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Annual Roanoke Rapids Christmas Opening Is Set For Friday Night Old Father Roanoke Says: By Old Father Roanoke As Sue Winchell Woodall an nounced in her column, I’m go ing to be with you all every now and then. But strictly on an anonymous basis. For reasons I ♦will tell you later. My present wife mustn’t know I’ve gone into the writing racket. I’d like to start by saying that in my 80-odd years, I’ve done much for Roanoke Rapids. I came here when there were 117 people by actual count in the two towns. Now, counting suburbs, there are 15,000 and nobody can say I haven’t done my part. ^ I’m going to start my column ™ng with a good constructive sug gestion. Here it is: * 10 or 15 years must have gone by since the Dionne quintuplets were born and mill ions of people streamed to Cal lender, Ontario to see them. The merchants and townspeople got rich from the invasion. Okay, now where does Roa noke Rapids come in? Well, the 4aw of averages says another set of quintuplets is due in the next couple years. I want the next quints to come from Roa noke Rapids, sec? It would really give the towr a lift. To encourage this worthwhile project, Old Father Roanoke will raise a fund of $1,000 to be given to the mother of quints who at the time of the birth is a resi dent of what the Herald boast fully calls its “Five County Em pire.’’ That area includes Wel don, Littleton, Warrenton, Jack son, Ahoskie, Woodland, Aurel ian Springs, Halifax, and a hun dred “whistlestops” within 40 miles or so. A time limit must be set since the preacher tells me I won’t be around here forever. So I will require the quints to be born be fore the stroke of midnight of £)ec. 31, 1949. That gives you tx V,ttle more than 13 months and a lucky number in my book. iZmen of our great Five County Empire. Now is the time for all of you—no exceptions, please— to come to the aid of your com munity. I’m going to raise the $1,000 from the bachelors in the com munity, which ought to scare them into accepting any hints from enterprizmg Jemales they may get duiing the next 40 days, the last 40 days of this Leap Year and the last opportuni ty you girls will have for four long, depressingly long years. I may print the names of some of the eligibles in these parts dur ing the next four years, because I’ve been married four times myself and every time it happen ed during Leap Year, so it wasn’t exactly my fauL, you see. A little about myself before I close. I am on a government pension and my present wife grabs that before I ever see it and she don’t give me no allow ance. neither. The only way I can get something to pay for my tobaccy and an occasional nip is by what I get for writing this column. If you Know the Herald, you know that ain’t much. So, dear beloved readers, please don’t tell the editor the column ain’t no good a id ought to be stopped. Bear with me and my weaknesses. If you will read regularly this column which I will write irregu larly, I promise to tell you about what me and vnur great-grand pappy did back in '83, something that your great-grandmammy never found out about, some thing that couldn’t be told until they both passed on. But now it will come out in print—if you don’t raise too much Cain about me telling all. When I was young, almost every family had enough chil dren to make a baseball team except that they didn’t play baseball those days. Them were happy days. No divorces and the Man was the Boss. Before I go to the Great Beyond, which may not be so far away, I’d like to leave behind a slogan as a monument to myself: “Every Roanoke Rapids family big enough to have its own baseball team.” Nation's Grid Bowl Picture Is Beclouded by Outcome of Saturday's Football Contests By Harold tjlaasten New York, Nov. 20—(JP)— Michigan, Northwestern, Minne sota, Oegon and California all won football games today, leav ing determination of the Rose Bowl rivals to a vote of fac ulty representatives Monday. But no matter how the fac ulty fathers decide on their $250,000 question, they will not afee able to cause any more con sternation than was turned in on the playing fields today. Once mighty Pittsburgh re volted against its recent occupa tion of football doormat and de feated Penn State, 7 to 0. Nick Bolkovac intercepted a Penn State pass late in the fourth quarter and hiked 23 yards for the touchdown that probably cost the losers a $100,000 bowl Aid. It was the first Penn State defeat in 17 games. George Washington spilled Georgetown, 13 to 7, for the first decision over its cross-town rival in a series that started in 1890. Louisiana State, battered six times in eight starts, licked its bruises today wjth a 26 to 6 upset of Alabama. Those surprises were mixed N'\mong the games on a nation wide schedule that also saw a national collegiate record set for punt returns and a guard suffer a