Large group of Roanoke Rapids men called for army
Twenty four young white men from Halifax County Draft Board No 1 are set to leave Roanoke Rapids Monday October 6 by 3 15 am bus for Fort Bragg for induction. The group includes four volunteers led by Julian Willis Johnson and others from Roanoke Rapids Weldon Rocky Mount and Newport News with several from Baltimore and Norfolk. An attendant Lola Mason and assistants are noted and a follow up meeting is planned in Rocky Mount in April. Mrs S M Brickell remains in Park View Hospital recovering from recent surgery.
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Halifax County Draft Board No. 1
Roanoke Rapids
Fort Bragg
Julian Willis Johnson
Wesley Britton Draper
Fayetteville
James Franklin Coltrain
Williamston
Milton Eilis Copeland
Rocky Mount
Thomas Ashby Cooper, Jr
Weldon
Ralph Lenard Langston
Henderson
Otha Edward Reynolds
James William Vaughn
Woodrow Wilson Wright
Oscar Montgomery
Lola Mason
Bessie Lee
Ada Jones
Inner-Sentinel
Julia Briley
Circeith the Woodmen
W.O.W. Hall
S. M. Brickell
Parkview Hospital
Fifteen Men Named for Army Induction
The Enfield Local Board Number 2 Halifax County has selected fifteen men for Army induction. They are to depart about 8 a.m. October 6, 1941, for Fort Bragg. Names include Fletcher Harrison Gregory Jr of Halifax and Joseph Roger Hawkins of Roanoke Rapids among others.
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Enfield
Halifax County
Fort Bragg
Fletcher Harrison Gregory, Jr
Halifax
Joseph Roger Hawkins
Roanoke Rapids
Warren Thomas Thompson
Scotland Neck
Emmett Harrell Spivey
Tillery
Vernon Rudolph Paramore
William Curtis Bozard
James Benton Porter
Essex
Roscoe Pritchard Beavers
Nathan Elwood Gaither
Hiram Austin Weeks
Clifton McRae Hux
Littleton
Thomas Egerton Bowers
James Dunn Elmore
Scotland
Russel Lee Joyner
Whitakers
Robert Edwin Bynum
W O W Circle Elects District Officers Here
Poplar Grove No 63 Woodmen Circle of Roanoke Rapids hosted Circle members from northeastern North Carolina to organize a district. State manager Miss Blanche Eakin presided with Mrs Nina Gay past state president and Mrs Julia Briley state auditor present. District officers elected include Nina Gay Rocky Mount president and Naomi Best Rocky Mount secretary.
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Poplar Grove
Woodmen Circle
Roanoke Rapids
Blanché ‘Akin
Nina Gay
Rocky Mount
Julia Briley
Mable R. Hale
Littleton
Margaret Hudson
Naomi Best
D. W. McPherson
Hunt's Circus Comes to Roanoke Rapids for One Day
Hunt's Circus, on its 49th annual tour, performs in Roanoke Rapids this Saturday October 4 with two shows at 2 PM and 8 PM on the Weldon Roanoke Rapids road circus lot just outside town. The motorized show boasts air conditioned tents and trained horses and ponies. Also notes social visits from Mrs. Claude Keene in Raleigh and Miss Doris Edwards in Washington D C with a Littleton party including Jimmy Threewitts.
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Hunt
Roanoke Rapids
Weldon
Hunt's Circus
Washington
Doris Edwards
Washington, D. C
Littleton
Jimmy Threewitts
Capital accounts and bank capital figures listed
Capital accounts show surplus and reserves with retirement account for preferred capital. Bank capital comprises capital notes and debentures valued at 25 000 dollars, second preferred stock par value unknown, retirable value unknown, and common stock par value 25 000 dollars. Total line reads 194 175.76 minus 46 332 385. Directors listed are J. L. Suiter D. Wilson M. C. Newsom D. L. Traynham.
Trueblood Speaks at Littleton Lions Club Event
District Lions Governor Norman Trueblood was the guest speaker for an entertainment at Littleton High School faculty. Lion Pippen gave the welcome and Principal Eason replied for the faculty. Dinner was served by Calvary Church women. Lewis Bailey Hasty of Wilmington visited his parents over the weekend.
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Lions
Norman Trueblood
Littleton Lions Club
Littleton High School
Lion Pippen
Eason
Ladies of Calvary Church
Lewis Bailey Hasty
Wilmington
Mrs
Lewis Hasty
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.O.W. Circle
Claude Keene
Raleigh
Miss Marjorie Keene
Roanoke Bank and Trust Company
North Carolina
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S
H. E. Lee
W. L. Manning, W. A. Thorne, Julian R. Allsbrook
State of
Nellie G. Bridgman
Total Capital Accounts
I. J. L. Sutter
J. L. Suiter
D. Wilson
M. C. Newsom
D. L. Traynham
Evelyn B. Traynham
Trueblood
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