Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-27
Roanoke
RonnbIings
BY PAT NANTZ

BY PAT NANTZ
While in the Roanoke Phar-
macy the other day, l overheard
the conversation between Mr..
Brad Browning, the pharmacist,
and a young lady. She wanted to
know if the sandwiches were
fresh; Mr.. Browning answered:
They're fresh off the press;
lust like the Daily Herald, we
get them every day." Now, we
know that we have somebody
that thinks of US and who
gives the Herald a "plug" every
now and then. . =.
To those of you that didn't at
tend the talent show at the Lions
Festival on Thursday night, here
is an idea of what went on :.
Roanoke Rapids has a perfect
Choir Boy in its midst as far as
I know his talents weren't SO
we'll known as they are now; it's
little ten year old Billy Jones
that I am speaking of. can't
remember when I have seen an
audience so completely spell
bound as was the one listening
to Billy sing Now Is the Hour.
Although he was one OF the
three runners-up in the contest,
he didn't win; but know that
someday Roanoke Rapids is 60
ing to have great reason to be
proud of little Billy, when he
walks away with all of the hon
orS.
Another singer, Thomas May
ton brought quite few laughs
but Thomas knees weren't
shaking because he was nervous
1T was just cold, Ell Tho
mas????
The song cts Magic, was
appreciated by everyone, for
Mary Speight has a truly Won
derful voice. >.
Mr.. H. G. Parkinson, of Mon
roe Street, suffered slight
stroke Friday afternoon :. but
is reported to be in fairly good
condition today. Mr.. Parkinson
is a well-known carrier of the
Raleigh newspaper, for many
years.
They always say that word
to the wise is sufficient not
that the efforts of the Store Club
from the high school isn't ap-
preciated but why not follow
through with the idea someone
had last year at the football
games, and sell hot chocolate???
Those cold drinks are invaluable
at the hot baseball games, and
at the basketball games. which
are held inside the Armory
but they just don't have too
much appeal to bones that are
already half frozen. We need
thawing out on those drafty
bleachers 80.
would like to take this oppor-
tunity to welcome Miss Jesse
Helen Belche back to school
everyone missed her at the be-
ginning of the school year and
are glad that. her mothers
health improved so that she
might be with us, again.
Here's something for Ripley -.
Betty Wynne Ingram was chosen
Queen of the Coronation Ball,
and her twin sister, Margaret
Ann was also a contestant. AS
far as I know, the people that
don't really know them, can't
tell them apart :. I've been
knowing them since I can re-
member and l am in that group
that can't. . . h o viewer, the
judges felt that Betty was the
queen of the ten girls; with Miss
Doris Fahey taking second
place .. Congratulations to both
of you $3.50.
Brooklynese is a language all
its own. Only the residents of
Brooklyn seem to be able to
speak it proficiently and are al
ways running up against per-
sons who try to correct their
pronunciation -. Witness the
following dialogue between two
men sitting on park bench =.
"Chee, de boids chop pretty"
"Those aren't 'boids', they're
birds" -. mo foolin' -. Chez,
dey chop just like boids."
When at the football games
and the score gets so out of pro-
portion as it did Friday mite and
you need Snething to divert
your attention for a second
just look around for little Jason
Ready, son of Mr.. and Mrs. l. E.
Ready =. he will really get