MARTIAL STATUS
OF REGISTRANTS
WILL BE CHECKED
Local Board To
Determine Whether
To Be Reclassified
Local Board No. 1, here in Roa
noke Rapids, last week began the
task of going through their rec
ords and rechecking on all out
standing classifications of men to
determine if many of the regis
trants should remain in their pres
ent classifications or whether their
status should be changed according
to new regulations for inducting
men into the Army under the Se
lective Service and Training Act of
1940, M. McRae Faison, clerk to
the local board, said yesterday.
“This Board is now reviewing all
outstanding classifications to de
termine if, under new regulations,
they should remain in their pres
ent classifications or be reclassi
fied,” Mr. Faison said. "Notices
are being mailed as the numbers
are reached to each registrant giv
ing them several days notice prior
to the date that the case will be
considered enabling them to pre
sent in writing any new evidence
or any change in their status which
might keep them in their present
classification or be basis for re
classification.
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istrant that if his status has
changed in any sense, particularly
as to dependents, he should im
mediately write a letter to his local
board and state in detail such
change in his status.”
One important factor which has
come up during the past several
weeks, as regards to addresses of
registrants registered with the lo
cal board was clarified by Faison
yesterday when he issued the fol
lowing statement:
“In recent weeks some changes
have been made in the city mail
delivery system, under which
change many registrants are now
receiving their mail by city carrier,
whereas they had previously re
ceived mail marked “general de
livery", particularly in the South
Rosemary, Hornertown and other
suburban areas. Consequently,
many registrants who have been
sent mail from the local board have
not received such mail in time to
be in accord with the local board.
It is the duty of the registrant to
notify his local board of any change
in his mail delivery service, so that
all mail from the local board will
go directly to him, rather than
having it delayed in delivery due
to insufficient address. Failure to
do this is a violation of the Se
lective Service and Training act of
1940”.
Girl Scouts To
Begin Annual
Cookie Campaign
Roanoke Rapids Girl Scouts are
beginning their annual cookie
campaign with 1,000 pounds of
cookies as their goal. The pur
pose of the campaign is to finance
the upkeep and repair of the Girl
Scout Hut and to promote program
activity within the troops.
I Girl Scouts will be taking orders
for cookies through February 6th.
Each customer receives a window
sticker when the order is given,
which shows that the home thus
represented has had a part in
helping the Scouts reach their
goal, and also tells other Scouts
that someone has already made a
sale.
Your 25c will be well spent for
the, 40 cookies are the rich ice-box
type cookie, with a genuine home
like flavor1. Each box contains 20
vanilla and 20 chocolate cookies.
Each cookie is stamped in the
official shape and pattern of the
Trefoil insigh (it of the Girl Scouts.
Try the cookies with desserts, at
; teas* and parties—remember that
orders lore being taken by Scout
and you don’t want to be left out
Delivery of cookies will begin
February 13th so let a box of cook
ies be a valentine for your family.
Too, the boys in camp would like
to crunch on these delicious cook
ies. Mail a box to someone you
know.
1941 EVENTS
IN REVIEW
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ed here. Dr. Robert F. Young e
lected to head Halifax County
Medical Society for next year.
December 25 — Sixty-five local
boys and girls guests of local
Lions Club at Christmas party
held at First Baptist church. Ruri
tan Club at Halifax is abandoned.
Work is begun on the construction
of a new auditorium-gymnasium
for Weldon.
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SUPERIOR
COURT
RECORD
Colon Todd, young Roanoke
Rapids white man, was sentenced
to a total of 36 months on the
roads on charges of larceny of an
automobile and for breaking and
entering and larceny counts in
Halifax Superior court by
Judge Henry L. Stevens of War
saw, who is presiding over the
two weeks term of mixed court.
On the charge of stealing an au
tomobile here several months ago,
Todd was given 18 months, and
on the charges of breaking and
entering and larceny he was given
an additional 18 months, the latter
sentence to begin at the expira
tion of the first.
Other cases tried during the
first four days of the session are
as follows:
j Edward Brown, colored, found
• guilty of larceny and possession
| of stolen goods, was given a total
' of 36 months on the roads.
I In the case of Tislon Holloway
i and Graham Harrington, both col
ored, of Roanoke Rapids, charged
i with highway robbery, a nol pros
was taken as to Harrington, but
Holloway was found guilty and
sentenced to not less than 7 nor
more than 10 years in state prison.
Rom Sherrod, white youth of
Enfield, charged with violation of
sentence by driving after his li
cense had been revoked, was dis
missed on the condition that he
join the U. S. Armed forces by
Judge Stevens.
McKinley Hardy, Enfield Negro,
charged with forgery and false
pretense in twelve separate causes,
tendered a plea of guilty to for
cible trespass and was given a
sentence of 3 months on the roads
in each case, making a total of
36 months.
Fletcher Smith, charged with
larceny from the person, was given
18 months on the roads.
Alphonsa Banks and Arthur
Robinson, young Roanoke Rapids
white men, charged with stealing
an automobile here a few days a
go, were given 6 months on the
roads each. The Banks sentence
was suspended on the condition
he pay the costs of the action and
remain of good behavior for the
next two years.
In the case of Kate Boddie and
Ivey Boddie, both Enfield Negroes,
charge with larceny, the court
found Kate Boddie not guilty, but
found Ivey Boddie guilty as charg
| ed and Judge Stevens sentenced
him to a term of not less than 3
nor more than 5 years in States
prison.
