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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1948

Page

6

Goats Steal Spotlight From Sandburg Ranch Visit

Hendersonville report centers on Carl Sandburg's Commerce Farm where goats take precedence over talk of Remembrance Rock. Alison the Nubian, weighing 135 pounds, yields 136 pounds of butterfat with her kids selling for $100 each, while Sandburg and family discuss goat lore and dairy uses.

Hendersonville Carl Sandburg Conamerce Farm Here Sandburs Sandburg Alison Illinois Helga

Local Social Notes Across Roanoke Rapids Area

A stream of visitors and travel notes from Roanoke Rapids Halifax Raleigh and Greenville including Mrs May Smith visiting in Roanoke Rapids Mrs Ollie Carlisle and CE Brewer family gatherings Miss Mary Katherine Liles and the Liles family hosts Mr and Mrs J E Liles receive guests Others attend funerals and casual gatherings with relatives and friends in the region through the prior week and weekend.

Aurelian Springs May Smith Gideon Lane Roanoke Rapids Ollie Carlisle Halifax CE. Brewer Julian Shaw S.C Crawley S Kelly Raleigh George Sauls W. J Colter H. L. Glasgow Florida Greenville C. L. Kelly Jr Brunswick Mary Katherine Liles W. L. Liles Percy Crawley Bobbie White Philadelphia Dick Collins Rocky Mount Stewart Wood Jesse Stewart Liles Gates City Ed Liles Dodd Hux Louise Crawley Ill Virginia Sam Crawley Lawrence Wilmington Joe Crawley M. Nelson Cleve Stallings Claude Sessoms Durham Henry Nicholson Tampa Ben Hicks Henderson Isabelle Nelson Washington Helen Ragland Ray Bill Cole Wake Forest College T. W. Cole Ben Long Rives

Local residents recall visits and trips in casual notes

The column lists numerous visits and getaways by residents including Mr. and Mrs. Janes at Nat's Head, Mrs. Chappell in Winston Salem, the Haro Rowes in Suffolk, Virginia Beach escapes, Raleigh and Durham trips, and family stays in Chapel Hill, with friends and relatives hosting and touring nearby towns.

W. C. Janes Nat’s Head WB. Chappell Stanback Winston Salem Haro Rowe Suffolk Fay Daniel Virginia Beach Claude Johnston Nag’s Head Edwin Harvey Small Son Selma F. Johnston Chapel Hill Ben Fisher Raleigh KB. Kennedy Durham RM. Johnston Claud Sessoms Paul Ben Long Rives Henry Nicholson Florida Beth Partin Warrenton Alice Partin Sally Boyce Wilson J. H. Boyer Lacy Rowe Rowe Dennis Rose

Free Lookers Stir Up Trouble For Town Baseball Club

The free viewing problem arises at the James town Fong Leagu baseball club near the municipal stadium. Non playing fans use city property to watch home games causing friction with club officials. Police are stumped and the issue may go to the corporation counsel for resolution.

Jamestown Fong Leagu Baseball Club Corporation Counsel's

Modern Orators Made Not Born Spellbinders

Dr Leroy Leech pathologist at University of Nebraska says orators are developed not born. He notes that early speech patterns in children can shape later skill and warns about shouting at youngsters as a cause of faulty speech.

Leroy Eech Y of Nebraska Willie Lasse

Texas Helps Rebuild Bombed London Church

The Rev PB Clayton of All Hallows Church in London's East End saw prayers answered by Fort Worth friends. They supplied steel to replace bombed sections of the church after over 1,000 German munitions were dropped in World War I. Clayton, who came to America, recalled two locals Joseph Pelich the architect and George Beggs the realtor who helped locate the necessary material.

Texas London Fort Worth Tex U.P Clayton All Hallows East End Forth Worth Friends America Joseph R. Pelich George Beggs

Post Office Stamp Question On Five Civilized Tribes

Indian historians explain that Muscogee and Creek refer to the same tribe and that the stamp uses the historic Indian name Muscogee. The discrepancy in listing Creeks alongside the Muscogee appears tied to translation and original tribal naming in U.S. dealings.

U. S

Tiger-Loin Cub At Hogle Gardens Zoo Delights Few

A rare tiger-lion hybrid cub, about 16 pounds and believed to be the only one born to a tiger mother, is shown at Hogle Gardens Zoo in Salt Lake City for only two hours each weekend. Exhibits run 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

Ann Sal Lake City Hogle Gardens Zoo

Moving Belt to Replace Carts in New Store Plan

Four Dembling brothers longtime Rahway food merchants plan a 38 by 50 foot store opening in September using Hollis Wooten's So-E-Z belt system. Shoppers pick a numbered pencil, items are belt-delivered to a central check, and prices tagged for quick checkout.

Rahway U.10 Hollis Wooten Memphis Dembling Brothers Benjamin David Bernard Irving Benjamin Dembling

Farm Birth Rate And Income Rise Report

A national survey shows farm income at a record level while rural births climb. Capper’s group notes 750,000 babies were born in rural households last year, about one per eight farm families. Net rural births exceeded deaths by nearly 500,000 and were 18 percent higher than prewar levels.

Capper

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