t
he Home Sphere
Edited by
MISS FLORENCE COX
Home Demonstration Agent
Mi,s Estelle M. Edwards
distant Home Dem. Agent
Those Cabbage:
( ,'nbage are now a victory food.
, ;irc abundant and nutiitions.
in slaw and salads
it the raw
,, ked but do not over cook.
)kinfr too long destroys much
the "food value and lowers di-j
nihility How about home made
C V.age should be kraut
durjng the abundant season and
caiii,cd before the hot days of
nmer. Or kra-t may be mad ' in
, .v.. ii the .1.4
mplete the jar may bej
. ! |n this section uncanned
ut not satisfactorily car
t, ,I our long hot summers.
ck cm Your Calcium —
Pith „-:tr restrictions, especial
|nn!k and cheese, all families
,j0 not have a milk cow need
[watch the intake of food cal
ht.' The daily use of sufficient
' and cheese for drinking and
Iking will take care of calcium
Bones and teeth must have
mj oral and the blood and
tvw need small quantities,
ti Bureau of Human Nutrition
that if the family use of
is limited you need to do
things: 1st—use liberal a
hnts of fresh vegetables, such
[green. These greens may be
leaded lettuce and cabbage,
turnips, brocali, collards
kale, dnd—Other foods con
king calcium are dried beans,
bean.-, eggs and molasses, not
1.—Eat liberally of cal
rich foods when they are
liable and your body will store
. aleium for future use.
You Encourage Others —
lieople have faint hearts
it comes to starting Victory
3ns this year because they had
1 luck last year with the
Ight, It is up to those of us
know tsat it is more neces
ttan ever to produce oulf-own
to encourage those srouni
garden again this year. A
friendly, neighborly encour
■mt will ofteln do more than
my outsider is able to»4Wcom
i. Seeing tnat all youj^
• have good gardens is one way
yuit can show your patrio
l'erhaps they are not as good
enei s as you are and do not
all the secrets. Y'our garden
a living example and mod
io.v much influence do you
iThe Hugs —
| clean garden spot now will
fewer bugs, insects and di
next summer. All old vege
stalks, grass and weeds
|d be cleaned up and burned.
means all around the edges
(fences also. However, if you
| off all this vegetable mat
du must add something to the
take its place. A good gar
boil contains a large amount
el! rotted vegetable matter.
I may be obtained from com
(piles and well rotted stable
(re. Vegetable matter in the
jeeps it soft and pliable and
moisture both of which are
;ant in a garden. Going back
insects, each one killed now |
many less to contend with
(summer when the days are
land hot.
|J Club --
Tillery Home Demonstra
'lub has turned in 13 pairs
|spital bed rent oshoes foi
l'd Cross Hospitals, at the
lary Club Meeting. The ma
[ as well as the work on
I shoes was donated by club
l. The bedroom mules are
1, other members are knitt
r the Red Cross. Mrs. H. B. j
i is president of this Clubj
Irs. K s. Fulghum is secre-'
Mr Anna Draper turned:
te Red Cross work than any)
j one member. The work on _
tnall group should be an in-j
on to others.
fs. Pearl Richards
Bass
Rearl Richards Bass, 5U,
M her home in Halifax on
pay night after a lingering
Funeral services were con
front St. Marks Episcopal
in Halifax Monday after
pt 3 o’clock by the Rev, D.
|°re of Dinwiddie, Va., and
ev. R. E. Cox and burial
M in the Episcopal ceme
Rass was the daughter of
fce Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rich
ff Halifax. She is survived
husband Walter (1. Bass,
pns Jack Bass, all of Hali
|d Walter G. Bass of Rich-1
|Va., also one brother G. W.
of Petersburg, VjB.,_ and,
grandchildren.
