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Subscription Rates SECTOGX 14 PAGES TODAY One Year Six Months Three Months $3.00 $1.75 $1.00 Single Copies 7c Each. VOL. 36 No. 24 ROCKINGHAM,' N. C.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON APRIL 23, 1953 uistohy of ncciiKJGtmr.i SCHOOLS Dating from 1788 THE L. J. BELL ELEMENTARY NEW BUILDING DEDICATED APRIL 12, APRIL 10, 1952, On April 10, 1952, the new $475,000 school buildini was occupied by the 675 children of the first six grades from the old Grammar School. And one year after the occupancy, the puild v ing was formally accepted by the School Board, with impressive exercises, held in the 684-seating capacity auditorium this at 2:30 Sunday, April 12, 1953. I , The building- is named in honor of L. J. Bell who became Principal in 1902, was made Supt. in 1906 and resigned in1948, succeeded by the present Supt. J. E. Huneycutt. Mr. Bell was present for the ceremonies, and was feted as the guest of honor. Also, honored was Miss Bessie Terry, who resigned as of June 2, 1953, as Principal, after having served as such since 1922 (and a teacher since 1914). The exercises of dedication April 12, 1953, were attended by an impressive Pageant written by Supt. J.,. Huneycut ;, and directed by Miss Genevra Beaver, director of public music in this school. Miss Beaver was ably assisted by the grade each ers and their pupils. Atty. Thomas Leath acted as Narrator, and . read Mr. Huneycutt's script, and at certain porticns- or period, he paused and the pupils enacted or dramatized the prop er" parts. More as a matter of timely record, the Post-Dispatch edi- oi Kockmgham, starting with the enabling Act of 1788 established the Richmond Academy. 3 Mr. Huneycutt's script Rockingham". My sketch now revolves nection therewith; so save this interesting in tne years to come. CITY SCHOOLS nOCKinGHAM 1788 to 1953 By ssac S. London ft.. : No written record exists of the . first school,-taught in the oaDy town oi rtocKingnam. rne tiny town of Rockingham was authorized by the General As sembly on April 19, 1784, though the Act creating Rich mond County was passed Feb. 1, 1779. We might digress just here to say that the county was named in honor of Charles Le nox, Duke of Richmond. The .town of Rockingham was nam ed in honor of that great and good friend of the Colonies, Charles W at s o n Wentworth, Total enrollment -Marquis of Rockingham, who was Premier of England in 1765- '66, and again in 1781 and who died in 1782 at the age of 52. And while Rockingham was authorized April 19, 1784 and this date might be considered the Birth Date of our town, it was not until April i, neo, ? J J J " 1 A 1 P"t that the three Commissioners met and bought the fifty acres of lanfl on which to lav out ihc new town. - The original Map of the Lots is on file in the Court house, dated July 16, 1788. We recently printed this Map a most interesting document of 166 years ago. The General Assembly of 1788 in Chapter 35 established the RICHMOND ACADEMY, and in doing so stated that "the x i 1 i r r j " HNf.iiMNninir f 1 1 n A r u I u) m r in Richmond County for the edu cation of Youth will be attended ; with great advantages to the State in general, and the County of Richmond (and Rockingham) in particular." And so the foundation for "our school system was laid in 1788. - Now for the first school. The first Methodist congre gation seems to have assembl ! ed in 1786 by two Circuit Riders Hope Hull and Jeremiah Mastin; and it is of record that in 1790 there was a small house known as "Night's Chapel" on the site where Judge Don Phi- lips house now stands, on Fay etteville Road. This Chapel evidently was built about 1787, because there was a deed dated October 15, 1788 wherein Ben jamin Covington gave to the Richmond Academy one acre of land a certain distance from the v southeast corner of the iontmuea on Page Four) to the Year 1953. 