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HTSlHr raronm B^SSr E. MAY MAKVIN MUIAM SCOTT WINFIELD HASTY I l! I II u II LJ II II 4 II II N R H. McCOMMONS WILLIAM H. CAMP JR. DANIEL E. FAISON I g||| || m]| llll ,M]| Hill || | "Jll y JAMES W. WHITBY GROVER WOODRUFF 2d LIEUT. ROBERT LEE MOORE THE ROANOKE RAPIDS I_I F.RAI n — I I 1^ Carolines msr^^ I M 1“*^ 1 M ^TAB/wrf M^NEWS^wr - f VOLUME XXIX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.~c! THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1944_NUMBER 39 FIRST TRIP M MARINER; WAS IN ITALY Daniel E. (“Dan”) Faison, 42 ^ears old, is reported to have been killed in Italy on April 15 accord ing to a message received this week by his sister, Mrs. Walter Grooms. Faison, who was formerly in the ilnited States Army, but was given * medical discharge early last year, was a member of the Mer chant Marines. This was his first trip, since signing up about March 1, of this year. He sailed from Norfolk for an unknown port, but ■ nnally landed in Italy. He was a carpenter on the SS B. F. Shaw. The message to Mrs. Grooms from I. J. James, of the Northland Transportation Company, follows: ‘Tt is with sincere regret we must perform the duly of inform ing you your brother, Daniel Fai son, serving as carpenter on the SS B. F. Shaw, which this com pany operates for the War Ship «ag and Administration, lost his e on April 15, 1944, while visit ing ashore at Castellammare Di Stabia, Italy. “The master of the vessel has advised us that part of a building in which Mr. Faison and another <Jew member were visiting col lapsed while they were in it, both men losing their lives instantly. “The War Shipping Administra tion in Washington, D. C., has ad vised that burial was made on April 18 in the Allied Military cemetery at Naples." Surviving Mr. Faison are his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Faison, of Roanoke Rapids, Route 1; three sisters, Mrs. CTOoms, Miss Mertie Faison and Mrs. Clarence Barlow; four bro thers, Otto and Allison Faison of this city, Lloyd Faison of Norfolk, and Hinton Faison, “somewhere in England”; also a niece, Jeannette FWson, and a nephew, Marlyn Faison. (Prior to entering the Merchant Marines Faison was employed by the Welding Shipyards in Norfolk. He had lived in Roanoke Rapids poetically his entire life. Bonks Will Close Both the banks in Roanoke Rap 1ida8(vill be closed next Wednesday, May 10, a full holiday. Food Program Is Next Week ^ The second annual health, nu trition and food conservation program wiU be held next Tues day afternoon beginning at 2 o’clock. The meeting will be in the aduitorlum of the Clara Hearae School. CARTERGETS 18-20 YEARS FOR MURDER Eddie Lee Carter, negro, charg ed with the murder of Sandy Bak er, another negro, in February, 1941, pleaded guilty in Halifax Superior Court this week to mur der in the second degree and was given a sentence by Judge Walter Bone of not less than 18 years nor more than 20 in State’s Prison. Sam Jones, negro, who was slat ed to be tried at this term for the “ice-pick” murder of Lindsay Price, negro, had his case con tinued until the June term. Other cases disposed of by the court this week are as follows: C. H. Clark, white, charged with crime against nature, nol pros with leave. Thomas Barkley, white, of Roa noke Rapids, plead guilty to tem porary larceny and was given not (Continued on Page 8—Sect. A) Graduating Class School of Nurses To Have Exercises The graduating class of the Roanoke Rapids School of Nurs ing will hold its commencement exercises next Friday, May 12. The program will begin at 8:15 and will be held in the High School auditorium. Following are members of the class: Elsie Bridgers De Berry, Mary Elizabeth Warren, Virginia Eliza beth Shell, Mabel Alice Bryant, Carlee Butler Jenkins, Dorothy Lee Garner, Judith Pittman Noon ey. The Baccalaureate Sermon will be delivered by Rev. Lester A. Tilley, at the Roanoke Rapids Me thodist Church, Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. — GAS STATION IS ENTERED; LOSS SMALL Ted’s Esso Service Station, oper ated by Ted Davis, located at 100 Roanoke Ave., was entered iast Tuesday night. The break occur red between 9:30 and 10 o’clock, and the thief or thieves entered the place by jimmieing the win dow to the men’s rest room. The loss is small, according to Mr. Davis, who, after checking, found $3.00 in cash, two checks, one for $13.46 and another