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VOLUME XXXI_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. Cl,THURSDAY, JANUARY 17th, 1946 NUMBER 18
Let The Meat Packers Strike!
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Some of us may care about the meat packers’ strike, but Pete
Ogburn of Madison street, doesn’t give a “hoot.” Shown here is
Pete’s prize hog he killed recently which “dressed out” 940 pounds.
On the left is Pete’s brother, Pat.
'March of Dimes' Campaign
_On In Fight Against Polio
rne marcn oi uimes campaign
to raise funds in Roanoke Rapids
and Halifax County for the fight
against infantile paralysis got un
der way last Monday and will
continue until January 31, it was
announced today by Cranford
Hoyle, Roanoke Rapids chairman,
and C. S. Alexander, Scotland
Neck, chairman of Halifax Coun
ty Committee.
m One-half the money collected
^will remain in Halifax County to
finance hospitalization, care and
treatment of victims of the dread
disease here, and the remainder
will go to headquarters of the
National Foundation to be used in
further research work, education
and emergency aid in epidemics
throughout the nation.
The Roanoke Rapids campaign,
a headed by Mr. Hoyle, will be aid
Wed by Ted Speight, Virginia Elec
tric & Power Company; Houston
Fuller, Roanoke. Mill No. 2; L. B.
Brown, Patterson Mill; C. A. Irby,
Roanoke Mill No. 1; Clyde Martin,
Rosemary Manufacturing Com
pany; R. C. Brown, Manchester
Board and Paper Company;
Thornton Wilson, Halifax Paper
Company; Joe Talley, public
schools, and Graham Lynch and
Earl Daughtry, business firms.
9 The organization of Halifax
County Chapter Infantile Paralys
is, Inc., Is composed of: W. Gra
ham Lynch, permanent chairman;
V. C. Matthews, vice chairman;
Eric W. Rogers, Scotland Neck,
(Continued on page lZ—Sect. A)
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Old Clothes
Campaign Is
Under Way
The Victory Clothing Campaign
is now under way in Roanoke
Rapids. The first house-to-house
.collection of old clothes will be
made Friday afternoon, January
25, between the hours of 3:30 and
6 o’clock by the Boy Scouts. Any
one having any wearing apparel
of any kind to donate is requested
to place them on the front steps
of the house.
Substations that will receive old
clothing during the campaign, and
which are now open, are as fol
lows:
D. I. Kidd’s Store, First Baptist
Church, Rosemary Baptist Church
(after 4 p. m.), V. C Morgan’s
Store in South Rosemary, The Fire
Station, W. J. Long’s Store in Gas
ton, Ledgerwood Hall and all the
public schools.
The organization which has been
perfected for the campaign is
headed by Rev. Edmund Berkeley,
general chairman, and he will be
assisted by the following:
M. D. Collier, Rotary Club, and
Rev. B. Marshall White-Hurst, Kl
wanis Club, collection supervisors.
L E. Ready, educational super
continued on page It—Sect. A)
MRS. T. W. M. LONG IS
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
Barnette Is
Arrested In
Theft Cases
Henry Barnette, 18 years old,
who lives in the section known as
"The Zoo”, has been arrested and
placed in Halifax County jail
charged with several, robberies in
Roanoke Rapids in recent weeks.
Officer Carl Greene and Deputy
Sheriff A. J. Brigman arrested
Barnette at his home last Friday
night about 7 o’clock. Barnette, of
ficers say, has confessed to break
ing and entering the following
places: Taylor Furniture Company,
Rosemary Cafe, Jenkins & Shear
in Service Station, Thompson Coal
Company and Humphries Service
Station at the junction. Barnette
is said to have stolen about $60
from the cafe, four dollars worth
of postage stamps from Thomp
son’s, about $9 in cash from Tay
lor’s, a 45-caliber pistol, $4 in
pennies, pack of cigarettes and
some matches * from Jenkins &
Shearin, and bout $4 in cash
from Humphries.
He is being held in lieu of $1400
bond for his appearance in Hali
fax Superior Court which convenes
Monday, January 28.
The arrest of Barnette clears up
the several robberies that have
occurred here within the last eight
or ten weeks.
Barnette is a former inmate of
Carolina Training School at Rocky
Mount. He had been under surveil
lance by the sheriff’s office for
some time as a suspicious char
acter and had been convicted for
robbery before.
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Invited to Speak
At Local Church
Rev. Churchill J. Gibson, rector
of St. James Episcopal Church,
Richmond, has been invited to
speak to the congregation of All
Saints Church here at a special
meeting next Monday night at 8
o’clock. His subject will be “The
Reconstruction and Advance Fund
of the Episcopal Church.”
