but is in the National Bulletin. The County Technical Commit tee, consisting of representatives of the other agricultural agencies in the county, wil work with the County PMA Committee in select ing the practices for the County Handbook and in making decis ions regarding specifications and such matters as planting dates, pasture mixtures most suitable for this county, and other mat ters requiring local determina tion. Union Files Protest On Patterson Vote Tobey E. Mendes, national re presentative of the CIO Textile Workers Union of America here, announced today that a formal protest of the collective bar gaining election held at Patter son Mills last Friday had been filed by the union with the Na tional Labor Relations Board. Mendes said that the union was basing its protest on the "conduct of the company which affected the results of the elec tion." Tht protest, Mendes said, was based on section 203.61 of the rules and regulations of the la bor and management relations act of 1947. Frank Williams, president of the Patterson Mills Company, who received a copy of the for mal protest, ^aid, "The company and its officials conducted their part in the election on a high plane and we are confident that no state or national laws or reg ulations governing the election were broken." St. Andrews Group Seeks Funds To Send Delegates To Meet The Junior Brotherhood ol St. Andrews of the All-Saints Epis copal Church is seeking to rais'; funds to send two of its mem bers to the National Convennon of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at Oxford, Ohio, August 29 to September 3. The members of the local Ju nior Brotherhood will se!l Brunswick >;tew Saturday to help raise the funds to send B»lly Fannye and A. W. Briggs to tire convention. Donations by the members of the congregation of the All Saints Episcopal Church of vege tables and meat for the stew should be made to Billy Fannye, 730 Jefferson street or G. R. Cross, 625 Charlotte street before six p.m. Friday night. Wins Bicycle In Nationwide Contest Pete Nethercutt, lï-year-old Weldon boy is receiving the congratulations of H. R. Har grove, Sr., on his winning of a new bicycle in a nationwide contest sponsored by the Sea-T Safe-T-Cone company of Illinois. Looking on from left to right are: Bill Ross, of the White's Ice Cream Company, Raleigh and Alfred Collins and J. S. Tomlinson, White Company salesmen, who delivered the bicycle to Hargrove's place of business in Weldon. Pete obtained his entry blank from Mr. Hararove and was one of 500 national winners. (Herald Photo). W instead Advises Local Merchants To Give Buyers More And More Service Jake Winstead, second vice president of the North Carolina Merchants Association, told more than 80 members of the Roanoke Rapids merchants as sociation and their guests, yes terday that "The was is over and now is the time when we must smile and give our custo mers more an'd more service." Winstead, who spoke at th e local association's annual bar - becue at the Country Club, kept his listeners' attention by inter spersing his remarks with many humorous stories. The speaker was introduce d by Sam Marks, vice president of the Roanoke Rapids Merchant Association, who served as mas ter of ceremonies in the absence of President John Lackey of the association. Winstead told his audience that retailers today occupy the most important position they have ever held in the Unite d States and that they are by and large public servants and must serve the customers. He urged the retailers to modernize, but not the the extent that the y would drive away the lower clas of buyers. The speaker urged the busines men to advertise honestly in all advertising media. One of his most graphic words of advice to the merchants was "To sell the size and not the steak." Winstead explained that he had reference to the use of slogans. He told how shoe strings could be sold by selling the "size." He urged the merchants t ο learn verbal shorthand and let the customer talk. He recalled that on at least on occasion he ■ had seen a merchant make a sale and then talk himself out of it by continuing to tell the customer about the product. He told the merchants not to "look like a salesman and t ο say4 the most important thing first." The speaker used as an ex ample to illustrate one of his points, a barber shop. He said the type of haircut which one could receive on Saturday as compared to one which could be had on Monday was a case in point. Winstead said that on Satur day people stood in long lines to get a haircut in some in - stances "Then you hear the barber up front yell next". You (Continued On Page 12) Judge Parker Will Convene Court Mon. Halifax—The August term of Halifax Superior Court will open at the courthouse here Monday, with several divorces to be heard, but the docket consists mostly of criminal cases. Resident Judge R. Hunt Park er will preside over the term. Listed for trial on the crimi nal docket are five cases charg ing breaking and entering and larceny; 12 rases of drunken driving; six forgery cases; one receiving stolen properfy, and one assault with intent to kill. ζα,υυυ ι Jiutiren At Playgrounds Director Cranford Hoyle and his co-workers