Best Program in History Offered Halifax Citizens
The Halifax County Fair announces a full free acts and midway program starting Monday night at 6 PM with Higgins band providing music and nightly grandstand shows. Free admission for ladies and children Monday, school children free until 4 PM on Tuesday for White students, and similar free access for Colored students Wednesday. Thursday Chesterfield Day, Friday Lucky Strike Day, and Saturday expects the largest crowd. Fireworks four nights and Heller’s Acme Shows at the midway. Premiums offered in all departments except livestock. Bring something to Halifax.
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Halifax
Higgins Famous Band
Heller’s
Acme
Halifax County Fair
Chicken House Fire at 808 Jackson Street
Firefighters responded Monday afternoon to a blaze at Ed Jacksons chicken house at 808 Jackson Street. The structure, empty at the time, suffered slight damage with the fire brought under control by the department. A passing individual is suspected to have discarded a lit cigarette near the building.
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Jackson Street
Ed Jackson
Local figures attend Chapel Hill football game Saturday
Mr. and Mrs Zell Burnette Miss Marjorie Griffin and Messrs George Lucas Vincent Grey and Herbert Hodges attended the football game in Chapel Hill Saturday.
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Zell Burnette
Marjorie Griffin
George Lucas
Vincent i Grey
Herbert ‘Hodges
Chapel Hill
Mrs. Lula Harper Dies at Ita Halifax Co
Mrs. Lula Pittard Harper, 69, died at her home in Ita Halifax County last Thursday. Funeral services were held at the home Friday afternoon. Interment was in the N. G. Pittard family cemetery near Airlie. Surviving are her husband J. E. Harper, three sisters, and two brothers.
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Lula Pittard Harper
Ita
Halifax County
N. G. Pittard
Airlie
J. E. Harper
Drivers Blamed in Deaths of Two Children in Truck Crash
A coroner's jury in Littleton found the accident due to negligence by both drivers Carlton Critchet and Herman Shearin but no criminal negligence. Frances Warren 14 and Surrey Keeter 17 died after riding on a Sunday School picnic and struck by a lumber truck on the Littleton Aurelian Springs road. The incident occurred September 14 four miles southeast of Littleton. Warren and Keeter were children of local residents Claude Warren and Jesse Keeter.
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Littleton
T. M. Cooper
Enfield
Frances Warren
Surrey Keeter
Carlton Critchet
Herman Shearin
Littleton-Aurelian Springs
Miss Nesbitt Of Thalhimers To Address Women
Roanoke Rapids Woman's Club meets Monday October 2 at 3 00 P M for a lecture Interior Decorating in the Home by Miss Marjorie Nesbitt courtesy of Thalhimer Bros Richmond Va Hostesses include Mesdames H E Lee J W Martin Clayton Gurley L I Stell Roderick Meikle and C N Wheeler
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Roanoke Rapids Woman's Club
Marjorie Nesbitt
Thalhimer Bros
Richmond
H. E. Lee
J. W. Martin
Clayton Gurley
L. I. Stell
Roderick Meikle
C. N. Wheeler
Mrs Meade Visits Brother in Sumter South Carolina
Mrs L J Meade spent the past week in Sumter South Carolina visiting her brother R H Tucker.
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L. J. Meade
Sumter
S. Car
R. H. Tucker
Tuesday Bridge Club Holds Its 1st Meeting
The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club met at Mrs. T. J. Taylor’s home with Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Wilmer Collier as hosts. Five tables played six progressions and prizes awarded for club high and guest high. Winners were Mrs. William Harris I and Mrs. T. J. Alford. fall flowers and a salad course complemented the gathering.
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T. J. Taylor
Taylor
Wilmer Collier
William Harris
T. J. Alford
Mesdames
Mike Vaughan
Zollie Powell
B. E. Stephenson
W. E. Murphrey
William Neil Pharr
Edwin Akers
John Dunn
W. A. China
John Martin
W. L. Medlin
Ray Rogers
T. Alford
D. B. Bennett
William Harrie
II. Wyche Land
Clayton Gurley
Lew Yerger
R. A. Daniel, Jr
Cranford Hoyle
Mrs Harrison and daughter Leave City After Visit
Mrs John Harrison and her daughter, who have been guests of Miss Susan Holliday, departed Wednesday for Charlotte North Carolina. Miss Mary Lillian Meade of Richmond visited with her parents Mr and Mrs L J Meade over the weekend.
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John Harrison
Susan Holliday
Charlotte
N. C
Mary Lillian Meade
Richmond
L. J. Meade
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Higgins
Ita Thurs
Keeter
Roanoke Rapids
Miss Warren
Claude Warren
Jesse Keeter
Miss Nesbitt of
Thalhimers
Ueig
Weldon Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
Weldon, N. C
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