Births and local notices fill Up and Down the Avenue
The column reports the birth of Barbara Rochelle Williams on October 31 1934 at 7 pounds 12 ounces and notes mother and child are healthy. It lists Central School P T A meeting details and attendance encouragement. It mentions recent honors for Mrs I R Manning and Mrs Alfred Thorne from a King’s Daughters meeting in Durham NC. It updates George Tyler’s improving condition after an auto accident and offers sympathy for Mrs Bynum's bereavement. It announces a Turkey Supper membership contest between Christian church classes ending December 22 with the prize for the winning class. It notes Mrs Graham Lynch’s serious condition following the birth of a son October 19.
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Elmer S. Williams
Barbara Rochelle
Graham Lynch
Officials Speak to Employes Roanoke Mills
About 2,500 mill workers in Roanoke Rapids told officials they would not strike on Monday. Patterson Mills Co. manager F. C. Williams praised the overwhelming show of work readiness from 575 attendees who answered that they would report for duty. Similar meetings occurred at Roanoke No. 1 with S. T. Peace addressing workers.
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Miss
F. C. Williams
Patterson Mills Co
Roanoke No. 1
S. T. Peace
Armistice Day Plans for Halifax County Legion
Halifax County American Legion members join Northampton Post for an all day Armistice Day celebration at Rich Square on Monday November 12 General McCloskey Fort Bragg will be principal speaker All Halifax County Post members urged to attend public invited Armistice Day services for Weldon and Roanoke Rapids veterans at Weldon Methodist Church 11 a m Sunday November 11 All veterans invited
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Halifax County
American Legion
Northampton
Rich Square
McCloskey
Fort Bragg
Legion
Weldon
Roanoke Rapids
Weldon Methodist Church
Hearing Postponed In Jackson Contempt Proceedings
The show cause proceedings before Judge Small in Jackson were postponed one week on motion by the attorneys of Dr. T. W. Qu. Wong. Eight local textile workers were notified to appear to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt after attempting to band together to seek release from a medical contract they signed.
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Qu. Wong
Kerr to Speak at Roanoke Rapids Democratic Rally
A county wide rally in Roanoke Rapids Saturday night features Congressman John H. Kerr as principal speaker. The event at the High School auditorium 8:00 PM is organized by the Democratic County Executive Committee and the Young Democratic Club of Halifax County with all Democratic nominees invited to attend.
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Roanoke Rapids
John H. Kerr
Democratic County Executive Committee
Young Democratic Club
Halifax County
John Martin
Charities Drive Underway in Roanoke Rapids
The annual drive for the Associated Charities of Roanoke Rapids is under way led by Reverend J. N. Bynum. About a score of workers call on residents for cash and pledge donations. Last year the drive raised over a thousand dollars with many pledging monthly drafts.
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Associated Charities of
Roanoke Rapids
J. N. Bynum
Scratching Rumors Persist in Roanoke Rapids Election
In Halifax County locals fear a surge in Democratic votes may occur despite no apparent opposition. Rumors of scratching persist as voters are urged to support all Democratic nominees on the straight ticket for Congress John H. Kerr Judge R Hunt Parker Solicitor W H S Burgwyn Julian R Allsbrook State Senator W H Thorne L W Leggett and others Leoni das Hux Meade H Mitchell T M Cooper Sheriff G H Johnson Coroner J H Wrenn N W Warren W J Collier Waldo Whittaker Marcus Perry. State Chairman Wallace Winborne leads the push to unify the party ahead of next Tuesday’s general election in Roanoke Rapids.
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Altho
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
Halifax
Congress
John H. Kerr
Superior Court
R. Hunt Parker
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Julian R. Allsbrook
W. H. Thorne
L. W. Leggett
House of Representatives
G. H. Johnson
Leonidas Hux
Meade H. Mitchell
T. M. Cooper
J. H
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Central School
I. R. Manning
Alfred Thorne
King’s Daughters
Durham
N. C
Manning
Thorne
George Tyler
The
Christian Church
Roanoke
Rapids
W. H. Turner
8Th and
Vance Streets
Turner
China
Greenville
D. C
T. W
Kerr
Associated Charities
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