NYA Student Work Officer to Visit Halifax Next Week
Superintendent W C Matthews announced James D Taylor NYA Student Work Officer will be at Halifax Elementary School from 1:00 to 4:00 Wednesday August 13 interviewing white and Negro students in need of NYA school assistance for the coming year. To qualify a student must be at least 16 and need funds to continue education. The NYA program helps thousands of needy youths in the state enter or stay in school.
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W. C. Matthews
Halifax County
James D. Taylor
NYA
Halifax
City Board Moves to Enforce Traffic Rules and Projects
The Roanoke Rapids city board approved a traffic ordinance prohibiting trucks over 20 feet on select streets and restricted parking to under 2.5 hours on others, with a $10 fine. Stops will be added at Ninth Tenth and Eleventh Streets. signs and a fence project were authorized. Citizens urged action on the city dump odor and truck speed concerns.
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ABC
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Avenue
Ninth
Twelfth
Hamilton
Jackson Streets
Tenth
Madison Streets
Eleventh Streets
Tenth Street
Eleventh Street
H. E. Dobbins
Eleventh
Kelly Jenkins
Dobbins
Sanitary District
Charlotte
Ruby Wood Mincher
E. W. Elmore
J.H. Cranwell
J. F. Glover
H. ¥. Fahey
Festival Near Close Plays Host To Queen Contenders
Contestants include Geraldine Butler Estelle Braswell Mildred Fulghum Lee Baird Lucille Butler Evelyn Eldridge Virgil Mae Whitby Helen Pope Margarett Tucker Madam X Fannie Stephenson Dorothea White Mary Alice as hundreds attend nightly shows Through this week Crescent Amusement Company offers rides such as Ridge-O Tilt-A-Whirl DIPSY Doodle Ferris wheel and hobby horses with an illusion show and animal circus drawing crowds Lions Club aids summer camp children from the Preventorium enjoyed the outing at the festival grounds managed by L C McHenry
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Page Orie
Geraldine Butler
Estelle Braswell
Mildred Fulghum
Lee Baird
Lucille Butler
Evelyn Eldridge
Virgil Mae Whitby
Helen Pope
Margarett Tucker
Madam X
Fannie Stephenson
Dorothea White
Mary Alice
L.C. M¢H¢Nky
Crescent Amusement Company
Lions Club
McHenry
Amusement Company
New Jail Completion Improves City Law Enforcement
The new jail in the Municipal Building features sanitary cells, ample lighting, ventilation, and gray paint for a durable, clean appearance. Steam heating and in-cell lavatories and toilets are installed. Its central location aids police and the clerk’s office by reducing travel to the mayor’s court for trials and warrants.
Girl says she was raped in Boydton abduction case
The girl reported to court and police that two men abducted her in Boydton as she walked home from work. A deputy and a Virginia officer exchanged fire with the suspects in Roxboro, injuring no one but prompting a large cross state search from Boydton to Roxboro.
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Sims
Roxboro
Virginia
North Carolina
Boydton
Adams
Razz Clayton
F. C. Bedinger
Commonwealth
Mecklenburg County
G. S. Finch
Obra
South Carolina
Stolen license machine linked to assault near Roanoke Rapids
A girl says two men abducted near Roanoke Rapids then assaulted her and released her at Boydton around 10 30 Monday night. Officers pursued a wrecked car near Dennison Virginia as the suspects fled on foot toward Roxboro. Bloodhounds aided the dragnet as dawn broke and capture followed.
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Roanoke Rapids
Boydton
Dennison
Roxboro
Library vote and land deed action noted in county meeting
Health officer and Superintendent J. B. Hall reported on welfare work in the county. The board ordered a deed in fee simple to Lena Edmond for 25 acres of Crump Land in In ConoConara Township for $102.20. Miss Mary A. Cole, hospital clerk, left on vacation.
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J. B. Hall
Halifax
Little Girl Poisoned Dose At Home Leaves City in Worry
Betty Jane Edwards three year old of this city was in serious condition after drinking a poisonous solution from a soft drink bottle at 522 Jackson Street late last Friday. She was taken to Duke Hospital in Durham Tuesday for treatment while doctors studied her illness. Her brothers reportedly mixed a solution to blow up gas filled balloons, and the bottle went uncovered. The girl was found unconscious with breathing difficulties. an X ray showed no swallowed object. The bottle was empty and investigators assume she drank the poison.
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Betty Jane Edwards
Jackson Street
Duke Hospital
Durham
Enfield Couple Visits Davis Partners Wednesday
Mr and Mrs Bob Billups of Enfield spent last Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Ted Davis for a social visit.
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Bob Billups
Enfield
Ted Davis
Oxford Man Injured In Car Wreck
R. L. Owens of Oxford remains in a local hospital after a Sunday night crash on the Roanoke Rapids Litteton highway seven miles from Littleton. He said illness caused him to pass and collide with another vehicle. he had taken BC powders in Littleton. Owens suffered multiple broken ribs while the other occupants, described as a car loaded with Negroes, escaped injury.
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R. L. Owens
Oxford
Roanoke Rapids
Littleton
Owens
Club Picnic Planned by South Rosemary Home Demonstration Club
The South Rosemary Home Demonstration Club plans its annual picnic for Wednesday afternoon, August 13, at Smith's Church. Members, families, and friends are invited to attend and bring a basket lunch.
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South Rosemary Home
Smith’s Church
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Mary A. Cole
Crescent Amusement CO
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