jIig Home Sphere
Edited by
MISS FLORENCE COX
Home Demonstration Agent
Mi,s Estelle M. Edwards
Assistant Home Dem. Agent
Halifax 1 11 <;irls Win .
T'mler the leadership oi Miss
Estelle M. Edwards, Assistant
„ ' e Dei.. Agent, llal
4 1! girL won first place in
£ee diffei ent I»i*trict Contests
, .I ,i,e latter part o. Iasi. week.
JL vne Ellen of Enfield, d.iu
JeVof Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ellen,
ted first in the District Dress
Revue. A » result she will be
Iced in the State Revue. The
we Winner receives a free tup
Chicago to attend the National
i u dal, Congress and there will
I entered in the National Revue,
vaturallv we all await with m
erest the outcome of the State
Driss Revue.
Miss Virginia Pittman, of Ilal
fax, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
I (■ Pittman and Miss Agnes
glen, won first place with their
earn demonstration on Dairy
roods, using the subject A Light
Breakfast. The team will enter
h. State Contest. The State win
,er will receive a $50.00
jond for each member of
earn. „ ^
jIDs [,;i Rue \\ liitley, of F.n
ieid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
v IS. Whitley, placed first with
Dairy Foods Demonstration
riven by ail individual. She too^
[ill enter the State Contest. The
Rate award for the individual
emonstration is also a $50.00 \\ dr
loud.
Each of these girls have worked
lard ami long hours in prepara
ion for these contests. They have
rained much in developed skills
nd are looking forward with eag
mess to the final outcome of the
hree State Contests.
Wa r
the
lour Leather Shoes —
The U. S. Department of Agni
tulture suggest that you take
food cave -d your leather shoes.
(Vhen they get wet, clean them
and rub on a light coat ol castor
lil. (This is much more pb nsani
;han taking it.) Then either stuff,
;hem then with paper or put in1
ihoe trees. All >w then to dry to
i room ti iperature with food cir
lulation uf air. Never put wet
:hoes lie: i a five or heat or a
Hove or radiator. A ter the shoes
ihj dry pulisu uiem aiui give a
ight coat of wax. Patent leatliei
hoes should be rubbed occasion
illy with vaseline. Rub oil any j
access gasoline with a soft cloth I
'his treatment helps to prevent
racking of patent leather. Suede
hoes suffer most when wet. Dry
hem very slowly. Brush carefully
then the- shoes are dry. If there
re slick places remaining after
he brushing try using a piece of
ine sandpaper.
i - Sgt. Joe D.
forehead From
'oreign Duty
Miami, Fin., October 16th~Staff
trgeant Joe D. Morehead, -'ll ol
ieltlon, arrived here today at the
if Trails;i.irt Command’s Miami
fitly Air Field, lie expects to(
ave Miami shortly, following do- j
irkation processing, to spei.d a.
‘Hough at his home. I
Sgt. Morehead has served a Id,
oaths tour of duty with the Air
wps in Jamaica.
Home From
Oversea*
S Sgt. Jimmie Ellis is spend
? a leave with his family here
ter serving with the armed
fees overseas for nineteen mon .
lew Basic “A”
l&s Coupons
0 Be Issued
Halifax, N. (’..-The old basic
1 gas coupons expire Novem
r 8th. The old "A 12” will have
Vi‘lue in this area, and “A 11”
the old hook cannot he used
November H. The New "A
"’ill become valid on Novem
r 9th.
coupons of the Halifax
‘honing Hoard No. 45:20:2 will
issue,i in the schools in the,
®a covered by that Board on
ober 2.), 2ti and 27. People who
n°t get their new book on j
eea Hays will have to call at
* Rationing Board in Halifax,
he principals of each school
set the hour for issuing these
Pens and report same to peo
hrough the children. Seiioois
area covered by Halifax Rat
mtr Board are: Aurelian
'nKs, Enfield, Darlington, Hai
•’ Hardrawee, Wm. R. Davie,
ister and Ringwood. i
,!0‘onst will bring their old
Jf>ok, their Car Registration
r(i and Tire Inspection Report
en they call for the new “A”
ok,
THE ROANOKE NEWS
BSTAHLISHKD JLN IMS — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH VHPTON COUNTIES .
KEEP FAITH
\dyk«y,w\
War bonlS
Seventy-Eighth Year
Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina
THl'RSDAY, OCT. 19th„ 194 1
Fund, the Soviet medical corps has lost only 1.5% of ail Russia's wounded and has been able to return
over 10% to active duty.
