Burglars Hit Roanoke Rapids Stores With No Clues Left
In Roanoke Rapids two stores Allsbrook and Bray were burglarized last night while two police officers were off duty. At Allsbrook the entry was via rear window and a small amount of cash was stolen. Bray’s saw the hasp pried and door panels opened with about 12 in silver taken plus two War Bonds and candy. No merchandise or other items were reported missing. Cars owned by Mrs. Fleeta Browning and Max Lewis were also looted with tools and small objects stolen. no clues were found in any case.
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Allsbrook
Bray
Roanoke Rapids
W. C. Allsbrook
R. C. Bray
Allsbrook’s
Bray’s
Harvell Hardware
Bray's
Fleeta Browning
Max Lewis
Charlotte Street
New County Board Takes Oath Monday
Newly elected County Commissioners were sworn in last Monday at Hali fax with two new members joining the board. Redistricting altered district lines affecting candidacy and attendance. New members are D. G. Dickens Littleton J. R. Wrenn Roanoke Rapids Meade H. Mitchell Weldon John B. Davis Enfield and G. Herbert Johnson Scotland Neck.
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NEW County Board
Board of Unty Commissioners
Halifax
W. J. Collier
Litton
M. W. ‘Perry
Collier
Perry
D. G. Dickens
Littleton
J. R. Wrenn
Roanoke Rapids
Meade H. Mitchell
Weldon
John B. Davis
Enfield
G. Herbert Johnson
Scotland Neck
New Legion Post In Roanoke Rapids Grows Rapidly
Commander Major Newsome reports the Robert F E Y Post of the American Legion in Roanoke Rapids adding new members daily and approaching a hundred in membership. Eligible servicemen from World War I and II may join.
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Major Newsome
Robert Fey
American Legion
Roanoke Rapids
Frank Williams Named Chairman of Cotton Textile Institute Cost Committee
Frank Williams, vice president and manager of Roanoke Mills and Patterson Mills Co., was appointed chairman of the Cost Committee of the Cotton Textile Institute and serves on the institute's executive committee.
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Frank Williams
Williams
Roanoke Mills
Patterson Mills Co
Cotton Textle Institute
Grocery Stores Open Dec 20 Planned Around Christmas
Announcement states all grocery stores will be open Wednesday afternoon December 20 for public convenience. Historically stores closed Wednesday afternoons but will stay open this Christmas season with a single Wednesday afternoon opening.
Pvt Hockaday Wounded in Action in France
Private Francis Hockaday 18, son of Mr and Mrs J Hockaday of South Rosemary was seriously wounded in France on November 14. He joined the Army March 17 1944 and trained at Camp Walters Texas. He sailed overseas mid October and is a Roanoke Rapids High School graduate formerly of J C Penney Company.
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Edward W. Clary
Roanoke Rapids National Guard
Edward
South Pacific
Seaman
William E. Clary
Bainbridge
William
England
France
G. C. Clary
Francis Hockaday
J. ©. Hockaday
South Rosemary
War Department
Hockaday
Army
Camp Walter
Texas
Young Hockaday
Roanoke Rapids
J. C. Penney Company
Sergeant Robert O Jenkins Killed in Action in France
Staff Sergeant Robert O’Brien Jenkins 21, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Jenkins of Littleton, reported by the War Department killed in action in France on November 11. He served with General Patton’s Third Army and earned the expert combat badge after the St Lo battle. A Littleton High School alumnus, he played on the football team and was known as Pea Nut to friends.
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Robert O’brien Jenkins
Edward §. Jenkins
Littleton
War Department
France
Robert
Paton
Third Army
St. Lo
Littleton High School
Jones Wins Silver Star for Gallantry
Medal citation highlights Jones’s distinguished gallantry and intrepidity while serving in a landing craft tank crew during an assault. The action is noted as part of a broader report continued on page A- Sect. A.
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Sergeant Holscher Missing In Action
Staff Sergeant Franz Foster Holscher, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Holscher of Rocky Mount, has been reported missing in action. The report notes he is among soldiers unaccounted for in the field and seeks information from the public.
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Franz Foster Holscher
Paul Holscher
Rocky Mount
Act
Page &—Sect. A
Post Office Urges Early Christmas Mail to Help War Effort
Postmaster L. G. Shell laments late mailing of packages and cards. He jokes about closing dates but urges residents to mail early to ease workload and support the War effort, noting extra clerks on duty and the goal of making the post office “very happy” again.
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L. G. Shell
Herald
Mr. Shell
Plane crash victim Sergt Lawrence Wilson Myrick
Sergt Lawrence Wilson Myrick, 22, son of Mr and Mrs E R Myrick of 312 Monroe Street, was killed in a plane crash in Italy on November 14 according to a message received by his parents last week.
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Sergt
Lawrence Wilson Myrick
E. R. Myrick
Monroe Street
Italy
New Manager Appointed for Local A & P Store
Naomi Merritt, longtime bookkeeper at the uptown A and P, is named manager succeeding William M. Doc Hi Mr Hester who transfers to Warrenton. He had served Roanoke Rapids about four years.
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Iss Naomi Merritt
William M
Hester
Warrenton
Roanoke Rapids
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New Legion Post
Clary Brothers
Pvt. Hockaday
Robert O. Jenkins
Jones
Silver Star
Sgt. Holscher
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