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Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H. Camp, ,Jr., Robert E. May, R. H. McCommons, James " m Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee Ingram,lr || Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr., Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White. THE ROANOKE RAPIDS q T ¥ ¥7 13 A ¥ ¥™\ N. O.’t TAB laid B| ^ m ZL B B B B More Nev* ~ Man l Picture NEWBpaper I H B B B MB Advertising — Mom I C J I ■ CAROLINA’S FIRSX^^^ ■ M Y™ Bubeoribern J •\-r i M. ^ab/on/m^news/^wp JLs^ \-r VOLUME XXX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. (^THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 1944 NUMBER 8 £74 BALLOTS ARE MAILED TO SOLDIERS S. W. Dickens, Chairman of Halifax County Board of Elections, made the announcement today that ^erything was going smoothly in •the handling of applications for ballots by men jin the armed ser vices and the issuance of ballots in persuance of the law dealing ^ith soldier voting. Chairman Dickens reports that 674 applications have- been received and 674 mailed out. These are one hundred per cent for service men. It is expected that the Board will $so receive applications for absen tee ballots for a few Halifax Coun ty citizens not in the Armed Forces, who will be unable to come home to cast their vote in the National Election, which will % held on Tuesday, November 7. The registration books, accord ing to Mr. Dickens, will open on Saturday, October 14 and will re main open through the 28th. Reg !istrars, however, will only be at Mie regular polling places for the t purpose of registering voters on Saturdays. I Mrs. Hawley's Father Dies Mrs. Frank Hawley was called to Christiansburg, Va., Friday on account of the illness and death of her father, who died Sunday Afternoon. F. J. Hawley and Frank, or., left Monday to attend the funeral which was held on Tues day. Joseph Norwood feets Promotion Pvt. Joseph W. Norwood, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Norwood of Roanoke Rapids, has recently been fromoted to Private First Class t Americus, Ga., where he is now stationed. A member of a Medi cal Detachment, Norwood received his Basic training at Fort Raleigh, f Kansas. He entered the service in |^ay, 1943. Joins Staff Of Graduate Nurses -Mrs. Loretta Vaughan Rainey, Whose husband, Corporal Jimmie Rainey has recently been sent overseas, and Misses Mabel Bry ant, Elizabeth White and Mrs. Carlee Butler Jenkins, recent graduates of the Nurses School of 'Soanoke Rapids Hospital, have joined the graduate nurses staff of the local institution. a Seaboard Man Dies Tuesday L. Bickley, 82 years of age, of Seaboard,' died last Tuesday morn ing about ten o’clock at the Roa foke Rapids Hospital. ' Two Brothers and Brother-In-Law fn The Service / —— iimsa mmmmw'— Pictured above are the two sons and a son-in-law, of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Akers, 501 Roanoke Avenue. Left to right they are: Ensign Allen E. Akers, 30, who entered the Navy in July, 1943. He is now “some where” in the South Pacific, having been overseas about seven months. Next is Capt. Samuel H. Akers, 25, “somewhere” in France, who went into the service in August, 1941 He was promoted to captain Sept. 1, this year. Capt. Akers has been overseas about 12 months. Right is Capt. Robert E. Pattison, 3rd. Capt. Pattison joined the fighting forces in 1941 and has been overseas about 10 months. He is believed to be “somewhere” in Holland. His wife, the former Miss Ann E. Akers, is residing here with her parents for the duration. Their home is in Paoli, Pa. Simultaneous Evangelistic Services To Begin In City Next Sunday Night Following the recent religious census and classes in personal evangelism the simultaneous evan gelistic campaign by a series of preaching services in practically all of tiie churches in the city be ginning next Sunday night at eight o’clock, and continuing through Sunday night, October 15. The visiting preachers and sched ules are as follows: AH Saints Episcopal Church, Rev. Moultry Moore, Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Salis bury, will preach each night, be ginning at eight o’clock. At Rosemary Methodist Church Rev. Jack E. Garlington, pastor of the Spring church-Garysbury M. E. churches will be the speak er. Rosemary Baptist Church, Rev. Ben Lynes, pastor of Emporia Baptist Church, will be the vis iting minister. First Methodist Church, Rev. W. M. Howard, Jr., pastor of Bethel M. E. Church, Bethel, N. C., will preach the entire week. First Baptist Church, Rev. Joe Johnson, pastor of the Baptist Church in Bassette, Va., will be the guest preacher. First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Daniel C. McGeachey, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Clear Water, Fla., will speak at the eleven o’clock Sunday morning service, and Rev. John