Roanoke Rapids Red Cross Drive Totals and Officers
The 1937 Red Cross drive raised a total of 1117 dollars with Roanoke Mill No 2 leading at 172.30. Other major contributors include Rosemary Mfg Co E B Manning 158.02 and Roanoke Mills No 1 100.00. New Roanoke Rapids Chapter officers for 1937 38 include Executive Chairman Rev Gordon L Price and Secretary Clyde Liske.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Mill No. 2
Bill Hodges
Roanoke No. 2
Red Cross
Rosemary Mfg. Co
E. B. Manning
Roanoke Mills
W. L. Medlin
Patterson Mills Co
Clyde Liske
Halifax Paper Co
Miss Wilson
VEPCO
F. M. Sherry
Fire Dept
J. A. Lipscomb
O. G. Horton
Littleton
Ward
C. L. Wilson
C. L. Carlton
Neal Pharr
E. A. Telliga
Paul Reid
Janie Lassiter
T. J. Alford
P. A. Reid
White
Aurelian Springs
Roanoke Rapids
Gordon L. Price
Ned Manning
Shearod Crumpler
Hugh Horne
Home Service
Town Talk Highlights Holiday Travels and Visits
Local column lists residents traveling for holidays and visiting relatives in Virginia North Carolina and Maryland. Names include Miss Mary Louise Ray Miss Hazel Cobb Mrs T M Jenkins and many others with destinations such as Emporia Rice Roanoke Washington D C Richmond Maxton Abington Nashville and Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Ray
Emporia
E. T. Blowe
Boykins
Virginia
Bettye Gates
Rice
Hazel Cobb
Washington, D. C
T. M. Jenkins
Winston-Salem
Mary Virginia Jenkins
Connie Cawthorne
Durham
Kent Bentley
Roanoke
P. A. Reid
Pilot Mountain
W. A. Thorne
Virginia Lee Thorne
Max
Mother Of R. R. Teacher Is Buried
Mrs Mamie Olivia Garris mother of Roanoke Rapids teacher Miss Thelma Garris died at 1 am Saturday in Roanoke Rapids Hospital Funeral services were held Sunday at Sharon Methodist Church with Rev L A Watts officiating and burial in the church cemetery Survivors include husband Walter R Garris of Margarettsville one daughter Thelma two sons Garland B Garris of Troy and Thos Garris of Raleigh her mother Mrs George W Smith of Lemon Springs four sisters and a brother A A F Seawell Attorney General of North Carolina attended from out of town born in Moore County August 7 1880
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Olivia Garris
Thelma Garris
Roanoke Rapids
Sharon Methodist Church
L. A. Watts
Church
Walter R. Garris
Margarettsville
Thelma
Garland
Troy
Thos, Garris
Raleigh
George W. Smith
Lemon Springs
A. A. F. Seawell
Hugh Palmer
Tom Gunn
Sanford
Leta Jeffrys
Hartsville
S. C
H. H. Smith
Clinton
Garris
Moore County
Sarah Buie
Funeral notices and social visits in Ebony and Seaboard
R. B. Purdy and H. W. Taylor attended Dr. Purdy’s funeral in Ebony Virginia on Tuesday. Misses Vivian Leona and Phyllis Kirkland of Seaboard visited the city on Wednesday. Mrs. Wade Marks spent Wednesday in Raleigh shopping. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Allsbrook stayed with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Norvell in Seaboard Sunday. Jimmie McGee of Carolina spent Thanksgiving holidays with relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Purdy
H. W. Taylor
Dr. Purdy
Ebony
Vivian
Leona
Phyllis Kirkland
Seaboard
Wade Marks
Raleigh
W. C. Allsbrook
W. L. Norvell
Jimmie McGee
Carolina
Thanksgiving Visits Across Virginia and Tennessee
Walter Crowder of Blackstone Virginia spent Thanksgiving Day with Mr and Mrs M D Collier. Everett Page and his wife visited Nashville for the weekend. Nell Clary of Fredericksburg Virginia was a weekend guest of her sister Mrs Sam Taylor. Elizabeth Overton enjoyed Thanksgiving at her Greenville home. Grace Hudson from A C C spent the holiday with her parents Mr and Mrs D A Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Crowder
Blackstone, Va
Mrs. M. D. Collier
Everett Page
Nashville
Nell Clary
Fredericksburg, Va
Sam Taylor
Elizabeth Overton
Greenville
Grace Hudson
Mrs
D. A. Hudson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buckles
Abington
J. C. Harper
Cranford
N. J
John Pruden
Portsmouth
Joe Hatem
Chapel Hill
Hatem
D. B. Fogus
Richmond
L. F. Woolard
Lois Smith
New York
T. B. Riggan
Vaughan
Marjorie Hodgens
Wilson
Moore
Mesdames Nolie Fulghum
O’briant Fulghum
Clyde Fulghum
David Harris
R. R
Taylor's
Taylor’s
the Friendly Drug Store
Halifax Farmers
Roanoke Avenue
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