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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1941

Page

9

Christmas visits fill Littleton with out-of-town guests

Numerous families from Greensboro Raleigh Norfolk Richmond and other cities spent the Christmas holidays with relatives in Littleton. Guests included Mr and Mrs Robert Bridgers Mr and Mrs C C Abernathy and Master Charles Abernathy Mrs J W Newsom Mrs J H Newsom Mrs A M Newsom and many others as they traveled from Virginia Maryland North and South Carolina for seasonal reunions.

Robert T. Bridgers Greensboro J. H. Newsom C. C. Abernathy Master Charles Abernathy Virginia C. W. Bass Nashville Washington, D. C T. C. Williams Virginia Williams Richmond Edward Williams Raleigh Claude Benton Jack Moore Norfolk C. G. Moore A. M. Newsom Willis Taylor Fayetteville R. Vinton Reid Atlanta Jesse Newsom J. C. Sessoms Durham Ben Long Rives W. W. Simms Sadie Vinson Wilson Horace Palmer J. B. Boyce Alice Partin Sallie Boyce Beth Partin J. M. Mahorn Weldon W. B. Myrick James Myrick Blair Myrick Alice Browning Carrie Myrick P. H. Rose Henderson George Prichard Patsy Rives Hinton Prichard C. H. Lambeth Elnora Lambeth Annie Tucker Moore John Wheeler Moore George B. Crater Ben Hicks Betsy Cleve Stalling W. N. Thornton Walter Kooper Helen Marion Kooper Boykins Charlie Moseley Little Daughter Ann George Cecil High Point Alma Williams McCord Greenwood, S. C A. J. May Carl Wilson Grove Hill W. G. Hedgepeth K. B. Topping Armand Moore Baltimore H. P. Robinson Groves Sanford Patsy Groves Mt. Holyoke R. J. Lewis Robert Thorne Harry Darden

Reservoirs for flood control studied near Roanoke Rapids

Captain W W Lapsley of the War Department Corps of Engineers says three reservoirs are under study to ease Roanoke River floods: near the city, at Gaston, and at Buggs Island. Damages in Halifax and Northampton counties from the August flood are estimated at 1.65 million and 0.3 million dollars respectively.

Roanoke Rapids Roanoke River W. W. Lapsley Corps of Engineers War Dept Norfolke Old Gaston Buggs Island City United States Congress Herald R. Rapids Weldon U. S. Geological Survey U. S. Weather Bureau

Marjorie Keeter Weds David Loy Shearin in Weldon Ceremony

Mr and Mrs Claude Keeter of Roanoke Rapids announce the marriage of their daughter Marjorie to David Loy Shearin son of the late L H Shearin and Bettie Shearin Jenkins. The ceremony was conducted by Rev RB Robin gen at his Weldon home on December 21 1940. The couple will reside in Roanoke Rapids.

Claude Keeter Roanoke Rapids Marjorie David Loy Shearin L. H. Shearin Bettie Shearin Jenkins RB. P. Robingen Weldon

Mrs. Clay Perkinson and Son Spend Christmas in Oak City

Mrs. Clay Perkinson and her son Buddy spent Christmas in Oak City, enjoying time with family and holiday activities during the season.

G. S. Prichard Whitakers and Lynnhaven H. S. Prichard Lakeland, Fla Lawrence Reese Cincinnati Ohio J. R. Wollett Clay Perkinson Buddy Oak City

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Littleton Person Charlottesville, Va W. T. Person Donnely M. D. Beecher Graham Harvey Moore County W. A. China H. A. House Army Engineers Shearin - Keeter Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Association W. 2Nd Street Rose Winter Roanoke Rapids Oil Co Roanoke Ave Jake Spire
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