Youths Found Not Guilty Of Charge In Local Robbery Case
Three local young white men charged with robbing Butler of about 100 dollars while he slept were found not guilty in mayor court and the case dismissed for lack of probable cause. Butler had sworn out a warrant naming Ed Moseley Jerry Page Crew and Alvin Warwick whom he said robbed him at a barbe cue stand and later at a ball park after they left to sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Butler
Butler
Ed Moseley
Jerry Page Crew
Alvin Warwick
Initiation and Safety Efforts Highlight Gaston FFA News
The Gaston FFA chapter began new member activities on September 22 with officers elected: Russell Burnette president Joseph Lucy vice president D C Jordan secretary J C Justice treasurer Ryland Shaw reporter. School patrols named to enforce safety on buses and routes. A Safety Driving course will start soon. The Junior Senior 4 H Club met September 25 to review business and a cotton contest is underway. The second grade class presented a chapel with songs prayers and poems led by John Bernard Rook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Russel Burnette
Joseph Lucy
D. C. Jordan
J. C. Justice
Ryland Shaw
Pauline Rook
Wiley Coker
Rachel Allen
Catherine Burnette
Graham Camp
Irene Acree
Gerald Boulden
Lorraine Hayes
George Roderhick
Olive Seawell
John Bernard Rook
Town Talk: Social Visits Across Cities
Forest Porter spent the week end in Gasburg while J J Brooks stayed in Richmond. Several guests from Norfolk Portsmouth and Elizabeth City visited here over the week end including Miss Mildred Ray Grant and Miss Mary Louise Ray. Mrs L S Neal and Mrs T E Cox traveled from Chicago and Portsmouth respectively visiting relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Porter
Gasburg
J. J. Brooks
Richmond
Mesdames
Lucille Cherry
J. F. May
P. M. Coburn
Mary Johnson
Cecil Coburn
Greensboro
Releigh
N. E. Cox
Goldsboro
Mildred Ray Grant
Emporia
Mary Louise Ray
J. H. Crumpler
Oxford
George Pruden
Portsmouth
L. S. Neal
Julian Neal
Chicago
T. E. Cox
Paul Reid
Elizabeth City
Josie Matthews
Norfolk
J. O. Matthews
Jack Sanders
Newport News
Jay Sanders
Burla White
Nolie Fulghum
Bob Billups
Peggy
Mellis Ann
H. M. Tickel
Victoria Vester
Marie Cates
Sarah McNeil
A. P. McNeil
J. F. Welch
Hubert Parrott
Petersburg
Hopewell
Earl Glover
Louisburg
Frank Mitchell
Lizzie Shearin
Mary Coburn Woodruff
Mildred Burton
H. G. Wood
Woodland
Paul Overton
Fort Jackson
Town
J. W. Fanney
Julian Glover
Billie Crane Griffin
Bailey and Wilson
Earl Rook
Charles Fitts
Sam Teague
Winston Salem
W. E. King
Ivey Mohorn
R. L. Martin
Ann Dawson Mohorn
Ray Martin
Robert Taylor
B. F. Brown
Geo. N. Taylor
Tommie Gates
Paul Heydenrich
Tarboro
Scott Benton
EB. A. Hughes
Durham
H. S. Loy
Floyd Speight
Mamie Speight
Roanoke Rapids
New Orleans
United States Coast Guard
Roy Johnson
Halifax Paper Co
Bethlehem
Penn
Lehigh University
Johnson
U. S. Naval Reserve
Wiley Hawkins
White Plains
Beaman Helms
J. F.may
M. D. Collier
Kathleen Sutter
Marine General Holcomb's World War Valor and later command
A profile honors Major General Thomas Holcomb leader of about 60 000 Marines. Born in Delaware he joined in 1900 and became a famed rifleman and long distance shooter. He served in China France and the Philippines earning a Navy Cross Silver Stars and other honors before becoming Marine Corps Commandant in 1936.
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U. S
Thomas Holcomb
Globe
China
France
Philippines
West Indies
Delaware
Marine Corps
Ottawa
Canada
6Th Marines
Belleau Wool
Meuse-Argonne
Naval
Army War Colleges
Holcomb
Local Social News Highlights Across Towns
Social notes from Bailey, Wilson, Richmond, Winston Salem and surrounding areas list visits and guests among families and friends. Several residents travel for family gatherings, shopping trips, and weekly gatherings with kin and neighbors.
Entertains Club Hosts Bridge Night at Vance Street
Mrs. Charles Fitts entertained her bridge club on Wednesday evening at her home on Vance Street. Ellis Crew won high score and honor prize, with J. A. Wood second. A salad course with tea followed refreshments. Players included R. M. Pope, M. F. White, A. L. Gilliam, Bill Carter, T. M. Bullock, J. A. Wood, Calvin Kennemar, Ellis Crew, Francis Starke, H. B. Gibson, Miss Janie Lassiter, and W. D. Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fitts
Vance Street
Ellis Crew
J. A. Wood
Fitts
R. M. Pope
M. F. White
A. L. Gilliam
Bill Carter
T. M. Bullock
Calvin Kennemar
Francis Starke
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Gaston News
Ralph M. Bounds
S. J. Bounds
Claude Keene
Raleigh
John P. Long
Sam Lewis
Newbern
Mr. Lewis
Griffin’s
The
Rosemary Drug Co
Harvey Hazelwood
Marjorie Hazelwood
Daughtry
Talton O'Brient
Clarence Babcock
Whitakers
J. H. Cranwell
F. C. Wood, Jr
U. S. Navy
F. C. Wood
New Port
R. I
Belle Butts
Enfield
Jack Fanney
Littleton
T. B. Davis
Barbara Elizabeth
Davis
Elizabeth Tickel
Orrie Corbitt
Jessie Brooks
Charlotte
J. R. Stephenson
Haywood Stephenson and Son
Newport News, Va
Lois Stephenson
Jackson
W. L. Kee
United States Marine Corps
Studebaker
Utee
Studebakers
Entertains Club
Stuptpaker
Dclutch
Young Motor CO
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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