Churchill Is
Named Head
Local Legion
At its regular meeting held last
Sunday afternoon in the Armory
the Robert E. May Post of The
American Legion elected Carl C.
Churchill as commander for the
coming year.
Other officers elected were:
Howard Hawkins, senior vice-com
mander; M. C. Newsome, junior
vice-commander; Grady King, ad
jutant; Roger Cook, financial offic
er; "Billie” Norwood, chaplain; C.
L. Elkin, service officer; Ashley
Vick, sergeant-at-arms; Gilbert
FSaugham, historian.
Okinawa Vet [/
Pictured above is Ross Layton,
Sl/c, who entered the Navy in
May, 1944. Going overseas in
January, 1945, Ross participated
in the battle of Okinawa. He
was also there during the ty
phoon that recently swept that
area, suffering a broken hand.
Ross is now on his way home
and expects to be discharged
immediately upon his arrival in
the states. He is the husband of
the former Miss Edna Dudley of
Dunn. They have two children,
a boy and a girl. 4
Boards Get
Together On
Malaria Work
A joint meeting of the board
of trustees of the Roanoke Rapids
Sanitary District and the City
Board of Commissioners was held
last Wednesday to consider the
matter of planning for the respon
sibility and control of the malarial
work in Roanoke Rapids for the
coming years.
After a discussion of the malar
ial work in detail, and it appear
ing that the malarial work should
be under a joint control, a motion
was passed unanimously by both
boards that a fund of $5,000 be set
up, $2,500 to be paid by the City
of Roanoke Rapids and $2,500 to
be paid by the Sanitary District,
and that a board composed of one
member of the City Board, one
member of the Sanitary Board and
*he City Health Officer be given
supervision of this fund to carry
cn the malarial work for thi3
year. Ben E. Lancaster, superin
tendent of the Roanoke Rapids
Sanitary District, will be in direct
charge of the work. It was also
agreed that the surplus, if any,
at the end of the year be shared
dh a 50-50 basis or any expenses
over $5,000 be borne by the City
and Sanitary District on a 50-50
basis. A full-time man will be em
f Continued on page IS—Sect. A)
Struck by Auto
While On Way To
Her Home; Driver
Is Placed in Jail
A tragic automobile accident
which cost the life of one of Roa
noke Rapids’ beloved women oo>
curred last Tuesday night about
11 o’clock at the intersection of
Hamilton and Fourth streets, when
a 1940 model Mercury automobile
driven by Willis Daniel, 21-year
old Weldon white man, struck Mrs.
T. W. M. Long, killing her instant
ly. Riding in the car with Daniel
at the time was David Thompson.
Both young men have only recent
ly been discharged from the arm
ed forces.
Mrs. Long, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Hunter,
Jr., had been visiting in the home
of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Jarman,
402 Hamilton street, and was re
turning to her home at 321 Hamil
ton street. Mrs. Hunter had paus
ed a few moments to talk with a
member of the Jarman residence,
and Mrs. Long, it is reported, con
tinued out in the street.
It was during this interval that
the car, headed south, struck Mrs.
Long, breaking both legs, her bach
and crushing her head. Her body
was thrown several feet almost in
to the yard of the home of Lyle
Wilson, at the corner of Hamil
ton and Fourth streets.
Daniel immediately stopped hi*
automobile and he and Thompson
rendered every assistance to the
victim. Medical aid reached Mrs.
Long within a few minutes and
she was taken to Roanoke Rapids
Hospital. She was dead, however,
before reaching there.
Police investigated the accident
and placed Daniel under arrest.
He is being held in the city jail
pending his release on bond of
$2,500.
Mrs. Long, widow of the late Dr.
T. W M. Long, who died in Feb
ruary of 1941, was born 59 years
ago in Jackson, N. C., the daugh
ter of George Poliok Burgwyr and
Emma Ridley Burgwyn. She came
to Roanoke Rapids as a bride in
December, 1910, and had since re
sided here. She received her edu
cation in the Jackson schools and
later graduated from St. Mary’s
School in Raleigh.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from All Saints Episcopal Church, '
conducted by Rev. Edmund Berke
(Continued on page 12—Sect. A)
Clary Returns to
His Post of Duty
Joseph Carl Clary, Sl/c, who has
been on a furlough here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Clary,
has returned to his sh,r. Clary
spent 21 months overseas in the
South Pacific. His ship was with,
the famous Third ’deet through
out the war. He w Irs nine stars
for major battle ec igements and
the South Pacific battle ribbon.
Clary expects to be fiven his hon
orable discharge V.me time in
March. *