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"try - r" ' i i ! I : 'i i ! I t i I - I I , I r r. t SfiCTIO ONE PACE tWO PAGEANT GIUEH AT BELL SCHOOL DEDICATION APRIL 12, 1953 nOCRtNniT AM POST-DTSPA'tcn. RICHMOND COU&TY, N. C THURSDAY. APRIL 16, 1933 (Continued from Page One) of long-deferred hopes this elegant new $475,000 school building. And it was quite fit ting , that it should be named in honor of L. J. Bell who had served as Supt. of the city schools for 42 years. The new building is of two storits, of brick, and contains 50,000 square feet of floor space. It was erected by the Barger company of Moores ville, and designed by Walter Toy and Porter Graves of Charlotte. It cost $475,000, has 20 class rooms, a 684-seat aud itorium, a cafeteria that will accommodate 250 persons, a library, visitors' room, offices for Principal, Supervisor and Superintendent; and all in all, a building wherein the com munity and tax-payers have certainly gotten their money's worth. There is most decidedly no "fat" or extravagance in its designing and construction. And so a year after the build ing was first occupied came this time for acceptance and dedication. That is what took place Sun day, April 12th, at 2:30. Had the weather been fair, the auditorium could not possibly have contained the crowd. The tribute is that it was practically filled in the face of the year's most driving rain-storm, with lightning and thunder. The entire program revolved around the man in whose honor the building was named L. J. Bell a man now in his 76th year and retired in the serenity of a life built in service to his community. Supt. J. E. Huneycutt presided. A historical story of our schools, starting with the Act creating the Richmond Acad emy in 1788, was told in song, dance and pageantry. - Atty. Thomas Leath was the Narrat or, reading the prepared His tory. And Supt. J. E. Honeycutt and Music Director Genevra Beaver had woven the whole into a Pageant that thrilled and delighted those so fortu nate as to be present. Mr. Hun eycutt's adaptation of the His tory into the Pageant evidenc ed skill and thought; and he was most ably assisted by Miss Beaver, a talented young lady, and the entire grade school faculty. Various persons were helpful in assembling the his torical data. The exercises started prompt ly at 2:30 with the Sta:- Spangl ed Banner. The Invocation was made by Dr. Bruce Beiton who was chairman of the 3oard for 14 years. Then came tie "Story of Education in Roc cingham" in ten Scenes, with the children acting the various periods, and impersonating Board members, teachers and Others ling since dead. It was a vivid portrayal beginning with the .-first school KdHimd uoCI aSpnp 3 1 3.I3tA JOdS 3t UO OSB 'SJB-)iC 9 jo residence now stands. At the conclusion o ' the Pa geant, the present ard former Board members were : nvited to the stage and recogniz ;d by Mr. Huneycutt. Of the 4f persons who have served on tiie Board since 1901, 17 are living; and 14 of the 17 were present Sunday afternoon. During these 52 years there have been- but 6 chairmen W. C. Leak 1901-1918, W. N. Everett 1918-1923, George S. Steele 1923-1931, Rev. Bruce Benton " 931-1945, George P. Eng twsitle 1945-1947, andTthe pres ent Chairman Isaac S. London who has served since 1947. In these 52 years there have been nine Principals In May of 1949 Richmond county voted a bond $1,750,000 for s.chool issue of buildings with the County getting $700,- 000, Hamlet system $525,000 and Rockingham $525,000. The State supplemented these funds from its bonds. The first money spent by Roikingham was on a completely rew Negro grade building costing over $200,000. Then came this new Bell school, and abandoning the old grammar scho ol site in the business heart of i;6wn. The Board wisely boughx twelve acres of land in the northeast ern part and buildir g opera tions got underway in early 1951. Toy and Graves of Char lctte were the architects, and the contract was let ;o Barger Construction Co. of Moores ville. The magnificen ; non-fat building now accepted Sunday is attestation of how well Wal ter Toy and Graves planned, and Barger executed : It was fitting that Walter. Toy should be present Sunday, and offici ally present the key of the building to Board Chairman Isaac London even ,, though the building has actually