Local Men Serve In Same Area
Local Navy personnel from the area serve in the Mediterranean on different ships. Lewis H. Kinin a water tender first class I USN lives on Cedar Street. Ivey E. Gibson fireman first class, son of Mr and Mrs Gibson, and William W. Farriss chief machinists mate USN of Madison Street tour the Mediterranean aboard USS Fargo. Gibson serves on the light cruiser flagship of Vice Admiral Bernardo H. Bier USN visiting Algiers Villefranche Rapallo and other ports on a two month cruise. Kinin and Farriss are aboard destroyer USS Gainard which has visited Gibraltar Naples Venice Pola Trieste and Suda Bay Crete Latakia and Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Lewis H. Kinin
USN
Ivey E. Gibson
E. Gibson
William W. Farriss
Gibson
Fargo
Bernardo H. Bieri
Mediterranean
Vissit
Algiers
Africa
Ville
France
Rapalio
Italy
Kinnin and
Garriss
Gainard
Gibraltar
Naples
Venice
Pola
Aly
Trieste
Suda Bay
Crete
Latakia
Syria
Alexander
Egypt
Value Doubled Tax Increase Less Than 20 Per Cent
North Carolina farm real estate values have more than doubled in eight years yet property taxes rose less than 20 percent. Reports show values up 199 percent from 1985 to 1909 and per acre taxes increasing from about 34.5 cents to 41 cents in the same period. Tax per acre remained 18 cents lower in 1946 than in 1980, with rates slipping to 59 cents in 1930 and to 41 cents in 1940 as rents and rates shifted through the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasmington
North Carolina
The
Cate
Ellen Glenn Wood Celebrates Fourth Birthday Party
Ellen Glenn Wood celebrated her fourth birthday at home in Thelma with cake ice cream and many gifts. Attending were Denn a Stockdale, Carolyn Matkins, Mary Ann David, Edgar Jr. and Carrie Eim wa Isles, Jane Ham i, Rhoddy Wood, Anne Wood, Pey t Dew Floyd Barbara, Sarah aise, Mary Francis Ca Ser, Glenn Stansbury Jr, Mike Hagrell, Bobbie Griffin, and Michael Wood of Cherry Point. Assistants included Mrs. Ray Carver, Mrs. Pod Wood, Mrs. Russell Mat- GW. Stockdale, Mrs. id, Mrs. Joe Wood, Mrs. Beaman Floyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Glenn Wood
Thelma
Ellen Glenn
Denn
Jerry Stockdale
Carolyn Matkins
Mary Ann David Edgar, Jr
Carrie Eimwa Isles
Jane
Joanne Hami
Rhoddy
Anne Wood
Peyt
Dew Floyd
Barbara
Sarah Aise
Mary Francis Ca Ser
Glenn Stansbury, Jr
Mike Hagrell
Bobbie Griffin
Michael Wood
Cherry Point
Morris Allen
Wood
Ray Carver
Pod Wood
Russell Mat- GW. Stockdale
Joe Wood
Beaman Floyd
Mason Todd Emons F Mason Engages Emma Lou Mason
Roanoke Rapids resident F Mason announces his daughter Emma Lou Mason of Allentown Pennsylvania engaged to Roy Todd son of Mel Todd Ada L Todd of Atlantic City New Jersey Both couples attend Ursinius College in Col linstall The wedding planned for their senior year of college The note also references a converted National Service Life Insurance policy after one year in effect allowing loan or cash surrender options under the Veterans Administration and the G I Bill noting veterans borrowed more than 44 billion dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason - Todd Emons F. Mason
Roanoke Rapids
Emma Lou
Allentown
Roy Todd
Mel
Ada L. ‘Todd
Atlantic Cuy
Miss Mason
Tail
Ursinius College
Collinstall
Wedale, Hing
National Service
Veterans Administration
Negro 4-H Delegation Leads State Conference Highlights
