North Carolina General Election Next Tuesday Polls Open
Voters in North Carolina will vote next Tuesday November 5 to elect Congress twelve members two state Supreme Court associate justices eleven Superior Court judges and 21 solicitors. Also county officials and Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District board members.
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North Carolina
Congress
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
General Assembly
John Kerr
Supreme Court
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District
Julian R. Allsbrook
L. H. Fountain
House of Representatives
Joseph Branch
George A. Hux
Recorder's Court
Charles R. Daniel
Recorder’s Court
Wade H. Dickens
H. A. House
D. G. Dickens
J. R. Wrenn
Meade H. Mitchell
John B. Davis
G. H. Johnson
Rufus Britton
Board of Education
Anna Kitchin Josey
J. T. Thomason
C. L. Kelly
R. C. Rives
T. B. Moss
Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District Board
M. H. Hedgepeth
Major C. Newsom
R. E. Cleaton, Jr
Negro Jailed Charged With Theft of Gun
John Brown, a Black man, was arrested by Officer Warren High and jailed for stealing a shotgun from Watea Pearce in Lincon Heights. The gun allegedly changed hands to Claude Aycock, who sold it to Sammy Cowan. the pistol was recovered with Brown. A hearing is set in Magistrate W. Thompson's court.
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John Brown
Warren High
Watea Pearce
Lincon Heights
Brown
Claude Aycock
Aycock
Sammy Cowan
W. ©. Thompsi
Fs Court Mae
Marriage and Family Council Director to Speak at PTA Meeting
Clara Hearne School hosts Mrs Gladys Hoagland Groves director of the Marriage and Family Council Inc Chapel Hill as guest speaker for the Clara Hearne School Parent-Teacher Association meeting next Thursday at 3 pm The program theme Laying Firm Foundations in Sex Training promises guidance on early sex education for parents A social hour follows 7 30 to 8 00 pm An open forum will allow attendees to ask questions The public is invited to attend continued on page 5 Sect A
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Gladys Hoagland Groves
Marriage and Family Council, Inc
Chapel Hill
Clara Hearne
Ray Finley
Oregon State College
Syracuse University
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Kansas State Teachers College
Canada
John G Brown Is Out of Hospital
John G Brown 2 snips cook second class USN husband of Mrs Mary E Brown of West Henry Street Roanoke Rapids discharged from treatment at the Naval Hospital Portsmouth Va Brown entered Naval Service September 7 1946 and served aboard the USS George K Mackenzie before hospitalization.
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John G. Brown
Cook
USN
Mary E. Brown
West Henry Street
Roanoke Rapids
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Brown
Naval Service
X ray survey committee meets Roanoke Rapids Friday
A mass X ray survey for Roanoke Rapids is scheduled December 2 to 20. The working committee will meet Friday at eight in the Municipal Building to assign educational phases and promote lung X rays for residents aged fifteen and up. The Community Chest drive has exceeded its $13,637.50 quota with pledges of $13,722.50 and growing.
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Roanoke Rapids
Ray Stephenson
Ned Manning
C. M Fleming
Allen ©. Zollicoffer
Community Chest
Byron Gurley
Roanoke Rapids Chief Denies Jail Unsanitary Claim
Roanoke Rapids Police Chief H E Dobbins rejects a News & Observer report accusing the jail of unsanitary conditions. He says state and county inspections found no sanitation issues and that cleaning is regular. He notes soap is provided on request and promises a full report in coming days.
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Uus
H. E. Dobbins
Roanoke Rapids
News & Observer
Dowkins
Dobbins
Negro Held Under Heavy Bond For Theft Case
Lashley, a Negro man, bound over to Halifax Superior Court on a 1500 bond for allegedly stealing 153 dollars from Miss Josie Moore’s Washington street home. Renna Lee Banks, his companion, held on 300 bond. Witnesses say Lashley spent the night with Banks at Mrs. Howard King’s Hamilton street home and later entered the Moore residence to take the money. Police Massey and Davis arrested Lashley and the two women after investigation.
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Waune Wasney
Halifax
Washington Street
Josie Moore
Lashley
Renna Lee Banks
Banks
Howard King
Hamilton Street
Moore
Weldon
Bessie Jones
Barrett Released From Oliver General Hospital
Pfc. David Barrett QM has been discharged from Oliver General Hospital Augusta GA and will revert to inactive Army status in December. He is on terminal leave and resides in Seaboard Indiana.
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Barrett
Pfc
David Barrett
Oliver General Hospital
Augusta
Seaboard
Cc. Arta
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W. D. Hall
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
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the Herald
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WOBT
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South Ward
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