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THE ROANOKE NEWS **** - SERVING hautai and north ampton counties +*****+«+#+ ************* KEEP FAITH \withus—\ \by buying! War bonds g^,ighthjear Publuhed Every Thur.day — Weldon. North Corolint THURSDAY, SEPT. 21st., 1944 get l vj Robert Parris. 25, . S. Marine sustained contusions of the >«d and chest Sunday morning Ln he jumped from an Atlantic nne passenger tram be L Weldon and Halifax. Par , was a prisoner and was bc . escorted by two Shore atrol S, from Governor s Island Fort IV N. V. He nr-.!1 ‘■■•I to IV ‘ ' . v , UL> -i WhitelKM.i was contacted id )an immediate search was p'nt was found lying beside e track near the Chantilly sssing and was rushed to Roa ke Rapids Hospital where he re aped until late Sunday after ,on when officials from Camp % Va„ ordered his removal to at camp by ambulance. Mother Receives Letter The following- interesting let r was received by Mrs. A. p. lis from her son Pvt. A. P. Ellis io is now stationed somewhere Italy. Somewhere in Italy, August In. 1P41. lear Mom, Well I'll try to relieve your lind a little. I received a letter tom >'"ii ti"hy, mailed August 8. ’ou hail just heard that I was in ombat but you didn't sound too lorried about it. I don’t want you o worry because I'm just as safe ere as I am anywhere. 1 don’t nderstam! w ay people expect you 0 stay home and cry about it. here are lots of mothers with ons on the front besides you. If hey had done that, things would ie ina fine mes. Iif everybody tayed at home and worried about heir boys on the fronts, who mold work in the defense plants? iho would he hacking us up? ihat lyind ol letters wo]yM we eceive from pc-dple who sepnd he day sitting around moping ? hey certainly wouldn’t be very iheerful. I figure it this way. ihat is to he will be, and no oiver oil earth can prevent it. If 1 bullet has my name on it, then til get nu*. ll it's meant for me » tome out of this tiling all in ne piece, then I will. It's not for s tu decide wliais going to hap en. Our lives are controlled by higher Power over which we lave no control. The time for you 0 start crying is when you get 1 message from the War Depart iient. But still there’s no use cry ag even then for you’ll know hat I have passed on into a peace at can never be achieved here In earth. I hope that I have eased 'our m‘nd about me. If I have hen maybe you should read this [t >our next missionary meeting md maybe it will help to ease heir minds about their sons. You aight even publish it. I sincerely ■°pe that it will comf ort vou to iao\v how 1 feel. Ill close for now, Your loving Son, _ A. P. tales Given For tarchasing Truck Prospective purchasers of used hfCRS ,y.es,tenlay "'ere urged by ,« Raldgl, District office of He flin h ianspol'tation to make cer. iat e*i°'-e acquiring the vehicles licet e"„ Proposed operation *lets «n OUT requirements. S'nce October 25, 1943, Harvey I TTl'- °DT Strict Mana ions ei^ Pointed out, per Who WV,,. not 4lesigIJea. as of that date, he J ’■ "■<plil L'd to show that »sarv fn iu" 0t' lhe tluck is nec nainten° 'l' war eSfol't or to the aZTT "f civiiian economy »ar n„Ut,u" fo1 il certificate of he C\rvSM.t'V niust be made and illotment*gnilUc<l before gasoline eminetl <ll'e made> Mr- Roseman C’"'m the case of a new :o inai'io-1, .k KaUon ^or authority rhese aJatP 11 must bt> niade' ibtaine(iP f1Catl0n blanks lnay be Dffi n R°rvhe 0UT Dist,'ict e '» Raleigh, N. C. |i,. t'CU* shortages of trucks. Ial n aiU gasoline, the ODT offic ftat oT1 °Ut ma^e nectsisary pdneeeJ those operations deem tssentia] ary-,t0 the War effort and Nved CIV“an economy be ap i tr , ailt* authority to operate pro„. .s,10u^d be obtained by a ^"ybuys'it^86" bef01'e ^ The Roanoke Firemen’s Association Meets Here T!u- Roanoke Firemen’s Asso .. is composed of mem uas Horn Weldon, Roanoke Rap ids, Halifax, Enfield, Scotland Neck, Whitakers and Rich Square met here Tuesday night in the Community Center with the Wel don ilremen as hosts. A barbecue and brunswick stew supper was served. L. C. Barrow was toastmaster and presided over the meeting. Sherwood Brockwell, State Fire Marshall of Raleigh was the guest speaker and he talked to the ga thering on “Fire Prevention.” Representatives from all of the membership towns were present. Much Confusion Now Regarding Spud Prices Raleigh, September 21st — D. S. Matheson, vegetable marketing specialist with the State Depart-1 ment oi Agriculture, reported that | shipments of Irish potatoes to I market in North Carolina and I other states continue heavy be cause of the feeling among pro ducers that the ceiling of $d.