Close's Column closes with a travel column and anecdotes
A quirky compilation from Close's Column includes notes on Kansas train stopping laws, Chicago landmarks, and a humorous look at Roy H Park Jr as North Carolina Co op gains teen labor lore. It also surveys Bathing suit fashion, Wesleyan history, and a playful digression on John Wesley’s courtship episodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy H. Park, Jr
North Carolina Cotton Growers Coperative Association
Carolina Cooperator
Roy H. Park Sr
Park Jr
Park Sr
Mr. Park Jr
Mr. Mann
H. C. Alston Funeral Is on Sunday
Hubert C. Alston of Enfield dies at 77 after ill health. Funeral held Sunday at 4 80 o clock at Reginald W. Alston home near Scotland Neck with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Rev. Sam T. Habel presided. Born September 8 1860 in Petersburg Virginia he lived fifty years in Enfield and worked for Whitaker Hardware Co. His son Reginald is only survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enfield
Hubert C. Alston
Reginald W. Alston
Scotland Neck
Elmwood
Sam T. Habel
Enfield Baptist Church
Mr. Alston
Petersburg
J. C. and H. M. Whitaker Hardware Company
Reginald Alston
Dickens Neathery Wedding Held Quietly in Nashville
Miss Florence Neathery of Halifax North Carolina wed Gordon Dickens of Weldon in a small ceremony at the Nashville Methodist Parsonage with Rev. W Carton Wilson officiating. The bride, in navy attire, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs H T Neathery. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Ezra N Dickens, works at Grant Brick Works Weldon. They left for a North Carolina mountains trip and reside in Weldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Neathery
Halifax
N. C
Gordon Dickens
Weldon
Methodist Parsonage
Nashville
W. Carton Wilson
Dickens
H. T. Neathery
Weldon High
Lynch Family Visits Bowen at Brunswick Virginia
Mr and Mrs S J Lynch and their children spent the week end with Mr and Mrs Herbert Bowen at Brunswick Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Lynch
Herbert Bowen
Brunswick
Negro Club Organized in Roanoke Rapids N C
A Colored Men s Citizens Club was organized Aug 8 by George T Young Jr a UNC graduate to foster better cooperation among Negroes and improve conditions for children Regular meetings are set for the second and fourth Tuesday of each month The article also lists local demonstrations on agriculture and home improvement by various residents and notes several residents traveling or returning home including Miss Gracie Whitby John Drewett and the Tippette family with visits to White Lake Lillington and Elizabeth City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldersgate
John Wesley
the Holy Club
Son
Suzanna
Sophy
Grace
John
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Colored Men's Citizens
George T. Young ,Jr
North Carolina
Young
John Drewett
Whitty
Seaboard
William D. Tippette
Priscilla Anne
B. B. Tippette
Edward Tippette
Ringwood
White Lake
Lillington
N.C
Margaret Pappendick
Elizabeth City
Negro Farmers Tour Ten Communities Through Halifax County
A 120 mile educational motorcade led by Negro County Agent D. J. Knight toured Halifax County on Friday August 19 drawing 200 observers. Visitors inspected extension program demonstrations from Littleton to Scotland Neck including purebred livestock poultry seed crops fall gardens home orchard and 4-H projects across eight communities with lunch and garden club activities noted along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax County
Littleton
Scotland Neck
D. J. Knight
Enfield
Dennis Street
Whitaker Chapel
North Carolina
Horace Whitaker
Whitaker Chapel Community Club
Dawson
S. J. Whitaker
Walter Clark
Louvenia Johnson
Addie Clark
Spencer Whitaker
Latham
J. H. Johnson
Albert Tillery
Eddie Yates
Ernest Cotton
Daniel Chapel
Harrison Copeland
Wood
Jesse Francis
Sallie Ann Scott
Jim Clanton
Harrison
Harrison Garden Club
Fall Gardens
Eden Community
William Pittman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago
Washington, D. C
E. B. Fisher
Samuel Wesley
Emily Wesley
Hetty Wesley
Mary Wesley
Hetty
Charles Wesley
America
Col. Oglethorpe
Charles
England
Miss Sophy
H. C. Alston
Neathery
Negro Club
Waldo Qualls
Johnson Cross Roads
Arthur Gray
Draper Cross Roads
Ellard Williams
Ed Ward
Gracie Whitby
Hopewell, Va
C. E. Humphrey
Minnie Lee Medlin
Negro Farmers
E. D. Harbour
Shell Furniture Co
N. G
le Lee
Phillip
Angle
Colonial
Southern Manor
D. P. Borax
D. P
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