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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1948

Page

4

Hobart Oklahoma Hails Towns Safe Driving Record

Hobart Oklahoma with 5200 people boasts no traffic deaths in 50 years. Mayor Pete Cosner credits careful drivers and wide streets plus a high school safety course and club programs. The town keeps roads clear of danger by routing highways on the edge and promoting conservative driving.

Hobart Okla U.P Oklahoma National Safety Council Pete Cosner Kiwanis Clu Lawrence Morgan Local Safety Council Gene Mobley

Death of PFC Edwin H Gregory in World War II Service

The body of PFC Edwin Haynes Gregory arrived for burial in Halifax after funeral services at the church there officiated by Rev. D. P. Moore. Burial with full military honors followed in Episcopal Cemetery. Gregory, killed in action on Leyte December 1 1943, served with the 5th Airborne Division Company F parachute unit, and earned the Purple Heart Presidential Citation and Silver Star. He attended Fishburne Military Academy and was a UNC sophomore at enlistment.

Weldon Edwin Haynes Gregory Halifax D. P. Moore Kingstree S.C Episcopal Cemetery Rowe Funeral Home Pfc Gregory Quentin H. Gregory Quentin Thomas Robe al Malifax John T Chapel Hill Miles C._Gregory U. S. Marine Corps Paris Islene Leyte Sith Airborned Sll Fishburne Miitary Academy University of North Carolina

Local residents share weekends and travels

The brief notes list residents and visitors visiting Warren ton, Man teo Williamsburg Virginia Nags Head Raleigh Buies Creek Newport and Philadelphia. Families including Raz Daniel J R Wollett Clinton Smith L H Dustie Ben Long Rivers Carrié Helen Moore Elizabeth Moore Annie Alexander Joyce McCloud and J W Wood are mentioned with several trips and visits.

Raz Danielpent Warrenton J. R. Wollett Clinton Smith Manteo Williamsburg Virginia Carrié Helen Moore Elizabeth Moore Annie Alexander L. H. Dustie Nags Head Ben Long Rives Philadelphia T. R. Walker Selma F. Johnston E. L. Crawley Raleigh Joyce McCloud Buies Creek J. W. Wood J. H. Thrower Newport

Pheasant Ranch Aims to Sell Birds Nationally

Victor Morse of Frederick North Dakota predicts harvesting 15 times the season limit and plans to expand Ring Neck Ranch. He raises 500 day-old chicks and 500 eggs, sells chicks and eggs to farms and hatcheries, and dresses birds for night clubs and restaurants nationwide. He expects to raise 5,000 pheasants next spring with new houses and pens.

Erederick Victor Morse Morse New York Patro Mriam Crabtree Ellendale N. D Here Dakotas Frederick Ring Neck Ranch Moses Minnesota Wisconsin

For Sale Three Room Apartment at 325 Charlotte St

Quiet 6 percent room house listing at 325 Charlotte Street offered by T and T. Describes convenient three room apartment with paths to daily needs.

Charlotte St T&t. Pd

Cellar shop makes 1000 daily in Worcester

In Worcester Massachusetts Gustaf A. started a family business in 1929 by making plastic handles in a cellar. The operation grew into a full time job and career producing about 1 000 handles a day for his enterprise and his family.

Worcester Mass U. P Gustaf A

Unani Hospital at Hyderabad Uses Gold and Gem Medicines

At Hyderabad's Unani Hospital a blend of powdered emeralds rubies pearls and precious metals is used as medicine. Treatments include jawahir muhra costing about 65 dollars per dose and are presented as time honored remedies with no modern drugs prescribed.

Hyderabad City Inqt U.P Hyderabad Unani Hospital Unani Falurrahman Khan Khan Anani Dr. Khan

Big Labor Day Weekend Set At Morehead

Morehead City prepares for a busy Labor Day weekend with sailing races, greyhound racing, and Atlantic Beach attractions. The Morehead City Sailing Club, led by commodore D. G. Bell, plans races Saturday to Monday across six classes with trophies and the Gib Arthur Memorial handicap finals on Monday. Carolina Racing Association hosts nine dog races at the track, without Saturday evening events, while Atlantic Beach offers boardwalk amusements. Season extends through September and into October, according to Chamber of Commerce officials.

Morehead City Atlantic Beach Ropert G. Laws Chamber of Commerce Carolina Racing Association North Carolina Labor Day Carteret Coast Lowe

Maine lobster festival opens with 3200 pounds daily sale

In Rockland Maine opening day of the seafood festival boosts visitors and residents who bought two for a dollar lobsters as the port processed about 3200 pounds. Also Newport Rhode Island notes 400 pre Revolution relics buildings still standing in good repair.

Rockland U.P Maine Newport R. I U P

Telappoach shield guards valuables in ADT system

In Salt Lake City ADT explains the Telappoach device that uses concealed magnetic fields to trip alarms when intruders enter protected areas. The system, once wartime secrecy gear, now safeguards safes, factories, and other critical sites across cities with connections to hundreds of business sites.

Salt Lake City American District Telegraph System ADT T. J Yorom Yocom D. W. Castro J. W. Rogers ACT Ogden

Revival Services At Woodland Baptist Church

Revival services are under way at Woodland Baptist Church this week led by Rev. J. B. Dailey of Seaboard. The services run daily through the week, drawing congregants from the community.

Woodland Baptist Woodland Baptist Church J. B. Dailey Seaboard

Rebuilding Hiroshima: Major Jarvie Leads Modern Plan

Major S A Jarvie, Austrian army engineer, oversees postwar reconstruction with Hiroshima Mayor Shinzo Hamai and council head Yutaka Terada. The trio aims to modernize the city, pledging decades of buildout and steady funding despite financial hurdles.

Hiroshima U.P S. A. Jarvie Jarvie Shinzo Hamai Yutaka Terada Hamai Terada Far East

Speeding Way Fires Up Grandstands at Speedway

In Indianapolis officials burned half of a large grandstand and planned further removal of wooden structures at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to prevent fires during the Memorial Day 500 mile race. President Wilbur Shaw noted 64 minor fires occurred there last race.

Indianapolis U.P Indianapolis Motor Speedway Wilbur Shaw Speedway

Two Families Tie Matrimonial Record at St Edward’s

In Minneota Minnesota St Edward's Catholic parish notes a matrimony record as five children of Will Gossen married five children of Nick Janssen over five years. Gossen parents farm locally. Janssen parents retired to town four years ago. Father Philip Casey performed all five marriages and hopes to officiate more.

Minneota Minn U.P St. Edward's Catholic Will Gossen Nick Janssen Gossen Janssen Philip Casey

Plans for a new western city and Hiroshima memorial

Jarvie outlines plans for a broad western city with highways, modern sewage, parks, a civic center, water system, and zoning for factories. An atomic bomb memorial park is planned. The Hiroshima mayor seeks flowers and trees and urges Japanese house painting to improve appearance and lifespans. Also an ad notes TEOL for athlete’s foot by Stout of Parkersburg.

Brox Jarvie Hiroshima

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