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‘And a Doll * .-w-rpm ,e two trusting youngsters jl their Christmas desires into , ears. And chances are ex nally good that he will heed .he looks completely capti by the girls. ristmas Seal igin Recalled tli 1943 Drive origination of the Christmas uiosis seal was recalled by of. of the American Tuberculosis te as tin .16th annual sale got way. t in 1903 Einar HolboeU. then ig mail clerk in the post of t Charlottenlund, Denmark, ived the idea of a voluntary n Christmas greeting cards would benefit the poor. He 1 permission from the ministry the stamps at post offices for 1 to erect a hospital for tu ar children. 907 Miss Emily P. Bissell of lgton, Del., adopted the idea iterestcd the American Red in the project. The first na sals in 1908 brought in $135,000 le a cunt has grown larger year The sale of seals has 100,000 lives annually among ular patients, officials declare, he time of his death in 1927, ■11 was president of the Inter al Tuberculosis association member of the board of di 5 of the National Tuberculosis atu r - Denmark.- As a mark Dr to the originalor, the Danish n. • ■ or iasi bore his pic Christrnas Poem time draws near the birth of Christ: e moon is hid; the night Is still; i Christmas bells from hill to hill er each other in the mist. voices of four hamlets round, mi far and near, on mead and moor, ell out and fail, as if a door shut between me and the sound. voice four changes on the wind, it now dilate, and now de crease, ice and good-will, good-will and peace, ■ and good-will, to all man kind. —Tennyson. >us Cribs of World | till Being Preserved rious central European coun ie Christmas crib, staged In is carried through the streets ips of singing children. It is feature of every home in n Europe, where many fa ribs are found in churches, tnost elaborate Christmas te in Italy is the celebrated )f Madonna delle Grazie. Aft lews of St. Francis’ praesepe ead the Capuchin monks built 0 18 feet high, made of Sar coik. They had a system of shepherds, flocks, and the fings, which moved down to inser. The wooden figures arved by Gaggini and Ma ). et'ib ut Casterta. Italy, in i’6 most famous Bambino In Id. e Bayerisches National mu 1 Munich is to be found the most famous collection of tacock Christmas Dish teen a long time since the | Was considered the best Christmas. This bird used rved to gatherings of knights Is in "merrie olde England.” . st skinned, with all its 1 mtact, roasted, then placed ■is skin. Gift Giving "I"8 was well established Northern European tribes “'ey became converted to a h •• was so much of an *“ among pagan Germans to e Sifts that men actually country during the holiday lo escape gift-giving. THE ROANOKE NEWS ESTABLISHED IN 186« — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH MFTON COUNTIES _ liii:/ Wf \k#k^g\ I..*..??!... WAR BOrlf G Seventy-Eighth Year Published Every Thursday — Weldon. North Carolina Thursday, Dec. 2L 1911 One Friend To Another... ! PC]j good a friend ... as the good old city knew, ! jmn or any other good old city, town or borough, in \ the good old world"—A Christmas Carol. These words of Charles Dickens express exactly what this newspaper tries to be to the people of this community. Because it is during the season of Christmas that the strength of friendships is most evident we choose now as the time to express our resolve to continue to be worthy of the friendship you have shown usr. In turn we wish for you the most Merry Christ mas you have ever had. Despite the anxiety and worry which the war has brought to many of our j homes in the past year, we urge you to remember | that the bells of Christmas were ringing long j before the warriors of wrong rose up and they will j be ringing still when the scars of this generation’s conflict are healed and forgotten. Make faith in such thought your closest compan ion during thisChristmas season. Let friendship and faith then keynote our Christmas this year. With such solid foundations our wish for you is certain to become reality — A tft&ty Ci’yUsbnas St. Francis First to Popularize Custom Of Christinas Carols St. Francis of Assisi is accredited as having been one of the first to popularize the custom of singing car ols at Christmastime. He taught the faithful simple and tuneful melodies, and the saying goes that, overjoyed by the success attending his pres entation of the first Christmas Crib in 1223, he burst Into Joyous vocal recitation of the gospel story. Hymns In honor of the nativity were written as early as the 4th century, but these monotonous church chants neither properly nor musically ante-date our modern car ols. Experimentation with modal and lntervalllc relationships during the 15th century, together with the folk songs and minstrelsy