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Recreation Commission Gets An Outline Of Long-Range Program 34th Year No. 29_Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Wednesday, October 13, 1948 5c Daily; 10c Sunday Roanoke Ramblings By PAT NANTZ It will be a surprise, says Miss Jesse Helen Belch—when asked yesterday who the Roanoko staff was to be, Miss Belch said that their names would be kepi a secret until the first issue of the Roanoko was published ..The students of the high school will be anxious to find out who will be the editor-in-chief, and report ers for their school paper, this year.... George* Baird, high school band director, must have some thing pretty good in mind for the band and majorettes to present at the home-coming acticities on Friday night at the Roanoke Rapids-Edenton football game . Seen going through some tough routines yesterday on the athle tic field was Shirley Stewart, drum-majorette — but neither were Mary Francis Allsbrook, Lola Sykes, Mary Joyce Finch, Anne Bunn, Pat Rawlings, Jean Johnson and Doris Ingram loaf ing . . they were right in there with Shirley .. this will be the band's first appearance of this year and it will add to the in terest of, the game. And speaking of football.. Coach Cagle had better get some padded uniforms for those boys of his.added to the ca sualty list yesterday were Billy Nixon, Earl Rook ; and Billy Cle mer was out of practice with a tooth acke ... Visiting his parents here is James Ward, of Toledo, Ohio . . . . James is formerly of Roanoke Rapids, but having accepted a position with a department store in Toledo, three years ago, he made his home there. . . . this is his first visit home since he left, and he says that he is glad to see Roanoke Rapids progressing as it is .... Three little girls who celebrat ed their birthday yesterday were Nadine Cook, Barbara Lyles, and Nancy Wilder .... Nadine and Barbara are in the third grade and Nancy is in the second— here’s wishing all three of you a very happy birthday and hope . you have many, many more just f. as happy .. He’s a pharmacist, “doctor”, friend, and someone who will lis ten to all your troubles . . .its Doc” Jones of the Matthews Drug Store . . . “Doc” is always ready with a friendly word and any time you don’t feel badly enough to go to a doctor—“Doc” c an tell you something that will help to pep you up .. Getting up in this world is the dramatics class of the Roanoke Rapids high School—they are under the supervision of Mrs. Zeb Denny . . they dramatized a program over the local radio station, last night. .. and it is reported they did it very well.. The minister answered the doorbell. “Excuse me for in - terrupting you, sir,” said the caller, “but I am collecting for the poor. Do you happen to have any old clothes?” “Yes” an swered the minister. “Would you be willing to give them to me? I can assure you that they will be put to a worthy use.” “No, I cannot give them to you.” “What do you do with them?” “Each night I brush them care fully, fold them, and hang them over a chair. The next morning I put them on again . ... ” Green Heads State 1948 TB Seal Sale Raleigh, Oct. 13—(AP)—T h e 1948 Seal Sale of the North Caro lina Tuberculosis Association will be headed by Dr. C. Syl vester Green, Editor of the Dur ham Morning Herald. Appointment of Dr. Green as state director of the campaign was announced by Frank Webster, Executive Secretary of tHe Association. The sale will begin Nov. 22 and continue through the Christmas Holidays. torecast Is Continued Fair By The Associated Press ( The weatherman says tonight you will be saying “wasn’t it a lovely day?” The forecast for North Caro lina and South Carolina was con tinued fair today and tomorrow, >with not much temperature change. It will get a little cool ' er along the coast tonight. Coastal points had the warmest weather early today. The low temperature in Charleston this l morning, for example, was 51 degrees, and Elizabeth City had 52 and Wilmington 58. A below-freezing 28 degrees was recorded at Mount Mitchell this morning. Weather Moith Carolina — Continued fair today and Thunday: not much tomporaturo changa ex | capt a liftla coolar In coastal ■ma tonight. Britain Accuses Russia Of Sabotaging Woild Reconstruction Ifrith Fifth Column Dewey Promises Administration Will Fight Communism; Blasts Truman In Campaign Address At Oklahoma City By Tho Associated Press Gov. Thomas E. Dewey pro mised today an administration that will deal “Forthrightly and firmly” with communists whose “Sole ambition is to weaken America.” The Republican presidential nominee coupled this pledge