1953. BUILDING OPENED COSTING $475,000. kvhich told "The Story of Education in more with historical dates in con copy; it will prove evert more Enrollment 1953 In addition to a Superintend ent and a grade Supervisor, the Rockingham schools As of April, 1953, has 57 whitejteach ers and an enrollment fj 1548; and 23 colored teachers ' with 665 enrollment. I In all, the total white and colored enrollment is 221$. with ? White Schools: Great Falls - ( 6) 156 Bell Elementary . (22) 692 High School (29) 700 57 Colored Schools: -1548 Leab street (20) 603 ( 3) 62 Sandridge 23665 2213 80 Total teachers On May 6, 1913 the Town vot ed 144 to 6 for a bond issue of $20,000 to finish paying for the 1911 enlargement In November, 1951, the! School Board sold to the Town 145x239 feet, the south side of thje gram mar school lot, for $4 ),117.95. And on May 27, 1952, the Board held an auction for the gram 92 feet m&T school lots and sold fronting on Washington street by depth of 125 feet 32 feet to Druggist E. B. Bristow for $525 per front foot totaling $16,750; and 30x125 to Roy Shepard for $400 a foot, or $12,000; and on May 30, 1951, 30x125 o Roy Shepard at $346 per foot, or $10,380. This left the Board with a frontage of 122 feet yt to be t sold. (In 1947 the Board had Attys. W. S. Thomas and Thomas H. Leath draw up a Bill which the Legislature passed giving the Board full title to the grammar school land of 229x380). In 1940 a Voca-Agric-Gym building was erected on SW cor ner of high school lot, costing $50,000 witl 55 furnished by WPA funds. This dedicated March 14, 1941. i On Dec. 5, 1924, the high school football team on the State championship over Shel by 7-0 in football at that time, no distinction as to size of schools or teams no holds bar red. Now in 1953 there axe three groups Class A, AA, AAA. in rlor ?L nad J' ?' 52ent and Hattie as teachers. In 1914 a Home Ec department was established in the high scriool, under Miss Sallic Boddie. In 1921 the Voca-Agri, depart ment opened undei J. B. (Shorty) Lawrence. In 1929 the Commercial de partment got into operation briefly under Miss Graice Will- iams, and under Miss Edith Ivey until 1946 OTHER CHANGES OFFICEfiSPAY House Bill Changed to Let New Tax Collector Take Over Two Years Later. Sheriffs" Salary Starts Dec. 1, 1954. On April 1st Rep. James Pitt man introduced House Bill No. 1054 setting a salary for the Sheriff, and creating the office of Tax Collector. On Tlpril 13th this Bill was returned to Mr. Pittman at his request, and on April 15th the following com mittee substitute was adopted. The new bill as now to be passed consists of: (1) Provides that appointed tax collector shall take office on Sept. 1, 1955 (instead of 1953) and that sheriff shall continue to collect taxes until that time: (2) place sheriff on annual sal ary as of Dec. 1, 1954, except that tax collection fees and commissions are not to be turn ed into county except from and after Sept. 1, 1955; (3) authorize county commissioners, after Dec. 1, 1954, to fix number of employees necessary to operate jail and to fix their compensa tion; sheriff is to appoint em ployees; jail fees are to be turn ed into county general fund; and (4) authorize county com missioners to allow sheriff cler ical assistants, to be appointed by sheriff and paid as directed by commissioners. April 16, pass ed House; April 17, received in Senate; sent to Counties, pities and Towns. HB 1055 Introduced by Pittman, April 1 (CSC and reg ister salaries) April 17, passed Senate. ; HB 1056 Introduced by Pitt man, April 1 (Commissioners salaries) April 17, passed Senate. HB 1092 Introduced by Pitt man, April 7 (Rewriting Hoff man charter) April 14, received in Senates sent to . Counties. -diMe and JTwhs 31 DEGREES Coldest on Record Here for so Late in ApriL The North and mid-west had much snow over the week-end;, and at Rocking ham the mercury touched the lowest on record for so late in April. The low reading was: . April 17 April, 20 April 21 April 22 April 23 35 33 31 37 50 . Draft Matters At the suggestion of the State Board, to all the draft boards throughout