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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1923
Page
1
County officials meet to discuss changed conditions due to boll weevil advent. County agent urges abandoning a single crop system and recommends diversification to stabilize farming approaches across Halifax.
Rosemary locals and Roanoke Rapids items list visits by Mr Boo Henderson from Chicago and J W Whitfield from Petersburg plus Esther Marshall at Virginia Head. The Halifax County Agricultural Association met at the Halifax courthouse to discuss a workable program. Walter Horne and others named. A Roanoke Rapids night school opens at the old Methodist church with Miss Louise Alford among attendees. community survey planned. All Saints' Church invites services Sunday with Holy Communion and Bible classes.
Rosemary night school opens at the high school with large attendance. Under Miss Myatt’s past success, over forty women join the first meeting under Miss Ava Myatt’s direction. Community friends expect continued strong enrollment this year.
The County Medical Society met at the Terminal Hotel in Weldon on September 12 with officers reelected and a plan to hold the next gathering on December 1 1923 at Scotland Neck. President Cy Furgerson of Halifax presided. H. T. Ivey and J. W. Martin were asked to present papers at the next meeting which will include a dinner sponsored by local banks and organizations.
One case was called before the Recorder for the week. Mr Mrs Edgar Davis and Mrs Carrie Netherly were jointly charged with disorderly conduct and found guilty. Mr Netherly was fined $5.00 with the rest amounting to $7.25 including costs for Davis.
Industrial Arts Department greatly enlarged and extended. Constructive ideas developed through contact with different materials and processes. Sell products to defray cost of materials.
The Roanoke Rapids Public Schools open with increased enrollment and expanded industrial arts. The Arts Department will operate in three rooms next year, offering elementary bench woodwork advanced woodwork and cabinet work concrete work and mechanical drawing. The aim is to expose boys to varied materials and methods, develop reading drawings into construction, and instill habits of care and neatness.
In a workmanlike plan the Woodworking department will teach and run auctions to reduce waste and cover material costs. Groups of shy students will craft items for sale to the Industrial Arts Department, with monthly sales to repay materials. Director R. G. Knight and assistant H. J. Jones oversee the program, inviting patrons to visit.
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