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3MH33iiM3B3«Himgra» THE ROANOKE R API OS LII7R A I rv m ^1 ^1 News — More j — AU Home-Print — ■ H H H H Advertising — More J K II 1^ Carolina's ms^^y I M I PM »«>>•«*■•. I _* M ^AB/ok/JMRNEWS/wW^ JL^ '-r VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, JAN. 22,1942-NUMBER 26 Serving In War Zone HUBERT J. ROBERTS I2 IVY DAVID MEDIA* jPBMBMWHWQMtailSMBMOOWBaBBiBBaeOOMMBgiaoaOOQOMgMBaOOOOMBBgBiOMOWQMglBaflMOOti WORTH B. CONNELL — See Page 2 For Further Details Of Their Record VISITING FIREMEN IN CITY Roanoke Rapids firemen Tues day night were hosts to the Roa noke Firemen’s Association, com posed of six fire departments in this area, at a banquet in the new Armory, at which time Sher wood Brockwell, State Fire Mar shal, was the principal speaker. With delegates from the six member departments of the Asso ciation, totaling more than 100, in attendance, Mr. Brockwell discuss ed the various duties of the fire departments in the event of air raids and used charts in illustrat ing the accepted methods of ex tinguishing incendiary bombs and fires caused by bursting bombs. ‘‘Much of the responsibility in saving human lives in the event of air raids on towns and cities in North Carolina falls upon the local fire departments,” Mr. Brock well pointed out, “and if the time comes in the future when we will te called upon to take over this responsibility, we must be prepar ed to act promptly and with dis patch in the carrying out of the duties assigned to us. “Tho hcmhino1 rtf Tnnilovi nnJ other cities in England has taught the municipal officials and fire department personnel in the Unit-i ed States a thorough lesson. We can rely on the experience of London’s firefighters gained in battling blazes night after night caused by German incendiary bombs. We are going to put this experience to good use here in the United States. It is, therefore, im portant that all firemen know the various methods of extinguishing incendiary bombs before they can cause damage, and of extinguish ing a blaze caused by bombs that do explode.” Brockwell was introduced by W. C. King, chief of the Roanoke Rapids fire department. Other guest speakers at the banquet incuded Mayor Kelly Jen kins and Will Nelson of Roanoke Rapids; R. A. Joyner, city clerk of Farmville; Will Smith, Chief of the Farmville Fire Department; and George Garner, chief of the Greenville Fire Department. Fire departments in the Roanoke Firemen’s Association represented at the banquet and meeting were (Continued on Page 8, Sec. A) THE ARMY GOES THROUGH The above is a typical scene in Roanoke Rapids and other cities and towns in North Carolina as the United States girds itself to defeat the Japs and the Axis powers. The picture above shows a portion of a convoy passing down Roanoke Avenue on Friday morning of last week, and is one of several troop convoys passing through the city recently. More will be seen in the future and local residents will probably become accustomed to heavy army trucks and equipment rumbling past their doors night and .day. » , LAUNCH VICTORY CAMPAIGN M. m. u. m FOR ARMED FORCES OF U. S. Commissioner W. G. “Bill” Alligood, coach and manager of the Roanoke Rapids Romancos, nationally known soft ball team, has been appointed as ?tate Softball Commissioner by the Amateur Softball Association of America, the governing body of softball, according to an announce ment received here. Mr. Alligood will meet with his district commissioners in Greens boro on February 1 to elect of ficers for the North Carolina Soft ball Association for 1942. Aligood succeeds the late Wade bon, who was director of publicity for N. C. State College, as State Commissioner. TWO DIE IN AUTO WRECKS Two automobile accidents in and near Halifax County during the past week-end took two ives and left one other person in the Roa noke Rapids hospital with injuries not believed to be serious. The dead were Claude Lee Jack son, 30, of Elizabeth City, and Miss Francis Beale, 22, of Pote casi, Northampton County, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Beale ,of that town. Miss Beale died in the local hos pital Wednesday just before noon as a result of injuries sustained when the automobile in which she was returning from Richmond with a friend overturned near Po tecasi, on Saturday night. The girl suffered severe head burns, a fracture of the skull, a broken jaw and other injuries. Brought to the hospital here fol lowing the wreck, she did not re gain consciousness and died Wed nesday. Willie Edwards, driver of the car, who lives in Pendleton, was still in the hospital today suffering a shoulder injury, which doctors said was painful but not serious. Jackson died in the local hos pital on Sunday at noon where he (Continued on Page 8, Sec. A) | Halifax County is this week launching a Victory Book Cam paign to collect books for the men in the armed forces of the United States. The drive is spon sored by the United Service Or ganization, the Amercan Red Cross and the Amercan Library Association. A meeting was held in Roanoke Rapids Monday at the office of County USO Chairman F. C. Wil liams. Miss Evelyn Mullen of the American Library Association presided. Present were Mrs. S. M. Gary, Miss Nannie Gary and Mrs. Charles Boykins, of Halifax, Mrs. Ivey Watson, Miss Susan Whittak er, Mrs. Garland Taylor, of En field,- Mrs. William Knight and Mrs. Raleigh Daniel of Weldon, Mrs. Cecil Neville of Scotland Neck, Mrs. W. L Medlin, Miss Mullen, Mr. Williams and Carroll Wilson, of Roanoke Rapids. All citizens are asked to bring the books they wish to give to the Q rmorl frtrono iV. __a. * i ----- library or to school children to be delivered to the various schools in the county. Fiction and non-fic tion books in good condition are wanted but no magazines or chil dren’s books. Ministers are asked to make an appeal to their church members this Sunday and school teachers will explain the campaign to school children. Trucks will visit schools and libraries on Fri day, January 30 and on February 6 to collect the books which will be brought to the Roanoke Rapids Armory for sorting and crating. These books will be distributed to the Army, Air Corps, Navy, the Merchant Marines and U. S. O. Centers. County libraries are located in Roanoke Rapids, Weldon, Scotland Neck, Enfield and Halifax. Take your books to one of these places or send them to school by your children. The slogan is to give as many books as you can but at least one from each family. Some where about the home is a book the boys will enjoy reading.
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