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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
4
A price panel drive began Monday in Roanoke Rapids and Littleton under F J Hawley to survey about 22 stores. Ten staple items will be checked for selling and ceiling prices with a second check two weeks later. Violators may face Raleigh OPA action.
The Red Cross calls for donations through L S Neal War Fund Chairman Rev Gordon Price chapter chairman or Mrs J E McGee executive secretary. Mail checks to the three leaders for district credit. The campaign aims to close by week’s end if possible though the national drive continues through the month.
Miss Tommie Celestial Hodges 83 died Monday at her home in Northampton County where she was a lifelong resident. Survived by niece Sue Hall and nephew Emmitt Hall of Pleasant Hill. Funeral held Wednesday at 4 pm at home with Rev J E Garlington. Interment in family cemetery near the home. She was well known in Roanoke Rapids and the surrounding community.
The Sewing Club will meet with Mrs J Buck on Franklin Street March 20 at 7 30 PM.
Roanoke Rapids high school defeated Weldon 28 to 24 in the boys final, with K Tilley scoring 10 and L Davis 7. Littleton beat William R Davie for girls, 19 to 17, as trophy presentation by Principal J W Talley followed the finals.
Edward Scheidt of the Charlotte FBI said a March 8 meet of law enforcement officers honored Roanoke Rapids Chief of Police H. E. Dobbins for his cooperation with state and federal agencies. About 150 to 200 officers from Halifax Northampton Warren Vance Wilson Edgecombe Nash and Hertford counties attended. The conference shared valuable information on securing evidence and related topics.
Mrs. Dannyson reports her daughter and baby arrived safely in Crawford Nebraska to visit husband Sgt Claude M Inscoe who is now in a Nebraska hospital ill.
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