Charlie Malone, Scotland Neck
white man, was found not guilty
i of public drunkenness.
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Hold Hearing
Tests For County
School Children
ROBERT F. YOUNG, M. D.
Coxmty Health Officer
On Monday Miss Cora
Beam from the North Carolina
State Health Department be
gan testing the hearing of all the
school children from the fourth
grade through the high school in
Halifax County. This work will
is being done in cooperation with
the County Health Department.
Miss Beam is using an audio
meter with which she can test
from twenty to thirty children at
one time. Each child will have
a head piece over its ears which
will be connected with a central
apparatus. This central appara
tus will give out certain sounds
that the children are to record
when heard. These record sheets
will then be graded and the chil
dren given their hearing efficien
cy.
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line hearing defects among chil
dren that go undiscovered until
the child gets older and when ma
ny times it is too late to improve
the hearing deficiency. It is
particularly important, therefore,
to find these cases for whom
something can be done in order to
prevent them from going through
life handicapped with partial deaf
ness.
In some places where these tests
have been given over a period of
years it has been found that about
five per cent of the children have
hearing defects. This figure com
pares closely with the findings of
the examining boards where about
four per cent of the selectees have
been discovered to have some de
gree of deafness.
The children found to have sig
nificant hearing defects will be
studied in an effort to locate the
causes of their deficiencies. Dis
eased tonsils, middle ear infec
tions, abnormal growths, and many
other conditions account for these
losses in hearing.
Gaston P.-T. A. In
Monthly Meeting
The January meeting of the Gas
ton Parent-Teachers Association
was held in the school auditorium
Monday night of last week. Mrs.
Joe Shearin was the program
chairman. The program consisted
of several health songs and reci
tations by members of the third
grade. A song by a group of sew
enth grade girls, and a dance by
Betsy Vincent. Miss Oora Beam
from the State Board of Health
was the speaker. Miss Beam has
been working for a while in the
Northampton County schools. A
list of physical defects, which have
been corrected since the health ex
aminations were made in the Gas
ton school, was completed and
read at this meeting. A large
number of defects have been in
vestigated and corrected.
The P.TA. selected as its ma
jor project this year, the enlarge
ment of the library. It was voted
at this meeting to appropriate a
part of the Association’s funds to
ward buying new books for the
library.
The seventh grade and the elev
enth grade won the attendance
prizes.
Four of the members of the As
sociation attended the meeting of
tbe P.T.A Council in Conway.
Those attending were Mrs. Robert
i Price, Mrs. Roland Massey, Mrs.
Herbert Blythe, and Mrs. B. H.
Johnson.
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Defense Program
At Gaston School
The students and teachers of
Gaston school have engaged in sev
eral activities in connection with
the defense program. A memorial
service was held for those men
and boys from the Gaston commu
nity who are in active army or
navy service or in any other
branch of United States service. A
list of the names of these was
read and this list will be kept in
the school and more names will be
added as more enter the service.
The speaker for this occasion was
Mr. Winfield Crew of Roanoke
Rapids. Trioute was paid to those
who are helping in the defense of
this country.
RED CROSS DRIVE
A second Red Cross drive was
held in the school and the amount
raised by the students was forty
three dollars. The students are be
ing encouraged to buy defense
amps and savings bonds. Every
Friday each class reports the a
mount spent for stamps and bonds.
Up to date approximately two
hundred and forty dollars worth
of bonds and stamps have been
bought by the students.
SAVE WASTE PAPER
The students are being urged to
save paper. Waste paper is saved,
collected and sold. The F.F.A.
has initiated a campaign for sal
vaging scrap iron in this commu
nity. The iron is to be collected
by these boys and sold.
FIRST AID COURSE
The Junior First Aid Course was
begun in the school on January
26. This course is to continue for
the next few weeks.
Berkstresser Is
Elected Head Of
RR Country Club
Gordon Berkstresser, prominent
young local man and Workmen’s
manager for Roanoke Mills No. 2,
has been elected president of the
Roanoke Rapids Country Club,
Inc., for the coming year, it was
announced following a meeting of
the stockholders of the organiza
tion last week.
Howerton Gowen, local oil dis
tributor, was elected vice-president,
and James Curran, prominent
young textile worker, was eelcted
secretary and treasurer.
The board of directors, in ad
dition to the three officers named
above, will be composed of the
following:
F. C. Williams, William Wolhar,
Allan Pierce, Frank Kemp, Ira A.
Musgrove, J. B. Dunn, Jesse Har
rell, T. W. Mullen and Ned Man
ning. Berkstresser, Gowen, Wil
liams, Wolhar, Harrell and Mullen
served on the Board of Directors
during the past year.
Other members of the official
staff of the club were named at
the meeting and their names will
be announced as soon as official
approval of their selection is had.
Make your tires last!
Switch Wheels Every 3,000 to 5,000 Miles —Don't let
your spare go to waste. Your Esso Dealer will change all
tires periodically as shown in the diagram above. The
charge is trifling compared with the additional mileage.
Keep Tires Properly Inflated — Air standards at your
Esso Dealer's are checked for accuracy — important
today when a difference of a pound or two is vital.
Properly inflated tires go more miles and last longer.
1 Drive Moderately — At 30 miles per hour, tires last
; twice as long as at 50.
Check Regularly — Let your Esso Dealer check your tire
| pressures every week. Most motorists used to neglect
i this for indefinite periods. Now it is urgent that they
; learn not only to watch tires, but to retard wear of every
j possible part. Learn to rely on your Esso Dealer for help.
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