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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1939

Page

3

Littleton Socials and World Fair Trips Line Up Busy Week

Local residents attend the New York World Fair and travel to cities including Norfolk Atlanta Raleigh Henderson and Charlotte. Visitors host guests from Wilson Durham Weldon and La Grange while bridge parties honor Mrs Nicholson and Miss Mears with gifts and a salad course.

Ralph Howell Washington, D. C Carl Myrick Weldon Ann Lee Jones Vandemere Louise King W. P. Bowers Atlanta Georgia Baptist World Alliance Mary Bynum Mesdames N. W. Warren B. L. Crawley J. A. Crawley Roanoke Rapids J. F. Welch la Grange Marvin Joseph Newsom Raleigh Gideon Lamb Scotland Neck L.H. Justis T. N. Harrison L. S. Harrison Greenville Lyman Redding W. C. Dowd John B. Leach John P. Leach W. W. Johnston Laura Person W. T. Person Suffolk Edward Joyner Wilson W. H. Nicholson M. W. Ransom Durham Elberta Foster Chas. M. Foster Foster M. L. Cole J. C. Reid High Rock George Ragland Eve Louisburg Helen Graves James Thompson Leesburg A. M. Newsom D. A. T. Ricks Mary Faucette Ricks Katharine Waldron J. C. League Rocky Mount C. H. Worthen T. J. Miles C. E. Foster Lacey Leach Tarbor Ann Person Buffalo New York J. N. Johnston Rocky Mount Sanatorium A. J. Watkins Henderson Ransom, Johnston Florida Esther Mears Weaverville Ransom B. L. Rives J. N. Moseley Nicholson Miss Mears Whit Nelson Meynardie Nelson

Officer Brings Reports From Western State Vacation

Officer Jack Brigman has returned from a ten day vacation through the western part of the state and West Virginia. He visited High Point games and spent several days in White Sulphur Springs.

Jack Brigman West Virginia Brigman High Point White Sulphur Springs

Roanoke trio explores Endless Caverns in Virginia

Mrs. F W Haynie and Misses Ruby and Jean Haynie of Roanoke Rap ids explored the famed Endless Caverns at New Market Virginia during a motor trip through the Shenandoah Valley recently.

F. W. Haynie Ruby and Jean Haynie Roanoke Rapids New Market Virginia Shenandoah Valley

Young Roanoke Rapids man arrested for auto theft and hit and run

Roland Lowe an 18 year old Roanoke Rapids resident was arrested Saturday night by Night Policeman Jim Adams on auto theft charges after stealing a Dodge belonging to his step father John Owens on West Second Street and striking Joe Hobbs on Third and Madison Streets. No accomplices were found. Lowe previously faced a suspended sentence for breaking and entering D I Kidds store. An accomplice John Junior Wright was jailed then and is now serving a larceny sentence. Lowe remains in Halifax jail pending the August Superior Court term.

Roland Lowe Roanoke Rapids Jim Adams John Owens Lowe West Second Street Joe Hobbs Third Madison Streets Second Street Roanoke Avenue D. I. Kidd John Junior Wright Wright Halifax

James Ellison and Helen Wood Star At Pitts Sunday Emporia

James Ellison and Helen Wood headline Pitts Theatre Emporia on Sunday July 30 in the comedy Almost A Gentleman. The week features Tarzan Finds A Son with Weissmuller and O Sullivan, On Borrowed Time with Barrymore and Hardwicke, the Miss Emporia contest, Twelve Crowded Hours with Dix and Ball, and Sunset Trail starring Hopalong Cassidy.

Miss Emporia Richard DIX Pitts Emporia James Ellison Helen Wood Johnny Weissmuller Maureen O'Sullivan Lionel Barrymore Cedric Hardwycke Beula Fonda Bobs Watson

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Littleton News Bobby Patterson J. H. Thrower Norfolk Childrens Giovanni Bellini National Art Gallery Washington Samuel H. Kress Andrew Mellon Young Lowe Johnny Weismuller Tarzan FBI WM. Boyd Sunset Trail Oureacher Charlotte N. C Carroll Wilson Roanoke Rapids Herald Charlotte News W. Williams Delphia
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