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".Tir""" '”P Tlia IHI T TTTTTyrS** ,::ILliiL .did jiLdLnJLu THE ROANOKE RAPIDS I TABloid LgJ H I I j Picture NEWSpaper U ■ M j ■ ■ ■ Advertising - More • - All Home-Print ■ ■ . H M Paid Subscribers S. I H CAROLINA'S FIRST^^^ ■ M k ^ 1 * ^TA&loict J^mrNEWSpaper - VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN ROANOKE RAPIDS^nTc. ' THURSDAY, JANUARY 8,1942 NUMBER 24 Serving In War Zone G. W. ELLIS C. E. BORROLL H. L. JORDAN — See Page 8 Foi Further Details Of Their Record 'ARMORY DEDICATION PARTICIPANTS | Principals in the lormal exercises ox tne W i/t-cu ns.rueleu armory dedication here last Priday are shown above. Before the speakers platform, left to right, are Sheriff H. A. House; Halifax County Com missioners, M. W. Perry, J. R. Wrenn, Chairman J. W. Whitaker, N. W Warren, W. J. Collier; and County Auditor C. S. Vinson. On the stand, left to right, are: Captain T. J. Taylor of Roanoke Rapids, former commanding officer of Company B, 105th Medical Regiment; Captain B. E. Stephenson; H. B. Speight, who led the assemblage in patriotic songs; the Rev. Edmund Berkeley, who pronounced the invocation and the benediction; Mayor Kelly Jenkins, who presided over the program; Superior Court Judge R. Hunt Parker, the principal speaker; Congressman John H. Kerr, Warrenton; Alfred N. Martin; C. C. McGinnis, WPA Administrator; D. Mac Johnson, Enfield; and W. P. Taylor. (See Story, Section B, Page 1) HIGH SCHOOL BAND IN PARADE Heading the parade, which opened activities at the armory dedication program here last Friday by marching through town on Roanoke Avenue, was the local high school band. Shown in the armory (above) at the head of the band are the majorettes. In front is the chief, Miss Ruth Lee; and others are, left to right, Ann D. Mohorne, Elizabeth Hines, Elizabeth Beckwith and Virginia Thome. WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY Director C. W. Davis of Volun teer Service and Public Informa tion for the Committee on Civil Protection here announced today chat registration of local men and women for civilian defense wiH take place here Saturday. Tentative plans call for registra tion of all men and women who will volunteer their services, and they are asked to fill out the reg istration cards at any one of three places in the city—Boston Chain Store, 200 Roanoke Avenue; Mu nicipal Building, Roanoke Avenue; or the old Rosemary Cafe Build ing, Roanoke Avenue in the Rose mary section of the city. Any adult, man or woman, who might be able to assist the local committee at the registration places is asked to contact Direc tor Davis, who stated today that teachers of the local schools will be asked to help citizens fill out the registration cards, along with volunteers for that service. It is hoped that at least 2,000 adults here will register for civil ian defense, and probably more than that number will patriotical ly volunteer their services in order that the city may be able to cope with any emergency arising in the near future. Estimates of the number needed for various duties are as follows: 300 persons to assist Air Raid Warden A. E. Akers; 200 as help ers for Don Tillar, head of Emer gency Utilities; 250 assistants for Virgil McDowell, heading Emer gency Public Works; 200 to work with W. P. Taylor, Fire Preven tion head; 150 persons to assist Chief of Police H. E. Dobbins, Po lice Head; and 125 to assist T. J. Alford, heading Medical and Health group. REGISTRATION CARDS The registration cards to be fill ed out by those volunteering for Civilian Defense will require the following information: name, date and place of birth, citizenship, race, home address and telephone, what hours of day available for (Continued on Page 8, Sec. A) »>- > 2 COUNTY HIWAY DEATHS! Highways of Halifax County have claimed two victims already this year, and funeral services for Ed Wright^ about 55, one of two men killed here Saturday night within an hour, were held from the hom.i Monday afternoon at 12:15 o’clock. The oyher person killed was a Negro, Wiley Powell, 63, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver near the highway Junction here. Coroner T. M. Cooper of Enfield investigated both accidents here Sunday, and ruled they were “un ' avoidable”. He stated that no in quests would be held unless re quested by members of the vic | Urns’ families. Assisting the cor oner in the investigations were Sheriff H. A. House, and Chief of , Police H. E. Dobbins. Wright was struck by a truck driven by Albert Shaw, 18-year-old son of John Shaw of this city, on Fourth Street near the Presby terian Church about 9 o’clock Sat urday night. Shaw told officers that he had started to turn into the street, and Wright had started across it on foot. The man was almost in the middle of the road, (Continued on Page 8, Sec. A)
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