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THE ROANOKE R API OS ^ 1 More News — More j ) Advertising — More i I Paid Subscriber* s_y j VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 16,1942 NUMBER 50 In War Zone Another in the long list of Roa noke Rapids soldiers who have joined our allies on European soil to do battle with the Axis powers, is Pfc. Benjamin L. Butler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Butler of Char lotte Street, this city. Ben sailed from New? York early last week bound for some point across the Atlantic. He is with the 8th Air Force Bomber Squadron. Another brother, Stanley M. Butler, has ar | rived in Australia with United States Army troops. In New Caledonia Private First Class Wilson Ar rington, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arrington, of Littleton, Route 2, is probably the first Hal ifax county soldier to arrive on the island of New Caledonia, about which island there has been con siderable publicity in state and na tional papers daring the past two weeks. Pfc. Arrington volunteered for service in June of 1940, and was subsequently stationed at Fort Bragg and San Francisco. He re cently notified his parents that he had arrived safely on the island. He has three sisters and one broth er living in and near Roanoke Rapids. Four Gallons Gas For Each Book Coupon H. B. Speight, chairman of the local ration board, announced to day that the gd!lIonage value of the coupons in the various gas ration books is as follows: A Ration Book_4 Gal. B Ration Book_4 Gal. C Ration Book_ 4 Gal. D Ration Book _1.6 Gal. S-l Ration Book _ 5 Gal. S-2 Ration Book _ 5 Gal. Your A Ration Book will have to last you from July 22, 1942, through July 21, 1943. Page 1 in all A Ration Books, or No. 1 stamps, must last for a 2 month period. Each successive page is for a like period. All B Ration Books used in supplementary al lotments are tailored to fit the applicant’s needs and can riih as long as 12 months. Supplement Gas Books Ready Mon. There will be no sugar applica tions taken on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the office of the local rationing board, the first two days of next week being over to issuing supplementary ration books for motorists whose appli cations for supplementary gasoline have been approved. Any person not receiving a no tice by mail can come to the local board office to find whether their application for extra gasoline was approved, Chairman H. B. Speight said today. CITY HOLDS RAID TEST ON TUESDAY DETAILS ON PAGE I, SECTION B SEVEN CITY YOUTHS TAKE AIR TRAINING DETAILS ON PAGE 10, SECTION A __ TWINS IN THE SERVICE Marion and Marvin Taylor, above, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Taylor, who live on Washington Street, are probably the only set of twins from Halifax County serving in Uncle Sapi’s Army. The two have been in the Army for about two years and for much of that time were stationed at Fort Bragg. However, they have now been transferred to Camp Blanding, Florida. They like the Army fine and both are First Class Privates. Their advancement from the lower grades to privates, first class, have been on an equal basis, as will any future advancements they may make through the ranks. WAR HEROES DAY TO BE OBSERVED IN CITY FRIDAY 9k_ Bond Sales To Be Pushed By Retailers Friday, July 17th, has been des ignated as “American War Hero es Day” in Roanoke Rapids, and a concerted effort will be made by all retail merchants to push the sale of War Savings Stamps and Bonds. According to the information re leased by C. A. Wyche, President of the local Merchants Association, all retail stores in the city will promote the sale of War Bonds and Stamps throughout the day, giving these items priority above any other items in their stores. The month of July has been designated as "National Retailers’ Victory Drive” month throughout the nation, and the Merchants As sociation of Roanoke Rapids has taken an active part in this drive. On Friday the stores here win push the sale of Bonds and Stamps first and their merchan dise second. According to President Wyche, one of the best ways to honor the five young men of Halifax Coun (Continued on Page 12, Sec. A) Heading the Civilian Defense Or ganization in Roanoke Rapids since its formation, is Frank Sherry, above, who is the organization’s commander. On Tuesday his group of volunteers were put through, their paces in the first daylight air raid test yet staged in the city. The group made an excellent showing. For complete details of the "raid” read the story on Page 1, Section B. mmmsmmmsmm HALIFAX RESPONDS TO CALL County Board Not To Donate Funds; Drive Is $213.38 Shy Goal A total of $6,686.62 has been col lected so far from all sources in the financial drive to collect $6,900 in United Service Organization funds, Frank C. Williams, chair man of the drive in Halifax Coun ty, announced yesterday. With all of the community and district chairmen in the county having reported and with many of them going over the top in their drive to fill their quotas, the drive in the county had collected approximately 97 per cent of the entire quota, and there is still chance of meeting the entire quota, Chairman Williams reported. Halifax, Weldon, Scotland Neck,. Wards, and Roanoke Mills Co. No. 1 went over the top with their quotas, while other towns and dis tricts in the county came near meeting the entire quotas allotted to them. In the South Ward section, where Alfred N. Martin acted as chairman, several teams of work srs collected a total of $575, with a quota of $400 allotted to their particular district. In Roanoke Mills Co. No. 1, the quota was 5500 to be collected from the em ployees. Final returns from this mill shows that a total of $615.79 was collected. In the North Ward area in Roanoke Rapids, where Frank J. Hawley was chairman, a quota of $200 was met with con :ributions of $246.65. It is interesting to note that out of a total quota of $2,300 assigned to the employees of the four Roa noke Rapids textile mills, Roanoke No. 1 and No. 2 and Patterson and Rosemary, their contributions lacked only $5.30 meeting the entire 52,300 quota. Since the above story was writ ten, J. Waldo Whitaker, chairman of the County Board of Commis sioner, has informed Chairman Williams that the request for USO funds from the county board had been placed before Kelly Jenkins, county attorney, and that Mr. Jen kins had ruled that only by a spe cial act of the Legislature could county funds, including ABC funds, be used for such a purpose. A request for an appropriation of $500 from the County Board of Commissioners from Chairman Williams last week, got no re sponse. The letter from Chair man Williams to J. Waldo Whit aker, chairman of the County. Board, was read at the meeting of the Board last week tout action (Continued on Page 12, Sec. A>
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