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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1936
Page
14
Mr and Mrs J G Copeland of near Halifax announce the marriage of their daughter Mildred to George Livesay of Roanoke Rapids on Saturday July 4 in Richmond Virginia. The couple will reside in Roanoke Rapids at their home.
Ebenezer residents report visits among neighbors including Mr and Mrs J A Pittard and A E Crawley family. Many relatives and visitors from Fort Monroe Marion Raleigh Halifax Portsmouth Ayden and Washington contrast with a local sick child Ellis Barnes and Thomas Graham Crawley celebrating his fourth birthday with Brunswick stew and ice cream. Revival sermons are recalled with appreciation and calls to honor visiting guests. Continued community ties and home changes are noted as families host and travel.
John Ray Browning returned from Willoughby Beach. Edgerton came back from Norfolk. Norman Mosely and son visit Boykins, Virginia. Annie Price and Mary Lyn Coopersmith spent Friday in Roanoke Rapids. Dell Harris Manning and Percy Harris left for Wilmington. J. B. Boyce and Sallie Boyce returned from Baltimore. J. M. Mahorn and daughter Ballard visited with Boyces. Mary Dell Harris returned home after visiting her sister. W. H. Johnson visiting Chautauqua New York. Virginia Williams Edward and Frank Williams of Raleigh visit mother Mrs. C. T. Benton. Martha Exum of Raleigh visits Mildred Thornton. Harold Smith of Norfolk vacationing with family here.
The Ford Motor Company uses a Waterford gage plant to produce inspection gages for the Rouge plant in Dearborn Michigan. The Johansson gage blocks meet accuracy to a few millionths of an inch and enable ten thousandths and hundred thousandths inch tolerances. The blocks form the feed table check for grinding operations and the finished gage will inspect automobile parts at Rouge.
Mrs W P Kennedy hosted her bridge club and guests on Wednesday at Sycamore Street Weldon. Three tables played contract with top club score awarded to Mrs C S Vinson and top guest score to Mrs D P Moore. A salad course was served to Mesdames Vinson King Rodwell Holmes Cornwall Daniel Maddrey
To our many friends we extend sincere thanks for the floral offerings and the kindness shown during the illness and death of our mother Mrs C E Hargrove.
Mrs Arietta Grady of Henderson is spending the week with Mrs L H Jones, visiting and taking part in neighborhood social activities.
C F Gore and guests included Mrs D P Moore Mrs W O Davis Mrs Z P Mitchell and Mrs J C Sessoms of Oxford attending a social gathering.
A sociable week as Miss Margaret and Kate Ayscue of Franklinton, Mrs. Essie Ayscue Frye, and others visit relatives in this city. Many travelers spend weekends at Ocean View, Virginia Beach, Raleigh, and nearby towns, with several noting returns home and visitors from Salisbury, Columbia, and Norfolk areas.
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