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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1947
Page
3
The Halifax County Board of Commissioners held a meeting on October 6 appointing a hospital board and outlining monthly sessions. Minutes released this week show eight deputy tax collectors and the board of directors for the new county entity were named.
Halifax County Commission discusses Roanoke Rapids Weldon airport funding and a rural wiring inspection study. The board endorses a county road to airport projects, appoints forest service personnel, and approves a school bus budget and tax collector appointments. A seven member Halifax County Clinic governing board is created for lower Halifax County hospital facilities.
The Halifax County Board, with Town Board of Scotland Neck input, reserves right to nominate clinic directors as terms expire and directs the clinic to follow North Carolina Medical Care Commission and American Hospital Association regulations under county control. Appointments include C. 5. Alexander to Halifax County Clinic Board, with other names approved. Roads approved for state maintenance and hospital funding reports to be prepared. Meeting adjourned.
A Roanoke Rapids area group led by Mr. and Mrs. I. Ready and other PTA members attended the District OTA meeting at Rocky Mount last Thursday. About 129 members from Edgecombe Greene Halifax Johnston Nash Northampton Wayne and Wilson counties joined in the annual District No. 7 conference of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers under retiring director Mrs. L H Martin who chaired the sessions focused on Building for Tomorrow.
North Carolina leads in supplying queen bees to European nations aiding postwar agricultural reconstruction. Alamance Bee Company in Graham, run by George E. Curtis, ships thousands of queen bees yearly, including Golden Italian and three-handed Italian strains, with yards housing hundreds of white queen boxes ready for shipment.
David R. Strobel, formerly with Armour Creameries in Louisville, has joined the Dairy Division of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture as senior dairy specialist. He will conduct laboratory and field work with head C. W. Pegram on applying new dairy standards authorized by the 1847 General Assembly. Kontinue
Mr and Mrs James Edward Knott Jr announce the birth of a daughter named Mary Elizabeth on October 4 at Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Mrs Knott is formerly Miss Sue Elizabeth Smith of Fountain.
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