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Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
lie benefit of Mrs. Stephens

the benefit of Mrs. Stephens
health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wilgus and
sOn-in-law, Harry Simpler, spent
Friday in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilgus were
dinner guests Tuesday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Calhoun at Dagsboro.
Mrs. Esther Townsend, of Mill
vile, spent Sunday evening with
Mrs. Orna Derrickson.
Teddy Coffin has been confined to
his home this week by illness.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
Lead In Cotton

Cotton is the basic raw material
of great national and international
economic importance. The United
States is by far the largest pro-
ducer. Cotton in produced in this
country in significant quantities in
l6 states, extending from southeast
ern Virginia through the Caroiinas.
Florida, Georgia. Alabama, Tennes-
see. Mississippi. Louisiana. Arkan-
sas, Missouri. Texas, Oklahoma.
Arizona and New Mexico to Cali
fornia. This is known as the cotton
belt. United States production is
made up Of three types-American
Upland, Sea Island and American
Egyptian-with Upland comprising
all but about / per cent Of the total
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
IN MEMoRlAM

In loving memory of Elias S. Cal
laway, who passed away a year age
today, March 10. 1947;
This day brings back a memory
OF a loved one laid to rest
Who we tried but could not save
And the one who think of him today
Are the ones who loved him best.
Sadly missed by wife. Florence L.
Galloway, Daughter and Family. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
HIS EASTER SUIT

Choose it from such famous names
as Timely, Fashion Park, Clipper
Craft, Kuppenheimer and others. A
clean-cut worsted is the suit that will
serve best. Prices begin at 40,00
Plenty of shirts, ties, interviewer
socks, and Nunn-Bush and Florsheim
shoes. We have them all and the
selection is more extensive than
you've seen in a long, long time.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
It's our delight TO present this
tVOndertuJ collection Of Easter Fjinery
E0,. fI1o o1ofs,.o fam IA.
YOUR EASTER SHOES

Shoes that are fit for a Queen,
that's what you'll wear in the Easter
Parade, if they're Queen Quality
Shoes. You'll like the style, TIE
smart feathers and you'll like the
smart recognition they'll get from
everyone. They're foot flattering
and foot fitting. S10.95.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
900 Doctors
Among DPS

GENEVA = (P1 = The Interna-
tionaI Refugee Organization has
asked member nations to admit ref
ugee doctors, dentists, nurses and
other medically qualified displaced
persons as immigrants. and permit
them to practice.
According to the IRO there are
nearly 5000 doctors and. dentists
among displaced persons awaiting
resettlement.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
for the entire family.
YOUR EASTER COAT

to complement your Easter costume.
The styles in our large collection
vary, with the new silhouette and
flared brief coat outstanding. Prices
begin at 1895.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12

specialists will tour orchards peril
odically checking the stages Of in-
sect and disease infestatiOns.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
YOUR EASTER DRESS

You'll look pretty in misty sheers
in prints showered with flowers and
elegant ensembles as new and fresh
as Easter Morning. Prices begin at
1896.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12

and it's tradition with to help our customers greet each
Easter For weeks buyers have lowered haweyed over
budding fashions not only for gownup but for tiny tots and
growing youngsters and present them you wonder
full collection for the Easter parade and sprngme wear for
every member of your family It's our secret how we've
brought many exciting things the Eastern Shore and still
held the price line so many of them.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12

On our first floor you'll find grand
collection of famous name bags and
gloves, lingerie, suit loving scarfs,
perfumes, dickies, nylons and deli
cate handkerchiefs along with dozens
of other elegant ideas for Easter.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
LINGERIE

Your slip must fit like second skin
under a fitted dress. Your petticoat
must give your full skirts shape. In
short, your lingerie must do justice
to your clothes. New fashioned slips
e.. $50.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
FOR A BOYS EASTER

(High School age, that isl choose
from our boys department, where
handsome suits, topcoats, and other
furnishings abound. Double and.
single breasted suits with prices be-
ginning at $500.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
YOUR EASTER SUIT

Artfully tailored to express your in-
dividuality with superb distinction.
You'll find yours in Powell's Fashion
Salon at prices beginning at 1895.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12
FOR LITTLE EAsTER BUNNIEs