in the city play ground program have completed their year's work. Final statistics released by the director show that more than 25, 000 children participated during the ten-week recreation program on the five city playgrounds. The figures show that at Cla ra Hearne, 6,609 children par ticipated in the program; the other playgrounds were: 5,360 at Central, 4,903 at Rosemary, 3, 093 at Vance Street, and 4,563 at John A. Chaloner. In addi tion 1,096 youngsters participat ed in the "Knothole Gang." All of the grounds with the exception of Vance Street show ed substantial increases in at tendance over last year. The over-all cost of the op eration of the program in' 1948 was approximately eleven and seven-tenths cents per child, as compared to 13 and four-tenths per child in 1947. Young Warns Parents That Children Entering School First Time This Fall Must Be Immunized; Clinics Are Listed By Dr. Robert F. Young Halifax County Health Officer All children entering schools in Halifax County for the first time this fall must present satis factory evidence that they have been adequately emmunized for diphtheria and whooping cough and vaccinated for smallpox be fore they can be admitted to school. This satisfactory evi dence must be in the form of written certificates from either the private physicians or the Health Department. All children who can not present this evi dence will be excluded from school until they have been ade quately immunized or vaccinated as the case might be. Inasmuch as diphtheria, perti cularly, has been increasing in the older age groups of children, it is absolutely necessary that satisfactory immunity be main tained amoug this age group if we are to eliminate and control these common communicable dis sases among the children. Im munization olinics were helj during the preschool clinics in the spring, and also these immu nizations have been offered all summer at the typhoid immun ization clinics, as well as at regu lar clinic held weekly through out the county. All parents who have not had their children satisfactorily im munized or vaccinated by the time school opens will have to have this service performed eith er by their private physicians or at the regular Health Departme clinics which are held as fol lows: Scotland Neck, Munici pal Building, every Monday, 100 p. m.; Enfield, City Hall, every Tuesday, 1:00 p. m.; Littleton, City Hall, every Tuesday, 1:00 p. m.; Weldon, Bank Building, Fridays, 9:30 a. m. ; Halifax, Health Department, every Satur day, 9:30 a. m. ; Roanoke Rapids immunizations will be offered at the regularly scheduled mill clin ics. The epidemic of poliomyelitis which has raged in North Caro lina during the past several weeks has diverted the attention of parents from the other com mon communicable diseases of childhood. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that through the years there have been many more cases of whoop ing cough and, certainly, many more deaths from this disease than there have been from polio myelitis. Moreover, there is a very satisfactory vaccine for whooping cough which is avail able to all infants and children, whereas, we have no vaccine whatsoever for poliomyelitis. It is ironical, therefore, since we have so many deaths from whooping cough, that parents still continue to neglect their chil dren by not having them satis factorily immunized against this disease. The ideal time for this immunization is between four and six months of age. The immunization for diphtheria should be given between six mon ths and twelve months of age. Diphtheria is another common communicable disease among children which takes its terrible toll in North Carolina every year. Halifax County had seventeen cases of diphtheria and thirty two cases of whooping cough a mong children during 1947. Prob ably all of these cases could have been prevented, had these chil dren been adequately immunized at the proper time. I have said before and I repeat here that parents who do not have their children immunized against these diseases are guilty of criminal negligence. Rosemary, Patterson And Roanoke No. Two Workers Get Increase More than 3,200 employees of the Rosemary Manu facturing Company, Patterson Mills and Roanoke Mille Company's Number Two Mill and the Village Shop reed notices posted on the bulletin boards in the various planta this morning advising them that effective Monday, Auguet 9, their pay checks are increased 8 percent. Georgia Man Shot; Gaston Man Is Held Gaston — Earl Marshall o£ Macon, Ga., iî a patient in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital to day suffering from gunshot wounds he received when he was allegedly shot by Wardeli Norwood of Gaston, Constable John Dixon reported today. Dixon said that Norwood was being held in the North ampton County jail on chargei of shooting Marshall. The constable said that the shooting occurred last night about 7 o'clock near Camp's store. According to Dixon's inves tigation, Marshall and some other people were being pur sued by Norwood in an auto mobile and when they stopped "Norwood told ihem not to move and pulled a gun and began firing when Marshall and the occupants of the car started to