Powelltown and Roanoke Rapids Local Notes
Prof. A B Akers leaves for Cedar Falls to attend Rural School Consolidation convention. Roanoke Rapids and Powelltown communities report social events, church activities, travel, weddings, and a death notice for Mr J M Powell of Halifax county with funeral details and surviving family members.
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A.B. Akers
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Akers
Womans Auxiliary
Presbyterian Church
Foreign Missions
Roch Harts
Colt &Short
Illness in Chattanooga Ties Local Family
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wyche left Sunday for Chattanooga Tennessee to be with Miss Holladay who is critically ill. A telegram reports Miss Holladay is improving after traveling to be with a friend ill with influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Wyche
Chattanooga
Tenn
Miss Holladay
Iil
Trail of the Lonesome Pine on Stage at Rosemary Theatre
Eugene Walter presents The Trail of the Lonesome Pine in a dramatization praised for youthful zest and natural scenery. Louise Price stars as June in a single Rosemary Theatre showing on Wednesday February 18 after successful runs in major cities.
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Eugene Walter
Lonesome Pine
Jane
Mr. Walter
Mr. Fox
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Louise Price
June
Rosemary Theatre
Seaboard Railway Accident Adds To Its Bad Record
Mrs. John H. Parker of West Long Branch New Jersey killed in a Tuesday evening Weldon crash. One foot severed and the other mangled requiring amputation above the knee. No lights or danger signals displayed by the approaching train or watchman.
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John H. Parker
West Long Branch
N. J
Weldon
Honor Roll Names From Verona Central Rosemary Schools
An OCR fragment lists eighth and ninth grade honorees at Verona and Central Schools, detailing students by grade and roll status. Included are names such as Verona honorees Topping Cates Mills Sadler and Central entries like Anderson Draper Trevathan Rhen Conner.
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Verona Topping
Roy Cates
Thelma Mills
Eva Sadler
Central School
Mark Anderson
John Draper
Mark Trevathan
Gertrude Rhen
James Conner
Elizabeth Lynch
Margie Collier
Ruby Knight
Bettie Gray Long
Graham Lynch
James Lynch
Ruby Green
Lurnne Hardy
Robert Lowe
Gladys Green
Beulah Lee Simpson
Edw. Crutchfield
Willie Dixon
Myr‘de Jordan
Lucile Parker
Pauline Smith
Claude Brown
Robert Crutchfield
Nellie Morris
Grace Brown
Carrie Hedgepeth
Florine Holt
Rosemary School
Enfield Roanoke Rapids High Game Trip Ends in Tragic Accident
Mrs. Susie P. Scott drove a car carrying her sister Mrs. John H. Parker and several schoolgirls from Enfield to a basketball game. Returning, near Weldon, a train near the crossing struck, severely injuring Mrs. Parker who later died. Witnesses faulted the watchman for no signal and lack of lights. Mrs. Parker, a New Jersey leader in multiple clubs, was visiting from Roanoke Rapids with her husband and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Marks
Baltimore
Mothers Club
Roanoke Rapids
T. W. M. Long
C. Williams
Richmond
Pearl Wilson
K. L. Coleman
Beckley
Westoa
Frank Horwitz
Weldon
Susie P. Scott
John H. Parker
Enfield
Seaboard Tracks
Terminal Hotel
Parker
New Jersey
New York
M. E. Home For the
Theatre Clubs
Olora Club
School Board of
Long Branch
Church Services Schedule Announcement
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning service 11:00 a.m. Evening service 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor 6:45 p.m. Prayer meeting 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Strangers invited to attend all services.
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Christian Endeavor
Methodist Church Notice of Sunday Services in February 1920
The Sunday School led by W. W. Woodruff at 9 45 A M with preaching at 11 A M and 7 30 P M Sunday February 15 1920. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 30 o'clock. All desiring worship are welcome.
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W. Woodruff
All Saints Church Posts Lent Services and Classes
All Saints Episcopal lists next Sunday's Quinquagesima services at 7:30 and 11 with 9:45 Church School and Adult Bible Class led by T. W. Mullen. Lent begins Wednesday Ash Wednesday with services at 11 A.M. and 8 P.M. A Friday service at the church welcomes attendees.
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T. W. Mullen
First Christian Church Raleigh Public services by L. Topping
Sunday morning worship at ten and evening at seven led by Minister and Sunday School Superintendent L. Topping. Bible School at eleven. Cottage prayer meetings each Tuesday. Pastors class last Sunday had thirty seven. thirty six dollars raised for Iona Robinson's school expenses. Welcome awaits as you make it your church home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iona Robinson
Annual High School Week Appoints Debating and Tennis Events
Chapel Hill North Carolina announces the annual High School Week for April 2024 at the University of North Carolina. Several hundred students from two hundred fifty high schools will participate in debates tract contests and tennis championships, with the Aycock Memorial Cup at stake and immigration topics debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina
Rankin
Miss Lillian Carter Weds Lawrence H Taylor in Car Ceremony
Miss Lillian Carter of Littleton married Lawrence H Taylor of Roseimary last Sunday afternoon. Rev R L Topping officiated in a car ceremony on Carolina avenue. Afterward the couple left in their Ford, the car being started with a crank. Friends wish them prosperity.
