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The Home Sphere Edited by MISS FLORENCE COX Demonstration Agent Miss Estelle M. Edwards Assistant Home Dem. Agent \tlenti»n (’lease -- Owners of the new National Vic torv War Model Canners, made by the National Pressure Cooker Company. located at Ean Claire, Wisconsin, should send your in struction book back to the com pany and ask for the revised in struction book No. 2. It is im portant that every owner of ;he National Victory Model Canner have this new book in order to operate the canner to the best ad vantage Since we do not know who own- these canners we have „„ wav . contact - f mn evc-r tii ' : U ' ' not ... but know of someone who dec please pass the infor mation to that person. l et remind you again that pressure cookers or canners are no loiigci rationed and you can purchase one wherever you can find it, either h ally or from mail order houses. Raise > our Own Fruit — F.vcrv farm should have suffi cient fruit and nut trees to fur nish the family with fresh fruit and for canning. All city homes can have some fruit if fruit trees were considered first when the place : landscaped. Fruit and nut trees make good shade, are decora-; tive in shape and bloom and are very useful in fruit. Here are the minimum fruits for a family. Three apple trees, The Delicious Stay man or Red Winesap. Golden Delicious or Ben Davis, three Peach trees, Golden jubilee. Belle of Georgia and El herts. Two plum trees, Shropshire, Damson. Two cherrie trees, Mont morency. Two figs, Celeste and Turke . Tw<* pear trees, Kieffer and Waite. Two pecan trees, Scheie;,, and Stuart. Buy one year old apple, cherry, plum and pear trees with well developed rooting systems and get large June budd i i pi tch trees. Get them out just as soon as you can and plant care fully. Freshly planted trees should he pruned correctly. This pruning set- the permanent shape of tire tree. If you do not know how each kind of fruit tree should he prun ed ask someone who does know. Order your favorite breed of chirks ii" v for delivery when you wish to start raising- the checks. K.-uiy placed orders usually re ei'iw the most attention and a better grade of chicks. Be sure jo ; have everything ready before the ••tucks arrive. Chilling or im r handling during the first few :-iy- will cause a lot of trou ble to. i !■ ■ ss of chicks. Fuel Stivers -- Saving fuel in the kitchen is a housekeepers duty. Here are some reminders worked out by U. •s. Mm. •cement specialists. Start hea! when actually needed. Use tile i erect size pan to fit burn ei Hav.- pans with straight sid es, fiat bottom and tight fitting lid. Bring food to a boil on nigh heat then turn to low. Don't be a liit lifter or an oven - peeper, 'fiirn off t!ie heat as soon as the too dis done. When oven is heated cook several things in it. The lieatin • takes most of the fuel. Keep one dish meals in mind of you use gas, electricity or kero sene, Coal or wood stoves do not apply to some of these suggest ions. IRecipe • ■ Liver Stew with parsley durnpl IinKs. to serve six, cut into bits ll pound of liver, flour, salt and Ipepper and brown in 2 tablespoons lot' fat. Add 1-2 cup of chopped lonions and cook 2 minutes. Add |1 1-2 cups sliced carrots, 2 cups |of cubed potatoes and 2 euph of ■boiling water. Cook until tender. |Make dumplings with 3-4 cup flour, ■> teaspooqs baking powder, l-v teaspoon of salt, one [beaten egg, 1 -,s cup milk and 1-4 euP parsley cut fine. Drop spoon ful ut batter over boiling stew und cover pot tightly. Boil 15 fininutes without opening pot. 1-H Achievement Day -- flic 1-H Club girls* qf Halifax County will hold an Achievement ■ Day iu the Weldon High School ■Auditorium on Saturday, January |22, beginning at 10:39 A. M. and • closing at 3:30 P. M. Miss Fran Ices MacGregor, Assistant State 4 |H. Huh Leader will be the guest | speaker for the morning and will I lead the group ii, recreation dur I nig part of the afternoon program -HI Halifax County 4-H Club I members, their parents and I Iriends are invited to be pres lent. FliL'IT SPREADS Increasing quantities of com mercial jams, jellies, marmalad es and fruit butter are now reach ing the civilian market, says W 1 I THE ROANOKE NEWS _ ESTABLISHED IN 18C6 — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH AMPTON COUNTIES KEEP ON with war bonds Seventy-Sixth Year Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina THURSDAY, JAY 20th„ 1!) 