To the People
of this Community
The Victory Volunteer goes by
manv names in the Sixth War
loan Sometimes he or she is
railed a Gallant, sometimes a
calIe° Blue Star Brig
adier or perhaps
a B o n d a d i e r.
Whatever the
designation, he
or she is per
forming a prac
tical patriotic
service. In this
community in
the next few
weeks you will
meet many of
them at work, in
the theatres, at your workshop,
in th' hanks and in your home.
Remember one thing: you do
not da them a favor when you
huv an extra War Bond. You
bclp v. ir country, your fighting
relatives and friends and your
self The Victory Volunteer gives
his time and his energy in a
great muse. He or she makes it
easv for vou to do your duty by
having at least one extra $100
War Hand over and above your
regular bond purchases.
THE EDITOR.
The Home Sphere
Edited by
MISS FLORENCE COX
Home Demonstration Agent
Mi-',.- K-telle M. Edwards
Assistant Home Dem. Agent
4-H Girls are State Winners
\Ve are happy that our Hal fas
County 4-H Club Dairy Foods
Team Won first place in the State
anid will go to Chicago December
to attend the National 4-H Club
Congress. The team consists of
Miss Agnes Ellen anti Miss \ ir
g.nia Pittman.
Thanksgiving Suggestions:
| \\'e have so many tilings for
which to l>e thankful on Thanks
giving Day. We hope that our peo
ple will make it a day of rever
ence as well as the Celebration o.'
the Harvest Season. We are giv
ing below a few suggestions for
the use of the housewife as sug
gested by the Bureau of Human
Nutrition.
Spiced fruit juices. To one quart
of grape juice add 1-2 cup sugar,
1-8 teaspon salt, 8 short sticks of
cinnamon and 12 whole cloves.
Heat to boiling point, cool, and let
stand for several Hours. Strain and
get out spices, add a little lemon
juice, reheat and serve hot. Can
ned grapefruit juice may be treat
ed the same way except add mote
sugar and spices and mak.' the
ipkes-^iovels, Cinnamon and nut
meg.
I Stuffing for the Thanksgiving
bird. A 10 to 12 lb. turkey takes
about 2 to 2 1-2 qts. of bread
crumbs, three cups of chopped cel
ery. onions and parsley mixed,
and 1 to 2 teaspoons of pov deved
seasoning herbs. Use only about
1-4 as much chopped onion as cel
ery. For a 5 Pound Chicken, use 1
qt. n crumbs, 1 1-2 cups or the
chopped vegetables and 1-2 tea
spoon of seasoning herbs. Good
vegetables in fat a few minutes
before blending with crumbs, her
fat use fat from the bird if there
iss suf.eient. if not use any other
good at. Do not use too much tat,
lrom 1 to 1 1-2 1. to 1 cup of
crumbs is usually enough. Mois
ture may not be added according
to the preference of the cook. If
you u-e liquid it may be oitli ;r
mild, water or stock uom cooking
the giblets. But do not add to much
moisture as a tasteless stuffing
will result.
For a different Relish for the
Thanksgiving bird, try the follow
ing:
1 cup cranberries, 1 orange, 1
apple, 1-3 to 1-2 cup sugar, 1-8
teaspoon salt. Wash and drain ber
ries. Cut orange, rind on, and re
move see^s, core apple, Run fruits
through food chopper, combine
with sugar and salt, and chili be .
fore serving.
Another change in relish may be i
tad by the use of the following:
2 apples, cored; 1 orange and
1-4 of its rind; 1 grape lru.t- 1;
tablespoon on lemon uice; 1-4 cup
sugar. Put apple, orange and rind!
through chopped, take our grape
fruit pulp and cut into small piec-j
ss. Combine all ingredients nndj
thill over night.
*vt. Elmo Whitaker
"lome
From War Zone
Charleston, S. C., November
■Pvt. Grover Elmo Whitaker of
he U. S. Army Engineers has re
amed from 27 months overseas
n the European Theatre of oper
ations on the U. S. Hospital Ship
Huddleston.
He is temporarily being treated
* Stark General Hospital proir to
leinK trails'erred to another Army
lospital for definite treatment.
He is a former resident of Wei
lon’ the son of Mrs. J. W. Whit
l*ter gnd the late Mr. Whitaker.
Lt. Harry Kittner of Quantieo
,a- 's spending a few days with
lls Parents here.
