Roanoke Ramblings and Local Notes From Milton Wick
Mil ton Wick recounts the Willis family tragedy and recovery after a child is momentarily struck by a car. The Rosemary School May Day festival is announced with details of the program and music director Mrs Helen Smith. Other items include Frank Salters earning free meals after a hockey win and notices on subscriptions, Paul Matthews forming Matthews and Sickles in Washington DC with teaching duties and military service.
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Losemary
Rosemary School
Rosemar
Helen Smith
Paul Matthews
Certified Public Accountant's ‘Board
Washington, D. C
Matthews and Sickles
Strayers College
321St
Army Air Forces
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Matthews
George Pappendick
Tda Johnson Matthews
Roanoke Rapids
Registration Fall Nursing Class Starts
Roanoke Rapids Hospital School of Nursing announces fall class registration. Director Mrs. FLL Stark urges high school girls to enter nursing, noting better pay, shorter hours, and diverse fields. The three year program leads to RN and possibly a Bachelor of Science. includes room, board, uniforms, and texts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fll. Stark
Roanoke Rapids Hospital School of Nursing
Former Resident Suffers Fire Loss
Doyle Dobbins son of Mr and Mrs H E Dobbins long time radio station official in Haskell Texas suffered the loss of his household contents in a recent fire. He had been living in Texas and was married but had recently lost his job with the radio station.
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Doyle Dobbins
H. E. Dobbins
Haskell
Tex
Bis
Dobbing
Texan
Dobbins
Radio
Knotts Living In Yokohama With Family in Japan
Mrs. A. W. Knott formerly Misa Miriam Smith and her two year old son Billy arrived in Yokohama on February 7 to join Capt. Knott. They live about thirty miles from Yokohama while new American houses near completion. The family notes travel by jeep is slow, the boy picks up Japanese, and gifts arrive for Gail from the local pianist and other neighbors. Both teach Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Knott
Misa Miriam Smith
J. W. Smith
Madison Street
Japan
Gtr
Knotts
Yokohamu
Yoko
Froma
America
Gail
Retirement plan offered by Roanoke Patterson and Rosemary mills
More than 2,800 local textile workers become eligible for a voluntary contributory retirement plan effective today. The plan features employee contributions, company support, and integration with Social Security, with normal retirement at 65 and earlier retirement for older workers.
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Roanoke, Patterson and
Rosemary Mills
New York
Simmons Co
Local Red Cross Campaign Goes Over the Top in Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids residents have contributed 7800.00 toward the Red Cross campaign fund, surpassing a 6120.00 quota. James W. Sears praises community support as about twenty five young people attend a Baptist Training Union convention in Tarboro, with Rosemary Church and Stony Creek Choirs earning regional honors for upcoming Ridgecrest events.
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Red Cross
Roanoke Rapids
James W. Sears
Rosemary Baptist Church
Htt Daing Union
Tarboro
Neuse
Atlantic
Roanoke
Ruth Mahaffey
Faye Blowe
Rosemary Church
Baptist Training Union Assembly
Ridgeforest
Sibil Wood
Ridgecrest
Stony Creek
Gambers Plead Guilty as Hal fixers face fines and a truck lease plan
Indicted gamblers at a Rosnake area cabin near Enfield pleaded guilty in Halifax Superior Court. Judge Henry Stevens fined Willie Herbert $100 and others $250 each after testimony of a poker game with alcohol. The report also describes Halifax Paper Company new lease sale truck program to help pulpwood producers buy trucks under a credit plan guided by E P Adams and staff.
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Enfield
Willie Herbert
Halifax
Henry Stevens
Herbert
Tom Ellen
J. B. Davis
Frank Newsom
J. F. White
Owen Bellamy
Egb
Rostoke Rapids
Orcs
Halifax Paper Company, Inc
Halfax Paper Company
E.P. Adams
Halifax Paper Company
R. L. Dickens
Yeasenale
Calvin
Kennemar
J. E. Mansteller
George Hayes
Wood Department
Chest Shows Deficit in Roanoke Rapids Community Chest 1946
The Roanoke Rapids Community Chest reports a deficit of $1.07 for 1946 according to the operating statement released today by treasurer L. G. Shell Jr. The statement details receipts including 1946 budget collections and interest.
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Roanoke Rapids
L. G. Shell, Jr
Roanoke Rapids Glee Club Plans May Concert
The Roanoke Rapids High School Glee Club will present its first major concert of the year on May 8 at 8 p.m. in the High School auditorium under Ray Finley. The program features The Lost Chord By the Waters of Minnetonka The Donkey Serenade and Malotte's Lord's Prayer. Silas Baggett will sing two songs and a trio of girls Louise Burke Ruby Blowe and Syretha Inscoe will perform a group of songs.
