High School Class Day Highlights On Ireland Themed Play
The high school staged The Isle of Our Dreams a class day pageant with a Dublin tour theme. Frances Ricks led a Prophesy. Nick Long received city keys from Jim Rook as Lord Mayor. Awards honored church attendance and classroom records across grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle of Our Dreams
Frances Ricks
Ireland
Jim Rook
Dublin
Nick Long
Doyle Jernigan
James Acree
Thomas Hockaday
Charles Davis
Walter Kendrick
Jane Glasgow
Bessie Askew
Carrie Byrd
Victoria Vester
Hi-Y Club
Ada Edwards
Edith Edwards
Earley Wright
Zeb Denny
Vernie Eddin
Aline Cannon Smith
J. Q. Beckwith
Saint Timothy Episcopal Church
Wilson
Edmund Berkeley
All Saints Episcopal Church
Mendelssohn
Kent Bentley
God of Our Fathers
Warren
Daniel Lane
F. W. Haynie
P. H. Fields
C. W. Davis
Kiwanis Club Praised For School Dental Clinics
Dr Spencer Woody reported on 20 weeks of Kiwanis sponsored dental clinics in Roanoke Rapids city schools. Of 1 246 children examined 1 047 were treated 343 referred. 3 078 operations were performed. Quiz Kids partnered with the clinic as student participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Woody
Kiwanis Club
Roanoke Rapids
Woody
Max Rogers
Vance Street
Dorothy Lynch
Clara Hearne
Barbara Britten
Noah Sadler
Rosemary School
Viola Glover
Earnest A. Branch
Division of
State Board of Health
Miss Lucille Smith Visits Wyches in New York
Miss Lucille Smith of New York is visiting Mr and Mrs C A Wyche this week staying with the Wyches during her trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Smith
New York
Mrs. C. A. Wyche
Enfield Students Awarded Medals At Exercises
During the Enfield school commencement exercises medals and honors were awarded. Elsie Sharpe Barnhill received the Cottie N. Sherrod Recitation Medal and Don Evans the William L. Sherrod Declaration Medal, donated by W. N. Sherrod in memory of his parents. Kitty Johnson won the E. L. Smith Debaters medal, while Starr Engraving Co. medals went to Billy Urquhart for eighth grade scholarship and to Mary Ellen Sykes and Nancy Braswell for ninth grade scholarship. Kitty Johnson also earned the tenth grade scholarship medal. Nancy Allen won the lifetime pen for best essay on a North Carolina man, focusing on the late Dr. T. W. M. Long. Don Evans received the Alpha Phi Upsilon Medal for highest scholarship among members. The list of high school graduates includes Nancy Allen, Elsie Barnhill, Kenneth Barnhill, Carolyn Bass, James Bellamy Jr, Dorothy Benton, Doris Bobbitt, Vivian Bobbitt, Viola Crickmore, Rosamond Critcher, Margaret Dozier, Don Evans, John Finch, Patria Gurganus, Betsy Hardison, Kathryne Harris, Bertha Ligon, Nell Matthews, Max Meyer Jr, June McCutchen, and Walden?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enfield School
Cottie N. Sherrod
Elsie Sharpe Barnhill
William L. Sherrod
Don Evans
W. N. Sherrod
E. L. Smith
Kitty Johnson
Starr Engraving Co
Billy Urquhart
Mary Ellen
R. Hunt Parker
Nancy Allen
North Carolina
Miss Allen
T. W. M. Long
Roanoke Rapids
Alpha Phi Upsilon
Don Evvans
Nancy Louise Allen
Kenneth Raymond Barnhill
Carolyn Bass
James Exum Bellamy
Dorothy Mae Benton
Doris Hardy Bobbitt
Vivian Lorayne Bobbitt
Viola Doris Crickmore
Rosamond Pope Critcher
Margaret B. Dozier
Don T. Evans
John Roger Finch
Patria Gurganus
Betsy Hardison
Kathryne Harris
Bertha Frances Ligon
Nell Matthews
Max Meyer
June Alberta McCutchen
Wal
Local Officials Named in Obituary Notices
Clifton Moone Jr Kenneth Bryan Sexton Violet Christian Shearin Josephine Hope Sykes and Raymond May Sykes are listed among recent obituary notices naming individuals and family connections in a regional memorial feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter Clifton Moone, Jr
Kenneth Bryan Sexton
Violet Christian Shearin
Josephine Hope Sykes
and Raymond May Sykes
Portable skating rink opens at Roanoke Junction showgrounds
A large tented portable rink operated by Eugene Mullin opens at the Roanoke Junction showgrounds. It is billed as the Souths best equipped portable rink with hardwood floors and quality skates. Music accompanies skating and police protection is arranged. Open 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Junction
Eugene Mullin
South
Halifax Youths Assigned Posts
Halifax youths assigned to Army posts include Edward T. Shearin at 55th Material Squadron in Tallahassee Florida Lonnie M. Bass with the 67th Bomb Squadron at McDill Field Florida James F. Cole of the 66th Bomb Squadron at McDill Field Florida Benjamin F. Butler from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron 7th Bomb Wing Savannah Air Base Savannah Georgia The men may be written to at the listed addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax County
Army
Edward T. Shearin
55Th Material Sq
Tallahassee
Florida
Lonnie M. Bass
67Th
McDill Field
Fla
James F. Cole
66Th Bomb Sa
Benjamin F. Butler
Ha. Sa
7Th Bomb Wing
Savannah Air Base
Savannah
Wilmington Woman Visits Richmond Friends
Miss Mary Reece of Wilmington Delaware visits Mr and Mrs W A Wolhar. Misses Bernice Hitchens Annie Belle Daughtry Merle Bell Ruth Bell and Viola Glover spent Saturday in Richmond Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Reece
Wilmington
Del
W. A. Wolhar
Bernice Hitchens
Annie Belle Daughtry
Merle Bell
Ruth Bell
Viola Glover
Richmond
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Pilgrim's Chorus
Tannhauser
Wagner
Bentley
Grammer
J. N. Bynum
C. W
America
Kiwanis. Club
City Board of Commissioners
M. D. Collier
North Ward
R. I. Starke
South Ward
Collier
Starke
Enfield
Halifax
RED Rock Cola
Hines Beverage CO
N. C
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