War Fund Drive Now Well
Underway In Halifax County
A complete organization has
been set up all over Halifax
County by H. B. (Ted) Speight
of Koanoke Rapids, County chair
man of the United War Fund and
the drive which started Monday is
now well underway.
Chas. R. Daniel, Weldon chair
man is using the same group of
canvassers as last year and the
drive is progressing here. Wel
don’t quota is approximately
$3850 for the current drive. It
is hoped eevryone will be prepar-|
ed to make their donations when
the canvassers make their calls
and thus save time. I
Embracing some 17 different
agencies to avoid so many differ
ent campaigns, the Drive’s chief
beneficiaries will be the members
o. the fighting forces of the U-^
nited States. One half the funds
will go to the U. S. O. and con-|
siderable sums will go for the re-'
lief of the uniortunates of our
men who are imprisoned in the
War Prisoner camps of our ene-,
mies. Other funds will help keep I
up the morale of our merchant,
seamen who are carrying food,;
clothing and ammunition to our
fighting men._
Methodist Men To j
Have Barbecue
Supper Friday
The Methodist Men's Barbecue
Supper will be held tomorrow |
(Friday) night in the church
basement at 6:30 o’clock. All
members are being sent invita
tions and are urged to attend. I
Lions Festival
At Roanoke
Rapids This Week
The Roanoke Rapids Lions Club|
is staging its Annual Festival all
this week at Simmons Park.
Many free attractions and priz
es are offered. W. C. Kaus Shows
make up the giant midway.
Miss Jennie Brent
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday afternoon from the
residence in Halifax for Miss Jen
nie Brent, 86, who died Saturday
night after a short illness. The
rites were conducted by the Rev.
C. E. Crawford and burial follow
ed in the family cemetery.
Miss Brent’s nearest surviving
relatives are some nieces and nep
hews.___
Attend Baptist
Association
Among those who attended the
annual Roanoke Baptist Associa
tion meeting in Rocky Mount and
Bethel last week were Rev. and
Mrs. W. W. Finlator, Mr. and Mrs.
S. E. Shiriey, C. F. Gore, Mrs.
R T. Daniel, Mrs. F. G. Dawkins,
Mrs. Helen P. Harrington, Mrs. N.
S. Bpr#es, Mrs. W. D. Norman,
Mrs. Boyce Gowan, Mr. Frank.
Williams and Mrs. C. R. Daniel |
Mrs. C. R. Daniel and Mrs. N.
J. Shepherd attended a church) j
meeting in Rocky Mount on Wed-|
nesday.
B. and L. Group
I
Plans To Aid Vets
Winston-Salem, N. C., October
I 10th—Member saving's a,nil loan
associations of the Federal Home
Loan Bank oil' Winston-Salem are
mobilizing their personnel to aid
war veterans of Maryland, Dis
trict of Columbia, Virginia, Nor
th Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama and Florida who
wish to take advantage of their
home financing advantages under
the G. I. Bill of Rights, 0 K.
LaKoque, president of the district
bank, announced today.
He had just returned from a
conference of the heads of the Id
regional banks of the Federal Loan
Bank System :*t Washington*
where plans were outlined by
which thrift and home financing
institutions of the country can u
tilize their facilities to inform vet-,
erans as to their rights under the
guaranteed loan provision of the
law and take applications for
mortgage loans. !
“Savings and loan associations,
and similar landing institutions of I
the Federal Home Loan ank:
System are making preparations
to assist veterans as soon as reg
ulations for the processing of loan
applications - now being formu
lated - are announced by the Vet
erans’ Administration,” said Mr.
LaRoque.
in eiiect, iuc,v v ,
up ‘Question and Answer Posts
in their institutions where the
veteran can obtain information on
his privileges under the act and
get advice on how he can proceed
to build or buy the home that
will suit his particular needs and
circumstances. From their know
ledge of local real estate condi
tions and values and their train
ing in making loans tailored to^ in •
dividual family requirements, they
can be of immediate practical aid
in what, for most veterans, will
be the most important investment
in their lives.
“Following out the policy laid
down in the law, they can help to
protect returning soldiers aaginst
eexeessive property prices and
•assuming debtor obligations
greater than their earnings would
warrant. . .. _
“Savings and loan associations
and banks will endeavor to take
much of the load of handling these
applications off the shoulders ot
the government, which of course
does not lend any money under
this law but instead induces lo
cal financial institutions to make
liberal home loans to veterans by
guaranteeing repayment of a por
tion of a debt contracted for
that purpose.”
