Halifax Grand Jury Report to Judge Burgwyn in 1944
Halifax County Grand Jury led by JL Manning reports on bills, jail and court conditions, county hospital and farm safety issues. They recommend improved farm equipment storage and a new bull barn, note good prison camp Sanitary conditions, and praise state highway patrol for inspecting school buses and buildings. They attach guardians, justice, and audit lists and indicate plans for a witness stand railing and a prisoners cage in the courtroom with funding approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax County
Halifax
C. E. Thompson
Grand Jury
J. C. Long
State Highway Patrol
Long
H. W. Rothrock
Arthur Fields
Iage
W. C. Best
Superior Court
Board of County Commissioners
Coburn Goes To Camp Perry With Family Support
Clarence Coburn A S left last week for Camp Perry after staying here with his wife Velma Clark and parents Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Coburn. V S Parrish of Washington spent a week here with his family. his wife is Alice Kinker of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Clarence Coburn
A/S
Camp Perry
Velma Clark
F. M. Coburn
V. S. Parrish
Washington, D. C
Alice Kinker
Lynch Joins Ninth Air Force Service Unit In France
Corporal Lawford W. Lynch of 1028 Cedar Street Roanoke Rapids is a member of the Ninth Air Force Service Command in France. The unit, under Lt Colonel Ray Fisher, moves heavy equipment from the United Kingdom to sustain Havoc missions toward the Reich as allied ground forces advance toward Germany.
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Germany
Ninth Air Force
France
Ninth Air Force Service Command
Ray Fisher
Kansas City
United Kingdom
Reich
Lawford W. Lynch
Cedar Street
Roanoke Rapids
Europe
Visiting Parents Seaman 2c McDowell at Home after Camp Peary
Seaman second class Virgil E. McDowell Jr. is at his parents home at 908 Monroe Street for ten days. He has completed a 12 week training period at Camp Peary in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman
Virgil E. McDowell, Jr
V. E. McDowell
Monroe Street
Camp Peary
Hasty Visiting Richmond Home for Ten Days
Louis Bailey Hasty of the University of Richmond Virginia is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs L R Hasty for ten days. Mesdames A O George Norris Hannon T M Jenkins P A Conk Rhod Wood and B Marshall White Hurst attended the Rocky Mount Division of the Woman's Missionary Union held at the First Baptist Church in Tarboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Bailey Hasty
University of Richmond
Richmond, Va
Mrs. L. R. Hasty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Burgwyn Thursd
Caribbean
W. A. Taylor & Company
U.S. A
New York City
Lynch
Mesdames
A. O. George, Norris
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Association
South
Seaboard Railway
Southland
Norfolk 10
Virginia
Waribonds
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