been occupied since April 10, 1952. After Mr. London accepted the building, Supt. Honeycutt intro duced Mrs. Sarah Everett Toy of Charlotte, who had sculptured a bronze bust of Mr. Bell, and Mrs. Toy graciously presented this bust to the school. It was accepted for the school by Jack Cockman, president of the PTA. Next Mr. London announced, regretfully, the resignation of Miss Bessie Terry as Principal a position she has so ably fill ed since 1922. Her impaired health necessitates her retire ment after the June 2nd Com mencement (and the Board will in a few days elect a Principal to succeed her). Supt Huneycutt then spoke feelingly of the fine work of Miss Terry over the years, and on oenan of the Bell faculty presented her with a handsome wrist watch. Her re sponse was. typical of the. Terry spirit, and she was most gra cious in her appreciation. And another teacher recog nized for her years of devotion to the school was Miss Maude Moore who has been a grade teacher here since November of 1902 nearly 51 years. Another former teacher present was Mrs. Lottie Linton -Stewart who taught for 8 years beginning in 1909 and Mrs. Lucy Phillips Russell who came to Rocking ham in 1881 as a 19-year-old lassie and . taught for several years. She was 91 last March 7th. At the conclusion of the pro gram, the PTA had "open house" and refreshments and the pub lic enjoyed roaming through the 20 class rooms, the big cafeteria and seeing the other facilities 700 children are in the six grades using this L. J. Bell Ele mentary School building, and every one of them is proud of such a "home" and happy to be privileged to have a part in it. Officially recognized is the plaque at the front entrance, listing the Trustees who had a part in the building program, anc chronicling this fact for all time. No better way to end this story of the acceptance of the Bell building April 12th than to quote the frontispiece that appeared under Mr. Bell's pic ture on the programs Sunday, as prepared by Mr. Huneycutt. Mr. Bell. was called on for a word as the program neared its end and he responded as his" friends knew he would the nlri Rpll snirit nf splf-npantinW V X - ..vomvvu. i. and humility. And he closedf confirmed cases of animal rabies his brief remarks with " andj and hundreds Of our citizens may God bless you all." I took the antirabic .treatment in RABIES CONTROL (Continued from Page One) ( " I X. MM I On Smart . . Bequtifol : . Up-to-the-Minute TBHURED BKOmOORIi CAW i WiM 'Mfe sggsss mPm, I i COVIttlNOC Soto omit r stts. loauac mo co. A R. 9 Ff. Wide RcaMy a jrolul Epnji'v ookiag KvhMMiohf pit tmHwwd carpet Mw priced loww than evr before. It b tmg wt "fl afid kvitobU with either Modem or period fwatkhioQt. Perfect for ehKer wall-to-waH iMtaDoHon or room ta nqu Available n both 9 ft. and 12 ft. wfdtht. POPULAR QUALITY WILTON COTTON BROADLOOM CARPET j Rich looking three dimensional effect plume design. A carpet you would expect to sell for much more. ?fr. width NEW! POPULAR QUALITY "NEEDLEPOINT" EFFECT TEXTURED CARPET Only Solid color carpet with multi-height pile. One of the very latest carpet creations. 27 inn 9 ft, 12 ft. A hard-to-beat value at this price ..... 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But Xh.ii Huneycutt-Beaver deft hands moved things along smoothly, and the Pageant portion was over at four. A final act was the introduc tion of the 14 present and for- mer Board members, and other guests. Especially were all hap py to see three former mem bers there Paul Whitlock frqm Charlotte, Ozmer Henry and Ed Allen from Lumberton. 1 L. J. Bell an Inspiration. "No name is more synony mous with progress in educa tion in Rockingham than that of L. J. Bell, superintendent of City Schools from 1908 to 1948. "Mr. Bell was born at Kings Mountain on January 26, 1878, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina with the Class of '98. He start ed his teaching career in the Cleveland County schools. In 1902 he came to Rockingham as Princpal of the newly-organized Graded School and continued in that capacity un tiy 1906 when he was elected Superintendent of the Rock ingham City Schools. He also served as Superintendent of the Richmond County system from 1916 to 1947. "Quiet and unassuming in! manner, Mr. Bell has never sought the limelight, but his life