The Home Sphere
Edited by
HISS FLORENCE COX
Home Demonstration Agent
Miga Estelle M. Edwards
Assistant Home Pern. Agent
4.II Club Contests --
Qpveral Counties will come to
, t Halifax on October 10t!t
P811 fr 1 hi-ee 4-H Club Contests
ir'^fpue Whitley, daughter of
fr“ ,nd Mrs. M. B. Whitloy o.f the.
ilnhaa> c Community will enter,
u n.,in Hoods Demonstration
fTntest with a demonstration giv
enby an individual.
Virginia Pittman, daughter
, ,1 C. Pittman, Route 2,
Halifax" and Miss Agnes Ellen,
ilnirliter of Mr. and nJMrs. T. R.
ten of near Enfield will enter
tie Dairv Foods Demonstration
‘latest as a team. The winners
Jn October 10th will be entered
in the State C ete '.
!J 1 . |, routes. .,1, o • -
from •••■" 1
er North Carolina.
The group contest in the State
4_H (Tub Dress Revue will also
be held on the same day. Howevei,
we are not aide to give our Hall
ux entrant as our own elimination
Contest will not he held until Sat
urday. October 7th, This will run
off at the Curb Market Building
in Roanoke Rapids at 10:00 A. M.
We feel sure that our Halifax
County girls will give these from
competing counties some stiff
competition as they are working
hard to perfect their exhibits.
Lost -
Some where among the 475
Halifax County Home Demonstra
tion Club Families there are a
bout 25 Library books that belong
in the Halifax Library. Will you
please help find these books, and
help get them back to the library.
They should have been turned in
at the June Club meetings.
This and That --
Yellow beef fat and yellow corn
meal are richer in food value than
white, they have more vitamin A.
The yellow sweet potato likewise
has more of A vitamin than white
potatoes. |
When freezing meats of anyj
kind in the freezing unit of your
refrigerator do not salt the meats.
Unsalted :rozen meats keep fresh
longer.
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture suggests that you add vim
and vigor to your food by adding
more nuts. Nuts add flavor ami
richness. One half of the fat in
pie crust may be replaced with
ground nuts. This is especially
true of cream or custard filled
pies. To prevent the nuts from
drying breads or custard filled or
caked boil them a few minutes
then drain and add to the mix
ture. Most nuts give additional
flavor if they are roasted or fried
before being used in cooking.
Switching from foods to fabrics
our friends in the Bureau of Home
Kcunonms suggests that you store
the family summer clothing care
fully as summer fabrics are like
ly tu he scarce next spring. Re
lative pins, buckles and buttons if
they are made of metal. Wash
cmton clothes and store without
starch. Starch attracts silverfish
pests. Have all non washables dry
cleaned. Pack clothes in tight box
es, trunks or chests or hang in
dust proof bags. Store in a clean
dry place away from furnace chim
ney and heating pipes.
Take care of your wool rugs.
Puts coster cups under all furni
“re legs. Pads under rugs help to
went wear. If you cannot get a
»od moth proofed hair pad try,
several layers of newspapers, j
Brush up rugs every day to pre-1
'eat loose dirt from working down
®to the pile. Thoroughly clean
'Pee per week, using long gentle
takes with either broom or vac
'uni. Do not strade or beat either
mall oi' large rugs. Lift furniture
Wr carpets, do not drag are! shift
“e Position of furniture to more
svenly distribute wear. Clip off
lny loose threads, do not pull out
ind mend any holes or torn plac
® at once. With these precautions
!e h°!)e that your rugs last for
duration.
fogs Bring Ceiling
^ Rocky Mount
Raleigh, October 3-The Rocky
°unt hog market hit the ceiling
*14.55 for all weights between
ami 240 pounds last week, ac
rtlnK to J. A. Winfield, market
ewsman, State Department ol
ericulture.
