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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1939
Page
5
A Roanoke Rapids columnist recalls a late night call from a drunken Henry and a caller inquiring about Mr Churchill. The piece weaves in family letters from Marietta Minnesota and a firecracker store fire. The author riffs on poetry class memories and ends with a playful verse about the Trojans and a Duke defeat.
Bride to be Miss Sarah Elizabeth Jenkins received a white and silver luncheon at Tally-Ho Inn Raleigh hosted by Miss Margaret Barrow of Zebulon. Guests included Miss Mary Barrow Miss Cabell Campen Miss Catuma Gill Mrs. J. R. Barrow and family members of the bride and groom. The February Roanoke Rapids wedding to Henry Ruark is highly anticipated in the community.
Enfield hosts festive gatherings as the Glee Club sang carols with Miss Helen Barney at the Hardison home. Mrs. J Holt Evans entertained a bridge luncheon for Mrs. Jimmie Moore of Lexington with a four course dinner. Mrs. Samuel Peirson honored Mrs. W B Evans of Nashville with a blue and silver luncheon. Family news notes convalescence for McDonald Neville and H C Durham at Park View Hospital. W N Sherrod and Spier Whitaker led gatherings at the Enfield homes, with book reviews at Shell Castle and a New Year bridge party organized by Mrs A S Harrison.
Records from the Tuskegee Institute show six people lynched in 1938, all Black. Three victims were accused of murder, one of rape, one of failing to pay a funeral bill, and one for insulting a woman. States reporting lynchings were Mississippi with three cases, and Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana with one each.
The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church met Tuesday night at Mrs. Henry Fitts’s home. Willie Kelly Circle presented a program led by Mrs. Fitts, including an inspiring talk by Mrs. Sadie Askew on The Great Commission and the Cross. A pageant titled What shall this year be was performed by six young ladies led by soloist Miss Alease Bristow. Twenty-one members answered roll call.
The Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets travel to Greenville Tuesday night January 10 at 8 00 for a significant interschool basketball clash. Greenville, formerly in the A conference, aims to challenge a strong Jax squad after recent practice and a rocky season through the holidays.
Mr and Mrs C W Holloway host guests over the holidays with Henry Holloway of Washington DC and others from Hopewell Petersburg Richmond and Roanoke Rapids. Families reunite as Charles Bobby Leatherwood Jean and J C Hurst join grandparents in Hopewell and more visit relatives in North Carolina and Virginia.
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