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VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1942 NUMBER 34
BROUGHTON TO SPEAK
AT SCOUT CAMPOREE
HERE ON APRIL 17th
NUMBER
EVENTS
PLANNED
Committee chairmen here work
ing on the program arrangements
for the Eastern Carolina Scout
Camporee, to be held here on A
pril 17-18 and 19, officially an
nounced yesterday that Governor
J. M. Broughton would attend the
opening day session of the Camp
oree and lead the mammoth pa
rade that will inaugurate the o
pening of the three day meeting
which will bring some 2,000 Scouts
and Scouters from all sections of
Eastern North Carolina to the city.
Ciyde Liske, chairman of the
Camporee, said that Governor
Broughton has officially accepted
the invitation to attend the Camp
oree, and that the chief executive
would make a short address to
the Scouts prior to the start of the
long parade, and that he would
then lead the procession under a
guard of honor composed of Eagle
Scouts selected from Scout troops
in attendance.
The official program for the
opening day of the Camporee has
been completed, and it will com
prise a full afternoon and night of
entertainment for the visiting
Scouts. Following is a brief re
sume of the events to take place
during the afternoon and evening:
Governor Broughton will address
the Boy Scouts at 4:30, and then
will lead the parade which forms
at the Armory, proceeds down
Hamilton Street to 12th Street, up
12th to Roanoke Avenue, and down
Roanoke Avenue to 2nd Street,
from which point the parade will
proceed back to the camp site.
The parade will be comprised of
the following groups in order:
Governor Broughton, ‘with an Ea
gle Scout Guard of Honor riding
bicycles: Mayor Kelly Jenkins and
the City Commissioners, the Ex
ecutive Board of the East Carolina
Scout Council, East Carolina Coun
cil Committee chairmen, District
Committee chairmen, District
Scout Executives, Camporee Com
mittee chairmen, Scoutmasters, as
sistant Scoutmasters, and then the
Boy Scouts, who will be in full
dress uniform and displaying the
National %nd State flags and col
ors of the various troops in the
Camporee. Leading the parade
will be the local high school band.
Liske said that when the Scouts
arrive on Friday they will check
in and register their patrols, after
which judges will inspect their per
sonal equipment, uniforms, insig
nia and packs. The Scouts will
then be assigned to their plots and
begin setting up their tents.
Following the parade they will
prepare supper and participate in
a clean-up period. Tribal camp
Mres will then be held, during
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Kiwanis Club
First Again
For the second time in five
years the local Kiwanis Club has
been selected as winner of the
1941 achievement report contest
in the Blue division of the Caro
linas Kiwanis Club district, it
was learned today.
The achievement report con
test was based on work done by
the Club during the past calen
dar year among clubs with 25 to
50 members. The announce
ment of the winner will be made
at the annual district meeting of
the Carolinas District in Sep
tember.
The calendar year in which
the achievement award was
won listed Frank Sherry as Pres
ident; VV. P. Medlin as vice
president; Rev. Lawrence Stell
as secretary; and Heath Lee as
treasurer.
CHAMP!
Richard Collins of Roanoke
Rapids, known here for his in
terest in amateur boxing, is shown
holding a trophy he received at
Fort Jackson, S. C., for winning
the lightweight championship of
the 30th Infantry Division on
March 13th. j
Collins, who made quite a name
for himself here as an amateur and i
Golden Gloves boxer, was inducted :
into the Army eighteen months ago 1
with Company “B”, the local Na- i
tional Guard unit. Although trans- j
ferred since that time to Company j
“C”, 105th Medical Battalion, Col- i
lins still holds the rank of First
Sergeant. He recently was given
a commendation by Major General
Henry D. Russell, commanding of
ficer of the 30th Division, for his
work and as instructor in training
new recruits.
To receive the trophy shown
above, Collins waded through the
best lightweight boxers the Divi
sion had to offer and won his
championship bout by an unani
mous decision of the judges.
ANNOUNCES
FOR CLERK
A. Leonidas Hux, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Halifax County,
today announced his candidacy to
succeed himself subject to the
Democratic primary on May 30th.
