Negro schools set to open in Halifax County on Sept 16
Halifax County will begin the 49 colored schools on Monday September 16 and nearby white systems. A county wide teachers meeting is set for Friday September 13 at the courthouse in Halifax with principals meeting at 9 30 am. The county expects about 162 colored teachers and roughly 9 000 pupils. The largest colored school is at Scotland Neck with 19 teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halfax
W. C. Matthews
Halifax
Scotland Neck
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids
Weldon
Local notices from Roanoke Rapids area families
A jumble of social items lists many residents and visitors from Roanoke Rapids and nearby towns. It notes travel plans, illnesses, family visits, and weekend stays involving the Crawley, Arrington, Hux, Dickens, Crawley, and other households with mentions of Fredericksburg Huntsville Goldsboro and Halifax areas.
Four Deputies Reappointed This Week
Sheriff Harry House reappointed four deputies this week. J W Robertson of Scotland Neck A A White of Scotland Neck J A House of Hobgood and J E Porter of Hollister had all served under J L Riddick. Other appointed deputies include C O Strickland Jack Whitehead J W Dickens G F Gray and Julian Draper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry House
J. L. Riddick
J. W. Robertson
Scotland Neck
A. A. White
J. A. House
Hobgood
J. E. Porter
Hollister
Riddick
House
C. O. Strickland
Jack Whitehead
J. W. Dickens
G. F. Gray
Julian Draper
Negro Woman Arrested After Church Attack Sunday
Pasabelle Smith of near Halifax is held by county authorities in a knife attack incident at the Allen Grove church last Sunday. Irene Edmonds, another local Black woman, suffered severe throat and chest wounds. The cause of the alleged fight is unclear and a hearing will occur when Edmonds can attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasabelle Smith
Halifax
Irene Edmonds
Allen Grove
Edmonds
Chestnut and Collins Families Visit Relatives in South Carolina
Mr and Mrs D M Chestnut and sons Donald and Leonidas along with Mr and Mrs Dick Collins and daughter Pat and Porter Collins visited their parents in Conway South Carolina and their sister Mrs L M Leland in Georgetown South Carolina this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Chestnut
Donald
Leonidas
Dick Collins
Pat
Porter Collins
Conway
S. C
L. M. Leland
Georgetown
Town Talk notes social visits across several cities
Mr and Mrs Irvin Starke and Monroe Starke spent Wednesday in Richmond. Mrs J W Smith Mrs Jennings Knight and Jack Smith visited in Durham this week. Elizabeth Faison of Portsmouth visited her sister Mrs W G Bunch last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Starke
Monroe Starke
Richmond
J. W. Smith
Jennings Knight
Jack Smith
Durham
Elizabeth Faison
Portsmouth
W. G. Bunch
M. F. White
Columbia
N. C
Hunt Parker
Jimmie Reed
Jesse Brooks
Rocky Mount
F. W. Haynie
Norfolk
Teresa Wolhar
Sacred Heart Academy
Belmont
Hattie Humphries
Bratton Humphries
A. J. Lancaster
F. M. Coburn
New York
West Point
Cecil Coburn
Walter Kee
T. B. Browning
High Point
W. A. Wolhar
Charlotte
Margaret Pappendick
Elizabeth City
Geo. F. Pappendick
T. M. Bullock
Lions
Seaboard
H. C. Wirtz
Madeline Lipscomb
Margaret and
Louise Williams
Northampton County Schools Open as Harvest Vacation Schedules Begin
Eighteen Northampton School Units opened on Thursday with large attendances at Jackson Sea board Conway Lasker Rich Square Severn Woodland and Gaston. Classes run until about the second week in October followed by a two week harvest vacation. Buses were overhauled and a few new ones purchased. Reliable drivers are in charge and school life has begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Seaboard
Conway
Lasker
Rich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Hux
Enfield
Russell Dickens
Caledonia
Charlie Jenkins
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Robert Taylor
C. M. Dickens
Ebenezer Iinean
M. P. Crawley
Stanford
Sarah Crawley
Viola Smith
Lucy Regent
Roanoke
Rapi
Irvin F. Allison
Fredericksburg
Arrington
Henry Hayes
Huntsville
Alabama
Wilson Arrington
Fort Bragg
N. G
C. G. Arrington
Bill Hux
R. R. Hospital
Clifford Berry
Edwin Craddock
W. D. Adkins
Rebie Arrington
W. Dickens Sr
W. H. Hux
Doris Bulow
Wilmington
Delaware
Richard Cullom
Marvin Butts
Near Aurelian Springs
Mae Ruth Arrington
John Faucetts
Raymond Arrington
Roy .Crawley
Milton Dickens
Darlington
Bill
Mary Elizabeth Hux
Goldsboro
Judge Dickens
Hyder Crawley
Doris
H. F. Dickens
Virginia Barnes
Bertha Mae Harris
Nora Crawley
Nora Hazel
W. Graham Lynch
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Longines and
Elgin
Stieff Sterling
Northampton
Davis DeLuxe
Davis
Truetone Patrician
Good Penn Oil
Western Flyer
Chrome
Escote Paints
Western
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