Wilson Daily Times, 20 December 1940.

• Ritz Theatre
• Booker T. Washington High School — Rocky Mount, N.C.’s African-American high school.
• A. & T. A Cappella Choir — Warner Lawson Sr. would soon leave N.C. State A. & T. University for Howard University, where he reached his greatest acclaim as its Dean of Music.
• Handel Chorus — Hartford E. Bess.