The Home Sphere
Edited by
MISS FLORENCE COX
Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Estelle M. Edwards
Assistant Home Dem. Agent
Defense Work:
Home Dmonstration Clubs have
done a good piece of work with
the Red Cross. In nearly all com
munities they have helped to put
the Red Cross War Fund Drive
over the top. Dawson, Ros. « ath,
Hollister and Spring Hill have
done an especially good job of
this.
The Club Members hav al
given much time to sewing, knitt
ing and the making of surgical
dressings. Here are some of the
last reports received: Ti
bedside ha;
bedroom mules, -1 kit bags; Daw
son, 8 pairs bedroom mules. 10
hod-ide bags, 10 needle bags, 150
surgical dressings; Enfield. 6
pairs bedroom mules and 89 sur
gical dressings or 7 hours tune;
Halifax, 38 kit bags and 21 house
wives (Needle Bags); Hf'vkms
Chapel, 1 lap robe; Hollister, 1
shirts; Roseneath, 1 lap robe, -
bedpan covers, 01 pairs ol mules,
Spring Hill, 3 scrafs.
Other defense work done oj
these clubs has been the invest
ment of $1967.75 in war bonds and
the salvaging of 44 pounds ot tat.
- Spray Fruits --
All fruit trees and small trims
such as grapes should be sprayed,
if you expect to have fruit of any
quality. Set a spray calendar at
once that gives details for spray
dig from the County Agent s U
ficc. The first sprays should be
applied at once.
Taking (!rit out of (Ireens
To get grit out of spinach t r
other greens use large amounts
of water in tubs or pails, bub
merge greens well then lift out
the greens into a iresh containei
of water Never drain off water.
The s.iml will settle to the bottom
and may be cleaned out if you cut
greens. For home grown aspara
gus cut off the scales on the
before washing. The grit is usual
ly under those.
New Jar Rings
The Bureau of Human Nutri
tion su^jecsts that since nc j ;
rubbers are made of eithe re
claimed or synthetic rubbt-i that
the following treatment be '-yen
them before use. Scrub wo 1 with
hot soapy water. Boil 10 r 1 "'He
in one quart of water and
blespoon of soila to each 1- Cngs.
Rinse well and put on jar or hd
while still hot and wet. H a: '
to buy the correct size. One -'/.e
is made to go on the shouhh
the jar and the other on - '>1
rim.
Mori* Gardens Needed
Unde Sam says that th year
millions more Victory Gardens
are needed because labor a-id
transportation are likely 1 ,e
even more critical and military
demands tor food heavier. flic
armed forces will need 15 pci cent
more processed loods than
used last year. Ration Point val
ues of canned foods will depend
on home canning'. Do not expect
point value to be low unless ev
eryone conserves all the home
products possible._
Mrs. Betty Warren
Littleton, N. C.—Mrs. Betty
Crawley Warren, widow of the
late George V. Warren died on
Friday morning at. her home after
a lingering illness.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. W. A. Faulkner, Louislmrg;
Mrs. U. W. Pittman, Grove Hill;
Mrs. A. R. Williams, Enfield;
Misses Pauline and Katie Warren
of Littleton; two sons, Claude S.
Warren and James A. Warren, al
so of Littleton; 17 grandchildren
and 2 great grandchildren; two
brothers, 15. R. Crawley, Whita
kers and M. C. Crawley of Little
ton.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday afternoon from the home
at 15:00 o’clock.
Burial was in the family ceme
tery near Bear Swamp Baptist
Church. __
$2.30 Per 100 Set
For Irish Potatoes
Raleigh, N. C., April 11th
There will he a floor pi co ol
$2.1!0 per hmubv'l pounds lor ear
ly commercial Irish potatoes, the
War Food Administration inform
ed the Division of Markets with
the State Department of Agricul
ture recently. The support price
last year was $2.25.
The support plan as announced
by WFA is as follows: “Eaily and
intermediate potatoes will be sup
ported by purchase and by uthei
arrangements for diverting pota
toes to canners, dehydrators and
other processors. Basic price for
early and internyfcdiaite potatoes
is $2.30 for N. C., Tenn.. Mary
land, Delaware and Virginia.
Basic prices are per 100 pounds
for U. S. No. 1 grade potatoes in
new bags, sacked and loaded.
KEEP ON
with WAR BOROS
Seventy-Sixth Year
Published Everv Ttmr*dav — Weldon, North Carfdi? a
THURSDAY, APRIL 13th., 194!
f >oy Scouts Collect
28,182 Pound
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k-2 'k. _*L W 4.
