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McDowell has resign ed as health officer for Halifax County. His resignation will be come effective December 31. Dr. McDowell plans to return to pri j^vate practice. A meeting of the Halifax Coun ty Board of Health was held re cently in the office of Dr. W. G. Suiter in Weldon for the purpose of considering Dr. McDowell’s res ignation. Present at the meeting were Dr. Suiter, Dr. M. C. Mad drey, C. E. Shaw, V. C. Matthews and Chairman J. R. Wrenn. A mo tion was made by Mr. Matthews, - seconded by Dr. Suiter, that Dr. * .Mcuoweii s resignation oe accept ed with regrets, and the secretary was instructed to write him a let ter of appreciation for his out standing services as a health of ficer for this country. An , act of the legislature pro vides that a pharmacist be placed on county boards of health and a motion was made to elect N. O. McDowell, a pharmacist, of Scot land Neck, as a member of the J Halifax board. Dr. Maddrey, Dr. Suiter and V. C. Mathews were named as a com mittee to find a qualified person to take over the work as health officer for the county, his duties to begin January 1. Alexander To Be Chairman Dimes Drive C. S. Alexander of Scotland Neck has been appointed county chair man of the annual March of Dimes appeal which will be con ducted in January to raise funds for the treatment of infantile par alysis victims. Mr. Alexander has made an out standing record for the past two years as a county district chair nan, and his appointment to the county chairmanship is recognition of the work he has directed in the past. The appointment was made by Mrs. Phillips Russell of Chapel Hill, state director of organization ■vith the approval of Ralph W. McDonald, state chairman. Mr. Alexander expects to plan his countywide campaign sometime during December, and at that time will announce the appointment of district chairmen and quotas. Russell L. Wrenn Gets Discharge Pfc. Russell L. Wrenn, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wrenn, 607-A Washington Street, received his j honorable discharge from the ! Army, October 30, after serving for 32 months. He spent 18 months overseas. Wrenn wears the E. T. O. Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, and five battle stars. Proctorss Gives Ladies Rare * Treat With Nylon Hose Sale Old Brother Webster in his dic tionary gives “state of excited feeling or interest” as one defini tion for “sensation.” but yesterday Proctor’s Department Store in Roanoke Rapids made another definition for sensation when it threw upon the open market gen uine, honest-to-goodness Nylon hose for the women of this sec tion. Bill Proctor, owner of the store, “found a buy," of several thousand pairs of the beautiful hose a short time ago, and he planned carefully to give the women in this section a rare treat and a wonderful sur prise. He kept his secret well, for not any of his clerks in the store knew anything about the big event until some of them heard it being broadcast over the radio Tuesday morning. And, of course, after lots of women heard the announce ment, “the grapevine" began working, and it was only a short time before exclamations, such as: “Gosh, have you heard about the Nylons?” And in that way there was a crowd of ladies, small and large, short and tall, lean and fat. old and young—hundreds and hundreds of them at the store front yesterday morning long be fore the hour of sale time. Mr. Proctor, fearing that may hem, hair-pulling, and even mur der might take place, guarded against that by having Chief Dob bins and his force of bluecoats stand guard at the entrance and inside the store. But there was no need for that. The women just moved in smoothly in two long lines, bought their hose and hap pily went their way out, so thrill ed and tickled over their good for tune. Not a trace of any disorder was noticed at any time. No crowding,, no pushing, no hysterics, no nothing—except the calm desire "o get up to the counter and buy a pair of the hose. It was a grand ribute to the women. “it’s been a long, long time,” 'aid Mr. Proctor, “since the ladies lave been able to adorn their hapely limbs with Nylons, but we 'elieve we have the answer for hem from now on.” It was a “first” for Bill Proc or and his store in getting a large (Continued on page 8—Sect. A) ( Contest Winner Pictured above is Derith Lo raine, three-year-old daughter o£ Mrs. Lillian Morris. Derith was winner in the recent “Tiny Tot” contest held in connection with the “Pep Parade” show, sponsored by the Roanoke Rap ids Business and Professional Woman’s Club. The “Little Lady” received a total of 4,500 votes and was presented a tiny gold ring which she proudly wears. Butts Is Home From Overseas Sgt. Frank W. Butts, son of Mrs. Anna W. Butts, 1837 Roanoke Ave nue, has arrived home from over seas. Sgt. Butts entered the Army on March 10, 1942, and served 44 months with the Seventh Armor ed Division and 17 months in the European Theatre of Operations, "le was in combat in France, Bel gium, Holland and Germany and served as chief of section on and '.n a tank throughout four major campaigns, namely, Northern Trance, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe. He was awarded he Purple Heart for wounds re vived during the Rhineland cam paign. Seorge L. Hayes Returns to City George L. Hayes returned to the city Wednesday, where he will make his home. For two years he erved in the Navy in the Dutch West Indies. For the past fourteen months he has been stationed in New York and Norfolk. In August, 1944, he married Miss Frieda J. Karsh, of Curacao, Netherlands, West Indies. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes and son will live at 1101 Hamilton Street, Roanoke Rapids. '' i -I "Jumper" Buck Is Given His Release Francis W. Buck, known as “Jumper” to everybody, ia now at home with a discharge from the army. “Jumper” entered service on October 19, 1942, and received his basic, trainingat Saint Petersburg, Fla. After being assigned several other stations, he was shipped overseas to the Aleutians, May 26, 1943, where he remained until his eturn to the states, Saturday, Nov ember 3. When “Jumper” entered service three years ago, he had graduated from the local high school only four months before. He was a sergeant at the time of his discharge, and a wearer of the Asiatic-Pacific, Good Conduct and Victory ribbons, and the Bronze Star. He is at home with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Buck, at 1104 Franklin Street. Thomas E. Baird Given Discharge S/Sgt. Thomas E. IJaird, husband of Mrs. Gertie W. Baird, Roanoke Rapids, has been honorably dis charged from the army. Sgt. Bajrd is a veteran of 34 months in ser vice. Using a .22 calibre rifle and shooting with deadly accuracy, Ed ward Floyd, 39-year-old white man; killed Wade Cook, 62, hie father in-law, and Miss Rosa Cook, 29, his sister-in-law, last Saturday night about 7 o’clock. The slayings took place at the Cook home about two miles from Roanoke Rapids on the Emporia Highway, in Northampton County. Miss Clyde Cook, another sister in-law, was shot in the jaw and Floyd’s wife was shot in the left thumb in a struggle to wrest the rifle from Floyd’s hands. Motive for the tragedy has not been determined. Members of the Cook family and Floyd’s wife are quoted as saying “there never had been any ill feeling” between the slayer and members of the family. The family was seated at the table preparing to eat supper when Floyd came home, it is said, from a deer hunt. "He went into his bedroom,” said Mrs. Floyd, “and I went in there and remon strated with him for drinking every week-end. He did not argue back at me and I returned to the dining room and sat down at the table again,” she related. “In just a few moments he came from the room and walked to the hallway entrance to the dining room and without saying a word raised his (Continued on page 8—Sect. A) Parents of Scouts Are Gievn Entertainment Monday NiqM Scouts of Troop 142, together with Scoutmaster R. J. Waters and members of the troop committee entertained approximately 75 par ents of members of the troop to gether with the Scoutmasters Roundtable at the Rosemary Rec reation Hall in Roanoke Rapids last Monday evening. This was the second social affair held with troops of the city. The troop com mittee of Troop 146 entertained the parents of their troop and the Scoutmasters Roundtable at a bar becue and brunswick stew supper the first of last month. The second troop to undertake this project was Troop 142 which entertained with another barbecue and brunswick stew on Monday night.' The program was under the lead ership of Scoutmaster R. J. Wat ers, who held a regular Troop Court of Honor. It has been the practice of Troop 142 to hold Troop Court of Honor following the Dis trict Court of Honor each quart er. At the troop Court of Honor the badges of Rank and Merit | Badges that nave been earned by members of the troop are present ed to the scouts by members of the troop committee. Awards were made by the troop committee and scoutmaster to first class Scouts, Merit Badges, Star and Life ranks and a Silver Palm to assistant scoutmaster, Eagle Scout Nathan iel Lyles. One of the outstanding features of the program was the presentation of a pearl handle boio knife to the outstanding Scouts of the troop by Troop Committee Chairman W. H. Pruden. The bolo knife was brought back from India by former Scout Carlton Cannon, and turned over to the troop com mittee for presentation to the out standing Scout of Troop 142. Eagle Scout A1 George, Jr., was selected as the outstanding Scout of his troop and presented with the knife. The next meeting of the Scout masters Roundtable will be held with Troop 145. It is understood that members of the troop win invite their parent^ to attend the affair as the guests of the troop and tfoop committee, during the first of December,
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