Tax Suits Dwindle as Halifax Court Disposes Hundreds
Halifax County Superior Court reduced a large docket of tax suits filed last April for failure to list for 1940. Of 986 suits on the two week term docket, 167 were settled, 142 nol pros, 25 with previous judgments upheld, and 27 not pressed with costs refunded. About 700 remain. The term also saw mixed criminal and civil schedules with juries reporting full aid from the grand jury and several jail and county home issues reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
W. C. Harris
Grand Jw
Grand Jury
Halifax County
County Farm
Russell Weeks
J. Winfield Crew, Jr
Roanoke
Rapids
Crew
Scotland Neck
Minnie
County Recorder’s Court
Medlin
Roosevelt Wilson
Mac Ethel Hawkins
James Doles
Willie Bell Richardson
Otto Hardy
Carl Alston
Hardy
Alston
New Bus Terminal Opens As Roanoke Rapids Division Point
The Carolina Coach Company opens a modern terminal on Roanoke Avenue with a 15 year lease owned by Lee Wheeden. About 40 buses daily pass through Roanoke Rapids as a division point, with shops relocated from Rocky Mount and a lunch stand to serve passengers around the clock. J M Red Sharp will run the station and ticket sales, and a luncheon followed with remarks by President Hoffman and attorney J Winfield Crew Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mount
J. M. “Red” Sharp
Roanoke Rapids
Transportation Terminal Debuts as City Hails Growth
Officials praise Roanoke Rapids to Norfolk bus schedules and six Raleigh round trips, noting air conditioned buses and new stations. Architect Edwards and T. W. Mullen of Rosemary Manufacturing address the crowd, while the terminal handles current routes and targets full completion in days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
Norfolk
Hoffman
Raleigh
North Carolina
Edwards
Crew
T. W. Mullen
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Mullen
Rocky Mount Handles Wilson In Low Scoring Softball Duel
Mount's Peters earned a single and Inscoe knocked a scorcher allowing Peters to score on Brogden's error. Wilson tied later in the seventh before Rocky Mount won 2 1. Final pitchers Red Coley and Ashe held opponents to three hits each as Rockies and Wilson committed several errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackney
Romances
Allsbrook
Romancos
Hudson
Wilson
DeBerry
Patterson Mill Park
Oakley Vaughan
Fred Mills
Pete Ferrell
Alvin Ennis
Roland Pridgen
Red Coley
Rocky Mount
Ashe
Ezzelle
Ettinger
Russ DeBerry
Roanoke Rapids
D. Hackney
Sev
Layman To Speak at Roanoke Rapids on Christian Awakening
A spokesman for LeTourneau speaks of a real awakening for men nationwide as he travels the United States preaching salvation by Jesus Christ. LeTourneau, head of an 18 million dollar road machine business, says he partners with God and preaches free of charge in cities from Stockton to Rocky Mount. He will be greeted by local residents and a Roanoke Rapids delegation before speaking at the high school Thursday night next week.
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LeTourneau
Roanoke Rapids
Christ's Church
God
Jesus Christ
Stockton
California
Peoria
Illinois
Toccoa
Georgia
United States
Jesus
Kitchener
Ont
Charlotte
N. C
Bangor
Johnson City
Tenn
Rocky Mount
Roanoke Rapids High School
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