North Carolina, the Richmond County Draft Board has adopted the following reso lution this strictly in conform ity with the policy of all the other Boards, RESOLVED, That the members of Local Board No. 78 Will not discuss the classification or selective service status of any regis trant with the registrant's family, employer, depen dent, or anyone else, except in the course of an official procedural appearance be fore, or interview with, the local board in regular ses sion at its office located on third floor of the Post Office bilding." Of course, the selectee him self can discuss his status with a member whenever he wishes. Slaughters'1 Spent Week -End Spending last week-end here were Baxter and Bettie Slaugh ter, and Baxie and Isaac. Bax ter is a pilot with the Piedmont Air Lines; they live at 6312 Darnell Drive, RFD 1, Norfolk, Va. ; DEATHS W. L. Capel - ' Atkinson Infant Leon P. Reaves Mrs. Luther; Wilson Mrs. Wm. F. Lampley John Manning Huske 1 GIVE A PINT? Blood Needed Friday. 300 Pints the Quota. Immediately after the big train wreck near Dillon Monday night,, a call came to the Blood Center at Charlotte . for 600 pints; and within three hours the full amount had been sped to the victims, scattered in a dozen hospitals. Such ,a drain on the blood bank means that it is URGENT that the supply be replenished. And the Center is looking to our people to do their part. No one knows when another crisis or emergency may arise, and even more blood be needed. The Red Cross bloodmobile will be in Rockingham this Fri day, April 24th, from 11 to 5 o'clock, and the quota is 300 pints! The Women's Civic Club is actively pushing the drive. The bloodmobile was here in March- on March 24th, and 207 pints were "given. But last Nov. 24th only 129 pints resulted. It is no pleasant task to ding-dong after folks to give a pint; but the need is great and after all,, one never knows when the giv-' er may have to be the RECEIV ER! A wonderful fluid, is blood; can't get along without it. And the Great Mother, the Red Cross, is urging you to give to give that others might live. The bloodbank is here this Friday, -from 11 to 5. And the Community Building is the place. Marriages Marriage licenses issued in Richmond county : - April 18 Leh Wood Spencer, 41, Mrs. Lillian Johnson Friend, both of Hamlet. Addresses -- Dorsey Dixon Sr. 3&.;&6nd street. more, Mrs. Marvin C. Perry (Louise Corpening) Box 1347 Rockdale, Texas Mrs. Douglas Spiers 1123 3rd street, NE Washington (2), D. C. Civitan's Breakfast The Civitan Club has pledge $1500 for suport of the high school band for the ensuing year. That is a man's size pledge and to help raise that fund the Civitans put in a breakfast two mornings this week. The men did the cooking and serving. The Presbyterians kind ly loaned the club the facilities of their church basement din ing room.. The "cooks" were Johnny Patterson, Watt Long and Jim Blount. Head-waiter was O. L. O'Brien, with Ed Hurst as his chief trouble-shooter. The meals were served Tues day and Wednesday mornings from 7 to 10; and over 60O per sons were served at $1 per plate. Lions Selling Brooms The Lions club are this week in the midst of their annual broom sale these made by the blind and the funds for the club's-' blind work. Koy Dawkins is chairman of the program but then any Lion will be glad to have your order. School Debates KocKingham high sends its negative debating team to the University April 30-May 1 for the finals in the annual tri angle debates. This team con sists of Shirley Dixon and Mary Jo Ingalls. This team had won over Hamlet at Lumberton March 27th, and then on April 16th they won in the district compe tition at Flora Macdonald col lege, and thereby won the right to go on to the finals at Chapel Hill. Our affirmative team of-Ed-ward Osteen and Barbara Mc Donald missed by a narrow margin of winning over. Clinton. i Daylight Savings v New York and many cities up North and mid-west go on Day light Savings Time this Sunday, April 26th, at 12 :01 a. m. Radio programs will be affected. DST is simply setting the clock a head an hour. MANY EXAMINED Large Group to Charlotte April 2i,if or" Examination. Another roup April 28. On April 21st the Draft Board sent 63 seelctees to Charlotte for their pre-induc-tion ;" examination. Of this, number, 24 were colored, 39 white;1 Their ages were most ly between Aug. 9,' 1933, and Jan- 16, 1934. 