Halifax Lees Brothers Lease Halifax Airport
Halifax Airport is leased to W. B. and J. H. Copenhaver after months of negotiations with probable operators. Construction starts immediately and service is planned by May 1 including flying service charter flight instruction and GI Bill flight training. Copenhaver brings 11 years flying and 3000 hours as a commercial pilot with Army and civilian instructor experience.
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Lee County
W. B
J. H. Copenhaver
W. B. Copenhhaver
W. B. Copenhaver
ATC
China-Burma-India
Victory Clothing Drive a Complete City Effort
Edmund Berkeley chair of the Victory Clothing Drive thanks all committee chairs workers ushers and city for cooperation. Thirty three wooden boxes and cartons shipped to a bonded warehouse in High Point North Carolina totaling 11 120 pounds of clothing and 1 140 pairs of shoes. Four cases of shoes and 29 cases of clothing were sent with friendly notes to European and Asiatic friends. The State Guard Armory and caretaker M M Moore assisted throughout the drive.
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Edmund Berkeley
Victory
Treasury Procurement Division
High Point
N. C
State Guard
M. M. Moore
Mr. Berkeley
Men Charged in Truck Theft Hearings in Mayor Jenkins Court
Walter Pleasant, Alvis Parish, and Edgar Wall faced charges for stealing a truck from Thompson Coast. They were found not guilty on some counts, with Pleasant fined $15 and Wall $5 plus costs. Parish received a fine as well.
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Walter 9
Pleasant
Alvis Parish
Edgar Wall
Young White
Thompson
Jenkin
Miss Ruby Wilkinson Returns from Europe for Usa Tour
Miss Ruby A. Wilkinson daughter of Robert R. Wilkinson residing at 403 Monroe Street arrived in New York on February 19 aboard the navy ship U S S Anderson and is visiting her father. She recently completed a long Military Intelligence duty across Switzerland Germany Belgium Holland France and England and previously served two years in South America. She plans a further extensive sightseeing tour of the United States and will return to the east coast in about three months.
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Ruby A. Wilkinson
Robert R. Wilkinson
Monroe Street
New York
U. S. S. Anderson
Miss Wilkinson
Switzerland
Germany
Belgium
Holland
France
England
South America
United States
Kitchen to Attend FBI National Academy in DC
Edward Scheidt announced Weldon chief of police P R Kitchen will attend the 32nd FBI National Academy session in Washington DC. The 12 week program begins April 8 with a leave of absence granted by the Weldon Town Board. The academy trains police executives in modern law enforcement methods.
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Edward Scheidt
FBI
Charlotte
P. R. Kitchen
Weldon
FBI National Academy
Washington, D. C
Chief Kitchen
FBI Academy
Central School P T A Meeting
Central School Parent teacher association holds a Wednesday March 20 meeting at 3 45 PM. A very interesting and valuable program has been arranged.
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Central School Parent-teacher Association
Gibson Visits Here Decides On Life After Navy Service
B T Gibson a Bristol native and US Navy lieutenant chose Roanoke Rapids as his future home after his discharge. Former Sears Roebuck sales manager, he and his wife Ophelia Hall and daughter Jeanne will relocate as he ends sea duty. His ship USS Pierce saw action in Tarawa Marshalls Saipan Guam Peleliu Leyte Luzon Okinawa and more, earning a naval citation.
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B. T. Gibson
Bristol
Ophelia Hall
Lebanon
Tenn
Jeanne
Gibson
The
Merchants Association
Battle
Stevens
North Atlantic
Pierce
Fifth Fleet
Pacific
Tarawa
Marshalls
Saipan
Guam
Peleliu
Angola
Leyte
Luzon
Philippines
Lieut
Philippine
Bataan
Okinawa
States
Civic Clubs Council Formed In City
Three representatives from Kiwanis Lion’s Club Business and Professional Women’s Club Rotary and Merchants Association met to organize a Civic Club Council. Ray Stevenson, Lion’s Club, was elected chairman with Bill China, Rotary, as vice chairman and Emma J. Edmondson, BPW, as secretary treasurer. The group will coordinate projects and act as a recommending body to member clubs. Miss Margaret Green Taylor was elected president of the Women’s Student Government Association at Duke University elections held March 5 and will take office April 1.
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Margaret Green Taylor
Duke University
Woman's Student Government Association
Duke
Marshal
Sandals
Pi Beta Phi
Tau Psi Omega
Delta Phi Rho
Taylor
George N. Taylor
Civic Club Council
Kiwanis Club
The
Lion's Club
Business & Professional Woman's Club
Rotary Club
Merchant's Association
Ray Stevenson
Bill China
Emma J. Edmondson
Business & Professional Women’s Club
Lions Club Charter Night Marked Tenth Anniversary
The Roanoke Rapids Lions Club celebrated its tenth annual Charter Night Banquet at Roanoke Rapids High School cafeteria on March 6. District Governor Glover awarded ten year chevrons to longtime members and W B Debnam of Raleigh delivered the main address.
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Lions Club
Roanoke Rapids Lions Club
J. E. Knott
America
Rev. E. Berkeley
Rudolph Northington
Glover
W. B. Allsbrook
D. E. Bennett
L. B. Brown
M. S. Burton
E. M. Daughtry
Wilton Dickens
J. C. Hoyle
H. B. Speight
C. S. Thompson
Lewis Taylor
W. §. Batton
J. B. Gurley
Capping Of Nurses Held On Thursday
Roanoke Rapids Hospital School of Nursing conducted a cap ceremony last Thursday night in the Nurses' Home on Jackson Street. Graduates and cap nurses processed to Follow the Gleam as Florence Nightingale lamps were carried. Reverend Edmund Berkeley gave an invocation and Miss Charlotte Whitehead spoke on the cap’s history. Caps were presented by Mrs. F. L. Starke and Mrs. John Bounds, followed by the Florence Nightingale pledge and an address on Religion Medicine and Psychiatry. An informal reception followed.
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Roanoke Rapids Hospital School of Nursing
Jackson Street
Florence Nightingale
Edmund Berkeley
All Saints Church
Charlotte Whitehead
F. L. Starke
John Bounds
Berkeley
Cue and Stew for Red Cross Dinner at Rosemary Cafe
Joan Carras owner of the Rosemary Cafe will hold an annual barbecue and Brunswick stew dinner to benefit the Red Cross. The event is served Friday March 23 from 4 to 8 or 9 p.m. Proceeds go entirely to the Red Cross.
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Joan Carras
Rosemary Cafe
Red Cross Fund
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Halifax
Brothers
Ld Clothesampaign
Europe
Kitchen
P.T. A. Meeting
Civic Clubs Council
Miss Taylor
R. W. Stephenson
Allmond White
W. A. China
Lib Brown
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Wyche Land
Kelly Jenkins
I B. Ready
Red Cross
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