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VOLUME XXVIII ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C~ THURSDAY, JANUARY 28,1943 NUMBER 26
PREPARATION
OF CANS OF
IMPORTANCE
A concerted drive for obtaining
tin salvage will be made in the
county through the collection of
properly prepared tin cans, follow
ing the appointment of the Weldon
Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc., as
the official tin salvage collectors
for Halifax County by the War
Production Board. D. W. Seifert,
manager of the Weldon bottling
concern, has conferred with F. S.
Kemp, chairman of the salvage
committee for Roanoke Rapids
Township, together with other sal
vage officials throughout the coun
ty, and detailed plans of the drive
are announced herewith.
(Continued On Page 8—Sec. A)
300 RETAILERS
' AnEND MEET
, IN CITY WED.
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A meeting of the retailers of
Roanoke Rapids, Littleton and
Weldon Townships was held in
the Roanoke Rapids High School
H Auditorium Wednesday night at
eight o’clock. The meeting was
conducted principally for the pur
pose of discussing rulings which
have been made by the Office of
Price Administration, together
(I with their regulations for the na
tional food problem.
Two representatives of the OPA
were present who gave talks on
specific subjects. Maurice Hill,
Senior Price Officer from Raleigh,
Jj? spoke to the group about price fix
ation fn general lines of, merchan
dise. L. E. Edwards, Food Spec
ialist from Raleigh, spoke to them
about food prices.
A grfeat deal of local interest in
the meeting was shown by retail
ers in tHis area.. At least 300 mer
chants, desks and store managers
attended. The local rationing
board had let the bars down on
“pleasure driving” to enable mer
chants to drive their automobiles
to the meeting, ruling that atten
dance there by interested persons
did not constitute "pleasure driv
ing.” Observers noted more auto
mobiles parked near the high
^ school building than had been seen
since the recent ruling on pleasure
driving came into effect.
■ 45 COMPLETE
NURSES AIDE
* COURSE HERE
Rev. John Walker Will
^ Address Group Monday
At Capping Ex.ercises
Thirty-three young ladies of the
city have completed their courses,
and are scheduled to receive their
certificates, as the second and
third nurses’ ’ aide classes at cap
ping exercises to be held at the
Rosemary Baptist Church next
Monday night at 8 o'clock. This
- will bring to a total of 45 the num
ber here who have received their
Red Cross Nurses’ Aide certifi
cates. The first class, composed of
12, graduated early in September
last vear.
Rev. John Walker, pastor of the
^ Presbyterian Church, will address
the group at Monday night’s cap
ping exercises, to which the pub
lic, and particularly friends of the
young women completing the
. course, are invited,
v The 33 ladies to receive their
certificates next Monday night
■ have given unstintlngly of their
time over a strenuous training per
iod of the past several weeks.
They are to serve in case of war
f* or other emergency, without re
_LCsmtinued On Page $—See. A)
AMONG CITY'S FIRST WAAC'S
DELLA McKAY ERWIN MADIA P. WADE VIRGIE P. FARTHING
Shown above are three young ladies of which Ranoke Rapids may well be proud, as they are among
the first from the city to take the Oath to defend America by non-combat service in the Woman’s Army
Auxiliary Corps, Details of their enlistment will be found on another page in this issue.
LONG SENTENCES ARE
DEALT CITY YOUTHS
AT SUPERIOR COURT
LIONS STAGE
POLIO DRIVE
CELEBRATION
Indoor Circus, Dance
To Be Held At Armory
Here Saturday Night
The Roanoke Rapids Lions Club
is all set for the celebration of
the President’s Birthday, auspices
of the infantile paralysis fund,
they are to stage at the Armory
here Saturday night, January 30th,
from 8 p. m. until midnight.
Many ‘‘weak spots” in the pro
gram have been ironed out this
week by tireless members of the
committee which has been work
ing overtime to insure the success
of Saturday night’s venture, and
present indications point to one of
the most successful celebrations
ever to be held.
This year’s celebration will vary
a great deal from any formerly
staged here. There will be the pro
verbial “President’s Ball;” — as a
matter of fact there will literally
be two dances, but since stringent
regulations as to pleasure driving
have been placed in effect, the lo
cal civic club decided not to em
ploy the services of a high-priced
dance band for the occasion. Gen
eral admission (which is only
35c) to the indoor celebration, en
titles patrons to square dancing to
the music of "The Rangers,” local
hill-billy band, or to straight danc
ing to the music of electrical re
cordings. The two types of danc
(Continued On Page 5—Sec. A)
The first week’s session of Su
perior Court was held this week
at the county seat in Halifax, with
Judge Richard D. Dixon of Eden
ton presiding. As is the custom,
the first week of the court was
given over to the trial of crimin
al cases. Next week’s session will
be consumed by civil actions.
Roanoke Rapids figured prom
inently in the first week of court,
as a number of youths from here
were tried on various charges of
robbery, breaking and entering,
etc. Many of the cases came as
an aftermath of the round-up of
the youthful law offenders by city
police and other officers, announc
ed in this newspaper last week. It
is reported local police are working
on additional clues, and more ar
rests may be expected.
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Pitt, local white men, plead guilty
to breaking and entering the high
school office and were given 12
months in prison each on this
charge. They were also charged
with breaking and entering the
Clara Hearne School, and were
sentenced to 12 months on this
charge, the term to commence
with the expiration of the first
sentence. This pair also plead
guilty of entering a local barber
shop, and were sentenced to an
other 12 months on this charge to
begin at the expiration of the sec
ond term. In addition they plead
guilty to entering Ray’s Place, and
were dealt another 12-months sen
tence to commence at the expira
tion of the third sentence, while
an additional 12-months sentence
was imposed for their implication
in the robbery of Murray’s Service
Station, in which a typewriter and
a small amount of cash was taken.
Donald Lee Pitt was also found
guilty of breaking and entering
Bowman’s Store and Jackson's
Service Station, and was given a
12-months prison sentence in each
(Continued On Page 5—Sec. A)
WAAC's RECRUITER IN CITY
Lieutenant Mary Jo Norton, executive officer of the WAAC recruit
ing and induction station at Fort Bragg, who visited the city on* Mon
day of this week, is shown above. Lt. Norton and Major E. C. MacDon
ald, recruiting officer of Seymour Johnson Field, plan regular visits
to the city in the future in the interest of securing more volunteers for
the WAAC’s. Complete details of their activities here Monday will be
found on Page 8—Section B of this issue.
MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has
annually celebrated the President’s Birthday by a drive to raise funds
for The Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, and
WHEREAS the people of Roanoke Rapids are conscious of "the
great benefit derived from funds raised for the Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis, and
WHEREAS the Committee for the celebration of the President’s
Birthday has requested that Saturday, January 30th be designated as
“Tag Day" for the purpose of obtaining funds for The Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis,
THEREFORE, I, Kelly Jenkins, Mayor of Roqtnoke Rapids, do
proclaim Saturday, January 30th as “Tag Day" for Roanoke Rapids.
This the 96th day of January, 1943. ,
KELLY JENKINS, Mayor of Roanoke Rapids