KEEP ON
THE ROANOKE NEWS
WITH
ESTABLISHED IN 186S — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH AMPTON COUNTIES
WAR BONOS
Seventy-Sixth Year
Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina
THURSDAY, FEB. 24th., 194 4
3
Health Department To
Start Pre-School Clinics
By DR. W. K. McDOWELL,
Health Officer
When a child enters school for
the first time lie is facing the
first major emotional and envir
onmental change of his life. A
■rent change in the daily routine
is necessary and for the first time
he must assume responsibility
and begin to "stand on his own
feet’” anil make decisions. .In ad
dition he will come in contact, in
both work and play, with large
groups of children. In view of all
these changes it is important that
he be in good physical condition.
One of the earliest activities of
public health work was the pre
school clinic, with its examination
and immunization of those to en
ter school for the first time. This
remains one of our important
problems, one to which much time
is given. The preschool clinic not
'only enables the child tn have
a physical examination and to be
immunized against diphtheria and
smallpox, but also gives Him the
first contact with the school and
teachers.
In recent months the examina
tions of young men inducted into
the army and navy have revealed
a pappalling number to be phy
sically unfit. The foundations for
health are laid early in life, and
important habits are formed. If
any physical defects are found it
is important to have them cor
rected at once, for the years of
the early school age child are
marked by rapid growth, both
mental and physical.
It is hoped that parents of all
children who will begin school next
fall arrange to begin their child
to the clinic. The following is a
complete schedule.
Monday, March 6, 10:00 A. M.,
Enfield.
Tuesday, March 7, 9:30 A. M.,
-Hobgood.
Friday, March 10, 9:30 A. M.,
Hardrawee.
Friday, March 10, 11 A. M.,
Ringwood. I
Friday', March 10, 12:30 P. M..1
Darlington.
Tuesday, March 14, 9
Halifax.
Monday, March 20,
Scotland Neck.
Tuesday, March 21, 10 A. M.,
: 30 A. M.,
10 A. M.,
Weldon.
Tuesday, April 11, 10 A.
Aurelian Springs.
Tuesday, April 18, 10 A. M.,
William it. Davie.
Friday, April 21, 10 A. M„ Roa
noke Rapids.
Monday, April 24, 9:30 A. M.,
Roanoke Rapids.
Tuesday, April 25, 10:30 A. Al.,
Hollister.
Friday, Apri
noke Rapids.
1 28, 10 A. M., ltoa
Colie Clark
Mr Colie Clark, son of the late
Mr. Edwin Clark and Mrs. Eunice
Thomas Jordan Clark, died sud
denly at his residence Saturday
morning. His age was 62 years.
He was born August 2b,
He was educated in private schools
attending kindergarten at the age
of 3 years. He graduated from
Bingham School, Mebane, N. C.
and attended Virginia Military
School. His businesses were mer
cantile and book-keeping. He was
a member of the Methodist Epis
copal church, of the Masonic or
der and the Knights of Pythias.
He was married to Miss tai
rie Crush of Fincastle, Va. He is
survived by his mother, a daught
er Mrs. Bain M. Hickman, two
sons Colie Robert Clark and Ed
win Green Clark, a grandson, Ed
win Green Clark, junior all ol ■
Weldon, also four sisters Misses
Eunice Jordon Clark and Eliza
beth Jane Clark of Weldon, Mm.
Grady Edwards of Seaboard, Mi
Frank Saunders of Lumber ton,
four brothers, Edwin Clark, junior
and Harry Samuel Clark ot M el
don, Elliott Bynum Clark of Noi
folk, Va., Dtr. Robert Claik ot
Chapel Hill. .
The funeral services were con
ducted from the Weldon Metho
dist Church Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock Burial with Masonic hon
ors followed in his section in Ce
darwood cemetery._
rormer Weldon
)octor Commissioned
n The U. S. Army
Dr. H. T. Ivey has been com
ssioned a Major in the Army
ISS1UIICU a |
edical Corps and assigned to,
ity at Legion, Texas,
MACK HARRIS
IN HOLLYWOOD
Having served for 14 months
on overseas duty as an aerial
photographer of the United Stat
es Army Air Corps, Cpl. Mack
Harris, Jr., is now stationed with
tlie' First Motion Picture Unit us
an assistant motion picture cam
eraman.
