North Carolina Faces Worst Year for Traffic Deaths
Halifax County reports eight traffic fatalities in eight months while the state notes a 45 percent rise in highway deaths. Safety chief Ronald Hocutt warns North Carolina may record its worst year for traffic fatalities, citing increases across most counties and higher statewide mortality.
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Highway Safety Division
Halifax County
North Carolina
Ronald Hocutt
Wake
Columbus
Davidson
Durham
Cumberland
Onslow
Pender
Sampson
Forsyth
Edgecombe
Nash
Cabarrus
Catawba
Hocutt
Davis Speaks on Schools to Rotary Club
Superintendent C W Davis addressed the Rotary Club on local schools noting progress and the seven cardinal principles for students. He said the high school exceeds state standards by fifteen percent and welcomed constructive criticism while urging community support.
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Davis
Eigar
Malcolm Bardin
Lowell Powell
Ahoskie
Recreation rooms at Fort Jackson planned for motorists
Fort Jackson South Carolina builds recreational and social rooms for local soldiers and motorists. Government funds the space but not furnishings. A. E. Stowe, former employee and longtime Roanoke Rapids resident, assists manager Mr. Jackson in the new enterprise.
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Fort Jackson S. C
Jackson
A. E. Stowe
Roanoke Rapids
Jackson's Service Station Moves to Roanoke Avenue
Ed Jackson announces a relocation of his Jackson's Service Station to Roanoke Avenue at Thirteenth Street. The longtime Roanoke Rapids operator, in business since 1926, shifts from the Eleventh Street site to offer Texaco gasoline and oil products and quick service for motorists.
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Ed Jackson
Roanoke Rapids
Jackson's
Roanoke Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Texaco
Eleventh Streets
Jackson
Joyner Motor Company
Merchants Association Outlines Fall Trade Events
At a Tuesday morning meeting the Merchants Association outlined tentative plans for fall trade events and a promotional campaign new in style this year. Miss Jennie Walton noted recent new members Lupton Hardware Tucker Fayed Grocery F W Woolworth Rose s and Radio Station WCBT joining the group and sign identification stickers are planned for members.
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Merchants Association
Trades Committee
Jennie Walton
The
Lupton Hardware
Tucker Fayed Grocery
F. W. Woolworth
Rose’s
Doors of Merchants Association Members Licensed
Doors of establishments that are members of the Merchants Association are referenced in a brief period article noting their inclusion in a regulatory or trade group context.
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The
Merchants Association
Teacher Olive Gilbert Called Home After Father's Accident
Miss Olive Gilbert of the local high school was summoned home to Clinton this week due to her father's serious injuries from a car crash. He is hospitalized in Fayetteville.
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Olive Gilbert
Clinton
Fayetteville
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Taylor’s Drug Store
M. C. Savage
C. W. Davis
Rotary Club
W. P. Taylor
Pristase
Texaco Station
Roanoke AV
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