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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
10
Society editor Madeleine Riordan warns women to maintain daintiness as spring and summer approach. Reported by interviewees in New York fashion circles, personal care and avoidance of body odor are stressed, with Lifebuoy soap praised for odor control and mildness.
Professor Ernest Trice Thompson of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia will preach at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday at 11 am and 5 pm. He will address The Church in Russia and The Church in Germany and is a noted Southern Presbyterian preacher. The week of prayer and Self-Denial for Foreign Missions begins, with a special offering February 4 for missions, including emergency China relief.
The Rosemary Baptist Church G A held its January meeting led by Mrs. W O Eddins. Devotion used Psalms 96 followed by prayer and a G A song We ve A Story To Tell To The Nations. Officers named for the year include President Edna Hart Wood Vice President Mary Louis Ray Secretary Mildred Blowe.
Mr and Mrs William P Groves 3rd of Philadelphia Pa announce the birth of a daughter Martha Elizabeth on January 4 Mrs Groves formerly Miss Ella Giles daughter of J K Giles of this city
Two short letters express gratitude from a Roanoke Rapids Christian Church pastor and a local reader. The pastor thanks church members and local business people for support during his tenure and departure. A citizen thanks the editor for space given to publish church letters and other material.
The American Childhood Education Club will hold a joint meeting with the P.T.A. at Vance Street School on Thursday night February 3 at 7 30. The topic is Good Literature and pupils will dramatize stories they have enjoyed reading. Parents and friends are invited.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Dorsey spent the weekend with relatives in Boykins Virginia Frank Lee of Boykins visited relatives here Friday.
C. S. Newton of Courtland Virginia spent last Thursday with his son R. S. Newton. Miss Bertha Hudson of Norfolk was a visitor in the city during the week end.
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