Reading Lays Bare Town Life in Roanoke Rapids
A column mixes musings on reading choices and travel with local weather humor and a flood of social notes. It lists residents visiting relatives in Virginia North Carolina towns and cities and reports numerous weekend trips and gatherings across Rich Square Petersburg Norfolk Fieldale Danville and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Roosevelt
Miss Perkins
Montgomery Ward
South America
Sweden
Norway
Russia
Roanoke Rapids
Town Talk Revels in Weekend Visits Across Virginia
Miss Mabel Smith spent the weekend at Virginia Beach and Newport News. Miss Ruth Bay of Siler City was the guest of Mr and Mrs J H Kennemar. Mr and Mrs W L Martin and daughter Shirley are in Jackson with relatives. Miss Margaret Burton visits Fieldale with Miss Shirley Shaw. J O Slade of Rich Square visited Mrs W T Edwards. Mr and Mrs Ralph Leonard and Misses Ruby and Zona Character and Mrs Herman Thomason spent Monday at Ocean View. Rev and Mrs T B Madison and family of Shelby visited L R Pearson. Miss Ophelia Chambliss and W J Chambliss attended a game in Lawrenceville. Marvin Colier Jr spent the weekend at Virginia Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Slade
Rheuben
Rich Square
W. T. Edwards Sunda
Ralph Leonard
Zona
Thomasville
Herman Thomason
A. D. Lynch
Coy and
Jean
Richmond
W.T. Edwards
Mesdames Mamie Grant
Jackson
Lucy Glover
Durham
A. M. Glover
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
L. G. Liverman
Jerry
Washington
H. W. Shell
Irene Turner
W. E. Bowles
O. L. Smith
T. B. Glover
Eugene
Hopewell
Ruth Bay
Siler City
J. H. Kennemar
W. L. Martin
Shirley
Margaret Burton
Fieldale
Shirley Shaw
J. O. Slade
W. T. Edwards
Ruby
Zona Character
Ocean View
T. B. Madison
Shelby
L. R. Pearson
Ophelia Chambliss
W. J. Chambliss
Lawrenceville
Marvin Colier, Jr
Va. Beach
Also Mentioned on This Page
WPTF
Carolina
Christian Harbor
United States
Roosevelt
Japan
Yellow River
China
San Marino
Perrytown
Hobbsville
Potecast
America
Red Water Lake
Tersburg, Va
J. E. Michael
Mildred Burton
Mildred Balmer
Mildred Crutchfield
Merle Cole
J. R. Burton
Wylie Reaves
M. D. Collier
Morris Ford
New York
Hudson
J. M. Rice
J. B. Dancy
Frances Wilson
Clayton Phillips
E. R. Kidd
Lee Kee
Norfolk
Aubrey Kee
W. O. Thompson
Wilson
Lewis Jones
W. C. Allsbrook
H. C. Lightner
Mae Lightner
Elsie Pair
Evelyn Baird
Dot Goodfellow
Blonnie Taylor
Raleigh
J. W. Taylor
Aldine Boswood
Comjack
J. M. Ingram
Margaret Anne
Nhe
R. B. Spence
Joe Williams
Edytheright
Broadnay
Ercelle Harris
W. A. Harris
Minnie Johnson
Dillon
S. C
Miss Mabel Smith
Virginia Beach
Newport
J. Spire
Mgr
Dial
W. Second St
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