Roanoke Rapids Personal and Local Items
Mr Henry Taylor spends week in Greenville with friends. Mrs A O Pendleton and daughter Aileen visit Greenville with her parents in Philadelphia. Miss Lucile Clements and Miss Myrtle Wrenn visit towns. Mrs B Marks visited Richmond. Stadium and others in town. C R Brooks from Henderson and G E Williams travel near Nashville and Halifax. R L Martin named Rapids Band director. Catherine Webster visits Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Taylor
Greenville
S. C
A. O. Pendleton
Aileen
W. P. Gearhart
Philadelphia
Lucile Clements
Town
Myrtle Wrenn
Oxford
B. Marks
Richmond
Stadium
Kinston
E. C. Few
E. C. Jr
G. E. Williams
Severa
Nashville
H. T. Smith
Fayetteville
Fred Peck
Greensboro
Robert L. Daughtry
Norfolk
R. L. Martin
Rapids
Catherine Webster
Palm Sunday Music at All Saints Church
Palm Sunday services at All Saints Episcopal Church will feature special music and liturgical anthems. The procession includes All Gloriosa Honour and Gloria Patri with Benedictus and Magnificat settings, plus hymns and the traditional Doxology. Miss Sallie Charles conducts the choir, with Ruth Transon at the organ, and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints
Teschner
Harker
Anon
Miller
Short-Changer Comes to Grief at Halifax Jail
Bennie Rosewell and a woman accomplice faced Recorder's Court amid charges of defrauding local merchants by a clever change scam. Rosewell held on 500 dollar bond. the woman, 100 dollars, tied to intimidation of a key witness. Authorities pursue Rosewell in Enfield and Halifax as more warrants surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennie Rosewell
Halifax
Recorder’s Court
Roanoke
Bosewell
Enfield
Lewood Simmons
Russell House
Joe Riddle
R. F. Burt
Charlie Sadler
W. G. Gibson
PTA Meeting At High School Building
Parents urged to attend the Parent Teacher Association gathering at the High School Building on Monday at 1 30 PM. Reports from committees appointed at the last meeting will be shared and a program on health needs presented. Attend to support the school and have your voice heard.
A Friend In Need
A staff report from the State Sanatorium notes neighborly help and mutual aid. It recalls a young man in a large city diagnosed with tuberculosis who faced grave consequences without prompt treatment, underscoring the importance of timely care and community support.
R. R. H. S. To Play Norfolk Saturday
Roanoke Rapids High School will meet South Norfolk at Rosemary Dia next Saturday at 8 30 pm. The team has been shuffled but shows promise of material improvement. a good game is predicted and fans are urged to support the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids High School
South Norfolk
Democratic Voters Precinct Meetings Held in Roanoke Rapids
Voters of Roanoke Rapids Township will meet Saturday April 8 1922 at 2 00 PM to elect a Precinct Executive Committee and delegates to the County Convention in Halifax on April 16 1922 at 11 00 AM Precinct 1 will meet in the Mayor's Office First National Bank Building Precinct 2 at the Rosemary Manufacturing Company Library and Band Hall All voters urged to attend W L Long Chairman Precinct 1 W J Norwood Chairman Precinct 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax
First National Bank
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Miss Jodie Baggett Dies After Pneumonia Illness
Miss Jodie Baggett daughter of Mrs Dornett of 605 Six Hundred Street died Friday at Roanoke Rapids Hospital after a several day illness with pneumonia. She had lived in the community about two years. Surviving sisters and brothers include Ada Vick Iphaniter Baggett Mrs MW Beff Rosemary and F Tenylor of Henderson. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon by Rev A G Carter with interment in the family cemetery near Woodland in Hertford County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jodie Baggett
A. G. Carter
Woodland
Hertford County
Presbyterian Church Evangelistic Week Schedule
Rev. Stanley White and Mr J H Harrison lead the Presbyterian Church program with Sunday School at 10:00, worship at 11:00, Junior C E at 3:00, Christian Endeavor at 6:45, and evening service at 7:30. Evangelistic meetings continue through Sunday with Friday night and a Saturday night service due to limited length. all Sunday School members urged to attend to receive God’s offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
All Saints Episcopal Church Palm Sunday Services
All Saints Church Roanoke Avenue invites parishioners to Holy Week services led by Rev. Lewis N. Taylor and parish worker Mrs. Katherine Webster. Morning worship 9:45 with Bible classes, daily Holy Communion through Maundy Thursday at 10 A.M., Holy Week nightly 7:30 except Saturday, plus Good Friday 3:30 A.M., 3 P.M., 7:30 P.M. Easter baptism at 3:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints Church
Lewis N. Taylor
Katherine Webster
Roanoke Avenue
T. W. Mullen
Gladys Lea Soprano To Sing At High School Auditorium
Miss Gladys Lea of Danville Virginia, a promising young soprano, will sing at the High School Auditorium on Tuesday evening April 18. She studies under Malame Calve and may accompany Calve to Europe this summer. Critics praised her rich, intelligent tone and potential. Bethlehem Pa, 1919 article notes her recital and favorable reviews from Musical Courier and other publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Lea
Danville
Miss Lea
Malame Calve
Madame Calve
Europe
Miss Vea
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Times
