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VOLUME XXIX_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1943 NUMBER 14
0 WAC's May Now Join Air Corps
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Lt. Margaret Peagram, former faculty member of the high school here,
will visit the city on Friday and Saturday of each week throughout the
month of November in an effort to enlist recruits for the Wacs. Thi
^fact that women may now join the air corps of the Wacs, performing
^duties similar to the Wac shown in the above picture, has stimulated
much interest among ladies intending to join the service, the Lt. said,
and she hopes to secure several remits locally.
*1256 PEOPLE
ATTENDVFW
‘DANCE HERE
Attendance For Last
Week Tops All
t Records Here
By BILL ALLIGOOD
Twelve hundred-and-fifty paid
admissions toppled all records for
any event ever held in the local
tp* Armory, when the Veterans of
Foreign Wars held their biggest
dance of the year last Saturday
night, which incidently was Hal
lowe’en night.
By counting the Veterans and
-their wives and members of the
30th. Engineers, who are stationed
at the Armory, the crowd ran far
above the 1250 people which broke
the paid attendance at the dance.
I got a great deal of satisfaction
§ out of the fact that the paid at
tendance was over the 1200 mark.
I had made a prediction earlier in
the year that it would hit that
mark or over before the end of
1943. Frank Kemp, who takes a
^ great deal of pleasure in scoffing
' at my predictions, said “You paint
beautiful pictures Bill, but it ain’t
gonna’ happen.” Well, it did, and
the Veterans deserve a great deal
of credit for really putting on a
y, swell Hallowe’en dance for the
' people.
Prizes for the best costumes in
the men’s division went to Silas
Baggot of Roanoke Rapids and
Corp. R. K. McNeal of the 30th.
Engineers. Prizes in the most
beautiful costumes -among the
ladies went to Miss Fergusion who
refused to give her first name and
Miss Thelma Parks, both of which
were really outstanding. Corp Lay
(l cock of 30th. Engineers and War
" ren Boyd of the Norfolk Naval
Training Station won the prizes
for the best dancers. In the chil
dren’s division, “Buzzy” Allsbrook
and Larry Davis walked off with
honors In the boys’ contest, and
Molly Jean Joyner and Josephine
Draper won prizes in the girls’ di
vision.
The dance went off without a
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'©rmer Minister
Of City Will Be
Here On Sunday
Lt. Col. Leon M. Hall, Post Chap
lain, Fort Dix, New Jersey, will
preach in the First Methodist
Church, Roanoke Rapids, Sunday
Morning,, Nov. 7 at 11:00. The
Public is cordially invited to hear
him,
2 LOCAL HEN
SENTENCED
FOR ASSAULT
“Buddy” Thompson
And Sam Taylor Drew
Time On Bead
William, “Buddy” Thompson, and
Sam Taylor, local white men, were
tried at the criminal term of su
perior court last week by Judge
W. H. S. Burgwyn on charges that
they did “feloniously assault one
Doris West, a female under 16
years of age, with intent to carnally
know her.”
Both men plead not guilty. It
was the judgment of the court that
“Sam Taylor be confined for 6
months on the roads, the sentence
luspended for 12-months on condi
tion that he remains of good be
lavior, stays sober and does not
visit the home of E. T. West, father
of the girl, or molest Doris West
in any way.” Thompson drew a sen
tence of two years on the roads,
which was suspended by the court
'or five years, provided he remain
-lutside of Halifax County, during
which time he is not to visit the
county except in the case of the
serious illness of his mother, or
that he be called back by his local
draft board to enter the armed
services. He was given until Nov
ember 1st to make arrangements to
leave the county. It was also the
decision of the court that he pay
the costs of the case.
The alleged attack against the
girl occurred in the downtown busi
ness section of the city during the
latter part of August.
CampaignEnds
Within 80% Of
Original Quota
WILL TRY TO
RAISE QUOTA
OF WAR FUND
War Bonds Sold And
Proceeds Put In
Chest Fund
The sixth annual Commu
nity Chest Drive, which' was
this year merged with the
War Fund Drive, has been
officially closed after reach
ing only 80% of its quota,
according to announcement
made today by Fr. Peter M.
Denges, drive chairman, but
the Community Chest Fund in its
entirety has been raised and the
committee has high hopes of
reaching the 100% quota of the
War Fund.