has truly been given in Service to others. He is moral- I ly and intellectually a great man, and his life has been a stimulus and an inspiration for educational progress and bet ter living." . History of Schools. x- In the Post-Dispatch of April 23rd will be given the entire history of the school system of Rockingham, together with Mrs. Toy's presentation speech But this story cannot be closed without givng, the sum mation on Mr. Bell as written by Supt. Huneycutt for the program. Came For Dedication Among those from out-of-town who came to Rockingham April 12 th for the dedication oif the Bell school building, note: ' Mr. and Mrs. Ozmer L. Henry and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Allen from Lumberton. Ozmer a Board member from 1928-1931, and Ed a member 1917-1925. Paul A. Whitlock from Char lotte, he being a Board member 1901-1906. Misses Virginia and Augusta Land, " twins from Hamlet. Harvey Terry from Whiteville. Mr and Mrs. Charles McLaur in from McColl, Miss Elizabeth Hall from Belmont; Frank S. Terry from McColl he an uncle of Miss Bessie Terry and he will be 82 this April 25th. And another Who came and who is keenly interested in our school is Mrs. Margaret Garrett now of the Greensboro high faculty but who from 1930 to 1952 was with our high school 52 was with our high school and head of the English department. 1952. This, of course, does not mean that only 178 animals had rabies in 1952. When clinical cases are considered, there would be several hundred pos itive cases of animal rabies. The term "clinical cases" refers to live, animals observed showing symptoms of rabies but whose heads 'were not sent to the State Laboratory of Hygiene upon death. s Dr. Reeves pomtea out that rabies control is a state-wide and national problem, but those programs are only as successful as the local programs carried out in the various counties. The State Board )f Health has established a Veterinary Public Health Section to assist the county health departments to ward organizing adequate rabies programs which will be uniform and which have one objective: the eradication of rabies. Dr. Reeves went on to stress that Richmond County cannot be free "from constant danger un less rabies is eradicated and un less the neighboring counties do the same. In conclusion, Dr. Reeves said that the Richmond County Health Department campaign to control rabies would depend en tirely on the cooperation of the citizens toward this public health problem. SALE ILLICIKJ (Continued from Page One) order from Judge Johnson J. Hayes at Greensboro. This tem porary order will be heard be fore Judge Hayes in Greens boro tomorrow Friday. And the Judge will decide whether the sale shall be held or stop ped. At the same time they secured the temporary restraining or der to stop the April 13th sale the Millikins also asked the Judge to prohibit any further seizures of their property until a tax court can determine their final liability. Recites History of Case In the complaint filed with Judge Hayes April 10th, the lawyer for the Millikins out lined this history of their trou ble with the Internal Revenue Bureau: I "On June 11, 1942, tax agents, armed with a peo pardy assessment for more than $82,000, "took over" the plaintiff's coin-operated phonograph business in Rockingham, closed their launderette in Hamlet and padlocked a phonograph re pair shop in Hamlet. "After that, agents seized more than $7,000 he Milli kins had in banks and build ing loan associations and put under seal "about $10, 000" - in government bonds held in a safe deposit box. "On August 4, 1952, the Miliikens were sent a 90-day letter notifying them their liability had been redeter mined at more than $105,000. "On April 1, 1953, tax agents seized three of the plaintiff's cars and notified the couple that the laund erette and repair shop with -the automobiles would be sold April 13. "According to the com plaint, "The jeopardy as sessment was arbitrarily made without notice to plaintiffs and was entirely unnecessary!" "In addition, the rcouple charge tax agents with ob taining information against them from "individuals who desirous of wrecking their their business . : ." REGISTERED? (Continued from Page One) at present there are not more than 750 registered. A woeful lack of interest. Go to the City Hall