of the times, made definite contributions to the traditions and popularity of Christmas music. Puritan England forbade public performance of carols; so for a while they traveled '•underground" by word of mouth, and "bnoad sheets,” printed annually, served to preserve the texts with a variance of accuracy. When the restoration of English royalty voided the Roundhead Par liament’s abolition of Christmas fes tivities, residents of colonial Boston placed lighted candles in their win dows to welcome the Waits who, re suming the Old English tradition, went about the city singing carols on Christmas Eve: "It came upon the midnight clear Ihat glorious song of old . . . The w rid in solemn stillness lay To hear the angels sing.” Happiness ra&M • ■* W *v wV. '■'■WX-y- ‘ ■**> ■' I A locomotive, railway gun and ; tank-ln-transit—all made of wood— I delight the heart of this young man. ' It was Just what he needed for bis j war games. RECORDERS ! COURT NEWS ! E. H. Brown, colored of Scotland Neck charged with assault on fe male nol pros with leave. I Harvey Waters, white of Scot land Neck, charged with assault on his wife was found not guilty and the prosecution was found to be frivilous and malicious and the prosecuting witness was ordered! to pay the costs. Willie Harrell, white of Palmyra | Township was found gu lry o. de | stroying personal property and 1 was given 8 months on the roads. ; Junius Dickens, colored ot Scot land Neck, charged with giving a bad check, prayer for judgment continued on payment of toe costs , and the amount of the check. Thomas Davis, colored of Roa- j noke Rapids was found guilty o; illegal possession of non - tax paid liquor and was given s.x months on the roads. Notice of ap peal to Superior Court given in open court. Appeal bond £400.110. James Ivey, colored of Roanoke Rapids plead guilty to possession o {homebrew and prayer for judg ment continued on payment ol costs and good behavior for two years. Robert Melton, white of Enfield plead guilty to driving while, drunk and was fined $50.00 and' costs. License revoked for 12 months. Lee Allen Yates, colored of Til-! lery plead guilty to driving while drunk and was lined $50.00 and costs. License revoked for 12 mon ths. James Fleming, colored of Roa noke Rap.ds was found guilty o assault and judgment suspended on payment of costs. Lucius Alston, colored of Wood, plead guilty to driving while drunk and was fined $50 and costs. Li cense revoked for 12 months. Frank DeVane, colored of Lit tleton plead guilty to assault and wa given eight month on the road. _ Decorated S Sgt. Union Thurston, whose wife is the former Miss Marjorie Whitley of Halifax, has been a warded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal "it'1 three cluster's for meritorious ad vice as tail gunner on a Liberator bomber of the Eighth Air Force during attacks on German - hold territory. He was sent oveiseas in June 1944. ‘OF Santa Conics by Jeep The hard-traveling Jeep will be used by S:. nta Ch elimps and posts out in the Rocky Mountain region, deer can't travel. Santa explained that lie uas merely the mountains near C'amp Carson, Colo., on a pr -yule ins to visit army nhere even rein* bouncing aroun’ reconnaissance. N. C. License Plates For Sale Here North Carolina state license plates for 1945 are on sale here now at the office of 1). C. John son and Mr. Johnson will con tinue to sell them through De cember and January. Enfield Teen-Agers To Give Dance The Teen-Age Club of Enfield is sponsoring a Christinas dance to be given in the Enfield Com munity House in Enfield Tuesday n'ght December 26th front 9 until 1 o'clock .Music will be furnished by Hal Thurston and his Orches Ua. The mice of admission c.ill le $1.50 per couple and otic for spectators. Weekly War Rationing Guide Ration Calendar for Week End ing December 31 Processed Foods—Blue A-8 thru B-2 (Bcok 4) now valid at 10 points each. Good indefinitely. Meats and Fats—Red A-8 thru S-5 (Book 4) now valid at 10, points ea.h for use with tokens, i Good indefinitely. Sugar--Sugar stamps Xo. 30., No. 31, No. 32. No. 33 and No. 31] good indefinitely for five pounds each. Canning Sugar -- Stamp No. 40 good for f.ve pounds canning su gar until February 28, 11)4.>. Shoes—Airplane stamps No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 valid indefinitely. Fuel Oil-Period 4 and 5 coup ons from last year and Period ’ 1, j 2 and 3 coupons for this season ; now valid at lu g lllons each. Gasoline — A-13 coupons valid through Decern.