Up and Down The Avenue With The Edsor
Rains worsen the Avenue causing mud and traffic jams in the North Ward business district. Ditching crews continue under tempers and promises to speed up after the sewer work clears. In other notes, Vepco lineman Lee Morris recovers from a shoulder injury and a Northampton Co. boy improves after illness. In Boston the Hamilton Woolen Co liquidation vote ends 26 589 to 815, affecting 1 100 workers.
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North Ward
Jackson
Hamilton
Lee Morris
Vepco
John Shaw
Northampton Co
Boston
Southbridge
Hamilton Woolen Co
Associated Press
New York Times
Striketorn Mill
Allsbrook Seated on Twelve Senate Committees
Senator Julian R. Allsbrook of Halifax County gains twelve standing committee appointments eight including Claims as chairman and eleven others among Education Judiciary Election Laws Senatorial Districts Insurance Public Utilities Trustees University Constitutional Amendments Counties Cities & Towns Manufacturing Labor and Commerce Journal The note says he will be kept busy with multiple committees at once and highlights Election Laws Counties Cities & Towns and Manufacturing Labor and Commerce for Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County. It also recalls the 242 battle in Counties, Cities & Towns. An Episcopal Auxiliary skating party is planned January 25 at Joyner Motor Co. with prizes for boys and girls and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian R. Allsbrook
Halifax County
Senate
Sandy Graham
Journal
Roanoke Rapids
The
Episcopal Church
Joyner Motor Co
Four Bite Victims From Rabid Bull Dog Attack
Four children were bitten by a bull dog owned by Mrs. L. R. Pearson in Hornertown. The dog was killed at noon Monday and sent for rabies analysis after the dog reportedly showed hydrophobia. Children William Kingan and J. B. Pearson required medical care with stitches, and a neighbor girl was treated at a hospital. The incident prompted police notification and temporary confinement of the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Pearson
Hornertown
Raleigh
Pearsons
Acey
William Kingan
J. B. Pearson
Baptist Church Baptizes Four State Farm Convicts
Rev. J. T. Kirk of Halifax reports an unusual service at Scotland Neck Baptist Church last Sunday. Four B grade convicts from the State Farm prison were baptized during the regular service, brought in a cage and guarded, then welcomed by church members with Christian fellowship at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Kirk
Baptist Church
Halifax
Scotland Neck Baptist Church
State Farm
Rev. Kirk
Christian Fellowship
Rabies Fear Grips Town As Four More Children Treated
Roy Blanton and Junius Johnson, both fourteen, join four others bitten by a mad dog linked to Rev. J. N. Bynum’s dog. The dog is dead and Raleigh confirms early rabies signs. Children begin a 21 day injection regimen amid calls for leash laws and concern over a city dog outbreak tied to December incidents.
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Roy Blanton
Junius Johnson
Blanton
Johnson
J. N. Bynum
Oldest Halifax County Woman Dies at 104
Miss Mollie Harlow, reputedly Halifax County’s oldest resident, died at 104 at the County Home. A lifelong native, she recalled Civil War days and was the sole surviving Harlow sibling after brothers John and Erasmus died in 1932. She never married.
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Mollie Harlow
Halifax County
Darlington
John
Erasmus Harlow
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L. W. Leggett
W. T. Thorne
Thorne
Mr. Leggett
Pacific
Amelia Earheart Putnam
Hawaii
U. S
Oakland
Cal
Pacific Ocean
Allsbrook
Mittee
Committee On Counties
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