Dresses tinted with Easter egg COLI
Ors. Little soft wooden coats that
cOpy-cat Mothers. Handsome suits
fOrs little boys; longies, Etons, or
Rugbys. These are the ways we'll
dress up your darlings for Easter
Parading. And for you budget
prices. Dad will like that.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-12

FOR THE LITTLE ANGELS
Baby talk is one Of our specialities. The
kind that says we're. wise in the ways of
clothing your little Angel with everything
from bibs to complete layettes. Carriages for
that Easter stroll? Yes, we have those too
=. those famous ones by Haywood Wakefield
and Thayer. ~u
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17
Roanoke Rapids Boy Scout Movement
Is Very Active; Some Funds Come
From Community Chest To Aid Scouts

Scouts are always ready t o
help civic clubs. A good ex-
ample is the splendid help given
the Lions Club when they as
sisted the Policemen in handl-
ing parking and traffic during the
Lions Club Festival. They were
very helpful on the show grounds
also.
The Scout troops of Roanoke
Rapids are fortunate in having
strong sponsoring institutions,
good troop committeeman, and
splendid Scoutn.asters who are
loyal to the high Ideals of Scout
ing and genuinely interested in
helping boys become good men.
There are seven Scout troops,
one Cub Pack and one Sea
Scoutship in Roanoke Rapids.
The following will identify the
various units, their sponsors and
leaders.
Troop IA is sponsored by the
First Baptist Church, Calvin S.
Kennemur is troop committee
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17
Boy Scout
Fund Drive

Warrenton - The annual War
rem County drive for funds to
support the Occcneechee Council
of the Boy Scouts will start to-
day, it has been announced by
w. X. Lanier, general finance
chairman.
Warren County is one of the
nine counties in the council
which raise funds independently
of Chest agencies.
There are eleven counties in
the Council, and the goal of
488. The Boy Scout district
194s operating expenses is s5l,
committee OF Warren County has
been asked to raise Sl,609 Of
this amount.
Assisting Lanier in the county
campaign will be Howell Steed
and Max Fogleman of Warren
ton, Amos Caps and Frank Bar
low of Arcola, and Lee Taylor
and Roy OVERLY Of Norlina.
Claude T. Bowers of Warren
ton is general campaign chair
man for the Occoneechee Coun-
Gil,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17
Associated Charities Carries Out
PROGRAM With Red Feather Funds

during the nine months and one
meal at a local cafe was pro-
vided for one of these cases.
In both instances this help was
recommended by a local min
lister.
The Associated Charities does
everything possible to assist
those deserving, but less for
tunate citizens in our communi-
ty who need temporary relief.
The Associated Charities is sup
ported entirely by Community
Chest funds and gives assistance
with food, clothing, medicine,
shoes, milk and fuel, Each case
is investigated by the case work
er before help is given. .
The Board of Trustees of the
Associated Charities is made up
of representative from each
industrial plant in the city, each
church in the city and the Cha
loner School PTA. Officers for
the organization are: E. B.
Manning. President; Mrs. w. P.
Taylor, Vice-president; Mrs. D
E. Mackenzie, Secretary; A
Edwin Akers, Treasurer. Mrs
A. C. Zollicoffer is employed as
Case Worker.
The Associated Charities is q
year-round RED FEATHER
service of the Roanoke Rapids
COMMUNITY CHEST.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17

The Bow Scouts of Roanoke
RAPIDS have participated in Sc
veral community projects during
the year. Always ready to carry
out their slogan DO good turn
daily, scouts from most OF the
troops have given freely OF their
time and energy whenever they
have been called upon for help
through the year.
The Scouts launched their cam
paign of helpfullness by distri-
buting posters for the Communi-
tv Chest drive last year. Ihis
thew will do again this year.
During the drive for funds 1or
Infantile Paralysis last January
the troops of the town completed
to see who could raise the most
money. Troop IA won this con-
test.
The Red Cross drive was as
sisted by the Scouts, They dls-
tributed and placed Red cross
posters in the windows oil most
every business in town.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17
Red Feather
Funds Provide
School Lunches

