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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
7
A Bree A Town event featured five boys and an odd figure named Jack Vincent on stage at a high school assembly led by Gene Shell with devotional by Shell and talks by Nethercutt Shell and others stressing the value of study.
Seaboard residents and guests share weekend travels from Goldsboro Greensboro Norfolk and Branchville. University students George Harris Reid Harris and others enjoyed spring holidays with relatives while Lions and ladies attended Roanoke Rapids Ladies Night on March 8.
Proceedings list numerous verdicts and actions including suspensions probation and fines. Defendants named include Pearl Bromly Vernon Richardson and Ray Barrington with varied charges from liquor to driving while drunk to larceny and assault. Several cases end in not guilty pleas with conditions or costs to be paid.
Mrs. Ruby Louis Rudd of Richmond Virginia writes from Richmond praising Roanoke Rapids for its rapid growth and improvements. She commends schools churches homes theaters and the city’s citizens as "worth while" and also expresses appreciation for the Herald.
Mrs. K. B. Ewing hosted a three course dinner at her Halifax home Saturday for her son Fleming Bristoe Ewing and his bride Miss Katie Gatis of Raleigh. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Fleming Bristoe Ewing and several Raleigh friends with the couple residing at 624 West South Street Raleigh.
The Missionary Auxiliary of the Halifax Methodist Church will sponsor a program of Hawaiian music in the Halifax school auditorium on Saturday night March 18 at 8 o'clock. The Cocomo Trio of Hol will furnish the music.
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