North Carolina ceiling foi
^ghts above 240 pounds is 75
Ms under the *14.55 ceiling for
®'fts under 240 pounds. The
'IC_J Mount market and most all
Carolina’s cash hog buying
Jtets are Paying $13.80 per cvvt
ceiling for weights between
to an<! Pounds with weights
i'o 2~u t(> 330 pounds ranging
s»y from *13.00 to *13.50, stat
jQ "ifield. Weights from 120 to
Pounds generally range from I
w,6° hi $13.25. i
THE ROANOKE NEWS
BTABUSHN) IN 1IM — SEMVIMti HALIFAX AND NOBIS AMPTON COUNVBS
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KEEP FAITH
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WAR BONOS
Seventy-Eighth Year
Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina
THURSDAY, OCT. 5th„ 1944
Clothing Drive To Be
Held Saturday, Oct. 7th.
An emergency collection of
clothing for Europe is being spon
sored by the local Church, Parish
and Synagoque groups with Mrs
F. A. Cole and Miss Isabel Freid
in charge.
The appeal is for good substan
tial clothing, used and new, for
both winter and summer wear,
Needed most are all types of in
: aments, particularly kr.it
, ...... .. and boys’ overcoats,
, i^oats, suits, coats, jackets
shirts, all types of work clothes,
including overalls, coveralls
sweaters, underwear, robes, pa
jamas; women’s and girls' over
coats, jackets, skirts, sweaters
dresses, underwear, aprons, jump
ers, smocks, robes, nightwear; and
in the line of bedding blankets,
afghans, sheets, pillow cases and
quilts.
Local contributors are asked to
make their donations into bundles
and place them on their front
porches for Saturday, October 1th
between 1 o’clock and 3 o’clock
P. M. The collection will be made
by the local Boy Scout Troops un
der the direction of B. M. Rich
ardson, Scout Master.
Church (School Rally
Day To Be Observed
Church School Rally Day will be
observed at the Weldon Methodist
Church on Sunday morning at the
eleven o’clock hour. The Church
School will meet in regular ses
sion at 9:45 and assemble in the
church auditorium at 11:00 for
the Rally Day Service. The chil
dren, yong people and adults of
the Church School will all take
part in the service. The general
theme will be “Forward Together.”
One purpose of the day is to bring
to the attention of the entire local
church and community the Chur
ch’s vital program of Christian
Education and to offer a challen
ge to go forward in this most
important work.
On Sunday evening at 7:30 the
pastor, Rev. D. L. Fouts, will
preach on the subject, “The Christ
ian Family.” The sermon will be in
keeping with the observance of
Childhood and Youth Week, lie
invites families, in so far as pos
sible, to attend and sit together.
On next Wednesday evening at
7:30 the pastor will speak on the
subject ‘FThe Christian’s Exper
ience.”__
PROMOTED
Cullen A. Mitchell, son of Mrs.
Ella Mitchell of Weldon, has been
promoted to the rank of ( orpoial
in the United States Army. Cpl.
Mitchell is stationed at Fort Sill
Oklahoma.
NOTICE!
The Board of Commissioners desires
to remind the citizens of Weldon about
the regulations concerning depositing of
trash and garbage on the streets.
Recently, many citizens have been
putting garbage in the trash containers.
We request that every one burn, or dis
pose of the garbage in some other way,
and do not mix it with the trash. If you
burn it, please do not burn it on the front
of your premises.
We further request that all trash be
put in a container and placed near the
curbing during late Thursday afternoons
or early Friday mornings.
The Garden Club of the town is co
operating in this movement to keep our
streets clean, and we urge every citizen
to give full co-opefation in this matter.
The Board of Commissioners
of the Town of Weldon, and
J. T. Maddrey, Mayor.
Halifax County
Tuberculosis
Association
In September 1943 Halifax Coun
ty organized its Tuberculosis As
sociation, electing a corps of offi
cers for a period of two yeurs.
They are as follows:
Mrs. Anna K. Josey, Scotland
Neck, President.
