Duke Wade Estate to Go Under the Hammer at Sale
The J. Duke Wade estate near Roanoke Rapids will be sold to the highest bidder at a land auction on March 22. The property includes two Roanoke Avenue store buildings, six residential lots, and 387 acres of farm land four miles west on the Old Thelma Road. Rochelle Realty Co. conducts the sale with land auctioneer Aston. Miss Vera Wilkinson spent the week end in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. “Duke” Wade
Roanoke Avenue
Herald
Allsbrook and Benton
Rochelle Realty Co
Lewis Mewell
Aston
Rochelle
Wade
Roanoke Rapids
Lynches Jewelry Store
D. Pender Grocery Co
Thelma
Rochelle Realty Company
Opening New Sections Of Vance And Cedar Streets
City streets officials announce new sections of Vance and Cedar streets opening this week from Third to Fifth Streets. Vance connects a new residential district around Henry, Franklin, and Cedar to Vance Street School between Second and Third. Cedar and Vance now extend from Second to Eighth or Eleventh Streets in parts, with 500 and 600 blocks opening soon, creating the citys first Five Points at Fifth and Cedar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Justice
Vance and
Cedar
Third Street
Fifth Street
Vance
Henry, Franklin, Vance, and
Vance Street
Cedar Street
Mr. Justice
Fifth
Justice
Honor Roll List Includes 87 Westhampton College Students
Margaret Forrer of Richmond, president of Mortar Board announces eighty seven Westhampton College women named to the Mortar Board Honor Roll for the first semester. Doris Hedgepeth of Roanoke Rapids also included. honor requires a high B average in fall courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westhampton College
Mortar Board
Margaret Forrer
Richmond
National Leadership Society For Women
Doris Hedgepeth
Roanoke Rapids
Forrer
Town Talk social notes from Nashville and area
Mrs. S W Miller of Nashville visits sisters on Washington Street while Aaron Edmondson of the U S Navy returns from Cuba and stays in Portsmouth Va. Rich Square and Rocky Mount visitors fill a weekend of calls with relatives and friends across town and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Miller
Nashville
Mary Lou Cummings
Minnie Pruden
Washington Street
Aaron Edmondson
U. S. Navy
J. R. Edmondson
Jackson Street
Edmondson
Cuba
Portsmouth
Garland Lee
Richmond
Stonewall Cooper
Joe Justice
Rocky Mount
Ann Shaw
W. B. Rose
Mat Martin
Grover Jenkins
Rich Square
Ruth Rose
Julia Worrock
Ralph Worrock
Joe Crew
Willie Williams
R. L. Gore
Priscilla
Duke Hospital
Durham
Guy Worrock
James Harris
C. N. Cutler
Harris
J. H. Jenkins
D. M. Chestnut
Conway
S. C
W. G. Chestnut
R. Allan Welch
I. B. Bunn
John Connor
Fort Jackson
Columbia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Duke Wade
Vera Wilkinson
Washington
Vance, Cedar
Halifax
Waste Materials CO
Weldon Road
K. Evans
J. W. Brank
Lilla Lee Collins
Conway, S. C
Earl Glover
Henderson
Jimmie Rogers
Melvin Rogers
James Harrell
Ahoskie
Francis Cox
Fort Bragg
Marion Taylor
Fahey and
Daughtrey
Plumbing Contractors
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Brickell
Chockoyotte
Rufus G. Vick
Mgr
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Association
W. 2Nd Street
W. Second St
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