1ni|| ""'Pir "I” '""T"" ROBERT E. MAY, Navy, May 8, 1942 WILLIAM H. CAMP, JR., Navy! Nov., 1942
1|| II |uj "'ll ” < R. H. McCOMMONS, Merchant Mar., July 5, 1942 GROVER WOODRUFF, Army, July 10, 1943
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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
VOLUME XXIX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1943 . NUMBER 11
COUNTY RAISES MORE THAN
ENOUGH FOR PURCHASE OF
JMOBILE BLOOD DONOR UNIT
Final Report Is Made
This Week By Mrs.
C. R. Emry
^ A final tabulation of the funds
donated by Halifax County citi
- zens for the purchase of a mobile
blood donor unit, which will be
donated to the American Red
«ross, in honor of youths from
Halifax County now in the armed
services of the country, and which
will bear the name of “Halifax
, County, North Carolina,” on the
door, revealed that a total of $4,
035.63 has been contributed. All of
4lie funds are in the form of cer
tified cashiers checks which has
been made payable to the Blood
Donor Unit Fund of the American
Red Cross, Washington, D. C., and
has been sent to national head
Ijuarters.
It is thought that the entire unit
will cost in the neighborhood of
$3,500.00, thus the county has fur
nished over $500.00 in excess of
the amount actually needed to
Provide the unit. The entire a
mount will be given to the Red
Cross, with instructions that the
surplus be used as they see fit.
It is thought they will apply the
surplus to funds raised in some
Jiher community which were in
efficient to buy a unit, or for
the purchase of blood plasma.
All of the funds raised Were in
the form of free will contribu
tions. A tabulation by towns and
fmmunities reveal the following
ms collected:
Roanoke Rapids $ 1,376.76
Enfield 945.00
Weldon 637.00
Littleton 241.00
«:otland Neck 212.55
eathaville 132.32
Hollister and Essex 130.00
Aurelian Springs 111.00
Ringwood 88.00
Dawsons Crossroads 75.00
Calvary Community 36.00
ffilobgood 21.00
Halifax 20.00
Airlie 10.00
Total - $4,035.63
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DETAILS ON
REGISTERING
FOR BOOK 4
Registration Held In
schools Starting
October 25th '
Registration in Halifax County
for War Ration Book No. 4 will
ten on October 25th, and continue
rough October 29th.
The registration in Roanoke
Rapids will be conducted daily,
Monday through Friday, except for
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PROCLAMATION BY MAYOR
As Mayor of Roanoke Rapids
md as a Trustee of the Com
munity Chest and War Fund,
I hereby proclaim the week of
October 17 to the 23 as Roanoke
Rapids Community Chest and
War Fund Week for the Sixth
Annual Drive.
We have seventeen national
appeals for funds because we
are at war, and we must ever
remember our ten mtal Home
Agencies, so essential to the
welfare of our progressive city.
We who stay at home while our
brave mem fight, should thank
God for the privilege of helping
in the war effort, and for help
ing the poor and needy by sub
scribing money to the Commu
nity Chest and War Fund.
Let 191/3 be the most success
ful year in our campaign to
make Roanoke Rapids and the
World a better place to live.
For Home and Country give
liberally to support the three
fronts: “The Home Front, The
Military Front, and The Allied
Front.
KELLY JENKINS,
Mayor of Roanoke Rapids, NTC.
WHISTLES
AT HILLS
WILL BLOW
The whistles of the Textile Mills
of Roanoke Rapids will blow again
starting Monday, October 18.
One short blast will be blown at
each of the following times: 6:55
a. m.-7 a. m.; 12 noon,-12:25 p m.,
12:30 p. m.; 3:30 p. m.;-6 p. m.,
6:25 p. m.,-6:30 p. m.; and mid
night.
The use of the whistles is due
to the change of the working
hours at the mills, in order to
give the employees a half hour for
lunch and a half hour for supper.
One short blast at 6:55 a. m., 12:
25 p. m. and 6:25 p. m. are notices
that work will begin in five min
utes. Two short blasts will de
vote starting times, except the one
shor blasts at 3:30 p. m. and mid
night for shift changes.
Permission to again use the
whistles has been granted by the
Director of Civilian Protection of
North Carolina, by the Regional
Office at Atlanta, and the local
and State Civilian Defense au
thorities.
The whistles will still be used
for air raid signals as in the past,
with long blasts of two minutes
duration for the blue signal and
a series of short blasts of 20 sec
onds duration for the red signal.
COUNTY OVER TOP IN BOND DRIVE
ABOVE SCENES were taken by the Herald photographer during the
Camp Butner War Caravan held here Friday, September 24th. The top
photopraph shows Heath Lee, permanent county chairman of the war
loan drive, standing on the speakers platform with Tom Burton, tobacco
auctioneer who auctioned off $60,000. worth of bonds that afternoon. At
bottom, two local youths are seen “swinging it” to the tune of the Camp
Butner orchestra.
