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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1940

Page

21

Colored School Glee Club Appears at Kiwanis Club

Forty members of the John Armstrong Chaloner School Glee Club presented Negro spirituals under Louise Harris. Plans for a South Rosemary Boy Scout troop were announced with Ed Perdue as scoutmaster and Arledge Boyd as assistant. A Duke Wake Forest baseball game benefit for Roanoke Rapids High School equipment was set for April 13 with Kiwanis and Lions sponsors.

John Armstrong Chaloner School Kiwanis Club Louise Harris Howerton Gowen Virgil McDowell South Rosemary Ed Perdue Arledge Boyd W. A. Thorne Scotland Neck Duke- Wake Forest Lions and Roanoke Rapids High School Athletic Association Kiwanians Presi

Belcano Laboratory Expert to Visit Griffin Drug Co

Miss Ruby Haden, personal representative of Belcano Laboratories, will spend next week at Griffin Drug Co uptown offering free skin care consultations by appointment. The visit, arranged at great expense, includes a courtesy facial and advice on individual skin needs. Griffin Drug Co has long featured Belcano cosmetics and stocks the line.

O. Griffin Griffin Drug Company Ruby Haden Belcano Laboratories Uptown Miss Haden Griffin Drug Co

New Roanoke Playground Opens at 4th and Jefferson

A new Roanoke playground at Jefferson and Fourth Streets was prepared with ground donated by Virginia Electric and Power. A. P. McNeill led the effort to remove street play hazards and the city scraped and leveled the area. Officials fear injuries may occur until equipment is secured.

Jefferson Fourth Streets Virginia Electric and Power Company A. P. McNeill McNeill

Chicken Pie Dinner at Rosemary Church Aims to Help

A chicken pie dinner will be served Tuesday April 9 from 5 30 to 7 30 p m in the high school lunch room by the women of Rosemary Methodist Church. Tickets are on sale by the women and at Griffin Drug Co and R I Starke Grocery.

Rosemary Methodist Church Griffin Drug Co R. I. Starke Grocery

Hostess Hosts Bridge Club For Mrs Geo Pappendick

Mrs. Geo Pappendick entertained her bridge club on Monroe Street Tuesday evening with three tables of play. High scorer was Mrs. Sam Bunn, second high Mrs. Geo Lamprey, traveling prize to Miss Catherine Wolhar, who was bridal party guest of honor. A sweet course with coffee followed at 10 30. Players included Mesdames Bill Alligood Sam Bunn A O George A L Gilliam Geo Lampley Ivey Mahorn E B Smoot H C Wirtz J A Wood Thurman Bullock and Miss Catherine Wolhar Edna Wafford.

Geo. Pappendick Monroe St Sam Bunn Geo. Lamprey Catherine Wolhar Bill Alligood A. O. George A. L. Gilliam Geo. Lampley Ivey Mahorn E. B. Smoot H. C. Wirtz J. A. Wood Thurman Bullock Edna Wafford

Fiddlers Conven tion at Macon High School Friday

Fiddlers Convention at Macon High School auditorium on Friday night April 5 at 8. Prizes abound for bands guitars mandolins banjos solos and duets with fifty audience prizes. Sponsored by the PTA for the Macon High baseball team fundraiser.

Macon High School P.T.A Macon High

Miss Myrtle and Mildred Barrett Visit Irene Cox in Weldon

Miss Myrtle Barrett and Miss Mildred Barrett spent Sunday with Miss Irene Cox in Weldon, sharing a social afternoon and time together.

Myrtle Mildred Barrett Irene Cox Weldon

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Colored School Glee Club Dent Thorne Frank Sherry Jesse Harrell Heath Lee Will Nelson Charley Davis Bahnson Weathers Graham Lynch Henry Loy Shaker Teele George Taylor Skinny Rothrock Belcano 4Th & Jefferson Mici Kentucky NG Taylor Distilling Co ETH Tacor I THE K. Taylor Distilling CO Roanoke Avenue Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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