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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS TTJ17 DA f F\ r* R JKL H ^B More News — More > H ■ m Advertising — More I IB f* A D Qf IK! VC (TfD Paid Subscribers I _A A -^BtoW^iiilSNSS^DwT \_-/ VOLUME TWENTY-SIX_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 29,1941 NUMBER 46 COUNTY SERVICE MEETING To Be Held In Roanoke Mills Office Friday P. C. Williams, Vice-president and general manager of the Pat terson and Roanoke Mills Com panies, announced today that an organization meeting of the United Service Organization work in Hal ifax County will be held tomorrow afternoon, Friday, May 30, at 4 o’ clock in the new office building of the Roanoke Mills Company lo cated on the corner of Jackson and 5th Streets here. vviiiituiis was recently appointed chairman of the United Service Organzations for National Defense, Inc., in Halifax County by Gov ernor J. M. Broughton. The or ganization is a merger of the, ac tivities for war work of the Y. M. C. A., The National Catholic Com munity Service, the Salvation Army, the Y. W. C. A., the Jewish Board, and the National Travelers Aid Association. The cooperative efforts is designed to eliminate competiton and duplication of the various grougs which was pre valent in the last war, reduce expense and increase efficiency. Officers Other officers appointed by Chairman Williams to the county organization for the purpose of assisting him with the work are: Gordon L. Price, Vice-Chairman; William L. Medlin, secretary and treasurer; Carroll L. Wilson, pub licity chairman; Mrs. Quentin Gregory, Woman’s Chairman; and the Rev. A. C. Lee, church chair man. Mrs. Gregory lives at Hali fax, the Rev. Mr. Lee at Scotland Neck, and others live here. The reason for appointing Roanoke Rapids citizens as vice-chairman, secretary, and publicity chairman is that Chairman Williams is of ten away from the city on busi ness and wishes to have other officers here in order that the organization might function with the least difficulty during his ab sence. ndiuax v^uunty tuwiiaiup uiiaxi men appointed are: C. L. Kelly, Butterwood; Luther Parks, Til lery; D. Mac Johnson, Enfield; Ross Hedgepeth, Faucett; E. L. Travis, Halifax; Tracy Qualls, Hol lister; Lovira Leggett, Hobgood; Paul Johnston, Littleton; Mrs. Ben Everett, Palmyra; Clifton Moss, Ringwood; H. C. Bass, Roseneath; F. J. Hawley, F. M. Sherry, W. J. Norwood and Hannibal Shear In, all of Roanoke Rapids; Eric Ro gers, Scotland Neck; and D. W. Seifert, Weldon. DISCUSS WAR INDUSTRIES The above group of local citizens met with a representative of the Quartermasters’ Corps, Washington, D. C., here for a discussion of the possibilities of locating war industries of some description in this area. Major Roy C. Moore, the representative, stated that it may be possible to locate an air corps unit and flying field in this vicinity if such would b» of strategic and technical value to the Army. Left to right, standing—W. J. Norwood, A. N. Martin, W. A. Thorne, Major Roy C. Moore, C. C. Shell, H. S. Loy, J. T. Chase; sitting— J. R. Allsbrook, C. L. Wilson, F. M. Sherry. TERRELL BIRTHDAY HONORED Alfred Terrell, senior vice-presi dent and general manager of the Simmons Company, was honored at a party on the occasion of his 70th birthday at the Yale Club in New York City last night, Wednesday, May 28. All officials of the Simmons Company, and officials of all di visions of the Simmons Company in the United States and Canada were present. Those attending from Roanoke Rapids were W. L. Manning, pre sident of the Rosemary Manu facturing Company; P. C. Wil liams, vice-president and general manager of the Roanoke Mills Co., and Patterson Mills Co.; and Gordon Berkstresser, works mana ger of the Roanoke Mills Co., No. 2. A gift bearing the signatures of officials associated with the Simmons Company was presented Terrell. Terrell is president and treasur er of Roanoke Mills Co., and Pat terson Mills Co., here and vice president of the Rosemary Manu facturing Company. He visits Roanoke Rapids about every six weeks, and is thoroughly interested in the local mills and i ——I—....mi i the city. He has stated that he likes the town and people, and would like to live here if his business did not demand that he maintain his residence in New York. I YD CLUBS RALLY ON TUESDAY Final details are being worked out for the meeting of the Young Democrats of the Second Congres sional District in Littleton on Tues- 1 day, June 3. Hal Thurston and his orchestra have been secured for the dinner and the dance, the latter to follow the principal speech by J. Melville Broughton, Governor of North Carolina, at 8 p.m. j-’iairicL cnairman narry u men of Wilson and other state officials are expected to be present for the meeting, to which all Young Dem ocrats of the district are invited. The meeting will begin at the high school building in Littleton with a barbecue at 7 p.m. The bar becue will be followed by an ad dress by Governor Broughton. Hal Thurston’s orchestra will play dur ing the dinner and for the dance later in the evening. The dance will be held In the new gymnasium of the school. First Vice-President Garland (Continued on Page 12, Sec. A) SURVEY AREA FOR DEFENSE Federal Men In City This Week Checking Sites The first move in securing sites or facilities in this section that can be offered the government for fu ture developments in the defense program and permit the establish ment of some war activity in or near Roanoke Rapids has been taken, and at the invitation of a group of local citizens two representatives of the government were in the city this week to investigate possibilities. Major Roy C. Moore of the Quar termaster General’s Staff, Washing ton, D. C., was here yesterday, Wednesday, for a conference with local leaders and was assured of the interest and cooperation of the citizens of this section. Gus Leazer, Associate Airport En gineer of Civil Aeronautics Admin stration was here Monday from •he Atlanta, Ga., office to look the iituation over and investigate the possibilities of locating a CAA air port here. He stated that in case lirports on the coasts of the United States are bombed officials would vant one about ISO miles inland is a base to continue operations, rhe engineer was favorably im pressed with the locality, and said hat during peace times an airport lere could be used for commercial purposes. Major Moore of the Quartermas ter Corps told the group he met vith here that a survey is being nade of this section, but nothing particular is being considered at his time in the way of defense ictivity. He was at Norlina, Wel ion, Halifax and Warrenton on ruesday of this week, and at Scot and Neck and here Wednesday at •he request of Congressman John H. Kerr of Warrenton, epresen tative from the Second Congres sional District. Wot Political The army officer stated that sites or defense industries and other ■var activities are not considered be cause of political purposes, but be cause of their strategic and tacti cal value to the government As an example, he said, the recent air field it Charlotte was selected by the government because that city is -he right distance for the rest of :his section and served by double* crack railroads. Major Moore stated that he has looked over the level areas in thtn section of the State, and said gov ernment officials do not like to (Continued on Page 7, Sec. A)
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