I> Paper and Iron Collection
The Hoy Scouts of Halifax
County During Month of
March
'formation given recently by
Activities Committee of the
.‘".H ts of America, showed
■ . coots of Halifax
■ •...> mul collected and sold
more than 28,192 pounds o. scrap
to Salvage Dealers in Roanoke
Rapids for more than $175.00 dur
ing the county wide scrap drive
held during month of March that
was launched by the Boy Scouts
id the District. This was the larg
est single collection made by the
Scouts within recent months.
The statistics give the collec
tion as follows: Weldon, leading
the drive with 11,270 pounds of
scrap paper and 0,450 pounds of
scrap iron, Roanoke Rapids, 8880
pounds of Scrap Paper and En
field Cubs having collected and
sold 1592 pounds of scrap paper.
Several of the communities failed
to participate in the drive, and
some of the results have not been
received, however the total pounds
collected and sold has reached 28,
192.
Although there has been con
siderable publicity for tin cans,
the Scouts of the District are not
planning to make tin can collec
tions because of the difficulty o.
disposing of the cans after col
lection has been made, "fhey do
however plan to continue the mon
thly collection of scrap paper, and
other salvage material that can
be disposed of without difficulty.
All persons* having scrap paper
ire asked to tie in bundles and
ive for the scouts, who will call
he paper.
RED CROSS
V> e want to take this oportuni
o thank all the Volunteer
W leers in the Red Cross War
I 1 Drive. The spirit of our Reel
s is now as always very fine
for this we are very grate.ui.
1:y the very fine work of all
; Volunteer Workers and the
fine spirit you are able to report
to Headquarters our quota in full.
V e want to thank each mem
,each Club, each Firm, each
Mi. , the Bank, our Motion Pic
tui'S, Telephone Company, and
r: connections with other Firms
w1 have sent in very generous
in ks.
The Junior Red Cross has help
ed very much in this Drive for
funds. Especial mention is being
made of our High Y Organization
who gave $36.60, this organization
lias 35 members, High School
girls.
THANKS TO ALL.
Mrs. Wm. L. Knight,
Mrs. F. H. Gregory.
Victory Gardeners
Can Get More Gas
Raleigh, April 12-Victory gard
eners will again be granted spec
ial gasoline rations to travel to
and from their places this sum
mer, Theodore S. Johnson, district
director of the Raleigh Office of
Price Administration announced.
Special gasoline allotments up
to 300 miles during the growing
season may be granted for victory
jraidon travel, provided the fol
I in g conditions are met:
1 A regularly cultivated area
o:' „t least 1,600 square feet is
1,1, voted to the production of veg
, :es, and the labor of the appli
es necessary to the cultiva
I t ion.
A ridesharing arrangement is
Jo to travel hack and torth to
garden, if such an arrange
is possible. Ill cases where
ride sharing involved the use
mre than one ear, all nppli a
,i for the special rations must
iresented to the board at the
. time and the total ration is
" for all cars in the group may j
exceed 300 miles.
No alternative means of
[spoliation is available.
The garden is near enough
the applicant’s year round
le so that he can visit the gai-j
about twice a week during the
iod when planting, cultivating
harvesting must be done, with
needing more gasoline than I
the 300 miles provided by his
cial ration together with what
r mileage is available in his
ic "A” ration.
Treat Service Men
As “Seed Corn”
Says Cherry
Wilson, April 11—The :JOQ.OOO
men and w.nnen from Nustii Ca
rolina now in uniform a,re Cue
"seed corn” of the State, G? g
Cherry, candidate for Go
said here tonight, addrc- r. a
county wide rally of war veterans.
“These 300,000 are the vei y !,
from our schools, our farms and
our factories. They are the Stan's
protection for the future.”
‘‘Therefore’”,’ MY. Cherry con
tinued, “Far and beyond any oth
er problem ihois State faces is the
problem of readjustment. :rom
army to civil life, of this group
of young men and young women.
They are our ‘seed corn’ and they
must be treated as such.”
The Gastonia man, who is seek
ing the gubernatorial nomination,
■ was heard by Wilson Count; Vet
erans of World War 1 and by
many younger veterans of World
War 11 who are already out of
uniform and making the adjust
ment to civil life again.
“You cant make a soldier over
night,” Mr. Cherry said. “It tak
es weeks and months of rigid
training. By the same intelligence
you can’t change a soldier itil ' a
civilian overnight. Living under
battle conditions causes mental
and physical changes to take place
in a man. Wnen tiese men come
home from the war, only sympa
thetic handling and treatment,
will restore them to their full
civilian status in a busy and u-c
nil worm.
