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WHfaWn1>m|p,.| Iiumii|iuii||iliil|illiuii 1 Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin WilMam Scott, William ft Camp, Jr, Robert E .May, R H. McCommons, James W. WMftft MH It 1 I | ■nil II ■» II mi Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee Ingraafc .HI i. 11 II Im| | lllU lul || |p ]| ml Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matklns, James G. Whitby, Tho« H. Cook. Jr.. Elmer E. Chambliss, »«nihii Whiter Robert L _JI..IIH..II.«_Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brutas W. Rook, Robt R. North ingtn, Eugene Basil Glover, William C. Moody, Frank W. Harris, Wayne C. Green, Rufus S. Finch, Lawrence W. My rick, Walter G. Cooley, Charlie L. Whitby, Melbourne Barry tones, Robert A. Rogers, Rufus J. T. Wood ruff, Clinton P. Deberry, Herbert S. Edwards, H. Charles Leatherwood, Jr., John Wayne Thomas, Alex Bullock, Jr., Frank P. Hunter. THE ROANOKE RAPIDS X. a:% TABloid Picture XBWBpaper - AB Home-Print - I Volume xxxi — CAMPAIGNS BEGIN MONDAY Victory Loan Quota Set At $1,360,000 for Halifax The eighth and final bond cam paign the government is expected to conduct in connection with World War II, will be launched next Monday. The campaign w 11 continue for a period of thirty davs with the exception of the ja^S' thP sale of "E” bonds, drive for the saie ui which will run a few weeks long er it was announced today by 1?. Gregory of Halifax w o is a^ain county chairman. H. E. Lee will be in charge of the campa^ in Roanoke Rapids. Both Mr. Gregory and Mr. Lee have been connected with previous loan cam paigns for the county and city and have done an exceptionally SPStimebthe Victory Loan quota for Halifax County has been plac ed at $1,360,000, with the “E” bond Jjuota set at $407,000. CpL Everette Discharged Cpl. Ronald E. Everette, son of Mrs Goldie S. Everette, is home with a discharge from the a^' He entered service Hebruaryj1943, ftad went overseas in April of this ^Vear. Ronald just returned to the states from Germany and is the wearer of the Good Conduct Rib bon, and the ETO. O. J. McSwain Dies At ' »A His Richmond Residence « 15 (->llver J^eph Mcswam, vice ^-'Jresident of the Albemarle Paper Company and general manager of the Halifax Paper Company, died Tuesday at his home, 4408 New port Avenue, Richmond. A native of Caroline, N. C., Mr. McSwain had been associated with the paper firm for more than 18 years. He was first connected with the company as traffic manager, fp,nd assumed the vice-presidency ®four years ago. Mr. McSwain, formerly a traffic manager for the Lynchburg Cham ber of Commerce, was one of the organizers, and a past president of the Richmond Traffic Club. He was also an a instructor at Virginia MechfenieS Institute for many years. He was a Shriner and a member of Scottish Rite, and had been ■o resident of Richmond for 18 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Walker McSwain; two daughters, the Misses Gay and June McSwain; his parents; two brothers, and one sister. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Frank A. Bliley funeral home in Richmond. Mr. McSwain was well known in Roanoke Rapids, and while it was generally known he had been in bad health for some • time, his death came as quite a shock to his many friends here. Quarterly District Court Of Honor Next Sunday The regular quarterly District Court of Honor will be held Sun day morning at 11 o’clock, Octob er 28th, at the First Methodist Church in Roanoke Rapids. This will be the first Court of Honor held in the City since the first part of the year, when the Court of Honor was held in the Presbyterian Church. This is ex pected to be one of the largest and best Courts of Honor ever held in the city. Four Eagle Scout awards are expected to be made at this Court. The Eagle Scout award is the highest rank awarded that can be earned by a Boy Scout, and the awarding of four Eagle badges at one Court of Honor has only been done at one other Court of Honor in this district. In addition to the four Eagle badges to be present ed at the Court, Eagle Scout Nath aniel Lyles of Troop 142, and act ing Scoutmaster of Troop 145 will be presented with a Silver Palm, the highest award that Eagle Scouts may earn. The Silver Palm is earned by obtaining 15 Merit Badges over the Eagle require ment. Eagle awards will be presented to Life Scouts Billy Moore, James Bridgeman, and Carlton Fanney all of Troop 146, and Life Scout A1 George, Jr., of Troop 142. Life awards will be presented to Star Scouts Robert H. Powell, Troop 145, Hamilton Duncan and D. W. Etheridge of Troop 147, and Dwight Dobbins, Payne Har ris and Billy Clemmer of Troop 142. Star awards will be awarded to First Class Scouts L. D. Hines, Jr., Troop 142, Jack Wheeler, Ru dolph Thomas and Claudius Irby of Troop 145, and Bunny Webb, Troop 144. More than 50 Merit Badges and other awards will be made at the Court of Honor, Court of Honor Chairman W. H. Pruden and Assistant District Commissioner S. H. Crumpler will preside at the Court of Honor. The public is invited. 