Although the Roanoke Rapids
Community Chest makes no
claim to being into the restau-
rant business, one of its Red
Feather agencies will tserve
nearly 10000 free meals this
year.
The school lunchroom division
of the Community Chest has the
responsibility for providing
wholesome, nourishing meals
free to school children who from
a standpoint of needing nutri-
tional benefits of a full meal
daily or that of being financially
unable to purchase their daily
lunches are given their meals.
This year there are approx
mfately SIS regularl students who
are being provided these meals
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17
Local Public Librory Gets Funds
To Operate From Community Chest

with 81 adults who were regis
tered during the year.
New registrants outnumbered
new books obtained during the
year, as 18l were registered as
compared with 1855 volumes add
ed during the year. The new
books brought the total now in
the library to 2,630.
Funds from the Community
Chest are added to those from
the city budget, which has al
lotted $500 for the library this
year. With the money received
from the two sources the library
must keep up operating expenses
purchase new equipment when
needed and obtain new books.
There are some private dona-
tons of books to the library,
memorial books being given fire.
quently by individuals.
1t is the Community Chest of
which the library is one of the
Red Feather agencies which
provides for most of the library
needs, however, and in provid-
ing entertainment and educa-
ton for the community in gen
eral through the library facili-
ties the Community Chest is pro-
viding another of its community
services.
The Roanoke Rapids public
library is open each afternoon
from three until six O'Clock on
Monday through Friday.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17


Summarizing the work done
by The Associated Charities
during the first nine months OF
l948, there have been liz fam
lies accepted for assistance, or
Is cases rejected and IA cases
transferred to other agencies.
Of the ll2 families accept
ed, forty-seven received help be-
cause of illness, three because
their homes and all possessions
we're destroyed by fire, three be-
cause the fathers deserted their
wives and small children. twel-
We had incomes too low to pro-
vide the actual necessities OF
life, eighteen because of unem-
ployment and tWenty-nine Hall
fax County cases living on small
monthly pensions were gwen
supplementary help. These
County cases included old peo-
pie, invalids and widows with
small children.
Transportation to Duke Hos
pital in Durham was furnished
for two cases and transporta-
tion of local boy to Father
Flannigan's Home at Boy
Town. Nebraska was furnished
by Associated Charities.
A room for overnight was fur
nished bv Associated Charities
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17

Roanoke Rapids Citizens read
an average of 81 books each
per member of the public libra
ry. according to an annual re-
port issued by the library.
The public library, located in
the Armory on Hamilton street,
is sponsored by the City of Roa-
noke Rapids and the Commun-
ity Chest. Support of the library
is one OF the annual Red Feather
activities OF the Chest.
According to the l949 drive
budget, the library will be given
$3.50 for the year, which am
aunt has been included in the
overall budget to be filled from
the annual Red Feather fund
campaign which starts here
Thursday and will continue
through October 30.
Mrs. Carl c, Churchill, libra
rian, reported that during the
l947-43 fiscal year at the libra
~ there were 4,537 books lent
for home use from the library
to be used by the l,464 register
ed borrowers. She said children
and adults used the library IA
cilities about equally, with 2,466
of the books borrowed by adults
and 2,071 by children. The chill
dren, however, outnumbered adj
ults nearly two to one in new
registration during the year
with 100 children being given Ii
brary privileges as compared
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17

