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» Can Roanoke Rapids Have A Daily Paper? See Page 8 THE ROANOKE RAPIDS I VOLUME XXXIII ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1948 NUMBER 52 Recreation Commissioners Will Visit Other Cities Ίο Get • Data On Full Rec. Program Board Talks About Plane At Meeting The Roanoke Rapids Recrea tion Commission is getting busy * on its plans for a fulltime re creation program for the city. At at meeting of the com - mission Friday night, the mem bers voted to visit other cities in the state of comparable size and where a fulltime recreation program is in operation. The members will get infor mation as to the type of equip ll ment, the acreage involved in the recreation fields, the initial cost, the maintenance cost and the cost of building and operat 'lie Ο aniuii.1 "»6 j/vv.. The members of the commis sion, five of whom were present fur the meeting, discussed at some length the city ordin ance which established the body and then went into a discus sion of plans for the work of I the commission. Police Chief T. J. Davis, chair man of the board, and other members of the board said, "We are going to seek as much information as possible before announcing any definite plans foi a fulltime recreation pro gram in Roanoke Rapids." Letters have been sent to se veral towns and cities about the size ol Roanoke Rapids asking ^ for appointments at which time the local commissioners will find out^what thev need to know before definitely establishin g their program. Chief Davis reported that he had received considerable infoi mation from the state recrea tion commission and that fur ther information and help had been promised. Davis said that several of - had listed the following cities comparable in size to Roanoke Rapids as having a fulltime re creation program: Reidsville, Asheboro, Lincolnton, Newton, Canton, Morehead City, Lenoir, Shelby and States ville. Davis said that several ο f these cities would be visited and that all would be contacted for information as to their recrea tion program. * Air Parcel Post Service Begins On Wednesday With the imauguration of na tionwide—worldwide air parcel post starting Wednesday Sept ember 1, the United States can boast of the most modern and expeditious delivery service in ^ the world, according to Post master L. G. Shell of Roanoke Rapids. The new highly specialized air borne service, enacted into law by the 80th Congress, will af ford patrons of more than 42, 000 post offices in America and lis puaacaaiuiia iuivawuvu shipping facilities. Transit time will be reduced to a fraction to that required by other modes of transportation. Postmaster Shell pointed out that air parcel post packages will receive the same particu lar consideration shown air mail in routing. In addition, identical doorstep delivery will be given to air parcel post as is afforcÉd other forms of mail, making the airborne mail ser vice unique in every respect. He added that distinct air parcel post stickers, printed in red, white and blue and bear ing the likeness of a winged package with the earth's globe underneath, will soon be avail able without cost at the Roanoke Rapids pest office to apply to outgoing parcels. "With a scheduled plane tak in g off or landing within the United States on an average of every seven seconds around the clock, and on overseas-boun d plane leaving our borders every thirty minutes, we stand ready to give our patrons the fastest parcel post service offered any where," Postmaster Shell said. While international air parcel post service has been available from the United States and its possessions for several months, domestic airborne service is be ing launched for the first time ï in history. Akers Heads Chest Drive Group; Campaign Head, Date To Be Given Soon rne Law campaign commmee for the Roanoke Rapids Com munity Chest will be headed by Henry Akers, who served as drive chairman last year, it was announced today. Serving on the committee with Akers this year will be the Rev. Edmund Berkeley, R. G. Floyd and Mrs. Robert Vaughan. The drive chairman will be announced later along with the opening date of the campaign, which is held annually during October. The Red Feather services sponsored by the Community Chest in Roanoke Rapids during the coming year include: The Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Asso ciated Charities, Public Library iind the School Lunch Fund Each of these agencies will re coive financial support from the Community Chest. Akers has received a letter from Henry Ford II, chairman of the Community Chests of Am erica, in which Ford urges all members of the community back t'ae chest fund campaign. Ford writes: "I have been im pressed by the fact that, by combining many appeals in one, the Community Chest Red Fea ther campaign offers the follow 11'6 wtiiniw. λ<· ν'""·"1·· H't 6*»-"» to include in one pledge his full obligation to support the many Red Feather services for a full year; it saves time, effort and money in raising funds nad -t assures