Local Committee Learns Restrictions on Parcels to British Forces
About 49 members of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies met in Roanoke Rapids to plan sending chocolate bars and fruit to Royal Air Force and North Sea Patrol troops, but learned shipping limits now restrict all nonessential aid. a January 1 meeting was set and members were tasked to monitor government action and contact Congress and the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Carroll Wilson
F. C. Williams
F. G. Jarman
R. P. Beckwith
Williams
Forces” Agency
New York
Alfred Terrell
Roanoke and
Patterson Mills
Anna Belle Terrell
Mr. V
Britain
William Allen White
Emporia
Kansas
Calvary Church Social and Attendance Notes
Calvary church week activities include Sunday School at 10 30 and Sunday night services led by Rev H L Davis Attendance urged for Mr Terrell and Miss Terrell Several locals traveled to Norfolk Radford and Roanoke Rapids for family visits and a funeral attendance lists appear for the Aurelia Springs service with names of residents and visitors Bettie Mae King begins work at McCrory Roanoke Rapids and Katherine Mitchell returns home from Roanoke Rapids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Jenkins
Edith Jenkins
Norfolk
Bertha Walston
Allyne Faucette
H. S. Harper
Radford
Mr. Harper
Katherine Mitchell
Roanoke Rapids
Joe Mitchell
Portsmouth
Dorothy Sexton
Bessie Lyles
Aurelia Springs
Jack King
H. L. Faucette
John Myrick
Richard Harper
Frank King
Mattie Hardy
Tom Mitchell
N. R. Jenkins
Bill Bobbitt
Annie Laura King
Louisburg
Bettie Mae King
McCrory
Calvary Church
H. L. Davis
Local Visits Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Miss Gratia Myrick visited her mother at Littleton on Saturday. Mrs. P. Lynch spent the weekend with relatives in Gasburg, Virginia. N. J. and A. J. Lynch visited at LaCross on Saturday. Mrs. G. W. Brewer of Charlie Hope spent several days here last week with her daughter, Mrs. Ira Edmonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratia Myrick
Littleton
P. ¥. Lynch
Gasburg
N. J
A. J. Lynch
G. W. Brewer
Charlie Hope
Ira Edmonds
Miss Wolhar Hosts Christmas Bridge Party
A early Christmas season bridge party was hosted by Miss Nancy Wolhar on Roanoke Avenue. Six tables competed with Patsy Wolhar giving Christmas tallies. prizes went to Annie Marie Fisher high, Doyle Cameron second, Mary Virginia Jenkins low, Elizabeth Brown floating. Refreshments of ice cream and cake followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Wolhar
Roanoke Avenue
Patsy Wolhar
Annie Marie Fisher
Doyle Cameron
Mary Virginia Jenkins
Elizabeth Brown
Mary Frances Taylor
Winnifred Shell
Mildred May
Sara Thompson
Edith Moody
Ercell Harris
Dorothy Harris
Hattie Odell
Hileen
Annie Fisher
Frances Wilson
Mildred Balmer
Milderd Burton
Lottie Allen
Gwendolyn Coburn
Ann Akers
Margaret Cox
Mary McNeil
Mary Woodroof
Marjorie Collins
Alease Smith
Mesdames Bob Monteith Doyle Cameron, and
I. J. Byrd
Mrs Jeffers Hosts Helen Dozier Circle at Home
Mrs R J Jeffers entertained the Helen Dozier Circle of the First Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon at her Hamilton Street home. A week of prayer for foreign missions was observed with roll call and minutes. Miss Ethel Knott taught the last chapters of Publish Glad Tidings. Guests included Mesdames R L Martin Ivey Mahorne O Griffin Dot Bennett Hart Rook Wiley Reaves M H Hedgepeth Jesse Taylor Chas Fitts R A Daniel and Miss Knott. Light chicken salad sandwiches fruit cake and coffee were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Jeffers
Helen Dozier
First Baptist Church
Hamilton Street
Ethel Knott
Mesdames R. L. Martin
Ivey Mahorne
O Griffin
Dot Bennett
Hart Rook Wiley Reaves
M. H. Hedgepeth Jesse Taylor
Chas. Fitts
R. A Daniel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thelma
Royal Canadian Navy
Raleigh, N.C
Miss Wolhar
Mrs. Jeffers
W. C. Allsbrook
Allsbrooks
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