(J0 per hundred weight now permitt ed by the Office of Price Admin istration will be reduced to $2.50 in September. The heavy shipments are weak ening the market unnecessary, and are also causing the digging of potatoes which would produce larger yields if allowed to remain in growth for a longer time,” de clared Matheson. He added that requests that a prompt decision be made and announced by OPA in regard to i.'utuse ceilings “have not been productive of results as yet.” The price being paid per hun dred pounds for cabbage in bulk on the produce market at West Jefferson is approximately $2, ac cording to Matheson. Hut to the fact that crop pros pects for cabbage have deteriorat ed in practically all areas -- es pecially in Western New York, North Carolina competition — the price now being received by pro ducers may hold ofr the remainder of the season. Churches Welcome | Back Children The churches of Weldon are looking forward to Sunday when the boys and girls who have been prohibited from attending Sunday School and the church services on account of the Polio epidemic will be returning to their respective churches. Returns Recently From Foreign Duty Miami Beach, Fla., Sept. 18— Sgt. Edward P. Mitchell, 24, hus band of Mrs. Maybell Mitchell of Weldon, N. C., has returned from service outside the continental li nked States and is now being pro cessed through the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station in Miami Beach, where his next assignment will be de termined. | Sgt. Mitchell served 27 months as a rifleman in the European theater of operations. Army Ground and Service Forc es Redistribution Stations are lo cated in various parts of the li nked States. Milfitary personnel returning from overseas are pro cessed through these stations be fore assignment to military orga nization and installations within the United States. During the period that return ees stay at an Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Sta tion, they are given a painstaking occupational and physical classifi cation as well as physical and den tal reconditioning together with various lectures designed to rCMi ient men recently returned from combat areas. This processing is carried on without haste in pleas ant surroundings conducive to mental and physical relaxation. He became a member of the Armed Forces on November 29, 1941. __ Edwin Williams Now First Lieut. 15th AAF IN ITALL - Edwin' R. Williams, 22, son of Mr. J. L. Williams, 240 Washington St.. Roanoke Rapids, N. C., a 15th AAF P-51 Mustang fighter pilot, has been promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant. j Lt. Williams has been on over seas duty in Italy for four mon-1 ths, and has completed 28 sueeess ul combat mission with over 185 hours of combat flying. His missions, principally high altitude heavy bomber escort, have taken him over Italy, France, Germ aGny, Austria, Yugosalvia, Rou mania, and Hungary. He has been awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf clusters. j He has served in the army air force since March 1943, and was commissioned as a second lieuten ant ant on January 7, 1944, after1 completing the advanced training courses at Spence Field, Moultrie Ga. j A graduate of the Roanoke , Rapids High School, he attended the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, for two years. His wife, Mrs. Margaret T ‘ Williams, lives at 511 Roanoke i Ave., Roanoke Rapids. | Roanoke Nearing Its Flood Stage Weather Bureau Warns Residents Along River To Take Full Precautions A warning to residents along tlie Roanoke River to take full pre cautions against high water was issued by the Weather Bui'cau 1 along with a prediction that the river would be several feet above j flood stage at Weldon by Friday reaching a height of 47 feet. J The river is expected to reach its highest level since 1940, when the Roanoke, rolling down from Virginia, reached 58 feet, or 2fj feet above flood stage. Several lives were lost then and there was great property damage. : Continued rains along the Roa-) nok and its tributaries contribut ed to the threat. The Weather Bureau said it saw, no immediate need for evacuation ^ hut urged residents to keep in close .touch with river conditions. Lt. J. D. Hartsoe of Napier Field, Ala., spent a few days with his parents here._ He'S- ■ " COT to HAVE TRASH'FREE COTTON <C ’ i%pA °°l5,Cu CD^1'Q^*r^^5 Of ^ pa^a^oTE > I Pick cotton drt • keep trash , AS POSSIBLE”* OUT • • • • • PICK BEFORE • KEEP GOOD CoTiON WEATHER PAMASE SEPARATE ... COOL COTTON Looking like a million dollar; helps the time go faster whil«i Awaiting the stork. This young officer’s wife does it by wearinf :ool cottons, and the dress sh« models above is a brown and whiti :hecked gingham sun back whicl has a let-out feature at the sides \ brown jacket covers it for town And is a good streamliner, too. FOUR SONS IN SERVICE Four sons of Mrs. Mary H. Ra hil of Weldon are in the service of their country. Pfe. Mitchell Ra-! bil entered tlv> Army in August! 