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Roanoke Rapids High School Glee Club
Ray Finley
Glee Club
Minnetonka
Malotte
Silas Baggett
Still Captured In Gaston Township
A fragmentary report notes a capture in Gaston township with a torch burner. It mentions individuals including Bheritt Clyde Stephen Northampton county, a Chiat of Palloe, Helipashke of Jackson, and Constable J. J. Dinos. Four barrels of mash were confiscated and a man named Lashley, described as a negro, was arrested.
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Fit
Gaston Township
Bheritt
Clyde Stephen
Northampton County
Chiat
Palloe
Helipashke
Jackson
J. J. Dinos
Lashley
Wan
Sastagoe
Gat Cone
Three Businesses Break-In At Halifax Night Before 9
Three Halifax businesses the P T Nethery service station Oasis Service Station run by Buck Millikin and Halifax Mercantile Company owned by L P Millikin were robbed last Tuesday night before 9 o clock. Windows were broken entry gained with thieves seeking money only small amounts taken from each site plus flour cigarettes and handy items from Johnny White head noted in the week. Sheriff leads investigation into the break-ins.
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Halifax
P. T. Nethery
Oasis
Buck Millikin
Halifax Mercantile Company
L. P. Millikin
Citizens Kicking On Auto Parking At Ball Games
Police report numerous complaints about cars blocking driveways and crowding yards near Wade Hall Park during ball games. Chief Davis urges attendees to use designated spaces and obey traffic signals, noting ample parking is available at the park.
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Police Department
Wade Hall Park
Davis
Chilf
Negro Woman Shoots Husband in Quarrel at Home
Ethel Branch, a black woman, fired five times at Edison Branch near Garysburg after a late quarrel. The fifth shot struck his stomach and bladder, wounding him seriously. he is treated at Roanoke Rapids Hospital with a chance of recovery. She is jailed pending his condition.
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Ethel Branch
Edison Branch
Garysburg
Edison
Roanoke Rapids
Effort Made to Enter Cobb's Grocery and Imperial Theatre
Police report an attempt to break into Cobb's grocery on Tenth Street last Tuesday night. People foiled the back-door pry attempt, and the Imperial Theatre front door glass was broken, possibly by accident or by someone inside after the last show. investigation continues.
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Cobb's
Tenth Street
Imperial Theatre
Roanoke Rapids High School Band Concert Scheduled
The Roanoke Rapids High School Band will present its annual spring concert in the high school auditorium next Monday at 8 PM. The program features varied music including overtures chorales by Bach and Beethoven marches novelties and selections. Mary Speight and Neal Allabrook will sing songs from the popular musical comedy.
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Roanoke Rapids
Bach
Beethoven
Mary Speight
Neal Allabrook
Finis
City Election Next Tuesday To Choose Mayor And Six Commissioners
The city votes next Tuesday for a mayor and three commissioners from each of two wards. Polls open and close at 6:30 p m. Two candidates vie for mayor for the next two years and eleven men run for the six commissioner seats under the new General Assembly election law.
Local Boys Enlist In Navy Reserve
Local men from Roanoke Rapids enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve for inactive duty. Names include Kenneth M. Knight Lewin M. Smith William L. Tripps Julian Glover Donald J. Bridgman Nicaon L. Linwood William L. James Grady W. Keeter James W. Cannon and others from the community.
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United States Naval Reserve
Kenneth M. Knight
Lewin M.smith
William L. Tripps
Julian Glover
Donald J. Bridgman
Nicaon L. Linwood
William L. James
Grady W. Keeter
James W. Cannon
Roanoke Rapids
Dan
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Herald
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Jays
Greenville
Croatan Cafe
T. G. Kimbrough
Coral Gables
Florida
R. A. Rogers
Kimbrough
Starke
Roanoke. Rapids
Yokohama
Ater
Mills
Todd
George Colon Todd
Stevens
Larry Cox
White
Cox
Leo Burton
Zack McDonald
Ernest W. Callan
Burton
McDonald
Ernest Callahan
Archie Hurshey
Roger Allen
Weldon
Casey Turner
Scotland Neck
John ‘Thomas, Jr
James T. Adams
James Arthur Wilkins
Adams
Wilkins
Board of Directors
Mr. Sears
Southern Baptist Convention
R Ridgecrest
Statewing Union
Frank C. Williams
Roanoke Mills Company
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Mills Company
Rosemary
H. S. Loy
Rosemary Manufacturing Co
J. H. Mayfield
Roanoke Mills
C.A. Irby
Symphony
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Swahn
Music Club
W. A. China
Mra. Swalin
Ros
Sefibor Ean Book Fund
Associated Charities
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Roanoke’ Rapids
United War Fund
P.T. A
Vance St
PT. A
Vance Street School
J. C Hoyle
Navy Reserve
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