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Halifax County to Have Two Draft Boards After Oct 16
Halifax County with 55 000 residents gains a second Selective Service draft board on October 16 as required by the 1940 act. Governor Hoey names a committee to form two three man boards plus an examining physician and appeal agent for each. Board No 1 covers Roanoke Rapids Weldon Littleton Butterwood. Board No 2 serves Conoconnara Faucetts Enfield Hollister Halifax Kehokee Palmyra Roseneath Ringwood Scotland Neck. Members include T W Mullen D W Seifert W A China and others with Dr R P Beckwith and Charles R Daniel as physicians and agents.
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Halifax County
Hoey
A. L. Hux
Halifax
Wv. C. Matthews
Kelly Jenkins
Charles R. Daniel
G. H. Johnson
R. Hunter Pope
Sterling P. Johnston
F. W. M. White
Allen W. Andleton
The
Herald
T. W. Mullen
Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary Mfg. Co
R. R. Episcopal Church
Kiwanis Club
Roanoke Rapids School Board
R. R. Home Guard
D. W. Seifert
Weldon
N. C. State
State Alumni Association
Weldon Coca Cola Bottling Co
Stewards
Weldon Methodist Church
M. D
University of Pennsylvania, Presbyterian
Roanoke
Wake Forest
University North Carolina
Palmyra
Roseneath
Ringwood
Scotland Neck
George Herbert Johnson