Mr. Cherry himself fought in
France during World War 1, as
Captain of a Machine Gun ( mi
pany.
“Your State must aid and assist
in this transition period that wi.i
follow total surrender on the part
of our enemies,’ Mr. Cherry con
tinued. “In addition to wool t ie
federal government does ami what
the lied Cross does and what va
j rious other agencies will do, the
I State must lace the tact t-nu ■'
| has here a problem that superced
es and surpasses all other p1
lems of the immediate future.
The “seed corn' of this roiiei lo
tion must he saved for this mi
future generations!’
The speaker said that every >ne
must help now to win the war,
and that when the war is over we
nization of service officers, in cv
must provide an adequate orga
ery county in the State, to help
veterans and their families with
their adjustments,
“You must all recall that -no
heroes of 1017 and 1018 weie pci
mitted to shift around, many wer ■
denied the right to earn a liv
ing, and many were destroy, d.
There were 00,01)0 from Norln
Carolina in that war group. New
we already have 1100,000 in uni
form with others being added.
| The problem is bigger an 1 more
nportant.
“Are we to lose our ecu
)rn”? In a period of snuv.ous
rosperity will we :orget those
ho saved us? Here lies our most
icred obligation of the immediate
iture. We must see these Wrtn
arolina fighting men and wom
, reestablished in employment
id in self respect. \\ e must aid
,em to build homes where they
m have families. Those who arc
ving the lie to the charge that
>ung America was soft, sloppy,
ltl would not fight must be car
1 for, nurtured, rchahiiita‘"d and
■on safely through a period ol
ansition. W emust measure up
their ideals and to the
1 the thousands of men who hew
night for this State hack thru
e years of its history.
“‘it’s still a young man*; r
, but will he a di ferent kind ■ i
iung men’s world in the buy
imediately ahead, our tongue
■oblem is our greatest chal.au
*. We must not lose the sec .
rn” of a generation.
well as the food problem. In
creased food requirements for our
Armed Forces and our Allies give
every citizen an opportunity to
do something toward backing up
the boys at the front.’’_
SOYBEANS_
Indications as given by farmers)
in the March i Intentions to
Plart Report show that the soy
bean acreage is falling short ot
the goal by two and one halt mil
lion acres.
Mary Howard, singer, examining the “Home of the Future. • “t a r;:J t
plastics exhibition in New York, is amazed to find ^at fatty acios
from used cooking fats are necessary to the manufacture 01 ...ustie
Fatty acids are used in constructing the bullet pros: plastic hou-e.
for American Air Force nose gunners, ignition parts, wu.- ..nr.
navigation instruments and many other wartime essential
E. 1-'. Corbett, colored of Nor
folk plead guilty to .speeding and
'prayer for judgment continue 1 on]
payment of the costs.
J. F. Strickland, white of Hali
fax was found guilty of driving
while drunk .and was fined $50.
I and costs. License revoked for 12
months.
Robert Jenkins, colored of Roa
noke Rapids plead guilty to as
rault on his wife and was given
i 12 months on the roads to be sus
j pended upon payment of the court'
j costs and a fine of $20.00 and
1 $22.00 Hospital, $10.00 doctors
j : id and on further condition he re
j mains of good behavior for two
I years. j
j Hosea Davis, colored of Sect-;
I land Neck plead guilty to a char-'
! jvt. of hi, and run and prayer for;
judgment continued on payment of |
the costs and $2.00 :or damage to
the car of J. A. McDowell and on
condition ho does not violate an.y
motor vehicle laws for two ye a -.
Operators license revoked for 1
months.
.lane Whitehead, colored plead
I guiit v to speeding and prayer I'"'
[judgment was continued on pay
i merit ol tlie costs. _
I Jame.- Taylor, colored ol Bal
timore plead guilty to driving
I while drunk and was fined $oU and
lcosts L.iceu-e revoked for 12 m m
aa Brown and Mable Monm
.j t,f Weldon were found
f of illegal possession of lup
:m l were given six montn.-,
tach. _
Joseph Leander
Weller
Joseph Leander Weller, .0, hue
band of Mrs. Virginia Nel on Wel
ler and son of the late Joseph Mc
rarroll and Mrs. Laurel Vinson
Weller, a native of Uingw 'od, N.
and a resident, of Norfolk Hu
the past JO year . died at the n-s
iden.e. bdl Croydon avonue, Ap'd!
f>th at toad o'clock. Ho was a
member of the t'hureh of the
(J, (>d Sllephet d anil Royal W lute
Heart Lodge No. J. A. F. and A.
