Downing Named Constable in Gaston Township
R N Downing has been appointed constable of Gaston Township Northampton County by the county board of commissioners to replace J M Sewell whose resignation became effective June 30 Sewell had held the post ten years and resigned when the board ordered the salary paid him discontinued as of July 1 Downing will serve on a fee basis and the board plans to appoint a special officer for West Gaston likely at the August meeting to relieve Downing of policing duties
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R. N. Downing
Gaston Township
Northampton County
County Board of Commissioners
J. M. Sewell
Sewell
Board of Commissioners
Downing
West Gaston
A Bert Schlichter Rites Held In Norfolk
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 3 PM at Littleton for A Bert Schlichter 42 who died suddenly at his Norfolk home Friday morning. Survived by wife Grace May daughter Frances mother Mrs A B Schlichter and brothers Olaf and Lloyd all of Norfolk.
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Littleton
A. Bert Schlichter
Norfolk
Grace May Schlichter
Frances
A. B. Schlichter
Olaf
Lloyd Schlichter
Funeral Services For Hulda Mae Barnes
Funeral services for Miss Hulda Mae Barnes were held Friday afternoon in Scotland Neck. Rev M Kesler officiated. Burial followed in the Baptist Cemetery at Scotland Neck. Miss Barnes, 23, died Wednesday night at her brother Earl Barnes home near Tarboro. She leaves her mother Grace Barnes of Whitakers six brothers Earl Tarboro Jack Roanoke Rapids Mac New York Cary Spring Hill Arthur Whitakers and one sister Elizabeth Dunn of Moultrie Georgia.
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Hulda Mae Barnes
Scotland Neck
M. Kesler
Leggett Presbyterian Church
Miss Barnes
Earl Barnes
Tarboro
Grace Barnes
Whitakers
Jack Barnes
Roanoke Rapids
Mac Barnes
New York
Cary Barnes
Spring Hill
Arthur Barnes
Elizabeth Dunn
Moultrie
Apprentice Seaman Abernathy Sent to Detroit School
Donald Owen Abernathy of Roanoke Rapids enlisted in the U S Navy at Raleigh on April 23 and was sent July 10 to the Aviation Metalsmith School in Detroit Michigan for a course of instruction. Abernathy is an apprentice seaman.
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Donald Owen Abernathy
Roanoke Rapids
U. S. Navy
Raleigh
Aviation Metalsmith School
Detroit
Michigan
Abernathy
Local visits featured in Virginia travel notes
Ed Gray returned from Fredericksburg Virginia where he visited his son Howard Gray. Mr and Mrs Clifton Davis and Mrs Media Woodruff spent Sunday in Norfolk Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Gray
Fredericksburg
Howard Gray
Clifton Davis
Media Woodruff
Norfolk, Va
Local residents hosting visitors for the week
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Matthews and children Jean Stuart and Nancy and Miss Helen Boyd Oliver of Richmond are visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Jernigan for the week. Miss Hattie Mae Woodruff and Louise Peffer are in Henderson with Miss Adell Blue. I. J. Askew of Wilmington spent the weekend in town.
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W. G. Matthews
Jean, Stuart
Nancy
Helen Boyd Oliver
Richmond, Va
G. L. Jernigan
Hattie Mae Woodruff
Louise Peffer
Henderson
Adell Blue
I. J. Askew
Wilmington
Town
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Gaston
Leggett’s Dept
Woda
Gee
Grace
Madame
Mafane
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Leggett’s
Durham
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Durham, N. C
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