Mr. Hux has made a splendid
record as Clerk and his office is
regarded as one of the most effi
cient in the State.
LEADS BAND
Barry McKinley, above, will bring
lis popular dance band here to
day for the Victory Ball, being
iponsored by the local Civilian De
'ense Auxiliary Police Force, in
;he new Armory building on Fri
lay night of next week. McKin
ey has been featured vocalist on
b number of nation-wide radio
>ro grams.
SALVAGE FOR
VICTORY CAMPAIGN
STARTS IN COUNTY
FOR COMPLETE DETAILS
TURN TO PAGE 1, SEC. B
ONE PEDESTRIAN IS
KILLED; 2 ARE HURT
BY AUTOS NEAR HERE
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Divorces Granted
CIVIL
COURT
OVER
Judge Henry L. Stevens of War
saw, presiding over the second
week of civil Superior court in
Halifax, yesterday afternoon ad
journed the session after three full
days of work, during which time
eight divorce cases were disposed
• of and a number of other civil
I actions heard.
A number of cases scheduled to
be tried at last week’s session
were heard this week. Judge Ste
vens adjourned the first week’s
session on Monday with the com
ment that the calendar did not
show enough work for judge and
jury for but one week.
Divorces were awarded in the
following actions:
Nettie Garner Bowser from-The
odore Bowser, Kitty Bryant Whit
aker from Joe Henry Whitaker,
Bessie Williams from Luther Wil
liams, Raymond Reid from Marie
Reid, Spear Jones from Corinne
Jones, Emma Andrews Moss from
(Continued on Page 12, Sec. A)
Rotary Speaker
Dr. Henry Dvvire, above, was the
principal speaker at the annual '
Ladies Night banquet of the Roa
noke Rapids Rotary Club here on
Tuesday night. Dr. Dwire, who is
vice-president of Duke University',
urged members to do their part in
support of the war effort.
SUGAR RATION
DATES ARE SET
See Details on Page 2, Sec. A
NEGRO
CHILD
DIES
One pedestrian was killed and
two others injured', not seriously,
when struck by automobiles near
Roanoke Rapids during the past
week-end.
One of the victims died in Roa
noke Rapids hospital on Tuesday
night as a result of multiple in
juries, while the other two are
still receiving treatment at the
hospital.
The fatal accident occurred in
Gaston Saturday morning about 9
o’clock, when Chanie Banks, II
year-old Negro girls, was struck
by an automobile driven by Char
lie Clements, Roanoke Rapids Ne
gro. Clements was released under
$500 bond pending the outcome of
the child's injuries, but was taken
into custody again when the child
died and his release bond was set
at $1,000.
Northampton county officers,
who investigated the accident, with
Highway Patrolman H. W. Roth
rock, said that Clements would be
given a hearing before a North
ampton Justice of the Peace next
week-end and that if probable
cause in the accident was found
at the hearing the Negro would be
bound over to Northampton Su
perior court on manslaughter
charges.
Rothrock said that the Banks
child was pulling a small wagon
on the left side of highway 47 in
Gaston early Saturday and that
Clements, who should have been
safely on the right hand side Of
the road, struck the child, break
ing two of the child’s legs and
causing other injuries.
Two Roanoke Rapids women,
Pattie Ellis and Louise Askew,
were injured about 2:15 o’clock
Sunday morning on the Weldon
Roanoke Rapids highway when
they were struck by an automo
bile driven by a white youth who
gave his name as John Arthur
Narron, and his address as Smith
field.
Corporal J. C. Long, of the High
way Patrol, investigated the acci
dent and said that the two women
were struck by Narron’s car as it
was proceeding toward Roanoke
Rapids. Long quoted Narron as
saying that he was blinded by
another automobile and did not
see the two women until too late
to stop.
Narron stated that he was a stu
dent at Wake Forest College. He
was not held by officers.
Attaches at the hospital said that
the two women were not seriously
injured, but that both received in
juries about the legs, one of them
a broken limb.