Judge Parker Affirms Federal Civil Rights Debate At Grand Jury
Roanoke Rapids judge R Hunt Parker opened Halifax County Superior Court addressing the August term and urged the Halifax Grand Jury to consider civil rights legislation. He rejected federal anti lynching and poll tax measures, noting Southern progress in education and welfare for whites and blacks, and detailing local tax and school funding data from 1947 48 to illustrate ongoing efforts. The remarks stressed constitutional debates and criticized federal overreach while presenting county education and public welfare statistics.
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R. Hunt Parker Scores
Hamax
Resuen
Superio
R. Hunt Parker
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County Grand Jury
Superior Court
Parker
Pope
South
Halifax
Foreman
Grand Jury
J. B. Hall
J. E. Ready
Ronoke Rapids
Roanoke Ramblings Updates and Local Notes
Roanoke Rapids Girl Scout office to close Tuesday through Friday for staff vacation. Macrae Faison back at The Faison Ogletree office after illness. Edward L. Clemmons serves aboard USS Pasadena. Navy recruit training in San Diego. Renewed hotel interest in Roanoke Rapids with calls for a local hotel. Unsigned letter about the Jays not published due to policy. Camp Edwards update: Master Sergeant Gordon B Huxon from Roanoke Rapids stationed at Camp Edwards Mass. 13 years in service. wears European and American Theater ribbons and Good Conduct.
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Roanoke Rapids
Girl Scout
Uss Pasadena
Edward L. Clemmons
Fasn
Gene Mooney
Route Two
Pasadena
Clemmons
Navy
Naval Training Center
San Diego
California
Scotland Neck High School
Camp Edwards
Gordon B. Hux
Lawrence R. Hux
Jefferson Street
Mass
Hux
117Th
ASU
Army
Krupa Dance Draws Over 700 at Armory
Roanoke Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce reported more than 700 people attended the Gene Krupa Dance at the Armory last Thursday night. Profits will bolster the Jaycee welfare fund for community service. Attendees praised the music and enjoyable evening.
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Roanoke Rapids
Rotary Vision Emphasizes Vocational Service
District Governor Roberson urged Roanoke Rapids Rotary members to practice vocational service daily. He said Rotary requires members to render service through vocation and to put service above profit. Guests included Mrs Roberson, Mrs China, Cy Thomas Weldon club president, Bill Neal, C S Vinson, Bob Grifford, and W A McClung.
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Sherwoodsional
Hoberson
Rotary International
Roanoke Rapids
Rotary Club
Rotary
Rae
Roberson
Theyspeaker
Robert C. Josey
Roanoke Rapids Club
W. A. China
Cy Thomas
Weldon Club
Bill Neal
C. S. Vinson
Weldon Rotary
Bob Grifford
Sparta
Franklin, Va
W. A. McClung
The
Herald
Recorders Court Docket Shows Light Session
Halifax records show 19 cases heard with several defendants found not guilty. Assaults led the docket with Charlie Davis and Hugh Glenn Ashe receiving jail terms for assault. Lee Alston was jailed for larceny, while Joe Jordan faced fines for drunken driving and no operator’s license.
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Halifax
Charlie Davis
Hugh Glenn Ashe
Lee ‘Alston
Joe Jordan
Blind Boy Jimmy Osborne Aims For Musical Prodigy
The 13 year old blind musician Jimmy Osborne of England, blinded since 11 weeks, studies in Watertown with the Perkins Institution support after moving to the United States. He composed his first tune at age three in Romford and has played the piano nonstop with only a phonograph for company. During WWII he performed benefit concerts for hospitals and army camps near London. He says his head is full of music and he hears choirs as he goes to bed.
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Jimmy Osborne
England
U. S, Ninth Air Force
Jimmy
Perkins Institution For the Blind
Watertown
Romford
London
Proceeds From Meal To Be Used For Fire Truck
Scotland Neck Kinwiis Club to host barbecue and Brunswick stew dinner at Roseneath Community House next Friday. Proceeds will fund a country fire truck for Scotland Neck area including Palmyra Hobgood Cannons Tillery and area east to the river bridge. Truck has 500 gallon tank to start operations on arrival.
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Scotland Neck
Selective Service Registration Set for Halifax County Start
Chairman George N. Taylor of the Halifax County Selective Service Board announced that registration for youths 18 to 26 will begin in Halifax County on August 30 under Governor Cherry's proclamation. Details list birth years and dates for registration, with exemptions for current armed forces members and extended active duty reserves. The governor urged state agencies and citizens to assist, estimating about 295,000 North Carolinians must register. The Halifax board plans final site arrangements and will announce the office location soon.
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Halifax County
Taylor
George N. Taylor
Halifax
J. van B. Matis
Selective Service
North Carolina
Suecess
Bids Opened For Scotland Neck Twenty-Bed Clinic Project
Scotland Neck bids were opened for a new twenty bed clinic to serve Halifax County with a total project cost of 160000. Federal 89933 State 60747 Halifax 45820 plus 20000 from the County to cover operating deficit during two years. The clinic will serve about 13000 people, 4000 white and 9000 colored. Halifax Electric Membership Corporation seeks permit to install an aerial power line across Roanoke River near Eaton Ferry in Halifax County with a required 83.5 foot clearance and a protest deadline of August 10.
