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VOLUME XXIX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2,1943 NUMBER 18
GIRL IS MISSING FROM CITY
CITY YOUTH
EXONERATED
XUTO DEATH
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• mond Johnson occupied most of
ahe time alloted for the trial of
m-iminal oases in the current
week’s term of Superior Court,
which started in Halifax Monday,
with Judge R. Hunt Parker pre
siding. Court was adjourned at
apni today, to re-convene Monday
rar the trial of civil cases.
Raymond Johnson, city railroad
brakeman, faced the manslaughter
charge In connection with the auto
death of Dick Weaver, city textile
^rorker. A car driven by Johnson
ran over Weaver as he was
crossing the street in front of an
uptown theatre here on Sat
urday night, March 13th. Weaver
died three days later in the hospit
^ here as a result of injuries he
received.
A coroner’s jury had previously
absolved Johnson of blame in eon
„ nection with the death, ruling
ii that: “Weaver came to his death
«the result of an unavoidable ac
dent.” The inquest was held
April 10th, presided over by F. N.
Rowe, county coroner.
In the manslaughter case Vs.
Johnson this week, the warrant
«rther charged that the defendant
perated an automobile while
under the influence of intoxicat
ing beverages, and in a careless
and reckless manner, and that he
did run over R. C. Weaver, in
flicting serious injuries from which
§6 died.”
The trial started late Monday
afternoon, and did not reach the
jury t until 11 o’clock Wednesday
morning. After staying out ap
foximately six hours, the jury
turned a verdict of “not guilty.”
COLORED MEN
ARE INDUCTED
# Notification has been received
from local Draft Board No. 1,
. Halifax County, of the acceptance
at Fort Bragg for military ser
vice, of the following colored
Cen: Roger Edwards, Harvey
»ker, Zack Coynes, Elmer Se
ville Gray, Daniel Hicks, George
Adams, Harold Lee Taylor, and
Calvin Roosevelt Flemming.
WILL PAY 25c
FOR NOV. 18th
ISSUE HERALD
a-The HERALD is short of copies
*f our issue of November 18th,
and need a few for our files. We
will pay 26c each for the first
six copies of the paper in good
vfondltion, brought to our office
Thanks City For
Hospitality To
30th Engineers
To The Citizens of Roanoke
Rapids—
In behalf of the Officers and
men of the 30th Engr. Bn. who
have been stationed at the local
Armory for the past few months
I wish to take this opportunity
to thank you for your coopera
tion, couretsy and hospitality.
The Civic Clubs, the V. F. W.
the B & P. W. club, merchants
.and other individuals have made
this tour of duty one that will
long be remembered.
Our mission here is completed
and was a successful one, it is
our desire that the State of
North Carolina, the various coun
ties and municipalities will have
occassion to use the information
which will become available
from this mission.
Best of luck to all of you,
Lieut. G. CROUCH, C. E.
Platoon Commander.
WILSON NEW
REGISTER OF
DEEDS IN CO.
Takes Oath Of Office
Wednesday At The
County Seat
Frank D. Wilson, who establish
ed the Roanoke Hardware Co.,
here some 20-years ago, and has
since successfully managed his
business here, took the oath of
office as the new Register of
Deeds for Halifax County, at Hali
fax on Wednesday, before Judge
R. Hunt Parker. Ordinarily the
oath would have been administer
ed by the County Commissioners,
but they do not meet until Mon
day of next week, and Wilson’s
appointment was for December
1st.
Wilson was appointed to the
office by the County Commis
sioners, on Sept. 10th, to fill the
unexpired term of Meade H. Mit
chell, who resigned shortly pre
vious to that date to engage in
the lumber business with his brot
her. Mitchell held the post for
some 13-years.
Mr. Wilson’s term will expire the
first Monday in December 1944. A
native of Halifax County, Va., he
came to Roanoke Rapids in 1923.
Mrs. Wilson has assumed active
management of the hardware
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TO BURY ’MYSTERY GIRL'
MONDAY; HOLD INQUEST
ON RECEIPT OF REPORT
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Body Will Be Buried
In Cemetery At
Weldon
County Coroner F. N. Rowe told
the Herald this afternoon that he
had not yet received a full report
from the Bowman Gray School of
Medicine, Winston, Salem, on the
vital organs taken from the body
of the unknown white girl who
died at Roanoke Rapids Hospital
on Wednesday, November 17th.
Upon receipt of this medical re
port an inquest into her strange
death will be held. Rowe stated
he was expecting the report with
the arrival of every mail, and that
surely it would be forthcoming
within a few days.
