Ed Carter Sought After Deep Creek Road Shooting
Ed Lee Carter, a Black man, is being sought after allegedly shooting Sandy Baker on Deep Creek Road near U S 158 Thelma road after a pulpwood dispute Baker died at Roanoke Rapids Hospital from buckshot wounds witnesses say Carter warned he would shoot. Police found Carter’s gun at his home and a dramatic search ensued as he fled into brush.
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ED Carter
Sandy Baker
Deep Creek Road
Ed Lee Carter
Route 1
Carter
Deep Creek
Baker
Roanoke Rapids
John Carter
Sterling Hines
Deep Creek Bridge
Hines
Old Ladies Outscore Davie Girls 20 to 8 in Wednesday Game
The Old Ladies team defeated William R Davie high school girls 20 to 8 on a Wednesday night. The lineup included Mrs Brown Mrs Nat Hockaday Mrs Ida Wall Mrs Lane Miss McPherson and Miss Walston as guards.
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Old Ladies
Brown
Nat Hockaday
Ida Wall
Lane
Miss McPherson
Miss Walston
William R. Davie High School
Funeral Held For Mrs Byrdsong At Gumberry
Funeral services for Mrs Georgia Anna Byrdsong 71 of 1207 Hamilton St were held at Elam Baptist Church Gumberry with Rev F W Haynie off i ciating Interment was in the family graveyard near Gumberry Survivors include five daughters two sons twenty five grandchildren six great grandchildren two sisters a brother and a long line of relatives She was born in Northampton County and had lived in Roanoke Rapids sixteen years Members of Woodmen of the World served as pallbearers Grandchildren were flower girls.
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Georgia Anna Byrdsong
Hamilton Street
Elam Baptist Church
Gumberry
F. W. Haynie
E. D. Wilson
Sallie Byrdsong
Roanoke Rapids
M. M. Mayle
M. P. DeBerry
Garysburg
A. B. McLeod
London
Willie
Millard Byrdsong
Jeannie Lyles
Sissie Kee
Lonnie Byrdsong
Mrs. Byrdsong
Northampton County
Woodmen of the World
Graham Shell Trip Winner in Philco Contest
L Graham Shell Jr manager of Shell Furniture Co was named the trip winner for outstanding sales in Eastern Carolina and Southside Virginia He will depart later this week for New Orleans to spend a week as a Philco guest with dealers and distributors from the Atlantic Seaboard region The award honors a dealer from a mid sized city amid competition from larger towns
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L. Graham Shell, Jr
Shell Furniture Co., Inc
Philco
New Orleans
Carolina
Virginia
Atlantic Seaboard
Hayes Nominated for U N C Student Post
George Hayes son of Mrs. George Hayes of this city has been nominated for secretary treasurer of the Carolina student body on the Student Party ticket. He has served in student government at Carolina as a member of the Student Legislature and as vice president of his dormitory.
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George Hayes
Carolina
Maggie Ivey Weds Woodrow Jenkins in Halifax
Mrs. Patty Ivey announces the marriage of her daughter Maggie to Woodrow Jenkins of Warrenton on Saturday February 15 1941 in Halifax.
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Jenkins - Ivey
Patty Ivey
Maggie
Woodrow Jenkins
Warrenton
Satuday
Halifax
Marine Corps Enlistment of J M Joyner
J M Joyner son of Frank Joyner of Goldsboro formerly of Roanoke Rapids has enlisted in the Marine Corps. A 1939 UNC graduate and former Daily Tar Heel editor he was supervisor of the NYA project at Fort Bragg before joining the Leatherneck program in Raleigh. He is 23 and will report to Marine Corps special officers candidate class.
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J. M. Joyner
Frank Joyner
Goldsboro
Roanoke Rapids
Marine Corps
Raleigh
Jim
U. S. Marines
University of North Carolina
Daily
Tar Heel
Chapel Hill
Leatherneck
NYA
Fort Bragg
Joyner
Training for reserve second lieutenant at Quantico
A six month program at Quantico, Virginia will commission the recruit as a reserve second lieutenant and place him on immediate active duty upon successful completion of prescribed tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quantico
County Grade A Dairies Announced by Health Department
The County Health Department announces Grade A milk dairies in compliance with the U S Public Health Service Milk Code. Listed are J E Winslow and Gallberry Dairy of Scotland Neck W H Batts and S S Viverette of Enfield T V Holeman Chockoyette Dairy Longview Dairy and J S Powell of Roanoke Rapids and Weldon.
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County Health Department
United States Public Health Service
J. E. Winslow
Gallberry Dairy
Scotland Neck
W. H. Batts
S. S. Viverette
Enfield
T. V. Holeman
Chockoyette Dairy
Longview Dairy
J. S. Powell
Roanoke Rapids
Weldon
Rosemary Baptist B T U Members Attend County Meeting
Thirty eight members of the B T U of Rosemary Baptist Church attended a County B T U Meeting held in Enfield last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.T.U
B.T.U. of Rosemary Baptist Church
Enfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Graham Shell
Hayes
U.N. C
Studebaker
C.I.T
Young Motor CO
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Jim Joyner
Marines
Drawer
Rome
AVE SA
Shell Furn. CO. Incorporated
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