THE ROANOKE NEWS
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WAR BONDS
Seventy-Eighth Year
Published Every Thursday — Weldon. North Carolina
IHLIVOUrt l, .'v/* . m * m
Halifax School 4-H Members
Place First In The State
The Halifax County Dairy'
Food Team consisting of Miss
Agnes Ellen, Enfield, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ellen and Miss.
Virginia Pittman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Pittman, placed
first in North Carolina with their,
demonstration on the use of dairy!
products in the diet. As a result of|
winning first place each g'rl will'
receive a fi'ty dollar War Bondi
and a free trip to Chicago to at
tend the National 4-H Club Con
■ gress. The 4-H Club Congress will)
I be held the first ten days in De
cember and the Halifax County
girls will accompany the five oth-1
er state 4-H Club winners. Winner
,n various other contests.
This singular honor has come to
Agnes Ellen and Virginia Pittman
as a result of long and hard work
They gave their demonstration on
“A Light Breakfast” using Dairy
Products 47 times before many
types of audiences, including every
high school in the County. They
also worked hard at home putting
into practice the principles learned
in 4-H Club Work. The two girls
together planned and served 507
meals for their families. In doing
this they have prepared a total
of 1584 dishes during the year.
The work with the dairy foods
has not only won recognition foi
the girls in the State but has in
fluenced the increased use of milk
an dmilk products in their homes
and local communities.
In addition to our winning team
a 4-H Club girls, Miss La Itue
Whitley, Enfield, daughter of Mr.
I and Mrs. N. B. Whitley, placed as
the runner tfp in the State finals,
for the Individual 4-H Club girl
giving a demonstration on the use
of milk and milk products. Her!
demonstration was on the making j
of Ice Cream. LaRue is now in the,
eighth grade at the Enfield High
School and will have a chance to
' compete on this contest another
year.
The-'.e teams were trained under
t?i» direction "of miss Estelle M.
Edwards, Assistant Home Demon
stration Agent. Miss Edwards says
that she is happy that the girls
are receiving these awards lor
their long and hard work, arid
that the trip to Chicago will not
only mean much to Agnes and|
Virginia but will build better 4-H
Club Work in Halifax County. ■
Wins War Bond
Miss Nettie Cuthrell has been
notified that she is one o the win
ners in a nation wide War Bond
appeal sponsored by Ivory Soap.
A letter of congratulation and a
certificate of merit have been re
ceived by her from Proctor and
Gamble, makers of Ivory Soap and
a $50.00 War Bond has been pre
sented to her nephew, Lesl.e W.
Seaver, Jr., in connection with the
award. The winning entry submit
ted by Miss Cuthrell was on a
statement of reasons why every
Wartime Baby should own War
Bonds.
TRANSFERRED
Lt. Meade H. Mitchell, Jr„ was
recently transferred from Maxtor
Army Air Base, Maxton, N. C. tr
Almafienia, New Mexico. Aftei
remaining there four days he war
transferred back to Maxton. Lt
and Mrs. Mitchell spent the week
end here with Mr. and Mrs. M. H
Mitchell.
Aurelian Springs
School Fair Soon
Preparations are underway at
the Aurelian Springs School fot
the annual school fair. Plans are
being made to present the fair or
November 30th and Decnmbei
1st.
The main attraction on the .first
night will be a “Tom Thumb
wedding, Ellice Bounds third grade
teacher, is in charge of this fea
ture.
Work of the entire classes from
the first through the twelfth will
be on exhibit in the various rooms.
Side shows and games will also
be in abundance.
The school has staged a fair
for the past three years and each
one has proven a success finan
cially as ’well as socially. The
school’s athletic program and phy
sical fitness classes i|re .almost
wholly supported by the proceeds
from the fair. It has also proved
popular with the people of the
community since it gives them a
chance to get together in a festive
mood.
JURY DECIDES BRIGGS
DIED NATURAL CAUSES
Charlie Briggs, 4-, was found
dead Saturday morning in his ear
w hith was parked in front of his
rooming place in Roanoke Rapids.
An inquest was held Monday. Af
ter the body had been examined j
by two physicians and F. N. Rowe,,
Halifax County Coroner and no I
evidence of foul play was found
the coroners jury came to the de
cision that Briggs d.ed from nat
tural causes.
