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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-05

columns. Then we found it.
You'll remember his extensive
discussion of the various branch
es of the Williams family found
hereabouts. OR told about the
gosh-ornery Williamses, those
that come down from Sheriff
Abner who kicked all the reven-
ooers from Washington out of
Halifax county and scared
President Ulysses S. Grant into
ordering all federal men to stay
out of Halifax county until Abb
ner went to his Maker, the or
der being issued to prevent the
breaking out of a second War
between the States, a war that
might be lost if Abner headed
the Confederate Armies.
Then, according to OR, there
are the non-gosh-ornery Will
liams that come down from Abb
ner's gentle brothers, Ethelbert
and Percival. These Williamses
have never hurt a mosquito, not
even those that light on their
noses. Other branches, not re-
lated to the above, come down
from damyankees; some, though
not all, of these have turned
out to be nondescript no-account
Williamses.
The horrible question arises:
could Katie fear that her poster
ity will be descended from the
wrong Williamses. But if such
are her fears, which are the
wrong Williamses? According to
Sunday school teachings, Sheriff
Abner, who was no 'law and Or
der" sheriff, is the paternal an
cestor of the wrong Williamses.
Now all this cogitating agita-
ton is caused by the ques-
ton raised by Katie's erroneous
ly quoted conversation with Mr..
Income Tax Man. That question
is: Is the Old Father Roanoke
column, which occupies valuable
page one space, worth running?
The Herald has employed sew
eral local George Gallups to
take polls among our readers. No
holds barred. Please express
yourself freely, especially if your
closet has any family skeletons
dating back to the Great Flood
of '69. Z
Don't forget, the Old Gent sure
knows local history, including a
lot that never happened.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-05

sCounties.
OF the amount in the latest
loan $50, 900 will be used for head
quarters facilities and the other
$685., 900 will be used in new con-
struction and other system i'm
provements. Contemplated for
building will be 1913 miles of
line serving 450 new members in
Warren County, 65 miles to serve
30l new Halifax County men,
bers and two miles which will
serve nine new members on Nash
County.
Slade said there is at present
construction program under
way in Warren and Halifax
Counties with 172 miles of new
line and % miles of reconver-
sion of existing lines. Appro-
ximately 500 new members will
be served on the present project.
w H. Horn of Warrenton is in
charge of the work of the most
recent expansion program.
Since the Halifax Electric
Membership Corporation was be-
gun in the spring of 1889 it has
grown to membership of over
1000 in Halifax, Warren and
parts Of Nash and Martin Coun-
ties. The Corporation was first
started at Scotland Neck, but was
moved to its present headquart-
ers in Enfield in the fall of 1889
in order that the headquarters
might be more centrally-located
for the area served by the or
ganization.
Established under the Rural
Electrification Administration ,
the Halifax Electric Membership
Corporation purchases electric
power from the Carolina Power
and Light Company and the Vir-
ginia Electric and Power Com
pany for its members. Rural
members purchase the power and
in doing so become part owners
OF the corporation, and the cor
poration is designed to make
eventual complete ownership by
the members possible.
President of the corporation is
Balfour Dunn of Scotland Neck,
and Slade is system manager
with headquarters in Enfield.
Slade said, "Our program is to
give the farmer electric service
wherever he is. We are out to
see that all farm homes are cleo
trified where they desire it."
He said there have been eight
since the initial $225, 900 loan was
received from the RE- in 1899,
adding that the one just announc-
ed is the largest single loan ever
received by the Halifax group.
Contracts for the new work
contemplated under the loan will
be let to bidders, however there
was no estimate given as to just
when it might be possible to start
work on the proposed new ma
jor project.
Nearly all new lines being built
will serve areas which have ne
yer been served with electric
power before.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-05
Halifax Electric Corporation Receives Its Largest Loan From RI
Funds To Be Used To
Build 221 Miles Of
New Lines, Facilities

Enfield.-The Halifax Electric Membership Corpora
on here has just received notice that loan of $445OOO
just obtained from the Rural Eectrfcation Ad
minstraon in Washington it announced yesterday by
Thomas Bog Slade III, system manager.
The loan Slade sad is the largest yet received by the
Halifax corporation and will be used in the construction
of approximately 221 miles of electrical lines the i'm
proving of lines existence and for headquarters
facilities He said the loan will enable the system to
add about 76O members in Warren Halifax and Nash
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-05
Weather