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Halifax Electric Membership Corporation
Enfield
N. C
Roanoke River
Eaton Ferry
Halifax County
G. T. Derby
U. C Engineers
Derby
Scotland Neck
Halifax
North Carolina
North Carolina Medical Care Commission
Belhaven
Beau- Tort County
South Church Street
Scotland Neck Area
Gowen Buys Chase Home At Auction For 25200
Gowen purchased the late Mayor J. T. Chase home at public auction for 25200. The Rochelle Realty Company conducted the sale with auctioneer Jimmy Rochelle of Kinston, drawing a large crowd in Rochelle. The property now belongs to Howerton Gowen.
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Chase
Howerton Gowen
Gowen
Rochelle Realty Company
Rochell Company
Jimmy Rochelle
Kinston
J. T. Chase
$303 Is Raised For Dukes Fund In Tri Counties
A total of 203 dollars has been collected in Halifax Hertford Northampton County for the Loyalty Fund drive. Miss Lillian A Lee of Roanoke Rapids, area chairman, announced today. Nationwide contributions from cities and towns topped 112000 dollars, surpassing the 100000 dollar goal.
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Halifax-Hertford
Northampton County
Lillian A. Lee
Roanoke Rapids
Warren Hospital Sites Are Seen By State and Federal Representatives
State and federal representatives inspected nine potential sites for a 35 bed Warren County hospital, with no site chosen yet. The cost is estimated at 108000 for construction plus site water and sewage facilities, funded jointly with bond funds and government contributions. Sites include Burwell land Ward land Horn property Harrison property Hicks property and Williams estate parcels. Representatives included Newell Telluck Jones Howardton and the North Carolina Medical Care Commission.
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Warrenton
Warren County
M. P. Burwell
W. F. Ward
Henry Horn
Jule Harrison
Norlina Road
M. C. Hicks
Williams
W. H. Newell
O. D. Telluck
Richmond
Bruce Jones
T. Howardton
North Carolina Medical Care Commission
Mechanical Inspection Lane Set Five Day Roanoke Rapids Visit
The mechanical inspection lane No. 34 will operate for five days in Roanoke Rapids starting Thursday, marking its next to last appearance this year. Motorists with vehicles up to model year 1930 and some later models must be inspected by specific deadlines between August and December 1948. The lane’s final Roanoke Rapids appearance is October 12.
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Halifax
Bertie
Northampton
Roanoke
State Department of Motor Vehicls
Roanoke Rapids
Polio Case Is Found Not in Halifax County
Halifax health officer Dr. Robert F. Young reported that St. Agnes Hospital in Raleigh revised an Enfield child’s illness from polio to tick paralysis. Officials said the case is unusual, the child did not improve with polio treatment, and a wood tick in the scalp led to the corrected diagnosis.
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Halifax
Robert F. Young
St. Agnes Hospital
Raleigh
Young
Halifax County
St. Agnes
Howell Steed Heads Warren Legion Post
H Limer Post of the American Legion elected Howell Steed as commander succeeding Frank Banzer. Loyce M. Connell was chosen adjutant and finance officer, succeeding Douglas Mustian. Other officers named include B G White, Randolph Miles, George W Davis, Duke Miles, W A Grissom, W A Graham, H M Fuller, and L W Thompson. Delegates to the state convention are W L Wood, Simon Gardner, Duke Miles, and George W Davis with alternates Thomas Gardner and Stephen Rodwell. The Asheville convention will be held this year.
Exchange Club Harvest Festival Opens August 30
The Roanoke Rapids Exchange Club hosts its annual harvest festival from August 30 through September 4. Proceeds fund the club’s work for the upcoming year. The Jack Perry Shows will display ten rides and ten shows along the Weldon Highway.
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Roanoke Rapids
Scotland Neck Boards Pass Refuse Can Law
The Scotland Neck Town Board unanimously approved an ordinance requiring every household and business to use metal garbage cans with tight tops for all trash. The measure requires as many cans as needed and is effective immediately with a five dollar penalty for each offense.
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Scotland Neck
Roanoke Rapids Firemen Fight Three Blazes
Roanoke Rapids Fire Department rushed to three calls in 24 hours. A car owned by Ollie Edwards burned at 808 Madison Street, damaging only the interior. A blaze in a Negro home near Sunset Service Station was already out when crews arrived. A Roscoe Chambliss automobile near Camp's Store was destroyed as the fire had progressed before arrival.
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Nosnoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids
Madison Street
Ollie Edwards
Roscoe Chambliss
License Examiner To Be In Halifax Each Monday
E P Davis Jr license examiner announced he would be in Halifax on Mondays from a.m. to 8 p.m. effective immediately, while continuing to host the Roanoke Rapids municipal building four and a half days weekly. He urged people with last names starting E F or G to secure new licenses by December 31 and avoid a rush, noting about 200 in those categories had already been examined.
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E. P. Davis, Jr
Halifax
Davis
Roanoke Rapids
Alll
Newicenses
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Wesegillon
United States
S. Vinson
W. Henry Overman
Weldon
Para
Rambler
Faison-Ogletree
Mr. Macrae Faison
Mr. Mac
Jack Vincent
Vincent
Roanoke Davids
Jays
Jasen
Rapids
Recorders Court
Bar
Electric Co-Op
Duke’ Fund
Tri-Counties
Howell Steed
Warren Legion
Exchange Club
Scotland Neck Board
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