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: -i '.V'sr'- ' " Subscription Rates 4 f V? One Year Six Months Three Months Single Copies 7c Bach. VOL.36 N6.2 FACTS ABOUT COUNTY-WIDE MEMORIAL Work Started Sept. 25, 1950. Be Completed July, 1952. Opening Probably August. Building Costs $631,000. Issue of Nov. 19, 1952 (By Joe Leonon) Hospital Blood Bloodmobile Here Nov. 24. One of the important phases of hospital operation today is that of an ample supply of blood.. It has been determined, that not only many lives have been saved by blood trans sions, but it is now widely used to rapidly strengthen the weak ened and run down body of the patient. Your Hospital is utilizing the services of the Red Cross Blood Program. This program has been of untold value to tne people of our county and has been severely and unjustly cri ticized by many people who have ' carelessly heard and passed on rumorsf wiithout substantiating whether there was any truth in them. One of the most common cri ticisms is that Red Cross blood is sold. I have never known of any instance in which this was the case, but if it does happen the Red Cross authorities would likes, to know about it in. order that the situation -may be cor rected at once. There are cer ( Continued on page 8) Ds TFhe : 1 ' .. I i- -s"s ' m- ii ' V:-i .l Jiuif. Ill Jiiwwiilu MHii't iw-1 11 ' '""xMK - ' fST""? HOSPITAl We wish you one and pll a Winter of content, and hope 1953 will give you good growing conditions and an excellent crop with top grades. Yours for an even bigger market here at this Frienaly Ellerbe Market, we are W II ' "J ! I. $3,00 $1.75 1.00 f 4 Great Falls School On Nov. 5th, the 4th, 5th and 6th grades df Great Falls school auditorium for the purpose of deciding upon a Stu dent Government for our School. After discussing "Student Government!" in general, the following requirements were set up before aW person can hold an office: 1. He musit make a "B" aver age on his school work. 2. He cannot make "C" on feltienship. i;3H'caniot have any un-ex-cused absences. 4. He mist not be ashamed to talk ' 5. The secretary must be able to write clearly. The students, listed below, were nominated and elected by the Student Body to be the offi cers and re resentatives of our Student Government: Pres. Evelyn Gainey, 5th. V.-. Geoj-ge Moss, 6th. Sec. Jean Dawkins, 4th. Rep. Becky Johnson, 1st. Mary Jeffords, 2nd. Minnie Johnson, 3rd. ' " ... T ' Mrs. Ella Solomon Mrs. Ella ' Solomon, aged 47, of RocMngl am, died1 Nov. 12th. She-had bee: l in declining health fofayear. funeral services 'were held Nov. 13th at 4 o'clock from the Sedberry Funeral Home, Rev. C. K. Wright, pastor of Roberdel Methodist 3rareh, officiating. Burial was in the iTenkins Fam ily cemetery, 6 miles above El lerbe. Surviving' are""two sons, J. B. Solomon, ox California, and David Solomon,; of Washington , D C, one daughter, Elizabeth Solomon, o; Rockingham, and Marshall Lewis, of one brother, Ellerbe. o Last ijC"' ''ii ' - Cy " - . i ; i ' . ,-. , . " i,t? - FAEMEES WILL BE OPEN. WE URGE YOU TO COME TO ELLERBE THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND LET THE FARMERS WAREHOUSE SELL YOUR TOBACCO YOUR LAST CHANCE AND YOU KNOW BY EXPERIENCE THAT THE FARMERS IS THE PLACE TO SELL. IE YOU HAVE EVER TRIED US ONCE, YOU'LL TRY AGAIN. ITS at Ellerbe GEORGE ABE AND L G. DEVJITT At Your ' ' - SH. ' : : . ROCKINGHAM, N. Leak-Plexico Wedding The wedding of Hal Leak and Peggy Plexico will take place this Sunday afternoon at five o'clock in the Second Presbyter ian church in Salisbury- A re ception will follow, at the Salis bury Country Club. A large number of Rocking ham kindred and friends will at tend. During the past three weeks, many parties have been given in honor of this lovely young bride-to-be she teaches an 8th grade in our city schools. Among the parties was a de lightful spaghetti dinner