Three Hurt In City Car Crash On Roanoke Rapids Road
About 9 45 p m three cars collided on the Roanoke Rapids Weldon road near the junction injuring R O Carpenter tax collector Tom Taylor and Junious Williams all colored of Seaboard with head and face lacerations. David Hawkins driver of a western bound car and two unidentified people were uninjured. No arrests had been made at press time.
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Roanoke Rapids-Weldon
R. O. Carpenter
Tom Taylor
Junious Williams
Seaboard
Roanoke Rapids
David Hawkins
Hawkins
Mr. Carpenter
Carpenter
Taylor
District census workers chosen for Roanoke Rapids district
Examinations for the 1940 census began in the Roanoke Rapids Municipal building under A. M. Atkinson of Enfield and Charles C. Lamm of Wilson. The test selects enumerators for Halifax, Northampton, Warren, Bertie and Edgecombe counties with exams for northern and southern districts. Examinations end Friday and nationwide census work starts January 2 for businesses and in April for population, agricultural and housing data.
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North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids
A. M. Atkinson
Enfield
Charles C. Lamm
Wilson
Halifax
Northampton
Warren
Bertie
Edgecombe
Wison
Atkinson
Head on Crash Kills 3 Roanoke Rapids Man
A head on collision near Petersburg on U S Highway 301 Sunday afternoon killed C Wells 39 a Roanoke Rapids grocery operator and a black woman from Brooklyn N Y, with Mrs Rosa also dying later. Wells died from cervical dislocation and jaw fracture. police seek James Furgerson of Brooklyn as major suspect. Funeral services held for Wells and Mrs Ross. Local Lions Club member Wells survived by wife Elizabeth Clary two sons a daughter and mother E E Wells.
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C. Wells
Roanoke Rapids
Petersburg
Klyn
Rosa
Ross
Coffey
James Furgerson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ito
Metra
Wells
Mrs. Ross
J.T. Morris and Son
Virginia
Furgerson
Edward Ethridge
Richmond
Furerson
Mr. Wells
Diniddie County
Elizabeth Clary
J. C. Jr
Eddie Lee
Louise
E. E. Wells
Ronoke Rapjdas
Lions Club
Brunswick County
Rosemary Methodist Church
C. T. Rogers
Julian Allsbrook
William White
R. A. Musgrove
J. W. Crew, Jr
O. Grifffin
George N. Taylor
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Lions
Boys and Girls Work Committee
Patterson
Alsa
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