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VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, Apr. 25,1940NUMBER 41
Guard Unit
Formation
is Complete
Final inspection
Made Saturday;
First Drill Held
62- Enlisted Men And 2
Officers On Roster
Inspection for Federal recogni
tion was made of the national
, guard unit here last Saturday by
Colonel H. R. Melton, attache ol
the Adjutant General’s office. , No
official word has been received
from the War Department yet, bul
i itois believed here that the formal
recognition will be made within
the next few days.
The unit here, which is Collect
\ ing Company B of the 105th Med
ical Regiment with headquarters in
1 ' Henderson, has 62 privates on its
roster at the present with a Com
mander and assistant Commander,
making a total of 64 men. Dr. T.
J. Taylor, a lieutenant in the Med
ical Corps of the North Carolina
■ National Guard is the Commander
and Dr. B. E. Stephenson, another
, lieutenant, is the assistant Com
mander.
In time or war tne duties or tne
local unit is to collect the wound
ed from the battalion aid stations
and transport them by stretcher tc
the collecting stations. From then
the wounded are carried by ambu
lance to the station hospitals.
The company was organized Iasi
week, Dr. Stephenson and Dr. Tay
lor, with the aid of officers frorr
headquarters, working day anc
' night in order to get the examina
tions of enlisted men completed foi
the Federal inspection Saturday
The minimum of 60 men was sur
passed by two. The full strength
of 66 men is expected to be reach
ed within a short time. A greai
t number of eligible men are on th«
waiting list.
After the unit starts functioning
' smoothly, 12 non-commisisoned of
ficers will be appointed from th<
ranks. There will be one tech
nical sergeant, two staff sergeants
six sergeants and three corporals.
First drill was held (in the high
school gymnasium last Monaaj
night. The Articles of War wer<
read to the men and the smallpo:
vaccination was given to each. /
> short introductory drill was held
Drills will be held each Monday
night at 7:30 in the high schoo
gymnasium hereafter.
Following is a list of officers an<
L privates making up the Company
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APPEAR HERE APRIL 28
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VOTERS TO
REGISTER
APRIL 27
Mew Law Says
Everybody Must
Register To Vote
Everything is in readiness for the
new registration of voters in Hal
ifax County, the registering to be
gin Saturday morning, April 27, at
9 o’clock and to continue until sun
set Saturday, May 11. On Satur
days April 27, May 4, and May 11,
the various Registrars of the 16
precincts in the County will attend
the polling places with registration
books from 9 a.m. until sunset of
each day. During the week, the
Registrars will have their books
with them in their various homes
or places of business for the con
venience of those who cannot reach
the polling places on Saturday.
Every voter must register, in
compliance with the new election
laws of 1939. The County Election
Boards were given the privilege of
choosing between relisting from old
books or having a new registration.
The Halifax County Board with
Kelly Jenkins Chairman chose the
new registration.
Two registration books will be
used this year, one for the Demo
cratic party and one for the Re
publican party. Another still will
be used for the general election in
the fall.
Registrars will be at the four
precincts in Roanoke Rapids. For
precinct No. 1 R. O. Mays will be
the Registrar with E. H. Ricks
and W. VT. Edwards judges. The
polling place will be at the Marks
Warehouse.
Roanoke Rapids No. 2, R. C. Jo
sey III will be the Registrar with
W. A. China and Curtis Gore
judges. Polling place will be at
Fire Department hall.
Roanoke Rapids No. 3 W. B.
Brown will be the Registrar with
R. O. Carpenter and Tom Bush
judges. Polling place will be at
Rosemary graded school.
Roanoke Rapids No. 4 Hannibal
Shearin will be the Registrar with
C. B. Wrenn and S. D. Brown
judges. Polling place will be at I*.
A. Daniel corner, South Rosemary.
One change in Registrars is an
nounced by the Elections Board
this week. Dee Wheeden, who was
appointed to serve as Registrar at
the Roanoke Rapids third precinct,
informed the Board that he would
be unable to serve. W. B. Brown
was appointed to serve in his place
in that precinct.
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As a part of their tour of the state Brevard College Concert Choir will give a concert program at the
First Methodist Church in Roanoke Rapids on Sunday, April 28, at 11 A.M.
The Brevard Choir, composed of thirty-three members, is under the direction of Brevard’s talented
young music director, John M. Hawkins.. The choir has achieved phenomenal success since it was organized
less than a year ago. In their appearances elsewhere this year, they have been highly praised. Mr. Hawkins
attributes this success in large part to his system of Eurhythmic instruction which centralizes upon a phy
sical practice of concentration in rhythm. Hawkins is probably the only proponent of this system in the
South.
In their tour of the state the choir will make a total of twenty or more appearances in high schools and
churches on an eleven hundred mile itinerary.
SPEAKER
CHAINS VV. pWUpS ’
Delivering the keynote address
before the students of the Roanoke
Rapids high school at their Social
1 Standards Conference will be Pro
: | fessor Charles W. Phillips, Director
'of Public Relations at W.C.U.N.C.
• Professor Phillips, who is one of
' the outstanding educators of the
l State, will speak to the assembled
students in the high school audi
I torium at 8:46 a.m., after which
: they will form in groups to attend
'the various discussions
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