Up and Down The Avenue With The Editor
A jumble of small town items reports a new baby girl named Margeret Maxine born February 11 to Mr and Mrs Max Higgins. Other notes mention a goat swap involving Coroner Billy Williams and Commissioner Frank Joyner, a marriage in Columbia, and local club activities plus a wrestling captaincy at VMI by Graham Dean with a team score cited.
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Max Higgins
Margeret Maxine
Max
Patterson Mills Co
Margaret Maxine
Billy Williams
Billy
Frank Joyner
Graham Dean
W. S. Dean
Young Dean
Graham
Two Boys to Face Theft and Receiving Charge Next Week
Halifax County officials plan next week to hear Perry Dill, 15, and Johnny Lassiter, 16, on theft and receiving stolen property charges. Policeman Clifton Massey arrested the youths after a bicycle was stolen from D. P. Chenoweth in Weldon Sunday night. Dill admits the theft and Lassiter pleads guilty to receiving stolen property.
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Halifax County
Perry Dill
Johnny Lassiter
Clifton Massey
D. P. Chenoweth
Weld
Dill
Lassiter
Perry
Weldon
Chenoweth
West Virginia
20 Men on Sidewalks Tomorrow in Roanoke Rapids CWA Project
A crew of 20 men will start work Friday on Roanoke Rapids sidewalk repairs under CWA supervision. The project resumes as government CWA funds are cut and wages may be revised. 250 CWA workers were dropped in Halifax County recently. County Administrator Hall plans transfers from other projects to boost staffing and address perishable cement stock. C. H. Byrd will direct the crew, with potential wage changes pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
CWA
Halifax County
Hall
Altho
C. H. Byrd
Union Service Sunday Night for Mr. Bradley
A joint service of the First Presbyterian First Methodist All Saints Episcopalian and First Baptist churches will be held Sunday night at 7 30 at the Presbyterian church. It is a farewell for Reverend Hugh Bradley longtime pastor of the Roanoke Rapids church who has accepted a call to Knox Presbyterian Norfolk. Co operating pastors will preside and speak with special music planned as many congregation members are expected.
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First Presbyterian
First Methodist
All Saints Episcopalian
First Baptist
Presbyterian Church
Hugh Bradley
Presbyterian Church of
Roanoke Rapids
Knox Presbyterian Church of
Norfolk
Ministerial Association
Miss Carrig Smith Plans Weekend at Fountain Home
Miss Carrig Smith, a High School teacher, will spend the upcoming weekend at her home in Fountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrig Smith
Fountain
Father Killed by Car Near Gastonia
L. S. Clemmer father of Mrs. S. D. Brown was killed and her mother Mrs. Clemmer seriously injured when struck by a car on the highway near Gastonia Monday night. The car with three drunk, unlit occupants was involved. two arrestees were found drunk along the road and the driver later injured. Mrs. Clemmer hospitalized with bad injuries but could recover. The Browns and children traveled to Gastonia for the funeral yesterday as Clemmer was buried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Clemmer
S. D. Brown
Clemmer
Gastonia
Farmer Hurt In Wreck At Roanoke Crossing
A. W. Connor, 55, of Gasburg Virginia, was severely injured when his truck collided with S A L train No 14 at Roanoke Avenue crossing. He suffered a fractured skull and broken leg and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Connor had been in Roanoke Rapids with poultry and eggs and left his nephew T A Connor in town. Signals were ringing as the engine crawled into the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Connor
Gasburg, Va
Roanoke Avenue Cross
T. A. Connor
Roanoke Rapids
Mr. Connor
Weldon
Allsbrook Announces Candidacy for State Senate
Roanoke Rapids attorney Julian R. Allsbrook officially announced his bid for the North Carolina State Senate seat from Halifax County in notices published countywide. A newspaper representative interviewed Dr. T W M Long who declined a formal announcement but indicated general knowledge of his possible candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian R. Allsbrook
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
Bhis
T. W. M. Long
Dr. Long
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T. A. Sledge
Odelia
George Cooper
Columbia, N. C
Columbia
Bennie Linton
Messrs
Charles Byrdsong
G. T. Sullivan
Howard Garris
Noah Sadler
J. L. Edwards
C. R. Satterthwaite
G. A. Northington
Mary Blalock
C. A. Wyche
New Lexington
Don Barber
Poy
Dillinger Gang
Dillinger
Lee
Jesse Sarber
Mr. Bradley
Lamar Stringfield
Parent- Teachers Association
Farmer
Senate
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