Merchants Drawings For Trade Extension Prizes Held
The Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association held prize drawings in the Municipal Building with C Shell outlining rules and Mayor Kelly Jenkins drawing. Winners are posted at participating stores with no attendance required to win. Two prize sets target Roanoke Rapids Township residents and non residents. distribution will take about three weeks.
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Roanoke Rapids Mrchants Association
C. Shell
Association
Kelly Jenkins
Roanoke Rapids Township
Mrs Cassada Hosts Tea Pot Bridge Club Dinner
Mrs J D Cassada hosted the Tea Pot Bridge Club on Friday night with a Christmas themed bridge dinner. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Tommie Martin and Frank Sherry with Eugene Kimball taking the floating prize. attendees included many couples led by Cassada and Burkeville guest Mrs S H Jenkins.
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Tea Pot Bridge Club
J. D. Cassada
Tommie Martin
Frank Sherry
Eugene Kimball
D. C. Clarke
J. C
J. W. Martin
S. H. Jenkins
Burkeville, Va
Cassada
Miss Bell Hosts Bridge Party for Club and Guests
Miss Bell entertained last week at Mrs. T. B. Turner’s home with a bridge party for her bridge club and guests. Prizes went to Miss Evelyn Johnson high and Miss Ruth Glover second high after several progressions. a salad course followed with Christmas decorations adorning the scene.
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Merle Bell
T. B. Turner
Evelyn Johnson
Ruth Glover
Annie Mae O’dell
Bernice Hitchins
Fannie Harris
Kathrine Hines
Annie Bell Daughtry
Viola Glover
Ethel Ivey
Miss Daughtry
Miss Bell
Surprise Birthday Dinner for Frank C. Williams
Mrs. F. C. Williams hosted a surprise birthday dinner for her husband Frank C. Williams this evening. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson of Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Alford, and Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Wilson.
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F. C. Williams
Frank C. Williams
Frank Johnson
Charlotte
Frank Kemp
Lyle Wilson
T. J. Alford
Carroll Wilson
Clary Family Visits Ankum During Holidays
Mr and Mrs S E Clary and their children were visitors at Ankum during the holiday season.
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S. E. Clary
Ankum
Evening Class For Farmers To Start January Fourth
Monday night January 4 marks the start of weekly evening classes for adult farmers in Aurelian Springs led by agriculture teacher E K Veach. Specialists will discuss crops fertilizers livestock soil erosion and dairying with tobacco expert E Floyd at the first meeting to talk about tobacco growing experiments. Attendance prizes will reward those who attend all sessions.
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Aurelian Springs
E. K. Veach
Veach
E. ¥. Floyd
State College
Bennett-Jordan Nuptials Celebrate Mooresville Christmas Eve
Miss Ophelia Jordan daughter of Mr and Mrs Harrison Jordan of Mooresville wed Mr Dorrys Dot Bennett of Roanoke Rapids at the bride’s parents home in Mooresville on Christmas Eve. Bennett a Greenville native and head designer for Roanoke Mills Co No 2 leads a local orchestra. The couple, returning from their honeymoon, will reside at 403 Jackson Street after January 15.
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Bennett-Jordan
Ophelia Jordan
Harrison Jordan
Mooresville
Dorrys
Dot” Bennett
Roanoke Rapids
M. D. Collier
Bennett
Greenville
Roanoke Mills Co. No. 2
Jackson Street
Card of Thanks from Dwight Dobbins
Dwight Dobbins thanks supporters who voted for him at Rosemary Drug Co. and helped him win a lovely electric train he enjoys greatly.
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Rosemary Drug Co
Dwight Dobbins
Ex Commissioner and Cashier Harper Alexander Dies
Harper Alexander former cashier of the Bank of Scotland Neck and former Halifax County Commissioner died this morning. He served in local government and banking roles in the region. His passing leaves a legacy in county administration and finance.
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Harper Alexander
Bank of Scotland Neck
Halifax County
Sister Dies On Vermont Journey
Mrs. Weathers wife of Dr Bahnson Weathers left for Vermont to be with her seriously ill sister. A telegram this morning confirmed the death last night. she continues toward Vermont unaware of the passing. Margaret Harris patient at Roanoke Rapids Hospital with pneumonia improves and desires a speedy recovery.