1942 and has been in the Pacific theatre since September 1943. He is with the 7th AAF on Saipan. Sgt. Joseph Rabil entered the Army in November 1942 and has been with the AAF in India since April 1944. Pfc. William Rabil en tered the Army in July 1943 and is now stationed at Charlottsville, Va. S 2 j c Ernest Rabil joined1 the Navy in June 1944 anil is now stationed at the Naval Air Sla-i tion in Jacksonville, Fla. Bible Teaching Begins Local School Miss Blanche Banks of Raleigh N. C., arrived Monday to beg'in the teaching of Bible in our local school. She was secured for this work by a committee representing the churches of Garysburg, Wel don and Halifax. Thus we join a large number of other towns and cities of North Carolina in pro moting instruction in the Bible in the public schools. Miss Banks is well qualified as a Bible teach er, both by training and exper ience. Local Boy With “Silver Streaks” Marauder Group A Ninth Air Force Bomber Base,I ETC — Staff Sergeant Seldon M Pierce of Weldon, N. C., a person nel clerk with the Silver Streaks Maurauder group, is as busy these days as he was back hom? when he was cashier of the Southern Cotton Oil Company. The son of Mrs. Kate Allen Pierce, of Weldon, and husband of Mrs. Dozenne J. Pierce, of Garys burg, N. C., the sergeant is serv ing the headquarters of the Ninth Air Force’s Silver Streaks group which is commanded by Colonel Reginald Vance, of San Antonio, Tex. The ex-cashier is still occupied with finances. He arranges the payroll and handles numerous per sonnel problems. Sgt. Pierce is a graduate of Weldon High School and attended the University of North Carolina. He was active in Freshman bask etball at college. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity and the Weldon Com munity Club. He entered the army at Fort Bragg in August, 1942, and studied at the army adminis trative sch< ol at Den\er, Colo. Always store potatoes in slatt ed crates, or bins, that are raised lirom the floor, say State College specialists. Plenty of ventilation is needed to prevent rot. Conference At Methodist Church The Fourth Quarterly Conferen ce of the local Methodist church will be held Friday evening, Sept ember 22, at 8:00. Annual reports will be made by the various agen cies o: the church, and officers and committees for the new chur ch year will be elected. Mrs. Sallie B. Parker Mrs. Sallie Benn Parker, 65 died Monday at noon at her home at Menola near here. See had been ill for eight years. Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday at 3 o’clock by her pastor, the Rev. P. F. Newton of Rich Square. Burial was in the family cemetery near the home. Mrs. Parker was a native of Northampton County, born Nov ember 15, 1878, daughter of the late Joe and Bettie Vinson Benn. She was a member of the Metho dist Church at Woodland. Surviv ing are a son, Fitzgerald Park er; two daughters, Mrs. K. P. Barber and Miss Bettie Parker, all of Ahoskie, Route 2; two bro thers, J. T. Benn of Weldon and C. J. Benn of Roanoke Raids. No Error Found In Murder Trial Court Denies Appeal of Sam Jones Negro, Sentenced in Halifax County The State Supreme Court yes terday found no error in the lower court trial of Sam Jones, Negro, sentenced to death in Halifax iu June for first degree murder in the slaying last December of Lindsey Price. At the trial in Superior Court Jones gave notice of appeal in the high court, but the appeal was: not perfected. Under rules of the high court, however the record in the case was reviewed. As a re sult of the Supreme Court’s de cision the date for the execution of Jones will be Friday, October 6. John V. Baisey, Jr. Returns From Overseas Miami Beach, Fla., Sept. 16— PFC John V. Baisey, Jr., 23, son| of John V. Baisey, Sr., of Wel don, N. C., has returned from ser vice outside the continental Unit ed States and is now being pro cessed through the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station in Miami lica.ii, where his next assignment will be determin ed. PFC Baisey, served 48 months as a rifleman and machine gun ner in the Southwest Pacific theatre of operations. While there he received th Asiastic-Pacific campaign ribbon. Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Stations are located in various parts of the United States. Military personnel return ing from overseas are processed through these stations before as signment to military organiza tions and installations within the United States. During the period that return ees stays at an Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Sta tion, they are given a painstaking occupational and physical classifi cation as well as physical and dental reconditioning togethei with various lectures designed to reorient men recently returned rfom combat areas. This process ing is carried on without haste in pleasant surroundings conducive to mental and physical relaxation. Before entering the service PFC Baisey worked as a grocery clerk. He became a member of the Arm ed Forces on June 6, 1940. RECORDERS COURT NEWS Joseph. Taylor, colored of En field charged with non - support - nol pros. Joe Daniel, colored of Enfield charged with assault with a dead ly weapon was iiound not guilty. Eddie Harris, colored of Roa noke Rapids was found guilty of peeping in the bedroom of Mr. Zack Mohorn and was given eight months on the roads. James Freeman, colored of Roa noke Rapids assault with a deadly weapon was given ninety days on the roads. Ocie Taylor, colored of Enfield charged with larceny was found not guilty. Robert Lee Dickenson, white of Manteo pfcad guilty to driving while drunk and was fined $50 and costs. License revoked for 12 months. Ben Roger Millikin, Jr., of