Shooting Fatal at Farm Near Littletown Involving Two Neighbors
Helen Vincent 46, wife of farmer Fred Vincent, died of gunshot wounds in Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Ethel Davis, neighbor and mother of two, is in custody and faces possible first degree murder charges. Davis reportedly fired after a dispute over remarks about Davis’s mother. Vincent was attacked in a field and died after neighbors transported him and his wife for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Vincent
Fred Vincent
Waren County
Roanoke Rapids
Ethel Davis
Vincents
Littleton
Davis
Vincent
Neighbo
Warren County
Local Boy In List To Take Exams For Lawyers License
The North Carolina July list of 225 applicants for the August bar exams reflects a historic surge as the State bar assumes exam administration after this year. Ottis James Reynolds of Roanoke Rapids is named among the applicants. Other notes mention Mrs T M Jenkins returning from Newport News and Hampton Virginia, Mrs Heath Lee and children from Monroe North Carolina, Mrs W E Murphy from Chicago to visit friends, and Miss Ethel Faucell with Audry Hardy spending a weekend at Ocean View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
State Bar
Bar
Ottis James Reynolds
Roanoke Rapids
Local Pilots Try Grounded Flying Machine at Power Plant
Darius Green style device arrives as Ms Young and others debut a ground bound flying contraption. A dozen pilots test flights at the Power Plant end with one rider tumbling when the craft flips over, but no serious harm reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darius Green
Ms. Young
Sir Camp
Allsbrook
Marie Dressler
Atlantic
Red Taylor
Ted Speigut
Ted
Ted Speight Wins Trip to Chicago for Top VEPCO Sales
Fifty VEPCO employees plus guests toasted Ted Speight champion of the sales contest with a barbecue and Brunswick stew at the plant. He earns an all expenses paid trip to the World’s Fair in Chile next month. Cash prizes went to tipsters led by Eugene Kimball who won $20, Pat Hoggard $10, and five others shared smaller amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Ted Speight
Vepco
Ted
All Power Company
Chile
Richmond
Norfolk
Pitsburg
Fletcher Dickens
Eugene Kimball
Pat Hoggard
Bill Batton
D. ©. Clark
A. C. Kinsely
S. A. Lipscomb
Z. A. Powell
J. Young
Frank Sher
E. A. Rhea
P. D. Wee
Scott Lassiter
Cal Vaughan
W. T. Briscoe
E. W. Smith
Bill Gaylord
A. J. Young
Flossie Shell
Steve Lipscomb
Charley Speight
Lee Morris
Mr. Mosely
P. J. Alton
William Hall
G. A. Wood
Henry Walston
Roy Boone
Willie Warren
J. R. Wertz
W. F. Edwards
R. E. Clary
Charles Fitts
Bob Saunders
Young Peoples Camp Begins At Camp Leach
Moore and Rev. Ben Brodie will teach courses with Mrs. Bynum and M. Bradley. Miss Crichton Harris Trene Pierson and Edna Blake serve as counselors. The weeklong program includes Morning Watch Vespers swimming athletics and Camp Fire Stunts nightly. Located on the Pamlico river near Washington the camp offers modern facilities and is limited to one hundred attendees with church youths given first call.
Town Talk Vacation Notes From Local Residents
Mrs Carroll Wilson and Mrs Hugh Bradley left Tuesday by motor for a visit to Anderson South Carolina and Montreal North Carolina. Miss Roberta Kate and Na Nash left last week for Lamb ton North Carolina to visit relatives. Mrs Duncan Moss and Mrs Dave Traynham left Wednesday for Christiansburg Virginia for several weeks. Mr Frank Hawley is spending his vacation in Christiansburg Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Wilson
Hugh Bradley
Anderson
S. C
Montreal
N. C
Roberta Kate
Na Nash
Lambton
Duncan Moss
Dave Traynham
Christiansburg
Frank Hawley
Virginia
Local social notes from Ocracoke and nearby towns
Mrs Frances Patterson and Miss Florienne Holt returned from a week at Ocracoke North Carolina. Mrs George Hayes George 3rd and Mrs Charlenne Hart spent part of Wednesday in Branchville. Mr and Mrs Cooper Grizzard and son George spent Sunday in Courtland Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Patterson
Florienne Holt
Ocracoke, N. C
George Hayes
George
Charlenne Hart
Branchville
Virginia
Cooper Grizzard
Courtland
Birthday honors for Edyth Morris celebrated at home
Mrs. Nettie Morris hosted a Saturday night gathering in honor of her daughter Edyth's sixteenth birthday. Fire games and dancing followed refreshments served by Doris Mae Hedgpeth, Helen Margaret Hedgpeth, Marjorie Hazelwood, and Margaret Burton. Attendees included Verlie Woodruff, Willie Rivers Moore, Nancy Shaw, Edyth Morris, Ophelia Chambliss, Alice Massey, Mary Norwood, Ophelia Daniel, Mildred Burton, Margaret Burton, Marie Hazelwood, Doris Mae Hedgpeth, Helen Margaret Hedgpeth, Irene Turner, Nettie Morris, Dewey Crutchfield, Jasper Mills, Irving Allen, Charlie Whitley, Wylie Reaves, Jake Jenkins, Bob Daniel, and James Connor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Morris
Edyth
Doris Mae
Helen Margaret Hedgpeth
Marjorie Hazelwood
Margaret Burton
Verlie Woodruff
Willie Rivers Moore
Nancy Shaw
Edyth Morris
Ophelia Chambliss
Alice Massey
Mary Norwood
Ophelia Daniel
Mildred Burton
Marie Hazelwood
Helen Margaret Hedgepeth
Irene Turner
Mesdames Nettie Morris
Dewey Crutchfield
Jasper Mills
Irving Allen
Charlie Whitley
Wylie Reaves
Jake Jenkins
Bob Daniel
James Connor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Negress
T. M. Jenkins
Newport News
Hampton, Va
Heath Lee
Monroe, N. C
W. E. Murphy
Chicago
Jackson
Ethel Faucell
Audry Hardy
Ocean View
Hitler
Spain
Gandhi
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Assoc
Second Street Dial
Young Peoples Camp
Ackache
Doan
Doans
Board of
Coun
G. H. Johnson
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