Opposition Presents Strong Case Against Keeping Parking Meters
34th Year—No. 61 Roanoke Rapid*, N. C., Tuesday, November 23, 1948 5c Daily; 10c Sundav
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f Old Father
Roanoke
Says:
Yesterday I told about “t h e
Great Seaboard Massacre” that
i occurred on the day I was born.
That historic event gave Roan
oke Rapids a chance to become
^ what Seaboard had been, the
metropolis of this region.
Perhaps I should add an ex
perience that an early Cranwell
had, one that even the present
Cranwell generation doesn’t ev
en know about. It has never been
printed before because the Rich
mond banker involved was so
ashamed when he saw how
wrong he was that be swore ev
erybody to secrecy. He warned
he’s foreclose all the mortgages
in Roanoke Rapids if it ever
leaked out. Well, he went to his
Reward a couple of years ago
so now it con be told.
“Crannie”, as Old Cranwell
was called, was thinking about
settling in Great Falls as this
city was then called. But he
wanted advice so he called this
big Richmond banker. Crannie
asked the b a n k er what he
thought the future would be
down here.
The banker pointed to the map
and snorted; “Great Falls hasn’t
a chance. It is too near Sea
board.”
Crannie loved the Roanoke
River, however, so he decided
to back his hunch. He came. I
came. Look what we have here
today.
Reds Launch Major Offensive
Against Key City Of Suchow
£ Scout Leader
Asks All To Join
In ‘Round-Up’
Calling on all residents of
Roanoke Rapids and Halifax
County to participate in the an
nual “Round Up” of the Boy
Scouts of America, John Hines,
district chairman, declared today
that “we in the Halifax District
% must measure up to the records
being set throughout the rest of
the country.”
A nation-wide event, the
Round-Up is designed to “en
able us to contribute to a better
America by going forward in our
service to boyhood, to grow as
we have had the habit of doing,
through the years,” Hines said.
He pointed* out that member
A ship nationally reached an all
w time high of 2,141.984 Scouts and
leaders last year, and said it is
hoped this mark will be surpas
sed during the 1948 Round-Up
which will continue until the end
; of 1948.
Since 1910, when Scouting was
first established in the United
Sates, 14,710,853 people have
been members of the Boy Scouts
of America, he said. Men from
all walks of life, he continued,
** have devoted themselves to de
veloping Scouting into a move
ment second to none in the coun
try as a character building and
citizenship training organization
for young men.
Some of these men, he ex
plained, have dealt with admin
istration. and camp properties
and finances; some establishing
units and serving institutions
^ that use the Scout program;
^ some have been training lead
ers, conducting and promoting
ral4ta*, civic service, advance
ment, health and safety.
‘‘Thesa are our Council and
District Scouters/’ said Hines.
“A vast number of other volun
teers work in personal contact
and inspiring them in Scout
craft. To think of this fine ser
vice, to watch these men, to add
g. up their achievments is a thrill
™ ing story and a reax inspiration.”
Hines mentioned there is a
great need at present for more
volunteer leaders and sponsoring
institutions to enable more boys
and young men of Roanoke Rap
ids, Weldon, Littleton, Halifax,
Enfield and Aurelian Springs to
have the fun an adventure of
Scouting. He said the present
Round-Up is designed to spot
♦ light these needs, so every boy
° within range who wants to be a
Scout may be able to realize his
ambition.
Man Hurts Hand
In Accident On Job
Raymond Patterson of Gaston,
an employee of tbc Halifax Pa
per Company, was admitted to
the Rohnoke Rapids Hospital her
^ yesterday afternoon about two o'
w clock after he had suffered an
accident at the plant.
Patterson told hospital person
nel he had injured his right hand
when a section box he was hank
ling slipped and crushed the
hand.
The hospital reported that Pat
terson's middle finger and ring
inger on his hand were crushed,
he was reported to be re
ifc^coverlng nicely after the acci
• dent.
Herald Will Not
Publish Thursday
The Dally Herald will sus
pend publication Thursday for
Thanksgiving Day in order to
. give all amploysss an opport
unity to lpond Thanksgiving
Day with their families.