North carolina-Inersasing
cloudinsss and mild Sunday
with widely scattered showers
in mountains. followed by
showers and with little TOM
pssatufs change Sunday night
and Monday.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-05
More Wet
Weather Seen
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

North and South Carolina are
due for more wet weather.
The forecast said rain would
start over the extreme western
portions of both states about noon
Sunday, covering the rest of the
section that night.
However, the weatherman al
so promised Warm Weather for
Sunday with increasing cloudi-
ness
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-05
Teething Babies
Get A Break

London, Dec. 4 -(AP) The
ministry of food gave teething
babies break today. Effective
Immediately, "bickiepegs" are
off the ration.
"Bickiepegs" are a form OF
hard rusk for infants to cnomp
on when their gums hurt.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-05
ROANOKE RAMbLlNGS
By PAT NANTZ

Best wishes for a happy birth
day, today, 60 to Charles Robin
son, and to those who celebrated
their birthdays yeaterday, here's
hoping you all have many more
just as nice as that one was :. =,
they are Patsy Warrick, Wins
ton Butler, Geraldine Livesay,
Bobby Walker, and Shirley Cart
The first meeting Of the Art
Club took place Thursday even
ing in the home of Mrs. B. Mar
shall Whitehurst, and was report
ed to have been a big success
those who attended t Ii is
meeting heard an informal talk
by E. c. Langford, and then dis
cussed plans about the future :.
Mr. Langford has announced that
membership is still open to any
one who is interested in art and
there are no obligations in join
ing e. Roanoke Rapids Highway
on Saturday, December 8, at z
o'clock everyone is cordially
invited to attend 80.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-05

Johnny-"It's funny, isn't it
that everybody in our family's
some kind of an animal?" Father
what do you mean? Johnny
"Why, mothers a dear, baby is
a little lamb, I'm the kid, and
you're the goat :"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-05

Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Jordan
are spending the weekend with
Mr.. Jordan's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. w. Jordan at Basker-
vile, Virginia .....
S-Sgt. George c. Pittard, Jr.
is home on fifteen day leave
Sgt. Pittard is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. G. c. Pittard Of Mon
roe street he has been with
the army for eight years and
khas recently returned form Ger
many, where he was serving with
the ocupational forces-he will
return to his camp after his
leave, at Fort Jackson, South
Carolina ......
Deepest sympathy is extended
to Marvin Thompson of jackson
street, because of the sudden
death of his mother, Mrs. jamie
Williams Thompson of Norfolk,
Virginia Mr.. and Mrs. Tho
mpson and two sons, Billy and
Marvin, Jr., left Saturday morn
ing to attend funeral services =.
Mrs. Thompson passed away at
| 2 o'clock Saturday morning :.
In for a cold vacation are Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. John c. Lowell, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. J. Vinson and daughter
Marie Louise =. they are spend
ing this week in the mountains
of North Carolina >.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31
WRANGELL's TWO
 REPRESENTATIVES, OFF TO
 LEGISLATURE NEXT WEEK

James Nolan, Democrat, and Mrs. Doris M Barnes, Republican, Re- presentatiyes for the First DiYi- sion in the forthcoming Territorial legislature, expect to leave Tues day for Juneau to be on the job for the special session which con- venes there January 6. Mrs Nolan will accompany her husband.
 This Is the first time that Wrangell has had two representa- tiTes to a Territorial session. The special session will end January 22 and the regular session start the following Monday. Gov and Mrs. Gruening have been in Wash days in Puerto Rico and are ex- pected to fly back to Juneau on Tuesday to be present at the open ing of the session.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31


 of Commerce for cash donation of S25.00O: James Nolan for enough bubble gum for all the children; Fred C. Hanford for cupcakes.
 Irene and Dave Remmerden for handling the tickets on the doll and The Sentinel for the free ad- vertising on the same; Grand Camp of Alaska Native Brother hood for a cash donation of sSO.; Berkley. California Junior Red Cross for several boxes of gifts Linwood Methodist Church. okla homa City. Oklahoma, for a box of gifts
 Please accept our best wishes for a Happy New Year
 Yours truly.
 Earl C. IntOlubbe
 Principal. and Institate staff
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi- cation of ali the local news printed in this newspaper, aa well as all AP news dispatches.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31

extra dollars shooting a picture of the winner But he'd have to take picture Of himself because Rim ear won the $500 cash prize and a free plane trip to Hollywood to spend New Years Day
 Rinear's story concerned the good old days when it really got cold in Alaska.
 One winter the mercury fell so fast it jerked thermometers off walls and railroad engines used frozen steam as cordwood.
 Rinee- says his astonishmeni was even greater because every word of the yarn was true. That s what the man saidl
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31
COMMUNICATION
as = ssa
Wrangen Institute
 Wrangell, Alaska December 90, 194S


