Tornado and rainstorm sweep Roanoke Rapids area
A Sunday storm unleashed an 80 mph tornado and heavy rain, flooding streams and roads from Pleasant Hill to Weldon. Traffic halted by four feet of water, with cars stranded and crews towing them away. The Chockoyette Creek roared, plate glass shattered, and the Frank Nash family traveled 16 miles to reach Roanoke Rapids as waters surged.
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Roanoke River
Pleasant Hill
Weldon
Roanoke Rapids
Chockoyette Creek
Frank Nash
E C T C Club Hosts Card Evening at Kimball Home
The E C T C Club met Thursday night at Mrs Eugene Kimballs home with Miss Ruth White, Virginia Blount and others as hostesses. After a brief meeting, bridge was played at six tables. Ruth Dean won high with a potted plant. House guest Mrs Will Moore received a gift. Attendees included many named members and guests from Weldon and Farmville, N C.
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E.C.T.C. Club
Eugene Kimball
Ruth White
Virginia Blount
William Batton
Ruth Dean
Will Moore
Batton
Amanda Tilghman
Mae Hampton Keith
Mary Lowder
Mary Frances Whitehurst
Josephine Carty
Katherine Reid
Lillian Mitchner
Rosina Pittman
Evelyn Tilghman
Esther Pridgen
Hazel Whitehurst
Messrs
R. L. Towe
Yates Brown
R. E. Cleaton
J. W. Harrell
W. A.china
L. W. Clements
George Taylor
Thos, Martin
Thelma Daughtry
Misses Wyche
Mosely
Card of Thanks from the Hasty Family
The family of Carter Hasty thanks nurses doctors Rosemary Manufacturing and Textile groups neighbors friends and W C Williams for kindness and floral offerings during his illness and death.
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Rosemary Mfg. Co
Rosemary Textile Association
W. C.williams
Signals on the road teach safe driving habits
The article compares drivers to railroad engineers who heed signals. It stresses obeying roadside signs like curve, school, and slippery when wet warnings to avoid accidents. Personal notes mention Mrs. Robert Corbett and J. R. Allabrook visiting Greensboro.
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Overland Limited
Rosemary Baptist YWA Holds January Meeting
The Rosemary Baptist Church Y W A held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening January 16. Pauline Kendrick led the program on God’s Dreams with scripture readings and group parts. Those present included Misses Pauline Kendrick Lillian Bell Jenkins Hattie Humphries Edith Davis Lucille Davis and Mesdames Graham Lynch and George Pappendick.
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Baptist Church
Presient
Pauline Kendrick
Lillian Bell Jenkins
Hattie Humphries
Edith Davis
Lucille Davis
Mesdames Graham Lynch
George Pappendick
Administrator's Notice for George W. Hudson Estate
Ned Hudson executor warns all claimants to present claims by January 9 1937 at Roanoke Rapids NC and all debts to be paid promptly. This notice dated January 9 1936 in Halifax County North Carolina.
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George W. Hudson
Halifax County
North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids
Ned Hudson
Im Ee
Notice of Sale on Roanoke Rapids Property
By order of a deed of trust dated February 29 1932 and recorded in Halifax County North Carolina the trustee will offer the property for sale February 10 1936 at 1 20 PM in front of the Roanoke Rapids post office. The parcel fronts 50 feet on Jackson Street Roanoke Rapids and includes Lot 734 and two thirds of Lot 732 as shown on the Roanoke Rapids Power Company map.
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Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
North Carolina
Jackson Street
Roanoke Rapids Power Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
Jone T. Emry
C. J. Topping
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Roanoke Motor Co
Mrs. Carter Hasty and
Robert Corbett
J. R. Allabrook
Sam Bunn
Greensboro
Urvee
General Motors
Rialto Theatre
N. C
Shirley Temple
John Boles
Littlest
Bob Steele
NO Man’s Range
Loretta Young
Henry Wilcox
Lily Pons
Henry Fonda
Jane Withers
Pinky
Tomlir Paddy O’day
The
Y.w.a.’S of
Rosemary
Frederic
Eugene & Duart
Vogue Beauty Shop
KIDD
DIAL
Lady
Beauty S Shop
Roa
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