[be Home Sphere
Edited by
fdlSS FLORENCE COX
Home Demonstration Agent
Mi,3 Estelle M. Edwards
Assistant Home Pern. Agent
Kvatcb -
Watch the Raleigh Daily Papers
L, week for an important an.
Uncement about Halifax County
pH Club Work.
War Work ■■
Home Demonstration Club Worn
,n ,rjnd time to do War Work ev
during the busy harvest season.
,'hev reported having done the
following things in October--In
.si 120.7.") in bonds, stamps
onated $2(1.00 to Chinese Relief,
ssisted with the raising of neigh
roorhood quotes of the United War
Fund Made for the Red Cross 27
I bedside ^gs, 115 Pairs ,of 1,ed
Lci(s 28 kit hags, knitted 2
sweaters and folded 210 surgieai
dressings. Clubs reporting were
Enfield. Tillery, Springhill, Rose
Ljath. Dawson, South Rosemary
[Hardi'awee, Ilobgood, Brinkley
'ville, Ringwood, Oak Ridge, Hawk
Iins Chapel. Darlington, Halifax
palmyra, Ileathsville, Airlie, Hol
lister, and Calvary. Honors go to
Brinkleyville for investing- the
largest amount of money in War
Savings and to Halifax for do:ng
the most Red Cross Work. All
reports are not yet in on dona
tions to the Chinese Relief.
Save - I
Save black walnuts. The nut
meats add flavor and food value
to many types of foods. It is bet
ter to leather all nuts as soon as
they begin to fall and hull them
immediately. Walnuts rmy be hull
ed in an ordinary farm corn shell
er, rolled under foot on hard sur
face or driven through a board
that has two or three holes of
slightly different sizes. In passing
through the nut is hulled. Wal
nuts are much cleaner and easier
to handle for removing the meats
if they are washed as soon as
they are hulled. Wash in a tub
and stir and handle with an old
broom. Spread out to dry tho
rough-y then bag and store.
The bureau of Human Nutrition
at Washington gives the following
recipe as being one of the Nations
Choice one. “Black Walnut Spice
Cake;” 1c. black Walnuts broken
l-2c. fat, 2c. brown sugar, 3 eggs
3c. sifted %ur. .1 tablespoon bak
ing powder, 1-2 teaspoon each of
salt cinnamon, nutmeg, ground
cloves. 3- 1c. milk. Place nut meats
in boiling water a few minutes and
4jain. Cream fat and sugar. Add
Tieafen egg yolks. Sift together all
dry ingredients. Alternate adding
dry mixture and milk. Add nut
meats. Add beaten egg whites
Bake in muffin pans or 3 layers
at moderate temperature, 350F. A
bout 2i) min.
Why Not ? -
Why not make Christmas toys.
It is fascinating work for men.
women and older boys and girls,
especially when there are small
sons, daughters, brother, sister
etc. to receive the toys. There is
no end to the kinds of toys that
can be made at home from things
that are not -ordinarly used. A lit
tle time imagination and paint will
build usable toys from these odds
and ends. Start off with these sug
gestions and go on from there. A
chamois skin and coffee tin drum
ora railway engine made of board.
Cookie tin can and cocoa smoke
stacks of shaving stick contain
ers and port hol^s of large head
nails. A stick horse made of a
broom handle and a man’s cock.
A doll carriage made of large
grape basket, woden wheels and
axles with stick handles. A toy
wagon made of soap box mounted
on wooden wheels, Rag dolls of all
kinds for the girls. Small stuffed
Animals for little tots. There real
ly is no end to the things you
can niake at home and you will
have as much fun making them
as the little folks will have getting
and using them. Work up your
Christinas Spirit by working on
toys.
Lewis A. Cooke
Lewis A. Cooke, 55, died at his
home in Enfield Friday afternoon
shout 3:30 o’clock following a few
hays of illness.
Funeral services were at his
home Sunday afternoon at 4 o'
clock conducted by his pastor, the
Lev. E. C. Crawford, Methodist
minister. Interment was in the En
field cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Emma Gurganus Cooke of Enfield;
°ne (laughter, Margaret Cooke of
Norfolk, Va.; two sisters, Mrs.
