Recreation Commissioners Plan Study Tours for Full Time Program
Roanoke Rapids recreation officials aim to develop a fulltime program. At Friday's meeting five commissioners discussed visiting North Carolina cities with established fulltime recreation programs to learn about equipment, field sizes, initial and ongoing costs, and pool construction and operation. They will reach out to Reidsville Asheboro Lincolnton Newton Canton Morehead City Lenoir Shelby Statesville for appointments and data.
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Roanoke Rapids
T. J. Davis
Davis
State Recreation Commission
Roanoke Raps
Reidsville
Air Parcel Post Service Begins On Wednesday
Postmaster L G Shell of Roanoke Rapids announces the nationwide air parcel post launches Wednesday September 1. The service speeds deliveries to 42,100 post offices with two-thirds faster transit and doorstep delivery identical to other mail. Promo stickers and in-flight logistics promise fast, modern service across the United States.
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United States
L. G. Shell
Roanoke Rapids
Shell
Air Parcel Post
International Air Parcel Post
Akers Heads Roanoke Rapids Chest Campaign Group
Henry Akers will head the Roanoke Rapids Community Chest drive with Rev. Edmund Beveley R. G. Floyd and Mrs. Robert Vaughan on the committee. The drive chairman and campaign opening date will be announced later. Red Feather services include Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Public Library and School Lunch Fund.
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Roanoke Rapids
Public Library
Community Chest
Akers
Henry Ford II
Community Chests of
Amstiia
Ford
Red Feather
Pastor Hodges Transferred to Fayetteville Church
The Rev Mr Hodges, longtime pastor of the Pentecostal Holiness Church here for four years, is transferred to Fayetteville Pentecostal Holiness Church. He will be succeeded by Rev W E Thompson, previously at Fayetteville. Thompson will preach here this Sunday while Hodges preaches in Fayetteville next week.
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Verome Noages
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Fayetteville
Glass
Minneapolis
U.P
Minneapolis Veterana Hospital
Holden Siegert
Siegert
Minnesota
Sieger
Stores Here Open All Day On Wednesday
Roanoke Rapids stores will begin tomorrow afternoon and stay open all day on Wednesdays in Roanoke Rapids and surrounding area. Mrs Elva Martin secretary of the Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association reminded the public that stores will close on Labor Day Monday September 8.
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Roanoke Rapids
Elva Martin
Halifax Four H Boys To Exhibit In Dairy Show
Halifax County 4 H club boys prepare dairy heifers for Clinton Dairy Heifer Show on Sept 24 with Kiwanis sponsorship guiding calf ownership. Each youth reports pasture feeding and grain adjustments to improve hair, weight, and finish as they compete against teams from across eastern North Carolina.
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Halifax County
Clinton
Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Lawrence Best
Halifax
Wilber Garner
Roanoke Rapids
James Woodrow Hale
Littleton
Robert Henry Medlin
Cindy
Robert Edward Gardner
Frank Donald Warren
Genteman
Anne
North Carolina
Asheville
Belk Stores
Girl Scout Troop Planned In Jackson
A Jackson meeting is planned this Wednesday afternoon at four to form a Girl Scout troop for girls aged 10 to 14. Mrs Pugh Jones will host and lead the troop with assistance from Mrs Alston Lewis.
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Jackson
Pugh Jones
Opening Schedule For City Schools Set For New Students
Roanoke Rapids City Schools announce opening plans with new student registration on Wednesday September 1 at the high school auditorium from 9 am to 5 pm. Principal Joe W. Talley oversees registration for seventh to twelfth grades, with detailed opening week buildings, schedules, and early dismissal for first two weeks.
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A. Ey Ready
Rosnoke Rapids
Wednesay
Ready
Roanoke Rapids
Joe W. Talley
Talley
Jam
Widitorium
Chaloner
Ready For the
Roanoke Mills Curtails Flannel Production Five Weeks
Frans Williams of Roanoke Mills announces curtailment of flannel production at Roanoke Mill No 1 for five weeks beginning Monday August 30 to align with demand. Loom shifts vary by product with two shifts for outing flannels, one shift for light checks, and two shifts for shifting flannels plus occasional third shift. Company projects decision by October 2. seven months show 29391 extra yards produced above shipments.
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Frans
Winams
Roanoke Mills Company
Roanoke Mill
Williams
Williams Dollows
Man Arrested at Hospital Over Six Squirrels
Bennie Evans of Glenview was arrested after allegedly shooting squirrels out of season and delivering six squirrels to Roanoke Rapids Hospital. The gift was attributed to protectors C. M. Pettit and H. M. Hilliard.
