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ΊΠ «Ml llll ml Imirti «ψ» Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H. Camp, Jr., Robert E. May, R H. McCommons, James W. Whitby, '"H " J Grover Woodruff, Winfleld Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee Ingram, inn it ^1 Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr., Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White. Iiullllkll Robert L. Harris, Joseph A. Crouch. ^ΟΙ,ΙίΛίΕ χχχ THE ROANOKE. 1 J[ JL K^CAROLI*' — - RAPID TAB%£r°ii JfàANoKE G*<f ®APfl)§ 1 County Will Purchase Site «For County-Wide Air Field The Airport Committee of Roa noke Rapids, headed by Dr. M. C. Maddrey, and accompanied by sev er^ Representative business men ^trom other sections of Halifax County, met with the Board of County Commissioners last Tues day and presented the plan for building and development of an ^.irport. ™ Dr. Maddrey gave the commis sioners a detailed description of the project and the site of land that was desired purchased by the county and was backed up with other brief statements from others present. After going into the details from every angle and hearing discus sions on the project the commis sioners retired into executive ses sion and agreed to purchase the . Utract of land for the proposed air field. the commissioners to appropriate $15,000 for the land and grading improvements, but this request ^was denied and a compromise was offered. The result of this was that the county will purchase the land and leave the expenses of grading up to those who are work ing for the project. It is believed φ that the money for the latter can be easily obtained. * According to the commissioners, they felt that the county might be ■come involved too much financial ly to underwrite the whole pro A ject. However, it was agreed by ^ them «that whoever put up the money for the grading would be reimbursed from the first money the county obtained from the lease -of the field. m At the present time there have been two bona-fide offers made for the field by Air line operatives. It is expected, however, many more such offers will be made in the near future. An Airport for Halifax County * is now assured, however, and it may not be many months befor^ planes will begin to land here, furnishing the public travel ser vice, express, freight and mail _ service by air. A * BPW Club Dance On Thanksgiving Miss Minnie Johnson, presi dent of the Roanoke Rapids Business and Professional Wo men's Club, has announced that a big dance will be held by the club at the Armory on Thanksgiving night, November 23. The dance will be informal and music will be furnished by Hal Thurston and his orches tra. Dancing will be from 10 until—. Proceeds from the af fair will be used for commun ity projects sponsored by the club. Messages To Philippines May Be Sent S*or the first time in many "Torifc months the Red Cross is now able to send messages to prisoners of war or civilian internees in the Philippines, it was announced here today by Mrs. J. E. McGee, execu tive secretary of the local chap ter. Only one Red Cross message may be accepted by the organiza tion from any person in the coun ty to be dispatched. All messages must be written on a spécial form that can be obtained at the Red Cross office in the Armory, here in Roanoke Rapids. The correct address of the iperson to whom the message is directed must be at tached to all messages. If you have anyone in the Phil ippines who is interned or is a prisoner and would like to send a message it must be done between now and the 20th day of this »month. No messages will be ac cepted after that date. Mrs. McGee's office hours are: Daily 11 to 12 a. m., and 3 to 4 p. m. The telephone number is R-815-6. President Roosevelt Is Re-elected Fourth Time ® For the fourth time President Franklin Delano Roosevelt will be President of the United States. He was re-elected over Thomas E. Dewey, governor of New York and θ the GOP candidate, according to unofficial returns, in the national election held Tuesday. Tabulation of returns Wednes day night showed the President to be pulling away from his Repub & lican opponent in popular votes. He was gaining around 800,000 every two hours against 700,000 for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. The count when all but about 20,000 of the 130,000 precincts were 0in was: Roosevelt, 22,520,961. Dewey, 19,873,469. Roosevelt led in 35 states with an electoral vote of 413, just 36 short of his 1940 total of 449. Dew % ey still was maintaining margins votes, including three states not carried by Wendell Willkie in 1940 —Ohio, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Dewey's lead in his native