chairman, and Nathaniel Lowe
is Scoutmaster.
Troop l42 is sponsored by
Rosemary Manufacturing Co.
Virgil Mcdowell is the troop
Committee Chairman, and Ru
dolph Waters is the Scoutmaster.
Troop 141 is sponsored by Roa-
noke Mills No. 2. D. E. Ben
nett is troop committee Chair
man, and Dorsey Neathery i S
Scoutmaster.
Troop AS is sponsored by the
Lions Club. E. E. Lehman is
chairman of the troop commit
tee, and o. H. Vaughan is Scout
master.
Troop 143 is sponsored by the
Kiwanis Club. Jack Downing is
the troop committee chairman,
and Claude Inscoe is Scoutmas-
ter.
Troop 146 is sponsored by Pa
terson Mills. Charlie Moore is
troop committee chairman, and
Billy Atkison is Scoutmaster
Pack 3 is sponsored by All Saints
Episcopal Church. ]. B. Dunn
is Pack committee chairman,
and Rev. Edmund Berkeley i S
Cubmaster. Ship 208 is sponsors
ed by the Halifax Paper Corpora
ton C. L. Wills is the ship
committee chairman, and Fred
Cooper is Skipper. Fred has two
capable assistants, Robert Brant-
ley LIST Mate and Charles Gordon
End Mate.
CASTOR also has a good troop
sponsored by the CASTOR Metho-
dist church. Joe Beard is the
troop committee chairman and
Rev. w. N. Vaughn is Scout
master.
Troop 148 is sponsored by the
John Chaloner High School and
Lloyd Sledge is Scoutmaster.
In addition to helping others,
scouts find time for self-improve-
ment through the advancement
program and at the same time
have a lot of good wholesome fun
All of the troops in Roanoke Rap
ids attended the Council Cam
poree in Greenville last Spring.
They have gone on many week
end camps and excursions. One
of the most interesting trips dur
ing the past year was a visit to
Raleigh to see the Freedom
Train.
Scouting has had a successful
year i'll Roanoke Rapids under
the excellent leadership Of the
Halifax District Committee led
by John Hines, District Chair
man; Edwin Akers, Training
Chairman; DR.. D. A. Green,
Organization Chairman; Sherod
Crumpler, Advancement Chair :
man; Emery Vaughn, Health and
Safety Chairman; Houston Full
Ter, Camping and Activities
Chairman; and c. l.. Elting Fin
ance Chairman.
SCOUTING MARCHES ON to
greater heights of service with
this fine array of volunteer
leaders who give unselfishly o f
their many abilities in the in
terest of Boyhood in Roanoke
Rapids and Halifax County.
The only men working with
Scouting who receive salary
are Geo. E. Brown, white field
executive, and Geo. Young, ne
gro field executive.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17
unity Chest Campaign for SA375 Will Begin Here Next Thursday

Lunch and Book Fund. This,
fund handles the lunches and al
so provides text books where it
is impossible for the children to
pay for those books needed.
Miss Mary Xix. elementary
school supervisor for the Roa-
noke Rapids city school system,
serves as representative for the
fund in the Community Chest.
Miss Hix supervises the admin
istration of the funds provided
through the Red Feather agency
and makes recommendations to
the Community Chest for the
needs of the lunchroom fund an
nually.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17

from Federal 'unchroom funds
free of charge a number Of ex-
cess food commodities.
Lunches are provided for the
children who need them without
any cost to the child daily at
the school lunchrooms through
the Community Chest funds.
There is no differentiation be-
tween the student who pays for
his meal nd the one whose
lunch is provided. All are SER
we'd the same meal and they all
eat together with no thought Of
separation.
The public health nurses often
make recommendations that con-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17
, Red Feather
Workers Set
To BEGIN Drive

The Roanoke Rapids Com
NUM- Chest will open its an
nual led Feather Embarrassing
camp aign here Thursday with a
goal of Sl4,375 to be raised be-
tween October 81 and October 30
TO carry on the Red Feather
activities Of the Chest for the
coming year.
The Rev. John M. Walker, Jr..
pastor Of the First Presbyterian
Church, said today that his drive
committee is ready to start the
annual campaign. and predicted
success during the ten days of
the drive.
Six local Red Feather agencies
will benefit from the campaign
, with the l949 budget providing
? for $4,000 as the portion to be
allotted to the Associated Chari-
ties, a year-round organization
which works in conjunction with
the Halifax County Welfare De-
partment. The Boy Scouts
share of the budget is set as
s3,lO5, the Girl Scouts, $1,000.
the Roanoke Rapids public lib
rary, $632.50. Recreation Com
mission, $632.50, School Lunch
= and Book Fund. sl,437,5O. Ad
, ministration Of the fund is set
at S1.437.50 and $3.50 has been
allotted to campaign expenses.
1t was pointed out by the Rev.
MIR. Walker that the slogan for
this years campaign is EVERY
body benefits-everybody gives"
and said the funds collected To-
cally will be used locally for
the benefit of the entire COM
munity. He said the Red Fea-
Their agencies are designed to
= improve the entire community
through the work that they do
in helping with charitable and
youth organizations in the Roa-
noke Rapids area. The drive
chairman said that the Red
Feather agencies have been do
ing a good job in the past and
are entitled to the full support
of the citizens of the area.
The Rev. Mr.. Walker has an
L nounced that he has appointed
U four majors to direct the cam
paign in various parts of the
city and said these men will
appoint their own committees to
solicit funds from the special
crops during the campaign.
George Wood was named to
head the campaign among the
clty's industries, Graham Shell
heads the south ward, George
Nethercutt in the north ward,
=. and w. S. Baton is heading the
4 campaign in the schools and a.
mong other special groups.
4 Ssnry Akers is the chairman
WV he campaign committee of
the Community Chest and other
committee members are R. G.
Floyd, the Rev. Edmund Berke-
ley and Mrs. Robert Vaughan.
All these are members of the
Community Chest Board of
Trustees.
A This years campaign will be
] conducted on an intensive scale
during the ten-day drive, and
nearly every citizen in Roanoke
Rapids and vicinity will be Civ
en- an opportunity to contribute
TO the Red Feather organizations
benefitting by the drive.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17

