Jewel Box opening winners from Roanoke Rapids
Linwood Moore and Mrs. Elsie H. Myrick won the door prizes at the formal opening of the Jewel Box in Roanoke Rapids. Crowds visited the 1023 Roanoke Avenue store as Henry Coley, the proprietor, announced high public interest and rapid improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
Linwood Moore
Jackson Street
Elsie H. Myrick
Washington Street
Roanoke Avenue
Henry Coley
Coley
Roagoke Avenue
Jewel Box
Roy Gooch
Gooch
Hidden Taxes and Cigarette Prices Spark Reader Reflections
A columnist muses on hidden taxes in cigarette pricing, noting 60 cents of a $1.20 carton goes to federal revenue and others along the chain. The piece also mentions a Fort Bliss letter about a Roanoke Rapids dog shooting story carried by the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger and praises Dotchie Acree’s hometown connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Ricks
ABC Board
North Carolina
United States
Ricks
Halifax County
Virginia
North
ABC
E. B
Dotchie
Fort Bliss
Texas
Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger
Roanoke Rapids
Philly
Rosemary Drug Co
Alfred
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Herald
Surplus Food Valuable Distribution Figures Reported
A. E. Langston stated Halifax county received 15 264 pounds of surplus food during August worth 817 34. General recipients numbered 549 in 111 cases and 668 people in 148 relief cases were certified. Statewide August distribution totaled 2 660 264 pounds valued at 141 995 reaching 160 347 needy individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Langston
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Halifax County
Revival to Begin Sunday at Pente costal Holiness Church
Revival services at the Pentecostal Holiness Church at Eighth and Vance Streets start Sunday night September 28 with daily 7 30 p m meetings led by Eva Belle Holland Brown of Nashville assisted by Margaret Smith of Wilson A trio from Harkers Island will provide music The Rev S A Fann invites all to attend Also note Mr and Mrs Fred Ansborn returned to Ahoskie Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Eighth and Vance Streets
Eva Belle Holland Brown
Nashville
Margaret Smith
Wilson
Holmes Bible and Missionary Institute
Greenville
S. C
Harker's Island
S. A. Fann
Mrs
Fred Ansborn
Ahoskie
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Y Howard Hancock
Roanoke
Spies
Ond
Griffin Drug Co
Astor Richardson
Patterson Mills
National Guards
Astor
105Th Medical Regiment
N. G's
National Guardsmen
Robert E. Walsh
Tri-City Motor Company
Walsh
Peer
H. E. Baker
North America
A. Leonidas Hux
Halifax
Young Democrat
Carroll L. Wilson
Winston-Salem
Widmer
Alcoh
New York State
Widmer's Rd
Hillside & Wines
Erie
Pullman Bread
Troval Baking Company
Raleigh, N.C
Puce
Witter
Picasso Argent Rewing Co
UKEE
Wiscomst
Roanoke Distributing Co
N. C
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