Negro Shooting and Fatal Car Crashes Reported
One Black man was killed and another wounded by local officers during a pursuit after a fatal shooting in Mitchell’s windmill area. Roosevelt Williams died from shotgun injuries after an argument over Jeffers’ wife. Willie Jeffers was wounded while fleeing and later under guard. Auto accidents injured four more Black residents, including Archie Silver who died after being hit by a car near Essex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Jeffers
Roosevelt Williams
Mitchell’s Win Raill
Jeffers
Willie Williams
C. F. Gray
J. C. Matthews
W. M. Erwin
Roosevelt
Wilie
Archie Silver
W. ©. Myrick, Jr
Essex
Marshall Mason
Seaboard
Enfield Officers Elected And Social Calendar Notes
Enfield reports officers elected for the Baptist Ladies Aid Society with Mrs. L. L. Allen as president and a list of officers for the coming year. Other items include the Evening Bridge Club hosted by Miss Sallie Dickens, a shower for Mrs. E. D. McAndrews, and news of Navy Ensign Sam W. Pope earning his wings. Also noted are Cadet Don Tolbert Evans on the honor roll, Ensign James Hunter’s return to Jacksonville, and a Philathea Class meeting at Mrs. Leonard’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Herman
Frank Branch
Edwin Branch
E. J. Anderson
E. L. Mizzelle
Annie Mae Sherrod
Baptist Ladies Aid Society
Herman
L. L. Allen
James Gray
H. L. Kendall
J. B. Britt
Harry Branch
A. M. Atkinson
William Dickens
R. Hunter Pope
Virginia Branch
Holt Evans
A. C. Nichols, Jr
Sallie Dickens
Evening Bridge Club
Annie Mae‘ Sherrod
R. C. Dunn
R. T. Beal
Sam Arrington Dunn
D. Mac Johnson
J. F. White
P. W. Joyner
Delia Batchelor
Joe Edwards
S. W. Dickens
A. S. Harrison
W. N. Sherrod
E. D. McAndrews
Josephine Mercer
Harold Burrows
A. F. Lauder
M. W. Gardner
Raleigh
Bobby Bell
Mavy
Sam W. Pope
Enfield
U. S. Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Naval Reserve
Don Tolbert Evans
J. Holt Evans
Fishburne Military School
Waynesboro
Young Evans
Ensign
Walker F. Hunter
James Hunter
U. S. Navy Air Corps
Uncle Sam
Jeff Leonard
Iva King
Baptist Sunday School
Ella Johnson
Louis Sister to Attend Style Show at Local High School
Bulsha H Louis sister of heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis will appear at John Armstrong Chaloner High School for Negroes tomorrow night at 8. An elaborate fashion show accompanies her visit under a committee fundraiser for a new school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulsha H
Louis
Joe Louis
John Armstrong Chaloner High School
Thanksgiving Contest Winners At Club Meeting
Committees reported and the regular business routine was dispatched during the session. During the social hour a Thanksgiving contest awarded prizes to Mrs. A. C. Nichols Jr and Mrs. Luther Ransone. Eighteen members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Nichols, Jr
Luther Ransone
National Art Week promotes American home art sales
National Art Week in America runs next week with the motto American Art from American Homes. Across the country artists and craftsmen will exhibit and sell works in public venues, including Greenville’s WPA Gallery at Sheppard Memorial Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Greenville
WPA
Sheppard Memorial Library
J. H. B. Moore
Eastern Carolina
P. T. A. Meeting at Clara Hearne School
The P T A at Clara Hearne School will meet on Tuesday November 18 with Miss French Boyd state nutritionist as speaker. Attendees are urged to attend. Miss Boyd’s services were arranged by Dr Robert F. Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Hearne
French Boyd
Boyd
Robert F. Young
Also Mentioned on This Page
Negro
Gaston
Dennis Williams
Route 1
Jesse Williams
Clarence Powell
Roanoke Rapids
General Delivery
Annie Pope
Elsie Kimball
Leonadus Hux
Sarah Pope
Paul Condrey
Bennie Bobbitt
John Q. Hofler
Fletcher Hayes
Mary Mac Clark
Frances Hofler
Corrine Hofler
R. W. Baugham
Marjorie Dickens
Grace Person
Catherine Parker
Clyde Winstead
Alice Virginia Mc Cutchin
William Pope
A. H. Hardison
Red Bishop
T. W. Gray
N. M. Mc Cutchin
Stella Branch
Anne Boyd Whitaker
Mary Shaw
Becky Cole
Ernestine Bellamy
Pope
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Jacksonville Center
U. S. Navy
Enfield High School
N. C. State College
National Art Week
W. C. McCanless
Brasington Studio
DIAL
Kodak
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