broken ankle while trying to score and win quick delivery of an automobile. The mint return mark was set by Lee Nalley of Vanderbilt, who brought back two kicks for 16 yards. That brought his sea son’s total to 623 yards, seven tiore than the old mark. Vandy eat Maryland today, 34 to 0. It was Hays McKinney of Georgia Tech, who suffered the broken ankle. The lineman had been promised delivery of a car if he scored. When Tech was well on its way to its 54 to 0 win over the Citadel, McKinney became a ball carrier. After sev j^al futile tries he suffered the ^Michigan took to the air to bat down Ohio State, 13 to 3, and retain the Big Nine cham pionship. Northwestern ground out its 20 to 7 triumph over Il linois for sect (1 place while Minnesota pounded Wisconsin, 16 to 0. With Michigan barred from the Rose Bowl by the rules of the midwest-coast conference tie up, the Big Nine fathers now jcust vote on either Minnesota or Northwestern to carry the banner on January 1. The Evan ston Wildcats, however, are clear out runners up to Michigan and likely nominees for the trip. But all is not so clear in the Pacific Coast conference where Oregon and California both wound up their schedules to day unbeaten in the coast cir cuit. California squeezed past Stanford, 7 to 6, and Oregon blanked Oregon State, 10 to 0. California, which also is unbeat en outside the circuit, has five loop wins, Oregon has six. How ever, Oregon lost to Michigan, 14 to 0. Oklahoma and Southern Met odist also clinched conference titles although the Texas Mus tangs still can be tied* for the laurels in the Southwest circuit. Southern Methodist again wait ed until late in the game to subdue Baylor, 13 to 6. but Okla homa started from the kickoff to murder Kansas, 60 to 7. William & Mary was the major school to accept a bowl bid. The Virginians drubbed North Carolina State, 26 to 6, and will appear in the Delta Bowl at Memphis on Jan. 1. Clemson, another Southern Conference power, remained un beaten with a 42 to 0 conquest of Duquesne and North Carolina stopped Duke, 20 to 0. Each of the victors is a bowl possibility. Fair Weather Seen Sunday BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS North and South Carolina are promised fair weather with not much change in temperature Sunday. Before morning, however, the weatherman predicted it would be cooler W'ith scattered light frost in the west and central sections. The freezing temperatures were expected l > hit the moun tains during the night, but other warmer weather. Saturday’s maximum tempera tures in North Caiolina were: Winston-Salem 63, Hickoyr 62, Asheville 65, Wilmington 74, Cherry Point 75, Rocky Mount 71, Elizabeth City 76, Raleigh 67, Greesnboro 63. Cnarlotte 62, and Mt. Mitchell 45. Weather Nor'h Caro-.na—Sunday fair and not much change in tem perature. ♦ City Commissioners To Hear Anti-Parking Meter Forces At A Special Session Here Monday Night Anti-Meter Group Asks Special Meet A special session of the Roa noke Rapids City Commission will be held Monday night at 7:30 p. m., for the express pur pose of hearing from a *roup of residents of the city who op pose parking meters. The Herald heard a report yesterday that a committee had waited on Mayor W. Bernard Allsbrook and had asked for the special session. It was reported that the com mittee which included at least six local men had been ap pointed at a mass meeting of some 50 persons Friday night at which time the parking met ers were discussed. The committee which waited on the mayor included: Moody Hedgepeth, Blair Gibson, Dr. W. E. Murphey, J. A. Stevens, F. M. Co'burn, Henry Coley and J. V. Moore. When Mayor Allsbrook was contacted late yesterday he re ported that a meeting had been requested and that the request had been granted. He announc ed that the meeting would be devoted entirely to a discussion of the parking meters. For several weeks now there has been a concerted effort on the part of some Roanoke Rap ids people to get the parking meters, which on November 19 ended the eight months trial in stallation period. ArrnrJinr tn th»» r*nntr«r*t whir>ti the city has with the Karpark Corporation of Cincinnati, the request of removal of the parking meters must be made within 15 days of the end of the trial period. Recently the Roanoke Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce went on record as being oppos ed to the operation of the park ing meters in the city. The action of the Jaycees came on a split vote and it was learned that several of the mem bers of the organization favor the parking meters. It was reported several weeks ago that a petition was being circulated among business hous es of the city in opposition to the parking meters. The parking meters were in stalled in Roanoke Rapids on March 18 and began operations on that day. The city commissioners passed an ordinance instituting the use of the