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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
7
A child endures a string of playful misfortunes ending with a black eye and swelling as the family jokes about bumps and scrapes. Dorothy Thompson and Bill White write lighthearted letters about government and postage while the American White Papers tout war news and Li’l Abner as unconquered.
Antoinette Hodges daughter of Mr and Mrs R C Hodges of Roanoke Rapids and Lonnie Lassiter son of Mr and Mrs R K Lassiter of Creeksville married Saturday in Emporia Virginia. They left Sunday for Stokesdale North Carolina to reside temporarily. Mr Lassiter works for Riker Yount Construction Co. Leroy Shaw and wife of Fieldale Virginia visited Monday.
A busy weekend of social visits across Norfolk and nearby towns includes Miss Maude Bond visiting Mrs. P A Cook, Mrs. G W Brewer staying with her daughter, and numerous families traveling to Richmond Washington and Wilson. Guests also travel to Morehead City Fayetteville Benson and Winston-Salem with relatives in Durham Kannapolis and Brooklyn.
Mrs. Luke Lewellyn Farmer of Salisbury announces the marriage of her daughter Elizabeth to Mr. Ricks Hodges of Kannapolis on Saturday June 15 1940. Elizabeth is a graduate nurse at Salisbury hospital and will work with a local physician. Ricks Hodges son of Mr and Mrs R C Hodges of Roanoke Rapids has lived in Kannapolis for five years and works at Wrenn's Dry Cleaners. They will reside in Salisbury.
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