The district served by the W in
ston-Salem bank includes Mary
land, District of Columbia, Vir
ginia, North Carolina, South Ca
rolina, Georgia, Alabama am
Florida. The bank’s 410 member
institutions are located In some
250 cities and towns, readily ac
cessible to 90 per cent of the
urban population of the distiict.
Their combined resources total a
bout $900,000,000.00.
“It is estimated that member
institutions of he Winson - Salem
bank now hold liquid resources a
vailable for home loans otalling
$200,000,000.00,” said Mr. La
! Book Club Meeting
| The first meeting of the season
I of the Book Club was held on Oct-1
■ ober third in the home of Mrs.
J. W. Brown. A cordial welcome
by the President, Mrs. W. Ci. Suit
er was extended to the two new
members, Mrs. A. \\ . Oakes and
Mrs. Blackwell Pierce. Highlights
from the message of the State
Federation President. Mrs. High
smith were read ny Mrs. Suiter
The club members were gratified
to learn that the Book Club was
second in the Wai L*r , Drive con
test held in the 1.cl
Following the business session’
I the meeting was turned over to,
the Program Chairman, Mrs. D.j
Allen Green, who announce.! the1
study for the year, "Places and
Peoples of the Mediterranean.”
The paper lor the afternoon, ‘‘The
Mediterranean” was presented by
Mrs. D. Allen Green,
i At the conclusion of the pro
gram the hostess, assisted by Ann
Brown and Lou Gregory, served
delicious sandwiches, tea and cak
I es.
i The active members present
| were: Mesdames Edgar Bounds, J.
| W. Brown, W. 0. Davis, L. C.
I Draper, D. A. Green, T. C. Hani
son, Alex Johnson, W. D. Norm
an, A \V. Oakes, Blackwell
Pierce, S. B. Pierce, W. A. Pierce,
•\y. S. O’ B. Robinson, W. G. Suit
er, C. S. Vinson, Associate mem
bers: Mesdames D. L. Fonts and
C. B Thomas.
I ■
decorated
s Sgt. Roy L. Hart, son of
' Cleveland 11. Hart and the late
Mrs. Hart of Weldon, has re
cently been awarded the Rio.o.e
I Star (Medal of Honor). S Sgt.
Hart who has been overseas twen
ty-three months h/.s served in
North Africa, France, England
and is now stationed in Belgium
Mrs. Urtie Crawley
Harvey
Mrs. Urtie Crawley Harvey, 57
died in Detroit, Mich. Tuesday
October 10th. The body was
brought to Littleton where fu
neral services were conducted by
the Rev. Mr. Simms Sunday at
ternoon from Littleton Baptist
Church. Interment followed m
Sunset Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Harvey, a native of Hali
fax County is survived by her
husband. S. A. Harvey, Sr, of
Va., one daughter,
Cllasgow of Halifax.
A. Harvey, Jr., of
Va., seven sisters,
Mrs P N. Harper, Mrs. 0. Dav
enport and Mrs. A. L Dautridge
all of Rocky Mount, Mrs. E. L
Cook of Portsmouth, Va„ Mrs. ...
C Ezelle of Dunn, Ma s. b rank
Oliver of Ledi, California, Miss
Hazel Crawley of Durham six
brothers, S. C. Crawley and Hen
re Crawley of Aurelian Springs
W -V Crawley, E. L. Crawley am
j W Crawlev of Littleton, R. A.
Crawley of Washington, D.
and five grandchildren.
Portsmouth,
Mrs. Albert
one son S.
Portsmouth,
Roque “The Federal Home Loan
Bank System functions as then
of reserve credit.”
source
Democratic Rally In Roanoke
Rapids Friday, Night Oct. 27
RECORDERS
COURT NEWS
OCTOBER 17th., 1911
Dorsey 1’iUman, colored ot Hal
ifax and .1. W. Hurt of Klbei'ton,
Ga., charged with reckless dri'-inn
were found not guilty.
Hosea Davis, colored, charged
with assault, r.ol pros with leave.
Leslie Wiley, colored of Enfield
plead guilty to assault and pray
er for judgment continued on pay
ment of the c sts and on condi
tion he remains o: good behavior
for two years.
Woodrow Shadrack, white of
Weldon, charge.! with larceny nol
pros with leave.
Robert Alston, colored of Roa
noke Rapids plead guilty to re
sisting arrest and disorderly con
duct and was given six months on
the roads.
