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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1939
Page
2
A miscellaneous column blends humor on pronunciation and ice cream nostalgia with reflections on Roosevelt's peace effort. It notes radio quirks, a minister’s remark on Italian seizure, and the value of mediation to avert war. It also toys with names and local trivia while citing Lippmann on public mood.
Nine new books have been added to the City Library covering children to adults. Outstanding titles include Hitler s Mine Kampf and Daphne Du Maurier s Rebecca. Also listed are Knights of the Range by Zane Grey and The Sword of Wernal by Rafael Sabatini along with other works by Streeter Aldrich Goudge Hornby and Packard.
A dated memorial note honors Pearl Insco who died in 1920 and James Simms who died in 1938. It expresses enduring sorrow, faith in reunion on the Heavenly throne, and is signed by their grieving family members.
Mr and Mrs Hubert Clary and daughter Shirlie of Cochran Virginia visited Mr and Mrs Ira Edmonds on Sunday.
Misses Cora and Hilda Edmonds from Brunswick and Ellis Clary of Lawrenceville visited relatives here. Miss Dorothy Balmer from Seaboard spent the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hasty hosted relatives from Seaboard. R. C. Hasty visited his aunt, Mrs. Annie Henderson, in Wallace, North Carolina.
R. S. Marshall announces the Social Security Board will have a representative in Roanoke Rapids every other Thursday starting April 27, 1939, from 11 30 a m to 1 00 p m at the State Employment Service Office to assist employers and employees on old-age insurance rights and duties.
The Halifax Northampton County Schoolmasters Club elected its 1939 officers after a meeting on April 24. Officers named include President W R Maddry, Vice President Morris S Clary, and Secretary Roger Gupton. The program committee consists of C W Davis and Maddry.
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