IT’S AN ILL TORNADO that
blows nobody any good: our Kan
sas correspondent writes to tell of
a man near Manhattan, where a
tornado struck last month. The
man had a $300 mortgage on his
home when the tornado hit and
destroyed it. The building was
picked up and set down again as
a neat little pile of lumber. Not
one plank was left attached to
another . . Then the Red Cross
came along and built him another
home and the money he collected
from people who came to look at
the wreckage was enough to pay
off the wreckage . . if only anoth
er tornado doesn’t strike . .
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THE YOUNG SQUIRT was fas
cinated by the cooling unit in the
living room. His three and a
half years had never seen such a
contraption. It looked like a lat
tice-work wastepaper basket with
a metal top on it, and through
the latticework came a marvelous
breeze from the fan inside. The
Young Squirt sat gingerly on top
of the unit and cooled his legs.
“I like this,” he said to his Grand
mother. “When you get to be a
little boy you must try it some
time.”
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WHAT’S SAUCE FOR THE
BLUE GOOSE: A hotel in west
ern North Carolina has eighteen
or twenty permanent guests, many
of whom call the hotel home be
tween travel tours. These resi
dents, most of them blue bloods,
have formed an organization called
“The Blue Geese”, claiming that
“they never stay home and they
can’t get along with each other
when they do.”
Last year a young man, Dr. M—
was invited to become a member
of the Blue Geese and accepted
the invitation. He was initiated
at a banquet which started with
eggnog and ended with spaghetti
and meatballs. His initiation con
sisted of a shower of gifts ranging
from a gross of soap to a pair of
dice. Several weeks afterward
Dr. m— took to his bed with a
bad case of flu, but doctor-like,
he took neither his temperature
nor a dose of medicine. Some
how the Blue Geese found out a
bout his illness and went singly
and in relays to give him medical
care. One took his temperature.
And being unable to read a ther
mometer only commented that the
doctor was- a very sick man. An
other brought a bottle of mineral
water and returned every hour to
make the patient drink a glass of
it. Still another one gave him
soda at intervals. Each Blue
Goose had a pet home remedy,
and each one tried it out on the
doctor. Despite the fact that
twenty different remedies were
tried, the doctor finally recovered.
He says, though, that for a week
or two, he thought one Goose was
cooked . . one Blue Goose.
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TRAPPER: (Our Kansas cor
respondent again) . . The young
woman lives in an apartment ho
tel which apparently has its
share of rats and mice. For elev
en nights she set traps and for
eleven mornings she telephoned
the desk clerk to send someone
to remove the night’s catch. One
morning as the young woman was
going shopping, the desk clerk
beckoned to her and announced
that an auction was being held in
the next block and he thought
she. might be interested in attend
ing it.
“What kind of an auction . .
antiques?” asked the young lady.
"No ma’am,” said the desk
clerk, with the slightest bit of a
giggle. "The trappers are bring
ing in their furs today and we
thought you’d like to carry over
your pelts!”
TO "READERS”: Thank you
very, very much for your letter.
It carried more influence than
you might imagine . . Are you as
anonymous as you think you are?
WE STILL LIKE the slogan
comebody suggested . . “BUY A
WAR STAMP AND LICK THE
OTHER SIDE!’’
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ALL OUT OF GHOSTS AGAIN.
Two Report At
Fort Bragg For
Special Service
Two Roanoke Rapids colored
men have reported to the special
service reception center at Fort
Bragg for induction into the
Army, according to a release is
sued by the Public Relations of
fice at Fort Bragg.
The two Negroes are Major W.
Branch who, as the only Negro
chairman in the local Salvage For
Victory Committee, took an active
interest in war-time campaigns
here, and Wilbur Moody, a former
porter at the Roanoke Rapids hos
pital.
Branch, prior to leaving for
Army service, gave his personal
check for $10.00 to the USO cam
paign.
Both will probably be assigned
to special service of some sort
after their period of basic train
ing.
Crewe Man Is
Killed In Far
Pacific Action
Nephew Mrs. Archer Of This
City Killed In Action
Recently
A telegram has been received
by Mrs. Juanita Thomason of
Crewe, Va., informing her that
her husband, gunners mate, third
class, Mathew Louis Thomason
Jr., has been killed in action in
the war zone in the Pacific. Pettj
Officer Thomason is a nephew ol
Mrs. Margaret Archer of this citj
and was well-known in the city
He is the oldest grandson of Mr
and Mrs. W. T. Clary of Law
renceville, Va.
The telegram, signed by Randall
Jacobs, chief of the Bureau of
Naval Personnel, stated that hr
!
was "killed in action in perform
ance of his duty and in the ser
vice of his country”. Name and
location of his ship cannot be dis
closed.
Gunner’s Mate Thomason at
tended John Marshal] High
School, Richmond, Va. He left
school at 17 to join the Navy and
was beginning his second period
of enlistment when he was killed.
He was 21 years of age. He had
been in the Pacific war zone since
the beginning of the war. His
wife had received two letters from
him recently dated May 28 and 29.
Local Young Men
Enlist For Navy
Duty Saturday
The United States Navy Re
cruiting Office in Raleigh has
announced the enlistment of the
following young Roanoke Rapids
men into the United States Naval
Reserves as apprentice seamen:
Ovid B. Harris, Jr., 21, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ovid B. Harris, Sr.,
201 Washington Street; and John
W. Wall, 21, of 1340 Roanoke Ave
nue, this city.