Russell Bradley and Mrs. Bruce
Loyd, both of Era ield, and three
brothers, Sam Cooke of Roanoke
Lapids, Spencer Cooke of Danville,
V and Edgar Cooke of Enfield.
Cooke was the son of the late
Alfred Cooke and Lula Fountain
Cooke of Halifax County. lie lived
m Weldon for several years and
Was employed by the State High
ly Department.
THE ROANOKE NEWS
established in imc — serving Halifax and north \mpton counties _
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WAR BONDS
Seventy-Eighth Year
Published Every Thursday — Weldon. North Carolina
THURSDAY, NOV. 9th., 1941
Southern Pines Now
No. 1 War Material
Will Observe
Armistice Day
The local chapters of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary will observe
Armistice Day in a worship ser
vice at the Weldon Baptist church
Sunday evening, November 12th at
7:20 o’clock.
The Methodist and Episcopal
Churches of Weldon will unite in
this service at the Baptist Church.
Theatres On Wheels
Seven American Red Cross cin
emobiles - theatres on wheels .
have been taken to the battle a
leas in France for the entertain
ment of soldiers near the front.
These ton and a half trucks serve
, as theatre, back stage and “home”
[ for the Red Cross girls who drive
them. One side of the truck can be
let down to make a little stage.
—
Mrs. Lena M.
Stephenson
Mrs. Lena M. Stephenson died
suddenly at her home near Garys
burg Monday night. Funeral ser
vices were conducted from Pleas
ant Grove Methodist Church Wed
nesday afternoon by the Rev.
John D. Robinson and burial fol
lowed in the family plot.
Mrs. Stephenson, who would
i have been 76 years old next Sat
urday was born and had spent her
life in Northampton County. She
was the daughter of the late Turn
i er and Mary Ann Miller Taylor.
I Survivors include five daughters
Mrs. E. W. Jones of Savannah,
Ga., Mrs. A. B. Gay and Mrs. J.
W. Price of Garysburg; Mrs. D.
7'. Connell of Richmond and Mrs
J. W. Riddle of Weldon, two sons,
T. D. Stephenson of Wadesboro and
T. T. Stephenson at' the home, also
one sister, Mrs. W. W. Miller oi
Rich Square, 28 grandchildren and
10 great-grandchildren.
Capture Parcels
Washington, I). C.-Shipment by
the American Red Cross of “cap
ture parcels” to camps in Italy
and Germany just prior to and
since the invation brought to 50,
000 the number of such parcels,
which are issued through the n
ternational Red Cross Committee
to American prisoners of was as
soon after capture as possible.
Thirty different kinds of artic
les are contained in these pack
ages, including pyjamas, under
; wear, a shirt, soap and other items
designed to meet the immediate
| needs of the men, who usually
; have with them only the clothes in
■ which they are captured.
i N. G. McLeod
N. G. McLeod, 05, died at his
home in Roanoke Rapids Monday
after a lingering illness. Funeral
services were conducted from the
home Wednesday afternoon by the
Rev. Marshall White-Hurst and the
Rev. Paul Fields, Burial followed
in Roanoke Rapids cemetery.
Mr. McLeod was a member of
the Baptist Church and was i vet
eran of the Spanish-American War
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
] Emma Wright McLeod, one son
Norman G. McLeod, who is in the
service, one daughter, Miss Sarah
Elizabeth McLeod af Roanoke Ra
j pids ,one sister, Mrs. A1 Bobbey
1 of Cumberland, N. C.; ami four
brothers, Have McLeod of Angier,
Joe McLeod of Gamer, Henry
McLeod and Dan McLeod of Lin
den .___
UNC Library Will
Ask Added
I Chapel Hill, Oct. 30-One of the
1 most pressing needs in the physi
cal plant of the University of
North Carol na at Chapel Hill is
an extension to the library which
is now literally overflowing with
i books, according to a survey made
j by University officials for presen
! tation to the Advisory Budget
i Commission and the General As
i sembly.