parking meters prior to their installation. Hirohito Is Immune from War Charges Tokyo, Nov. VO— (AP)— Em - perior Hirohito was granted im munity from war crimes charges by the unanimous decision of the allied governments, Joseph B. Keenan, Chief Prosecutor in the Tojo trial, said today. Sir William Webb, president of the international tribunal, said in handing down the sentences of Hideki Tojo and his 24 co defendants that while Hirohito was immune he could not es cape responsibility. # Warren Bush Will Be Ordained To Baptist Ministry This Morning Warren Bush will be ordained to the Baptist Ministry at the Baptist Church, Sunday, at eleven o’clock. The Reverend James Ray, North Carolina Baptist student union secretary, of Raleigh, will present the ordination sermon, “The Shepherd’s Message.” The charge to the candidate and to the Church will be given by the Reverend C. W. Baze - more, Roanoke Associational Missionary, ^nd the presentation of the Bible will be given by the Reverend B. Marshall White Hurst, who is the pastor of the Church. The ordination prayer will be given by W. J. Norwood. Several of Mr. Bush’s friends will be there from the colleges for the service. I WARREN BUSK I Littered With Puppies , Eleven Dalmatan pups nuzzle mother, Dutchess, at feeding time at University City, St. Louis suburb. Their owners. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Moore, supplement their diet with milk and syrup. Nine are males and two females. Halifax County's Annual TB Seal Sale Begins Tomorrow The 1948 Christmas Seal Sale opens officially tonorrow (Mon day, Nov, 22) in Halifax County, beginning with the sale of bonds. Halifax County's Seal Sale is held in conjunction with the na tionwide appeal for funds to sup port a battle against tubercu losis being waged throughout the county by the 3;000 associations affiliated with the National Tu berculosis Association. The annual Seal Sale, which will continue until Christmas, re presents the only appeal during the year for funds to carry on the year-round tuberculosis con trol work of the Halifax County Tuberculosis Association. “The nationwide fight against tuberculosis today is just as im portant as :t was in 1907, the year of the first Seal Sale in the United States, Miss Fanny Marks said yesterday. Al though tuberculosis has dropped from first to seventh place as the cause of deaths in America since 1907, the disease still kills nearly 50,000 Americans annual ly. While no age is safe from tuberculosis, the disease today is taking the lives of more Am ericans between 15 and. 44 than any other disease. Miss Marks explained that of the money raised in this county, 75 percent remains in the county to fight tuberculosis here and the remainder is forwarded to the North Carolina State Tubercu losis Association. The state sends five per cent to the Na tional Tuberculosis Association to finance its work on a national level. Of the total raised in the county’s Seal Sale, therefore, 95 per cent will be used within the state. “It is an inspiring thought that the American people themselves, through their annual purchases of Christmas Seals have contri buted materially toward the con quest of tuberculosis,” said Miss Marks. *‘But we cannot rest on pur laurels while there is still a single case of tuberculosis in the country. We heve a long road to travel before we eradicate tuberculosis and we must con tinue to fight the disease with every means at our disposal. The American people make use of a powerful weapon against tuberculosis every time they pur chase Christmas Seals.” Newest Eagle Scout in the Halifax District, Boy Scouts of America, is Leslie Darrell (Sonny) Hines, Jr., son of M. and Mrs. L. p. Hines of Roa noke Rapids. The Eagle Scout badge was presented to Hines last week by State Senato Ju lian Allsbrook at the annual banquet of the Halifax District in which Scouters and dis trict leaders and their wives were honored for their work in Scouting. Hit-Run Driver Kills Negro In Northampton Moses Martin, Northampton bounty Negro, was killed in stantly last night about 11 p. m. near Bradley’s on the Lawrenceville road and North Carolina State Highway Patrol men were searching the area for a hit-run autoist. Northampton County Coroner 5. D. Hitchins, at the scene of the accident about 11:30 p. m., identified the dead man as Moses Martin an'" said that ap parently he had been knocked 25 feet by the impact. Pieces of gk j from a head l‘_ , a package of cigarettes, apparently from the dead man’s pocket and a packet of match es were found along the road. Highway patrolmen were searching the area for the driver at a late hour last night and no reports were immediately avail able. Four highway patrolmen were at the scene of the acci ient shortly after it was report ed. v U. S, Against Return of Negev to Arabs By1 The Associated Press The United States took a for