New A&P SelfService Store Opens in Roanoke Rapids
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company opened a self-service store at 1033 Roanoke Avenue in Roanoke Rapids. Manager J C Leath said the modern format offers dairy meats produce groceries and baked goods under one roof to save time for housewives and boost turnover for fresher foods and lower prices.
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Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Roanoke Avenue
J. C. Leath
Roanoke Rapids
A&p
Leath
Roanoke Rapids Welcomes A P Self Service Food Store
The new A P self service food store in Roanoke Rapids is designed for shopper convenience with clearly labeled prices and grouped foods. Customers can pace themselves from browsing to checkout while clerks focus on stocking and restocking.
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Roanoke Rapids
A&p
Leath
Resigns At Hospital To Take NYA Job
Miss Avah Wood operating room supervisor resigns to join the National Youth Administration as area supervisor under Asheville office. Effective Saturday June 7 she leaves after eight years here. home in Essex. Hospital administrator says successor not yet chosen. Miss Callie Grant becomes housekeeper succeeding Mrs Francis Starke. Mrs M F White had been to succeed but declined.
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Avah Wood
National Youth Administration
Miss Wood
Asheville
Essex
T. J. Alford
Alford
Callie Grant
Miss Grant
Francis Starke
M. F. White
Starke
High School Donates to British War Relief Society
Mrs. R. P. Beck announces a public acknowledgment from the British War Relief Society for a donation of 43 dollars and 60 cents given by the Junior and Senior High School via Thomas L. Martin, school committee chair.
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BWR
R. P. Beckwith
British War Relief Society
Thomas L. Martin
Eastman Teacher Resigns With Noted Service Record
L. R. Johnson, vocational agriculture teacher at Eastman High School, resigns to teach agriculture in Durham. Since arriving in August 1937, Johnson led rural Halifax County development and supervised clubs including The Onawa Club and Community Betterment Clubs, contributing to community progress.
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Vy. A. Matthews
Halifax County
W. A. Holmes
Eastman High School
L. R. Johnson
Johnson
Durham
Eastman High School Agricultural Department
Onawa
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Deuce Coey
Oanoke Pharmacy
Jenah
Qu Doe
KREX
Symphony
Jenalt
Erhau
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Symphony Lawn
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