The unit to which he is now
attached specializes in producing
technicolor films to be used in
training programs of the Army
Air Corps and also releases num
erous propaganda films. To date
only one short feature has been
given a civilian screening, as all
pictures made are exclusively for
use of the Air Corps.
According to Cpl. Harris, the
Unit is located in quarters form
erly occupied by the Hal Roach
Studious. All equipment used by
this former concern is at the dis
posal of the Air Corps Unit. Sta
tioned at the studious are many
service men, who have ha<] much
experience in different phases of
the Motion Picture field,
Cpl. Harris, who recently vis
ited his parents Mr, and Mrs, M.
,J. Harris here, has served in the
Asiatic and American theatres of
war, the latter including Panama
and territory in South America.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A Proclamation
WHEREAS the war has enter
ed a decisive stage requiring the
fullest measure of individual sac
rifice;
WHEREAS the American Nat
ional Red Cross is an auxiliary
to the United States armed forces
and, as such, is providing indis
pensable service to our troops
throughout the world as well as to
their families at home;
WHEREAS these wartime act
ivities, including the collection of
lifesaving blood for the wounded,
recreation work in military hospit
als, provision of aid to families of
servicemen, shipment of food par
cels to prisoners of war, produc
tion of surgical dressings, opera
tion of overseas clubs and recrea
tion centers and recruitment of
Army and Navy nurses, all com
bine to save countless lives, re
store hope and provide comfort
for our fighting men;
WHEREAS, through its vast
network of local chapters, this a
geney of our people simultaneous
ly conducts an extensive program
of training and community ser
vice, while continuing with tradi
tional efficiency to lessen the dis
tress of those overwhelmed by
disaster; and
WHEREAS this agency is whol
ly dependent upon individual sup
port and personal participation
and is issuing its 1944 appeal to
the entire citizenship for a min
imum War Fund of $200,000,
nnn.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANK
LIN D. ROOSEVELT, President
of the United States of America
and President of the American
National Red Cross, do hereby des
egnate the month beginning March
1, 1944, as “Red Cross Month”
and earnestly beseech my fellow
Americans to observe it by open
ing their hearts to this humanitar-^
ian appeal in order that we may!
keep the Red Cross at the side of
our fighting men and their de
pendents in their hour of great
est need.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United
States of America to be affixed. |
DONE at the city of Washing-j
ton this 19th day of February, in
the year of our 'Lord nineteen
hundred and forty four, and of
the Independence of the United
States Of America the one hun
dred and sixty-eighth.
By the President:
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Cordell Hull
Secretary of State._
UTAMIN A
The War Food Administration is
ssigning about 40 percent of the
vailable vitamin A to enrichment
f poultry feeds. This vitamin
upply will come back in the 45
illion eggs allowed civilians in
944.
10TT0N
Every soldier requires 250
ounds' of cotton, or about 10
imes what the average civilian
,-ears. “King cotton has gone to
1944 WAR FUND
‘V. .. ' Q~
THU year, with service flags in windows of pearly every |iorae, Red
Cross will mean so much more fo Americans, V. depicted in this repro
duction of a 1944 Red Cross War Fund poster, many windows also will
display the symbol of participation in the cause of Mercy and Humanity
—the Red Cross,
Red Cross Asks $200,000,000
To Cover Wartime Needs
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Confront
ed with responsibilities of unpre
cedented proportions, as the war
enters Its most crucial stage, and
with a staggering task ahead in
the post-wai period, the American
Red Cross opens its 194-1 War Fund
appeal March 1, confident that the
American people will respond tc
the limit of their ability.
President Roosevelt, president ol
the American Red Cross, Normal
H. Davis, chairman and active head
of the vast organization, and Leor
Fraser, national War Fund chair
man, join in urging the people ol
this country to help Red Cross
reach Its national objective ol
$200,000,000 because of the vita
part it must play within the nexl
twelve months.
