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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1947

Page

5

Government loans aid farmers through Farmers Home Administration

The Raleigh meeting outlined loan programs for family farms with direct and insured loans. Veterans receive preference. loans cover purchase enlargement and development with 3.5 percent interest. Down payment is 10 percent, lenders supply 90 percent, government insures loans. Production and subsistence loans offer short term credit for seed feed fertilizer and equipment with 12 month terms.

Raleigh Farmera Home Administration Farmers Home Administration Swain Bank of Insurance Company Joans

Roanoke Rapids Library News Highlights New Arrivals and Exhibits

The Roanoke Rapids Public Library announces new adult titles including The Bright Promise by Rich and The Ebbing Tide by Etzabeen, with shelves stocking Prowd Destiny and Etiquette among others. Juvenile picks include Bambino the Clown and Sugar Hush, plus The Great Horita Shippen.

Roanoke Rapids Wale Toeneel Wieser Sven Oor Monier Rich Etzabeensit Shellabarse Lion Feur Crane Witase Morey Smily Port Elleth V. Huntley Jim Ben Amos Bambino Clown Georgee Schreiber Dorothea Lana Horita Esine Shippen, Ge Kath

Covered Workers In Manufacture Increase Here

The report by Henry B Kendall of the Employment Security Commission shows North Carolina gains in 1946 manufacturing jobs but a smaller rise than total nonmanufacturing employment. In Halifax County 1945 had 5412 manufacturing workers versus 3889 in 1946, an 8.8 percent rise, with manufacturing share of county employment at 70.8 percent in 1946. Statewide manufacturing employment rose by 24 544 workers or 7.0 percent while total covered employment grew by 7.0 percent. Manufacturing’s share of total employment fell from 67.0 percent in 1945 to 64.4 percent in 1946 due to war manufacturing liquidation and closures.

Ismcunity North Carolina Henry B. Kendall Nert Carolina Halifax County Kendall

Modern Wonder Book of Ships and Willow Him Authors

A bibliographic note lists Norman Carliste and Eugene Nelson as contributors to The Modern Wonder Book of Ships while Phyllis A. is linked to Willow Him. The fragment references authorial attributions without full context.

Norman Carliste Eugene Nelson

Library Sponsor Shown In Roanoke Rapids Community Notice

A partial notice credits the library effort to the Community Chest and the City of Roanoke Rapids with Mrs C C Churchill listed as Librarian. The fragment confirms local sponsorship for library services and positions.

Ground Water Study Bulletin No 51 Released

Raleigh announces Bulletin No 51 Ground Water In The Halifax N C Area by M V Mundorff with U S Geological Survey. It covers groundwater conditions along the northern fall line in Edgecombe Halifax Nash Northampton and Wilson Counties with maps and data. Available at the Division of Mineral Resources Raleigh.

Raleigh Department of Conservation & Development Halifax N. C R. Bruce Etheridge M. v. Mundorff Division of Mineral Resources U. 5. Geological Survey North Carolina Piedmont Coastal Plains Edgecombe Nash Northampton Wilson Conservation & Development Department Hhe

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