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THE ROANOKE NEWS
_ ESTABLISHED IN 18fi« — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH AMPTON COUNTIES
KEEP ON
with WAR BONOS
Seventy-Sixth Year
Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina
THURSDAY, MARCH 23rd„ 1944
le Home Sphere
Edited by
MISS FLORENCE COX
lime Demonstration Agent
Miss Estelle M. Edwards
distant Home Dem. Agent
ie Women Meet
t the home of Mr. and Mrs.
r Williams in Airlie the first
ting «as held in view of orga
ns ■! Home Demonstration
a Eleven women were pres
Tliey discussed possible
Ung dates and decided to
e together again on April 2U
j p M. in the home of Mrs.
5 Harris. At that time the or
jzation will be completed. Af
a demonstration on --Dishe«
ng Little or No Meat" given
Miss Florence * ox. II on ■
( ..L * * - • -KtS
red an attractive chicken su
plate. Those present were;
i T 1- Williams, Mrs. K. iS.
■ii- Mi . .1. A. Rest, Mrs. bin
Neville, Mrs. W. H. Ihorne,
I. R. S. Clark, Miss Clark. Mis
ti Pitts. Sr., Miss Josephine
nsbury. Miss Ruth Barnes and
I. Banks Morris.
en»e Work --
ome Demonstration Club mem
i reported for February hav
purchased $0105.00 worth ol
r Bonds and Stamps, collected
turned in Id pounds of waste
and made the following Red
6* garments and articles. The
trial was donated for It
■s of hospital bedroom mules
le ami 0 lap robes finished, I
a tors were k/nitlbed, [So kit
s, 24 housewife folders, and 1
ment made. In addition, worn
[vent tu Ked Cross centers anc
ed 550 surgical dressings. The
k was done by women in the
>wing communities: Brinkley
(, Calvary, Corinth, Darling
Dawson, Halifax, Hardrawee
rkn... Chapel, Heathsville, Hoi
ir, Hobguod, Oak Ridge, Rose
;h, Rmgwood, South Rosemary
ing Hill and Tillery.
rch Beautification
embers of the Heaths villi
ie Demonstration Club whi
members of Antioch Baptis
rch are helping with the ini
ement of the appearance o
church bv adding more shrub'
to the foundation plantings
congregation is also planninj
ultivate, prune and enrich th<
hs already there. This is
ttliA'g that oth^r church
ips should go and do likewise
good Work Goes On —
ubs meeting last week re
ed for Red Cross work an
following: Heathsville donut
id.(JO to the Red Cross Fund
e t( pairs of !>ed room mule;
one sweater, Darlington
e 2 pairs of bed room mules
id pan covers, and two mem
are working on the member
drive, Ring-wood gave $2.t>’
le Red Cross and made da ki1
hen Helps —
hen berry season comes di
let your pies lose the juict
ie oven. To prevent juice fron
ping try thickening the juici
t the pie is made, leave large
s in the tup crust or no tof
t, see that the edges are wel
e and reinforced,
iep any war time cheese ir
refrigerator. It will keep bet
if wrapped closely in waxet
r.
esh garden greens for flu
! are better when cooked onlj
ort time. Cook only a shorl
. Cook only long enough U
errae but still bright in colot
fresh in llavor. Greens cooked
a short time also retail
i more of the food value,
is is egg season. The Bureau
tumtin Nutrition suggests us
a plenty of them and give?
recipe. "Egg Vegetable Cub
i use :i or 4 eggs beater;, 2
of mixed cooked vegetables
ped, d-;i cup uncooked oat
> 1 tablespoon chopped onion
Rspoon salt, pepper, 2 table
ns fat. Mix al| ingredients
Pt fat. Melt fat in frying
and drop in vegetable mix
by spoonfuls. Brown on both
James C. Adams
tnes C. Adams, 72, died at
wine near Littleton Wednes
ntorning after an illness oi
time. Funeral services will
(inducted from Holly Springs
wt ( hurch, Friday atternoor
o’clock.
tvivors include his wife, Mrs
T Gibson Adams, one dau
Miss Mary Elizabeth Adams
aughan, one daughter and
son by a former marriage
, ■ H. Williams of Colum
t • and Leary W. Adams ol
otte, three sisters, Mrs. J
iassey of Apex, Mrs. Joseph
lma" t of Raleigh and Mrs.