-er 21. On Decem ber 22 A-14 coupons become valid through March 21. Rent Control--AIl persons rent ing, or oltering for rent, any 1 v ing quarters whatsoever must reg ister each dwelling unit with rent control of ice in tneir rent area Persons who feel that they are be ing overcharged for rents may submit complaints to OPA. Com plaint forms are available at Uie local War P/.ce and Rationing Board if your urea dues not have a rent control oiiice. Rationing rules now require that every car owner write his license number and State on all gaso.ine coupons in his possession. A. P. Ellis To Return Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Ellis of Wel don have received a letter from their son, Pvt. A. P. Ellis, Ji., stating that he will be sent back to the states at an early date. Pvt. Ellis was severely wounded Sept ember 23 in action and has since then been confined to a hospital. Fred Rahil of Glen Alden, I’a., is the guest of bis mother. A T. Lawrence MacKirdy of Shaw Field, Sumter, S. C. is the. guest of his parents. County Far Over Top In Bond Sales $2,405,1(il.25 worth of War Bonds have been sold to date in, the Sixth War l.oan drive in Halifax County, according to an announcement by F. H. Gregory, County Chairman. This far ex ceeds the $1,281,001) County quota on all types of bonds, however, the “E" bond sale is lagging with only 80 per cent of the $151,000 quota sold. The drive for “E” bond sales con tinues until l>ec< mber 31st. Daniel W. McDonald Funeral services were conducted from the reside.tea in Roanoke Rapids tlds afternoon for Daniel W. McDonald, 80, who died at his home after a short illness. The rites were conducted by the Rev. Johnny Walker, pastor of the Presbyterian Church and burial followed in the Roanoke Rapids cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs Louise Salmon McDonald, two sons, James McDonald of Hender son and Albert McDonald of High Point and seven daughters, Miss Savannah McDonald of Fort Bragg, -Mrs. M. I’. King rf Wel don, Mrs. E. J. Crawley of Wil m.ngton, Mrs. 4 i juris Starke, Mrs. Joe Brown and Mrs. M. C. Graham of Roanoke Rapids and Mrs. N. it. Sanders of Clinton. Special Service A special Holy Communion ser vice will be held Sunday evening, Decern er 24th at 8 o'cio.-k at Grace K; iseopal Church. Christ mas mus.c will !• . feature oi the-service and i.. .• .. ex tended a cordial invitation iv Lend the service. Promoted Jack I'ope, son o' Mrs. H. V. Pope of Weldon, has been pro moted to the rank of First Ser geant n the'United States Army. S^t. I’t i e lias been stationed in India . m more than a year. JUNIOR WOMANS CLUB MEETS The Junior Woman’s Club of Weldon held its Christmas meet ing on Tuesday, December 12th in the home of Mamie Nash with Mrs. B. M. Richardson and Miss Hazel Neviile-as joint hostesses. The living room and den were dec orated with holly and candles, car rying out a Christmas theme. All business was dispensed witli and the program was a C iristmas play, “Candle in the Window,”i read by Mamie Nash. A quartej. composed of the Misses Jac Johnson, Jane Lassiter, Ella Mae Shirley and Ann Nash sang Christmas Carols. After the pro-1 gram, several games were played. Re'res!.meats of sandwiches, de-, signed as Christmas trees, candy,] chicken salad sandwiches ana co.t-i fee were served by the hostesses. | Local Stores Will Be Closed Two Days Xmas Wins Wings Pfc. George R. Gardner, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gardner or Halifax, Route 1, received his wings as an aerial gunner in the Army Air Force, recently at the Army Airfield, Los Vegas, New Mexico. He is now stationed at, Dyersburg, Tenn. A CHRISTMAS TRADITION 15 V EMILY I*. BISSELL Tlie word ‘tradition’ is defined by Webster as a custom that has; prevailed, as from one generation j to another. Truly, then, the an-; nual Christmas Peal Sale of the j National Tuberculosis Association; and its affiliated branches is to day a tradition. I remember that when *he lirst Christmas Seal Sale was launched in Wilmington, Del., in 1907, many people thought that financing tu berculosis work by the sale of lit tle pieces of paper less th'rn an inch sguare would prove in time just another fad’ I always had the greatest faith in its future. But, even to me, its originator in this country, its growth has been phen omenal. Throughout the years I have never been too much con I cei ned about the amount of mon ey to tie raised. The goal of that . :.st Christmas Seal Sale in Del invi.ni was three hundred dollars, three thousand dollars was rais ed. But that was not the greatest j result of the campaign. I will nev er forget the message Jacob Riis sent me during chat historic cam paign. He said, “Every one who sees this stamp wants to know [ what it means. And when they ' want to know, the fight is -von. It is because they do not know a tew amazingly simple things that people die of tuberculosis. Since its beginning, the Christ mas Seal has kept faith with .ts contributors, and as long as it con tinues to do this, its success is as sured. During the past dew years, the Christmas Seal has had to meet another challenge, the possi bility of a wartime increase in tu berculosis. Already we hear of tremendous gains in tuberculosis deaths in some of the warring countries. We in this country can thank our God that so far this health enemy, as old as war it self, is not getting the upper hand among our people. If this happy ^ situation can be maintained, it -*'ill I e a wonderful tribute to the or galuzeu . ight against an enein> that has taken mow uvea u.»