Negro Sitten On Track Struck and Killed by Train No 17
George Stancill a 30 year old Black man of Seaboard was killed instantly when struck by Seaboard Airline passenger train No 17 west of Seaboard at 6 25 Sunday evening. Engineer J T Britt said Stancill appeared to be on the track and the train could not avoid impact. Stancill's head was split and his right shoulder broken. The body flew about 30 feet. The flagman J E Bobbitt stayed with the Negro until ambulance arrived. Family offered no reason for why he remained on the track. witnesses said he appeared not to be drinking. The train stopped about thirty minutes after the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stancill
Seaboard
J. T. Britt
Stancill
J. E. Bobbitt
Norlina
Burling ton robbery case clemency hearing ends with pleas
Three attorneys accused the brain man of a Burlington triple murder robbery case of obtaining a guilty plea to second degree murder for Roy Hanford Wade Hanford and Roy Kelly while their clients face death by execution Friday. Gov Hoey intervention could avert the hangings. The clemency hearing before Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill also cited George Smith Roanoke Rapids as the mastermind.
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Glidewell
Alamance Superior Court
Smith
Alamance County
Hanford
Kelly
Siler
Hurley
Gill
Cass
Burlington
P. W. Glidewell
Reidsville
Brock S. Hurley
Troy
Walter Siler
Pittsboro
Roy
Wade Hanford
Roy Kelly
Hoey
Sanitary Ratings For Cafes In Co For February
Cafes in Scotland Neck Enfield and Weldon posted February sanitary scores. Grade A listings include Southern Grill 93.5 Lafayette Cafe 93 Terminal Inn 92.5 T N Cafe 91. Grade B entries feature Jacks Quick Lunch 88.5 Brady 88 Palace of Delight 87.5 Coffee Shoppe 87.5 People Restaurant 85 Little White Kitchen 84 A B Lunch 81.5 Grade C gives James Vicks Lunch 75 Mack's American Cafe 73.5 Fergusons Barbecue 70 and Pete Morris 64 Valley Grill 57. Authorities label some establishments below grade C as too low to operate.
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Scotland Neck
Enfield
Weldon
Southern Grill
Lafayette Cafe
Terminal Inn
T & N Cafe
Jack’s
Brady's
Palace of Delight
People Restaurant
Little White Kitchen
James Vick
Macks American Cafe
Ferguson
Pete Morris
Valley Grill
Minstrel show delights Roanoke Rapids crowd
The Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club staged a two night minstrel with 60 performers in costumes and comics. The show featured classic minstrel skits and songs and raised funds for an inter school dental clinic in the city.
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Bill Wolhar
Ted Speight
T. J. Alford
Julian Allsbrook
Ned Manning
Howard Pruden
Kiwanis Club
Roanoke Rapids
Richmond Trio Visits Mrs J H Pair This Weekend
Misses Virginia Pair Glenda Pair and Henry Pair of Richmond Virginia spent the weekend with Mrs J H Pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Glenda
Henry
Richmond, Va
J. H
Ellis Crew Added to Citizens Bank Board in Roanoke Rapids
Ellis Crew was named director of Citizens Bank and Trust Company in Roanoke Rapids joining the board without replacing any member. He leads the peanut storage division of The Farmers Warehouse and farms extensively in Northampton County and area. He is brother of retiring bank president J. Winfield Crew Jr.
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Ellis Crew
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Crew
Roanoke Rapids
J. Winfield Crew
Farmers Warehouse
Northampton County
The
Citizens Bank
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. P. Robertson
Sonny Vaughn
Hanfords
Kelly, Smith
Roy Huffman
Greensboro
Robertson
Vaughn
Huffman
Cafes of
Win Akers
Halldayne
Ed Perdue
R. H. Hundley
Rufus Vick
Johnnie
Leslie Towe
Bill Hedges
Will Dean
Charlie Davis
David
NAVY
Mattie J. Duncan
Hamilton & 13Th Streets
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