Aliens Ordered
To Register
At Postoffices
Registration of all German, Ital
ian and Japanese aliens in the
United States began on Monday
of this week, Postmaster L. G.
Shell said yesterday. All persons
of this nationaity who are not
naturalized citizens of this country
must register regardless of wheth
er they have previously registered
or not.
Mr. Shell stated that aliens may
register at any first or second
class postoffice or any county
seat town where there is no first
or second class office.
Mcny T© Register
At Gesstosi School
Registration of men between the
ages of 20 and 45 will be held at
the Gaston school for men of
these ages in East and West Gas
ton township precincts and for
Pleasant Hill township, it was an
nounced yesterday.
D. C. Clark has been appointed
to act as chief registrar at this
point by Northampton county
Draft Board No. 1. He will be
assisted by about 14 other vounteer
workers.
Mr. Clark said yesterday that
about 500 were expected to have
to register in his district alone.
BABIES
The following births were an
nounced at Roanoke Rapids hos
pital during the past week: Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Edwards of Garys
burg, a boy, on February 6; Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Newton, city, a boy
on February 8; Mr. and Mrs. H.
W. Garrison, city, a baby girl, on
February 8; Dr. and Mrs. M. A.
Garris of Weldon, a boy, February
8; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Gums, city,
a girl on February 10th.
PATIENTS
Out-of-town patients at the Roa
noke Rapids hospital yesterday
were reported as follows: Mrs. J.
R Brewer, Lawrence fille, Va., Mrs.
J. P. Crawley of Littleton, Mrs. J.
R. Clarey of Ankum, Va., W. AI.
Finch of Emporia, Mrs. M. A. Gar
riss of Weldon, Mrs. W. J. Gray of
Littleton, Mrs. Blanche Hall of La
crosse, Va, Mrs. H. G Lassiter of
Conway, Mrs. Norman Sumner of
Conway, and S. T. Stephenson ot
Seaboard.
ENTERTAINS BRIDE
Mrs. J. C. Wells complimented
Mrs. James Grady Pearson, a re
cent bride of this city, at her home
on Hamilton Street on Wednesday
evening with a kitchen shower.
Games and contests were played
after which the bride, Mrs. James
Grady Pearson, was presented with
a lovely box filled -with many use
ful gifts.
At ten thirty a sweet course was
served to the following guests:
Mesdames Tom Cook, A. T. Lester,
Edwin Cameron, Ed Turner, Char
lie Smith, Haywood Cherry, Grady
Roughton, Carey Massey, Allen Ed
wards, John Gaylord, Crawford
Britton; Misses Rebecca Price and
Ruth Cook.
BRIDGE PARTY
The Wednesday afternoon club
enjoyed the hospitality of Mrs. L.
B. Brown on Wednesday, twelve
guests enjoying five progressions
of contract The scores were add
ed at the end of the progressions
and Mrs. Clyde Liske was awarded
the high score prize. A salad
was enjoyed at five o’clock. The
following were present: Mesdamcs
D. E. Bennett Wilmer Collier,
Clyde Liske, E. H. Fuller, Roderick
Meikle, H. S. Loy, William Button,
William Thorne, Jr., Thornton
Wilson, Jr., W. D. Ball, Edwin
Graves, and Lew Yerger.
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HART - TESTER
On Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o’
clock, the First Presbyterian
Church of this city was the scene
of a simple wedding ceremony
when Miss Victoria Blair Vester
became the bride of Paul Allen
Hart of Norfolk, Virginia. The
Rev. Lawrence Stell, pastor of the
church, officiated, using the ring
ceremony.
Prior to the ceremony, Miss
Kent Bentley played a half hour
program of nuptial music. Miss
Jean Gibson sang "Because” and
"At Dawning”. The traditional
processional and recessional were
used. The vows were spoken at
the altar, where pale pink gladoli
and fern were used for decoration.
The bride’s dress was an after
noon dress of dark blue with
white accessories and her flowers
were gardenias. The maid of
honor, Miss Margaret White Ro
berson of Roanoke Rapids, wore
a dress of coco brown with acces
sories of brown and her flowers
were talisman roses. The best
man was Marcus Faircloth, of
Norfolk, Virginia.
Mrs. Hart is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Vester, of
Norfolk, Virginia, formerly of Roa
noke Rapids. She is a popular
leader of the younger set She
graduated from the Roanoke Rap
ids High School with outstanding
honors, moving to Norfolk about
a year ago.
The groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul A. Hart, of Nor
folk, Virginia. He is for the pre
sent associated with the ship
yards in Norfolk.
Following the wedding, the
bride and groom left by motor for
Florida and will be at home to
friends in Norfolk, Virginia, upon
their return.
