ORDER SUPPORT
OF DEPENDENTS
GET DEFERMENT
Draft-Age Men
With Dependents
To Be Deferred
Local draft board officials an
nounced today thi... national Selec
tive Service headquarters has or
dered the deferment of draft-age
married men and other registrants
with one or more dependents to
whose support they make “any
substantial contribution.”
Instructions to that effect were
sent to all State Selective Service
directors by Brigadier General
Lewis B. Hershey, who also order
ed the reclassification of all such
men who have been placed in
Class 1-A by their local board.
Twfenty-four white men are sche
duled to leave here on July 8 for
induction into the army, and the
call completely exhausted the
group of men already classified,
examined and awaiting their call
to service. In order to fill the
quota, the local board had a
large number of men examined
yesterday and from the group
will be selected six to go with the
18 men notified that they will be
inducted into military service
next Tuesday.
SELECTED
The eighteen men who have
already been selected are: James
Albert White, route 1, Littleton;
Edward Lee Coker, 100 Washing
ton St., Roanoke Rapids; Freddie
David Sledge, Weldon; Mitchell
Frank Rabil, Weldon; Francis
Myrick, Roanoke Rapids; Ernest
Ervin Hux, 45 Madison St., Roa
noke Rapids; Willis James Cain,
route 1, Box 103, Roanoke Rap
ids; Ralph Emerson Coates, Box
582, Weldon; George Washington
Ellis, 924 Henry St., Roanoke Rap
ids; Jack Gilliam, Roanoke Rap
ids; Jesse August Harvell, Syca
more St., Weldon; Walter Garland
Cooley, 912 Rapids St., Roanoke
Rapids; Earl Cordell Carver, 909
Cedar St., Roanoke Rapids; Hu
bert James Roberts, 215 Washing
ton St., Roanoke Rapids; Winston
Leftwich Dabney, 313 Jackson St.,
Roanoke Rapids; Robert Lee Love,
Route 1, Box 102, Roanoke Rapids;
Clifton Edward Borrell, South
Rosemary Station, Roanoke Rap
ids; Turner Barnes, Roanoke Rap
ids.
A half-dozen men to complete
the quota will be chosen from the
following men examined yesterday
Willis Julian Johnson, 1127 Henry
St., Roanoke Rapids; Hubert Best
Powell, 803 Franklin St., Roa
noke Rapids; Walker Aylett
Campbell, Washington Ave., Wel
don; Jim Franklin Taylor, 1004
Franklin St., Roanoke Rapids;
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Cedar St., Roanoke Rapids; Wil-1
liam Edward Parker, Star Route, |
Littleton; Ashley Samuel Garner,
Route 1, Roanoke Rapids; Lewis
Wheeler, Weldon; Leroy Prince,
781 Williams St., Roanoke Rapids;
Percy Lee AAllen, route 1, Roanoke
Rapids; Frank Nelson, 743-B Char
lotte Street, Roanoke Rapids; Ed
ward Baxter Davis, 1023 Jackson
St., Roanoke Rapids; Robert Lee
Lassiter, 773 Williams St., Roanoke
Rapids; Marvin Grey Brown, South
Rosemary Station, Roanoke Rap
ids; Nat Stanley Arthur, Elm
Street, Weldon; Bradley York Er
win, Roanoke Rapids; William Day
Green, Weldon; Wesley Britton
Draper, Weldon; Claude Eugene
Lewis, 1022 Franklin St., Roanoke
Rapids; Jarvis Edgar Taylor, 1333
Washington St., Roanoke Rapids;
Richard Clifton Blalock, Weldon;
all white. Negroes examined yes
terday included Thomas Edward
Parker, Roanoke Rapids; Arthur
Cherry, Box 32’, Littleton; Joe
Henry Wilkins, Roanoke Rapids;
William Reed, Jr., Weldon; Joe
Thorne, Star Route, Box 15, Little
ton; Roosevelt Jones Green, Wel
don; Otis Newell, Roanoke Rapids;
Leroy Buster Powell, South Rose
Mary Station, Roanoke Rapids;
Lacy Wade, Weldon; Herman Alw
yn Terry, route 1, Box 212, Roa
noke Rapids.
