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VOLUME TWENTY-SIX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941_ NUMBER 41
Governor To
Visit Halifax
County Again
Coming to Halifax County for
the third time within the year,
Governor J. Melville Broughton
(above) will deliver the principal
speech and crown the Queen at
the Rock Fish Festival to be held
in Weldon next week. Mr. Brough
ton will speak at 4:30 Monday aft
ernoon and will participate in the
crowning ceremonies at 8 o’clock
that night.
City Editor Is
New Highway
Commissioner
* ABOVE is the latest photograph
of Carroll L. Wilson, city editor
and publisher, who was last week
appointed to the post of State
Highway and Public Works Com
missioner by Governor J. Melville
Broughton. Mr. Wilson will repre
sent the first district.
This marks the first time in
many years that a citizen of Hal
ifax County has been honored with
a major appointment by the Gov
ernor of the State. Full details of
Mr. Wilson’s appointment, as well
as a detailed account of other
members of the Highway Commis
sion will be found on Page 1 -
Section C of this issue.
COMPLETED OFFICE BUILDING
Above is a recent photograph of the beautiful new building which houses the general offices for the
Roanoke and Patterson Mills Companies here. Erected at the corner of Jackson and Fifth Streets, the
building is of Williamsburg architectural design. Walls, roof, bricks, windows, <!oors, steps, iron railings,
paneling, inside woodwork, color scheme, window glass—all are replicas of those used in the colonial build
ings at Williamsburg, Va. Many of the bricks are hand made with special designs and types being used
around the doors and windows. The panelled doors and the arched windows are of the same dimensions as
those used on the governor’s palace at Williamsburg. The glass in the window contain the blemishes and
blurs that the old colonial window panes had. The private offices are painted a Williamsburg dusty blue,
while the main offices are a Williamsburg palace cream.
Fixtures and material used in this building are completely modern. Sound absorbing celotex was used
in the ceiling in the main offices, the private offices being plastered. Partitions in the main offices are
mostly of double plate glass, designed to keep noises down while allowing a person to see over the entire
office. The floor is of hardwood, the private offices having rugs. A cordless switch board gives the building
an inter- and outer-communication system without the use of buzzers. Fluorescent lighting was installed
in all the offices. All the windows have Venetian blinds. (NewsKut by Brignxan)
‘TAX DODGERS’ TO
FACE GRAND JURY
Approximately 1,300 Halifax citi
zens will have their names placed
in the hands of the County Grand
Jury next week for indictment
for failing to list taxes in 1940.
If the Jury finds a true bill
against the people whose names
have been listed for having failed
to list their taxes, they will be
tried before Judge John J. Bur
ney of Wilmington in the Super
ior Court next week, it is be
lieved.
The action against those who
have failed to list their property
for taxation began at the October,
1940, terra of Superior Court when
the Grand Jury appointed a com
mittee to investigate regarding
tax list dodgers.
George Pappendick of Roanoke
Rapids was appointed chairman of
the committee. R. A. Musgrove
and M. F. King composed the re
mainaer ot tne committee.
Since that time, the committee
has checked the tax list by every
available means, the list of reg
istrants being one of the main
sources of information used by
the committee. The sealed list
of those found to have failed to
list their property was handed
to the last Superior Court. A
final disposition of the matter
is expected at this term of court.
PEANUT GROWERS! MARKETING <j>UOTA!
VOTE WILL BE HELD NEXT SATURDAY! !
— For Full Details See Page 7 — Section C
WELDON
NEXT
WEEK
Final preparations for the second
annual Bock Fish Festival, which
will be held in Weldon next week,
April Slth - thru 30th, are being
perfected, and according to those in
charge the Festival now bids fair
to take its place among the major
“celebrations” staged in Eastern
Carolina.
Final rehearsals for the pageant,
the featured event of the Festival,
will be held tomorrow night. The
200 members of the cast will gather
at Weldon for a full dress perform
ance in preparation for the first
presentation on Monday night.
Those from Roanoke Rapids par
ticipating are Claude Kitchen Jo
sey, Margaret Midgett, Raymond
Taylor, Arnold Moore, Jimmie
Wright, Elmer Reaves,- Frances
Forest, Justine Hockaday, Douglas
Hasty, Eugene Glover, Floyd Neth
ercutt, William Saunders, Nick
Long, Margaret Pierce, Elizabeth
Keeter, Francis Ricks, Mary Flor
ence Bridgers, Margaret Martin,
Lois Crthurn. Victoria Vaster Kath
erine Johnson, Bessie Askew, Ha
zel Pridgen, Elizabeth Beckwith,
Lib Price Hines, Virginia Lee
Thorne, Jane Kidd, Alice Gaylord,
Emily Clements, Violet Dean Cor
bitt, Josephine Webb, Ann McNeill,
Mary Louise Martin, Mildred
Blowe, Jane Thomas, Violet Keeter,
Mavis Finch, Bernice Mayes, Lou
ise Scott, Jewell Brigman, Jean
Tillery, Ella Dean Lee, Katherine
Wood, Nell Hopkins.
Members of the choir from Roa
noke Rapids are Jane Glenn, Chas.
Davis, Thurston Lowe, Bill Batton,
Mrs. W. A. China, Mrs. Viola
Helms, Mrs. Margaret Teele.
C. L. Williams, of the Roanoke
Rapids High School music depart
ment will lead the choir. T. L.
Martin is the sponsor for the mem
bers of the cast named above. Miss
Frances Newsom will sponsor a
scout troop, which will participate
in the performance.
The cast is made up of people
from the following cities and towns:
Roanoke Rapids, Weldon, Halifax,
Enfield, Scotland Neck, and Sea
[ board.
Prior to the speech by Governor
J. M. Broughton at 4:30 Monday
afternoon at the Community Cen
ter grounds, the Roanoke Rapids
Choral Club will sing.
The coronation of the Festival
Queen by Governor Broughton will
take place at 8 o’clock p.m. Mon
day. The Coronation and Gover
nor’s Ball will start at 10 o’clock
Monday evening.