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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
11
County Agent W. C. Davis urges farmers to inspect fields for boll weevil damage and to pick up and burn all cotton squares weekly from now until August. If not burned, squares hatch weevils that multiply rapidly, threatening the 1942 cotton crop.
Mrs. Scott Lassiter and daughter Peggy Grant of Franklin Virginia visited town for the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald. Marshall Telle spent last week in Benna Vista Virginia with his sister Mrs. Everett Crowder.
Charles J. Shields won a $24 jackpot in a Scotland Neck USO quiz at a local drugstore. The game paid $2 for each correct answer, doubled after misses, and Shields answered correctly on two prompts including the average ocean depth and two colors that make purple. He donated the winnings to the United Service Organizations.
The Christian Science Society at 920 Roanoke Ave invites the public to Sunday service at 11 a.m and Wednesday at 8 p.m. Reading Room hours are Tuesday and Friday 3 to 5. Lesson-Sermon topic Sunday is Life with Sacrament as the weekly subject. The Golden Text cites John 18:34 35 and Matthew 27:1 31.
A Sunday July 13 family reunion was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Morris of Littleton Route A. Attendees included B C Barbee and family of Wilson C T Hardy of Durham J L Doxey and family Ike Doxey and family C H Moore and family Norfolk Va B N Browning and family Richmond Va Clifton Morris Bonney Morris of Warsaw Va G F Price and family Freeman Ellington B F Morris and son Henry Morris of Littleton.
Mrs Emmett Singletary and children of Henderson spent the week end with Mr and Mrs Marvin Singletary. Mrs Murrell Hudson and Mrs Leary Kee of Seaboard spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington.
Superintendent N L Turner of Northampton County Schools announced four new vocational education teachers approved by the county board. The appointees are George R Elliott from South Carolina at Conway high school, G F Moore a NC State College graduate at Severn high school, R B McIntyre a Florida State College graduate at Seaboard high school, and Miss Jean Holland of Aulander at Conway. Also noted were details of local residents and a weekend trip to Manteo to attend The Lost Colony.
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