at Oklahoma City with an obvious crack at President Truman, who was campaigning today in Wis consin. Dewey said that there are some who would dismiss the com munist problem as a “red her ring.” Mr. Truman several time has pinned that label on Con gressional probes ot communist., Dewey’s proposal for dealing with communists was one of sev eral measures he said are nec essary to keep the United States strong in a world beset by “ag gressive forces threatening the peace.” Others dealt with conserving and incresing natural resources such as oil and the soil, flood control and power development. With the presidential election only three weeks away both can didates stepped up their cross fire of charges. Mr. Truman hammered at what he called Dewey’s support of “queer char acters” in congress. The New Yorker countered with new blast against the President’s handling of foreign affairs. Mr. Truman headed across Wisconsin fr a campaign talk tonight in St. Paul. The Minne sota senatorial race shapes up as one of the nation’s hottest with Republican Senator Joseph H. Ball lined up against Mayor Hu bert Humphrey of Minneapolis Dewey meanwhile faced the talkingest day of his current tour with 13 speeches lined up for his swing across Oklahoma. The senate race there is another key one in the contest for control of the senate, now in GOP hands by a six vote margin. Street Paving Work Goes Fast Work on the paving of Roa noke Avenue has sped forward in the past two days, as work men for the F. D. Cline Con struction company have put down the new blacktop surfacing from Fourteenth street as far as Eleventh and have opened that portion of the street to traf fic. Work was continuing this morning, with surfacing units as work from Eleventh as far down as Seventh street and it is ex pected that the entire project of resurfacing the avenue down tc First street will be completed by the end of the week. The portion between Four teenth and Twelfth streets had paving added on each side from curb to curb and a thinner layer aver the original surface. The new section presents a smooth surface and many of the rough places in the south end of the avenue have been eliminated. The work on re-paving the avenue is being done under a State contract. Barker Heads New Special Education Section Raleigh, Oct. 13—(AP)—Fe - lix S. Barker, Ashe county na tive, will head the new division of special education in the State Department of Public Instruc tion. Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, state su perintendent of public instruc - tion, announced today that Bar ker, who has served as super visor of guidance, training and placement in the department’s division of rehabilitation for eight years, has been promoted to the post of director of the new division. The division of special educa tion will be charged with the task of working with city and county school authorities in “pro viding educational oppprtunities for special types of children,” Erwin said. These children include those who are crippled, hard of hear ing, those with poor vision, and those who are mentally retarded in addition to children who are exceDtionally brilliant. - .1 Students Enjoy “Snow Queen” “The Snow Queen”, a stage play by the New York Clare Tree Major Play producers was given Monday afternoon in the high school auditorium for the grade and high school children, under the sponsorship of the lo cal branch of the American Childhood Education Association, with Miss Sara Cannon as pres ident, the proceeds of which will be used for library books and other things for the children. The story of “The Snow Queen was on the theme of love, showing how ones attitude, either loving or hating will create their world for them. It began with two playmates, a little girl named Kay and boy Gerda. The ugly goblins came and when their mirror was bro ken and parts of it pierced the heart of Gerda, he turned from a loving personality to one hard and cold, and then went to live with the Snow Queen. Kay had many trials in her search for him but when she found him his heart melted into a warm and loving one again at the sight of har tears. Pvt. Bullock Funeral Rites Are Tomorrow The body of Pvt. Alexander Bullock, Jr., who was killed in action on Luzon, Philippines, on April 19, 1945, will arrive here this afternoon for reburial ser vices tomorrow. Pvt. Bullock was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bullock of 758 Charlotte street, Roanoke Rapids, and services will be conducted from the home of his parents tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 by the Rev. B. Marshall White-Hurst, pastor of Rosemary Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Soldiers’ Plot at Cedarwood Cemetery and full military rites will be rendered by the local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pvt. Bullock was a native of Roanoke Rapids and attended Roanoke Rapids High School. He was employed by the Patterson Mills Company prior to his en listment in the army. He was sent to the Pacific theatre of op erations and was killed during the invasion of the Philippines. He was 27 at the time of his death. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are his wife, the for mer Miss Grace Osein of Minne apolis, Minn., one son, Alexan der, III, one daughter, Arlys Ann; three brothers, Willie L. Bullock of Zebulon, Richard and Curtis Bullock of Roanoke Ra pids; and seven sisters, Mrs. Vera Lee of Spokane, Washing ton, Mrs. Iula Pearson of John stown, Pa., Mrs. Lillian Gross of Franklin, Va., and Mrs. An nie Price, Miss Marilyn Bullock, Miss Evelyn Bullock and Miss Marie Bullock, all of Roanoke Rapids. France Opens War On High Prices Of Food Paris, Oct. 13—(AP)—France opened war today on food specu lators in an attempt to drive down high prices — strongest argument of communist-led unions in formenting the cur rent strike wave. Public prosecutors throughout the country received a circular from justice minister Andre Marie, reminding them of the government’s determination to “prosecute profiteers without pity.” A 24-hour dockworkers walk out threatened to tie up most of the ports in the strike-harried nations today. The tie-up follows the now fam iliar strike pattern which the government has blamed on the Cominform (Communist Interna tional Information Bureau) and the French Communist party. The strategy consists of short lived strikes in key industries and commerce poirfts. Firemen Called To Refrigerator Blaze Local firemen answered a call to the home of Mrs. Eva Joyner at 21 Jackson street aoout 9:45 this morning, when a motor in an electric refrigerator be came overheated and threatened to burst into flames. The firemen said there was no damage caused and that the machine had already been dis connected by the time they ar rived on the scene. Horse Bites Man And Makes News Baltimore, Oct. 13—(AP)—Hu mans occasionally chew horse meat, but when a horse bites a man—that’s news. Baltimore police are looking for a bite-and-run wagoner who failed to identify himself after his horse nipped Benjamin Greenberg, a 55-year-old barber, on the shoulder. Greenberg, who was given te tanus injections yesterday, says the mishap ocurred while he was <Mi the way to his shop. “A horse like that should be muzzled." he added. Shawcross Says Russia's Offer Not Acceptable Paris, Oct. 13 —(AP) —Britain charged today Russia’s fifth col umn is sabotaging world recon struction through communist parties in every country in the world. Sir Hartley Shawcross, ad dressing the 58-nation political committee of the United Nations declared Russia’s offer to lay her cards on the table if a Soviet armaments proposal was adopt ed “won’t do.” Resuming the debate on Rus sia’s proposal for a one-third re duction in armaments within a year, Sir Hartley said Russia’s Andrei Y. Vishinsky was trying to do away with the iron curtain by denying it existed. “What a tremendous contri bution it would be to confidence in Europe if the Soviet countries would open the doors, lift the curtains and let travelers from other countries get to know and make friends with the warm hearted and generous people of Russia and to understand the great problems they have to face,” Sir Hartley said. “One word from Russia: one little work — ’stop’ — would enable these troubled countries to put their own houses in order and to build themselves up in democratic peace and security —one little word—and it does ot An Argentine Delegate, said Russia is expected to reply to day to small powers efforts to ward ending the Berlin blockade The Kremlin’s answer to com promise proposals by the six in directly affected nations of the Security Council is to be deliver ed to Argentine Foreign Minis ter Juan A. Bramuglia. The Argentine source said a dim hope now remaining for a com promise rested on the Russian answer. The three Western Pow ers have refused to bargain with Russia while the blockade re mains. Approval was expected soon by British, French and Ameri can delegates ot a joint resolu tion calling for firm security council acton to halt the block ade. The six neutrals bramuglia led in The mediation efforts — Argen tina, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, and Syria—may meet to decide whether to continue these