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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
7
A survey of wartime attitudes and cultural notes references a Washington Post piece on fighters resting before a championship bout and quotes Holmes on fate. It blends satire on politics and housewives with a cotton ice cream idea and quips on war plans and policies.
Members listed include Mesdames Michael Barrett Graves Verger Benton Daniel North Ward business section Mesdames Berkstresser Alford Weathers Vaughan Gurley Rogers Rook Storey Monteith South Ward business section A O Pendleton Roanoke Mills Plant No 1 Miss Lassiter hospital T W Mullen Ned Manning Rose Mary Manufacturing Bill Hodges Roanoke Mills Plant No 2 Clyde Lisle.
George H. Chisholm, superintendent and horticulturist at the Untermyer estate in Yonkers New York, exhibits the Topato claim of a cross between tomato and potato. The note lists several names including Patterson Mills Company C W Davis Roanoke Rapids and Virginia Electric along with Thornton Wilson Halifax Paper and Mrs R H Ward Littleton.
Mrs. Jones of Washington D C was thrown from an automobile about two miles south of Ashland Virginia last Saturday morning. She was bruised and treated at a Richmond hospital then moved to Roanoke Rapids Hospital where she is recovering. She was attempting to close a partly open door when thrown to the pavement and unconscious briefly.
Weldon residents and friends spent weekends visiting relatives in Virginia North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Miss Frances Johnson from Duke University plans a summer with her parents. Moves include Mrs Vivian Caldwell and Mrs G W Whitaker relocating to Smithfield and Alex Hardison leaving Weldon for the Los Angeles Flying School.
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