Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H. (imp, Jr., Robert E JYlay, K. H. McCommons, James W. Whitby,
Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faieon. Robert Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee Ingram,
Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr., Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White, Robert L.
_Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brutas 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 Leatherwood, Jr., John Wayne Thomas, Alex Bullock, Jr., Frank P. Hunter.
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VOLUME XXXI ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31st, 1946 NUMBER 20
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Anderton Officially
Reported As Killed
I ^lamooree aids ir
March of Dimes
WCBT sponsored a March o:
Dames Jamboree program las
Tuesday night, January 29, in th:
high school auditorium of Gastor
High School. The jamboree con
sisted of Pal Turner and hi:
Rangers. The Cherokee Boys ant
the Carolina Play Boys. The con
■ tribution made at this progran
tjbtaled $109.92 and the proceed:
I will go to Northampton count}
March of Dimes
Collection Of
! Old Clothes
Another house-to-house collec
tion of old clothes for the Vic
j M‘ory Clothing campaign will be
' ^Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock,
it was announced today, by Df
E. Bennett, chairman of public
ity.
This collection will cover the
city of Roanoke Rapids, Bel
mont, Gaston, South Rosemary,
Chaloner Park, Hodges Town,
Hornertown, and other outlying
territories. i
- All substations will be closed
£ifter today, said Mr. Bennett,
"and if any one did not get
their old clothes to one of the
stations yon are urged to place
them on flue curb in front of
your home Friday afternoon.”
Killed In Action
Above is Wilbur Anderton who
has been officially declared kill
ed in action.
Sudduth Boys
i Back On Duty
Gordon F. Sudduth, TMl/c, U. S.
Navy and Joseph C. Sudduth,
Fl/c, have returned to duty after
; spending a 30-day leave here with
• their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
; Sudduth, Gordon, a former stu
dent of Roanoke Rapids High
i School, served four years with the
I Naval Reserve, and is now in the
Navy for two years. He is sta
tioned at Quonset Point, R I
i waiting for further orders.
Joseph, who has just returned
from 22 months’ service in the
South Pacific, has returned to
Charleston, S. C., where he expects
-o get his honorable discharge at
an early date.
Winfield Crew
Reopens Office
Capt. J. Winfield Crew, Jr. re
ceived his honorable discharge this
week from the army, and thus re
turns to civilian life and to the
practice of his profession here. He
has reopened his law offices in
-he Kidd building. Capt. Crew
served 50 months in the armed
forces of the United States
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Brothers Are
Expected Home
Seaman first class Charlie 3
Wells, son of Mrs. Daisy M. Wells
thi.s city, has notified his
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Clyde Liske,
John Dunn On
Committee
At the weekly meeting of the
K'iwanis Club, President Allmanc
S. White announced that two ol
the local club members have just
been honored by committee ap
pointments to serve the Carolina;
Kiwanis District comprising both
North and South Carolina. Clyde
Liske has been appointed Chair
man of the Vocational Guidance
Committee and John Dunn has
been appointed to the Business
Standards Committee.
This is the second year that Mr
Liske has held the chairmanshij
of that committee and his appoint
ment gives recognition to th<
outstanding work he has perform
ed in vocational guidance both ir
Roanoke Rapids ajnd in the Caro
linas.
Barnette Gets
3 to 6 Years
week in Halifax County Super*
Court on five counts of breakinj
and entering, was found guilt*
three Sn"tenced t0 n0t l€SS tha'
StlLnZm°re -yea- i.
States Prison. Barnette is sail
bL°ffl?erS have admitted break
tke Allowing places ii
Roanoke Rapids: Taylor Furni
ture Company, Rosemary Cafe
Jenkins & Shear* Service Sta
and ’ w hTPS°n Coal Company
nd Humphries Service Station.
Jessie Medlin and Josh Mitchell
both white, charged with “crim,
against nature,” were found guilt
and drew sentences of two t,
three years in prison.
°?eek> James Lee Brewe
and Charlie Clark, negroes, an,
Jerry Askew, Sr., white, involve,
in a cigarette theft case, som,
time ago, were tried this week. Th,
three negroes were found guilt
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Weldon Boy
Discharged
I Corp Ha Glenn Dickens, son ol
Mrs. Myrtle Dickens of Weldon
,bas been given his honorable dis
enfeTed the Army‘ Dmkens
entered the service in September
1942, and saw action * New Gui
nea. Luzon and Japan
Athta£hed ,t0 the Fourth Brigade
289th Signal Company Dickem
overseas 19 months' He wea«
three battle stars, Philippine lib
eration nUbon, Asiatic-Pacific rib
J5“\ American theatre ribbon
£?££?* Medal “d a« Vlc-'
New President
Joe Talley, newly-elected pres
ident of the Roanoke Rapids
Community Chest for 1946.