The paper Will be published
if tomorrow afternoon as usual
and will rotpen Friday morn
ing. The bnrinaaa office as wall
as tbs newspaper plant win b*
closed all^Ksy Thursday.
• Nanking, Nov. 23—(AP)—The
Communists opened a new push
today on Suchow, key to Nan
king and central China. The im
mediate objective was the defens
bastion’s only airfield.
Gen. Chen Yi’s Red veterans
punched out of the Southeast un
der the cover of low clouds. Wea
ther cut down the effectiveness
of the government’s air force
which was the major factor in
turning the Communist assault
in the first phase of the Suchow'
battle last week.
The new offensive added to
Communist pressure steadily
building up against the Na
tionalist Second Army group all
along a great arc to the East
and South of the city 180 miles
Northwest of Nanking. Other
Red forces were reported mov
ing • against Suchow from the
North.
In Jlorth China, the Communist
threat to the great cities of Pei
ping and Tientsin increased as
the Reds took over Poating. The
Communist radio claimed the
city yesterday, the government
announced its evacuation to
day.
wnnoui mu air support ior tne
defense of Suchow, the National
ists were expected to be in for a
rough time. Tne Communists
apparently had regrouped and
reformed completely after. last
week’s heavy battering. They
had been caught unprotected on
the Suchow plain and the Nation
alist air force blasted them in
clear days and moonlight nights
with bombers and fighter-bomb
ers.
Eastward from Suchow, Gen.
Huang Po-Tao’s Nationalist sev
enth Army corps was believed
almost reduced to nothing. His
forces took the full force of last
week’s Red assault in the de
fense ot Ninchuang, 33 miles
east of Suchow.
The official centra) news agen
cies said forces moving from Su
phow to the relief of Huang’s bat
tered outfit were only about 10
miles away. But other sources
said they seemed little hope that
any appreciable number of Hu
ang’s troops still would be able
to fight.
Another government force, the
12th Army Corps, was working
slowly tqward Suchow from the
Southwest. It was last reported
southwest of Suhs en, which was
believed still in Communist
hands. The 12th Corps’ mission
was first to take Suhsien, then
move on the 67 miles to Suchow.
Herbert Will
Speak To Lions
The Rev. J. F Herbert, pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
of Roanoke Rapias, will bring a
Thanksgiving message to mem
bers of the Roanoke Rapids Lions
Club as a feature of the regular
meeting of the Lionc at the high
school cafeteria at 6 30 this even
ing.
E. H. Fuller, club secretary,
said the current attendance con
test being staged 'n the club be
tween the “red ’ and “blue"
team now finds tne two teams
tied at 89 per cent each.- He
said there is only one more
meeting in which to break the
tie and urged that all members
be on hand to keep from let
ting down their team.
Thanksgiving
May Be Wet Day
A damp Thanksgiving Day
was in prospect lor Californians
today.
Although the weather man
would not attempt a guesa at
Thursday's weather, he did say
that both North and South Caro
lina would have' cloudy skies
and occasional rain through
Wednesday.
There was little temperature
variation yesterday as the mer
cury generally hugged the fifties
in moat places. Fog and rain
grounded . planes and slowed
highway traffic in both states.
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How About A Vote
On Parking Meters
(Editorial)
The question of parking met
ers is, of course, merely a ques
tion of “what the people want.”
If the people are opposed to'
parking meters, they should be
returned to the manufacturers
and before Dec. 8th. If the peo
ple want them, they should be
retained.
Why not a referendum? A
postcard poll can be made of
two groups: (a) the people in
town; (b) the people in the
country whose trade Roanoke
Rapids merchants are now be
ginning to fight for.
It is too late to poll all the
people in town and all those
in the rural areas within trad
ing distance of the city. But a
representative poll can be tak
en. Simply take the first 500
names in the telephone book (or
the city directory) and then take
the boxholders on certain routes
going out of several postoffices
in Halifax and Northampton
counties. Announce which roytes
are polled, so no suspicions may
be aroused. Require each an
swering postal card to be sign
ed.
