Health Officer Details Venereal Disease Spread in Halifax County
Halifax County Health Department reports 1902 cases admitted since July 1938 across six clinics in Weldon Roanoke Rapids Scotland Neck Tillery Littleton and Enfield with 248 new cases this year and 55 645 treatments to date. The officer urges targeting prostitution and regular blood testing for servants and food handlers to curb the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Young
Halifax
Halifax County Health Department
Weldon
Roanoke Rapids
Scotland Neck
Tillery
Littleton
Enfield
United States
Health Department
Halifax County
Adult Textile Classes Open Next Week at Junior High
The new textile building isn’t ready, so adult courses will run on the ground floor of the Junior High. Classes start the first week of September with a daily schedule: Monday design and cloth analysis at 12:30, 4:00 and 7:00. Tuesday carding and spinning at 12:30 and 4:00. Wednesday weaving and loom fixing at 12:30 and 4:00. Thursday jacquard looms at 12:30 or 1:00. Jacquard designing will be deferred until the new building is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Nelson
Draper
Jacquard
Nelson
Gaston High Opens September 4 1941-42 Session
Gaston High School will begin its 1941 1942 session on Thursday morning September 4 with opening exercises at 9 30 daylight saving time in the auditorium. Bus drivers should reach the school about 9 00 DST. Principal B H Johnson notes only one faculty change Miss Florence Wariner succeeds Mrs J D Parker in home economics and may teach biology. The faculty includes teachers from Emporia Sea board Zebula Roanoke Rapids Toronto Durham and Woodland. New home economics and agriculture rooms are under construction.
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Elsie Taylor
Florence Wariner
Ruffin
Wariner
Sarah Moss
Emporia
B. R. Bullock
Seaboard
B. H. Johnson
Gaston
Dorothy Piland
Conway
Outdoor Union Service at Roanoke Mills Park
Sunday night at 8 o clock a joint church service will be held at Roanoke Mills No 2 Park on Jackson Street. Reverend Paul H Fields of Rosemary Methodist Church will deliver the sermon with other local ministers participating. The Ministerial Association sponsors to unite denominations for shared worship and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Mills No. 2
Jackson Street
Paul H. Fields
Rosemary Methodist Church
Ministerial Association
Young Boy Tom Berkstresser Breaks Arm in Fall
Tommy Berkstresser seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Gordon A Berkstresser fell from a tree Tuesday afternoon about 1 o'clock breaking his right elbow. He lay at the hospital awaiting treatment observation for a day or two and his father is an official at a local textile mill.
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Tommy Berkstresser
Gordon A. Berkstresser
Tommy
Robert Taylor Loses Leg After Shooting in Virginia
Surgeons at a local hospital amputated below the knee the right leg of Robert Taylor, a 23 year old Black man from Lawrenceville Va. He was wounded by W L Whitlow who fired a shotgun as Taylor passed Whitlow’s house Sunday night. The injury followed what Whitlow described as an accidental shooting after misidentifying a prowler. Taylor reached the hospital around midnight for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taylor
Lawrenceville
W. L. Whitlow
Taylor
Whitlow
Birthday party for Robert Beard in Gaston
Robert Beard celebrated his ninth birthday with a party at his Gaston home on Tuesday afternoon August 26. Ice cream soft drinks pickles and birthday cake were served. Attendees included Katie Holliday Louise Brantley Tom Branch Vernon Whitby and Claton Dikreon.
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Robert Beard
Gaston
Katie Holliday
Louise Brantley
Tom Branch
Vernon Whitby
Claton Dikreon
Mrs Milton Read And Son Return From Visit
Mrs Milton Read and her son have returned from a visit to Dunn and Asheville, completing a short trip with family.
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Milton Read
Dunn and
Asheville
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R. L. Topping
Gaston High School
Griffin
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J. M
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Trinidad Lake
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