Local Schools Open September 10 Under New Superintendent
Roanoke Rapids will start the school year on September 10 under I. E. Ready the new superintendent who succeeds C. W. Davis who has moved to Chapel Hill to head that city schools. The faculty saw 21 resignations with new appointments to fill vacancies across Central Rosemary Clara Hearn Vance Street and other buildings.
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Roanoke Rapids
I. E. Ready
C. W. Davis
Davis
Chapel Hill
Supt
Ready
Rocky Mount
Hugh Morson
Raleigh
Central School
Mary Davis’ Emerson
Louise Howell
Margaret Garris
Edith Parrott
Rosemary School
Mary Lowder
Gladys Scull
Sybil Beamon
Elsie Corbitt
Nora Smith
Clara Hearn
Ella Gibbs
Wilma Colart
Vance Street
Elizabeth Knott
Louise Holloman
Winnifred Debnam
Ruth Belch
Helen Foley
Grace Clark
Margaret Lambert
Margaret Lewis
Margaret Watson Morris Clary
Arlene Shearin
Evelyn Sandlin
Morris Clary
Marie Walker
Thomas L. Martin
R. B. Young
Virginia Bledsoe
Rebecca Pridgen
Christine Rogers
Marjorie Fleetwood
Elizabeth Whitehurst
Marian Morton
Evelyn Gwaltney
Exhaust Fan Injury At Rosemary Manufacturing Plant
Thomas H. Cooke, a carpenter, suffered a mangled hand when his hand was pulled into an exhaust fan in the loft of Rosemary Manufacturing Company last Saturday. He was taken to Roanoke Rapids Hospital for treatment after checking air flow.
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Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Thomas H. Cooke
Mr. Cooke
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Marvin E. Barnes
Catterpillar Club
Eloy L. Barnes, Jr
Iwo Jima
Bainbridge
Roanoke Mills No
E. L. Barnes
Pleasant Hill
Aldridge Named Weldon A&P Store Manager
B A Buton Aldridge long time Roanoke Rapids up town A P meat market manager has been appointed store manager of the Weldon A P. He assumed his new duties Monday morning of this week.
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B. A. “Buton” Aldridge
Roanoke Rapids
A&p
Weldon
Aldridge
President Truman Announces Japanese Acceptance of Potsdam Declaration
President Truman reports that Japan accepts the Potsdam Declaration with no qualifications and that surrender terms will be signed at the earliest moment. General Douglas MacArthur is named Supreme Allied Commander to receive Japan’s surrender with Britain Russia and China represented by senior officers. Allied forces are ordered to suspend offensive actions pending formal signing and the V J Day proclamation awaits the surrender.
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Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Great Britain
Russia
China
Pool Opens Mornings and Afternoons Under Coach Venters
Coach Venters announced the local playgrounds and swimming pool will operate morning hours from 10 to 12 and afternoon hours from 2 to 6 starting now. The notice clarifies daily opening times for public use.
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Venters
Roanoke Rapids Cheers End of War with City Parade
War news triggered a massive celebration in Roanoke Rapids as President Truman announced Japan's surrender. By 7 30 p m about three thousand residents filled Roanoke Avenue with car horns bells and open houses across the city. Victor events included church services a veterans dance in the Armory and a patriotic parade by the American Legion.
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Roanoke Avenue
Truman
Japan
Roanoke Rapids Veterans of Freign Wars
Robert E. May Post
The
American Legion
Who Milked The Cow At 2 A.M.
Guests at a Roanoke Rapids home with liquid only water were told of a milch cow. The host and guests went to the barn and Old Bossy was milked at 2 a.m. in the tale from the prominent family.
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Roanoke Rapids
MacArthur To Deliver Terms After Japan Surrenders
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur named to receive Japan’s formal surrender and to deliver terms from Manila. He ordered Japanese envoy to Ie Shima, then to Manila, with aides, as Hirohito signals ceasefire and the Tokyo radio becomes a dedicated channel.
First Polio Case Reported in Halifax County
The first polio case this year in Halifax County involves 17 year old Johnny Elois Walker of Littleton Route 2. He has been taken to Charlotte Memorial Hospital with doctors from Warm Springs, Georgia assisting. he is described as very ill.
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Halifax County
Johnny Ehlois Walker
Littleton
Route 2
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Warm Springs
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