for $2 missing, in addition to a small amount of candy and some ciga rettes. Police are investigating, but as yet no lead has been discovered as to who perpetrated the break. WM. R. DAVIE CHAPTER WINS SECOND PUCE The William R. Davie Chapter of Future Farmers of America won second place in the livestock judging contest of the Roanoke Chowan Future Farmers of Ameri ca Federation held at Caledonia Farm. Twelve chapters entered the contest with Jackson’s Chapter placing first, William R. Davie second, and Scotland Neck third. The classes of animals judged were one class in each of the fol lowing: Holstien dairy cows, Guernsey dairy cows, Hertford cows, Hampshire sows, and Poland China sows. Charles Wright, a member of the William R. Davie Chapter, ftiade the highest score on judging Dairy Cattle in the contest. (Continued on Page 8—Sect. A) Martin Named , Co. Chairman At the County Democratic meeting held last Saturday in Halifax, Dr. John W. Martin, of Roanoke Rapids, was elected as county chairman of the Execu tive committee, succeeding Dr. Bahnson Weathers. SON OF MRS. J.H. MAYFIELD DIES IN MID-AIR COLLISION NEAR U.S. MARINE AIR BASE Second Lieutenant Robert Lee Moore, 21 years of age, son of 'di Mrs. J. H. Mayfield of Roanoke Rapids and the late Robert L. Moore of Seaboard, was instantly killed last Friday in a mid-air collission. Lieut. Moore was a member of an eight-plane flying formation in practice flight over the Marine Air Base at Jacksonville, Fla», near where the accident occurred. His plane, a single-seater fighter, crashed head-on with another plfe'.Ve of the same type piloted by First Lieutenant C. Samis, of Illi nois. Samis, who balled out after the collision, was not Injured. Moore, however, is believed to have died instantly, no signs be ing seen by the other fliers of him attempting to use his parachute. At the time of the accident the planes are reported to have been up about 3300 feet and 20 miles south of the Marine Air Base. Lieut. Moore was flying “on the wing” of his close friend and room-mate, 2d Lieut. W. E. Jen nings of Shreveport, La., when the crash occurred. Lieut. Jen nings accompanied the body to Roanoke Rapids for the funeral services. The young flier, one of the city's more popular young men, was a graduate of the Roanoke Rapids High School, later attending North Carolina State College, prior to entering the service of the United States Marines. He graduated about six weeks ago as a Marine pilot. Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from the Roanoke Rapids Presbyterian Church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. John Walker. Interment was in the cemetery here. Surviving are his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mayfield, and one sister, Mrs. Marvin W. Collier, all of this city. He was a grandson of the late William S. and Betty Futrelle Pruden of Seaboard. City Election Held Tuesday In the election held last Tues day for city commissioners, M. D. Collier and R. I. Starke were re turned to office without opposi tion. The balloting*1 was light, 28 in the North Ward for Collier, and 16 in the South Ward for Starke. Now At Home From Hospital Ben M. Camp who has been a patient in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital for about a week, has re turned to his home in Garysburg. -,-•* Crash Victim Above is Second Lieutenant Robert Lee Moore, 21, son ot Mrs. J. H. Mayfield, of this city, who was killed last Friday in a mid air plane collision near Jackson ville, Fla. Pearl Harbor Yet Returns To 'Frisco Pvt. Elton Capps has returned to San Francisco after spending a three weeks’ leave here with Mrs. J. V. Hock, 718 Washington street. Pvt. Capps has been over seas for four years and was at Pearl Harbor when the attack by Japan occurred. Since that time he has been stationed on several islands In the South Pacific. STATE GUARD PROMOTIONS CONFIRMED The following promotions which were recently recommended for officers in the 14th company of the Roanoke Rapids unit of the North Carolina State Guard, have heir, confirmed and are effective at once: First Lieut. Francis S. Kemp is promoted to captain. Second Lieut. John B. Dunn ro fin.t lieutenant. F'rst Sergeant Marshall Whit? • Hurst to second lieutenant. Sergeant James Rogers to first sei gesnt. Corporal Alex Thomas ;o ser geant. Private Ellis Reynolds to cor pcral. V _
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