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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS r J J I I “ZrZZZlZ I I CAROLINA ms^w I M I""**—"J A * ^TABM/iV-.NEMi/n/wr '-r VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. * THURSDAY, FEB. 5, 1942 NUMBER 28 SERVING IN WAR ZONE I HARRY L. HASSELL I JACK GILLIAM I or Further Details of ir Record — See Page - Section B INSTALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS Traffic signals which were put up a few days ago at the intersections of Roanoke Ave nue and 9th, 10th and 11th streets have been working since early this week, being put into action immediately upon the arrival of control boxes. Others at the corner of Roa noke Avenue and 2nd and 3rd streets have not been put into action as yet, but are expected ' to be turned on early next week. Control boxes for these have not arrived. With the installation of traf fic signals at these busy inter sections, Mayor Kelly Jenkins said yesterday that traffic congestion on Roanoke Avenue had already been much less than was experienced before the lights were installed. DAYLIGHT SAYINGS TIME FEB. 9 Roanoke Rapids residents, as well as those throughout the coun try, will run their clocks up one hour at two o’clock, A. M. on February 9, under a proclamation issued yesterday by Mayor Kelly Jenkins, which puts Roanoke Rapids officially under the new daylight savings time schedule. Mayor Jenkins' proclamation to the people of the city reads as follows: “I, Kelly Jenkins, Mayor of the city of Roanoke Rapids, do by this proclamation order and direct that all offices, departments, and agencies of the City of Roanoke Rapids shall, from and after two o'clock A. M., the 9th day of Feb ruary, 1942, operate on the basis of Eastern Daylight Savings Time; that is to say, that from and after said time and date, the standard time shall be advanced one hour for the purpose of conducting all business of the City and its sev eral offices, departments, agencies and institutions." “And I call upon the people of the City of Roanoke Rapids and its industrial, business and social organizations to observe the Sav igs Time, on the expressed wishes if Franklin D. Roosevelt, Presi lent of the United States, and J. Melville Broughton, Governor of ;he State of North Carolina. The return to Daylight Savings Time will affect yawns aplenty In the city, as residents who now rise around seven o’clock will now get up with the chickens every morn ing. The present length of the £ay puts sunrise around 6:45 to 7 j’clock. A SOLDIER GETS A BOOK ____ ---- - — — —— tamtaaabeSR in— ...i I With the drive for books for United States service men underway in Halifax county and throughout the country, the above picture is timely, in that it shows a Camp Davis soldier visiting one of the Wil mington soldier libraries and receiving a book from one of the workers stationed at tile library to assist him in his selection of reading material. Books collected in the Halifax county Victory Book Campaign will be sent to just such libraries where members of the Air Corps, the Navy, Marines, Army, Coast Guard and other divisions of the service may enjoy them. Give your book to your child and have him take it to his school' principal, or take it to your nearest community library. It will be picked up at either place and shipped to one of the military centers for use of the men in the service. LOCAL DEFENSE LEADERS TAKING F. B. I. COURSE _ _ In order that trained and ca pable leaders may be in charge of the local Civilian Defense effort, F. M. Sherry, Commander of the local Civilian Defense Corps; Shearod Crumpler, chief of training in the local defense set-up, and H. E. Dobbins, Roanoke Rapids Chief of Police, are attending a training course for Civilian Defense work ers being held in Chapel Hill this week. The three local men, who are expected to assist in the training of the hundreds of volunteer workers registered for duty with the local Defense corps, were in vited to the school by officials of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion, the organization sponsoring the training course. War-tirae emergency problems which will be experienced in al most every town along the Atlan tic and Pacific seaboard if war is brought to the United States, are being discussed at the meeting, as well as those problems confronting Civilian Defense leaders in the work of organization of proper defenses in every community. (Continued on Page 12, Sec. A) SCHOOL REOPENS Seaboard high school re opened for classes yesterday after having been closed for the past week due to the illness of a member of the faculty, Miss Frances Jenkins, who is confined with scarlet fever. Officials of the school said that the week’s recess was taken to prevent the spread of the disease in Northampton county. All teachers who live in the teacherage were confin ed to their quarters tor the en tire week. The Northampton county health department reported that aside from one case of the disease in Seaboard, where a child not yet of school age is affected, and another child who lives in the Pleasant Grove section and who attends the Jackson school, there are no evidences of the spread of the disease. ON THE AVENUE TONIGHT William m. r.rwm, mernwr oi the city police force, was injured about 7 o’clock tonight when the automobile he was driving collided with another car driven by A. J. Brig man, also a member of the city police force, at the corner of 4th street and Roanoke Avenue. Admitted to the local hospital shortly after the accident, Erwin was examined by Dr. Crocker Maddrey and found to have suf fered cuts and bruises. He was not thought to be seriously injured, however the attending physician recommended that he remain a patient at the hospital overnight, and planned to X-ray Friday morning. At 9 p. m. he was re ported to be resting easy. Brig man was unhurt. The accident occurred when Er win, who was chasing another au tomobile on 4th street, crossed Roanoke Avenue going West and collided with Brigman’s automobile, who was going north on the Ave nue. Erwin’s car was going at a rapid rate of speed and the impact overturned his automobile, a late model Pontiac. Both automobiles were badly damaged. The door of Erwin’s automobile had to be pried open before he could be removed from the vehicle. Second City Mon Official In New Softball Set-Up Frank S. Kemp, who has been chosen as secretary-treasurer of the N. C. Softball Association, which is affiliated with the Ama teur Softball Association of Ameri ca, of which Bill Alligood is State Commissioner. In addition to the secretary-treasurer’s post, Kemp serves as Commissioner of State District No. 1.
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