A Greensboro 4-H gathering drew 21 Halifax delegates among more than 500 members from 48 counties. The week featured greetings by college and city officials, instructional classes, demonstrations, a dress revue, pageants, and the candle lighting ceremony symbolizing 4-H Club spirit. Robert Knight and James Knight earned state 4-H project championships for sweet potatoes and seed hybrid corn with yields and values detailed, while a panel of leaders and educators addressed the group. The Halifax County contingent included many club members and leaders, with home agent Miss R. V. Whitworth accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinnual
Agricultural and Better Health
Greensboro
Halifax County
Robert
James Knight
Dawson 4-H Club
Porto Rico
James
FD. Bluford
A and T. College
L. Ery
R. E. Jones
R. Harrill
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Ellen Winston
State Board of Publ Welfare
Br. I. G. Green
North Carolina’ Good Health Association
Aaron Day
North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company
D. J. Knight
Spert
Town Talk Mrs D House Returns Home to Thelma
Mrs D House returns to her home in Thelma after months in Le stone Texas with her daughter and son in law Dr and Mrs Ivy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. House
Thelma
Leston
Texas
Ivy
Home Sphere dress revue linked to Halifax 4-H winners
Halifax county 4-H dress revue results announced with Dorothy Anderson winning first place for a lightweight wool plaid dress ensemble. Second place went to Sarah Ann Butts, with junior winners Charlotte Jones and Jeannette Harrell receiving cash prizes from Leggett’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Anderson
Wir
W. R. Anderson
Infield
Route 2
Halifax County
Dorothy
Enfield
Raleigh
Leggett's
Sarah Ann Butts
L. M. Butts
Halifax
Aurelian Springs
Leggett
Charlotte Jones
J. F. Jones
Littleton
William FR. Davi
Leggett’s
Jeannette Harrell
G. L Warrell
Hobgood
Opsl Jones
India Wright
Anne White
Sybil Cobb
Marjorie Wright
Emma Felton Smith
J. A. Dickens
Joyce Bowers
Marilyn Bullock
Wade Hockaday
Virginia Lee Smith
Roanoke Rapds
Ann Douglas Lawrence
Ann Winslow
Martha Della Harrison
Clement Pittman
Jesse Shears
Scotland Neck
Opal Jones
Katie Morris
Doris Strickland
Carrie Best
Sybil Lobb
Hubert Morris
Flairfax
Francsy Herbert
Laura Fleming
Delane Whitley
Paul Hoseman
Edward Kerr
Weldon
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Madison Street
Griffin Drug
Ira Dickens
Walls Road
Rocky Mount
Raleigh, N
Roanoke Avenue
Trincess
Betsy
Elizabeth
George
Queen Elizabeth
Philip Mounthatter
Gerry Pattison
Evelyn Peterson
American Can Company
U.S.A
Bronx
Negro Farm Agent's News
Negro County
Albert Tillery
Cucie
Hosa Cotton
Charles Perkins
William Allins
Dawson
Hi- 1 Knight
Diololia
Eddener Stansbury
Earl Hilton
Eden
Troy Hasty
Roy McDaniel
Catherine Bryant
Everett — Garnsey Jones
Leo Martin
Reena Smith
Inborden
Mildred Cofield
Mary's Chapel
Blanche Shaw
Tillery Chapel
Louise Thomas
Welton
Hattie Williams
White Oak
Julius Odom
Susie Ford
R. V. Whiworth
WY Optical
J. P. Taylor
South Main ST
Emporia, VA
Home Sphere
Florence Cox
Estelle E. White
Ligia Scott
State Collge
Ermiler
Richmond
Earman's
Barry-Irwin
E. N. Earman
Roanoke Ave
Halifax Waste Materials Company
SPIRE
Weldon Highway
Fitts-Crumpler Electric CO
Weldon Road
Rosemary Drug CO
Coca-Cola Commun AY Weldon
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
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