FETES BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. Russell Weeks entertained
the members of tier bridge club
and an extra table of bridge on
Friday night. Those playing were
Mrs. W. L. Johnson, Mrs. W. R.
Caudle, Mrs. R. W. Millikin, Mrs.
Chas. Boykin, Mrs. P. C. Draper,
Mrs. V. A. Parks, Mrs. A. L. Hux,
Mrs. Aubrey Perry, Mrs. Jack
Whitehead, Mrs. S. M. Gary, Mrs.
W. P. Rodwell, Mrs. C. E. Shaw,
Mrs. Pete Cobb, Misses Clem Read,
Effie Avent, Myrtle Phipps and
Nannie Gary.
Mrs. V. A. Parks won high score
and Miss Effie Avent second high
for club, and Mrs. W. P. Rodwell
won visitors high. Bingo prize was
won by Mrs. Pete Cobb, Mrs. C. E.
Shaw traveling prize. The hostess
served a delicious salad course.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Elvin Walsh of
Granite Falls were called here
last Thursday owing to the death
of Mrs. Walsh’s uncle, D. N. Cul
lom.
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Entire Urban and Suburban Area of Roanoke
Rapids, Including Gaston, Belmont, West Rosemary,
Lincoln Heights, South Rosemary, Hodgestown,
Hornertown and All Other Areas Within One-Mile
of the Corporate Limits.
FEB. 15, 1942
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The War Department has requested a BLACK
OUT of Roanoke Rapids. Its purpose is to
acquaint people with effective ways of blacking
out light, with the warning signals, what to do
when air raids come, and to determine from ob
servation any weakness in making this area
invisible from aerial bombing attack.
Glare seen from overhead will draw attention
to bombers, and will cause them to drop flares to
illuminate their objectives. It is important that
everybody in the entire area co-operate. All lights
must be effectively covered.
Just as it is impractical to pull main power
house switches which would disrupt electric
service which must be had for water pumping,
sewage, refrigeration to prevent food spoilage,
hospital service, radio and telephone communica
tions, so it is impractical to pull light switches in
houses, particularly later, when blackouts may
become longer, or even sustained during the en
tire night.
While we are sure that everyone in this area
will co-operate with the Civilian Defense Council,
we should like to call attention to the fact that it
is a violation of the law not to effectively blackout
any light source, during test or actual blackouts.
THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS MUST BE CAREFULLY FOLLOWED!
I
THE ALARM SYSTEM
At the beginning of the blackout, all mill
whistles ivill blow short blasts for two
minutes duration. The “all clear” signal
will be a long blast of the same ichistles,
at the completion of the test.
HOMES
au persons at name srunua pui up uuictt
out materials m the refuge room, and then
extinguish all other lights, inside and out
side. If you plan to be away from home,
put out all lights before you leave. Stay
off the streets, remam in the refuge room
until the uall clear” signal is sounded. Do
not become alarmed, and except when ab
solutely necessary, do not use telephones
during the blackout.
VEHICLES
Upon hearing the alarm, all vehicles
should be parked at proper parking places,
and all lights extinguished until the *all
clear” signal is sounded.
COMMERCIAL
For all businesses that do not operate
after the hours 9:15 to 9:^5 P. M. all lights
such as window display lights, signs and
sign boards should be extinguished earlier
in the day.
It is suggested that, during this blackout,
all unattended stores provide some means
of protection because the Regular and
Auxiliary Police win be occupied with va
rious duties
For such businesses as cafes, drug stores,
theatres and others, which must necessarily
remain open during a blackout, all lights
should be carefuny shielded or extinguish
ed, so that no light is visible from the out
side. If the place of business is blacked
out, care should be taken to provide ulight
locks” so that persons entering and leaving
do not show lights from the outside.
MANUFACTURERS
All manufacturing plants, upon receiving
the alert, should immediately effectively
blackout the entire plant, including yard
lights and other light sources.
Each manufacturer will have Individual
problems, but each of them have promised,
complete co-operation during the test black
out. Detailed instructions will be given at
each mill by the industrial co-ordinator.
PEDESTRIANS
All persons are urged to remain at home,
unless they have specific duties during the
test such as serving as air raid wardens,
auxiliary police and firemen, or other offi
cial duties. All persons who find them
selves away from home at the alert should
immediately go to a shelter, co-operating
with the air raid warden in that sector.
No striking of matches or flashing of
flashlights wiU be permitted.
GENERAL
It is the intent of the Civilian Defense
Council to provide sufficient instructions
to cover all emergencies. However, in each
sector, there wiU be an air raid warden,
and he should be consulted for any specific
problem which might arise.
BY ORDER OF THE ROANOKE RAPIDS OFFICE OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE
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