Grannyma Steals the Parade View at State House
A hometown tale recounts Grannyma, an elderly town figure, gaining a premier parade view with the help of a courteous man who clears the crowd. The episode cures a lifelong habit of gate crashing, leaving Grannyma grateful for the unexpected privilege. The column also notes Puerto Rico stories of sailors, a shipwreck, and a convent escape.
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Grannyma
State House
HRDL
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Thieves Return Note After Stolen Car Stunt
Co. M. Sleepy Flemming, a local auto firm employee, had his car stolen across the street. It was found in Lynchburg Virginia with a note thanking the owner for the car. The gas tank was empty and the spare tire missing after about 500 miles of driving.
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Buddy
Flemming
Patricia Wilson at Silver Pines Camp this Summer
Patricia Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Carroll L Wilson spends the summer at Silver Pines Camp in Roaring Gap.
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J. L. Lynch
Merle
William Hawkins
White Plains, Va
Virginia Ann Lynch
Wiley Hawkins
Patricia Wilson
Carroll L. Wilson
Silver Pines Camp
Roaring Gap
Christian Science Society Services and Reading Hours
The Christian Science Society at 930 Roanoke Ave invites the public to Sunday services at 11 a.m. and Wednesday services at 8 p.m. Reading Room hours are Tuesday and Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. The June 30 1941 Lesson Sermon centers on God as the All in All and divine Principle.
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Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
God
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Red Sea
Doris Sue Wilson
Beaufort
Raymond Gentry
Norfolk
Eugene Jenkins
Murfreesboro
van Parrott
Roxboro
Floyd Woolum
Williamston
Claud Willie
Margaret Barns
South Rosemary
P. J. Doyle
Elizabeth Brown
Jean Epps
Frank Mitchell
Buddy Epps
Ocean View
Hubert Parrott
Walter Smith
Pfc
Allen Welch
Washington, D.C
J. F. Welch
James Connor
Dick Roundtree
Newport News
James N. Haynes, Jr
Charlotte
E. B. Bowman
Benson
Mary Ann Thompson
Snow Hill
George Winkly
Mahood Winkly
Evelyn Neal Winkly
Lawrence Doyle
Emporia
Mary Crews Sun
J. W. Parker
Seaboard
Ray Rightmyer
State College
Helen Hedgepeth
Portsmouth
E. M. Bidgood
Robert Height
R. J. Rightmyer
Frances Rightmyer
Clarence Harbour
Raleigh
John Whitson
Emerald Neville
Airlie
George Davis
Jackson
S. M. Thompson
Carrie Byrd
Central
George Hayes
Rosemary
Sam Brown
Patterson
Almeta Pleasant
Cathryn Thompson
Bunker Hill
Theron Harris
J. Crawford Hoyle
Nick Long
Dan Cagle
Patterson Playground
Dr. Pepper
Sunshine Sue
WRVA
Christian Science Society
Roanoke Ave
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia
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