Soil Conservation News Highlights Halifax County Farmers
The article notes M W Shugart Jr and J B Wilk reporting on multiple Halifax County farms adopting soil conservation practices. Keel seeds 14 acres to a pasture mix with lime and fertilizer. Shearin seeks a district plan. 12 farms prepared for terrace building and related work. Pond fertilization and crotalaria trials also featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O. Keel
Halifax
Fishing Creek
Cullom Shearin
Roanoke Rapids
Shearin
Halifax County
Mail Xmas Packages To Overseas Vets Before Nov 15
Roanoke Rapids postmaster L G Shell reminds that Christmas parcels to armed forces overseas must be mailed between October 15 and November 15. Mail to China India the Middle East and Pacific islands should be sent early, ideally by November 1. Packages need plain endorsement Christmas Parcel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Shell
Roanoke Rapids
China
India
Middle East
Islands
Pacific
Local Resident Recovers at Home After Hospital Operation
A Roanoke Rapids Hospital patient, Bob Billops, recuperates at home after surgery. The article also notes a rise in doctors over 55 in North Carolina from 15.6 percent in 1914 to 22.0 percent in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Billops
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
North Carolina
Bridge Club Hosts Evening at Hamilton Street
Mrs. George Hayes Jr. welcomed her bridge club to her Hamilton Street home. Three tables were set, bowls of roses decorated the room, and after the game Mrs. Eugene Shell won the high score. A frozen fruit salad plate with sandwiches and tea followed at ten thirty, with guests including Mesdames Jack Vincent George Nethercutt Maya Coburn Eugene Shell M C Newsom Jr Bill Shell Clarence Coburn Carlton Cannon Jesse Helma and Hugh Godwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Liske
Wilmer Collier
Houstotn Fuller
D. EB. Bennett
Dick Taylor
Wyche Land
W. D. Hall
R. A. Daniel
George Hayes, Jr
George L. Hayes, Jr
Hamilton Street
Eugene Shell
Mesdames Jack Vincent
George Nethercutt
Maya Coburn
M. C. Newsom, Jr
Bill Shell
Clarence Coburn
Carlton Cannon
Jesse Helma
Hugh Godwin
Joint Circle Meeting at Rosemary Methodist Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service held a joint Circle gathering at Rosemary Methodist Church Monday night. Miss Mary Lowder opened with a devotional, Margaret Garriss sang, and Lt Col Daisys McCommons spoke on the Nurses Corps in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Rosemary Methodist Church
Mary Lowder
Margaret Garriss
Misa Elizabeth Lang
James Tucker
Col
Daisys McCommons
Germany
H. E. Cameron
Murphrey Family Dines with Howell in Seaboard
Dr and Mrs W E Murphrey and daughter Anna Harper were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs I C Howell in Seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Murphrey
Anna Harper
I. .C Howell
Seaboard
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Soil Conservation News
M. W. Shugart, JR
J. B. Wilk
George Alston
Marian Newsom
Littleton
A. W. Liles
Aurelian Springs
Hassel Warren
Dickens
Pierce’s Cross Road
E. Isles
Thelma
Isles
A. D. Sutton
Darlington
Sutton
O Seas
Arve
Byr
Alof Rene
U OF the South
Erie Canal
Gov. Clinton
Buffalo
Icope
Eddie Rickenbacher
Oahu
Hawah 1
Spaceleere
Franz Liszt
May
Bernhard
Niaggre Falls
Ina Barrel
Wenesp
Alonzo D. Phillips
U.S Nation
Continental Congress
Sai
Ceca-Cors Company
Weldon Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
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