Roanoke Rapids Churches Personal and Local Items
Rosemary Baptist Church notices invite parishioners to Sunday services and mid week gatherings. Visitors include Mary Daughtry Lessie Buchannon Pearl Andrews Margaret Hoskins and others. Local residents travel, visit relatives, or move to Roanoke Rapids for work and social events. Community members extend thanks for sympathy and support during illness and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Daughtry
Lessie Buchannon
Pearl Andrews
Margaret Hoskins
R. S. Hyman
J. C. Smith
W.E. Byrne
H. F. Cherry
R.T. Edmundson
W. C. Cherry
Mosher
Bounds Chapjaroning
Emporia
Rosemary Methodist Church News Update
Rosemary Methodist Church announces Rev. A. H. Andrews as pastor. Sunday School at ten, J. B. Boyd superintendent. Services Sundays 11 A M and 7 30 P M. Prayer service Wednesday 7 30 P M. Choir practice Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Boyd
Episcopal Church Services At Roanoke And Rosemary Sun
Rector Rev. Lewis N. Taylor leads services at eleven and seven thirty each Sunday with Sunday School at Roanoke Rapids at ten o clock and Rosemary at nine thirty Visitors are welcome for all services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary
Baptist Church Schedule Under Pastor C H Trueblood
Baptist Church announces Pastor C H Trueblood and a full weekly program. Sunday School at 9 45 led by W S Hancock, worship at 11 00 and 7 30, Wednesday prayer at 7 30, Senior and Junior B Y P U sessions, Junior choir, and Sunbeam Band meet the second and fourth Saturday at 2 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Hancock
Sunbeam Band
Presbyterian Church Service and Choir Practice
Pastor Rev. Stanley White leads Sunday services at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school begins at 9:45 with choir practice for children at 9:30. Boy Scouts hold a special 11:00 a.m. service. Visitors and strangers are invited to worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley White
Boy Scouts
Methodist Church Service Schedule
Sunday School at 9 45 supervision by W W Woodruff. Preaching at 11 AM and 730 PM. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 730 PM led by Pastor Rev Eugene C Few.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Woodruff
First Christian Church Raleigh to Hold Morning Service
L Topping, minister, will lead morning service at 9 45 in the Tabernacle on Roanoke Ave corner Ninth St. Preaching next Sunday by the pastor at 11 00 A M and 7 30 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Raleigh
Card of Thanks for Daughter's Interment Help
A brief note by Rev. and Mrs. R. N. Fitts expresses deep gratitude for sympathy and aid shown during the interment of their young daughter.
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R. N. Fitts
A. J. Thomason Dies at Roanoke Rapids Resident
A J Thomason died at his Roanoke Rapids home on Saturday April 14 at age 61. He had lived there 17 years and led the town street work. Survived by his wife Emma Ward and seven children. Funeral by Roanoke Rapids Baptist Church and Woodmen of the World with hearse drawn by his horse. Burial at Roanoke Rapids Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
A. J. Thomason
Thomason
Messrs
N. B
J. T., Rufus
Caroll Thomason
Andrew Harris
J. H. King
Grover Clary
Rosemary
Pocahontas Taylor
Emma Ward
Williamston
R.D
C.H. Williams
Lawrenceville
Johnnie Ward
Edgar Coggins
Christian
Red Cross Rally Prompts Community Organization
The 1914 Cotton Today reports a packed school auditorium for a Red Cross rally and the formation of a local branch. Mrs Emry explained Red Cross origins and aims, Tasker Polk delivered a patriotic speech, and Boy Scouts staged drill demonstrations as Bluebird Pictures promoted a new Rex Ingram film at local theatres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. R. Emry
Weldon
Tasker Polk
Warrenton
American Red Cross
Rosemary
United States
Stanley White
Roanoke Rapids Presbyterian Church
W. L. Long
T. W. M. Long
Red Cross
Chas. R. Emery
Emry
Tasker Polker
Polk
L. S. Mosher
Boy Scouts
C. H. Trueblood
The
Baptist Church
0 C F Notice Special meetings April 28 25
Special meetings held Monday Tuesday and Wednesday nights April 28 to 25 for exemplification of degree work and training of degree staff by Brother Currin of Wilson. All members urgently requested to be present by order of the Noble Grand. A Dickens Secy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Currin
Wilson
A. Dickens
Secy
Local Lebanon Easter Gathering and Community News
Report of a Sunday exercise at Lebanon with a cross design and a Christ is Risen talk by Professor Proctor. Notes visits by W H Allen to Miss Daisy Collie and J H Allen on Roanoke Rapids business, plus Mosely in Roanoke Rapids and families in Petersburg and Lebanon. Farmers busy with planting and hope cotton prices rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Proctor
Christ
W. H. Allen
Daisy Collie
W. G. Mosely
Roanoke Rapids
Death of Caroline May Fitts Dims in North Carolina
Caroline May Fitts aged twenty months, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. R. N. Fitts of Shalotte, N C, died at home after a brief illness. The body was brought for interment in the family burying ground. Relatives from Durham and nearby attended the funeral as the community expressed sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline May Fitts
R. N. Fitts
Shalotte
N. C
S. R. Tyson
George
Durham
W. T. Lamm
Frank Fitts
Willie Fitts
Obituary: Mrs. Mary J. Lyles Dies in Patterson Mills
Mrs. Mary J. Lyles died at her home in Patterson Mills on April 18 after a long tuberculosis illness. She leaves husband R. J. Lyles and eight children, six sons and a daughter, most of whom are married. A Halifax County native, she lived in the community about eight years. Funeral services were held today at the First Christ Tabernacle with interment at Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. She was a devout Christian and beloved mother.