Providing ample funds to take
care of the Community Chest
budget for the ensuing year wds
accomplished only after selling
war bonds the Chest had accumu
lated over a period of the past
several years. This was done, and
the proceeds turned into the gen
eral fund of the Community
Chest, thus enabling them to op
erate on their proposed budget
for next year, with only a small
deficit, which it is felt may be
made up if certain promises ma
ture.
A meeting or Community Chest
directors was held last night at
the Armory, at which time reports
and talks were made by various
chairmen who had served during
the current campaign. The meet
ing was presided over by H. B.
Speight, president of the Commu
nity Chest, and was attended by
leaders in the drive and Mayor
Kelly Jenkins.
Alfred N. Martin was appointe<
chairman of a Ways and Mean
Committee to try to find som
way to raise the balance of th
sum needed for the Communit;
Chest budget, and to try to raise
the entire quota originally asked
for the War Fund. Plans will
doubtless be announced early next
week as to the strategy which will
be resorted to in order to accom
plish this. It will in all prob
ability take the form of a bene
fit show or dance, or some other
money-making enterprise.
Chest officials were still firm in
their resolve to raise the original
quota of the war fund, though the
campaign on a solicitorial basis
has been formally closed.
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FUNERAL FOR
W. A. LEGGETT
ISHELDTUE.
Merchant Is Laid To
Rest At Home In
Morham
Funeral services for W. A. Leg
gett, 50-year-old, Durham merchant
who was vice-president of the
arge department store chain bear
ing his name, were held Tuesday
afternoon at the First Presby
terian Church in Durham.
Mr. Leggett came to his untime
ly death at Lynchburg, Va., some
time last Saturday afternoon,
where he had been visiting his
brother, Harold Leggett, for about
four months, during which tind it
is said he sufferod ill health. He
was last seen alive about noon
Saturday, after leaving four sui
cide notes in his automobile park
ed near the James River at Lynch
burg. The body was found in a
bout 12-feet of water later Mon
day afternoon.
Mr. Leggett was a veteran of
World War I, and had made his
home with his mother in Durham.
P-esides his mother, he is survived
by three brothers and two sisters.
They are: Fred B., of Danville,
Va., Harold G., of Lynchburg and
I Robert A. Leggett of South Bos
ton, and Mrs. A. T. Grant of
j Staunton and Mrs. . B. Taylor of
I Charlotte.
j The merchant executive made
I regular visits to Roanoke Rapids
following the establishment of his
city business interest, Leggett’s De
nartment Store, here in August,
1931. He had enjoyed phenomen
al success in the business world,
and was highly respected by his
associates.
31 Colored Men
Sent From infield
Draft Board
On Wednesday morning 22 col
ored men left the office of the lo
cal Draft Board in Enfield for
induction into the armed services
at Fort Bragg. In addition to the
22 men, 13 others were transfer
red to other boards for induction,
making a total of 35 from this
board.
Conduct Special
Series Services
At Presbyterian
Beginning Monday night, Novem
ber 8 and continuing through Sun
day night, November 14, there will
be a series of special services at
the First Presbyterian Church.
Dr. J. M. Walker, pastor of the
Steele Creek Presbyterian Church
near Charlotte, will be the preach
er. Dr. Walker is the father of
the present pastor of the Presby
terian Church here. The Steele
Creek Church which he serves is
the largest rural ehurch in the
Southern Presbyterian Church.
Services will begin at 7:30, and
will be held every night during the
week with the exception of Satur
day. Dr. Walker will preach at
oth the morning and evening ser
ices Sunday, November 14. The
citizens of this community are
ordially • invited to attend these
services.
BOY KILLED
WHEN THROW
FROM MULE
Student At Aurelian
Springs Loses Life
In Accident
Edward Allen Brewer 17-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest W.
Brewer, of the Aurelian Springs
section, was killed last Friday
a'ternoon when he was thrown
ram a mule at his farm home.
The accident occurred about 5
’Took in the afternoon. He was
brought to the Roanoke Rapids
Hospital, where he died at 10:15
that night.
Funeral services for the youth,
who was in his last year of school
at Aurelian Springs, were held
Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. at
Corinth Church, with Rev. Albert
Sims, pastor of Bear Swamp, of
which Brewer was a member, of
ficiating. Burial followed in the
Corinth Church Cemetery1.
Besides his parents, the youth
is survived by one brother, Wal
ter H. Brewer, and five sisters,
Miss Sarah Brewer of Baltimore;
Miss Annie Brewer of Norfolk,
land Misses Teenie, Alice and Mary
I Ernestine Brewer of the home.