RED CROSS SORELY IN
NEED OF WORKERS FOR
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
Only Half Quota For
November Completed;
Sends Out SOS Call
Mrs. F. G. Jarman, Chairman of
the Red Cross Surgical Dressings
Committee, reports that regardless
of all previous appeals which have
been made to the ladies of Roan
oke Rapids, there is still an acute
shortage of workers in the Surgical
Dressings Department of the Red
Cross.
Only half of the November quota
has been finished, and this tardiness
is due to the lack of workers. Mrs.
Jarman says: “It seems that the
ladies would give just two hours a
week to making bnadages for the
boys who are giving twenty-four
hours a day to making freedom for
them. This job of preparing sur
gical dressings, is an opportunity
for every lady to do her share to
win this war and save lives.”
The Surgical Dressings room is
pen every Monday through Friday
from 2:30 to 4:30 in the afternoon,
and from 7:30 to 9:30 at night. Mrs.
Jarman urges ladies of the city to
donate two hours a week to this
all important job. Those wishing
to volunteer their services may con
tact her.
MISS BALMER ENTERTAINS
On Tuesday Evening Miss Mil
dred Balmer entertained her bridge
club, and at the same time honor
ed Miss Lottie Allen a bride elect
and club member with a miscel
laneous shower. Bridge was played
at two tables and at the conclusion
of five progressions Mrs. Hicks
Hill was found to hold the highest
score and Mrs. Frank Rohrer sec
ond high, both winners were pre
sented prizes. The honoree was
presented lingerie by the hostess,
and after refreshments were serv
ed Miss Allen was presented with
the shower of many lovely and
attractive gifts.
Those playing bridge were: Mrs.
Hicks Hill, Mrs. B. E. Speight,
Mrs. Frank Rohrer, Misses Mary
Virginia Jenkins, Lottie Allen, Mar
garet Speight, Elizabeth Brown,
and Nancy Wolhar. Miss Virginia
Jackson assisted the serving.
TRAINEES FOR
RADIO COURSE
BADLY NEEDED
Trainees as mechanic learners
and junior repairmen, to learn
construction, repair and mainten
ance of radios and radio equip
ment, are urgently needed for the
classes beginning January 1 and
February 1 at the Skyland School
of the Signal Corps of the U. S.
Army in Winston-Salem it is an
nounced by Mrs. Nina B. Galla
gher, manager of the Roanoke
Rapids office of the N. C. Em
ployment Service.
To be accepted for training, ap
plicants must have finished the
tenth grade with one year of al
gebra, and must be in good health,
able to pass an examination sim
ilar to that given for induction in
to the Army. Age limits are from
18 to 35 years.
If accepted for training after
passing a physical examination and
the aptitude tests given at the
Skyland school, applicants become
members of the Signal Corps re
serves. All applicants, unless eli
gible for higher classification, are
classed as mechanic learners and
receive pay at the rate of $85 a
month during the three months of
training. After satisfactorily com
pleting this course, they are eligi
ble for classification as junior re
pairmen at $120 a month for an
other three months. Successive
higher steps depend upon ability
and aptitude in the training.
The daily schedule calls for four
hours of shop work, four hours of
classroom work and two hours of
home work. Trainees may live
anywhere in the community they
wish, quarters being available at
reasonable rates.
For the training course starting
January 1, 1943, 150 persons will
be needed, and 250 will be enrolled
in the classes starting February 1.
Interested persons meeting the
requirements are asked to con
tact their nearest U. S. Employ
ment Service office. The office
serving this area is located at the
Roanoke Bank Building in Roan
oke Rapids. Complete information
and requirements are available at
this office, where arrangements can
be made for an interview with a
representative of the Civil Service
Commission.
LITTLETON
Leon L. Baker and Jimmie Bak
er of Newport News, were guests
in the home of their sister, Mrs.
W. T. Threewitts.
Pvt. and Mrs. Edwin Harvey
were in town Sunday visiting rel
atives.
Pvt. John Jones of Boston, Mass,
spent last week end here at his
home.
Miss Virginia Kennedy of Dur
ham was here visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. A. M. Johnston, for
the week end.
Mrs. W. C. Jones and daughter
returned home from Roanoke Rap
ids Hospital Sunday.
Miss Bertha Thrower of New
port News, Va., was visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Thrower, for the week end.
Mrs. E. C. Bobbitt is still ill at
her home.
Bill Bobbitt of Roanoke Rapids
was in town visiting friends Wed
nesday.
Little Jimmie Robinson, who has
been very ill, is able to be up
again and is going to school.
Powell Bower of Norfolk Naval
Training Station spent a few days
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley Bowers, this week.
Misses Alice Newsom, Annie
Farmer and Martha C. Farmer
were in Roanoke Rapids on Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lambeth
Mrs. Jim Newsom, Elnora Lam
beth, Blair Myrick and Jean New
som motored to Raleigh Monday.
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and put what you save in War Bonds!
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