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Mary J. Lyles
Patterson Mills Village
Roanoke Rapids
William J Edmunds dies of tuberculosis at Roanoke Rapids
William J. Edmunds died at Roanoke Rapids Hospital last Wednesday April 18 from tuberculosis after about twelve months of treatment. He is survived by a father and three sisters living in Rosemary. The family moved from Virginia about three years ago. Funeral services are at the home this afternoon followed by burial in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery.
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Williams J. Edmunds
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Edmonds
Rosemary
Virginia
Roanoke Rapids
Resolutions of Respect for Brother A. J. Thomason
The lodge records the death of A. J. Thomason a loyal Woodman and family man. It notes his liberality and charity giving quietly to those in need and to community causes. Condolences are sent to his bereaved family with prayers for relief from sorrow.
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A. J. Thomason
Thomason
Roanoke Rapids Herald
W. S. Hancock
J. M. Taylor
B. B. Higgins
Rosemary community items share speeches and visits
Local notes report Rev Fitts and Rev Topping leading meetings at the Christian Tabernacle, regional visitors in town, and several residents traveling or visiting relatives. The Rosemary Business Men meet. lectures on home gardening, food conservation, and safety are given by Miss Morris, Prof Proctor, and Mrs Cunningham.
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W. E. Froelich
Winston Salem
Froelich
Cadillac Motor Co
Mr. Reynolds
Wilmington
R. L. Topping
Christian Tabernacle
Grace Crumpler
Franklin
Susie Crumpler
J. J. Rose
Margarettsville
G. E. Rose
J. E. McGee
Saxapaw
N. C
McGee
Gertrude Cash
Sarah Clary
Emporia
Pattie Byrd
L. J. Norwood
Ante
J. B. Hudson
J. B. Moody
J. M. Mullen
Ham ‘Burg
T. W. Mullen
Carl Nissen
Jand
J. E. Cox
T. M. Jenkins
N. L. Steadman
Halifax
C. B. Moore
Henrico
Geo. C. Carmichael
Cornelia C. Morris
Cansoning Club
Rosemary Library
Cunningham
State Insurance Department
Roanoke Rapids Postmaster Donates Enlistment Fees
Postmaster M. McRae Faison announces enlistment fees received at the Roanoke Rapids Post Office will be donated to the Red Cross Society. Fees are five dollars per enlistment and the total may exceed a hundred dollars.
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M. McRae Faison
Roanoke Rapids
Red Cross Society
Merchants Protest Rotten Railroad Service
A meeting of the Credit Association of Roanets Rapids discussed starting a new credit system. Members were urged to write to the Corporation Commission requesting relief from the intolerable air line railroad service. The Rosemary Merchants association will be asked to cooperate.
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Credit Association of
Roanetts Rapids
Mayomght
Aften Eoans
Associaetion
Corporation Commission
Air Line Raily
Rosemary
Upchurch Fined For Cursing Mrs Butler In Drunken Spat
J C Upchurch paid a total of 6 75 after a police court ruling found him drunk on his premises and cursing Mrs S W Butler of Patterson Mills Village. Evidence showed Butler had asked Upchurch children to stop running over plants in her garden, provoking the outburst and subsequent suit before Recorder Saunders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C.upchurch
S. W. Butler
Bickett Endorses Selective Draft in Press Telegram
Governor Bickett replies to the New York American's telegram urging a selective draft. He argues equal rights imply equal duties and that a volunteer army discriminates against manhood. He says service should reflect natural fitness and that a nation's call to colors is a stamp of distinction.
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Army
Navy
United States
Bickett
New York American
Hearst
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Portsmouth
R. C. Sales
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Robert Fenner
G. I. Glover
A. D. Glover
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N. G. Company
J. W. Bailey
S. A. Jones
Earl Kittrell
L. J. Bounds
Franklinton
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L.,j. Boykins
Lillian Elmor
Lula Barrett
Fayetteville
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Garysburg
Oran Johnson
Spartanburg
Jackson Street
Johnson
Roanoke Mills
L. R. Hall
Baltimore
Philadelphia
D. C. Stronach
Lawer E. B. Thomason
Richmond
Circles of the Baptist
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Church
Second Street
Roanoke
Milton High
Fanny Robinson
Nell Wicker
S. J. Bounds
Rosemary and
Roanoke Rapids Roll of Honor
Jamie E. Brown
Curtis Vinson
James L. Cushing
Charles R. Barkely
Willie M. Ferrell
Joseph M, White
Lige Shepard
John R. Williams J. J. Hunnings J
W. Shaw
Robt. McClinton
Emmett Putney
RED Cross Branch
Peoples and Rosemary Theatres
Cleo Madison
Zoraida
Bluebird Photoplays
Rex Ingram
Miss Madison
C. F
Rapids
Jackson
J. H. Allen
Mr. Homes
Petersburg
W. G. Moody
Charlie Floyd
M. A. Floyd
William J. Edmunds
Irosemary
Sharlotte
Horace Robertson
Littleton
J. C. Matthews
Walter Holliday
Enfield
Town
I. H. Harrison
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