The merchants want what
their customers want. The town
wants what will make this a
better community, and one easi
er to do business in.
The Herald will welcome let
ters on the subject. Confine
your argument to 200 words and
sign your letter.
Now is the time to express
yourselves or as Mayor Alls
brook said forever hold your
peace. After Dec. 6, ft will be
too late. After that, the city ii
obligated to complete payment
for the meters now in place.
j Halifax County 4-H Clubs Participate
In Annual Achievement Day At Enfield
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Lovie L. Wilson
Dies In Weldon
At Son’s Home
Weldon—Louie L. Wilson, 79,
died at the home of his son,
L. V. Wilson, on Washington Ave
nue Monday evening at 11 o’clock
following an illness of three
weeks.
Mr. Wilson, a retired Vance
County farmer, had made his
home with his son in Weldon
for the past three years. A na
tive of Vance County, he was
born on October Iff, 1869.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Wednesday afternoon at
three o’clock from the Island
Creek Baptist Church in Will
liamsbord, N. C. by the Rev. Mr.
Caudle, of Stovall, assisted by
the Rev. Worth C. Grant of Wel
don. Burial will be in the ceme
tery in the churchyard.
He is survived by his second
wife, Mrs. Sallie King Wilson;
two daughters and a son by an
earlier marriaqe, Mrs. Ferrell
Brane and Mrs. J. A. Knott of
Hendeson and Stevenson Wilson,
of Burlington; one daughter and
five sons by his second wife,
Mrs. J. F. Everett of Norfolk,
Allen Wilson of Norfolk, C. L.
Wilson of Richmond, Kenneth
Wilson of Petersburg and L. V.
and Tilghman Wilson of Weldon;
four sisters, Mrs. Mattie Hester
of Vance County, Mrs. Gertie
Hawfcf of Petersburg, Va., Mrs.
Ada Islington of Dabney and
Mrs. Millie .O’Day of Oxford; and
two brothers, Charlie and Grover
Wilson of Petersburg and one
half-brother. Oidder Wilson of
Durham.
Palestine
Partition
Gains In U.N.
Paris, Nov. 23—(AP)—T h e
East and West appeared today
to be moving toward firm sup
port of the original United Na
tions partition of Palestine.
Australia joined the United
States and Canada in reaffirm
ing her position of the Nov. 29,
1947, division of the Holy Land
between Arabs, and Jews. Aus
tralia’s John D L. Hood sub
mitted a draft resolution calling
upon the 58-nation political com
mittee to set up a conciliation
commission of live members or
less. It would ask the Arabs
and Jews to negotiate a perma
nent peace.
Russia’s spokesmen frequent -
ly have said in Security Coun
cil debates on Palestine that
Russia stood by her support of
partition.
Today the Yugoslav delegation
said the Nov. 29 partition plan
still should be the basis of final
settlement. Yugoslavia follows
the Soviet line, although at times
she does so without Russian
guidance.
inc uugincM paruLiun pian
proposed a Jewish state of some
5,600 square miles, divided into
three parts and populated by a
bout 950,000 persons. The largest
segment was the southern desert
area, and it also included a cen
tral coastal strip and eastern
Galilee in the north. The Arab
»t*te. wa^tobe on 4,700 square
miles aii^i^bout 815,000 inhabi
tants. Jerusalem was to have
been an international area.
Britain- ..ow has before the
committee proposal to use the
report of the assassinated media
tor Count Folke Bernadotte, as
a basis for settlement. Berna
dotte proposed giving the South
ern Palestine desert of the Negev
to the Arabs. The Jews point
out they were given the Negev
under partition and say they will
not relinguish it.
British and American delegate
have been discussing amend
ments to the British resolution.
Hood also jcn ed the United
States and Canada m asking that
so far any indication she would
support such a move.
A British spokesman emphasiz
ed recently that Britian and the
United States were attempting to
work out a common Middle East
policy.
The United States. Russia and
France supported the original
partition plan last year. Britain
and China abstained from
voting.