George Harris. Floyd Crowder
and Levy Rope, colored of Wel
don were found guilty of gam' 1
ing and prayer for judgment con
tinued on payment of 1-5 the costs
each and on condition each re
mains of good behavior for two
years.
Alnto Williams, colored of Lit
tleton plead guilty to reckless
driving and driving without oper
ators license and prayer for judg
ment is continued on payment o.
costs and on condition he remains
of god behavior .or 1- months
during which time he is not to op
erate a motor vehicle.
Major Hill and Nathaniel Price
colored of Littleton plead guilty
to gambling and prayer for judg
ment continued on payment of the
costs and good behavior for 12
months.
James Burchette, colored of
’ Warrenton plead guilty to reck
less driving and prayer for judg
| ment is continued on payment of
' a fine oi' $10 and costs and on
i condition he voluntarily surrendei
his operators license for 1.10 days
during which time he is not to
operate a motor vehicle.
Superior Court
A term of Superior Court will
begin, Monday, October 23rd for,
trial of criminal cases. Judge
Luther Hamilton of Morehead
City is scheduled to preside at tins
term.
Message Received
Concerning
Lt. Harry Freid
Mr. anti Mrs. M. Freid of Wel
don have been notified by the In
ternational lied Cross that their
son I,!. Harry Fteid is a prison
er of the Herman Government mil
i- being held in Stalug I.tP't J,
Germany whieli is approximately
sixty miles from Berlin.
Lt. Fteid had previously been
reported missing since July loth
over Yugoslavia after it bombard
ment mission to I'loesti. Rumania.
Mr. and Mrs. Freid have tilso
received a copy of a message sent
them by Mrs. Charles A. Patter
son of Jackson, Ohio, wife of Lt.
Chas. A. Patterson, pil.-t of the
plane on which Lt. Freid went
down.
This message was intercepted
over short wave following an en
emy propaganda broadcast from
Germany and reads: "My dear
Jean am well and safe in a Germ
an prison camp. Please write Mr.
S. W. Hall, Lowellville, that James
is here. Write Harry Freid s '.air
ily that lie is here and O. K. Xow
write often the address is below.
Also write to Mr. K. K. Hood of
Uogales, Arizona that Bob is O.
K.I will be seeing you. ( Juries
A. Patterson. 2nd Lt."
The message was signed Leech
Provost Marshall General.
Bishop Penick At
Grace Church Sunday
The Right Reverend Kdwin A.
Penick, I), lb. Bishop of ‘.he Dio
cese of North Carolina, will preach
at Grace Church, Weldon, at e
leven o'clock, on next Sunday. Oct
ober 22nd. The occasion v. ill ;t
the Bishop’s annual visitation to
Grace Church, at which time he
will also receive the candidates
for confirmation.
Bishop Penick will visit the
Church of the Saviour, at Jack
son. at four o'clock of the same
day, and St. Mark’s Church, llal
ifax, eigiit o’clock. He wfil
preach on these occasions, also.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
The addition of calcium arsen
ate to standard blue mold sprays
is effective in reducing flea beetle
populations in tobacco plant beds
Looking Over Our !
District’s Health^
i
By I>It. \Y. K. MdlOWlil.I.
District Health Officer
Today, as never before, we are
striving to guard the health of
our children, and our first line
of defense should be in our own
homes. 1 wonder how many of us
realize how important it is to
have our domestic sew its given
a thorough physical * . . ut-m
at least once a year .' i «»
handlers in markets, cafes and
other places that sell food *o the
public are required by law to have
a physical examination once each
year. This includes a fluoroscopic
examination proving tiie absence
of tuberculosis; a Wassevmann
test for syphilis, test for gonorr
hea, and a eces examination for
typhoid fever.
The domestic servant, too, should
have an examination similar to
that of food handlers. That the
domestic servant who prepares
your food and cares for your chil
dren is free from tuberculosis,
syphilis, gonorrhea and typhoid
fever is your responsibility. W hen
you are hiring a new servant, he
sure that she can present a cer
tificate from her family physician
or county health department show
ing that she is free of the above
diseases. Your health depaitment
holds a food handlers’ clime in
Hali ax every afternoon from one
to three.
Our records show cases where
domestic servants have worked toi
many months before any examina
tion was made. In many cases
j when these person, were examin
! ed, it was found that they had one
! or more of these communicable
diseases.
