PETROLEUM COORDINATOR
SAYS FUEL OIL SHORTAGE
IS ACUTE AT THIS TIME
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Some timely information with
reference to the fuel oil situation
here on the East coast was received
the first of the week by M. C. New
som, city oil distributor. Mr. New
som passes along a bulletin he and
other sellers of fuel and heating
oils have received from the Office
of the Petroleum Coordinator for
War, and the bulletin reads in part:
. You have heard and read that we
face a possible fuel and heating oil
shortage in the East. This is not
strictly true. We do not face a
shortage, the shortage is here.
Fuel and heating oils in storage
in the East are only about half of
what they were at this time a
year ago. And, although summer
is the period during which inven
tories are normally built up for
winter, we have not been able to
build them up this year.
All of you know the reason: The
fleet of some 300 tank ships, which
used to bring about 95 percent of
the oil to the East, has been reduc
ed to a fraction of its former size
by transfers to military service and
by enemy submarines. It has been
impossible to replace those ships
with tak cars, pipelines, barges,
lake tankers and trucks, in spite
of the fact that your Government,
the petroleum industry and the
transportation companies have
done ,and will continue to do, all
in their power to move more and
more oil East.
As an example of this deficit, al
low me to point out that if, during
January and February 1943, every
truck, bus, taxicab, and passenger
car in me Atlantic oeaouaiu oiauco
were taken off the highways, our
pipeline, tank car, and barge facil
ities still could not meet your nor
mal fuel and heating oil require
ments.
And so, although no man can
make any valid predictions in war
time, there is no assurance, as of
today, that you will have enough
fuel and heating oil to supply your
customers next winter. On the con
trary, the prospect as of today is
that your supplies will be substan
tially restricted. It is possible that
there may be some days when both
you and your customers will be
■ completely without fuel and heat
ing oil.
President Roosevelt has sent me
this message:
“I earnestly hope, that every cit
izen will realize the serious un
certainties which cloud our pros
pects for petroleum supplies on the
— Atlantic Seaboard next winter.
Whatever action he may decide to
take, every user of fuel and heating
oil should face realistically the fact
that there can be no guarantee
that he will get enough oil to meet
even his minimum needs.”
Upon you, therefore, rests the un
pleasant duty of warning your cus
tomers that, if they want to be as
sured of warm homes next winter,
they will convert their oil burners
to the use of coal or whatever fuel
is available, after first ascertain
ing that the substitute fuel can be
delivered and that grates and other
necessary equipment can be ob
tained. To be certain of an ade
quate coal supply, they must fill
their bins now.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Douglas Hasty honored Miss Ir
ma Lee Grant with a birthday din
ner Sunday at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hasty.
Dinner was served out in the yard
picnic style.
Attending were Miss Irma Lee
Grant, Rev. and Mrs. F. W. Hay
nie and Jean Haynie, Mr. and Mrs.
Bennett Hutchinson, Mrs. Lucy
Burke, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Grant
and Miss Janet Grant and Ronald
Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Speight, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Buck, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Bugg, J. M. Faison, R. L. Ferrell,
Roy Buck and Miss Louise Hudson.
E. H. Emery and son, Stancel,
spent Saturday in Emporia, Va.
RECORDER AT
HALIFAX HAS
BIG DOCKET
Willey Anthony, James Anthony
and Willie Powell, colored of En
field, charged with larceny, 6
months roads each to be suspended
upon payment of the costs and on
condition they remain of good be
havior for 12 months and each re
frain from operating a motor ve
hicle except while employed for 90
days.
Annie Edmonds and Wright Wil
ley, colored of Enfield, charged
with cruelty to animals and assault
on a female—Annie Edmonds 3
months jail—Willey judgment sus
pended on payment of the costs.
Lonnie Johnson, colored of En
field, driving without license, pray
er for judgment continued on pay
ment of the costs and not to op
erate a motor vehicle until he has
procured operator’s license.
Max Sneed, colored of Enfield,
driving without license, prayer for
judgment continued on payment of
the costs and not to operate a mo
tor vehicle until he has procured
his license.
Roosevelt Rodgers, colored of
Weldon, larceny, five months roads.
U. H. Hardison, white of Enfield,
charged with assault on Dick
Lewis, was found guilty and fined
$20.00 and costs.
George Kearney, colored of Roa
noke Rapids, carrying a concealed
weapon; fine $50 and costs.
