Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-19

public. The Festival Will re
held on the high school field
on the north end of Roanoke
Rapids High School and the
large tent 120 feet long and 80
feet wide has already been set
up for the exhibits of local
business firms. Admission to the
exhibit tent all week will be.
free. Also in the grounds will
be seven thrill rides for children
and adults and they will be in
operation at all times during
the Festival evenings. The plat
form where the boxing ring VIII
be- placed on Fight Nights Tues
day and Wednesday and the
stage for the Talent Night and
quiz show on Thursday and the
Fiddlers' convention Friday and
Saturday are also located on
the high school filed.
The two features events not
being held held in the fled are
the big free street dance from
7:O3 to $50 tomorrow evening
and the Coronation Ball to be
Armory next Friday night,
when a Festival Queen will be
selected and crowned on the
spot during the big dance.
Exhibit Highlights
One of the chief exhibits will
be that of the Gibson Harware
store featuring Norge heaters
which Danish the old style of
home heating, and for the mod
ern home laundry the Maytag
washers will be on display SO
every one can see home fine
they are.
J. c. Penny Co. will feature
Gaymode Hosiery with their own
"Gaymodc Girl" to show them
off to their best advantage,
Town Clad" suits, an exclusive
product of the 1903 stores
Marathon hats and the exclusive
Towncraft shoes of the Penny
Co. A souvenir booklet of Ro-
bert R. Ripley's Believe it or
Not" will be given each person
visiting the booth.
A lesson on grades and kinds
of coal can be seen at the
Thompson Coal Com pany's
booth, all backed up by con-
crete and cinder blocks, products
of the company and all made
locally.
A real Studebaker trick will
feature the exhibit of the
Walser Motor Company, one Of
Roanoke Rapids newer firms
Shell Furniture Company's
brand-new Philco with the long
chief Highlight will be the
play record arm for playing one
45-minute record with a whole
symphony score or other COM
position, product of the c2lla-
toration of Philco and Columbia
records. The Dup-Therm oil
heater and the Bendix Automatic
Laundry will also have prominet
spots in the Shell exhibit.
Mems clothing will have the
spotlight at the Little Cloth
ing Store booth, with accent
on fall fashions by Style Mart
in suits and Merritt topcoats,
Lord Oliver seweaters, Mary
land sports shirts, and Wimberly
ties.
Coleman floor furnaces and OF
heaters and Perfection cook
ranges will be the focal point
of the Easy pay Furniture Com
pany.
Wilcox Recordettes and an as.
sortment of Mortorola Radios
will be on display at the Live
say Radio booth.
Proctor's promises to be the
booth to attract the attention OF
mothers. Stride Right shoes fol
children, boys and girls alike,
will be a feature and a girl
mannequin will be attired in a
Sunny Lee dress and boy will
be double breasted Colbert suit.
Lynche's Credit Jeweler $
will have a background of con-
crete and cinder blocks, Lyn-
ches' products, and curved
display fixture will show Long
ines watches. An attendant will
be on hand to accept donations
for the Lions Club Welfare Fund.
Goodwin Wilkes is looking out
for the comfort of the Festival
giers by providing comfortable
chairs as their contribution, il
spite of their products, which are
in the motoring line.
Home town products from Roa-
noke Rapids will be featured by
the exhibit of the Rosemary
Manufacturing Company, Roa-
noke Mills Company and Pat
terson Mills Company. Backed
by rainbow of colors in fabrics
made in Roanoke Rapids for the
furniture upholstery business,
the booth will afford visitors a
view of the table cloths made at
Rosemary, the flannel flannel
made at Patterson and the up
holstery and ticking around out
by Roanoke Number two.
Just how a newspaper is made,
and how it is turned out from
news gathered from the four
points of the earth, will the focal
point of the Roanoke Rapids
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