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_» !1,W l11*" |,,,',3|““HI Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William leott, William H. Camp, Jr, Robert E .May, R. H. McComn.ons, James W. Whitby,' I j I 1,1 l t ” < I ,M|| » J Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee lid | ||d 111 | L 1 Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matklns, James ©. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr., Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White, RobertL. _llllllll luuulilllllii imil Ullinlnmil Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brutas W. Rook, Robt. R. Northingtn, Eugene BasU 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 Leatherwood, Jr., John Wayne Thomas, Alex Bullock, Jr., Frank P. Hunter. \j)LUME XXXI_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. CL, THURSDAY, JANUARY lQth, 1946 NUMBERT7 Fifty Years Is a Mighty Long Time Fifty years is a mighty long time, but to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cran well, pictured above, it has been a “happy span of life.” They re tently celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary, having been Carried 50 years on December 7, 1945. V-Clothing Campaign Is In Progress The Victory Clothing campaign Roanoke Rapids is now under way and will continue until Jan uary 31, it was announced today by Rev. Edmund Berkeley, chair man of the drive. Any old clothes, shoes, hats or wearing apparel of any kind, that you have discarded, or for that matter, any you can spare for the peoples of the devastated war torn countries, will be appreciated. A Receiving stations for these Articles are located at: 35. I. Kidd’s store, First Baptist Church, Rosemary Baptist Church (after 4 p. m.), V. C. Morgan’s store in South Rosemary, Fire department, W. J. Long’s store in Gaston and Ledgerwood Hall. Any old shoes you may have to give should be tied securely to gether, said Rev. Berkeley, in or der that they will not become Separated and thus mismatched. ™n past years the people of this ' city have been unusually generous ■with their old clothes, and it is hoped that this campaign will sur pass all others. Any further infor mation pertaining to the cam paign can be had by telephoning Rev. Berkeley. Joint Meeting of *PTA’s On Jan. 17 Instead of the regular monthly . meeting of the Rosemary School Parent-Teacher Association, there will be a joint meeting with the Clara Hearne PTA Thursday ev ening, January 17, at 8 o’clock, in the auditorium of the Clara Hearne School. The speaker will be Dr. Homell JJart, Professor of Sociology, of Oluke University. Dr. Hart’s ad dress will be cf interest to both fathers and mothers. All parents and friends of the Rosemary PTA are cordially invited to attend. The regular Executive Commit tee meeting will be omitted on this occasion. Accident Victim, Above is Mrs. Ailie Hincey Griffin, Sp-Q, 3/c, daughter of Mrs. Callie M. Hincey, of Hope well, Va., and Allen D. Hincey, of Roanoke Rapids, who was killed in an automobile accident recently. (Story on page 7, Sect. A). About Strike of A. C. A. Workers The strike of A. C. A. (CIO) telegraph workers is confined to Greater New York City, it was stated today by Miss Ruth Simms, Roanoke Rapids office manager of the Western Union. “The local effect of the strike is that telegrams to and from New York city are subject to in definite delay,”'said Miss Simms. “Telegraph traffic to and from all other points in the United States is moving at normal speed. Cable and radio traffic to European and South Ajneri ican points, normally handled through the New York gateway, has been interrupted as a re sult of the New York strike.” POLICE INVESTIGATING THREE BREAK-INS HERE Crumpler Is Named Head Committee Halifax District Committee Chairman S. H. Crumpler accepted the chairmanship duties from past District Chairman C. D. Liske at the first regular monthly meeting held by the Halifax District Com mittee, Boy Scouts of America last Wednesday afternoon at the Muni cipal building. Chairman Crumpler together with first Vice Chairman John Dunn, second Vice Chairman Rev. Ed Berkeley and District Commissioner C. D. Liske will lead the Boy Scout program in this District during the next twelve months. In accepting the Chairmanship Of the committee Chairman Crumpler called upon every one of the members of the committee to assist him in continuing a well (Continued on page 6—Sect. A) Police Will "Bear Down" On Speeders At the meeting of the Board of City Commissioners last Tuesday afternoon much discussion was given to the speed ordinance of the city and the police department was instructed to "beax down on speeders,” especially taxicabs. The board also acted on a re quest from local taxicab operators that they be given protection against “outside” taxis soliciting local business. To