6 of the color ed selectees passed, and 33 white men passed. On April 28th another group will 4)e examined, these born between Jan. 16, 1934, and ApriJ 1, 1934. It is hoped to get perhaps 25 out of this age group mahy who would other wise' be examined April 28th are in school and automatically 1 delayed until June examina tion.' TTere is a call for thirty men for? examination for May 13th, all; born in April, 1934 ; buti most: of them are school boys an yvill not be touched until June; And so the May call very probably will have to be can celled. Qn May 21st ten men will be inlucted, these having been examined on March 16th. 63 Examined April 21, 1953 Earl" Junior Allen 12-21-33 Roosevelt Armstrong col 8-31-33 Harvey Donald Antnan 9- 5-33 Wmv.D. Brewington, col 8-16-33 Donald Herman Benoist 8-21-33 Willie Lee Boyd, col 8-10-33 Malaly Brigman Jr. 8-26-33 George Brower, col. 12-12-33 Flojrd R. Campbell 11 -16-33 Janies E." Campbell, col. 1-11-34 Glenn Edward Carter . 10- 2-33 Boye Legrand Caulder 1 1- 7-33 William Craven Coleman 9-26-33 Bonnie "A; Craven Jr. ' 1-14-34 WUlliht Frank Currie " 12-3033 ornra ,iavernaii origgs 8-1833 Nathan Kager Grant 11-13-33 Elvih Anerson Greene 10-24-33 James Curtis. Green, col.10-22-33 Edward Bryant Guinn 3- 4-34 Frank David Hardee 11-13-33 Mitchell Glenn Hargett 11-10-33 Robert Hoover 9-12-33 Fred Matthew Hudson 12-31-33 Archie Ingram Jr. col 8-29-33 James Johnson, col. 12-18-33 Charlie Jones, col 12-24-29 John Bennit Jones, col. 12- 9-33 Lonnie Kiker Jr. 9- 2-33 Billy Garrett Martin 10-31-33 Donald Arnett Martin 12-17-33 Thomas N. McDuffie - 1-14-34 Colmon.McKoy, col. 11-19-33 Melvin Lloyd Monroe Jr 10-1-33 Ira Lewis Nicholson col 9-10-33 Lorenzo Nicholson, col., 11- 1-33 Bobby Lynwood Parker 11-16-33 Clarence "Patterson, col. 12-23-33 Alexander Patterson, col. 1- 6 34 Reuben Jay Pierce Jr. 9-18-3 William S. Ransom 11- 1-33 James Boyc Rainwater 9-25-33 Athos Lee Richardson 11-11-33 Jesse Robinson, col 8-25-33 James Albert Roller 9- 6-33 Johnny T. Shelton ' 8-11-33 Edward Singletary 12-30-33 William Neal Sledge, col 10-11-33 Hampton Stroman, col 9-28-33 Roosevelt S Winnie, col. 10-14-33 Tftomas L. Sweatt 11-25-33 Richard Arnold Tolley 10-22-33 Lynwood Wall, col. 1-16-34 Lester Bee Wall, col. 10-11-33 Edward Warner Jr 9-29-33 Joncie Watkins col 9- 8-33 Robert Wallace, col. 12- 2-33 Jimmy F. Webster 12-2-33 Allison B. Wiggins 8- 9-33 Thomas Franklin West 11-28-33 George Zinnerman col 9-12-33 1105 PAID GAME Gene's Giants in Opener. Despite the very cool night, a large number of fans went out to the Rockingham Ball Park .Tuesday night to see the Pollock Indianapolis Clowns, a Negro pro team, beat Gene's Giants by I 10-4. The paid admissions were 1105 1063 at $1 and 42 at 50c. How ever, Gene; probably lost financ ially but he gave the fans a good brand of ball. He had to rav the Clowns 60 of the gross, 20 as Federal tax, and the Park lights and rental, and ad vertising. Estells's Adds Another Estelle's beauty shop lias again increased its staff. On April 20th Miss Helen Thomas' began work with this shop which was op ened by Mrs. Guy (Estelle) Hud son last Sept. 29th In charge is Mrs. Louise Wike Hinds, assis ted by Miss Willie Dawkins. AUEnYTAWEPnOARYBOTA BITTERLY HOT BOND ELECTION Wm. H. Entwistle Nominated for Mayor. Only Ten Candidates Town Commissioners with Five Men to be Selected. Very Little Interest in the Outcome All Good Men. BUT MAY 5TH ELECTION ON MATTER OF $175,000 BONDS TO ENLARGE WATER PLANT PRIMARILY TO FURNISH WATER-OUT-OF-TOWN CONSUMERS IS AROUSING BITTER FIGHT FOR TOWN VOTERS 745 Voters Registered in Town Limits. Ought to be 1500. 