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WPA Volunteer Registration to Aid National Defense
Halifax County to hold voluntary Registration Day for men and women not subject to the draft to line up workers for the National Defense Program. Roanoke Rapids Woman’s Club leads local volunteer work under WPA auspices with Mrs. C W Davis as committee chair. A countywide questionnaire will gauge willingness to perform defense tasks, while public notices occur at a Halifax meeting led by Mrs. R C Josey Assistant District WPA director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County Advisory Committee
Halifax
R. C. Josey
WPA
Annie C. Boseman
Home Service Project
Boseman
Weldon
Kate Mills Sutter
Scotland Neck
W. J. Grimes
Ben Hamlet
R. Hunter Pope
Kate Mills Suiter
Hazel Wheeler
Watson Sherrod
Robert F. Young
J. B. Hall
Zeb Denny