Swift & Company Introduces Cotton Cloth Wrapping for Veal
Swift & Company announces a new method wrapping dressed veal in cotton cloth for shipping from plant to retailer. The process, adopted after years of trial, uses waxed paper outside the cloth and allows branding via cellulose strips. It aims to reduce moisture, prevent stickiness, and boost demand, with broader use on lamb and certain branded beef.
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Swift & Company
Bland Harding
Swift Distributing
Emporia
Harding
Summertime Desserts And Drinks From Old Virginia Menu
A list of vintage desserts and beverages including New York Ice Cream, Frozen Fruit Salad, Ginger Ale Delight, Coffee Marlowe, and related steps. Recipes call for milk, eggs, cream, marshmallows, fruit, and spices with instructions to chill, fold, and freeze using an electric refrigerator.
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Virginia Stount
Home Service
Virginia Electric & Power Co
New York
Old Timer Reflects on Religion and Local Lives
A hometown column recalls a seventy two year old mother who raised three children after an unequal marriage and shares thoughts on Japanese religion, magazine articles, and local character sketches. The piece highlights family memories, personal habits, and neighbors such as Virgil McDowell Jr Bill Pruden Tinkle Lyles Bill Hodges Lyle Wilson Mrs Beckwith Ralph Knight and T J Alford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Payne
Virgil McDowell, Jr
Bill Pruden
Tinkle” Lyles
Bill Hodges
Lyles Wilson
William
Vera Lillian Bloomer Engaged to Robert Oliver Bloomer
Vera Lillian, daughter of Mr and Mrs Raleigh Travers Daniel of Weldon, becomes engaged to Robert Oliver Bloomer of Charlottesville Virginia. The September wedding will be held at the bride elects parents home in Weldon.
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Raleigh
Travers Daniel
Weldon
Vera Lillian
Robert Oliver Bloomer
Charlottesville
Hawkins Chapel Church Sunday Service Notice
Hawkins Chapel Church invites the community to Sunday school at 10 o'clock and preaching at 11 o'clock. Come and bring someone with you.
Family Reunion Honors Nancy Edwards at 88 near Aurora
A Sunday family reunion at Mrs. R. L. Brantley’s near Aurora honored Nancy Edwards, 88, mother of eight. About 150 guests enjoyed a lawn picnic with extended relatives from Portsmouth, Norfolk, Burlington, Roanoke Rapids, Bath, Wade, Bridgeton, New Bern, Cove Point, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Brantley
Aurora
Nancy Edwards
Nita Riggins
Lucille
Edith
Burlington
Jimmie Adams
Roanoke Rapids
Bill Jenkins
Hattie Mae
Woodrow Humphries
Thelma
Junior Edwards
M. Edwards
Roy
Doris
Lathal
Adrian
Whitaker
Chocowinity
J. M. Edwards
J. M. Jr
Lena Rivers
Bath
Garfield Edwards
Leo
Sam
Fayetteville
Irving Edwards
Norfolk
Thurman Edwards
Wade
Blanche Waters
Billie
Sallie Leary
Hugh Leary
Bridgeton
Nancy Wharton
New Bern
Otmar
Spring Creek
Curthew Cuthrell
Mead
Bayboro
Hydie Cayton
Wallace
Russell Waters
J. H. Brantley
Charles
Mary Ellen
Lewis Taylor Brantley
Nina Jones
Stella Edwards
Emma Brantley
Bryan
Thomas
M. S. Graham
George Ca
Local Social Notes Highlight Roanoke Rapids Area Visits
Calvary Thelma helek Miss Virginia Jenkins of Roanoke Rapids visited her parents Sunday afternoon. Several residents from nearby towns joined family gatherings and birthday events. Archie Hamill returned home from Roanoke Rapids Hospital after an appendicitis operation.
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Virginia Jenkins
Roanoke Rapids
T. J. Rumley
Lottie Croft
Richmond
H. L. Faucette
W. B. Myrick
Weldon
H. D. Myrick
Louise Morris
Bertha Mae Young
Hugh House
Norman House
C. D. House
Archie Hamill
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Christine Dunn
Edgar Isles
Thelma
T. O. Hardy
Henderson
L. W. King
Roanoke Rapids Visitors Share Week End
Mrs Millard Harrison of Roanoke Rapids is visiting here with her father N R Jenkins. Mr and Mrs Ed Gibson Clyde Morris and Miss Roberta Morrow of Huntington West Virginia spent the week end with Mrs Whit Morris. Mr and Mrs Sam Sadler spent the week end with Mrs L W King.
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Millard Harrison
Roanoke Rapids
N. R. Jenkins
Ed Gibson
Clyde Morris
Roberta Morrow
Huntington
West Va
Whit Morris
Sam Sadler
L. W. King
Miss Annie Laura King Spends Fourth at Home
Miss Annie Laura King of Louisville spent the Fourth of July at her home with family and friends enjoying a quiet celebration.
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Annie Laura King of
Louisburg
Calvary Church Schedule For Sunday Services
Calvary Church invites attendance for Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and Epworth League meeting at 8:00 p.m. Organizers hope the day draws a large crowd.
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Calvary Church
Epworth League
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Colonial
Juice
Fender
Old Virginia
Carolina Peaches
Crisco
Southern Manor
Freestone
California
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