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Frank W. Harris, ruff, Clinton P. Deberry, _ Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H. Camp, Jr, Robert E .May, R. H. McCommons, James W. »| 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, Lawrence W. Myrick, Walter G. Cooley, Charlie L. Whitby, Melbourne Barry Jones, Robert A. Rogers, Ruffes J. T. Wood-. THE ROANOKE RAPIDS D A ¥ T^V 1 N. a:% TABloid jBL A A More Hetot — More | Picture HBWBpaper ■■ ||| Advcrtieing — Mart I ;-" -J CAROLINA’S FIRSr^^^ fl M **•*«— \ *v~——f SAB laid Jm^tiEWSpapor MmuT . c VOLUME XXX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.’ THURSDAY, MAY 10th, 1945 NUMBER 3fi I ' . • • I , V. t . . . ^ • V., IJ. F. May Retires After 26 Years f James Fenner May, associated \®h the Metropolitan Life Insur ance Company for the past 26 years, honorably retired from active duty with the company on April 21, of this year. Mr. May’s service with the Met ropolitan began in Roanoke Rap ids with his first credit being made April 14, 1919. Last week at the regular meet ing of the Rotary Club, of which Mj. May is an esteemed member, <$yle J. Cox, district manager of g" the Insurance company, with head * quarters in Raleigh, presented Mr. 1) May with a retirement emblem ij and a certificate of recognition * signed by Leroy A. Lincoln, presi dent, and A. Rogers Maynard, superintendent of agencies. The certificate read: "In recog nition of your faithful service for the company over a period of 26 jrears we express our deep appre pltion and extend to you our felicitations upon your honorable retirement from active service.” As further evidence of the high Ieem in which Mr. May was held officials of the' Metropolitan, cil J. North, vice president of ; company, writes as follows: •By the time you receive this ter you will have begun your :irement and become a full dged “alumnus” of Metropolitan, am happy to wish you many irs of enjoyment of your new a.te. “We always feel keenly tne pass from active service of those who for many years have so represented the Company in community, and we want you know how much we appreciate a great contribution your of faithful service have been the important place which the holds. sure that you have made friends both in the Com out and that these asso serve to make your a happy one. too that as an alumnus to have an in and sentiment for your . The best of luck and all the years to I After 26 Years ✓ .%. ... ..r .. j.f Shown above is James Fenner May, tagged “the best fisherman" in this section, and who has been honorably retired after 26 years of service with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. "Red" Pearce Expected Home , W. D. Pearce, Fl/c (“Red”) has landed in California and is ex pected home soon. Red has been serving in the South Pacific. He entered service in August, 1943, and went across in July, 1944. His wife resides here. She is connect ed with the Lucy Hasty Beauty Shop. Is Liberated ' Steak and trimmings are bet ter than potato peeling soup and black bread, says S/Sgt. Andrew F. Ferguson, 807 Vance Street. Sgt. Ferguson was recently lib erated from a Nazi prison camp. In the above picture, he is seen as he finishes his fourth tray of “chow." He was captured on December 22 during the battle of the Bulge. Pvt. Taylor Freed From Nazi Prison Pvt. Charles W. (Bill) Taylor, who has been a prisoner of war of the Germans since September 10, 1943, has been liberated by U. S. troop3, according to a message received here this week. Young Taylor is the brother of Mrs. E. M. Wright, Mrs. Joe Williams and Harvey Taylor of this city. He entered the service in August, 1942, and went overseas early in 1943, He was educated in Roanoke Rapids schools and prior to going into the Army was employed by the Rosemary Manufacturing Com pany. The message to his brother, Har vey, and his family read: ‘‘I am somewhere in Prance. I am all right and a happy soldier getting plenty of good American food again. I would like to see you all. I don’t think it will be long now. Give all the family my love. Your brother, Bill.” This is the first word received from Pvt. Taylor since his libera tion and the letter was dated April 24, 1945. I TRUMAN PROCLAMATION This is a solemn but a glorious hour. General Eisenhower in forms me that the forces of Ger many have surrendered to the United Nations. The flags of freedom fly over all Europe. For this victory, we join in offering our thanks to the provi dence which has guided and sus tained us through the dark days of adversity. Our rejoicing is sobered and subdued by a supreme conscious ness of the terrible price we have paid to rid the world of Hitler and his evil hand. Let us not forget, my fellow Americans, the sorrow and the heartbreak which today abide in the