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Mrs. Weathers
Bahnson Weathers
Vermont
Dr. Weathers
Margaret Harris
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Local social notes from Greensboro and surrounding areas
Mr. and Mrs. Albian Crawley and family of Greensboro spent Christmas in town with Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Crawley. Various relatives visited, including Miss Mahalah Wright from Roanoke Rapids and Miss Pinkie Hux from Greensboro. Several relatives are noted as ill, with Thomas Graham Crawley and Mrs. David Cullom reported critically ill with pneumonia.
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Albian Crawley
Greensboro
M. P. Crawley
Mahalah Wright
Roanoke Rapids
Grace Crawley
R. L. Dickens
Caledonia State Farm
Thomas Graham Crawley
Pinkie Hux
Alice Dickens
Norfolk
Nora Crawley
Roanoke
Louise Wright
Margaret
Mary Hux
Richmond
B. T. Hux
Jim Barnes
Seaboard
David Cullom
Edith Wood
Lois Liles
Frances Smith
Enfield
Lila Chichester
Leonard Chichester
Bear Swamp
Nora
Lela Hux
Calvin Dickens
Myrtle Ray
Howard Hux
Roger Pair
Caledonia
Jack Butts
Local social notices from Aurelian Springs and Roanoke Rapids
Mrs J T Wood of Landrum South Carolina visits Mr and Mrs M C Crawley. Mesdames Liles Liles Jr and Joseph Liles shop in Littleton. Rev Johnston of Halifax preaches at Tabor Church. Dorothea Matthews of Greensboro College arrives for holidays. Wallace Browning family visit. Janie Hedgepeth of Littleton visits. Aurelian Springs teachers return home for Christmas. Pauline Morecock of Louisburg College visits home. Joseph Liles shop in Roanoke Rapids. J F Shaw Jr and wife in Weldon.
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J. T. Wood
Landrum
S. C
M. C. Crawley
J. R. Liles
J. R. Liles Jr
Joseph Liles
Littleton
Johnston
Halifax
Tabor Church
Dorothea Matthews
Greensboro College
Wallace Browning
Janie Hedgepeth
Aurelian Springs
Pauline Morecock
Louisburg College
Roanoke Rapids
J. F. Shaw Jr
Weldon
Mrs Strickland Visits Sister in Nearby Town
Mrs Elizabeth Strickland of Hobgood North Carolina returned Friday after spending several days with her sister Mrs T M Jenkins. William Harris manager of the Roanoke Rapids Bonded Warehouse is confined at home this week with an infected sinus.
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Elizabeth Strickland
Hobgood
N. C
T. M. Jenkins
William Harris
Roanoke Rapids
Pigs Feet Trigger Shooting Fray
John Stanley Wilson 31 colored admitted shooting Thomas Mills over a nickel's worth of pigs feet. Mills wounded in arm and leg by a shotgun blast and will recover. Wilson arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Walker and Gray and jailed in Halifax after confessing. Incident occurred at Philip Steers home on the Littleton highway.
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John Stanley Wilson
Thomas Mills
Mills
Walker
Gray
Wilson
Halifax
Philip Steers
Littleton Highway
Birthday party honors Miss Patria Garganus in Enfield
A surprise birthday party was given for Miss Patria Garganus at Miss Christine Vaughan home in Enfield on Monday evening. After games, refreshments were served and the honoree received many attractive gifts. Guests included Patria Gurganus Nelda Cooke Shirley Strickland Lucille Hux Pearl Herbert Idaline Sykes Dorothy Jackson Elsie Randolph Christine Vaughan Dick Jackson Victor Barkley Reuben Brown Ellis Vaughan and Raymond Strickland.
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Patria Garganus
Christine Vaughan
Enfield
Patria Gurganus
Nelda Cooke
Shirley Strickland
Lucille Hux
Pearl Herbert
Idaline Sykes
Dorothy Jackson
Elsie Randolph
Messrs
Dick Jackson
Victor Barkley
Reuben Brown
Ellis Vaughan
Raymond Strickland
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Hussman Market
Shell Furniture Co
Roanoke RapiDs, N. C
Ebenezer
Nash Motor Co., Inc
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Mr. Brown
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Association
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