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iiiil|||UHli|«utiq Vernon Edgar Vl'lWttey, *larvin William Beett, VVUliam H. Camp, Jr, Robert E -May, R. H. McCommons, James W. Whitby” it II mil n 1 Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee Ingram, III ]| mil h i Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, Jamies G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr., Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White, Robert L lllllllumiimllm Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brutes W. Rook, Robt. R. Northingtn, Eugene Basil Glover, William C. Moody, Frank W. Harris, Wayne C. Green, Rufus S. Finch, Lawrence W. Myrick, Walter G. Cooley, Charlie L. Whitby, Melbourne Barry Jones, Robert A. Rogers, Rufus J. T. Wood ruff, Clinton P. Deberry, Herbert S. Edwards, H. Charles Lcatherwood, Jr„ John Wayne Thomas, Alex Bullock, Jr„ Frank P. Hunter. THE ROANOKE RAPIDS I N. O.’t TABloid | I jfNotvre NBWBpaper I 1 & 411 Bome-Print — | yOT.TTIVTF, XXXI " ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1945 NUMBER 16 Pfc. Shearin Was Killed Says War Department 1 Million Is Allocated To Start Work at Buggs Island Work on the $30,900,000 Buggs Island reservoir for flood control on the Roanoke River can get un der war with a $1,000,000 appro priation voted by the Senate last week. The House had previously passed the bill. Although authorized by Con gress; this project became the sub ject of heated debate recently both in the House Appropriations Committee and on the floor of the House. The House restored the $1,000,000 appropriation to the bill after the committee had removed as “the chief bone of contention” among the flood control projects in the measure. When the bill reached the Sen ate Appropriations Committee, Senator Hoey (D-N.C.) and Sena tor Byrd (E»-Va) requested the committee to hold hearings be fore making the appropriation so that the proponents and opponents to the project could be heard. The committee completed the hearings last week. Army engineers held hearings at South Hill, Va., on December 5. Only, previous allotment for the project had been $300,000. (Continued on page 12—Sect. A) viii stay, wime, in venous Condition In Hospital From Pistol Wounds; Six Are Out Under Bond of $50 For Fight Pfc. Harvey Shearin, nusnana or Mrs. Dorothy A. Shearin of this city, has been officially declared as “killed in action” in a message - last Friday from the War Depart 4|£nt to Mrs. Shearin. Shearin, 29 yeaps old when he en tered the service in March, 1944, was sent overseas in October of the same year. He was reported missing in action in France Dec ember 17, 1944. He was a mem ber of Gen. Patton’s famous Sev enth Army. A graduate of Roanbke Rapids High School, Shearin had lived in *is city practically all of his life, ing employed by the Rosemary Meat Company and later working ir. a shipyard in Newport News be fore going into the Army. Mrs. Shearin is ,employed in the city clerk’s office in Roanoke Rap ids. Officially Dead ^ Enfield Man's Picture Was In Magazine Enfield — In a recent issue of Look magazine under the depart ment entitled 'Meet The People” appears the picture of Colonel Walter T. Clement of Enfield. “Meet the People,” a department of this nationally circulated pic ture magazine devoted to the sounding out of opinions of those contacted by a roaming photo graphic reporter, last week posed the question “Where did you spend last Christmas?” According to the caption appear ing beneath his picture, the Colon el replied, “I think I was in Reims. I don’t remember very well. One day is pretty hard to tell from another when you’re at war. Where I’ll be this year, only the Army knows.” Pictures of some ten or fifteen servicemen were featured, Col. Clement’s evidently having been taken soon after his landing in New York. A shooting, a bad wreck, a brawl in a local wine store featur ed the Christmas holidays, accord ing to police reports. R. L. Bishop and his son, Kelly Bishop, white, are being held with out privilege of bail pending the outcome of serious wounds inflict ed with a revolver on “Bill” Ray, also white. The shooting is said to have occurred in the Bishop home near the Junction sometime after midnight on Christmas eve. Cause of the shooting or which of the men did it is not known, but po lice are still investigating the af fair. Ray is in Roanoke Rapids Hospital in a serious condition. Officer C. R. Green made the ar rests. A free-for-all fight that occurred in a local wine store early last Saturday night resulted in the ar rest by Officer J. M. High of A. W. Thomason, Thomas Cannon, Sidney Cannon, Herman Cooper, Jack Barklev and Joel Barkley. Dr. Berkeley Passes Away Dr. Alfred R. Berkeley, of Roa noke, Va., father of Rev. Edmund Berkeley of this city, died Wed nesday night, December 26, followi ng an illness of twio Wieeks. Dr. Berkeley had been rector of Saint John’s Episcopal Church in Roa noke, Va., for the past nineteen years. ^Surviving are twio sons: Rev. Ed nrund Berkeley of this city, and Capt. Alfred R. Berkeley of Law son General Hospital, Atlanta, Ga.; twfo daughters, Misses Lelia and Bernard Berkeley of Roanoke, Va.; his mother, Mrs. Edmund Berke ley of Bluefield, W. Va.; one sis ter, Mrs. J. W. Hobson of Blue field; a brother, Dr. Green Berke Jley of Norfolk. Funeral services will be held at Aint John’s Episcopal Church in Kbanoke on Friday. Pictured above is Pfc. Harvey Shearin, who has been officially declared killed in action by the War Department. Captain Neal Is Back Home Capt. Frank B. Neal returned to his home in Roanoke Rapids last week, following relief from active duty at Randolph Field AAF Sep aration Center. He has served with the Army Air Forces since March 10, 1942. Prior to separation from service, Neal was assigned to AAF Vestern Flying Training Command headquarters, Randolph Field, as chief of the officers’ assignment section in the Personnel Division. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Neal, 417 Roanoke Avenue, Roanoke Rapids. all white. The six are charged with fighting and damaging property and are at liberty under bonds of $50 each. They are scheduled to appear before Mayor Kelly Jenk ins next Monday morning. A bad wreck, yet one in which slight injuries were entailed, oc curred at the intersection of Roct noke Avenue and Sixth Street last Monday afternoon. Lenzie J; Lee, white, and Sidney Williams, negro, were drivers Of the cars in the smash-up. Both automobiles were practically de molished, and Lee is being held under bond of $300 on a charge of driving while under the influ ence of intoxicants. Officer i. W. High investigated and made the arrest. Lee suffered slight inju ries. DQGGClijijaf? ^ n Find Weldon Woman Dead < Coming Home | From Pacific According " information receiv ed this w«L ■ jrom the Public In ( formation /■ 5e at Pearl Harbor, the follow Roanoke Rapids sol ^ daps are / way home: Charles SPl/c, husband 4of Mrs. I R*pMs _ . T/5 Jo% husband > of Mrs. Bea sennett. i Kirk Xt. Taylor, RM2/c, son ol Mrs. Sadie Taylor, % Jefferson Franks Served On The Hamilton On the USS Paul Hamilton—Fate T. Franks, seaman, first class, 727 Jefferson St., Roanoke Rapids, N. C., served on this destroyer, which spent 14 consecutive months in the thick of the fighting in the Pa cific, earning a reputation of be ing a “lucky” ship. The Hamilton took part in the invasions of Saipan, Guam, Tinian, the Palaus, Lingayen £tulf, Iwo Jima and several smaller islands, attacks oh Okinawa, Luzon, For mosa and Visayan and the Battle ot the Philippine Sea. ....A...lA,...*0.-.
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