Women Get Terms For Failure To Attend Clinics
Two Halifax County Negro women Bee Fox and Mollie Palmer were sentenced to four months in prison for failing to attend health department clinics and receive syphilis treatment. Bee Fox previously faced a suspended sentence for the same charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax County
County Recorder's Court
Health Department
Bee Fox
Enfield
C. R. Daniel
Mollie Palmer
Weldon
Horace Flipp
Roanoke Avenue
Tenth Street
J. A. Broshaham
W. B. McLeod
E. J. Glantz
Flipp
County Recorder’s Court
J. A. Brigman
Survey on Weevils Shows Impact of Cotton Mopping
County Farm Agent W. O. Davis released a partial report from Halifax on fifty farms where cotton was mopped and fifty that did not follow the remedy to curb boll weevils. Counts show about 10 percent weevil damage on mopped plots versus 35.9 percent on unmopped plots, with partial mopping yielding roughly 30.6 percent damage. The office will continue counts until the survey concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Davis
Halifax
Davis
Miss Harris Honored by Bridge Party
Miss Dorothy Harris bride elect was honored at a five table bridge party hosted by Miss Frances Wilson and Miss Elizabeth Wilson on Roanoke Avenue. The living room featured astors marigolds and crepe myrtle with a bridal motif. Gifts included a silver pattern for the honoree and prizes for high and second high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Harris
Frances
Elizabeth Wilson
Bridge
Roanoke Avenue
Harris
Mildred Balmer
Hilda Hines
Mary Virginia Jenkins
Evelyn Johnson
Mildred Burton
Ercelle Harris
Virginia Belle Vincent
Margaret Cox
Margaret Spaight
Elizabeth Brown
Ann Akers
Cotton opens on Wilcox farm in Brinkleyville area
A. G. Wilcox reports the first open cotton boll for the county on August 11. The boll was found in a fifteen acre field planted April 5 and much of the crop is near ready for picking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Wilcox
Brinkleyville
Wilcox
In Memoriam for Lewis L Cooke Died June 30 1941
In memory of Lewis L Cooke who died four weeks ago. A daughter Alice Cooke and daughter Nora recall his death, say goodbye and describe missing him. The poem expresses mourning, longing, and the belief he rests in a heavenly home with angels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis L. Cooke
Marriage Licenses Issued by Halifax Register This Week
White couples listed include William M. Johnson of Roanoke Rapids and Martha Overton. Norman Callahan of Merchantville New Jersey and Frances Wilt of Gard Pennsylvania. Gerhard Cowling and Hilma Richardon of Waverly Virginia. Jasper W. Cowling of Waverly Virginia and Margaret V. Jolly of Stoney Creek Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register of Deeds
M. H. Mitchell
Halifax
William M. Johnson
Martha Overton
Roanoke Rapids
Norman Callahan
Merchantville
N. J
Frances Wilt
Gard
Gerhard Cowling
Hilma Richardson
Waverly
Jasper W. Cowling
Margaret V. Jolly
Stoney Creek
Honored At Party For Mrs Springs In Mt Holly
Mrs Charles Dickens hosted a Monday card party honoring her cousin Mrs Thomas W Springs Jr of Mt Holly. After scores and prizes for Mrs Hoston Rice and Mrs Marion Hudson, the honoree received a fostoria gift. Refreshments served to a list of guests including Mrs C C Mincher Julian Glover Hoston Rice Marion Hudson Harvey Shearin J Reece Welch Hubert Parrott Dorothy Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Thomas W. Springs, Jr
Mt. Holly
Hoston Rice
Marion Hudson
Fostoria
C. C. Mincher
Julian Glover
Harvey Shearin
J. Reece Welch
Hubert Parrott
Dorothy Rice
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mate E. Dickerson
Chapel Hill
Walter Rook
Joe Henry Wiggins
Scotland Neck
Lee Griffin
North Carolina
John Higgs
Enfield Negro
Burnell Hardy
Nat Peterson
Wesley Callahan
Chable Gsettregto
Gebeland Neck
Roosevelt
Scott
Miss Harris
Cotton
Memoriam
Daddy
Nore
Angels
Alice Cooke
Mother
Nora
Ck Tee Ae
Jordan
Griffin Drug Co
Miss Mamie Little Cooper
Lions Club
Cooper
DR. Pepper
Miss Mamie Cooper
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