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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
13
The Home Sphere notes Spring Hill and Dawson Home Demonstration clubs hosting a community picnic with speeches and recreation. It praises Roseneath Brunswick Stew night and a charity event, while observing a shopping bag shortage impact on paper pulp use in early wartime months.
John W. Davis of West Virginia secured the isi nomination on the 103rd ballot at the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden, New York, with Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska chosen as vice president candidate. Pirates off New Jersey seized cargo from the French steamer Mulhern, transferring 33,200 cases of bootleg liquor valued at 500 600 to eight waiting schooners after a 10 day ordeal, per the French consulate report. The United States won the Olympic track and field championships in Paris led by Paavo Nurmi with three wins.
A practical tip encourages using cotton scatter mats at busy points in homes to extend the life of large rugs and carpets and brighten room appearances.
Mrs. Lucy Wheeler of Jackson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hux. Frankie Gray visits Fredericksburg Virginia with brother. Cpl. Douglas Warrick spends a fifteen day furlough with his parents. Miss Doris Fahey spent last week in Washington D C with sister Miss Maude Hux. Miss Joyce Fowler Mullins has returned after visiting Miss Angela Hardy.
As school opening nears, parents are urged to immunize children entering school for the first time against diphtheria and smallpox. Children without preschool clinic attendance should visit a doctor or the health department. Saturday Hep immunizations in Halifax from 10 to 12, plus a county clinic schedule with Tillery Hobgood Enfield Norfleet Halifax Hollister Littleton Marys Chapel and local residents Mohorn and Storms noted among visitors.
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