I The present building, which was
! completed in 1929, and which was
planned so that an addition coult
he made within a few years
should have been enlarged in 1933
when the number of volumes firsi
! began to overflow present space
I the report shows.
Pulpwood cut from southern
pines has become a No. 1 war ma
terial that today is a vital part
of the war effort and tomorrow
will be the< backbone of an expand
ing industry in the South.
Good quality pulpwood, large e
nough to meet mill specifications,
is urgently needed now by south
ern mills to fill their war orders.
Kra.lt pulp, made from southern
pines, today is used to make in
1944 a half billion V-boxes and
almost a billion heavy paper sacks
for shipment of food, medicines
and equipment to our armies over
seas. Tomorrow this kratt paper
will package millions of American
made products which will be sold
throughout this country and the
world.
Most kraft paper comes from
southern pulp and paper mills. The
kraft industry has undergone a
tremendous expansion since 1935,
almost entirely in the South.
On January 1, 1940, there were
47 pulp and paper mills operating
or under construction in the South.
These mills represented an invest
ment of $200,000,000, over $100,
000,000 of which had been added
since 1935.
More than 0,000,000 cords of
pulpwood were cut in the South
last year, and an even grealei
production is expected in 1944
Pulpwood cut i nsouthern states
listed in the Appalachian regio:
add another million or more cords
to this record.
About 90 per cent of the pulp
made in the South is produced by
the kraft process. With kraft mills
in the South running at capacity,
the value of their finished pro
ducts made each year will exceed
$180,000,000.
In 1919 only 3.4 percent ot all
the wood pulp made in the Unit
ed States was kraft. Last year the
proportion was 45 per cent and
After the war the use of kraft
pulp in the manufacture cf all
types of paper is expected to in
! crease, and it is possible that the
annual krailt pulp production in
the United States will reach 7,
000,000 tons by 1950, a 33 percent
increase over 1943.
As most of this expansion will
occur in the South, the cutting of
pulpwood will rank even in the
post-war period along with the
growing of cotton and tobacco as
a principal source of income for
the farmer and the woodland own
er.
Vann Dortch
i
1 Vann Dortch of Roanoke Rap
ids died Wednesday at the West
ern North Carolina Sanitorium in
Black Mountain. Funeral services
will be conducted Friday after
noon at one o'clock from the
graveside at Corinth Baptist
Church near Oxford.
Survivors are his wife Mrs.
Clyde Moss Dortch, and three
sisters, Mrs. B. F. Fleming of Nor
lina, Mrs. C. T. Park and Mrs.
Charles Park of Goldleaf, Va.
William Robert Teele
Funeral services were conducted
from the First Baptist Church in
Rkoanoke Rapids Wednesday af
ternoon for William Robert Teele,
(54, who died Tuesday after an
illness of several weeks. The
rites were conducted by the Rev.
Gordon Price. Pallbearers were:
Curtis Jernigan, John Mullis, Lee
Stratman, Clifton Grant, Pat Og
burn and Ed Buckner. Honorary
pallbearers were: Howard King,
J. R. Burtow, Moody Hedgepeth,
Marvin Collier, Wade Marks, W.
C. Allsbrook, M. V. Collier, J. k
Welch, W. P. Taylor and F. M.
Coburn.
Mr. Teele had been a Roanoke
Rapids resident for 40 years. He
was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife Mis.
Worley Davenport Teele, three
sons, W. ,A. Teele of Richmond,
Va., Marshall Teele of Roanoke
Rapids, Robert Teele, who is in
the service, two daughters, Mrs.
Elbert Crowder of Norfolk, Va.,
and Miss Mabel Teele of Roanoke
Rapids, three brothers, Drew Teele
ci Roanoke Rapids, Amos Teele
and the Rev. Z. B. Teele of Dur
ham, one sister, Mrs. Levie Cope
land of Hillsboro and one grand
i child^___
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blackstock
and daughter Joycp and Mr. Join
Shearon visited Mr. and Mrs. Chas,
! Vincent in Murfreesboro on \\ ed
I nesday.
Yanks Head for Siegfried Line
OWI-PWB Photo.