the subscriber that fys money will be used most effec tively where it is needed most." Rev. Mr. Hodges Is Transferred To Fayetteville The Rev. Jerome Hodges, for the past four years, pastor of the Pentecostal Holiness Church here, has been transferred to the Fayetteville Pentecostal Ho liness Church, he announced to day. The Rev. Mr. Hodges will be succeeded at the local church by the Rev. W. E. Thompson, who has been pastor at Fayette ville. The Rev. Mr. Thompson will occupy the pulpit at the local church Sunday and the Rev. . Mr. Hodges will occupy the Fay etteville pulpit Sunday. The exchange of pastors and their residences will be made next week. Lions Club To See World Series Movie The Roanoke Rapids Lions CJub will see sound movies of the last World Series at the meeting of the club to night, the Rev. Edmund Berkeley, pro gram chairman announced, tc day. The program has been arrang ed by George Nethercutt. The :lub will meet at the higji school cafeteria at 6:30 p.m. Vaur ΡΙηοίΐΛ ΙΠντΛ Surpasses Glass MINNEAPOLIS (U.P.) A new clinic that will turn out plastic artificial eyes in almost all ways superior to glass eyes has opened here. Manufactured by a dental tech nician at the Minneapolis vet erans hospital, the eyes are cus tom-built. Holden Siegert, crafts man, says the plastics will be come etched by eye fluids, as the glass orbs are, and the new type ir almost unbreakable. Siegert says further that the plastic eye can be moved free ly, in co-ordination with the good eye, and that it beats the Did glass variety in appearance and in comfort. In the cold climate of states *uch as Minnesota, Sieger' adds, the old glass variety sometimes popped without warning, (ike an exploding light bulb, at a sud ien change of temperature None 3f that with the plastic type, he says. For fine detail, he adds, the mastic orb has tiny threads of :ed nylon running through it Stores Here Open All Day On Wednesday Stores in Roanoke Rapid· will begin tomorrow afternoon remaining open all day on Wednesdays, Mrs. Elva Martin, secretary of the Roanoke Rap ids Merchants Association, re- ! minded people of the city and ! area today. The stores will also be open on Monday. September β which is Labor Day. Halifax Four-H Boys To Exhibit In Dairy Show Halifax—Five 4-H club boys from Halifax County will ex - hibit and try their hands a t showmanship in the Dairy Hei fer Show in Clinton, Sept. 24th. These boys were given their purebred calves in May 194 8 through the sponsorship of the Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club with an agreement that the to the Kiwanis Club to be given to another Club boy. All the heifers have been on pasture this summer. Two of the boys have beed feeding dairy feed at night and some have been supplementing with ground corn and cob meal and cotton seed meal. Each boy beginning now will blanket his calf and remove her from the pasture during the day time. The grain will be in creased and the heifer will be allowed to graze at night 1 η - stead of during the day. This will improve the appearance and quality of the hair and hide. The increased grain will give a little added weight and finish. Lawrence Best, Halifax R-2 will fit and show "Chockoyette Buttercup." Wilber Garner, Roanoke Rap ids, R-2, will fit and show 'Cho ckoyette Starlight." James Woodrow Hale, Little ton, R-2, is showing his calf, "Cedarock Holle Cherry." Robert Henry Medlin, Hali - fax, R-2, is showing his animal, "Wakefield Warrier Cindy." Robert Edward Gardner, Hali fax, R-2, wfll exhibit his calf, "Greentree Ace Velvet." Frank Donald Warren, Little ton, R-2, who received "Gen tleman's Countess Ann" will not show his calf in this show since she was considerably yonger than the others. His calf will be shown next year. in North Carolina this year ; Asheville, and one at Clinton. All eastern North Carolina will be competing in the Clinton Show which is sponsored b y Belk Stores. This year Halifax County 4-H boys have some heifer projects that they can well be proud of. It is the first year we have had material that can compete on equal footing with calves from other counties. None of these boys have had any experience at all in fitting and showing animals, but from the interest little group of fellows it is go ing to be difficult for the other counties to walk off with all the prize money. Girl Scout Troop Meeting Planned For Jackson Jackson — Thursday afternoon st four o'clock, an effort will be made to establish a Girl Scout troop in Jackson. Girls between the ages of ten arid 14 aie invited to attend the meeting which will be held at the home of Mrs. Pugh Jones. Mrs Jones will be the leader of the troop and Mrs. Alston Lewis will assist her. ι SOMEONE'S IN THE DOGHOUSE—"Hercules," a Mexican Hairless, makes a doghouse out of the captain's hat after arriving by PAA clipper in New Yo;k from Frankfurt. Th· j dog came over In a shipment of 16 GI pets. , Shirting Flannel Looms To Work Five Days; Certain Outing Flannel Looms Work 3 Days At Roanoke One of Roanoke Mills