Fullerton Waldo
Philadelphia Public Ledger
J. Fred Wolfe
Bach Choir
Lehigh University
Travis
North Carolina imports too much food and feed
University of North Carolina studies show 1920 imports of food and feed in excess of 235 million dollars, highlighting weak livestock development, low farm self-sufficiency, and a push for the state to feed itself first to cut reliance on outside supplies. The analysis cites low dairy output, scarce hay, and undernourished farm families as dire consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
B. C. Branson
Department of Rural Economics
University of North Carolina
John Paul Lucas
Lucas
University News
Dr. Branson
Hobbs
H. R. Smedes
Iowa
Hobson
Simultaneous Services in the Churches
Revival services are held across the community with broad participation. Ministers from Norfolk Winston Salem and local pastors conduct services in Baptist Presbyterian Methodist and Episcopal settings and home meetings. Next week Rev Lewis N Taylor will lead morning and evening services in the church with continued efforts to boost spiritual life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Stephenson
Norfolk
Roanoke Rapids
RE. L. Flapsger Wilson
Presbyterian Ch
R. H. Broom
Methodist Church
Lewis N. Taylor
Methodist
Rosemary
E. N. Harrison
Baptist Church
Fred N. Day
Winston Salem
Powelltown Social Notes and School Event Reminders
Miss Sallie Parsons spent the week-end at Hobgood visiting friends. Misses Emma Dunn and Helen Powell went to Weld on Friday. Miss Annie Cherry visited South Rosemary School Tuesday. Miss Georgia Thoroughgood spent Sunday at Vaughan. A debate is scheduled Friday night at South Rosemary School. Mrs. J. E. Pearson has been ill. Pupils in Miss Thoroughgood’s room enjoyed a picnic on Rhea Creek Saturday with Richard Brown Lewis Johnson Edward Rhea Mattie Hudson Helen Pearson Lelia Williams Alice Harrison Susie Massey Luther Ivey Gladys Ivey Grady Pearson Sam Brown Julia Griffin Ethel Cooke Mabel Rook Edna Tickle Lily Edmundson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Parsons
Hobgood
N. C
Emma Dunn
Helen Powell
Weld
Annie Cherry
South Rosemary School
Georgia Thoroughgood
Vaughan
J. E. Pearson
Miss Thoroughgood
Rhea Creek
Richard Brown
Lewis Johnson
Edward Rhea
Mattie Hudson
Helen Pearson
Lelia Williams
Alice Harrison
Susie Massey
Luther Ivey
Gladys Ivey
Grady Pearson
Sam Brown
Julia Griffin
Ethel Cooke
Mabel Rook
Edna Tickle
Lily Edmundson
Swat the Fly Early to Halt Infestation This Summer
The text notes rapid fly reproduction with a new generation every ten days in warm temperatures. A female lays about 120 eggs per ten days, potentially yielding millions from one fly in a season. It claims 2880 flies per ounce and estimates 810 lbs of flies produced in 40 days if half survive. It urges an early spring cleanup to destroy breeding, calling the fly a spreader of filth and disease and urging swatting efforts.
Card of Thanks for R L Bishop Jr
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and assistance during our son R L Bishop Jr s illness and death. Mr and Mrs R L Bishop thank you for the support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Bishop
Rosemary Business Men to Clean Up Rosemary
Mr R D Jenkins superintendent of public welfare has circulated a petition among Rosemary business houses in which nearly all pledged to clean up their premises in front and rear within the week between April 8 and April 8 in cooperation with the Clean Up Week Campaign in Roanoke Rapids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Jenkins
Department of Public Welfare
Rosemary
Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary Personal and Local Items
Rosemary notes list numerous visits and stays by residents and visitors from New York Henderson Norfolk Richmond Raleigh Portland Charlotte and others. It mentions a windstorm damage to the Dobbin Building and the Rosemary Supply Co warehouse, plus Western Union establishing an Rosemary office in May in the Citizens Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Rosemary
Citizens’ Bank
Annie Medlin
Telegraph Company
Coy R. Broughton
Raleigh
Katherine Webster
Richmond
Family mourns loss with community thanks in bereavement
Mrs. Dora Baggett and family express deep gratitude for the support shown by the community during their bereavement. They acknowledge the kindness and sympathy extended by neighbors friends and local groups in this difficult time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Baggett
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Rosa Smith
Ellen Shields
Annie Taylor
Sallie ‘Saunders
Nannie Peele
Quentin Gregory
Tillery
C. R. Brooks
Henderson
W. R. Cherry
Rocky Mount
All Saints’ Church
Laud
Domina
Tey
Teatham
Recorder's Cour
Inien
Parent-Teacher Association
R. R.H.S
Democratic Voters
W. L. Long
W. J. Norwood
Fred Wolfe
Powelltown
E. ©. Kendrick
New York City
E. Falkner
B. Boswell
R. F. Jenkins
Manning
Thapel Hill
Mas. Heather
Portsmouth
Wiley Ellis
Garysburg
William Medlin
S. W. Winfery
Wike
Taroro
FP. L. Thomasson
Charytte
Monay
George Stephenson
Darysburg
Sidney Matthews
Lawrenceville
Max Einstein
Charlotte
J. C. Smith
Tenth Street
R. B. Tarleton
Charotte
A. C. Zollicoffer
Thos. M. Jenkins
Womans’ Missionary Union of the Baptist Church
S. W. Jordan
Atlanta
Dobbin
Wm. N. Avis
W. H. McMahon
Winston-Salem
J. H. Cullom
Jerry Hockaday
Wade Powell
Weldon
J. B. Tilgham
R. Cooper
Wednesen
George B. Cooper
Newport News
Wil
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