Roanoke Rapids Herald June 8 1948 notices and news
Local Roanoke Rapids Herald 1948 issue lists subscription rates by mail for the Carolinas and Virginia with Roanoke Rapids rates included. The paper notes becoming a semi weekly for better local coverage and thanks readers and staff. Also features a 30 year service milestone for Martha Herzing and a note on Wright brothers plane return to the Smithsonian. Commentary argues for expanded IRS resources to curb tax evasion and tax fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton 1
Wick
Guy M. Leedy
Carolinas
Virginia
Roanoke Rapids
Rapids
Roanoktolina
New York
Herald
Warrenton Lions Elect Officers and Guests at Meeting
Dormanlaylock elected president of the Warrenton Lions Club with John Howard Daniel retiring. New officers include Hayes Skillman and JC League as vice presidents, E. T. Odom secretary, L. B. Beddoe treasurer, and W. Lan ier as assistant. Directors named are Harry Cohen and W. H. May. Lively Rotary note features Col. Claude Bowers praising the local National Guard company and its opportunities for young men, including college paths and draft protections.
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LIONS
Dormanlaylock
Warrenton Lions Club
John Howard Daniel
Mr. Blaylock
Fist
Hayes Skillman
JC League
E. T. Odom
L. B. Beddoe
W. Lanier
Kion Tanner
S. H. Massey
Tall Twister
W. A. Miles
Harry Cohen
W. H. May
Lianne Bowers
Tocal National Guard Company
St Floyd
William Per
Arthur Floyd
National Guard
Rotary Hears
Bowers
Claude Bowers
Warrenton Rotary Club
Col. Bowers
Local National Guard drills highlighted at Armory
Col Bowers urged Rotary members to recruit eligible men for the Warren County unit noting pay of 250 dollars per drill for new enlistees and a payroll of 159000 dollars yearly. The company strength stood at 78 with a goal of 118 while drill days invite attendance. The Union Methodist Church opened with service at 11 and a community dinner followed on church grounds.
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Col. Bowers
Co. B
New Church
Simon Terrel
Union Methodist Church
Chapel Hill
Palmer Springs
Sun Rodwell, Sr
Local society notes highlight summer visits and events
The column lists residents and guests visiting in Norlina and surrounding towns including Edith Allen, Jane Reavis, Mary Tasker Gibbs, and many others from Wake Forest College, Salem College, and Greensboro. It notes summer stays, hospital visits, Birth announcements, a 52 year teaching award for Miss Carrie Helen Dunn, piano recital, and several social gatherings among local families and visitors in Virginia and North Carolina.
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Edith Allen
Jane Reavis
Wake Forest College
Mary Tasker Gibbs
Nellie Bugg
Lucy Sterling Moore
Patsy Caps
Greensboro College
Ann Rodwell
Salem College
Warren County Hospital Trustees Criticized for Race Representation
An open letter reprinted from the Warren Record urges the Warren County Board of Commissioners to include Black citizens on the hospital trustees. The writer argues democracy requires representation for all residents as the hospital project proceeds with bond funding and administration. The author signs as L Julia Haywood.
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Board of County Commisioners
Warren County
Warren Record
Warrenton
Warren County Hospital
Julia Haywood
Swine Disease On The Rise Warns State College Vet
Dr. C D Grinnells of State College warns farmers buying feeder pigs from unknown sources risk inferior diseased stock and parasite exposure. He urges buying from trusted hog men and practicing swine sanitation despite no vaccine offering broad protection. The piece also notes local place name changes: Enfield once Huckleberry Swamp and Little Ordinary becoming Littleton.
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C. D.grinnells
State College
Enfield
Huckleberry Swamp
Edgecombe County
Little Ordinary
Ton
Little
Littleton
Local notices note recoveries and visits across Raleigh and Rocky Mount
Mr. John Garrett Jr. returned from New York after visiting his aunt for about a week. Friends of Miss Mary Speed Massenburg are glad she has recuperated from her illness. Mrs. J. T. Draper is a patient in Rex Hospital Raleigh. Mrs. R. B. Butler recuperating from an operation at Park View Hospital Rocky Mount from last Tuesday. Miss Lula Alston Powell of Raleigh spent the week end at
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Albert W. Hedipeth
Rex Hospital
W. R. Hedgepeth
T. L. Read
Betsy Read
J. T. White
Ridgeway
Peggy White
Raleigh
L. J. White
Petersburg
John H. Daniel
Leonard
Frank White, Jr
Nor- Daniel
Iina
Duke Hospital
C. A. Tucker
Lannie Hayes
Carrie Helen Dunn
Wise School
Raby Traylor
Norlina
Virginia Beach
J. Edward Allen
Wise
Margaret Scott
J. W. Scott
Lee Russell
Macon
The
Methodist Church
Sue Parrish
Edith Shearin
Frances Thompson
Audrey Loyd
Ellen Shearin
Louise Harris
Miss Russell
C. E. Thompson
Wilton Drake
E. H. Russell
R. J Parrish
W. R. Drake
John H. Kerr, Jr
RH. Shaw
W. R. Loyd
H. K Hending
Keevar
E.hollands College
Frame
Ellie Nicholson
Sire
Drake
Secompeaie
John Ere
H. R. Harris
Russell
Warrenton
John Garrett, Jr
New York
Mary Speed Massenburg
J. T. Draper
R. B. Butler
Park View Hospital
Rocky Mount
Lula Alston Powell
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Herald Printing Co., Inc
Halifax County
Martha Herzing
Congress
Ureau
Bureau
Halifax
Jergy Aint
Money Marshall
Greenville
George Eppes
H. N. Williams
Mar Spotwood Baskerville
Sarasota
Fla
Mrs. W. R. Riggan
Hamlet
R. E. Brickhouse
Milwaukee, Wis
R. R. Hershey and Son
Mrs. Hershey
Mrs. Brickhouse
Betty Brickhouse
Gardner-Webb College
R. B. Boyd
Durham
Edith
Lucy Burwell
Leonard S. Daniel
F. T Read, Jr
Sunda
John B. Palmer
Mrs. Moore
Norlina Home Demonstration Club
F. D. Draffin
Manuel Clark
Hunter Clinic
E. L. Hale
Louisburg
Route 2
W. L. Long
Jim Becksith
Rosa
Atlantic Beach
William S. Davis
McQuire’s Hospital
Richmond
F. B. Newell and Sons
Johnnie and
Frankie
Carolyn Maiers
Hot Springs
Ark
J. B. Boyce
L. B. Bedoe
Asheville
Miss Lottie Bell
Mrs
Hugh Norvelle
Robersonville
Charlie Johnson
Gale
Georgia Tarwater
Hilah Falkener
G. S. Foote
Kate Wilcox Foote
Portsmouth
E. H. Weston
Footes
H. N. Walters
Hotel
Norlisa
Warren Citizen
Northampton County
U. S. Senate
W. B. Umstead
JM. ‘Broughton
Senate
Umstead
J. M. Broughton
Conmissioner
Sth
W. ‘Thompson
1St
Davis
Grady J. Guy Revelle
Claude K. Ramsay
James Buffaloe
Constable
Jackson M. Wor W
A Kilpatrick
R. A. Bridgers
Garland Garriss
Wiam
B. Umstead
Melville Broughton
Wiliam
Amsterd
W. Frazelle
Brandon
Hodges
James B. Vogler
Commissioner OF Forest
H. Shuford
HOUSE
John H. Kerr
Wm. W. Tayllor
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