Ringwood Postmaster Is Dead at Home
Jessie A. Harris age 50 postmaster was found dead Saturday afternoon at his Ringwood area home by Grace Edwards. Coroner Bil ly Williams attributed death to angina pectoris with long term high blood pressure. Survived by father T A Harris and several children plus numerous siblings. A two colored auto lamp bulb offers white high speed light and amber fog penetrating light via switch.
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Jessie A. Harris
Ringwood
Grace Edwards
Har
Billy Williams
T. A. Harris
Randolph
James
McDonald
Victor
M Vera Capps
T. Harris
Grove Hill
Mitt
Oxford
Mins
C. E. Ha
R. I
Raymond Harris
Robert Conn
Arcola
S. J. Harris
Billy Han
Roanoke Rapids
R. T. Hawk
Pierce case tied to Christmas Eve visit and Suffolk trip
The report details Pierce claiming to have taken Marvel Cullom and others to Mac Parker's house on Christmas Eve and later driving Pierce through town and back to Suffolk. Mae Parker recalls the Christmas Eve visit. Bull Rider, charged with threatening Marvel, denies links. Pierce mentions two girls with him but date uncertain. The heavy girl linked to the Cullom murder is said dead.
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Pierce
Suffolk
Mae Parker
Marvel
Bull Rider
Gray
Halifax
Parker
Marvel Cullom
Speed Up 150 Men On Job Walks Project Delays
Construction crews speed the 150 men project as finish time nears. Concrete forms stretch from the High School building on Hamilton to 5th Street and along 5th 6th and 7th to the Avenue, aiming to accelerate progress.
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Hamilton
Truck Hitting Boy Leads to Brief Local Accident
A cotton truck driven by J. W. Strickland turned over Monday night to avoid a boy who ran into its path on Washington Street Patterson Mill village. Charley Butler suffered a head cut but no serious injuries. Strickland was cleared of blame by witnesses R. J. Askew Virginia Strickland and C. M. Harris.
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J. W. Strickland
Washington Street
Patterson Mill Village
Strickland
R. J. Askew
Virginia Strickland
C. M. Harris
Merchants Association Chooses Miss Lillian Bell Jenkins
Miss Lillian Bell Jenkins, elected full time Secretary of the Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association, studied in Raleigh and Durham visits to learn the duties. She will begin the new role this week after completing a Meredith College and business course education.
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Roanoke Rapids Merchants Associa
Durham
Burlington
Merchants Associations
Found in Bed Dead by Wife W. R. Miles 68
W. R. Miles aged 68 was found dead in his bed at about 7 a m Sunday by his wife Mrs Miles at their home in the Belmont section He had retired Saturday night in good health and planned to return to work Monday with the CWA sidewalks crew.
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W. R. Miles
Former Caledonia State Farm Overseer Dies at Home
He was found dead by his wife, death evidently from heart failure. A former overseer at the Caledonia State Farm, he lay in state at home with funeral services conducted by Reverend J. J. Boone. Interment followed in the family cemetery nearby. survivors include his wife and several children.
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Caledonia State Farm
J. J. Boone
Alfred’s Goat and the Late Night Dog
A cheeky note jokes about an ongoing feud involving a goat owned by Avenue Alfred and a dog that disturbing neighbors at night. The writers propose using the column to help get rid of the dog, turning it into a lighthearted gag about eliminating odd items and even husbands, one at a time.
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Billy Williams
Alfred
Textile students tour mills in Burlington Greensboro Haw River Danville
Among the State College textile students who visited cotton mills at Burlington Greensboro Haw River and Danville Virginia was J. R. Meikle son of Mr and Mrs A Meikle of this city.
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State College
Burlington
Greensboro
Haw River
Danville
J. R. Meikle
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Jessie Harris
Mac Parker
Washington
John Henry Russell
Uncle Sam's
Fighting Marines
Navy Department
Charley Butler
Merchw’n’s
Lillian Bell Jenkins
Tion
Raleigh
State
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