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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
8
Farmers and off high way users must endorse all E and R coupons for gasoline after March 15 whether buying at stations or via delivered fuel. Endorsement requires name and address on each strip or block. a single endorsement covers the whole block. Tank wagon deliveries now require endorsement as if purchased at a station.
Miss Effie Avent hosted a Tuesday series of social events in Halifax honoring her sister Mrs. Charles Coppedge. An afternoon bridge event at Pearl Harbor awarded high score to Mrs. R. L. Applewhite and bingo to Mrs. C. E. Shaw, with Mrs. Coppedge presented a silver. A four tables of contract in the evening at Miss Avent’s home produced high score for Mrs. A. W. Gregory and bingo for Mrs. Hugh House, with the honoree again receiving silver. Refreshments followed for numerous guests including Mesdames Coppedge, Gregory, House, and others from Roanoke Rapids and area communities.
Mrs Milton Read entertained Friday night at her Halifax home with two tables of contract. High score prize, a candy box, went to Mrs Jack Whitehead and bingo prize to Mrs Boone Grant and Mrs Sidney Griffin. Guests included Mesdames Boone Grant P C Mil likin Jack Whitehead Sidney Griffin L H Pearce Milton Norman W R Caudle and Miss Ursula Marshall.
Mrs. Ida Brown spent the weekend in Littleton with Mr and Mrs Norman Best. Roger Johnson was in Norfolk Virginia on Monday. Mrs M H Hedgepeth traveled to Richmond Virginia for Monday and Tuesday and attended the Mortar Board Tapping at Westhampton College Monday night.
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