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Frank W. Harris, Wayne C. Green, Rufus S. Finch, Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott; William H. Camp, Jr, Robert E .May, R. H. McCommons, James W. Whitby, Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee Ingram, Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr, Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White, Robert L Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brutas W. Rook, Robt R. Northingtn, Eugene Basil Glover, William C. Moody, T^wrence W. Myrick, Walter G. Cooley, Oiarliel^Wftitby. THE. ROANOKE RAPIDS I N. O’9 TABloid I 1 Picture NBWSpaper I 3 — AU Home-Print — \ ^VOLUME XXX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 29th, 1945_NUMBER 30 WHITBY AND JONES KILLED father Of 3 Is Killed In French Zone On March 15 * Pfc. Charlie L. Whitby, 33, son H. G. Whitby, and the husband of the former Miss Clovene Over ton of this city, was killed in action in France on March 15, ac cording to a War Department tele gram received by his wife Wed nesday. * Whitby entered the Army Dec ember 11, 1943, receiving his basic ‘ training at Camp Shelby, Miss. He [was at home last July just a few days before he was sent overseas, j Before going into the service Pfc. V Whitby was employed by Roanoke Mills No. 2. Mrs. Whitby, daughter of Mr. ■ and Mrs. J. O. Overton, with her three small sons, Clarence Lin wood, 8; Raymond Earl, 7; and Joseph Green, 5, reside at 903 Vance Street. Pfc. Whitby was wounded in action in October of last year and was wearing the Purple Heart -^id Expert Combat Badge. He was well known in Roanoke Rapids where he had lived since he was about three years old. Figures Not Available In -Drive; Quota Is Exceeded There are no final figures on the Red Cross Fund campaign as yet, it was stated today by L. S. Neal, Fund chairman. However, the reports are beginning to come in and as soon as the final tabu lations are made, the chairman stated, the figures will be given ,}kit. “You may say,” said Mr. Neal, ■that the quota of $14,000 for the Roanoke Rapids chapter has been heavily oversubscribed.” Rev. Gordon Price, chapter chair man, “ is tickled pink” over the results of the campaign, and ex presses his gratitude and profound thanks to all the workers and to those who contributed to the Red Cross cause and aided in making the campaign such a fine success. !* A complete tabulation of the re sults of the drive will be publish ed in The Herald as soon as avail able. First Session Of Court Thursday The first session of Recorder'! *urt for trial of cases in Roa ke Township will be held here on Thursday, April 5. The court will be presided over by Recordei Daniel and will be held each first Thursday in the month. Hoidinj of the court here was made pos sible through a bill introduced am passed in the recent Genera Assembly. ■ ■ A r • Killed In Action/ Shown here is Pfc. Charlie L. Whitby who was killed in France, March 15. Drowned Pvt. Walter G. Cooley, pictured here, was drowned “somewhere” in India. Dies In Action 7 Above is Sgt. Rufus S. Finch who was killed in Germany on March 5th. PVT. DAVIS IS MISSING Prisoner y. 7vt. w iitiarn E7 Tiolmes, re ported mining, i~ a German prisoner of Coburn Receives Slight Wounds Second Lieutenant Cecil Coburn, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Coburn of this city, was slightly wounded in action March 2, according to a telegram received today. Cecil is reported to be "somewhere” in Germany with Gen. Patton’s Third Army. Bonks Will Be Closed Monday I The three banks in the city will 1 be closed next Monday in observ ance of-Easter. Believed To Have Been In Nor. France Pvt. Cornelius Everette Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Davis, Jefferson street, Roanoke Rapids, was reported in a War Depart ment message last week as miss ing in action in Northern France. Young Davis, a graduate of Roa noke Rapids High School in the class of '43, entered the service in September, 1944. He received his basic training at Camp Blanding, Fla., and went overseas in Janu ary of this yea He was last at home just bef-' > last Christmas and reporte r> ?ort Mea'i-, Md., after his vis OLDU—jES CAMP/ 4TO OPEN: 'DAY The United it.onal Clothing Collection for the millions of des titute in war-devastated lands abroad, opens Sunday, April 1. Participating in this drive are the United Nations Relief and Re habilitation Administration and more than 50 of the voluntary war relief agencies. The goal of the campaign is 150,000,000 pounds of serviceable used clothing. Every American man, woman and child should contribute his or her share. There is a United National Clothing Collection receiving de pot in Roanoke Rapids. See that your spare apparel is delivered there. <Continued on page 12—Sect. AJ Missing ■BHK. .JM Pvt. Cor> .3 Ev>' vte Davis, above, eporte ■* ing in action, j, j. Pvt. W. <t.. In Germany Pvt. W. H. Buffaloe, 34 years of age, brother of Mrs. W. E. Mur phrey, 909 Hamilton street, this city, has been reported missing in action in Germany since March 11, according to a War Depart ment message received Wednesday morning. Pvt. Buffaloe, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Buffaloe, of Jackson, entered the Army in February, 1944, received hia basic training at Camp Stewart, Ga., and was sent overseas in February of this year. He was last at home during Dies On Iwo Jima Island Says Sunday War Message Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Jones, 1005 Jackson Street, received a mes sage from the War Department last Sunday morning about 9:30 saying that their son, S/Sgt. Mel bourne Barry Jones, 27, USMCR, was killed in action at Iwo Jima Volcano Islands on February 21. S/Sgt. Jones graduated from the Roanoke Rapids High School with the class of ’37, and after wards was employed by the Rose mary Manufacturing Company. He left this job to take a 12 weeks course in drafting at State Col lege, and upon its completion he accepted a position with the Byrnes Construction Company in Norfolk, and was in its employ when he enlisted in the Marine Corps in October of 1942. Sgt. Jones has been overseas 14 months and participated in the invasion of the Marshall Islands. Surviving besides his parents are his wife, Virginia Connor Jones, 3501 Garrison Boulevard, Balti more, Md., and a half-sister, Mrs. Bessie Umphlette, of Richmond. Pvt. Holmes Prisoner Of The Germans Pvt. William E. Holmes, son of Mrs. Annie Mae Holmes, 1004 Vance street, Roanoke Rapids, is a German prisoner of war, accord ing to information received here this week. Young Holmes was recently re ported by the War Department as missing in Luxembourg since December 18. No detailed informa tion was given in the message re ceived. Sunrise Services A splendid program has been ar ranged for the Easter sunrise ser vices to be held next Sunday morning at Patterson Park. Tho s jrvices will begin promptly at 6:45 a. m., and the public is urged to attend. fjloe Missing ince March 11 the past Christmas. His wife, the former Miss Pat Bobbitt, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bobbitt, of Littleton, and their three small children, Margaret, Alice and W. H., Jr., are with Mrs. Buffaloe’s parents. When he was only IT, “Gooee” Buff aloe enlisted in the United States Marines, serving four years, two years of which he spent in China. Mr. and Mrs. Buffalos have two other sons, James, a member of the Merchant Marines, and John (Continued an pope t»—8ect. At ft
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