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Roanoke Rapids Hospital
C. M. Pettit
H. M. Hilliard
Bennie Evans
Glenview
Bennie
Wake Up To Atomic Age Warns From Former AEC Counsel
Herbert 8. Marks, former general counsel of the Atomic Energy Commission, argues the public’s lack of information and scrutiny may threaten the nation's atomic energy program. He comments in the University of Chicago Law Review on the absence of wide discussion and critical review of Atomic Energy Act administration.
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Vhicago
A.S
Herbert 8. Marks
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Marks
University of Chicago Law Review
Widea
Girl Scout Leaders Council Meet Thursday in Roanoke Rapids
Members of the Roanoke Rapids Girl Scout Council and all leaders are urged to attend a meeting at the Girl Scout Hut on Thursday September 2 at 3 30 pm. Plans for the coming year will be mapped at the meeting.
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Roanoke Rapids
Girl Scout Council
Chief Davis Urges Motorists To Drive Safely
Roanoke Rapids police chief J Davis urged motorists to slow down as hundreds of children return to school next Tuesday. He noted Hamilton Street trail light resets near four schools and warned that 22 to 25 mph could cause crashes at green lights. He announced a schoolboy patrol and urged driver cooperation to prevent injuries.
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Rouce
Tr. J. Davis
Roanoke Rapids
Davis
Night Shift Beetles Threat To Gardens
SUAMFOR Connecticut report on a nocturnal beetle, the Asiatic Japanese garden beetle, more damaging to lawns and plant margins than the day beetle. Dr S W Brumley notes it tunnels near shrub bases, emerges at dusk, eats leaf margins, and can be killed by ground spraying with lead arsenate or DDT before they forage.
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Suamfor
S. W. Brumley
Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
Bromley
Halifax Union Talks End In No Pact and Pay Rise
Halifax payroll dispute ends without a pact as non certified workers receive an eight cent hourly raise while CIO negotiators push for a checkoff. Mediators Maxwell and Barbour aided talks after wage offers stalled. company grants seven and a half cents rise for non certified hourly workers effective August 27 amid union opposition and concerns over fair practice.
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Halifax
Aulifax Paper Company
United Paper workers of Ameri@ CIO
S. Newton Maxey
E. G. Barber
State Labor Department
Atenge Incrage
CIO Paperworkers Union
West Virginia Pulp, and Paper Company
Covington
West Virgin Mills
Martin Jr Admitted To Naval Academy In Annapolis
Clyde D. Martin Jr son of Mr and Mrs Clyde D Martin of 1201 Washington St Roanoke Rapids NC has been admitted to the U S Naval Academy Annapolis Md as a Midshipman Class of 1952 He will spend the summer indoctrinating in Navy life and begin the academic course in September Summer training covers infantry small arms sailing signals and other basic Naval subjects.
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Clyde D. Martin, Jr
Clyde D. Martin
Washington St
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Halifax School Vacancies All Filled
Halifax School vacancies on the faculty have been filled. W Henry Overman announced today that Mrs Walter Farrior is named principal succeeding Miss Thelma Elliott who resigned. Mrs Farrior will teach the sixth and seventh grades. Mrs Milton Read accepts a primary grade teaching position succeeding Miss Katherine Wallace.
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Slalifx
Halifax
W. Henry Overman
Walter Farrior
Thelma Elliott
Farrior
Milton Read
Katherine Wallace
Roanoke Rapids Exchange Club Harvest Festival Opens
The Exchange Club opened its annual harvest festival on the Weldon Highway with "Shows on the Weldon Highway" last night. George Davis announced a busy, clean event with plenty of rides. The Roanoke Rapids Women's Club joined in by making sandwiches and sewing on site while volunteers aided the event. Local families and guests attended as various age groups enjoyed the fairground attractions.
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E. Club
Jack J. Perry
Weldon Highway
George Davis
Exchange Club
Davis
Roanoke Rapids
Warren County Schools Open Delayed to September 15
The Warren County School system announced that schools will not open until September 15. The delay was decided at a called meeting of the board of education and issued by the county superintendent of schools.
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Son
Warren County
County Superintendent of Schools
Board of Education
Warrron County
Buddy Neal Returns to Herald Printing Department
M. H. Buddy Neal resumes work in the Herald printing department after a four month absence. He previously worked there, left for four months, and while in Florida was employed by Weldon and Gray Wholesalers as a clerk in the main office.
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Buddy Neal
Herald
M. H
Buddy) Neal
Neal
Herald Ob
Campa, Fla
Florida
Weldon and Gray Wholesalers
Brown to Speak at Jackson Methodist Church
Rev. Java Brown of Lasker and a Dukes University Divinity School student will speak at Jackson Methodist Church Sunday. The Rev. Mr Eevee will lead the morning service at 11 o'clock.
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Brown
Jackson M. E. Jackson
Java Brown of
Lasker
Dukes University Divinity School
Jackson Methodist Church
Eevee
Mori
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