Walker, local pastor will preach that night. Rev. Joseph Lansinger, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Smithfield, will conduct the ser vices Monday night through the following Sunday night. The Pentecostal Holiness and Church of God Churches will have services every night through the week with their new pastors, Rev. Hodges and Rev. Jones doing the preaching. CHEST DRIVE BEGINS 15TH The Roanoke Rapids Community Chest and War Fund will launch its annual campaign during the week of October 15 through Oct ober 21. The coal set for this year is $23,862.50, $7,500 of which is earmarked for the National War Fund. Four million volunteer workers, in every community in the Unit ed States, are now laying plans to start work this month for the second time in history, to secure contributions to a united war fund for the nineteen war-related agen cies comprising the National War Fund, and for the home front agencies of local community _ T_i- ~ mi_-1 _1.:_ _ £ _ V/XlVUbW( X'UV liVl/UX VUJVV/WX » VU VTX. OVillV 10,000 of these federated com munity campaigns will be in ex cess of $250,000,000. The Commun ity Chest of Roanoke Rapids will merge again this year with the National War Fund. Next week a complete coverage of the campaign will be given. Dr. John W. Martin is the president of the Commun ity Chest; Father Peter M. Den ges, who was campaign chairman during the past two years, is the vice-president; and the drive chairman this year is Edward B. Manning, president of the Associa ted Charities. Howard B. Speight is county chairman of the Nation al Whr Fund. Mrs. Harrison Mrs. J. J. Harrison, age 55, of Warrenton, died at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital on Tuesday, Oct ober 3, 1944. She is the wife of J. J. Harrison. Killed In Belgium, Pictured here is Corp. Joseph A. Crouch, who is reported as being killed in action Sept 12 in Belgium. Fire In Weldon Burns Building Fire of an undetermined origin, destroyed the building and stock of goods of the Weldon Fruit and Produce Company in Weldon last Wednesday night. The blaze was discovered about 11:30 and was of such a dangerous nature the Roanoke Rapids Fire department was called to assist in extinguish ing the flames. Brigman Resigns A. J. Brigman, who has been t member of the Roanoke Rapids po lice department since January 1938, resigned his position, ef fective Oct. 1. Mr. Brigman woul< give out no information on hit plans for the future. War Department Sends Telegram To Mother Here Corporal Joseph A. Crouch, 25, son of Mrs. L. B. Crouch, 1108 Franklin street, this city, was kill ed in action in Belgium on Sep tember 12, according to a tele gram received this (Thursday) morning by his mother from the War Department. Young Crouch, a graduate of Roanoke Rapids High School, went into the Army November 5, 1941, receiving his basic training at Camp Croft, S. C. He had been an overseas veteran of several ma jor engagements, including the , campaign in North Africa, Sicily and the invasion of the Normandy coast across the English channel on June 6, 1944. viuut/U nau uccu awaiucu the Silver Star for bravery in action in the vicinity of Froina, Italy. During a bitterly contested engagement, Crouch, in the face of heavy enemy mortar fire, suc ceeded in placing his machine gun in an advantageous position and directed effective fire on the ad vancing enemy troops. His heroic action aided his company in ac complishing its mission and cap turing enemy material and person nel. Mrs. Crouch has three other sons in the service: Pfc. Lacy B. Crouch, who is on his way home after participating in major en gagements in Guadalcanal and other battles in the South Pacific; Pfc. Troy L. CroucSi of the Air Corps, stationed in California, and. Sgt. Francis Crouch, also in the Air Corps, and stationed in Gene va, Neb. Young Crouch is survived by his mother, four brothers, the three named above, and J. Ivey Crouch of Pulaski, Va.;' and one sister, Mrs. Graham Lynch, of this city. Merchants Hold Business Meet The Merchants Association held a business meeting in the Muni cipal building last Thursday night at which time several important questions were discussed. President H. S. Loy presided. The attendance was 18 out of a membership of 50. Location Of Lots On Sale Thursday The Edmonia C. Wilkins prop erty to be sold next Thursday at auction by Rochelle Realty Com pany are located on Clinton, Em ery and B streets near the inter seection of the Weldon and Lit tleton Highways, and on Roanoke Avenue and Washington street In downtown Roanoke Rapids. The sale will be held at 10:30 a, m. Now Stationed In California Seaman 2/c Junior Layton,, who , took his basic training at Camp ■ Peary, Va., is now stationed in , Shoemaker, Calif. He spent a short ■ while here recently with his wife l the former Edna Dudley, of I N. C Sh» ' ' 1 - "
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