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VOLUME XXIX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1943 NUMBER 5
CITY WOMAN SUICIDE VICTIM
FACULTY FOR
City school
IS ANNOUNCED
Starl Fall Semesler
On Next Monday
^Morning
Registration of stude'nts who
anticipate attending the 1943-44
semesters of the Roanoke Rapids
graded schools has progressed
nicely this week, according to
\%rd coming from C. W. Davis,
city superintendents of schools,
and everything is “all set" for the
opening of the new fall term on
Monday of next week.
Faculty members who will serve
f«j the coming year were an
mftmced this week, and include the
following:
CENTRAL SCHOOL
Amanda Tillman, Principal; E
dith Barrett, Marjorie Chapman,
l||lby Frances Madry, Omara Dan
iel, Mary Hix, Estelle Knight and
Mrs. Mary Davis Emmerson.
ROSEMARY SCHOOL
Mary Lowder, Principal; Hazel
Cobb, Mrs. Ruth H. Walters, Vi
ora Glover, Gladys Scull, Lois
Strickland and Mrs. Jennie C.
Zollicoffer.
VANCE STREET SCHOOL
Thelma Garris, Principal; Betty
Gates, Virginia Gates, Miriam
Grace Sexton, Lucille Bell and
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Knott.
CLARA HEARNE SCHOOL
Elizabeth Tait, Principal; Mar
jorie Cannon, Ann Crawley, Ruth
Ptean, Ella Dill Gibbs, Rosina
l.ittman and Mrs. LeGrand Elliott
Taylor.
SIXTH GRADE BUILDING
Clara Hearne, Pricipal; Sybil
Allen, Sara Cannon, Helen Foley,
Ptenrietta Price, Ruth "Belche,
IlS>rothy Delbridge and Mrs. Lucy
M. Brown.
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Thos. L. Martin, Principal Se
nior High School; J. W. Talley,
Principal Junior High School.
DMesse Helen Belche, History;
Cornelia Clark, History; Martha
Craddock, Civics; Celia B. Dail,
Gen. Science; Iris Davis. English;
Margaret. D. Moore, Mathematics;
Hart Sheridan, English; Mary
Height Morris, Commercial; Aline
Cannon Smith, English; Mary Guy
Boyd, Librarian.
Martha Rob Cherry, Home Ec
onomics; R. B. Young, Industrial
Arts; Gladys Etheridge, 7th grade;
Carry Smith Clary, Mathe
matics; Margaret Watson, History;
D. I. Kidd, Industrial Arts; Lo
raine Horne, Vocational Home Ec.;
Mrs. Evelyn Tillman Sandlin, Voc.
H. E.; Will Nelson, Textile,
infers. 'Sarah G. O’Briant, Gen.
Science; Winifred Beckwith, Eng
lish; Daniel Cagle, Phys. Educ.;
Ruth Chapman, Commercial; Mor
ris Clary, Math.; Mrs. Frances
Hoyle. Commercial; Verriie Eddins,
TJftiguages; Ada Edwards, Math
ematics; Ruth Glenn Hardy, Com
. Knight, Industrial Arts;
Continued on page 8 Section A _
CITY SOLDIER
IS KILLED AT
CAMP HOWZE/
Pvt. Jesse W. Hasty, 22-year old
son of Scott Hasty of this city,
shown above, met his death at
Camp Howze, Texas, Thursday,
August 19th, when he was struck
by a truck there while on man
euvers during a blackout. He was
buried here Monday, August 23rd,
with military honors. He is a for
mer employee of Rosemary Manu
facturing Co., and is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Edith Hasty, and
other relatives in the city.
MILLS HERE
WILL CLOSE
LABOR DAY
Banks, Postoffice To
Close; Most Stores
Open As Usual
Next Monday. September 6th,
will be observed throughout the
nation as Labor Day and local
textile mills will not operate on
that day. The plants and offices
of Roanoke and Patterson Mills
Co., and Rosemary Manufacturing
Co. will close for the day.