M., of Halifax. N. Beside , hi
wife. Mrs. Virginia Nels.n Weller
be is survived by a daughter, Mr-.
Marshall W. Baggett ot Alexan
dria; four sens. Joseph I., Weller,
Jr., of Norfolk; Leroy Mcfarrell
Weller, U. S. N. H-. F. Henry Wel
ler. U S. N. R. and Raymond N.
Weller, V. S. N. R.; two grand
daughters. a grandson and too
brothers, L. A. Weller of Upland.
Calif, and F. M. Weller of Balti
more. Funeral services were held
at the chapel of the IT. 0. Oliver
Funeral Apratments, Friday af-,
ternocn at J o’clock, with the
Rev. George I’. Gunn, rector of
the Church of the Good Shepherd,
Meadowbrook, officiating. Intev
ment was in Forest Lawn Ceme
tery. 1
Ceiling V/i*.i .Je
On Strawfe .Tries
Raleigh, X. ('. April in'-.-Of
fice of Pro > Ad.nmhb rat i a or
i'icials nodded the Markets divis
ion of tlie State Department <•
Agdcultlf -c recently that t'.e
to be set on strawi:tvi ies
this year will "reflect an averagi
price not less than that of last
years’ However, definite coiling
prices were not given.
Meanwhile-, Harry T. Westcct:.
marketing specialist, said tha!
shipments o strawberries from
North Carolina should begin Mon
day, April 1
Reports leaching- t!he Depart
ment from Uhadbr rn and Wal
lace Thursday were to the effe-t
that the bellies have began to
form and tiia- no damage i.:ibeen
suffered from me cold weather ol
the past three weeks.
“Under favorable conditions,
total crate shipments lout the
State'tnis year should -run to
200, DUO,’’ said Westcott. This
compares wit a 225,000 crates last
year and a; proximately (UO.OUi)
crates in 194 1.
Precinct Meeting
Day, April 22nd.
Saturday, April 22nd has been
fixed as the date by the t
Democratic Executive C > and! tee
or holding the precinct meetings.
These meetings will he held at
a o’clock P. M. at the regular
polling p’uc in each precinct ol
the county.
The Weldon Township pMl'ng
place must be moved from the
Town Hall hert since ii b s been
made over to prowl
jail. The new voting pin
has not been selected yet by to
new County B ar.l of Elections.
U. S. Signal Corps photograph.
YOUR TREES ARE GOING TO WAR
Rifles being packet! for shipment to the fighting front, Wooden
gunstocks and wooden crates for shipment. Lucie Sam needs
more wood for these purposes. Mr. Farmer—have you any lum
ber that you can harvest—NOW? Produce more lumber.
FaA FARMERS PLAN
TO INCREASE CROPS
I
Farmers Urged
To Save Lumber
In All Building
I r
B
cilv
view of the critical shortage
l. ; ■ • of lumber, farmers of
('o"nty should exert ev
• i ; to conserve existing sup
-iiit use or wood in ail
construction.
, . i. oi L.m ,er to fill
. u ciia is becoming smail
■ lay and, lu the same time
n. irid lor lumber is steadily
isiag."
i -e oi the alarming scar
i ■ im er for essential needs
Vi..! Production Board on
i-ei-niaiy J. issued a new proce
■ . ii ding materials which
-vd in lam construction.
L . ier t. is procedure the sal
o- ail reusable lumber not
•-poci.h-.-tily incorporated in a
-it-aciuK' .s mandatory and its de
c i is prohibited. Such lum
' i f lie made available im
r-'.vi.- .or reuse. Unused fram
li-ni ci in S’ by 4” and S’ by
muj not be used where
- •' types oi construction can
cm, myed and substitutes are
af‘ a.n. he use of these types of
i- ■ ' c og permitted only upon
ec ii..- authorization of the WPB.
a.-ii, u-c of boards for fencing,
■ V. iig walls and roofs is pro
1 icd, as well as use of eom
i.c'.i grades of any kind of wood
i r iim.-iiing and siding,
to 'ic a' of these restrictions, the
■ iTi ci: Marcn 1 iiited most re
. 111,o111. on fne use of structur
al stee.l framing and reinforce
ment steel and galvanized roofing
for essential construction.