given in her honor Nov. 11th at the apartment' of Mrs. Stanton Blay lock. A piece of silver in her pattern, was given. The? guests were Misses Carlene Freeman, Ruth Ellis, Genevra Beaver, Bobbie Long, and Jennett Bram ble. On the night of Nov. 15th, a group of Hal's masculine friends gave him a "stag" fare well supper out at the Hector Little lodge. Hayes in Korea Pfc. William F. Hayes, whose parents live in Rockingham, is serving with the famous 1st Marine Division in Korea. He has been in the fighting on the front lines for six months operating a B.A.R. automatic machine gun for his company. William was wounded Oct. 28 and received the Purple Heart. He would like to hear from his friends ; his address : Pfc. William F. Hayes 1210895 C-l-5, 1st Marine Div. F.M.F Fleet po. , San Francisco, Cal. HOSPITAL NUMBER IS 5221., Service EMOOS C WEHNIfeDAY AFTERNOON ' xlr till ' O 13L mw.Wdujb fn yW,.. ' I nji IP4 Wllf II :":'!: vi (j " I j y. , "f iiminiminnin,inmuua:'''M?l"fi"'?. iTf mioi1"11"1'11111111- iwiwiiihiWJOh .. ,. ctTO..:T: 1 ' ; --mm - r,J'J' - W - 1 KlJiF Jl I """ ' " JSSI jt- rf-x- I ' inn... IIMlnr- WwlagNtwSSSiii!!. nr i. iwiii l Administrator's Notice Having qualif ied as adminis trator of the estate of the late W. F. Smith, thiTis to notify all persons having Claims against the said W. R Smith to present same to me, duly verified, on or before the 12th -day of Novem-, ber, 1953, or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All indebted to 'the 'decedent will please settle withr hie. Tihs, Nov. 8V152. - Selma Smith, c.t.a. Estate T;Tt: Smith (Nov: 12-DecV 17) j t NOVEMBER 19, 1952 LAYIHG OF COnnERSTCiJE OF t.imrM TEMPLE AT GCGIu3nr.l :5U. 71952 Nov. 7, 1952, will go down in history as a Red Letter day for Rockingham Masons. At 5:02 p. m. the capsule containing the archives and historical docu ments was placed in the hole in JthVs concrete Bhscforthe Init t ed for how lon? Who laiows? 100, 200, 500 Years? We wonder. But at any rate, those who go into that cornerstone per haps centuries hence will have an insight into the happenings of 1952, and will get a complete history of Masonry as Rock-' ingham men knew it. In preparing the history and selecting the material to go into this capsule, the Post-Dispatch editor feels that he has ren dered a distinct service to fu ture generations. And I per sonally thank Doug Hamer, Master of our Lodge, for being givenAthis privilege. And now for the cornerstone laying, and why. For several years Rocking ham Lodge No. 495 has had "growing pains". The members want a home of their own in stead of meeting twice a month in the out-moded hall on the second floor of the old Express office (Little) building on West Washington street. And so gradually a fund began to mount until $3000 was accumu lated.. And with this sum in October, 1951, the Lodge bought a lot 130x280 feet on Fayette ville Road, near the northeast ern edge of Town. And then enough more money was raised to start actual build ing operations. The lot was duly surveyed May 1, 1952, prepara tory to excavation. On May 14, 1952, some" two dozen Masons met at the site and personally poured the concrete for the foundation. On June 10, 1952, the first brick were laid with Charlie Monroe having the hon or of placing the first brick. At the present time the walls are about 7 feet above ground and there the building rests until more funds can be raised. The total cost of this Temple will be around $50,000. The, building itself . will oe 4uxu with a 50-ft. basement. And so since the building had reached this stage, it was fitting that the cornerstone be laid. And this was done on Nov. 7, 1952, with impressive ceremon ies. And from now on the fur ther progress of erection will be ISAAC S. Capsule Containing History of Rockingham Masonry and Other Historical Data Placed in the Hole of the Concrete Block. dependent upon the