Merchants Membership Meeting at Roanoke Country Club
The Roanoke Kapias Merchants Association held its annual membership meeting at the Country Club. A splendid outing pleased the small crowd with barbecue and Brunswick stew. Paul Scarborough of Seaboard Railway spoke on employer employee relations and service to the public.
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Roanoke Kapias Merchants Association
Country Club
Graham Shell
Paul Scarborough
The
Seaboard Railway
Scarborough
Association
Health rules for children first year in public schools
Dr. Robert F. Young warns Halifax County parents that all first year entrants must show immunization certificates for diphtheria and smallpox from a physician or Health Department. Diphtheria cases rise in North Carolina, and beginners without proof will be denied entry until immunizations are completed.
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Halifax County
Robert F. Young
North Carolina
Lt Colonel Daisy McCommons Leaves Germany for Home Visit
Leaves Germany on August 1 and heads home for a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs R L McCommons. She is expected to arrive about the middle of this month.
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Daisy McCommons
Germany
R. L. McCommons
Light Docket Closes with Various County Court Sentences
Judge Charles Daniels of Hanfax County Recorder's Court disposed of a light docket last Tuesday. Defendants faced fines, suspended sentences, and costs for offenses including abandonment and non support, speeding, driving while drunk, gambling, driving without license, and driving under the influence.
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Charles Daniels
Hanfax County
Thurman Whitehead
Scotland Neck
Willie Spruill
Macon
Herman Davis
Enfield
Callie Moore
Bernard Kee
Garysburg
Buster Webb
McKinley Webb
John Lamb
Daniel Pugh
Napoleon Robinson
Ernest Hawkins
Ossie Alston
Littleton
Joe Jordan
Hollister
More Marriages Than Divorces In County Last Year
The Roanoke Rapids Herald reports the county had more marriages than divorces in the previous year. Local officials and clerks note shifting social trends as wedding rates rise and dissolution cases remain comparatively lower.
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News & Observer
Charles A. Dana
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Bacon Jackpot on Quiz Show Ends Free but Suspect
Earl Shaw and Donald Bennett, two young men from New York, won six pounds of bacon and $2 on The Better Half quiz show. After plans to leave, they tried to dispose of the bacon to avoid trouble. They persuaded the hotel manager to take it for free, prompting the bellhop to verify the unlikely prize.
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Earl
Earl Shaw
Donald Bennett
New York
Donald
Reynolds
Quail Smashes Windshield On Trailway Bus Near Roanoke Rapids
A quail struck a Trailway bus between Warrenton and Louisburg as it carried passengers from Roanoke Rapids to Raleigh. The windshield shattered and glass injured the driver on last Thursday afternoon at 2 10 p m. No other injuries were reported among riders.
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Warrenton
Louisburg
Trailway
Roanoke Rapids
Raleigh
Service Office Aids Veterans in July Demand Grows
Veterans office reports 145 callers in July seeking advice and assistance. Staff logged 256 forms, including interviews, applications, letters, and calls. Most requests were for on the job training and pension-related benefits. office opened June 1, with July activity 45 more than June.
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Cale
Donald Gray Hearing Set In Mayor's Court
Donald Gray, a white man, faces a Mayor's court hearing on August 19 after a recent arrest for using profane language in public, attempting to strike Aubrey Johnson with a bottle, resisting arrest, and assaulting Officer C. A. Ball, who sustained injuries before Gray was subdued. The hearing had been postponed from the prior Monday's docket.
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Donald Gray
Gray
Aubrey Johnson
C. A. Ball
Ball
Mayor's Court
Formal Opening Of Betty Shoppe In Roanoke Rapids
The Betty Shoppe opened today in Roanoke Rapids in a remodeled building formerly the Jack Weissner Store. Contractor L S Pete Garner enlarged the store with blue and cream brick front and terrazo entrance. Manager W G Mullins says Swansdown ladies suits will be featured and six clerks will be employed.
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Betty
Roanoke Rapids
Jack, Weissner
L. S
Pete” Garner
W. G. Mullins
Betty Shop
Believed Paralysis Victim Is Roanoke Rapids Child
Halifax County Health Department reports a three year old white child in Roanoke Rapids may be a victim of infantile paralysis. Name and parents withheld until diagnosis. First poliomyelitis case in the city this year. Parents urged to stay calm and take precautions. No statewide epidemic indications at this time.
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Halifax County Health Department
Roanoke Rapids
Health Department
Flounder Caught In Roanoke River Stirs Local Wonder
Eddie Gibson reports a small flounder caught in a Roanoke River fish basket near the power plant bridge last Saturday morning. Witnesses swear to the salt water fish tale, noting flounders are typically salt water creatures.
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Eddie Gibson
Eddie
Light Vote Cast Tuesday in Roanoke Rapids Sewer Bond
A special Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District election saw only 324 district residents registered to vote with 248 voting for the 200000 bond and 4 against. Law requires new registration and a majority of those registered to approve. bids are sought and project work will begin upon lowest bid approval, with an estimated eight to twelve months to complete.
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Roanoke Rapids
Herman Browning Is Made Captain At Ladd Field Alaska
Herman T Browning 222 Hamlet Street Roanoke Rapids is promoted to captain in the Army Air Forces at Ladd Field Alaska after an eight month tour He becomes the commanding officer of Squadron D at the northern base a focal point for ferrying planes to Russia during the war.
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Army Air Forces
Ladd Field
Alaska
Herman T. Browning
Hamilter Street
Roanoke Rapids
Browning
Northern Air Base
Russia
Grady T Brewer Jr Receives Honorable Discharge
Grady T. Brewer Jr USNR of 1023 Franklin Street Roanoke Rapids has been honorably discharged from military service per notice from the Naval Personnel Separation Center Jacksonville Florida.
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Grady T. Brewer
Grady T. Brewer, Jr
USNR
Franklin Street
Roanoke Rapids
Naval Personnel Separation Center
Jacksonville
Fla
Sugar Still Very Scarce Urges Frugal Use
UPA District Director Theodore S. Johnson urged housewives to curb sugar use for the rest of the year. He noted sugar will remain scarce through 1946 and likely into 1947, with projected imports just under five and a half million tons. Johnson advised using canning sugar for fruit preserving to relieve the upcoming winter food supply.
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UPA
Theodore S. Johnson
Johnson
Secretary of Agriculture
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Arthur Lee Williams
George Bowers
Hobgood
Bowers
Williams
Junius Ramsey Harris
Trail
Mason Cherry
William Lee Smith
Colonel Smith
Freddie Green
Service Office
Frank A Cale, Jr
Cole
Betty Shoppe
Roanoke River
Herman Browning
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