Roanoke Rapids Hints of Festivals and Local Plans
Local notes speak of Ledgerwood Park lighting and The New Mill projects. Joe Talley jokes on fishing, and the Rockfish Festival at Weldon draws sportsmen. A visiting Count-Ambassador enlivens Roanoke Rapids as townspeople hope for freedom and unity beyond borders.
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Rosemary
Bill Alligood
Ledgerwood Park
John Fisher
ABC
Weldon
Roanoke Rapids
Poland
America
Washington
Germany
Russia
New Pastor Installed at First Christian Church Roanoke
First Christian Church Roanoke Ave at Ninth will install new pastor T B Tomerlin with a 3pm ceremony led by outgoing pastor J N Jessup. Local church and city leaders will attend including Rev G L Price Rev Lane and Rev L I Stell. A reception follows. Council president Mrs Stella Wilson oversees. Council meets Saturday night May 4.
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Roanoke Ave
T. E. Tomerlin
Wiley Connell
T. B. Tomerlin
J. Newton Jessup
G. L. Price
Baptists
Lane
Methodists
L. I. Stell
W. B. Allsbrook
Stella Wilson
Everlasting Punishment Sunday Lesson and Meetings
The Christian Science Society at 930 Roanoke Ave invites worshipers to a Sunday 11 am service and a Wednesday 8 pm testimony meeting. The reading room is open Tuesday and Friday 3 to 5. The April 28 Lesson Sermon discusses probation after death and the resurrection with cited Bible verses and passages from Science and Health.
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Christian Science Churches and Societies
Mary Baker Eddy
Jesus
Troop 142 Wins Two Blue Ribbons at Kinston Camporee
Local scout Troop 142 claimed two blue ribbons at the Kinston Camporee with Dan Beard 131 points and Rattlesnake 108. Other Halifax County units won ribbons, while Roanoke Rapids sent three troops totaling 72 boys. About 120 Halifax County youths attended the event, with several families visiting Raleigh and other towns over the weekend.
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Kinston
Dan Beard
Scotland Neck
Weldon
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids
Hobgood
Bear
Arrow
Pioneer
Silver Fox
Lion
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Joe Talley
Rebecca
Nazarene
First Christian Church
Christian Science Society
Moses
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Gordon Stott
Raleigh
Henry Akers
Chapel Hill
A. E. Akers
Joe Cannon
la Crosse
Mary Taylor
Bob Taylor
Selma Cosier
Richmond
J. M. Taylor
Frances Wilson
Margaret Speight
Westingtoass
Westinghouse Refrigerator
Westinghouse
Roanoke
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Stinghouse
Denne
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