Grand Jury Reports To Judge Parker From Halifax County
The Halifax County Grand Jury for January 1939 filed its first report with Judge R Hunt Parker. Foreman E L Baird of Roanoke Rapids led praise for the Clerk, Register of Deeds, jail, county home and sanitorium, noting a needed ice box at the sanitorium and urging prompt action. They also urged four Justices of the Peace to file proper reports and confirmed buses were in good condition after inspection by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax County
R. Huntaker
Surrier Court
E. L
Eddie” Baird
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax
N. C
R. Hunt Parker
Register of Deeds
County Commissioners and County Welfare Board
Raleigh
Grand Jury
County ABC Board Gifts 25 000 to Halifax County
Halifax County ABC Board Supervisor H Ricks handed the county commissioners a 25000 dollar check at the regular ABC Board meeting on August 15. The total delivered since ABC stores began in July 1935 reaches 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ricks
Halifax County
ABC Board
North Carolina Social Roundup of Visits and Illnesses
Local residents and visitors noted this week include Mrs A W Perry and baby in Winston Salem, Mrs Charles Boykin in Statesville, Mr and Mrs Nathan Stedman of Gainesville FL visiting here, T D Lawrence of Enfield, Annie May Pearce and Tom Sutton guests of L H Pearce, and Glenda Pearce returning home. Also listed are Bill Phillips of Kinston, Whit Stephenson Jr ill in Park View Hospital after appendectomy, Elizabeth C White at Nags Head, M W Perry touring Western NC, Frances McMahon and Catherine Manning visiting Miss Nannie Gary, Cecil Butts weekend in Roanoke Rapids, Milton Read and son in Dunn, W L Johnson and Annie Jenning at Wairmont, Robert Grady of Kenansville visiting A L Hux, Frances LaFlame of Hartford CT visiting friends, Henry Furgerson of Siler City visiting his mother, and C E Shaw W R Caudle Fred Davis and Vera Bobbitt listed as spending time with local hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Perry
Baby
Winston-Salem
Charles Boykin
Statesville
Nathan Stedman
Gainesville
Fla
T. D. Lawrence
Enfield
Annie May Pearce
Tom Sutton
L. H. Pearce
Pearce
Glenda
Bill Phillips
Kinston
Whit Stephenson Jr
Park View Hospital
Elizabeth C. White
Nags Head
M. W. Perry
North Carolina
Frances McMahorn
Richmond
Catherine Manning
Roanoke Rapids
Nannie Gary
Cecil Butts
Fair hat highlights New York World's Fair 1939 replica gargoyles
Dana Jenny wears a large Aqualon yellow straw hat designed by Lily Dache. The hat draws inspiration from the Mines and Metallurgy Building at the New York World's Fair of 1939 and features replicas of the building’s gargoyles on its crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dana Jenny
Lily Dache
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. H. Parker
Hux
Keep Guardian
E. L. Baird
ABC
Dunn
Glenn Rollings
Warsaw
A. L. Hux
Robert Grady
Kenansville
Frances LaFlame
Hartford, Conn
Henry Furgerson
Siler City
C. E. Shaw
W. R. Caudle
Fred Davis
Vera Bobbitt
Leggett
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