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RESIDENT CENTER OPENED BY N.Y.A. FOR "REJECTEES" Physically Unfit For Military Duty Are Given Chance The nation’s first resident center for the rehabilitation of rejected selectees who have been found to be physically unfit for military duty according to standards of the selective service system was ready for formal opening at Durham Wednesday by the National Youth trator John A. Langaaf. cmfw Administration, State Administra tor John A. Lang announced to day. The first group entering the cen ter will be composed of 16 men, with additional contingents arriv ing daily as fast as physical ex aminations can be given applicants. In addition to the physical im provement of young men, the cen ter will stress preparation for em ployment in national defense in dustries. The camp will provide opportunities for young men be tween the ages of 16 and 24, in clusive, in work experience, phy eioai imnrnupmpnt. sunervised re creation, and related training. The center is one of two in the United States to be devoted to youth rehabilitation from the phy sical standpoint and is the first to be opened and placed in opera tion. The second camp is scheduled to be open within the next two months at the University of Wis consin. The young men to be employed on the project will be selected on a voluntary basis from two special groups. One group will em brace young men 21-24 years of age who have been rejected for military service because of phy sical defects of a remedial nature, while the second group will con sist of young men in the 16-24 year group who are employed by NYA and who have been found as a result of a medical examina tion, to be below the standards of physical fitness needed for military service. Applicants in both groups must meet the physical criteria, which has been laid down for admission to the center. Applicants must be under-developed as indicated by height-weight relation, limited chest excursion, lack of vitality, lack of endurance, low muscular tone, Narrow chest, low respira tory capacity, abnormal heart beat, abnormal blood pressure variation and other individuals who exhi bit interesting signs and symptoms and whose stay at the resident center would prove beneficial to the individual and interesting from an investigative standpoint. The center will furnish medical and dental services, including cor rection of defects and hospitali zation. Each youth will pay a small sum from the resident cen ter subsistence for medical, dental, and hospitalization service, and special attention will be given to diets designed to improve phy sical fitness and to body building exercises. A dietitian, laboratory technician, and nurse will be pro vided for the program. An infir mary is a part of the resident cen ter plant, but remedial services requiring more extensive facilities will be undei taken at Duke hos pital. The type of work to be done at the center is on an experimen tal basis with a view to spread ing the program nationally. Youths accepted for the project will be paid a wage scale of $35 per month. Each youth will receive $12 in cash, with $23 being paid the center for board and living quarters. Board, room, medical, and dental services, and the oppor tunity to learn a skilled trade will be provided all youths enrolled in the center. The Durham center is being constructed at a cost of $94,640, of which $72,090 is being furnished through the National Youth Ad ministration and $22,550 by Dur ham county. The center is located off Highway 501 in Durham and consists of 10 dormitories, five workshops, an infirmary, an ad ministration building, a kitchen and dining hall, and an officers’ lodge. One of the shop buildings will be used as a gymnasium. Two hundred men can be ac commodated in the completed cen ter, with employment being di vided as follows: woodworking shop, 40 men; machine shop, 30; sheet metal, 30; auto mechanics, 30; radio, 20: cooks, 12; con struction, 20; photography, 10; and clerical, 8. Related training sub jects will include instruction through the North Carolina De partment and Public Instruction in mechanical drawing, shop prac tice, first aid, applied mathema tics, consumer education, and em ployer-employee. • • • : lOeldon ■ 7' * I 11 I I IH M »♦+* Miss Margie Collins left Sunday for Raleigh where she has accepted a position. ^ Miss Janet Rawlings is spending this week in Fayetteville with friends. Miss Mabel Alston of Dillington, spent the week-end with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Alston. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Watts and Mrs. Gilbert Darden of Suffolk, Va., visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Anthony Sunday. _ . /'•-li!_ n_ 1V11SJS UCUUV/C v/i VJ* boro spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Colins. Mrs. W. H. Hobbs of Faison is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Carter. Clayton Sledge of Selma visited his parents in Weldon Sunday. Friends of Miss Molly Spivey will regret to learn that she is a patient in Roanoke Rapids Hospi tal, after suffering a broken hip in a recent fall. Mrs. Carney Hargrove and child ren of Philadelphia, Penn., are guests of Mrs. W. E. Daniel. Mrs. Bill Wallace of Charlotte is the guest of her mother, Mrs. W. W. Wiggins. