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I'WW'u ROBERT E. MAY, Navy, May 8, 1942 JAMES W. WHITBY, Na<vy, Oct. 28, 1942 ||gi II n> R H. McCOMMONS, Merchant Mar,, July S, 1942 WILLIAM H. CAMP, JR., Navy, Nov., 1942 VOLUME XXVin ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 27,1943_ NUMBER 43 ' 19-YEAR OLD •MOTHER DIES IN VIRGINIA Jammu iviucu is ecu Alexandria, Va. Mrs. Leslie Hunt, 109 Clinton : Street was notified by the State iway Patrol that her sister, Estelle Jarman, had been killed in an automobile accident near Alexandria, Va., about 6 o’clock this morning, and that her - body was being held at a funeral tome at Occoquan, Va. Mrs. Jarman, 17-year old mother of a two-year old child, had been making her home with the Hunts here for about a month. •»Her husband has been in the ■army since last fall. A brother, ^alph Smith, lives here, and. her parents are Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Smith of Richland. Another bro ther, Hudie F. Smith, is with the 151st Infantry stationed at f^jJamp Livingston, La. Red Cross ^jfticials are attempting to get in touch with the service man, to enable him to attend his sister’s funeral, pending arrangements. Mrs. Hunt last saw her sister jfc]5out 8:30 last night. They had ^tended a show and on their way nome, Mrs. Jarman explained to her sister that she had promised some friends to go riding with them. They parted at Roanoke .Lmction, near the Hunt home, Jfcd Mrs. Hunt had not heard iTom her until this morning when the state highway patrol brought the message of her death. Saturday Will Be Poppy Day1 Here Saturday, May 29th, will be “Poppy Day” for Roanoke Rapids, Weldon and other towns and com , jftmities throught the country, as radies of the American Legion Aux iliary of Weldon, join the nation < in offering poppies for sale on that day. ^Afonev contributed for the flow- ' will go to the rehabilitation 1 and child welfare funds of the < Auxiliary, where they will support 1 the Legion’s and Auxiliary’s efforts < for the disabled fighting men of > hrth wars and for the .children of : ftjfb dead and disabled. 1 Erwin’s Condition Is { Reported As Improved i •JV M. Erwin, city policeman Ipio was stricken with a heart 1 attack at his home in the city < Tuesday morning of last week, < is still a patient at Roanoke £ Rapids Hospital, but attending 1 pggsicians report his condition as greatly improved. 2 WEEK TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT STARTS A two weeks term of Superior Court will convene in Halifax, May 31, with Judge Clawson Williams of Sanford, presiding. According to the records there are few outstanding cases to be tried. Probably the most serious one is the case of Elmore Ivey, young man. of Halifax, who is charged with “assault on his wife, Ellen, by entering the Plant (mill in Roanoke Rapids) where she was on duty and beating her in the face and about the person, inflicting' painful bruises, and did further rob her person of_in cash.” Mrs. Ivey was admitted to Roan oke Rapids Hospital where she was a patient for sometime. Mr. and Mrs. Ivey have resided in Halifax for about two years, having lived in an apartment in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jones Avent. They have two small daughters of about 5 and 7 years of age. Gets DD Degree DR. NAT M. HARRISON of Brinkleyville, Vice President Of High Point College was given the Doctor of Divinity degree at Com mencement excercises at that school last Sunday. Complete story on Page 2, Section B, this issue. MAC JARMAN MEMORIAL 1$ UNVEILED VMI A memorial tablet to the late Lemuel McKinnie Long Jarman was unveiled Friday, May 21st, at Virginia Military Institute by his class. The presentation was made by Bob Mountcastle, Jar man’s roommate, and the tablet was accepted by Colonel Peyton, a member of the Institute’s Board >f Visitors. The tablet was un veiled by Norwood Anderson, Fourth Classman, a cousin of the deceased, __ On Saturday, May 22, the Jar man Award was presented to the Outstanding member of the Fourth Class. This is a perman ent award set up by the Jarman family from their son’s insurance policy. Attending the ceremonies were Dr. and Mrs. F. G. Jarman and son, F. G. Jarman, Jr. and Mrs. Norwood Anderson, aunt of the deceased. PREVENTORIUM — * — it- a SHELL HEADS CONVENTION OF RETAILERS C. C. Shell Is Retiring President Of State Association Curtis C. Shell, city merchant who has served as president of the North Carolina Merchants Asso ciation for the past year, presided over the 41st