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LUMEXXX_ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C~ THURSDAY, MARCH 1st, 1945 I NUMBER 28
ed Cross Drive
pens Monday;
itation To Neal
(AMERICAN RED CROSS 1944 WAR FUND
CITATION
FOR SERVICES AS T FUND CHAIRMAN
Re/josing especial Confidence, Faith and Trust
in the Public Spirit, Loyalty and Patriotism of
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f^The 1945 campaign for funds or
the American Red Cross will open
in Roanoke Rapids and Halifax
County next Monday. The drive
for funds for the Roanoke Rapids
Chapter will again be headed by
L. S. Neal. Mr. Neal has been
given a personal citation by the
National Red Cross, a picture of
■which is published herewith. The
citation is a distinct honor to Mr.
flTeal who did such splendid work
past campaigns, especially in
really don’t know what to
say,” said Mr. Neal today when
asked how he felt about the cita
tion. "I do appreciate it very high
ly gnd want to thank the people
and! all the workers who aided in
the raising of funds. Without their
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help I couldn’t have done very
much. I am indeed honored and I
shall give my best efforts to the
success of the present campaign.”
The drive which will open Mon
day has a goal for this chapter of
$14,000. If there ever was a time,
said Mr. Neal, when the Red
Cross needs money, it is now, and
I will certainly appreciate it ant.»
so will those boys “over there”
who are being aided by the Red
Cross workers. It will make every
body happy all around. C(ve as
generously as you can.
A general meeting of all Red
Cross workers will be held Fri
day (tonight) at 7:30 o’clock in the
Municipal building when plans
will be perfected for the campaign.
Everyone -is urged to be there.
jtabt. May American Legion
Post To Give Show March 7
In an effort to raise funds with
which to aid returning World War
N6; 2 veterans, the Robert E. May
Pout of the American Legion will
.tage a big show here on Wednes
day night, March 7.
The performance will feature
**"* Radio Jamboree with
powboys,” and will
digh School audi
' promptly at 8
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Kiwanis Club
Ladies Night
Possibly demonstrating the truth
of the phrase, “sweet are the uses
of adversity,” besides realizing a
gain the excellence of local talent
and facilities, the Roanoke Rapids
Kiwanis Club hung up another
record in an enjoyable Ladies
Night meeting on Thursday night
of last week.
The meeting was held in the
junior High building at the Club’3
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Killed In Action^
Missing In Action
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Dies In Action
Shown here is Frank W.
Harris, husband of Mrs. Edna
Harp Harris of this city, who
was killed in Germany Feb
ruary 8.
Pictured here is Pfc. Harvey
Shearin, son of Mrs. Grady
Jenkins, and husband of Mrs.
Dorothy Askew Shearin, re
ported missing since Dec. 17.
Above is Pfc. Kenneth
Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. .
L. Evans, Roanoke Rapids,
Route 1, who was killed in
action in France, January 25.
LIONEL NORTHINGTON
IS MISSING IN ACTION
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"Uucle Hux" Blair Dies; Had
Been In ill Health Long Time
Jesse Ross Baird, 67 years old,
and known to hundreds of people
in this section as “Uncle Hux”
Baird, died in the Roanoke Rap
ids Hospital about 9:15 last Tues
day morning. He was taken seri
ously ill Monday afternoon.
A native of Brunswick County,
Virginia, “Uncle Hux” had been a
resident of Rcanoke Rapids for ap
proximately 45 years. Back in the
“old days” he served the city as
a policeman for nine years.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home on Bolling Road
Wednesday afternoon at 4:30
o’clock by Rev. Edmund Berkeley,
pastor of the Episcopal Church,
and Rev. Lester Tilley, pastor of
the Methodist church. Interment
as in Roanoke Rapids cemetery. |
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mattie Moore Baird; an adopted
daughter, Mrs. Olivia Rook Alien,
four brothers, Sidney and Vance
Baird of Gaston, Bennie and Rich
ard Baird of the Belmont com
munity; four half-brothers, Joe,
Lewis, Robert, of Gaston, and
Wilson Baird of Fort Bragg; one
sister Mrs. Ida Taylor of Roanoke
Rapids; and a half-sister, Mrs.
Jordan Pearce of Belmont; also
his step-mother, Mrs. Lucy Baird
of Gaston.
"Uncle Hux” lived to see Roa
noke Rapids grow from the small
wooded village in "his day” to the
present thriving little city, and
numbered his friends by legions.
His passing is the loss of another
"oldest citizen” and fine character.
Shell Head 1
Merchants'
Association
Graham Shell, furniture merch
ant, was last week elected presi
dent of Roanoke Rapids Merch
ants Association for the next year.
W. H. "Bill” Proctor was elected
vice-president. New directors are
O. Griffin, W. P. Taylor, L. D.
Hines, Wyche Land and Carl
Thompson. Results of the balloting
were made known Tuesday night*
at the annual dinner meeting of
the association.
Henry S. Loy, outgoing president,
arranged a fine program for the
evening which included vocal ren
ditions by the High School • Glee
Club under the direction of Miss
Josephine Johnson, and a reading
in colored dialect by Rev. John
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Johnson Will
Be Speaker At
Club Meeting
Theodore S. Johnson, of Raleigh,
district Offjee of Price Adminis
tration director, will be the prin
cipal speaker at the Tuesday
meeting of the Roanoke Rapids
Rotary Club. Mr. Johnson, it is
thought, will stress the iob of
keeping prices down as it applies
to the cost of living. The meeting
will be held in the Rosemary Blue
Room beginning promptly at 12
o’clock. Several guests have been
invited by the Rotarians to hear
Mr. Johnson’s address.
Oliver Crawley, director of pub-1
lie relations of the Raleigh OPA
district, will accompany Mr. John
son to the city. j
Joined Army
Last August;
Overseas In
January '45
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Northington
of this city received a telegram
last Tuesday from the War De
partment stating that their son.
Pvt. Lionel F. Northington, 18, has
been missing in action since Feb
ruary 8 in France. He is the bro
ther of Rudolph Northington who
was killed in action over England
on December 24, 1944. Lionel en
tered service on August 25 of last
year after graduating from high
school. He received his basic train
ing for the infantry at Camp
Blanding, Fla., and from there he
was sent to S'ort Meade, Md.,
where he remained for only a
few days before being shipped
overseas from New York in the
early part of January, this year.
Prior to his entrance in service
he was employed by the downtown
Roanoke Rapids A&P store.
TOURNAMENT
GAME SCORES
The following are the score* of
the Invitational Tournament games
played Wednesday afternoon and '
Wednesday night in the Roanoke
Rapids Armory. The girls score for
the afternoon game was Weldon
Jtl, Scotland Neck 19; Boys, Em
poria 25 and Warrenton 21. In
the night games Emporia girts
25, Warrenton girls 14. The Roa- ,
noke Rapids boys won by three 4
points over Scotland Neok with a
score of 28 to 25. The final game
of the tournament will be played
Friday night to determine winner.