Doyle Dobbins Relates Panama to California Journey Notes
Doyle Dobbins son of Chief and Mrs H E Dobbins of this city writes home about leaving New York in mid September for Hawaii. He travels via the Panama Canal and San Francisco describing Balboa’s rough streets and marijuana trade, Panama Canal locks, island scenery, and later San Francisco Exposition and Golden Gate landmarks. A sailor fell overboard near September 30, and the party plans six weeks in San Francisco before Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Dobbins
H. E. Dobbins
New York
Hawaii
Pacific Islands
Panama
Cuba
San Salvadore
Columbus
Caribbean
Panama Canal Zone
Balboa
Barbary Coast
U. S
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Alcatraz
Oakland
Angel Island
Exposition
Golden Gate Bridge
Doyle
Local Draft Draw Names Three Men from Roanoke Rapids Area
Clanton Faulcon 21 and Ernest Lee Brown 23, both with numbers 158 and 192, and Walter Jones 31, were drawn in a local draft board. Jones worked at Roanoke Mills No. 1 while Faulcon held order No. 1 and Brown at Patterson Mills. All reside on RFD 3, Roanoke Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clanton Faulcon
Ernest Lee Brown
Stimson
Morgenthau
Walter Jones
Jones
Roanoke Mills
Faulcon
Patterson Mills Company
Brown
Patterson Mills
RFD
Roanoke Rapids
Party Honors Mrs. Tom Taylor at Oct 25 Shower
Mrs. Robert Edwards hosted a small party and shower Friday evening October 25 at her home. Guests played bingo and games and enjoyed cakes mints peanuts and lemonade. Gifts were presented to the recent bride Mrs. Tom Taylor and she offered thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Edwards
Tom Taylor
City Opens Fifth and Tenth Streets After Summer Work
Traffic was allowed on Fifth and Tenth Streets last Friday night after a long summer project. The completion came early Friday morning and city engineers announced the work was finished.
WPA Cross Streets Paving Opens As Work Pauses
H B Christie closed streets to protect the surface while Jackson to the west city limits receives paving. About 13 blocks remain as WPA Cross Streets work is paused until spring for armory projects and tar pours require hot weather.
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H. B. Christie
Jackson
Town Talk notes visits and weekends across Virginia and North Carolina
Local notes list frequent visitors and weekend trips including E L Crowder and family in Buena Vista neighbors in Portsmouth Emporia and Raleigh. Raymonds and Harris families join trips to Chapel Hill Raleigh and Danville while others tour Luray Caverns and Sky Line Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Hart
Emporia
G. R. Jones
Will Thorne
Mamie Faye Jernigan
Chapel Hill
J. E. Sears
Enfield
D. A. Hudson
Mildred Burton
Margaret Burton
Sarah McNeil
Lois Batts
Lottie Allen
Raleigh
Godwin
C. O. Ferguson
John Justice
Neta Duke
Thomas
Jackson
W. E. Lane
Norman Hudgins
Concord
Lonnie Williams
Evelyn Johnson
Elizabeth Wilson
Virginia Belle Harris
Hilda Hines
Hattie Humphries
Sky Line Drive
Luray Caverns
Also Mentioned on This Page
California
Mesdames
Buck Taylor
Dorothy Wood
Evelyn Lee
Grace Hudson
Bill Peede
Jarvis Taylor
E. L. Crowder
Buena Vista
W. R. Teele
J. H. Davenport
Portsmouth
Edward Humphreys
Sadie
Edna Merritt
Hopewell, Va
Mount Pleasant
Rev
Billy Neal
Theron Harris
Clarence Byrd
Walter Kendricks
M. C. Mosely
Wake Forest
Richard Collins
105Th Medical Car Regiment
Fort Jackson
Columbia
S. C
C. A. Dickens
Edith Moody
Irvin Dickens
Wilton Dickens
Duke-Wake Forest
Chevrolet
Fisher
Kay
Tri-City Motor Company, Inc
Roanoke Ave
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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