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"V P5 «»EKT E. MAY, May 8, 1942 WILLIAM H. CAMP, JR, Navy, Nov., 1942 A3I1IH1B11 ”A\ Li u □ R. H. McCOMMONS, Merchant Mar., July 5, 1942 GROVER WOODRUFF, Army, July 10, 1943 imlUllHHl yL -Dll Ml ’ JAMES W. WHITBY, Navy, Oct 26, 1942 WINFIELD HASTY, Army, Angnit 19, 194S fTHE ROANOKE RAPIDS N. O.’b TABloid More If ewe — Morel m Picture NBWBpaper Advertising — More I — Att Home-Print — Paid Bubecrtben ! \-r —■ ~ ^ TABto(/ JmmUEWSpopegr - '•-’ I Volume xxix ~~roanoke rapids, n. cT Thursday, January 20,1944 number 25 IT. ALLEN WELCH MISSING VrW" LIONS .CO-SPONSOR BIG DANCE President Roosevelt’s birthday of vJan. 30th will be celebrated in Roanoke Rapids on Saturday night, January 29th. It will be cel ebrated on the 30th by American men and women in the armed forces all over the world. & Infantile paralysis took a toll of 12,000 victims in 1943. March I of Dimes and such celebrations as to be held in Roanoke Rapids will help find the solution and cut that rate of those who are caught 4tby this mysterious malady. Those who dance at the VFW Lions Club dance on the 29th from 8 sharp to midnight will en joy four hours of combined round and square dancing knowing that lithe entire proceeds will go to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. The popular Johnston County String Band will be there; a $25. Fourth War Bond will be given; Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs will & be asked to co-operate and the III Armory is expected to be the H§ gathering place for the community I! on the 29th. The Lions Committees are: B? ^Claude Cannon, general chairman; (L Reese Welch, chairman distribution and collection of banks; Morris S. K Clary, and Edward Knott, adver ts tising; L. H. Sandlin, chairman March of Dimes at the schools; II |»Rev. Berkeley, chairman Tag Day l ™by Boy and Girl Scouts; Bernard Allsbrook .chairman Dance Com m mittee; Carl Thompson, chairman special contributions. Graham Lynch of Roanoke Rap it £ ids is Halifax County chairman * and Dr. Ralph McDonald is North Carolina chairman of the drive. .WILL HELP EMPLOYEES «INCOME TAX According to notices posted in Roanoke Mills Co. and Patterson Mills Co. this week, employees of those mills will be furnished as sistance in filling out their income ™tax returns for 1943. The notices are as follows: “The Company has arranged to furnish accounting assistance to employees in the preparation and filing of income tax returns for tW 1943. The Company will arrange to furnish employees with statement of earnings and taxes withheld by the end of January. Notice will be given later as to n*the exact dates on which the ac countants will be here to furnish this business without cost to you.” In Casablanca / John Thomas Clary, F 1/C, vol unteer In Navy Nov. 10, 1942, is temporarily stationed at Casa blanca. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Clary, 752 A Charlotte Street._ STATE GUARD Roanoke Rapids won a game over other towns and won a State Guard unit. That was fine; we had won—what? A chance to have one —That’s alL Hundreds of towns would like to have one but they Just did not happen to be located in the right section of the State and Roanoke Rapids put up a good story and won a temporary victory. _There have been many to volun teer as could be expected from this section but the disappointment has come from the fact that those who had experience in army and civil ian life in leadership have failed to show interest. Maybe they feel they should have a Commission because of what they had done in the last forgotten War; maybe they feel they should have been chosen for a big job because of their training in a military school since the last war; maybe there is some justice to what they think.— But the big thing is that we have the chance here to have a State Guard which will be a source of protection in case it is needed and much more will be a leveling force to keep us all straight. Just like when we see a State Highway Patrol car on the high way our foot automatic-like goes off the accelerator and we slow down to a safer speed. Just so, the knowing we had a State Guard would keep us from taking too many liberties. After all, they would not only have cer tain authorities, come the time, but they would also be properly dis ciplined and trained. Capfc Graves is a little worried because the men he wants In certain key positions have not come forward. We can understand his worries but we still believe that be will get what he needs by the volunteering of men who are men who can see in this a