Lights Out Tales From an Alabama Neighborhood
A former Alabama resident recalls a haunted house case where a woman watched neighbors with binoculars, a sudden upstairs light burned for days after the occupant vanished, and authorities found the house intact with one light on. Another tale mentions lights turning on at a quiet home after late moviegoers. The column then shifts to a playful litany of quirky household items and snippets from a neighborly talk.
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Alabama
Mama
Junior
Papa
Girl Has Leg Severed After Bicycle Trains Collision
An eleven year old girl Betty Mae Byrd of Weldon was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line train when bicycle brakes failed at a crossing. Her right leg was severed above the knee and she sustained other injuries, then taken to the local hospital.
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Weldon
Atlantic Coast Line
Betty Mae Florence Byrd
Birdsong Faces Hit and Run Charge In Mayor Court
Pete Birdsong was tried in mayor's court on hit-and-run charges after allegedly striking H. G. Scott's automobile last Saturday and fleeing the scene without leaving identification. Judgment suspended pending payment of all damages and court costs.
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Pete Birdsong
Birdsong
H. G. Scott
Scott
Automobile Fire Damages Roanoke Rapids Street Employee Vehicle
An automobile owned by Aubrey Johnson of the Roanoke Rapids Street Department was badly burned in a Friday morning fire at Third and Hamilton Streets. Upholstery was destroyed and total damage about 75 dollars. The fire department extinguished the blaze.
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Aubrey Johnson
Roanoke Rapids
Third
Hamilton
Seaboard Man Dies Suddenly at Home
William Clifton White 32 died suddenly at his Seaboard home on June 5 about 4 30 am. A Northampton County native and noted farmer, he was laid to rest last Friday at 3 30 pm from Seaboard Baptist Church with Rev H C Trueblood officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Survived by father J G White and brother James B White of Seaboard and Travis Vick of Norfolk Va. He spent Sunday in town with friends and relatives.
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Seaboard
William Clifton White
Northampton County
Seaboard Baptist Church
H. C. Trueblood
Mason R. Howell
J. W. Parker
W. L. Harris
J. H. Ramsey
W. Grady Edwards
W. H. Taylor
Sam Yates
H. R. Harris
Joe Rogers
R. E B. Vick
Travis Vick
Norfolk, Va
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EXIDE
Brickell
Fort Bragg
Halifax County
James Woodrow Underwood
Lebran Barney Baker
Robert Hursey
Willis Stansbury
Littleton
Lonnie Minion Bass
Erwin
Back Row
Benjamin Butler
Edward Thomas Shearin
Herman Oliver Watson
W. 11Th Street
Richmond
Halifax
Weldon Road
N. C
Our
Building and Loan Association Service
Building and Loan
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Association
W. 2Nd Street
Bill Melvin
Sidney Harris
Eddie Edwards
Jimmy Johnson
Leon Spencer
James Bradley
J. G. White
James B. White
Roanoke Rapids Oil Co
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