Mrs. William T. Neville, Enfield,
Vice-President.
Mrs. V. C. Matthews, llali ax,
Secretary.
Mrs. I). D. Clark, Weldon, Treas
urer.
Mrs. Hazel E. Wheeler, Seal Sale
Chairman.
The program of work for the
past year has been much enlarged
and well carried out.
The Tuberculosis Christmas Seal
Sale is the sole support of this
Health project. With this season
approaching, Mrs. Wheeler is
pleased to announce that the Bu
siness and Professional Women’s
Club has accepted the responsibil
ity of the Seal Sale in Roanoke
Rapids. The Leaders in the other
Towns in the County are the same
as last year. |
Mrs. Paul A. Johnston, Little
ton. '
Mrs. W. A. Walston, Scotland
Neck. <
Mrs. William T. Neville, Enfield
Mrs. Quentin Gregory, Halifax.
“Health is one of the finest es
se n t i a lsofDemocracyd’^^
Farm Machinery
Off Ration List !
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According to information receiv
ed today by Mr. W. A. Kitchin,
Chairman of the County Triple A
Committee from the State Triple
A. Committee in Raleigh, N. C.,i
the following pieces of farm ma-1
chinery and equipment have been
removed from WFA rationing and
distribution control: combines, corn
binders, manure spreaders, mow
ers, side delivery rakes, hay load
ers, pickup hay balers, wheel trac
tors, garden tractors, well water
systems, power pumps, farm milk
coolers, sheet metal, water well
casing, farm scales, grain drills,
potato planters, potato diggers
silo fillers, irrigation pumps and’
power sprayers.
The only piece of machinery re
maining on the ration list is the
Corn Picker, Mr. Kitchen advised.
“The action now announced is in
accord with the War Food Admin
istration’s policy to lift war time
restrictions as quickly as possible,
Mr. Kitchin stated.
I
GI JOE IS MOST
BOND CONSCIOUS
Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 30— Every
body is War Bond conscious these
Jays, but nobody is more so thar
51 Joe. And Gl Joe at the Recept.
on Centers of the Fourth Service
Command is not only War Bone
.•onscious but he is doing a swell
job of alloting part of his paj
jvery month towards the purchase
bf bonds. His participation i.
growing every month and shows
in amazing gain since January ol
this year.
“In January 1944, out of the
thousands of inductees p'-oeessei
in the Fourth Service Command
only 1 out of every 148 were
participating, while in August, U
out of every 13 men inducted are
illoting part of their pay for wai
bonds,” fated Lt. A. W. Smith
Jr., Fourth Service Command. Wai
Bond and Insurance Officer. “Ai
interesting feature of this is that
although there were several thous
and less men processed in August
than in January, the average a
mount of the allotment has in
creased over two dollars a montl
per man.
“It is reasonable to presume
that with the issuance of the new
j>7.50 GI bond which went on salt
in September that there will be
even heavier buying of bonds ii
the succeeding months.
“At the present rate a total ol
S105.G53.75 comes out of these Gl
pay checks eevry month. That a
mount of money could purchase
30,000 hand grenades, or twe
heavy tanks and 5 Jeeps — or 23E
Browning Machine guns to hclf
Hasten the defeat of the Axis.
“We have another GI record ol
which we are very proud,” con
tinued Lt. Smith. “In addition tc
the splendid cooperation being
given to the sale of war bonds
inductees of this Service Com
mand are batting a thousand when
it comes to taking out government
life insurance policy with an av
erage face value of $9,998.92. Ir
the months this year prior tc
August, 99 men out of every 10C
processed at the Command’s in
duction centers took advantage ol
the Army’s insurance program
During August 100 men out of ev
ery 100 bought policies.
