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ROBERT Ε. MAY, Navy, May 8, 1942 Κ. H. McCOMMONS, Merchant Mar„ July 5, 1943 JAMES W. WHITBY, Navy, Oct. 26, 1942 WILLIAM H. CAMP, JR, Navy, Nov, 1942 G ROVER WOODRUFF, Army, July 10, 1943 WlNFIELD HASTY, Army, August 19, 1943 'jss^sk THE ROANOKE RAPIDS /ΊΖΜ&, wm& LJ17 R Λ I 1~\ p«B ™σ 'β TABlotd \ m fl I ■ More Nev™ ~Mor* I Picture Newspaper 9 Η Η Β flV Advertising — More j — AU Home-Print —J ■ I CAROLINA'S FIRST^^^ I JJ [ Paid Suheoribert J i\ Γ * * ^TAB/oirf jipNEWS/w/wr JL^ Λ C VOLUME XXIX ROANOKE RAPIDS, Ν. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1944 NUMBER 24 r mum nuiiu si monn LOCAL WAR PRICE AND RATIONING BOARD NOW HNISHING 2ND YEAR I In November, 1941, Governor Broughton, as well as the gov ernors of other states, wrote cer tain citizens regarding a meeting t™ be held in December. J. T. Chase was summoned to this meeting from Roanoke Rapids. There the story was told about the need for rationing tires. Jktembers of the Roanoke Rap iffli Board were selected as fol lows: Dr. W. G. Suiter, Weldon; Paul A. Johnston, Littleton; J. T. Chase, Roanoke Rapids, chairman. TJe first meeting of this board in the offices of the V Ε and Ρ Co. In Roanoke Rapids. When rationing got under way, **Mr." Chase was made County Ad· ministrator of all 3 boards (Hali fax, Scotland Neck, and Roanoke napids) allocating quotas on tires And tubes to the 3 boards. When Mr. Chase was made county ad ministrator, Η. B. Speight re placed him as a member of the Roanoke Rapids Board, and at the Wkst meeting of the Board after the change, Mr. Speight was elected chairman. The functions of the Board were carried on in the office of the V Ε and Ρ Co. with Miss Ruby Williams as Volunteer secretary of the Board. This set-up continued until the workload became so heavy that a full-time secretary had to be hired to take care of . many details rapidly coming Vp in the rationing program. Mrs. (Continued On Page 8—Section A) jTÂXI RATES GO UP WHEN GAS IS CUT All taxi cab companies in Roan oke Rapids have been cut thirty per cent in the amount/of gaso line they get by the Office of De φΟΜ Transportation and this week, B. F. Johnson announces a raise in taxi rates. No an nouncement was made by other taxi companies. It is understood the gas cut φιχηβ after ODT officials had tried to get local taxi companies to unite with a common office in order to cut overhead and cut out duplicate trips. Mr. Johnson states he is raising |0s prices in order to make It possible for his drivers, who work on percentage, to maintain a liv ing wage as a 30 per cent cut in gasoline represents a 30 per cent drop in their income. φ Taxi patrons are also asked to give full information as to num ber in part;, and destination of each and also to give taxis time to reach them or else call and cancel the engagement, in order Φ save gas. MEMBERS OF ΟΡΑ PANELS The Roanoke Rapids Price and Rationing Board No. 45:29.1 con sists of Η. B. Speight, chairman, Dr. W. O. Suiter, Weldon, and Paul A. Johnston of Littleton. J. T. Chase of Roanoke Rapids is County Administrator for the OPÀ for the Boards in Roanoke' Rapids, Halifax and Scotland Neck. The Board has just com pleted its second year of war time service. On the local Board Messrs. Speight, Suiter, and Johnston al so act as the tire and gasoline panel. The oil and stove panel consists of Ε. B. Manning, chair man, T. H. Holmes, Weldon, and J. R. Wollett, Littleton. The Price Panel is F. J. Hawley, chairman, C. F. Gore, Weldon, and Mrs. J. H. Baucom, Littleton. AH the above serve without pay. Employees of the local Board are Mrs. Grace Kennedy, chief clerk, Mrs. W. B. Allsbrook, se nior tire clerk, Miss Hazel Ne ville, price clerk, Miss Doris Louise Edwards, gasoline and boots, Mrs. Elva Martin, ration books and shoes, Mrs. Grace Gates, fuel oil and stoves. MEN HERE ENLIST IN STATE GUARD Application cards are beginning to come in to Capt Ε. H. Graves from men between 21 and 45 de siring to join up with the 14th Infantry Company of the. N. C. State Guard which will be quar tered at the Roanoke Rapids Armory. Those desiring to enlist or wish ing more information will find in formation cards to be filled out and mailed in at all city drug stores and offices of the three of ficers, Capt. Graves, 1st Lt. F. S. Kemp and 2nd Lt. John Dunn or any of these officers will be glad to interview prospective members. The company will drill at the armory one night a week and will be on call for duty anywhere in the State. Guns, ammunition and uniforme will be furnished by the government. After Tonight All Black-Outs Sundays Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County will continue to have blackouts after tonight but thOM in the future will be held on Sundays about once every three months. Only States on the Atlantic and Pacific Seaboards will have black outs, other states having been taken off the list by Office of Civilian Defense. ·* PLANE CUTS HIGH POWER LINE 110,000 VOLTS ON TUES.; MILLS SHUT DOWN A low-flying plane Tuesday afternoon crashed thru three VEPCO high-powered lines car rying 110,000 volts near Boykins, Va. The lines were cut by the plane and this closed down lo cal mills for an hoar. The pilot and plane? Just kept right on flying. CLYDE USKE IS DISTRICT CHAIRMAN Clyde Liske, prominent Roanoke Rapids young business man and widely known in Boy Scout cir cles for the last several