 Dear Friends
 of Wrangell Institute:
 We wish to take this opportun- ity to thank all of the people of Wrangell and elsewhere who help ed to make this a wonderful Christmas for our students by do- hating gifts. money or time to the cause. It was truly a Merry Christ mas at Wrangen Institute and es- pecially for those Of us who could enjoy watching the youngsters when Santa arrived with gifts for everyone.
 We particularly wish to thank the following:
 Alaska Steamship Company, per Leo Mccormack for our preview of Santa on the Denali; The Elks Club for the trip to town for q show and treat; Carl Bradley for the use of his time and bus to help take the children to town to the boat and show.
 The Emblem Club for initiating the gift box in the City Store; the Local ANB and ANS for a cash donation of s15.0O: the Chamber
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31
CARD OF THANKS

I wish to thank my many friends who sent Christmas cards tC brighten my day. and especiall, the American Legion Auxiliary fol a lovely bathrobe.
 Mrs. J. NJ. "Grandma" Lewis
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31
CELEBRATES S0th BIRTHDAY
 ON CHRISTMAS EVE

Mrs. J. NJ. Lewis. known affec- tionately to her family and many friends as "Grandma" Lewis, cele- brated her S0th birthday Christ mas Eve. Friends dropped in dur ing the evening to have coffee and birthday cake and to wish Mrs. Lewis many happy returns of the day and a merry Christmas. The cake, a present from John Sivert- sen, of the Reliance Shrimp Com pany, was gayly decorated and in scribed with: Happy Birthday, 80 Years" and Merry Christmas.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31
HAPPY NEW YEAR
 FOR TELLER FAMILY

The old year wound up and the new year is beginning just right for the local Teller family.
 A son. John Paul Teller. Jr. was born December % at midnight to Mir and Mrs John Teller. Mrs. Teller, and the bittlest Teller are progressing nicely. and probably will be going home within a few days
 We haven't yet figured out who is wearing the broadest grin over the happy event the proud new ather or the equally pleased grandfather Otto Teller, ST.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31
HERE FOR HOLIDAY

Louise Willard. daughter of Mr. and Mrs William Willard. came down from Juneau to spend the Christmas holiday with her family. She will return to Juneau today. weather permitting. and to her position with the Alaska Native Service.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31
AND NOBODY WILL
 BELIEVE THE POOR MAN

FAIRBANKS = Each year the Fairbanks Igloo Pioneers stage a contest 10 pick the years biggest sourdough whopper.
 When the time came for an nouncing the 194S winner. Der man Rinear. a railway baggage clerk and part-time photographer, dropped around to pick up a few
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31
AE.B. AND ANS.
 TO HOLD NEW YEAR DINNER

The Alaska Native Sisterhood and Alaska Native Brotherhood are giving a dinner on New Years day at D. m. 10 the members of their organization an invited friends The same evening. after the basketball game between the Priest River and Wrangell high school teams. social will be giY- en and members and invited friends are assured of gala time
 Both organizations express q Happy New Year to all.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31
ELKS TO HAVE OPEN
 HOUSE ON NEW YEARS DAY

The local Elks lodge will hold open house on New Years Day at the cocktail lounge from to z p. m, All Elks and their wives. families or girl friends are invited to drop by for a Tom and Jerry with the Elks lodge as host. A special invitation is being extend ed to Wrangel school teachers and to the nursing staff of Bishop Rowe hospital
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-12-31
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank Santa Claus Tor the box of groceries sent us for Christmas.
 Mrs Tillie Carlstrom
 Mrs. J. Nj. Lewis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-19
Contracts Awarded
For ; New Liners
Costing 81 Million
by the Assoeioisd Press

