County reports 25 percent drop in 1939 fatalities
Halifax County records 18 highway deaths in 1989, down 25 percent from 1938. Roanoke Rapids area led with four deaths, Scotland Neck area with six, Littleton area three, Halifax three, and Enfield two. Ten victims were white and eight were colored. Notable crashes included Otwa Lakey near Roanoke Rapids and the Twisdale child near Deep Creek.
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Halifax County
H. W. Rothrock
Roanoke Rapids
Rothrock
Scotland Neck
Littleton
Halifax
Enfield
Otwa Lakey
Robert Clay
Roanoke Avenue
Old Canal
Joe Sutter
Deep Creek
Twisdale
Clarence Ricks
Rosemary
Ella Lynch
Larry Keeter
Frances Warren
Thomas Perry
Bud Allen
Clara Jane Scott
Washington, D. C
Eva Brand
Freehold
New Jersey
Williams Child Buried After Diphtheria Death
Funeral services for Jennie Marie Williams five daughter of Horace Williams of Roanoke Rapids Weldon road were held at Rowe Funeral Home Weldon Monday at 230 PM. Rev C T Thrift Halifax officiated. Burial in Dickens burying ground Roanoke Rapids Wel don. Suffered diphtheria admitted to Roanoke Rapids Hospital December 28 died December 31.
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Jennie Marie Williams
Horace Williams
Roanoke Rapids-Weldon
Rowe Funeral Home
Weldon
C. T. Thrift
Halifax
Dickens Burying Ground
Roanoke Rapids
A F Ford Buried In Richmond After Death At 31
Alex Mike Ford 31 died Thursday December 28 at Grace Hospital Richmond Virginia Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 30 pm at Joseph W Bliley Funeral Home Richmond with Reverends Emmet Robertson and Edgar G Hill officiating Burial in Riverview Cemetery Survived by wife Estelle Johnson Ford a son Alton Ford a daughter Nancy Mae Ford four brothers Ashley Ford of Roanoke Rapids Maurey Harden and Clyde Ford of Richmond two sisters Mrs J H Burns and Mrs W L Nance of Richmond Attending from Roanoke Rapids were Mr and Mrs Bud Langston Mr and Mrs W B Massingale Mrs Henry Fitts Miss Eva Gibson Miss Evelyn Phelps and H J Deitz
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Alex
Mike) F. Ford
Grace Hospital
Richmond
Joseph W. Bliley
Emmet Robertson
Edgar G. Hill
Riverview
Ford
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax Paper Company
Estelle Johnson Ford
Alton F. Ford
Nancy Mae Ford
Ashley Ford
Maurey, Harden
Clyde Ford
J. H. Burns
W. L. Nance
Bud Langston
W. B. Massingale
Henry Fitts
Eva Gibson
Evelyn Phelps
H. J. Deitz
Weldon Production Credit Meeting Set for Jan 23 in Jackson
Stockholders of the Weldon Production Credit Association will meet at the Jackson courthouse on Tuesday morning January 23 at 10 o clock. W. E. Smith president says officers will present detailed annual reports and directors will be elected. The group serves Northampton and Halifax counties and in 1939 made loans totaling 385000 dollars to 717 members.
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Weldon Production Crédit Association
Jackson
Court House
W. E. Smith
Weldon Production Credit Association
Northampton
Halifax
Rook Family Visits Norfolk for Weekend
Mr and Mrs Hugh Rook and daughter Margaret Anne of Suffolk Virginia spent the weekend with relatives in the city.
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Hugh Rook
Margaret Anne
Suffolk
Mrs Everett To Speak To Gaston Parents Teachers
Mrs Ruth Vick Everette Field Representative of the NCEA will address Gaston School parents and teachers at the next meeting Friday January 5 at 7 30 p m Prizes will be awarded to grades with the most representatives present Harold Jr Yelverton born December 24 to Mr and Mrs H C Yelverton of Wilmington the former Miss Marjorie Whitaker of Enfield
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Mrs. Everett
Gaston
Ruth Vick Everette
NCEA
Gaston School
Everette
Vick
H. C. Yelverton
Wilmington
Harold Jr
Yelverton
Marjorie Whitaker
Enfield
Enfield Party for Junior Contract Club Hosts
Mrs Henry Cuthriel entertained the Junior Contract Club in Enfield Friday evening. Mrs Collins Cuthrell won the high score prize and Mrs R W Baugham the second high. Mrs James Harris took the traveling honor. At 10:30 Mrs Cuthrell served a salad course to guests including Mrs D B Banes, Mrs Otto Meyer, Mrs Collins Cuthrell, Mrs Harold Burrows, Mrs James Harris, Miss Mabel Powell, Mrs H C Futrell, Mrs Jack Whitehead, Mrs Max Meyer, Mrs Robert Ivy, Mrs Bennie Bobbitt, and Mrs R W Baugham.
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Henry Cuthriel
Collins Cuthrell
R. W. Baugham
James Harris
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Aisody
A. F. Ford
Credit Associat'n
Ing
Coca-Cola CO
Weldon Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
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