tain children how the need of
better food. The cases are
checked and if it discovered that
the child comes from home
where it is impossible to pro-
vide a dollar a week for school
lunches the child is placed on
the free lunch program list.
The program takes care of a
daily lunch for each child for
the 1870 days of annual school
attendance, which amounts to
$36 per year for each child.
Funds are provided through
an agency set up in the Roanoke
Rapids city schools during the
depression days and called the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-17

IS at Roanoke Rapids High Sch
DOL and 20 at the John Arm
strong Chaloner School. Actual
ly the meals served these school
children amount to about $55 per
week, nearly all of which is pro-
vided through the Community
Chest.
Both schools operate their own
lunchrooms where students may
purchase daily a full, well-bal-
anced meal for twenty cents.
Actual cost of the meals sold
exceeds this amount, it was eX-
planned, but some of the excess
cost is taken up by an eight
cents-per-meal rebate provided
Montana labor news., 1948-07-01
Security Savings Bonds

1t is probable that the Treasury depart
ment will not be able to sell its new issue Of
Security Savings Bonds to the public as easily
as it sold War Bonds a few months ago. Very
few working people have any surplus to buy
bonds. The fact that credit buying is in
~creasing indicates plainly that many toilers
are feeling the pinch, they buy on credit be-
cause they haven't the ready cash.
Yet, the Treasury new bond drive should
receive the support of all working people,
for it is directly in their interest. TIL new
bonds have a dual purpose and can, if they
are bought by enough people, have a dual
effect: increase the savings of the common
people and at the same time force outlandish
prices to come down.. In other words, they
are fighting initiation.
If enough working people could be con-
WINGED that they should defer buying things
they think they need, and put the money into
bonds, our whole economy would be stabil-
lied and every one, except the few who are
guilty Of lacking up prices selfishly, would
profit.
Montana labor news., 1948-07-01
EMPLOYEES or Contractors?

An employe in a covered industry is en-
titled to Social Security and Unemployment
Compensation benefits. A covered industry,
of course. is one which is included within the
provisions of the law. Many jobs are not
covered. Persons employed by the govern
ment. or by any division of the state. city or
county, get no benefits.
Independent contractors are not covered
by the act. Yet. what is an Independent con-
tractor? The Supreme Court of the United
States held only a few weeks ago that work
ers whose jobs are completely under the con-
troll of an employer, are not independent con-
tractors, but employees. This decision set off
the rash Of bills in congress to steal away
from these working people-those who are
paid by means of commissions on sales, espe-
cially-their Social Security and other rights.
The supreme court is eminently correct.
Any person whose job is regulated and con-
trolled by another is an employe, not an in
dependent merchant or contractor. Yet, it
has been customary for a great many years
for some industries and business firms to keep
alive the fiction of independent contract
ing, because such independents always are
required to work for less than the going
wage, work harder and longer hours. In
addition, the employer pays no Social Secur-
ity tax on such employees.
It is simply common sense to say that a
worker whose time is his own, who does as
he p~leases, sells when and where he wishes,
buys whatever merchandise he wants, fixes
his own prices and manages his own business,
is an independent contractor. If he feels
like going fishing, nobody can deny him the
right. If he wishes to take chances, that's
his business. He is truly independent. He
is a merchant.
However, consider the case Of most of the
so-called independents who now are being
robbed by Congress of their Social Security
rights.
They must work when and where the en-
ployer decrees: they have no choice. They
must sell at the price fixed by the employer.
They must obey certain specific rules and
regulations. They are not Independent nor
are they merchants in any sense of the words.
The mere fact that they are paid commits
sions instead of agreed daily wages does not
make them independent or contractors. Be-
cause they are in truth and in fact employees,
they should be covered by the same law that