chance to really serve on the home front. CAPTAIN GRAVES MAKES FRANK STATEMENT ABOUT STATE GUARD UNIT HERE By Captain Ed. H. Graves The present plan for mustering the State Guard Unit for Roanoke Rapids make it necessary to com plete our enlistment by the first of February. Considerable progress has been made toward this end with a large group of men inter ested in becoming members of the State Guard. The organization of the company requires three officers, ten ser geants, four corporals and thirty six privates. It is known as the 14th Infantry Company North Car olina State Guard. The enlistment period is for one year, and at the end of the year a member of the State Guard would have the priviledge of not re-enlisting. The physical require ments are not rigid, and the age limits are from 18 to 45. There would seem to be a con siderable attraction to the men of Roanoke Rapids to join such an organization. The drilling is scheduled for one night per week from 8:00 to 10:00 P. M., and the night has been tentatively selected as Tuesday night. The work is in (See STATE GUARD Pg. 6-Sc. A) Overseas Lenwood H. Tudor, Sea 2/C volunteered for service in the D. S. Coast Guard, March, 1943. He received training at the St. Aug ustine, Fla. Training Station un til early In July, and has been overseas since that time. He was born in Roanoke Rap Ids and his father, A. B. Tudor, lives at 218 Madison St. He also has a sister and two brother, Hv here. Prior to November, 1942, when he moved to Miami, Fla, he was employed as a machinist helper by Roanoke Mill Co. No. L *- — - - - MISSING *" LT. R. A. WELCH j PARENTS NOTIFIED YESTERDAY Mrs. Ethel Caudle Welch, mother of Lt. Allen Welch, Roanoke Rap ids High School graduate of the class of 1940, and his father J. P. Welch, 225 Hamilton Street, re ceived this telegram yesterday: “The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your son, Second Lieutenant Rudolph Allen Welch has been reported missing in action—date unreported, in China—If further details or other inform&tion are received you will be promptly notified.” The telegram was signed by General Ulio, the Adjutant Gen eral, and came from Washington by Western Union. 21 year old Rudolph Allen Welch graduated from Roanoke Rapids High School in the class of 1940, entered the Air Corps in 1941 / and was commissioned in June 1943, a 2nd Lieutenant at Ran dolph Field, Texas. He was sta tioned then in Clovis, New Mexico, visited his folks here in July and September of last year before leaving on a Bomber B-24 for the battle area. It is now known that he was in Africa, flew from there to In dia and this Christmas was some where in China. He is reported to have been in raids over Rangoon and in several flights in China, taking the air route instead of the Burma Road. There is no in dication where he might have (See MISSING Page. 6-Sec. A) BOTH ABC STORES WILL STAY OPEN IN CITY AND BOARD SATISFIES GROUP - —i War Prisoner Of Germans Is Chance For You Would you like to write a letter to a local boy who is a prisoner of the Germans? All right—here, is his name and address: Sgt. Leroy W. Morris, 335 Bomb. Squad., 95th Bomb Group. APO 634, care Postmaster, New York. 38 314 924. And here is a letter received by his mother recently, written sev eral months ago: Preigsgefangen erpost. Dear Mother: Just a card to let you know that I am well. I am going to school and taking Span ish and German. I miss my cig ars very much. I grew a Ions beard and mustache but cut \ It off. I will be all skin and bones by the time I get out of here. • ABC Store No. 2 In the North End of Roanoke Rapids will con tinue operation, according to a statement made by ABC Board members David L. Suiter of Wel don and Sam Pierson of Enfield to a delegation of 30 Roanoke Rapids citizens yesterday at Hali fax. G. H. Johnson, chairman, was absent because of illness, but it is understood he agreed with this de cision and with the further state ment that should the ABC Board, because of liquor shortage or for other reasons decide any store in the county should be closed, the citizens of that section served would be given 30 days notice in which to lodge a complaint against the decision. J. T. Chase and Mayor Kelly Jenkins spoke for the group and Henry Fitts presented petitions signed by hundreds of Roanoke Rapids citizens protesting against the closing of the store. Mr. Suiter, who acted as chair man in the absence of Mr. John son, told the delegation that any reports that Roanoke Rapids citi (See ABO STORES Pg. 12-See. A)]
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