Roanoke Rapids letter from Dr L G Shaffer optometrist
Dr L G Shaffer of Rocky Mount North Carolina writes to Eters Our Readers defending music in culture and announcing he has practiced since March 1913. He claims to have lost four thousand dollars in a local bank collapse and notes his membership in the American Optometric Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Optometric Society
John Rockadollar
Rockfeller
Bank of the North Carolina Bank & Trust Co
L. G. Shaffer
Rocky Mt
N. C
Card of Thanks for Pontiac Prize Win
Mrs. A. O. Pendleton expresses gratitude to friends and husband’s acquaintances who supported her Herald subscription contest win. She notes the Pontiac automobile prize brought real pleasure and memories of their help. Mrs. Pendleton, Mrs. J. E. Buck and children have returned from New Bern and Washington.
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Herald
A. O. Pendleton
J. E. Buck
New Bern
Washington
M. J. Smith
Action photography basics from John Van Guilder
The piece urges readers to master action shots with any camera by applying relativity to movement. It covers shutter speed around 1/26 second, shooting at angles, balancing aperture with distance, planning shots of vaulters, and avoiding distant aircraft by including recognizable details and surroundings. John Van Guilder signs off.
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Doctor Einstein
Fragmented snatches of social observations and humor
A rough collage notes political pulls and putschs, a British Black Shirt hint, science on sun spots, and jokes about wives, Hollywood romance, and farmers blaming Wall Street for drought. The tone mixes speculation with light satire on public figures and trends.
County Board of Education to set school truck routes
The Halifax North Carolina meeting on August 24 1934 at 10 a m will decide school truck routes for the county. Principals with transported pupils must attend. the State School Commission may approve or disapprove routes. Appeals to the County Superintendent within 30 days after adoption. A E Akers County Supt. 11.8-16-HCS
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County Board of Education
Halifax
North Carolina
State School Commission
A. E. Akers
Branch Wheeler announces Annie Belle Dodd wedding to Claude Branch
Mr. Dodd Wheeler announces the marriage of his daughter Annie Belle to Claude Branch on July 28 1934 in Emporia Virginia. Branch a Roanoke Rapids High School graduate last year works at Roanoke Mills Company and they plan to live at 233 Jefferson Street.
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Dodd Wheeler
Annie Belle
Claude Branch
Emporia
Branch
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Mills Company
Jefferson Street
Johnnie Brantley
Coleman
N.C
Hubert Collins
Ocean View
Annie Belle Daughtrey
Beaufort
N. C
Mrs. Fahey and family visit Oak City this weekend
Mrs. H. L. Fahey and her children paid a social visit to Mrs. Frank Price in Oak City North Carolina over the weekend, sharing time at a local residence.
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H. L. Fahey
Frank Price
Oak City
N. C
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the Herald
Rocky Mount, N. C
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Rapids
Robinson Boys
People's Theatre
Rosa Williams
Alma Smith
Ocean View, Va
Cyhe Snapshot Guild
John van Guilder
England
Hollywood
Wall Street
Drouth
Wall
Jack Rabbitt
Anvil Overalls
Osh Kosh B’gosh Sanforized
Leggett’s
UNION
Sweet Orr
Union Made
Chambray
Quarty
Popullar
Halifax County
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