Kennedy Home
Group Will Sing
In Weldon Church
Weldon — A pre-Thanksgiving
program of choral music will be
presented here Wednesday even
ing at 7:30 at the Weldon Bap
tist Church by a choir of youngs
ters from the Kennedy Home of
Kinston.
The children from the Baptist
orphanage will give several se
lections of special numbers un
der the direction of Miss Lucille
Reid, choir director.
The public is cordially invited
to the sacred concert at which
a fre-will offering of contribu
tions which will go toward the
upkeep of the Kennedy Home
will be taken.
—
Kitty Hawk Comes
To U. S. Museum
Washington, Not. 23—(API—
The “Kitty Hawn1', first plane
to fly with a passenger, is at
home—but not to visitors yet.
The famous plane, built and
flown by the Wright brothers 45
years ago, arrived at the Smith
sonian Institution in a Navy van
yesterday.
' It has spent the past few years
at Kensington Museum in Lond
don, awaiting settlement of a
dispute between CrviUe Wright
and the Smithsonian over who
actually made the first flight
For many yeara, the Institution's
candidate was Samuel Langley.
But Smithsonian officials final
ly gave the Wrights full credit,
and Orville left the historic
craft to the American museum
in his will.
W«ath*r
North Carolina Rato and
not much change In tempera
tures this afternoon, tonight
mm weonccoay.
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jsnneia — me namax county
4-H Clubs held one of their most
successful Achievement Days
here Saturday when over 240
club members from all parts of
the county gathered in the au
ditorium of the Enfield School
for a program of recognition to
the 4-H girls na dboys who had
done outstanding club work dur
ing 1948.
Buses were chartered to bring
the 4-H clubbers, their families
and friends from all points of the
cunty for the tv o-part program
which started Saturday morning
and continued until the afternoon.
Awards were made to boys and
girls for outstanding project work
by Assistant Horne Agent Lil
lian B. Harris and Assistant Coun
ty Agent G. B. DeLoatche.
Cerificates were presented to
67 4-H Club girls and 50 boys
who completed one or more years
of sucesful work. In doing this
they completed thei” projects and
handed in record books to the
club leaders. Pins will be presen
ted to the girls denoting the num
ber of years of successful club
work they have completed. Each
year business firms from all over
Halifax County sponsor 4-H Club
projects carried oy the boys and
girls.
lvieuciis etna awdi u.' wcic given
the following: Blanche Johnson,
junior health improvement, and
Betty Twisdale. senior health im
provement, $10 for senior and
$5 for Junior given by the Roa
noke Rapids Kiv/anis Club; Aure
i lian Springs Senior Club, health
ffrtprovement, $20,00 cash given
by the Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis
Club; Sarah Ann Butts, clothing
achievment, $5 in merchandise
from the J. C. Penney Company
of Roanoke Rapids; Ann Winslow
home beautincation, $3 in mer
chandise from the Whitehead
Drug Store of Scotland Neck;
Eunice Kunkins, better electric
methods $5 in cash from the E.
W. Smith Electric Company of
Roanoke Rapids; Sarah * Ann
Butts, leadership a gift from
Land Brothers, jewelers, Roa
noke Rapiids Doris Strickland,
food preparation, $5 cash from
the Bank of Halifax; Eunice
Jenkins, room improvement, $5
cash from the Stedman Store
of Halifax; Opal Jones, frozen
foods, $5 cash from Colonial
Frozen Foods of Roanoke Rap
ids; Sarah Ann Butts, home
n.-nagement, $5 from the Bank
of Halifax; Doris Strickland,
food preservation, $5 from the
Roanoke Bank and Trust Co.
A total of $20 was given six
girls in the dress revue contest
sopnsored by Leggetts Depart
ment Store of Roanoke Rapids.
The winners in the senior divi
sion were Doris Strickland, first,
Sarah Ann Butts, second, Louise
Butts, third; junior division,
Jeanette Harrell first, Ann
Griffin White, second, Marjorie
Wright, third.
Prizes totaling $64 were given
4-H girls who won first, second
and third places on exhibits in
the Enfield Fair in October.
Boys’ award winners’ list was
not today available.
Lotton farmers
Betting On High
Prices Ahead
Washington, Nov. 23—(/P)—
Cotton farmers are betting on
higher prices.
They are putting a big chunk
of their crop under government
loan, rather than sell at current
prices which are above the loan
rate.
An Agriculture Department
official told a reporter toda>
that some 3,000,000 bales of cot
ton already are under govern
ment loan and that some experts
look for the figure to approach
or even exceed the 1937 record
high of 5,581,000 bales.
The 1948 crop has been fore
cast at 15,166,000 bales.
“Many cotton farmers,” the
official said, "seem to thinh
that cotton may go back to 3!
cents a pound and they probably
should get a government loar
instead of selling at the presenl
market.”
The average cotton loan now
is a 30.74 cents a pound on mid
dling 15/16 inch, compared wit}
the market price of about 31."
cents.
The official estimated that ai
average of 100,000 bales of cot
ton a day had been going onU
tha government Ion Uit
Tuberculosis Rate In Halifax
County High, Dr. Young Reports
By Robert F. Yount, M. D.,
County Health Officer
Although intensive efforts have
been made by the official staff
of the Halifax County Health De
partment, the Halifax County Tu
berculosis Association, the Me
dical profession, and other allied
agencies to control tuberculosis
in Halifax County during the past
two years, tnis disease continues
to take a terrific toll in sick
ness and in deaths among the
citizens of this county.
During 1947, the latest period
for which complete data are a
vailable on the tuberculosis pro
lem in Halifax County, 28
deaths were reported among the
citizens in this county. During
the same period 127 cases of tu
berculosis were discovered, in
cluding the number found during
the mass x-ray survey. These
28 deaths for 1947 gave Halifax
County a death rate of 48 per
100,000 population of the elev
enth highest death rate for tub
erculosis for counties in North
Carolina. During this same in
terval, the tuberculosis death
rate for North Carolina as a
whole was 28 per 100,000 pop
ulation.
Of these 28 deaths, 43 per cent
of them ocurred in the age
group from 13 to 34 years of
age, or during the most produc
tive period of lief. It has been
conservatively estimated that,
on the average, every death from
tuberculosis costs society appro
ximately $3,000.00. The figure
includes the minimum cost of
hospitalization, medical care,
drugs, and loss ot production
caused by the deaths from this
disease. Therefore, the mini
mum cost of tuberculosis to Hali
fax County during 1947 was
*140,000.00.
' In comparison with the above
staggering cost of tuberculosis
in this county, perhaps it would
be interesting to compare the
amount of money that is being
spent in the official public health
program to control tuberculosis
in Halifax County. The total of
ficial budget foi the Halifax
County Health Department tor
the fiscal year 1948-4$ is $57,871.
00. Figuring very liberally that
one-fourth of those funds in the
official public health department
budget were spert in the control
of tuberculosis, it is noted that
the portion of this budget ex
pended for tuberculosis control
amounts to approximately $14,
000.00. The approximate cost for
operating the Halifax County
Sanatorium during the same per
iod will be $20,000.00, and when
this amount is added to the por
tion spent on tuberculosis control
in the Health Depm^t hud
get, it is found that a total of
$34,500.00 (approximately) will
be spent for the control of tub
erculosis in Halifax County dur
ing the fiscal year 1948-49 and
it should be emphasized that
this amount is for a twelve
months period. Over an eight
months period during 1948, the
citizens in Halifax County spent
1,053,000.00 for alcoholic bever
ages in the ABC stores alone. In
other words, the citizens in this
county during an eight-months
period spent approximately
thirty times as much money for
alcoholic gever-ges as is being
spent for tuberculosis control
in the official program in the
county during a twelve-month
period.