Funeral services were conducted
from Williams Funeral Home on
Tuesday afternoon by the Rev.
Edmund Berkley and burial follow
ed in the Roanoke Rapids Ceme
tery. Pallbearers were Mack Moore,
Wilbur Allen, Leon George, Wil
liam Tickle; Lewis Tickle, John
Liverman, Eddie Moore, Hugh G
Wood and Leroy Askew. Hono
rary pallbearers were A. N. Mar
tin," Fred Forest, A. K. Hatem
Jimmie Hatem, J. A. Wood, Dr
j. W. Martin, A. B. Speight and
Fenton Johnson.
Mr Briggs was manager ot the
Cafe in the Roanoke Rapids Bus
Station.
Survivors include one brother, A
W Briggs of Roanoke Rapids, five
sisters, Mrs. J. W. Fanney, Mrs.
Sam Butler of Roanoke Rapids
Mrs. Della Hinson, Mrs. Edith
Lewder, Mrs. ,Ada Crispin of Nor
folk and a number of nieces and
nephews. _
Cotton Ginning
Report
Census report shows that 17,136
bales of cotton were ginned in
Halifax County from the crop of
1944 prior to November 1st as com
pared with 20,079 bales for the
crop of 1943.__
Pvt. and Mrs. Roy Edwards of
Florida are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Edwards.
Return Requests
Must Be Made
Through Red Cross
Atlanta, Ga., November 15th —
Requests that soldiers be brought
hume from overseas because of
family hardship must now be made
only through the American Red
Cross, Major General Frederick
E. Uhl said today in explaining
a change in War Department pro
cedure.
Under a second change, the
Commanding General, Fourth Ser
vice Command, continued, Army
agencies will no longer request
theatre commanders to report on
the physical condition of indivi
duals serving overseas. The chan
ge has been imposed by the grow
ing volume of such individual in
quiries and by the heavy military
Had on available channels of com
munication. As Hefore the Ad
jutant General’s Of ice in Wash
ington will report serious illness
and any material changes in
health to next of kin as a matter
of routine procedure as rapidly as
information is received from ov
erseas. The Army memorandum
directing the change says in part:
"in the absence of such report it
may be assumed that the individ
ual's condition has not changed
materially.”
The new method of requesting
return of a soldier from oversea?
because of family emergency
places first responsibility on the
local chapter of the American Rec
Cross, which makes the initial in
vestigation of family conditions
The report and the request are
then forwarded together by the
Red Cross to the proper theatr,
of war commander, who make:
the itinal decision an dtakcs fine,
action.
McNutt Discusses Pulpwood Recruitment Campaign
Paul V. McNutt, chairman of the War Manpower
Commission, reviews with WMC officials the I94l--I.>
Manpower Program for the Pulpwood Industry. A
thousand local offices of the U. S. Employment Ser\
ice of the WMC are now enaairecl in the canton iun
which seek* to enlist men to rut pulp wood and to
work in pulp wood mills. Other VIMO officials arc
W illiam W. Bardsley, left, chief of the Rural Indus
tries Division, and John K. Collins, center, director
nl' tl««* Hnr*»uu __
Committee Plans To Push
Flood Control Bill Through
Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn, Chairman,
Urges People Along Roanoke River
To Aid In Fight To Prevent Floods
Having as its purpose the pas-'
sage by the United States Senate
of the Bill pending before it pro
viding for flood control on the
Roanoke River, a committee h»!
been formed in North Carolina to
prepare a brief on the matter and
to present the arguments of the
res.dents along the Roanoke River]
at Washington. The legislation
has already passed the lower,
House of Congress and is now
pending bctore the United btatesj
Senate, and unless it is passed be-'
fore this Congress automatically j
dies on January 1, it is feared the >
entire program will again have to
be submitted to the House, with;
consequent delay. The present
Congress reconvened this week and
will be in session only until about •
December 20th, and so the time
is short. 1
Judge W. 11. S. Burgwyn cl
Woodland, a long time proponent
of flood control for the Roanoke
River, has accepted the chairman-,
ship of the committee and ha.
named Kric W. Rogers of Scotland
Neck as secretary of the commit
tee. Other members of the com
mittee will be named by Judge
Burgwyn during the com.ng week
and will represent the counties of
Halifax, Northampton, Warren
Martin and Bertie, all of which be
along the Roanoke River. llhs
committee is expetced to work
with a similar committee which it
is hoped will bo appointed by coun
ties in Virginia along the Roanoke.