Chairman Davis, In opening the
campaign, will stress the fact that
with the decisive stage of the wat
at hand, the Red Cross must as
sums a greater burden than ever
before, and at the same time must
provide aid to servicemen being
returned in ever-increasing num
bers.
Red Cross operations over the
entire world during 1943 have
dwarfed its activities during the
first two years of war.
An even greater burden will be
placed on Red Cross services ir
1944.
Thousands of American men and
women are now in Red Cross serv
Ice with U. S. troops at home bases
and overseas. Field directors
hospital, club and recreation work
ers are with American armed
forces in virtually every command
Mr. Davis asserted.
Both in Europe and In the Fat
East, Red Cross workers have
either gone with Invasion forces
Into new combat areas, or have
followed within a very limited
time.
On the home front, the Red
Cross has broadened its service
B. F. Brown
B. F. Brown, 70, died in Roa
noke Rapids Hospital todaj after
an illness of two weeks. Ho had
been a resident of Halifax Coun
ty for twenty five years but was
a native of Seaboard.
Funeral services will be con
i ducted from Pleasant Grove
' Church in North*m,pton County
Friday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock
by the Rev. L. A. Tilley.
Survivors include one son, Johr
Brown, who is with the armed
forces, three daughters, Mrs. Kate
Midgette, Mrs. Rufus Starke anc
Mrs. J. L. Ranson all of Roanoke
Rapids, four grandchildren, one
great grand-child and also one
brother, Noah Brown of Suffolk
Va.__
MOTION PICTURES
Richard J. Reynolds of Winstor
Salem has presented 3 motion pic
tures on canning, swine produc
tion and farm machinery to the
State College Extension Service
to help in the war effort. Othei
pictures are planned.
tremendously. Field directors are
serving in every sizable military
establishment and camp through
out the country, and recreation and
! social service workers are located
;n Army and Naval hospitals.
One ot the most important and
necessary war-time Red Cross func
tions has been the collection of |
human blood for plasma. Thirty
five blood donor stations are now
operating.
The dramatic story of the Red
Cross Blood Donor Service, through
which thousands of soldiers and
sailors have been saved from death,
began in February, 1941, when the
Surgeons General of the Army and
Navy asked the Red Cross to pro
cure 15,000 pints of blood. Last ycut
more than 3,700,000 pints of blood
were collected for the Army and
Navy Tills year the goal is more
than 5.000,000 pints.
With major battles of the wa:
yet to come, the Army has asked
the Red Cross to supply many mil
lions of surgical dressings. American
men wounded In battle will depend
acutely on the vast Red Cross
surgical dressing production pro
gram.
Numerous other Red Cross home
operations, such as Prisoner of
War packaging centers, where more
than a million parcels for war
prisoners are prepared each month
for shipment overseas, are sup
ported by citizen-participation in
the Red Cross War Fund.
So extensive is Red Cross service
during this war that every Amer
ican civilian can contribute some
thing to at least one of its func
tions. To continue this gigantic
work, all Americans must assume
their share of the responsibility of
carrying on this far-reaching service.
The $200,00d.nn0 quota will en
able Red Cros- to alleviate suffer
ing and pain at b. e : I abroad,
and to carry on its v..si military
welfare service.
Local Marine Returns
From War Zone
Camp Elliott, San Diego, Cali
fornia—Recently returned from
two months duty at Bougainville
where he participated in the in
itial landing, Marine First Ser
geant James L. Barnes, son of
Mrs. F. B. Clary, Weldon, N. C.,
is now on duty here.
Before serving in the Pacific
area he spent a year in Iceland.
His wife, is the former Dorothy
Griswold of Chicago.
BOY SCOUTS
The Boy iSk:outs of Troop I held
their regular meeting on Feb
i ruary 18. Mr. Richardson read a
list of the names of those who
are in each patrol. There were
nineteen scouts present at *he last
meeting, but we hope there will
be one hundred per cent at the
next meeting. We want all the
boys who are twelve (12) years
1 of age that want to become Boy
1 Scouts to please come to the next
meeting which \#ill be held on
Friday night at 7:15 at the Boy
Scout Hut.
