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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
11
The column notes Roanoke Rapids’ upcoming Lions event with festive attractions at low prices, along with local chatter about rain forecasts, traffic rules, and ongoing city development including new buildings and Chaloner Park plans. It also recalls Oscar’s crash and locals’ opinions on the Owls and the town’s changes.
Weldon families and friends visited Mrs. E. S. Jenkins and Mrs. J. F. Jones while Bertha Walston spent the weekend here with Mrs. J. F. Jones. Norfolk couple H. S. Harper and daughter enjoyed the weekend at their Weldon home. The Myricks of Weldon visited Mrs. J. F. Jones and Mrs. G. H. Myrick Sunday. Harold King James King Robert Jenkins Gordon Johnston and Johnny Aycock spend the week at White Lake with Bryant Reid and others.
Norfolk residents hosted relatives over the weekend. Mrs. C. D. House returned from Portsmouth. Dean and Mrs. Robert House visited Mrs. John House. Mrs. Copeland of South Carolina visited Ed gar Isles. Mrs. Clark of Weldon joined Mrs. John D. House for supper. A son, William David, was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Perkinson on July 31, 1999 at Roanoke Rapids Hospital. mother and baby are well.
Calvary Church will wrap revival services this Sunday August 6 with all day events and a dinner on the ground. The event invites attendees to bring friends. New York reports seven earthquakes recorded by the Fordham University seismograph at the World’s Fair with the farthest from the Pacific at 8,700 miles and the nearest at Puerto Rico 1,485 miles away.
Hawkins Chapel Church invites attendees to Sunday School at 10 30 a m. They hope for better turnout and ask everyone to come on time and bring a friend.
In remembrance of Richard Davis who departed August fifth 1929. He married Mary Daughtry thirty-two years ago and is survived by his wife five children four brothers Bennie Ronnie Millard Frank and two sisters Alice and Joeanna of Coway North Carolina. Funeral services were held at his home near Jackson by Reverend J Boone. Interment was in his old home cemetery.
Mrs. B. J. Dunning and Misses Margaret and Emily Dunning with Doris and Helen Hedgepeth Margaret Poyner and Mary Louise Ray departed Tuesday for a week at Virginia Beach to enjoy a seaside getaway.
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