He Olkham of Holly Springe
s' ®ane M. Hickman left to
spend sometime in Hud
N. C.
3 Young Men From This i
Section Now Fighter Hiots
Headquarters Army Air Forces
Central Flying Training Co»nr
ntand, Randolph Field, Tex.. Mar
ch 13—Into the ranks of the Army
Air Forces today the central unit
of the AAF Training Command
u ated enough bombers and
lighter pilots to replace or re
double the entire American aii
arm over Europe
Today’s graduation ceremonies,
wherein wings were awarded com
bat pilots in eleven Southwestern
, advanced flying schools of the
I AAF Training Command, were
the hugest ever held by the CF
TV. Among the new pilots were
scores of officers from other
branches of the service who had
been accepted for pilot training
. and many former enlisted men nl
I ready decorated for air crew op
erations over enemy territory.
The record graduation eeremo
' nies were held for fighter pilots
I at Eagle Pass, at Aloe and Fost
er Fields in Victoria, and at
! Moore Field at Mission, all in
Texas. Bomber pilots were grad
uated at Frederick and Altus in
Oklahoma and at Blackland Field,
I Waco; Ellington Field, Houston;
Brooks Field, San Antonia and at
Lubbock and Panipa, all in Tex
as.
Among the new pilots are three
men from this section: They in
clude: Hatcher L. Canipe of Wel
don; Wiley .1. Lung, Jr., of Garys-,
burg; Marion K. Taylor of Sen-j
board, RFI) 1.
Halifax Boy Is
> Missing In Action
- Mrs. G. B. Read of Halifax has
been notified that her son Ser
geant John Grogan is missing.
1 The report state,i that Sgt. Gro
, gan has been missing since Feb
■•uery 23rd !u a battle over Aus
Cotton Ginning
Report
Census report shows that 25,
402 bales ot' eotton were ginned
in Halifax County from the crop
of 1942 prior to March 1st as com
pared with 30,293 bales fur the
iTup of liM2.
Local Boy On
Ball Team
In Puerto Rica
The following was clippe 1 fr un
a newspaper in Puerto Rica. Bose
man is the only son of Mr. and
Mrs. \V. J. Boseniun of Weldon.
MEN IN SPORTS
Bill Boseman, AMM2fc,» comes
from the good old Tar Heel State
where he pitched baseball for the
North Carolina University fresh
man team. Came the war, and Bill
transferred his affiliations to the
Navy. Now Bill finds himself
with Hedron and Hedron finds it
self lucky to have Bill as he seems
to have the stuff to bolster a
numerically weak hurling staff for
the “Grease Monkeys.”
Six feet one inch and weighing
one hundred and sixty pounds.
Bill is possessed of the natural
qualifications for a pitcher. 11*
easy disposition and good control
will stand him in good stead dur-'
ing the coming season.
Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ilartsoe
were hosts at a family reunion at
their home here Sunday and also
celebrated Mr. Hartsoe’s birthday.
Among those present from out
of town were Mrs. Bert Wynnher
ry and children of Norfolk, Va..
Mrs. E. C. Langford of South Ca
rolina, Lt. J. D. Hartsoe of Tex-1
as and Pvt. Robert Hartsoe of,
Camp Stewart, Ga. |
Ready To Tackle Campaign
&'
MR. AND MRS. CAMERON WEEKS
1 Tarboro, March 14—Camaron fi.
Weeks, candidate for the United
• States House of Representatives,
1 Will manage his own campaign
with the aid of his wife, Glennes
1 Dodge Weeks and that means the
1 job will be well done.
