Employment Office
Here Transferred
To Federal Control
Now Under U. S.
Employment
Service
Employment offices throughou
the nation, operated formerly a:
State Employment agencies,, havi
been transferred to Federal con
trol and will be operated in the
future under the direct admini
stration of the United States Em'
ployment Service.
W. G. Cherry, Jr., manager oi
the Roanoke Rapids Employment
Office, has been notified that
members of the local office per
sonnel will be transferred into the
Federal service, effective January
1. The notice indicated that *h€
transfer will be effected without
loss of personnel or disruption of
the present organization. Since
the personnel of the State Employ
ment Service was recruited on a
merit basis, employees will assume
regular Civil Service status with
the Federal organization.
The Employment unices win
continue to serve the Unemploy
ment Compensation Agencies in
the states so that there will be
no need to set up duplicate of
fices, and all claims and other
Unemployment Compensation mat
ters will be handled in the local
office in the usual manner.
In his message to Governor J.
M. Broughton, transferring the
Employment Service to Federal
control, President Roosevelt stat
ed:
“Now that this country is actu
ally at war it is more than ever
necessary that we utilize to the
fullest possible extent all of the
manpower and womanpower of
this country to increase our pro
duction of war materials. This
can only be accomplished by cen
tralizing recruiting work into one
agency. At present as you know
the United States Employment
Service consist of fifty separate
state and territorial Employment
Services whose operations are
loosely coordinated by the Fed
eral Government. In order that
there may be complete responsive
ness to the demands of national
defense and speedy uniform effec
tive action to meet rapidly chang
ing needs, it iS essential that all
of these separate Employment
Services become a uniformly and
of necessity nationally operated
Employment Service. i have
tnereiore given msiruaiuns lu uic
proper Federal officials that the
necessary steps be taken to accom
plish this purpose at once. I ask
that you likewise instruct the pro
per officials of your State to
transfer to the United States Em
ployment Service all of the pres
ent personnel records and facili
ties required for this operation.
Inasmuch as the Federal govern
ment is already paying practically
one hundred per cent of the cost
of operation and the State per
sonnel has been recruited on a
merit basis there will be no dif
ficulty in transferring state em
ployees into the Federal service.
These Employment offices will
continue to serve the Unemploy
ment Compensation Agency so that
there will be no need to set up
duplicate offices.”
Wednesday Bridge
The Wednesday Night Bridge
Club met with Mrs. S. E. Crew last
week.
Winning prizes were Mrs. D. E.
Bennett for high guest prize, Miss
Janie Lassiter for high club prize,
and Mrs. H. E. Gibson for honor
prize.
The hostess served refreshments
to the guests and members who
were Mesdams W. C. Williams, T.
B. Whit, D. E. Bennett, T. M. Bul
lock, J. A-vWood, Calvin Kenne
mur, P. L Stf^rke, R. M. Pope, M.
P. White, Chjjs. Fitts, H. E. Gib
son and Miss j Janie Lassiter.
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tDeldon j:
(Crowded Out Last Week)
’ Bill Davis ol Clemson College
is spending the Christmas holi
days at his home here.
Misses Alice and Frances Moore
• of Womans College, Greensboro
are spending Christmas with their
mother, Mrs. Frank Moore.
Miss Lula Hart Draper and Miss
Mamie Nash of Greensboro College
are at home for the Christmas
Holidays.
Miss Nancy Suiter of Chapel
Hill and Miss Frances Johnson
of Duke University are spending
Christmas at their homes here.
Mrs. Sam Underwood of Green
ville is the guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Wyche.
Bob Shepherd is at home for
the Christmas holidays.
John Anthony of the U. S. Na
vy spent Saturday and Sunday at
Viic horn
Taylor Oakes of Duke University
is spending the holidays at his
home here.
Bobbie Musgrove of Chapel Hill
is at home for the Christmas Holi
days.
Miss Nan Anthony of Ahoskie
spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Anthony.
Anna Fountain who is attending
school at Furman University is
spending the Christmas Holidays
with her mother, Mrs. R. S. Foun
tain.
Mrs. J. I. Wyche spent Wednes
day in Richmond.
Mrs. Roderick Watts of Sunbury
is a guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Anthony.
Bo Browder of State College is
at home for Christmas.
Mary B. Suiter is spending the
holidays at her home here.
Mrs. J. T. Rawlings spent Wed- '
nesday in Norfolk.
Miss Lucile Kittner of Elon Col
lege is spending the holidays at
her home here.
Misses Agnes and Frances
Oakes of A. C. College, Wilson, are
spending the holidays at their
home here.
Miss Edith May Alston of E. C.
T. College in Greenville is at home
for the Christmas Holidays.
Bob Shepherd of Wake Forest
is at home for Christmas vaca
tion.
Miss Elizabeth Harvel of Greens
boro is the guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harvel.
R. B. Harrington of Fort Bel
voir spent several days with his
mother, Mrs. Helen Harrington,
last week.
Scotland Neck
Red Cross Is
Raising Funds
At a mass meeting presided over
by Irwin Clark at Scotland Neck,
school baseball team of that city
inaugurated a campaign to raise
$1,500 for war relief.