state ^ of,.iMichigan was narrow and il» glinting of "lost" ballots might -"Iff-13"* stBte§"*WIfh 'Tlg—eiMoïff âftfbào^ . k â change the stand there. Dewey showed that the Repub lican strength still was in the He led in mine states 101 electoral votes; Gen· Jenkins Will Speak To Veterans Foreign Wars Veterans Are Planning Big Day Saturday Saturday will be a big day in Roanoke Rapids, according to plans made by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The day will be gin with a big parade at 10:30 o'clock in the morning and will be followed by an address at the Armory by Gen. James H. Jenkins, commanding officer of the North Carolina State Guard. The day is being observed in commemoration of the services rendered by men in the first World War and also in the pres ent conflict, as well as Armistice Day. The line of the parade will ori ginate at First Street, go to 12th street, then to Hamilton and to the Armory. Veterans of the first war, the State Guard of Roanoke Rapids, Boy and Girl Scouts will participate, and music will be fur nished by the Roanoke Rapids High School Band. The public is urged to witness this parade and by all means to attend the speaking at the Arm ory which will follow immediately after the parade. Gen. Jenkins is an interesting speaker and will have some important things to say about the vets of the past war and the men now in the service fighting in this one, as well as tell just what an important role the State Guard is playing in the nation today. A large crowd is ex pected to hear him. D. L. Mahaffey is commander of the local VFW post, and Alfred Martin, Frank Kemp and Allie Duncan are in charge of arrange ments. Missing ^ Above is pictured Pfc. Edgar J. Wall, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wall, Roanoke Rapids, Route 1, who has been report ed "missing in action" in France since September 11. 7 Missing Above la shown Pfc. Albert L. Vinson, 21-year-old son of Dan D. Vinson, who was re ported missing in action since September 13 in France. Brothers Are Awarded The Purple Heart Sergt. Willie Pulley and Pvt. Clyde Pulley, brothers, sons of Mrs. Emma Pulley, of Littleton, Route 3, have been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds receiv ed in battle in France on August 8th and 28th. The medals have been sent to their mother. Willie is still in a hospital "somewhere" in England, while Clyde has been returned to the United States and is now confined in Woodrow Wil son General Hospital, Ward A-ll, Staunton, Va. Tommie Holmes Home On Leave Corp. Tommie L. Holmes, who has been overseas for 31 months, reached here yesterday and is vis iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Holmes, Garysburg, Route 1. Tommie is a member of the Eighth Air Force Military Police. Ricks Is Made Staff Sergeant Grady V. Ricks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Ricks of Box 271, Conway, N. C., was recently pro moted to Staff Sergeant. He is an engineer-gunner with a B-24 heavy bombardment group which has flown over one hundred combat missions against the enemy in Southern Europe. A graduate of Conway High School, 1942, Sgt. Ricks entered the Army Air Forces on November 29, 1943. He Stores Will Close Thanksgiving Day Roanoke Rapids stores will all be closed Thursday, November 23, In observance of Thanksgiving Day, it was announced this week by Mrs. Blair Gibson, secretary of the Merchants Association. All banks will also observe the holi day. Closed All Day The banks of the city will be closed all day Saturday in ob servance of Armistice Day. Wins Silver Star, Purple Heart; Was Twice Wounded Sgt. Henry Ε. Jenkins, who re ceived the Silver Star and the Purple Heart with one oak leaf cluster for being wounded twice, returned to the U S. last week aboard the Army Hospital Ship "Chateau Thierry" and is tempore arily being treated at Starke Gen eral Hospital, Charleston, S. C, prior to being transferred to another Army hospital for defi nitive treatment. The Silver Star was awarded Sgt. Jenkins for gallantry display ed during action in Normandy about 15th. His company ad vanced fetyond the line of resist ance and when they discovered that they were too far ahead, they withdrew to a position they had originally planned to hold. During the withdrawal several men were wounded and Sgt. Jenkins, with others, volunteered to go out and bring back the wounded. One night a short while later while on patrol near St. Lo, Sgt. Jenkins was captured by a small force of 25 Germans and their ϋΐβ ^^ntinwaa Oft page o-—acvl. A,/ Captured by Germans*f>Sgt. Henry K. Jenkins, above, talk ed with < morning he captured them."***' '
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