Looking Over Our
District’s Health
By db. w. k. McDowell
With the opening of schools a
number of communicable diseases
which have not been evident dur
ing the summer months usually
begin to show an increase in pre
valence. Probably this increase in
prevalence is not due entirely to
the opening of the schools, al
though this circumstance may fa
:ilitate spread, but rather to the
'act that most communicable di
seases are largely fall and winter
nfections. Diphetheria and scarlet
’ever, for instance, increase rap
dly from the middle of Septem
ber until January. Measles and
whooping cough, though spring
time diseases, begin increasing
vith the opening of school and con
,inue to increase, reaching a peak
n the months of April and May.
Influenza, pneumonia and the
:ommon cold reach their peak of
rrevalence during the cold, damp
winter months.
The problem of preventing com
tnunicable diesase in the school
•oom is the joint concern of the
school administrator, the parent
md the local health department,.
Dne of the serious results of school
transmission of disease is reflect
ed in the high death rate produced
in small preschool children to
whom the school children carry
these diseases after contracting
,hem in school.
United efforts on the part of
,he parents, school executives and
ocal health authorities can do
nueh in reducing communicable
liseases to a minimum and ele
minating serious epidemics. Pre
vention of communicable diseases
lepend upon the application of two
basic principles - segregation of
;ases and a program of immuni
sation. Immunization is far more
practicable and far cheaper as a
means of preventing some of the
lommon diseases of childhood.
Before entering school, every
;hild should have received diphth
eria toxoid and smallpox vaccine.
The immunizations should, of
course, have been done early in
preschool life but all too often
they are delayed until the respec
tive diseases become prevalent in
the community. In rural areas
where typhoid fever may be preval
ent they have also received immu
nization against this disease.
The teacher should inspect all
children in her or his room each
morning for any sign of beginning
illness. The usual signs and sym
ptoms in the first 24 hours of the
most communicable diseases are,
in the order of their occurrence;
irritability, headache, fever, soie
throat, coughing and sneezing, and
in some cases a rash or skin erup
tion.
The following are periods of
guarantine.
Diphetheria - 12 days i; nega
tive nose and throat cultures -ne
obtained.
Scarlet Rever - 14 - 21 days - de
pending on severety.
Infantile Paralysis - 21 days.
Measles - 1 days after onset.
Chickenpox - until all lesions
are healed.
Whooping Cough - 3 weeks af
ter onset of symptoms.
Some tea*, hers and school au
thorities may unthinkingly ques
tion the wisdom of excluding from
school and isolating and quaran
tining the slightly ill, or suspect
ed cases of disestee, contending
that such drastic action would
reduce school attendance to too
great a degree. The reverse of
this has been found to c true;
school rigidly applying the p.. .
ciples outlined in regard to ex
clusion and isolation have shown,
and will continue to show, year
after year, the highest record of
school attendance.
Remember to tune in each
Wednesday at 10:45 A. M. for your
regular health radio program. This
week your County Nutrition Com
mittee presented the sixth in a se
ries of programs entitled, “Food
for Health”. Mrs. E. B. Helm and
Mr. George Pappendick of Roa
noke Rapids were on this week’s
program.___
Registration Books
To Be Open
According to an announcement
made by S. W. Dickens of Enfield,
newly elected chairman of the
Halifax County Board of Elec
tions, applications have been made
by 674 service men from the coun
ty for absentee ballots and these
have been mailed.
The registration books will be
placed in the ha*/ls of the local
registrar, Walter Allen and will
be open for new registration from
October 14th through October 28.
Challange Day will be Novem
ber 4th and general election day
will be on November 7th.
Four Million Mobilize
For National War Fund
I
Points On Butter
Are Increased
Raleigh, October 3—'The ration
value of creamery butter has been
increased from 16 to 30 red points,
Theodore S. Johnson, district di
rector of the Raleigh Office of
| Price Administration, announced
' today.
Seasonal decline of production
allowed the War Food Administra
tion to allocate only 85,000,000
pounds of creamery butter for civ
ilian use during October, repre
senting a 10,000,000 pound de
crease fro mthe September alloca
tion and necessitating the higher
point values, Mr. Johnson said. Al
though fluid milk production is
at record heights, creamery butter
production is approximately 12 per
cent below the same period a year
ago.
