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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1941

Page

10

Second Typhoid Fever Case Reported in Halifax County

County health officer warns of a new typhoid case in a three year old child from an unvaccinated household near Scotland Neck. He urges landowners to mandate vaccination for workers, improves water and sewage, and notes clinics schedule through July and August across multiple towns and schools.

Robert F. Young Hal Halifax County Scotland Neck Health Department Sam Jones Grove Daniel's Chapel Harrison Eden Way- Turner Whitehead Roanoke Rapids Negro School

New Leggett's Store Shows Long Serving Staff

Local Leggett's Store lists regular employees with years of service across departments including Hosiery Ready to Wear Men & Boys Shoe and Yard Goods. Longest tenure notes Miss Clyde Fulghum and Mrs J B Barrett as the oldest serving employees at ten years.

Leggett’s Loy Clyde Fulghum J. B. Barrett Leggett's J. L. Williams Blanche Hockaday W. E. Moody B. E. Lancaster Claude Cannon Rudolph Williams George Cooke Hazel Rook Paul Ray George Davis Lucy Hudson Virginia Hawkins Milton Harris Helen Robinson Hubert Speight Milton Loy Helen Taylor Florence King Elizabeth Brown Lizzie Matthews J. A. Vaughan Margaret Wood Estelle Pittman Butler Brown Little Boys Christine Drewette Winley Wheeler Billy Boone Men & Boys Helen Butts Ivey Mahorne Estelle

McDaniel Five Months Ready to Wear Dept

Mrs. Lillian Smallwood listed a week in Yard Goods as part of the Ready to Wear Department. The fragment notes a child named McDaniel age five months in connection with department activity.

McDaniel Lillian Smallwood

Local Draft Board Sends 7 To Army

The Halifax County draft board sent seven men to Fort Bragg for induction, including volunteer George Washington Mayo of Weldon. Other draftees were Frank Devine of Roanoke Rapids, Willie Melvin Martin of Roanoke Rapids, Israhe Boyd of Littleton, Ollie Buffalo of Roanoke Rapids, Holcvest Pulley of Littleton, and Thomas Sykes Jr of Roanoke Rapids.

Fort Bragg Halifax County George Washington Mayo Weldon Frank Devine Roanoke Rapids Willie Melvin Martin Box 152 Israhe Boyd Box Littleton Ollie Buffalo Holcvest Pulley Thomas Sykes, Jr

Mrs Mollie Baird Visits Relatives in Town

Mrs Mollie Baird of Winston Salem visited relatives in town last week during a brief stay.

Mollie Baird Winston- Salem

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Scotland Neck Brawley High School Lincoln Heights Thelma Simmons Grove Spring Hill Handcock's Hill's Crossroads Scotland Neck Hosiery Mill B. Dunn's NEW Leggett's Store Eastern Carolina Leggett Greensboro N. C BELK Super Blood Hound Local Army
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