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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS "Volume xxxiroanoke rapids, n. c., Thursday, November 22,1945number 11 THREE MEH JAILED CHARGED WITH HOLD UP OF ED GLOVER Made Eagle Scouts at Recent Court of Honor The four young men pictured above were made Eagle Scouts at the recent Court of. Honor held here. Reading from left to right they are: Carlton Fanney, Billie Moore, A1 George, Jr., and James Bridgman. At the present time there are only ten Eagle Scouts in the city. Fanney, Moore and Bridgman are members of Troop 146, while young George is a member of Troop 142. iGallop'»9 Gj*^|Ssfosoii 1« Cl<*« S„ Over EBw‘>e,t'5i*1t Winning °ve Roanoke Rapids High School t{ Galloping Ghosts” of the grid iron closed a most successful foot ball season yesterday afternoon «^en they defeated the Elizabeth ity eleven by an impressive score of 45 to 7. The win gave Coach Rock Ven ters’ eleven a season’s record of six victories, one tie and one de feat. The lone loss was to Ral eigh High School’s Eastern class A champions. And in this game the Roanoke Rapids team lost no pres tige as the score of 19-13 proved. ^On the other hand, it was a “close ^11” for Raleigh, for if the local team had not been slightly “stage frightened,” it would, in all prob ability, have been a different story at the end of the game. In the last quarter of the Raleigh game, the boys from Roanoke Reo ids really settled down in their playing and Willis (Doc, the Phan ft. com; JYLurjjmcy, ouutcu ouwwug deadly bullet-like passes all over the field, and with brilliant re 14 living by Allsbrook, Charles Smith ‘'Id “Hard-Rock” Hardison, it looked as though Raleigh would be defeated, but the end of the game came before it happened. In yesterday’s game, Murphrey (the Phantom) completed 10 out of 14 passes, running his total completions for the season to 83 in 143 attempts. “Doc” is making e strong bid for all-state high school honors. He is the most sen iMptional high school football passer or the year. The entire el* en has played great ball this y *,r. In every game they have sho\ i driving power, defensive and Tensive, and the team has bewildered its opponents with the “galloping ghost" speed y&ontimued on page 8—Sect. A) Crumpler Is Elected Chairmen District officers for Halifax Dis trict, Boy Scouts of America, were elected at the annual district meet ing last Wednesday evening, held in the blue room of the' Rosemary Cafe. C. D. Liske, district chairman, presided during the meeting. W. H. Pruden, chairman of the district nominating committee, recom mend the following men for elec tion by the district committee: S. H. Crumpler, district chairman; John Dunn, first vice chairman; Rev. Edmund Berkley, second vice chairman: C. D. Liske, district commissioner, and A. E. Akers, treasurer. The committee’s report was adopted. S. H. crumpier, newiy-eiectea district chairman, has served .’n .nearly every office of the district :ommittee. Chairman-elect Crump ier started his career as a Boy 3cout, later as Scoutmaster, Sea Scout Skipper, assistant district commissioner, and other positidna ?n the district committee, the most noted being that of advancement ! chairman for the district, at which time he organized an advancement procedure that has since been adopted by many districts of the Council and which was instrumen tal in his having received the ‘‘Silver Beaver," the Council’s high est award for outstanding service to boyhood. John Dunn has served as mem ber of troop committee, member (Continued- on page 8—Sect. A) Thompson Gets His Discharge Woodrow Wilson Thompson, 26, was discharged from the navy in Charleston, S. C., Saturday, Nov ember 17. His home is at 740 Jef ferson street, and he had the rating of seaman second class at the time of his release. He enter ed the navy in December of 1943 and was on duty on Okinawa. Corp. Roy Gray Is Rack In Littleton Corp. Roy Gray is back at his Littleton home with an honorable discharge from the Army. Gray served two years overseas and saw action in the Rhineland, Central Europe and the Ardennes. He holds several ribbons and three bronze service stars. His wife is the former Miss Lucille Cox of Roanoke Rapids. They have two small sons. Service Station Attendant Locked In Rest Room Late Monday Night; $55 Stolen Seaman Hall With Parents On Furlough Seaman first class Ma,ury LaRue Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hall, 1007 Franklin Street, is home on a 30-day leave after returning to the states on October 22. He spent 26 months overseas in the Pacific and was stationed in Pan ama, Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines while over, and participated in the invasion of the Philippines. LaRue entered the navy June 14, 1943, and received his basic training in Bainbridge, Md., and from there he was transferred to Norfolk after a nine day leave home from basic. Staying at Nor folk for only a short period, he was shipped overseas, and this trip home is his second since his en trance. He is the wearer of the Bronze Star and the Philippine Liberation Bar. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have three other sons besides LaRue who have been in service. They are George Hall, who was recently dis charged after he returned to the states. George was in the navy, .■averne, who was home on a leave, and has returned to his base. “Pee Wee” returned from serving over seas prior to his leave. He' is now stationed in New London, Conn. Alfred Hall is' home with a dis charge, and was formerly a marine with an excellent record to his credit. Sunday was the first meet ing of all four boys at the same time in about four years. , xnree young white men are ur ! Halifax County jail without privi lege of bond, charged with bold ing up at gun-point and robbing Ed Glover, Pepper’s Service Sta tion employe, about 12:15 last Monday night. Those named in the warrants are: George William Moore, 24, be lieved to be from Marlow, Okla.; Raymond Mark Zalewaki, 22, whose address as given on his> registration card, is 1 High Street* Portland, Conn., and Joseph Lo Geudice, 17, who gave his address as 83 Grove Street, Middletown* Conn. Moore is charged in three war rants with robbing Glover, aiding and abetting in stealing N. C. auto license plates from C. C. Jer nigan, 125 Hamilton street, and' with carrying concealed weapon. He is believed by police to be the “ringleader” of the gang. Officers! are thoroughly investigating him in the belief that he may have a criminal record. Zalewski is charged in two war rants with robbery and aiding in the theft of the automobile license plates from* Jemigan. uucuicc aiov uaa cue aanuc cww counts against him as Zalewskl. Driving a two-tone green and grey Buickmaster coach, 1924 mod el, believed to have been stolen in Hollywood, Cal., the three men drove into the station about 12 o’clock Monday night, it is said, and ordered the gas tank filled up. While Glover, only attendant at the time, went about the job of supplying the gas, one of the men, believed.to have been Moore, went into the station and looked about. He returned to the car and talked very low with the other two. In a few moments, said a spokes man for the station, all three went into the place and stood around. Roanoke Rapids and Weldon Rot arians Give Fine Ladies' Night Program Last Tuesday Once each year Rotary Clubs throughout the world hold a “Ladies Night.” At this time all Rotarians join in trying to make if the best meeting of the year, in viting Rotaryanns and other fem inine guests. An unusual program is arranged and the “feed bag” is really put on for the benefit of the “weaker sex.” Last Tuesday night the Roanoke Rapids and Weldon Rotary clubs joined together in this annual event, and i' as one of the best ever given by either of the two clubs. A delicious turkey dinner, prepared by Rotarian John Carras, and served by Miss Martha Rob Cherry, home economics teacher in the High School, assisted by the members of her class, was enjoy ed by more than 120 Rotarians, Rotaryanns and guests. The meet ing and dinner were held in the High School cafeteria. The program was opened with songs under the direction of Frank Thomas. The invocation and dinner followed. After the meal Peter Denges delivered the address of welcome, which was responded to by D. W. 'Seifert of the Weldon club. After this Charlie R. Daniel, <Continued on page 8—Sect A) Alter ijiover naa iniea tne tana he went inside the station and was immediately pushed to one side by one of the men while another drew a pistol on him. He was ordered into the rest room and the door locked from the outside. The ban dits then rifled the cash register, taking a total of $55.75 which in cluded two money pouches of taxi cab drivers. The sum of $50.85 was found on the men when arrested. Glover, by throwing his weight against the door of the rest room, succeeded in breaking the lock. He immediately notified police and an alarm was sent out to neighboring towns to be on the lookout for the bandits. They were arrested as they neared the city limits of Em poria about an hour after the hold up. Police Officer C. R. Green, D. R. Pepper, operator of the station, and Glover went to the Virginia city at once and returned the <Continued on page 8—Sect. A)
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