This raUy, together with a War Bond Premiere staged at a city
theatre, helped substantially in enabling Halifax County to oversub
scribe her quota in the Third War Loan Drive. The county subscribed
for a total of $l,683,0t)0. in bonds, or a total of $61,000. above the quota.
SAM PEARSON
EVENS SCORE
WITH SNIPER
Roanoke Rapids men now serv
ing with the Nation’s armed forces
in far-flung piaces in the world
are doubtless daily adding to their
glory. The Herald always wel
comes accounts of their exploits,
in order that we may pass the
news along to “home folks.”
We are indebted to Cpl. James
Taylor, former city youth who is
now serving with the army “some
where in North Africa” for this
interesting bit of news which he
clipped from “The Stars and
Stripes,” Army newspaper, and
sent to his father, Harvey W. Tay
lor, in this city. The article states:
“Cpl. Sam W. Pearson of Roa
noke Rapids, N. C., a motorcycle
rider for a combat engineers unit,
got even with a sniper who had
him pinned down for two and a
half hours, when Pearson went out
to bring in a wounded buddy.
Pearson finally crawled out of
danger, got his rifle and went
back and finished off the sniper.”
U . '
H. G. EDWARDS
IS AWARDED
PURPLE HEART
The Purple Heart Medal has
been awarded to Pfc. Marvin G.
Edwards, U. S. Marine Corp, for
injuries received as a result of
enemy action in the South Pacific
area on September 14, 1942.
Young Edwards is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Edwards of
522 Jackson Street. He attended
Roanoke Rapids High School and
enlisted in the Marine Corp prior
to Pearl Harbor. His father is
the overseer of the yard at Roa
noke Mills Company No. 2.
His folks have been, hearing
from Marvin for sometime but did
not know he was wounded until
thev received notice this week
that he had been awarded the
Purple Heart Medal.
The notice was signed by Ad
miral W. F. Halsey, Commandei
of the South Pacific forces and
the U. S. Pacific fleet, who made
the award in the name of the
President of the United States
and by direction of the Secretary
of the Navy.
BEGIN SIXTH
ANNUAL DRIVE
HERE SUNDAY
Drive Combined With
National War Fund
This Year
The Roanoke Rapids Community
Chest, combined with the Nation
al War Fund Drive, will get un
der way on October 17th, with stir
ing appeals for support in all the
churches of the city. Saturday,
October 23rd, will mark the final
day of the campaign. Father
Peter M. Denges, pastor of St.
Johns Catholic Church, is cam
paign chairman of the drive again
this year. It will be the sixth
annual drive of the Community
Chest locally, and the first time
it has ever united with any othet
drive.
The budget for 1944 totals $23,
117.94, and is divided as follows:
Associated Charities $ 4,600.00
Lions Club Blind Fund i
Boy Scouts 2,415.00
Recreation Committee 632.50
School Lunch & Book Fund 703.29
Preventorium 1,725.00
Kiwanis Dental Clinic 460.00
Girl Scouts 1,725.00
City Library 517.50
Woman’s Club Milk Fund 920.00
Administration Expenses 1,139.65
Campaign Expenses 230.00
United War Funds, Inc. 8,050.00
Total _ $23,117.94
The Community Chest is spon
soring the following ten local
agencies: Associated Charities,
i Preventorium, Boy Scouts, Girl
' Scouts, School Lunch and Book
Fund, Woman's Club Milk Fund,
Recreation Committee, City Lib
rary. Kiwanis Dental Clinic, and
the Lions Club Blind Fund.
The War Fund is sponsoring the
following 17 National Agencies: U.
S. O.. United Seamen’s Service,
War Prisoners Aid, Belgian War
Relief Society, French Relief
Fund, Friends of Luxembourg,
Greek War Relief Association,
Norwegian Relief, olish War Re
lief, Queen Wilhelmina Fund, Rus
sian War Relief, United China Re
lief, United Czechoslovak Relief,
United Yugoslav Relief Fund, Re
fugee Relief Trustee. United
(States Committee for the Care of
European Children.
Hux Amves F©r
Naval Training
At St. Petersburg
A. Leonidas Hux, recently given
his leave of absence by the County
Board of Commissioners to enter
the service, has arrived at St.
Petersburg, Florida, where he has
started a round of rigorous train
ing, following this voluntary en
listment in the merchant marines.
Friends in the city and county
had cards from him this, week.
His present address is: A. Leoni
das Hux, G. a, Division 288, U.
a M. a T. a, Vinoy Park Hotel,
St Petersburg, Via.