mal stand yesterday against any United Nations action to take the Negev Desert from Israel and give it to the Arabs. U. S. delegate Phipil C. Jes sup told the 58-member political committee of the U. N. Assemb ly no reduction in Israel’s terri tory should be made without full consent of the Jews. This followed closely the de claration made by President Truman Oct. 24 It was the first formal U. S. statement be fore the U. N., however, on the recommendations of Count Folke Bernadotte, slain U. N. Mediator. As far as the question of the Negev goes, the Jessup state ment lined the United States up behind Israel and against Bri tian. The United Spates accepted other key parts of the Bema dotte recommendations, includ - ing a proposal to set up a con ciliation commission. Elsewhere in the United Na tions: Security Council President Juan Atilio Bramuglia received a long Russian reply to a ques tionnaire on the Berlin currency dispute. When Biamuglia re TTriln/l States, Britian and France he will meet again with the six “neutral” members of the Se curity Council to try again to find a new Beilin peace for - mular. The General Assembly’s se - cond political committee voted 44 to 6 to extend the life of the little assembly for another year. Only the Soviet bloc opposed the U. S. proposal. In London the Western Euro pean Alliance continued to work on a rough draft of the North Atlantic defense pact for pre sentation to Washington before President Truman’s state of the union address. Overheated Oil Burner Causes Fire Alarm Roanoke Rapids firemen were called to the home of Andrew Byrum at 1024 Henry Street at 1:45 yesterday to extinguish a threatened fire from an oil heat er at the house. The truck hurried to the scene and firemen were able to get the fire extinguished in a short time. There was no appreciable dam age caused at the Byrum home, except for smoke causing some damage to the walls and furni ture. Since last Saturday, when the firemen were ca-Jed to fight the fire sweeping the radio station in the Kidd Building, the local j firemen have had a busy week answering calls, however most of the alarms answered were of i a minor nature. | Halifax Home Agent Will Get Award Raleigh, Nov. 20—(AP)—Miss Florence Cox, Halifax County home agent, will oe one of three North Carolina home agents to receive a Distinguished Service Award at the National Home De monstration Agents Association meeting in Chicago on Dec. 15. Announcement of Miss Cox’s selection was made today by Miss Ruth Current, State Home Demonstration Agent. The Distinguished Service A wards will be presented to 45 agents from 30 states who have been selected for outstanding service as home agents for 10 years or longer. Miss Cox has been engaged in home demonstration work since 1927, when she started in Polk County. Prior to that time she had taught at Fremont and Rocky Mount high schools and at LaGrange College in Georgia. In 1935 she became Home Agent for Hertford County, and in 1942 she accepted her present post in i:/_ Since she has been in Halifax County, Miss Cox has created much interest in home demon stration club work and county club membership has increased. She is a former president of the North Carolina Association o f Home Demonstration Agents and at present she is serving her second term as chairman of the Northeastern District. She will make the trip to Chicago for the award at the Association meeting. The other North Carolina home Agents who will receive the a ward are Mrs. Elizabeth L. Tut tle of Forysth County and Miss Flora McDonald of Moore County. Anit-Parking Law Backfires on Mayor Oil City, Pa., Nov. 20—(AP)— Mayor William Morck’s new anti-traffic visitation campaign backfired today. The Mayor’s personal auto was tagged for overtime parking while the May or was inspecting newly-installed “No Parking” signs two blocks away. Santa Claus To Lead Big Opening Parade Santa Claus 13 coming to town. For Roanoke Rapids that is no idle boast, because the old gentlemen informed the Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association he will arrive here just in time for a big parade to mark the of ficial Oristmas Opening on Fri day night. Mrs. Elva Martin, executive secretai^. of the Merchants As sociation, said today Santa Clau* has assured ihe Association of his intentions of being here Friday night t'^id will remain in the city until Christmas. Mrs. Martin said the venerable old fellow with the white beard and the red suit will be available for person-to person consultations with the small fry every day until Christ mas between ten o’clock in the morning and six in the evening. He will not to confine himself.to any partcular store or even any special section of town, Mrs. Martin said. “If you want a heart-to-heart talk with Santa, you cn find him by searching the stores on the North and South side of town,” she added. Things