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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
3
A montage piece surveys a new colonel arriving at an army camp amid hush hush work and a curious clerk, followed by humorous vignettes at a dinner, a noisy moving day, and a mother’s playful threat at bedtime. The text then shifts to a series of local notices in a North Carolina community, detailing visits, church events, and social gatherings.
Hawkins Chapel reports weekend visits by Mr and Mrs Jack Alston and daughter from Hollister who stayed with Mr and Mrs Andrew Pittard. Mrs Claude Hawkins visited with Mesdames George Thompson and J H Hawkins. Raymond Hawkins of Richmond Virginia spent Wednesday with relatives. Mrs George King from Richmond also noted.
Weldon Mrs. John Sledge and daughter Margaret visit New York while Mrs. Eda Willey and daughter Vanna Lou of Enfield tour Mrs. D. T. Rawlings. Dock Knight returns home for the weekend as James Rowel of Raleigh visits with his parents. Henry Grant of Rocky Mount and Ben Wyche of Charlotte are guests here. Elizabeth Harvel vacationed in Greensboro. Mabel Alston visited Wel don and returned to Lillington. Frances Gullege travels from the hosting home of Mr.
Funeral services for W. P. Stephenson, prominent Northampton County farmer, were held Tuesday at 4 30 p m at Jackson Baptist Church with Rev Richard Lloyd presiding. Burial followed in Jackson cemetery. He died suddenly last Sunday morning from a heart attack. He was a member of Jackson Baptist Church and a Shriner. Surviving are his wife Hazel Grant of Jackson, his mother Mrs Luke Stephenson of Jackson, and brother Henry Louis Stephenson of Fremont.
Miss Kert Bentley will hold a piano pupils registration at the high school studio Friday morning September 5 from 9 to 11 o clock. Local students may sign up for lessons and begin coming for instruction under her guidance.
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