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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1948
Page
5
William T. Dower was canoeing in Whiteville when a fish leaped from the water, striking him in the face and breaking his eyeglasses. The fish then escaped.
The marriage of Miss Margaret Myers daughter of Mayor and Mrs Charles Emory Myers to Gordon Pugh Cherry son of Rev and Mrs Thomas Neil Cooper was performed Saturday at Rich Square Baptist Church by Rev Coup er A piano violinist and other musicians provided nuptial music The bride wore a skeet gown with sheer yoke embroidered bertha and a fingertip veil A bouquet of white roses with an orchid centered the arrangement The bridal party included matron of honor Mrs Douglas Sessons bridesmaids Miss Elizabeth Cherry Miss Mildred Everett Miss Hazel Womamack and others The reception followed at the bride’s home Best man was William Hooper Wilson Ushers included Myers Jr Nez Lynch and Harry Shelton The mother of the bride wore mist pink while the mother of the groom wore ice blue crepe The couple is honored with the bride a Greensboro College graduate and the groom Wake Forest graduate and former CID member The couple left for a wedding trip after the ceremony
The Warrenton Woman's Club conducts a door to door drive to raise 1.30 per citizen for DDT spray to curb infantile paralysis. If funds meet the goal a power sprayer will be brought to Warrenton for spraying. one case of infantile paralysis has been reported in Warren County.
Local notices list residents visiting relatives and friends across Virginia and North Carolina. People like R H Goodman, Will Thomas Jackson, Dwight Dobbin, Ruby Walliams, and many others are described as returning from trips, vacationing in Nags Head, Richmond, Raleigh, Norfolk, and Winston Salem, or visiting family in Roanoke Rapids and Baltimore.
A community note presents a Brunswick stew recipe with chicken corn tomatoes butter beans potatoes sugar and seasonings. Dress the chicken by boiling until the meat separates, then simmer the mix for six hours yielding six servings or more.
Miss Helen Rebecca Lassiter and Luther Clifton Copeland Jr. wed at Potecasi Baptist Church in a ceremony with white tapers and ferns. The bride wore a calla satin gown with Chantilly lace, train, and illusion veil, with her sister as maid of honor and family and community guests in attendance.
Miss Sally Rhea Hasty and William Grant Duffee united in marriage July 15 at Seaboard Baptist parsonage with Rev. Earl J. Rogers officiating. Duffee, a Seaboard native, is a Conway High School graduate. the groom served in World War II. The couple planned a Chicago trip after the ceremony as local bridal events followed in Scotland Neck Rocky Mount and Seaboard with bridge parties, a luncheon, and a handkerchief shower hosted by friends and family.
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