Local Man Killed In Head-On Crash On Richmond Highway
Hubert Leggett of Roanoke Rapids was killed when his Ford touring car collided head on with a Ford coach driven by Marvin Harris of Garysburg on the Richmond highway between Roanoke Rapids and Pleasant Hill. Passengers in Leggett’s car escaped with minor injuries. Harris and his passengers sustained no serious injuries. Coroner’s office details delayed due to death of a driver. wreck cleared after midnight.
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Marvin Harris
Garysburg
Richmond Highway
Roanoke Rapids
Pleasant Hill
Leggett
Miss Leggett
Mary Hudson
Preston Mason
Jessie Allen
Widon
Harris
Boseman Harris
Marjorie Robinson
Elizabeth Robinson
Mildred Mitchell
Lorene Mitchell
Skippers
Roy Edwards
Weldon
Patroman J. R. Stephenson
Northampton County
Roanoke Rapids High to Meet Alumni in Tuesday Game
The Roanoke Rapids High School basketball team hosts the Alumni in the second game of the season at the local gym Tuesday night. The current squad includes Irvin Dickens, Gene Shell, George Nethercutt, George Miller, Ollie Acree, Mit Benny, James Blanton, Geo Wood, Wilson Byrd, Jim Joyner, Jack Vincent and others.
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Roanoke Rapids
Aurelian Springs
Beauty Pageant contestants in Weldon event highlight local social scene
HALIFAX reports list participants Angles Dickens Annie Louise Coppedge and Sue Millikin in a Weldon beauty pageant held Friday night. Several locals and visitors including Miss Tempie Carter Mrs. Gordon Draper and families from Portsmouth Roanoke Rapids and Scotland Neck were noted at events and visits around the area.
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Weldon
Angles Dickens
Annie Louise Coppedge
Sue Millikin
Tempie Carter
Littleton
Future Queen of Ocean Airways Bar Habits Questioned
An odd clipping notes a “Future Queen of Ocean Airways” favoring bar drinking over home habits and hints at skepticism about statements tied to money. The fragment hints at celebrity persona and possible satire in a gossip context.
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Queen of Ocean Airways
Dave Millikin Home Destroyed by Fire
Halifax reports the spacious Country home of Dave Millikin south of town was completely destroyed by fire on Tuesday around noon. The family unaware of the blaze were alerted by a negro farmer who saw flames atop the house. The farm bell rang but no one answered as the noon hour delayed urgency. Millikin was in town when the fire was discovered, and by his arrival the house was engulfed. Only clothing and a few furnishings were saved.
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Ikin
Halifax
Milikin
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Hubert Leggett
Roanoke
Ids
F. W. M. White
R. L. Applewhite
Richmond
Lillie N. Fenner
Woodville
H. B. Furgerson
Mary Read
G. B. Read
Myrtle
Lucille Read
Chas. Pincent
Salsbury
H. Anderson
Wesley Pittman
Roy Kaneer
Charlotte
P. C. Millikin
Gordon Draper
Tra G. Shaw
H. B. Hux
Hillary, A. B. Hux
Worth Petty
Portsmouth
Robert Dickens
Tom Jenkins
Caswell Shaw
Willie Dickens
Jarvis Bryant
Durham
Anne Williams
Fayettesvile
Geo. Hox
C. F. Musselman
Ann’e C. Hale
Dot” Campbell
D. M. Campbell
Frances Lewis
Scotland Neck
N. L. Stedman
Washington, D. C
Pan- American Airways
Dave Millikin
Dave Mil
Uwighees
Hmumbou “World Cruiser
Grunow
Shell Furniture Company
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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