Mrs. Weeks achieved wide
1 spread recognition for the part
' she played in 1940-1941, both in
1 assisting her husband, who is
■ blind, in his suceesful campaign
; for the 1941 State Legislature,
1 and in his work in the Legisla
ture. She was his committee
■ clerk and attended all committee
' meetings with him, including all
executive sessions of the commit
tee. Her duties in assisting her
husband carried her to all meet
ings of the committees on; agri
culture, appropriations, public
welfare, institution for the blind,
and judiciary. She is an active
member of the Sir Walter Cabi
net and she was elected an hon
orary member of the N. C. House
of Representatives, the only ease
of it's kind in the history of the
state. For her service to her hus
1 band and state, she was recog
nized by Kate Smith, radio star,
• who devoted her entire 15 min
ute broadcast over CBS in 1941
: to a tribute to the couple, point
ing out Mrs. Weeks as one of
i the outstanding young women of
■ the south.
ISlince the 1941 Legislature
Mrs. Weeks was again at her
husbands side, aiding him as
solicitor in 1941 and 1942, in the
practice of law. Although Mrs.
Weeks acts as her husbands
• eyes, she states that the decis
ions rest with him. Her average'
day is crammed with activity, as
she tangles with practice of law,
teaches Sunday School, is secre
tary of the Presbyterian woman’s
auxiliary, drives the car lor her
husband, and keeps house. When
interviewed, she stated that she
expects to devote all possible time
to her husband’s campaign and
she is highly optimistic over his
prospects for nomination, having
already traveled the second Con
gressional district extensively.
The capable Mrs. Weeks at- j
tended Salem Academy, Wingate
Junior college, and is a graduate
of the University of North Caro-|
lina. She is a daughter of Mrs.
George F. Dodge and the late'
Dr. Dodge of Southern Pines. She
has a sister, Dr. Eva F. Dodge j
who served as a medical mission-1
ary in China for several years,
and as special supervisor in
Puerto Rico of pre-natal clinics
for the U. S. government.
Boy Scout News
A regular meeting of the Wel
don Roy I'couts was held Friday |
night at 7:15 on March 17th.
There was a discussion of the
camiporee which will be held at
the Weldon Ball Park on May
5, 6, 7. There will be between 300!
and 400 Scouts and Air Scouts at
the Caniporee.
We are asking the public to
save magazines, paper and card
board boxes. Please notify a Boy,
Scout when you afce ready for,
it to be collected. By doing this
you are helping the government
and helping the Boy Scouts too.
Boy Scout Scribe,
Bill Kittner.
A BETTER WORLD FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
These two handicapped hoys
look forward to a useful ami hap
py career because a part of A- ;
merica’s global strategy is that
of giving everyone a chance to
make the most of his life. The
annual Easter seal sale, which is j
now In piogress, is sponored an
nually by the North Carolina
League for Crippled Children
which htdp.s give such oportuni
tics to crippled children.
We cannot all he heroes, either
of the laboratory or the clinic or,
the battlefield, but most of us can
afford to put Easter seals on our
letters, and in this way make a
very real contribution to the wel
fare of this community and state.
Buy and use Easter Seals-.help
our crippled children.
Local Association Has
A isemarkable Record
Loaned Nearly Tour Million Dollars To
Farmers Of Two Counties.
During the ten years the Wel
don Production '•' red it A •• i ;t' i ■ ■ n .
has been on the job, it has louncu
more than $3,880,000 to fa.rmers
for the production of crops and
livestock, according to \V. E.
Smih of Scotland Neck, Pr* si
dent of the association.
The membership has grown
from 017 in IT; l to 681 in 1911’. j
Net earnings of $46,706 have ac- j
cumulated since ibis PC' .Vs orga-!
nization and is being held in re-j
serve to prelect the investment j
of the members and assure them ]
of a continuing, dependable sour- j
ce of credit to meet their needs. 1
“We have come a long way
from our start on the winter's
day in 1934 when 20 farmers
joined together to organize this:
Association in the hope that it
would provide the answer to '.bed
credit problem Preside::. Smith;
said.
“Now these were not depre- ion
born needs although the deprcs-i
sion had strongly emphasized
their importance,’’ Mr. Smith add
ed. “They were long standing do-1
velopments which showed that
farmers should have the kind of
credit that would make pn.-s;ble
better, nunc pnifitabie farming,
in Production Credit, we farmers
have not only found the an wc to
these need.-; vo have also found
the way to ;ai nu-r-ownei-ship of
a cooperative credit institution it
self. The farm -r-ownership giv
es us a voice in the management
of our coopotu ive which assures
us a management that under
stands the farmers’ and otock
men’s credit problems.”