11 Halifax County Food Will Fight For Freedom In spite of labor shortage ami farm machinery shortage, Hali fax County farmers are being asked to raise more food in 1041 than was raised in 1943. Halifax County has been assigned the fol lowing war goals for 1944: ■ :!5,OOU n heat _.__ . _ , 2,500 Lespedeza Seed _ . 2,000 Cotton --- 110.000; Soybeans for beans _ 10,000 Sweet Potatoes _ 1,6001 Milk Cows _ 4,711 Other beef cattle_ 1,800 Com. Broilers _ _ 150,527 Laying Hens _._ 110,562 Turkeys Raised _ 1,078 Oats - 3,850 Hay _. _ 8,082 Tobacco __ _ _ 8,343 Peanuts _ 38,499 Irish Potatoes___ 995 Home Gardens _3,000 Beef Cows _ _ . 2.750 [Sows to farrow _ 4,284 Chickens Raised _ 370,39'! Eggs Produced <luz. _995,647 Beginning last week community meetings will be held in every community in Halifax County to explain to our farmers the tre mendous need for food production in 1944. The following is a sche dule of meetings that will be held. Farmers are requested to attend the meeting most convenient for them. Scotland Neck School, Thursday January 20, 8 p. m. Roseneath, Cotton’s Store, Wed nesday, Jan. 19, 7:31) p. m. Dawson, Community House, Mon day, Jan. 17, 7:30 p. m. Halifax, Court house, Wednes day, Jan. 19, 7:30 p. m. Enfield School, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2:30 p. m. Hardrawee School, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 8 p. m. Ringwood School, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2 p. m, Heathsville -- Neville’s Store, •’f’h-.'s-day, .Jan. 20, 11 a. m. I Hollister School, Wednesday, ' Jan. 19, 11 a. m. William R. Davis School, Thurs day. Jan. 20. 8 p. m. Aurelian Springs School, Tues day. an 18. 7:30 p. m. Harris’ Store, Airlie, Friday, Jan. 21, 7:30 p. m. V. I. Morehorn Store, Brinkley ville, Thursday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p. m. Littleton School, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 3:30 p. m. Weaver’s Chapel, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p. m. | These meetings will be held by the County Agent, Home Agent, 1 Farm Security Workers, Mcm 1 hers of Soil Conservation Service, 1 Vocational teachers and Home ' Economics teachers in Halifax County, ! The Negro Farm Agent, the Ne 1 gro Home Agent and colored vo cational teachers age arranging similiar meetings for the colored farmers of the County. The sche dule of these meetings will be an nounced soon. I Beginning about January 24th., A.A.A. committeemen will assist every farmer n the County to fill out a 1944 farm plan showing crops and livestock to-be raised, in 1944. Farmers are asked to sign up to produce all the food, feed and war crops that can be pro duced with the labor on the farm. Northampton Council Plans Work For Year 1 Jackson, Jan. 1G—Mrs. T. T. Ste phenson, new president of the Northampton County County of Home Demonsration Clubs, presid ed over the meeting of the Coun cil last month. A total of 24 members attended the meeting at which a second 1 new officer, Mrs. Jake Lassiter, j assistant secretary also took of Pians were discussed for 1944’s work, and the dates for all Council meetings and for the federation 1 meeting were decided upon. . The home agent, Annie E. Harris of the State College Extension Ser vice, reports that the president appointed the county project lead | ers and urged the club presidents to use great care in choosing their ! local leaders. The Council decided to accept two prpjects for itself, first The Service men's Letter Box, ’ and second, the sending of Valentine boxes to Northampton boy3 in ser vice. At the close of the meeting, a diagram of Northampton Mobili zation plans for 1944 and 1945 were given every member to study and take back to her club. Lt. James Killed In Fortress Crash Lieutenant E. C. James, Jr., was killed Tuesday morning at Itapid City, iSouth .Dakota, when a flying fortress crashed. Lt. James was the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. John A. Johnston of Weldon. He is surviv ed 1 >y his wife, the former Miss Mary Lee Ellington of Burling ton, his father E. C. James of El kin, a brother John A. James of the U. S. Merchant Marine and an uncle, William W. Johnston of Weldon. The body of Lt. James will ar rive in Elkin Saturday morning and funeral services will be con ducted from the Elkin Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Air