The Nations globe girdling mer-
chant fleet today added three new
passenger-cargo liners to its future
roster.
The ships will be built by the New
York Shipbuilding Corp. of Camden,
N. j., at cost of So, 900 900. the
Maritime Commission announced
yesterday.
When completed in about two
years, the vessels will go into the
round-the-world service of the
American President Lines.
Designed to carry 22S passengers
and crew of 1872 each. the 1860
ton liners will have a speed of 10
knots and contain new defense fea-
lures.
Award of the contract marks the
second big step in the commission s
SITS, 0O0, 900 program of expanding
and undermining the American mer-
chant feet. Last week $4,000 900
was allotted to the Bethlehem. Steel
Corp. for two passenger ships for
American Export Lines.
Still to be let is contract for a
proposed 980-feet "superliner" for
the United States Lines.
The Government pays the costs of
defense features incorporated in the
new vessels as well as a 44.04 per
cent subsidy on the total costs.
President Truman hailed the ship
expansion program as a promise
that the American Merchant Marine
will be equipped with the number
and types of vessels necessary for our
international trade and our national
security"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-19
Palestine
CONTINUED From First Paee.)

local character" he added, the one
party firing against the other with
out any alteration of positions.
Arabs Quit Two Positions.
In a cable to Moshe Shertok,
Israeli Foreign Minister, Count
Bernadotte assured him that two
Arab positions in no-man's land in
Jerusalem have been evacuated. The
presence of Arabs In these positions
was one of the points at issue in
the Jerusalem cease-fire.
The mediator also received from
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha, Sec
rotary general of the Arab League,
a second request for investigation
into losses by Arab refugees.
Azzam Pasha first asked August
II for special investigation of the
destruction and depredations" of
Arab property by Jewish forces
Count Bernadotte told Azzam Pasha
the question should be raised with
the Security Council as he had not
the personnel to undertake it.
Appeals for Refugee Aid.
Count Bernadotte appealed to
AL nations of the world" yesterday
to aid war refugees in Palestine and
its neighboring Arab states.
The mediator spoke at closed
meeting of the board of governors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-19
Jews and Arobs Promise
Truce Will Be Observed

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 10 1P.-
Jewish and Arab representatives
gave the United Nations assurances
yesterday that they would continue
to observe the Palestine truce.
The new declarations came after
the United States and Canada
warned that the Security Council
could not permit either party tt
terminate the truce without facing
punitive action.
Aubrey s. Eban, Israeli repre-
sentative, told the Council his gov
eminent had never. said anything
about unilateral action to end the
truce. 1t was an Israeli statement
which inspired the Canadian warn
ing and which apparently also LED
to the American declaration.
Mr.. Eban declared that so long
AS the truce is in force Israel will
observe it. He said, however, that
Israel hopes for early peace talks
to replace the truce.
The Arab position was set forth
by Faris ell Khoury Of Syria, who
also declared the Arabs would ad-
here to the truce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-19
Bridge Plunge
Continued From First Page.

tai Transit Co. radio-equipped
cruiser. Police were called from it
Miss Allgeier was killed instantly
She landed about 2. feet from the
side of the parkway. police said
under the bridge.
Park Policeman Pvt. Alfred Ca
passo said the woman had sos
and some keys in the purse, in ad-
dition to the slip of paper. Nc
other identification was found on
her body.
District detectives who went Il
the Chevy Chase address reported
that Mrs. Zuber. sister of the deac
woman, collapsed on hearing the
news. Mrs. zuber reported Miss
Allgeier had been in i'll health.
Seen Before Plunge.
Calvin Garrett. 80, colored, JAM.
tor at Miss Allgeier's apartment
said he had last seen her Saturday
when she left with small over
night bag. She was employed ir
the Bureau Of Second Assistant
Postmaster General.
Miss Allgeier was seen on the
bridge a few moments before slit
plunged by James Smith, 60, o.
25l1 Woodley road NV. He sale
at that time she was watching some
construction workers on the park
way below.
Workers there said they did no.
witness the plunge, but were tole
by a motorist a woman was lyint
by the roadway.
Miss Allgeer was born at Noun.
tain Grove. Mo, according to Pos
Office Department records. She hae
been employed there since 1921. Be.
fore that. it was said, she was EN-.
ployed by the War Department.
Hungary has forbidden its ma.
tionalized industries to sue one an.
other,
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Atomic
Continued From First Page.>

