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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
6
A social worker questions why church members and active religious workers appear among hospital patients. She asks whether religion helps prevent insanity and whether ministers understand mental illness signs to aid parishioners. The piece urges ministers and citizens to consider religion’s role in mental health.
The article champions J. M. Broughton’s plan to remove sales tax on home food, arguing it offers realistic chances of passage and real relief to most citizens. Endorsements from the North Carolina Food Dealers Association and Dr. Ralph McDonald support his feasibility and impact on the state economy. Votes urged for May 25 as a path to tax relief.
A city the size of Roanoke Rapids without an airport faces growing travel costs as air travel gains popularity. The piece notes that small planes cost as much as cars and suggests several locals consider buying planes. It warns that landing fields will be scarce near the city, urging early action to convert land near city limits into an airport.
In loving remembrance my mother Lucie Jane Taylor wife of the late Marion DeKalb Norwood departed this life on Mothers Day eight years ago. The poem extols motherly virtues as intuition courage comfort sacrifice patience forgiveness and faith concluding with loving remembrance by her daughter Mrs. J. B. Moody Garysburg North Carolina.
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