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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1948
Page
14
The Christian Science Society held its Sunday service with Golden Text from Psalms 37 37 and citations from Psalms 100 3 and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. It notes God as the creator of man and divine Principle. Mr and Mrs W I Butler and Mrs T M Bullock spent Friday in Raleigh.
Death notices for Mrs. Sarah Emma Wilson of Littleton aged 78 and Harry Haswell of Enfield aged 79 recount funeral details, survivors, and burial sites. The column also notes Veterans Administration prosthetic appliance provisions totaling nearly 300000 for fiscal 1947, including stump socks glasses arches braces and artificial limbs.
List of out of town patients treated during the week includes Mrs Joseph Wilmer Barnes from Jackson Mrs Lewis Bowers of Littleton Mrs Martha Booth from Lawrenceville Ronald Coker of Pleasant Hill Judith Gordon from Emporia Mrs Ben Harrell of Jarrett Bernard Hobbs of Emporia Mrs Robert Isles of Littleton Evelyn Martin of Conway Mrs DC Mancry of Capron VA Mrs Lacy Merritt of Weldon William Nelson of Murfreesboro Mrs John Reid of Littleton Mrs Carl Taylor of Seaboard A B Wilson of Littleton.
Babies born to multiple couples in Roanoke Rapids area last week include a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lee Anderson of Halifax on March 7, a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Arther of Weldon on March 4, a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Grady Dickens of Garysburg on March 7, a girl for Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Delbridge of Emporia on March 5, a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Milton Emory of Emporia on March 5, a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shaw Pendick of Roanoke Rapids on March 3, and a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Leon Edwards of Weldon attending the State convention in Greensboro this week.
Mr and Mrs James A Taylor announce the birth of a daughter Laura Jeanne born February in Roanoke Rapids Hospital Mrs Taylor is the former Miss Marjorie Jeanne Hazelwood of this city To Mr and Mrs Holton Hawkins Hawkins Holton city a girl March 5 To Mr and Mrs Allen Martin Martin city a boy March 5 To Mr and Mrs Lewis Sulton Sulton city a girl March 3 To Mr and Mrs Sewell Sewell city a girl March 6 To Fighel Littleton a boy March
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