ELECT NEGRO FARM
CHAIRMEN FOR
VICTORY GARDENS'
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Meetings Held
This Month To
Discuss Drive
Eighteen community meeting;
were held by the County Negrc
Extension workers during the wee!
f£ February 9-14. The purpose ol
these meetings was to launch th<
' irive for the “Victory Carder
Campaign” for the 2,286 Negrr
Farm operators in Halifax County
’ l Representatives from 59 communi
ties aggregated over 700 interestec
people. Out of this number 23<
• /Troup leaders were appointed
' These leaders were named “Cap
fains” of the groups of 15 familie:
with farm women serving as assis
, fants. Fifty-two neighborhooc
' leaders were elected in differenl
' school sections and eighteen com
; inunity chairmen named by the
' leiegatea.
The Negro Home Agent explain
; ed “Why We Should Eat the Dif
ferent Kinds of Vegetables Rec
• immended for a Victorv Garden”
' f-ihe outlined in a comparative il
' lustration, "The Human Body aj
1 a Machine”. “Each kind of fooc
has a vital part to play in life
■ process and it takes these food es
: trentials mentioned to meet the re
. juirements Of the body”, she add
' <;d. The Farm Agent, D. J. Knight
discussed "The Objectives of the
\7ictory Garden Campaign”. Agree
ment cards and special Victory
• Garden Calendar for Halifax
County were given to leaders ir
vrarious communities.
Negro ministers, school princi
pals, Vocational Educational work
ers, and the County Health De
partment are rendering valuable
services In carrying out the ob
jectives of the rural Neighborhood
Delineation work.
Community chairmen elect
ed are; S. J, Whitaker, Dawson;
.Samuel Clark, Scotland Neck; Ca
; ry J. Smith, .Sam’s Head; Free
Harrell, Mullens; Walter Shields
, Chestnut; Joseph Silver, Halifax
Peter Thomas, Twilight; J. S
.Johnson, Piney Grove; Tussie
Williams, Harrison; F. C. Peyton
Everett; Mack Faulcon, Print
George W. Kearney, Goldmine
• Eugene Solomon, Tabron; Fletchei
, Wester, White Oak; Henry M
Copeland, Hollister; Rev. E. M
‘ Aston, Wayman; W. A. Arrington
Draper; Harry Whitaker. Enfield
i Explains Taxes
: To Go On Boats
; [n an effort to settle question:
arising over the exact lengths o
lioats which will be required t<
, pay a Federal use tax this year
Collector of Internal Revenue C. H
Robertson of Greensboro yester
day stated that any boat measur
mg 16 feet in length would be re
quired to pay a $5 Federal tax.
He stated that boats of greate
length would be required to pa;
a tax according to their length
! with some taxes reaching $200.
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jCity Amateur
Radio Operator
Joins The Navy
Floyd D. Woolum, Credit Mana
ger at Reliable Clothiers & Furni
ture Co., enlisted in the U. S. Na
vy, February 6, for duties as a
radio operator. He is now sta
tioned in Charleston, S. C.
Woolum came to Roanoke Rap
ids several years ago from Hunt
ington, W. Va. and has been con
nected with the furniture business
until his enlistment. He was the
only amateur radio operator in
1 the city who maintained his own
station.
Mrs. Woolum is staying in Hunt
ington until arrangements can be
made for her to join her husband
in Charleston. Woolum leaves ma
ny friends in Roanoke Rapids who
wish him success in the duty he
has undertaken.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Mrs. J .W. Fanney delightfully
entertained a few of her friends
and members of her family with
a lovely dinner in honor of her
birthday on Sunday, Feb. 15th, at
her home on Jefferson Street.
Those enjoying this occasion with
Mrs. Fanney were: Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Fanney, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Fanney, Mr. and Mrs. S. W.
Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hin
son, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Parrott,
Misses Ethel Thompson, Kitty
Whitakers, Pluma Hopkins, Mary
Hopkins, Mrs. Jack Palmer, Mrs.
Hubert Lowder, Mrs. N. C. Chris
tensen of Norfolk, Va., and
Messrs. “Mac” Moore, Worth Bry
ant, and Charlie Briggs. Mrs.
Fanney was the recipient of many
lovely and useful gifts.
Hostess At Bridge
Mrs. Bill Alligood was hostess
on Tuesday evening when she en
tertained her bridge club. After
several progressions, scores were
added and prizes presented to
Mrs. Jimmie Curran for high
score, Mrs. Ivey Mohorne second
high and Mrs. T. N. Adams travel
ing prize.
Mrs. Alligood served a sweet
course with coffee.
Those playing were Mesdames
T. N. Adams, Jimmie Curran, Ivey
Mohorne, Sam Bunn, A. O. George,
George Pappendick, E. B. Smoat,
M. F. White, H. C. Wirtz, J. A.
Wood, W. C. Williams and Miss
Edna Wafford.
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Robert Lane of Washington, D,
1 C. is visiting his parents, Mr. and
. Mrs. W. E. Lane, this week.