inflow of funds, as raised. And now for the Cornerstone. Cornerstone Laid. At 3:30 Nov. 7, 1952, the Lodge opened with the Grand Master, in charge -"William tions'was Grand Secretai .Wilr, bur L. Mclver. ' The Lodge was opened in due form, and at 4 :30 the Emergent Communication adjourned to the building for the cornerstone laying. Grand Master White designated ' the following to assist Leo Allen, Doug Hamer; E. S. Adams, Al len Powers, F. B. Stanley, Wal ter Draughon, James Perry, Lacy Bowles, R. D. Ackerman, veteran J. N. W. Collins, Wil son Hasty and C. B. Deane. Ar riving at the site of the new building, the ceremonies im memorial in nature were held, and to the spectators and many other Masons they were intensely interesting capped by the placing of the capsule into the hole of the concrete cornerstone block of granite. The Grand Orator was Con gressman C. B. Deane, who spoke for just five minutes; and then the proceedings were over William Ussery sealed the capsule into the granite and the members returned to the Lodge rooms to close in due form. The picture on the front page shows the placing of that cap sule a copper tube that in the granite should last, air-tight for all time. The capsule or tube is about 10 inches deep by about 5 inches in diameter. (Further down in this article, we will give you a sketch of Ma sonry in Rockingham). The Banquet Nov. 7th. At 7 o'clock the night of Nov. 7th some 175 Masons and wives assembled in the large cafeteria room of the new BELL elemen tary school, and enjoyed the barbecue supper served by the ladies of the Eastern Star. The actual program was short adjournment was made by 8:15 so that many could attend the game at the ball park. Doug Hamer, Master of the Lodge, presided. Speakers were Isaac London, who briefly outlined a history of the Lodge, C. B. Deane, Grand Secretary W. L. Mclver and Grand Master W. H. White. It was an enjoyable evening of fellowship ,and end ed a happy day for Masonry. HenitQSitlific'Imthr LONDON, Editor and Proprietor The Capsule Contained. a In the capsule placed in the copper tube in the granite block of the cornerstone, were the fol lowing items prepared by I. S. London: ' 1, A complete history of ttie RrOckinghani '.Lodges "d.a t i ri g" arrested in 1863 "and.6pp jirsntly. -folded in 187L ; ' And of LcJ-s : No. 495 given - a.. Dispensation. Sept. ' 23, 1897, chartered" Jan. 12, 1898, and as of today, 1952;. active with 245 members. 2. Filed is the full list of' present Masonic officers and the alphabetical list of the 245. members. 3 A list of' the 1952 officers for Richmond county and the Town of Rockingham. 4. A Map of Rockingham, as : laid out in 1785 and filed July ! 16, 1788. 5. A History of Rockingham! and Richmond county, dating; from Feb. 1, 1779, when Rich mond county was authorized by the General Assembly, and of Rockingham from April 19, 1784, when Rockingham was au thorized. 6. The tabular vote of the Nov. 4, 1952, Election, and a re sume of this ephocal election wherein General Eisenhower ( swept the Nation. 7. A list of the officers of the Eastern Star, and a brief sketch of this energetic group of women who so loyally are helping in this Temple project (Mrs. J. N. Gillis, WM, F. B. Stanley, WP, Mrs. D. W. Cole man, AM, O. A. Richardson AP, Mrs. E. C. Blossom, Conduc tress Mrs. Ina Powers, Secre tary, Mrs. Dorothy Scott, Treas urer), v 8. And finally a group pic ture of the 1952 Masonic offi cers and the picture of the ground-breaking exercises for the Temple made' May 14, 1952. History of Lodges ' (The writer of this brief history of the Rockingham two Masonic Lodges is Isaac S. London, who became a Mason in 1910 while living in Siler City and editing there the Siler City Grit). Lodge No. 216 in 1859, Rockingham Lodge Nov 216 was established July 18, 1859, (Sec Section Page 3
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