Roanoke Rapids Personal and Local Items
Roanoke Rapids highlights include visits and travels of residents such as Mrs Roughton from Raleigh Mrs Faison and family in town Miss Pearl Robinson of Rocky Mount and Miss Mina Smoot of Richmond spending weekends here Several locals return from trips to New York North Norfolk and Richmond while Ruby Williams accepts a post with the National Loan Insurance Co Others socialize in Kinston Richmond Greensboro and Clinton The Rev W W H Filkins rector of Trinity New Jersey will preach at All Saints Arlington New Jersey next Sunday at 11 and 7 45 with the public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina Smoot
Richmond
R. J. Rush
West Virginia
J. W. Smoot
E. H. Ricks
G. C. Lamm
Rocky Mount
Hamilton Block
Raleigh
Ruby Williams
Miss Irby
Lucious Ward
Kinston
Josephine Cherry
Mabelle Burnette
New Jersey
All Saints
W. W. H. Filkins
Trinity
Odd Fellows to Celebrate Centennial University Rededication
The Odd Fellows in the vicinity plan a celebration for the One Hundred and First University next Sunday April 25 at 3 30 P M in the Rosemary Theatre. Hon Calvin Woodard of Wilson NC will deliver the address. Carolina Lodge 225 members meet at 2:00 P M and visiting brothers are welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
One Hundred and First University
Rosemary Theatre
Calvin Woodard
Wilson
N. C
Carolina Lodge No. 225
Carolina Lodge No
F C
Watch Compass Method Described in Historical Guide
The watch can act as a sundial by placing it with twelve toward the sun and aligning the hour hand halfway between the current hour and XII. This method explains using the watch face to determine direction based on the sun’s position.
Church Notes on Akers Address at Cedar Falls
Address from Prof Akers at Cedar Falls Methodist Church outlines Sunday services and Sunday School. It praises improvements in teaching, group meetings, and community interest, detailing salary data for white and black teachers in Halifax County and Rosenwald Fund support for a new black school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Akers
Cedar Falls
North Carolina
Halifax County
Jeanes
Julius Rosenwald
George Eastman
Rochester
N. Y
All Saints Church Roanoke Ave Holy Week Service Outline
All Saints Episcopal Church roanoke avenue lists Rev Lewis N Taylor as rector. Next Sunday marks St Marks Day with Holy Communion at 7 30 A M and divine services at 11 and 7 45. Church school Adults Bible Class led by T W Mullen. Sept 9 45 A M Warren V H Filkins rector of Trinity Arlington NJ will preach. Services at St Lukes at 12 M. The Church with a welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints Church
Lewis N. Taylor
Roanoke Avenue
T. W. Mullen
Warren V. H. Filkins
Trinity Church
Arlington
N. J
St. Lukes
Officers Elected At Roanoke Chapter 81 Royal Arch Masons
At a regular convocation in Masonic Hall Weldon on April 7 1920 Roanoke Chapter 81 Royal Arch Masons installed officers for the new year. Names include High Priest T W Mullen King G Pollock Burgwyn Scribe D W Seifert Treasurer J J Willey Secretary Ashley B Stainback Captain of the Host C W Graham Principal Sojourner E L Williams Royal Arch Captain J W Smoot Master of First Veil E Clark er Master of Second Veil C P Vincent Master of Third Veil J E McGee Sentinel S J Dixon The chapter numbers sixty seven members and is described as growing and prosperous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Hall
Weldon
T. W. Mullen
G. Pollock Burgwyn
D. W. Seifert
J. J. Willey
Ashley B. Stainback
C. W.graham
E. L. Williams
Royal Arch
J. W. Smoot
First Vail
E. Clark
Second Vail
C. P. Vincent
Third Vail
J. E. McGee
Sentinel
S. J. Dixon
Roanoke News
Mothers Club Meets in Rosemary April 28 Meeting
The Mothers Club of Rosemary will meet next Wednesday April 28 at 3 30 p m with Mrs G L Hayes presiding The program titled The meaning of the Kindergarten to the Child to the Home and to Civic Life by Miss Hodges kindergarten teacher at Rosemary is planned A full attendance of all members is requested.
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Mothers Club of
Rosemary
G. L. Hayes
Hodges
Fragmented Comic Dialogue Snippets From an Unnamed Page
A string of humorous lines features clumsy engineers, misfired proposals, and quips about property names and crowds. The dialogue includes a quip on a wife’s value in trouble, a cheap price remark, and Yorick Horn’s take on audience sin, plus a surprised marriage proposal and a misread municipal standing remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorick Horn
Mme
Group Commencements Set Across Halifax County Sports Day
Halifax County divides into four groups each centered at a distinct school with a shared morning program and post noon field day events at the central schools. Community members are urged to attend the four group commencements on April 26 Hobgood April 27 Halifax April 28 Hardrawee and April 29 Aurelia Springs to cheer and support local students.