clarify the situation the board ordered the city clerk to purchase windshield stickers to be sold to the local operators. These stickers will be placed on the windshield of the taxis in Roanoke Rapids to distinguish them from “outside” cabs. 9 More Men Go To Bragg Nine more men signed up through the local recruiting office have gone to Fort Bragg. They are: Lee Hubert Wilson, Roland L. Smith, Clifton Franklin Leake, Willie A. Alston who enlisted in the Army Air Force, and Isaac Squire, Richard S. Flynn and Rob ert L. Purnell, quartermaster corps. William A. Hedgepeth, member of the Enlistment Reserve since last December, re-enlisted in the regular army as a staff sergeant. He signed up for the Army Air Force and the European theatre. All men now in uniform have until January 31 to re-enlist in the army and keep their present grade. Men who have been dis charged have 20 days to re-enlist ip order to receive all benefits of the army. Chairmanship ^ &BM8an8R888SI88HnR8Bfla8888888888S88a88BHBHBB8B88888B8BBF S. H. Crumpler, above, who ac cepted the chairmanship of Hali fax District Committee, Boy Scouts of America, from past chairman C. D. Liske at the regular monthly meeting held Wednesday afternoon in the Municipal Building. Dr. Hart Will Be Guest At PTA Meeting The evening of Thursday, Janu ary 17, has been selected by the Clara Hearne Parent-Teacher As sociation to present Dr. Hornell Hart, professor of sociology al Duke University, in a discussion on training the child’s emotions. The meeting, featured by the lec ture, will begin at 8 o’clock. Dr. Hart, who is noted through out the nation for his lectures and articles on child problems, was the first person in America to receive a Ph. D. in child welfare. He and Mrs. Hart, who will accom pany him here, wrote the book, (Continued on page 6—Sect. A) Recent Campaign Figures Released Figures on the recent cam paign of the Community Chest and War Fund released this week show: Total pledged, $15,737.48. Of this amount $11,433.52 came from the industrial plants of the city, $4,303.96 was contributed by the general public. The quota was $20,797.75. Of this $8,625 was requested by the War Fund,and the remaining $12,172.75 was set aside for the Community Chest. Any one who has not been solicited and wish to make a contribution may do so by call ing at the Community Chest of fice in the Impejrial Theatre building or mailing it to Post Office Box 31. More, Service Station, Coal Co., Are Broken Into Here This Week Police here are investigating three break-ins which occurred last Monday and Tuesday nights. Monday night some one broke a glass in a rear window at Thomp son Coal Company, 1315 Roanoke Avenue, entered the boiler room and broke open a door thus gain ing entrance to the office. Discov ery of the robbery was made Tuesday morning. Investigation re vealed that only 300 3-cent post age stamps were missing. The same night (probably the same person or persons) broke a front door glass at the service sta tion operated by Shearin and Jenkins across the street from the ccal company, and forced en trance. Here it was discovered the thieves got away with a quantity ol cigarettes and an old pistol. On Tuesday night robbers broke into the store of M. C. Morris in South Rosemary. Mr. Morris had been moving a considerable quan tity of the merchandise in this store to his place of business in Homertown and it has not been determined whether anything was missing. Entrance to Morris’ store was gained by cutting the front door screen wire and ’“jimmying" the door open. No clues were found at any of the places entered that would give the police a definite lead toward identifying the culprits and making an arrest. Dr. R. A. Daniel On Inactive Duty Dr. R. A. Daniel has been re leased to inactive duty from the U. S. N. R., after five years of active duty. He left Roanoke Rap ids in February, 1941, and entered the U. S. N. R., with a Lt. (jg) commission. His first tour of duty was in Norfolk, Va. In May, 1942, he went aboard the U.S.S. George Clyver, for a 19 months tour of sea duty. During that time he served in the Atlantic and Paci fic theatres of war, being in the African invasion in the Atlantic and in Bougainville invasion in the Pacific. Dr. Daniel made two promotions during his tour of sea duty and was released to inactive duty with the rank of full Commander^ CpI. John Brown Is Discharged Cpl. John D. Brown arived home on December 24 with an honor able discharge from the army after serving for three years, 27 months of which were spent overseas with the air forces. He is the wearer of the Good Conduct medal, Asia tic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon with four bronze stars, Philippine Libe ration ribbon with one bronze star and the Victory medal. ' ' '■! ‘
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