annual convention of the association, in session at Raleigh on Monday and Tuesday of this week. He was succeeded as president of the state organi zation by F. R. Stout, of Greens boro, elevated to that post from hat of vice-president at an elec :ion held by the directors meeting n afternoon session at Raleigh ruesday. The convention ended Tuesday night with a banquet and dance at the Sir Walter. An address by Governor Broughton and the in stallation of officers were the high lights of the banquet session. Outstanding speakers at the con (Continued On Page 12—Sec. A) WILL OPEN NEAR CITY JUNE 14TH The Roanoke Rapids Preventor ium, located at the old South Rose mary School building, under the supervision of Miss Gladys Eth ridge, a member of the city school faculty, will open Monday, June 14th. The preventorium has been in operation here for four years, and has been operated for two five week periods each summer, serv ing about 35 or 40 children each period. Plans for this summer are to operate it for two four-week periods, and serve 30 children per period. Any parents who would like for their children to receive the bene fits of this care may make applica tion to Dr. John W. Martin, who serves as chairman of the Preven torium Committee. The project gets very nearly its entire support from funds, from the Community Chest. The Public is invited to visit the preventorium at any time and see the activities that are carried oii there. CITY STORES START EARLY WED. CLOSING Practically All City Firms To Close At 12 For 3 Months Practically all Roanoke Rapids retail business firms will start their regular summer closing schedule effective Wednesday of next week. The stores will close Wednesday at 12 o’clock, and re main closed for the rest of the day on Wednesdays throughout the months of June, July and August. City grocers, banks and a few business houses started their early Wednesday closing the first Wed nesday in May, but the shorter Wednesday hours will not be u nanimous until next week. There will be no city carrier delivery of mail, and the win dows at the postoffice will also close Wednesday afternoon, though Postmaster Shell announced that work in the poetoffice will go on as usual, and that mail will be , dispatched from the office and put up in boxes as usual; ' 125 OR MORE TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL Baccalaureate Sermon Delivered Sunday By Head Of Orphanage UNION SERVICE Graduation Exercises To Be Held Wednesday At The Auditorium Final exercises of Roanoke Rap ids High School will get under way on Sunday morning, when L G. Greer, Superintendent of the Bap tist Orphanage of North Carolina at Thomasville, will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon at the High School Auditorium, bringing the school year to a close. Between 125 and 130 students will graduate tnw ,vear; this nH“bef. being slightly smaller than the fast year because the schools haV§ IoSt several students to the armed for ces. Following the usual custom, churches in the city will dispense with their regular Sunday morning worship services and congregations will be asked to attend the bacca laureate exercises at the high school. Sunday schools will be con ducted as usual at most city churches, however, and they will also follow their regular schedule of Sunday evening worship. Class Day exercises will be held Tuesday night, June 1st, at 8 I o’clock at the High School Audi torium. Graduation Exercises will be held on Wednesday night, June 2nd, at 8 o’clock, at the audito rium. C. K. Proctor, Superinten dent of Oxford Orphanage, at Ox ford, will deliver the address. C. W. Davis, city superintendent of schools, issues a cordial invi tation to the public to attend all of the school commencement pro gram this year. The Class Day and Graduation Day Exercises are being held a day earlier than usual. Berkstresser Is Member Ticking Committee, WPB Gordon Berkstresser, Vice-Presi dent of Roanoke Mills Co. of this city, has been named a member of the Industry Committee on Tick ings of the War Production Board, and is subject to call for committee meetings at all times. The purpose of these meetings will be for the group selected by the WPB from industry to sit with them and work out ways and means of getting more production out of present loom equipment available for essential government goods. The first meeting was held May, 11th in Washington, D. C. Future meetingp will probably be held there or in New York City.
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