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BUSINESS HERE MAKES PLANS FOR FIRST BLACK-OUT Members of the Roanoke Rap tds Merchants Association attend ed a special Black-Out instruction meeting at the Municipal Building yesterday afternoon in prepara tion for the city’s first trial black rut which comes Sunday night. It #as the largest meeting in the history of the Association. The court room was packed. President C. C. Shell opened the jeseion and presented F. M. Sher ry, local Defense Chairman who gave a report on the Chapel Hill school attended by Eugene Lehman, Sheared Crumpler, Chief H. E. Dobbins and Sherry. Don Tillar, chief of the Emergency Utilities unit, gave instructions on actual black-out technique. Both speakers stressed that this trial black-out for a half hour is just the beginning and that a sus tained blackout every night is not remote. It was pointed out to merchants that, in this case ail places of business planning on re maining open nights should start now making necessary prepara tions. Uf-raus oiciuae ngni-iocK uuors which can be opened without re vealing lights within, question of • ventilation and other problems which confront places of business faring those sustained blackouts. Ufr Tillar had a model for the av erage store in the city and one model store will be chosen as a guide. Both business and private home blackout is not a question of puli ng a switch and cutting off the lights. Purpose as pointed out by the instructors was to blackout ef fectively but to permit living in a refuge room and doing business to go on during the time the city m blacked out. Gaston, Horner Town, Hodges Town, South Rosemary, Belmont, Lincoln Heights, and all places l mile from the incorporated lim its of Roanoke Rapids are includ ed in this area for the test black out. The textile and paper industries here are making plans to co-operate in the first blackout and are mak ing plans to work under sustained blackouts in the future, it was an nounced. Mr. Sherry pointed out tnat ror sloven months, air raid officials and wardens were subject to jokes in England but when the raids be gun they were the heroes of the nation. Many hours of intensive training are needed to make them perfect but this work has been started. Chief of Police Dobbins asked far the trial blackout that mer chants remove things of value from their show windows and station guards inside their darkened stores in case of trouble during the first tests. Later this work wilt be done by auxiliary police. Later also will come instructions as to special blackout guards for auto lights and flashlights for (hose who must be on the streets, said Mr .Sherry, but for the Sun day night test, all citizens are ask ed to be at home or off the streets A special blackout ordinance has been passed by the City Board ol YOUR^lW -Inflamed from constant' H 'j/Xg coughing due to a cold! ” f * See how fast one dote of MENT*HO-MULSION works to soothe Irritated throat membranes, expel phlegm, and bring you quiet. Satisfaction or money back. 60c and $1.00 sizes. Try It. w* CLrl-SSS-r MATTHEWS DRUG CO. Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Commissioners and is printed in this issue of the newspaper. It provides for punishment for those who refuse to willingly co-operate with local officials during blackout sessions. Girl Scouts In Monthly Meeting Hear Director On Wednesday evening, Febru ary 4, the Girl Scout Leaders held their monthly meeting at the Scout Hut and had as their guests the Troop Committee members of each of the eight troops. Miss Louise Brown, President of the Leaders, presided at the meet ing and extended a welcome to the Committee Members. Mrs. E. L>. Harbour, Chairman of the cookie sale, gave a report of the sales up to this time. She, also, explained how each girl could enable her troop to get a perfect score. Mrs. Graham Shell, Program Di rector, asked for suggestions ana ideas on how to celebrate the birthday of Scouting on March 30. No definite plans were made at this time. Miss Frances Newsom, Local Director, presented the booklet, “Volunteers for Victory” in which the Girl Scout adult jobs in con nection with defense are outlined. To quote Miss Newsom in present ing the booklet, “The assets of Girl Scouting at this time are many; first, it is based upon a code of ethics that emphasizes service to others; second, it in cludes in its program many activ ities that can be used to bolster every aspect of the defense pro gram during this war period; third, it has a method—the demo cratic method—that insures the highest type of cooperative endeav or on the part of groups of chil dren and adults; fourth, it has hundreds of thousands of girls j trained in attitudes, skills, and methods of organization that can be put to use in a war situation; fifth, it has thousands of adult women and men who are similar ly trained, and in many communi ties, are organized into admini I You are insured prompt delivery and correct measurements when you buy FUEL M OIL or KEROSENE from us. Our tank ■ trucks are equipped with meters, and we I give you a receipt! 1 For Lowest Cash Prices — I I Roanoke Rapids I Oil Company I J. SPIRE, Manager ^ strative councils and committees; sixth, it has physical resources in its local offices and camp sites; and, last, it has a national or ganization that coordinates the work of all local groups into an efficient movement for service to the communities of the nation.” Also, instructions on what to do in case of a blackout were given out. The meeting ended with the en tire group forming a circle and singing “Taps”. Those present were: Mesdames Cole, Carroll Wilson, M. M. Moore, R. L. Martin, D. E. MacKenzie, Graham Shell, Louis Johnson, D. E. Harbour, Will Clark, George Taylor, and J. R. King and Mr. Carl Churchill, and Mr. R. L. Knight, Committee Members; Misses Frances Newsom. Margaret Poyner, Estelle Knight, Margaret Toler, Frances Grant, Margaret Watson. Louise Brown, Eileen Fisher, Mesdames Lunsford Crew, A. O. George, W. H. Thorne, Bail Haverstock, and Murrell Hudson, I Jr., Leaders. May Caned County Cage Tourney That there is a possibility of the first county-wide basketball tournament for high schools, scheduled to be held in the county on February 23, 25 and 27, being cancelled was expressed this week by Roger Gupton, who has been appointed as secretary of the pro posed tournament. Gupton said that one basketball team in the county had already cancelled its entire cage schedule and that others may be forced to do the same. Hollister is the school not playing out its schedule ! this year, he said. The secretary gave as his rea son for believing the tourney would be cancelled the fact that the teams would experience trans portation difficulties in travelling to and from the games, and that spectators would face the same situation, making a successful I tournament a remote possibility, j Action on setting the location of the tournament by the county or 1 ganization of principals and . coaches has been delayed by Pres ident Zeb Denny, of the Aurelian Springs School, until all principals can be contacted and a decision reached. Aurelian Springs Teacher Is Called Into Active Duty Jessie Liles, instructor of Agri culture at the William R. Davie school for the past two or three years, has been called into active duty with the U. S. Army, it has been announced, and will report for duty at Fort Benning, Ga., on Wednesday of next week. Mr. Liles, a native of the Aure lian Springs section of the coun ty, holds a First Lieutenant’s commission in the Army Reserves. He graduated at N. C. State Col lege in 1936, and took an active part in R.O.T.C. work, receiving his commission. Lt. Liles is married and has one child. r^" 1 -. — John E. Johnson, a student at State College, has been named to succeed Lt. Liles at the William R. Davie school. Mr. Johnson is a student teacher who finishes in Agriculture at State College this spring. R. Elvin Walsh, Wallace Shear, in, Irvin Shearin, Harvey Shearin, and David Loy Shearin were busi ness visitors in Norfolk Saturday. They were accompanied home by Douglas Keeter. Marion and Marvin Taylor of Fort Bragg spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Tyler spent the week end in Suffolk, Va. Abe Jernigan of Fort Jackson spent the week end with his mo ther, Mrs. Nellie Jernigan. - I START TODAY It’s never too late to start saving for home ownership the important thing is ' to make the start sometime — and today is as good a time to start as any other. Investigate our plan! 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