County Schools Set Start Date For Next Monday Morning
Halifax County schools begin next Monday for white students with a faculty meeting at 19 o clock in Halifax school building. Superintendent W C Matthews announced the teachers list and Miss Julia Weatherington of the State Department of Education will speak to the staff. Roanoke Rapids schedules: children report 8 20 am next Monday, sixth graders in the high school auditorium at 3 20 pm, elementary schools on a short Monday schedule, high school 8 45 am.
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Halifax County
Halifax
W. C. Matthews
Julia Weatherington
State Department of Education
C. W. Davis
Roanoke Rapids
Hux Faces Halifax Opposition In 1941 Local News
In Halifax the opposition to Hux works to recruit a challenger. Meade Mitchell and Winfield Crew met with state officials to plan stopping Hux and securing broad western support. They returned to Halifax with no word on any candidate or official decision.
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Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel
Hux
Halifax
Meade Mitchell
Register of Deeds
Winfield Crew
West
Mitchell
Crew
Bishop Cannon to Preach on Church and Army Camp Vice
Bishop James Cannon Jr of Richmond will preach at First Methodist Church Sunday at 11 AM. The sermon titled The Church and Liquor and Vice Situation in Army Camps will address church issues amid military life and moral concerns.
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James Cannon, Jr
Richmond
Virginia
First Methodist
Daniel Lane
Cannon
First Bale Sold in Halifax County To Rosemary Manufacturing
K M Collins of four miles from town on the Littleton Roanoke Rapids highway delivered the first bale of cotton grown in Halifax County this year to the Rosemary Manufacturing Company. He earned a $5 bonus for growing and selling the bale yesterday morning and has led county producers for several years.
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K. M. Collins
Littleton
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Collins
Repave On Important City Streets Nears Completion
Repaving of Fifth and Tenth Streets is nearing completion announced by State Highway Commissioner Carro Wilson. Funds from municipal special sources support the project as the major annual program. The State Highway and Public Works Commission crew is doing the work. About ten blocks from Jackson Street west to the city limits near Roanoke Mills No. 2 plant are being paved along with segments on Tenth Street to Rapids Street.
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Carro Wilson
State Highway & Public Works Commission
Roanoke Mills Co. No. 2
Jackson Street
New Cemetery
Bolling
Tenth Street
Rapids Street
County to Hire Negro Home Agent Next Month
Halifax County commissioners approved a Negro home demonstration agent to begin around October 1. D. J. Knight of Enfield reported on county work and requested the assistant farm worker, funded by the State or another source, not the county. The exact appointee has not yet been chosen.
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Halifax County
County Board of Commissioners
Halifax
D. J. Knight
Enfield
Knight
Romances win third straight state softball title in Raleigh
Coach W G Alligood and manager Doug Worsham celebrate Roanoke Rapids Romances sealing a third consecutive state softball championship in Raleigh last week. They face Rowletts of Richmond, Va, at Ledgerwood Park at 8 30 tonight before departing for Detroit for the national tournament.
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W. G
Bill” Alligood
Roanoke Rapids Romances
Raleigh
Doug Worsham
Detroit
Romances
Rowletts
Richmond
Ledgerwood Park
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Clary Thompson
Winston-Salem
Ralph Gardner
Shelby
Young Democrats
Slayer
Love Nest
W. L. Joyner
Janie Stokes
Weldon
First Street
Joyner
Halifax County Superior Court
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