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The first line of defense is on the home front.

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Wilson Daily Times, 27 December 1941.

Negro Home Agent Jane Amos Boyd highlighted the efforts of homemaker Henrietta Ruffin to insure an ample food supply for her family and community. Ruffin canned 674 quarts of fruits, vegetables, and meats; bought 460 baby chicks; and sold more than eighty dollars worth of surplus eggs and chickens at a curb market.

Though Ruffin had a Pitt County address, she lived between Saratoga and the Wilson-Pitt County line.

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In the 1910 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: on Howards Path, farmer Jesse Ward, 26; wife Arey, 32; and children William, 14, Walton, 10, Henrietta, 10, Susan, 6, Kizie, 5, and Juanita, 1 month.

Charlie Ruffin, 21, of Saratoga, son of Ida Ruffin, married Henretta Moore, 18, of Saratoga, daughter of Ara Moore, on 25 January 1920 in Saratoga township. Washington Littles, a Disciples minister, performed the ceremony in the presence of William Dupree, Henry Stewart, and Arluster McNair, all of Saratoga.

In the 1920 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: on Fountain Road, farmer Charles Ruffin, 19; wife Henrietta, 19; mother Ida, 50, widow; sister Daisy, 13; and niece Mary, 12.

In the 1930 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: farm laborer Charles Ruffin, 30; wife Henritta, 28; and children Bertha, 9, Charles Jr., 8, James R., 6, Juntia, 2, and Gladis L., 10 months.

In the 1940 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: farmer Charles Ruffin, 39; wife Henretta, 38; and children Bertha, 19, Charles, 17, James R., 16, Juanita, 12, Gladys Lee, 10, Christine, 8, Bruce, 7, Bertie Mae, 4, and Curtis, 10 months.

Henrietta Moore Ruffin died 29 November 2004.

Yule decorations.

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Wilson Daily Times, 23 December 1949.

  • Dorothy Parker — South Vick Street? The 1947 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory does not show a Parker at 210 South Vick and has no listing for 210 North Vick.
  • Mrs. Dan Carroll — Lenora Carroll died 16 May 1960 at her home at 715 [sic] Elvie Street, Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was born 30 September 1902 in Johnston County to Leander Smith and Luvenia [maiden name unknown] and was married to Daniel Carroll. [Both Dan and Lenora Carroll’s death certificates list 715 Elvie Street as their address, as does the obituary of Barbara Haskins Adams, the niece of Dan Carroll’s second wife, Bertha H. Carroll. However, the 1947 city directory lists Dan Carroll at 716 Elvie. My best guess is that the house at 715 Elvie, which is a small brick ranch, was built in the 1950s, and the Carrolls had previously lived — and decorated a beautiful tree — across the street.]
  • Rev. and Mrs. Rufford — Until her death in 1942, educator Sallie M. Barbour lived at 1100 East Nash Street. I have not been able to identify the Ruffords.
  • Dr. and Mrs. William Phillips — William H. and Rena Carter Phillips.