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\ Hllllllllllll ""HI ""M|,H|H"||""H|"UH" »*"l mimmin n n wmm—mm—mmmmms—mar UIIIIIIIII " I m|| II ,H|| ' •» 4 »««|| 11 I ROBERT E. MAY, Navy, May 8, 1942. JAMES W. WHITBY, Navy, Oct. 26, 1942. j|H| It 1 •••II II ■■■II |||| ••'* •••!! It1 I R. H. McCOMMONS, Merchant Mar., July 5, 1942 WILLIAM H. CAMP, JR., Navy, Nov., 1942. Jllllllllll nIU mull iilliiiiailiilllli. mill imilliilhi B——————■ ■■■■■ m wiw——^ VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C._THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1942_NUMBER 21 LEADS SCOUTS SCOUT BILLY ATKINSON ■who has organized a committee of Boy Scouts in the city to co-oper ate with the local salvage organ ization in collecting scrap mater ial for the duration of the war. Details of Young Atkinson’s plans will be found on Page 2 — this issue. Turn Over. ONE HUNDRED YOUTHS HAVE REGISTERED The second week of registration of 18-year olds under the new draft Wednesday showed a falling off of registrants from the number listed at the same time last week. Re turns reported from the city office of Halifax County Local Draft Board No. 1, where Roanoke Rapids youths vvere to register showed they had registered a total number of 100 since registrations started December 10th, and of that number 58 registered during, the first week. This week’s registration is for youngsters who reached 18 during September and October, while last week was for those who had reach ed that age during July and August. A notice has be on received by the local Draft Board from the United States Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard to the effect that their respective quotas for volunteer en listments have been filled for the I month of December. The Draft Board cannot accept any more vol unters for either branch until they have been further notified. _ - SMALL FIRE AT ROANOKE MILL OFFICE A small fire was discovered in the men’s room at the rear of the building of the general offices of Roanoke Mills Co., at the corner of Fifth and Jackson streets short ly before one o’clock Wednesday noon. Firemen answered a call to the new office building, and the fames were quickly extinguish ed. The damage done was negli gible. The blaze is thought to have been started from a stack of pa pers and forms stored in a corner jj of the room, which were locatedjj next to a hot radiator. Gordo JB Berkstresser, works manager fcnW* Roanoke Mills Co. No. 2 mill, had returned to the office a few min utes early, and had he not discov ered the fire at the time, it would have undoubtedly gamed serious headway. ROSES WILL ATTEMPT NEW STORE H Rose’s 5-10-25C Stores, Inc., op erators of 118 stores in the south, will not give up Roanoke Rapids as a location for one of their stores, if some possible means of establishing a new retail outlet for the city can be made, accord ing to announcement made by the company this week. Their 7,000 square ft. floor space store was burned to the ground in the Smith Hotel Building fire Monday morn ing. It will be impossible to re build for the duration, and al though no definite plans may be announced at this time, a com pany official said that the chain store operators are determined to “carry on” in the city in some way. Rose’s estimated their fire loss, covering stock and fixtures, at approximately $25,000.00, and said they were protected by insurance. Temporary offices for refunding money paid the company on lay away toys and Christmas merchan dise have been arranged for, de tails of which may be found in a display advertisement in this is sue. H. G. Patterson, resident (Continued, on Page 12—Sec. A) him.. ■■ mwar GOLDEN WEDDING Christmas Day brings the fiftieth wedding anniversary for IMr and Mrs. K. O. Bray, shown above, who will observe their Golden Wedding it their home at 110 Madison Street, where they have lived for the past 39 years. LOCAL GIRLS IN WAAC'S Margaret Butler (Above) »>■ > (Right) Lucy Claire Holloway and Pvt. Chas. Holloway a 1___ Misses Butter and Holloway are at present in training at Daytona Beach, Florida. Miss Holloway is shown with her brother, Pvt Chas. Holloway, now on duty with the army and thought to be somewhere in the Aleutian Islands. Two other girls from the city are WAACs, Miss Bessie Hyman Bell, and Miss Ruby A. Moore, 200 Hamilton St whom it was learned here only tills week had officially enrolled with the recruiting and in duction station at Fort Bragg. IN HISTORY AS HOTEL IS TOTAUOSS Fire of undetermined origin completely destroyed the Smith Ho tel and two five-and-ten-cent stores Rose’s and Woolworth’s, in the main business district of Roanoke Rapids early Monday morning. Damages from the fire, described by residents ajs the worst in the history of the town, were estimated at between $175,000 and $200,000. The blaze was discovered at 2:30 a. m. on the second floor of the ho tel over the Woolworth store. Fire Chief Wiley King said the flames were first seen near a linen closet and stairway of the hotel. Four hotel guests were injured, none seriously, in the fire. All but two had been released from the Roanoke Rapids Hospital to night, hoivever. A. R. Shanklin of Portsmouth, Va., suffered injuries to his ankles and legs when he leaped from the second floor of the hotel to the I pavement. TV ft- c* ms* to r\t All night clerk, at the hotel, who with her husband warned all the guests and helped them to safety, was still at the hospital receiving i treatment for shock. Mrs. Josephine Gray and Miss Willa Gray, both of Gastonia, were given treatment at the hospital for minor cuts and shock and were re leased. Several others of the S3 guests at the hotel were given first aid treatment for minor burns and . cuts. j Zero weather and snow and sleet greatly hampered firemen in bat 1 tling the blaze. It was the cold 1 est morning of the year. A strong north wind fanned the blazes and ' threatened an entire block for some time. It was nearly three hours before firemen were aVe to brinn the blaze under control. The fire was confined to the one building, how ever, by the good work of the Ro anoke Rapids and Weldon fire de partments. The fire department of Scotland Neck and Rocky Mount sent trucks over the icy highways, ar riving here at 5 a. m. The blaze was brought under control short ly afterwards. When the fire teas discovered the fire plugs in the block were frozen and it required some time to thaw them out enough for fire (Continued on Page It—Sec. A)
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