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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1933
Page
3
Miss Johnnie Camp offers tips from the Home Service Director Va. Electric & Power Co. on selecting fresh, seasonable produce. Buy by weight when possible, choose sound undamaged fruit, and store berries in air to preserve quality.
The article explains yields and quality checks for garden produce. It notes one bushel yields 12 to 14 quarts of canned fruit, corn ear checks include husk removal and silk color, kernel tenderness signals milk flow, two medium ears yield about one cup of kernels, and tomatoes yield four small to medium fruits per pound with careful inspection for cracks and stem ends to reduce waste.
Seaboard to run a special return train from Portsmouth at 9:00 a.m. on a July day for passengers visiting Norfolk Portsmouth Virginia Beach and Ocean View to spend the day at the resorts and return in the evening. The event aims to capitalize on peak beach season and attract a large crowd. Miss Margaret Blankinship returns to Richmond with Miss Helen Padgett.
The list notes visits among Lynchburg Virginia residents and others in Roanoke Rapids Castle Point Garysburg Warren County and Edenton. Families and friends gather for visits fishing trips a church bene Twin events and musical activities are mentioned through the week.
Mr and Mrs Claude Gayle spent Sunday at Ocean View Miss Mamie Sheffield returns to Richmond Jack West away Sunday Scott Benton visits Sunberry Mr and Mrs Junior Wrenn and son stay in Jackson and New York visitors with the Fitts family Dink Gordon and Rachel Barbee guests of Bennie Allsbrook Mrs H C Barbee and Hazel Nashville visit Mr and Mrs Allsbrook Joe Collins and Herman Tickle spend the week out of town Martha Spivey of Jackson visits town 2 Wrenn family returns from Rook home Banks Andrews from Greensboro spends weekend with Hamlet family.
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