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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1940
Page
3
A scattered clippings blend playful poems about moving day and a joke about the word aviary with a misidentified dictionary note, plus a short obituary and local family details from Weldon and Enfield. The piece mixes light verse with a Halifax County farmer’s obituary mentioning Clarke family members.
James Harris Clarke died at his home near Enfield Sunday afternoon after months of illness. Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church Monday at three o clock, conducted by Rev. B. D. Critcher. Burial followed in Thorne Cemetery near Airlie. His nephews acted as pallbearers. Clarke was 75 years old.
Murray's Sinclair Service Station on Roanoke Avenue announces a two week sale on Firestone standard tires with discounts up to 25 percent. Prices start at 5.78 with trade-in on old tires and a lifetime guarantee on every Firestone tire. Murray's Sinclair is the sole Firestone dealer in Roanoke Rapids.
An 11 year old Roanoke Rapids boy wrote a note found in a sealed soft drink bottle along the Pamlico River in Washington D C. John Gorham discovered the missive and turned it over to a Washington paper. T F Chauncey, brother of Mrs J M Jackson, sent the story to the Herald.
A young Roanoke Rapids resident writes a note on January 12 asking the finder to report how far it traveled. The missive describes routes via Roanoke River Albemarle Sound Croatan Pamlico and Inland Waterway. The note ends with a request for closure and a postscript reading A very anxious way. CARD OF THANKS expresses gratitude for kindness after Jesse Eugene Taylor's death, naming Mr. Wrenn Miss Louise Andleton and family.
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