According to Roland Fields, sec
retary-treasurer of the Weldon
PCA, the 1943 annual report is
j being distributed to members an 1
otilers, showing the financial eon- :
dition of the association. 3 he re
port also includes some data con
cerning the services rendered by
production credit association thru-,
out the nation.
W. J. Long of Garys burg is
vice-president of the local nsso-1
eiation and serves as a member,
of the hoard ot directors with ;
President Smith. H. K Ellis of
1 Garysburg, L. W. Hedgspeth of,
Conway and J. M. Person ol Kn-,
field. !
The Weldon Production Credit.
Association serves Halifax and
Northampton Counties._
Mrs. E. L. Williams lias return
ed from a visit to her daughter in
i Richmond, Va.
Deferments Put
On Strict Basis
'ten Is to 25 Hit by New Ke
strictions; Rationing of
Manpower Looming
Washington, March 14—Selective
'■ I.tvice tonight prohibited occu
pational draft deferments for men
aged 18 to 25, inclusive, except
when approved by State draft
directors or when engaged in an
occupation specifically excepted
from this policy by the Director'
of Selective Service.
This extended to men aged 23
25, inclusive, a policy already in
effect tor those 18 to 22.
The move was announced coin
cident with reports that a new
plan is in the making to “r.uton”
occupational deferments to w)ar
plants in much the same manner
that scarce materials now are
rationed to them--on the basis ol
the greatest need at the moment
in the light of shifting trends in
aims production.
Favored by President.
President R i- -evelt indicated
favor for this it.
Announcing the tighter restric
tions upon oceupatonal determent;,
for men under 2(i, Maj. Gen. Lew
is 11. Hershey, Selective Service
Director, said S'tate directors are
expected to recommend defer
ments in the cases of men "with
out whose services the production
requiremnts of critical industry
cannot be met.”
"The making available for in
duction of registrants under 20
years of age will permit defer
ment of registrants 20 years of
age and over in critical industries
with progressive consideration for
their relative irreplaceability and
increase in age,” Hershey said.
The idea of “rationing” defer
ments developed as a result of
concern by production officials
that many key industries would
be hit hard by recent orders for
a review of all occupational defer
ments.
The proposal has been put for
ward by production and manpower
officials. At his press-radio con
ference. Mr. Roosevelt made no
direct reference to it, but in a dis
cussion of the deferment prob
lem, indicated that he was think
ing along tne same line.
Bobby Musgrove of Chapel Hill
and Miss Frances Musgrove of
Winston-Salem were week end
guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Musgrove.
Harry Freid la Now
Bombardier, Officer
West Texas Bombardier Quad
rangle, March 18--Four new class,
es of America’s “super bornbar
diers’ today completed an intern
sive eighteen weeks of training
as bombardier-navigators ant
were graduated as second lienten
ants and flight officers in the
Army Air Forces.
Among today’s graduates wa
Harry H. Freid. of Weldon, N. C.
bombardier-navigator from Chil
dress Field. He rates as Flight
Officer.
During the eighteen weeks
these young aerial fighting mer
spent at the Army Air Forces
Training Command’s at Midland
Big Spring, Childress and Sar
Angelo, they haVe learned the
science of blasting enemy targets
in its most minute detail, and ir
addition they have been schoolec
in the art of finding their waj
to those targets, and back again
Already skilled as aerial gun
ners, the men who win then
wings as bombardiers in tin
Army Air Forces today are rea
triple-threat members of the
deadly aerial combat teams. Ir
their study and practice of dear
reckoning navigation, they have
learned its application to thi
problem of bombing enemy tar
gets, how it can aid in makinf
ev/asive action more effective
They have become as lamina
with aerial reconnaissance photo
graphs of enemy installations a
with the road map of Texas. ^The;
have learned camouflage and hov
to detect it; they have studied th
weak points of enemy ships; the;
have learned to identify enem;
aircraft.
In theory and practice, thes
young men have become letter
perfect in the science of sendin;
loads of destruction hurtling wit
pin point accuracy to predeterm
ined points on enemy terraii
They have each dropped hundred
of practice bombs. Now they ar
ready for the final phase of thei
combat training in which the
will take their places as key me
in the aerial combat teams of tl
Army Air Forces.