EXAMINE NEXT WEEK
Draft board officials stated to
day that the following men will. be
examined on Wednesday, July 9:
Albert Garner, route 1, Roanoke
Rapids, white; Clinton McRay Mar
tin, route 2, Box 43-B, Littleton,
Negro; Carl Kenneth Wood, Elm
Street, Weldon, white; Willie Taft
Hancock, 921 Cedar St., Roanoke
Rapids, white; James Wilbur Fai
son, East End Ave., Littleton,
white; Jeff Junius Jones, Weldon,
white; James Jone Capps, Roanoke
Rapids, white; Howard McDonald
Hawkins, route 1, Box 132, Roa
noke Rapids, white; William Hicks
Hill, Smith’s Hotel, Roanoke Rap
ids, white; Alston Burl Mills, Wel
don, Negro; Sam King, Weldon,
white; Russell Augusta Keeters,
Littleton, white; Almo Williams,
route 2, Box 57, Littleton. Negro;
Samuel Henry Akers, 501 Roanoke
Avenue, white; Garnet Dalton El
lis, route 3, Littleton, white; Manse
Richardson, Littleton, Negro; Wy
att Thomas Bowser, route 1, Box
296, Roanoke Rapids, Negro; Sam
my Williams, route 2, Box 958,
Roanoke RaDids. Nearro: Aaron
David Braswell, 1007 Jackson St.,
Roanoke Rapids, white; Waymon
Grover Denton, 40 Jackson St., Roa
noke Rapids, white; Russell Tho
mas Garris, 212 Hamilton Street,
Roanoke Rapids, white; Leslie Wil
lington Seaver, Hotel Smith, Roa
noke Rapids, white.
Conference For
Draff Officials
At Rocky Mount
District conferences for local
board members, clerks, appeal
agents, and examining physicians
of the Selective Service Act were
held yesterday at Rocky Mount.
State Administrative officials of
the Selective Service. Act led the
discussion for local board mem
bers, clerks, and appeal agents
at a conference held in the re
corder’s court room of the Rocky
Mount Municipal Building. A me
dical officer from an induction
station and a State medical of
ficer from headquarters conducted
a discussion of the medical pro
blems of examing physicians in the
old recorder’s court room over
the Rocky Mount Chamber of
Commerce office. Both conferences
began at 2 p.m.
Clerk M. McRae Faison of the
local draft board, Chairman T. W.
Mullen, W. A. China, D. W. Sei
fert and Appeal Agent C. R. Dan
iel attended the conference for
administrative officials of the Se
elective Service Act.
Examining physicians of the lo
cal board are F. G. Jarman, M. C.
Maddrey, John W. Martin, Kahn
s-flTi Ayf CS \XT
E. Murphy, W. M. Ward Upshur
Higgenbotham, R. M. Barden, R.
H. Ames, F. G. Kroncke, and R. R.
Beckweth of Roanoke Rapids; W.
G. Suiter and R. B. Bldwe of Wel
don; and L. H. Justis and Horace
Palmer of Littleton.
Sears-Roebuck
Buyer Is Here
W. C. Oakman, buyer of outing
flannels for Sears Roebuck Com
pany, was in the city this week
on a visit to the local mills. Sears
Roebuck buys outing flannels
from the Roanoke Mills No. 1, and
is one of the largest purchasers
of the material in the world.
Accompanying Oakman to Roa
noke Rapids was his elghteen
year-old son, W. C. Oakman, Jr.
They arrived here Tuesday and
plan to leave the city tonight.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Lynch and
children, Mrs. P. Y. Lynch and
Miss Edna Myrick visited Mrs.
Della Myrick at Litteton Sunday
afternoon.
First Methodist
Church
Daniel Lane, Pastor
Services for Sunday, July 6.
9:45: Church School, W. G.
Lynch, Superintendent.
11:00: Morning Worship. Ser
mon: “The Fellowship of His Suf
fering”.—Communion.
7:00: Meeting of Senior Young
People.
8:00: Evening Worship. Sermon
Theme: “The Harvest and The
Reapers”.
