Halifax County Zone Meeting Delivers Devotion and Reports
The Halifax County Zone held its spring meeting Friday at Roanoke Rapids Methodist Church with about 200 women attending. Mrs. R. C. Rives opened the session, speakers from Enfield Weldon Rosemary and others discussed youth work and conference highlights. The fall meeting will be at Rosemary Church.
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Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids
R. C. Rives
Enfield
J. R. Rives
Enfield Society
Luke
J. W. Harrell
Pierce Johnson
Weldon
Bethesday
Eden
Halifax
Hollister
Rosemary
Ebenezer
Smith's
Scotland Neck
Fred Johnson
Conway
Ralph Willey
The
Eden Society
Wilson
Rives
R. C. Gary
Wesleyan Guill
Henderson
Mildred Powell
Smith's Society
D. L. Fouts
Rocky Mount
Rosemary Church
Egbert Barnhill
Identical Twins Reunited Aboard War Transport
After twenty years apart the twin brothers Crawford and Lawford, identical in looks, are reunited aboard a transport ship. Both are now serving in the same unit, and a mistaken promotion briefly causes a comic mix up when one officer mistakes Lawford for Crawford. Strange wartime miscommunications persist.
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United States
Crawford
Lawford
Moseleys announce birth and death in Roanoke Rapids
Mr and Mrs Henry Moseley announce the birth of a son on May 10 and the death on May 13 at Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Miss Shirley Harrington spent Mother's Day in Ayden with her parents.
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Henry Moseley
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Shirley Harrington
Ayden
Paente
Textile workers seek wage increases approved by War Labor Board
Textile workers report the War Labor Board has authorized a general wage increase. They state an 5 cent per hour rise for all hourly rates and a 5 cent per hour equivalent for piece rates, effective 12 01 A M Monday May 22 1944.
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War Labor Board
Wright-Sanders Wedding in Roanoke Rapids
A quiet wedding took place last Wednesday morning May 10 at 9 30 in the Catholic Church Roanoke Rapids when Miss Laura Murl Wright of Atlanta Ga married John R Sanders of Roanoke Rapids The matron of honor was Mrs A M Boyd and the best man was A M Boyd Miss Wright attended schools in Atlanta and Newport News and works at the Navy Yard office Newport News He is a Roanoke Rapids High School class of 1940 graduate and will report to the armed services May 26 Also Ethel Pearson spent Mother's Day in Emporia with relatives.
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Peter M. Dengees
Roanoke Rapids
Laura Murl Wright
W. C. Wright
Atlanta, Ga
John R. Sanders
J. W. Sanders
A. M. Boyd
Zone Meeting Draws Out-of-Town Guests to Roanoke Rapids
At the Halifax Zone Meeting held at the First Methodist Church in Roanoke Rapids several out-of-town visitors were listed including Mrs J R Rives of Enfield Mrs Pierce Johnson of Weldon Mrs Fred Johnson of Conway Mrs Ralph Willey of Eden Mrs D L Fouts of Weldon and Mrs Caswell Shaw of Halifax along with Mrs Barnhill of Enfield.
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J. R. Rives
Enfield
Pierce Johnson
Weldon
Fred Johnson
Conway
Ralph Willey
Eden
D. L. Fouts
Caswell Shaw
Halifax
Barnhill
First Methodist Church
Roanoke Rapids
Woman's Society Holds Meeting at Halifax Baptist
The Halifax Baptist Woman's Missionary Society held its regular monthly meeting on May 7 with Mrs. Billie Page presiding. Sixteen members attended and guest Mrs. C. E. joined the gathering.
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Halifax
Hobgood speaker delivers talk on Friday China
Crawford of Hobgood gave an interesting talk titled Fri. China. The hostess served refreshments.
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Crawford
Hobgood
China
Pilot William Burton Arrives Safely in England
England bound pilot William R. Burton arrives home safely. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J R Burton of this city and his wife is the former Miss Mary Dickens.
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England
William R. Burton
J. R. Burton
Mary Dickens
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Halifax County Zone
United Again
Wright - Sanders
Iss Ethel Pearson
Emporia
White House
Kiddo
Rosemary Drug Company
Roanoke
Weldon Drug Store
R. M. Pope
Hamilton Street
North Carolina
Woman's Society
Brentwood
Ued
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