Scout Meeting The Air Scouts held their first meeting of the new year Wednes day night, at the Scout hut. At this meeting the Air Scouts ordered extra equipment and made plans for Boy Scout Week, February 8th through the 14th. The Air :Sfcouts called a meet ing Wednesday night, January 19th for the purpose of giving Flight Medallions to the squad ron members and to make projects for Boy Scout Week. The name chosen for the squadron of Air Scouts is ‘‘The Lexington” in hon or of the famous aircraft carrier. GEO, MELVIN, Air Scout Scribe. RECORDERS COURT NEWS JANUARY 18th.. 1941 Nelson 'S'mith, colored of Scot land Neck was found guilty of lar ceny and was given six months on the roads, suspended on pay ment of a fine of $25 and costs and good behavior for two years. Jack Balmer, white of Jackson plead guilty to a charge of speed ing and prayer for judgment con tinued on payment of the costs, Florence L). Febberham, white of New York, charged with speed ing defendant called and failed, judgment absolute on bond - nol pros with leave, Conolee Dolberry, colored of Hobgood was found guilty of ill egal possession of liquor and was given 8 months on the roads, sus pended on payment of a fine of $35.00 and costs and good behavior for two years, Hugh Smith, colored of Scotland Neck was found guilty of non-sup port and prayer for judgment is continued. Ulrich Cheek, colored of Halifax charged with speeding, nol pros. Mary Sprull, colored of Hollis ter was found guilty o flarceny and prayer for judgment contin ued on payment of the costs and good behavior for 2 years. I Tom A1 Silver, colored of Hol lister was found not guilty of as sault, . Thad Proctor, white of Rocky Mount plead guilty to speeding and judgment is suspended. Rev. D. L. Fouts New M. E, At a meeting of the Board of Stewards of the Weldon Methodist Church Sunday afternoon, the Rev. T. N. Grant, District Supcr intendant announced that the Rev. D L. Fouts will be the new pas.or of the Weldon Church. The new ministey whu is now pastor of the Whiteville Metho dist Church will be here the first of February. The Rev. H. L. is pastor of the Littleton Metho dist Church is being sent to Whiteville._ Dr. Weather# Jackson Day Drive Chairman Joe Blythe of Raleigh, State Chairman of the Jackson Day Drive, announced Tuesday, the ap pointment of Dr. Bahnson Weath ers of Roanoke Rapids, chairman for Halifax County, The Jackson Day celebration is observed over the country by the Democratic Party to raise funds to take care of expenses of the Nat ional organization, Cotton Maid Opens Bond Drive <-■V 1! Lovely Linwood Gisclard of Donaldsonville, La., made her first official appearance as the 1944 Maid of Cotton in Washington, where she was featured in the inauguration of the Fourth War Bond Drive. A senior at L. 8. 1)., Miss Gisclard is 19 years old, five feet eight inches tall, and weighs 124 pounds. She was selected Maid of Cotton from a field of 75 candidates, and within a few weeks will begin a tour of principal American cities to assist in local War Bond campaigns and tell Americans the story of cotton's importance to the war effort. The contest, now in its sixth year, is sponsored by the National Cotton Council in behalf of the entire cotton industry. Food Inspector Writes About Dairy Situation In Halifax County Are the dairies going out of business Are we going to be forc ed to go back to the old method of a cow every back yard ? That question is confronting- the peo ple, not only here, but all over The United States. The work ils hard, The going is tough. Not only the dairyman, but the person in almost any business, especially the groceryman, feels like throwing up his hands and giving up in despair. But we stop to think. The boys are off yonder fighting this war. Some, by chan ce or fate, are thrown in more difficult positions, have to live and fight harder than others. They are not going to give up. They look to the future. They have faith ip America and our American way. May we have that same faith. May we have the courage, the in testinal stamina to stick to our undertakings. Some will drop out, hut others will redouble their ef forts and continue on. There is a future. Victory is ahead. The Health Department is proud to announce that through it all the dairies are continuing to hold up their standards of sanitation. They are continuing to operate with the Health Authorities in striving