31 Voters Who Were Here in 1950 Have Transferred to Out-of-Town. Is Our Town Shrinking(Up? Bond Advocates Say the Issuance of Bonds Will Mean a Stimulus to New Growth. Opponents Say There is No Assurance But That the Town Tax-Payers Will Have to Pay the Bill. Rnnkincrfc i wifV,f ,-o; Y 7 tiading center of any town m one would never guess it by the The 1950 census says there were 3356 people living INSIDE the Town; but we all know that within four miles from the cen ter of town, there are over 15,000 people! One can scarcely tell TOlVfJ PRIMARY Monday, April 27 COMMISSIONERS: (Vote for five) Dewey Coleman ff John W. Covington Jr. f J Carl Cox f Dr. T. Boyee Henry Ed. Kennedy . Herman Seawell p Roy Shepard I I Scott Thomas I I I W. A. Vick SCHOOL BOARD: (2-yr.-term, vote for one) P Walter Pope Tom Wheeler Willie Capel W. L. Capel died at 7:45 this Thursday morning in the Ham let hospital after a long illness. He had lived in Rowland f or a number of years but more re cently at the" home place with his sisters, Misses Laura and . (Continued on Page Two) University Educa. Foundation A joint meeting of the Uni versity aiumni of Richmond and Scotland counties will be held at 7:00 Wednesday night, April 29, for a "dutch" supper at the Shady Rest restaurant on High way 15-A just south of Laurin burg. The "Foundation" will be discussed. . Every alumnus urged to attend. You might notify Hal B. Ingram of Hamlet so he can reserve plate for you. JOniOR LEGIOH BASEBALL VEEK 'Mayor Issues Proclamation. Citizens Urged to Support the Legion Ball -Team for its 1953 Season of Summer Play. WHEREAS the National Organization of the Ameri can Legion has for many years initiated American Legion Junior Baseball; and - WHEREAS'the purpose of Legion Junior Baseball is to create, stimulate and instill into boys the elements of good citizenship and character; and WHER-EAS Legion -Junior Baseball affords to our boys a fine, clean sport in which to participate during the summer months under capahje and Christian coaches; and . WHEREAS it is the duty of all citizens to sponsor and support any activity which builds better men for our fu ture citizenship ; and WHEREAS local Post No. 147 of the American Leg ion will endeavor to sponsor a Legion Junior Baseball team this summer: NOW THEREPX)RE, I. Raymond W. Marks, Mayor of the City of Rockingham, do hereby proclaim the week beginning April 27, 1953 as American Legion Junior Base ball week in; Rockingham, and request that all citizens support this fine endeavor which gives our boys "'the op portunity to engage in our National past-time. . Signed in the Mayor's Office in Rockingham, North Carolina, On this April 20, 1953. Raymond W. Marks Mayor of the City of , Rockingham u; u , . c uusiness ana this section of the Carolinas. But; CENSUS figures when he leaves the town limits or when he enters so closely knit are the out-lying areas. Much of it ought to be in Town. And those ilving outside the Town are charged with trying to enjoy the Town benefits with out any of the expense. And therein is the rub about this bond election. On May 5th the voters IN SIDE the Town are to vote on whether they are willing to sad dle $175,000 worth of bonds on themselves when primarily the greater benefit may accrue to those living outside the limits this the contention of the op ponents. .'-'.v v- ' :i f. v: " mc uipiug Jiauiii ties, run a pipe line from Hitch cok Creek to Falling Creek and otherwise : expand the water system so that it can adequate ly furnish water . to hundreds,, and eventually thousands, liv ing close by who want water and are willing to pay a higher rate to get get it. , ! The proponents of the bond issue say the higher water rates to those OUTSIDE Town (80c per M gallons) will bring in around $10,000 ADDITIONAL revenue each year, and that this will be applied on the principal and interest of the bond issue and in the 30-year period liqui date the issue. And that the peo ple inside Town will