103 Years Young Charles Riggan, of Warrenton, Warren County’s last Confederate Veteran and the county’s oldest resident, will observe his 103rd birthday October 27. Mr. Riggan is in good health although he lost his eyesight several years ago. He often visits relatives outside of Warren county. He is well known in Roanoke Rapids, having rela tives and many friends here. Symphony Society Fund Campaign On Enrollment in the North Caro lina Symphony Society will con tinue in Roanoke Rapids and the rest of Halifax County until Nov ember 18, according to Mrs. T. W. Mullen, chairman, who reports that memberships are starting to come in, led by the Roanoke Rap ids Lions Club which is the donor of a very substantial sum. Other civic organizations, busi ness firms and individuals, inter ested in good music in the State and bringing the 60 piece Sym phony Orchestra to Roanoke Rap ids for two concerts are being asked to join the Society. An af ternoon concert will be given free for children and an evening con cert for adults for one dollar. All active members of the Society, $5, donors at $25 and patrons at $100, will, of course attend the local concert and also may attend any concert in the State. Mrs. Mullen is being assisted in this section by Mrs. W. A. China, of Roanoke Rapids, and Miss Lor ine Farber of Weldon. The Sym phony Orchestra is in such de mand over the State that it will be after Christmas before a date can be set for Roanoke Rapids. Community Chest, War Fund Quota $20,797.75 The Roanoke Rapids Community Chest and War Fund campaign will get under way next Monday and continue for one week in an effort to raise $20,797.75, it was an nounced this morning. E. B. Manning, who was chair man of the campaign last year, again heads the drive this year. He is being assisted by a large and efficient organization, names of which will be announced next week. So far, however, Majors who will head various teams have accepted their assignment. They are: Industrial gTOup, Ray Stephen son. North Ward, Basil Glover. South Ward, Alfred Martin and (Continued on page 8—Sect A.) J. O. DeVane Buys Norfolk Business J. O. DeVane, for the past 16 years foreman of The Herald Printing Co., has resigned to enter the printing business for himself in Norfolk. Mr. DeVane has pur chased a plant in that city and will move his family there in the near future. His position here will be filled by D. W. Debnam. Mr. DeVane’s many friends here join with The Herald in wishing him all success in his new enterprise. Applications Approved By The F.C.C. Last Tuesday Announcementwas made yester day that applications for the erec tion of FM radio stations in Roar r.oke Rapids had been granted to Roanoke Rapids Telecast, Inc., and Radio Station WCBT. These appli cations had been pending before the commission for several months. The erection of the new FM stations here will give this city three radio stations—the AM sta tion now in operation and the two new ones when they are complet ed. The FM radio station is, of course, the newest thing develop ed for transmission of radio broadcast. FM stands for Frequ ency Modulation and the range of the station is governed by the height of its antenea. The pres ent radio set in your home is not equipped with a receiver that will bring in FM broadcasts, but this condition will be remedied with the advent of the new radios as they come on the market, which will be equipped with FM and AM recep tion receivers. In contrast to the old AM (Amplitude Modulation) station broadcasts the new FM will bring a tremendous improvement, the elimination of all static, and the carrying over the air waves of the natural voice of any person speaking and the natural tones of any speaking and natural tones of any musical instrument being played. To simplify it: If two peo ple are in a room talking and the conversation is being broad cast over an FM station the sound of the voice will come into your radio just as natural as if you (Continued on page 8—Sect A.) Roanoke River Flood Control May Come In Near Future By ERIC W. RODGERS Scotland Neck, N. C. — Flood Control on the Roanoke River may not be a certainty now, but in the belief of most observers at Wash ington, it is something that will come in the very near future. After being named last Friday night at a meeting held in Scot land Neck by the Roanoke River Washington and confer on the Flood Control Committee to go to subject of flood control for the river, Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn of Woodland, chairman of the Flood Control committee; C. S. Alexander, a member of the com mittee; and Eric W. Rodgers, sec retary of the committee, went to Washington this week. They were accompanied by B. B. Everett of Palmyra and R. Hunter Pope of Enfield, who are both vitally in terested in the matter. They were instructed to ascertain the pres ent status of flood control on the Roanoke River and to talk over the subject with Senators and Con gressmen from this area. They were likewise instructed to find out, if possible, what opposition there is to the bill which already has been approved, but for which no appropriations have been made. Acting on these instructions they interviewed Congressman John H. Kerr, who is very influential in the Appropriations Committee of the House, and Senator Josiah W. Bailey, who is Chairman of the ,(Continued on page 8—Sect AJ
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