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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1936

Page

11

Halifax County Boy Scout Court of Honor 1936 awards

The Halifax County District East Carolina Council held a Court of Honor on July 19 with about 125 attendees. Bill Alligood received the Ten Year Program Award for 1936, while Life Saving, Swimming and Merit Badges were awarded to scouts from Troops 142 and 143. R. L. Toppings appeared as a candidate for Eagle Rank, with his mother receiving the Eagle badge. The meeting closed after a defense of Scouting and a citizen’s lecture on the program’s value.

Halifax County East Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts of America Court of Honor Court of Honor Court of Honor T. W. Muller Crawford Hoyle Ned Manning Singing of America J. N. Bynum Hoyle Bill Alligood Mullen Doyle Dobbins R. L. Toppings Mr. Wells Billy Burton Chas. Williams Thomas Merritt Rudolph Williams Bailey Hasty Raiford Green A. W. Thompson C. W. Davis Chester Simms John Murray Earl Toppings Daniel Edwards Charles Bennett R. L.toppings Toppings

Visiting Parents Welcome Miss Woodall From Roanoke Rapids

Mrs. E. L. Woodall, former Roanoke Rapids High School graduate and ex instructor at Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, arrives this week as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Daughtrey after returning from New Mexico and Texas.

Birth Announcement for Michael Vann Hoyt in Roanoke Rapids

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Johnson on Friday August 14 at Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Michael Vann Hoyt is the newborn.

Dennis Johnson Michael Vann Hoyt Roanoke Rapids Hospital

Funeral Services For L. E. Hudson At Swan Quarter

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for L. E. Hudson at his sister Mrs. R. D. Williams home in Swan Quarter with Rev. J. T. Harris and Rev. W. T. Lowe officiating. Interment followed in the family burying ground. Surviving are his wife Lucy and four children Louise Marjorie Caroline Eugene, plus five sisters. Funeral attendees listed.

L. E. Hudson R. D. Williams Swan Quarter J. T. Harris W. T. Lowe Clifton Gibbs Edward Gibbs Atlas Carown Doll Harris Aaron Cahoon Cortas Mason Lucy Hudson Louise Marjorie Caroline Eugene A. M. Glover Lula Harris This City W. A. Harris Caddie McKinney Scranton Thomas Acree John Lakey D. A. Hudson Hugh Bugg Willie Mincher John McDonald J. R. Burton George Midgette Charlie Moody Grover Woodruff Mildred Burton Grace Hudson Thurston Midgette Forest Forbes Allie Harris L. E. Draper Hunter Fowler Goffrey Williams David Camp

Morgan Dies of Burns in Local Hospital Burial Held

Burial services for £. C. Morgan 70 were held at Sunset Hill Cemetery led by Rev. W. T. Phipps. Morgan died in Roanoke Rapids Hospital on Wednesday from burns received while trying to extinguish an oil stove at his home near Petersburg, Va. He lived much of his life in Halifax and Warren counties and belonged to Calvary Methodist Church. He had no near relatives.

C. Morgan Sunset Hill Cemetery W. T. Phipps Littleton Calvary Methodist Church

Birthday Party for Ernestine Turner in Weldon

Ernestine Turner celebrated her tenth birthday Tuesday afternoon August 18 at grandmother Mrs J S Turner's home on 6th Street Weldon. Games were played and guests served ice cream cake and punch. names include Virginia Sledge Barbara Riddle Catherine Manning Catherine Stephenson Florence Ann Clark Marthe Moore Jean Tilghman Georgia Wills Tilghman Christine Sledge Ruth Harrell Mary Ferebee Mitchell Frances Musgrove Catherine Merchant Martha Gardner Rodwell. Ernestine received many gifts.

Ernestine Turner J. S. Turner 6Th Street Weldon Virginia Sledge Barbara Riddle Catherine Manning Catherine Stephenson Florence Ann Clark Marthe Moore Jean Tilghman Georgia Wills Tilghman Christine Sledge Ruth Harrell Mary Ferebee Mitchell Frances Musgrove Catherine

Get Rid of Poisons Produced by Constipation

An old health advertisement promotes a natural purely vegetable laxative described as a remedy for constipation and claims to remove poisons from the body.

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