and make sure your name is on the books. Those living in Town can vote for Mayor, Commissioners and School Board; but those living outside Town can vote only on School Board. The Election is May 5th. And in the May 5th Election, only those living in Town can vote on the $175,000 water bond is sue, and for Mayor, Commis sioners and School Board. Those living out of town, but in the School District, can vote May 5th only for School Board members. A feet that many voters seem to have overlooked is that the registration books for the April 27th Primary closes at 9 o'clock this Satur day night, April 18th. But the books for the May 5th BOND election will not close until Saturday week, April 25th at nine. Only two more days remain in which you can register for the Primary; remember that and act now. mm TO $25(S)00 QUICK, FRIENDLY SERVICE! 0 See us and arrange a loan on your car consoli date all your bills in one low payment Remember Financing and Re-Financing Is ' Our Business E. B. STONE FINANCE OF ROCKINGHAM, INC. E. Franklin St. Phone 4071 BILLS AMENDED (Continued from Pagre One) changes or amendments to them : Bills Amended. HB 1054 Introduced by Pitt man, April 1 (Sheriff salary and tax collector creation) April 9, amended in House to provide that beginning first Monday in Dec, 1954, county commissioners may designate number of assistant CSCs, dep uty CSCs and other necessary clerical assistants (appoint ments by CSC and salaries fixed by commissioners) ; and to pro vide that beginning first Mon day in Dec, 1956, county com missioners may designate num ber of assistants to register of deeds (appointments by regis ter and salaries fixed by com missioners) ; passed House. HB 1055 Introduced by Pitt man, April 1 (CSC and register salaries) ' April 9, amended in House to authorize county commissioners, after Sept. 1, 1953, to designate the number of persons neces sary to keep county jail, which persons and jailer shall be ap pointed by sheriff and serve at his direction; to direct commis sioners to fix salaries of jailer and his assistants; to provide that jail fees be paid to county which shall pay for jail ex penses; and to provide such clerical assistance for sheriff as commissioners designate (ap pointments by sheriff and sal aries fixed by commissioners); passed House. HB 1056 Introduced by Pitt man, April 1 (Commissioners salaries) April 9, passed House; April 10, received in Senate; sent to Salaries ' and ; Fees. HB 1057 Introduced by Pitt man, April 1 (Ellerbe bird sanc tuary) April 9, passed House; April 10, received in Senate ; sent to Wildlife. HB 1092 Introduced by Pitt man, April 7 "To revise and consolidate thei charter of the Town of Hoffman in Richmond County." (Rewrites tewn charter. Grants usual specific corporate powers, in cluding powers (1) to acquire more property than needed for public improvements, (2) to sell or lease such excess property with protective restrictions and to issue bonds on security of such property. Provides for may or and board of five commis sioners, to be nominated and elected at large for two year terms, vacancies thereon to be filled by board. Board is to be judge of qualifications of board and mayor. Board salaries are to be fixed, by ordinance to be come effective during term of office following that of board passing ordinance. Provides for election of mayor protem, reg ular and special -meetings of board, open sessions of board, procedures, conduct of business Sets out procedures for conduct of town: elections on "Tuesday following first Monday in May in odd-numbered years; candid ates are to be nominated by pet ition. Officials are to take office on first Monday in June follow ing election.. Authorizes appoint ment of necessary town officers who need not be residents at time of appointment. Sets forth provisions for custody and dis bursement of town money. Con tinues present officials in office until next election.) April 9, amended in House to provide that mayor shall vote only in case of tie vote by com missioners; April 10, passed House. - FEEL OLD AT 40? Vitality and Strength Fading? Thousands of men and women with their youth - behind them are finding the strain of mod ern life and work too exhaust ingtheir energy, vitality and strength fading. 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