Troops of the Seventh Army follow a slippery farmland
irrigation ditch near Remiremont, France, before crossing
the Moselle River in pursuit of the Nazis who are retreat
ing toward the southern portion of the Siegfried line.
County To Buy Land For
Airport Near R. Rapids
A committee composed of repre
sentatives from the civic organi
zations of Roanoke Rapids and
Weldon appeared before the Hali
fax County Board of Commission
ers at their regular meeting this
week- to ask if or financial assist
ants' from the county for the pur
pose of purchasing a proposed tract
of lend on which plans are being
formulated Mr otSka an airport for
Halifax County as a post-war pro
ject. The Board agreed to purchase I
the tract which contains approxi-j
mately two hundred acres and is
located about six miles from Wei-1
i don and which is believed to be as
I central a location as was obtain- j
'able and was sufficiently large to!
^ comply with the Civil Aeronau
tics Commission.
| Truman Miller and Dan Wiggs,'
I representatives of Serv-Air, Inc.,'
| of Raleigh and H. G. Hassett. and j
A. M. Lockwood, associates of the j
Southeastern Air Service of At-.
lanta, Ga., have made visits to the
county to investigate the possibil
ities. i
The building or the airport has
been made a county-wide project
and a suitable name will be chos
en after actual construction begins
on the field. I
The proposal of Hassett and
Lockwood, will call for air service
for the traveling public, express
and freight service. The South
eastern Air Service will use this
airport as a feeder line for its
main lines of air travel, it will
also have available charter plane
service. 1
1 After the war when air travel
begins to rapidly increase the
, towns and communities of Halifax
1 County will be in a direct line ot
big air companies which is of
great importance to the county.
1 J. L. Matthews
i Funeral services will l>e con
ducted from the Wrenn Funeral
Home, Friday morning at ten o'
clock for .1. L. Matthews, 45, who
d.ed in Roanoke Rapids Hospital
! as the result of injuries which he
received two weeks ago when a
tractor turned over on him.
The body will be taken *o Chap
el Hill for burial.
Mr. Matthews is survived by his
| wii e, three sons, James, William
and Perry Matthews, two daught
1 ers, Mary I.ouise and Emily Ruth
' Matthews, his father J. W. Mat
I thews of Seaboard, six brotheis,
|J. E. Matthews, E. R. Matthews
, and June M. Matthews of Sea
| board, R. T. Matthews of Em
1 poria, R. A. Matthews of Oxford i
and J. W. Matthews, Jr., of Ports-1
■ mouth, Va., three sisters, Mrs. Joe
Baird of Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. R.
W. Faison of Portsmouth and Miss
, Marga/et Matthews of Seaboard.
| Mrs. Elsie H. Lang ord has re
turned after visiting relatives in
Philadelphia, Pa., and Baltimore,
Md. and is making her home with
'her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
i Hartsoe of Weldon.
Award To John
Thomas Received
By His Family
The Citation and Bronze Star
Medal awarded to John Primni
Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. 0.
li. Thomas of Weldon, has been
sent to his family here. The fol
lowing is an exact copy o' the
citation:
In the name of the President of
the United States, it gives me
great pleasure to award this Bron
ze Star Medal to:
John l’rimm Thomas,
Signalman second class
United States Naval Reserve
“For meritorious performance
and courageous devotion to duty as
a member of a naval beach party
landed with assault troops on the
Normandy coast, France, June (3,
11)44.
Thomas survived the sinking of
a landing craft and reached the
beach in another landing craft
loaded with Rangers who were to
assault the cliffs. All communica
tion equipment having been lost
due to enemy action, Thomas re
peatedly exposed himself in the
face of terrific enemy fire in an
ei fort to establish communications
by semaphore. On the afternoon of
June (i, 1944, he was buried by a
rock slide caused by the fire from
an American destroyer, when res
cue dthe doctor found him suffer
ing from concussion and severe
biuises and ordered him to be e
vacuated to permit him to return
to the beach where he remained
and meritoriously and courageous
ly performed his duties until bis
unit was evacuated to England.
His gallantry and courageous
devotion to duty were in -coord
with the best traditions o-, ... e
flect great credit on the Lnneu
States naval service.”