Boy-, kin, Va., plead guilty to spoeding and prayer for judgment contin ued on payment of the costs. Jerry Dunn Askew, wihile of Roanoke Rapids plead guilty to speeding and prayer for judg ment continued on payment of the costs. Clifford Ray Burnette, white oi Rocky Mount plead guilty to speeding and prayer or judg ment continued on payment of the costs. Joe Hawkins, colored of Little ton plead guilty to driving while drunk and was fined $50 and costs. License revoged for 12 mon ths. James Williams, charged with forcible trespess - defendant call ed and failed. Judgment nisi sci fa capias and continued. O. P. Tabron, colored, charged with non support nol pros with leave. Bruce Price and D. Martin, col ored of Brinkleyville were found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon and prayer ifor judgment continued on payment o 1-2 costs and on condition each remains of good behavior for two years and during said time they are not to violate any criminal statute. Mrs. Robert Bloomer and son have returned to their home in Chftrlottsrville, Va., after spend ing some time with Mrs. R. T. Daniel. The Home Sphere Edited by HISS FLORENCE COX Home Demonstration Agent Miss Estelle M. Edwards Assistant Home Dem. Agent Representatives at State Council Meeting: The State Council of Home Demonstration Clubs is being held in Raleigh this week. Halifax County is represented by Mrs. V. I. Hockaday, County Federation Secretary, Mrs. Thomas B. Moss, County Federation Treasurer, and Mrs. R. C. Rives, 2nd Vice-Pres ident of the 14th District Federa tion of Home Demonstration Clubs. The three representatives are accompanied by Miss Estelle M. Edwards, Assistant Home Dem onstration Agent. She Did It. Have You? Mrs. E. J. Smith of Weaver’s Chapel believes in doing some thing abou|t a jprcfdem in th^ home if you have one. This being a good season for fruits and a reasonable one ifor vegetables. Mrs. Smith has done quite a bit of canning. Then she was con fronted with the problem of good storage for this canned food. Here to fore Mrs. Smith had stored her canned foods upstairs in a spare room but this year she decided that it was too large a task to carry several hundred filled jars up the stair steps. So she put on her thinking cap and made plans for shelves in her kitchen. Since Mr. Smith is very busy at this season of the year, Mrs. Smith took saw, hammer, naiis and boards and made a substantial set of shelves. Then to top it off, she |>ain*ed tha shi/vic); |.vhitei and. added touch of chines* red to blend with the other things in her kitchen. The shelves are now filled with the several hundred jars of canned foods all sorted and arranged in groups. She now is able to see at a glance just what she has, how many jars of a particular product she has left and above all she neither has to carry up or bring down the canned foods frofh the upstairs room. We feel that more families should work out storage prob lems. Perhaps all women are not as efficient as Mrs. Smith but we still feel that with the aid of the husband or some one else every home can have storage space for foods of various types. Hood storage of foods is just as im portant a food production, and we believe that if the housewife is determined enough on the subject she can get something done about it. Something is better than noth ing so what are you going to do about your own storage prob lem? Those Late Tomatoes — The U. S. Department suggest that late tomatoes from your gar den be made into thick tomato juice or in other words pure!. The puree to be used next winter to make tomato sauce for hamburger, meat loaf or other meat dishes and speghetti dishes. Directions are to wash tomatoes and remove green spots, but do not peel. Cook until soft. Run through a sieve. Boil in open shallow kettle until of desired thickness. Stir often to prevent sportching. Pour hot into hot jars, add one half teaspoon salt to each pint jar and process in boiling water 20 minutes. Extra green tomatoes make good pickles. William Hodges Completes Radio Training Camp Lejeune, N. C., Sept 21 Marine Private William C. Hodg es, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Hodges, 512 Jackson Street, Roanoke Rapids, N. C., recently was graduated from radio opera tors school at this base. He now has mastered the Inter national Code, Basic Electricity, Fundamentals of Rfidio Theory, and Radio Operating Procedure. Ellis Wins Prized Badge For exemplary conduct in com bat, Pvt. A. P. Ellis of Weldon has been presented 'the Army’s newest award for infantrymen, the combat Infantryman badge. Awarded for exemplary conduct in combat in a major operation, the new medal is a silver rifle on a blue field with a silver bord er, imposed on an elliptical silver wreath. Pvt. Ellis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Ellis of Weldon. He is serving in an infantry regiment on active duty in Italy. He has only been in service thirteen mon ths and has been overseas four months. He was first stationed in North Africa and later sent to It aly. _ -
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