efforts. Delegates of the Western powers have said pri vately they are convinced the mediation attempts will fail. Advice To Fathers; Wood-Shed Spanking Is Old-Fashioned Winona, Minn., Oct. 13—(AP) —Fathers, spare those rods be cause the old woodshed spanking ain’t what it’s whacked up to be. Instead, use guidance, ex ample and verbal instruction be cause they are more effective in controlling Junior’s behavior than physical punishment. That’s what Dr. C. Anderson Aldrich, Mayo Clinic staff mem ber, advised a group of welfare workers here last night. “By and large over the years,” said Dr. Aldrich “spankings fail to get results. Rather, they heighten adverse or resentful re sponses in the child so that, af ter punishment, the child actual ly may be less instead of more inclined to conform.” Juanita Jones Is President Of Vance Council Jaunita Jones was elected president of student council, last week at the Vance Street School. Julian Mills was elected vice president with Barbara Daniels as secretary. The purpose ol the council, as stated by Miss Virginia Gates, teacher supervisor of the council, is to encourage better citizen ship, train children to assume re sponsibility for school property and develop a spirit of coopera tion and good-will. A representative from each grade meets with this group. Expert Will Meet With Local Group Here November 9 Members of tbe Roanoke Rapids Recreation Commis sion were given definite recommendations on a course of action leading toward a long-range solution of recrea tional needs for the city by Dr. Harold G. Meyer, director of the State Recreation Commission, here yesterday. Dr. Meyer, along with James S. Stevens, representative of the State Recreation Commission here yesterday. Hill for the day to look into the Roanoke Rapids situation and to confer with local commission members. Local Lions Conduct White Cane Sale Members of the Roanoke Rap ids Lions Club were urged to cooperate fully to insure the suc cess of the White Cane drive, which is being conducted all this week here by local Lions, in their meeting here last night. Harvey Woodruff, Lions Club president, said the White Cane Sale and Membership enrollment drive is being conducted locally through October 16. Clayton M. Gurley is serving as local chair man for the drive. The sale is conducted in con junction with the North Caro lina State Association for the Blind, a Lions-founded organi zation, and local lions and Lion esses will sell White Cane but tons directly to the public. In addition to the sale of the White Cane buttons, the Lions are enrolling members in the State Association and seeking memberships and renewals from individuals interested in the welfare of. the blind and sight conservation. Gurley said one third of &e funds derived from the sale of White Cane buttons will be re tained by the local club for use in its own blind aid and sight conservation committee, a major committee in all Lions Clubs. The remaining two thirds of the proceeds will go to the state association toward meeting the 1948 state goal of $25,000. The Lions last night were told to do all they can in making the local sale a success. Visitors of the club were the Rev. John Mayes, pastor fof South Rosemary Methodist Church, and Lion Jimmie Ride out of Franklin, Va. Predicts Farm Income Will Be $30 Billions Cleveland, Miss., Oct. 13— (AP)—National farm income will hit 30 billion dollars for 1948, the highest in history, the ranking Senate Republican and Demo cratic agricultural leaders re port. Sen. George Aiken (R-Vt) and Sen-Elmer Thomas (D-Okla ) gave that figure here yesterday as they told a southwide session of cotton growers that farmers will enjoy continued prosperity. Aiken, chairman of the agri culture committee, is author of the 1948 farm support bill. Tho mas will gain the chairmanship if the republicans lose control to the democrats. Aiken said the agricultural pic ture is good and that as long as support is given by the govern ment, market prices largely will remain the same as support fig ures. u i. avicyct uutiineu several steps for the Commission to fol low and made an appointment with Ellwood Allen of New Vork City, noted recreational planned, to meet with the local Commission here on Novem t>er 9 to discuss the matter of drawing up a long-range plan for local needs. Long-Range Plan The state director advised tht Roanoke Rapids group to work toward a long-range plan cover ing every recreational need of the city, proposing the erection of a community center with complete facilities to be erected on a plot off West Seventh street which has been offered the city for