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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1931
Page
2
Mrs. Ivey Askew stays in Murfreesboro while Mr. and Mrs. Draper weekended in Lasker. Many residents take trips to Hopewell Virginia Beach and Atlantic City with family and friends. Names include Hedgepeth Carrolls Mills Chambliss and Taylor among others with visits to Norfolk Philadelphia and Lawrenceville during August.
Salisbury residents G M Denson returns home after a visit with W D Denson. Maywood Hudgins of Newport News and Mr and Mrs Hudgins join Mrs Mary Sadler for a weekend visit. Pridgen family and children spend the weekend in Washington DC. Louise McMillan of Thomasville NC guests of the Jenkins in town. Kendricks drive to Rocky Mount with Fisher party from Charlotte. Claude Mattox of Durham visits Rosssie Hancock and Rudolph Waters at Oak View Virginia. Annie T Hancock visits Norfolk and Ivor VA. others host relatives.
An elderly resident, MRS. D. P. LUCAS, complains the town lacks vitality and fun, urging locals to unite after election zeal faded. She laments hog pens, cow lots, and poor streets, saying people will leave for brighter towns and hints at jail if challenged. She signs from 643 Williams St. betwixt the cow pen and hog pen.
Market scores for Roanoke Rapids list health grades by cafe and color category. White grade A cafes include Rosemary and White House in Enfield Weldon with scores in the mid 90s. Grade B cafes show Dixie Cafe in Scotland Neck and Acme Coffee Shop in Roanoke Rapids with scores from 7 to 87. Colored cafes include Terminal Inn Weldon with 96 and Franklin Cafe Enfield 86 1 2 with Patterson's Cafe Weldon 73 1 2. Roanoke Rapids market scores feature multiple 98s from Taylor and Collier Joe C Wells S C Cook R I Starke and Traynham Grimmer.
A jumble of business names with several 98s and 97s appears alongside religious items. Includes sermons on Candles by Bena Beshel, Mass times and confessions at St. Johns Catholic Chapel, and a note about Ocean View Sunday services.
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