Rockfish Bring Weldon Seasonal Fame Each Spring
Weldon and nearby towns ride a spring boom when striped bass flood the Roanoke River. Offshore nets, hatcheries, and a world famous rockfish hatchery at Weldon fuel the rush as offices close early and boats flood the river. The annual run draws sport and commerce, with fish moved to hatcheries and planted back. The feature notes the mysterious gravitational pull of Weldon as the rockfish capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Shore
Weldon
Sam
Frontier Asthma Medicine Free Trial Ad
Free for asthma sufferers. send now to Frontier Asthma Co for a free trial of Frontier Asthma Medicine. Temporary relief promised for paroxysmic bronchial asthma. No location or faith required. Caution use only as directed. 120-A Frontier Bldg 462 Niagara St Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Asthma Company
Frontier
Frontier Asthma CO
Frontier Bidg
Niagara St
Buffalo 1
Hatchery Sees Ten Million Salmon Eggs Collected This Spring
The article notes over 10,000,000 salmon eggs gathered during the spring run, with about 8,000,000 expected to hatch. It details egg value at ten dollars per million and describes a historic standard for counting eggs. It also highlights large individual catches and reveals dip net fishing as a local sport.
Rain Dampens Shanghai Antiwar Demonstration
In Shanghai on May 24 heavy rain kept students off the streets for an anti civil war protest. By afternoon no paraders appeared as police held five of 16 students arrested yesterday for agitating a general strike. more than 40 000 students from 40 institutions stayed home in protest after police beatings during a banking demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Robbery Report Hits Tel Aviv Bridge Clubs
A government bulletin says 18 armed Jews including a woman robbed members of a Tel Aviv bridge club early today. An earlier raid by 15 armed Jews on another club failed after an alarm was raised. Loot totaled 3200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Intervention Hinted In Tobacco Row
In Winston-Salem on May 24 CIO United Tobacco Workers Local President Donald Henderson said he asked the U S labor department to command R J Reynolds to resume wage talks. He accused the company of refusing to bargain. Company lawyer Clayton Moore said meetings occur only upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Colony
Donald Henderson
CIO
United Tobacco Workers Local
U. S. Department
Bor
Clayton Moore
Three In Family Killed by Train In Lackawaxen Pa
A mother and daughter tried to save a three year old son from an oncoming train but all four died after the child could not be pulled from a stalled car. The three victims are Mrs Mary Gibbs 32 Rita Gibbs 12 and Walter Gibbs 3 of Welcome Lake Pike County Pa Public utilities have budgeted over 300 million dollars to expand rural electric power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawaxen
Pennsylvania
Mary Gibbs
Rita Gibbs
Walter Gibbs
Welcome Lake
Pike County
Suspended Term For Iredell Man In Fatal Hit and Run
J A Johnson 53 of McDowell county received a two year suspended sentence for involuntary manslaughter in the March 12 death of Pansy Webb on Highway 70 near Statesville. The five year stay of punishment on good behavior requires payment of 1000 to the Sisk family plus court costs. Johnson, a taxi operator, was charged with fatally striking the young woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statesville
Pansy Webb
Sisk
McDowell County
Jake) Johnson
Iredell Superior Court
Johnson
Highway 70
Here
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rockfish
Bill Sharpe
Roanoke
Atlantic
Pacific
Hines Radio Service
Phico
Main
the Sweet Shoppe
N. Main St
Ebeapere
N. E. Russell
Goodyear Shoe Repair
North Main St
Beeson How. Co
Reed Supply CO
THE
Universal
Piedmont Motor Sales
S. Main St
Roanoke River
Botton
Shaw-Walker
Hamilton
Lumber
F. Thomas
A. E. Sherron
Chiropractic Physicians
Preneis
Office Equipment CO
L. G. Harrison
Term Insurance
L. F. Ferree
Alex Ferree
Wilson Flooring CO
Kodak Film
Deceil's Office Equipment CO
Kinney
Asheboro
Archdale
DUKE
Bedford
C. G. Bedford
Mgr
N. Wrenn St
High Point
Horizo
O. A. Kirkman
W. B. Delk Harold C. Bennett Mrs. D. R. Parker
W. J. Fraley
G. H. Arnold Thomasville
C. G. “Bedford
McLarty Drug CO
E. Tucker
G. Bedford G
Furr
Iredell
Wachovia Bank
A. Clyde Smith Ee
Ee Oe and Sons
Kernersville
G. C. Meeks
Hawthorne Street
Thomasville
Lexington
Carolina Tri-City Termite CO
Bedford Ales CO. C. G
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!