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'"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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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