Roanoke Rapids Dance Night and Local News Notes
A Roanoke Rapids dance night features the Hi-Plane Pilots Orchestra of Richmond with soloist Frances Delaney at the downtown hall managed by E. B. Acree. Other items note state driver exams at Weldon Police Station Tuesdays and Wednesdays, a Halifax jury ruling R. E. Shell insane, and upcoming article on Japanese cotton imports by Donald Comer. A vivid excerpt previews Gone With The Wind as a landmark novel about Atlanta in the Civil War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi-Plane Pilots Orchestra
Richmond
Frances Delaney
Roanoke Rapids
E. B. Acree
R. E. Shell
Halifax
State Hospital
Raleigh
Liberty
Donald Comer
American Cotton Mfg. Association
Amoskeag
Grand Jury Recommends Grown Men as Bus Drivers
Halifax Superior Court adjourned after a three day session. The Grand Jury urged that each school bus driver be carefully examined and, if possible, grown men be appointed. They also reported on jail conditions, the courthouse boiler room, and praised Mr. Medlin’s management at the sanitorium and county home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Grand Jury
Harris
N. C
W. C. Harris
Medlin
Local residents noted on weekend visits and travels
Miss Lucille Harvey of Roanoke Rapids visits her parents Mr and Mrs Jim Harvey. Bettie Mae King spends weekend with Miss Ruby King. Charlie Strand Burg visits Mrs B P Cooper. Julia Cooke visits relatives in Louisburg. S Naff and daughter Virginia from Scotland Neck spend Sunday with Miss Marie Hatem. Doris Rabon returns home to Pittsboro. J A Crawley visits relatives in Enfield. Shirley Myrick George Parks and Jesse Wood Jr spend Sunday at Virginia Beach. Alma Salmon spends Sunday in Norfolk. C M Hale and children visit mother Mrs R W Rabon in Pittsboro. J L Seal of Cherryville visits town Friday. Joe Pope and son spend this week at Virginia Beach. Ferdie Moore Paul King and Mrs R A King visit relatives in Harrisburg Penn. H A Inscoe and Hazel visit relatives in Fort Lauderdale Florida. Virginia Kennedy of Durham visits Mrs J R Wollett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Cooke
Louisburg
N. C
S. Naff
Virginia
Scotland Neck
Marie Hatem
T. B. Cooke
Henderson
Doris Rabon
Pittsboro
J. A. Crawley
Enfield
Shirley Myrick
George Parks
Jesse Wood Jr
Virginia Beach
Alma Salmon
Hazel
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Virginia Kennedy
Durham
J. R. Wollett
Local Social Notes And Revival Closure At Calvary
Calvary church held revival services with Rev. Phipps preaching to attentive listeners. Local residents with ties to Raleigh Farmville Roanoke Rapids Louisburg and Littleton visited family or traveled in the past week including Miss Sallie Atkinson Annie Laura King and several Newsom Stephenson and Myrick relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Newsom Jr
H. L. Fawcette
W.H. Perkinson
Calary Church
Phipps
Local visitors and residents listed in Raleigh
Mrs. Bessie Stewart of Raleigh visited her sister Mrs. K. B. Topsing. Mrs. Harry Midkiff and children are visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Warren. Mr. Nan D. Coopersmith has returned home after a chiropractic course in St. Louis. Cecil Bobbitt of Raleigh spent Sunday at his home here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Stewart
Raleigh
K. B. Topsing
Harry Midkiff
J. W. Warren
Nan D. Coopersmith
St. Louis
Cecil Bobbitt
Fire destroys first tobacco barn on Crawley farm
A fire at the Crawley home burned the farm’s first tobacco barn, just completed, with only a tool-box and part of the outer shed saved. Immediate aid arrived too late as flames consumed the barn between corn and tobacco fields, causing losses to both crops. Mr. J. E. Neville, owner of the farm, is praised for his industrious work and for owning the community’s first open cotton bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Neville
J. E. Neville
A. E. Crawley
Neville
Pollard Family Guests At Teele Home
Mr and Mrs Henry Pollard and their son of Rocky Mount were Sunday guests of Mrs W R Teele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Pollard and Son
Rocky Mount
W. R. Teele
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe
Little Joe
Weldon
Atlanta
Georgia
Littleton
Lucille Harvey
Jim Harvey
Bettie Mae King
Ruby King
Charlie Strandburg
B. P. Cooper
Yodora
Washington Seminary
Peachtree Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Llewellyn D. Scott
Emma B. Scott
Ebenezer
Seaboard
Stone
eHaven
Stone Haven
Saess
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