Lions Club highlights blind welfare work and education
The Roanoke Rapids Lions Club lists major activities from the past year including eye examinations for about 250 schoolchildren resulting in 33 needing glasses and 21 adults aided with eyewear. A chair-bottoming project aided a Negro man, and blind pianist H. G. Easey performed in five schools reaching over 3,000 students.
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Lions Club
Ity
Bailey Watson West
State Blind Commission
H. G. Easey
Burlington
Roanoke Rapids
Northampton 4-H Camp Delegation At Jamestown VA
A large group of Northampton County 4-H boys and girls are at camp in Jamestown Virginia this week. Camp directors are Assistant Farm Agent H G Snipes and Miss Clara Robertson. Councilors include Margaret Hughes Ellen Boone and others assisting the directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton County
Jamestown
Virginia
H. G. Snipes
Clara Robertson
Northampton
Margaret Hughes
Ellen Boone
Buchan
Joseph Mo
Edwin Robertson
Judith Holloman
Grant, Jr
David Dickie
Bobby Holloman
Ryland Shaw
Breedlove Shaw
Arden Bartley
Howard Hubbard
Vernon Lee Shackleford
Rudolph Clary
Vincent Outland
Lawrence Ricks
Otis Ricks
Russell Johnson
Robert Earl James
DeLoateh
W. O. Reed
Ed Bryant Hall
Everett Smith
Edwin Barnes
Felton Turner
James Archer Conner
Julian L. Futrell
Clifton Massey
Henry Rook
Edward Hollowell
Hugh Hollowell
Douglas Rawls
John B. Elliott
Maple Ingram
Martha Lou Stephenson
Frances Edwards
Edward Taylor
Sallie Pierce
Jeanette Shearin
Smitty Riddle
Winfred B. Taylor
Hazel Irene Allen
J. P. Parker
Mary D. Maddrey
Nannie Ellen Outland
Nelia Belche
Sarah Lois Brown
Marie Hitchens
Beatrice Allen
Phyllis Hodges
Marilyn Vincent
Billy Vincent
Claire Bowers
Sarah Maness
Jessie Mae Horne
Virginia Vinson
Deley Davis
Carolyn Davis
Teresa Moody
Margaret Matthews
Leo DeLoatch
Billy Wall
Peggy Chapell
Annie Bennett Gay
Ella Vann Edwards
Miriam Johnson
Agnes Harrington
Joe Harrington
Scottie Harris
Betsy Vincent
Madie Alice Sum
Local notices list several residents
Mildred Stephenson, Emily Boone, Shirley Flowers, Evelyn Bass, Jean Maddrey and Lorraine Hayes are named in a community notice filled with resident names and related civic details. The brief lists multiple individuals as part of the town’s public record.
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Ner
Mildred Stephenson
Emily Boone
Shirley Flowers
Evelyn Bass
Jean Maddrey
Lorraine Hayes
Oxford Orphanage Alumni Home Coming Set
Alumni of the Oxford Orphanage will gather in Oxford for the eighteenth Annual Home Coming on August 2 and 3. A weiner roast softball game and big dinner under the oaks are planned. A morning business session will be held to suit long drives home.
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Oxford
Park
Institut
Association Officers Named In Bull Sessions Note
Officers of the association this year are Donald E. Small Raleigh president Welch Bostick Charlotte vice-president William Powell Raleigh secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Donald E. Small
Raleigh
Welch Bostick
Charlotte
William Powell
Social Whirl of Local Residents at Virginia Beach and Nearby
Weldon Lee misses Virginia Sutter and Mary week at Virginia Beach. Miss Janet Rawlings spent Sunday in Rocky Mount. John Anthony of the U S Navy visits his parents Mr and Mrs Anthony. Miss Mary Joyner of Garysburg spent last week with Mrs J W Brown. Miss Margie Collins of Raleigh spent the weekend with her parents here. Mr and Mrs J W Edwards are at Virginia Beach. Miss Babs Collins of Raleigh spent last week at her home here. Mrs George Joyner and her little son spent a few days last week in Richmond Va. Mr and Mrs Al Travis spent last week at Virginia Beach.
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Virginia Sutter
Mary
Virginia Beach
Janet Rawlings
Rocky Mount
John Anthony
U. S. Na
W. H. Anthony
Mary Joyner
Garysburg
J. W. Brown
Margie Collins
Raleigh
J. W. Edwards
Babs Collins
George Joyner
Little Son
Richmond, Va
al Travis
Local visitors and residents’ recent travels
David Ward of Norfolk spent a few days at his home here last week. Dr. W. G. Sutter spent Sunday at Virginia Beach. Miss Mabel Alston and Mrs. Mary Whitfield spent Friday in Williamston. Miss Elizabeth Wyche has returned home from Cullawee where she attended summer school. Miss Mary Virginia Whitfield is visiting at Bay View. Miss Frances King is spending some time in Florida.
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David Ward
Norfolk
W. G. Sutter
Virginia Beach
Mabel Alston
Mary Whitfield
Williamston
Elizabeth Wyche
Cullawee
Mary Virginia Whitfield
Bay View
Frances King
Florida
Aluminum Drive Sparks Boy Scout Fundraising in Weldon
Weldon residents hosted an aluminum drive last week with Boy Scouts visiting homes Tuesday and Wednesday. A metal wire pen filled with pots and pans stood in the park as a community collection point while Leven Theatre offered a matinee with admission priced in aluminum.
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Weldon
Leven Theatre
Roanoke Rapids and Pleasant Hill youths join Marines
Two Roanoke Rapids youths and two boys from Pleasant Hill are accepted for service in the U S Marine Corps announced at the Raleigh recruiting station. The Roanoke Rapids entrants are Leon Alvin Taylor 17 and Reginald Alton Williams 18 while William Ernest Anders 18 is the Pleasant Hill recruit.
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Roanoke Rapids
Pleasant Hill
U. S. Marine Corps
Raleigh
Leon Alvin Taylor
Reginald Alton Williams William Ernest Anders
Norfolk Native Spends Sunday in Town Visit
A Norfolk Virginia native spent Sunday in town for a brief visit with local residents. Details are sparse due to fragmented text, but the event centers on a local figure returning to the area and engaging with the community.
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Lions
Claude Do. Cannon
John Lupton
Joe Talley
Leon Walters
O. R. Horton
Edmund Berkeley
E. W. Smith
George F. Pappendick
Bill Carter
D. E. Bennett
Pete Garner
Camp
Altho
C. Shell
Mansoea
Lee
THE
PEPSI
Sya
Littleon Lions
Roanoke Rapids Club
McPherson Brothers Beverages
Orepsta
AMDUS
Severace
Aluminum
Homer
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