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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1940

Page

8

Buck and Buppy tale and storm travel reminiscence

A columnist recalls a German Shepherd Buck versus a less bright dog Buppy, noting antics at home and in the yard. The piece also recounts a Florida hurricane travel tale with a Maniac and bodyguards, describing a chaotic hotel night and a sleeping Maniac who destroys his room. The column laments Germany signing numerous pacts, arguing power relies on force, not treaties, and references Dorothy Thompson on Romanian-Fascist dynamics.

Buck Buppy Carolina Florida Miami Germany Hitler Denmark Norway

Cooke-Winstead Engagement Announced for Clyde Winifred

Mr and Mrs C C Cooke of Enfield announce the engagement of their daughter Clyde Winifred to Raymond Allison Winstead of Burlington. The wedding is planned for December 29.

Cotton control approved by Halifax and statewide vote

Halifax County residents backed government cotton control with 1938 yes to 42 no while Northampton led with 1998 yes and 23 no. Overall North Carolina recorded 55 036 yes to 4126 no, about 93 percent in favor, a 3.2 point gain from 1940. Sampson County noted a narrow loss with 731 yes to 753 no. Mr and Mrs Melvin Mitchell and children visited A C Doyle in Washington.

Halifax County Sampson County

Waring Funeral Held in Weldon for Mrs. J S Waring

Mrs. Jesse Stainback Waring aged 71 died at her daughter’s Weldon home. Funeral services were at the residence with Cedarwood Cemetery interment. Surviving are three children from her first marriage, four sisters, two brothers, and several grandchildren and a great grandson.

Jesse Stainback Waring Weldon Cedarwood Cemetery Waring Brunswick County Peter Nathaniel Stainback Henry Phillips John Waring F. A. Cole H. A. Hardison Selma Ala Annie Rowe Florence House Winston-Salem Ida Cherry New Bern John Foster Norfolk Peter N. Stainback Craddock J. J. Stainback Rudolph Northington Belhaven Katherine Hardison Raleigh Natlie Cole Ahoskie F. A. Cole,Jr Alex Hardison Glendale Calif

Nurse Miss Elizabeth Rook Visits Parents in Washington

Miss Elizabeth Rook a student nurse at Taylor Hospital in Washington visits her parents Mr and Mrs Jesse Rook.

Elizabeth Rook Taylor Hospital Washington Mrs Jesse Rook

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Walter Winchell Greece NAC Dorothy Thompson Rumania The Herald the Herald Douglas McPhail George Charles Imperial Herald Office Northampton Halifax Melvin Mitchell A.C. Doyle Roanoke Bank Rosemary Branch Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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