SCHOOL
TRUCK
BURNS
One of the county’s newest
school buses was burned beyond
repair early Wednesday morning
on a little used road between
Ringwood ana Glenview when
a blaze started from the gas tank
as the vehicle was mired in mud
in a road ditch.
Superintendent of County
Schools, V. C. Matthews, said that
the bus, carrying four grammer
school boys to the Enfield school, j
became mired in a ditch when it
attempted to pass an automobile
on a narrow road, and that the i
driver, Joe John Anderson, 17,,
left the four boys in charge of (
the truck while he went in search j
of a telephone with which to call
the county garage for aid in free
ing the bus.
Shortly after the driver left,
Matthews said, the four small boys
got out of the truck and stood
watching a trickle of liquid run
ning down the ditch. The boys
argued among themselves as to
whether the liquid was gasoline or
water. One of the boys, to settle
the question, struck a match and
threw it into the ditch. Tne li
quid. which turned out to be gas
which had leaked from the tilted
gas tank of the truck, caught fire
and in a short time had spread all
over the truck. Before the driver
could get back and extinguish the
fire, the blaze had done its work
and the truck was a total loss.
Matthews said that the truck
carried only the four small boys
and the driver, due to the fact
that the bus had only begun its
run.
According to the superintendent,
the driver was blameless in the
lire. The youth, Matthews aaid,
had an excellent record tu* a driv
er.
Jurcisr Class At
Seaboard Feted
Members of the junior class of
Seaboard High School were enter
tained by their grademothers at a
valentine party in the high school
cafeteria on Friday night, Feb.
13. Various games and contests
j were enjoyed, the winners of the
j contests being Marjorie Boone,
Kathryn Davenport, John Woodie
Boone, Ernestine Edwards and
Mary Price. "Valentine refresh
ments” were served by the host
esses, Mrs. E. L. Davenport, Mrs.
J. W. Price, Mrs. H. Ramsey and
Mrs. J. W. Boone.
Birth Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Neil announce 1
the birth of a son, Fred Marshall,
Jr., on Saturday, February 14, at
I their home in Halifax.
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TOWN
TALK
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Johnnie Lassiter of Fort Meade,
Md., spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. King.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Browning
and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lee
and daughter, Sybil Jean, spent
Sunday in Richmond, Va.
Mrs. J. B. Hardy is visiting rel
atives in Petersburg, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Harlowe
and son, Edsel, and Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Tudor spent Sunday in Cole
rain.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Langston
spent last Wednesday in Rich
mond, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Myrick and
Roy Elliott Myrick of Petersburg,
Va., spent Sunday in town with
relatives.
Miss Betsy Witherspoon spent
the week-end in Staunton, Va.
Marion Taylor of Fort Bragg
spent the week-end with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Taylor.
J. B. Strother of Norfolk, Va., is
visiting his sister, Mrs. J. H.
Wrenn.
Mrs. R. G. Braswell and children
of Rich Square spent last Wednes
day in town with relatives.
Rheuben Browning of Washing
ton, D. C., spent last week with
his mother, Mrs. Sam Young.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hill of Rich
mond, Va., were called here last
week on account of the illness of
Mrs. Hill’s brother, Robert Bridges
who is a patient in Roanoke Rap
ids Hospital.
Capt. Alex Bullock Jr. of Minne
apolis, Minn., and Miss Vera Bul
lock of Parris Island, S. C., spent
a few days with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Bullock, of 758
Charlotte Street.
MADAM EDWARDS
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50c ClFTED PALMIST 50c
Has just opened her parlors on the Weldon Road. She
guarantees to read your entire life—past, present and future. She
asks no questions, but will tell you what you want to know, giving
- dates and facts of business, love, health and family affairs. Tells
1 who you will marry and when. If the one you love is true or false,
what part of the country is luckiest for you and just what to do
to be successful in life. She never fails to re-unite the separated,
cause speedy and happy marriages, overcome enemies, lovers’
quarrels, stumbling blocks and bad luck of all kinds. Since a child
’ she has been gifted with strange and mysterious powers, she
guarantees to bring about every desire and ambition of your entire
5 life. She does not tell to please, but will tell you the truth, good
' or bad, on all affairs of life.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
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3 On Weldon Road Just Outside City Limits
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Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
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STOCK AND EQUIPMENT OF
FERGUSON'S LUNCH
13th Street, Roanoke Rapid*
Equipment consists of all necessary items for
preparation and serving of quick lunches, barbecue,
sandwiches and short orders. Business is paying at
present time and will be profitable to right man. Build
ing can be rented by right party. Reason for selling,
other business.
R. W. r-ERGUSON, Prop.
Your health should be
of greater concern to
yon now than ever be
fore. There are many
ways in which we may
help yon to protect it,
for we dispense only the
best in drags and pre
scriptions._
“/re any Defense Pro
gram money is the
weapon with which
weapons are made”
We Sell U. S.
Defense Stamps!
DEPENDABLE DRUGS — REASONABLE PRICES
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