-us ‘ the ages than all the wars coip- . hi ned. In 1907 our little group of workers was primarily interested in the serving of lives in our own community. But we soon realized that the Christmas Seal was too big an idea to keep in Delaware. Ten years ago I said the Christ mas Seal "is the symbol of com ing victory over an already half conquered enemy.” Ilow happy 1 am to know that today the saving of lives continues in greater and greater numbers. But we must not forget that this enemy we have been fighting for so many years now has been re-armed by its greatest ally—WAjR, The thous ands of tuberculosis workers, doc tors, , nurses, public health offic ials and the millions of contribut ing citizens must continue to join their forces against this insidious foe. None of us can alford to take a health vacation in these trying times . . This nationwide group of efficient and interested people may be called upon for a world wide vision in the post-war per iod-just as our little group of workers did in 1907. Virginia Blount, Seal Sale Publicity Chairman W. 15. Joyner, President of tlie Weldon Merchants Association an nounced yesterday that the stores and other places o; bus.ness here will observe two days holiday for Christinas. He stated they would remain closed Monday and Tues day, December 25th and doth. It has been announced thnt stores in Roanoke Rapids plan to close these two days for Christ mas. Each place of business plans to open up ready for business Wed nesday morning, December 27th. Lt. Williams Flies 200 Combat Hours loth A A F IX ITALY-First Lieutenant 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 passed the 2<>(J hour mark of combat flying over enemy territory. A veteran of 4u missions against the enemy. Lt. Williams passed the 200 hours figure while partici pating in a recent heavy bomber escort attacking railroad yards near Munich, Germany. He i as been flying combat since July ol this year and has flown fighter sweep and nigh Jititudc heu' . bomber escort missions over Italy France, Germany, Austria, Hun gary, Romenia and Yugoslavia. While participating in strafing missions against German controll ed supply lines and airdromes in Yugoslavia Lt. W lliams destroy ed 3 German planes on the Ecka airdome and one locomotive on the Belgrade - Xis rail line. He has been awarded the Dis tinguished Flying Cross for extra ordinary achievement in aerial combat and the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster’s for meritor ious achievement in participating in sustained operational uctivit es against the enemy. A graduate of the Roanoke Rap ids High School, he \\*as enrolled as a student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, when he entered the service in March 1943. He was awarded hi- pilot's wings at Spence F.eld, Moultrie, Ga., on January 7 of this year and left the States for foreign service in June. Ilis wife, Margaret Towe Williams, lives a|t 511 Roanoke Ave., Roanoke Rapids. SERVICES A Christmas Candle Light Ves per Service will he held at the Weldon Methodist Church Sunday evening, December 24, at 0:-‘>0 o' clock. The service will include the Christmas story and carol singing by both the choir and the congre . ,;on. Mr. Ray Finley of Roa nuae Rapids is directing the choir and will take part in the service. James Willis Rowe PETERSBURG, Va. Dec.-Fu neral rites for James Willis Rowe. 39, who died Tuesday of last week at the home of his mother were held on last Thursday at 2:30 P. M. at the res'dence. Officiating pastors were the Rev. L. Oakey Wilburnft of Trinity Methodist Church, and the Rev. J. Ernest Wrenn of Monumental Baptist Church. Burial was in BlindforJ Cemetery. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. J. N. Rowe; his wife, Mrs. Fran celina Korn Rowe; three children, Jay Willis Rowe, United States Navy; Francme W. Rowe and Mary Paige Rowe, both o: Peters burg; one stepson, Ronald T. Le das, six sisters, Mrs. A. D. Lan drum of Petersburg; Mrs. G. C. Conwell of Weldon, N. C.; Mrs. Irma Bland of Petersburg; Mrs, Oscar Kitchen and Mrs. Walter Lypn, both off Portsmouth and Mrs. W. E. Stewart of Norfolk; three brothers, J. H. Rowe of Richmond; Harry B. Rowe of Pe tersburg and Charlesa T. Rowe of Portsmouth. _
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