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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
7
Citizens urge completion of appointments from mills and civic groups to form a full scale recreation commission. Co chairmen George M. Taylor and Howard Pruden await representatives to activate a year round program and secure financing.
The recent federal add on nine million dollars bringing total to about seventeen million funds the Buggs Island Dam. Officials say flood control will aid fertile lowlands and local industry while possibilities include a lake resort state park or hydroelectric power. The piece urges residents to lobby Congress to accelerate construction now.
Dr Robert F Young, Halifax County Health Officer since 1935, notes only twenty two polio cases in Halifax County since 1935 and compares county figures to Lurke County. He recalls the 1835 epidemic state total of 673 and mentions the 1940s decline with only thirteen Halifax cases since 1940. He observes the 1944 state epidemic at 878 cases and that polio’s peak has tended to appear in the Piedmont and West Central regions.
A North Carolina health note reports poliomyelitis largely absent in Halifax County and surrounding eastern counties but warns immunity is low and epidemic risk remains. It cites racial demographics, age groups most affected, and a seasonality pattern with cases peaking in June and July, earlier in the south than the north.
Mrs J T Killebrew and relatives visited South Boston Virginia with the Z T Hill family. Martha Craddock Wyche D C Clark and others spend a month at Montreal JW Summing of Durham visited relatives. Virginia Lambeth returned from a week’s vacation at Mahone and Virginia Beach.
The communiqué from Adj. Gen. B. Metts explains enlistment rules for National Guard candidates. Veterans and non veterans aged 19 to 25 who enlist before President Truman signs the Selective Service Act avoid the draft, while 17 and 18 year olds may join only if they will register at 19. Those 19 to 25 discharged before turning 26 must register. Detailing daily and weekly duty, Capt Raleigh F. Seay notes 8 to 10 pm nights at the Armory in Hinest and 7:39 to 9:30 pm drill hours, with pay up to 5.50 per drill.
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