On Friday the Recruiting station
announced the enlistment of four
other young Roanoke Rapids men.
They are as follows:
McDaniel Vaughan, 17, Nathan
iel Lloyd, 20, Clyde R. Clements,
17, and Cecil R. Crott, 17, all of
this city.
Each of these young men will
be given a 10-week (or less) pe
riod of training at one of the
Navy’s recruit training centers and
then will be assigned to one of
the Navy’s trade schools or to
active duty with the fleet.
Five Licenses
Revoked During
Past Few Days
The following drivers licenses
were announced as revoked in
Halifax County during the past
few days by the North Carolina
Highway Safety Division:
Henry Towns, Littleton, in Hali
fax Recorders court for driving
drunk; Claude Griffin Willey,
Roanoke Rapids, in Recorders
Court for driving drunk; William
Grover Woodruff, Roanoke Rapids,
in Halifax Recorders Court for
driving drunk; William Lee Ashe,
Littleton, in Halifax Recorders
Court for driving drunk.
Weldon Allen of Fort Bragg vis
ited Mrs. Sally Mills last week.
Mrs. J. B. Watkins of Ports
mouth, Va. visited Mrs. P. A.
Cook last week-end.
J. H. Joyner spent last week in
Wilson.
LOCAL YOUTH IS
ARRESTED BEING
AWOL FROM ARMY
Linwood Lewis
Left His Post
In March, '41
Linwood E. Lewis, 20, of Roa
noke Rapids, was taken into cus
tody in the weave room of Roa
noke Mills Co. No. 1 on Thursday
of last week and was turned
over to Raleigh officers, who in
turn delivered him to Captain Ira
C. Ballard at Camp Butner, near
Oxford, to fave charges of being
absent without leave from the
United States Army for more
than a year.
Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Lewis of Roanoke Rapids, en
listed in the Army in February,
1941, and was sent to Fort Jack
son, S. C., where he was a mem
ber of Company H, First Infantry.
In March, 1941, a little over a
month after his enlistment, he al
legedly went AWOL from his post
at Fort Jackson and returned to
his home here.
During his period of freedom
from the Army the youth married
and he and his wife recently be
came the parents of a baby girl.
When taken into custody here
young Lewis made the following
statement:
“If I’d just used my head I
would have realized that I could
have gotten out Of the Army on
account of my age, but I didn’t
think of that then. I just went”.
"I registered for the draft in
June,” Lewis added, “but I hadn’t
gotten my questionnaire when
‘they’ got me”.
Lewis was working on a loom
in the Roanoke No. 1 mill when
authorities took him into custody.
He was carried to Raleigh late
Thursday afternoon and placed in
the keeping of Lieutenant H. H.
Horton, of the Raleigh police
force, who made arrangements to
turn him over to Camp Butner
authorities.
Truck Tire
Permits Are
Order Of Day
A total of ten truck tire per
mits were issued by the local ra
tioning board during the past
week, according to H. B. Speight,
chairman of the local rationing
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board. There were no permits is
sued for the purchase of new pas
senger tires, with the exception of
a permit to purchase two obso- I
lete tires.
Following is a tabulation of
work done by the local board at
its regular meeting on Thursday
night:
Railway Express Agency, Wel
don, express service, one truck
tire and tube; H. L. Fahey, Roa
noke Rapids, plumbing and heat
ing contractor, two truck tires
and tubes; C. At Credle, Roanoke
Rapids, baker, two truck tires and
tubes; Weldon Coca Cola Bottling
Works, soft drinks, one truck
tube; W. E. Harris, Weldon, mat
tress manufacturer, two truck
tires and tubes; Town of Weldon,
two truck tires and tubes; Paul
Edward Green, Roanoke Rapids,
truck operator, one truck tire.
Sarah L. Spence, Roanoke Rap
ids, textile worker, two passenger
tubes; E. W. Wheeler, Roanoke
Rapids, textile worker, two tubes.
Jermiah Scott, Littleton, textile
worker, two passenger recaps;
Railway Express Agency, Weldon,
two truck recaps; Halifax County
Board of Education, public schools,
five recap truck tires; J. E. Da
vis, Roanoke Rapids, farmer and
livestock dealer, one recap; E. At.
Harvey, Roanoke Rapids, textile
worker, one recap passenger; R.
W. Hamill, Weldon, foreman at
Halifax Paper Co., two passenger j
recaps; J. W. English, Littleton, j
two passenger recaps. i
E. W. Wheeler, Roanoke Rap
ids, two obsolete tires.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Peede and Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Sadler spent last
week-end with Mr. and Mrs, Wil
liam Parker in Robinson ville.
DON'T
leave your fires
on the pavement!
When wheels are out-of-line—
your tires suffer. Wheels that
wobble and shimmy grind away
rubber. These and other mis
alined conditions eat the tread
away. Thus every mile you
drive, small particles of rubber
are left behind on the pavement. 1
You can save your tires—get
more mileage and save money
by having your wheel alinement
inspected at our shop on genu
ine Bear Wheel Alinement E
quipment. This service not only
saves you money but offers
greater comfort, easy steering
and safety, too. Drive in today.
Identify our shop by '
this Happy Bear sign.
BRICKELL i
MOTOR CO.
WRECKER SERVICE
Dial R414-1
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