According to the usual seasonal
trend, production will decrease ;n
November and begin to rise again
in December and January toward
the spring and early summer pro
duction crest.
I “Until that time,” Mr. Johnson
I pointed out. “we civilians are ga
. ing to hane to get along with less
| butter than formerly . . at least
during the next 1)0 days or so.”
Parks Infant
Tillery—T ( Sgt. and Mrs. James
O. Parks announced the birth and
I death of a daughter, Linda Ruth
at Park View Hospital, Rocky
Mount, on Sept. 27. Mrs. Parks is
the former Ruth Hinton, daughter
of Capt. and Mrs. I. D. Hinton of
* Halifax.
i
I Here’s good news about the war
and the shipping situation. A
headline says “U. S. to Reopen
i Apple Shipments to United King
1 dom.”
Joe G. Butts Resigns
As Kerr's Secretary
Washington—Resignation of Jot
G. Butts, Jr., as ecretary to Rep
John H. Kerr of Warrentor., N
C., was announced by Kerr’s of
fice.
Butts, native of Halifax, resign
ed to become associated with the
law firm of John C. Gull, forme]
general counsel >ior the N-itiona'
Association of Manufacturers. He
has been associated wjth Kerf
since 1931 and has been the con
gressman’s secretary since 1939
For two years 1937-39, he wa;
clerk of the house elections com
mittee.
Butts obtained his law degree al
National university, Washingtor
where he attended night classes
while working as a clerk in Kerr's
office. He mother and father, Mr
and Mrs. Joe G. Butts, still live
at Halifax.
1 Baucom Warns
, Tobacco Men
Raleigh, October 3 — Tobaccc
warehousemen were recently warr
ed against allowing people not
I having weigh master license tc
■ weigh tobacco.
C. D. Baucom, head of the
Weights and Measures division
said that with tobacco averaging
around $42 per hundred pounds it
is “doubly important” this yeai
that each pound of tobacco be
weighed carefully and according tc
i law.
Inspections carried on by his
division, Baucom stated, revealee
1 that in many instances the Weigh
Masters Act is being violated.
If doubt or difference arises as
to the correctness of weight oi
any pile of tobacco, the agent oi
consignee should make compla’nl
at once to the puclic weigh mastei
or directly to the Weights anc
Measures division in Raleigh, ad
vised Baucom, explaining fully the
causes for the misunderstanding
Baucom said that 350 weigh
master licenses have been granted
this yean_
PLAN TO BUY
BOOK MOBILE
On September 29th at the Hali.
ax County Library there was a
joint meeting of the trustees oi
Hali ax, Northampton and Hert
ford Counties. At this time Miss
Elenora Gralow the new supervis
ing Librarian, discussed her work
in the three counties, Halifax re
ceiving half of her time. Plans
were discussed and approved tc
buy a book mobile to be operated
throughout the three counties.
Mrs. Sterling M. Gary,
Secretary.
Fire Burns Out
Local Business
Fire swept through the building
occupied by Weldon Fruit and
Produce Company here last night
about midnight, damaging beyond
sale most of their large stock of
fruits and vegetables.
Origin of the fire had not been
determined today and actual a
mount of the damage, which was
covered by insurance, coul 1 not
be fixed until some of the debris
was cleared away.
The local volunteer Fire Dept
aided by Firemen from Roanoke
Rapids fought the stubborn blaze
for several hours before bringing
it under control. Good work on
the part of the firemen prevented
spread of the fire to nearby build
ings.
Temporary headquarters lor the
business has been set up in the
building where the Smith-Douglas
Fertilizer Company is now locat
ed. This is the building formerly
occupied by The Roanoke News
plant. _ '
Purple Heart
Cpl. William Brown Bobbitt o1
Littleton has been awarded th<
Purple Heart for wounds receivec
in action in France on July 15th
according to information receive
by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs
J. W. King of Littleton. He is nov
in a hospital in England.