not be tax ed one cent to float the issue. And that Rockingham will be the gainer in good-will and in the growth of the outlying areas vital factors in the business life here. On the other hand, opponents insist there is no assurance but that some future Board of Com missioners could lower the wat er rates, or levy a bond tax; be cause in-the final analysis IT IS THE TOWN PROPERTY THAT GUARANTEES AND STANDS BACK OF THE $175,000 IN (Continued on Page Two) i LEAGUE STARTS This Saturday Night. Safie Against McCrary. A Fast Semi-Pro League. The new 6-team Piedmont Industrial Leagie gets started, this Saturday" night, April 25th, at eight o'clock-in Rockingham Ball Park with Safie stacked up against the McCrary Eagles of Asheboro. The other teams are Siler City, Robbins, Norwood and Albemarle. The managers are keeping the price down only 60c for adults, 25c for children. Safie is giving the community a fast brand of ball, and deserves the full sup port of the fans. ' The team played a warm-up game against Wingate Junior College in our Park Wednesday night, and Safie won 10-4. "The business enterprises of the community are going all-out to help the Safie team in this Inn M-J.A A J.'M. A 9 1 A ' LBue. . - a uiiiereni industry or ; firm will sponsor each game I by paying for the lights and Park rental! This is a wonder ful help a real community spirit. For this Saturday night the GULF gas and oil folks are paying the rental--$61.23. With suqh backing, Safie is bound to winnow let's all our folks back them by going to the games. The price is reasonable only 60 and 25c admissions. LOYALTY FUND Baptists Here Raised $5,082 April 19th for New Church Bldg. Fund. In the past several years, the members of the First Baptist Church have erected their big 3-story . Educational building, costing around $100,000,and have paid every penny. In, addition, the Church;. has . spent around church building, erected in 1909. But the Baptist aren't con tent. They want a new building, further north towards the cor ner of the lot. And to this end, they are . gradually building up a Building- fund? Last ' Sunday. April 19th, was observed as Loy alty Day at the church, with picnic dinner- on the grounds. The special offering-for the day brought in a total, of $5,082 to be applied to the $6,000 already on hand; and the plate or re gular collections for the day was $991.;,;;; . The present plan is to raise around $50,000, then start build ing and borrow the remainder. Maybe building costs by that time will be cheaper; and again perhaps higher. Anyway, the ultimate goal is for an edifice that costs around $150,000. Motorcycle Crash Mickey King, 22, whose- father is connected with the Stevens woolen mill, is in Memorial hos pital in Charlottee in a critical condition. . , He was riding his motorcycle about 2:30 p. m. April 17th go ing west on Washington street. A car driven by Carl Dunn had stopped against the curb almost ' in front of the old Ford build ing in Great Falls village. The motorcycle crashed into the rear of the car, throwing Mickey to the street. He was carried to our Memorial hospital and given first aid ; it was found his leg was broken in several places. He was then 'carried by ambu lance to Memorial in Charlotte. After the leg was set, it was found that he had suffered a possible clot on the brain, and is now in a critical condition. Rocks Rock 'Em Rockingham high won it3 seventh ball game of the season here Tuesday ' afternoon by 15-2 behind the 3-hit pitching of Ken Covington. Dick Jones had a homer, double and single ; while Bobby Goodman lined a double and two singles. - ! j . A.G.L. Train Wreck Four Were killed and 125 in jured, when the 17-car "Cham pion" stream-liner of the A.C.L. Ry. wrecked 2 miles south of Dillon a few minutes after mid night Tuesday morning. Chairman W. G. Pittman re ports a total of $30,094 in Series E and H Savings bonds bought in Richmond county during the month of March. V
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