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Lillian Carter
Littleton
Lawrence H. Taylor
Roseimary
R. L. Topping
The
Christian Church
Carolina Avenue
Ford
Card of Thanks from the Hight Family
A brief thanks expressing gratitude for the kindness shown during illness and death of Mr. Hight. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hight and Mrs. F. M. Hight, with D. N. Tinton.
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Hight
T. H. Hight
F. M. Hight
N. ‘Tinton
Melissa Clippard obituary notice
The subject died quietly at about three o'clock Sunday afternoon February 8 at her home on Jackson Street after long illness. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon with Rev. R. L. Topping. burial followed in the local Cemetery. She had belonged to the Christian Church for about three years.
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Jackson Street
R. L. Topping
Christian Church
Lonnie Keeter and Fannie Haseley Wedding
Lonnie Keeter married Fannie Haseley in a small ceremony at the bride’s Monroe Street home Saturday at 7 PM with close friends in attendance.
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Lonnie Keeter
Fannie Haseley
Monroe Street
Influenza in Halifax County Warns on Precautions
County Health Officer reports 150 influenza cases to date with 70 in one day, outbreak spreading across Halifax. Reminder to avoid crowds, practice hygiene, and seek medical care. notes lack of vaccines and dangers from casual coughing and shared vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Aurelians Springs School Basketball and Poem Fragments
Aurelians Springs School reports girls and boys basketball with a 8 to 4 final score and notes a hard fall. The page includes student verses by Margreet Iles and others, with lines about the world, nature, and work, plus a continuation note for Lottie Hudson.
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Margreet Iles
Brewer Mohorn Married In Car Ceremony
Last Sunday afternoon about two oclock Miss Pearl Brewer of Aurelian Springs and Mr G Mohorn of Rosemary were married by Rev R L Topping in front of his home while seated in the car in which they rode. Friends wish them perpetual bliss. Both are well known in their communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Topping
J. M Powell
South Rosemary
Halifax County
Old Home Place
Chas. M. Lance
Powell
W. E. Powell
Wilmington
N. C
A.C. L
Rocky Mount
J. B. Powell
Florence
C. J. H. Powell
Delmar
Delaware Road
EB. C. Moore
G. H. Shepard
E. C. Moore
W. R. Miles
Chas. Pearson
Willie Shell
Wiley Brown
Thos, Cook
Willie Pridgen
Pearl Brewer
Aurelian Springs
8. G. Mohorn
Rosemary
Ada Taylor and Richard Tanner United in Marriage
Miss Ada Taylor and Mr. Richard Tanner wed last Sunday at seven in the Dormitory. Rev. R. L. Topping officiated and well wishes were extended for their life ahead.
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Ada Taylor
Richard Tanner
R. L. Topping
Peculiar Strike by Smuggling Women on the German-Polish Frontier
A historic smugglers strike on the German-Polish border involved women who crossed into Germany multiple times daily in ragged clothing and returned in fashionable costumes. The workers earned under 50 cents a day and successfully demanded higher wages, marking a notable labor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
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Ruanoke’ Rapids
Powelltown
Ss BF
Coburn
Urd
Imore
Moes
Lildred Snodgrass
Iore
Mre & Jenkins
K Jenkins
Kelly Jenkins
Strickland
Four Oaka
Roanoke Pharmacy
Dora Stone
Henderson
G.E. Williams
Snodie Moore
Greenville
Cammie Vaughan
Ralph Clement
U. S. Navy
Ethel Leatherwood
Goldsboro
Redding
Lucuma
A. L. Bain
Sarah Marks
Martinsville
J. W. House
Virginia Lewis
Wilson
L. H. Hale
Marie Bennett
GD. Shell
G. D. Shell
Jimmie
Allele Meyer
Meyer Conen
Kafield
Mary Pearson
Kittrell
F.M. Coburn
L. Powell
South Rosemary School
R. M. Hudson
Robert T. Nighboss
Petersburg
George Washington
Little Folke
Miss Andrews
Sisk
Washington
J. M. Powell
Iseaboard Railway
Henry Howard
Frank Sawyer
Emma Andrews
Lillian Bell Jenkins
Vergelia Lyerly
Pauline Kendrick
Eugene Bloodworth
Joseph Loomis
Eric Harris
Welter Matthews
Christine Crocker
Ruth Garris
Dorthy Welsh
Leitha
Irene Garner
Mabel Johnson
Gladys Fields
Jessie Taylor
Lula Clary
Mollie Sawyer
Joseph Garner
Alexandria
Cameron
Charlie Whitley
Thomas Shearin
Russelle
Johnny Lyles
Mildred Sarah B. Jenkins
Sarah Kelly
Hannah Munford
Blanch Thompson
Jen Lucile Cox
Beulah Jacobs
Helen Simmons
Cleveland Allen
Clarence Kelly
Sarah Pauline George
Virginia Hardison
Josephine Green
Hattie Jacobs
Eugene C. Few
All Saints Church (Episcopal
Lewis N. Taylor
Roanoke Avenue
First Christian Church
Raleigh L. Topping
Melissa Clippard
Keeter
Haseley
Halifax
County Health Officer
Charlena Hart
Geo. L. Hayes
Charlotte
W. R. Shelton
Bob
Traynham Wyche
Dolly Grizzard
Citizens Bank & Trust Co
Roanoke Ave
C. E. Williams
William Wood
Mother's Club of
H.G. Coleman
Aurelian Springs School
Viola Glover
Ruth Glover Pain
Helen Powell
Lottie Hudson
Mohorn
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