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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
9
Northampton County schools open with vacancies being filled as registrations come in. Additions to Gaston and Conway facilities planned with work to finish by October 1. County teachers meetings and guest speakers featured with distribution of teaching staff across towns and districts.
County agent W. O. Davis says farmers should begin seeding fall pastures now. He notes fall seeding is preferable to spring due to weather and seed variety advantages.
Negro midwives from Northampton County gathered at Rich Square Methodist Church for the annual county midwife meeting sponsored by the county health department. Dr. Emmett S. Lupton and Miss Mabel Patton spoke. 33 permits awarded to trained midwives. six certificates of discharge given to retired or disabled practitioners.
St Johns Catholic Church notices dated Sept 5 1941 list Sunday Masses at 8 and 10 a.m. weekday Mass 7 a.m. Saturday 8 a.m. Confessions daily before Mass and Saturday evening. Catechism for Wel don children Monday 3:30 p.m. at Mrs Rabil home. Ladies of Altar Society meet Tuesday 3 p.m. Miss Nannie Gary presiding. This Sunday Communion Day for the Men at 8 o’clock Mass. Next Sunday Communion Day to follow.
Father Denges extends a hearty welcome to the public to attend all Catholic services at all times.
Halifax residents and visitors recount trips to Georgia Western North Carolina Virginia and North Carolina towns. Families Johnson Perry Read Marshall Hurley Milikin and others visited relatives friends and sightseeing spots during the past week with several staying in Danville Franklin Fairmont and Ahoskie.
C. B. Rose of Garysburg, an employee of Roanoke Mill No. 1, sustained a knee injury and left chest contusions when his southbound car on Madison Street collided with a westbound car driven by W. C. Rush at Third Street. Rose treated at local hospital. Rush uninjured. Settlement reported reached by both drivers.
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