Branch Announces No Personnel Charge In Williams Funeral Home
Edwin B Branch announces no personnel changes at Williams Funeral Home as he takes general manager duty. Joe O Neil becomes local manager with John Carter and Edith Oates assisting as director and office manager respectively, while facilities and equipment expand.
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Branch
Williams Funeral Home
Edwin B. Branch
Joe O'Neil
John Carter
Iyself
Edith Oates
Farmers urged to take up dairying to offset tobacco losses
WILLARD April 29 A milk shortage threat in eastern North Carolina prompts Agriculture Commissioner D B Coltrane to urge farmers to switch to dairying. Eastern NC dairy output barely meets local demand, with imports filling gaps. Coltrane cites 17,293,808 pounds bought from Piedmont and 10,783 pounds from outside the state, urging permanent pastures and good crops as foundations for a viable dairy industry amid reduced tobacco acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
North Carolina
D. 8
Coltran
Coastal Plains
Coltrane
Piedmont
Weekend Visits Across Towns and States
Local families and relatives spent weekends and Sundays visiting kin in multiple towns and cities. The travels included Jackson, Newport, Garland, Winston-Salem, Ports mouth, and Cedar Rapids with stays in Halifas, New York City, and near Aurelian Springs.
Local Social Notes Mention Travel Visits and Calls
Mrs. Phillip King and young Phillip Jr. return to Washington DC after two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Meade Mlt Mrs. Ruby Murrill returns from an extended visit to her sister and family in Morehead City My and Mrs. D W Seifert visit Raleigh Dr and Mrs D W Seifert. Dr and Mrs RB Blowe spent last week in New York. US wheat crop last year set a record, but world breadgrain production fell below the 1095-48 average. wheat crop was 3 percent under 1935-39 and rye 14 percent under.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Crawley
Nannie Pepper
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Roger Kline
W. L. Smith
Sandra
Jesse Pearam, Jr
Garland
BR. Smith
LW. Reese
Emporia
W. R. Wolett
Reese
Phillip’ King
Phillip Jr
Washington, D.C
Mrs. Meade
Ruby Murrill
Washington, D. C
Rena Crocker
Bill Murrill
Morehead City
D. W. Seifert
Raleigh
RB. Blowe
New York
United States
Green leafy greens for year round home gardens
An article urges growing Swiss chard New Zealand spinach mustard greens garden sorrel kale and collards to improve diet. It notes New Zealand spinach tolerates spring sowing and that one plant can fill a basket. Swiss chard yields early leaves and good flavor. Tendergreen mustard greens produce in 21 days and several crops per season. garden sorrel kale collards provide minerals and extended harvests even through winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Local Officers Dine Together at Dixie Grill Supper
Law officers from city and county agencies including Weldon Police Department, local sheriff's department, State Highway Patrol, and guests of Walter Davenport shared a supper at the Dixie Grill on the Weldon Roanoke Rapids Highway last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Department
Weldon
Thomas Mullen Death Notes Roanoke Rapids Founder’s Kin
Thomas Mullen died leaving four grandchildren and two stepdaughters. His family helped found Roanoke Rapids as his father Judge J. M. Mullen aided the early hydro electric power efforts. Funeral services were held at All Saints Episcopal Church in Roanoke Rapids on Tuesday April 27 at 2:00 PM with burial in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia. The Rosemary Manufacturing Company observed a tribute from noon to 6:30 PM. Honorary pallbearers included church vestry members and Rosemary Oversers among many named individuals from Greensboro, Richmond, and nearby towns.
