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vui.uivm ROANOKERAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL9,1942 NUMBER 36
Seek Re-Election In City
virgil McDowell f. c. williams
— See Story On Page 12, Section B
SALVAGE LEADERS
NAMED FOR CITY
AT MEETING HERE
To Plan Drive
Here At Second
Meeting Tuesday
V .
The recently organized Salvage
For Victory Campaign, now un
derway throught the nation, was
off- to a good start in Roanoke
Rapids and vicinity today as a
result of a meeting of local citi
zens held in the municipal build
ing here on Tuesday night, at
which time chairmen of the vari
ous committees to work in the
local campaign were appointed by
F. S. Kemp, chairman of the Sal
vage For Victory committee here.
Appointed to serve in the cam
paign was an eight-man executive
committee, and seventeen district
chairmen who will have charge
of the collection of vital scrap
material in their districts through
out the duration of the war. Each
district chairman will appoint his
own committee to work with him
(Continued on Page 12, Sec. A)
Dr. L. G. Harrison, above, has
been elected President of the Roa
noke Rapids Rotary Club for the
coming year. See details on page
l, Section B.
NEW COMMISSIONER
★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★★
GURLEY RESIGNS
★ ★★★ ★★★★
MARTIN IS APPOINTED
Ten Men In
County Out
For Office
The announcement last week of
Charles R. Daniel, incumbent, and
A. M. Atkinson, Enfield man, as
candidates for the office of Judge
of Recorder’s Court, brought the
number of candidates who have
officially announced for county of
fices in the May 30th primary to
ten, leaving a number of offices
which are to be filled, uncontest
ed to date as the Herald went to
press. Filing time for county of
fices closes at six o’clock on Sat
urday afternoon, April 18th.
Atkinson, who was Mayor of
Enfield for four years, is the
latest candidate in the field. Dan
iel, the incumbent Judge of the
Recorders court, is from Weldon.
Offices of County Commissi
oners, County Coroner, members
of the County Board of Educa
tion, and Solicitor of Recorder’s
court, all are to be filled at the
November elections, with nomina
tions being made in the May 30th
primary. To date no announce
ments have been made for any
of these offices.
Announcements to date include
the following:
For Clerk of Superior Court: A.
Leonidas Hux, incumbent, and
Sam A. Dunn of Enfield.
For Sheriff: H. A. House, in
cumbent, P. C. Luter and S. M.
Thompson, all of Roanoke Rapids.
For the Senate: E. L. Travis of
Halifax, incumbent, and Julian
Allsbrook of Roanoke Rapids.
For Judge of Recorders Court:
Chas. R. Daniel, incumbent, and
A. M. Atkinson, of Enfield.
For Representative: B. B. Ever-i
ette of Palmyra, unopposed.
Appointed To
City Board
Alfred Martin, above, a former
city commissioner, has been ap
pointed by the Board of Commis
sioners to serve until May 30th in
the post left vacant by the resigna
tion of Commissioner J. B. Gurley
who has taken up active duty with
the United States Army. Martin was
one of the members of the first
Board of Commissioners to serve
the city after the incorporation of
Roanoke Rapids with Rosemary.
Britton Goes To
Duke Hospital
Rufus Britton, secretary of the
Roanoke Rapids fire department
and well known here, is a patient
in Duke Hospital, Durham, where
tie underwent an operation today
(Thursday) as a result of a head
ailment with which he has been
suffering for some time.
No word has been received from
the hospital since the operation.
£ _
Local Druggist
To Serve Until
Next Election
J. B. Gurley, city commissioner
here since June 1939 and who was
recently ordered to active duty
with the United States Army, last
week tendered his resignation to
the Mayor and Board of Commis
sioners.
Acting on the matter at the
regular monthly meeting of the
Board on Tuesday, the commis
sioners accepted the resignation
with regret and immediately ap
pointed Alfred Martin, local drug
gist and former commissioner, to
serve until the May 30th election,
at which time the post will be
filled for the remainder of the
term.
The text of Gurley’s resignation
reads as follows :
“I have recently been called to
active duty with the armed forces
of the United States. This will, of
course, necessitate an indefinite
absence and make impossible the
performance of my duties as a
member of the city council.
“I therefore ask that you ac
cept my resignation as a commis
sioner of the city of Roanoke Rap
ids, effective April 1st.
“It is with sincere regret that
I sever my connections with the
Board, since my association with
its members personally, and with
the other officials and employees
of the city have been to me most
pleasant and helpful”.
The Board passed a resolution
expressing regret at Gurley’s re
signation from the Board, but at
the same time commended him
as one who is doing his part in
the services of his country. Mo
j tion was made by Commissioner
M. D. Collier, and seconded by
V. E. McDowell, that the city clerk
be instructed to write a letter to
j the former commissioner accept
' (Continued on Page 12, Sec. A)
Roanoke Rapids Welcomes Boy Scouts to the —
EASTERN CAROLINA CAMPOREE
to be held here next week — April 17,18 and 19th
JOIN THE BIG PARADE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:30 LED BY
GOVERNOR BROUGHTON and the GUARD OF HONOR.
See BOB FELLER, SAM CHAPMAN and other Visiting Celebrities.