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VOT.17MEXXX ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1944 NUMBER IS
NEW COUNTY
BOARDTAKES
OATH MONDAY
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# The recently elected Board of
S>unty Commissioners was sworn
to office last Monday at Hali
fax. There were two new faces
in the county’s governing body.
The redistricting system was re
sponsible in a large measure for
jUie changes. W. J. Collier, of Lit
»ton, long a member of the
board, is out, and likewise M. W.
■perry was absent. Mr. Collier,
after the redistricting, was not a
candidate, and Mr. Perry was de
Sated in the district where he
res.
The new board is as follows:
D. G. Dickens of Littleton, J. R.
Wrenn of Roanoke Rapids, Meade
, H. Mitchell of Weldon, a new
member, John B. Davis of Enfield,
£ new member, and G Herbert
Johnson of Scotland Neck.
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New Legion Post
Here Is Gaining
In Membership
Major Newsome, commander of
the recently organized Robert' E.
Jfeiy Post of the American Legion
in Roanoke Rapids, reports that
new members are being added
daily and the Rost will soon have
a membership of over one hundred.
All service men in World Wars I
8id II are eligible for member
ship.
Frank Williams
Made Chairman
i Cost Committee
. C. Williams, vice president
manager of Roanoke Mills
and Patterson Mills Co., has
™ appointed chairman of the
Cost Committee of the Cotton Tex
tile Institute and a’ member of
the executive committee of that
organization.
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Grocery Stores
Open Dec. 20th
^Announcement was made today
®at all grocery stores will be
, Open on Wednesday afternoon,
i December 20. In past years the
| grocery stores have been closing
each Wednesday afternoon; but
at Christmas time they remain
open for the convenience of the
public. This year there will be
I Only one Wednesday afternoon in
I which they will be open for
Christmas popping.
Pictured on the left is Pfc. Edward W. Clary, a member of the
Roanoke Rapids National Guard at the time it was taken into the
regular Army. Edward has been in the South Pacific area for 27
months. He received his education in the local schools. On the right
is his brother, Seaman First Class William E. Clary, 19, who entered
the service in 1942, receiving his “boot” training at Bainbridge, Md.
William has been in England for the past eight months, but is now
believed to be “somewhere” in France. The two boys are sons of Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Clary Of this city.
Pvt. Hockaday
Badly Wounded
Private Francis Hockaday, 18
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
O. Hockaday of South Rosemary,
was seriously wounded in action
in France on November 14, ac
cording to a message received by
his parents last Monday from the
War Department.
Hockaday entered the Army
March 17, 1944, receiving his basic
training at Camp Walter, Texas.
He was sent overseas about the
middle of October of this year.
Young Hockaday graduated from
the Roanoke Rapids High School
and prior to entering the service
was employed by J. C. Penney
Company of this city.
Sgt. Robert O. Jenkins Is
Reported Killed In Action
Staff Sergeant Robert O’Brien
Jenkins, 21 years old, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward S. Jenkins of
Littleton, is reported in a mes
sage from the War Department,
received by his parents, as being
killed in action in France on Nov
11. Robert was with General Pat
on’s Third Army and i.ad bee
awarded the expert combat hadp"
after the battle at St. Lo. He at
inded Littleton High School am
was a member of the school’s
football team. He was known tc
■'s many friends as ‘‘Peanut.’’
JONES WINS
SILVER STAR
For distinguishing himself by
gallantry and intrepidity in action
as a member of the crew of a
landing craft tank in the assault
(Continued on page 8—Sect. A)
SGT. HOLSCHER
SAID MISSING
Staff Sergeant Franz Foster
Holscher, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Holscher of Rocky Mount,
has been reported missing in act
(Continued on page 8—Sect. A)
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Allsbrook's 5 & 10c Store
And Bray's Store Entered;
No Clues Left By Burglars
Postmaster Is
'Very Unhappy'
Postmaster L. G. Shell is “very
unhappy.” The Herald learned
this last Tuesday.
The cause: Late mailing of
Christmas packages and cards.
Said the Postmaster: ‘Ts there
anything you can put in the paper
that will make people mail their
packages and cards early?”
“Well, we don’t know,” this re
porter confessed. “Tell you what
we can do,” we suggested.
“What?” eagerly queried Mr.
Shell.
“Simply announce the Post Of
fice will be closed down on Dec
ember 15 and remain closed un
til January 1.”
“That wouldn’t work because
some of them would call me up
and ask me to stay open just an
hour or two longer.”
So you see, things are getting
bad.
Seriously, the local Post Office
has employed several extra clerks
to handle the mail, and it is very
important that you mail your
packages and Christmas cards
early. Start now, don’t put it off,
and you will be helping the War
effort and at the same time Mr.
Shell will be made “very happy”
again.
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Crash Victim \/
Pictured above is Sergt. Law
rence Wilson Myrick, 22, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Myrick,
312 Monroe Street, who was
killed in a plane crash in Italy
on November 14, according to
a message received last week
by his parents.
With no police protection in
downtown Roanoke Rapids last
night — two officers being off on
account of illness and the third
out for a night’s rest, a thief or
thieves evidently sensing the situa
tion, broke into W. C. Allsbrook’s
Five and Ten-Cent Store and R.
O. Bray’s Store sometime last
night. The breaks were discover^
ed by the owners of the business
places when they opened up.
At Allsbrook’s the robber entered
by breaking a glass in the rear
window of the building and crawl
ing through a small hole into the
basement. From the size of the
hole it is believed the culprit was
a small teen-age boy or a man of
very small stature. There was no
loss at this place to amount to
anything, only a little change, less
than one dollar, being stolen after
une drawer oi cne casn register
had been broken open. No mer
chandise has been missed. This is
the second time Allsbrook’s has
been entered, the first being about
a year ago at which time a loss
of about $20 was suffered.
At Bray’s store the thief or
thieves cut the staple holding a
hasp for a padlock and then
pried open another door. A third
door had to be opened, but this
failed. The burglars then broke a
glass in the front of the store
building formerly occupied by Har
well Hardware, entering it. They
: then proceeded to knock out a
panel of a side door leading into
Bray’s place. Here the thief tot*:
about $12 in silver from a box and
also two $25 War Bonds. They
also stole two boxes of candy, a
fruit cake and about nine pack
ages of cigarettes.
The police department is in
vestigating, but the “breaks” were
“clean,” no clues being left by the
perpetrators of the crimes.
Sometime after 11 o’clock last
night the two automobiles owned
by Mrs. Fleeta Browning and her
brother, Max Lewis, 301 Charlotte
street, were looted by unknown
parties. Loss of tools, a pair of
kid gloves and other small objects
was reported. As in the case of
the two store robberies there were
no clues left as to the identity of
the thieves.
New Manager Of
Local A & P Store
Miss Naomi Merritt, bookkeeper
for the up-town A & P store for
about three years, has beep ap
pointed manager of the store, swc»
ceeding William M. "Doc” Hester.
Mr. Hester has been transferred
to Warrenton. He had been ta|
Roanoke Rapids about four yeans.