Meanwhile, he is planning to
bury the body of the girl in Wel
don next Monday afternoon. Tent
ative plans are to conduct the rites
from the Rowe Funeral Home at
3:30 p. m. Rev. E. D. Weathers
will officiate, and interment will
take place at Cedarwood Cemetery
Weldon.
The mystery girl” will be buried
as “Cathlene Dawson,”—which is
the nearest clue to her indentity
police have. She uttered this name
once to police who were trying to
find out who she was, and inti
mated she was from Hoboken, N.
J. A check-up by detectives there
revealed no person of her name
or description missing.
It is possible the secret of her
identity, together with the strange
circumstances as to her presence
in Roanoke Rapids, where she was
arrested Sunday afternoon pre
vious to her death on Wednesday
for raising a disturbance at the
bus station, may be buried with
the body of the “mystery girl.”
Every possible effort has been
made to find out who she is—
where she came from—where she
was going, but all to nO avail
at press time this afternoon.
Oyster Roast At
Dr. Pepper Plant
Benefit Orphans
The local Masonic Lodge is
sponsoring an oyster roast at the
plant of the Dr. Pepper Bottling
Company here tomorrow, Friday,
night from 6:30 to 8:30 o’clock, for
the benefit of the Oxford Or
phanage. City members of the
lodge are handling the sale of tick
ets, which may be procured for
a nominal sum, and the publia
IN HAWAII /
Archie Lee Moody, shown above,
is a seaman, second class, in the
U, S. Navy. Word was recently re
ceived by his mother, Mrs. C. C.
Moody, of 98 Madison Street, that
he was serving in the Hawaiian
Islands. He enlisted on May 22nd of
this year.
$37,000 SAVED
IN CHRISTMAS
CLUBS IN CITY
Money Will Be Ready
For Distribution
This Week
Members of Christmas Clubs
operated by two banks in the city
have saved a total of $37,000.00
and these funds will be distributed
to them by the latter part of the
week, a survey revealed today.
The checks will be ready for de
livery Saturday by the Rosemary
branch of the Roanoke Bank &
Trust Co., and the Citizens Bank
& Trust Co. started distributing
checks to their patrons on Dec
ember 1st.
The Roanoke Bank and Trust
Co. reports approximately $30,000.
and the Citizens Bank some $7,000.
in Christmas Club savings. Both
banks have operated the plan for
several years as a matter of
(Service and convenience to their
CINDY CHANCE
LEFT HOME
4-WEEKS AGO
Told Friends Going
To Norfolk To
Marry Sailor
Roanoke Rapids h,as had more
than its share of “missing girts"
to turn up in this vicinity over
a period of the past three weeks,
and now it appears that a young
lady from the city is missing,
though friends are at a loss to
trace her, nor have they any spec
ial reason to believe she has met
with foul play.
Cindy Chance, pretty young girl
in her early twenties, who had
been employed in the meat mar
ket department of a local grocery
store, left her boarding place in
the city three-weeks ago last Sun
day, telling friends she was going
to Norfolk to marry a sailor. She
took only a small week-end bag
with her, and was to return to
her place of employment the fol
lowing week.
So far as is known she has not
been heard from since. She left
the greater part of her clothes and
personal effects at a local board
ing house, consisting of several
bags and cartons. It appears she
was not indebted to the landlady.
A few days after she left, the land
lady stored the clothes and vacat
ed her room for other occupants,
holding her belongings for her.
The only forwarding address left
by the girl, who also went under
the name of Pauline Chance, and
told various stories as to where
she was originally from, was
“General Delivery, Norfolk, Vir
ginia.” In an attempt to locate
her the first of the week, the
Herald wired that address in Nor
folk. The Western Union office
there in “servicing” the wire re
ported she did not call for It
within the required 72-hours; that
she had apparently left the city
but did not leave a forwarding
address. Further efforts to trace
her since she left the city almost
four weeks ago have revealed
no clues as to her present where
abouts.
Her only living relative whose
residence is known to Roanoke
Rapids acquaintances, is her father
who lives in the state of Washing
ton. It is evident that the father
has not heard from her since she
left Roanoke Rapids, as he con
tinues to write her here, and only
yesterday a package from him
was received for her at her city
address. The package was returned
to the parent. All other mail has
been forwarded to the General
Delivery address in Norfolk.
Miss Chance came to Roanoke
Rapids in September. She had
worked for a time in various res
taurants in and near Weldon, be
fore coming here. She obtained
employment as a meat cutter at a
local grocery store, and her ser
vices there were reported to be
satisfactory by the proprietor.
Although inclined to be ‘‘talk
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