Halifax County Drives for Red Cross Mobile Blood Unit
Halifax County funds are being solicited to buy a Red Cross mobile blood donor unit in honor of county men in the armed forces. T. W. Mullen chairs the Roanoke Rapids drive with industrial leaders aiding in Roanoke Mills and Patterson Company roles. The unit, named Halifax County North Carolina, will aid battlefront needs and be used where most needed.
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American Red Cross
Halifax County
Armed Services
THE
RED Cross
T. W. Mullen
Drive
Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
Gaee
Wet‘Wars
Advances son of Mr and Mrs Dickens to staff sergeant
Advances son of Mr and Mrs B P Dickens of 2009 Halifax Road has been sent to Miami Beach Florida for an eight week physical education course, after which he will be a staff sergeant. Cpl Dickens was inducted in August 1942 and stationed at Ardmore Oklahoma until recently. A brother Staff Sgt Joe B Dickens is on duty with a medical unit in North Africa arriving there shortly before Christmas last year.
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B. P. Dickens
Halifax Road
Miami Beach
Florida
Cpl. Dickens
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Joe B. Dickens
North Africa
Roanoke Rapids Police Officer dies at 58
W W M Erwin longtime city policeman died at Roanoke Rapids Hospital from coronary thrombosis after a heart attack on May 18 He was 58 and had served since 1936 He came to Roanoke Rapids in 1934 from Hillsboro and was a native of Orange County Survived by wife Nellie three sons six daughters and 16 grandchildren Funeral set for Rosemary Baptist Church with Rev C F Young Speaking.
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W.W. M. Erwin
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Rosemary Baptist Church
C. F. Young
Lexington
Erwin
Roanoke Rapids
Hillsboro
Orange County
Nellie B. Hurley Erwin
H. H. “Jack
Crawford Erwin
Bradley Erwin
Newport News
C. E. Hicks
W. R. Myrick
Della M. Erwin
WAAC
Camp Polk
Frank Marquardt
Pennsylvania
Lucy
Annie Erwin
Henry Erwin
Mooresville
J. F. Erwin
Charlotte
John Erwin
Davidson College
C. W. Beam
Kannapolis
Lincoln Heights Man Ends Life With Shotgun
James Buddy Putney a colored man in his early thirties shot himself at his Lincoln Heights home after claiming the law was after him. He died at Roanoke Rapids Hospital at 1 35 this morning after the 10 pm incident. His wife and mother offered no clear reason for the act.
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James
Buddy” Putney
Lincoln Heights
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Playgrounds to Open Here Next Monday
Four city playgrounds will open next Monday at 8 30 under Joe Tal ley principal of the city junior high. The same sites as last year Cen tral School Bunker Hill Patterson and Rosemary and Chaloner Park colored school will be used. Rosemary pool to open after workmen finish repairs with hours 11 12 morning 2 5 afternoon. Playground hours 8 30 10 30 and 2 4. Boys listed Frank Hawley Jr Sanford Brown Adres Fisher Buck Rose Richard Wilson Jack Wrenn Kenneth Tilley Oliver Bray. Girls listed Marie Harbour Mary Louise Marin Virginia Lee Thorne Beth Beckwith Margaret Taylor.
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Joe Talley
City
Central School
Bunker Hill
Patterson
Rosemary
Chaloner Park
Frank Hawley, Jr
Sanford Brown
Adres Fisher
Buck Rose
Richard Wilson
Jack Wrenn
Kenneth Tilley
Oliver Bray
Marie Harbour
Mary Louise Marin
Virginia Lee Thorne
Beth Beckwith
Margaret Taylor
Unexplained Big Noise Heard Across NC and VA
A loud blast or tremor-like sound was heard over Eastern North Carolina and parts of southern Virginia around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. Reports place the noise as far south as Washington, N C, with less distinct echoes in Emporia Virginia, prompting Rumors but no official explanation by day’s end.
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North Carolina
Virginia
Washington, N. C
Emporia
Roanoke Rapids
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W. Mullen
Drive In
Cpl. Geo
Graham Dickens
Raine Wilson
T. O. Wilson
Roanoke Avenue
Camp Pickett
105Th Medical Regiment
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