We are often asked for inf or
Soldiers Attend
Church Services
In Large Numbers
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 17th--Soldier
attendance at 5,4(1") religious ser
vices conducted in chapels at Army
posts, camps and stations in the
southwestern states was nearly
50000 in September, according to
a report role:.sc ! *• • !r >’ • c-m '
lain (Colonel) Ralph Y\ . linger,-,
chaplain, Fourth Service Com
mand.
There were 2.221 Sunday ser
vices with a soldier attendance of1
192.170, while 57.501 soldiers at
tended the 3,2-14 weekly services.
In addition, chaplains stationed at
the various Army installations in
the southeast conducted 1,110 ser-,
vices off their posts, attended by!
7(1,02.'! civilians, in which Conner-1
tion Chaplain Rogers explained]
that it is the practice of Army]
chaplains to conduct services at
community churches upon invita
tion, whenever possible.
Post churches made 5,752 hos
pital visits, speaking to 7 5,558
patients and held 2,853 interviews |
with prisoners on 549 g.ird’iou-e |
visits. A otal of 1,200 welfare
cases were handled.
motion regarding the advisaoility
of employing persons who are un
der treatment for syphilis. It is
a proven fact that a patient ie-j
coifing treatments regularly is (
] non-infections and that the em
ployer runs no rish whatsoever.
I A Democratic Rally will l>e
staged in the Roanoke Rapids
i Armory, Friday, October 27th,
! according to Dr. John W ■ Martin,
I County Chairman.
! Wiliiam 11. Umstead, chairman
! of the State Democratic executive
Committee will he the principal
speaker a n d other prominent
Democrats will take part on the
program, said Dr. Martin.
Dr. Martin urges ail precinct
chairman and others interested in
the welfare of the Democratic
party to get good attendance at
the Rally. An interesting pro
gram has been arranged arid it
is hoped a large crowd will at
tend.
T - Sgt. Stephenson
With The
! “Curry‘s Cougars”
A Ninth Air Force Fighter Rase
— France -- Technical sergeant
Raymond D. Stephenson, Maple
Street, Weldon, N. C., who has
been in the European theatre of
operations since April 1941, is in
Colmel William L. Curry’s fight
j er group (“Curry’s Cougars”)
which has recently received two
commendations from Brigadier
General O, P. Weyland, XIX Tact
ical Air Command, for its out
j standing air support given Gene
I ral Patton’s Third Army.
I On one day alone, between 400
I and 500 enemy vehicles were de
• stroyed h.v bombing and strafing,
land early in September the light
er pilots destroyed dll motor
! transports and 01 German tanks.
I In his commendation to the
| group as a whole, General Wey
land said:
| "... It is my privilege to com
‘ mend your group highly for this
I fine performance and to convey t(
I ;•!!. its personnel my full cu..fi
dfV e V ntoeir ability and wdl t,
c ... untie in even greater measure
the outstanding service already
i rendered.”
! Sergeant Stephenson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter E. Stephenson ol
I Weldon and known to his ellow
i soldiers as “Steve” is the radio
.inspector for group headquarteis
He enlisted in January 1940 and
has since seen overseas service m
Puerto Rico and the Panama can
! al zone. He is a graduate of IV el
don high school and prior to en
tering the service, Sergeant Step
henson was employed as a motion
picture projectionist._
NOTICE
I have posted my property
known as Johnston's Island adja
cent to the city of Weldon on ac
count of loggers at work in the
woods and cattle grazing there
j in. Hereafter positively no tres
passing or hunting will he allow
ed.
Ira .1. Hoover.
Midgett To Head
Northampton Drive
| The Halifax-Northampton Dis
I trict of the East Carolina Coun
! cil By Scouts of America an
nounces the appointment and ac
ceptance of Mr. Buxton Midgett,
prominent Jackson attorney, as
ah._mpt on County Finance
email man or l‘J4d.
Mr. Midgett has shown a keen
interest in Scouting and more es
pecially in the Character Building
Program of Scouting. He has been
in close contact with the youth of
our state, through his profession
as an attorney, and through the
courts has observed the need for
more youth training.
Mr. Midgett announces the
drive for 1945 will be held the
early part of November and will
be separate and apart from the
United War Fund Drive. This
plan being agreed upon by the
officials of both Boy Scouts and
United War Fund.
The Scouting Program in Nor
thampton County has a member
ship of six troops and two cub
packs with an enrollment oi one
hundred seventy five boys and
thirty adults.
The Halifax - Northampton
District has an able and efficient
Field Executive in Bill Rhoden
who devotes his entire time to die
program in these two counties.
'or the first time since 1941,
sh apples from the United Sta
will be on sale in England
i winter, says the Vi FA.