Halifax Quankey Pool Opens With Rules and Fees
Halifax residents and the P T A have funded repairs and facilities for the Quankey Creek pool and partnered with J G Butts to manage the Quankey Swimming Club. Membership is open to white residents, with a seven member committee enforcing rules and hours. Non residents can buy season tickets. after 7 30 P M adults pay 15 cents and children 10 cents.
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Halifax
J. G. Butts
Quankey
Association
Club
Townsourced Weekend Social Notes From Virginia Beach to Washington
Numerous social items list visits and travels of residents across Virginia, North Carolina, and Washington DC. Names include Miss Meryle Bell, Mrs. Walter Crowder, Miss Clyde Fulghan, Ruth and Viola Glover, Mattie Lee Taylor, Mary Clements, Mrs. J. L. Williams, Dr. W L Davis, Miss Mildred Tucker, Miss Lizzie Shearin, Elsie Hudson, Sue Mosely, Carl Thompson, James Sims, Chet Allsbrook, J W Cullins, Frances and Blanche, Mrs. W E Fuller, Miss Annie Maud Jones, Beulah Miller, Grace Jones, Margaret Rambeau, and Roger Davis. Events cover trips to Lawrenceville, Minnesota Beach, Chicago World’s Fair, Virginia Beach, Richmond, Tarboro, Tarboro, Henderson, Buckroe Beach, and Washington, D C with August 11–12 trip mentions the Jew elry Store.
Sale Of Automobile Tags Shows Narrower Gap
Commissioner of Revenue A J Maxwell reports the weekly sales show a narrowing excess of last year over this year. By July 29 last year 361 394 licenses were sold compared with 351 509 this year. The gap fell below 10 000 signaling improving business conditions.
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Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Teen Swimmer Survives Niagara Whirlpool feat
William Kondrat, 18, of Chatham New Jersey hitchhiked to Niagara Falls New York and swam the whirlpool rapids from end to end. He landed safely in a feat not previously accomplished though many renowned swimmers have perished attempting the rapids.
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William Kondrat
Chatham
N. J
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Card of Thanks for Doris Sylvia Jones
Family thanks friends for kindness during illness and death of baby Doris Sylvia Jones and for the beautiful floral offerings.
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Doris Sylvia Jones
Regular Sunday Services at First Methodist Church
The First Methodist Church will hold regular morning and evening services next Sunday led by Rev. S. J. Starnes. The public is invited and all members are urged to attend.
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First Methodist Church
S. J. Starnes
Six Years sought for Theft of 86 Cents in Gonzalez
Robert Jones a Gonzalez Texas Negro is sentenced to six years in the penitentiary for stealing 86 cents. The case highlights the harsh penalties attached to small thefts in the era and reflects the racial dynamics of the time.
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Robert Jones
Gonzalez, Tex
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rules
Marge Bucks
Chi
Meryle Bell
Lawrenceville, Va
Walter Crowder
Clyde Fulghan
Minnesota Beach
Ruth
Viola Glover
Chicago
Mattie Lee Taylor
Mary Clements
Salisbury
J. L. Williams
Virginia Beach
W. L. Davis
Washington, N. C
Roanoke Rapids
J. H. Cullom
S. G. Hodges
Mildred Tucker
Henderson
A. C. Williams
Lizzie Shearin
Elsie Hudson
Sue Mosely
Richmond
Buckroe Beach
Carl Thompson
Washington, D. C
James Sims
Chet Allsbrook
J. W. Cullins
Frances
Blanche
Tarboro
Annie Maud Jones
Durham
Beulah Miller
Grace Jones
Margaret Rambeau
Roger Davis
Niagara Rapids
America
NRA
Eggett’s
Halifax County
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