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Edgar Whlttoy, Marvin William Scott. William BL CUmp. Jr. Robert E .Mar. B. H. MtOwaow. James W. WhwST V • Jl "i . j | k , I * J ■ J Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Ctartis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee Tiigiasa. Jl b « ■! nil H **H| M B • Jl kl Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matldns, James G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr. Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White, Robert L. i JnNMHMlwaPiHMMBbRnmaUW Harris, Joseph A. Crouch. Davis L. Harper, Brutas W. Rook, Robt. R. Northingtn, Eugene Basil Glover, William C. Moody, S Frank W. Harris, Wa^ne C. Green, Rufus 8. Finch, Lawrence W. Myrick, Waiter G. Cooley, Chortle L, Whitby, Melbourne Barry Jones, Robert A. Rogers, Rufus J. T. Wood ruff, Clinton P. Deberry, ___ THE ROANOKE RAPIDS VOLUME XXX ~ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.", THURSDAY, MAY 31st, 1945 NUMBER 39 LILES IS REPORTED KILLED High School Finals Begin Next Sunday Commencement exercises for the Rdftloke Rapids High School will begin 'on Sunday morning in the school auditorium with Rev. Eu gene Witherspoon, of Petersburg, Va., delivering the Baccalaureate sermon, at 11 o’clock. Wednesday night Class Day exercises will take place, beginning at 8 o’clock and on Thursday night the graduation class will receive diplomas. Dr. A. C. Reid of Wake Forest College will address the graduates at this ti>4(h There will be 86 students graduating from the local high school this year. There are 53 girls and 33 boys (Continued on page 8—Sect. A) Grissom Sends Message To Mother: Freed From Prison Mrs. Mary K. urissom, 907 Mad ison street, received this week the following message from her son, Lieut. Carlton L. Grissom: “Will be home before long. In Allied hands. Tell all the folks hello. Love, Son.” The message came through the War Department. Later Mrs. Grissom received the following telegram from J. A. Ulio, adjutant general: “The sec retary of war desires me to ex press his pleasure that your son. Second Lieutenant Carlton L. Grissom, returned to military con trol. Date unreported.” Lieut. Grissom was reported as missing in action January 29, 1944. He later was found to be a Ger man prisoner of war. $1485 Raised In Drive For Crippled Children's League j^cording to a complete tabula ted report issued today by Miss Bernice Hitchens, county chair man, the people of Halifax County contributed $1,485.84 to the League for Crippled Children in the re cent campaign for funds. Mrs. Agatha Miller was Roanoke Rap ids chairman. Miss Hitchens, speaking for the Halifax County unit of the league, expresses thanks and appreciation fcqrfkln generous response of the pumic in making the campaign a success. Following is the complete re nArt • SCHOOLS Aurelian Springs -$ 27.23 Darlington - 3-3® Enfield---— 3023 Halifax- 1001 Hobgood- 946 Hollister - l"0 T^&noke Rapids-105 96 ."William B. Davie - 31.00 John Armftrong Chaloner 13.97 Ringwood - 7-59 Weldon (White) - 25.00 Weldon (colored) - 28.60 Colored County.Schools — 69.27 Total __-_$372.11 > MAILING CAMPAIGN Enfield -$110.80 Halifax-*---* 52.52 > I^tleton -—-105.50 Re>anoke Rapids-391.00 Scotland Neck —-123.02 Weldon -- 330.89 Total_-_$1,113.73 Grand total - $1,485.84 Local Soldiers Receive Awards Roanoke Rapids men with the 105th Medical Bn., 30th In fantry Division, have recently been awarded medals or certificates for campaigns participated in Ger many. They are T/5 Atnorman W. Thomason, 914 Henry Street, Bronze Star; S/Sgt. Robert L. Shaw, Certificate of Merit; S/Sgt. William D. Poindexter, Bronze Star; Sgt. Nollie E. Boggard, 1010 Rapids Street, Bronze Star. Lightning Hits Lightning: No! That Is Wrong! When this reporter first heard the story, that’s how it was told. But investigation revealed that lightning did not hit "Lightning.” It did, however, enter the living room window of the home of H. C. Lightner, Virginia Avenue, Homertown, setting fire to the curtains and shades and burning the wall around the window. Mr, Lightner was in the living room at the time, but was not injured. His wife and daughter were in bed and were badly frightened. The occurrence happened last Tuesday night during the bad thunder and electrical storm that raged about 10 o’clock. Services Held In Honor of Soldiers Mr. and Mrs. H. E. White, Sr., Mrs. Thomas P. Silk and Billy White attended the Memorial Ser vice at High Point College last Sunday in honor of S/Sgt. Ran dall Newton White, who was kill ed in action June 14, 1944. The service was held in Roberts Hall of the College. The main speaker for the occasion was Rev. J. Clay Madison, who memorialized the fifteen former students who have been killed in action. A large bronze placque was presented by the senior class in honor of these boys and the 1945 Zenith will also be dedicated to their honor. Ran dall was a student at High Point College before enlisting in the Air Corps in 1940. In Arkansas Howard Robinson, federal in come tax agent, has entered the Army and is now stationed at Camp Joseph C. Robinson, Arkan sas, according