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SECTION "B" DIAL R-326 ALL DEP’TS THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1942 SECTION B—PAGE 1 ✓ CAMPAIGN READY TO START IN CITY NEXT WEEK - H Plans Formed At Meeting On Tuesday Night Residents of the city of Roanoke Rapids will begin early next week to contribute scrap metals to the local "Salvage For Victory” cam paign which is expected to sweep the city clean of waste materials of all descriptions that are and can be of help to the nation in its war effort. Final details of the campaign were mapped out at a meeting Tuesday night in the Municipal Building of chairmen of the seven teen districts in the city, members of the executive committee of the campaign who were elected at the first meeting held on Tuesday night of last week. Frank S. Kemp, local chairman of the "Salvage For Victory” com mittee, presided over Tuesday night's meeting and with the as sistance of DeLeon F. Green, coun ty salvage chairman, explained the method for organizing committees to work in each district by the district chairmen. According to plans, eacn dis trict chairman will appoint his own committee to work with him in his district throughout the cam paign, which is designed to be permanent and last through the du ration of the war. The committee in each district is to have complete charge of the collections of all scrap within the boundaries set forth at last week’s meeting. Plans call for the establishing of a central collection point in each district, to which scrap mat erial from the district will be taken and there be collected by trucks and taken to a central collection point where it will be baled and prepared for sale and shipment. Kemp explained that the prog ram of collection in each district will be a process of education by the district committeemen of the residents of their respective dis tricts, to save and bring to the district collection center all scrap material that has heretofore been thrown away, and which is vital to the war effort. Scrap material collected will be graded and placed on sale, and funds derived from this sale will be devided between the local Civ ilian Defense Corps and the Boy and Girl Scouts and other civic organizations. The Civilian Defense unit here in the city is expected to be given a portion of the money for use in the purchase of neces sary equipment, such as gas masks, helmets, equipment to com bat fire bombs, and a number of other items that would be vital to the defense and protection of the city in the event of a bombing raid or other disaster. Boy and Girl Scouts will assist in the collection of the scrap when called upon, but each resident of the city is expected to collect from his or her premises all scrap mater ial of any kind that is contained in the list given below and carry It to the collection point in his re spective district. j Chairman Kemp explained at Tuesday night’s meeting that the collection program is to be carried on throughout the duration of the war to put back in the channels of trade all metals, paper, rubber, rags and other items that can in any way be used in the war effort. He stated that the program of col lection is expected to get underway early next week, and that by Mon day district chairmen and their committees would have perfected plans, selected collection points and prepared the way for the bringing in of contributions. Principal items that are especi ally necessary by the government if the war is to be won are as fol lows: RUBBER: Items such as old tires, tubes, rubber shoes, rubber articles of all kinds. RAGS: Old clothing, linens, sheets, scraps and waste cloth material around the house, to be securely tied in bundles, using the largest piece of cloth as a contain er. PAPER: Four classifications for best prices, all securely tied in bundles or in cartons. 1-Newsprint, old newspapers, carefully stacked and tied. 2-Glossy magazine paper, tied in bundles. 3-Pasteboard car tons, folded and tied. 4-Scrap pap er, in paste board cartons or bags. JUNK METALS: Anything in iron, steel, brass, copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, and other metals. Collection lots in each district, Kemp said, will be centrally located so that they can be easily reach ed by the residents pf that dis trict. If residents are unable to carry their scrap to the district collection point, Boy Scouts or some member of the committee in the district will make arrange ments to call at the^ome or place of business to carry it to the col lection point. It was emphasized at Tuesday night’s meeting that a thorough canvass of each district was to be made and that the collection campaign throughout the duration of the war would not conflict with any other collection program by a civic or charitable organization. “The sole purpose of this cam paign”, Kemp pointed out, “is to see that scrap materials of all types that are vital to our coun try’s war program are taken from their hiding places and placed in the proper channels where they will finally reach the hands of our boys fighting on foreign soils. This “Salvage For Victory” is going to win this war with the help of our fighting men. We are truly going to ‘scrap the Japs with scrap’ SOFTBALL MEETING MONDAY All officials of the 1941 softball league in the city have been called for a special meeting at the Roa noke-Patterson employment office on Third street on Monday night at 7:30 o’clock for the purpose of organization and discussing plans for the softball league here this summer. Roderick Meikle, who served as chairman of the league last year, will preside at Monday night’s meeting. Frank S. Kemp, district softball commissioner, and Bill Al ligood, State commissioner, will attend. Also to be discussed is the pros pects for having a team from Company B, 30th Engineers, sta tined in the Roanoke Rapids Arm ory, enter the city league this year. In the event the Army team does enter the circuit, five teams will be in and competition will be stronger than ever. Lt. Robert B. Moore of Company B will represent the Army at Monday night’s meeting. Managers and coaches of the four teams already entered in the league, and officials of last year’s city league are urged to be pres ent at the meeting. BIRTHDAY PARTY On Saturday afternoon, E. W. Lee entertained a few of his little friends in honor of his ninth birth day. After taking pictures and playing games, refreshments were served to the following: Caroline and Buddy Todd, Mildred and Junior Brock well, Barbara Carol and Drisco Connell, Dallas and Doris Barnes, Richmond, Va., Shirley and Sylvia Jean Lynch, Junior Hasty, Alton Babb, Billy Ennis, Jerry Pulley, Walter Grey, Virginia Bryant, E. W. Lee and Jean Barnes of Ports mouth, Va. ERWIN - BLYTHE Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Blythe wish to announce the marriage of their daughter, Nancy Edith, to Brad ley York Erwin, of Newport News, Va., on Sunday, April 5, 1942, at Emporia, Virginia. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Erwin of Roanoke Rapids, N. C. The couple spent their honey moon in Washington, D. C. and on Skyline Drive. They will make their home later in Newport News. With war, Uncle Sam decides how much Coca-Cola can be produced. That’s enough to go 'round often, but not as often as in times of peace. Enjoy it. You’ll find the quality exactly the same. We count upon the cooperation of retail dealers to keep the five-cent price. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY Of THE COCA-COLA COMf ANY BY • WELDON COCA-COLA BOTTLING WORKS, INC. iluanty carries on
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