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n..i nn ..m| 'mijllinq ROBERT E. MAY, Navy, May 8, 1942 WILLIAM H. CAMP, JR, Navy, Nov, 1942 |||||||||fl^ ! ,,,|| k A II w« "Ml 11 4 R. H. McCOMMONS, Merchant Mar, July 5, 1942 GROVER WOODRUFF, Army, July 10, 1943 ^j- ||f I I llll II 1Pfll/ JAMES W. WHITBY, Navy. Oct. 26, 1942 WINFIELD HASTY, Army, August 19, 1943 IHHIHIlk. Vi mi ““ VOLUME XXIX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1944_NUMBER 23 MILK AND TAXI FARE PROBLEMS PRESENTED TO BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS The regular meeting of the ! Board of Commissioners of the •City of Roanoke Rapids was held }•■> the Commissioners’ Room on , ,ie Jan. 4th at 3:00 o’clock, p. m. Present were Kelly Jenkins, Is jSlayor; M. D. Collier, V. E. Mc I Dowell, R. I. Starke, W. P. Tay i lor, F. C Williams, Commissioners. • MILK SITUATION *A committee appeared before the Board in regard to the milk situation in Roanoke Rapids. Mr. W, A. Thome, Chairman of a Committee of Citizens who have |r>en trying to help the dairymen m this community get an increase in the price of milk, stated that at the last meelng of his commit tee on December 30, a motion wS3 passed that with the under standing Mr. Powell would agree t» stay open for ten days the City Board of Commissioners be given an opportunity to provide some means of relieving the criti cal milk situation in Roanoke Vapids. Mr. Thorne stated that Sir. Powell had planned to close his dairy on December 31st but had agreed to stay open for ten days. The minutes of the meeting held hv the Citizens Committee on Dec Sknber 30, 1943, were read. These minutes revealed that an applica tion had been approved by the At lanta Office of the OPA and sent to the Washington Office with a ^commendation that the price of Silk be increased from 16c per quart to 17c per quart but that his increase would not furnish he necessary relief and that, in he opinion of Mr. Henderson of -(Continued on Page 4-Sec. A) HEADS DRIVE , W. Graham Lynch of Roanoke Rapids has been named as Hali fax County Chairman of the In_ fan tile Paralysis drive to be held in the State the last two weeks in January. The appointment was made by Dr. Ralph McDonald, State Chairman. NATION'S NURSE SHORTAGE CAUSES RED CROSS PUN NURSE'S AIDE CUSS HERE 1 bmen of Roanoke Rapids for eir volunteer service to the Red .t»s in the Nurse’s Aide Work new class will start Monday, An. 24th and volunteers are ur *ntly needed. Mrs. Fred Kroncke has volun ered her services as instructor “ e new class now being Or el. She is a graduate of the of Nursing of the Medical >r«aiege of Virginia and has varied stcperlence in hospital nursing, fhe also was hostess-nurse on air 'tnes operating out of New York and Chicago. Mrs. Kroncke Is We of Dr. Fred Kroncke, phy Jcian for Patterson Mills Co. Any woman In Roanoke Rapids from 18 to 50 in good health and a High School graduate or the equivalent can qualify for Nurse’s Aide if she is willing to give 150 wars a year to the service with* out remuneration. Training calls for an 80-hour course: 35 hours classroom work and 45 hours hos pital work. Those interested may discuss the work between now and Jan. 24th with Mrs. Frances Starke at her office in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital or Mrs. Frank Williams at her residence on Roanoke Ave. Mrs. Williams is chairman of Nurse’s Aide branch of the Red Cross. The response to similar calls In Roanoke Rapids have been good and 53 women here have been trained. Forty of those are now on the roll but the Increasing shortage of nurses everywhere makes it Imperative that those in terested make the best possible use of this opportunly to enroll and help serve as a Volunteer Red Cross Nurse’s Aide.' -..—. Roanoke Rapids OPA Hours War Price and Rationing Board No. 45-29-1 Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina is open to the pnblio as follows _ Mon day through Friday 9 to 12 - 2 to 4 and Saturdays from 9 to 12 Inquiries by phone may be made each day from 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. with the exception of lunch hour from 12 to 1. UNDERWOOD FUNERAL IS ON TUESDAY Yancey N. Underwood, 59, for the past 28 years an employee of Roanoke Mills Co., died Sunday morning following six days of critical illness. For the past 15 years Mr. Un derwood was Overseer of the Cloth Room Dept, at Roanoke Mills Co. No. 1. Funeral services were held Tues day from his home m Roanoke Rapids and burial was in Pine Hill Cemetery in Burlington. Mr. Underwood was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Roanoke Rapids and was noted for his generosity to the sick and needy. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Winstead Underwood; one son, Thurman Underwood, U. S. Army; two sisters, Mrs. James Terrell and Mrs. W. W. Terrell of Burlington; three brothers, J. P. Underwood, Altamahaw; L T. Un derwood, Yanceyville, and J. L. Underwood, Route 2, Elon College. Join State Guard TO ELEC 4 TO BO RD OF CHEST The Nominating Committee of Roanoke Rapids Community Chest met Tuesday night, December 21, in the Municipal Building for the purpose of making nominations for the number of persons to be elect ed from the contributing members to the Board of Trustees. Wilmer Collier, Chairman, Mrs. R. L. Towe, Edward H. Cameron, Ross L. Edwards and J. R. Meikle, members of the Nominating Com mittee, proposed the following per sons for candidates for the four vacancies: W. C. Allsbrook, T. I* Martin, T. J. Alford, A. Meikle, J. B. Batton, J. B. Dunn, Paul Harris, Thornton Wilson and C. C. Shell. An official ballot will be pub lished in this newspaper at an early data. I ARTHUR FLEMING SAYS HE AND SAM JONES, NEGRO KILLED LINDSAY PRICE ■ ■ .. Opens New Store Jesse Harrell, manager of the new Harrell Hardware Inc. which opened this week at the corner of Roanoke Ave. and First Street. For the past several years Mr. Harrell has been Village Supt. of Roanoke Mills Co. Prior to that he was Supt. of the Roanoke Rap ids Sanitary Dis tricet. Otelia Paquette Is Buried Here Otelia Paquette, age 2%, died at the Memorial Hospital in Char lotte, N. C., Sunday morning Jan uary 2nd. Services were conducted by Rev. Ray Jordan at the Chapel there after which the body was brought to Roanoke Rapids for burial. Services were conducted here by Rev. Lester A. Tilley, burial be ing in the Cedarwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were, Jack Adkins, Everette Spikes, Bradford Brown ing and John Little. Survivors are her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Paquet te, her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Vaughn of Roanoke Rapids and grandfather, Mr. Pa quette. Arthur Fleming, 20-year-old Ne gro, in a signed confession ad mitted that he and Sam Jones, 23-year-old Negro, killed Lindsajr Price on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 22 and threw his body Into Chockoyotte Creek where it was found more than one week later, last Thursday afternoon. Both are in Halifax jail with out bond after waiving examining trial Tuesday night. They will be tried at the January term of Superior Court the last week of this month. The two men are cousins and cousins of the dead man’s wife. Jones maintains his innocence. Fleming's confession was made in the presence of Chief H. H. Dobbins, H. W. Zimmerman of the State Bureau of Investigation and officer A. J. Brigman. It was made Sunday. ^ ... V . 1 a._21_3 T-»_: ~ ~ f.n VlllvCia uou t his home on the Simmons place in West Rosemary to the home of Sam Jones, next door to Branch’s Store in Hodgestown the morning of Dec. 22. Price had about one hundred dollars, hi* • share of crops, which had been paid by J. K. Giles. He got a taxi and went to Branch’s Store, which was closed. He went to Jones' house where he met Flem ing and Jones. He and Fleming got into the taxi and went after some liquor. The taxi dropped them in South Rosemary in front of the colored church on Webb** Hill near where Fleming lived. In his confession, Fleming say* they went to his house and later, after Price had talked to Peart Pitts, he and Price crossed the bridge and took the woods path near the John Chaloner School where Jones was waiting for them. Some time after this, Fleming says the murder took place. He says he struck Price twieo on the top of the head with * heavy stick and that, while tbo man was on the ground, Flem ing says Jones stuck him in the back of the head near the baa* of the brain with an ice pick. He admitted robbery as the mo tive and says that Jones took tto (Continued on Page 4-Sec. A) APPLICATION CARDS FOR 14* INFANTRY CO., NX STATE GUARD OUT MONDAY Applications for enlistment in 14 lina State Guard, Roanoke Rapids, when application cards will be plac Men from 21 to 48 years of age fifty men who win be chosen from Application cards may be found i E. H. Graves, Halifax Paper Co.; th oke - Patterson Employment Offta Roanoke Mills Co. No. 2, the Mnn and all dty drug stores. th infantry tjompany, norm N. C., will start Monday afternoon t ed In various sections of the city. Inclusive will be considered tor the the applications. ill next week at the office of Cap*: s office of 1st Lt F. a Kemp, Boan i* the office of 2nd Lt John Dunn* tdpal City Clerk’s office;
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