“YOU SAID YOU WANTED A
CHRISTMAS STORY," said Helen.
"Well, this isn’t exactly a story. Its’
something that happened in Ar
kansas a long time ago. My fa
ther was a young man then, and
he said that there weren’t a lot of
hotels like there are now . . . that
almost nobody stayed at a hotel
except traveling men, traveling
salesmen. He often stayed at a
hotel in a town where he did a
good deal of business, and said
the hotel was a very prosperous
one. One Christmas Eve night a
young boy and girl came to this
hotel and asked for a room. It
was snowing outside, it was a night
just like you’d read about in' a
book. The girl was going to have
a baby and was very near her
time. Well, the man that ran the
hotel didn’t want to be bothered
with a baby being born in his
hotel, or even the chance of one,
and even though it was a terrible
night he put them out. Nobody
ever found out where they went
or what happened to them . . .
but a funny thing about it . . .
even though it was the only hotel
anywhere around that part of the
country, people just stopped stay
ing there. In a few weeks there
was nobody there at all, and in
just a few months it had to close
because there was no business at
all. Daddy used to tell us about
it. He said he couldn’t help won
dering about it . . . and once he
said he wondered, too, whatever
happened to the Inn in Bethle
hem, the Inn that had no
room ...”
WORDS WORTH REMEMBER
ING: . . “The future is not built
up with hostile remembrances, but
with acts of confidence, reciprocal
respect, and with mutual faith.
And the efforts which the United
States has made and is making in
defense of the democratic ideals
of the hemisphere place her on
such a lofty plane that it consti
tutes in itself the best testimony
of the unity of thoughts, and the
strongest guarantee of the com
monness of our destinies . . .”
(Comacho, President of Mexico.)
A RECENT CORNELL GRADU
ATE stopped in front of a child’s
clothing store and gazed with rap
ture at the various kinds of gar
ments in the window. He gazed
so long and so ardently that the
young lady who was with him
couldn’t restrain her curiosity.
“You must be very fond of chil
dren,” she ventured.
“Hell no,” said the young man.
“I was looking at the Doctor Den
ton sleeping garments and wishing
they were made for guys who are
six feet tall, like me.”
The couple passed on and the
subject was dropped. Christmas
came, however, and with it came a
package from the young lady to
the young man. In the package
he found a red flannel sleeping
garment, six feet tall, complete
with feet, flap-back, and two but
tons . , . But the following week
the young lady married somebody
else.
SHE WEARS GLASSES, and being
aware of the ‘‘men don’t make
passes” verse, she decided to do
something about it ... So she
took her fingernail polish and
painted the frames red to match
her fingernails. Says she’s going
to change it each time she changes
the color of her fingernails . . .
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NEWS FROM A RECEPTION
CENTER: . . . “We have just put
an end to several rackets that
were discovered here recently.
Some of the older soldiers
were charging the newest draff'
a nickel every night, explaining
that it was the customary charge
for renting a cot for the night.
Another racket is to sell each
draftee a garrison cap. When the
new men are issued uniforms they
are given an overseas cap, but
they are not given a garrison cap
until they are rent from the re
ception center to tneir training
camp. The garrison caps are free,
of course, but these older men
were buying them up, and resell
ing them to the draftees. Still an
other racket is that of offering
the new men membership in a
private club, the fee being fifty
cents, for protection. In exchange
for the fifty cents the man is
given a card which he is told to
show whenever the situation war
rants, and the card guarantees
that no non-commissioned officer
may swear at or hit the man who
belongs to that club! . . . There’s
no more news from here except
that we had a wedding. The bride
arrived with her mother and fa
ther and offspring in the offing.
The groom was in the guard
house, but arrangements were
made to have the wedding in the
chapel here with the groom under
guard. J., an officer who is a
stickler for form, insisted that
since the wedding was a shotgun
wedding the guards must carry
guns ... So they took off their
usual sidearms and carried ri
fles ...”
Robbins - Migett
The marriage of Miss Alma
Migett of Virginia Beach, Va., to
Henry C. Robbins took place on
December 13, 1941, at the Metho
dist Church at Virginia Beach.
Mr. Robbins is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Robbins of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Robbins
spent Christmas Day with Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Robbins of this city.
Stebbins - Buckles
The wedding of- Miss Virginia
Elizabeth Buckles, former teacher
in the local school, to Charles
Rowland Stebbins of Lansing,
I Michigan, was solemnized on Sat
urday, December 27, at 10:30 o’
clock in the morning at the Coral
Gables Congregational Church,
Coral Gables, Florida.
The bride and groom entered to
gether, and the Rev. Carl Stack
man officiated. Prior to the cere
mony “I Love You Truly”, and
“Oh, Promise Me” were played on
the organ, and during the time
vows were spoken, "Angel’s Sere
nade” was softly played. The tra
ditional wedding marches were
I used.
The bride wore a costume suit
of como blue wool, with plastrons
of grey Persian and pert peplum
on the jacket, siena brown python
shoes with bag to match, siena
brown cff-fate velvet turban, intri
cately draped with chou of feath
ers, and white gloves. Her flowers
were white orchids.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. LeRoy Buckles of Bristol,
Virginia, and the groom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Steb
bins.
