Halifax County Home Demonstration Clubs Spotlight Local History
Home Demonstration Clubs across Halifax County held August gatherings with picnics and upbeat programs. Histories of Hardrance and Turkey Branch churches, the Har-dra-wee school birth, and Draper’s Cross Roads lore were shared by local teachers and residents, celebrating community heritage and consolidation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax County
Hardrance Club
Draper's Cross Roads
Joe Robertson
Mozelle Collier
Draper
Hardvance
Draper-Rosenwald
LeRoy Whitley
A. S. Harrison
Wilson Browning
Claude Pettitt
Della Draper
N. B. Whitley
Hardee
Katie Bennett
Bobbitt
Hardranee
Drapers
Hardrawee
Enfield
Turkey Branch
W. C. Cook
George M. Duke
Joseph G. Barkley
Cross Roads
Free Forestry Demonstration Train to Visit Roanoke Rapids
The Seaboard Forestry Train will stop in Roanoke Rapids on Thursday September 18 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. It travels through North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Alabama Georgia and Florida with stops totaling fifty. The exhibit promotes forestry welfare and forest fire protection with three cars including free motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Forestry
Roanoke Rapids
Charles A. Gillett
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Seaboard
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
N. C. State Division of Forestry
Extension Forester
N. C. State College
N. C. Forestry Ass’n
United States Forest Service
When a Child Needs a Laxative
SYRUP OF BLACK-DRAUGHT is a tasty liquid that most children will welcome whenever they need a laxative. It has the same main ingredient as BLACK-DRAUGHT, its older companion, and it usually gives a child refreshing relief from symptoms that indicate a laxative is needed. Comes in two sizes 25c and 10R.
Plan to visit the train early with foresters
A plan to visit the train early with foresters accompanying the train and to present any questions to them during the journey.
Tank Corps Sent To Veterans Reunion Parade
The U S Army will deploy a large Tank Corps unit and the Army on Wheels for the National Reunion Parade in Raleigh North Carolina from October 4 to 6. The National Adjutant James E Cahall met officials in Washington and secured marching units a military band and air corps participation. Veterans and families urged to attend the division’s greatest reunion yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Tank Corps
Raleigh
N. C
James E. Cahall
Washngton
Air Corps
Final Plans For Rocky Mount Fair Progressing
Final plans are rapidly progressing for the annual Rocky Mount fair to be held the week of Oct 6. Announcement by Mrs. Norman Y. Chambliss, Resident Manager, notes the fair opens Monday night Oct 3 and runs through the week with emphasis on agricultural exhibits. Departments include Field Crops, 1-H Boys and 4-H Girls, Culinary, Handwork, Floral, Home Demonstration, Vocational Exhibits, and Colored Home Makers. A $1,500 premium will be paid to Nash and adjoining counties’ exhibitors. premium list is at the Fair Grounds office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Y. Chambliss
Rocky Mount Fair
Nash
Edgecombe
Rocky Mount
Petersburg Teen Visits Here With Parents
Tommie Merritt of Petersburg spent the week end here with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommie Merritt
Petersburg
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D. C. Thrower
Henrietta Thrower
George W. Saunders
Sarah H. Saunders
Tar River Association
Louisburg
Chloe Carlisle
G. G. Saunders
W. H. Hull
The
Baptist Missionary Society of
A. G. Wilcox
J. G. Barkley
G. W. May
N. L. Gaskins
C. W. Lowe
J. G. McGregor
D. S. Dempsey
G. H. Johnson
EB. R. Nelson
George Reid
Albert B. Simms
Richmond
George Washington
S M
Meithdeal-Massey Business College
V. E. Jeenigan
DIAL
Jexell
Oanoke Pharmacy
EPSOM
Rexall Drug Store
Roanoke Pharmacy
Reonuer
Drug Store For Best
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