V Clothing Campaign Under Way in Roanoke Rapids
The V Clothing Drive led by Rev. Edmund Berkeley runs through January 31. Citizens are urged to donate old clothes shoes hats and wearing apparel for war torn regions with drop sites at D I Kidd’s First Baptist Rosemary Baptist W C Morgan W J Long Ledgerwood Hall and the fire department. Shoes should be tied together to keep pairs. For more details contact Rev. Berkeley by phone.
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Victory
Roanoke Rapids
Edmund Berkeley
Wartorn
D. I. Kidd
First Baptist Church
Rosemary Baptist Church
W. C. Morgan
South Rosemary
W. J. Long
Gaston
Ledgerwood Hall
Berkeley
Joint Meeting of A's on Jan 17
A joint meeting of the Rosemary School and Clara Hearne PTAs is set for Thursday January 17 at 8 o clock in the Clara Hearne School auditorium. Dr Hornell Hart of the University Sociology faculty will speak. All parents and friends are invited and the regular Executive Committee meeting will be omitted.
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Rosemary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Clara Hearne Pta
Clara Hearne
Hornell Hart
University
Hart
Rosemary Pta
Death of Mrs Allie Hincey Griffin in Auto Crash
The accident victim identified as Mrs Allie Hincey Griffin Sp Q 3/c daughter of Mrs Callie M Hincey of Hopewell Virginia and Allen D Hincey of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina was killed in a recent automobile crash. The full story appears on page 7 section A.
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Allie Hincey Griffin
Callie M. Hincey
Hopewell
Allen D. Hincey
Roanoke Rapids
A C A Telegraph Workers Strike Confined to New York Area
Miss Ruth Simms Roanoke Rapids office manager of Western Union says the A C A telegraph workers strike is confined to Greater New York City. Telegrams to and from New York face indefinite delays while traffic to other U S points remains normal and New York gateway disruptions affect European and South American cable and radio links.
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CSO
New York City
Ruth Simms
Roanoke Rapids
Western Union
Miss Simms
United States
New York Gateway
New York
Crumpler Named Head Of Halifax District Committee
Crumpler elected chairman at the Halifax District Committee meeting held at the municipal building. He succeeds C. D. Liske and will lead the Boy Scout program for the next year with John Dunn Rev. Ed Berkeley and Liske serving in key posts.
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Halifax
H. Crumpler
C. D. Liske
Boy Scouts of America
Crumpler
John Dunn
Ed Berkeley
S. H. Crumpler
Police Will Bear Down on Speeders in Roanoke Rapids
At the city commissioners meeting the police were told to bear down on speeders with emphasis on taxicabs. The board approved windshield stickers to identify local taxis and protect against outside cabs soliciting business.
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Board of City Commissioners
Roanoke Rapids
Nine more men go to Bragg for duty
Nine men from the local recruiting office have gone to Fort Bragg. The group includes Lee Hubert Wilson Roland L. Smith Clifton Franklin Leake Willie A Alston Isaac Squire Richard S Flynn Robert L Purnell and William A Hedgepeth. Hedgepeth re enlists as staff sergeant in the Army Air Force for the European theatre. All men now in uniform must re enlist by January 31 to keep their grade. Discharged men have 20 days to re enlist to retain army benefits.
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Fort Bragg
Lee Hubert Wilson
Roland L. Smith
Clifton Franklin Leake
Willie A. Alston
Army Air Force
Isaac Squire
Richard S. Flynn
Robert L. Purnell
Quartermaster Corps
William A. Hedgepeth
Army
Dr Hart to Speak at Clara Hearne PTA Forum
The Clara Hearne PTA invites families to a discussion with Dr Hornell Hart of Duke University on training children’s emotions. The 8 pm event Thursday January 17 features the noted child welfare expert and his wife Mrs Hart, authors of a well known book.
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Clara Hearne
Parent-Teacher Association
Hornell Hart
Duke University
Hart
America
Recent Campaign Figures Released for Community Chest and War Fund
Figures show total pledged 15737.48 with 11433.52 from city industrial plants and 4308.96 from the general public. The quota 20797.75 allocates 8625 for War Fund and 12172.75 for the Community Chest. donations accepted at the Community Chest office in the Imperial Theatre building or by mail.
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Community Chest and War Fund
War Fund
Community Chest
Imperial Theatre
Break-ins Hit Local Stores and Service Station
Police investigate three burglaries last Monday and Tuesday nights. The Thompson Coal Co. at 1315 Roanoke Ave shows a damaged boiler room door and missing 300 three cent stamps. Across the street at Shearin and Jenkins Service Station robbers shattered a front door glass and took cigarettes and an old pistol. M. C. Morris Store in South Rosemary was entered by forcing the front door screen wire. items missing unclear. No clues yet to identify suspects.
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Thompson Coal Company
Roanoke Avenue
Shearin and Jenkins
Coal Company
Doctor Daniel Withdraws From Active Duty After War Service
Dr. R. A. Daniel was released to inactive duty from the U. S. N. R. after five years of active service. He left Roanoke Rapids in February 1941 and joined the U. S. N. R. with a Lt jg commission. His first tour was in Norfolk, then aboard the U. S. S. George Clymer for 19 months, serving in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters including African invasion and Bougainville. He received two promotions and left active duty as a full Commander.
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Atlantic
Bougainville
Pacific
Daniel
Corporal John Brown Returns Home After Honorable Discharge
Corporal John Brown arrived home on December 24 with an honorable discharge after three years of service, including 27 months overseas with the air forces. He wears the Good Conduct Ribbon with four bronze stars, the Asia-Pacific Campaign Ribbon with one bronze star, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, and the Victory Medal.
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John v. Brown
Army
Air Forces
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J. H. Cranwell
A's
A.C. A
Bragg
Dr. Hart
PTA
Coal Co
R. A. Daniel
Cpl
John Brown
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