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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1939

Page

12

R Rapids Boy Scout Awards at Camporee Tarboro

Roanoke Rapids Scouts attend the East Carolina Camporee in Tarboro April 14 15 16. Patrols scoring 900 or more win blue ribbons. 700 earn red ribbons. Blue ribbon patrols include Man Beard Troop 142 Weather Patrol Troop 142 Fattle snake Troop 142 Flying Eagle Troop 144. Red ribbon patrols include Wild Boar Troop Flaming Arrow Troop 4 Beaver Troop 14 Bald Eagle Troop 146. Connie Ic hosts a baseball game between Philadelphia Athletics and Williamsport list.

Lewis Hasty Roanoke Roame Rapids Man Beard Patrol Wauther Patrol Fattlesnake Patrol Flying Eagle Patrol Wild Boar Patrol Beaver Patrol Connie Ic Phillelphia Athletics Williamsport

Teacher’s Arm Broken in School Sawing Accident

A. Sheppard, a manual training teacher, was injured Tuesday afternoon at school when a power saw caught the arm of a student and struck Mr Sheppard. His right arm was broken between wrist and shoulder with bruising and cuts to the arm and side.

A. Sheppard Sheppard

Wake Forest to Graduate 156 Seniors in May

Dickens William Irvin of Roanoke Rapids and John Lawrence of Scotland Neck are among 156 Wake Forest seniors to receive diplomas in May. Dickens will earn a B S economics major with history minor and a history and social sciences teaching certificate. Lawrence will receive an LL B after earning a BA in 1937 and plans to practice law.

Wake Forest William Irvin Dickens C. A. Dickens Roanoke Rapids John Lawrence W. O. Lawrence Scotland Wake Forest College Dickens North Carolina Lawrence Demon Deacon Golden Bough Honor Society Golden Bough Barristers’ Club Sigma Pi Alpha Chi Eta Tau

Shirley Ann Lynch Celebrates Fourth Birthday Party

Shirley Ann Lynch turned four with a Friday afternoon party at her Vance Street home from 2 30 to 4. Mrs. T J Lynch served ice cream cake and lemonade after games to Mildred Brockwell Matilda Lynch Sylvia Jean Lynch Maybelle Jones Billie Ennis Glenda Hoggard Bana Babb Keith Jenkins Daniel Brockwell Jr Hasty Alton Babb Dickey Jones Walter Gray and BE W iLee Jr.

Shirley Ann Lynch Vance Street Mrs. T. J. Lynch Shirley Ann Mildred Brockwell Matilda Lynch Sylvia Jean Lynch Maybelle Jones Billie Ennis Glenda Hoggard Bana Babb Keith Jenkins Daniel Brockwell, Jr. Hasty Alton Babb Dickey Jones Walter Gray BE. W. iLee Jr

Littleton Luncheon Hosts and Bridge Winners

Mrs. C. C. Abernathy hosted a refined luncheon on Tuesday at one o’clock. Horace Palmer led in bridge with high score earning a double deck of congress cards. Mrs. Woodrow Haskins took next to high with guest towels.

C. C. Abernathy Horace Palmer Congress Woodrow Haskins Abernathy Mesdames Alice Browning Leslie Crawley George Crawley L. H. Justis H. A. House P. A. Johnston C. H. Lambeth J. P. Leath A. J. May L. H. Hobbs S. T. Patterson Jos. P. Pippen H. P. Robinson R. H. Ward Dennis A. Rose H. C. Smith L. H. Thompson Wilton Browning J. H. Newsom M. P. Cassada Carrie H. Moore

Native Halifax Co Buried Whitakers Chapel Saturday

Miss Mattie Whitaker died Friday at 5 20 o clock at her cousin s home in Enfield after a period of feeble health Funeral services were conducted Saturday at Whitaker s Chapel Cemetery with Rev D R Williams and Rev W L Loy officiating She had lived in Raleigh before returning to Enfield Survivors include a sister Miss Sue M Whitaker Several relatives in the community were noted as visiting or traveling to the area

Halifax County 4-H Halifax Beatrice Lewi Hobgood Winnifred Kin Calvary F. W. Re Dorothy Hockaday Deldridge Davis Roanoke Rapids Winnifred King Ethelry Crews Myricis Virginia King Jeader Darlington Mary Ellen Hedgepeth Beatrice Lewis Lovie Ruth White Elsie Sie Chadricl Ringwoody Anderson Josephine Wilson Mattie Anderson Julia Williams Mattie Whitaker Sam Peirson Enfield

Women Say 93 Percent Benefited From Medicine

A Southern state survey of 12 women found 93 percent reported help from a medicine as a stimulant and aid to digestion. The questions aimed to show its effect on resistance and relief of periodic discomfort linked to malnutrition.

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