Lions Club Festival Benefits Broad Welfare Efforts
Local Lions Club uses proceeds from the Lions Mid-Summer Festival to fund welfare projects. Last Christmas the club spent 156 on 48 baskets for underprivileged families, including food and household items. The report also notes hospitalizations funded for Black and white individuals, X-ray clinics for Negro children, support for an infantile paralysis case, a banquet for National Guard members, and a $25 toy and doll program from the Fire Department.
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Lions Club
Lions
Club
Roanoke Rapids
National Guard
Fire Department
Draft Board Warns Delinquents in Jackson Area
Northampton County draft officials report seven teen men registered at Jackson face arrest unless they submit overdue questionnaires or contact the board immediately. Names include James Lassiter Frank Stephenson A Charlie Wells Tony Parker David Duke Brown Russell Vincent Gumbert Gerney Bowser Charles Swinton William Allen Roger Futrell Joseph Mayfield and others with residences in Jackson Conway and Potecasi. Also notes visits by Mrs B A Powell Arill Powell Mary Frances and William L Powell to Carolina Beach and appearances by Wiley W Hobbs Edison Burnette.
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Northampton County
Jackson
FBI
James Lloyd Lassiter
Rich Square
Frank Stephenson
A. Charlie Wells
Potecast
Tony Parker
David Duke Brown
Jackso
Russell Vincent
Gumbert
Gerney Bowser
Conway
Charles Swinton
William Allen
Roger Mitchell Futrell
Joseph Mayfield
Lions Festival to Feature Crescent Amusement Midway
Crescent Amusement Company brings Ride-O Dipsey Doodle Tilt-A-Whirl and a wide midway to the Lions Mid-Summer Festival in Roanoke Rapids. Dan Riley's trained animal circus and local minstrel acts promise family friendly entertainment through the week.
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Crescent Amusement Company
Crescent Company
Roanoke Rapids
Dan Riley
Town Talk Roundup of Weekend Visits and Travel
Residents report a busy weekend with visits to Everette's Lake Virginia Beach and Raleigh. Notable travelers include Mr. and Mrs. Owens Tutor W G Liske and Mrs J A Siblehorn. Ruby Wilkinson returns to Washington DC and several families make trips to Gates county and Baltimore.
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Owens
W.G. Liske
Jack Brigman
Janet Brigman
Everette's Lake
Ruby Wilkerson
Washington, D. C
R. R. Wilkinson
Clarence Birrell
Edgar Wilkinson
Norfolk
J. D. Collins
Ruby Wilkinson
W. G. Liske
Kinston
Mooney Greenberg
Moses, Gilda
Esther
Florine
Virginia Beach
F. M. Clarke
Beaufort
H. L. Story
Marshall, N. C
Messrs
L. L
James
Hamilton Street
Gates County
J. A. Siblehorn
Rocky Mount
Annie Myrick
L. H. Taylor
Lula Williams
F. C. Williams
T. W. Mullen
L. S
Milton Harris
Baltimore
Tom McLendon
Local Social Notes Reach Across Cities and States
A list of residents and visitors shows tours and visits to Washington D C Atlantic City Norfolk Fayetteville Norfolk Fort Bragg Elizabeth City Asheville and Emporia with family trips and new job positions including a private secretary post in Norfolk and weekend gatherings in various Virginia and North Carolina towns.
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Mildred Fulghum
Washington, D. C
Helen Taylor
Helen Robinson
Washington, D
Atlantic City
Victoria Vester
Norfolk
N. J
Eloise Taylor
Lawrenceville
Ernest Moseley
Hubert Rook
Marion Hurson
Asheville
Marion
Marvin Taylor
Fort Bragg
J. M. Taylor
Jack Devane
Emporia
A. D. Waters
Elizabeth City
W. G. Bunch
W. E. Murphey
Greenville
Joe Wood
Winterville
David Bright
Harry McClure
M Dennis Holland
Newport News, Va
J. M. Ingram
H. M. Hudson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jackson Draft Board
B. A. Powell
Arill Powell
Mary Frances
William L. Powell
Carolina Beach
Wiley W. Hobbs
Edison Burnette
T. B. McLendon
Bill Duke
Farmville
J. W. Smith
Wilma McDaniel
Fayetteville
H. G. Brewer
Ann
Lawrenceville, Va
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Roanoke Rapids Lions Club
Virginia Electric
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