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llJJ '«|| j|||^ H J|||M » |J lllj||^j|_R-J^Mc<^MMO?^MerchantM>r^July 5, 1942 WILLIAM H. CAMP, JR., Navy, Nov., 1042 iUfjlfij,, THE ROANOKE RAPIDS I t |7 p A ¥ r\ fl JR More News — More I B fi Mi W i* Advertising _ More I I 1^ CAROLINA'S FIRST^^^ I M Paid Subscribers ? * M ^TAB/oictJmmifiEWSpafier '-' VOLUME XXV111 ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 25,1943 NTTMRER 34 I«To Train Cadets ' GEORGE B. ROGERS i <S>f Halifax, has been chosen to lec ture to boys in Primary Flying School at their West Coast head quarters, about life and flying at Ryan Held, Tucson, Arizona. Full .details will be found on Page 11 — Section B, this issue. GASOLINE IS * AVAILABLE FOR FISHING 4 _ But Non-Occupational Fishermen Still Worry ^ How To Get To River H. B. Speight, chairman of Hali fax County Rationing Board No. 1, serving Roanoke Rapids, Weldon and Littleton townships, stated '$his afternoon that a certain a mount of gasoline would be avail able for ‘‘non-occupational fishing” on the Roanoke River for the com ing Rock Fish season, but that axtra allowances for transportation to and from the river banks for non-occupational fishermen would not be granted. Occupational or commercial fish ermen, those who spend a great ,deal of the season on the river £>anks, will be called upon to visit the local rationing board and show their exact status before extra al lowances will be made them, Speight said. » Gasoline coupons granted for ’rise in water craft are “E” tickets, calling for one gallon for each ticket. T. S. Johnson, state director of the OPA, in an interview this jpeek pointed out that: “As the ban on pleasure driving lias been lifted, plus the fact that 'Coupons applicable to water craft are not reduced, fishing trips will again be possible. This supple fient of family food rations will e most welcome especially in those sections of the state where fishing abounds. Willis King, supervisor of state fish resources of the Department jpf Conservation and Development, 'stated today that no signs of wide spread joy have yet come to the •department’s attention, but that he •expects It to be greeted with en thusiasm as soon as the implica tions are realized by the anglers. Red Cross Drive Is Short Of Goal OTHO L. SMITH DIES TODAY AT HOSPITAL Was Pioneer Resident Of City; Here When Mills Were Built Otho Lee Smith, 72-year-old pion eer city resident died at Roanoke Rapids Hospital at 4 o’clock this morning. He had been in the best of health until he suffered an at tack of appendicitis a week ago today. Funeral services will be conducted from the First Baptist Church tomorrow afternoon, Fri day, March 26 th, at 3:30 p. m. with Rev. Gordon Price officiating. Interment will follow in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. Mr. Smith was one of the oldest residents in the city, having first moved here in December, 1897, when he helped install the machin ery at the “river mill,” later serv ing as assistant superintendent for Roanoke Mills Co’s. No. 1 mill. He was employed for a short rime in vveiuun aasiaiaut aupu intendent at the two textile mills there operated by Mr. Shaw. Out side of a few years spent in Georg ia, where he was interested in a plant manufacturing paper cones used in textile mills, he has been a resident of the city since 1897. Returning to Roanoke Rapids in 1920, he established a laundry bus iness here, and operated it until the plant burned in 1926. He then established the Ever-Ready Clean ers, and was active in its manage ment up to the time of his death. He was also once interested with E. B. Glover in the furniture bus iness here, and was an extensive local property owner. Mr. Smith was born April 24th, *1870, near Greenville, South Caro lina. He married Miss Georgeina Wood, who survives him, on De cember 8th, 1898. At the time of his death he was secretary and treasurer of the Woodmen of the World, and was an active member of the First Baptist Church. He made his home with his wife and daughter, Mrs. T. B. Glover, at 107 Jackson Street, where the body will lie in state awaiting fun eral services tomorrow. Surviving Mr. Smith is his wife, Mrs. Georgeina Wood Smith; two daughters, Mrs. W. G. Ellis of Asheville and Mrs. T. B. Glover of this city; one son, George O. Smith; 3 grandchildren, Eugene Glover, Yvonne Hayes and Mar gery Anne Smith; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Spence of Piedmont, S. C., and Mrs. Emmie Thompson of