Continued From First Page.D
tractors employment Of nonunion
labor.
About 800 workers left their jobs
to attend a similar meeting yester-
day, and another 1000 did not re-
port for work.
The men. most of them members
of the Building Trades Union
tAFLl, are employed by five con-
tractors. They have threatened to
take a vacation" charging a sixth
firm-Brown & Root Contracting
Co. of Houston. Tex.-with refusing
to negotiate with the unions and
importing nonunion labor from
Texas.
Brown IL Root officials have re-
fused to comment.
The unions have asked for hear
ing before representatives of the
Atomic Energy Commission, which
directs this community of 5000.
Union leaders said every Los
Alamos organized labor group was
represented at yesterdays meeting.
The workers say the work stop
page is not a strike. A carpenters
union representative called it va
cation-until this thing is settled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-19

Of the League Of Red Cross soci-
cites.
In his unscheduled appearance be-
fore delegates here to attend the
International Red Cross conference,
Count Bernadette asked all nations
to send emergency supplies to the
refugees
Approximately 100000 Arab and
Jewish refugees are living under
conditions which might become
catastrophe toward WINTER, Count
Bernadotte said.
Two days ago I sent a cable. ad-
dressed to nearly all the govern
ments of the world asking support
for relief work. I demanded an
answer within 10 days. I might add
the British government has already
granted 100000 pounds t$400, 000
enabling us to buy tents and medi-
cines for thousands Of the homeless
and sick"
The Ceylon government was the
first to answer Count Bernadotte's
appeal
Ceylon. British dominion,
pledged $4,000 rupees (about $16.-
000D to this great humanitarian
task" it cabled the United Nations
mediator,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-19

A United States firm will con-
struct a. section of the Pacific Coast
highway in Guatemala
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-19
IS Globemosters Delivered
To Air Force BY DouoIos

The Air Force announced today
that it had accepted delivery OF IL
Douglas GA Globemasters, one OF
which is now on the Berlin air lift
project.
The department said one Of the
planes, which are capable of carrying
Is tons of cargo or 125 troops has
been destroyed in a test flight.
OF the remaining IL. s are being
modified in the Douglas plant in
Santa Monica, Calf. One is under
going structural tests. another is
being given winterization tests and
four are assigned to the Military Air
Transport Service.
The plane now<in Germany is one
of the four assigned to MATS and
officials say it later will be returned
to this country. hTere is no plan
to sind any more GAS to Germany,
the Air Force said.
The four engine C-74 has total
gross weight of l45,000 pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-19

Collins and Ellen Regain Collins.
both of whom immigrated from Ire
land about 1860 and we're married
in St. Patrick's Catholic Church.
Mr.. Collins father died in the Dis
trict in 1905 and his mother in 1913,
it was said.
Had Been Stonecutter.
In records at District Court it
was learned that Mr.. Collins early
in life was a stonecutter and after
wards a bartender. Later, it was
said, that for approximately 20
years he was employed as printers
helper at the GPO and that he re-
tired from there because of age.
Repeatedly, both he and his
brother were extremely reticent re-
garding their antecedents, with no
witnesses, even close friends, having
heard them mention the names of
or anything concerning their grand
parents. The point became i'm
portant when claimants to the
estate appeared.
Mr.. Cogswell, in handing down
his report as special master,
following lengthy hearings, said he
had made a close inspection and
examination of every paper" sub
mitted by claimants and declared
that there was no proof to indicate
relationship.
Unable to Describe Man.
Mr.. Cogswell said in his report
that the woman who contended she
was the daughter of Mr.. Collins
made an ambiguous statement" in
which she told of having her name
changed to that of Collins. The
woman, Mr.. Cogswell said, told of
living in an orphanage and asserted
that Mr.. Collins had come to see her
there.
When pressed for description of
Mr. Collins. the woman, Mr.. Cogs-
we'll said, stated she couldn't see.
He was bundled up. That is all I
can tell you. He was bundled up,
full of clothes" z
Mr.. Cogswell's report showed that
a large percentage Of those claim
ing to be king bore the surname Of
Collins. Others, however, bore other
surnames.
1t was thought likely that some
of the persons claiming to be kin
will file exceptions and objections
to Mr.. Cogswell's report. However,
if the report is sustained finally by
the court, the District would receive
the entire estate, which is said to
consist of personal property, large
part of which is in cash.