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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1941

Page

2

Week End Incur Multiple Minor Car Accidents

Local report notes several weekend accidents across the area. Among those treated at the hospital were two white women a ten year old boy and a Negro man with head injuries and other wounds. Frank Parks the most seriously injured remains hospitalized with a head wound caused by a crash involving a Negro woman and Chief H E Dobbins says the collision was unavoidable.

Frank Parks H. E. Dobbins M. M. Matthews Skippers Virginia Virgie Mae Whitby Gilbert Jones Gholsonville

Enfield Hosts Bright Social Season With Weddings

Enfield society reports a house guest from Englewood New Jersey as D Mac Johnson and R Hunter Pope host a bridge party for about twenty guests. Joyner couple wins high scores. A shower honors Mrs Temple Battle Alsop followed by a watermelon feast. Announcements include Lydia Wells and Sidney Randolph wedding plans in Elm City NC and Mildred Stephenson and George Tharrington marriage in Rocky Mount. Gossett Smith wed in Dillon South Carolina with return to Enfield.

R. Hunter Pope Country Home P. W. Joyner Charles Wark Englewood N. J D. Mac Johnsons D. Mac Johnson J. B. Britt S. W. Dickens A. C. Nichols J. F. White Sallie Dickens Joe F. Edwards Waverly White R. C. Dunn W. N. Sherrod Lee Whitehead A. C. Nichols, Jr Temple Battle Alsop J. T. Boseman Winnie Boseman Charles Loughlin John M. Sherrod Phil Purrington John Allie Corbett, Jr Lydia Wells Sidney Randolph Elm City North Carolina Enfield P. V. Randolph Western Carolina Tharrington Stephenson Mildred Lee Stephenson George Tharrington Rocky Mount Baptist Ross Cadle G. E. Stephenson Sky Line Drive Washington City Georgia Gossett—Smith Julia Smith R. N. Gossett Dillon S. C Carolina Beach

Patterson Ruddock Wedding in Virginia Home

Miss Margaret Newman Patterson daughter of Mrs. John L. Patterson of Richmond Virginia wed Billings Kirk Ruddock of Curles Neck Farm Charles City County Virginia on July 26 at Legerwood the bride’s home. Rev Giles B Palmer officiated with Rev John Page Williams assisting. Best man was Frank E. Patterson II. A garden reception followed.

Margaret Newman Patterson John L. Patterson Richmond Virginia Billings Kirk Ruddock Albert Billings Ruddock John Page Williams John Legwood Patterson Charlottesville Frank E. Patterson, II

Mrs. E. Cooper Dies In Enfield

Henrietta Emma Wilson Cooper aged 86 died at her son T. M. Cooper's home in Enfield at 4 40 a m last Thursday Funeral services were held at Branch Funeral Home chapel Friday at four with Rev B D Critcher and Rev Ross Cadle officiating Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery She is survived by three sons T M Cooper Halifax County Coroner R L Cooper of Whitmire S C and R F Cooper of Houston Texas

Henrietta Emma Wilson Cooper T. M. Cooper Enfield Branch Funeral Home B. D. Critcher Methodist Church Ross Cadle Elmwood R. L. Cooper Whitmire, S. C R. F. Cooper Houston Texas

Local Socials: Henderson Weekend Visits

Mrs. Lillian Ross and Betsy with the Glasher couple visited Henderson to see Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Woodall spent the weekend at Virginia Beach.

James M. Sewall, Jr Virginia Beach Lillian Ross Betsy Julian Glover Henderson Frank Mitchell J. J. Woodall

Pleasant Grove church celebrates youth division anniversary banquet

The Young Peoples Division of Pleasant Grove Methodist Church marked its 10th anniversary with a patriotic banquet in the Sunday School rooms drawing 75 guests. Principal speaker was Rev. R W Bradshaw Durham. honored were North Taylor, Wilson and Mahlon Hughes, army servicemen, among others on the program include A E Taylor, Annie Taylor, Helen Taylor, Martha Hughes, Ruth Wise, and Bobby Pritchard.

Young Peoples Division Pleasant Grove Methodist Church R. W. Bradshaw Durham North Taylor Wilson Mahlon Hughes A. E. Taylor Annie Taylor Helen Taylor J. F. Newton Rich Square Martha Hughes T. T. Stephenson W. D. Barbee Seaboard Herbert Griffin Ruth Wise C. C. Barrett Emma Taylor Margaret Hughes Willie Pritchard R. W. Bradshaw Bobby Pritchard

Notable Travels of Local Personalities This Week

Tom McLendon spent the week end in Washington D C. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rook and son Earl Jr spent last week in Baltimore Md.

Tom McLendon Washington, D. C Earl Rook and Earl, Jr Baltimore, Md

Also Mentioned on This Page

B. M. Nicholson R. F. Shaw Ivey Watson Nellie Bryan Newton Whitehead Nichols Alsop Randolph—Wells Shirley Bright Winterville Jaqueline Armstrong Enswood Mr. Wark F. M. Coburn Gwendolyn Coburn Ann Taylor Richmond, Va the Lions Roanoke Rapids Ruddock - Patterson E. Cooper Qaveef Aot Mary Cola Hines Beverages
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