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY On Monday afternoon Mac Aus bon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Best Ausbon of Weldon, celebrated his third birthday with a party at his home on Eigth Street. Ice cream, cake and candies were served to the following: Geor ge Joyner, Ann Brown, Johnny Brown, Margaret Carter, David Saunders, Patsey Medlin, Ann Wyche, Helen House, Billy Jones, Jimmie Garner, J. E. Sykes, Mic key Collum vbgkqvbgkcmfwyp key Sykes, Donna Collum, and Jimmie Collum. The little host was the re cipient of many attractive gifts. Cadet Winner Academy Honor Highest military honor which Portor Military Academy at Charleston, S. C., can award went to Cadet First Lieutenant William E. Allmond, Jr., of Scotland Neck, who graduated from the institu tion a few days ago. He was chosen by the military instructors and the military in spectors from the War department as the outstanding student for military bearing during the scho lastic year, 1940-41. This honor is annually granted to one stu dent after the final dress narade. which is viewed by war depart ment officials, and is based on bearing and observance of all the rules of military etiquette and tactics during the final inspec tion as well as during the entire year particularly the dress para des which are generally witnessed by regular army officers. With this honor went assign ment to the training school for R. O. T. C. students leading to commissions, which is now going on at Clemson College, S. C. Lieut. Allmond is now attending this training school. Install Officers Roanoke Post Of American Legion New officers of Roanoke Post No. 34 of the American Legion, composed of ex-service men of Scotland Neck, Enfield, and Whit akers, were inducted at a meeting in Enfield. The recently elected officers »i ■»■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ being installed were: Commander, C. S. Alexander, Scotland Neck; 1st Vice-Commander, L. W. Ran sone, Enfield; 2nd Vice-Comman der, Grady Barnhill, Whitakers; Adjutant, not yet named; Finance Officer, not yet named; Sen-ice Officer, Irwin Clark, Scotland Neck; Guardianship Officer, D. Mac Johnson, Enfield; Sgt. at arms, J. E. Cutchin, Whitakers; Chaplain, Dr. J. H. Cutchin, Whitakers; Historian, H. S. Har rison, Battleboro; Athletic Officer, C. L. Dunn; Child Welfare, R. C. Shields; Americanism, R. Hun ter Pope, Enfield; Team Regis tration, W. E. Bellamy; Employ ment Officer, H. M. Whitaker, Enfield; Membership chairman, R. W. Alston; Publicity Officer, E. W. Rodgers; Chairman, Sons of Legion, P. E. Shields; Ameri can Legion Representative Enfield Community House: C. M. Hodges, Enfield. County Dairy Inspection Report Made D. H. Moody, food inspector of the Halifax County Depart ment of Health, today announced dairies in the county selling 1 Grade A milk, and the per cent to which they were complying with the milk ordinance at the last inspection of the grading period. The dairies and their scores are: N. E. Winslow, Scotland Neck, 95%; Longview, Garysburg, 90%; Chockyoyette, Roanoke Rapids, 89%; Gallberry, Scotland Neck, 89%; J. S. Powell, Roanoke Rap ids, 86%; Pine View, Enfield, 83%; T. V. Holoman, Roanoke Rapids, 76%; Jersey, Enfield, 73%. Virgil and “Buddy” Edmond son of Newport News, Va., spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Edmondson. uuuuuuiMJWUWUWWMWW REPAIRS Here is only PART of the work done in our shop . . . with all latest type of equipment • • • 0 Front Wheels Aligned 0 Front Axles Straightened 0 Frames Straightened • Bent Wheels Straightened • Head-lights focused with the "Weaver” Electric Eye 0 Radiators Cleaned (to pre vent Over-heating) 0 Radiators Repaired 0 Special Machine Work 0 Broken Parts of all kinds welded by Electric or Acety lene method 0 Bent Fenders straightened and painted like new 0 Brakes Re-L>ined 0 Generator and Starter Re paired 0 EXIDE Batteries & Service TRY OUR SERVICE— YOU WILL LIKE IT! Estimates Gladly Given BRICKELL MOTOR CO. WRECKER SERVICE Dial R-414-1 -- ;= the best is what they ask tor— AND THAT'S WHAT | THEY GET/ I • -- i-' V__>36 ' and that’s what you’ll get when you call for • LEADED HIGH OCTANE Economy Gasoline 6 ECONOMY STATIONS TO SERVE YOU! Lowest Cash Prices and Prompt Delivery Service on FUEL OIL and KEROSENE Roanoke Rapids Oil Co. For Prompt Delivery — Dial R-315 IT BURNS! THE flaming fist of jj fire may damage or J destroy your auto any day— j; and you certainly would miss your car. You cannot prevent this fist of fate, but you can I* obtain complete automobile jj insurance here in this agency of the Hartford Fire Insur- !; ance Company. You will then I* be fully guarded against «; financial loss. You auto may burn tomor- *; row. \l
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