alight." According to Dixon, Mar shall was here to testify in the trial of Owen Luke Linton, who was charged with abduct ing Norwood's wife and tak ing her to Americus, Ga. Hospital attaches said that Marshall had been wounded in the chest and the abdomen, but his condition was not con sidered critical. Six Helped In July By Local Charity Group Mrs. A. C. Zollicofer, chairman of the Associated Charity" re ported* taut at..? .g the fhoniii of July the local organization accepted six new cases of seven applied for aid. Mrs. Zollicoier said that three of the six cases assisted by the Associated Charities during the month were caused by unem ployment. She cited tne case of one man, 73 years old, who had been em ployed for the past five years by one of the local plants. He was laid off and his wife is a semi-invalid. During the period that he was without work the Associated Charities supplied food for both of the people. Dur ing the time of his unemploy ment, the man was a patient at the hospital and the Associat ed Charities cared for his wife. When he was able to return to work he found another job in another local plant. The report shows that two cases were reopened and six old cases were being cared for dur ing the month. Of the seven cases applying for aid, only one was rejected and that was a woman, who had been deserted by her husband and she found a job during the investigation period. The notices which were signed at Patterson and Roanoke No. 2 by Frank Williams, president of the companies, said: "Effective Monday, August 9 1948, all production and main tenance employees, except serv ice employees of Patterson Mills Company and Roanoke Mills Company's No. 2 mill will re ceive a wage increase of eight per cent, and service employees will receive an increase of thro· per cent. "We are pleased to announce these increases, which are in line with our established policy of paying the highest possible wages consistent with our ability to op erate the mills on a sound ba sis." A similar notice was posted at the Rosemary Manufacturing Company and signed by officials of that concern. The same notice was posted at the Village Shop Mr. Williams said today that the total number of employees affected by the wage increase was more than 3,200. The total combined increased cost to the three companies was estimated at more than $700,000 annually. Mr. Williams also released for publication a copy of a letter to Mariano S. Bishop, cotton ar.d rayon director of the Textile Workers' Union of America. Letter to Bishop The letter which was sent reg istered mail this morning to Bishop is as follows: "The employees of th# several textile mills in Roanoke Rapids, other than Roanoke Mill No. 1, Have been notified today of a general wage increase, effective as of August 9, 1948. "All production and mainte nance employees, except service employees, in the above-men tioned mills, are being granted a wage increase of eight per cent and service employee» a re "eyeing granted three per cent in creases. 'Inasmuch , as y/ifr union ic the collective bargaining repre sentative for the employee» ol Roanoke Mill No. 1, we are writ ing to advise that we will dis cuss with you at the next bar gaining conference the general question of a wage increase at Roanoke Mill No. 1, and that we will likewise be prepared at the same time to resume general bar gaining negotiations on any sub ject which you may wish to dis cuss within the scope of ths union's bargaining authority as collective bargaining representa tive of our employees. "We suggest Thursday, August 26, at 10:30 a. m., in our offices in Roanoke Kapids as the date, time and place for the next bar gaining conference. Please advise us whether or not this sugges tion meets with your approval." The letter was signed by Mr. Williams and a copy was sent to Tobey E. Mendes, national repre sentative of the union here. Negotiations between the com pany and the union on e con tract for the workers of Roanoke Mill No. 1 were discontinued at the union's request about two weeks ago. Rotary District Governor To Be Here Monday District Governor Sherwood L. Roberson of the Rotary Inter national will be the speaker at the Roanoke Rapids Rotary Club meeting Monday at the Rose mary Cafe. Roberson, who lives at Rober sonville, is governor of Rotary district Number 189 and is mak ing his annual visit to the club here. The Roanoke Rapid» Rotary Club has voted to donated $b0 toward the restoration of Camp Charles, Northeastern District Boy Scout Camp near Rocky Mount. The Rev. J. F. Herbert, pas tor of the First Methodist Church, was welcomed as a member of the local Rostary Club at the club's meeting Mon day night. Rotarian Worth C. Grant, pas tor of the Weldon Baptist church, was a guest at the meeting. Rob ert Musgrove of Roanoke Rap ids was a giiest of John Forrest er. Warren Doctor Gets License Warrenton — Dr. Albert W. Hedgepeth, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hedgepeth, of Warrenton, was one of the 113 physicians licensed to Dractice medicine in North Carolina by the State Board of Medical Examiners fol lowing examination held in Ra leigh last month.
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