I BILL KITTNER.
THIS COUNTY AMONG LEADERS IN
INFANTILE PARALYSIS DRIVE
Mrs. W. A. Myrick
Mrs. VV. A. Myrick, 72, died at
her home here Sunday, Februar;.
loth following a heart attack. The
body was taken to her formal
home near Warrenton where fu- I
neral services wore conducted
from the Warren Plains Metho
dist Church Tuesday afternoon s
the Rev. K. K. Brickhmise. Burial
was in the church cemetoiy.
Surviving are her husband, W.
A. Myrick, a daughter Mrs. Eliz
abeth Joyner and four grandehil
dum, all of Weldon; three step
children, Mrs. W. L. Foltz and
Mattson Myrick of Wise amt Jam
es T. Myrick of Portsmouth, Ya.
Halifax County Boy
! Is Commissioned
Charles House Taylor, of Thel
ma North Carolina, son of Dr.
and Mrs. II. T. Ivey of Legion
Texas, has been commissioned a
second Lieutenant in the Army
Air Forces following graduation
l'rom tjie Officer Candidate School
at Miami Beach. Fla. lie is non
stationed at Spence Field, Geor
gia as classification and .'.-sign
merit officer. Prior to entering
OCS, Lt. Taylor was an Instructor
at the Air Corps Technical School,
Denver, Colorado, he is a grad
uate of Duke University,
Cucumber Growing
Essential Activity
The picking industry is regard
ed as an essential activity and
cucumbers raised for picking and
food processing may be counted
toward agricultural deferment,
the Halifax County War Board
was notified this week by the U
nited States Depai ment of Agri
culture War Board.
This activity is restricted for
deferment purposes to the Coast
al Plain area, but Halifax County
is classified m this giro up for
Agricultural Deferment pusposes,
it was stated at the County A
gent’s Office. The ruling on the
cucumber growing matter is as
follows:
“National Headquarters lias
advised that cucumbers raised
for pickling and food processing
may be counted towards an agri
cultural deferment. The Farm
Extension Service and the USDA
War Board advise that this acti
vity is restricted to the Coastal
Plain area. Any county within
this area, as outlined for 12 to
14 units in the map attached to
our Circular Letter No. 36J, may
count cucumbers raised for sale
to the picking industry at the
rate of one unit per acre of cu
cumbers raised specifically for
that purpose.’’
RECORDERS
COURTNEWS
David Wienstock, white of
Brooklyn, N. Y., charged with ill
egal possession of liquor was
found not ghilty.
Rufus Locko, colored of Oak
City plead guilty of driving while
drunk and was fined $50 and costs.
License revoked for 12 months.
Gaston Rogers, white entered a
plea of guilty to r.c. o dr.viag
which was accepted and prayer for
judgment continued on payment
of the costs and good behavior
for two years.
Mannie L. Lawrence, colored of I
Newport News was found guilty of
non-support and was given 8 mon
ths on the roads, suspended upon
payment of the costs and on con
dition he pay on or before Monday
of each week the sum of $12 for
suport of his minor children.
Sam Jones, colored of Scotland
Neck plead guilty of indecent ex
posure and was given 4 months
on the roads.
Floyd Jones, white of Roanoke
Rapids plead guilty of speeding
and prayer for judgment contin
ued on payment of a fine of $35.
and the costs and on further con
dition he voluntarily surrender
his operators license for lour
; months and during period he is to
1 refrain from the operation of any
motor vehicle.
j Worth David IShuskey and An
nie Cooper vfliite, charged with
fornication, the prayer for judg
ment continued as to Annie Coop
er and Shuskey was given six
months on the roads.
Alex Evans, colored, charged
with speeding, prayer for judg
j ment continued on payment of the
1 costs.
