President Calls for Registering Men Reaching 21
Washington May 26 Approximately 1 000 000 young men who have become 21 since October 16 or will reach that age in five weeks were ordered by President Roosevelt to register on July 1 for possible military training. Registration will be by the Selective Service System's 8 500 boards nationwide with a national lottery to determine order.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Selective Service System
Ntional Defense
United States
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Vera Picot Draper Wed Paul Claytor Draper in Durham
Mrs. Mattie Cutchin Bobbitt of Seaboard announces the marriage of her daughter Vera Picot to Paul Claytor Draper. The ceremony took place Friday May 9 1941 at Grace Baptist Church Durham with reception at the Draper home in Halifax.
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Mattie Cutchin Bobbitt
Seaboard
Vera Picot
Paul Claytor Draper
Grace Baptist Church
Durham
Halifax
Bell Funeral Held In City
Herbert Sheriff Bell longtime Halifax deputy and Roanoke Mills watchman died from a heart attack age 64. Funeral held at 3 p m Saturday at the Baptist Church with interment in Cedarwood Cemetery. Surviving are his second wife five sons and five daughters with several sisters.
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Herbert
Bell
Baptist Church
Gordon Price
Daniel Lane
Cedarwood Cemetery
Halifax County
Roanoke Mills
M. D. Collier
F. M. Coburn
S. P. Haris
E. R. Kidd
A. O. Pendleton
Julian R. Allsbrook
Alice Bell
Jack
Julian
Herbert Bell
Roanoke Rapids
Bill Bell
Fort Bragg
Noah Bell
Panama Zone
Merle
Ruth
Bessie Bell
Margaret Powell
Hampton, Va
Elizabeth Strickland
Hobgood
T. M. Jenkins
A. G. Harris
Fairfield
R. B. Ga
State Conducting Grain Variety Tests In County
Small grain growers are invited to visit the State Extension plots on Willie B Williams farm three miles northwest of Enfield on McDaniel Road. Over the next two weeks 11 grain varieties will be observed including wheat Redhart Carala Purple Straw Leap s 57 oats Fulgrain Lee 5 Fulghun Norton barley Davidson 15 Randolph 68 Iredell 23. D J Knight Negro County Agent notes the tests compare disease drought and insect resistance under local conditions. John W Goodman and EB Blair recommended the demonstration. it is supervised by D J Knight.
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Willie B. Williams
Enfield
McDaniel Road
Redhart
Lee
Norton
Davidson
Randolph
Iredell
D. J. Knight
Negro County
John W. Goodman
EB. C. Blair
Grain Harvest Meeting Details Incoming
Grain harvest update noted. Detail information will be provided at the upcoming meeting.
Mrs Lamah Woodruff Buried At Barley Virginia
Funeral services for Mrs Lamah Woodruff 75 were held at Ebenezer Methodist Church near Barley Virginia with burial in the church cemetery. She died at her home near Emporia after years of declining health. Surviving are four daughters and five sons.
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Lamah Woodruff
Ebenezer Methodist Church
Barley
Virginia
Wagner
Woodruff
Halifax County
Emporia
Faces Traffic Liquor Charges In County Court
Arthur Goins was brought from Alexandria Virginia to Roanoke Rapids to face charges of transporting and possessing whiskey careless and reckless driving and speeding He waived his hearing before the Mayor's Court and was sent to Halifax for trial in Recorder's Court
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Arthur Goins
Roanoke Rapids
Alexandria
Goins
J. R. Adams
Halifax
Recorder’s Court
Wheeless of Franklin Weekend Guest of Williams
R. E. L. Wheeless of Franklin, Virginia, was the weekend guest of Mrs. W. C. Williams.
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R. E. L. Wheeless
Franklin, Va
W. C. Williams
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Draper - Bobbitt
John Tudor
Atlas Tudor
Lamah Williams
Lee Norwood
Russell
Robert
William
Walter Woodruff
Ralph Woodruff
Deep Creek
Sparkle
Re Een
Coca-Cola Company
Weldon Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
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