Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H. Camp, Jr, Robert E -May, R.
Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Ctartis E. West,
Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr, Elmer E.
Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brutes W. Rook, Robt R» No, Iking In, Eugene
S. Finch, Lawrence W. Myrick, Walter G. Cooley, Charlie L. Whitby, Melbourne Barry Jones, Robert A. -
_Edwards, H. Charteg Leatherwood, Jr, John Wayne Thomas, Alex Bullock^j^jVanl^^jiunten_ ■
THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
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4 VOLUME XXX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16,1945_NUMBER 50 I
Local Schools
Will Open On
September 10
Roanoke Rapids schools will
open on September 10, according
to an announcement made today.
The schools will operate this year
under I. E. Ready, new superin
tendent, who was elected to fill
the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of C. W. Davis, who head
ed the schools for many years. Mr.
Davis, with his family, has mov
ed to Chapel Hill where he be
comes head of the schools in that
city.
X Supt. Ready, for many years was
associated with the Rocky Mount
school system, and at the time of
his being named to head the Roa
noke Rapids schools was princi
pal of Hugh Morson High School
in Raleigh.
The faculty of the local schools
was hard hit with resignations,.
2i members resigning. They are:
From Central school: Mrs. Mary
Davis Emerson and Miss Louise
— Howell. These have been replaced
, " by Miss Margaret Garris and Miss
Edith Parrott.
From rtosemary ouiuui.
Mary Low3*8*, MisS Gladys Scull
> and Miss Edith Parrott (transfer
red). These vacancies will be fill
ed by Miss Sybil Beamon, Miss
Elsie Corbitt and Mrs. Nora
Smith.
Resigned from Clara Hearn
School: Miss Ella Gibbs, replaced
^ by Miss Wilma Colart.
• From Vance Street School: Mrs.
Elizabeth Knott and Miss Louise
* Holloman. Mrs. Winnifred Deb
nam has been elected to one of
these vacancies.
Sixth Grade Building: Miss Ruth
Belch and Miss Helen Foley. Re
placement, Miss Grace Clark
(transferred from another school).
High School: Mrs. Margaret
Lambert, Miss Margaret Lewis,
and Miss Margaret Watson Morris
^ Clary, Mrs. Arlene Shearin, Mrs.
Evelyn Sandlin, Mrs. Morris Clary,
t Miss Marie Walker, Thomas L.
Martin, R. B. Young and Miss Vir
ginia Bledsoe. Elected to fill vac
ancies are Miss Rebecca Pridgen,
Miss Christine Rogers, Miss Mar
jorie Fleetwood, Miss Elizabeth
Whitehurst, Miss Marian Morton
and Miss Evelyn Gwaltney. Places
yet to be filled are: Mathematics,
commercial subjects, industrial
(Continued on page 12—Sect. A)
Exhaust Fan Is
Cause Of Injury
While working in the loft of one
of the buildings of Rosemary Man
ufacturing Company last Saturday
Thomas H. Cooke, a carpenter,
suffered a mangled hand in an ex
w) haust fan. Being unusually hot at
the time Mr. Cooke placed his
hand in front of the fan to ascer
tain if there was much air being
generated. His hand was drawn
into the fan and badly injured.
He was taken to Roanoke Rapids
Hospital for treatment.
Aldridge Goes
if To Weldon Store
B. A. “Butch” Aldridge, popular
meat market manager of the “up
town” Roanoke. Rapids A&P store,
has been appointed store manager
of the A&P in Weldon. Mr. Ald
ridge assumed his new duties Mon
day morning qt this week.
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Discharged On Iwo Jima In Germany
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At the left is S/Sgt. Marvin E. Barnes who has been honorably discharged from the armed forces.
He spent 12 months overseas serving as waist gunner on a Flying Fortress B-17. He received the Air
Medal with two oak-leaf clusters, six battle stars and the ETO ribbon. Due to an accident on his last
mission, in which only three of the crew survived, he made an emergency jump which qualified him as a
member of the CatterpiUar Club. In the center is Eley L. Barnes, Jr., S2/c, now on Iwo Jima. He received
his basic training at Bainbridge, Md., and has been overseas since December. Before entering the service
he was employed at Roanoke Mills No. 2. At the right is Pfc. Lowray Barnes, who is in Germany, but is
expecting to come home in the near future. He has been overseas 11 months. His wife, the former Miss
Lizzie Richardson, resides with her parents in Jarratt, Va. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Barnes of Pleasant Hill.
President's
Statement
Following is the text of Presi
dent Truman’s statement on the
Japanese surrender:
“I have received this artemoon
a message from the Japanese gov
ernment in reply to the message
forwarded to that government by
the Secretary of State on August
11.
“I deem this reply a full accept
ance of the Potsdam Declaration
which specifies the unconditional
surrender of Japan. In the reply
there is no qualification.
“Arrangements now are being
made for the formal signing of
surrender terms at the earliest
possible moment.
“General Douglas MacArthur
has been appointed the Supreme
Allied Commander to receive the
Japanese surrender.
“Great Britain, Russia and
China will be represented by high
ranking officers.