River.
of the committee, Judge Burgwyn
stated that funds would be needed,
to finance the expenses a. the del-;
egation which will be sent to;
Washington as quickly as possible |
and for the purpose of compiling i
the brief which this committee will:
present. lie urged that contrilu-|
tions from farmers along the r.ver
who will benefit by the proposed)
work and from civic organisations
and citizens in the cities and
towns of the counties bordering
the river be made at once. Ho
requested that checks for this pur
pose be mailed to Eric W. Rodgers,
Secretary of the Committee, at
Scotland Neck. It was felt that
since the matter is of wide mtci
est to citizens who live in the
counties along the river and since
their sections will bene it greatly
bv the improvements if made, they
should be asked to help finance
the cost since no other funds aic
available.
Judge Burgwyn reveiewed the re
’ port of the Army Engineers rec
| ommending the improvements, and
mentioned that the records show-j
1 ed 39 floods exceeding a stage of;
1 40 feet and 163 exceeding a •'tage|
I of 31 feet at Weldon had been
recorded between 1899 and 1940,
and th»*t in some sections the riv
er flooded from one to six miles
in width, this area being in North
Carolina. The Army Engineers re
report also showed that the flood
of 1940 caused damage of $3,300,
.100 to farm lands and to industrial
plants at places like Weldon am
Roanoke Rapids, and the average
annual i.lood damage was reported
at $520,000.
The report of the Army Engi
neers provides for initial expendi
ture of $30,140,000 and will pro
vide reservoirs at Pailpott above
Martinsville, Virginia and at Bug.
island between Clarksville, Virginia
and Roanoke Rapids. Eventually
the program is estimated to cost
$109,400,000 for the constructor
of eleven dams and reservoirs. A
Ode issue from the flood control
which will be so benelicial is the
I'act that the Federal Power Com
mission estimates the program il
completed will provide 386,300 kil
owatts of power which .vill be
needed in the post war develop
ment.
Unfortunately the Roanoke Riv
er Bill has become tangled with
oilier water power developments in
tiie Wetsern section of the State
where there is a great opposition
among land owners. Senator J. W.
Baney has been working to re
vamp the measure to provide toi
elimination a. certain in >’.is
and he is of the opinion c
most important thing is flood con
trol at this time and not the de
velopment of electric power. The
committee hopes to work witn
Senator Ba.ley in an effort to iron
out the difriculties. The attitude ol
Senator Reynolds at this time is
not known hut lie likewise will be
contacted when the committee goes
to Washington._
Special Services
At Grace Church
In observance of Thanksgiving!
Day, a special service of Morning1
Prayer will be held at Grace Epis
copal Church, on Thanksgiving
morning, at 10:30 o’clock, the Rev.
Iiobci L Cox officiating. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Murray Craven Is
Volunteer For Navy
Murray 15. Craven, Jr., enlisted
on November 11 in the Navy as
an Air Crewman in the U. S. Navy
at the Atlanta, Ga. Navy Recruit
ing Station. He is the son of Mi
ami Mrs. M. 15. Craven, Sr., of
Weldon. He reports for duty on'
November 28th. !
Local Girls Are
Pledged By Societies
Greensboro, November 11 — As
the result of institution day the
complete list of pledges lo the
four societies, Aletheian, Cornel
ban, Adelphian and Dikean, at The
Woman’s College has been an
nounced. Membership to the socie
ties is a democratic process, since
all four societies receive an eo.ua I
number c> pledges, but the novices
receive surprise bids to one of the
four societies on initiation day.
Throughout the year society
spirit is upheld by closed formal
dances, open house events, inform
al teas, "rut court,” dinners, and
stunt nights. Each society has its
own colors, motto, song and pin
Received into the indicated so
cieties are tue following from Hal
ifax County Eikean: .Vbbie Lee
Hedgepeth, Roanoke Rapids;
Gladys Mizzell, Palmyra; Alethe
ian: Virginia Alston, Littleton;
Betty Davis, Florence Allen Drap
er and Josephine D. Maddrey, \\ el
don; Cornelian: Ruth Gregory
Halifax; Louise Harlow, Littleton;
Mary Gold Powell, Enfield.
Three Injured In
Highway Accident
Sidney Sloman, 33 of Bronx, X.