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Mr. Mullen
Roanoke Rapids
J. M. Mullen
Hydrotary
Roanoke
All Saints Episcopal Church
City
Blandfofrad
Petersburg
Edmund Berkeley
Bahnson Weathers
Alfred Martin
EB. Manning
WJ. Long
W. J Long, Jr
M. Sept Benton
Willian
Proctor
John Dunn
Claude Cannon
Charles Wills
Russell Buxton
Gordon Berkstresser
M.S. Broun
Howerton Gowen
J. W. Sanders
W. 0. Thompson
S. D. Brown
George W. Johnson
Robert H. Hundley, Jr
Will Corbett
G. J. King
D. P. Tillar
J. E. Shaw
J. B. Gurley
W.D. Connell
J. H. Mayfield
Pbsc
Fulfi
A. E. Akers
Ralph Higgins
Claence Bailey
Rocky Mount
D. W. Seifert
Charles R. Daniel
Weldon
Nathaniel Hayes
Carroll Atkisson
Claude _ Cain
Greensboro
Frank Joyner
Goldsboro
Wool Growers Sell Through Cooperative Pool
Raleigh April 29 announces plans for a wool pool allowing North Carolina sheep growers to sell on a grade basis through designated FCX stores and FCX points in South Carolina. Cooperation between the Department of Agriculture and the State College Extension Service aims to boost profits and revive sheep production despite a long decline. The pool will operate in eastern Piedmont areas with FCX stores and in the western state via the Farmers Cooperative Association headquartered in Asheville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
R. S. Curtis
Piedmont
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
FCX
Farmers Cooperative Association
Asheville
South Carolina
Scouts Learn Lessons in Citizenship at Camp Gathering
Hundreds of boys from across Eastern Carolina attended a three day camp. They worked, played, sang, and discussed Scout Craft and lore. The experience aimed to teach responsibility for school, jobs, homework, and baseball, leaving each boy better prepared to be a good citizen of tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
PAPER COMPANY UPDATE BOOSTS LOCAL PRODUCTION
Hegamyer maintenance engineer J J Priest chief chemist George Hayes wood manager S A Durham purchasing agent James Edge personnel manager. Production has risen from 36 tons daily in 1937 to about 160 tons a day with sulphate pulp entirely used. New equipment will make local plant production more efficient, say company officials.
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Page Ane
Hegamyer
J. J. Priest
George Hayes
S.A. Durham
James Edge
List of 28 Adult Speakers Names Mentioned
A roster of twenty eight adult speakers is provided including Faye Ogden Billy Sullivan Helen Adams Thurman Bullock Darella Wray Billy Clemmer James Warren James Bryant Joyce Hall James Cannon Shirley Draper Robert B Cooke Milton Cooke Doris Barrow Faye Kidd Agnes Slade Christine Bryant Bobby George Eugene Ray Annie Erwin Walter Myrick Mary Speight B Crumpler Edward Harper Sonny Hines Rudolph Thomas and Margaret Williams.
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Faye Ogden
Billy Sullivan
Helen Adams
Thurman Bullock
Darella Wray
Billy Clemmer
James Warren
James Bryant
Joyce Hall
James Cannon
Shirley Draper
Robert B. Cooke
Milton Cooke
Doris Barrow
Faye Kidd
Agnes Slade
Christine Bryant
Bobby George
Eugene Ray
Annie Erwin
Walter Myrick
Mary Speight
Two Nabbed After Assault During Arrest
A man was struck with handcuffs, knocked to the ground, and robbed of his can and car key before two suspects were captured Friday in a yard. The incident prompted police to detain the trio for investigation.
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Littleton
C. W. Bass
Betty
Jackson
William Herren
Winston-Salem
W. E. Wagoner
W. G. Bobbitt
BF. Morris
Macon Moore
Portsmouth
Inscoe
Aurelian Springs
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Palmer Bobbitt
Janie
Winston- Salem
B. F. Morris
Halifax County
W. A. Carter
J. G. Butts
House
Willie Shell
Guy Moss
Littleton Rd
FriApril
Medlin’s
So. Rosemary
Bantys
J. M. Sykes
J. D. Balls
Robert Powell
Allie Powell
Old Fire House
Ro. Rapids
Thure
Tripps Gro
Belmont
Thurs
Lincoln Heights
Halifax
Farmer's
Junction Esso
Boy Scout Hut
Pat. Mill
Armstrong Chaloner School
Martin
Mitchell's
Morris Store W Mill
U.S
Thomas Mullen
Harry Phillips
Frank G. Louthan, Jr
Richmond
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Malen
Palibbeay L Manning
W. P. Beck
Marks
William Hie
BOY Scouts
Bertie County
SLIC
Alf
Marks Shoe Store
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