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ROBERT E. MAY, Navy, May 8, 1942 WTLT.TA1YT H. CAMP, JR, Navy, Nov, 1942 R. H. McCOMMONS, Merchant Mar, July 5, 1942 GROVER WOODRUFF, Army, July 10, 1943 JAMES W. WHITBY, Navy, Oct. 26, 1942 WINFIELD HASTY, Army, August 19, 1943 VOLUME XXIX_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C._THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, 1943 NUMBER 8 ARMY INVADES HERE FRIDAY BIG DISPLAY OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT Scheduled To Arrive Here At 4 O’clock Friday Afternoon BOND AUCTION A “task force” of 78th Light ning Division men, guns and ve hicles, heralded as the “Camp But ner War Bond Caravan” will rumble into. the city at 4 o’clock tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, and will comprise by far the largest amount of military equipment ever to be exhibited in the city. The mission of the caravan will be to sell war bonds. Approximate “FL4G DAY” As a “welcome sign” for the Camp Butner War Caravan, the Herald suggests that stores and* homes display the American ' Flag on Friday. ly 100 enlisted men, four officers, 25 jeeps, armored cars and trucks, an artillery cannon and virtually all of the infantry wea pons will have a role in the bond selling caravan. A 32-piece section of the Division band will march ahead of the motor caravan dur ing parades through the 11 cities on the itinerary. Warrant Offi cer Wilbur Hall will direct the band. . Capt. Kenneth L. Fox, 78th Di vision Special Service Officer, Corp. Bernard Pollack and Pvt. Wm. Herrick were here last night conferring with Heath Lee, Coun ty Chairman of the War Loan Drive, perfecting final arrange ments for the Caravan, and it is thought everything will go off as scheduled. Merchants of the county have co-operated handsomely in the matter of donating valuable prizes which will be given bond purchas ers at a special bond auction to be held in connection with the dis play. The services of three “big time” tobacco auctioneers has been engaged to conduct the bond auction, and it is thought bid ding will be “spirited” because of the unusual character of many of the prizes offered. The prize list includes gucn scarce articles as Nylon Hose, Alarm Clocks, and scores of other useful and really valuable premi ums. The prize offered will sro to the successful bidder for the high est denomination bond to be pur- • chased at the time of the auction. Other bond purchasers will be treated to a ride in a jeep or armored car. The visit of the Caravan has been heralded over a wide area of the nearby trade territory this week, and will undoubtedly attract visitors to the city from miles about, as this is the first exhibi tion of this nature to be staged jmyplaee within this immediate territory. The men and equipment will re main -in the city overnight. t PRISONER OF WAR CAMP ESTABLISHED IN COUNTY EOR HARVEST Italian Prisoners At Scotland Neck For Thirty Days i &A Prisoner of War Camp has been established at Scotland Neck for the purpose of harvesting pea nuts, it was learned here this week, and it is estimated the duration of the camp will be for Jfout 30-days. Italian war pris oner labor is being used. Similar camps have recently been estab lished at Wind or and Tarboro. The prison le ‘or is available to farmers in th/s section through mplication tof County Farm Agent W. O. Davis. The practice in the past has been for farmers to haul prisoners from the camps to work on their farms, but where distance prevents this, the government will ^iul groups of prisoners from the camps to central distribution points. Headquarters for the Prisoners of War Camps at Tarboro, stated they were asking farmers to work ft many as 20 prisoners at one time, and that thus far farmers had co-operated with them in do ing this. It was learned that for the first days work of prisoners from the ^potland Neck camp, 20 prisoners had stacked 290 stacks of peanuts in six hours working time. The farmer on whose land they were employed stated he was well pleased with the work, and that it was executed with precision with no marks of sloppiness. Under the present schedule, farmers pay the government at the rate of 10c a stack for the labor. fThe prison camp, located in the Ity limits of Scotland Neck, is of tents. Prisoners sleep on cots and are fed the same rations as a soldier in the United States Army. j. i BOND RALLY f OR WELDON AT THEATRE A “War Bond Rally Day” wil Jtas held at the Levon Theatre, ir Weldon, on Monday night of nexi week, at which time all purchas ers of bond-,? of any denominatior will be admitted to the theatre without charge. There will be i Might show only for the occasion *with the one performance starting at 8 o’clock. The picture bookec is “Mission To Moscow,” starrinj > Walter Houston and Ann Hard ing. * *T» ■ — i ■ ■ ■ i i. ■ i 1 — ■ ■■ —i ■ ■ IN SAME CALIFORNIA CAMP “Two Georges,” who worked at the same store; were inducted into the Army almost a year apart to the day are shown happily reunited in the above photograph at an Army Camp over 3,000, miles from their home town. The youths are George Cooke, (left) and George Davis, who formerly worked at Leggett’s Dept. Store here, and are now stationed at Camp Ord, California. It was purely “coincidence” the way things worked out, but both boys are very happy to be together in the army so far away from home. Pfc. Davis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eulas B. Davis, 1023 Jackson St. Pfc. Cooke’s parents live in Lawrenceville, Va. Both were regular full-time employees of Leggett’s here. APPOINT GEORGE N. TAYLOR NEW MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD •-vt AWARDS MADE POSTHUMOUSLY ; I Above is one of the most recent i photographs of Pfc. Eugene Johns . ton, son of Mrs. Irene Johnston of , Littleton, who was killed Oct. 9th, ; 1942, at Guadalcanal. The Presi I dential Unit Citation, the Asiatic : Pacific Medal and the Purple Heart ■ were recently awarded him post humously. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees for the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Tuesday, Frank Wilson tendered his re signation to become effective im mediately. The action was oc casioned by his recent appoint ment as Register of Deeds for Halifax County, at a called meet ing of the County Board of Com missioners for the purpose of fill ing the vacancy caused by the re signation of Meade Mitchell, to become effective December 1st. The School Board appointed George N. Taylor to fill Wilson’s unexpired term, which runs for four more years. Taylor, who had previously announced he would be a candidate for a seat on the board at the election to be held on October 5th, accepted the ap pointment, and withdrew as a can didate in the forthcoming election. Although never a member of the School Board, Mr. Taylor is a for mer Mayor of the city, and has served a total of 16-years as city commissioner. He does not hold any political office at this time. All nine memBers of the School Board were present at Tuesday night’s meeting. The election for three places on the Board will be held on Tuesday, October 5th, and the polling place has been changed from the High School Building to the Fire Station at the Municipal Building. The three whose terms expire are Dr. Bahnson Weathers, W. L. Manning and Wm. Med'.in. PREMIERE IN CITY DRAWS BIG CROWDS “Standing Room Only” At Show Held Here This Evening Hundreds of enthusiastic bond purchasers crowded the Peoples Theatre here tonight to attend the War Bond Premiere, admittance to which was possible only through the purchase of additional war bond’s. Sections of seats were re served for the purchasers of var ious denominations of bonds, and the demand for seats in the “high est section” far exceeded the sup ply. It is estimated that well over $75,000. worth of additional bonds were sold as a result of staging the show, and the local commit tee was well pleased with the re sults of the undertaking. A de tailed report of the actual amount of securities sold will be made next week. ine attraction at tne tneatre was a pre-view of the picture, “Best Foot Forward,” together with the appearance of The Rich mond Army Air Base Orchestra on the stage. Sgt. Bill Reinniger, stationed in Richmond, Va., made a few remarks, thanking the audience for their response to the premiere. The dance orchestra was under the direction of Warrant Officer Herbert W. Fred, and was com posed of service men who were stars in several “big name” bands in civilian life. Corp Bill Alls brook, former Roanoke Rapids man now in the service and sta tioned at Richmond, Va., was in strumental in booking the band for the city appearance. The band arrived in a special chartered bus, and its members were entertained by the Kiwanis Club at their regular Thursday evening dinner prior to their ap pearance at the theatre. Civic Clubs of the city held the advance seat sale for the premiere, and individual members were un tiring in their efforts to put the show over on a large scale. The show was made possible without j cost to the bond committee 'through the courtesy of the thea tre. Dies At Age 105 Bobbitt Brown, well-known Ne gro woman of Littleton, died last week at the age of 105. Her fath er was a slave in 1800 in Havana Cuba, and was brought to the Dick Bobbitt plantation in War ren County. For 26 years she had lived with Mr. and Mrs. John L, Skinner, of Littleton. Last rites were heH at Mt. Zion Church, con ducted by the Rev. Sam Clanton
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