Employment Service May Placements Up from April in North Carolina
Statewide reports show continued month to month gains in job placements for May 1938, with 7 192 placements the best since October 1987. Private industry supplied 65 percent, Edenton District led with 1 293 placements, Elizabeth City 742, and May total applicants at 28 277 with 16 549 new registrations.
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Raleigh
R. Mayne Albright
May
Edenton
Elizabeth City
J W Taylor Honored By Masons
Widows Son Lodge No 519 notes the death of James W Taylor a loyal member. The committee extends sympathy to his wife and family and forwards copies for minutes and press publication from Roanoke Rapids North Carolina dated June 9 1938 with officers George N Taylor master D P Wike secretary.
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Widows Son Lodge No
E. A. Telliga
W. L. Medlin
L. G. Shell Committee
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
George N. Taylor
D. P. Wike
Births at Roanoke Rapids Hospital Week of June 23
Births at Roanoke Rapids Hospital list four newborns for the week of June 23. A girl to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Smith on the 24th, a boy to Mr. and Mrs. W. W. James on the 25th, a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Owens on the 26th, and a girl to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Harris of Gumberry on the 28th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
W. L. Smith
W. W. James
Lee Owens
J. L. Harris
Gumberry
Nine Defendants Tried in Halifax County Recorder Court
In Halifax County Recorder Court nine defendants faced ten charges this week. Ivey pled guilty to illegal liquor possession with costs due, Brown received 12 months on the roads for larceny, Garner faced drunken driving with leave to plead, Smith got 18 months on the roads for assault with a deadly weapon, Edwards was placed on two years probation for abandonment and non support, Pittman remanded from Juvenile Court on assault, and Manning was found guilty of assault and received six months on the roads plus a sentence for aiding liquor manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
George Ivey
Roanoke Rapids
Buster Brown
Scotland Neck
Anderson Garner
Ely Smith
Hobgood
Dolph Edwards
James Pittman
Enfield
Lemuel Manning
Frigidaire Dealer Hires L. C. Barrow for Sales
Announcement by E. W. Smith, local Frigidaire dealer, states L. C. Barrow is hired to represent Frigidaire electric refrigerators ranges RCA-Victor radios and the full line of electrical appliances. Barrow, formerly with Nash Motor Company, is a Jackson native and has already started duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Smith
L. C. Barrow
Smith
Optometric visit announced in Roanoke Rapids
Dr W L Davis will be in Roanoke Rapids Thursday July 7 to examine eyes. Mrs W S Wood has returned from Richmond at sentence expiry in an assault case. Jim Hazel colored of Scotland Neck pled guilty to liquor possession. prayer for judgment continued on costs and two years good behavior. Henry King white of Thelma charged with assault given ninety days jail suspended on costs.
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W. L. Davis
Roanoke Rapids
Jim Hazel
Scotland
Henry King
Thelma
City Woman Ada Little Dies After Eleven Months Ill
Ada Jane Little aged 64 died at 4:30 AM at her son Clifton Little’s home 95 Jackson Street after an eleven month illness. Funeral services set for Friday at the Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev Nobles. Burial in Littleton cemetery. Survived by daughters Mrs. A. B. Barrell and Clifton Little of Roanoke Rapids. Widower William J. Little formerly of Roanoke Rapids.
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Ada Jane Little
Clifton Little
Jackson Street
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Nobles
Littleton Cemetery
A. B. Barrell
Roanoke Rapids
William J. Little
Methodist Circle to Meet for July Session at Church
The Viola Grant Collier Circle of the Woman's Missionary Society at First Methodist Church will hold its regular July meeting next Tuesday evening July 5. The gathering starts at 7:30 in the church auditorium to plan immediate work and seek full member attendance.
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Viola Grant Collier
Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church
Wood Family Trip to Richmond
Mr and Mrs Rhod Wood and daughter Ann and Mrs W B Wood visited Richmond last Sunday for a family outing.
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Rhod Wood
Ann
Wood
Richmond
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Rocky Mount District
Rocky Mount
Goldsboro
Greenville
Kinston
Wilson
J. W. Taylor
Masons
James W. Taylor
J. H. Mullis
D. W. Etheridge
Dial
Methodist Circle
Mike
Victor Records
RCA Victrola
RCA Victor T
RCA Victor
Roanoke Ave
UTC Rve Lay
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