to produce a clean safe supply of milk. The dairies selling grade A raw milk in Roanoke Rapids and Wel don are; Chockpyqtte and J S. Powell of Roanoke Rapids, D. E. lies of Thelma and Longview of Garysburg. In Scotland Neck are N. E. Winslow and Uallberry Dairy. In Enfield is Ralph \ iver ette. Longview is selling grade C pasteurized milk in Roanoke Rap ids and Weldon and A. R. Dixon is selling grade C raw milk in Enfield. This is allowable by the Health Department during times of emergency. l). H, Moody, Food Inspector. L. C. Barrow Heads | Infantile Paralysis Drive In Weldon Graham L.yncn oi noanoke Kap | ids, County Chairman of the ln i fantile Paralysis campaign has ! appointed L. C. Barrow chairman ' of the drive in Weldon. This drive is conducted each [ year during January to raise funds to fight Infantile Paralysis and celebrate the Presidents Bir thday. Crumpled in the undergrowth of Guadalocanal, a badly wounded A merican soldier lay unconscious. The Japs had left him for dead. Throughout that torrid August day, the tide of battle had surged back and forth across a bitterly contested strip of jungle. When Marine Don C. Hornbeck of Pon tiac, Michigan, regained conscious ness, it was night - and he was seven miles inside the enemy lin es. Almost too weak to move. Horn beck realized that he must get back to his own lines before day light. Slowly, painfully, he pulled himself together and started crawling through the rank under growth. He paused now and then to rest, and listened to the myriad sound that filled the thick, tropic night. Against the familiar voice of the jungle, Hornbeck listened for the alian s . . d of Japanese soldiers. Then he resume I bis la bored crawling. Somewhere near the American lines, a busy Jap sniper betrayed his own location. Hornbeck, sorely wounded though he was, wormed his way up to that sniper and killed him. Then he crawled on. Back in the American lines, the story of Don Hornbeck’s seven mile crawl to safety amazed his buddies. But fortitude and courage were not strangers to Don. In 1938 he BLONDIE COME ON," DAGWOOD. GIVE NOW FOR OUR. childrens; FUTURE By Chic Young OF COURSE, ' , BLOND IE, YOU /.TilfcAN HAVE ALL MY SPEEDING MONEY FOR THIS. WEEK (•) o,Se* t)2 r Mine, too K.rv f.M'u.o Ini . ^ "rU n.Jil> rt-oci Weldon Organized For 4th. War Loan Drive C. B. THOMAS NAMED CHAIRMAN; PLANS THOROUGH CANVASS Farmers Of County Given Quota Of $1:00,000,000 In Fourth Bond Drive The farmers of Halifax County i are being asked to buy $2000,000.-1 00 in war bonds in the fourth war bond drive. This is approximately ^ a $100.00 war bond for each fam-, ily in the county. A $100.00 series E bond will cost a farm family I $75.0. In 10 years this bond will lie worth $100.00 Farmer commit-1 tees are being set up now to visit; every farm family in the county, J offering them an opportunity to buy war bonds. In purchasing war bonds farm ers are helping the government in the war effort and at the same time helping themselves to save money for farm improvement and farm machinery after the war. Farmers are being asked to buy only absolute necessities at the present time. Luxuries such as home conveniences, clothes, furni ture and like articles are now costing two to three times their cost before the war, while the quality of these articles bought now is very inferior. Money in vested in war bonds now can be used after the war for such things as a new truck, automobile, farm machinery, radios, electric refri gerators, etc., that can not be bought now. This is one of the best ways to lay aside money for farm improvement after the war. Every farmer purchasing bonds in the fourth war bond sale is re quested to have the bank or the Post Office selling him his bond to give the farm quoto credit for his purchase. ! Series E war bonds have the following price and maturity val j ue. Issue price, $18.75 will increase in 10 years to $25.00, maturity value. Issue price, $37.50 will increase in 10 years to $50.00, maturity value. Issue price, $75.00 will increase in 10 years to $100.00, maturity value. Issue price, $375.00 will increase in 10 years to $500.00, maturity value. Issue price, $750.00 will increase in 10 years to $1,000.00, maturity value. Mrs. Warren Hamilton ill's. Warren Hamilton, 85, mo ther of P. G. Hamilton, died Wed nesday morning at 5:30 oclock in Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Hamilton