Arthur Moore, colored of Wei
uun, carrying a concerned weapon,
fine $50 and costs.
Charles Lee Johnson, white of
Scotland Neck, speeding; judgment
suspended on payment of the costs.
Robert J. Moore, white of Wel
don, speeding; prayer for judg
ment continued on payment of the
costs and not to drive for 60 days.
John Lowe, white of Scotland
Neck, charged with illegal posses
sion of liquor, six months roads to
be suspended on payment of the
costs and good behavior for 12
months and during said period he
is to refrain from us» of or pos
session of liquor and he shall re
port to the Recorders Court the
first Tuesday of each month.
J. B. Acrey, white of Enfield,
assault with deadly weapon; 6
months roads suspended on pay
ment of the costs and good be
havior for 12 months.
Alex Bowser and Eddie Lee
Copeland, colored of Roanoke Rap
ids, assault with deadly weapon; 6
months roads each suspended upon
payment of one-half the costs each
and good behavior for 12 months—
Copeland committed to roads upon
failure to pay.
S. D. Pair, D. L. Campbell and
Jack Parker, white of Roanoke
Rapids, and Edward Alston, colored
of Roanoke Rapids, each charged
with driving while drunk—Pair was
fined $100.00 and costs and license
revoked for an additional 12
months. Campbell fined $50 and
costs. License revoked for 12
months. Parker and Alston each
were fined $50 and costs. License
revoked for 12 months.
S. D. Pair, Enis Smith, white,
and Jim Parker and Henry Hunt,
colored, were each found guilty of
driving without license—prayer for
judgment continued on payment of
the costs.
Rosevelt Rodgers, colored of
Weldon, larceny, five months roads.
Sentence to run concurrently with
sentence in first case.
Coppedge
Crawley
Mrs. Bettie Coppedge announces
the engagement of her daughter,
Elizabeth, to Mr. Percy Crawley of
Aurelian Springs and Fort Rucker,
Alabama, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Crawley of Aurelian Springs. The
wedding to take place in the early
fall.
ENROLLMENT
AT AURELIAN
SPRINGS 393
272 Students In First
Eight Grades; 121 In
The High School Grades
Formal exercises for the opening
of school at Aurelian Springs were
held Monday morning, September 7,
before a large audience of pupils
and parents. V. C. Matthews,
supt. of Halifax County schools,
was the maiij speaker. Rev. D. D.
Broome, pastor of the Tabor Meth
odist Church, and E. H. Liles,
chairman of the local school board,
were the other speakers on the
program.
Supt. Matthews pled for sacri
fices by both parents and children
in order to meet the educational
needs of the World today. Espe
cially did he emphasize the critical
condition in regard to the shortage
of school busses and tires for those
on hand.
On Tnesdav of this week a check
up in the school showed an enroll
ment of 393 children, with 272 in
the first eight grades and 121 in
the three high school grades.
Additional faculty members add
ed to the staff are Mrs. Martha
Bowers White of the Aurelian
Springs community and Mrs. Ray
ond Shearin, also of the school
community. Mrs. White was em
ployed as the fifth grade teacher
while Mrs. Shearin will teach sci
ence in the high school.
Commercial work in the school
is being handled by Miss Evelyn :
Myrick, sixth grade teacher, and
Miss Luise Britt, high school math
teacher. Miss Maude Elizabeth
Wilson of the Bear Swamp section
of the county is the piano teacher.
HONORS SISTER
Mrs. W. H. Mincher compliment
ed her sister, Mrs. Hugh Bugg, on
Thursday evening with a party.
Contests and games were en
joyed and Miss Edith Bugg favored
the guests with several solos.
The hostess served a salad course
with iced drinks.
Enjoying this occasion were Mes- !
ames Hugh Bugg, Jesse Jenkins,
J. B. McDonald, Lula Harris, Ben
nett Hutchinson, Paul Harris, E. B. j
Bowman, Mrs. Oakley, Mrs. Perry i
Smith, Mrs. H. H. Bugg, Mrs. H. J. |
Bennett and Miss Edith Bugg.
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IS THE
HATIOH’S HEALTH TOMORROW
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health of your child. This is especially true if he to about to
enter school. lyiany a child has lost interest in learning because
poor eyesight, defective hearing, or frequent absences due to
minor ills put him at a disadvantage. Give your child an
equal start by taking him to your physician for a thorough
physical examination and for tnnoculation against diphtheria.
A well child will learn his lessons well.
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