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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
12
Illinois born Don Mason returns for the seventh season to portray Chief Wanchese at The Lost Colony in Manteo North Carolina. The actor, UNC graduate, has acted on folk and New York stages and served overseas in World War II with the 162nd Infantry in the Pacific.
Aurelian Springs resident and Mr. and Mrs. James Marsh of Newark New Jersey visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Brewer last week. Mrs. J T Wood of Columbia South Carolina visits in the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. M C Crawley.
Halifax White Lake Camp for 4 Hers will start next week as planned, says assistant county agent G B De Lontche. He noted polio concerns from Halifax or Bladen counties but said those cases did not halt plans after consulting Dr Young Health Officer. If conditions worsen, camp will be canceled and deposits $5 refunded. camp is private with no outsiders allowed in dining rooms or bath house. beach remains private with no commercial establishments.
The final site service with full military honors occurred at Sunnyside Cemetery for Staff Sergeant Whittington, son of J B and Mrs Sarah Whittington. Pastor D Moris assisted by Rev W E Goode led the service. Whittington died defending his unit from a Japanese trap and posthumously received the highest U S Army heroism award. North Carolina leads all states in sawmill activity with 1948 totals reported.
Halifax Tuesday docket includes multiple traffic offenses and other minor cases. Willie Lee Hunter guilty of non support. sentence suspended with $150 bond and $10 weekly payments to Annie Hunter. Raymone Mitchell guilty of DWI. fined $100 plus costs. license revoked 12 months. Bud Lynche and Leman Bell also convicted. sentences suspended on various conditions. Ernestine Cullom visiting. Royster and Cochran cases noted. several others fined or continued.
Miss Martice Gupton of Norfolk Marine Hospital spent last weekend with her mother Mrs I E C Gupton. Mrs T T Riggan returned from Boston visiting her daughter. Mrs Ferguson Smith spent last weekend here with Lee Luck end. Mrs Smith attends summer school at W C Greens boro NC. Mr and Mrs Wallace Brown ing of Moanoke Rapids spent Sunday here. Mr and Mrs Haywood returned to Littleton, Mrs A G Sloan of Marion SC was a visitor in the home of her cousin Mrs Ruth Wart Monday. Miss Jane Glasgow of Greens boro visited in the home of her parents Sunday. Mr and Mrs W J Browning of Norfolk were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs J B Browning here Sunday. Mrs West Hansell of Durham is the guest of her sister in law Mrs S W Smith. Changing Times the 1947 annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service has been published and copies are free from the Agricultural Editor at State College Raleigh. Eighteen foreign students attended the National 4 H Club Camp in Washington DC in June. Some 16000 birds from 33 states entered in the national Chicken of Tomorrow contest. Mrs Ella Cullins and daughters Sylvia and Virginia spent the Fourth of July in Newsoms VA with relatives. Miss Betty Wynne Ingram Grace Taylor Harry Weathers and Bill Hodges spent the Fourth of July holidays at Nags Head.
Mrs Helen Reta Parks Davis age 26 wife of Lester Davis dies after a three month illness at Norfolk Hospital. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Roanoke Rapids conducted by Rev Gordon L Price. Burial followed in the family cemetery near Jackson. She was born in Jackson and lived in Norfolk six years with prior residences in Roanoke Rapids and Weldon. She is survived by her husband, her parents Frank and Minnie Parks, a daughter Flora Jean Davis, two sisters Thelma Chestnut and Mrs John Ben Trublood, maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W Ben Pittman, and five brothers Frederick J Parks serving in Germany, Herman, Lindy, Gene, and Frank Parks Jr.
Funeral services were held here for Staff Sergeant Allie B. Whittington who was killed in action in the South west Pacific September 15. Lt. Sgt. A. B. Whittington of Scotland Neck presided as details of his death and service were recalled by mourners.
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