Registration Books Close for Absentee Ballots in Halifax County
Halifax County voters must register by Saturday October 26 to be eligible for absentee ballots. Absentee applications, delivered in writing with full voter details, must reach the Board of Elections chair by November 2 and ballots must be received by 3 PM election day. The Roanoke Pharmacy hosts the books for precinct 1, with polling changes including a Boy Scout Hut site for the first precinct.
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Kelly Jenkins
Board of Elections
Halifax County
Roanoke
R. O. Mayes
Jackson and
Second Streets
B. Marks
United States
Unusual Vote Plea Urges Republican Return in 1936
A Asheville Citizen item notes a campaign handbill urging voters to vote Republican by recalling so called Hoover era hardships. The document attacks current New Deal relief, unemployment benefits, stock gains, and corporate profits while blaming recovery. The note also mentions Misses Margaret and Louise Williams visiting Richmond on Monday.
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Asheville
Halifax Grand Jury Targets Tax List Evasion
Halifax County moves to locate property tax delinquents after a Grand Jury report. A special committee led by G F Pappendick R A Musgrove and M F King will review the tax list and identify those who failed to list. The panel also commended jail repairs and noted school bus safety upgrades.
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Halifax
Grand Jury
W. H. S. Burgwyn
G. F. Pappendick
R. A. Musgrove
M. F. King
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids
Justices of the Peace
E. M. Westray
Daughtry Daughtry Mitchell Daughtry Marriage in Manning SC
Mr Charles Thomas Carson announces the marriage of his daughter Martha Mitchell to Earl McCoy Daughtry on October 14 1940 at the home in Manning South Carolina Only immediate family attended. Mr and Mrs Daughtry arrived in Manning October 17 and reside on Henry Street.
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Charles Thomas Carson
Martha Mitchell
Earl McCoy Daughtry
Manning
South Carolina
Mrs. Daughtry
City
Henry Street
Miss Bertha Viverette Attends State Carolina Game
Miss Bertha Viverette spent Saturday in Raleigh and attended the State Carolina football game. Re J C Wells and Mr Cary Massey spent Sunday in
Work on WPA street project halted until March next year
WPA Cross Streets Project work stops after paving on 5th and 10th Streets is finished. Lee A. Wallace says paving should end in a few days with asphalt arriving soon. All available workers move to armory project. March 1941 resumption planned as the 70 percent overall project nears completion.
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Lee A. Wallace
WPA
W. B. Allsbrook
Wallace
Elizabeth City
Roanoke Rapids
Tenth Street
Jackson
Fifth Street
Cemetery Road
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Margaret and
Louise Williams
Richmond
Daughtry
Carson
R. A. Daniel
George Batton
Oats
Memorial Hospital
L. G. Harrison
Chester
S. C
Davids
Vepco
Roanoke Rapids,n. C
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