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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1940
Page
14
A narrator recounts legends of Blackbeard treasures with guardians, talking hands, and a mysterious lighthouse footprint that supposedly revealed hidden riches. The piece ends with moral cautions about silent digging and a claim of owning a ruby dug up by a treasure seeker.
East Carolina Teachers College Club met at Coltrane Hall on Friday evening. Hostesses were Mesdames Talton O Briant Wyche Land Wil mer Collier and Miss Ella Gibbs. After a business session, bridge was played. Elizabeth Overton won high score and the floating prize. Refreshments were served to members including Nancy Sperling Mirian Sloan Hazel Whitehurst Ruth Dean Rosina Pittman Frances Newsom Olive Gilbert Carrie T. Smith Virginia Blount Elizabeth Smith Evelyn Tillman Martha Whitehurst Julia Farrior and Mesdames R G Knight W A China Clayton Gurley Claude Cannon.
Stamp collectors await new issues at the local post office as groups roll out. On April 1 27 the Jane Adams scientist stamp debuts completing the scientists set, followed by composers on May 4 with Foster, then Sousa Herbert McDowell Nevin in later Saturdays. September 6 starts artists while October 8 launches inventors. Popular recent issues include The Pony Express and Pan American at three cents.
Marvin Goron Edwards of Roanoke Rapids has been accepted for the United States Marine Corps at Raleigh’s Recruiting Station and was briefly transferred to Parris Island S C for initial training. He will be assigned to a service school, ship, foreign station, or marine barracks after preliminary training.
Mrs. J. M. Jackson and Mrs. Gordon Berkstresser attended the Tu ip Festival in Washington North Carolina on Friday. H. T. Cashwell of Fayetteville is visiting his aunt Mrs. M. Gulbransen.
Mr and Mrs Harry Goodwin Gaw of Sanford announce the engagement of their daughter Jane Backstrom to Mr Fred Bryan Ragland of Atlanta and West Palm Beach. She is a Roanoke Rapids vocal music teacher and UNC Woman's College graduate. Ragland is from Memphis Tennessee, a George School of Technology graduate, and a member of Kappa Alpha. The wedding is set for June 26 1940 at Gaithers Hall Chapel Montreal NC.
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