Lions Hear Clary on Federal Aid
Lions hear Publicity Committee chairman Morris Clary discuss federal aid for state schools. The meeting honored Lion Joe Wells with a 7 minute silent tribute and welcomed Pete Graham to the board of directors to fill the vacancy. The item lists numerous local and visiting residents visiting during the holiday period and several travel plans.
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Lion Morris Clary
Clary
N.C.E.A
Lion Joe Wells
Carlton Cannon
Joe Talley
Stuart Hall
Elmer Starke
Pete Graham
Joe Wells
Town Talk: Sunday Visitors and Holiday Travel
James Fanney spent Sunday in Rocky Mount with friends. Misses Doma Rook and Grace Simms visited Newport News, Virginia, with friends. Leroy Prince and others spent Sunday in Tarboro or Norfolk or Raleigh area towns visiting relatives and friends. Many locals held Christmas holidays with relatives in Virginia and North Carolina towns including Leaksville Henderson Kinston and Columbia South Carolina.
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James Fanney
Rocky Mount
Doma Rook
Grace Simms
Newport Mews
Leroy Prince
Tarboro
Wilda Crickmore
Annie Lou Hinson
Norfolk
J. W. Gibson
Dorothy Lee
Gail Gibson
H. M. Hudson
Frances Wilson
Leaksville
John Sales
Hopewell
Grace Hudson
Acc
D. A. Hudson
Clyde Hargrove
Lumberton
James P. Conray
Raleigh
Ophel
Mary B. Cannon
John M. Smith
A. Swartz
Florida
Local Visitors From Several Families Gather Sunday
Calvary Thelma Mr and Mrs Charlie Roberts and Mr and Mrs Stephen and son of Youngsville visited Mrs J E Mitchell Sunday. Mrs Troy Woodlief of Richmond VA visited Mrs Frank King Saturday night and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Carl Myrick visited Mrs G H Myrick Sunday afternoon. Robert Jenkins spent the weekend in Franklin VA. Mr and Mrs Rodwell Miss Bertha Mae Young and Wilbur Shear were visitors of Miss Louise Morris Sunday afternoon.
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Charlie Roberts
Stephen and Son
Youngsville
J. E. Mitchell
Troy Woodlief
Richmond
Frank King
Carl Myrick
G. H. Myrick
Robert Jenkins
Franklin, Va
Rodwell
Bertha Mae Young
Wilbur Shearin
Louise Morris
Man Admits Driving Car In Collision
Junious Williams confessed to driving the car believed responsible for a three car crash on Weldon road last Thursday night. He later retracted, saying he did not know why he made the statement. Williams, injured in the accident, was arrested for reckless driving. The crash involved Williams Hawkins Husketh and Carpenter. Richard Carpenter and Tom Taylor suffered facial injuries. Carpenter was not hospitalized while Taylor stayed a few days.
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Junious Williams
Weldon Road
David Hawkins
Williams
Hawkins
Clyde Husketh
R. O. Carpenter
Carpenter
Tom Taylor
Taylor
Local social notes from Weldon and surrounding towns
Mrs W J Boseman spent the week end in Petersburg with relatives. Miss Nan Anthony returned home after several days in Suffolk. Miss Lillian Pate of Gumberry visited Christine Alston and Edna Hart spent Thursday in Petersburg. Mr and Mrs J W Williams of Greensboro were guests of C P Mahorn. Mrs Mary Fitzhugh visits her son in Cherryville. Mr and Mrs E L Williams spent Christmas in Richmond with Jeff Lassiter family. Fred Gore Jr of Chicago was holiday guest of his parents. Mrs Horace Barnhill of Enfield visits Weldon family. Mr and Mrs F T Taylor and Mr and Mrs John Daniel of Asheville visited Weldon over the week end.
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Mae Moore
Rebecca Suttle
Cora Bella Queensbury
Joe Suttle
Billy Suttle
Freddie Sutttle
Newport News
Marjorie Collins
Conway
J. W. Brank
Donald Chestnut
Wilton Pully
Stony Creek
R. M. Barrett
Emory Woodall
Susan
Hamlin
W. Va
V. C. Daughtry
Brooks McLeod
Mebane
N. C
Jacob Shearin
Franklin
Lewis Langston
Catherine Mitchell
Williamston
Larry Meade
Washington, D. C
L. J. Meade
D. Katz
J. R. Twisdale
Margaret
Richmond
Graham Dean
Fort Oglethorpe
W. J. Boseman
Petersburg
Nan Anthony
Suffolk
Lillian Pate
Gumberry
Christine Alston
Edna Hart
J. W. Williams
Greensboro
C. P. Mahorn
William
Mary Fitzhugh
Cherryville
District Scout Meet Here January 9 at Roanoke Rapids
The annual meeting of the Halifax District of East Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America, will be held Tuesday January 9 at the Junior High School Building in Roanoke Rapids. Supper will start at 6 pm with about 50 district board leaders scoutmasters and assistant scoutmasters expected from Weldon Roanoke Rapids Camp Store Seaboard Jackson Hobgood and Scotland Neck.
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Halifax
Local Hosts Welcome Ocean View Guests on Franklin Street
Mrs Lennie Williams, George Gay and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Weg gins of Ocean View were guests of Mr and Mrs Cal Thompson on Franklin Street last weekend.
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Lennie Williams
George Gay
Lloyd Weggins
Ocean View
Cal Thompson
Franklin Street
Escape From a Soviet Murder Camp Revealed by Chief Jailor
A former chief jailor who fled to Finland recounts firsthand cruelties, torture, and the personal crisis amid the vast Soviet prison system. An illustrated feature in The American Weekly Magazine accompanies a preview in next Sunday's Washington Times-Herald.
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Finland
Washington Times-Herald
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T. M. Faison
Millicent Faison
Columbia
J. B. O'Briant
Minnie Johnson
Margaret Cox
William Harris II
Henderson
Phyllis Brown
Marion Hudson
W. P. Boone, Jr
Evelyn
Scotland Neck
J. F. Welch
W. C. Hardy
A. B. Speight
Kinston
Elton Capps
Thelma
Man
Weldon
Fred Forest & Company
General Contractors
Dial
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Openteat Dante
Hollywood
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Rese
Chockoyotte
Dany
Croom
Rufus G Vick
Mae
Shafia
Coats
Loma
Paris
the Bargain Store
Roanoke Avenue
Roanoke Rapids, N. G
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