W. H. McDowell was the chief
speaker at the meeting, and ap
proximately $650 of the quota of
$1,500 was raised before the meet
ing was adjourned.
The campaign is being directed
by Irwin Clark. Mrs. Cecil H.
Neville is chairman of the Scot
land Neck Red Cross chapter, and
Mrs. Wade H. Dickens is chapter
treasurer.
The chapter is comprised of
Scotland Neck, Dawson’s, Spring
Hill, Tillery, Caledonia, Hobgood
and Palmyra, as well as a Negro
division. A report of the canvass
ers will be made this week, and
last week an excellent response was
evidenced to the call for funds.
Rotarians
At Weldon
Help Team
The Weldon Rotary Club has de
cided that it will outfit the high
school base team of that city
luring 1942. There will be no meet
ing of the club this week due to
the fact that the club has voted to
jse weekly dues and luncheon costs
:o purchase baskets for underpriv- j
iliged and needy families of the
community.
The committee handling the
Christmas baskets for the club is
composed of D. P. Moore, Clarence
King and Jack Anderson.
Dorothy Cook of Norfolk and
rom Cook of Camp Jackson were
quests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Cook, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Gibson spent
:he holidays in Norway, S. C., and
Savannah, Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown of Nor
folk visited Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
McDonald this week.
Littleton
Cage Teams
Play Jan. 6
Coach Earl Smith of the Little
ton High School announced today
that the first game for the bas
ketball teams of Littleton is sched
uled for January 6, with Scotland
Neck.
Basketball practice began be
fore the Christmas holidays for
Littleton, and Coach Smith is
coaching both the boys’ and girls’
teams.
Boys reporting for practice are
Patterson, Throwre, Cale, Topping,
Glasgow, Myrick, Jones, Williams,
Davis, Johnston, and Holloman.
Candidates for the girls’ teams
are Ruth Topping, May, Shearin,
Ruby Topping, Alston, Barnes,
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Reid, Fishel, Myrick, Houl|
Moore, Farmer, Mary Fishel, Nel
son, Ryder, Francis Fishel, Ported
Evans, Newsom, and Johnston.
Hostess
"
Miss Bernice Hitchens was host
ess recently to members of her
bridge club.
Mrs. Lloyd Allen won high score
prize, and Mrs. J. P. Little won
second high.
Refreshments were served after
the game to Mesdames Fleetwood
Sullivan, W. H. Tickel, Lloyd Al
len, H. E. Cameron, Sam Lewis,
J. D. Edwards, J. P. Little, Lewi$t
Johnson, H. E. Gibson, H. C. Wirts*
and Graham Lynch.
—
Mr. and Mrs. William Jackson
and children of Charlotte were
guests of Mrs. J. M. Jackson dur
ing the holidays.
If >bu Are Too Thin
maybe your appetite needs a little
coaxing. Try VINOL, the modem
tonic. Contains Vitamin Bl, Iron
and other valuable ingredients.
Your druggist has VINOL.
Matthews Drug Co.
Tor jittery, nervous headaches, take
Capudlna. Acts fast because it’s liquid.
Bee how quickly bead eleam. nerves are
relaxed, end you feel steadier. Follow di
rections on label. lOo, SOe, #0o sixes.
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Eyes Examined
Glasses Fitted
Office over
Shell Furniture Co.
ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C.
Fred Forest
& Company
General Contractors
All types Building Construction
and Repair Work.
Dial R-709-1
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
M FAHEY and
■ DAUGHTREY
■ Plumbing
B Contractors
:§R State License No. 283
9 INSTALLATIONS AND
B REPAIR WORK
H ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY
B FURNISHED
CHOCKOYOTTE
Grade ^ Dairy
Whole Milk and*H (■#* Qt*
Chocolate Milk I 3*
Whipping Cream pt. 35c
Skimmilk qt. 8c
Phone Orders R-436-1
To Remind You of the Fact that
WE WILL BE
CLOSED ALL
DAY SUNDAY
-following our regular
policy of remaining o
pen and closing on al
temate Sundays.
We urge you to check up on your prescript
tion and drug needs now! If you need a re
fill—attend to it today, for we’ll be closed
Sunday!
Matthews Drug Co.
DIAL R-361 - WE DELIVER
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/ ■" “There ain’t no Santa
^HhS^h Claus” when it comes to
OWNING
YOUR HOME
If you want to
realize that goal by
next Christmas —
start SAVING today
thru the systematic
plan of the
Roanoke Rapids Building
& Loan Association
10 W. 2nd Street Phone R-527-1
L. S. "Pefe" Garner
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
703 Vance St. Telephone R-884-6
1,1
Specializing in the Construction of
SMALL HOMES
We are General Contractors and Builders — (not real estate
promoters or speculators). We can show you how you may easily
OWN YOUR HOME with only a SMALL DOWN PAYMENT,
balance to be paid monthly which in many instances will be
actually cheaper than rent, through either a
Building and Loan Association
or the F.H.A.
We have every facility for serving you. You may select from
several sets of plans we have, or we have architects working with
ns who can readily adapt you; own ideas.
If you want to build your home, we can even arrange for the
lots, and attend to every detail with a minimum of trouble to you.
A call or inquiry will bring full details without obligation.