recreational purposes. He also proposed that this center include the probable building of an outdoor swimming pool and outdoor facilities. For this plan he highly re commended Allen as being one of the foremost recreational planners in the country, adding that he had already designed areas in Hickory, Fayetteville, Burlington and other places in the state. Another suggested planner was Charles S. Graves of Atlanta, who has also done quite a bit of the same type of work in several North Carolina tiUCB. Dr. Meyer’s second suggestion was the employing of a full time recreational director for the city, saying that such a director would be familiar with all phases of recreational activity, including indoor and outdoor sports, music, drama and other forms of organized recreation touching the entire population. He said Roanoke Rapids has al ready developed an enviable re cord with its summer recrea tion program for children but said the needs are far beyond the limits of one activity. Financing Proposals In regard to financing such a program he mentioned the pro posed local act to use parking meter receipts for recreational needs and said he believes the people of the city will agree to support a bond issue as soon as they see the good that will be brought the city in developed re creational facilities. Dr. Meyer also suggested that a strong ad visory committee made up of a cross-section of the population be appointed to work with the Recreation Commission in guid ing the program. Members of the local Commis sion discussed Dr. Meyer’s sug gestions and went on record as approving a request for the City Commissioners to hold a special joint meeting with the Recrea tion Commission “as soon as pos sible” to consider the recom mendations made by the State Recreation director. After yesterday’s meeting was adjourned Dr. Meyer said he and Stevens were both returning to Chapel Hill. He said the State Commission will be glad to work with the local group at any time in an advisory capacity and premise^ to give Roanoke Rapids all the aid possible in getting a com plete recreation program started. One Hundred Candidates Seeking 32 Governorships In Election wasnmgion, ucx. it —(.AJr;— An even 100 candidates are run ning for the 32 governorships at stake in the November 2 elec tions. At least four of the contests are attracting more than state wide interest. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan all now have Repub lican governors. But the Demo crats say they have a good chance in the first three and mark Michigan as a "possible.” Republicans say they will hold all four, but concede some are close races. Republicans and Democrats now divide the nation’s gover norships 24 and 24. In all, 33 states are choosing governors this year, but Maine already has held its state election. Frederick G. Payne, a Republican, won on September 13. The 33 offices to be filled are now held by 19 Republicans and 14 Democrats. Five Republican and ten Democratic governors hold over this year. The size of the presidential majorities in the various states may determine most gubernator ial winners. But this is not hec essarily so in states where lo cal issues and personalities pre dominate. Only in Georgia have the Re publicans refrained from putting up a candidate. There, Herman Talmadge, Democrat "white sup remacy” advocate, is all alone on the governor ballot. **> Of the 100 candidates all told, minor parties are running 37. Henry Wallace's Progressives have entries in 12'states—In diana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Te xas, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The Progressives have two wo men on the ballot, Mrs. Irma C. Otto in New Hampshire, and Miss Mary Price in North Caro lina. Six Democrats and 13 Repub licans are candidates lor reelec tion. In Ohio, former Democratic Gov. Frank J. Lausche is re portedly running a. close race against Republican Gov. Thomas J. Herbert, who is seeking a second two-year term. Next door in Indiana an even closer contest is said to be un der way. Henry F. Schricker, Democratic governor in 1940-44, is challenging Hobmart Creigh ton of Warsaw, big poultry pro ducer who flies his own plane on his Republican campaign tours. ■ Illinois is providing another attraction with Gov. Dwight H. Green, GOP national convention keynoter, seeking a third term against Adlai E. Stevenson, Chi cago lawyer and diplomat. In Michigan the Democrats have put up G. Mennen Wil liams. Williams will be up against Gov. Kim Sigler, Re publican, a colorful campaigner, Sigler is 81 ‘“*e»«.
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