Jury Drawn for Halifax Superior Court May Term
A list names jurors drawn for service at the Halifax Superior Court May term starting May 1. The panel includes C. C. Landing Otto Meyer Leroy Allsbrook W Earl Walston Bealie Wheeler J G Branhill A L Hancock Robert B Fau cette Howerton Gowen Luther Lynch Clifton Browning B C Rochelle Howard Whit ley Harold Vick Sam E Ham Clarence W Hawkins C J Leonard C C Butts William Viverette J D Lucas L F Smith F Zeiler Edward Smith Perry D Brown Plummie W Woodruff Frank Vaughan W E Lewis Richard D Bunch C G Tilghman J T Taylor R Page Allen Claude W Warren W C Rhodes William H Wolhar Salmon Vaughan Leon Neville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Clifton Browning
Weldon
B. C. Rochelle
Howard Whitley
Roanoke Rapids
Harold Vick
Enfield
Sam E. Ham
Brinkleyville
Clarence W. Hawkins
Littleton
C. J. Leonard
C. C. Butts
William Viverette
J. D. Lucas
L. F. Smith
Faucetts
F. Zeile
PTA Meeting Postponed to April 11 at 8 PM
The Gaston School Parent Teacher Association meeting has been postponed from the previously announced date until April 11 at 8 p.m. Miss Mary Dail Dixon of Raleigh spent the weekend with Mrs. C. S. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson's sister Miss Lucy James Butts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Gaston School Parent- Teacher Association
Mary Dail Dixon
Raleigh
C. S. Thompson
Thompson
Lucy James Butts
Merchants Association Faces Test of Unity and Attendance
The merchants organization must support the group, ensure member participation, and function effectively or disband. A follow up meeting is planned as efforts rise to rally members, with attendance forecast uncertain though expected to grow in the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Organization
Recruiters Here 2 Days Call for Women Army Corps
Recruiters will be at the local post office for two days inviting women to join the Women’s Army Corps. Interested individuals may call the post office to arrange a recruiter visit to their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Army Corps
Missing Soldier Bryant Not Yet Considered Lost
A letter to the Bryant parents warns that a missing private first class may still be alive and could be a prisoner of war in Germany. Pfc Bryant joined in December 1942, served with Co E 157th Infantry in Italy, educated in Roanoke Rapids and Gaston schools, and worked at Roanoke Mill No 1 before enlistment. His brother Charlie, 18, is a seaman first class in the Navy overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bryant
Pfc
Bryant
Germany
Co. E
157Th Infantry
Roanoke Rapids
Gaston
Roanoke Mill No. 1
Charlie
Navy
Good Friday and Easter Services at All Saints Church
Good Friday services include Evening Prayer and Sermon at 8. The Good Friday Offering supports the Holy Land work under Canon Bridgeman and Bishop Stewart. Easter events include Union Sunrise Service at Patterson Park at 6 15 A M, 9 45 A M Bible Classes, 11 A M Holy Communion with the sermon The Way to Victorious Life, and a 5 P M Children’s Festival with flower decorations and mite boxes for missions in Alaska and the Hudson Stuck Memorial Hospital, and St Paul’s Industrial School at Lawrenceville Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Church
Holy Land
Canon Bridgeman
Stewart
Patterson Park
Alaska
Wm. Gordon, Jr
Hudson Stuck
Janet Grant Engaged to Gilbert Baugham for April Wedding
The engagement of Miss Janet Grant to Staff Sergeant Gilbert Baugham is announced. The couple plans to wed Sunday April 9 at 5 p.m. in the First Baptist Church here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Grant
Gilbert Baugham
First Baptist Church
Roanoke Rapids Enacts Vehicle Siren and Horn Prohibition
An ordinance prohibits sirens on all vehicles except police and emergency units and bans unnecessary horn use. Violations carry a $10 fine plus costs and potential vehicle impounding. Effective April 15, 1944, adopted April 4, 1944, Clerk Ruby W. Mincher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
City of
Roanoke Rapids
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BIG
Merchants Association
Rosemary Drug CO
Ruby W. Mincher
Diamond Merchants
North Carolina
Laurel
Lynches
Gifts
Ralph W. McDonald
Ralph
McOnald
Thurs
DR. McDonald
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