Post Office Opens Saturday Afternoon for Christmas Rush
Postmaster L G Shell announces extended Saturday post office hours until 5 pm with windows and mail delivery open to expedite Christmas mail. Money orders and C O D parcels continue Saturday afternoon. Two extra boxes for third class Christmas cards. Mrs Herbert Bowen and Misses Cora and Henrietta Edmonds of Brunswick visited for shopping.
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L. G. Shell
Shell
Herbert Bowen
Cora
Henrietta Edmonds
Brunswick
Red Cross Roll Call Funds Reported by Local Chapter
Major donors listed by chairman Gordon Price include Clyde Liske from Patterson Mill at 343.55 dollars, T. M. Mullen of Rosemary Mill 515.16, A. O. Pendleton of Roanoke Mill No 1 475.75, Bill Hodges of Roanoke Mill No 2 360.93, Ollie Horton of Manchester Board and Paper Co 59, Thornton Wilson of Halifax Paper Co 229.15, Frank Sherry of Virginia Electric and Power Co 125, and Mrs. F. G. Jarman 101.55, as the annual Red Cross fund drive totals were announced.
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Red Cross
Gordon Price
Clyde Liske
Patterson Mill
T. M. Mullen
Rosemary Mill
A. O. Pendleton
Roanoke Mill
Bill Hodges
Ollie Horton
Manchester Board and Paper Company
Thornton Wilson
Halifax Paper Co
Red Cross war relief drive heads fund-raising majors
Mitchell Maddoux and a group of majors lead the current drive to raise funds for Red Cross war relief. The campaign also lists donors including Mrs. Ruby W. Mincher, Miss Jane Lassiter, and Mrs. Scott Benton among others with varied contributions.
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Mitchell Maddoux
Ruby W. Mincher
Clayton Gurley
C. W. Davis
Jane Lassiter
Scott Benton
R. H. Ward
Littleton
Red Cross
Smiths Church to Present Christ Child Pageant Dec 26
A pageant named Christ Child will be presented Friday night December 26 at Smiths Church starting at 7 30. It portrays events from Gabriel's Annunciation to the shepherds visit with direction by Mrs Sam Powell and Mrs Virginia Parrish.
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Christ Child
Smiths Church
Christ
Gabriel
Shepherds
Sam Powell
Virginia Parrish
Edmonds Visit Brunswick Couple Visited Lynch Couple
Mr and Mrs J E Edmonds of Brunswick visited Mr and Mrs S J Lynch last week in a brief social note indicating local social ties and family connections.
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J. E. Edmonds
Brunswick
S. J. Lynch
Eleven White Men Leave Jan 12 for Army Induction
Eleven white men are scheduled to leave at 8:00 a.m. January 12 for induction at Fort Bragg. Clerk M. McRae Faison announced the group, including one volunteer, with report times at 7:30 a.m. at the local draft board. Names include Joseph J. Wimbrow of Weldon and James B. Sullivan of Roanoke Rapids among others from Roanoke Rapids, Newport News, Craddock, Elizabeth City, and nearby towns.
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Fort Bragg
United States
M. McRae Faison
Draft Board
Joseph John Wimbrow
Weldon
Robert Lee Lassiter
Williams St
Roanoke Rapids
Ernest Clifton Saunders
Box 59
Nathalie
James Benjamin Taylor
Washington St
Cleveland Eugene Carter
Seth Talton Edmondson
Indiana Ave
Newport News
David Kittner
N. Road Street
Elizabeth City
Francis Myrick
Wilson Pershing Byrd
Cushing Street
Craddock
Portsmouth
James Boyd Sullivan
Willie Maynard Gupton
Littleton
Card of Thanks to Roanoke Rapids Hospital Staff
I thank the doctors and nurses of Roanoke Rapids Hospital for their kindness to my daughter Mabel Emery during her two weeks illness. Most of all I thank Dr Bardin. Mrs. E. H. Emery.
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Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Mabel Emery
Dr. Bardin
E. H. Emery
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Olav Aten “Med Wom
Bardstown
ARMY
Griffin Drug Co
Colin Guretay
Bond Street
ASV CJ
Sas
Yardley
America
England
U.S.A
Kaywoodie
Paris
Tai
Prolon
Vim Chocolates
Fairhill
Hollingsworth Candies
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