Jane Doe Trial Highlights Halifax County Recorder Court
The State versus Jane Doe alias Sister dominated the session in Halifax County with Jane Doe convicted of operating an eating place without license or health certificate and ordered to leave the county or face four months jail within two years. Others in the docket included Rosa Belle Smith and Bertha Smith with suspended sentences after church etiquette lectures, plus a string of minor cases across Enfield Weldon Roanoke Rapids and Littleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Doe
Sister
Recorder's Court
Recorder’s Court
Halifax County
Enfield
Capias
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Rosa Belle Smith
Irene Edmonds
Edmonds
Bertha Smith
Ethel Edmonds
Thomas Cole
Hollister
Marie Washington
Bla Batchelor
Weldon
Wesley Johnson
J. W. Williams
Ben Carter, Jr. White
Ben Carter, Jr
Leroy Richardson
Holflister
Edmonia Harris
Roanoke Rapids
Julia Johnson Spruill
Gus Spruill
Isaac Pitchford
Littleton
Maria Clayton
George Crenshaw
Henry Nicholson
Roanke Rapids
Calvary Church Notes and Weekend Meet Visitors
Sunday at Calvary Church included a 10 am Sunday School service. The column lists visitors from Gatesville Weldon Richmond Duke Halifax Roanoke Rapids Norlina and family groups visiting local residents over the weekend, plus football game attendance at Chapel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary-Thelma -Sh
Harold Myrick
Gatesville
Carl Myrick
Weldon
G. H. Myrick
E. S. Jenkins
Edith Jenkins
Norfolk
Mamie Jenkins
J. W. Shadoan
L. J. Gleason
Richmond
H. S. Harper
James Dunla
H. L. Faucette
J. W. King
F. R. King
Bessie Lyles
Aurelian Springs
Dora Alice Myrick
Chapel Hill
Hugh House
Halifax
C. D. House
M. C. Newsom
Roanoke Rapids
M. B. Glasgow
Bertha Walston
Allyne Faucette
Virgie Thompson
Lewis Hawks
Norlina
Calvary Church
Roanoke Rapids Fire Chief Improves After Surgery
Rufus Britton secretary of the Roanoke Rapids Fire Department is reported improving at Duke Hospital following an operation He is expected home within a few days if his condition continues to improve Mrs F C Wood returned home after visiting her mother Mrs Mattie J Boyd in Gastonia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Britton
Roanoke Rapids
F. C. Wood
Mattie J. Boyd
Gastonia
Sunbeam Band Meeting at Jackson Baptist Church
The Sunbeam Band of the Jackson Baptist Church met September 21 at Mrs. Dorcas Howell’s home for their regular monthly gathering. Mrs. Buffaloe led, readings from Luke, Lord's Prayer, and a study on The Greatest Jew Who Ever Lived followed by songs and refreshments. October plans were announced. Guests Ed Helm Archie Chestnut and Mrs Gus Bogus of Long Island attended last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Baptist Church
Dorcas Howell
W. M. Buffaloe
Jesus
Ed Helm
Archie Chestnut
Gus Bogus
Long Island, N
D. M. Chestnut
Enrollments Rise Slightly in Local Schools This Week
Enrollment in the white schools stands at 2368, up five from opening, with 570 students in the colored school for a total of 2938. Officials expect further gains, aiming above 3000, the most in the system’s history, as junior and senior high enrollments rise. Larry Meade and F H Ladd of Washington, D C visited locals over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Lewis
The
Colored School
C. W. Davis
Larry Meade
Washington, D. C
Mrs. L. J. Meade
F. H. Ladd
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thelma
Duke
Farmer’s
Cotton Storage Dept
Eleventh St
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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