Halifax County Traffic Deaths Rise in Five Months
Halifax County reports 10 traffic fatalities in the first five months, up from two the same period last year. Statewide, 448 deaths were tallied, with 55 of 100 counties showing increases, led by Columbus and Cumberland. The Highway Safety Division warns the rise is preventable and urges motorists and pedestrians to act.
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Halifax County
Highway Safety Division
North Carolina
Alamance
Buncombe
Columbus
Cumberland Durham
Guilford
Halifax
Henderson
Mecclenburg
Rockingham
Wake
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Camden
Cherokee
Clay
Dare
Haywood
Hyde
Jones
Polk
Scotland
Yancey
Onslow County
Cumberland
New Hanover
Ronald Hocutt
Honor Roll Continuation For Local Schools
Lists of students across Fourth and Sixth Grades appearing on the honor roll including names such as Alma Hancock Wilma Nicholson Betsy Smoot Jackie Hamerick Charlotte Harris Mary Hurst and many others with full lines of students listed by grade and class in the continued column.
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Eric Dickerson
Alma Hancock
Wilma Nicholson
Betsy Smoot
Jackie Hamerick
Charlotte Harris
Mary Hurst
Bahnson Newfore
Waurdona Cooper
Helen Jones
Glenna Webb
Bby George
Billy Clemmer
Lon Hines
Edison Nicholson
Market Lou George
Mary Speight
Bert Wright
Gertie Jolly
Elsbeth Brewer
Billy Morgan
Mar Callahan
Gerald Midgette
Illiard Spencer
Vance Stewart
Genehman
Alvis Matthews
Billy Love
Betty Patterson
Kathleen Orch
Marshall Simpson
Flossie Itby
Frank Nantz
Mary E. Jones
Eugenia Nicholson
Louise
Roanoke Rapids Social Roundup Tallies Local Visits
A sequence of Roanoke Rapids visits shows Mrs N Denton and Mr and Mrs John Denton staying with kin last week. Eunice Greene stays with her uncle W L Cullom. Several families including Mitchell Greene and Pittard relatives visited relatives and hospitals in area towns like Aurelian Springs Halifax Henderson Enfield and Norfolk.
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N. Denton
Roanoke Rapids
John Denton
Eunice Greene
W. L. Cullom
Willie Gray Mitchell
George Thompson
Alice T. Greene
Aurelian Springs
Frank Pearce
J. H. Hawkins
Morris Williams
Belmont
Lessie Brame
S. B. Fowler
Halifax
Edward Greene
Frances
Inez
Lessie
Jaunita Brame
Edwin Burnette
Henderson
Burt Butts
Funquay Springs
Russell Hawkins
Norfolk
Paul Hawkins
P. L. Averett
Adams
Raleigh
Herbert Harris
Near Enfield
Lorena Hawkins
Edlar Dickens
J. A. Pittard
Jack Alston
Hollister
Andrew Pittard
Local Visits Highlight Weekend Socials
Weekend social life includes Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mitchell of near Littleton visiting with their son and daughter in law. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Faucette and children from Roanoke Rapids spent Sunday with Mrs. Hessie Faucette. Various ladies visited Mrs. W. L. Cullom in Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Hawkins Chapel Church announces Sunday School for eleven o'clock in the morning.
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W. T. Mitchell
Littleton
Robert Faucette
Roanoke Rapids
Hessie Faucette
George Thompson
Claude Hawkins
Alice T. Greene
Lonnie Greene
W. L. Cullom
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Hawkins Chapel
Navy Recruiting Visit Set for Roanoke Rapids Post Office
Lieutenant Commander McF. W. Wood announced a Navy Recruiting party will be at the Roanoke Rapids post office building on Saturday July 5.
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NAVY
McF. W. Wood
U. S. Navy
Roanoke Rapids Post Office
Shearin to Join Staff of DuPont Co
Dallas Cullom Shearin of Roanoke Rapids will join the Rayon Department staff of E I duPont de Nemours and Company after earning a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from North Carolina State College. He will work at the Old Hickory Tennessee plant and has ROTC training. Nylon, a key product of the Rayon Department, is highlighted for its new materials suitable for fabrics bristles and sheets.
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Dallas Cullom Shearin
Roanoke Rapids
Rayon Department
E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company
North Carolina State College
Old Hickory, Tenn
Mr. Shearin
American School
Chicago
North Carolina State
The
American
duPont Rayon
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Dorothy Miller
Rose Cooksey
Betty Etheridge
Dullie Gautt
Syretha Inscoe
Louise King
Billie Dove Lewis
Mary Lee Riggan
Frances Rightmyer
Martha Ann Starke
Florence Scott
Virginia Taylor
Christine Topping
Richard Allsbrook
Robert Burton
McCoy Clary
C. C. Etheridge
Jean Hasty
Sharon Hopkins
Donald Hux
Grace Johnson
Marvin Lane
Mary K. Liverman
Stancil Moody
Doris Ogburn
McCoy Perkinson
Bobby Powell
David Vester
Doris Sue Wilson
Hattie Mae Gray
Anne Moseley
Priscilla Tickel
Daisy Merritt
Geraldine Revelle
Mildred Davis
Samuel Barnes
Milton Beale
Calvin Shaw
Robert Edwards
Edwards Taylor
Johnnie Jarvis
James Britton
Graham Butler
Louise Doyle
Margie Harp
Alma Jones
Juanita Moore
Eunice Owens
Gladys Smith
Ruth Thomason
William West
Loyd Allen Boyd
van Jones
van Kinnin
Thurman Lyles
Elvin Mizell
Ruby Parrish
Hazel Robinson
James Webb
Eloise Wood
Eaar Rogerson
Lucille Tanner
Blanche Griffies
Earl Glover
Harvey Britt
Clifford White
Calvin Holloman
Harold Hardison
Hartley Allen
Clara Butler
Elizabeth Davis
Marshall Epps
Margaret Harris
Marian Kidd
Perneece Murfee
Shirley Ann Pruden
Ruby Lee Spivey
Eugene Tidwell
Wilmer Whitfield
Clara Hodges
George Justice
Flossie Letchworth
Ruby Martin
Marie Morgan
Marion Rawlings
Ruth Souis
Velver Whitby
Bernice Dunstan
Helen Hawkins
Lucille Williams
Harry Parks
Shearin
Dupont CO
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Marvel Bread
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