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News - Halifax Gazette (Halifax Co VA)

These vintage editions of the Halifax Gazette newspaper cover many important events between 1940 and 1961. They include articles, photos, classifieds, obituaries, news headlines, sporting events, and everything you'd expect to see in a regional newspaper of these decades. The paper was published in South Boston, Virginia, located in Halifax County. Each issue is every-word searchable so you can find names, places, and topics on any page, even within the advertisements. Continue…

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Mabel Stark was a famous lion trainer at the long ago closed Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, CA where I grew up. I remember seeing Mabel and her lions when visiting Jungleand during its final years in operation. Apparently Mabel may have known my grandfather Julian Steunenberg but I have never been able to trace any connection. Later before the empty park was torn down, I returned again with a ...more
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