HAROLD R. STARK,
Admiral, U. S. Navy,
Commander U. S. Naval Forces in
Europe.
Returns From
Overseas
I,ee Bond S 1-c of the United
States Navy, arrived Wednesday
night to spend a thirty day leave
with his wife and mother here.
Seaman Bond has been on duty
in the Pacific for nearly two
years. _
Receives Gunners
Wings
Pfc. George R. Gardner, son of
| Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gardner of
I Halifax, has received the wings
1 of a ball-turret gunnner at the
| Army Air Forces Flexible Gun
I nery School in Los Vegas, Neva
da.
Pfc. Gardner has been in ser
vice six months and is now sta
tioned in Nebraska._
Mrs. C. P. Vincent has returned
j from a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
I Charles Vincent in Murfreesboro
Democrats Over Nation
Score Decisive Victory
President Roosevelt Wins With Wide Margin
In Electoral Votes; Seats Gained In Congress
Tabulation of returns last night j
showed the President to be pulling,
away from his Republican opponent [
in popular votes. He was gaining
around 800,000 every two hours
against 700,000 for Gov. Thomas
K. Dewey.
The count when all but about
20,000 of the 1110,000 precincts
were in was:
Rusevelt 22,520,001.
Dewey, 10,873,469.
Roosevelt led in 35 states with
an electoral vote of 413, just 30
short of his 1940 total of 449.
Dewey was still maintaining mar
gins in 13 states with 118, elector
al votes, including three states not
carried by Wendell Willkie in
1940—Ohio, Wisconsin and Wyom
ing. Dewey’s lead in his native
state of Michigan was narrow and
counting of “lost” ballots might
change the stand there.
Dewey showed that the Republi
can strength still was in the Mid
west. He led in nine states theie
; with 101 electoral votes; Roosevelt
was ahead in two—Illinois and
Minnesota—with 39.
Democrats showed net gains in
Senate and House memberships
and upset four Republican guber
natorial seats--in Ohio, Massa
chusetts, Missouri and Idaho —
while losing two—Indiana and
North Dakota—to the Republicans.
Democratic inroads into Repub
lican seats in Senate and House
bulwarked the President’s posi
tion in dealing not only with for
eign affairs, but also w'ith domestic
problems.
While buttressing their work
ing majorities, Democrats bounced
out af both branches some of tne
: men on whom they had hung “iso
lationist" labels during the cam
■ paign.
| Out of the Senate went such
Republicans as Gerald P. Nye of
1 North Dakota and John iA. Dana
her of Connecticut. The House
dropped, among others, New'
Yorks Hamilton Fish and Illinois
Stephen A. Day.
Furthermore, in Missouri, Idaho
and Massachusetts, Republican ad
ministrations took a licking and
Democrats elected their guberna
i torial candidates.
Its the Senate which has to ap
| prove treaties—for peace or any
' thing else—by a two thirds ma
jority. Republicans never had a
chance at control of the chamber,
but figured they might whittle
: down Democratic strength.
But late yesterday the Democrats
had a net gain of one seat.
In the House ,where the Demo
crats had a shaky margin of con
trol, they netted 18 seats and
breathed more easily.
j Mate V ole Heavy
I Democratic candidates for State
I offices, front governor down, wef«
I elected by overwhelming majori
i ties in North Carolina Tuesday and
•live constitutional amendments at
state apparently were passed by
good majorities.
Because the outcome was not in
doubt, not late tabulations were
kept on the State races, but on the
basis of early returns the Demo
crats swept the boards in the
State races by a slight larger ma
jin :ty than was given the national
ticket.
Easily elected governor was R
Gregg Cherry, veteran Gaston leg
islator and former State Com
mander of the American Legion,
who polled 303,356 votes against
115,308 for his Republican oppon
ent, Frank Patton of Morganton,
with returns from 1062, of 1022
precincts counted.
Presidents Majority
President Roosevelt and his run
ning mate, Senator Harry Truman,
clung to their lop-sided majorities
over Governor Thomas E. Dewey
and Governor John W. Bricker.