A further analysis of the 2 8
deaths from tuberculosis during
1947 as to race ana sex reveals
that these deaths were divided
as follows: white female, 1;
white male, 4; colored female,
13; and colored male, 10. In
other words, 82 per cent of these
deaths were among the colored
population of this county and it
is noted further that the deaths
among the sexes were equally
distributed. These figures re
veal that, so far as the actual
mechanics of the Public Health
Program is concerned, emphasis
must be placed among the col
ored population in the tubercu
losis control activities; however,
at the same time, it must be
emphasized that tuberculosis
still remains a problem for the
loiai population, since no group
can be secure as long as any
other group has a high Incidence
and a high death rate from this
disease. Also, it must be borne
in mind that the incidence of
tuberculosis depends not only on
the particular scientific control
methods that are used, but de
pends also on certain economic
and social factors as well.
Suffice it to state that, if tu
berculosis is ever to be controll
ed and even eventually eradi
cated from Halifax County, cer
tainly more funds must be made
available for the official tuber
culosis control program. It must
be remembered at the same time
that every dollar invested in this
control program is a dollar wise
ly invested, inasmuch as, in the
long run this investment will
yield the following returns: first,
decreased hospital and medical
care cost to the citizens in this
county; second, increased pro
duction on the part of the total
population; third, the eventual
closing of the Halifax County
Sanatorium with an annual sav
ing of approximately $20,000.00;
fourth, increase happiness and
wellbeing on the part of the to
tal population.
Majority Of Local Merchants **
Favor Removal Of Meters Soon ^ I
Opposition to the Roanoke Rapids parking meters was
voiced strongly here last night in a special meeting of the
Board of City Commissioners, opposition which was well
organized and well-founded.
The meeting was called by Mayor W. Bernard Alls
brook at the request of a group of local merchants, and, as
Mayor Allsbrook explained to the nearly 100 people gath
ered in the municipal building court room, was called for
the sole purpose for hearing the arguments of those who
wish the parking meters removed from the city.
Blair Gibsozj, local merchant, |
made an able presentation of the
merchants’ side of the contro
versial subject which has been
widely discussed in the city in
recent weeks. Gibson assured
the mayor and Beard members,
“We’re opposed to parking met
ers and meters alone. Everyone
here pledges his# whole-hearted
cooperation to you whatever
your decision.”
Mayor Allsbrook called the
meeting to order and explained
that the City Board would sit
as a hearing committee to con
sider any and all evidence a
gainst the parking meters. He
said the Board would take cog
nizance of all arguments pre
sented and would carefully con
sider them before any recon
sideration of any previous ac
tion it may have taken.
Gibson, representing as he
said “the loyal opposition," said
he had personally made a sur
vey of the West side of the
Rosemary business district and
had found the majority of the
merchants opposed the meters.
He cited names and arguments
and also named those who
were in favor of continuing the
meters, which were first put
into operation on March 19 on
an eight-months’ trial period.
Gibson said. "I think the busi
ness men of Roanoke Rapids
should do all they can to make
business welcome in town.” He
said he received numerous ac
counts of customers from out of
town who had come to Roa
noke Rapids to shop and who
had complained about the met7
ers.
Citv To Close
J
For Observance
Of Holiday
Thanksgiving Day will be a
general holiday among the busi
ness houses of Roanoke Rapids,
according to a report by Mrs
Elva Martin, executive secretary
of the Roanoke Rapids Merchant
Association today.
Mrs. Martin said Thanksgiving
is one of the three general holi
days observed by members of the
Association.
She pointed out that grocery
stores, which usually close each
Wednesday afternoon will re
main open tomorrow but will join
other firms in closing for the day
on Thursday.
Postmaster L. G. Shell said
yesterday ihe Roanoke Rapids,
post office will be open tomorrow
aftemoo and on subsequent
Wednesdays until Christmas, but
will be closed for Thanksgiving
Mrs. Martin said Ihe Christmas
lighting decorations on Roanoke
Avenue in the city’s business
sections will be turned on foi
the first time Thursday evening
preceding the Merchants Assoc
iation’s Christmas Opening here
on Friday.
He cited names and mercnants
who had gone on record as be
ing in opposition to the meters,
pointing out that a big majority
of them were opposed in the
Rosemary section. In the North
End he pointed out that almost
without exception the business
men polled were in opposition
to the meters.
A number of petitions con
taining between 1,000 and 1,100
names of people who oppose
the meters was turned over to
the Board for its consideration.
