Scrap Iron Market Opens At Halifax Yard Demand Soars
Halifax Waste Materials Company on Weldon highway resumes buying scrap iron at 25 cents per 100 pounds as new export demand spurs hiring, with Isaac Spire as president and son Jake as general manager. Seaboard Railway plans a spur to speed loading, boosting local employment and shipments to Norfolk and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax Waste Materials Company
Weldon Highway
Halifax
Jake Spire
Spire
Roanoke Rapids
Norfolk
Atlantic
New York
Seaboard
Sal
Isaac Spire
Jake
Mrs Medlin Returns From Ohio To Work In Norfolk
Mrs Medlin has been serving in anesthesia relief work at a Youngstown hospital Ohio she plans to go to Norfolk General Hospital Monday for similar duties then return home to South Rosemary around November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Medlin
Youngstown, Ohio
Roanoke Rapids
Norfolk, Va. General Hospital
South Rosemary
Mrs Mary Bellamy Neville Dies At Glenview
Mrs Mary Bellamy Neville wife of the late Augustus Neville died suddenly at her Glenview home near Enfield after days of illness She was 65 on Sunday Funeral services were held at her home and interment followed in Eduwood Cemetery Enfield She is survived by two daughters five sons and two brothers living in Enfield Park View Rocky Mount and Scotia Neck Enfield
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Belamy Neville
Augustus Neville
Glenview
Enfield
I. O. Hinson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Eduwood
Neville
Ralph Willey
Claire Neville
Park View Hospital
Rocky Mount
Cecil Neville
Scotland Neck
Gus Neville
Fremont
Leon Neville
Murry Neville
Robert Neville
P. S. Bellamy
J. L. Bellamy
George B Scovell Farmer Dies at Ringwood
George Buchanan Scovell aged 62 died at his Ringwood home at 5 30 PM after a brief illness. Born in Angola Indiana he moved to Ringwood from Lansing Michigan three years ago and farmed here. Survivors include his wife Frances Sprague and daughter Mrs Archie Gustafsen of Lewiston Idaho. Funeral at Branch's Enfield Thursday 4 PM conducted by Rev. W D Howard. Burial Pineview Rocky Mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Buchanan Scovell
Ringwood
Angola
Indiana
Lansing
Michigan
Peoples’ Church
East Lansing
Frances Sprague
Archie Gustafsen
Lewiston
Idaho
Branch
Enfield
W. D. Howard
M. P. Halifax
Pineview Cemetery
Rocky Mount
Local society notes from Virginia visits and travels
Miss Nita Turner and Bernard Woodruff spent Sunday at Ocean View Virginia. W M Kirk of Emporia Virginia spent last week with Mr and Mrs P O Hobbs. Miss Anne Pearson has returned from a visit to Mr and Mrs Fletcher Pearson at Brink Virginia. Mrs R O Carpenter and family left Wednesday to visit relatives in Fitzhugh Virginia and Triplet Virginia. Mrs T M Jenkins is visiting relatives in Hampton Newport News and Phoebus Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nita Turner
Bernard Woodruff
Ocean View
W. M. Kirk
Emporia
P. O. Hobbs
Anne Pearson
Fletcher Pearson
Brink, Va
R. O. Carpenter
Fitzhugh
Triplet
T. M. Jenkins
Hampton
Newport News
Phoebus
R. C. Kee Dies at Seaboard
Roscoe C. Kee a 66 year old Seaboard resident died at home July 11 after a two week illness. Funeral service was held July 13 at 3 30 p m at Seaboard Baptist Church with Rev C Herman Trueblood. He is survived by his wife Leurie Kee eight children and eight grandchildren. He was an uncle of Walter Kee of Roanoke Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe C. Kee
Seaboard
Seaboard Baptist Church
C. Herman Trueblood
Kee
Leurie Kee
W. C. Smith
Portsmou
L As Kee
Portsmouth
Rayn.cvi
W. J. Gi. Warrenton
Robert Jones
Sam Kee
Manteo
BE. L. Robertson
Elinor Kee
Walter Kee
Roanoke Rapids
Local visits span Norfolk and White Plains couples
Mr. and Mrs Clifton Grant and other pairs visited Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday. Grady Hawkins and daughter Helen joined Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hawkins at White Plains, Virginia for a weekend visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Grant
Dock Ray
H. M. Black
Norfolk
Grady Hawkins
Helen
R. M. Hawkins
White Plains
Out-of-Town Patients At Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Out-of-town patients now at Roanoke Rapids Hospital include J. M. Allen of Garysburg William Bracy of Broadnax Virginia Miss Violet Hunley of Conway Miss Katherine Kee of Seaboard Mrs C M Long of Pleasant Hill Morris Moody of Garysburg Mrs V D Pegram of Vaughan B F Ricks of Conway Mrs Willey Young of Littleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
J. M. Allen
Garysburg
William Bracy
Broadnax
Violet Hunley
Conway
Katherine Kee
Seaboard
C. M. Long
Pleasant Hill
Morris Moody
V. D. Pegram
Vaughan
B. F. Ricks
Willey Young
Littleton
Death of 16 Year Old Elsie Lena Clements
Elsie Lena Clements aged sixteen died July 4th at 3 am. Funeral services were held at home with Reverend Finch officiating. Interment in the family cemetery. Survived by father Mr Clements mother Mrs Clements and siblings George Warner Wilson Annie and Betty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Lena Clements
24 Clements
Reverend Finch
Emporia Baptist Church
George Clements
Warner Clements
Wilson Clements
Annie
Betty Clements
Davis family enjoys Sunday in Norfolk, Virginia
Co. L. Davis and daughter Elizabeth spent Sunday in Norfolk, Virginia, taking in the sights and strolls around the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. L. Davis
Elizabeth
Norfolk, Va
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Medlin
Ohio
Mary Bellamy Neville
Geo. B. Scovell
R. C. Kee
Seab'rd
Halifax Waste Materials CO
J. Spire
N. C
South
Weldon Road
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