Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Roanoke Rapids Herald in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

We have 6,272,717 pages in North Carolina

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1939

Page

2

Norwood to Speak at Claude Whitfield Monument Unveiling

Woodmen of the World plan a ceremony at Roanoke Rapids Cemetery for Claude Whitfield with W. J. Norwood as principal speaker on Sunday April 16 at 3 30 p m J M Taylor will preside and a list of participants and degree team members will take part with the public invited.

Woodmen of the World Claude Whitfield Roanoke Rapids W. J. Norwood J. M. Taylor O. L. Smith E. F. Butts D. W. Faircloth J. E. Brown Willie Moody W. F. Hux Tom Staton W. E. Merritt John Porch M. L. Morris L. T. Vaughan David Vaughan Connor Cooper Clay Perkinson Roy J. Dickerson F. L. Price J. C. Gray Robert High R. H. Beal Michael Istreike

Two Lovely Parties at Mrs Akers and Mrs Meikle Homes

Two social gatherings hosted Wednesday by Mrs Edwin Akers and Mrs Roderick Meikle at Mrs Akers home featured tallies with iris tulips and spirea arrangements. Afternoon guests included Mesdames Williams Berkstresser Covington Dunn Medlin Clements Lupton Martin Manning Weathers Wolhar Wilson Griffin Cassada Kemp and Miss Jean Meikle of Yonkers NY. Evening attendees included Mesdames Harrel Speight Thorne Hayes Collier George Pap pendick Sherry Bennett Cheek Rogers Liske Daniel Benton and Misses Wolhar Jackson with prizes awarded for high and floating in both sessions. A salad plate followed refreshments.

Edwin Akers Roderick Meikle Akers Mesdames W. C. Williams Gordon Berkstresser J. M. C. Covington Miss Meikle Cathrine Wolhar Virginia Jackson Clyde Liske

Local residents report weekend visits and travel

Miss Martha Carson returned Monday from South Carolina. E. E. Edwards of Rocky Mount was in town Tuesday on business. T. M. Jenkins Jr. of Leaksville NC spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jenkins.

Martha Carson South Carolina E. E. Edwards Rocky Mount T. M. Jenkins Jr Leaksville N. C T. M. Jenkins

Mrs Perdue to appear in Richmond show Frylicks of 1939

Mrs S E Perdue left Saturday for Richmond for three weeks to gain new material for her Roanoke Rapids classes and perform in the Frylicks of 1939 at the Mosque Theatre on April 29. Continuation of her Roanoke Rapids classes will start May 6.

S. E. Perdue Richmond Mosque Theatre Roanoke Rapids

Subscription Bridge Party At Woman's Club Proposed

The South Rosemary Homemakers Demonstration Club hosts a subscription bridge party at the Woman's Club House on Tuesday April 25 at 8 o'clock. Chinese checkers will be played also. Table and door prizes and refreshments will be served. The public is invited.

South Rosemary Home Woman's Club

Local Women Attend 15th Granville Presbyterial Auxiliary Meeting

Mrs. C. A. Wyche Miss Margaret Cox Mrs. Dave Clark and Mrs. H. S. Loy attended the 15th annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Granville Presbyterial at Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church in Durham North Carolina this week.

C. A. Wyche Margaret Cox Dave Clark H. S. Loy Woman's Auxiliary of the Granville Presbyterial Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church Durham N. C

Town Talk notices travelers and visitors from across states

Messrs L S Neal and W N Pharr returned Sunday from Greenville South Carolina where they attended the Southern Textile Exposition. Webb Neal of Lynchburg Virginia spent the holidays with his parents. Geo Davis spent Sunday in Greensboro. Harry Cannon of State College spent the weekend here with his parents. Mrs Irene Mueller returned to New York after holidays with her parents. Mr and Mrs Herman Taylor spent Easter with relatives in Dundas Virginia. Mr and Mrs Gervis Denton and children of Whitakers visited. Various local residents and guests from Norfolk, Plymouth, Richmond, Portsmouth, Roxboro, and other towns spent weekends or holidays in town, with relations and friends.

Webb Neal Lynchburg L. S. Neal Geo. Davis Greensboro Harry Cannon State College J. E. Snipes Minnie McNeil Grady Snipes Mahala Wright Scotland Neck Irene Mueller New York L. S. Cannon Herman Taylor Dundas Gervis Denton Whitakers N. Denton Bennie Griffin Boykin Mms Woodrow Stanley Durham Earl Scoggins Spindale N. C Elizabeth Roberts Norfolk R. J. Rightmyer James Council Rocky Mount Jennie Walton Mary Robertson C. L. Fulghum Washington, D. C Milton Moore E.M.I Ann Little Masemore Wadesboro W. C. Williams Arnice Brown Portsmouth Hetty Brown Edith Bugg Flora Mc Donald College H. Bugg Ann Matthews Guy Brown Plymouth Ann Akers Richmond A. B. Akers George Taylor Ruth Bray Siler City J. H. Kennemar L. H. Roberson Raleigh Jim Pearson Valentine Aubrey Kee Orfolk W. L. Kee Marvin Collier Strayer College M. D. Collier Henry Pair Hugh Smith Roxboro Charlie

Also Mentioned on This Page

Norwood Radio Cathry Va Rosemary Drug Co Roanoke Carolina Womans Club NEW Theatre Motion James Cagney Wayne Morris Nelson Eddy Jeanette M’donald Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Johnny Mack Brown Messrs. L. S. Neal W. N. Pharr Greenville S. C Ogxio Eist Crao Es Dorothy Gray Dorothy Taylor's Wake Forest LAS & Oil Newsom Oil CO
Search Courier

Search the Roanoke Rapids Herald Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Roanoke Rapids Herald?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication