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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1941

Page

14

Local Riwanian candidates chosen for Sixth Kiwanis District

Major Leon Hall of Fort Bragg spoke at the Kiwanis Club meeting as the local group approved W. 3. Billy Norwood as its candidate for Lieutenant Governor of the Sixth Kiwanis District. Delegates to the Myrtle Beach convention were W. J. Norwood T. W. Mullen and F. M. Sherry with alternates H. S. Loy George Taylor and Clyde Liske.

Leon Hall U. S. Army Fort Bragg Kiwanis Club Kiwanis Carolinas Billy” Norwood W. J. Norwood T. W. Mullen F. M. Sherry Myrtle Beach H. S. Loy George Taylor Clyde Liske

Norwood Named Kiwanis Lt Governor Candidate at Roanoke Rapids

W. J. Billy Norwood, local cotton buyer, is the unanimous choice of the Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club for Lieutenant Governor of Kiwanis Sixth District. The Roanoke Rapids club endorses him for the Carolinas District convention at Myrtle Beach September 7 8 9. Norwood, a 1920s civic leader, has served in the North Carolina Legislature and holds roles in Masons Shrine and American Legion.

W. J Billy” Norwood Roanoke Rapids Land Agriculture Committee Norwood Masonic Widow’s Son Lodge No Weldon Shaw Post American Legion Rosemary Baptist Church North Carolina House of Representatives Raleigh Brunswick County Virginia Kiwanis Club Ahoskie Elizabeth City Rocky Mount Scotland Neck Tarboro Williamston Carroll L. Wilsop

Babies Born At Local Hospital Report

The notice lists newborns from Roanoke Rapids Weldon Vaughan and nearby families with birth dates ranging from July 4 to July 28 including multiple boys and girls to Nicholson Strickland Lee Carver Waler Pruden Grover Davis and Hollo man families.

J. C. Nicholson Roanoke Rapids Johnnie Strickland Weldon W. M. Lee R. Carver Roa Noke Rapids Edward Waler Vaughan Ai Pruden Grover Davis W. C. Holloman Roanske Rapids

Start Work On Highway From Jackson To Garysburg

Work began this week on Highway 158 between Jackson and Garysburg with land hauling. The project widens the roadway by two feet and repaves the entire stretch to improve traffic conditions on the heavily traveled route.

Jackson Garysburg

Gray Is Speaker At Rotary Meet

The Rev. A. D. Leon Gray of Duke University School of Religion spoke to the Rotary Club, urging that Americans degenerate from affording value through bargain hunting and credit. He said value comes from participation in nature as part of the Divine Plan and shared creative work with God.

A. D. Leon Gray Duke University School of Religion Daniel Lane The Methodist Church Rotary Club Americas Mr. Gray

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Riwanians Major Hall Hall War Department Gray Rotary Meet Man Halifax J. H. Bass N. C Oanoke Pharmacy Cee Jeratt Roouer & i Jeratt Roon St . Poeniades Cape Cod Rexall Calorex Exai
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