Company, an nounced today that effective Monday, August 30, production at the company's Roanoke Miîl No. 1 had been curtailed for a five weeks' period. Williams said that the pro duction of outing flannels and shirt flannels was affected.», by the order, and that he hoped that the curtailment in production v/ould be for only five weeks. In a letter to the employees of the mill, Williams explained that the supply of flannel is far exceeding the demand. He told the employees that tha sales manager had recom mended that the production be curtailed for the next five weeks. The new work schedule an nounced by Williams is as fol lows and was posted on the bul letin board at the mill today: 1. All looms on outing flan nels, light stripes will work two shifts a day, three days a week. 2. All looms on outing flan nels, light checks, will work one shift a day, five days a week. 3. All looms on shirting flan nels will work two shifts a day five days a week, plus some looms on the third shift. Williams said that he expected to know before October 2, the end of the five weeks period, whether or not the curtailment "» vvuuiu nave ι υ oe continued or could be lifted. The company president report ed that during the first seven months of this year the compan}' made 929,391 yards more than was shipped to the customers. Man Arrested; Hospital Gets Six Squirrels The Roanoke Rapids Hospital received six squirrels. The squirrels were a gift from Game Protectors C. M. Pettit and Η. M. Hilliard. The two game protectors caught Bennie Evans, Glenview Negro, with the squirrels. Bennie was promptly charged with shooting squirrels out of season and the hospital got the six squirrrels. Wake Up To Atomic Age, U. S. Advised CHICAGO (U.P.)—Herbert S. Marks, former general counsel of the Atomic Energy Commission, says the public's lack of intelli gent interest eventually may csuse the downfall of the na tion's atomic energy program. Marks made the warning in an article in the University of Chicago Law Review. "The absences of wide debate and criticism concerning the ad ministration of the Atomic En ergy Act is a phenomenon uni que in the conduct of important public affairs," he said. "The actions of the Atomic Energy Commission are duly re ported in the newspapers with rarely more penetrating com ment or follow-up than that which accompanies society aews." ι Girl Scout Leaders, Council Meet Thursday All members ol the Roanoke Rapid* Girl Scout Council and all Girl Seoul Leaders are urg ed to axiend a meeting at the Girl Scout Hut Thursday, Sep tember 2, at 3:30 p.m. Plans for the coming year's work will be mapped at the meeting. Chief Davis Urges Motorists To Drive Safely Police Chief T. J. Davis urg ed motorists today to remember that next Tuesday in Roanoke Rapids several hundred children will begin returning to school. He urged all motorists to drive with extreme caution. Davis reported that the traf fic lights on Hamilton street, where there are four schools, had recently been reset. The police chief said that now, autos traveling at the ra+e of 22 to 25 miles an hour along Hamilton street could hit all of the stoplights when they were cn green. The chief said that the school boy patrol would be organized as soon as possible after school opens and he asked the complete ?ooperation of all autoists wit η the schoolboy patrol. Davis said, "Last year we only had two children hurt by auto mobiles and neither of then» seriously, I hope that we can îven better that record during I he coming school year." | Vight Shift Beetles Chreat To Gardens STAMFOR, Conn. (UF.)- A 'ttle-known beetle that works he night shift in gardens does is much, a®d sometimes more, Inmage than its cousin on the iay shift, a researcher has :ound. It is the Japanese garden or \siatic beetle, said Dr. S. W. Eiromley, entomologist of the Dartlett tree research laborator es. "During the day it tunnels nto the ground around the base >i shrubs and small trees When he ordinary Japanese beetle cnocks off in early evening, the \siatic beetle comes out of tht ground and takes over," Dr Bromley explained. It eats holes in the margins of eaves of flowers, vegetables, ihiubs and small trees, whereas he Japanese bettle skeletonizes eaves. In the grub stage it is rore destructive to lawns than he Japanese beetle. They can >e seen at night on screen doors ind windows, attracted to light Dr. Bromley said the best way ο kill them is to spray the ground around plants with ar ;enate of lead or DDT in early •vening before they go to work. Opening Schedule For City Schools Set; New Students Must Register Wednesday Halifax-Union Talks End In No Pact; Non-Certified Workers Get Pay Increase Faculty List Is Released By I. E. Ready Junior-Senior high school fac ulty: J. W. Talley, Principal; Mrs. Hugh Godwin, English; Mrs. Ot tis Reynolds, English; Miss Hen rietta Price, English; Miss Hart Sheridan, English; Miss Winifred Beck with, English; Mrs. Zeb Denny, English and Dramatics: and Miss Sarah Townsend, Eng lish and French. Miss Marjorie Fleetwood, So