Minstrel Revels Set for Friday and Saturday Nights at Rosemary Club
Sellout expected for Friday 8 15 pm and near sellout for Saturday 8 pm at Rosemary Recreation Club. Children’s Matinee Saturday 3 15 pm with parts rearranged for younger audience. Advance ticket sales led by Maxine Mason and Christine Stewart with a large committee. The program features songs skits and a water versus alcohol talk by Prof Roland Johnson plus appearances by Rufus Mountford Chester Allsbrook and the Rhythm Busters among others. The Master of Ceremonies will be J Byron Gurley and the show lasts about 90 minutes.
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Rosemary Recreation Club
Maxine Mason
Christine Stewart
Nora Wright
Myrtle Nelson
Elizabeth Neal
Mable Allsbrook
Margaret Butler
Helen Stewart
Mary Garner
Emma Lee Burke
Bertha Stansbury
Lillian Stansbury
George Outlands
el Rancho Grande
Doc Miller
Bill Speight
Old
Wyoming
Rufus Mountford
Emory Vaughan
Bones Boyd
Chester Allsbrook
Jack Hale
Charles Mahaffey
Eugene Blow
Jimmy Nicholson
Gerald Simms
Rhythm Busters
David Lloyd Shearin
Irvin Shearin
Davis
Buddy Hasty
Roland Johnson
Rufus
Pete” Mountford
Bill
Speight
George Gurley
Bryant Gray
Dick Lee
George Outland
David Lloyd
Seen For Highway Funds
Rocky Mount January 25 The State Legislature should appropriate highway funds in adequate amounts as it does for other purposes and not leave a large artificial surplus to be kicked around like a political football L Y Ballentine Raleigh state senator told the District Meeting of the North Carolina Petroleum Industries Committee here today He noted that in 1939 more than 7000000 extra from road surplus was released for road improvement and that this money came from automobile taxes and was intended for road purposes not as a surplus
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Rocky Mount
L. Y. Ballentine
Raleigh
Wake County
North Carolina Petroleum Industries Committee
Ballentine
Club Report Good Xmas Seals Sales
The Study Club of the Roanoke Rapids Woman's Club reports total Xmas Seals drive sales of 177.65 dollars. One fourth will go to the State Headquarters in Winston-Salem for the Sanatorium, while three fourths stay locally. The club thanks all contributors to the 1939 T B Fund through the Herald.
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T.B
Study Club
Roanoke Rapids
Randleman Visit Highlights Weekend Gathering
Owen, Tommy and Frank Daniel spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Glover in a quiet family outing, sharing time and hospitality in the rural community.
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Owen
Tommy
Frank Daniel
Randleman
J. T. Glover
Fire at City Jail Supposed Arson Case
A fire at the jail, allegedly started by Willie Hedgewood who was arrested Saturday night for public drunkenness, was put out by the fire department around 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Hedgewood is said to have burned blankets and mattresses and broken several window panes, and he was bound over to the recorder's court on a charge of damaging and firing the building.
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Willie Hedgewood
Fire Department
Hedgewood
Recorder’s Court
Fire alarms report two blazes near Roanoke mills
Two alarms were sounded last Friday night near Roanoke Mills. A fire in an electrical junction box at Roanoke Mills No. 1 damaged seven warps when a box piece fell onto a loom. A second call, mistaken for a building fire, turned out to be a trash fire near Roanoke No. 2 mill.
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Roanoke Mills Company
Roanoke No. 2 Mill
Vick and Willey Wed in Quiet Emporia Ceremony
Miss Eleanor Willey of Enfield and Mr. William P. Vick of Rocky Mount were married in Emporia on January 6 in a small gathering. They will reside in Rocky Mount. Mrs. Vick is the youngest daughter of A C Willey and the late Mrs Willey of Enfield. Mr. Vick is the son of Blanche Vick and the late K S Vick of Rocky Mount.
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Emporia
Eleanor Willey
Enfield
William P. Vick
Rocky Mount
Vick
A. C. Willey
Willey
Mr. Vick
Blanche Vick
K. S. Vick
Weekend social notes from Pinehurst and Nashville visits
Wiley Reeves spent Sunday in Pinehurst with relatives. Miss Dink Gordon of Nashville spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Helms.
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Wiley Reeves
Pinehurst
Dink” Gordon
Nashville
E. B. Helms
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Junior Stewart
Collins Pridgen
Mr. Pridgen
Bill Roberts
Frank Everette
Jay Sanders
Miss Blow
Shorty Simms
Bagley Rock
Jack Sanders
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola CO
Weldon Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
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