With 1,506 of the States 1,922
precincts reporting, the Roosevelt
Trurnan ticket had rolled up 139,
885 votes to 197,644 for the Repub
lican candidates.
Although in the other State
races not as many ballots were
counted and tabulated as in the
governors race, the returns fol
lowed the same pattern.
In the race for lieutenant gov
ernor, the Democratic nominee L.
Y. Ballentine, led George L.
Greene, the Republican candidate,
130,064 to 37,630 on the basis of
returns from 451 precincts.
The Democratic incumbents
Secretary of State Thad Eure,
J Auditor George Ross Pou, Treas
i urer Charles M. Johnson, Attor
ney General Harry McMul'.an, Su
perintendent of Public Instruction
Clyde A. Erwin, Commissioner oil'
Agriculture \Y. Kerr Scott. Insur
ance Commissioner William P.
Hodges, and Commissioner of La
bor Forrest H. Sbuford were e
lected by large majorities.
In tile Senate race. Former Gov
ernor Clyde K. Hoey polled 293,
9311 votes against 111,466 for A. I.
Ferree, Republican, with only 1,
008 precincts tabulated. For gov
ernor, Gregg Cherry received 203,
356 votes in 1,062 precincts as
compared with 115,308 for his
GOP opponent, Frank C. Patton.
All Democratic nominees for
Congress were reelected by normal
or larger majorities on the face
of the available returns. Vlso the
adoption of all five proposed con
st.tutional amendments was indi
cated by scanty reports of the bal
loting but the returns were not
sufficient to definitely establish
the result.
The Halifax County Board of
Elections is meeting in Halifax
today to canvass Tuesdays Coun
ty Vote and make oflicial returns.
All county ci ficials were returned
to office without any opposition
and the County voters gave a good
vote to President Roosevelt. Unof
ficial returns tabulated Tuesday
night gave Roosevelt 6997 votes to
474 for Dewey in Halifax County.
776 people voted at the Weldon
Precinct. 695 for Roosevelt to 50
for Dewey. 31 voters failed to cast
a presidential ballot here while
voting the state and County tick
et.
N. C. Beekeepers
Group Is
Reorganized
Raleigh, November 9th— P. G.
Craddock, apiarist with the State
Department of Agriculture has an
nounced the reorganization if the
North Carolina Beekeepers Aso
ciation.
He said the main objects of this
organization will be the promotion
of good fellowship among the
members ,the lending ci aid to
the industry, and the distribution
of information on the proper me
thods of beekeeping.
He said that dues will be one
dollar per year. He requested all
“white honey producers and bee
keepers” to affiliate themselves
with the group by sending in their
dues to the secretary.
Officers elected for the coming
year are as follows: P. G. Crad
dock, President; J. R. Milne, Hen
derson, Vice-president; F. B. Mea
cham, Raleigh, secretary-treasuicr
The executive committee will be
composed of these officers and J.
L. O’Ferrell of Greensboro and J.
Richard Carr of Plymouth.
Better Quality
Peanuts For Peanut
Butter And Candy
Raleigh, November 9th— The
entire peanut crop this season will
he handled by the Commodity
Creoit Corporation, and in virtual -
ly all cases farmers’ stock pea
nuts will he shelled by the clean
ers, with the No. 2 grade being
diverted into oil channels, it was
announced by Harry Westeott,
State Department of Agriculture
marketing specialist.
He explained that heretofore
processing plants have generally
used the No. 2 grade for their
products, and added that the di
vertion of this grade to oil will
) result in consumers receiving a
high grade peanut—No. 1 or better
I —in their peanut butter and pea
* nut candy.
Westeott just returned from the
peanut producing area, said that
weather conditions since the rain
of October 20 have been ideal for
drying peanuts, with picking gett
ing under way lightly last week.
A fewr shelling plants, too, be
gan operations last week, and
plants began full time work Mon
day in Edenton, Williamston. Ply
mouth, Tarboro, Enlield, Scotland
Neck, Ahoskie, Roxobel, Elizabeth
town, Hamstead and Dublin.
"Some farmers are reporting
good yields. The meat content ap
pears ‘to be the highest in several
seasons,” asserted Westeott.