Roanoke Rapids and Halifax Gardens Open April 15 16
Seven Roanoke Rapids gardens and fourteen Halifax County sites will be open April 15 and 16 as part of the North Carolina Garden Pilgrimage. The Sunny side Garden Club leads Roanoke Rapids with local headquarters at Mrs A Wyche and Miss Susan Hockaday in charge. Halifax activities center at the Woman's Club building with Mrs Quenton Gregory as chair. A small tour fee applies and guides are available. Special guests include Mrs Doris Branch Crump and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
Garden Club of
North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development
Sunnyside Garden Club of
A. Wyche
Susan Hockaday
Halifax
Woman's Club
Quenton Gregory
C. A. Wyche
Vincent Babcock
John Martin
Moody Hedgepeth
T. R. Manning
A. Meikle
Howard Pruden
Constitution House
Magazine Springs
Colonial Clerk’s Office
Colonial Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
William R. Davie
R. L. Applewhite
Iris
Joseph Dickens
Z. T. Cox
Colonial Cottage
D. M. Campbell
C. B. Shaw
Warren
Bird Bath
White
H. B
Music Study Club Plans Rock Fish Festival In Roanoke Rapids
The Music Study Club met at Mrs. R. V. Vaughan’s home in Roanoke Rapids to map its role in the Rock fish Festival. A committee led by Mrs. Chas. R. Daniel plus Mrs. R. T. Daniel and Mrs. Jesse Johnston was named, and plans to organize a school band were discussed with strong parent support. Mrs. R. T. Daniel and Mrs. W. A. China were chosen as delegate and alternate to the Wilmington Music Convention May 9 through 10. The program featured American Jazz with piano by Mrs. B. M. Richardson and jazz vocals by Mrs. Doris Branch Crump of Enfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Vaughan
Roanoke Rapids
Chas. R. Daniel
R. T. Daniel
Jesse Johnston
W. A. China
Wilmington
B. M. Richardson
Doris Branch Crump
Enfield
Negative Teams Win In Roanoke Rapids Greenville Tarboro Debate
In a triad event last Friday Roanoke Rapids and Tarboro negates defeated the local affirmatives at Greenville and Tarboro respectively. The outcome ends any chance for Chapel Hill state finals with both schools failing to post a win in both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
Greenville
Chapel Hill
Nick Long
Victoria Vester
Thomas Hockaday
Constance Jones
Ethel Knott
Morris Clary
Negro Can't Get Ride to Fort Bragg Selective Service
In Halifax County three Negro men were scheduled to report to the local Selective Service Board for Fort Bragg training. Edward Ross of Weldon was absent but found by police and brought to the board. he had claimed no ride to Roanoke Rapids. The board chairman said an order from the board is as binding as military orders and praised police cooperation.
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Selective Service Board
Halifax County
Fort Bragg
Board
Edward Ross
Weldon
Ross
Roanoke Rapids
T. W. Mullen
Army
Grace Harrell tops Rocky Mount visit with Powell kin
Miss Grace Harrell of Rocky Mount spent the weekend with her sister Mrs. R. L. Powell. Miss Azell Powell of Norfolk Va spent Monday night with her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Harrell
Rocky Mount
R. L. Powell
Azell Powell
Norfolk, Va
A. M. Powell
Mattie Lee Clary
Brunswick
C. W. Bailey
Henrietta Edmonds
Brunswick, Va
J. Lynch
Town Talk Notices of visits and family travel in Zebulon
Mr and Mrs M McRae Faison spent Sunday in Zebulon with friends. Captain and Mrs B E Stephenson of Columbia and Fort Jackson SC returned home after visiting relatives. Flo Ellen Denny daughter of Zeb Denny will stay with the Stephenson family in Columbia. The Dennys plan a trip to Columbia and back with Mr and Mrs Joe Talley and their grandson from Peachland.
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Mrs. M. McRae Faison
Zebulon
B. E. Stephenson
Columbia
Fort Jackson
S. C
Little Flo Ellen
Denny
Zeb Denny
Captain
Stephenson
Mrs. Denny
Peachland
Joe Talley
Social Roundup Notes Friend Visits and Dances
Norfork resident E B Cashwell guests of Mrs M Gulleransen and the Coxes. Families and students travel between Brunswick and Raleigh for dances and visits including Emily Dunning and Katherine Traynham at State dance in Raleigh. Rex Hospital nurse Marjorie Keene visits her mother. Buck and Keene plan trips to Greenville for an exposition and relatives gather in Brunswick and Roxboro.
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Emily Dunning
Katherine Traynham
Salem College
Raleigh
G. E. Clary
Mattie Lee
Eva
Brunswick
C. W. Bailey
John Floyd
T. J
A. J. Lynch
la Cross
R. A. Shotwell
Roxboro
Lonnie Martin
Marie Cates
Ann Dawson Mahorn
Mildred Lee Moore
State College
Marjorie Keene
Rex Hospital
Claude Keene
J. E. Buck
Greenville
S. C
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S. B. Pierce
D. L. Hines
Richard Cullom
Roy Cullom
Route 1
E. B. Cashwell
Norfok
S. J. Lynch and
Tras
Studebaker
C.I.T
Fae Coren
South Bend
Ind
Young Motor CO
Grizzards
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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