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il f As soon as the casts are off, both these little girls will be able to
SWgo to school and do many things all children like to do. In order to
■ help give handicapped children “a chance to be like other kids” the
local committee is joining with the state and national organizations
|n putting on the annual sale of Easter seals, now in progress from
©oast to coast. The school children in the community will be given a
enhance to purchase seals, but the seals will not be sold by them. If,
the next few days, you should receive seals through the mail, keep
wthem, for you will not be approached again. Information regarding
' Easter seals for crippled children may be had by calling the local
j chairman, Mrs, Agatha M. Miller, or by contacting Miss Bernice
| Hitchens, the county chairman.
Overseas /
Ibove is Staff Sergeant M. W.
Irnigan, son of Mrs. Adeline
Lagan of 1017 Hamilton street,
is city. Sgt. Jernigan has been
the' Army nearly seven years,
d is now stationed "somewhere”
England.
Otton Ginning
sport Issued
he number of bales of cotton
r=d in Halifax County last year
pped nearly 5,000 under 1942,
ording to statistics received.
; Department of Commerce cen
report shows that 25,403 bales
cotton were ginned in this
Vfy from the crop of 1943 prior
Vi&rch i as compared with 30,
tbales for the cron of 1942.
WALTERS GOES
TO DURHAM IN
NEW POSITION
Leon Walters, one of Roanoke
Rapids prominent young business
men, left' yesterday morning for
Durham where he has been made
manager of the Colonial Big Star
store.
Mr. Walters, a native of Chapel
Hill, came to this city 11 years
ago from Wilson. At that time
the local store of the Colonial
chain was a small establishment,
and under the management of
Mr. Walters it grew into one of
the largest businesses of its kind
here. «
The former manager of the Lit
tle Star was a member of the
Lions Club, the Country Club, and
a director in the Building & Loan
Association and the Merchants
Association in this city. He and
Mrs. Walters will make their
home near Chapel Hill for the
present.
C. W. Stockdale of Hopewell,
Va., will succeed Mr. Walters as
manager of the Little Star here.
30 White Men
Go Into Service
Twenty-two young white men
left here Tuesday night for ser
vice in the United States Navy
after being accepted. Bight other
young men also left for service in
the Army at the same time. Their
destination was not announced.
PRICE CONTROL
MEETING TOPIC
FIREMEN'S
ASSOCIATION
HOLDS MEET
Th Halifax County Firemen’s
Association, which is made up of
members of the fire departments
in Roanoke Rapids, Weldon, Scot
land Neck, Enfield, Halifax and
Littleton, held its meeting last
Tuesday night in the first Bap
tist Church. These gatherings of
the members of the association
are in the nature of supper meet
ings and are held on the third
Tuesday night in, every month,
sponsored by a different depart
ment. The meeting last Tuesday
night was sponsored by the local
fire department.
Sherwood Brockwell of Raleigh,
state fire marshall, was the prin
cipal speaker of the evening. R. A.
Joyner of Farmville and William
B. Hodges, state insurance com
missioner, also made brief talks.
The Roanoke-Rapids Fire De
partment has a personnel of 23
volunteer members and two taid.
W. D. King is the chief.
Since the outbreak of hostilities
the department has lost 16 of its
members to the armed forces.
Their plaies, however, have been
filled as the firemen were called
into the service. Those who have
gone into the armed forces are:
W. B. Connell, Jimmie Cox, W.
C. Duke, Godwin Lane, H. B.
Duke, Waverly Duke, John Tay
lor, Willie Nelson, Lee Stancil,
Burton Stalls, Thurman Barnes,
Darrell Duke, Army; and to the
Navy went A. C. Braswell, J. C.
Justice and R. C. Frances.
The latest member of the de
partment called into the service
is Lee Turner who left yesterday
for the Navy.
Will Graduate/
Aviation Cadet William K. Neal,
Roanoke Rapids boy in the Unit
ed States Army Air Forcces, is
due to graduate shortly from his
primary flight training at Lod
wick Aviation Military Academy,
Avon Park, Fla., 61st USAAF
Training Detachment under Army
Air Forces Eastern Flying Train
ing Command, Maxwell Field,
Ala. In recognition of its being
the first of its kind to take over
a Florida resort hotel to house
the Army staff and cadets, it is
popularly referred to as ‘ ‘The
Country Club of the Air.”
Following his graduation in
1942 from Roanoke Rapids High
School, Cadet Neal, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. S. Neal, 417 Roanoke
Ave., was a student at North
Carolina State College until called
to the Air Forces, in his Fresh
man year. Prior to his transfer
to the Lodwick school he under
went training with the C. T. D.
at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg,
Va.
RED CROSS DRIVE NEEDS ONLY
FEW MORE HUNDRED DOLLARS
“As I see it today,” said L. S.
Neal, chairman of the War Fund
campaign of the Roanoke district
of the American Red Cross,” we
i
need only a few more hundred
dollars in contributions to make
this campaign a success.”
No actual figures could be given
by Mr. Neal due to the slowness
in which reports are reaching
him, but he stated that partially
complete report will be issued next
week.
The campaign has only a few
more days to run and with the
goal almost in sight now, it would
be a shame for the Roanoke dis
trict to fail, said Mr. Neal. “This,
however, we do not now antici
pate,” he continued.
“I feel very confident that our
goal of $15,000 will be reached
within the next few days, and I
certainly want to extend my grate
ful thanks and appreciation to
every one who has assisted us so
ably in this drive for funds. Rev.
Gordon Price, chapter chairman,
and Mrs. J. E. McGee, executive
secretary of this chapter, join me
in extending thanks to all of you.”
If there are any individuals, said
Mr. Neal, who would like to make
a contribution, and have not been
personally contacted, they may do
so by mailing their check to me
or to Rev. Price or Mrs. McGee
and proper credit will be given.
If it is inconvenient, telephone
your desire and Mr. Neal will see
that your contribution reaches the
Red Gross. ..
CAMPAIGN IS
ON AGAINST
HIGH PRICES
At a meeting held here last
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock
in the Municipal Building, a plea
was made for volunteer assistants
to the chairman of the Pries
Panel Division of the local Ration
ing Board. The meeting was pre
sided over by H. B Speight,
chairman of the board, and was
attended by several community
leaders and officials of the OfPA
and local rationing Board.
In Roanoke Rapids, Weldon and
Littleton the number of assist
ants needed is 22, but only eight
so far have been obtained. Nine
are needed here, three in Wldom
and two in Littleton. Assistants
are also needed for rural sec
tions in this district.
At the beginning of the meet
ing Father Peter M. Denges,
community service representative,
discussed Community Price pro
gram as it pertains to the indi
vidual and was followed by Mrs.
Ruth Vick Everett, district infor
mation executive of the Raleigh
office of the OPA. Mb's. Everett
stressed price control and illus
trated her address with various
charts showing how the housewife
could always tell when she was
being charged too much for any
(Continued on page 12, Sec. A)
Word has been received that
S-Sgt. Raymond T. Floyd of Roa
noke Rapids, has arrived safely
in England. He was with the
National Guards which left this
city in 1940 and was sent to Fort
Jackson, S. C. From there he was
sent to several camps before leav
ing the States. His wife is the
former Miss Erline Morgan of
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