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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1935
Page
6
Senate approves a bill relief measure for Halifax county sheriffs and tax collectors covering arrears from 1924 to 1932 with safeguards on land sales, exemptions for executors, and a 1937 sunset. The act targets Halifax County towns and school districts and becomes effective after ratification.
Eight year old Colleen Sykes celebrated with a Friday night party at her Henry Street home. Guests included Dorothy Askew Ruby Gray Ruby Leggett Dorothy Braswell and others while gifts were given. Relatives were called to Broadnax Virginia due to Mr Taylor’s illness and visits noted from Mrs Cebron Jordan and Miss Nita Turner.
At a meeting of Evening Star Council No. 58 on April 9 1935 resolutions were adopted mourning the death of Alonzo Lee Robertson. The charter will be draped for 30 days and copies sent to his family with publication in the Roanoke Rapids Herald.
Raleigh reports that 42 applicants failed and 160 passed the examinations and were licensed to sell insurance in North Carolina by the State Insurance Department during March. Seven licensed women include Pearl Reid Reidsville Elsie C Parker Charlotte J B Edwards Scotland Neck Vernon L Moore Edenton Sue E Reese China Grove Maggie Lawing Rutherfordton and M L Weatherspoon Durham. Also licensed are A S McDonald P L Harden E Johnson of Roanoke Rapids J B Edwards and John I Walston of Scotland Neck Murray E Woodard Weldon Marvin Newsom Littleton Clifton Massey spent Wednesday in Richmond Virginia.
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