Spectacle of Roanoke River Flood Attracts Crowds
River flood from August 16 to 20 draws crowds to vantage points along Roanoke Rapids and Weldon roads. Spectators trek through mud to watch the rising water, with boats offering rides and planes filming the scene. Officials and scouts monitor crowds as water crept up then fell.
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Roanoke
Roanoke Rapids
Weldon
Henderson
Warrenton
Louisburg
Roanoke Avenue
C. D. Williams Machine Works
Halifax Paper Company
Roanoke Mills Company
S.A.L
Carroll Wilson
The
Herald
Former Principal Names New Halifax County School
A letter from former South Rosemary principal H. Arnold Peery to Halifax County Board of Education recommends naming the new Roanoke Rapids Littleton road school after William R. Davie, praising the Revolutionary War veteran and educator known as the Father of the University.
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Roanoke Rapids
Littleton Road
H. Arnold Peery
South Rosemary School
County Board of Education
R. L. Applewhite
Halifax Co. Board of Education
Halifax
North Carolina
Applewhite
Halifax County School
South Rosemary
Halifax County
William R. Davie
Davie
France
Jarrett Girl Hurt In Plane Landing
Miss Louise Pope of Jarrett Virginia is hospitalized in Roanoke Rapids Hospital after injuries from a plane landing gone faulty near Emporia last week. Pilot and owner W C P Weaver of Emporia was uninjured. No fractures reported and she was moved for care July weekend.
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Louise Pope
Jarrett
Roanoke Rapids
Emporia
W. C. P.weaver
Miss Pope
Town Visitors and Travel Notes Across Regions
Local column lists residents visiting Charleston West Virginia New York Fayetteville Ocean View Virginia Beach and Minnesota. Names include Mrs J E Grant Mrs Lawrence Jones Mildred Ray Grant Ann Bidgood Mrs F Smoot and many others with trips from Chase City to Minnesotte Beach and coastal spots.
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J. E. Grant
Lawrence Jones
Mildred Ray Grant
Ann Bidgood
E. B. Bowman
D. H. Stratton
Chase City
W. Va
Joy Bowman
F. Smoot
Charleston
W. Virginia
Vernon Hockaday
Wade
Dorothy Hockaday
West Virginia
Paul Ray
Portsmouth
R. L. Martin
Minnesota
Shafia Hatem
New York
W. A. Vincent
Billie
Marilyn
Barbara
Jimmie Mayfield
Mildred Moore
Jean Gibson
Ocean View
Wilma McDaniel
Fayetteville
Frank Rightmeyer
R. J. Rightmeyer
Ray Whitby
Ernest Whitby
Buck Blanton
Robert Moore
Brodnax
South Rosemary
Bernice Barrett
Ed White
Mayo Coburn
Minnesotte Beach
Grady Routen
Cary Massey
J. C.wells
Helen Robinson
Elma Dawson
Willie Harris
Bessie Cullom
R. G. Floyd
Charlie Hales
Ed Jones
Va. Beach
Roberta Johnson
Rudolph Northington
Local residents enjoy short visits across several states
Mrs J H Alexander and Miss Annie Alexander spend the week with Sam and Mrs Alexander in Richmond Virginia. Many others travel or return from trips to New Jersey Raleigh Concord Wilmington Norfolk Oxford and Columbia as relatives and friends visit or host.
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J. H. Alexander
Annie Alexander
Sam Alexander
Richmond
Ertie Boyd Warren
New Jersey
Esther Mears
Weaverville
N. C
M. W. Ransom
Ellen McRae
Raleigh
Esmond Bradley
Rufus Bradley
Dandridge
New York City
Mrs
Henry House
Mary Emma Smith
Reidsville
Warrenton
Herbert Foster
C. E. Foster
W. T. Person
Julian Efridh
Tampa
Florida
Joseph Newsom
Leasburg
Stanley Atwell
Middletown
C. R. Jenkins
Columbia
South Carolina
Mr. Jenkins
Carrie Myrick
Lome
Alice Browning
J. B. Boyce
Baltimore
Maryland
W. A. Johnston
Katie Niblock
Concord
Emily Pippen
J. P. Pippen
A. W. Parker
Divorces Granted at Superior Court Friday August 16 1940
The following divorces were granted Friday August 16 1940 in Superior Court. Mary Mitchell Newsome vs Bobbie Thomas Newsome Fred W Jones vs Edith Jones Mamie Ellen Gray Pierce vs Gustavius Pierce John A Carras vs Mary Carras Hulis Wheeler vs Nellie S Wheeler.
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Superior Court
Mary Mitchell Newsome
Bobbie Thomas Newsome
Fred W. Jones
Edith Jones
Mamie Ellen Gray Pierce
Gustavius Pierce
John A. Carras
Mary Carras
Hulis Wheeler
Nellie S. Wheeler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jarrett Girl
Roanoke Rapids Oil Co
Dial
Roanoke Ave
Jake Spire
Littleton News
Ola Mae Gardner
Carolina Beach
Mary Shearin
Annie’ Morecock
William G. Alston
Ray Ball
Washington, D. C
Gomebody
W. Second St
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