will be pu< in readiness for the arrival of the visitor from the North Pole during the re mainder of the week. Already lights are being strung across Roanoke Avenue and other de cotations provided by the Mer chants Association are getting ready for the big day. Thanks giving here Thursday will be gladdened when the Christmas lights are switched on for the first time, but the eal festivity will take place on Friday. Plans now are for the Roa noke Rapids High School band and Santa Claus to start parad ing from First Street at seven o’clock and for the parade to halt for a little while between Second and Third Streets which will be roped off to traffic at the time. For about 30 minutes Santa Claus will hold forth giv ing out gifts and remembrances to all the children congregated in the block. He and the band will then shift their activities to the South Side shortly after 7:30 and will parade again from Ninth Street. On the Rosemary end c+ town the street will be roped off between Tenth and Eleventh Streets, in which block Santa will again be busy with gifts and favors for all the kids as a sample of better things to come on Christmas day. In cooperation with the annual opening, stores in both ends of town will remain open until nine o’clock Friday ^veing to show off their new Christmas mer - chandise and their decorations and after-hours shoppers have been urged by the Merchants Association to take advantage of the opportunity to get most of that Christmas shopping done early. After the big formal opening of the Christmas season Friday night there will remain only 24 shopping days until Christmas itself. For the convenience of last-minute buyers the stores in the Merchants Association have agreed to remain open for busi ness at night o/i the Saturday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day before Christmas. ROANOKE RAMBLINGS By PAT NANTZ Since I mennoncd Thursday that Marvin L. Woodard was go ing to coach the Jax in basket ball this season. I have had sev eral questions asked of me mainly, who is he? So, here’s a little information about him, and after the team starts play ing we will find out what kind of coach he is. Mr. Woodard is from Wilson and was graduated from the Lee Woodard High School, Black Creek, with the class of 1943. He entered Atlan tic Christian College, Wilson from which he graduated in 1947. During his four years there, he played two years o f varsity basketball and baseball, and he majored in Spanish. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Woodard of Wilson. Mr. Woodard came to Roanoke Rapids High School in Septem ber of 1947 and taught commer cial business, Spanish and coached the Junior-Jax in base ball and basketoali This year he is teaching th* same subjects and was the assistant foot ball coach to Danny Cagle* He was appointed in the spring of 1948 to instruct the varsity basketball team this year. Mr. Woodard, as well as the fans, anticipatesa winning team, this season, and announces the first game will be played on De cember 7, with Aurelian Springs, at the Armory. Only one of the lettermen of last year’s team was graduated last year, and he was James Bryant. Two new teams which have been added to the list which the Jax will play are Bethall High and Needhum-Broughton High of Raleigh. Congratulations are in order for Julia Cooke and Philip Pul len, who were married Friday evening at the bride’s home on Hamilton street. . . Celebrating their birthday to day are William Coleman and Bill Lyles. . .here s wishing you both a very happy birthday and may you have man>, many more just as nice. .. The reason you haven’t seen many of the local college stu dents home this weekend is be cause they have big plans made for the four days tney will spend here next week. . .those who have already planned to arrive next Wednesday are A1 George, Jr., Bill Hawkins, Dwight Dob bins, Jimmy Elmore, of State college, Richard Allsbrook, Clau dius Irby, Russel Dickens, and James Bridgemcn of Carolina, Bobbie Fisher of Woman’s Col lege of University of North Caro lina; Rose Cooksey and Puggy Starke of Greensboro College, Cherry Taylor, Josie Johnson, Pete Rawlings of Smithdale Massey Business College, and Joe Kidd of R. P. I. in Rich mond, Va. ... Lindsey Collins recalls the time his son, Jimmy, brought to him a telegram which he took from the messenger, at the door—Mr. Collins remarked. “I wonder who this telegram is from . Little Jimmy remarked, “Western U nion. . I recognize the handwri ting A celebrated lawyer once said that the three most troublesome clients he ever had were a young lady Who wanted to be married, a married woman who wanted a divorce, and an old maid who ^didn’t know whot she wanted.., 34th Year—No. 59 Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Sunday, November 22, 1948 5c Daily; 10c Sunday
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