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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
11
A team of young women prepares chromium moldings for attachment to the hoods of 1937 Dodge models as part of the permanent beauty treatment of their bodies. The above photo shows the workers at their station.
WELDON resident W. T. Whitehead reported his car stolen from in front of his store Tuesday afternoon. Police followed the thief, Carl H. Baker of Nashville, who wrecked the car near Garysburg. the vehicle was a total loss and Baker was jailed.
Mrs. Katie Harrison hosted the Frank M. Parker Chapter LL.D. at Enfield with 24 members attending. State UDC President Mrs. John H. Anderson spoke, их urged an Historical Issue of the Progress and District meeting plans for April as visitors enjoyed ice cream and cake with Confederate flag favors.
Nathaniel Cuthbert Felts hosted a birthday party on Saturday January 22 on Charlotte Street for his third birthday. Attendees included Troy Lane Hopkins Junior Law Gayies Wells Douglas Felts Wordis Felts Larry Hawkins and Misses Ellen Hawkins and Jackie Felts. Cake ice cream and games were enjoyed. Rev and Mrs J L Willis spent Thursday in Durham.
The article recalls Sir Thomas Lipton selling a pound of his tea for a then record 190 dollars. Lipton owned plantations and sold direct to customers to bypass brokers, who retaliated with costly fancy packages priced at 25 to 50 dollars per pound.
A vintage anti effeminacy note praises tea as a masculine beverage. It invokes Lipton as a renowned tea maker and sportsman famed for yachting. The piece urges readers to counter claims that tea is effeminate by citing these facts.
A fragment discusses tea as a civilizing home ritual with hostesses noting tea service as a defining gesture. The text hints at tea as a calming beverage linked to hospitality and tradition.
Students and community observed Lee and Jackson with exercises at Enfield Graded School on Friday. America was sung then flags saluted, followed by Dixie and devotionals led by Rev. Hinson. Mrs. Shervette and Mrs. Lauder sang Lest We Forget with Miss Branch on piano. Rev. Howard spoke on Lee and Stonewall Jackson, praising their Christian character. A Hills History copy was presented to the school by Mrs. Barnhill. Star Spangled Banner closed the program.
Grover Edmonds of Louisburg College spent the week end here with his parents. Mrs Ridley Brown and daughter of Hollister were week end guests for Mrs J W Smith.
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