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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
12
Halifax County farmers and local merchants plan a 1940 program to lift cotton production amid low prices. They cite 1939 as a doubling over 1938, note boll weevil damage, and discuss seed, fertilizer, and poisoning methods that improved staple quality and yield.
The Roanoke Rapids State Employment Service outlines its community role as the job center where job seekers register and employers find workers. It lists current openings including shop foreman barber watch repairer mechanics archaeologists editors interior decorators and more.
The Tarboro Rotary Club will hold its Orthopaedic Clinic Monday January 29 1940 at 9 00 am in the Presbyterian Church Sunday School rooms Tarboro NC. It serves cripples regardless of age or race who cannot pay for treatment. Citizens are asked to help locate cases and direct them to the clinic. Private patients should not come before 1 00 pm.
Mrs. Thurman Bullock entertained her bridge club Thursday evening at her Monroe Street home. Attendees included Mesdames J A Wood Pete Graham H E Gibbons Sam Bunn M F White Chas Fitts Francis Starke J R Lupton R M Pope W C Williams Bill Alligood and Miss Janie Lassiter. High score went to Mrs Sam Bunn second to Mrs W C Williams and traveling prize to Mrs J R Lupton. Refreshments included ambrosia fruit cake and hot coffee.
A roster lists diverse positions including a cost accountant pastry cook detailer librarian assistant librarian medical detailer solicitor sales cook first mechanical engineer and a designer and stylist. The varied roles point to a large staff covering finance, kitchen, library, legal medical, engineering, and design functions.
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