Funeral Services
for W. E. Andleton
Funeral services for W. E. Andle
ton, who died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. J. S. Powell, 363
Lee Ave., Hampton, Virginia, were
held at Smith Methodist Church,
near Weldon, on Saturday, June
28, at 2:30 o’clock. The services
were conducted by the Pastor, the
Rev. O. I. Hinson.
Active pallbearers were: Ray
mond Garner, Clifton Garner, A. L.
Garner Linwood Andleton, Ray
mond keeter and Howard Keeter.
Mr. Andleton was a native of
Halifax County, but for the last six
months had made his home with
his daughter in Virginia. He had
been in ill health for some time.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Enda Andleton; four daughters,
Musie, Estelle, Lois Andleton, and
Mrs. J. S. Powell of Hampton, Va.;
six sons, Paul, Clayton, Charlie,
of Newport News, Va., Eugene
and Leo of Portsmouth, Va., and
brother, A. W. Andleton of Enfield;
and a sister Mrs. Nellie Garner
of Weldon; afso 11 grandchildren.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Tommie Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Smith, celebrated his
tenth birthday Friday afternoon
with a party at his home on Ham
ilton Street. Ice cream and cake
was served and favors given to
the following; Charlotte Anne
Shell, Betty Kidd, Jean Kidd,
Doris Edwards, Ann Wood, Nancy
Gnantt, Lanny Story, Bobby Pope,
James Harris, Eddie Wells, James
Bridgman, Billy Barrow andErnes
tine Smith.
Funeral Services
For Lewis Cook
Lewis L. Cook, 59, died at his
home at Littleton about midnight
after an illness of about six months
with a cancer.
A native of Halifax County, he
was well known in his community
where he took an active part in
various activities. He was a mem
ber of the Ebenezer Methodist
Church.
Funeral services were held from
the home Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, conducted by the
Rev. H. L. Davis of the Littleton
Methodist Church, assisted by the
Rev. Mr. Jones. Interment was
in the Hedgepeth family cemetery
at Darlington.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Nora Hedgepeth Cook; five dau
ghters, Misses Alice and Louise
Cook, Mrs. Sterling Warrent, Mrs.
Ezra Jordan and Mrs. Harvey
Warren; and two sons, Alfred and
Joe Cook, all of Littleton; a sis
ter, Mrs. J. H. Tanner of Darling
ton; a brother, J. T. Cook of
Brinkleyville; and eight grand
children.
Attend Camp
The following Girl Scouts of
Troop 3 and Troop 4 attended camp
June 21-28 at Camp Balance Rock
near Henderson: Dorothea Askew,
Jo Ann Brasington, Margaret
Brown, Mae Allen Burbage, Rose
Cooksey, Helen Daughtry, Joseph
ine Draper, Annette Edwards, Hat
tie Mae Gray, Louise King, Mae
Leitner, Shirley Taylor, Thelma
Taylor, Pheny Webb, Nelda Wil
liams and Patsy Wolhar.
In spite of the rainy weather the
scouts managed to participate in
many activities listed in the out
door Cooks Badge, leaving only a
few loose ends which they intend
to tie up on hikes this summer.
The sample of outdoor cooking at
camp was very inspiring.
The camp activities were under
the direction of the following coun
selors: Mrs. Charlie Butts, Mrs.
Lloyd Allen, Miss Goldie Moore,
Life Guard; Miss Alma O’dell, Miss
Louise E. Brown, Director; and J.
T. and Walter Brown, Life Guards
and Counselors for Health, Safe
ty, and Grounds.
I ROANOKE RAPIDS BANKS |
j| — W ILL BE — J
| CLOSED ALL DAY |
( JULY 4«h AND 5«h |
—in observance of—
Independence |
Day- I
in accordance with a g
PROCLAMATION |
— of the —
GOVERNOR |
Friday, July 4th, and Saturday, July 5th, have
| been proclaimed LEGAL HOLIDAYS for jj
Banks by the Governor, and the Banks have
been instructed to transact no business on these i
days. Roanoke Rapids Banks will be closed in
accordance with the Governor’s Proclamation.
We urge you to transact all possible business i
Thursday, July 3rd, so as to avoid any incon
venience to you or your business. 1
1 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. |
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1 Roanoke Bank & Trust Co. |
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