years, was last night installed as chair man of the Halifax District Com mittee of the Boy Scouts In the first meeting for the new year. Mr. Liske succeeds he Rev. Gor don Price. The Rev. Mr. Price has served as chairman of the district committee for the past three or four years, and was in strumental in having a field scout executive permanently located in Roanoke Rapids, to aid in carry ing on the work here. The for mer chairman gave as his rea son for giving up the district chairmanship the fact that his duties as pastor of the First Baptist Church, and the addition al responsibilities as chairman of the local Red Cross Chapter, pre vented him from giving the time he felt should be devoted to Scout work. Mr. Liske has served as a (Continued On Page 8—Section A) ALL GIVERS TO CHEST CAN VOTE An election will be held on Jan. 24th and 25th. for the purpose of electing 4 new members to the Board of Trustees of the Roanoke Rapids Community Chest. The Ballot Boxes and ballots will be distributed to various pub lic places in the city such as the mills, postoffice, city drug stores, grocery stores and other places for the convenience of local con tributors to Community Chest. All contributors to the 1944 Fund are eligible to vote. Pour will be voted for from the follow ing nominations: W. C. Allsbrook, T. L. Martin, T. J. Alford, A. Meikle, J. B. Batton, Sr., J. B. Dunn, Paul Harris, Thornton Wil son, C. C. Shell A sample copy o( the ballot will be published in next week's Issue of The Herald. W. H. Pruden Is chairman of the balloting commit tee with Carl Churchill and Ray Stephenson. i 4TH WAR LOAN DRIVE TO START NEXT WEEK JAN. 18 STRESSING INDIVIDUALS .1 LATE NEWS BRIEFS Register Of Deeds 25 Years Is Buried In Jacbson Today Samuel Carver, 87 years old, Register of Deed of Northampton County for 25 years, died yester day and funeral services were held this afternoon at Jackson. Six children survive. Mrs. Carver died one month ago. T. F. ANDERSON DIES IN WELDON Thomas Frances Anderson, 52, died at his home in Weldon Tuesday afternoon after a linger ing illness. Funeral services were held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. W. W. Fin lator. Burial followed in Cedar wood Cemetery. He is the son of the late Thomas Frances and Eugene Whitfield Anderson^ He was a member of the local Masonic and Knights of Pythias lodges. He was employed by local Atlantic Coast Line Railway for 40 years and retired two years ago because of ill health. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. ; Mattie Anderson and three dau ghters, Mrs. W. D. Scott, Mrs. Carroll Bass arid Mary Edna An derson and one sister, Mrs. G. D. Hawks all of Weldon. / Two Charged With Entering Store Are Held For Halifax Herbert Winfree and Monroe Long, charged with breaking and entering the store of Edward George on the Weldon Road were bound over to Superior Court un der $200 bonds each by Mayor Jenkins. Jan. 31 Deadline To List For Taxes January 31 is the deadline for listing for taxes. Citizens of Roanoke Rapids list with A. E. Akers at the Municipal Building. Penalty for failure to list? Pos sible indictment by a grand jury. FOIST 1944 BABY IN ROANOKE RAPIDS First baby of 1944 born in Roanoke Rapids and, reported to The Herald was a boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Atlas Edwards, 1122 Roanoke Avenue. The young man arrived at 2:30 p. m. on January 1. Halifax County's quota in the Fourth War Loan drive which starts next Wednesday, Jan. 18, has been set by the U. S. Trea sury Dept. at $1,388,000, according to County Chairman F. H. Gre gory and Roanoke Rapids Chair man H. E. Lee. The quota for the Nation is 14 billion dollars of which five and one half billion dollars in bonds are expected to be sold to individ ual citizens. This phase will be stressed in Halifax County where non-bank investors will be urged to buy war bonds and individuals will be contacted to purchase "E" Bonds. Previous drives have gone over the top with the help of large in veatorep banks,- mills and other large businesses, but the 4th War Loan Drive, which will last until Feb. 15 is aimed at. the lower income brackets, many of whom have yet purchased no bonds. ABC STORE STAYS OPEN Uncle Hux Baird and Woodrow Humphrey, employees of ABC Store No. 2 in downtown Roanoke Rapids, were notified Tuesday afternoon to keep the store open until further notice. Previous written orders had been given them by the County ABC Board to close the store on Saturday, Jan. 15th, because of a shortage of liquor. Petitions were signed by many citizens asking the Board to res cind the order and it is under· stood an attorney has been em ployed to intercede for the pat rons of the store which has al ways shown a profit, even in the past several months. The records ν show that this store ranks third and fourth of the eight county stores over the period of years since the stores were voted in. SECRETARY Ν. C. BANKERS SPEAKS HERE Leroy Lewis, Secretary of N. G. Bankers Association, was speaker at Kiwanis Club tonight as guest of H. E. Lee, Cashier of Roanoke Bank and Trust Company. "What Is War-Time Citizenship" was Mr. Lewis' subject stressing the need of Individual citizens buying War Bonds. Mr. Lewis was a former instruc tor at Duke before entering the banking business. He is now traveling the State In the interest of the Fourth War Loan Drive. *
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