Readers Column Full of Local Notices and tributes
A Roanoke Rapids Herald reader requests publication of a personal note announcing withdrawal from sheriff candidacy in Halifax County and thanks for support. The letter includes Friendly, affectionate remembrances, mentions of Knox Dickens and Beale memorial verses, and reports of local social visits and greetings from Graham and Warenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
X County
Ssex
Missouri
The
Herald
Ruaruke Rapids
Lewis B. Hay
Sarah B. Dickens
North Carolina
Luvinje
Knoy Dick
Dickens
Hux Brothers
Rube J. Hux
St John’s Catholic Chapel Plans May Day Services
Religious notice lists Holy Mass and sermons at St John’s Chapel corner Hamilton and Ninth Streets on May 1 with a Mary Queen of May theme. It notes additional Masses May 2 and Holy Communion Confessions before Mass and mentions satellite services at Scatid Neck Rocky Mount and Tarboro churches with invitations to all.
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St. John's Catholic Chapel
Hamilton
Ninth Streets
F. J. McCourt
Phillip
J. B. Murphy
Scat Id Neck
N. Main St
Rocky Mount
S. Franklin and
Chester Sts
Tarboro
St. David Street
Local birthday and bridge parties bring family joy
Numerous gatherings mark April weekend celebrations as Mrs W H Jones hosts a family birthday with 18 candle cake and gifts while Miss Berta Miller receives a surprise party. Nearby, Mrs Paul Heydenreich hosts bridge nights with prize cards and salad courses for dozens of guests.
Dinner and theatre party hosts entertain Rosemary Lode guests
Residents of Rosemary Lode were guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Peace at a dinner and theatre party last night. Attendees included Miss Lucille Carson, Miss Margaret Clark, Miss Elizabeth Bas, Miss Martha Craddock, Hart Sheridan, Carr in Faulconer, Mrs. R. C. Craven, Messrs J. J. Wade, J. W. Motion, Dr William Ward and James McGee Jr. Mr and Mrs. R. B. Purdy hosted Saturday dinner for week end guests Jester Peoples and Helen Brink of Petersburg Virginia. Those served included Miss Juanita Taylor, Miss Ruth Chapman, Miss Aline Canvo and Omara Daniel Pendick of Elizabeth City, week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Pappendick.
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Rosemary Lode
S. T. Peace
Lucille Carson
Margaret Clark
Elizabeth Bas Martha Craddock
Hart Sheridan
Carrin Faulconer
R. C. Craven
J.J. Wade
J. W. Motion
William Ward
James McGee. Jr
Double Twins in Double Wedding Attend Roanoke Hospital
Mrs. Cules Jones and Mrs Floyd Peele married in a double ceremony with Rocky Mount residents. The event was noted as Mrs R J Taylor and Mrs Mh n Roanoke part of the wedding notices. One bride underwent an appendectomy at Roanoke hospital following the celebration.
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Cules Jones
Floyd Peele
Rocky Mount
R. J. Taylor
Roanoke Paids Hospital
Local social notes from Raleigh and Burlington visits
Roy Birdwell spent Sunday in Raleigh. Mrs. J. P. Ashworth has returned from a visit to friends in Burlington. 1 Cos has returned from mother in Burlington. Miss Irene Gordon spent the weekend at her home in Nashville. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Alligood spent last weekend in Washington D C. Mrs. W. R. Curtis Henderson, Sunday.
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Roy Birdwell
Raleigh
J. P. Ashworth
Burlington
Cos
Irene Gordon
Nashville
Bill Alligood
Washington, D. C
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HW. J. Beale
Alm
Riddick
Brother Beale
Loyd Allen
Graham
Ruby Shell
Warenton Sunda
Hedneyeth
W. H. Jones
W. S. Saunders
Norris Hannon
S. M. Thompson
R. Starke
P.M. Coburn
J. M. Rive
1A. Hines
J. H. King
J. B. Grant
B W. Hay
Mo IL Hedgepeth
W. T. Jones
Jernigan
Clyde Page
Berta Miller
Ellen Taylor
Naomi Powell
Mildred Shackleford
Estelle Stubbs
Flory Powell
Paul Heydenreich
Howard Praten
Julian Allsbrook
Carroll Wilson
Hugh Camp
Pendleton Grizzard
Frank Hawley
Howard Proden
Allen Zellicoffer
Frank Willams
Traynham Wyehe
Carrie Faulconer
Ruth Transon
Hamilton Street
Wm. Medlin
Heydenreich
Katherine Hall
Mesdames T. W. M Long
F. G. Jarman
Frank Wilson
0. Griffin
Clarence Grimmer
Emmett Matthews
George Taylor
Goodyear Speedway
Joyner Motor CO
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Goodyear
Pendick
Elizabeth City
George Pappendick
Phavid and
Jorn Wake
Long Beach, Cal
W. R. Curtis Henderson
Coburns
Coburn
Oxfords
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