cial Studies; Mrs. Robert Michie, Social Studies; Miss Martha Craddock, Social Studies; Miss Jessie Helen Belch, Social Stu dies and Journalism; and Mr. Joseph Parker, Social Studies and Music. Miss Mabel Parchman, Mathe matics; Miss Virginia Ferguson, Mathematics; Miss Ada Edwards, Mathematics; and Mr. Daniel Ca gle, Mathematics and Athletics. Mrs. Elsie Lewis, Science; M'·. Russell Beddard, Science; and Miss Vernie Eddins, Latin, and Ml·. Marvin Woodard, Spanish and Business Arithme tic. Miss Verona Rhue, Commer cial; and Miss Jane Gay, Com mercial. Mr. Ralph G. Knight, Draw ing. - Mr. Harold Fildes, Building Trades and Painting; and Mr. D. I. Kidd, Industrial Arts. Mr. Will Nelson, Textile and Machine Shop. Miss Mariha Roty Cherry, Home Economics; and Miss Mai y EFa Currin, Home Economics. Alberta Swain, Music; and Mr. George Baird, Music. Mr. J. C. Hoyle, Director of Physical Education and Athle tics; and Miss Mary G. Turn ei. Girl's Physical Education. Miss Patricia Barr, Librarian. Central School: Mrs. Editn Barrett Wilson, first grade, Al iéné Taylor, second grade, Mar garet Boone, second grade; Mrs. Mary Bunch, third grade, Mrs Ruby Madrey O'Neal, thiri grade, Omar a Daniel, fourth grade, and Imogene Booker, principal and fifth grade. Supervisors: Mary Hix, ele mentary supervisor, Elizabeth Lang, Music supervisor, and Mrs. Lucy Brown, Physical Educa tion. Clara Hearne School: Mrs. E. A. Telliga, first grade, Emily Montague, second grade, Irene Gordon, Special Primary, Esth er House, third grade, Margaret Hines, fourth grade, Mrs. Dor othy Dc'lbridge Green, fourth grade, and O'ivia Harmon, prin cipal and fifth grade. Vance Street School: Mrs. G Ε Brown, first grade, Edna Av erett, first grade, Betty Gates, second grade, Virginia Gates, second grade Thelma Garris principal and third grade, Mrs. D Π «Ut rtynAa onH Mary Ε. Edwards, fifth grade Sixth Grade Building: Mrs. Grace Clark Hollar, principal. ?ara Cannon, Mrs. Helen Hicks Israel, Gladys EtReridge, and •\nna Egerton. C. D. Martin, Jr. Is Admitted To Naval Academy Clyde D. Martin, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde D. Martin of 1201 Washington St., Roanoke Rapids, N. C., has been admitt ed to the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., as a Midship man, Class of 1952. He will spend the summer months being indoctrinated in the fundamentals of Navy Life and will start the regular Aca demic course in September. Summer training includes in struction in infrantry, small arms sailing, signals, and other basic Naval subjects. iNegouauons Deiween me nan fax Paper Company and the United Fapei workers of Ameri ca CIO en a new contract cover ing the employees of the com pany have been suspended inde finitely, a spokesman for the company announced today. The company official said that efforts of S. Newton Maxey, federal mediator and E. G. Bar ber, state labor department me diator to suggest an agreement which both the union and com pany would accept had failed. The union had asked for an eight cents an hour general in crease and the check off sys tem of paying dues. The company had offered a seven and one-half cents an hour increase and no checkoff sys tem. Both wage offers had been made on the condition that both features be accepted, however the union demanded the check off and the company could not agree, thus causing the stale mate. The negotiations between the company and the union began on June 24 and the mediators were called into the conferences after it was seen that the two participants could not reach an agreement alone. At the end of the conference with the mediators the company representatives suggested that in view of the element of time and other factors that a wage increase of seven and one-half cents an hour be made effective August 23 with the understand ing that such an action would not prejudice the right of either side to bargain further on all çoints. The company officials said, that the union declined to accept the offer and changed ito> demand for a*v.age increase to 15 cents an hour and the checkoff system. Company officials pointed out that the CIO Paperworkers un ion also represents the em ployes of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company at Coving ton, Va. The officials said that the un ion recently negotiated a con tract with the West Virginia mills which included a five cents an hour interim wage in crease and a six cents an hour increase at the year's end. The latter action was taken only two weeks ago. Company officials said that in the case of the local mill, the five cents an hour interim wage increase was granted several months ago and that the local company had offered a seven and one-half cents hourly general increase. The company was later ad vised by legal counsel that to grant the general wage increase without the approval of the un ion would be construed as an unfair labor practice. In view of this fact the com pany announced a seven and one-half cents an hour increase effective August 27 for only hourly paid employees