Minstrel Revue Date Set For Roanoke Rapids April First
The 7th Kiwanis Club Minstrel Revue in Roanoke Rapids is scheduled for Friday night April 1. John B. Rogers Producing Co and director Slim Hutchings lead rehearsals starting March 21 with local actors urged to prepare skits and dance numbers. Proceeds fund a 20 week dental clinic for local children and will support free school lunches for undernourished students.
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Kiwanis Club
Roarioke Rapids
John B. Rogers
Join
Slim) Hutchings
Roanoke Rapids
Midgett Funeral Held for Roanoke Rapids Resident
John M. Midgett aged 77 died Tuesday night at his son’s home. Funeral services were held at 934 Cedar St with Rev. J. L. Willis officiating and interment in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. Survived by two sons, a third son in Hyde County, three daughters, a sister, and two brothers. He and his sons worked for Rosemary Mfg. Co. in Roanoke Rapids.
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John M. Midgett
G. T. Midgett
Cedar St
J. L. Willis
Roanoke Rapids
Midgett
H. H. Midgett
Rapids Street
B. R. Midgett
Hyde County
A. C. Jarvis
E. P. Martin
Lucy Jarvis
Sade Williams
Adolphus
Baltimore, Md
Alfred
Rosemary Mfg. Co
Mrs Susie Coleman Dies at 70 in Barley Virginia
Mrs Susie Coleman aged 70 died yesterday at her Barley Virginia home. Funeral services followed at Oak Grove Church with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by her husband P C Coleman two daughters Miss Anna Coleman and Mrs Milton Gorham of Spring Hope and one son Charley Coleman of Baltimore Maryland.
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Susie Coleman
Barley
Oak Grove Church
P. C. Coleman
Anna Coleman
Milton Gorham
Spring Hope
Charley Coleman
Baltimore
Halifax County Officials Pose for Herald Photo
A posed group of Halifax County officials led by Clerk of the Superior Court A. L. Hux along with Commissioners June Collier Marcus Perry N. W. Warren and Sheriff Joe L. Riddick. The Herald asked all officials to pose but the photo arrived too late for the Halifax County Today edition.
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A. L. Hux
Superior Court
June Collier
Marcus Perry
N. W. Warren
Joe L. Riddick
Herald
Halifax County Today
Roanoke Rapids Sees Tax Tag Change and Local Crime Warnings
Roanoke Rapids city license tags rise to 1.25 after Saturday with police tightening enforcement. A youth gang, 12 to 16, is blamed for thefts at Roanoke Mills Co and damage on Jackson Street. The Roanoke Rapids Herald promotes a two day screening of The Bride Wakes Up at the Imperial Theatre on February 3rd and 4th to educate homemaking with humor and romance.
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Roanoke Rapids
H. R. Tanner
Jackson St
Santa Claus
Herald
Hollywood
Halifax County man dies after fall from roof at resettlement project
Frederick Gupton 24 of Halifax County died this afternoon after falling from a roof at the West Halifax Resettlement Farm. He was a sheet metal worker for the project and died en route to Roanoke Rapids Hospital after striking his head on a saw bench. His foreman, driving him to seek care, said Gupton fell while on a house roof. Fellow worker P. M. Bragg of Weldon received hospital treatment after slipping from a roof at a building site.
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Halifax County
P. M. Bragg
Weldon
Roanoke Rapids
Bragg
Bounds Motor Co
Gang Leader Is Sent To Reformatory In Roanoke Rapids
Three minor Roanoke Rapids boys formed a gang that broke into a mill and a warehouse. One had prior training school, was ordered sent back, the others placed on probation. Police report months of trouble. the same group was briefly jailed a month ago and released after a lecture.
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Roanoke Mills Co
Jackson St
Roanoke Rapids
Reform School
Mrs Pope Struck by Car on Roanoke Avenue
Mrs J W Pope was injured in a Monday morning hit and run near Roanoke Avenue and 3rd Street. She, with bad bruises but likely no broken bones, was taken to the hospital to rest. Driver Roland Coker was arrested then released at the Pope family's request.
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J. W. Pope
Roanoke Avenue
3Rd Street
Roland Coker
1 Pope
Coker
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J. M. Midgett
Halifax County Officials
THE
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Fred Gupton
Frederick Gupton
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