Greenville, S. C.; and one broth er, J. C. Smith of Petersburg, Va. Ballet Dancers? No, WAACs In Training Lady, remember all of those figure-slimming exercises yon planned to take but never did? In the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps they do them and like them — really like them, for the carefully planned program of physical exercise prescribed for all trainees, prepares them for their duties with the Army and at the same time insures trim appearance and sparkling good health. You should try it. BOY VICTIM OF DROWNING AT JACKSON — Freak Accident Sunday Afternoon Takes Life Of Three Year Old Boy Albert Freed Keller, Jr., 3-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Keller of Burlington, was drowned following an automobile accident near Jackson at 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Patricia Kennedy Keller, the child’s mother, and L. R. Keller, an uncle, who was a student of Duke University, es caped serious injury in the acci dent. Details of the strange accident reveal that the child’s foot struck the steering wheel of the car, driven by his uncle as he was in the act of climbing from the front to the back seat, causing the driv er to lose control of the automo bile and plunge into a bridge. The child was thrown clear of the car into the water, where it was recovered some time later. The party was returning to their homes from a visit to relatives in Norfolk. Mrs. Keller was given first-aid treatment at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital following the ac cident, but was released shortly after admittance. Funeral services for the child were conducted in Burlington on Monday afternoon. INQUEST IN WEAVER CASE IS POSTPONED Coroner Will Re-Open Hearing In Death Of Dick Weaver April 22 An investigation into the death of Dick Weaver, city textile work er, who was the city’s first auto mobile fatality of the year, was conducted by County Coroner F. N. Rowe at the municipal building here last Friday afternoon. At Friday afternoon’s hearing Coroner Rowe, assisted by E. R. Tyler, solicitor for this district, and H. E. Dobbins, Chief-of-Police „e i__ r» : j_ _• i xn*^iuo, cAaimucu state’s witnesses behind closed doors. Although the jury had been summoned, they were not impan eled at Friday’s hearing. An nouncement was then made that the formal inquest would be post poned until Friday, April 2nd, at which time the jurors and witness es were again summoned to appear. Weaver was run over by a car driven by Raymond Johnson about 11 o’clock Saturday night, March 13th. Johnson took the injured man to the hospital where it was found his injuries included two broken legs and possible skull fracture. He died shortly after noon the following Tuesday. » __ ALL RETURNS NOT YET IN; FEAR SHY OF $10,000 GOAL While reports for the 1943 War Fund Drive of the local chapter of the American Red Cross are far from, complete, on the basis of early indica tions, local chapter officials fear that a great deal more ef fort must he expended to meet their goal of $10,000.00. Gordon L. Price, chairman of the local chapter, could not be reached for a state ment before press time Thurs day, but L. S. Neal, chairman of the roll call drive of the local chapter stated it appear ed the drive was falling short' so far. The-drive was started Mon day, March 8th, and has con tinued with workers canvass ing the local industries and business sections of Roanoke Rapids and outlying districts. (The local chapter includes the town of Littleton and much of the territory between the city and there.) First reports were encour aging. It is known that sev eral city industrial plants have actually topped the goal set for them, but it now ap pears the total goal set for the local chapter will not be reached without additional impetus being given the drive. Just how this additional ef fort will be organized or what forms it would take, Mr. Neal hesitated to say in his pre liminary report today, but stated he was confident of ficials of the local chapter would be able to work out something to supplement the funds already raised and thus reach the quota for Roanoke Rapids. The War Activities Commit tee of the Motion Picture In dustry has now completed its plans for the Special Red Cross appeal in theatres thru out the week of April lst-7th, and this appeal will be made at local theatres, according to announcement made today by 1 vie M. Wilson, city theatre manager. ' * . \
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