who aie not certified as part of the bar gaining unit These included such job classifications as pulp mill tour foreman, paper mill tour foremen, assistant chemists, clerks and watchmen Halifax School Vacancies Are All Filled Halifx—Vacancies on the fa culty of the Halifax School have been filled, W. Henry Overman, schools announced today. Mrs. Walter Farrior, until early this summer assisted county home demonstration a gent, has been named princi pal of the school succeedin g Miss Thelma Elliott, who re signed. Mrs. Farrior will also ttach the sixth and seventn grades. Mrs. Milton Read has accept ed a position as teacher of the primary grades, succeeding Miss Katherine Wallace. Opening Of. Exchange Club's Festival Well-Attended; Woman's Ctyb Helping the opening night of the Ex change Club's annual harvest festival, featuring the Jack J. Perry Shows on the Weldon Highway last night. There are plenty of rides for everyone and the show is a clean one, George Davis, chair man of the Exchange Club's festival committee announced to day. ι Roanoke Rapids Woman's Club is helping the Exchange Club. The women are making sand v/iches at their homes and se.i ing thew on the show grounds Quite a lot of yongsters and their parents were on the show grounds last night and the youngsters and oldsters alike s'emed various rides in opeta· tioc on the grounds. Keaay Announces Opening Week's School Plans Superintendent I. E. Ready ot the Roanoke Rapids Schools an nounced today that all is ready for th2 opening of the city schools next Tuesday. New students who were not in Roanoke Rapids Schools last year will report to the high school auditorium on Wednes day, September 1, for registra tion. Ready released the entire fac ulty list for Roanoke Rapids Schools and said that the facul ties are complete. At the high school tomorrow all students who were not in school here at the end of the last term will be registered. Principal Joe W. Talley of the junior-senior high school will also have class registra tion for new students in the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. Tall... J AL-» lU. · iraiion would be from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. He urged all par ents to have their children at the school during the day to receive instructions and to be registered. Ready's schedule of activities for the school opening includes: Wednesday, September 1: reg istration at the high school au ditorium for all students not in school at the end of the last term last year. Saturday, September 4: All piano students, old and new, wishing to study with Mr. Jam es will report to the high school auditorium at 11 a.m. Saturday. Monday, September 6, 9 a.m.: (1) all children beginning the l'irst grade are to go to their respective buildings; (2) All new students entering/ the Roanoke Rapids City Schools in any giade above the first are to re port as follows: (a) second grade through the sixth grade to the Sixth Grade building and (b) se venth gr?de through the, twelfta grade to the high school! build ing. At 11 a.m. Monday there will be a general teachers meeting for all white teachers in the high school library. At 1:30 p.m. Monday white elementary teachers will meet in the Sixth Grade Building and high scnool teachers will meet in the high school library. Tuesdny, September: 8:20 a.m. sixth grade students will report to the high school auditorium. Ihey will be dismissed at 10:30 a. m. At 8:30 a.m. Tuesday students in the first five grades will re port. to their respective build ings. They will be dismissed at ιη·3η D »v» At 9:00 a.m. high school stu dents wjII report to the high school auditorium. High school students will follow a shortened schedule until 1 p.m. Wednesday, September 8: There will be a full schedule at all schools. However, first grade children will be dismissed at noon each day for the first two weeks and second grade chil dren will be dismissed at noon for the ♦'irst week. Chalonf.r school children trooped back to their books and studies yesterday. The faculty list released by Ready for the city schools fol lows: Warren School Opening Set For September 15 Warrenton — The Warren County Schools will not open until September 15. An announcement from the j oi' ice of the county superintend ent of schools said, "At a called meeting of the board of educa tion, it was decided to postpone tne opening of schools in War ren County until September 15." Buddy Neal Back In Herald Plant M. H. (Buddy) Neal has re turned to the Herald job print ing department after a four month's absence. Neal worked in the Herald job department for several months prior to leaving about four months ago and going to Tampa, Fla. While in Florida he was em ployed by Weldon and Gray Wholesalers as a clerk in the main office. Brown Will Talk At Jackson M. E. Jaekson — Rev. James Brown of Lasker, a student at the Duke University Divinity School, will be the speaker at the Jackson Methodist Church Sunday. The Rev. Mr. Brown will speak at the morning worship service at 11 o'clock.