home3 of so many of our neighbors— neighbors whose most priceless' possesion has been rendered as a sacrifice to redeem our liberty. We can repay the debt which t we owe to our God, to our dead • and to our children only by work —by ceaseless devotion to the t responsibilities which lie ahead ) of us. If I could givs you a single watchword for the com ing months, that word is—work, work, work. * We must work to finish the war. Our victory is but half won. The west is free, but the east is still in bondage to the treacher ous tyranny of the Japanese. When the last Japanese division has surrendered unconditionally, then only will our fighting job be done. We must work to bind up the wounds of a suffering world—bo build an abiding peace, a peace rooted in justice and in law. We can build such a peace only by hard, toilsome, painstaking work —by understanding and working with our Allies in peace as we have in war. The job ahead is no less im portant, no less urgent, no less difficult than the task which now happily is done. I call upon every American to stick to his post until the last battle is won. Until that day, let no man abandon his post or slacken his efforts. And now, X want to read tc you my formal proclamation of this occasion: By the President of the United States of America. A proclama tion. The Allied armies, through sacrifice and devotion and with God’s help, have won from Ger many a final and unconditional surrender. The western world has been freed of the evil forces which for five years and longer have imprisoned the bodies and broken the lives of millions upon millions of freeborn men. They have violated their churches, de stroyed their homes, corrupted their children, and murdered their loved ones. Our armies of liberation have restored freedom to these suffering peoples, whose spirit and will the oppressors could never enslave. Much remains to be done. The victory won in the west must now be won in the east. The whole world must be cleansed of tho evil from which half the world has been freed. United, the (Cmtkmei on jmgo <Secf. AJ Northington Is Reported "Safe Well" Mr and Mrs. L. H. Northington received a cablegram on Wednes day morning from their son, Pvt. Lionel F. Northington, who was previously reported as missing in action, that he was safe. The cable read as follows: “All well and safe. Writing In detail. Hope to see you soon.” This was the first message his parents had received concerning their son since he had been reported lost. Pvt. Northington, who entered service in August, 1944, went overseas In January, 1946. He was reported missing in action by the War Department since February 9, this year. With the unconditional surrend er this week of Germany to the Allied forces, the war still goes on with Japan. This phase of the struggle will be intensified with everything the United States can. muster. Money is needed by the gov ernment to bring Japan to her knees as quickly as possible and thereby save many thousands of American soldiers’ lives. Next Monday the “Mighty 7th War Bond" campaign will open. Halifax County’s quota is $1,419, 000, with $654,000 to be sold in “E" bonds. Last year the county’s quota was $1,281,000, and the cit izens purchased bonds to “the tune*’ of $2,406,161. The organization that has been so successful in past campaigns will again function in this one, with F. H. Gregory of Halifax, county chairman, and H. E. Lee looking after the Roanoke Rapids end of the drive. Remember, the war is not over —it is only half won. Japan still remains to be conquered and your money will help give the “Boys over there” the necessary guns, planes, tanks, and ammunition with which to “wind up the affair” as soon as possible. Man Jailed On "Rape Attempt" Kennie Love, a white man, said to be about 68 years old, is in Halifax County jail in lieu of $1000 bond, charged with an at tempted rape on a 14-year-old white girl. The alleged crime is reported to have been committed in the day time last Tuesday near the child’s home in what is known as “Kings town” on the Littleton highway. •Love waived preliminary hearing and his case is expected to come up at the next term of Superior Court. Election Results Here are the tabulated figures on last Tuesday’s city election: North Ward—Mayor: Jenkins _420 Welch_348 South Ward—Mayor: Jenkins _174 Welch _188 Total vote: Jenkins -584 Welch '_548 Frank C. Williams and Virgil E. McDowell, unopposed for city com' missioners, polled the following vote: Williams, North Ward, 4S4; McDowell, South Ward, 242. license Must Be Renewed At Once License to sell beer and wine for the year beginning May 1 must be renewed at once, accord ing to city officials. Persons who fail to do this ate liable to court .notion.
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