Y, is in Roanoke Rapids Hospital
suffering from severe injuries to
his back and spine which he re
ceived in an automob le accident
near here this morning. Mr. and
Mrs. William Ringler of Bronx,
N. Y. who were passengers in the
Dodge panel truck, which was be
lieved to have been driven by Slo
man, received treatment for minor
injuries, cuts and bru scs hut were
released from the hospital.
Sloman and the Ringlers were
enroute to Florida from New York
on highway 301.. New Halifax
Sloman apparently last control oi
the truck which left the highway
and overturned.
Weldon Doctor
Heads Society
Dr. Ghio Suiter of Weldon was
elected president o' the Fourth
District of the North Carolina Me
dical Society as the group met in
Rocky Mount last week in the
Ricks hotel with the Nash-Edge
combe society.
Dr. W. C". Hunter of W’ilson was
named vice president of the dis
trict and Dr. Ralph Fike, also of
Wilson was re-elected secretary.
Principal speaker at the meet
ing wy ; Dr. M. P. Rucker of Rich
mond, Va., prominent obstetrician,
who was introduced by Dr. Leslie
Lee of Kinston. Following Dr.
Ruckers address, Dr. Ivan Proctor
of Raleigh led the discussion
group.
Approximately 60 doctors from
this area were present at the
meeting.
For Distinction
American Red Cross workers ov
erseas consider it an honor to he
asked to wrap and mail home
j medals and decorations for out
fighting men. One day a second
lieutenant held out a long, leath
er covered jeweller’s box.
I “Can I get this wrapped here?”
he asked a Red Cross worker
| She picked up the box and looked
at it curiously. A tiny label on
the outside read: “First Sergeant
Max R. Hendon, Wellington, Kan
sas.” Inside the box was a Silver
Star, the treasured decoration -or
gallantry in action.
“Are you having it wrapped for
a friend?” she asked the lieuten
ant.
“Naw, it’s mine,” Hendon said.
“They commissioned me on the
field of battle.”
Lieutenant Hendon took his
package and left. Next week he
was back. “Here’s my Distinguish
ed Service Cross,” he said. “You
can wrap that, too.”
Mr. S. E. Shirley has returned
from a visit to relatives in Dillon,
S. C.
Sixth War Loan
Drive Starts Monday
Fletcher H. Gregory, County Chairman and
Dave Suiter, Weldon Chairman, of Newest
Bond Drive Which Starts Monday
The United States Treasury in
the Sixth War L>an Drive nh h
starts Monday, November 2uth is
calling for a National goal of four
teen billion dollars. The public is
being asked to lend money to the
Federal Government and is given
the choice of eight different class
es of bonds which may be bought,
permitting each person to buy 'he
security that best suits his or her
particular need. The classes are
designated as follows: Series E.
F, and G Savings Bonds, Series
C Savings Notes. 2 1-2 percent
bonds of 1966-71, 2 percent bonds
of 1952-54, 1 1-4 percent Notes of
1947, seven eighths of 1 percent
Certificates of Indebtedness.
Out of the National allotment
the County of Halifax has been
asked to take $1,200,000. Fletcher
H. Gregory of Halifax has again
agreed to serve as County Chair
man. He has appointed Dave Suit
er chairman in Weldon to lead this
important drive.
This Treasury call is less by two
billion dollars than was the imount
requested in the Fifth W ar oLan
Drive.
It only remains for the people
to understand what a great priv
ilege it will be to own, when this
war ends a substantial amount oi
United States Securities which a.f
ter all represent the safest and
Min.-i i.: .isiment on earth. With
U. S. Bonds widely held by the
people of America the possibilities
of another serious depression fol
lowing this war will be reduced to
a minimum if it is not entirely
removed. Those who have money
and do not need it for actual bu
siness requirtments will make no
mistake by subscribing to the limit
for the bonds that will soon be
on market.__
Jessie Gregory
1 Joins Staff
Of College Paper
! Twenty new reporters have been
added to the staff of the “Caro
' linian” weekly college newspaper
j at the Woman’s College, Green *
I boro. Reporting for the first time
is Miss Jessie Gregory, Halifax,
who is a Senior at the college.
• The additions were made after
try one period and training course.
I Miss Gregory who is the dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Greg
ory of Halifax is a graduate of
j Weldon High School.