to information re eved by friends here today. X.. ... Liberated / Here k Lieut. Carlton L. Gris som, who has been liberated from a Nazi prison camp. I On Okinawa ^ Above is Corp. Sam Cannon, son of Mrs. Lena Cannon, who is on Okinawa Island, where the fiercest of enemy fighting has been raging for several weeks. Mrs. Cannon has three more boys in the service, Pfc. Sidney Cannon, somewhere in Europe; T/Sgt. Maxie M. Cannon in New Guinea, and Laurie H. Cannon, in the Merchant Marine. Wif ebeater Will Face The Caiirt Jesse Carter, negro, will face Judge Charlie Daniels' in Roanoke Rapids Recorder’s Court next Thursday on a charge of wife beating. Carter, it is alleged, used a broom handle and a spray gun on his spouse, Lela Carter, in flicting bodily injuries. His bond was set at $500. Employes Of Local Mills Hear Brown The 7th War Loan campaign in Roanoke Rapids was given much impetus la3t Tuesday when Capt. Theodore R. Brown, war bond of ficer of the Charlotte Depot, and a wounded veteran of World War II, made eight addresses to the employes of the four textile mills in the city. The talks were made to both the day and night shifts of the plants, the employes of each gathering in front of the platform on which an address system had been installed. T. C. Abernethy, deputy manager of the War Finance Commitee Of North Carolina, who accompanied (Continued on page 8—Sect. A) Telegram Is Received By His Wife On Last Friday Herman Reid Liles, a seaman in the United States Navy, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Liles, of Aurelian Springs, has been killed in action, according to a telegram received last Friday from the Navy Department. Liles, husband of the former Miss Novella Ricks, of this city, entered the Navy in September, 1942. He is believed to have been in the South Pacific area, the mes sage giving no details. He was 2* years of age. Gilliam First Local Soldier To Be Discharged On Points Nurses' Aide Exercises On Friday Night Capping exercises for 28 gradu ates of American Red Cross Vol unteer Nurses’ Aide Corps will be held tonight (Friday) in the First Methodist Church. The ex ercises will begin promptly at 8 o’clock. Dr. R. M. Bardin will preside. Other features of the pro gram are: Invocation, Rev. Gor don Price; address, Rev. Lester A. Tilley; capping of nurses’ aides, Mrs. Francis Starke; presentation of certificates, Mrs. Frank Wil liams. Information concerning uniforms and their cost was given out by Mrs. T. J. Alford, who stated that pinafores may be bought for $1.80; blouse, $1.25, and cap, 20c. “Size 24 blouses will come with caps,” said Mrs. Alford, “but if one can wear size 32, there are plenty of them.” The nurses should pay for the caps now, and those who al ready have uniforms may also purchase caps at this time. The sleeve emblem should be placed two inches below the shoulder seam.” The graduating class is composed of the following: Miss Louise Holliman, Mrs. Mary F. Johnson, Miss Ruth Belche, Miss Elsie Cherry, Miss Louise Godby, Mrs. Dorothy A. Shearin, Mrs. Charles W. Dickens, Mrs. Pauline Watkins, Miss Faye Jer nigan, Miss \fary Sanders, Miss Beaunie Holliday, Miss Agnes Hawkins, Miss Elizabeth Suddith, Miss Martha Rob Cherry, Mrs. Bessie Pdwers, Miss Florence Pair, Mrs. Katherine Britton, Miss Gladys Scull, Miss Faye Mills Mc Lean, Mrs. Alene Holton, Mrs. Mary Lyerly, Miss Ruby Madry, Mrs. Emily Newsome, Miss Marie Hudson, Miss Maple Ingram, Miss Eunice Coburn, Mrs. Frances Cobb, “I just don’t know,” said Sergt. Jack Gilliam, son of Mrs. J. R. Brown, 222 Madison street, Roa noke Rapids, when asked how he felt to be at home for good from the war. Gilliam, who went into the Army July 8, 1941, and overseas Octob er 11, the same year, has seen much action since that time. He was at Pearl Harbor at the out break of hostilities between this country and Japan. Since then he has been in the Mariannas, Haw aiian Islands and on Tinyan Island It was at the latter place that his outfit received a Presidential Citation for unusual meritorious achievement July 26, 1944. In ad dition to the Presidential Citation, badge, Sgt. Gilliam wears the American Defense, Asiatic and Good Conduct ribbons. The Asia tic ribbon has two battle stars won in assault on the beaches. Sergt. Gilliam, who had a total (Continued on page 8—Sect. A) Ranhorn Returns To Post of Duty T/Sgt. Clyal H. Ranhorn, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Ranhorn, of this city, who entered the service in September, 1941, spent a 10-day leave here with his parents. He left last week for Camp Crowder. Mo., where ije received his basic training and has since been sta tioned. Prior to entering the ser vice, Clyal was associated in busi ness with his father. His wife is the former Miss Mary Brown of Littleton. Mixed Term Court Starts On Monday A two weeks mixed term of Superior Court will begin Man day, Juhe 4, with Judge Leo Carr of Burlington, presiding. There are two cases of larceny from the person, and three cases of assault with intent to commit rape. Twen ty-eight divorce cases Bet for Wed
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