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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
7
Warner Baxter stars as a millionaire who distracts Riviera residents by posing as a beggar. Peter Lorre and John Carradine play vagabonds among a long cast in this Sunday to Tuesday showcase at the Imperial.
Mr and Mrs Stewart Wilson T B Glover and Monroe Jenkins returned Friday from Wrightsville Beach after three days at the Annual Convention of Southern Dixie Life Insurance Co. Qualifying through the home office, they earned the trip. Attending from Rocky Mount were Mr and Mrs S E Wilson with Mr Wilson serving as District Manager.
Mr and Mrs N M Hockaday hosted a watermelon feast Saturday night for a group of young people. Guests included Lucille Shaw Mary Hockaday Ruby Lockamon Nancy Hockaday Reginald Pepper Dot Hockaday Elizabeth Wall Leonard Hockaday Edna Lockaman Mrs C E H Langford and Mrs Edward Allen.
Mr and Mrs R L Hasty and daughter Annie Mae of Jackson spent the weekend here with relatives.
Hawkins Chapel Church announces an all day service this Sunday starting at 11 o clock. Everyone is invited and urged to attend on time in expectation of helper’s presence.
Miss Merle Faison returned Friday from Raleigh where she attended the Farmers and Farm Women's State Convention.
Greta Churchill daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Churchill hosted a Friday party for her sixth birthday. After games the hostess served lemonade candy cakes and Snow White Dixie Cups. Attending were Mary Lou Starke Martha Ann Starke Mary Jo Sutter Margaret Lou George Shirley O dell Virginia Lee Thorne Russell Buxton John Bush Donald Gray Russell Gray Jo Johnson Ann Bunn Moses Gilda Estelle Greenberg Billy Crane Griffin Edward Jackson Furman Brigman Ann Moseley Betty Lou Robinson Lois Churchill and Mary Speight.
Mr and Mrs J C Leath take a two week vacation to Waverly Virginia to visit Mrs Leaths parents They expect to return to the city by the middle of next week Mr Leath manages the A P Store in the southward business section here
The T E L class of Rosemary Baptist Church met at the church on Thursday night for the July gathering. Mrs. Waverly Davis led the devotion and the regular business session followed. refreshments of lemonade and cake honored Mrs. S D Brown and Mrs. P A Cooks birthday. Members present included Mesdames F W Haynie H T Davis P A Cook J O Overton W Davis G C Ricks J W Britton and L B Crouch.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Young visited Washington and Baltimore over the weekend. Several young people spent weekends in Virginia Beach and Richmond while others traveled to Lynchburg and Greensboro for a ball game.
Miss Frances Wilson spent Sunday in Richmond Virginia with unspecified activities noted in a brief society item.
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