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Talley New
Community
Chest Head
At the annual meeting of the
board of trustees of the Roanoke
Rapids Community Chest, Joe W.
Talley was elected as president of
the organization for the year 1946.
Other officers elected were: Chet
Good fellow, vice president; Gra
ham Shell, treasurer, and Miss
Mary Hix, secretary.
Results of the recent election
held for vacancies on the board,
four new contribution-member
trustees were elected to serve for
two years. They are: J. R. Alls
brook, Frank Hawley, H. E. Lee
and Graham Shell.
Mr. Talley, the new president, is
principal of the High School, has
been a member of the Community
Chest board of trustees for the
past year and served as chairmap
of the executive committee.
George White Is
Returning Home
George W. White, aviation ma
chinist’s mate, second class, is re
turning home, according to infor
mation received from the Naval
Staging Center at Pearl Harbor.
He will get his honorable dis
charge after reaching a separation
center in the states.
Pfc. Willie Sykes
Given Discharge
Pfc. Willie R. Sykes, of RFD No.
1, Roanoke Rapids, has received
an honorable discharge from the
Army aA Moore General Hospital
in Swannanoa, N. C. He entered
the service April 16, 1944, and
served in the China-Burma-India
Theatre.
$300 In Cash
Stolen From
Place Early
Monday Night
The Do-Nut Shop, at 127 West
Tenth Street, owned and operat
ed by C. M. Cradle, was entered
by someone early Monday night
and robbed of about $300* in cash.
Entrance to the place is believ
ed to have been made through an
exhaust fan in the rear of the
building by the person or per
sons between 8 p. m., when the
shop is closed and 11 p. m.( when
it is reopened and the night shift
of employes, go on duty. Finger
prints on the inside wall and a
bent blade of the fan gave mute
evidence of how the thief entered.
After getting into the building
the robber rolled a small steel
and wood cabinet into the rear of
the place and pried open a lower
locked compartment in which cash
sales receipts had been placed. A
large cake was removed from the
front show window and several
pies were taken into the back*
but apparently the robber was dis
turbed and in his haste to get
away left the pies and cake.
No evidence or clues have been
found by investigating officers
that would lead to apprehension
of the guilty party.
Sgt. Draper Gets
His Discharge
Sgt.. Gilbert Draper, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Draper, 304 Monroe
Street, received an honorable dis
charge on January 13 after serv
ing thirty-five months in the army,
twenty of which were spent in the
South Pacific with the Fifth Air
Force. He was awarded the Amer
ican Theater Campaign Medal;
Asiastic-Pacific Theatre medal
with three Bronze Stars; Philip
pine Liberation Theatre Ribbon
with one Bronze Star; and the
Good Conduct and Vivtory Med
als.
Dimes Drive
Is Continued
According to a telegram re
ceived today from C. S. Alex
ander, Halifax County chairman
of the “March of Dimes” cam
paign, the drive will be continu
ed until February 9, especially
in the schools.
Contributions may be sent to
the following town chairmen:
James L. Pittman, Scotland
Neck.
John McGwigan, Enfield.
Mrs. F. W. M. White, Halifax.
L» C. Barrow, Weldon.
Mrs. CL M Moore, Jr* Little
ton.
J. C. Hoyle, Roanoke Rapids.
I Listed As Missing
In Pacific Action
In October, 1944
Wilbur Edward Anderton, radio
I man, 3/c, United States Navy, sor
of Mrs. Bettie Allen Anderton and
the late James P. Anderton, has
been officially declared as killed
in action, according to a Navj
^Department message received bj
mother.
^Anderton, wno entered the ser
vice in November, 1943, went over
seas in July, 1944, was reported
as “missing in action” in the Paci
fic in October, 1944. The action ir
which he is believed to have losl
his life was the battle of the
Philippines. At that time he wa;
serving aboard the destroyer es
cort USS Samuel B. Roberts, whicl
the Navy reported lost.
A graduate of Roanoke Rapids
|fcgh School, and a student at the
University of North Carolina, An
derton was one of this city’s most
popular young men. For 17 year;
H he was employed by the Virginu
;] Electric & Pe>wer Company.
Surviving in addition to hi!
mother, are one brother, Marvir
Andertori of this city, and a sister
Mtsl J. A. Suiter, of Garysburg.
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