“Our normal nation stockpile of
lumber is about lli billion board
feel. Cur stockpile at present is
only about three billion board feet
of usable lumber and preliminary
estimates indicfete that require
ments for this year, exclusive of
-hipping lumber, will be about 18
1-2 billion board feet Boxing and
rating will require an additional
to i-_ billion board feet, making
a total of 34 billion feet to meet
needs for 1044
.Much of the lumber being used
for war purposes is used by our
Anne.i . vs in icbuilditig ports
and installations which are wreck
ed in fighting preliminary to their
occupation An example of this
vra sliie port of Naples whicn re
quired L.oOO carloads of lumber
to repair Lumber is used in these
ra.es becaus advancing armies
cannot wait for steel and concrete
installations to be constructed he
lm e moving in heavier equipment
i ud fighting machines.
I Weidon Wins Over
Warrenton
i On Tuesday, April 11th, the
i Weldon High School baseball
team defeated John Graham High
of Warrenton 12-5. Ham Har
grave was Weldons leading batter
for the day. Right fielder, Buck
Kilpatrick and 1st baseman Gil
bert .Carroll were the star field
ers making no errors. Albert Oak
es was the winning pitcher.
Weldon will play Emporia on
Friday, April 14 and play Roa
noke Rapids on Tuesday, April 18
i tiie local court at 3:30 P. M.
l'h's was the first defeat for
Warrentons star pitcher Shearin.
Despite the adverse condition
under whicn farm families are
having to work this year, not one j
of the 417 farm families reeeiv- '
ing assistance from the Farm Se
curity Administration this year
in Halfax County is planning to
let his family at home or any of
his relatives in the Armed ser
vices go hungry. v.ach family has
had his plans and his goals
for 1944. Every e fort on cue part
of each individual member will
be made to carry out good farm
and home practices on a sound
basis with what technical assist
ance, friendly advice and educa
tional guidance that can be given
by FSA super\ isors in the coun
ty.
These farm families are plann
ing to contribute to the nations
call for increased food supply for
the war food effort as follows:
Due to the shortage of feed and
the high prices of feed for live
stock milk production will be in
creased by better feeding prac
tices, more and better pastures
and better care of the cow in
stead of any large increase in
number. Planned production this
year is 1.4 cows per family as
compared with 1.3 cows per fam
ily actually owned by Farm Se
curity families last year. Also due
to feed shortages Farm Security
families are actually reducing the
number of brood sows but plan
to increase production to 17.4 hogs
per family as compared with 13
per family last year, by improv
ing their breeding stock, improv
ing farrowing grounds, building
more and better pastures and car
rying out better feeding practices.
Their goals call for 66 laying hens
per family as compared to 38 lay
ing hens per family last year;
67.7 bushels stored fruits and veg
etables per family as compared
with 23.3 bushels last year; 486
quarts canned fruits, vegetables
and meats per family as compared
with 195.2 quarts actually canned
last year.
Halifax County Farm S '-u-'ty
families aren’t at all satis.tiod
with their (food and leed produc
tion record last ycjar, although
weather conditions we™ unfavor
able. They realize now chat a non
live at home program is poor home
and farm management for farm
ers who are trying to pave the
way to security. As a result they
are working hard between ruins
to get the uOil in shape for plant
ing corn early. 275 garden seed
paCKages are already in the hands
of the families. Where possible
cabbage plants, onion sets, gard
en peas, salad greens, beets, car
rots and Irish potatoes are already
planted. Fifty percent of our fam
ilies have young orchards that
with good weather conditions from
now on will come into production
this year to supply our men, wom
en and children with fruit so bad
ly needed for their health. Also
prepration for young biddies are
now being made in order to in
crease our laying flocas.
Many of our farm families, thru
the help of FSA, are just beginn
ing to realize the real cause of
their difficulties and with their
initiative, willingness to work and
follof sound farming practices
t OA. is neiping or making it pos
sible for thousands of our tarm
families to have better family
living, pay off old debts, educate
their children and to live happily
in their own homes.
Plans To Hold
Corn At Present
Ceiling Price
Raleigh, April 12th—No increase
in the price of corn for the 1914
Crop year is being considered by
the Office of Price Administration
Theodore S. Johnson, District di
rector at Raleigh announced.
“The decision to hold corn pric
es at their 1943 levels was made
because corn is the basic feed for
livestock and poultry,” he explain
ed. “The great majority of farm
families would suffer rather than
benefit from an incrase in the
price of corn.
“An increase in the price of
com would not bring any substan
tial increase in corn production,
but would raise the price of beef,
veal, lamb, mutton, pork, butter,
eggs, poultry and other livestock
products without increasing their
output,” he pointed out.
MitUi