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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1923
Page
1
Local notes list visitors and residents in Rosemary from Norfolk and Raleigh to Durham and Petersburg. Names include J C Daniels Ben A Sumner Ruth and Nell Jones and many others visiting events, schools, or family in Rosemary this week.
Julius Saunders paid $5.00 and costs for reckless driving. Roy Taylor fined $1.00 and costs for driving after dark with only one headlight. Henderson paid $1.00 and costs for turning an automobile around mid block. Melvin Harrison charged as accessory after the fact in a murder case but no probable cause found and discharged. Johnston and Faulkner split costs for fighting. Davis and Davis had disorderly conduct dismissed. Frank L. Nash spent time in Lumberton. Nedra Lanford and Buster Lanford left for summer in South Carolina. Nancy Johnson visited Fayetteville. Mrs. S. H. Huff of Roanoke hosted by Mrs. A. G. Carter. R. F. Shel erecting a dwelling on Hamilton Street. J. J. Willey visited Weldon. Rosemary Girl Scouts returned from Camp Awaisa on Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk. Girls included Mattie Lee Harrell Ne tte Mae Johnson Seretha Lyer yr Grace Smith Helen Jenkins Kathleen May Ruth Allen Thelma Barker Jones Marjorie Cann Jenkins. Camp Mother noted. Miss Cable accompanied. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Moody of Henrico Northampton County visited Rosemary. W. H. Strong of Raleigh spent Wednesday in Rosemary. Church School Servi League of All Saints Episcopal met in parish hall Wednesday morning. Eigh was in town Wednesday. Sammie Smith and Jimmie Shell spent weekend at Ocean View. Abner Nash left Tuesday for Raleigh. Rosemary new cares and College Summer mentioned. E F Carter of Raleigh noted. T J Prince visiting her mother in Dillon S C. J C Hearne of Wilton spent Wednesday in Rosemary. Mrs. Chas Byrd returned from Norfolk. William Ledbetter of Sacre was in town Tuesday. Real estate activity noted.
Mr and Mrs wiking announce their daughter Viola Belle born on June ninth 1923 to Dr Samuel Edward Teague. They reside in Goldsboro North Carolina after the wedding at Rosemary with Rev R H Broom.
Miss Lena Rivers Jones of Roanoke and Mr Paul W Rey wed Tuesday at five in the bride’s Hamilton Street home with family present. After a honeymoon trip to Washington and points North they will reside in Rosemary where Mr Ray works with Patterson Store Company.
The upcoming Chau tauqua week at Rosemary and Roanoke Rapids promises a lively program from June 18 to 24. Highlights include the Dunbar Bell Ringers with a hundred bells and a polished repertoire, two plays Crossed Wives and The Taming of the Shrew, a children's pantomime, and performances by the McCords, Victorian Maids, and the Dunbar Hussar Band. Carvethwell presents slides and moving pictures in a jungle of delay with native scenes.
Halifax County Superior Court completes the June term with a busy criminal docket focusing on prohibition and minor offenses. The day includes a missive on Eastern Carolina development and a wedding tea for Miss Mary Norfleet Grizzard and Roderick Page Taylor in Roanoke Rapids.
A string of brief society notes lists residents and visitors in town over the weekend. Names include Mr Jack Green and Miss Lionel Brown of Richmond, Miss Rosalie Corbitt in Raleigh, Mrs Ellis Marsh of Patterson and others visiting or staying with local families, with several away at schools or visiting relatives in Greensboro Petersburg and Virginia Beach.
Fragmentary OCR notes compare northern Europe hut dwellers with Maya Yucatan in a period of rising civilization then rapid ruin. It mentions unknown causes for decline and a post two thousand year timeline when temples and cities fell.
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