Ghosts and jokes haunt Roanoke Rapids boiler room tale
A Roanoke Rapids item recounts a school boiler room scare as Waverley and his son encounter a talking spirit. The tale includes a punchline about a loud speaker and a teacher summons, plus local notes on Pete Garner’s new house and Seaboard stock concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Closs
Waverley
Waverely
Knights
Don
Martha Boggs
Flo Ellen
Pete
Pete Garner
Roanoke Rapids
Wilton Dickens
Jackson and
Ninth
Mrs Sherrod Hosts Enfield Bridge Club Event
Mrs Sherrod entertained the Wednesday Evening Bridge Club at her Enfield home on Thursday evening. Mrs Peirson won high score with a dain ty handkerchief and Mrs Cowdrey received traveling prize cards. Dessert was served at ten thirty to a long guest list including Mrs Whitehead Fleming Moss Boseman Morris Sherrod Newton Craughan Condrey Matthews Britt Nichols and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Sherrod
Enfield
Ruby Peirson
Paul Cowdrey
Jeff Whitehead
Evelina Fleming
Blanche Moss
Winnie Boseman
Tommie Morris
John M. Sherrod
Nellie Bryan Newton
Ernest Craughan
Eight Chapters UDC Hold Dist Meet In Weldon
Members of the Frank M. Parker chapter Enfield attended the 10th District UDC meeting in Weldon with many officers and visitors. The gathering featured music memorial service luncheon dances and remarks by state and local UDC leaders before adjournment to Scotland Neck next spring. Approximately one hundred were present at Weldon’s Community House with the Children’s Chapter serving lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UDC
Weldon
Frank M. Parker
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Enfield
U.D.C
Susan L. Fitz- Patrick
Katie W. Riddick
G. C. Howell
B. E. Bobbitt
R. E. Shervette, Jr
P. V. Randolph
L. L. Allen
H. M. Lynch
S. C. Whitaker
A. S. Harrison
Robert Kimball
Emma James
C. J. Leonard
Dorothy Bennette
C. F. Musselman
Virginia Branch
Waverly White
Halifax
Littleton
Scotland Neck
Ahoskie
Harrellsville
Winton
Susan L. FitzPatrick
D. P. Moore
W. B. Joyner
Alice Joyner
J. A. Johnson
W. G. Sutter
F. W M. White
R. T. Daniel
R. Daniel
Kate Garrett
L. E. Fisher
North Carolina
Asheville
J. E. Lambeth
Thomasville
John S. Rowe
Hickory
R. R. Copeland
Quentin Gregory
Nannie Dodson
Crosses
Winston-Salem
J. F. Hayden
High Point
Caroline Long
Elizabeth Hines
Clara Fenner
Katherine Coppedge
Agnes Oakes
Mamie Nash
Catherine Merchant
Peter den
Ges
Roanoke Rapids
Enfield Chapter of Eastern Star Installs Officers
Enfield Chapter No. 183, Order Eastern Star, installed officers for the year. Names include Worthy Matron Martha Pop and Worthy Patron T. M. Cooper, with multiple associate officers and conductors. Visitors listed include Mrs. Lottie Wagner and W. D. Wagner among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enfield
Eastern Star
Order
Martha Pop
T. M. Cooper
Bessie Hancock
Mattie Batts
Mamie Allen
Undine Caudle
Vera Bobbitt
Elizabeth Dickens
Mattie Vestry
Blanche Hardee
Adah
Belle Marshall
Ruth
Katie B. Bobbitt
Esther
Pauline Cooper
Martha
Maude Lee Fowlkes
Electa
Jennie Meyer
Warden
Myrtle Durham
Sentinel
Tempie Ba
Lottie Wagner
D.O.G.M
W.D. Wagner
Slaughenhaupt
Miss Horn
Enfield Club Luncheon Hosts Afternoon Bridge Gathering
Mrs. Sam Arrington Dunn hosted the Enfield Afternoom Bridge Club luncheon. Afterward progressive bridge crowned Mrs. J. B. Britt with high score, a double deck prize. Guests included Mrs. Ennis Bryam, Mrs. Joe Riddick, and several From Scotland Neck and area members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Arrington Dunn
J. B. Britt
Ennis Bryam
Joe Riddick
J. Dunn
Scotland Neck
R. Hunter Pope
R. E. Shervette, Jr
P. W. Joyner
D. Mac Johnson
Joe F. Edwards
J. R. Matthews
Joe Pope
Lee Whitehead
Leonard Matthews
Hugh Sherrod
Holt Evans
A. C. Nichols, Jr
W. W. Kitchen
D. E. Josey
I. D. Wood
Elsie DeLysle
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Cides
Spook
Bob
Seaboard
L. G. Shell
Mrs. Sherrod
Charles Austin
Tarboro
Enfield Club
Tha Anh
Chevrolet
America
Fisher E
General Motors
Tri-City Motor CO. Inc
Roanoke Avenue
Roanoke Rapids, N.C
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