Kiwanis Christmas Carol Sing Draws Large Roanoke Rapids Crowd
Hundreds attended the Kiwanis Club Christmas Carol program at Meikle Place with E B Manning in charge. Agatha Moore Miller led songs as Jay Saunders Rose led the concert band. prayers by Reverends Stell and Rogers. Traffic help from police and Boy Scouts aided distribution of song sheets. The crowd included many visitors from outside Roanoke Rapids, and organizers plan a larger event next year.
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Kiwanis Club
E. B. Manning
Agatha Moore Miller
Jay Saunders Rosemany
Stell
Rogers
Town Talk Town People Share Holiday Visits and Travel
Local notes report numerous residents returning from travels and visiting relatives. W S Dean attended a funeral in Oxford while Ms Allie B Fish and Ms Kate Ashford visited kin in Kentucky.
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C. Woods
F. C. Jr
South Carolina
W. S. Dean
Oxford
Lions Hold Kiddies Party in Roanoke Rapids
The Roanoke Rapids Lions Club hosted its annual Christmas Party for fifty children at First Baptist Church. Lions provisioned candy toys and woolen sweaters, with each child paired to a Lion. the Health and Welfare Committee organized Christmas food and gifts for thirteen families.
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Roanoke Rapids
Troop 142 Helps Santa Notable Christmas Gift Drive
Boy Scout Troop 142 with four patrols each year assigns one family per patrol for Christmas. Five-year tradition involves eight boys per patrol and extra toy collection with firemen to repair and distribute toys ensuring every child in the families enjoys Christmas. Patrol leaders Bob Moore Tommy Merritt Gordon Dobbins and Earl Topping coordinated Santa Claus duties with evident joy.
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Boy Scout Troop 142
Bob Moore
Rattlesnake Patrol
Tommy Merritt
Dan Beard
Gordon Dobbins
Patrol
Earl Topping
Wild Boar
Santa Claus
Mildred Louise Edwards Weds Garland Wyrick in Richmond
Mr and Mrs Dolph Edwards announce the marriage of their daughter Mildred Louise Edwards to Garland Wyrick on July 7 1937 in Richmond Virginia. Wyrick formerly of Greensboro North Carolina is now with the Ideal Candy Company in the city.
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Wyrick - Edwards
Dolph Edwards
Mildred Louise
Garland Wyrick
Richmond
Wyrick
Greensboro
N. C
Ideal Candy Co
Christmas Eve Fire Destroys Roanoke Rapids Store and Telegraph Cable
A fire on Christmas Eve and early Christmas Day destroyed a small building behind the Telephone Building at Roanoke Avenue and 6th Street, owned by Mrs. G. A. Northington. It burned again at 4 am and leveled the structure, cutting telephone service for half the town. Repair crews worked through Christmas to restore service. A nearby vacant filling station caught fire but was extinguished with no serious damage. Cause unknown. A later alarm at the City Barber Shop resulted from heater smoke, and an oil stove at the J. L. Langston home on Washington Street caused a minor flare with no damage.
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Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Avenue
6Th Street
G. A. Northington
Fire Dept
J. L. Langston
Washington St
Mrs Bunn Hosts Bridge Club Christmas Gathering
Mrs Sam Bunn hosted her bridge club Tuesday night on Hamilton Street with Christmas decorations and a tree. Edna Wafford won high score, Ted Speight won second and traveling prize. a sandwich plate and coffee were served.
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Sam Bunn
Hamilton Street
Edna Wafford
Ted Speight
Bill Alligood
A. O. George
Arthur Gilliam
Geo. Lampley
Ivey Mahorn
Edward Smoot
H. C. Wirtz
Wilmer Collier
Gene Wilson
Rocky Mount
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Meikle Place
TOWN
Allie B. Fish
Lexington, Ky
T. J. Alford
Kate Ashford
Wilmore, Ky
Carroll Wilson
Winnie Arthur
Kinston
E. L. Brendell
Edward
Sidney Clayton
Katherine Batts
Weldon
Louise Wells
Staton Butler
Roy Whitehurst
Bethel
H. M. Faison Jr
Allen and Jefferson Cumba
Broadnay
Oscar Butler
Hamilton
Elbert Collins
Aurelian Springs
Linwood Wright
White Plains
Lois Smith
L. E
Sue) Marcher
R. H. Thorpe
Hal Ross
Raymond Luck
Washington, D. C
Mesdames R. B. Cullom
J. R. Wirtz
Jack Ervin
Blackstone
Harry Clark
Charlottesville
Mrs. Bunn
Gett’s
Roanoke Rapids, N.C
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