was a native of Iowa but had spent fifteen years in Weldon and her many friends here will regret to learn of her passing. To many of her friends she was affectionately known as “Grandma Hamilton.” She led a useful and very active life until Tuesday when she suffered a heart ^ttack. She is survived by three sons, Abie Hamilton of Colquitt, Ga.; Smith Hamilton of Me.,.phi , Tenn; Park G. Hamilton of Wel don, one daughter Mrs. H. H. Ellington of Memphis, Tenn. and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Memphis. was stricken with infantile paraly sis and the doctors gave him lit i tie chance to live. Hornbeck fought it out with the Crippler, and in that grim struggle gained I the physical and mental courage I that were later to spell the dif ference between life and death on I Guadalcanal. | Here on the homefronl, the j fight against infantile paralysis continues. We are all in this fight together. The health of the nation is the responsibility of all of us; and it is the task of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis to assist the public in meeting that responsibility. It is only thru the dimes and dollars contributed each year by the American public to the fund appeal and “March oi Din es” that the National Founda tion s able to pledge — and to car ry out that pledge — that no in fantile paralysis patient shall gc without hospital and medical can be ause of lack of money. A complete organization has been set up to sell Bonds during the Fourth YVar Loan Drive here. C. B. Thomas has been named Weldon Chairman and plans have been completed for a thorough canvass. The schools, Civic and Women’s Clubs are co-operating in the drive. A meeting was held at the school Tuesday afternoon and the following women agreed ro take an assigned portion of the resi dential area and make a house to house canvass. Thursday after noon: Mrs. M. H. Mitchell and Mrs. Howard Bounds; Parent Teacher Association: Mrs. T. A. Buck and Mrs. Overton Suiter; Jr. Woman’s Club: Mrs. W. W. Finlator and Mrs. L. C. Myrick; Legion Auxiliary: Mrs. Mason Mohorn and Mrs. F. H. Bounds; Book Club: Mrs. W. S. O’B Robinson and Mrs. Edgar Bounds; Garden Club: Mrs. W. D. Norm an; Music Club: Mrs. Vera Dan iel and Mrs. W. A. Pierce, Jr. The three civic clubs: Commu nity, Rotary and Lions will have committees making a canvass of the business and professional men and the business district. A drive is being conducted thru the schools, both white and color ed, with cash prizes donated by the merchants to be awarded the rooms selling the most bonds. P. T. A. MEETS The P. T. A. held its regular monthly meeting Monday after noon in the High School library at 3:30 o’cloc1. During the uusiness session it was decided the P. T. A. will serve the Junior-Senior banquet in the Spring. Mr. C. B. Thomas appealed to members of the I*. 1'. 1 A. and every citizen of Weldon, to sacrifice and buy one or more bonds during the new drive which opened January 17th. He stressed the importance of backing the attack by lending our financial aid with the hope that it will end the last phase of the war which we are now entering. The president announced that i' February we would celebrate the founding of the P. T. A. In fol lowing the custom of past years a special program will be prepar ed and a free-will offering tak en. At the conclusion of the busi ness meeting Mrs. W. B. Joyner introduced the Rev. W. W. Finla tor, the speaker of the afternoon. His subject was “Cooperation of the School and Church.” In a most eonvencing and interesting man ner Mr. Finlator stressed five points in which the school and the church could work together to build up a more wholesome relig ious and recreational environment for the boys and girls of Weldon. He brought out the fact that the church and school must work to gather to give youth vital, stim ulating and wholesome recreation and to create reverence and hon esty and to try to eliminate cheat ,hg among the children of our community This whole problem is one in which the homes, the P. T. A. and the church can join hands and work together for the good of all. The flag awards for attendance went to Miss Wyche’s room for grammar grades and to Miss Peel's for high school. EVERY STORY SHOULD HAVE A HAPPY ENDING! Fight Infantile Paraly sis! Send your dollars and dimes to the Pres ident at Washington,
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