This county is among 91 in the
State tout have or exceeded their
quotas in the Infantile Paralysis
drive which ciostfl Ucc'ently,. iti
v.1 s announced this week by Rob
ot’ W. Aladry of Chapel Hill, Sta
te Publicity Chairman.
The latest total amount report
ed for the State this year is
$1 58,942 again t a state quota of
$88,448.
Guilford ami Durham Counties
are in a nock and neck race for
Sta/tb leadership, each reporting
more than $10,000 raised to date.
Final figures will not be known
for several days yet, Mi. Aladry
said.
On a basis of population, chief
honors go to Graham County
which has reported 02,840. Gra
ham's quota was $581. Dr. Nettie
C. Parrette was chairman.
Carteret County went over the
top more than four times by rais
ing $2,159.82, its quota being
$51ii. Mayor G. AI. Paul, Beaufort,
was chairman.
Hemlereon County more than
quadrupled its quota of $485, rais
ing a total of $1,978.45. Everett
Huggins was chairman.
hive counties more than tripled
their quotas: Currituck, Mrs. C.
H. Forbes, chairman; Gaston, H.
Ilex Edison, chairman; Hertford,
Eddie Cason, chairman; Onslow,
Rev. Leon Gray, chairman; Scot
land, E. AI. Matthews and M. M.
Fairley, co-chairman.
“Althougn all reports are not
final", said Publicity Chairman
Madiy, "North Carolina has al
ready contributed in the last two
years to the fight against Infan
tile Paralysis, under the chair
manship ol' Dr. Ralph McDonald,
$247,440.09. This is $145,101 more
than the State had given to this
cause during the first eight years
of the campaigns.”
“The people of North Carolina,
under the magnificient leadership
of these chairmen and their com
mittees have established a record
which will undoubtedly place this
State among the foremost in the
nation for the second successive
year,” lie said.
Twenty two counties doubled
their quotas by a generous mar
gin. -cverul came close to raising
three times their quotas. The
counties and their chairmen are:
Alamance, Clyde A. King, Blad
en, J. W. Cross; Catawba, Judge
John VV. Aiken; Chowan, -J. Ed
win Bufflap; Dare, Martin Kel
logg, Jr.; Duplin, Paul F. Edmond;
Durham, Claude Hull; Guilford,
Paul W. Schenck, Jr,; Halifax, W.
Graham Lynch; Haywood, Jonath
an 11. Woody; Johnston, J. Elton
Mitchiner; Lee. Airs. Glenn Buch
anan; Lincoln, I)r. L. A. Crowell,
Jr.; Macon, Benny McGlamery;
Martin, L. B. Wynne!; Northamp
ton, Mrs. E. L. Norton.
UNION SERVICE
SUNDAY NI6HT
The local churches "ill u
nite in a service to be held
Sunday evening, February 27
at 7:30 in Grace Episcopal
Church. This will be a fellow
ship service among the chur
ches to welcome to our midst
the Rev. 1). L. Fouts, the new
pastor of the Weldon Metho
dist Church.
Everybody is cordiallv in
vited to attend this service.
J. D. Walker
I jit tie toil—Funeral services for
J. 1>. Walker, 75, who died at his
home in 'the Interprise Church
community near here Tuesday
morning were conducted from In
tel prise Baptist Church Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with in
terment in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mattie Walker, five daughters,
Mrs. Davie L. Newsome of Little
ton, Mrs. Johnnie Newsom of
Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. Nellie
Wheeler of Conway. Mrs. Lucy
Allen of Danville, Ya., and Mrs.
Fowler of Durham and three sons,
Howard and Ernest Walker of
Littleton and Johnnie Walker of
Roanoke Rapids.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Christ
anson of Philadelphia were guests
of Mrs. Christenson’s mother,
Mrs. H. V. Pope last week.
CALCIUM
Keep an eye on calcium, is the
advise of food nutritionists to
19-14 gardeners and family meal
planners. Calcium is likely to be
short when a family’s meals are
otherwise up to good nutrition
standards.