Lieutenant Commander Arthv
House has been visiting relativi
j here. Lt. Com. House who is
the submarine division of the I
nited States Navy is being tran
ferred to California and will 1
accompanied by his wife and chi
dren.
Mrs. J. V. Larkin is spendir
several weeks in Rocky Mount.
Mrs. Frank Robbins has returi
ed from an extended stay in Mi;
mi, Florida.
Local Music Club
Sponsors flrivc
Yes, it’s another drive. But ev
ery day brings another drive or
erseas also. In the drives over
seas the boys are called on not
to give their money, but to char
ge the enemy, and some of them
don t come back. You don't hear
them complaining that war is
just one attack after another.
They are eager to hit the enemy
us often as possible in order to
get the job to be done over as
soon as possible. Let’s back the
attack with music as well as with
war bonds.
Weldon people and clubs are
being asked, by the Weldon Mu
sic (Club, to contribute to this
drive for funds. The local club
has set its goal a $100.00 mu
sical unit for the boys overseas.
Funds secured in this drive will
be used to purchase record al
bums and musical units which are
needed greatly in service camps
overseas.
The National Federation of Mu
sic Clubs adopted this as their
project at the beginning of the
club year and clubs of this dis
trict, which include those in Eliz
abeth City, Manteo, Windsor,
Robersonville and Weldon, have
made worthwhile contributions to
the cause.
The approximate cost of the re
cord libraries is $25 and each such
library contains ten classical re
cords, 40 ballads and selections of
popular music.
The musical units for which
there is a pressing demand, cost
$100 and comprise two banjos, two
fiddles and bows, two mandolins,
two ukueleles, JO harmonicas, two
suitcase type portable phono
graphs, eight albums of records
containing hits, home songs, mar
ches, hymns and classical num
bers. Ten records are included in
each album.
Anyone wishing to make a con
tribution to this fund can contact
Mrs. W. A. Pierce, Jr.
Agencies Aid In
Moving Surpluses
Raleigh, N. C., March 14th —
IS'tate Department of Agriculture
marketing specialists afe coop
erating with the Food Distribution
Administration and the State
Board of Education in the move
ment of a seasonal surplus of
approximately 50,000 dozen eggs
from North Carolina farms to the
600 schools now sponsoring lunch
program, W. Kerr Scott, Com
missioner of Agriculture, has an
nounced.
He said that in addition to the
distribution of eggs, 19 carloads
of Maine potatoes and 22 carloads
of Florida cabbage will be distri
buted.
George Ross, marketing spec
ialist in charge of the Depart
ment’s contribution to the pro
gram, is of the opinion that far
mers of the State can render a
great service to themselves, their
children and to the farmers in
other states by encouraging the
schools in their districts to co
operate in the school lunch pro
, gram.
I "There is no reason now why
1 rural children should not have
warm, well balanced meals”, said
! Ross. He added that “thousands of
■ boys and girU living in the roral
;1 areas of North Carolina must eat
breakfast around seven o’clock
, live days each week in order to
■ catch the school bus. Many of them
i do not have an opportunity to eat
’ a warm meal again until 11 to 12
' hours later.”
‘ C. Hillman Moody, supervisor
’ of the FDA project in North Ca
' rolina was informed the State De
partment of Agriculture that des
? pite the opportunity the schools
have to lend aid to the farmer by
* consuming his surplus and by pro
viding warm lunches for his chil
( dren virtually free of charge, a
' round 3,000 schools have no FDA
e lunch programs.
r “Many schools which sponsored
y lunch program last year have
n made no efforts to set them up
e during this school term,” said
Moody
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Pvt. Robert Hartsoe of ■Camp
Stewart, Ga., Lt. J. D. Hartsoe
of Texas, Mrs. E. C. Lankford of
South Carolina and Mrs. Bert
Wynneberry and children of Nor
folk, Va., were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Hartsoe over the week
end.
Lieutenant Douglas Chappell
of Asbury Park, N. J., and Miss
Estelle Chappell of Washington,
D. C. are guests of their parents
Mr. and Mrs. T. A, Chappell.