Business Men Back War Savings Plan at Conference
Merchants from Petersburg and surrounding towns gathered Tuesday with H G Coleman and son to discuss raising the State’s War Savings allotment. Leaders urged individual investments of 1.00 to 1,000 in War Savings stamps in the name of warehouses and merchants, aiming to secure a 100 percent war record by year end.
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Mes. HG
Coleman and Son
Sod
Boykina
Sutfoll
H. G. Goodman
Petersburg
Witston Saleny
Jold Vederday
Meeting of the Ministerial Union December Session
The Rosemary-Roanoke Rapids Ministerial Union met in Rev Stanley White's study on December 2 at 11 o'clock. Scripture and invocation opened, minutes read and approved, with discussion on migrant movement and labor vacillation. Local clergy and laity news followed, noting visits, relocations, and an upcoming Junior Order U A M initiation for thirty candidates.
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Rosemary
Roanoke Rapids
Stanley White
L. Topping
Kite
Oodmen Social Evening Draws Large Local Gathering
The Woodmen of the World lodge hosted a lively social evening Monday night in Rosemary with Sovereigns and guests filling the hall at 8 o'clock. Rev. Lewis N Newlaylor spoke after Welcome remarks by H G McDonald, followed by speeches and a feast of oysters and refreshments at a vacant Tiller Building store as the crowd enjoyed a festive night well into the evening.
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Rirehwood
Woodmen of the World
Rosemary
H. G. McDonald
Lewis N. Newlaylor
Order
Presbyterians to Present Play at Peoples Theatre
A three act play The Bird's Christmas Carol dramatized by Kate Douglas Wiggin will be staged by a local cast at the Peoples Theatre on Friday evening December 20 to benefit the Presbyterian Church primary department.
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Kate Douglas Wiggins
Peoples Theatre
The
Presbyterian Church
Letter From Front Soldier Describes France Service
D L Finch writes home from France during World War I describing three months in active service on the front. He mentions German prisoners, French village life, cold weather, and hope for a return to the U.S. He thanks readers for home news and asks to be kept informed as censorship limits information.
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Pranes Ortabera
Herald
Roanoke
Tan
Prance
Ae Ling
Cate
Sone
Prench
Duit Pevertheleos
U.S
Ai M
Eto Pot
France
Siuayis Co
Bri
U.S.A
Fox
Bineh
PLS
Auto Collision On Avenue Sends Kerosened Load Casualties
A delivery truck from Taylor and Collier and a Mord car owned by Moses Whitley collided head on on The Avenue after the Ford entered from Third Street on the wrong side. The truck driver was slightly injured and both vehicles were badly damaged. The truck carried five gallons of kerosene which sustained heavy casualties in the crash.
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Taylor & Collier
Moses Whitley
Ford
Third Street
Rosemary School Pupils Aid Red Cross Thanksgiving Drive
On Thanksgiving morning Rosemary School children held a patriotic program and collected proceeds totaling 28.50 for the Red Cross. Students were bused to the event and assisted by teachers in organizing a cotton-picking activity to swell the funds.
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Rosemary School
Vhllren
Red Cross
Allen
Roanoke Rapids Community News and Red Cross Drive
Local notices recap church events, army and wartime updates, social visits, and a major Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. Meetings, fundraisers, and hospital work detail ongoing support for soldiers, nursing staff, and relief efforts. Frequent mentions of Rev. Lewis N Taylor, Rev. Stanley White, and Mrs. C A Wyche.
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Roanokeneh
Halifax County
C. A. Wyehe
Red Cross
Red Cross Society
C. A. Wyche
Stanley White
Lewis N. Taylor
O. A. Wyche
T. W. Mullen
Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary
High School Monthly Record
Monthly school record lists attendance and pupil progress for grade one students. Names include Nellie Holt Thelma His Chale Marnie Eva Sadler Gree Willa Jaehsen and others, with several entries noting participation and conduct across sections and subjects.
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Mare Nellie Holt
Thelma His
Chale Marnie
Eva Sadler
Gree
Willa Jaehsen
Many
Mark Heath
Mitsong Ginute
Wi Tower Pai
Teesie Heth
Fwth
Nellie Ob
Mary Matethew
Charlie Spencer
Mary
Rawen Leann
Fragmentary report of a local incident at a shop scene
The readable text describes a distracted scene near a dry goods store with mentions of a "Weldon reversed" and a person named Mr Cis. It notes two tires on a side of a vehicle and partial injuries or actions taken as someone continued work after an event.
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Merce of
Weldon
Cis
Many Boys Coming Home From War
The community notes the rapid demobilization from training camps as officers cadets and student army corps are mustered out. Indications point to most service members returning to civilian life within weeks across the Atlantic theater.
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Germany
Atlantic
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Scotland Neck
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Durham
Roger Smith
Princeton
J. BE. McGee
U. A.M
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Winston-Salem
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A. J. Davis
Mount Olive
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T. Wilson Mullen
Carl White
U. S. Army
George Cooper
Newport News
May Grizzard
Johnston-Willis Hospital
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D. L. Finch
Honer Roth Rearth
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Mya Jennison
John Mathis
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Central School Notes
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Late Conall Pict Walker
Monteonday
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A. AL
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Presbyterian Aid Society
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Tran Cap Lee
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Sothern College
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Ted
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Rimond
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Camp Jackson
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Ft. Monroe
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High Point
Clg. Freeman
Methodist Church
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Episcopal) Church
Ust
Jake Vincent
Vulture
Miss Pearl Wilson
Mahoney Johnson
Walter Kee
Camp Sevier
National Army
KB. Benthall
Woodland
N. C
Mrs. Manning
Palmyra
Mra
W. G
Esther Garris
Wilson
W. S. Hancock
Paisley Fields
J. R. Baird
Charlie Barrett
Norfolk
Joan Shaw
R. J. Cleaton
Daisy Cleaton
J. A. Moore
Holland Brantley
Central School
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Tillery
Ladies of the Episcopal Church
F. G. Jarman
High School Monthly Record
Vic Toni DY
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Linda
Berate
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Matelie Holt
Alten Winttall
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