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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
9
Two men come to town to teach and share a room near the alley as odd odors prompt a fruitless search for a corpse. Notes on local businesses, fashion, and a parade of visitors mark the town page with names and weekend trips to Nags Head Cape Henry and Wrightsville Beach.
Dr and Mrs William A Carter of Weldon celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at their Elm Street home with a reception Wednesday evening August 3. About two hundred guests from Weldon and out of town attended, with Edwards Rowe Lassiter family and local friends greeting guests and presenting gifts.
Mrs. D. B. Camp along with Miss Elizabeth Glover, Edward Glover and A. M. Glover were in Kinston on Saturday. Miss Lorene Parker of Conway is spending the week with Misses Janet and Irma Lee Grant.
Local residents and visitors are listed as spending time in various towns. Names include Mrs J N Bynum, Jack Vincent, Rev S J Starnes, Mrs S J Starnes, Mr and Mrs W A Sheppard, Mrs Lewis Grimmer, Mrs Mollie King, Mrs Emma Allen, Mrs J M Ingram and daughters, Betty Wynne, Margaret Anne, Mr and Mrs Pete Cuthrell, Misses Clara Belle Mooney, Frances Stalls, Edward White, James Coley, Misses Hazel Higson, Irene Adams, Jinny Spivey, R D Hart, Arthur Carmean, Jean, R Cannon, H H Hitchens, Philadelphia visitors, Mrs J P Anderton, Leonard Glover, Mrs J Browning, Misses Charlotte Grant, Jane Tillery, Roberta Johnson, Dick Tudor, Jerry Patsy Pace, and June Ann Johnson. travels include Washington, Raleigh, Georgia, South Carolina, Norfolk, Burlington, Louisville, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Emporia, Gainesville, Fayetteville, Hope Mills.
Plans for a second high school facility in Roanoke Rapids move forward with Supt. C W Davis and the County Board of Commissioners. The first floor would include six classrooms a book room and an office with a temporary roof and future two more stories. About 30 000 would fund the first floor with 45 percent from a PWA grant. Architect Flannagan and the board discussed the project this week. Edgar Wilkinson has returned home from Blue Ridge Mountains and Morehead City.
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