The plants of Halifax Paper Co.
and the Manchester Board and
Paper Co. will operate as usual,
as will most Roanoke Rapids busi
ness. The banks will be closed,
and the postoffice will observe
their usual “holiday hours” with
no delivery of mail, either city or
rural, and the city offices of the
Virginia Electric and Power Co.
will be closed all day. Other than
that, most stores and other places
of business in the city will be
doing “business as usual”.
The city schools are scheduled
to open Monday, 'as most regis
trations were completed this week,
so Labor Day will not be a holi
day for school students.
FOUR SONS IN SERVICE x,
Left to right Harry L. Hall, George P. Hall, and Maury L. Hall
Alfred H. Hall, Jr.
The four sons of Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Hall, 1007 Franklin Street, are
jk shown in the above photographs,
gl Harry L. Hall is a graduate of R.
H R. H. S. Class of 1943, and is at
? present with Co. 2310, U. S. Naval
Training Station, Bainbridge, Md.;
George P. Hall, played with the
Romancos team during the years
1938-39-40 and ’41, and is at present
with the Landing Force Equipment
Depot, Diesel Repair Shop, Newton
Park, Norfolk, Va.; Maury L. Hall,
twin brother of Harry, is also with
U. S. N. T. S., Company 2310, Bain
bridge; Pvt. Alfred H. Hall, Jr., is
with the Marine Corps now on over
seas duty. Alfred, too, played with
, the Romancos in 1940 and ’41 and
|| the American Legion baseball team
in 1939 and 1940. All are former em
ployees of Rosemary Manufacturing
Co.
XL
MADE CAPTAIN
Official 'WAC Photo
First Lieutenant Joseph E. Shaw,
Jr., 904 Monroe St., regimental sup- i
ply officer at First WAC Training
Center, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, has
been promoted to the rank of cap
tain in the Army, it was announced
this week. Fiill details will be found
in a story appearing on Page 7—
Section B, this issue.
HOLD TWO ON
APE CHARGE
!N THE CITY
Buddy Thompson Still
In Jail; Taylor
Out On Bond
Two Roanoke Rapids men are
being held for November term
of Superior Court on ser'ou
charges, following preliminary
hearing before Mayor Kelly Jen
kins at city court here Monday
afternoon.
Buddy Thompson and Sam Tay
lor, local white men, faced the
court on charges that they did:
“unlawfully, wilfully and felon
iously assault Doris West, a fe
male under 14-years of age, with
intent to commit rape.”
After the hearing, in which the
girl testified, both Thompson and
Taylor were found “probably
guilty,” by Mayor Jenkins, and
bound over to the November term
of Superior Court to answer to
the charge. Taylor’s bond was set
at $200.00, which he made, and
Thompson is being held at the
:ounty jail in default of bond,
which was set at $600.00.
JUMPS FRONT
OF SEABOARD
TRAIN H
Mary Annie Robinson,
62, Is Killed
Instantly
Mrs. Mary Annie Robinson, 62
year old city matron, wife of W.
H. Robinson, textile worker, 930
Cedar Street, committed suicide
here yesterday morning by step
ping directly into the path of a
Norfolk-bound Seaboard passenger
train just before noon. Death was
said to be instantanious, and parts
of the body were scattered for
a distance of some 150-feet up and.
down the track. It is reported that
the woman had walked up and
'down the track for an hour-and
a-half or so apparently awaiting
the arrival of the train. There
were two eye witnesses to the
tragedy.
In a signed note she had pinned
inside her hat, Mrs. Robinson at
tributed her self-destruction to the
fact that she had suffered ill
health for some time.
Another note was found in the
living room of her home, in which
it is said she stated she had lived
happly with her family, but that
because of an incurable malady,
with which she had suffered for
several years and which would
soon take her life anyway, she did
not wish to suffer any longer.
In the note left at home, it is
reported she stated she had made
plans to take her life some two
weeks ago, but had postponed the
Continued on page 8 Section A _
COUNTY MAN IN
51 BOMBER RAIDS
«Ml
Photograph Courtesy of
The Scotland Neck Commonwealth
Shown above is Capt. Graham T.
Johnson of Scotland Neck, who has
served as a pilot in 51 raids over
enemy territory, who is currently
spending his leave at home in the
county. A detailed story of Capt.
Johnson’s exploits will be found on
the back page of this issue.