Roanoke Rapids School Board Election Set for Oct 7
Local citizens will vote at the high school next Tuesday to elect three members to the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Board of Trustees. Nine members serve staggered six year terms. registration opened Sept 26 with Will Nelson as registrar and closes Oct 4 at 5 PM.
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Roanoke Rapids
Board of Trustees
A. O. Pendleton
W. T. Hodges
F. D. Wilson
R. L. Towe
E. W. Eubank
W. L. Manning
EB. A. Tellega
Dr. Bahnson Weathers
William L. Medlin
Anniversary marks 15 years service for Miss Clem at Halifax Clerk
Miss Hattie Clement Read known as Clem observed her fifteenth year as an employee in the Halifax County Clerk of Court office. She has served as Deputy Clerk since 1927 and marked the milestone during a busy two week Superior Court civil session by working a bit harder.
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Hattie Clement Read
Superior Court
Halifax County
Clemmie
Clem
Didn't Work William Matthews Seeks Caution After Assault
William Matthews a 21 year old Weldon man attempted to mediate a fight and was struck on the head with a bottle. He required stitches at the local hospital for a scalp wound and could not identify his assailant.
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William Matthews
Weldon Negro
Matthews
Log Rollers In City At Bright Belt WOW Meeting
National Director Charles A. Hines of Greensboro was principal speaker at the Woodmen of the World Bright Belt Log Rolling Association gathering in the city last week. Mayor Kelly Jenkins of Roanoke Rapids welcomed about 250 attendees while D W Faircloth of Rocky Mount and J Exum Bellamy served as host. A large crowd filled the hall as they enjoyed brunswick stew and barbecue.
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Bright Belt Log Rolling Association
Woodmen of the World
Charles A. Hines
Greensboro
WOW
Hines
Kelly Jenkins
Roanoke Rapids
D. W. Faircloth
Rocky Mount
J. Exum Bellamy
High School Lunch Room Opens Sponsored by PTA
The new lunch room at the high school, opened last week, is run by the PTA with help from the PWA and Woman's Club funds from the Community Chest. Evelyn Tillman supervises. Mertie Faison heads the kitchen with Lizzie Cooke Tudor Annie L. Lee and Evelyn D. Lysley as staff. NYA girls Ruth Spence Mildred Barret and Olelia Britt assist. Each lunch includes soup fruit juice a sandwich and dessert, with paid 10 cents for some and free lunches funded by the PTA and clubs.
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PTA
Community Chest
PWA
Woman's Club
Evelyn Tillman
Mertie Faison
Lizzie Cooke Tudor
Annie L. Lee
Evelyn D. Lysley
NYA
Ruth Spence
Mildred Barret
Olelia Britt
Sudden death ends Scotland Neck man on Halifax trip
Carl Fitzpatrick of Scotland Neck collapsed at Bass filling station near Halifax today, apparently from a heart attack. He was about 35, traveling with B G Dobson of Greensboro and Mr Alston of Atlanta to see Wade Dickens about a claim against the telegraph company. Coroner Cooper said no inquest. Survived by his mother and sister Lossie Fitzpatrick.
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Carl Fitzpatrick
Scotland
Bass
Halifax
Fitzpatrick
B. G. Dobson
Greensboro
Western Union
Wade Dickens
County Recorder’s Court
Alston
Atlanta, Ga
Scotland Neck
T. M. Cooper
Enfield
Lossie Fitzpatrick
No Stranger-Judge Johnson Was Ball Player For City
Judge Jeff D. Johnson Jr. arrived in Halifax to preside over a two week term of Superior Court. He recalled fondly his early life in Clinton and his 1926 law practice, and he spoke warmly of Roanoke Rapids as part of Halifax County where he once played ball.
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Judge Johnson
Jeff D. Johnson Jr
Halifax
Superior Court
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids
State Auto Tags Arrive for Sale in Roanoke Rapids
Four thousand 1942 North Carolina license plates have arrived at the Carolina Motor Club branch in the Municipal Building Roanoke Rapids and go on sale December 1. Mrs Ruby Wood Mincher the branch manager said 6063 plates were sold for autos trucks trailers and motorcycles this year. City tags return to metal with black numerals on yellow background.
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North Carolina
The
Carolina Motor Club
Ruby Wood Mincher
Dorothy Shearin
Roanoke Rapids
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