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Center School
Halifax County
Hobgood
Halifax
Hardrawee
Aurelian Springs
Rural Children Debate for Patterson Cup in Halifax County
Rural schools in Halifax County engage in a debate series tied to the Patterson Debating Cup funded by Sam F. Patterson of Roanoke Rapids. Three teams form triangles: Hobgood Halifax Dawson Hardrawee Bear Swamp Hollister South Rosemary Darlington. Debates on April 28 address if the 1919 Re Valuation Act yields a better taxation system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax County
Sam F. Patterson
Roanoke Rapids
Hobgood
Halifax
Dawson
Hardrawee
Bear Swamp
Hollister
South Rosemary
Darlington
Builders and visionaries urged progress for all
The speaker cites Theodore Roosevelt and Edwin Markham to argue education is essential and democracy demands universal participation. He contends a nation’s worth lies in how it lifts every citizen, urging collective effort to improve society and foster growth of the individual as cities rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Edwin Markham
Public Safety Officials Forge Unified City Rules
A two day session formed a permanent public safety organization of city commissioners from towns across the state. They aim for uniform traffic codes and stricter enforcement to cut auto speed and fire hazards while officials visit the State Insurance Department and plan extensive licensing for hundreds of insurers and agents. Concurrently a state wide Clean-Up week prompts heavy municipal activity and ongoing trash hauling in Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Safety
James R. Young
State Insurance Department
Young
Life and Fire
North Carolina
Fire and Accident Prevention Department
Raleigh
Face the Truth and Courage in Life’s Precari ous Estate
A compact reflection on courage and intelligence guiding a virtuous man. It asserts recognizing life’s precarious state as part of intelligence and facing reality without abashment as part of courage. The piece frames self awareness and steadfastness as key moral traits.
First diagrams and clubs shaped baseball history
In 1899 Almer Doubleday of Cooperstown prepared the first diagram of the baseball diamond. The Knickerbocker Club, founded in New York City in 1845, is said to have been the first free baseball organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almer Doubleday
Cooperstown
N. Y
Khickerbocker Club
New York City
New Credit Unions Organized in April in NC
Three new credit unions have been organized in Chadbourn Delco and Wilmington boosting total to 38 since 1916 under state law. They hold combined resources of 90 000 now and three more are planned in Robeson Bladen and Columbus counties with summer start.
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Chadbourn
Delco
Willmington
Robeson
Bladen
Columbus
Garrell Shumaker
Division of Markets
Shumaker
North Carolina
North Carolina milk output tops one billion pounds in 1919
Dairy Extension Office estimates from West Raleigh show North Carolina produced about 1,160,000,000 pounds of milk from 15,000 cows in 1919 worth around 45,990,000 dollars. More than a third went into butter, 72 million pounds into ice cream, 304,200,000 into whole milk, and 40 billion into cheese, with losses and feed use totaling 28,000,000 pounds valued at roughly 1,100,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Dairy Extension Office
West Raleigh
Christian Church Gleanings Contests and Upcoming Socials
The church plans slow start due to material and labor purchases and emphasizes prudent spending. Sunday school White and Orange contests tally points with online offering totals and a $23.61 last week offering. Ladies Aid fundraising ice cream supper netted about $17. Junior Endeavor Society planning a social on Three hundred Street this Saturday night for all youths.
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M. C. Clippard
J. T. Kelliebrew
Ladies Aid Society
Rosemary Park
Junior Christian Endeavor ‘Society
Women of the Sikhe race struggle and attire issue
A fragmented report notes women described as Sikhes in a race situation with unclear context. The text mentions dress and possible unveiling but lacks coherent details or verification of individuals, location, or event.
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Roughton
T. M. Faison
Mr. P. C. Duncan
Clayton
F.C. Williams
Franklin
8. F. Patterson
Job Taylor
M. McRae Faison
Norfolk
C. W. Humphreys
Williamston
W. E. Bryant
Tarboro
Clinton
F.M. Shute
Catherine
C. W. Graham
The
National Loan & Insurance Company
Joe Williams
W. C. Allsbrook
Jake Sammet
E. J. Coletrane
Greensboro
Hobart Upjohn
New York
Eugene S
W. Woodroof
Annie Cherry
Mothers Club
Te veRoomsmnyse
PeemSenooks
Organization OF Public Safety
NEW Credit Unions
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