“Meantime, the Allied armed
forces have been ordered to sus
pend offensive action.
“The proclamation of V-J Day
must wait upon the formal sign
ing of the surrender terms by
Japan.”
Opening Hours Of
Swimming Pooi
Announcement was made today
by Coach Venters, supervisor of
the local playgrounds and swim
ming pool, that the pool would be
open hereafter in the mornings
from 10 until 12, and in the after
noons from two nritil six.
Roanoke Rapids People Are
Jubilant When War Comes to
An End; Hundreds In Parade
War’s end, coming upon Roa
noke Rapids Tuesday night at 7:02
o’clock, sent the city into the wild
est celebration in its history with
hundreds of people swarming
through the business section blow
ing automobile horns, ringing bells
and making noise with whatever
other means was at hand.
Roanoke Avenue, the city’s main
thoroughfare, was packed and jam
med with automobiles within a few
minutes after the radio brought
news of President Truman’s of
ficial announcement of Japan’s ac
ceptance of unconditioned surrend
er. Sirens screamed, whistles blew
and horns raised an unearthly din
and crowds along the avenue yell
ed jubilantly and joyously.
Like the rest of the world Roa
noke Rapids had waited in sus
pense for nearly five days to hear
the word that the Japs had quit.
There had been little business acti
vity all morning, most people
staying by their radios all day
Tuesday in order to keep up with
latest developments. When word
did come all bedlam broke loose.
Suddenly hundreds of automo
biles converged upon the avenue
with horns blowing and youngsters
riding on the front fenders. By
7:30 an estimated three thousand
people had joined in the parade
and demonstration. Many service
men, in the city on leave or here
for a visit, joined in the celebra
tion.
Many homes were thrown open
and “open house” was declared
for almost all night. ' All 1 the
churches in the city were open
for prayer services and good at
tendance was notea at all of them
There were no major accidents
reported by the police, but a few
of the inescapable minor automo
bile crashes on occasions of thii
nature did occur.
The biggest entertainment of
the evening was a dance sponsored
by the Roanoke Rapids Veterans
of Fooreign Wars which was held
in the Armory. Quite a number of
young people attended.
Another feature of the two-day
celebration was a big patriotic
parade staged by the Robert E.
May Post of the American Legion
on Wednesday morning.
Who Milked The
Cow At 2 A. M.?
After having consumed every
thing liquid except water, guests
in the home of a prominent Roa
noke Rapids family last Tuesday
were about to become thirsty.
Suddenly one of them suggested
sweet: milk. The host said: “We
haven’t any sweet milk in the
house right now. I am sorry. But
we do have a darn good milch
cow.”
Whereupon, as the story goes,
the host and his guests departed
for the cow barn and it is said
definitely that “Old Bossy” had
to stand for a milking at 2 a. m.
Pearl Harbor
Is Avenged;
MacArthur To
Deliver Terms
Peace came to the world last
Tuesday night at 7:02 o’clock
when President Harry S. Truman
announced that Japan had accept
ed unconditional surrender and
that Allied forces had been order
ed to cease firing.
Thus the Global War—bloodiest
conflict in all human history—
came to an end, except for the
formality of signing surrender
documents. General of the Army
Douglas MacArthur, “the man
who came back,’’ was named to
receive the formal Jap surrender.
He will deliver the terms to die
Japanese tomorrow in his head
quarters in Manila close by the
hallowed shrine^ of Hataan aiuf
Corregidor.
He issued instructions to the
Nipponese Wednesday to send
their surrender envoy to Ie Shima,
an island near Okinawa, in a.
greencross marked Japanese
plane. From there the envoy, and
aides MacArthur ordered to ac
company him, will be transported
to Manila in American aircraft.
jre / su’iuii a r vwuiyn,
Earlier, in a note addressed
direct to Emperor Hirohito, Mac
Arthur informed the beaten Nip
ponese he had been designated
supreme commander of Allied
forces and empowered “to arrange
directly with Japanese authorities
for cessation of hostilities at the
earliest practicable date.”
He also gave detailed instruc
tions for the official designation
of a Tokyo radio station as the
medium for further communica
tions — in English—with his head
quarters.
For MacArthur it is a personal
triumph which will have wide
spread significance in the “face
saving” Orient.
When the Nipponese tossed in
the sponge, MacArthur was poised
as commander of all Allied army
forces in the Pacific, for an “On
To Tokyo” drive. His brilliant
campaigns in the Southwest Paci
fic had fulfilled his “I will return”
pledge to the ill-equipped, sick and
starving American and Filipino
troops he left behind at Bataan
and Corregidor on orders of the
late President Roosevelt.
“Bataan” Is Password
MacArthur ironically chose as
the recognition signal for the Japj
anese envoy’s plane the word “Ba
(Continued on page 12—Sect. A)
First Polio Case
Is That Of Negro
The first case of infantile para
lysis reported this year in Halifax
County is that of a 17-year-old
negro boy, Johnny Elois Walker,
Littleton, Route 2. He has been
taken to Charlotte Memorial Hos
pital where doctors from Warm
Springs, Ga., famed in the treat
ment of the disease, are in at
tendance. The boy is said to be
very ill.