Gibson said he had been told
by a number of his fellow mer
chants that business had show
ed a definite decline since the
meters wore installed in town,
and he pointed out that an in
formal poll in Weldon had indi
cated an increase in weekend
business since the meters were
installed in Roanoke Rapids.
“I am willing to abide by the
majority opinion of the people
who trade in my store, and we
feel we ought to cater to the
rural trade. We want this ques
tion to be considered only in
the light of whether or not it is
a good thing for the town . . .
We only came down here to
submit to you that the meters
are opposed preponderantly .by
the merchants in town. We sub
mit that the meters have fail
ed in the job they were put
here to do. We feel they ^re ob
noxious to people, especially to
rural people, to use.”
At this point Gibson relin
quished the floor and Mayor
Allsbrook caled for expressions
from the floor on how many
of the others felt about the
meters.
There were a number of ob
jections cited by business men
of the city. Several of them,
including Moody Hedgepeth
from the North Side of town
and E. W. Smith from the Rose
mary section and a number of
others, cited instances in which
the meters had cost them busi
ness and ?aid they believed the
meters were hurting business in
general all over town.
The meeting was adjourned
and Mayor Allsbrook and the
Commissioners met in an execu
tive session to consider the pro
posas put to them. They said
they contemplated taking no de
finite action on the question “for
several days,” saying they
wanted to give careful considera
tion to the viewpoints of both
those yho voiced their opposi
tion to the meters and of those
who favor retention.
Under terms of the contract
with the Karpark Corporation
of Cincinnati, Ohio, which sold
the meters to the city, the last
day on which the city can re
quest that the meters be remov
ed in December 6. The final
decision on whether or not the
meters will remain in Roanoke
Rapids was left in the hands of
the Commissioners, who are ex
pected to make some definite
announcement of policy in the
next few days. j
ROANOKE RAMBLINGS
By PAT NANTZ
uongraiu anon* are in oraer
for the employees of the local
J. C. Penney Company store for
winning the contest with the Ox
ford extension in selling the
greatest per cent of coats . . .
the local employees were honor
ed at a supper in Oxford last
night . . .
Deepest sympathy is extended
to the family of Albert Tanner,
who passed away shortly after an
accident Sunday night. . .
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fox are
the proud parents of a baby son .
he was born at the Roanoke Rap
ids Hospital on Sunday . ..
me many mends ol Mrs. Char
lie Wright will be interested to
know that she has returned to
her home after having been a
patient in the local hospital....
Visitng his parents here, is Pvt
George L. Martin.. .George is
serving with the Marine Corps
at Parris island. South Carolina.
George is a graduate of the
Roanoke Rapids High School and
has served four years with the
navy ... during the war he ser
ved in the Pacific area. He is
the son of Mrs. Mary Lee Mar
tin and the late G. C. Martin...
Anticipating a great auceaac
Thursday evening will be the lo
cal Business and Professional
Woman's Club . . . Eileen Fisher
who haa charge of this year’s
Thanksgiving dance, has put out
much effort toward the enjoyment
of those atterdlug — Pete Wea
ver and his Virginians will be
the guest orchestra i. this is the
i first appearance in Rodaoka Rap
* • , ,TTv
iNovemDsr za seems xo db a
nice day on which to be bom..
Just a few of those who are cele
brating their birthday today, are
Barbara Edwards, Donald Bush,
Stanley Dunn, Carol Erwin, Ed
gar Hutchinson, Joyce Pulley,
Wayne Fuller, Gene Lyles, and
Frank Taylor . . aU of which are
in the elementary grades . .Mrs.
J. E. Williams was also bom on
this date, only she was bom 68
years ago ... so here’s wishing
you all a very happy birthday
and may you have many, many
more just as nice ....
The members of this year’s
girls’ basketball team were sor
ry to find out that one of the
members of last year’s team
would not be able to return to
her position thir. season... she
is Sally Sheffield. . Sally is re
ported not to have passed her
physical examination due to a
minor heart ailment... however
it’s a fact that she will be at the
games psntng for her former
team mates....
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