No one seems able to explair
about farm prices and what th«
farmer has to pay. When eggi
dropped 20 cents a dozen, pi ice:
for laying mash soared to $4.5(
| a hundred pounds.
: The United War Fund Drive
: will begin in Halifax County,
I October 16th according to an
nouncement by H. B. (Ted) Speight
j of Roanoke Rapids, County Chair
' man.
Chas. R. Daniel has been re
named local chairman and plans
to use the same organization as
last year.
Last year the WTeldon quota
j was set at $3,150.00 and slightly
1 more than $3600.00 was raised.
This year, an account of 45 oth
| er counties in the State failed to
raise their allotted amount in the
drive, the local quota has been
raised to $3850.000. Ten percent of
this amount will be retained lo
cally for the Boy Scout fund.
Four million volunteer work
ers, in every community in the
United States are now laying
plans to start work in October,
for the second time in history, to
secure conributions to a united
war fund ifor the 19 war reletaed
agencies comprising the National
War Fund, and for the home
front agencies of local communi
ity chests. The total objectives o?
some 10,000 of these federated
community campaigns will he in
excess of $250,000,000.
The beneficiaries of these funds
i are our own armed forces, pris
i oners of war, our merchant raa
, rine seamen, and the war victims
| of our Allies. It is estimated that
| 60,000,000 people are touched in
. some way by the activities of the
19 member agencies of the Nation
al War Fund.
| Covers 91 Fronts
! It is hoped that when the cam
paigns have been conducted that
' 35,000,000 individuals and family
groups will have contributed. At
■one time with a single gift, A
mericans may conribute to the vi
tal welfare needs of their indivi
dual community, to the well be
ing, comfort and happiness of
relatives in the armed forces, and
to emergency relief for innocent
victims of war among the United
Nations. A contribution to any of
these community war funds is a
gift that goes to every front—to
91 major geographic areas on six
continents.
i Forty six and one half cents
out of the National War Fund
dollar goes to work for our own
armed forces through the activ
ities of USO, with its 3,000 units
stretching from Alaska to Brazil
and from Newfoundland to Ha
waii; USO Camp Shows, which car
ries entertainment to our service
men and women in every theatre
of the war; and United Seamen's
Service with 104 clubs and units
on six continents.
Prisoners Share
War Prisoners’ Aid gets five
l cents out of the National War
Fund dollar.
Civilians in combat zones, such
as Russia and China, our Allies
in occupied countries and refu
gee sget approximately 32 and one
half cents put of the National
War Fund dollar.
The remainder, including two
thirds of a cent for administra
tion, is held to meet emergencies
which will arise as a result of the
invasion.
Mitchell Rahil At
Marianas Base
A 7th AAF Heavy Bomber Base
in the Marianas—Mitchell F. Rabil,
son of Mrs. Mary H. Rabil, Wel
don, North Carolina, and para
chute rigger for a 7th AAF heavy
bombardment squadron operating
from this advance Allied base, has
been promoted to the grade of
corporal.
Cpl. Rabil, who has been serv
ing with the 7th AAF in the Cen
tral Pacific Area several months
is one of four brothers in the
armed forces. The others are b-gt.
Joseph Rabil also in the AAF, Pfc.
William E. Rabil in the Medical
Corps and Seaman 2 | c Ernest
Rabil of the Navy.
The 25 year old 7th AAF man
attended Weldon High School and
the parachute school in Chanute
Field, 111. He wears the Good
Conduct Medal and the Asiatic
Pacific theater ribbon with two
bronze st/us, signifying participa
tion in the 7th AAF campaigns m
the Gilbert and Marshall Islands.
Chemists see bright future for
soybeans. Greatly
of the crop in the U S “0“ *
industay and for food and live
stock feed is forecast.