Urges Halifax Farmers to Grow More Cotton at Meeting
M G Mann of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative told Halifax County members the state mills consumed nearly four times its cotton output in 1938 39. He urged full allotments, promoted improved seed and boll weevil control, and noted diversification and livestock as vital to raise farm income.
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North Carolina
M. G. Mann
North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Halifax County
Cotton Association
Halifax
Georgia
Co-Operative
Mann
Kiwanis Minstrels Planned by Scotland Neck Club
The Kiwanis Club of Scotland Neck presents the Kiwanis Minstrels in the Scotland Neck school auditorium on Friday March 29 at 8 o clock. Proceeds fund glasses for underprivileged local students. The cast includes all club members with Miss Madeline Tripp directing rehearsals for an entertaining and charitable evening.
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Scotland Neck
Madeline Tripp
Memorial note for grandmother by Muriel Price
The granddaughter Muriel Faye Price aged 10 writes a memorial notice recalling her grandmother who passed away on April 9 1939. She says all sufferings are over and they will meet again in a beautiful home in the afterlife.
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Muriel Faye Price
Eight Centenarians Die In North Carolina In February
State Board of Health reports eight deaths of people aged 100 plus in February. The oldest, Mary Parks colored 112 from Wilkes county, froze to death. Others include Margaret Williams 108 Salisbury lobar pneumonia, Chaney Spell 106 Black Creek heart trouble, Squire James Odell 102 Mount Airy influenza, Edmund Short 102 Wilmington heart trouble, Flora Blanchard 103 Hertford unknown cause, William McCrary 101 Brevard old age, Henry Wilson Cabarrus 100 Washington county old age.
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State Board of Health
Division of Vital Statistics
R. T. Stimpson
Mary Parks
Wilkes County
Margaret Williams
Salisbury
Chaney Spell
Black Creek
Flora Blanchard
Hertford
Squire James Odell
Mount Airy
Edmund Short
Wilmington
William McCrary
Brevard
Henry Wilson Cabarrus
Washington County
Enfield Blues Chapter UDC Meet at Barnhill Home
Elsie Sharpe Barnhill hosted the Enfield Blues Chapter UDC gathering near Enfield. The program included flag salutes devotionals by Anne Whitehead a Garganeous and Strickland presentation and group discussion. North Carolina questions by Nelda Cooke a group sing of The Old North State with piano by Mrs H M Lynch refreshments served to members and sponsors.
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Elsie Sherpe Barnhill
Enfield Blues
U.D.C
Enfield
Anne Whitehead
Patria Garganeous
Shirley Strickland
North Carolina
Nelda Cooke
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Usd
Royal Baking CO
Bamby Bakers
Raleigh N. C
Rinso
Borax
L.W. Cheez-It Ib
Super Suds Large
Oxydol
Scott Tissue
Southern Manor Foods
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