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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
5
Halifax County Salvage Committee plans a big drive to collect scrap paper tins and rags as the state presses for increased totals. Households are urged to save waste paper tins and old rags with Scouts assisting and a tentative August date to be announced.
In Halifax County July saw only 16 license applications for marriage. The list includes William Russell of Spring Hill with Elvena Phillips of Spring Hill. Chancey Holliday of Scotland Neck with Dorothy Lee Welch of Scotland Neck. Claude Rigsby and Mary Williams of Virginia. Johnny Jack Jeffers of Roanoke Rapids with Hattie M. Fette of Roanoke Rapids. Andrew Faison of Scotland Neck with Beatrice Baker of Scotland Neck. James Evans of Greensboro with Carrie Viola Summer of Enfield. John R. Smith of Scotland Neck with Susie Brown of Scotland Neck. Other couples include Roosevelt Lynch of Whitakers with Lourena Hendricks of Whitakers. March Davis of Littleton with Dora Sykes of Littleton. Rayburn Arnold of Roanoke Rapids with Ruth Alderson of Hopewell, Va.. Davis Scott of Littleton with Lessie Harvey of Littleton. Buford L. Horne of Roanoke Rapids with Rachel Jones of Roanoke Rapids. Harold B. Mathig of Utica with Ruth Spence of Roanoke Rapids. William Aaron Thompson of Warrenton with Emma Winnifred of Littleton.
Pvt. Eugene C. Ennis of Norwood route 1 has been assigned to the 3508th AAF Base Unit at Willow Run Ypsilanti Michigan to study aviation mechanics. He was formerly employed by Roanoke Mills No. 2.
Sgt. Raymond Britton and his wife visited from 1314 Washington Street. His sisters arranged a weekend birthday party to surprise their mother, celebrating her special day with family.
Miss Sarah Vaughan, a student nurse at Roanoke Rapids Hospital, is recuperating at her home in Stokesville after a recent operation. Meanwhile Mrs Eudeane Nance and Mrs Grace Nance visit friends and relatives in Oxford.
The Boy Scout Circus in late July raised just over 325 dollars in net receipts. Troops 144 and 145 jointly organized rides, side shows, and minstrels under Scoutmasters Willie Mincher and Walter Brown. Each participating troop will receive 163 dollars as its share, the largest single-undertaking return for a city troop.
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