After the ceremony the mother
of the brid^ entertained members
of the immediate families at a
wedding breakfast at Miami Bilt
more Hotel. . #
The couple left afterwards for a
wedding trip through the Florida
Keys and the Dry Tortugas. After
January 15, they will be at home
at 109 N. Walnut Street, Lansing,
Michigan.
Mrs. Stebbins is a graduate of
the School of Music at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, where
she made Phi Beta Kappa. She
did graduate choral study under
Dr. John Finley Williamson, and
at Juillard School of Music, New
York City. For two years she
was a member of the faculty of
Roanoke Rapids High School, and
for the past three years she has
been director of choral music at
Richard J. Reynolds High School,
Winston-Salem.
Mr. Stebbins attended Dartmouth
College, and is a graduate of the
University of Michigan. He is a
prominent young business man of
Lansing, Michigan.
Temper - Hudson
Mrs. R. L. Hudson announces the
marriage of her daughter, Naomi,
to J. T. Tanner of Greenville, S.
C., Saturday afternoon at four o’
clock at South Mills.
Mrs. Tanner will live here with
tier mother. Mr. Tanner is en
listed in the navy, and stationed
at Rhode Island at present. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C.
ranner of Greenville, S. C.
ENTERTAINS
A lovely party of the Christmas
season was given at the home of
Mrs. E. B. Smoot when she en
tertained members of her bridge
club.
Lovely decoraitons of red and
green were used with arrange
ments of holly and berries; also
Christmas tallies were used.
Prizes were presented to Mrs.
Sam Bunn for high, Mrs. George
Pappendick second high, and Mrs.
H. E. Gibson for traveling honor
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prize.
A salad course with coffee was
served by candlelight immediately
after the game.
Those present were Mesdames
Bill Alligood, H. C. Wirtz, A. O.
Seorge, Geo. Pappendick, Sam
Bunn, Ivey Mohorne, M. F. White,
I. A. Wood, Jimmie Curran, T.
N. Adams, H. E. Gibson, and Miss
Edna Wafford.
Negro Sailor
Of Northampton
Reported Lost
George Randolph Smith, Negro
of Seaboard, was the first North
ampton casualty in the current
war, according to official reports.
The Navy Department notified
relatives that Smith was killed in
action during the recent Japanese
attack on Hawaii. He was the son
of Turner Smith, grandson of De
lia Ann Smith to whom the tele
gram was addressed. The message
read:
“The Navy Department deeply
regrets to inform you that your
grandson, George Randolph Smith,
attendant first class, United States
Navy, was lost in action in the ser
vice of his country. The Detach
ment extends to you sincerest sym
pathy in your loss.”
MEN NEEDED
The Virginia Electric and Power Company has a limited
number of openings for street car and bus operators in
Norfolk and Portsmouth. Applicants must be between
23 and 35 years old; preferably married; between 5-ft.
6-in. and 6-ft. 1-in. tall; able to pass physical and mental
examinations. High school education or its equivalent
preferred. Application must be made in person, be
tween 10 and 11 A. M., at the office of J. T. Chase,
Vice-President, Virginia Electric and Power Company,
Roanoke Rapids, N. C. *
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on the pavement!
When wheels are out-of-line—
your tires suffer. Wheels that
wobble and shimmy grind away
rubber. These and other mis
alined conditions eat the tread
away. Thus every mile you
drive, small particles of rubber
are left behind on the pavement.
You can save your tires—get
more mileage and save money
by having your wheel alinement
inspected at our shop on genu
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quipment. This service not only
saves you money but offers
greater comfort, easy steering
and safety, too. Drive in today.
Identify our shop by
this Happy Bear sign.
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NOTICE!
TO ALL OWNERS OF REAL AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY OF
HALIFAX COUNTY
On January 1st., List Takers will begin taking the |
list of Property for taxes at its true value in money as
of January 1st.
> As required by law and by order of Board of Com
missioners, list taking will continue through January
after which the legal penalty for failure to list will be i
invoked upon each person who neglects to list his
property for taxes.
List your property at once with List Takers in the
Township where you reside.
I TOWNSHIP LIST TAKER I
Brinkleyville.B. C. Hamlet j
Butterwood.R. S. Clark (
Conoconnara.J. R. Edmondson i
Enfield.R. E. Shervette j
Faucett.J. H. Lewis
Halifax .W. P. Avent
Littleton.M. L. Cole
Palmyra..L. W. Leggett
Rosemeath.H. C. Bass
Roanoke Rapids.A. E. Akers
Scotland Neck.B. F. Bracy
Weldon.J. T. Maddrey
FARM CENSUS
Each farm owner or his agent is to come prepared
to report the acreage of each crop to be harvested on
his or his tenants farm this year. Prepare yonr list now.
This farm census is required by State Law. The farm
census is of great value to each farmer in Halifax Coun
ty. Please come prepared to give this information.
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TAX SUPERVISOR
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